Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, January 20, 1972 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, January 20, 1972 WELFARE, EDUCATION COSTS UP State LANSING, Mich. (A) - Record spending levels of more than $1 billion for education and nearly $600 million for welfare highlight Gov. William Milliken's $2.27- billion budget proposal for the fis- cal year starting July 1. No new taxes are proposed in the fiscal year, although Milliken is pushing a two-cent per gallon increase in the state gasoline tax budget for roadbuilding and establish- ment of an urban transportation fund. The budget articipates a surplus of $11.7 million at the end of the fiscal year in mid-1973, based on state revenue estimates. The proposals for school aid, higher education and the Depart- ment of Education are up a total of some $81 million from current appropriations. hiked $224 Welfare, the controversial issue that dragged out the completion of the current budget until De- cember, is earmarked for a boost of some $75 million over the cur- rent year's level. The main increases were for public and mental health, correc- tions, natural resources and edu- cation, as well:as welfare. In addition, some $92 million MILLIKEN PLAN: State funding hike would aid 'U' (Continued from Page 1) costs, primarily earmarked for the literary college, which the execu- tive budget bureau characterized as being "designed to ameliorate cumulative problems of obsoles- cence in the college's facilities and equipment; -$500,000. "Enrollment mix- cost increases." This is related to the governor's budget policy of limiting total enrollment, while at the same time, emphasizing grad- uate, professional and other pro- grams which are unique to the University. This tends to increase enrollment somewhat in the Na- Milliken hikes a ro riations (Continued from Page 1) levels at three-fourths of one per cent of the operating budgets of the state's schools. Thus, the proposed allocation for University student aid-$926,- 000 - fell short of the University's request for $2.5 million to meet its commitment for student sup- port. Smith said he would "discount the possibility" of a tuition in- crease - "except for the problem of funding student aid." The funds, however, could be restored when the Legislature considers the recommendation or through re- allocation of University monies, Smith said., The Legislature will begin tackl- ing the University's appropriation' in mid-February when adminis- trators meet with representatives of the, state's Legislative Fiscal Agency. Final approval of the ap- propriations bill is expected in May or June - well ahead of the dragged-out timetable under which this year's bill was worked out. It is quite possible the Legisla- ture may shave the recommended appropriation down when it con- siders the proposal - particularly , since the governor's recommenda- tion was larger than those of re- cent years. The University's percentage in- crease this year equaled that of Michigan State University - fol- lowing a year in which the Uni- versity received the smallest in- crease percentage-wise among the state's universities and colleges. Community colleges, a top state' funding priority in past years, re- ceived a smaller percentage in- crease' this time around. tural Resources, Architecture and Design, and Business Administra- tion schools and the health sci- ence areas-most of which have a higher cost per student than the "average" course of study; and -$926,000. Student financial aid programs. But while these programs al- ready total $9.5 million, Univer- sity officials are quick to point out that their needs go beyond these programs. For example, Allan Smith, vice president for financial affairs, says the University may be forced to expend about $640,000 if the De- troit Edison Company is granted a rate increase for its electrical service. In addition, Smith says that the University must spend about $250,000 for acquisition of books and materials for the Ann Arbor campus' libraries - an'allocation Smith has long termed "a top priority." Then too, University officials says that they need an addition- al $1.9 million for student finan- cial aid. This is largely to meet enrollment quotas for minority students which were accepted by the University after the Black Action Movement (BAM) class strike in spring 1970. It is primarily this need for ad- ditional student aid funds that Smaynecessitate a tuition increase this spring, Smith says. It is highly probable, however, that student aid funding for the University may be increased above the governor's proposal by either a House or Senate com- mittee. Traditionally, these com- mittees have attempted to make minor adjustments in appropria- tion figures to make them more relevant to the needs of the in- dividual institution. In the case of student aid, the University figure was arrived at by applying a formula that was used for all state universities. The figure was simply an amount equal to three-quarters of one per cent of the University's general fund budget. Due to the BAM strike, how- ever, the University has a com- mitment to student aid that far outstrips that of mostother state. universities. Thus, it is likely that the University's allocation for stu- dent aid will be adjusted upward accordingly. In addition to the general fund allocation p r o p o s a 1, Milliken recommended about $5 million for capital outlay expenditures by the University during the coming fis- cal year. The recommendation, if ap- proved by the Legislature, would allow the Universityy to start work on four major building projects, including a new architecture and design school and a "water re- sources laboratory" to be used by, the engineering college. On the whole, the University financial scene looks quite a bit healthier than it did one year ago. Although austerity measures are continuing throughout the current academic year, Milliken's pro-j posal makes prospects for the fu- ture look brighter. Last year, inadequate state funding necessitated s e v e r a 1 across-the-board cutbacks, in ad- dition to a tuition increase of about 16 per cent. Smith predicts that depart- ments will not have to take simi- lar action during the coming fis- cal year. would be required just ti pay increases and other tionary, costs of doing th amount of government bus the new fiscal year. New programs come to in-the-bucket $6 million $4.3 million of that recom in matching funds for crime control grants. Thi: take some pressure off loc ernments seeking such gra The governor also p $75,000 to support regions ning agencies around th and $45,000 to fund a v commission office. Nearly every departm state government was mended for an increase ir although Milliken propos spending for the legisla cut from $17.3 million t million. The top money propo the budget are $616.7 mi grants for school aid, $59 lion for welfare, $41.3 mil higher education and $22 lion for mental health. Li tops $5 million. Revenue sharing, a key last year's budget, got litt tion this time. With his for considering local tax e well as population safety into law, Milliken propos ply $3.2 million in gre make sure every unit wil least $17 per person, in from distributions of sa come and intangibles taxi Aid, however, is propose cal units in the crime grants and in $4.8 million million o cover to counties for administration of infla- direct welfare relief. ie same Traditionally, the legislature siness in spends more money than the governor proposes. Last year, Mil- a drop- liken proposed a $1.97 billion bud- , some get but wound up signing appro- mended priations bills totaling $100 mil- federal lion above that. s would Milliken termed the area of so- cal gov- cial services "the fastest growing nts. and most difficult to predict in roposed he budget," echoing his own words al plan- of a year earlier. e state He said the number of public women's assistance recipients is expected to grow to 671,000 in 1972-73, compared with 262,400 in 1968-69. Lent of Details of the budget were given recom- to legislators by the governor's of- n funds, fice yesterday. Milliken, vacation- ed that ing in the Virgin Islands this ture be week, revealed the budget total o $15.5 last Thursday in his State of the State message.; )sals in He promised to present details llion in this week, the earliest such out- 4.4 mil- line by a Michigan chief execu- lion for tive in many years, and at the 8.6 mil- same time urged the Legislature to ttle else set deadlines for its own work. This year's budget was not fully point in adopted until 51/2 months into the le men- fiscal year. formula The state's budget, Milliken ffort as said, has virtually doubled in the enacted last five years and increased an ed sim- average of 19 per cent a year. Legislators divided on budget plan (Continued from Page 1) don't think the money's there," says Sen. Coleman Young (D-De- troit), Democratic floor leader. Even if the state financial pic-1 ture has brightened, adds Senate Appropriations Committee member Sen. Earl Nelson (D-Lansing), "We should practice the same scrutiny of the budget now, as when we were broke." Speaking for his party, Sen. Charles Zollar (R-Benton Harbor), the influential chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, gave a nodding approval to the governor's request saying, "Now we're going to ask for accounta- bility for these requests, as we do each year. We have no built in resentments, no real objections." Yet Democratic Stempien sug- gests that Milliken may be some- what over-confident in his discus- sion of state's finances with the hopes of pumping renewed opti- mism into his consitutents. "A lack of confidence in the marketplace prevails presently," says Stempien, "the best posture practically for Milliken is to stick to his predictions. I'm just some- what pessimistic because I've heard that song before," says Stempien. Daily Official Bulletin THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 Ctr. for Contin. Education of Wor- en: Conversation, "The Child and the Working Mother." 330 Thompson St., 1-3 pm. LSA Coffee Hour: Special guest, Charles Witke, LSA assoc. dean, 2549' LSA, 3-4:30 pm. Nuclear Colloquium: Lectures by R.L. Shoup and M.A. Firestone, P&A Colloq. Rm., 4 pm. International Tea: 603 E. Madison, 4:30-6 pm. International Night: foods from the Netherlands and Belgium. Mich.1 League Cafeteria, 5-7.15 pm. Music School: Univ.,Chamber Choir,+ Univ. Arts Chorale, Hill Aud., 8 pm. Computing Center will temporarily cease operations at midnight, Fri., Jan. 21 to install new equipment; should be operational by Sun. afternoon, Jan. 23 or Mon. morning; users obtain up- to-date info on status by calling 763- 0420 at any time; users' workroom will' remain open on regular weekend1 schedule. Attention Students:) Jan. 28, 1972 (5 p.m.) is the last 'datet for the Winter Term when the Regis- trar's Office will: a. Accept the Stu- dent 100 per cent Withdrawal Notice for refund purposes; b. allow refund for1 student who reduces hours of course credit.1 Bomb scare hits UGLI The University's; Undergraduate Library was evacuated last night by virtue of a bomb scare. The library was cleared for about 15 minutes, from 7:45 to 8:00, after an unidentified caller reported there was a bomb in the building. Burns Security Guard Steve Nicholas said that Burns Extension 22 received a call at 7:40 warning of the existence of the bomb. The Daily received a similar call. According to Nicholas, he and Ann Arbor police then evacuated the building. No thorough search was made for the alleged bomb, he said, since the Ann Arbor police department has no bomb squads. Nicholas said the incident was "just another bomb scare," adding that "the whole thing was pretty much of a farce." 4i *i UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TAE KWON DO CLUB - KOREAN KARATE - FIRST MEETING and DEMONSTRATION THURSDAY, JAN. 20 -7:00 P.M. in WATERMAN GYM call 763-6437 or 662-9727 for further info. OLD MEMBERS MEET 4-6 MON., TUES., WED. in Women's Athletic Bldg. to train for demo, ants to I get at 1972-73 les, in- :es. d to lo- control a in aid MICHIGAN UNION LANES TAPE IT EASY Sony Model 127 Stereo Cassette Deck An excellent choice for today's advanced stereo enthusiast, the 127 adds high performance to cassette convenience. FEATURES: 0 Built-In Peak Limiter for Distortion-Free Recording 0 Tape Select Switch for standard and new Chromium Dioxide Cassettes 9 DualrProfessional-type vu Meters 0 Three-Digit Tape Counter 0 Pause Control with Lock 0 Stereo Headphone Jack 0 Microphone and Auxiliary Inputs $149.95 S SUPERSCOPE® You never heard it so good Leagues for Mon.-Tnu SIGN UP NOW! rming ACU-1 irs. Tournament I i i OPEN NOON MON.-SAT., 1-P.M. SUN. age" I I MIXER 9-12 TON ITE THURSDAY, JAN.20 Music by MANCHILD FREE REFRESHMENTS LAWYER'S CLUB 551 S. STATE In Welcoming The New Adults the RUBAJYAT 102 S. First 663-2401 Announces Every Thursday Night. after 9:30 P.M. A YOUTH NIGHT with the Iris Bell Adventure rocking your minds with the best rock music and reduced prices. So we can all afford to have fun, fun, fun. I $1001000 RACKHAM STUDENTS $100,000 Included with your ballot in the mailing for the Rackham Student Government election is a questionnaire about the sources of money you are tapping to support your studies. It is very important that you fill out and return this questionnaire. Currently all Teaching Fellows; most Research Assistants' and all Staff Assistants' salaries include a sum of money expected to be returned to the university as tuition. The difficulty with this "incestuous financing" is that this sum is part of a graduate student employee's TAXABLE income. If this sum were delivered in the form of a tuition scholarship, it would be non-tax- able. This might save Rackham students more than $100,000 in taxes. The U presently does not, however, possess adequate information to assess the costs and benefits of changing from "incestuous financing" to tuition scholarships. The RSG questionnaire is an attempt to provide this informa- tion. IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR TFs, RAs, and OTHER U EMPLOYEES TO RETURN THE QUESTION- NAIRE. The questionnaire may be returned with your ballot in the envelope provided either by campus mail or U.S. mail. Rackham Student Government Executive Council 4 r-- TG Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity FRI., JAN. 21, 8-11 p.m. Live Band & Refreshments 1502 Hill St. ANN ARBOR ABORTION ACTION COALITION MEETING Thurs., Jan. 20-7:30 p.m. 1510 SAB * PLAN FUTURE ACTIVITIES TO HELP REPEAL ALL ANTI-ABORTION LAWS END RESTRICTIVE CONTRACEPTION LAWS STOP FORCED STERILIZATION ALL WOMEN WELCOME HI-Fl BUYS Ann Arbo-East Lansing 618 S. Main 769-4700 Comprehensive Repair Service Available + Don't forget tomorrow (Friday) is still SINGLE'S NIGHT I L wr"~m III f r i I L 1 MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS SCHEDULE (A) MONDAY, JANUARY 31,7:30 P.M. . (B) Picasso: War, Peace and AN UNUSUAL SERIES OF NEW FILMS ON ART PRODUCED BY UNIVERSAL STUDIOS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,7:30 P.M. Love-Goya -4 PEOPLE NEEDED FOR COMMITTEE ON I FOOD CO-OP We need VOLUNTEERS to help us make the Food Co-op a reality. Contact: STUDENT GOV'T COUNCIL ROOM 3X, MICHIGAN UNION, OR CALL 763-3241 Pi (At MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:30 P.M. (B) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 7:30 P.M. Giotto and the Pre-Renaissance-Crete and Mycenae + (A) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14,7:30 P.M. (B) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 117,7:30 P.M. The Art Con serator-Ki netic Art in Paris--The Impressionists . .< _ (A) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 7:30 P.M. (B) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24,7:30 P.M. LCorbusier-The Greek TemPl e ()MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28,7:30 P.M. (B) THURSDAY, MARCH 2,7:30 P.M. < > } ..; The Cubist Epoch-Germany: Dada Sponsored by the School of Architecture and Design and The Extension Service ALL SHOWINGS IN THE RACKHAM LECTURE HALL Individual Tickets at the Box Office If Available: Adults, $2.50; Students, $1.50 ..:::::. . ,...... ' .> :>r: :::::.:r::::..........*."*.r ...:. :, RESERVE YOUR SERIES SUBSCRIPTION NOW ! .<:: :. gy{-..{ ...?".:;. : I1 UIRALMUSEUM OF ART ......... ...: :::......... MUSEUM WITHOUT W ALLS :" .i:.:.6..a.:......: Series Subscriptions: Adults, 10; Studennts, $6. Only_ ,... . :'::>: : .. ...... series tickets will be solder in advance. Series subscription * guaranteesasettecho the five programs. Two I X ........ hours of film at each pro grain.r ........... ' ADDRESS "_____________________________________________ is 1 / 4i COLD & HUNGIRY?, (need a roof and moral sup port for the long winter?) Co-operatives. Offer an Alternative