ALTERNATIVES TO SGC See Editorial Page Yl r e Si r1ta ~4AitP INDOORS-Y High--58 Low-43 Cloudy and cool, chance of showers Vol. LXXXII, No. 26 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, October 9, 1971 Ten Cents Eight Pages Connally asks Meany FOUR RESIGNATIONS SGC: No power for to sit on Pay Board By The Associated Press Treasury Secretary J o h n Connally made an extraordi- nary public appeal yesterday, asking AFL - CIO President' George Meany to participate in President Nixon's Phase 2 economic program. But Meany, head of the massive 13-million member labor federa- tion, withheld an immediate an- swer to Connally's appeal during a nationally televised news con- ference. Instead the veteran labor leader, who has been sharply critical of Nixon's economic moves, called a Secretary Connally Labor, Dems wary of Nixon's Phase 2 ,plan +1a By The Associated Press Some Democrats and labor leaders criticized President Nixon's Phase 2 economic program yesterday, while business- men generally reactedt favorably. AFL-CIO President George Meany said various interpre- tations of the program "raise serious questions" that must be explored thoroughly. Meany, who has been critical of the 90-day wage-price freeze, announced he was calling a special meeting of the federation's executive committee Tuesday "to take action on the President's announcement." He said Leonard Woodcock, president of the United Auto Workers, and Frank Fitzsim- Unemployment rate drops slightly in September. See story, Page 3. special meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council next Tuesday to vote on Phase 2. Sources said Meany will not de- cide to cooperate with the Nixon program and serve on the Pay, Board until the meeting. The key factor, they said, is whether Nix- on's Cost of Living Council would have veto power over pay decisions made by the board. The Pay Board and the Price Commission will be the chief units handling the Phase 2 program-y determining individual wage andI price increases, subject to general guidelines which the boards must formulate to keep inflation within 2 or 3 per cent by the end of 1972. Connally said he hopes the un- employment rate will be comingf down but added the administra- tion has set no specific goal. He said the job of policing Phase 2 will be "fairly simple" and I Kinig of the Blues, B.B. King hugs his fay should be manageable by a force with the blues that can only be his. "Me of about 3,000 people. the crowd. The wage-price freeze, Connally said, will remain in effect until NEA R WILLOW R UN' midnight Nov. 13, "and beginning the next day, the freeze is really still in effect, subject to whatever " " standards and criteria the two . boards set in the meantime." Connally also said he expects a number of foreign trade barriers against United States' exports to be removed within the next several months. Though he did not say J a e b specificallyhwhat barriers might be removed, he said he expected it to happen as a result of unilateral By JONATHAN MILLER vestiga or bilateral negotiations. Special To The Daily Was Meanwhile, stock market nrices YPSILANTI - Two investi- tor W took a sharp drop in moderate gations were underway yester- refused trading yesterday as investors re- day into the police s 1 a y i n g gation acted with uncertainty to unan- of a 17 year-old Ypsilanti ing fu swered questions about Phase 2, Township youth. early Thurs- Stat analysts said. day morning. JohnF Chairman Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.) The youth, Darrell Loomis, ing an also turned down a call from Pres- was killed by a single .38 cali- both t ident Nixon yesterday for the bre bullet as he fled from a Sgt. F House Ways and Means Committee stolen car which State Police of- trict C to act within two weeks on Nixon's ficers forced off the road near Police. plan for sharing federal revenues Willow Run airport. State Po- Sgt. with states and local governments. lice detectives said he was un- for con Mills wrote Nixon that the coin- armed. A sp mittee's time is committed, large- Both the Washtenaw County post c ly to other administration pro- Prosecutors Office and the yesterd posals. State Police are currently in- shotI REGIONAL GOVT. COUNCI -Daily-Jim Judkis Bluesman mous Lucille last night before a jammed Hill Aud. swaying 'n Lucille learn somethin' new everyday," he beamed to . e youth slain in State Police the students? By LINDSAY CHANEY The resignations Thursday of four Student Government Council members have again focused attention on an old issue-what is the role and relevance of SGC at the Univer- sity? Three of the resigning members-Karen Haas, Rick Hig- gins, and Mary Schnelker, of the conservative Student Caucus -charged that SGC is essentially powerless and unrepresen- tative. The other resigning member, Marnie Heyn, cited exten- sive "power jockeying"' on Council as the primary reason for her resignation. The sudden resignation by the conservatives surprised other Council members. Several said they felt Council had been "slandered" by resigna- tion statements from the Stu- , dent Caucus. Heyn's resignation had been an- ticipated. M o s t Council members con- ceded, however, that the charges of being "unrepresentative" and "powerless" were true to a certain extent. "The resignations are possibly a good thing," Council member Ar- lene Griffin said, "because they have forced us to look at how we operate and to assess our short- comings." As an institution; SGC is em- powered by the Regents to regu- late student organizations, schedule student activities, appoint ~ student members to various policy boards, spend money allocated by Rebecca Schenk the Regents, and hold elections. However, most past and present Council members agree that SGC's major power-or lack of power- lies in bringing student influence to bear on University decision- making. SGC, they feel, can wield the . most power if it is recognized by. the Regents and administration as a legitimate voice of students on campus. "Power is what we make it,"kh says Rebecca Schenk, SGC presi- dent. SGC can raise more hell on - campus than any other campus > . >' ," group." Former SGC President Marty a'$f y Scott agrees. "This power is the type you can put together and use t. if. you want," he said. "SGC has access to a lot of places, it is in the public view, I think you can Marty Scott do a lot with it." The extent to which SGC can influence University administra- tors, however, apparently depends on how representative of students the administrators think SGC is. Sources close to the administration say that many University executive officers consider SGC "unrepresentative" of student in- terests and "childish." An exception is Vice President for Student Services Robert Knauss. Contacted yesterday in Nashville, Tenn., Knauss said "SGC has been and can continue to be a powerful organization." Knauss admitted that SGC "has possibly lacked direction" this year. He attributed this, however, to general student apathy and lack of concrete issues around which student support could focus. The terms "student support" and "representative of students" occur frequently when persons involved with SGC discuss the subject of SGC power. "SGC can do anything it wants so long as students support it," said Joel Silverstein, a Council member. The conservatives who quit Council, however, felt that SGC did not have student support because it was not representative of stu- dents. "It's not a diverse group, its a small clique," said Mary Schnelker. She cited the example of the vacancy on Council which was filled one week ago. Only six persons applied for the position, and the person who was finally appointed--Doug Richardson-was a personal friend of half the Council members, Schnelker claimed. "The fact that students are so disinterested in SGC is an indica- tion of its lack of importance," she said. "If 85 per cent of the students don't vote, I can see no reason to have an SOC. It's a farce in this context." Approximately 17 per cent of the student body voted in the last SGC election. In the wake of the resignations and charges of being "unrepre- sentative" SGC has begun immediate steps to make students more aware of its existence and activities. Starting next Monday, SGC will begin publication of a bi-weekly newsletter called SGC ACTION. Council members plan to give the publication wide circulation by placing it in dorm mailboxes and distributing it on the Diag. The newsletter is intended to inform students of SGC activities, and provide a forum for student views. Council members hope the newsletter will lead students to take a greater interest in Council activities. New campus registration drive planned R- 14IQPARKS mons, president of the Team- sters Union, would attend. The AFL-CIO chief said there were conflicts between interpreta- tions of Phase 2 given newsmen by the White House and earlier briefings given privately to labor officials. Tre3asurySecretary John Con- nally said earlier he hoped Meany would serve on the Pay Board which will oversee much of Phase ating the slaying. htenaw County Prosecu- ililiam Delhey yesterday d comment on his investi- , stating. he was await- rther information. e Police Director Col. Plant said he was await- report on the slaying from he post commander, Staff ay Johnson, and the dis- Commander of the State Johnson was unavailable rmment yesterday. okesman at the Ypsilanti of the State Police said day that the officer who Loomis, Trooper Duane L Wolak, fired after warning Loo- mis and an unidentified male companion who escaped, to stop. Trooper Wolak was also un- available for comment yester- day. A state police spokesman said he was taking a long week end vacation. The following account of the death of Loomis has been pieced together from interviews with his family and State Police of- ficers and official police records of the incident: At approximately 1:35 a.m. Thursday, Trooper Wolak and his partner, Trooper Barry Beck, were on patrol in the vi- cinity of the newly completed Harris Rd. overpass near I-94. The pair observed a vehicle crossing the unopened overpass without its lights on, and gave chase. The car fled east on Ecorse Rd. towards the U.S. 12 by-pass. The chase continued for eight miles at speeds of up to 120 miles an hour and ended when the fleeing automobile left the road west of the Gen- eral Motors Hydramatic plant on the south side of Ecorse Rd. near Willow Run. Loomis and his companion jumped from the car and fled into the woods towards an area known as the Wiards Ponds. Trooper Wolak chased the pair on foot while his partner radioed for assistance. See YPSI, Page 3 Dy CHR1LIS L 1~~ City Clerk H a r o 1 d Saunders 2 disclosed plans yesterday for a Consumer advocate Ralph Na- new voter registration drive this der was critical of the program mnt nh. calling it "very disappointing." The drive, scheduled to begin Monday. Oct. 18 and last two weeks, will include several new1 campus locations. SGC Executive Vice President Jerry Rosenblatt said, "Every two days, there will be a different setf of four places" at which students] may register. . The schedule of registration sitesi is expected to be released by theI city clerk's office next week. 1 Rosenblatt said all dormitories, the Michigan Union, the Fishbowl, and a number of North Campus sites are likely to be included. I See REGISTRATION, Page 3 1 "How are working people go- ing to accept a 20 per cent tax break for corporations and only a 2.3 per cent tax break for per- sonal income?" he asked. Sen. Gegrge McGovern (D- S. Dak.), said Nixon's program had three flaws: he failed to mention the Vietnam war as a prime cause of inflation; he did- n't mention the chief economic problem, unemployment; and the business tax credit is unfair to those who have to live on wages. Srn. Hubert H. Humphrey, (D- Minn.), however, praised estab- lishment of the wage board. SEMCOG: Help or headache? By HANNAH MORRISON 1 as pollution, transportation a n d U.S. Department of Housing and Can a voluntary regional board land use, cooperatively. Urban Development (HUD), 35 act as an effective governmental The council's clout lies in it s students are being trained in four body, sensitive to the needs of the responsibility to recommend var- universities throughout the south- smaller areas it represents? ;.ious projects for federal and state eastern portion of the state. Five The Southeast Michigan Coun- funds - its "watchdog" function, recently graduated from the Uni- cil of Governments (SEMCOG), according to William Hardy, di- versity's first class, housed in the an outgrowth of the Intercounty rector of communications. Institute of Public Studies. Board of Supervisors, has been It also acts as a source of city Although SEMOG was originally struggling with this dilemma ever planning information and a lob- composed of 114 representatives since its creation four years ago. bying agency in Congress for local from six counties, membership has According to executive c o m- ( needs. dropped to 91 because of some dis- mittee member Robert Page, a SEMOG has generated such satisfaction with its performance. Birmingham city commissioned, programs as training for minority Hardy says, "When there is a SEMOG was designed to help local students interested in municipal question in the minds of 1 o c a 1 governments solve problems such management. Financed by the officials regarding the value of FAIRS FFICEservices in relation to the dues, FAIRS OFFICE some of them opt for paying half the salary of a janitor, as opposed to being with us. It's all a matter - - - -of priorities." RELIGIOUS AF ORA By PETER CAMPBELL As religion today is takingc new forms and growing into n areas, the University's Office< Religious Affairs (ORA) is fo lowing suit. ORA is expanding its counse ing, educational, and prograr ming functions to try and pla History department OKs policy for equal treatment of women oroaaens outook, scope. his religious life with the study.. o f religion. ew Most of the staff at OIA f no new n s developmentstaking l- . ce in religion today. "In the late sixties," Kachel says, "there Emerged a willing- ness to discuss fundamental questions about a person's life, ay vhat's going on in socie y and To counteract this trend, t h e council - which is partially de- pendent upon local dues for its support - is making membership at the county level compulsory, as of Jan. 1. Each county - including Wash- tenaw - will pay the co un c il dues at a per capita rate of eight cents - twice the present sum. For each sub-county unit of gov- ernment which joins, the county will be reimbursed. Local dues are matched by fed- I By JAN BENEDETTI The history department has unanimously ap- proved a code for the equal treatment of women. The code, now being sent nationwide to history departments. was first passed at the April con- vention of the Organization of American Histor- ians (OAH). Adoption of the code represents a significant step for women's equality, according to several T- -VO - -vcmin The code does not provide for violations. According to department chairman Prof. Brad Perkins, the department will work toward imple- mentation of the code. "In the past we have not made the positive efforts to search out women candidates which we should have," Perkins said. He explained that the department will speci- fically request "recommendations of people with- not -pa-rd t -Y t rnmnnirainn ih nthm.