AMNESTY PLAN SLAMMED See Editorial Page LiYI e 4.it ta :4aitl NICE High-72 Low-S2 See Today for details Vol. LXXXV, No. 12 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, September 18, 1974 Ten Cents Ten Pages -d IF'IOUSEE EWS APECAL DALtY Regents in town The Board of Regents are in town this week for their monthly meeting, with approval of this year's operating budget topping off the agenda. Tomor- row's open meeting will be held on the Dearborn campus, and includes discussion of curriculum de- velopments and a public comments session at 4 p.m. On Friday, the Regents will be back in Ann Arbor for the public session at 11 a.m. in the Re- gents Room of the Administration Bldg Police groups unite Leaders of Michigan's two largest police organiz- atipns have announced they will join in a single lobbying body. At a press conference this morning, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) President Jack Brown and Harold Kunkle, his counterpart from the Police Officers Association Michigan, (POAM) were scheduled to announce the state-wide merger. They said the new coalition would press the same issues POAM and the FOP have argued in the past -policemen's bargaining power, pension reform, and tougher penalties for assaults on patrolmen. - Rover come home The folks at the Chrysler Engineering Center out on North Campus have found a new friend, a large Irish setter type dog. The dog, whom they nick- named Rover, just wandered in off the streets. The Chrysler people have been sharing their lunches with him, but would like to return him to his right- ful owner. Anyone missing a fat, well cared for red dog should call Mrs. Porter at 764-8490. 0 Happenings.. .. are varied today. The journalism depart- ment is sponsoring a lecture on "Challenges and Frustrations Covering Government" at 4 p.m. in the E Conference Rm. of Rackham. Robert Pisor, of the Detroit News, Jim Neubacher of the De- troit Free Press and Bud Vestal of Booth News- papers will be the featured speakers . . . Demo- cratic gubernatorial candidate Sander Levin will meet with students and faculty in the Law Quad Main Lounge at 2 p.m. . . . The University of Michigan Papers in Women's Studies is holding an open meeting at 4 p.m. in the Women's Studies of- fice, 1058 LSA Bldg. Prospective Editorial Board members are welcome, no experience necessary . The University Community for Eckstein will hold an organizing meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Demo- cratic Headquarters, 225 E. Liberty . . . Siddha Yoga Dham, 902 Baldwin, will sponsor an evening of chanting, meditation and slides at 8 p.m. .. . and the Women's Community Center will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Union. You win one .--- Lawyers for Richard Nixon pleaded Nixon's ill- ness yesterday in opposing an attempt to get him to testify in a court hearing. The lawyers asked that the former president be excused from giving a deposition in a Santa Ana, California, law office next Tuesday in a case in which 21 people are challenging government security measures at a Billy Graham rally in North Carolina in 1971. The subpoena calls for the former president to bring with him relevant White House tapes and docu- ments. In the opinion of his personal physician, Mr. Nixon has in recent weeks shown serious signs of strain and physical fatigue," their statement said, . you lose one A House subcommittee yesterday slashed Presi- dent Ford's $850,000 transition fund request for former President Nixon to $398,000. Rep. Tom Steed (D-Okla.) chairman of the House executive office appropriations subcommittee said the cut was approved by a 7 to 6 vote. He said he would not be surprised if the fund was cut even further on the House floor, possibly next week or early the following week. The subcommittee also re- jected a request for $110,000 to build a vault to house Nixon's White House tapes and papers. S Boycott spreads Cesar Chavez won pledges of support from Bri- tain's biggest trade union yesterday for the boy- cott he leads against California grapes and let- tuce. Chavez told a news conference in London the boycott had been highly effective in the United States and Canada, leaving Western Europe the only likely market available for expansion to Cali- fornia grape growers. Jack Jones, general secre- tary of the Transport and General Workers Union here, which represents 1.2 million men, including Britains dockers, told the news conference his un- ion promised to support Chavez as they did in the earlier grape boycott of 1970. On the inside .,. Tony Cecere reviews singer David Amram's per- formance at the Ark last week on the Arts Page all the info on the U.S.'s fourth straight win in the America's Cup races appears on the Sports Page . . . and on the Editorial Page Paul O'Donnell takes a look at Franco's continuing control of Spain. Clericals By JO MARCOTTY and have theo CHERYL PILATE all togethe A neck-and-neck race between two of the necessarily state's strongest unions enters the home stretch quently a r today as University clericals begin casting their ballots for the United Auto Workers (UAW), the BOTH G American Federation of State, County, and Mun- vote for on nicipal Employes (AFSCME), or against union- "At first ization. lorin of Al Although UAW and AFSCME organizers are I've becom optimistic about their chances, representatives Final res on both sides concede that the election outcome clericals w is a virutal toss-up. campus un vised by 1 "NATURALLY I'm optimistic," said Pamela Commission O'Connor, a UAW organizer, "but this is such a campus ye grass roots movement; we have no way of con- Monday. tacting everyone or knowing how they feel." A simple majority-one vote over 50 per cent- THROUG is required for either union to win. UAW wage But because the University's 3,200 clericals each side 0 start option of voting against unionization r, neither UAW nor AFSCME will receive a majority mandate. Conse- run-off election may be required. ROUPS are confident clericals will e of the unions. I wasn't so sure," said Sylvia Hal- FSCME, "but in the past few weeks e convinced that one union will win." sults will be tabulated Monday, and ill be voting at various points on the til then. Elections, which are super- the Michigan Employment Relations in (MERC), were held on the Dearborn esterday and on the Flint campus HOUT the summer AFSCME and d a heated and often bitter struggle. contending it is better equipped to 0 unionizing represent clerical workers in negotiations with the final sta the University. A recurri "UAW has a separate department solely for paign has1 clericals," asserted O'Connor. "AFSCME is not the clerical really interested in the clericals, they just want AFSCME another local on campus." campus, ve However, AFSCME organizer Gretchen Gehr and tout th maintains that "AFSCME is the union for public union" in employes, and that is what we are. If UAW is men. so interested in clericals, why haven't they At the sa organized their own in the auto plants?" lar position THE UAW answer to this frequently raised is- more wome sue is that clericals at Ford and General Motors roles in car automatically receive many of the benefits grant- Presently ed to the unionized auto workers. been discu Currently AFSCME represents clerical workers that a stro at four state colleges, including Washtenaw Com- to upgrade munity College. UAW represents clericals at Both UA Wayne county Community College and recently they will st averted a professional and administration staff tion. In the strike at Wayne State University by assisting in union is be Fuibright co vote ages of negotiations there. ng theme throughout the unions' cam- been women's rights, since many of s are vocal feminists. LEAFLETS, which are posted all over hemently denounce sex discrimination e effectiveness of the "public employes maintaining equal provisions for wo- me time, UAW has established a simi- on the subject - also contending that en in its organization play instrumental mpaigning and negotiating. , specific employe demands have not ssed, but each contender has stressed ng organizational voice is necessary clericals' benefits. W and AFSCME have indicated that upport the winner of this week's elec- words of one UAW organizer - "any tter than no union at all.' Mmttee 1CIA to investigate intervention i Chile AP Photo Vesco investigated Two members of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, William Gallimaro (left) and Philip Manuel, hold up a rifle while giving testimony yesterday implicating fugitive financier Robert Vesco in an alleged gun running operation. Vesco is wanted in the United States on charges that he swindled $240 million from Investors Overseas Services. HOSTAGES FREED: errorists end sege, seek rfvuge in Syria WASHINGTON (Reuter) - Two congressional committees yesterday announced investiga- tions of intervention by the Central Intelligence A g e n c y (CIA) in Chile following Presi- dent Ford's endorsement of its clandestine activities abroad. Senator William Fulbright of Arkansas, Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters after a closed-door session that "the committee unanimously ordered its staff to gather all the rele- vant material and make re- port, probably next week." REP. THOMAS Morgan (D- Pa.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he would take up the Chilean issue this week. Both men stressed their de- sire for congressional influence over CIA activities abroad, fol- lowing revelations that the CIA spent $11 million supporting op- position to the late President Salvador Allende. Fulbright suggested a com- mittee of both houses to over- see CIA activities, and Morgan declared, "This is our one chance to get oversight of the CIA and we're going to grab it.'' SENATOR Mike Mansfield of Montana, the Democratic ma- jority leader, told reporters be- fore the start of this morning's session that he intended to call for a joint Senate committee to oversee secret CIA opera- tions abroad. "I don't think we have been keeping close enough tabs on the CIA," he said. "We have not asked enough questions. We have been too prone to take what they tell us on faith and not probe too deeply," he stated. Fulbright told reporters, "I don't approve of our interven- ing in other people's elections." THE SENATORS made their statements as the Foreign Re- lations Committee went into a closed-door session on CIA in- terference in Chile and publica- tion in the Washington Post of a controversial report by the counsel of a Foreign Relations subcommittee. The report, leaked to the Washington Post, recommended that a perjury investigation should be initiated against for- mer CIA D i r e c t o r Richard Helms and accused Secretary Pierce admits loss in Democratic race of State Henry Kissinger of having dedeived the committee in sworn testimony. Senator Hugh Scott of Penn- sylvania, the Republican minor- ity leader, came to the defense of the administration, declaring that "the recommendations are overstated and some are utterly unwarranted." BUT ANOTHER leading Re- publican, Rep. John Anderson of Illinois, said "I am surprised See COMMITTEE, Page 2 By GORDON ATCHESON Dr. Edward Pierce yesterday conceded victory in the 2nd U.S. Congressional District Democra- tic primary to John Reuther, who increased his originally thin lead in a recount of the elec- tion. Pierce called off the recount late Monday night when nearly complete totals showed Reuther winning by about 130 votes. Prior to the recount, Reuther held an 81-vote margin over the Ann Arbor physician. IN HIS CONCESSION state- ment, Pierce pledged to fully support Reuther's campaign against incumbent Congressman Marvin Esch (R-Ann Arbor) in the November general election. "John Reuther is young and willing to listen," Pierce said. "His background and interests are clear indicators that he will be a good congressman and reflect the view of the vast majority of the people of the district." The Reuther-Pierce primary was a cliff-hanger that con- founded many political experts. REUTHER, NEPHEW of the late United Auto Workers union President Walter Reuther, was expected to win easily, but Pierce ran a surprisingly strong race. A number of observers had concluded that Pierce was the victor on the basis of partial returns which. came in late on election night. It was not until 11 a.m. the next day that Reu- ther was declared the winner- and then by only five votes. During the official certifica- tion of the results, several cler- ical errors were discovered and Reuther's lead jumped to 81 votes. REUTHER COULD not be reached yesterday for comment on Pierce's concession because he was out campaigning, an aide reported. Until yesterday Reuther and Pierce ran a joint campaign against Esch, pending the re- count results. But now Reuther See PIERCE, Page 7 SCHIPHOL, Holland (Reuter) -An exchange of prisoners un- der the guns of scores of roof- top sharpshooters at .Schiphol Airport last night ended the four-day Hague hostage drama. The three gunmen, members of the Japanese Red Army, took 11 hostages at the French em- bassy in the Hague last Friday. They flew out yesterday in a Boeing aircraft along with a colleague freed from a French jail at their demand. THEY ALSO received $300,000 'U'aand GEO set grievance for-m-ula By JEFF DAY Representatives of the Uni- versity and the Graduate Em- ployes Organization (GEO) reached an agreement on griev- ance procedures during a two- hour meeting at the Rackham Building last night. The procedure calls for step- by-step referral of complaints up to a representative of the vice president for academic af- fairs, after which the matter can be referred for binding ar- bitration. in ransom money paid out by the Dutch government. In return, they released un- harmed all their hostages in three stages over the past 36 hours. Tired and strained by their 100-hour ordeal, the hos- tages were all reported in satis- factory condition. As the Boeing, piloted by a volunteer three-man crew head- ed south-east from here there was speculation that its desti- nation was a Middle East capi- tal, possibly Damascus. BUT THERE was no official word as to where it is heading and Dutch Premier Joop Den Uyl, who took charge of the final phase of the exchange here, told a press conference he did not know where the plane was heading. Tension at the heavily guarded airport was acute as, almost in slow motion so as not to excite any of the participants or troops that ringed the airport as the last hostages were released. The final trade-off was the freeing'by the gunmen of French Ambassador Jacques Senard in exchange for Yutaka Furuya, flown here last Satur- day from a French jail and held under French guard at the air- port here until the final ex- change. FURUYA BOARDED the air- craft last with a blue trunk and a white bundle containing the ransom money. Den Uyl said that France would reimburse the Dutch Government for the ransom monev. Initially the gunmen had true of getting the gunmen to reduce their ransom demand. Den Uyl, against a back- ground of reports of strained relations between the French and Dutch governments over negotiating tactics said the suc- cessful outcome was largely due to the constant cooperation be- tween France and Holland. After a night when which apparently little happened, but during which the Dutch authori- See GUNMEN, Page 2 Temperance unionr Still alive locally1 {. By PAUL TERWILLIGER Like all the past meetings, this month's Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) meeting began with a prayer::.:;:" "Ye are all children of light and day, not of the night, of darkness. Therefore let us watch and be sober, for they that sleep, sleep in the dark, and they that be drunken be drunken in the night." TO MOST UNIVERSITY students, the problem of how to refuse a cocktail rarely comes up. But the gin dilemma is a way of life for the Clara Leisenring Union of the WCTU. Eight members of the group, all elderly women, held their monthlymetn yesterday in ametn local home, opening with ":-'".":.,i X "America the Beautiful and then moving intoa sober discus-;: sion of the evils of drink. A bit of controversy brewed when one of the participants admitted she once accepted a cocktail out of politeness at a wedding, but discreetly set it down without drinking any of it. ANOTHER MEMBER announced, "There is nothing un- gracious about refusing a drink . . . If people see you with a cocktail in your hand, they will assume you are drinking it,"