CONGRESS AND THE BUDGET See Editorial Page it 41 A6F4v 4Matly AUTUMNAL High- 6s Low--40 See Today for details Vol. LXXXV, No. 29 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, October 8, 1974 Ten Cents Ten Pages IF NDU I 'E 1fLA 1 4MMr~dtAt X M iqfm it ! " ~ '-.e W.J rM o W \j', . r / No quorun Yesterday's LSA Faculty meeting adjourned aft- er less than an hour due to lack of a quorum, prompting one faculty member to observe, "We're certainly not suffering from overpopulation." The meeting's informal discussion focused on a pro- posal in the Graduation Requirements Commis- sion's controversial report that 128 credit hours be required for graduation, and was peppered with similar jibes. Commission chairman Prof. Ray- mond Grew, noting the sparse attendance, poked, "I wish we were equipped with parliamentary whips." Acting LSA Dean Billy Frye solicited fac- ulty support in "bringing two or three people with you in an attempt to recruit a quorum for the next meeting." One hundred literary college fac- ulty members constitute a quorum. Equal pay at'U In fiscal year 1973-74, the University dished out $83,050 in pay increases to 118 University pro- fessional-administrative, office, and technical staff members on the basis of "equal pay" reviews. The increases were made for 31 minority and 87 non- minority staff members, and for 26 male and 92 female staff members. The procedure of equity reviews includes a semi-annual review of all clas- sification to determine that a beginning salary is appropriate in comparison with others already in a classification. Fire! Dinner-bound pedestrians in the area of the old Architecture Building got a jolt yesterday when a smoky but relatively small scale blaze broke out in the sculpture room of the now-vacant structure. The fire was discovered by janitor Joe Tooson, who said he saw smoke and fire going "up the walls" at about 4:50 p.m. City firefighters arrived on the scene and put out the blaze in about 20 minutes. Two adjoining rooms were damaged, with most of the destruction centered around a tempor- ary wooden partition between the rooms. Univer- sity Fire Marshal Russell Downey estimated dam- age at $1,000. Electrical failures are being blamed in the blaze. " Happenings... . are plentiful today. Prof. James McConnell will lecture on "A New and Useless Theory - An Attempt to Make Behavior Modification More Hu- manistic," at 7 p.m. in East Quad's Green Lounge . . a slide show and discussion on the "Post-war War," will begin at 8 p.m. in the Canterbury House ... the Ann Arbor Health Collective will present a free film documentary, What Price Health? at 8 p.m. in the Union Faculty Lounge . . . the Astro- nomical Film Festival will continue at 8 p.m. in MLB Aud. 3 with a film and slides on "Skylab and Beyond" . . . Prof. Paul Flinn of Carnegie-Mellon University will discuss "Basic Principles of Moss- bauer Spectroscopy and Recent Applications to Metallurgical Problems" at 11 a.m. in Rm. 3201, East Engineering . . . and "What's Really Me?," a talk on Christian Science, will begin at 8 p.m. in the Michigan Room of the League. 0 Danish Watergate Denmark began its own "Watergate" trials yes- terday when political leader Mogens Glistrup faced nearly 3,000 counts of tax evasion and fraud in a Copenhagen court. The trial, accompanied by a considerable amount of political hoopla, has been billed Denmark's "trial of the century." As the proceedings began, demonstrators outside support- ed Glistrup, calling the case a "political show trial." Glistrup, who leads the second biggest party in Danish Parliament, is charged with set- ting an intricate intercorporation web of borrowing and lending, selling and buying to reduce taxable incomes to zero or less, thus cheating the taxman out of $700,000. Staple diet? The University reportedly puts all its official papers through a paper shredder which chews them instantly to ribbons. In Washington, papers and tapes have even been dumped into rivers. But nobody can hold a candle to a government organiz- tion in Canberra, Australia. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization has found a new use for its reports - they feed them to sheep. Research scientist Dr. Barry Coom- be has been using old printed reports as part of an experimental diet for sheep. And the sheep, on last report, are thriving. On the inside ... . . . Sportswriter John Kahler writes about the man who makes the Michigan offensive line what it is, Coach Jerry Hanlon . . . on the Editorial Page, Bill Katra discusses Chilean poet Pablo Neruda . . . and Joan Borus interviews country blues singer and guitarist Paul Geremia on the Arts Page. I nfigh ti By GORDON ATCHESON First of three parts For more than two years, the Washtenaw Coun- ty Board of Commissioners has wallowed in a quagmire. Beset with partisan and personal bickering, trapped by an antique governing structure, and faced with crucial county problems, the board has been unable to give Washtenaw County taxpayers their moneys' worth. DURING the past two years, the board has at- tempted to overhaul county government opera- tions, improve social programs, provide the be- ginnings of county-wide mass transportation, and balance a budget hit hard by inflation. But factional splits and charges of incompe- tence - leaving various board members at odds with each other and with other county officials- overshadow these actions. The 15 commissioners - who control the coun- ty's multi-million dollar budget and set policy for n stym ies more than a score of departments - are elected every two years from relatively small districts. PART-TIME politicians, the commissioners each earn about $6,000 per year for attending bi-monthly board meetings and a series of com- mittee work sessions, plus re-imbursement for certain expenses. tinct camps - the Ann Arbor Democrats, the Ypsilanti Democrats, and the seven Republicans. THE YPSILANTI- Ann Arbor division is nearly as old as the two cities themselves. Characterized as "an Ann Arbor superiority complex" by the Ypsilanti commissioners and "an Ypsilanti infer- iority complex" by the Ann Arbor board mem- "The people of Ann Arbor feel as if they are ordained to rule the world." - Ypsilanti commissioner James Cregar county board ordained to rule the world," adds James Cregar (D-Ypsilanti). He went on to describe the Ann Arbor Democrats as "slobbering liberals" sev- eral of whom "just don't know what's going on." THESE ACID feelings often surface during board meetings and have been met both publicly and privately with equally strong words from the Ann Arbor faction. "Reconciliation with Ypsilanti means they get everything," Commissioner Elizabeth Taylor (D- Ann Arbor) says. "They have a myopic philoso- phy of government, and there will be problems as long as that mentality continues." Commissioner Merri Lou Murray (D-Ann Ar- bor) contends that "Ypsilanti feels a paranoia because Ann Arbor is the county seat and a city of 100.000 with the University of Michigan, rather than Eastern Michigan University." UNRAVELING the disagreement between Ypsi- See INFIGHTING, Page 2 hears In 1972, the voters elected a Democratic ma- jority to the board for the first time in recent memory. But after several months of relative unity, the eight Democrats split ranks down the middle. That leaves the Board divided into three dis- bers, the rift has caused continued bitterness and 1 dissention.1 "If we don't stand up and scream for Ypsi- lanti, we just don't get consideration," says Com- missioner James Walter (D-Ypsilanti). "The people of Ann Arbor feel as if they are Congress Ford' eomic plans WASHINGTON A(;-Presi- dent Ford today will de- liver his anti-inflation pro- gram to Congress, amid signs that one expected element of the package will face strong opposition. According to congression- al sources, a proposed five per cent increase in the tax paid by corporations and moderate-to-high income individuals will be hotly challenged on the Hill. For personal taxpayers, the sur- tax reportedly might affect those with incomes as low as $7,500 for single persons, and $15,000 for couples. THIS IS to be packaged, the sources said, with an increase in the investment credit to stim- ulate building of productive fa- cilities, especially by utilities, an expanded job-creating pro- gram to relieve unemployment, and possibly a tax exemption on the interest paid on savings deposited in inistitutions financ- ing home mortgages. The White House kept tight secrecy on the proposals Ford will unveil in a nationally tele- vised and broadcast appearance at a joint session of Congress today. But Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Ford will seek across theboard acceptance of more than a dozen economic proposals. There were predictions that Ford also will prod Congress to act on a special tax on so- called windfall profits of oil. companies. It has been pending since the House Ways and Means Committee approved it early this year, largely because of controversy over phasing out the oil depletion allowance. WHILE SOME leaders of both parties indicated they would consider a sur tax under some circumstances, others predicted it would be difficult to sell to an election-year Congress. Rep. Harold Collier (R-Ill.), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Com- mittee, said it was likely to be viewed as an additional burden on a segment of the population already hard hit by inflation. Its chances, he said, would depend on "what palliatives were included in the package." ANOTHER committee mem- See FORD, Page 7 today AP Photo So lorg, Dad The latest member of the Ford Family, Liberty, and the President's daughter Susan say good- bye to Gerald Ford yesterday before boarding a helicopter on the White House grounds for a flight to nearby Andrews Air Force Base. Ford left Wa shington to give a speech in Vermont, where col- lege students heckled him. U.S. Slows grain exports Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN PRESIDENT FLEMING addresses an audience of 350 faculty last night in Rackham Auditorium on "The State of the Uni- versity." He cited financial worries as the worst problem for the upcoming year. STATE OF THE 'U: Fleming bemoans fintancial troubles' WASHINGTON (Reuter)-The United States yesterday took the first step toward placing con- trols over the export of key grains, although the door was left open for a massive grain shipment to the Soviet Union. Agriculture Secretary E a r I Butz announced an export plan under which shippers would vol- untarily notify the Agricuture Department of foreign sales over 50,000 tons of any single commodity. THE PROPOSED Soviet sale, blocked by the administration over the weekend, would have totaled 2,400,000 tons of maize and one million tons of wheat, valued at about $500 million. Me an while, White House sookesman Ron Nessen told re- porters the Soviet Union may still be permitted to import all or part of the planned shipment. Robbery Victim told to ~pry forlife' Early yesterday morning Jim Carlson got some unusual visitors at his room in Mosher-Jordan. Three bandits counseled him, "You better pray you don't get killed." Carlson said he was asleep in his unlocked room when three men entered his room at about 1:30 a.m. "WHEN THEY turned the lights on, I put the covers over my head. I didn't think anything was wrong. I thought they were friends of Jim's (Jim Thesier, his roommate.)" But his dreams were not to be. The thieves awakened him, one grabbed his hair and forced his head under the blankets. "That's what really got me. They asked where's my check- book. They hit me a couple of times through the covers." THE ROBBERS had taken Carlson's wallet with $40 and were unplugging the television and stereo when Thesier knocked at He said the objection was not to the actual sale, but to its timing. An assessment of the U.S. grain supply will be made later this week, giving Wash- ington a better idea of how much it will have available for export, Nessen said. IN ANNOUNCING the volun- tary program, Butz warned ex- porters that failure to cooperate could lead to general mandatory grain export controls. He said that criteria for ap- proving large sales had not yet been worked out, but sales with diplomatic implications would not be approved without first consulting other U.S. agencies, such as the White House and State Department. Butz said Moscow had im- ported 17 million tons .f grain in 1972 and that sale prod'iced a U.S. shortage and helped to drive up food prices here-and seven million tons last year. It was assumed Moscow int2nded to import about one million tors this year. HE SAID he was taken by surprise at the size of the pro- posed Soviet sale, although one of the two companies making the Soviet shipments, Continen- tal Grain Company, said it had kept the Agriculture Depart- ment informed throughout. At the same time, Secretary nf S tt.n onr Tic .cir . in n By ROB MEACHUM "This is the most dismal fi- nancial picture we've faced in the last decade," University President Robben Fleming told an audience of 350 faculty mem- bers last night. in his annual "State of the University" ad- dress. In a speech at Rackham's lec- ture hall, Fleming hinted a new tuition increase might be need- ed to cover financial woes, but stressed that a hike would have many drawbacks. HE ALSO warned that a fu- ture decision by the Supreme Court might lead the Univer- sity to modify its affirmative action goals for admissions of minority students. "Our financial future is a very serious problem and I don't know the answer to it," said Fleming. He noted that Gov. William Milliken has al- ready ordered the University to cut a total of $5 million out of its budgets for 1974-76, and that a tax cut proposal on the November ballot will likely cause a tighter money squeeze, if it passes. The president would not rule out a new tuition increase for next year, but said, "A raise in tuition might turn off prospec- tive students." He added that See FLEMING, Page 7 Potential voters scramble to beat registration deadline By BARBARA CORNELL The main floor of the Michigan Union resem- bled a bargain basement during an annual clearance sale yesterday as students jammed the only voter registration site on campus in an attempt to beat the registration deadline. Registrars disnensed with the traditional swear- Fishbowl and School of Public Health, major sites of student registration in the past. Many people waited in lines over half an hour, and several voiced bitterness about the siutation. "IT'S JUST too much of a pain," said one tieintancily gchgkinp hiq hend_ "T can't nffnrd i