OVERHAUL SGC See Editorial Page Y L Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom i tii MUNDANE High-38 Low-25 See Today for details Vol. LXXXV, No. 122 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, February 25, 1975 Ten Cents Eight Pages G a-- r e FYW.SE ?E)* MCALL' r Y A desperate thief Those of you who are accustomed to frequenting this city's bookstores may have noticed a sizeable hole in the front window of the Maynard Street Centicore. The broken window, which is expected to cost the store a healthy 450 bucks, was a sou- venir from an unexpected night visitor last week. The vandal threw a stone through the window and entered the building - where a literal wealth of material is stored. However, said a store worker, only one book was stolen. "You're not go- ing to believe this," said the salesperson. We al- most didn't. The book was the low-priced Cellulite: Those Lumps, Bumps and Bulges You Couldn't Lose Before. " Minor upsets It was a rough day yesterday for residents of East Quad, who were routed from their beds by a 7 a.m. fire alarm after the latest in a series of set trash can fires. Later on, the quaddies were forced to finish their lunches by candlelight after water from recent heavy rains shorted out a 24 hundred volt distribution box. Both the Law Quad and East Quad were without power for about half an hour. However, it was not as much of an incon- venience as one might have thought. Voter registration In order to be eligible to vote in the April city election, you must register before March 10. There is new a permanent registration site on the third floor of the Union in addition to the many tempor- ary registration sites scattered around the city. Shuttle service from the West Quad lobby to the registration site in the public library will be pro- vided tonight from 6-9 p.m. Other locations in- clude City Hall, Loving Branch Library on Pack- ard near Platt, the Ann Arbor Community Center, 625 N. Main; Miller Manor, 727 Miller; Community High, 401 N. Division; Pioneer High, 601 Stadium; Slauson Middle School, 1019 W. Washington; Lurie Terrace, 600 W. Huron. Sublet stuff The Daily's annual Summer Sublet Supplement is due for distribution on Sunday, March 23. The first deadline for ads for the supplement is March 7 and the final deadline is March 14. The cost for a four inch ad is $7 until the 7th after which it will be $9. Forms may be found in The Daily and at various locations around campus. Course make-ups The German Dept. will be holding make-up ses- sions for those who have missed classes because of the strike. German 101 (MTTHF)-1 p.m. 2112 MLB German 102 (MTTHF)-9 a.m. 2112 MLB (MTTHF)-10 a.m. B110 MLB (MTWF)-11 a.m. B101 MLB German 222 (MTWF)-12 2008 MLB German 231 (TTH)-12 B117 MLB (WF)-B103 MLB German 111 (TTH) 12-2 3310 MLB Prof. Brice Carnahan's lectures will be held in 2050 Frieze Tues., Wed., and Thurs., 7-9 p.m. Prof. John Earl's Anthropology courses'453 and 486 will be meeting at the University Reformed Church on Huron at the usual times. 0 CRISP info The University is implementing a new computer- assisted registration system called CRISP for the up-coming classification period (April 7-25). Each school will be developing different procedures for its own students which means all those who wish to early register/classify should check with the counseling office of their department immediately after spring break. LSA students can call 4-6820 or 4-6850 for information on counseling or CRISP pro- cedures. " Happetii# s... . ..are diverse today. There will be an English Dept. poetry reading by Jerome Rothenberg at, 4:10 p.m. in Aud. 3 MLB . . . a mass meeting to attract new volunteers to Food Week will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Aud. C Angell Hall . . . there will be a clinic for anyone interested in officiating IM volley ball at the Sports Coliseum at 7:30 p.m.... Hillel is presenting an ABC produced film, "Kib- butz Langdon at 8 p.m. at Hillel House . . . a talk on the "World Ecology Crisis and Prospects for Fusion Power" will be given by Dr. Robert Moon, a leading physicist at the University of Chi- cago, at 8 p.m. in the Michigan Room of the Leage . . . there will be a meeting of the New England literature nrogram at 439 Mason at 8 p.m. . . . and tonning off the days events is an- other poetrv reading at 9:30 p.m. in Greene Loimge, East Quad. On the n ide . . . the entire Editorial Page is deoted to the stranga case ag-inst SGC . . . James Fiehia and Bruce Jordan review Saturday's Herhie Hancock concert on the Arts Paee . . . and the Snorts Page is highlighted by covernpe of the basketball game against the Wisconsin 13ndeers. GEO nears settlement By JIM TOBIN After nine months of bargain- ing and two weeks of a strike, is it now clear for the first time that a contract settlement be- tween the University and the Graduate Employes' Organiza- tion (GEO) is near, and strate- gists from both sides are pre- paring the final tactics which they hope will sway the ap- proaching settlement in their favor. - Both negotiating teams have made concessions they would have preferred not to, and now they must assess their respec- tive strengths and weaknesses in order to salvage whatever they can from the agreement. THE STRIKE has taken its toll on both the union and the University. It did not -bring the GEO a decisive victory within the first week, and now the con- flict will be resolved through reluctant compromise which is not likely to satisfy either party totally. As GEO leader David Gordon pointed out last night, a labor still has some factors which may work in its favor. The support of many other union's in the state and local levels may help GEO in an in- direct manner. In particular, the AFL-CIO, the UAW, and with (' struggle in a University com- munity is not like one in indus- try, where an effective strike by an all-powerful union can bring a corporation to its knees. "While striking a University you don't have the ability to shut off profit," Gordon admit- ted. "It's much more potitics, it's more a war of nerves.- WHILE THIS is true, the GEO the Teamsters hold great po-. litical power and are able to pressure the University in ways which may never be brought to light. For instance, a number of University Regents received la- bor sup-port to get elected, and it is conceivable that the Re- gents might influence the ad- ministration in favor f GEO for this reason. ALSO, THE University faces even more labor problems in the coming months with the fac- ulty, the Concerned Clericals for Action-who have already been incorporated into the UAW -the University nurses, and the American Federation of State, C o u n t y, and Municipal Em- ployes (AFSCME), which -up- plies most maintenance and food services people to the University. But two crucial factors must work out if the GEO is to emerge with the type of settle- ment it seeks. First, they are relying o- their members - teaching assistants, research assistants, and staff assistants-to remain on strike. Should the economic stress of the walkout force union mem- bers back to the classro.3m and laboratory, the strike will crack See GEO, Page 8 0I Fleming accepto U-=Cal. pi By DAVID BURHENN member U- University P r e s i d e n t could have1 Robben Fleming, named as centive for a top contender for the the post. presidency of the Univer- presidency sity of California (U-C) vost David system, said yesterday he ered the lea has withdrawn his name tem candi from consideration for the have announ prestigious post. on's appoi Fleming further indicat- made publi ed last night he would re- CALIFOR ject future offers to head reported th other universities. "I can't tracted by stature in h really conceive of another may havet university presidency that his age, 58, I would be interested in," was not far he said. 000 student: will offer, not of resil C Board of Regents been a powerful in- Fleming to reject rite to assume the is current U-C Pro- Saxon, long consid- ding inside-the-sys- date. The regents nced a special meet- Saturday, and Sax- intment could be i at that time. NIA observers have at regents were at- Fleming's national igher education but been leery both of and the fact that he miliar with the 120,- system. said last night that dency he had never actually been of- fered the job. "It never reach- ed that point", he said. Fleming, who has been presi- dent here since January, 1968, has said he would not want to serve longer than 10 years. Asked last night what position he might accept after leaving the university presidency, Flem- ing said teaching was his "first and last love." "I still think on occasions, that one of these days I want to go back to being a law school professor," he said. Fleming, an expert in labor negotiations, was a law professor at the University of Illinois from 1958 to 1964. He also holds a tenured law professorship at the Uni- versity law school. Doily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS UNDERGRADUATE SUPPORTERS of the Graduate Employes' Organization (GEO) picket the LSA Building yesterday, demanding resolution of the smaller-class i s s u e. From LSA, they marched to Angell Hall, the Chem. Building, and the Modern Languages Building, chanting slogans along the way. GE proosa rejected; Flemings settlement still By JIM TOBIN tions, chief U The leadership .of the Graduate Employes' mand said, " Organization (GEO) exploded in outrage at the a number of i University bargaining team late last night in aren't ready to the Michigan Union after the administration Asked if het team rejected what the GEO called a "proposal before morning which could lead to an immediate settlement." "We were ready to settle this thing right now," "WE FELT GEO spokesman David declared bitterly. "It were not will: was a terrible insult to us. We fell back and made GEO negotiat serious compromises on all positions, in some bargaining tea cases to what we felt was their positions. We caucus. felt insulted by their response and it's our feel- After the U ing they're trying to bust our union. Their defi- flabbergasted nition of collective bargaining is clubbing unions considered to1 into capitulation." the University what they clai THE NEGOTIATORS continued their session gaining." into the early morning hours, and at press time, Following th no agreement had been reached. their return, C Reached by telephone in the midst of negotia- FmRtng gets top pay among state of ficial- pOssible University negotiator Charles All- We're still negotiating. There were ssues they did present that we still o accept." thought a settlement was probable g, Allmand said, "I doubt it." that their response was that they ing to reach a settlement," said or Jack Wileden after the union am emerged from the session to niversity's offer, the GEO team, after having proposed what they be a settlement offer, harangued team for several minutes for med was "extreme bad-faith bar- e outburst of anger, the union team with other GEO officials. Upon EO negotiators reported the Uni- See GEO, Page 2 FLEMING said he withdrew his name from further conten- tion after meeting for a sec- ond time Saturday with U-C Regents, California Governor Edmund Brown, student, fac- ulty and alumni representa- tives. Fleming said last night that he and his wife, Sally, had been cool towards accepting the po- sition after an initial interview on the west coast earlier this month. "Following that visit, we urged that or namehbe withdrawn from any further considerations," Fleming said in a statement released yester- dav. He indicated that a second round of discussions was con- ducted only after Edward Car- ter, chairman of the U-C re- gental search committee "urg- ed me very strongly to go out again." FLEMING said, "I told them from the very first that I wasn't looking for a position anywhere, and if I came out that didn't mean I would take it (the U-Cal. presidency) even if I was offered it." Fleming did not say what prompted his refusal to con- cider taking the California presidency. However, it is be- lieved'that the intense political infighting characterizing the 26 Members of B. U. F., res ign By ROB MEACHUM The Black United Front (BUF), a coalition of black student and faculty groups at the University, announced the resignations of Sam Riddle and Oscar Hearn yesterday. Riddle and Hearn were the key organizers of last week's two-and-a-half day takeover of the Administration Building by nearly 250 minority students. IN THEIR official statement, the BUF said the resignations came "in the aftermath of the unsanctioned occupation of the University Administrative Building early last week in the name of the Black United Front." Riddle, however, said last night, "We did not move in the name of the BUF-we moved in the name of BAM (the Black Action Movement!" The Black Action Movement, in early 1970, closed the Uni- versity for nearly two weeks demanding the University have a 10 per cent black enrollment by 1972. The University presently has a black enrollment of seven per cent. RIDDLE, while resigning "for the sake of internal harmony," said he would " like to see an independent black organization on See BLACK, Page 2 By DAN BLUGERMAN University President Robben Fleming's $65,600 a year salary makes him the highest paid public official in Michivan ac- cording to a state House Fiscal Agency survey. Presidential salaries at six other state-supported universi- ties also top the $47,250 annual salary of Governor William Milliken, who announced last week he will be taking a volun- tary 10 per cent cut because of the state's fiscal crisis. THE GOVERNOR'S salary is set by the State Officers Com- "M"nf~ r me;Conn 1.1i Fleming said donated $12,500 sity last year, going to the King Jr. Fund. last night he to the Univer- the bulk of it Martin Luther FLEMING'S total compensa- tion comes to $73,282 with $6,650 in retirement benefits and $1,132 in other fringes. In addition, he has run of the uni- versity's presidential house, a car and a $20,000 expense ac- count. Collecting the second highest pay of a state public official is Clifton Wharton Jr., President of Michigan State University, who receives $$57,500 in salary, nla. ... ak"i::£: