THE RENT RATE RANKING ISSUE See Editorial Page Sitr~t~~ DaiIy PREDICTABLE High--36 Lowv-19 V. See Today for details Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXIV, No. 140 Ann -Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, March 27, 1974 Ten Cents Ten Pages ' secretaries move- to form union ',. ._ . r. se e fF'rUSEE NESPDC Em Trash bash The city has announced it will go to curb side garbage pickup during April. All residents will be required to drag their own garbage cans out to the sidewalk on the designated collection day if they want their trash carted away. Residents are also expected to return the empty cans to the rear of the building. The curb side pickup does not affect large apartment and commercial build- ings where trash is stored in "dumpsters" behind the buildings. The change from back yard pick up to curb side was the result of a four week layoff of 45 union personnel in the Department of Public Works. The cuts were made as a part of a city-wide effort to reduce the payroll, as a means of cutting the city debt. Violent outburst Police officials in Coldwater are presently baffled why 22-year-old Donald Hurley attacked and raped his step sister, fatally stabbed an 18-year-old woman, shot an- other woman in the stomach, stabbed a 19-year-old man, and then killed himself yesterday. "He apparently went berserk," explains Sgt. Howard Street of the Coldwater Police Department. Police are at a loss to explain how the naked Hurley made his way, without a car, from the rape scene to the murder scene, some 3 miles apart, without being noticed. They speculate that the morning incident was drug related. Junkyard moves? After years of frustration, the city is once again try- ing to move Lansky's junkyard from its present loca- tion on Summit St. The city has an option to buy a plot of land to relocate the field of fossilized autos south of the Municipal Airport in Pittsfield township, pending action by township officials. City officials have been trying in vain to find a new location for the scrapyard for years in order to put a park on the present site, but have been continually stymied by Pittsfield residents who don't want a junkyard in the neighborhood. Township officials still have to decide whether to rezone the land to allow the move. 'Freshman' Register Any freshperson who purchased the "Freshman" Reg- ister and has not received their copy yet, should stop in at the University Activities Center (UAC) offices on the second floor of the Michigan Union and pick it up. If you're not sure whether you paid for one or not, stop in and the UAC people will let you know. Office hours are 11-4 Monday-Friday. " Oops! The first Student Organizations Forum mistakenly re- ported as taking place yesterday, will be held tonight to discuss the rights, services, responsibilities and propos- als for regulation of student groups on campus at 7:30 on the third floor of the Union. Happenings* * start off today with an ENACT sponsored speech on environmental change. Bill Bryan, from the North- ern Rockies Action Group, will speak on "The Right to a Choice of Destiny" at noon in Rm. 1040 School of Natural Resources. A workshop will follow from 3-5 p.m. . . . There's a mass meeting for the Dump Nixon coalition at 7:30 p.m. in the Green Lounge of East Quad . . . Student's International Meditation Society presents an Introductory Lecture on Transcendental Meditation at 8 p.m. in Rms. E and D on the 3rd floor of the league ... The Rackham Student Government Executive Board in the West Lecture Room, on Rackham's 3rd floor ... and finally the English Language Institute presents a lecture and film presentation by Allen and Beatrice Gardner, of the Psychological Dept. at the University of Nevada, on "Teaching Sign Language to the Chim- panzee Washoe" at 8 p.m. in Rackham Aud. f Segretti released The Department of Justice disclosed yesterday that Donald Segretti, who was convicted as a political "dirty tricks" man in the Watergate scandal, has been re- leased from prison. Segretti was sentenced in Nov. to six months in prison and thus could have remained in confinement until early May. Counting time off for good behavior, the department said Segretti was reckoned to have completed his sentence. In the nudes Answering a telephone call for help, Police Patrol- man Fred Hansen said he sped to a suburban Ft. Lau- -derdale home to find a nude couple handcuffed to a book- case. Hansen said the man explained that he and his wife had been "fooling around," locked themselves to the bookcase, dropped the key and their dog promptly swallowed it. The couple managed to dial the telephone operator to ask for help. Hansen said he freed them with his own handcuff key. On the inside ... ..The Edit page today is devoted to a discussion of rent and rent control . . . The Sports page has the lat- est information on the Foreman-Norton fight . . . and By JO MARCOTTY A group of 35 University secretaries, the Concerned Clericals For Action, (CCFA), are attempting to pull together over 3000 University clericals to form a union. CCFA members are discontented with their work- ing situation, and cite low wages, lack of job security and lack of representation within the University as their major complaints. . "WE HAVE no power in this University," says CCFA member Vicki Connell. "In all the boards, committees and commissions, no one represents the secretaries." The group was initiated last September by several law school secretaries who were displeased with the bureaucratic entanglements of the University's griev- ance procedure. In November they decided that or- ganizing was the best alternative. "We tried doing it their way, and it didn't work," says Connell, who has been involved in a wage grievance fight with the University for over a year. "It was like talking to a brick wall." After five months the organization is making progress towards unionization, with recruitment meet- ings planned for the secretaries spread through the various University departments this week, and a mass meeting set for April 2. THE UNITED Auto Workers (UAW), at the request of CCFA, will aid them in organization, recruitment, and will give them badly needed financial backing for expenses. "We'll do all the work." savs Gail Klein."We've other national unions, including Teamsters, AFSCME, and the Clerical Workers of America. They finally decided on UAW because of its strength, its reputa- tion and because its main headquarters are in nearby Detroit. SO FAR-aside from forbidding use of University phones and copying equipment for organizing pur- poses-the administration has offered no formal re- sponse to CCFA's actions. James Thiry, manager of University staff and labor relations, emphasized that CCFA has not yet approached the administration in a formal manner. Seek job security, increase in wages University President Robben Fleming went further in the direction of positive comment: "the secre- taries are indeed underpaid, and special considera- tion should be given to them." THE SECRETARIES' major gripe against the University is over wages. The secretaries, who are state employes, maintain that the level of clerical salaries at the University is lower than other state universities and the civil service. r For example, at Michigan State University, a clerical of comparable classification to "C-4 clerical" receives an annual income of $6643 as a starting salary. The University starts its C-4s at $5520. The Michigan State Civil Service clerical salaries range between $6869 and $8080, while at the Univer- sity, wages range between $$5520 and $8000. Secretaries in the CCFA say they find no fault with the maximum salary potential, but claim that few clericals ever reach that maximum. THE ORGANIZATION also wants clearer specifi- See CLERICAL, Page 7 r Iit U al L. G V L, . . a1 \G11, V C done it so far, but we need someone strong behind "I'm aware of a certain amount of talk centered us." As another CCFA member puts it, "We've got around a union," says Thiry. "But we have not been the saliva, we just don't have the envelopes." formally contacted; not by any recognized organiza- The secretaries considered affiliation with several tion or agency .asking to be recognized." H1ouse tak esI eviden WASHINGTON (M - An olive green satchel contain- ing grand jury information bearing on President Nixon and Watergate is in the hands of the House Judiciary Com- mittee for use in its impeach- ment inquiry. It was hand-carried yester- day from the security of the United States Courthouse vault to the promised safety of the committee's offices. "As far as the court is concern- ed, theftransaction isnow com- plete," said U. S. District Judge John Sirica, who ordered the de- livery. "They've got everything the grand jury turned over to me." UNDER committee rules only Chairman Peter Rodino (D-N.J.) and Rep. Edward Hutchinson of Michigan - the senior Republi- can, can study the material, along with the committee's two top law- yers. Rodino said the grand jury re- port and documentation will be held under the committee's confi- dentiality rule and kept with other impeachment evidence in heavily guarded safes. He said, however, that the com- mittee deadline of April 3 for the end of the impeachment inquiry is unrealistic. "We're keeping that as a tar- get date, but it doesn't seem like- ly at this point," he said. When it completes its study, the 38-member committee will recom- mend whether the full House should vote on the impeachment question. THE MATERIALS handed to Sir- ica on March 1, along with indict- ments of seven former Nixon committee grand Ice 011 White House and re-election aides, bear "on matters within the pri- mary jurisdiction of the commit- tee in its current inquiry," Sirica said in his order. The U. S. Court of Appeals, in a 5-1 vote, turned down objections from lawyers for two of the in- dicted men, H. R. Haldeman and Gordon Strachan, that their clients' rights to a fair trial would be jeopardized by expected leaks from the committee. The actual turnover was in the seclusion of Sirica's jury room. It was an occasion more for cata- loguing than ceremony. THE FIRST outsiders to see the materials in the leather satchel were John Doar and Albert Jem See HOUSE, Page 2 jury's Nixon Daily Photo by ALLISON RUTTAN On the campaign trail The two hopefuls fo rthe Second Ward City Council post, Democrat Mary Richman (left) and Human Rights Party (HRP) entry Kathy Kozachenko (right), talk with students at Alice Lloyd Hall last night. Richman admitted to the crowd that she has in the past eaten non-UFW lettuce. See story, Page 10. $42,000 TOTAL FUNDS: Rent control opponents reelcamnpaigfn Cgifts John Dean Mitchell lawyer tries to rip Dean's story By CHERYL PILATE In compliance with the city elec- tion reform ordinance, Citizens for Good Housing (CGH) has made public its campaign expenditures, sparking renewed allegations that the group accepted illegal dona- tions. The most unusual aspect of the CGH's financial statement is the refund of two allegedly corporate checks totalling $2,900 from Nob Hill apartments and the Ann Arbor Board of Realtors just hours be- fore the filing deadline. UNDER MICHIGAN state law, corporate contributions to political campaigns are strictly forbidden. The Human Rights Party (HRP), which is marshalling the attack against the anti-rent control group has revealed leaked CGH docu- ments to the city attorney which demonstrate the group's alleged violations. HRP also plans to turn the evi- dence over to the county prosecu- tor. The documents include CGH bud- get predictions and a full listing of all contributors up until the end of February, revealing donations Belcher expects win in Fifth Ward battle - ' By BILL HEENAN Bolstered by a superior party organization and plentiful funding, Republican City Council candidate Louis Belcher expects victory in the Fifth Ward while Democrat Paul Brown struggles uphill to gain votes in traditional GOP territory. Meanwhile, the Human Rights Party (HRP) has virtually written off the candidacy of Jesse Hall, but the vigorous campaigner may gain some unexpected support. DEMOCRATS and Republicans alike are looking for votes among the Fifth Ward's predominantly middle-class suburban population in the April 1 election. HRP is concentrating its limited effort on student tenants, senior citizens, and blue collar workers who live on the city's old west side. Belcher, a 1971 mayoral candidate, is confident the voters will choose him by a comfortable margin, similar to last year's 4023-2517 GOP triumph. Spending over $2,000 on a massive mailing and adver- tising campaign plus personally canvassing much of the ward, he claims that his opponents have not yet appeared in force. Democrat Paul Brown, a senior editor of University Publications, has been plagued by a shortage of funds. Determined to "get the neonle out to vote." Brown hopes to swing indenendent voters dis- from most of the city's major ren- tal agencies. H R P CONTENDS there is "strong evidence" that the "land- lord front group" is guilty of cam- paign fraud and accepting illegal contributions to finance the anti- rent control campaign. According to their financial state- ment, the CGH has spent over $42,000 in an effort to crush the rent control proposal-an amount exceeding the present level spent by candidates of all three parties on this campaign. Because $32,000 of the total was received before the election ordi- nance went into effect February 27, CGH did not account for the amount of these contributions, al- though they did provide a list of donors. The list confirms allegations that landlords and rental agencies are the major financial backers of the CGH. RON WEISER, the executive di- rector of McKinley Associates, de- nied that any corporate contribu- tions were received by the CGH. "We are not issuing a formal statement at this time, but I can assure you that all checks came from personal contributors," he said. Allegedly, the McKinley offices serve as CGH headquarters. Wit- nesses report seeing McKinley of- fice personnel engaged in distribu- ting anti-rent control literature on company time-also prohibited un- der state law. As part of their disbursements, CGH lists a check for $183 to McKinley Associates for "prepara- tion of mailers" which includes NEW YORK (Reuter)-The de- fense lawyer for former Attorney General John Mitchell tried to dis- credit damaging testimony by ousted White House Counsel John Dean by examining Dean's role in the Watergate scandal. Defense Attorney Peter Fleming questioned Dean about his testi- mony Monday that Mitchell asked him to intervene in the Grand Jury investigation here that was about to indict Mitchell and former Com- merce *Secretary Maurice Stans. FLEMING maintained he had to introduce the Watergate aspect to show that his client had not called Dean about the Grand Jury's inves- tigation of the Vesco matter but about its spreading to unrelated From one who knows: A view of food In thefut By BETH NISSEN "Traditional views of the future show a push-button paradise," de- clared a white-haired professor yesterday. "Food isn't even men- tioned." Dr. Georg Borgstrom, Michigan State University nutritionist and author of The Hungry Planet and Too Many, spoke to a sizeable Fu- ture Worlds lecture audience at Hill Auditorium on the importance of food in the world's future. Borgstrom saw population size as the world's primary problem, not-- ing: "We have two-and-a-half bil- lion who are desperately short of everything. Yet we will be adding one thousand million to the jiopula- tion in about 10 years. In less than three years we're adding another United States." "THE WORLD is on a fertility rampage," he continued. "China matters. He maintained that to omit the Watergate aspect would be to leave the Mitchell-Dean con- versation about Kleindienst as a half-truth. Referring to a tape of Dean's telephone conversation with Presi- dent Nixon-the first such tape ever used in a trial-Dean said he told the President that Mitchell had complained the Grand Jury's in- vestigation of financier Robert Vesco was giving Mitchell a "hell of a grilling" and was asking questions about the White House "plumbers" a'nd dirty tricks team. But, Fleming said, the tape showed that Dean had not told Nixon ofrMitchell's request that Dean inform former Attorney Gen- See MITCHELL, Page 10 gut ire r . .,....F3 . $ .4? :