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housing I
LIOUSING LEASES in Ann Arbor
x 1are fraught with illegal, unen-
forceable, and objectionable clauses.
So reveals a study released Thurs-
day by the Public Interest Group in
Michigan (PIRGIM)1 which shows all
of the 46 leases examined in Ann Arbor
and Ypsilanti .contain "objectionable
clauses.,"
The study further reveals that vio-
lations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti
averaged 6.6 per lease - the highest
among the 19 Michigan cities
examined in the 18-month study.
Taken at face value by uninformed
tenants, these leases seriously jeopar-
dize their ability to protect their legal
rights. And since laws and past cases
relating to these clauses are scattered
throughout legal books, lawyers them-
selves would have trouble defending
ases: Illegal
their clients against such unfair and
illegal clauses.
Ina cit ywhere tenants are faced
with a tight and expensive housing
market, this PIRGIM revelation only
adds to the public's knowledge of lan-
dlord's excessive power.
It's time for a single law to protect
tenants from such unfair deception by
their landlords.
And that's what Rep. Mark Clod-
felter (D-Flint) is proposing. Now pen-
ding in the House Civil Rights Commit-
tee, Clodfelter's bill would prohibit
leases containing any of the offensive
clauses which are so widespread in the
'city.
Tenants in Ann Arbor - and
throughout the state - are taken ad-
vantage of enough. Clodfelter's bill
would give them back some of the right
landlords have taken from them.
Ads and movies don't mix
Carter two-
gas, dereg,
By ROD KOSANN remained the same - higher p:
production.
Last year, Governor Dolph Briscoe of Tex- In light of the ERDA report,
as received a personal letter dated October should be called on to explain a p
19, 1976. It read in part, "I will work with the this week by the Federal Energy
Congress to deregulate new natural gas. The Commission. The plan provides fo
decontrol of producers' prices for new natural year delivery of 926 million cu. ft.
gas would provide an incentive for new ex- gas per day at an-expected price
ploration, and would help oil and gas produ- The administration appears willi
cers attract needed capital." The letter was the consumer with expensive for
written by the democratic candidate for the stagnant production levels when
presidency, James Earl Carter. offered the alternative of greate
Almost one year later, Jimmy Carter supplies at prices cheaper than
called a White House news conference focus- provide. Even more alarming is
ing on energy. In his opening statement he twenty year time element since it i
equated industry's quest for natural gas de- Washington will permit this stat
regulation to the "biggest ripoff in history" for some time.
and "potential war profiteering."
IN THE WORLD of present day politics it THE RISE IN production that r
is impossible to expect that campaign prom- deregulation will be prompted
ises will not be modified or broken. However, creased profits it ensures. The ca
it is embarrassing to find that President Car- feet relationship can be couched i
ter has come full circle on deregulation, the terms. Considering the enormous
principle concern of what he has called "the ding new gas, this profit incentive
most important domestic. issue that we will if further exploration-is going to
face while I am in office." Yet the President's Attempts to find gas so far have pr
reversal on the deregulation of new natural quate. Since 1973 the number of w
gas might well make energy a far more in the U.S. increased 63.4 per
serious issue for the man who succeeds him in production declined steadily.
1980. Aside from boosting production
President Carter has presented an energy ulation of natural gas will make
program that underplays the enormous pro- market more competitive. The
duction potentials that exist beneath our feet. regulation of prices and the discou
The President has placed greater emphasis duction outlook has excluded too
on conservation, a concept embodied in the --
symbols of a cardigan sweater and a flaming
hearth, but induced through a series of tax
measures.
This past summer, Dr. Vincent McKelvey, S 1 1t
Director of the U.S. Geological Survey esti-
mated that 60,000 to 80,000 trillion cubic feet of
gas exist in the Gulf Coast region, and added By GERRY WOLKE
that "even the bottom range represents about Verily, it had come to pass that
ten times the energy value of all oil, gas and heard of great suffering and ang
coal reserves of the United States." his people. They needed jobs and
While presenting these figur, McKelvey was availabl. So with a herald of
noted they did not include the considerable and a flourish of cameras he appe
note thy nt ic econi e the faithful in the wilderness callec
reserves that might still be tapped within the Yea, the wretched of the eart
country. Such numbers did not sit well with an about him, amazed and dazzled a
administration that forecasts energy doom, deur, and did petition him with th
and McKelvey was summarily relieved of his "Grand ds ptjon hm with
duties. The excuse given was that the ad- "Grant us a job or more dole",
ministration "wanted its own team," an pred, "that we may suffer no more
unusual statement since nominees for his post St. Jimmy heard them and knew
come from the National Academy of Scien- faithful and sincere. At lasy he
ces. "Oh faithful of Detroit, your
THE ONLY METHOD by which the reser- Washington knows that you beli
ves will be brought to the surface is by total and have served him well, so rej
deregulation of all new natural gas. (New gas understands."
is that leased offshore or drilled onshore after
April 20, 1977).RAPTURE CAME over the fa
At present, the price is unrestrained when faithful. "He understands! ", the:
sold intrastate (the going rate is approxi- and left to carry forth his word.
mately $2.00-$2.25 per 1,000 cu. ft. (mcf)), but comforted, though they still had no
it is still controlled at $1.47 mcf when offered It came to pass in those days a
appeared -among the people. "
across state lines. The latter is not r aeppeaed. "Yong thlople p1
that will draw -rproducers into the market-shouted"YoU'follow'a false p
that w rket- Jimmy has- no power you do not.
place, nor will it encourage further explora- you have given to him for he
tory attempts. The potential for profit is nothing. His only services are regu
inadequate at $1.47 mcf. trol, violence and destruction. H
The best evidence of this comes not from then provide jobs except by tak
the oil industry, but from the administration s away through taxation? He ha
own Energy Research and Development Ad- caused your misery so that you
ministration (ERDA). him for relief."
An ERDA report released last June states. "Jobs can only come through
that if the price of gas were allowed to rise to and ultimately investment, bt wi
its market level, from $2.25 to a maximum of
$3.25 mcf, the supply of gas would increase d people of investment capital
substantially over the amount expected from ad xn t p ia
President Carter's proposed ceiling of $1.75 business cannot expand or innovat
mcf. Because the ERDA people arrived at stifled competition, fostered mon
such conclusions, their study was reworked intervened on behalf of existing b
three times, but in each instance the result to prevent new firms from ente
acedon
ulation
rices, more pendent producers, and helped foster the con-
centration of energy power into fewer hands.
Mr. Carter The increased opportunities for profit that
an approved result from deregulation will attract new.
Regulatory competitors, each vying for their share of the
r the twenty energy market.
of Algerian Ultimately, it will be the consumer who
of $3.26 mcf. benefits from deregulation. An increased
ng to saddle domestic stock of gas will be offered below
eign oil and the price levels of foreign supplies. The price
ERDA has rise that does result from deregulation will
er domestic promote the same conservation efforts to-
Algeria can wards which President Carter is aiming.
the plan's Thus, it seems to be far wiser policy that con-
implies that servation accompany higher production, as
e of affairs opposed to the higher taxes which the energy
package presents.
esults from OVERALL, PRESIDENT CARTER'S at-
by the in- tempts to promote conservation may be term-
ause and ef- ed nothing but admirable. However, if en-
n no clearer couraging further production is not coupled
costs of fin- with such attempts then admirable is too
is essential strong a word. Mr. Carter has labelled the
take place. energy issue "the moral equivalent of war."
oved inade- As a graduate of Annapolis he should exercise
ells drilled the judgment of an experienced commander,
cent, but and recognize that victory will come only by
boosting the supply of his most potent
, the dereg- weapon.
the energy "
prolonged Rod Kosann is Sales Manager of the
raging pro- Daily Business Staff.
many inde-
nmy i Det
VOU'VE JUST muddled through an-
.1 other trying week of school. The
only thing on our mind is escape. Get
away from the real world for a few
hours and relax. But where can you
find this comfortable little pseudo-
reality? Why, at the movies, of course.
There you can sit back in a comfy chair
with a ox of popcorn and lose yourself
in the film. Two glorious hours of unin-
terrupted escape, right? Well, no
4longer.
Wednesday, 1,800 theaters in major
U.S. cities began showing commer-
cials on the silver screen.
This is an outrage. With movie
prices soaring to unbelievable heights
in recent years, it is a brazen affront to
every moviegoer to profane one of the
last means of escape from the com-
mercial-laden world. Since we are re-
quired to pay $3.50 to see a film that
will undoubtedly be on television for
free in ayear or soythe movie theater
has to offer something better than TV.
In the past, theaters have offered
something better than TV. In the past,
theaters have offered something ex-
tra: a large screen, which almost
always enhances the film and most
important, NO INANE AI)VERTISE-
MENTS !With this new policy, the only
advantage a theater will have over TV
is the large screen, and that just isn't
worth $3.50.
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EDITORIAL STAFF,
ANN MARIE LIPINSKI JIM TOBIN
Editors-in-Chief
LOIS JOSIMOVICH...............Managing Editor
GEORGE LOBSENZ ..................Managing Editor
STU McCONNELL.. . .....Managing Editor
JENNIFER MILLER. Managing Editor
PATRICIA MONTEMURRI Magaging Editor
KEN PARSIGIAN...............:..:...Managing Editor
BOB ROSENBAUM...... ...... Managing Editor
MARGARET YAO....................Managing Editor
SUSAN ADES JAY LEVIN
SundayMagazine Editors
ELAINE FLECTCHER TOM O'CONNELL
Associate Magazine Editors
JEFFREY SELBST
Arts Editor
STAFF WRITERS: Susan Barry, Richard Berke, Brian Blan-
chard, Michael Beckman, Lori Carruthers, Ken Chotiner, Eileen
Daley, Lisa Fisher, Denise Fox, Steve Gold, David Goodman,
Elisa Isaacson, Michael Jones; Lani Jordan, Janet Klein, Garth
Kriewall, Gregg Krupa, Paula Lashinsky, Marty Levine, Dobilas
Matunonis, Carolyn Morgan, Dan Oberdorfer, Mark Parrent,
Karen Paul, Stephen Pickover, Christopher Potter, Martha
Retallick, Keith Richburg, Diane Robinson, Julie Rovner, Dennis
Sabo, Annmarie Schiavi, Paul Shapiro, R. J. Smith, Elizabeth
Slowik, Mike Taylor, Pauline Toole, Sue Warner, Jim Warren,
Linda Willcox, Shelley Wolson, Tim Yagle, Mike Yellin, Barbara
Zahs
Mark Andrews, Mike Gilford, Richard Foltman
Weather Forecasters
BUSINESS STAFF
DEBORAH DREYFUSS ................. Business Manager
COLLEEN HOGAN.................Operations Manager
ROD KOSANN.........................Sales Manager
NANCY GRAU...... ................Display Manager
ROBERT CARPENTER.................. Finance Manager
SHEyLLEYSEEGER,.t..', .......Classifie Manager
SUSAN BARRY.............:National AdManager
PETEPE 1i1Sl;N,.,....,,....Advertising Coordinator..
STAFF MEMBERS:'Steve Barany, Bob Bernstein,Richard
Campbell, Joan Chartier, Fred Coale, Caren Collins, Pam Counen,
Lisa Culberson, Kim Ford, Bob Friedman, Kathy Friedman,
Denise Gilardone, Nancy Granadier, Cindy Greer, Amy Hart-
man, Susan Heiser, Larry Juran, Carol Keller, Randy Kelley,
Dough Kendall, Katie Klinkner, Jon Kottler, Lisa Krieger,
Debbie Litwak, Deb Meadows, Art Meyers, John Niemisto,
John O'Connor, Seth Petok, Dennis Ritter, Arlene Saryan,
Carole Schults, Claudia Sills, Jim Tucker, Karen Urbani, Beth
Warren
SPORTS STAFF
KATHY HENNEGHAN... ......................Sports Editor
TOM CAMERON...................Executive Sports Editor
SCOTT LEWIS........................Managing Sports Editor
DON MacLACHLAN...,............Associate Sports Editor
JOHN NIEMEYER.................Contributing Sports Editor
NIGHT EDITORS: Paul Campbell, Ernie Dunbar, Henry Engel-
hardt, Jeff Frank, Gary Kicinski, Rick Maddock, Brian Mar-
tin, Bob Miller, Brian Miller, Dave Renbarger, Cub Schwartz,
Errol Shifman and Jamie Turner.
St. Jimmy
wish among
not enough
newspapers
ared among
d Detroit.
h gathered
at his gran-
eir prayers.
they .whim-
re." .
w they were
answered,
father in
eve in him
oice for he
aces of the
y swooned,
They were
jobs.
wise man
Fools!" he
rophet. St.
All he has
produces
lation, con-
ow can he
king others
as cleverly
will turn to
production
ho has rob-
by inflation
income so
e? Who has
opoly, and
ig business
ring an in-
dustry? Who has created sky-high interest
rates and mounds of regulations and red tape
that make it almost impossible to go into
business today? Who has -made investors
reluctant to place their money into business
when no one can predict which business will
be the recipient of regulation or subsidy?
"WHO HAS intervened on behalf of labor
allowing them to drive wages up past their
market value while compelling business to
use less labor? Who has passed minimum
wage laws that throw thousands out of job
training situations to walk the streets in
anger? Who has created licensing bureaus
that allow a trade or profession to limit their
numbers and drive up their fees so people who
want to do their kind of work cannot? Who has
created an educational system that divorces
education from the workplace so most studen-
ts do not understand production. Meanwhile,
many will be trained for jobs that don't exist
and other jobs will go begging for lack of
trained people to fill them?
"Who is so blind as he who will not see that
Jimmy and'his cronies are the enemy?"
"Liar! Heretic!" someone shouted.
"Blasphemer!" shouted another. The
righteous people rose in anger and cast lhe
wise man into the outer drive with a great
wailing of tires and gnashing of bumpers until
he was heard no more.
St. Jimmy looked down upon the scene from
the great white palace on the hill and once
again, smiled.
Gerry Wolke is President of the Ann Ar-
bor Libertarian League, and was q Liber-
tarian candidate for State Representatie
in the election of fall, 1976.
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Letters to
The Daily
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carilloneurs
To The Daily:
As an inhabitant of the Modern
Languages Building, I wish to
express my displeasure with the
schedule and the musical
arrangements of the Burton
Tower carilloneurs. I have.
nothing against music; however,
the noon concerts are distracting
and I find professors and
teaching assistants having to
shout to be heard. As for the
selections, in my two and a half
years in Ann Arbor, I must have
heard the same ten or fifteen
pieces played thirty times each.
It gets tedious.
Mu suggestion is to limit the
noon practice to ten minutes,
from 12 to 12:10. A few new
arrangements would also be
greatly appreciated.
-Jeremy Katz
Teaching Assistant
clericals
To The Daily:
as reported in the October 18
Daily, University management
interfered with clericals attem-
disregarded the rights of UM
workers, employing a wide range
of techniques to attempt to bust
campus unions.
Management's action 'against
clericals in the OCC is the latest
in a series of blatantly anti-labor
moves. In the past, management
denied AFSCME members union
representation in disciplinary ac-
tions taken against them; it
refused to allow clericals in UAW
Local 2001 to distribute union
literature on non-work time in
non-work areas; and it refused to.
sign a contract with GEO. In all
three cases, the University
brazenly violated the Michigan
Public Employment Relations
Act. The Unions filed ULP
charges and WON. In each case,
management is stalling by ap-
pealing through the courts,
although they have almost no
chance of winning.
Now University managment is
frantically trying to stop the ex-
panding clerical organizing
drive. Managementhas good
reason to fear a new clerical
union. Once organized, our new
union will represent the largest
number of workers at UM. It will
express in one collective voice
what many clericals are now
ca inr ndvii li- T m irr
contract negotiations. W
settle for 5.75 per cent w
creases, we won't settle
same inadequate benefi
we won't settle for th
abuse we get at work. O
new union acts in unisn v
other campus unions,v
begin to win the contract
ds we so urgently need.
In filing the ULP, the O
shown that we do not and
tolerate management's
cancellation of our meeti
any other tactic which den
rights. Manage r
harrassment won'T
Clericals are fighting m,
are organizing and we w
ceed. All clericals shoulds
the OCC and sign an OC
The union makes us strong
-Organizing Comm
for Clericals
October 24, 1977
To The Daily:
While the people of Dad
ty weren't looking - it apF
their elected represen
were conspiring to fois
them an ordinance which
(1) deprive parents of the
to make certain that those
e won't sion into the neighborhoods in
age in- which they own property.
for the Anita Bryant had the courage
ts, and to stand up and say no, loudly and
e daily forcefully enough that her neigh-
nce our bors took notice, despite all the
with the vitriolic ad hominem and ob-
we will fuscation of issues with which the
deman: media greeted her efforts.
She is not fashionable, you see.
)CC has She has the gall to believe i
will not chastity in an age in which (as w
illegal are told by the chic professors a
ngs nor all the best universities) th
nies our "new morality" is stamping ou
n en t 's the dead hand of ugly traditiona
WORK. beliefs. She has the gall to believ
ad-we that the Apostle Paul just migh
vill suc- have enjoyed as thorough an un
support derstanding of Christian prin
C card. ciples as the latest chi
! theologian whose creed boil
ittee down to "if you can't lick 'em
join 'em." She has the gall to tak
the Bible seriously - to rea
from it in public! Bigotry! Shee
bigotry!
Rita Three cheers for Anita Bryant
the good folk of Dade County
Mark Siljander, and his fift
le Coun- colleagues in the Michigan Hous
peaCrs- of Representatives! If Mar
pears - didn't intend to make this a
st upon issue, he should have. May h
s would some day soon run for statewid
air right office. I am dying for a chance t
e teah- vote for him!
.iw
Contact your reps
Sen. Donald Riegle (Dem.), 1205 Dirksen Bldg., Washington,
D.C. 20510