REDBAITING See Editorial Page I P 5k i uu 143 i1g FRIGIDAIRE See Today for details Vol. LXXXVlli, No. 74 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, December 7, 1977 Ten Cents 10 Pages I * Carter proposes aid to domestic steel May create 18,000-35,000 jobs, could push consumer WASHINGTON (AP)-Presi- dent Carter disclosed yesterday a program to increase produc- tion and employment in the hard-pressed American steel industry by protecting it from unfair competition from foreign imports. It was estimated the program could increase current steel employment in the United States by between 18,000 and 35,000. THE PROGRAM would establish prices below which most imports would not be allowed to sell at unless a special tariff is imposed. It also would provide loan guarantees and other financial help to assist steel producers in moder- nizing and keeping their plants open. It is designed to prevent foreign producers from flooding the U.S. market with steel priced below the cost of production. The administration did not rule out the possibility that the program could result in higher domestic prices, but said domestic steel producers could hurt their own cause if they substan- tially hike prices. "THE PRECISE level of import reduction will . ., depend upon the price behavior of the domestic steel com- panies. The more sharply the domestic firms raise prices, the smaller will be their recapture of the market," said a report to the president by an inter- agency task force. The 35-page task force report was prepared by Treasury Undersecretary Anthony Solomon. A White House statement said Carter approved of the report's recommen- dations and felt they would "help revitalize the health of the domestic steel industry." SOLOMON TOLD reporters the program, if successful, could treturn between 18,000 and 35,000 laid-off steelworkers to their jobs. About 130,000 jobs have been lost in the industry in recent years, including 20,000 in the last few months. Steel imports have accounted for about 20 percent of domestic consum- ption so far this year, compared to an average of 13 percent between 1973 and 1976. The rising tide of imports has prices up resulted in widespread production cut- backs and job layoffs in this country. Solomon agreed /that dumping (selling at below local production~costs) has been a serious problem. He said the new plan is aimed at stopping dumping, which is illegal, by speeding up legal procedures for dealing with it. FIRST, THE government will establish trigger prices for each major import product, at least 50 in all. This will be based on the cost of producing steel in Japan, the most efficient steel- producing country. Once this is done, the price of impor- ted steel will be checked against the trigger prices, and special duties will be assessed against lower-priced steel to bring it up to the trigger price level. See CARTER, Page 2 Detroit News, Post to. swap Feline freeze DoiIy Photo by Reed, a local alley cat, glares through a frozen curtain, preparing to pounce upon the first icicle to fall. 'U' -student panel offers answer o scant activity space problem By BRIAN BLA}NCHARD president for finance. "The biggest A group of student leaders and issue now is going to be transporta- University administrators has pro- tion," Kellman added. n duced a compromise on the problem The Plant Building proposal in- of scarce student activities space. cludes a $40,000 annual price tag to After four meetings in the last extend commuter bus service. month, the Student Space Committee has proposed that student groups be allowed to use classrooms at night; that the Plant Building near Crisler Arena be renovated to accommodate student activities; and that projects in the Student Activities Building (SAB) be expanded., IF THE REGENTS approve the recommendations of the Student Space Committee early next year, theatrical and arts groups will be able to begin rehearsals and projects in the Plant Building. "I couldn't see fighting for a new building," said Scott Kellman, one of three student members of the 10- member committee appointed by James Brinkerhoff, University vice THE COMMITTEE did not address the issue of lounge or office space. On Nov. 1, MSA granted office space to all but seven organizations which applied for office space in the Union. Student groups have com- plained that office space is cramped on the building's third floor. "If you solve the space problems immediately but don't solve the long-range (union) governance prob- lems, you don't improve things in the long run," said Steve Carnevale, another student committee member. "It was at (Kellman's) and my insist- ence that the question of office space was not addressed. It's a personal . problem. A See PANEL, Page 2 By JULIE ROVNER "WWJ, The Detroit News," a f phrase to most Detroite'rs as Ann Arborites, may soon b "WWJ, The Washington Post pany." The Evening News Assoc owner of both The Detroit Nei WWJ-TV (channel 4), ann( yesterday it had signed, along w Washington Post Company, a h intent to trade T.V. stations. IF THE FEDERAL Communi Commission (FCC) approve Washington Post would become t owner of WWJ, the NBC affil Detroit. In exchange, The E News Association would get TV, Washington's CBS affiliate, as two million dollars. The cash would make up for1 ference in the size of the mark( ween the two cities. Detroit, w million homes with television seventh in the country, Washington, with 1.37 million v is eighth. Market size is not the only fa( viewers, however. WTOP, al located in a smaller market, is t rated station in Washington, WWJ runs behind the ABC own( operated outlet, WXYZ. THE MOVE COMES speculation that the FCC will so bid cross-ownership of print and cast media in the same city. I they ruled that no future apj would be granted for the purc radio of television stations by an pany owning a newspaper in th( city, and vice versa. Last March, The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that th should move to force divestiti companies with cross-ownershil as The Washington Post an stations. Detroit News. amiliar That ruling is being appealed to the well as Supreme Court by the FCC, The ecome Washington Post, and other media cor- t Com- porations, but the Post-News move is not expected to affect that case. . . IN A JOINT statement issued yester- ciation' day, Peter Clark, publisher of the msunend News, and Post publisher Katharine with The Graham said, "Although we believe etter of strongly that the Supreme Court should e osustain the FCC'4 rule permitting the continuation of cross-ownerships, this cations transaction presents both companies is Thewith an opportunity to make a volun- s, The tary exchange that is mutually advan- the new tageous. liate in "We knew at some point down the zvening road that something was going to hap- WTOP- apen because of all this divestiture stuff, as well but we didn't expect it this soon," said the dif- Stephen Miller, assistant news director ets bet- at WTOP. ith 1.55 A WWJ staffer in Detroit said, "We ranks just found out at 4 o'clock this afternoon while (yesterday). It was so sudden, I haven't iewerseven had a chance to think about it yet. ctor for No personnel changes were announ- Ithorgh rced at WWJ, but WTOP said that their though station and news vice presidents would while be coming to Detroit in the near future ied-and- to begin the process of transition. Radio stations owned by the com- panies are unaffected by the trade. amid oon for- U LLETIN broad- n 1975, provals A U.S.-South Korea agree- hase of ment has been reached, allow- y com- ing Tongsun Park to testify on ke same his alleged influence-buying ac- n, D.C. tivities in Washington, D.C., in e FCC return for an offer of immunity, ure by a South Korean source said late p, such last night. See story, page 7. d The Kelliman Brinkerhoff Celebrating Edison in aquadraphonic era By PAULINE TOOLE One hundred years ago yesterday, tique phonograph. And then I did Thomas Edison discovered the secret to much of anything until after theN reproducing sound. And in the era of He paused and gazed around at hi quadraphonic sound rooms and Sensur- lection gracing the room. round, some Ann Arborites took time "Then I became a man w out last night to remember Edison and mission," he went on. "A missi his revolutionary invention. collect phonographs and old re The phonograph was the star of the I'm a collector of mechanisms de evening at the Union Gallery. Using an from Edisons inventions." old recording device and near-antique Gramophones, which are the sound cylinders, a performer belted out record players many people hav( the strains of "I Dream of Jeanie Witb in movies or photographs, will lii the Light Brown Hair" into the old walls of the gallery until Decemb machine, which looked like giant lilies Varying in size, color and work sTE RECORDINGS were on a 75 ship, the antique machines d yEa R waCyDINdS ereAson awed-strate various advances in the fi year-old wax cylinder. As an awed recording. audience of about 40 applauded, Arthur A dominant feature of the exh Aseltine, the owner and renovator of an enormous image of the RCA the machines, replayed the perform- dog, a white mongriel ... with ance .- the sounds came out a little cocked black ears. Aseltine's wift high-pitched and softer than the tured at the big image. "We foun original; but not at all bad for coming on our honeymoon trip in a barn from an antique.dnshe said. The demonstration was one of several d"Iael in o e with the thin.W n't do war." is col- ith a ion to cords. evised e old e seen ie the er 18. kman- emon- eld of ibit is Victor half- e ges- d that in In- V had MSA seat decision put off, until Jan. 9 By DAN OBERDORFER After two nights of deliberation, the Central Student Judiciary (CSJ) voted last night to postpone until Jan. 9th a ruling on whether 17 appointed school and college .representatives can hold seats on the Michigan Student Assem- bly (MSA) for the coming winter se- mester. Chief Justice Tom Potter said CSJ voted for the postponement because "there are too many issues involved" and because CSJ "needs to hear as many sides as exist or which people wish to present." SINCE JANUARY, 1976, all 17 sehonls and eolleges in th eUniversitv THE RULING also states that the seats must be done away with by next term "unless amendments to the con- stitution are adopted" before then "to correct the unconstitutionality" of the seats. An amendment which passed with 68 per cent of the ballots cast in the gen- eral election this fall was designed to comply with the March ruling. 'The amendment states that, starting with the next election, the composition of MSA will be drastically altered. Under the amendment, the 17 school and college seats as well as the 18 at- large seats will be replaced by seats elected for every 1;250 students per school and college.