FAREWELL TO RHODES See Editorial Page Y 5k iigaun ~aitA REPRODUCED High-33 Low--19* See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVII, No. 116 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 18, 1977 Ten Cents T en Pages ;F1OU SEE NEvS HAP CALL DALY Camera bug If you've got a photographic flair, come to tonight's 7:30 meeting for all folks interested in joining The Daily's photography staff. If you are unable to attend, please feel free to stop by or call 764-0552. Rhodes update, August 5 is the date University Vice President Frank Rhodes intends to begin his term as Cor- nell University president, according to a report in the student-run Cornell Daily Sun yesterday. At a press conference at the Ithaca, N:Y. campus Wednesday night, Rhodes promised to make af- firmative action for minorities and women a top ,priority of his administration. Out-going President Dale Corson originally indicated his intention to leave Cornell July 1, but a source at Cornell's information office said it was "extremely likely" Corson would wait out Rhodes' arrival before re- tiring. Also, in our story yesterday, The Daily said Rhodes was a zoologist, rather than a geolo- gist. We also erroneously indicated he came to the University in 1968, instead of 1967. 0 Happy New Year! Maybe you didn't know the Year of the Snake slithered in today, but it's not too late to cele- brate. For those who did plan ahead, though, an elaborate 10-course meal awaits them this eve- ning at Couzens Hall. Diners will enjoy such cul- inary delights as spiced beef, been curd, barbe- cued spare ribs and Chinese pickles, but if you haven't made reservations, you'll just have to eat your heart out instead - the dinner is all sold out. Happy New Year, anyway! 0 Happenings ..* . get off to an early start at 9:30 when the support group on "Continuing Growth for Women 45 to 60," holds its regular meeting at the Cen- ter for Continuing Education of Women, 328-330 Thompson ... Lunch at noon for 50 cents with Carol Hollenshead, development coordinator of the Gerontology Dept., who will be speaking on "Old- er Women: Are They Getting a Fair Share?" 'at Guild House, 802 Monroe ... at 12:30, check out the display, "Ann Arbor In Fiction," where Wystan Stevens shows his books about the com- munity at Kempf House, 312 S. Division ... from 1:30 to 3:30 the School of Ed. will launch its 1977 Dissertation Colloquia Series with doctoral candi- date Patricia Heller speaking on "The Relation- ship Between Cognitive Styles and One Type of Logical Reasoning" in the Ed. School, dean's con- ference rm. All are welcome ... A coffee hour follows the 3 p.m. session of the International Center's Informal Art Series where this week's demonstration by Sue Nisbett is on making marzi- pan candies, 603 E. Madison f.. also at 3, the Advisory Committee on Recreation, Intramural and Club Sports will hold a meeting, open to the pub- lic, in the Central Campus Rec. Bldg. Conference Rm. ... and at the same time, there will be a presentation of a new diagnostic test for lymphatic cancer in U Hospital's sixth floor amphitheatre ... At 6:30 the Chinese New Year celebration din- ner, originally scheduled to be held in Markley Hall, has been moved to the Couzens Hall cafe- teria instead. The dinner is sold out, but all are welcome to enjoy cultural entertainment at 7:30 following the dinner ... At 7 when Tyagi Ji, a cosmic transmitter, will hold a session in Friends' Meeting House, 1420 Hill St. Admission is free ... And Bob Jacobs will give a presentation on "I Ching and Mind Patterns" at 8 at Canterbury House, corner of Catherine and Division. 0 Stick-on candidate Republicans who vote in Monday's First Ward primary will be confronted not only with the usual placards and sleepy poll watchers but also with die-hard Republican voters carrying stickers which say "Jaskiewicz." It seems that the 'Republican First Ward candidate, Val Jaskiewicz, forgot to file for the election before leaving for Christmas break and the the city Republican chairman, Wil- liam Gudenau, couldn't file for him. Why? Be- cause Gudenau couldn't spell Jaskiewicz's name. Jaskiewicz decided to run as a write-in candidate in the primary - if he can get SO write-in votes; his rather improbable name will be on the April general election ballot. But the same problem crop- ped up - voters couldn't spell "Jaskiewicz" in order to write him in. Consequently, city Republi- cans have printed up 300 stickers with the can- didate's name and mailed them to potential Re- publican voters in the ward. Voters will simply stick Jaskiewicz's name to the write-in ballot. According to the city clerk, it's all legal. 9-nd Jaskiewicz now must hope that he doesn't run up against another write-in candidate named "Smith" or "Jones." On the inside... Congress is on the verge of approving a $13,000 pay hike for federal officials, details in the News Digest on Page 3 ... Paul Eisenstein on the Edit Page discusses the question of carcino- gens in children's clothing ...On the Arts Page Michael Jones reviews PTP's current production of "Uncle Vanya" ... and the dynamic duo, Kathy Henneehan and Don MacLachlan of the Snorts Regen ts defend "Now we're not just cutting off fat - we're cutting off bone."- Regent Thomas Roach By BRIAN BLANCHARD, PATTY MONTEMURRI and MICHAEL YELLIN Concerned members of the Department of Popu- lation Planning (DPP) - whose future is hanging in the balance - crowded into yesterday's Regents meeting and heard the administration's proposed guidelines for the future elimination of University de- partments. Stating that "in times of economic hardship it is better to be willing to make harsh decisions than face a general decline" in University quality, Vice President for Academic Affairs Frank Rhodes asked the Regents to consider his criteria for dropping degree programs. THE TREND-SETTING proposal indicates a re- versal in the University's emphasis on expansion. Regent Thomas Roach (D-Detroit) said: "This is the fourth year of budget stringency. Now we're not just cutting off fat - we're cutting off bone." future The procedure will become University policy if the Regents approve the final draft at their March meet- ng. Rhodes outlined three basic steps for cutting de- partments: First the prograi is reviewed by the ndividual school or college. Next the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs examines the chool's decision before making a recommendation o the Regents who then take a vote. IF THE REGENTS adopt the proposal; the follow- ng criteria will be applied in the review procedure: * What is the quality and viability of the pro- gram? 0 Is the program worth the financial strain on he college or school? * How unique is the program? 0 Can relocation, redefinition, or consolidation ;ave the program? An irate group of DPP students and faculty, speak- IepL mg under strict time limitations, expressed their dissatisfaction with the procedure used by School of Public Health Dean Richard Remington in his rec- ommendation to cut DPP from the University cur- riculum in 1978. A number of sources within the (epartnent have related that members of DPP are so inpensed with the conduct of Dean Remington that there is an ac- tive movement to have him removed from his po- sition. TODAY THE Regents will vote on the Housing Of- fice's proposed dorm and family housing rate hike of 8.4 and eight per cent respectively. Housing Di- rector John Feldkamp, told the Regents yesterday the present housing rates are "be'ow the rates charged by our academic peers," but, Feldkamp added that the current rates were high for other Big 10 and state schools. See POPULATION, Page 3 cuts Union leadership at odds over new AFSCM-E By BOB ROSENBAUM Serious problems a r e cropping up for the con- tract settlement between the University and the American Federation of State, County and Muni- cipal Employes (AFSCME, Local 1583) because of a union leadership split 'on whether the tentative agreement should be rati- fied. AFSCME members, who will vote on ratification next Tuesday, have been urged by the union b a r - gaining team to accept the proposed contract arrived at Wednesday. BUT UNION local President Joel Block condemned the set- tlement only hours after it was reached, calling it a "totally un- acceptable, dirt-cheap offer," and telling members to reject the agreement and organize for a strike. The tentative settlement pro- Vides a 55 cent wage increase over a two-year contract, a 10 cent premium for employes on special schedules or afternoon and midnight shifts, revisions and upgrading in job classifica- tions, changes in employe pro- motion and transfer procedures, and revisions in union grievance procedures. According to the agreement, union workers will receive an pact initial 25 cent wage increase retroactive to January 1, an ad- ditional 5 cents as of this July 1, and another 25 cent increase in wages in January, 1978. Supplemental cost of living payments, while still a tart of the contract language, will not be in effect for the duration of See AFSCME, Page 10 Street repair on ballot again- By RON DeKETT Ann Arbor voters will get another chance to vote funding for repairs to the city streets on April 4. At this week's City Council session, Council- Republicans succeeded in having two proposals placed on the spring elec- tion ballot which ask for a total of $3.4 million in bonds to finance street repairs. VOTERS LAST YEAR REJECTED a five-year levy of, one mill which would have done the same thing. But even the Republicans admit the proposals will cost tax- payers almost double their face value, if passed. Council mem- ber Roger Bertoia (R-Third Ward) said when the loan for the bonds is repaid in 10 years it will have cost the city almost $6 Doily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG Diag i ce folliesr Grenadine Sparrow glides across the "Diag Ice Arena," near the Chemistry Building. Freezing temperatures following last week's thaw have covered most of the Diag with a layer of the slippery stuff. Move over, Dorothy Hamill. NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER IN DANGER? Traffic plan faces opposition New job recruitment changes opposed By SHELLEY WOLSON Although the University Civil Liberties Board (CLB) has ,pro- posed two major revisions to campus job recruitment policy, sev- eral groups - including the Commission for Women - have al- ready voiced opposition to the changes. The policy revisions will be reviewed at the Faculty Sen- ate meeting next Monday.J CURRENT POLICY, approved by the Regents in February 1971, forbids the use of placement services by any organiza- tion, individual or country which discriminates because of race, color, creed, sex, religion or national origin. Companies which do not maintain affirmative action pro- grams are also excluded from University job placement ser- vices. The CLB considers the policy a violation of free speech, since it bars recruiters from speaking on campus. The group proposes to reword the policy to say that an affirmative action program must be maintained only "if required to do so by governmental policy." IT ALSO WANTS TO DROP the limitation on countries which See CLB, Page 3 million. "The bond proposal was not my first choice," Bertoia said. "But because the voters turned down a one mill request for five years in 1976, we decided to back the proposal as an alter- nate plan." UNDER THE Republican-spon- sored bond purchase plan, the city must pay not only for the cost of repairs but also for the interest charged on the loans by banks. One of the proposals will ask for voter permission to bor- row $2.5 million in general ob- ligation bonds; the other calls for $875,000. Democratic Mayor Albert Wheeler called the Republi- can proposal "Shoddy and irre- sponsible political gimmickery." According to Wheeler, not enough time was spent in plan- ning the proposals. "THERE ARE POSSIBLE hid- den costs that they (Republi- cans) didn't take into account,' said the mayor, "such as un- See VOTERS, Page 3 By EILEEN DALEY Last summer, the Ann Arbor City Planning Commission introduced a Traffic Circulation Plan which may make major changes in the landscape of the downtown area as well as several residen- tial areas in the city. Since then, the plan has met continual angry objections from city residents. They claim it over-emphasizes automobile needs at the cost of mass transit and pedestrian uses and would dam- age the character of residential neighborhoods. MANY RESIDENTS have also been angered by what they say is a lack of response to community objections and suggestions. The plan, which the city hopes to implement by 1990, proposes to widen Geddes, Depot and Main Streets to four lanes and to build up to five new parking structures -downtown. It also recom- mehds expanding Hill Street to four lanes be- tween Washtenaw Ave. and Main Street. But many individuals and organizations have criticized the scheme for what they say is insuf- ficient attention to mass transit alternatives. Though it promotes some already-recommended bus service expansion plans, the circulation plan makes no other provisions for mass transit. THE ANN ARBOR Ecology Center has sug- gested several alterna' ives which it claims would be "much less costly and disruptive" than the proposed circulation plan. Among the Center's recommendations are: ride sharing, cheaper park- ing for high-occupancy vehicles and time-of-work adjustments. But according to Paul Schrodt of the Center, the Planning Commission has not been receptive. But Elwood Holmes, chairman of the Planning Commission, defends the plan's automotive pri- orities. According. to Holmes, the plan is based on studies predicting a high increase in automo- bile use. Designing the pian to take cAre of this increase is being rea'istic, he maintains. "If growth occurs as projected, then there is going to be a need to accomodate the needs in different ways: through transit; automobiles, bikes." he said. "Mass transit is a viable alter- native, but we have to get people into the buses. As long as they have a choice (cars vs. buses) we will have to work with that choice." See CITY, Page 10 Candidates seek 2nd Ward GOP nomination By BARBARA ZAHS and EILEEN DALEY Since 1971, Second Ward seats on the Ann Arbor City Council have been held exclusively by Democrats and Socialist Human Rights Party (SHRP) members. But Republican candidates Allen Reiner and'Richard ("Dr. Diag") Robinson are hoping to change all that this year. Reiner, a financial consultant, and Pnhmn i-.-i parnparA iT un nrn n "High rent comes out of supply and de- mand. I think if we increase supply, rent will drop." Reiner opposes rent control, calling it an "interim solution," and suggests re- laxation of the city's housing code as an alternative means of keeping rents low and increasing the housing supply.- "WE SHOULD open up a number of units that currently can't be used be- is not in use so the University will not be forced to raise dormitory rates. REINER, who was employed by Gen- eral Motors forsix years. said he differs from most. Republicans because he fa- vors mass transit, though he says he has his doubts about the city's proposed traf- fic circulation plan. "You can re-route traffic all you want." he said. "but you still have too y } :> I