Page 18-Feidby May'11, 1979-The Michigan'Daily Carter cautions against SALT 11 rejection (Continued from Page 3)sacrosanct or that executive draf- sponsors scholarly exchanges between House, following nearly sever st trying to rewrite SALT II on the tsmanship is infallible. the United States and the Soviet Union. complex negotiations und Senate floor. "During the course of the debate, the Republican Leader Howard Baker presidents, drafting of a fo Church said, "The vote for or against Senate may indeed strengthen SALT Jr. of Tennessee, who has suggested will continue for another two the treaty should not be camouflaged II ... This is the proper role for the significant changes may be necessary weeks in Geneva. by attempts to destroy it by indirec- Senate if responsibly exercised." to save the treaty, said he offered to THE ACCORD, which woul tion" The Senate made substantial changes keep Carter informed of the GOP head feet until 1985, is intended BUT WHILE cautioning against in the treaties Carter submitted to it for counts as the debate progresses. ceiling on long-range nucle major changes that could force the returning the Panama Canal to "I don't want my president to fly in while laying down princi Soviets to reject the agreement reached Panama by the year 2000. the dark, to fly blind," Baker told his significant weapon reducti during six years of negotiations, Chur- CHURCH'S REMARKS were in a Senate colleagues. SALT III treaty to be negotia ah added that "this is not to say that speech to the International Researches CARTER APPEALED to represen- future. any treaty presented to the Senate is and Exchanes Bord.arp hic' h e Amprir;, Rptail 1hrmi i n years of er three rmal text o or three d be in ef- to put a ear arms iples for ons in a ted in the Qll AO I1,G .V 1Uyag U lll Brezhnev calls SALT stage 'epnsbe MOSCOW (AP) - Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev said yesterday the Soviet Union and United States are "at a responsible stage" for making impor- tant decisions to curb the arms race. Brezhnev's remarks, carried by the official Soviet news agency Tass, were the first top-level Kremlin statement since Wednesday's announcement in Washington that the two countries had reached basic agreement on a new treaty to limit strategic weapons. Western diplomats in Moscow said they were puzzled by the Soviet Union's delayed reporting of the agreement, which was limited to a brief report yesterday over Moscow radio. A senior diplomatic source said the slow response, which came 17 hours af- ter the news broke in Washington, did not appear to reflect a hitch in efforts to ready the treaty for signing at a sum- mit next month. Brezhnev's statement did not deal with the SALT II agreement in detail. It came in a greeting to Americans visiting recently opened Soviet cultural exhibits in New York and Washington. TheSoviet leader said mutual under- standing and trust between the two superpowers "depends first of all on the success of the joint efforts by the governments of the U.S.S.R. and the United States in solving such a cardinal task of our time as ending the arms race." "Our countries are at a responsible stage of adopting important decisions LOGAN TEMPLE LOGAN, Utah (AP)-Renovation on the historic Logan temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has been completed. One of the main reasons for the renovation, which began in 1976, was to increase the 95-year-old temple's capacity to handle sacred ordinances such as marriages, baptisms and family sealings. "The new temple will take 75 per cent more capacity than the old one," said a spokesman for the church. in this field that will provide ground to look with much optimism into the future - a peaceful, bright future, as we want to believe and do believe," he said. In Peking, China's senior vice premier said the United States should not rely too heavily on the arms treaty. The meeting between President Car- ter and Brezhnev, the first Soviet- American summit since Carter took of- fice, is projected for mid-June. Sites said to be under consideration are Stockholm, Helsinki, Geneva and Vien- na. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance an- nounced Wednesday in Washington that agreement had finally been reached on key provisions of the SALT II treaty. I ive ot Le american neca Federation "to help me sell to the American people and directly to the U.S. Senate the advantages of ratification." Contending ratification would be "the most important single achievement that could possibly take place during my lifetime for our nation," Carter declared, "Rejection of this treaty, now that it has been negotiated ... would be a massive, destructive blow to world peace." Carter, continuing a personal lob- bying effort with Senate members, met during the day with Church and other senators from both parties. CHURCH, WHOSE committee will have initial jurisdiction over the pact, expressed hope the panel can complete about a month of hearings by the end of July. After that, he said, the Senate Armed Services Committee probably will want to consider the treaty, which he said would likely delay floor debate until sometime in September. Although agreement on a treaty was announced Wednesday at the White i roug lam, i woul iix a limit of 2,250 on the mix of intercontinental ballistic missiles and bombers Russia and the United States each can deploy. THE TREATY also would limit the number of warheads per missile. Asked what factors will loom largest in Senate debate, Church said: "One is whether there is equal treat- ment here - no hidden advantage here for the Soviet Union.. .-Secondly is the matter of verification. "If the treaty neets those two stan- dards, then I think it clearly is in the in- terests of this country." SALT II is being denounced by foes as an unequitable and unverifiable pact that would give the Soviet Union a definite advantage in long-range missiles and bombers and a chance of winning a nuclear war with the United States. Meanwhile, State Department spokesman Thomas Reston said there would be an announcement "very shor- tly" on the time and site of a summit meeting between Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev to complete the treaty. Troopers still lack representative By ADRIENNE LYONS With UPI reports Due to what a Michigan State Troopers Association official called Gov. Milliken's "efforts to sabotage" state troopers' rights, a representative still has not been elected for the troopers during collective bargaining. A state troopers spokesperson said the officers may file an unfair labor prac- tices suit against Milliken. In order to appear at the bargaining- table, the troopers association must have an elected representative. Union elections have been held up for the past six months in a dispute over who should conduct the elections. "OUR INTENT as far as an election goes, was to go to the Michigan Em- ployment Relations Commission (MERC )," said troopers association Executive Director Doyle Brown. According to Brown, however, Milliken insists the Civil Service Com- mission conduct the elections, in keeping with constitutional mandates dealing with state workers. Troopers say they want the Civil Ser- vice Commission to stay out of the elec- tion process, since, in addition to regulating state workers' employment, it also contracts for arbitration. BECAUSE THE troopers cannot ap- pear at the bargaining table, they might take the issueto court, filing an unfair labor practice charge against Milliken. "We're drafting a court suit," Brown said. He explained that a body of law is needed which can handle unfair labor practice cases. The association wanted MERC, which has this type of body, to handle the problem, but "the governor controls the MERC staff," Brown said. Bob Pisarski, Director of the Bureau of EmploymentaRelations for MERC said, "If we are assigned to do it, we're willing and able to conduct the elec- tions. I'm a bureaucrat - I take orders. The decision is elsewhere," he added, referring to Milliken's office. According to Brown, although Michigan voters passed an amendment granting state police troopers the right to collective bargaining in November, 1978, "The governor has never cooperated (with the troopers)." Brown admitted, however, that Milliken has never given the troopers' association a specific reason for wan- ting to block the elections. KEN FRANKLAND, legal counsel for the governor, denied Brown's allegation. "The governor has made every effort to implement the con- stitutional amendment," Frankland said. "We have no problems with collective bargaining with the troopers." The amendment requires an election. In an effort to save the situation, the troopers association on Monday offered to let the elections be run by the American Arbitration Association (AAA), with the troopers association footing half the election costs. Frankland said, "They (the troopers) were looking for an objective body and we thought the AAA (would suffice)." However, the AAA would have to be authorized by the Civil Service Coin- mission. Troopers see this as another tactic on Milliken's part to avoid the bargaining table and decided against ~h toatn MIXED LEAGUE BOWLING Wednesday nights SIGN UP NOW- UNION LANES 504 per game- Open 11;30 A.M.-Mon.-Fri. 1:00 P.M. Sat.-Sun. Milliken Also, according to Brown, Milliken met privately at least once with Richard Ross of the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service is not a third party, but is controlled by Milliken," Brown said. ROSS COULD not be reached for comment, but asked if he knew of any private meetings between the governor and Ross, Frankland said, "Not that I'm aware of." Milliken has vetoed similar measures to allow MERC to conduct the election. Once, according to Brown, Milliken vetoed a plan even though all members of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives backed the bill. "I think we have the support of the legislature," said Brown.