The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, June 27, 1979-Page 7. Land deal upsets city officials By JOHN GOYER / City council and city administrators voiced disappointment at last week's council meeting over the University' Board of Regents' decision not to sell a University land parcel to the city without certain stipulations. Board members decided not to sell two acres at the intersection of Green aand Baxter Roads on North"Campus. CITY ADMINISTRATOR Sylvester Murray, who called the Regents' action "extremely disappointing," said, "We have put in enough effort.. . on this that I'm not willing to keep going back and forth, back and forth." At their June 15 meeting, the Regents decided that in order to gain control of two portions of road owned the the city-the west side of Ingalls St. bet- ween E. Washington St. and N. Univer- sity Ave., a portion of Madison St. bet. ween Packard and Thompson Streets-they would authorize Univer- sity administrators to offer a trade to the city. By the terms of the trade, the Univer- sity would get the two portions of streets in return far the two acres of land on North Campus. CITY COUNCIL members oppose a trade between they are concerned about losing parking spaces downtown if the University goes through with plans to develop Ingalls St. as a pedestrian mall. They also want the Unviersity to clarify its plans before they agree to give up control of the streets. At the June meeting, the Regents ac- ted on the assumption the city would lose a chance to get state and federal park development funds if it did not '-- gain title to the land before June 15. University and city administrators had agreed that $49,200 would be of- fered to the Regents for the land, ex- cluding any strings. But the Regents decided to relate the land deals because , they said they thought the city would be willing to give up the land for only money. CITY ADMINISTRATORS chided the Regents for channelling the deals through University vice-presidents. City council members said they would like to meet with the Regents, not vice- presidents, to discuss the issue. "I'm just trying to get the Regents to have a sense of social consciousness," said Councilman Earle Greene (D- Second Ward). Greene said the Regents were in- sensitive to refuse to sell the land to the city without trying to make a trade, since the city-wanted to use the land for a park. MURRAY SAID last Monday, "At this point, we will just take our kids' school money to other parks and other pools." He said the city will be looking at other sites to provide recreational facilities for the housing project. He said it was unlikely the city would get title to the land within 30 days, in time to qualify for the development funds from the state. University Director of Business Operations Jack Wiedenbach said yesterday University and city ad- ministrative officials were still talking about the land deal. i 1 1 l 1 1 Affirmative action conference. planned to discuss fede ral rules By BETH PERSKY tion Office, said the University, which years, has been ho'bbled by chains "has been having a running discussion liberat himh brnhimlupbthai Affirmative action programs, the with the Department of Health, line of a race and then say, 'You efforts to recruit, employ, and advance Education, and Welfare (HEW) over free to compete with all the others,' , groups discriminated against in the the years about whether it's in com- sril tl bele that ohe past, mean more than simple com- pliance" with federal affirmative ac- still justly believe that you have b pliance with federal guidelines, accor- tion guidelines, currently is "in full completely fair," said late Presid ding to Michael Garcia, program compliance as far as the feds are con- Lyndon Johnson after sign associate for minority concerns and cerned." Executive Order 11246. coordinator of an affirmative action Allmand said HEW's duties now have Federal guidelines on employm conference to be held Friday. been taken over by the Department of mtctin, issued ee 1978, say af The conference, entitled "Affir- Labor mative action is considered under p mative Action for Minorities-The The government's affirmative action o Equal Epl mentudingETit I wrt Mission and the Mandate,"' is itended policy advocates positive steps to ad- deals with education, said Garcia. to inform students, staff, and faculty vance minorities, women, handicapped "We don't have affirmative ac about federal affirmative action individuals and war veterans, since the when we just have EEO," said Garc guidelines for minorities and how they mere elimination of barriers to these "What we need to become more ch apply to the University. groups does not adequately reduce owhat went.r CHARLES ALLMAND, acting direc- inequality, on is what we want." tor of the Unviersity's Affirmative Ac- "YOU DO NOT takea person who, for TH REE F EDERAL laws deal specifically with minorities, includ and ting are and een lent ing ent fir- arts nity hich tion cia. ear ing ing Kahn: Living standards must fall WASHINGTON (AP) - Living standards of Americans must decline if inflation is to be controlled, says the government's top inflation fighter. Does that mean tin shacks, soup, and breadlines? No, and it may not even mean giving up a vacation to a faraway place, if that's what an individual wants, says one official. But it probably will mean adjustments in living for most people, he adds. "THERE IS GOING to be a smaller piece of pie for everybody," says Peter Emerson. "It's not to say we'll all be living in shacks, or that sort of thing. But we cannot be as veracious con- sumers as we have been." Emerson is a key aide to Alfred Kahn, President Carter's chief adviser on inflation. Kahn has said Americans face lower living standards as the price for controlling inflation. "The sum total of the demands we are placing on this economy of ours ... somehow adds up to more than the economy is capable of supplying," he said. "There is no way of avoiding a decline in our average standard of living.,, Senate members fail to force abortion bill to floor HE SAID IT is impossible when beef and oil are in short supply for Americans to continue to have as much as before, no matter how much they are willing to pay. Housing is another example of demand outpacing sup- ply-and prices rising. That is the process by which living standards are eroded. A family forced by shortages or high prices to switch from steak to hamburger has a lower eating standard. One forced to stay home on a weekend because it can't af- ford or get gas has a lower recreation standard. Many families already lowered home thermostats in winter, and are using air conditioners less now, because of the shortage and high cost of energy, resulting insa lower comfort standard. HOWEVER, KAHN'S prescription that lower living standards are necessary to cure the current in- flationary sickness hasn't won widespread endorsement from other economists. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumen- thal is one who disagrees, at least in part. "I don't think there's any reason to fear that there will be a declining See KAHN, Page 11 one directed toward students, will be addressed at the conference. Executive Order 11246, issued by Johnson in 1965, prohibits federal government contractors, the Univer- sity included, from discriminating in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. The order maintains that the employer must step beyond the level of mere equality and take positive steps to eliminate discrimiantion in hiring. TITLE VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in education within a federally-assisted institution. Title VII bars discrimination in em- ployment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The conference, to be held Friday from 8:30 a.m.until 4:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Rackham Building, will feature two speakers and several one-hour workshops. Freddie Groomes, assistant to the president of Florida State University and president of the American Association for Affirmative Action, will speak at 9:15 a.m. on Executive Order 11246. Fran Farmer, director of the of- fice of Inter-Agency Coordination for the Equal Opportunity Commission in Washington, will speak on Titles VI and VII at 1:45 p.m. LANSING (UPI)-Anti-abortion Senate members failed yesterday in a parliamentary maneuver designed to force action on a bill banning state payments for abortions for poor women. The so-called discharge motion from Sen. Edgar Fredricks (R-Holland), by which the Senate can wrest a bill from a balky committee fell two votes short of approval on an 18-17 roll call. LAST YEAR, a similar motion on an identical bill was approved by the Senate. However, Gov. William Milliken has ensistently vetoed legislation restric- ting the use of funds for welfare abor- tions. Fredricks complained that this year's version of the bill which he spon- sored is being held up in the Senate Health Committee. HEALTH COMMITTEE chairman Edward Pierce (D-Ann Arbor) con- ceded there is not enough support for the bill on his panel to report it to the full Senate. But Pierce protested the discharge motion because the committee curren- tly is holding extensive hearings on several aspects of the abortion issue. He said he will call for another com- mittee vote on the bill when the hearings are concluded in September. "I think it's proper that the Health and Social Services Committee finish its investigation of this issue," Pierce said. The Senate must go through at least one more abortion fight in the next few weeks. House members earlier included an- ti-abortion language in the 1979-80 Department of Social Services budget, which is now before'the Senate. 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