FORMER NATO commander Alexander Haig, Jr. told an audience in Detroit yesterday that the world strategic arms situation would continue its slide toward Soviet dominance, with or without SALT II. Haig also said he had not yet decided whether to run for president in 1980. UAW gives initial demands to Big 3 DETROIT (UPI)-The United Auto WAGE DEMANDS shorn of dollar as much as 18 or 20 per cent-a gap that Workers Union (UAW) yesterday figures or precise percentages were must be closed by adjusting yearly spelled out its goals for wage im- .-presented to General Motors Chief wage hikes and improving cost of living provements and work time reductions bargainer George Morris and represen- formulas, UAW Vice President Irving for 750,000 blue collar workers, with the tatives of Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler B Rues on ESPONDED that, when atmosphere at the bargaining table Corp. all w g ESP NEDitar , hen turning to one of confrontation. The union said the combination of an- al ages and benefits are taken into The union, whose contracts with nual wage improvement and cost of account, auto workers have not suf- the "Big Three" auto companies expire living increases over the past three In its generalized presentation, the Sept. 14, carefully avoided listing the years of the contract have failed to UAWisaidei will'ins ntanti specific cost implications of its money meet the goal of giving a real income UAW said it will insist on substantial demands at this early stage in the improvement of 3 per cent per year. real wage increases during the new bargaining. Inflation has eroded the wage hike by contract. s The union also said it wants ad- ditional paid personal holidays-a fur- ther advance down the road toward a four-day work week. It did not say how many it wants beyond the current 12. THE UAW ALSO will bargain for one- half hour of paid compensatory time off TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT NO TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT for every hour of overtime worked as NO PASSES PASSES part of a move to discourage automakers from scheduling overtime Hasaflm about to make up for holidays instead of Hangups JIMI HENDRIX hiring addditional workers. Are UAW's Bluestone said the union is Hilarious! concerned about inflation-but not about meeting government wage guidelines unfair and inoperative. MEANWHILE, FORD reported yesterday profits of $512 million in the second quarter of this year-a poorer showing than the comparable 1978 1 u1 e period and the first quarter of this year. U.S. automakers all together sold 9.7 per cent fewer cars in mid-July than in the same period a year ago, but the figures were softened by GM's sales TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT figures, which showed a sales increase NO PASSES NO PASSES of 1.1 per cent over the same period last THE LATEST MIDNIGHT CULT year. FILM IN WHICH THE AUDIENCE Ford said sales were off 28.3 per cent, PITCHES IN-LITERALLY. Chrysler reported sales off 30.4 per A comp DETROIT NEWS + cent, and American Motors said sales classic Sun June 24 were down 1.3 per cent from mid-July of last year. [ " 0 vvodleigh-mourice, lid production Reopens August 14 I - technicolorO from wrner bros POWER CENTER for more information cll(313)764-0450 HAIG, TOUTED as a possible 1980 Republican presidential candidate, ad- dressed the National Hardware Retail Association Convention, one of his first political appearances since stepping down from a 32-year Army career. "Im going to put my money where my mouth is the day after tomorrow, when I appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee," he said. "I think you know from my remarks that I have deep reservations about SALT II." The Soviet Union is moving toward nuclear superiority over the U.S., and will continue to gain on America through most of the 1980s, he said. SOVIET DOMESTIC policies have been a "profound failure," Haig said, and he accused the Russians of moun- ting an aggressive policy of inter- national intervention to cover up its in- ternal weaknesses. "With or without SALT II, it's impor- tant that we understand that the strategic balance will continue to wor- sen, until we begin to develop the needed military hardware," he said. The U.S. needs to produce new, less vulnerable atomic weapons if it is to avoid handing the Soviets a "first strike" capability, he said. HAIG SAID he welcomed the SALT II debate, because it focuses American at- tention on the'key issues of defense. During a question and answer session, Haig said he plans to decide within three to five months whether to run for president or some other national office. "I have terminated my active military duty and returned from Europe somewhat early, out of concern for the direction of this country," he said. "I've come home with the intention of addressing those concerns. I will do that for a period of three, four, five months, to see if it gets any response. At that point, I will consider political activity, but at this point, I don't have any intention of running." FIRST RAIL PENSION WASHINGTON (AP)-The first jointly-sponsored pension plan in the United States was established in 1880 by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and its employees' union, according to the American Council of Life Insurance,