Thursday, July 18, 1974. House Watergate panel nears end of investigation 1ve WASHINGTON ('P) - The would arrange for the trial. re House Judiciary Committee is Presidential attorneys probab- bi holding to a schedule for its im- ly would ask considerable time ni peachment inquiry that could to prepare their case, up to ne produce a final vote in com- two months. Senate Democrats mittee between July 26 and have talked in terms of two ' July 30. weeks to one month for prepar- G Chairman Peter Rodino, (D- ation. Once the trial starts it ti N.J.), is aiming at the earlier could take at least two months. tr date, which is a week from to- There is substantial doubt it al morrow, but other members could be finished before the No- se say the later one is more likely. vember elections, and some sen- THE SCHEDULE after that ators doubt it could be com- calls for 100 hours of debate and peted this year. 2, voting on the House floor, start- S E N A T E DEMOCRATIC as ing around Aug. 12. House ac- Leader Mike Mansfield has ti tion is due to be completed by talked in terms of a two-month ta Aug. 23. trial, with sessions six days a The Judiciary Committee week, if the Hoise votes to im- ly heard its last scheduled witness peach the President. of yesterday. One decision would have to be at The committee will meet be- whether to go through the No- th hind closed doors today for vember congressional elections, R briefing sessions. At least six or halt the proceedings to per- articles of impeachment against nit campaigning time. President Nixon are reported to Other decisions that would n be ready for presentation. have to be made before any th COMMITTEE deliberations on trial could begin would include h articles of impeachment prepar- whether to set up a committee In ed by the staff will begin next to collect additional evidence, in Tuesday, Rodino said. whether to permit television These sessions will be open coverage and what powers will to the press and public. House be granted Chief Justice War- rules prohibit television cover- ren Burger, who would preside. age of committee meetings. However, Rodino said Wednes- day he will ask the House to SHORT or LONG Note to change the rule so the HAIRSTYLES TO PLEASE impeachment debate can be DASC L televised. There will be no television of BARBERS the action on the House floor. IF THE committee recom- ARBORLAND-971-9975 MAPLE V!LLAG -761-2733 mends impeachment and the E. LIBERTY-668-9329 House votes for it, the Senate E. UNIVERSITY-662-0354 would be notified officially and THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page GEO requests open talks e Nine By GORDON ATCHESON The union representing Uni- rsity graduate employes has quested that its contract nego- ations with the administration held in open meetings begin- ng with the bargaining session xt Tuesday. This procedure, sought by the raduate Employes Organiza- on (GEO), runs counter to aditional labor talks which are most always held in closed ssion. GEO CONTENDS that its 200 constituents, the taxpayers nd others affected by the nego- ations have a right to view the lks as they unfold. The administration is current-, discussing the ramifications public negotiations and will nnounce a formal position at e Tuesday meeting, President obben Fleming said yesterday. "There is a possibility the egotiating will be open," Flem- g said, although conceding at the University in the past as not made labor talks public. a many instances the unions sist on secret bargaining. "SECRECY IMPLIES some- thing to hide. GEO has nothing to hide, and does not wish to foster an atmosphere of se- crecy," the union has declared in a statement. "Those concerned with the negotiations are far more likely to be misled if bargaining is done in secret," the statement adds. However, GEO has also said it would sanction closed dis- cussions if both sides---the union and the administration-agreed to that approach on certain con- tract issues. GEO'S OPEN meetings policy has already drawn endorse- ments from Student Government Council President Carl Sand- berg, SGC member Calvin Lu- ker, and the Rackham Student Government. GEO criticized the adminis- tration's position as "cynical because it assumes that the University community is incap- able of understanding what is occuring in bargaining and is gullible enough to be satisfied with the controlled release of selected information." At the University of Wiscon- sin open negotiations were held between the union representing graduate workers there and the administratoMn with viable re- sults, according to GEO. NONETHIELESS, the union recoenizes some drawbacks to public talks might include a possibility that free discussion of issues wouuld not occur and that certain "tough" contract areas could be effectively dealt with only in private. GEO has also suggested that if open sessions are given a try they could be re-evaluated at a subsequent date to determine if they should be continued in future discussions. Although only in the initial stage, the negotiations between the University and GEO will focus on the present working conditions for graduate em- ployes. THE UNION HAS already drafted a series of demands it would like to see instituted for graduate workers including a formal written contract, griev- ence procedures, and certain job security guarantees. Next time you see someone polluting, point it out. It's a spewing smokestack. It's litter in the streets. It's a river where fish can't live. You know what pollution is. But not everyone does. So the next time you see pollution, don't close your eyes to it. Write a letter. Make a call. Point it out to someone who can do something about it. People start pollution. 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