Tuesday, August 6, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Tuesday, August 6, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Counc' defers approval of new AFSCME contract Preferential voting issue may be on Nov. ballot (Continued from Page 3) tionwode support, is a protest against the mass slaughter of whales by the Soviets and Japa- nese to produce soap, paint, perfume, oil and dogfood. Council Republicans, who cast all five votes against the measure, claimed that the city could do little to protect endan- gered species such as whales. "I'VE ALWAYS said that we should keep extrAleous mater- ial such as this off the council agenda," said Mayor James Stephenson. "This is a prob- lem we can do nothing about." Although a spokesman for the boycott said that thousands of of city residents had signed a "Save the Whales" petition, Councilman Louis Belcher (R- Fifth Ward) felt that it was an unimportant matter. "What I boycott is my own business," he said. "We should not set a precedent for taking Strike supporter arrested in Argus plant picket line up valuable council time with these matters." Last night council also heard charges from Councilman Jamie Kenworthy (D - Fourth Ward) that City Attorney Edwin Pear was guilty of conflict-of-interest when he represented the city in a suit involving the Packard- Platt shopping center. Kenworthy alleged that when Pear was representing the city, that a member of his law office was representing the owners of the Packard-Platt Plaza who were protesting some city re- strictions on land development. Pear denied the charges aid said that he will "state my en- tire relationship to the whole case" next week. "None of my law partners h a v e represented the proper- ty's owners in this lawsuit," he said. Councilman Robert Henry (R- Third Ward) labeled the charges "trash" and a "cheap shot." r I (Continued from Page 3) WEGBREIT said the proposed City Charter amendment "will almost certainly appear on the November ballot." Signatures of at least five per cent (3,800) of the city's registered voters are needed to put the issue on the ballot. The Democratic p r o p o s a l which failed to get the required signatures would have resulted in a system of run-off elections if no candidate received a ma- jority in any city mayor or council race. Lee Gunn, a coordinator for the Democratic petition drive, estimated the collected signa- tures "between 700 and 800" adding that "we just did not have enough workers circulat- ing them." When asked if the Democratic party would endorse the HRP effort, Gunn said, "I don't think they'll (Democrats) endorse it but individuals will probably work for it (HRP proposal).' AN HRP spokesperson stress- ed that HRP has tried in the past to get the cooperation of the Democrats to w o r k for preferential voting, but was re- fused. Gunn emphasized that if the IltIP proposal was to include "mavtor and council as well" lDemocrats weild probably have backed it. C'ouncilwomin K a t h y Koi- chenko (HP - Second W a r d) contended that the preferential system, if extended to council elections as well, would make candidates "avoid taking any kind of stand," adding that the proposal "tends to elect the candidate in the middle." Kozachenko also s a i d, "We concede our proposal will prob- ably elect a De m o c r a t i c mayor." An eight page report of a Democratic ad hoc committee to study election alternatives admitted "preferential voting is cheaper for the city" than run off elections but also claimed the HRP proposal .would create "substantial confusion" among voters. The report argued that a run- off election's "chief advantage . . , over preferential voting is its simplicity," also contend- ing it is "more truely repre- sentative of . . . the voters." The HRP promised "an ag- gressive campaign to pass pref- erential voting in November and bring our election laws up to date with political reality." By STEPHEN HERSH Mark Zucker, a supporter of striking employes at the local Argus Optics plant, was arrest- ed yesterday and charged with trying to stop non-striking work- ers from entering the factory. In defense, Zucker argued that "there shouldn't be a law preventing striking workers from trying to keep scabs from crossing picket lines. "In effect," he added, "it's a strike-breaking law. A law like that serves the interests of the factory owners. Laws should serve the interests of workers."' Zucker was released on bond yesterday and his case will be arraigned in court this morning. Employes of the Argus plant have been on strike for over seven weeks in an effort to force the company to recog- nize the United Auto Workers as their bargaining agent. The Argus factory specializes in lens grinding, polishing and blocking. The main outside supporters of the strike include the Hu- man Rights Party (HRP), the Socialist Workers Party and a student support committee, of which Zucker was a member. Commenting on Zucker's ac- tion, an HRP member, who wished to remain anonymous, said, "Everyone else decided to take direction from the workers supporting the strike, not to do anything the workers don't do. But he was out in front waving a sign and blocking a car5 un- til finally the cops pinched him." Sorry, THE RULING CLASS, originally scheduled for Tonight is CANCELLED. DISCOVER A "LOST" FILM: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Director-BILLY WILDER Is The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes the best American film of the last five years? This 1970 Billy Wilder produc- tion, which opened as Radio City Music Hall's Chrstmos attraction but soon drifted into critical oblivion and com- mercial disaster, now aualifes as a maior rediscovery of the '70's. However, don't let its relative obscurity fool you-The Pri- vote Life of Sherlock Holmes is far from being an esoteric film. In fact, it may be one of the last great entertain- ments-a film in which style, comedy, plot, and meaning are blended with the ease and assurance that characterized the old Hollywood masters. In addition to its lively script, visual flair, and fantastic Miklos Rosza score, The Private Lfe of Sherlock Holmes is also one of the most ingenious msyteries ever written for the screen. A coge full of canaries, a mysterious woman saved from drowning, "a swan that really isn't a swan," four midgets at a lonely aravesitea ogroup of dour Trappist monks, a "red runner" the code-word "Jonah," Kaiser Wilhelm, and Loch Ness: these are lust a few of the clues that unravel in an intricate chain of events leading to a truly surprising conclusion--perhaps too surprising, even, for the redoubtable Mr. Holmes, But, besides being a mystery. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes also has mystery. if you know what I mean. And at the center of this mystery is the character of the legendary arch-detective, Sherlock Holmes. The film opens with a safe-deposit box beina opened and a series of dusty obiects being extracted from a it-a hypodermic,'o violin concerto, a deerstalker, a pipe, and a Rosebud-like glass ball con- taininq a bust of Queen Victoria, A handwritten manuscript narrated by Dr. Watson tells us that 50 years after Holmes' death, we will learn of this case, one of Holmes' few failures. . Was Holmes really a superslueth, or was he the creation of his sometimes overzealous chronicler, Dr. Watson? Was Holmes one of the last romantics, or on unfeelino thinkino machine? Was he a homosexual, or the victim of a tragic love affair? At the end of all these questions is a syringe filled with opium, which allows Holmes to conquer the agon- izin boredom that so often afflicts him and to smooth over the contradictions in his elusive character. Finally, the film is about myth-making. Sherlock Holmes, the Loch Ness morster, Romanticism, the Victorian aqe-these are some of f e myths the film treuty, myths that become real more hor the reality that debunks them, lust as World War I will dE ounk the Nineteenth Century that is dying at the film's en, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a very funny film .nd a very melancholy one, very cynical and very romantic. It is an old-fashioned film and a very modern one. It is a film for all audiences, particularly that rather large audience that missed it the first time around, and perhaps now, five years after the fact, film societies and revival houses will give it a well-deserved second chance. TONIGHT! Aug. 607:30 and 9:30 p.m. $1.25 heann arbor hncooperative AUDITORIUM A, ANGELL HALL Tomorrow Eveninq-Rohmer's CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON Cominq Thursday-Fellini's ROMA ART POSTERS Reduced up to 80% Appel Klimt Archipenko Lichte stein Bonnard Matisse Braque Mira Calder Mondrian Chagall Oldenburg Dali f;Picabia Dufy