page three tt a BLAZING High-86 Low-s3 Solar and steamy Thursday, May 25, 1972 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN News Phone: 764-0552 NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS: U adopts new job posting procedures By MERYL GORDON The University this week adopted a new policy that re- quires posting of all non-academic job openings in the University. Non-academic jobs include clerical, technical and maintenance positions. Previously these positions have been listed in the Personnel Office or filled by the unit with a vacancy. "Job posting is the open advertizing of vacant posi- tions available to all members of the community," Admin- istrative Associate Judith Milestone explained. "The new policy will make sure that people have enough information to pick and choose jobs, and change jobs." Hop along froggily J. H. Special VII of Fresno. Calif., hops 'longside his owner. Gene Fasano, dnring this year's marathon Calaveras C o u n t y Jumping Frog Jubilee at Angels Camp, Calif. J. H. leaped 12 feet, seven inches, about five feet less than the winning leap frog leaped. Better luck next year, J. H. House vote olds state rental bill LANSING C)--A bill to make swseeping r eforns io landloird- tenant relations won a solid vote of approval yesterday in the State House. The measure was sent to the Senate on an 89-12 vote. The bill proposes to reduce virtually all phases of modern apartment or home rental agree- ments to writing, with fixed timetables and procedures for claiming :amages, filing griev- ances or recovering funds In perhaps the most sweeping proposal,- the bill calls for land- lords to hold rental deposits is trust and pay interest to tenants who, in some cases, could collect double on their investment in event of landlord forfeiture. The bill, sponsored by 32 House members, was introduced by Rep. Earl Nelson (D-Lans- ing) after a series of hearings on residential rent grievances and rental practices. Although apparently shaded to- ward giving tenants new legal grounds to fight arbitrary and often inaccessible or unknown corporate landlords, the measure writes new ground rules for both sides. Each party would be compelled to submit to open, mutual agree- ment on responsibility for dam- age and condition of equipment. A rental deposit would be fixed at no more than one month's rent, payable in install- ments. To collect it, the landlord would have to file a statement of the name of the bank holding the money and the account num- ber. In order to recover it later, the tenant would have to tender a forwarding address within three days of leaving the quar- ters. The landlord could claim the deposit only for reimbursement for damages or for back rent. Both landlord and tenant would have to sign standardized inventory checklists at the be- ginning and end of a lease period. A tenant would have the right to inspect checklists from previous tenants, and a final checklist would have to be agreed to within five days of a vacancy. The new policy inc'uaes a con- troversial provision that super- visers not be notified when their employes are looking for jobs. At present University policy re- quires employes to get the sig- natures of their supervisors if they want to look for other Uni- versity jobs. According to Milestone, a member of the Commission for Women. "We wanted women to be free to look for jobs with- out their supervisors knowing. Relationsl ips between employers and employes can be jeopardized if the employers are notified." "We hope to build a job lad- der in the University," Milestone said. "Women who accept jobs below' their capacities. 1 or monetary reasons, can move sp from within with the help of job posting." Several weeks ago V i c e-, President for Academic Affairs Allan Smith announced a new job posting policy for academic positions. All positions from in- structor through profesor will now be advertised locally and nationally for at least two months before a final selection is made. The job posting proposal is a part of the University's affirma- tive action program. The Uni- versity formulated the program after the Department of Health. Education, and Welfare (HEW) charged the University with sex discrimination in the fall, 1970 and threatened to withhold some federal contracts. HEW has never officialy ap- proved the University's goals and timetables for increased hir- ing of women. SIGN RPP PETITION: i .. Conference participants urge decriminalization of marijunana By DIANE LEVICK consumed daily by millions of tiative was launched by the Over 40 participants in the Americans." Rainbow People's Party (RPP) National Research Council Com- Paul Lowinger, a medical doe- May 8. The organization is cir- mittee on Problems of D r u g tor in the Department of Psy- clating petitions to place on Dependence have signed a pe- chiatry and Lafayette Clinic at the November ballot a proposed tition endorsing the decriminali- Wayne State University School amensidment to the state consi- zation of marijuana, of Medicine, .noted that the 40 tution lemalizing the use and Participants from the fields of who had already signed as of possession of narijuana. psychiatry, psychology, and me- yesterday morning constituted The proposal does not apply dicine attended the three-day almost one third of the meet- to sale of marijuana or use while conference at Rackham Aud. ing's attendance. operating a vehicle. which ended yesterday. Lowinger, who supports the State Sens. Coleman Young The petition, circulated by the petition, said many others fav- )D-netraii) and Jack Faxan CD- Michigan Marijuana Initiative ored decriminalization but were (MMI, states: afraid to sign the petition. Detroit), and State Representa- "We the participants in t he "Many prefer anonymity," he tives Jackie Vaughn (D-Detroit) National Research Council 1972 said. 'Their institutions might and Dale Warner (R-Eaton Rap- meeting on Problems of Dr u g be critical of them if they sign- ids) support the marijuana imi- Dependence endorse the oppor- ed. They're afraid for t h e i r tiative tunity for voters of Michigan to status and for their rcsearch decriminalize marijana." funding." RPP spokesperson David Fen- "There is no rational scienti- f- .- , -n "+n,,a;, The Michigan Marijuana Ini- See DOCTORS. Page 7 fie or medical reason to main- tain criminal penalties for the use and possesion of marijuana. Fears about marijuana have been greatly exaggerated. While no substance is completely safe for everyone, marijuana is no more dangerous than substances Record education aid bill approved State House LANSING, Mich. (A) - Michigan education would get a re- cord $1.108 billion in state aid for the next school year under a bill passed yesterday by the Senate. The bill was sent to the House for consideration. The state school aid bill, about half of the state's proposed $2.27 budget, weon Senate approval by a 24 to 6 vote. The bill appropriates $87.7 million more than the current school appropriation, but $16.3 million less than Gov. William Milliken recommended. The bill contains provisions to decrease state aid to some wealthy districts and increase it to poorer school systems. High-value districts with property assessed in the $34,000 range would receive less from the state than previously, while districts forced to levy taxes on less valuable property would re- ceive more state money, according to Senate tax sources. The largest chunk of state aid -- some $735.6 million -- would go for general classroom and student funding. That amount is $50.6 million more than currently budgeted. The Senate also provided $62 million for special education, $7 million more than the current budget; $34.7 million for trans- portation, $2.1 million more than now; and $5.9 million for inter- mediate districts, $400,000 more than now. The bill appropriates for Detroit some $22.5 million for con- pensatory education, the same as at present. No state school aid money could be used to finance possible court-ordered cross-district busing for desegregation, under an amendment offered by Sen. Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) educa- tion committee chairman. Bursley said such financing, if needed, could be made up in a later supplemental bill, He said he wanted to assure that money earmarked for in-district busing or special education transporta- tion would not be siphoned off for cross-district busing. The Senate bill also provides that school districts which con- solidate will receive for at least two years the same amount of school aid they got the previous year. Bankrupt school district also would receive $150 state aid per student, instead of the $133 originally recommended by the appro- priations committee. Hot assignment! Fire fighters in Port Washington, N.Y. hit the deck yesterday as flaming gasoline boils from a tank truck after it collided with a car. The accident, on U.S. 141, snarled traffic for three hours.