' salary list should be public WHILE WE at The Daily rarely make news, we do some- times. Tuesday, a group of us - act- ing as students and Michigan residents, not as reporters - sent a letter to President Flem- ing. It carried a simple message. Provide us with detailed Univer- sity salary information or face the prospect of a court fight. And it was no idle threat, we have a good case. Just a few weeks ago, B a. y County Circuit Judge Leon Dar- das ruled that state-supported universities must open t h e i r salary records to the public. The judge's ruling came on a suit filed by The Bay City T i m es against Saginaw Valley College. The decision, unless struck down by an appellate court, will force Saginaw Valley College to disclose heretofore secret sal- ary information, and presum- ably,. would apply to all state colleges. So we know we have the law on our side, but we realize that we may have to go to court to get what we want. THE IMPORTANCE of obtain- ing this salary informati:n is manifold. It will provide the University community with the names of those professors who are being paid exhorbitant salaries to lend their prestige to the University, rather than to teach. It will provide us with an exact count of how many women, and minority professors are being employed, which departments are hiring or not hiring them, how effective our affirmative ac- tion hiring programs have been, and whether women and minori- ties are receiving equal day for equal work. It will force the University, for the first time in its existence, to explain and defend its hiring and promotion standards. In short, it will make for a more open University. In requesting this information, we are not charging that any specific misdeed has been com- mitted that will be bared by pub- licizing the list. We are simply trying to bi-eak down some of the mysterious wall of secrecy which surrounds University de- cision making. We want an end to closed Re- gents' meetings, confidential factfinding committees, and pap- er shredders in the Administra- tion Bldg. THE UNIVERSITY is operat- ing with public funds, but never- theless has traditionally b e e n successful in resisting attempts to exert some popular control over its operations. The Uni- versity's most effective veapon in negating public control has been its clandestine operations, which deprive its critics of the all-important information need- ed to spark dialogue and re- form. And even the Regents are vic- timized by this mode of opera- tion. As elected representatives, ideally they would be a sort of watchdog, ensuring that t h e University reflect the needs of the people of Michigan. But a number of the m o r e liberal Regents, who are truly interested in educating them- selves about the University, com- plain of a serious lack of in- formation from the administra- tion. They spend' only two days a month in Ann Arbor. They are wined and dined, entertained, and coddled - but rarely inform- ed in an in-depth manner. "I can't expect to understand everything that goes on here," Regent Gerald Dunn said I a s t winter. "I have to be able to trust the administration. And I do. But if I didn't, I'd vote to replace them. And that, is the real power of the Regents." But how does Dunn know he's not being misled if he can't compare administrative recom- mendations with facts. "Trust, just trust, I guess," he says. THE RESULT IS that Flem- ing and a select core of Vis are charting the course of this institution - for the simple rea- son that they are the- only per- sons who know what's going on. What we seek is simply more information. But we harbor no false hopes that it will be of- fered to us like a gift. The administration has never witingly given out significant salary data. An example is the case of women's groups, some of which are still attempting to persuade (or at times, harass) Fleming into releasing the data. The only successful challenge, however, came when the Depart- ment of Health, Education and Welfare requested (and prompt- ly received) salary data to fur- ther its investigation of discrim- ination against women at the University. The reason the University bowed to HEW is simple. HEW threatened to withhold all fed- eral contracts from the Univer- sity until it got its inforsnation. AND THAT'S the way it stands now. We would be pleased if the University were willing to join the growing list of major univer- sities (including Michigan State University) which have made salary data public voluntarily. But we sincerely doubt that Fleming is ready to take such action. So we are preparing to go to court. AND EVEN without a team of full-time lawyers to represent us, we feel we can win. The law and the public interest are on our side. -ALAN LENHOFF Summer co-editor 94 MI 40an 01,1 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the indivi' opinions of the author. This must be noted in all reprint THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972 News Phone: 764 Letters to The Daily dual s.s 4-0552 Goodbye Hubert CAN IT REALLY be true? If you can believe your tele- vision, Hubert Humphrey is finished. Done. Ready to be turned out to pasture. No more face liftings, no more makeup. Hubert can grow old gracefully now. And with the demise of Mr. Humphrey, so ends his popular ideology, known as "the Party line." It consisted of molding the rhetoric to fit the mood of the crowd, and dotting his speeches with empty liberal slogans. Party persons like Hubert have no ideals, no pro- grams and no emotions. They are automotons, which swallow and regurgitate whatever slogan seems to sat- isfy that amorphous group of "middle Americans." And with the death of Hubert, for the first time in years, the Democratic party will be supporting a man of ideals, a man who thinks. But let's hope it lasts. Once the convention is over, and McGovern switches into high gear, hopefully, he won't announce "a few changes" in his stands. We barely survived the lies of Lyndon Johnson. Hu- bert Humphrey's liberal pufferry and the empty headed approach of Ed Muskie further tainted the image of the Democratic Party. PERHAPS George McGovern can turn around that trend and go on to victory in November. But if he is to be successful, he must resist the temptation become a "good Democrat" as Humphrey was. McGovern must be prepared to accept his Democratic affiliation as a burden, rather than become an apologist for that crip- pled party. -C. R. Today's Staff . News: Carla Rapoport, Ralph Vartabedian Editorial Page: Alan Lenhoff Photography technician: Jim Wallace Self defense To The Daily: SINCE MY NAME has been used in two recent Daily articles by Chris Parks in reference to Bill Brown's congressional campaign (Daily, June 27-28), I feel that it is time I speak for myself. It is certainly unfortunate that this had to be brought out in such a manner. But, I simply explained one meeting in which two Brown Volunteers came to my home. It is true that Mrs. Shallcross insin- uated that Senator McGovern would probably endorse Brown, if he could; because (according to her)iBrown is such a "good" man. I realized then as I do now that these were only insinuations direct- ed at me because I was an obvious McGovern worker and she was trying to reach me through a com- mon bond. At that meeting I questioned Bill's affiliation with National McGovern Staff by asking what that meant. Mrs. Shallcross was vague in replying that it meant that Bill received his orders from Washington and had his expenses paid. However, I was later to 1 d that in fact he was not reimbursed for most of his expenses, similar to most of us volunteers. My only point was and is, t h a t Brow just Icaned a little to o heavily on hi McGovern "affilia- tion". Of course, I realized then that Senator McGovern himself would certainly not endorse any candidate before a primary, a n d probably not after, either. The reason I took the time to write this letter is simply to ex- press the feelings of some of us who have worked for over a year; here at home, and in the earlier primaries, New Hampshire through Wisconsin. We tend to feel a little upset when someone uses t h e label "National Staff" after work- ing only in two states - Ohio and Michigan - which happened to be "low-priority primaries" (accord- ing to Dave Alyward, McGovern National Staff). I also think that if an article was going to be written, Laird Harris and Don Tucker (State Mc- Govern Staff) and those contacted in Washington should have been the main focus of the article. -Kathleen M. Foitik July 7 Chutzpah To The Daily: No doubt about it. The Summer 1972 Gen. Lewis B. Hershey Chutz- pah in Advertising Award goes to Army ROTC for their Daily dis- play ad: "NEW FRESHMEN! Do you want a draft defermedt? -... attend Army ROTC orientation." Joining ROTC to avoid military service is like joining the Klu Klux an for their group insurance pa. Apparently neither the Army nor the Selective Service is too im- pressed by the current crop of 18- year-olds. A few months ago, then Director of Selective Service Cur- tis Tarr ordered that thousands of otherwise qualified men be ex- cused from the draft by deciding not to draft men out of Extended Priority. In a letter to the state directors of Selective Service, Tarr wrote: "I know that many state directors feel that these (older) men, who have delayed delayed induction in every way possible and have at- tempted to frustrate both the Sys- tem and some of us, should be re- quired to serve . . . But on the other hand . . . The Army would rather work with younger m r fn who yae a willingness to serve. Furthermore, Selective Service would be much better off to deal with younger men and to permit some of those recalcitrant persons to become eligible for S e c o n d Priority." At the risk of insulting your in- telligence, my "NEW FRESH- MEN!" friends, I would suggest that the place to go for inicrma- tion on draft deferments - includ- ing the 1-D ROTC deferment - is the Ann Arbor Draft Counteling Center, 502 East Huron. The Cen- ter doesn't have a group insurance plan, but then it doesn't ask for eight years of your life. -Jeff Feldman, Grail. June 20 Sheriff's race To The Daily: FRED POSTILL would h a v e creamed Doug Harvey in t h e Democratic primary and the sher- iff knew it. So, Harvey made his frenetic leap to the American In- dependent Party - where he un- doubtedly belongs - thus kicking his undersheriff (induced by Harv- ey to seek the Republican nom- ination as a back-up should he lose the Democratic) in the teeth, in the process. Although some feel that t h e moment Harvey found a way to get on the ballot in the general election, he virtually assured him- self another term in office, that's far from a safe assumption. If, as the AIP candidate, he enjoys any edge at all, it's hairline at best. Postill's chances of winning in what is shaping up to be a tough three-way battle will be, in large part, contingent on the amount and quality of the support that is gen- erated on his behalf on campus and in the city of Ann Arbor. Out- county is Harvey country. Postill is a professional who ap- pears to have humane values. Only he, of the three candidates, prom- ises any change in the status quo. The quality of, our lives for the next four years may be at stake. His campaign would seem to be a constructive place for us to con- sider putting any spare time, or spare loot. Fred Postill can bounce Sheriff Harvey out of office; but, in the end, for him to succeed, it may be up to you and me. -Del Seitz July 10 Get involved- write your reps! Sen. Philip Hart (Dem), Rm. 253, Old Senate Bldg., Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 20515. Sen. Robert Griffin (Rep), Rm. 353 Old Senate Bldg., Cap- itol Hill, Washington, D.C. 10515. Rep. Marvin Esch (Rep), Rm. 112, Cannon Bldg. Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 4515. Sen. Gilbert Bursley (Rep), Senate, State Capitol Bldg., Lansing, 48933. Rep. Raymond Smith (Rep), House of Representatives, State Capitol Bldg., Lansing, 48933.