Thursday, August 3, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Thursday, August 3, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Street fights erupt in Belfast as attempts at peace continue City's hiring program not racially equalized BELFAST - Hundreds of Ro-. man Catholics and Protestants fought a running street battle in Belfast yesterday, and a n e w surge of guerrilla gunfire shat- tered the brief calm in North- ern Ireland. As the violence erupted, new efforts were launched to reach a political settlement ending three years of sectarian war- fare in Ulster and the I r i s h republic. The street fighting was touch- ed off by the wounding of two Protestant factory workers by sniper fire from the Catholic Short Strand area of central Belfast. Wihtin minutes, Protestant workers at the Cirocco engineer- ing plant massed on the streets to organize a protest march. They ran into a hail of stones from the Catholic side. The Protestants hurled nuts and bolts in return and dozens of windows in nearby houses Under New Management The VILLAGE INN NOW SERVING LIQUOR Open 4 p.m. Daily, including Sunday CAT'S EYE Weds.-Fri.-Sat. starting at 9:30 p.m.' 3411 WASHTENAW NEAR ARBORLAND 973-2100 were smashed. Several Catholics were reported injured. Several hundred Protestants marched to government head- quarters at Stormont to protest the shootings and demand great- er protection from the British administrator for Northern Ire- land, William Whitelaw. On the political front Whitelaw invited leaders of the S o c i a l Democratic and Labor Party, the main opposition in Northern Ire- land to meet with him Monday in a search for a peaceful set- tlement. The party has refused to talk with him in the past and did not immediately reply to the invitation. Earlier, four party leaders flew to Dublin for a meeting with Prime Minister Jack Lynch of the Irish republic. A joi nt statement said the Northern Ire- land situation and a fresh poli- tical initiative for peace h a d been discussed. Lynch's governmen( also an- nounced a clampdown on guns in the republic and hinted at new action against the Irish Repub- lican Army (IRA). The justice minister, Desmond O'Malley, or- dered all pistols, rifles and am- mutinion surrendered within three days., (Continued from Page 3) However, the "white depart- ments" continue to hire more whites than blacks. For those departments whose black em- ployment level is below ten per cent, the hiring rate has been around 28 per cent blacks or eight per cent below the aver- age. Conversely, in predominately black departments, the hiring rate of minority personnel has been about 54 per cent-14 per cent above- the average. Personnel director Wil- liam Garrett recognizes that racial divisions are being per- petuated and considers the re- versal of this trend to one of his "major problems." "You're faced with tradition and the whole historical as- pect," he says. "When a black leaves a job he tends to be re- placed with another black." Another problem in breaking down race lines is a low turn- over rate in heavily white de- partments. For example, the Fire Depart- ment, which employs 109 whites and 2 blacks, has only hired one man in the last year, In the Treasurer's Depart- ment which is all white, there has been only one opening in the last year as well. Accord- ing to Orlos, a black was re- cently hired to fill the position but was subsequently terminat- ed. In the police department, where blacks are nine per cent of the work force, the problem is often an inability to find blacks who meet stringent hir- ing requirements. "We're working on easing the regulations in somecases, but it's hard to find people to ap- ply," Orlos says. But Personnel Department of- ficials are generally proud of what has been accomplished and optimistic about the future. "In our files we have red circles around these depart- ments (with low minority em- ployment f igures)," Garrett says. "And in the fu- ture, we're going to start getting to them." McGovern VP choice delayed (Cotinued from Page 1) will ratify McGovern's choice. During the day, McGovern was sent some unsolicited advice from the National Women's Po- litical Caucus which urged him to choose Frances "Sissy" Far- enthold, the former Texas guber- natorial candidate who came in second to Eagleton in balloting for vice president in votes taken at the convention. However Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine was still thought to be the leading candidate on Mc- Govern's list, which reportedly doesn't include Farenthold, Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.), or Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.). One of McGovern's closest friends, Frank Church of Idaho, said he thought McGovern would have to "reach into the larger cities and industrial areas" for a new vice presidential nomi- nee. rollinger for people (5- "Hire him. He's got great legs." If women thought this way about men they would be awfully silly. When men think this way about women they're silly, too. Women should be judged for a job by whether or not they can do it. In a world where women are doctors, lawyers, judges, brokers, economists, scien- tists, political candidates, professors and com- pany presidents, any other viewpoint is ridic- ulous. Think of it this way. When we need all the help we can get, why waste half the brains around? Womanpower. It's much too good to waste. BOB ROLLINGER, a sen- ior political science major at the U, is running for the Democratic nomina- tion for Washtenaw County Commissioner in AA's 15th district. To put his people-center- ed ideas into effect-like consumer protection and child-care - he n e e d s your vote. Vote in the Aug. 8th Primary paid for by People for Rollinger