tw Sfr~ia n Da&ti Vol. LXXXI, No. 10-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, May 18, 1971 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Leslie Jones (left), Aerospace Engineering Prof. and member of the Classified Research Committee, presents the committee's report at yesterday's Senate Assembly meeting. At right is Psychology Prof. Norman Warren, president of Senate Assembly. SIGNALMEN TRIGGER WALKOUT: Railroad strike begins; action byCongress seen WASHINGTON (A')-A strike rail workers have ceased work, scheduled afternoon hearings a of railroad signalmen yesterday honoring the signalmen's picket few hours later, but Chairman halted rail traffic throughout lines. Harley Staggers (D-W. Va.) of the House Commerce Committee the nation a n d threatened to It appeared likely that Con- said his committee couldn't con- paralyze other major industries. gress would act today on Presi- aider until t a d a y Nixonasre- The 13,000 signalmen who ate act ion tre nd the st k e quest for an end to the strike triggered the strike comprise until July 1. only two per cent of the half a "A nationwide stoppage of rail After hearing from adminis- " million striking rail workers. service would cause great hard- tration officials and both par- The signalmen walked off their ship to all Americans and strike ties to the dispute, members of Jobs a f t e r a breakdown in a a serious blow at the nation's the committee indicated t h e y marathon session of negotia- economy," Nixon told Congress would change Nixon's proposal tions, with the central differ- in a message from his Key Bis- to provide for an immediate ences focused on wage increases. cayne retreat in Florida. wage increase to the signalmen A large majority of the nation's The Senate Labor Committee and to extend the no strike per- iod perhaps to Oct. 1. CRC calls procedures 'adequate' BY.ALAN LENHOFF Senate Assembly's Classified Research Committee (CRC) yesterday reported to Assembly on its operations, recommending only slight changes in current procedures used to approve classified research projects at the Univer- sity. CRC reported it is "satisfied that the present procedures are adequate for determining whether or not classified re- search proposals are in accordance with" current Univer- sity research guidelines. CRC had been requested by Assembly, the University- wide faculty representative body, at its March 22 meeting, to evaluate the procedures current- ly used in enforcing Universityerahgilns.Aemy reserach guidelines. Assembly asked for the committee reporta ks fund after it had in effect rejected several proposals which would have ended or greatly restricted classified and military research on campus=restoration Assembly is expected to take some action on the report at its Senate Assembly yesterday re- June meeting. quested Gov. William Milliken Current research guidelines, and the State Legislature to re- adopted in 1968 by the Regents, consider their proposed budget prohibit research whose "specific cut ending University payments purpose is to destroy human life to the city of Ann Arbor for or to incapacitate human be- police and fire protection. ings." The resolution seeks to inform The report acknowledged that the legislature of the prob- current review procedures are lems Assembly feels could arise largely "dependent upon the in should the budget cut be en- formation available from the re- acted. searcher," which it termed "of Assembly's motion indicated minimal value" in determining three main points: whether the project complies -- "The University is not a with the present guidelines. self-contained isolated campus The report mentioned several clearly separate from the city procedural changes that the com- of Ann Arbor but is completely mittee has made to minimize interlaced by the public roads of this problem but suggested that that city"; Assembly's Research Policies "The establishment of a Committee (RPC) conduct a s "post - award audit procedure" separate police and fire service that would investigate currently ween theUarnversi arriersbe operating research projects "t o .twa t hen iner rea- assure that CRC's understand- city at a time when interrela- ing of certain proposals had been tionships between the Univer- correct." sity and the community at large A memorandum containing this have been increasing"; and suggestion was sent by CRC to - "The final cost of setting RPC on April 19. RPC is current- up such a police and fire service ly undertaking a study of pres- at the University will undoubt- ent research guidelines and iv edly be greater than the pre- expected to present recommand- ations to Assembly in June. sent collaborative arrangement In this proposed audit, RPC with the city, as well as being See RESEARCH, Page 10 less efficient." Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) asked C. J. Chamberlain, presi-' dent of the Union, if he would accept such a plan. Chamber- lain said his organization will accept if this is the will of Con- gress. J. P. Hiltz, Jr., speaking for the railroads, said they also would agree since the plan is in line with recommendations of an emergency board which the industry already had accepted. Under the plan, the signalmen would receive the first three step raises proposed by the board, effective ° Jan. 1, 1970, Nov. 1, 1970, and April 1 of this year. These would boost pay for the most skilled workers from about $3.80 an hour now to about $4.46. The committee deferred ac- tion until this morning. First class mail continued to move -'ut an embargo on bulk mail beyond a 300-mile limit was imposed by the Postal Service. Detroit auto makers promptly announced job cutbacks and pre- dicted plant closings if the strike lasted 48 hours. The auto indus- try relies on railroads as an inte- gral part of its assembly lines. Some General Motors and Chrysler Corp. plants went on short time immediately while the rest of the industry faced the pos- sibility of a total shutdown if the strike lasted more than three or four days. Ford said it managed to keep all its plants operating normally yesterday but that a shut down of some Ford plants would begin within 48 hours if the strike continued. See RAIL, Page 10 COAL AND FREIGHT CARS pile up at dawn yesterday in Hunting- ton, W. Va., as the national strike of AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Rail- road Signalmen began shutting down the nation's rail system. RAILROAD CARS loaded with new automobiles stand immobile yesterday in the shadows of Detroit's skyline. The auto industry was hit hard and fast by the nationwide rail strike.