PLEASANT '' 4krHighz-72 page- three ICC'Low--42 M t t ly Sunny adFair. No rain Friday, May 28, 1971 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN News Phone: 764-0552 Union to file brief against ' By MARK DILLEN University o f f i c i a 1 s have treated McCracken claims the University has Local 1583 of the American Federa- AFSCME complaints of contract viola- been selectively accepting grievances tion of State, County and Municipal tions during the first five months of its on the basis of whether they are filed Employes is scheduled to present a brief three year span. Of an estimated 50 by individual union members or groups before the Michigan Enmployment Rela- griev nces already filed by AFSCME of workers. The reason. says McCracken. tions Commission (MERC) this morn- members this year, McCracken claims is the University's inefficiency in han- ing, charging that the University is nearly half have been refused by Uni- dling a rising number of complaints. guilty of unfair labor practices. versity Manager of Employe and Union "Our contract says you may file group The charges, contained in a brief to Relation Jame. Thiry. grievances but doesn't say you have to," be filed in Detroit this morning by Thiry and his superior, Vice President he contends. "Because the University AFSCME attorney George Maurer, will and C h i e f Financial Officer Wilbur got such a flow of grievances from all describe several alleged irregularities Pierpont declined comment last night gut sh Ufo ofrist e frm all covered by the state "Unfair hor an AFSCME's complaints, Pierpont say- aver the Univerity, they claim they Practices Act" and what AFSCME Pres- ing he knew nothing of the formal have the right to accept only group ident Charles McCracken calls the Uni- charges and Thiry adding that although grievances." versity's "bad faith bargaining." there "had been s o m e talk" of In addition, union members have ex- McCracken and other union leaders AFSCME's move, no University response pressed dissatisfaction about delays in UNION janitors present grievances to say the core of the problem is the way had been decided on. See UNION, Page 10 the Regents last week. tMiodel Cities Heroin in tle arlty Rep. Morgan Murphy (D-Ill) and Rep. Robert Steele (R-Conn), authors of a study of heroin use by troops in Vietnam, appear at a Capitol till news conference yesterday. The study recommends forc- ible hospitalization for three years prior to discharge for troops who have been hooked on heroin. (See story, page 7) ILINK IBOMBING, MAYDAY PROTEST: Local peace meeting apparent focal point of federal probe plan approved by Council By ANITA CRONE and IDA ELROD Ann Arbor City Council last night approved five Model Cities contracts despite some opposition from residents of the Model Cities neighborhood. Four of the five were approved unanimously. Council- man John McCormick (R-fifth ward) cast the lone dissent- ing vote-against a legal services program. McCormick said the contract has legal and ethical pro- blems that should be looked into by the Washtenaw County Bar Association and the Michigan State Bar Association. In addition to the legal services program, the con- tracts included 'a bail-bond program and youth recreation program, as well as a contract setting up a community institute and a contract between the city and the Ann Arbor Community e D .C. Center. Action on the five contracts was delayed from Monday night s council meeting to allow local residents a chance to discuss their views on the contracts with dism issed City Council. WASHINGTON (A) - The Community response to the con- Washington, D.C. corporation tracts seemed to be favorable, counsel decided yesterday to although Ezra Rowry, chair- drop about 2,50t0 of the remainitig man of the Model Cities Board, arrest cases resulting from the and members of City Council Mayday anti-war demonstrations came under heavy attack by -est- here without calling them .or dents of the Model Cities neigh- trial. borhood. Corporation Counsel C. Francis Deborah Grubbs, a member of Murphy moved for the dismissals the policy board who was sitting- following a Wednesday night in at the Model Cities office pro- ruling by the U.S. Court :f Ap- testing a "lack of community in- peals which temporarily blocked volvement in the Model Cities program," read a statement ac- prosecution unless there was evi- cusing the policy board's Execu- dence to link the defendants to tive committee of nepotism, and disorderly conduct charges. controlling the boards set u to Police had suspended their nor- administer the legal services, bail bond, and youth recreation mal procedures in making many programs. of the Mayday demonstrations at- Paul Spann, spokesman for the rests and as a result are unable Washtenaw County Black Cor- to testify where and when the tractors and Trade Association alleged violations occurred. renewed his complaint that Model Unofficial court estimates wer Cities ignored the Association' when bids went out for wort to be that after Murphy's decision, done in the Model Cities Neigh- some 2.000 cases still could be borhood. prosecuted. So far there have Two black youths asked Corn- been about 10 convictions in cases cil to approve the contracts and growing out of the 12,000 Mayday find jobs for them, thus avoiding demonstrations arrests. "one of the hottest summers this town has seen. The Michigan Daily, edited and man= The contracts must retain to aged by students at the University o the Model Cities policy board for MIchIgan. News phone: 764-0552. second tlass postage paid at, Ann Arbor, Bich- approval of changes. Although igan. 420 Maynard Street,. Ann Arbor, the contracts retain the saiae Michigan 45104. Pubiished daily Tues- day through Sunday mnorning OUniver- goals as those approved by the sity year. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier, $10 by mail. policy board, wording was Summer Session published Tuesday changed to tighten up legal tOraugh Saturdayaorailg. Subsip- structuretion rairo: $5 by carrier. $5 by malt, (Continued from Page N.W., in Washington. D.C., at which time Jeff Liebling, Chris Lamb, Stuart Albert, Judy Gum- bo. Colin Neiberger, Michael Tola, Terry Taube, Ken Kelley and yourself," were present. Albert and Gumbo were sub- poenaed last week to appear be- fore a Federal grand jury in New York City. At another stage in the ques- tioning, Government investiga- tors mentioned they believed a group of nine persons to have a been involved in the planning of the bombing. Leonard Weinglass, one of the attorneys for those subpoenaed, contacted in New Jersey last night, said however that "the government is way off base with that list." The group living in the M Street house, he said, was not responsible for the bombing, al- though they may have discussed it and "some of them may have thought it was a good idea." kelley said yesterday that Leibling and Lamb were not even present with the rest of the group on the morning of March 1. Kelley said yesterday the gov- ernment was attempting to link the conference with the capitol bombing and that they are "so full of shit I can't believe it." Kelley said that on the morning of the Capitol bombing, "Rennie Davis called up and told me to wake everybody u and get down to Mayday headquarters" He described the mood of the house that mornin~g as "one of concern." Kelley has vowed not to -co- operate with the giano jury, whose hearings are schduled to begin June 3. Albert burnt his subtoena is- sued by the New York grand ,;ry when it was served to him at New Haven, Conn., last week. Weinglass is filing suit mean- while to stop toe government from carrying through its Ilans to force testimony out of what he terms, "innocent people." The Conference on a Peoples Peace, which provided the main impetus for the Mayday demon- strations in Washington, D.C., early this month, was attended by about 2,000 leaders from all parts of the country. Conference organizers yester- day described allegations that the conference spawned the bomb- ing of the Capitol as "insane ... absurd . . . silly." "This is simply a governnment attempt to discredit the anti-wurx movement," said one member of the local Mayday collective. Meantime, Leslie Bacon ha' been transferred to the Seattle City Jail where she. may be kept until the completion of the gratid jury's term in March 1972. She was led fom the Scattle courtroom denouncing the gov- ernment's "paranoid fantasies." U.S. Attorney Ralph Guy has refused comment on the scope of the Detroit grand jury's investi- tion. No official word has been re- leased on the nature or scope of the investigations underway at the other grand juries in New York or the District of Columbt. either.