Vol. LXXXi, No. 25-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, June 9, 1971 Ten Cents Eight Pages ACTION THIS YEAR UNLIKELY Abortion bill stymied in House I By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN Efforts to liberalize Michigan's abortion law have apparently failed, at least for this year. Although a House vote on the latest reform bill was expected this week, yes- terday's 5-4 vote of the House Social Services and Corrections Committee to table the measure effectively blocked any reforms in the current law for this year. The proposed statute, submitted by Sen. Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) and passed by a 20-17 vote in the Senate last March, would permit a woman to have an abortion for any reason during the first 90 days of her pregnancy if she had been a Michigan resident for at least that long. The House committee rejected efforts to add an amendment to put the abor- tion reform issue on the ballot if it should receive "legislative approval." The meet- ing then adjourned by the same vote. Chairman David Holmes (D-Detroit), an admitted opponent of the reform bill commented yesterday: "We will not meet on this bill again until we're ready to move on it." The four other Democrats on the com- mittee voted with Holmes, while the four Republicans voted to send the measure to the floor for House action. Leading abortion reform advocate and floor manager of the Bursley bill, Rep. Richard Allen (R-Ithaca) sharply cri- ticized the committee move. "The whole procedure has been a sham-a mockery of public trust," Allen declared. "People might as well realize," he com- mented, "we're not going to pass it or even vote on it. I don't see any reason to put any faith in the speaker or in the chairman." House Speaker William Ryan (D-De- troit), another avowed opponent of abor- tion reform legislation, had referred the bill originally to the social services com- mittee. See ACTION, Page 3 Care for the aged An elderly woman listens to Psychiatry Prof. David Sanders of Michigan State University address last night's session of the Conference on Aging in Rackham Amphitheater. Speakers last night dealt with "Creative Treatment in Mental Institu- tions." A final session this morning will conclude the annual conference. INF ORMAL SURVEY: Prof accetpyhkdla fs y By ALAN LENIIOFF state they should have looked for oth- general fund allotment from the state, In a representative poll of University er (revenue) sources. is being drawn up in a committee of the faculty members taken last night, the "The University has been hurt in the State Legislature. majority of those queried appeared will- past by inadequate faculty pay, raises. The bill is expected to be similar to ing to accept the recent administrative This action will add to their problems a proposal put forth in February by decision 'to delay granting annual aca- of attracting and keeping faculty mem- Governor William Milliken which would demic staff pay increases for an in- bers," Fusfeld predicted. increase the state appropriation to the definite period of time. Currently, the State Higher Educa- University by only $2.8 million over the University officials have said the ac- tion Bill, which includes the University's previous fiscal year. tion was necessary because a lack of ac- curate information concerning the level of state funding to the University for the 1971-72 fiscal year beginning July 1 made the amount available for pay raises uncertain. Math Prof. Bernard Galler views the move as being a simple case of econom- ic necessity. "We don't know how much money we are going to have, so how can we possibly set salaries? We cer- tainly can't commit money we don't have," he says. A concurring viewpoint is offered by Journalism Prof. and Department Chairman William Porter. "As I see it, its simply a bookkeeping expedience. I don't see it as a political issue at all - anyone who does probably just doesn't understand it . . . Nothing can be done until the Legislature passes a budget. I can't remember a year in which they haven't passed the budget before July 1, but clearly they won't this year." "I find myself amused with the whole matter," counters History Prof. Sam Warner. "When you see the (University) vice presidents, they tell you that they, know all about these things - but this - action shows that t h e y really don't know. "It's hard to take this thing serious- ly," Warner continues. "The -administra- tion made a big mess with the Legisla- ture. These people (the administration) don't stand for anything. It's not as if they went to the Legislature fighting for something they believed in and lost - they simply lost without fighting." Economics Prof. Daniel Fusfeld call- ed the action "a very dangerous game. The (University) administration should have set a level for salary raises, and if they didn't get enough funds from the Budget By GERI SPRUNG Daily News Analysis Among the city agencies who complained loudly when next year's city budget was approved last month was the police depart- ment. For although they received about one-third of the general operating funds for the entire city, Ann Arbor police claim they will be sorely pressed to operate at a level they would like. But other city departments are also complaining, as all agencies were cut to austerity levels before City Council finally approved the budget. According to Mayor Robert Harris, while "police, fire and public works departments will be functioning way below the levels they 'ideally' should be, youth services, Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, Hous- ing code enforcement, and day care cen- ters have had their funds cut completely to the bone." Police originally submitted a budget re- quest of $3.4 million which included ap- propriations for new cars and equipment, additional manpower, training programs, and overtime pay. All these requests were cut in the $2.7 million the city appropriated to the police. In addition, the state aid Ann Arbor's police receive through the University has been reduced so that services to the Uni- versity are also to be limited. "The biggest handicap," Ann Arbor Po- lice Chief Walter Krasny explains, "will be OVERTIME CUT troii bles police emergency, the police will not hesitate to call up the full force and go over the over- time budget. If such a situation evolved, City Admin- istrator Guy Larcom says he would then go over appropriations figures again and take money out of other departments al- ready funded at minimum levels to pay for police overtime. Further, it is virtually up to the police to determine what is an emergency. Kras- ny says that if any kind of confrontation were to take place over the year, he would not hesitate to call out the entire Ann Arbor Police Department and in doing so exceed his budget's limit, rather than call in other police agencies such as the Wash- tenaw County Sheriff's Department. The real impact of the reduced overtime budget, however, comes not from confron- tations, now not funded-but from rou- tine overtimes. A further impact of the budget appro- priation within the department will be set- ting priorities with what kinds of things they will deal with. "We may not be able to respond to parking complaints, barking dogs, or noisy parties," says Krasny. "Al- so, we may have a longer response time when the police are not needed on the scene, as in many petty larceny cases." In routine work, therefore, the police will still be able to do their job, though See BUDGET, Page 3 Chief Krasny manpower and cuts in the overtime budget -reduced from $350,000 to $119,000." Krasny feels the overtime cuts will have a large impact because "if we have to live within the budget, there may be times that we can't take as many preventive mea- sures to keep peace in the community as we have in the past." Further he adds, "We will have to do with our manpower on duty, unless a real emergency occurs." But even so, the police department has more leeway in going over their budget and putting the city in deficit than almost any other department. City administra- tors agree that if there is any kind of