Vol. LXXXn Not LXXXI, No. 67-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, August 13, 1971 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Brinkerho to leare U' position By CHRIS PARKS University associate vice-president and director of business operations James Brinkerhoff will be leaving to accept a post as vice-president for finance, plan- ning and operations at the University of i Minnesota, it was announced yesterday. Brinkerhoff has served in his present capacity since October 1970. He came to the University as director of plant exten- sion in 1962, after a business career which included an administrative position with the Argus Camera division of Sylvania Electric Products. In acceptirg the post with Minnesota, Brinkerhoff becomes the fourth high ad- ministration official to leave the Univer- sity this summer. Vice presidents Stephen Spurr and Robert Knauss, and special assistant to the president Barbara Newell also left University positions for greener academic pastures. President Robben Fleming however said yesterday that he doesn't see these events as a trend or indicative of deeper prob- lems within the University. "These kind of moves go on all the time," he said. Fleming also denied any connection between the departures and the present financial difficulties of the University. saying that none of the four departures were "salary cases," but rather "purely career things." Fleming admitted, however that the moves would create difficulties for the University due to the necessity of work- ing with so many new officials at such a high level. The choice of Brinkerhoff by Minnesota came as a result of the recommenda- tion of a search committee and Minne- sota president Malcolm Moos. Fleming claims partial responsibility for Brinkerhoff's receiving the offer, say- ing he had notified him about the opening as well as informing Moos as to Brinker- hoff's abilities. Moos was "desperate in his search," Fleming explained. The recommendation of Moos and the search committee was approved yester- day afternoon by the faculty, staff, and student affairs committee of the Minne- sota Board of Regents. The appointment will be made official at the full meeting of the Minnesota Re- gents September 19. This is considered a mere formality, however, as Minnesota sources report the Regents have never in the school's history rejected such an appointment. Specific plans for Brinkerhoff's replace- ment have not as yet been made by the University. James Brinkerhoff Provisional settlement reached at Buhr plant By ZACHARY SCHILLER A tentaive settlement was reached yesterday between strik- ing workers at Buhr Machine Tool Co. and the Bendix Corpora- tion, of which Buhr is a subsidi- ary, Eric Dunkel, a union spokes- man, said yesterday that the terms of the three-year contract cannot be divulged until after the ratification vote tomorrow. He said that the settlement was "fairly favorable," but added that on some questions the agree- ment "fell far short" of original union demands. Dunkel said that he could not predict how the vote will turn out tomorrow, but he stressed that it is a "50-50 situation." The strikers will continue to picket the plant through the ratification vote, as there is ma- chinery within the plant which the company would like to have taken away. The strikers, who belong to United Auto Workers local 157, walked out July 19 after working without a contract since May 31. One of the key issues at stake in the strike was that of sub- contracting. The strikers objected that the company, while laying off Buhr employes, was subcontracting work out to both other plants and workers laboring side by side with Buhr employes. Union officials further charged that subcontracting was used as a tool for strike - breaking and that it is a roundabout method of employing "scab labor," a practice they say is forbidden by law in Ann Arbor. Another issue in the strike was that of whether a company which moves a plant location has an obligation to allow workers to move with it. Union officials considered it quite possible that the company would relocate the plant, thus discharging employes presently employed at Buhr. According to notes from previous bargaining sessions, the company had been adamant in refusing to grant transfer rights to the strikers. Union officials also complained that few blacks are hired by the company, and those employed generally have the lowest posi- tions. Throughout much of the strike, the Radical Independent Party (RIP), the Up Against the Wall Street Journal and some other members of the community had given their support to the strik- ers. Sub-par pay raises result in loss of 'U' professors and prestige -Associated Press Refugee leaves Belfast A grief stricken young girl, one of hundreds of refugees leaving terror-stricken areas of Belfast last night, fights to hold back her tears as she and her family is evacuated. See related stories, picture, Page 3. By ALAN LENHOFF Daly News Analysis While the University is tight- ening its belt in anticipation of operating under a highly restric- tive budget this year, faculty members, once again, are being asked to accept sub-par pay raises. According to ostatistics com- piled by the American Associa- tion of University Professors (AAUP), faculty salary increases at the University have been be- low the national average for the last five years. Faculty pay scales across the nation during the period have, Billboard judge answers critics By P.E. BAUER Visiting Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Paul Mahinske yesterday defended his role in striking down three successive city sign ordinances. Contacted. by The Daily, at his office, where he said he was spending a "work- ing vacation," the controversial judge an- swered the criticisms of city officials who have privately charged he exceeded his legal jurisdiction in the case and acted against the public interest. In January, after Washtenaw County circuit court judges had disqualified them- selves from the case, the visiting judge declared unconstitutional a 1966 city sign ordinance at the request of Central Ad- vertising Company and 140 other plaintiffs. City attorneys, perturbed at the decision, set about drafting a sign ordinance they hoped would regulate the city's billboards pending the results of their appeal of his decision. "Mahinske never told us what was wrong with the ordinance," said city attorney Jerold Lax, "so we were in the dark as to what to change in a new ordinance." Mahinske, in an interview yesterday, took issue with Lax's assertion. Stating that he had made clear "what was wrong with the law," he explained that, "the ordinance involved an illegal zoning procedure; it relied on a city police power authority which does not exist; it was too harsh; the regulation of the posi- tioning of signs in the community was not related to public health, safety, morals or welfare as it claimed; and the link which it cited between auto accidents and bill- boards has been disproven by the federal highway department." Critics of the judge's ruling said however that the decision was based "chiefly on Mahinske's own opinion." "His comment about zoning was rele- vent to the constitutionality of the ordi- nance," said one critic, "but the rest was just rhetoric." In March, in what city officials termed "a stopgap attempt to regulate signs until the appeal of Mahinske's opinion could be completed," another ordinance was passed. This too was struck down by the judge, who issued a restraining order against the law. See BILLBOARD, Page 2 on the average, increased by about 34.8 per cent, but Univer- sity paychecks have lagged be- hind - showing boosts of only about 25.3 per cent. Consequently, the University's AAUP national pay ranking has gone from a high-ranking num- ber 17 in 1966-67, to a lowly num- ber 31 in 1969-70. That fall has been accompani- ed by an unmeasurable loss of prestige for the University and has left the faculty vulnerable to "raiding" by higher paying uni- versities. This is hardly a desirable sit- uation for any college, but espe- cially damaging to the University which has long prided itself for its top academic ratings. This year, in spite of the Uni- versity's request for a 10 per cent pay raise for faculty mem- bers, it seems apparent that the State Legislature will not provide enough funds for more than a maximum of a 6.5 per cent boost this year. That 6.5 per cent raise, al- though hardly boosting Univer- sity pay figures to a top level, represents the first time in three years that pay increases have exceeded the annual percentage increae in the Detroit area con- sumer price index.