The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVI INo. 53-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, July 28, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Mondale says govt. to fight joblessness By BARBARA ZAHS Special to The Daily DETROIT - Vice President Walter Mondale yesterday reaffirmed the Carter Administration's dedication to reducing the nation's-unemployment rate. Speaking before the National Association of Counties (NACo) convention at Cobo Hall, Mon- dale said, "There are many problems in this nation, but, in my opinion, none can be solved without a policy of putting Americans to work." THE NATION'S jobless rate, he noted, has dropped one per cent since Carter took office January 20. Nevertheless, he called the present 7.1 per cent unemployment figure "unacceptably high." "We think we're getting the economy moving again," he added. As a result of Carter's $17 billion economic stimulus program, he said, "nearly $3 billion is going to county governments for new public works construction, public service jobs, summer jobs for youth and direct aid to the areas hardest hit by the recession." Detroit city government stands to reap $117 million from the package. IN THE PAST six months, Mondale said, un- employment in the Detroit area has dropped 1.5 per cent. An additional 31,000 people have gone to work while 30,00 others have been droppeil from the jobless rolls. "These programs are 'just beginning to get going," he stated. "This past week, 1,000 new public works contracts were signed in this coun- try. Some 20,000 new hirings were made in the public service employment program-one of the fastest rates ever recorded in America." The federal government, Mondale said, is near adoption of a youth employment program. "WHAT OUR KIDS need in this country are good, old-fashioned jobs where they learn how to work, where they can earn some money, where they learn to thrive in the dignity and the strength and the self-respect that comes from work," he explained. Mondale praised the NACo delegates, most of them county officials, for their help in tackling the need for welfare reform. Under the Carter welfare reform proposal, he explained, at least one million new jobs and train- ing slots will be created. "WE'RE COMMITTED to giving you a pro- posal that simplifies the welfare system so it can be administered in a rational, efficient way that cuts down fraud and abuse; that provides fiscal relief to county and state governments within the constraints of our budget; that helps keep families See MONDALE, Page S Vice President Mondale stands at a press conference before speaking at the 42nd annual convention of National Associa- tion of Counties at Cobo Hall. Bad welds stop oil in trouble-plagued Alaskan pipeline VALDEZ, Alaska (P-The first oil to move through the trans-. Alaska pipeline was halted within 15 miles of its destination yester- day as workers here raced to repair welds challenged by federal inspectors. A questionable weld prompted an 11th hour delay which kept the first oil from above the Arctic Circle from reaching this ice- free port of Alaska's southern coast. Valdez is the last stop on the 800-mile $7.7-billion trans-Alaska pipeline route. PUMPS WERE shut down yesterday afternoon. A top Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. officials, who declined to be identified, said the firm was "letting the line go flat." Inertia will gradually bring the flow of North Slope crude to a halt.. Alyeska, for a week under Department of Transportation orders to repair 14 welds at the site, said it was bringing the crude to a stop south of Keystone Canyon-about 15 miles from the terminal. See FACULTY, Page 5 Laidlaw says he'll defend Weiss, but not Wheeler City law y represe Jeromi Albert filett a names "I h the cit 'ection# By RON DeKErT their meeting Monday and ask if any member would object to Attorney R. Bruce Laid- his representing Weiss. esterday said he would If anyone should object, Weiss ent Ann Arbor City Clerk would have to obtain his own e Weiss but not Mayor private counsel, Laidlaw said. Wheeler in a civil suit Laidlaw refused to represent gainst W h e e l e r which Wheeler in the civil suit because the clerk as a party, it involved two members of the ave decided to represent city government-Mayor Wheel- y clerk if there is no ob- er and Louis" Belcher (R-Fifth from the city council," Ward). BELCHER filed suit against LAIDLAW indicated he would Wheelek when he lost last April's go before the city' cuticil at Sep.CI'Y; Page 5 . Roll 'em! "V''t pro ' er 'di e-tor William Martin calls the shots on N. State St. yesterday dur- ing the- hooting for "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep," a fictional film treatment of the loeal -f'anli sm-irders of 19%9-70. See Today, Page 3.