Page Three Thursday, August 11, 977 THE MICHiGAN DAILY Thursday. Auaust 11, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three M I Bloodmobile strike halts somesurgery at 'U' Hospital °'<" I" By SUE WARNER University Hospital yesterday began curtailing certain elective surgical procedures as a result of a strike by American Red Cross bloodmobile drivers. The drivers, who transport and set up bloodmobile equip- ment, walked off the job yester- day morning after contract ne- gotiations between the Red Cross and Teamsters Local 299 broke down. Ac c o r d i n g to Red Cross spokesman Ron Kelly, no blood w a s collected in Washtenaw County or the Detroit area yes- terday, althnigh other areas of the state remain unaffected by the walkout. He said the Red Cross is planning to collect bhd at regular donation sites totay if the nurses who actually draw donor blood do not honor the union's ticket lines. Dr. Bruce Friedman, Associ- ate Director of University Hos- pital's blood bank, said collec- tion sites may be set up at 'U'- Hospital'and at St. J o s e p h Mercy Itospital. "We're doing our best to as- sune that patients who are in the hospital now will be able to have their scheduled opera- tions," Friedman said yester- day. HOWEVER, he added that pa- tients scheduled for elective sur- gery requiring large anotits of blood will not be admitted until the strike is settled. Elective operations not requiring much blood use will not be affected. Blond transfusions at the hon pital have been limited to only emergency cases. Universi'y Hospital has made arrangements to obtain approxi- mately one-third of the blood it would normally need from other Red Cross units throughout the state. According to Friedman this is enough blood to meet the emergency needs of the com- munity. Kelly was unable to-predict how long the strike would last although he did say the two sides were "far apart" when contract talks broke down. The sinion members, who man five bloodmobile units in southeast- ern Michigan, are demanding a more than 60 per cent hourly pay increase. Kelly said the Red Cross believes the wage hike would be "highly inflationary." "The total number of blood- mobile drivers only totals 16," Friedman commented. "I think it' astonishing that so few could affect so many." AP Photo From all angles Better than those cars without side panels in the television ads, we present the see-through chair-gear mechanism. An employe of the Saline Ford plant with the unlikely name of Richard I[. Nixon looks through the mechanism as he prepares to roll a plastic instrument panel and lamp parts into place. Bias c By GREGG KRUPA The controversy over charges of racial discrimination filed against the city's Planning Department is brewing once again. Three employes, E.l, Weathers, James Blake and John Morton, have informed their attorney, Jean King, that they are not satisfied with the settlement reached out of court between the Michigan Civil Rights Commission (MCRC) and the city on July 26. THE COMPLAINT filed by the three employes charged the Planning Depart- ment with "harrassment, salary discrim- ination, discrimination in the assignment of work, and working conditions." The city and MCRC settled the coin- harges plaint out of court on July 28, By the terms of the settlement, John Morton was to receive some back pay and all three employes were to have disciplinary actions struck from their employment records. KING IS currently contemplating fur- ther legal action in an attempt to gain a settlement m o r e favorable to her clients. But King says before she can give her clients effective counsel, she would like to have a look at the 30-page report com- piled by the MCRC after their investiga- tion of the Planning Department. So MCRC officials have balked at making the report public. MCRC's position is that no report will still brewing be released until all litigation stemming from civil rights complaints are finalized. "I DON'T think it will be necessary to pursue a law suit against the MCRC," King said in a telephone interview yes- terday. "If I don't get a response, I'll merely turn the information over to Washington, and let them know that an agency they have contracted with, to help them do their work, is not complying with federal guidelines" In addition to not having access to the MCRC's investigative report, King said she has not been given a copy of the settlement between the city and the Commission. "I've gotten bits and pieces of the report from different people. I've heard that a part of the settlement includes a prohibition against John Morton ever be ing employed by the city or the Planning Department again," said King. "But I don't know if that's true or not because I haven't received the text of the settle- ment." IT IS UNCLEAR who has been furnish- ed with a copy of MCRC's investigation. Adela Val Verde, a chief investigator for MCRC, told the Daily that the city had been furnished with a copy of the report. She later said she was not sure if the city officials handling the negotiations- City Administrator Sylvester Mttrray or Melvin Muscovite, an Assistant City At- torney-has been given a copy of the report. Both Murray and Muscovitz deny hav- ing seen the report. -TODAY Philosophy Playboy Magazine's September issue has hit the stands, complete, with photographer David Chan's "Girls of the Big Ten." Chan, you will recall, caused a furor on campus in March when he spent several days holed up at the Campus Inn recruit- ing local "talent" for the piece. The University's own Grace Packard, Caprice Wolfer and Lisa Joy Steele were among those lucky women who made Chan's starting lineup. Commenting on one student who wrote that "Photographing women for the titil- lation of men helps perpetuate cultural myths and imposes an undesirable stereotype for women to live up to," the Playboy editors addressed them- selves to the two or three readers who buy the magazine for its printed copy as follows: "The girls who turned out for interviews with Chan (and they turned out in droves) did not fit any one stereotype. They were musicians, gymnasts, eques- triennes, law and premed students, would-be tele- vision broadcasters and even a producer of an X-rated movie. And, as you can see for yourself, they are far from undesirable." Twisted logic, per- haps, but probably nothing Philosophy 201 wouldn't Care. Happenings ... pretty slim happenings today, consisting of a Christian Science Organization meeting in Room 4304 of the Union at 7:15 p.m.'... and a showing of a documentary on the Kent State shootings at 9 p.m. on the Diag. Mr. Smith. forgets to go to Washington Some of the Carter administration's "new faces" are also proving to have occasionally absent minds. Item: a special assistant, offered a ride home from a party had the benefactor drive him to the Chevy Chase section of the city. Once there, they cruised down street after street for nearly an hour until the Carter man recognized his own hou^e. It seems his wife drives him to and from the White House, and he never bothered to check the route. Item. Another Carter aide was housed in a Washington hotel until his wife arrived from Georgia to set up housekeeping. When she arrived, he packed up and left, but forgot to tell the hotel, which finally tracked him down and slapped him with a bill for several thousand dollars. Because it wasn't a legiti- mate government expense, the Democratic National Committee picked up the bill. Item: Before leav- ing Georgia, one Carter political strategist parked his car on an Atlanta street. Unfortunately, he couldn't remember which Atlanta street, and when Carter employes listed their net worths recently, he was one of the few who listed no automobile. "The car would never have made it to Wash- ington anyway," his White House secretary con- fided. To date, there have been no photos of Jim- my himself falling down airplane ramps or trip- ping over his skis. On the outside Fish are drownin' and the cotton is growin' too fast to pick. It looks like summertime rain, folks. Today will be sunny with a high of 79 and only a slight chance of precipitation, but tomorrow will be cloudy and wet, with a high of 76.