Page 12-Saturday, May 6, 1978-The Michigan Daily Geralds denounced by Committee tContinued from Page ioCushinberry's recommendation was expelling him, called yesterday's toI BELIEVE WE dealt with the GERALDS, WHO faces a possible ten quickly rejected by the committee decision "a modern day lynching." He r ail term will be sentenced on before they voted on the final claimed problem the correct manner. A yearesolution. The Cherryland Democrat constituency honorably and it would b resolution censuring Geralds, which ay . e as dare is cand iacy hastily constructed his resolution to a "disservice to the community to ex- means giving him a public reprimand, for re-election and has insisted he will present a compromise between ad- pell him." would not effectively deal with the not withdraw even if he is expelled. vocates and opponents of expulsion. ...,i...nrahem_"said Enoler 1 CUSHINBE pessimistic ab mittee's decisi "The odds a but I will still among Housej committee's ru Rep. John E disagreed witi RRY W AS also pu'u' " i1. out overruling the com- One committee member said she on in the full House. believes the committee failed to hear re definitely against us all the evidence in the jury case against try to acquire support Geralds. The committee refused to members to change this heara detailed rehash of Gerald's trial. ling," saidCushinberry. "I think the committee acted too a so ure c o r ngler (R-Mt. Pleasant) quickly and I hope the rest of the House Cushe(RyMt.'Pleasant) will search their minds and not expell (ContinuedfromPage3) him," said Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins been deeply involved in the abuse in- Plymouth. The Cohen task force vestigation, expressed approval over believes this change will significantly the announcement. They praised reduce the frequency and seriousness Provitt as "an excellent ad- of patient injuries and enable residents - ministrator" but criticized her lack of to receive more personalized treatment communication with the parents "The objective (of Rosen's appoin- organization. tment) as I see it is absolutely to carry Sandy McGuire, a spokesperson for out the ideas which we submitted PARC said she believes Rosen will yesterday," said Cohen. communicate more frequently with parents and try to involve them in more ROSEN HAS worked extensively with projects at the center. community placement projects for the "I THINK it's a good move be- mentally retarded. He has developed a cause while Provitt was a top bureau- new concept where the patients are crat, she never attempted to speak placed in community homes instead of us for o Curtain Raiser openly with us. We believe Rosen will the large public institutions such as be different," McGuire said. Plymouth. His ideas have been very Rosen's selection was viewed by most successful and received national Sunday 10 am -4 pm observers as an attempt to implement recognition. the recommendations proposed by the A spokesman for Dr. Stehman said 300 S. Thoyer Across from Hill Auditorium cohen task force on Thursday. Among assurances would have to be made that the recommendations was a suggestion alternative services are available for reducing the number of patients at before patients can be transferred from Plymouth. McGuire said she was "very sur- T h i sa prised" with Rosen's selection. She said she was very familiar with Rosen's work and doubted he could adjust to the large institution. "I'M SURPRISED because Rosen is not geared toward the large institutions but I suspect he will make big enough changes to phase down the numbers at 3,. Plymouth," she said. 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A SPOKESMAN for Provitt did not know what position Provitt was offered at HEW. The spokesman said the of- ficial announcement will be made by HEW sometime next week. In another development, McGuire responded yesterday to antaccusation made by Dr. Womack which refuted the Cohen task force's findings which documented cases of abuse and neglect at the center. Womack charged that the task force had received inaccurate in- formation from a select panel on abuse and had subsequently reached invalid conclusions. McGuire said Womack's charges were totally wrong. "Once again he has proven that he never knew enough of what occurred at Plymouth. He has this crazy belief that Cohen and everyone else are out to get nim,- sara McGuire. Cohen also announced yesterday he will name on Monday a new panel to study the abuse problem at various nursing homes and old age homes. Cohen had been asked by Governor Milliken on Thursday to pick a commit- tee and was busy evaluating different possibilities.