The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXV, No. 2-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 8, 1975 Twelve Pages Regental decision prot Waters claims Administration pressure By SARA RIMER Women's Commission Chairwoman Eunice Burns The University Board of Regents' decision Tues- asserted, "We are sorry the Regents acted before day night to appoint a new literary college (LSA) the community really got a chance to discuss deanship search committee sparked angry reac- and react" to an investigative panel's extensive tion yesterday among concerned female officials review of the deanship crisis. with one Regent charging undue Administration A flurry of protest rocked the University last pressure to act. quickly. January when the administration failed to hire Regent James Waters (D-Muskegon) protested Connecticut College dean Cobb after the zoology the Administration's directive to immediately opt department hastily refused her tenure in a tightly for a new search committee and its dismissal of guarded decision. The University-wide affirmative a recommendation to reconsider the black woman action committee underscored the "Cobb affair" educator, Jewel Cobb, unanimously selected by as its first priority. the Regents for the deanship last January as The Regents acted on the panel's recommenda- "unworkable." According to Waters, the admin- tion that Cobb be reconsidered for the deanship t_ istration urged, "The sooner you act, the better." or that a new search committee be formed with- out prejudice to any previous candidate. Godfrey Uzoigwe CRITICIZING the Regents' "rather fast" action, See REGENTAL, Page 1s ested Eunice Burns Creative construction Construction workers labor at the grad library un der the noon hour sun as textbook-laden students stroll below, heading for their first humid hours of spring classes. House unit approves Legislators anticipate 'U' fee increase By BILL TURQUE Special to The Daily LANSING-Legislators indicated a tuition increase may be unavoidable as they prepared yesterday to act on Governor Milliken's proposed six per cent cut in state appropriations for the University over the next fiscal year. Rep. Gary Owen (D-Ypsilanti), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, said he would be "very surprised" if there were no tuition hike. STATE SENATOR Bill H u f f m a n (D - Madison Heights), vice-chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he hoped the increase would be a "very small, frugal one," adding the actual decision- which will rest with the University Board of Regents- "will require some real soul searching on the part of the University administrators." "They call themselves professional educators," said Huffman, "we'll see how professional they are." Vice President for Academic Affairs Frank Rhodes called the news from Lansing "discouraging," but said he had "no comment at this point on what the tuition structure is going to be." UNIVERSITY President Robben Fleming said last night that a tuition increase is "inevitable if the appro- priations do not come up to what we asked for." While the University has asked for an approximately $25 million increase over last year's budget of over $95.5 million, Huffman indicated that the final appro- priation will be substantially less. Huffman said that without even considering new construction or academic programming, the University would need nearly $26 million to make ends meet. "THEY'RE GOING to be getting a hell of a lot less than that," he said. Huffman feels that with mounting unemployment, and the state's deepening financial crisis social service programs will have to take top priority. "When you're dealing with basics like bread, milk, heat and fuel, which is what we've been doing, people don't want to hear about how we're paying for kids to get a liberal arts degree that's not going to get them a job when they get out anyway," said Huffman. HUFFMAN, whose committee will recommend a final University budget figure to the legislature within the next three to five weeks, would not cite specific figures, but indicated utility costs would be a major part of any cut. See LEGISLATORS, Page 9 refugee ai WASHINGTON (P)--President Ford's $507-million aid request for up to 150,000 Indochina refugees was unani- mously approved last night by the House immigration subcommittee. The full House Judiciary Committee plans to vote on the measure tonight, clearing the way for House action next week. .THF BILL approved by the subcommittee contains no money figures, but President Ford has estimated $507 million as the cost of the program it would authorize. An amendment by Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D- N.Y.) to write in a $507 million limit was rejected, 4-3. "My concern," said Chairman Joshua Eilberg (D- Pa.), one of the opponents of the amendment, "is that the situation is changing so rapidly that any figure would be unrealistic, "WE'RE IN A guessing game on numbers," Eilberg said. " U i request Rep. Holtzman said she had no intention of limiting whatever money is needed to transport and care for the refugees, but simply wanted to require that any spending above $507 million would have to get new approval from Congress. Earlier, members of Ford's Indochina Refugee Task Force testified that the administration will run out of the $98 million it now has available for the refugees by the end of this year. .THEY INDICATED that no food or other emergency programs for refugees are in danger of being cut off but that airlifting of the refugees from Guam and Wake Island could be curtailed and cause severe over- crowding on those islands. In a telegram to the Judiciary Committee, Ameri- cans for Democratic Action urged that the panel re- spond "quickly and generously" to Ford's refugee aid request.. Meanwhile, the government took its first step toward See HOUSE, Page 5