The Michigan Daily, Edited and managed by Students at the University of Michigan; Friday, May 7, 1976 News Phone 764-0552 YourIAYprof:UCI agnt? AMONG the CIA horror strries which surfaced with the release of the Fenate intelligence committee report last week was a brif,. bainely-noticed item which raises extremely distriirhit'g questions for both students and faculty at the University. Senator Frank Church's committee disclosed that the intelligence a'iency is now using several hundred American academis in nore than 100 American col- leges, universites a'd related institutions as links be- tween the institutions and the CIA. Their activities, ac- cordine, to the repn-t, ranee from "providins leads" and "sometimes m-ikinq introductions for intelligence pur- poses" to oov-rsionnil writing books "and other material to be used for prnnwoanda nurposes abroad." "An additio itfew score are used in an unwitting manner for minor i n l// i I" //i c fa yu lt , i asr c/i 1 O / /s lhi, ri tfr n , /sci- I ii a! I/icfineanGE Ciii the eradtuste student assist.- 'sits it iGEi are ciincerned about t h atteipt ofi the Uni- tersits administratian tti use the faculty against (GEO in the serrent neguitiations and in the event that there is a strike next fall. Recent actions of the adiinistralion have the poten- tisl cffect of dividing the edu- catsirs of the University - fac- ulty atid graduate student as- sistants (fGaAs) t-from each other. 'artictularly serious are two actions in which the adminis- tratiiin is asking the faculty to tmarticipate. The first is to de- lay making some appointments for the fall term until much later than usual, and to make appointments normally made for the fall and winter terms fur fall only. The second is to develop ways of teaching all courses currently involving GSAs without GSAs or to threa- ten to withhold budget alloca- tions from departments. (These actions have not been made in all departments but they have been made in some.) These actions present a num- ber of serious problems of a practical and political nature. On the practical level, faculty members are being asked to be prepared to increase their awirk-loads, without compensa- tion, and towtaketon jobs too difficult for one person. The University hires graduate stu- dent assistants precisely be- cause no single faculty mem- ber can be expected to provide hundreds of students the kind of attention they need. Vice- President for Academic Affairs trank Rhodes was quotedin a recent D~etroit News article as saying that the University needs teaching fellows to main- tain the diversity whichmakes it a world class university. On the political level: by in- sisting that departments for- inulate and prepare strike con- tingency plans, the administra- tion is clearly trying to use the faculty as an arm of manage- ment in the present and as strike breakers in the future. The administration has tradi- tionally regarded faculty as an extension of management, has i'strated by their request for fticulty to join the bargaining team. The strike contingency mlans ga seterot steps further in attempting to undtermine the dserstry process of collective h-reaining by stacking the deck, saking it sljbstantially triae diffici't for GEO to bar- gn in gniod f-iith at the table. We know, and the administra- titmn kn s, that issues are not won in bargrining only by vir- tie of the rightness of one side or the other but by the strength of each participint away from the table. By trying to marshall the faculty against us, the ad- ministration hopes to weight the balance of power against us so that solidarity and conviction on the part of our membership and the university community will have little impact. We urge faculty members to t-lk to each other and to GSAs about these issues. We urge people to think about their own and their departments' strike contingency plans, and about the consequences of these plans for the whole university com- munity. Sabotaging the Dems' convention By JAY LEVIN Summer Co-Editorial Director WHAT WITH JIMMY CARTER'S uncanny momentum threatening to bring some order to the Democratic race for the first time in recent memory, it'll take more than a little party bickering to create the chaos we've come to expect at the Dem's nominating convention. Some Republican heavies, fearing the worst, will re- sort to the shadiest of tactics to stir some feathers within the Democratic ranks. Just last week one GOP biggie, eyeing a vice-presidential bid, paid a visit to New York Mayor Abe Beanie, with hopes of throwing a wrench into the Dems' plans of conventioneering at Madison Square Garden in July. "ABE," BEAMED THE REPUBLICAN biggie, "we're really in a hole right now and you're the only person who can bail us out." "Oh, now you come running to me," retorted Beame, "and when I went running to your man in the White House for a little financial aid, I can't begin to tell you of the hassle I got." "Simmer down, Abe," the Republican soothed, "that's all forgotten now. "You help us out, and maybe we'll make it worth the city's while, you know what I mean?" THE MAYOR SMILED as visions of greenbacks danced in his head, and agreed to discuss business. "I'm glad you see the light," said the Republican. "Now, what can you fine people plan the week of the convention that'll screw up the Democrats?" "Well, how about a transit strike? They always do the trick," suggested Beame. "A TRANSIT STRIKE, HUH?," the Republican ut- tered to himself. "How can you swing that?" "Oh, easy," said Beame, walking toward his hotline. "I'll just give the transit commissioner a ring and after a little maneuvering, we'll be able to shut off the mid- town buses and the IRT." "And then the delegates won't be able to get to the Garden!", the Republican cried, realizing the mayor's in- tent. "Abe, you're a genius. But what about the taxi cabs? With a million and one cabs in this city, surely they'll have some way to get there." "NOT IF WE PLANT MUGGERS in the back seat of every hack," said 'Beame. "That way, nobody will make it alive to the convention." "You're wonderful, Abe," "but I don't think a transit strike and muggers are enough." "Well, you know I do have connections with the man- agement at the Garden," Beame informed him. "Maybe we can .. . ".-.. WHY DON'T YOU BOOK a Ranger-Flyer game on the first night of the convention," interrupted the Re- publican. "A good, grawling hockey game at the Garden would really upset their convention!" "I don't know about that," said Beame, scratching his chin. "It might be a little rash. Anyway, do you know what kind of salaries those guys get?" "Oh, Abe, c'mon, be a fella ... with all those fans and all the fights, they'll never get their convention off the ground. And maybe Carter will even get hit in the head with a puck ... "WELL, I'LL LOOK into it," Beame said, "but I can't guarantee a hockey game. At best, we can book a Stones concert, and throw the convention out on Seventh Avenue. But I'll have to let you know." "Fine," said the Republican. "Now, I've got an idea. When the delegates tour the harbor on the Staten Island Ferry, we'll sink the boat." "That's horrible," uttered the Mayor. "Those boats are worth too much money to sink in the harbor. What we can do is float them off to the Statue of Liberty, and leave them there." 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