Thursday, July 1, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three 'Blue fi' hits Detroit police By A and UP DETROIT - Nearly 40 per cent of Detroit police officers scheduled to work the afternoon shift failed to show up yes- terday in a "blue flu" epidemic in pro- test of today's planned layoff of nearly 1,000 members of the force. Almost one-fifth of the city's 5,200 member police force is scheduled to be laid off today in a continuing city effort to battle a multimillion-dollar budget deficit. POLICE CHIEF Philip Tannian said 357 officers, not including those to be laid off, failed to report for night shift work as scheduled. Day shift officers were held over to fill vacancies. Disciplinary a c tii o n may be taken against some of the officers who called in sick, and those unable to produce doc- tors' vertificationi f illness will lose a day's payt, a spokesman said. One of those affected by cutbick tvwas Officer J. B. Lawson, who said lie had been told only Tuesday that he would lose his job permanently. "THIS REALLY caught me flatfooted," Lawson said, "and I don't know what I will do naw. I joined the police force be- cause I thought it was the place to be- good job, security--I keep hoping this is not happening to me, but I know it is." "You work somewhere four years and then they turn around and do something like this, " another officer, Al Olariu, said. "It's got to have a mental effect; it's got to change your attitude toward the city, eve if you're going to be re- hired, like I am." "When you taie off that badge, you lose your security," Lawson said. "A lot of people got arrested and some of the officers who get laid off ask each other, 'Man, what you gonna do when you btiup into that dude you locked up?'" Holiday daze A sign in the window of the Nickel's Arcade Post Office reads "This office will be closed July 5 (in observance of the 4th of July)." No wonder people complain that the postal service has been a little slow lately. Garbage shortage The city of Detroit, which has been troubled by a shortage of money recent- ly, is now faced with another shortage- garbage. Officials who are planning to build a $100 million garbage recovery plant to produce power for sale to two power companies, are worried that there may not be enough trash to run it. As presently envisioned, the plant would re- quire 5,700 tons of garbage a day. The problem is that the city only collects about 3,000 tons a day, The extra trash could probably be obtained from private haulers, prompting some to suggest an ordinance - specifying that all garbage created by the city belongs to the city " Happenings ... . at noon Open Hearth presents scenes from "Jesus Christ Super Star" in the Pendelton rm of the Union, " Weather or not, The hot weather is behind us for a while as mostly cloudy skies dominate the weather today, The chance of rain is 40 per cent and highs will be near 70. ONLY WOlEN were protected from the cuitbacks. U.S. District Iidge Ralph F recinat issued a temporary injinction yesterday keeping all iwomen in their tio for 10 days. During that time attor- neys and police officials will determine which women are protected by seniority. Police Chief Tannian said that despite the drop in manpiiower, basic police ser- vices would not evaptorate. His state- ment, hon-ever, Was schaLlenged by police utiisn officials and sonie businessien. "For example," Tannian std, "this city got used to having the mounted pa- trol leading parades, around parks and around downtown We're not hiving thit atiy mor' 'hat is a ditminishing of ser- vices, "1UT'1 WE'RE doitig eserythiiig we cian to maintain iir ability to respoid to radio rins iwhen the lives of citileins are ii, danger " Tanitiiian also pittacked critics :;wl ipre- dicted critie rates wiuld soar after the officers were laid off. lne such coiment cmne from Ron Sexton, president of the Detroit Police Oflicers Assiiciation. The chief said Sextinti sioiild "get his facs together before he opens his imtith." "I expect that to come from the most incompetent police chief the city of De- troit has ever had,' Sexton responded. ''He can't protect the people wsith ai full ciirplement of officers, so he sure can't do it iwith 1,000 laid off'" THE U11K Of lt' t s wiv schledled to hit specilty secliis, such as the south bii-eauti tid t raffi'c dtliiitiisn, where officers ivete ritter littaid ll if or tans- ferred lii precinct staiiitns. "We're ciopletely disbauded ' stud It. Dvtid Whitaker iin aii xiliiost enpty traffic div isioti iffice. ''We had St iiffi'eirs xii wit time. Now ore htise nuottiinu. We still li-ise xaircroft fItntg user tie ccrixexiss, hut see cxii just rxdi )initfiutrmati o lit th( ipricinct,. It i l Uhaveto1-1uTimore strain on the SOecincts " SOthE lDl's'SllNS, such is hliiiiicide, iweie atucked iwithi snii ii fficirs antd See D~Eol T, P'age 15 Headstrong These two Rocky Mountain bighorns are neither sheepish nor horny-simply having a slight argument on the ramifications of some mundane daily affair, presumably. They appear on an educational documentary film "The Wild Rockies." Goldwater throws his support to Ford WASHINGTON (A') - Sen. Barry Gold- water, patriarch of Republican conserva- tives, declared. yesterday that he favors President Ford for the GOP presidential nomination. Goldwater said both Ford and chal- lenger Ronald Reagan are genuine con- servatives. He counseled Republican Na- tiosal Convention delegates against "a hair-splitting debate within the party" over two candidates whose philosophies are almost identical. GOLDWATER'S endorsement was no surprise. His preference had been clear from the start-even though it aligned him against the conservative Reagan, who emerged as a national political fig- ure by campaigning for the Arizona sen- ator's ticket a dozen years ago, Nonetheless, Ford managers said it would have a significant impact in the contest for nomination. Legal Aid irons out problems By LOUIS MOORE Jonathan Rose sits slumped in his chair, relaxing, He has just finished frantically drawing up a complaint to make sure it gets filed at the courthouse before closing time, He grins and quots something someone wrote on a blackboard back in 1967 when he was working for VISTA: "Lawyers should be on tap, not on top." ROSE IS the only full-time lawyer em- ployed by the University Legal Aid So- ciety (LAS). Most of the legal work is done by a staff of law students and as many as a dozen other volunteers-,some of them ordinary undergraduates, others students who have been given deferred sentences in criminal cases in exchange for doing such service work as this. The University branch of LAS was established in early 1971. Students had long been in need of a campus Legal Aid office, since the downtown branch would not accept student clients unless their parents met the financial guidelines set up by the organization. The campus office on the other hand, merely requires the student to meet minimum-income guidelines in order to qualify as a client. Although the campus LAS office is an official branch of the Washtenaw County Legal Aid Society,-it is not federally funded as are other LAS offices. Instead, See LEGAL, Page 10 As Goldwater made his move, the Associated Press count of Republican delegates showed Ford with 1,001, Rea- gan with 976, and 182 uncommitted. There are still 98 delegates to be chosen. MEANWILIIE, Jimmy Carter, who has more than enough delegates for the Dem- ocratic nomination, met with AFL-CIO President George Meany in Washington. Goldwater, the 1964 Republican presi- dential nominee, endorsed the President in a letter to GOP delegates. It was mail- ed Tuesday and made public yesterday. Ford telephoned Goldwater, who is vacationing in northern Arizona mfter hip surgery, to thank him personally. GOLDWATER called Reagan on 'Tues- day to advise him of the endorsement. "I don't think the governor was par- ticularly surprised, and I don't think it will affect one delegate," said Mike Deaver, chief of Reagnm's campaign staff. "Mr. Gouldwater said the country couldn't afford another change. Hut that's exactly what the American people want, a change." Rogers Morton, Ford's campaign man- ager, said the endorsement will have "a profound effect on many delegates" at the Kansas City convention. He said it was evidence that party leaders believe Ford's nomination is needed for GOP unity.