Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, July 23, 1976 Congress enacts jobs bill (Continued from Page 1) 200,000 jobs while protecting another 90,000 state and local government jobs. The bill also authorizes $700 million for waste water treatment works. Actual funds for all the pro- grams depend on votes later on appropriations. DECLARING THAT "the House has clearly shown it recognizes the need to relieve unemployment," Democratic Leader Thomas O'Neill of Mas- sachusetts credited Democratic congressional initiatives for the improvement up to now in the economy. "This bill is crucial to main- tnin the momentum," he said. Renublican Leader John J. Rhodes of Arizona said that "this bill is designed mainly to attract votes in November." "It is a cruel hoax to ask people to put faith in a program like this," he said, arguing that the jobs created, even if they reached the 300,000 figure cited by Democrats, would be only temporary. BUT HOUSE SPEAKER Carl Albert said Democrats were leading the way out of "the Ford recession." He said Republican leaders like Rhodes and Ford, who also headed House Republicans be- fore becoming vice president, cifically creates needed pube "have a distinguished 20-year works jobs in private industry." record of leading Republicans Mayor Kenneth Gibson of to defeat at the polls - and Newark, president of the Unit- they are doing it today." ed States Conference of May- Congressman Marvin Esch ors, praised the congressional (R.-Mich.) left the campaign action in overriding Ford's trail yesterday to return to veto of the jobs bill. Washington for the House over- "We see this as a major vic- ride vote. tory for all Americans because "I THINK reasonable men it provides immediate fiscal re- can differ - and on this spe- lief to hard pressed central ci- cific legislation I believe the ties, serves as a vehicle for president is wrong," said Esch. generating needed jobs, and He added, "This bill is not one thereby reduces national levels that calls for massive public of unemployment," Gibson said employment . . . rather it spe- in a statement. Senate candidates debate issues in Grand Rapids Ypsi tenant group tells tales of eviction threats, housing woes (Continued from Page 1) thers of Southfield - has used bogus excuses to justify some evictions, and has ordered oth- ers without any excuse whatso- ever. Tyrone Steels, for instance, receives monthly rent checks from the government that are sent directly to the manage- ment company. But now, he says, the firm won't take the government checks and are ac- cusing him of nonpayment. "They wouldn't even accept them," he said. 'They told me, 'All we want you to do is leave."' STEELS SAID the manager, John Sanderson, offered to give him a month's rent free if he would agree to move out. Another family was told it had violated its lease because it had children who were "run- ning around making noise." Nothing in the lease mentions children, noisy or otherwise. Tyrone Lewis was told he had "too much traffic, too many visitors at late hours," and that neighbors had repeatedly com- plained about him. "I WORK full-time, and I'm a student at Washtenaw Col- lege," said Lewis. "I'm hardly ever home; and when I am, I'm usually studying or reading. I asked them to show me the signed complaints they said they had, but they wouldn't produce them." Some people who pay their rents get eviction notices for no reason at all, Galbraith claim- ed, saying, "It looks like they're just trying to get rid of single mothers, blacks, and other low-income people." The maintenance problems ore almost as bad, if the pic- ture of neglect painted by the tenants is at all accurate. GALBRAITH told of how a young girl wandered away from the Sunridge playground into an unfenced swamp and nearly drowned. "All winter long, you walk through water all the way to the laundry in some of the buildings," a woman said. "The only time the floor is dry is when there's a long dry spell." Other tenants told of glass from broken windows left on hall floors for weeks, doors left unrepaired after break-ins, and cockroaches thronging through half the buildings. In some cases, Galbraith said, there is a one-year wait for repair work. KATHY SULLIVAN, also with YTU, says that tenant reaction has startled Schostak Brothers. "I don't think they expected this much flak," she said. "Ypsilanti tenants are a dif- ferent breed from the Ann Ar- bor variety; they usually take a lot longer to get mad about something." Roger Chard of Legal Aid, who was present at the meet- ing, said he had not decided on a specific course of legal action yet. "There are four routes we can take," he said. "We can con- test each eviction suit as it comes up - we can contest them all together if they're similar - we can bring a con- solidated tenant suit against the management - or we may just make a settlement with- out going into court at all." Chard declined to comment on the group's chance for suc- cess. (Continued from Page 1) just a few, months before. Riegle retorted that he had con- sidered himself a candidate against the Vietnam War rather than Hart. O'Hara, in turn, said Hart had been aaginst the war all along, to which Riegel said he hadn't considered Hart em- phatically anti-war. "I don't even know when you switched on the war, Jim," he said. "You were a strong sup- porter of the war for a long time." IN THE Republican segment: Y Esch stressed his legisla- tive record, particularly the anti-busing "Esch Amendment." * Baker declared that he was "not part of the establishment." 0 Huber spoke of the need to single out Conservatives from liberals. * Brennan lashed out at "dis- honesty in government." Speaking before the staunchly conservative Grand Rapids vot- ers, the Republicans were care- ful to place themselves on the side of the family and against governmental interference in private lives. "I think people are wary of images being built without sub- stance," said Brennan. "I don't think honesty is ever a second rate concern. Unless the institu- tions of government are respon- sive to the people, there's no way people can consider eco- nomics or any other issue." "I'M AN outsider," said Bak- er, in the standard stance of his campaign. "I'm one of those people who think for them- selves, who vote their con- science." Huber said he had been "drummed out by the party hierarchy" led by Governor William Milliken and Senator Robert Griffin, who he says are leaders of "the mushy middle." Huber said: "It (the election) may show the final breakup of the two-party system. Today you don't know who's liberal and who's conservative." THE PORTLY, terse Huber said he could fit in with Repub- licans both in the state and the senate. President Ford, he said, supported his 1972 Congressional campaign and suggested that he engage in the current campaign. Esch, who was named several days ago as the Republican leader by a Detroit News poll, said he is not over-confident. "The real poll is the first week in August," he said. "We're encouraged but not com- placent." 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