Wednesday, May 12, _ 976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three U dean praises affirmative action By MICHAEL BLUMFIELD "Despite ten years of federal civil rights protection, minorities are still twice as likely as whites not to have jobs," said University Law School Dean Theodore St. Antoine. St. Antoine painted this bleak picture of affirmative action recently at a public symposium on discrimination at Rutgers University and also during an address at Tulane University Law School. AFFIRMATIVE action programs - re- quiring "preferential treatment" of mi- norities - "is the only alternative to the vicious circle of racial discrimination," according to the Law School dean. "The median black family income was 54 per cent of that of the average white family in 1964 and had only risen to 58 per cent of whites' in the early seven- ties," he said. "Minorities continue to occupy a disproportionately low per- centage of the more attractive positions. The unemployment situation of women in relation to white males is similarly bleak." This discouraging situation was instru- mental in the government's support of affirmative action guidelines for federal- ly-funded education programs and in- dustry, according to St. Antoine. "THE RATIONALE for our (the Uni- versity's) special admissions program is pretty clearly a manifold one," he said. "A part of it is to move minorities into the mainstream of American profes- sional life, which will automatically im- prove their economic status." Fie added that "another important func- tion is to provide legal services for minorities" and the endeavor can be better achieved "when provided by people who they (minorities) can iden- tify with. By no means all, but several, have gone back to their old neighbor- hoods and are helping out. Others have gone into the labor movement and have helped keep unions sensitive to the needs of minority employes." "Moving minorities into higher status positions with its added visibility results in their serving as a role model which can be encouraging to others who aspire to similar success," contended St. An- toine. A SEPARATE reason for affirmative action and the quotas that it requires is the fact that it "helps society as a whole," he maintains. "When I started teaching here in 1965, there were no mi- norities here at a time when racial prob- lems constituted a core issue of the country. I believe that to some extent lawyers do help channel conflicts into orderly networks. So the more minorities we have in law, the more disputes can be settled peacefully and legally instead of in the streets with Molotov cocktails." Law is not the only field that needs minority representation in this regard, St. Antoine explained. The field of com- munications is in grave need of minority representation, he added. When questioned about the constitu- tionality of affirmative action, and the legality of "reverse discrimination," St. Antoine said he fel' Streme Court .Jus- tice William Douglas "had his head stuck in the sand" when he "denounced in absolutionist terms any use of race as a criterion for governnental deter- minations." "DOUGLAS' position is It the four- teenth amendment was passed to elit- inate racial distinction ant thus one can't draw any lines between (whites and blacks)," he suggested. "There is no question that it was intended to elim- inate discritninntion sgainst blacks. The original creators of the amsiendment Isrob- ably didn't intend on eliminating all racial distinction. "My feeling is that it simply doesn't accord with the realities of today," the dean stated. ")ottgtas' argument was that tests for admission were culturally- biased, but to change the tests' ac- curacy, you'd have to change the entire society. He wanted to have his cake and eat it too. Unless we have Seme sort of discrimination in favor of minorities, we'll have the problem forever." State legislature averts 'U' appropriation cut By GEORGE LOBSENZ A potential $2.7 million cut in the University's 1975-1976 state appropriation was averted yesterday when the State Senate moved to implement a proposal extending the state's fiscal year, thereby easing the state's present budget crisis' The threat of a cutback arose when the Senate refused to give "immediate effect" to a Gov. William Milliken-spon- sored measure designed to circumvent the anticipated budget deficit - illegal under the state constitution. Dope note A professor at the Medical College of Georgia announced yesterday that marijuana eye drops may be useful in treating glaucoma, the nation's third leading cause of blindness. Dr. Keith Green said liquid marijuana "is as good or better than any anti-glaucoma medi- cation currently available." Glaucoma is caused by a buildup of pressure in the eye which damages the optic nerve. Green' said that tests on rabbits re- sulted in a 30 per cent drop in pres- sure in the eyes. However, he reports the rabbits experienced a marijuana "high." Green is placing emphasis on finding a substance related to or de- rived from marijuana which "won't have the euphoric side effects." Happenings . ... begin at noon with a meeting of the Commission for Women in the In- stitute for Social Research large conf. rm. on the 6th floor, the topic of dis- cussion is "Affirmative Action at ISR" ... Contract negotiations between the Uni- versity and GEO resume at 1:30 in the third floor meeting room of the union, the sessions are open to the public .'' and registration for the Reading and Learning Center will be going on from 8 am. to 4 pm. at 1610 Washtenaw. Weather or not It will be mostly sunny today with highs in the mid 60's. Winds will be light and variable. WITHOUT "immediate effect,' the legislation could not have become law until next April, leaving the current budget problem unresolved. The bill calls for the state fiscal year to be extended from the present June 30 to Oct. 1, allowing the state to bring in an estimated $100 million in added revenue. After the proposition gained approval in both the House and the Senate, it twice failed to garner the needed two-thirds majority in the Senate to attain "im- mediate effect" status. THIS SITUATION prompted Milliken to announce that he would propose a $100 million cutback in the state budget, in- chiding a 2.5 per cent reduction in higher education. tlowever, under the pressure of poten- tial drastic cuts in welfare programs and, education mronies, and extensive lobbying by Milliken aides and Senate leaders, the measure yesterday received "im- mediate effect" by a vote of 27-9, exactly a two-thirds margin. Senate Democratic leader William Fitz- gerald (D-Detroit) described Milliken's proposal as a "gimmick" but noted that there were no viable alternatives to the governor's plan. "WE WERE between a rock and a hard place in our original budget situa- tion," he said, "so we adopted this gimmick." As for the University's financial posi- tion, Fitzgerald said that the University was "out of the woods for the present time but that it would have a "damn tough fight" in the future. According to Fitzgerald, universities should not have any financial scares for at least "another 30-60 days." REGARDING the University's 1976-77 state appropriation, Fitzgerald remark- ed: "I think it will be a tight but realistic budget. Still, it won't be a Christmas tree." SEN. GARY CORBIN, chairman of the Senate Colleges and Univeristies Com- mittee, echoed Fitzgerald's belief that the University would receive a bare- bones budget next year. "Next year's budget won't reflect the usual inflation- ary effect of running a university, and that will make things tough." Meanwhile, University President Rob- ben Fleming expressed little -surprise over the course of events in Lansing. He termed Milliken's announced inten- tion to carry out massive cutbacks as See 'U', Page 2 Comic concentration CHE'S DEATH 'AVENGED': Bolivian ambassador killed PARIS (/f) - Gunmen claiming to be avengers of the late Che Guevara yes- terday shot and killed Bolivia's ambas- sador to France, who nine years ago commanded the successful manhunt for the Cuban revolutionary. Gen. Joaquim Zenteno Anaya, 53, was fatally wounded as he walked to his car at lunchtime in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower near the River Seine. Three hours later, a group calling itself the International Che Guevara Brigades claimed credit for the killing. IT WAS THE third killing of an am- bassador in Europe since last October. In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, the head of Bolivia's joint military staff blamed a former army commander for the death, saying exiled Gen. Reque Teran gave out information in 1967 linking Zenteno Anaya to Guevara's capture. Gen. Raul Penaranda publicly accus- ed Teran, former commanding general of the Bolivian army, of being the "pri- mary guilty party ' in Zenteno Anaya's death. IN A STATEMENT issued to news me- dia after the attack, the brigades called Zenteno Anaya "the man behind the murder of Che Guevara" and warned that "those who oppress their people or harbor former Nazis will be treated in a manner they merit." The group said it was also acting to commemorate the May 8, 1945 Nazi sur- render. Zenteno Anaya was described in its communique as having defended Bo- livia's refusal to extradite Klaus Barbie a Nazi war criminal, to France. French police had no comment on the communique. Teran, now in exile in Argentina ac- cording to Bolivian sources, was a colo- nel under Zenteno Anaya's command in 1967. Ie gave out information at the time on Zenteno Anaya's role in Che's defeat, Alvarez claimed. "This means treason to the country and it should be sanctioned drastically, I have asked for a dishonorable dismis- sal of this general," Alvarez said after a conference with Bolivian President Ilaga Banzer.