The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVI, No. 61-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, August 5, 1976 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Victors kick off Senate campaigns DETROIT (UPI) - Marvin Esch and Donald Riegle yesterday kicked off what both said would be populist campaigns for the U. S. Senate. Neither Esch, the Ann Arbor Repub- lican, nor Riegle, a Flint Democrat, rested on their Tuesday night primary election victories long. BOTH congressmen were out pump- ing hands at factory plant gates at dawn, just hours after each beat a field of three contenders for their parties' nominations. Esch and Riegle, who served togeth- er as Republicans in the Congress for six years before Riegle switched parties in 1973, attributed their victories to person - to - person campaigns that cen- tered on a direct discussion of the is- sues. Riegle, 38, said his upset win over Secretary of State Richard Austin and two other hopefuls means. the voters want "a constructive change in the U.S. Senate." "AS I HEARD their voices all across the state, what people are saying is this: they want more attention paid to the problems that keep them awake at night," Riegle said. Those problems, he said, include em- ployment and an end to special interest government. Riegle called himself "a fighter for change" and said he will run on the anti-war, anti-Nixon record he has estab- lished in Washington over the past dec- ade. TIlOSE WERE issues, he said, that Esch "missed out on." Esch, who turned 49 yesterday said at a morning news conference that the race would be decided by the voters' decision on "who of the two individuals can best serve the people of Michigan." "I don't think they want any Came- lot-type candidate," he said. "THE PEOPLE in Michigan will want to look at the record and not at rhetoric and see who accomplished the most in 10 years." About 100 persons gathered at Flint's Bishop Airport at noon where Riegle said he was anxious to see the campaign against Esch get into full swing. "We thought we were going to win, but we didn't think we were going to win by that much," Riegle said. "The thing that is so exciting is the fact that the support across the state is coming from everybody. "THE PEOPLE want to send to the Senate a fighter for constructive change - that's what the issue is in this elec- tion." Riegle said the campaign for the No- vember election will be a challenge be- cause he considers Esch both a seasoned politician and a good public speaker. Esch, a supporter of former President Richard Nixon almost to the end, said he would be proud to run on the same ticket with President Ford and said lie is confident Ford will win the GOP nom- ination on the first ballot. HE SAID, however, that "the timing was wrong" for Ford's pardon of Nixon. See VICTORS, Page 7 TU looks ahead to a busy fall Uaily Proos byJ). Ii t -Kt ALTHOUGH IT looks like Lord Lipton is about to devour J. Edgar Hoover in one easy bite, Edgar soon makes it clear who's boss of this little romp. The two dogs hammed it up yesterday for the camera at Ili Hollow Farm, owned by Frank and Jane Beaumont. CLERICALS HEAD TO POLLS: Decertification vote starts today By JAY LEVIN The Ann Arbor Tenants Union (TU), carrying its rent strike against Reliable Realty Management Com- pany into a seventh month, is opti- mistically looking ahead to fall when the campus will again teem with stu- dent tenants victimized by the city's notorious housing market. According to TU organizer Dallas Kenny, the TU plans to "reorganize the whole Reliable strike and to cre- ate a new strategy" when new ten- ants occupy Reliable units. THAT STRIKE, organized last Feb- ruary, has reached a stalemate as both sides have been unable to main- tain the flow of negotiations. However, Reliable Realty is not the TU's sole fall focus. "There are a number of hot spots at tenant uprising in the county, said Kenny, adding that future rent strikes are inevitable in Ann Arbor. "I DON'T think it (strike actions) can be avoided; the, conditions of housing are so bad," he added. "There will be a lot of rent strikes around here." He refused, however, to pinpoint any specific strike targets. The Tenants Union also plans initi- ation of an autumn drive for mem- bership, and will seek formation of new locals within the ranks of tenant members. A new TU chapter out- side of Ann Arbor, according to Kenny, might be slated for the near future.' See TU, Page 7 By GEORGE LOBSENZ A five-day election begins today as University clericals decide whether or not to abolish their troubled year-old union, United Auto Workers (UAW) lo- cal 2001. August 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 are the days designated for polling on the decertifica- tion question. All clericals will be allow- ed to vote and a simple majority will resolve the issue. THE ELECTION grew largely out of clerical dissatisfaction with the contract negotiated by a union bargaining team last summer. Most of the complaints were directed at the $43 across-the-board wage increase, a hike which was viewed as both inadequate and unfair, in cases where senior clericals felt they should have received more. Also disliked were new job transfer restrictions called for in the contract, as well as allegedly lowered health benefits. Dissatisfaction was compounded over the winter months of 1975 and 1976 as a bitter union election split the local. Two factions, Clericals for a Democratic Un- ion, (CI3U) and Unity Caucus wrangled for power, with CIDU emerging victor- ios in the January elections. However, in May, the UAW interuta- tional intervened, overturned the Janu- ary elections on the grounds of alleged See DE-CERTIFICATION, Page 10