The Michigan Daily--Saturday, November 7, 1981-Page 3 MSA president urges state plan Michigan Student Assembly President Jon Feiger and presidents of 2 other state colleges and universities urged state leaders to develop a plan for financing and developing higher education during a meeting Iin Lansing Thursday. The group met with various state representatives and senators and key Milliken administration budget of- ficials, pressing for its proposal for creation of a special task force to study the problems of higher education. THE PANEL would be charged with developing a long-term plan for higher educatin which currently does not exist in the state, the student government leaders said. Among the officials the students met with, Feiger said, were state Senate Higher Educatin Appropriations Chairman Jim DeSana and Gerald Miller, state budget director. Feiger said the state officials admit- tedthere was no long-term plan that directed the state's commitment to financing higher education. "Most schools are on the brin," Feiger said. There needs to be some stand taken in the state on higher education." A plan, Feiger said, might eventually need to include cutbacks in schools and educational programs. "The quality of higher education op- portunities in Michigan is directly af- fected by decreased revenues ap- propriated to institutins of higher lear- ning," the students wrote in a policy statement. Feiger said the group would meet again on Dec. 5 at Oakland University to discuss its strategies. Join News Staff Complex.blaze Firefighters in Fall River, Mass., battle a spectacular fire yesterday at the 109-year-old Richard Borden Mill Complex. hr' I - * Republicans support new 'powers for CIA WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are backing the Reagan ad- ministration's plan to relax controls over the CIAas "a reasonable com- promise," but some conservative members feel the proposal does not go far enough. The opinions of the five GOP commit- tee members were expressed in a letter sent to President Reagan one week ago, according to a Republican official who asked not to be identified. A copy of the letter was obtained yesterday by The Associated Press. *THE LETTER was sent to Reagan at the same time that the Republican- controlled Senate Intelligence Commit- tee urged the president to keep some of the existing restrictions on CIA domestic activities.! The letter marked a split among con- servative Republicans over whether the proposed executive order moves in the proper direction in granting the CIA its first authority to infiltrate U.S. groups. The Senate panel unanimously called for six or seven changes in Reagan's proposal, including retaining former President Carter's near total ban on the CIA infiltrating and influen- cing domestic groups. THOSE SUGGESTED changes designed to protect civil liberties were endorsed by such conservative Republicans as Sens. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Harrison Schmitt of New Mexico and Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming. Administration officials agreed to give serious consideration to those suggestions, but it is unclear whether Reagan will make substantive changes in his draft order. The draft executive order would permit the CIA to infiltrate U.S. groups to achieve "lawful purposes" as deter- mined by the CIA director or his designee and to influence their ac- tivities if the attorney general decides that constitutional rights would be protected. THE HOUSE Republican letter states that while some committee members "would prefer a greater relaxation of restrictions, others do not. Never- theless, we believe the current proposal represents a reasonable compromise." Arafat pushes Saudi Soviet ties BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Palestine iberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat is urging Saudi Arabia to open diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union, and both nations are considering the move, a PLO source said yesterday. "Without doubt, it is in the interest of the Palestinians and the Arabs as a whole that the Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia, have diplomatic relations ith the Soviets," said the source, who efused to be identified. THE SOURCE confirmed a report in the Beirut-based leftist As -Safir newspaper that Arafat, during recent trips to Moscow and Riyadh, lobbied for the nations to exchange diplomats. The newspaper also reported the Kremlin and conservative Saudi monarchy of King Khaled were willing to consider opening embassies in each other's capitals. "Undoubtedly the report is ac- curate," the source said. But a leading newspaper editor in the government-run Saudi media said there were no indications of impending diplomatic ties with Moscow. The editor asked for anonymity. There was no official response from the Saudis, who sell the United States 20 percent of its imported oil and are considered a valuable U.S. ally by the Reagan administration. The strongly anti-Communist Saudi monarchy broke relations with the Soviets 43 years ago. hAPPENINGS7 AP Photo PALESTINIAN LIBERATION Organization leader Yasser Arafat has been lobbying Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union to renew diplomatic relations**. * v, ' and has urged them to exchange diplomats, PLO sources said. HIGHLIGHT The Friends of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens are holding a Fall Sale of various items made from herbs, such as wreaths, teas, mulled wine, breads, .jellies, basket arrangements and other items such as plants, bird feeders and T-shirts. Proceeds from the sale are used in support of the public and educational programs of the Gardens. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 Dixboro Road. FILMS Mediatrics-A Clockwork Orange, MLB 3,7 & 9:30 p.m. Alternative Action-Of Human Bondage, Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 p.m.; A Stolen Life, 9 p.m. Cinema II-Everyman for Himself, Aud. A, Angell, 7,8:40 & 10:20 p.m. Cinema Guild-The Four Seasons, Lorch Hall Aud., 7 & 9:05 p.m. AAFC-Ordinary People, MLB 4,7 & 9:10 p.m. MEETINGS Graduate Christian Fellowship-Mtg., Student/Faculty Potluck, Al Girod's home, 3645 Charter Place, 6 p.m. For info, 662-8860. Ann Arbor Go-Club-Mtg., 1433 Mason Hall, 2-7 p.m. Housing, C.H.E.E., & Latin Amer. Culture-Bilingual Children's Workshop/Taller Bilingual Slides-Live Music with Bernardo Palombo & Wendy Blackstone, Baits I, Lounge of Stanley House, 2 p.m. PERFORMANCES Major Events-Concert, Bob Dylan, Hill Aud., 8p.m. For info, 763-2071. School of Music-Euphonium Recital, Daniel Loeb, Recital Hall, 8 p.m. PTP-Wings, Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, 8p.m., for info, 764-0450. Musical Society-Panochra String Quarter, Rackham Aud., 8:30 p.m. UAC Musket-Fiddler on the Roof, Power Center, 8 p.m. Ark-Concert, Jim Post,-1421 Hill, 9 p.m. For info, 761-1451. The Stage Company-Ladies at the Alamo, Canterbury Loft, 332S. State. St., 8 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS Folklore Society-Old-time square & contra-dance, Mich. Union, 8 p.m. Michigan Football-Michigan vs. Illinois. Hillel-Mincha-Seudah Shlishis (light meal), 4:45 p.m. JUST DOCTO WHAT rTHEE R ORDERED .wra I Il ol E i ai1gj