Ninety-Two Years of Editorial Freedom Chic Jrlit 43 at IV CALAMITY A winter storm warning is in effect. Snow today, possibly heavy and windy, with a high near 35. Vol. XCII, No. 62 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, November 20, 1981 Ten Cents Fourteen Pages Economists predict 0recession recovery By MARK GINDIN The national economy is in the midst of, a recession, but recovery should begin by the spring of next year and ac- celerate sharply after the middle of the year, University economists said yesterday. "We are forecasting that the closing quarter of 1981 will suffer the most serious decline of the current recession, with real Gross National Product falling at an annual rate of 4.8 percent," the economists said in a major report delivered to the 29th annuial Conferen- ce on the Economic Outlook. THEY ALSO predicted yesterday that the Michigan economy will recover from its current recession during the second half of 1982, but noted that the state needs a growth base on which to build a solid economy. (See story, page 6). The forecast, prepared by Profs. Saul Hymans, Philip Howrey, Harold Shapiro, and research scientist Joan Crary, predicts "an end to the recession before the spring of 1982." The recession's end will come on the heels of stage one of President Reagan's personal tax cut, and declining interest rates resulting from the current economic weakness and a reduction in the discount rate, the report states. "WE ARE EXPECTING the unem- ployment rate to average 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 1982 as the recession comes to an end," the economists reported. The current U.S. unem- ployment rate is 7.5 percent. The study predicts 1982 total produc- See RECESSION, Page 6 Frye sees a future of reallocation, retrenchment By JANET RAE The University must rely more heavily on reallocation and retrenchment to meet budget .needs, Vice President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye said yesterday. Reduced state appropriations, decreasing enrollment because of cuts in financial aid and rising tuition, and continuing pressure to meet the needs of priority areas is pushing the University further toward internal budget-cutting measures, Frye told the Regents yesterday. "WE NEED TO be in a reallocation/retrench- ment mode," Frye said. Frye's presentation focused on "the inevitable gap between revenues and expenditures" that he predicts will be further aggravated in fiscal 1982-83 by even more of the same financial woes that have been plaguing the University in recent years. Emphasizing that any figures he used are still estimates, Frye called for further base budget reductions of some $5 million to $6 million. Frye said one option would be reallocation and retrenchment through implementation of a "priority fund tax" which would be imposed on all general fund areas. UNDER THE plan, each unit would be required to prepare a report on how it might meet a cut of anywhere from 1 percent to 3 percent. Budget planners would then examine the suggestions and decide how best to reallocate those funds. Frye said academic units would take less of a cut than The Regents also heard yesterday discussions of the status of GEO, student conceris about University policy, and faculty worry over tenure. See Page 5. other areas and priority areas could even gain from the procedure. "This would-not be an across-the-board cut," he said. "The base of the University would not be reduced." According to present estimates, Frye said, it would be nearly impossible to keep a recommen- ded salary increase of 10 percent. He said other programs are in danger because of the Univer- sity's poor financial situation, including graduate student support and recruitment and increased research support. FRYE MADE predictions of both urgently needed expenditures and likely revenues. The most urgent item, Frye said, will be an improved salary program that remained a few points ahead of inflation. Based on an 8 percent inflation rate, Frye recommended a 10 percent salary hike. Staff benefit costs also are rising, Frye said. These costs combined with the 10 percent salary See FRYE, Page 5 Snowy fallAP Photo Three people, top, work on freeing a car that became stuck following the heavy snowfall in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday night and early yesterday. A bundled-up runner, bottom, jaunts past one of the many branches that succumbed to heavy snow and blocked Minneapolis streets. Forecasters said late last night the snow was supposed to hit Ann Arbor early this morning. See story, Page 2. 'U' researchers say they build ideas, not bombs By BARRY WITT Last in a three-part series "We're just the brain power . .. we don't build any hardware." That's the typical defense given by researchers on campus who work under Department of Defense contracts. This time it was Engineering Prof. Maurice Sinnott, who heads a materials resear- ch council funded by the defense depar- tment. THOSE WHO support the idea of researchers working for the Pentagon, and those who actually do this work, see the defense department as a proper sponsor-one which contributes to the quality of life, is easy to work for, and represents the attitudes of the American people. It is not the researchers, they say, The Pentagon on campus, who decide which federal agency will support their work. The federal gover- nment allocates money to its depar- tments to support basic research, and the University researchers who rely on federal money must work within the system. So if the government, with the backing of the American people, has decided that the defense department is a proper supporter of basic technological research, then University professors and students can, and should, use the Pentagon to support their projects. "THE ISSUE is one of national policy. The University's position has to be we can't influence national policy," said Medical School Professor Raymond Kahn, the chairman of the faculty's Research Policies Committee. In an interview last month, Kahn said he would encourage members of the University community to address the issue as individuals, but the University itself must remain neutral on the issue., Therefore, he said, the University could not restrict researchers from using the defense department as a sponsor for basic research, as that would violate academic freedoms. In fact, just about any faculty mem- ber, whether or not he or she supports defense research, immediately jumps to the defense of freedom of inquiry when the subject of restrictions is discussed. THEY ALL agree that the individual must decide whether what he or she is doing is morally right, and the Univer- sity cannot decide for individuals on an open-ended issue such as this. Yet the defense of academic freedoms is not the only reason to sup- port the Pentagon on campus. Many of those involved see their work as making a significant contribution to the national security. They sometimes describe their work as a way to keep up with the Soviets. BUT BEFORE reaching that argument, most point out that they've seen defense-sponsored work accom- plish a lot of good for society in general. They all admit they can see the possible military applications for their work, but to most, that fact is of secondary importance. The most recent example has been in the laser field. Harvard University Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen won the Nobel Prize in physics last month for his work in spectroscopy and lasers-projects sponsored almost en- tirely by the Department of Defense. Bloembergan's work could lead to significant advances in the medical and communications fields, but it also can be used to develop powerful weapons for the Pentagon. COUNTLESS other advances in technological and even social fields have been financed by the defense department. Some of these advances have led to military applications; others have yielded nothing for the defense department. But - because .researchers do not determine the applications of their work - they only work on the fundamental aspects of their subjects - they feel their work has a legitimate purpose. "Some of the people in the social sciences may not quite understand that when you're working on technical problems, the same fundamentals en- ter all applications," said James Nicholls, an engineering school professor working on the fundamentals See DEFENSE, Page 9 Law clinic future debated By ANN MARIE FAZIO More than 150 students protested a possible reduction in the variety and scope of the law school's clinical law program at an open forum yesterday. A special faculty-student committee is reviewing the program to see if it is worth the approximate $100,000 the law school spends on it each year. STUDENTS WHO take clinic courses receive academic credit for giving legal advise and representing real clients in the courtroom under the supervision of their professor. The Law School Student Senate is strongly in favor of maintaining the program in its current form. "It is known as one of the most rewarding and challenging" courses offered, said LSSS President Doug Ellmann. The senate requested the open forum, he said, to show the committee the student support for the program. "Everyone knows the price tag on clinic. Now we want to show its value," he said. The Clinical Review Committee, which is made up of five law school faculty and two law students, is looking at several proposals which would change the structure of the program. Currently, the program offers three courses-Clinical Law, the Child Advocacy Clinic, and a tax audit clinic. Ap- proximately 50 students can enroll in each course. One of the proposed changes would combine Clinical Law and the Child Advocacy Clinic. Another would replace the clinic courses with more simulation courses, in which students argue cases in a simulated courtroom. Limiting the number of credits and the size of the clinics is another possibility. MANY SUPPORTERS told the committee that the practical experience gained through the clinic program is invaluable. "It is the first time many of us learn what it means to be a lawyer," said law student Stephan Vidmar., Vidmar said it is the school's responsibility to give the students tlis opportunity. "It's anomalous to say we're here to be taught See STUDENTS, Page 3 grid coach- By BUDDY MOOREHOUSE Special to the Daily YPSILANTI - Shouting slogans, singing the school fight song, and carrying signs, a group of almost 100 Eastern Michigan University Students staged a rally on their campus yester- day, saying that the time has come to take Stock out of Eastern's football. team. The students were protesting the school's decision to rehire EMU head football coach Mike Stock, whose team is 0-10 this season. In his fourth year as the coach of the Hurons, Stock has guided the team to a 6-34-1 record, and Eastern's current 18-game losing S rehiring streak is the second longest in the coun- try, trailing only Northwestern's 30- game mark. "STOCK HAS had his four years, and he hasn't been able to produce," said Eastern graduate student Rob Seeterlin, one of the protesters. "It's time for a change." The rally was organized by several student government leaders, who feel that the student body should have more input into decisions affecting the foot- ball team. "We're not satisfied with the football program," said Ann York, the Student Affairs chairman of the EMU Student Senate. "The students want to See EMU, Page 12 EMU students protest TODAY Couch at seat of controversy ALIFORNIA COMMUNITY college stu- dents concerned about budget cutbacks that may soon force 2,000 of them out of classes are grumb- ling because the school purchased aSwiss leather couch that cost almost $10,000. The 17-foot black couch was selected from one of the showrooms of the Pacific Design Center and moved into a meeting room at Santa Monica Community College's 'new $3.4 million 1 .. .....I. ,- mhoflA -In 4...:.fal0 O p other approach is to recognize that this is a public building built with public funds for many people to use and to reflect in the design and furnishings a respect for the public." QI Bumper blunder A Wisconsin state agency distributed 20,000 bumper stickers promoting Wisconsin but there's a problem-the stickers are too big for small car humnrs The tickers. Unfair exchange It took an eagle-eyed bartender to discover that Boston City Councilman Albert "Dapper" O'Neil had been rooked out of $20. O'Neil was in a bar the other day and passed what he thought was a $20 bill across the counter. "I gave it to the bartender and he said, 'What are you trying to do, play a joke on me?' " O'Neil said yesterday. O'Neil said he looked at the bill and found it was a $1 with $20 markings taped on the corner, and that the face of George Washington, not Andrew Jackson, was on the bill. "Whoever did it is an amateur," O'Neill said. "They did a caps on the basketball court under a ruling handed down in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Judge Milton Shadur struck down an Illinois High School Athletic Association rule barring orthodox Jewish high school basketball players from wearing headcoverings during games. The association said the rule was imposed for safety reasons, but Shadur said the headcoverings-yarmulkes-do not necessarily pose a safety risk. "What this lawsuit is about is not the abstract question whether ISHA can decree basket- ball safety but rather the specific question whether it can be prohibit the wearing of yarmulkes and override the exer- cise of First Amendment rights," Shadur said.LI I .I I