L. Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom J' .e Htt iE aUQ SNOWSTORM High today in the high teens to near 20. Windy with heavy snowshowers, possible accumulation 6 to 8 inches. ,Vol. XCI, No. 112 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, February 10, 1981 Ten Cents 'Ten Pages I i MSU financial 'crisis' may mean faculty cuts By MAUREEN FLEMING In an unprecedented act, Michigan State University trustees declared a financial crisis last Friday that could clear the way for tenured faculty firings. MSU president Cecil Mackey cautioned students and faculty, in a state of the university address last night, that many cuts were coming. He also reiterated the university's finan- cial plight. MEANWHILE, University Vice President for Academic Affairs Bill Frye said yesterday that MSU's budget problems are about the same as the University's. "The distinctions there and here may not be all that different, they're just responding differently," the Univer- sity's chief budget administrator said. Frye explained that MSU has added next year's salary increases into their projected budget, something not yet done by the University. When this dif- ference is taken away "the magnitude of their budget problem is about the same as ours," he added. FIGURES FROM MSU's budget of- fice show a possible $29.2 million deficit for the 1981-82 academic year. That, coupled with a projected loss of revenue due to shrinking student enrollments, caused Mackey to request a declaration of financial crisis, MSU News Services Director Ed Zabrusky said yesterday. Many MSU faculty members feel the resolution lays legal groundwork for the firing of tenured faculty and is not solely due to a loss of revenue. "The immediate financial situation is not bad enough for the breaching of contract in the immediate contract year," said Collette Moser, president of the MSU American Association of University Professors. She added that the long-run objective of cutting the budget is desireable, but MSU's ap- proach is inappropriate. "EVERYTHING IS out of control here," Moser said. The MSU system for reductions has been "more or less like a blitzkrieg - everything at once." There is an 80 percent probability that the trustees will not take a case-by- case approach similar to that of the University of Michigan, but an entirely across-the-board approach, she said. Here, budget cuts have been across the board for the first 6 percent, with the rest of the $12.1 million cut taken sectionally. Top priority cuts will in- volve non-academic, non-research areas, such as recreational sports. The University's geography department is the only academic unit that is publicly being considered for elimination. FORMER UNIVERSITY AAUP president Wilfred Kaplan said circum- stances here are "far, far better" than those at MSU. He added that there See MSU, Page 2 Mackey ... requests crisis status for MSU STUDENT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLY ON DIAG: Groups protest 'U' budget cuts By MARK GINDIN In a show of unity, several community and student groups rallied on the Diag yesterday protesting proposed University belt-tightening measures. Participants protested program cutbacks, possible staff layoffs, and inevitable tuition hikes, in what could be the first of many demonstrations against the administration's budget cutting proposals. APPROXIMATELY 120 persons participated in the rally sponsored by the Campus Labor Support Group (CLSG). Many carried signs with slogans such as "The cure for obesity is not amputation." Representatives of the Graduate Employees Organization, MSA, and the Geography Department addressed the rally. Barney Pace of GEO charac- terized the event as "basically an anti-smaller-but- better rally." John Fieger of MSA warned that budget cuts would result in overcrowded classrooms and blows to student. bargaining power. He likened students to "canned sardines up a creek without a paddle." CLSG BELIEVES the money is there, but priorities have to be re-evaluated, said Judy Levy, another member of CLSG. She said University President Harold Shapiro's salary, $50,000 spent on his inauguration ceremony, and a new $100,000 heating system in the President's house are all examples of extravagance. Several programs at the University have already been cut that shouldn't have been cut, Levy said, "Women's studies have been severely curtailed," along with the black advocate, individual tutors for the Center for the Use of Learning Skills (CULS), and the Geography Department, she said. Stern said another example of misdirected priorities is larger increases in- pay for the ad- ministration than for clerical workers. THE UNIVERSITY will not give us anything out of the goodness of its heart - it will only cough up the money if it is backed up against the wall,"she said. "It is only through militant mass actions that we're going to maintain these hard-won gains in the '80s," she added. GEO member Pace said he hopes those affected by the budget cuts can become more involved in the budget-cut procedure. "We arehoping for a decision-making body to be formed from many aspects of the community," he said. But he said his organisation has made no specific organizing plans as of yet. Rock original dies A^ Pho'o Bill Haley, famous for his 1950s hit "Rock Around the Clock" died of natural causes at his home in Harlington, Texas yesterday. Haley was 53. Haley wrote the song "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie" in 1951 which inspired the phrase rock 'n' roll. Clericals to vote on union today through Friday Dwyer detained by travel document snag, may be freed today By LINDA RUECKERT University clerical workers will vote today through Friday on whether to unionize. The election culminates a 13-month campaign by the Organizing Committee for Clericals, the group backing the unionization effort. All full and part-time permanent clerical employees, in- cluding secretaries, typists, clerks, and receptionists, are eligible to vote, according to Patty Schwartzman, OCC recording secretary. About 3,500 clerical workers, excluding temporary and student employees, are eligible, Schwartz- man said. "IT'S VERY CLEAR to us that the U of M doesn't want us to have a union .. . it's going to be an uphill battle and we're ready for it," she said. But, Schwartzman added, "The University administration is required to maintain an un- biased opinion." "The decision of whether or not to unionize is up to the em- ployees," said William Lemmer, a University attorney. "The University hopes that everyone eligible to vote will vote." At a previous election held by OCC in 1978, University clericals voted not to unionize. The workers have not belonged to a union-since 1976 when, according to Schwartz- man, they voted to disband as a union local of the United Auto Workers that had been formed in 1974. MOST CLERICALS currently feel that the problems en- countered in the first union will not be repeated, Schwartz- See CLERICALS, Page 5 From AP and UPI American writer Cynthia Dwyer's release from Iran was delayed yester- day by lack of a travel document, but U.S. State Department officials said the problem apparently has been resolved and hope she might leave Iran today. Dwyer was detained at the last minute yesterday by Iranian authorities and the plane that was to carry her to freedom after nine months in prison on espionage charges left without her. DWYER, A 49-year-old mother of three who became known as the. "53rd hostage," was detained at Tehran Air- port while Swiss diplomats tried to sort out what they described as "last- minute difficulties" with her travel papers. A few hours after Dwyer was detained in Tehran, the State Depar- tment was notified officially that the problem with her exit papers had been See DWYER, Page 5 Dwyer ... may leave Iran today Polish premier* steps down, as strikes continue From UPI and AP WARSAW, Poland -Premier Jozef Pinkowski, who came to power at the height of labor unrest in August, stepped down yesterday in favor of the defense minister, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the of- ficial news agency PAP reported. Thousands of workers in the southwestern Polish city of Jelenia Gora occupied factories and offices in a general strike yesterday. PINKOWSKI WAS Poland's third prime minister in a year and his ouster, which was expected, came at a time of a deteriorating economic situation in the country. Before Pinkowski's resignation was announced, the party warned the independent unions they had pushed Poland to the brink of a crisis threatening its "national existence." Communist Party chief Stanislaw Kania was dramatically absent from the crucial Politburo meeting in what diplomats said was a strong sign that his five-month-old government may be about to fall. IN WASHINGTON, Reagan administration of- ficials were reported to believe that the Polish Com- munist Party has lost control of events and Soviet in- tervention was inevitable. As 130,000 to 300,000 workers walked off their jobs in southeastern Jelenia Gora near the Czech border, the Communist Party Central Committee convened in Warsaw for a crucial debate that Kania did not at- tend. The official news agency PAP said hardline Polit- buro member Tadeusz Grabski presided over the, meeting in Kania's place, delivering a harsh speech that denounced the unions and their alleged link to Polish dissident groups and hinted at a crackdown on both. CITING LINKS between the dissident group KOR and the 3-million member Solidarity labor coalition, Grabski charged that the unions were being pushed "towards destructive actions, adventurism and finally counter-revolution." Another Politburo member, Kazimierz Bar- cikowski, also appeared in Kania's place to deliver a key report on the Party's attempt to control the in, dependent unions and shape "their socialist charac- ter." "The Politburo evaluates the present situation of Poland as dangerous for its national existence," Bar- cikowski said. "The order of the day is to perform an uncon- ditional turn in social attitudes and put the forces of destruction under control, which are pushing our country to the brink," he said. Kania, who took over the party from ousted Ed- ward Gierek in the wake of last summer's nationwide strikes, had been expected to deliver the report. There was no official explanation for his absence, which. Western diplomats said gave support to speculation that Kania may be replaced during the plenum. si S a . T3ga . n 8 3.G a. :. '; ,.r , ..,:5 .: ~ .., " .'.::i. c ,.. . '.5 , ..._ ,F S' 2,': sR,,, s.z.n" . .G .,.,. ,.. .,,... ,. .. , ._ ., s}> ,. _, r, ..,. ., .:. .. ,., TODAY Meeting requirements W OULD-BE GEOGRAPHY majors and others searching for a concentration plan may want to take a close look at Metropolitan Stat, College in Denver, Colo. 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He considered divorcing his wife and giving up his children to stay in the military outfit, but then learned the Air National Guard had no such rule. He immediately applied for the Air Guard, but was disqualified from duty because he only has one kidney. The Air Guard has a rule requiring enlistees to have two healthy kidneys, although the Army National Guard doesn't. Undaunted, Feuz is going to make a third, and possibly a fourth try for the military. He plans to apply to the Marine Corps and/or the Naval Reserve. "I'm not sure what their rules are," he said, "I'm going to call them right now.ow developed an invention. When an unwanted intruder comes in through the window, Kaneski's invention drags the dog over to meet the burglar. Another student plans on applying for a patent for his automatic plant-waterer. It is made of a timer, three cups of water, a slanting tray, and string. 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