Page 2-Wednesday, April 13, 1983-The Michigan Daily Single vote may decide Regents divestment issue IN BRIEF Complied from Associated Press and United Press International reports Senate begins Adelman debate New Hairstyles for '83 DASCOLA STYLISTS Liberty off State.......668-9529 East U, at So. U........662-0354 Arborland ..............971-9975 Maple Village ...........761-2733 Now available in paperback PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLANATIONS ROBERT NOZICK Winner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of Phi Beta Kappa [Nozick] "will attract intelligent people of all backgrounds... 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Regents Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) and Paul Brown (D-Petosky) said they would not support divestment, Regent Robert Nederlander (D-Detroit) said he was undecided and Regent Thomas Roach could not be reached for com- ment. POWER SAID that the University's present policy was "a good attempt" to promote changes in South African policy, but that it had not worked. In a letter to one of his constituents Dunn wrote that the policy "does not appear to be bringing the kind of change in South Africa that we need." A copy of the letter was sent to the Daily. Baker, however, has made strong public statements against divestment. In a public statement last month he said that the anti-apartheid guidelines - called the Sullivan Principles - which the University uses to dictate invest- ments "is more useful in effecting change in South Africa than divest- ment." ROACH MADE a public statement several months ago that he was in favor of the University's present investment policy. All the Regents stressed that the University should challenge the con- stitutionality of the new state law. To do that they would have to keep some stocks in the companies, they said. Roderick Daane, the University's top attorney, has said that they law is an unconstitutinal attempt by the state to overrule the Regent's authority. THE REGENTS have said the law in- fringes on the University's autonomy, and would set a dangerous precedent if it is enforced. No one seems to be able to figure out how much stock the University would have to own to bring its case before a court. Dunn has said that as little as one share would theoretically be enough to get the University into court. Daane, however, said that that amount might not be enough for a court to take the case seriously. He said he did not know how much stock the University would have to hold, but some administrators said that it could be up to $10 million worth. THE REGENTS met in closed session Friday morning to consult general counsel on the legal im- plications of divesting. They are con- tinuing that closed meeting today. Th head of the University's commit- tee on South Africa, Leonard Suransky, said that keeping as much as $10 million could be an attempt to stay on the good side of the companies rather than to assure that the state law could be challenged.' "If you don't want to divest and you want to hold on to some of your best friends, then you say that you need (to keep) a substantial amount," Suransky said. RENT BROWN favors a third alter- native to the current investment policy and divestment. He said he would like to keep the University's investments but pressure the firms into selling their South African subsidiaries. The University could apply that pressure by urging other stockholders to vote to sell at the companies' annual stockholders con- vention. Most of the other Regents, however, dismissed the idea as too time con- suming, too expensive, or ineffective. Power pointed out that many organizations, especially churches, have been trying for years to influence the companies and have gotten nowhere. I Pnrb4-an Phone 764-0558 . ' clerical workers may get union vote By JIM SPARKS The University's clerical workers may soon have the chance to decide whether they want to unionize, depen- ding on the outcome of a meeting in Detroit next Monday. At that meeting, a state commission will say whether the American Federation of State, County and Municipal employees (AFSME) has collected enough green "show of in- terest" cards to hold an election. AFSCME MUST have validated car- ds from 30 percent of the University's 3,300 clerical workers, a number they say had already been reached in January. Reggie McGhee, public affairs associate for AFSCME, said he is op- timistic about Monday's meeting. "I think there's a growing mood in favor of the union on campus," he said. EVEN IF AFSCME does have 30 per- cent of the clerical workers signed up, the University and the union must agree on what workers the union can represent. McGhee said one fear he has is that the University might demand that the union also represent other staff mem- bers such as administrators and technical workers. But James Brinkerhoff, the Univer- sity's vice-president and chief financial officer said "there isn't any particular problem" with the fact that AFSCME is only asking to represent the clerical workers. If all goes well for the union, an elec- tion would probably take place three weeks from Monday, according to Judy Rhode, an election supervisor for the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. WASHINGTON - The long-delayed Senate debate on arms control nominee Kenneth Adelman began yesterday as Republican leaders sought support among a few members yet undecided. At best, they said, he could win confirmation by one or two votes. "It's too close to call" because several Republicans remain troubled about Adelman's qualifications, said Ted Stevens of Alaska, assistant leader of the GOP majority. Adelman's name was called up on the Senate floor exactly three months after his nomination by President Reagan to be director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Reagan, Secretary of State George Schultz, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, national security adviser William Clark and other ad- ministration officials were telephoning wavering senators to lobby for their votes, White House spokesman Larry Speaks said. Stevens said the vote, set for tomorrow, looks much closer than he had thought last week when Adelman's backers were predicting he would win by a 48-42 margin. Weather slows rescue efforts LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Snow in the mountains and clouds in the valleys yesterday hampered Air Force pilots searching for a B-52 and its crew of seven that disappeared on a practice bombing mission in southern Nevada. Planes began scouring the rugged terrain at dawn, but some had to turn back because of the bad weather which was expected to continue through today. An Air Force spokesman said A-10 attack planes and F-15 fighters were flying a search pattern, but two C-130 cargo planes were grounded because of rain, snow and gusty winds. The missing B-52 took off Monday morning from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. It was last heard from at 1 p.m. PST when it descended to begin a low-level practice bombing run at the Nellis range. Thailand readies for invasion ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand - Red Cross and U.N. agencies set up emergency shelters yesterday to receive 100,000 Cambodians following reports that Vietnamese soldiers were poised to strike two guerrilla- controlled camps along the Thai-Cambodian border. Thai military sources in this border town said sizable Vietnamese forces, backed by tanks and artillery, are just outside the sprawling settlements. Ban Sangae is a narrow encampment that runs along the border- and has some 23,000 civilians. Nong Samet, which reliable Western sources say spills over into Thailand, has more than 77,000 people. The Khmer People's National Liberation Front, one of three groups united in fighting communist Vietnam's forces in Cambodia, controls both camps. The front and another faction are non-communist. The third partner is the Communist Khmer Rouge, whose brutal government fell in the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978. The Vietnamese ousted the Khmer Rouge government of Pol Pot and in- stalled the communist government of Heng Samrin. But the Khmer Rouge continued a guerrilla war. Habib attends Mideast talks President Reagan's Middle East envoy Philip Habib joined the Israeli- Lebanese troop withdrawal talks for the first time yesterday and an Israeli official said the intensified talks might produce an agreement within a few weeks. The 29th session of the 15-week-old talks was held in the central Israeli resort town of Netanya with negotiators meeting in two subcommittees for discussions on security problems and mutual relations. In Jerusalem, an Israeli official briefing foreign reporters said Israel at- tached no special significance to Habib's surprise decision to attend the talks for the first time since they began Dec. 28. Meanwhile, Secretary of State George Shultz blamed the setback in Mid- dle East peace talks on the Palestine Liberation Organization yesterday and called on the Arab world to reconsider its decision to designate the PLO to represent the Palestinian people. Reagan said the United States "will not permit the forces of violence and terror to exercise a veto over the peace process" in the Middle East, and called on Palestinian leaders to disregard the radicals he blamed for the deadlock there. House considers emergency loan measure for unemployed WASHINGTON - The House considered yesterday whether the gover- nment should offer emergency loans to thousands of unemployed Americans facing loss of their homes because they can't keep up with their mortgages. The measure, strongly opposed by the administration, would establish a $760 million loan fund to be parceled out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Although it is aimed primarily at laid-off workers who have a good prospect of regaining their old jobs, any homeowner who "has incurred a substantial reduction in income" through no fault of his or her own would by eligible for a loan. The amount advanced could vary widely from case to case, depending on the need. The homeowner would be expected to pay 38 percent of the family income toward monthly housing expenses - including utilities - and the government loan would cover the difference between that and the amount of the mortgage payment. Republicans opposed the bill on grounds the loan program would degenerate into an administrative nightmare for HUD and run counter to the interests of all homeowners by adding to the federal deficit. bhe mtcignBa Vol. XCIII, No. 153 Wednesday, April 13, 1983 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. 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