The Michigan Daily Vol. XC, No. 34-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, July 9, 1980 Free Issue Sixteen Pages CAR TER HUDDLES WITH LABOR, AUTO EXECS. Auto aid plan unveiled J By TOM MIRGA. specialto The Daily DETROIT - President Carter, ac- companied by an entourage of domestic policy advisers, stormed into the hear- tland of the financially-strapped auto industry yesterday to unveil a com- prehensive plan aimed at reviving the ailing corporations. After holding an hour-long session with the chief executives of the nation's automakers and the United Auto Workers union, Carter said he was "deeply concerned" about the high unemployment rate in the industry, ad- ding he hoped to move a's rapidly as possible to correct the problem. "We have literally been working day and night to prepare this package of proposals," he said. The president's announcement came on the heels of news that Toyota and Nissan,- Japan's top automakers, have replaced Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. as the number two and three companies in the field. The.Carter program includes: " A call for an expedient in- vestigation by the International Trade Commission to determine whether the auto industry has been injured by foreign competition and, if injury is found, a recommendation of ap- propriate remedies; o Regulatory changes concerning emissions standards and worker ex- posure to lead and arsenic that could save the industry upwards of $500 million; PRESIDENT CARTER EXPLAINS to reporters yesterday the details of his comprehensive plan to revive the nation's ailing auto industry. To the president's left is UAW Chairman Douglas Fraser; to his right, General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy. By HOWARD WITT Vei specialtomTe Daily plain DETROIT-Testimony in Jonathan Marwil's suit Univi against the University continued for the second day tract ' yesterday as an attorney for the University stated in revie no uncertain terms what many faculty members facul U ~counse know but don't like to hear-that the faculty's tmen grievance board has no real clout. IN Robert Vercruysse, in an objection to part of Mar- that I S wil's testimony, said the Senate Advisory Review Engi h its Committee-the facully's own griev- ance body-"is at most an advisory committee. It makes .no binding decisions. At -best it is a group of M a ,i vs. faculty members' opinions."e MARWIL, A 40-year-old former o n g ip eassistant professor of humanities in A question of the College of Engineering, is suing tenure reviews b the Regents and three members of the humanities department adminis- trative committee in federal district court, claiming his constitutional rights were violated and he was un- . decis: deatetseeking either injunctive relief from the clarif court in the form of reinstatement to the faculty pen- were ding a review of his qualifications to receive tenure or quest damages from thie three department members that stitut Subscribe.l a rcruysse's objection came as Marwil was ex- ing the steps he took in 1978 to appeal within the ersity his department's decision to allow his con- 'to expire without the privilege of a tenure w-a privilege Marwil maintains. a sixth-year ty member is entitled to under several depar- tal and College policies. NOVEMBER, 1978 SARC decided unanimously Marwil deserved a tenure review, although then- neering Dean David Ragone rejected the ad- visory decision. Vercruysse argued yesterday that testimony about SARC's-decision U / was irrelevant because the decision was merely advisory in nature. In apparent contradiction to the un- derstandings of most faculty mem- bers, Vercruysse further stated that SARC is not part of the University's designated appeal process. Marwil "should have appealed (Ragone's) ion to (then) Vice-President (for Academic rs) Harold Shapiro," Vercruysse said. TER YESTERDAY'S testimony, Vercruysse ied that he did not believe SARC procedures relevant to the proceedings because the ion before the court is whether Marwil's con- ional rights were violated. "SARC has no power See4'U', Page 8 6 4 - 0 5 58'~,.r:;::.;:#F:;:;' :::;.:%;::,, :.";':".1" .a;tif:.r : . ' :; ,".v!