The Michigan Daily Vol. XCII, No. 48-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, July 27, 1982 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Non- aculty staf By BILL SPINDLE Last week's announcement that non- academic employees probably will not receive a pay raise this fall has sparked protest among some University staff members. The administration's tentative bud- get, presented at last week's Regents meeting, includes pay hikes for faculty, but does not provide salary increases for non-academic staff. NON-ACADEMIC employees ex- pressed dissatisfaction with the budget plan. "I'm not surprised," said Lili Kivisto, a student services assistant in the political science department, "but I'm disappointed to know they are giving money to one group and telling the other 'we may get around to you, or we might not.' " "It is important to keep good faculty here,". she said, "but you have to realize it is the (non-academic) support that makes effective scholarship possible." THE UNIVERSITY will not be able to afford a pay increase for its non- academic staff unless it can secure in- creased funds from the state or find blasts pay plan some means of redirecting internal "outrageous." She said she saw the funds, Vice President for Academic Af- problem in terms of priorities the ad- fairs Billy Frye said. ministration has set. Although administrators will con- IF ADMINISTRATORS havethe money tinue to press the state for an increased to "increase the top of the (pay) scale, allocation and search for other they can come up with cash for the solutions, Frye said the prospects of lower end," Willsman said. getting the funds for a general staff Many employees feared that without salary program in the next year are a pay increase their salaries would fall discouraging. Several other employees so far below the inflation rate the dif- reacted angrily to the possibility of no ference would never be made up. pay increases over the next year. "With inflation rising as it is, we are Jo Willsman, a clerical employee at (already) losing money," said Donna the Institute for Social Research, called Stern, a senior librarian in math the moratorium on salary increases See POSSIBLE, Page 2 Fair photos Ann Arbor's art extravaganza is finished for another year. Only photographs and memories remain. For a small glimpse of the big weekend, see the photos on Pages 8 and 9. In addition, Page 11 features photographs of Thursday's Gang of Four concert. -': Torturing in El Salvador may threaten U.S. support WASHINGTON (AP) - The Salvadoran police tortured a relief agency volun- teer in May, prompting the U.S. am- bassador to warn that such actions could jeopardize Americans' support for military aid to the war-torn country, State Department officials said yester- day. The warning came to light as the Reagan administration prepared to certify that the Salvadoran government was making progress in human rights, a congressional requirement for con- tinuation of this year's $81 million in U.S. military assistance. President Reagan was expected to make that finding Wednesday. STATE Department officials said the National Police torturing of a Salvadoran volunteer for the Green Cross, a medical relief agency, was one of a number of recent human rights violations known to the U.S. Embassy. But they argued the Salvadoran government has achieved enough progress to justify certification. "Police officers and military officers are being punished for these incidents," said Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state for human rights. "There has been improvement in the performance of the National Police. That is not to suggest that there are not abuses." IN INTERVIEWS and internal State Department documents, U.S. officials also cited problems in convincing the Salvadoran military to take prisoners in battle and to stop killing civilians suspected of helping leftist insurgents. While recommending certification, Abrams said the human rights situation in El Salvador remained "horrible." He said the challenge facing the United States has been "to change the political culture of El Salvador" which he claimed traditionally relied on violence to solve differences. "I don't think people thought this could be done in a short-time effort." STATE Department officials who asked not to be identified said U.S. Am- bassador Deane Hinton warned Salvadoran President Alvaro Magana in San Salvador last month that the practice of torture could damage U.S. public support for the Salvadoran government. The warning came after the embassy was told about the torturing of the Green Cross volunteer, who was suspected of giving supplies to the guerrillas. The volunteer said he had been distributing medicines to refugees. A State Department official identified the Green Cross volunteer as Francisco Zamora, who was arrested May 19 and released nine days later. Meanwhile, Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), the author of the cer- tification requirement, said he saw no way the president could honestly find progress in human rights and in the land reform program. Daily Photo by ELIZABETH SCOTT Sacked out Bobby Eyler ignores the bustle of the city and enjoys an afternoon snooze at Farmer's Market yesterday atop some strategically place burlap sacks.