Two faculty charge unfair labor practices After two days and some 10 hours of testimony, the charging parties rested their case. The defense called no witnesses. The trial examiner closed the hearing. The defense: Michigan State its agent, Emanuel University and Hackel, chairman of the Department of Natural Science. The charging parties: Eileen R. Van Tassell and Bertram G. Murray Jr., assistant professors of natural science. The charge: Violation of Act 336, Public Acts of 1947 as amended (Public Employment Relations Act), unfair labor practices within the meaning of Section 10 (a), 10 (b) and 10 (c) of that act. The trial examiner: James P. Kurtz, Detroit attorney, for the Employment Relations Commission of the Michigan Department of Labor. * * * SECTION 10 of the Public EILEEN VAN TASSELL Business ranks high F acuIty salaries detailed in survey in (b) Employment Relations Act states: "It shall be unlawful for a public employer or an officer or agent of a public employer (a) to interfere with, restrain or coerce public employes the exercise of their rights guaranteed in section 9; initiate, create, to dominate, contribute to or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization: Provided, That a public employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employes to confer with it during working hours without loss of time or pay; (c) to discriminate in terms or other conditions of employment in order to encourage or discourage membership in a labor organization .... " to hire, regard Section 9 states: "It shall be lawful for public employes to organize together or t9 form, join or assist in labor organizations, to engage in lawful concerted activities for the purpose of (Continued on page 4) BERTRAM MURRAY MSUFaculty Vol. 1, No. 26 Michigan State University May 5, 1970 Disturbance report on Council agenda- A report to the MSU Chapter of the American Association of University salaries here faculty Professors on shows: "' The College of Business with the (mean) highest arithmetic average salaries for professors on 10- and 12-month appointments, associate professors on a 10-month basis and assistant professors on a 100month basis. - Nearly half the facuIty falls within a $10,000 to $14,999 salary bracket; of these, nearly two - thirds are associate and assistant professors on lO-month appointments. - In most ranks, the difference between the highest and lowest salaries is about 100 per cent. for example, - There is a salary overlap between ranks; the highest instructor salary (on a 100month basis) is $1,5.00 more than the lowest salary for a full professor on a 100month basis. * * * THE REPORT, prepared annually for the AAUP, was compiled by Einar Hardin, associate director and professor of labor and industrial relations, from summaries prepared by the University report was Business Office. The presented at the April 23 AAUP meeting. , Prof. 10 12 $25,000 and up 4 48 20,000 - 24,999 60 150 15,000 - 19,999 247 ' 184 19,000 - 14,999 54 - - - 9,999 The figures refer to salaries only, excluding fringe benefits. Department chairmen and school directors are included, but deans, and associate and assistant deans are not. Figures reported here cover only 1969, as reported in early fall, and do not include the mid-year December adjustments. And is not the medical school faculty covered in the data, except for those whose joint appointments are primarily in other colleges. in Salary figures for the bottom two per cent on the salary schedule of the total number of faculty were also not the data, according to included Lowell Levi, University budget officer. That five involves 31 professors, associate professors, three assistant .professors and three instructors. Levi said it was a practice used to meet the formula requested by the AAUP. * * * THE MEAN salaries for 1969 were: $17,509 for 365 professors on a for 382 100month basis; $20,756 professors on a 12-month basis; $13,328 for 299 associate professors on a 100month basis; $16,126 for 197 associate professors on a 12-month (Continued on page 4) increased Faculty bylaw amendments that will accommodate student participation in academic government and reconsideration of the report on "policies and procedures on campus for items disturbances" to day's meeting of the Academic Council at 3: 1 5 p.m. in the Con Con Room of the International Center. are major The proposed bylaw changes - based on recommendations contained in the McKee Report on Student Participation - were on Academic Government prepared by an ad hoc committee headed by Sam S. Baskett, professor of English. The McKee Report was passed with several modifications following the Council lengthy discussion (Faculty News, March 10 and 31, April 7). in those Briefly, recommendations provide for increased student (voting) membership in the Council and on the standing Council faculty) (now Frequenty distribution, MSU salaries, Fall 1969 Assoc. Asst. lnstr. All 10 12 10 12 10 9 123 54 48 249 2 29 137 3 169 370 31 401 57 132 189 5 55 18 78 10 4 60 295 12 48 159 352 730 246 165 21 1,254 826 - Total number 365 382 299 197 Highest salary 28,000 30,700 17,600 22,050 14,600 18,600 13,000 18,000 28,000 30,700 Lowest salary 11,500 15,200 9,500 10,850 8,900 8,760 6,500 7,200 6,500 7,200 Median salary 17,100 20,000 13,300 \ 16,000 11,200 13,400 9,300 11,000 13,000 16,900 committees; added representation for minority student groups; creation of a Univeorsity Committee on Academic Governance; extension of voting privileges to all members of the Council except the presiding officer. If approved by the Council, the bylaw amendments will go to the Academic Senate for consideration at its May 20 meeting. * * * TIlE STATEMENT on "policies and procedures on campus disturbances" was presented originally by the student affairs committee at the Council meeting of Dec. 2, 1969. When it was brought before the Council last December, the report met opposition from members of the Black the Liberation Front who report racist. They said that the MSU black community would not recognize the report because blacks were not involved in writing it. labelled lt was then sent back to the student affairs committee for further study and consultation with ASMSU. The report contains a "general poh~y statement on the resolution of conflict in the University community" and a proposed change the bylaws to in establish a University Committee on Public Safety. for The policy statement includes four sections in which are spelled out the responsibility of the entire "University community" internal to protect and conflict; preserve limb, justice and educational excellence; and the pledge to to "apply knowledge and reason man's problems." the need life and resolving The section fourth, controversial (point D) acknowledges that protest and dissent may be part of change and (Continued on page 3) are rated liberal -- politically , faculty unions have a divisive effect on academic life (43 per cent disagreed), and 42 per cent agreed that collective bargaining by faculty has "no place in a college or university" (while 54 percent disagreed with this statement). -Fifty-six per cent agreed that "respect for the academic profession has declined over the past 20 years. -About 68 per cent agreed that undergraduate education woold be improved "if course work were more relevant to contemporary life." -Forty-eight per cent agreed that most colleges "reward conformity and crush student creativity" (48.3 per cent disagreed). MSU Faculty News~May 5; 1970 According to survey Faculty Initial findings from a nationwide survey of more than 60,000 faculty members reveal that they : likely to characterize -Are . more themselves as liberal (41.5 per cent) than either middle of the road (24.9 per cent) or moderately conservative (22.2 per cent). -More than half agreed that any institution with a -substantial number of black students should "offer black studies if they wish," but only 41 per cent agreed that more minority students should be admitted "even if it means relaxing academic standards. -About 48 per cent agree~ that -Disapprove (by 54.1 per cent to 44.3 per cent) of the "emergence of recent radical years." student activism in -Supported Hubert Humphrey (50.1 per cent) over Richard Nixon (29.8 per cent) and George Wallace (0.8 per cent) in 1968. -Tend to favor encouragement of a coalition government in Vietnam (42.1 per cent) "reducing commitment but preventing a Communist takeover" -(29.1 per cent) or immediate withdrawal (19 per cent). rather than -Were largely raised as Protestants (64 per cent) and have tended to remain so (45.3 per cent). Generally, showed, the faculty members take a liberal position on national or international affairs but assume a more conservative stance in campus matters that affect them or their interests directly. survey They agree that "students who disrupt the functioning of a college campus should be expelled or suspended" (76.7 per cent) and that campus disruptions are a to academic freedom (80.1 per cent). threat * * * THE YET-UNPUBLISHED survey was done as part of a project of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and was reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The results are now being analyzed· by Seymour P. Lipset, professor of social relations at !larv~rd University; Martin A. Trow, soclOlogtst, University of California, Berkeley; and Everett C. Ladd, political scientist, University of Connecticut. The researchers point out that the data are still raw, and that a waiting period is needed to see if the findings can be applied to all faculty. A total of 60,447 faculty responded in 1968 - 69. They to the survey included 82.2 per cent males, 94.4 per cent whites, 1.4 per cent blacks and 1.7 per cent Orientals. Full professors made up 26.9 per cent of the total; associate professors, 22.1 per cent; assistant professors, 28.8 per cent; instructors, 13.8 per cent. * * * the most POLITICALLY, liberal respondents were in the social sciences and humanities, the least liberal in the natural sciences and professions. Those About 35 per cent of the respondents in sociology, anthropology and social work favored immediate withdrawal from Vietnam, while only 12.8 per cent in geology and 11.3 per cent in engineering favored withdrawal. sciences and social humanities were also more favorable toward radical student activism. More than 60 per cent both in English and in history approved (in varying degrees) of the emergence of activism , but that percentage was below 30 in business, in home economics and in agriculture. in THE SURVEY also revealed that: * * * -More than half the faculty agreed that most undergraduates are mature (;llough to be given responsibility for their own education and that most undergraduates are "basically satisfied" with the education they are getting. I • Medical complex planned The University's proposed health sciences complex on the south campus is designed to increase medical education capabilities and to provide expanded health care. This artist's rendering shows two wings of the Life Sciences I Building (left and center), the health center (right), and Life Sciences II (upper left, behind Life Sciences I), Life Sciences I, under construction and scheduled for completion in 1971 , will enable MSU to expand entering medical classes to 64 students each (:i'1'0111 :')0 this year) and to graduate more nurses annually. The pJanned Life Sciences II and the health center would permit entering medical classes of up to 100 each, plus a 342 - bed hospital and a large outpatient center. MSU is eligible for an estimated $27.4 million in federal funds for the two buildings, provided such funds are available for medical school construction, and provided there are matching state and private funds. Letter Campus buses: Is there an alternative? (The Faculty News welcomes letters. They should be sent, with the writer's to Room 296-G, Hannah name, Administration Building. We reserve the right to edit letters, when necessary, to meet space and other requirements.) To the Editor: I can remember the good old days as a student on this campus when walking was still in vogue and even considered beneficial for one's health. Bicycles, although invented then, were rarely seen. is Things have changed now. The campus larger and people prefer sitting or standing while looking at the landscape through tinted, dusty, glass windows. Twenty- minutes is just not long enough to walk or peddle between classes, even on a nice spring day. Large municipal - type buses have become a necessary commodity in the process of higher education. Anyone who has walked close to or driven behind one of these monstrosities of modem day transportation will, I am sure, agree that their contribution to environmental purity is at most negligible if not an actual health hazard. It is surprising that such a paradox between ideals and actuality exists in an academic institution such as this. It seems more than logical to me as we direct our intention towards bettering the earth's environment to start right at our own front door here at MSU. Modern technology must have developed a cleaner and less offensive power source for public transportation than the diesel - pow~red bus. These vehicles are a major pollutant not only on this campus but in this community and any community where they exist. Let's start the stop pollution movement by protesting this type of public transportation on/ this beautiful campus. Charles H. Sander Assistant professor of pathology Hershey to be honored Michigan State's flTst Nobel Prize laureate, Alfred D. Hershey, will be honored at a series of special events this week. Hershey will give a lecture on genetics at 3 p.m. Thursday in Fairchild Theatre under sponsorship of the MSU chapter o(Sigma Xi. He will receive a doctor of medical science degree in a convocation Friday at 3 p.m. the _Kellogg Center in Shares to end Persons now buying Freedom Shares to fmd other means' of will have investing their money after June 30. The Department of Treasury has announced that U.S. Savin~ notes will not be sold after that date. Faculty and staff who have authorized payroll deductions for purchase of these notes must either discontinue their deductions or authorize purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds . Further information is available from the payroll division, 350 Administration Building (355-5010). Auditorium. Both events are open to the public. Speakers at the convocation will be Milton E. Muelder, dean of the School of Advanced Graduate Studies and Walter L. Mallmann, professor emeritus of tnicrobiology anj one of Hersey's former teachers. Other events at which Hershey will appear include a Thursday luncheon hosted by Pre.sident and Mrs. Clifton R. the Sigma Xi banquet Wharton Jr., Thursday, and a reception and banquet Friday at Kellogg Center. Hershey, who received bachelor's (1930) and Ph.D. (1934) degrees from MSU, shares the 1969 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. the Midwest, will French lecture Jean Digras, French cultural attache for lecture next Tuesday (May 12) at 4 p.m. in the Green Room of the Dnion. His topic: "Le cinema francais aujourdhui." His lecture is sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages. _-Faculty honors, projects GLENN I. HATTON, associate professor of psychology, has received a five ~ year Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health. KENYON T. PAYNE, professor of crop and soil science, has won the 1970 Meritorious Service Award from the Michig~ Tuffgrass Foundation. F . WILLIAM RINTELMANN, associate professor of audiology and speech sciences, has been reappointed chainnan on the information centers of the American conunittee of Academic Council agenda • (Continued from page 1) growth, but it condemns violence and destruction, agreements made under duress . and guaran teeing amnesty. J oint meetings between ASMSU representatives and members of the student affairs committee resulted in disagreement over the inclusion of poin t D. The committee favors retaining it; the ASMSU representatives wish to exclude it. (See text of point D and rationales of both groups elsewhere in this issue.) A.L. Thurman , professor of American Thought and Language and chairman of the student affairs committee said his group decided to resubmit the entire report the opposing rationales for point D in order "to promote wider discussion" of the committee's concern for enunciating the limits beyond which dissent becomes destruction. together with * * * ITEMS on OTHER the Council agenda include a statement on Council procedures by the Steering Committee, and proposed revisions of the Academic Freedom Report (articles 2, 4,5,6 and 7) by the student affairs committee. The amendments to articles 2, 5 and 7 of the Academic Freedom Report would implement changes approved by adoption of the McKee Report. They call for redefining the role and charge of the student affairs committee and renaming it the University Faculty - Studen t Affairs Committee. to article 4 The amendment is designed to guarantee a hearing for any student accused of violating a regulation. Amendments to article 6 would stipulate that the University should neither sponsor nor take responsibility the content or support of any for student publication. The amendments also concern freedom of the press, freedom of distribution, and the rights and responsibilities of those involved in student publications. .. The report on disturbances: Point D arouses controversy (Point D of the policy statement in the student affairs committee's report on "policies and procedures on campus focus of disturbances" has been disagreement between the committee and representatives of ASMSU. The report is to be presented today to the Academic Council. Following is the text of point D, and rationales from both the committee and ASMSU.) the "D. Finally, the University community recognizes that protest and dissent may be a part of growth and change in any social institution. However: "1. Violence and acts of destruction cannot ·be condoned; 2. Agreements cannot be made under duress; 3. Amnesty cannot be guaran teed." * * * .The student affairs committee's rationale for retaining point D: Potter performs at Casals salute in Louis Potter, professor of cello and chamber music and cellist the BeaUmont String Quartet, was among 100 cellists from across the nation who participated ' in the "Salud Casals" festival concert in New York City's Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall. recent The concert, arra:1ged by Leopold Stokowski, was in honor of 93 - year - old Pablo Casals, world - renowned master cellist. Under Casals' direction, the cello ensemble performed two of his compositions during the concert by the American Symphony Orchestra. Proceeds from the concert went to International The United Nations School and the American Symphony Free Childrens' Concerts. "1. In general, the committee has always felt that items brought to its attention having considerable significance substance and should be given special Council attention and examination. Section D is regarded as such an item. It warrants full Council review because of the strong campus - wide reaction it has generated. "2. More specifically, the committee favors retention of section D for these reasons: A. It is an attempt to implement that section of the (1.1) which Academic Freedom Report recognizes the need to maintain a balance between maximum freedom and necessary order; B. It is regarded as a guide for those who are charged with the responsibility of resolving open conflict." a policy * * * ASMSU's rationale for excluding point D: "First, i~ is the considered judgment of the Student Board that the University is best served by towards campus disturbances that allows it to retain maximum flexibility and freedom of action. The ASMSU Board feels that written guidelines would have a constraining influence on those who are responsible for dealing with campus disturbances. Past experience in this area has proven the efficiency of a policy that leaves ample room for maneuver. _ "Second, the language used iIi' section D guidelines is capable of potentially producing a great deal of confusion. In discussions by the Board of the section D guidelines, it was pointed out that the definition of words such as to 'violence' and considerable debate. 'duress' are open "Third, the point D under that relates to amnesty is so vague as to be meaningless." Hungarian to speak Distinguished Hungarian historian Professor Domokos Kosary, an au th ority on early 19th century ~ungary will speak Friday at 7:30 p.m. 1I1 the Green Room of the Union on "The National Reawakenings in East Central Europe," sponsored by the Soviet and East European Studies Group. of program chainnan RONALD Speech and Hearing Association. He is also the subcommittee on hearing disorders for the 1970 ASHA convention. SUTER, associate professor of philosophy, is author of the introduction to and the editor of "The Isenberg Memorial Lecture Series, 1965-66," published by the MSU Press. HOWARD A. TANNER, professor and director of natural resources, has been named president of the Michigan Natural Resources Council for 1970. New rule begins for withholding Wages paid after May 1 to employees who foresee no Federal income tax liability - such as students or other part - time employes - can be exempt from Federal tax withholding. to A II that is necessary take advantage of this withholding feature of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 is to have on file in the payroll division office (350 Hannah Administration Building) a withholding Exemption Certificate stating that the signer had no taxes for 1969 and expects none this year. Anyone signing the certificate can rescind the document in the payroll division if he or she later antiCipates that earnings will create a t ax liability. Under 1970 rates a single person who makes less than $1, 72S owes no tax, based on a personal exemption of $625 and the $1,100 low - income allowance. Students paid under the graduate the student payroll must have exemption certificate on file in the payroll division by this Friday (May 8). Other students must have the exemption certificate filed before the tax next payroll in order their next deductions check. reflected on to have Israeli day set A leading Israeli folk singer, Osnat Paz, will perform here Thursday during the Independence Day celebration in the Union Parlors. Israeli The event begins at 8:30 p.m. Also scheduled are speeches by August G. Benson, foreign student adviser, and Michael J. Harrison, professor of physics, plus singing and dancing led by accordionist Abe Knmianski. Festival scheduled for Saturday The 26th annual International Festival, ~'It's a Small World," will be staged Saturday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the University Auditorium. Sponsored by the International Club, the various campus nationality clubs, and International Programs, it will feature exhibits of arts and crafts of the nations represented by MSU's foreign students. The students will be on hand in national dress to welcome visitors to the show. the Office of Foreign students will also present two stage shows - at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. - focusing on aspects of their cultures. There is no ch .. ~ge. . J I : Tuesday, May 5 12:30 p.m. UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD. Student from a small southern Negro college in a unique program at U of M. 1 p.m. THE GREEN THUMB. Mushrooms. 7 p.m. DRUGS : THE CHILDREN ARE CHOOSING. Wednesday, May 6 12: 30 p.m. BLACK MAN AMERICAS. White reactions demands for equal rights. 1 p.m. MODERN MRS. 7 p.m. VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION IN THE to black Thursday, May 7 12 :30 p.m. THE FRENCH CHEF. Beef in red wine. 7 p. m. LA REVISTA. Friday, May 8 12:30 p.m. INSIGHT. A craftsman thrown out of work by automation. 1 p.m. AND BABY MAKES TWO . The single adoptive parent. 7 p.m. ASSIGNMENT 10. . Saturday, May 9 10 a.m. INNOVATIONS. 12 noon THE SHOW. Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Sunday, May 10 11 a.m. YOUR DOLl,AR'S WORTH. Wine, insent repellents, airline charter flights. 12 noon UP AGAINST THE WALL. Lorin Hollander, classical paianist, reaches out to 23 students from a ghetto school. 1 p.m. THE FORSYTE SAFA. 2 p.m. YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT. How to initiate drug educational programs. 2:30 p.m. SOUL! 3 : 30 p . m. NET FESTIV AL. Leopold Stokowski. 4:30 p.m. BLACK Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims. 10 p.m. THE ADVOCATES. Is methadone the answer to addiction? 11 p.m. NET PLAYHOUSE. Johnny Cash and Jack Palance in " The Trail of Tears," tragic story of the Cherotlee Indians: (2 hrs.) JOURNAL. Elijah Monday, May 11 12:30 p.m. GERMAN PLAYHOUSE. 1 p.m. FOCUS ON SWEDEN . 7 p.m. SPARTAN SPORTLITE. (AM·FM) NEWS 60 (Monday • Tuesday, May 5 8 a.m. (AM·FM) MORNING REPORT. 60 minutes of local, national, international news (Monday· Friday) 1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "The Decline and Fall of the Whole World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter." 5 p.m. Friday). (FM) BOSTON SYMPHONY. 8:30 p.m. Works by Stravinsky, Tippett, Tchaikovsky. Wednesday, May 6 11 a.m. (AM) BOOK BEAT. Robert Cromie visits with David Sanford, author of "Hot War on the Consumer." 1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "The Pajaf!1a Game." 8 p.m. (FM) THE ART OF GLENN GOULD. Thursday, May 7 1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogony" 9 p.m. (FM) JAZZ HORIZONS. Friday, May 8 10:30 a.m. (AM) THE GOON SHOW. With Peter Sellers. 11:45 a.m. (AM) ENVIRONMENT. 1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "Gypsy." Saturday, May 9 10 a.m. (FM) IT'S A NICE PLACE TO VISIT (AM) VARIEDADES EN 10: 30 a.m. ESPANOL. 11:45 a.m. (FM) RECENT ACQUISITIONS. 1:30 p.m. (AM) THE DRUM. 2 p.m. (FM) OPERA. "Siegfried." 7 p.OL (FM) LISTENER'S CHOICE. Classics by calling 355·6540. Sunday, May 10 (AM·FM) CLEVELAND 2 p.m. ORCHESTRA. 4 p.m. (AM·FM) FROM THE MIDWAY. "The Environmental Crusade." 8 p.m. (FM) FORUM. Administrators discuss campus topics; questions can be called to 355·6540. Monday, May 11 (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "Dear 1 p.m. World." 8 p.m. (FM) OPERA. "Don Pasquale." MSU Faculty News Editor: Gene Rietfors Associate Editor: Beverly Twitchell Editorial Office: 296-G Hannah Administration Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823, Phone 355-2285. Published weeldy during the academic year by the Department of Information Services. Second~lass postage paid at East . Lansing. Mich. 48823. MSU Faculty News, May 5, 1m Unfair labor practices charged • • • (Continued from page 1) collective negotiation or bargaining or other mutual aid and protection, or to negotiate or bargain collectively with through their public employers representatives of free choice." their own *** THE CHARGE specifies: The charging parties " and several other employes- having similar duties became concerned about wages and other conditions of employment within the department. that that criteria "In an attempt to improve working conditions, they circulated and signed petitions asking for promotion be established and clarified; and the practice of having a department- wide common final exam be discontinued. The charging parties also the departmen tal advisory committee and/or urged others to run for such a supported position and a,ctively candidates. for a position on ran "Because of the activity of the charging parties and others, Professor Emanuel Hackel, chairman of the Department of Natural Science and an agent of the employer, undertook a course of activity to interfere with, restrain and coerce the charging parties the and other public employes exercise of their rights guaranteed under the Public Employment Relations Act; dominated and the the Department administration of labor Advisory Committee, a organization; and discriminated in regard to hire terms and conditions of employment in order to discourage membership in a labor organization. interfered with in "Among the other unlawful acts, Emanuel Hackel did the following: "(1) Discriminated against the charging parties in the availability of money for research. "(2) Gave the charging parties no committee assignment or less desirable committee assignments. "(3) Discriminated against the charging parties by giving the charging parties no mid-year increase in salary in January of 1970. \ "(4) On Feb. 23, 1970, threatened to the terminate charging parties and is continuing the threats to this date. the employment of "(5) Actively campaigned against certain candidates to the Department Advisory Committee and in the course of doing so made false charges about some of the candidates for election to the Departmental Advisory Committee." The The University denied all allegations in an Answer to the Charge, filed by University attorney Leland W. Carr Jr. *** EARLY IN the hearing, which began Thursday, April 30, the trial examiner remarked that "there is no precedent for college-type problems in this arena," that this is a new statute (effective July 23, 1965) and that Michigan is one of few states which has such a statute. leads lack of precedent to questions of defmition; in academic matters, the traditional labor definitions mayor may not adhere. The department advisory committee was referred to in the case as a labor organization; the concerted efforts of the charging parties and others in the department regarding working conditions were referred to as attempts to bargain collectively; the department chairman was referred to as a labor supervisor. Adherence to the definitions may be the clarified Employment Relations Commission. the decision of in during the hearing which may also relate to the uniqueness of the academic situation. the hearing Chairman Hackel maintained a position during that discussions and procedures of certain committees were privileged and thus could not be divulged at the hearing without the consent of all committee members. Kenneth Laing Jr., attorney for the charging parties, said their position was that "committees are company unions; they would be labor organizations, but do not function as labor organizations because they are dominated by the chairman since he serves on them." in are there (According to the natural science four elected bylaws committees that department: Advisory, curriculum, faculty affairs and student affairs. The department chairman is an ex officio member, without vote, of the advisory committee. to recommend (The bylaws also stipulate that the tenured faculty members as a group shall the - advisory committee the renewal or non-renewal of appointments of non-tenured faculty members. As a professor of natural science, the department chairman sits as a voting member with that group, as to well as full recommend promotions professor and associate professor in the department.) the groups which meet to A question often arising in academic circles (the 1967 Committee on Undergraduate Education Report devoted an entire chapter to it) also arose at the hearing, particularly regarding the charge concerning the is mid-year salary qualified teaching evaluated? increases: How The effect of student evaluations was questioned by the trial examiner; he said there was no evidence of any University reliance on these evaluations. He accepted as evidence the testimony by the charging parties that there had been no criticism of their teaching by the department chairman or the University. Also bearing on the case is the uniqueness of the University College. Its policy of a common fmal examination for all students was the subject of some "concerted activity" by the charging parties and other members of the natural science department. University College was also involved in an earlier charge against the University for violation of the same act, brought by John R. Hildebrand, former associate professor science. The social Hildebrand case, handled by the same attorneys and the same trial examiner, has not yet been decided by the Employment Relations Commission. in Hil de brand, according to Laing, worked with others to "try to improve working conditions," and was a member of that department's advisory committee. He was denied tenure and left the University. The facts of the two cases are not the same, Laing said, but "both involve University College problems - promotion, scheduling." the Hildebrand and Common legal questions - such as that concerning the legality of the committee structure - are involved in both the Van Tassell-Murray cases, and the decision on the Hildebrand case may affect the latter case, Laing said. *** TESTIMONY regarding the charges was generally to the effect that: On discrimination requests. They said regarding funds: The charging parties testified that they had not received any of their equipment the reasons given were that they were low on the list, that the equipment they requested could not be used by others in the department and that part of the consideration was how long they were expected to be at the University. list, which Hackel testified that he made up the equipment priority is submitted to the dean; that it is not unusual for the dean to run out of money before he gets down the list, nor is it unusual for faculty members not to receive requested equipment. He said he had not requested equipment for two years. received some she was to which all a member of -On no or less - desirable committee assignments: Murray testified that he was on no committees except the exam committee, faculty members belong; Miss Van Tassell said the that department and lounge committees. The lounge committee is primarily responsible for having coffee in the lounge; the library committee handles magazine subscriptions, she said. Hackel said that committee assignments are made by him "in -the name of the advisory committee" and sometimes the curriculum committee. Committee assignments are in reappointment. -Mid-year increases: The charging parties testified that they met the mid-year the qualifications s alary faculty increases as young members doing superior undergraduate teaching. The student evaluations they offered as evidence were not accepted, however. James E. Trosko, assistant professor in human development and in _ Justin Morrill College, testified that while a member of the natural science facuIty he was nominated for a 1970 so Teacher-Scholar Award, and factor salary for a presumably met the qualifications for a mid - year salary increase, but he did not receive that increase. five system by Hackel explained that the mid - year increasss were handled as are all salary increases in the department - through a advisory rating committee members, the department chairman and the administrative assistant. They rated a roster of faculty members, excluding themselves, and Hackel made up the composite rating from then submitted to the dean. Of 25 nominated for the increases, he said, 17 received them. seven, which was the (The department has 66 faculty members, including 36 tenured faculty, 25 non - tenured but appointed under tenure rules, and 5 temporary facuIty.) - Threat to terminate employment: in The charging parties, appointed September, 1968, are up for reappointment effective September, 1971. They were notified by Hackel Feb. 23, 1970, of a decision not to reappoint them. University regulations require that such· notification come by the December preceding termination date of the initial appointment. Hackel said that he tries to submit notification as early as possible. The charging parties were notified after three meetings (Jan. 16, Feb. 11, Feb. 19) of the ad hoc committee on reappointment, which, to department bylaws, according includes all the tenured faculty department. But procedures of that committee were privileged. the in -Active campaigning against certain candidates to the department's advisory committee and false charges about some candidates: Miss Van Tassell testified she had been accused of that in timidating members of the department concerning the election and that she allegedly threatened to call in the Students for a Democratic Society; she said she did not know any SDS members at that time, and she denied the intimidation accusation. She said she was concerned that the candidates supported by her and others in the department had lost because of "unpleasant rumors about myself that were circulated." The rumors, she said, the department to were attributed chairman. Hackel denied all charges. *** THE TRANSCRIPT of the hearing is expected to be prepared in two or there weeks. One week from that time, briefs will be submitted by the two attorneys and the trial examiner will make a recommendation to the Employment Relations Commission. Because of a backlog of cases, this may take some time. _ BEVERLY TWITCHELL Faculty salary survey • • • (Continued from page 1) three residential colleges and various no college departments with faculty on their staffs), low with 19 assistant professors averaging $12,853. Instructors, 10-month: Social science, high with 14 instructors averaging $10,282; separately organized departments, low with 40' instructors averaging $8,676. Instructors, 12-month: Education, high with 11 instructors averaging $11,885; social science, low with six instructors averaging $10,554. (No data was shown for subgroups with fewer than four members.) for 401 early fall · 1969 was as listed in the follOwing table: basis; $11,366 assistant professors on a 100month basis; $13,554 for 169 assistant professors on a for 189 12-month basis; $9,246 instructors on a 100month basis; and instructors on a $11 ,216 12-month basis. for 78 High and low colleges were: Professors, 100month basis: Business, high with 47 professors averaging $19,165; University College, low with 56 professors averaging $15,934. Professors, 12-month basis: Business, high with nine professors averaging $23,303; home economics, low with 11 professors averaging $18,761. Associate professors, 100month: associate Business, high with 13 professors averaging $14,600; arts and letters, low with 69 associate professors averaging $12,426. Associate professors, 12-month: Engineering, high with four associate professors averaging $18,087; home economics, low with eight associate professors averaging $15,144. Assistant professors, 100month: Business, high with 21 assistant professors averaging $13,109; arts and letters, low with 74 assistant professors averaging $10,801. Assistan t professors, 12-month: Education, high with 16 assistant professors averaging $13,992; separately organized departments (including the Other questions. became evident Frequency distribution of salaries for