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...Fleming may have good intentions," their statement read, "but he is in no position to give advice on discrimination against women considering his poor record of cooperating with HEW in the past and his failure to implement the imposed guidelines...
Last spring Michigan was one of the first universities investigated by HEW for discriminatory hiring practices. While HEW threatened Michigan with the loss of government contracts if it did not submit an affirmative action plan for minority hiring. Fleming circulated a letter among other college presidents denouncing the HEW demands as unreasonable, according to the Michigan Daily...
Fleming commented yesterday in an interview with the Michigan Daily that he thought the charges of failure to implement the plan were unjust. "We talked with HEW some months ago and erased a few questions that had been left standing, but as far as we know there is no further problem," he said...
Suspicion in HEW...
...Maybe it's just that we don't really know enough about the committee to see what heinous things they are going to do." Parker said, "but I think Michigan women may be underestimating the suspiciousness of HEW when they conclude that there will be collusion between the presidents and HEW officials...