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Show u Fletcher requests funds for U, Medical Center President Fletcher maintained that the shortage of funds presently pres-ently plaguing the University is giving it a cheap graduate school and an undergraduate program faculty which consists mainly of teachers' assistants. "A large part of the radical movement at the University comes from this area," said president presi-dent Fletcher. BY LYNNE HOLLSTEEM News Editor Requests for more state appropriated appro-priated funds for the University and for its Medical School were made Friday to the State Board of Higher Education by President James C. Fletcher and Dr. Franklin Frank-lin G. Ebaugh, dean of the College of Medicine. President Fletcher asked that the state appropriate $28,269,038 to the University for the 1971-72 school year- an increase of $6,700,038 over the current allocations. al-locations. An appropriation of $200,000 for next year was requested by Dr. Ebaugh to aid the University Medical School. He added that the University consistantly receives less in annual funds than the state average, and expressed concern that insufficient insuffici-ent funds cause loss of University personnel to schools with better facilities. Dr. Ebaugh outlined the need to raise the salaries in order to remain "reasonably near" to the salaries paid by other local hospitals. hospi-tals. "There has been ferment and activity on the house staff lately," he said. "If salaries aren't raised we'll lose out on (lie quality of our residents." The final budget recommendations recommen-dations will be made to the State Board on Tuesday. The recommendation recom-mendation will then be considered by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton in his budget message to the 1971 Legislature. |