PULLOUT SECTION INSIDE: TV LISTINGS FOR THE WEEK JUNE 29-JULY 5, 1997 THE DETROITEtW VOL. 2 NO. 33 75 CENTS S unday To u r n a l CONTINUING THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE AND CONTRACTS ©TDSJ SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE DIA group A c t io n! M o to w n M e m o r ie s faces audit City official questions Founders So By Paige St. John But in the 1970s, when a Journal Staff Writer financial crisis nearly crippled Detroit’s chief financial watch­ the DIA, the society began tak­ dog has ordered a special audit ing a more aggressive role in its of the nonprofit group that is try­operations. Currently it raises ing to gain control of the Detroitthe lion’s share of the DIA’s Institute of Arts. annual $34-million budget, is The audit comes in the midst responsible for all fund-raising, of a controversial push by Mayoroversees millions of dollars in Dennis Archer to remove the cityendowments and runs such aux­ from daily operation of the pub­iliary departments as its gift lic museum. shop and its photography Auditor general Joseph Harris department. said last week he is struck by the The city, meanwhile, has final absence of independent informa­say over the budget and policy tion on the Founders Society’sdecisions. About half of the claim that the DIA cannot sur­museum’s employees, including vive unless the Society is given thea director, curators, guards 20-year contract to run theand janitors, work for the city. museum as it sees fit. Critics of privatization say it’s “We still haven’t answered the a matter of accountability, that basic question,” Harris said. the museum would be removed “What is it you (the society)from public control for too long. expect to do later that you can’tSupporters say it’s the only way do now?” to be sure the museum survives. Although founded by a private In March the Detroit City group that grew into theCouncil voted 6-3 against grant­ Founders Society, the DIA hasing the Founders Society a con­ Journal photo by PATRICIA BECK been owned and operated by thetract to run the museum. But Locked-out workers took a special guest to the June 21 rally - DN labor relations boss city of Detroit since 1919.^ The two weeks ago, amid heavy lob­ Tim Kelleher’s head on a platter, surrounded by “Vega bucks” and the Journal’s special Founders Society’s main func­bying from the mayor’s office and wraparound on the best news of the weekend. More photos and stories are in an eight-page tion'was to help raise money todire threats of cutting off dona- commemorative section that begins after Page 18. purchase art. See DIA, Page 9 INSIDE Classifieds Page 29 CITY & STATE ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS Between the Lines Page 14 Former reporter Actor Peter Fonda Just which hat Mary Walton seems to have come is it that Scotty Crossword Page 30 delves into the to peace with his Bowman wants Editorials Page 12 secret world of late famous father to wear? Paul Going Out Page 25 auto design in a in “Ulee’s Gold.” Harris wonders. Horoscope Page 25 new book.P age 4. P age 23. P age 36. 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