ur fai 4 an 34.4y Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNITESITY OF MICI1-GAN UNDER AUTHORIT"Y OF BOARD" IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS -..,.:.x.{'r: }i.:..4...ri.. . . . . . . . . . ..:.". ..Y. ..:...r. . . . .... .... The Fourth Branch Help Wanted on Pennsylvania Avenue ..r By Ran Klempner -r .... t~r:.".vEr::: v: ". rv ". a.".^."r: av.^."."vv::" r."::::::,v:: va.:":r""::"v."rr v: "","" """"".. F ,v - '' Where Opinions Are Free, 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MICH. Truth Will Prevail NEWS PHONE: 764,-0552 I- Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1968 NIGHT EDITOR: PAT O'DONOHUE The Waiting Game Brings Success to the Boycott STUDENT UNITY and stamina are two necessary factors if the Student Hous- ing Association and Student Rental Un- ion are going to be successful in their drive for acceptance ;of the University's eight-month lease. This movement must be supported by a predominate portion of the students. A handful of students who refuse to sign anything except a University lease will not make a great deal of difference to Ann Arbor landlords. A massive boycott will. The question of an eight-month lease is one which concerns every student who rents in Ann Arbor. Its implementation would remove the bothersome and costly burden of summer subletting, and in the long run could lower rents. Acceptance of an eight-month lease generally means acceptance of a monthly rent increase. This, however, is usually not more than the rent lost in subletting an apartment for the summer. ANN ARBOR landlords are hardly oper- ating on a marginal profit. Rents here are among the highest in the nation- some indexes place Ann Arbor as the second highest. In the past it was easy for the land- lord to earn a lucrative return, well above the national average, since stu- dents were a captive market, and the, supply of apartments was well below the demand. The tables have turned, how- ever, because the Investors have over- built, there are now more apartments available than are needed. THF STUDENTS are now in a position to take action that will benefit their housing interests. Students must be will- ing to man picket lines and refrain from signing leases for w e e k s, possibly months: when the novelty wears off, drudgery will replace gaity on the picket tine; anxiety will replace boldness on the boycott. Landlords are waiting for stu- dents to buckle under the strain of these conditions. Officials at Apartments Limited have met tne students' early efforts with scorn. Apartment owners are not going to change their entire outlook at the sight of a few picket signs, and they will con- tinue to view boycott efforts with scorn until they begin to feel a pinch in busi- ness. However, it will take time before this pinch is felt, and students must commit themselves to a long fight, one which could carry through the summer into next fall. (In fact, if the renting trends of this winter semester are any indication, students who wait until the end cf the summer to rent will probably land worthwhile bargains.) TO LAST THROUGH the testing period and beat the landlords, the entire 'off-campus' student body mustb and to- gether and show their determination. Numbers and stamina can beat the land- lords in a market favorable to students. -ROB BEATTIE THESE LAST MONTHS have proven troubled ones for President Johnson. Countless times he has been awakened in the middle of the night with word of a crisis erupting somewhere around the world. But these aren't his only problems. Like many em- ployers, the President is having labor troubles with some of his top personnel. Just recently he has received the resignations of such respected and hard working em- ployes as Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare John Gard- ner, and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Ad- visers, Gardner Ackley. Furthermore, it has been rumored that Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler, and the Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall are also con- templating their resignation. At one point in his frantic search to replace these men, the President went so far as to place messages in the "help Wanted" sections of the nation's leading news- papers, but because of its length, The Daily never had sufficient space to print it. So if anyone is looking for a non-military position in our nation's capitol, here's the ad: HELP WANTED A large eastern agency is now recruiting for positions in a growing organization with a bright future. If you enjoy the excitement of last minute decisions, the action at all-day cocktail parties, and the fanfare of being included in a Drew Pearson column, then a Washington job is for you! The qualifications are easy to meet: -All applicants must have a college degree. We will even accept candidates with teaching certificates (some of our highest personnel have such degrees). -Must be able to discuss high level decisions while standing and eating bar-b-qued spare ribs (Official etiquette not required). -Need an extensive working vocabulary, and fully understand such terms and phrases as "Yes," "Yes sir," "Yes your excellency," "excellent decision, chief," and "Get those radicals off the lawn!" -Be able to speak to Congressional committees, picketers, and students, while all the time replying -to criticism with the phrases: "We are acting in America's national interest. "We must preserve the American dream," and "God save the President." -Must be able to speak to journalists and say such things as, "We are acting in America's national interest." -In your sleep must be able to "Preserve your Amer- ican dream." -Must be an excellent horseman, but unable to dis- mount in mid-stream. -We discourage applicants from having any present affiliation with such subversive organizations as the Ku Klux Klan, the John Birch Society, the Minutemen, or the Minnesota Democratic Party. -Previous government experience unnecessary: Will give on-the-job training, although some experience with government organizations such as the FBI or NSA is desirable. THE RESPONSIBILITIES will prove an exciting chal- lenge: -You will be given control of a large and diversified agency, with complete power to classify material and re- search at whim. -Willingness to be considered underpaid, but refrain from accepting the usual Christmas gifts such as stereos and free love from Washington lobbyists. -Hold an intelligible conversation with Everett McKin- ley Dirksen on the status of the marigold as the inunici- pal flower of Pasadena. -Talk to the boss about your personal life in most fam- iliar situations, and as a captive audience in the White House john THE BENEFITS, HOWEVER, will prove to be well worth your while' -Although there is little peace and security, your position will provide an invaluable experience in our governmental operations-experience that can be useful in future jobs. Our past employees have often gone on to high prestige positions in the field of business and ed- ucation, and the most reputable publishing houses de- mand thei memoirs -Give you a chance to travel and see Aierica, first! (Sorry, but we are temporarily curtailing our overseas travel; however, you may soon get to see such overseas sights as Hanoi, Pyongpong, and eventually Paris. -Meet and see all the big Washington celebrities who you have read and heard about all your life. Get to chat with such effervescent personalities as J. Edgar Hoover, General Hershey, Wilbur Mills, and Ertha Kitt. Besides, you will have that good feeling deep in your :ieart of doing something for your country in a draft- deferrable position. -In OUR organization you will be not just another cog in the wheel, as they say, but an important 'yes' man. For further information write: Great Society of America, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 00000. Letters. Taxi Squad Instead of -Bursley Bus To the Editor: AS ONE NOT directly involved in the bus problem of the Bursley students, I can not help observing, nevertheless, the paral- lel between their problems and those faced by bus riders in many communities across the country. Public transportation systems al- ways face the dilemma of how to provide continual service in off- peak hours without raising opera- ting costs prohibitively. Usually this is resolved by removing the service altogether and permitting the bus patron to ride taxicabs- at his own expense. I am lacking the necessary data on both the operating costs of the University bus service and the ex- pected traffic volume of students during early morning hours, but from these data it should be pos- sible to develop a rather simple and obvious solution, that is, to provide taxi service at University expense during those hours in which bus service is too costly. This can make the simple form of permitting the student a free choice of taxi from any point in the area to Bursley Hall and reim- bursing him about $1.25 for each such ride, this representing the estimated taxi fare from the Den- tal Building to Bursley Hall. Though a novel plan, it might provide the necessary service at less overall cost to the University. -Ben Z. Rubin Tonkin To the Editor: IN PUBLISHING Navy Lieutenant John W. White's letter, Dec. 6, 1967, reporting the statement of the Sonarman on the Maddox that neither his destroyer nor the Tur- ner Joy was attacked in the Tonk- in Gulf, Aug. 4, 1964, as charged by the Johnson Administration, the Connecticut New Haven Re- gister rendered its readers and many others a signal service. (See I. F. Stone's Weekly, Dec. 18, 1967) . A reporter of the now defunct N.Y. Herald-Tribune reported a few days after the alleged Tonkin Gulf incident that he could get no con- firmation of the attack and that the Pentagon people "seemed an- xious to forget the whole matter." In the November issue of Esquire Magazine, 1965, Tom Wicker of the N.Y. Times also reported that Mr. Johnson had been carrying the Tonkin Gulf Resolution-now the Johnson "legal" basis for bombing North Vietnam-around in his pocket for weeks awaiting for a suitable opportunity to spring it. I stated at the time that the "attack" was most unlikely (Ashe- ville Citizen of North Carolina, Aug. 6, 1964). I also stated at the time that if any attack too place at all, it must have been made by the forces of either the Saigon Juisling General Khanh, or the U.S. stooge Chiang-Kai-shek. Each of these Quislings quite naturally had personal reasons for extending the war to North Vietnam, or even further, for neither could achieve his purposes short of the massive involvement of U.S. military forces in Asia. THE MOST IMPROBABLE of all events, obviously, was an at- tack by the tiny North Vietnam Navy upon the mighty U.S. Navy. The Ho Chi Minh government im- mediately denied the charge and stated that no North Vietnam ship was in that area. The precipitate action of Mr. Johnson suggests the doubtful character of the charge. Otherwise a prudent man would have made a careful investigation of the report before making the charge. And if this investigation warranted the charge, the Presi- dent, in compliance with his oath of office, should have submitted the evidence to the United Nations for necessary action. This was the time to have submitted the issue to the United Nations. It is now too late. The failure of the President to follow this course clearly demon- strated his contempt for U.S. treaty obligations under the United Nations Charter. It also brands him before the American people and the world as a dangerous and reckless operator. The entire rec- ord of his Vietnam war confirms this view. The most probable result of this madness is the disaster of World War III, and possibly Journey's End for Man. -Hugh B. Hester, Brigadier General U. S. Army (Ret.) Committee Work To the Editor: I WISH to correct one point ap- pearing in Mr. Hirshman's otherwise excellent (Jan. 24) ar- ticle. The standing committee I chair, the Student Affairs Com- mitee on Student Records and Their Use, was initially constituted and remains advisory to Vice-Pres- ident Cutler. At no time did the Committee presume to formulate a statement on disclosure with University-wide application, but rather sought only to reach con- sensuson the matter within the framework of Student Affairs. I am currently undertaking to assemble a special subcommittee comprised of administration, fac- ulty and students to review the Committee's report of last April. My understanding is our work goes forward on an interim basis; and, further, whatever we accom- plish this year by way of a re- vised statement will be superseded at such time as a like one emerges representing an all-University poseture or stance. I should not want anyone to think Neil Hollenshead, Roger Leed and I, acting last year as a draft subcommittee, arrogated to ourselves so ambitious a task of writing policy for the whole Uni- versity. -James M. Lawler Assistant Director of Student Affairs 4 Dragging Down Autonomy HE REGENTS' DECISION to appeal the unfavorable circuit court decision on Public Act 379 has raised a new series of charges and justifications. The newest of these-the relation of PA 379, the labor relations act amendment, to PA 124, theconstruction law-must be con- sidered in light of the older arguments. The Regents said recently that they do not oppose unionization, but rather the infringement on autonomy that the state act entails. If this is the case, the University could show it by a more amenable attitude to the unions that did attempt to organize on campus. The er- rors the administration made were errors of ommission, not commission. They could have-in what might be called a "good faith offering"-sped up the process of preparing for unionization. This would have proven their avowed willingness to accept unions, and they could then have argued the case independently. They failed to act in time, leaving themselves exposed to a darkened record of labor relations-created by employe dissatis- faction with an unduly long wait for litigation to be completed. lri addition, the question of unioniza- tion or not is now a dead one, despite, not because of, Regental action. Unions are here to stay, independent of whether the appeal is denied or not, because of their strength on campus, not state law. For the University to attempt to elimi- nate unions after they are established would create rather unpleasant results. Thus the University has behind it an unimpressive and confused record on PA 379. THE STANDARD argument for autono- my - Regental control of University, affairs independent of the state - ap- pears weak in the PA 379 case. A paper by Vice-President for Academic Affairs Allan F. Smith, then Law School Dean, entitled "Constitutional Status of the University of Michigan," gives a brief history of legislative attempts to control University actions. Not a single case cited in the history of University-Legislature conflict over Uni- versity autonomy involves any state law other than appropriations aimed specifi- cally at the University. The cases typi- cally were instances where the Legisla- ture or Auditor General attempted to re- strict some specific action of the Univer- sity - in one case by ordering an aca- demic change, but usually by limiting some expenditure by the University. To extend this principle -- protecting the University from specific acts of the Legislature aimed 'at restricting the Uni- versity-- to give the University independ- ence from as tate law seems an over-ex- tension of autonomy. PA 379 IS NOT wihin the trend of autonomy rulings. To tie further au- tonomy fights to this one may doom the others, or at least do them serious harm. President Fleming, an experienced labor mediator. is opposed to appeal of the law. In his judgment the appeal faces almost certain defeat, and so the question is which way will the University look worse: if it drops the appeal now but continues on PA 124, or if it takes PA 379 to the Supreme Court and loses? 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