0 VIET CONG UPRISING SPELLS LBJ DISASTER See Editorial Page :Y L Lie itgan iA COLDER High-32 Low-s20 Cloudy and snow flurries Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVIII, No. 107 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1968 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES CUTS CERTAIN: SRC Asks LSA Enrollment Recruiting Savage Fighting Continues Under Review By RON LANDSMAN Vice-President for Academic Affairs Allan F. Smith is scheduled to meet with the executive committee of the liter- ary college this morning to iron out differences over the" projected cuts in enrollment of new students in the college next fall. At its December meeting the literary college approved its admissions committee's report recommending 180 fewer stu- dents be admitted to the college next fall than were admitted for the current academic year. At a January 30 meeting the University vice-presidents decided that the reduction should be only 90. The literary college faculty recommendation specified' that 90 fewer freshmen and 90 fewer transfer students be accepted than were accepted Aid to Draft Protesters Splits ACLU From Wire Service Reports NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union has split openly with four of its largestj affiliates in deciding not to, de- fend persons who refuse to regis- ter for military service in protest against the Vietnam war or the draft. In a related development, it was learned Thursday the national; board voted 11 to 4 on Jan. 12, not to involve itself in the casej of Dr. Benjamin Spock, the pedia- trician and author, who is one of five defendants under federal indictment in Boston for hinder- ing administration of the draft law. The union said Thursday in a; formal statement on civil dis- obedience, "We have assumed thatk the laws are constitutional, re- gardless of how unwise or unjust they may be from the viewpoint of the individual who violates them Four of the union's affiliates - the Civil Liberties Unions of New, York, Southern California, Massa- chusetts, and New Jersey - do not consider the draft laws con- stitutional and have offered to defend persons challenging them. The Massachusetts Civil Liber- ties Union is aiding Michael Fer- ber one of the five defendants in- dicted with Spock in Boston. Disagreements between the Lib- erties union and its 42 affiliates are not unusual, but in this case there is considerable embarrass- ment and even bitterness. The: union has been under intense pressure to come to the aid of op- ponents of the draft and the Vietnam war. However, Alan Reitnan, the union's associate director, said" the union would continue to de- fend individuals in some trials in- volving the draft laws. These, he said, would include draft-card burnings - on grounds of free speech - and refusal of military, duty on grounds of personal con-r scientious objection to service in a particular war. Different terms toward the draft were applied by the New York Civil Liberties Union in a policyt statement adopted last Dec. 19. "Military conscription is alwayst a severe deprivation of civil liber- ties," the New York statement said. "Consequently it is our positiont that military conscription as a means of raising an army is un- constitutional in the absence of a showing by the government of a national emergency and a lackt of alternative means."< in Fall, 1967. This would leave 2880 freshmen and 585 trans- fers. The vice-presidents' suggestion stated that the same number ofk freshmen and 90 fewer transferj students be accepted. That would be 2970 freshmen and the same number of transfers as the fac- ulty asked. The disagreement stems from the current excess in the num- ber of students in the college. The college was operating until this year under the so-called "Leveque Plan," named after its author, now mathematics depart- ment chairman William Leveque. This four-year plan allowed for a one-third increase in the size of the literary college, working under the assumption that there would be a commensurate in- crease in space and staff. The necessary increase in space was not forthcoming, although staff size kept pace until this year. Another problem is that the third full trimester has not at- tracted as- many students as! Beginning Monday North Campus bus service will be more frequent on Saturday and Sunday, and will run later in the evening seven days a week.4 The present half-hour serv- ice on Sunday is being in- creased to 15-minute serviceI between 12 noon and 10 p.m. On Saturday, buses will pro- vide 15-minute service all day. Late evening service is also being extended. The last bus to North Campus from North University will leave at 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday morn- ings, and at 2:15 a.m. Monday through Friday. Buses will run every half hour from 12:45 to 2:15 a.m. on weekdays and from 1 to 3 aAn. on Friday and Saturday. hoped, thus increasing the load during the regular academic year. Shaw pointed out that the 1967 freshman quota was exceeded, al- though the over-all quota for the college is correct. This has made the student body "bottom-heavy." "The current issue is," he said, "to what point do we return?" There is the further problem that the admissions office tends toE over- rather than under-estimate the number of students who will come to the University after being accepted according to one member of the college's admission commit- Ditscusslons Individual Agencies To Discuss Practices On Voluntary Basis By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN The Student Relations Com- mittee of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) yesterday recommended the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational information invite companiesnor agencies planning to recruit students on campus to voluntarily participate in open forum discussions. This experimental program was suggested in response to propo- sals by Student Government Council. Graduate Assembly and Voice-SDS that recruiting organ- izations be required to provide a spokesman for open forums where student interest warrants them-. Under the experimental pro- gram participation by recruiting organizations would be voluntary. Abolish Bylaws SRC also recommended that section 8.06 of the Regents' by- laws, which sets the basis for University regulation of student vehicles, be abolished. This action follows a similar move by+SACUA earlier this week. SRC suggested the University should work with the city 'of Ann Arbor "to help provide solutions to the traffic, parking and trans- portation problem." The SACUA motion was passed on the as- sumption the University would assume no responsibility for pro- viding space for student parking. Speaking to the committee be- fore the passage of the resolution, on recruiting, Evart W. Ardis, di- rector of the Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Infor- mation, indicated most organiza- tions would probably be receptive to the public forum idea. Dow Chemical Co. "I have assurances from Dow Chemical Co. that they would be more than glad to do this," Ardis said. "They consider it a privi- lege to come here and interview our students and alumni." A move to make the policy compulsory was considered but faced stiff opposition from sever- al committee members. "I don't like coercing anybody to do anything," said Prof. Loren Barritt, of the education school. "I see this as a move to cut off certain recruiters from the Uni- versity." "We would only be punishing the students who wanted to speake with these recruiters," said Prof. Howard Cameron of the classics department.r 'No Real Need' One committee member sug- gested there was no real need for' public forums. "A few of the in- terviewers will draw a fair num- ber of people the first time," said Prof. George West of the engi- neering school, "but after a while interest will fade out." Ardis said that if a policy re- quiring the participation of re- cruiting organizations in a pub- lic forum were accepted it would have to be done within the next two months because interviewingr schedules are presently beingr made up for next year. SGC President Bruce Kahn, '68,a voted for the final resolution but In Key *VC Casualty Totals Climb over 12,000 SAIGON (T) _- Widespread, savage fighting raged into the fifth day in key South Vietnamese cities today. The U.S Command reported 12,704 North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong nad been killed since Monday evening in allied counter4 ttacks that were said to be crushing the biggest Comunist offensive of the war. Fresh fighting broke out in parts of Saigon and masses of civilians were reported fleeing a battle in a northern suburb of the capital. At Hue, the cid imperal capital far to the north, South Vietnamese forces reported capturing an airfield inside the city's walled citadel. The Communists launched heavy ground assaults on at least six provincial capita's and district towns in the rice growing Mekong Delta below Saigon aid in the provinces just north of the .city. Enemy gunners hit the U.S. air base at Da Nang with 40 rocket rounds. Damage to the base and its planes was re- g1 ujfj.1 ported light. It was the third ; attack on the base in the last five days. SeeKS More The U.S. Command said enemy fighters were killed at a rate ofrT 124 plus per hour during the 102 hour period from 6 p.m. last Mon- day through Friday midnight, making the total 12,704. Allied SEOUL (P)-The South Korean forces also reported they detained government hak formally asked 3,576 enemy suspects. the United States for additional A total 983 allied troops were American troops to help guard killed in the 102 hour period, in- against 'a possible invasion by cluding 318 Americans and 661 North Korean forces, government South Vietnamese. Allied wounded sources said yesterday. totaled 3,483, of whom 1,639 were The sources said the Seoul gov- Americans and 1,792 South Viet- erment is also seeking military namese.'support including troops, from the Viet Cong 'Broken' 15 other Korean War allies. While the Communists held There have been reports from aparts of several cities and towns Washington that President John- across the country, President Ngu- son was considering a call up of yen Van Thieu declared: "The ground force reservists to reinforce back of the Viet Cong attack has the 50,000 U.S. troops now sta- been broken. We can consider they tioned in South Korea. have been totally defeated." North Korean craft'captured the Thieu and U.S. Ambassador U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo Jan. Ellsworth Bunker appeared on 23. A North Korean commando television yesterday to tell the platoon was detected after it had people that the guerrillas aid infiltrated Seoul with a mission their North Vietnamese allies to assassinate President Chung were being beaten with unprece- Hee Park. dented losses. The sources said the Korean A battalion of South Viet.iamese request for additional U.S. troops Rangers was reported moved into was made under the iutual de- Saigon to reinforce security units. fense pact between the two coun- Heavy Contact tries. The U.S. Command reported They said the number of Amer- heavy contact with the Viet Cong ican troops requested was not So. Vietnam Cities -Associated Press THIS MARINL BATALLION was forced to retreat as it attempted a crossing over the Perfume River at Vietnam's ancient capitol of Hue. A combined force of North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong forced this American contingent back across the other side in just one of the many forays since the intensificatior of military activity in South Vietnam's urban areas UNCLEAR TERMINOLOGY: 'Ehoha -on Leases Fail To Bind Landlords By JOHN GRAY Daily News Analysis Although Student Housing As- sociation is attempting to force' Apartments Limited and other Ann Arbor realtors into accepting what they term the University's "eight-month lease;" the Univer- sity actually does not print an eight-month lease. What it does print is a "Stu- dent Rental Agreement" which may be used for any term rang- ing from one day to one year. The lease, revised extensively this year by the Off-Campus Advisory Committee on Housing' is known as an eight-month leaseG because of some unique phrasing' in the section describing term and, rent. The section is divided into three' parts. Part A is an agreement to rent for a period not greater than eight months, B is an agreement' to rent for a period not greater than four months and C gives the amount of the rent. This means that if the land- lord and the student signing the lease want to rent for a twelve- month period they must complete versity lease. If they agaree to rent for only eight months only part A should be filled out. Most,' if not all, pi'vate leases may be used .to rent for an eight- month period if both parties agree. No lease can be used for an eight-month period without both parties' consent. SHA's aim in asking students to "wait for an eight-month lease" is not necessarily to force landlords to use the "Studen:t Rental Agreement" but rather to have them offer theic apartments on an eight-month basis with a Housing Bureau and the E tee. said earlier that requiring public Gayle C. Wilson, executive asso- meetings with some recruiters ciate director of the admissions of- would be "implicit recognition of fice, said, they expect 70 per cent the fact that there are certain or- of those offered positions to ac- ganizations which have policies cept. which some consider immoral." AWAIT PREDICTED 'CHAOS': Grad Schools Brace for Draft Call-Ups Student parts A and B on the new Uni- minimal rent increase. 'about daybreak today in the Gia Some Increase Necessary Dinh area on the northern edge Student leaders recognize that of Saigon. It said the enemy was eaitors U se some rent increase is necessar blocked by a South Vietnamese if any eight-month lease is to be force on the southwest. used in Ann Arbor. Renting on The Viet Cong were said to be an eight-month basis will force trying 'to escape past the South in tli Iieases the landlords to attemot to rent Vietnamese troops, some of them their apartments twice as ofiesi See INTENSE, page 2 private leases while' Huron Man- as they do now and would double Arbor's agement, University Towers, Ma- cleaning costs. Apartments are Is have dison Management, Huron Valley cleaned by the landlord wqcn- lousing Real Estate, and others are using ever an apartment is leased, but force the University lease, although on not when it is sublEsed. y's new various conditions. Although BHA contends land- m a n y Huron Management and Howard lcrus are "gouging" their tenants, reed to Hirth, for instance, have used the they don't fee: it would be tac- eight-nonth option on University tically wise to try to force them Tharter leases in the past, and contiue to use eight-month leases and 'tments to raise monthly rents about 20 lower their profits at the saio A AND it con- per cent for eight-month terms. uime. to sign University Towers The "Student Rental Agreement University Towers has used the is a model lease," according to University's lease on an eight- William Steude, director of stu- month basis since July. dent-community relations. It pro- Madison Management, Herbert vides more protection for the stu- k Wickersham and Huron Valley dent than most private leases and Real Estate are using the Uni- specifically charges the University C versity lease's eight-month option to "act as a mediator in any dis- . for the first time, and all have pute that may arise between the at this hiked rents about 25 per cent. parties." will ; Shipman Associates also say they The student protection under the and I will raise rents by one-quarter, but University lease is most important Li;h'tne to use their own ra- inthe reastoidamag deposits met h n the Universy eigh- and withdrawal. daag epsit e Ymg epstlnierit' mnth" lease. The Un......t..sdamagedeposi en In addition, said SHA chairman clause requs itemizaiond oall fu" Michael Koeneke, '68 B Ad "quite charges against the deposit be : a few small landlords" are taking made by the landlord, and that :: here is the University lease. the unused portion refunded to the of the Uncertainty student within 20 days of the ill have "The small landlords are taking lease's expiration. will do the lease because they've got to Itemized Damage Costs >t clear protect themselves," said Koeneke. The lease currently used by He said he thought the main rea- Apartments Limited specifies only son they raise rents as much as that itemizd costs of damages be 25 per cent for eight-month terms given to students and allows 30 of the is "they're very uncertain - it's days of repayment. Many student 9nran In a thing- they've never done before. ..,,,.M t known. It has been reported from Washington that the United States might send two Army divisions to Korea. In related developments, Presi- dent Johnson reported yesterday that a second Panmunjom appeal to North Korea was unsuccessful in winning return of the Pueblo. WASHINGTON (CPS) - Last the final decision on both ques- fall, education officials were say- tions concerning the draft, if any ing that chaos would result if decisions are made.)j President Johnson didn't act to Graduate school deans have been clear up the uncertainties in the predicting that their incoming draft situation by the first of this classes next fall would be made up year. primarily of veterans and women, The first has come and gone, since they assumed most grad-a the White House is still silent on uating male seniors would beI the draft, and graduate schools drafted. This prediction may turnl and potential grad students are out to be true, but at this point seeing the first signs of the chaos there's no way of knowing, because that was predicted. the President hasn't yet said who There are two major questions he's going to draft. that still must be decided regard- Therefore, g r a d u a t e schools ing the draft: the first is, how are which are beginning to make deci- the actual draftees to be selected sions on applicants can't tell fr,- t +he nnn f draft.pelig-ih _ . . . - 2 , a ,_ ucation officials with close con tacts in government predicted ac- tion by the President before Christmas, and nothing came of it There are, however, a few observa- tions that can be made. It appears that the President (or, in this case, the President and other members of the National Security Council) will not grant deferments to all grad students in the natural sciences, math and engineering. Government Committee A special government commt tee set up to study the defermen' question last year recommende( Am~ia C ',rnrep o~n Edl