'U' FINANCIAL ILLS: DOLLAR POWER See editorial page Chr 131tr43UU AOF :43 a t t4p WINDY, COLDER High-1.7 Low--0 Variably cloudy, chance of snow flurries Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVIII, No. 120 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1968 SEVEN CENTS FIGHT PAGE U DISAPPROVAL 'UNANIMOUS': 51 Tenants End of Grad Deferments Petition for, Rent Strike To Cause Little Change Residents Charge A ~d L i .L IIIt d Vietcong Shell Cities In' Second Offensive By RON LANDSMAN Gen. Lewis B. Hershey's decision Friday to end deferments for all graduate students except those inj divinity and medical studies, while meeting almost unanimous disap- proval from University commun- ity members, will probably not have a great short-range effect on the graduate school. Assistant Dean Byron Groes- beok, who is in charge of admis- sions, pointed out that only one- sixth of the graduate student body is eligible for the draft, "far less than in many of the eastern schools, like Harvard, where stu- dents are all male." However the school is faced with one problem-whether to try to fill the enrollment gap cre- sent "no change in policy. We ated by male graduate students were hoping it would change, and who are called up. This becomes it should be changed, but now it a major question in view of the will require legislative action." effect two years hence - when University President Robben W. drafted students begin returning. Fleming said he was "frankly sur- "If enough students are taken now prised at Gen. Hershey's decision." to fill the gaps, there may be He said there was great hope it over-crowding when they return," would be ruled otherwise. He re- Groesbeck said. ferred specifically to recent com- Most Likely Decision mittee reports from Congress "The most likely decision will which would have maintained the be to admit students for masters deferments. Wiartments S ter With Poor Service I work, which will only take two years, but not to change our policy for Ph.D. work, which would take longer.' Vice-President for Academic Af- fairs Allan F. Smith pointed outI that this decision would repre- 'Unfortunate Decision' Fleming added, "It is an un- fortunate decision. There really can't be an equitable system to conduct the draft, but this new system really ignores the educa- tional needs of the country." G e o r g e Sabadash. executive vice-president of Graduate Assem- bly, warned of two possible ef- fects of Hershey's decision. He said undergraduate students may lose many teaching fellows, and graduate school enrollment may suffer a general "chilling effect' where many male students won't even bother to apply. Groesbeck disagreed with Saba- dash's view somewhat. He said that with only one-sixth of the: graduates being eligible for the draft, it "shouldn't be too diffi- cult" to make up the loss of teaching fellows with women and men who are not eligible or who have completed their military service. Source of Anxiety He noted that they had no figures as of yet to determine whether a disproportionate num-I ber of teaching fellows were elig- ible for the draft. "In any event." he added, "it is a source of anxiety for the faculty." Groesbeck agreed that Her- shey's decision would have a "chilling effect" on enrollment.: "Graduate students will just have to get used to carrying a 1-A in their pocket," hecsaid. President Fleming pointed out that Hershey acted on the advice of the National Security Council1 (NSC) in announcing his deci-I sion. "I wonder whether he really had the blessings of the White House," Fleming said. "This m'ay not be the final word." Sound Reasons Groesbeck said, "There must be sound reasons for what the NSC did. It seems to me they wouldn'tI have done something so harsh to the graduate schools unless the" international situation was very serious." By ROB BEATTIE . Fifty-one tenants of five apart- ment buildings managed by Apartments Limited have signed a petition agreeing to participate in a rent strike. The strike is in pro- test of insufficient maintenance in4 the buildings, which are located on Brown Street. The tenants plan to deposit their rent with the Off-Campus Housing Bureau on Monday. They will ask that it be held there until Apartments Limited responds to their complaints and does some- thing to correct the maintenance problems. The signatures were gathered by} Mark Goldstein, '69, one of the. tenants of the five buildings in- volved. Goldstein contacted over 70 of the 90 tenants in the build- ing to gather signatures.> 'Little Complaints' "The problems here are not major," Goldstein commented. "No walls are collapsing. But almost, everyone has little complaints which add up. Lack of garbageI pick-up, lack of snow removal, falling plaster, leaks, problems with heat and hot water and many other little things have been both- ering people. "The general maintenance is terrible," he continued. "Com- plaints are not taken care of for months. There is a definite lack of communication between the ten- ants and Apartments Limited. They are just not responsible land- IN A VIET lords." minute barra Goldstein said he hoped re- ever one rou sponse to the rent strike would be defends a re similar to that which followed a d recent strike at onie of Apartments attempting t Limited's building's on Hill Street. - - Many of the complaints of the tenants in the Hill Street unit VANDE were taken care of shortly after the rent strike began on Feb. 6. Not All Students "The tenants here are not all students," Goldstein pointed out. "And almost everyone is dissatis- fied. A good number of us are in- C a l dignant about the conditions here and almost no one is considering renting from Apartments Limited Michigan S again." Treasurer and Mark' Schreiber, '69, chairman Business and of the Student Rental Union said, May is taking "This is just the first of many ac- batical leave tions which are going to be taken and reports i to obtain better housing." Schrei- News indicate ber is assisting Goldstein in organ- final. izing the rent strike. Although the "We are sick and tired of land- sabbatical is lords charging exorbitant rents business man and failing consistantly to keep universities,"1 their units in good repair," he White (D-.Bay continued. "The people involved in leave "the beg this strike are determined to get out foiMay. a fair shake in the Ann Arbor "I don't th? apai'tment market." working for General Lack September," 'W "The fact that the tenants in- ing done to pi volved in this strike are not just the university, students points up the general lack Trustee C. SAIGON )--Cominunist shells hit Saigon and 30 other Soutl. Vietnamese cities and towns yesterday in coordinated second wave attacks that had been widely predicted to follow the Chinese lunar new yearoffensive. Dozens of isolated allied military outposts were among the targets. Saigon's big Tan Son Nhut air base, one of the world's busiest, was pounded for 15 minutes by 100 rounds of rockets and mortars. Slight damage to one runway was quickly repaired. An Air Force chapel was destroyed by a direct hit and six rounds hit part of the U.S. Command's "Pentagon East" headquarters. Gen.-William C. Westmoreland, chief of U.S. forces in Vietnam, was at the headquarters when the attack broke, but his building was { not hit. Casualty reports listed one U.S. air man killed and (0 wounded at the base. Enemy infantrymen also mount-." Km ed ground attacks to follow up rocket and mortar barrages but N . V ietnam they were said to be much less severe than those 19 days ago against 35 population centers. Phan Thiet, a coastal city 90 miles east of Saigon, appeared to D e be the hardest hit by the new at- -e a t tacks. Viet Cong assault troops were reported to have swarmed By The Associated Press into the city and freed 500 convicts North Vietnam has told UN Sec- from the municipal jail. retary General U Thant it is will- *The U.S. Command, 'shuffling ing to make military de-escalation througih hundreds .of reports on an item on the agenda of any actions from Hue to the tip of the opening peace talks with the Unit- Mekong Delta, listed American ed States, diplomatic sources said casualties as two dead, 137 wound- last night. ed. North Vietnamese represent- The bristling northern border atives informed Thant of that po- zone, where U.S. Marines are sition on his recent trip abroad, awaiting an expected North Viet- the informants said. Presumably namese offensive, was skipped in Thant will discuss it with Presi- -Associated Press yesterday's attacks, according to dent Johnson when he sees him in Lt Tan Son Nhut airbase, a 15-. first reports. Washington Wednesday. ortars caused light damage. How- In the northern city of Hue, the North Vietnam has said publicly nand headquarters. A U.S. Marine only place the enemy has held-31 that there will be talks when the Hue, which Viet Cong forces are out in force since the Jan. 30 United States "unconditionally" offensive, allied troops drew - stops bombing and other acts of noose tighter around Communist war against it held parts of the old Citadel. war Unst it The United States has said it I (;nS: The Communist returned to the would stop the bombing if talks ES N5: offensive in a previously recap- would follow promptly and North tured section of Hue, mounting Vietnam would riot increase in- o a mortar and rocket attack near filtration into South Vietnam. b a tica l !an old royal burying ground and North Vietnam's newly reported sinking a U.S. Navy landing craft willingness to discuss de-escalation in the Perfume River. is its closest known approach to Guerrilla mortarmen pumped 15 agreeing not to increase the in- h a se ' ut' rounds into municipal police head- filtration. quarters in the heart of Saigon, North Vietnamese who talked killing seven policemen and in- with Thant during his trip stuck flict of interest controversy last juring 20, a spokesman said. to their formal stand that cessa- November, resigned Feb. 5. uig20 Vandenberg declined to com- I The U.S. ambassador, 74-year- tion of bombing must be uncon- ment on the reason for his de- old Ellsworth Bunker, was spirited ditional. parture. tfrom his home in downtown Sai- In a related political develop- Vandunburg, biother-in-law of gon to a secret protected area ment, . Soviet Premier Alexei N. MSU President John Hannah, ha shortly after the first shells hit Kosygin recently told a Commu- been u ndsder investigation by, Tan Son Nhut. The same precau- nist party meeting it is "untrue" Kelley's office since Jan. 26. tions had been taken when guer- that North Vietnam is not ready A ruling is expected soon on rillas briefly seized the embassy for peace talks with the United Vandenburg's activities.1 grounds Jan. 31. States. m Pro bes Into Orangeburg Deaths Question Early Police Reports ..Daily-Thomas a. Copi INVESTIGATE FIRE R. J. Gainsley, the University's Chief of Security Services (left), and Fire Marshall Richard Williams sift the ashes for a clue to the origin of a fire which broke out last night in the offices of the University Activities Center in the Union. Batallion Chief Emerson Ehnis, whose men quickly brought the blaze ulider con- trol, maintains that the fire was "definitely set . .. it didn't start itself." Williams said that there would be further investigation. The fire damaged a wall, the ceiling and a tier of mailboxes. "COMPETING DEMANDS': CONG OFFENSE a age of rockets and mo id hit the U.S. Comm captured section ofl o regain. NBUJR( RI yS Sal leud 'P t a t e University'sj Vice-President for Finance Philip J. a five month sab- from that school,; n the MSU State his leave may be e purpose of May's given as "studying agement at other MfSU trustee Clair yCity). called the ;inning of a phase- iink May will be the univeisity in Vhite said. "It is be- uotect Hannah and he continued. Allen Harlan (D- Cuts in Federal Building Funds To Slow New 'U' Construction . Cutbacks in federal higher edu- cation construction funds will slow University expansion, ac- cording to John McKevitt, as- sistant to Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer Wilbur K. Pierpont. An $82 million reduction in con-j struction grants for colleges call- ed for in President Johnson's 1969! recommnded budget 'will hurt most major educational institu- tions. The cutback follows similar fund slashes made late last year. by Congress "The University will not be able to move ahead at the antici- pated pace of building," McKevitt said. "The time period needed to build will be prolonged. The cut- back will not affect projects' which are currently underway. These have already been funded and commitments will be met. New grants will be affected sev- erely, however." The federal budget provides $225.6 million for higher educa- tion construction grants. The amount of money available for construction loans was maintain- ed, at $150 million. War Costs Johnson blamed the rising costs of the Vietnam war as the cause of the -cuts. In his budget mes- sage he commented, "We cannot do everything that we wish to do. And so we must choose carefully among the competing demands for our resources." The cutbacks will be hard to replace. "Federgil support is not easy to supplant from other sources," McKevitt said. "In the past ten years the Univesrity has" been aided by extensive federal funds. In the period from 1956 to 1957 the Univesrity received $27 million from the federal gov- ernment." Cause Program Cut University President Robben W. Fleming has commented in the past that the federal govern- ment will have to be a major source of funds in the future if the University is to maintain its present level of excellence. If, however the present trend of cut- backs continues, University pro- grams will have to be cut severly. McKevitt said the University has no major grants pending at the present time which. could be af- fected by the proposed cuts. Fu- ture plans will, however, have to be considered very carefully be- fore they are submitted, he claim- of adequate apartment housing in Southfield), agreectsaying, "Phil the Ann Arbor community," he May made a.- mistake. It would be added. "This shoddy housing is a regrettable if he comes back to matter of concern for all of Ann the university. Arbor." "His usefulness. to the univer- Picketing of Apartments Limited sity has come to an end," Harlan offices continued today as students added. once again moved inside the Cam- Harlan and White have sought pus Village Arcade at Church May's resignation for outsidei Street and South University to activities since April and led the march in front of the firms' office. attack on May for a possible con- Fifteen students kept a steady flict of interest between the vice- line moving in front of the office president's business and univer- for several hours. There were no sity dealings. disruptive incidents during the State Attorney General Frank picketing. The student4 were not Kelley launched an investigation asked to leave the building as they into May's extracurricular busi- had been on Friday. The picketing ness activities last Nov 9. The in- was a continuation of the boycott vestigation came the day after which was organized by the Stu- The Daily published a lengthy dent Rental Union and the Stu- story about May's business activi- an t Hrning Association in pro- ties in East Lansing real estate. Extend SGC Petition Date Petitioning for Student Govern-, ment Council candidacy has been extended until Monday, Feb. 26. Campaigning will start Wednes- day, Feb. 21, and run through the actual election dates, March 12 and 13. The extension was made to per- mit a greater number of can- didates to run for the upcoming SGC Constitutional Convention, according to SGC Elections Dir- ector Ken Kelley, '71. The extension will also allow a greater time fol students to run for seats on the Board in Control of Student Publications and the Board in Control of IntercollegiateAthletics, as well as for the'student presidency of the Literary and engineering col- l egs By RICHARD ANTHONY ORANGEBURG, S.C. (CPS) On Thursday, Feb. 8, three black students were shot to death when police opened fire on an assem- blage of students near the en- trance to South College here. Thirty-seven other students were wounded. Most of the early press coverage of the event was a restatement of the police view of what had hap- pened. It was reported, therefore, that the three died in an exchange of gunfire with the police, that sniper fire from the students started the exchange, that "black power militants" had incited a student riot, that students had stolen ROTC target rifles for use in the battle and that the presence of 600 Guardsmen and several hundred policemen had averted further violence. Next day, the first public dis- pute about what happened Thurs- day night began. NBC correspond- ent Sidney Lazard who was on the scene that night, said in a morn- ing broadcast that the other news- m.ten on the scene agreed the police gunfire wasn't pirovoked by sniper fire from the students. State of- ficials, including South Carolina Gov. Robert E. McNair, emphatic- ally denied Lazard's conclusion. In his evening broadcast Lazard omitted any reference to the ques- tion of who fired first, because, he explained later, the situation that night was too confused fornhim to be sure what had happened, and because he didn't think the is- _ __n dt b e u ssh. there however-Lazard and Dozier Mobley, an Associated Press photo- grapher-say that the trooper, who was hit in the face by a piece of I wood thrown by one of the stu- dents, had been put in an am- bulance before the police barrage began, so that the other police had plenty of time to find out he wasn't scot. Police officials, explaining why the troopers used shotguns loaded with the heavey shot used by deer- hunters, as well as carbine rifles, told the press the wind was blow- ing away from the students so that they couldn't use tear-gas. Lazard says he can't remember any wind. "We were out there a long time," he says, "and we would have been a lot colder if there had been a wind." Two faculty mem- bers of South Carolina State Col- lege who were on campus Thurs- day, also can recall no wind. Gov. McNair indicated last week that one of the reasons the police had to resort to gunfire was that ROTC target rifles had been stolen by students. This week, the gov- ernor's representative in Orange- burg, Henry Lake, admitted thai the rifles had been stolen after the police barrage. e anouil g scit~l11 j test of the firm's refusal to accept the University's "eight month" lease. Vincent I. Vandenburg, con- struction superintendent for MSU who was also involved in a con- UNITED ON FOREIGN POLICY: CNP Split Over Black Candidacy By DAN SHARE Special To The Daily DETROIT--The split manifest in the Chicago New Politics convention was evi- denced again last night in Detroit at the Michigan State New Politics Convention. The controversy centered around the issue of suunort for black candidates. Democratic candidates might be expedient, the long range goals of New Politics should nevertheless point toward a radicalization of the American political process including the destruction of the Democratic party. The position taken by the State Conven- tion is directly opposed to that taken by 4-n T.,~i " .Oiianin a t ,ii + C Referring to the passage of this report Art McFall said "I think you've blown New Politics apart with the adoption of this resolution." The convention did reach unanimous agreement in the foreign policy committee. The foreign policy position paper deplored the higher prices, higher taxes and the wide- ",;, $: . .