SOMETHING MORE TO MAKE SPLIT FELT See editorial page Y n4a iat CLOUDY AND COOL Hight-;i2 Lo-3 Rai ending this morning. Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVIII, No. 27 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1967 SEVEN CENTS Short Lease Has Little Effect on Rental Scene By GREG ZIEREN The advent of an eight-month lease in University Towers this -summer was viewed with great expectancy by student leaders in the Student Housing Association, Student Government Council and elsewhere. The Ann Arbor realtors themselves were apprehensive about its effects. At present, however, although disagreement exists on the long- range effects of the new lease, agency was not even considering a changeover to the new lease in the near future. He explained that Apartments 'Limited managed the apartments of many owers and that his clients had not expressed any interest in switching to the eight-month lease. William Steude, director of off- campus housing, explained that while there is currently an over- supply of apartments, "extensive data" would be necessary to con- vince landlords that a switch to the shorter lease was necessary. He said, however, that the Uni- versity Towers lease has had selves." He estimated the over-1 supply was between five and ten per cent. Ron Hall, assistant manager of University Towers and past president of the Rental] Proprietors Association agreed with Van Lente's estimate. Barnhill said that Apartments Limited did have vacancies but would not give percentages or figures. He indicated that the five per cent estimate was "too high." SHA has decided that with the current oversupply of apartments, landlords can more easily be per- suaded to adopt the eight-month lease. SHA, under newly-appoint-. ed chairman Michael Koeneke, '69, has used the 95 per cent oc- cupancy of University Towers in spite of the oversupply as a bar- gaining point in their dealings l with landlords.1 University Towers was acquiredj this summer by Student Inns Inc.' which operates similar high-rise facilities on nine other campuses, all offering shortened leases. Ro- bert J. Ward, manager of Uni- versity Towers, attributed the success of his operation to many factors, but said that the eight- month lease is probably the most important. Ward cited the building's loca- tion close to campus, its extensive renovation, its student-oriented appeal and the new lease as es- sential to the filling of University Towers. "One without the others is use- less," he added. Van Lente points out that fill- ing University Towers is especially significant since it did not even begin its leasing until a month before the fall term began. He said he believes this is an excel-, lent indication of the popularity of the eight-month and four- month lease. Work is still in progress in the complete remodeling of Univer- sity Towers, Ward said. Rooms and hallways are being painted, new recreation rooms are being completed, soundproofing h a s been installed between floors and between the individual rooms, all the furniture has been replaced, carpeting has been laid and the eight-month lease has been add-I ed. Ward is enthusiastic about thek that an accumulation of "student paid in eight-months on an ad- resentment toward paying for justed scale. The advantage of space when he is not occupying this, Barnhill noted, was to re- it" will eventually force other lease the tenant from both sub- Ann Arbor realtors to adopt the letting and having to pay rent short lease. during the time he is not in Barnhill of Apartments Limited school. The tenant however h.s strongly disagreed with Ward's to pay more on the adjusted analysis, monthly rate. realtors, student leaders versity officials agree immediate effects on Arbor apartment scene virtually negligible. and Uni- that its, the Ann has been future of the eight-month He predicts that the other lords "eventually have to around to it." lease. land- come "The economics of operating an apartment building does not lend itself to an eight-month lease," he commented. He said, however, that Apartments Limited will of- fer a guaranteed summer sublet so that prime tenants will not have to find a subleasee. The prime tenant, however, will have to ,make up the difference between the rent paid by the{ summer sublessee and the stand- ard rent. He also said that his firm of- fers a ten-month lease which isE Van Lente said these new poli- cies on the part of Apartments Limited were an attempt tocom- pensate for not having the straight eight-month ease. This indicates, Van Lente said, the ex- tent to which the landlord is feeling the pressure of having vacant apartments. Mrs. Norma Kraker of the Of- fice of Off-Campus Housing said "two or three" small landlords had changed to the eight-month lease. She indicated, however, that her office, which handles re- ferrals and other matters con- cerning student-landlord relat- tions, had not observed any great interest in the new lease. "We might get an indication by January as to its overall effect but possibly not even then," she said. She added apartment owners probably would not alter their lease arrangements "until they're sure that they have to." Though not as many landlords have switched to the eight-month lease as SHA would have liked, the group is confident that with a little persuasion more land- lords will make the switch, SHA is currently discussing the new leasing arrangement with the manager and owner of Huron Towers. SHA has indicated that Huron Towers will probably try a few units on an eight-month payment schedule. this year to test its feasibility. Karl Malcolm, chief executive "some effect." of Apartments Limited, said that Tom Van Lente, Grad, former there is now "no possibility of head of the Student Housing As- an eight-month lease overall." sociation said that no data con- Richard Barnhill, also of Apart- cerning the oversupply exists, ments Limited, indicated that his "even among the landlords them- "We're doing this because it is financially sound," he said. Ward, himself, called the lease a "complete success" and feels FOR SPECIAL SESSION: NAACP Initiates Drive For Open Housing Law By ANN MUNSTER Oct. 10. Only the governor has The Ann Arbor chapter of the the power to add to the agenda. National Association for the Ad- Dr. Edward C. Pierce and Mrs. vancement of Colored People is Russel West, co-chairmen of the circulating petitions locally urg- NAACP ad hoc committed nam- ing Gov. George Romney to I ed earlier this week, indicated that place open occupancy legislation the need for action was apparent on the agenda for the coming spe- at this time for several reasons. cial session of the Legislature. A fact sheet distributed with Consideration of such legisla- the petitions states: tion is not presently on the agen- "These petitions will be present- da of the session which convenes ed to the governor in an effort - ----- -- - - ---- Legslators Express Rent Hike Concern By W. REXFORD BENOIT said "let them come - the whole At least five state legislators , thing's a circus anyway." have indicated a desire to know Ashmall believes the legislators more about the recent rent strike f e 1 University administrators at two University married stu- don't give honest answers to legis- dent apartment complexes. lative queries into University Ioperations. Responses to a letter from IHe also said Graduate Assembly Graduate Assembly president Roy ' intended to investigate occupancy Ashmall ranged from Senate Min- of University married student ority Leader Raymond Dzend- housing by non-students. zel's (D-Det.) "your request (for About 12 per cent of the ten- an investigation) will receive the ants in this type of housing are sincere consideration of my o t olled in the University, he fice," to Sen. Harry DeMaso' 'r claimed. (R-Battle Creek) expression of The assembly intends to deter- intent to travel to Ann Arbor to mine whether a condition of investigate. University financing of the mar- Ashmall's letter, sent to all ried students apartments was that Michigan legisl'ators two weeks only students live there, Ashmall ago, said University apartment said. rents are now approaching rents charged for private housing. Ashmall said yesterday the L RACE University should build apart- ments for both married and single W L Pct. GB students, charging low rents, to Minnesota 91 69 .5687 - force "a competitive housing Detroit 89 69 .5632 1 markt i AnnArbr."Boston 90 70 .5625 1 marketx-Chicago 89 71 .5563 2 When Director of University x-Chicago's loss last night Housing John Feldkamp was told eliminated the team from of Ashmall's intent to invite leg- contention for the Amer- islators here to look into the rent can League pennant. hike, Ashmall reported Feldkamp j ----- ------------ - - - to convince him of the urgent, need for open housing legislation, a key factor in dealing with dis- criminatory practices in housing. "Gov. Romney's recent remarks on this subject make it apparent that he is not opposed to open occupancy, but he is placing the responsibility for making non-dis- crimination a reality on the Civil Rights Commission, and needs to be convinced of the need for suchj legislation. The Civil Rights Com- mission itself has felt that it needs' mu, and better 'tools' to work with and has requested legislation in this area. The governor can useE the influence of his office to see that such legislation is proposed and passed." Margaret Abelman, a member ofj the committee, said that the cur- rent drive is one of several inas- ures instigated by the riots which jo nson Delivers Terms for Talks Will End Bombing if North Vietnam Permits 'Productive Discussions' SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (P)-President Johnson said last night he would stop bombing North Vietnam and meet with Presi- dent Ho Chi Minhimmediately if this would lead to "produc- tive discussion." But Johnson said Hanoi has not accepted any of this' country's proposals, and it is by North Vietnam's choice alone that the war continues. In sum, Johnson noted, what he was saying to the Hanoi government had previously been said "time and time again" to no avail. - At the same time Johnson said that dissent at home will not turn him from his course. In a major summary and defense of his position in Viet- nam, Johnson claimed military progress for the Allies cause, cited leaders of Asian nations rocked Detroit and other Michi- gan cities this past summer. 3 Miss Abelman said, "The Civ- il Rights Commission wants a law to be able to enforce because it would be much better from the point of view of their mechanics than the current absence of spe- cific legislation. "Recognition of the need to call Gov. Romney's attention to the urgency of this matter has been broad and bipartisan, she contin- ued, "among the many groups which have already recognized the need has been the Ann Arbor City Council, which gave unanimous, support to a resolution urging Gov. Romney to take the necessary ac- tion. "Student Government Council expects to give consideration to a similar resolution. Petition booths' on campus will be man-f ned by the Young Democrats.j Daily -Jim Forsythe TIM BUCKLEY AT CANTERBURY Folk-singing recording artist Tim Buckley played his guitar and sang for big audiences at Canterbury House last night. The shaggy-haired singer performs through the weekend at the campus coffee house (see review, page 2). 'BLACK ARTS FESTIVA L': CORE Art Exhibi)1t To Accent NrC tuo ooty -efo-onrbto to e c as backing the U.S. stand in the conflict, and appealed anew for peace talks. But his conclusion bore down hard on what he termed Hanoi's mis- takes about the nature of do- mestic debate over the war. The President's speech was pre- pared for the National Legisla- tive Conference here. North Vietnam Responds In response to Johnson's speech, North Vietnam Vice Premier Le Thanh Nghi said in Peking today the United States has no right to demand any "reciprocity" for halting the bombing of his coun- try. "Since U.S. imperialism has pro- voked the war of aggression against Vietnam, the United States must stop its aggression, and therein lies the road to peace in Vietnam," he told Chinese Com- munist leaders at a banquet given by Premier Chou En-lai. "The U.S. government must un- conditionally halt its bombing and other war acts against the Dem ocratic Republic of Vietnam once rand for all; the. U.S. troops and other vassal troops must withdraw from Southern Vietnam; the South Vietnam National Front for Lib- eration must be recognized as the sole genuine representative of the people of South Vietnam; and the Eng in School Issues New Publication Civil engineering will be the sub- ject of the fourth issue of "In- genor," a new magazine published' twice a year by the engineering college. Originally conceived as an alum- ni relations magazine, it now com- bines this function with techni- cal articles and broad consio~era- tion of the social' implications of engineering advances, said Dean Gordon Van Wylen of the engi-. neering college. Because of rapid technical ad- vances and the increasing diver- sity of different engineering fields, the college several years ago saw a need to keep its alumni inform- ed of new developments in all areas of the profession, Van Wylen said. According to Van Wylen, engi- neers must also begin to under- stand and consider the social im- plications of their work. For ex- ample, an automotive engineer must not only build an efficient, powerful engine, but one which does not pollute the air. Conse- quently "Ingenor" is envisaged as giving the widest possible coverage to the profession's increasing so- cial involvement. Van Wylen and editor James Packard both ex- pressed hope that the magazine will become a forum for engineers to express themselves concerning the basic issues confronting the profession. By MARGARET GRANGER A day-long Black Arts Festi- val, illustrating the heritage of 'Many civic organizations and the Negro and his contributions churches in Ann Arbor have voic- to society, will open at noon to- ed concern about the need for morrow in the Ann Arbor Com- statewide legislation insuring open munity Center. housing and they are expected to Planned as a fund-raising event participate in the drive to gather .for and sponsored by the Ann Ar- signatures," she added, bor chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality, the festival will high school, will present a slide feature jazz musicians, African .show on the history of the under- dances and a fashion show of ground railroad. Slides of Nigeria Afro-American clothing designs and an Office of Economic Op- styled and resigned by the Me- portunity film will also be shown. aShopaand people fr De- "It is important for the black troit. Local teenage precision community to recognize that they marching groups and an open-air have a heritage of which they art show will highlight the pro- can be proud," said Blackwell. gram. African paintings, masks "It is hoped that the festival will and sculpture will be exhibited impress upon the community, both from the collection of Frank black and white, that the black Stockweather, former Peace Corps1man has a responsibility to make IVf1CRE% "F CIVIL.IATTIN'! V iJ .3.. A XL 10 kJX' 1 4. 'UH To Play Host to. The University's Sesquicenten- and political scientist Hannah nial celebration program, "Voices Arendt, have had to cancel their: of Civilization," featuring 21 out- appearances. A third, American standing intellectuals, begins to- chemist Harold C. Urey, will ar- morrow. The participants gather rive a day late. $ for a week of formal lectures and Karl Gunnar Myrdal, noted? informal discussions on subjects Swedish economist and sociolo- ranging from American race re- gist, and Vladimir Fock, Russian lations to ceramics. physicist, will give the first T of he schg scheduled lectures Monday after- areFrench playwright Eugene noon at 2 p.m. Speaking on "The Ionesco and American author Economics and Politics of For- eign Aid," Myrdal will appear in Rackham Lecture Hall while Fock tl T 1. L/iAu--A 11 .volunteer in Nigeria. a contribution for the sake of en- Vietnamese people must be le Also participating in the festi- riching black people's lives, to settle their own internal a val will be the traveling museumf ,, "We are emphasizing soulful en- f he said. L ea d in g It ellectu a l of the International Afro-Ameri hmenandm asensofulf," rshsaid.a L can Institute. The mobile unit, richment and a sense of self," Johnson's determination w which carries the display "Afri- said Blackwell. summed up in four words: ". . Other participants on campus him. Planners also scheduled can Art and History," is part of Blackwell referred to a state- shall press forward." this week will be Shoji Hamada, specific times for the guests to |a "grass roots" project designed to ment of purpose in an Afro-Amer- Johnson did not seem to bre Japanese ceramist; Jerzy Kury- meet with students in depart- teach the history and culture of ican museum pamphlet as an in- any new policy ground in his a owicz, Polish linguist; Seyero ments closely related to the the Negro, according to Elrie dication of the intentions of the I dress, broadcast nationally by t coaiz, United Stagtes: bioe- guest's wosrky a d te tme 'Chrite, director of the institute. festival as well as of the museum. evision and radio networks. Ochoa, United States bioche guests work, and left free time his museum on wheels a ist; Jean Piaget, Swiss pyscholo- tor other interested students and peared this summer at the Mic- gist; Edwin O. Reischauer, former faculty to meet the person. igan State Fair and has been in- U.S. ambassador to Japan; Arne Many of the celebrities will vited to Columbus, Ohio, for next Paul Samuelson, American econo- formal receptions. The Daily will said that theexhibit will begin Usd s mist; Sir Geoffrey Taylor,En publish times for each of these touring numerous Detroit area guish fluid physicist; Theodosius activities as they are scheduled. high schools next week and in re- Dobzhansky, U.S. geneticst; Paul cent months was displayed in De-Be Hoffman, U.S. International aid roit's riot-torn 12th Street area. ILL DeJNG will never come when a stude eft af- vas we ak d- ;el- Call Residents, With Students ant "enormously complicated and can- 1'-'-4- V- m~~ ~ittrir i rntac t will address his audience in the administrator and Ralph Ellison, Rackham Amphitheatre. American author. Urey's first talk, originally Each of the visitors has been scheduled for Monday morning, assigned a faculty host who will will be given instead Tuesday at help in arranging luncheons, in- 2 p.m. His topic will be "The terviews, small group discussions, Origin of Life," Planning for the conclave be- Biographies of Conference gan nearly two years ago when Participants p r e 1 i m i n ary Sesquicentennial See Page 2 committees were established and students and faculty were asked and generally guide the Sesqui- to suggest possible participants.'centennial guests during their The final list includes internat- _L_ . -4 +, "Everyone dug it," said Chrite, "even the winos and little kids and we're trying to get everyone interested in the international or- ganization. Right now we're work- ing on putting together an ex- hibit on slavery in the United States." Literary attractions will include an exhibit of adult books by Ne- gro authors. The Ann Arbor Li- brary will display children's books and will issue library cards for the youngsters. While residents of Mary Mark- ley Hall and other students are working on fall term academics, University President - designate Robben W. Fleming is studying the University. Fleming Thursday night took his education to Markley, where he discussed student power, de- fense research, pass-fail grading and University autonomy with 200 pilot project students. "I like talking to students be- cause I can always learn some- thina." Fleming told the students. 1 ',, 4, 's i E cannot speak to me." not be given a simple yes or no Students should negotiate fully answer," Fleming said. "The De-' before disobeying laws in protest, partment of Defense is not only Fleming said. "I don't think any- concerned with making war and thing has ever been accomplished it doesn't follow that war is the by disobeying the laws," he com- end product of its research." mented, although he added direct Fleming was similarly neither confrontation can remedy "clog- for nor against the grading sys- ged channels" of communication. tern, although he supported pass- "There are many good' things fail programs. "Pressure is not in the student power movement," good for students," he said, "and he said, "and I believe students many times courses are not se- often have a better understanding lected as much for their educa- of the problems of their peer tion value as for their reputation vrnnn " 'lpminap nointed out that as easy courses." Pass-fail pro- x xo . .