REAGAN v. PEARSON TWO EVILS? See editorial page \:YI rL , t C ig an :43 tiiy FOGGY RAIN High-56 Low--5 Windy with rain, calmer towards evening. Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVIII, No. 55 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1967 SEVEN CENTS TEN PAGES LEGISLATIVE REACTION: Student Boycott Brings 300 Stage Non-Disruptive Threat By STUART GANNES Northern Michigan University officials were told yesterday by the state's powerful Senate and House Appropriations Committesr that the university should be closed unless it resumes full oper- ations immediately. A substantial portion of stu- dents and faculty have been boy-3 cotting classes at NMU for the! past week in a dispute over the1 dismissal of Prof. Robert Mc- Celellan of the NMU history de- partment. To Clos4 Reports on the effectiveness of the boycott. range from the uni- versity's estimate of twenty-five per cent to the demonstrators claim of seventy-five per cent participation. The Board of Controllers of NMU refused to renew McClellan's contract for next year and accus- ed him of encouraging student- protest, criticising the new under- graduate program, and opposing various other policies which the Board had approved. McClellan has categorically de- NMU Anti-War Research 11Sit-In Student Strikes Stop Grambling Classes nied every charge as the Board of Controllers has stated them on p u b 11 c television. McClellan charged that "The Board of Con- trollers has been completely un- reasonable, and although I as- sume they are trying to do their best, in fact, they are destroying the University." McClellan said he is glad the Legislature has finally taken action in recommending resumpt- ion of normal operatins because "it is in danger of being censured by the American Association of University Professor.s" Last night the American Civil Liberties Union agreed to support McClellan in his pursuit of aca- demic freedom. Attorneys for the ACLU said that if the Board of Controllers does not reinstate Mc- Clellan by its next meeting, they will take his case to federal court and will pursue his rights there. Meanwhile, a majority of stu- dents and faculty members on NMU's campus have expressed their support for McClellan. They have organized a group known as the Committee for Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF) which proposes to "raise funds for McClellan's legal defense and to inform the public of the facts of the case," according to Mike Lynch, an NMU student. The Committee has organized3 a boycott of classes for the past week. McClellan feels that a large portion of NMU's faculty is behind him, and claims that the boycott is ranging from total effective- ness in some departments to hardly any support in others Some students have also signed affidavids which claim that some: Kahn, Rose Lead N 'ioon D~gPoesters Call for Termination of IU' Participation in Tlailand Project By KEN KELLEY and HENRY GRIX More than 300 students and faculty members staged a non-disruptive sit-in in the lobby of the Administration Building yesterday to protest the University's involvement in classified war research. The demonstration lasted from 1 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., and the crowd had dwindled to approximately 25 people by its close. Several resolutions were passed during the last hour of the protest, including one calling for termination of University participation in the Thailand project. This project includes a series of research probes con- ducted by the University in Thailand from 1964-66, and its -Daily-Jay Cassidy current work in a $1 million - GRAMBLING, La. (CPS) -I Grambling College has suspended 25 students who have been lead- ing demonstrations and class strikes aimed at upgrading the "academic environment" of the school and de-emphasizing sports. The students, 22 males and three coeds, were given two hours to leave the campus. Among those suspended were the student body !SACUA To Allow Press At Meetings By RICHARD WINTER president and -the editor of the student newspaper. The mass suspensions, however, did not end a student boycott of classes which began a week ago. The college, which is predomi-' nintely Negro, has a total en- rollment of 4,200 students, but only 200 attended classes Mon- day. Student leaders said the strike will continue indefinitely. Troops Called The tense situation here last week came toa head Saturday when Louisiana Gov. John Mc- Keithen ordered out 500 National Guardsmen to blunt possible stu- dent uproars. The troops never arrived at the campus, but are still standing by at Ruston, a town six miles away. The suspension of the student leaders Monday camne as a sur- prise. The students were called APPROXIMATELY 300 STUDEN terday in the Administration Bui search. A resolution was passed a participation in the Thailand pr Non- Viole Administ T The Senate Advisory Committee before a joint meeting of the col- of their professors have threaten- on University Affairs has ap- lege's Disciplinary Committee and ed their students with an F (oi By DANIEL OKRENT proved a plan by which reporters the Interdepartmental Council. failure) if they do not attend and STEVE WILDSTROM from The Daily will be allowed Three minutes after the meeting classes. Daily News Analysis to attend "one or two meetings" began the suspensions were an- The most striking feature oft of SACUA each semester. All nounced. In an attempt to create at-. yesterday's sit-in in the Adminis- meetings of the 15-member com- Three students are members of ..nofor theirocadetudLns tration Bldg. was its markedly wilform a motorcade to Lansing, inittee * have traditionally been 1 the Disciplinary Committee, but refined, quiet one. closed to the public and the two of them, the student body Unlike recent demonstrationst fund-raising dance at Michigan press. president and vice president, were g at the University of Wisconsin at The plan calls for "the chair- among the 25 suspended. Other State University. '. Madison and at New York's man of SACUA, in consultation members of the committee are Some professors who are in Brooklyn College, where police with editors of The Daily, to faculty members and adminis- agreement with the boycott have were called in by both administra- plan an agenda on topics of trators. resumed their classes outside the tions to break up student protests mutual interest" to be discussed Poor Academic Rating university in homes and in re- on school property, the sit-in was! at these meetings. Grambling President R a 1 p rstaurants. left alone to die in its own talk. The plan further provides for Jones, who doubles as baseball Other activities conducted by Sit-ins were originally conceived "a press conference to be held coach, refused to make any com- the committee have included mass as a disruptive tactic to protest for releasing information to The ment on the week of demonstra- demonstrations Tuesday and yes- racial discrimination in the South Daily and other news media" tions. However, Nolden Thomas, terday in support of McClelan. during the early '60's. This partic- after each SACUA meeting, and a member of a 12-man faculty During "Big Wednesday," as yes- ular sit-in, broadly aimed at for "opportunity to- be provided mediating group selected by the terday was termed, an estimated terminating the University's in-F for background sessions and off- students, characterized the school 1,500-2,000 students peacefully volvement in a $1 million counter- the-record briefings" with repre- as ranking academically among marched into the city after rally- insurgency project in Thailand sentatives of The Daily on "topics the "lowest of Negro colleges in ing around a bonfire which con- and at ending classified military designated by SACUA or by the the country." sisted of University publications. research here was so undisruptive other interested parties." Thomas said athletics are def- However, on Tuesday night that it enjoyed the presence of a The adoption of the measures initely overemphasized at Gram- See 'LEGISLATIVE,' Page 10 collection of vice presidents rarely at SACUA's meeting last Monday bling. "Athletics are prioritized in - -- follows several years of attempts funds, the yearbook, and public by The Daily to persuade SACUA relations materials, and even the H aV s t as well as the Faculty Senate and president has made the baseball the Faculty Assembly to open hall of fame." 1TS and many faculty members staged a non-disruptive sit-in yes- Defense Department project to lding to protest the University's involvement in classified war re- help the Royal Thai Armed fter extensive discussion calling for termination of University Forces set up a full scale mili- roject. tary reconnaissance system. Several administration officials were present at the sit-in, includ- rit A tite -t k s ing Vice President for Research A. Geoffrey Norman, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Wilbur " tion 1 nilding Sit-I Pierpont, Vice President for Vice President for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler. seen in public together at student Vice President for Academic Af- The sit-in began with a noon meetings. fairs Allan F. Smith joined stu- M rally on the Diag, where Prof. In fact, credit for the passive dents sitting on the floor outside Marc Ross of the physics depart- temper of the demonstration must his office and participated in the ment, Student Government Coun- largely be given to these very debate. Vice President for Stu- cil President Bruce Kahn, '68, and same administrators, who have dent Affairs Richard L. Cutler, Daenzer. S0 gave addresses. frequently been the object of stu- who has been the object of the D ' dent attack. They performed in most violent possible verbal ; Despite a drizzling rain, a crowd such a professional way - some- abuse in the past year, was pres- of over 100 heard Zoss say that thing notably lacking on the side ent at the sit-in for nearly its "a peaceful sit-in is needed to pro- of administrators in Madison and full six-hours life, talking and mote a thorough re-examination Brooklyn - that they became joking with students, faculty of the Thailand project as a neither a focus of the demonstra- members and administrators. morally obnoxious military service tion nor the objects of personal Vice President and Chief Fin- project." abuse. ancial Officer Wilbur K. Pier- Sit-in Important Vice President for Research A. pont did his part, too. When Kahn emphasized the impor- Geoffrey Norman spent two hours demonstraters marched upstairs tance of the sit-in to express op- discussing the issues of research to President Hatcher's office, they position to classified research, with protesters in the hot, crowd- found that his door - as well "which allows people to withhold ed lobby of the Administration as almost all others on the cor- answers to questions like 'why Bldg. While the discussion occas- ridor - was locked. One brief should there be classified re- ionally became heated, debate entrance by city police (Lt. Eu- search'?" was kept to the issues. There was gene Staudenmeier stopped in The protesters then moved en- none of the name-calling that "because I was curious") went masse to the Administration Bldg. has come to be associated with largely unnoticed, and Pierpont After a short debate, the dem- student - University confronta- saw to it that it wasn't followed onstrators voted that the sit-in tions. by a more official visit - "No, would be "non-disruptive" and in- I Unions, War Bombing their meetings to reporters. Prof. Frank Kennedy, chair- man of SACUA, said that the measures reflect "a change in the attitudes of the members of SACUA," who are newly elected each year, "and a change in the climate of the whole University." This new climate, he explain- ed refers to the increasing desir- ability of having students in- formed as official activities of faculty and administration. Kennedy said he expected that the plans would be implemented by next semester, but that the committee had not yet decided on final plans. About 3,500 of the school's 4,200 students met in a mass rally Sun- day night and decided to continue the boycott of classes this week- Students said the strike will con- tinue until their demands of the administration are met. Among other things, an organ-' ization which calls itself the In- formers has demanded the dis- missal of seven Grambling ad- ministrators. They have also de- manded that President Jones re- sign his position as baseball coach. Other student demands are that President Jones: See 'GRAMBLING,' Page 6 Destroys Cities But Not Spirit By STEVE NISSEN Peace Committee of North Viet- "It appears as if one American nam as part of a group of seven objective of the bombing of North Americans who had participated viTnam is to destroy the visiblp in a conference in Czechoslovakia signs of progress in the country," according to Carol McEldowney, '64. A former co-chairman of Stu- dents for a Democratic Society, Miss McEldowney recently return- ed from a two and a half week stay in the North Vietnamese capital. She was invited by the' between North Vietnamese, the National Liberation Front (NLF) and Americans from the Peace Movement. She said that she was given free access to many parts of Hanoi spending much of her time wan- dering about the city. sometimes with an interpreter. Many large buildings in the city! have been evacuated, Miss McEl- downey reported. "The Vietnamese told us they thought the bombing of heavily Catholic areas indicated the U.S. intention to create dis- sension between parts of the pop- ulation and the governments." "The people see the war as a temporary interruption of theirI progress," she said. "They think the United States has already lost. They see each bombing escalation in the North as an indication of the American military failure in! the South." "I saw no evidence of military or police coercion," she said, "but it would be difficult for foreigner to document such coercion if it ?xists." She did not see evidence of re- we won't be calling the police," vited Norman to speak. he said. Norman defended the University The mere presence of four top- position in a two-hour dialogue level University officials produced with the demonstrators. He said a surprising down-tempo atmo- that he was 'very much influenced sphere. When Norman was first by the fact that an issue raised invited to address the group, he on campus could draw a group the responded smilingly and willingly size f this." But he added he was to the applause of the demonstra- "disturbed by the circumstances tors. The only sign of hostility under which the issue has been from the crowd came when Pro- 'whipped up.'" fessor Emeritus William G. Dow, He said the trend in future re- retired chairman of the electrical search projects will bring a de- engineering department, w a s cline in Defense Department fund- greeted by hisses when he lauded ing and an increase from agencies, the University's role in "strength- such as the Department of Health, ening the military establish- Education, and Welfare.. He in- ment." sisted the question of research ap- Confusion among the demon- propriations "properly rested with strators also contributed to the the faculty," and that "I could mood of peaceful debate. The sit- reject contracts, yes; and I could in began without a clear con- lose my job for doing it." sensus among participating stu- I Resist Intimidation dents and faculty members on Prof. Anatol Rapoport of the just what the protest was about. The more radical members of Mental Health Research Institute the group demanded an immed- answered Norman by saying, "the iate end to all classified contracts University should not be intimi- and student review powers over dated' by federal agencies that all other research projects. Other; threaten to withhold funds if clas- See 'NON-VIOLENT,' Page 2 See '300,' Page 2 Recruiters, Stir Protests' By The Associated Press Military recruiters allowed on campuses and unions barred from campuses were the focal points yesterday of a wave of student protests, many of which ended in violence and arrests. More than 100 students were ar- rested for disturbing the peace at the University of Zooma in a demv- onstration against the presence of a Marine recruiter. Students at Central State University in Ohio, in the meantime, stormed the campus administration building, trapping the school's president, Harry Groves, inside. Other minor scuffles occurred at the City Co lege of New York, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University. At Iowa, a blockade by members of Students for a Democratic So- ciety turned into a kicking, shov- ing and hair-pulling melee as they were charged by over 200 hecklers. Iowa Senator Tom Riley told the hecklers that "My sympathy is with you, but we trust use the law, not our fists, to gain our ends." Helmeted policemen soon con- verged on the crowd and warned them to disperse within two min- utes. To the strains of "We Shall Not Be Moved," the police dragged or led 100 student pickets and Prof. George Starbuck, head of Iowa's prestigious Writers' Work- shop into buses bound for jail. Action at CSUI Students at the predominantly Negro Central State, about 20 miles southeast of Dayton had crowed in to Bundy Hall in a show of support for the school's non- teaching employes, who are in- volved in a labor dispute with the university. Greene County Sheriff Russell A. Bradley began rounding up deputies to put down the disturb- ance, but the crowd broke up be- fore assistance was .needed. "The action itself is clearly dis- respectful of normal authority, however, I think most any presi- dent these days knows this sort of thing is likely to happen on his campus," Groves noted. 49 Arrested at CCNY The arrest of 49 "CCNY students Wednesday for trying to prevent construction work at a temporary building site on the campus brought an angry call from stu- dent leaders for further demon- strations too. Police seized the 49 youths after they sat down in front of a bull- dozer at the site, a favorite stu- dent lounging lawn. At Pennsylvania, 100 students protested ttiie presence of recruiters from the U.S. Navy and Dow Chemical Co. The demonstration ended when the recruiters had to leave the offices in which they were interviewing because a dem- .. + 1-7 1 1-Ath ti~ 'EVERYONE A STUDENT': Antioch Society Involves Entire Town EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last As an outsider looks at the ries a silver badge in his breast exist, they are ignored and con- strciuns ocivilins, hereare, of three reports on the liberal people milling through the cam- poclet. sidered by all of the Antioch strictions on civilians, there are, tradition of Antioch College in the pus it is nearly impossible to dis- "We have to be very careful," community as antiquated. Conti- rationing and requirements that small town of Yellow Springs. Ohio. tinguish between students and one student explained. "There's uous movement between the sexes people particpate in self-defense non-students. The person loung- lots of fads around here for pot goes on, and "to an outsider it people By JIM HECK ing in front of the Main Building and the draft and the war and probably appears curiously silly "There were air alerts most Special To The Daily might be a faculty member, a everything." Each Antiochian is expected t mornings, and we could hear YELLOW SPRINGS - The An- poet, a "still - to - be - discovered" Whether or not federal agents cultivate his 'thing" until ot be- rnimbs g as e cs hear tioch Society is unlike any other author or Horace Champney, a really do exist on the Yellow comes "beautiful. A person s mbs (an ale as college campus community. It is Quaker who sailed to Haiphong Springs campus is a major debate thing may be the meditation of !meters (6 miles). Shelters are composed of not only students, over the summer for medical sup- within the administration, but governmental bureaucracy, blow- holes' or 'manholes' capable of faculty, and staff of the college, plies for the Viet Cong. nevertheless students display a ing glass, distilling beer or writing holding a single person. but also the residents of Yellow "The word student means less chronic fear that they are under music backwards. Springs who are past graduates, here than in other places," one the constant watch of hundreds One student summed up his Miss McEldoney described a es- humanists and poets. student told me. "In one sense of governmental eyes. thing by telling me: Everybod y's idential section only a half mile Cut off from the outside world everyone here is a student, and The cab driver who hauled me glued and the glue is thick and from her hotel which had been ----- --.-...------,-' ;,, ..--"-l-nn. .- lc"to Va1mcx gnvino frmm the Va the thick is dense and the dens "devastated" by bombing attacks. , : : : {' s ...... ..