. I B ' I 'lb \1 11 L Y I I k IN IL X American From Wire Service Reports skis wer More than 660 youths, including a Saint Jo] group of 40 from the Boston area, head- sports fa ed for Canada yesterday amid reports Gerald that their ultimate destination is Cuba in Saint where they will harvest sugar cane for Luis Arc Fidel Castro. in Montr Reported to be among the group are Cuba. ten University students some of whom, Ekn according to a local SDS spokesman, Elkins have been active in aiding the Castro American cause both in Cuba and in the U.S. Novembe Some of the members of the Boston returning group told newsmen that they were en The re route to a ski holiday in Saint John, to have 1 Canada. They claim to be members of a given an group called the "Ski Masters." Havana They were heavily burdened with ment, C knapsacks and sleeping bags, but no thousand Yellow Submarine starring Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Aud. A, Angell Hall-FRI., SAT., SUN. 3 NIGHTS! Feb. 13, 14, 15-i & 9:30 All you need is love and 75c t in evidence. Moreover, t h e in area is not noted for winter cilities. Elkin, Cuban shipping agent John, said the Cuban freighter os Bergnes, was to be boarded eal by 500 Americans bound for said he understood that 212 n students who went to Cuba in r to harvest sugar cane were aboard the same freighter. turning students were reported left Havana Friday after being emotional mass farewell in Square by the Cuban govern- ommunist party leaders and of workers and school children. While in Cuba, the students reportedly cut 12,000 tons of sugar cane. In Brooklyn, N.Y., the All State Bus Corp., said the "Ski Masters" had paid "more than $20,000" to charter buses from San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Madison, Wis., Cleveland, Detroit and New York City. Greyhound headquarters in Chicago reported five buses involved in the operation. One of the busloads has already run into trouble. A group of 44 young men and women who claimed to be going skiing was held up at the Canadian border near Detroit Tuesday. Customs officials said the youths were not "bona rskiers' head for Cuban slopes fide non-immigrants" or visitors, and turned them away. They were expected to try to enter Canada at another point, probably at Calais, Maine. A Greyhound spokesman said the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation made "routine inquiries" when the bus which had been turned back at the Detroit border passed through Cleveland Tues- day. The FBI in Washington had no comment, however. A bus from Chicago dropped off about 50 baggage-burdened people in down- town Boston Tuesday. None would iden- tify themselves. The 50 hurried to a nearby subway station and took a train for Cambridge, where the American Friends Service Committee took on the chore of finding temporary housing for them. A spokesman for the Friends Com- mittee identified them as members of the "Venceremos Brigade." The Spanish word "venceremos" translates as "We will conquer." "We're just going skiing in Canada," one youth told a newsman, "but other than that we don't have anything to say to you." Reports have it that the "skiers" will be spending two and a half months har- vesting sugar cane. The Fifth Estate, an underground De- troit newspaper, said in its current edi- tion that the Cuban government would pay costs for Americans who want to go to Cuba to harvest sugar cane. THE BEATLES I d, COMING: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 1 pagethre NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS RHONE: 764-0554 Thursday, February 12, 1970 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three r _I -rTATE NOW SHOWING! SHOWS AT: 1:00-3:00-5:00- 7:00-9:05 P.M. "ONE OF THE YEAR'S TEN BEST" -REX REED THE MIRISCHPRODUCTION COMPANY PRESENTS A NORMAN JEWISON FILM COLOR United Arhsts w' the news today by The Associated Press and College Press Service DEFENSE ATTORNEYS for Lt. William Calley Jr., are press- ing for dismissal of all charges against Calley on the grounds of "command influence." Calley is accused of murdering 102 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, South Vietnam, in March 1968. Civilian George Latimer, Calley's chief defense counsel, and Maj. Kenneth Raby, his military lawyer, yesterday claimed there had been influence from President Nixon down through the military chain of command on the decision to prefer charges against Calley. The Su- preme Court has In the past reversed convictions when command In- fluence has been proven. The defense asked that Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Sec- retary of the Army Stanley Resor and Army Chief of Staff General William Westmoreland be called to testify in regard to the command influence charge. The motion was denied until the three officials have been interviewed by' the defense. * * * SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM ROGERS conferred for 75 minutes yesterday with President Tito of Yugoslavia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. American officials said almost half the meeting was devoted to the discussion of the Middle East conflict. Both Rogers and Tito agreed there should be an effort to halt arms deliveries to both sides in the conflict. In discussing Africa, Tito and Rogers again were in agreement, feeling that the African countries should be nonaligned with any other power bloc or security pact. Rogers had requested the meeting with Tito in order to take ad- vantage of the Yugoslav leader's presence in the Ethiopian capital beforerboth continue their African tours. Rogers described the meeting as "very useful."' THREE ARABS, two of them injured and hospitalized under police guard, faced murder charges yesterday after a terrorist attack on passengers of an Israeli airliner. One man was killed and 11 persons were injured, including two of the attackers. Police said it was unlikely that the Arabs were after Assaf Dayan, the son of Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who was among the passengers but was not hurt. Hermann Haering, chief of the Munich Police Department's crim- inal division, said one ofhthe attackers was standing next to young Dayan and could have shot him easily. Dr. Lsasam Araatawi, leader of one of 2 Arab groups which claim responsibility for the attack, claims the purpose of the operation was to kidnap certain Israelis and to hijack the plane to an Arab airport. ARAB GUERRILLAS assailed the Jordanian government yes- terday for barring civilians and irregulars from carrying and storing arms and accused King Hussein of making peace moves toward Israel. Al Fatah, a leading guerilla organization, interpeted the ban as being aimed directly at Arab guerillas and said Jordanian authorities were "attempting to stab the Palestinian revolution in the back." Al Fatah said in a statement issued in Cairo that all Arab guer- rilla movements would unite to resist the Jordanian arms restrictions. It also warned that the Arab people in Jordan would not accept dis- armament of the guerrillas and said the Jordanian army would stand with them against the government. In a joint broadcast from Cairo, the Palestinians also demanded a joint declaration from the leaders of the five Arab nations who at- tended the "confrontation conference" in Cairo that the Jordanian move was not the result of secret negotiations. Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Sudan and Iraq attended the 'conference that ended Monday. SOUTH VIETNAMESE MILITARY COMMANDERS say they believe they have spoiled a large North Vietnamese offensive in the Mekong Delta. This opinion emerged yesterday after six days of fighting in the strategic Plain of Reeds, 60 miles west of Saigon. The plain is the western gateway to the delta's heavily populated center. More than 200 North Vietnamese were reported killed as of yes- terday and at least twice that number were presumed to have been wounded. South Vietnamese losses were listed as 17 killed and 24 wounded, according to South Vietnamese sources. Allied Commanders had been expecting a major North Vietna- mese drive into the delta since four North Vietnamese regiments in-; filtrated across the Cambodian border late last year.; ak ?4 t} r k :"R fti #?i : r -Daily-Jim iem Protesters line Liberty Street in yesterday's noon-time peace vigil. DRAWING METHOD UNFAIR: Suit challenges randomness of Selective Service lottery Protesters hit draft, militarism Local groups hold peace vigil at draft office By DAVE CHUDWIN About 40 people took part in a quiet noon - time peace vigil outside the Ann Arbor draft office yesterday to urge an end to the draft, the Viet- nam war and military influ- ence in American society. The protesters lined Liberty )St. passing out peace leaflets for an hour. No attempt was made by the group as a whole to enter the second-floor Selective S e r v i ce e headquarters. However, five of the demonstra- tors went inside to give one of the clerks letters addressed to mem- bers of the local draft board ask- ing for an end to draft. "We believe our society has been overcome by a military ment'al- ity," the letter said. "We come to reaffirm our responsibility to work for peace"and freedomanddOur dedication to life." The combined vigil and fast was sponsored by the Michigan Coun- cil to Repeal the Draft and i- terfaith Council for Peace. The action was the first in a series of Wednesday protests at the draft office that will continue through Passover. The local effort coincided with demonstrations outside the White House and other federal buildings, across the country, said Mrs. Bar- bara Fuller, one of the organizrs of the vigil. "We don't have a n y illusions that these vigils will end the war, but we feel a responsibility to say 'no' to the war, the draft and the military attitude t h a t pervades the nation generally," she explain., ed. Thp group, which included stu- dents, professors and Ann Arbor residents, marched from the In- terfaith Council for Peace office at 602 E. Huron to the draft of- fice, located at 103 E. Liberty. They carried signs which said "Repeal the Draft," "Militarism diminishes freedom" and "W h o owns a man's life?" "On the whole we don't do this as political scientists, but as peo- ple dedicated to peace under God," Rabbi Bruce Warshal said. John Bailey, professor of Near Eastern languages and literature, said he was participating because he does not believe the Nixon ad- ministration plans to completely withdraw U.S. forces from Viet- nam. "We come here united against a continuing United States res- ence in Vietnam," he explained. "I'm a CO," said one of the stu- dents who took part in the vigil. "I'm against war, and can't kill." The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of, Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $10 'by carrier, $10 by mail. Summer Session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscrip- tion rates: $3.00 by carrier, $3.00 by mail. From Wire Service Reports SAN FRANCISCO - Seven po- tential draftees have filed suit in U.S. District court against the new Selective Service system, alleging that the lottery drawing held Dec. 1 was biased. The seven filed the suits on be- half of themselves and all regis- trants of the Selective Service sys- tem who "received a random se- quence number of 122 or less, and whose birthdays f a 11 in the months of Septmeber, October, i Tn~nmhn nr Tnnnm nr"i The suit said the drawing did not result in a random selection and that they were thereby de- nied due process of the, law in violation of the U.S. Constitution. The potential draftees sought writs prohibiting any more induc- tion notices and canceling those presently- outstanding. They also asked for an order by the court requiring national Se- lective Service Director Lewis Hershey to conduct a new draw- II Novemner or iDeemer. i . ing. Anthro Club sponsors Now PLAYING NATIONAL GENERAL-CORPORATION FOX EASTERN THEATRSS FOR VILLGE 375 No. MAPLE PD. -769-1300 TIMES. MON.-FRI. 7:10-9:05 DUSTIN HOFFMAN MIA FARROW "JOHlN AND'AR benefit for By PAT MEARS The Anthropology Club is spon- soring a benefit tonight at Canter- bury House to raise money for eight faculty members of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. The eight are facing dismissal charges for their participation in a student strike last September. The strike arose after the-Simon Fraser administration refused to consider some departmental rec- ommendations on tenure, renewals and promotions because students had helped to make the recom- mendations. Consequently, the elected chairman of the Political Science, Sociology and Anthro- pology Department was removed professors by the Dean of Arts. An adminis- trative trusteeship of six professors from outside the department was then established to direct the de- partment, As a result of these new com- mittees' efforts, a full professor, and an associate professor were denied tenure or further appoint- ments. These denials of tenure and new contracts were. a "political purge," according to anthropology Prof. Joe Jorgenson. He states that "about two-thirds of the twenty- one faculty members at the time were 'leftists' in terms of their political economic orientations." The money collected at the benefit will be used for lawyer's fees and the preparation of legal briefs in the dismissal proceedings. The benefit wil be held from 8 to 12 p.m. tonight. Bob Sheff and the Carnal Kitchen are sched- uled to perform and a special mixed-media feature will be pre- sented during intermission. Filed with the suit was an affi- davit by several statistics experts, including three Stanford Univer- sity professors, Charles Stein, Ingram Olkm and Bradley Efron, who said: "It is our opinion t h a t the method employed ignores the ad- vice of " 11 standard statistical textbooks." "It is common knowledge among reputable statisticians that it is difficult if not impossible to ach- ieve a random sample by physical mixing, and that conclusion has led to development of tables of random numbers and random per- mutations." Approximately 850,000 men are included in the pool created by the Dec. 1 lottery. Pentagon offi- cials have -said about -290,000 of these men will enlist, filling 54 per cent of the projected quotas. This leavesf560,00 men eligible for the draft and about 250,000 are likely to face induction if no changes occur in the national sys- tem. Just eight days after the lottery Col. Arthur Homes, Jr. the head of the State Selective Service-sys- tem, announced that many Michi- gan men with 1-A draft classifi- cations can expect be drafted this year-no matter how high a num- ber they drew in the lottery. A Selective Service official in Washington later confirmed that some areas would draft all 1-A men and Holmessaid Michigan was one of those areas. The regional variation results from the way the lottery is used. Each board is assigned a certain quota each month and uses the lottery ranking to determine which men it will draft and which it won't. One board may run through all it's 1-A's long before another does. SAT. AND SUN. 1:30-3:20 5:15-7:10-9:05 2c gC.I .' * FRI.-FEB. SUSPENSEFUL 13th-11:30 ONLY AND MEANINGFUL N D x f E r of . hr b{?; YY f . I; i iS: ffk y} THURSDAY 12:00 NOON MICHIGAN UNION (Rm. 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