leming asks By DAVE CHUDWIN University President R o b b e n Fleming has asked for an appoint- ment with Defense Secretary Mel- vin Laird to discuss proposed mod- ifications in the University's rela- tionship with the ROTC program. The Regents ordered negotiations on the changes at their December meeting. The request was contained in a letter to Laird sent Monday. No reply has been received according to Fleming's office. The Regents instructed Fleming on Dec. 19 to seek agreement with the Defense Department on four changes in existing Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC contracts: The Defense Department will be asked to pay the full cost of ROTC, including the $89,000 a year cost for secretarial and main- tenance services and $100,000 to $200,000 for rent not now charg- ed by the University. - ROTC instructors will be re- cognized by their military rank only unless they hold academic ap- pointments. - A University c o m m i t t e e which previously ruled only on ap- pointments of military department chairmen will be reconstituted to supervise the entire ROTC curri- culum, to approve the ap- pointment of all ROTC personnel and to mediate disputes between students and ROTC. - The ROTC units will be called programs rather than de- partments of the University. A fifth proposed change which did not need regental approval was a recommendation that aca- demic credit not be given for ROTC courses taught by non-aca- demic personnel. The schools and colleges have the authority to de- cide whether or not to grant credit for a particular course. These changes approved by the talks w- Regents were originally proposed in the final report of a Senate Assembly committee that consid- ered the relationship between ROTC and the University for over four months. The report, issued Oct. 1, was approved by Senate Assembly 52- 2 on Nov. 17. The Regents, in giving their formal approval to the proposed changes, emphasiz- ed that they were seeking to pre- serve ROTC, not abolish it. "This resolution suggests t h e University wishes to continue hav- ing ROTC on campus," said Re- gent Robert Brown (Kalamazoo). "We're just applying the s a m e principle of review as has been done with other University units." The faculty report had recom- mended that if the proposed changes were unacceptable to the Defense Department, ROTC train- ing should be relegated to t h e status of an extracurricular activ- ith Laird on ROTC changes ity. The Regents did not accept this portion of the report, how- ever. A section of the Regents' reso- lution instead calls for Fleming to make progress reports to the University community on the ne- gotiations with the Defense De- partment. Prof. Joseph Payne, chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs said this section, adopted in lieu of the "extracurricular clause", is not "in violation of the intent of the faculty." He said he was gen- erally satisfied with the Regents' action, however. "It will be an affront to the University community if we don't see progress in the negotiations," Payne commented. He predicted there would be agreement in some areas within six months. But Robert Williams, adminis- trative dean in the office of aca- demic affairs, believes the chang- es in the ROTC contracts will take some time to negotiate. Williams now monitors the ROTC pro- grams for the University. "Some parts (of the new pro- posal) might be negotiated by next fall," Wililiams said. "I would welcome changes by next fall, but would not be hurt or disappointed if they didn't come by them. You have to be realistic." Williams said the Pentagon is in the process of preparing a re- port on cost reimbursement f o r ROTC. He explained that it might take a while to get added funds for cost reimbursement into the Pentagon budget and then more time for Congressional approval. "What we have is a mutually agreed upon, mutually defined question that is a problem not only in Ann Arbor but in many of the more than 350 institutions that have ROTC programs," Williams said. He added that the Defense De- partment had shown "a splendid spirit of cooperation." Williams went to Washington in November and discussed t h e ROTC situation with William Ben- son, assistant secretary of de- fense in charge of education pro- grams, and the military officers who command the ROTC pro- gram. "We simply reviewed the recom- mendations approved by the Uni- versity's faculty and had a fine, objective discussion of the mat- ter," Williams said. Col. Melvin Schiller, University Army ROTC commandant, ex- plained that Army ROTC con- tracts are usually negotiated be- tween the university involved and the major command headquarters in the area. For Michigan this in- volves the Fifth Army Headquart- ers at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He said that the Defense D e - partment could not take action until the University formally re- quests the changes, indicating the specific language desired in the revised contract. Schiller and Col. Antonio Cris- cuolo, Air Force ROTC command- ant, declined to comment on the acceptability of the recommenda- tions to the military. In a letter to the Regents prior to their December action, Fleming sought to explain that the Senate Assembly recommendations would not lower gr abolish ROTC pro- grams. He also emphasized that he thought the Defense Depart- ment would look favorably on the requests. In the letter Fleming said those chosen for the supervisory com- mittee "should be sympathetic with an ROTC program" and "ma- jor representation should come from the schools and colleges See FLEMING, Page 2 I FREE ISSUE FR Vol. LXXX, No. 81 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, January 8, 1970 I EE ISSUE Twelve Pages SALES LEVY: bookstore tax exempt By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ A state commission has ruled that items sold by the University discount bookstore approved by the Regents last October will qualify for exemption from the four per cent state sales tax. In a letter to University President Robben Fleming, Ben Holderied, deputy commissioner of sales and use tax, said that the proposed bookstore meets the standards of an "edu- cational institution" and is therefore eligible for exemption from the tax. The ruling was received by Fleming Tuesday. First LA- The first person sentenc for creating a contention dt ing the Sept. 25 LSA Bldg. s in has been ordered to spe a week in jail and pay $40 fines and $200 court costs. Roy Mash, '72, was sentenced District Judge S. J. Elden Jan In addition to the jail sente: and fines, Elden placed Mash probation for 15 months. If M: elects not to pay the fine a costs, he must spend an additio 45 days in jail. Mash's attorney has appea his conviction, however, and hearing in Washtenaw County C cuit Court has been scheduled March 2. All 107 persons arrested in sit-in, which was organized demonstrate support for the tablishment of a student-contr ed bookstore, were charged w creating a contention, a mis meanor. The maximum serite: for contention is 90 days in i and a $100 fine plus court costs sentence S Bldg. days, sit-in X$240 Regental approval bookstore was based on *Primary candidates " enter race By DAVE CHUDWIN ;he student-faculty controlled onditions that (1) the proposed bookstore corporation would qualify for the sales tax ex- emption, and (2) the Univer- sity would be isolated from liability for any debts the store might incur. Fleming said last night that the question of University financial liability is currently being studied by a law firm in Detroit. "If this { ruling is also favorable, we can go ahead with the bookstore," he said. -Associated Press Protest desegrega tion White parents and their children staged a sit-in at Petal Junior High in Hattiesburg, Mississippi where they re-arranged chairs to protest a court-ordered desegregation of public schools. The parents accompanied their children to their old school rather than attend a previously all-black school. An-ti-wargh e Voters in two and possibly three Under the plan approved by the of Ann Arbor's five wards will Regents, the bookstore will be nominate candidates for City funded by a mandatory $5 fee Council in a primary election set assessed against all students and for Feb. 16. a voluntary $5 assessment of all In the First Ward Mrs. LaVerne faculty members. Hill and Tom Dennis Hilbert are The fee will be refunded when battling for the Republican nom- the student or faculty member ination. The winner will face in- leaves the University, provided the cumbent C o u n c i1 m a n John bookstore is solvent. Kirscht, a Democrat, in the April Control of the bookstore is dele- 6 general election. . gated to a policy board composed James George is challenging of six students, three faculty' Mrs. Lois Owens for theD membrs andanon-voting repre-y cratie nominatfon in the Third sentative of the administration. Ward and a chance to face in- cumbent Republican Joseph Ed- At its Dec. 15 meeting, Senate wards. Assembly, the faculty representa- The situation in the Fourth tive body, designated the three Ward is confused and remains in !faculty board members. -They are dute. Lars y Clnad fd eansin German Prof. Otto Graf, director dispute. Larr'y Clark filed a peti- of the literary college Honors tion with 51 signatures, one more ounce iemarein Pof.g C.oMere than .the required number, to gainCo marketins nrf C Merse a place on the ballot against Crawford of the business adminis- fnothe Dge- tration school and engineering Charles Ferguson for the Dem- Prof. Jonathan Bulkley. ocratic nomination to City Coun- Student Government Council cll. and Graduate Assembly have yet Two of the signatures were ruled t i invalid by City Clerk Harold Saun- abers of the polic bstudent me ders. One of the signatures was be e olKyTor, and th rrlrllc a" +h n~he tae ha+ o I See BOOKSTORE, Page 2 cliar UUs and the other was that oz f a woman who signed the petition with her husband's initial rather than her own first name. The state election law implies that signatures on candidates' pe- titions must be the same as the person's signature on official voting cards. ' The woman involved volunteered to appear before the Ann Arbor election board, comprised of Saun- ders, City Attorney Jerrold Lax and Police Chief Walter Krasny, to verify that she signed the peti- tion and supports Clark. Late yesterday State Election Director Bernard Apol, after con- sultinig with Atty. Gen. Frank Kel- ley, ruled that Clark could gain a place on the ballot only by an official appeal to the state election director or .to the Circuit Court. Saunders said there were in- dications that Clark would pursue these appeal procedures. Clark was unavailable for comment last night. Clark, George, and Gilbert are all associated with the Concernedi Citizens of Ann Arbor, a conserva- By HANNAH MORRISON Last year the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and the Vietnam Mora- torium Committee combined to stage one of the largest nationwide protest actions in the history of the United States. Sentiment for such actions appears to be cool- ing, however, and New Mobe's failure to effect its planned anti-war demonstrations at the Rose Bowl has caused both local New Mobe and the Ann Arbor Moratorium committee to shift em- phasis from national to local actions for the next few months at least. "There were too many police and not enough organization at the Rose Bowl," said New Mobe member Joseph Tiboni. "Leaflets were being passed, but as soon as the police told the dis- tributors to stop, they disappeared." As a result, the New Mobe will attempt to re- Bowl 70: the Rose Bowl. There were many other instances which could be called what sportswrit- ers fondly term "turning points." But Healy's dramatic miscue before 103,000 sun-tanned fans in the stadium and another 25 million TV viewers in m o r e wintry climes was symptomatic of the tragedy in Pasadena. What befell the mightly Wol, verines, conquerors of once - vincible Ohio State, should not have happened to the a o s t tragic of Greece's hcroe., The fall of the House of Schembech- ler was as swift and rUstructive as the fall of the oiue Of At- rpus. The injury list for the Wol- organize on the local level, and try to involve the community The first of these actions will be the showing of the film "In the Year of the Pig," on Jan. 14, 15, and 16. One week later, discussions will be held concerning the whole topic of the U.S. in- volvement in Vietnam. On Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, the first major teach-in on repression is scheduled. According to Brian Spears, organizer of the program; speeches will be given by a lawyer, a Black Panther leader, aj defendant in the Chicago conspiracy trial and a historian. Workshops dealing with repression of blacks, women and GI agitators will follow the speeches. The Moratorium Committee also has plans for the coming months. In January, there will be programs held in white communities commem- orating the birth of Martin Luther King and ex- ploring the special toll which the Vietnam war takes from black citizens. AFTER THE FALL A tragedy Attorneys representing soime of the defendants in the sit-in cases FINAL REPORT: declined to predict whether Mash's sentence would be handed down'! to all the other persons convicted on the charge. Dorm rate committee One, however, said the sentence seemed harsh, claiming, "Many people in felony cases on the first ThItilFfeih mresudns e ue sts $ 5hile offense get less than that." ofe s e est a h t"The trial of eight more students will continue in District Court to- By ROB BIER day. The trial, which began Tues- The Residence Hall Rate Committee has recommended shortly after the prosecution open- room and board increases of $85 a year in residence hall fees. ed its case. The prosecution will The committee's report, which will be made public this week, resume calling witnesses today. also suggests ,increases of $72 for Fletcher Hall residents, $69 Elden and District Judge Pieter for Oxford Housing, and $29 in'Baits housing fees. Thomassen have set dates in Jan- Final work on the 26 recommendations in the report was uayad Februr fo setecn th sealreadyrconvictr en encon completed on Dec. 16. The report details specific reasons for tention. the increases. It also pinpoints cost areas where reductions - -amounting to approximately $20 per student per year could be made. The report will now be sent to several housing groups for discus- sion. The Residence Hall Board of inor acts, Governors, Inter-House Assembly, It IN rthe Student Advisory Committee on Housing and the residence hall governments will be asked to con- ment and relay their remarks to John Feldkamp, Director of Uni- versity Housing. Next, the report, with any sug- gested changes, will go to the Uni- versity's executive officers and finally to President Robben Flem- ing, who will present it to the Re- 5 a gents at their meeting in February. Y The committee cited rising food 4 prices and wage increases and 4 smaller increases for services such as laundry, utilities and main- tenance as the main reasons for the rate hike. Some of the present increases had been avoided or de- loyed in the past two years, hold- ing the rate increases during that period to 4 per cent. ~ This year, as committee member t A And Wll4Ar ,. a Hniming v irpEy o -Rose By JOEL BLOCK Sports Editor PASADENA - Brian Healy sat with hunched shoulders, staring at the dismal concrete floor of the antiquated visitor's lockerroom of the Rose B o w 1. An hour ago the final gun had sounded on Michigan's first loss in what the local partisans call "The Grandaddy of the Bowls." It also sounded the dismal climax of Healy's career as de- fensive halfback for the Mich- igan Wolverines. With t w o minutes left in the third quart- er, Healy's man, flanker B o b Chandler took a 13-yard pass from USC quarterback Jimmy Jones, slipped away from Healy,