WHAT IS TO BE DONE? See Editorial Page Ci r lflfr~a~ 74tAit REVOLUTIONARY, fligh--22 Low--16 Sunny, colder ;_ kol. LXXX, No. 117 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, February 19, 1970 Ten Cents Eight Pages C0 ICT 5 OF CHICAGO 7 0 RIOT CH RGE; 2,000 POLICE RCHERS ROUTED AT CITY H LL; RREST 12 1 RECRUITER PROTEST SPORADIC TRASHING ) I AREAKS OUYT By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ and DAVE CHUDWIN About 2,000 people, march- ing to protest the convictions ,in the Chicago 7 conspiracy trial, dispersed abruptly last night as about 200 city and state police, and Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies charged =into the crowd a n d scattered the demonstrators. The protesters had marched nearly three miles around the cen- tral campus area chanting slogans, with small groups occasionally breaking windows of businesses. Shortly before 10 p.m. the marchers headed toward the cen- tral business district of the city. "rhe police surged out of City Hall when rocks were thrown at park- ed patrol cars, and charged into the mass of demonstrators, who' had turned west onto E. Huron from S. Division St. Brandishing nightsticks a n d shotguns, the police chased the crowd for two blocks north, east and south of City Hall. University Hospital officials re- ported that one professor, n in e students, and one sheriff's deputy' were brought in for treatment for minor facial lacerations. In ad- d-ition the health service treated 13 injured, while St. Joseph Hos- pital reported one injured person as a result of the confrontation. Ann Arbor Police Chief Walter. Krasny said late last night t h a t three warrants were issued for per- sons believed to be the leaders of the march. He estimated that about 2,000 persons participated in the march. "You're dealing with a bunch of criminals as far as I'm concerned," Krasny said. "They should expect to get their heads busted." Krasny said five persons were arrested on charges ranging from assaulting an officer and resisting; arrest to simple property damage. He said he did not know of any serious injuries to police officers. It began at 9 p.m., following a short rally on the Diag. Before the march started, the crowd was split over whether a 'vote should be taken on the ques- tion of using such tactics as rock- throwing and window breaking, About half of the protesters had left to begin the march by the time a vote was taken on tactics The other half voted overwhelm- ingly not to take violent actions. r During a brief debate at the Diag rally, Student Government Council President Marty Mc- Laughlin charged that SDS col- lectives had decided earlier to "trash" during the march. See 2,000 ROUTED, Page 8 RECRUITER LOCKED IN AT W. ENGIN By JIM McFERSON, and W. E. SCHROCK Police arrested 12 persons yesterday on charges of as- saulting an officer and one for disorderly conduct after Pres- ident Robben Fleming called police onto the campus to pre- vent over 100 protesters, led by Students for a Democratic Society, from locking in four General Electric recruiters at West Engineering Bldg. University officials said I a s t night they expect more arrests today when identifications can be made from pictures and videotapes of the disturbance. Three other persons were arrested late last night. The arrested students were ar- raigned yesterday, and bail was set at $500, $750 and $1000. A pre-trial hearing will be held Feb. 25 before District Court Judge Pieter, Thomassen. Assaulting an officer is a high misdemeanor punishable by two years and/or a $1,000 fine. The lock in, fourth in a series of SDS-led recruiter protests, -de- veloped into a battle between po- lice and students after the dem- onstrators were forced out of the building. -Daily-Thomas R. Copi Senate Assembly last night ir City Hall m supported President ~r .At HullFleming for his decision to call police into West Engineering Bldg. It also endorsed a statement by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) which expressed concern over re- cent disruptions. t When police arrested Susan Eisenberg, a Residential College sophomore, students attempted to E 0 block the departure of the policeI van containing Miss Eisenberg. A ty a id s ', squad of police moved in to clear the way. The action provoked a fighting response from the crowd, -The granting of tuition waiv- and police began using nightsticks s to in-state black students to to control the crowd. admitted under special p r o- After about 20 minutes of in- ams. termittent scuffling, during which After thede ndsdthe 11 other persons were arrest- b. 5redemntsoberemi ed, police left the scene. About id he was in agreement with the 3morersnsutotc row jectives, but saw problems con- e than 500, which had gather- L'nng inncig te ropsal.~ed, marched to the Diag, whereI rnmg financing the proposals. they rallied. Over 100 of these per- The problem of financing is es- sons went to the Administration; cially acute this year since Gov- Bldg., where they occupied Flem- nor Milliken has recommended a ing's second floor conference room 5.7 million appropriation for See 12 ARRESTED, Page 8 e University - $8.3 million less an the University had request- County deputy arrests demonstrator nea -Daily--Jim Diehl Policem narrests protester at GE lock-in Plan rallies for BLACK PROPOSALS: CLEAR 7 OF CONSPIRING TO RIOT CHICAGO 0 - Five mem- bers of the Chicago 7 yester- day were convicted by a fed- eral jury of coming to Chi- cago to incite riots at t h e time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. All seven were acquitted of charges that they conspired to incite riot in Chicago during the final week of August'1968. David Dellinger, 54; Jerry Ru- bin, 31; Tom Hayden, 30; Abbie Hoffman, 31, and Rennie Davis, 29, were found guilty of crossing state lines to encourage riot-mak- ing speeches to various rallies dur- ing the convention week. Each man could be sentenced to a maximum bf five years in prison and fined $10,000. There is no es- tablished minimum punishment. John D. Froines, 31, and Lee Weiner, 31, were found innocent on the conspiracy count and a second count charging them with teaching the use of an incendiary device. The government charged in the five-month trial that Froines and Weiner plotted to -fire bomb an underground garage in Grant Park. Weiner and F'roines could not be charged with crossing state lines to come to Chicago because Weiner was a resident of Chicago during 1968 and Froines, a resi- dent of Eugene, Ore., was spend- ing the summer with his in-laws who live in Chicago. The U.S. District Court jury of 10 women and two men returned its verdict shortly afternoon, end- ing four days of deliberations and bringing the bitter, tumultuous and often raucous trial to its legal conclusion. Judge Julius J. Hoffman of U.S. District Court did not set a date for sentencing. He also denied freedom on bond to the five convicted defendants. saying: "I find the men in this trial too dangerous to be at large." Mayor Richard J. Daley issued a statement shortly after the ver- dict was reported. "The defendants have had their day in court and received a fair trial, and all of us should respect, the verdict. I hope that the Jury < verdict will put an end to appeals to violence," he said. The Conspiracy-a group form- ed prior to the trial to help the seven men conduct their defense- also issued a statement. "This outrageous verdict" the Conspiracy said, "results from the unholy combination of an unconstitution- al law, aMayor Daley prosecutor and a hostile, authoritarian judge. Men like Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general, and the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s sucessor as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were kept off the stand. Other witnesses were allowed to give only a small portion of their relevant testi- mony." The five convicted and their two co-defendants are being held in the Cook County-Chicago jail on sentences ranging f r o m 2% months to 2% years for contempt. Judge Hoffman imposed the contempt penalties Saturday and Sunday, immediately after the jurors retired to reach a verdict. The judge also sentenced de- fense lawyer William M. Kuntsler to four years and 13 days for con- tempt, and his colleague, Leonard I. Weinglass, to 20 months and five days. Both lawyers are free, however, because the judge stayed commit- ment of their sentences to May 4. A legal team representing the Regnsther for more minori Di'ag, Chicago By LINDSAY CHANEY A slate of black student de-r mands for increased minority ad- missions and financial aid will beF the main topic of discussion -at the Regents open hearing today. The demandswill'be presented by representatives of the Black Action Movement, (BAM) a coal- ition of black student groups. Specifically, the demands c a 11 fo : -The admission of at least 900 new black students next fall, in- cludings450 freshmen, 150 transfer students, and 300 graduate stu- dents, -An increase in the proportion: of blacks in the University to 10 per cent by the 1973-74 s c h o o 1 year; er, -The hiring of several full-time' be recruiters to concentrate on at- gr tracting minority students to the University; Fe -The establishment of "an in- sai tensive supportive 'services pro- ob gram" to serve the new b 1 a c k ce students; -An increase in University fi- pe nancial aid to black students; eri -The establishment of a black $7 student center; th -The establishment of atUniver- th sity-wide appeal board to dealI ed with financial aids; -The revamping of the par- Gr ents confidential statement to al- ha low for "hidden costs" andn By DEBBIE TIHAL ' In response to yesterday's verdict in the Chicago 7 trial, rallies are being planned by several groups for today, tomorrow and over the weekend. Students for a Democratic Society announced late last night they will sponsor a rally today at noon in the Diag. And the Chicago conspiracy group has called for demonstrations over the weekend in Chicago. The Committee on Repression and New Mobe jointly announced late last night they will organize transportation to and from Chicago for the planned protests. The Committee on Repression earlier in the week had also called for a rally on the Diag the day after the Chicago verdict. Student Government Council President Martin McLaughlin said ' early this morning that an ad hoc group of about 30 people met late last night and formulated a list of suggestions for the rally to adopt. Among those proposals is a call for a march on City Hall after the rally and a list of demands to both Mayor Robert Harris and President Robben Fleming that they denounce the anti-riot and conspiracy laws and the trial off the Chicago 7 under those laws. Vice President and Dean of raduate Studies Stephen Spurr .s studied the BAM demands ir xvl r n pcil d nc THE PEOPLE' Looking for revolution By CHRIS STEELE EditoriJ Page Editor Revolutions come'and, appar- ently, revolutions \go. Or at least that is the way it hap- pened last night., It all started at the Diag in the drizzle and the cold. The crowd stood massed to watch the plans unfold before them. A march around campus and a little more-something peo- ple were a little reticent to talk about but everyone knew was in the offing. The crowd wasn't quite sure if they wanted to .ra i -f the - f-hi- thrc 01 sure just what. Right now they were cold and wanted to get moving. And as the walk began the doubts an( e nflicts seemed to disappear. The people weren't as cold as they had been and there were songs and chants to keep things together. The crowd was big and going some- where. While the frustrations and hostilities of the past years and months was not forgotten the moment was happy. The first trashings did't have too much effect. The w ndows ple called. "Do something you believe in." And, most heart- ening to the marchers, some of them did. But the spirit was cracked when the crowd hit South U. There were forewarnings as the march was moving down toward the corner of Church St. The two state police cars that were trashed shocked a, few, most were made uneasy but curious. Curiosity was sated and more by the scene the marchers found on South U. Rocks and bottles flew at everything and the sound o a eian, nica a ae ana wil present a aetanea cost estimate on behalf of the admin- istration at the meeting today. Spurr says he supports in prin- ciple the recent demands of the1 black students for increased minority admissions and support. The question is can we find and finance as many students as they would like," he says. After the cost estimate h as been made, the administrationj must decide which demands thel University can afford to meet. According to Fleming, the ad- ministration will not present any definite plan to finance or estab- lish priorities on the black de- mands tomorrow. The Regentsare expected to turn this matterrback to the administration for further study. Students for Effective Action (SEA) has made a proposal for financing a minority financial aid p program whereby students would Also proposed are demands that Harris set up an investigating committee and agree to fire all po- lice officers and their superiors who are identified as being in- volved in last night's incidents and that neighborhood control of the police be established, especial- ly in student and black communi- ties. Meanwhile last night, protests against the Chicago Tverdict took place, in Lawrence, Kan. where three protesters were arrested after a demonstration at the coun- ty courthouse. A group of about 35 demon- strators in Iowa City, Iowa parad- ed through the downtown area to protest the trial and then entered