Wednesday & Thursday February 25th & 26th 4:10 P.M. DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH STUDENT LABORATORY THEATRE presents scenes from THE CHANGELING -by THOMAS MIDDLETON THE FLYING DOCTOR -by MOLIERE ARENA THEATRE, Frieke Building ADMISSION FREE page three 94P, ir4igttn ttti NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-0554 Tuesday, February 24, 1970 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three Van Der fout presents unique self-defense NOW PLAYING NATIONAL GENERAL CORPORATON FOX EASTERNThEATRES. . FOR VILLGE 375 No. MAPLE PD. "7$9.1300 TIMES Mon.-Fri. 7:10 & 9:05, .DUSTIN HOFFMAN MIA FARROW VJOHN ANT) MARY By TAMMY JACOBS Daily News Analysis "We were innocent, of course," claims Marc Van Der Hout, executive v i c e president of Student Government Coun- cil. "But restricting a defense to solely our innocence with an Ann A r b o r Jury would lose, so I decided to try another way." Van Der Hout's LSA Bldg. sit-in case didn't follow the pattern of most of the LSA trials so far. Van Der Hout, one of the few defendants to act as his own lawyer, planned a defense very differ- ent from previous cases. Last week, after months of prepara- tion and two turbulent days of the trial itself, Van Der Hout earned an acquit- tal and cleared himself of the conten- tion charge stemming from the sit-in last September. A major part of Van Der H o u t's planned defense was his decision to try to make the trial political. H o w - ever, his accusations of repression and a "trumped-up" charge were halted part way through his opening statement, and the tone for the case was set. Objecting on the grounds that "the purpose of the opening statement i not to make moral arguments to the jury," prosecuting attorney Jerome Farmer succeeded in ending Van Der Hout's discussion of repression of "blacks and youth." It was the first of many objections Farmer would make and District Court Judge S. J. Elden would sustain; and it was an introduction to the outbursts that would mark the two-day trial and cause one student to shout as at one point the courtroom was cleared, "Ano- ther Julius Hoffman!" "Whenever I tried to bring out things about repression the judge cut me off," Van Der Hout says. "But I was able to get it into the record a few times before he finally sent the jury out." The jury was first sent out of the courtroom during Van Der Hout's cross- examination of the first prosecution witness, President Robben Fleming. Van Der Hout had asked, "why the pro- secutor's trying to hide the truth from the jury," when Elden sustained an ob- jection of Farmer's. The jury was sent from the room and Van Der Hout was warned to "stick to the rules," and not to "make allega- tions without reasons." "If I want to accuse you of some- thing, do I have to ask the jury to leave?" Van Der Hout inquired. The jury was to be sent out of the courtroom so many times during the two day trial that Van Der Hout would begin .his closing statement by apolo- gizing for the "yo-yo action," that the jury had faced "due to my inexperience as a lawyer and to other factors." In addition to politicizing the trial, Van Der Hout had planned to go into a complete background of the book- store issue, but again was thwarted by a sustained objection. Elden restricted the testimony to events occurring at the LSA Bldg. during the time of the sit-in, a ,imitation unprecedented in past LSA trials. "I judge each case on its own merits," Elden replied to Van Der Hout's pro- tests. "I was really surprised about that, especially since that testimony was al- lowed in the other cases" Van Der Hout said later. He added that because of the limitation on testimony, he had to make many on-the-spot changes in his defense. Perhaps one of the most spectacular aspects of the trial was its witnesses. Farmer followed the prosecution form- ula used in most of the sit-in trials, and his five witnesses had all testified in several other LSA trials. However, Van Der Hout did not present the usual two or three defense witnesses, b u t rather placed 13 on the stand and unsuccessfully subpoenaed four more, including Gov. William Milliken. "I think the jury saw through w h a t Elden and Farmer were trying to do," Van Der Hout said later. "It was an excellent jury, young and educated." Van Der Hout advises others to try their own cases if at all possible. "It's a really worthwhile experience," he says. SAT.-SUN. 1:30-3:20-5:15 7:10-9:05 R I I SI II McKenny Union Directorate I! the PRESENTS JOSH WHITE, JR., IN CONCERT Pease Auditorium-E.M.U. Saturda Feb. 28, 1970-8 PM. ADMISSION $2.00 For further information or for ticket orders call 487-1158 news today by The Associated Press and College Press Service Special To The DailyI FORMER ALABAMA GOVERNOR George C. Wallace will announce his candidacy for the governorship of that state at a press conference Thursday morning. Wallace said in a television interview Sunday he would reveal his future plans at the press conference. Informed sources in both Ala- bama and Washington said yesterday that barring unforseen circum- stances, Wallace will announce his entry into the race. He will be challenging incumbent Governor Albert Brewer in the May 5 Democratic primary race. Brewer suceeded to the governorship in 1968 upon the death from cancer of Lurleen Wallace, wife of theJ former governor. AMERICAN B-52s bombed the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos for the seventh straight day. The trail is Hanoi's main supply and infiltration corridor into South Vietnam. Informed sources say that 1,500 tons of bombs were dropped on the trail yesterday. Pathet Lao, the communist party of Laos demanded in a news broadcast that Britain and the Soviet Union, co-chairmen of the Geneva conference in Laos, take "most energetic, efficacious and ur- gent measures" to stop the bombings. Meanwhile, in Washington congressmen have been strongly pro- testing U.S. involvement in Laos, saying it will become another Viet- nam.f * * * MRS. LENORE ROMNEY remains in the race for the Re- publican nomination for U.S. Senator from Michigan. Mrs. Romney, who failed last week in her attempt to become the GOP's consensus candidate, will make another bid for party endorse- ment when party leaders meet again in March. The wife of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former governor of Michigan George Romney, Mrs. Romney will enter the GOP primary in August, with at least one other candidate, State Rep. Robert Huber, pledged to oppose her. The primary's winner will face Democrat Sen. Philip Hart, an in- cumbent of two years, in the November election. * * * AFL-CIO PRESIDENT GEORGE MEANY and Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz will try to prevent any renewed threat of a nationwide rail shutdown. A federal judge in Washington has extended restraining orders against the strikt until March 2, but Shultz refused to say whether President Nixon would ask Congress for special legislation if necessary to prevent a shutdown. The dispute involves 45,000 members of four AFL-CIO rail shopcraft unions. - Speaking at a Miami Beach conference of labor leaders, Shultz, also said that Nixon will take "strong measures" if his anti-inflation; policies cause a major rise in unemployment. Meany had previously predicted an unemployment rise from 3.9 per cent to 6 per cent of the labor force. * * * KENTUCKY TEACHERS are striking across the state in a battle over salary with the state legislature. The Kentucky Education Association (KEA), which represents all the state's teachers, maintains that salaries are too low and many teachers are leaving the state. Base pay is $5,000 and the average salary is $7,500. The Kentucky School Superintendent, Wendell Butler, reported that at least 10,000 of the state's 32,000 teachers worked as usual yes- terday while KEA reported that 17000 teachers were idle, and pre- dicted that the number would grow.- It was pointed out that yesterday many teachers were out of class in observance of George Washington's birthday, so the success of the strike is not yet clear. * * * SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mike Mansfield said he is prepared to face a second veto of the new version of the disputedI health, education and labor appropriations bill. Mansfield said that if there is another vote, Congress would keep on letting the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Department of Labor spend money under a special resolution, as3 they have been doing since last July. President Nixon vetoed a previous bill as too expensive for the economy. However, the new bill passed by the House and scheduled for the Senate is still $324 million above the figure Nixon says is acceptable.i Kelsey Museum Kelsey 's ancient art: Forgyotten treasures By PATMEARS. You walk by it hundreds of times each semester. You've thought of going in a dozen times. But somehow you never find the time to visit the Francis M. Kel- sey Museum, perhaps the Univer- sity's most centrally located "for- gotten" building. Sandwiched between the Liter- ature, Science and the Arts Bldg. and Helen Newberry Hall, the Kel- sey Museum houses the Univer- sity's a n c i e n t and medieval archaeology collection. Among the museum's major ex- hibits are a mummy, three mum- my cases, and an ancient wooden door dating from the first cen- tury A.D., says Mrs. Donald White, assistant to the curator at the museum. The museum also displays an-. cient writings and medieval in- scriptions on wood, clay tablets, vellum, textiles, and papyrus. In- cluded in these displays are ex- cerpts from the Egyptian "Book of the Dead"-ancient prayers and incantations to be recited over the tomb of a newly deceased person -and a fragment of The Odyssey, written in Greek and found in Egypt. Among the 100,000 objects hous- ed in the museum, and the most important from an archaeologist's point of view, according to Mrs. White, are Roman building mate- rials and brickstamps, as well as glass, textile, and terra cotta ob- jects. Since 1957, President Emeritus Alexander Ruthven has yearly donated to the museum artifacts from his collection of Roman, *r Nations condemn aircraft sabotage By The Associated Press Both the Swiss and West German governments condemned the Arab governments yesterday for Arab terrorist attacks on civil air- liners, as the Israeli prime minister, seeking help to stop the attacks, met with envoys from 18 nations. The protests were sparked by the crash Saturday of an Israeli- bound Swissair jet near Zurich in which 47 persons were killed and a similar explosion aboard an Austrian jet that/hurt no one but forced an emergency landing at Frankfurt. West German Foreign Minister Walter Schell met yesterday with Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, then announced that West Ger- many has sent messages to all Arab governments condemning the terrorist attacks. Most Arab countries broke relations with West Germany over the recognition of Israel in 1965 and! Coptic, and Islamic glass artifacts, textiles, and bone carvings. The objects in the collection date from 400 to 1300 A.D. with major em- phasis on the Islamic period. The museum building, begun in 1887 and completed the next year at a cost of $40,000, was originally named Newberry Hall for the Newberry family of Detroit, the principal financial contributors for the hall's construction. "Intil 1904 Newberry Hall was headquarters for the Student's Christian Association. From 1905 until 1928, the hall was used by the Young Woman's Christian As- sociation and the University. That year, it was converted from class- rooms into a museum for the clas- sical studies and archaeology de- partments. It has remained a museum since then, and was dedicated in 1953 to Kelsey, professor of Latin at the University from 1889 to 1927. The museum has regularly ex- hibits from university-sponsored excavations in Asia Minor and Africa. Other exhibits have been purchased from private collections or have been on loan from other museums, such as the Metropoli- tan Museum of Art in New York City. The museum not only displays ancient artifacts, but also furnish- es special exhibits for Classical archaeology and history of Art' sections that meet in the mu- seum's lecture hall. Informal talks are also given to elementary' school classes that occasionally tour the museum. The museum has about 300 visitors each week, says Mrs. White. Dr. Louise Shier, the museum's present curator, directs the activ- ities and displays of the museum. now deal with Bonn through em- bassies of third countries. Schell told a news conference he had communicated the m e s s a g e s through diplomatic channels." The Swiss government yester- day imposed sharp restrictions on the entry of Arabs into the coun- try. Only on humanitarian grounds and "where significant Swiss in- terest is at stake" will any Arab be allowed in Switzerland, t h e government announcement said. Yet it avoided blaming A r a b guerrilla organizations for Satur- day's explosion. But the announce- mentsaidthegovernment still was looking into sabotage aspects of the crash. Government spokes- man explained that the only Arabs who will be allowed into Switzerland will be diplomats, big businessmen, a n d those coming for medical treatment or to visit sick or dying family members. Tourist visas for Arabs are sus- pended. The government a 1 so ordered reinforced controls of "all persons considered as dangerous," both at the Swiss borders and inside the country. And finally it called for a worldwide aviation security con- ference to be organized by the In- ternational Air Transport Asso- ciation,- IATA - as soon as pos- sible, preferably on Swiss soil. The seven-man Cabinet led by President Hans Peter Tschudi, who explained the measures at a news conference later, 1 e f t no doubt that it was acting on what it must consider well-founded su- spicion of Arab sabatoge. In the meantime, Israeli prime minister Golda Meir blamed Arab governments for financing and sheltering guerrilla fighters "lack- ing all conscience and respect for human life." In a statement to the Israeli parliament, Mrs. Meir said other nations could help by taking ef- fective steps against terrorist or- ganizations and "against those Arab countries from which they come." Mrs. Meir warned Israel "will do its duty" to protect air routes leading to Israel, and "will not tolerate" attacks on planes flying to Israel. Israel yesterday called upon governments, civil airlines, a n d pilots organizations to e n d the wave of terrorism that is result- ing from the Middle East war and "making civil airlines unsafe to travel." Date set' for union hearing Teaching fellows attempting to unionize face a hearing before the state's Labor Relations Commis- sion in Detroit March 3 to deter- mine if they constitute a proper bargaining unit. At the hearing, which was ori- ginally scheduled for Feb. 25, the teaching fellows will meet with University officials to discuss the status of the proposed union. If the Commission accepts the group as eligible to represent the University's 1,417 teaching fellows, the next step will be to hold an election to determine if the teach- ing fellows want to unionize. According to geography teach- ing fellow Alison Hayford, steer- ing committee chairman, the group has made no decision on whether to affiliate themselves with the American Federation of Teachers, which has been provid- ing the group with legal assistance without charge, or with some other union. Allan Smith, vice president fO'r academic affairs, said that Uni- versity officials will meet tomor- row to determine a course of action for the hearing. It is not sure whether the teaching fel- lows' bid for recognition will be challenged, he added. Before the. hearing was set, the required amount of signatures, one-third of the teaching fellows on campus, was gathered by peti- tion, according to Miss Hayford. Members of the steering com- mittee are still gathering signa- tures for the petitions. According to one spokesman, the signatures have already passed the one-third limit. 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. 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