EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY presents "THREE DOG NIGHT" SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1970 8:30 P.M. BowenFieldhouse, E.M.U., Ypsilanti, Mich. Tickets: $3.50, $4.50, $5.50 Advance Tickets Available: E.M.U. McKenny Union, M.S.U. University Center, J.L. Hudson Co. Mail Order: Send check or money order payable to E.M.U., Uni- versity Activities Board, McKenny Union, Ypsilanti, Mich. House committee probes Black Panthers WASHINGTON P) - A nationwide congressional probe of the Black Pan- ther Party will begin open hearings to- morrow with witnesses who will accuse the Panthers of attempted extortion, mental imbalance, and using children as a front for revolution. Rep. Richard H. Ichord (D-Mo), chairman of the House Internal Sec- urity Committee (formerly the House Un-American Activities Committee), said that during the two days of hear- ings, witnesses will also charge that news coverage of Panther activities "is one of the things that keeps them going." "We want to find out all we can about the Black Panther Party. We want to expose its finances, its ob- jectives, its connections with what may be hostile foreign powers, its num- bers, and the tactics it uses to reach its objectives," Ichord said in an in- terview. The party claims 27 chapters in 22 cities but won't reveal the size of its membership. Estimates range from 800 to more than 4,000. Federal grand juries at San Fran- cisco, Chicago and New Haven, Conn, also are investigating the party. Two ad hoc committees, including one headed by former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark and the other composed of six black congressmen, are probing police reactions in shootouts with the Pan- thers on Dec 4 in Chicago and Dec. 8 in Los Angeles. The Internal Security Committee, which began its probe of the Panthers last October, voted to authorize the investigation-recommended by Ichord -after receiving a 12-page staff study devoted almost entirely to press clip- pings and public testimony on the Black Panther Party. The study accused the party of hav- ing alliances in Communist China, Cuba and Algeria, and also reported other alliances including Students for a Democratic Society and the U.S. Communist Party. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, when questioned about Communist influence on black militants, testified in a bud- get hearing last April, "The Black Panthers, the most violent of all, and several others almost as bad, are or- ganizations that the Communist Party has not been able to control . . . "This is pure and simple ganster- ism," Hoover added. "They are recruit- ing known criminals and hoodlums and encouraging them to engage in a broad range of terroristic tactics and other criminal actions while explain- ing that such actions, being revolu- tionary in nature, are justified." Hoover has since stated that Pan- ters have killed five policemen. Charles Garry, general counsel for the Black Panther Party, says 28 Panthers have been killed by police in what he calls genocide. The party's leadership also has been reduced by self-exile and arrest. El- dridge Cleaver, Minister of Informa- tion, is in Algeria. Huey Newton, founder of the party and its Minister of Defense, is serving 15 years of manslacghter in the killing of a po- liceman. National Chairman ,Bobby Seale is held at San Francisco jail pending extradition to Connecticut where he is charged with ordering the murder of a Panther suspected of being a police informant. The first group to be investigated will be a Panther chapter from Ichord's home state of Missouri - a Kansas City chapter of 20 to 40 mem- bers. It was chosen, according to Ichord, because it is "fairly typical," and hasn't been investigated by others. Ichord said 10 to appear, but refused in advance "because of harassment." 12 to of witnesses will identify most the possibility WlNA4L 6gEtRAL CORPORATION FOX EASTERN THEA"RE FOX VfiLLaf6m 375 No. MAPLE RD.*7691300 LAST TIME TODAY "JOHN AND MARY" 7:10 & 9:05 * STARTS TOMORROWe "'Take The Money And Run' Is nuttiness triumphant." -LOOK MAGAZINE MON.-FRI. 7:15, 9:10 "rib 7 cracking S co edSAT.-9UN. rJUOITH CRIST -. 5:20, 7:15, 9:10 "One witness will be heard in execu- tive session because of fear of violent retaliation," he said. Felix Pete O'Neal, chairman of the Kansas City chapter who said neither he nor his members have been called to testify, said in a telephone inter- view: "I know exactly every witness who is subpoenaed. We certainly have no intention of doing anything to them." A page three C14C Sict~igaun Datiti, NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS PHONE: 764.0554 Tuesday, March 3, 1970 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three !1 4']1. IM; I I I 'I r!l itq,] w I IC NON-PROFT CONCERT March 6-FRIDAY COUNTRY JOE and THE FISH, SAVAGE GRACE (from Detroit) Light Shows Phantasmagoria Grand Valley State College Field House ALLENDALE, MICH. 7:30 P.M. $3.00 at door Mobe asks comply-in on draft WASHINGTON ()-The anti- war movement hopes to bury the nation's draft system in an ava- lanche of paperwork this month through massive obedience to the! most trivial and overlooked tech- nicalities of Selective Service law. They're calling it a "comply-in" at the headquarters of New Mobil- ization Committee to end the war In Vietnam. It's the second phase of New Mobe's "spring offensive," which focused last month on the courts and will turn in April to, dramatizing the link between the and "taxes. The week of March 16-22 will be devoted, a New Mobe spokes- man said, to draft-related activi- ties aimed at tying up most of the Although the Selective Service nation's 4,1000 local draft boards. system generally pays no attention to its registrants once they've passed the draftable age of 26, the law-although overlooked 99 per cent of the time-requires every male born after Aug. 30, 1922, to be registered and carry his draft card with him. "The law also requires registrants to inform the draft boards within 10 days of any change in address or status," said Mrs. Trudi Young, the New Mobe spokesman. "This means changes in religion, mental attitude -and everything else. We want everyone to take this law so seriously that they inform their board of every single change, even if they're over-age or have already completed their service." Mrs. Young said New Mobe hopes to recruit thousands of the 18 millionmen' in the 5-A over- age classification into the paper-1 work war. The antidraft activities this month will culminate March 19 with massive sit-ins at the nation's draft boards. The rest of the week will be devoted to draft-counseling sessions and leafletting of high schools to inform students of their rights under the draft laws. Mrs. Young said New Mobe is urging that all activities be kept non-violent and legal. But the antiwar group, she added, will support local groups who find it necessary to block the entrances to draft board offices illegally. A spokesman for Selective Serv- ice headquarters had no comment on the planned activities. But if thousands over over-age men de- cide to follow the law to the letter, he said, "Lord help us." the news today by The Associated Press and College Press Service FRENCH PRESIDENT Georges Pompidou accepted President Nixon's apologies yesterday for the hostile reception he faced in Chicago. Nixon flew to New York last night to attend a French-American dinner in Pompidou's honor, and tell him that the pro-Israel demon- strations by about 10,000 people in Chicago Saturday did not repre- sent the view of most Americans. Pompidou's entourage had indicated that the French President had been considering cutting short his visit because of the demon- strations. Jewish organizations had announced that they planned massive anti-Pompidou turnouts during his visit to New York, to protest the sale of 100 French Mirage jets to the Arab state of Libya. Mayor John Lindsay, who declined to receive Pompidou officially, issued an appeal to New Yorkers for courteous behavior. LAOTIAN PREMIER Prince Souvanna Phouma has sum- moned the top military leaders of his country to an emergency meeting, informed sources said yesterday. The meeting was called because of the rapidly deteriorating mili- tary situation in Laos, which lost the strategic Plain of Jars to North Vietnamese forces a week ago. Commanding generals of the five military regions in 'Laos will meet to discuss defense of the country's major cities, and place're- quests for military equipment. Souvanna Phouma, who is also the military leader of Laos, has said in the past that he might ask the U.S. and other countries for equipment, but would not request ground troops. Meanwhile, in South Vietnam, American B52 bombers rained tons of explosives Monday on the Mekong Delta's Seven Mountains region, where North Vietnamese troops have been entrenched for months. A THREATENED RAIL STRIKE was blocked yesterday by a preliminary injunction issued by a federal judge. U. S. District Judge Howard Corcoran issued the restrain- ing order against 'AFL-CIO's shoperaft unions, which planned to strike against the Union Pacific railroad. The judge denied a union request for an injunction against a possible lockout by the industry in retaliation of the threatened un- ion strike.; Union members will meet today to decide whether to stage a nationwide strike or to appeal Corcoran's ruling. * * * * COL. CARLOS ARANA OSORIO, Guatemala's r i g h 't ts t presidential candidate, finished first in the election yesterday, but lacked the majority needed to claim absolute victory. Guatemala's congress will now elect a president, choosing between Arana and Mario Fuentes Pieruccini of the Centrist Revolutionary party, who came in second in the three-way election. Congress is at present dominated by the Revolutionary- party. WILLIAM KUNSTLER, Chicago 7 defense attorney, has called on young people for massive peaceful demonstrations. Speaking Sunday in Los Angeles, Kunstler said that demonstra- tors were responsible for the release on bail of the seven defendants of the conspiracy trial. Kunstler called the release "a people's victory," and urged youth to demonstrate "at every courthouse in the nation to fight oppres- sion." -Associated Press GOP ladies on the road MUSKET All Campus Theatrical Company Presents THE AWARD WINNING MUSICAL J' Mrs. Lenore Romney (left), who is seeking the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in the state, and Mrs. Richard Nixon speak to a crowd yesterday at the Lansing Airport. Lansing was the first stop on the First Lady's volunteer project tour. DEPUTY REGISTRARS USED: New voter registration system standardizes city procedures ** * y *******************************t By TOM WIEDER Students attempting to register to vote in Ann Arbor -are encoun- tering a more uniform registra- tion system than in past years, ac- cording to City Clerk Harold Saunders. The new system is the result of attempts to standardize the pro- cedures for b o t h students and non-student residents of the city. The main change in registra- tion procedures is the institution of a standard questionnaire which must be filled out by all appli- cants. Registration has also been made easier by the use of deputy regis- trars, stationed at various places throughout the city, who are au- thorized to evaluate an applicant's qualifications and approve or re- ject his request for registration. The changes have all come about since Saunders took over from John P. Bentley, who is now City Treasurer, last December. The questionnaire includes ques- tions on general qualifications and cites passages of the state law on voting qualifications. It also contains questions which per- tain more specifically to students. Conflicts about student regis- tration have arisen in the past ov- er a section of the s t a t e law which declares that "no elector shall be deemed to have gained or lost residency by reason of being a s t u d e n t in an institution of higher education." This clause had been frequently used to dis- qualify students who attempted to register. Saunders denies that the new procedures reflected a n y major policy change. "It's just that ev- eryone is being asked the same questions in the same way," Saun- ders says. "We're just trying to get more uniformity in the sys- tem." Charges were levied against the former City Clerk during regis- tration for last year's mayoi'alty campaign by students who said they had to undergo more exten- sive questioning than non-stu- dents. The deputy registrars were in- stituted this year to make it easier to register. Previously, all appli- cants had to go to City Hall. Registration for the April city election at City Hall will be held March 6 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. However, residents may also reg- ister at the League and all fire stations March 3 to March 5 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and March 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Leary sentenced on drug charge, ASIAN TOUR 21 EXCITING DAYS JULY 21-AUGUST 11 PHILIPPINES - HONG KONG - JAPAN + STAY IN HOMES OF FILIPINO AND JAPANESE FAMILIES ..Get to know the people + EXPERIENCE THE MIND AND HEART OF THE ORIENT .Meet Political, Educational, Business, Religious Leaders + VISIT HONG KONG AND MACAO The Gateways to China and the Bargain Center of the World * DISCOVER THE FUTURE THROUGH EXPO '70 + ENJOY CULTURAL RICHES . . . Buddhist Temples, Beautiful Shrines and Palaces, Delicately Designed Gardens a FI Y TRDA EINTFDATINIIAI A IDEI NC CIlDED 1 D CAN JET HOUSTON, Tex. M) - Timo- thy Leary was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for smug- gling marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Leary was taken immediately to Santa Ana, Calif., where he faces sentencing for possession of mari- juana. Leary's lawyer, Mitchell Stand- ard of New York City, said he would go to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals in New Orleans later today to try to secure bond for Leary on the prison sentence. Leary was sentenced without bond by U.S. District Court Judge Ben. C. Connally, who called him a "menace to the country" who "openly advocated violation of the law." Leary, 50, dressed in a tan suit and open-collar blue shirt, receiv-. ed the sentence without expres- sion. His 34-year-old wife, R o s e- mary, then kissed him during a long embrace.- Leary, known as a "high priest of pot," was formerly a Harvard instructor. He was convicted Jan. 20 in Laredo on the smuggling charges. He was being held without bond at Santa Ana after a Feb. 19 con- viction on possession of mari- juana. Leary was first convicted in Laredo of failing to declare the marijuana for federal tax pur- poses, but the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the law under+ which be was arrested. A retrial on the smuggling charge followed. Leary has been arrested at least 14 times in the past five years on drug charges. The only convictions have been in Texas and, Cali- fornia. He could have drawn a sentence of up to 30 years in prison and $20,000 fine. photo by RICHARD LEE March 10-14 1910 Lydia Mendelssohn Thpadrip RADICAL FILM SERIES PRESENTS THE GREAT DICTATOR II