Seventy-nine years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Doily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1970 NIGHT EDITOR: SHARON WEINER f Tfo A MAID ThSE COHMTATOR ' UV tN Th6 COfJFiINJE OF LOA5MUI6ToM LRC. RIGH4ff GO6D09 RJT. ~Xufe 4Z AJ~~0STA1Ol 7 0. lNTA OMJ. ", Ks) OLAJ Pf~0VWJRlASHT(1 1f tOI 4 fAcc I(N 1 . . N tX Y. A6~ 175 1M T 1t TiRfKS ieee 1A9 MOD K R tV6TTI{6 VtI' LOS O N 'TURMTU - .r--____. p4CM c AW - 1I ~VtI6LO F a-1 -ni AN oug e , TAUK C0IA JT& ' 'DoO ATH PGC.A'eY Ir A little lesson from our bucolic brethren vJ. 1, HIM qov AML5 M~. Ah6 (t 1J !AJVTY. FOR ONCE, the University has a lesson to learn from - of all places - Michi- gan State. Like the University, MSU is in need of new athletic facilities. MSU wants a new all events building; the University wants a new intramural building. Both want students to pay through tuition increas- es: $10 a year at MSU, $7 a term here. But the critical difference is MSU's of- ficial recognition of student right to de- termine the use of student fees for con- struction. At MSU, no events building will go up without the consent of the students who will be footing the bill. "We've got to get the students to ac- cept this building," explained MSU ex- ecutive vice president Jack Breslin in the State News last week. "If we could get the students to put up $10 a year, we could pay for it. But the students will have to come out publicly and say they want it and will pay for it." MSU officials w e r e even foresighted enough to hold a referendum five years ago asking students to establish an ath- letic fund out of student football ticket sales. Now, over $1'million from the fund will be used for the proposed building, cutting down on the amount needed from tuition increases. IN CONTRAST, University officials have been reluctant to accept the results of last November's referendum in which students voted by a 3-1 margin to assert. student right to control ivse of tuition money for University construction: "We're alwayskinterested in student opinion on, this kind of subject. But. it's also very hard to get at such a complex matter in a simple referendum question. On the whole I think the issue is a very complex one with general' student under- standing," hedged aPresident R o b b e n Fleming when he was asked for his re- action to the referendum. But Vice President for Academic Ai- fairs Allan F. Smith was more definite. Smith said he doubted a student referen- dum on .the IM proposal would be given significant weight by the administration. Virtually every student group on cam- pus, from Inter-House Assembly to the Tenants Union, has already officially op- posed any attempt to raise tuition for the IM building without student approval. But University administrators have not yet conceded any need for a student vote, and have pointed to what is really an in- adequate survey (made by a physical ed- ucation class) indicating student support. The survey never asks students if they are willing to put up the $7 per student per term now proposed. The proposal for a new intramural building funded through a tuition in- crease is slowly moving through ad- ministrative channels toward the Re- gents. Despite the clear opposition, it is not clear whether the administration will accept the results of any student referen- dum held by Student Government Coun- cil, much less ask for a referendum as MSU is likely to do. THE FLEMING administration has won praise for its ability to smooth out po- t:itial conflict - with the exception of the bookstore controversy, the first real crack on the surface. But the IM funding issue could become the second major bat- tle, simply because the right of students to control use of tuition fees for construc- tion is so clear-cut. So clear-cut, in fact, that the adminis- tration of MSU - which is hardly faced with the kind of student activism found here - recognizes and willingly accepts the principle. Before the issue comes to a climax, both students and administration should look at the way MSU is handling an exactly parallel situation sn- withoutconflict, with perfect sense and complete under- standing between students and adminis- trators. It wouldn't be very difficult to establish a similar basis here, if the ad- ministration w e r e willing to recognize student rights. Student claim to these riehts is strong, and the action of the MSU administration can only re-empha- size the real validity of last November's referendum. --MARCIA ABRAMSON Associate Managing Editor -z I-' ~- ". i. 1 LETTER TO THE EDITOR A To the Editor: BRUCE LEVINE'S January 8 concludesv perative (directed att movement): ."radicali tics, extend the socia enough, as a maxim sion among our sister ers. There is, however, tion between the imp Levine's missive andt which will receive it; 1 ic failure he lays on ment (for not exten imperialist consciousn cisely duplicated in h motivated, though s torial. He might have; and explained more; physiotherapists (ore anyone), do you dig means by imperialism The contradiction b and audience is n speaking, an error in1 alysis. Brother Levine some simple assertio which appear to me the pinball machin "TILT." Levine is context, but I raiset because they are ge amongst the Univer community. 1. He lumps Mobe a lum together. Ignoran zantine maneuvers of of sinners locally, it to me that there was difference between ti ally. That the M o b militant speakers and keep the Moratorium them in November is a political failure. But don't for a mom Sid Lens, a socialist c Dave Dellinger, a sta ist, for Sam Brown, al no vision, or Allard L red-baiting opportuni 2.Levine denigrates der Action by saying "marched around a li "aborted" the develo more "insightful" mo social change. There three significant iss ignored here. FIRST, IS IT of no that the largest polit stration in the nati took place in the face tion, lies (Nixon on IN and confusion in lead My anti-imperialisn to the notion that ma response to ple are essential to victory and to editorial on justice, and importantly, to mor- with the im- ale. Contrast this with the few the anti-war hundred Weatherpeople in Chica- ze the poli- go in October and ask yourself: .base." Fair which, concretely, does more to l foriscus-rend imperialism? There is no s and broth- movement without the people. Second, Levine somehow eval- a contradic- uates a "single-issue" (the war?) licit tone of mobilization as abortive of the de- the audience velopment of a more fundamental the pedagog- radicalism. In this he falls into a the move- deep contradiction, albeit a com- iding "anti- mon one. How can one oppose the ess") is pre- extension and preservation of is own well- American Empire without doing hallow edi- everything in one's power to fight asserted less the war; is not the struggle of the hey there, Vietnamese American aggression engineers, or now the sharpest and most signi- w h a t he ficant revolutionary struggle go- ? ing on in the world? betweentone THIRD, and related to the not; strictly above, Levine labors mightly to political an- , does make generate a so-called "left" critique e des ake of t he anti-war moderates, he ins, though, huffs against petty issues, and he to fall into ie category puffs anti-imperialism (his em- innocent in phasis) as opposition to authori- these points tarianism. This is the view of a neral errors adical? If he and I usehimperial- °sity radical ism even vaguely in the.s am e manner, then Levine must surely be ashamed of collapsing monop- nd Miorator- oly capital's many violent and de- t of the By- grading impacts into the all-pur- b of therBy-s pose household word - authori- both groups tarian. seems clear ain considerable I do not wish to belabor Levine. hem nation- the point, or the issue. Let me e sacrificed shift to the positive: words like d tactics to "co-opt," "social change," "mod- crowd with erate," have a place but not every- true - and when. A radical view of change ultimately implies a socialist per- nent mistake spective; "anti-imperialist con- omrade, and sciousness" implies a critique of lwart activ- the political economy, not a ref- hustler with uge from dealing with issues in owenstein, a which liberals are also interested. st. A mass movement by definition the Novem- includes those who do not accept people were one's entire analysis. Like too ttle," that it many brothers, Levine snatches pment of a defeat from the jaws of victory ovement for by exhorting not teaching. Social- are two or fists should not turn their backs ues blithely on mass mobilizations - t h e y should read t h e m as marvelous portents of what people will do importance when and as the issues and their ical demon- interests become clear. on's history of intimida- FINALLY, one clarification: as a November 3), socialist I wish, at every turn, to (ership? engage in sharp debate with lib- m leads me erals: but as I believe they will asses of peo- eventually come over to our side I Levine 'S do not view most decent liberals as "antagonists" (Lowensteins and other misleaders excepted). -Robert Ross Research Associate Institute for Social Research Jan. 9 Go Blue To the Editor: I must raise issue with some misstated facts in Mr. Shackle- ford's article, "All power to the plaza . .", which appeared in the Jan. 10 edition of The Daily. First of all, the revolutionary, totally free Blue Panther Party 'is not attempting to "control" the sign whatsoever. Rather, we are trying to "liberate" (goddamnit) the sign from University control. The cosmos-oriented revolutionary Blue Pa'nthers are dedicated to freedom from political repression on all fronts. Secondly, we do not have a "chairman of the sign division." Rather, we have Minister of Communications. (The s e v e r e climate of repression on this cam- pus makes it impossible for me to reveal his .identity in this letter.) Thirdly, The Daily referred to a "half-serious game of wits" in reference to the struggle for con- trol of the People's Plaza. We know of no such game. The Pan- thers are Boone's Farm-driven tot- ally committed maniacs of the Uni- verse who consider the mere men- tiol1 of "Regent's". an affront to our very beings. It only serves to emphasize our need to gain con- trol of our own lives in this miser- ably capitalistic jungle. Finally, it is not the case that a member of the revolutionary Blue Panther Party would ever "fondle" a can of spray paint, as Mr. Shackleford reported. All blue objects are held as sacred by the Blue Panthers and are treated in a reverent manner.. THE BLUE PANTHERS are now engaged in . a membership drive and your story did little to help build our ranks. We felt this letter was necessary to inform the Peo- ple of the true nature of the Blue Panther Party. As compensation for your faulty honkie reporting, we feel you owe it to us and the other brothers and sisters of the People's com- munity to publicize our ten-point program of demands in The Daily. -The Blue Panthers Jan. 11 exhortation' -The only road to draft ref orn THE NIXON administration is about to come out with another g i f t of ap- peasement from its bag of political tricks. The latest "reform," as stated by Secre- tary of Defense Melvin Laird on CBS's "Face the Nation" program, is the grad- ual elimination of student and occupa- tional draft deferments. This latest attempt to equalize t h e draft comes right on the heels of the now futile draft lottery of December 1. The lottery was supposed to make the draft more equitable by eliminating the uncer- Perfect osture 'ICE PRESIDENT Spiro Agnew has finally found a position in which both he and his Mfellow Americans can find comfort--lying on his back. News services reported Agnew resting easy on the legendary paradise island of Bali. Lolling on the Balinese seacoast, shielded from the sun by parasols, the Vice President amused himself by watch- ing scores of native dancers dressed in sarongs. Commenting on his stay in Bali, Agnew explained, "It's very pleasant. This is the first resort posture (sic) we have had on :this trip. I am afraid we won't get much chance to unwind and enjoy it." No more literate than usual, the Vice President did manage not to insult the locals who seemed to take only a passing interest in their distinguished visitor. In Bali, Agnew has found. an ideal place for his recumbent self. He should spend more time there. -C.S. Editorial Staff HENRY GRIX. Editor tainty present in the old system but end- ed up confusing thousands of draft-eli- gible young men. Now Laird comes forth with the recom- mendation that student and occupational deferments be phased out over the next several years, saying President Nixon "wants to move in the direction so that all young men are treated equally and fairly." LAIRD AND NIXON at first appear to be instituting some much-needed lib- eralizing reforms in the draft system. But once the thin liberal veneer is stripped from their motives, it is apparent that they're as magnanimous as t w o ante- bellum Southern slaveowners. In order to make things more "fair," Laird and Nixon have decided to wipe out any dis- tinction between their field niggers and their house niggers, making t h e m all equally subject to the overseer's whip. Reforms like those presented by t h e Nixon Administration are meaningless even in the context in which they are made. No matter how you modify it, the selective service system is an institution of legalized slavery. The present system serves to channel young men into certain pre-arranged slots in t h e occupational system, thereby giving men like Laird and Nixon a stranglehold- on the political, so- cial, and economic futures of American society. The newly proposed system is n o t a whole lot different. The power leaders have decided to give up their fine tuning control over the nation's future in order to - appease the nation's youth, who are quite clearly getting out of hand.. Consequently, Nixon retains the power of live or death over every American male offspring once he attains the age of 19. Nixon can use and is using his army of slaves to fight wars of aggression abroad 'HE BLUE PANTHER MANIFESTO A 10-POINT PROGRAM 1. We, the members of the Blue Panther Party, support the White Panthers in their support of the 10-point program of the Black Panthers. , 2. We recognize no national, in- ternational, or state boundaries, laws, codes, creeds, governments, or officials. 3. We demand that all political prisoners of the Blue Panther Party be freed immediately. This includes the non-negotiable de- mand that Henry Shorr, Blue Panther minister of international aviation, along with the plane he hijacked, be allowed to return from Cuba. 4. We demand that Sheriff Doug (Hog) Harvey call off h i s puppet plant department and a- low the Panthers to make manifest their destiny. 5. The blue frisbee represents the highest ideals of our organ- ization. Blue is beautiful ! ! ! ! ! 6. We demand that at least 10 per cent of all streets in all cities be cleared for frisbee playing. i. "School Days," by Charles "Chuck" Berry, shall be the of- ficial anthem of the Blue Panther Party, and shall be played at all frisbee matches. 8. We demand that all plazas, parks, and playgrounds be turned over at once to the people. 9. You may become a member of the Blue Panther Party by: (1) possessing a blue jacket (for sister Panthers, a blue sweater or a blue brassiere shall suffice); (2) thinking right-on!! You may be- come minister of anything that is not already ministered. For fur- ther information come to or write 0310 South Quad. 10. We stand on a platform of rock and roll, dope, and frisbee in the streets. All power to the Blue Panthers! ! ! Blue power to blue people! ! ! ! Blue power to the Panthers of the people!!!! RIGHT ON! !!! Not for sale To the Editor: ON DEC. 10, the Michigan Peti- tion Drive for Peace brought Mr. Richard Austin in to speak. Mr. Austin defined political action rather narrowly as woring for "peace-loving"candidates. (Mem- bers of the Democratic Party, of course.) He then urged us, the antiwar movement, to join him in that task. It is. precisely because the antiwar movement has eluded that trap, and built mass inde- p e n d e n t opposition pressuring whichever individuals fills the elec- tive slots for immediate with- drawal that Mr. Austin now comes to us. He seeks to divert antiwar sentiment into support for his party as those other "peace" can- didates, Lyndon Johnson and Richard (I Have A Plan) Nixon did in 64 and 68. But he cannot advocate bringing all the troops home now, which is not in the interest of America's rulers and not supported by one dove from McCarthy to Goodell. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S attempts to divert the antiwar movement from independent mass organizing, which can gain the power of numbers necessary to re- sist this war and force its end, is nothing new. Politicians develop peace proposals which, closely in- spected, turn out to be blueprints for defusing opposition and con- tinuing the war. The ominous and disturbing. thing about the meet- ing was that Ann Arbor New Mobe cosponsored this Democratic party going to keep on growing. It's up to the Mobe whether to be the vehicle for that growth-ar die. -Ann Arbor Student Mobilization Committee Daily and dos. To the Editor: WHY IS IT that any issue worth bacing or worthy news- print gets all but ignored by The Daily? The matter of a student being bitten by one of the scores of stray dogs that are permitted to roam the campus unchecked, was buried on page 8 of Saturday's Daily. Why not a headline? The non-story about football players made page 1, with a yellow jour- nalistic headline at that! Now lets get with it . ..lets go after the police, the administra- tion, the plant department, the dog patrol or somebody to rid the campus of these huge, stray, and perhaps rabid, dogs. You can't safely cross the diag without being pursued by a couple of these monsters. The other day, I saw a blind coed's seeing eye shepherd being intimidated by two very'large stray beasts. Olmay Daily . . . let's get with it. Let's 9ok into these dog stories and see why the local es- tablishment can ignore the stray problem. Do we have to lose a student to rabies before someone takes this problem seriously? -Les Bidle Ann Arbor 6' To the Editor: A CAMPAIGN was launched against ROTC last semester. The issues raised were around the military as an instrument of im- perialist aggression in Vietnam, Latin America, throughout South- east Asia, in virtually all third world countries. Imperialism is not only perpe- trated outside the U.S. The black colony in this country is a victim of the same racism and imperial- ism as are third world peoples outside the mother country. The genocide of the Vietnamese people parallels that of blacks within this country;, the MY La massacre and the murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark come out of the same racist ideology; fighting the NLF is the same as fighting the blacks in the U.S. in their struggle for liberation. When blacks rebelled In Detroit, the military-the 102nd Airborne -was called in to squelch them, just as they are used to quell third world liberation struggles abroad. ROTC trains the officers who en- force the racist policies of this country. The war against black America by white, racist America is clear. The Black Panther Party is being consciously and purposely exter- minated, ripped off, locked up! 28 SAVE BEEN KILLED!! Fifty more are in jail with ridiculous bonds for phony trumped-up charges. Cleaver is in exile; Bobby Seale has been isolated and im- prisoned. This same' racist, political re- pression has been waged against the Black Berets, a revolutionary group in Ann Arbor affiliated with the Panthers. The pigs broke into their office and wrecked t. Six Berets were arrested fighting the pigs, on charges of felonious as- sault and resisting arrest. Their arraignment is on Friday. People should mass at the County Court- house, located at Fifth and Main at 8:30 in support of the Berets. Racism by white America, by the pigs, by the military, and by the courts must be stopped. Whites have to move in support of black 4 1,- ib i f r f i '' .