THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES See Editorial Page Y~r~/ Lw flail14 PICKY High--26 Low-S; Cloudy, light snow ?VIlI 1 VVV kIt OQ light snow INQUIRY EXPANDED: Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, January 14, 1970 Ten Cents Ten Pages Ten Cents. ., Mitchell orders probe of Black Panther party jSAN FRANCISCO tiP) - A team of Justice Department lawyers operating under seal- ed orders from Atty. Gen ''John N. Mitchell is aiding a federal grand jury here in a broadscale investigation of $ the national Black Panther ,party, confidential sources re- vealed yesterday. The scope of the inquiry has been expanded significantly since it began last May, according to 4 ~~'government sources w ho would not allow use of their names. They said it centers at present on the Iarty's finances and activities of its members. Evidence being presented to the jury, these sources said, concerns possible violations of the federal riot conspiracy law and of t h e controversial Smith Act, wvhich prohibits advocating violent over- throw of the government or call S:.for revolution through assassina- tion of public officials. The Panthers have their nation- al headquarters in nearby Berke- S. Atty. Cecil F. Poole said 'the investigation is being handled ... .;; .by five attorneys from the Justice {.Department's criminal division in .:: Washington. . -- { "They sent them in without pri-. ..or warning to me or consultation," Daily-Jim Judkis Poole said in an interview. "What- PROF. MALCOLM LOWTHER speaks at the first meeting of ever they s a y they're doing, the education school's Student-Faculty Assembly. The assembly they're out to get the Black Pan- yesterday began formulating plans to evaluate reorganizational thers." proposals for the school. A Justice Department spokes- man in Washington responded: "We're not out to get any group." Poole said similar grand jury probes are under way in Chicago Ed stu ents,.faculty etsoemnrfsdt and New Haven, Conn. A depart- " ment spokesman refused' to com- menton this point, but Mitchell meet for fIrst tim e announced on Dec. 15 that a sev-j en-man team of government at- By TAMIMY JACOSStorneys would handle a Chicago B AOgrand jury investigation of t h e Tlhe Ad Hoc Student-Faculty Assembly of the education Dec. 4 slaying of two Black Pan- school held its first meeting yesterday and began work to ther leaders by Chicago police. Poole, the nation's only black evaluate proposals for school.reorganization. U.S. attorney, has resigned effec- The group, composed of 12 faculty members and 12 stu- tive Jan. 31 from the post he had dentshas until a March 10 meeting of the school's Governing held since 1961. In an interview, Fdent, mhe criticized the Panthers' refer- Faculty to formulate reorganization suggestions. ence to police as "pigs" and their Proposed at a retreat for education school members last stockpiling of arms. November, the Ad Hoc Assembly was approved Nov. 19 by the "Generally, I'm not on speak- --Governing F a c u 1 t y of the ing terms with the Panthers," he said. "Yet to m o v e exclusively R eg "school. against them takes a peculiar. 18 l ] 1 .10The entire faculty elected its kind of hard shell, weighing the own representatives including six ,bad they stand for against their full professors, two associate pro- value as a cohesive force in the StnrtS .rn'VJfl P fessors, two assistant professors black community, the only one." ' liability limited' for By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ A Detroit law firm has issued a legal opinion which maintains that the University's general funds would be isolated from liability for any debts incurred by the discount bookstore approved by the Regents last October. The law firm-Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone-in- dicated that the University's liability would be limited to the $100,000 the Regents allocated to help fund the bookstore. The opinion was received by the University earlier this week and disclosed yesterday by University President Robben Fleming. It appears to guarantee the eventual implementa- tion of the bookstore plan. Regental} approval of the student - faculty controlled bookstore was based on the conditions that (1) the University would be isolated for liability; -- in excess of the $100,000, and; -.- 7-w (2) items sold by would be 'exempt four per cent state the store from the sales tax. Leland -Dauy-Jay Cassidy An cct of terro~~rim? A window at the U.S. Air Force Recruiting Office at 406 E. Liberty was broken last night, and the words "Smash Imperialism" scrawled on the side of the building. Ann Arbor police said they had no information concerning the act. AWAIT PEACE TERMS*: Nigeian fficals®tal The latter condition was met last week when the state sales and use tax commission ruled that I the bookstore qualified for the tax exemption. The legal opinion on University liability emphasized that "limited liability" would be enjoyed pro- viding the University took several apparently minor steps to clarify its financial independence from the bookstore. Fleming described the steps as "matters of mechanics" which involve specifying in various doc- uments that "the debt of this particular bookstore is not the debt of the University of Mich- , igan." . The l'egal opinion will be for- warded to the Regents through the mail or at their monthly meet- ing tomorrow and Friday, Fleming Isaid.- drops VP ,candidacy food relief to Biafra LAGOS AW)--A massive inter- not to forget the anxiety among national effort to rush food to'his people. millions of Biafran tribesmen was stalled yesterday despite the war's end as relief officials awaited ap- proval of the Nigerian govern- ment. The hitch developed as Ni eria.n "The federal advance is con- tributing to this fear," he said. Nigerian officials, plainly an- noyed by what they regard as out-} side interference in their affairs, said the government has all the food it needs_ but the r~toblem wuac g ft-irati ,it hU t ptU s.ej h1Cm i ,.a field commanders waited for Bia- getting it to the stricken areas. fran emissaries to contact them An estimated four million Ibosj on peace terms, and other tribesmen are believed Biafra's leader Maj. Gen. Philip in need of food and medical aid., Effiong, broadcast an appeal to Maurice Foley, Britain's min- federal troops to stop their ad- ister for Africa, arrived to discuss vance. He urged military leaders the relief situation as refugee cen- ters were set up to cope with the The $100,000 for the store was flood of refugees expected to pour te from a fun cotainins j allocated from a fund containing out of the backwoods areas. fees paid by students for use of European advisers helping the, University parking. facilities. , Nigerian Red Cross said the agency The bookstore will also be fund- could handle the relief problem if ed by a mandatory $5 fee assessed their contingency plans are fol- against all students and a valun- lowed without interference. tary $5 assessment of all faculty British officials in London said members. Nigeria has temporarily banned The fee will be refunded when flights of British military aircraft the student or faculty member carrying mercy supplies into its leaves the University provided the territory. bookstore is solvent. The announcement came as' Control of the bookstore is dele- Prime Minister Harold Wilson an- gated to a policy board composed nounced a government gift of $12 of six students, three faculty million for relief and rehabilitationImembers and a non-voting repre- work in Nigeria. This is an addi- sentative of the administration. tion to the regular British com- mitment to Nigeria of $16.8 million Five of the six student members in this current two-year program. of the policy board were appointed Interviews with the remaining four candidates for the position of vice president for student services appear on today's edi- torial page. By JIM NEUBACHER ,and JUDY SARASOHN Carole Leland, one of f i v e candidates for the vice presidency of the office of student services re- commended to President Fleming by the student-faculty search committee, has voluntarily with- drawn from consideration for the post, The Daily learned early this morning. "I told the President quite frankly that I have withdrawn," she said when contacted in Palo Alto, California, "He had asked me to come to Ann Arbor to talk about the job, and I told him it would most likely be pointless." Meanwhile, Fleming said yes- terday he will discuss the selec- tion of a new vice president with the Regents at their closed meet- ing tomorrow. He declined to in- dicate if he has selected one lof the other four candidates for re- commendation to the Regents. Miss Leland, 35, was the only female nominee. She is currently employed by the College Entrance Examination Board in Washing- ton, D.C. She emphasized the fin- ality of her decision saying it is "virtually impossible" that she would take the job. She said her reasons for with- drawing were a combination of a desire to remain in her present line of work, and a reconsideration of the desireability of the vice presidency. "I do not mean this as deroga- tory to the students at Michigan," she said, "but it is not the kind of job I would like to take right now." Miss Leland said that it seems currently fashionable to paint the college administrator's job, in the area of student affairs, as an im- possible one. "This sort of pes- simism becomes a sort of self-ful- filling prophecy," she said. "The atmosphere in which the job has been cast, not just at Michigan but at universities all over the See LELAND, Page 6 Registration for the city pri- mary election on Feb. 16 is now taking place at the City Clerk's office in City Hall. To be eligible to register the voter must be a U.S. citizen, 21 years old on or be-' fore February 16, 1970, and a res- ident of Michigan as of August 16, and two lecturers. Student mem- bers - five undergraduates, seven graduates and four alternates - were chosen by student selection panels. "thirdk it'conrs to h rel SGC expected to hear proposal i7 I 1 ',] I ,I in P d ni # Voters can register on weekdays ° r Saturday, Jan.10between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. or Friday, Jan. 16 E: intil ;8 p.m. Questions about reg-rd stration can be called in to 971- ea 1575 ed Primary contests are scheduled se n three of the city's five wards. ad .n the ,First Ward Republicans ba ['om Hilbert and LaVerne Hill eek their party's nomination for'be he April election. In the Thirddo ard, Lois Owens and Jim George w [r. are competing for the Demo- a ratic nomination. And Fourth in Vard Democrats William Ferguson fo Lnd Larry Clark are running for pr lomination. de 1 in.iis og ereap; b teresting," s a i d co-chairman , IITThe ban was reported to have ' la rof. Burton Voss after yester- a 1 U l UV l;stemmed from annoyance of Ni- ,7 ay's meeting. "There was a defi- gerian authorities over publica- ite change as people began to tion of a secret assessment of the Bi pen up " By ROB BIER "By getting someone new in . to have, and of course the students military situation in Nigeria re- B] The other co-chairman, Jack ; A resolution calling for the Feldkamp's position I would hope have no final say in any deci- cently made by Col. Robert Scott, | hsrer agreed that "a better un- removal of John Feldkamp as Di- a total revamping of the Housing sions," he said. military attache to the British | erstanding of each other un- rector of University Housing will Office would result," Farrel said. Feldkamp disagreed-"We have High Commission in Lagos. The ch other's positions was reach- be introduced at tomorrow's Stu-; Feldkamp said he was unsure of , substantial student involvement on Nigerian government has ordered 1. The whole group got a better .dent Government Council meet- I Farrel's real aim in trying to oust several committees which are well- Scott to leave the country. nse of its task." However, he ing. him. "I think it's probably direct- known to everyone. Any action to S s r n a The proposal, written by SGC ed at people other than me. I un- h b S tt s report recently gave de- ided, I still expect serious de- member Mike Farrel, will also call derstand Mr. Farrel attended one remove tose bodies wou d be an tails of Nigerian divisions in the @ for changes in the appointment rate committee meeting, but I've The Regnts, who were instrume field, criticized the Nigerians as Early in the meeting some mem- ;and function of students on hous- never met him. I think that when al n stingter.nr inefficient and gave the relative rs emphasized that the assembly , ing committees. people consider action like thisa in setting them up' strength of the two armies. The- es not intend to function as two ' Reasons for the action against they should get the facts," Feld- Specifically. Farrel's resolution report reached Biafra before Lon- arring contingents. "We're now Feldkamp include the housingikamp said. willcall for separateSGC-appoint- don received it. , untgop"si rf lLv ed rate committees in each dorm Meawie Gn.C d - unit group,"laid Prof. AI Lov-'Isqueeze this fall and the large Farrel criticized the Housing which could make final decisions. awhile, Gen. C. Odum- g. "From this point on we can {pending increase in room and Office for trying to minimize the cegwu Ojukwu, who left Biafra rget whether we're assistant board rates for next year, Farrel' students' role on housing commit- Other SGC members were more Saturday as his 30-month insurrec- ofessors or professors or .stu- said. He added that both resulted tees. "They only give the students concerned with the Housing Of- I tion crumbled, was reported in I nts-undergrad or grad." from irresponsibility in past years. the information they want them fice as a whole rather than with Lisbon Tuesday hoping to find - -..... _ _..__----____-_--- ---_ Feldkamp. SGC president Marty eventual asylum in the Ivory Coast I Student Government Council st month. They are Gary Allen, 2L, Thomas Cohen, '7OEngin, ll Price, Gene Smith, Grad and ruce Wilson '72. On today's Page Three Medical School Dean Dr. William Hubbard plans to leave the University to join the Upjohn Co. Researchers of the birth control pill will lead off testimony this week as Congress 10 o k s into the safety of oral contracep-I tives.a TIMOTHY LEARY, AS USUAL It's all one great dance of joy By CHRIS STEELE Editorial Director The spreader of the Seed. The power which makes all shapes visible. Seed of all that is. Sovereign power. The All- Powerful. The Central Sun. The One Truth . . . But because of bad karma (usually religious beliefs of a monastic or punitive nature), the glorious light of the seed wisdom can produce awe and terror. The person will wish to flee and will beget a fond- ness for the dull white light symbolizing stupidity. -Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan McLaughlin said, "If we get Feld- kamp there is no guarantee any- thing would get better. The way the housing office is set up, almost anyone in there would act much the same way."> ShC member Bob Nelson said, "I would hope that the resolution involves more than just getting rid of Feldkamp. One thing I would like to see is a student boar d appointing the housing director." Edward Salowitz, Associate Di- rector of Housing and chairman of the rate committee, expressed concern over the problems rais- ed by Farrel's proposal. "The Re- gents have to have the final say in financial matters. As for sep- arate committees, it would be hard to get individual groups to make co-ordinated changes neces- sary for the system as a whole," he said. Barry Blauer, a Resident Ad- visor in Markley and a rate com- mittee member, also pointed to the Regents financial responsibil- of West Africa. J :::.