ANN ARBOR BLACK THEATRE, Inc. PRESENTS 3ONE-ACT PLAYS, "A SON COME HOME" and "CLARA'S OLE MAN" --by ED BULLINS-- "AND WE OWN THE NIGHT" -by JIMMIE GARRETT-- MARCH 18-21-8 P.M. Schorling Aud., University School, E. Univ. and Monroe General Public $3.00-Students $2.00 TICKETS AVAjILABLE at Discount Record Shop on State St., Centicore Bookstore, Ned's Bookstore, Ypsilanti, and at the door. SDS: A By RICK PERLOFF Spring, 1969: Students -for a Demo- cratic Society holds sleepy meetings and is relatively uninvolved in campus political actions. Outsiders wonder if the organization has vanished. Spring, 1970: SDS has increased its membership to over 100 persons, has organized a major drive against cor- poration recruiters, and has become the most visible student group on cam- pus. Why has the organization grown so substantially? Why is it attracting so many wavering radicals? Karl Parris, a Residential College freshman, joined SDS because "they're the most right-on group at the mo- ment. SDS is the only group pushing things." "Things" include demonstrations haven for wavering' against recruiters-which seem to oc- cur almost daily-participation in the march to the County Bldg. after the conference on repression, and the demonstration after the Chicago con- spiracy trial verdict. All of which give the group continuing exposure to radi- cals looking for commitment. And, for many it seems that SDS is the only group to which they would seriously consider devoting their com- mitment. "Radical Caucus kind of died," ex- plains one former caucus member now in SDS. The caucus suffered from a lack of interest on the part of many of its members and a general disillu- sionment as to what the caucus could organize. "I can't take the International So- cialist line, that they see themselves continually organizing people and not taking concerted action," Paris adds. He ruled out IS too because he like many others, believes it is involved too much in "theoretical raps. I didn't want to argue with them." In addition, "Resistance and WSA (Workers -Student Alliance) were never around," he says. "New Mobe and Student Mobilization didn't center on campus problems. And I wasn't going to go to work with Student Government Council." So SDS was the only radical group left chosen by a process of elimination. Yet SDS' rise does not stem from merely negative reasons. The group has undertaken a number of activities it hoped would increase its exposure around the University. For example, it initiated collectives -small groups ranging froma to 20 persons which discuss id and tactical approaches toa and the development of a radical consciousness. "Last spring the group w isolated," explains R a n d i another SDS member. "I did I was very much of a par Now there's less time spent impersonal mass meetings ar time is spent in small groups are going to stay in an orga where they can talk in small Clarke says the collectives are groups in East Quad, Sout and Bursley as well as severE collectives-were initiated af ROTC issue last fall. "Ther feeling we had to talk in differ ~aitii radicals about 10 of organizing in an on-going way and eological not in a crisis to crisis way." an issue Another factor in SDS's growth is person's its increased publicity. An example is "Up Against the Wall vas very Street Journal." a newspaper written Clarke. largely by SDS members which dis- dn't feel cuses both national and campus is- ticipant. sues. The paper was initiated about in large six weeks ago and is involved with nd more issues ranging from ecology to de- s. People mands of the Black Action Movement. nization SDS leaflets may also be a factor groups." in the increase of new members. Not - there only are the leaflets more numerous th Quad, but they also appear more creative al street than in the past. A leaflet calling on [ter the people to attend a protest against the General Electric Co. mimicked the e was a company by saying "At GE. profit is ent ways our most important product." NER S PHONE: 764-05524 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-0554 I page three Thursday, March 19, 1970 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three I the news today by T he Associated Press and College Press Service General 0 0 a WEEK 3RD. dam DIAL 8-6416 NOMI1NATED FOR ' 5 ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING Best picture NEW YORK LETTER CARRIERS, DEFYING FEDERAL LAW, struck for higher pay yesterday in Manhattan and the Bronx. The walkout quickly spread to Long Island and Paterson, N.J. and all mail services to and from the cities came to an abrupt halt. Federal Judge Inzer B. Wyatt ordered the post office workers back to work late yesterday afternoon. Indications were that the strikers would ignore the back-to-work injunction. "The men I spoke to will defy any injunction. They will stay out until hell freezes over," said Herman Sandbank, an officer of the letter carriers union. * * * LIMITED WITHDRAWAL of civilians and soldiers from Lao- tian army headquarters began yesterday after the fall of a U.S.- operated supply base at Sam Thong. Informed sources considered the advance by 2,000 North Viet- namese Troops to Sam Thong to be the first significant North Viet- namese push south of the Plain of Jars since the 1962 Geneva Agree- ment which set up Laos as a neutral state. Sam Thing is 15 miles southwest of the Plain of Jars and 10 miles northwest of Long Cheng where Gen. Vang Peo commands 7,000 Meo tribesmen. Pao had his soldiers in the way of an advance but apparently they put up little resistance at Sam Thong, sources said. There was no immediate report on whether 'U.S. Central Intelli- gence Agency personnel, who support Vang's army at Long Cheng, had left. WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR WILLY BRANDT, travelled to Erfurt, East Germany last night in an unprecedented meeting with East Germany's Premier Willi Stoph. It is the first time in the history of the two German states that a West German chancellor had set foot on Eastern soil. At his departure, Brandt said, "Let us hope that Erfurt is a be-; ginning. But once again I repeat: No one should harbor false hopes." He indicated that the reunification of Germany was not on the agenda. - * * -Associated Press Mail carriers strike New York City letter carriers shout as they strike yesterday for higher pay. The Manhattan strike, in defiance of federal anti-strike laws, could cripple postal communications in the down- town district. 15,358 STUDENTS: Literary college enrollment drops 623 from fall semester "THE LAST WORD IN THRILLERS, TERRIFIC!", -GENE SHALIT, Look Magazine resigns in My Lai suit West Point head quits on charges of nieglect of duty WASHINGTON ()- Secre- tary of the Army Stanley R. Resor announced yesterday the appointment of Maj. Gen. William A. Knowlton as West Point superintendent to re- place Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Koster. Koster is charged with dereliction of duty in connec- tion with an investigation re- leased Tuesday of thealleged My Lai massacre in 1968. The appointment of Knowlton, formerly a secretary of the Army general staff, was announced af- ter changes against Koster and 13 other officers were made public. Koster, who was charged with "failure to obey lawful regula- tions" as well as dereliction of duty, called his cadets to forma- tion at West Point yesterday to say he had requested reassign- ment to keep publicity away from the academy. The fourteen army officers were charged with such offenses as false swearing, failure to report possible misconduct, making false official statements, and other equally serious offenses. The charges resulted from a 14-week Pentagon study of whe- ther the Army adequately investi- gated or tried to cover up th e alleged masacre of South V i e t- namese citizens by American sold- iers in March, 1968. Lt. Gen. William R. Peers, head of a special panel investigating the case, said Tuesday that there were "serious deficiencies" in the performance of many officers who hold staff and command positions in the units which were involved in U.S. operations around My Lai. Peers said that the inquiry, which heard 400 witnesses and re- corded 20,000 pages of testimony, "clearly established that a trag- edy of major proportions" occur- red at My Lai. Grand jury-type formal investi- gations Will now be held to decide whether the officers should be court martialed. Army officials said Koster will sserve as assistant to Lt. Gen. Jonathan Seaman who is 1st Army commander at Fort Meade, Md. Most of the 14 officers.charged are to be transferred there. I TONIGHT AT 8:30! H. Y. Drama Critics Circle Award 1968 -- SEASON'S BST MUSICAL "BRIGH T.S' $T ~ NEW HM' FRESyESTJ. 'N ISICALCOMfEy IN A LONG N ME y OURIAHEERFUt O N I BLISSFULLY JOYFUL& MUSICAL A SEVERENT ATODAY," MOERN y ares, N.y a rne THE NEW MARCH 18 - 19 ROCK ADVANCE TICKETS MUSICAL PTP Ticket Office SENATE BACKERS OF. JUDGE G. HARROLD CARSWELL said yesterday that he will easily win confirmation to the. Supreme Court despite withdrawal of Judge Elbert P. Tuttle's support. Tuttle is the retired chief judge of the federal appeals court in New Orleans, of which Carswell is a member. Assistant Republican leader, Sen. Robert P. Griffin, R.-Mich., said "It doesn't help when a distinguished and respected jurist like Judge Tuttle withdraws his support." But, ,he added, that at least 60 votes will be cast in confirmation of Carswell. "There is not enough to change the situation away from confirmation," said Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, R-Ore. H. RAP BROWN'S TRIAL on charges of arson and inciting to riot was transferred to its third successive site yesterday by Judge Harry E. Dyer Jr., who disqualified himself a day after the prosecutor asked him to do so. Dyer said he was persuaded to leave the case by the prosecutor, William B. Yates, who expressed concern that the judge had pre- judiced the case by statements to the news media. No new date has been set for the resumption of the trial. Join The Daily. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Literary c o 11 e g e enrollment dropped by 623 from the fall term to the current semester, with the bigest enrollment decline of any college department. The present LSA enrollment is 15,358; last semester it was 16,- 081. The figure is also 194 less than a year ago. LSA Dean William Hays said some drop in enrollment always occurs between fall and winter semesters, and that the literary college's decline may be greater because its curriculum is m o r e flexible than -that of the other schools and colleges. In general, however, enrollment remained quite stable. Total en- rollment is now 36,397, 1,931 less than last semester but 467 more than a year ago. Of this enroll- ment, 21,928 are men and 14,469 are women. . Ann Arbor campus enrollment is 30,389, up 713 from a year ago. Flint College had the largest in- crease, up 276 from last year to a current enrollment of 1,505. Other current enrollment fig- ures, including both graduate and undergraduate students are: ar- chitecture and design college, 850, down 47 from the fall semester and up 71 from a year ago, busi- ness administration school, 1,057, five more than last semester and up 84 from last winter Dearborn Campus, 816, down four from the fall and up 24 from last year, dentistry school, 598, down 17 from the fall and up 39 from last year, Enrollment in the education school is currently 3,306, d o w n from 3,376 in the fall and up from 3,208 a year ago; the engineering college is at 3,858, down from 4,- 357 in the falli and 3,976 a year ago; law school, 1,000, down from 1,054 in the fall and 1,011 a year ago; medical school, 1,767, down from 1,787 in the fall and up from 1,718 a year ago; and music school, 803,down from 859 in the fall and 821 a year ago. Enrollment in the natural re- sources school is currently 488, down from 505 in the fall and up from 457 a y e a r ago; nursing school, 793, down from 838 in the fall and up from 786 a year ago. U.S. Steel indicted on pollution charges ;I Sports StaffY 11 HELD OVER-2nd EXCITING WEEK I 11 I CROSBY, STILLS, NASH and YOUNG "DeJ a-yu" New Album SPECIAL S2QR ' I'''I 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. Subscrip- tion rates: $3.00 by carrier, $3.00 by mail. WASHINGTON (R) - The U.S. Steel Corp. and one of its plant managers were indicted by a fed- eral grand jury yesterday on charges of polluting Lake Michi- gan. Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell said the huge steel firm was charged in five counts of an indictment returned in Chicago federal court. In a separate county, Charles Kay, superintendent of Big Steel's South Works facility in Chicago, was accused of aiding and abet- ting in the deposit of solid wastes into the lake. TATE HELD OVER! 2nd WEEK SHOWS AT: 1 :00-3:00-5:00 7:00 & 9:10 P.M. The indictment alleged that the plant discharged iron oxide and other blast furnace waste solids from the steel, manufacturing pro- cess into the lake.- If convicted, U.S. Steel could receive a maximum fine of $2,500 for each of the five counts. Kay could receive the same fine as well as up to one year in prison. The action marked the second time this year that U.S. Steel has f been charged with polluting navi- gable waters in the Lake Michigan area. 11 I NOMINATED FOR 9 ACADEMY AWARDS "BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR" -National Boord of Review Imm - - - I * "rn FOII R SPD ND AN : !It i I! i I I i.. 0 U I I - E E.