I PEACEFUL CHANGE NEEDED See Editorial Page Y 1Mw igau 471 A6F 40 atly HOPEFUL High-35 Low-20 Cloudy and cool, possible snow ol. LXXX, No. 145 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, March 28, 1970 Ten Cents Eight Pages 0 I 0 u UI I MEETING YIELDS NO RESOLUTION By JIM NEUBACHER News Editor Negotiations between President Robben Fleming and representatives of the Black Action Movement (BAM) pro- duced "agreement on three or four general points," but failed to lead to resolution of any of the major issues of the strike, informed sources said yesterday. Negotiations will resume today at 1 p.m. Meanwhile, BAM spokesmen emphasize that the class strike has not been called off, although there is a moratorium on striking this weekend. A mass meeting has been scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow night in the Union Ballroom. At this time, BAM leaders will FUNDS SOUGHT IN LSA BUDGET By JANE BARTMAN Acting yesterday in response to a plan put forward by President Robben Fleming, the literary college faculty com- mitted itself to funding a black enrollment level of 10 per cent in the college by 1973-74. The action, a commitment to the Black Action Move- ment's major demand, virtually assures that the University will be able to meet the enrollment goal. The faculty action occurred as the BAM strike continued into its sixth day. The LSA Bldg. was shut down for the entire day, and food services in dorms were disrupted as union workers refused to cross picket lines. Class attendance re- mained low. BAM spokesmen emphasized yesterday that the class either announce a settlement S upp&-ort PP for RAM Sincreases- By LINDSAY CHANEY Support for a University com- mitment to increase black enroll- ~ent to 10 per cent by 1973-74 continued to grow yesterday as the Black Action Movement s t r i k e entered its sixth day. on the BAM demands or, if negotiations today p r o v e fruitless, announce plans for continuation of the strike. "If this place does not meet our demands, we will close it down Monday," said Ed. Fabre, a BAM leader. The negotiations yesterday be- gan after Fleming sent BAM an explanatory letter as requested Thursday by BAM. The letter stated the action taken by the Re- gents on increased black enroll- ment at their March 19 meeting was insufficient to guarantee funding of the 10 per cent black enrollment level by 1973-74. "The Regents endorsed a 10 per cent goal," Fleming's letter A group of employes from the said, "but guaranteed tne funding , Office of Student Affairs joined only at the 7 per cent level, saying the BAM supporters, stating in a that every effort would be made letter to President Fleming and to find the balance of the funds ,the Regents. "We are greatly dis- needed." turbed at the refusal of the Uni- A BAM spokesman said that versity administration to make a Fleming's statement was the ma- u specific commitment of at least jor focus of discussion at the four- 10 per cent black enrollment by hour session yesterday afternoon. d the fall of 1973." I He said it was a fairly satisfactory Students, staff and faculty of statement that could, after the the sociology department a 1 s o settlement of a few small differ- ~greed to strike by not attend- ences, provide a base for more ing or teaching, classes until the xiiingatd demands are met or the striko is At the negotiating session today. terminated by BAM. They have the major topic of discussion is also agreed to contribute up to 10 Expmcted to be the satement made per cent of their daily average by Fleming last night that "fund- earnings while the strike continues ing for a 10 per cent enrollment to the sociology strike fund, of blacks by 1973-74 is now The executive committee of the assured.s"1 tion announced support for the mital about both this statement by BAM demands and called on the Fleming and an action by the lit- Regents to "act meaningfully lipon erary college faculty pledging to those demands." fund a black enrollment level of See related story, Page 3 Ninety per cent of the students 10 per cent by 1973.74. and faculty of the masters t r o- "Any statement of a conclusive p gram in Urban Planning of the nature would be premature at this By ART LCERNER architecture and design school point. said a BAM spokesman. ex- and BOB SCHREINER went on record as supporting the plaining that he would have to The strike called by the Black "just demands of BAM." T h e y wait to see how negotiations pro- Action Movement reached a new further "implore the Regents and gress today before assessing how stage yesterday as dorm food President Fleming to re-evaluate close a settlement is. service virtually ceased and stu- their stand on the issues and make "We haven't seen any figures dents kept the LSA Bldg. closed. this University more relevant to yet." the spokesman said. Classroom attendance remained the urban community." BAM leaders were more explicit, low and operations at numerous Members of the staff of t h e however, when commenting on central campus buildings ended. Highway Safety Research Institute the manner in which Fleming At a mass meeting in Rackham urged the Regents "to agree to chose to make his statement - Aud, an overflow crowd heard these (BAM) demands, and to im- before a room full of television BAM leaders say that the strike plement as soon as possible t h e and newspaper reporters without will continue until BAM believes changes required to increase min- consulting BAM first. an adequate agreement has been ority enrollment to the level indi- "The University cannot use the reached with University officials. cated by BAM." media to co-opt the Black Action Food service was discontinued See ADDITIONAL, Page 8 See PARLEY, Page 8 in almost all University dormi- lents block an entrance tot he LSA Bldg. servic e, L SA Bldg. grows strike will continue until a f i n a 1 settlement is reached, and said they expect to con- tinue negotiations with Flem- ing today on BAM's 12 de- mands. The pledge was made at a heavily attended special meeting of the college faculty called by Dean William Hays following a morning meeting between Flem- ing and the deans of all the Uni- versity's schools and colleges. At that meeting, Fleming out- lined a plan for funding a Univer- sity-wide enrollment level of 10 per cent by .1973-74. The plan called on each school and college to commit itself to allocating Its share of the money necessary to accomplish this. Following the action by the lit- erary school and a second meet- ing with all the deans. Fleming issued a statement last night say- ing that each of the deans had. agreed to utilize "budgetary pro- cesses and the allocation of re- sources u n d e r his control to achieve 10 per cent enrollment in the University by 1973-74." Fleming also said in his state- ment that, along with their pledge to fund the black enrollment in- crease, the deans expressed a "un- animous view that the disruption on campus must cease, and that protection must be provided where the rights of individuals are being interfered with on campus." Calling the disruptions of the last few days "intolerable" Flem- ing said it was due only to "greatt restraint on the part of all" that the actions had' been allowed to go unchecked by civil authorities. The LSA faculty unanimously approved a resolution which pledges the college to work with ' the University to achieve the en- rollment goal, with the under- standing that it will locate funds within its own budget which can be used for this purpose. BAM leaders last night did not c o m m e n t specifically on the action. Hays presented the resolution, already unanimously approved by the college's executive committee, See LSA, Page 8 Schlools approve proposals By ERIKA HOFF Senate Assembly and several schools and colleges besides the literary school have passed resolu- tions in the past three days sup- porting the demands of the Black Action Movement and committing themselves to plans for their im- plementation. Assembly's resolution, which was passed unanimously Wednesday night, calls for a "clear commit- ment" by the faculties of schools and departments' to the attain- mentof at least 10 per cent black enrollment by 1973-74. It is at this level, the resolution explains, that admissions and budgetary de- cisions are made. The social work school and the engineering college have so far set forth the most comprehensive policies for increased black enroll- ment. The faculty of the social work school has pledged it will "support a further reallocation of budgetary priorities in the school in order to assist the University to achieve at least 10 per cent black enrollment by 1973-74." The social work school's resolu- tion also contains plans for a stu- dent-faculty committee to oversee minority recruitment, admissions, and scholarships, and for cur,- riculum changes to make the school's program more relevant to blacks. The executive committee of the engineering college has stated its commitment to "intensivelyseek out prospective -black students for admission at the freshman, trans- fer, and graduate level, so that in the fall of 1971 10 per cent of all new admissions will be black stu- dents." See SCHOOLS, Page 8 as strike tories yesterday when University bers were on duty and residents' At about 7:15 a.m., when the employes respected student picket prepared their own meals. No cafeteria was scheduled to open, lines. It was unclear yesterday meals were s e r v e d at Mosher- Markley Director Joseph Ross- whether workers who stayed away Jordan, but students were told meier notified those students pres- from their jobs would lose their they could eat dinner at Markley. ent that no breakfast would be pay a At Alice Lloyd workers initially served. i i At both South and West Quads a vast majority of workers volun- tarily refused to cross student picket lines and no meals were served all day long. No meals were served at Betsy B a r b o u r and Helen Newberry either. At Bursley, a partial break- fast was served, but no lunch or dinner. did not cross the picket lines, but employes did serve meals there later. Students reported that no dinner was served at Couzens and no meals at all were served at East Quad. Food service was also tempor- arily discontinued at the Michigan League. At most dorms on campus, all- Early in the morning, strikers formed picket lines around the LSA Bldg. The interior of the office building remained deserted throughout the day, as the pickets maintained their presence around all the entrances. Meanwhile, class attendance at the University remained at a low! level yesterday. as the strike moved through its sixth full day. It appeared that many students See FOOD, Page 8 WOMEN'S LIBERATION Uniting to be aware of j At M a r k 1 e y and Stockwell, night gatherings of strikers were "cheap" dinners were served, ac- held in the lobbies and lounges. cording to one student, consisting Thursday night and yesterday of beans and soup. morning. Over 250 persons met at At Martha Cook no staff mem- j 4:30 a.m. in the Markley cafeteria, - - - wi h about 150 each at Stockwell and Mosher-Jordan. The students were up at the early hour to encourage dorm workers, including cafeteria staff. janitors and receptionists, to sup- por t the strike. rrr__._Picket lines were set up at all possible entrances to the dorms by differing views on what a "lib- 4:45 a.m. When a dorm worker man is, members of the group arived he was asked toasupport d to work on educating the pub-. the strike and handed a leaflet Mightof wmen.exnlaining the DAM demands. light of women. Most workers seemed to be ob- omen's liberation members are serving the picket lines. A handful research projects at the Ui- of workers, however, told the stu- dents that they were sympathetic ve started on a general survey to the demands but were forced to I and external conflicts among work from necessity. They passed races," Roz Daley, a psychology through the picket lines without nt. explains. incident. anected to the University is a By 6:30 a.m. it was apparent .. that nnlv a handful of cafeteria By HESTER PULLING "Women's liberation helps you realize that you are a woman and makes you more aware of yourself as one," says Beth Schneider, a member of the organization. Wonen's liberation has been active in Ann Arbor for about two years, but only in the past year has the group become a cohesive force. Small groups of women had been meeting periodically, but it was not until last January that a steering com- niftt wmy; forimed with representatives Another group within women's liberation is working for abortion law repeal and free availability of abortions for all women, regardless of financial status, marital posi- tion, race or age. This group has gone to several state legislative hearings making statements and presentations. Women's liberation has- also supported the strike against Detroit's Fruehoff Trailer Corp. in an attempt to unionize clerical workers, most of whom are women. While working to "free" women ideas on Despitet erated" wo have unite lie to the p Some w involved in versity. "We hav of internal sexes andT grad stude Also con