COLD DAY N HELL See Editorial Page Ci gil t 19 au 41aity; FOOLISH High--38 Low--31 April showers Vol. LXXX No. 148 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, April 1, 1970 Ten Cents Six Pages Regents discuss -Daily-Jim Judkis BAM SUPPORTERS listen to speakers during a rally last night in Rackham. HEARING SET. Young files charges with CSJ on Parsons By LARRY LEMPERT Engineering Prof. John Young last night filed a com- Taint with the Central Student Judiciary (CSJ) against Robert Parsons, charging that Parsons assaulted him during a February disruption of General Electric Co. recruiting. CSJ accepted the complaint and scheduled a pre-trial hearing for April 6 to determine if there is sufficient evidence to warrant a full hearing. Also last night, CSJ began a full hearing concerning a -% disputed election in the Col- strik4 Milliken asks end to 'crisis Gov. William Milliken yes- terday praised leaders of the Black A c t i o n Movement for atheir "deliberate attempt to keep this (the strike) on a non-violent basis." In a morning news conference, Milliken called for "a hard-head- ed and fair approach" toward solving the crisis over minority, admissions at the University and expressed support for increased black enrollment at state colleges and universities. Responding to a question, Mil- 4 liken said there was evidence that "about a handful of outsiders, mostly white radicals, whose sole purpose was to exploit the situa- tion" were on campus during the BAM strike. "Its wrong to say this was in- spired by outside agitators," George Weeks, Milliken's p r e s s secretary, said later in response to early press reports which attri- buted this view to the governor. Milliken said he would not try to "second guess" President Rob- ben Fleming's handling of the sit- uation. " I think President Flem- ing has done a good job as presi- dent of that great University and I am very confident this situation can be resolved," Milliken said. Meanwhile, state Rep. H a 2 Zeigler (R-Jackson) said the events of the last two weeks at the University are "destroying t h e public's confidence in the Uni- versity" and could provoke "dire consequences." Zeigler, assistant House minor- ity floor leader, demanded that the University "completely in- form the public about negotiations between University officials and BAM leaders. "I feel the conflicting's to r i e s coming out of Ann Arbor are the main reason that the public feels the University is not being proper- ly administered," Zeigler said in a letter to the Regents. He said that he expected public pressure to cut the University's budget and autonomy as provided by the state Constitution. "The hell with these secret ne- gotiations," Zeigler added. "T h e See MILLIKEN, Page 2 to go on BAM demands; without ickets Tentative agreement z4reaclied in negotiation By ROB BIER The University executive officers, including President Robben Fleming, met for over six hours yesterday with the Regents to discuss what appears to be a tentative agreement between the Black Action Movement (BAM) and the admin- istration. The ~only information released on the meeting was that the discussion will resume sometime today. tK. At a mass meeting called by BAM last night at Rackham Aud., a spokesman for BAM said Fleming "was in support of our demands as far as it goes now and if he can convince the Regents, we're swinging." Ed Fabre, a BAM negotiator, told the audience of about 1,600 that the decision on adoption of the demands "was in the hands not of the president, but of the Regents." Meanwhile, the class strike supporting the BAM demands will continue today, BAM spokesmen said, in line with BAM's position that the strike will end only after a final agree-r ment has been reached. A moratorium on picketing was in effect yesterday. It was called for by BAM after negotiations with the administration recessed t'b at 4 a.m. yesterday morning. Daily--Jim Judkis BAM Leader Ed Fabre a ddresses crowd at Rackham Aud. FIRST MEETING: New LSA officers urge Maryland bill on abortion CnrS lege Republican Club. A num- ber of the club's members have charged that the election of officers held March 11 was unfair, contending that cer- tain eligible members w e r e not permitted to vote. more student mobilization The plaintiffs have asked CSJ to declare the election null and MANNPOL Leisl ture yester e void and to secure the administra- Mryland Leislature yeteday tion of a fair club election. completed action on a bill repeal- The complaint against Parsons ing all abortion laws in the state, claims that he struck Young "in having the matter strictly to the lthe fac with his arm, causing the expectant mother and her doctor companant's arm be b e with no residency requirement. complainant's glasses to be broken , ith nreidenc requement. and the bridge of his nose to be The bill, which would give injured, and further that the said Maryland the most liberal abor- defendant (Parsons) bumped into tion laws in the nation, was passed the complainant with such force by the House of Delegates yester- that he was thrown to the, day. The governor's signature is gsousdr" required for it to become law. young. director of the Engineer- Aides to Gov. Marvin Mandel ing Placement Service, had been made a desperate effort to per- "on duty at his office in the West suade enough delegates to switch Engineering Bldg. of Engineering their votes 'so the measure could College" on Feb. 18, the complaint be reconsidered. states, when "a group of approxi- Mandel has not taken any posi- mately f0 persons approached the Lion on the bill, but his aides are west entrance to the said building quick to admit he would prefer with the announced purpose of not to face a decision on the bill disrupting interviews" that were in an election year being held between General Elec- By PAT MEARS The literary college student gov- ernient's Executive Council held its first meeting last night. The council was established last week when LSA students ratified the new government's constitution. The meeting began with an ad- dress by President David Brand. In his speech, Brand stressed the necessity for making this newly- formed governmental body a meaningful one to LSA students. Brand stated that the council "must avoid passing motions that have no more effect than a notice in The Daily" and directly involve the students with the council. Brand suggested "distributing literature in classes, mobilizing students behind certain causes, and having representatives on the council, speak to administrators and faculty members on issues of importance." He also proposed publishing a "Literary School newsletter" that would inform students of happen- ings in the college and the Execu- tive Council. Exmscalled off after bomb threats inCeBus Ad bldgys. Brand also proposed the estab- lishment of a "political radio sta- tion" to discuss problems that arise in the literary college and in the campus in general. He said programs could also be broadcast over local radio stations concern- ing the same topics. Brand announced that tempor- ary quarters for the council have been established on the first floor of the SAB. However, other al- ternatives are being considered for "official permanent office space." The first proposal on the agenda following Brand's address stated that "students ought to be grant- ed the same courtesy at faculty meetings that faculty are granted at Student Government meetings, and should be allowed to address the faculty at their meetings." The proposal passed unanimously. According to Brand, this pro- posal was "essential in order to get business done." Brand was directed to talk to Dean William Hays and the fa- culty "at their forthcoming April meeting in order to secure this." The council also agreed to init- iate petitioning for a new LSA Judiciary to be composed of sev- en members. The concept of a LSA Judiciary has not been ap- proved by the faculty of LSA. The Associated Press reported yesterday afternoon that an un- identified Regent said Fleming may have to offer his resignation if the president failed to win re- gental approval of his handling. w{. of the current situation. W h e n negotiations be ween BAM and the administration re-y sumed at 8:40 Monday night the || two sides remained apart on sev- eral key issues, including: --Amnesty for strikers who.. might be subject to reprisals for President Fleming picketing or class disruptions. BAM spokesmen said this would not include breaches of civil law; -Location and control of a black community center. The Uni- versity had offered a house on East University, but BAM demanded one in northern Ann Arbor; and -The role of recruiters on admissions boards. Those three issues appeared to be the only remaining ones not yet agreed upon from the list of 12 demands submitted by BAM to the University in early February. Numerous discussions with ad- ministrators. including Fleming, and presentations at two Regents' meetings followed, On March 19, the Regents passed a plan to aim at 10 per cent black enrollment by 1973-74, committing funds to guarantee between five and seven per cent black students. BAM demanded that Regents commit the University to funding 10 per cent and the strike began the next day in support of the original demands. The meeting at 4 p.m. yesterday with the Regents was apparently called on short notice. Regent Robert Nederlander (R-Birmingham) was caught in New York and failed to arrjve at the meeting until about 7:30 p.m. last night. No Regents or executive-officers would make any comment on the meeting or on the issues being discussed. Fleming made the only offical statement when he emerged shortly after 10 p.m. He said, "I have" no comment to make other than to say that we have met and discussed the issues and we will meet again tomorrow." BAM announced at last night's mass meeting that there would be a "benefit" today at noon in Rackham Aud. They said there might be "a further announcement" made and that speakers, poetry read- ings, and other events would be featured. Speaking at the mass meeting, Fabre called on the Regents to adopt BAM's demands. "We will not budget or move from those orig- inal 12 demands," he said. John McAdoo, a spokesman for BAM; reiterated BAM's stated policy of "non-violent protest." "We will enforce this," he said. McAdoo expressed thanks to Deputy Police Chief Harold Olsen for "cooperating with BAM security forces." By HARVARD VALLANCE Two examinations scheduled for Mandel said only: "I will have t9 take a long, hard look at it before I decide what to do." In addition to repealini all le- ;gal restrictions on abortions in the state, the bill would release doctors and hospitals from any civil liability if they refused to See MARYLAND, Page 2 tric representatives and engineer- yesterday were called off because ing studen's. of bomb threats. About 70 stu- The c o m p 1 a i n t states that dents taking an exam for Chem- Young was standing in the door- istry 105 were dismissed from a way of the building, "preparing to lecture hall in the Chemistry Bldg. ead a statement of University at approximately 7:15 p.m. last policy to the group" when he was night after a bomb threat was struck. received, a student reported. Thecomplaint does not specify A spokesman from the Ann Ar- S°e YOUNG, Page 2 1 bor Police Department confirmed that a bomb threat had been re- i course could not be reached for ceived by University operators at I comment, a student in the class 7 p.m. said the professor told them he Officers said the operator was was not sure whether a makeup told a bomb would go off at 7:30 exam was possible because the p.m. in the Chemistry Bldg. and course was "tightly scheduled." that several officers were dis- Students will be further informed patched to the scene. about this at today's lecture. No bomb was discovered, how- Other students in the course ever, and no bomb squad was call- taking the exam in Angell Hall ed. were not disturbed and the exam Although the lecturer for t h e was administered there as plan- ned. INSTITUTIONAL POWER LSA govt.: Butiding a machine By JIM BEATTIE Daily News Analysis With less than three weeks left in the semester, the Literary College Student Government is only a third formed. But students already involved in the govern- ment are still not rushing their efforts to build up the strength and influence of thei- organization. Instead of pursuing popular causes and making immediate piecemeal gains as most student governments have done, the gov- ernment's founders seem to prefer taking on the difficult task of working students into the University structure itself-with the hope of making long-range institu- tional changes in the future. -The student judiciary, which will have original jurisdiction over cases involving violation of LSA student government rules. So far, the executive council is the only branch actually in existence. The judiciary is one of the first items on the executive council's agenda, a n d will probably be set up this semester. The assembly, however, will undoubtedly not be established and working before next fall. Since each branch is provided for in the constitution and merely needs persons to fill the posts, the actual formation of th. se should be relatively easy.. But a much more difficult and poten- tially devisive problem for the government bers until it could deal with a govern- ment which met its specifications. Some executive council members believe the faculty are beginning to recognize the necessity of student participation in the administration of the college. and they point to the administrative board's ulti- mate acceptance of student members as' evidence. "I don't know how the voice of the stu- dent is changing in the literary college, but the administrative board has voted to have six student members," says Ray Kar- pinski, a member of the executive council. "I just hope this is an indication that An exam for Accounting 2 7 1 scheduled for 5 p.m. in the Busi- ness Administration Bldg. w a s also called off yesterday when a bomb threat was received at ap- proximately 4:40. According to- Sven Gramen, a teaching fellow in the course, the entire building was cleared after the threat was received, apparently through a phone call to a secretary in the building. Gramen said a decision on whe- ther a make-up exam would be administered would be announc- ed at today's lecture. Jerry Clark, a student in the course, said that he was told by his professor that "Tuesday is the most likely time" that a make-up exam, if any, would be held. The professor could not be W ;:;",