FAST FOR PEACE: AN EXAMPLE See Editorial Page jcj: C iflir &jttij FRESH High-55 LOW-25 Sunny and cool, with more winds and stuff Vo-. LXXX, No. 156 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, April 10, 1970 Ten Cents ri V PW'YNY i W\ 373 /s~7~ Ten Pages Locke withdraws from SMC attacks U' profs' candi dacy for OSS post w-gaily-James T. Neubacher Hubert Locke NIXON CHARGES BIAS: Next court choice to be non-Southern WASHINGTON (4--President Nixon, accusing the Senate of prejudice against Supreme Court nominees from the South, announced yesterday he will submit "in the very near future" a new nominee from some other part -of the country. Appearing dramatically before newsmen in the White House press center, Nixon said: "I have reluctantly concluded that it is not possible to get confirmation for a judge on the Supreme Court of any 4man who believes in the strict construction of the Constitu- By JIM NEUBACHER News Editor Hubert L o c k e, director of the Office of Religious Affairs at W a y n e State University, has officially withdrawn from consideration for the post of Vice President for S t u d e n t Services here. In a letter written Tuesday and received by President Robben Fleming yesterday morning, Locke said "in the several months since our conversation regarding this post, a number of developments have occurred which challenge my interests in other areas. I wish therefore to withdraw my name from consideration . . Locke's withdrawal narrows to three the number of candidates officially remaining on a list of five names submitted to Fleming in January by a student-faculty search committee. Fleming himself eliminated the other candidate, Peter Steinberger a '66 graduate of the University Law School. when Steinberger re- fused to meet him to discuss the post, without a reporter present. Although three candidates re- main, all are expected to announce in the near future that they are also withdrawing from consider- ation. Locke told The Daily last week he was "reassessing" his candi- dacy due to the long delay in the selection process. It is now more than a yearsince the candidates were first contacted by the search committee. Fleming interviewed all of the candidates when they were' en- dorsed by the search committee in January, and was expected to make a decisionthen. However. controversy over Regent's bylaws defining the relation of the new vice president to a proposed stu- dent-faculty board that would set policy for the Office of Student Services caused Fleming to post- pone the selection until the bylaw quesetion was settled. Opposition was raised to Locke's candidacy after he indicated, in an interview in The Daily in Jan- uary, that he wasn't familiar with the idea of a student-faculty policy board that would control the Of- fice of Student Services. Search committee m e m b e r s angrily maintained that the idea had been explained to Locke pre- viously Locke was also opposed by some black students who saw the in- volvement of Locke, a black, with the Detroit police around the time of the Detroit riots, as "af insult to the integrity of the black com- munity." Locke was formerly as- sistant commissioner of police under Ray Girardin. Fleming declined to comment last night on Locke's withdrawal. and on whether it would affect his decision to wait until the bylaw controversy is settled before ap- pointing a vice president. Law Prof. Frank Kennedy and Steve Nissen, '70, co-chairman .of the search committee, both ex- pressed dismay last night at the withdrawal by Locke. "I greatly regret that this came about," Kennedy said. Nissen said Locke's withdrawal was "to be expected." "I frankly feel it's due to the way this selection has been mis-! handled by Fleming," he said. "The delay of this thing has been intolerable." By HESTER PULLING "Social scientists at a dozen major universities-including the University of Michigan - are involved in counterin- surgency programs directed against rev- olution in Thailand," the Student Mo- bilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (SMC) claims. To back their charges, SMC lists memos, contracts, working papers and minutes of different meetings held by the Academic Advisory Council for Thailand (AACT), the Defense Depart- ment's Project Jason, and the American Institute for Research (AIR). And a few University anthropologists have joined in SMC's protest. "The documents tell of massive U.S. inter- vention in Thailand, political and mili- tary intervention prepared with the ac- tive help of American social scientists," said a statement of Prof. Marshall Sah- lins and Prof. Eric Wolf. "If verified, the participation of American scholars is a perversion of their science." One of the documents being quoted involves a contract between the Unived- sity of California and the Agency for International Development (AID) which states that "AID has established AACT composed of social scientists with back- ground specialization in Thailand, to provide coordination between the aca- demic community of Thai scholars and AID." It further states that the University of California, in conjunction with AACT, will "identify research conducted in universities, foundations and other in- stitutions that may relate to develop-, mental and counterinsurgency activities in Thailand." AACT member David Wyatt, a former University professor now at Cornell Uni- versity responds that the contract "does not require anyone to give information to AID, it is only a permitting clause." Some of the social scientists involved in the programs were anthropologists belonging to the American Anthropolo- gical .Association (AAA). "These documents contradict in spirit and in letter the resolutions of the AAA concerning clandestine and secret re- search," said Wolf and Prof. Joseph Jorgensen, members of AAA's ethics committee. "What these people are doing is le- gal," said Sahlins. Wyatt contends that AACT, as a body, is "not at all involved in counter- insurgency research." "All of our in- formation is public and not classified," Wyatt said. "But AACT creates a pool of people, some of whom will be interested in counterinsurgency," Wolf said. SMC's heaviest attacks were directed at the Jason study group, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and AID. Grad school ' asserts control on discipline By PAT MEARS The Graduate School Executive Board asserted yesterday it would retain jurisdiction over cases involving rules on student conduct and reaffirmed its procedure for hearing cases involving such violations, especially concerning disrup- tions connected with the Black Action Movement (BAM) strike. Meanwhile, Marc Van Der Hout, '71, and other unidenti- fied students received formal notification yesterday of charges filed against them arising from t h e i r alleged disruptive ethics "AID is highly touted as a humani- tarian contribution to the advancement of underdeveloped nations," SMC said. "These documents reveal AID to be de- voted to advancing the narrow foreign policy interests of the U.S. government." Sahlins also objected to the "attitude of manipulation of the Thai people and their institutions." He pointed to a clause in a document submitted to ARPA which suggested, as a "stimulus" to the Thai natives, "burning their crops." The problem with all the information that SMC has gathered is that we don't know that suggestions, if any, have ac- tually been implemented," Sahlins said. "That these groups even considered some of the proposals is a perversion and destruction of the meaning of social science," Sahlins added. "The spirit of the documents is organized contempt for the Thai people, their government, and their institutions." Congress .approves pay hikes < tion as I do, if he happens to come from the South." Nixon said he has asked Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell "to submit names to me from outside the South of judges from state courts, appeals courts as well as the fed- eral courts, who are qualified to be on the Supreme Court and who share my view . . . with regard to strict construction of the Consti- tution." He said he believes such a judge would win confirmation. -Daily-Randy Edmonds Getting high with Michigras. Magician Dan Flaggman levitates a student in a daring feat of prestidigitation. The Michigras carnival, which includes his show, opens tonight at Yost Field House following a week of spring festivities on the Diag. CLAIMS 'U' VIOLATED RIG HTS: actions during the BAM strike. The charges against Van Der Hout were filed by Prof. Gerda M. Selingson, Math Prof. Wilfred Kincaid, and Classical studies chairman Theodore Buttrey. Van Der Hout is charged with having "violated University regulations by disrupting two classes," the Latin and math classes on March 26. In the letter, Van Der Hout; along with several other persons .were described as having interrupted the two classes "by singing and loud talk." Van Der Hout was previously accused, along with graduate student Peter Denton, of disrupting Prof. Bernard Galler's Mathematics 473 class on March 27. The Graduate S c h o o 1 board statement was not written with special reference to Denton's case, according to board member Em- mett Hooper, though it was issued two weeks after the alleged dis- ruption of Galler's math class by Denton. The statement emphasized that it "has authority in matters re- lated to student conduct and will continue to exercise that author- ity." The Executive Board based this assertion on previous state- ments that delegated this "author- ity in matters related to student conduct." S t u d e n t Government Council and Central Student Judiciary have insisted that students should be tried only by students for of- fenses not directly relating to academic competence. SGC has urged students to refuse to appear before faculty bodies in cases of disruptions connected with the BAM strike. In addition to quoting Section 8.15 of Chapter VIII of the Board of Regents' bylaws, the board See RACKHAM, Page 6 House to decide on voting age LANSING (-) - A proposal to change Michigan's constitution to to allow 18-year-olds to vote is scheduled for a final test in the Michigan House this morning. The lower chamber gave the pro- posal preliminary approval, 76-11 late yesterday after defeating at- tempts to raise the proposed new franchise age to 19. Introduced by Rep. Jackie Vaugh, D-Detroit, the measure would be placed on the November ballot for a review by voters across the state if it passes both cham- bers. Support for the 18-year-old vote spans nearly the entire spectrum of state and national politics. Ma- jor figures from President Nixoh to Gov. William Milliken and Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley have supported the idea. But some legislators in the Mich- igan House insisted stoutly yes- terday that giving the vote to young people is folly. Rep. James Farnsworth, R- Plainwell, cited Georgia, where voting at age 18 has been permit- ted for years. "Georgia gave us Lester Maddox," Farnsworth said deprecatingly. Rep. Bill Huffman, D-Madison Heights, who said he was born in See STATE, Page 6 I WASHINGTON (/P)-The House Wednesday, the Senate rejected approved yesterday an across-the- by a 51-45 vote Nixon's nomina- board 6 per cent pay increase for tion of G. Harrold Carswell of some 5.6 million federal employes Florida to be an associate justice yesterday, despite objections that of the Supreme Court. Earlier, it the hike was unfair, that it was had rejected his nomination of the result of an illegal strike, and Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. of that it might never be paid for. South Carolina by a 55-45 tally. .The House vote, 370-7, came the Senate critics of Nixon's pre- day after the Senate, by an 84-1 vious court nominations immed- vote, passed a similar measure. iately assailed the President's com- Minor differences between Senate ments. and House versions are expected "This is the most damning evi- to be resolved quickly, allowing the dence of a Southern strategy that bill to move to President Nixon we've had," Sen. Birch Bayh (D- for his signature. Ind) said of Nixon's statement. In Postal unions and the aclmin- effect, Bayh told newsmen, the istration were due to reach agree- President is telling the South that' ment by today on the additional the two previous nominees were 8 per cent postal pay' raise tied picked 'simply because they were to reform to give postal operations Southerners. independence from Congress. Nixon has asked Congress to raise the price of letter mail from 6 to 10 cents to pay for the raise. But Post Office Committee members told the House they will recommend a postal rate increase C i G o l to cover only the cost of raises of postal employes-possibly a one-cent increase-and will not j By SARA FITZGERALI be bound by any postal reform It may be possible, one day in t proposal, to turn on your TV set in Ann "I think you can expect a post- see a facsismile newspaper pag al rate bill," said Chairman Ar- gas-meter, or operate a data- nold Olsen (D-Mont), of the rates subcommittee, "that covers the terminal, if the City Council cost of the postal pay increases." ordinance which would allow an Chairman Thaddeus J. Dulski, cable TV transmission in the (D-NY), of the committee an- For several months, a citizens nounced he will press ahead with tee has been exploring the pro a postal corporation bill already possibilities of community ante approved by the committee re- vision (CATV) and has drawn ut gardless of what recommendation comes from the postal unions and posed ordinance. Authored pri the administration. Law Prof. Charles Donahue, Jr He was joined in that stand by dinance is necessary because ca Rep. Morris K. Udall (D-Ariz), mission is regarded as a utility, Anti- strike unit to sue By TAMMY JACOBS ated with either of1 A group of students are plan- tions. ning to file suit against the Uni- The group was forn versity charging it with failure in response to "wha to protect the civil rights of stu- was a do-nothing at dents and faculty members during part of the Univers t h e Black Action Movement protecting the right (BAM) strike. dents," said Mark F Calling themselves the Student- member of the Colleg Faculty Legal Action Committee, executive board. the group consists mostly of mem- An ad was run in bers of the College Republicans April 2 by the Colleg and Young Americans for Free- executive board, ch dom. However, members stress dent Robben Fleming that the committee is not affili- ing shame to the Un ORDINANCE PENDING uncil to consider CA the organiza- ad asked for students who had classes disrupted to contact them med last week, so that "we can begin proper legal t we thought action." ttitude on the Since then, the group decided ity as far as not to be affiliated with a political s of, the stu- organization, and formed the Reussmann, a Legal Action Committee. Members ;e Republicans estimates of the group's size range from "about ten" to "a few dozen." The Daily on The group has "about two" faculty ge Republican members. arging Presi- According to Edward Mahl, '70, g with "bring- chairman of the group, "we don't iiversity." The' need many people; all we need is money and a lawyer.' The new group ran an ad in The Daily on Tuesday saying "the strike is over, but the continuing dation on our campus of which it was-a part hasnot ended." The ad asked for assistance, specific complaints from individ- uals who believe their rights were y would be violated during the strike, and the cable, money to file suit against the Uni- f ill it with versity. Although the group asked for rrent tech- "at least $1,000," Mahl said more will probably be needed if the case broadcast goes to appellate court. s. In Ann Members refuse to estimate the s Quenon, funds the 'group has now, saying ists origin- they wish to wait until letters ledo, Lan- with donations in response to the cities. The ad have time to arrive. However, ld remain one member disclosed that some iunity con- "prominent Ann Arbor business- men" have offered to donate $500, although Mahl said this is still and com- uncertain. some in- "We're planning to take it as D the future, Arbor and ge, read a processing enacts an d regulate city. ' commit- blems and enna tele- p the pro- marily by ., the or- ble trans- and per- chairman of the Council's CATV commit- tee. First Council will have to decide how the money paid to the city for cable tele- vision franchises will be put to use. The council will also have to choose whether to negotiate with the sole applicant for the franchise, the Michigan Communications Group, or open the franchise to public bidding. "Although the ordinance will leave the market open to any contractor after the first one has been chosen, once one com- pany has set up a system, it is unlikely that other companies would want to com- pete against an established monopoly," says Quenon. chise money collected by the cit to use the money to buy time on and require the cable-caster to public service programming. Quenon explains that with cui nology a cable system is able to on more than twenty channel Arbor, about 12 of these, say would be taken up with broadca ating in stations in Detroit, To sing, Flint, and other nearby remaining eight stations cou dark, or be turned over to comm trol. Quenon says local business munity groups have expressed The og arm:tar and the Earth Peopl By KATHERINE TRIANTAFILLOU "I guess you're wondering what the Hog Farm is all about. Well it's about you, me, and all of us. It's all about rainbows, stars, suns, moons, peanut butter and muesli: It's calling on all earth people to join in so that we can all celebrate life together." -STAR Star crescendoed the last line and her eyes grinned it out as only someone named Star could-her mind's "rainbow" floating in a Judy Collins sort of softness. The Hog Farm is just that and maybe a bit more, if you relax your grip and open wide for something simple. The Hog Farm is a family, but not that exclusive. There's Andy, Evan, and Bonnie Z. who kind of got it together dreaming thoughts of Earth People's Park. "Well, anyway, here we are hoping to turn you on to a