UNION DISCRIMINATION: * EVERYONE'S PROBLEM See editorial page Y A6igztu ~Iait46 GR AYERi Iligh ' C'loudy anid windy Vol. LXXIX, No. 23 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, September 25, 1968 Ten Cents Ten Pages HEATED SES SD SION: actions debate unfire stra tegy, leadership rages .h toll in MX1eco; By STEVE ANZALONE I and the Ann Arbor-based Radical A factional dispute erupted at Education Project, the informa-j a Voice-SDS meeting last night, tional arm of SDS. indicating deep tactical and ide- This was the first major itra-' ological differences among the organizational battle in two years. membership. Robert Meeropol, speaking for The rift is largely between two the group of "regulars" who iden-; groups: one was headed by current tified themselves as the "Radical and past Voice leadership; the Caucus," defended the edsting other consisted of a loose coali- Voice structure, including !n elect- tion of members associated with ed chairman to insure "the demo- the Children's Community School cratic procedure." The other group: identifying 1t- self as the "Lurleen Wallace Me- morial Caucus," challenged the "authoritarian" and "bureaucrat- ic" aspect of current Voice organ- ization. Jim Millen of REP, speaking lor the dissidents, said that they "are not out to seize power," but to "free-up" the chapter so tl'tU policy would no longer be dicta ed by the current leadership. Specifically brought unde r at-' tack on numerous occasions was Eric Chester. a past chairman and the individual generally 1 ecognized as the chapter's "elder jatamn." The issue of confrontation was discussed by both factions. Meer- opol said confrontation is "not a way around organization and edu- cation" and that it is "not some- thing good in itself." Mellen said that confrontation has nothing it Radicals to support new revolt fleat reaches 15 Blacks challenge Student snipers battle police in city streets MEXICO CITY (P-Students opened fire from sniper nests at police last night in a renewal of gun battle that killed at least. 15 persons in the previous 24 hours. It was the city's worst fighting since the revolutionary days of the 1920s. One group of student snipers were holding out in Voca- tional School No. 5 at La Ciudela on the edge of the downtown area. There were no immediate reports on injuries. Other student groups stole a gasoline tanker truck and burned buses. Two cars were set ablaze just south of the National Palace in the heart of the city. Police, apparently ordered not to intervene, * _ UAC queen rule i c t t t NEW YORK (1") - An inter- national conference of student. radicals, deeply divided throughl six days of meetings over how to make revolution, has agreed final- ly to demonstrate in support of the student revolt in Mexico City. The conference, sessions oftenj disintegrated into shouting match- es before the Monday night deci- sion. The f o r e i g n representatives By LISA STEPHENS than the one used last year" will Criteria for the selection of this be used in the judging. year's hormecoming queen have The letter did not specify what caused a perious rift between Uni- the new scale would be but stated{ versity Activities Center and black that "the woman who is found to a student organizations on campus. be the most beautiful, personable Objection was voiced yesterday and poised will be selected." Last by all-black Kappa Aloha Psi year's judging included academic to do with revolution. He claimed that confrontation was a way of making the movement grow. Garry Rothberger of the Radi- cal Caucus said that their pro- gram would not use confrontation as an "ego trip.'' i 4 fraternity to a letter sent out by' UAC's Special Events Committee- stating that "a different scale! achievement, activities and talent as well. Opal Bailey, a member of all-black Alpha Kappa Alpha, was selected as last year's queen. She was s onsord b K .n A h w p bwbiury rappa mpna "W Pas"We consider it a slap in the IHA.aks face," said Tony Lynch, president of Kappa Alpha Psi. "We are con- cerned with the three criteria that were dropped because it makes P the judging completely subjective. Standards of beauty are different 1 for black and white girls." Jim Fisher and Susan Cooper, - co-chairmen of homecoming, is- sued a statement yesterday saying By GEORGE MILLER that "the original information was Inter-House Assembly last night unclear . . . and an error in judg- recommended that the Board of ment," and that the only change Governors of the Residence Halls was to have been the use of a! abolish the dormitory residence cumulative scoring system- There requirement for sophomore wo- was to be no change, they said, in men. I criteria: IHA's opinion will be transmit- At a meeting later with black! ted next month to the board, fraternity and sorority members, which postponed a decision re- Fisher called the "beautiful and garding the requirements at its poised" statement "totally 1incor- last meeting. rect" and said that the original Members reacted favorably to letter had been drafted by some- the board's decision retaining the, one who was not familiar with the mandatory live-in rule for fresh- new scale. He said further that men. the phrasing was not used "with In other action,' membership of any specific purpose in mind." residence hall houses in IHA was Mary Jean Dombrowski, special officially made voluntary. This events co-chairman, said approval decision upheld the statement last of the draft of the letter had been week of president Jack Myers that "carelessness" on her part, and he would not submit a list if ie-n- that she did not take the fact that paying houses to the Univerity it was misleading into considera- housing office in order to uich- tion. hold credits of their residents. in Opal Bailey commented, "My effect making membership volun- first reaction was 'what was wrong tary. with last year's scale?' And then ' tA motion that IHA withdraw I remembered all those kids on'_ from its ex-officio membership on the Diag 'When I was crowned Student Government Council was who whispered 'But she's a Ne- tabled until next week. gro.' " The text of yesterday's UAC The motion was proposed in iv- statement included an apology for sponse to SGC action at i s last any affront to Miss Bailey or meeting which deprived all e:- f f-Chris Anderson, 1966 homecoming ficio council members of their ;queen. voting powers. However, Myers, Ron Thompson, Kappa Alpha who had consistently objected to Psi, expressed dissatisfaction with ex-officio disenfranchisment, was UAC's statement, saying that their uncertain as to whether he would reaction came after they had real- support the withdrawal motion. ized their mistake. "We doubt that In reaction to another SGC res- they would have changed the let- olution which criticized the board ter had we not objected," he said- of governors as "paternalistic" for Last spring black students lock- upholding the freshman dorm re- ed-in in the old Administration quirement, Myers said the action, Bldg. to force University's accep- was "obnoxious" and claimed tiat tance of some half-dozen demands council members acted hastily concerning black students. Presi- "without studying all the av ailable dent Robben Fleming successfully material regarding the requre- sought talks with the students to ment." end the lock-in. S Bill Ayers of the Children's Community School said the issue was not between building a base and confrontation, but whether or not education builds a base. Chester said that Voice needed concrete programs, but that "con- crete programs do not rule out! confrontation." He warned that SDS cannot just wait for people like former Columbia Universityj president Grayson Kirk to force issues by making unpopular deci- sions. The two caucuses will meet again before the next meeting. Flu shots The University Health Serv- ice will hold a flu shot clinic for students, faculty and staff tomorrow from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Dependents of students or faculty over fourteen years of age are also eligible for vaccination.j Shots will be provided for students for $1.50 each and for staff at $2.00 each. Those unable to be vaccinat- ed tomorrow may receive their shots at a second clinic to be held on Oct. 3. It is recom- mended that those persons who have not been immunized since 1964 receive two shots this year, two to four weeks apart. claimed that American radicals lacked discipline and were prone to dash into the streets without a' plan. The Americans complained that the foreigners talked a lot about theory and what they had done in the past, but lacked spon- taneity and ideas of what to do now to promote worldwide revolu- tion. About 20 foreign students at- tended the meeting sponsored by3 the militant Columbia University chapter of Students for a Demo- cratic Society, which led the demonstrations last spring that crippled the school. The conference which ended late Monday, opened in militancy and enthusiasm a week ago when about 500 persons protested Co- lumbia's refusal to allow a meet- ing on the university grounds. At the next night's gathering, the unity evaporated as a long, emotional debate erupted over a request from Mexican students for an "action of solidarity" in sup- port of students in Mexico City- "Dietrich," a member of the German Socialist Students Asso- ciation, pleaded with the audience of 800 to round up demonstrators during the night to hold a "mas- sive" display the next day. Many Americans, however, fa-. voring "spontaneity" in political action, said they could never get as big a crowd as was at the meet-3 ing. The session ended in disarray.I To the dismay of Dietrich and other Europeans, fewer than 50 persons showed up the next day stood by. But authorities said unless the fighting grows completely out of control, the Olympic Games will open on schedule .Oct. 12. The first wave of sniper fire had died out by mid-afternoon yes- terday. Armed students had been firing on police and soldiers from the roof of the Polytechnic In- stitute near a hospital which gave out figures on the dead and wounded. More than 400 assault cars ringed the Santo Tomas Voca- tional School, part of the larger institute campus that was occu- pied by the army after a night- long battle. A hospital official said the fig- ure of 15 known dead was less than, the actual death toll because students were seen hauling away some bodies as troops advanced on the vocational school before dawn. It was the most serious crisis As ociated Press Mexico police Irrest student sniper (iANSPIA('? Sta te we ifa r By JIM HECK The State Senate Committee on Health, Social Services and Re-: tirement may hold a public hear- ing here to investigate recent wel- fare demonstrations, a legislative aide said yesterday. Committee chairman Sen. Lor- raine Beebe (R-Dearborn) an- ., 1 J and marched behind police bar- nounced plans Monday to hold riers at the Mexican consulate. hearings on recent welfare dis- Program to aid ghetto students proposed byv math department President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz has faced in his four years of office. The student disorders beganj July 26 after police broke up a minor fight between rival high schools. The students said the po- lice used unnecessary brutality,. and demonstrations snowballed. turbances after State Sen. George Besides demanding the dismis- Kuhn (R-West Bloomfield) de- sal of several Mexico City police manded the investigations. officials, the students have voiced "I smell conspiracies here," a host of other complaints. Kuhn said. On July 29 demonstrators and Beebe's aide. John Watts, who riot police clashed at a prepara- is in charge of formalizing plans tory school near the national pa- for the hearings. said they will lace, and paratroopers used a for he earngs sad tey illbazooka to blow open the school be held in the first or second weekbdookh of October. door. ' of Octo e yhThe students went on strike "we will definitely hold a hear- July 30 and promised continuing ing in Detroit, and maybe one demonstrations to disrupt the in Ann Arbor," Watts said. Olympic Games scheduled to be- If the hearing here material- gin Oct. 12. Atsone time more than izes, Watts said, it would be "pro-3 200,000 persons took part in a pro- bable" that certain "known pro- test march demanding a "dia- testers" would be subpoenaed to logue" with Diaz Ordaz. appear before the committee. Instead the president retaliated' If the public hearings are held with sterner measures. On Sept. 1 only in Detroit, Watts speculated he promised he would use all the that Ann Arbor protesters would force necessary to keep order. Diaz probably not be subpoenaed, but Ordaz added fuel to the unrest would be invited to appear. when he ordered the army to oc- While maintaining the commit- cupy the University of Mexico last tee's prime goal is "to investigate j week. the protests" rather than the wel- It was the first time in nearly fare programt, Mrs. Beebe did say i 40 years that federal forces set Monday that parts of the welfare foot on an academic campus, and program would be examined. enraged students accused the More specifically, Mrs. Beebe government of violating Latin said, "The committee will look in- America's traditional university to what is meant by 'emergency autonomy. Rector Javier Barros needs.'" She refused to elaborate. Sierra resigned in protest Sunday. FROM RESEARCH TO THERAPY 0t EU4 grants new funds By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN The University's executive of- ficers agreed yesterday to grant Student Government Council an immediate $6,500 supplemental appropriation. The grant brings SGC's total appropriation to $24,000 for the 1968-69 fiscal year, However, Council may still be in financial trouble. SGC Presi- dent Michael Koeneke said yester- day that the $6,500 will exactly cover the deficit remaining on the books from last year, "That doesn't mean it will cov- er this year," he said. "It probab- ly won't." Koeneke said projected expens- es for this year are "closer to $40,000 than $24,000." Council has requested an appropriation of $40,000 for the fiscal year 1068-69. The $6,500 will be provided from general funds already appro- priated by the Regents, Vice Pre- sident for Academic Affairs Alan Smith said last night. ' Although the exact source of the funds has not been deter- mined, he added, they will pro-, bably come from teacher-research accounts in academic affairs of- fice. Smith said he does not believe See VICE PRESIDENTS, Page 10 Barnum well Heart transplant patient Phillip T. Barnum remains in good condition in University Hospital after more than five full days with his new heart. Doctors have allowed Barn- um to sit up in bed and' have taken him off intravenous feed- ing. He is feeding normally on a soft diet. No sigps of rejection of the new heart whatsoever have been noticed by the doctors. By RICK PERLOF'F The mathematic department-- already associated with the Uni- versity's Opportunity Awards Pio- gram, the Ann Arbor Black 'luto- rial and student assistance at Washtenaw Community College_ may be manning another program aimed at helping minority _ inups next year. The project, currently under consideration by the National Science Foundation, will offer out- side math instruction to 80 needyR Detroit high school juniors and seniors next summer. The students, probably mostly tenaw Community College. They .black, will be ones who show promise either to enter college or! a career in mathematics. There will be a massive series of inter-j views to determine participation, Prof. Wilfred Kaplan explained. Kaplan is chairman of the Mathematics Program for Minor-; ity Groups Committee, which was formed last spring. There are three phases to the! 6-week summer program: r- me- dial, enrichment and computer training. Slated to begin next July, clas es would be primarily taught by Uri- versity math professors, ;raduate students and some undergraduates at the University's extension serv- ice building. High school teachers will assist in the remedial po- gram. The remedial portion will lea ( h a standard mathematics improve-' ment course. The enrichment pro-{ gram will expose students to moi e stimulating contemporary mathe-I matics, in hopes of eliminating the boredom of what Kaplan calls "the 30-60-90 triangle routine" that comprises much high 'chool mathematics. The final phase of the summer curriculum is a course in comPuter1 programming, geared especially to those interested in computer wo-k immediately following high school. t A follow-up computer cour, e is I planned for 30 Saturday mornings during the 1969-70 school year. High school teachers will sit in to gain a great understanding of computer programming in nath.I Kaplan expects a final decision from NSF on the entire pi oject, within six weeks. Another program being expiored also plan to increase their con- tribution to the Opportunity Awards Program. The minority groups committee' has invited William Johntz, di- rector of Special Elementary Ed- ucation for the Disadvantaged' (SEED) in California to speak here concerning his specific pro- grams for the California public schools. New- 1IHI~t head redirects goals By FRANK BROWNING The University's M e n t a 1 Health Research I n s t i t u t e (MHRI) - almost unmatched in its attempt to concentrate a broad range of behavioral re- search on the problems of men- tal illness - chose a new direc- tor this summer who may cause an important re-emphasis in the institute's work. Gardner C. Quarton. who took office in July, intends to increase MHRI's clinical and therapeutic research in order to work more closely with its par- ent organ, the psychiatry de- partment of the medical school. The central issues in that re- emphasis include the balance to be drawn between basic and ap- plied research and the corollary question of what position work in the social sciences will hold. Of MHRI's $1,986,000 research program last year, approximate- ly 50 per cent included work in the medical school for carry- ing its work in the behavioral sciences too far afield. Last year, during a re-evalua- tion of the MHRI by the admin- istration, there was some small interest in the MHRI becoming independent of the psychiatry department, perhaps even be- coming an independent unit in the literary college. Had the transfer taken place, MHRI scientists would probab- ly have been free to refocus the institute's behavioral research into areas less directly relevant to mental illness. Even now, a great deal of MHRI's research is not pecul- iarly relevant to the study of mental health. For example, one of the present projects is the development of an information retrieval system to allow the ac- cumulation of bookC indexes by computer, providing fast serv- ice at a reasonable cost. ture and function in health and disease . . . and on social struc- ture and processes (which) of- ten in themselves 'are responsi- ble for psychopathology . . . " Within this range of various activities, Quarton plans a sub- tle re-orientation based on his own interests and experiences. "The institute will be working a little more closely with the psychiatry department," he says, "but I do not intend a major change of' direction." Quarton has spent most of his academic life at Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston's Mas- sachusetts General Hospital. He is an associate editor of Daedalus, and he is still spending one-third of his time finishing the year as Director of MIT's Neurosciehces Research Program, a smaller, more clinically oriented re- search group than MHRI. For the MHRI, that problem manifests itself between direct- ly mission-oriented research, patient care, therapeutic meth- ods, clinical research, and the kind of' basic research the institute 'has concentrated on for the past several years. One of the areas Quarton in- dicates may change is research in "systems sciences." Much of the impetus behind MHRI's work, n systems theory c a m e from -he initial director, James Miller, who has left the in- stitute to become vice president of Cleveland State University in spring, 1967. Systems science - in which MHRI is a pioneer and leader - involves the complex analysis of all the various factors with- in a complicated social situa- tion. A study of a transportation system, for example, would in- clude as well business interests, housing values, cultural institu- < 7: .