SAIGON GOVERNMENT ~,BOMBING FOR ITS LIF , See editorial page I lAfr igau ~Iait& FALL' SHERE Iigh-iky Low-40 Cloudy, cool; rain not likely a 'ol LXXIX, No. 44 Ann Arbor; MichiganSaturday, October 19, 1968 Ten Cents Eight Pages Re'ets yit ouncil analyze traffic prol lems By PHILIP BLOCK f University-city relations are us- ually characterized by the daily contacts between the lower eche- lons of both institutions. Assis- tants meet with assistants, depart- ment heads with department heads. However, once a year this usual' relationship is abandoned as the Board of Regents and the City Council meet to'let the chiefs speak for themselves. Backed up by'their various pro- fessional staffs-the University vice presiden and with the city's corps of technical advisors-the Regents and Council members met last Thursday to clear matters of mutual concern.- At this, their third annual meet- ing ,they discussed matters rang- ing from new multi-million dollar thruways to student participation in community affairs. A main area of concern was two "penetrator routes" connecting the inner city to its outer beltways. Ann Arbor's first route, the Fuller-Ged- des project, connecting North Campus and central campus will ,alleviate traffic congestion around the medical center. The Michigan Highway Depart- ment is reportedly placing high priority on the Fuller-Geddes parkway. Construction on the pro- ject is not expected to begin until' 1972, however. The second penetrator route, still under discussion by Univer- sity and city officials, will be the State 5t. access to Stadium Blvd. and I-94. The city has already suggested a plan for the State St. penetrator which would cut across Ferry Field resulting in the loss of several, athletic fields. However, University officials said they "had already gone on record as objecting to the city's proposals" because of a "deep con- cern for intercollegiate and in- tramural athletics." The University's alternate plan was to widen State St. between Packard and Stadium by utilizing the frontage lands on the east side of State St. University and city officials agreed to work on the State St. project and come up with a joint proposal within four months. Last Monday, a joint plan for the Ful- ler-Geddes project was sent to the State Highway Commission for approval. The Regents and Council mem- bers also considered the effects of the University's removal of student driving regulations' last August. John McKevitt. asst. to vice president and chief financial of- ficer, submitted a preliminary stu- dy of the number of students pos- sessing motor vehicles on campus at the time of tegistration. The report showed an approxi- mate increase of 1000 vehicles on campus over last year's figures. McKevitt pointed out that the Stu-, dent-Community Committee which advocated the removal of vehicle regulations predicted an increase of 900 cars for underclassmen. University parking spaces pro- vided for day-time commutes are being used below capacity, accord- ing to a University official. But city officials said that parking tickets had doubled, this fall in the central city, equalling cities "two or three" times larger. Several council members said they thought the problem was with over-night storage of vehicles, rather than day-time parking. The study was made from stu- dent responses to a questionnaire passed out during fall registration. About 25,000 students gave infor- matior on automobile and motor- cycle use in the city. Student participation in com- munity affairs was discussed when one councilman reported that many city residents were "extre- mely disturbed" about last month's sit-ins and arrests at the County Bldg. "These types of demonstrations are opposed by older citizens who feel the University should be kept separate from the rest of the com- munity," said the councilman. "The University 'must persuade city people that it is a good thing for students to get involved in their affairs." Several University officials re- sponded with reports of the va- rious student-community projects now operated by the University. These include the Ann Arbor tu- torial program, and a volunteer theatre group for underprivileged children. The two groups also heard a re- port on last summer's physical education program which included athletic clinics conducted by sev- eral University athletic coaches. A University official said he felt the program did not reach as many inner city children as they originally hoped they could. The same official went on to suggest broadening the program should involve other University facilities as its museums. The need for more low rent housing in Ann Arbor was also reviewed. Uiversity officials said they would direct Special Assistant for Urban Affairs Richard Cutler to remain in constant contact with the city's Housing Commission. The city officials pointed out that major shopping center de- velopments are pending for the interchange area and along South State and close to 2000 new hous- ing units, are projected for that area. University officials said this would be part of Cutler's general duty of focusing on what the Uni- versity can do for the community around it. 1 PUBLIC INVITED: Regents to open f monthly session! University President Robben W. Fleming yesterday an- Inounced that at future meetings of the Regents both the morning and afternoon sessions of the board will be open to the public and press. The announcement was made during the afternoon ses- sion of yesterday's meeting. The move culminates a steady trend toward more open sessions initiated at Fleming's urging ,since he assumed the presidency in January. Fleming said that under the new procedures, certairnfi- nancial matters would,, by necessity, still be handled in execu- tive session but that the majority of Regental business will be voted on publicly. In other action yesterday the Regents: * Approved a revision in the engineering college's degree; - - -'.,requirements reducing the to- A * tal number of hours required A ction on from 138 to 128 and increasing the hours of required human- Uaver ities to 24. f 0 Created a new School of Library'Science elevating' the unt' SGC, Newell review incorporation plans Funding plan still unclear By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN Student Government Council of- ficers met yesterday with Acting Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Newell to discuss SGC In- corporated, but the results ofthe meeting wer'e not immediately clear. The discussion followed Mrs. Newell's action Tuesday blocking a $100 Council appropriation which was slated to pay the costs of forming SGC Inc. The formation or SGC Inc. is part of Council's master plan for financial flexibility and financial independence from the Regents. Council members said they gave Mrs. Newell a statement explain- ing the nature of SGC Inc. The vice president had said insuffi- cient information on the proposal and adverse reaction from the Re- gents had caused her to block the appropriation. Mrs. Newell was unavailable for comment last night. SGC President Michael Koeneke and Treasurer Dennis Webster as- sumed a moderate 'position in their discussions with the vice president. They explained the details and U fr'om its present departmental status in the literary college to a I separate school with its own dean. postpo e I " Approved the University's an- nual financial report ,which listed SANTA CRUZ, Calif. /)---The total, operating expenditures for University of California board of the fiscal year ending June 30 at regents delayed action yesterday $219.4 million, an increase of $16.4 on granting credit status to a million or 8.1 per cent over, the' course taught by Black Panther previous year., leader, Eldridge Cleaver, as about - The report listed student fees 300 students cornered Gov. Ron- for the year at $25.5 million, in- "1 ald Reagan. in a heated question crease of 28.7 per cent over the Dailly--Erie Pegeaux Nader leads attack on 'profesional silence' ader seeks Cprofesstonal'elp c quest for consumer protect ion and an'swer session. previous year. The increase in stu- By BILL LAVELY Reagan told reporters that the dent fees reflects a tuition lhike for Ralph Nader talked of cars and *regents' delay on the Cleaver issue all students during that period., safety at Rackham Aud. last night, was "an abdiation of their re- Appropriations from tke state but the point of his remarks was sponsibility. It's possible we may Legislature totalled nearly $64 directed not at the problem of auto have to consider an investigation million and the federal govern- safety but at the society and the of the university by citizens." ment provided about $62 million university establishment which Reagan spent 40 minutes an- for research, student aid and supports industry. swering questions shouted ,at him taining activities. In h dd t d f by the students. He read a resolu- Gifts and grants increased from is adress o an audience of lion to the students asking the $12.6 million to $14' million, the about 300 admonished, auto-safety regents for tighter control on the repprt indicated. metic ofde Ame d, thecual faculty and for a ban on any more The changes in the engineering s etic of the American intellectual classroom lectures by Cleaver. school curriculum will permit full tional violence to a position of Meanwhile on the Berkeley cam- time students to graduate in eight fourth or fifth in intellectual im- pus, a student boycott of classes semesters instead of the present portance." that was expec ed to lead to a nine to ten. The major national violence University shutdown failed to,- The decision to establish the which he spoke about is the na- 1draw a sizeable number of stu- School of Library Science was tional toll of automobile deaths dents from class. made by literary college Dean and injuries. He soberly read this The failure of the student strike William Hays and Vice President toll on four occasions during the was attributed to the lack of pub- for Academic Affairs, Allan F. program. licity due to the late decision to Smith. Although Nader's major target hold the boycott. Sources in Ber- Their decision followed an eva- last night was not the automobile keley said /that the crest of the luation of the present library industry, he did not let them off student protest will not be felt, science program by leaders in the easily. He spoke about it in a way '%'until Monday. ' library profession. that was merely a review of their past and present failures, onesr that have been both obvious and. obscure. But Nader's emphasis was aimed at professional schools - namely, the schools of medicine, law and1 engineering. Listing a series of weak, impo- ent stands taken by the American Medical Association, he askedt "what it is that keeps the medicalr profession from taking actiont against the auto industry."1 Then, reviewing the American. tendency to ignore certain kindss of crime and violence while mag-t not even sure that they should in- ramifications of the creation of vestigate the incident. SGC Inc. and asked Mrs. Neiwell "One of the reasons why the to reconsider her action. gas explosion was not treated as a Other Council members present case of law and order was that no at the meeting took a more radical- law was violated. The gas com- stance. E. O. Knowles and Execu-! pany was not in violation-there tive Vice President Robert Neff was no law against what they did." told the vice president she had no right to block SGC's appropriation. The law profession, he con- cludes, should work in areas to After the meeting with Newell, make'laws where none exist, to Council officers expressed growing protect the consumer from neg- concern over Regental control of ligent violence. SGC funds. "As long as the Regents collect It is these professions, Nader our money, they're going to say said, which must extend their in-;they have the right to control it, terests into new caimensions to- -Daily--Andy Sacks SGC President Mike Koeneke discusses incorporation ACADEMIC REFORM: Dean Allen favorS #l -ifin oher,--dr-cte--st-deen-tn soenee neconced By STUART GANNES trol the most important develop- nfying others, Nader cited last defend the ethical commitments of that, on legal grounds at least, the ment of our age-the knowledge Aprils riots and compared them to the professions against the power Regents are right. While many students and fac- etlosion " the explosion of a gas main that 'of giant industry. At present, SGC receives 25 cents ulty are innovating new means to occurred in the same week. ader cited the growth of a per student per term from the revise the educational system, one The challenge of solving the "Thirty-one people were killed mammoth sub-industry founded University. The Regents control administrator, Dean Francis Allen problems that come with the de- in the riots, anld many were pro- on the accident business. This in-; this money since it comes from of the Law School justified the velopment of new knowledge, he secuted for the sake of maintain- cludes insurance companies, bump student tuition traditional "ivory tower" approach said, is more important than solv- ing law and order. Forty-one'peo- shops, doctors and lawyers-all Koeneke said Council members 1 for dealing with the problems of ing the problems which agitate ple were killed in the pipeline ex- who stand to make a profit in the are serious considering alternative , the future. people today. plosion, and yhe authorities were event of highway accident and in- means of financing SGC. Primary Allen, speaking at a Guild House "Universities must be organized jury, thus forever enlarging the considetation is being given to a Fluncheon yesterday, said the "ivory to deal with the whole range of problem. See SGC, Page 8 tower approach is needed to con- problems developing from new The medical profession, Nader-._ . .___khe added. 'said, denies its basic philosophy ' One of the most important du- tie facdng universitiesyinhAllengs led"solelyvninpeto reparatijveog industry. t The hs a ac lc.h 'l e g opinion is to 'inuetanwl best cure for a crushed ,skull is to discovered knowledge is not mis- prevent the skull from being ,- la used," but rather f"directed to- magn o heRpulxannm crushed." -' iIpo cy wards the goals of liberal socie- margin for the eRepublicanfersde." tek e newoldrmi.The need for independent and id U{ ties." inee would remain./Tene o meedn n In the past. knowledge has been external organizations for con- GAP NARROWS Polls conflict on Nixoi NEW YORK ()-The nation's two leading political polls were millions of votes apart again yesterday on the lead they give Richard M. Nixon over Hubert H. Humphrey. The latest Harris poll, taken Oct. 8-10 and published yester- day, has Nixon leading Hum- phrey by five points, 40 to 35 per cent. The late'st Gallup poll, taken at the end of September, shows Nixon leading Humphrey by 15 points, 44 to ,29 per cent. The Gallup poll showed third- party candidate George C. Wal- lace with 20 per cent. The Harris poll showed Wallace with 18 lead may not be ,as wide as many persons think. ' "With Richard Nixon now ahead by five points," he said in his published report, "this means that this election could well move into the range of standard error." The normal amount of statis- tical error built,into, such sur- veys is from 2 to 4 per cent. Applied 'to the latest Harris figures, that could make them read much closer. "If the turnout is more than 80 millio'n votes, Humphrey would move to within four points of Nixon," Harris said. "The larger the turnout, the more it will tend to help Hum- In these preconvention polls, another pollster, Burps W. Rop- ,er of Roper Research Associates, said Gallup 'sampled a "fresh national cross-section" where- as Harris did 80 per cent pre- viously sampled and 20 per cent new people. There also were "important differences" in the way ques- tions were phrased, he said. "The polling profession," Rop- er continued, "has done an in- adequate job of making both the press and the public aware of the limitations of polling and. the large amount of fallible human judgment that goes into sumer protection, led by people from the professions, will, hope- fully include the "ambivilant" aid of government, Nader said. But Nader's most scathing criti- cism was lodged against engineers. Of the three professions - med- icine, law and engineering - only the engineers are almost silent in the industrial hierarchy, he said. This remark brought the single dissenting response from the aud- ience, and Nader answered it by saying, "I am being kind to en- gineers. I have known cases in which engineers have known that used to the detrement to society, By RICK PERLOFF deferment to all those receiving I he said. For example, thenstudy Twenty-tlhree Law School fac- an induction call during the school of genetics was used by some peo- ulty inembers have challenged a year unless they had previously ple as an excuse for trying to Selective Service directive pre- received a Il-S deferment under create master races instead of venting deferred graduate students the Act for undergraduate study. dealing with social reform. from finishing an academic year "None of these exceptions apply of when they are called for induc- to our second year graduate stu- ivoAy tower educatio sncradical tion. dents who were deferred for grad- since traditional methods of re- Students classified as II-S, pri- uate study in the academic year se raithnathodsprfgre- marily second-year graduate stu- 1967-1968 under other provisions search, with the nature program dents, cannot obtain a I-S classi- of the current act. determined by grants from the fication allowing them to finish "Thi wholly untugovernment and private founda- the year before reporting for mili- "This wholly unfortunate and tions, must be changed. tary' service.unnecessary situation; contrary He favors instead, a system The faculty document, drafted to the express purpose of Congress where people can be subsidized to by Profs. Joseph L. Sax and Char- and demoralizing to' the persons study possible future probleis les Donahue Jr., argues that the involved, can only be reme rather than limiting their study to f~PnflvP1v in' somen extr~.a-iliciaIii1. -_--_.