ACADEMIC REFORM ANOTHER WAY See editorial page :Y A6F 41P .Altr4t an ~~E~aitl CHILLS Nigh-42 Low-38 Cloudy and colder. chance of snow flurries i Vol. LXXIX, No. 61 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, November 8, 1968 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Nixon refuses offer to make Vietnam trip S GCdemands sororities end discrimination KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (P - President-elect Richard M. Nixon ruled out yesterday a mission to South Vietnam-unless President Johnson "suggests it would be helpful in furthering the negotia- tions toward peace." Nixon's chief spokesman re- layed that response to an invita- tion from South Vietnamese Pres- ident Nguyen Van Thieu. Aide Ronald, Ziegler said Nixon now has no plans for any foreign travel before his inauguration next Jan. 20., Nixon received and read a cable from Thieu inviting him to Viet- nam "to make an on the spot as- sessment of the war and the situ- 4 ation." Ziegler delivered this response: therefore will do nothing to un- "Mr. Nixon plans no foreign dercut or derrogate the current trip, and will make no such trip leadership of the country." unless President Johnson. suggests it would be helpful in furthering1 the negotiations toward peace. As President-elect Nixon said on; 'Meet the Press', he would be willing to cooperate with Presi-. dent Johnson in any way that he3 would deem helpful." In that interview, last Sunday, Nixon said he would go to Saigon or to Paris if Johnson asked him to do so in the interests of en- hancing peace prospects, "As Mr. Nixon has said on nu-I merous occasions," Ziegler said, "He feels that the country has only one president at a time and Nixon advance-men ,plan p ower transfer WASHINGTON (R--Two aides of President-elect Richard M. Nixon went to the White douse yesterday to start paving the way for Nixon's takeover on Jan. 20. Franklin P. Lincoln Jr., a member of Nixon's New York law firm and an assistant secretary of defense in the Eisen-, hower administration said, "It's like coming home again" when he arrived for talks with Charles S. Murphy, President Johnson's special counsel. During the presidential campaign, Johnson invited all: three of the major candidates to name representatives to start discussing an orderly transition of power. All three! A accepted. Yesterday's meeting was the first since Nixon won the' election. Lincoln, who was accompanied by William Harmon,, Sanother law firm associate of Nixon's, said the discussions elley seesiinvolved procedures, but he ' declined to go into details. 7 G "President-elect Nixon will have no comment on the international field unless it has been discussed with the President and the secre- tary of state and unless it is in the interest of foreign policy as they see it," Ziegler said. "Mr. Nixon has had no per- sonal conversation with the Pres- ident or secretary of state since his election victory and he has no plans to initiate such a con- versation at this time." NO PLANS Ziegler said Nixon had earlier received several invitations to visit Western Europe but "he has no plans to make any foreign trip between now and the inaugura- tion." The White House declined to say whether Thieu had discussed the invitation previously with Washington. The State Depart- ment had no comment. In a message congratulating Nixon on his victory, Thieu said: "The Vietnamese government, the Vietnamese people and our sol- diers fighting in the front lines against Communist aggression will be most happy to receive on Viet- namese soil a staunch defender of freedom, which you have been , for many long years." WELCOME_ Thieu said Nixon would be most welcome "if you wish to make an on-the-spot assessment of the war and 'the situation ahead." Thieu presumably meant before Nixon takes office in Jan. 20. The cablegram made no direct reference to the dispute between the United States and South Viet- President-electgitxon and ici f e Prat greo FIVE O)FFIC(E's AFFECTED: SRC recomends sty for OSA advisory cc By NADINE COHODAS Student Government Council last night accepted the ;report of its membership committee which forces sororities who have either required and/or binding recommendations to "render ineffective locally" these mechanisms "before the next rush commences." The committee's report amended Panhel's proposal of Oct. 16 which requires the ommission of mechanisms "which are discriminatory on the basis of race, religion, color, creed or national origin." "This was changed because in limiting binding recom- mendations to only those which are discriminatory, the orig- inal problem of determining what is discriminatory remains unsolved," explained M i k e - Kahn, chairman of the SGC membership committee. "TheT o " solution therefore is to renderI1' invalid or eliminate all bind- ing recommendations," Kahn added. Ut1~u The committee report further states that "the proposed elimi- nation of these mechanisms" must C zecli r o be presented to each sorority's n a t i o n a l organization at the earliest possible date. If the bind- PRAGUE (') - Thousands of -A socated Press ing recommendation is not elimi- Czechoslovak troops and police nated, the report continues, and used tear gas, water cannons and 'it the people if the sorority does not take steps clubs last night to break up anti- to invalidate this mechanism, "the Russian demonstrations in the priviledge of rushing should be heaviest rioting since the Soviet- denied immediately." led invasion last August. LEE-WAY Young demonstrators marched said the committee report "is through the streets of the capital givingtplenty of lee-way to those for 'six hours shouting, "Russians sororities who have recommenda- go home!" and burning Soviet +s.tion restrictions." He added there flags. m iii t ()should be "absolutely no way now Earlier in the day, hard-line that sororities cannot comply im- foes of Alexander Dubcek, the mediately with the committee's liberal-minded Czechoslovak Com- committees, the office directors recommendation." munist leader, grabbed him at a will serve as chairmen. The report will be presented to ceremony', and shouted, "Long The SRC delayed recommenda- ; Panhel next week for approval live the Soviet Union!" bon onopeatig" ommttes fr rJan Phlegar, chairman of the Pan- tions on operating- committees for hel mbership m committee said Reports from various sections. the counseling and appointments, Council's changes in the original of the city indicated scores were offices and the International Cen- proposal "are in order. They only arrested and several persons were ter to request more complete re- further clarify the position Panhel knocked down by police clubs. ports from the heads of these of- has taken," she added. Miss Phle- Some injured were taken away in. fees R gar said the working of the SGC ambulances. The SRC made the general re- ' proposal "eliminates any question, commendation that in all operat- opsaeli in g ton The authorities, apparently ing committees, the Senate Ad- ,, fearing the demonstrators might Commitee nivesitya loophole," visory Committee on UniversityC LA cause the Russians to roll back Affairs should be the appointing SIhS COMPLAINT C into Prague, took firm action body for faculty members, and sieother action Council con- against the demonstrators. SOC should appoint student mem- sidered filing a complaint against; bers. s SDS for defacing the Administra- The massive police response tion Bldg. during Tuesday's sit-in. was in sharp contrast to the tol- However, no motion was brought erant way they handled anti-So- up because several members said viet demonstrations Oct. 28, the SGC as a legislative rather than 50th birthday of the Czechoslovak a judicial body. republic. Council member Tom Wester- Shortly before midnight, several S'i dale said if SOC did file a com- hundred police and soldiers moved _lnited1 dplaint against SDS it "would be en masse up Wenceslas Square to the same as Congress bringing clear demonstrators from the charges against its constituents statue of St. Wenceslas and the ' new postt 'In 1970__. ' LANSING (AP1-Democratic At- ty. Gen. Frank Kelley outlined a broad range of political ambitions yesterday, saying he may run' either for governor or U.S. sen- ator. "I'm not going tq play coy," Kelley said at a news conference. "I may run for governor in 1970," Kelley said. "Or I may run for senator in 1972. Then I may run again for attorney general. "But I may end up as a profes- sor at some small college," he added. Kelley was asked if he would rather run against Gov. George Romney or Lt. Gov. William Mil- liken, the heir apparent to Rom- ney. "I don't think Romney will be here very long," Kelley replied. "I think he'll probably be in Wash-! ington after the first of the year." Discussions between President- elect Richard Nixon and Romney during the presidential campaign have led to persistent speculation that the governor will receive 'a cabinet post-probably secretary 4 of housing and urban develop- ment. The attorney general said he advocates allowing 18-year olds to vote. The method of electing dele- gates to state and national party conventions should be liberalized, he said. "We need to recruit more youth- ful candidates, both black and white," Kelley said. "There are very few people in the state in their early 30's holding office. We should have some office-holders in their early 20's." He said he expects the consul- 'iam over inieu's rejection of tne tations will continue with repre- American proposal for peace talks sentatives of the Budget Bureau,, Civil Service Commission and the. General Services Administration on such matters as choosing new candidates for top government posts and starting them through security clearance processes, plus getting down to business on bud- get and administrative problems that will face the new administra- tion. ' Nixon spent the day conferring with advisers. He planned to remain through Sunday in Key Biscayne, his va- cation retreat eight years ago in presidential defeat, before re- turning to his New York head- quarters to begin the task of assembling a new administration. Nixon aides said the President- elect will not name anyone to his cabinet before Dec. 1. "Mr. Nixon feels that, with the current unrest in the country, he wants to fully assess the situation and that he wants to select the best people' available." Nixon and Vice President-elect Spiro T. Agnew are the first tos get the benefit of a 1964 lawI which provides a transition fund of $750,000 to help pay for staff and expenses and fully equipped office space. in Paris. Ziegler said Nixon has no plans at this point for meeting with President Johnson, nor with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, the man he narrowly defeated. Thieu has refused to join four- way talks as proposed by the United States, contending the ar- rangement would give status equal to the Saigon Government's to the Viet Cong's National Lib- eration Front. While South Vietnamese lead- ers have been officially neutral! on the U.S. election, many were known to be ardent supporters of Nixon against Hubert H. Hum- phrey, particularly since the split over the Paris talks. Caucus drive seeks to end requirements The Radical Caucus last night passed a resolution to present peti- tions demanding the abolition of language and distribution require- By JILL CRABTREE The Student Relations Commit- tee yesterday made recommenda- tions on the composition of oper- ating committees for two offices in the Office of Student Affairs, but delayed recommendations for three other offices. The committee is using as a basis for its recommendations re- ports from heads of the Univer- sity Housing Office, the Office of Student Financial Aids, The In-' ternational Center, The Bureau of Appointments and the Counseling' Office. The SRC recommended the op- erating committee for the Office of Student Financial Aids include four students and four faculty members, and that such a com- mittee should include "represen- tatives of aid recipients." Special mention wasdmade of black stu- dents, graduate students and students from "a poverty back- ground." Ron Brown, new director of fi- nancial aids, who will assume his post in January, had recommend- ed the committee be composed of three faculty members and three students. However, SRC members felt a six-member committee would not be sufficient to repre- sent all recipient groups. The SRC accepted the sug- gestions made in a report from University Housing Director John Feldkamp to ; continue utilizing present advisory committees in that office, including the Gov- ernors of the Residence Halls and the Student Advisory Committee on Housing. The Board of Governors is com- posed of four faculty members and four students and is primarily re- sponsible for academic concerns1 in the residence halls. The ad- visory committee is composed sole-I ly of students and is responsible for a wide range of dormitory! concerns. The SRC recommended a limi- tation on the power of the Board of Governors froin that which Feldkamp outlined in his report. however. The SRC agreed the Board of Governors should be responsible+ for policies concerning housing of' students, development of educa- tional and social programs, and provisions for student welfare in the residence halls, but recom- mended the board not be made responsible for appointment of' educational staff and formulation of residence hall regulations. On both the housing office and financial aids office operating Wl sontorai continues t a x Mnments to the literary college cur- lo e m riculum ommittee at a rally in two weeks. PORTLAND, Ore. (P) - Sen,. PORy LANOe.as P)lmoSt a en, The rally will bring to a head Wayne Morse was almost a cer- hi eiind'v hc o ta loser for re-election in ballot heir petition drive which now tai loer or e-eecton n bllo !has 2,500 signatures. By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN "The prospects for graduatin Two years ago, with federal seniors seeking support are fair Toneyeaoursgnto, t eealbleak," Graf points out. But ti money pouring into graduate level effect of the Wilson Foundati education, the Ford Foundation cutbacks on the graduate schoc out back most of its financialarutastequad matc.o Suppor't for' the Woodrow Wilson' are at least equally dramatic. undation fello dr Wisn Not only did the Wilson pr gram provide each student wi Rocked by the $4.3 million a a $2000 stipend and an extra fan year loss, the Wilson .foundation ily allowance but the foundati was forced to eliminate all but added an additional $2000' to ti 150 of its 1000 fellowship grants coffers of the graduate ,school f ;o first year graduate students, every Wilson fellow enrolled in h out continued to designate the first year of study. year's 1000 most promising seniors For example, the Universit is worthy of financial aid.Fo exmlteUveit graduate school last year enrol Each of last year's designates ed 46 Wilson fellows and recei did in fact receive financial aid ed $96,000 from the foundatio from some source, says Honors This . year that support is gon Director Otto G. Graf, regional Despite the reduction in func director of the identification pro- j the program continues to attra gram, and the new system will the interest of both gradua ontinue this year. nin.with the recent Congres-schools and prospective gradua But I students, says Graf. Isional devastation of federal In January, the foundatio ;rants to graduate study, the Wil-, sends out lists of designates to th son Fellowship funds are likely to { various graduate schools. Gr be sorely missed by the national says graduate school deans ha graduate schools and students. supported the utility of the d .__ __..__. ....i in r ugr a l"l ii ng ly he on i ils '0- th ml- ,on ,he or his y's iv- n. ne. , C k t: S , 22 C t. ii S , which is terrible." SGC also moved last night that Council point out to "all poten- tial voters" that the referendum in next week's election "is whetherf students shall determine the na- ture of funding Student Govern~- ment Council," and not whether or not SGC should incorporate. Council /member Bob Nelson said there is "considerable confusion about the referendum" since some students are unaware that the is- sue on the ballot deals only with the method of financing Council. After defeating a motion to give Engineering Council an ex- officio 'seat in Council, SGC con- sidered the move last night and voted to seat a representative "un- til SGC's committee on ex-officio seats makes its report." huge stairways on the national museum. Police . swinging clubs charged into knots of demonstrators and chased them up side streets. They squirted tear gas at some demon- strators. It was an uneasy and tense day for the city, which is facing a Communist Party Central Com- mittee meeting that pould be the stage for a showdown between Dubcek and the old guard fac- tion that is trying to discredit his reforms. The demonstration by young people took place during the cele- bration of the 51st' anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution - a day usually observed here as Czecho- slovak-Soviet Friendship Day. -1 returns last night and a recount demand was likely. Republican Robert Packwood, had a margin of 3,494 votes over Morse and it was thought that only about 6.000 votes still werej uncounted. It was also decided to continue petitioning until the faculty As- sembly meeting in January. The Caucus expects the committee to make a recommendation to the faculty members who may make a decision concerning the require- ments at that time. ds, ct te te ion ;he af ve le- Ad for, non-meeting U' FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES Nederlander: 'Students aren 't ch ldren' By PHILIP BLOCK First of a two-part series Coming off a convincing win at the polls, newly elected Re- gent Robert Nederlander will take office next January at the most crucial point in t h i s University's history. On Tuesday, Nederlander, a Detroit attorney, along with fel- low Democrat Gerald Dunn un- seated Republican incumbents. Lawrence Lindemer and Fred- ing funds for superior educa- tion ten years from now," h° says. Nederlander does not feel the financial burdens of higher ed- ucation should be continually placed on the students. "I will do everything I can to keep stu- dent tuition down," he says. "Obviously this means the need- ed funds must come from other sources, but I don't know the specifics as to exactly how the money can be raised," Neder- more and they should not be treated as if they were," he says. "40 per cent of the student body averages 26 years of age and the remaining 60 per cent averages 20 years of age. The University can't be a substitute parent - students must be giv- en the opportunity to be heard and what they say should be highly considered." However, Nederlander is also unspecific as to exactly what the role of students should be. He in a growing university is a lack of opportunity for a stu- dent to know his professors," he says. "When I attended the University's Law School, which, like the Residential College al- lowed students and professors to have close contact, I took a greater interest in what I was studying. I feel projects like the Residential College should be encouraged." Nederlander hopes to begin his look into student problems signation program. T Here is strong evidence that graduate deans used the lists extensively," he says. And students are apparently still interested in obtaining the recognitionand guaranteed funds that come with a Wilson grant. In Ohio and Michigan, which con- stitute the region Graf admin- isters. applications grew this yearI from 1100 to 1312. Despite cutbacks in the major fellowship program, there are some bright spots for the Wilson, Foundation this year. The foundation's dissertation fellowship program, for example, has almost doubled its support for students who are within one year of completing their doctoral work. This year, the foundation will provide 225 grants - equi- draws 150 to By DAVID SPURR of SDS, of It all started with a two- "irresponsib page, $400 ad in Thursday's A little r Daily, proclaiming the death ian dignity, of SDS with McLuhanesque ef- a "third fect. exhorted t The ad, placed by an uniden- long-winde tified person, drew 150 people one of his to the Diag last night for what "disrupted. was billed as a "mass meeting An argum of the Campus Americans for the 150 p Democratic Action." doing in th The people came. The ADA "Apparer did not. are trying I The ubiquitous Students for a know what Democratic Society also show- one offered ed up, and finding a crowd with Finally a no leaders, promptly took Applebaum charge. - to speak, a SDS leader Bill Ayres said, to organize "Let's go to the Fishbowl and but not un Diag pulling off another ble maneuver." man with Churchill- ;who claimed to be generation radical," the crowd with a d account of how s classes had been ment arose over what eople were actually\ e fishbowl. ntly the people who to organize this don't 's going on," some- d. girl named Brenda got up the courage nd said she wanted e an ADA chapter, til next semester. _._... if. M £4%:+ :t }'.{i "1.AQ ". .. .v: :ld.{'n"Y.?.1?t