SUNDAY MORNING See editorial page gilt IAo DaitA& FLAKEY Low-iS) Snow flurries; stay inside with a good book weather VOL LXX IX, No. 82 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, December 7, 1968 Ten Cents Ten Pages Romney to get transportation cabinet position State board, From Wire Service Reports Gov. George Romney will be ap- pointed to president-elect Richard Nixon's cabinet, probably as sec- retary of transportation, the De- troit Free Press reported I a s t night. In its Saturday morning edi- tions the Free Press said Rom- ney was ruled out for the post of secretary of commerce, a j o b which the governor was rumored to have captured. * BAhead Romney would succeed Florida Democrat Alan Boyd who has held the position since the post w a s created under President Johnson's administration. The Free Press said that Rom- ney 's "temper and sometimes ab- rasive ways with the press appar- ently eliminated him from the be- ginning for such sensitive cabinetj departments as state and de- fense." If Romney does indeed get the transportation post, Lt. Gov. Wil- liam G. Milliken will become thej state's '44th governor, after four years of waiting. By LESLIE WAYNE With 95 colleges and univer- sities in the state of Michigan, trying to straighten out their football schedules is often dif- ficult enough. And when it comes to co-ordinating their academic programs, the prob- lems seem nearly insurmount- able. Yet the residents of the state gave its Board of Education this task when they expanded its jurisdiction under the 1963 Constitutional revision. , Since that time, however, the board has finished defining its powers-but has not begun to exercise them. As part of this defining pro- cess, representatives from the state board will be in Ann Ar- bor Dec. 19 to gather comments on their preliminary "master plan." Essentially, the master plan defines the State Board of Ed- ucation's role in higher educa- tion as "planning for and en- couraging the orderly develop- ment of aecomprehensive state system of education beyond the secondary level that will effec- tively and efficiently serve all the needs of the state." The plan is only advisory. The Legislature is not bound by the recommendations, To carry out its task, the board will act as an inter- mediary between the governor, Legislature and g o v e r n i n g boards of the various institu- tions to match the schools needs with legislative and state priorities. cla However, some of the sug- gestions in the plan concerning the University have come under fire by University officials. These complaints will be voiced at the open hearing. Some of the problems pointed out by the University pertain to possible overlapping juris- dictions between the state boards and the governing boards of the individual i- stitutions. The board's plan describes a "pluralist division" of authority in the control of education. But it retains for the board the power to initiate studies for recommendations concerning admissions and retention poli- cies. This is a particularly sensi- tive issue, however, for the Re- gents and the Legislature have been at odds for a few years appropriations bills, In a report prepared under now over the University's rela- tively high percentage of out- of-state students. The Legisla- ture has tried to reduce that percentage by limitations on the direction of Vice President for State Relations and Plan- ning Arthur Ross. the Univer- sity questions the proposed delegations of authority. It maintains that admission and retention policies are part of the general supervision of the University, the responsibility for which the plan grants to the Regents. The state board's power to define a policy on residency and to initiate a study of "the entire gamut of student tuition and fees charges by the public baccalaurate institutions" came under attack, "We believe that the Univer- sity's tuition and fee schedules must be established by the Re- gents in line with the Univer- sity's distinctive educational purposes and problems," the University statement asserts. The report goes on to ask for assurance no impairment of the Regents' responsibility for tuition and fee schedules is contemplated." As part of the state board's intent to maintain autonom- ously governed institutions, the plan recommends that Flint College and the Dearborn Cen- ter "should be provided their sh over master plan autonomy in an expeditous manner." "Th eugains that are expected to result from the drive and creativity of autonomously gov- erned institutions outweigh the advantages that may accrue to a branch from its governing Parent," the report maintains. The University, on the other hand, maintains "the admin- istration of established instal- lations such as Flint College and the Dearborn campus is a matter for the Board of Re- gents in the excercise of 'gen- eral supervision' of its insti- tution." The statement further crit- icizes the argument of auto- nomy for branch campuses as See ED. BOARD, Page 6 ---------------- Romney has always been con- sidered a top candidate for a spot to speak at in Nixon's cabinet. The only ques- aus tion remaining after Nixon's elec- tion was which post would be of- " fered to the governor. eXercises The Free Prss reported t h a te Romney was still in the running for the commerce post as recently William T. Gossett, president of as three days ago. Undoubtedly will be the discussions at the Republican gov- jc i n u e the American Bar Association, ernor's conference now being held will be the speaker at winter com- in Palm Springs, Calif., led to mencement exercises in Hill Aud. Romney's elimination as a candi- S. F. State tense; at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. late for that post. The topic of his speech will be Romney was also being consid-- CidSil its "The Politics of Dissent," ered for the Department of In- ' ; '1 Over 2,000. degrees will be con- terior or the Department of Hous- Wasn111gtonl ferred, including honorary degrees ing - and Urban Development. for Gossett and four others. However Montana Governor Tim From wire service Reports Five thousand tickets have been Babcock and liberal Democrat The student strike at San Fran- ordered for the commencement Daniel Moynihan are now report- cisco State College continued toI exercises. Four tickets apiece will ed to have wrapped up those two be extremely bitter, while students be given to each graduate who de- posts. at a St. Louis university vowed sires them. The remainder, which Moynihan is one of the nation's yesterday they will continue will be made available to the pub- foremost experts on urban affairs peaceful sit-ins at the school ad- lic on a first come, first served and inner city renewal. ministration building until their basis, may be obtained at the in- The governor's conference w separate demands are met. formation desk in the lobby of the see much decision-making'as far Dr. S. I Hayakawa, acting pres- LS .m.uildg ro 9 a. L to as Nixon's cabinet is concerned. ident of San Francisco State Col- Lsgrghapr'ess assistant lege, offered concessions yester- Gossett, who became ABA pre- Donald L. Ziegler said the rPesi- day aimed at ending the violent sident in August, was vice presi- dent-elect conferred with the 24 month-long strike there. B u t dent and general counsel of Ford Republican governors and govern- strike leaders quickly rejected Motor Company from 1947 to ors-elect "in the most general of them and called him a liar. 1962. In 1962 and 1963 he served terms" of the Cabinet he will, Within minutes after Hayakawa as President Kennedy's ambassa- name next week. announced his program, about 3001 dor in international trade nego- In its story, the Free Press stat- black and white students, along ou. He is urrently with th ed, "It is no secret that Romney with some black community lead-i Detroit law firm of Dykema, ers, marched around the campus, Wheat,' Spencer, Goodnow, and has long been enticed by the gla- shouting, "On Strike! Shut it Trigg. See NIXON, Page 6 down!" The demonstrators held a brief 0 r1 yat which speakers castigated Register early and avoid the acting president, then march- ed off. It was in sharp contrast with the day before, when police with' usual J terrnan maze drawn guns and MACE kept a, crowd from entering the admin- By MICHAEL THORYN One factor which may motivate istration building. The lines are on the inside students to register early rather Trying to end the often violent during early registration. than after Jan. 8 is a new $15 late strike at San Franciscso S t a t e, An average of 1400 students a registration fee. College, Hayakawa announced the day are being processed at early Literary college and education{ creation of a full-scale black stu- registration, Registration Director school students can pick up their dies department with classes John Stewart says. The early reg- materials in the basement lobby starting in February and studies istration process is designed to of the LS&A'building. Other stu- leading to degrees. eliminate the traditional winter dents should check with their At Washington University the registration snarl at Waterman schools to see where they can pick Association of Black Collegians gym, Jan. 6-8. up registration materials. took over the campus police sta- Though the system, manned by Students who have scholarships tion Thursday, demanding t h e! fifteen students and staff mem- or grants and who register early punishment of policemen they ac- bers, was designed for 800 stu- should obtain their awards during cused of mistreating a black stu- dents a day, Stewart says students the regular registration period at dent. They also called for a great-$ going though "look happy" and Waterman, Stewart says. er role for blacks in school af- that everything is fine. Foreign students should have fairs.b All currently enrolled graduate their registrationaires stamped at tion yesterday morning and then and undergraduate students who! the International Center. moved into the accounting office have advance classified may early No course or class changes will m the basement of the adfice register weekdays from 8:15 a.m, be permitted during early regis- istration building. They promised to 11:45 a.m. and from 1 to 4:30 tration. Stewart advises students not to interfere with the opera- p.m. ;to register early and make course tion of the office. Registration continues until changes in January. The mostly white group, sitting- Dec. 20 in the LS&A building The major slowdown in going in outside Chancellor Thomas H basement. through the registration lines is tion of the school's Stewart says 20,000 students filling out address cards. Bring a Eliot's office, demanded abolition1 have advance classified and are no. 2 pencil and be prepared to of the school's optional Reserve eligible to register early. The sit on the floor. Stewart says a Officer Training Corps program. total includes 2,000 of 7,000 grad- student can go through the six They also asked for a greaterI uate students. See REGISTRATION, Page 6 voice in university affairs. Clark denies I I t I I i I i I I I f i i i f i cens orshpo Walker report, WASHINGTON (Ai-- Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark labeled as "pure fabrication" an article in the Chicago Tribune charg- ing the Justice Department with playing a key role in the Walker report. The report, prepared for the President's Commission on Violence, blames "a police riot" for launching the street violence during the Democratic National Convention last August. The Tribune article said Clark had the report substan- tially re-written, particularly the summary which said au- thorities reacted to taunting----" dem onstrators with "unre- scv strained and indiscriminateH A C lnk police violence." In the meantime, the violence commission has gone into seclus-t ion in northern Virginia to shape its report to the White House. The, Oi deadline for the report is Jan.V I t.coil 20, when President Johnson leaves office. Clark denied that his depart- WASHINGTON OP) - T h e ment did any censoring. "T h e chairman of a House investigat- department did not suggest t h e ing panel said yesterday evidence change of even one word of the in hearings this week shows par- summary. If the facts offend the ticipation by Communists and Tribune," he said, "it should suf- other revolutionaries in street fer them silently rather than try riots which accompanied the to change them." Democratic National Convention in Chicago last August. However, he did acknowledge After Yippie Jerry Rubin ap- that federal, attorneys censored d s mh the report before it was made pub- peared, the subcommittee chair- lie and cut brief sections on in- man, Rep. Richard H. Ichord (D- in-Mo.), called a news conference cidents of violence still under nand said "certainly the r e c o r d vestigation by the Justice De- shows that the leaders of the de- nonstrations collaborated with A spokesman for the Chicago the North Vietnamese and the Tribune said the source for its Viet Cong." story that Clark had the Walker Tom Hayden and Rennie Davis, report revised "is highly placed, co-chairmen of the National Mo- authoritative and completely re- bilization Committee to End the liable." War in Vietnam, testified about Clark said government attorneys contacts with North Vietnamese involved in the continuing probe 'officials. of the Chicago disorders did re- None of the witnesses said he view the report to prevent an y is a Communist, but they said abridgement of the rights of per- they have Communist friends. sons still under investigation. Ichord, in his closing statement, The attorney general said "sev- said "being a Communist today Is eral passages in the text directly passe." He said the New Left fol- relating to the department's pend- lowers consider themselves revolu- ing investigation" were deleted. tionists of one kind or another. The Walker report noted in its Although witnesses occasionally section on police violence involv- would acknowledge knowing some ing the press that descriptions of of the persons mentioned, a usual several cases had been trimmed reply was that many people at out because of the probe. Chicago with similar immedate Rep. Richard Ichord, (D.Mo.), goals did not share the samre See CLARK, Page 6 long-term goals or philosophy. Associated Press SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, PERHAPS: Gov. George Romney, shown here horseback riding during the Republican Governors' Convent ion in Palm Springs, Calif., is expected to be chosen by Nixon to serve in the Cabinet, probably in the transportation post. Before 'becoming governor in 1962, Romney was president of American MotorsCorp. TENANT RIGHTS: SHA issues rental guide By DAN SHARE Did they turn your heat off in the middle of the winter? Did you get two dollars back, out of a $70 dollar damage deposit with- out an explanation? Do you know about the Off- Campus Mediation Service? Do you know of the Student Govern- ment Council lawyers? If the answers to the first ques- tions are yes, and the second no, then you ought to get a copy of "Student Housing Rights and Re- sponsibilities," edited and dis- tributed by Student Housing As- sociation (SHA). and responsibilities. The pamphlet examines topics including verbal and written contracts, the dif- ferent kinds of evictions, city building codes, and recourses available for unresolved com- plaints. "If there is no mediation clause, think twice about signing the lease. It may be very difficult, in some cases impossible, to resolve a serious complaint otherwise," the booklet advises prospective tenants. Students are warned to get a definition of "normal wear and may eventually be responsible for having it cleaned himself. Aside from general cleanliness the Building Code provides that: -garbage must be placed in re- fuse containers of sufficient size to handle two weeks' accumulation of garbage, -the kitchen and bathrooms must be in good working order, and supplied, with hot and cold watesr. -every unit should have suf- ficient heating devices to maintain! a temperature of 70°F in all rooms even at -10°F, -stairs and public hallways must be well lit, and -parking spaces equivalent toI one and one-third per unit be provided. tear"-the vague term The newly prepared booklet will be available during registration at Waterman Gym. It describes the students' rights in most areas of housing rental and provides in- formation about tenants' rights students so much each that costs year; THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM McCracken: Job s without inflation -determine who is liable for third party accidents; and -determine just how much parking will cost. Students often findtthemselves paying $10 ai month for an unused parking' space. The booklet advises students they'have very clear rights which must be fulfilled before they move in. "The landlord is obligated to have the apartment in clean and~ orderly condition when the ten- ant moves in, and must keep it in reasonable repair. This is a state law." If the apartment is dirty upon assuming occupancy Sandthe tenant fails to have the landlord fix this immediately, he Student-owned coffee house: A1 little food, a little poltitcs By NANCY LISAGOR ternative will be sold to students Is there an alternative to The during January registration for System? five dollars each. atre, poetry readings, ing and jam sessions. folk sing- By STEPHEN H. WILDSTROM Daily News Analysis The man who will become President-elect Richard Nix- on's top economic adviser has a dream that many economists feel is an impossibility. ,,Paul McCracken, Edmund Ezra Day professor in the busi- ness administration school and newly appointed chairman of the Council of Economic Ad- visers, believes that the Amer- ican economy can achieve full employment without inflation. In a news conference yester- day, McCracken said the cur- ed to increase. But if measures are used to hold the price level down by holding back the grow- th of consumer demand, the employment level usually drops. McCracken said he does not think this relationship is ne- cessarily valid. "The empirical evidence is muddy on the rela- tionship between employment and prices." Inflation must not continue at its present level for four rea- sons, McCracken said. First, he said, as inflation continues, busi- nesses begin to,/make decisions port goods less attractive on the world market. But McCracken also finds the levels of unemployment preval- ent in the late '50's and early '60s unacceptable. Economists usually speak in terms of two major types of unemployment, general and structural. General unemployment is caused by the presence in the labor force of'workers who are normally employable but who are out of work because of a lack of demand for their pro- ducts. T e-,et r't,I, 1v nnmnnlnlvacl duce unemployment even be- yond the point of eliminating general unemployment. He said that structural un- employment could be reduced through job training programs, but refused to speculate on whether such programs would be high on the spending priori- ties of the Nixon administra- tion. McCracken optimisticly feels that all this can be done with- out inflation. He said the first step is to cut down consumer de- mand, which is currently in- creasing faster than the produc- There will be next semester when a new coffee house, the Al- ternative, opens in the State Street campus area. Organized by a group of pro- fessors and students who describe themselves as "politically orient- ed," the coffee house hopefully, will provide a place where stu- At its outset, the coffee house' will have a governing board made up of members of its Student As- sociation, (students h o I d i n g shares), faculty members, and em- ployes. Profits from the Alter- native will be divided equallyx among these three groups to use as they wish. Even a newsstand with political material is envisioned. In the true spirit of the un- derground, planners expect the basement below the coffee house to be used as headquarters for various political groups. A mime- ograph machine will be available for student use. 3~~~ ~ ""nrr ~i#ntwne~n in+t > Go away We checked our calendar yesterday and discovered it was Dec. 7, our last day of pub- lication in 1968, a year that conceivably could end in the manner to which it has ac- dents may go to eat, participate Faculty members who have in-'Cxuld saida"radical lieral' in political discussion, and meet vested in the corporation will newspaper may be turned out from people. gradually be paid back, until their under the Alternative, too, - if "We hope the coffee house will shares are completely repaid and enough funds can be directed for provide a place where a student, the coffee house becomes com- that purpose. community can be built," says one pletely student-owned. Students who have shown in- of the founders. Prof. Harvey Organizers have indicated that terest in the coffee house will