DIONYSUS IN 69: A FLAMING RERUN ,See editorial page Ci 4c Lilt ija Iai Hligh--50 Low-35 Cloudy and mild. rain likely Vol LXXIXNo95 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, January 23,1969 Ten Cents Eight Pages S S * * * * * * * * * U, city officials meet Budget cut by Dion ysus $8.7 million on Reach no agreement ater police warning By CHRIS STEELE University officials met yesterday with Ann Arbor Police Chief Walter Krasny and County Prosecutor William Delhey but reached no agreement on how the police will handle Sun- day's performance of the controversial play "Dionysus in '69." University Activities Center President Dan McCreath attended the meeting and later issued a statement confirm- ing UACs intention to go ahead with the performances Sun-, day and Monday night. The police and prosecutor were presented with information on the nature of the production. Krasny s said later that "from what they told us it appears to be a legiti- mate performance." 'Introduce volunteer army bill Hatfield Pushes for abolition of draft system By LESLIE WAYNE Gov. William Milliken yesterday recommended a $67.2 million appropriation to the University - $83. million less than the University's request. The $1.5 billion budget message, submitted to the Legis- lature shortly before Milliken was sworn in as the State's 44th governor, did not provide for any state aid to non-public schools. The parochiaid issue threatens to become the largest question facing this session of the Legislature. The University's allocation, which allows for a net increase of only $4 million over this year's state appropriation, falls short of the expected $6.9 million increase suggested by Gov. Romney's austerity guidelines. ' The University had requested a $12 million increase. University officials were sur- prised by the provision of the reveais ,best prices' By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ SGC's Student Consumer's Un- ion may have found a solution to the problem of high Ann Arbor prices. In Consumer Report No. 1, which was released last night, SCU claims that selective shop- ping habits can save up to 43 per cent on toilet articles alone. "Central campus merchants are exploiting the student consumer's ignorance," the report explains. "If students, after reading the report, want to continue their same old buying patterns -- it's their money," warns SGC Co- ordinating Vice President Larry McKay. SCU is confident that students can save money by taking ad- vantage of the tremendous price divergencies a m o n g individual stores in the central campus area. For instance, "VIP Discount Drug store was found to be far and away the most reasonable place to shop, on the average, for personal articles on the central campus," the report reveals. On the other hand, prices at Stephan's, which "were almost al- ways among the highest on cam- pus," reached 34 per cent higher than VIP's, for the products *studied. "VIP's closest competitor (State Drug) charged nine per cent more per item on the average than the discount store," the report con- tinues. Included among the expensive stores are: Tice's, Michigan Phar- macy and Marshall's, whose aver- age prices were about 23 per cent Howevert the police reserved judgment until the play is actual- ly performed. There was no agreement be- tween UAC representatives and the police, McCreath said. "The meeting was purely informa- tional." "Dionysus in '69" is a modern adaption of "The Bacchae," a classical Greek tragedy by Euri- pedes. The modern version em- ploys "environmental theatre" techniques including audience par- ticipation. The script and chore- ography of the play vary from performance to performance and sometimes includes partial nudity. Krasny confirmed the polic; and probably the prosecutor's of- fice will attend the play, but said they probably would not interfere unless some "overt act" involving someone in the audience oc- curred. Krasny said the police officers will only be there as "observers" and have "no intention of arrest- ing people." The decision of whether the play is obscene is "a matter for the prosecutor" Krasny said. "Dionysus in '69" was performed last night at the University of Minnesota and is scheduled for another performance Saturday in Detroit. Prior to the performance of the play at Minnesota, Richard Shek- ner, director, met with university officials and agreed to clothe the actors in the scenes which pre- viously involved nudity. John Mor- ris, chairman of the theatre where the play appeared, said the deci- sion was made because "nudity is not essential to the play." The University was represented at yesterday's meeting with city officials by Vice presidents Barbara WASHINGTON (.) - A bill to 'budget message which suggests abolish the draft and provide in- that the University apply its $1.75 ducements to establish and main- million working capital reserve to tain a volunteer professional Army fill the financial gap. was reintroduced, in revised form, The $6.9 million increase was the in the Senate yesterday. minimum needed to cover a $5.4 Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore, million salary increase, $805,000 principal sponsor of the measure, for Dental School expansion. called the dart system "militarily $328,000 for operation and main- inefficient" and "a drastic inva- tenance of new facilities and sion of individual liberty." He was $429,000 for increased Flint en- joined by a bi-partisan group of rollment. It would not have pro- eight cosponsors. vided for any new programs. Hatfield said that President "This $4 million increase leav- Nixon has supported the idea of es the University in an unten- an all-volunteer Army. But Nixon able position. We are mystified by called for a goal of doing so only the recommendation," University after the Vietnam war ends. President .Robben Fleming said. ' The mnrpLo -- tr a ote a 31, .? E . ,! sue viegun seiiai:ur saga me; Associaed Press ( eorge~s new job) j Former Gov. George Romney was sworn in as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development yester- day in a White Douse ceremony. Chief Justice Earl Warren administered the oath of office while Mrs. Romney held the Bible and President Nixon watched. Nixon also witnessed the swearing in of the rest of his Cabinet with the exception of Secretary of the Interior-designate Walter Hickel who is expected to win Senate approval today. STRIKE INFORMATION : 'U' to s uppliy rental facts By DAN SHARE University involvement or ap- Steering committee member The University has agreed to proval of the strike. Barry Cohen, '70, denied the re- comply with one of two requests However, Steude said the Uni- quest was ever withdrawn. "We versity will not provide the strike never said anything of the kind," for assistance made by the rent committee with a list of all reg- he said in reply to Steude's state- strike steering committee last istered landlords, the addresses ment. week. of their holdings, the number of Steude said that different mem- William Steude, director of stu- units at each address, and the bers of the subcommittee were, dent-community relations, said mortgage holders of those proper- bound to have 'different subjec- yesterday the University would in- i ties. tive impressions of what went on yestr y stue n ersistewoul in- Steude based the University's at the meeting. "Anyway you look the rent strike decision not to provide the strike at it, though, the information will committee with this information not be provided," he insisted, Acting through the Bureau of after he attended a meeting of Cohen charged the University Off-Campus Housing, the Uni- the Student Advisory Committee decision was "unnecessary ob- versity will distribute a fact sheet on Housing. "It was my under- struction of the activities of the to students seeking housing infor- 'taning "he ofdt"eatcthvTtnnss'fnthn mation. The sheet, prepared by the standing." he said, "that the M Tenants' Union." strike steering committee. willj steering committee agreed to with- Mark Schreiber, '69, ex-officio I i E h '. # I t t _. }. 1 ki I i f f i M volunteer service system, bolstered by pay raises of $100 a month fort enlisted personnel and improve- ments in educational, social and recreational opportunities, "would provide an efficient military force wvith emphasis on quality rather than quantity." In addition to pay raises; the: bill would provide for in-service education for enlistees at techni- cal, vocational and college levels. There would be increased em- phasis on officer training for men in the ranks and reduction of time in grade and in service for pro- motion eligibility. Another provision would accele- rate substitution of civilians for non-combat military personnel. Under the proposal, the draft would end six months after its enactment, but registration would continue and the draft could be reinstated by Congress in ; an emergency, upon recommendation by the President. Hatfield estimated the cost of the proposed $100 a month pay' raise for enlisted men at $3.7 bil- lion a year. But he said it costs about $3 billion to train draftees now in uniform "who will leave the service the moment their two- year hitches expire." Other sponsors of the bill were Senators Marlow W. Cook (R- Ky.), Robert Dole (R-Kan.), Bar- ry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), George S. McGovern (D-S.D.), Gaylord Nel- son (D-Wis.), Robert W. Pack- wood (D-Ore.), Winston Prouty (R-Vt.). Claiming that the student-fa- culty ratio at the University was too low, state budget officials last November slashed Romney's re- commended $6.9 million increase by $2.8 million. For the pasttwo years. the University has in- creased tuition to maintain this low ratio.- However, following a Dec. 18 meeting between budget officials, University representatives and then Lt. Gov. Milliken, the Uni- versity received "indication that Milliken's decision would be favor- able to restoring the cuts," said, Arthur Ross, vice president for state relations and planning. "It wasn't until yesterday that University officials learned the cuts would not be restored and that their working capital would have to be used to offset the rev- enue loss. - Ross declined yesterday to spec- ulate on a possible tuition in- crease. "The matter of spending our working capital was never dis- cussed at any of the budget meet- ings. This factor was introduced subsequent to our conversations with state officials. We had no way to comment on the develop- -ment," Ross added. Within the next several days, President Fleming will be sending a letter to Gov. Milliken stating the University's position and ask- ing for another meeting with the Governor. See BUDGET, Page 8 Labor law' violated, bHarvey By JIM NEUBACHER The State Labor Mediation Board ruled Monday that Wash- tenaw County Sheriff Douglas J, Harvey violated the provisions of state employment act in demoting Deputy William Stander and in attempting to discourage forma- tion of a deputy's union. The board cleared Harvey of another charge of illegal firing in the case of Deputy Fred Postill. The board concurred with Har- vey's action and recommended that Postill be permanently sus- pended. Under terms of Public Act 379 of 1965, the board ordered Har- vey to: - cease and desist from dis- couraging union organizing ef- forts through coercion, discrim- ination, and demotion. -- Offer Stander his immediate and unconditional reinstatement to his former position, with re- imbursement for lost pay. The ruling was the climax of a dispute beginning in December 1967, when Postill was first fired by Harvey. According to the find- ings of the board, Postill was fired at that time because of his in- terest in the Washtenaw County Sheriffs' Association. The board ordered Postill rein- stated in a March, 1968, ruling. Howevek, Harvey countered the ruling by giving Postill the job of turnkey - a job which Postill charged was a demotion from his original standing as a road pa- trolman. Increasing bad feeling between Postill and Harvey developed into open animosity by May of last year, and culminated/in a shout- Lng, name-calling dispute a f t e r which Postill was fired for in- subordination. higher than VIP's. Newell, Wilbur Pierpont In computing the costs at .each Michael Radock. University store for five toilet articles, SCU torney William Lemmer was discovered that the shopper "who present. knows where to go for the best The city's representatives deal" spends 26 per cent less than cluded Krasny, Delhey, Assi See SGC SURVEY, Page 2__.. ' See 'U', Page 8____ and at- also in- stant +carry a statement disclaiming any draw or not press that request." Tenants- build strike momentum By DAN SHARE The Ann Arbor apartment sit- uation, like its weather, has long been the cause of considerable student anger but little action - until now. Now, the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union's proposed rent strike against the Ann Arbor Property Managers Association is gain- ing momentum. Landlords in the association which the students plan to strike include Apartments Ltd., Ann Arbor Trust Co., Arbor Mgt., Charter Realty, Dalhman Apts., Miscoe Mgt., - Patrick Pulte Inc., Summit Associates, Walden Mgt., and Wilson-White Co. The union's strike steering committee lists the reasons for strike as "unusually high rents, -immediate handling of all complaints; and - free parking for e a c h apartment. For the duration of the strike, the union has established an es- crow fund for the protection of the strikers. Instead of paying no rent at all during the strike, strikers will pay their rents into the fund. The amount of money in the escrow fund will consti- tute the union's economic bar- gaining power. The fund will be protected from creditors. The rent strike could be one of the largest ever, steering committee members say. By withholding rent and refusing to sign leases for the fall, strikers hope to force the land- lords, who operate on a tight financing schedule, to negotiate. T h e steering committee esti- intermediary between realtors and students. Negotiations broke down Oct. 30 when the property managers refused to negotiate with a group other than Uni- versity officials. Peter Denton, Grad, a mem- ber of the strike steering com- mittee, says the strike will seek its success through numbers and within the legal system. The strike is scheduled to be- gin when 2000 students sign pledges to withhold rent and refrain from signing new leases with struck members of the As- sociation. The steering commit- tee hopes to begin the strike in February. The strike's legal staff has prepared an information sheet which explains that while rent strikes in buildings which con- form to housing codes are illegal strike, says during rent strikes he has handled in Detroit and Muskegon, no tenants were evicted for non-payment of rent. University law students, who have organized to act as law- yer's aides for the strike, say the right of the individual to a jury trial makes it highly un- likely the courts could process more than a handful of stu- dents.. Under new Michigan law, Dis- trict Court has jurisdiction over "tenant-landlord disputes." In Ann Arbor there are just two District Judges, S. J. Elden and Peter Thomassen, who handle a variety of other cases as well. In times of a heavy docket, visiting judges could be brought in, but the law students say the county's jury list is limited. The member of the steering committee, indicated the University refusal to provide information was not really crucial, "We have most of the information they could pro- vide us with anyway," he said,j "and most of our unofficial ex- changes have been very fruitful." Cohen said the strike committee hopes to obtain the information from lists the Ann Arbor Depart- ment of Building Safety and En- gineering are supposed to com- pile. I Both city and state laws require owners of multiple dwellings to register their names and addresses, I the number of dwelling and room- ing units, the address of the dwell- ing, and the name of any man- aging agent with building safety | and engineering department. The city ordinance was passed I last April and the state laws take effect Feb. 13. Assistant City Attorney John Etter said he was "virtually cer- tain" the lists would be a matter I of public record. - The steering committee is seek- Caucus rejects Hays'inivitation to closed LSA faculty meeting By BILL LAVELY Radical Caucus last night re- jected a possible offer from Dean William Hays of the literary col- lege to invite two caucus members to next Thursday's special faculty meeting. The caucus also decided to begin the proposed disruptive sit-in in Hays office at noon Wednesday instead of Tuesday' The sit-in will protest the current curriculum policy of the college. Earlier in the day, Hays in- formed Radical Caucus chairman Martin McLaughlin that he was inviting six students-McLaughlin and Bruce Levine of the caucus, Michael Koeneke and Robert Neff of Student Government Council, Ron Landsman of The Daily and Simon Benninga, chairman of the LSA steering committee-to at- tend the faculty meeting. the sit-in in Hays' office to speak' to the faculty on the protest. The caucus reserved the right' to determine how many represent- atives they would send and who they would be. SGC will meet tonight and may decide on what action Koeneke and Neff should take. The discussion of the sit-in last night centered on exactly how it should be handled. In addition to demanding the abolition of the language and distribution re- quirements, it will also seek a statement to the effect that stu- dents, not faculty, have the right to determine curriculum. A statement has not yet been drafted, but it may include a spe- cific mechanism for joint student- faculty decision-making on curri- culum matters. The beginning of the sit-in was moved back to make it easier for required courses on the agenda for Thursday's meeting. Presently, it is limited to discussion of open meetings, but they believe that since Hays is calling the meeting. he can extend the agenda as well. Such a move would make it possible for the faculty to act on the issue by the following Mon- day, Feb. 3, when it holds its reg- ular monthly meeting. A lay-over rule prohibits the faculty from acting on any mo- tion until the first meeting which the motion is made. Gary Rothberger of the caucus argued that the purpose of the faculty, meeting is to co-opt the movement behind the abolition of the requirements. "It's a great tactic," he said. "The faculty would have us think that they are a group of concerned gentlemen pushing for democratization."