fFBA POLICIES: APATHY & NEGLIGENCE See editorial page Y L 011r :!Iai60t~ GREAT shigh-37 LOW-24 Suinny and mild; light wind Vol. LXXIX, No. 133 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, March 13, 1969 Ten Cents Eight Pages Ed school By SHARON WEINER it has h and NANCY LISAGOR committ -Innovati< "Detroit has more teachers from wich ht Tennessee State College than from which .h this University," complains Otis Nel- The S son, Grad, co-chairman of the educa- ey tion school's recently formed Urban plains B Education Commission. clairman The special student-faculty con- Berend mission was formed last November in considers response to faculty and student dis- program content with existing programs. The program University currently offers no unified -and c urban education program-only a few educatioi education courses are directed toward Senior inner city teaching. and wor Representatives of the Detroit in- coursesx ner-city community are also partici- extensior pating in the commission's delibera- Co-cha tions. tion Co To improve training for urban edu- says ne cation, most commission members would b seem to favor establishment of an ex- training tensive program including teaching But, he and research experience in Detroit's require inner city'during the junior and senior available years. The e) However, the commission. will not major, n make a final recommendation until been dec plans. beard the report of a special ee of Students for Education on (SED-the student group as spearheaded the drive for urban program, EI committee report is still in arty stage of development, ex- ill Berends, '70 Ed, committee n. ds says one proposal under ation calls for a junior year divided between two days of study and research in Detroit omplimentary courses in the m school here. s in the program would live k in Detroit, and take a few at the University's Rackham n in the inner city. airman of the Urban Educa- mmission Prof. David Augus ighborhood learning centers e both a trenendous teaching device and community service. adds, such a, program would more funds- than currently e. xact status of the program-- minor or department-has not ided. urban j The commission is planning to talk about the program with Dean-desig- nate Wilbur Cohen when he visits the campus this Friday. They are also planning to consult with Dr. Norman Dracler, Superintendent of Detroit Schools. Students from the SEI committee met recently with several literary col- lege deans to exchange ideas and to inform them of the committee's goals. "We were all impressed with the es- sential soundness and need for a pro- gram of training teachers for the urban area," said James Robertson. director of the Residential College. Robertson is especially pleased with the exposure to the urban area a stu- dent would get during his practice teaching-a reform "long overdue." he says, but previously impractical be- cause of transportation difficulties. Berends is critical of the present education school program. "There is some question as to whether the ed- ucation school trains students to ef- fectively teach in an urban setting," he says. Figures show only 4 per cent of the 'Elden, Conlin rogram teachers in Detroit took their teacher training in the University's education school. "Our teaching training program in its present form just doesn't lend it- self to urban teaching," says commis- sion co-chairman Nelson. Before the commission was formed. SEI presented a negative appraisal of the school's urban education courses to the faculty graduate committee. Students complained they were not being prepared for teaching in the ghetto. They claimed they received no yelp from ineffective teaching seminars and courses, and said most education faculty members are not experienced in urban programs. The commission is hoping to utilize existing facilities and staff in the school, so the program can go into ef- fect this fall. In order to accommodate students not in the education school, says Berends, the urban education courses may be cross-listed with departments in other schools. However, the pro- gram will not be ready in time for advance classification this term. dismissed eviction( from gases SGC'to consider, protest of prices5 at South store By JIM NEUBACHER and ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ * Student Government Council will consider tonight a motion to stage a "student protest" in front of Stephan's on: South University Avenue, demanding the store reduce its prices by 15 per cent. The protest would begin Monday. Panhellenic Association and Graduate Assembly last night expressed support of SGC's expected action. By JUDY SARASOHN After one hour of negotia- tions yesterday, the attorneys for Arbor Management a n d rent strikers agreed to dismiss District Court Judges S. J. El- den and Patrick Conlin from hearing all pending eviction cases. Rent strikers have charged that Elden's and Conlin's financial' fholdings should disqualify them from hearing eviction cases. At the beginning of the hear- ing yesterday to decide if Elden should be disqualified from trying the eviction cases, Jack Becker, attorney for Arbor Management, agreed to dismiss Elden in every case he or his client is involved if the tenants submitted to the fol- lowing conditions: District Court Judge Pieter Thomassen would not try Arbor Management cases; - they would not take action to disqualify District Court J u d g e s Conlin, Edward Deake, and Rod- ney Hutchinson. Ronald Glotta, lawyer for the tenant who was to have shown evidence yesterday to disoualify Elden, did not agree to Becker's stipulation. After consultation with the defendents, Glotta told the courts they were not in favor of the whole stipulation. Both attorneys entered consul- tation in the judges chambers and came up with a compromise stipu- lation. Becker's stipulation was amend- ed to allow the dismissal of both Elden and Conlin from all pend- ing eviction cases. They ~ a'iso agreed to have Thomassen, Deake- and Hutchinson hear the trials.I Becker said that Glotta's con- cessica was to allow Thomassen to rule on the cases. However, Glotta and the striking tenants said they were extremely pleased that Tho- massen would be on the bench, expressing confidence in his "im- partiality and competence." Dale Berry. a law student on the strike steering committee, said Arbor Management accepted the amended stipulation because it meant that the trials would be able to start, and they would not have to worry about disqualifica- tion motions by Glotta before each trial. Ronald Glotta Dale Berry Tenants to file SGC President Michael our students would parade i BULLETIN The Soviet government news- paper Izvestia last night warn- ed that establishment of the ABM system might jeopardize arms control talks in what ap- peared to be an attempt to con- vince President Nixon not to start the system. However, de- fense secretary Melvin Laird earlier yesterday said he ex- pects Nixon to go ahead with the missiles. Nixon is to an- nounce his decision tomorrow. See story, Page 8. Poli1 SCI reforms approved By CHRIS STEELE Koeneke said a minimum of n front of Stephan's carrying signs and distributing litera- ture containing information about the price situation in Ann Arbor. Koeneke met with the Pan- hellenic President's Council last night to persuade them to support the movement. "Student consumer welfare has. i hit an all-time low in this town," Koeneke told the officers. He said it was impossible to fight high prices until there is more "con- sumer awareness." "Most people don't realize that you can sometimes save 15 per cent on items just by, crossing the street," he said. Koeneke added that while the effort would " be aimed at "high prices in general," the movement would begin with Stephan's because "his prices are generally the highest." Koeneke said he based his price evaluation on the recent report of the Student Consumers tnion (SCU). The report, issued in January. stated that prices in Ann Arbor on five selected "personal articles" averaged "six per cent! above those in Birmingham, Mich," a high income suburb of -Daily-Sara Krulwich Ii reel Harris bacI(ks Gendlell at Diato rallh Sit-i'n at Ghem Bldg. anti- trust suit Eight tenants will file an anti-trust suit today against the members of the Ann Arbor Property Managers Associa- tion charging the realty firms with conspiring to avoid com- petition in the housing market. Although the suit is being filed in the names of eight tenants, they will take "class action." This means they repre- sent, as their suit states, all tenants who are living in Ann Arbor now, or have lived here within the last four years. Besides the members of the Ann Arbor Property Man- agers Association, the anti-trust suit specifically cites John Stegeman of Charter Realty, Apartments Limited, Campus Management, Summit Associ- rick Pulte, Inc., John W. Con-.inttmidation lin Jr., Wilson-White Inc., Ann Arbor Trust Co., and J. L.s, a Shipman. at mediation The plaintiffs are asking the court to enjoin all future viola- A tenant has charged her land- tions, in accordance with the lord intimidated her during a Sherman Anti-Trust Act. If grant- mediation appointment with the ed, the injunction would restrain t niversity. the defendants from continuing their alleged activities. The mediation board, however, The suit claims some or all of said it was a matter of non-com- the defendants have conspired, munication and noted that the combined and agreed to avoid student had not indicated to them competition in the rental market that anything was wrong or un- in the central campus area. clear. Although James Barnes, Grad, Mary Byrnes, Grad, said she was does not want to release their evi- told she could have a law student dence at this time he did indicate from the Tenants' Union with her the suit will show the defendants' during mediation only if her land- actions as violations of the Sher- lord, Dwaine Lighthammer of man Act in: Campus Management, agreed. -affecting prices; Lighthammer did not agree, Miss -excluding competition; Byrness said, so she went into -exchanging business informa- mediation alone. tion. Miss Byrnes said she explained Although Ron Glotta, lawyer for her complaints. There was not the rent strike eviction cases, will enough heat the whole year, she be the attorney for these tenants, said, until two weeks ago, after the anti-trust action is not offi- she told Lighthammer that she cially connected with the Tenant's and her roommates were joining Union or the rent strike. the rent strike. SHowever, the anti-trust action Lighthammer was not available is the result of "the same viola- for comment all last night. tions and rental problems" that Miss Byrnes claimed Lightham- the rent strikers are facing, said mer told her the following during Greg Curtner, a law student who the mediation meeting: has been working on the brief. --The rent strikers have vir- Some other attorneys who are tually no chance of winning the anti - trust specialists w ill be eviction cases and they know brought into the case. Barnes has this; been coordinating a group of law -He would sue her for all court See TENANTS, Page 8 See A MEDIATION, Page 8 asks tenure Becker said he was satisfied with yesterday's action and was glad that they "would be able to move forward." Gl6tta said Summit Associates All upper level required courses Detroit. for the political science concen-. The average price in each store tration have been eliminated. on the items surveyed was then The political science faculty compared to the average price on Monday ended; the present course the same articles at :VIP Drugs. equirements which included a which had the lowest prices on choice of three courses from a list the five items. according to the of six core courses set up by the report. department. "Stephan's, whose items were al- A directed study course for un- most always among the highest dergraduates was also instituted See PROTEST, Page 8 at the meeting. John Rosczyk, T9, a member of &the undergraduate political science committee which presented the: proposal to the faculty, said the action on the core course is final. The motion which eliminated' the course requirement states "the, actual distribution of specific po- litical science courses will be based on mutual agreement between ~counselors and students." Marc Grainer, '70, also a mem- ber of the undergraduate com- mittee, said the changes will al- low each student to "tailor his own program." The new program "will revitalize the 'concept of counseling," he added. The undergraduate political sci- ence committee consists of three members of the faculty, two grad- uate students and three under- graduates representing the under- graduate political science associa- Mn By LORNA CHEROT About 100 students staged a two-hour sit-in in the Chemistry Bldg. yesterday to press their de- mand that radical Prof. Julien Gendell of the chemistry depart- ment be given tenure. The non-disruptive sit-in fol- lowed a noon rally on the Diag where Michigan State University; Prof. Bertram Garskof spoke to the students. Garskof was denied tenure by MSU's psychology de- partment last fall. The rally was staged to generate support for both Gendell and Prof.' Tom Mayer of the sociology de- partment who were denied tenure Sole said the group had not! last term. taken action before the rally be- The sit-in took place outside cause some faculty members had the office of Charles D. Over- asked him -not to do anything berger, chemistr y department until they had tried to persuade chairman, who was not present. Overberger to rehire Gendell. $ However, Robert Taylor, asso- He said the committee felt the' ciate chairman of the department, issue was too important to all stu- and several other faculty mem- dents to be left in the hands of begs observed the demonstration a "manipulative few." and discussed the issues with the After the Diag speeches, the students. verbal battle moved to the second At the brief rally on the diag, floor of the Chemistry Bldg., out- Garskof told the crowd that it had side Overberger's office. The stu- an issue around which to rally dents were soon joined by Gendell, students if organizers did not con- Taylor and Prof. Philip Elving of fuse the issues and become in_ the chemistry department. volved in personal matters. There, the arguments centered The policy of the University on the reasons for the protest, neither serves the needs of the the question of tenure for Gendell, people nor does it serve the needs and the apolitical attitude of of the community. Since then the chemists. University is not neutral, then we have to make a political attack on the University," he declared. Fred Harris, a member of the ad hoc committee to rehire Gen- dell and Mayer, told the students the issue did not end with the re- A u hiring of the two men. -m n He asked the students to con- sidre why these men were fired. By LANIE LIPPINCOTT and what it is about the Univer- sity that enables it to fire radicals. Pi Be Ph ayuhae solve "The fact that Gendell's stu- the problem of alumnae mem- "Thefac tht Gedel's tu-bership recommendations. dents said he was an excellentbThredome tins t teacher and that his colleagues'nTienayof s e rswtd admitted he was a competent re- national officials have created serhrcery hw htti a feeling of optimism that searcher clearly shows that this an appropriate constitutional was not academic firing but rather an a iate costitutiohal a political one," he explained. change will be passed at the At Tuesday night's meeting of national- convention this sum- also agreed to abide by the stipu- lation with their eviction cases, against rent strikers. Robert Brimacombe, attorney for Sum- mit Associates, was unavailable for comment. Yesterday's decision ended a week-long controversy .over judge disqualifications. Last Thursday, Glotta presented a motion to dis- qualify Elden from hearing t h e Arbor Management eviction cases. because of alleged conflict of in- terest. When Conlin began to hear that motion Tuesday, Glotta pre- sented a motion disqualifying Conlin. Glotta charged Conlin with be- ing personally biased, and w I t h having large property interests. Conlin stepped down from the hearing on his own because he was mentioned in the affidavit against Elden. RECOMMENDATION ISSUE ze support Pi! with the membership selection policies of Pi Beta Phi." However, the amendment stip- ulates that the waiver would not be extended "in an instance in which the university attempts to determine membership with- in the chapter." The problem arose when the National Pi Beta Phi policy of Pi Beta Phi was notf rush this winter since the ity could not obtain a from its national organ . Dorothy Morgan, gran ident of the national, w thusiastic about her vis this week. "It's been a fu for all of us. I think it's chapter," she said. Beta Phi able to about the visit. "We've taken a soror- great step forward here. We are waiver very optimistic as far as the ization. existence of the chapter goes. d pres- All of Michigan Beta, which is vas en- a part of . the national, are It here pleased," she said. jn time Over 100 alumnae came to the a great annual meeting yesterday. Mrs. David Bradbury, ,president of _ . , the Ann Arhn Advisory Com-