INTERNATIONAL CENTER BENEFIT CONCERT featuring EDGAR TAYLOR "VARIATIONS ON A THEME" Tuesday, March 25 RACKHAM AUD. $1.75 TICKETS ON SALE IN SAB NOW INTERNATIONAL EMPHASIS WEEK NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-0554 al rP Sfiriitn ttity ;c second front pag Tuesday, March 25, 1969 Page Three Increasing thefts plague U U By SHARON WEINER An increasing theft problem in the University's dormitory system has brought action on both student and administrative levels. Currently, the worst situation is in South Quad. However, University Housing Director John Feldkamp says other dorms, notably Martha Cook, East Quad, and Alice Lloyd have also been hard hit by theft this year. Students in South Quad have cir- culated a petition demanding imple- mentation of an effective security system, fullest enforcement of tres- passing regulations, and development of staff and resident awareness of responsibilities and measures to be taken in case of theft. Co-sponsor of the bill, Yvonne Schumacher, '71, explains, "We defi- nitely feel something has to be done. As it stands now, anyone can come uy' the main stairs and roam the halls, even if they are unescorted, and aren't supposed to." "Perhaps," she adds, "they could have dorm personnel stopping the un- escorted individuals." At least 50 girls have signed the petition in Hunt House alone. It hasn't been distributed to the other houses of South Quad yet. The petition was adopted by Inter- House Assembly (IHA), and will be circulated in all the other dorms. IHA President Jack Myers says a letter has been mailed to all dorm resi- dents describing the situation. Housing officials attribute the prob- lem to high school aged youths from the Ann Arbor area. Director of South ../..._ _'?-r Quad John Lindquist says they are a highly organized group of at least 20, who have been seen in many of the dorms during each new rash of thefts. Lindquist reports that a campus se- curity official has said the group formerly used the Union as their base, but since it now closes at 8 p.m. in- stead of 11 p.m., they had no place to congregate. South Quad's Club 600 (the snack bar), attracted them to the dorm, Lindquist says, and residents report that they were found in rooms and on corridors where thefts are later re- ported. They then gathered in the snack bar. Club 600 now insists on seeing stu- dent ID's when students pass through the snack bar line. Security police, Lindquist says, dorm r would cost more money than is now available to the dorms. In addition, state legislation curbs the authority of private security police. Currently, night clerks are charged with reporting fires and trespassers, but have no authority to make arrests. Students and some of the dorm di- rectors met with the Regents last Friday. Myers says they were "horri- fied"- when they heard of the extent of the thefts. Otis Smith, ex-Michigan Supreme Court judge, was very concerned, Myers explained, and said the Regents would look into ways of correcting the problem. Felkamp is also meeting with an Ann Arbor juvenile judge soon to ask for suggestions. In addition to the individual dorm Psiden ts precautions, several off-duty police- men have been stationed around cam- pus, Feldkamp says. In Alice Lloyd, one official reports, they have taken the precaution of locking an extra door, but "the 24 hour visitation policy complicates security measures." The individual thefts range from wallets taken from unlocked rooms to mass robberies of allegedly over $6,000 worth of technical equipment like tape recorders, television sets and typewrit- ers over the spring break in Baits housing and Markley. While the mass thefts are a 'sea- sonal problem, the current accelera- tion of petty robberies in conjunction with the high school group is-new and disturbing. i LOOKING FOR THE -T ION UNION-LEAGUE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE is part of where it's at -chairmanships and other positions available for this summer and fall in the :_. _ _ IL r- 1 QTY' T ADVERTISING CALENDAR NOTEBOOK and many new projects Sign up at Michigan League 3rd floor UAC office! news sosay by The Associated Pr ess and College Press Service UAW SUPPORTS TENANTS' UNION gives $1000 to strike I PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM POESSIRO NALP THEARL POGRA presents S tratord Festival Theatre of Canada THE ALCHEMIST with WilliamnHutt, Powys Thomas, Bernard Behrens Directed by JEAN GASCON MAR. 25, 26, 27, APR. 3, 4, 5, 6 PRESIDENT NIXON and Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau met yesterday for two days of "get-acquainted" talks. A wide range of international situations was discussed, including East-West relations, the Middle East, European and NATO affairs, Vietnam and Latin America. It was reported that Trudeau did not bring up the con- troversy rising in Canada about the possibility that Sentinel missiles fired from U.S. bases might explode over Canadian territory. The prime minister was Nixon's first official foreign vis- itor. SPAIN IS EXPECTED to ask the U.S. to reaffirm that "a threat to either country would be-a matter of common concern to both." This cautious phrase was contained in a declaration of 1963 when the two countries extended for five years their 1953 agreement on American air and naval bases in Spain. The agreement expired Sept., 1968. An additional six- month period for negotiations will come to an end tomorrow. If there is no agreement by then, the U.S. must evacuate the bases within a year. DELEGATES to a national convention of R o m a n Catholic Priests in New Orleans insisted yesterday that there be an open discussion of the major problems of the church. The Rev. Joseph O'Donoghue of Washington, D.C., said "It is simply incredible that the birth control issue is no- where scheduled for open discussion at this national meet- ing." O'Donoghue, the first of fourteen priests to be removed from parish duties by Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle for his out- spoken views, asked that the agenda be scrapped. He explicitly called for debate on the issues of birth con- trol, race, poverty, and peace. DEMOCRATS and George C. Wallace's American In- dependent Party face a major test today in a special con- gressional election in Tennessee. The Democrats will be striving to restore the balance of the state's congressional delegation to the 5-4 edge they had before the district's Dem. Rep. Robert A. Everett died last' January. The American Independents will find out how strong they are without Gov. Wallace on the ticket. Although the district is normally Democratic, the voters went for Wallace last fall. The congressional election is the first in the nation since November. .0 . THE GOVERNMENT, alarmed that big business in the form of widely diversified conglomerate companies will prove harmful, is beginning a crackdown. The first announced target is the $3 billion Ling-Temco- Vought, Inc., of Dallas, Tex. The Justice Department said Sunday that it would file an antitrust suit to compel LTV to dispose of its 63 per cent interest in Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., the country's sixth largest steelmaker. -Associated Press PRESIDENT NIXON and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau met in Washington yesterday to begin a series of talks. Trudeau and Nixon will spend two days in "getting acquainted" talks. MILLER DROPS OUT: SGC presidential election 'scheduled for tomorrow HAMLET 1 l 1 1 1 y 1 i 1 1 1 i i i i i 9 By LAURIE HARRIS The rent strike steering committee has received $1,000 in support from the United Auto Workers, as announced last week. Irving Bluestone, assistant to UAW president Walter Reu- ther, met yesterday with the strike steering committee and presented them with the check. The money was not designated for any specific purpose, but was a attempt "to give whatever assistance we can to a worthwhile effort," Bluestone explained. Bluestor ; stressed that the -- UAW wanted only to help support the strike and would have fno say % i whatever in the actions of the Tenants' Union. Steering committee member Peter Denton, Grad, said that the R T C study money will go into the general strike fund to help cover operating expenses, including legal fees. byA ssem bly There was some indication, however, that the UAW might be (Continued from Page 1) able to help the Tenants' Union granting credit for a limited num- politically at a later date in the ber of courses in the ROTC - strike's development, if help is which would have amounted to a needed, substantial reduction - or abol- At the present time the Tenants' ishing credit completely. Union will utilize the UAW's mul- The whole committee approved tilith for printing material, said abolishing credit along with the Denton. He added that a meeting call for talks with ROTC com- is being arranged with Marcellius mandants and the Defense De- Ivory, the UAW's representative partment on how to handle the in the Ann Arbor area. programs. The only request Bluestone But yesterday's decision chang- made to the steering committee ed the area of debate. The execu- was that a full summary be given tive committee recommended that to developments in the strike since the issue be turned over to the his last meeting with them three University-wide Senate Assembly weeks ago. because it felt the question was Stuart Katz, Grad, another greater than just the academic member of the steering commit- credit of ROTC in one college. tee said, the Tenants' Union will In a letter dated Friday, begin investigating the possibility M a r c h 21, Hays wrote cur- of broadening its perspectives to r i c u 1 u m committee chairman cofr brig tserspcnity tohanames Gindin, "If these larger cove moretecomulainit.tanissues "are at the ;heart of the Another major point discussed Univerty-wide importhey are of at the meeting Sunday was stra- they should be faced directly, and tegy to be used by tenants who by the larger University c o in - have already come to trial. Katz munity, rather than piecemeal said there will be two main alter- through evaluations of course cre- natives. Students must either con- dit within the several faculties." tinue striking or pay the rent that The earlier recommendation is designated by the court. along with the full committee re- Members of the steering com- port on the issue will be sent to mittee will discuss alternatives the Assembly for an All-University with each individual striker, and decision. A copy of the report used recommend the best course of at Stanford University on the action. question of ROTC and the univer- In the official statement from sity will also be sent to Assembly. the UAW, Bluestone said "The It was on the basis of that re- UAW is happy to give support port that Stanford severed ties to the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union with ROTC recently. in its fight to insure decent hous- In the April meeting of the ing for the students and citizens college faculty a curriculum com- in the community." mittee report on ROTC will be "The UAW has given this fi- presented. It will concern the nancial contribution of $1,000 and ROTC and an explanation of re- is prepared to work ,with the Ann committee's policy c h a n g e on Arbor Tenants' Union in achiev- ROTC and an explanation of re- ing its goals," Bluestone said. quests for a study by the Senate with Kenneth Welsh, Lec Ciceri, Angela Wood Directed by JOHN HIRSCH MAR. 28, 29, 30, APR. 1, 2 TUES.-SUN. at 8 P.M.-- MATS. THURS. & SAT. at 2:30 P.M. 2 WEEKS ONLY! Seats Now at MENDELSSOHN THEATRE (Continued from Page 1) John Koza, Grad, at the request of Koeneke and Neff. Koeneke and Neff refused to. immediately certify the results produced by Koza, however. "Koza's latest recount will be considered -by C and R today," said Neff, "although the original tally remains as the certified re- sults." Neff said that the new results, while shifting Nelson from second to third place, "simply indicate an even greater necessity for a three- way run-off." According to the official SGC count as of last night, Miller and Rosenbaum lead the three-man race with 2133 votes. Nelson and Livingston are in second place, with 1676, seven votes ahead of McLaughlin and Van er Hout, In a joint statement released last night, SGC President Michael Koeneke and Vice President Bob Neff defended the figures certified Thursday. While the new figures might "create doubt as to the accuracy of the certified results, we are confident that these official re- sults were rechecked sufficiently to leave little question as to their validity" Koeneke and Neff have been reluctant to support a movement for a hand recount of the votes, claiming this would be even more inaccurate. Miller and Rosenbaum demand- ed a recount by hand, however. "We will stand by the results of a hand recount," said Rosenbaum Sunday. He reaffirmed that position last night, adding that he and Miller believed the top two candidates, as determined by the manual re- count, should be involved in either a run-off, or two-man binding arbitration. Read and Use Daily Class ifeds r" r 'U - i CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION The Ed. School.Is Alive and will be debating the merits approach to education with: of the humanist Ravi Shankart MARCH 26 WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 4:10 P.M. Department of Speech Student Laboratory Theatre presents WOMEN AT THE' TOMB by Michel de Ghelderode March 26th & 27th Admission Free Arena Theatre, Frieze Building Presents NO. 5 by Yoko Ono TWO VIRGINS by John Lennon and Yoko Ono PLUS OTHER SHORTS Mr. Lennon requests that the members of the audience bring their own instruments to create HERB KOHL, BERNIE MEHL, ROBERT HAVIGHURST, and GEORGE GEIS 10 A.M.--6 P.M., Friday, March 28 And in the Evening: A FESTIVAL OF LIFE The Charging Rhinoceros of Soul, Houston Hollow, HILL AUD. N4ATIONAL OENERAI. CORPORATION j, FOX EASTERN THEARES FOR VILLGE 375 No. MAPLE RD.-769-1300 LAST TIMES TODAY "Romeo and Juliet" 1:30-4:00-7:00-9:30 , Tickets on Sale Now, SAB $2.00, $2.50 ;$3.00 * STARTS TOMORROW * .\ F . N ,I - c _ 11 11 F I I <