SENATE MOVES TO CENSURE DODD See editorial page Y 01k& 4 A6F 1444&br :43,att]g PARTLY CLOUDY High-90 Low-70 Warm and humid; chance of showers Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 31S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRJDAY, JUNE 16, 1967 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAG Medical Students Voice ietnam War Dissent By DAVID KNOKE Fourth in a Five-Part Series "The (Capt. Howard) Levy case scares the hell out of a lot of people in the medical profession. To me, that's one good -reason a doctor shouldn't go into the army and trust he won't be faced with the same dilemma." Edward Bartlett's comment on the army doctor sentenced to three years hard labor for disobeying an order to teach medicine to Vietnam-bound Green Berets is more than a passing concern. Bartlett graduated two weeks ago from Yale Medical School; this fall he begins his internship at the Yale University Hospital. Afterwards he will try to enter the Public Health Service, which has more applicants than it can take among draft-age physicians. "I may never get in, but not just because the new draft bill makes deferments harder to get," said Bartlett. "You need a secur- ity clearance and the rumor is that gathering names for a peti- tion to refuse service in Vietnam is a sure way to ruin your chanc- es." Over 250 medical students across the nation recently signed the pledge of refusal to serve in the armed forces and to seek alterna- tives to direct military service. Students at Stanford and the San Francisco Medical Center first conceived the idea of a pledge around the end of last year. It was carefully aimed at a represen- tative dozen schools and succeeded beyond the wildest hopes. Over 25 per cent of the Stan- ford medical students signed the pledge which read in part: "As future citizens and as Amer- icans concerned with the future of our country and the world, we will pursue alternatives to direct mili- tary service in Vietnam-alterna- tives which will allow us to use our skills to better mankind." Twenty-five Stanford senior faculty members, including four department heads, signed a sup- porting statement. Fifty students at the San Francisco Center sign- ed a similar non-participation pledge and found support from 45 faculty members, according to sen- ior Michael Smith. Other schools where students signed are UCLA, NYU, Columbia, Albert Einstein School of Medicine and Yale. The executive committee of the San Francisco Medical Society condemned the students' stand as "thoughtless and brutal." Religion The deep concern of the students professor Robert McAfee Brown, of for the effects of the war on Stanford, pledged the support of his 2500 member Clergy and Lay- men Concerned about Vietnam. "There's been an awful lot of talk about the war among med students," said Arthur Zelman, one of the originators of the petition and a Stanford senior. "They're in continuous contact with each oth- er-especially at Stanford which has a five-year program - and the result is a lot of free debate and discussion. "Starting with a nucleus of 10- 15 people and constantly bringing in new persons all the time, stu- dents are not only presented with an issue but given constant op- portunities to follow it up. Every- one is almost forced to take a stand." American society is not an isolated flash but accurately reflects re- cent changes of interest among medical students. The Student Health Organiza- tion has been building up support for several years towards a reor- ganization of medicine and health services. Its members take a socio- medical approach to pressing prob- lems of medical aid to urban poor and staff shortages at public hos- pitals. Many signers of the pledge come from urban centers where SHO has influence. "The whole war is seen from a preventive medicine viewpoint," said Zelman. "We look beyond in- dividual patients to see what is happening in the long run to the whole society." Peter Wright, another Stanford graduate, proposes that physicians be permitted alternative service in Vietnam's civilian hospitals, the Peace Corps or VISTA. "We feel that as physicians in military service in Vietnam, we would be acting as agents of a political policy which we con- demn, helping to perpetuate a war we find abhorrent," he said. "By refusing our medical skills in service of destruction, we are joining other individuals who are refusing service in Vietnam, in hope that escalation of the war would have to cease and diplo- matic solutions to the conflict be found." The original petitions asked for alternatives to military service- all physicians are eligible for the draft upon completion of their in- ternships unless otherwise de- ferred- which would include VISTA, Peace Corps, National In- stitutes of Health and Public Health Service (PHS), or civilian service in South Vietnam's hos- pitals. Yet a minor item in the House of Representatives draft reform bill could drastically reduce the areas of deferred service. The pro- visions, backed strongly by the American Medical Association, re- move exemption for all PHS com- missioned corpsmen detailed to government agencies. The provision, the AMA's way of fighting expansion of the PHS, will curb the Food and Drug Ad- ministration's drug inspection ac- tivities and Peace Corps overseas healt services which relied heavily on PHS for physicians. About 300 doctors now work for the affected organizations and will need to he replaced within a year. With exemption possibilities rapidly dwindling, the young phy- sicians find themselves confront- ing two alternatives: possible mil- itary duty in Vietnam, or a prison term which could ruin a medical cereer. For Ed Bartlett, a choice does not exist: "I could refuse to go An MD is trained to save lives and it is against my conscience to serve with an organization whose offi- cial purpose is to kill." There are 250 other people standing behind him. Tomorrow: What Lies Ahead STATE HOUSE: Polle 'Call-in Expand Municipal Exemptions Sick; Protest To Conflict of Interest Law Reprimand L By LAURENCE MEDOW Co-Editor A bill suspending part of the state's conflict of interest law un- til Dec. 31, 1968, has passed the state House of Representatives. The measure, Senate Bill 306, amends Section 6 of Public Act 317, the conflict of interest law passed in 1966. The new bill, sought by banking interests to clear up the status of the many bankers serving in local units of government, now returns to the Senate for consideration of the House amendments. The measure applies only to employes and officials at the city and county level, according to Rep. Jack Faxon (D-Detroit). It does not affect state "consititutional of- ficers," or college and university governing boards and officials, Faxon added. The Senate bill further expand- ed exemptions to the 1966 conflict of interest law listed in Section 6 to include "all kinds of city and county level department heads and commissioners," according to Fax- on. Section 6 permits exemption of city government officials when local government charters offer disclosure provisions for conflict of interest. The *Senate measure provides that any past financial obliga- tions incurred by the state or its political subdivisions are enforce- able even if a member of the gov- ernmental unit approving the ob- ligation was in conflict of inter- est. Obligations may also be incur- red in the future where such an employe is involved, if there is a full disclosure of the employe's interests to the governing body and a two-thirds vote of the gov- erning board. Emnployes who might have been required to quit either their jobs or government posts under the 1966 law could retain their posi- tions if they meet the full dis- closure provisions. Where disclos- ures are not made, the obligations incurred by the government unit involved are voidable. The House amended the bill by adding the Dec. 31, 1968, expira- tion of Section 6 and the vulner- ability of obligations when disclos- ures are not made. Faxon, sponsor of the House amendments, said he was reluc- tant to approve the provision void- ing last year's act regarding lo- cal employes, but did so to give banking interests a year and a half to work out some changes in the law to clear up the present confused situation. Rep. E. D. O'Brien (D-Detroit), however, violently opposed the new legislation, charging the 18-month moratorium on the conflict of in- terest legislation would "open the door for anyone to do anything they wanted to." The status of many local govern- ment board members has been in doubt since last year's act and has raised the question for many whether they are in technical vio- lation of the law without break- ing it. Also in question are the positions of several governing board mem- bers and presidents at state uni- versities who also serve on bank director boards and in other cor- porate posts. An opinion is expected to be issued soon by Attorney General Frank Kelley to clear up some of the confusion. It is expected to clarify the definition of state "constitutional officers" and de- termine whether university gov- erning boards, presidents and other officials can be included in that definition regardless of the constitutional autonomy granted to the state's universities. Detroit Heads Punish Lawmen for Failure To Meet Ticket Quota DETROIT (P) - Nearly 200 of Detroit's 4,000 policemen called in sick on yesterday shifts after some. of their number had been disci- plined because of a slowdown in writing of traffic violation tickets. Dubbed "blue flu" by observers, the rash of sick call-ins appeared likely to grow. Officials said se- vere steps might be taken to pro- vide a cure. Commisisoner Ray Girardin, head of the Motor City's police force, called it a "serious situa- tion" and said he would take "whatever steps are necessary" if conditions. did not improve. On Foot# Forty-two men were ordered off motorcycle and scout car duty and placed on foot beats by Girardin because _of_ an 80 per cent fall-off in ticket-writing since the slow- down began May 17. Ticket writing for traffic viola- tions had fallen off an estimated 80 per cent in a month-long slow- down. The slowdown began after May- or Jerome P. Cavanagh rejected police pay boost demands on grounds the city budget wouldn't permit it. Call-ins Begin} The sick call-ins from police-j men began Wednesday night on the heels of Girardin's order and continued yesterday. A subordinate in the commis- sioner's office reported in mid- morning yesterday, however, that the sick call-ins were running "above normal." Girardin gave no particulars on the future but indicated he might recommend calling for help from See TO, Page 2 - NEWS WIRE Late World News By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS-The United Nations announced late last night It has received 61 of the 62 votes needed to call an emergency session of the General Assembly on the Mideast, and it expects to get the clinching vote today. At closing time, the secretary-general's office said it would reopen at 9 a.m. and if the 62nd vote is on hand then, the 122- nation session would be called for 9 a.m. EDT tomorrow. The last two votes received last night were from Chile and Ceylong. FINAL RESULTS in a poll of literary college faculty on a proposed return to a two semester system show sentiment run- ning 2-1 in favor of the move. Thp vote, sponsored by the LSA Executive Committee, was conducted by mail and elicited ap- proximately 650-700 responses. THE FIRST RECIPIENT of the University's Edward H. White Memorial Fellowship is Daniel R. Hegg, doctoral candi- date in aerospace engineering. Established in the College of Engineering last February, the fellowship will cover Heg's tuition costs. The annual grant was created as a living memorial for the astronaut, a University alumnus, who died in a spacecraft accident at Cape Kennedy, Jan. 18. -Daily-Robert Sheffield FOUR PANELISTS from various academic departments discussed last night "The Middle East Crisis and the Future" in a four hour symposium. The participants were (from left to right) Prof. Oleg Grabar, Prof. Eric Stein, Prof. A. F. K. Organski, Prof. Alexander Eckstein who moderated, and Prof. John F. Kolars. Proble ms of huddle East Discussed by UExpert To Appeal Draft Board Sit-in Charge 28 Students, Faculty Ask State High Court To Drop '65 Arrests By JILL CRABTREE The conviction of 28 University students and faculty members who staged a sit-in at the Ann Arbor draft board office on Oct. 15, 1965, will be appealed in the State Su- preme Court, according to Rich- ard Goodman, a Detroit lawyer and member of the firm defend- ing the protesters. The conviction on charges of illegal trespass was reaffirmed Wednesday in the Michigan Court of Appeals. The defendants, free on bond, face 15-20 day jail sentences and fines of $50 plus court costs if their convictions are not reversed. The Appeals Court delivered a 2-1 split decision in the case, Judges Timothy C. Quinn and. Louis D. McGregor sustained the convictions, while Judge Thomas Giles Kavanagh dissented. Evidence Inadmissable Although the attorneys for the defense have not yet had an op- portunity to read the opinions of- fered by the judges, Goodman feels one reson for Kavanagh's failure to concur may have been the fact that some evidence for the defense was ruledinadmis- sable. The evidence was intended to show that the demonstrator's right to protest was protected under the principles of international law set up by the Nuremberg war crimes trial in 1945. Washtenaw County Prosecutor William F. Delhey had asked for dismissal of the appeal, stating that the defense issues, as pre- sented to the appeals court, were "so flimsy they couldn't success- fully be argued before the bench." Supreme Court Decision He referred to a recent U.S. vs. the state of Florida in which Supreme Court decision of Adderly Justice Hugo F. Black wrote that protesters who sat in at the county jail yard had the right to do so, but that they must be prepared to pay the penalty for violating the laws in the process, regardless of how "noble" their cause might be. Goodman is defending six of the demonstrators in a related case in Federal District Court. The six students are Michigan residents who were reclassified 1-A delinquent after the October sit-in. An opinion has not yet been handed down on an appeal for the students to regain their orig- inal classifications. Old Tradition Gives Way To Efficiency for Union By AVIVA KEMPNER and WALTER SHAPIRO Gradually tradition is giving way to modernization as the 48 year old Michigan Union is under- going a current face-lift. The change-over is best illu- strated by the removal of the orig- inal worn, brown, main desk which has sold everything from blue- books to copies of "The Green NEAR CONFLICT: Oak Park Quiet After Police Narrowly Avert Race Riots Berets." In about three weeks a gleaming, new self-service unit with a cashier's stand will occupy the space on the first floor. "The present arrangement of selling papers and candy no longer pays its way," explained general manager Franklin C. Kuenzel. Remodeling Plans The replacement of the old desk is just one of several projects cur- rently altering the interior of the Union. These plans for remodeling, costing over $700,000, include an addition to the Michigan Union Grill (MUG), replacement of the swimming pool and locker room with a new Alumni Association headquarters. Kuenzel estimated that in six to eight weeks a fourth room will be added to the MUG which will have an area set aside for vending ma- chines which may be open 24 hours a day. Another portion of the new room could be partitioned off for use by special group meet- ings. This room was originally a flowered courtyard but has been transformed by the construction of a ceiling and an interior. Over the new room another courtyard is being created on a level with the main floor. Hier Maintenance By DAVID BERSON Prof. Alexander Eckstein opened last night's "The Middle East Crisis and the Future" symposium, saying "anybody looking at the Middle East crisis objectively would have to admit that he has no easy solution." What followed was a four hour session in which four panelists from various academic discpilines seemed to use their solutions to other crises on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Prof. A.F.K. Organski of the po- litical science department was the first speaker. He said the current crisis "is a continuation of the pattern of nationalism that goes back at least three or four decades at least. And the latest conflict has solidified the antagonistic attitudes of both the people and the elites on both sides," he added. American Ambivalence "Another recurring pattern is the American position of ambi- valence of supporting both sides," he said. Prof. John F. Kolars of the geography department prefaced his remarks saying that he sym- pathized with the Arabs and was quite sure that it was the Israeli air force who "dealt the first blow." Kolars then attempted to dis- pell. what he called "myths com- monly held by Americans." He said the charge of anti-Semitism against the Arabs was unfounded, that Arabs were also Semites, and that the feeling was anti-Israeli and not anti-Jewish. 'David, Goliath' Myth He also attacked what he called the 'David and Goliath Myth.' "You will remember," he said, "that David had superior tech- nology." Prof. Eric Stein of the Law School said that the rights to the use of the Gulf of Aqaba were guaranteed under international law to all nations engaged in popularity of Nasser throughout the Arab world." paratively tempered and only at one point did Eckstein, the mod- erator, beat his hands on the table shouting, "I'm running this meeting and I want to run it." This came after an impassioned speech by Organski, directed at Grabar and a few commentators in the audience whom he accused Bloom-In Picnic To Honor Hero of Joyce's -'Ulysses' of "being against modernization," which he said "is tied to the West." The discussion period was com- "The constant use of the anti- Semitism argument is evidence of a Western carry over to the Mid- dle East," replied Grabar, "and nobody has learned to hate as well as the West." "No one except the Chinese," interrupted the moderator. Tomorrow, from noon to twi- light, West Park is going to be where it's at. "It" is a "bloom-in" -a) love-in in honor of Leopold Bloom, the hero of James Joyce's "Ulysses." The band shell at the park will be decorated with flowers, and the sounds of King George and His Royal Subjects, a rock and city blues band from Detroit, will echo throughout the park. The Sch'waben Stage Band, a local group specializing in pop rock, will be there too, along with lots of people passing out flowers to the crowd. The bloom-in is being put on by the members of Peacetime, Inc., a group formed for the pur- pose of bringing bands, love-ins, and peace lecturers to the people of Ann Arbor. The group has a charter membership of four--Ned Duke, a teacher of eighth grade science at Clarenceville Junior High School, Robert (Buddy) Jack, a researcher in the Naval Engineering Dept., C h r i s t i n e Jones, '67, and Julie Francis, '67. Blooming Intelligensia Why did the group pick Leopold Bloom to honor? 'Because," ex- plained Duke, "we liked the sym- bolism of the name. And because Bloomsday has a history. Ulysses is the story of one day, June 16, 1904 in the life nf a man At k city without everyone out there loving." Bloomsday is the first function put on by Peacetime, Inc. In August they plan to bring "The Woolies," a band from Michigan State University, to the city. In the fall, they hope to recruit blues bands from Chicago, as well as lecturers on literature and peace. As a long range project they hope to set up a yearly prize for the best contribution to peace made by a student or faculty member, like a "miniature Nobel Peace Prize," Jack said. By R. M. LANDSMAN Special To The Daily OAK PARK, Mich.-This north- west Detroit suburb was quiet last night after police narrowly avert- ed a large race riot the night be- fore. Police dissuaded Negroes from nearby Royal Oak Township from approaching the city park where some 500 white teenagers haA untherir1 tn cnnfront them. groes was confronted by a few Negroes and scuffled with them yesterday. He attacked a Negro Tuesday for which he was arrest- ed and released on bond. Later that night he and a friend were attacked and knocked down by a few Negroes. The "rally" Wed- nesday night was intended for re- taliation. School administrators expressed r ~i ..nac . 0 + "# 1.- of v -n pointed out that social and econ- omic differences made it more difficult for the colored girls to compete and requested that the system be altered to aid them in preparation. The administration agreed. New tryouts were held and a Negro girl was placed on the squad. While this "cheerleading inci- dent' had no direct repercussions, .hnnn1 ffinials flt that it 'had, I