A I~irrIS4L Yo EARL. See Editorial Page IiitUWga ~I~iA WARMER? High--68 Low-40 Sunny, warmer, clear skies Vol. LXXX, No. 6 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, September 10, 1969 Ten Cents Ten Pages sT UDENT AFFAIRS POST: President says he will Fleming cautions make final VP selection By DANIEL ZWERDLING book store -'A;; ich(ardI Aistin Roman ( -ribbs Austin, Gribbs win in Detroit DETROITIP A black Wayne County Auditor, Richard Austin, led a field of 28 candidates for mayor of Detroit by a substantial margin last night in returns from a nonpartisan primary election viewed as the first test of the city's racial climate since the bloody riots of 1967. Locked in a close battle to become the second nominee in the Nov. 4 general election were two white candidates-Wayne County Sheriff Roman Gribbs, a moderate, and City Council- woman Mary V. Beck, a staunch law-and-order advocate. The election drew some 42 per cent of the city's 707,837 voters in a contest which listed 28 candidates for mayor, 113 for city council seats, 22 for city clerk and 20 for city treasurer. Elections director John Smith said the turnout was one President Robben Fleming said yesterday that he, and not t h e special search committee appoint- ed last spring, will make the final selection or a vice president for student affairs. Fleming wrote Co-chairmen Frank Kennedy of th2 law school and Steve Nissen, Daily City Edi- tor, that he expects the committee to approve a list of several accept- able candidates, and he will pre- sent. one to the Board of Regents. If the committee produces only one name. Fleming said, he will not accept it. "The understanding should be that the committee should ap- prove sveral candidates, all of whom are acceptable," Fleming told The Daily. "This satisfies the committee's interests. since any of the candidates would be their choice. "But the vice president must also be acceptable to me, so itis someone whom I can work with Fleming added. "If the commit- tee gives m only one name I won't have any choice." Fleming's instructions conceiv- ably could cause problems on the committee-- if one of the stu- dents holds true to an earlier sug- gestion that he might "vote on one candidate and refuse to approve any others. That will force Flem- ing to accept the committee's choice" Nissen said last night he is "un- willing to recommend a list of mediocre candidates just to give Fleming a choice. I think if the committee finds one person who seems exceedingly well qualified there is no reason to send other names to the president." he said. Fleming originally told Ken- nedy and Nissen in March he wanted the committee to approve several candidates, but there was apparent c o n 1 u s i o n recently among committee members about their precise function. Kennedy said yesterday he ex- pected the committee could agree on several names-but added if it didn't, Fleming might. conceivably appoint another committee. or take a candidate to the Regents "without us." But Norm Wilson, grad. charged Fleming was "meddling with his own committee. He should either let us search independently for a vice president, or make us an ap- pendage of Fleming" Wilson said. The committee, first appointed by Fleming last March, has con- sidered over 60 candidates for the vice-presidential post. Committee members, who will meet tomorrow for the first time this fall, say they are still far from reaching any final decisions. In the meantime Mrs. Barbara Newell has been serving as interim -vice president,, a position she has. held since July, 1968, when Rich- ard Cutler resigned. The vice president for student affairs is one of the five top ex- ecutive positions in the Univer- sity. The vice president. through the Office of Student Affairs has responsibility for a wide range of University functions. including the Health Service, non-academic counseling. Office of Student Or- ganizations, and student financial aids. Warns on of Regentsf By RICK PERLOFF University President Robben Fleming cautioned Student Government Council yester day against disrupting the Sept. 19 Regents meeting over the bookstore issue and offer- ed to arrange a meeting be- tween SGC and the Regents to discuss the mat ter'. SGC has planned a rally and then a march on the meeting to prot.est the Regents refusal in July to establish a University bookstore. Some SGC members have indicated they wxill disrupt the meeting. In a letter to SGC President Marty McLaughlin, Fleming wrote "If members of SGC or others wish to discuss the bookstore issue with the Regents I shall be glad- to arrange a time for this to be cone, It is not necessary to inter- r'upt one of theii' meetings to get their attention." Fleming also noted "The Chap)- tei VII bylaw discussion is sched- uled for Friday afternoon. I as-' sume you agree that this is an important discussion. It would' seem to me unwise to prejudice that discussion by an unnecessary interruption of the Board's pro- ceedings on other matters." The Regents plan to discuss the b a c k regental bylaws submitted by SGCI and Senate Assembly on the role of students in University decision By ROBERT ShEAR making. Key provisions of the joint re- Ann Arbor Students for a Dem- port call for creation of a Uni- ocratic Society will march through versity wide student-faculty-ad- University dormitories tonight to ministration council, with author- encourage residents to parti- ity for determining non-academic cipate in tomorrow's anti-ROTC conduct standards to rest with demonstrations. -- -"..-- / against actions Calls for 'U' foruni on ROTC By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN and DANIEL ZWERDLING President Robben Fleming warned last night that stu- dents who disrupt ROTC classes may be disciplined un- der either University rules or civil law and offered Hill Aud. for a mass debate on the issue. "There are clear rules against disruption of classes," the presi- dent said in a statement. These include "Student Government Council rules, which are enforce- able in the student courts ., their'counterparts in every college of the University . . (and) civil laws which may be violated." "There is no pleasure for the University in having to enforce disciplinary rules against ,s t u - dents who disrupt classes," Flem- ing added. "But if it has to be done, it will be done." Members of SDS, Radical Cau- cus and Resistance, as well as other students, plan to begin dis- rupting ROTC classes tomorrow in an effort to force the military of- Sficers training programs off cam- pus. 'rSesitRob be i11". Flemn ing nS dorm mar of the largest in Detroit his- The ufinaldininerNov. 4 will succeed Mayor Jcirome P. Cay- anagh, who did not seek a third sour-year term. Eighteen nom- inees for council seats will be re- duced to nine winners at that time Austin. a certified public ac- countant by trade, was a member of the convention that redrafted Michigan's constitution in 1961- 62. He was endorsed by the United Auto Workers Union and most of the city's black leaders. Blacks make up about 40 per cent of Detroit's population. Oribbs. 4', is a self-decribed moderate: Councilwoman Beck, 61, an avowed law-and-order con- .servative, and Shamie. 48, also campaigned on a law-and- order platform. Both Austin ad dGribbs re- ceived backing of the city's two metropolitan daily newspapers and the Civic Searchlight, a non- partisan organization which rated them "preferred and well quali-. fied." Some black nmilitamns voiced displeasure with what they viewed as Austin's too close ties with the white establishment. The primary will also narrow down a huge field of candidates for vacancies on the city's com- mon council, as well for as treas- urer and city clerk The election has beeii marked by a bitter controversy over al- leged abuses of the ''name game,.' a provision in city election laws which allows candidates with siu- ilar names to use ballot designa- tions to distinguish them. City Dems e/ Harvey T I' Ann Arbor Democratic Party lashed out last night at Sherifi Douglas Harvey's methods of law and order and set up a watch dog committee to report on his actions. The Democrats voted 41 to 2 to establish the committee, whose purpose will be in effect to tin- cover e n o u g h legal evidence against the sheriff to indict him. At tile same ine, the party re- jerted, 29-14. a motion to support the Recall Harvey campaign. The consensus was that if a recall vote took place, the sheriff would be overwhelmingly victorious. "Sheriff Douglas Harvey disre- gards most of what is known to- day about how to contain the threat of public disorder," the resolution stated .and with over- reactive displays provides those fewe who seek to pi'ovoke violence exactly what they want a battle im which the distinction bet ween te innocent imd the gtilty dis- appeams amd where law enforce- ment. in the true sense is impos- sible." Earlier in the meeting. Sander Levimn, State Senate Majority leader, called oi Democrats to work with the Republicans on such issues as education. tax reform and urban problems. Levin added that "we should pursue the Governor. and make him say what lie means. We should make him stick his neck out.' students. Now, such power lies' with the governing faculty of the schools and colleges. McLaughlin expressed his will- ingness to meet with the Regents but deferred an official decision until Council meets tomorrow. ie added that he might favor cancelling the rally if the Regents' comnmitted themselves to support' of a University bookstore in prin- ciple, with the University paying See'U'. page 7 ROTC p of ROTC mA.ructors prestnts be- lore the class. The march through the dorms Neill take place following a tacti- cal meeting on the ROTC action called for 8 p.m. tonight in the Student Activities Bldg. Thre was scattered opposition to the decision. "I'm opposed to the drive to re- move ROTC friom campus." said Tom Wieder, '72, "because t h e mnilitary will just create new meth- ods of training. or expand t h e existing institutions of military -Araining.'' Don Rotkin. a member of the SDS steerine committee. defended thi decision to join -forces in the ROTC dis-uption because "the The action was passt d by nearly 200 who attended SDS's first o'- ganizational meeting last night in the Union Assembly Hall. SDS will join several other campus organizations including members of Radical Caucus and Resistance and Internatinal Soc- ialists Club in their planned dis- ruption of three ROTC classes. The coalition will pr'oceed to "cor- rect and interpret" the stat ents Caucus sets guidelines )r( classes tary a part o Rotk ROTC join R ROTC tend t Fred ROTC U.S. P amd.50 ants. S&ve attendi mande pation tion ii t01t0 split it ient mieetin over'th tack." Detr Chicag tional tion" onstrat "take througl "ce'tai The points verbal membe "II yol march said on lion. Ann Staude throug quickly chairm might denniai Organizers of the protest have said they aim for "creative dis- ruption" by entering classes and contradicting what the ROTC instructors say. Students participating in the disruptions will meet tonight to are part of the U.S. mili- set final plans for tomorrow's ac- nd the military, in turn, is tions. f U.S. imperialism." In his statement, Fleming urg- :in added, "The kids, in ed student to avoid "angry con- aren't our enemies. Many frontations which accomplish lit- OTC because they need the a tIe," and proposed instead the use scholarship in order to at- of Hill Aud. for "a full-scale de- he University." bate. Miller contended that "The auditorium seats 4,000 Muppier cont2 enedfthatpeople, a much larger audience supplies 85 p r cent of the than can be reached by a disrup- Army's second lieutenants, tive classroom incident," he said. per cent of its first lieuten- "If there is a desire to have me do so, I will chair the debate." ral Detroit SDS members SGC President Marty McLaugh- ing the meeting also de- lin, a member of Radical Caucus, d Ann Arbor SDS's partici- said that, "as planned, the ROTC in the national confronta- - actions do not violate SGC rules." II Chicago Oct. 8-11. Al- McLaughlin also argued that a discussion of the recent debate on ROTC would be fruit- n the National SDS move- lss because "the administration was not permitted at, the cannot be converted to adopting a g. the ,rout quickly divided position which is contrary to its e value (f the Chicago "at- interests, The University i stied to the military and won't drop oit SDS mnenbers said the ROTC unless it has to." o action would "incite na- SGC Executive President Marc and international revolu- VanDerHout, who plans to parti- Those opposed to the dem- cipate in the ROTC disruptions, ion felt 'The methods to said last night he did not believe oh" the Chicago police'Fleming's statement would con- h force would meet with nce radical students to abandon .1 dlestrmuct ion." their present plans, VanDerHout said the purpose SDS members, at certain of the disruptions is to "bring in the meeting, engaged in focus to the ROTC campaign, at- shouting matches with tract more people to it and lead rs of the Ann Arbor SDS. to larger action at a later time." u won't go to the Chicago Barry Bluestone, Grad, who first we'll get Detroit greasers," proposed the ROTC action last me, in the middle of the ses- week at a meeting of radical stu- dents from several campus groups, Arbor police Lt. Eugene declined to speak for others, but mnaier showed up miidway said the statement would not in- h th? meeting and was fluence his plans. "I will be at told to leave. When the ,ROTC on Thursday." lie said. a Bluestone said he would prob- an indicated members 'ably participate in a debate lik. "help" if necessary, Stat- the one suggested by Fleming, but ier consented. See FLEMING, page 7 for disruption of I- On T odaty's Page Th~ree I By LYNN WEINER Radical Caucus voted last night to support the ROTC classrooni disruption planned for tomorrow, and approved strict guidelines for the confrontation. The meeting of over 150 also en- dorsed participation in the march; on the Regents meeting next week' to protest the Regents refusal to establish a university book store. After lengthy debate in which ROTC supporters participated, Caucus voted "to abolish ROTC Irom the campus." The proposal demanded that ROTC break all ties with the University. The Caucus will participate in the confrontation planned for to- morrow in a coalition of radical . Istael launches amphib- iotrs attack on Egyptian bases, 0 Dean Wilbur Cohen calls for sweeping reforms in his first state of the Education School address. groups and individuals, who plan to disrupt ROTC classrooms. This action will be the first major ei- fort made by coordinated radical cams groups to abolish the cam- pus military institution. Meamwhile. President Robben Fleming warned that students who disrupt ROTC classrooms may be disciplined under University regt- lations or prosecuted for civil law violations. Fleming tnged studemts to meet in a campus-wide debate in Hill Aud. on the ROTC issue, The Caucus voted: to maintain the confrontation on an intellectual and moral level: to make no effort to prevent access to or exit from the class- 'ooms: -and to disperse when and if law enforcement agents should appear. Caucus member Marty Mc- Laughlin emphasized that these proposals would keep the demon- stration essenitially non-disr'uptive. He said hie did not advocate "enld- img ROTC by dismuption" bt rather "ending it by building a movememt that would force lie University to abolish it.' The Caucus will urge that the proposals be accepted at a mass meeting to be held tonight as general guidelines for the disrup- tion. A motion supporting the estab- andis t xenvironment Defenders of ROTC said this aided in the education of a liberal military.' Detractors of the military pro- rain replied that a liberal mili- tai'y is no less a military, and in fact this same 'liberal' group was responsible for get ing the U.S. in the Vietnn wa i. Another student said that the army simply has no place on a coiee campus, and that by sup- porting the ROTC disruption the people would be able to make the military aware of this opinion- Others claimed that the attempt to discredit ROTC was futile, for an army is necessary for the de- fense of a nation. 3 To I MARGIN( Welfare motiers, supervisors set meeting on school clothing Voters defeat proposed law tax By JIM NE UBAC(IIER Washtcnaw County voters defeated by a 3-1 margin last night a controversial millage proposal which would have ear- marked nearly 83.5 million for the county sheriff's departmentt The proposal was defeated 8980 to 2978. forcenient millage as a blow to the poli- tical power of Sheriff Douglas Harvey, Others maintained, however. that Harvey was not directly involved. ''The key to the defeat of the law en- forcement proposal was the vagueness of the county Board of Supervisors, s a i d "I think half the county was afraid that Harvey would get all of the money, and voted against it," the official continued. "The other half wanted him to get it, but were afraid it would all be spent on the "administration of justice" part of the program, so they voted against it. By ALEXA CANADY and JUDY KAHN I<