FIRST 1PLACE See Page 9 i[I 4c Bk A.a 4Iaikj CREATIVE high--7 4 Low-4 1 Chance of frost in outlying areas Vol. LXXX, No. 7 Ann Arbor, Michigan--Thursday, September 11, 1969 Ten Cents Ten Pages An Editoria I . . . THE SUBVERSION of the University by the Depart- ment of Defense is no more clearly illustrated than in its relationship with the Reserve Officer Training Corps. For years ROTC courses have been granted aca- demic credit, ROTC instructors have been endowed with professorial status, and the ROTC program has con- sumed vitally needed office and classroom space, amounting to a $350,000 annual gift from the Univer- sty to the defense establishment. At a time when the United States is employing an enormous military machine to enforce a policy of ex- ploitation and repression throughout the Third World, universities are providine assistance not only through classified research and development, but by providing a corps of indoctrinated young men the most basic resource of a military state. This unholy alliance is no longer tolerable within the academic community. j1ODAY. STUDENTS will be demonstrating their dis- content with the use of the University to train and prepare students as killers for the military. The avowed tactic of today's action creative in- tellectual dialogue is a good one, for it may, through the serious questions generated, help to enlighten those who are trapped by their ROTC contracts, as well as the University community at large. If the outline laid down by Barry Bluestone is followed, the "disrupters"' will be more in the true spirit of the University than ROTC is. Even those students who do not want to partici- pate in this intellectual disruption should use this opportunity to demonstrate their convictions. A show of support for the "creative disruption" will help to hasten the end of ROTC as a University department, and this is unquestionably the time for such a demonstration of support. HE DISRUPTION may present disciplinary problems for the administration, in light of President Flem- ing's statement Tuesday night cautioning students against disruption of the academic affairs of the Uni- versity. We find Fleming's statement highly misleading and predicated on several false assumptions. It should be made clear that: * ROTC does not represent an academic activity and should not be accorded the same "immunity"' guar- anteed legitimate scholarly activities under the accepted principles of academic freedom. * ROTC instructors should open their classes today to frank and honest debate on the purpose and direc- tions of ROTC. They must not veil the content of their courses from the scrutiny of the University community. * The University administration should not disrupt the ROTC protest by calling in the police. At least as long as the demonstration remains non-violent, there is no justification for police intervention. The sanctity of the ROTC classroom is questionable and its momentary interruption should not be used as an excuse for a police riot. Should the police intervene, however, students should not afford them the opportunity to turn the demonstration into a violent melee. t The faculty does not have the exclusive right to make the decision whether or not ROTC programs should continue on this campus. The decision must be made by the University community as a whole. Yet the faculty had the audacity to delegate the responsibility for an- alyzing the issue to a 13-man committee which included only two student members. Furthermore, the committee was directed to report its findings to Senate Assem- bly, which has no student members. Students should understand that any decision made under such circumstanuce> -no matter how favorable is nonetheless illegitimate Y TURNING out todav, students are not only express- in, their contempt for ROTC but are also demon strating their disapproval of this decision-makug process, Before the ROTC issue can be solved, the University community must accept the fact that responsibility for' the final deposition of ROTC lies equally with the stu- dents and the faculty. To this end, we propose the im- mediate creation of a joint student-faculty committee with the power to determine the fate of ROTC on his campus. The question has been debated at this University and elsewhere for a lon t ine. It is time for action. -TilE SENIOR EDITORS -Iai' --Randy Edmonid RESIDENTS OF E'I'ST QUAD discussed the ROTC issue last nihlit with a group of oranizers of today's disruption of ROTC Eclasses. Organizers also held informal talks with residents in other dormitories. girds for protest;, ROTC off icers calm Radical outlines ROTC By LYNN WEINER A coalition of radical groups and unaffiliated individuals met last night to discuss tac- tics and set basic guidelines for today's planned disruption of ROTC classes. Affirming previous plans to en- ter ROTC classes and contradict instructors, the over 150 radicals also agreed to guidelines designed to maintain the group's political control of the actions. Those at the meeting voted to - designate four people in each classroom confrontation group to judge when and if the coalition had lost political control of the disruption. They generally agreed . to end their participation in thedi c' disruptions it control is lost. They also decided to limit to a "reasonable amount" the number of people in each classroom. The radicals then split up into three groups, each of which was ass:ignedl to confront one of the three ROTC classes which meet today. The remainder of the two-hour meeting was occupied with a gen- eral discussion of tactics which would be employed during the confrontations. z After the meeting, many of the participants visited various dor- mitories to discuss the ROTC issue and planned confrontations with residents. Pun P Among the problems discussed politic at the meeting was the possibility of a clash with police, and there repress was general agreements that the disrupters would leave if police were called in. D)St "There are many kinds of spec- - ulation of possible police action," paid one coalition member. "If the police should come, we should split. This should not yet be an end movement. We should not wait around for a bust. It is not the time." The guidelines for maintaining control of today's activities were prompted by the fear, expressed by several coalition members, that reactionary groups, or other left- wving organizations mlight gain As control of the confrontations and dent r use the "movement" for their own Council ends. -fCou "If we allow disruption to get they ar carried away by a minority," said Student Government Concil P'es Sept. 19 ident Marty McLaughlin, a Rad- ,support ical Caucus member, "We will have signify problems relating to students sity fun about the event, and will have to Last w defend the actions of a group of the stud which we don't even aprov e." a way th During the discussion of con- nore" B frontation tactics, the point was define stressed that all students be al-diht lowed to speak, including ROTC ight. students. "The key is what is said It also in the classrooms." said one stu- Mike Fa dent about the success of the from the disruption. cussionI The coalition members spec- day's dis ulated on the possibility that the Therei doors to North Hall would be cision am blocked by an opposing organiza- which w tion. No plan of action for this store act] event was firmly accepted, and SGCr one member stated that a binding seem to f decision on the group would be RegentsI impossible, if adjour Participants in the disruption of vote occ the first ROTC class today will the meet; meet at 10:40 a.m. at North Hall. If, how the ROTC classroom and office Executiv( building. Van Der Protesters in the coalition who meeting do not participate directly in the decide he classroom actions are expected to He say attempt to involve the University sit in at in the dispute through dormitory because discussions, (lass discussions and vigil in 1 the distribution of leaflets. office ov The coalition of radical groups ment - includes members of SDS, Radical just let Caucus, and Resistance. over the -- laugh it( CF Van D (A su >orts should di happen 4 s1~. the build ADC mothers tHe say; the' mak Graduate Assembly votad last Regents night to endorse local welfare versity d rights organizations in their ef- Van Der forts to gain a greater children's Regents clothing allowance for mothers S in the Aid to Dependent Children program. By ERIKA 110FF A request from President Rob- ben Fleming for a special meeting of Senate Assembly's Student Re- lations Committee i+SRC> )ester- day climaxed a flurry of adminis- tration activity in preparation for the slated beginning of disrup- tionis of ROTC classes today. Act ing Vice Presiden t Ifor Stui- de'nt Affairs Barbara Nowell call- ed the committee meet i after talking to Fleming. "I was very interested in far- ulty and studet opinion as to what would be an appropriate re- spon'se.' to t RU (disrution, she said, The I etingIfollowed sral other actions by Fleminw in md- vance of the RO'T'C protests . i cluding a letter to students wr ing against disruption and a meet - ing with the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the top faculty body. Mrs. Newell said her role in handling the expected disruptions was indefinite. "I may just be advinig Presi- dent Fleming." she cx)lainted. Mrs. Newell questioned SRC on appropriate University response to 'arious possible types of protest and towards protestei's who are not members of the University CoIIIIuIInitNy She also broughlt up the ues- tion of techniques of ideitilying protesters in connection with pos- sible judicial action. and which judicial body should hear any eases resulting from the protest. plans for isruption coalition 'he delay i approval of the proposed revised regental bylaws on a Uniiversity jtudicial system has clouded the question of juris- diction. A complaint now can be taken to Central Student Judi- ciary. the appropriate bodies in a student's school or college. or to tlr>. Newvell declin ed to comn- t .it oi possible action the Uni- versity might take. saying. "The response to the protest is a deci- sion that President Fleming will have to make.'' She added that suich a decision could onily be ma after the protest. S IZ. however, strongly expres- ed the view tiha plice should not be called in. Members i SDS. Radical Cau- eus and Resistance, as well as other students. plan to bein dis- rupting ROTC classes tocay in an effort to force the military offi- cers training program off campus. Organizers of the protest have said they aim for ''creative dis- ruption" by nt"r wing ('lasses and contradicting what the ROTC in- structors say. Three ROT1C cla 'e sched- tiled for regular class meetngs today. While top tUniversity ificials See 'I" GIRDS, Page 10 A nai-repre-sio cralla Plamondon, White Panther minister of defense, attacks al arests of street people. He spoke at a Diag rally against ion yesterday. See story, Page 3. 'UPTIOYN BAN: GCoClarify lookstore move By RICK PERLOFF eries of complex and far-reaching questions on stu- Wes and on disruption faces Student Government when it meets tonight to discuss the bookstore issue. ncil members are planning to define just how far e willing to go in their march on the Regents meeting For example, will SGC -- as sponsors of the rally -- a disruption which, if intentionally planned, would a violation of SGC's own ban on disruption of Univer- ctions? - Van Tyne rebels cleared By PAT l MAHONE I' Central Student Judiciary ruled last night that dormitory h o u s e s may not impose "rules, regula- tions, officials and dues" unless a substantial portion of the stu- dents affected are allowed to ch'loose representatives ili the house governmtetnt. I ant t1Ito TIt Iii Shate, a CSJ member. said a substantial portion' at least a majority. The actioll came in respotnse IIAIIRIS (:_NSIUE RS ("A i1AI NT by C SJ to the attempts of 32 students to secede from Van Tyne House in Markley Hall last spring. The students charged the decision- mtakintg pros was out of the control of most house residents. However. Eric Sponberg, Van Tyne judiciary chairman last year, has indicated he will ask for a review of the case in order to pre- sent new evidence. The s cssionists charged that the house government had been el(cted in the spring before they and other new Van Tyne residents entered the house. But, Sponberg explained late last night that, the house govern- ment had been elected in Decem- ber, after a new constitution was approved by the house, and said he would ask for another hearing. Even if the Van Tyne case is upheld, CSJ chairman Marc Wohl said. the judiciary may still issue a r'uling that dorm government must be representative of all house residents. Wohl said last nmght's ruling or a similar judgment could be used by dorm residents who have withheld dues from houses they believe to b2 undemocratic a n d mig-ht face a hold credit from the University. In such cases, W o h I said. CSJ would most likely issue an injunction to bar the hold credit on grounds that the assess- 'eek SGC voted to "make ent voice heard in such at the Regents cannot ig- ut Council is expected to his resolution further to- will consider a motion by irrell to abolish ROTC campus, with some dis- likely to center on to- [uptions. is disagreement and inde- nong Council members on ay to act on the book- ion. members, at this point, favor a dialogue with the at the meeting and then, rinent or no satisfactory urs, some action to halt ing. 'ever, a sit-in does ensue, e Vice President M a r c Hout argues that a mass should be called later to w to proceed from there. s it would not be wise to the Administration Bldg. - as during last year's LSA Dean William Hays' er the language require- the administration might the students stay there weekend again and off. er Hout adds that SGC efine, in part, what is to once the students enter ing. s that SGC should initiate ing of speeches to the on the need for a Uni- iscount bookstore. Then, Hout adds, a vote by the should be demanded. ee SGC, Page 10 Smeet on11peace ffensie By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ Some 300 students gathered in the Michigan Union last night and set in motion local participa- tion in the fall anti-war "offen- sive." Fall protests in Ann Arbor will coincide with several major na- tion-wide demonstrations which seek "immediate, unilateral with- drawal of all American forces from Vietnam." During the hour-long organiza- tional meeting, representatives of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam pre- dicted that the anti-war activity this fall will "more than compen- sate" for the peace movement's decline since the inauguration of President Nixon. "The demonstrations this fall will be the largert, most wide- spread anti-war action this nation and this city have ever seen.' said Gene Gladstone, a member of the national steeming commit- tee of New Mobe. But the leaders stressed that the demonstrations will not be disruptive or violent. "We are seeking maximum sup- port from the community." ex- plained Barry Cohen. '"'0, a local leader of New Mobe. "And I don't think that the 30.000 people on City may probe Beret arrests By STUART GANNES a ''"Olice-clOmltlity relations boat'd'" on A second investigation of the incident the g.ounds that 'the police should not leading to the arrest of five Black Berets be allowed to investigate themselves" last month may be initiated by Mayor Rob- Two contradictory stories have been ert Harris. brought forward since the incident. The arrests took place in the Beret office According to Ann Arbor Police Chief when police attempted to arrest a Beret Walter Krasny. two policemen, on routine member for violation of parole. The office latrol noticed David Hunter. wanted for was shared by the recall campaign aimed parole violation, on the corner of Fourth at Contty Sher'iff Douglas Harve. amd Ann near the RECALL office. After After hearing RECALLS side of th' verifying that there was ai ottstandiig story at the City Council meeting Monday. warrant for his arrest. Chey attenipted to a long uith "i'tl'i ional 1I-iivi orn_ arrest him.