TACH-IN POLITIC S See Editorial Page LY Si 4JUUg a ~E~AtA MILD fligli-7 Low-4 8 Partly sunny and cooler Vol. LXXX, No. 14 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, September 19, 1969 Ten Cents 'Ubookstore: Better han ivingit to U EDITORtS NOTE: The Regents are ex- fear that a University bookstore will be could save from $13 to $20 on $150 worth This summer, the Regents ordered an For example, charging $10 for a six- In addition, ieced to make their finaldecision today successful enough to hurt their opera- of books. inventory of SGC's infant discount store foot roll of canvas, Webster says the dis- breaking the store. Meanwhile, Student Government Coun- tions. But some supporters of the SGC book- in an apparent attempt to determine whe- count store has forced Ulrich's to lower the beck's in the m el will holla z p.m.Dia [ rally and sub- Robert Graham. manager of Follett's store proposal do not base their argu- ther students can run a financially stable price of the same item from $16.95 to might prove i press their demands. This is the last of says a discount bookstore would "htrt our ments on the prospect of substantial dis- retail operation. $10.95. Similarly, he adds, Ulrich's re- poress their dced the prie of Bic pes frost$o19 Last year, 11 freature articles on the bookstore con- services to students" ---personnel, and counts above the sales tax exemption. Act- And at the time, the store was showing duced the price of Bic pens from $.19e asat inventories, he says, would have to be ing Vice President for Student Affairs a net loss of $1,500. "Most of the loss," ,x- to $.10. By MARTINHIRSCHMANd-cauttowsn.f$Brba.rMNewelhelsays:-directly from t and JIM IcERSOMN cut own. Barbara Newell says: plains SGC Treasurer Dennis Webster, Ulrich declined to be interviewed last saler simply r "This student discount bookstore would "If we get nothing else, we'll get the was caused by the newness of the opera- night and declined to comment on the the students. Daily News Anialysis hurt students in the final analysis," he four per cent," apparently satisfied that tion" - experimentation and the hidden examples given by Webster. While the bookstore controversy rages claims, this would be enough to justify opening location in the SAB. Webster fee on, the dispute has quietly shifted away Fred Ulrich, owner of Ulrich's Book- the store. When the discount store opened last discount books from arguments over the feasibility of store, was sufficiently concerned by the Meanwhile .opponents of the store say But with students now back from sumer January, one of Webster's main objectives ie believes tho the project. discount bookstore proposal to attend a the discounts would be "minimal" oi' non- vacation, and with the discount store re- was to provide competition for Ulrich in to overemphas Although there remains considerable Regents open hearing on the subject in existent, but few have argued strongly located in th Union. Webster says busi- the field of art supplies. The result, he count itself. disagreement over the size of the dis- Julie and try to convince the board not that the operation would be a failure. m ss is booming. By the end of the month says. is the price decrease on canvasses t count which the proposed store could to create the store. And Graham attended "If the University opens a bookstore he expects the store to be breaking even. d nts I thinkso' offer, there appears to be general agree- yesterday's meeting between SGC and the and gives it direction and control it can't Webster also claims that lower prices at ment that - at worst - books would be Regents, also arguing against the pro- fail," said Regent Robert Brown at the the discount store have forced merchants Webster would like to see a University offer discount sold at list price with the total saving posal. July meeting. At that meeting, Brown to mark down prices on certain items. He discount bookstore take on similar mono- are just ticked limited to the four per cent state sales SGC has argued that the bookstore vot- d against both the SGC proposal and says Urich's Bookstore has lowered prices olies in certain segments of the book And Wesbte tax exemption. would eventually be able to give a dis- the one submitted by President Fleming. on several items - including IBM cards, market, but doubts that this could be done the same for Owners of local retail bookstores -- count of from five to ten per cent in Brown explained his vote saying t h e liquitex acrylic paints, artists' canvases initially. The first priority, he says, would dents would r the most adamant opponents of a Uni- addition to the four per cent sales tax bookstore "is not going to satisfy desires and Bic pens - because of competition have to be books for the large number of worthwhile th versity discount bookstore -- apparently exemption. If Council is right. a student of students t make discounts." irom the store. students in the literary college. he says. Ten Pages rich' Webster says difficulties in strong grip held by Over- nedical and law book market surmountable. ie says, medical students in mpted to order their books he publisher. But the whole- efused to sell the books to Is sure that a University tore would be a success, but se in favor of the store tend ize arguments about the dis- st students would still come ount Store) even if we, didn't s," he says. "A lot of people J at local stores." r feels the effect would be a discount bookstore. "Stu- ather give their money to a ing than to Fred Ulrich," Panel drafts ROTC reforms S.GC calls for Expected to recounend severing of financial ties By SHARON WEINER Complete severance of all financial and departmental ties between ROTC and the University is recommended in an initial draft of the final report of the Academic Affairs Ad- visory Committee of the Senate Assembly. A co-chairman of the committee, classics Prof. Theodore Buttrey, said the form in which the report is now reworded will probably be signed by the majority of the committee, and will probably be acceptable to the Assembly. Prof. Joseph Payne, chairman of the Assembly, agreed. Radicals re-evaluate ROTC drive By ROBERT SKLAR Disruption on a non-violent level of ROTC classes will continu throughout today as scheduled and the weekend will serve as an or- ganizational, appraisal and air- ing session for further action. Resistance. Radical Caucus, and Students for a Democratic Society members convened last night to evaluate the week's success, and arrived at similar conclusions -- that spirit has been extremaly low --and more persons are needed to participate in dormitory, Diag. and Fishbowl rallies. as well as in class disruptions, Supporters said they hope vol- unteers turn out to march after tomorrow's football gamne. To educate prospective new- comers to the coalition, "teach- ins" are planned for tonight and, tomorrow night to explain U.S. imp~erialism and how it works and to introduce tactical procedui'e. In addition, a descriptive leaflet will be distributed over the week- end, similar to those made up at Harvard and Dartmouth, that will depict the relationship between ROTC - the military - and the coalition and spell out coalition proposals. SDS activist Dave Bernstein ex- plains, "We can't be part of a movement until we create a move-r ment. We must confront people with the issue at hand and letI them decide."1 "We have to keep in motion, im- plement our procedures, and per- haps then people will understandI that there is something relevant1 to relate to," stresses Bernstein. "If the Defense Department doesn't agree with the conditions' set forth in the report the Assem- bly finally adopts, I'm willing to recommend that they conduct their programs elsewhere," he said. "I think the recommendations included in this draft are the kind the Regents and the administra- tion as well as the faculty can s u p p o r t wholeheartedly," he added. The draft, discussed by the I committee yesterday, recommends complete severance of all financial and departmental ties with ROTC, and asks that no credit be allowed ROTC courses, and a student-fac- ulty-adiministration committee be established to evaluate all ROTC personnel on the University staff. supervise ROTC curricula. and mediate problems concermning the status of ROTC students, The draft also asks that staff members of the ROTC programs be recognized by their military titles unless they hold regular academic title appointments, but Dean Robert, Williams said yes- terday that this recommendation has already been substantially implemented, "One of the essential charac- teristics of ROTC is that it is a recruitingmechanism with unique p~rivileges not granted to any other employer of college graduates," the report continues. And it further states, "A more satisfactory solution (for both the University and the Department of, Defense> might be for the ROTC programs to be run as extra- curricular activities.' The draft's recommendations are similar to the conclusions of the preliminary report released last week, but "are part of an at- tempt to combine the majority positions of the committee into one statement." Buttrey explained. The committee last week voted 6-5 in favor of modification rather than severance. See UNIT'S, Page 10 Dl)y- Larrv Robbis Books4tore debate Randy Braccialarghe, South Quad staff member, Robert Graham,, manager of English Prof. Marvin Felheim. Regent Lawrence Lindemer, and SGS President discuss the proposed student discount bookstore issue at South Quad last night., Page 3. Folletts Bookstore, Marty McLaughlin A story appears on ,march ,r a bookstore By RICK PERLOFF Student Government Coun- cil's fight for a University discount bookstore moves into a crucial stage today with a 2 p.m.-rally on the Diag fol- lowed by a march to the Re- gents meeting in the Admin- istration Bldg. SGC voted unanimously last night to "cancel" all University classes at 2 p.m. to gather maxi- mum student support for the Imartch. However, Vice President for , . Academic Affairs Allan F. Smith said the University has not sched- uled any such cancellations and indicated classes will proceed as scheduled. The Regents are expected to vote at 1:30 p.m. today on the creation of a University bookstore. SGC has proposed the bookstore be funded through the University and a one-time $1.75 per student tee assessment, approved 4-1 in a student referendum last spring Regent Nederlander that drew over 6000 voters. President Robben Fleming has suggested voluntary contributions and outside gifts finance the The Regents turned down th R e SGC plan 8-0 and Fleming's pro- posal by a 4-4 vote at their July meeting. Although the Regents will pre-stu d en store before the students arrive at their meeting. Council members believe an impressive student Student Government C turn-out will demonstrate to the debated the feasibility of cr Regents the depths of student store yesterday in a genera interest in a University bookstore. heated over the question o Some Council members have raised the possibility of disrupt- Ann Arbor bookstores. ing the meeting if the Regents do The discussion began a not vote for the SGC proposalthe iersiy b egsore Both SGC President Marty Mc- fit the University bookstorc Laughlin and Executive Vice Pres- ed into a dialogue on the r ident Marc Van Der Hout agreed competing with private boo] that if the Regents do not accept the SGC plan and 200 people are Council members and s willing to disrupt the meeting they er stressed that the Rege would urge people to disrupt. should be responsive to t "I will urge them to go in and desire of the students toe demand why the Regents turned tablish the bookstore. down our proposal," added Van Der Hout. Over 6500 students voted 4-1 However, both McLaughlin. Van a referendum last spring, in fa Der Hout and several Council of establishing a student disco , members seemed to stress that bookstore funded by a $1.751 any disruption would be contin- assessment. This proposal was gent both on the number of people feated 8-0 by the Regents in J there and on the mood of the A compromise plan submit crowd. by President Robben Fleming But SGC as a body was unwilling finance the bookstore throt to vote for disruption. Van Der voluntary contributions also 1 Hout introduced a motion threat- defeated 4-4. ening disruption if the Regents do Yesterday's meeting wasa not accept.the SGC bookstore ra ged by Fleming last week. See SGC, Page 10 ' iT R id lit aka I] lyon issue a 'P EMPOi ARYHOUSING: Possible dorm pledged by Fe solution ldkamp is t Regent Goebel hear views By TIM BRANDYBEIRRY The University yesterday an- nounced major concessions to students who have been living in temporary housing facilities since the current semester began. Housing Director John Feld- kamp released a statement an- nouncing the policy changes at the meeting of the Board of Gov- ernors of the Residence Halls. About 40 of the 126 students still in temporary housing attend- ed the meeting to protest the housing situation that has left them living in dorm cafeterias. study rooms and linen c'loset s. Feldkamp said there would be a reduction in rates for rooms converted to contain one more pjerson than they are programmed for. Singles converted to doubles will now cost $950 for each resi- dent. A normal double costs $1040. Doubles converted to triples will also cost less than regular triples. $860 as compared to $950. Both adjustments will be made retro- active to the beginning of the se- mester. Feldkamp also announced that, effective yesterday men in all res-, idence halls except Baits can terminate their. leases without loss of their $45 housing deposit if the termination will free a space for a freshman now living in tempo- rary housing, Students had demanded that policy be adopted over a week ago, but housing officials then turned it down, saying it would have no effecton the tempora'y housing situation. In announcing the concessions, Feldkamp also said there would be 97 spaces available in the Mich- igan Union and League for fresh- men now in temporary housing. However, a check with Union' and League officials last night in- dicated that at most 68 of those spaces will be permanent. Thirty- one spaces in the Union will be available only for the next eight days. Feldkamp suffered persistent; prodding by students present and even by some of the board mem- bers. They were not convinced that everything possible was being done to get the students out of temporary quarters. The students' dissatisfaction was partly neutralized by the con- cessions announced by Feldkamp, but skepticism still remained. iouncil members and the Regents eating a University discount book- illy cordial exchange that became of allegedly exhorbitant prices of round the issue of how much pro- could accumulate, but sidetrack- amifications of a University store kstores. ome students in the audience lat- !nts,, -_ h e es- 'ixon nanies lvr)usiness prof tunt fee 00 de- Ito econ staff uly., ted A University finance professor to h has been named senior staff econ- ugh was omist on President Nixon's Coun- cil of Economic Advisers. ar- Prof. Sidney L. Jones of the School of Business Administra- ote tion will 'be on leave of absence ent from the University to work under er- Paul McCracken, chairman of the is- council and currently Edmund HIGH RETURNS LIKELY St deni By DAVID EGiNER A student credit union, the first organization of its kind on any U.S. campus, has set up shop in t h e Michigan Union. With 660 members and $8,700 in assets, the young organiza- tion seems to be thriving. Student Credit Union Presi- tCredit est to depositors, but are unable to guarantee this. The first 40 loan applications were reviewed last night by a three-man SCU committee. The interest. charged on a loan is one percent a month on the un- paid balance of the loan. At present, SCU loans a r e l tt i~t1 to nfl zn. , 4. s C..r Unit*on man of the Student Consumer Union. "I wanted to put stu- dents in a better economic posi- tion." he explains now. After presenting his propo al to Tom Brown, the associate di- rector of the Office of Stident- Community Relations. Smith persuiadedStudent Government thrives last two men were named ad- visory members of t h e credit union board. The SCU opened in the Michigan Union Aug. 18. Why do students need a cred- it union? According to Smith. banks often fail to act as the service institutions they are meant to be. and fail to meet i to dat0 y'sI c t e t egentsi U not a Le aV " on either the SGC fee assessme plan or Fleming's proposal yest day. but. agreed to schedule a d