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Vol. LXXX, No. 19 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, September 25, 1969 Ten Cents

Six Pages

_f.1 TRIAL

rotesters

SDS attacks
imperalism
By ALAN SHACKELFORD
An attack by defense speakers on "United States im-
perialism" and an appearance by University Vice President for
Research A. Geoffrey Norman highlighted last night's second
session of the CSJ trial against war research disrupters.
Lack of time prevented the judiciary from reaching a
verdict on the four students charged with violating a verdict
on the four students charged with violating an SGC ban
against disruptive sit-ins in last spring's recruiter lock-in.
The theory of "defense of justification" used by the
defense was reinforced by four speakers representing the
- general views of SDS.

locked

of

Ad.

out
Bldg.

By MARCIA ABRAMSON
Associate Managing Editor
Supporters of a student-run University discount book-
store planned a 2 p.m. mass meeting today on the Diag as part
of a new intensive campaign after a discouraging turnout of
100 for yesterday's rally.
The Administration Bldg. was locked shortly before the
noon rally and a police guard placed in anticipation of some
kind of disruptive action by students.
But only 150 students met on the Diag, and between 50-
100 remained in front of the Administration Bldg. when the
group moved there to consider possible action.
The students voted to postpone action and decide at

Citizens
hiold recall
meeting
By TIM BRANDYBERRY
Some 600 persons attended a
meeting at Ann Arbor Pioneer
High School last night to sign
petitions to recall Mayor Robert
Harris and six Democratic city
Councilmen.
It was the first pubhc meeting
of an organization called Con-
cerned Citzens of Ann Arbor which
began circulating recall petitions
following June disturbances on
South University Ave.
The presence of some 60 young
people in the audience who ob-
viously did not sympathize with
the Concerned Citizens' objectives
produced considerable tension and
animosity.
This group sat to one side and
heckled the speakers with slogans
and catcalls. During the Pledge of
Allegiance they stood up and
raised their fists.
Several confrontations occurred
between members of Concerned
Citizens and this group.
Jack Garris, chairman of Con-'
cerned Citizens, was the main
speaker. He asserted that Mayor
Harris and the six councilmen
should be recalled by the people
because of their failure to assure
"safety and morality in this city."
He cited the riots on the campus
and the growth of the "hippie"
culture throughout the city as'
dangers which Harris had failed to
deal with adequately.
Garris explained why his group
sent Black and White Panther
statements to citizens through the
mail.
"It was necessary to inform you
what your children were receiving
and what the White Panthers and
other groups like them stand for.
It was necessary to let you know
that the Whit( Panther State-
ment promulgated a diabolical)
political philosophy and that rock
and roll was the medium throughI
which they could poison and de-
stroy the minds of your child-
ren. '
Some people who attended said
they were unimpressed. Univer-
sity Psychology Prof. Marty Heil-
wveil said, "Listening to the tones
of voice of the recall people it
sounded like a moral crusade, a
holy war. And that's a scary thing,
because when people are into that
they stop listening.'
Constantine Novitsky, ward co-
ordinator for the recall c a m -
paign, was confident about the
campaign. "We'll definitely get
number of signatures."

"It's perfectly clear that the de-
fendents are innocent on both
ethical and moral grounds." said
Richard England on behalf 01
SDS. "I believe we should sub-
stitute as defandent Robben
Fleming, who is guilty of intel-
lectual dishonesty."
SDS members England, Tom
Anderson, and April Zuckerman
all cited various examples of what
they called U.S. imperialism. An-
derson concentrated on economic
imperialism and England on the
military, while Miss Zuckerman
expressed her view on the Uni-
versity's part in government policy
and imperialism.
"University of Michigan imple-
ments government policy," em-
phasized Miss Zuckerman,. "Stu-
dents only fill slots in society and
help to perpetuate the present
imperialistic system."
Anderson submitted as evidence
many articles and books concern-
ing U.S. imperialism, including an
article by Jean-Paul Sartre en-
titled "Genocide," which accord-
ing to Anderson, "does represent
the position of SDS."
Norman was questioned briefly
by Fred Miller of SDS. He dis-
closed that the defense depart-
ment sponsored $14.2 million;
wvorth of research at the Univer-
sity in 1968-69.
In questioning Norman, Miller
said he was "trying to bring it all
home, to show how the University
is part of U.S. imperialism in re-
gard to war research."
Norman questioned the tie-in of
war research documents to the
trial, saying "I regard it as totally
unrelated to the charges before
the court." He supplied a number
of research documents to CSJ as
evidence.
"I see no relevance in research
to military problems." Norman
added.
Other trial developments in-
eluded a clash over payment of
legal fees and the appearance of
Lt. Eugene Staudenmeier.
Defense Neil Bush said that the
University is paying the legal fees
of only the prosecution and not
the defense when, he said. "it
{the University is supposed to be'
neutral."
CSJ passed a motion to infor-
mally identify the University as a
plaintiff in the trial with a vote
of five in favor and one abstain-E
ing. It was decided that the ques-
tion would be discussed in detail
at an October 2 meeting of the
CSJ.
Lt. Staudenmeier was called as
a witness by the defense and ques-
tioned about his part in the re-
ci uiter lock-in.
He said that, he had "observed
a lot of bodies crammed into a
small area' at the lock-in, but
could identify only Fred Miller as
being in the area during the time
of the disruption. He could not
identify any of the defendants as
being involved in disruption ol any
sort.

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today's meeting what type of'
disruptive action should be
taken to demand the book-
store.
Yesterday's rally was called by
the more than 500 students who
interrupted last week's Regents
meeting to protest the Regents'
decision to create a bookstore run
by Vice President and Chief Fi-
nancial Officer Wilbur Pierpont.
President Robben Fleming yes-
terday said the building was clos-
ed because "we felt it was wiser
to close the building than to meet
and just argue." He attributed the
decision to lock t h e building to
"the experience of the last f e w
days" when students insisted on
taking over a building.

Black law
i
students
protest
By RUSS GARLAND
The executive committee of the
B 1 a c k Law Students Alliance
(BLSA) issued a statement last
night expressing "disappointment"
with the admissions policies of
the University law school.

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Studenscl1 onfrount locked Admn iistration Bldgt. in bIookstore' inarchi

Regents warn against disruption

By JIM BEATT'l"'E
The Regents v.ter(ay deplored
Student Government Council's
connection with the bookstore dis-
ruption of their Sept. 19 meeting.
and declared they will "not be
swayed by the kind of pressure
which SGC attenpted to mobilize
:n Sept. 19.'
The assert ioi made intihe
form of a lette to , SGC signed by
All eight Pe-cuts, cited SGC for
breaking its own baninoon disrup-
tions andsadS s "open pr'o-
-notingrandidvoain'of such
mecasures- ''tellraedoubts about
both the mat rur ity a_ )nd responsibili-
ty of the counl.''
Explaining the statement Presi-
:lent Robben FltitngD aid, '"T1he

egents ijust wanted the students
to know in no uncertain terms
that they would not be influenced
oy force and coercion.If there was
:ny notion that they could, the
Regents just wanted it dispelled'
right away.'' he said.
Action by the Regents had been
'xpected by student leaders, but
the students were still unsure of
the purpose of the letter.
''The sentiment expressed in the
letter was no surprise, but I'm not
,ure whether it was an attempt'
to scare people off or cut down
in the size of rallies," said Marty
'icLau hlin, SGC president.
'\(cLaughlin said he thinks the
purpose of the letter is to make it
asier for the Regents to defend

t heir decision on the bookstore and
resist students' attempts to amend
it.
"It is obviously in the Regents'
interest to say that they will not
change their decision, whether
they will or not, because they do
not want to change it,' he said.
'This just assures us that picket-
ing the administration building
and holding rallies on the Diag
will not change anything".'
"The pressure will have to be
relatively nasty to move them
now," McLaughlin said.
However. Regents say the only
reason for the letter is to make
clear their position that disrup-
Lions will be ineffective. "The pur-
oose of the letter is to make the.
xeneral position of the Regents

P l c (Cfolstrators skirmishi
in _f Lot of Clicago couro1use

,enerally known." says Regent
Rober Nederlander tD-Birming-
ham,.
"We welcome the views of any-
one anytime, and we do have pub-
lie hearings," he says. "We just
hope that all segments of the
:ommunity will continue to use
such avenues of approach.'
"We were just solidifying our
>osition concerning disruptions of'
neetings," says Regent Gertrude
Huebner iR-Bloomfield Hills), but
the letter really has nothing to'
:lo with the bookstoire issue."
"I.m sure that someone will re-
suibmit something, and I hope we'll
liscuss the bookstore again," Mrs.
Hleubner said. "But no one wants
a bigsnob scene--we've got to
settle it peacefully."
At the same time, others view
the letter as a warning that the
:isruption over the bookstore may,
gave endangered the students'
>osition in the negotiations over
Whe Regental bylaws.
Revision of the bylaws is sched-
Uled for consideration at the Oc-
Lober meeting of the Regents,.
when the Senate Advisory Com-
.nittee on University Affairs and
SGC will negotiate with the Re-
,ents concer'nint the future gov-
nrnmental role of the students at1
the University.
"The reason I'm sort of gung-ho
on the issue now is that it relates
to issues which will be coming up'
soon," says McLaughlin. "TheI
issme is no longer the economics
of the bookstore, but the controlI
of it which pertains to the Office 1
of Student Affairs and the Re-r
dental bylaws."E
But Fleming is not so optimistic!
abotit the dismrtption's affect on
:he upcoming negotiations. !
"The Regents are clearly upset
oy the irresponsible and immature
actions of SGC. and this may well1
affect their judgments of what i

CHICAGO A -A brie: melee
erupted yeste'ciray between police
and deiionstiratom's outside the
U.S. Courthouwe. where eight men
are on trial on charges stemming
from street disorders during the
1968 Democratic National Conven-
tion.
The 10-miute kirtnish broke
out as demonstrawtom's straggled
back to the area following a rally
in Grant Park during the noon-
time trmial break.
Inside, questioning of prospec-
tive jurors began in the first day
of trial proceedings .
Presiding Judge Julius J. Holi-
man, wane i the 250 veniremen on
hand not to watch television,
listen to riadio broadcasts or read
newspap-et' reports of the trial
pm'oceedini gs.
Earlier, the judg, who engaged
in several Ihunorous exchanges
with defense -lawyer.s deiied a

long list of motions submnitted by
the defendants who have dubbed
themselves The Conspiracy.
Meanwhile about 40 white de-
monstrators were taunting police
on Jackson Boulevard as the offi-
cers attempted to clear the street
so traffic could move. The youths
weme pushed from the street and
were getting back into it.
Then police began " swinging
clubs and bullhorns, and demon-
strators retaliated by pushing
police. Members of both sides were
knocked to the ground. One de-
monstrator was carried away by
police. Two policemen were in-
jured, apparently not seriously,
by rocks thrown by the demon-
strators.
Shortly afterward 100 helmeted
policemen were stationed at all
entrances to the courthouse and
the ranks of the demonstrators
thinned.
Earlier therV was a minor inci-
dent in which a small group of
youths dressed in khaki uniforms
bearing Nazi swastikas w e r e
pummeled by some of the demon-
strators.
Police quickly ushered off the
youths in the uniforms.
During the rally, Rennard "Ren-
nie" Davis, one of the defendants,
told the crowd "we want to make
it clear that the worldwide strug-
gle against imperialism is being
fought behind enemy lines, right
here in Chicago."
Before noon about 1.000 young
demonstrators gathered outside
the courthouse. About 800 march-'
ed around the building in groups
of four.
They chanted: 'Two, four, six,
eight. we don't want a fascist
They carried aloft a 10-foot ef-
figy of a golden pig. A few girls
wer' dressed as witches.

"We seem to be in this peculiar The text of the statement read
period w h e n everyone wants to ! "The Black Law Students Alli-
solve things by confrontation ance, relying upon a plan arrived
rather t h a n by rational discus- at by the faculty committee of
sion," he explained. Fleming said the whole, had anticipated 50
he was not reversing his earlier freshman black law students in
open discussion stand, but ex- the fall of '69. We are extremely
plained this case involves people disappointed that only 17 black
"not just coming in, but taking s
students are present

ality of the 1068 Civil Rights Act.
The trial is the first major test
of a provision of that act which
provides that anyone convicted of
crossing state lines to incite a riot
may be sentenced to a maximum
of ten years in prison and fied
$20,000.
The defendants are Abbie Hof-
man, 32, New York City, leader of
the Youth International party -
Yippies: David Dellinger, 53, New
York City, editor of Liberation
magazine, Rennard Davis, 29. Chi-
cago, organizer of the National
Mobilization Committee to End the
War in Vietnam, John R. Froines,
30, chemistry professor at the
University of Oregon; Thomas E.
Hayden. 30, a founder of the Stu-
dents for a Democratic Society;
Jerry Rubin, 31, New York City,
organizer of the 1967 antiwar
demonstrations in Berkeley, Calif.;
Lee Weiner, 29, Northwestern Uni-
versity research assistant in so-
ciology; and Bobby G. Scale, 32,
Oakland Calif., national chairman
of the Black Panther party.

over a building."
Fleming was not certain wheth-
er the lock-in policy would be fol-
lowed again.
Student leaders made an at-
tempt to recruit more demonstrat-
ors by returning to the Diag at
1 p.m. for a second rally. But
only a few more students joined
the group at the Administration
Bldg.
After debating possible action-
including sit-ins at the Student
Activities Bldg. or LSA Bldg.-
the group accepted the analysis
of Eric Chester, who said, "We
might as well admit that this de-
monstration is a failure, and go
from there."
The students then turned down
a proposal to wait for the next
See SUPPORTERS, Page 3
food boycott
organized
An ad-hoc committee to protest
local food prices decided at a mass,
meeting last night to survey prices1
and explore alternatives to shop-
ping in the campus area.
Prices in 12 small and six large
Ann Arbor stores and one small
store in Milan will be compared.
The committee will also consider
how people without cars can get
food if they boycott local stores.'

"From all indications the law
school did not comply with the
plan set up last spring. BLSA
will confer with the faculty ad-
missions committee, the special
admissions committee, and the
assistant dean of admissions to
determine the number of black
students who applied, the number
accepted and admitted, and the
reasons why less than half the
number of black students prom-
ised are in the freshman class
of '72."
The BLSA hopes to meet with
the faculty admissions committee
some time next week to discuss
the problem in a "conciliatory"
manner.
Contacted last night, Whitmore
Gray, chairman of the admissions
committee, r e s p o n d e d, "They
should know better than to put it
that way. It is true that only 17
blacks are enrolled in the fresh-
man class, but b~eing admitted
and coming are two different
things. This is no surprise to any-
one. There were black students
on the committee which did the
recruiting."
Recruiting of black students for
the law school was conducted by
an admissions sub - committee
composed of three law school pro-
fessors, two black students, and
Assistant Dean for Admissions
Mathew McCauley.
"There was no expressed dis-
satisfaction from any member of
the committee that anyone was
turned down who should have
been admitted," said Prof. Doug-
las Kahn, a member of the sub-
committee.
Both Profs. Kahn and Gray
estimated that between 40 and 50
blacks had been admitted.

responsibility they can expect Suggestions included renting bus-
ron the students," he said. i es, car pools and setting up store
Although Fleming did not sign fronts in neighborhoods.
the letter himself, he indicated Another meeting will be held
that he would "have to agree with Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. at the SGC of-
the contents of the letter and fices on the first floor of the Stu-
would endorse it." (dent Activities Bldg.,

RUSH ENDS FRIDAY

Quiet rush

p uzzles

fra ternities

By CAROL IHLDEBRAND
Rush this year IS a disaster.
Rush this year is NOT a disas-
ter. Rush LOOKS like a disas-
ter, but is NOT a disaster.
Both people in fraternities
and those who've never b e e n
near one are theorizing about
this week's quiet fraternity rush.
Some 1.050 imore than last
fall) signed up for rush. Yet ac-
cording to Gates Moss. presi-
dent of Interfratermnity Council
'IFC), rush has been going ad-
mittedly slow.

negative preconceived ideas that
t h e fraternity system is out-
moded.
Some say it's the sterotyped
image tagged on fraternities
that has caused the unenthus-
iastic rush. According to Sam
Zell, president of Zeta Beta Tau,
ZBT has had about half as
many rushees as expected.
ZBT. says Zell, has been hurt
by the image. He says ZBT is
'really just a nice place to eat
and sleep. We have no pledging
projects a n d no phony duty-

men are given makes them not
want a fraternity.
He also theorizes that the cas-
ual dress at rush has been det-
rimental. Before, he claims,
guys in dorms saw their friends
getting dressed up and this
made them curious about fra-
ternities. Now t hey can't tell
when someone is rushing and
they "don't get psyched up."
Some believe rush is better
this year despite the low turn-
out. "Only the really interested
people are rushing," says Fred

Meanwhile fraternities are left
trying to figure out if and where
they've failed.
Zell of ZBT is working
through IFC to bring changes
he believes will make fraternities
more appealing to Michigan
men. As a start, he helped in-
stitute the casual dress change
in rush.
In addition, he favors doing
away with time requirements
at rush, having an open rush
the entire semester, becoming

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