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STUDENT VOTE:
Regents
reject
io autonomy
for
Dearborn
By SHARON WEINER
Students at the University's Dearborn campus have over-
whelningly voted down a special study committee's recom-
inendation that the campus become independent from the
University.
The results of a referendum held Sept. 18 and 19 show
97.9 per cent of the students voting oppose autonomy for the
campus and 88.1 per cent would go elsewhere if they were not
to receive a University degree from Dearborn.
The referendum was handled by the Student Referendum
'Committee in response to the
report of a student-faculty-
community committee estab-
lished last November by Vice
SPresident for State Relations
rp"C1 and Planning Arthur Ross.
rent stri ke
By JIM IIAK
B ERKELEY, Calif. (CPS)-
Hopes for a national campaign for
inure equitable apartment arrange-
mincts were enhaiced this week as
c B rkeley rent strike gainedj
szble student support.
Student groups picketed apart-
ments owned by the Values, Inc.
management firm in protest over
33 per cent increases. The com-
pany claims the increase is due
to tax reform legislation and "in-
creased costs of management"
Strikers claim the increase is not
j ustfied.
The trend in the Berkley strike
The report, currently under con-
sideration by President Robben
Fleming, recommends expansion
and autonomy for Dearborn..
"Although the committee was
asked to base its study on t h e
assumption that the Dearborn
Campus would remain an integral
part of the University, the Com-
mittee found no strong reason for
an indefinite continuance of this
policy," the report states.
On other issues raised in the
report, students:
-overwhelmingly approved
keeping admission standards, cur-
rently the same as in Ann Arbor,
at the "same high level" instead
of making them more flexible as
the report recommended;
approved expansion of Dear-
born's graduate program:
special session
By JIM BEATTIE
and IRA HOFFMAN
Almost 2000 students called for a general student-faculty
strike Monday at a massive rally on Regents Plaza.
The students, who first massed on the Diag '.t noon,
approved the strike instanding, cheering acclamation after
President Robben Fleming told the crowd that:
-The Regents "are unwilling to consider further the
original SGC bookstore proposal, and
-"They are unwilling to hold a meeting (to reconsider
the action of the bookstore
issue) under the coercive cir- S
cumstances that now exist."
Plans for the strike swung into
high gear last night as hundreds
of students combed the dorms,
co-ops, fraternities and sororities gy
to mobilize support, and printed
leaflets and painted signs at strike
quarters in the Student Activities lai
Bldg. and Canterbury House.
The three main organizing
tactics launched by 35 membersI By ALLISON COOKE
of an ad hoc strike coordinating
committee include a 40,000 infor- Attorneys for the 107 persons
mational leaflet campaign, a mas- arrested in the LSA Bldg. began
sive organizational effort among planning their defense strategy
students and faculty, and a fund yesterday as all but two defendants
raising campaign through the were released from jail on $25 ball.
weekend. About 10 lawyers so far have
donated their time to researching
Organizers plan to concentrate the case. Briefs are coming In
leafletting on today's football themcasrs e co inry.
game, Ann Arbor theatres and the from across the country,
Diag. The attorneys contend that po-
The coordinating committee also lice violated the protesters' con-
released a tentative schedule for stitutional rights by refusing to
Monday's strike. First, strikers let them be represented by counsel
at every stage of the legal process.
plan to picket the doors of 13 Police have charged the pro-
tatm obuildings begningat testers with contention, a misde-
8 a.m. and to continue through- meanor carrying a maximum pen-
out the day. . alty of 90 days in jail and $100
At 10 a.m., small discussion fine
groups will be held for striking fn t ilmettmro
students 1atb various locatin Defendants will meet tomorrow
around the Diag to discuss the night to lay the groundwork for
strike, the bookstore and other their defense. Monday morning at
related issues. Music on the Diag 8:30, District Court Judge Patrick
is planned from noon to 2 p.m. Conhn will preside over a hearing
The focus of the strike will shift nthe Universietyfet injunction,
at 2:15 to Rackham Auditorium, is thl inefct.
where a Senate Assembly meeting Under the injunction, three peo-
is scheduled to consider a faculty ple congregating anywhere on
position on the events surrounding University property can be ar-
the bookstore issue. rested.
Finhlly, an8kst.rallssAfter the hearing a preliminary
Finally, an 8 p.m. rally on the examination of the defendants is
Regents' plaza is scheduled to as- scheduled for 10:30, followed by
Tiro presidenits cn frmi t (c/iothier ((ibove)
Reg, pots Plaza r ll y (belhc) : strike in gear (rig/it)
i a major factor in determining indicated they desired greater
the possibility wur a nation-wide library and research facilities
rent strike campain Organizers umore than housing and recrea-
of the Ann Arbor rent strike tional facilities:
have discussed a national rent --Voted 193 to 134 to remain a
trik- conference to be held before two-year rather than a four-year
the new year. Ad hoc groups in institution. The Dearborn Cam-'
Madison, Boston, New York, and pus is currently one of the only
Chicago have begun organization schools in the country which offers
activity at the major universities "upper-division instruction," a
inl thoe cities. junior-senior level curriculum with
Organizers for the Berkeley a limited graduate school pro-
campaign include a coalition of gram:
"People's Park" representatives -Expressed satisfaction with
and members of the Radical Stu- the cooperative programs in engi-
dent Union, a quasi-political party neering and business administra-
on campus, tion. The students in these pro-
More than 250 persons gathered grams alternate terms of class-j
at the initial meeting for the room instruction with related
campaign held in a local elemen- ; work assignments in business and,
tary school basement Sept. 11 industry for which they are com-
The Berkeley rent strike has pensated by their employer,
been in the air for some time, "The students here want qual-
now, and landlords have wasted ity education but are tied to
no time in preparing for it. Spe- Dearborn by family or financial
ial "radical 'lause contracts" ties," explained chairman of the
have been amended onto many referendum committee Jim Van-
1<andard leases in the area for denBosch. "As the referendum in-
tall contracts. The radical clause dicates, we want the quality and
'mands the tenant waive certain prestige of Ann Arbor on the
rights under California laws pass- Dearborn campus."
ed in the 1940's that give the Although there is a definite
tnant the riglht to deduct rent need for housing (there is only a
to'use( in repairing housing code! 30-unit apartment building with-
violatIins, in two miles), he said the library
Adm~-tinistrators clamp
-Dally Photos by Jerry wechsler
down
sess the day s activities and to
consider continuing the strike for
another day.
Yesterday's actions began with;
a noon rally on the Diag, which
drew over 2,000 persons, to discuss
possible tactics in the wake of 107
arrests in the LSA Bldg, early yes-1
terday morning.
Peter Denton, one of the stu-
dents arrested, condemned Flem-
ing's use of police as a "flagrant
refusal to answer demands, flag-
rant refusals to use democratic,
channels."
Student Government Council
President Marty McLaughlin called
the bookstore issue "just an ex-
ample of t'- lack of student power
in the de,. ion making process.
"If Fleming and the Regents set
up the bookstore, it will be to favor
those interests they feel should:
benefit,"-charged McLaughlin. "If
the students set it up it will bene-
arraignments.
At the time of arrest, the police
set interim bonds at $25 per per-
son, to guarantee the defendant's
appearance at arraignment. At
arraignment, the judge sets a new
bail, which may be higher or
lower, to insure the defendant's
appearance at his trial. Lawyers
for those arrested expect that
People who want to help
organize the strike Monday
should go to the SGC office in
the Student Activities Bldg.
and sign up to work on com-
mittees.
A benefit dance for the strike
will be held today, 4:30-6:30
p.m. in the Mudbowl (corner
of South T and Washtenaw).
Two bands, Ormandy. a n d
Fuschia, will play.
as student
protests
increase
Other sections of the radical
areement sign over the tenant's,
rihts to strike or withhold rent
at anytime for almost any reason.
The 500-word attached agree-
neat also specifically allows the
landlord to increase the rent by!
10 per cent per month if rent is
not paid within three days of the
agreed date of payment.
was considered more urgent be-
cause it "will be unusuable, be-
cause of crowding, within six
months." Currently books are
stored in stables of the old Ford
estate, he added.
Over 76 per cent of the regis-
t (red students this semester cast
ballots in the referendum.
The number of students has
hy MARTIN IIIRSCIIMAN
Daily News Analysis
When 150 demonstrating stu-
dents entered the LSA Bldg. last'
February, they hung a banner out
the window proclaiming "Smash
requirements." By evening, their'
numbers dwindled, but they none-
theless agreed to stage a vigil in
the building. Four days later they,
left unnoticed.
When students invaded the'
same building Thursday, theirl
banner read "Student-run book-'
store," and by late afternoon their
numbers were also decreasing. But
then they were threatened with
arrest if they did not leave. Over
1500 demonstrators piled into and
around the building and those in-
side left 12 hours after they ar-
rived-via police bus.
Why were these two situations,
so similar on the surface at least.
handled so differently by the Uni-!
versity administration and viewed'
so distinctly by the entire campuss
community?
A niumber of the radical clause grown at Dearborn from 34 in
agreements charge "anarchists or 1959 to 777 last fall. Most stu-
other radical groups" with respon- dents transfer after completing
ibility for "bringing about the two years at adjacent Henry Ford
necessity for this precaution." Community College.
HELD IN CONTEMPT
On the whole, faculty members
and administrators see the Uni-
versity in a crisis situation-a sit-
uation in which the tactics of stu-
dent demonstrators have consis-
tently exceeded the bounds of
what they believe can be permit-
ted in an academic community.
President Robben Fleming ad-
mits that "occasional incidents"
have been tolerated in the past
without resort to the police, butt.
cites protesters' tactics of "un-
ceasing harassment" over the past
two weeks in explaining his deci-
sion to call in the police this week.
Fleming says actions like the
disruption of ROTC classes and;
the September Regents meeting,I
as well as the seizures of North
Hall and the LSA Bldg. cannot be
allowed to continue. "It is my
deep conviction that you can't run
a campus society with people
coercing each other," he explains.
Coercion, the president argues,
"is not a tactic which you can
hope to have in any reasonable,
university community. I think
that's why you've seen a notable'
hardening of the faculty on this
question."
Indeed, even professors who
have been most favorable to stu-!
dennts on campus ises P.XnrmsSe
objects to the tactics protesters -vh-t;ns"
used. After 30 minutes the crowd'
"I have some understanding of marched to Regents Plaza, where
students' frustration over the it started shouting "We Want
bookstore," he says, "but I don't Fleming." Denton and McLaughlin
understand why they went to the proposed a general strike Monday
lengths they did." unless Fleming promised to call an
"I was most upset by the vio- emergency meeting of the Regents
lence I saw students committing," to reconsider the SGC bookstore
Barritt comments. "The president plan.
was more than patient." Fleming, who soon emerged on
Barritt says discussions with the plaza, told the crowd the Re-
others who generally support stu- gents would neither reconsider the
dent efforts have indicated to him proposal nor meet Monday.
that faculty support for Fleming's "Then we have no choice but to
decision is virtually universal, strike," McLaughlin said. The
Prof. Joseph Payne, chairman crowd cheered, then marched
of Senate Advisory Committee on through the first floor of the Ad-
See FACULTY, Page 3 See MONDAY, Page 3
bail may be set at $250 Monday
As of last --ight, $1,360 had
been either donated or loaned to
a Bond Fund established to help
arrested persons avoid dealing
with bondsmen.
Jonathan Miller, vice president
in charge of publicity, said, how-
ever, "Our financial position is
deceptive. If ball is raised Mon-
day, unless we get more cash, we
will be unable to carry on. People
must give us more money."
Volunteers began making ball
arrangements immediately follow-
ing the arrests, and continued
working at the county jail into
the afternoon yesterday.
prwotest
serious," Wehrer s a y s. "It
should be made clear that sti-
dents were very concerned about
damage to the building and
about breaking any laws."
When food and drinks were
brought, for example, Wehrer
says the group made sure no
alcohol was in the building.
"Th a, P a rnimnci afra in
Chicago 8'
Byv JENNY STILLER only to
Siecial to the Daily tion, the
for the
CHICAGO -Four Movement lawyers they sho
who were preparing pre-trial defense mo- to form
tions for the "Chicago 8" conspiracy case A pet:
were ordered 'trirested for contempt of force Jud
rant for
court vestehrday by Judge Julius Hoff- trhe U.S.
man.
a ftei'noo:
lawyers arrested
Wehrer joins
help prepare the pre-trial mo-
'y were withdrawing as attorneys
defense. Hoffman insisted that
uld have been present in Chicago
dally present their withdrawals.
ition for writ of mandamus to
dge Hoffman to withdraw his war-
the four lawyers was denied by
Court of Appeals early yesterday
M.
with their present representation, con-
sisting of William Kunstler, Leonard
Weinglass, Bass and Birnbaum.
"We are satisfied with those lawyers who
are here," defendant David Dellinger told
reporters, "but we are not satisfied with
the absence of Charles Garry."
Garry, the San Francisco lawyer who
was supposed to head the defense team,
is currently hospitalized for a gall bladder
By NADINE COHODAS
"I felt I should participate in
the sit-in," s a y s architecture,
professor Joseph Wehrer - the
only faculty member among the
107 people arrested early yes-
terday morning in the LSA
Bldg.
Wehrer. known to students as
I should be more involved in
these issues."
Though he believes it is diffi-
cult - if not impossible - to
explain why he chose to be ar-
rested, Wehrer says, "I am fa-
miliar with the situation. At the
time I felt it was a good idea to
stay - I'm glad that I did."
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