HRC AND THE 'U' See Editorial Page Y gut~i a A& 41P :43 a t I# IMPROVING high-55 Low-36 Fair and warmer Vol. LXXX, No. 44 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, October 24, 1969 Ten Cents Ten Pages Jlohn lSinclair Sinclair arraigiied Ill Detroit' White Panther leader John Sin- clair, curently serving a 91,2-10 year sentence for possession of marijuana, was arraigned in De- troit federal district court yester- day on a charge of conspiracy to destroy government property. Sinclair was indict ed earlier this month along with Pun Plamandon,j Jack Forrest and David Valler for' conspiring to bomb the Central a Intelligence Agency of f Li c e in' downtown Ann Arbor. Plamandon, who is still not in uhe government's custody, was al- so charged with actually bombing the Main St. office. Federal district Judge Thotna s P. Thornton did not set a trial date. which will be (lone by Judge Talbot Smith, who will hear both Forest's and Sinclair's cases. Approximately 40 Sinclair sl1p- porters, including Argus editor Ken Kelley, Sinclair's wife ,nd child and his brother, D x, at- tended the arraignment. They were all quiet duri i the' court proceedings but did 5 ssout leaflets outside the court room charging the state with conspiracy.' John Sinclair and Pun Pla- mandon . . . have been challrorged by the brain police of the state ...that is run by control acldi ,ts and they are out of control," ,the leaflet said. On the reverse side ,was a "Wanted Dead" poster of Valler, the fourth member of the alle fed conspiracy, who is the state's wit- nless. It was Valler who was convicted of marijuana possession last sum- mer and who wrote a letterl o youth, published by the Detrdit News, warning them of the da-t ge's of drugs, including mai- juana. Valler, who is now serving a termgin Jackson State Prisonon a narcotics charge, was' not named Js a defendant in the indictment although he was named as a co- conspir~ator'. U.S. District Attorniey Robert Grace has declined comment on Valler's role in the investigation. Vallery among a g'oup of De troit yout. hs charged several months ago in similar'bombings in the Detroit area. Lodge refuses to negotiate Remiains1 sl ent in atiswer to Hianoi (IeleOLIICs el iii PARIS (Y -- Henry Cabot Lodge took the unprecedented step yesterday of refusing to speak at the Vietnam peace talks. "You still s h o w no desire to engage in genuine negotiations," the U.S. ambassador told the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong envoys. "Under these circumstan- ces I see no point in delivering the statement I have prepared for to- day.' Lodge also said he held back his statement because he wanted to dramatize the other side', "uni- lateral demands" and "vitupera- tive langu e.' In Washtirgon, tine State Pe-' partment * oiced ics suppor: Lodge's decision, but it stiessed his action did not signal U.S. in- tent to quit the talks. "There is no desire by the United States to break off t n e talks," press officer Robert J. Me- Closkey told newsmen. "But we have been concerned and annoyed and frustrated that there has not been a more se'- iotus attemp~t for substantive Ile- gotiations by the oter side," he said. The State Department spokes- man said Lodge was acting "with- in his instructions" in not speak- ing, although the specific deci:- ion was made by the ambassador on the spot. Whether he would remain silent at subsequent sessions when the other side uses language deemed as invective "would remain to be seen,' McCloskey added. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, chief delegate of the Viet Cong's pro- visional revolutionary govorn- ient, retorted that Lodge's ac- tion showed he v'as seeking "to elude serious negotiations....and' showed the obstinate attitude of the American government in pur- suit of its policy of aggressicn in South Vietnam." A North Vietnamese spokesman said the move "proves the b a d faith of t h e Nixon administra- tion." The Soura Vietnamee delega-: tion spokesman s a i d it, was an "appropriate response" to the "es- calade of verbal violence" by the other side. See LODGE, Page 10 .-Daily-Sara Krulwi Protest So viet policy The committee on Soviet Jewry leaflets the K-Mart shopping center in Westwood. Larry Swa chairman of the group, explained that the commitee's purpose is to protest the Soviet Uni treatment of its three million Jews, and "to force the Soviet Union to grant concessions" to the Je IM CO)NiThVEIRSY-* SRC to study Upoics on lelvof-student fees se student ouncis Plans Viet referendum By LYNN WEINER Student Government Coun- cii last night placed the con- troversial question of control over the allocation of student j fees on the November election ballot. Precise wording of the referen- dum will be worked out at next week's Council meeting, but it was generally agreed that the thrust of the question Mill be whether students should have the power to either order or veto the use of student fees for University con- ei struction projects. The referendum relates directly to a proposal, now under consid- rtz, eration by the University admin- on's istration, which calls for the use s.of a recurring fee assessment of MS. "up to $15" to pay for construc-p" tion of two new intramural build- ings. In a related referendum, also approved last night, students will be asked whether SGC's 25-cent per student, per term budget should be raised to 40 cents. Under present University reg- ulations, the Regents and the ad- ministration have complete con- trol over SGC's budget. It has been set at 25 cents per student per term for 15 years.f A proposal which would grant Vice- students the right to approve in ffairs a referendum fee increases for far afted SGC is among sweeping changes in e f the Regents bylaws now under Te uild- consideration, however. last ni pre- A third referendum placed on milita But, the ballot last night will ask justice if students whether the United States itfrshould immediately withdraw all H well, armed forces from Vietnam. The credibi nem- Nov. 11-12 vote on this and the totally on as other referenda falls during the week preceding the nationwid Presid two march on Washington against t'ne ssion, war in Vietnam. New M rding j Students will also be asked to ice he they approve a five-dollar returnable T n the fee assessment to fund a student- stocka con- faculty controlled bookstore. The:wo w iding! question was placed on the ballot who w+ mural last week. tiny b In other action last night, ties al e se- Council declined to put on the demon o be ballot a current plan for creation apply of a student-faculty council to ade ya aca- govern the literary college. One the p e council member argued that the stocka zctlon plan was too weak because theI fellow um. LSA faculty would still have a d ident veto over all decisions. ts Pol fees levy is on use, boost By JIM McFERSON Student Relations Committee (SRC), the advisory board to the senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, yesterday set up a panel to investigate the ques- tion of levying student fees for v'arIious University projects, in- cluding a proposed intramural sports building. Originally, the meeting was to consider the specific problem of fees levied on students to con- struct two IM buildings - one on North Campus and the other on central campus . After discussion on several as- pects of the proposed IM build- ings, the committee believed its proper role would be considering only the question of levying stu- dent fees. Architecture Prof. Joseph Web- er, SRC chairman, said yesterday he would "get hold of two or three people on SRC" to form a com- mittee which would "initiate work on the general policy of SRC" on the student fee question. Technical problems concerning the IM buildings should be re- ferred to the committee with pro- per jurisdiction - in this case the Advisory Committee on Re- creation, Intramurals, and Club Sports, SRC members said. U' Hospital faces mirse shortage; to defer non-urgent admissions A committee headed by President for Academic A Allen Smith has already dr a proposal concerning the b ings which was to have been sented at SRC's meeting. there were no copies available morning, said Vice- Presidenl Student Affairs Barbara Ne The letter will be sent ton bers of the committee as so poss5ible, she said. The proposal contained points relating to the discus said Mrs. Newell, recommel that if the facilities a'e built, should be two structures o two campuses and that the struction of a chemistry bui be given priority over intrar facilities. The reasoning behind the cond argument appeared t that whereas the state will su funds for construction of an demic building, there would 1 funds available for construt of a non-academic gymnasiu Graduate Assembly Pres Bill Price and Student Go ment Council President Ma McLaughlin, student membe SRC, strongly protested thi rangement. "If the legislature will not support the physical educ programs which would be ca out in these buildings, we sr eliminate our physical educ programs, said Price. If sttident fees were levied, McLaughlin, "the Univ would be saying if the legisl w nt s p ot u nt i ul wntsuppot us in this ebis then you (students )will ha pay." A referendum asking stu whether or not they approv students' fees being used for versity construction projects appear on the ballot in the vember SGC election. -Daily--Jerry Wechsler Presulio 27 attorney Hallinan [aiman hits system military 'injustice' By TIM BRANDYBERRY erence Hallinan, billed as a "fighting radical attorney," ght at West Quad denounced this country's system of ry justice, calling it a barbaric system of military in- whic* ought to be scrapped, allinan called the military system of justice "an in- le system which can and does without any hesitation destroy a GI who stands up to it." allinan, a defense attorney for the soldiers in the lo 27 mutiny case and west coast co-chairman of the 4obilization, concentrated primarily on military injust- believed he had encountered it in the Presidio 27 case. ie Presidio 27 are a group of 27 soldiers from a military de near San Francisco<--- - -- were charged with mu- I y the military authori- fter they held a sit-inilled stration in the stock- Lrd last year to protest poor conditions in the d; dthekilling of a prisoner by a stockadesc e ud an described the conditions stockade as crowded, dirty, By JASON STEINMAN hmane. He claimed these3 J. B., a black boy born to By DEBBIE THAL A severe lack of registered nurses at University Hospital has forced hospital authorities to limit the number of patients admitted in "non-urgent" cases. James Norris, hospital director of admissions, explains that ap- plications for "elective" admission to the hospital-- where the refer- ring doctor believes the patient may come in at his own discretion --are being given close scrutiny. "We are now deferring almost all elective admissions," Norris says. Personnel administrator Joseph Augustine attributes the problem to a nation-wide lack of registered nurses rather than a specific problem at University Hospital. "There are just not enough nurses to go around.' he says. Agreeing with Augustine is Fred Steuwe, employment man- ager at St. Joseph's Mercy Hos- pital. He also says that he could use many more nurses. He claims, however, that the hospital is not "planning to close beds or limit service in any way." Augustine says a vigorous re- cruiting campaign throughout the spring and summer did not attract enough full-time nurses to replace those who customarily leave in August and September. The hospital can always use more nurses but the problem is especially bad now, says Augustine. One factor is the opening of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital this summer. The demand for nurses at the Mott Hospital coincided with the seasonal nurse shortage. Efforts-including advertisement in national magazines-are cur-" rently being made in a variety of ways to attract both registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Hospital officials are quick to point out that the shortage is not affecting the quality of care re- ceived by those patients who are admitted. "While the patient who is ad- nited will get the requisite nursing care *we simnply cannot admit all the patients we should," says Ed- ward J. Connors, University Hos- pital director. "As a result, all available beds - those properly staffed - are full." Connors says the hospital staff is "deeply concerned" about finding space for emergency patients. Cur- rently, 22 beds are closed in the thousand bed hospital. To help ease the strain, more than 100 part-time nurses are em- ployed at the hospital, filling Lhe positions of 40 full-time nurses. More part-time help is also being sought. Both Augustine and Steuwe say they do not believe that money is a problem. "Our salaries are competitive vern- arty rs of s ar- help ation rried hould ation . said ersity ature iding, ve to dents ve of Uni- will No- Ott Today' s i . Hallin in thes and in condlitia v -a .1 ""wC U1Utt 1V1J u. CSt jf1lu b. Ir.. 1 Ct,,.*y 'Imilitary stockade throughout the lower class parents October 22 Page Three country. may have dental treatment * Arab guerrillas attack Le- One reason, he continued, was only three times in his life, banon from Syria in retal- that the Army was not prepared aic hr t iation for a Lebanese army for the trouble it has received may be so sporadic t h a t he crackdown on anti-Israeli? from an increasingly rebellious sol- will die seven years before a commandoes. Al Fatah, the diery in the lower ranks. middle class backroudro B midde cassbacground. J. B. Arab guerrilla organiza- tions claimed responsibil- ity for the raids. A split has evidently de- veloped in the Justice De- partment over the validity of the draft delinquency regulations. i E t E Student-faculty groonisc The tremendous increase in may unknowingly b e n e f I t AWOL and desertion cases re- from this weekends medical cently has filled the stockades past symposium if its goals are at- capacity. "The Army instead of tained. providing better conditions, has tried to crack dawn when thase The problem of low income fam- ily health care is one of the ma- conditions cause things to ex- jor points of discussion of t h is plode," claimed Hallinan. weekend's medical symposium: ------- - ----- - - - - "Medicine and social responsibili- ty towards a n e w model of the J exam tes: physician.", ) f A LIUA pThe meeting will begin today at 1 at Dow Auditorium in Towsley " Center. The opening discussion at 1:45 will be open to the public. A . rricu l tr film at 7 p.m. in Towsley, "The community medical center," will the survey requirement, steering also be open. commnittee members are plan- Other movies a n d the work- ning to press for a wide range of shops will be closed to the public other curriculum reforms. because of lack of space. These include the substitution Both today and tomorrow's ses- of a 200-level literary criticism siont will open with addresses and course for the present poetry re- pane- dill ussen st oa dern n h quirement, inclusion of a 200- j panel discussions concerning the leenturse ininllectualhissocial responsibility of the doctor level course in intellectual his- and medical school to community tory and developme rogfa ju - health. Today, workshops will dis- England or Ireland. cuss such topics as the r o 1 e of Faculty members on the cur- medical education in social aware- riculum committee decline to ness, community health centers, ic ommit themielelin he qto rural and urban health problems. commit themselves on the ques-c. By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN A small group of students, with the help of some faculty members, is taking preliminary steps toward initiating a major overhaul of the English depart- ment curriculum. The thrust of current pro- posals for reform centers around elimination of the two-term literature survey requirement, and possible substitution of courses based on shorter periods sentatives on the ctrriculu'n committee. Miss Wineguest outlines a number of arguments against maintaining the survey courses. "Basically, the courses involve too much material done too quickly in a mass situation," she says. Don Lindrw, '70, chairman of the student steering committee, adds that the quantity of the material which must be covered forces the student to do "too .r: ,. _ v