Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 4, 1969 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 4, 1 969 CORRECTION Subscription rates for the 1969-70 Mich- igan Daily are $10.00 per year, $5.50 per semester. Sorry about the misprint in the Activities Section, page nine! A- - NOW PLAYING City simmers under Ha rris "The Nation's Finest Ensemble!" -Walter Kerr, N Y. Times in 3 Brilian New Productions Prior to N. Y.! Sept. 16-Oct. 26 PTP Subscription Office Open Now thru August 24 TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS 10AM 1 PM., 2-5 P.M. After August 25th DAILY 10 A.M.-i P.M, 2-5 P.M. MENDELSSOHN THEATRE Spersons un- COLOR.. eu.xe admitted NATIONAL. GENERAL CORPORATION United Artists OX EATERN THEATRES. 13 FOX VILLAGE 375 No. MAPLE RD. -7691300 CUnI.*nued Irolli Page 1) Thomas was supported by Prof.' Robert Beyer of the zoology de- partment, who is working on the recall of Sheriff Harvey. "The attack on the offices of the recall campaign is just the type of harrassment that the cam- paign is aimed at," he said. "Police violence defeats the purpose of the recall campaign." He called the campaign "the last legal attempt" available to citizens trying to end police har- rassment, and warned, "This town may blow up." Thomas added ominously, "We know what to do about it." But the blacks' anger with Har- ris because of Sunday's incident is more than matched by that of conervatives who feel he abdicated his authority in interfering with Sheriff Harvey's handling of the I street disturbances on South U. The outbreaks on South Uni- versity Ave. in June, which led toj 69 arrests and uncounted injuries, were the climax of the seemingly inexorable tension which has been developing in the community for some time. In the last few years Ann Arbor has become the home of hundreds of "street people," some of them' students or part-time students,I !but mostly full-time proponents of the cultural revolution. The street people center pri- marily around Trans-Love Ener- gies, a group of communes found- ed in Detroit in 1965 which moved to Ann Arbor to avoid "police harrassment." Members of theI commune form the nucleus of the more broadly based, politically oriented White Panther party. The goal of these groups, ex- plains John Sinclair, founder of Trans-Love and White Panther' minister of information, is to spread the cultural revolution through ' in the streets, dope and rock'n'roll." And on Monday, June 16, that is exactly what they did. After an argument between a policeman and about 50 White Panthers, the policeman withdrew, the bar-' ricades went up and 700 people- Panthers and high school and University students-had a party1 on one block of South University Ave. After three hours of fireworks, motorcycle stunts, d r i n k i n g, shouting and at least one overt sexual act, the Panthers dragged out a few brooms,. swept up the debris and went home. Not much had happened Mon- day night. One window was acci- dentally broken and the Panthers offered to pay for it. But no uni- formed police had been called in and the Panthers were jubilant, Much of Ann Arbor was not, however. The controversy over the street people had been getting hot- ter for some time, especially after the Democratic administration began allowing Trans-Love to sponsor rock concerts every Sun- day at local city parks. On Monday night, the hands of the police were tied by pragmatic considerations. The injection of a handful of officers into the "par- ty" would at best have done little to deter law violations. At worst a riot could have resulted. But on Tuesday night, spurred by complaints from four promi- nent merchants on South Univer- sity. some 300 riot-helmeted po- lice from five forces-including Washtenaw County sheriff's depu- ties -were mobilized and ready for any action they deemed necessary. There were about 1500 people on three blocks of South Univer- sity Ave. when the police arrived at 8:30 p.m. to clear the street. But it was not until after 2 a.m. that the last of the'street peo- harris about the need for strict ple" and students - angered by law enforcement and the city's what they had seen and experi- decision not to use police that enced-straggled home night. Harvey finally threatened Some never made it. Forty-five to permanently withdraw his aid people were arrested for conten- from the Ann Arbor force. tion i a misdemeanor) or, later in Less than two weeks later, the evening, for inciting to riot Harvey and Trans-Love were back (a felony). They spent at least in the news. After a Sunday rock that night in Harvey's County Jail, concert where laws concerning and those with meager financial alcohol, drugs and indecent ex- resources and high bail were there posure were allegedly broken, for considerably longer. Harvey vowed to send in his men The next day, Wednesday, the to "enforce the law." He criticized University agreed to permit a local politicians-Harris and City concert on the plaza in front of Administrator Guy Larcom - for the Administration Bldg. in an their "lax" law enforcement at apparent effort to take attention the previous concert. away from South University. To add to the troubles of the But when the concert broke up, beleaguered city administration, and police left at 11:30 p.m., the the Ann Arbor Police Officers street people returned and once Association-baigaining agent for more "took the street," blocking city police-agreed with the sub- traffic. Some 400 police moved stance, if not the wording, of back in, cleared the street in about Harvey's statements. an hour and left with the 24 per- With the concerts continuing, sons tney had arrested. On Thursday night, there were no police sent in. Instead, Mayor Harris went to South University himself and calmly walked; through the crowd of over 400 gathered at the corner of South Forest. He asked people to leave the street and go home. Although police had moved out to their staging area as soon as: Harris left city hall-without his knowledge or consent--they never moved in. After about two hours in the street, most of the people simply went home. The immediate crisis on Soutlh University ended that night, but: the claims of "police brutality" which resulted from the confron- tations, the growing conflict be- tween Harris and Harvey and the reaction of conservative elements in the community persisted. At a meeting in city hall after the tenuous peace of Thursday' night, Harvey reportedly ranted at' NO RIGHTS VIOLATED: Ploy it cool, kitten. Come to Marilyn Mork's. Huber probe request met in Internationa)/Hairstyl ists 548 Church Street--Phone 662-5683 Huron Towers--Phone 662-5685 AFl' ltA'i E SHUPt5 IN Pa~ris* London* Edinburgh *Tubingen *Rome * Montreal1 Continuted frnPage I1 The guidelines were formulated after the administration receiv- ed heavy criticism in August, 1966 for complying with sub- poenas which requested the membership lists of three student political organizations. Names of members of the or- ganizations were sent to the House Un-American Activities Committee. "Thereis no reason for alarm or hysteria with regard to the inquiry," said William Haber, special assistant to the executive officers. At the request of the Huber "What are the white o liti-I cal action groups on your campus, i.e., YAF, SDS? Which do youI feel are radical? Would you esti- mate the number of members you feel each group has. What parts of the Movement seem to be af- fecting your campus the most? Indicate which get free o f f i c e space from your institution. Are there other free services they get? -"We would be interested in any special procedures that you may have for dealing with student unrest, disorder, etc. if available." Fleming said he did not know, how the question on "radical" or- ... f NOW! Rent NOW!YOU CAN A ini Kool LIVE IT UP! With Your Own Refrigerator ... In Your Dormitory Room Now you can have cold liquids (pop, orange juice, etc,), ice cubes cold cuts for late night snacks, all right in your own room. committee, Fleming has named ganizations would be answered, but Haber, former dean of the literary said a statement noting that this college, to act as a liaison be- was "a matter of opinion" would tween the investigators and the be included. University. Haber is coordinating The president said he would per- the information-gathering pro- sonally review the repoit before it cess. was senti to the Huber committee. Both Fleming and Mrs. Newell He said he wanted to see what said the committee's inquiry did response his staff had written to: not involve requests for informa- the question on "radical" organ- tion about specific individuals or izations before he made a firm for the names of members of stu- decision on how this question dent organizations. should be answered. They also said that all the It was not clear yest4rday who materials sent to the Huber com- in the administration will draft mittee would be made public when the response to this question. Both they are compiled. Mrs. Newell and Director of Stu- The inquiry was initiated with dent Organizations Daniel Fitz- a letter to Fleming last month. patrick said they had not been Some of the more controversial asked to prepare any material on' topics touched on in the letter in- "radical" groups. volved the following questions: Haber was on vacation yesterday' -"What black-only groups and unavailable for elaboration on' exist on your campus? What is the procedures being used to; the name of your black student gather information. A Ilt h o u g h group for groups); estimate size. the Huber comnittee had asked that responses to the inquiry be' filed by Friday, Haber was not expected to return until the middle' of next week. Fleming said students had not been consulted in the decision to comply with the request for in- formation. He said this was not necessary because there was no conflict between the inquiry and the disclosure guidelines of the Office of Student Affairs. Staff members of Higher Educa- tion Executives Associates, Inc.- the group which is conducting the study for the Huber committee-- could not be reached for comment last night. Member of the Senate committee were also unavailable. The Huber committee was form- ed by the State Senate last Janu-, ary amid charges by some liberals that its work would constitute a "witchhunt." This charge has been denied strenuously by committee; members. The committee was mandated to investigate "the possibility of criminal conspiracy on university campuses, the strengthening of, state criminal laws relating to' breaches of peace on campus and the role of SDS as related to cam- pus disorders." The investigating committee was allotted a $50,000 working budget and was provided with a small legal staff. Members of the Huber commit- tee have said they will rely on voluntary testimony, at least in the initial stages of the probe, but this committee, like all legislative investigating committees, has sub- poena power. and with the growing antipathy felt toward Harris by Ann Arbor conservatives, an angry crowd of 400 American Legion members, Disabled Veterans and other cit- izens marched on the July 14 City Council meeting and demanded that the concerts be completely prohibited. Meanwhile, the "street people" have been having more trouble with the police. One of the foci of street people activity in Ann Arbor is the Whistle Stop, a small res- taurant off South University Av- enue and the only one in town open 24 hours a day. Early on the morning of July 12, three people were arrested at the Whistle Stop in a dispute over a table and chairs placed on the patio outside the restaurant. The incident began when Ann Arbor policemen ordered the res- taurant manager to remove the table and ch'airs from the patio where they had been placed for over a month without incident. The manager. Richard Gartee, said he was informed of no rea- son why the furniture should be moved. Soon, inure police showed up1 and ordered the sidewalk cleared. One arrest reportedly came when a woman returned from get- ting the badge numbers of the police outside saying "I got the pigs' numbers." She was arrested and charged with use of profane language. The incident incensed street people as did the forced entry made by Ann Arbor police and county sheriff's deputies July 12 at a house where an underground media conference was being held. Participants in the conference claimed the police and deputies ransacked the house without a warrant. Many students and street peo- ple are angry with the city ad- ministration for "not controlling the police," and for not following up on claims of harassment and "police brutality." The mayor has set up a commission to study com- plaints concerning the South Uni- versity disorder. but there has not yet been any indication that the commission is indeed functional. On the other side, the Ann Ar- bor right wing has taken on in- creased militancy and is pressing hard for the mayor's recall. With a highly vocal campaign and a wealth of local conservative sup- port to draw upon, the threat of recall will probably make it only more difficult for Harris to do much of anything without arous- ing criticism from the right or the left -if not both at the same time. I)Vlam- daft vice president for student services and the authority of the OSS pol- icy board. 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