1# GERMAN ELECTIONS: POLITICAL MATURITY See Editorial Page Si tr 4Ufl 7E4i1 STICKY High-85 Low-62 More humid in afternoon Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 21 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1965 SEVEN CENTS it Housing Commission: Composition Key EIGHT PAGES actor By BOB CARNEY City Council's action Monday night creating an Ann Arbor Housing Commission was an un- precedented step aimed at im- proving the city's lower income housing. The five-member commission will be the first "authority-type" commission in Ann Arbor's his- tory. It will have the power not only to undertake such improve- ment as it deems necessary with federal funds-funds for which the city would not be eligible without the commission's exist- ence.. Also, under the state statute concerning municipal housing commissions, the body will have the power to "establish and revise rents" in its housing units, and to rent these units to low income families "at a rate within the financial reach of such persons.'" As implied above and stated ex- plicitly in the city's ordinance, commission projects must main- tain the basic requirement oA pay- ing for themselves. Significant Step The very existence of such a commission in Ann Arbor-not to speak of the considerable degree of autonomy allegated to this commission-is a significant step in alleviating the needs of the city's lower-income groups. Sev- eral important considerations, however, are as yet unresolved, and these will play a large part in determining the character and attitudes of the body. The first of these considerations is the area of commission-council relations. While state law has set down basic powers and duties of city housing commissions, the city's power of review over the projects of such a commission has not been outlined clearly. Accord- ing to City Administrator Guy C. Larcom, "the ,appropriation of funds, acquisition of land, the signing of contracts and the es- tablishment of broad policies it seems to me should be reviewable by City Council." The specific provisions and di- rections of such review have yet to be set down by council. Second Consideration A second important considera- tion is the direction such a com- mission will take in its early stages. That is, while there seems to be a general consensus of the council members that the crea- tion of the commission is a step in the public interest, there is byl no means a consensus as to what level of activity the commission should begin on. The liberal members, on one hand, are convinced there is no question that the need for low- cost public housing is an exten- sive one. They cite the testimony of citizens who have worked in- tensively in this field; the lengthy study of the council's housing committee, which urged the crea- tion of the commission; exceed- ingly high rent rates; several lax eviction laws, and cited numerous case studies of families in crowd- ed, unsafe and unsanitary hous- ing. At Monday night's meeting, women from HOME, an organiza- tion set up to obtain low-cost housing for Negro families, cited fourteen current cases of families unable to find adequate housing. Bunyon Bryant, president of Ann Arbor CORE, emphasized the need for immediate action to halt the detrimental effects that inade- quate housing was having on Ne- gro family life. Action Needed For the first group, immediate action is the most important func- tion of the commission; the need has been clearly shown. In the words of Councilman Robert Weeks, "The commission should move on with deliberate speed." On the other hand, it is the feeling of other city officials and council members that the need has not been examined fully enough; more research and pos- sibly a report would be 'their recommendation for the commis- sion's first order of business. For example, Councilman Doug- las Crary in a report issued to the council, recommends that the commission proceed slowly at first with smaller projects until the extent of the need here is deter- mined. Some officials also suggested that the commission should ad- dress itself to middle- as well as low-income housing and to low- income housing financed through private means. Final Consideration The final and most important' consideration concerns the actual composition of the commission as to be appointed by Mayor Wendell Hulcher and approved by the City Council. Councilmen are divided between two theories on the commission's composition: 1) that the body be made up of a cross section of Ann Arbor's residents-a representa- tive composition, or 2) that the commission be composed of citi- zens who have been especially con- cerned with and committed to the needs of the city's lower income bracket in relation to housing-- an interest-group composition. Councilwoman Eunice Burns im- plied Monday that she favors the latter type when she urged the mayor to apopint "dedicated lay- men, vitally interested in the field of low-income housing." Similar Position Councilman Weeks supports a similar position. He feels that while a completely representative composition might actually be self-defeating, at least one mem- ber should be selected on this basis. He emphasized, however, that all members of the commis- sion should have displayed not only knowledge of the problem, but also a previous commitment to its solution. Hulcher takes a somewhat more moderate position. "My primary criterion for appointing members of the commission will be that they be highly qualified in one or more aspects of the business of housing construction on behalf of the city. They must be dedicated to public service, responsive to broad public interest, and at the same time be understanding to- ward, and sympathetic to those who are in need of better housing conditions." The five appointments, along with amendments which might be passed concerning the two con- siderations discussed, above, will have a great influence on the ef- fectiveness of the commission. They are sure to be the topic of considerable controversy. ensions Ease on sian ronts What's New At 764-1817 Hotline Dr. Albert Wheeler, chairman of the Ann Arbor branch of the NAACP, stated Monday night that although the city admin- istrator's report regarding police compaint procedure was en- couraging, it was misleading. The "report stated that there had been very few complaints in recent months concerning police enforcement and implied that this was a sign of much-improved conditions. Dr. Wheeler noted, however, residents may be afraid to sub- mit complaints to a board made up entirely of city officials. He said that he was aware of several complaints including two cases of alleged police brutality and asked if another forum, possibly the Council itself couldn't be set up to hear these and future complaints before inaction added to agitation within the Negro community The executive board of the University Republican Club unanimously passed a resolution urging the University to aid SGC in establishing a non-profit bookstore on campus. The col- lege Republicans asked for the repeal of the 1929 Regents' ruling outlawing the use of University property for "co-operative mer- cantile organizations." Motorcycle regulations proposed by Councilman John Hath- away Monday night cannot be passed until thorough investiga- tion has been made by the City Council, according to Robert P. Weeks, University professor and city councilman. He said that under Council procedure interested individuals, including stu- dents, will be given opportunity to express opinion at public hearings before the proposals can be ligslated. The entire process should take several weeks, l and Weeks stressed that students should not feel legislation is being rushed through Council with- out their interests considered. The Office of Academic Affairs and the literary college an- nounced key administrative changes recently. Assistant Dean Hayden Carruth, head of junior-senior counseling, has been appointed to a newly created assistant deanship in the literary college effective Oct. 1. He will be working under Dean William Haber and Associate Dean William Hays. Tentatively named to replace Carruth as head of the junior- senior office is James Shaw who is currently assistant to Asso- ciate Dean James Robertson. Robert Sauve, currently assistant to Dean Haber, will become administrative assistant to Vice- President for Academic Affairs Allen Smith. Suave has been replaced by Robert Ledbetter, formerly an administrative assist- ant at the University's Willow Run branch. Paul Spradlin of the zoology department has been named administrative assist- ant in the literary college. The controversy over U.S. policy in Viet Nam has instigated two new student camps on campus. One group, The Conference on Viet Nam Steering Committee, headed by Arthur Collings-, worth, '67, has collected 1200' signatures in support of President Johnson's policy. These and other names to be petitioned in housing units 'through Friday will be telegrammed to Washington next week. Under consideration is a personal presentation of the message. The other group, The Committee to Aid Viet Nam, condemns present U.S. policies. Acting Chairman Stan Nadel, '66, empha- sized that the committee circulated a petition only to obtain 20 signatures required to receive University recognition as an organized group. They will maintain a booth in the Fishbowl next week, although the booth will be under the auspices of VOICE since the committee is not yet recognized officially. W iretap Many campus sororities have begun digging into the ques- tion of whether they will submit their alumnae recommendation farms-used to evaluate potential members-as required by SGC. The final date is Oct. 1. but only a few more than the five re- Bhutto in NY; Seeks Longer UN Deadline Pakistani Mobs Riot Protesting U.S. Stand Over Indian Dispute UNITED NATIONS (N-Paki- stan's Foreign Minister Zufikar Ali Bhutto arrived in New York last night and indicated he would ask the UN Security Council to extend the deadline for a cease-fire in the India-Pakistan conflict. The Security Council had de- manded the cease-fire go into ef- fect by 3 a.m. Wednesday. The council hinted at economic pen- alties and force if the combat- ants rejected the demand. The 11-nation council was standing by for a possible post- midnight meeting requested ear- lier by the Pakistani delegation. Bhutto Bhutto rushed from the airport for an immediate conference with U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Gold- berg, council president. He told newsmen at the airport he had not brought his govern- ment's acceptance of the cease-fire deadline. Instead, he said, he wanted an extension of the time. Indian Prime Minister Lal.Ba- hadur Shastri sent UN Secretary- General U Thant India's accept- ance idea of a cease-fire provided Pakistan went along, and India was given enough advance notice to communicate properly with its frontline troops. He made it plain New Delhi was agreeing to a simple truce without any conditions, including the disposition of the disputed Kashmir problem which started it all. He implied that Indian troops at present on Pakistan territory would stay put until suitable ne- gotiations made a withdrawal practical. The prime minister planned to make the position clear in a speech today in Parliament. In Pakistan yesterday, mobs at- tacked U.S. property in a wave of anti-Americanism arising from U.S. support of a UN cease-fire and President Johnson's announc- ed neutrality in the Kashmir dis- pute. About 10,000 demonstrators rip- ped a United Nations flag and set fire to the U.S. Information Serv- ice library in Karachi. Authorities dispersed the mobs and put out the flames. Outbreaks Similar, outbreaks were report- ed in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city. At the front lines, sporadic fighting continued. A Pakistani air force spokesman announced heat-seeking Sidewind- er missiles fired by Pakistan's F- 104 Starfighter jets, also supplied by the United States, downed an Indian bomber that took part in a raid on the Sargodha air base be- fore dawn Tuesday. He said the raiders did no damage to the filsm,,. aev isaatnn -Associated Press PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ZUFIKAR BHUTTO, left, and his aides arriving in Rome yesterday for a brief stopover on the way to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly sessions. SIGN ISSUE MUDDLED: APO. Will Not Bring.,Case'to JIC, China Says India Meets Ultimatum Peking Radio Claims Indian Army Destroys Its Own Installations NEW DELHI()-The threat of war between India and 'Red China appeared to have eased drama- tically early today, hours before Peking's deadline to New Delhi to dismantle military outposts in the Himalayas. Peking- Radio announced that Indian troops had crossed into Chinese-held Tibet and hauled down the posts the Chinese had demanded be pulled back. But India denied this morning that it has dismantled military installations on the Skkim-Tibet border as Communist China de- manded. "That is &bsolutely false," an official spokesman said in com- menting on a Peking radio report that the Indians had complied with Communist China's demands. "We have not cossed into Tibet and we have not torn down any- thing," the spokesman said. The latest Chinese announce- ment, issued by the official New China News Agency, said Indian troops destroyed 56 military in- stallations said to have been built in Chinese :territory along the China-Sikkim boundary. The Chi- nese said India pulled its forces out of the area "to destroy evi- dence." Pullout The Communists said India's pullout began Sept. 16. The report followed the Indian charge of Chinese intrusion into Sikkim. India branded the Chinese ac- tion as "premeditated acts of ag- gression and provocation" and urged Peking to "stop these mili- tary intrusions." An Indian spokesman reported early that Indian and Red Chi- nese troops had skirmished twice in the past 24 hours in the dis- puted mountain region and that Indian forces had retreated in each case rather than provoke the Chinese. Prelude? The dual announcements were seen as a 'possible prelude to a declaration by Peking that it had considered its demands on India fulfilled. The Chinese had threat- ened India with grave conse- quences if the demands were not met. The Peking and New Delhi an- nouncements came in the midst of worldwide diplomatic efforts to preventdthe fighting between In- dia and Pakistan over Kashmir from escalating into a broader war between India and Red China. China last Friday gave India 72 hours to dismantle 56 alleged mil- itiry outposts on Chinese-claimed territory on the Sikkim frontier. On Sunday, Peking extended the deadline another three days. The Fishbowl sign muddle took another turn yesterday, as Alpha Phi Omega President Rick Handel officially disclaimed any wish to bring charges against the Friends of Student Nonviolent Coordinat- ing Committee for putting up the poster. In addition, J. Duncan Sells, director of student organizations, said he had discussed the matter with the Co-Chairmen of Joint Judiciary Council and convinced them that there was no grounds for a case, even if someoie had brought charges against Friends of SNCC. Handel, who Monday was re- ported by Student Government Council and Joint.Judiciary Coun- cil members to be planning to take Friends of SNCC before JJC, charging them with illegal sign content, said that APO never had intended to bring formal charges. He said he felt there has been important "misinterpretations" of SGC's and APO's role in the mat- ter. Confusion But not only was there con- fusion about who, if anyone, was bringing charges against whom. J. Duncan Sells, director of stu- dent organizations, said yesterday no definite rule exists under which Friends of SNCC could have been tried, even if someone had decided to try them. What everyone has been assum- ing, Sells said, is that a rule ,..., whih n- a nr3I + 1 that th against Friends of SNCC. And so how Slid the confusion arise? Handel yesterday said he felt the confusion began when he first reported the sign's content to SGC officers. He mentioned that it seemed they felt the sign was illegal, assuming the existence of a rule enforcing coordination of actual sign content and prior stated intentions. When testifying before SGC, Handel said he had intended to only give the implication that the sign's content "may have been in violation of some rule." This was implied when SGC simply turned the issue over to JJC, but Handel said that this was never his opin- ion. Generally, Handel said, "the matter seems to be. one of a lot of people not knowing the rules they are operating under." Schwartz Steven Schwartz yesterday felt that SGC had only transferred "whatever complaints APO had" to JJC, without making a judg- ment on the validity of those complaints. . Both Sells and Handel said the entire matter pointed up a need for further deliniation of rules for the Fishbowl's use. Neither commented on what di- rection the rules would take, but Sells predicted action in the near future. The sign issue first arose last Thursday, when administrators met in a marathon session dis- cussing whether or not to try and remove it. Their decision was that the sign was in poor taste, but that it had every legal right to be there. . STUDENT WELFARE: UAC Backs Housing Forum By KATHRYN TEICH In the wake of pressing student economic issues, 'the University Activities Center Executive Coun- cil has requested a policy state- ment from the senior officers of the organization concerning its role as a student . organization and the possibility of sponsoring a forum for the student housing issue, Jay Zulauf, UAC's public re- lations chairman, said yesterday. Policy statements fcr UAC can only be issued through the presi- dent. The policy statement requested tual understanding of the prob- lems confronting all concerned. 'No Comment' James Kropf, '66, president of UAC, refused to make any com- ment on the possibility of the statement being included in a policy position to be brought out in the next week. The concern of the organization is with an objective presentation of controversial issues for the stu- dent body, Zulauf said. The two voices dissenting the motions ex- pressed concern that once UAC injects itself into any issue, it mnP n. rAM. -Minnnte vnuof, elected representatives of the stu- dent body, they nevertheless rep- resent them in the area of serv- ice. To deprive students of ob- jective information on vital is- sues would be self-defeating." The board postponed a deci- sion on whether to offer support for a third motion: "our organiza- tion supports the efforts of the Student Government Council to form a university bookstore. We believe the University should es- tablish a bookstore to provide stu- dents with books and supplies at the least possible cost."