HOUSING COMMISSION: VOTE YES See Editorial Page '- Y lflir 4IaU~l1 FAIR AND MILD High--Sdo Low-54 Slight breeze, warmer Wednesday Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOLb. LXXVI, No. 44 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1965 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT, PAGS .SEVEN CENTS ,JL4Allaa. i. a cauai ,7 Today's Housing Vote: Factors and Trends By DAVID DUBOFF Ann Arbor voters go to the polls today to decide whether their town will establish its first hous- ing commission. The question is put before the voters as a result of the petitions of the Citizen's Committee on Housing which were submitted on Oct. 4. The city council had in fact al- ready established the commission two weeks before, but with the consent of over three per cent of the voters, council's decision was put before the people. Since the petitions were submit- ted, the strategy and composition of the opposing sides have crystal- lized and four major issues have emerged. The first is the question of need: how need is to be defined, and whether it is extensive enough'to merit the establishment of such a commission. Secondly, is the council's con- trol of the commission sufficient? Third, what will be the cost of the commission to the taxpayer, if any. Finally, will the commission serve only i the present needy in Ann Arbor, or will it attract others of a similar situation to the city? The 22 city organizations sup- porting the establishment of the commission may be laboring under a distinct disadvantage as voters go to the polls today. According to Prof. William Gamson of the sociology depart- ment, the fate of the referendum depends upon the effectiveness of the proponent's campaign. Gamson, who had done studies of referenda in 18 New England towns, pointed out recently thatI the proponents' relative disadvant- age stems primarily from the psy- chological factors influencing the way in which a person will vote in referendum elections. Since the average citizen is interested in maintaining the status quo, Gam- son said, if there is any doubt in the man's mind that the referen- dum, is not completely right, he will be inclined to vote against it for security's sake. Thus, the bur- den of proof that the referendum is good for the community falls on those supporting it, while the opposition must merely create; doubts in people's minds. Gamson pointed out two excep- tions to this general trend. They feel fluoridation is probably a good thing. Gamson pointed to two possible causes for this discrep- ancy: that they were either un- certain, and didn't want to take the risk, or they knew people who were strongly opposed to fluorida- tion, and didn't want them to be hurt. A situation that closely paral- lels the current referendum in Ann Arbor occurred in the spring of 1961 in Kalamazoo. City build- ing and health officials had rec- ommended that a housing com- mission would be the best way to solve a need for low-cost housing which they termed "critical." Although virtually every major city organization, with the excep- tion of the Board of Realtors, of- ficially supported the commission, the opponents were able to get three times the number of signa- tures needed to bring the proposal up for a referendum vote. Six weeks after the commission was formed by the Kalamazoo city commission, the Board of Realtors was able to stir up enough doubts in people's minds for the commis- sion to be defeated by a 61 per cent majority. Donald H. Bouma of the soci- ology department at Western Michigan University in Kalama- zoo, conducted a survey to deter- mine the reasons why so many people voted against a housing commission, when most city or- ganizations supported it. Bouma, found from interviews of a random cross-section of the population of Kalamazoo that pro- nounced support of the proposal came from non-whites, college graduates, those with below an eighth-grade education and mem- bers of both the extremely high and extremely low incdme groups.4 Almost half of those who voted1 both for and against the proposal indicated that they were influenc-9 ed most by their personal opinions,{ subordinating the influence of the; extensive radio and television campaigns conducted by both sides. Most were not even awarel of the editorial policy of the newspaper, which strongly sup-' ported the housing commission. The most surprising fact thatj Bouma found was that practically everyone who voted realized that the Board of Realtors had an eco-l nomic interest in wanting the housing commission defeated, butj voted in support of the realtors nonetheless.' The Kalamazoo defeat has a great deal in common with today's election in Ann Arbor. Here, as in Kalamazoo, a wide cross-sec- tion of civic, religious, political and student groups have come out in favor of the proposal, and only' one group is actively working against it. The major issues of the cam- paign are also quite similar. In Kalamazoo, the people who voted "no" did so for three main rea- sons: because they felt that "peo- ple should help themselves, it's not my problem," that state and federal taxes would rise and that public housing would become "so- cialistic." These are among the major arguments against the Ann Arbor housing commission set forth by the Citizen's Committee on Housing in Ann Arbor, the group which raised the signatures to demand the referendum. Finally, as in Kalamazoo the opponents recognize the need for low cost housing but feel it can be accomplished without the use of federal ioney. Both in Kala- mazoo and in Ann ' Arbor, non- profit private organizations have been proposed to provide homes for sale at low cost, in the belief that by becoming home-owners the poor will gain self-respect and become self-supporting. Neither side has conducted cam- paigns as active as those in Kala- mazoo. The proponents of the commission, who have organized into the Federation for the Ann Arbor Housing Commission, are concerned primarily with bringing out the voters. , I ..".. What's New At 764-1817 Rig hts Act Ruled Unconstitutional Hotline Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler and John C. Feldkamp, assistant to the vice-president for student affairs, met yesterday with the Student Government Council's Committee for a University Bookstore, and received SGC's final report on establishing a University Bookstore. The committee had hoped for consideration of the report at the Regents' meeting Oct. 22, but it seemed unlikely, according to informed sources. They said discussion of the report will wait until the OSA has had time to consider the report carefully. Committee member Mickey Eisenberg, '67, said that "we will wait and see what the OSA does now." He pointed out that the committee had collected over 13,000 signatures and will give them to Cutler today. * * * * The University of Michigan Student Employes Union has amended its constitution to clnge its name to the University of Michigan Student iconomic Union. George Steinitz, '66, ex- plained, "Our efforts are in a broader field and entploye problems come under the broader title of economic problems." UMSEU decided unanimously to support the demands of the Stockwell kitchen staff in the sit-down dinner controversy there. The kitchen staff ask -that they not be required to work more than two sit-down dinners per month and, in view of the extra labor involved serving a sit-down dinner, that they be paid time and a half for their services. UMSEU will seek, through the National Labor Relations Board, to be the official bargaining agent for the girls on the condition that the majority of student kitchen employes at Stockwell join UMSEU. "The shortage of student employes in the residence halls continues but the situation is improving gradually," Eugene Haun, director of residence halls, said yesterday. Hit hardest by the shortage, West Quad is short 35 employes; East and South Quads are short 20 employes each. To alleviate this scarcity 25 non- students have been hired, though Haun specified this is only "a temporary measure." Several efficiency measures adopted to make up for employe shortage: Bus carts have been placed in dining rooms to speed dish removal, pre-sliced butter is used to free kitchen help and pre-processed foods are used to reduce cooking time. Haun attributed the labor shortage to the general affluence of University students and the abundance of scholar- ships and loans available. Leslie W. Dunbar will begin a lecture series Oct. 21 on the "Ascendancy ,of American Liberalism." He will be the fifteenth lecturer to give the annual William W. Cook Lectures which are sponsored by the Law School through an endowment given by Cook who also donated the William W. Cook Law Quadrangle and the Martha Cook Building. In the series of five lectures to be given Oct. 21, 26, 28, and Nov. 2, 4:15 p.m. at Rackham Aud., Dunbar will discuss various aspects of the civil rights movement. Dunbar is executive director of the Southern Regional Council and has supervised research on racial problems. Long Distance. University of Colorado students have been complaining re- cently that their school is being turned into a "diploma mill." Many feel that the sciences are being accentuated too much, and that the humanities are being neglected. These views were aired recently at a campus "Bitch-In," a meeting where anyone can complain about anything. Charges were made that the faculty was too publication conscious. Others also said that the- students were generally too apathetic. One result was the formation of the Anti-Big Time Football Committee. This organization would like to see Colorado removed from the Big Eight. Judge Hare Of Alabama Sets Policy Says Law Violates States' Rights To Set Voting Requirements SELMA MAP-An Alabama circuit judge ruled yesterday that the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional. Circuit Judge James Hare, rul- ing on an injunction request by the State of Alabama, held that the new federal voting law vio- lated the provision of the United States Constitution allowing the states to set up their own voting requirements, "so long as there is no discrimination," and also vio- lated the "equal footing of states" doctrine of the U.S. Supreme Court. Hare issued the ruling in gran-- ing an injunction requested by the State of Alabama through Gov. George C. Wallace. The in- junction asked that the court en- join the probate judge of Dallas County from certifying as voters lists of persons approved by fed- eral voting examiners. Selma Examiners The injunction referred to ex- aminers in Selma. The circuit judge held that the federal act, under which voting rights examiners have been sent to seven Alabama counties, vio- lated the doctrine that all states have politically equal footing since the law applies only to those states where less than 50 per cent of the voting-age population was registered or voted in 1964. The "equal footing" doctrine, Hare said, was applied notably in the tidelands oil issue of a few years ago. * * * * * * * * Student Lose Di Protestors May * raft Deferments Without Trial He ruled further the law en- ables the federal government to HOWARD JONES (RIGHT), until recently the American "inflict penalty or punishment on ment before his speech in Rackham Amphitheatre yesterday the entire population of the state without judicial trial for statu-! torially presumed past malcon-: He said the law also makes no provision for the right to appeal or remove the stigma of the law's" effect except through a single,s1 In holding that the law violates the constitutionally guaranteed right of the state to set its own By MARK R. KILLINGSWORTH Nationalism, Islam-moe voter standards, Hare held that nesians are Moslems - an the Constitution makes no provi- Howard Jones, who for eight munism have in the past sion. for universal suffrage. years until this spring was the Sukarno's political policy The suit in the Alabama court United States ambassador to In- he calls "Nasakom." Jor was not entered into by the fed- donesia,said here yesterday he that the nationalistic ar eral government. The petitioners was "inclined to doubt" that In- over 95 per cent of the pe and the defendant are all state donesian President Achmed Su- non-Communists, and thf officials. karno would be able to "paper of those are anti-Commun "I'd say this was just the open- over the bad splits" in his country He added later that a m ing round," he said. after the abortive Oct. 1 Commun- government could surmo ist cou. , 'Katzenbach: FBIWill Investigate Cutler Says OSA Will Not Release Names, Information By CHARLOTTE A. WOLTER Students who participated in last Friday's sit-in at the Ann Arbor Selective Service office may face loss of their student draft deferments and immediate induc- tion, according to Col. Arthur Holmes, director of the State Se- lective Service Board. In a. statement released yester- day Holmes said, "This is a nor- mal procedure that is always fol- lowed when there is a violation. We are in the process of securing the files of those who were ar- rested in Ann Arbor Friday. There will be an investigation to deter- mine whether there were any in- terruptions of the procedure of the Selective Service Board of Ann Arbor, and to determine whether there are any violations of the Selective Service Act. "If it is decided that there were such violations, the local board of each of these individuals will be requested to determine whether he is delinquent and to determine if immediate" induction should fol- low." William Merrill, chief assistant to the U.S. district attorney for the eastern district of Michigan, said in a statement yesterday that there were other possibilities for action open to the Selective Serv- ice. One would be to determine, un- der Section 462, Title 50 of the Federal Criminal Code and other statutes, if the demonstrators were "interferring with the draft," that is, trying to prevent others from being drafted, in which case, they could be prosecuted. Another -possibility would be to determine if the demonstrators had upset the normal procedure of the office or had destroyed files and records, in which case they could be charged with destruction of government property. Merrill also said that if any ac- tion were taken against the stu- dents, they would retain all rights to appeal, hearings and applica- tion for conscientious objector status. On the national level, reaction to lasqt weekr's demons tratinscame -Daily-Steve Goldstein ambassador to Indonesia, talks with David Steinberg of the history depart- y. Am bassadorJones krno -s Srn rka ' S gth1 st Indo- nd com- formed , which nes felt my and ople are at most ists. oderate lnt the ,ms with relative ease and make consider- able domestic progress. Except for Java, Jones said, In- donesia has relatively little popu- lation pressure, and her basically non-monetary rural economy has helped insulate much of the popu- lation from the swings of the country's economy. Even though urban areas have been hurt by the dwindling amount of Indonesia's exportI earnings and the cost-of-living in- dex has nearly doubled since Sep- tember,. 1964, Jones added, the country's economy is still stable. Now the chancellor of the Cen- ter-for East-West Studies at the University of Hawaii, Jones added that although not enough facts had become available for a final judgment, _ "a plausible explana- tion" of the unsuccessful Oct. 1 See OFFICIAL, Page 6 RECORDS, TRANSCRIPT. t I Committee Requests No Grades. In Residential College Marking Other observers have advanced a similar view of the coup's after- math, suggesting that Sukarno may have become the virtual pris- oner of the army while nominally keeping the appearance of being in complete authority. But even if Sukarno can tem- porarily resolve his country's po- litical conflicts, Jones added, "The basic conflicts remain, and some, day may break out again." Pennsylvania Faculty Objects. To Research on Germ Warfare country's economic proble itI By ROBERT SHILLER A moun o f acul tyimmhi-c a t Mann said that the ICR was working on methods to "poison not been resolved for the adminis- tration has failed to fulfill its im- Air _irri R f .nnu i i PC.ginnA.1 r.miYlCPling ref!orc3.q_ The I I three faeiujlt n mrmhcpic ,.ovl'fip,-i