RESULTS OF THE VIET NAM PROTESTS See Editorial Page Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom Iait4*4 CLOUDY High-72 Low-45 Possible afternoon showers continuing in the evening VOL. LXXVI, No.45 AN- -RRO- MV-.--- Wvnw nv rinm&J SEVEN CENT ni i rinnun lrli(illlkxMIN. WEDNENDAY ()CTORF.R. 2.0 109ti SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES 5 "Discover Widespread Use of Marijuana on Campus t... .. .. EDITOR'S NOTE: When po- lice began cracking down- on marijuana users in Ann Arbor recently, Daily reporter James Schutze began to conduct an investigation of the drug's pop- ularity, aided by two friends.- Richard Buhr and Walter Liv- ingston. They drew upon a wide range of local contacts, including marijuana u s e r s, prominent attorneys, student officials and medical authori- ties, to get the story printed below. Whether they know it or the authorities have barely gun the fight. not, be- Reliable sources indicate that there is currently -a hard-core ring of 200 users operating in Ann Ar- bor. They are all in violation of federal statutes :prohibiting "pos- session and sale" of the narcotic. Moreover, their influence, by ex-' ample and by actual distribution of drugs, affects an estimated sev- eral thousand young people here,{ including University students, non- student hangers-on and high+ schoolers as young as 15 years old. Although the police thus far have revealed few ideas about thel origin of the marijuana sold in' this city, informants with person-; al knowledge of the operation of the ring indicate that most of the drug is raised by students in a1 field outside Chicago. Some per- sons are also known to be locallyl growing the plant from which the drug is cured. Whatever the source, some 200 students in the "hard-core" mari- juana ring are "turning on" sev- eral times a week. For the un- initiated, "turning on" is the proc- ess by which the user becomes nar- cotically inebriated through deep inhalations of the , smoke from marijuana cigarettes. Often, the hard-core users "turn on" together at a special party by passing a marijuana cigarette. called a "reefer," around a circle like a peace pipe. Parties are not the only places which attract marijuana users, however, the informants report, "Just go sit in the MUG (Michi- gan Union Grill) any one night and you'll see a minimum of a hundred pot-heads (users) walk by," declares one co-ed familiar with the inner-core of users. One of the persons recently ar- rested by police scoffs at -the fig- ure "200" as a hard-core estimate. He explains that one building alone in Ann Arbor has 35 tenants smoking the drug. "More people in this town smoke pot," declares another of those arrested, than the police have ever' dreamed. The sale of marijuana, including among fraternity and sorority people, is getting to be so widespread that it's almost like bootleg liquor used to be." Perhaps the most serious rami- fication of the marijuana epi- demic here is the effect on high school students. During one -interview with a confessed user of marijuana, a 15- year-old boy sat near by listening to the conversation. "He's only 15," the user de- clared, "but he's hip to every- thing. He's a baby hippy." The boy received this description of himself with a modest smile. A prominent local attorney was not surprised to hear of 15-year- old "baby hippies" in Ann Arbor. He told of one case where a lo- cal youth had confessed long- time use of marijuana. "That kid came from a family as good as any other," the lawyer stormed. "He admitted that he had been using marijuana since he was 15. Now, how the hell do you get at the guy who was giving him mari- juana when he was 15 years old?" A graduate student and teach- ing fellow here concurs with the lawyer's analysis. During a recent visit to the MUG, he observed, "The teeny-bops (high school us- ers) were right over there selling to each other. They think it's twice as cool now as it was before the arrests." When asked his opinion of the distribution to minors, he replied: "It's probably good for them. They smoke pot because their parents have alienated them. I was smok- ing it when I was 15, and it hasn't done me any harm." The distribution of marijuana is a complicated task, involving, the informants disclose, the pro- curral of the narcotic from big urban areas like Chicago and De- troit. One informant named Chicago as the central source for the drug. Her reason: "I think a lot of peo- ple, well, uh, shall w say our most famous buyer, you know, has been known to make a couple of trips to Chicago." She adds that the Chicago marijuana, or "Illi- nois Green" as it is called, is prob- ably being raised by students. The police, although determin- ed to clear up the marijuana rack- et in Ann Arbor, are still inves- tigating the local situation. "Talk' is cheap" declares Detective Cap- tain Harold Olson of the Ann Arbor Police Department. "You show me a list of 200 names of users, and I'll do something about it. Right now we're doing every- thing we can to follow through what we have. You make one arrest, and that leads to two more, and that leads to a fourth. We are in Very close contact, by the way, with the University whenever a student becomes in- volved with us." Duncan Sells, director of stu- dent activities, confirms that com- munication on this issue between student and local authorities is excellent. He notes that "we were all ready to chip in and pay the bail of one of the students recent- ly arrested, but we discovered at the last minute that he wasn't a student." He issues a stern warning, how- ever, to students "closer to this thing than we are. If they expect us to cooperate with them then we must have better contact with Medical authorities also take a concerned view of the outgrowth of marijuana usage among young- er people today. Dr. Donald Schaefer, a psychia- trist and director of the mental health clinic of the Health Serv- ice, clarifies the user's justifica- tion that marijuana is not habit- forming. "Habituation and addic- tion are so closely interwoven in the makeup of a personality that it is difficult to make a flat state- ment about the drug," he ob- serves. "Marijuana is habituating rath- er than addicting. But if a per- son's on it for a while, he may find the need to stay on it." The doctor goes on to say, "I know marijuana is around, and I have obviously had people see me who are using it. We try to help them as total people, with regard to their physical and psychologi. By JAMES SCHUTZE When Ann Arbor police recently arrested five young Ann, Arbor residents for sale and use of mari- juana, they struck the first blow of a scrackdown on the sale and use of the narcotic. them." cal health." What's New At 764-1817 Housing Commission Approved In Referendum by Slim Margin Hot Line The reduction of undergraduate political science courses available to upperclassmen next semester was termed "a transi- tional problem" yesterday by Prof. Samuel J. Eldersveld, chairman of the political science department. Eldersveld answered com- plaints that the number of courses had been reduced from 15 this semester to 10 for next by showing that it was merely an adjustment necessary since a number of staff are on leave and there are "nuances in the time schedule." Eldersveld noted that the. department is increasing its staff yearly, and he urged students to remain flexible and not wait until their last semester to take a desired course. He. added that no further change or addition in the number of courses is foreseen. * * * * SGC President Gary Cunningham, '66, said yesterday that a group of students will seek SGC recognition as a campus political party at this Thursday's Council meeting. Although he said that he did not know anything specific concerning the group, Cunningham felt that it will represent a wide range of political beliefs and will confine itself mainly to campus issues. Of tlje five sororities which have not filed their ihembership recommendation forms with the Membership Committee of Stu-- dent Government Councilas of yesterday: -Jan Peterman, '66, president of Alpha Epsilon Phi, refused to comment on the situation: -Sue Bower, '66, president of Alpha Gamma Delta, said that her sorority will not be submitting its form; . -Jan Kaiser, '66, president of Delta Delta Delta, said that her sorority will only submit its form, under protest, when forced to by an SOC deadline; -Marty Blake, '66, president of Kappa Delta, said that whatever happens is up to her nationals, and -Janice Hess, '66, president of'Sigma Kappa, said that her house, in cooperation with local alumnae, has written a letter to the national organization, and that they will probably have an answer after a national meeting, which will be held Nov. 1. The Law School enrollnient this semester of 1113 ties the record high set in 1948. This year's student body, an increase from last year's 1072, includes 55 graduates of which 35 are foreign students, 38 women, and no Negroes. I reta p1 State Department sources have indicated that the administra- tion has on occasion been politically embarrassed by the publicl activities of some of the right-wing students who have taken part in administration sponsored programs concerning the conflict in. Viet Nam. ' Sources specifically mentioned a member of the Student Adt Hoc Committee for Freedom in Viet Nam, who recently partici- pated along with other students in a Washington forum on the t issue. Sources maintained that some of the students have exag- gerated, been over zealous, and at times been incorrect in their t discussions of U.S. policies. 209 Extra Students in Dormitories By NEAL BRUSS A influx of students into the dormitory system after the open- ing weeks of the semester has re- sulted in the quads being over- crowded by 209 people according to Director of Residence Halls Eugene Haun. Haun said that the new resi- dents include many students wish- ing to enter dormitories after be- ing dissatisfied with various for'ms of off-campus housing. Thus, many upperclass students have entered halls which were previous- ly under capacity, bringing total figures above capacity, he said. Highest figures of overcrowding exist at South Quad, East Quad, and Stockwell according to Haun. Students in these overcrowded dormitories retain the option to move to other, less crowded halls, Haun said. Crowding Haun said that it appears that students remaining in overcrowd- -ed accommodations were satisfied. Enrollment at Oxford suites and apartments was greatly in- creased when students from over- crowded halls moved there. Haun said that much of the interest in Oxford accommodations was cre- ated by current dwellers rather than residence hall officials. Moving The residence halls maintain a policy of not compelling students to move from overcrowded accom- modations. Furthermore, w h i1 e vacancies remain, they will offer contracts to University students desiring accommodationsrat un- crowded units. However, these contracts, like all others, can only' be broken for reasons pertaining to students' financial.or academic status, Haun said. -Daily-Robert Wiilmarth ANN ARBOR RESIDENTS are showns voting on the Housing Commission referendum which passed last night by a 400 vote margin. LOCAL SIT-IN: SProtestorsDefend Vie!Stand Indieates Reversal of Past Trend, Lack of Confusion Seen as Factor in Success of Proposal By BOB CARNEY Ann Arbor voters took an un- precedented step into the field of housing last night when they nar- rowly approved the establishment of the city's first housing com- mission. The final vote was 6530 in favor of the commission, 6136 opposed, in an estimated turnout of 51 per cent of the city's regis- tered voters. The 12,006 voter turnout was considerably less than the 15,000 figure predicted by Deputy Clerk Lambert H. Fleming. The outcome of the election represents a reversal in the trend of referenda over the last five years. No referenda on a major issue has passed during that time, and Michigan's last vote on this particular issue-in Kalamazoo- was soundly defeated.- Hathaway h Councilman -J o .h n Hathaway (Republican), spokesman for the proponent Federation for an Ann Arbor Housing Commission, said he was "pleased and surprised" by the outcome. Hathaway cited the successful education of the voters as the key to the commission's approval. Far less voters were confused about the issues in this election than were in the Kalamazoo referen- dum, he said. George Lemble, secretary of the Citizens' Committee on Housing which opposed the commission, differed with Hathaway's inter- pretation of the vote. He said that because of the short time period between the petitioning and the referendum-15 days-it was dif- ficult to give the total factual picture to the voters. "The people were given infor- mation less factual than we would - have desired," he said. Time Period Hathaway pointed to the time period as a reason for the small turnout-considerably lower than the Kalamazoo situation, where the interim period was over a month. Hathaway felt that the vote did not meet the city clerk's 15,000 prediction because "the efficient education of the voters ruled out the success of any emotional or scare tactics." Lemble emphasized the close- ness of the vote, which saw ap- proximately 48 per-. cent of the voters reject the commission. I COOK LECTURE: SDunbar ExamInes Negro Drive By R. LOUIS KLIVANS "The real issue in the Negro revolution is the very nature of our constitution," according to Prof. Leslie W. Dunbar, executive " director of the Field Foundation, in his first lecture of the 1965 series of William W. Cook lec- tures yesterday in Rackham Am- phitheatre. Dunbar, who previously super- vised research on the civil rights movement for the Southern Re- Negro revolution and its many healthy side effects such as a stimulus to re-apportionment and a new focus on poverty. ' Roosevelt He began his orderly recount of the march toward equality with the establishment of the Fair Employment Practices Commission by President Roosevelt in 1941. Dunbar highly praised the pres- idential term of Harry. Truman as a giant step forward in Negro which reversed civil rights pro- gress. He evaluated Eisenhower's show of force in the Little Rock crisis as "not a sign of leadership but an outcome of a lack of lead- ership." 'Southern Rebellion' Dunbar signified the 1954-1960 period in civil rights history as the "southern rebellion," result- ing in great part as a reaction to the landmark Supreme Court case on school desegregation, Brown vs Tonen i i i i 1 i t i t t i t t f The 39 persons arrested last Friday for civil disobedience to protest the war in Viet Nam re- sponded last night to the threat of federal action against them and to recent Justice Department al- legations that they and other pro- test groups are Communist orient- ed. In their statement, the 39 claim- ed that the allegations and po- tential action are "transparent efforts to divert attention from the real issues" of the "bloody, immoral and unnecessary war." In comments over the weekend, U.S. Atty. Gen. Nicholas deB. Katzenbach had charged that Stu- dents for a Democratic Society, one of the major participants in the weekend's International Days of Protest against the war, is Communist infiltrated. He indi- caed the Justice Department will begin an investigation. Monday, it was learned that the federal government is also con- templating prosecution of the Ann Arbor sit-iners for violating a fed- eral criminal code which prohibits interferring with the business of the selective service. In addition, there is the possibility that the 33 males who sat-in will face immed- iate induction into the army for' violating a selective service sta- tute, which is also directed at in- terference with the draft. Response The response of the 39 is as fonows weekend are Communists or are being led by Communists. We were shocked and saddened by these statements. Such transparent ef- forts to divert -attention from the real issues cannot change the fact that our government is propagat- ing a bloody, immoral and un- necessary war in Viet Nam. First, we can see no evidence for the claim that the government is in Viet Nam to bring democracy to the people. The government has, in fact, supported dictator after dictator, with no consideration of what the people want-only what the United States wants to force on them. It is common knowledge that, in the waging of the war to "liberate" the people of South Viet Nam, the United States is killing them by the thousands by its, mass jet bomber attacks. Times Reporter Jack Langguth, of the New York Times, who has spent the last year in Viet Nam, writes that in order to win the war militarily in South Viet Nam, the United States will have to kill two or three ci- vilians for every casualty suffered by the National Liberation Front. Many other people who have wit- nessed the war in Viet Nam state that a military. victory, using the present strategies of war, will re- sult in the mass annihilation of the South Vietnamese people. This is surely a poor way to give a country the gift of democracy. - Second, we challenge the sin- cerity of our government in its so-called repeated attempts to ne- gotiate with North Viet Nam to end the war. These attempts are clearly designed to force the North Vietnamese to admit their respon- sibility for the war-an allegation which has never been established. The fact that the U.S. is - trying to bomb them into submission rather than negotiating with the real combatants in the war-the NLF-is morally revolting. Third, by its presence in Viet Nam the government is following a policy of relieving nations of the. right to self-determination, a right which we demand so vigorously for ourselves. Many other aspects of the war are utterly unacceptable to sensi- ble and humane Americans - for example, the decision to begin destruction of North Viet Nam's food supply, threatening the coun- try with a serious food shortage; bombing and mutilation of wom- en and children who, if not kill- ed, are left in a state worse than death. Fourth,. the war in Viet Nam is having a devastating effect on the i American people themselves. The government, by justifying mass slaughter on the grounds that it is fighting the "interna- tional Communist conspiracy," is fostering an increased insensitiv- ity to the killings, torturing and mutilation of people by our sol- diers. We can see very little jus- tification for the benefits of the Great Society if they include the requirement that Americans must commit murder because their gov- ernment orders it. And, of course, there is no Great Society for those who are wounded or killed." STUDENT BOOKSTORE: Regents Frustrate SGC 'Drive By PETER R. SARASOHN local commercial enterprises. Tn F rPornnoA -ha nrrnmmoit4 r_ aren't truly Regents until they - na t a,. a n . nm n er a ., n n a n t .