UNIVERSITY VS. UNIONS: FAIR PLAY? See Editorial Page C, r S irFAO :4E aiii SNOW FLURRIES High-26 Low-16 Cloudy and continued cold with snow predicted by evening Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 121 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1966 SEVEN CE'TS EIGHT PAGES Reclassification of Protestors Helps Their Cause By ROGER RAPOPORT Daily News Analysis The reclassification of 12 Uni- versity students who participated in a sit-in protest against their country's policy in Viet Nam has provoked a nationwide controversy over the merits of using the draft as punishment. But overlooked in the furor has been the effect of the reclassifica- tions on the students themselves. Have the changes to 1-A status had the intended effect of dis- couraging student protest against the war in Viet'Nam? Today, four months after the sit in at the Ann 'Arbor draft board, the demonstrators sound convinced that the Selective Serv- ice action has actually strength- ened the student protest move- ment against American policy in Viet Nam. Public anxiety over the reclas- sifications has given the university protestors a new podium and wider audience for their dissenting views. Most important, contend the pro- testors, the controversy has re- sulted in many supporters of the war re-examining the wisdom of United States involvement in Viet Nam. "The government of this coun- try has been gratifyingly slow in realizing that attempts to intimi- date the peace movement merely strengthen it," Sam Friedman, Grad, said. Friedman, a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard thinks he has, "had a chance to give a lot of people a better understanding of my reasons for opposing U.S. policy in Viet Nam," through in- terviews with the press, radio and television. Eric Chester, '66, points out that membership in VOICE, the campus chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, has tripled since the sit in. "Students and professors I've never seen before in my life have come up to tell me that they are outraged over the reclassifications." David Smokler, '66, like the other students involved said that ' the reclassifications have merely reaffirmed his opposition to Unit- ed States policy in Viet Nam. "Many people have now begun to wonder if it is worth it to fight to preserve the freedom of the South Vietnamese when freedom in our own country is being sub- verted," Smokler contends. A curious public has been fed a more than ample supply of in- formation on the incident. In ad- dition to strong news coverage, the national television networks have carried a number of short features on the incident. The latest was a 10-minute feature last weekend on NBC where five of the stu- dents explained in depth their reasons for taking part in the protest. Editorials in newspapers rang- ing from the Wall Street Journal to the Los Angeles Post have de- nounced the Selective Service for its stand. A number of public figures, among them House Minority Leader Gerald Mord (R-Mich), Rep. Emanuel Celler (R-NY) and Sen. Phillip Hart (D-Mich) have denounced the reclassifications as an infringement upon the right of free speech. Locally more than $4000 has been raised by a student-faculty committee to finance the protes- tors legal defense. Moreover, the American Jewish Congress, and the American Veterans Committee have called for the resignation of Selective Service Director Lt. Gen. Louis Hershey. Currently Hershey is making a full report on the Selective Service in response to a request by House Armed Services Committee Chair- man Mendel Rivers (D-SC). The review was partially prompted by the reclassifications. Carl Oglesby, president of SDS, believes a major reason behind the success of the protest is that the demonstration occurred under. "optimum conditions for change." He said that the peace move- ment couldn't be more respectable and have better arguments and that the administration couldn't be less respectable and have worse arguments. "I think more people trust Ben- jamin Spock (a leader of SANE) than Lyndon Johnson. At least Spock helped them raise their babies," Oglesby said. "What has happened now," says Oglesby, "is that people have said to themselves, 'if those rascals are going to start the McCarthy stuff again, well this time we are not going to ignore it and be innocent bystanders.' As a result people look for ways to testify their outrage and are subsequently open to new evidence on the war itself." While the protestors are opti- mistic, about the impact of their demonstration, they are not equal- ly jubilant over their personal situation. To date only two of the the 14 students reclassified have won back their student defer- ments. Five others have lost their appeals. They contend that a United States Attorney General's ruling on the situation was carefully worded so' that it would have no effect on the reclassifications. A long appeal procedure, with a fed- eral suit against the Selective Service seems to be in the offing for the protestors. Still they indicate satisfaction over the results of their protest. "Because of all the fuss the gov- ernment has made about us, people have begun to wonder if we really haven't got a point," Ron Miller, '68, says. "Basically that's all we wanted to do-to arouse discussion and get people to think about this situation.'If we can bring this war down to the 'context of rational thought, I think people will begin to realize the mistake the govern- ment is making." __ -Government NEw ir dalPolicy Hit by' NEWS IRE Economist Hotline Ann Arbor Police dispatched three police squad cars and nine officers to the State Theater late last night after re- ceiving a report that a riot was in progress. Observers reported several hundred people were milling around the theater after having attended a performance of the Sir Laurence Olivier film "Othello." It was reported that 4 technical difficulties with the film's soundtrack had marred most of the performance. At least 200 persons remained at the theater after the performance ended in a futile attempt to retrieve their ticket stubs for a possible refund, according to an observer on the scene. About half the crowd received stubs, but police officers began to push others out of the theater, one of the theater- goers reported. Police officials denied that people were attempting to remain in the theater after the performance. Theatergoers were leaving in an orderly fashion when the police arrived, Sgt. Richard Hill said. Peter Wolff, Grad, and Richard Shortt, '66, have filed suit n U.S. District Court in New York against local draft boards 16 and 66. The students claim that their draft status was un- constitutionally changed after they took part in demonstrations protesting the war in Viet Nam. The students were part of last October's sit-in at the Ann Arbor Selective Service office. Both had appealed their reclassification from 2-S to 1-A by their draft boards, but had lost the appeal. Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler said yesterday he would have no further comment on the case involv- ing a disease-stricken girl who claimed to have had relations with more than 200 male students "until we know where we are and what the situation is." An investigation into the incident is being conducted by J. Duncan Sells, director of student organizations. Cutler indicated that the possibility of disciplinary action against fraternities and other groups allegedly involved must await further information on the case. The incident involved a 20-year-old girl who reportedly resided in rooming houses and fraternities for several weeks from mid-December until late January. During that time, she was treated at University Hospital for a case of gonorrhea. The girl was cured of the disease in mid-January, a spokesman for the Medical School reported. Sen. Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) has indicated that he thinks "the sentiment in the legislature is almost unanmious in support of Public Act 124." This act, which calls for the state controller to select the architect to design state college con- struction, is opposed by the University and Wayne State. Bursley noted that "ifthe University waits too long and the issue is not resolved, they run the risk of setting projects back a year or more." Appropriations for the University's Modern Language Building were rejected last week because of the Regents' refusal to comply with the act. A resolution commending state universities for upholding free speech died in a legislative committee late Wednesday. The decision closed another round in a week-long battle over whether Communists should be allowed to speak at state-support- ed universities. The controversy was sparked by the appearance of Communist theoretician Herbert Aptheker at the University, Wayhe State and Michigan State universities last week. The resolution, sponsored by 16 House Democrats cited the universities "for their staunch support of freedom of speech and the free exchange of intellectual ideas." The vote on the resolu- tion tied at 4-4. The literary college steering committee is accepting petitions for membership. The committee is a student advisory committee that meets with James Robertson, associate dean of the literary college, to discuss improvements that could be made in the col- lege, such as curriculum. The petitions may be picked up at 1220 Angell Hall. For interested students there will be an open meet- ing of the committee at 4 p.m. today in 1412 Mason Hall. Petitions Friedman Contends Welfare Results Contradict Intentions By MARSHALL LASSER >w:'> ~;<" ; tory where the government has A tried to promote the public in-u terest or aid a deprived segmentu of the population, the plan hast backfired to the detriment of the people, Prof. Milton Friedman of the economics department of the University of Chicago, said last night.o Friedman's lecture, on "good in- tentions versus bad results" in s government economic and wel-t fare policy, was sponsored by the. University of Michigan Libertar- ian league.- The same is happening today,. because the trouble with modern STUDENT GOVERNMENT COU liberals, the people who promote by Ed Robinson, '67, shown at le these programs, "is not that their ganizations into a committee on hearts are soft; the trouble is that their heads are." A NNBCImI Agencies Fail ARBOR II He illustrated his thesis with a host of examples of programs and' claimed-the ICC, the FCC, the kYtuden CAB, etc.-have invariably failed to advance the interests of theM consumer, but in fact have long since been working against them. ample, he pointed out that it has harmed the public by not letting By NEAL BRUSS competition run its course, com- petition that would have brought Students attempting to register down fares. for the April municipal election He attacked the minimum wage must prove themselves full-time and urban-renewal laws as hurting Ann Arbor residents. According to the very group they were designed Assistant City Attorney Fred S. to th erye poor. Urban renewal, Steingold, city officials interpret he said, destroys slums but builds state laws so that attendance at housing that the slum dwellers the University is not sufficient to; can not afford - which in t fulfill the residence requirements fcesnhepoorintonwslums of otherwise qualified students. orces the poor into new slums. Campaigns to motivate "eligible" Leaves Mistakes students to register are being The government only con- planned by Student Government pounds its mistakes by its inability Council and other politically-ori- to erase them. When a program is ented groups. passed that turns out to be a Student organizations feel that lemon, he said, 'nothing is done students should establish them- about it. selves as a group within the com- munity with voting power. sid Hewsus hisearicletalsbState Statutes shey lawssd hti exame:t bst However, state statutes hinder tbbeneihurt the small farmer formation of such a power block.; proabl hrt he mal frme IA statutory provision from th they were intended to help; and se Miian constitution ates: they definitely hurt the tax-pay- "no elector shall be deemed to ing public, have gained . . . a residence . He drew an analogy to one of while a student is at any institu- the more infamous mistakes of tion of learning." The statute im-' industry, the Edsel, and said that plies that if University students1 while Ford dropped the money- wish to register, they must estab-1 losing project, "if the government lish a strong commitment to re- had put it out, they'd still be pro- side in Ann Arbor beyond their ducing it." college career. Bad Deals Whether a student is a resident' Social Security and public sub- or not is determined by the cityI sidy of' higher education were hit clerk and his staff. The clerk is as benefitting the better-off at empowered to take a sworn affi-I the expense of the poor. He told davit from the applicant and then1 his audience "you shouldn't con to decide on his eligibility from poor taxpayers into subsidizing that statement. you." As to Social Security: "it Assistant City Attorney Stein-1 doesn't provide security and it gold said that the basic require-, compels people to buy a particu- ments for registration in Ann Ar-; larly unfavorable annuity." bor are United States citizenship,; 21 years of age, residence in Mich- The war on poverty was de- iga for six months prior to anl scribed as a "great heterogeneous election, and residence in Ann Ar-I mess of progress." In fact, "there is bor for 30 days before an election. not a single welfare program, with Residence Requirements two exceptions, which has not Steingold said that the decisionI -Daily-Thomas R. Copi NCIL, at a meeting last night, approved a proposal to lower the Michigan voting age to 18 presented -ft. Pat McCarty, '67 (right), also introduced a motion to incorporate members of existing student or- academic questions, which was tabled until next week's meeting. ts Must Prove Residence t Voting Requirements Defeat Plan For Housing Fund Slash Discuss Participation In Selection of New University President By JANE DREYFUS Student Government Council last night killed a motion to re- consider allocation of funds to the Student Housing Association's voter registration drive; then ap- proved in principle a proposal to increase student involvement in the selection of the next Univer- sity president. SGC also gave final approval to the newly-formed Inter-House Assembly, the product of a merger between Inter-Quadrangle Council and Assembly Association; passed a motion asking SGC support for tbhe current drive to lower the voting age in Michigan to 18, and postponed action on a motion which would expand the scope of SGC's educational affairs com- mittee. The proposal to review the allo- cation of SHA funds submitted by Steven Schwartz, '67, was in re- sponse to a motion passed last week. Last week's proposal was for money to be spent on a mail- ing of 13,000 letters to graduate students asking whether they had previously voted and whether they intended to vote in the forthcom- ing city elections. The mailing program is aimed at increasing student participation in Ann Arbor affairs, hopefully increasing the community's responsiveness to student needs. Schwarts asserted in his motion that mailing was "both costly, in- effective and inefficient. "The 13,000 students to whom SHA will address letters repre- sent little more than one-half of the students over 21. In addition, no attempts have been made to research the number of students eligible to vote. Nor have obviously ineligible students such as foreign students been eliminated from the sample." Finding out who dii and' will vote is meaningless for the pur- posed of registration, Schwartz added. Graduate students are the most fluid body; those going for their masters will be gone next year. This registration is for next year, and these things must be taken into consideration, he said. Attacking Schwartz's motion, Neill Hollenshead, '67, said, "Most of the points in the motion were simply not true." "For example, foreign students will not receive letters, there are not 25,000 students 21 or over and the SHA has made a great deal of effort to research the project as effectively as time will permit," he added.. The motion on ' presidential selection, submitted by- Edward Robinson, '67, was approved only in principle; its specific provisions will be considered next week. Robinson proposed that an outside consultant firm make a study of "the workings of the University" and that this study be submitted to the faculty, student, and alumni committees created by the Regents last week to advise them on the final selection of University Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher's successor. The motion emphasized the need for communication among these three.a