NDEA REVERSAL: BETTER LATE... See Editorial Page Y S irVAO ~~ait1i CLOUDY High-38 Low-28 Clearing in late afternoon Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 132 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1966 SEVEN CENTS TEN PAGES Literary College aculty Passes Resolution Asking for Random Draft Selection Policy Faxon Asks Conflict of Interest Law Proposed Legislation Result of Daily Article On UMI Relations I By ROGER RAPOPORT The state investigation into a possible conflict, of interest be- tween Regent Eugene Power and the University has resulted in the introduction of new conflict of interest legislation in the Michigan legislature. The bill, filed by Rep. Jack Faxon (D-Detroit) for the House Ways and Means subcommittee on higher education appropriations, would implement the 1963 Mich- igan Constitution's prohibition against conflict of interest. Daily Article The new legislation was largely the result of a story on Regent Power's business dealings with the University that appeared in The Daily last Oct. 23, according to Faxon. The Daily article pointed out four instances in which Power's firm, University Microfilms, Inc., might have been acting improper- ly, one of which was by micro- filming and selling doctoral theses without compensation to the University. It was also charged that UMI sold the University Library shelf- list without paying the University royalties, advertised the product without University consent and kept cameras in the Undergradu- ate Library for microfilming Uni- versity books without a rental pay- ment to the University. Faxon said he will withhold comment on whether a conflict existed in the Power case until the release of the Michigan attor- ney general's opinion. Kelley's Opinion Due The lengthy opinion was com- pleted by assistant attorney gen- eral Eugene Krasicky over three weeks ago. Attorney General Frank Kelley is currently review- ing the opinion, with release ex- pected shortly. Regent Power, who is president of University Microfilms Inc., and his attorney reportedly spent over four hours discussing the opinion with the attorney general's office in Lansing Feb. 22. The new conflict of interest legislation would apply to legisla- tors, state officers, and state em- ployes in the legislative, executive and judicial branches, including eductional institutions. Definition. Its definition of conflict of in- terest includes: -A situation in which an af- fected person together with his immediate family, stands to gain more than $1,000 from any con- tract involving the state or its political subdivisions. -Engaging in business while a public official in an enterprise in which he is director, general man- ager, or of which he owns a sub- stantial portion-either directly or indirectly. The bill would prohibit: -Use of confientialtinforma- tion to further personal interests. -Making of investments sub- sequent to acquiring the confi- dential information. Constitution The bill would implement a pro- vision of the new constitution that states that, "no member of the Legislature nor any state officer shall be interested directly or in- directly in any contract with the state or any political subdivision which would cause a substantial conflict of interest." * Faxon said that the Power in- vestigation "provided the neces- sary food for thought to formu- late the proposed legislative pro- visions." 'U' Investigation A University investigation con- ducted at Regent Power's request concluded last Dec. 17 that there NEWS WIRE Late World News DUBLIN, Ireland (MP-One of Dublin's most famous monu- ments, the Nelson Column, in the heart of the city, was blown up this morning. The monument has for years been a target of the outlawed Irish Republican Army and other anti-British groups. It commemorates Lord Nelson, Britain's admiral at the Trafalgar victory over the French in 1805. Both the Irish Republic and the six counties of Northern Ire- land, which still is part of the United Kingdom, have lately seen an upsurge in extremist acts. Tfhe IRA so far has disowned re- sponsibility for recent gasoline bomb incidents aimed at British institutions in Dublin and Belfast. But both governments have expected an increase in this kind of activity as Ireland nears the 50th anniversary next month of the 1916 Easter uprising, which led to the republic's independence from the British crown. Dean William Haber of the literary college yesterday, told a faculty meeting that plans for the proposed Residential College will be submitted to University President Harlan Hatcher and to Vice-President for Academic Affairs Allan Smith this week. The plans were reviewed by Haber and the literary college's executive1 committee. Details on the plans will be announced shortly, Haber said. Hotline Regent Irene Murphy last night dismissed as an "amusing rumor" reports that West Virginia University President Paul Miller was being considered to succeed University President Har- lan Hatcher next year. The reports, which originated in Morgantown, W.Va., quoted "the most reliable source in West Virginia" as saying Miller, former provost of Michigan State University was in the running for the position. Two national wire services, as well as newspapers in Morgan- town and Charleston, W.Va., carried the reports over the week- end. However, Miller issued a prompt denial, terming the rumor "an absolute fabrication." The Office of Admissions will sponsor its annual community college counselor-student conference today at the Ann Arbor campus. The purpose of the conference, says it schairman Ralph Ban- field, assistant to the director of admissions, is to arrange inter- views with students who entered the University in 1965, to ex- change ideas about waiys in which the University can better serve community colleges, to furnish information which will help prepare and guide students to be successful at the University and to report new developments at the University, At the same time, counselors from the more than 20 com- munity colleges throughout the state will have an opportunity to meet with students having transferred from their respective schools to the Univeristy in order to ascertain how the community colleges might better prepare their students for the University. In order to aid students in making a smooth transition to the University, a panel discussion is planned for the afternoon at the Michigan League to present basic information about the various schools and colleges on campus. Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court will be on the bench at the University Law School this week for the annual Henry M. Campbell Competition. Four student finalists will present final arguments before the Final Court (mock Supreme Court) at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in Hutchins Hall. Also donning robes for the law student competition will be the Hon. Clifford O'Sullivan of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Court; Hon. W. Wallace Kent, chief judge of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; Charles W. Joiner, acting dean of the Law School, and Prof. Robert L. Knauss. Students giving final arguments will be: for the petitioner- Michael W. Coffield and Kay Felt; for the respondent-Peter L. Truebner and Edmund B. Frost. The students, all juniors, are the finalists in the competition that has narrowed from a field of 32 Case Club members. The legal restrictions imposed upon corporate "insiders" in dealing with the shares of their own corporation is the subject of this year's competition. The clear deliniation of the rights and obligations of cor- porate insiders is an area of the law that is as yet unclear, says Prof. Knauss. Knauss specializes in corporate law and wrote the lengthy and detailed program for the competition. Vice-President for Research Geoffrey Norman today ex- pressed strong interest in certain objectives of the proposed federal automotive safety legislation, 'which encompass those of the new Highway Safety Research program under development at the University." President Lyndon Johnson repeated his demand for the safety act in proposing to Congress last week the establishment of a federal Department of Transportation. MICHIGAN BOWS TO FIR ED-UP STATE SQUAD CAZZIE RUSSELL (33) AND BILL CURTIS (25) of Michigan State battle for the rebound under the Michigan bucket. The ball, how- ever, bounced the Spartans' way as it seemed to all night and State raced on to an 86-77 upset win. COUNTERS JOHNSON PROPOSAL: Po elf f'0fersaEducation Bil To R ie-establish NEALoants By STEVE WILDSTROM A bill which would appropriatej $150 million dollars to the Na- tional Defense Education Act loan program for the 1966-67 academic year has been introduced in Con- gress by the Administration. Entitled the "Higher Education Amendments of 1966" the bill is sponsored by Rep. Adam ClaytonE Powell (D-NY) and would, in ad- dition to re-establishing the NDEA program, provide $453 million for grants for construction of under- graduate facilities and $4 million Office of Financial Aids source= for construction planning. termed "chaotic." In his January budget message,; President Johnson proposed that The confusion resulting from the administration of student i the proposed change lead to a loans be transferred from the number of protests from univer-, NDEA to a new program of' pri- sities, loan administrators and} vately - financed, federally - subsi- i members of Congress, requesting dized loans established under the re-establishment of the NDEA Higher Education Act of 1965. loans.' On March 1, Johnson proposed The proposal for the change in a message to Congress "an or- came with very little advance derly transition" from the NDEA notice to university loan adminis- to the federal-guaranteed program trators, resulting in a situation an "so that no eligible student will be deprived of the needed financial assistance." The Powell bill, known as H.R. 13174 was introduced the same day. ,Karl D. Streiff, assistant direc- tor of financial aids, called the development a "very hopeful and pleasant surprise." The NDEA appropriation for the current year was $179 million. The proposed appropriation for next year represents a $29 million cut. However, the federally-subsidized program remains in effect and' students may negotiate loans with private lenders (such as banks, savings-and-loan associations or credit unions) and the loans will be guaranteed a' d subsidized by the federal government. Motion Hits New Methods Of System Asks Administration To Seek Support At Other Schools By RICHARD CHARIN The literary college faculty, at their March meeting yesterday, passed a resolution criticizing the newly announced Selective Serv- ice deferment policy and calling for a system of random selection among college students for the military draft. The resolution calls for the Uni- versity administration to "take a position favoring a national policy of random selection within the group of all college students," and to take "vigorous steps" to align other universities in support of this policy and in opposition to the present procedures. Present System These present procedures of the Selective Service System involve the use of rank-in-class and scores on a special examination as bases for deferment of eligible college students. The sponsors of the resolution charge that the recently revised Selective Service policy "pen- alizes students from lower socio- economic strata and places a false emphasis on the mere attainment of academic grades." The resolution which was pass- ed differed slightly from the orig- inal version which was proposed last month. Its sponsors, who in- clude Prof. Robert C. Angell of the sociology department and four colleagues in the psychology de- partment, made these changes be- cause of the recently announced policy of the University to coop- erate with the Selective Service System in sending transcripts and class rankings to local draft boards, unless the student whose records were to be examined, ob- jected to this procedure. Original Version According to Angell, the orig- inal version of the resolution had called for the University to cease computation of student ranks in terms of grade point averages, and thus avoid the necessity for re- porting ranks to local draft boards. It had also asked that the Uni- versity refrain from lending its "prestige and support" to invita- tions for students to take the na- tional examination. This point was dropped, because of the University's announcement, and also because it was learned that many draft boards would dis- criminate against University stu- dents because their school was not giving out information the draft boards wanted. Faculty Angell said that by passing the resolution, the faculty of the lit- erary college had done their part and that now all they could do was wait and see what the admin- istration does. Angeli acknowledged that there were "not many precedents of a college faculty asking the Uni- versity administration to form pol- icy," and that he was not sure of what procedure would be fol- lowed, if any were followed at all. Angell Suggests Angell suggested that Dean Wil- liam Haber of the literary college would present the resolution to University President H a r 1 a n Hatcher, who in turn could give it to the Senate Advisory Com- mittee on University Affairs for action. Haber, however, contended that the "resolution simply requests that action be taken by the ad- ministration," and that the liter- ary college faculty would take no further steps to bring about a change in the administration's pol- icy. Smith Comments One administrator, Allan F. Smith, vice-president for academic affairs, said that he was "puzzled at what the literary college ex- Students Plan Campus Chapter Of tontroN By RANDY FROST Students at the University havej announced their intention of forming a local chapter of the W.E.B. Dubois Club-a left-wing, organization which has been ac-j cused by United States Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach of being a Communist-front organi- zation 'and whose national head- quarters have been the target of. recent bombings, The purpose in forming theI local group, according to Eric, Chester, '66, and Gary Rothberger, '67, is to "insure the right of a group that has been declared sub- versive and an agent of a foreign power to be recognized on a Mich- igan campus." There had been3 widespread speculation that the chapter at Wayne State Univer- sity would be banned - by the" school. Secondly, the students want "to A plan to set up the mechanism jfor administration of this program in Michigan is awaiting approval by the Office of Education in ministration's dirty little war in ever, that members of the organi- Washington. Viet Nam." z ation had no objection to Comi- The proposal to appropriate Yesterday, counsel for the club, munist participation in the club, funds to NDEA does not mean an Patrick Hallinan, stood in front He indicated that he was not per- immediate solution to the confu- of its shattered national head- sonally aware of any Communists sion over student loans, OFA quarters in San Francisco and said in his local chapter. sources cautioned. Loan applica- that a court challenge would Nowakowski said the purpose of tions will not be available until quickly be made of the move by the club was to promote dissemi- the situation becomes clearer, the Justice Department. An explo- nation of socialist ideas and alter- Streiff said. The funds will not sion ripped through the club's natives to the present syitem . . actually become available until headquarters Sunday, lessthan 48 and to protest the administration's Congress passes H.R. 13174. hours after the department's an- foreign policy. nouncment.There has been, according to nouncement. He said that he had assurances' OFA sources, some speculation as Meanwhile, Mark Nowakowski, from the administration at Wayne to why the NDEA appropriation chairman of the Dubois Club at State that the club could continue was presented in the form of an Wayne State University said last as a recognized student organiza- amendment rather than as a nor- night that a threat to "do the tion. Far from hampering the mal appropriations bill. One idea same thing" was received there. club's effectiveness, the attorney is that the NDEA loans will be Nowakowski denied that his general's charges has resulted in tied-in with portions of the High- club or the national organization an increased membership and ex- er Education Act, for instance, a was "directed or controlled by panding interest in the organiza- student may be required to par- Communists." He did admit, how- tion, Nowakowski reported. ticipate in the work-study program __ ___in order to qualify for a loan. An- .-. _ 113 Stuidents 2 Parties t show that Katzenbach's smear and -- - -- - - - red-baiting tactics just don't suc- jV ie f r C ocl S ce d n frghenn eol awayl L o ( ouncit beats from radical an danti-war move- ments," said Rothberger. Katzenbach, in a petition to the By JANE DREYFUS Smith, '67, will run again for a Subversive Activities C on t r ol council seat.# Board, charged that the Dubois Thirteen students have filed pe- I Two REACH members are of- clubs were "created and control- titions to run for Student Gov- fering opposition for the executive led by the U.S. Communist Party." ernment Council in the Mar. 23 j positions. Incumbent Robert Bod- Under the 1950 Subversive Ac- elections. REACH was the only one kin, '67E, is petitioning for presi- tivities Control Act, the board will of the student parties to submit a dent, while incumbent Neil Hol- other speculation is that students may be.awarded NDEA loans only after they have failed to secure a loan privately. None of these spec- ulations have been confirmed. The administration estimates approximately $34 million in re- paying onhoutstanding NDEA # loans in the 1967 fiscal year. These repayment funds are loan- ed out again directly by the uni- versities bringing the total NDEA funds for next year to $184 million.