VIET NAM BLOOD DRIVE See Editorial Page 414tr t ogan :4Ia it33 COLDER High-44 Low-30 Cloudy, windy, with a chance of flurries I Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 146 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES 'U' Students Voting Right Reaffirmed * Cutler Responds to Brinkerhoff Letter To City Republicans By CLARENCE FANTO Acting Managing Editor Vice-President for Student Af- fairs Richard L. Cutler last night reaffirmed the University's posi- tion favoring student participation in city elections, as long as they, meet slegal registration require- ments. Cutler's statement came in a response to a letter distributed to Republican voters by James Brink- erhoff, director of plant expansion in the Office of Business and Fi- nance. Brinkerhoff, campaign * chairman for 2nd -Ward Republi- can City Council candidate James Riecker. In the letter, Brinker- hoff voiced fears that students might "steal the election" because many of them registered for the first time this year. Cutler said: "Mr. Brinkerhoff's statement does not represent an official po- sition of the University. Any stu- dent who meets the legal require- ments for registration has the same right to vote as any other citizen." The Brinkerhoff letter urged all Republicans to vote, even by ab- sentee ballot if necessary, because of the heavy student registration in the ward. "Lest non-residents steal the April 4 election, every effort must be made to support our outstand- ing candidate for City Council.. ." Vice-President for Business and Finance Wilbur K. Pierpont de- clined to repudiate the statement made in the letter, but he empha- sized the statement was made by Brinkerhoff in his role as a pri- vate citizen rather than a Univer- sity official. Pierpont said "any citizen has the right to express his views as a citizen." He added that he did not agree that Brinkerhoff's statement might be interpreted as being in conflict with the University posi- tion favoring voting by legally qualified students. Democratic 2nd Ward candidate Dean Douthat expressed shock that "Brinkerhoff could reflect this kind of attitude about stu- dents for whose welfare he's sup- posed to be looking out. Most stu- dent voters are graduates, many of whom have been in Ann Arbor for six years." "This is a terribly divisive let- ter which pits class against class and implies a 'second-class citizen- ship' attitude toward students," Douthat said. Riecker, the Republican candi- date, is an officer of the Ann Ar- bor Bank. "Is he willing to accept the de- posits but deny the voting rights of certain qualified voters? Is he willing to finance construction of housing for some qualified voters as long as those voters have no voice in the zoning and building codes which affect their hous- ing?" Douthat asked. Riecker contended that he had "tried to encourage people to vote who were legally entitled to do so." He argued, however, that the vote in itself is not the answer to the problem of student grievances. He urged that attempts should be made to work through the Univer- sity to create better housing con- ditions "through a larger supply, which would increase competition and reduce prices. "After all, the University is re- sponsible for you people," he said. NEWS WIRE UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS will probably not be cut by the Senate Appropriations Committee, according to a highly-placed Lansing source. He indicated that the University will probably receive more funds than the amount recommended by Gov. George Romney. There is no indication what action the House Appropriations Committee will take, but in the past the group has been more liberal on appropriations requests than the Senate committee. Hearings on the University's appropriations will begin next week in the Senate. According to a Senate source, "We are dis- gusted with the University's tuition increase coming on the heels of the highest appropriation ever, but I don't see how the interests of higher education would be served by an appropriation decrease." $194,200 IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTS have been awarded to the University for financially needy students, Rep. Weston E. Vivian (D-Mich) announced yesterday. The grants will go to an estimated 340 students who "would not, but for the grants, be financially able to attend college and who show evi- dence of academic or creative promise." To qualify for the award, the students must be accepted for enrollment as full-time undergraduates or already be enrolled and in good standing as undergraduates. UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT HARLAN HATCHER will par- ticipate in the inauguration of Roger W. Heyns as chancellor of the Berkeley campus of the University of California tomorrow. Hatcher will speak on behalf of the Association of American Universities, of which he is immediate past president, and will offer congratulations to Heyns who was until last August vice- president for academic affairs at the University. FULL-TIME STUDENTS SEEKING a continuation of their Selective Service deferment must carry enough work to qualify then for graduation in the usual length of time, draft officials have told college representatives. Twelve hours per term is com- monly accepted as the minimal level of a full-time student. There have been reports recently that students would be required to complete 30 credit hours each calendar year in order to retain 2-S deferments. According to the American Council on Education, there is no such specific stipulation as long as the student graduates in the normal four-year period. Thus, a stu- dent who carries 35 credit hours one year and 25 hours the next year would still be considered a full-time student as long as his date of graduation remains unchanged. A MARCH FROM ANN ARBOR TO DETROIT is planned as part of the International Days of Protest, March 25-26. 10 to 15 University students plan to leave about noon tomorrow and arrive in Detroit at 4:00 Saturday to join the march down Woodward Ave. to Cobo Hall. The Detroit Committee to End the War in Viet Nam is co-ordinating the march with the picketing of Cobo Hall, where the Democratic party is holding its Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. At 8:00 Saturday night, Thomas Hayden, founder of Students for a Democratic Society and former Daily editor, will speak to the participants in front of Cobo Hall. SENATOR PHILIP HART WILL SPEAK at a rally April 1 at 3:15 p.m. in Aud. A of Angell Hall, sponsored by the student legal defense committee on "Dissent and the Draft." Hart, along with Regent Irene Murphy and Prof. Ross Wilhelm will discuss the Selective Service reclassification of ten-University students and the validity of current Selective Service policies. * * * * IF A $375 MILLION ATOM SMASHER is awarded to Ann Arbor, the community stands to gain about $540 million a year in extra business, Washington economists predicted yesterday. The list of potential sites for the nuclear complex was narrowed this week to six, including Ann Arbor. Meanwhile, Prof. Lawrence Jones of the physics department urged that Congress provide the necessary funds to get the facility started. He and other high energy physicists have worked and studied with each of the two design groups who proposed the 200-billion electron volt accelerator. Jones said he hoped the Atomic Engery Commission would select a final site on the basis of two major criteria: quality of the community as a place for family living and the excellence of the nearby academic institution. He said physicists agree the giant facility should be built."promptly." * * * * ENDORSEMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS for eight stu- dents to serve on the Student Committee on Presidential Selec- tion was given yesterday by Graduate Student Council. Student Government Council has yet to act on the recommendations which were announced Monday, but it is scheduled to act at a meeting tonight.I Robinson Defeats In SGC Presidenti4 Bodkin al Race Wins Ps With 3, to 2 Advantage REACH Candidates Take Majority of Six Council Positions By LAURENCE MEDOW and SUSAN SCHNEPP Edward Robinson, '67, won a smashing victory last night over REACH candidate Robert Bodkin, '67E, in the Student Government Council presidency election. Robinson and his running mate, Cindy Sampson, '69, ran up more than a three-to-two margin over Bodkin and Neill Hollenshead, '67, REACH vice-presidential candi- date. REACH candidates, however, achieved the top three positions omas R. Copi in the contest for five one-year Union. The terms on SGC. ce-president Fred Smith, '67, led the group with Dick Wingfield, '67, and Marg Asman, '68, running close behind. eBob Smith, '68, an independent IB ? candidate, wonthe fourth seat while incumbent Ruth Baumann, running on the SCOPE ticket, took, the fifth position. Michael Dean, '67, fourth can- didate on the REACH slate, came in sixth. He will fill the seat vacated by Robinson, serving until ,1 as each of the next SGC election in the fall. Ltes hascon- Donald Resnick, '68, lead the race for the elections to the Unit- independent ed States National Student Asso- eil and newly ciation. Filling the other three job of SGC elected positions were Charles wn and decide Cooper, '66; Ronna Jo Magy, '67, ut the issues. and Bruce Wasserstein, '67. vert ideas into Bob McFarland, '68, was victor- tion." ious over .Roger Rosema, '68PE, 7, Scope can- for the student seat on the Board who was re- in Control of Intercollegiate Ath- on Council, letics. t thing now is In the contest for three student ipation in the positions on the Board in Control the University. of Student Publications. Steve ave more in- Schwartz, '68, Bill Bullard, '68L, SGC must also and Stephen Berkowitz, Grad, must a were elected. U tU~U -Daily-Th TABULATION OF SGC BALLOTS (at left) continued late into the night yesterday at the Election headquarters in the I final winners of the top posts were (on right): Edward Robinson, '67, president of SGC, and Cindy Sampson,'68, executive vi Rfobinison on Victory: SGC ".To Actvist, InvolvedinEverythi By BETSY TURNER Concerning the question of him a fine and successful year. We the president as we "It's like when Carnegie Tech whether the council can function believe strongly in the value of the elected candida , effectively with Robinson as presi- student government devoted to at- tracted." beats Notre Dame by 70 points." dent and the majority of members tacking problems of the student. Bob Smith '67, Someone in the crowd muttered as elected to council representing We both intend to continue work-cdida fo Stood watchig the totals go up REACH political party, Smith said ing in council toward this goal. We I cndidate o coun Rnetton.A thenaes Bodkn ant I think the council will be able look forward to working with all right now is to sit do Robinson. And that's just about to function well since all the mem- newly elected council members and it gols to wor o what happened. Ed Robinson, '67.,esbt el lcedadtoeitn oshr u xe'ec ts goals and work c ndee ddte rs- sbothnewlyelectedandthseitenthsh n ares' experience Then SGC must con' independent candidate for piress- finishing out their terms are in- with them in all areas."pstv laso c dent of Student Government terested in getting things done positive plans of ac Council, led from the beginning. Our job now is to find the issues Dick Wingfield, '67, newly elect- Ruth Baumann, '6 .,.' Commenting on his victory, Rob- and start to work." inson said, "SGC is going to be Bob Bodkin, '67. and Neill Hol- involved in everything. We're go- lenshead, '67. REACH candidates ing to have an activist SGC in s for president and vice-president the sense that it will push its who were defeated last night said, programs through the proper "We have submitted the issues of channels and enlarge the channels this election to the voters and their response has been decisive. ed council member, and REACH candidate, said, "I am disappoint- ed in the caliber of the campaign for this election. However,ethis disappointment is only retro- spective. I intend to work closely with those elected to' build an SGC oriented toward more substantive matters than the campus ap- parently considered in this elec- tion. This is a commitment that didate for council turned to her seat said, "The impor'tant to get student partic decision making of t The student must b fluence on campus. investigate issues campus and begint real voice of the stu issues as well." As far as specific programs are concerned, Robinson intends to push for the use of federal money for housing and also University building of apartments on Uni- versity land. On the academic lev- el, departmental committees with students majoring in particular areas and also graduate students participating are planned. SGC will also work for changes in the area of counseling. One of the main changes will be the hir- ing of professional, full time psy- chological counselors at least at the freshman and sophomore lev- els. Also commenting on the elec- tion, Fred Smith, '67, REACH can- didate for council and one of the top vote getters, said, "The main objective now is to make council an effective working body. REACH as an organized group can act as a liaison between the student and the council. It can feel the pulse of the student body and find the issues that the students are really concerned about." Neill and I extend our warmest congratulations to Ed and wish to act as the dents on these Education Appropriations Bill To Reach House Floor in April VEHICLE OR REFLECTION?: Explanations for, UFO Sighltings Grow By STEVE WILDSTROM The House Appropriations Com- mittee plans to report to the floor the education appropriations bill April 28, Congressman Weston E. Viviai said yesterday. Included in the irequest are funds for higher education student loans. But under normal congressional procedure, final actionwould not be taken on the bill until at least the middle of May, and no funds for student loans would actually be available until that time. Meanwhile, a bill to authorize continuation of the National De- fense Education Act through the 1967 fiscal year remains before the House Education and Labor Committee. Last Thursday a sub- committee of the Education Coin- mittee, bucking the wishes of the Johnson administration, recom- mended authorization of $190 mil- lion for next year's NDEA pro- gram. The subcommittee also pro- posed operational changes in the Johnson proposal. Procedural Changesj The President had requested only a $150 million authorization and had also asked a number of procedural changes in the pro- gram. For example, under the ad- miiistration bill, a college would qualify for NDEA funds only after it had proved that no student loan funds were available from any other sources. The subcommittee, however, resolved to keep the pro- gram "as it has been" in past years. Vivian said that there is "virtu- Vivian said that he was attempt- ing to contact officials in the fed- eral Office of Education to find out if any action is planned to speed passage or to provide some sort of emergency provisions for schools such as. the University, where the trimester system re- quires loan commitments to be ready within the next few weeks. . Loan Crisis The crisis in student loans arose out of President Johnson's Janu-' ary proposal to replace the NDEA with a new program of federally- subsidized, privately - financed loans established under the High- er Education Act of 1965. This proposal met with protests from college loan administrators who claimed that banks would be unwilling to loan funds to students under the provisions of the act and that the program could not be set up in time for the coming aca- demic year. Vivian said that when the loan program was incorporated in the Higher Education Act last year, he and other congressmen received insurance that the plan had been endorsed by the major American banking associations. On this assurance, he added, the privately- financed loans seemed feasible. However, on a local level, he add- ed, banks failed to participate in the program. In response to pressure from col- leges and from Congress, the Pres- ident on March 1 retreated from his earlier position and asked for $150 million for NDEA. It was this bill that the subcommittee rejected last week in favor of the full appropriation. ELECTION RESULT STUDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL Presidency *Ed Robinson' 67......... 2800 (Independent) Robert Bodkin '67E,.....1847 (REACH) Council Seats *Fred Smith '67..........1984 (REACH) 'Dick Wingfield '67......1832 (REACH) *Marg Asman '68 ...-...1721 (REACH) *Bob Smith '67 .... . 1640 (Independent) *Ruth Baumann '68......1513 (SCOPE) *Mike Dean '67......,..1404 (REACH) Dan Okrent '69.....,....881 - (SCOPE) John Kelly '68 ..678 (SCOPE) Cheryl Dembe '68 .....:600 (SCOPE) U.S. NATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION *Donald Resnick '68 ...:. 1943 *Charles Cooper, '66 ......1899 *Ronna Jo Magy '67".."..1824 *Bruce Wasserstein '67 .. 1688 Lee Hornberger '66,......1618 James Wall '66,.........1566 Malinda Schaill '67 ......1327 $OARD IN CONTROL OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS *Bob McFarland '68 ......2511 Roger Rosema '68PE .... 1314 BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS *Steve Schwartz '68 ..... 1975 *Steve Berkowitz, Grad .. 1699 *Bill Bullard '68L.......1525 Edward Herstein, 66 .... 1414 Durlin Hickok '69.....1232 LITERARY COLLEGE 1 .,., By KATHIE GLEBE Speculation over the current rash of reports concerning uniden- tified flying objects (UFO's) has mounted in recent days, with several authorities offering pos- sible explanations for the sight- ings. Three professors at various Michigan universities, as well as a U.S. Representative and a De- tective Captain, have given pos- sible accounts for the observations. U.S. Rep. Weston E. Vivian (D- Ann Arbor) offered his theory yesterday, saying that the "flying saucers" might be government r. w arnh irmIi the Astronomy Department, pos- tulated that the University's radio telescope on Peach Mountain north of Dexter might account for the Dexter Township reports. Bidelman explained that the red and green lights described by the observers might be caused by a reflection or auroral displays on the gridded dish of the telescope. He added that aurora are influ- enced by the solar (sun spot) cycle, which has been compara- tively active in the last week. "I feel certain that it was a natural phenomenon," Bidelman said, "although maybe not or- druinry" of Dearborn Observatory at North- western University, set up head- quarters at Selfridge Air Force Base in Mt. Clemens yesterday, in an attempt to make further in- vestigations into reports of flying objects: Hynek interviewed at least 12 people connected with the ob- servations, and spoke to the county civil defense director and 87 coeds' involved in the Hillsdale sightings. Hynek said that the basic fact he had discovered so far was that "people all agree on hovering lights on the unidentified object, but they are hazy about the ob- iect's shape." Dective Capt. Louis Rosenau said Wednesday his department believed five teenagers purchased weather balloons and put gas in them, and attached them to rail- road flares. These flares, he said, burn with a brilliant light for 15 to 30 minutes. Solutions Whether or not the proposed# solutions adequately account for the "flying saucers" is still an open question, however. No single theory has been able to accom- modate all the observations re- ported. As of now, no armed service or civilian company has reported Dorm Services May Be Cut To Hold Down Rising Costs By NEAL BRUSSj Curtailment of residence hall services is likely to be adopted next year as a method of holding down dormitory expenses during a period of increasing costs, ac- cording to Director of Residence Halls Eugene Haun. Among moves contemplated by dormitory administrators are: " Adopting a system in which students would bus their own trays were increasing dormitory room and board fees and lowering qual- ity of food standards in dormitory purchasing. Haun said that a decrease in student job openings would not deprive opportunities for employ- ment from students dependent on residence hall employment for revenues. Judith Klein, '66, president of the University of Michigan Stu- dent Economic Union, said that it