AEC ACCELERATOR: APATHY AND DELAY See Editorial Page AF4a" A6F A341, att .9 CLOUDY High--44 Low-22 Chance of showers, turning to snow Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 151 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1966 SEVEN CENTS Second Ward Candidates Differ on Basic SIX PAGES Polic By NEAL BRUSS Daily News Analysis Voters in An Arbor's second ward will chose between two cor- porate executives with vastly dif- fering political policies to fill the City Council seat vacated by vet- eran Re p u b li c anconservative councilman and occasional Mayor Pro Tern 0. William Habel in the city election April 9. The two candidates, Democrat Dean Douthat and Republican James Riecker have formulated campaigns appealing to a diversity of ward interests. Yet, their cam- paigns are centered on issues geared to individual sectors of the community: Riecker's to business- men and homeowners, and Dout- hat's to students and lower-income families. The second ward is comprised of a majority of undergraduate students, the residents of the high- cost Ann Arbor Hills subdivision, University faculty members, and low-income families living in apartments above stores and old and often substandard housing. Riecker, a one-time University undergraduate and currently a vice-president of the Ann Arbor Bank, stresses improving munici- pal transportation facilities, avoid- ing a city income tax, and other issues important to local business- men and their families. Douthat, once a doctoral candi- date at the University and cur- rently a computer systems engi- neer, raises issues concerning co- operation of University adminis- trators and councilmen, the use of federal funds for building low-cost housing and other problems keyed to students, minority groups, and new residents.ti Both candidates, however, state they do not look for support from any single element of the popula- tion. On the housing issue, Riecker On general city issues, the can- says he feels that high-rise con-t didates disagree on several points. struction was the only answer to Douthat offers detailed suggestions student needs during a period of to remedy Ann Arbor problems, expansion. He recommends that while Riecker generally encourages changes be made in zoning laws, Council study leading to unified and that the building code main- action. tain standards of quality in new Riecker does not believe stu- developments. dents necessarily need to gain vot- Douthat says that several groups ing power to be represented on of needy residents including grad- Council. He feels conscientious uate students, foreign students, councilmen will consider their in- and minority representatives have terests, especially when compre- been unable to secure adequate hensive and detailed appeals are housing, and that "this problem submitted by unified student gov- should receive the attention of the ernment agencies. Human Relations Commission." Douthat, however, encourages However, he also suggests that student voter registration. He feels due to increased enrollments, the, graduate students have not been University forced a boom in hous- sufficiently represented w h e n ing demand on the city, and that issues such as housing were con- it therefore had a responsibility sidered in previous Council ses- for supplying some apartment sions, and says "this could best housing. He suggests the Univer- be corrected by student participa- sity and' city work together in tion in Council elections." specific building projects to sub-I sidize low-rent housing. residence and need requirements. Douthat proposes that under a Douthat expresses a similar opin- federal program currently in op- ion, saying that this city action eration, building inspection could should .be an example for similar be implemented by increasing projects by the University and pri- funds. He also recommends a plan vate agencies. by which real estate operators Both Riecker and Douthat say would be subject to punishments measures should be taken to, im- by decreased rent rates they could prove transportation. Douthat ar- charge on occupants if structures gues that-increased road construc- were found to be substandard. tion would create congestion in He said that in current practice, the campus and downtown sectors. housing inspectors are hesitant to He suggests that the current bus condemn a building due to the system be implemented with a sys-' hardship imposed on occupants, tem of subscribed bus service but if low-rent housing was in- modeled after the existing school creased, substandard h o u s i n g bus system. could be eliminated. . Douthat also says he has dis- Both Riecker and Douthat favor cussed with Vice-President for the city securing federal funds for Student Affairs Richard Cutler a studying low-cost housing con- plan through which E-sticker rev- struction plans, and then continu- enues could be joined with city ing to construct such housing with funds to build a parking structure federal funds. Riecker says that expressly designated for student students should be considered for automobiles. such housing if they meet general Riecker suggests that during ex- NE W(etigaRE ail 'NEWS WIRE THE MINIMUM FRATERNITY GRADEPOINT required to pledge and go active would be raised from 2.0 to 2.2 if a motion passed last night by the Interfraternity Council Executive Com- mittee receives final approval by the Interfraternity Presidents Assembly on April 7. John Manning, faculty advisor to IFC, noted that "the fra- ternity system as a whole has had a substantially inferior aca- demic record in comparison with other groups on campus." The point is, he continued, "these young men, recognizing that fra- ternities over the years have lost sight of the Greek ideal of scholarship, are now turning responsibly and seriously to applying a forceful remedy." There had been speculation that if the present fraternity academic trend continued, the Office of Student Affairs might take some action, such as eliminating fall rush for fraternity men. A motion.was also passed at the meeting recommending that the amount of time a fraternity can carry a super pledge be held to one semester. The committee dismissed a previous conviction of Phi Sigma Delta for alleged pledging violations. LAWRENCE LINDEMEER OF LANSING is in line for appointment to the University's Board of Regents to replace Eugene Power, according to a report yesterday by United Press International. Lindemeer, a former Republican state chairman, managed the 1964 presidential campaign of New York Gov. Nelson Rocke- feller in Michigan. He is a graduate of the University, a former state representative and a one-time assistant Ingham County prosecutor. Charles Orlebeke, education assistant to Gov. George Romney, indicated yesterday that no choice had yet been made, but an announcement would be coming shortly. CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES NIGHT will be held this evening at 8:00 in. Aud. A of Angell Hall. Sponsored by the Stu- dent Housing Association, the program will include the inter- viewing of candidates for city council by members of the SHA Executive Board and several other students. The interviewing will be preceded by the presentation of an integrated city-University housing proposal, SHA Chairman Bob Bodkin, '67E, said last night. THE AIR FORCE EXPLANATION OF UFOs as no more than "swamp gas and stars" does not seem to have brought an end to the flow of flying saucer reports from Washtenaw County citizens. Ann Arbor police and the Washtenaw County sheriff received over 50 new reports of flying saucers yesterday. One report in- volved a half-dozen sheriff's officers and Ann Arbor policeI watching an object from the front of the County Jail on W. Ann St. U. OF MISSOURI SPEECH: Washington .i Not To Send China Expert Lattimore, Greene, Eckstein Featured at Teach-In on China By DONNA SIMMONS Organizers of next Sunday's' China Teach-in said yesterday that the State Department will not be sending representatives to the teach-in. However, a number of noted China experts, such as Owen Lattimore, Felix Greene, author and producer of the film "China," and Prof. Alexander Eckstein of the economics department will participate in the event. Prof. Eric Wolf, an organizer of the teach-in, said that the State Department was "simply too busy . all over-loaded" and that they had "given up worrying about what people think." Rev. J. Edgar Edwards, another teach-in organizer, who talked to a number of people in the State Department trying to get a rep- resentative here, said that John Piercey, chief of conferences and, speaking in the Office of Public Services told him, "We don't like our men pitted against the academics." Pro-U.S. Position Wolf said that he has invited Prof. Frank Trager of the politicalj science department at New York University to represent the gov- ernment position on the China question. No confirmation has yet been received, Wolf noted. Rev. Edwards said he"... deep- ly regretted that our own govern- ment either does not see fit to have its policies represented at an important institution like the Uni- versity, or cannot find a person to represent them for five hours. This is unfortunate especially since this is educational in aim. This conference arises out of a desire for more information." The teach-in will extend from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., beginning with speeches and discussions, to be followed by seminars. Sunday night will feature two speeches, one for and one against American policy, which will be followed by further discussions and meetings., ii t I . TECHNICIANS AT THE KEW launcher. After the rocket is ins allows the missile to be aimed.I automatically perform one or m The launcher and other equipm( Plan tMI IIlich iga By ROBERT K. BENDELOW Seagulls on Michigan's Kewee- naw peninsula may be dodging some funny looking objects if the present plans of Prof. Harold Allen of the engineering school become a reality. Allen has planned a full-scale' launching site for weather data gathering missiles on University- owned land in the Upper Penin- sula. Presently, the true nature of the upper atmosphere is largely un- known. The effects that this area! pansion of Ann Arbor highways, says that elected officials must "the city should act to preserve continue examining appropriation and beautify roadsides with sign requests. ordinances and tree plantings." Both say they attended sessions of the Goals Conference of the Council reform also appears as City Association for Area Plan- an issue in the campaign. Riecker ning held early this year. Douthat proposes that the dollar limit of feels that the conference accom- contracts which may be negotiated plished much in showing citizens by the city administrator be raised that the city and University lacked to permit Council to handle other comprehensive planning. As a business. He also feels the city's member of CAAP, he says annual several a d v i s o r y commissions goals conferences should be held should be strengthened with in- to continue planning. creased personnel. Riecker says he feels that if Douthat, however, thinks that nothing else, initial communica- councilmen should receive stipends tions were begun, especially "be- in order to encourage candidacy tween representatives of the city of representatives of the Ann Ar- and outlying townships." bor poor, people who could only The two second ward candidates afford to work if compensated. He have expressed their views in pub- also suggests granting Council a lic m e e t i n g s and statements full-time research and secretarial throughout the campaign. Both staff and establishing a Council assert that their campaigns are Ways and Means Committee to geared to the diversity of interests examine budget figures. Douthat in their ward. New Motion 4< ~On Draft To Be Proposed Faculty Resolution Would Urge 'U' Not To Release Grades By LUCY KENNEDY A motion to be voted on at the - next faculty meeting could make the University less a tool of the draft board and put less emphasis on grades in determining draft status. The motion, presented at the last faculty meeting by Prof. Her- bert Kelman of the psychology department, will be voted on at the next meeting, April 4. It proposes that the faculty ask the University administration to report students' rank and grades to their draft boards not as a matter of course but only if the student specifically requests this be done. The present University policy is to give the draft board informa- tion on the students' rank and * grades unless students specifically small; solid-fuel missile into a request that the information not s fired out through a tube which be released. Kelman feels that this upper atmosphere. There it will puts somewhat of a stigma on the ey are recorded for later study. umic repot tshhhave his aca the University an accessory to the present draft policy based on class Srank or standardized test scores. Better Chance At the last meeting another mo- tion on withholding draft infor- * mation was presented but it did nnlnot pass. However, Kelman feels that his motion has a better chance since it is more specific. For example, he noted that The first motion said that the sodium from the salt vapor con- University 'sh o u l d not report taminates the air, and changes the students' grades for non-academic true composition of the atmos- reasons unless the student requests phere. Measurements. from the it. Kelman's motion, however, says middle of the continent would that grade reports should only be give you a more honest result. withheld fron students' draft Also, Allen said, the weather ob- boards. viously can be quite different over Kelman's proposal is to some ex- Illinois and Michigan than it is tent an outgrowth of the resolu- over Florida. tion passed at last month's fac- Accurate Measurements ulty meeting advocating random The Keweenaw peninsula site is selection of draftees from college located within a reasonable dis- classes without regard to grades tance of the geographical center or test scores. Kelman sees his of the continent, and is thus fav- motion as another way of express- orable to unadulterated measure- ing dissatisfaction with the pres- ments.o ent draft policy based on a scho The previous rocket launchings lastic achievement while allowing at the site were made from tem- students to have the final decision porary setups. In the summer of on how much their grades, will 1964, five solid-fuel rockets and count. payloads made available by the Kelman agrees that there are United States Weather Bureau many things wrong with taking were launched from tubes driven only the bottom half of the class, 'into the shore. but his motion would allow stu- S horoedents to be considered by the draft Last December, the site was boards on the basis of their grades utilized to test the feasibility of a if they wanted to release their year around remote rocket system. academic record. Four small rockets were fired for Statement Circulated the Space Defense Corp., as part A statement is presently being of a "weather buoy rocket" sys- circulated giving arguments for tem (Webrock). Kelman's motion. Kelman feels Allen said that more Webrock that the motion could be valuable firings will be made this summer in reaffirming the confidential at the site. The tests are part of nature of a student's grade report the development of a system of and could serve as an expression buoyed rockets. These rockets of faculty conviction that grades could be moored in a certain area, ought not to be used as the prin- and then fired at a future time cipal means of deciding a student's when desired. draft status. Prospects for the construction Kelman agrees with the psy- of the site are not too good, Allen chology and sociology professors said, even though it could easily who advocated the random selec- be put in a functioning mode if tion of draftees because ;the pres- the money was made available ent draft policy favors the upper now. The original project received classes. Members of the lower EENAW PENINSULA LAUNCHING SITE are shown above loading a serted, the launcher is turned into a vertical position, and the missile is The rocket shown is capable of carrying its payload into the rarifiedt ore experiments. The results are transmitted to the ground, where the ent shown was dismantled after the series of shots. fssile Launching n 's Keweenaw P may have on the weather of the interior of the continent, and on Michigan, can only be surmised since little knowledge has been accumulated about its nature. Allen's proposed range would help gather this information. This range would handle med- ium range rockets capable of reaching that portion of the at- mosphere "higher than weather balloons can go, but lower than the feasible orbit of a satellite." The two present weather detec- tion devices leave this area largely Hatcher Lectures on 'American Paradox' uncovered. Permanent Gear A site such as Allen visualizes would cost under $1 million ,and would.entail a variety of perma- nent electronic gear. First, tele- metry gear would receive the sig- nals from the rocket, while radar equipment was tracking it. Some weather gear would be needed to determine the wind and other var- iables that could affect the flight path of the rocket. While past firings with portable gear have only used small, solid fuel rockets, Allen feels that the site could handle a missile as large as the Redstone, the missile that first sent an American astronaut on a sub-orbital journey from Cape Kennedy. The Keweenaw peninsula is in a unique geographical position. It juts up into Lake Superior, and the proposed rocket range, located near the tip of the peninsula, is almost in the center of the lake. As a result, the rockets can be fired in any general direction, as long as they fall in a 60-80 mile wide circle. All firings so far have been fired in a southeast direction, primarily to avoid the possibility that an errent missile might land. in the Canadian section of the 'lake. Unguided Missiles All of the missiles used at the site so far have been small, solid fuel rockets, which are basically ungided missiles. Weather factors, such as wind, affect a rocket the same as they would an arrow, and could blow a projectile out of the designated landing area unless prior precautions had been taken. Thus, there is a pressing need for weather gear at the site. Once By ROBERT JOHNSTON Editor Special To The Daily COLUMBIA, Mo, - "We are shocked to find about us an America we never intended to create." And abroad: "This background points up even more sharply the perspective in which young people see man at war in unmitigated horror and a stupid folly which he must outgrow." This is the harsh paradox of the American dream and was the theme of University President Harlan Hatcher's second lecture at the University of Missouri yester- day entitled "Paradox and Sur- prise in the American Dream: What Went Wrong?" r Cnniinnr +he serie last niL-ht Again he alluded to the war in control of our impulsive hearts in Southeast Asia without mention- this endeavor," he said. ing it directly. "If the values which we so "It is not lost on this young col- willingly embrace are so self- lege generation that it now costs evident and of such critical im- far more in all elements of en- portance to the world, it remains ergy, substance, and creativity to a mystery why the rest of the kill one poor enemy-labeled man world, which is not unintelligent, in a steamy jungle than to bring does not and has not joined more health and happiness to his entire enthusiastically and forcefully in village." the common endeavor. If our free- Furthermore, President Hatcher doms are in danger, those of other said "there is no difficulty in the nations are in even greater peril. scale of ethical values as to which They do not seem to read the situ- we would prefer. And if we pre- ation in this same light." fer, why don't we proceed?" Citng hepos wa eonoic At home, President Hatcher Citing the post-war economic said, "the power potential of miracle of Japan, which occurred yiuth poer poential o concurrently with its post-war de- youth," awakened when they go materialization, President Hatcher among the pockets of the poor, is saw no reason why we could noti based on and motivated by the sro e sy stirring of deep ethical principles proceed. aviA is A 'ni4+n n,,rnn q 11 new ones better shaped "to inter- face with new knowledge and ex- perience," was a recurring one in President Hatcher's two conclud- ing lectures. our bombs while we struggle with the exasperations and occasional tragedies of Berlin, the Near East, Korea, and now Viet Nam." . r tti ,icv~i ca. # Activism on Campus As a result of these paradoxes, In the last lecture he slowly he said, "There is a diffused mal- brought a non-activist University aise among us-the by-product of of Missouri auidence face-to-to- these unexpected issues." face with many of the questions He blamed neither past nor pres- raised so vigorously by the con- ent generations, "Each has made temporary student movement. a constant effort to give his chil- dren a better chance for a better "We are just beginning to real- life than it enjoyed." He chided ize that man is not a two-dimen- modern youth for their impatience sional creature bound wholely and and lack of understanding for the measureably to earth and time, trials of their parents - but he that he can not sum up his des- hardly blamed them for seeking tiny in material things. The some- outlets in revolt from the pre-ar- thing more also sifts through and ranged lives handed them at the escapes to disrupt our class among universities. our perfected machines." In the process of reshaping the He cited the modern American world, getting "knowledge, wisdom