NEWSMEN IN HANOI MAY BRING CHANGE See editorial page 1E Sir BIaitj WARMER High-28 Law--12 Partly cloudy, chance of snow Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No.94 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967 SEVEN CENTS TEN PAGES GSC Elects _.-__ _ j Ashmall New Head Extensive Programni fr For Increased Action Included in Plans Graduate Student Council elect- ed Roy Ashmall, a psychology and education student, president at its annual officers election Wednes- day night. Ashmall, a member of the Amer- ican Civil, Liberties Union out- lined an extensive program for Increased GSC participation in University affairs. He advocated official recogni- tion of GSC by the University's Board of Regents, and also called for cooperation with the FacultyI Senate and Student Government Council to implement a program which would provide for combined! student-faculty legislative bodies.i Civil Liberties Ashmall also called for the es- tablishment of a Civil Liberties! Committee to work to maintain" personal civil liberties for stu- dents. Other highlights of Ashmall's program include: 4 Abolition of fees for student driving permits ( M' stickers). " Institution of a study on the! possibility of pass-fail grading for all required graduate courses. 0 Completion of a study on the language requirements for PHD candidates. " Creation of a commission to: study and make recommendations on increased financial support for graduate students through fellow- ships and teaching assistantships. Common Community The new GSC president also an- nounced a major program on Uni- versity-community relations, in view of the fact that there is a common community which partic- ularly affects graduate students. The program includes establish- ment of a legal consulting service for "students who are exploited by landlords," provision for ade- quate housing at rates "which do not serve to economically dis- criminate against segments of the state's population," and guarding against the destruction of the city tax base "which would result in higher taxes and higher rents for those in private housing." Ashmall's program also advo- cated the establishment of an "ef- ficient rapid transit system on a citywide basis to serve the entiret community" and the provision ofj "adequate off-street parking facil-I ties to permit a more orderly and efficient traffic flow." nP r ttta ttIr r e st of Cinema Guild Ci II NEWS.WIRE STUDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL selected four mem- bers to the Presidential Commission on Role of the Student in University Decision-Making last night. Kenneth Pickard, '69, Neal Bruss, '69, Roger Leeds, '67L, and Bruce Kahn, '68, were named to serve on the commission established by President Harlan Hatcher to review the present decision-making structure of the University. SGC also appointed three members to the new commis- sion created to study present University draft relations. Those appointed were Bob Sideman, '67, Tom Lieder, '68, and Ruth Baumann, '68. EAST LANSING-A spokesman for the Michigan State University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society said about 25 young persons signed up Wednesday night for a union to fight the draft. Local SDS members voted unanimously to adopt a national SDS draft resolution endorsed at a December conference at the University of California at Berkeley, The resolution urges: Antidraft and antiwar education of potential draftees and their famillies. -Demonstrations at draft boards and recruiting stations. --Work to encourage young men already in military service to oppose the war, -Circulation of petitions stating the signer will refuse to serve in Vietnam or submit to conscription in any form. Michael Price, a former MSU student, said the group will meet again next Wednesday to discuss methods, *' * * * GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY warned again yesterday that education expenditures would have to be cut unless the state finds new means of financing them. Romney advocates an over- haul of the state's fiscal structure and the possible institution of a state income tax. Romney said he hopes to have his budget message ready for presentation to the Legislature during the week of Jan. 30. * * * * SIX UNIVERSITY undergradutes received Hopwood Awards for creative writing totaling $600 yesterday. In fiction there were three, awards: $150 to Melvin I. Gordon '69 for "They Always Meet in Museums," $100 to Diana Steer '70 for "A Frame of Mind," and $50 to Richard Quackenbush '70 for "The Tree." In poetry there were also three awards: $150 to James Paul Peters '70 for "Chance," $100 to Kimberly Ann Kendall '70 for "A Box of Gingersnaps" and $50 to Nancy J. Gordon '70 for "Nine Poems," No awards were made in the essay category. The judgeswere Prof. Warner G. Rice and Prof. Robert F.- Haugh, both of the English deparment. This contest succeeds the Hopwood Contest for Freshmen. It was decided to extend it to sophomores. ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN, world-famous pianist, will give a concert as a special University Sesquicentennial event at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5, in Hill Auditorium. Counter sale of tickets begins at 9 a.m. Monday (January 9) at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Tower. Officials S GC Votes To Provide Bail Money Pronises Complete Support Against' Police Interference By REGINA ROGOFF Appears ertain Violations of Obseniity ' Student Government Council voted unanimously last night to< offer $1,000- in bail money to any member of Cinema Guild arrested- for showing "Flaming Creatures" in the Architecture Auditorium Wednesday night. In approving the bail money SGC promised "complete support of Cinema Guild during this, po- lice interference." *eSGC also approved submitting a letter to the Regents asking for legal support of Cinema Guild. Vice-President for Student Af- VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AF fairs Richard L. Cutler indicated VlCers DenooFOmetUnT AF in a nopen meeting yesterday af- ediers at an afternoon meetng in his ternoon that he would be willing iscussion due to heated questionig." to present an SGC statement to, the Rents at their reguarly month- ly meeting in the administration b/am y ~building at 2 p.m. today, v i ~ z t In the letter SGC said that the police seizre is a "potential; threat to the academic life of the, "It is not a large step from cadem Ic seizing Cinema Guild movies1 judged obscene by the police to! By CLARENCE FAN1 of an e seizing assigned readings judged Managing Editor and an obscene by the police. In fact, Daily News Analysis or socia something of a link- already exists Iahe yuNrwsiAnasdelpd Thi in the fact that many teachers as- Tefrrwihhsdvlpd Te sCineattha mnyvtesacheirs-over the Ann Arbor police's seizure student classes " of the experimental film "Flaming Guilde clas " h mE-Creatures" at C i n e m a Guild issue of Meanwhile the campus Repub- Wednesday has grave implications versity 1lcan club issued a statement call- fraaei reo swl sterg ing the film seizure "absurd" and for academic freedom as well as the ig asked that "city officials try to civil liberties and first amendment ulty to heal this breach between the stu- freedom.s awhatm; "o _- Regardlessof an mdividual's An i -Daily-Bernie Baker FAIRS RICHARD L. CUTLER is shown addressing student office. Cutler walked out of the meeting after a half-hour of Fre Endanges Free dom a t'U' I } I { I E valuation of the entire film assessment of its literary al value. imminent arrest of several s involved in the Cinema enterprise also raises the f to what extent the Uni- itself is willing to defend ht of its students and fac- determine for themselves naterial they can view. rnortant t t t bC nvh igan obscenity statute still appli- cable? Can the exhibition of a film possibly be considered a mis- demeanor or even a felony, as the local authorities charge? But the most important issue by far, one which may not be de- termined immediately, is whether a self-apponted public censor in the form of a police officer can legally roam the University at will, halting the presentation of material which he considers "ob- jectionable." There are a number of well-known attorneys who argue that prior restraint of this nature has already been declared uncon- stitutional by the nation's highest court. Edents and police by dropping "the charge against Cinema Guild and returning the film." . An ad-hoc student group was circulating petitions this morning as king the Regents todprovide legal aid to Cinema Guild. CRITICISM MOUNTS: ReaCal. Regents Vote t Cut Expnse, KepEnrollment Oe BERKELEY, Calif. OA' - Gov. now has a fee plan but no tuition. Across the street, on the Berke- ing action on a move by regents Ronald Reagan and other Univer- The economy-minded Republi- ley campus, a few hundred stu- who feared that the quality of sity of California regents-squeez- can governor, attending his first dents stood quietly at a rally pro- education at the university would ed between a big state deficit and regents meeting since his election, testing Reagan's plans. be damaged if spending is cut and sweeping enrollment - voted yes- assured the university his budget In the regents' room, Reagan enrollment continues to climb. terday to keep the doors open for plans. are "temporary." joined a powerful Democrat, As- President Kerr touched off the eligible students and maintain ed- "This is in no way a change in sembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh, discussion on admissions by an- ucational quality while trying to permanent policy," Reagan said. in the resolution to quiet fears nouncing he was partially lifting cut expenses. "We're talking about an emer- that qualified students would be the temporary freeze on notifying The governor, facing mounting I s . turned away from the University new students that they were criticism over his economy pro- gency situation. We may haveto of California by Reagan's econ- eligible for admission. posals, dropped one controversial close down our rate of improve- omy plans. The California governor caused plan. He said he would restore $5; ment."General policies of student ad- an uproar by proposing earlier million to finance year-round Reagan said he is calling for mission to the university provide this month that in-state residents classes at UCLA and Berkeley. help "from all citizens" to cut that the top 12.5 per cent of Cal- at the nine-campus state univer- Reagan turned over his tuition costs and meet a $473-million ifornia high school graduates are sity system be required to pay up plan - which had touched off 'budget deficit. But he said econ- eligible for admission. to $400 per year in tuition. At the statewide controversy - to a re-I omy will reduce the deficit by .Last week, word was spread of same time he said state legisla- gents committee for another only $200 million and the rest will a confidential memo that Cali- tive appropriations to the univer- month of study. The university have to be made up by new taxes. fornia President Clark Kerr to sity would be cut back as part of chancellors of the nine campuses a statewide economy drive. .. _ * " k _, "- 1freezing enrollment procedures California residents have not --+ ++um s **'* j t l i l f L opinion of the artistic merits of in the making, invol' the film, the sudden action of a gamut of legal and local police lieutenant in stopping tions. Who is to def the film mid-way through its per- ity"? In an adult com formance and creating a near-riot as the University, ar among the assembled viewers aids. which apply to raises the spectre -~of more mci- person" as set forthi dents of this type in the future. Ann Arbor Police Chief Walter 0 E. Krasny has indicated that if 1%I-U the municipal court hearing on the seizure of the film upholds Lieut.; Eugene Staudenmeier's action in halting the performance, similarI attempts to stop future showings I11ova of experimental films at Cinema Guild can be expected. Cinema Guild .has scheduled ex- poiofRSheNOT perimental shows on Jan. 25 and lowC inema Guild me twice next month. One of the films view their own showin on the program next week, "Scor- ure of "Flaming treatu pio Rising," reportedly will be peavpe the campusseen viewed by several classes in the its entirety. The follo University as part of their as- attempts to explain s signed work. In fact, the showing what the film is about. of "Flaming Creatures" Wednes- By RICHARD A day was reportedly attended by a and ANDREWl cinematography class of the ar- chitecture school. Experimentation in Thus, the prospect is that police most without exceptio: officials will be attending future to extend the creative case may D e ving a broad moral ques- ine "obscen- amunity such e the stand- the "average in the Mich-! showings of experimental films and other movies considered to be questionable. In a sense, the situ- ation resembles a prior censorship of material presented in an aca- demic setting or framework. Prior censorship of printed, spoken or visual material has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme C o u r t. Furthermore, there may be a strong legal case against a judgment that a film is obscene on the basis of an indi- vidual scene rather than by means Law Alleged 'U' Administiation Not To Provide Legal Counsel to Students By ROGER RAPOPORT Four Cinema Guild officials will , -arrested this afternoon on charges of violating the Michigan obscenity law by showing "Flaming Creatures" Wednesday night, Ann Arbor Police Chief Walter Krasny said last night. Washtenaw County Prosecutor William F. Delhey will issue "war- rants for the arrest of four people on cha'ges of committing a mis- demeanor~, according to Krasny When they seized the film Wed- nesday night, Ann Arbor police took the names of Cinema Guild co-chairman Ellen P. Frank '68, and Mary Barkey '68, the group's advisor Hugh Cohen an engineer- ing English instructor, and the group's projectionist Ralph Walda, a University employee, The Obscenity Law Maximum sentence for violating the obscenity law is one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The case will be tried in Washtenaw County Circuit Court "within 30 days" ac- cording to Krasny, "The film was definitely within the obscenity law," said the police cheif. He viewed the movie in a private police station showing yes- terday along with the prosecutor and other legal officials. The University administration made it clear that it will not pro- vide legal aid for the Cinema Guild leaders. In a prepared statement the University's administrative of- ficers said that "if public law Is , . . violated" and a "citizen" Is found ;"guilty, he takes the con- sequences." Legal Aid Privately top administrators showed more concern about paci- fying some University Regents- who are said to be dismayed that the administration allowed the film to be shown in the first place --then in providing legal counsel for Cinema Guild. Meanwhile Vice-President for Student Afairs Richard L. Cutler walked out of an open meeting with students on the controversy after a heated 30 minute discus- sion yesterday afternoon. Cutler was dismayed by a series of caustic questions put to him by student activists. During the discussion he an- swered student objections to the university decision not to defend Cinema Guild by pointing out that the school "made no effort to pro- hibit the showing of the film." SGC President Ed Robinson '67 said the seizure "opened the pos- sibilty of extending police intru- sion into the classroom, the use of textbooks etc. They could shut down the university community." "Should people be afraid of what they see in school?" VOICE Chairman Gary Rothberger '67 asked Cutler, The Vice-President did not reply. University Lawyers When asked "Who decides how the University uses its lawyers?" Cutler responded "I don't know." After an abusive rejoinder from a VOICE member Cutler got up to leave, exclaiming "Im prepared to terminate this meeting." In another development Police Chief Krasny indicated in an in- terview that his officers will prob- ably review other Cinema Guild movies during the coming semes- ter. "We'll do it again on the basis of a complaint or the adver- tised material." Police Lieut. Eugene Stauden- meier who seized the film Wednes- day night indicated in an inter- view yesterday that he had "no objection to a good intellectual flick." Complaints "Someone complained about a film last semester. I went to see it and 4 i xiia cnp[nemn the medium in term with new subject mE new ways of presenti jects. The American in the use of the mediu a profound effect on n film-makers, who we scale commercial prod concept of the subje and extreme fragm space, to mention onp niques are found in mercial films. F1 m'Utl izes Stive Approach The normal Jack Smith's "Flaming Crea- mb rs to re- tures" is one of the most impor- gs. The seiz- tant new films in this respect, res" however since it is a completely new ap- the file w proach to both content and form. wing review This film, along with the films omething of of Ron Rice, shows that an em- phasis on "smooth shooting" is a iYERS denial of some of the possibilities' LUGG of film-making. Now it is clear that what was once called "bad' films is al- technique" can on occasions, be n an attempt very expressive. potential of The film isdude s of dealing T fil is over an under ex- ttter and/or posed, but this is always in keep- ing old sub- ing with the ones of the images. The tone changes and developes novations in throughout the film in a manner m havehad that makes it quite clear that mav hdn "Creatures" is not concerned with nany modern "prurient sexuality" as with a uctions. The reality that moral and sexual sucios. henorms have no meaning, ctive camera entations of A New World ly two tech- The beginning is eerie and por- many com- tentious, reminding you that you are entering a new world. In front of the titles, the shoulders of the actors pass like ghosts; they are not people but objects, that is to say, creatures. The film then moves to a long " " and humorous lipstick advertise- 4 ZS tS ment, establishing a basic point of the transvestite action, a ques- tioning of the accepted dichotomy occasions between male and female sex- f speech, uality, expressed by a confusion ll citizens and intercutting of human organs. they also The action of the camera and' actors increases the intensity as )rocedures the rape (or murder or dance) is ch viola- carried out. Then, as in a lyric ovrmea-t poem, there is a death-like quiet- 1Pass-rFait l p ion t n till pending a discussion of the finan- cial crisis. "The people of California have Open to LSA Seniors been frightened into believing there are going to be drastic changes in the university system," Graduating seniors in the lit- will be handled on their individual Reagan told his fellow board erary college have until next merits. members. Wednesday to add or switch a Meanwhile, James Robertson, Unruh, who proposed the reso- course to the pass-fail option,, associate dean of the literary col- lution said, "All I'm trying to do James Shaw, chairman of the lege said that students should is say we are not suddenly closing Junior-Senior Counselors said yes- have 'the option of adding or de- the door to massive members of terday. leting a pass-fail course during the students." A literary college announcement first two weeks of classes. He noted Reagan and Unruh also took said "graduating seniors who have that this two-week period is being note of the furor over tuition. Rea- questions regarding the adminis- extended somewhat because of gan favors tuition but insists he tration of the pass-fail option misunderstandings about xegula- has never formally proposed a paid tuition charges up to now, but they have been charged up to $225 per year in miscellaneous fees. Earlier this week, Reagan sharply attacked Kerr without mentioning the president by name,! the governor accused him of hav- ing "unnecessarily disturbed and: frightened" parents and students by announcing a "precipitate and unwarranted freeze on applica- tions" by prospective freshmen for the fall term next September. Reagan, asked whether he would advocate Kerr's removal from his post, said he would "rather keep 4-+T .+ i.ii.l 4+'h 2nf, o '[arnr Text of 'U' Statemt On Cinema Guild Cr The University has indicated on several previoust that students, as citizens, have the same freedom o " peaceful assembly and right of petition guaranteed to a by our constitution. In accepting these privileges,t accept the responsibilities of citizenship. If public law is allegedly violated, established p should be used to make the determination. When su Lions take place. it isithe rei'niilityr iof the law nfi i