WOMEN'S HOURS: MANDATE FORCHANGE See editorial page IY4r SirA6 ~~3Ait& ALMOST SPRING Hlgh--54 Law--37 Showers or thundershowers Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 145 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1967 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES Party By GREG ZIEREN D ly News Analysis EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first part of a series examining the views and policies of candidates for Ann Arbor's April 3 City Council and Mayoralty election. Party platforms especially at the local level have the notorious reputation of dealing only with broad generalities and have known to have been scrapped once the victors know that they will not have to face the voters for an- other year with another set of candidates. The current Republican and Democratic party platforms for the City of Ann Arbor at least fall into the first category in sev- eral key issues. Voters in this election will have the much more stimulating exper- Columbia To Alter Class Rank Policy Change Comes After Students Announce Boycott of Classes By URBAN LEHNER E The Columbia University Coun- cil recommended Wednesday that the school not make class rank- ings available to the Selective Service system. Final decision on the recom- mendation rests with Columbia University President Grayson Kirk. Kirk will consult with the school's board of trustees at its April 4 meeting. R The President and the board traditionally have rubber-stamped the University Council's decisions onmatters of academic and non- financial policy. The University Council is com- posed of 40 faculty members and 30 high-level administrators. Pres- ident Kirk is known to favor with- holding class rankings. Vigil in Snow Over 40 Columbia students awaited the decision by staging a 40 minute silent vigil in 9 inches of snow. Students had also planned a boycott of classes for next Tues- day and Wednesday which would have taken effect had the Council ruled to preserve present ranking policy. An editorial appearing in the Columbia Spectator, the school's student newspaper, yesterday com- mended the University Council for "responding to campus sentiment." Kirk had denied that student opinion played any part in the decision. Faculty members in two uni- Versity units-Columbia College and the School of General Studies -had voted to urge the admin- istration not to release rankings to the Selective Service. Other schools which have abol- ished rankings or withheld class ranks from the "Selective Service system include the University of Chicago, Wayne State University, Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and Haverford College, in Haver- ford, Pa. Platforms Stress City Taxes, 'Relations ience of hearing the candidates," whose respective platforms are sufficiently broad to allow any candidate a measure of independ- ence and originality. Issues in the campaign often seem to focus on the University. Indeed, of the ten city council candidates eight are either pres- ently or were once associated with the University either as students or faculty members. Both parties have selected candidates all with at least one attribute in common- enthusiasm. Since the majority df the races pit incumbent Republicans against Democratic candidates without previous council ecperience, often it is the former who come across as most knowledgeable on current city issues. However, the Demo- _._ 1... ...:41 a i. ... 1,-.. - crats seem to nave come up with aetermine tneir justincation ana tax to help finance local govern- several new ideas, including es- necessity. ment. Other proposals concerning tablishing a city youth organiza- -Fostering increased economic city finance include: tion, reapportioning the city to growth to enlarge the city's tax -Investigation of all possible provide for six wards instead of base. sources of revenue with emphasis the current five, and advocacy of -Increase in weight and gas on user charges for city services. a city income tax. tax rebates from the state in lieu -Opposition to any further City finance is the area to which of Ann Arbor's increased popula- property tax extensions or charter the Republican platform calls spe- tion. proposal which would raise the cific and critical attention. The -Payment from state and fed- limit the city could charge on such platform maintains that the fi- eral governments to help support taxes. nancial needs of the coming year the services granted to govern- * Study of proposal for city can be met with the 'expected in- ment-owned property. income tax that under state law crease in tax receipts but says -Negotiations with the Univer- would allow the city to tax resi- that future demands for expanded sity to adjust payments to cover dents one per cent of their income city services may not be met with the costs of city services to the and one-residents one-half of one the current tax base. University. p'er cent..R ecommen- The Democratic platform is less -Evaluation of the University's SpecificRepublicanrecomspecific in its proposals but con- contribution to city government to dations along this line include the demns Republican Mayor Wendell determine the right proportion following multiple approaches: Hulcher's plan for a return of the University should be paying. -Review of city expenditures to locally collected federal income A key issue in the campaign has been the proposed charter revisions which would allow for the city to be apportioned on a six ward basis. Though the issue has been clouded by partisan cries of gerrymandering and power grab, Democrats claim enactment of the proposal would provide a closer working relationship be- tween a councilman and his con- stituents. Republicans have claimed that the wording of the amendment was intended to insure minority domination of city council. They cite efficiency studies of city coun- cils which indicate that such councils work most efficiently with five to seven members. Aggressive implementation of city planning and improved an- nexation and zoning procedures are issues which both' platforms endorse. Expansion of park lands within the city and establishment of playgrounds have the approval of both parties. The Democratic platform along these lines called for a study of possible purchasing of recreational facilities outside the city limits. A wide divergence of opinions is seen in the respective party's proposals in the area of human re- lations and the need for public housing and the Housing Commis- sion. The Republican platform states, "The reputation of the City of Ann Arbor as one of the most enlightened cities in the nation is widely known." It further urges action done in the private sector of Ann Arbor to continue improv- ing human relationships. -- I 40) EmiSigaR a 'NEWS WIR E } ,,..,, THE DETROIT FREE PRESS reported today that John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare is the "top choice" of the University Regents to succeed retiring Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher. There was some doubt the 54-year-old cabinet member would take the job although Regents.are pressing him to do so. He was reported as anxious to continue in his cabinet post. The report.is unconfirmed. Gardner was described as "the man the Regents have at the head of the list-but there is little chance they can get him," The Free Press quoted a source as saying. The paper said the next two "ranking candidates in a list of five possibilities to succeed Hatcher, are Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, and Robben W. Fleming, respective chancellors of the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Wisconsin. The paper added that California Berkeley Chancellor Roger Heyns was "on the list of five candidates" but has been ruled out as being too "con- troversial" for the Regents. The fifth prospect is John Lederle, President of the University of Massachusetts. THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION announced recently that the nation's education expenditures for all levels- public and non-public-totaled $45.1 billion during the 1965-66 school year. Spending reached an all-time high both in terms of actual dollars and as a percentage of the gross national product (6.7 per cent). Annual expenditures on education are now five times what they were in 1949-50 with further increases expected in the years ahead. The announcement was reported in the March issue of American Education. LAW SCHOOL HONOR AWARDS were presented to 157 University students at the annual Honors Day Banquet recently. Those honored included members of the Order of the Coif, national society of the top 10 per cent of the third year class: editors of the Michigan Law Review; senior judges of the Case Clubs who run the school's moot court program; the executive board of the Michigan Law School Legal Aid Association and winners of the various scholarship awards. After the awards, Dean Francis Allen of the Law School dis- cussed the -value of assessing huinan competitive performance. "It is often said that in the United States we are so much con- cerned with what is better or best that sometimes we cease to ask whether it can even be called good," he said. E. WENDELL HEWSON, professor of meteorology in the College of Engineering, has been appointed to a three-man board to edit a series of publications on man in relation to his physical envii'onment. The series will emphasize interdisciplinary reports , and establish a broad view of the significant and interaction of environmental factors for living things. Prof. Hewson has been actively concerned with the application of meteorological knowl- edge to air pollution problems since 1938. NEW GARGOYLE, GENERATION EDITORS NAMED The Board in Control of Student Publications last week appointed new editors for Gargoyle and Generation. Gargoyle editors (left picture) are Robert Rinzler, '68 (left rear), business manager, Phil Zaret, '66, (right rear), art editor, Rick Bohn, '67, (left front) editor, and Dick Platkin '68, associate editor. Generation editors are Ronald Rosenblatt, '68 (left), associate editor, and David Appel, '68, editor. ACTION WITHIN WEEKS: Final Decisiona on Sophomorfe The Democratic platform is sharply critical of the appoint- ments to various boards and com- missions particularly "to the ex- clusion from the Human Relations Commission of leaders in the civil rights field and persons from the community primarily to be served by that commission." It charges "emasculation" of that . board's effectiveness. The Housing Commission, the platform declares that the com- mission "is moving too slowly in programming the 200 units al- ready authorized" by the federal government grant. The commis- sion is further criticized for its decision "to meet bi-weekly, when it should have been meeting week- ly since its inception." See CANDIDATES, Page 2 Professors Plead For Tax Reform Economists Predict 'Bankrupt Michigan' If Changes Rejected By WALLACE IMMEN Five Michigan economic pro- fessors explained the urgent need for state fiscal reform at a busi- ness administration school confer- ence yesterday. Although they did not advocate any specific tax reform plan, they expressed a belief that Gov. George Romney's proposal, which emerged from committee in the Legislature Thursday, was ade- quate. Romney's bill; as amended by the House, calls for a three per cent personal income tax and a six per cent corporate income tax. House Republicans caucused yes terday and agreed to support a fiscal reform program, but left de- tails of specific ch nges in the bill until Monday. They hope to have a final version of the bill ready for a vote by next Wednesday. Vote Monday The Senate Taxation Committee reported their version of the fiscal reform bill Thursday and it may come to a vote Monday. Education represents about half of the proposed budget for next year. The University is currently designated to receive $62.2 mil- lion. University administrators have warned that this x is not enough and have urged tax re- forms the only means to make more money available for essential programs. r The nine economics' professors who prepared the statement pre- sented yesterday explained they were concerned with not only the educational aspects of the budget, but with the entire complexion of the state's economy. They. said that they hoped their statement would "clarify, in the minds of Michigan citizens, and the Legis- lature as well, some basic fiscal issues facing the state at this time." The professors at yesterday's conference were William Haber, dean of the literary college and professor of economics, 'Warren L. Smith of the economics depart- ment, Robert Lanzillotti, chairman of the economics department at Michigan State University, and Paul McCracken and ThomsGies of the business administration school. Other signers of the, statement were Profs. Carl Fischer and Ed- mund E. Bay of the business ad- ministration school, Prof. Mark L. Kahn, chairman of the economics department at Wayne State Uni- versity, and Prof. Mordechal Kre- Inin of the MSU economics de- partment. "If tax reform is not passed this year," McCracken said, "the state will be plunged into another fiscal crisis and ressurect the national image of a 'bankrupt Michigan'" Curfew Rests with V-P Cutler By MIKE THORYN ber, Mrs. Elizabeth Davenport, as- sistant director of student coun- ommendation to eliminate soph- seling, John Manning, assistant to omore women's hours rests with the dean of the literary college, Vice President for Student Affairs and Mrs. Elizabeth Leslie, assist- Richard Cutler. He did not wish ant director of the office of stu- tocommnte on hi possible dei- dent community relations favor to comment on his possible deci- eliminating sophomore woman's sion but said that the ruling -would hours completely. be made within a matter of weeks, in time for inclusion in the Stan- Miss Mahler, who did most of lards for Students Booklet. the research prior to SGC's rec- freshman year are unnecessary. Mrs. Davenport agreed with Miss Mahler and added that coun seling services should be extended to the dorms so that the confusion many students feel when assuming the responsibility of making their own decisions can be alleviated. Manning said that,. "a move to- ward abolition of non-freshman curfews is desirable. It makes little and senior women in. the Off- Campus Housing Bureau, Mrs. Leslie said that she found that most junior women have demon- strated their ability to handle legal and financial matters as well as personal decisions of conduct. Fred G. Smith, '67, an outgoing SGC member, was the only coun- cil member to vote against the elimination of hours. He believes that the present system is fine the way it is. "Some women teter on the brink" he said,' "with hours they might not slip." i i t . "It doesn't have to be a cate- gorical yes or no," Cutler said. "There are many possible ways in which I can act." Bruce Kahn, newly elected Stu- dent Government Council Presi- dent can see "no reason for soph- omore women to have hours." He dislikes the arbitrary distinction between sophomore and junior women. ommendation, believes that stu- sense to preach responsible, self- dents have the maturity to make managed maturity while we are their own decisions. assuming the worst about people." She stated that hours after the I Citing her experience with junior IN DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN: __ Sen. Muskie Seeks Committee To Meet Technological. Change Cavanagh To Probke IT-P"PQ nlnt nnc No PowerI Kahn realizes that SGC does notI By DAN OKRENT Speaking at a reception for the Democratic slate for Ann Arbor municipal offices last night, De- troit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh called for greater cooperation be- tween urban and semi-urban areas, and reiterated one of the basic premises of his unsuccess- ful primary campaign for the U.S. Senate by asserting the need for increased state and federal aid to urban areas. Cavanagh, whose performance (,1 .l .. .111111 have power over individual con-B duct rules. "SGC as it is presently 0 FTCI A e set up has power over organiza- "Changes in modern technology tional rules and regulations. The are putting tremendous strains on Ml" I .O. O . Office of Student Affairs had a society, on our democratic insti- veto over this power until we tutions, and on our citizens," said broke with them." Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-Maine) gether. Our last frontier," he bor's chief improvement obtacle by breaking, we did not auto- speaking in Rackham Aud. yester- said, "is overcoming the lack of remains to be increasing the ef- yatically assume the power over day morning before the National dignity for people which all of us fectiveness of the city Human Re- individual conduct rules, a power' Student Sesquicentennial Confer are entitled to." lations Council in dealing with i i cn d ." ent Eale i h eeigPece rblm fpoverty and prejudice. which we never had." ence. Earphyicia who evedng, t , rJohn Feldkamp, director of Uni- Discussing the problem of "Pol- a physician who served a two- versity housing does not favor the itics in a Society of Transition," year term on the City Council elimination of sophomore hours. Muskie remarked, "Most Ameri- vating the University students' role He cited evidence he had gathered cans are only spectators in the in Ann Arbor to that of "full from his staff, Dr. Donald Schaef- political game, but as long as! citizenship." He noted that stu- ei, Chief Psychiatristhand director there is faith in the government to dents and student families com- of the Mental Health Clinic, and produce the best results in the prise 4 per cent of the Ann Arbor Mrs. Mary LaMore, Senior Psy- long run, we are all right." population, and deserve the full chiatric Social Worker, also of the He cautioned, however, that rights of the rest ofsAnnArbor's Mental Health Clinic. trust is increasingly hard to come residents. "SGC based their recommenda- by as the pace of technological today, Muskie said, "Politics is a profession; lots of experience, training, and skills are needed. The tools of the politician are simple: he must become a man who knows what he is talking about, he must seek advice and counsel, he must always stand firm on his decisions, and he must !learn to communicate effectively and use good timing." "Timing," he said, "is an im- portant consideration in following CneDi ,foTrell disc one's personal commitments as at politician. One must ask 'Is it bet-ter to press a conviction today or wait so you can fight more ef- fectively later on?'" "Some Southern Senators, for example, have compromised their belief in integration in the face of ' some pretty stark political realities. I can't really blame them; they have also contributed significant services to their coun- try." iplines Draft Protestors G x . l in Ann Arbor last one of the brights campaign, addressed August was snots of his a gathering I "However," Pierce noted, "along of approximately 200 party work- with full rights of citizenship, the' ers at the Old German restaurant, 'students must bear full respdnsi- particularly in behalf of Demo- bilities." This, Pierce elaborated, cratic mayoral candidate Ed implied full legal and criminal re- Pierce. .sponsibility for students within, tion on intuition and what they change accelerates. Theemotion- think exists on the campus," Feld- al and devisive impact of our cur-t kamp said. "The difficulties SGC rent problems is increasing. We sees are not gvounded in realities." are too occupied with the material Slow Starters development of our affluent so- "I asked SGC to look into soph- ciety, and the modern pace con- By HELEN JOHNSON The Cornell University Faculty Cormittee on Student Conduct (FCSC) yesterday upheld the de- cision of the Undergraduate Ju- diciary Board (UJB) to discipline ten students who solicited pledges to destroy draft cards last week. The FCSC upheld the repri- gency session voted to direct "the Proctor at his discretion to tem- porarily suspend students who re- fuse to cease and desist in their violation of university rules or refuse to identify themselves." Following the meeting, a peti- I tion was initiated and circulated among the faculty, urging that the more rational form," Roberts said. According to Roberts, the "well- attended' panel discussion "ser- iously decreased" the number of students attracted. to the tables manned by members of the Cor- nell chapter of Students for a. Democratic Society. SDS has been soliciting the draft card pledges. sn.q nn. to n nue soliit- !;: ..