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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1967
NIGHT EDITOR: PAT O'DONOHUE
Quick Action Is Vital
On State Tax Reform
ALL THE CURRENT peace talk about Vietnam is really
just a smokescreen. Behind the scene President
Johnson and Ho Chi Minh are desperately trying to sell
the war. But they can't get rid of it.
There are plenty of eager buyers around but the
sellers are finding it impossible to work out terms.
For example, the top bidder for the war, U.N. Secre-
tary-General U Thant has raised enough money to buy
the warnout. But thenprotagonists refuse to OK Thant's
plan to move the whole war to Geneva.
Another top bidder, Dow Chemical, is also set to
purchase the war. But Dow has been notified by the
government that there would be a conflict of interest
if it sold Napalm for use in its own war. In fact the
government has threatened to give the lucrative napalm
contract to another chemical firm if Dow makes the
purchase.
SEVERAL OF THE major news media have also been
trying to buy the war out. This week NBC tried to buy
the war so that it could send striking David Brinkley
over. Time magazine submitted a bid but withdrew it
after an editor accidentally started reading Newsweek
and found out what the whole war was all about.
New York Times assistant minh-iging editor Har-
rison Salisbury almost bought the war. But President
Johnson refused to OK the sale after Salisbury refused
to take the Southern half.
A number of educational institutions are also in-
terested in the war-including the University. But after
reviewing the situation the school decided against it
since so much of its funds are being directed to the
Residential College.
For awhile even the Central Intelligence Agency was
thinking about buying the war. But that was before
Ramparts explained to them that they controlled the
whole thing anyway.
General Motors has also dropped its plans to buy the
war. The company had the money but President Johnson
insisted that GM take Dean Rusk as part of the deal.
And nobody wants Dean Rusk.
VICE-PRESIDENT Cutler's decision to approve abo-
lition of sophomore's women's hours ironically should
be a boost for campus morality. "Before," claims one
co-ed, "Girls who lost track of time and didn't want to
go back to the dorm and pick up a penalty of 30 late
minutes would be forced to stay out all night. Now they
can just go home*and go to bed."
THE PEN APPARENTLY isn't as mighty as the mouth.
Student activists, riled over the fact that some stu-
dents were shut out of yesterday afternoon's press con-
ference with the new University president complained
so loudly that the whole affair was called off early. The
whole flap could have been avoided if the University
had simply used a bigger auditorium.
EDITING HIGH SCHOOL newspapers at Charles Evans
Hughes High School in New York City is apparently
a risky business. Editor Peter Hodes was fired by the
school's principal after he privately distributed copies
of a banned editorial on apathy at the school.
The principal had refused to let Hodes publish the
editorial describing "the vicious cycle of mounting ten-
sions and subsequent apathy" created by students, fac-
ulty and administration at the Manhattan high school.
A
GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY'S fiscal reform
is still very much alive, despite the
state Senate's defeat of the plan this
-week.
Romney publically displays supreme
confidence that his tax-proposals will re-
ceive ready support from both Republi-
cans and Democrats, with only minor
alterations. Privately, he realizes that he
faces a long round of negotiations and
maneuvering, if lie is to bring it into ef-
fect for the new fiscal year, beginning
July 1.
The most controversial issue is the pro-
vision for a two-and-a-half per cent
personal income tax, which is under fire
by both legislators and the public. There
seems to be little doubt, however, that
out of sheer necessity, the tax will be
accepted this year.
Romney has the formidable task of
persuading a number of dissident law-
makers to accept his package as it stands
to bolster faltering state revenues. Al-
though the proposed legislation was ex-
pected to get quick action when both
House and Senate Taxation Committees
reported their versions of the bills for
floor debate over a week ago, the pro-
posal has hit a number of political snags,
which threaten to bottleneck the legisla-
tion entirely.
Democratic legislators have told the
majority Republicans that they would
like to see an increase in the corporate
income tax rate. Moreover, a number of
Republicans disagree with the plan and
will push for 'a more equitable tax struc-
ture.
THE HOUSE takes up the tax proposals
on Monday. Romney held meetings
yesterday with a number of Democrats
to elicit support for his plan, but the
House will probably return the bill in-
tact to its Taxation Committee, when
it comes to a vote, for further delibera-
tion.
Meanwhile, the bill in the Senate has
been sent back to the Taxation Com-
mittee where bipartisan bargaining on
the terms of the tax plan will continue
until the April 13 deadline. To counter
Democratic charges of "railroading" and
"high-handedness," Republicans are de-
liberately attempting to slow down the
progress of the bills through the Senate
committee this week.
Romney, sensing where his potential
support lies, has been holding individual
meetings with hesitant senators to se-
cure the six votes necessary to obtain a
majority to get the bill through..
But it is not only in the Legislature
that Romney is meeting resistance. Pri-
vate polls held recently by senators have
shown that the public reaction to a state
income tax would be largely negative.
There are already movements afoot
to force a public referendum on the issue
at the next election, if the bill passes.
The state constitution forbids referenda
on laws containing appropriaticns-but a
vote on the idea of an income tax could
still kill the law before it goes into effect.
Sen. Raymond Dzendzel (D-Detroit) has
already begun circulating a series of peti-
tions.
It was noted recently, however, that
in the past, all petitions seeking to block
laws have been declared void by courts
on technical grounds. Gov. Romney
doesn't feel that the people's will was
stifled in these cases, stating, "I think
people elect the Legislature to make de-
cisions of this type and they should be
able to make them."
THE GOVERNOR has said repeatedly
that he will not approve expenditures
in excess of state revenues, and that if
this plan fails he will persist until fiscal
reform in some acceptable form is adopt-
ed by the Legislature. For this he says
he is willing to work through the entire
summer if necessary. If it is not ap-
proved by July 1, program cutbacks which
would amount to a slash of $147 million'
in state services over the next year would
have to carry the state until a special
session of the Legislature could be called
next fall.
Estimates made by the state budget of-
fice show the fiscal reform with a two-
and-a-half per cent tax, along with an
eight per cent levy on financial institu-
tions will produce an additional $308 mil-
lion in revenue's for the state. This could
make a large amount of money avail-
able to the University and other state-
supported agencies, currently facing
budget cuts next year.
The state faces a deep financial crisis
and a 15 per cent cutback in its pro-
grams next year--some brand of tax re-
form must be approved immediately.
The problems seem to be more techni-
cal than ideological and no matter how
important political maneuvering may
seem, it must be realized by legislators
and the public that quick action on fiscal
reform is vital.
-WALLACE IMMEN
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Letters: What Price Harmony at U'?
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To the Editor:"
BEFORE THE University com-
munity reaches sanguine una-
nimity in thinking that a skilled
mediator is just what this campus
needs for a president (just the
thing to cool off those SDS hot-
heads), let us ask, what price har-
mony?
Clark Kerr's blithe essay on
"The Multiversity" (Harper's, 19-
63) makes wistful reading after
Gov. Reagan's smashing victory
over the forces of liberalism last
January. Kerr's philosophy was
that as long as moderates were in
control of each power center in
the multiversity, power would not
be necessary to the task of presi-
dent. In prophetic lines he adds,
"When the extremists get in con-
trol of the students, the faculty, or
the trustees, then the 'delicate bal-
ance of interests' becomes an ac-
tual war." But the sad thing for
California was that Kerr's medi-
ator-style presidency could not
prevent the war and when the
lines were drawn he found him-
self a "trimmer," despised by both
camps.
KERR THOUGHT the "Presi-
dent as Giant" out of fashion, cit-
ing Prof. Angell's verdict on our
own Henry D. Tappan: "The larg-
est figure of a man that ever ap-
peared on the Michigan campus.
And he was stung to death by
gnats." But in Kerr's term at Cali-
fornia he was not the Giant but a
mediator who mended his screens
to keep out the gnats and stayed
out of the swamp of educational
policy.
If Kerr had had more of the
Giant's style, he might have been
humble enough to listen to stu-
dent protestors before they be-
came alienated and large enough
not fo be intimidated by an actor
turned demagogue P r e s i dent-
elect Fleming is said to be acces-
sible to students; let us hope he
draws from his legal background
not only the skills of a negotiator,
but the moral commitment to j us-
tice that will command. the res-
pect of. faculty and regents and
stamp his presidency with more
than compromise.
-Ted Y. Wilson, Grad.
Candidate Replies
To the Editor:
"N A LETTER published in last
Saturday's Daily, Professor
Kazarinoff of the mathematics de-
partment level; certain charges
against me which have utterly no
foundation in fact. To begin with,
the writer links me by implica-
tion with the "exploiting few," al-
though I have not the faintest no-
tion of just whom I am supposed
to exploit, or how.
Most emphatically I did not
choose to run for Council from
the 1st Ward in order to exploit
"the poor and the downtrodden"
or anybody else; I entertain no
such fantastic idea. The state-
ments which I have made on the
various issues of this campaign
represent my considered and hon-
est opinions and in no way were
designed to support "the princi-
ples and desires of the exploiting
few"-whpever and wherever they
are.
In the second place, and again
by implication, Kazarinoff joins
me with "the racists." Contrary to
the letter writer's allegation, I
have never declared publicly or
privately that I was opposed to
efforts to eliminate racial discrim-
ination; the charge that I have
so spoken is a patent untruth.
With reference to the matter of
- racial imbalance, I spoke out a
year ago in protest against any
attempt to establish and maintain
an arbitrary and fixed percentage
of racial mix in our public schools.
I considered such an approach
completely artificial and unreal-
istic-and I still think so today.
MR. KAZARINOFF then goes on
to assert that, as a member of
Council, I would so vote as "to
continue the gratification to spe'-
cial interests Ann Arbor Repub-
lican councilmen have always sup-
ported." Here, the writer is mak-
ing the grievous error of confus-
ing his certainty with absolute cer-
tainty. Most assuredly, I would
not blindly and uncritically sup-
port any so-called "Republican
position"; no group, including the
Republican Party, will ever dic-
tate to me what I should think or
how I should vote. I will think
for myself, thank you.
Finally, Professor Kazarinoff
makes an astonishing appeal -
"even though you do not share all
of his beliefs," and even though
Mr. Curry "has voted for the
building industry's rapes of Ann
Arbor's charm,' you ought to sup-
port him. Such an appeal has to
stand as one of the most unusual
endorsements of a political candi-
date that I've ever come across.
-Prof. Edward M. Shafter, Jr.
College of Engineering
Spring Break
To the Editor:
AM WRITING in regard to the
University's Winter Term vaca-
tion policy. I am contesting the
choice of datesfor the break, and
also the reasoning behind the
choice of such dates.
It has been the policy of the
administration in recent years to
have the "Spring Break" approxi-
mately the first week in March.
The only plausible reason I can
think of for such action is that it
is roughly mid-term. Surely it is
not spring, as the labeling seems
to insinuate. More likely, as it was
this year, it was cold and snow
covered the ground. Secondly,'I
think this is strictly an arbitrary
choice by the administration
which ignores student opinion. It
is very possible the student body
would pick a much more suitable
date, such as Easter.
ALTHOUGH IT would be con-
sidered conforming to other uni-
versities' policies, I think Easter
is a much more sensible time for
"Spring Break". First the weather
is surely more appropriate for
"vacationing" (or 'breaking")
than is the case now. Secondly, it
would allow students to enjoy time
off at the same time other colleges
do, and participate in vacation
frolics (such as Fort Lauderdale).
Lastly, it would 'eliminate the ir-
religious practice the University
now pursues of holding class or{
Good Friday. Perhaps this present
policy is justified, however, since
a majority of the campus does not
believe in the' religious aspects of
Easter anyway.
I propose the University-consi-
der its policy and either justify
its position, or consider the possi-
bility of the following: (1) a stu-
dent opinion poll on a more suit-
able date, and if the poll so shows
a change is desired, (2) the alter-
ation of University policy to cor-
respond to student opinion.
-Brock E. Plumb, "70
Correction
(The following portion of a
letter by Prof. John E. Powers
(March 28, 1967) was uninten-
tionally omitted. The preceding
passage involved the role of Hu-
bert Cohen in the Cinema Guild
organization.)
"b.) Mr. Cohen is not, nor has
he ever been, the faculty advisor
to Cinema Guild. As of the Fall
of 1966, Cinema Guild and other
student organizations are not re-
quired to have faculty advisors,
"c.) Mr. Cohen is, according to
the Ann Arbor News of March 22,
1967, employed as assistant man-
ager of Cinema Guild."
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Students Get Double Bogie
'NO STUDENTS ALLOWED" is the pol-
licy at the University's new Radrick
Farms golf course.
The decision to limit the use of the
course to "full-time members of the fac-
ulty and staff" of the University was
made by a Faculty Senate subcommittee
appointed to develop policy for the new
course. Frank C. Shiel, manager of Serv-
ice Enterprises, Inc., for the University
headed the committee.
When asked, with no past use of the
course to base the decision on, why !stu-
dents were to be denied use of the course,
he said, "Students weren't considered,"
and could give "only the policy set by
the committee" for an explanation.
GREENS FEES for the Radrick Farms
course are high-from $2 to $3 --
more than any of Ann Arbor's three mu-
nicipal courses, and $3.75 more than the
University's course available for student
use. Mr. Shiel explained that the unus-
ually expensive fees were set- specifical-
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ly to limit use of the course, which was
built on land donated to the University.
"Funds for construction of the course
and its upkeep come from a restricted
fund drawn from the University's employe
benefit fund, family season tickets ($150),
individual season tickets ($100), and from
the greens fees ($5)," according to Har-
lan Mulder, a member of the golf com-
mittee. Preference for course use will be
given to season ticket holders, however,
as stated in an information flyer about
the course.
Overall use of Ann Arbor's golf courses
is heavy, 'according to Al Bower of the
Ann Arbor aPrk Department. Although
the city will soon complete building its
third course, at approximately the same
time-next fall-construction of the Res-
idential College will begin, taking up
half of the Huron Municipal course. Bow-
er said that Ann Arbor's courses are un-
derstaffed on their maintenance crews,
which, with their heavy use, leaves them
not in the best of condition.
IT IS, THEREFORE, difficult to under-
stand ,the reasoning of the golf com-
mittee, for if order of play preference
will be given to those holding season tick-
ets, why not let those students who wish
to play on the Radrick Farms course do
so after those holding season passes, are
on the course?
As more and more students take ad-
vantage of the trimester system, Ann Ar-
bor's overworked recreational facilities
will not be able to accommodate them.
By STEVE NISSEN
THERE IS A CRISIS developing
in off-campus student housing
Which nobody wants to recognize.
Touring representative housing in
the Ann Arbor area, I found ob-
vious and numerous housing code
violations. Rising prices and de-
clining quality seem to be the
trend, especially in low-cost hous-
ing.
However, these concerns were
quickly dismissed by University
housing director John Feldcamp:
"There really isn't a quality prob-
lem" in Ann Arbor housing, "only
insufficient quantity." According
to Feldcamp there is no reason to
clean up sub-standard housing,
after all, since "People are living
in these places because they want
to, aren't they? I think it would
be a great injustice to strictly en-
force the building code."
The University administrators
are not the only people ignoring
the situation. It seems Ann Arbor
building inspectors share the same
philosophy as Feldcamp. Despite
their claims that the housing code
is "carefully and strictly enfor-
ced", I was able to find more than
a dozen code violations in a single
one block area on the extension of
South University near Geddes.
Among them were fire extinguish-
ers last inspected 10 years ago,
rooms with less than the required
500 cubic feet of air space per oc-
cupant, and third floors with no
fire escape or alternate means of
exit.
THE CRISIS IN student hous-
ing is further evidenced by the
rising trend in rent rates. There
have been pretty much across-the-
board increases of 15 per cent in
the past two or three years, ac-
cording to Stewart Gordon of the
Student Housing Association.
The realtors of Ann Arbor have
students in a supply-and-demand
squeeze, and they know it. The de-
mand for low-cost housing is so
great that attics and cellars are
being converted to prime student
housing. Several years ago such
housing was unprofitable because
it couldn't be rented. Today stu-
dents are willing to live in those
places because it's the only low-
cost housing available.
Feldcamp claims "rents are not
exhorbitant" in Ann Arbor, but
the facts show otherwise. New
four-man , apartments at $275 a
month are rented with no diffi-
culty on 12 month leases. Single
rooms of less-than-legal size in an
old $2-a-night flop-house have
been converted to prime student
housing, that rents for $50 a
month.
Elsewhere in the city, one land-
lord converted his unheated attic
into low-cost housing. Mattresses
on a bare floor serve as beds, and'
the rafters provide for hanging
clothes. This third floor attic has
no fire-escape of any kind.
One landlord built a window in
the cellar room which he convert-
ed into a bedroom, in an attempt
to comply with the building code
requirement that each room have
at least one window. Apparently
he forgot to read the section which
requires the window to open up
outside, not underground.
THE FORMATION of the Stu-
dent Rental Union is a step in the
right direction, but it appears to
be too little, too late. Feldcamp.
predicts that Bursley Hall will
probably be the last conventional
dorm built here. .if he is correct,
the shortage of reasonably priced,
decent quality housing will grow,
worse. And that means higher
rental rates.
Non-p ofit University-built-and-
operated housing may be the ans-
wer, but before such projects.can
be undretaken, the housing office
must first admit the existence of
the problem.
Ann Arbor City Ordinances (The Housing Law of Michigan)
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