SGC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS (See Editorial Page) , ic, r S irtgi ~~Iait FAIR AND COLDER High-4 Low-25 Sunny and continued cold Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL LXXVII, No. 65 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1966 SEVEN CENTS lit on Student Power: New Battlelines £ TEN PAGES m merge By ROGER RAPOPORT Daily News Analysis Demonstrations? Another sit- in? A direct clash between Stu- dent Government Council and the administration? Any or all of these may well occur in the near future; beneath the unrest which may lead to conflict, are two distinct, yet re- lated questions: Should students have the power to make final de- cisions on issues which primarily concern them alone? And, even if they do not have binding author- ity, should they be consulted be- fore decisions are made which have a direct impact on their lives? It is clear that the administra- tion does not plan to give students final authority in significant areas. In spite of the recent prolifera- tion of student advisory commit- tees to the administration, the Knauss report on student partici pation, and the quiet, effective work of a student committee to advise the Regents on the selec- tion of the next University presi- dent, some student leaders are questioning the administration's intent to even consult with stu- dents on major controversial de- cisions. Both issues, student power and the opportunity for consultation, are under the spotlight this week. For student power, tomorrow's draft referendum is a case in point. Several months ago, the admin- istration decided to comply with a request from the Selective Serv- ice to compile class ranks for male students to be used by local draft boards in determining a student's deferment status. Since then, many student lead-, ers have objected to this policy, and Student Government Council decided to put the class ranking question on the ballot tomorrow. Arguing that class ranking is an issue which affects only students, Voice political party and most SGC members have urged the ad- ministration to agree to be bound by the results of tomorrow's vote. The administration, however, has flatly refused. Claiming that the draft question affects more than just students, Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard Cut- ler said, "The administration has no intention of making the results of the referendum binding.'' In a broader context, admin- istrators often express reluctance to give students ultimate power in any circumstance because they fear that students are a transient group without an adequate grasp of the issues at stake within the University community. But some students are adamant in defending the opposite position. With tongue in cheek, Voice chairman Michael Zweig, grad., advocates student power with the administration serving in an ad- visory capacity. "Sure I think the administra- tion deserves a voice in student af- fairs," says Zweig. .I think we should have admin- istration advisory boards to ad- dise Student Government Council on how to run student affairs. "The administration should be able to .come to the students and say, 'Look we think it would be unwise for you to do away with class ranking because..... But some advocates of student power aren't just kidding: they are talking about forcing a show- down on the question if voters re- ject the University's draft policy Wednesday and the administra- tion refuses to be bound by the result of the referendum. The second issue-the right of students to be consulted by the administration before it makes de- cisions on issues directly affecting the student body-is also the sub- ject of heated debate this week. The debate is focusing on Cutler's weekend decision to ban sit-ins "which interfere wth the normal and orderly operations of the Uni- versity." Cutler made his decision with- out consulting SGC or other stu- dent leaders in advance, and SGC reacted last night by threatening to break relations with the Office of Student Affairs unless he sus- pends his action and discusses the matter with students and faculty. The vice-president has defended the move on the grounds that SGC does not have the authority to handle or act qn regulations per- taining to the individual student conduct. "SGC will be consulted on mat- ters within their purview," Cutler said yesterday. "This means I will consult SGC on decisions affecting organizations; however, council will not always be consulted on issues dealing only with indi- viduals." Cutler had expressed similar sentiments at an SGC meeting last Wednesday. Cutler adds: "In some cases the students will decide, in some cases they will be co-decision makers, in some advisors, and in some they will be left out." When speaking of consultation with students in a broader con- text, administrators often cite the creation of advisory boards ,to the' vice-presidents and the advisory committee on presidential selec- tion as evidence that they do be- lieve in student participation in the decision-making process. On the other hand, discontented students contend that, in addition to Cutler's -weekend sit-in ban, the administration failed to deal with them in good faith on the question of establishing a student bookstore last year, on the Regents recent delegation of sweeping powers to the vice-president for student affairs, and several other issues. _ __ } C NEWS WIREF__- To Break Ties With 0GSA .uMf !w w ol nless Sit-In Ban Suspended GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Society will celebrate its 20th year on the Ann Arbor campus by presenting HMS Pinafore at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in four performances starting Nov. 30. Tickets will be available in the Fishbowl Wednesday-Friday of this week, and Nov. 21-23 in the Student Activities bldg. * * * * A CAMPAIGN TO OBTAIN pledges for the nation's first kidney donor bank was launched today by the Michigan Kidney Foundation and the University Medical Center. It is expected that the campaign could eventually save up to 200 lives each year in Michigan. ROBERT McNAMARA SAID Friday that the present draft system "has led to inequities and uncertainties" and proposed a lottery system as a possible alternative. In an interview with the staff of the Harvard Crimson and Harvard's student radio station, McNamara said the lottery "would be one of the means of eliminating the deficiencies in the draft system . .." McNamara did not elaborate on the technical aspects of a lottery system, and emphasized that he was not recommending that the nation now adopt such a system. He said that he would save any specific recommendations until after the President's National Advisory Commission on the Selective Service submits its report to President Johnson later this year. The UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Friday announced that it is attempting to farm out a $485,000 Air Force contract on chemical and biological warfare. The announcement followed a faculty recommendation that the University cancel the research after the present contract expires in 1968. The action came after recent controversy on the campus as to the propriety of the secret research, which the university contends is defensive in nature. A DEMONSTRATION BY 300 persons on the University of California campus against the manufacturer of napalm for the Viet Nam war drew a Dow Chemical reply Fridayrthat it doesn't decide military policy, the Associated Press reported. "We will do our best, as we always have, to try to, produce what our Defense Department and our soldiers need in any war situation," the statement said. It endorsed "the right of any American to legally and peace- fully protest an action with an action with which he does not agree. A GRADUATE INSTRUCTOR in English at the University of North Carolina has been reinstated in the classroom from which he was removed three weeks ago amid charges that he had assigned a theme dealing with seduction. A team of two professors and two university administrators found that the theme assignment had been to paraphrase the imagery in a 17th-century poem-"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell. PROF. JOHN McCOLLUM, chairman of the music school's voice dept. will be a soloist in "Messiah" with the New York Philharmonic at Philharmonic Hall today. RECR UITING TEAM LEADER: 3 Men On Raft Battle For Lives Kaufman, Feiheim, Lane Seek To Prove Their Disciplines Best By MICHAEL HEFFER Three men are alone on a raft Only enough food is left for one to survive. What should they do? "I think Prof. Lane should eat Prof. Kaufmann," ventured one student amidst a sea of students in the UGLI Multipurpose Room. "I am prepared to let myself be eaten, if there is something in it for all of us . . . I think,"j replied Prof. Arnold Kaufman.r Three Men Kaufman spoke as one of "Three Men on a Raft" struggling last night with Profs. Marvin Fel- OFFICERS OF STUDENT GO heim and Harlan Lane for the administrative vice-president,I right to survive. Students and faculty lined the walls, covered the floor and even AP EXECUTIVE: overflowed out of the Multipur-_ __ _ pose Room as each of the three professors argued that he, because - 0 -Daly-Thomas R. Copi VERNMENT COUNCIL (left to right), James Benton, treasurer; Ed Robinson, president; Mark Simon, ponder possible action concerning Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard Cutler's ban on sit-ins. ----- ------ - ---- -- - - - - -- --- - -- - N 7T r-N / A 0 of what he represents in the aca- demic world, has the right to sur- vive on the limited amount of food on a raft. "The role of literature is not only primary, secondary and ter- tiary, but final," began Felheim, setting a fast pace for the dis- cussion. "We came first," said Felheim, who, as an English professor, rep- resented literature in the Univer- sity Activities Center program. Lit- erature was pitted against psy- chology, represented by Lane, and philosophy, represented by Kauf- man. Felheim Dismisses Felheim dismissed opposing fields by saying of works in these areas, "if it is any good at all, eventually it becomes a work of literature." See FELHEIM, Page 2 .Swinton 1 valuates Internatrona Situation in Journalism Lecture Vote 13=2 For boint Participation Cite Long History Of 'U' Ignoring , Student Channels By SUSAN SCHNEPP and HARVEY WASSERMAN In an emergency meeting last night Student Government Coun- cil voted to break off its ties with the Office of Student Affairs if that office does not suspend its new regulation banning sit-ins. Council further called for the establishment of joint consulta- tion procedures between students, faculty and administrators on any such regulations that deal direct- ly with students. The move came in response to the weekend announcement by Vice-President for Student Af- fairs Richard L. Cutler that sit- ins by students in administra- tors' offices will be subject to fine or suspension. All present at the meeting felt 'that Cutler's action has unjustly bypassed the rightful channel of SGC and that some action had to be taken to express formally Coun- cil's displeasure with it. After five and one-half hours of debate, a 13-2 vote established the following motion: "We are forced to conclude... that the intent of the relation- ship between the OSA and SGC to provde for communication be- tween students and other respo- sible elements of the University community has in fact broken down ... . In our opinion the ac- tions we have outlined previously have only, exacerbated: the real powers of student complaints at issuein these cases. "Over a period of 2% months we have made every effort to con- sult with concerned and interested groups in the administration and faculty. With the faculty the com- munication was profitable.. . With the administration the re- lationship was not forthcoming. "Our quarrel is not so much with substantive policies but with the procedures by which they are formulated... . "We feel we have an obligation to express students' opinions in all areas which concern them and since the structure and actions 'of the OSA have obstructed the ful- fillment of this role we therefore feel there will be no other course than to declare our independence of the OSA. "But since our ultimate aim is to increase the involvement of the students as partners in pursuing the common interests of the U community we would welcome any act on the part of the administra- tion which would demonstrate a willingness to cooperate with the studenits and faculty on matters relevant to them. The suspension of the rule concerning sit-ins fol- By CLARENCE FANTO the Peking regime is not a mono-, Managing Editor lithic one. "The internal political struggle Communist China's internal po- will occupy China for a long time," litical difficulties are likely to Swinton said. He added that Chi- keep it out of the Viet Nam war, nese prestige has been eroded Stanley Swinton, assistant general throughout Asia because of the manager of the Associated Press Red Guard movement and the re- said yesterday. sulting political dissension. Speaking at a journalism de- International Situation partment lecture at Rackham Swinton, a University graduate Amphitheatre, Swinton contended and former city editor of The that the growth of the anti-in- Daily, delivered a general evalua- intellectual Red Guard youth tion of the international situation movement in China indicates that based on eight months of travel and talks with many world lead- ers, including Indian Prime Min- ister Gandhi, Philippines President Marcos and the foreign ministers of Britain and France. O fers The AP executive, whose specific responsibility is Director of World Services for the oldest and largest ociety international press association, pointed to Indonesia's recent sup- ociety 62 pression of an attempted Com- munist coup as the most impor- an ' tn nc rin t in t ohbnnl,..,r,.., .;- national community of nations, Swinton, said. On theViet Nam war, Swinton voiced optimism regarding the American military effort against the Viet Cong. "We're moving forward militar- ily because of an extraordinarily efficient army, highly-motivated troops, superior firepower -and air support," he said. Swinton pre- dicted North Viet Nam would soon return to an earlier phase of the guerrilla insurrection, fighting in small units and concentrating on sneak attacks. On the political side, the situa- tion is less encouraging, he said. The civilian population is war- weary, U.S. troops are unable to remain in a battle area to secure political control after they defeat the guerrillas, and thus villagers. are reluctant to support the U.S. because they fear the return of the Viet Cong, Swinton argued. But there is some hope that a diplomatic solution to the war may be in the works, he said. The Soviet- Union seems to be gaining increased influence over Hanoi and may soon be in a position toI urge the North Vietnamese to en- gage in peace talks and to over- come President Ho Chi Minh's fear that the U.S. plans to install per- manent bases in South Viet Nam, Swinton indicated. Ex-Volunteer Says Peace Corps ew erspective on American S Allows Flexible Study Plan By LISSA MATROSS s Why join the Peace Corps? Why0 ,aLht int'n tha ,,,nhlanmc orf ,nnr ana. rhictir a.ntivict. ta!hrn rinpc }srit not settle comfortably into a nice{ upper-middle class job with Gen- , eral Motors? One ex-Peace Corps volunteer offers this answer: "I joined the Peace Corps to prove myself as a mind, to prove my autonomy and to learn if I could come to grips with the problems of human society." Hank Malin is an ex-Peace Corps volunteer who spent twenty- w t T t U w s t t i2 siut mw ue sume i o yuranareIUC acs no t m o oesico o, ana CUILUral associaton co re coin- tant recent development in Sout-!BmYTI IL wn society. You gain a new per- offer any positive solutions to the posed of as many of the villagers east Asia. pective on American problems structures they wish to change. 1as wanted to join, Indonesia's Communist party, College Honors 290, an individ- vhen you see the similarities be- "Dissension without construc- As time passed, the association which was the largest outside the ual study program instituted last ween economic deprivation in tion is totally naive," says Malin. became increasingly aware of the Communist world a year ago with year to allow the student to go turkey and the economic depriva- "Anarchy takes away the vice Irelative ineffectiveness of the at least five million members, beyond the scope of regular ion of minority groups in the which is most cherished." council, and plans were made to attempted to take over the gov- courses, has been elected by 35 Jnited States." j Peace Corps men often find this support and finance projects in ernment on Oct. 1, 1965, after students this term. Insight into similar problems'voice of the people very mufiled.!the name of the association alone, having been informed that Presi- The student makes up a reading rorks the other way, too. "TheIIn a report Malin wrote at the but open to all interested parties, dent Sukarno was ailing. But the list with the faculty member, and eace Corps needs the activist,",end of his stay in Turkey he states including the mayor. coup was put down by the Indo- writes a final paper or takes an ays Malin. "He is dynamic and that, "The traditional government How does Malin view the posi- nesian army. A massive bloodbath examination. Depending upon the houghtful and has proven organ-|of mayor and council, democratic- ion of the Peace Corps volunteer followed with at least 300,000 In- scope of inquiry, the course is zational ability. He has worked E ally installed and ostensibly ork- as a U.S. renresentative? "The donneian Cnmmumists massaere worth from two tn thren eredit t updn the student's interest and ability. Most faculty members who have participated in sponsoring a student have found it an enjoy- able experience and a "very good idea." Criticisms have been leveled, however, against the limitations of the c o ur s e structure. Morris Greenhut of the English depart- ment finds the program only "mildly, successful. In order for the program to work properly," he say "the students hould have