VOTE TODAY! 5k 4gau :Iaitly VOTE TODAY! Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL LXXVII, No. 66 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1966 SEVEN CENTS TEN PAGES RALLY FIRST: Instructor Dismissals at VOterS Act on Draft Issue MSU Precipitate Sit-In As U' Reaffirms By PAT O'DONOHUE Students at Michigan State Uni- versity stageda sit-in in the main lobby of Bessey Hall last night. The sit-in is in protest against the firiiig of .three MSU instruc- tors, Robert Fogarty, Ken Lawless, and Gary Groat, in the depart- ment of American Thought and Language (ATL). Bessey Hall houses the ATL department. would not be able to get in. A group of about 40 students sat outside his office and decided not to stage a sit-in. Later the ad hoc committee on academic freedom which had sponsored the rally in the after- noon held a meeting last night in which they decided to stage a st- in, or, if this could not be done effectively, to start a vigil, indoors tion of University Professors "in- vited" ATL to re-examine its de-' cision not to re-appoint the dis- missed professors. Carlin replied by calling the AAUP suggestion "the ost irespo sggesa iomn that it has been my misfortune to I Sit-in if read." A major reason for the protest is~found in the fact that many Igoresj doubts have been raised in the MSU community as to whether or not the three men were denied re-appointment for purely profes- Defer Spedi sional reasons. Until Votes Lsks 'U, Vote fic Plans Are In; lith Cutler There were 50 students at last if possible, until Thursday when night's sit-in and two-thirds said another rally will be held. they planned to spend the night The executive council of MSU's and expected others to join them chapter of the American Associa- as the evening progressed. Earlier in the day a rally was held outside Bessey Hall in which 1100 people heard a dozen speak- ers, including faculty members and James Graham, chairman of 4 the Associate Student Board, the student governing body. Lawless read his poem the "Orange Horse" and the rally was subsequently By SUE REDFERN called the "rally of the orange horse," and the students who ob- "People in a nation have a duty jected to the firing of the three to assert their opposition to what faculty members began wearing they consider their government's orange buttons. engagement in an unjust and il- Participation Role legal war," Ernest Goodman, De- Graham spoke about the role troit attorney, said last night in of the student to participate in the a speech entitled "A Basis for direction of his own education and Conscientious Objection: The Nur- stated that the reasons given for emberg Judgment." the dismissals of the three in- Goodman's speech was the sec- structors were unsatisfactory. ond part of a program on unscrip- This is reportedly a new idea tious objection sponsored by Inter- coming from Graham. It had been fraternity Council's Academic Ar- voiced by the "new left" prior to fairs Committee. Earlier yester- the rally but had never been given day, Paul Lauter of Chicago's sanction by the student govern- American Friends Service Com- ing body. mittee spoke on "Conscientious After the rally 200 students went Objetr. to the office of Edward A. Carlin, jectors. dean of the university college, Addressing a small turn-out, which heads the department of Goodman outlined the historical the ATL. 30-50 students were able uases for the concepts of inter- to talk to him for.. about 10 national law reached at the Nur- minutes. emberg Trial of 1945-46. Carlin stood by the orginal de- After World War I said Good- cision to fire the three men but man, an attempt was made by the wouldn't make the reasons for Allies to bring German leaders to this action . public, reportedly trial for war crimes. Such trials stating that these reasons are were eventually held at Leipzig "privileged material." Carlin said by German officials though most he would speak with the students of those tried were acquitted. individually. 20 students subse- In 1928, most of the world's quently filled his calendar for the major powers, Goodman explain- week. ed, entered into a pact known as Department Locked the Pact of Paris, or Kellogg- The students then went to the Briand Pact, which renounced war ATL department. The department as an instrument of national pol- chairman was not in and his office icy. This pact was approved by had been locked so the students the United States in 1929. After Will Meet V Calls Viet By SUSAN ELAN 1 Voice political party last night t t approved a proposal stating that izens D u a sit-in would be the appropriate tactic if the University does not accept a positive vote on the draft referendum as binding. World War II it was used as the. dn primary justification for the trials The specific planning of the sit- at Nuremburg. in was postponed until a mass e m 4ntr i anl dnn. flTfn AR F id hn At the end of World War II, Goodman continued, a conference' was called by the Allies. From this conference came an agreement known as the London Charter, which established an international military tribunal to try Nazi of- ficials and organizations for war crimes in violation of internation- al law, The London Charter defined war crimes in terms of three cate- gories: "crimes against peace" (planning and initiating a war of aggression), "crimes ofcwar" (wanton destruction .of cities or villages and murder of prisoners of war), and "crimes against humanity" (inhuman treatment of peoples of a nation). The charter provided that no person could defend himself on the ground that'he was acting as the head of state, or that he was forced to commit war crimes by a superior's order. Of the 23 officials tried at Muremburg, 20 were convicted ac- cording to Goodman. In December of 1946, the United States pre- sented a resolution to the United Nations, passed unanimously, that affirmed the principles established at the Nuremburg trials as part of international law. Goodman said that an indivi- dual has a duty not to cooperate with his government's pursuit of a particular war if he perceives that the government is violating mieng piannea or rr ay wnen the results of the referendum would be known and SGC would have discussed these results with Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler and Vice-Presi- dent for Research A. GeoffreyI Norman. According to Voice member Eric Chester the time for a sit-in has come because the administration has shown that it respects only one thing-power,, the power of people to come to a decision and to stand by that decision. Voice, says Peter Steinberger, Grad, sees the draft referendum -Daily-T VOICE MEMBERS MET LAST night to decide what action they would take concerning a sit-in for making the draft referendum binding. OSA Reply to SGC Statemet On it-n Rle ExpBee To as only the spark in the long g By SUSAN SCHNEPP decisions for students without' range goal of giving students a even talking to them." part in the decision making at the Vice-President for Student Af- SGC's resolution cites a history University. fairs Richard Cutler gave no in- of unilateral decisions made by The organization also passed a dication yesterday whether or not the administration sin areas of proposal supporting SGC in its he will comply with Student Gov- importance to students. Last year move to declare independence ernment Council's demand that Cutler submitted a recommenda- from control by the Office of Stu- he suspend the new regulation Cut to the Regents opposing the dent Affairs. Michael Zweig, pres- banning sit-ins. . establishment of a student book- ident of Voice, called SGC the only Dave Baad, assistant to the vice- store without first informing stu- legitimate body able to make rules president for student affairs, said dents of his intended action. governing students and student or- that the OSA will issue a state- This year, SGC has voiced dis- ganizations. ment today in reply to SGC's res- satisfaction with the release of the He said further that he did not lution, which says that SdC will "become independent of the OSA" names of 65 students .and faculty recognize the power of the OSA if the ban is not lifted. the se Comm ee on Un- that therefore he did not recog- The key issue, however, is not See SGC Text, Page 10 nize the rule banning sit-ins, the sit-in rule itself, but the pro- ------------ ----- - cedure used by the OSA in mak- American Activities for investiga- Plans for distribution of peti. ing the regulation. Cutler an- tion in anti-Viet Nam war activi- tions to teachers requesting with. nounced the ban last weekend ties; Cutler's request to the Re- holding of grades from the Uni- without first consulting with either gents for absolute authority over versity as long as class ranks are students or faculty. non-academic student behavior; compiled were approved as well A special statement issued by and the policy of compiling and According to Zweig if 100 to SGC yesterday explaining Mon- Ireleasing class rankings to the 6 : i ihgNEW S V I"1 IAi-uI (1ij j*.niiciples ofintxiernialzii taw -RE Late World News By the Associated Press SECRETARY OF STATE Dean Rusk said yesterday the United States has failed so far to get any sign from North Viet Nam that it would reciprocate if the United States stopped bomb- ing the North. The Johnson administration faces increasing pressure with the approach of the Christmas holidays to have a new pause in the bombing. The last lull of 37 days started a Christmas truce a year ago. "What are the Communists prepared to do if we should sus- pend bombing of the North?" Rusk said. "So far they have not indicated that they are willing to reciprocate in any way." "Those closest to the danger know that South Viet Nam is the target of an aggression-and that that aggression must be repelled if there is to be a reasonable prospect of peace in East Asia and the Pacific ... "Generally in that area it is realized that our firm stand in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia is giving the nations of the re- gion time to build and organize their strength, resources and development." A DOZEN STUDENTS clashed with police last night in a Pembroke College auditorium after a speech on Viet Nam by Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of tht Joint Chiefs of Staff. A Brown University graduate student was arrested after students charged the stage in an apparent attempt to reach Wheeler. Police and student ushers blocked the students' path and started trading punches with the demonstrators while more police quickly ushered Wheeler out a sidt entrance of the build- ing. After police cleared the hall, more than 100 demonstrators * gathered outside the building carrying signs protesting the Viet Nam war and shouting anti-war slogans. Midway through Wheeler's 30-minute speech, some 60 stu- dents walked out of the hall in protest. Others remained in their seats and heckled him throughout the speech and the brief ques- tion-and-answer session that followed. Wheeler told an audience of more than 100 students that "no group has a more valid right to ask about our involvement" in established by the Nuremburg 120 faculty members could be per- judgment and the United Nations. suaded not to release grades this The provision of the London could tie up the grades of as many Charter which renders defense on as 60 per cent of the undergrad- the grounds of superior order in- uates on this campus. valid places this moral responsibi- He went on to say that the only lity on each individual, way in which unity of student ac- The IFC-sponsored program tion can be achieved is through yesterday was the second such dis- action that directly affects the in- cussion held on campus this week. dividual interests of the students. In a meeting at Hillel Founda- Last night's meeting was held in tion Monday night, Reuben Chap- the Union Ballroom and was well- man and Jerome Segal, doctoral attended. If the organization candiates in social psychology and choses to sit-in, its participating philosophy respectively, discussed members might face severe dis- the Jewish bases for conscientious ciplinary action under the new objection. Cutler ban on sit-ins. DECISION ISSUE: day night's resolution makes this explicit: "The key point is that the procedures followed by the OSA make it impossible for us to consider such substance because we were not consulted in the for- mulation of this rule." However, according to SGC, this is not an isolated example of the GSA's failure to consult with stu- dents prior to making rules which directly concern them. SGC Pres- ident Ed Robinson, '67, empha- sized that "this issue is a focal point for our (SGC's) complaint about the procedures consistently followed by the OSA in making Selective Service. In none of these cases, SGC contends, were students sounded out for opinions or suggestions before the actions were taken.. The administration has discuss- ed today's campus referendum on the draft with students to a lim- ited extent, but have refused to! allow them a 'voice- in deciding University policy on the Selective Service, and has insisted that the referendum will not be binding on the administration. SGC has thus far this year worked through existing channels' according to established proced- ures to improve student-adminis- trative relationships and to at- tempt to gain a voice in decisions affecting students. But, states the, resolution, "attempts to improve the procedure have been one-sided and have met with too little re- sponse from the administration." Another aspect to the "proced- ure" question concerned the reso- lution itself - how sh respond to the ruling. T given Monday night w only after hours of deba In the end, Council in favor of the resolu Dick Wingfield, '67, an lauf, '67 Bus. Ad., voti and 11-4 on the ar which states specifical "such an act, i.e., the of the sit-in rule, is not feel we must become in of the OSA." Wingfiel Neill Hollenshead, '67, Meyer, '69, voted again All agreed that SGC a strong stand on the is field qualified this by s should take a strong sta it has the ability to b with support from othe in the University. He that SGC should take t ance directly to the Re have ultimate power SGC and the OSA. Zulauf held that SC have expressed its diss to Cutler in a meeting rather than confront lically with a demandt the rule. Procedure was an is formulation of the fin ment. This amendment did not specifically d suspension of the ban the "set" which woub strate wililngness of th tration to cooperate wit and faculty on matter to them. The issue then is not but the procedure us OSA in making thei more, it returns to the1 that has been a major the whole Universityc this year: the role of t in the decision-making the University, parti areas that directly affe Polic Also at Stake .In Election Refusal To Consult Students May Cause Power Confrontation By CLARENCE FANTO Managing Editor Students cast their ballots to- day in one of the most significant campus-wide elections in recent University history. At stake is a referendum asking students whether the University should cease compiling class rank- ings for use by the Selective Serv- ice, and whether alternatives to army service such as the Peace Corps should be open to males who face the draft. om sheard Voters will also choose six can- possible didates for Student Government Council seats from eleven candi- dates running. Draft Referendum 2 Campus interest has centered tton the draft referendum. A con- frontatiori between students and the administration is shaping up over whether the results of the referenduni' should be binding on the University. iould SGC The Office of Academic Affairs the answer yesterday reaffirmed the Univer- as reached sity's stand that the results of the ate. referendum wil have no effect on voted 13-2 the present policy of sending class ition, with ranks to local draft boards for stu- d Jay Zu- dents who approve of the proce- ng against, dure on a form provided during mendment, registration. ly that if "Opinions, individual or collec- suspension tive, about the war in Viet Nam taken, we or about the fairness of Selective odependent Service regulations do not alter ld,. Zulauf, the University's responsibility to and Sherry do whatever can be done to help a st. student to continue his education," must take the policy statement said. sue. Wing- aying SGC "No Alternative" and only if "We see no equitable alternative back it up to -giving a student the oppor- r elements tunity to offer information con- contended cerning his class standing in sup- heir griev- port of his request for deferment," gents, who the University statement declared. over both "To'date this academic year, 6,293 students have asked the University GC should to send their class standings to atisfaction their local boards. Our position with him should be the same if the number him pub- were only 10." to suspend Student Government Council sue in the members and other student lead- ra- amend- ers lhave argued that since the originally draft deferment question is one ergand the which affects students exclusively- imandeihg students should have the right to as being a major role in helping determine Ld demon- m rre to adminis-University policy on the issue. th students Thus, the results of the draft rs relevant refrendum are now not considered to be the primary question at stake t the sit-in in today's voting. But the Unive- ed by the sity's decision to refuse students rule. Even a part in the formulation of policy basic issue has raised the possibility of concern to further action by students to force community the University to agree to their he student demands. process of Effect on Society cularly in Vice-President for Student Af- At students. fairs Richard Cutler argues that the draft deferment issue affects society as a whole, not only stu- dents. He has therefore declared that the administration has no in- Itention of making the results of the referendum binding. The University's reaffirmation indivisible of its policy yesterday is expected er society." to increase student pressure for a t it "is not showdown with the administra- ity admin- tion. What form this confronta- d to be re- tion may take is uncertain, but sibilities by there have been indications that another sit-in may take place. theTims 'Cutler announced a new, reg-, the Times ulation over the weekend banning letter was any sit-ins "which interfere with rof. Robert the normal and orderly operations leheartedly of the University." 7n. He said SGC Threat he attitude SGC has threatened to break ) that they its ties with the Office of Studenb damn well Affairs if Cutler fails -to suspend the new regulation. SGC members iat the ad- were incensed at Cutler's action fearful of which they felt ignored student t they only views on the issue. Cutler failed Administration and Students: nw own avBenImminent By/ CILARENCE FAN& VTv1 sa E By CLARENCE FANTO Managing Editor Daily News Analysis The lines are being drawn for! a final showdown between the ad-I ministration and students on this campus. The issues which may lead to a Berkeley-style clash within days is whether students are permitted to play a major role in the formulation of deci- sions which vitally affect them. There are many indications that the resolution of the rapid- ly growingconflict between the students and the administrationI may be approaching. Last night, for example, Student Government Council President Ed Robinson, '67 went before a meet- ing of Voice political party, the campus chapter of the militant Students for a Democratic Society an eyebrow-raising event which would have been unthinkable only and followed by far more strident calls to "bring the administration to its knees" and to create as much embarassment, misery, and pain for it as possible. The pur- pose of these 'tactics is, literally, to force the University to grant students power which would be unprecendented for any university in this .country. On the other side, the adminis- tration is adamant in its position that students may advise Univer- sity officials and even consult with them on certain issues, but they may not have the final say in any major policy deciison. j In Some Cases' As Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard Cutler said this week, "in some cases the students will decide, in some cases they will be co-deciison makers, in some they will be advisors, and in some they will be left out." academics, financial matters, and student conduct. Robinsonsagrees that the stu- dent role should be basically a consultative one, except in areas which concern only the students- today's draft referendum being an example of such an issue. But the administration counters that there are few, if any issues within the University community which af- fect only one segment of it. Thus, the draft deferment question is seen as a problem affecting all of society. Moreover, Cutler has stated re- cently that students are not full members of society while they are on this campus, because society does not accept them as such. The struggle now going on here is basically a microcosm of the conflict between generations which is gradually becoming a worldwide phenomenon from the "New Left" of this country to the Red Guard Times Urges Resistai Of HUAC Sub poenas By WARREN M. ZUCKER The New York Times expressed strong support yesterday for the recent letter sent by the American Civil Liberties Union to 900 uni- versity and college presidents. The letter urged them to vigorously re- sist any subpoena by the House Committee on Un-American Activ- ities for membership lists of cam- pus organizations critical of U.S. policy in Asia. Last summer the University complied with a HUAC subpoena and released the membership lists f three campus groups-VOICE an affiliate of Students bor a Democratic Society, the Commit- tee to Aid the Vietnamese, and a local chapter of the W.E.B. Du- dom on the campus is for freedom in the larg The paper also said tha to the credit of univers istrators" that they ha minded of their respon the ACLU. Campus reaction to article and the ACLU generally favorable. Pi Sklar of the historyE said that he agrees who with the ACLU positic that he "was upset at t, (of the administration) can do anything they please." Sklar said further th ministration was "so their public image" tha I