M-VSU. TUITION SCALE: FAIRER FEES See editorial page r, r Lw ~a 74E at FROST? High-65' Law--37 Chance of rain, clearing tonight. / Vol. LXXVII, No. 5-S Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tuesday, May 21, 1968 Ten Cents Six Pages Massive strike brings France near standstill F Crisis. threate Gaullist regime PARIS - A massive strike in- volving millions flooded across France yesterday in a grassroots: - upheaval that plunged the nation into a state of near paralysis and threatened the foundations of Charles de Gaulle's 10-year-old Fifth Republic. Nearly six million of the na- Stion's 16 million member work force were idle and 250 factories were forced to close down. Coal mines in the provinces, air fields n P .. and seaports came to a standstilL A monumental traffic jam choked Paris. Commuters resort- ed to automobiles because trains, subways and buses were strike- w bound. TAXI STRIKE Taxi drivers voted to strike to- morrow,thereby cutting, off all public transport. FGarbage piled up in the streets; garbagemen have been out since Saturday. Housewives descended on shops 4 to stock up on foodstuffs. Some tourists were stranded. a The stock market plunged. a £Thousands lined up at banks to make withdrawals in the fear the 4 g See related story, Page 3 Jury selection slows Spock, Coff BOSTON 0") - A 12-man jury was selected in federal court yesterday to try Dr. Ben- jamin Spock on charges of counseling American youth to avoid the draft. The defense argued in vain that women were discriminated against on the panel. The internationally - known baby doctor went on trial with four other defendants associat- ed with him in the anti-war movement. Peace demonstra- tors marched outside the court- house, but not in large num- bers. Spock's lawyer, Leonard Bou- din, questioned court clerk Russell Peck about the makeup of the list of jury prospects - which included 91 men and nine women. "It makes me look like a misogynist," Peck remarked wryly, but he said the dispar- ity came about through hap- penstance, not design. Only one woman from the master list actually made the jury box. A housewife, she was vetoed by the government with- out any reason being offered. The government also dis- missed a second woman who was called briefly as a prospec- tive alternate juror. Boudin asked that the list be thrown out, and a ne' one drawn up. District Judge Francis J. W. Ford, a crusty, 85-year-old jur- ist, denied Boudin's motion. Ford previously had ex- plained that in Massachusetts women are not required to serve on juries, although they are eligible for duties if they so desire. After the argument over the jury list, the 12th- floor court room was cleared of spectators to make room for the prospective jurors, and the process of selecting the trial panel got underway. Judge Ford ordered the jury locked up for the duration of the trial. Spock is on trial with Yale Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr.; Michael Ferber, graduate student at Harvard; Mitchell Goodman, 44, of New York, an author and teacher; and Mar- cus Raskin, 33, co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington. They are charged with con- spiring to "counsel, aid and abet" young men to refuse or evade military service and con- spiring to interrupt the induc- tion process at draft centers across the country. The maximum penalty upon conviction :is five years in prison and $10,000 in fines for each defendant. The five defendants sat out- side the rail within Judge. Ford's courtroom. Inside, the well of the court was filled with nearly a score of lawyer and court attaches. The 85-regular seats in the courtroom were filled with spec- tators. Some of the spectators in trial were youths wearing insignia of anti-draft movements. A num- ber of others were women. Outside the federal court- house in downtown Boston, about 50 marchers paraded at the outset of the trial, some with placards reading "Peace Now." They were not permitted inside the courthouse itself. The turnout was small com- pared to the 200 picketers who demonstrated Jan. 29 when Spock and the other defendants pleaded innocent at their ar- raignment. During a recess, Spock chat- ted vith women news repre- sentatives about his world famed book, "Baby and Child Care." He declined to discuss the case itself. Higehcourt to hear st, ease draft1 First war suit taken WASHINGTON 01) - The Su- preme Court agreed yesterday to decide if draft boards can punish Vietnam War protesters by speed- ing their induction into the armed forces. The case will be the first draft- related suit that the cdirt has agreed to hear during the course of the war. The issue was brought to the court by James J. Oestereich, a divinity student who lost his draft See related story, Page 3 prote -Associated Press Upstairs and down at Paris airport PIONEER HIGH: Underground press e a under investigation By MARCIA ABRAMSON Ann Arbor Pioneer High School administrators continue jL to play a cat and niouse game with a group of students who wrote and published "US," an underground newspaper which was met with violent reactions last week for "foul" language and criticisms of the school. "The leaders haven't been found yet," said Dr. Scott Westerman, Ann Arbor superintendent of schools. "I'm not fully certain there will be action against the leaders," Westerman added. "We have talked with some stu- dents who distributed the papers." Approximately 1000 copies of the original issue were confiscated because of a school rule which stipulates that no "materials may be distributed walkouts would spread to the fi- nancial sector. The runs on currency forced a temporary closing of the Paris branch of the First National City. Bank of New York. Officials said the bank had run out of cash but that more was on the way. Late in the day major trade 4unions at the Bank of France called an unlimited strike to be- gin today. Workers' demands varied from place to place, but all were based on economics. In most cases the strikers want higher pay, a shorter work week and earlier retirement. The three major trade union federations, apparently satisfied to let the grassroots movement spread on its own, refrained from any general strike call and thus avoided any break with President de Gaulle, who broke off his visit to Romania Saturday to face the crisis at home. Opposition political leaders con- ferred with trade union feaders in preparation for an all out bid in the National Assembly today to oust de Gaulle's government. An assembly debate on an opposition motion of censure of the govern- ment is to end with a vote tomor- row night or early Thursday. DE GAULLE De Gaulle remained at Elysee Palace, silent in the face of the gravest threat yet posed to his regime. MSU editors challenge, appointment By LESLIE WAYNE The senior editors of the Mich- igan State News will ask the Stu- dent-Faculty Judiciary to recon- sider the appointment of Edward. Brill as editor-in-chief. * The editors recomiended Law- rence Werner, managing editor, for the position. However, on May 14, the State News-Wolverine Ad- visory Board rejected the editors' recommendation and appointed Brill. The advisory board gave no ' reasons or criteria for their deci- sion, said Eric Pianin, executive editor of the News. "We're probing to find the reasons behind their decision." The editor-in-chief is usually selected by the advisory board upon the recommendation of the senior editors. Of the three voting senior edit- ors, two recommended Werner and the other selected Brill. At stake in the controversy is the relationship between the sen- for editors and the advisory board. The board was formed this winter upon the recommendation of a faculty-student committee on, academic freedom. "The advisory board has not followed the letter or the spirit of the report," Pianin continued. "in this matter they have prac- ticed a highly irregular proce- without the permission of the administration. About 3000' -Associated Press Dr. and Mrs. Spock leave Federal Court Boston trial begins amidst 'uncertainty' Prof. Joseph Sax of the Law School is presently in Boston to observe the Spock-Coffin trial. His analyses of the court- room situation will continue to be published in The Daily until the completion of the trial. By JOSEPH SAX Special to The Daily BOSTON-The trial of Dr. Spock, the Rev. Mr. Coffin, and the three other men charged with violations of Selective Service laws began yesterday in confusion and uncertainty, but meaning slowly emerged as the day wore on. Spectators and press representatives began to arrive as early as 7:30 a.m. for the trial, which was to begin at 10 a.m., but burly U.S. marshals kept the overflow crowd in the halls until the ap- pointed hour. The trial began unspectacularly, with defendants' challenge to the jury selection process, the claim being made that women were being systematically excluded from the jury panel. In fact, the panel of 100 contained only nine women. Judge Francis Ford denied defendants' challenge, and the rest of the day was taken up in selecting a panel of 12 jurors and three alter- nates. Both the prosecution and the defense used their challenges with seeming purposefulness. The government excluded all the women called, the single Negro on the panel, and all men who seemed to be of draft age. The defense did its best to get rid of retirees and as many of the blue collar workers as they could. By 4 p.m., the jury had been chosen. It consisted principally of men in their middle and upper thirties, with an emphasis on those who might be expected to think for themselves-the self- employed, an architect, company supervisors, foremen, and tech- nicians. The trial will reconvene today at 10 a.m., when the serious business of proving the government's case is expected to begin. exemption after turning in his draft card and was reclassified 1-A and scheduled for induction. The American Civil Liberties Union, in bringing Oestereich's appeal to the court, said speeding the induction of war protesters violates the constitutionally-pro- tected right to dissent. The director of Selective Serv- ice, Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, recommended to local draft boards last October that induction of war protesters be speeded up. Solicitor General Erwin N. Griswold had told the court that reclassification for not carrying a draft card is authorized by Se- lective Service law. However, Griswold said minis- terial students are entitled to ex- emption under the law and he questioned the authority of draft boards to disregard this. The solicitor general suggested that the 22-year-old Cheyenne, Wyo., man be given a hearing in a federal court in his home state. The Supreme Court decided in- stead to take the issue on itself, giving no amplification of its po- sition at this point. A student at Andover-Newton Theological School, Newton Cen- tre, Mass., Oestereich was one of 357 war protesters who turned in draft cards at the Justice Depart- ment Oct. 20, 1967. Another 298 were returned the next day dur- ing a demonstration at the Pentagon. Melvin L. Wulf, ACLU legal di- rector, said in the appeal he knew of at least 49 cases of protesters who have been declared delin- quent and that there undoubtedly I E L ,, ' _ it , , . r copies were printed. He conferred with Interior Min- While one school official said ister Christian Fouchet on main- "a few" students had been ques- tenance of public order and with tioned, students involved esti- Social Affairs Minister Jean- mated the number at 30. Marcel Jeanneney. Later he called The administration may not in Defense Minister Pierre Mess- have long to wait for the identities mer. of the group. Representatives of No public statements were made US said the writers will identify after any of the meetings. Ithemselves in the paper's next Surprisingly few disorders have edition which will appear soon. been reported from anywhere in No one seems to be sure what the country although the strike will happen when the paper reap- wave was close to being the worst pears. One school official said he i living memory far worse than would not "speculate." Wester- i iigmmrfrwreta man said only that he "wished the sit-in strike movement of 1936, they wouldn't attempt another which brought in the Popular issue." Front government of Leon Blum. OPTIMIST The workers' upheaval grew out of a student revolt last week over Some efforts have been made to conditions in the French educa- have the writers of US express tional system. their views in the Optimist, the school paper, which is subject to the censorship of an adviser. "We don't really object to the Optimist, but to ;the lack of free- dom of speech," a spokesman for the paper said.C can explain ourselves," he con- tinued. By NADINE COHODAS He added that if any attempt is made to arrest or expel the stu- Ann Arbor driving is like doir dents, the American Civil Liber- tease. You have to bump and g ties Union will enter the case. anywhere. The students' grievances in- Beset by a multitude of one-w elude suspensions ("enforced va- confusing signs, expensive parki cations") as punishment, "en- ruthless metermaids, and merndl couraged grade - grubbing," a men, Ann Arbor drivers face coun "better-never-than-late" attend- every time they drive. ance policy, discrimination against One sophomore new to the I black students, and the student driving circuit explains, "Drivin government's lack of power.- main rule - GO. It doesn't ma COMPLAINTS around you. Just go!" "Some of the complaints are A Detroit truck driger who o well made," Westerman said. face the traffic on his bi-monthl -Daily-Richard Lee Vigil for a doctor About 40 people picketed the Ann Arbor draft board yesterday to demonstrate support for Rev. Coffin and Dr. Spock, who face trial for counseling draft dodgers. The ad hoc group will conduct a vigil every Monday for the duration of the trial. SENDS LET TERS: Coumi U3 start S, disciplinary action NEW YORK (M--Columbia University says it has started disciplinary action agaiist students accused of taking part in campus disturbances over the past several weeks. Henry S. Coleman, acting dean of Columbia College, a unit of the university, said Sunday about 25 letters had been sent to students of that college telling them: "You are charged with participating in the recent dem- onstrations which started on April 23, 1968." The students were given deadlines running from this afternoon through Friday tot are more. PEDESTRIAN PARADISE __ ffi ng a strip rind to get way streets, ng ramps~ ess police- ntless perils Ann Arbor g has one atter who's rnly has to y Ann Ar- Bumps and grinds i car this term says her worst problem is finding where to put it. "Every place is so damned restricted," she complains. A first semester senior adds the parking difficulty is "incredible." "The structures are too expensive," he continues. But one-way streets are the biggest gripe. One Ann Arbor cabdriver who has been chauffeuring luggage-laden coeds to and from the Union since 1925 says there are "too many one-*ay streets and half the people don't know where they're going, any- way." He says he's sure Ann Arbor is the only city in the U.S. which has a one way street are 24 possible conflict points (areas where accidents can occur). There are only 11 possible accident areas at an intersection of a one-way street and a two-way street, he says. The number of conflict points is reduced to six at an inter- section of two one-way streets. In addition to supposedly reducing the chances for accidents, Robbins says the one- way streets were designed to eliminate through traffic, hence the State - Liberty - Thompson - William loop. "According to our statistics, 87 per cent of State Street traffic is through traffic," Robbins says. appear at the dean's office or face suspension. The letters were the first of more than 500 expected to be sent to student protesters in the next few weeks. Mark Rudd, 20-year-old Co- lumbia College junior from Ma- plewood, N.J., leader of the Stu- dents for a Democratic Society, a major dissenter group, was one of those getting a letter this week. Coleman said that no final dis- ciplinary action would be taken} until pending criminalbcharges against students have been re- solved. According to Columbia records. 524 of its students were arrested on charges of criminal trespass or resisting arrest on April 30, when 1,000 city police cleared the five buildings held by protesters. Of those arrested, the university said, 239 were from Columbia Col- lege, the undergraduate liberal arts school. Of the 121 persons arrested Saturday during a dem- Miriani faces fine, prison fo t ax charge DETROIT ,R?) - Louis C. Miri- ani, 73-year-old . city councilman and former Detroit mayor, faces possible imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of $40,000 on his U.S, District Court conviction yester- bay of income tX vasion. A jury of eight women and four men convicted Mirlani on four counts after deliberating 5 hours and 45 minutes. Judge Charles G. Neese of Knoxville, Tenn., who presided, said Miriani would be sentenced Aug. 10. Miriani's attorneys said the conviction will be appealed. The government contended Miriani underestimated his in- enmp by 9261.11n0from 1959