ASSASSINATION AND THE MYTH See editorial page; Yi e flitrl~ig* AL1A POPSICLY High-0g Low-57 /Continued gild with little change f. Vol. LXXVI1I, No. 24-S, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Thursday, June 6, 1968 Ten Cents Six Pac .... Police jail protesters Doctors report in MSU demonstration Students plan further action By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN Special To The Daily EAST LANSING-Eighty police officers clubbed their way through a crowd of Michigan State Uni- versity students yesterday to ar- rest 17 students and one faculty member who were sitting in at the school's administration building. Also arrested were three others who resisted police efforts to gain entry to the building.' It took police over an hour to enter and clear the building after rolling up in an MSU bus at 6:15 p.m. Men from the MSU campus police, the East Lansing city po- lice, the Ingham County Sheriff's Dept. and the State Police took part in the arrests. Following the arrests at the administration bldg., a crowd of over 400 students and others who had gathered in the area sur- rounded the police bus and forced a contingent of police to lead the bus on foot to their campus head- quarters. During this altercation, six more students were arrested. They were allegedly dragged aboard the bus and later jailed. Those who sat in at the admin- istration bldg. were charged with "disrupting the normal function of a university building" (an MSU ordinance) and with trespassing. Charges against the other nine students were not made public, al- though an informed source in- dicated late last night that they might be charged with conspiracy, a felony. Bail for each of the arrested students was set at $100. After leaving the campus police headquarters, over 200 students moved to the student union where plans were set for an 8 a.m. 'meeting at Beaumont Tower on the MSU campus. From there, the group planned to move en masse to the arraignment of the arrested students. At 10:30 p.m., about 40 of the protesting students planned to re- main in the union past its 11 p.m. closing. They intended to leave the buliding only if re- quested to do so by police. However, Prof. Charles Larrowe of the MSU economics dept. ,a former faculty advisor to the MSU chapter of Students for a Demo- cratic Society, speaking outside the union, urged students not to carry out their plans. Larrowe said that further arrests would not contribute to the students' cause. "Tomorrow is going to be one hell of a show," said protest lead- er Mark Kupperman. "It's not go- ing to end, it's going to continue this summer." MSU's final examination period ends Saturday. Protest activity began Tuesday as students met with 'MSU Presi- dent John Hannah, demanding the restructuring of the campus police force. The force had as- sisted state and local officials in arresting 12 MSU students Mon- day for the sale of marijuana and LSD. The demands presented to Han- nah were: See POLICE, Page 2 r still 'extremely Kennedy critical' Police name ges primesuspect LOS ANGELES (--Sen. Robert F. Kennedy remained in extremely critical condition yesterday, failing to show any improvement 12 hours after surgeons removed from his brain all but a fragment of a bullet police said was fired by Sirhan Sirhan. "Sen. Kennedy's condition is still described as'extremely critical as to life," the senator's press secretary, Frank Man- kiewicz, told newsmen. "The team of physicians attending Sen. Robert Kennedy," Mankiewicz said in a brief statement, "is concerned over his continuing failure to show improvement during tlhe post- L P t operative period." But the press aide, answering questions some 17 ho after Kennedy was cut down in a Los Angeles hotel, wouldr sav Kennedy's condition is de-? iDGL,' ilyLi114KJ kT t/y LLLl1 Vi VL1 LN KL } -Associated Press Shooting suspect Sirhan is led away by police. LBJ sets up commission to investigate vioec Y-Daily-Thomas R. Copi Demonstrator protects himself PIcketIg continues outside igh school Bly The Ai' oiateI Piess tn hw n inil aldn By JOEL BLOCK Picketers returned to Ann Arbor High School yesterday afternoon as the school went into its third day of "partial martial law." Ear- lier in the day, four protesters handed out leaflets to students as they entered the school building. The protesters, who are mem- bers of Voice-SDS, Committee on New Politics, the Bill Ayers for School Board Committee, Ann Arbor Resistance, and People Against Racism, are demonstrat- ing against the stationing of some 20 to 25 policemen in and around the school building, Superintendent of Schools W. Scott Westerman Jr. said he was "satisfied with the way things are going at the high school" and that the School Board would not seek an injunction against the picket- ers as. long as the demonstrations were peaceful without incidents. Bairj Donabedian, one of two students who were suspended Monday for handing out anti- draft literature, said a member of the American Civil Liberties Union considered his case \a worthwhile one and indicated he would step into the case if needed. "He said it looked good for - , arguing before the Board of Edu- cation," Donabedian told The Daily last night. "I'm still inter- ested in making my situation into a test case and use it as a vehicle for changing the school system," he added. Donabedhian, a junior, said he will confer today with Westerman about his case. The student was given the opportunity to take his Enrollment up In spring term A total of 11,076 degree, post- graduate, professional and credit extension students are enrolled at the University for the spring half tem. 10,176 of these are residence, credit level students. This number marks a substan- tial drop from the 34,773 enroll- ment during the last winter term. But it represents an increase over the 1967 spring term level of. 10,251. Nearly all of the University's 14 schools and colleges reported en- rollmest increases. S The number of credit extension finals if he signed a statement promising he would obey school rules for the end of the semester. He refused because the statement would "limit my activities too much." Westerman talked with Gov. George Romney for 15 or 20 min- utes on Tuesday when Romney visited the Community Center. The governor was interested in what programs the Ann Arbor schools had underway to improve race relations, education of dis- advantaged students, and reduce the drop-out rate. Westerman will submit a report to the School Board next week detailing the high school faculty's response to the 21'demands of the school's black students. The fac- ulty has adopted 14 of the de- mands and is studying the others. A spokesman for the protesters said they will return to the high school today and probably every day for the duration of the'school year, Students are in the midst of' taking final examinations which will end next Tuesday. ------- aou Le counci a jo President Johnson announced out taking up the ma last night the appointment of a -an airing of the l commission of distinguished Amer- violence between Isra icans to investigate the "tragic dan. phenomena" of violence in the Both countries had land -reflected most recently in urgent meeting to de the shooting of Sen. Robert F. situation. No date waa Kennedy. for another meeting. ofDr. Milton Eisenhower, brother Special New York of former President Dwight Dand United Nations se Eisenhower, is among the mem- were posted last nigh bers, the President told a na-'Arab ambassadors aga tional television radio audience harm following the E Aon thesiomra ionudic sassination attempti Among other commission mem- geles. Police acted afte bers, the President said, will be threats against Arab Archbishop Terence Cooke of the reported in the afters Roman Catholic archdiocese of 'A late sinking spE New York, former Ambassador stock market sharply Patricia Harris, longshoreman- action to the shooting philosopher Eric Hoffer of San Francisco, Sen. Philip A. Hart (D- Mich.), Rep. Hale Boggs (D-La.), and some other members of Con- =S u t 1 gress. Earlier yesterday, the President outreached his legal powers to put Secret Service bodyguards around cou n t all major presidential aspirants: and their families. Congress moved in haste to supply the le- By LESLIE W iurned with- Lter at hand atest border el and Jor- asked for an eal with the s announced City 'police curity forces it to protect inst possible Kennedy as- in Los An- r telephoned envoys were noon. ell sent the lower in re- . . President Johnson said in his telecast last night that he was "shocked and dismayed" and "deeply disturbed" by the lawless- ness and violence of which the shooting of Sen. Robert F. Ken- nedy is an example. What inspired the attack on Kennedy is not known, the Pres- ident said. What is known, he said, is that he has been "sense- lessly and horribly stilled." "Tonight this nation faces once -again the consequences of law- lessness, hatred, and intrigue in its midst," Johnson said. "So let us for God's sake resolve to live under the law," Johnson said, calling on the nation to re- ject "violence' and the teachings of violence." teriorating. "We felt it would be appropriate at this point," he said, "to stress the critical condition related to survival during this period as well as to the period beyond." Mankiewicz said although "there might have been some change," he thought Kennedy's life signs- 'pulse, breathing, blood pressure- were still good. Earlier, Kennedy underwent a series of medical tests at Good Samaritan Hospital. Then, too, they showed no measurable im- provement.' Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, was identified by Los Angeles police as the man who gunned down Sen. Robert F. Kennedy moments after the senator thanked supporters for his California primary election victory over Sen. Eugene J. Mc- Carthy. Sirhan, a Jordanian, "may have been inflamed" by a state- ment from Sen. Kennedy during a televised campaign debate Satur- day night, said a New York com- mittee on American-Arab rela- tions. Under maximum security guard in a hospital ward at the Los An- geles County Central Jail, Sirhan kept mum about the shooting.; Police said he is the only sus- pect. . He was hospitalized with a, broken index finger and sprained left ankle suffered in the melee of his capture, said an of fical source at the jail. Sirhan underwent legal proces- sing yesterday amid virtually un- precedented security measure for this city. The Police Building was closed to all but authorized personnel. Newsmen were searched before being admitted. For the first time, newsmen were barred from the third floor where Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was questioned. Sirhan was grabbed by bystand- ers after a burst of gunfire that sent a bullet into Kennedy's brain and wounded five others. Police whisked him from the scene in a hotel kitchen to the Rampart Di- vision station, then moved him in secrecy to Central Homicide in the downtown Police Building. There Police Chief Tom Red-. din and Dist. Atty. Evelle Younger See KENNEDY'S, Page 2 Congress 'may pass gun law urs not WASHINGTON ) - As Sen. Robert F. Kennedy lay gravely wounded by shots from a pistol, Congress continued to move yes- terday toward final passage of partial new restrictions on the sale of handguns. The step came as the House voted 317 to 60 against sending to a conference the Senate-passed- Omnibus Crime Bill, whIch in- cludes a ban on mail order sale of handguns. The House thus indicated its readiness to approve the bill and send it to President Johnson. The final vote is scheduled today. Although the measure also pro- hibits over-the-counter sale of handguns by nonresidents of a state, it doesn't restrict sale of rifles and shotguns as proposed by Johnson. Chief sponsor of the stronger version was Kennedy's brother, -Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D- Mass.) And Robert Kennedy himself long had urged tougher restric- tions. In a speech before the New York City Council last August, he said at w c v "If we act now, we can save hundreds of lives in this country and spare thousands of families all across this land the grief and heartbreak that may come from the loss of a husband, a son, a brother or a friend." The Kennedys had suffered the loss of their other brother, Presi- dent John F. Kennedy, who was slain with a mail order rifle in 1963. The measure, expected to be approved today, would not prohib- it sale of rifles or shotguns through the mails, as proposed by Johnson and supported by Ed- ward Kennedy and others. At the White House, press sec- See CONGRESS, Page 2 ay challenge red NE AY gal authority by today. The County Apportionment At 1 p.m., less than nine hours Commission yesterday adopted a after the shooting in a Los An-'13 member re-apportionment plan geles hotel of Sen. Robert F. Ken- for the County Board of Super- nedy, the White House announced visors. that Secret Service details had oweey eorge Whr ad joined all the candidates. County Democratic Chairman and In another response to the as- sassination attempt, several thou-. SPOCK TRIAL sand Army troops were placed on: alert as a precautionary measure. Professor Joseph Sax's cov- Officials emphasized that at this erage of the Spook trial will point no troop deployments are continue in tomorrow's Daily. planned but "we're watching the situation" in case violence should a member of the commission, says break out in Los Angeles, Wash- there is a "distinct possibility" ington or elsewhere. that a suit could be filed to con- Officially, the Defense Depart- test this plan. ment refused to discuss the mat- The redistricting was prompted ter except to say that "the Army by a recent State Supreme Court has taken certain prudent ac- ruling which requires that all tions." county boards of supervisors must The U.N. Security Council ex- be apportioned on an equal pop- tended its sympathy last night to ulation basis. Mrs. Kennedy over the assassina- Sallade says this 13 member tion attempt. board has "disenfranchised many Then at the suggestion of Al- voters. It doesn't properly repre- gerian Ambassador Tewfik Bouat- sent the minority groups, the poor Listricting five members on the board under the new plan. The last date for filing a suit is July 7. However, all petitions for candidacy must be filed by June 18. If a suit contesting the apportionment plan is filed after June 18, the election could be postponed indefinitely. Delhey expects the Michigan Legislature will extend the filing deadline. The State House yesterday vot- ed to extend the deadline for fil- ing until July 2. The State Sen- ate has not yet taken similar I action. Regents to hike, fees tomorr ow The Regents have called a spe- cial meeting for tomorrow after- noon to determine'the University's budget for the coming fiscal year and to set the exact size of an ex- pected $200-250 per year tuition hike for out-of-state students. The meeting is contingent upon action today by the State Legis- lature on the higher education ap- nrnnin innhill- Presden+ PRnhhen and the farmers." LUder the new districting plan, Washtenaw County is allowed a maximum of 21 members on the board. Sallade proposed a"21 member apportionment plan. He felt this plan would offer a "broader basis for the farmers and the poor." Sallade, the only Democratic member of the commission con- tends the 13 member plan is "part of , A Republican plan to control the county government in disre- gard of any other considerations." Prosecuting Attorney and com- mission member William Delhey m m am m a m. -.-a. . : . .a.' . -' "x .^ -J > ' .; ;: x .