I running wild so" Ely£3idyi Baity Seventy-eight years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan Will Detroit burn? by lImuat c erot 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in oli reprints. SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1969 NIGHT EDITOR: HAROLD ROSENTHAL i Building IM, facilities for the students? THE INTRAMURAL Committee's decis- ion to recommend funding for two new buildings through a tuition increase without a referendum to determine stu- dent opinion is disappointing if not sur- prising. The committee has all along evaded Issues relevant to student interest such as a referendum and has never accur- ately determined student opinion on any aspect of the facilities. The decision to start assessing stu- dents after the buildings are completed is an obvious attempt to let time obscure and restrict the issue. By then, students may have no possible choice in the mat- ter. The buildings will exist, and if there is no viable funding alternative, t h e hands of the University will be tied. The committee claims to have ac- tively sought student opinion in a series of open meetings and in a survey taken by a statistics class of physical educa- tion students. THE COMMITTEE'S report notes the funding of the Kirscht survey shows 57 per cent "approve the use of student fees to finance new indoor facilities, a finding which points to apparent gen- eral student support of the concept." This is the committee's support for the claim of the popularity of a tuition hike. But the survey is no measure of stu- dent opinion - it was never designed to be one. The poll was a teaching device which delineated student, faculty, and staff recreational preferences without ever asking if students would want facil- ities funded through a tuition increase'of up to $15 a term. It's hard to understand how such a survey means more to the committee made by Student Government Council, Interfraternity Council, Inter-Housing Assembly, the Tenants Union, and sev- eral individual dormitory councils - all of which are elected student bodies that speak for the students far more legiti- mately than does the IM committee. PERHAPS STUDENTS would agree IM facilities should be funded through student fees. But they at least should have the opportunity to say so. Recommending such funding without a referendum is an indication of the committee's lack of concern and indeed lack of interest in the opinion of the general student body. And nothing emphasizes the low re- gard the committee has of student opin- ion more than the closure of the final meeting during which the final recom- mendation to Vice President Smith was drafted. SGC has proposed students withhold tuition payments if student funding of the buildings is approved by the Regents. Such tactics may be the only way a frus- trated student body has of indicating opposition to a lack of representation on questions such as IM funding. The build- ings are for the students-whether they warrant a raise in tuition should be left for them to decide. -SHARON WEINER H AVE WHITES forgotten the findings of the Kerner report? Has the impact of the "heralded" book "Black Rage" been dulled? Has the memory of the de- ceased Martin Luther King rusted now that the day of mourning set aside in his honor is now past? Will whites rue the day of the after- math that made "Burn Baby Burn" a must to read? Will the One Year Later report and myriad others like it be sufficient warn- ing to whites that they still need to rec- tify injustices against the black commun- ity? The answer may be seen in Detroit this summer. * CONTINUOUS HARASSMENT of s e I f- assertive dissident blacks by white law enforcement agencies poses a serious threat to the tranquility of Detroit this summer. The actions of Wayne County Prosecut- ing Attorney William Cahalan and the Detroit police department in the last few weeks have incensed already' indignant tempers in black Detroit, and may well lead to unprecedented violence this sum- mer. Cahalan and the police seem deter- mined to have a show down of physical force between themselves and the black community. Cahalan's persistent covert acts uphold- ing law and order eggs further police abuse of blacks and has recenved tacit sup- port from mayor Jerome Cavanagh and white council members. His actions are particularly inflammatory in view of the major black insurrection two summers ago, especially since summer is almost here. In a span of less than three weeks more has happened in the realm of psychological and physical repression of blacks in De- troit, than had occurred in so little time before the era of "New Awareness" set in. One of the most provocative episodes was the Bethel Church incident. THREE WEEKS AGO at approximately midnight two policemen followed a group of blacks, who they claim were bearing rifles, to the New Bethel Baptist Church. The police radioed for reinforcements. When the police reached the church they fired on it. They weremet with retaliation, and one patrolman, Michael Czapstki, was killed. When the shooting subsided, the police entered the church, and arrested everyone inside-some 120 children, women and men and the janitor. The police learned they had interrupted a meeting of the New Republic of Africa-a black militant New Bethel Baptist Church? separatist organization. Then everyone, in- cluding the janitorwas hauled off to the police station. The, police began questioning the people and 12 from the New Republic of Africa were given nitrate tests in order to find traces of gun powder. In the meantime, police had called Cahalan, but failed to provide any legal counsel for those whom they had arrested. It was Congressman. James Del Rio, Who notified Recorder's Court Judge George W. Crockett of the "black roundup." Recorder's court Judge George W. Crockett of' the "black round- up." Crockett immediately went to the 10th precinct and set up his makeshift court. He released the janitor outright. He be- gan procedding the other people-children first. As it became apparent that they were innocent bystanders, Crockett asked for a meeting with Cahalan and the ar- resting officers. The meeting produced an agreement which led to the dismissal of all arrested, except the 12 from the New Republic of Africa, on whom police said nitrate tests were positive. CROCKETT RELEASED all but three of them, claiming that the police had vio- lated their constitutional rights. The judge based his decision on a opinion rendered by the Supreme Court, which stipulates that counsel must be present at all cruc- ial points of initial questioning by police. Crockett deemed the nitrate tests a cruc- ial point. An angry Cahalan ordered a policeman to detain a man Crockett ordered to be released. Crockett immediately f o u n d Cahalan in contempt of court and t o1 d him to appear the following day for a show cause hearing. The other three men were released on bail. The following day, the press-notably the Detroit Free Press--published screech- ing headlines, and blatantly distorted stor- ies of the events that had transgressed the night before, They reported that Crockett had ordered the immediate release of 100 blacks with- out hearing testimony from police. Stories were slanted to make it appear that Cah- alan's action overriding Crockett's decis- ion was in desperate frustration and as a protest of Crockett's insensitivity to the position of the police. Needless to say, there was overplay con- cerning the slain policeman and his fam- ily. On the other hand Crockett received additional biased notoriety when the press released stories concerning his defense of communists, which led to the Supreme Court's striking down of the Smith Act. Sensing the volatile atmosphere in De- troit, Crockett called off the show cause hearing for Cahalan. Yet there was a notable lack of interest on Cahalan's and the polices' part to clarify obvious errors in press coverage. THE NEW BETHEL Baptist Church in- cident took on political tones when the state legislature offered their uninformed criticisms of Judge Crockett. They recom- mended that the Tenure Commission in- vestigate Crockett's actions, thereby re- viving a dead and defunct preserver of the status quo. Cavanagh displayed profound reasoning and unexcusable bias (for an election year) when he said "Although I don't know what happened that right, I am certain the police acted with propriety. But now I wish everyone would. just forget about it." Cavanagh also accused the Detroit Hu- man Relations Committee of obstruction- ist tactics when they began their investiga- tion of police action the night the Bethel Church was raided. Chagrined by a favorable Tenure Com- mission report, Cahalan refused to "forget, about it," and last week, he brought charges against Rev. C. L. Franklin for "control of marijuana." American Airlines notified Cahalan that a bag identified as belonging to Franklin contained marijuana. The air- lines said they checked it because it was left on the plane and had to determine its owner. Franklin, who incidentally is the pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church, was notified about his lost baggage when the proscuting attorney's office served him a warrant for his arrest. If Franklin is found guilty, he could serve'up to 10 years in prison. But it ap- pears that Cahalan is off on another one of his black witch hunts. It was recently revealed by American Airlines that Franklin was not on the flight where his lost suitcase was found. It was also revealed that about 28 people were involved in the handling of Frank- lin's suitcase. BOTH CROCKETT and Franklin had done their best to preserve the city's facade of harmony by not making any statements to the press. Crockett held one press con- ference as a final gesture to stop press speculation on what happened the night of the Bethel Church shoot out, and Franklin has spoken sparingly to the press on what seems to be an obvious frame up. Although Crockett and Franklin are to be admired for their reticence in an effort to keep Detroit cool, somehow it all ap- pears to be in vain, particularly in view of the handling of the Algiers case in Mason and the consequences it portends for the upcoming trial in Inkster. Only time will tell what happens to De- troit as the black community swallows the bittersweet justice of Mason and awaits the verdict at Inkster. Ai~ Cracking down on universities i SEVERAL LIBERAL Democratic Con- gressmen, conspicuous for their fore- sight and sanity, are stalling action on a particularly repulsive measure dealing with campus disorders. The current bill before the House Education and Labor Committee requires that each college file with the Federal Government a code of campus conduct before it or its students can receive fed- eral aid. A second clause adds injury to insult. It proposes the withholding of federal aid for two years from any student con- victed of engaging in any campus dis- orders interpreted by the college as "sub- stantial disruption." The bill also proposes to increase the aid cut-off from two years to five for those students receiving aid under the G.I. Bill and the children's allowance section of the Social Security Act. A final clause requires students - and even faculty -- applying for Federal Editorial Staff MARCIA ABRAMSON .............,........ Co-Editor STEVE ANZALONE ....................Co-Editor MARTIN HIRSCHMAN.. Summer Supplement Editor JIM FORRESTER.............Summer Sports Editor PHILHERTZ......Associate Summer Sports Editor F PERGEAUX, JAY CASSIDY......Photo Editor Sports Staff JOEL BLOCK, Sports Editor ANDY BARBAS, Executive Sports Editor BILL CUSUMANO.......... Associate Sports Editor JIM FORRESTER...........Associate Sports Editor ROBIN WRIGHT............ Associate Sports Editor JOE MARKER ................... Contributing Editor aid to disclose previous convictions in- volving $he use of force or the seizure of campus property. ATTORNEY GENERAL John Mitchell and H.E.W. Secretary Robert Finch appear to support the bill despite their previous stands against new legislation dealing with disorders. Finch actually compromised his ear- lier position in order to straddle the fence. He now opposes any legislation which "prevents the flow of F e d e r a 1 funds to colleges." Dr. James E. Allen, however, the Unit- ed State Commissioner of Education, de- nounced the bill outright. Allen termed it an "administrative impossibility," a n d said it would interferes "in the internal affairs of a university." Sohn Brademas, a Democrat from In- diana who is fervently opposed to t h e measure, suggested the bill be renamed the Education Control Act rather than the Higher Education Protection and Freedom of Expression Act of 1969 (sic). Clearly, Congressmen need not be- moan their inactivity and criticize Nixon's failure to initiate new legislation. When Congress disposes of the disorder bill they probably will move on to bigger and better things - Nixon's proposals on law enforcement and pornogiaphy con- trol. --TORE LEV Larcom's LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 'threat to the community' To the Editor: MR.-LARCOM has chosen his recent news release to heap abuse on both the HRC and its Director. He also leaves the clear implica- tion that 'Mr. Chauncey's behaiv- or in carrying out his assignment for the HRC was improper. This, in spite of the fact that the HRC Director, Assistant Director and three Commission members in- cluding Mr. Lloyd Williams, Mrs. Mildred Officer a n d Mrs. Ruth Hobbs heard all of the evidence and determined that Mr. Chaun- cey's behaivor was beyond re- proach. In the summer of 1966, after a long series of discussions, Mr. Lar- com agreed to strongly support the establishment of a Police Re- view Board. However, when the police opposed the board, Mr. Lar- com backed off. In 1964, I ap- proached Mr. Larcom along with several other' individuals to make charges of employment discrim- ination against city departments and against the personnel director in particular. Nothing was done and the same personnel director is still at work. I understand there are 6 complaints of employment discrimination involving City Hall which have been on Mr. Larcom's desk for a number of weeks. Last fall when the HRC brought to the attention of Council the fact that the Building and Safety Department, the City Attorney's office and t h e Municiple Judge had taken no effective action in a flagrant case of c o d e violation, Mr. Larcom had no comments to make. MR. LARCOM has shown a pat- tern of lack of concern about hu- man rights issues. The new ad- ministration assumed that Mr. Larcom could effectively carry out their policies. In his present press release, Mr. Larcom has shown his true colors. The HRC has acted properly, both in investigating this case and in taking the matter to the press. All cases involving police mis- treatment should be taken to the press until a satisfactory way of resolving police complaints h a s been found. In the mean time, I would urge the HRC to take this whole matter to the State Civil Rights Commis- sion, complaining about racism not only against the Star Bar and the police, but against Mr. Lar- enm Tn +h maon +n T thin1r the such practice in City employment even though there have been many complaints filed against him and that some are still pending. During this meeting in 1964. a group called the DAC (Director Action Committee) was demon- strating against the police depart- ment about police brutality against Willie Gregory (who was at the time, 15 or 16 years old). There was evidence established that firemen from the City of Ann Ar- bor (across the street from City Hall) had "planned" to provoke and create a disturbance with the demonstrating group with the full knowledge of the Ann Arbor Po- lice Department including the Chief of Police. This is at least in part, a matter of court record. After the incident was begun by a fireman named Hartman ramming his grocery cart i n to some of the demonstrators. It is still a mystery why the people who were the victims of an attack by City employees while on duty, were the only participants to be required to go to court. After the fight started, all the firemen left the station and joined the fight and the policemen stormed t he same group from the opposite di- rection and in the full view of all people meeting in the Conference, which included Mr. Larcom. LARCOM WAS ASKED to in- tervene in the following cases from citizen's complaints: 1967-68, Ezra L. Rowry vs. Ann Arbor policemen suing him f o r $250,000.00. 1965, Willie Gregory harassed by Ann Arbor Police: Larcom states that the officer was scolded. 1967, Jimmie James assaulted by An n Arbor Police; mistaken identity: Mayor apologized through Ann Arbor News, C i t y settled out of Court, supposedly for $1,500.00. 1967 or 1968, Jimmie Jones, as- saulted and beaten by Ann Arbor Police: no charge. - Linda Williams arrested by Ann Arbor Police: released to parents, no charge. 1968, Dave Hunter and Robert Terrell arrested for loitering: both required medical treatment; Ter- rell sustained a broken jaw, was lodged in jail f o r hours before medical help was allowed. Larcom was called from the scene by Mr. Rowry as was Mayor Hulcher. Larcom didn't respond, and Hul- cher met Mr .Rnwrv at Citv THl honesty and a threat to this com- munity. -Ezra L. Rowry June 12 The Daily and crime To the Editor: SO MANY PEOPLE have been charging so many others with "conspiracy" of late that I am re- luctant to join in, but need every- one, including The Daily, work so hard at preserving the fiction that the Ann Arbor area is a perfectly safe place to live. Can we treat such events as the shooting of a student on the Diag and the kill- ing of two others nearby as ordi- nary occurrences not worthy of special attention or concern? Or is expression of grief a n d concern, even worry, out of place in The Daily? Surely there must be more to say than "Police revealed yester- day the sixth victim in the recent series of area slayings was Uni- versity coed Alice Kalom, '69." -Molly Turlish, Grad June 11 ''Security To the Edlitor: IN THE WAKE of the recent tragedy which struck a University coed, it would be wise to turn one's attention to the security of the University area. Much of the cen- tral campus and the surrounding streets are poorly lighted. The University is presently engaged in improving lighting on a handful of streets in a joint program with the City. Yet this program stops far short of meeting the needs of the campus in regard to'safety! Lighting on all streets inthe cam- 'pus area should be improved im- mediately. Areas which demand urgent at- tention are: The Hospital area; Streets surrounding the Women's Pool; Oxford vicinity; and Wash- tenaw-Hill section.' Additionally, a program should be drawn up to insure that a Uni- versity funded and operated bus system, servicing all areas of the University community, would run in the evenings providing trans- portation to and from the central campus. Such a system should be- gin no later than the opening of the fall semester. We can no long- er wait for the city to implement a bus service in the campus area! THE UNIVERSITY', a l w a y s seems to be able to come up with necessary funds for new bureau- cratic mechanisms or $250,000 for new turf for the stadium (regard- less of the fact that the Athletic Department operates out of a sep- arate budget), but when the need arises for worthwhile investments - or immediate action - t h e University drags its feet. Either the matter is forgotten or buried in a committee stacked with ad- ministrators and conservative fac- ulty. One can only question the prior- ities of the administration if ac- tion is not formulated on improv- ing campus safety. --Mike Farrell, '17 SGC member at-large June 11 4 t F - 4 I'f p,"s I fII I