ROTC By REBECCA WARNER The bombing of North Hall - the home of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) on cam- pus-opened a year of controversy over ROTC's status at the Univer- sity two and one half years ago. Student protests, class disrup- tions, marches, and building take- avers accentuated the growing debate, as the Senate Advisory Committee on Academic Affairs (SACUA) - the faculty executive body - argued recommendations for extensive cutbacks of Univer- sity support to ROTC. Today, two years after the Re- gents' request for c h a n g e s in ROTC, there has been no final determination of ROTC's fund- ing status. The protests are si- on campus: lenced, and ROTC is a forgotten $100,000 to $200,000 worth of rent- issue to most students. free space in North Hall. Meanwhile, ROTC enrollment- DOD offered last June to pay which took a sharp dive in 1968- zolleges and universities with is expected by ROTC spokesmen ROTC programs $500 for each to start to regain its lost ground. ,adet who receives his commission "We're coming back out of it," through the program. This pay- said Col. Marvin Grunzke, Chair- mnent would have amounuted to an man of the Air Force Officer Edu- nnual payment of about $55,000 -ation Program here. "I think :o the University-still far short there'll be an upward trend." )f current costs-but DOD with- In Dec. 1969, the Regents ap- drew the offer this fall. Further proved a SACUA report calling for study on national R O T C ' cost restrictions on the ROTC program, reimbursement is underway in and requested .that the Depart- Washington. I ment of Defense (DOD) assume O t h e r recommendations ap- the full cost of the program, proved by the Regents included: But two years later, the Uni- -Designation of R O T C as a versity is still paying about $89,- program" rather than "depart- 000 a year for ROTC's secretarial, ment;"I janitorial and maintenance ser- -Formation of a student-fac- vices, in addition to an estimated ulty-administration committee to Hol ding the fort review ROTC personnel and cur- ricula; and -Elimination of faculty status for ROTC instructors. These recommendations have fared somewhat better than the first, The three ROTC sections. formerly referred to as the De- partments of Military, Air, and Naval Science, are now called the Army, Air Force, and Navy Offi- 2er Education . Programs. A n d ROTC personnel no longer hold faculty status, but are referred to by their military rank. The committee for reviewing ROTC personnel and curricula, however, has yet to conform with ,prescribed standards. Althougp it exists, it is described by Col. M. Dean Schiller, chairman of the Army Officers Education Program as "not active." And although the committee was intended to include students, fac- ulty, and administration, there are no student members. SGC and sev- eral other student government or- ganizations refused to recommend student delegates when the com- mittee was formed last year, charging that the changes in ROTC status at the University were "wholly inadequate." The En- gineering Council also declined, saying the committee had too little power to be meaningful. Under attack in 1969 and 1970, ROTC suffered a severe drop in enrollment. Total enrollment in Army, Air Force and Navy ROTC on cam- pus has fallen 65% since 1967- from a total of 669 students to a low of 268 this fall. Freshman enrollment has fallen even more dramatically, endang- ering the future of the program, ROTC spokesmen said. Officials attribute the drop in enrollment to a variety of causes, including the "winding down" of the Indochinese war and the lot- tery' system. In addition, most of the nation's colleges have abol- ished requirements that freshman and sophomore men take ROTC courses. The University dropped ROTC as an alternative to required gym classes in 1969. According to Schiller, the drop in enrollment was in part due to "an emotional reaction on the See ROTC, Page 8 UNIFORMED ROTC CADETS attend classes at the University's North Hall. IRELAND: GET THE TROOPS OUT See Editorial Page LYI Sir&iau P43a ilj INCOMPATIBLE High-18 Law-6 Occasional snow with partial clearing Vol. LXXXII, No. 101 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, February 9, 1972 Ten Cents Eight Pages 'V OCUS ON POT STATUTE: Harsher state arrest law asked by senators Disruptions rock Ulster, LANSING (M - A bill intro- duced in the state Senate yes- terday would give police more freedom to arrest persons on, charges of marijuana poses- sion. The measure, introduced by Sens. Robert Richardson (R-Sag- inaw) , and James Fleming (R-' Jackson), would let pollee make arrests without warrants for "any offense punishable by imprison- ment of more than six months in the county Jail."j Possession of less than two ouncessof mariJuana carries up to a one-year jail term. Police complained that the re- vised Michigan drug law "hand- cuffed" them because it dropped possession of less than two ounces of marijuana from a felony to a misdemeanor. Police can arrest for misdemeanors only -if the of- fense is committed in their pres- ence. aceatn BELFAST (R) - Bombs and gunfire early today ushered in a "Day of Disruption" proclaimed by Roman Catholics who want British-ruled Northern Ireland united with the Irish republic. An unidentified civilian was killed by gunmen firing from a speeding car in Belfast's Catholic Ardoyne district. He was the 240th person to die since Northern Ireland erupted into violence in mid-1969. Two other civilians were injured in a midnight bomb blast that smashed windows and flung shrapnel over a wide area of the same district. neA garage add a truck were wrecked by two explosions near the border with the Irish republic, but no casualties -Dally-Tom Gottleb DEMONSTRATORS including Ann Arbor Mayor Robert Harris, march last night in front of Hill Aud. to protest the plight of Soviet Jewry. The bill appears to be a Sen- ate attempt to counteract some Rlly held to pr'otest provisions of the recently-passed .reduced marijuana penalties. The Senate last fall fought bit-1 light of Soviet Jews terly over House amendments to 1 t oovis thedrug revision bill that called for lowering the penalties for By MERYL GORDON many drug offenses. Bylea uerY GorednThe Senate finally gave in to While a Russian Orchestra performed In side Hill Aud. several key issues-including the last night, a group of 120 persons held a peaceful demonstra- status of marijuana use and pos- tion to protest the plight of Soviet Jewry. session-but not until 42 amend The demonstration did not affect the scheduled per- ments had been tacked onto the frmance of the renowned Osipov Balalaika Orchestra, original House bill. which layed at the University last night as part of the The Senate may now be at-' tempting to nullify the intent of Cultural Exchange Program. the House to ease marijuana pen- The protest, organized by several local Jewish groups, alties. by providing for easier ar- comes just two days after the Osipov Orchestra perform- rest procedures. ance in Detroit was the scene of a large demonstration. The new bill was referred to the fi. The protesters included students, rabbis, ministers and, Senate Judiciary Committee, of in Thmeproesetreficlestwhich Richardson is chairman and in some cases, entire families. Fleming is a member. One demonstrator, Rabbi Bruce Warshall, said "The idea Fleming was the only member is not to stop people from seeing the performance, but to of the committee which didn't sign show them that there is another side to the Soviet culture." the drug revision bill last fall A notable participant was Mayor Robert Harris who hich lessened many drug pen- strongly defended the actions of the group. Without warrants being issued, " "The Soviet Union 'is sensitive to world public opinion," police would be, allowed to make he said, "It has been a borderline question whether they will arrests on "reasonable cause" that let the Jews leave or not. The presence of this kind of pro- a person possessed marijuana. test would seem to be effective, as the rate of Jews leaving says, could be information broad- the USSR has increased recently." cast over a police radio or "other The protesters passed out literature which told of the governmental radio station" or on ppression of the Soviet Jewry. According to the protesters, a teletype system. the Soviet Jews are persecuted and denied free speech Simple "use" of marijuana is not affected by the Richardson-Flem- stopped from attaining top governmental posts and refused ing bill since "use" is punishable entrance to universities. by only 90 days in jail. -Associated Press On the 123rd day .. . The ancient West Coast dock strike occupied minds on both ends of the country yesterday. At the top, Mediator Sam Kagel (left) and Edmund Flynn of the Pacific Maritime Association, announce "in San Francisco a tentative agreement to end the strike, while in Washington, below, six members of the House pose for a group shot. Their common tie: all have bills concerning the strike which will be discussed today. (See story, Page 1). COMMITTEE FORMED: University begins search for newengineering college dean were reported. Police declined comment on speculation that the bombing in one of Belfast's most heavily pop- ulated Catholic districts could have been carried out by Protest- ant hardliners to coincide with the start of D-for-Disruption Day. A British army spokesman said 550 extra troops were being moved into Londonderry in expectation of trouble during the 24-hour cam- paign to disrupt civic life with strikes, sit-ins and roadblocks. Prime Minister Brian Faulkner, in an unyielding address to Par- liament last nightdruled out any idea of Irish unity as a solution to the violence and bloodshed that have stricken the six counties of Protestant-controlled Ulster. "What we have seen of the Irish Republic, we do not like," he said. "We do not admire the petulant and bellicose utterances of its pub- lic figures on the world stage." The prime minister spoke as Northern Ireland's Protestant ma- jority, anxious to ward off weak- ening in the British fight against the illegal Irish Republican Army, prepared to launch an organization to thwart moves toward a united Ireland. In preparation for the 24 ,hours of protest meetings, hunger vigils and school boycotts organized by Catholic civil rights groups, Faulk- ner's government canceled all po- lice leave. A meeting tomorrow will plan the first of a series of weekend rallies intended to demonstrate the s t r e n g t h of Protestant feeling against any compromise with the IRA's fight to end Ireland's 50 years of partition. The movement reflects a general hardening of Protestant sentiment since the Jan. 30 shootings in Lon- donderry of 13 Catholic demon- strators. G ovt. acts, stopping dock tie-up WASHINGTON (P) - Despite a tentative voluntary agreement in negotiations, the Senate voted yes- terday to end the 123-day West Coast dock strike by compulsory arbitration. The Senate sent the bill to the House. The measure provides for termi- nation of the arbitration proceed- ings at any time a voluntary set- tlement of all issues is certified to the Secretary of Labor by both sides. The vote in favor of the emer- gency dock strike proposal re- quested by President Nixon came after the Senate rejected, 42-39 an amendment to provide a perma- nent machinery for settling dis- putes in the transportation in- dustries. Debate on the compulsory arbi- tration bill was under way when announcement of a tentative agree- ment to voluntarily arbitrate re- Maining issues reached the Senate floor. Sen. Harrison Williams (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, and Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.), its ranking Republican, said the agreement came as no surprise and was anticipated in the legislation itself, with a provision to terminate proceedings upon voluntary settlement. By HOWARD BRICK The process of finding a suc- cessor to Gordon Van Wylen, de- parting dean of the engineering college, has officially begun with the appointment of a student- faculty search committee. The committee, consisting of six faculty members and three students from the college, is ex- Navy sinks woman's request By JAN BENEDETTI pected to present a list of nom- inees for the position of dean to President Robben Fleming by April 1. The president will select one of the nominees and present his recommendations to the Re- gents at their April or May meeting. Fleming said a final decision should be made before Van Wy- len leaves the University on July 1, so a successor can take over the post immediately. V a n Wylen will become the new pre- sident of Hope College, a small liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan. Prof. William Root, chairman of the search committee, told the Daily yesterday that he does not yet know what the proced- ures or criteria for selecting nominees will be. The search committee will meet with Fleming and V i c e President Allan Smith Friday to discuss procedures and criteria for selection. Fleming has al- ready said that the committee will be allowed to interview can- didates from both within a n d without the University. Root said the committee w i 11 probably solicit names of pos- sible successors from the facul- Van Wylen has been dean since 1965 and has been the sub- ject of controversy during his tenure. He has taken a generally conservative position on the is- sues of corporate recruitment and classified research. At a Regents open hearing on last year, Van Wylen spoke in favor of allowing recruitment from any corporation that wish- ed to come to the campus. Prior to assuming the dean- ship, Van Wylen was chairman of mechanical engineering de- partment. Fire strii es graduate library Valerie Schoen keeps a Snoopy poster in her room proclaiming, "Life is just one big thrill after another," an apt sentiment for the first woman ever nominated to attend the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. But the "thrills" stopped abruptly yes- terday when John Chaffee, the Secretary of the Navy, announced that women will not be accepted to the academy this year. Schoen, a freshman, received the news from U.S. Rep. Jack McDonald (R-Mich.), the sponsor of her nomination. The Navy refused Schoen's nomination, according to Chaffee, because it is "not If they wanted me to han- dle an M-1 rifle, I'd do it. It's not a question of liky- ing it . .. as suspected arson continues By TED STEIN As University officials investi- gate the baffling series of fires plaguing the campus, yet another blaze struck yesterday destroying approximately 57 rare books in the graduate library's Center for Language and Literature. The fire marks the 18th inci- .sm.:.::....:.: tending the academy. "Ever since kinder- troop," she said. ,::