BLACK HOUSING UNIT: IN FAVOR See Editorial Page C, r £ I f1Aiz r D43at LIBERATED High-35 Low-18 Partly cloudy, not so cold Vol. LXXXII, No. 1 14 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, February 24, 1972 Ten Cents Ten Pages Ten Cents Te _a e CHINA VISIT: Nixon, Chou hold Angela bail fr( Davis released on more private talks m alifornia jail -Associated Press PRESIDENT NIXON helps Premier Chou En-lai with his coat before the start of meetings yesterday, Chou may present Willams pettions By JANET GORDON Chinese Premier Chou En-lai may present President Rich- ard Nixon with a set of petitions calling for the exoneration of American black militant Robert Williams, according to a spokesman for the Robert Williams Legal Defense Fund. Steven Fleck, a member of the organization said Chou would present Nixon with a petition from the Japanese Com- mittee for the Defense of Robert Williams. The petition's 10,000 signers include 51 Japanese National Diet members, as well as many religious and academic leaders. The petition asks Nixon to free Williams from a 10-year old kidnaping charge that came out of a racial incident in Monroe, N. C., and also from a contempt citation leveled at PEKING (--President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai held another long session yesterday, and" more friendly Chinese overtures lent hope that the leaders are charting ways for improving relations. However, no word of what is under discussion has come from behind the closed doors. But it seemed certain they were covering ideas for cultural and scientific exchanges, a Nixon goal, and per- haps had discussed Vietnam. However, no one expects the C h i n e s e to compromise their stated opposition to Nixon's peace plan for Indochina. Chou made clear before the President arrived in China that the plan was un- acceptable. Before the opening of the sec- ond four-hour meeting in as many days, Chou indicated some Ameri- can correspondents could stay on for a look at China after Nixon leaves next week. After the meeting, Chou es- corted the Nions to a sports show at Capital Stadium and about 18,- 000 waiting Chinese applauded as the presidential party entered. At the gymnasium. Nixon was seen by the largest live audience since he arrived Monday. This added to his public exposure. already un- derscored by the People's Daily when it gave great attention to the first accounts of his visit. Another gesture regarded as friendly was that the day's meet- ing between Nixon and Chou was held at the guest house where the Nixons are staying. The two pre- vious sessions had been held in the Great Hall of the People. Once again the opening was friendly. Nixon and Chou laughed and joked. Before the doors closed, Chou told the waiting reporters. "If the press wants to see any more places, they can apply to the Department of Information. You don't have much time here." Henry Kissinger, the president's n a t io nal security adviser, was again present when Nixon met Chou yesterday. Chou was ac- companied by Chao Kuan - hua. vice minister of foreign affairs and several other foreign affairs officials. The North Vietnamese appear to be fairly sure that Chinese of- ficials will stand firm on the Indo- china question in their opposition to the Nixon peace plan. Possibly reflecting Hanoi's cer- tainty on this, George Wald, a Harvard anti-war professor, said in Hong Kong on his arrival yes- terday from North Vietnam: "I think the Chinese are going to hold the line on Vietnam." But Wald added that the North Viet- namese "have had the same feel- ing of uneasiness as the American peace movement in the past few months about which way China might go." For the second day, Secretary of State William Rogers met with Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei. The evening was turned over to elaxato tCapitalrStaium- With the Nixons were Rogers, Kissinger, White House press sec- retary Ronald Ziegler, and two Chinese women officials. The President's trip to China is costing taxpayers at least $300,- 000 for transportation alone. Total costs could be several times that amount. But the cost to the taxpayers is dwarfed by the multimillion-dol- lar outlays being made by the tele- vision networks and other news organizations to provide coverage of the President's trip. Media ex- penses include, for example, 10 cents a word for dispatches trans- mitted from China. La rge bondfigure posted by supporters SAN JOSE, Calif. e---Black Communist Angela Davis Was freed on $102,500 bail last night after being imprisoned for 16 months while awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy, kidnap and murder. Davis, beaming broadly and waving to some 75 supporters who turned out in a drizzling rain to see, her released, sped off in a waiting car without talking to reporters. She was released after Superior Court Judge Richard Aranson ruled yesterday that she could be freed on bail. Aran- son also ruled that her trial would open on Monday as scheduled. The order granting bail provides that Davis report once a week to the adult probation department in Santa Clara County, prohibits her from ------ traveling outside the six coun- ir ties of the San Francisco Bay Fires hit area without court permission: and forbids her from traveling by airplane. 0 She is also prohibited from pos- cecsing firearms or attending pub- lic rallies or meetings without permission, and she must observe c ie r son a ban issued in Dec. 1970, on pre- arson A1 publicity in the yase. Five separate fires in the Physics A defense attorney said the or- and Astronomy Bldg. yesterday der requires Davis to live in Santa caused minor damage and resulted C ara County. in a stepped-up search for a pos- Davis. 28. was incarcerated over sible arsonist. a year ago for her alleged involve- ment in the Soledad Brothers in- Fire officials said four of the cident in the Main County Court- fires were set in the men's rooms house, in which several persons on the first, second, eighth and including a judge, were killed. ninth floors. The fifth fire, poten- She is accused of furnishing four tially the most dangerous, was set guns used in the shooting. in an open space in the building's The decision to free"Davis on basement, with a cardboard box bail was made earlier vysterday in of fluorescent lights catching fire a hearing in Aranson's chambers and scorching the walls. Moore Jr.. left the hearing and. Four of the blazes were extin- told reporters andabout 100 Davis guished by building empployes while supporters, "We got what we came Russell Downing, chief of Univer- for." sity security, doused the fire in the The group responded with a basement., loud cheer and Moore departed. Firemen said that in each of the saying he was going to prepare men's room fires, paper towels necessary legal papers. were used to set'the blazes. The defense won the hearing on The fires brought to 30 the num- bail on the grounds that the Cali- ber of suspected cases of arson on fornia Supreme Court last week the campus since Jan.. 27. Thus ruled the death penalty unconsti- far, at least four dorms have been tutional. Under state law, capital hit, and damage is estimated. at crimes such as murder have been over $5,000. -Associated P ANGELA DAVIS raises a clenched fist as she leav es the Santa Clara County Prison yesterday. Da was released on $102,500 bail after the judge in the trial had considered the recent California preme Court decision to abolish the state's death penalty. NIXON VISIT INDICATED: Gov. signs primary bi major ho pefulIs to run ress Avis Su- -1 him last year by the Senate- Internal Security Committee during testimony. Earlier this month Williams, who now lives in Detroit, com- mented that the Senate commit- tee, which has not persued the contempt charges, was trying to make it look like it was "giving him a break because he hadsold out.' "Actually," Williams claimed.! "the citation was tm omrarili Unionization issue causes job walkout By GENE ROBINSON y Non-professional employes of the dropped because of the interna- Commission, on Professional and tional pressure represented by the Hospital Activities (CPHA) walked Japanese request to Chou." . off their jobs yesterday in a con- Williams spent several years in tract dispute China after the incident that lead tatdsue to the kidnaping charge and was CPHA is a nonprofit organiza- a consultant last year at the Uni- tion providing computer analysis versity's Center f or Chinese Stud- services to about 1,600 U.S. hos- ies. He said he thought that the pitals. request concerning the presenta- The firm's 170 keypunch oper- tion of the petitions could put ators, mailroom and clerical work- Chou and especially Nixon in an ers voted last fall for representa- embarrassing situation. tion by Local 157 of the United "It could be embarrassing for Auto Workers union. According to Chou," Williams said, "because he strikers, the company's manage- would either have to risk alienat- ment refused to recognize any ing Nixon or be accused of not union affiliations. supporting a man he sheltered The strikers picketed in front previously. It would be embarras- Of the entrance to the plant. Pro- sing for Nixon because he is prob- fessional emplcyes, who continued ably going to ask China to free working, were escorted into the some of her American prisoners building by police. and might be forced to make Strikers claimed they were "ha- something that 1 o o k e d like a rassed" by police, with patrol cars trade." See STRIKE, Page 10 By The Associated Press Gov. William Milliken signed into law yesterday the bill es- tablishing a May 16 presidential preference primary in Michigan. All of the leading candidates have expressed their intention to enter the primary. Definitely planning to enter the Michigan contest are Democratic senators Edmund Muskie of Maine, Hu- bert Humphrey of Minnesota, and George McGovern of South Dakota, as well as Alabama Gov. George Wallace and Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York. President Nixon's name is ex- pected to appear on the Repub- lican ballot. Meanwhile, an aide to Milliken said yesterdaythat the Presi- dent has indicated he will prob- ably visit Michigan at leastonce during this fall's presidential campaign. The indication came in a letter Nixon wrote to the governor Feb. 2. A number of dark horses in the presidential race say they will decide whether to enter the state primary after considering the outcome of earlier primaries. Democratic mayors John Lind- say of New York City and Sam Yorty of Los Angeles, as well as senators Vance Hartke of In- diana and Henry Jackson of Washington are all uncommitted on the primary. Representatives Paul McCloskey (R-Calif.) and John Ashbrook (R-Ohio) are also Sen. McGovern uncertain of their plans. Former Senator Eugene Mc- Carthy is undecided on the rac, too. However, Muskie's Michigan campaign manager Sander Levin said the Maine senator will en- ter the contest and expects to do well. Wallace looms as the big un- known in the primary and may provide much of its excitement. With opposition to school busing for integration running high in the state and with Wallace rep- resenting a hard line against busing, the Alabama governor is Cuts ourt COUNTY INMATES AWAIT TRIAL suffer from case Sen. Humphrey expected to make a signifi showing. State party Chairman Ja McNeely has predicted Wal may gather 25 per cent of Svote, and Wallace aides sayt think that estimate mat( their expectation. A Wallace aide said 25 cent could be enough to wi enough candidates split the f Michigan's 132 - member1 gation to the Democratic tional convention will be div in proportion to the votesc didates receive in the prima The United Auto Workers un a staunch ally of Humphre previous years, is becoming creasingly committed to Mu The Maine senator has the mal endorsement of the uni Michigan Community Action1 gram and personal endorsem( from President Leonard W( cock and several internati( vice presidents. M. David Vaughn, acting h of McGovern's Michigan c paign, said: "We feel the N structure of the election will us a strong opportunity to b and demonstrate Sen. McC ern's grass roots support." Rep. Chisholm's administra assistant said she would c paign in several areas of state. nonbailable offenses. State Assistant Atty. Gen. Al- bert Harris told reporters that the prosecution agreed Davis would be eligible for bail if the high court decision stood. In no case. Harris argued, should Davis be freed before the decision became final in 30 days. 'He said that the attorney gen- eral's office plans to ask the Su- preme Court to rehear its capital punishment decision filed last Fri- day. Asked how Aranson responded to the prosecution argument, Har- ris said: "He feels no good pur- pose will be served by delay." "I think what he Is doing is contrary to law," Harris said, but he added that the state plans no cant appeal. Bailbondsman Steve Sparacino lm's of San Jose posted a $100,000 sur- Rlace ety bond. He would not disclose the who put up the collateral but chief they defense counsel Howard Moore Jr. aches said it was supplied by the McAfee Family Cooperative in Fresno, per Calif. in if Stephanie Allan, press represen- ield. tative for the National United lele- Committee to Free Angela Davis, na- announced that Davis would hold ided a news conference this afternoon can- in San Jose. ry. Sparacino said Moore contacted nion, him two weeks ago about the pos- y in sibility of posting a bond and he in- See DAVIS, Page 10 By WILLIAM LILLVIS Green is the color of hope; ironically, a pale shade of it coats the cement-block walls of the county jail's visiting rooms and administrative offices. A vigilant television camera keeps an eye peeled on the water foun- tain near the door. "You know, it's really cold- scheduled, finally, 'to go Monday. According to Sheriff's Kenneth Schulz, chief tu the aging and overcrowx on Ann St., at least 11 125 prisoners now inca in the jail are not servi for committing any crim are waiting to be tried to meet bond. 9 more days to register for city election Time is running out for city voter registration. If you will be 18 by March 3, will have been in the city for one month by April 3 and have not voted in another state after Oct. 3, 1971, you are eligible to register to vote here. Registration is at City Hall, 10-5 weekdays, or anytime you find an open tem- porary registration site. "USE THE POWER!" Ann Arbor police, along with :t the Ann Arbor arson squad and an aide from the state fire mar- shall's office, joined in the hunt for possible arsonists. In past weeks the fires have struck the general library, the un- dergraduate library, West Quad, South Quad, Betsy Barbour, the Student Activities Bldg., and the Administration Bldg., among other sites. Thus far, local police and fire officials have declined to comment on possible leads in the suspected arson cases. backlog to trial circuit is supposed to add one more judge next January. Until Captain then, Conlin and his two col- rnkey at leagues on the circuit bench fear ded jail that the backlog will increase. d0 of the Dozens of interviews conduct- 0rerated ed by The Daily this month leave ing time the impression that jurists, po- ne; they ticemen, attorneys, prosecutors , unable and the accused criminals them- ua l esa te accusd iinal tem skie. for- ion's Pro- tents ood- ional head cam- )asic give build Gov- itive am- the Re vised school, busing amendment proposed WASHINGTON (A) - Sens. Mike Mansfield, (D-Mont.), and Hugh Scott (R-Pa.), the majority and minority ,leaders, unveiled a compromise school busing amend- ment yesterday in an effort to defuse the bitter Senate dispute over the issue. They won out in a parliamen- tary scramble for position so that ;: 3: UN