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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1972
NIGHT EDITOR: GENE ROBINSON
Paul. McCracken and ITT
BUSINESS PROF. Paul McCracken's re-
fusal to look for a memorandum he
may have written, concerning Interna-
tional Telephone and Telegraph Corpor-
ation (ITT) anti-trust suits, represents
another unacceptable obstacle to a com-
plete understanding of how top adminis-
tration officials were involved in the de-
cision.
Political scandal has been the name of
the game in the ITT controversy, as
charges that ITT bribed the Nixon ad-
ministration in exchange for a favorable
out-of-court settlement, remain unsatis-
factorily answered.
The Senate Judiciary Committee in-
vestigation which began three weeks ago
with the publication of ITT lobbyist Dita
Beard's memo has raised serious ques-
tions about the government's integrity in
handling anti-trust action against large
corporations such as ITT.
'Endorsements
The Daily's endorsements for the
campus-wide elcetions are as fol-
lows:
For SGC President and Execu-
tive Vice President - LEE GILL
and PAULA KENDRICK.
For Board of Student Publica-
tions - JAY HIRSCHMAN.
.... These endorsements were ex-
plained in Friday's Daily.
-THE SENIOR EDITORS
The unearthing of a memo written by
McCracken - former chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) -
could serve to clarify his part as well as
that of other White House officials in
the process that led to the justice de-
partment decision to drop the three anti-
trust suits againstITT.
RESPONSE to a Daily request that
he ask the CEA to search its general
file for the memo, he said a week ago
"may exist somewhere in Washington,"
McCracken said that it would be "highly
improper."
"The Council files are confidential,"
he said Monday. "I have no control over
them."
A spokesman for the CEA had previous-
ly denied a request that the existence of
a memo be confirmed, saying that a
search for the memo would be "beyond
the call of duty."
According to the 1967 Freedom of In-
formation Act, the burden to justify the
withholding of information is placed on
the government. Only in the case of "na-
tional security" can the law be abrogated.
Although it might accomplish noth-
ing, a memorandum from a former CEA
chairman, revealing his input into the
top-level discussions, could clarify sone
disturbing questions the Senate probe has
raised.
In fact, if advice from McCracken and
other officials on economic aspects of the
suits were unfavorable to ITT, it could
help to explain why Richard Ramsden, a
New York investment specialist was hired
by the White House to study the anti-
trust cases.
It was Ramsden's report that contrib-
uted significantly to then anti-trust chief
Richard McLaren's decision to settle the
cases out-of-court.
ANOTHER QUESTION springs from the
justice department's delay in filing an
anti-trust suit against the merger of ITT
and the Grinnel Corp. Last April, admin-
istrators justified the delay, saying they
needed time to confer formally with gov-
ernment officials on the economic via-
bility of the ITT suits. But McCracken
implied in discussions with The Daily
that he and McLaren had already dis-
cussed the ITT case and other anti-trust
suits in an "ongoing, informal" fashion.
Meanwhile, McCracken maintains that
his discussions with ITT President Har-
old' Geneen were "nothing out of the or-
dinary," and that Geneen was among
"literally hundreds of people" who came
to see him about pending litigation.
IN REFUSING to actively dig for his own
memo, McCracken says he "rendered no
judgement" in the case. It is understand-
able that McCracken is reluctant to be-
come involved in the whole affair, since
he has left his post as CEA chairman.
There is no excuse, however, for present
CEA officials' refusal to search for all
relevant evidence.
Unfortunately, though, the dramatic
importance of the Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee's probe makes McCracken's "non-
involvement". inexcusable.
BECAUSE OF the severity of syndicated
Jack Anderson's charges as well as the
disturbing implications of the evidence
that the investigation has generated, Mc-
Cracken cannot afford the luxury of
silence.
Even if he was insignificant in deter-
mining the final decision to settle, Mc-
Cracken must make every effort to elim-
inate any doubt about his role in the
controversial case.
-TED STEIN
Council cano
Nancy Romer Burghardt-HRP
T AM RUNNING for City Council in order to offer a. real alternative
for the people in the Fifth Ward. While the Democrats and Repub-
licans sound different at election-time, both end up behaving, through
inaction, the same year-round. The Human Rights Party (HRP) pro-
gram and actions are different.
I am a 25-year-old graduate student in eduction and psychology
at the University and have been a teacher in Harlem, N.Y., and
Willow Run, Mich., a welfare worker and a Peace Corps volunteer.
I also have been an organizer for the Tenants Union, Women's Libera-
tion Child Care Acti6n Group, and coordinator of the Ann Arbor
Human Rights Party.
My political and personal development as a woman has made me
more sensitive not only to the plight of other women, but also to other
groups that have been severely discriminated against - such as
blacks, chicanos and youth. I be-
lieve in the importance of self-
determination for all groups. I am
committed to the principle of com-
munity control of all public serv-
ices, such as free or low-cost
health care, child care, schools.
housing, drug help programs and
police.
I strongly support institutions
such as the Main St. Community
Center and the Free Clinic. It is
the city's responsibility to pro-
vide, expand and fund these types
of services for all citizens but
these services must be commun-
ity controlled.
I WILL WORK toward establish-
ing community control of the po-
lice force. The police spend too much time and money harassing blacks
and young whites and enforcing laws against crimes without victims.
They do not adequately protect or patrol the black and student com-
munities and do not humanely handle the victims of rape. Commun-
ity control boards could drastically increase the number of blacks and
women on the police force and improve police policy.
The Ann Arbor Transit System does not adequately service either
the black; student or elderly communities. Dial-a-ride should immed-
iately 'be expanded to the low-income and student areas of town
and bus services should be expanded throughout the city.
I am committed to helping working people in their fight for de-
cent wages and working conditions. I have been active in strike sup-
port activities with groups such as the Buhr Co., County Professional
Hospital Association, AFSCME, and the Ann Arbor Education Associa-
tion. I have been endorsed by the Buhr unit of-the UAW. I will work
for a stronger anti-strike-breaking ordinance that will make the use
of non-union labor during a strike illegal.
THE HUMAN RIGITS Party, with a strong and concrete plat-
form, made at open democratic meetings, aims to become a new,
revitalizing force in Ann Arbor. As a candidate I do not simply repre-
sent my own opinions but the policies of a- party of committed com-
munity people with a clear vision of,the way this city should be run.
We urge you to b'egin to join the movement for new politics in Ann
' Arbor and in the state. This can be an important step toward in-
creased independent political action across the country.
ERA: The dese
By CARLA RAPOPORT roles of the husband as b
THE WOMEN'S liberation movement will the wife as housekeeper.
remain a. bastard cause until it is re- "The intrusion of the h
cognized by lawmakers and in the courts. to the delicate personalr
The approval of a 24-word constitutional husband and wife, and
amendment in the Senate this week could to their children . . .w
finally legitimize the movement-and pave grief," Celler touchingly
the way toward baring institutional sex- At a time when wo
ism'"in the courts. toward a rejection of
The rejection of the amendment would mother image. Celler'so
leave women, once again, on the outside of vailed in Congress. Thu
the American legal system and frustrating- women toward equal ri
ly powerless to change the laws which rested on the benevolenc
affect their lives. ploers, shrewd lawyers
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ing husbands.
has been introduced into every state Con- LAWS DO EXIST, how
gress since 1923. It has met with jeers,
snickers, and open antipathy right along.
To members of the women's liberations
movement, the history of the ERA symbol-
izes the dogged unwillingness of men to
recognize 'women as equals.
The amendment, pased by tle House
, two years ago, reads:
"Equality of rights under the law shall
not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account of
sex."
FOR TWENTY YEARS, the amendment
sat in the House Judiciary Commitee,
which is chaired by doddering -Emanuel
Cellar (D-N.Y.).
Representative Celler, a sterling exam-
ple of the antiquarians who pervade Con-
gress, once told the House that "the ERA.
may require changes in the traditional Rep. CeJ
Franz
[N THE FIFTH WARD, there Th
are at least four issues of ma~
major concern this election - city -
planning and growth, public hous- for
ing, citizen representation and the -
city budget. In all four of these Ho
areas the current Fifth Ward Re- -
publican councilman has repre- Cit
sented neither the views nor the -
needs of the Ward's residents. an
Rather, he has consistently repre- an
sented the vested interests of a -
small minority at the expense of str
the public good.a
Just a few examples of his re-~oo
cord over the last 23 months -
should suffice to indicate the need [f
for new leadership in the Ward. -
Mogdis-Demo(
e current Republican council-
an:I
-voted NO on the Miller hi-rise
senior citizens
-voted No on funding Ozone
use
-voted NO on funding M o d e1
Mies program
-voted No on restricting signs
d billboards (city sign ordin-
ce)
-voted No on ordinance to re-
Oct gas station and drive-in res-
urant construction
-voted NO on resolution sup-
rting vote for 18 year olds
-voted No on the elimination
the city's curfew ordinance 1
-voted NO on establishing the
Brat
"ity's g
-vote(
oortation
voted
iuana o
-votec
Hills
. voted
ing
-led
on the
Beakes)
ltd tes
fight for and
Ashley-First
by-pass.
voted YES
(Packird-
present views
rievance officer program
d No on the city's .trns-
n tudy.
NO on the city's mari-
rdinance
d YES to destroy Bird
YES on Briarwood re-zon-
Lloyd Fairbanks-Republican
AS AN INCUMBENT, these are some of the issues that I am speak-
ing about in this campaign.
Joint city-school planing is a must for further residential develop-
ment.
The 'P' in Planning must stand for people. We cannot stop growth,
but it is controllable. Control will successfully avoid ugly urban sprawl.
Legalization of drugs is not something Ann Arbor can accomplish.
We should work to reduce our rising drug related crime rate by
providing support to drug addicts.
Top priority should be given to establishing a city-wide recycling
system. Other cities are making
this program work, and a resolu-
tion, which I submitted in behalf
of the experimental program
which was run by the Ann 'Arbor
Ecology Center, should make re-
cycling in Ann Arbor a reality.
THE STUDENTS in Ann Arbor
should take whatever time they
can to really get to know the local
candidates and local issues. One
issue needing open-minded scrut-
iny is the First-Ashley bypass. It's
unfortunate that this has become
. a partisan issue, as a lot of mis-
information has been the result.
I invite those who intend to
vote on this issue to visit City
Hall before election day and see the route, and what it means to the
entire community of Ann Arbor before voting.
THOSE OF YOU who took Sociology 100 probably recall the dis-
cussions on the Concentric Ring Theory. If we are to avoid the decay
which has been traditional in center cities, we need to attack the
problem. With code enforcement grants and low cost loans, to the
poor and aged, combined with a vital center city area, we have the,
ingredients of the recipe for good health for Ann Arbor. Much else
remains to be done, but the roadway improvements will be the corner-
stone.
I'M RUNNING for council-be-
::ause I feel we need and deserve
better representation than this.
the choice is clear - .oii all of
these issues I would have voted
exactly opposite of the current
councilman councilman apd I
would have and will continue
to s u ppo r tthe controlling
of commercial strip develop-
ment, push for stricter., plan-
ning procedures, and guarantees
of equal rights for all citizens.
It's time we had representa-
Aon on council from the Fifth
Ward that is concerned about re-
presenting the interests of all the
people, not just a small minority.
I ask for your suport on April
3 to help me bring to council new,
responsive leadership for the Fifth
Ward and urge you, no matter
how you vote in the council race
,o vote NO on the Ashley-F i r s t
Packard-Beakes) bonding re-
quest.
04
The Daily begins today-a five
part series in which the
Democratic, Human Rights
Party, and Republican City
Council candidates briefly
summarize their positions. Thg'
election is April3
xing of- the
bread winner, and
and of the law in-
relationship of the
their relationship
Mould bring untold
added.
men are moving
the housemaker-
attitude has pre-
s, the progress of
.glts has largely
y of individual em-
, and understand-
ever, which seem-
OSSYP decision to Fleming
ingly protect women's rights.
14th amendment and the Civill
of 1964 prohibit discrimination or
of sex; the former if one intern
ple" to mean women as well as
the latter specifically prohibitq
crimination.
As a result, these provisos hav
root of much objection to the E
lack of legal substance.
Yet, in no 14th amendment ca
sex discrimination has the Supr
held that a law classifying pers
basis of sex is unreasonable ant
unconstitutional.
In the case when the Civill
was first applied to women, a
judge ruled that "sex just sor
its way into the Civil Rights A
determined htat amnedment di
he ruled against the Delta Air
ardess, who was fired for ma
though Delta admitted the bE
firing policy was the marital
women employes.
WHILE ONE SET of lawm
tinue to argue that women a
protected by law, others oppose,
ment, saying it would cause ha
courts.
During House hearings on t
ment, a Harvard law professo
anything about this proposedi
is clear, it is that it would trans
provision of law concerning won
constitutional issue to be ulti
Constitution
Both the solved by the court.
Rights Act "Every statutory and common law pro-
n the basis vision dealing with the inanifoid rela-
rets "peo- tions of women in society would be forced
men, and to run the gauntlet of attack on con-
s sex dis- stitutional grounds," he concluded.
Pity the poor judges who would, have
e been the to sit through all those tedious cases. Like
RA, for its when the first woman seeks to become a
commercial pilot despite federal regula-
se alleging tions, on a woman seeks her job- back
eme Court after a pregnancy.
ons on the Or think of the havoc in an Ohio court=
d therefore room when a woman decides she'd like tl
challenge .state laws and become -an tletc
Rights Act trio meter reader, a crossing watchman, or
California maybe just shine shoes.
t of found In fact, lawmakers should consider that
ct." Having without the ERA, the laws governing mar-
dn't count, riage and divorce, child support and soc-
lines stew- ial security will remain in the w6men's
irrying, al- favor and continue to discriminate against
asis of its low-income males.
status of THE SENATE debate on ERA-which
could swing either way at this point-
opened yesterday afternoon and . centered
akers con- on a proposed rider which would exetipt
re already women from the draft.
the amend- The rider was subsequently struck
avoc in the down, although Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.)
urged his colleagues to vote against it
he amend- only "if they believe in their hearts that
r said, "If women should be drafted and sent into
amendment combat where they will be slaughtered
form every and maimed by the bayonets, bombs, bul-
men into a lets, grenades, napalm and poison gas of
mately re- the enemy."
PRESIDENT ROBBEN Fleming received
yesterday a list of candidates for the
post of vice president for the Office of
Student Services (OSS). It is now up to
Fleming to decide which of the four can-
didates he wants for the office.
All four appear adequate for the job,
interested in representing students and
willing to work with the student domin-
ated OSS Policy Board.
Fleming has indicated that he hopes
to announce his decision at the April Re-
gents meeting.
It is conceivable, however that Fleming
will delay or fail to choose any of the
names submitted to him by the search
committee.
It would be unfortunate if the same
situation arises that existed before out-
going Vice President Robert Knauss was
appointed. A list of candidates was pre-
sented to Fleming in Feb. 1970, but ac-
tion was slow in coming. By the time the
appointment was to be made, several
people had withdrawn their names while
the remaining candidates were found to
be unacceptable. After almost two years
with an acting vice president Knauss was
appointed by Fleming - independent of
the search committee action.
Such a move by Fleming would defeat
the very purpose of having a search com-
mittee - students partaking in the selec-
tion of University administrators.
In addition, failure to act on the list
at all in the near future will again leave
the office without a permanent director,
who gives a sense of direction to the of-
fice and helps legitimize the actions of
the policy board.
THE LIST is a good one and should be
seriously considered - and acted upon
-without delay.
Murray Jackson, a professor in the edu-
cation school, has previously held admin-
istrative positions at Wayne State Uni-
versity, including assistant to the vice
president of student affairs.
Henry Jackson is associate director of
the Program of Educational Opportunity,
and a member of the Ann Arbor School
Board.
Robert Ross, a researcher with the In-
stitute of Social Research, has long been
active in area radical politics.
Elaine Reuben, an assistant English
professor at the University of Wisconsin,
is a women's rights activist in Madison.
THE SEARCH committee has completed
its task and the responsibility has
passed on to President Fleming to choose
a candidate for Regental approval as soon
as possible.
--JUDY RUSKIN
Absentee voters
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Letters: Candidate decries vandalism
To The Daily:
ON BEHALF of the other mem-
bers of the GROUP party and
myself, I wish to publicly state
that the vandalism which defiled
the UGLI and the Bus. Ad. Bldg.
yesterday was an effort at smear-
ing GROUP's name. Neither we,
nor any of our supporters have
in any way participated in the
perpetration of these crimes
against the campus. We wish to
apologize to the campus for the
inconvenience caused them by our
political opponents.
Unfortunately, today's occur-
rence was not an isolated incident.
We are confident that the voters
will not allow the issues to be
clouded, and we urge the votetrs lo
read the platforms, speak to the
candidates and make rational
choices at the polls.
- -Bill Jacobs
GROUP candidate for
SGC President
March 21
GROUP issue?
To The Daily:
THERE SEEMS to be only one
issue in this SGC election c a. m-
paign: GROUP. Incredible as it
to accept a Credentials and Rules
Committee (C&R) "stuffed with
GROUP moderates." That was not
what happened at all.
What did happen (and what was
admitted by SGC members in
front of the Daily reporter) was
something far more incredible:
The so-called left made a deal be-
fore the SGC meeting. The deal
was -to vote to appoint a C&R
with six, (out of seven) members
hostile to GROUP.
Rather than see a C&R stack-
ed against GROUP, the GROUP
members onSGC threatened to
walk out (and on March 2 did).
Eventually, after six hours of
Sneak move'
To The Daily:
MONDAY, at a "special meet-
ing" called at a day's notice, a
handful of LSA Student Govern-
ment members voted to purge a
constitutional amendment fr3m
today's ballot and deny students
a genuine choice. The amendment
would have reformed the govern-
ment's lower house, the College
Assembly, by enfranchising repre-
sentatives of the Residential Col-
lege, Pilot Program and other ex-
cluded interests. They left the stu-
dents but a single choice - to vote
dates who did this; Chuck Bar-
quist and Susan Mentser (the rest
are lame-ducks).
-Bob Black
Member-at-Large
Executive Council
LSA Student 'Gvrnuieot
TU support
To The Daily:
RECENTLY certain partisan
political groups have been publicly
attempting to dissever our candi-
dates from the organization thdl
represent, The Ann Arbor Ten
ants' Union. In particular, Bill Ja-
cobs of GROUP has been. using