Jury c HARRISBURG, Pa. (P) - The Rev. Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister were convict- ed yesterday of smuggling half a dozen letters in and out of Lewis- *burg federal penitentiary. The jury h o w e v e r deadlocked on charges that they conspired with five other defendants to kidnap presidential aide Henry Kissinger. Eqbal Ahmad, the Rev. Neil McLaughlin, the Rev. Joseph Wen- deroth, Anthony Scoblick and Mary *Cain Scoblick were freed by the jury deadlock on the key govern- ment conspiracy charge. The seven were also charged with conspiring to blow up a gov- ernment tunnel heating system in Washington, D.C., and vandalize leadlocks in draft boards in several eastern cities. Berrigan faces a possible maxi- mum of 40 years in federal prison including a pcssible 10 year prison term for an earlier conviction on a charge of smuggling one letter out of federal prison. McAlister faces a maximum sentence of 30 years. "We all have a feeling of cele- brating a victory," McAlister said. "We consider what happened something of a victory. The gov- ernment based a whole indictment against seven people on the ex- change of correspondence between two," she told a news conference. The trial, which was marked by demonstrations outside the court- house in support of the seve fendants, began Jan. 24, alth proceedings began Feb. 21 fo ing a four week jury sele procedure. The government presente witnesses before resting Mar The defense surprised the March 24 when it rested its without calling a single witne Berrigan entered Lewisburg itentiary on May 1, 1970 to a six year sentence for destr draft board records in Balti in 1967 and Catonsville, Md. following year. In prison he met Boyd Do who was serving a five-year for bank fraud and armed as on a federal agent. Douglas Be rrigan n de- however free to leave the peni- port hough tentiary daily for a study release an i] ollow- program at Buknell University. Ah ection Douglas - the government's key amoi witness-testified that it was his Mosl d 65 own idea to offer to carry letters Stev ch 23. for Berrigan. From the outset, Affai court however, Douglas made copies of andI case letters Berrigan exchanged with pries ess. McAlister which later ended up in Jrie pen- the hands of the FBI. Jose serve On Nov. 27, 1970, FBI director for oying J. Edgar Hoover revealed what A imore he described as a plot to blow up said the the Washington tunnel system and here kidnap an as yet unidentified high the cglas gover'nment official. Viet term From that point on, the defense ssault claimed, the FBI went all out to tiwa. was produce evidence that would sup- frigh case the Hoover charges through ndictment. hmad, the only non-Catholic ng the group, is a Pakistani 1em associated with the Adlai enson Institute of International irs in Chicago. McLaughlin Wenderoth are Roman Catholic sts, Scoblick is a former phite priest and his wife is a ner nun. hmad, speaking to reporters, : "My plan is to get out of as soon as I can and go into streets to protest tht war in nam. We, will continue our an- r work. We have not been htened by our government." -Associated Press FIVE OF THE SEVEN defendants in the Harrisburg trial hold a news conference yes- terday in the Harrisburg federal building. They are left to right, Eqbal Ahmad, Father Neil McLaughlin, Father Joseph Wenderoth, Sister Elizabeth McAlister; and Anthony Scoblick. A MESSAGE FROM WISCONSIN See Editorial Page Y L Sf r, i au &tit NEUTRAL High-49 Low-32 Fair with increasing cloudiness f. Vol. LXXXII, No. 142 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, April 6, 1972 Ten Cents Ten Pages OFFICER PROPOSED: omen slam Fleming plan By REBECCA WARNER President Robben Fleming yesterday told the chair- persons of the University's women's and minority commis- sions that he intends to appoint a single Affirmative Action ,Director to monitor equal employment opportunity programs at the University. According to a memo sent to Virginia Davis Nordin, chairwoman of the Commission for Women and William Cash Jr., chairman of the Commission for Minorities, the two commissions would become advisory to the Affirmative Ac- tion Director, or they could choose to act as ombudsmen or %mbudswomen. N. Viets near push f From Wire Service Reports The Communists yesterday intensified their week-old of- fensive in South Vietnam, ad- vancing to within sixty miles of Saigon on a newly opened r southern front and advancing across Quang Tri province to- drrr H~n in the Vnth in1 new west rom Area court pot law By WILLIAM LILLVIS In a -decision that could result in both legal .and political action, District Court' Judge 8. 3. Elden ruled yesterday that the city's special ordinance on marijuana is unconsttutional. Under the city law, possession of arijuana is a misdemeanor sub- ject to a maximum $100 fine and 90 days in Jail. Larry Nash, de- fendant in the case, was the first person to be tried under the law passed by city council last year., Elden said that his decision would mean that "there is now *one comprehensive and reasonably fair law for marijuana possession," referring to the new state drug law which went into effect April 1. Under the state law the crime is. also a misdemeanor but is pun- ishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. According to rCouncilman-elect erry De Grieck (HRP-First Ward), Elden's action could open the way for the city to entirely re-evaluate the legal status of marijuana. De Grieck said that the Human Rights Party is con-1 sidering the introduction of a law Which would be far less harsh than even the city ordinance.s City Attorney Jerold Lax said that the city attorney's office has' always supported the municipal marijuana law, because "the pen- alties are still substantially less than the new state law." Lax stat- ,ed that he may appeal Elden's de- cision. Elden made his declaration on the grounds that the city law in- corporated the old state narcotic law definition of marijuana. The See JUDGE, Page 10 Members of the women's com- mission yesterday expressed strong v disapproval of the plan. The proposal "in effect destroys the commission," Nordin said.- Nordin also expressed concern that Fleming is trying to "sweep under the rug" the commission's grievances by presenting the an-. nouncement at an awkward time .,.., *.:, of the academic year. Fleming and Cash were unavail- able for comment last night. The women's and minority com- Lindsay v missions were formed in fall 1970 A Lindsay campaign worker (left) rolls as part of the University's Affirm- afrN Y ork mgore rew rs tive Action Program when the De- after the New York mayo withdrew fr partment of Health, Education (D-S.D.) (right) to grin at well wishers and Welfare (HEW) charged the push for "bigger and better" wins tha University with sex discrimination and threatened to withhold feder-SE BI S C A G D al contracts.SRG The appointment of a single of- ficer to take over the role of the two commissions was first consid- ered in January when HEW is- sued Revised Order Number Four. The order applies specifically to large corporations but universities may revisettheir affirmative action em ploym programs to include such an offi- cer. -Associated Press aps it up; George grins up a giant poster of his candidate last night in Milwaukee om the presidential race, leaving Sen. George McGovern . McGovern arrived in San Francisco airport yesterday to an his Wisconsin victory. non test county cent procedure In choosing the Director, "I would search for the best person, without regard to sex or race," Fleming's memo said. The commission o b j e c t e d strongly to the President's memo on several counts. Commission members protested th job description's "lack of clout" and the provision that the officer be accountable to the Personnel Office. As ,to the commission's future role, Nordin called the proposed situation a way to "wind down" the commission without abolishing it. Members expressed unanimous opinion that the commission should be "parallel" rather than subordinate to the Affirmative Ac- tion Director. Both the officer and the commission should report to! the President, they said. "I tend to think this individual should report to us from time to time," Nordin added. By MARILYN RILEY The Washtenaw County govern- ment has been charged by the Washtenaw County Commission on the Status of Women with sex discrimination in hiring and sal- ary policies. In a report submitted Tuesday, the commission - a volunteer, group of local women - charged that women working for the county are clustered in lower sta tus and lower-paying jobs than men with the same qualifications The report also recommends several changes in the county'sI paying procedures. According to Sandra Bouxsein, a! commission member, legal action; may be taken if the Board of Commissioners does not act to eliminate discriminatory practices. The report charges that: -The county's female employes are clustered in the lower salary ranges. The commission stated that 80 per cent of the women in those jobs requiring a college earn salaries less than $9,999, but degree. In grades 20-37, women only 38 per cent of the men earn are hired in at a median income less than $9.999. Also, the median which is $1,000 lower than that income for women is $7,000, but of men, according to the report for men it is $11,000. And after; eight years or more on --Women are clustered in low the job, the income difference be- grade jobs. Of the 40 grades of tween men and women was found jobs in the county government, to be $3,000. 78 per cent of the female employes William Lands of the Board of are in grades four to 14, the low- Commissioners, said yesterday he est grades., is not sure discriminatory prac- tices exist. -Within the same gradelevels, "There was no specific citation awomen are hired in at lower me- dian salaries. The median income r evidence of discrimination in for women, according to the re- tatredidn't recog ize ith" port, in grades four to 14 is $6,000, ' but for men in the same grade, it Lands added he was disappoint- is $7,000. In grades 15-19, the me- ed in the report because "the dian income for women is $10,000, Board was not given anything of but for men it is $12,000. The re- substance as to what specifically port claims that similar discrep- was wrong with our operations at ancies exist at higher job levels. the present time." -Increased time on the job only The report recommends that serves to increase the gap between the county initiate a personnel re- emaestoandrmaetmedgapnbenweeclassification program, -immedi- female and male median income ately conduct a file review to lo- cate and correct specific, existing inequities in salary and rank for black and white women and men." To increase the numbers of wo- men in the higher grade jobs, the report recommends that adminis- Sa 1 trators "seek out, advertise for and encourage black and white women applicants for these grades." The Commission also recom-j mended that the County establish an official Commission on the Sta- tus of Women which would have the power toccreate policies on ''matters of concern to women" and to hear and act upon indi- vidual and group charges of sex discrimination anywhere in the county. According to the report, thef county, a federal contractor, must seemnenarraet n~n defienei _R in +he wara tue nI e .II M .4UUi. Details of the fighting were con- fused, and Associated Press dis- - patches hinted that censorship was being imposed. However, there was believed to be heavy fighting un- derway in the Central Highlands region of South Vietnam and North Vietnamese MIG 19 fighter-bomb- ers were sighted over South Viet- namese front line positions at Dong Ha. S o u t h Vietnamese President Nguyen VanThieu declared ia ;nationwide radio and television