A LOOK AT OSS CANDIDATES See Editorial Page Y ,4ixhigan DUIIA ELUSIVE High-62 Low-43 Mild, chance of showers VoL LXXXII, No. 147 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, April 12, 1972 Ten Cents Ballot analsis ma indicate SGC election Ten Pages fraud By DAN BIDDLE SGC member Joel Silverstein yesterday released information which he claims "will conclusively prove gross fraud" in last month's all-campus elections. In the latest development of a case presently before the Central Student Judiciary (CSJ), Silver- stein released a report on the elec- tion by chemistry Prof. A. A. Gor- dus. In the report, Gordus stated that his analysis of 500 sample ballots released by the court "im- plies conclusively that about 400 votes were fraudulently cast for GROUP." Silverstein and members of both the Students' Tenant Union party and the Responsible Alternative Party (RAP) have charged "gross fraud" in the all-campus election and have accused Elections Di- Chem. prof.'s report concludes massive stuffing rector David Schaper, '75 of tam- pering with ballots. .Schaper has repeatedly denied all charges. SGC members Marty Scott of GROUP and Curt Steinhauer of RAP, who are acting as Schaper's defense counsel, said yesterday that Gordus' report "does not prove anything." Gordus, who will testify at a CSJ hearing on the election to- night, stated that his findings were "based on indications that 37 GROUP ballots in the sample 500 were obviously stuffed." According to Gordus' report, the 37 ballots were all filled out "in an extremely similar manner." In view of the random sampling ex- amined, Gordus concluded that "a massive number of ballots in the total of 5,229 must have been de- frauded." Gordus went on to explain his findings, pointing to the number of pencil strokes in each mark on the ballots and the "completeness" of each mark. "The ballot instructions state that the voter should 'fill in the slots completely,' " Gordus ex- plained. "And the typical student has had past experience, such as University pre-registration forms and college board exams, in filling in the blanks completely." "The ballots were examined to determine how many marks on each were made in such a way that the mark did not touch one of the two 5-dash guidelines," he continued. "On most ballots (70.2 per cent) none of the marks missed one of the guidelines, Of the remaining 29.8 per cent, which involved some misses, a surprising fraction in- volved more than 50 per cent misses. Further data showed that almost all of these ballots involved a first-choice vote for GROUP." After further analysis of num- ber of marks compared Ito num- ber of misses on the ballots, Gor- dus concluded that "the only pos- sible explanation consistent with these observations is that some ballots were fraudulently cast for GROUP." Gordus went on to state that of 38 sample ballots filled out with single pencil strokes rather than "complete fill-ins," 37 had been GROUP votes. "The odds against the very, very heavy GROUP distribution among the 38 single-stroke ballots are so extremely large that again, the only conclusion there can be is that fraudulent voting occurred." The report also included a ser- ies of charts explaining what it termed correlations between bal- lot markings and GROUP votes. Gordus added that the odds against the marking patterns on- the GROUP ballots occurring by chance "must be better than a million to one." Schaper had no comment last night on Gordus' findings. Scott argued that "anyone who has filled out these forms knows that some people use single strokes." "I "don't think there was any stuffing," he continued. "You'll see on Wednesday that the real fraud is this so-called evidence." Silverstein said yesterday that Gordus' testimony tonight would be supplemented by further unre- leased findings from a statistician. Silverstein commented that he "never had any doubts" about the possibility of fraud. "It's a very strong case," he added. "But naturally, it will be up to CSJ to decide." Meanwhile, five SGC members continue their quorum-breaking boycott of the Council, maintain- ing that it would continue "until all election charges are resolved." i Prof. Gordus I I i Aid for * Indians sought By MARCIA ZOSLAW University officials engaged in "preliminary" discussions yesterday over increasing edu- cational opportunities for American Indians at the Uni- versity and throughout the state. "The road is now open for greater communication," said Lar- ry Martin, an admissions officer who organized the symposium. According to Richard Kennedy, University secretary and assistant to President Robben Fleming, the University probed possibilities for founding its own Indian program. Kennedy said University officials also discussed whether it would be more practical to centralize such a program in one state school or to coordinate it among the thirteen state universities. A full-time position as an In- dian recruiter is presently open at the University, Martin said. He added, however, that "it's hard to find a qualified person to fill it and someone who would be will- ing to make a long term commit- ment." University records say there are 46 Indian students in school this year "but we've never been able to find them all," Martin said. In other action at the sympo- sium yesterday, American Indian Movement leader Edward Benton condemned the "irrelevance of the white man's educational system" and cited a 68 per cent high school drop-out rate among Indian stu- dents. "We will not send missionaries out to your country, we will not force you to believe as we do. we will not throw bombs into Sunday schools," he said, explaining the; Indians' new militancy againstI "second class citizenship." Paul Johnson, grad, described his lawsuit against the University at the symposium. The suit, which was initiated last August, claims, that the University owes the Chip- pewa, Ottawa, and Potowatomy tribes money and increased edu- cational opportunities to compen- sate for the land those tribes gave to establish the University under the Ft. Meigs treaty of 1817. A ir as7 war info censored 9 mounts U.S. bombil -Daily-Tom Gottlieb EDDIE BENTON, a member of the American Indian Movement addresses a University-sponsored symposium on the American Indian's needs. Men, planes, ships sent to halt N. Vjets From Wire Service Reports In the wake of reports that hundreds of new planes are being thrown into the air war in Vietnam, the Pentagon an- nounced yesterday it will no longer issue daily reports on the extent of U.S. bombing raids. The unprecedented move was made, according. to Defense De- partment spokesman Jerry Fried- heim, to protect U.S. pilots. The reports, he said, indicate to the North Vietnamese the level of the U.S. air effort. War critics were quick to point out, however, that the North Viet- namese - the target of the air raids - are not dependent on American news reports to learn of the extent of the bombing. The new policy, they charged, is an attempt to cover up strikes against the North on an unpre- cedented scale. According to an American anti- war group monitoring the move- ment of armed forces the U.S. is moving on a much more massive scale than officially announced to bolster its forces in Vietnam. As many-as 30 war ships, hun- dreds of planes and thousands of men, they say,nare now on their way to emergency assignments in Indochina. Bolstered by the increasing U.S. air presence and buoyed by a suc- cessful engagement with North Vietnamese tank divisions, the Army of South Vietnam (ARVN) appeared yesterday to have re- gained its composure for the first time since the beginning of the Communist offensive last week. Reports from Quang Tri Prov- ince in Northern South Vietnam seemed to indicate that ARVN has managed to stall the Communist thrust which last week had them reeling in confused retreat. On the Southern front the 10,- 000 man ARVN force at An Loc continued to hold out against the surrounding North Vietnamese forces who were pinned down by See VIETNAMESE, Page 10 NATIONAL OUTLOOK SIMILAR: Summer job market I*n -Associated Press SOUTH VIETNAMESE airborne troops crowd into a truck on Route 13, 45 miles norht of Saigon, r They are part of a 10,000 man task force trying to a truck on Route 13, 45 miles north of Saigon of An Loc. Protests 'against Indochina war scheduled for here, Washington city By JIM O'BRI Finding a job in th summer is going to t harder than last year year was a terrible summer jobs. If you can travel1 job, the oitlook is b still not encouraging. Betty Schuon, a ma the Michigan Employ curity Commission, ad tough, EN dents to "get e city this couple of frie be a little for window-w And last care jobs." Bu year for mer will be: employees be to take a students, she( etter, but The Univer Placement Off inager for ing any more 'ment Se- for summer r ivises stu- until the end Forsyth, a su office, advises wherever they rather than fa employment si for students together with a no matter how many ads you nds and advertise read, no matter how many stor- ashing and lawn ies you hear, is go to Alaska for sinesses this sum- a job. Ted Rock, '74, who went re-hiring laid-off there to find work last summer, efore considering was met at the border by signs explained. welcoming tourists and telling rsity's Temporary job-seekers to turn back. fice is not accept- After a month of fruitless job applications searching, supporting himself positions, at least shig, suppo d self d of April. John through "shady food stamp upervisor for the dealings," he finally got a job students "to go unloading king crabs from fish- yccan get a job," ing boats. "There are absolute- ace the tight local ly no jobs left in Alaska," he By GENE ROBINSON In a protest against the expand- ing air war in Indochina, demon- strations are set this week both locally and in Washington, D.C. The national actions, scheduled for Saturday by the People's Coa- lition for Peace and Justice (PC- PJ), will protest the recent esca- lation of the war. Demonstrations here today and tomorrow will de- nounce local support of the air war. At noon on the Diag today, Peo- ple Against the Air War (PAAW) will sponsor a rally featuring lo- cal antiwar leaders speaking out Newly-elected City Councilman against the air war. Jerry De Grieck (HRP - First The purpose of the demonstra- Ward) is expected to announce at tion is to protest alleged contri- today's rally his plans to introduce butions to the air war by local in City Council a resolution cen- corporations. Cited by protest or- suring the three local corpora- ganizers as producing materials tions fo their alleged war i- being used in the war are the vemet. Bendix Corp., Hoover Ball and The resolution will call for pro- Bearing Co., and KMS Industries. hibition of the use of any city The rally will be a prelude to a facilities to the companies PAAW-organized march on the In addition to De Grieck's pre- Hoover company tomorrow to pro- sentation, Rick Hallmark of the test the company's alleged pro- Vietnam Veterans Against the duction of steel pellets used in War will give a "strategic expla- U.S. bombing raids. nation" of the Indochinese air ------- -- war. PAAW member Bob Phillips will' also address the crowd about the air war. ituation. now maintains. The picture for the rest of the country is not much of an improvement on the local scene, if the University's Summer Placement Service can give any indication. The placement serv- ice, which helps students to find summer jobs outside of Ann, Arbor, has 'received relatively few requests for student help from businesses, according to its coordinator, Ann Cooper. Even summer camps and a statewide ice cream company, mainstays of the placement ser- vice, have already finished hir- ing for the summer. Cooper ad- vises students without jobs to contact their relatives and friends and ask for jobs. Temporary employment ser- vices offers one advantage over SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Proect Community expands aid The PCPJ Washington actions plan to "confront" President Rich- ard Nixon in a nonviolent sit-in directly across from the White House. The protesters will demand that Nixon end the bombing, re- sume the Paris Peace Talks and withdraw support from the Thieu government in South Vietnam. By SHERRY COTTIER "People used to stumble on us by mistake," says Thomas Moore- head, director of Project Commu- nity." " 'Oh, they'd say, 'this is what you are.' "This," is 540 student volunteers working in different community projects ranging from Black Lib- eration School to day care centers. Started in conjunction with the civil rights movement in the early free schools and providing re- sources to help other people design their own educational alternatives. Students also volunteer at the Halfway House, helping mental pa- tients readjust to the community. The Black Liberation School, which the project operates during the summer, gained national rec- ognition as a result of its average attendance of 125 children a day. Run by parents and black high school and University students. the 2 DAYS TOGO You must register by April 14 to be eligible to vote in Mich- igan's May 16 primary. It is .... ... 1' ....: . .. .. :U