Classified research: By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ Editor With S e n a t e Assembly scheduled to consider the classified research dispute to- morrow and Tuesday, the University faculty finds itself confronted with a thorny issue it thought it resolved three years ago. In early 1968, after it was disclosed that University researchers were working on $21.5 million worth of projects for the De- fense Department, Assembly, the faculty representative body, adopted a set of guide- lines which prohibited research whose "spe- cific purpose is . . . to destroy human life or to incapacitate human beings." The Regents subsequently approved the guidelines and a committee was established to review all proposals for classified re- search to make sure they complied with the new criteria. Satisfied that the Classified Research Committee would keep an eye on things, Emerging from obscurity Assembly and the rest of the University community turned to other matters, and the agitation over war research quickly subsided. That was the situation up until the past several months, when the Pentagon began to publicize its new "electronic battlefield" being used by U.S. forces in Indochina. Describing their complex devices as be- ing essential to modern military activities, Defense Department officials lauded the University for its "important- contribu- tions to the development" of the weapon systems. And within a very short time, the Classi- fied Research Committee and its activities have become the focus of a revived debate among students and faculty members, some of whom have organized a series of pro- tests against the continuation of "war research." In February, committee member Michael Knox stepped outside of the traditionally- closed activities of the group and wrote a controversial letter to history Prof. Ger- hard Weinberg, chairman of Senate As- sembly. The letter charged that despite the clas- sified research guidelines, "our University is conducting millions of dollars of re- search to perfect weapons systems and subsytems which are being used by the military to kill and incapacitate other human beings." Knox's letter and other criticism by stu- dents and faculty members have brought the war research issue back to' Senate Assembly, with the suggestion that the faculty body consider: e Whether the Classified Research Com- mittee has followed the 1968 guidelines in See ASSEMBLY, Page 10 Research sit-in in 1967 -Daily-Denny Gainer Research fast in 1971 SUNDAY DAILY See Editorial Page Y Lilt4b A& 471att4o MELTING High-60 Low-45 Windy and warmer chance of showers Vol. LXXXI, No. 132 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, March 14, 1971 Ten Cents Ten Pages LANSING RALLY 1,500 march for abortion repeal By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN and LINDA DREEBEN Special To The Daily LANSING-Nearly 1,500 persons, mostly women, yesterday marched from Durant Park to the State Capitol for a noon rally here in support of demands to repeal existing state abortion statutes. No major incidents occurred during the march which police described as peaceful. The demonstration, organized by a state- wide March 13 Action Coalition of women's groups, specifically demanded: -Free and legal abortion on demand; -No forced sterilization; and -The repeal of all existing state abortion laws. The protesters, including about 65 from Ann Arbor, assembled in Durant Park shortly be- fore noon where they watched a guerilla thea- ter presentation depicting the history of women's oppression. AN AMERICAN crewman from a medical evacuation helicopter rests at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, before another mission over Laos. S. Viets say- Laos i nvasion near end, new raids likely SAIGON (AP) - South Vietnamese field officers said yesterday that the main portion of the Laos invasion will end in about two weeks, although troops will be kept in border areas for quick invasions into Laotian territory to strike communist supply movements or force buildups. The South Vietnamese forces began yesterday what they called their third and final phase of their Laos invasion campaign, a push along a major branch of the Ho Chi Minh trail southeast of Sepone. They are taking no chances on getting cut off deep in Laos away from their own supply lines without U.S. air support in the approaching rainy season. Field officers, explaining the new phase of the Laos operation, said the first objective of the invasion was Muong Nong, 15 miles inside Laos and 25 miles southeast of Sepone. The second was Sepone. Sepone was taken a week ago by South Vietnamese forces, but they retreated from the town Friday, claiming they wished "to keep mobile." Field officers at the forward command post of Ham Nghi told correspondents that pres- They then marched several blocks to Capitol, singing and chanting "Free bodies, free ourselves," and "Power to sisters, take it from the misters." the our the Black culture festival begins Black Liberation Week begins tonight with a performance by the Harambee Singers from Atlanta. The week, sponsored by the University's Center for Afro-American and African Stu- dies, will feature prominent black artists and writers, and a sampling of their works. The rest of the week's activities will include an appearance- Tuesday night by Amiri Ima- mu Baraka (Leroi Jones), a leading black poet and playwright, and a performance of the National Black Theater of Harlem on Satur- day. The purpose of the week, according to the Center, is to "highlight the directions being charted by Black people and their future." ent plans call for South Vietnamese forces to pull back near the border by the end of this month. They said rain and fog that will move in after that period will make air support difficult if not impossible. One high officer said the operation in Laos will evolve along lines similar to earlier South Vietnamese thrusts into Cambodia. "We will move back and forth into Laos like we have been doing in Cambodia," he said, "but we'll stay close to the border." Officers in the north said one regiment of South Vietnamese's 1st Infantry Division had pulled back from Fire Base Sophia, 24 miles inside Laos and three miles southeast of Sepone. Communist gunners were said to have had Sophia zeroed in, and a 300 round rocket and mortar attack Thursday knocked out several of the South Vietnamese unit's heavy wea- pons. See S. VIETS, Page 10 During the march one arrest occurred in a minor incident, allegedly because the accused made an obscene gesture toward a police- man. He was held for a short time and subse- quently released on $1,000 bail. An expected counter-protest by members of the "Right to Life" group, which opposes abortion law reform, was cancelled. The rally speakers echoed the demands of the group at large. Debby Deegan, of Wayne State University's Women's Liberation group, discussed the theory that women are used as sexual ob- jects. She then spoke specifically about the bill sponsored by Sen. Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor),erecently passed in the State Senate, which would permit abortions through the third month of pregnancy. "The Bursley bill," she said, "is a victory for us. But we can't be *satisfied with a bill that goes halfway." Also speaking about the Bursley bill, ex- State Senator Lorraine Beebe told the demon- strators that they should write to their rep- resentatives to indicate support for the bill, soon to be considered in the State House. The existing abortion law, Beebe said, was "slapped down by male-dominated legisla- tures and church heirarchies" in 1846. The next speaker, Janet Wingo, of West- side Mothers, a Detroit welfare rights organi- zation, charged that while abortions have al- ways been available to wealthy women, black women and poor women have tradition- ally been denied the opportunity to have abortions. -Daily-Sara Krulwich WOMEN march in Lansing yesterday to emphasize their demands for the repeal of abortion laws in the state. About 1,500 demonstrators walked from Durant Park to the Capitol building, where they, listened to speeches. SGC places research, trea ty, ballot VOTING BEGINS MARCH 30: funding referenda ons By ART LERNER Student Government Council voted yester- day to include five referenda in the SGC election to be held March 30 and 31, including questions on classified and military research, ratification of the People's Peace Treaty, and a proposal for funding of student governments within the University. The two referenda on research ask if the University "should refuse to contract further classified research" or "further research whose primary or initial use will be a mili- tary or war supportive capacity by the con- tracting agency." The inside story of a Detroit drug raid The SGC decision on the research referenda came as over 85 University faculty and stu- dents continued a fast protesting military and classified research at the University. A referendum run by SGC in Spring, 1968 asking students if the University should cease all classified research was rejected. The failure of that referendum signalled the end of a campaign centered around both the classified research issue and the Univer- sity's involvement with the Institute for De- fense Analysis. The referendum on student government funding asks students if they should be as- sessed $1.85 per term for increased student government funding. One dollar, per student would be distributed among the student governments of the vari- ous schools and colleges with the other 85 cents going to the all-campus student govern- ment, SGC. If no college- government exists, the dollar will go to the next higher level of student government of which the student is a constitu- ent. In a case where a student is a constituent of more than one student government below the all-campus level, each succeeding higher level of government would receive 30 per cent of the amount which otherwise would have been received by the more local govern- ment. If the referendum passes and is approved by the Regents, the money will be turned over to SGC who will distribute the money accord- ing to student enrollment figures in the vari- Revolutionary Government of South Viet- nam, the North Vietnamese government, and numerous anti-war groups from all over Viet- nam. The nine point treaty calls for immediate American withdrawal from Vietnam, the initiation of discussions to secure the release of all American prisoners, and the formation of a provisional coalition government in South Vietnam to organize democratic elections. A fifth referendum, designed to assist the University Activities Center's events com- mittee plan this fall's activities, asks if the University should continue to hold a Home- coming parade. Filing to end for SGC races Student Government Council elections will be held March 30 and 31 to choose a president and vice-president and seven at-large mem- hers. Five of the contested Council seats are full- year terms and the other two are half-year terms. Also to be elected are undergraduate and graduate students to positions on the Board of Student Publications, the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, and the Advisory Committee on Recreation, Intramurals, and Club Sports. All University students are eligible to vote EDITOR'S NOTE: A member of the Daily staff was giv- en permission by the 13th precinct Narcotics Division of the Detroit Police Department to accompany officers on a drug raid. The following story is his report. By RIC BOHY "I don't care what people shoot into their veins. But messing with drugs like heroin eventually leads to a street crime; then I start to worry." Patrolman Bruce Benner told methis as he pre- pared to raid a dope house in Detroit's crime-ridden 13thPrecinct. Benner is a member of the Boosters, a narcotics squad working out of the Woodward Station, and I was to accompany him on the raid to see how a narcotics bust is handled. Benner - a young officer who wears Levis and sports sideburns and a mustache - was sitting in makes a buy and brings the suspected narcotic out- side to the officers. He is then searched again for any "extra" money or narcotics. The "buy" is sent to the police scientific lab and analyzed. It is then labeled and saved for evidence. This process is repeated twice more, the evidence is collected and then presented to the city prose- cuter's office. The prosecutor then issues a war- rant, it is signed by both the prosecutor and a judge. and the Boosters are ready to raid. "The informant is never produced in court," Benner said. "If he were, someone might just as well have signed his death certificate." At 9:15 in the evening the Boosters were ready to go. They strapped on bulletproof vests, .38 Police Specials, and other weapons. Some of the other .:: _ _ ::_: .: . . ...y. .... . ... . _ ._.. . >. . .. ... ::.. I