AEC AS KILLERS See Editorial Page Pr Sw6 43ati 4NICE,'~ High--80 Low- 55 Mostly sunny and warm . I Vol. LXXXI, No. 9 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, September 12, 1970 Ten Cents Eight Pages -N.Y.C. to ask test on war duty California judge to decide legality t of Asian conflict NEW YORK ( - The City Council here has adopted a resolution directing the city's attorney to test the constitu- tionality of the Vietnam war 4 on behalf of any New. Yorker w h o challenges an order to serve in combat d u t y in 'Southeast Asia. And, in San Francisco, a federal judge says he has decided to rule on the constitutionality o t h e . Vietnam war because he believes it is time the courts stopped avoiding the issue. The 32-4 vote in the New York Council came Thursday after more than two hours of debate. T h e resolution does not put the coun- cil on record for. or against the Ifldochina war but merely calls for a court test of its legality. A s nilar bill was passed by the - assachusetts Legislature . a n d ,igne by Gov. Frkncis W. Star- gent last April. A brief challeng- ing its constitutionality is on file before the U.S. Supreme Court. The basis of the New York res - olution is t h a t "since Congress has not declared war, it should be determined whether the president has exceeded h i s constitutional powers.", j Judge William Sweigert made his statement in U.S. District Couit Thursday in San Francisco in refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by four University of Cali- fornia students seeking to have the war declared illegal and un- constitutional. Sweigert said the U.S. Supreme Court has been "resourcefully ducking" the issue on the grounds it is "political" and a question of "sovereign immunity." le .said that although the war was never declared by Congress, 4 President Nixon and former pres- idents "continued, nevertheless, to conduct the war without receiving or even requesting a congression- al declaration." The question of whether t h e Constitution says the power to de- clare war lies with Congress and not the president "should rest up- on something better than the am- bivalences of congressional inac- tion," Sweigert said. "The Supreme Court has dem- onstrated its resourcefulness in finding ways and means of elimi- Snating or minimizing undesirable, practical consequences that might otherwise follow major decisions charting new requirements in the field of constitutional law" in con- nection with the Vietnam war, he declared. The judge said he would with- * hold a decision until government attorneys have filed an answer to his denial of their motion to dis- miss the suit by Garry F. Motola, 23, James R. Schwartz, 23, Irving M. Gross, 22, and Roy Olson, 24, all of Berkeley. Sweigert reviewed. various argu- ments proposed to justify U.S. ac- tion in Vietnam, such as self- defense and treaty obligations, 'and said those argtiments "merely purport to explain why, for various *reasons of expedience, the Con- stitution has not been complied with." Ager gives temporary injmunction Judge prohibits welfare groups from disruption, By CARLA RAPOPORT Circuit Court Judge William Ager, Jr. issued a temporary restraining order yesterday barring members of two local welfare groups from interfer- ing with the religious activi- ties and business of eleven -area churches. The religious institutions, in- cluding Beth Israel Congregation, which is currently occupied by two members of the Black Eco- nomic Development L e a g u e (BEDL and Washtenaw County Welfare Rights Organization (WRO), were seeking a prelimi- nary injunction from the court which would bar the organizations from their property. Ager issued the temporary order saying uncompleted testimony in\ the case would resume on Mon- day. In recent weeks, BEDL and WRO representatives have con- ducted sit-ins at the churches to press for three demands: --Immediate sums of money to provide school clothing for wel- fare recipients; Authority to spend the monies at their determination; and -Recognition of BEDL a n d' WRO as the legitimate agents of the county's "poor, black and dis- Infranchised." Ager's order supercedes a, tem- porary restraining order issued last week which barred the phys- ical presence of BEDL and WRO members from 10 area churches. In effect, the court order, allows the groups to remain in the churches as long as they don't "intimidate, threaten, of interfere with the business of the church members.", Ager emphasized that a court of equity's function was not to prevent criminal acts and if the church officials desired, they could notify local police and charge the demonstrators with trespassing. Members of the Beth Israel board met, last night to discuss what action to take to end the oc- cupation, of their temple. some members of the board said they feared, adverse publicity if the po- lice were called. Violation of the temporary in- junction would result in$1,000 fine and/or six mPnths in jail. See JUDGE, Page 8 62 hostages released; Meir to" meet Nixon By The Associated Press Arab guerrillas sent 62 hijack victims to Cyprus and freedom yesterday and moved 23 other hostage air travelers from desert captivity to hotels in Amman. The fate of more than 240 remaining hostages, held under armed guard aboard three jetliners, remaineduncertain early today. In Beirut, Lebanon, the guerrillas' Central Committee reported that buses left Amman late yesterday for the jet- liners, parked at a military airstrip 25 miles away, to pick up the hostages. But there was no word from the seene that the operation of transferring the hostages from the planes to the buses had started. Nor was there information on developments in a key issue of the drama-the guer- rillas demand for freedom for Arab c o m m and'o s jailed abroad, The guerrillas want the release of seven guerrillas jailed in Bri- tain, Switzerland and West Ger- many and the repatriation of all guerrilla prisoners in Israel, in exchange for the hostages. Israel has refused to negotiate and other governments have demanded the freedom of all the hijack victims, including Israeli nationals, The commandos have threaten- ed to blow up the planes if their demands are not met by 10 p.m. EDT today. , Although exact figures have not been available, more than 400 in- ternational airline passengers be- came hostages when Swiss and American planes were hijacked, Sunday and a British jet was seized Wednesday. Of these, 171 were permitted to leave the planes _, and go to Amman where 62 were -Associated Piss1 Deep thoughts on the railroads William Moore, new president of the Penn Central Railroad, is pondering a question not sleeping during a press conference a press conference at Harrisburg, Pa. Moore was appointed president to help the financially-troubled railroad. He is also iow faced with the problem of an upcoming railroad strike. UFW VICTORIOUS: Workers return to fields as union wins' SALINAS, Calif. O) - Hundreds of workers returned to their jobs yesterday in the fields of 13 growers who agreed' to recognize Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers Organiz- ing Committee in the Salinas Valley "salad bowl" region.. Their return after pickets were withdrawn brought to more than 5,000 the total work force of the 13 growers. The peak harvest force in the region is estimated at 12,000. Strike foes ended counterpicketing of Inter Harvest, the region's biggest corporate lettuce producer and only grower signed to an UFWOC contract. Inter Harvest resumed full operations. However, all but one of 70 independent lettuce and vegetable growers signed to Teamsters Union contracts .in July held firm against UFWOC's picketing and organizing efforts. They represent about - 75 per cent of the area's pro- du- *-- dction. IM illi ken !N The rich valley produces some 1 1 .. 1 a 90 per cent of the nation's lettuce. UFWOC halted picket~ng of 10 ~ v i~ I t most of the region's berry produc- a e t n tion in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and' Santa Clara counties. They signed EAST LANSING WP) - Gov. recognition agreements Thursday. William Milliken has declared he An UFWOC spokesman esti- is determined to avoid in Mich- mated that 1.000 union members igan tragedies that have occurred went back to work in strawberry on campuses in otherstates. fields employing about 3,500 work- The governor made his State- ers. Picketing also ended against ment yesterday in remarks before D'Arrigo Brothers, major broccoli the 77th State Police Recruit shipper and first major independ- School graduation at East Lan-. ent grower to sign a recognition sing. agreement. It is possible to avoid tragedies About 1,800 workers were re- such as have occurred at Kent porters on the job in operations State University, Milliken said, of Inter Harvest, Freshpict, and "when state police forces and the D'Arrigo Brothers. Freshpict, a National Guard are adequately trained to deal with civil disorders corporate subsidiary of Purex' and when they know how to keep s i g n e d a recognition agreement cool in the face of an angry mob." earlier. "I think it is clear that we are -Associated Press PASSENGERS of hijacked British airliner listen to Palestinian gueirillas at their press conference yesterday at a desert airstrip in Jordan., STUDENT-RUN HELP: Ozone House aids young runaways, By JOEL ROSS Every year several hundred runaway youths, many only 13 or 14 years old, pass through Ann Arbor. Often they are on the run from the police, who are obliged to arrest them and return them to their homes. There has not, until recently, been any social agency that attempted to help Ann Arbor's hundreds of runaways by seeking to solve their problems instead of merely reacting to their symptoms. Last year, however, a group of students under the leader- ship of Dave Bowman organized Ozone House. Ozone began as a telephone servile at Canterbury House, After a series of moves, and an expansion of the facilities sks help of pollce in ragedies beyond the point where violence that will have to by state action is only a possibility," Milliken said The governor said he has timate responsibility for e ment of the laws of the st the preservation of public He added he must meet t sponsibility through agenci at State Police. The governor listed fiv he has taken to help preve control campus disorders: -The training program, ning under the Mandatory Training Act I signed thi will strengthen local law e ment ability to respond in on campuses campus fessional manner to incidentso be met violence and, disorders on ou remote campuses. dh -"I am announcing the crea the ul- tion of a committee on collecti nforce- violence, wihtin the State C r i m ate and Commission, to improve the abi order. ity of staff and local agenciest this rer prevent and control incidentsc es such collective violence in our urba areas, our suburbs, and on ou e steps campuses. ent and -"I have called on the Offic . of Criminal Justice Programst begin-increase the police communica y Police tions and contact on campus is year, when there are no disturbance nforce- through the funding of specia a pro- workshops and seminars. - "I am completing a speci memorandum to college presiden outlining the role of state agent ies in the event of violent dis ruption on our college campuse. e Such a memorandum was issue last year and is being updated fo the benefit of each college admir istration. thing } -"My recent decision not t rges, I implement the provisions of th federal law enabling an early re vice lease for 2500 state Nationa pear Guardsmen will assure that t h irely guardsmen are the best qualifih nest- and the best trained available." ) to Milliken told state police he wil have a tough decision in findir d by a successor to Col. Fredrick Dav s as ids, retiring as State Police dice ases. or, but will try to, select the be qualified man for the job. Davi ro m will become the University's fir ative directorof n sfety in mid-Octnhor Ito include personal counsel- ing, O z o n e finally occupied premises on Lincoln. A runaway may either call and make an appointment at Ozone or just walk in. The staff says that under no circumstances will they notify either the police or the runaway's parents unless a of direct request is made by the ur youth. For legal reasons, Ozone is un- able to house or feed the runaway a- unless the parents or guardians ve have given their consent. So hope- e fully the youth will choose to call - his parents or have the counselors to call his parents and try to explain of the problem to them. Once the in parents have been reached, the ur counselors try to attain verbal permission for their son or daugh- ce ter to remain in Ann Arbor for to a few days, to think things ovei1. a- Ozone then attempts to arrange es a meeting with the parents, run- s, See OZONE, page 8 -freed yesterday to leave the coun- try. Some 200 of, the hostages have spent five sweltering days aboard the cramped airliners despite ap- peals by~ the International Red Cross and a score of governments. Meanwhile, the: White House announced yesterday President Nixon and Prime Minister Golda Meir of Israel will confer in Wash- ington next Friday. Mrs. Meir will meet with the President at 11 a .m. EDT. Her ostensible purpose in visiting the United States to participate inuan Israeli bond drive, but she un- doubtedly will confer with Ameri- can officials on Israeli charges of Egyptian-Soviet violations of the Middle East cease-fire and the now-stalled negotiations aimed at bringing peace to the area. The guerrillas, in a move that one acknowledged was an effort to bring pressure on world opinion, released notes yesterday scribbled by some of the hijack victims still held on the planes. International Red Cross trouble- shooter Andre Rochat has been negotiating with the guerrillas in Amman and also at the desert airfield. He negotiated yesterday's trans- fer of 23 persons, including two Americans, from the desert -to Amman. Other hostages said the 21 non-Americans were taken from the British plane Thursday and spent, the night in Zerqa, a town 15 miles northeast of Am- man. The two Americans brought to Amman with 19 Indians, a Saudi Arabian and an Indonesian were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rogero of Knoxville, Tenn. "Thank God it's over," Rogero told newsmen. The Arab world appealed to" the Marxist guerrillas to at least move the hostages to Amman's Intercontinental Hotel until their fate could be determined in the negotiations with Israel and West- ern governments. NIXoi puts guards on airplanes WASHINGTON (U - Presi- dent Nixon ordered armed government guards a b o a r d U.S.-based airlines yesterday under an antihijacking pro, gram that will be financed by the taxpayers and the airlines. In a special statement, Nixon said that "specially trained, arm- ed United States government per- sonnel" will begin flying the air- lines today. At the same time, air carriers will be urged to make wider use of electronic gear a n d surveillance techniques designed to keep po- tential air pirates off scheduled flights. , Initially, the force of about 4,- 000 sky marshals will be recruited mainly from various federal por lice agencies, notably those of the Treasury Department, a n d sup- plemented by military policemen, shore patrolmen, and air police, until a permanent cadre of civil- ian guards can be recruited and trained. Nixon, whose statement Was ap- plauded in advance by both Re- publican and Democratic leaders of Congress, said: "Piracy is not a new challenge "for the community, of nations. Most countries, including the United States, found effective means of dealing with piracy on the high seas a century and a half ago. We can-and we will-deal effectively with piracy in the skies today." The airlines' share of financing the new effort-spurred by' drama- tic jetliner takeovers by Pales- tinian guerrillas-will involve pur- chase of electronic instruments designed to detect weapons or ex- plosives as they are carried through boarding gates in pas- sengers' clothing or luggage. The air carriers also will hire the people to operate this equip- ment, and they will provide seats for the government guards. The federal t government will finance the guard force, and will pay the salaries of U.S. marshals and customs officials empowered to arrest suspected hijackers. The government hopes to recoup the outlays by increasing taxes levied against passengers. The ultimate objective is to es- tabish a force of civilians who would be employes of the Federal Aviation Administration. WHO HAS AUTHORITY? Disilinryheari sgs to resum By EDWARD /ZIMMERMAN But the Regents and the University ad- Bernard . Galler, who had been teac The approach of the first disciplinary ministration have not accepted t h e the class that was disrupted. hearings of the academic year signals the SGC position. The current Regental bylaws After he was informed of the char resumption of the controversy over who delegate primary rule-making authority Van Der Hout, former executive over students to the faculty. president of SGC, said he would ap shouldU have the autnority to iscipine students who violate University conduct regulations. Within the next few weeks, at least two students will be called to appear before faculty disciplinary boards which will try to determine whether the students should be punished for disruption of a class during last spring's class stirke. Throughout the past summer a comnit- tee of students, faculty members, a n d administrators has been meeting in an attempt to draft a proposal for the estab- lishment of a University-wide judiciary. The committee was requested to submit a plan to the Regents by the start of the current term, but committee members say they are far from agreement on a nro- before a judicial body composed ent of his peers - students. He then requ ed Central Student Judiciary (CSJ) hear the case. CSJ, an all student body establishe SGC, is not' recognized by the Regent having jurisdiction in disruption c CSJ "enjoined" Van Der Hout f r apearing before the LSA Administr ...... .-