COULD AGNEW FAIL? See Editorial Page, Yl r e Ak 43UU Daii4 BRISK Iligh-60 Low-40 Cloudy, good chance of rain Vol. LXXXI, No. 27 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, October 3, 1970 Ten Cents Eight Pages Ask parity on panel to find dean Students in social work school hit Fleming decision By JUANITA ANDERSON Students in the social work' school are involved in a dis- pute with the University ad- ministration over the makeup of the comniittee that will nominate candidates for the deanship of the school. The Social Work Students Un- ion (SWSU) has proposed that at least half of the members of the committee be students, in line with the social work school's tradition of having equal numbers of stu- dents and faculty members on the school's standing committees.} However, the search committeer appointed by President Robben Fleming Tuesday consists of six " faculty members and three stu- dents. The deanship of the social work school was left vacant this sum- mer when Fedele Fauri was ap- pointed vice president for state relations and planning. The SWSU proposal was initial- " ly rejected by Vice President for Academic Affairs Allan Smith. Smith later said the rejection was based on a ''general practice onn presidential committees of this nature for students to have half Hare Krishna as much representation as faculty. Students in this school will be A member of the Mare Krishna religious sect discusse here for two years while the dean over 100 which gathered on the Diag yesterday. Thel will be around much longer," a chant designed to help fulfill their aim of cominge Smith said.- Defending the proposal for equal ,A representation, Rick Friedman, a CREEDI TOWARDSDEGREE: spokesman for the SWSU cited an Jobless rate 0 in U.S. at highest 10 in seven years WASHINGTON (R) - Unemployment jumped to nearly a seven year high in September and millions of workers suf- fered a sharp cut in working hours and pay, the federal gov- ernment reported yesterday. The gloomy report - the last to be issued before the No- vember elections - prompted organized labor and members of the Democratic party to attack President Nixon's economic policies. The report states that unemployment rose in September from 5.1 to 5.5 per cent of the nation's work force, leaving a total of 4.3 million Americans jobless. The biggest rise was for unemployment of youth, the report states. In addition, 45 million rank and file workers lost 84 cents a week in pay because of a -_---__ - 36-minute cut in the average q . work week, the report adds.theld At the White House, officials K attempted to minimize the signifi- cance of the news. "It's essential- ly a statistical aberration," insist- ed Paul McCracken, Nixon's chief economic adviser. He said there is no plan to change the adminis- tration's economic policies because near of the report. -Associated Press THE REV. CARL McINTIRE, who will lead today's "March for Victory" up Pennsylvania Ave., addresses about 500 persons last night on the steps of the Capitol in Washington. 'Victory marc et peace groups to rally By JIM NEUBACHER Special To The Daily WASHINGTON - In preparation for their march today in support of the war in Indochina, nearly 500 people gath- ered on the rear steps of the Capitol last night for an hour of prayer and information on the march. Led by the Rev. Carl McIntire, the group prayed together under the soft Washington lights, asking God for "victory over the Communists." Meanwhile, anti-war activists in Ann Arbor have final- ized plans for the demonstration after today's football game. ___- Sponsored by the Detroit Co- -Daily-Torn Gottlieb s perform ed the group's customs before an audience of Hare Krishnas passed out free food and sang closer to God. ' alition to End the War, andI oseeKS the Ann Arbor Peace Action Coalition (PAC), the plans Grou scall for a march from Michi- 1 billion for gan Stadium to the Diag,, where a rally will be held. . h a o a dDuring the service at the Capi- c 1ica 1o aidtol last night, several participants rose to deliver their own prayers, WASIINGTON (A) - A little- One worshipper asked for "courage publicized agency, created to give tomorrow to fight against all that Mexicon-Americans a berth in the is evil and all that is wicked in free-enterprise system, is seeking this world." to place $1 billion in capital un- An o t h e r asked for_ a large der direct control of Spanish- enough turnout today so that "all speaking people within five years. the hippies, yippies, crud and gar- In its first month as liaison bage shall take back to the rat between the Spanish-speaking holes from which they emerged." community and federal loan agen- Shouts of "Amen-Lord, amen," cies, the National Economic De- came in response to the prayers. velopment Association has pro- Although there were no signs cessed $5 million in loan applica- of a confrontation between pro- tions. war and anti-war factions here, "Our goal for the first year is sporadic outbursts of rock and $50 million," says Ben Fernandez, bottle throwing occurred for sev- head of NEDA. eral hours last night. Windows of head four stores were smashed and a "We believe this is the way to liquor store was looted. effect economic and social change Police said that over 75 people - and we are doing it within the were arrested, most on charges system at virtually no cost to the of disorderly conduct or trying American taxpayer," he adds. "We See MARCH, Page 3 don't want a handout. All we want is the opportunity to com- Pete." NEDA has a three-phase pro- gram, which provides for: enrollment of over 600 students in the social work school, in contrast to the 45 full-time faculty mem- bers in the school. "It is necessary to have equal representation of various method groups and interest groups on the, committee so a new dean can deal with the needs of allastudents," Friedman said. "Hopefully this will provide better relationship;:I between the dean and the stu- dent." Members of SWSU met with Fleming Thursday to discuss the issue, but according to Friedman, he reiterated his rejection of the proposal. Thenew dean will be appointed by the president in concurrence with the Regents. The committee is charged with screening candi- dates for the position, and sub- mitting a final list of nominees to Fleming. The committee appointed by Fleming held its first meeting Thursday, declining a request from! See SOCIAL, Page 3 Board of ei on universe By HESTER PULLING Reviving its attempts to get the University to grant independenceI to its Dearborn campus, the state Board of Education has asked Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley for an opinion of the legality of state universities maintaining branches. Currently, the University con- trols two campuses outside of Ann Arbor-the Dearborn campus, and another campus at Flint.E By JIM McFERSON Most students in the pharmacy college will be allowed to elect one course each term on a pass-fail basis, under an experimental pro- gram adopted by the college's fac- ulty in August. The program limits the courses which can be elected pass-fail to those not required for a degree from the pharmacy college. Students may also elect under the pass-fail option non-required pharmacy courses needed to fill out the number of credit hours for their degree.. A student wishing to exercise the pass-fail option must elect 15 hours of courses and have a grade- point average of 2.0 or better. A key feature of the program al- lows a student who is assigned a tentative letter grade which is higher than his current grade- point average, to receive that let- ter grade instead of a pass. For example, if a student with an average 3.1 receives an A in E pass-fail course, he will receive as a final mark not a pass but an A, thus raising his average. However, if the student receives a C in the course, his final mark would be a pass, and his average would not be affected. A similar program has been in- E 1 i i 1 Pharmacy college sets new pass-fail program d asks Kelley to rule ities' branch campuses stituted in the literary college, but an LSA student must have junior standing before he is allowed to elect a course pass-fail. And a letter grade is not allowed once the pass-fail option has been taken. The progam in the pharmacyj college was proposed by Bob Van Bemmelen, '72P, a member of the college's Curriculum Committee. The committee, composed of two students and four faculty mem- hers, recommended the proposal to the faculty, which approved it in August. Now in effect, the plan appears to be receiving support from both students and faculty members in the college. "Both faculty and students like the plan," says pharmacy college Dean Thomas Rowe. "Now we're interested to see how it will work out." Students in the college are fairly limited in their choice of electives -they are only able to elect an average of 3-4 hours each term. "We want everyone to be able to take the course he wants to take, selecting by subject matter instead of degree of difficulty," says Mike Reiter, '71P, a member of the Cur- riculum Committee. After next term, the program will be evaluated and the faculty will determine whether to continue it. McCracken and Harold Gold- stein, assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said the job survey was done in the week that included Labor Day, which probably distorted both the unemployment and the hours of work figures. \icCracken and Goldstein said that although many youths were listed as unemployed, they prob- ably stopped looking for employ- ment and returned to school with- in a few days after the govern- ment survey, when classes began. The jobless total was about 75,000, but figured as a 375,000 rise on a seasonal adjusted basis, because it normally drops sharply in September. McCracken said the cut in the work week was due to the fact tha some workers get Labor Day off as a holiday, but do not get paid for it, thus slashing the fig- ures "hours of work paid for." Democratic National Chairman Lawrence O'Brian, Senator Wil- liam Proxmire (D-Wis), a n d House Speaker John W. McCor- mack (D-Mass)., blamed Nixon for the increase, and AFL-CIO President George Meany called the jobless rise a "tragic" result of White House policy. In a statement, Meany said, "It is administration policies that have caused widespread suffering among families of the unemploy- ed, up nearly two million since this administration took over. It is time for the White House to abandon its 'game plan' and adopt a policy that will put America back to work." .Dec. grads save.$5 Students graduating in Decem- ber do not have to pay the $5 re- fundable fee assessed against all students in order to provide cap- ital for the new University book- store, according to Gary Allen, president of the store's governing board. Since the bookstore will not be in full operation until after De- cember, Allen says, students who graduate at the end of the current term would derive no benefit from the store. He adds that those graduating students who have already paid the fee should apply for a refund in December. Members of a local black group ended their sit-in at the Univer- sity Reformed Church yesterday after the church declined to accept the group's demands but pledged a greater involvement in aiding the poor. Charles Thomas, president of the Black Economic Development League (BEDL) began the sit-in Thursday afternoon. He was join- ed later by o t h e r members of BEDL, who remained in the church until noon yesterday. The church is located on A n n St., across from the Rackham Bldg. According to Calvin Malefyt, senior pastor of the church, BEDL demanded a contribution of $50,000 per year to the group. The demand is part of a coun- ty-wide campaign by BEDL and the Welfare Rights Organization (WRO) to ultimately collect $60, 80 million in "reparations" from county churches. The money col- lected immediately would be used to buy school clothing for chil- dren of.welfare families. In a statement yesterday, the governing board of t h e church pledged to join the Inter-Faith Coalition of Congregations, which was formed last week with the aim of distributing funds to the county's poor. Declining to donate funds to BEDL, the church said, "Our lo- cal congregation has limited re- sources. Nevertheless, we declare our intent to focus our energies and talents on meeting the needs of the disadvantaged." According to Malefyt, Thomas stayed in t h e church overnight Thursday and when the church's employes arrived yesterday morn- ing, the doors were barricaded. Malefyt said that the group then, gained entrance through the cel- lar window, and after a b r i e f scuffle with Thomas, they entergd their offices. BEDL and WRO have conduct- ed a number of sit-ins over the past five weeks to press their de- mands for reparations f r o m churches. The demands stem from the Black Manifesto, a document issued in April, 1969 by black mili- tants. It seeks to link the nation's re- ligious institutions with the sys- tem of capitalism which, it says, has exploited "our minds, our bo- dies, our labor." Some poor white people have also embraced the manifesto, say- ing that its themes are relevant to their own economic situation. Although the Regents agreed last year to ultimately grant auto- nomy to both campuses, they stipulated that the branches would remain part of the University. The Board of Education has long favored severing the University's ties to the Dearborn campus, con- tending that independence would make the campus stronger. The ruling by the attorney gen- eral may not be issued for some -Advising Spanish - speaking Americans seeking to start or ex-# pand a business; -Guaranteeing scho l a r s h i p s and on-the-job training for stu-I dents; and -Attempting to bring Mexican- Americans into financial owner- ship. NEDA believes capitalization must be the base of any such un- dertaking, and aims to help organ- ize 50 savings and loan associa-1 tions and 50 banks-all managed by Spanish-speaking businessmen -within two years. "Assuming normal growth, each of these 100 institutions should be $10 million in size of capital at the end of a five-year period," Fer- nandez says. "That's $1 billion capital unde': direct control of Spanish-speaking people." time. According to a spokesman for Kelley's office in Lansing, the Board of Education's requestt "hasn't even found its .way into here yet. And we have a lot of federal litigation which we have to deal with first," he adds. The Dearborn campus is one of the few schools in the country which admits juniors and seniors only. However, the two-year cam-i pus may begin to admit freshman and sophomores next fall if thet state provides the necessary funds. Disputing the Board of Educa- tion's arguments for Dearborn in- dependence, Vice President for Academic Affairs Allan Smith says, "At present, the faculty, stu- dents, and community (at Dear- born) want affilitation (with the University). They view the ties as a real asset." The Board of Education con- tends, however, that an indepen- dent branch can better provide for the educational needs of the community it serves. "We're not saying there isn't some value in the University being the parent of the branch at this timta," says Thomas Brennan, vice president of the board. "We simply believe that dependence should be phased out." Both Flint and Dearborn are now headed by a dean responsible to Vice President Smith. However, each branch has a committee of I ttunts facityv memhrn admin.. Summing up student attitudes toward the program, Reiter says, "As far as we're concerned, it's permanent." ----------------------------- - ..::.:::.. xz.