ELECTION PICKINGS See Editorial Page Y inka 43atij MISTY High--55 Low--35 Cloudy, cool, morning fog Vol. LXXXI, No. 50 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, October 30, 1970 Ten Cents Twelve Pages I he g By DAVE CHUDWIN Last of a four-part series "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse." This biblical line, written thousands of years ago, summarizes the moral dilemma of University involve- ment in classified and military research. University scientists and engineers are searching for knowledge and advancing technology. The results of these efforts, however, are neither altogether beneficial nor altogether harmful for mankind re- searchers say, and therein lies the dif- ficulty. "Technology has the potential to do good or bad," explains William gown, director of the University's Willow Run Laboratories where much of the military research here is done. Thus, Willow Run researchers are per- fecting radar and infrared techniques which can detect Viet Cong for destruction, but which also can be used. to survey nat- ural resources and save thousands from starvation. Engineers at Cooley Electronics Labor- reatd atory are working on instruments to keep army tanks running in heavy dust areas, but which also can be used to combat air pollution. Investigators at the University's Radia- tion Laboratory are developing better an- tennas for Air Force jamming and ferret systems, but which might also lead to bet- ter communications systems. The issues raised by classified and mili- tary research are not simple. Questions of responsibility and freedom, the appro- priateness of secrecy and national defense, and the place of the University in society are some of the points which have been debated. Among the basic arguments are the following: " Perhaps the most important issue is whether the University should engage in war-oriented research. "I would assume even the most active activist would agree that governments must have armies to protect themselves in one war or another," says Ralph Hiatt, Radiation Laboratory director. "We have to assume there are appro- priate contributions that our research staff 'bate on military research can make to the defense posture of the country," Brown adds. But some people see it undesirable for the University as an institution to be spon- soring research for the military. "The University should engage in no military research," contends Student Gov- ernment Council Executive Vice President Jerry De Grieck. "What the military is doing is wrong so we shouldn't help it." He says research on means to seek out and destroy an enemy should be expressly for- bidden. Zoology Prof. Robert Beyer points out a University should be concerned with life rather than death and argues that mili- tary research is not consistent with this ideal. "On a moral level we should say this type of work is not acceptable," he says. While describing war as evil, Norman says today's young people cannot conceive of the United States as being threatened. "I think they close their eyes a bit to the Soviet Union on this one," he explains. "The research and development that has been done has not increased the safety of this country or of the world," history Prof. Sam Warner counters. "The dollars spent on weapons since World War II have actually increased the jeopardy the nation is in." Warner adds that to work in a nation- alistic framework is "inexcusable," point- ing out environmental studies showing how interdependent nations are. Robert Knauss, vice president for stu- dent services, says that he has doubts about purely military research at the Uni- versity, adding there is some question whether "this is a proper expenditure of resources, faculty and otherwise, on how better to kill people." "Research of this type should go," he says, but explains there are problems of defining what is purely military research and infringing on faculty rights. ® A major issue is the question of whether it is appropriate for a University community to engage in secret research. "I don't think the University should be in the classified research business," says See 'U' RESEARCH, Page 8 Institute of Science and Technology 9 PER CENT: 'U' bookstore sets discount By W. E. SCHROCK The board which directs the University bookstore last night decided that textbooks would be sold at up to nine per cent less than the prices at private Ann Arbor bookstores. Five per cent of the discount would be a mark down from the price listed by the publisher. The other four per cent would represent the state sales tax which students are not required to pay at college-operated bookstores. The panel-entitled the Board for the Student Bookstore Inc.-also set a policy for stocking and discounting books, and appointed two new student members to fill vacancies on the board.I The policy statement on prices will be reviewed by July - --- 31, 1971 and a possible increase in discount plans will then be City tovote discussed.4 When passing the policy, mem- bers emphasized that their main L priority is to establish the store's' oniilan dsolvency and "see how things go" r the first year rather than to establish a higher discount and :run the risk of suffering a great loss and having their incorpora- tion revoked by the Regents. The discount policy "will enable By CHUCK WILBUR us to be competitive with the, Local voters will decide Tuesday other local stores," the board's whetheroperithe itydastatement said. "On any individ- to annex a section of land ual book, we may be higher or which is s 1 a t e d for the lower than the competition, but whic iss 1a te d fortheon the average of the total we . building of low-cost housing de- on meer the total will meet the competition."{ velopments. The housing un it s would be open to married stu- The student bookstore was es- dents with fixed incomes, taking tablished winter term last year by some pressure off the tight cam- the Regents after an extensive pus housing market. student campaign. The arrest of Although the housing will be 107 people in a sit-in at the LSA built whether the city annexes the Bldg., and the first disruption of land or not, Mayor Robert Harris a Regents meeting preceded the says that if land were under city bookstore's establishment. control, the units would be built The board appointed Elyse Fox,! up to a year earlier than under '72, and John Lactovitch, Grad,' the current ownership. to fill the student vacancies on the The section of land is n o w board. DaveaWhite, Grad, - the owned by Pittsfield township, only candidate not receiving Stu- northeast of Ann Arbor. T w o dent Government Council's recoi- other annexation proposals would -mendation - was rej ected by the place parts of Scio and Ann Ar- board. bor townships underthe control The board consists of six stu- of the city of Ann Arbor. dents appointed by SGC, t h r e e While housing developments are faculty members appointed by also planned for these sections, Senate Assembly, and one ad- they would be designed chiefly for ministrator appointed by Presi- middle and upper class incomes, dent Robben Fleming. According to city Planning Di- The board fills vacancies due to rector Michael Prochaska, rents in unfinished terms of office by ap- the low-cost housing units would pointing interested candidates. In be proportioned according to ten- this case, the board requested that ants' incomes. SGC recommend students to fill "The market in Ann Arbor is the two vacancies. impossible in terms of vacancies," In establishing the nine per cent Prochaska says. "Hopefully these See 'U' BOOKSTORE, Page 12 developments could relieve t h e pressure. "R T Mayor press not charges in BAMV case -Daily-Sara Krulwich THE ABOVE PICTURES show the March 19 incident between T. R. Harrison and police, referred to in City Administrator Guy Larcom's report on the Black Action Movement's complaint of police brutality. The incident occurred during the clash between students and police after the March 19 Regents meeting. During that meetting the Regents rejected BAM's plan for increased black ad- missions. to ADDRESS 600: Hayden, Ferency debate, plans for reforming American system By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN "from the stage of protesting the Tom Hayden, a defendant in the system to trying to lay the founda- Chicago conspiracy trial, debated tions of our own lives, in our own New Democratic Coalition leader communities, in our own organi- Zolton Ferency last night on their zations, for a new system." differing "Strategies for Changing Ferency, unsuccessful candidate America." for the Democratic gubernatorial An audience of over 600 persons nomination, said he wants to at Pioneer High School listened change only the workings of the as erency theyenand"working system and not the system itself. through the system," and Hayden "I don't believe any manifesto countered with a call for a change can improve much on the Declar- in the basic framework of the ation of Independence," he said. country. Ferency listed the three most "The first thing that is required important problems he sees with- is that we purge ourselves of the in the present structure as U.S. idea that we have a working con- foreign policy, racism, and a need stitution," Hayden declared, for more socialistic trends. "We have to go," he continued, "I'm not interested in a change I either by means or towards an end brought about by authoritar- Police act explained by tension By CARLA RAPOPORT Mayor Robert Harris yester- day announced the city will not press charges in the con- troversial case of a policeman charged with aiming a blow at a student already pinned down by another officer during the black admissions strike 1 a s t spring. The announcement came with the release of a report on the in- cident by City Administrator Guy Larcom, who recently re-inves- tigated the charges and empha- sized "extenuating circumstances" as a factor contributing to the officer's conduct. Following a city investigation, of the incident last August, Har- ris had asked that the case be turned over to the county prose- cutor for possible criminal prose- cution against the officer. The mayor received strong criti- cism for these statements from the Police Union and local Repub- lican leaders. City officials confirmed reports yesterday that the student in- volvedwas T. R. Harrison, '73, who was arrested in the clash at the Administration Bldg. Mar. 19 between Black Action Movement supporters and police. Harrison was charged with felonious as- sault. Saying his report was based on film clips of the incident and eye- witness accounts, Larcom con- cluded the officer was 'unjustified' in aiming a riot baton blow at Harrison, who already had been securely apprehended. ButsLarcom cited'extenuating' factors including the hostility of the crowd toward the police, the throwing of pavement bricks and the tense atmosphere in explain-E ing the officers' actions. Contacted last night, Harris said his decision not to press charges was based on "important factors" brought to light by Larcom's in- vestigation. He specifically cited the officer's past record, the fact that herhas already receivedha written reprimand inserted in his MayorHarris j F ianism or totalitarianism," Ferency emphasized, adding that he hopes for a "non-doctrinaire individual- istic" society. To replace the present system, Hayden recommended a plan which he said was advised by Huey Newton, Black Panther Minister of Defense. The plan, according to Hayden, calls for "a new constitutional framework of socialism as the last alternative to violent civil war." It "lays the foundation f o r equality through proportional re- presentation within the socialist framework," he added. Finally, Hayden said, the pro- posal would bring about an end to U.S. imperialism, both economic and military. Ferency urged the predominant- ly student audience to unite with all others on the left to"work for change. "Those committed to rad- ical change, or even to some change are few, he said. "If you're not organized and united, even the powers that you do have won't help." Hayden and Ferency differed on what mobilizing the people means. Ferency argued that since so few Americans are committed to change, they must work together and recruit others to help them CALIF. INCIDENT: 900 demonstrators ,pelt Presidlent's car SAN JOSE, Calif. (R) - President Nixon, in his bullet- resistant limousine, ran a gauntlet of rocks, eggs, bottles and other missiles last night in order to break through massed anti-Vietnam demonstrators. The disruption erupted after Nixon addressed a Republi- can rally in a small auditorium near the center of San Jose. When the chief executive emerged from the hall, over 900 demonstrators had surrounded the parking lot where his motorcade awaited him. RSLEY VS. SALLADE Mayor Robert Harris has sup-! ported the three proposals and the Ann Arbor City Council backed two. Groups opposing the proposal include the Sierra Club and the League of Women Voters. They object to the annexation of any additional land until adoption of the Ann Arbor Planning Com- mission's proposed Master Plan - a formula for construction throughout the city. Annexation critics say that un- til the plan is enacted, the three land areas may lack adequate sew- ae water. education and trans- DI State Senate race: No issues? By MARK DILLEN With only six days remaining before the elec- tion, the local race for state senator appears not to be a campaign at all. Despite a flurry of recent campaigning, only on few issues are the candidates-Republican in- cumbent Gilbert Bursley and Democrat George Sallade-really divided. Vying for the 18th district seat (which includes nit t f 13Si74P ac n all a actenn- ('mnty) "There are no great disagreements between us," Bursley says. "We both agree there must be school reform and tax changes," he says. "Where we differ is that I say we must concentrate on long-run issues such as population control, pollution and mass transit." In these issues, which appear to be Bursley's main interests, there is little opposition from Sal- Kent jury challen ged CLEVELAND, Ohio (I')-Twenty persons petitioned U.S. District Court yesterday to void indict- ments returned by a grand jury that investigated violence at Kent State University last spring. Their suit also asks the court to void a new state law aimed at curbing camnus disorders. v' With the aid of helmeted r i o t police, a path was cleared through the throng - which seemed larger than the Republican partisans who cheered Nikon in the auditorium. While threading its way through the crowd, however, the cavalcade halted at one point and there was a chain reaction crash of several vehicles. Damage apparently was sljght, however. Before getting into his car, Nixon said the Secret Service had esti- mated 900 demonstrators on the scene. Newsmen tended to put the figure considerably higher.