ROCKY'S MOTIVES See Editorial Page Y A~pAU Ten Cents CRISP High- 60 Low-40 See Today for details Vol. LXXXV, No. 36 Ten Pages Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, October 16, 1974 Ten Cents /iEfStDEaE HAPPENCALLIILY EMU profs riled The Eastern Michigan University (EMU) chapter of the Association of American University profes- sors (AAUP) will picket the school's Board of Regents today, starting at 11:30 a.m. Eastern's AAUP is disgruntled at what it sees as exclusion of faculty from EMU's president selection process. The association's pickets also hope to focus at- tention on a threatened impasse in contract nego- tiations with the Eastern administration. The AAUP claims the university has not made good- faith offers on issues of tenure, compensation, and faculty governance. According to association presi- dent Fred Anderson, the chapter is ready to con- sider the strike option if no further progress is made at the bargaining table. It's a present Bendix Corp., apparently in a gift-giving mood of late, has made the University its latest benefic- iary - this time with a $250,000 present to the Col- lege of Engineering Capital Campaign for the establishment of a Vehicle Electronics Labora- tory. The munificent corporation, famed for its recent $3 million property gift offered to the En- vironmental Research Institute of Michigan, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of automotive components and electronics and aviation products -not to mention defense research. The new la- boratory will, logically, be called the Bendix Ve- hicle Electronics Laboratory. It will occupy 4,500 square feet in the new Engineering Center to be built on North Campus. In announcing the pledge, Bendix President Michael Blumenthal said, "This new laboratory will be an invaluable research and development resource for the electronics and auto- motive industries, in addition to being an import- ant aid to the University's exploration of important new areas of technology and training of tomor- row's engineering leaders." It probably will. '' enrollment University enrollment is, predictably, up this year, with a 197-student increase, according to the latest University figures. But where the increase comes from is something of a surprise. Of the to- tal, 20,586 are undergraduates, down 47 from, a year ago; 9,863 are graduate students, an increase of five and 4,897 are in graduate-professional pro- grams, a healthy increase of 3,239 students. The literary college, the University's biggest school, has dropped in enrollment from 15,874 students to 15,555. SGC elections Student Government Council completed its first of three election days today, with, also predict- ably, a low voter turnout. An informal Daily poll showed an average of 15 people voting per hour at the various voting sites across campus. Elec- tion Director Alan Bercovitz called the turnout "slow but steady." Steady it may be, but if it con- tinues this slowly, it will undercut last year's elec- tion turnout of nine per cent. We have one conso- lation, however. Bercovitz asserts once again that there's no way this election will be rigged." Bank boycott The Detroit Chapter of the NAACP has called for a boycott of the Michigan National Bank of De- troit for what the group terms discriminatory treatment of the poor. The bank has announced that it intends to close savings accounts with less than $50 on deposit - and that, the bank contends, is one-quarter of all their accounts. Bank spokes- persons maintained that the bank is losing money and customer service is suffering because of these accounts The NAACP, however, interprets the move somewhat differently: "We consider this a direct slap in the face to the poor, both black and white, young people who are attempting to learn banking habits, community groups with small trea- suries and senior citizens who may be afraid to keep money in their mattresses," says Joe Maidi- son, Detroit NAACP director. 0 Happenings... . definitely show the effect of upcoming mid- terms. Nevertheless, the Stilyagi Air Corps, a stu- dent science fiction group, will discuss the art and music of the medium in Rm. 4203 of the Union at 7:30 p.m. . . get to know Dave Upton, candidate for the Board of Regents, at a special get-together at Bimbo's, from 5 to 7 p.m. . . . and despite an incorrect Daily ad, tickets for the Homecoming concert featuring David Bromberg go on sale to- day at 11 a.rmn. in the Union. On the inside ... Gordon Atcheson examines the humor of our home-grown president, Gerald Ford, during last week's fund-raising dinner in Detroit on the Editorial Page . . . for the latest in arts and gour- met living, turn to the Arts Page . . . and the World Series action is spotlighted on the Sports Page. Poll shows By GORDON ATCHESON were problen Democratic U.S. congressional candidate John results are n Reuther trails incumbent Rep. Marvin Esch (R- Ann Arbor) by a wide margin as the two head HE SAIDI into the November 5 election, according to a place before poll taken for the Reuther organization. Nixon and p The district-wide survey, completed sometime have since o last month, gives Esch about 46 per cent of the However, E vote and Reuther only 28 per cent, several as has a ma sources have said. Considered the focus of AT THE TIME the poll was taken, 24 per cent seemed to ha of the electorate was undecided and the remain- four-time win ing two per cent indicated support for Human Rights Party candidate Phil Carroll. THE POL Reuther campaign spokespersons acknowledge Reuther wor that a poll was conducted but have refused to conversation release or specifically discuss the results. involved in t "John is behind in the survey," Reuther aide Garton ind Randy Garton admitted yesterday. "But there results but hi Reuther losing to Esch ms with the polling and we feel the ot entirely legitimate." THAT some of the interviewing took President Ford pardoned Richard postulated that the Republicans may ost support. Esch opposed the presidential pardon, jority of the American public. a swing district, this area has been national attention because Reuther ave a good chance of beating Esch, a nner. L apparently came as a shock to kers. It has been a major topic of and dismay, according to one person he campaign. dicated he has not seen the actual heard about them from other mem- bers of the Reuther campaign. "Maybe we were not told so that our morale would not drop," he remarked. In explaining why the findings could not be made public, Steve Weiss, another Reuther aide, commented, "Our position is that Esch should do his own poll." THE, ESCH organization has undertaken no formal polling, the incumbent's campaign man- ager Keith Hartwell said yesterday. "We feel the cost is prohibitive," he explained. Hartwell said he and other Esch workers were unaware of the exact results of the Reuther poll. Although the survey shows Reuther far behind Esch, Garton said campaign strategy has re- mained relatively unchanged. "We will hit in- flation hard and will tie Esch to the Nixon ad- ministration and its policies," he said. TOUTED AS A bright Democratic star, Reuther UsDen was expected to tear through his primary elec- tion competition and then give Esch one of the toughest fights he has faced. The nephew of the late United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther, the, 30-year-old Demo- crat has been a party organizer on the national level for several years. But even with a well-financed primary cam- paign, Reuther was nearly defeated by Ann Arbor physician Edward Pierce. HE EDGED OUT the radical doctor by less than 150 votes with more than 40,000 ballots cast in the August primary. In the fall campaign against Esch, Reuther has counted on carrying the heavily student Ann Arbor area by a wide margin and capturing Washtenaw County. Reuther has also expected to do well in the industrial Monroe and Livonia areas because of his union connections. -Nixon Ehrlic ma il prediets 'U, state fund hike By JEFF SORENSEN Governor William Milliken said yesterday that state appro- priations to the University may actually increase next year de- spite a letter he sent to Uni- versity President Robben Flem- ing last week warning of a pos- sible four per cent fund cut for the 1975-76 academic year. The governor's statement was issued yesterday in response to an apparent misunderstanding among some presidents of state- supported schools that he had ordered a flat four per cent cut statewide in all higher educa- tion budgets. MILLIKEN explained there was no contradiction between the earlier letter and yester- day's statement, saying he has not ordered a four per cent cut, but only requested the univer- sities reduce spending on mar- ginal operations. He stated specifically that the fo'ir per cent cut would not in- clude reductions in funds in- tended for staff salary increases or for built-in inflation costs. University officials r e p o r t, however, that over 75 per cent of the state appropriations are slated for salaries and most of the rest goes for built-in infla- tion costs, meaning that the governor's four per cent cut wglild .actually affect a verv small, marginal amount of funds. Milliken said yesterday that the letter "asked universities to prepare a general fiscal plan aonproximately four per cent be- low this year's general fund budget appropriations-without regard, at this time, to the gen- eral cost increases over which the schools have littlerconrrol. These will be taken up later." HE EXPLAINED that the "1975-76 recommendations for See MILLIKEN, Page 2 Aide claims he was 'misled' WASHINGTON UP) - John Ehrlichman's lawyer por- trayed the onetime White House aide yesterday as a victim of the deceit of for- mer President Richard Nix- on and John Dean. "Richard Nixon deceived, misled, lied to and used John Ehrlichman to cover up his own knowledge and his own activities," said William Frates in his open- ing argument at the Water- gate cover-up trial. FRATES SAID Nixon was covering up to save his own neck." Frates was the first defense attorney to make an opening statement in the trial of five former Nixon administration and campaign aides charged with conspiring to block the investigation of the break-in at D~emocratic national headquar- ters in the Watergatehbuilding on June 17, 1972. David Bress, attorney for for- mer Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert Mardian, followed Frates and described his client as "very minimally involved in the evi- dence in this case." THE OTHER three defendants are former White House staff chief H. R. "Bob" Haldeman, former Atty. Gen. John Mitchell and Kenneth Parkinson, one- time attorney for Nixon's re- election committee. Richard Ben-Veniste, an as- sistant special Watergate prose- cutor, outlined the government's case in a long opening state- ment on Monday. All five defLn-. dants are charged with conspir- acy to obstruct justice. All but Mardian also are charged with obstruction of justice. Frates said that in the spring of 1973, Dean, then White House counsel, realized "the houte of cards was falling in on him." IT WAS THEN, said Frates, that Dean went to his lawyers and they started bargaining with the prosecutors in an effort to obtain immunity from prosecu- tion for their client. But the prosecutors wanted worthwhile information, Frates said, and Dean offered them Ehrlichman. In reality, according to Frates, Dean had done on his own acts which he told the prosecutors Ehrlichman had ordered him to do. "REMEMBER," Frates told the jury of nine women and three men, "Dean was working as the President's lawyer under the President's direction." Frates said Ehrlichman never ordered Dean to destroy evi- dence, never attempted to ob- tain cover-up funds from the Central Intelligence Agency and never suggested using money to buy the silence of the break-in defendants. While Frates spoke, Ehrlich- man, dressed in a dark blue suit, sat facing the jury. FORMERLY one of Nixon's closest aides, Ehrlichman show- ed no emotion when his attorney attacked the former president. Frates said that on April 30, 1973, Ehrlichman submitted his resignation to Nixon. "They called it a resignation but it was a forced resignation," he said. FRATES PROMISED to pre- sent evidence that in an un- recorded conversation on that day Nixon told Ehrlichman, "John, you've been my con- science but I didn't follow your advice.3 It's all my fault. If I'd only followed your advice we wouldn't be in this situation." "He (Ehrlichman) was forced to resign so the heat would be taken off the President . and the President standing there knowing it was he who was covering up," Frates said. Sargent calls i~n Guard,, requests federal troops BOSTON (/P) -Massachusetts Gov. Francis Sargent mobilized the National Guard yesterday and asked President Ford to send federal troops to help end racial troubles in Boston. In Washington, Ford said he feels the primary responsibility for maintaining order continues to lie with state and local of- ficials. BOSTON'S RACIAL troubles were triggered by a school de- segregation plan which calls for busing. In a statement issued by the White House, Ford said no re- quest would be in order "until the governor is in a position sto say he has utilized the full re- sources of the state and that despite these efforts he can no longer control the situation." Sargent said earlier the Guard troops would remain in their armories, adding: "But if fed- eral troops are denied or de- layed, and the safety of the public requires, I will not hesi- tate to order the National Guard into the streets of Boston." "I DON'T look forward to seeing tanks rumbling down the See GOV., Page 2 AP Photo No Lincoln Gordon Liddy, the silent man among the original Watergate break-in defendants, leaves U.S. District Court yesterday following his release on $5,000 bond pending an appeal. He had served 21 months of a minimum six-year sentence. Sargent Fleming set for journey to China By DAVID BURHENN University President Robben Fleming will have to learn the final score of this year's Ohio State football game via long-distance. When the apocolyptic struggles ends in Columbus, Flem- ing will be somewhere inside of China, touring the world's largest nation with twelve other university and college presi- dents from around the country-including Harold Enarson of Ohio State. The visit, the first by American higher education leaders, will begin November 8 and is expected to end by Dec. 1. The tour is being sponsored by the National Committee * on United States-China Relations and will be hosted by the SChinese People's Institute for Foreign Affairs. The tour's sponsors hope that the visit will promote $5 ASSESSMENT Cellar benefits from student fee By PAUL HASKINS If past performance is any indication, this year's crop of departing students will unwittingly forfeit over $33,000 to the University Cellar's coffers.' Every incoming University student pays a refundable $5 assessment for-the Cellar's use. Students are eligible to claim their Cellar money during their last year in school. HOWEVER, since the policy took hold in fall 1970, roughly 60 per cent of last- term students have failed to claim their ref'mds each year, thus annually drop- ping $20,000-plus into the Cellar bucket. Cellar Assistant Manager Bruce Wilson contends clerical costs prohibit the store from systematically mailing refunds or informing last-term students that the money is available. "There is an inertia factor here," Wilson says. "We're not spending a lot of time on it (the refunds). We original- ly were going to write a check to every- body, but we scraped that very quickly -too much paperwork involved." THE CELLAR freely admits that the defaulted fee money has become a major source of capital that would be sorely missed if depleted. Manager Dennis Webster adds that if the funds provided THE CELLAR has not decided if it will ask for another extension period. Even without further extensions, how- ever, the refund procedure would re- main effective for another three years, with the Cellar netting an additional $100,000 if present trends continue. The University officially informs stu- dents that the Cellar refund money exists through the enrollment deposit information sheet, 'which is typically distributed during the spring of a stu- dent's final year in high school. The enrollment fee sheet states, "Upon request to the bookstore, within one year of the student's withdrawal or