LETTUCE BOYCOTT See Editorial Page Y L 3k igzrn :43 ii WET High-34 Loaw-28 See Today for details Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, December 11, 1974 (ol. LXXXV, No. 80 Ten Cents Twelve Pages I LSA robbery It may become a fad: For the second time in two weeks, the LSA cashier's office has been robbed. At 11:05 a.m. yesterday, a white male wearing a ski mask approached the cashier's window, placed a paper bag on the counter and demanded all the money. He left with $2,500. Five minutes later po- lice thought they had found their man. Randy Juer- gensen was grabbed from behind by several un- identified strangers. "I thought I was being robbed myself," said Juergensen. He was frisked and taken to the LSA building where the cashier said he was not the robber. On Nov. 22 in a similar ca- per, a bandit made off with a cool $3,300. There are no suspects yet in either case. Common. Cause news Kris Moore was selected Monday night to replace John Hathaway as Common Cause's 2nd District Coordinator. Hathaway got in hot water shortly before the November election for personally en- dorsing incumbent U.S. Representative Marvin Esch (R-Ann Arbor) on Common Cause stationery. The endorsement was later used-with the Com- mon Cause name-in political advertisements. Moore is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University. Bruce Wallace, an attorney, will be her co-coordinator. SGC assessment Student Government Council Treasurer Elliot Chikofsky has announced a plan for students who wanf their 75-cents-per-term SGC tuition assess- ment money back. He is currently circulating a pe- tition for students who feel they are poorly repre- sented-or not represented at all-by the Council. With 1,000 signatures, the issue of whether there should be a tuition assessment for SGC will be put to the students on the next campus election ballot. Happenings . . . . are thinning out. At noon, the Women's Studies Program will sponsor a lecture on "Work- ing Class Women in America Today," in Michigan League's Conference Rm. 2 . . . another lecture at 4 p.m., when Avshalom Ashmueli from the Uni- versity of Tel Aviv will speak on "Sedentarization of Bedouin and the Desert of Judea" . . . and celebrate the last day of classes by partying at a West Quad dance, from 9 p.m. to midnight. A live band, "Gabriel," will be on hand. No more Amherst There's a movement afoot to change the name of scenic Amherst, cite of the University of Massa- chusetts, to something - anything - other than Amherst. The Ad Hoc Committee to Give Our Town a Decent Name maintains that Lord Jeffrey Am- herst, the city's namesake, hated Indians and, in 1763, suggested a quelling an Indian uprising by spreading smallpox among the warriors. Backers of the move, including the Valley Advocate, a weekly newspaper, have recommended that the name be changed to Emily, in honor of poet Emily Dickinson, or perhaps Nonukeville, apparently an idea from nuclear power plant opponents. Love it or leave it, You may hear about a lot of Russian emigrants escaping to America, but stories about emigrants escaping to the Soviet are somewhat more rare. There are, however, more than 200 waiting in Vi- enna who are trying to return to the U.S.S.R. after being in Israel (The Soviet Union often does not allow emigrants to return)-and the most recent case is even more unusual. The Soviet press yester- day publicized the case of a Soviet Jewish couple who went to the United States and after three months returned to their motherland. The story of Anneta and Josif Sklyar ran under the headline of "We Kiss Every Stone in Odessa." The Sklyars' termed their Philadelphia relatives as "rather rich," with a suburban home and several cars. Ms. Sklyar said a girl showed her a bottle of vitamins costing $9 that "cost kopeks in Odessa," and people who had to go to the hospital "lost the savings of several years." Said Ms. Sklyar, "In the U.S., ev- erything, even relations between people, are decid- ed by money." On the inside . Paul O'Donnell, our European correspon- dent, concludes his two-part story about U.S.-Cuban relations on the Editorial Page . . . on the Sports Page, Brian Deming writes about hockey player Dave Shand . . . and our Arts Page fea- tures both food and arts. 0 On the outside Stater $S- 44 mut1 By CHERYL PILATE Heated accusations flew back and forth between the University and the state Auditor General's of- fice last night as a new state report contended the Regents have failed to disburse about $44 mil- lion in currently available funds. The University denied the report. Robert Hovey, the state audit manager who issued the report, charged that the University administration is "upset that we have exposed the fact that they have money when they've led people to believe they're destitute." BECAUSE THESE funds are supposedly now available, Auditor General Albert Lee said the legislature should consider slashing the Univer- sity's annual state appropriations. "We maintained that certain practices should be followed and they disagreed," said Lee. "So we're going to let the legislature make the decision." According to Hovey, in the past, the Univer- sity has "not made its assets voluntarily known." "WHAT WE ARE objecting to is that if they port says G iS [10o i0 availabi Tuition increase likely Tuition for the 1975-76 academic year may jump substantially over this year's levels, a University official said late last night. When asked if a new student fee hike is being planned, the official responded, "Yes, I think so." "We have some serious budget problems and right now we're looking at our revenue sources. If there is a hike, we'll try to keep it as low as possible-probably less than 12 per cent," said Lawrence Fincher, assistant to the vice president for state relations and plan- ning. Fincher's comments came in the wake of a state auditor general's report which could hurt the University's chances of receiving some of its state budget requests. Although University President Robben Flem- ing denied last night that any tuition decision had been made, he hinted that a fee hike was being seriously considered. hidintg e tfunds president and chief financial officer. THE STATE report, which stems from a rou- tine audit of the University fNnances over the last seven years, says that about $20 million in available endowment monies are not being in- cluded in the general fund and are therefore not being disbursed. Also, the state contends that the remainder of the $44 million is currently not in use, although it is allocated for certain budgetary areas. However, the University claims the funds are available for designated purposes only, par- ticularly gift monies. "We object to describing these funds as being available for current operations since they in- clude investments of restricted gifts of approxi- mately $20 million received over 30 to. 40 years, and other funds previously authorized by the Regents for specific purposes," said Pierpont. The funds not gathered through endowments were mainly received through interest on Uni- versity investments, and research contracts. See AUDITORS, Page 7 Fleming added that officials are aware "the grave damage" a new fee hike might to enrollment, and predicted no decision tuition will come until at least April 1975. of do on come to the legislature with fund requests, they should make clear exactly what they have," he commented. "They're trying to use tax dollars to cover programs they already have money for." The University countered by declaring the auditor's report was erroneous and the facts were taken out of context. "The report was grossly misleading, inacL.u- rate, and a distortion of the true situation," asserted Wilbur Pierpont, the University's vice Mills to quit and as Ways Means chief By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - Rep. Wil- bur Mills, (D-Ark.) his im- mense political prestige de- nuded by incidents involving an Argentine striptease dancer, bowed out yesterday as head of the House Ways and Means Committee Mills' d e c i s i o n, re- layed through a friend to Speak- er Carl Albert and by Albert to reporters, came after a series of events linking Mills and strip- per Annabella Battistella, who plungedsinto the Washington Ti- dal Basin in October after a party that left Mills scratched, bleeding and, according to po- lice, apparently intoxicated. MILLS' withdrawal also end- ed an extraordinary 16 - year career as head of the committee that handled a large portion of Congress' most important leg- islation and for nearly all that time made the strong - handed Mills one of the top powers in Congress. Still open are the questions of whether Mills will remain in Congress and on the committee and, if so, what part he will play. The successor to Mills as pan- el head is expected to be rep- resentative Al Ullman (D-Ore.). An ideological moderate, he steered the important Trade bill through the House last year when Mills was absent for a major back operation. ALBERT called newsmen to his office yesterday morning to tell them he had just received a telephone call from Bethesda Naval Hospital in which anoth- er congressman, close to Mills, passed on the word that "with- out going into details, due to his health and on the recom- mendation of his doctors, Mills is not going to seek the chair- manship of the Ways and Means Committee." "I'm bone tired . . . I'm worn out . . . I'm in no condi- tion to be chairman with the See MILLS, Page 9 AP Photo Poetic license REP. WILBUR MILLS D- Ark.), who yesterday announc- ed he will relinquish his powerful role as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Ehrlichman bursts into tears while testifying WASHINGTON 0)-John Ehr- lichman broke down and cried yesterday at the -wWatergate cover-up trial as he described a farewell meeting at Camp David with Richard Nixon. Ehrlichman told how he was summoned to Camp David by Nixon, who asked for his resig- nation from the White House staff. Ehrlichman's resignation was announced the next day, April 30, 1973. EHRLICHMAN said Nixon offered to help him with at- torney's fees that might stem from Watergate. When Ehrlichman declined the offer of financial help he said Nixon asked if there was any- thing else he might do. "I said someday I would like him to explain to our children . . ." then he sobbed and stopped. THE HEAVYSET b a I d i n g fathe offive removed his New Haven motorist Joseph Ruggiero proclaims his idyllic lifestyle on one of Connecticut's new six-character license plates, which he attached to his car yesterday. While most motorists prefer some variation of their names on the appropriately-titled "vanity plates," Ruggiero opted for a philosophical message. HOUSE TO VOTE TOMORROW: Senate confirms Rockefeller WASHINGTON ()-The Sen- ate voted 90-7 yesterday to con- firm Nelson Rockefeller as the nation's 41st vice president. The vote completed the first half of the procedure set down under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to fill vice pres- idential vacancies. NEXT IS a vote by the House of Representatives, expected next week. If confirmed by the House, Rockefeller, 66, a former New York governor, will become the second vice president in U S. history to be chosen outside the normal popular election proce:. The first was Gerald Ford, who became President on the resignation of President Richard Nixon and in turn nominated Rockefeller last Aug. 20. HOUSE Speaker Carl Alhert told reporters it is his impres- sion that Rockefeller witl be confirmed. House Judiciary Cominitee Chairman Peter Rodino (D- N.J.) said his panel will meet tomorrow and consider putting the nomination up for final ap- proval in the full House next week. Rockefeller, notified in New York, remarked to a senjtor: "Vice President half-designate is what I am at the moment." PRESIDENT Ford, also in New York, said he was grati- fied at the Senate action. "I trust that similar awn on will be taken as rapidly as pos- sible by the House of Repre- sentatives before final adjourn- ment of the 93rd Congress," Ford said. "Gov. Rockefeller would then be able to put his experience and energy to work for all the people." Opposing Rockefeller in the Senate were four senators gen- erally regarded as liberals and three generally regarded as conservatives. REPUBLICANS against the nomination included Sens. Bar- ry Goldwater of Arizona, Wil- liam Scott of Virginia, and Jesse Helms of North Carolina. The Democrats were Sens. Birch Bayh of Indiana, James Abourezk of South Dakota, Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and' Gaylord Nelson of Wiscon- sin. S e n a t e Democratic leader Mike Mansfield was on an offi- cial visit to the People s Re- public of China and there'ore not present to cast his vote. SEN. PETER Dominick (R- Colo.) voted "present" because Rockefeller once had donated $500 to his campaign, h3 said. Recorded as not voting was Sen. Henry Bellmon (R-Okl.). Nelson and Bayh told the See SENATORS, Page 2 .~ Hayden sees populist surge By STEPHEN HERSH Former Daily editor and radical figurehead Tom K Hayden predicted "a populist upsurge of unprece- dented magnitude" during a nostalgic visit to The Daily offices yesterday after a closed meeting witht his co-workers here in the Indochina Peace Cam- paign (IPC). "Students seem apathetic now," remarked Hay- den, "but it's a mistake to say it's the SO's all over again. They're discontented and frustrated, and I igih school paper clashes with board By GLEN ALLERHAND Ann Arbor's board of educa- tion and the editors of Coin- n -unity High School's student newspaper have come to blows over the issue of freedom of the press. The editors of the newspaper, the Yenta, plan to print an ar- ticle explaining birth control Editor - in - Chief Peter Lardas states: "Basically, our feeling is that student should have ac- cess to this information on school grounds." He acknowl- edges that handing distributing issues of the paper would be illegal, but adds, "We're a stu- dent-run publication and we make all the decisions."