ROTC CREDIT? See. Editorial Page Y Au: iA au :4aitiI BLAH High-3 S Low--30 See Today for details Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXV, No. 98 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, January 28, 1975 Ten Cents Ten Pages Cobb rejects initial 2-year, no-tenure deanship offer; Regents meet again h , t. _ IrIM EE W'Z APMECALL ;'i Y Health education For those interested in health and education fields, there will be a Career Information Day on Feb. 4, sponsored by the University Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation and Related Dis- abilities. The program will be held at the Institute on 130 S. First from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pro- fessionals in the health and education fields will present programs on such topics as child develop- ment, dental hygiene, psychology and social work. The program is free, but preregistration is neces- sary. Call 763-4481 for further information. " Sex gains Men who have vasectomies as a method of contraception also find their love life is greatly improved, the director of a British Population growth study said. According to Caspar Brook, the operation also increases the sexual drive of many men. "It takes their thoughts off pregnancy so they can concentrate on other things," he said. Also on the topic of birth control, East German doctors have developed a birth control pill that needs to be taken only once a week. The East Germans reportedly intend to market it this year. The pill should also eliminate the negative side effects some women experience with other varieties, the report quoted an East Berlin doctor as saying. It is taken on the same day each week with a double dose every fourth week. Woman power Retired Michigan Congresswoman Martha Grif- fiths said yesterday that she would accept the 1976 Democratic vice-presidential nomination if it were offered to her. Griffiths, who served in Con- gress for 20 years from the 17th District, also said she believes there will be a woman president before the end of the century. The former con- gresswoman said that 1974 was a good year for women in politics, but the futpre will be "even better." " Happenings... . . . are varied today. At 10:00 a new Food Co-op will open at 212 N. 4th Ave. Bring your own bags and jars . . . women students are invited to a lunch hour discussion on Career Opportunities for Women in Banking, sponsored by the Career Planning and Placement Office. Bringha bag lunch at noon to Conference rooms 4 and 5 in the Michigan League . . . Regent Sarah Power will address the medical center's commis- sion for women today at noon in the 6th level Amphitheatre in 'U' Hospital. Her topic will be the international women's year. The public 'is invited . . . A survival-plus seminar will be held from 3:15-5:00 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre, featuring Peter van Dresser on Biotechnic Re- centralization . . . at 8 p.m. there will be an information meeting for all juniors and sophomores planning to apply to medical, dental, osteopathic or veterinary schools for the fall of 1976. Come to 1025 Angell Hall to discuss application proceedures . . . and the Indochina Peace Campaign (IPC) film Introduction to the Enemy will be shown today, not Thursday as IPC previously told us, at 7:15, 8:30 and 9:45 at Aud. 3 MLB. " Animal farm On an Israeli test form, high school graduates were asked to identify what a dinosaur was. One of the responses was a "former U.S. President." Another of the test takers, who were applying for a civil service job, thought that the giant lizard was in reality a "U.S. Secretary of State " While the above answers could very well be a comment on the intelligence of certain American statesmen, they have caused a scandal in Israeli education circles. The education minister has or- dered a probe of Israeli high school teaching. Meanwhile, the furor has been named, aptly enough, "the dinosaur scandal." s Oan the inside .. . today's Editorial page features a look by Bruce Frier at the faculty and the granting of academic credit for ROTC courses . . . Sports page has all the information about last night's basketball name with Wisconsin .. . and reviews of this weekend's musical events appear on the Arts page . . . Ott the outside ... A L ,.,...-.... n .n.t of Ari A fal: Ctnr' nn coinn Ethics of contract called into question By SARA RIMER, DAN BIDDLE, and JUDY RUSKIN The administration last week offered a two-year, no- tenure contract to Jewel Cobb, the Regents' unanimous choice for the literary college (LSA) deanship, The Daily has learned. Cobb rejected the offer Friday and demanded a re- convening of the Regents to revise her proposed contract, two well-placed sources affirmed last night. AFTER ARGUING over the contract terms in a day meeting, the Regents gave President Robben Vice President for Academic Affairs Frank Rhodes a six-hour Sun- Fleming and carte blanche Daily Photos by PAULINE LUBENS ROBBEN FLEMING WOULD not predict the outcome of the UNIVERSITY SECRETARY Richard Kennedy didn't want deanship negotiations because "it involves conversations that to "hazard a guess" on when an announcement on the dean- I have not had yet." ship would come. SIX CANDIDATES CONSIDERED: Fleming to By DAVID BURHENN University President Robben Fleming is among six candi- dates reportedly being consider- ed to head the nine campuses of the University of California. According to a story in the Sunday Los Angeles Times, Fleming, Michigan State Uni- versity president Clifton Whar- ton, and four other high-ranked educators are expected to travel to California soon for personal interviews with a blue-ribbon search committee. THOUGH the California pres- idency is a well-regarded post in American academics, Flem- ing said yesterday, "I really have no idea yet," when asked if he was interested in taking the position. The president said: "I never really think about it this early because do not know what the substance of the situation is." Fleming said he would go to California "as a matter of courtesy," but added that he has had "no substantive con- versations" with the search committee. THE TIMES story said that the final six candidates were Fleming; MSU's Wharton; Wil- liam McGill, president of Co- Nmbia University; John Hohe- tinnis, University of Washington president; Ernest Boyer, chan- cellor of the State University of New York; and David Gar- dener, president of the Univer- sity of Utah. The story said these names made up an "A-List" of prime candidates selected from 239 persons. This "A-List," accord- ing to the newspaper, consisted of "people they (University of California regents) would like to get for president." Wharton was on vacation, but an MSU spokesperson released an authorized statement saying ead U Wharton "has had no contact with any California officials with respect to his possible in- terest in such a position." PERSONAL interviews are scheduled to take place within the next three weeks, with a final decision expected to come sometime in February or March. If Fleming is the choice of the search committee, he must face examination by the highly s-Cal? political University of Califor- nia regents, a panel noted for its divisive liberal-conservative split. There are indications that Fleming might leave Ann Arbor soon even if he is not selected for the California post. Fleming has said he anticipates a term here of about ten years. He was appointed in 1967 after serv- ing as chancellor of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. probe to present Cobb with whatever terms the two officers deemed acceptable, the sources said. One source said Fleming was prepared to offer a contract to Cobb, a black Connecticut edu- cator, last night. It could not be learned if the president's second proposal was changed in any way from the offer Cobb turned down on Friday. BOTH SOURCES contended Fleming and Rhodes made the original offer with no intention of persuading Cobb to accept it. A source close ° to Cobb said the deanship candidate was dis- apointed by the no-tenure offer and believed that the adminis- tration-Fleming and Rhodes- "must not have ever seriously considered her, or they would have cleared it (tenure) with the zoology department before- hand." Cobb, a prominent biologist and cancer researcher, had ex- pected to receive tenure in the zoology department, according to the source, who said that department has refused to guar- antee her tenure as part of the deanship contract. SEVERAL high-level sources in LSA and elsewhere have af- firmed that the two-year, no- tenure offer given Cobb varies greatly with the standard five-, years-plus-tenure proposal given to earlier LSA deans. The source close to Cobb sug- gested the zoology department had denied her to protect "its own man"-Acting LSA Dean Billy Frye--who was one of the three final deanship candidates considered by the Regents ten days ago. Zoology department chairman Carl Gans could not be reached for comment on the source's statements last night. EARLIER in the day, Flem- ing refused to disclose the out- come of the Regents' Sunday meeting, despite a flurry of re- ports describing a growing rift between the administration and the board's more liberal mem- bers. The president would not pre- dict an outcome of the deanship negotiations, saying, "It involves conversations 'I have not had vet." He also repeated his ear- lier refusals to acknowledge that See COBB, Page 7 Cobb Senate ready to U.S. intelligence units WASHINGTON (Reuter)-The Senate voted yesterday to set up a special Watergate-style committee to conduct a sweeping probe of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. intelligence groups. The decision to investigate the U.S. intelligence community followed angry protests over allega- tions of illegal domestic-spying by the CIA and over the FBI practice of keeping files on the private lives and drinking habits. THE VOTE was 82-41. But before final passage, the Senate made clear the inquiry-expected to begin this week-should not endanger the foreign operations of the CIA or other intelligence agencies. Senator John Tower (R-Tex.), vice chairman of the committee, also told the Senate "we must be careful not ments." to embarrass foreign govern- THE 11-MEMBER committee-six Democrats, five Republicans-would be careful to respect con- fidential exchanges between the United States and other governments, he said. The committee was given a budget of $750,000 and ordered to complete its investigation and report back by September 1. It was given broad subpoena powers not only to examine past activities by the CIA and other organizations-including covert operations-but also to consider ways to tighten congressional supervision of the agencies. Shortly after the vote, Democratic leader Mike Mansfield announced the panel would start work shortly, possibly this week, and named its Democratic members. 8 states challengre Ford with lawsuit WASHINGTON (I)-The gov- ernors of eight Northeast and New England states filed a fed- eral court suit yesterday asking that President Ford's plan for direct tariffs on, oil imports be declared illegal. Among other grounds, the suit charged that Ford had en- croached upon powers of taxa- tion limited to the Congress. THE SUIT was filed at the U.S. District Courthouse by Massachusetts Atty. Gen. Fran- cis Bellotti on behalf of his state and seven others. The states are Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Under the tariff program an- nounced by Ford January 23, each barrel of imported oil would be taxed $1 as of Feb-/ ruary 1. An additional $1 tariff is to be added on March 1 and again April 1. FORD SAID the purpose of the tariff is to drive up gasoline prices and thereby encourage Americans to drive less. The House Ways and Means Committee already has voted a 90-day delay in the program to give Congress a charlce to work up its own energy saving program. Bellotti told newsmen the new tariffs would cause "amazing economic damage" to the North- east if allowed to go into effect as planned by the White House. THE SUIT said the tariff re- quires under federal law an environmental impact investiga- tion and statement assessm the likely economic and renviron- mental damage to states which rely on oil for most of their heating and industrial fuel needs. The legal papers also said that Ford had improperly in- voked national security a, iis- tification for a means of raising public funds. The suit charged that the Trade Expansion Act under which Ford acted was never intended to raise substantial ................. }?,' :4'i:;:$v,'......, :ti:"i:"iiY..."......:i:+,"'v}:}::"i:"". Y:"..........,.......... ;'i:; ,.... Task force activist denies manipulation By DAVID WHITING A Remublican member of City Council's Community Develop- ment Revenue Sharing (CDRS) task force vehemently denied charges last night that the com- mittee, set-ip to study alloca- tion of a $2.5 million federal grant, had been "manipulated" by Republicans. "Anyone who says the (Re- p'blicgan) staff in city hall con- trolled the committee is simply lying," stated GOP committee member Letty Wickliffe at 1ast night's Council meeting. TUEC mNrONVERgTA sk office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Last week, David Goodman, Human Rights Party (HRP) council hopeful, said that "the staff and chairman of the task force effectively manipulated that committee." A COMMITTEE member, Bar- bara Nutter, angrily attacked Colburn saying, "The share of or nroposal was under the dis- cretion of the chairman and staff." . N'itter and Goodman contend that Colburn, with the help of the mayor and city hall, influ- Computer Jomins iY.:" te force . By DAN BLUGERMAN City police officers could be : liberated from as much as 70 y"' 3...4 per cent of their tedious report-h writing load as a result of a new computerized state-law in- formation network, accoirding to: Police Chief Walter Krasny. Under this program, most po lice reports are telephoned to' a tape recording system in cit v hall rather than submitted y officers in written form. THE SYSTEM, called the. Standard Police Automated Re-