SGC ON. ROTC See Editorial Page Vol. LXXXV, No. 93 leming By SARA RIM] President Robber sisted that "a cou before the Univers college (LSA) dea level sources reaf picked a black wo position late last w Two well-placed night that the Re deanship to Cobb, educator, after rev: didates last week. firmed that the Reg dean of Connecticu BUT LAST night answer period of Fleming indicated F " come. Fleming's comm contradict the Re Cobb the Daily a short ti the decision will f IFYJU SE tfIiS HAPNJ C.ALL Z.EMY Business as usual The faculty seems to have no intention of allow- ing students a greater voice in decision-making at the 'U.' By a 36-14 vote, the faculty's Senate Assembly blasted a report from the Commission to Study Student Governance (CSSG) advocating greater student participation at nearly every level of the University. The faculty's report to the Regents, who will vote on the CSSG proposal next month, expressed "sympathy for the Commission's aims, but added that "in matters of duty, function, preparation, appointment, responsibility a n d authority, faculty members and students occupy very different roles." " Dentist drilled A Detroit dentist says he is moving his practice after an ungrateful patient-whose tooth he had just extracted-robbed him at gunpoint. "I can't go on like this anymore," says Dr. George Gantz, the victim of five robberies in the past year. "Now I'm going to have to move." Dr. Gantz has main- tained an office on Detroit's west side for 28 years. After he pulled a tooth late Monday, he told police, the patient drew a revolver and announced a holdup. He took cash, a small handgun, and a gold watch from the dentist. He also robbed a, janitor and a patient in the waiting room. " Happenings... will probably not dazzle you today. The School of Social Work is sponsoring George Levin- ger from the University of Massachusetts who will speak 'on "Social Psychological Approaches to Marriage and Divorce" at the Rackham Amphi- theater from 2-4 p.m. B-ball enthusiasts can watch the women's basketball team face off against MSU at Chrysler at 6 p.m. PTP is presenting Peter Arnott's Marionette Theater who will per- form Euripides Bacchae at the Residential College Aud. at 8 p.m. The Music School's Campus Orches- tra conducted by Uri Mayer will perform at 8 p.m. at Hill Aud. New York Times crack investigative reporter Seymour Hersh will speak on "Investiga- tive Reporting and Mistrust of Government" at the Rackham Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m. Shaggy dog story It looked like a typical case of the tail wagging the dog: Gen. Alexander Haig, who probably has so much fruit salad on his chest that he can't walk straight, bowed to the canine and legal world yesterday. He said he will reimburse the government for the expense of taking his dog Duncan across Germany last October. The travels Duncan, a beagle-dachsund mongrel, were ex- posed recently by Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wisc.), who demanded Haig pay the army for the trip's costs- $46.92. Haig is willing. The enlisted man who drove Duncan across Germany said he did it under protest, and he says Duncan didn't like it much either: "He was scared and howling most of the way back." On the inside . . today's Arts/Food Page includes Melissa Harris' review of The Real Inspector Hound, plus a tangy recipe for mustard sauce . .. Pacific News Service provides a look at CIA actions in Cam- bodia on the Editorial Page . . . Sports Page features Marcia Katz writing about the women's basketball team. " Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom A6F 144 birr :43 1 ALASKAN High-S Low-3 below See Today for details Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, January 22, 1975 Ten Cents Eight Pages hedges on Cobb appointment ER and DAN BIDDLE n Fleming last night in- ple of weeks" may pass ity names a new literary n-but The Daily's high- firmed that the Regents man, Jewel Cobb, for the eek. sources reiterated last gents chose to offer the a 51-year-old Connecticut [ewing the three final can- One of the sources con- gental vote for the present t College was unanimous. , during the question-and- a local radio talk show, the decision was yet to nents appeared to flatly gents' decision. He told me later: "In due course, be made." He then re- For sees Regents choice reaffirmed peatedly refused to comment when asked if any decision-or reversal--had already taken place. "The (LSA deanship) search committee's instructions were to turn in several names," Fleming told The Daily, "all of which were highly acceptable for the deanship." WHEN ASKED if his remarks ran counter to earlier University confirmation that the decision had indeed been made, Fleming said, "I can't always control what other peo- ple say." Edward Dougherty, assistant to Vice Pres- ident for Academic Affairs Frank Rhodes, had stated Monday that the Regents held final authority in the deanship selection. One of The Daily's sources reported that the Regents had voted "right down the line" -unanimously-for Cobb. THE SOURCE told the Daily last night that the Regents had discussed the Daily's Sunday announcement of Cobb's selection at a meeting in Lansing Monday night. Accord- ing to the source, the Board was "irate" that the choice had been reported before official confirmation. Since Saturday, when the Daily learned that Cobb had been selected in a tighvly closed Regents meeting, Fleming, Vice Pres- ident Rhodes, and the Regents all refused comment on the decision. But when asked if they were denying reports of Cobb's selec- tion they repeated, "No comment." The administration appeared to be making strong efforts to close off information leaks. One source reported being told "not to talk" by other officials. Speculation continued to build in LSA yes- terday as the administration entered its fourth day of the information freeze. While the faculty reaffirmed their strong support for Acting Dean Billy Frye-one of the three final candidates-several informed professors yesterday termed Cobb's qualifications "out- standing." ONE RELIABLE official said the current controversy on the appointment of a black women dean hinged "more on positive sup- port for Frye than on any negative feeiing for Cobb." The source expressed con;;ern that mounting speculation would "make it difficult for Cobb to accept the position." Several faculty members asserted their commitment to back whomever the Regents had chosen. See FLEMING, Page 8 Fleming condemns recovery by gas lat rationing; D summer Presses for more funds to S Vietnam WASHINGTON (Reuter) - President Ford yesterday accepted a direct challenge from opposition Democrats by threatening to veto a gas rationing plan they want to substitute for his own energy saving program. The President also announced at a televised press conference that he would go ahead this week and impose an increased import fee on foreign oil, defying a congres- sional move to tie his hands. HE PREDICTED that if Congress passed his programs, the American people-would find the economy turning around by late summer. In yet another challenge to his opponents, Ford said he would ask Congress soon to approve another $300 million in military aid AP Photo Skaters' waltz A ht It looks as if the "whip" is about to crack as these skaters engage in a friendly romp on Jewell lake, just west of Alpena. Ann Arborites will also be able to engage in a sunset romp as temperatures are expected to drop below zero degrees tonight. 'U' POLICIES CRITICIZED: Panel By CHERYL PILATE A nine-member committee has recommended that the Univer- sity not hike tuition in the near future. The panel has also cri- ticized the present fee schedule for discriminating against part- time students. The Committee on Fee Struc- ture, convened by President Robben Fleming in September 1973, released a lengthy report last week critically reviewing the University's present tuition policies. IN ADDITION to recommend- seeks ing that the University curb fee hikes whenever possible and establish more equitable rates for part-time students, the com- mittee also spoke out against further increases in the ratio of non-resident to resident fees. If the report's recommenda- tions are adopted, it could mean a significant decrease in Uni- versity revenue. But adminis- tration officials, who are pres- ently grappling with a likely four per cent budget slash in state appropriations, insist they will study the 40-page document carefully during the next month. tuition Although altering the present tuition schedule could prove costly, according to Chief Fi- nancial Officer Wilbur Pierpont, the report will receive "careful consideration." "THE FINANCIAL picture right now looks pretty rough," commented Pierpont. "And al- though we can't make any real decisions until the state appro- priations come through, the re- port is well worth studying." One of the major inadequacies in the University's present tui- tion schedule, according to the committee, is the rate charged limit part-time students. This amount includes a hefty enrollment fee in addition to paying for each credit hour selected. "Although it was probably not designed to do so, the effect of this policy has been to discour- age the attendance of part-time students," states the report. Not only must these students pay substantially more for their de- grees, but they are often inelig- ible for most forms of financial aid because of their part-time status." A MORE equitable system, according to the committee, would be to abolish the $50 en- rollment fee ($150 for non-resi- dents) and to institute a straight per - credit - hour charge for all students-although retaining the present differentials by class year and program. "We tried to put across a certain philosophy in this re- port," said committee member Jean Campbell, the director of the Center for the Continuing Education of Women. "The ma- jor thrust of it is a rejection of high rates - tuition should be kent as low as possible." to South Vietnam. Ford voiced serious concern over National Liberation Front combat successes in South Viet - Jf namband accused Hanoi of New "aggression" by violating the 1973 peace accord. He said he did not anticipate going beyond his request for more military aid at present. But, asked flatly to rule out an eventual approach to Con- gress for authority to resume bombing of communist forces in Vietnam, Ford refused to do so. HE SAID it was not appro- proposal priate for him to forecast any specific actions that might be WASHINGTON (,) - Senate taken. But he gave an assur- Majority Leader Mike Mansfield ance he would not order resum- said last night that despite ed American military interven- President Ford's repeated re- tion in Vietnam without going jections of the idea, gasoline through constitutional and legal rationing is inevitable. procedures. In reaction to Ford's declara- Ford is barred by legislation tion at a news conference that from ordering military action, a gasoline rationing plan passed including bombing and naval by the Congress would be ve- shelling, in Indochina. toed, Mansfield said: . The chief development in the news conference was the Presi- "I AM disappointed because dent's willingness to battle a I think we'll ultimately have to Congresshcontrolled by Demo- come to gas rationing on an crats with big majorities for his equitable basis and also reduce new e c on om ic and energy imports drastically." policies. However, the Montana Demo- The President, in his State of crat also said that gasoline ra- the Union Address last week, tioning would have trouble get- See FORD, Page 2 See DEMS, Page 2 Hypnosis reveals a prevous life' ELKTON, Va. (UPI) - In this world, Delores Jay is American, 52 years old and the wife of a minister. In an- other world whose doorway is through hypnosis, she is "Gretchen Gottlieb," who tells of her own murder in Bis- marck's Germany a century ago. Delores speaks no German-and has taken lie detector tests to substantiate it. But under hypnosis, she speaks in German, drawing a vivid picture of 19th-century life in a tiny village named Ebeswalde, culminating in her own death at the age of about 16. GEO agrees to fact-finder as contract talks reach impasse By JIM TOBIN After nearly eight months of contract negotiations between the Graduate Employes' Organi- zation (GEO) and the Univer- sity. mediation of the deadlock- "irreconcilable differences on economics." After Terepin officially de- clares an impasse, the Mich- .igan Employment Relations Cofnmission (MERC) will sug- University Counsel William Lemmer said that there were 11 issues of impasse, but de- clined to identify them. Media- tion sessions are closed to the public, and there is a general