DON'T PAY TUITION See Editorial Page Y1 e 3k 1 4Iit MUGGY High--87 Low-60 See Today for details Eighty-Three Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXIV, No. 19 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, September 27, 1973 Ten Cents Ten Pages Tuition hike rationale sketchy, - - Tuition strike rally T Student Action Committee has called for a protest of the recent tuition hike to be held at the LSA Bldg. tomorrow at noon. The demonstration is also in protest of cutbacks in financial aid and the failure of the Univer- sity to meet the 1970 Black Action Movement demands. Movies for charity rFour brand-new movie theaters in the Briarwood shopping ;center will host four separate charity benefits next Thursday. The sponsoring groups are the Institute for Burn Medicine and Ozone House, both local organiza- tions, Spaulding for Children located in Chelsea, and the Washtenaw County Association for Retarded Children in Ypsilanti. Happenings.. . features a student reception at President Flem- ing's house, 815 South U., from 4 to 6 p.m. .. . on the movie front, Truffaut's Two English Girls is showing at Aud. A, Fellini's White Sheik at the Arch. Aud., New- man's Sometimes a Great Notion at MLB Aud. 4, and The Prince and the Showgirl is at MLB Aud. 4.'. . and Astrologer Al Morrison lectures at Aud. B at 4 p.m. Boyle condition poor Deposed United Mine Workers President Tony Boyle's chances for recovery from a drug overdose remained poor yesterday, hospital officials said. A spokesman for George Washington University HIospital in Washington said that the only change in Boyle's condition since Tuesday was a slight twitching of the eyes to "loud verbal commands." Otherwise, the 71-year-old former president remained in a deep coma, dependent for life on machines that helped him breathe and cleansed his blood. Boyle was to have appeared in court Tuesday on his removal to Pennsylvania to face murder charges in the, deaths of UMW insurgent Joseph Yablouski, Yablonski's wife, and a daughter. Independence declared Nationalist guerillas have proclaimed the independ- ence of Guinea-Bissau, a West African country carved out of swampland by the Portuguese as a colony almost a century ago. It was not clear how much the move will affect the fight of the African Party for the Inde- pendence of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands against Portuguese forces, estimated at 27,000 strong. Portugual doesn't recognize the party and refuses to negotiate with guerilla movements. The country of -490,000,inhabitants borders on the southern end of Sene- gal. N. Viet tanks protested South Vietnam yesterday protested to the Interna- tional Control Commission North Vietnam's use of tanks to overrun a government outpost in the central highlands, a foreign ministry spokesman said. The spokesman de- scribed the assault, in which the North Vietnamese used tanks for the first time since the January ceasefire went into effect, as a "very serious" violation of the govern- ment. A handful of the 400 defenders of Le Minh, the abandoned camp near the Cambodian border, have made their way safely to government lines, and reported that the North Vietnamese made five human wave assaults on the outpost before bringing up the tanks. Brandt at UN West German Chancellor Willy Brandt - in his de- but at the United Nations yesterday - urged all coun- tries to declare war on hunger, renounce the use of force, and enforce the basic rights of man worldwide. "Whoever bans war also has to ban hunger," Brandt told the General Assembly. He also said that West Ger- many intends to speak up for freedom of opinion, free travel, and other fundamental rights of man. Brandt ap- peared before the assembly eight days after East and West Germany entered the United Nations, climaxing the Germans return to international respectability after the defeat of the Hitler regime. 0 Politician shortage Watergate-induced indifference may be more exten- sive than anyone has imagined. The town of Spangle, Washington, seems to have been particularly hard hit. County Auditor Vernon Ohland has extended the filing period for candidates in the Nov. 5 election in this small community located near Spokane. No one has filed for mayor or any of the three open city council seats. 0 On the inside On the Editorial Page, The Daily urges support of the tuition strike . . . Bruce Shlain reviews the movia Two English Girls on the Arts Page . . . and on the Sports Page, they're following the National League East with "Mad Dog." A0 By DAN BIDDLE University officials yesterday, refused to release information de- tailing the budgetary calculations which.led to the record ,24 per cent tuition increase. The refusal came as The Daily learned of new discrepancies be- tween publicized accounts of the fee hike decision and the actual figures used in arriving at that decision. FREDERICK OLIVER, director of the Office of Financial Analy- sis, blocked a Daily reporter's request for statistical information to clarify official explanations of the tuition hike. Oliver's action followed a similar refusal by Chief Financial Officer Wilbur Pierpont on Tues- day. At the core of Pierpont's argument is the contention that while the tuition increase averaged 24 per cent, the "weighted increase" or actual increase in revenues, was closer to 20 per cent. The weighted increase takes into account the unequal number of students in each tuition classification. Pierpont pointed out, for ex- ample, that freshmen and sophomores-whose tuition went up only 15 per cent-make up a higher proportion of fee-paying students than do See related editorial, Page 4 students in classifications for which the tuition hike was larger. YESTERDAY, however, an Office of Financial Analysis staffer informed the Daily that both the regular and "weighted" increaes amounted to 24 per cent. He agreed to release the statistical accounting proving this, but was barred from doing so by Oliver. conflicting Pierpont has similarly refused to release the accounting saying, "I'm not going to give this to you because everybody will have a different idea about what it means." IN THE SAME interview, Pierpont contradicted the administra- tion's original estimate that the University would lose some $2.5 mil- lion in tuition revenue as a result of a Supreme Court ruling striking down regulations determining which students would have to pay higher out-of-state fee rates. Pierpont said Tuesday the loss estimate is "between $3 million and $4 million." Meanwhile, The Daily learned that Vice President for Academic Affairs Allan Smith last week computed a "best case" estimate of tuition revenue for the 1973-74 academic year, and found that in opti See TUITION, Page 2 JURY PROBE CONTINUES House 40% cut in forces approved by Senate WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The Senate yesterday approved a de- mand for a 40 per cent cut in U.S. forces overseas, spread over three years, which could eventually mean a drastic reduction of the 300,000 troops stationed in Europe. It was the first time the Senate had voted to try to force President Nixon to bring home a significant number of troops from Europe. THE 49 TO 46 vote was a triumph. for the persistence of Sen. Mike Mansfield, the Democratic Senate leader, who has been calling for such action for years. At the last minute, he agreed to a 40 per centN cut in forces rather than his orig- inal proposal of a 50 per cent reduction. His proposal, which provides for a three-year cut of 120,000 troops, calls for a third of the withdrawal to be effected by next June 30, the remainder in the next two years. Mansfield said a reduction in the 500,000 man U.S. force overseas was essential if the balance of pay- ments deficit were to be corrected. THIS LATEST challenge to Nixon follows the Congressional action cutting off further funds for the bombing of Cambodia, a move which forced the President to with- draw U.S. forces altogether from Indochina after 11 years of in- volvement. The House of Representatives, - usually regarded as a more con- servative body, still has to act on PRESIDEy the Mansfield proposal, and the ad- yesterday ministration is expected to make a determined effort to defeat it. Even if the house also approved the troop cut proposal, Nixon mightAI block it. THE NIXON administration has strongly opposed the Mansfield proposal .on the grounds that it would weaken NATO and mini- mize the chances for obtaining from the- Soviet Union agreement WASHIN on a mutual and, balanced reduc- House Aid tion of forces in Europe. gave the S The Mansfield proposal did not mittee a le specify the countries from which hard realit the cuts were to be made but left itics, but it up to the President. It was gamemansi attached asan amendment towa ethical or i pending 20-billion dollar military He defen procurement authorization bill. ial gamec See CUTBACKS, Page 7 to newspa delays Agnew request White House discussion of resignation revealed WASHINGTON (Reuter)-Vice-President Spiro Agnew suffered a severe setback yesterday when the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives made clear -it intends taking no immedi- ate action on his request that Congress, and not 4he courts,'judge whether he accepted illegal payments. At the same time, the White House revealed that President Nixon and Agnew had discussed at a meeting Tuesday the resignation of the vice-president as one of the options open to him. THE WHITE HOUSE spokesman repeatedly stated that Nixon did not ask for Agnew's resignation, and Agnew did not offer it. The White House has been frequently charged with not firmly- supporting Agnew since it was first announced the vice-president was under investigation. Yesterday's announcement by the White House about the Nixon- Agnew meeting was the first of- ficial confirmation that Agnew's resignation had been discussed with the President. THE DECISION by the House Democratic leadership, announced by House Speaker Carl Albert, to delay action on--Agnew's request, f opened the way for the Justice De- partment to go ahead with its ar- rangements to present evidence on the case to a grand jury in Balti more today. Agnew's lawyerspare seeking a court injunction to prevent the evi- dence being submitted. The decision was a step back- wards for Agnew, who wants Con- gress to consider impeachment proceedings against him or clear him of suspicion that he violated Carl Albert corruption, bribery and tax laws. THE 54-YEAR-OLD VICE-PRESIDENT faces possible criminal indictment on allegations that while governor of Maryland, he accepted illegal payments in return for state contracts. Agnew feels Congress presents him with a better chance of clear- ing himself of the allegations. His lawyers contend a vice-president cannot be forced to face criminal prosecution while he is in office. The Constitution provides that the house can impeach, or accuse a government official, and then ask the Senate to reach a verdict. An official convicted by Aie Senate is automatically dismissed from office. CONGRESSMEN are not unaware of the risks of crossing the line in a political system marked by political contributions and alleged corruption by contractors doing business with state governments. By yesterday's action, the Democrats gave a strong indication they would prefer Agnew to stand trial before a court if the grand jury believes there is sufficient evidence for such action. House Republican leaders were perplexed over their next step following the Democrat's refusal to take immediate action. HOUSE REPUBLICAN Leader Gerald Ford said he did not know what Republicans would do now-if anything. "Mr. Albert's statement apparently means no action will be taken by the Democratic leadership until the courts decide on the Agnew controversy," he said. "Although some would rather see the Vice-President first twist slowly in the winds of an indictment and trial, the nation cannot afford such uncertainty," Ford declared. A DEMOCRATfC PARTY source said copies of records which Ag- new had promised to send to the House in connection with the case would now be returned to Agnew. Paul Findley (Rep.-Iil.) had earlier introduced legislation to set up a select committee to investigate the allegations against Agnew, but the House will not take any immediate action on the matter. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield told reporters: "We are caught in the eye of a storm. The President is beleagured. The Vice- President is beleagured." NTIAL SPEECHWRITER Patrick Buchanan testifies before the Senate Watergate' Committee . He denied having any part in sabotage activities aimed at the Democrats. ! 0 de denies Republicans ithorized dirty. tricks' GTON (Reuter) - White .e Patrick Buchanan Senate Watergate com- ecture yesterday in the ies of Presidential pol- denied that political hip was improper, un- legal. ded as part of the polit- of ghost-written letters per editors, low - level 'Soul travel' studied by new campus cult political espionage, the forgery of campaign leaflets,' pranksterism, and even clandestine activities- within reason. BUCHANAN, a conservative who has been one of Nixon's. chief speechwriters, described himself as an intense Nixon loyalist-but he conceded that Nixon's 1972 cam- paign wasa negative one. The Nixon camp realized that the President had only "lukewarm" support among American voters and tried to persuade those voters to cast their ballots against a given Democratic candidate rather than for Nixon, Buchcanan said. With Buchanan's appearance in the witness chair, the Senate com- mittee shifted its attention from the burglary at the Democratic Party headquarters in the Water- gate office complex to the more general Republican Party effort to undermine the Democratic Party's 1972 presidential campaign. RUCHANAN. a former newsmnn Study initiated by'U' doctors to probe quaalude use, abuse strategy, which he largely helped to shape, was aimed at crippling Muskie's campaign and doing nothing to impede Sen. George Mc- Govern's effort to win the nomin- ation. McGovern was regarded by the Nixon camp as the easiest Dem- ocrat to beat. See BUCHANAN, Page 7 By PRAKASH ASWANI What is Eckankar? Is it a brand- new mysticism or a rehash of various- Eastern mysticisms? Devotees describe it as "The An- cient Science of Soul Travel" and it is the newest cult to hit the tures," he says. The true reality lies beyond this life, in what he calls the spiritual plane. Being alienated from this reality, Eckankaris believe individuals are forever suffering and groping in the dark for their true home. By JUDY RUSKIN Quaaludes have, in the last few years, become the "hip" drug among college and high school stu- dents across the nation. Despite the drug's widespread popularity, how- ever, very -little is known about how it works. qualone (proper name for quaa- ludes) in abused doses is actually physically addictive, like heroin, or whether it is a substance which fills a strictly psychological crav- ing." Answering this vital question, as well as treting Quaalude abusers. and dizziness to serious convul- sions are possible. AMONG THE POSSIBLE treat- ments under consideration are the use of the placebo - a phony pill which looks like quaaludes-to de- -termine if psychological factors