-1 SWAINSON VERDICT See Inside :Y A& A6F 41 Vol& 4 ga .AJ tAL t - I n, aiti TEPID High-70 Low-45 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 53 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, November 4, 1975 Ten Cents Eight Pages plus Supplement Ten Cents Eight Pages p!us Supplement FOS 00 WASHINGTON (N) - President Ford named a team of "my guys" yesterday night to manage national secur- ity affairs, and said, he has a promise of 1976 campaign support from Vice President Nelson Rockefeller who announced he will not run with him. , Ford pronounced himself happy and optimistic about the outlook for the administration, U.S. foreign policy, national security, and his election bid - in the wake of major personnel changes. IN A NATIONALLY televised White House news confer- ence, Ford said repeatedly that his shake-up at the top of the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Council was to install his own people, "the individuals that I want to work with very, very intimately." He said he wanted to be sure that U.S. allies and adversaries knew there would be continuity and stability in American police before dismantling the lineup of officials he inherited from Richard Nixon when the former president resigned on Aug. 9, 1974. Ford said he is now convinced that has been done. 0 . ; . . y= s 4" y 13 '+ i(fi.ij .. { 'j ' ';s "I BELIEVE the team that I've assembled will do a first class job," he said. On a day of overhaul for the adminstraton, Ford also an- nounced that Eliot Richardson, now U.S. .ambassador to Great Britain will become his secretary of commerce. These were the lineup changes: M At the Pentagon, White House chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld replaces Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger. Ford said Schlesinger is "owed a great debt of gratitude" but Rumsfeld is the man he wants. * At the CIA, George Bush, now U.S. emissary to Peking, will succeed William Colby, who Ford said, has done an out- standing job of working with Congress during a difficult period of intelligence investigations. 0 At the National Security Council, Lt. Gen. Brent Scow- croft will take over the directorship that has been held by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Ford said Kissinger "will have the dominant role in the formulation of and the carry- ing out of foreign policy," despite relinquishing the dual job. At Commerce, Richardson, the former attorney general, replaces Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton. Ford said Morton had told him he wanted to resign to return to private life and after the first of the year. He added that he will be calling on Morton for assistance in the future. 0 Succeeding Rumsfeld, Richard Cheney will become White House deputy. "THESE ARE my guys and the ones that I wanted and I hope and trust that their confirmation will be quick in the U. S. Senate," Ford said. He said he does not know when he will name successors to the diplomatic posts now held by Bush and Richardson. Penta- gon sources said-Schlesinger was offered the London ambassa- dorship but declined. Nor would he speculate on a possible vice presidential choice for 1976 now that Rockefeller has stepped aside. The vice president did so in a letter to Ford made public earlier in the day-without explanation. BUT FORD insisted that the letter speaks for itself, and would not discuss Rockefeller's reasons, except to say that the vice president's move was not prompted by their differences over federal guarantees to stave off bankruptcy in New York City. He called those differences "minimal." ierS onnel Ford said he didn't pressure Rockefeller to withdraw, but didn't try to talk him out of it, either. The President said it was Rockefeller's decision, and "I accepted it." He said Rockefeller has done a super job and will continue to do so in the months ahead. "Vice President Rockefeller has assured me categorically that he will support me in 1976," Ford said, dismissing an undercurrent of political speculation that Rockefeller might wind up as a candidate for the presidency himself. FORD DECLINED to discuss vice presidential choices in general, and to say in particular whether he might choose for- mer California Gov. Ronald Reagan or John C. Connally, the former Texas governor and secretary of the treasury, for his 1976 ticket. He said that while he is installing new bosses at the Pen- tagon and the CIA, he is keeping Kissinger because the secre- tary of state has done an outstanding job. Ford also denied the assertions of some congressmen and Pentagon sources that Schlesinger was forced out because of policy differences with Kissinger. See FORD, Page 3 flCUSEE * HAPPENC IYy Happenings ... . .happenings are dominated by politics today. The Teach-in kicks off a full day of lectures at 10:00 a.m. with Chuck Morgan and Frank Donner speaking about surveillance . . . at 1:30 p.m., the program continues with Blanch Cook, Steve Chorover, Dan Georgakas and Beverly Moore talking about mind control . . . you'd have to have a split personality to go to everything planned for 4:00 p.m.: Tapson Mawere, Ctr. for Chinese Stu- dies will speak on China's foreign policy in South Africa at 200 Lane Hall . . . Carrole Bellows, Illinois Bar Association president elect, will speak on politics in the Bar Association at the Lawyers Club Lounge. She's sponsored by the Women Law Students Association . . . at 7:30 p.m., the Teach- in looks toward the future with William String- fellow, Jeremy Rifkin, Eqbal Ahmad and Herbert Marcuse. Teach-in sponsors ask for donations and tickets are required for the evening session . Women in Communications will meet at 8 p.m. at 1420 Granger to hear the Chicago Defender's Ethel Payne. As phony as .. . The $2 bill is coming back next year after a 10- year layoff, but don't expect it to buy what it used to buy. Because of inflation, the new $2 bill will be worth only about $1.22, compared with the value of the twos that werenremoved from circulation in 1966. The government announced yesterday it will issue the bill on April 3, 1976, the birthday of Thomas Jefferson, whose portrait will be on the bill. Treasury officials said they also considered other prominent persons, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King and suffragette Susan B. Anthony, but decided Jefferson was the most appropriate. "None of the alternative choices are appropriately and consistently associated with the bicentennial as is Thomas Jefferson," according to the Treasury Dept. 0 Nixon picks Kennedy Former President Richard Nixon- is predicting that Senator Edward Kennedy will win next year's presidential election, syndicated columnists Row- land Evans and Robert Novak said yesterday. In their column, Evans and Novak said: "Richard Nixon has privately told friends the 'winner of the 1976 presidential election will not be his hand- picked successor, Gerald Ford, but instead that habitual non-candidate Senator Edward Kennedy." Evans and Novak added that this prediction is consistent with Nixon's awe of the Kennedys ever since his lossnto John Kennedy in the 1960 presi- dential election. CIA defended The man who is famous for remarking that "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue," apparently doesn't agree with his fellow congress- men and senators who are probing the govern- ment's intelligence agencies. "It is time to halt the investigations instead of handing out secrets to our enemies," Senator Barry Goldwater told a fundraising dinner last weekend. "I don't go along with the idea that the American people need to know everything." Goldwater, a member of the Senate committee investigating the intelligence gathering agencies, said the publicity surrounding investigations of the Central Intelligence Agency has done "a lot of damage." 0 On the inside .. . Arts Page features a review of Bonnie Raitt's concert in Hill Auditorium last Sunday by Jo Rocky out as VP on '76 ticket By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - Vice Presi- dent Nelson Rockefeller said yesterday he does not wish to run on President Ford's ticket next year, thus leaving the vice presidential nomination open to a tug of war between the Re- publican right and left. "After much thought, I have decided . . . that I do not wish my name to enter into your consideration for the upcoming v i c e presidential nominee," Rockefeller said in a letter de- livered personally to Ford. PRESIDENTIAL press secre- tary Ron Nessen, in announcing the letter, said there was a com- plete understanding between Ford and *his vice president and that the decision was made at Rockefeller's own initiative. Although Rockefeller has been inder heavy attack from the GOP right wing, the letter gave no hint of his reasons for step- ping down or of his own future pl ns. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said Rockefeller called to inform him of the de- cision and "said he felt reliev- ed." Asked prior to President Ford's news conference last night whether he expected Rockefeller to run for the presi- dential nomination, Mansfield renlied, "No, I think he's had enough of it." ROCKEFELLER flirted with the idea of a presidential bid in 1960 and campaigned for the GOP nomination in 1964 and 1968. But Ford's announcement last night that Rockefeller "has as- s' red me categorically that he will support me in 1976" damp- ened earlier speculation that the Vice President may challenge Ford for the nomination next year. However, Rockefeller's office See ROCKEFELLER, Page 3 Officials ush for Swainson re signation DETROIT (UPI)-State Supreme Court Justice John Swainson found himself under growing pressure to quit his post yesterday following his conviction Sunday night for perjury. Swainson secluded himself yesterday but promised a decision on his future within a few days. IN LANSING, there were reports that Swainson would resign shortly, the first justice in state history to quit because of a felony conviction. Through his lawyer, Konrad Kohl, Swainson said yesterday he was making up his mind on his future. "I think in the very near future, a few daya, he will make up his mind," Kohl told reporters. EVEN ASSOCIATES convinced of his innocence said Swain- son's long public life, which included a term as governor and 10 years as lieutenant governor, ended with his conviction. Pressure began growing for his resignation within hours of his conviction late Sunday on three counts of lying to a federal grand jury during an investigation of bribery conspiracy allega- tions against him. In quick succession: -George Bushnedd, president of the State Bar of Michigan, called for Swainson's immediate resignation to prevent an erosion of confidence in the judicial system. -Bobby Crim, speaker of the House, said Swainson's con- tinued presence on the high court poses a "problem," but said he was not ready to launch a campaign to remove him. AP Photo STANDING IN front of a large chandelier in th East Room of the White House, President Ford formally announces the overhaul of his Pentagon, CIA, and National Security Agency leader- ship during an evening press conference, Congress expresses concern over Ford's high-level shake-up From Wire Service Reports WASHINGTON - Congress reacted with surprise and dismay yesterday to news of President Ford's security shake-up and the departure of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller from the 1976 Republican elec- tion ticket. The dismissal of Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and CIA Director W i 11 i a m Colby sent ripples of shock through t h e Senate and House where both men, par- ticularly Schlesinger, are held in high re- gard. SENATE Democratic leader Mike Mans- field (D-Mont.) said he was flabbergasted at the dismissals. Ford's chief lieutenant in the Senate, Hugh Scott (R-Pa.), said he regretted the move. He described Schlesinger as one of the ablest men in public office and added he had the same feeling about Colby. But Scott reserved his strongest words for Rockefeller's withdrawal of his can- didacy for the 1976 Republican vice presi- dential nomination. THE SENATOR told reporters that he had spoken to Rockefeller yesterday morning and said he believed the Vice President felt he should relieve outside pressures on Ford. Many Republicans, particularly those on the right, have long regarded Rockefeller's place on the ticket as a liability. But Scott firmly rejected this argument, saying, "the Republcans can only win with a balanced ticket. We had better damn well have a balanced ticket." See CONGRESS, Page 2, -The executive director of the state Bar Association, Michael Franck, said he thought the watchdog Judicial Tenure Com- mission would take up the Swainson case "for sure." -Gov. William Milliken re- viewed the situation with legal advisers, but withheld imme- diate comment. -His fellow, high court jus- tices also met to discuss the case, but refused to comment. Chief Justice Thomas Kavanagh said, "At some appropriate time, we will make a state- ment." THE SEVEN-WOMAN, five- man jury acquitted Swainson on the bribery conspiracy charge,. but convicted a co-defendant on the same charge. See SWAINSON, Page 3 Kunstiler attacks U.S. police as repressive, asks reforms By JIM TOBIN William Kunstler, veteran de- fense attorney for America's radical vanguard, attacked the nation's police as a "front line against an advancing line of have-nots" during last night's segment of the Ann Arbor Teach-In. Kunstler, 56, who was in- volved in the legal defense of the Chicago Seven, Angela Da- vis, the Attica prison inmates, and the Native American in- surrectionists at Wounded Knee, S. D., acted as moderator of a panel discussion on police re- pression before a sizable audi- ence at Hill Auditorium. SPEAKING TO the weary crowd of over 1,000 were Black Panther Party leader David DuBois, Native American lead- er Regina Brave Dixon and not- ed leftist activists Tim Butz and John Frappier. Kunstler aroused most of the fervor of the audience, many of whom had attended several hours of workshops and lec- tures earlier in the day. The graying, flamboyant attorney has long symbolized the efforts of the "counter-culture" to pur- sue its goals within the estab- lished legal system. Raising his fist in greeting to the cheering crowd, Kuntsler launched his remarks with a condemnation of the alleged role of the police as enforcers of the "power structure" of the United States. "THERE ISN'T a day that goes by that we don't have some act of oppression against people in the ghetto," he declared. "The police are not the origi- nators of . . . repression. They renresent a system (of estab- lished repression) that instructs Teach-in, holds rally By ELAINE FLETCHER A noon rally to focus attention on the Ann Arbor Teach-in's .14ENUR 0