THE Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXIV, No. 49-S Ann Arbor, Michign-Friday, July 26, 1974 Ten Cents Twelve Poges Court rejects cross district busing plan 5-4 vote repudiates Roth scheme Facing the facts Just before the afternoon session yesterday of the House Judiciary Committee's d e b ate on impeachment, Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas) catches up on the news. The committee finished its opening round of debate last night and will begin voting on articles of impeachment today. See story, page 3. Youth home 'consultants' By AP and UPI WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled against cross-district busing for racial balance yesterday in a case involving late U.S. Dis- trict Judge Stephen Roth's Detroit school desegregation plan. The high court agreed, however, with Roth's finding that Detroit schools are segregated and ordered the formulation of a city-only plan. BY A 5-4 vote, the court ruled that unless Michigan officials racially gerry- mandered school district boundaries or arranged for white students to attend school in the suburbs "they were under no constitutional duty to make pro- vision for Negro students to do so." The majority opinion written by Chief Justice Warren Burger, was described as "a giant step backwards" by Justice Thurgood Marshall, the only black mem- ber of the court. "A Detroit-only plan simply has no hope of achieving actual desegregation," Marshall wrote. JUSTICE William Douglas, in a sep- arate dissent, said the decision will doom blacks to attend inferior schools because blacks are usually poorer. The court held last year that it is constitutional to finance schools through property tax collections which vary be- tween rich and poor districts. The two decisions taken together add up to a statement by the court that there is no violation of constitutional rights "though the schools are segre- gated by race and though the black schools are not only separate but in- ferior," Douglas wrote. DOUGLAS also subscribed to Mar- shall's dissent, as did Justices Byron White and William Brennan. Burger, in his majority opinion, said the interdistrict busing plan "would im- pose on the outlying districts, not shown to have committed any constitutional violation, a wholly impermissible rem- sdy." BEFORE the boundaries of separate and autonomous school districts may be set aside by consolidating the separate units for remedial purposes or by im- posing a cross-district remedy, it must first be shown that there has been a constitutional violation within one district that produces a significant segregation effect in another district," Burger wrote. The decision is expected to affect de- segregation cases which are in various stages of court action in a number of cities. In Lansing, Governor William Milliken and State Attorney General Frank Kelley sxpressed satisfaction with the court's decision. And all three Democratic can- didates for governor said they were pleased as well. "It is a victory for reason," Milliken said. "I am delighted that the highest court in the land agreed that cross district busing is not a permissable remedy in this case." deny llnk with By CHERYL PILATE and GORDON ATCHESON At least 11 of 14 doctors listed as the University Center's consulting medical staff in documents submitted to the state Department of Mental Health deny any direct involvement with the facility. The University Center, a local private institution housing emotionally disturbed adolescent males, is now being probed Senate probers hit local youth center program See story, Page 9 by a U.S. Senate subcommittee for ap- parent abuses including inadequate treat- ment procedures, suspicious billing prac- tices, and dealing of illegal drugs among patients. OWNED AND operated by Dr. Arnold Kambly, who serves as the facility's only psychiatrist, the center has no connec- tion with the University. Kambly presented the list to the mental health department last October when he sought licensing of the facility as a psychiatric hospital. After a lengthy investigation, the agency denied Kam- bly's request on grounds that the in- stitution provided a substandard psy- chiatric program. .Although the 11 doctors say they have treated a few of the center's residents over the last several years, all of them expressed astonishment at being con- sidered staff consultants. "I DON'T even know where the place is," said Dr. William Rekshan, a radiolo- gist at the Washtenaw X-ray Laboratory. "The only thing I can figure out is that their employes get chest x-rays at the clinic where I work." A staff member at the center would not comment on the apparent irregulari- ties concerning the consulting staff and said Kambly would have to be asked. Kambly could not be reached as he was testifying before the Senate subcommit- tee. The only physician who considered himself a member of the consulting staff had treated only two of the center's patients during the past two years. WHILE NO clear-cut definition of the term "staff consultant" exists, appoint- ment generally involves a formal appli- cation procedure. "In my opinion being a member of a consulting staff is a formal arrangement where the doctor, is in direct involve- ment with the hospital," said Dr. Gilbert Small, a local dentist listed by Kambly. "I've never applied to be a consulting staff member and have never talked to Kambly." A spokesperson for the Association of Hospital Consultants in Washington, D.C. said each hospital establishes its own See CENTER, Page9