Con usion By MIKE GRUPE 0 Despite the March referendum vote which established a Rackham student government. confusion over the status of graduate student government on campus continues. Graduate Assembly (GA >. which has long been considered as a representative f body for graduate students, was declar- ed dissolved in April by Central Stu- dent Judiciary (CSJ), but GA's status nevertheless remains ambiguous. It appears, in fact, that the two or- ganizations may be able to work together in harmony, based on their differing con- ceptions of their respective roles. GA appears to see itself as a federation of various graduate and professional school student governments, while the Rackham continues on grad government goversnment views itself as the repre- resignation of Michael Knox Grad., and ness to cooperate with GA in the form- sentative body for Rackham students. indicated her willingness to consult with ulation of the proposed federation and Tentative plans are currently being RSG in making the appointment. on other issues concerning both groups. formulated for a Constitutional Conven- Contacted yesterday, Bommersbach Currently, GA and RSG are sharing of- tion of Graduate Assembly for this Fall. said, "We hope to contact all 11 grad- fice accommodations in the Rackham In smite of the CSJ action against GA, uate schools to invite their participation building. members and officers are pursuing "busi- in the convention and to solicit t he i r RSG developed out of action taken last ness as usual" in an attempt to create assistance in formulating the new fed- year against GA. Spearheading the action a more viable and creative organization. eration." was philosophy grad Michael Davis who According to GA president Jana Bom- Bommersbach noted that the 11 grad- initiated a suit brought against GA by mersbach, the purpose of the convention uate and professional schools mentioned the Law School Student Senate, the Ex- will be the creation of a graduate stu- include the new Rackham Student Gov- ecutive Committee of Philosophy Grad- dent government federation, outlined by ernment created in the March Student uate Students, John Koza. Grad., in GA officers earlier this Spring. Government Council elections. As hoped computer and communication science, Bommersbach also reported that GA by both GA and Rackham officers, the and Davis. has been asked by the Senate Advisory two organizations have been pursuing The suit, filed with CSJ, charged GA Committee on University Affairs cooperative efforts between themselves with being undemocratically constituted (SACUA) to appoint a student repre- in an attempt to resolve their differences. and unrepresentative of graduate stu- sentative to the Classified Research Com- Newly elected RSG president Don Fox dents. mittee to fill the vacancy created by the has expressed his organization's willing- See GRAD, Page 10 page three r irlit4tfl ItI.3 TROPICAL High--5 Low-55 Partly cloudy and mild. chance of thundershowers Tuesday, May 18, 1971 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN News Phone: 764-0552 NA R U.S. to consult NATO allies on ER TS!!! "ERTS," the Earth Resources Technology Satellite, is the subject of this Nati and Space Administration exhibit at Rackham Auditorium. The exhibit is there international symposium on remote sensing which began yesterday, CITES STATE LAW: Daily to stop sellii aborton referral v troop reductions WASHINGTON ()-- A State Department spokesman said last night the United States will consult its NATO allies on the Soviet Union's offers to discuss a mutual re- duction of military forces in Europe. Press Officer Charles Bray said that U.S. Ambassador Jacob Beam in Moscow met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko yesterday on instructions from Secretary i of State William Rogers. "Mr. Gromyko then confirmed that the Soviet govern- ment was prepared to discuss Oasl ToGottiie force reductions and expressed interest in further exchanges on B QM O H n OR this matter," Bray said. R ii~ O d t anal Aeronautics "Our ambassador stated that as part of an the United States would now con- sult lurther with our allies in s e s b i light of the Soviet response and the United States and NATO studies" since 1191 on mutual and reduction balanced reduction of forces in Europe. By CHRIS PARKS State Department officials said Detroit U.S: District J u d g e Gromyko reconfirmed Soviet Damon Keith said yesterday he willingness to discuss troop re- will "take under advisement" a ductions. He also expressed a motion by defense attorney preference for discussions of mu- Buck Davis to reduce the $100,- tual and balanced force reduc- 000 bond on Rainbow People's tions to take place in a form out- Party leader Pun Plamondon. side of a conference on European Plamondon is being held on scrtthey said. conspiracy charges stemming o changes in ad- The United States previously from the 196 8bombing of the adopted by The had objected to linking troop re- Ann Arbor offices of the Central staff. duction to a European security Intelligence Agency. a group of Uni- conference. Keith promised he would rule yhad requested State Department authorities on the motion by the end of this not publish ad- also stressed that the "clear will- week. Meanwhile, Plamondon the commercial ingness" of the Soviet Union to remains in jail, where he h a s it is also pos- open discussions on mutual force awaited trial for nine months. abortion referral withdrawals renders it inadvis- The Party contends that since rough non-profit able for the United States to dis- Plamondon cannot afford t h e such as the Uni- card a negotiating chance by de- $100,000 bond, it violates t h e Service, the Of- ciding unilaterally to ohdraw 'sti on by forcing him to LY, Page 10 troops from Europe.sTy ini I By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN In the midst of widespread controversy concerning the op- eration of commercial abortion referral agencies, The Daily has decided to stop selling advertis- ing to such firms. In a statement yesterday, Daily Business Manager James Storey cited several reasons for refusing to accept any further abortion referral advertising. Any advertising for abortion, Storey explained, violates the "literal language" of a pro- vision in Michigan's criminal code. The state law Storey referred to makes abortion advertising a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year imprisonment or a fine of up to $500. Section '750.34 of the crim- inal code states in part: ". the owner, publisher or manag- er of any newspaper . . . w h o shall advertise in any manner .. any means whatever where- by abortion (may be) produced, shall be guilty of a misdemean- or, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year or by a fine of n o t more than five hundred dollars." As additional justification of The Daily's decision, Storey cit- ed the policy set recently by the two largest papers in the state- the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News - both of which have decided to accept no fur- ther advertising for abortion re- ferral. Before discontinuing its ac- ceptance of abortion referral advertising, the News sent a team of reporters to New York to investigate the agencies in question. As a result of its re- porters' findings, it decided to accept no further advertise- ments from these firms. Last spring, The Dily also re- ported an investigation of the abortion referral business, bu t at that time, r vertising were Daily business In addition, versity womer that The Dail vertising for agencies since sible to obtain at no cost th organizations, versity Health See DAl ie conspiracy Lrla of ra- mondon and party leaders John Sinclair and Jack Forrest h as been stalled since Jan. 25, when Judge Keith ruled that Presi- dent Nixon and Attorney Gen- eral John Mitchell had violated the constitution by authorizing wiretaps on Plamondon with- out having first obtained a war- rant. Keith further ruled the gov- ernment had to turn over (to Plamondon> for inspection all illegally obtained information. On Jan..27, Mitchell said the government could not comply with the order "for security rea- sons." He also announced t h e ruling would be appealed. The government contention in the CIA bombing case is that this power extends to domestic groups or individuals who the Attorney General believes are engaged in activity which pre- sents a threat to the security of the government. time to sow,, a time to pl ow Ken Hughes relives a bygone era, hitching his team of mules to a relic plow near Athens, Mich., to turn his neighbor's farmland. Hugh's son tags along in the background.