ZZ irl ig tn 3att]4 Vol LXXI, No. 13-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 21, 1971 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Vol. LXXXlIIIIIIIIMIIIIII No 3SAnAbrMcia-rdy My2,17 e CnsTev ae -Daily-Gary Villan PSYCHOLOGY PROF. Robert Hefner considers the problems of the University's Center for L Research on Conflict Resolution. Cofl ic center awaits 4review board decision Nixon cites new accord in arms talk WASHINGTON (P' - President Nixon announced yes- terday what he termed a major step in breaking the stale- mate on nuclear arms talks between the United States and the Soviet Union. Nixon went on nationwide radio-television at noon to read a brief statement about the long stalled U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), timed with a similar statement issued in Moscow. The President said that as a result of negotiations at the highest level, the United States and the Soviet Union: -"Have agreed to concentrate this year on working out an agreement for the limitation of the deployment of antiballistic missile systems (ABMs);" -"Have also agreed that, together with concluding an agreement to limit ABMs, they will agree on certain measures with respect to the limitation of offensive stra- tegic weapons." "The two sides are taking this course in the conviction that it will create more favorable conditions for further negotiations to limit all strategic arms," the statement added. "These negotiations will be actively pursued." Praise, opimism and some skepticism greeted the an- nouncement in Congress. One of those voicing skepticism was Sen. J. W. Fulbright, D-Ark., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who said he also was puzzled. "They seem to think it is significant," Fulbright said. "Whether it is or not I don't know." He added that "there must be something more to it than I can grasp." Another Democratic leader, Rep. F. Edward Hebert of Louisiana, chairman of the House Armed Services Com- mittee, commented that "it's all well and good, but let's keep our powder dry." Republicans and some other Democrats rated the development favorably. Whether the two superpowers will actually reach a disarmament accord in the talks that began in 1969 re- mains to be seen. White House officials acknowledged that the two sides have not abandoned basic positions, which See ARMS, Page 2 By P. E. BAUER Members of the University's 12-year-old Center for Research on Conflict Resolution (CRCR) are still awaiting a University decision on their future. Citing financial problems, the LSA Executive Committee has been deliberating for the past five months on the question of whether to reappoint psychology Prof. Robert Hefner as chair- man of the Center, appoint a new chairman, or simply close the Center altogether. Hefner is convinced however that his and the Center's radi- cal political image may have as much to do with the review as the money crisis. . CRCR, a research and pub- lication organization, has been concerned since its inception with an area of peace research known as "conflict resolution." Most of the Center's work has been concentrated on the study of international policy, although projects have ranged from theo- ries on international conflict to analogous theories on interper- sonal conflict, including social and interracial problems. CRCR's w o r k includes seven areas of research: general theo- ries about conflict itself, the conditions and policy necessary for transforming a "nationalist" doctrine to an international out- look, the Cold War, the eco- nomic consequences of arms control and disarmament, development of international agencies and procedures, prob- lems of developing nations and domestic conflict, particularly of an interracial character. Although the Center deals with questions of peace, its own history has hardly been tran- quil. The bastard child of the graduate school, the political sc i e n c e department and the journalism department, CRCR has been viewed as a foundling by many administrators ever since, according to Hefner. Since 1959, when the Center was organized, its interdepart- mental nature created many problems. "We've always been regarded as interlopers by the See CENTER, Page 2 City, 'U' voice opposition to campus police force By JONATHAN MILLER Despite determined opposition by both Uni- versity and city officials, a Governor's budget proposal calling for the establishment of a Uni- versity police department is before the State Legislature and has a chance of becoming. law. For the past 23 years the University has paid a support subsidy to the city for police and fire protection-last year almost $1.2 million was paid to the city for this purpose-but the budget before the Legislature calls for an end to these payments and the establishments instead of separate University police and fire departments. Although no money was requested for this pur- pose, $500,000 has been allocated in the pro- posed budget to finance such operations, which would result in an overall saving to the state of over $600,000 next fiscal year. Cautious University officials are making no predictions on the 'possibility of mounting a suc- cessful lobby against the proposal in Lansing- and their sentiments are echoed by members of Gov. William Milliken's own staff. "It is premature to predict" the fate of the proposal, according to Chuck Sturtz of Milliken's budget bureau. "The Legislature still must hold hearings with University officials on the sub- ject-but it is a part of the Governor's recom- mendations." Vile-president for State Relations and Plan- ning Fedele Fauri said yesterday it "is almost. impossible to predict what will happen up there." "The legislature is busy deciding about a tax increase and there has been little opportunity as yet for lobbying on this question." Mayor Robert Harris, whose police depart- ment is facing budgetary difficulties of its own, is also adamantly opposed to the plan for cam- pus police-but he too is remaining mum on the question of whether the provision in the bill can be crushed. "We recognize that we can't hold these pay- ments any length of time, the point is that we can't give it all up this year," said Harris yes- terday afternoon. James Brinkerhoff, director of business opera- tions at the University, predicts a loss of effic- iency in campus security if the legislature forces the establishment of a separate police depart- ment for the campus. "There'll be a doubling-up of command offi- cers, manpower, equipment," he says. "Of course there'll be a loss of efficiency from the arrangement we have enjoyed with the city for 23 years." Bob Endriss, the member of the Governor's staff responsible for overseeing the University's budget, admitted yesterday "there are some good questions which have been brought up-I think we are willing to discuss them out we do wish to maintain the general thrust of the pro- posal." President Robben Fleming views the situa- See CAMPUS, Page 10 -auy-ary Vilamn TWO CITY OFFICERS patrol the diag outside the graduate library. Withdrawal of University support payments to the city may mean the institution of a separate campus police force.