Vol. LXXXI, No. 41-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, July 8, 1971 Ten Cents Eight Poges Back to nature # Senators Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.) co-sponsors of legislation aimed at reversing the trend of rural migration to the big cities, discuss their program yesterday at the Capi- tol. The legislation is designed they say, to make it "the right of every American to have a free choice of where he shall live". Grievance plans near acceptance By P. E. BAUER A new University grievance appeal procedure, being drawn up j o i n t 1 y by representatives of the University Women's Commission and the University executive officers, stands to be finalized early next week, says Women's Com- mission Chairman Barbara Newell. The acceptance of the new procedure is subject to the approval of both groups. If approved, it would be used for one year in cases involving disputes between the Univer- sity and its non-union staff. "We are hopeful that the new grievance procedures will be ac- cepted by the Executive Com-A A mittee at their meeting next Tuesday," says Newell. "Not only the Women's Commission and p lan UT the grievants, but even the ad- ministration realized the need for a change."eg Significant changes in the ttiI / grievane pr*ocereinclu1de a: .EAJL L.1JL. VA S change in the composition of the committee which hears cases By ALAN LENHOFF involving University-employe The Ann Arbor Police De- disputes. Under the new provi- partment is sponsoring a pro- sions, the committee would con- gram to help local residents sist of a member selected by the mark their property in order to employe, one chosen by the dean discourage burglaries and to aid or administrative department in identifying stolen goods. h e a d concerned. T h e s e two Officer Charles Ferguson says members would select the third the program - named Oper- member of thse group. ation Identification - makes Under the grievance proced- available to the public electric urea currently in effect, the re- "pencils," vibrating instruments view committee conaiataof the than can be used to carve iden- supervisor, and a representative tifying symbols on almost any of the grievant. item. ohrdin t.ewthr- The pencils are used to mark According to Newell, the re- the owner's drivers' license vised committee would 'be more number on his possessions. Sto- impartial, and get around the len items can be traced back to problem of having the decision their owners almost immed- reviewed by precisely those peo- iately if they are so marked ple who were responsible for a through the Law Enforcement decision which was unacceptable Information Network a com- to the grievant in the first tfrainNtok acm place." h aputer center in Lansing that place." h as records of all Michigan Other changes will give the driver's licenses. grievant the right to cross-ex- amine the respondent in the If a resident does not have a hearing, and the right to all in- Michigan driver's license, Fer- formation used by the review guson explains, the police de- committee in making their deci- partment will assign him a sion. special number to mark on his See COMPLAINT, Page 2 See ANTI-THEFT, Page 2 PARIS TALKS: U.S., S4 of new PARIS (I) - The United States and South Vietnam, on the eve of today's session of the Vietnam talks, were preparing a cautious approach to the new. Viet Cong peace proposals. Allied diplomats put aside any speculation that a flat accept- ance or rejection of the peach package will be laid on the table at the International Conftrnce Center. "We have to know fir }t whe- ther the other aide is no. pre- pared for serious negotiations, . Viets cautious peace proposal pared to see Kissinger if he asked for a meeting. Tho said yesterday that the Communist offer to return war prisoners if American forces are withdrawn by the end of 1971 was not dependent on a political set- tlement in South Vietnam. Instead, he said that the ques- tions of prisoners and withdraw- al could now be negotiated sepa- rately in the peace talks, with political arrangements to be dis- cussed afterward. In Washington, Senate Demo- cratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana noted that Tho and Binh had indicated there was flexibility in the Communist po- sition and added that there ap- peared to be "a lot of room for give and take." President Georges Pompidou met with his Cabinet and a cabi- net spokesman said that subjects discussed included the Viet Cong peace proposals. The Cabinet, he added, pointed out "new ele- ments favorable to peace" in the proposals and noted interest has been shown by the United States in the plan. Principal attention was being directed at the first point in Binh's proposal. She said in es- sence that if the United States withdraws its troops from South Vietnam by the end of this year that all prisoners of both sides will be freed. The U.S. is seeking clarifica- tion on a number of points, in- cluding the following: -Binh said that before priso- ners are released, the United States must stop the policy of "Vietnamization of the war." The U.S. delegation wants to know if this means that all training and aid of South Vietnamese forces must be halted; -Binh said that all U.S. bases in South Vietnam must be dis- mantled. American advisors won- der in this includes bases already turned over to the South Vietna- mese; and -Binh spoke of freeing "the to- tality of men of all parties and of civilian captured in the war." While North Vietnamese say they only hold 339 American POW's, the U.S. claims the figure is ac- tually much higher. Beyond seeking more explicit terms from the Communists, the possibility of presenting counter- proposals was not excluded by the American delegation. Meanwhile, the U.S. cominand in South Vietnam reported that battlefield action dipped to one of its lowest levels of the war last week. Some observers think the North Vietnamese in the far north, the latest active front, have pull back after taking severe losses. Some see no significance to the drop off in fighting. Few think the Viet Cong peace plan is a factor. While you can't read any sig- nificance into it," said one mili- tary source, "it is safe to say that the activity at present is as low as it has ever been." Henry Kissinger and so far we don't "cally know," said one official. The 1,000-word peace plan put forth by the Viet Cong's Nguyen Thi Binh last Thursday wis be- ing dissected by U.S. and South Vietnamese officials fcr vari- ances in interpretation. A climate of strong suspicion was evident on the allied side that the Viet Cong plan. strong- ly endorsed by toe North Vietna- mese, was not what it appeared to be at first glance, and instead was a new thrust in a propaganda war that has stalled most of the 119 sessions of the peace confer- ence. W Henry Kissinger, President Nixon's national security advis- er, told reporters in New Delhi he had no plans to meet polit- buro member Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam when he reaches Paris this weekend. The North Vietnamese delegation said in Paris last week Tho was pre- Woman commander Lt. Col. Dalla Rez, left in white uniform, commands her Israeli Army Unit during a march. Dalla, a commander in the women's army will lead this mixed contingent on a good will trip to Holland to march there.