P , t C t Ftxi 41) tt1,3 .Vol LXXX1, No. 66-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, August 12, 1971 T en Cents Eight Pages Lindsay shifts -Associated Press NEW YORK MAYOR John V. Lindsay is surrounled by newsmen as he announces his switch to the Democratic party yesterday. JOINS HIRP: RP affiiate wth to Dem. party; berates Nixon NEW YORK (R) - Mayor John V. Lindsay made his long-anticipated switch from the Republican to the Demo- cratic party yesterday. "Whether this means I will run for president I do not know," Lindsay told a news conference. At another point, he said, "I am not at all persuaded that it would be viable for me to become a candidate for national office." In a statement attacking President Nixon's admin- istration, Lindsay said the GOP "has finally become a closed institution." "It has stifled dissent," he 7 went on, "and driven progres- sives from its ranks. It has shunnod fresh ideas and dis- couraged first voters. And it has rejected internal reforms so that grass-roots Republicans cannot c challenge their present leader- ship." ) It is axiomatic with m a n y al' New Yorkers that Lindsay's popularity increases the further away he gets from the city. SAIGON A') - Vice Presi- He has been blamed here fo r dent Nguyen Cao Ky claimed municipal strikes, the decline this morning his disqualifi- of the subway and other city cation from S o u t h Viet- services, the growth of the wel- fare rolls until one out of every nam's presidential election 8 New Yorkers is on relief, and was illegal but he indicated a vast expansion of the city's he would not appeal. payroll since tse took office in He contended during a news 1966. conference at the presidential On the other hand, Lind- palace that there was no basis say enjoys considerable politi- for the Supreme Court ruling cal stature outside of New York. here last Thursday that his pe- His opposition to the Vietnam titions for candidacy in the Oct. war has won him favor among 3 balloting were invalid. the young, and he has emerg- "No legal provision entitles ed as a spokesman for the na- thesecretariat of the courtuto tion's financially hard-pressed make such an arbitrary and urs- cities. Sichasalso enjoyed good lawful decision." Ky said, add- relations with the nation' sblack ing that for this reason he does minorities, not recognize the validity of the court's list of approved candi- Democratic presidential hope- dates. fuls generally made Lindsay The vice president's argu- welcome in their party. Sen. ment apparently was based on Hubert H. Humphrey (D- the fact that the rulings were Minu., the party's last presi- made not by the full nine-mem- dential candidate, said: "H i s ber Supreme Court but by ad- decision to leave the Republi- ministrative officials. can party undoubtedly reflects Although he apparently has the views of many hundreds of decided against appealing that thousands of voters who sup- decision, Ky declined to rule ported the Nixon-Agnew ticket himself out of the race, but in 1968 and have now come to said he would leave his fate to realize that th-y made a mis- "the knowledge and the con- take." science" of the court. statewide thir I By CHRIS PARKS Ann Arbor's Radical Indepen- dent Party (RIP) has decided to ally itself with the state-wide Human Rights Party {HRP) but the precise nature of the part- nership and its implications re- main as yet undefined. HRP is an independent "third party" formed last fall to pre- sent a more "radical" alterna- tive to the policies of the Demo- crats and Republicans. The party is composed largely of disaf- fected Democrats, most notably Zolton Ferency, former Demo- cratic candidate for governor. At an open meeting last night RIP members discussed the mer- ger along with possible implica- tions for the eight-month-old Ann Arbor party. Chief among the topics of dis- cussion was to what extent RIP should involve itself in a na- tional presidential campaign next fall. HRP is at present in- volved in a national coalition of third parties which is planning on nominating a presidential fparty candidate for the 1972 election. Extended debate took place both on support of the coalition candidate and the general con- cept of a "third party" presi- dential campaign. RIP member Eric Chester called efforts by the national co- alition to raise a presidential campaign "premature". The third party movement, he said, lacks a "solid base" for such an effort. Nancy Burghardt, coordinator of RIP, however, said RIP would "gain by being affiliated" with a national campaign. Being able to vote for a presidential candi- date, she said, seems more rele- vant to many people, than vot- ing merely for local candidates. In a close 10 to 8 vote the party approved a motion to support a third party presidential cam- paign as a general concept, but moved subsequently to place con- ditions on this support. The party, it was decided, will not support the third party can- didacy of anyone who maintains ties with the Democratic Party or who runs in any of the Demo- cratic primaries. Further, considerable senti- ment was expressed among the RIP membership to urge HRP not to commit itself to the coalition's candidate until the candidate is chosen. Other areas discussed includ- ed the procedures to be em- ployed in HRP meetings. It was decided to urge the HRP to maintain a democratically elect- ed leadership that is "respon- sive to the constituency of the party." Burghardt was chosen to rep- resent RIP at the state conven- tion of HRP on Sunday, Aug. 15, at Oakland Community Col- lege. At the convention, Burghardt will present the RIP platform Including its positions on non- support of Democrats. RIP officials maintain that the decision to join HRP could possibly be revoked following the convention. This was not, however, viewed as likely. ", L 5 1 a r a 7 i S t -Associated Press Flood-caused derailment Crews continued working yesterday to clear track'on the federally owned Alaska Railroad, blocked north. of Anchorage Monday night when flood waters caused a derailment. The flood, north- east of Anchorage, also has flooded 100 homes and the only road link between Fairbanks and Anchorage. RIP MEMBERS analyze the implications of their decision to Join with the statewide Homan Rights Party.