Ninety-Two Years of Editorial Freedom e~~~It 31 l~at ig NOT YET Cooler today with rain showers turning to snow showers and a high around 40, on this less-than- desirable first day of spring. b Vol. XCII, No. 134 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Qaily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, March 21, 1982 Ten Cents Eight Pages r Mob. clashes with Nazis at rally About 50 police officers with riot gear stormed through a mob gathered outside the Federal Building yesterday to rescue 15 neo- Nazis who had been cornered and were fighting with demon- strators. The Nazis, who had originally planned to rally in front of City Hall, made a surprise appearance at the Federal Building on Liberty St. instead and staged a brief "anti-communism rally"' before being driven back by the surging mob. MORE THAN 1,200 demonstrators had gathered at City Hall, where the Nazis were expected to show up. But af- ter learning that the Nazis were instead rallying at the Federal Building, many demonstrators marched the two blocks to the plaza, chanting anti-Nazi slogans. At the Federal Building, shouting matches escalated and the mob forced the Nazis back toward the building's glass entrance, pelting them with rocks and chunks of ice. After two of the building's glass doors were smashed by rocks and as the demonstrators clashed with the Nazis waving clubs and sticks, police equip- ped with riot gear charged through the crowd and formed a protective circle around the group. POLICE THEN escorted the group around the Federal Building to a parking lot where the group's van was supposed to be parked. The group's driver, however, had left the area and the group was forced to cower against the wall of another building, protecting themselves with shields bearing swastikas as demonstrators hurled bot- tles and rocks over the police line. Police then cleared a path down Fourth St., jabbing demonstrators with Daily staff writers Andrew Chapman, David Meyer, David Spak, Fannie Weinstein, and Barry Witt filed reports for this story. It was written by Meyer. .J nightsticks to make way for a police bus, which inched through the mob. The Nazis were still fending off rocks and bottles with their shields, as police her- ded them onto the bus, which then whisked the Nazis to safety. The Nazis unexpectedly appeared on the steps of the Federal Building at noon before about 50 passers-by and others who were preparing for a peaceful 1 p.m. counter-demonstration. Two blocks away, a group of some 1,200 protestors and almost the entire Ann Arbor police force waited for the Nazis to show up at City Hall. ABOUT 10 minutes later, one demon- strator at City Hall heard from police that the Nazis were two blocks away. He ran from the police into the crowd, shouting "They're at the Post Office. The Nazis are at the Post Office. Minutes later the demonstratc's filled Fifth St. and began marching toward the Federal Building. When they arrived, they found the Nazis standing on the steps of the Federal Building, displaying anti-communist signs and speaking out against the demonstrators. As increasing numbers of the demon- strators streamed onto the plaza, the Nazis retreated against a wall of the Federal Building. The growing mob closed in on the Nazis, who were wearing riot helmets and wielding nightsticks. The Nazis were soon cornered against the glass See NAZIS, Page 8 Daily Photo by KIM HILL NEO-NAZIS, cornered by the entrance to the Federal Building, fend off demon- strators with nightsticks and riot gear. Some of the more than 1,000 demonstrators had rushed the group of 15 neo-Nazis fighting them with rocks and posts from picket signs. About 50 police with riot gear were required to rescue the Nazis from the demonstrators. The man with black cap at right, one of the neo-Nazis, was later seen bleeding from his face. Hi-tech issues discussed at forum By JIM SPARKS influence in Michigan's high techno and SCOTT STUCKAL s would like to point out my optimism that there rocsdevelopment, n d impact st ThP pointl optimism'a waant of robtis adig technology ology udies yare voice in the state's high technology development efforts, and they want to know the impact the new industry will have on their state, their jobs, and their lives, according to participants in a local high technology conference yesterday. Representatives of labor, business, and academia met at Rackham Hall to discuss "Robotics and High Technology: A new direction for Michigan?" with an audience of about 650 students, scientists, and industry figures. A GROUP OF students in the School of Natural Resources organized the conference with Prof. Bunyan Bryant, the forum's opening discussion moderator. The students said they were is much good that will come from this (new) technology.' -Daniel A tkins acting director, CRIM hoping to present a broad range of discussion on Michigan's high technology efforts., "In a nutshell, there's a real question as to whether high technology is a miracle cure for what's ailing Michigan," said City Councilmember Lowell Peterson (D-Second Ward), a participant in one of the sessions of the conference, "Ann Arbor: Another Silicon Valley?" "In the community meetings I have attended where the question of high technology has been raised, the speakers have all been representatives of high technology," he said. ALTHOUGH high technology infusion "could help the Ann Arbor area, because of job loss, it could be bad for the state," Peterson said. Several speakers at the conference said that, in addition to a strong public crucial. "The real question is who decides the process of high technology develop- ment, and what will the impact be," said Harley Shaiken, a researcher for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "THE STATISTICS that Chrysler has come up with is that one robot will replace one point seven workers and two point seven assembly line workers," he said. Joel Yudken, a researcher on. the mid-peninsula project in California's Silicon Valley, emphasized that that area has . high unemployment, especially among minorities and un- See ECONOMIC, Page 2 Residential yesterday. Daily Photo by JON SNOW College Prof. Carl Cohen speaks to a "human dignity" rally Human dignity rally goes on as scheduled 'U' staff to begin addressing reviews By NANCY BILYEAU and LOU FINTOR Increasing tensions surrounding recently announced program reviews have led University faculty and administrators to initiate at least two courses of ac- tion aimed at calming fears of severe budget cuts or discontinuance. Administrators announced on Thursday that the schools of Art, Education, and Natural Resources will be the first three academic units reviewed under the University's Five-Year Plan. IN AN OPEN letter scheduled for release tomorrow to the University community, Vice President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye explained the upcoming review procedures while expressing his regret that such drastic actions have become necessary. "I want to convey the sense of.reluctance that we share in taking this action," Frye wrote in the letter. "We are mindful of the adverse effects that the mere announcement of these reviews is likely to have. "Most notably, the important scholarly endeavors of many faculty and student colleagues will be upset by these activities," Frye explained. "It deeply sad- dens us that so high a price will be exacted from valuable members of the community." According to Frye, the current reviews are "only a manifestation of the persistent underfunding of the University of Michigan by our state government over the last decade." In another move, faculty and staff at the School of Art said yesterday that they will conduct an open meeting tomorrow to discuss the review process as well as address student concerns. "I'm going to try to do my best to acquaint students with how these reviews take place," said School of Art Dean George Bayliss. "I don't want students to think that this i's a forced march or execution." The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. in the School of Art and Architecture auditorium on the University's North Campus, Bayliss said. By FANNIE WEINSTEIN Amid the rubble of broken glass, streams of broken eggs and splattered vegetables on the steps of the Federal Building-the only traces of yester- day morning's violent confrontation between a group of neo-Nazis and coun- ter-demonstrators-a "peaceful rally affirming human dignity and freedom" went on as scheduled at 1 p.m. The last-minute decision by the Detroit-based Security Services Action Group to march at the Federal Building -rather than in front of City Hall, as they had announced-raised no question of cancelling the afternoon rally for peace, according to its leaders. "I'M NOT surprised that the Nazis came down here," said Rabbi Allan Kensky, an organizer of the coalition of 25 groups sponsoring the 1 p.m. rally. "We were going to go on regardless. We wanted to make a positive statement." Drawing a crowd of about 350, the af- ternoon rally was a very different response to the Nazi march than the earlier counter-demonstrations in- volving more than 1,000 protestors. "I think we brought many people together, people of all backgrounds, faiths, and ethnic groups," Kensky said. "We're hoping that this is not the end, but is just the beginning, of the cause f'or human dignity." MAYOR LOUIS Belcher, describing the neo-Nazis as "repugnant," told the crowd that they were gathered "to reaf- firm our belief that every citizen has certain inalienable rights." State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Ar- bor), spoke about the goals of See HUMAN, Page 3 TODAY Straight from the tap HE PECULIAR taste and odor which Ann Arbor residents had the pleasure of experiencing early this week in their tap water was "directly related to the flooding of local rivers," according to Larry Sanford, assistant superintendent of the city's water treat- ment plant. The source of the unusual taste and odor was "totally organic," he said. "The river tastes like that all the time. As the volume of the river water rose, so did the quan- tity of material which produces the offensive taste and prepared and many of the members hadn't gotten around to saying whether they would show up. But that was expected, and somehow the Procrastinator's Club of America awards banquet went off right on schedule, honoring two states and the world itself for defying time. The Philadelphia-based organization, founded in 1956, boasts 4,000 members world- wide. "Well, that's 4,000 who are paid up," club president Les Waas said. "We think we have at least half a million more who haven't paid yet. We've held banquests at least half the years since we've been founded," Waas said, tongue firmly implanted in cheek. "We hold them whenever we figure it's been a while since we had the last one." The Cleaning up the act Tales from the stadium floor: candy bar wrappers and cups of tobacco juice mean country-and-western. The remains of funny-looking cigarettes mean rock'n'roll. The cleanup crews at the University of Florida's O'Connell Cen- ter, site of concerts and athletic events, say they can judge a crowd by its trash. "Ican tell you what the event is I'm cleaning up after, just by the garbage pile," said Dan Burghoffer, an engineering student who works part-time cleaning up the facility. "One sure sign is a lot of those Snicker's candy bar wrappers. You know it was a country- and-western cnncert " Rurghnffer said. Clenn sunervisor chemical similar to tear gas. The local chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality unanimously asserted "the Ann Arbor Police Department has demonstrated a racist attitude toward the Black Community in the inhumane treatment of Black people." Also on this date in history: " 1974- Regent Gerald Dunn told the Daily he planned to introduce 'a motion calling for public disclosure of all University employees'salaries. * 1972- A two-day suspension of all architecture classes, in an attempt by the department to "rethink" its programs, ended. : * 1945- Comnulonrv nnt-war miiitarv training is the II . i