FREE ISSUE :1.1 LIE 43U 43attu FREE ISSUE S Vol. XCV, No. 81 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, January 9, 1985 FREE ISSUE Twelve Pages FW Baker and Regan to swap posts WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan was kept in the dark for days as three leaders of his administration secretly engineered a deal for a job sway between White House chief of staff James Baker III and Treasury Secretary Donald Regan. With Baker on his right, grinning broadly, and Regan on his left, Reagan announced the switch at a hastily called, nationally televised meeting of White House reporters. THE JOB change, which must await Senate confirmation of Baker's nomination to the Treasury post, would involve expanded responsibilities for both men, giving Cabinet rank and membership on the top-secret National Security Council to each. Baker, a wealthy Houston lawyer, also would become the administration's chief economic spokesman, supplan- ting the chairman of the President's Council on Economic Advisors, a post which has been vacant since the depar- ture of Martin Feldstein. And Regan, a 66-year-old former Wall Street broker, would retain his seat at the Cabinet table, a privilege rarely accorded White House staff members. The switch means that none of the "Big Three" aides who guided White House operations and policy for most of the president's first term will be staying on in their present positions. Sussman o By CHARLES SEWELL Alfred Sussman, interim vice- president for research, approved a proposal to renew a classified research project despite the recommendation from a student and faculty committee that he reject the proposal. Sussman approved renewal of Professor Theodore Birdsall's project which has been sponsored by the U.S.- Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the past 24 years. IN DECEMBER the Research Policies Committee (RPC) voted 6-6 to reject the renewal proposal. Under the rules of the committee, a tie vote is con- sidered a rejection. Committee chair- They are trading places in the White House. Donald Regan, left, is leaving the Treasury to head the White House staff, while James Baker is taking over the Treasury position after heading the White House staff during Reagan's first term. ONLY A WEEK ago Baker, once.the top outsider in the president's inner cir- cle, appeared to have emerged as the senior assistant closest to Reagan following the announcement that deputy chief of staff and longtime Reagan aide Michael Deaver plans to leave government, probably to take a high-paying public relations job. The other member of the triumvirate, presidential counselor Edwin Meese III, has been renominated for attorney general to succeed William French Smith, another old friend of Reagan's who wants to return to private life in California. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan first approached Baker with the idea. But the president, who first heard of it on Monday, said both men, whom he described as "ex- traordinarily talented individuals'," were anxious for a change. "EACH HAS indicated that while willing to serve in whatever capacity I see REAGAN, Page 2 kays classified man William Williams speculated that peratures the Navy's sponsorship of the project could impr may have been a factor in the commit- Sussmai tee's decision to reject the proposal. cy of the w Piers Lewis, a student member of the experimen RPC, said he objected to the project those used because it may have military ap- "Even i plications. that (the Sussman said he approved the plications renewal "because I do not believe that because it there is a demonstrable, strong connec- Lewis. tion between the results that will be ob- THE tained throught this work and the guidelines destruction and incapacitation of plications human beings." life shall n BIRDSALL'S PROJECT involves Oppositi using sound waves to study tem- Se project changes in the ocean, which rove weather forecasting. n explained that the frequen- Navelengths used in Birdsall's nt are very different from by the Navy. f there is a 1 percent chince research) has military ap- I would vote against it ... violates the guidelines," said CLASSIFIED research state that research with ap- for the destruction of human ot be conducted on campus. ion to this project began with e BIRDSALL, Page 3 . Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON Bitn the dust United States Naval personnel drop in on Holiday Bowl VII. The descending parachutists were a part of the lavish pre- game festivities at San Diego's Jack Murphy stadium last December 21. Michigan dropped the game to eventual national champion Brigham Young, 24-17. Full coverage of the Holiday Bowl begins on page 10. New 'U' council to outlne *duies and procedures Graceland mobbed for Elvis' birthday homage By LAURIE DELATER The new members of the University Council, the group responsible for developing conduct rules for members of the University community, made an about-face at their first meeting last month. The eight new members were appoin- ted to two-year terms on the council last month after University President Harold Shapiro requested that the panel review the administration's revision of the Rules of the University Community. One faculty member is yet to be appointed. THE PROFESSORS and administr- ators on the council first rejected the proposals made by two student members. Those proposals called for a public statement outlining the coun- cil's duties and a review of the procedures of the previous University Council. That council spent 19 months. revising the Rules of the University Community into what has been dubbed the "proposed student code for nond- academic conduct." But by the end of the 90-minute meeting, the professors and ad- ministrators agreed to review the past council by asking Prof. C. William Colburn, chair of the previous council, and University President Harold Shapiro to attend their meeting this month answer questions. They also elected s acting chairperson LSA senior Lee Winkelman, who is one of th three students on the council and who in the past has been an outspoken critic of the code. Social Work Prof. Ann Hartman argued against an administrator's request that one of the two faculty members chair the council. She said neither she nor Medical School Prof. Donald Rucknagel had the time and that a student chairperson would restore student trust in the council which the student members said had been lost. WINKELMAN said some students have lost faith in the University Council because it has not followed regental bylaw 7.02. The bylaw says that students and faculty should have equal say in the formulation of rules which govern them through the University Council. The council is composed of three students, See COUNCIL, Page 2 From AP and UPI MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Elvis Presley look-a-likes and fans from as far away as Australia, England, Germany, and Japan thronged to the late superstar's mansion yesterday, as people around the country remembered the "king of rock 'n' roll" on what would have been his 50th birthday. Approximately 500 Elvis fans came to offer birthday wishes to the rock 'n' roll king born in Tupelo, Miss., Jan. 8, 1935. Presley died in his Memphis Mansion Aug. 16, 1977, of a suspected drug over- dose. IN ST. LOUIS, hundreds who flocked to Blueberry Hill, a '50s night club filled with Elvis memorabilia, filed past a "Happy Birthday Elvis" cake, Elvis dolls and valuable first-pressing Elvis records. "There will never be another 50th and we had to be here," said Carol Ann Der, who was among 43 people who made an 18-hour bus ride from Baltimore for the celebration. "I come here twice a year, and this is the biggest crowd I've seen in January." Fans lined up as early as 6 a.m. CST despite temperatures in the 30s to hear proclamations read declaring Jan. 8 Elvis Presley Day in Tennessee. "I LOVE HIM," said Kiyoshi Ito, of Tokyo, Japan, who performs as an Elvis impersonator. "When he died, I thought about suicide. He was an original. His heart has got com- munication with the audience, and that's why he's loved by so many people." . Elizabeth Woznick, 74, said her first visit to Graceland was the culmination of a dream. "I liked the way he was sweet and friendly, and his music. I always wanted to come, and my family told me I could go on his 50th birthday." TODAY Terminator The perfect legislative aide made its bow in the California Legislature - incapable of leaking: information or making a speech and too short to be threatening. The 3-foot-high robot rolled down the aisle of the Senate chamber Monday, banging into desks occasionally, following an introduction by Sen. William Campbell, a Republican. Democrats remarked that the! robot, like some Republicans, seemed to veer toward the right. The inflated-plastic robot wore a black top hat and a black T-shirt with a tuxedo painted on for its appearance at the opening session of the 1985 legislature. "He's going to bring things onto the floor," Campbell said, explaining a tray strapped to the robot's chest. "When I'm thirsty, he'll bring Cabbage fan arrie's 71-year-old foster grandfather, Grant Trigger, munched chipsi and a hot dog at a tailgate picnic before a football game this fall. The true-