Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVIII, No. 61 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Monday, December 7, 1987 Copyright 1987, The Michigan Daily City okays warrants for protester Student faces assault charges from officers --~--- -Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Nearly a quarter of a million marchers protesting Soviet treatment of Jewish refuseniks filled the mall between the United States Capitol and the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. yesterday. Marc hers. By STEVE BLONDER Special to the Daily WASHINGTON, D.C. - A series of distinguished speakers described the plight of Soviet Jews to hundreds of thousands of people gathered yesterday to put free emigration on the agenda on the eve of the Reagan-Gorbachev summit. The "Freedom Sunday" march, led by nobel prize winner Elie Wiesel and Soviet emigre Natan Sharansky, began at the Ellipse opposite the White House and was followed by a rally at KGB agents confront Soviet ralliers MOSCOW (AP) - Hundreds of burly men in civilian clothes roughed up refuseniks and jour- nalists yesterday and knocked down and detained U.S. TV journalist Peter Arnett during rival demonstrations on the eve of the U.S. Soviet summit. At least 100 refuseniks - Soviets denied permission to emigrate - planned to take part in a protest against Soviet restrictions on emigration. But at least 27 were detained en route to the Moscow demonstration, and the others were overwhelmed by about 200 plainclothes KGB agents and about 100 members of the officially supported Soviet Peace Committee. The agents jammed Smolensky Square and jostled refuseniks who managed to get through police cordons blocking all entrances to the protest site, a small triangle of grass opposite the Foreign Ministry. See KGB, Page 2 rally for S the Mall between the Capitol building and the Washington monument. The rally, which was marked by speakers representing all different religious denominations and ethnic groups, was held only hours after Soviet police violently broke up a peaceful demonstration against Kremlin policy. New York City mayor Edward Koch, speaking at the rally, compared these tactics with those of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the 1930s. "That's not glgsnost, that's Joe Stalin. The Soviet Union is keeping over 10,000 political prisoners. They're not killing them; they're keeping them in concentration camps. We still need to demand that these people, both Jews and Christians, have a right to go," he said. Other speakers, though not quite as biting as Koch, emphasized the necessity of "taking strides forward in bettering human rights." House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) told the nearly quarter million people assembled, "While one person is held unjustly against his will, none of us is fully free. While one family remains forcibly disunited, none of us can be wholly fulfilled." Currently, over 400,000 Soviet Jews have requested exit visas from the Soviet Union. The number of Jews allowed to leave the Soviet Union in 1987 is estimated to be around 8,000 - up from 914 released last year - but marchers called the increase inadequate. "We cannot be satisfied by Gorbachev releasing a few individuals. We are not going to stop struggling until every Jew in the Soviet Union is able to join us in Israel," Sharansky told the shouting crowd. It is our struggle which makes governments in the free world strong, and it is our struggle which will make the Russian government open the gates of the Soviet Union," he continued. In a letter on Friday, President Ronald Reagan promised to press for "the release of all refuseniks, for full freedom of emigration, and for oviet ews complete freedom of religion and cultural expres- sioMorris Abram, chair of the national Conference on Soviet Jewry, said, "We shall not rest until (the Soviet Jews) are free. This is the duty of our generation; it is our turn to say to the would-be Pharoah, 'Let them go' - home." Most of the 15 speakers said the plight of Soviet Jews concerns all people, not just Jews. Vice President George Bush stussed theneed to speak out about the human rights abuses in See SPEAKERS, Page 5 'U1 students P # in protest By STEVE BLONDER Special to the Daily WASHINGTON, D.C. - A small but vociferous band of University students descended on the capitol city yesterday to join nearly a quarter million other people protesting the plight of Soviet Jews. The students participated in the march for variousreasons, though they were united in their desire to make a statement to Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. Some endured a 12-hour bus "odyssey," while others chose to fly in at the crack of dawn to be a part of the march, held one day before the Reagan-Gorbachev summit. "The reason why I'm going to this rally is glasnost is glasnyet for Soviet Jews," said LSA sophomore Debbie Schlussel. Schlussel flew into Washington yesterday morning to participate in the march. See STUDENTS, Page 2 By STEVE KNOPPER The Ann Arbor City Attorney's office Friday authorized two warrants for the arrest of Rackham graduate student Harold Marcuse on assault charges. The attorney's office refused to authorize a warrant for the arrest of University Assistant Director of Public Safety Robert Patrick. Student witnesses said Patrick kicked Marcuse in the groin during a protest of Central Intelligence Agency recruiting interviews at the Student Activities Building two weeks ago. The warrants were authorized on the basis of testimony from Ann Arbor Detective Douglas Barbour and University Assistant Director of the Department of Public Safety Robert Pifer, who said that Marcuse assaulted them during the protest. Pifer refused to comment. Barbour was unavailable for comment. At the protest, about 30 student protestors forced their way past University Director of Public Safety Leo Heatley, who was physically blocking their access to a hallway at the Career Planning and Placement office of the SAB. Heatley told police that Marcuse, who was at the front of the crowd, assaulted Barbour, who was in plain. clothes, in the hallway after protestors got past Heatley, Assistant City Attorney Ron Plunkett said. Heatley was unavailable for com- ment. Marcuse, however, said he was in a "continuous motion trying to move in," and that he was facing a wall in the corridor, not facing Barbour. Later, Marcuse and about seven other protestors gained access to another hallway, and Marcuse said he was kicked by a man who student witnesses said was Patrick. Plunkett said that upon reviewing the police report, the attorney's office found that Patrick acted in self-defense. According to witness testimony, Plun-kett said, "Patrick identified Marcuse as assaulting Pifer, and there really wasn't evidence to the contrary. Patrick's kicking was not an assault... Marcuse was acting as the aggressor." Several protestors who witnessed the events have maintained that 'I don't even know who Pifer could possibly be. I didn't do anything to anyone. - Harold Marcuse, Rackham graduate student Patrick kicked Marcuse without cause. Rackham graduate student Jeff Gearhart, one of the protestors who was near Marcuse during both incidents, said the City Attorney's office is "really out on a limb with this one" and that Marcuse did not assault Pifer or Barbour. "The police report reads that I went into the hallway kicking, shoving, and striking, and that I assaulted Pifer and then went for Patrick," Marcuse said. "I don't even know who Fifer could possibly be. I didn't do anything to anyone," he said. Marcuse said the City Attorney office's report was "pretty hokey from start to finish." After Marcuse was kicked, he lay in the hallway for about 45 minutes, telling police he wanted them to arrest the person who kicked him for assault. Later, he said Barbour told him he was under arrest. About a week after the protest, police contacted Marcuse, saying a campus safety officer had testified that Marcuse assaulted him. Marcuse was arrested for simple See STUDENT'S, Page 3 RSG offers reward for conspiracy clues SShanty p: d e~tro~yed v'7 j J