The Michigan Daily-Saturday, July 12, 1980-Page 3 COD'T Local Scene SAYS COULDN'T JUDGE MA THES' MOTIVES Witness cites no bad faith By HOWARD WITT Special to The Daily DETROIT-Responding to a question o: Engineering Humanities Department Chai Mathes acted in bad faith toward Jonathan witness for Marwil said yesterday, "I cani to (Mathes') heart; I do not know what big are." Testifying in federal district cot Humanities Prof. David Hughes added, he had no evidence of bad faith on Mathes' par MARWIL, A FORMER assistant profes: engineering humanities department who ha the University payroll since May 31, 1979, is Regents and three members of the humanit tment administrataive committee-Ma Profs. Ralph Loomis and Dwight Stevenson Marwil charges the committee member both his constitutional rights and applical tment and College policies when they den review of his qualifications to receive ten GOP new chair calls plank 'bill of rights' for women By RICHARD BLANCHARD The Republican National Committee's likely new chairwoman called the GOP women's plank a 'bill of rights for women," and stressed the positive sup- port for women in the Republican's 1980 platform. "Our platform goes far beyond that of the yet-undetermined provisions of the ERA," said Betty Heitman, who will probably replace former chairwoman Mary Crisp. Crisp resigned Wednesday after the platform committee over- oe-whelmingly voted to abandon the par- ty's 40-year support for the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA has become an emotional issue subject to vague interpretations and legal problems, Heitman said. The major points of the women's plank, explained Heitman, are sen- sitive to the needs of the working woman. She said this sensitivity is ex- pressed in the equal opportunity, equal pay and adequate child care provisions of the platform. "The plank will focus on the problems of the elderly women and the needs of women below the poverty level-who have 40 per cent of the nation's children," she added. Heitman disagreed with Crisp's comment that the GOP was "burying the rights of the American woman," by lesving support for the ERA out of the platform. "We have worked for a compromise for the American woman," she said. Although the human resources commit- See NEW, .Page 5 sixth year of employment at the University. The University contends University-wide policies did not entitle Marwil to a tenure review. The administrative committee members, Marwil contends, decided to drop him from the faculty in 1978 son and Loomis, adding that he didn't believe Loomis was capable of acting in bad faith. In direct testimony Thursday, Hughes said he believed Marwil was hard-working, imaginative, and an excellent scholar. Yesterday, when pressed by Vercruysse, Hughes conceded he thought in 1977 that Marwil was not mature enough to serve as a representative of the humanities department on college and University committees. Hughes said he thought at that time Marwil was abrasive. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, that he never considered Marwil should not be granted a tenure review because of his abrasiveness. Marwil's behavior during his six years as an assistant professor-alleged by the defendants to have been "abrasive," "contentious," and "intem- perate"-has been a frequently addressed topic during the first week of the trial, which began Mon- day. See MARWIL, Page 13 after he vigorously opposed several departmental policies. HUGHES ALSO SAID under cross examination by University Attorney Robert Vercruysse that he had seen no evidence of bad faith on the parts of Steven- T'he great escape Daily Photo by MAUREEN O'MALLEY Athlete Raimie Weber demonstrates how many steps it takes to jump a wall in a multiple-exposure image. It's only a coincidence that she resembles a convict attempting to escape. Options to registration available By MAUREEN FLEMING In a two-week period beginning a week from this Monday, 19- and 20-year old men will make one of the most important -and difficult-decisions in their lives: whether to register for the draft. And according to a member of the Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD), there are several op- tions available: " To register; " To register under protest; " To not register and make the decision public; and, " To not register and keep the decision private (non- compliance). EDIT HELFEY OF CARD said that there is room on the registration form to make a statement of protest. She said that CARD is also providing stickers, stating "I register un- der protest," that can be placed on the form. The purpose of registering under protest, Hefley ex- plained, is to immediately start building a conscientious ob- jector (CO) file. She said a person seeking CO status must prove to the draft board that he has had a moral conviction_ against war for more than a few days. Hefley also cautioned that when a statement of protest is made on the form, a duplicate copy, signed by the postal clerk, should be made for personal records. "Often forms are lost," she explained. THIS YEAR'S DRAFT registration program will begin Monday, July 21 and last for two weeks. All men born in the years'1960 and 1961 are required to register. A non-registrant could face a fine of up to $10,000, im- prisonment of up to five years, or both. Dale Ewart of CARD, a 19-year-old student not planning to register, said a two per cent noncompliance- figure given by the government is "ridiculously low. "A five per cent minimum is more realistic," he added, "and that's not including people who are not registering as a protest. These are people who are just not aware that they're supposed to register." EWART SAID THAT even if the government figures are accurate, the two per cent figure would translate into 80,000 individuals who would be considered felons. Since there are no draft boards this time, he added, the FBI has to enforce See OPTIQNS, Page "7 .