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Reagan defended the p convention ia miaguided and futile, according to h "None of this has anything to do with ideology in "right to know" and a need' for a "free an convntin i miguied nd utie, ccodin tothre te gandsense," said Albert Cover, an assistant g University experts on national politics and one area the grand s s choice." In the end, his efforts were not f congressman. professor of political science at the University. Yet in Detroit earlier this month, Reagan f Although each could pinpoint certain potential "Essentially, it all comes down to politics. The select his running mate until after he was nom merits of an open convention, the drive is seen by the a en t he ingtermseof grn and he openly dismissed his 1976 campaig four experts as an opportustic exhibition by a han- theory-whether or not the delegates have freedom of shrewd political maneuver. dful of Capitol Hill Democrats. The moral and choice-but that's irrelevant. These People are not 50 Besides, Cover added, for the president to a ideological arguments these representatives have much interested in principle as they are in political an open convention now could potentially do used to make their case are in fact groundless, these advantages. He said the Democratic candidacy: "It has become such an issue t experts say congressmen-mostly from the House of Represen- 'Carter to give in now would be viewed as ti INSTEAD, THEIR primry motivation is seen as an tatives-are "running for cover. They're afraid Car- break in the dam." essentially political one; self-preservation is per- ter will drag them down with him in November." POLITICAL SCIENCE Professor ceived as the dominant force in their efforts. The Cover likened the open covention campaign to Grassmucikagreedwith Cover, saying that h reason: Should President Carter be trounced on elec- parallel movement four years ago. In the weeks "no real moral compunction" in the attempt tion day-as many open convention proponents before the 1976 Republican convention, Ronald fear-he may take a few Congressional Democrats Resgan insisted that Gerald Ford name his vice- See OPEN, Page 14 for the eople's d open ruitful. ailed to inated, n as a gree to om his hat for the first George he sees to open Hail, -70 mph gusts hit A ; some lose electricity By MITCH STUART A severe thunderstorm spawning golfball-sized hail and winds surpassing 70 mph ripped through Ann Arbor yesterday, downing power lines and trees and causing scattered flooding. No injuries or major property damage were reported. A Detroit Edison spokesman said about 5,000 Ann Arbor area residents lost power yesterday. The power outages were "widespread," he said: "We've got wires down in a lot of areas." The spokesman explained that downed lines were concentrated in the northeast and southwest sections of the city - electric lines servicing the rest of the city were relatively untouched. THE EDISON spokesman said the damage to power lines was much less extensive than the damage caused by a storm on July .16. "It's nothing like that," he declared with a sigh of relief. Most Edison customers should have power back by this morning, the spokesman added. The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department reported that Ann Arbor was the hardest-hit community in the county, but added that Livingston, County suffered much greater damage than Washtenaw County. CITY ADMINISTRATOR Terry Sprenkel gave the order to sound the city's tornado/disaster sirens - an or- der that came on the heels of criticism of Sprenkel for failing to sound the sirens during the July 16 storm. Sprenkel said his decision was motivated by several factors: " The storm, although short-lived, packed powerful gusts of wind; " The large hailstones appeared to be dangerous; and, See THUNDERSTORM, Page 11 FAG p , b~ I L # r l ' a .. BARRY COMMONER, CITIZEN'S Party candidate for president, is flanked by some of the more than 200 enthusiastic anti-war supporters who showed up to hear him speak at the Federal Building yesterday. Conunoner: High opes for eventual victory By SARA ANSPACH They may be nothing more than a miniscule group of left-wingers, but members of Barry Commoner's Citizen's Party like to think their movement is the beginning of a profound change. The change they dream of is a basic realignment of our political system-a realignment in which the Citizen's Party and its platform of "economy democracy" emerge as a real choice for the American electorate. "SOMETHING IS HAPPENING in American politics," Commoner told a press conference here yesterday. "What happens here in Michigan is of historical significance. And in that historical moment the Citizen's Party is playing a decisive, not a minute role." The 63-year-old presidential candidate made seyera) ap- pearances in Ann Arbor yesterday as part.of his week-long blitz through Michigan before the August 5 primary. Like other minor parties-the Socialist Workers Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Anderson Coalition-the Citizen's Party needs to capture three-tenths of one per cent of the August vote (approximately 5,000 votes) to win a spot on the November ballot. THE BASIC IDEOLOGY of the Citizen's Pary maintains that the people-not big business-shoudl make the impor- tant economic decisions in the country. Citizen's Party members are ultra-left wing, anti-nuclear energy, anti- draft, and are often renegade Democrats. "We are to the Democrats as the Libertarians are to the Republicans," Commoner said. .bCommoner criticized the two major parties because neither is willing to deal with the real issues of the election See COMMONER, Page 6