The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 14, 1980-Page 3 Local Scene mm:' Hospitality director Lotz resigns in power struggle BY ELAINE RIDEOUT In compliance with an Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce (AACC) request, Richard Lotz, Director of the Chamber's conference bureau, resigned yesterday despite pleas from his colleagues to contest the order. "This controversy with the chamber will not end, but I believe it will ease if I resign; therefore, I reluctantly tender my resignation," Lotz said in a written statement addressed to Robert Hacker, board president of the Ann Arbor Con- ference and Visitor's Bureau division of AACC. THE CONFERENCE bureau promotes tourism, business, and con- ventions for Ann Arbor hotels and restaurants. Lotz said the controversy between the conference bureau and the AACC cen- tered around the question of "who's got the power." Sources close to Lotz said that differing views on how to operate the conference bureau and personality conflicts between Lotz and some cham- ber officials, particularly executive director James Frenza, contributed to the chamber's decision to ask Lotz to resign. The chamber's board of directors voted 15-2 last Tuesday to ask for Lotz's resignation. In a letter sent last Wed- nesday, chamber president James Gilligan requested that Lotz submit his resignation by May 14. BUT AT A conference bureau executive committee meeting last Monday, members decided to support Lotz's continued employment. "We support the position we took back in February," Hacker said, "on a six month probation period with a three month and six month job review." He added that the board asked Lotz by let- ter to consider answering to the mission. Former president of the confe bureau William Gudenau sai board's decision was made to "rea our position that the (chamber) of directors has no authority t Lotz." Gudenau described Lo having "done a good job," and sa opposed his resignation, althoui admitted that "the battle lines wot drawn" should Lotz refuse to resig Lotz said he based his decisi resign on what would be best fo bureau. "In being a builder o bureau I am not willing to1 destroyer of the bureau," he sai and a number of my friends believ if we continue we could virt destroy what we have worked so ha build." ACCORDING TO councilman Fisher (R-Fourth Ward), the conf ce bureau of AACC operate revenues generated by a two per tax on city hotel rooms chant through the chamber of commerce Lotz, who was hired by a confe bureau committee in March 1979, he had previously been a chat board member for four years and in a lot of volunteer hours." He sai he has been working "with lab love" on many projects, inclu planning for June's hospitality, and the Republican Convention in J "I don't know what I'm going1 now," he said, "I wasn't plannin leaving." Lotz said the resign, should take effect within a weel soon as he completes a final as ment. When asked whether or not he w replaced, Lotz said, "I wouldn't wa speculate on that." com- rence d the affirm board o fire tz as aid he gh he uld be gn. on to r the f the be a d. "I e that ually ard to Dave feren- Dnoy rPhoto O JIMKRUZ RICHARD CELESTE, NATIONAL director of the Peace Corps, met yesterday with University President Harold Shapiro. The two discussed initial plans for celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Peace Corps in Ann Arbor this October. s on" rcent need Peace Corps chef rence bgn p ni said for mnber "put d that 2 or of anniversar ding uly. BY NICK KATSARELAS government program that has placed to do When Democratic presidential can- more than 80,000 men and women of all ig on didate John Kennedy stood on the steps ages in6O countries across the world. ation of the Michigan Union early in the mor- LEADERS OF the Peace Corps k, as ning of October 14, 1960, he described recently agreed that the most ap- sign- his vision of an alternative to military propriate place to hold the program's duty for young men, an organization 20th anniversary would bethe place of ill be allowing young people to offer their its birth, Ann Arbor, and yesterday, the nt to skills and energy to people in under- national director of the Peace Corps developed nations. and University President Harold Kennedy's speech that morning Shapiro discussed initial plans for the marked the birth of the Peace Corps, a celebration. "We thanked him for the University's support," Peace Corps chief Richard " a k e sCeleste said. "We've enjoyed a very t ta k e s good relationhip with the University for the past 20 years." Celeste said he talked at length with sShapiro about possible University in- ~'sb eg involvement in the organization's birth- day celebration. The neighbor, who asked not to be "IT'S MORE than just an event rbor identified, said "She (Harju) was where we blow out 20 candles," Celeste arju always a very calm person but was said. "Such an event needs to be kicked gun- depressed because she set very high off in an appropriate fashion." fixed goals for herself. She worked super Celeste nmdicated that some of the hard to get where she got in the law possible events might includes visit by w in school." President Carter or leaders of Third forth HARJU HAD a job with a law firm in World nations where the Peace Corps n the Chicago lined up over the summer, the has been active. was neighbor said. The 42-year-old former Ohio r son The neighbor also said she and Harju Lieutenant governor said that during reral had discussed the suicide weapon (a his 30-minute discussion with Shapiro, SeeLAW, Page 16 See PEACE, 18 Fi-st-year law studen own life as final exan By MITCH STUART A top law school official and friends of a 26-year-old law school student who took her life last Wednesday said the death was not solely the result of im- pending exams, but of a more complex combination of personal problems. Cynthia Harju was a first-year law student and would have started taking her exams last week, but law school Assistant Dean Susan Eklund said, "I don't think there's any reason to believe (the suicide) had anything to do with the law school." ACCORDING TO an Ann A Police Department spokesman, H died Wednesday of a self-inflicted shot wound. The coroner's report f the time of death at 3:45 p.m. Harju lived with her son Matthe the Northwood Apartments on N Campus. According to a neighbor it 2500-block of Stone Drive, Harju divorced, and neither Harju nor he had seen her ex-husband for sev years.