STATI NEWV M o n d a y , C lo u d y . . . The h a n d .. M IC H IG A N . . . and mild today and Tuesday. High today 35. Chance of snowflurries Tues­ • . . that rocks the cradle, is STATE day. the hand that rules the world. W illiam Ross Wallace U N IV E R S IT Y Vol. 60 Number 134 East Lansing, Michigan February 26,1968 IU G H W h e e le r to re c o m m e n d m o r e tr o o p s f o r V ie tn a m SAIGON — -- Gen. E a rle G. Wheel­ of the enem y attack. The enem y re ­ "H owever, the m ajor d efeats in­ er. chairm an of the U .S. Jo in t Chiefs tains substantial uncom m itted re ­ flicted on the enem y and the heavy of Staff, left for Washington Sunday sources. He has shown a determ ination losses he has sustained offer us op­ with a recom m endation to Presid ent to continue his offensive and to fight portunities. I am confident that we Johnson for an increase in U.S. troop tenaciously. We must expect hard fight­ can and will exploit these opportun­ strength to exceed the 525.000 men ing to continue. I see no early end to ities to advantage and to ultim ate suc­ already authorized for Vietnam . this war. cess. Wheeler said he sees “ no early end to this w a r." Wheeler has been here for three days conferring with Gen. W illiam C. Westmoreland, the U.S. com m ander in Vietnam , and other top officials. He is to report to Presid ent Jo h n ­ son when he returns to Washington. The recom m endation for m ore troops cam e from Westmoreland. See related story page 9. There was no word on when Wheel­ T h e n e w M is s M S U er would get back to Washington where K ath y H w ass, S h o rt H ills , N .J ., ju n io r shows s u r p r is e as h e r nam e is announced and e la tio n as she reports circulated that a decision on Is c ro w n e d In the M is s MSU c o n te s t fin a ls S a tu rd a y night In the U nion . C ro w n in g M is s H w ass is P a tty whether to „c a ll up reserv ists in the B u rn e tte , M is s M SU o f 1967, S to ry on page 7 S tate N ew s Photo by M ik e B e a s le y I'nited States awaited his return to the capital. W heeler left Saigon late in the a fte r­ noon and stopped off in Bangkok. Thai­ U-M attempts settlement land. There was no official word here on how many m ore men W estmoreland wants. Some m ilitary sources said there w ere recom m endations for of tri-university lawsuit 50.000 to 100.000 more. In addition to conferring with W est­ moreland. Wheeler m et with U .S. Am­ bassador Ellsw orth Bunker and held separate Conferences with President Robben Flem ing, president of the provisions of laws between 1965 and Nguyen Van Thieu and V ice President U-M w as in actu al con flict, over cap­ 1*fflvw.'.i/i' \>i rfr-M ). ad­ ital outlay, with five laws contested 1967 violated the state constitution. Nguyen Cao Kv. mitted Frid ay that discussions for pos­ Among the issues raised was the In a statem ent issued a fte r his de­ A b a lla d o f b u lle ts on two counts. sible settlem ent .oj' the three university ceiling -on out-of-state enrollm ent, the parture. W heeler called his visit " in ­ lawsuit against the state of Michigan are K rasickv said the other ch arges tran sferral of authority for selection of form ative and productive." H is g u ita r and h is M -1 6 r i f le slung fr o m h is s h o u ld e r, a M a r in e being held with "k ey people in L an sin g ." were dismissed on the basis of undue a rch itects to the state on university He added: " I t is clea r that the w a tts at the lan d in g s tip jn Khe Sanh f o r a flig h t out o f th a t b e le a ­ Flem ing did not specify either the delay in court action, lack of inform a­ building program s, and the prohibition enemy has launched a m ajo r offensive g u e re d fo r t r e s s , U P I T e le p h o to specific o fficials being consulted or the tion. and the accep tan ce by the uni­ of new or expanding program s or the against the governm ent of South V iet­ provisions under negotiation for the versities of benefits from the appropria­ awarding of co n tracts without legisla­ nam and its arm ed fo rces, including settlem ent of the civil action, in which tions laws. tive approval. an invasion of South V ietpam by the A pretrial statem en t issued by the MSU and Wavne S tate a re participating with U-M. "Discussions are being h eld ." said The assistant attorney general said he was interested in determ ining the "e x a c t involvem ent" of each univer­ three universities, through their D etroit legal firm , is the next step in the court North V ietnam ese arm y. The arm y of the Republic of V ietnam , contrary to derogations from som e quarters, W e s t m o r e la n d d o u b ts Flem ing, "w ith som e key people in sity in the controversy. procedure in the case. acquited itself well in this trying sit­ Lansing on the changing nature of the law ." The U-M executive said that if a The governing boards of the three universities, which agreed to the civil action last year, contended the various The case was filed in Ingham County Circuit Court, and assigned to Judge Marvin J . Salmon. uation. In saying this. I include the regional fo rce and popular force units, which in som e a re a s bore the brunt V C lo n g - r a n g e s tre n g th settlem ent could be worked out. it must By the Associated P ress strikes, and the occasional discovery of be agreeable to all the parties involved Gen. William C. W estmoreland ex­ mass enem y graves. "It is p o ssible." said Flem ing. He did pressed doubt Sunday that Hanoi could Commenting on G allag h er's ques­ not indicate when settlem ent might take tions asserting that VC m orale must be at place. J O U R N A L IS T S P E A K S stand a long war. its highest to produce the reported suicide In an interview with Wes G allagher, "So m etim e between now and Ju ne attem pts of the Tet offensive, and the Mao-, cause of chaos general m anager of the Associated P ress. 30." said Flem ing. He said that he had VC willingness to s a crifice ten m en to Westmoreland com pared the recent Com­ talked with P resid ent Hannah a t MSU and kill one. W estmoreland said. " I would munist lunar new year (T eti offensive President Keen at Wayne S ta te, but said to World War II's B attle of the Bulge. very much doubt that the m orale of the he was not prepared to reveal the out­ troops beaten during the last few days is peopie willing to m ake sa crifice s for and Liu Shao-chi have been running "B y com m itting a large share of Com­ com e of those talks. By STAN MORG AN munist forces to a m ajo r offensive, they very high. The civil com plaint, filed on Dec. China's g lo ry ." the country. State News S taff W riter The tragedy of China today, he said, When China's great leap forward failed. achieved some ta ctica l surprise. This of­ 22 by the three universities, had been fensive has required us to react and to modi­ answered last Monday by the attorney is that once Mao created such a m agnifi­ Gayn said. Chou and Liu began making Mao Tse-tung. who led China to cent structure he began to pull it down concessions to the peasants and to fy our plans in order to take advantage of general s office. the opportunity to in flict heavy dam ages greatness, is also responsible for the because he fe lt the country had strayed private business in an effo rt to restore At that tim e. Eugene K rasickv. a s­ sistant attorney general said only the present chaos in that country. Mark Gavn a correspondent for the Toronto from the true path o f revolution. order to the society. "A t the party conferences in 1962- upon th e m ." stated Westmoreland. "Although the enem y has achieved Augenstein: Star, said Friday night at Fairchild "M ao lives with the p a st," Gayn said, 63-65. Mao arose and demanded a return some tem porary psychological advantage, Theater "h e considers the years he lived to his p o licies." he said. "W hen he he suffered a m ilitary d e fe a t." sliding tuition Faculty group " I t cannot be understood what is going on in China today without realizing the tremendous e ffe ct that Mao has had in the wilderness, from 1926 to 1947 as the glorious revolution and wants China to return to the spirit of that went unheeded he got angrier. " When the United States began bombing North V ietnam in 1965. Chinese leaders W estmoreland, a fte r a two-hour informal interview, additionally replied to 17 ques­ tions in writing. on that cou n try ," he said. tim e ." becam e greatly concerned. Gayn said. Replying to a question on whether Viet discriminatory clarifies Gayn. a native of China, is one of the few W estern newsmen to have interviewed Mao Tse-tung. P rem ier He said that ev er since Mao re­ tired in 1959. probably under pressure, Months passed in debate as to what course China should take and what Cong weaponry escalation indicates fail­ ure of bombing of the North. W estm ore­ land replied. "N o reasonable person ever Lerov G. Augenstein, Republican m em ­ should be done to accom plish its goals. ber of the State Board of Education, label­ Chou En-lai and Fresid ent Liu Shao- he has becom e increasingly angry with "M a o was further angered by the expected the bombing cam paign to stop ed the sliding scale fee stru cture a t MSU coed p ro p o sa l chi. China has m ade dynam ic progress since Mao took over in 1947. he said. the way his su ccessors. Chou En-lai (please turn to the back page) infiltration of personnel and the move­ ment of supplies to the South. "T h e fact that the enemy has been Sunday as "r e a lly quite d iscrim inatory" and said he anticipated that the state GOP convention in mid August would pass a By P H Y L L IS Z IM B L E R "T h e revolution in China is the story able to move troops and supplies does not resolution denouncing it. State News Staff W riter The Faculty Committee on Student of a true giant, a man who united his country for the firs t tim e, who estab ­ lished a pride in China and made its London demonstrators indicate that the bombing against the North has been a failure . . . One has to judge the bombing program based on the Augenstein. also chairm an of the MSU Dept, of Biophysics, had presented his Affairs Friday clarified a Men's Hall recom m endations for the GOP platform Association (M H A i proposal to allow women in men s residence halls after closing hours. protest immigration law problems it has created for the Communist regim e in Hanoi . . It has not stopped the flow of men. m ateriel and supplies but Saturday to a Republican platform d raft­ ing com m ittee in Flint. At that time, he presented a statement protest against what they called "racial it certainly has reduced the level that Both T. Clinton Cobb, chairman of the LONDON (A P)--M ore than 100 police denouncing the sliding scale fee system, Faculty Committee on Student Affairs, battled with fighting demonstrators and discrimination." Also allowed through was would have been possible oth erw ise." and proposed both the expansion of vari­ and B ill Lukens. president of MHA. a group of white counter-demonstrators Concerning the cred ibility of body white bystanders during a march on No. ous financial aids in its place. said this weekend that Milton B. Dicker­ 10 Downing Street Sunday to protest new who want immigration halted. counts, he said. " I am confident that the Augenstein said seven of the eight GOP son. vice president for student affairs, moves aimed at curbing colored im m i­ They were led by George Farley. 61-vear- officially reported enem y killed in a c ­ candidates elected to state educational had no real objections to the proposal. old bus driver, who told newsmen: " I am tion figures are conservative and that boards in 1966. plus two others co-sponsored gration. Dickerson must make the finai decision representing the working class. There any inaccu racies a re m ore than offset by a joint statement of recommendations The police, on foot and mounted, are 2,000 people where I work and they all enemy deaths we do not know ab ou t." on the college tuition problem. He said on the resolution. struggled to separate. the rival groups The proposal was passed "in ob­ want them stopped. " R eferrin g to the "accounting sy stem " three MSU GO P trustees-Stephen Nisbet for and against legislation being rushed jective" previously because of a prob­ of body counting. W estmoreland asserted of Fremont. Kenneth Thompson of through by the Labor party government to lem in the technicalities of wording lim it a flood of Asian immigrants from This view explained the switch of a his belief in procedure that, he felt, off­ Lansing and Frank M errim an of Decker- the resolution. number of left-wing Laborites who pre­ sets the chance of "unknow ns" such as ville-w ere incluped in the group of East Africa. The resolution now reads: "An viously demanded an end to racial dis­ confusing civilian dead, ta ctica l air trustees and regents from MSU, Wayne Shouts of "Nigger, go home" were coun­ individual residence hall government tered by cries of "Fascist swine. " crimination. They say they have been State and University of Michigan. may set tim e limits if it desires. The The protest march included members overwhelmed with complaints from white "We must both solve the problem and areas designated as public should be of Asian im m igrant societies and white electors in the districts they represent not be discriminatory," said Augenstein, agreed upon by the hall government, civil liberty organizations. against the influx of Asian and West "and the sliding scale tuition is din- management and the adviser. Resi­ When the procession reached Whitehall Indian immigrants. crim inatory." dence hall student government shall after marching through the center of Lon­ One of Augenstein's unique proposals The Conservatives, who first introduced assume responsibility for standards of don it found more than 500 counter­ is the development of a non-profit cor­ legislation to slow the flow of colored im ­ behavior in these areas." demonstrators waiting for them and chant­ poration. which would make loans up to migrants, are sim ilarly split over the ing: "G et them out. send them home" and $3,000 per year to students accepted at bill introduced last week by Home Sec­ The third part originally, stated: "Get the Reds out." any accredited college. It would include retary James Callaghan to check the flood "The hall government should establish Police let a small group of demonstra­ various repayment options including of Asian im migrants with British pass­ tors go to No. 10 to hand in a letter of (please turn to the back page) (please turn to the back page) MARK GAYN ports from East Africa. 355-4560 1-5 p.m. M I C H I G A N Ja m e* D. Spaniolo Eric Pianin, executive editor ed itor-in -ch ief Law rence IPenter, managing editor STATE NEWS U N IV E R S IT Y Satan C om erford advertiting m anager Bohby Sode n, cam pa* editor Edward .4. B rill, ed itorial editor Jo e Mitch, *port* editor Five-lime recipient of the Pacemaker award for outstanding journalism. Monday Morning, February 26,1968 E D IT O R IA L S Is OCCChamber seat answer to our problems? Just how m uch good AS- to the issues involved in E a s t M S U ’s seat on the E a s t Lan­ L a n s i n g -s tu d e n t relatio n s, sing C ham ber of C om m erce instead of being m e re ly one is doing anyone is a question of the student board ch a irm an ’s th a t hasn’t been answ ered this m any functions. I t would be year. s im ila r also to the w ay ASM SU C e rta in ly there is reason fo r handles its seat on the E a s t SDS and book sales: disappointm ent w ith progress, o r lack of it, m a d e on m any of the issues of stu- the Lansing Com m ission, H um an R elations appointing non-board m em b er, but w e ll- a freedom of exchange dent-tow n relatio n s raised la s t yea r and discussed w id e ly in the spring student governm ent elec­ info rm ed student, as rep re­ sentative. ’ N o one is p red ictin g th a t this T he U n iv e rs ity showed a speculation to say th a t the ad­ tions. In such areas as p rice m in istratio n had the Schiff sim ple change w ill produce grow th in m a tu rity Thursday study and research into student case in m ind w hen SDS was an im m e d ia te flu rry of results w hen the expected confronta­ re n t and leases, it is not exag­ allow ed to sell th e ir books. fo r students. B u t a t least it tion w ith Students fo r a D em o­ gerating to say th a t nothing There was no v a lid reason to would bring the hope of some c ra tic Society (S D S ) never has been accom plished by this action, m ore c e rta in ly , than m a te ria lize d . push the issue. The d istributio n session of the student board. w e have seen so fa r this year. The background w hich led to of books a t cost is only p a rt of B ut is the answ er to this prob­ -T h e E d ito rs the non-action is not too com ­ w hat the student’s ro le in a lem O ff Cam pus Council (O C C ) p licated . SDS w anted to sell u niversity should consist of. purchasing a separate Cham ­ books in the Union on a non­ I t encourages w id e r d istrib u ­ ber seat, as w as proposed last p ro fit basis. They w ere told tion of m a te ria ls , and w ith week? F o r several reasons, it Howto solve draft dilemma they would need a p e rm it in them th e ir ideas and proposi­ doesn’t seem th a t it is. o rder to do so, since such ac­ tions. O ften the books a student OCC, fir s t of a ll, is not rep re­ tion w as in violation of U n iv e r­ group would s e ll present an au­ sentative of the e n tire student s ity regulations. E x a c tly w hat thor or point of vie w w hich the body. I t w ould seem a w aste regulations would be trans­ academ ic com m unity m ig h t of the alre a d y scarce student gressed seems to be question­ otherw ise never hear. governm ent funds to spend $50 able, although solicitin g rules I f the ski club, or some other fo r a second seat on the C ham ­ A USTIN , T e x .- In a hair-down talk M y impression, which I cannot prove, It is the larger issue, however, that is w ere m entioned. A t any ra te , less co n tro versial group had ber, one th a t w ould rep resen t session with students at the University is that the Administration would have pre­ more im portant-the issue of the policy the S e cretary’s O ffic e decided ventured into the book business, of Texas the other evening, we talked ferred to leave the draft deferment of grad­ wisdom of the new decisions. Here is but a portion of the U n iv e rs ity ’s (among other things) of how they feel uate students as it was, but that it didn't where the current American draft syn­ to deny the request, again fo r m ost lik e ly no questions would students. about the draft and what can be done about dare buck a strong movement in Con­ drome comes in. Americans find them­ unknown reasons. SDS sold the have been raised. Possibly SDS F u rth e rm o re , th ere is a re a l it. While there is a sense of malaise here, gress to change it and to get the college selves caught in an agonized dilemma books anyw ay and nothing hap­ held the sale w ith the intention question as to how m uch good . as elsewhere, about it, I don’t get the im ­ graduates into the fighting in Vietnam. between reason and conscience. Rea'Son of causing a confrontation w ith pression that the young men on this cam­ Most of the congressmen in turn may says that they may be destroying the seed pened. this separate seat w ould do. Too pus are as bitter about the d raft as they have been responding to pressures from corn upon which depend future harvests F o r those of you who m ay be the U n iv e rs ity . W hether o r not m uch stake seems to have been are, for example, at Cambridge