THE MAROONVolume 78, Number 56 Special Strike Issue Wednesday, May 6, 1970Strike Will Continue Through FridayStev* AoklSTRIKE: Pickets man the line outside Cobb hall Tuesday, first day of a strikeprotesting the war in Cambodia.Faculty Attack War,The faculty in the College passed twoanti-war resolutions in a meeting yesterdayafternoon in Cobb Hall.The first resolution passed was in¬troduced by Paul Sally, associate professorof mathematics. It won by a vote of 130 to28, with 39 abstentions. It condemns thewar in Indochina for interfering with theacademic community and demands an im¬mediate halt to the war.The second resolution, proposed by Ar-cadius Kahan, master of the social sciencescollegiate division, condemns the use of vio¬lence on campus by forces for repression inthe US. The vote on the Kahan resolutionwas 142 for, 6 against, and 16 abstaining.The text of the first resolution reads “TheIndochinese War has destroyed the lives ofmillions of people. It has corrupted our so-In response to President Nixon’s deci¬sions last week regarding Cambodia and tothe death of four students at Kent State,over 75 percent of the students in the LawSchool yesterday voted to begin a strike ofclasses beginning yesterday afternoon andto continue until Monday morning at 9:30am.The decision to strike was made at ameeting in the law school auditorium at¬tended by some 250 to 300 students. Themeeting was called by a group of about adozen law students.According to strike spokesmen, the actionis not intended as a strike against the Uni¬versity. Mark Aronson, who chaired yester¬day’s meeting, said the strike was a dem¬onstration of “voluntary consciousness”directed toward the legal and constitutionalissues involved in the President’s move intoCambodia.It was decided at the meeting yesterdaymorning that the Law School strike wouldbe independent of the actions taken else¬where on campus. This decision wasreached to allow the law students’ strike tofocus on the central legal questions of theVietnam war and not its general politicalimplications.A motion to petition the faculty to en- cial institutions. It dominates the lives ofour students, derails their intellectualprogress and educational advancement,and is a principal cause of the turmoilwhich has disrupted education throughoutthe country.It is our minimal duty, as teachers, tojoin our collective voice to that of facultygroups across the country in demanding animmediate halt to our government’s mostrecent escalation of the conflict, as well asthe larger war of which it is a part.”The Kahan resolution, the second resolu¬tion passed by the College faculty reads“We mourn the Kent State University stu¬dents shot to death by the Ohio NationalGuard troops. We assert that all those whohave promoted the climate of repression aswell as all those who have advocated re¬dorse the strike was voted down by stu¬dents at the meeting so the strike might befree of coercion and based entirely in per¬sonal initiative by concerned students.At another meeting yesterday afternoonat the Law School, plans were proposed forstrike activities. A resolution, to be sent tothe press and members of Congress, isbeing prepared emphasizing the law stu¬dents’ concern at “the President’s dis¬regard of the Constitution.” This resolutionand other plans will be brought before ageneral meeting of striking law students to¬day at 10 am in the Law School auditorium.At that time, other proposals, such as spon¬soring a bus to take students to WashingtonSaturday or sending a delegation to Wash¬ington with the law student’s resolution,will be discussed. It was also decided yes¬terday that law students will pamphlet inthe Loop tomorrow afternoon with anti-warleaflets.At 3:30 pm this afternoon, the law stu¬dents will sponsor a panel discussion con¬cerning the legal issues of the President’slatest actions. On the panel will be PhilipKurland and Gerhard Casper, professors ofconstitutional law, and Mark Simons, athird-year student in the Law School. By Paul BernsteinAn overflow crowd of about 1200 studentsvoted overwhelmingly last night to conti¬nue the anti-war boycott of classes throughat least this Friday. The vote took placeat a mass meeting in Mandel Hall.The body also voted to continue supportof the three nationwide strike demands:withdrawl of all United States troops fromSoutheast Asia, freeing of all politicalprisoners, and an end to war research oncampus.Motions to strike until the withdrawalof all troops in Southeast Asia, from Cam¬bodia, and for the rest of the academicquarter were soundly defeated.An 18 member steering committee tocoordinate the strike activities was elected.It includes Fairinda West, assistant profes¬sor of English, Jerry McGann, assistantprofessor of English, and Richard Levin,professor of biology.Other members of the steering commit¬tee are Barbara Foley, Russell Marx, Hous¬ton Stevens, Sid Razdin, Juan Jewell, MarkViolencesponding to student protests with clubs,bayonets, and guns share responsibility forthe tragedy.“We further assert that such improperuse of force has the effect of a campaign todestroy the character we seek for our uni¬versities. We reaffirm our belief in a Uni¬versity community whose members are ca¬pable of living together and disagreeingwithout resort to brute force.”Dean of the College Roger Hildebrandchaired the meeting which was attendedby 200 faculty members and lasted twohours.A petition calling for support of the stu¬dent strike was circulated after the meet¬ing.Another petition, introduced by professorof anthropology professor Lloyd Fallers,was introduced into the minutes of themeeting. 171 professors indicated a willing¬ness to sign the petition. It reads “We theundersigned faculty of the College of theUniversity of Chicago vigorously oppose theinvasion of Cambodia, the resumption ofthe bombing of North Vietnam, and anycontinuation of the war in Southeast Asia.We also oppose the repression by variousmeans of legitimate dissent within theUnited States. We call for an immediatehalt to the use of indiscriminate violenceagainst students.”In another faculty statement, the facultyContinued on Page Four Malcolm^ Jeff Mazo, Carol Norris,Bridgette Schwartz, Carlos Debecies, BobIvane, Judy Feinberg, Larry Lambert,Stuart Newman and Eric Josephson.Activities today will include continuedpicketing and leafletting outside classroombuildings, support for a 10 am rally at theCivic Center, and workshops to discuss fu¬ture stategy. A mass meeting will takeplace tonight at 7:30 pm in Mandel Hall.The meeting was chaired by RosarioLevins and Miss West. It lasted four hours.Four students from Kent State Universityaddressed the crowd at the beginning ofthe meeting. They described the killing ofthe four students there as “pure and simplecold blooded murder,” adding that themass media’s account of the disorders hadbeen inaccurate.The students then said they would go to >every major college campus “to tell thepeople there what really happened.” They isaid that “what happened at Kent can ihappen here, it could have been anyone inthis room shot.”Several blacks who had been hecklingthroughout the speech also spoke to thecrowd. They said they were from theHyde Park community and that Universitystudents should ally with them: “We’vegot to bend together, black and white . . .there’s got to be an armed revolution,that’s the only solution.”The agenda included an evaluation ofyesterday’s action. Paul Baron, member ofthe pro-tem strike steering committee, es¬timated that the strike had been at least75 percent effective in Cobb Hall.A law school student said that the schoolnow on strike would attempt to coordinateits actions with those of students in thecollege. Law school students are planningto send a delegation to Washington to talkto Congressmen about the war.Several proposal were made for futurestrike actions. Among them were a hungerstrike, a mill-in at the Adlai StevensonInstitute, a militant picket of social scien¬ces building, a proposal for striking stu¬dents to camp out on the main quads, ademand that grades and exams be cancel¬led for the remainder of the quarter, andplans to leaflet campus workers and fac¬tories downtown.The body decided, however, to elect asteering committee charged with planningtoday’s activities before considering longrange actions.The meeting was originally scheduled tobe held in Quantrell auditorium, but wasmoved to Mandel to allow for space. Aconcert sponsored by the Festival of theArts (FOTA) was to have been held thereand has been postponed until next week.Stovo AoklMEETING: Quantrell auditorium in Cobb hall was site of a meeting of Collegefaculty Tuesday. There the Indochina war was condemned as was 'Violence oncampus by forces for repression."Law Students To Strike;Returning Next Monday♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦I♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦I♦♦♦♦♦♦ FOTA EVENTSMay 5 - May 9May 51-3 P.M.Main Quads8 P.M.Law School1111 L 60th St.8:30 P.M.MandelMay 5-16Bergman GalleryMay 5-16Bergman GalleryMay 612 noonHutchinson Ct.3:30 P.M.Ida Noyes Library8:00 P.M.Quantrell8:30 P.M.Lutheran School of Theology55th & University Contest DayStuds Terkelauthor of: Division Street America Hard Times; WFMT interviewer Topic: Joy Street" co-sponsoredby Salisbury HouseEvening of Music for Violin and PianoFrancis Akos, violin and Eloise Polk, piano. Francis Akos is the Assistant Concertmaster of theChicago Symphony and Conductor of the Chicago StringsStudent Art Exhibitphotography, ceramics, painting, graphics, sculptureSenaka Senanayakeone of Celon's major artists will exhibit paintings. Among his credits are paintings in the UnitedNations and a mural at Expo 70 since purchased by CanadaU.C. Concert Band PerformanceSusanne Block Workshop.Miss Block is distinguished classical and medieval musician who has toured the United States andEurope, and who has performed with Bernstein and Ormandy"Hamlet”with Lawrance Olivier co-sponsored by Contemporary European FilmsA Program of Medieval, Renaissance and Early Boroque Musicwith SUSANNE BLOCK see above for creditsMay 712 noonMain Quads8:00 P.M.Breasted Hall58th & Univ.8:30 P.M.Woodward Ct. $$***** ****************************** *********Folk DancingU.C. Folk Dancing SocietyNelson Algrenauthor of: Man With a Golden Arm, A Walk on The Wild Side and Chicago: City on the MakeLake Country String BondOutdoor Performance Co-sponsored by Woodward Ct. HousesStudent - Faculty Musical RecitalMay 83:30Ida Noyes Library8:30Bergman GalleryMay 8,9,10,118:30Rockefeller ChapelMay 8,9,10,16,17,18Chicago Theological Seminary58th and UniversityCricket MatchA Mixed Media HappeningPaint-In, Light Show, McKinley Jazz TrioWilliam Blake's: The Marriage of Heaven and Hellpresented by the^Cai/vCo. co-sponsored by the University Theater ticket price to be announced"They Shall Not Pass”adaptation of a play about the Spanish Civil War, Chris Lyons, directorMay 9noon-5:30 P.M.North Field8:30Bond Chapel U.C. Salisbury C.C. —vs— Winnetka C.C.A Concert of Bach ChoralsU.C. Musical Society*******:|'%9ic3Me*%$9it$4;$$*Ht* ***********************THIS IS THE OFFICIAL, UP-TO-DATE LIST: ALL EVENTSFREE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED16/The Chicago Maroon/May 5, 1970THE MAROONVolume 78, Number 56 Special Strike Issue Wednesday, May 6, 1970Strike Will Continue Through FridayStevt AokiSTRIKE: Pickets man the line outside Cobb hall Tuesday, first day of a strikeprotesting the war in Cambodia.Faculty Attack WarThe faculty in the College passed twoanti-war resolutions in a meeting yesterdayafternoon in Cobb Hall.The first resolution passed was in¬troduced by Paul Sally, associate professorof mathematics. It won by a vote of 130 to28, with 39 abstentions. It condemns thewar in Indochina for interfering with theacademic community and demands an im¬mediate halt to the war.The second resolution, proposed by Ar-cadius Kahan, master of the social sciencescollegiate division, condemns the use of vio¬lence on campus by forces for repression inthe US. The vote on the Kahan resolutionwas 142 for, 6 against, and 16 abstaining.The text of the first resolution reads “TheIndochinese War has destroyed the lives ofmillions of people. It has corrupted our so-In response to President Nixon’s deci¬sions last week regarding Cambodia and tothe death of four students at Kent State,over 75 percent of the students in the LawSchool yesterday voted to begin a strike ofclasses beginning yesterday afternoon andto continue until Monday morning at 9:30am.The decision to strike was made at ameeting in the law school auditorium at¬tended by some 250 to 300 students. Themeeting was called by a group of about adozen law students.According to strike spokesmen, the actionis not intended as a strike against the Uni¬versity. Mark Aronson, who chaired yester¬day’s meeting, said the strike was a dem¬onstration of “voluntary consciousness”directed toward the legal and constitutionalissues involved in the President’s move intoCambodia.It was decided at the meeting yesterdaymorning that the Law School strike wouldbe independent of the actions taken else¬where on campus. This decision wasreached to allow the law students’ strike tofocus on the central legal questions of theVietnam war and not its general politicalimplications.A motion to petition the faculty to en- cial institutions. It dominates the lives ofour students, derails their intellectualprogress and educational advancement,and is a principal cause of the turmoilwhich has disrupted education throughoutthe country.It is our minimal duty, as teachers, tojoin our collective voice to that of facultygroups across the country in demanding animmediate halt to our government’s mostrecent escalation of the conflict, as well asthe larger war of which it is a part.”The Kahan resolution, the second resolu¬tion passed by the College faculty reads“We mourn the Kent State University stu¬dents shot to death by the Ohio NationalGuard troops. We assert that all those whohave promoted the climate of repression aswell as all those who have advocated re¬dorse the strike was voted down by stu¬dents at the meeting so the strike might befree of coercion and based entirely in per¬sonal initiative by concerned students.At another meeting yesterday afternoonat the Law School, plans were proposed forstrike activities. A resolution, to be sent tothe press and members of Congress, isbeing prepared emphasizing the law stu¬dents’ concern at “the President’s dis¬regard of the Constitution.’’ This resolutionand other plans will be brought before ageneral meeting of striking law students to¬day at 10 am in the Law School auditorium.At that time, other proposals, such as spon¬soring a bus to take students to WashingtonSaturday or sending a delegation to Wash¬ington with the law student’s resolution,will be discussed. It was also decided yes¬terday that law students will pamphlet inthe Loop tomorrow afternoon with anti-warleaflets.At 3:30 pm this afternoon, the law stu¬dents will sponsor a panel discussion con¬cerning the legal issues of the President’slatest actions. On the panel will be PhilipKurland and Gerhard Casper, professors ofconstitutional law, and Mark Simons, athird-year student in the Law School. By Paul BernsteinAn overflow crowd of about 1200 studentsvoted overwhelmingly last night to conti¬nue the anti-war boycott of classes throughat least this Friday. The vote took placeat a mass meeting in Mandel Hall.The body also voted to continue supportof the three nationwide strike demands:withdrawl of all United States troops fromSoutheast Asia, freeing of all politicalprisoners, and an end to war research oncampus.Motions to strike until the withdrawalof all troops in Southeast Asia, from Cam¬bodia, and for the rest of the academicquarter were soundly defeated.An 18 member steering committee tocoordinate the strike activities was elected.It includes Fairinda West, assistant profes¬sor of English, Jerry McGann, assistantprofessor of English, and Richard Levin,professor of biology.Other members of the steering commit¬tee are Barbara Foley, Russell Marx, Hous¬ton Stevens, Sid Razdin, Juan Jewell, MarkViolencesponding to student protests with clubs,bayonets, and guns share responsibility forthe tragedy.“We further assert that such improperuse of force has the effect of a campaign todestroy the character we seek for our uni¬versities. We reaffirm our belief in a Uni¬versity community whose members are ca¬pable of living together and disagreeingwithout resort to brute force.”Dean of the College Roger Hildebrandchaired the meeting which was attendedby 200 faculty members and lasted twohours.A petition calling for support of the stu¬dent strike was circulated after the meet¬ing.Another petition, introduced by professorof anthropology professor Lloyd Fallers,was introduced into the minutes of themeeting. 171 professors indicated a willing¬ness to sign the petition. It reads “We theundersigned faculty of the College of theUniversity of Chicago vigorously oppose theinvasion of Cambodia, the resumption ofthe bombing of North Vietnam, and anycontinuation of the war in Southeast Asia.We also oppose the repression by variousmeans of legitimate dissent within theUnited States. We call for an immediatehalt to the use of indiscriminate violenceagainst students.”In another faculty statement, the facultyContinued on Page Four Malcolm, Jeff Mazo, Carol Norris,Bridgette Schwartz, Carlos Debecies, BobIvane, Judy Feinberg, Larry Lambert,Stuart Newman and Eric Josephson.Activities today will include continuedpicketing and leafletting outside classroombuildings, support for a 10 am rally at theCivic Center, and workshops to discuss fu¬ture stategy. A mass meeting will takeplace tonight at 7:30 pm in Mandel Hall.The meeting was chaired by RosarioLevins and Miss West. It lasted four hours.Four students from Kent State Universityaddressed the crowd at the beginning ofthe meeting. They described the killing ofthe four students there as “pure and simplecold blooded murder,” adding that themass media’s account of the disorders hadbeen inaccurate.The students then said they would go to jevery major college campus “to tell thepeople there what really happened.” They isaid that “what happened at Kent can ihappen here, it could have been anyone inthis room shot.”Several blacks who had been hecklingthroughout the speech also spoke to thecrowd. They said they were from theHyde Park community and that Universitystudents should ally with them: “We’vegot to bend together, black and white . . .there’s got to be an armed revolution,that’s the only solution.”The agenda included an evaluation ofyesterday’s action. Paul Baron, member ofthe pro-tem strike steering committee, es¬timated that the strike had been at least75 percent effective in Cobb Hall.A law school student said that the schoolnow on strike would attempt to coordinateits actions with those of students in thecollege. Law school students are planningto send a delegation to Washington to talkto Congressmen about the war.Several proposal were made for futurestrike actions. Among them were a hungerstrike, a mill-in at the Adlai StevensonInstitute, a militant picket of social scien¬ces building, a proposal for striking stu¬dents to camp out on the main quads, ademand that grades and exams be cancel¬led for the remainder of the quarter, andplans to leaflet campus workers and fac¬tories downtown.The body decided, however, to elect asteering committee charged with planningtoday’s activities before considering longrange actions.The meeting was originally scheduled tobe held in Quantrell auditorium, but wasmoved to Mandel to allow for space. Aconcert sponsored by the Festival of theArts (FOTA) was to have been held thereand has been postponed until next week.St«v« AofclMEETING: Quantrell auditorium in Cobb hall was site of a meeting of Collegefaculty Tuesday. There the Indochina war was condemned as was 'Violence oncampus by forces for repression."Law Students To Strike;Returning Next MondayI 700 Hold Vigil at National Guard ArmoryN Jesse KrakauerMARCH: Student demonstrators confront an officer at the National Guard armory,site of an afternoon vigil. Yesterday’s anti-war activities included apeaceful march by 700 students from thecampus to the Illinois National Guard Ar¬mory at 53rd St and Cottage Grove Avenue.The silent march, sponsored by the Viet¬nam moratorium committee, student gov¬ernment (SG), and the young people’s so¬cialist league (YPSL), protested the killingof four students at Kent State University bythe Ohio National Guard. The marchingstudents succeeded in having the armoryflag lowered to half mast in com¬memoration of the four students.The march began at 1 pm near the ad-ministrationbuilding. Walking threeabreast, the marchers proceeded across thequadrangles and then continued on the side¬walk to the armory.From the start the march and rally var¬ied in black-armbanded mourners to groupsshouting “one, two, three, four, we don’twant your fucking war.”At the Armory radical historian Staugh-ton Lynd and Jack Mendelsohn a Unita¬rian minister, addressed the crowd on thegrass.Rev Mendelson warned that those whoprotest the present policies of the UnitedStates should realize that they are but aminority. “Tomorrow,” he said, “will bevery much like today.” And he thereforeurged everyone to plan for the “long haul”without expectations of sudden change.Staughton Lynd urged participation inthose marches and rallies that are present¬ly being planned for Chicago, Springfield,and Washington. He spoke of the many de¬mands for policy changes and at one pointcastigated University President EdwardLevi for failing to actively support them.Following the speeches some in thecrowd demanded that the armory flag belowered to half-staff in commemoration ofthe four Kent State students.Former SG president Mike Barnett tookLETTER TO THE EDITORS OF THE MAROONASI Fellow RespondsNothing is to be gained by further attack¬ing the members of UC-SDS who kicked intwo doors and broke a window at RobieHouse May 4; their actions have alreadybeen repudiated by UC Movement groupsand, in any event, they are our brothers. Iwould, however, like to set the recordstraight on the subject of the Adlai Steven¬son Institute.The idea that the Stevenson Institute ispart, even a remote part, of the war ma¬chine is a grotesque lie. In fact, the demon¬stration of May 4 at Robie House inter¬rupted the work of three Institute Fellows:Paul Booth, coordinator of the 1967 Penta¬gon Mobilization and present Chairman ofCompaign Against Pollution (C.A.P.); JoelHenning, who was preparing a brief on theillegality of the war; and the writer, whobelieves that the war machine must bestopped by all means necessary.Furthermore, the Institute is not a“front” for anyone. If it served the inter¬ests of the CIA, the State Department, WallStreet or State Street, it would not be seek¬ing funds each month to stay alive! TheInstitute is supported by contributions fromprivate individuals, foundations and univer¬sities which have joined the Institute Con¬sortium — no government money is accept¬ed or “flowed through,” no defenseresearch of any kind is performed and nocontracts from any source are accepted.This is not to say that the Institute isapolitical — it is intensely, interminably po¬litical. But, in their zeal to target a suitablerepresentative of the Establishment on theUC campus, our critics have ignored thecomplex and diverse nature of these poli¬tics.From my own perspective, which is radi¬cal, some of our Fellows are engaged inirrelevant, unworkable liberal research(and I frequently tell them so). Others, inmy view, are engaged in constructive,hard-hitting radical research in the inter¬ests of workers and peasants the world over. The point is, first, that there is noInstitute “line” on any political question,and, second, that neither liberals nor radi¬cals “control” the Institute — they struggleand coexist.Although one may criticize some Instituteprograms on various grounds, I know of noInstitute program which is either viciousor repressive.The morning before the window-smashingat Robie House occurred I was sitting inthe living room talking with Ronald Grzy-winski, a banker, who believes business op¬erations should take the lead in increasingthe availability of capital to the black com¬munity, Joel Henning, a lawyer who feelsthat the corporations are out of control andthat ways should be found legally to re¬structure and control them, and PaulBooth, who believes that corporationsshould be taken over and run by theworkers.Several days earlier, I had discussed theproblem of political violence with WilliamPolk, a brilliant historian and a liberal,Thomas Boodell, a lawyer for the ContractBuyers League, and Eqbal Ahmad, an in¬ternational socialist and revolutionary.There are, at most, one or two other re¬search institutes in the country where suchdiscussions can take place.Those of use who have been working tobuild a better Institute have little need forthe kind of “help” we have recently beengetting from the outside. The recent SDSattack on Eqbal Ahmad was beneath con-tempt and “Stevenson Institute OffCampus” is a ludicrous and irrelevant slo¬gan — almost any department at the Uni¬versity of Chicago better deserves such at¬tention.Speaking (obviously) for myself, and notfor the Institute or any of my colleagues, Iwill add that the issues of the proposedPahlavi Building and the work of the Ste¬venson Institute must be distinguished —for if that building is to house the StevensonInstitute, I will most certainly resign ratherthan work in it. Similarly, if the Institute should evercome to resemble the recent caricaturepainted by our misguided brothers — forexample, by involving itself in counter¬insurgency or “defense” research, imperia¬listic schemes or a purge of radicals — youwill hear about it from us long before SDSblows the whistle.Let’s get on with the business of smash¬ing the war machine.Richard E RubensteinFellow, Adlai Stevenson InstituteTHE CHICAGO MAROONEditor: Caroline HeckBusiness Manager: Emmet GonderManaging Editors: Mitch Bobkin, Con HitchcockNews Editor: Sue LothPhoto Editor: Steve AokiFeature Editor; Wendy GlocknerAssociators: Steve Cook (News), Chris Froula(Features).Assistant Business Manager: Joel PondelikSenior Editor: Roger BlackStaff: Judy Alsofrom, Paul Bernstein, NancyChisman, Allen Friedman, Sarah Glazer, PeteGoodsell, Gordon Katz, Susan Left, GerardLeval, Joseph Morris, Tom Mossberg, JanetPine, Audrey Shalinsky, Carl Sunshine.Photography Staff: Mike Brant, Monty Futch,Jesse Krakauer, Bruce Rabe, David Rosen-bush, Leslie Strauss.Founded in 1892. Pub¬lished by University ofChicago students daily dur¬ing revolutions, on Tues¬days and Fridays through¬out the regular schoolyear and intermittentlythroughout the summer,except during examinationperiods. Offices in Rooms303 and 304 in Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59thSt., Chicago, III. 60637. Phone Midway 3-0800,Ext. 3263. Distributed on campus and In theHyde Park neighborhood free of charge. Sub¬scriptions by mail $8 per year in the U.S. Non¬profit postage paid at Chicago, III. Subscribersto College Press Service.“j in /|iu .» ..jf. •■) 11; the megaphone to say that “the people whoorganized this feel that we should marchback,” but called for a vote first on wheth¬er to request the commander of the guardbattalion to lower the flag. The suggestiondrew derision from some students.As other people shouted their views partof the crowd left while about 75 militantstudents grouped around the flagpole andattempted to lower the flag. They were pre¬vented by six city policemen who slicedthrough the crowd to form a ring aroundthe pole. A few hundred demonstrators re¬mained to observe the proceedings as stu¬dents taunted the tight-lipped police fortwenty minutes, unable to decide on furtheraction.Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Wilson, com¬mander of one of the two batallions head¬quartered at the site, came out of the build¬ing to tell the police to let a Guardsmanlower the flag to half-mast. CommanderCharles Wilson was met by a mixture ofcheers and chants of Sieg Heil as he madethe order.After the students had gone, the flag wasraised back up to its original position.Commander Wilson stated in a later in¬terview that he had ordered the lowering onhis own authority in order “to protect theproperty in the area,” though he did notfear that the crowd would have gotten outof the police’s control./Music FacultyVote SupportContinued from Page Oneof the department of music voted nine toone to adopt the following resolution “Thedepartment of music declares its sympathyand support of the national strike of Uni¬versity faculty, students, and staff to pro¬test against the outrageous decisions of thePresident to send troops into Cambodiawithout the consent of Congress. The con¬sequences of this act have already becomeplain in the killing of four students on thecampus of Kent State University by armedtroops of the National Guard — a killingwhich took place in climate of repressionand hatred brought on directly by the Pres¬ident’s statements on college students in re¬cent days. In the interest of the pre¬servation of our rights to dissent and inconcern for the future and health of ourculture and civilization, we encourage ourstudents and colleagues to devote theirenergies to active participation in protest¬ing the symptoms and causes of the presentcrisis.”New CoalitionHits StandardThe people’s action against standard Oil,a coalition of campus and off-campus stu¬dent organizations, has formed during thepast two weeks to plan action for the an¬nual stockholders’ meeting of the StandardOil Company of New Jersey, May 13 in theCivic Opera House.Groups involved in the project includeNew University Conference, Citizens RevoltAgainst Pollution (CRAP), the Black Coali¬tion, and the Chicago Women’s LiberationUnion.A petition has currently been circulatingthe campus which urges Universitytrustees to turn over University interests inStandard Oil to the use of the protestinggroups, similar to the action requested withCommonwealth Edison stock, and whichthe trustees declined to do. University hold¬ings in Standard Oil are estimated at $20,-000. The petition has been signed by over800 people.A member of NUC told the Maroon thatPeople’s Action is stressing links betweenthe Rockefeller-owned company and theUniversity. He pointed out that StandardOil has been singled out for protest becauseits meeting in Chicago; because of its tiesto University finances; and because of theforeign and domestic corporate in¬volvements of the company.2/The Chicago Maroon/May 1970Strike Succeeds with75°Jo Absence RateSteve AokiDIG-IN: SVNA members construct trenches on corner of 58th St and WoodlawnAve, preparing for "enemy attack." By Mitch BobkinThe student strike of classes that beganyesterday morning was over 75 per centsuccessful throughout most of the day.Students picketed most buildings on themain quads to deter students, faculty andworkers from entering the buildings. At 1pm, over 50 students marched in a circle infront of Cobb Hall in the largest picketingdisplay of the day.At noon, over 250 people rallied in front oftiie administration building to show supportfor the strike. Speakers at the rally voicedsupport for the three demands of the strike:withdrawal of all US forces from South¬east Asia, freeing all political prisoners,and stopping all military research on uni¬versity campus.Len Radinsky, associate professor ofanatomy, spoke at the meeting and an¬nounced that faculty were concerned aboutthe war and were trying to get a statementpassed at the college faculty meeting heldyesterday at 4 pm in Quantrell.Songs were sung by the crowd but thewords were changed to “make them rele¬vant,” (“Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep” and“Down by the Riverside” among others).The strike itself was most effective in theCollege. One strike organizer said “In theCollege, it’s incredibly successful.” CobbSVNA 'Digs-in' at Construction SitesBy Lois LaneStudents for Violent Non-Action (SVNA)yesterday instituted a “constructivist”demonstration against US intervention inCambodia with a “dig-in” of trenches atvarious campus construction sites.At press time Tuesday, a six foot trenchwas nearing completion at the PahlaviBuilding site at 58th St and Woodlawn Ave¬nue, and disheveled, beshoveled ditch-dig¬gers announced plans for similar actions atthe old bookstore site and at the RegensteinLibrary grounds.Country and Western music blared froma nearby automobile as 12 or 15 men andwomen students dug with shovels and pick-axes, reinforcing the barricades with bricks and boards.“This is a purely defensive action,”stated Frank Malbranche, leader of SVNA.“We are preparing ourselves for enemy at¬tack, and at the same time practicing forfuture emergencies. We hope to dig thesetrenches at strategic places aroundcampus. We take credit for the Midway.”When asked if this demonstration was _perhaps paranoid in nature, Malbranchereplied, “No indeedy. TTiis is just good oldMidwestern preparedness. These trenchesare for the defense of the Universityagainst its enemies, whoever they mightbe. We love our University, and we’re pre¬pared to defend it.”Signs propped up around the Pahvlavi trench warned “SLOW: MEN AND WOM¬EN WORKING,” “This is a Union Trench— the Knights of Labor,” and “Earthworks— Artwork of the Seventies.” The diggersexpressed hopes for more shovels (“We’renot revolutionary purists,” said Mal¬branche, “We rented the shovels.”) and forsand-bags to reinforce the trenches.The dig-in was to be followed by an all-night bivouac on the Rockefeller Chapellawn, “just in case.” Future plans for theSVNA demonstration were undecided.When asked whether they considered thisa serious protest of the Cambodian inter¬vention, one SVNA member commented,“Sure. When the enemy invades HydePark, we’ll have the last laugh.”Levi Adds Name to Anti-War LetterUniversity President Edward Levi saidyesterday that he will add his name to the34 college and university presidents whohave already signed a statement urgingPresident Nixon to “demonstrate unequivo¬cally your determination” to end promptlythe United States military actions in South¬east Asia.Levi, following Senator Charles Percy’smeeting with students yesterday morning,told Maroon reporters that he had beencalled early yesterday morning about add¬ing his name to the statement. He in¬dicated that he would do so but added “Ithink students know how doubtful I amabout these statements.”The signers of the statement also askedtor a meeting with President Nixon as soonas possible to discuss the issues raised inthe letter.The letter was drafted by James Hester,president of New York University and hasbeen signed by presidents of Princeton, Co¬lumbia, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Pennsyl¬vania and Johns Hopkins, among others.The letter said that “the American in¬vasion of Cambodia” and the resumptionElections CancelledElections for next year’s studentgovernment representatives, sched¬uled for today and Thursday,have been postponed one week dueto the strike. Connie Maravell, SGpresident and Jonathan Dean, chair¬man of the election and rules com¬mittee, announced the postponementyesterday. of bombings of North Vietnam had caused“severe and widespread apprehensions onour campuses.”“We share these apprehensions,” thepresidents added.“We implore you to consider the in¬calculable dangers of an unprecedentedalienation of America’s youth and to takeimmediate action to demonstrate unequivo¬cally your determination to end the warquickly,” the letter concluded.Late last night, President Levi issued thefollowing statement:As many students who have spoken withme realize, I have doubted whether anystatements of mine would be helpful duringthis period of anguish — so many state¬ments have been made in the past. Yet Iwould not wish silence to be misunderstood.My personal view is that the war in Viet¬nam is a tragic mistake. The explanationswhich have been made concerning the ven¬ture in Cambodia seem to me to be puzzlingand contradictory. Moreover, it was oncegood doctrine that in a constitutional gov¬ernment, war could be declared only by thecitizens acting through their elected repre¬sentatives. Quite apart from the inevitableimmorality of war, there is a special evil inmilitary action apparently regarded as soroutine that no national commmitment isrequired.But this is my personal view and I knowthat there are faculty and students at theUniversity of Chicago who do not agreewith me.This is a difficult time for citizenship.The ways for effective action are hard tofind. I am convinced they are there. I be¬ lieve that effective action should emphasizethe commitment to withdraw, and that thiscan be done. The way of citizenship isthrough the rights of citizens and con¬stitutional government. It is not throughviolence which is self-defeating, will causemuch suffering, and which will make effec¬tive action more difficult.Within the University, I hope the respectfor personal integrity and diversity, essen¬tial to the freedom of our institution, hardrun through many crises of the past, will becontinued and strengthened by the way wemeet the tests of today. hall, the main undergraduate classroombuilding, was largely empty throughoutmost of the morning. Many College classeswere cancelled. Those that met had lessthan one-quarter attendance.Picketers in front of the buildingmarched chanting “On strike, shut itdown” and “On strike, remember the KentFour” referring to the four students killedat Kent State University by National GuardMonday.Harper library, the other building thatwas picketed at the onset of the strike, wasabout half empty most of the day.Picketers at Harper said that many stu¬dents were entering the building and givingas their reason that they could not see acorrelation between the war in Cambodiaand not studying. Many of those enteringsaid they wouldn’t go to class but did notconsider studying in the library to bestrike-breaking.There were less than 20 people studyingin each of Harper’s main reading rooms at1 pm. The circulation room reported lessthan half of the usual business and manycirculation room employees were on strike.Harper reserve had about average businessin checkouts but only three students werestudying there at 1 pm.A University security guard in the li¬brary, Harry Pierson, said that the librarylooked empty to him compared to usualdays.Other buildings on campus had somepicketers. Social science building hadpeople stationed at both entrances. All an¬thropology classes, which are usually heldin social sciences, were cancelled for theday. Picketers reported that some peoplewere entering the building, many of themfaculty members picking up their mail.Seven picketers at Business East report¬ed that they had little success in stoppingfaculty and students from entering thebuilding. “They love money more thanblood” said one picketer. Another com¬mented that he couldn’t tell how many stu¬dents entered as opposed to faculty because“it’s hard to tell the difference betweenthem here.”Buildings on the main quads that had nopicketers most of the day included Haskell,Ryerson, and most of the buildings on 57 St.There were picketers at most of thesebuildings at the peak class hours.Rain from 10 am to 11 am deterred thesuccess of the strike at that time. Manypicketers reported that the rain and coldweather caused many people to enter thebuildings for shelter, who would not enterto go to classes.Tables were set up on the main quads toinform people of the strike and its objec¬tives. The new university conference(NUC) was running a table in front ofCobb hall.Many students, numbering over 200 atsome points, were standing around nearCobb hall during most of the day, justwatching the picketers. Said one collegestudent “It’s nice to see some excitementaround this place finally.”Experts Will Discuss IndochinaFour experts on American foreign policy,led by a former State Department experton foreign affairs, will discuss the crisis inVietnam and Cambodia at noon Wednes¬day, May 6, in Mandel hall.The four will be:• Roger Hilsman, former assistantUnited States Secretary of State for For¬eign Affairs and now professor of govern¬ment at Columbia University;• Harold Hinton, professor of inter¬national relations at George WashingtonUniversity, Washington, D.C.;• Hans J Morgenthau, Michelson dis¬tinguished service professor of political sci¬ence and history at fhe University; and• Morton A Kaplan, professor of politicalscience and chairman of the committee oninternational relations at the University.C Ranlet Lincoln, dean of the Universityextension, will be the moderator. HANS MORGENTHAUForeign policy paneliftMay 6, 1970/The Chicago Maroon/3Z * ■>’ 1 '•> • t‘ • '. ■ : i*<Vi a' "iPercy Seeks Cambodia Crisis SolutionStcv* AofclCONFERENCE: Senator Charles Percy (R-lll) meeting with students at Center forContinuing Education to determine student opinion on the decision to send UStroops to Cambodia. Illinois Senator Charles Percy spoke ofthe Cambodian crisis and universities for 90minutes Tuesday morning with 125 studentsand faculty in the basement of the Centerfor Continuing Education.The Illinois Republican, an alumnus ofthe College (’41) and the University, ispresently a member of the Board ofTrustees of the University and the visitingcommittee on the College.President Edward Levi introduced Percyto the assembly, predominantly studentpress and collegiate and division reps, not¬ing that “the relationship of the Senatorand the group may help us better under¬stand the problem and what we can do.”Students were invited to the meeting bydean of the College Roger Hildebrand, wholearned of Percy’s interest in speaking withstudents Monday. Some students from SDSwere present.Percy, clean cut with blonde sideburns,stated that as he had consistently opposedUS aggression in Vietnam, “it would be abetrayal of my principles” ft) support mili¬tary involvement in Cambodia.The Senator vowed to do everything inhis power to see a speedy end to hostilitiesin Southeast Asia.He said that he had called for a confer¬ence of Asian countries and added “I hope we will let the Asian countries solve what isessentially an Asian problem.”As evidence of productive dissent, Percycited the statement signed by at least 38coliege and university presidents calling forUS withdrawal from Cambodia. PresidentLevi was not one of the original signers, buthas since endorsed it.The Senator also indicated that he hadspoken to University law professor and con¬stitutional expert Philip Kurland to discusswhat powers Congress had available tocurb the war. According to Percy, Kurlandhad suggested that Congress could use fili-buster, which calls for a two-thirds major¬ity to be overruled, to bring legislative ef¬forts to a standstill.Percy spoke of the time as one of crisis,signalling a low-point for American pres¬tige in Europe, and a high-point of Ameri¬can internal dissent.Percy’s opening remarks were brief, andhe spent the major part of the hour and ahalf listening and responding to studentcomments which ranged from polite ques¬tions to radical denunciations.Percy alternated in his comments be¬tween statements of his disapproval of re¬cent actions in southeast Asia and defensesof the United States governmental system,which came under severe attack.Some Schools Shut for QuarterBy Wendy Glockner and Donald KatesStudent demonstrators effectively struckclasses in universities throughout the coun¬try Tuesday in protest of the escalation ofthe conflict in Southeast Asia. Several uni¬versities have voted either to shut down forthe rest of the year or to make grades op¬tional.Vigils and marches similar to yesterday’smarch to the armory here are presentlytaking place at several universities inmemory of the four students who died atKent State University during an anti-wardemonstration.A spokesman from George WashingtonUniversity said Tuesday that organizers ofSaturday’s march on Washington plan tomarch on the White House even thoughthey have been refused permits.Spokesmen for various universitiesacross the country report that few planshave been made to organize students to goto Washington and that little enthusiasmhas been aroused for it.Students at Princeton University are inthe process of organizing a national draftcard movement to turn in 70,000 draft cardsat once and “break the system.” About 350Princeton students have already turned intheir draft cards; students are trying to so¬lidify the movement at Princeton andspread it elsewhere.In response to the escalation of the war toCambodia, and faculty council of Princetonvoted to alter the fall schedule to allow atwo-week recess prior to November elec¬tions to free students and faculty for cam¬paigning (to get doves in Congress). Adrive is underway at Princeton to organizeNo Plans YetFor DisciplineAccording to dean of students CharlesO’Connell, there are as of yet no plans todiscipline students for the kicking in ofthree glass doors and one leaded window inRobie House Monday.O’Connell said he had not received anywritten statements from witnesses identi¬fying students participating in the action,and that he would not consider taking dis¬ciplinary action until then.O’Connell added that a faculty memberhad given him the name of one student in¬volved, but that he did not plan to disciplinethe student until he had obtained more evi¬dence. He said that no one from the officeof the dean of students was present at therally. the campaigning so that it will hit crucialdistricts.Although classes at Princeton ended offi¬cially for the year Tuesday, 10 out of 16clubs cancelled their annual “booze” par¬ties (for the first time since the secondworld war.) Earlier in the week, 5000Princeton students met and voted to strike.At the University of Wisconsin, the na¬tional guard has been called out to end aseries of demonstrations which involve 10,-000 students. The students, divided into rov¬ing bands, are attempting to break upclasses and arouse support for their de¬mand to end war research at the univer¬sity. Monday night demonstrators fire-bombed several buildings including asupermarket and the home of an Air ForceROTC colonel.Tuesday, the mayor of Madison called a30 day moratorium on all marches withinthe city.Kent State University closed down Tues¬day for at least a week; all telephone linesand offices are closed down and most stu¬dents have gone home.University of Maryland closed down forTuesday in response to a demonstrationheld by 5,000 students Monday night onroute U.S. 1. Students attempted to blocktraffic and were met with tear gas cannis-ters and pellets. The National Guard werecalled in but as of Tuesday afternoon, thecampus was quiet.At Rutgers, the state university of NewJersey, the faculty voted ROTC off campusTuesday, by a vote of 137 to 108. Rutgers isthe first university in the country to takethis type of step. The faculty also voted tomake all academic work for the rest of theschool year optional. Douglass and Liv¬ingston colleges are completely closeddown. Students are sitting in the adminis¬tration building, and President MasonGross has said they are welcome to stay.He has also endorsed the strike.At Columbia University, the UniversitySenate, which is composed of students andfaculty, called a moratorium on classes forTuesday and Wednesday. According to aColumbia spokesman, the strike was veryeffective; no other campus wide action tookplace Tuesday. Elsewhere in New YorkNo RevolutionBecause of the large amount ofimportant news caused by the strike,we are printing a special Maroontoday. The Maroon has no immediateplans for printing daily, but willpublish another special issue if un¬usual developments warrant it. City, a memorial vigil was held at theUnited Nations. New York University isalso on strike.In action on the west coast, students atStanford have been striking classes sinceFriday. Various departments, including themedical and the business schools, havevoted officially to go on strike, while otherdepartments have struck unofficially. Theadministration building was effectivelyshut down Tuesday by demonstrators whosat around it but not in it.At Berkeley, the faculty senate voted tosuspend classes; however, the decision willnot be official unless, the Chancellor con¬sents. Chances of getting his consent areregarded as slim and this is considered tobe because his resources are controlled byCalifornia governor Ronald Reagan.Other University of California campuseson strike include Santa Cruz, Riverside, Ir¬vine, and San Diego. The administrationbuilding at San Diego was shut down bystudents.Most schools in the Boston area are onstrike; a city-wide meeting is called forFriday to plan further action and a Har¬vard spokesman expects that the 35,000seats in Harvard Stadium will be filled forthe meeting. The strike at Harvard wasquiet Tuesday; pickets will form onWednesday.At Yale, 1500 to 2000 students held a silentvigil for the students at Kent State Univer¬sity. In other action, 500 students marchedon the ROTC building and broke windowsthere. Yalies have an option for grades orincompletes. George Baral, graduate student in chem¬istry, expressed dissatisfaction with exist¬ing channels of dissent, saying, “It’s beenfive years since I’ve been marching againstthe war and it’s grown ten times as big.”Percy urged peaceful dissent, saying, “Icannot help but feel that an outpouring ofemotion will have an effect on the execu¬tive branch ... I can’t imagine foreign pol¬icy going against the wishes of the majorityof the people.” Percy said that the alterna¬tive to dissent is “chaos and violence.”Students were interested in the con¬stitutional questions raised by Nixon’s by¬passing of consultation with Congress in re¬cent decisions. Percy was enthusiasticabout changing the balance of power be¬tween the Congress and the President, cit¬ing recent Senate rejections of SupremeCourt nominees as evidence that the Senatewill not “rubber stamp” Nixon.He stated that Nixon had made a gravemistake in not informing Congress of hisdecision on Cambodia in advance, and saidthat for the sake of 24 hours “in the endthey’re going to pay a bitter price becauseCongress is going to reassert its rights.”Percy announced that after the meetinghe was flying to Washington to consult withother senators on ways to stop the war ac¬tion. “There are 14 of us that are in leagueon one side” Percy said, “and we’re work¬ing with the other side.”Some of the morning’s most heated dis¬cussion arose out of student’s questioning ofthe American system. When one studentasked Percy, “Do you trust Nixon ” Percyreplied that although he criticized the Pres¬ident, “I think that he’s an honorableman.” A voice from the back could beheard saying “so are they all honorablemen.AT THE TABLE: Students monitor strike table, dispensing literature.4/Th. Chicago M.roon/M.y 6, 1*70