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. V r tu , •* f ì, .i'A.' » ) » tf W e d n e s d a y MICHIGAN STATC * *ü « v ï »î : t o T&1T ~yr -V i > W*". East Lansing, Michigan October 2 , 1968 lie SuspensionVol. 61 Number 53 rule lifted pending 'U' debate all eventualities discussed, it is decided by the ASMSU student board, Faculty Com­ President Hannah announced late A statement was also released Tuesday that the resolution is not important, then Thursday afternoon that he has in effect, night by Hannah as an explanation of the mittee on Student Affairs and Academic it’s not important.” suspended the controversial Resolution on intent behind the adoption of the resolu­ Cpuncil that the resolution was not desir­ Hannah made his remarks just the day suspensions passed Sept. 20 by the MSU tion. able then he would most definitely abide after returning from a .week-long trip to by that decision. Board of Trustees. In the statement, Hannah said he was Germany for his son’s wedding. He said “ surprised” and “distressed” to find the “ Som etim es m istakes are m ade,” Hannah Hannah said that he is putting the resolu­ (please turn to back page) tion on the agenda of the Oct. 18 trustees University in the midst of an intense said. “If after a complete discussion, with meeting and is “ready to urge the trustees discussion” upon his return from Germany to suspend it and put it on the shelf pend­ late Monday afternoon. ing action by all groups that want to parti­ “The Trustees’ resolution,” Hannah cipate in discussion of it.” said, “has two objectives-The first one Hannah, noting that he had “no intention outlines the several categories of miscon­ Hannah’s statement of suspending anyone under this rule,” duct which would make an offending stu­ To the Faculty, Students, and Staff of that I may well have been--it was in not claimed that the measure had not been in­ dent subject to University discipline. Michigan State University: consulting more widely with faculty and tended for frequent or indiscriminate use. “The second provision makes explicit I was surprised and distressed on my re­ student groups in preparing the final draft He also disclaimed the urgency expressed the implicit power of the President of the turn from Germany late Monday afternoon, of the resolution. In extenuation, I point Answering back by those claiming a controversy. University, or his designee, to suspend a September 30, to find the University in the out that at the time it was drawn, such “This is not an emergency situation,” student pending hearing on charges of midst of an intense discussion arising over groups were not readily available for con­ Hannah remarked, “but it is obviously a conduct considered to represent an acute Third party candidate for President, George C. Wallace, speaks an action taken by the Board of Trustees on sultation. matter of great concern to students and danger to other persons on the campus or to a crowd of 5,000 In front of the Capitol Building In Lansing, my recommendation. I would like to point out to the newest faculty.” to University property.” T u è sd a y . State News photo by Bob Ivins Hannah said the action was “the out­ The Trustees’ resolution has two objec- members of the University community growth" of experiences in recent months tives--The first one outlines the several that I personally set in motion the machin­ at other universities, and claimed there categories of misconduct which would ery of the study which resulted in the Aca­ was a “gross misunderstanding of its pur­ make an offending student subject to Uni­ demic Freedom Report, have supported it CHEERS, JEERS at every stage of its progress, and have pose.” versity discipline. The second provision • He said it was not intended to amend makes explicit the implicit power of the been proud of it .as one of the most signi­ ficant recent actions taken by the Univer­ the Freedom Report. President of the University, or his desig­ “I am conscious of my own motive,” nee, to suspend a student pending hearing sity. L a n s i n g Hannah said, “in proposing the resolu­ on charges of conduct considered to rep­ But I am less interested in the history W a l l a c e tion to the Trustees and assert that there resent an acute danger to other persons on of this recent unfortunate development was nothing ulterior in its character." the campus or to University property. than in action to restore the University people in Alabama who voted for his "Some of you anarchists better have He added that his mistake was in “not con­ This action was the outgrowth of experi­ to the concord it has enjoyed in recent By CHRIS MEAD your say now because after Nov. 5 you’re ences in recent months at other universi­ months. State News Staff Writer wife Lurleen for governor in 1966. sulting more widely with faculty and stu­ A peaceful but persistent group of dem­ through in this country,” Wallace angrily ties where it has been determined that their I am willing and ready to subject this Third party candidate George C. Wal­ dent groups in preparing the final draft." onstrators shouted their disapproval told the demonstrators. rules or ordinances were not adequate to matter to such discussion as may be lace brought his presidential crusade to He did note that the language of the throughout Wallace’s speech causing him Wallace played heavily on his appeal resolution had appeared first in a state­ today’s needs. required to come to a consensus as to Lansing Tuesday and the cheers of his how best to accomplish this. I intend to to loose his place in the preapred to the common man and his promise ment on academic freedom of stu­ In the time I have had since my return, local supporters and the constant heckling recommend to the Board of Trustees at its speech he always uses. that “domestic institutions ought to be dents published in 1965 by a committee I have read the recent issues of the State of his opponents. next meeting on October 18 that the sec­ "A good haircut will take care of you controlled by the people of this state.” . of the American Association of Univer­ News and conferred with colleagues and The rally, to which Wallace arrived tion of the resolution pertaining to student fellas,” he said to one group of hecklers. He said the federal government has be­ sity Professors (AAUP). student leaders in an honest attempt to nearly an hour and a half late, was rela­ suspension without a hearing be suspend­ Someone else in the crowd on the east trayed the people by making decisions “It is distressing to me,” Hannah said, familiarize myself with the situation be­ tively peaceful. An unidentified black ed. Neither I nor any designee will sus­ lawn of the Capitol reflected light in that rightly belong to the people. “to have this internal difficulty develop fore making any public comment. man was removed from the crowd by pend any student under this portion of the W allace’s eyes wi^' a mirror. (Please tarn to page 17) out of w;haf I know to be a regrettable It is evident to me that much of the state policemen for alledgedly causing a resolution pending final action of the Trus­ disturbance. The man charged that the misunderstanding. opposition to the Trustee resolution arises tees. Hannah said that if it was determined from a gross misunderstanding of its pur­ policemen had kicked him in the groin Certainly the language of the entire reso­ and a few other blacks shouted “police pose. lution has nothing sacred about it. For my­ brutality,” but no serious incidents de­ A major error is the assumption that this self, I would be quite content to see substi­ veloped. Wallace supporters was somehow intended to amend or revise tuted for the paragraph to which such Trumping his usual theme of states Warm ... the Academic Freedom Report. It was not strong objection is being made, language rights, law and order and anti-commu- . high today 80 degrees. Part­ so intended. to which sanction has been given by some iiTsm, the American Independent party ly cloudy and chance of show­ I am conscious of my own motive in pro­ of the most prestigious organizations in candidate said he was pleased by the enthusiastic at Capitol ers. Rain and cooler Thursday. posing the resolution to the Trustees and higher education. turnout he had received on his Michigan assert that there was nothing ulterior in its That language appeared first in a “State­ tour and cited what he claimed was the By FRED SHERWOOD promised to jail anarchists and suppor­ character. My motive was simply to bring ment on the Academic Freedom of Stu­ overwhelming support of the labor vote State News Staff Writer ters of Communists. our own procedures into line with the most dents” published in 1965 by Committee (S) and the “common man.” A large number of Wallace supporters, “He’s not afraid to stand up for what he Voter registration advanced thinking in the field today and of the American Association of University Wallace’s swing through Michigan in­ referring to him as everything from a believes in,” said a Lansing woman. the current requirements of the courts. Professors. cluded stops at Kalamazoo, Grand Ra­ “good cathartic” to “the only Ameri­ “That’s giving the police back the power If I was at fault-and I willingly admit (please turn to back page) pids and Flint as well as Lansing.

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