(Unnnrrltrut HaUg dantjms Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXVII NO. 105 STORRS. CONNECTICUT APRIL 15, 1969 Quaker Action Group To Stage ROTC 'Death Watch9 By G. CLAUDE ALBERT ( .tmpus Staff Writer the University would stand to lose con- siderable funds granted under the Mor- ril Act ( which requires land grant col- Three UConn co-eds take advantage The 'Quaker Action Group', a non- leges to provide military studies) if The Birds are sectarian body of UConn Students and of the warmth of Spring on the steps military courses were done away with faculty, will hold a 'death watch' today entirely. of the Student Union Building. Days at the ROTC hanger, to 'await the de- Based on these considerations the On the Wing of coats (and in sorrre cases shoes) mise of ROTC on this campus' and group proposed three major changes in are drawing to an end. draw attention toa three-pointplan which the military science program offered the group has submitted to the Univer- here. sity's subcommittee on ROTC. First, the ROTC program at the U- B.U. Students Demonstrate The group's proposal for an altern- nlverslty must be discontinued, the group ative to ROTC here terms the present said. Against Military Recruitment program objectionable for three reasons. Secondly, whichever courses can The group claims that ROTC does be transferred to other relevant de- By the Associated Press not serve the educational purposes of partments (Military history, military the University, 'but exists merely to STUDENT ROUNDUP - Rebellious law, map reading, etc.) should be taught sions office about nine a.m. and refus- supply the army with a corps of off- students at Boston University held a ill these departments by civilian faculty ed to leave. The offices occupy part of icers.' university dean's office Monday for a- Hamilton Hall on the university quad- members. The content of certain ROTCcourses Thirdly, the group contends that 'any bout three hours, but then departed rangle. was also termed 'repugnant to many' leaving behind a sin ill tDkon group. Early Monday afternoon, about 50 drill, instruction in arms or Other non- by the Quaker Action Group. academic military subjects should be T.nere was no violence and no threat other Black students began a rally at the The text of the group's proposal of police action. The students were pro- sundial near Hamilton Hall. considered the responsibility of Hie Arm- also alleges that ROTC courses 'are ed Forces, testing military recruitment on campus In California, students continued to conducted in a manner contrary to the and the Reserve Officers Training Corps occupy an electronics laboratory Mon- Study and training in these are.is atmosphere of academic freedom proper can be achieved through .summer camps, In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Har- . day at Stanford University, but all was at a University. vard President Dr. Nathan Pusey met reported quiet. post-graduate camps, extra-curricula!- The statement said , however, that student activities or whatever other Monday with a 68-member committee HARTFORD — The controversial the study of military science and mil- of faculty and students. They were map- means the Armed Forces deem feasi- question of when the taking of an un- itary history should be maintained at ble.' ping out university strategy in the event born baby's life may be legally allowed the University since 'the impact of the The 'death march' will take place dissident students seize another Harvard was argued Monday at a long, crowded military on our society today is so great, building. today from 12:30 to 2 pm at the ROTC hearing before the State Legislature's that any University which ignores this hanger. The session lasted two hours and Judiciary Committee. force cannot be truly relevant to to- Brian Cross, chairman of the Quaker Pusey left without commenting to news- Those favoring the liberalizing of day's world. men. • Connecticut's century-old law spoke of Action Group, urged that all interested The group's statement also noted that individuals Join in the vigil. Later, about 60 Black students mar- the rights of women, of families, and ol ched on University Hall to present ano- society. ther list of demands to the administra- Those opposed to reform said the tion. They said they wanted an official question boiled down to the taking of a hu- response within 24 hours, but did not man life. They maintained the embryo, Indicate what action might be taken if or fetus, in a woman's womb is a human the deadline is not met. person with as much right to live as About 20 Black students nitftd asit- anyone else. ln in the admission office at Columbia The law now permits abortions only University in New York Monday. A un- if a woman's life is endangered by con- iversity spokesman said the Blacks de- tinued pregnancy. Proposals heard today manded greater Black enrollment at the would allow abortions to preserve a wo- Duke Ellington university and a special Black admis- man's sanity, to end pregnancy caused sions board. by rape or incest, or to prevent birth of The students entered the admis- a deformed baby. To Revive Big NAACP's Jones Promises Band Era Here Action Against 'Slumlords9 BRIDGEPORT - Choked with sorrow were 32 recorded violations on the and anger, NAACP state executive dir- ector William C. Jones last week sur- burned building alone since February veyed the gutted ruins of the Arctic of this year. Jones also claimed that DUKE ELLINGTON Street tenement that was the flaming his last fine was $2,000 and that Katz bier for eleven who died there on Easter owns 1000 sub-standard dwellings for Sunday morning. which the NAACP has unsuccessfully Jones had been requested to give his taken him to task for over eight years Duke Ellington and his orchestra will appear at UConn next Satur- observations to an overflow audience 'We've been bloodied in our battles day for a one-night-stand reminiscent of the "good old days" of the at the Bridgeport-Stratford NAACP and we'll continue to lose human lives "big bands" and the 1930s dance-concerts. branch meeting not far from the scene so long as public sentiment and the Under the auspices of the Student Union Board of Governors and of the holocaust administration permits this man to thumb the jorgenspn Auditorium Management, Ellington will hrlng'.wck some He joined Rev. James D. Peters, Jr., his nose at the concerned people of a. the best of the dancing and listening music of the '30s. state NAACP president from Bridgeport Connecticut. His own "Mood Ind.go," "Sophisticated Lady." "Take the A in condemning Abraham Katz, a large We've picketed Bridgeport city hall Tram," and "Don't Get Around Anymore" will be coupled with some low-income multi-family realtor, as a in the past -- to no avail. The NAACP Of his extended works, such as "Black and Tan Fantasy," "C Jam self-styled 'King of the Slumlords.' has had petitions, and we've begged Blues "and "Harlem " Jones labeled Katz as a 'profiteering for help on the problems of the poor The Ellington appearance is scheduled for the AJberl M. Jorgeii. dealer in human misery and Just short from a largely uncaring populace. Now sen Auditorium from 9 p.m. to midnight, with a special concert at of an actual murderer who feels him- we are demanding that a situation be 10 p.m. self above the law'. corrected that transcends all racial Some of the seats In the auditorium, which normally holds 3,600 He noted that Abraham Katz has been grounds. persons, will be removed to make room 'or dancing. arrested six times by Housing Code Jones requested that the branch lead- The Ellington dance-concert is part of the University's "Semes- Enforcement officers and that there ership ascetain through legal services ter of the '30s," which is intended to bring to life the depression de- whether Katz can lie charged with cad.' ror the students of today. Weather Outlook criminal negligence. 'If (tie power struc- Not only will the music revert to the 30s, but the ticket prices will tures cannot and will not atop him, lie rolled back to thai era at SI per person. f AP) Cloudy and cool today with Hit perhaps we can.' He vowed to give the No mail or telephone orders will he accepted. Ti ket;, which ma. full facilities of the NAACP state office be obtained at the Jorgensen Box Office, will be limited to four per Kper- high in the 50s. Probability of pre- in Hartford and its 19 branches in a son. cipitation twenty percent. Winds will battle to the finish and called upon be south to southeast 10 to 20 miles Jewish state community leaders to rise per hour today. up and speak out and condemn Katz. (HtmntttitvA Batlg Glampufi Serving Storrs Since 1896 TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1969 Civilian Control ecently approximately 60 seniors, mem- bers of the University's I rmy ROTC outfit received notice of their assignments after commissioning. Some received them with plea- sure, others with a sign of relief. For about eighteen cadets, however, there were no feel- ings of either pleasure or relief. They had been assigned to the infantry, a branch neither desired nor requested. .will these students question their assign- ments? ..ill they register a protest? I.Ill they say that they have not been educated for four years only to serve in the infantry and stand a chance of dying in Vietnam, their education wasted; their lives lost? Kot likely.