the louisville cardinal vol. xxx, no. 25 university of louisviUe, louisviUe, kentucky 40208 april 25, 1969
BSU breaks off talks over 2 I• ssues
By NICK De MARTINO
Cardinal Editm--in-Chief
A communications breakdown between
the Black Student Union (BSU) and the
University Administration apparently led
to the action Wednesday by the BSU to
cease discussions over the proposed black
studies and recruiting program.
Primary disagreement centers upon two
points: the positions of the two groups
during meetings held the last month and
a half; and the selection of a black-studies
director.
The Wednesday morni g action oc­curred
at 11 a.m. when the BSU read a
statement to Strickler that charged the
Administration with "c h i c an e r y and
equivocation" in the implementation of
the 12-page proposal.
The statement outlined the basis for
their "bad faith" on the part of the Ad­administration
and demanded that the Ad­ministration
either hire Sterling Neal-
UL reacts
to 3 a.m.
arrests
By PAUL RENNER
Cardinal Staff Writer
Amid confusion and professed ignorance,
reaction to the actions of Urban Renewal
at 2038 Confederate Place took three forms
Tuesday.
II' Thirty people picketed the Adminis­tration
Building, protesting the 3 a.m.
Saturday arrest of Marc Cummings, Sid­ney
Marks, and Sally Sweet;
~ President Strickler issued a press re­lease
declaring that no University official
was involved in the action and condemn­ing
the tactics of the arrest;
II' Cummings attempted to read a pre­pared
statement protesting the action be­fore
the Board of Aldermen.
Cummings, a '68 UL graduate, presently
~:orks at Central State Hospital. Marks
is enrolled at Indiana University. Miss
Sweet was visiting from Detroit. The three
were arrested for trespassing by request
of Urban Renewal attorney Robert Zol­linger.
Their trial was set for July 1.
Cummings and Marks were living at
the house awaiting a court order of
forcible detainer. A forcible detainer is an
order to appear in court on a particular
day to show reason why one should not
be evicted from a residence.
According to Robert Delahanty, at­torney
for Cummings and Marks, such a
court order was never served. "As far as
I'm concerned, Cummings and Marks are
the BSU's candidate for the black studies 1
director-or give the BSU a budget with
which to implement the proposal. The
BSU asked for a decision in less than
two hours.
Strickler announced at the deadline
that he would not meet their ulti­matum.
His statement, issued later in the
afternoon, said that "the University
has given continuing evidence of its
good faith and positive commitment
to develop the program as agreed to and
adopted in March by the BSU representa­tives
and the University." He listed six
areas in which he thought progress had
begun in black studies and recruiting.
Strickler said the University would
continue to seek a suitable candidate for
black consultant and was still willing to
work with BSU members.
Strickler maintains that both the Ad­ministration
and the BSU agreed upon a
"12-point program for moving toward the
goals of the proposal." This 12-point pro-gram
was part of a statement that Strick­ler
read to a crowd of about 300 on March
8 after a negotiating meeting with mem­bers
of the Black Coalition Association.
Blaine Hudson (A&S '71), a member of
the BSU's Executive Committee, told the
Cardinal Tues<hly afternoon-before the
recent BSU action-that his group has
"unequivocally rejected" the 12-point plan
Strickler referred to. "We've rejected it,
and they know it," he said.
Hudson said that the BSU was pre­pared
to settle only for immediate im­plementation
of the original 12-page docu­ment.
He said that some details could be
altered as long as the basic "programs
positions, personnel, and powers" were
maintained.
When asked why the BSU had been
meeting with Strickler if members were
not prepared to compromise the substance
of the document, Hudson explained that
the group "is operating in a revolutionary
context. We are dealing in ievels and in
-Phato by John Beckman
2038
PTesident Woodrow Strickler considers a
s tatement by Marc Cummings (shown in
the background) during discussions Tues­day
afternoon conce1·ning the arrests of
Cummings, Sidney Marks, and Sally Sweet.
in no sense trespassers. Their legal status
is tenants as sufferance" said Delahanty.
Much of the controversy centers around
the time and manner of the arrest. Cum­mings
received a call at 2 a.m. Satur­day
morning from Zollinger, an at­torney
for Urban Renewal. He said
for them to be ready to move out
w i t hi n an hour. At 3 a.m. Ur­ban
Renewal agents accompanied by
police broke down the door of the house
and arrested Cummings, Marks, and Miss
Sweet. Fifteen minutes later Zollinger di­rected
TKE to move in.
Jim Gilmore (A&S '70) president-elect
of TKE said, "The first we were aware
of the action was a phone call from Mr.
Zollinger at 8:30 Friday evening. He
talked to Jim Rockell and asked him to
have the members at the house by 2 a.m.,
ready to occupy 2038 at 3 a.m." Rockell
(Continued p. 9, coL. 1)
175 Greeks march for frat complex
Approximately 175 fraternity and so­rority
members marched from the J. B.
Speed Art Museum through the Adminis­tration
Building yesterday at noon in sup­port
of the proposed fraternity housing
complex.
The purpose of the demonstration, ac­cording
to Director of Fraternities Gary
Steedly who helped organize it, was to
"provide an affirmative response to all
of the negative publicity generated by a
vocal minority who do not represent the
students."
Steedly said the demonstrators intended
to speak "for the needs of the silent ma­jority.
In view of all the publicity 30
people got Tuesday, we wanted to see how
much 200 would get."
The march was very orderly and well­organized.
Some of the demonstrators
carried signs protesting the inadequate
housing now provided for Greeks. Sand­wiches
and drinks were sold from a
catering service truck parked in the
museum driveway.
The march was led by Stan Brucato
(A&S '70), the newly elected Inter-Fra­ternity
Council President. After confirm­ing
the route with Steedly, Brucato out­lined
it to the other marchers with a loud­speaker.
The marchers halted momentarily on
the Administration Building steps where
Brucato made a few remarks about the
frat complex.
He concluded by assuring the marchers
"We do more for the University than any
other segment."
sequence. We are interested in the product,
not the procedure. In this case, the
product is the proposal. We have ex­hausted
this red-tape procedure of nego­tiation
and are prepared to move on to
the next step." He declined to say in the
Tuesday interview what that step would
be.
Strickler said late Wednesday after­noon
that "this is the first time we have
heard of the BSU's rejection of the 12-
point plan." He said that the whole basis
of negotiation was the agreement of the
two parties on the plan. "I wouldn't have
announced it at the public meeting (on
March 8) if the BSU hadn't agreed to
it."
He said that both parties recognized
the priority of hiring a black consultant.
That crucial position is the other major
point of disagreement.
Each group calls the position by a dif­ferent
name - Strickler used the term
(Continued p. 9, col. 4)
Four schools'
governments
hold elections
Following on the heels of the A&S Stu­dent
Council elections the Business
School Student Council held its officer
elections Wednesday. Allan Flamm (Bus.
'70) was elected president.
Other seniors winning seats on the
Council were Paul Bodner, Curt Boyles,
Bryan Coomes, Janet Kuhn, and Robert
Turner. A vice-president will be elected
from the junior class in the fall.
In another recent election, David Har­rod
was elected president of the Kent
School of Social Work Student Associa­tion.
The president, vice-president, and treas­urer
of the Dental School Student Council
will be elected today. A secretary will
be selected from the senior dental hygiene
class.
Medical School will elect a president on
Wednesday, May 7, with other elections
to follow later. Speed Scientific School
will hold its Student Council elections
this summer.
The A&S Student Council set Friday,
May 16, as election day for council rep­resentatives
and then dealth with elec­tion
procedures at its regular meeting
Tuesday afternoon.
The council overwhelmingly defeated a
motion by Tom Eubank (A&S '70) which
would have permitted "organization af­filiation
placed on student council ballots,
if so desired." The vote was 25-4.
Eubank's motion, if passed, would have
permitted the Action Student Party, of
which he is chairman, to have their slate
of candidates identified on the council
ballot.
inside
An editorial on the arrests at 2038 Con­federate
Place ... page two.
Democratic County Judge candidates
interviewed . . . page three.
A review of Bob Dylan's new album ...
page four.
Black poets . . . page five.
Black frat returns after four years' ab­sence
... page nine.
Pegasus Pedalathon . . . ..Backside" -
the second front page.