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U-M Aide Walks Out Of Meeting

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20
Month
January
Year
1967
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U-M Aide
Walks Out
Of Meeting

University Vice President
i Richard L. Cutler walked out
s of a meeting with U-M students
1 on implications of the«^fiizure
iijYcity police of %he CineHj^

GuTh^rfilm, '' Fla nun'^'—grea-^
?T(ffes" " -I roundly '. ember
''"f Voice i'oiii.K;rtl I'aiiv, cam-

s chapter of Students for
r ^ocr;)1ic Society (SDS).

";.n;.:.;i,l by students pro-
•••'••••• ihe film seizure, Cut-
i agreed to meet with

After Cutler read a prepared
U-M statement on the matter,
the 30-plus students began ask-
ing the vice president about the
I University supplying lawyers to
I defend those arrested.

| When asked who decides how
(b? U-M uses its lawyers, Cut-
responded, "I don't know."
Alter a Voice Political Party
member reportedly swore at
him, the U-M vice president
said "I am prepared to termi-
nate, this meeting" and left.

The Student Government
Council last night promised
complete support of the Cinema
Guild and also approved sub-
mitting a letter to the U-M
Board of Regents at the board's
meeting here today asking legal
support of the Cinema Guild.

The U-M statement presented
by Cutler reads as follows:

"The University has indicated
on several previous occasions
that students, as citizens, have
the same freedom of speech,
peaceful assembly and the right
'of petition guaranteed to all citi*
|zens by our Constitution. In ac-
cepting these privileges, they
also accept tTie responsibilities
of citizenship.

"If public law is allegedly
violated, established procedures
should be used to make the de-
termination. When such viola-
tions take place, it is the re-
sponsibility of the law enforce-
ment agencies to take appropri-
ate action. If a citizen is guilty,
he takes the consequences.

"Students often waver or al-
ternate between seeing their
university as over-paternalistic,
manifesting too much of tlie
image of an over-dominate or
coercive parent against whom
they are in rebellion, and from
whom they have now partially
at least escaped; and on the
other hand, as a large, compli-
cated, cold, indifferent institu-
tion which feels no real con-
cern for the welfare, happiness

id success of its forgotten

udents.

I'The University is neither of

iese. The question here is one
of citizens' rights and citizens
| responsibilities. Established pro-
jcedures mi; liowed."