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Pi 2ZogflngrIcgCfmeS Oct. 23, 1969-Part I 3 Chancellor OKs Credit for Angela Davis Class Young's Action Backed by UC President as Being in Accord With Order of Court 1 2kLmm 4WMMfc I I -I BY KENNETH REICH Timet Staff Writer jjfil 1 A' 'PEDESTRIANS' NEEDED Amos J. Peters, the up a sign indicating that squirrels are needed, builder of Longview, squirrel bridge, puts City's squirrels disappeared during severe winter. Times photo by Stere Fontanini At the same time, Pacht ruled unconstitutional the dismissal proceedings themselves and the regents' 29-year-old policy against employing Communists at UC. Young and Hitch felt it was clearly implied in the order that Miss Davis' course, "Recurring Philosophical Themes in Black Literature" should be for credit.

They also saw a likelihood that if they did not do so, the judge would issue a new order requiring it. Hitch Explains Position In his statement, Hitch said, "I know of no basis under the university's rules and procedures under which the restrictions could have been retained. "To have retained or have opposed them arbitrarily would have constituted evasion of the court order," he said. "I said at the very outset of this case that it would probably have to be settled in the courts, and that process is now under way," Hitch declared. "The university administration will of course follow to the letter any court order in the Davis case or any other." the UC president's reference to the judicial process being "under way" was a reference to the strong likelihood that Cunningham's office will appeal Pacht's ruling to the State Court of Appeals.

Hitch said that pending such an appeal, all actions against Miss Davis were being held in "abeyance. Young's action Wednesday took the form of a letter to UCLA registrar William T. Puckett, erasing a previous instruction he had issued to him Oct. 6. The text of Young's letter follows: "On Oct.

6 I wrote advising you that, as a result of the regent's resolution of Oct. 3, 1969, no enrollments could be accepted which would result in credit for any course being offered by Professor Angela Davis. Please Turn to Page 28, Col. 1 UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young Wednesday designated Angela Davis' philosophy class a credit course in response to a Superior Court order.

Young's action, which initially had been opposed by UC General Counsel Thomas J. Cunningham, won the immediate backing of UC President Charles J. Hitch. Hitch said that to continue restrictions on the Communist professor's course "would have constituted defiance of the court order." It also was understood that leading members of the UC Board of Regents, which had sought to dismiss Miss Davis because of her Communist Party membership, had acceded to Young's action. Meanwhile, a downtown Los Angeles attorney, acting on his own behalf, filed a taxpayer's suit seeking a Superior Court order barring Miss Davis from teaching at UCLA.

The grounds cited by Donald C. Gallagher, who has an office at 132 W. 1st include state statutes and public trust considerations that he says require the regents to keep the university "entirely independent of all political influences." Hearing Slated for Nov. 17 A hearing was set for Nov. 17 in the.

court normally presided over by Judge Richard Schauer. Young and Hitch said nothing in their formal statements about the debate that led to their decision to designate Miss Davis' course for credit. However, it was learned from sources close to them that Cunningham initially had advised them that since the Tuesday court order by Judge Jerry Pacht did not specifically mention the question of credit for Miss Davis' course, they were not duty bound to give it. Young and others pointed out, however, that Pacht had specifically invalidated the Oct. 3 decision of the regents banning Miss Davis from teaching for credit pending the dismissal proceedings against her.

No-Arrest Youth Drug Law to Be Limited in Use, Doctor Says County Mental Health Chief Warns That His Staff Will Apply Stringent Criteria for Those Seeking Treatment BY HARRY NELSON Times Medical Writer Foundation That Douglas Headed Linked to Mafia News Service Says Funds Came From Deal Arranged by Underworld Figure Excluilvt to Th Timet from a Staff Writer LAS VEGAS A foundation headed for nine years by Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas derived its funds from a deal arranged by Mafia figure Meyer Lansky, the Associated Press said Wednesday. Douglas, in Washington, immediately denied any knowledge of the transaction. The financial deal in question was the 1960 sale of the Hotel Flamingo by a company controlled by Los Angeles businessman Albert Parvin. Lansky, who often has been identified as organized crime's financial wizard, received a $200,000 finder's fee for intoducing the sellers to a trio of Florida men who made the purchase.

Funds From Flamingo Sale In 1960, Parvin established the tax-exempt Albert Parvin Found a-ton, financing it with 75 of the proceeds he personally realized from the sale of the Flamingo. The foundation's share amounted to between $1.5 million and $2 million, he has estimated. The Los Angeles-based foundation supports fellowship programs for students from underdeveloped nations to study at Princeton University and UCLA as a means of promoting international understanding. Douglas became president of the foundation at its formation, and in 1962 the justice began receiving $12,000 a year, which he said was largely for expenses. 1 The Times reported Douglas' relationship with the foundation and the fact that the foundation was continuing to derive support from a mortgage interest in the Las Vegas hotel and gambling casino in 1966.

Decided to Resign Last spring, faced with increasing skepticism about the outside interests of Supreme Court justices, Douglas resigned from the foundation. It was not until the Associated Press delved into the 1960 Flamingo transaction that it was learned that Lanksy contracted to receive from Parvin's firm in a series of payments. Lansky was credited with finding the buyers, a group of Florida hotelmen headed by Samuel Cohen, Morris Lansburgh and Daniel Lifter. They bought the hotel for $10.5 million. Douglas said Wednesday: "I never had anything to do with the transaction and I never knew anything about it.

I had no information whatever about it." The hotel has since been sold to Las Vegas millionaire Kirk Kerkori-an. Illegal Drugs Easy to Obtain by Mail, Assembly Unit Told BY JERRY GILLAM Timet Stiff Writer SACRAMENTO Anyone can obtain illegal dangerous drugs from legitimate manufacturers by mailorder with "no questions asked," a Los Angeles city narcotics enforcement official said Wednesday. In testimony to an Assembly subcommittee studying drug abuse, Capt. Roger Guindon, commander of the Los Angeles Police Department Narcotics Division, outlined the surprising ease with which pills can be purchased by mail. Guindon said an addict first obtains a drug company advertising brochure, possibly from a doctor's office.

He then fills In a drug order blank using a legitimate doctor's name and federal narcotics registration number. This number is assigned to all doctors upon graduation from college. it is written on both his prescription blanks and his college diploma hanging on the office wall. The ordered drugs will be returned by mail to the addict's home address with "no questions asked" if prepaid, according to Guindon. In this easy manner, he told the lawmakers, an addict can purchase 20,000 Seconal pills for $85 for his own use and resale.

The big problem, Guindon said, is that drug manufacturers don't check the doctor's address as well as his name and narcotics registration number when shipping orders. "It's too big a business," Guindon told The Times. "The volume is heavy and much of it is interstate." recommended that every drug manufacturer should be licensed and bonded by the federal government after investigation with annual renewals. Politics of Ecology Called Wave of the Future for Urban Planners fS 35 ANIMALS VANISH Town Has Bridge for Squirrels but No Squirrels BY CHARLES HILLINGER Timet Staff Writer LONGVIEW, Wash. The town that built a bridge for squirrels has run out of the furry, long-tailed animals.

They disappeared last winter one of the severest of record in this Columbia River town and never returned. Now Longview has a campaign to recruit new squirrels. City fathers of Salem, hearing of Longview's plight, agreed to a swap. Salem, 100 miles to the south, has an abudance of squirrels. "Build us a squirrel bridge and we will ship you several pairs of prolific gray squirrels from the Oregon State Capitol grounds," wrote Don McNeil, manager of Salem's Chamber of Commerce.

Amos J. Peters, 53, builder of the world's only man-made squirrel bridge, said he would gladly oblige. But earlier this month in a special squirrel session of the Salem City Council, the trade was called off. Fear for Students' Safety Councilmen feared students at Willamette University might try to cross the squirrel bridge and fall onto the street into oncoming traffic. They also said by accepting the bridge they might have to give Longview some free advertising.

"What kind of a country would this be," declared McNeil at the councilmanic session, "if it had turned down the Statue of Liberty because it might advertise the French?" McNeil for months has been trying to reduce the number of squirrel deaths in Oregon's capital city. Squirrels in Salem dash from maple trees on the Capitol grounds to white birch trees across the street at Willamette University. McNeil asked the city to post "squirrel crossing" signs. He also suggested signs be posted cautioning: "Watch for falling squirrels." Peters, a contractor, erected the 65-foot bridge between two oak trees across one of Longview's busiest streets six years ago. Basis of Decision He decided to build the bridge after finding a squirrel lying dead on the boulevard after it had been struck by a car.

To train squirrels to use the bridge Peters placed feeders on either end with a string of nuts the length of the bridge suspended 20 feet above the street. When the bridge was dedicated a holiday was declared. There was a parade and Roy A. Betlach, chief of the Washington State Patrol, cut a ribbon opening the bridge to squir- rels. Through the years Peters kept the bridge well-supplied with nuts.

Residents and visitors to Longview marveled at the squirrels running back and forth across Nutty Narrows. Peters is hoping city fathers of Salem will have a change of heart. If not, he and the. residents of Longview will gladly accept squirrels from anywhere else. Vista Marine Identified as Viet War Victim A Southern California marine who was killed in action in Vietnam was identified Wednesday by the Defense Department.

He was: Gunnery Sjt. Valentine B. Suarez, husband of Mrs. Virginia R. Suarez, vll I BY RAY Timet Urbin A new brand of politics is emerging as an answer to society's mounting concern for its urban and natural environments.

Harvey Wheeler, a political scientist, identified it Wednesday as the politics of ecology and said it promises to be "the wave of the future." It will spawn a new party system as well as legislatures composed of representatives drawn from ecological rather than territorial boundaries, he explained. Dr. Wheeler, a senior fellow at the center for the study of Democratic Institutions at Santa Barbara said the biological revolution requires this new kind of politics. He outlined its possibilities at a discussion of the impact of science and technology on the quality of life at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics annual meeting at the Anaheim Convention Center. The session on urban problems a highlight of the week-long AIAA A new state law enabling parents of youngsters who use drugs to have the youth committed for involuntary treatment rather than face a jail sentence will have only a limited application, a Los Angeles authority said Wednesday.

Dr. Harry Brickman, director of the County Department of Mental Health, said in an interview he fears the public has some misconceptions about the new law, which goes into effect Nov. 10. "It is regrettable if parents think that now instead of arrests', there will be large treatment programs awaiting the youngsters. This is not so," the psychiatrist said.

"If anybody is looking for this to be a panacea for the general drug use problem, especially marijuana, this is not the case." Could Petition Court The new law allows parents of children who are using drugs to petition a Superior Court for treatment. If the court and the professional staff of a local community mental health center believe the youngster is a danger to himself or others, he could receive treatment. But Dr. Brickman, whose department would have jurisdiction in Los Angeles County, said the professional staff will use very stringent criteria to decide whether a youth is either suicidal or demonstrably about to cause physical harm to another person. He said many parents are panicky about drugs and are apt to expect that mere usage of drugs, particularly marijuana, is sufficient grounds to conclude that the youngster is a danger to himself or others.

He said he doesn't blame parents for being fearful because many public statements have been calculated to instill alarm and severe punitive reaction rather than an attempt to understand the problem. Dr. George Davis, a psychologist and head of the department's education and information section, said he believes parents fail to realize they are models for their children's behavior. He said it is ironic that children who are being educated about drugs bv films and information brochures y4L are often having their behavior modeled in a contradictory way by that of their parents. For example, he said, the parents may be consuming aspirin to conquer a hangover headache, nicotine to relax, vitamins to avoid colds and a number of other pills for physical or mental problems while at the same time deploring the child's use of drugs.

POLICE PELTED Pie-Throwing in Film Episode Hits Wrong Face SAN FRANCISCO In an apparent misunderstanding, police arrested 12 persons Wednesday night at the opening of the San Francisco International Film Festival during filming of a pie-throwing sequence. Police, splattered with pastry, moved into the slippery melee and rounded up nine men and three women. All were booked for investigation of disturbing the peace. The pie-throwing incident was part of a scene to be filmed outside the Masonic Auditorium as beje-weled first-nighters attended the 13th annual festival. John Schmidt, producer for the Grand Central Station Film said the object of the brief film was to "have some fun" and to make a movie to enter in the festival.

"All of the people hit with pies except the police were volunteers who knew what was going to happen to them. We had a cleanup crew standing by to take care of the mess afterwards but the cops chased them off," he added. "The police just overreacted to a situation." Film stars Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Anna Magnani, producer Stanley Kramer, underground filmmaker Andy Warhol and other celebrities ducked through an auditorium back door during the pie episode. Festival story in Part 4, Page 13. f.

1 'am Alioto Calls GOP Fund Raiser 'Real Governor of California' HEBERT Affairs Writer gathering ranged from today's growing concern about the environment to a prediction that living will be better in the city of the future the universal city. Dr. Wheeler said a series of crises involving broad political questions about how to preserve ecological balances has arisen as a result of science's impact on the environment. Automobile a smog, a scourge for many cities, is one, he said. Russel E.

Train, undersecretary of the interior, suggested mat the space age with its data gathering facilities could help society in its race to solve environmental problems. Pointing out the lag in time between development of the modern computer and its effective use, he said the rapid pace of environmental change will not permit the same tardy application of aerospace and related technologies. had heard even one word from the governor's office objecting to the U.S. Justice Department's proposed settlement out of court of the government's antitrust smog suit Please Turn to Page 23, Col. 1 REP.

BELL SAYS HE MAY GIVE UP SEAT Rep. Alphonzo Bell (R-Los Angeles) said Wednesday the death of his wife last Sept. 17 has made him uncertain whether hell seek another two-year term in Congress next year. "The only reason I wouldn't run that I have three little boys, to take care of now, to be both their father and mother, and I don't know how it will work out in Washington," he said in an interview. The sons have been cared for here by Mrs.

Louis Willoughby, sister of the late Mrs. Bell, on weekdays while Bell has been in Washington. Bell first was elected to Congress in 1960. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor this year. BY CARL GREENBERG Timet Political Writer Henry Salvatori, Republican money raiser and a backer of Gov.

Reagan, is the real governor of California, Mayor Joseph L. Alioto of San Francisco said Wednesday. Assembly Minority Leader Jess Unruh, who may battle Alioto for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1970, made a similar statement. Salvatori, Los Angeles oilman, was named by Alioto in a luncheon speech to the Democratic Women's Forum of Los Angeles. Both Alioto and Unruh spoke to the women at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Neither man is 'an announced candidate. Alioto made Salvatori his target when he charged that Gov. Reagan, expected to seek a second term, has "incapacitated" himself from what Alioto expects to be top campaign issues in 197d "dirty air and dirty water." Alioto and Unruh both sounded as though they might try to make Salvatori an Issue. "He (Reagan) is beholden to the very people who are causing these defects," said Alioto. PIEFACfc A group of independent movie makers hurled pies ot police end guests ottending the San Francisco Film Festival.

Police Inspector Don Scott, riaht, become one of the taraets..

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