1 £144gana zil Sixty-Ninth Year p-^ EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS b Will Frevail STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 orials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. SALARY, SPACE NEEDS: 'U' Faculty Susceptible To Outside Job Offers , MARCH 22, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: SELMA SAWAYA i That Mess in Lansing: The Peope's Choice? R.HAPS it's because he believes in the "old 'ashioned" virtues of thrift and common e that Sen. Lewis Christman (R-Ann Arbor) justifiably say that the people are to blame he state's financial crisis. r one of the old fashioned principles is that le get what they pay for. iey are getting very little, for this state is exactly overflowing with governmental ership. n. Christman said during Friday night's ission sponsored by the Society for the Ad- ement of Management that any legislative n is unlikely before the April 6th elections. S A MATTER of politics . .. these things ake time ... we have to discuss them in nittees and with various people . . ." he ie five-term member of the Legislature also d that there's a tendency to procrastinate, it off the unpleasant as long as possible. iese comhents were to explain why. two s ago, when the lack of money began iing, legislators did nothing and said no taxes should be passed without a thorough Y. Yet now that the Citizen's Advisory Tax y is ,completed, it has been ignored in the political disputes about sales tax, bond pro- posals and who's to blame for the lack of money. ANOT14ER of Sen. Christman's statements also provides interesting commentary on the Legislature. Friday night he said taxes were one of the last factors, ranking behind labor, material and transportation considera- tions, when a firm decides on a new location. His statement, in effect, repudiates his col- leagues who chant, every time a new tax is pro- posed, that "it'll drive business out of the state." Nobody is screaming that attempts to use the Veteran's Trust Fund to temporarily help meet payrolls will drive the veterans out of the state (although getting rid of some selfish self-styled, leaders might not be a bad idea) but threats and fears of political reperisal are still present. However, Legislators needn't worry. Many of them have been re-elected term after term, despite their shoddy performance, indicating voters have poor memories. Thus in the last analysis, the "nothing" coming from Lansing might be exactly what the people deserve, and Sen. Christman is cor- rect. The people, not the politicians deserve the blame. This is, as Sen: Christman likes to point out, still a representative government. -MICHAEL KRAFT Editorial Director By ROBERT JUNKER Daily Staff Writer OFFICIALS see two primary problems in holding faculty members in Ann Arbor: providing enough office, laboratory and teaching space and being able to offer salaries competitive with offers from other institutions. Vice - President and Dean of Faculties Marvin L. Niehuss ac- knowledged this week the in- HELP! Cod-mmittees Kill Action By EDMOND LEBRETON Associated Press Correspondent WASHINGTON - The Navy's non -.conformist, Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, told Con- gress this week he can foresee a future in which "we wind up with all committees and no work done." Rickover was talking about the defense department and its rela- tions with his own unconventional unit of atomic planners. This unit was largely responsible for the first atomic submarine and civilian power plant. Without hesitation, Rickover testified that "the greatest' inter- ference with our work, comes from panels and committees. "As long as there is money around, there will be lots of com- mittees," Rickover said. He con- tinued that he never heard of committee members not collecting any per diem fees to which they were entitled and noted some com- mittees set up to study government programs seemed to find the at- mosphere of summer resorts con- ducive to good thinking. In a serious vein, Rickover warned, "You cannot do unusual things by usual methods, but when a man steps in with new -methods, he finds himself opposed by the organization .. . "I believe in these days of ever faster weapons we have to move fast to keep up with the opponent. I do not think we are doing that fast enough." Rickover said numerous panels named to oversee his operations not only hurt morale, but "our people have no time to do their work for fighting committees." He said he was not talking about special technical advisory groups, or about committees of Congress. Congress repeatedly has backed him in disputes within the Navy and, as he puts it, "with my pecul- iar personality and the support of Congress I make shift." Rickover said, "We need some protection (from committees). I appeal to Congress to end this ridiculous situation." He suggested that Congress might provide, in appropriation bills, that public money not be spent for duplication of work He said the rotation of officers in assignments means that, so far Ias blame for failure of programs is concerned, "there is nobody in the defense establishment who has any real responsibility for anything." Rickover said he has kept his unit small, although in some gov- ernment circles prestige-and pay -depend on the number of peo- ple bossed. creased outside offers from other educational institutions, govern- ment and industry. He has said that financial offers from other schools frequently run 25 to 30 per cent higher than salaries here, and industrial offers for scientists or social scientists often double what the University pays. NIEHUSS NOTED competition for faculty from other schools is especially strong this year. The Michigan financial crisis has served as an incentive for other schools to attempt "raiding" the faculty here. Also, many state universities outside Michigan have received increased, government support in recent years and thus have the money to offer to the outstanding young men which the University now has. Until two years ago the Un- versity was financially able to offer competitive salaries, but has been hit by two consecutive aus- terity budgets and has not been able to provide the necessary across-the-board and merit in- creases to hold faculty men here. Niehuss said there is a false impression nationally that salaries here have been cut. He cited the example of a Cleveland man who did not want his son to attend'the Law School because he heard salaries had been cut and all the good professors were leaving for other schools. THE MOST vulnerable group of faculty men are those young men ready for their next promotion. These men must frequently wait for higher positions in their de- partments to open here, while an- other school, wanting to strength- en a particular department with an outstanding young scholar, can offer the bigger job and its at- tendent bigger salary. Niehuss said it is crucial that the University receive the $3,151,- 278 it has specifically requested for next year to provide a 9 per cent increase in faculty salary. Equally urgent, however, is the need for more facilities. Niehuss said that since the state has not approved any new building pro- jects for the University for two years, laboratory facilities are badly crowded, especially in the medical and physical sciences. He called the teaching load here "about average," but said the salary and space needs frequently combine to make offers from other schools look more attractive. Preserving the University's fac- ulty has caused the Administra- tion concern, and the logical an- swer to the problem is, of course, money. Whether or not the quality of University faculty slips ever further than during the last two years is now up to the economy- minded state legislature. Looking Ahead By The Associated Press LONDON - The Russians have published a space travelers handbook entitled "Astro-Geogra- phy." It was described by a Radio Moscow reviewer as "the first work devoted to this very young science." The reviewer added it is "a very necessary work for the practical study of conditions which future astronauts may encounter on other planets." OFFEE . . . BLACK Three C By Richard Taub rucial Months ERTAIN EVENTS in the next few months will be highly significant for the future of e University, for students, faculty and ad- nistration. :t is during this period that many faculty mbers will decide whether tto accept lush, ers from other universities. Offers are coming m other schools, many of them holding pro- ses of considerably higher salaries and better rking facilities than the University can pas- 17 provide at this point. However, University relationships with the ulty are quite good-the record, although ghtly blemished, has still been outstanding- h for comprehending and working to solve ulty problems. However, the well of good will is of unknown pth, and events this spring will test it to the nost. )METIME within the next several months, the state legislature will decide how much ney to give the University. The governor has. ommended that the Legislature provide the iversity with just enough funds to get by xt year, and a little more, about seven per- it, -to cover merit salary increases. Given the state's financial situation, even s amount of money is highly unlikely. It's secret that the legislature is not in a spend- mood, and appropriations are likely to be isiderably below the governor's request, and, m further below the University's request. REALLY low appropriatiAn would un- doubtedly result in a tuition increase for dents at the University. Such an increase is hly likely, although the administration will pose the move as far as it possibly can. For- iately, both the Regents and the administra- n are committed as strongly as they can be low cost education; the state constitutionx l calls for free education, and many people the University want to approximate this. TUITION increase will have a truly subtle effect on the University. Certainly, the Uni- 'sity will be able to admit as many students before, but the economic distribution of this dent population will be quite different. If own information is correct, there are many dents here who are in a "marginally eco- nic" position now. They are able to continue dir education only through extremely hard rk, and great frugality. For this group, any tion increase would be devastating. ['his takes on especially significant meaning en one realizes that the unemployment situa- n in this state is still high, and many jobs, luding those held by parents of University tog students, are still being held on a rather tenuous basis. ONE EDUCATIONAL fund proposal which holds special interest is the "Buy Now Pay Later Plan," advocated by many legislators, community leaders and others who will not have to do it. Basically, the plan provides for the student to leave the University, to go out and face the world, free and unfettered except for a several thousand dollar mortgage on himself. If he wants to marry a woman at the Uni- versity, she too may have a mortgage on herself making the situation that much more difficult. Such a plan would certainly change romance patterns at school. We can see it now: "Oh Marsha, you are so beautiful, sweet, sensitive, kind and only in hock for $2,000." "Oh John, and it will only be 15 years until you pay off your own debt. Then we can live happily ever after." These people may not be able to afford to buy houses, cars, refrigerators and washing machines even on time. ON ANOTHER level, Student Government Council will be evaluated and revised in the next two months. The committee at work in this area has been dilligently examining the Council plan, and considerable changes are in the offing. According to reliable reports (the meetings are held in secret, and they had better well be), the administration is working like crazy to emasculate student government as much as possible. This is quite courageous. First, one gives the dog a good hard kick, knock- ing the wind out of him, and while he is help- less, wields the knife. THE LATEST in a long series of University calendar committees may be reporting in the next few months. Wednesday, it will hear interested students and faculty opinions on the calendar:. This committee is ,the seventh within our memory; each starts off with high hopes, which, evaporate somewhere along the line. Our suggestion to this group is that it recommend permanent acceptance of the pres- ent calendar. It is not a very good calendar, we have our own favorite, but no calendar is very good. There are far too many people and interests to satisfy-everything from a fifteen week class schedule, a "meaningful commence- ment," and time to run the IBM machines which figure out who graduates, who gets promoted, who stays in school, etc. must be fitted in. The present calendar, however; is not half bad. There is a fourteen and a half week semester, which is probably just as good as fifteen. So many teachers pad their lectures anyway. Three lectures a week for fifteen weeks are far too many for those courseswhich do not have some prescribed laboratory requirements. Vacations are adequate, the athletic schedule fits in pretty well, the various discipline com- mittees of the different schools and colleges have enough time in which to operate satis- factorily-in short, while it is not an ideal calendar, it is as good as any any group is like- ly to come up with, when one considers all the factors which must be weighed. New Books at the Library Household, Geoffrey -- Against the Wind; Boston, Little, Brown, 1959. ential The erat- dents is a part-, work, i stu- SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN REVERSE: Selective Service .policies Cause Confusion, By JAMES' BOW Daily Staff Writer T HE PRESENT Selective Service situation is a problem of sup- ply and demand in reverse--too many young men of service age and not enough military jobs to go around. Under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, which expires in June, all physically qualified males between 181 /2.and 26 years of age are required to serve two year's active duty and four years in the reserve. For the draft-age man UMT is a solemn guessing game. If he volunteers for service, a young man has a chance for better status and better pay than if he were drafted. If a young man plays the odds and waits, he may be drafted or, be- cause of the fast-increasing nur- ber of draft-age men, he may es- cape, * * * FOR THE college student, the rules of the game are more com- plicated, for in most caseschis academic status means deferrment, and he is faced with the decision of continuing his education or finding a job with the chance of being drafted before gaining a foothold in his career. "Is the senior who goes to gradu- ate school just to get out of mili- tary service universal? Is the father universal? Is it universal to be the one sucker in four who gets hooked?" Dean John C. Esty, Jr., of Amherst College writes in the Nation. In two recent articles Esty dis- cusses the inqualities of the young man's dilemma and offers some solutions. "It would seem logical . . . to make teaching an extension of 'National Service,' and permit young men to satisfy their obliga- tion by becoming teachers at whatever level they are able to find a job and for a specified period of time-say three years," Esty proposed as a solution to "too many young men with too few places to utilize them effectively and scandalous disuse of talent, particularly brainpower." * * * "ESTY'S solution is good, but it's really not new," Robert L. Pickering, University military counselor, commented. "What we need is legislation to make this idea work." Pickering referred to a circular from the Michigan Selective Serv- ice headquarters, announcing that local draft boards were "to give serious consideration toward de- ferrment . . . of qualified teach- ers, regardless of the subject .Q1nh 1-r -- ra -a waan ah tion and advising rather than counselling. "Very few Michigan students go to the extreme to avoid the draft. They simply want all possible information relating to the service, so that they may base their decisions on the available facts. "When a student wants to get married or go to graduate school to avoid the draft," Pickering add- ed, "then I think it's necessary to help the student examine his values." Esty wrote, "The advice we must give adds up to something like this: don't plan-wait; become a father sooner than you had planned; go to graduate school even though you're not ready; pick your college major after con- sulting the draft-exempt list." Until two or three years ago, Esty remarked, the advice was this: "do your planning now, as though there were no threat of military service; then see how the service best fits into your plans and act accordingly. "THE IDEA seemed to be useful during Korea and up to about two years ago. Then the effects of three major changes in atmos- phere went to work on the side of confusion." Shift to more emphasis on tech- nology, a higher respect for edu- cation and the "breakdown of the Selective Service system in main- taining anv semblance of uni- THE INCREASING size of the University poses yet another problem - that of organization. A unifyingspirit is necessary for an adequate University function. There is, however, grave danger that the University may have at- tempted to solve the problems of size by structural organization rather than pronoting this neces- sary spirit. Organizational groups such as th'e Calendaring Commit- tee and the Curriculum Commit- tee have sprung up throughout the University. This attempt has perhaps led to an over-organization of the University's non-personal organi- zational structure, which has in some measure choked' its' personal educational dynamic. The Uni- versity now boasts some 246 sep- arate constituent administrative departments. The proliferation of commit- tees, sub-committees,; committees on. committees, organizational schematics and so on, ad infini- tum, has mEde it so difficult to get things done at Michigan that they often become no longer worth while. 'I * * SIZE CREATES other prob- lems. For adequate functioning at the University, a corps of admin- istrators is needed. Such a need is entirely legitimate. However, as the University grows, its body of administrators tends to expand more rapidly than the rest of it. Vice-President Wilbur K. Pier- pont told the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce on March 2 that "over the years about 400 new people are added to the payrolls of the University of Michigan for every 1,000 new students." Assum- ing that the University continues its 13 to one student-teacher ra- tio, about 76 of the new personnel will be teachers, and the other 324 will be in the administrative and service fields. Thus the intellectual commu- nity is faced with an influx of norennnp wlhn a r(nY n.~ Editorial Staff RICHARD TAUB, Editor gAEL KRAT 30 >rial DirectorC DAVID TARR Associate Editor )HN WEICHER City Editor CANTOR .................... Personnel Director WILLOUGHBY .... Associate Editorial Director JONES...................... Sports Editor A JORGENS;.9 ........Associate City Editor BETH ERSKINE .:. Associate Personnel Director 'LEMAN ................ Associate Sports Editor ) ARNOLD ................ Chief Photographer Business Staff 4 .... ............. .