r THE TEST. OF A COLLEGE Sir She Page 4 Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXIX, No. 139 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1959 FIVE CENTS RAIN, COLDER SIX P Hatcher 'Pleased' H a O.r With SSR Tour MOSCOW (P)-An educational group headed by University Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher yesterday ended the first week of a month's tour of the Soviet Union. Hatcher said he is happy at the results so far. The University President and his companions have been visiting higher educational institutions and have been luncheon guests of A. S. Nesmenayev, head of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. They also have Pick 'litlists in Cmpbell Competition, By KENNTH McELDOWNEY Barbara A. Burger, '60L, and Jerry Borden, '60L, won the an- nual Henry M. Campbell award last night. Miss Burger was the first woman to reach the finals in the 34 years the awards have been given. The Campbell awards are given to the best final arguments in a mock courtroom case., George P. Kersten, '60L, and Donald A. Hines, '59L, were run- ners-up in the competition. Kaufman Presided Presiding over the case was Judge Irving R. Kaufman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The other four ,panelists included three judges and a professor of the University Law School. In giving the awards Judge Kaufman said that while the coun- sel for the petitioner, consisting of Kersten and Hines, had submitted the best briefs, the respondents, Borden and Miss Berger, had the best overall presentation of the case that involved international conflict of laws. Involves Importer The case involves an importer of jewelry, John Smith, who has a shipment of jade seized by the Communists in Red China. He was buying in the Far East in 1948 and purchased the antique jade ornaments for $50,000 from a Chinese National who was selling. them to finance his escape to For- mosas By staying in Communist China to make more purchases he was captured and his jade' seized on government orders in 1950. Finally without his jade he was released in June, 1951 and returned to Eng-' land where he was a citizen. Some Recognize Prior to the seizure of the jade the governments of India and Britain had recognized the Con- munist government of China. The See BURGER, Page 3 Two Released Threats Grow In Prison Riot DEER LODGE, Mont. () -- Armed convicts demanding better conditions at the Montana State Prison released two hostages but threatened to burn alive 21 others held in riot-torn cell blocks last night. They killed the deputy warden and stabbed a guard when they seized control of the 90-year-old institution late Thursday. Sixteen guards were among the hostages. The others are convicts termed stool pigeons by their fel- lows because of their practice of informing to prison officials. Guard Chris Pletan, 49 years old, and prison sociologist Walter Jones, 24 years old, were freed late yesterday. Pletan, a diabetic, told news- men "They mean b u s i n e ss. They're not fooling.", An uneasy peace fell on the gray sandstone walls and the lighted cell blocks inside as night fell. Armed National Guardsmen and state patrolmen watched from six turrets atop the walls, and others patrolled outside the walls. $200 Million In Aid Asked WASHINGTON (M - The Sen- ate Appropriations Committee recommended yesterday that Con- gress provide 200 million dollars this vpm.r +nfi-a 1n-a+ sat in classes at Moscow University and reviewed teaching, at the Pe- dagogicia Institute. "I am amazed and gratified at the high standards of their English instruction," said Pres. Hatcher, a former teacher in the English department at Ohio State Univer- sity. Other members of the visiting group seeking to expand exchange agreements are Cyril James, vice- chancellor of Mc Gill University, Montreal; Norman Auburn, presi- dent of Akron, Ohio, University; William Dewey, University Rus- sian language expert; William Pine, Ford Motor Co. scholarship director, and Lyle Nelson, Univer- sity journalism instructor and public relations chief. They were luncheon guests to- day of Canadian ambassador Da- vid Johnson. Another guest was Ivan G. Petrovsky, rector of Mos- cow University. t Pres. Hatcher said his group plans to go to Leningrad next week but will be back in Moscow for May Day celebrations. Festival The following events are scheduled for today as part of the Creative Arts Festival: Tours of WUOM Studios to noon,rAdministration Bldg. Announcement and Presen- tation of Photography Contest Winners, Union, main floor lobby, 11 a.m. -eed Funds Next Week The University needs definite assurance of $3,650,000 by the end of next week to meet its April+ 30 and May 5 payrolls, Vice-Presi-. dent in Charge of Business and Finance Wilbur H. Pierpont said last night. This sum will also cover some of the University's payments to creditors, he noted. A source of the funds, rather than the cash itself, must be found within a week, he said. He added that the University at present has "about $22,000" in its treasury. State Treasurer Sanford A. Brown yesterday promised the state will meet the April and May payrolls, either through use of the Veteran's Trust Fund or by scrap- ing together the needed cash from the state treasury. The University -has repaid all but $600,000 of the $4 million which it borrowed from Detroit banks in January to meet its pay- rolls then, Pierpont explained. University creditors are still be- hind $900,000 in their payments, however. Michigan State University has also said it needs state funds next week. Their first payroll falls on April 27. FIDEL CASTRO ... defends regime Castro Says Executions Necessary WASHINGTON (P)--Fidel Cas- tro yesterday strongly defended his revolutionary regime's execu- tion of "war criminals" as a move to restore a rule of law and justice in his homeland. "We are not Communists," the bearded rebel chief, now Cuban prime minister, told a gathering of United States newspaper edi- tors. Only the worst of the war crim- inals under the regime of ousted dictator Fulgencia Batista, have been executed, he said, and added: No Torture "We are trying to teach our soldiers, our policemen that re- gardless of the reason, people must never be tortured or assas- sinated for political reasons." Some 1,000 editors and guests jammed the main ballroom of a Washington hotel to hear Castro, speaking in halting English, ad- dress the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In reply to questions after a 90- minute speech, Castro made these points : Includes All Classes 1) His 26 of July revolutionary movement included all classes of people and no single group such as Communists can take credit for the successf,-' uprising. 2) His government "within a few weeks" will restore the right of habeas corpus for defendants. This will come as soon as the courts have been reorganized. 3) Cuba at the present time has no intention of voiding an agree- ment which allows the United States to maintain a naval base at Guantanamo Bay. Would Host Exiles 4) Cuba will provide hospitality, opportunity for work and help to Latin American exiles who hope to overthrow dictatorships in their own homelands. But he favors a policy of nonintervention in the internal affairs of other Latin American governments.: 5) His regime will maintain full membership with the other 21 American republics in an exist- ing treaty to defend the western hemisphere against outside at- tack. He avoided a direct answer to a question about whether Cuba would remain neutral in any war between Russia and the United States. LABOR BILL: McClellan Opposes Changes WASHINGTON (P) - Senate Rackets Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), threw his weight yesterday be- hind a fight to knock contrver- sial Taft-Hartley Law amend- ments out of the Kennedy-Ervin labor bill. It was his first announcement of the stand he would take in ma- neuvering on the politically charged measure. The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.), and Sam J. Ervin Jr. (D-N.C.), is de- signed to help clean up evils in labor-managment relations. In- cluded in it are several Taft- Hartley Law changes sought by organized labor. Would Allow Vote Two major ones would allow replaced strikers to vote in a bar- gaining election and would legal- ize prehire agreements in the con- struction industry. Sen. McClellan told a reporter that retention of disputed Taft- Hartley amendment provisions "can, well jeopardize passage of this important legislation." He said such proposed changes should be considered later as sep- arate legislation, and that he would "urge and insist that the Senate Labor Committee bring suchlegislation to the Senate floor." Has Moved to Strike Sen. Ervin has moved to strike the Taft-Hartley provisions from the bil he is co-sponsoring, and Sen. McClellan's announcement lined him up on Sen. Ervin's side. Of primary issue in the fight over the bill are provisions to out- law blackmail picketing and to eliminate a "no-man's-land" in which neither state nor federal governments now assert jurisdic- tion over certain labor relations matters. Sen. McClellan offered substi- tutes for both provisions, plus two other amendments which would outlaw secondary boycotts and "hot cargo" boycott practices i labor disputes. The Kennedy- Ervin bill does not deal with the latter two issues. Would Let Wait He said he would let all these wait for consideration in a later bill if the Taft-Hartley changes go out of the pending measure. Sen. McClellan contended that the bill's present ban on black- mail picketing is far too narrow. As he reads it, Sen. McClellan said, it would merely forbid union offiicals to stake out picket lines in an effort to extort money from an employer as the price of with- drawing the pickets. He said his amendment would forbid this and also ban picketing to "compel an employer to recog- nize a union as bargaining repre- sentative for his employes with- out their consent and against their will." He said the Kennedy-Ervin bill's no-man's land provision "is cum- bersome and confusing and will accomplish nothing." As the Senate moved toward the first votes on the issue next week, Sen. Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), on the other hand, endorsed the Ken- nedy-Ervin bill. LANSING (M)-Republican barbs were hurled at Gov. G. Mennen Williams yesterday over handling of the first income tax bill sub- mitted in the 1959 legislature. It formally was filed yesterday, signed by Rep. George W. Sallade (R-Ann Arbor) and Rep. Walter H. Nill (D-Muskegon). Lawmakers quit shortly afterward for the weekend. The bill basically was the long- heralded measure to carry out recommendations first outlined by Gov. Williams in a statewide tele- cast Jan. 30. Only rates and the proposed exemption structure were changed. Disclaims Responsibility Lawrence B. Lindemer, Republi- can State Chairman, was quick to disclaim any party responsibility for the bill. Lindemer said Sallade was "used by the Governor's aides in a crafty maneuver while the Governor was out of the state to get a Republi- can name on a graduated personal income tax." The chairman of the Senate Taxation Committee, also a Re- publican, accused Gov. Williams of "ducking responsibility." Sen. Clyde H.eGeerlings of Holland said the Governor apparently "lacked the courage" to forthrightly carry out his own program. Sharp Words Spoken Other sharp words came for other GOP sources. It was obvious that they doubted now that Gov. Williams would ever cause to be introduced a bill that without qualification- could be labeled his own. GOP Says Pauling Stresses 'Unique IGNORES POLL LOSSES: Sallade Supporting Rockefeller By KENNETH McELDOWNEY Polls showing ever-increasing potularity for Vice-President Richard M. Nixon fails to faze Rep. George W. Sallade (R-Ann Arbor) in his Rockefeller for President campaign. A Gallup Poll published Sunday showed Nixon increasing his lead among Republican voters and alsoi taking over the lead among inde- pendents. Just following the No- vember elections, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller grabbed a lead among independents and was within 20 per cent of Nixon among Repub- licans. Since then, polls have shown his popularity fading consistently. Drop 'Expected' Sallade said a drop was to be expected due to tax bills Rocke-, feller proposed to the New York legislature. Tax bills are never popular, Sallade said, but when the benefits of the program are realized Rockefeller will reap the profits of his efforts. Sallade said he had decided to Says Herter To Get Post WASHINGTON (M) - Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirk- sen of Illinois said yesterday he has been assured Christian Herter will be appointed Secretary of State. He said ,he expects an of- ficial announcement today. Although he did not disclose the exact source of his information, Sen. Dirksen indicated that it came from White House officials. Sen. Dirksen said he had been given no information on any other shift in State Department assign- ments. seek a new face as. candidate in 1960 because he believed Nixon has become the captive of his par- ty's conservative wing. He cred- ited this to the Vice-President's desire for nomination. Even assuming the two were equal in experience and qualifi- cations, Sallade continued, he would support Rockefeller on his vote-getting ability shown in his election sweep in the face of a Democratic sweep. Cites Experience However, he declared, Rocke- feller possesses many qualifica- tions Nixon doesn't. His experi- ence in foreign affairs, govern- ment, and business, and the rec- .::. ord of the New York legislature since he took office show his abil- ities as an executive, according to Sallade. Most of the Sallade campaign for Rockefeller has been carried on through the mail, he said. First the different Republican state chairmen were contacted to deter- mine their stand on Rockefeller. Over half of the chairmen have replied, he continued. The amaz- ing thing, Sallade said, is that so few of them are actually com- mitted to Nixon. Many have spoken highly of Rockefeller. Working Across Nation "We are I attempting to set up committees in all the states," Sal- lade said. In Michigan, Ohio, In- diana, Iowa, California, Florida and Massachusetts they are in the, advanced planning stages, he said. A meeting of the different state committees is being planned for later this year or early next year, he said. It will probably be held either in Ann Arbor or in Wash- ington. Unfortunately, Sallade said, it isn't necessary for com- mittees for Nixon to be formed because of the wide support he has. Interest Expressed Members of Rockefeller's office and top New York Republicans have been contacted and they seem interested, he said. However, Sallade added, they echo Rocke- feller's present intentions to serve out his term and be a good gov- ernor. "Ours isn't the only committee for Rockefeller," Sallade said. "They are being formed through- out the country. We are trying now to tie in all these local groups into a national organization with its headquarters here in Ann Ar- bor," he added. TWO COMBINE FOR SHUTOUT: Michigan Hitters Rock Eastern Michigan, 12-0 By TOM WITECKI Exploding with its first real offensive attack of the young spring season, Michigan's baseball team raked four Eastern Michigan pitchers for 13 hits and rolled to an easy 12-0 win at Ferry Field yesterday. ,The lopsided victory, the Wolverines' second in. four days over, the Hurons, gave the squad a 3-7 record and a 2-1 mark since return- ing from a disastrous spring trip. For the first time this spring Coach Don Lund's squad revealed some of its power-hitting potential to the home fans, blasting four drives for extra bases-compared to only one extra base hit in two previous appearances at Ferry Field. While their teammates were on an offensive rampage, southpaws Nick Liakonis and Bob Marcereau combined efforts to completely baffle the visitors from Ypsilanti, giving up only five hits between them and allowing just one Huron runner as far as second base. Liakonis, who opened the Big Ten season for the Wolverines last spring, made a strong bid for this season's opening Big Ten assignment against Michigan State Friday, as he gave up only four hits and struck out four in five innings. Marcereau, a stubby sophomore, was even more impressive, giving up only one hit in four innings to serve notice on one of the other starting roles. Starting the rnntest for theH rnna ws Ted Nix .a hi fasthallina ;"E~