'THlE DIGNITY -OF MAN' Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom Ih ANWMNmdc=== 4p 16 See Page 4 CLOUDY, COOL VOL. LXIX, No. 156 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1959 FIVE CENTS FOURTEEN PA Disciriination In Fraternities (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is the sixth in a series of seven articles discussing discrimination in fraternities.) By THOMAS HAYDEN "Why persecute the fraternities with written restrictive clauses; every house on campus can practice discrimination in a number of ways - and most do." Such. is the positive answer one local fraternity man gives to a central question in the problem of religious and racial discrimination: To what extent do formal changes in clauses produce modifica- tions in fraternity practices? Breaks Down Discrimination The elimination of written discriminatory clauses is merely a first step in breaking down discrimination, says sociologist Alfred McClung Lee. It clears away the formal obstruction, but does not lead very far towards an end to discrimination. One fraternity president estimates that 75 per cent of the fra- ternities at the University secure membership restriction through various secret rituals or unwritten but strictly enforced tradition. Certain facts are clear. No University chapter has ever had Negro-white inte'gration. Jewish-Gentile integration occurs occa- sionally. Even less commonly, an oriental will pledge a Caucasian' fraternity. Have Caucasian Membership Legis A FC I LeilatureE To Consider E Fi P(EDIt Fund rieas. Iih a '4 Sea t S ae *1 T .x 'I e I kl- LEGISLATIVE: xs s TOR'S NOTE: This is the third eries of four articles dealing Idicial bodies on the campus.) y CHARLES KOZOLL B 'TI' .C s P rc R, r txafi Thirty-three fraternities have almost solid white Christian mem- bership. Seven are largely Jewish. Two are entirely composed of Negroes. Beyond' statistics, the problem of unwritten discrimination is vague, because it hinges largely on secret fraternity practices. Fraternities have been charged with practicing unwritten dis- crimination by several methods. Include Restrictions The first is by including certain restrictive elements in the secret ritual, which every member must go through to become an active ''member. For instance, many Gen- 1 e tile houses require a man to kneel bSbefore an altar or a Bible. Various fraternity articles and documents can contain written discriminatory membership poli- cies. Only the constitution of the fraternity has to be filed with the '-' v s' """"' Since the Interfraternity Coun- Of $36,788,270 cil is a legislative and not a ju- dicial body, it cannot enforce By NAN MARKEL what many consider "minor" Tuesday marked this season's problem-violations of the Univer- debut of institutions of higher sity drinking rules.. learning before the state legisla- Regulations peculiar to the IFC ture. are handled by the executive com- As the Senate Appropriations mittee which acts as the judicial Committee heard a delegation body of that organization. In this from Western Michigan Univer- capacity, it has jurisdiction overj sity, the University was reminded matters of fraternity conduct re- that it, too, will soon face legisla- ferred to it by the Dean of Men's tors who are more ready than office. ever this year to pinch pennies. The University's request for f " funds may be considered within resi i M the next two weeks, Sen. Elmer Porter (R-Blissfield), chairman of the appropriations committee, in-lisc s e dicated yesterday. However, it willdf i l n c m b o t definitely not come before the committee next week, he said. Constitution Asks $37 Million For the fiscal year 1959-60, the By DAVID BLOOMGARDEN University has asked a total oper- ating budget of $36,788,270. West- The Inter-House bouncll's Pre- ern Michigan requested $6,351,648. sidium meeting ended suddenly Salaiesand wage hededlast night amidst constitutional Salaries and wages headed and dissolution motions. Western Michigan's priority list,a sm with a general seven per cent pay The evening began with a com- raise and funds to add 106 faculty bined Assembly-IHC banquet in members to its staff specifically South Quad. Before the end of the requested. evening, one member introduced a Keeping faculty members is be- motion-later defeated-to change Keein fauly mmbrs syer a presidium quorum from two- coming more difficult eachyea thirds of the presidents to one- the school's vice president, L. Dale halfdplus one Faunce, told The Daily. Particu- one larly crucial to Western Michi- Earlier, Hinsdale House Presi- gan's faculty problem is its present dent William Anderson, '61E, read 242 to one teacher-student ratio. a letter from his house council Expects increase tendering the resignation of his house from IHC. Anderson also A jump from 6,875 students en- said that he would not attend any rolled last fall to 8,500 next fall more Presidium meetings,. WASHINGTON '(M)- Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force chief of staff, yesterday flatly disagreed with Navy and Army heads who have contended the United States may be building too many weapons systems for deterring Soviet 'ag- gression. Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) told Gen. White that Admiral Ar leigh Burke, Chief of Naval Oper- ations, and Gel. Maxwell D. Tay- or, Army Chief of Staff, have made such statements publicly. "I categorically disagree with Admiral Burke and Gen. Taylor on this subject," Gen. White told Sen. Symington at a Senate Ap- propriations Subcommittee hear- ing.E Gen. White said this country faces several possible attack situa- tions: an all-out surprise; a warn- ing of possibly 15 minutes; or a notice of several hours or days. '7 Each 'would require a different type of reaction, Gen. White said, adding that any further discussion should be behind closed doors. Druids Tap New Members From the Stonehenge circle, Aided by the witches' cauldron, .Aystic plans were brewed in darkness. Many twigs were examined; Many rocks were overturned, Subjected to heat from blazing torches, Observed by men of knowledge and magic. Those decayed were burned and, destroyed.- Finally from the murky grove, From thedCave where Fingal 7 perished, The Order of the Mighty Oak emerged, Causing the earth to shake and shiver, Causing nations and peoples to cower, All to bend the twig 'and sapling And to capture the sturdy aywends: / Battering, Boarding, Buttonball-l Tree Bochen{ Ball-Belting, Bunting-Black Jack I' Bradshaw Check Cashing, Coin Counting, Chestnut Cohn Dangling-Down Dogwood Dozauert Fast Moving, Firm-Blocking, Fruit Tree Fillichio C Fleet-Footed Fir Fulton 1 Grabbing-Go-Get-Um, Gum TreeE Green Jot-Jolting,Juniper Johnson Krudely Krowing, King Nut Katzr Krafty-Kreator, Kumquat Koflatzz Quickly Kopying, Koffee Tree t KozollN Limber-Lingo Locust Lapides Liberal Leading, Laurel Levine Mashee Mangling, Muscles, Mango Markman Dean of Men's office. At national conventions, frater- nities can inscribe a discrimina- tory policy into their minutes. Or a clause can be dropped and a1 "gentleman's agreement can re- strict membership." When his fra- ternity dropped its constitutional clause, "nobody took it seriously," reports one local fraternity man. Can Replace Provisions Again, a fraternity can change its constitutional membership statement and still practice dis- crimination. Several fraternities have replaced their restrictive clauses with ones limiting mem- bership to those who "are socially acceptable to all members of the fraternity." Some observers argue that this eliminates minority groups, which are not considered "socially acceptable" ~ by every member of the fraternity.. Other fraternities demand that every proposed new member be See UNWRITTEN, Page 5 etitions Due Petitioning for the University of Delhi Scholarship closes today. All petitions must be returned by 5 p.m. to the Student Activities Building, according to Linda Bro- dey, '62, chairman. Cases that this committee deals with generally fall into two areas -rushing and pledging. An en- forcement group is formed during rush to deal with rule infractions. A large part of the time they, operate on the "referral system," Paul Becker, '60E, IFC executive vice-president pointed out. Ex- plaining this statement, he said that cases will usually come to his attention from the Dean of Men's office. In some instances tle "rumor I system" prevails. Here one house will call the IFC and report an- other house has been violating certain regulations.. Most of the time, he added, the "violation" is only a question of the fraternity not understanding a certain rushing regulation. Aims at Constructive Plans In dealing with the pledge periods, the executive committee attempts to aim the fraternities in the direction of constructive rath- er than individually destructive programs. The group watches for instances of physical maltreat- ment or those actions which un- r e a s o n a bly infringe upon a pledge's study time. Today, Becker emphasized, cases of physical maltreatment are al- most non-existent. He did, how- ever, mention that fraternities still conduct "sweat-sessions" in- volving strenuous exercise as part of pledging. Don't Constitute Problem While there are cases where fraternities and individuals have violated rules concerned with both areas, the number hasn't been sufficient to constitute what the IFC considers a major problem, Becker pointed out. The question of fraternities vio- lating the University; regulations on, drinking is one which con- stantly plagues the system. Sev- eral years ago, a member of the Dean of Men's staff pointed out, there was a move to make the UFC handle its drinking cases, Certain factors entered to pre- vent this operation. Besides the fact that the group is considered a legislative and not a judicial body, the body felt that too much in- ternal friction would result from judicial decisions. Convocation The University's 36th annual honors 'convocation will be held at 11 a.m. today at Hill Audi- torium. All classes meeting at this time have been called off in order for students to attend the convocation. Margaret Clapp, president of Wellesley College, will give the main address, "The Honor Bound" and the Men's Glee Club will perform "Voices of Michigan," a new composition. While some members of differ- ent houses can be regarded as "heavy drinkers," others are quite temperate. Allowing one to judge the other would result in the dis- unity and antagonism that the system cannot afford. Under the present method of operations according to Assistant Dean of Men John Bingley, fra- ternity violations, individually and as groups, are handled by Joint Judiciary Council. In considering whether a case is to be dealt with as a group violation, certain fac- tors are judged. See IFC, Page 2 Union Says Strike Block i1ates Law NEW YORK () - The Steel- workers Union yesterday charged that the steel industry's plans for blocking a possible' July 1 strike are illegal. It asked the government to in- vestigate for antitrust and labor law violations. Arthur J. Goldberg, Union Gen- eral Counsel, made public letters to the Justice Department and National Labor Relations Board asking them to study industry plans for a lockout or profit-pool- ing arrangement. Calls Plans Illegal Goldberg said these would be illegal, but R. Heath Larry, a chief industry negotiator and legal adviser, said " Iam sure there is no violation of anything." R. Conrad Cooper, chief nego- tiator for United States Steel Cor- poration and the entire industry, disclosed Tuesday that among eventualities being considered by the industry is how to deal with a possible union divide-and-conquer strategy of striking only one or more steel firms while letting others operate. This would presume failure to negotiate new agreements before the June 30 expiration of present, contracts. Dominated by Newsmen Although talks started only Tuesday, methods of- dealing with a possible July 1 strike have dominate industry-union sessions with newsmen. Both sides insist, however, they are working hard to reach a peace pact ahead of the deadline. Goldberg said he wanted to stress the union has made no strike plans. He said industry dis- closures of what it might do about a partial strike, if one is called by the union, prompted his appeals for governmental probes. Actually the union traditionally has shut down the entire industry whenever there was a ajr strye is estimated for the school. The heavy teaching loads un- dermine the morale of the present staff and drive away many super- ior teachers, he said. A $3,155,278 increase for "neces- -sary promotion and merit in-} creases, including retirement bene- fits and change in social security rates" also tops the University's budget. It would provide an addi- tion to wages and salaries of nine per cent of the present total pay- roll. Stressing the importance of thisr increase, he noted it does not even include staff requirements for nor- mal growth and competent in- struction. Follow Party Line With Narrow Vote Williams Schedules Joint Session To Discuss State Cash Emergenc) LANSING (R)-The Senate-approved sales tax bill went down ' defeat in the House last night by a vote of 52-to-48. . The vote climaxed a lively two-hour debate at a special nig - session. Technically, the bill would have raised the state use tax, but practice it proposed a penny increase in the three-cent sales tax, A Democratic floor leader-Joseph Kowalski (D-Detroit)-sa tonight's action will clear the air for working out a bi-partisan t program next week. Use Tax Bills However, Sen. Carlton H. Morris (R-Kalamazoo) had said he ready to introduce other use tax bills, thus restarting the impasse th has tied the Legislature in knots- Squelch Rumor Squelching the rumor of another succession of an East Quadrangle house, IHC President Boren Chert- kov, '60, reported to the Presidium that Greene House had decided not to withdraw from IHC at the present time. The meeting was interrupted briefly following a motion by Kel- sey House President Gordon Rus- coe, '59. He moved "to dissolve the Presidium until such time as exec- utive board' has considered seri- ously the complaints of Hinsdale .. and has reorganized with defi- nite plans in mind." But before the body could vote on his motion, the president of Taylor House walked out in order to stop debate and vote on Ruscoe's motion. His de- parture reduced the number of presidents present below the re- quired quorum. Later the motion was tabled. Extend Phone Hours However, a member, absent at the start of the meeting, joined the group and the Presidium passed motions recommending the extension of telephone hours to 11 p.m. and new Kidston Scholarship awards for residence hall men. for days. Senate'Republicans have insisted they will not release thle Veterans Trust Fund until the Legislature approves the use tax imeasure. The $50 million Trust Fund is regarded as the only source of quick cash to solve the state's money emer- gency. The vote generally followed party lines with Republicans vot- ing for the bill and Democrats 'against it. Two Republicans, George W. Sallade of Ann Arbor and Louis Cramton of Lapeer, sided with the Democrats. Sponsors Graduated Tax Sallade is the sponsor of a grad- uated income tax bill which gen- erally follows the line of Governor G. Mennen Williams' income tax proposal. Immediately after the vote, Gov. Williams scheduled a special joint session of the House and Senate for 10:30 a.m. this morning to dis- cuss Michigan's cash emergency. He said he believed defeat of the use tax bill would open the way for a settlement that will free state payrolls and end the cash crisis. Work Out Agreeable Proposal "Then maybe we can sit down next Monday and work out a mu- tually agreeable tax program," Rep. Kowalski said. "I've heard those words before," responded Rep. Allison Green (R- Kingston), GOP floor chief. "I wish I could believe that you're sincere.", The bill, which would in effect add a penny to the three cent sales tax, is the chief weapon in the Republican drive to fend off a graduated income tax proposed by Gov. Williams. Miehigam ua Names New Indian Braves Listen to this tale of romance Tale of Indian warriors bold - In the early moon of green leaves Came they forth, the stoics valiant; Forth they romped to paleface wigwam Wigwam, one of friendly Great Chief, Came they forth to take their token, Then to the mighty oak of Tappan Dashed the screaming, yelling redmen; To the tree of Indian legend Where the white men pale and trembling Stood around the might oak tree Warriors choice of paleface nation Choice of tribe to run the gauntlet. Down the warriors, painted demons Swooped and caught their prey like eagles Loud the war cry stirred the stillness As they seized their hapless captives Forth they bore them to their wigwam There to torture at their pleasure. There they are around the glowing bonfires Heard the words of mighty EISTIAN A. HERTER .. Geneva bound Queens College Ne Increase Faculty S By RUTHANN REC Both Queens College newspapers have a revised publication with a paid student ulty supervision. The Faculty Council passed the motio Brul, editor of the Hunter Arrow, told Th proposed by its adjunct, the Fac-' ulty Committee, a month ago. f "We did everything we could to LEA prevent its passage since we felt it would limit freedom of the press," Du Brul noted. "We, the editors of the four other municipal , colleges, wrote telegrams to Mayor Robert Wagner, college president, Harold Stokes, Gustav Rosenberg, chairman of the Board of Higher Education, and to the Faculty Council itself, in order to try to stop the motion." To Be Appointed by Editors "However," he noted, "because of our large protest, the faculty f will not appoint the editor as f originally was proposed." Instead he will be selected by the former editors of the paper. Since all the editors' efforts to defeat the motion failed, they plan no other action this semester. But, next semester they plan to picket the publications building. "In this way, the faculty Council will real- ize that we greatly disapprove of the action," he noted. Crown Editor Comments Laura Ettinger, former editor wspapers upervision ;HT been dissolved in favor of editor and increased fac-1 n last Thursday, Paul Du he Daily yesterday. It was IRY ASSUMES Hterter Asks For Useful Negotiations WASHINGTON W)-Secretary of State Christian A. Herter called on the Soviets last night for-"busi- nesslike negotiiations and not a propaganda exercise" at the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Geneva Monday. In a report carried to the people by radio and television, Herter pledged the West will stand firm in upholding Allied rights and re-, sponsibilities in Berlin. He also promised the West would seek meaningful agreements "hon- estly and in good faith to seek some advance, even if small, to- ward a just peace." Outlines Views Herter, speaking out two weeks after he was named to succeed John Foster Dulles as secretary, outlined his views on theeve of his departure for the Geneva par- ley. He said President Dwight D. Eisenhower hopes that the Geneva foreign ministers meeting will de- velop in such a way as to lead later to a summit conference. "'This means that_ the foreign ministers meeting must give some promise that a summit meeting would have a reasonable prospect of advancing the cause of peace," Herter said. Focus on Meeting "The eyes of the world are bound to be focused on a meeting of the heads of government. It would be unfair to all people to risk shat- tering their hopes and expecta- tions by engaging in summit talks under conditions likely to produce failure." Herter said that if the Soviets refused to negotiate seriously at the Geneva meeting "the world will see that it is the Soviet Union alone which is blocking the free choice of the German people and the chance- for true peace." Herter said the United States; Britain and France are firmly united on proposals which they be- DUTIES: New Planner Studies City Problems By KENNETH HENDERSON Ann Arbor's new city planning director is busy getting to know his new town and staff. Robert M. Leary, 29 years old, assumed his duties Monday re- placing Ray. C. Eastman who resigned last September. Eastman left - , .Ann Arbor without a full-time planning director causing several of the city's projects to be delayed, the new planner said. Leary, who finds Ann Arbor a "charming and delightful city," is now making a study of the city and its problems. At the present time, he does not know what steps he will take concerning Urban Renewal projects and the other city programs facing hiin and his new j (I staff. -v..Worked in New York I Leary has previously worked as staff assistant to the chief of the planning division of the Port of New York Authority. His responsi- I bilities there were similar to the duties that his present job entails, he said. His New York work involved programming and supervising a staff of 55 persons working on certain aspects of the rapid transit system, a second deck m'oiect for the George Washington Bridge and the