TOUGH-MINDED IDEALISML jn~i~ Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXIX, No. 158 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1959 FIVE CENTS CLOUDY, SHOWERS EIGHT PA( SFAC CONFERENCE: Views Student Housing By ROBERT JUNKER The University has the obliga,- tion to take the lead and keep the pressure on local landlords to end discrimination in housing, Regent Eugene B. Power said yesterday.' Speaking at the discussion on student housing at the Student- Faculty-Administration -,Confer- ence, Regent Power said the Uni- versity has "some responsibility" to see, students are properly housed. He said the University in- speets student' housing for this reason. The University inspects only sanitary conditions of local apart- ments before they become "ap- proved," not discriminatory con- ditions. These apartments must also be certified by the city build- ing inspector to see that they are safe. Apartments are only rein- spected when complaints are re- ceived about their conditions, the panel noted. Discrimination against foreign studentsas . one of the centers of discussion. Many members of the panel noted the difficulty which foreign students have in obtaining apartments in the Ann Arbor area. Some noted that dor- mitory' food often was not palat- able for students used to entirely different menus. "Since the University has a role in establishing student housing, this roles should be extended to foreign students, too," Regent Power said. "In the not too dis- tant future, the University must provide accommodations for for- eign students with adequate cook- ing facilities." There is a thin line between. compatible and non-compatible discriminatory practices in hous- ing, Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis said. If a man rents just a room or two in Discrimination e ni 1e In raternities (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is a linal report in The Dily series on discrimination in fraternities.) Dean of Men Walter B. Rea and Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis composed the following statement in response to five questions The Daily asked' regarding racial and religious dis- crimination in fraternities, 1. What is the relationship of the state university to fraterni- ties with written discriminatory policies? What is your feeling regarding their existence? We are sure you have reviewed the actions'of President Ruthven and Hatcher. These are the only actions which can be considered a, University Policy in this area for with respect to this question. We would call your attention to a sentence in the Resolution recently passed by the Regents establishing the Student Government Council Clarification..Study. "The Regents are naturally concerned with the right of University living group to govern their own affairs, including the freedom of " choice of members, within the framework of University policy W 0 1 eand not by requirement of a national organization-" This statement needs elaboration as to the reference to University Policy but it certainly reflects an attitude on the part of the Re- By TOMVTECIgents. We personally feel strongly By OM ITEKIthat we are beyond the point" of his own home, he has a right to choose who lives there. Delared Illegal If, however, renting accommo- dations is a commercial enter- prise, then discrimination can be declared illegal. A question ws raised as to whether there was discrimination within residence halls. Lewis said often students request roommates of the same race, religion or na- tionality and they are so placed in the residence halls. He added that it is not demo- cratic to deny a Negro student who wants to live with another Negro student this right. He said often whether or not a roommate sleeps with the window open is more of a factor for good place- ment than race or religion. The possibility of one semester dormitory room contracts was dis- cussed, as was some form of re- bate for meals students 'do not eat. Both were rejected as "ad- ministratively infeasible" and "not possible"in a business sense." Need Year Contract Joel Stoneham, business man- ager of West Quadrangle, said one year contracts are necessary to finance , the residence hall sys tefli,,ensuring total occupancy and the accompanying revenue. "The residence hails are not a convenience; they're big busi- ness," he said. "You must consider the indi- vidual," Student Government C o u n c 11 Administrative Vice- President Phil Zook, '60, said. Satisfy Majority "If I satisfy the majority, I'm doing a good job," Stoneham re- plied. "This is one reason why we don't let businessmen run the University," Assistant bean of the literary college James H. Robert- son remarked. "When you're running a busi- ness, that obligation comes first," Mark Noffsinger, resident director of South Quadrangle, declared. Studentts ,Cite 'U Problems At Meetings By THOMAS KABAKER and JAMES SEDER "No one sends presents to an obstacle course," David Kessel, Grad., a member of Student Gov- ernment Council, said at yester- day's Student, Faculty, Adminis- tration Conference's discussion on "Transition from Student to Alumnus." Remarking on alumni support of the University, it was noted that those students who get the most from their school and don't look at it as an obstacle course will be the ones who support it best. Support in this discussion included moral as well as finan- cial backing. Regent Eugene Power, who was visiting the discussion, was asked what he thought a good alumnus was. He answered that such a person was a result of training to contribute to the welfare of so- See CONFERENCE, Page 5 NUCLEAR PARLEY: Ike Ready' To Modify U.S. Stand GENEVA 03)-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his latest communication to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, has made moflifications in the United States position at the nuclear test sus- pension conference, it was learned yesterday. There also were indications that British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan has sent a similar letter to the Soviet leader. The letters were aimed at breaking the deadlock in the six- month-old nuclear talks and at creating . a favorable atmosphere for the Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference opening in Geneva tomorrow. Congressional sources in Wash- ington reported earlier that the Eisenhower message urged an agreement on at least a limited ban on nuclear testing, and a preliminary suspension of atmos- pheric tests. Advance Proposals New proposals advanced at the nuclear meeting here Friday by United States Ambassador James J. Wadsworth were in line with the position taken in the Presi- dent's letter. The United States, with Bri- tain's backing, promised to study carefully a Soviet proposal for a limited number of one-site inspec- tions of suspicious disturbances. The two Western powers also agreed to the idea of mixed na- tional and international manning of control posts, so long as the international element was in great enough strength to guarantee e- cient and unhampered operation of these stations. Inspecting a Problem The questions of control post manning and the amount of on- site inspections necessary to en- force any ban on atomic and hydrogen weapons tests have been the chief stumbling blocks to the conclusion of a treaty by the nuclear conference. The United States and Britain moved carefully toward the Soviet position on both these. points. But conference sources emphasized that the Soviets now will have to make concessions of their own to insure efficient working of the con- trol system. , If the Soviets want a limited in- spection system, they must make clear, for example, that they will authorize enough checks to make it difficult for any power to cheat on a test ban. Previously the West had in- sisted on complete foreign man- ning of all control posts. The Western powers now are willing to let the Soviet Union have Soviet citizens in control of posts on So- viet soil. The West still will in- sist, however, that foreigners re- present a majority of the 30-man staff in each station. SOC Group Plans Meeting There will be a meeting of the Student Government Council Clar- if c"tion Plans Coihmittee - at 7 p.m. Monday on the third floor of the Student Activities Bldg. One topic -of discussion will be possible changes in the Board in Review. World Diplomats Gathe For Big Four Conferenc UP, OVER AND DOWN -- Bob Gutowski, (left) world champion pole vaulter, of the Quantico Ma- rines, lets go of his pole after clearing the bar a 14'9%". Michigan's Eeles Landstrom, (center) beginshis descent after clearing the sameheight. Mal Schwarz of the Marines(right) prepares to hit the sawdust after tying the other two. By recording this leap all three share the distinction of sharing the new Ferry Field record. The Wolverines defeated the Marines, 68Y2-63'A in dual meet competition yesterday. Track Team Defeats Quantico Marines t- r Michigan's improving baseball team came from behind twice yes- terday to take a pair of one run victories from Northwestern, 8-7, and 5-4. Clutch hitting in both ends of the doubleheader enabled the Wol- verines to boost their Conference record to 5-4 and moved:them into a tie for fourthin.the Big Ten title race. In the first game of the twinbill it was a long triple off the bat of Jack Mogk that gave Michigan the nod. The junior centerfielder came to the plate in the last of the ninth inning with two out and two'team- mates on base. Scores Easily Mogk promptly blasted a long drive that ricocheted off the cen- terfield fence on the first bounge. George Fead scored easily from second to break the 7-7 tie and give the team its first victory of the day. Earlier in the contest Mogk had smashed a towering home run that cleared the right-centerfield fence some 380 feet away. The blast, coming with the bases empty, was the first home run hit by a Wol- verine at Ferry Field this year. Michigan had tied the score in the eighth inning when Bob Kuch- er, in a demonstration of heads- up play, stole home. Both he and relief pitcher Nick Liakonis had beat out well placed bunts to get on base and had advanced on shortstop Gene Struczewski's grounder. Breaks for Plate Then with two out Kucher broke for the plate. Racing down the basepath, he dove head first into Clean Sweep Michigan athletic teams made a clean sweep yesterday. The baseball team defeated Wiscon- sin twice, 8-7, 5-4 (see pages 1, 6). The track team edged the Quantico garines, 68Y2-631A (see pages 1, 6). The golfers upset Ohio State, Purdue and Northwestern (see page 7), and the tennis team completed the sweep by swamping Wisconsini, 94 (see nape7 debate as to the written bias clause. We have a mutual feeling that fraternities on this campus must endeavor to such clauses at the earliest possible moment. 2. How successful has the pro- gram of education been in solv- ing the problem? Dean Rea and I feel that the Inter-Fraternity Council is not as continuously effective in its edu- cational program as it should be. Turnover in top leadership results in fluctuations in emphasis from year to year. Good work has been done but more needs to be done. We recognize our resporjibility in the educational effort and also the need for support from the alumni groups. 3. Is any change in University, policy coltemplated? Great progress has been made in the last few years. Time is running out on this issue, however, and the Fraternity system must speed up its action on the elimination of the written bias clause. While it repre- sents slow progress, we feel that the educational approach to the problem of discrimination will provide the only lasting and satis- factory solution. We believe that changes in existing attitudes can be accom- plished only by the sincere and sustained efforts of the Inter-Fra- ternity Council and of the active (student) members of our fra- ternity chapters. 4. How do you feel about what is sometimes called "unwritten discrimination?" Our feeling is that our students, without reference to race, color, or creed, should be free to make choices as to the kind of men they wish tq live with in their home here at the University. Chapter actives, in the main, are at the undergraduate level. A truly democratic process should make any male student eligible for mem- bership in any fraternity. It should also enable the' fraternities to identify the qualities and interests desired in new members and to choose them on such bases without the pressures of compulsory legis- By MIKE GILLMAN Wolverine trackmen edged out the Quantico Marines, 681/2-631/2, in a hotly contested dual meet yesterday, ,with the entire meet being run in the shadow of one of the greatest pole-vaulting con- tests ever held. In the top aevent of the after-. noon Eeles Landstrom of Michigan and Bob Gutowski and Mel Pnumonia Dulles' State WASHINGTON (A)-A mild at- tack of pneumonia has further weakened the condition of John Foster Dulles, seriously ill with cancer. The 71-year-old former Secre- tary of State suffered the attack at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where he has been a patient much of the time since Feb. 12. "Secretary Dulles has contracted a mild pneumonia," the State De- partment said yesterday in a medi- cal bulletin. "The initial response to antibiotics has been satisfactory and his temperature is now normal. "He is, however, somewhat weaker." A department press officer, Joseph Reap, said he did not know when Dulles contracted the pneu- monia. Since his temperature was reported returned to normal, he presumably was suffering from it Friday, when he had at least three visitors. Dulles' successor, Secretary, Christian A. Herter, dropped by the' hospital to say goodby before leaving in mid-afternoon for the Big Four Foreign Ministers' Con- ference in Geneva. The State De- partment said that as Herter left after their brisf talk, Dulles called out, "good luck, Chris." FROSH WEEKEND: Mes Am is' Theme Wins for Maize By FAITH WEINSTEIN Maize Team and its theme of friendship in Paris, won Frosh Weekend last night with a total of 53 points. The winning theme, Maize-A-Me, was translated into French friendship as "mes amis" in a huge sign over the entrance to their half of the League Ballroom. Maize team General Chairman Judith Brouwer, '62, described the dance decorations as "a French street, with old fashioned street lamps filled with colored cellophane, park benches, and a long pink awning leading to a beauty parlor in the center of the floor." Flash Eyes Inside the parlor there were displays of bottles, hats and hair- dos, she continued, and two huge pink poodles with flashing eyes and curly tails. The programs carried out the theme with small hand mirrors, which, when opened showed the evening's events. The'Maize floor show as the story of an "American poodle in the French world of poodles, who finds her "mes amis," Miss Brouwer added. ;