Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Chen Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Prevail" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This mus t be noted in all reprints. "Look -I'm Ahead" NATItONAL OALS. ? - I )AY, MAY 20, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT JUNKER Ten Years and The '49 Regulation "Recognition will not be granted any oirganiza-tion which prohibits membership in the organiza- n because of ract, religion or color." -University Regulations SHEER POETRY: Congressmen Masters Of Polished Phrases By ARTHUR EDSON Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer IF THERE IS any spot where our Congressmen particularly shine, its in the public deference they pay each other. A couple of Senators may privately think each other a humbug- and on this at least they may both be right. But get them on the Senate floor and you'd think it was Webster buttering up Clay. One becomes "The distinguished Senator," the other "My learned friend," and on and on it goes until the syrup is hip deep. AS IN EVERYTHING ELSE, though, sometimes the big buildup leads to a quick letdown. Rep. Albert Thomas (D-Tex.) was presiding over a House Appro- priations Subcommittee when Rep. William H. Avery (R-Kan.) ap- peared before it. Thomas immediately launched into a flowery welcome which went this way: Thomas: "We are happy to have with us our friend of many years standing, the Honorable Bill Avery of Kansas. Mr. Avery, will you come around here and talk to us? "Mr. Avery has been around to us two or three times, and we always welcome the opportunity. As a matter of fact, he has enough common horsesense for about nine men, and whatever he tells us we like to listen to. "Congressman, have you some of your friends with you?" Mr. Avery: "Yes sir, Mr. Chairman, I have Mr. John Peach, an industrial builder from Topeka, Kan. Mr. Thomas: "Does Mr. Peach live in Topeka?" Mr. Avery: "Yes, sir. He comes well qualified." And that, it turned out, was all that the man with enough common horsesense for about nine men had to say. He had come to introduce his constituent, and he had done it. TEN YEARS have demonstrated the inade- quacy of the University's anti-discrimina-. tion ruling. Though its spirit is consistent with. the University's educational objectives, it can- not be enforced within this spirit. When the University, specifically Student Government Council, considers recognizing a new frateinity or sorority, this recognition can only be debated in terms of whether or not the groups in question practices discrimination. Ordinarily, the Dean of Men or Dean of Wo- men's office reads the constitution of the group (a private document) and certifies that it is free of bias clauses. The national officers of the fraternity or sorority state their willing- ness to abide by all University regulations. And the finanpial and other factors involved are discussed. There is really not much more involved in granting recognition. to a colony or active group, as far as Student Ggvernment Council is concerned. THE DIFFICULTY inherent in this process can be seen when the recent approval of Tau Epsilon Phi's colony status is examined. Tau Epsilon Phi is what official parlance de- scribes as a "predominantly Jewish" frater- nity. While some chapters have a number of. non-Jewish members, both white and Negro, the total membership is more Jewish than not., There is no evidence that its national organi- zation attempts to infiunece local chapters' choice of members - indeed, its mixed mem- bership would tend to indicate that this' is not the case. But the local TEP Club, now recognized as a colony of national Tau Epsilon Phi, is en- tirely Jewish. And 'a letter to SGC from As- sistant Dean of Men Bill Cross says: Then in 1955, the Interfraternity Council decided to admit another predominantly Jew- ish fraternity to the campus and the Tau Ep- silon Phi Fraternity was given consideration during that time. However, it was the feeling of the Interfraternity Council that the Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity was in a better position to re-establish its chapter ... THAT THE Interfraternity Council consid- ers the need for new fraternities in terms not of the fraternity system as a whole but of a Gentile system and a Jewish subsystem, is common knowledge. Recognition of a new colony when a number of houses now on cam- pus are struggling for life wouldn't make sense, were this not the case. But with the division of the fraternity system into two sections, all that was necessary to approval of TEP was agreement among the seven active predomin- antly Jewish fraternities. This being the case, approval of colony sta- tus for TEP obviously was a detriment to the educationally-oriented attitude toward fra- ternities which the University should foster. It gave tacit approval to the discriminatory at- titudes IFC and Cross demonstrate, and re- lieved the strain within ,the system which 'might have led to voluntary integration. 'Yet, withholding recognition from TEP could not have been justified under the '49 regula- tion. W HAT IS NEEDED, then, is some regula- tion or combination of regulations which allows for consideration of the overall educa- tional affects of recognition of fraternities. Other points' needing careful consideration are removal of bias clauses (four fraternities have them), furthering local autonomy (Yale Uni- versity forced all its fraternities to sever na- tional ties), and establishing an. effective means of carrying out. the "educational" ap- proach to lessening discrimination, to which IFC has given lip-service in the past with no noticeable progress. An open hearing on the '49 ruling is being held at 3 p.m. today in the Student Activities Building. The Selectivity Committee of IFC is scheduled to present its views. It is to be hoped others interested will take. this opportunity to present alternate suggestions. -THOMAS TURNER / "?.9rllt .rsta -"P sr CAPITAL COMMENTARY: Nixon and A By WILLI THERE is a spreading tendency ces, including timing an to compar e the prospective timidity in face of ani Nixon-Rockefeller Presidential power balance, made h contest of 1960 with the Taft- tive. Eisenhower contest of.1952, and so But there is no more, to assume that Rockefeller will in the New Hampshir come out on top as Eisenhower did mansion. Indeed, Ada eight years-ago. in'fluence have long sin One of those intimately involved, from the Eisenhower1 Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, tion itself. has a highly practical determina- Now, the regular] tion to accept no such parallel. generally are on Nixc And he has now taken his first they were on Taft's s decisive step to see that it doesn't The difference is tha happen again, the regulars will not Mr. Nixon has decided, with the napping - and tha certain and warm approval of the Bridges is in comma whole orthodox wing of the Re- small but vastly imp publican party, to "git thar fustest Hampshire ship. with the mostest" in the New Now, indeed, Senator Hampshire primary. His prototype tough and able and fr (to a point), Senator Robert A. wing politician who Taft, got there second in 1952. And also the present GOP it was then and there that the Senate-is riding hig very doubtful candidacy of Gen- New Hampshire. That eral Dwight D. Eisenhower for the party technically not Presidential nomination got its trol is, technically, inc first, and psychologically its great- new governor, Wesley est, lift, and became a real candi- Powell is a Bridges pro da-y. way. SHERMAN ADAMS, who was then governor of New Hampshire BRIDGES AND Nix and thus had much of the GOP arranged for the Vice- machine in his hands, blitzed the go into New Hampshi Republican primary of March 8, year but this coming S 1952, and caused an all-Eisen- "show himself," as the hower delegation to be chosen for political trade, by ma the national convention. New speeches. The purpose Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges a blunt and early cl was a Taft man. But circumstan- Hampshire, against t Jew Hampshire [AM S. WHITE BIG FOUR TALKS: Gromyko Exploits Distrust of Britain By ARTHUR GAVSHON Associated Press Correspondent GENEVA-Andrei -Gromyko appears, to be exploiting French-West German mistrust of Britain's role in the Big Four foreign ministers talks here. Western diplomats believe thf Soviet Foreign Minister is trying deliberately to foster an impression that he has a special political relationship with British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd. The United States is reported DAILY satisfied that no understandings of any kind exist between London OFFICIAL and Moscow. But it is becoming increasingly evident, as a result of a continuing BULL TIN crossplay of leaks and gossip, that 'The Daily Offiialhd W ultetsmana TODAY AND TOMORROW: Shock aTeame By. WALTER LIPPMANN and a Bridges unfavorable him ineffec- Adams now e governor's ms and his nce departed Administra- Republicans on's side, as ide in 1952. at this time be caught t this time and of the portant New r Bridges-a ankly right- is, in fact, boss of the gh again in part of the in his con- control of a Powell. But otege all the on have now President to ire not next eptember, to ey say in the aking a few is to stake aim to New he still-dis- tant GOP primary of March 8, 1960. New Hampshire nas the nation's earliest GOP primary; to carry the first one is always helpful. To lose the first one may be fatal, as the Taft people grimly discovered and. as the Nixon people now keenly realize. * * * THIS NIXON sortie, moreover, has meanings even beyond these obvious ones. It shows unmistak- ably that the most authentic sur-. viving Old Guard Republican in high place, Bridges, is ready this time to stake all on the task of preventing the entry into the White House of another "modern" Republican-Rockefeller. In 1952 Bridges and other pow- erful Republicans elsewhere hesi- tated a bit-and lost control bf the party. A Bridges no longer hesi- tant, for 1960, will assuredly mean. other Bridgeses no longer hesitant elsewhere. He is, in effect, signal- ling his fellow orthodox leaders to join in early pro-Nixon action. It is still possible, of course, that 1960 will repeat 1952; that the. "pro," Nixon, will fall before the "amateur," Rockefeller, as Taft fell before Eisenhower. But it will never happen, at all events, with- out a far more profound, a far more bitter, pre-convention strug- gle than was seen before. - (Copyright 1959, by United Features Syndicate, Inc.) THERE IS building up in this country a re- sistance to the foreign aid appropriatiops which must be taken very seriously by the friends 'of foreign aid. The resistance has become especially formidable in recent times. This is not only because it is unpopular to provide money for foreigners at a time when at home it is necessary to retrench on all sorts of desirable projects. The great new fact is that the supporters of foreign aid are so dis- enchanted with the existing program that they cannot advocate it wholeheartedly. Sen. Mansfield, like Sen. Fulbright before him, has read the signs of the times. He sees that if foreign aid is to remain part of our. foreign policy, the program will have to be reformed. The question is how to bring about the re- form, given the fact that the mutual, aid pro- grams are involved in a, vast military and civilian bureaucracy, and that this bureaucracy' has acquired, a vested interest which causes it to .oppose serious reforms. Ex'perience'shows .that Congress has thus far been unable to over- come the inertia of the bureaucracy, and in its frustration it is becoming increasingly ex- asperated with the whole business., IT IS TO THIS STATE of affairs that Sen. Mansfield addressed himself last week. He came forward with what seemed to me an essentially moderate but, nevertheless, a search- ing and effective proposal. Its object is to compel a thorough-going reexamination in the 4dministration of that part of the foreign aid program which causes the greatest doubt and discontent. This is the part providing grants and gifts as distinguished from loans. It amounts to about 75 per cent of the total ap- propriation. Here are subsidies to enable weak countries to maintain larger military establish- ments than their economic life, and their ca- pacity to raise revenue, would justify. Sen. Mansfield's proposal is that an amend- ment should be attached to the current foreign aid bill which "will require, in the case of na- tions receiving grants of defense support or economic assistance, that the Executive Branch work out in detail with the recipient nation, Editorial Staff RICHARD TAUB, Editor and submit in connection with next year's aid. bill, a detailed, plan for the progressive reduc- tion of these grants" so as to terminate them" within three years.g The amendment does not say that direct military aid is to be terminated in three years. What it says is that by next year there must be plans for each country for reducing the eco- nomic aid which enables it to maintain an over-sized military .establishment. The plan would show how the armaments can be re- duced to a size which the country can digest. We can still supply arms beyond those which the country can pay for. We can still supply arms but only in the amount which the country can take without inflation and. disorder. THE CUTTING EDGE of the Mansfield amendment is that it would compel the Ad- ministration to reappraise, to reexamine, and to justify from the beginning and all over again, each military aid program. The amendment does not say that all military aid must ter- minate in three years. It says that the Ad- ministration must provide a plan for ter- minating it. It is implied, and should probably be made clear in the amendment, tfhat if no plan to terminate it in three years can be worked out without sacrificing the national interest, then the burden of proving that this is the case will be on the Administration. It will not be able to takethe line that we must go on doing what we have always done just because we have always done it. In all probability, we shall find that in cer- tain countries it- is necessary to continue, not to reduce or to terminate, the grants or gifts. But in other countries we may expect to find that there are over-sized military establish- ments which, far from being a defense against Communism, serve only to arouse popular dis- content, and that far from being defenses of liberty are the support of despots. THE MANSFIELD proposal, I should add, does not touch the Point Four Program or the Development Loan Fund. These, we may confidently believe, are destined to play an even bigger part in the future than they have in the past. The Mansfield ,proposal is, how*- ever, aimed directly at reducing the emphasis on military aid and increasing the emphasis on civilian development. It can be argued that there are many in Congress who will vote for foreign aid only if they are persuaded that it buys guns aimed directly at Russia or China. They do not think that the development of backward countries is any interest of ours. Presumably then, this isolationist opposition will be less willing to, vote for foreign aid which emphasizes civilian m e rencn ana est Tria delegations are not yet convinced. French and West German offici- als appear resolved to insure that British concepts of flexible diplo- macy do notbecome accepted fea- tures of the West's dealings with, the Soviet Union. * * * GROMYKO'S gambits in this situation have embarrassed the Briton. One illustration: Last night Lloyd was the Rus- sian's dinner guest for their fourth private meeting, since the talks began 10 days ago. This is not unusual of itself. But Gromyko has seen Secretary of State Herter privately only once, and West German Foreign Minis- ter Henirich von Brentano once. Tomorrow Gromyko lunches alone with. Maurice Couve de Murville of France for the first time. Some officials think Gromyko intentionally is trying to' "suggest something patently incorrect -- that he and Lloyd are continuing the British-Soviet political talks that began in Moscow last Febru- ary. Lloyd of course immediately tells his Western colleagues everything Gromyko says to him. BUT YESTERDAY an odd, thing happened: One Western delegation dis- closed the main terms of an in- formal talk Gromyko initiated with Lloyd yesterday. It seemed Lloyd asked Gromyko for his ideas about a stopgap'Berlin settlement. The Russian obliged by repeating some Soviet suggestions. British officials - rightly or wrongly-think the disclosure was intended to show Lloyd is trying to begin informal negotiations for a temporary East-West arrangement on Berlin outside the Western package plan for an over-all Ger- man settlement. Any such move now would cut across the public policy of the Western Allies and would tend to discredit Lloyd. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Deny Students the 'Vote? To the Editor: I AM A MARRIED graduate stu- dent, living in University Ter- race under a 12-month lease; though my parents live in Indiana, I consider Ann Arbor to be my home, have every prospect of re- maining here in the forseeable fu- ture, and I have no plans for re- turning to Indiana to live. I am well past twenty one, have never been known to bribe a public of- ficial or steal horses, and have ful- filled the minimum residence re- quirements for Michigan and Ann Arbor. Recently I went with my wife to the office of the City Clerk for the purpose of registering to vote. My wife was registered without difficulty, but when the clerk asked me my occupation and I replied "full time student," she responded that she could not see how 1 had 'any basis for a registration claim whatever. (I was advised before- hand to lie about my occupation, but it seemed to me that one ought not to be forced to lie to honest and responsible public officials.) We discussed this matter of my eligibility for about a quarter of an hour, during which time I was advised that students really have no interest in the community (I had rashly assumed that this was for me to decide), that they are only here for a short time (though presumably, if and when I leave, my wife will go with me), and that I should consult the City At- torney if I was still dissatisfied- the clerk flatly refused to register one moves to a locality for the pur- pose of attending school there does not in itself disqualify him from voting there, though he may be unqualified for other reasons. This Opinion, for reasons about which one can only speculate, was not shown to me during my first visit to the Clerk's office on Friday. It is readily granted, by persons familiar with local politics, that there is a deliberate policy of dis- couraging qualified students from exercising their right to vote in Ann Arbor. (Perhaps someone fears rent control?) Had I been registered without this preliminary inconvenience, it is quite possible that I might neglect to vote now and then; but after the trouble to which I have been put, it is now highly unlikely that I shall neglect any opportunity to cast a vote in Ann Arbor. (I might even vote in the next SGC election.) If other would-be voters have met with a similar run-around and have re- signed themselves to junior-citi- zenship in this community, I hope they will be moved to try again at City Hall. -Frank A. Morrow, Jr., Grad. Bandouin. . To the Editor: I HAVE READ, in The Daily of May 16, the article written by Fred Cheval, entitled "Belgium's Bandouin, Silent, Withdrawn." I do not object at all to the right the author has to write whatever seems reasonable to him about is actually the guest of your Presi- dent and your -country, and more especially surprised, as you must know, since last Monday, the day of the king's arrival in the States, that they do not reflect reality too. well. 4 It is not my intention to argue about that, but, I just wanted to tell you how sorry I was to notice that, when you want to make' a general comment on the king's visit, among the different Ameri- can points of view which have been expressed these days, you pick such a one. --Vincent Hanssens The DailyOfficial Bulletin' is ra& official publication of The Uni'ver- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no edi- torial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form, to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day pieceding publication. Notices for -Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1S VOL. LXIX, NO. 165 General Notices Classification for members of the Dept. of Nayal Arch. and Marine Engrg. for summer session and fall semester will be held during examination period: Prof. Adams: June 3-4; Prof. Benford: May 30-June 1; Prof. West: June 4-5. Students should go to either of, these three classifiers as convenient. Recommendations for Departmental Honors: Teaching departments wishing to recommend tentative June gradu- ates from the College of L1.S.A,. and the School of Education for depart- mental honors (or high honors in the College of L.S. & A.) should recom- mend such students in a letter de- livered to the Office of Registration and Records, Rm. 1513 Admin. Bldg., by noon, Mon., June 8. Students,,' All Schools and ,colleges. The Office of Registration and Records urges that all students who have ap- plied for or expect to apply for work with either 'the% Summer or . all 1959 Registration Programs secure approval of new course elections as soon as the school or college will allow. Attention June Graduates: College of L.S.A., School of Education, School of Music, School of Public Health, and School of Business Administration.: Students are advised not to request grades of I or X in, June. When such grades are absolutely imperative, the Swork must be made up in time to al- low your' instructor, to report the ;make- up grade not ltaer than noon, Mon., June 8. Grades received after that time may defer the student's graduation until a later dtae. Journalism Awards Assembly: Aud. A, Angell Hall, Wed., May 20, 3 p.m. V. V. McNittof 'the BMcNaught Syndicate, "The Press' at Bay." Meeting of senior class presidents and other specially appointed representa- tives, Rin. 302 W. Engrg. Bldg:, Thurs., May 21, 7:00 p.m. Discuss schedule and plans for commencement. May Meeting of the Research Club, Wedl., May,20, 8:00 p.m., Rackham Am- phitheatre. Officers for 1959-60 will be elected. Following papers will be 'pre- sented: "The Indo-Europeans of Greece and Italy and their Origins," by Prof, Clark Hopkins (Classical Archaeology). "Aerodynamic Heating under Atmos- pheric Re-entry Conditions," by Prof. A. M. Kuethe (Aeronautical Engineer- ing). Male Non-Veterans whose annual academic program ends in June or whose deferment expires in June should file SSS Forms 103 and 109 by the end of this semester in order to continue student deferment. Recent- ly revised forms available at Window A, Admin. Bldg. Students from the fol- lowing schools and colleges should sub- mit their forms at window A for cer- tification: Arch. & Design; Bus. Ad- min.; Education; LS&A; Music; Natur- al Resources; Pharm.; P.M.; Social Work. Physical Therapy Meeting: Freshmen anda ophomores planning to.roncen- trate in Physical Therapy or interest- ed in knowing more about Physical Therapy. Thurs., May 21 at 7:00 p.m.,. Rm., 1603, first floor, Main Bldg. of U. Hosp. Movie followed by discussion and demonstrations in the Physical Therapy Clinic. International Center Tea. Thurs., Quotes from the Bug: HAEL KRAFT orial Director JOHN WEICHER City Editor DAVID TARR Associate Edtor