KEEP FLETCHER FOR WOMEN See Page 4 I Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom :43a tj PARTLY CLOUDY, WARMER L_:__ .. VOL. LXIX, No. 99 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1959 FIVE CENTS SIX I - S _ Democrats Drop Bowerman Plan Reject Student Building Fund In Democratic Pre-Campaign Test By JAMES SEDER Special to The Daily GRAND RAPIDS - The Bowerman proposal, which would re- quire students to pledge $45 a semester, payable after graduation, is meeting seemingly unanimous disapproval by Democrats here at their state convention. Mrs. Mildren Jeffreys, chairman of the Democratic Pre-conven- tion Platform Committee, reported that no committee members sup- ported this resolution. Don Stev- ens, member of Michigan State University's governing board, the Board of Agriculture, was one of the speakers that strongly criti- cized the Bowerman proposal. The committee adopted a stu- dent scholarship proposal which. Paul Weber, Gov. G. Mennen Wil- liams' legislative assistant, termed similar to those which Gov. Wil- liams has recommended several times in the past. This proposal would include a scholarship plan based on both federal and state aid. One possible idifference about which party leaders were uhce- tain was who would receive these1 funds. Russians { t tcer GOV. WILLIAMS ' .. courageous example" Convention yBlasts GOP Spelal to The Daily GRAND RAPIDS - Ifike the Republicans last weekend, the Democrats are proposing an "either-or" tax program. ' The Democratic Party Conven- tion Platform Committee report- edly will recommend that the Legislature accept either Gov. G. Mennen Williams' tax proposal now before the Legislature, or propose a Constitutional amend- ment authorizing the state to in- crease the public debt. Part of the Demcoratic problem according to rumors that are cir- culating here, and according to reports issuing from Lansing, is that both parties "are afraid to borrow from the Veteran's Trust Fund." The reason for this is the reported dispute raised by veter- ans' organizations. Strongly Criticized Although the Democrats are strongly criticizing the "present" Republicans' stand of last week- end, observers last night were left wondering what the Democratic Party in the Legislature would do. It appeared here that the Dem- ocrats were leaving a large meas- ure of. discretion to the Legisla- ture as a result of their "either- or" tax proposals. In criticizing the "crazy-quilt patchwork of (State) tax problems," the Demo- crats did offer as one alternative to the Governor's proposal, which includes a graduated personal in- come tax and "virtual repeal" of corporate franchise and intan- gible taxes. Attack GOP One positive act, however, was the strong, but expected, attack on the Republican plan to raise the sales tax from three per cent > to four per cent. Noting that this would mean a 33 per cent increase in the sales tax, and "give Michigan the high- est sales tax in the nation," the Democrats strongly oppose this Republican suggestion. Dulles Begins, X-Ray Series For Cancer WASHINGTON (P) -- Secre- tary of State John Foster Dulles began yesterday the second fight of his life against cancer. He took the first of a series of treatments under a million volt X-ray machine at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Williams Asks Gov. Williams had asked that these programs be based on abil- ity, whereas the resolution from the pre-convention committee's recommendation asked that the scholarships be awarded on "the due basis of merit and need." Weber reported that the com- mittee's report apparently cleared up one difficulty with the govern- or's proposal. Objections had been raised in the Legislature that the Williams' proposal would discriminate against private colleges and uni- versities. The new proposal ex- plicitly states that these scholar- ships would be "usable in any col- lege o runiversity in the state, public or private." Committee Recommends The committee recommenda- tions also include an expansion of the community college program. It recognizes that the development of community colleges is a time- consuming process, but it recom- mends that the Democratic party pledge itself to support efforts "to establish an adequate community' college system." All of these recommendations' will go before the full convention today. Other business coming be- fore the convention will include nominations. Posts Open 'The three most important'nom- inations already were pre-empted by re-election plans of Supreme Court Justices John D. Voeklker; and George Edwards and Lynn D. Bartlett, State Superintendent ofi Public Instruction. A field of 35 candidates was en- tered for the mainly honorary policy level positions. WASHINGTON () - Russia was' described by a United States government scientist yesterday as having the capability of beating this country in the race to achieve a successful round trip flight by man through space. "We should prepare the Afneri- can people for the fact that they are likely to do so," Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. Committee Meets Dryden was one of several NASA officials appearing before a Sen- ate space subcommittee in behalf of the agency's budget requests. Congress is being asked for more than 485 million dollars to finance the civilian space program through the 12 months starting July 1, as well as an, additional 48 million dollars for the rest of this year's program., Dr. T. Keith Glennan, NASA head, predicted Thursday that the annual cost of space projects will soar into the billions after an- other couple of years. Hold Hearing Sen. Howard W. Cannon (D- Nev.) questioned Dryden at yes- terday's hearing whether the space programs were worth the cost. Dryden said he was confi- dent they are. "Man is going to be in space to find useful things to do in space," Dryden said. He said space vehicles now are in about the same stage of devel- opment as the airplane was when the Wright brothers made their first flight. Bri tish Lose 'Trade Edge COLOGNE, Germany (P)-West: Germany has outstripped Britain to become the Soviet bloc's lead- ing Western trade partner, a sur- vey showed yesterday. The federation of German in- dustries said West Germany's trade with the Communist East totaled 3.3 billion marks ($785,- 40,000) in 1958, an impressive 37.5 per cent increase over the previous year. Britain's board of trade will come out with its exact figures early next week but tentative figures indicate it will not equal the West German total. According to these figures, Brit- ain't trade with the Soviet Union, China and Poland totaled $463,- 686,800. Goods exchanged with the oth- er Communist countries is not ex- pected to be more than .200 mil- lion dollars. iVersity' s Financial Position *> PARLEY: meXieo Joint am ACAPULCO, Mexico OP)-Pres- ident Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mexico's President Adolfo Lopez *Iateos ended their two-day good neighbor meeting last night by agreeing to build a joint 100 mil- lion dollar dam on the Rio Grande River. The two chief executives also agreed that their governments should cooperate to help Mexico sell more minerals, coffee and cotton. The results of their five hours of conferences were announced in a communique stressing that the two men met as friends seeking to contribute to a just and lasting peace everywhere. Confirm Relations "The presidents reconfirmed that relations between Mexico and the United States are excel- lent and are characterized by a spirit of good neighborliness, mu- tual understanding and respect," the communique said. On the agricultural front, they also agreed their experts should launch a joint attack against the screw worm which "is causing grave damage to livestock in both countries." The dam, President Eisenhower and Lopez Mateos agreed should be built, is to be known as the Diablo Dam. A structure 250 feet high and six and one-half miles long, it is to be located about 12 miles from the Texas town of Del Rio on the Rio Grande. Joint Project The dam has been in the talk- ing stage for about 10 years. It would back up the Falcon Dam, which was the first such joint undertaking of the two nations in 1953. The new dam would promote flood control and provide more ir- rigation and power benefits. The 800-word final communi- que came after a second two and one-half hour conference between the two presidents in a private dining room of the plus, Pierre Marques Hotel on the Pacific shore. The session came near the end of President Eisenhower's 36-hour good will trip south of the border. Returns Today President Eisenhower was ex- pected to leave this hot vacation resort about midnight for a flight to Augusta, Ga., or perhaps back to Washington if the weather is bad in Georgia. President Eisenhower and Lopez Mateos interrupted their after- noon conference for an unsuccess- ful effort to greet about 300 Mexi- can and United States reporters and photographers. RECORD BREAKER--Defending NCAA breast-stroke champion Frank Modine of Michigan State pulled ahead of Wolverines Cy Hopkins and Ron Clark on the last lap to set a new American record in the 200-yd. event last night. W"overine Swimmers Edge Spartans, 64-41 By DICK MINTZ Special to The Daily EAST LANSING-The Michigan swimmers celebrated their 25th consecutive dual meet victory last night with a 64-41 victory over a star-studded Michigan State team. The Spartans gained some measure of glory as Frank Modine cracked the American 200-yd. breast-stroke record to take the meet's individual honors. Pushed by Wolverines Cy Hopkins and Ron Clark, the Spartan national champion LULL: Inflation Hesitation Continues WASHINGTON (P) -Govern- ment figures showed yesterday a rise of one-tenth of one per cent in the cost of living during January. This meant that a lull in infla- tion continued, moving into its ninth month. The living cost index was still a hairsbreadth below the record high, achieved last year. The spendable earnings and buying power of factory workers went to the highest point of any January, although they dipped as usual from the December level. Sets Record It was the first time since the onset of the 1957-58 recession that a monthly earnings record has been set. Except for a three-tenths of one per cent increase in food prices, the Consumer Price Index would have declined last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. At 123.8 per cent of the 1947-9 average, the index now stands one- tenth of a point below the peak reached in July 1958 and again in November. Since last April the country has enjoyed the longest period of com- parative price stability since the monthly index was begun in 1940, the Bureau pointed out. Consum- er prices have not varied by more than three tenths of one per cent in the nine months. Fluctuations Minor The. outlook is for only minor fluctuations up or down for the next several months, Bureau Com- missioner Ewan Clague told re- porters - unless the business re- covery picks up considerably more steam than it has had lately. Administration officials still fear a price spurt later in the year, however. The price report meant no wage increase for one and one-quarter million auto, aircraft and farm im- plement workers whose hourly Scale is adjusted quarterly to the movement of the index. They have had no increase since last summer, following almost regular cost-of- living pay boosts for the previous two years. ,Wages Up However, about 82,000 workers, mostly in aircraft plants, whose pay gains are. figured on a dif- ferent basis, got back the penny an hour which they lost last October. The upswing in food prices last month reversed a five-month down-trend which has helped pre- serve the stability of living costs. Beef, fresh -vegetables, veal and poultry all went up, outweighing declines for fresh fruits, pork, cof- fee, eggs and milk. Transportation costs edged down one-tenth of one per cent as auto dealers discounted the prices of new cars and thus more than off- set sizable boosts in automobile in- surance rates at the start of the year. Prices Drop Clothing prices dropped seven tenths of one per cent, mostly be- cause of seasonal sales of fall and winter apparel, but shoe prices went up.' Costs of medical care continued to rise, as did the cost of personal care - mostly because of higher prices for haircuts and cosmetics. Housing costs did not change. House furnishings prices went down but fuel costs rose seasonally. Await Official Soviet Reply WASHINGTON () - A spokes- man said yesterday the United' States expects a reply from the Soviet government to its proposal for a big four foreign ministers meeting. He remarked tartly that the nroposal was not directed to Ra- Says Funds 'U Position Still Critical Lacks Cash Future Payments Promised by State To Meet Payrolls By JOHN WECHER Daily City EEItor The University is in better fi- nancial shape now than it has been for several weeks, President Harlan Hatcher told the Regents yesterday. The state has promised future payments which will enable the University to meet payrolls un- til May, Vice-President in charge of Business and Finance Wilbur K. Pierpont said, in addition to the $2.7 million received last week. Besides the regular monthly in- stallments, Pierpont said, the state will attempt to pay some of the $7.5 million it owes the Uni- versity for the last three months. This money will be used to pay $600,000 to $700,000 in unpaid bills accumulated over the last feV weeks. However, Pierpont added, the University's position is still criti- cal. It has now spent $3.4 million worth of student fees in partial repayment of bank loans which were made in December and Jan- uary to tide the University over the cash shortage. The remaining $600,000 will be repaid with student fees for sum- mer school, Pierpont said.. These loans are being paid now to avoid interest charges amounting to $9,- 000 a month. As a result the University will need more than = its regular monthly installments between now and June to meet payrolls, since the state provides only about three-quarters of each month's expenses, and the'rest is usually met through student fees. Pierpont also gave credit to the state administrative board, whlvh, he said, "has faced an impossible task of trying to make inade- quate revenues cover 1958 legis- lative appropriations." Macmillan Holds Talks On Mission dLONDN ()- Prime Minister Harold Macmillan talked over the aims of his mission to Moscow with Queen Elizabeth II yesterday. He is taking off for the Soviet Union today with the major pur pose of sounding out prospects for improved East-West understand- ing. Macmillan told Queen Elizabeth at luncheon in Buckingham Palace what he hopes to accomplish in his contacts with Premier Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet lead- ers. His royal hostess was described as an interested listene'r. Few Told t At the moment the Queen may be one of the few people in the world who knows exactly what the Prime Minister has in mind. But the trip comes at a time when proposed arrangements for spring negotiations on Germany occupy Russian and Western Big Three diplomats. A veteran Western ambassador in Moscow said yesterday he be- lieves Khrushchev will tell Mac- millan the Soviet Union will accept Western proposals for a Big Four foreign ministers conference on German unity, the Berlin crisis and related issues. The Russians have been calling for a meeting at the summit while criticizing the latest Western notes as lacking constructive; sugges- tions. Expect Results Most diplomatic observers in Moscow, however, expect' only limited results from Msmilan's Improve made his record-breaking effort, to pull away from the clustered trio on the last lap of the race. He finished with a time'of 2:24.4, al- most a full second ahead of the old American mark of 2:23.3. The partisan fans at State's cramped Jenison pool disregarded the point total mounting against them as the Spartan individual heroes gained first. Spartan national champion Bill Steuart won both the 220- and 440-yd. free style. Outcome Known With the outcome of the meet practically a foregone conclusion, even before the Wolverines won their first event, the State 'fans hoped to gain first in the featured individual matches of the evening. The indefatigable Steuart did not let them down, as he finished first by a full pool length in the 440-yard free style, defeating the Wolverine's surprising John Ur- bansock, who finished second, and Dick Hanley. In the 220-yard free style, Han- See TEAM, Page 6 Cyprus Riots Over Pact NICOSIA, Cyprus (A') - The London agreement to make Cy- prus an independent republic brought protests yesterday from Turkish Cypriot youngsters and a wary apathy from many Greek Cypriots. British, troops were called out to prevent disorders after Turkish Cypriot school children began a noisy demonstration against the accord reached Thursday in Lon- don. They shouted "Partition or death" and "Death to Makarios." Archbishop 'Makarios is the Greek Cypriot leader exiled by the British for rebel activity but now a participant in the accord. Par- tition earlier was a demand of the island's Turkish minority in the Greek, Turkish, British strug- gle on Cyprus. W orldNwRn By The Associated Press CAIRO -- Yugoslav President Tito arrived here yesterday for con- ferences with President Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic and declared their two countries were working to preserve world peace "in complete solidarity." In a prepared statement read to newsmen at Kubbeh Palace, Tito said his past meetings with Nasser and his aides "have led to strength- ening of our friendship and in- creasing its scope." OPENS LANE HA LL SERIES: HAVANA - The Castro govern- ment yesterday authorized a com- bined lottery and savings bond plan for Cubans. The bonds will be issued as lot- tery tickets. Those held for three years can be redeemed at full value plus three per cent interest. * * * KARACHI, Pakistan - The for- eign office yesterday brushed off a Soviet charge that Pakistan is converting its territory into a for- eign military base under treaties. with the United States and other nations allied with the West. RIO DE JANEIRO--A new long- range program to revive Brazil's drought - parched northeast got rolling today. It calls for scores of irrigation projects, industrialization and in- creased capital investment. * * ,, GUATEMALA - Two strong earth tremors were felt here at noon vesterdav ht nondama .ice a a n...i a .a. a. +. 1 ire .i i .L R .Lt.i..t .i./ .i . i . I Negro Little Rock Grad Speaks Here By CHARLAINE ACKERMAN A year ago September, Central High School, Little Rock, Ark., first opened its doors to Negro students, and Ernest Green was one of the few to boldly enter. Yesterday Green, now a Michigan State University freshman, initiated this semester's Lane Hall Coffee Hours by giving an "insider's account" of Little Rock's integration problems. "Although my former school, Horace Mann High, was anew building and highly rated among the Negro schools in the state, I decided to transfer to Central. There I felt I would receive a better education," Ernest said. Negroes File Applications Before his senior year, he explained, the Little Rock School Board asked that all Negro students in the Central district wanting ad- mittance to the then all-white high school file application. "Uncertain of he precise criteria used in selecting the 12 students to enter Central," he ventured, "I imagine we were chosen on the basis of scholarship, extra-curricular activities and several personality qualities." Of the 12 selected, only nine actually enrolled in Central that fall Green was the only entering senior. __ . , :: ::