OSA COMMITTEE COMPOSITION POOR See Page 2 LiYi t e 41it43zr-n tiiy PARTLY CLOUDY High--84 Low-68 Chance of thundershowers Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXI, No. 16S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1961 FIVE GENTS _____________1IV ET EIGHT PAGES McNerney Receives Job Offer Prof. Walter J. McNerney, direc- tor of the University's Bureau of Hospital Administration, has been offered the national presidency of Blue Cross. He will announce his decision on whether to accept or reject the offer sometime next week. McNerney has been head of a three-year study or medical and Pushes To Save School Aid Bill President Pressures Congressman With Loss of Impacted Areas Funds. WASHINGTON (M)-A squeeze play designed to save President John F. Kennedy's $2.5-billion general school aid bill has been launch- ed by the Administration and its backers in the House. Caught in thei squeeze will be 319 congressmen whose public schools stand to lose about $300 million a year they have been getting to help educate children of federal employes and defense workers. A provision continuing such aid for what is called impacted areas --those with heavy federal employment-has been included in the public school bill. However, that measure, along with two other " Pri PROF. WALTER. 3. MNERNEY ... national presidency , hospital costs and pre-paid medi- cal care in Michigan. He expects that he will an- nounce-his decision sometime after he makes his final report to the Governor's Commission on pre- paid medical care next Saturday. McNerney has been at the Uni- versity since 1955. He graduated from Yale in 1947 and received a master's in hospital administra- tion from the University of Min- nesota in 1950. He has also co- authored a book, Alaska's Health, written for the Department of the Interior. He was also a consultant on the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Hospital State Plan. He received a $382,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation to undertake his present study in Michigan. To Consider Soreign Aid WASHINGTON (P)-Chairman J. William Fulbright (D-Ark), yes- terday notified all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee he will call for major votes today on President Kennedy's $4.8 billion foreign aid program. Fulbright sent out notices to members to be on hand at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) and be prepared to work tonight if necessary, after the committee spent morning and afternoon sessions yesterday dis- posing of non-controversial pro- visions. A showdown vote on Kennedy's request for a five-year economic development loan fun-originally planned for today-was postponed because of the lack of a full at- tendance of the 17 members The major issue swirls around Kennedy's plea for authority to borrow money directly from the treasury to finance the five-year program for making longterm, low or no-interest rate loans, repay- able in dollars, to help underde- veloped nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America build up their econ- omies. Some members of Congress ob- ject to this method of financing, insisting that money for the pro- gram should be provided by Con- gress on a year-to-year basis. 1.They would prefer a three-year authorization, subject to the ap- propriatioq process. Senate Favors StrongF Force WASHINGTON W) - Strong support built up in the Senate yesterday for strengthening this nation's bomber force after secret 'testimony by Gen. Curtis E. Le- may, Air Force chief of staff, and Secretary of the Air Force Eu- gene Zuckert. Both testified at a closed in- quiry of the Senate Defense In- vestigating Subcommittee into rel- ative bomber and missile strength of the United States and Soviet Governors Pledge Work For Unity JACKSON, Miss. (R) - Eight Southern states agreed yesterday to launch a campaign to strength- en their states rights stands in the wake of new assaults on their segregated social patterns. The states adopted a 4-point program aimed at the twin goals of economic improvements and the "preservation of constitutional government." Cite Program Representatives of the states met in a closed session at a hotel. In a brief statement after the ses- sion, they told newsmen about the 4-point program, but did not go into how they would try to put it into effect. Another meeting was set for Montgomery, Ala., within 60 days. Attending were Govs. Ross Bar- nett of Mississippi, John Patter- son of Alabama, Ernest Hollings of South Carolina and Orval Fau- bus of Arkansas, the governors of Georgia, Florida, Kentucky and Louisiana sent representatives. Ask Expansion The four-point program adopt- ed by the governors called for an expansion of Southern econo- my, Latin American trade and re- search, and for "improvement of the- South's position in its fight for the right of self-determination and preservation of constitutional government." The announcement made no mention, of the 247 Freedom Rid- ers arrested in Jackson and other desegregation attempts throughout the South in recent months. Barnett told the Associated Press he by-passed the Southern governors conference in calling yesterday's session because it meetsonly once each year and "I don't think that's enough." He denied the new group would constitute a new conference or a conference within the existing or- ganization, but newsmen covering the session felt the effect of the meeting was a new organization. Calls For Unity In a statement given newsmen before the session opened, Barnett called for a "S-A-F-E program- Southern Action For Expansion." He also said he wanted a united South to "strike at the enemies of the South who seem so numer- ous." He said a plan for Southern unity was "long overdue and it must come even if it is better late than never." %e Ite mittee. Feel Pressure Applying the pressure will be Kennedy on one side, and one the other the administrators of the 3,- 500 school districts affected. Their pressure is not part of any plan. It stems from their urgent need of the money-and it is already being felt. Kennedy gave his first gentle prod at his news conference yes- terday when he described the pub- lic school bill as "probably the most important piece of domestic legislation I have requested." The President said he was opposed to separating the impacted areas pro- vision from the rest of it. A less gentle shove was deliv- ered shortly afterward by Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (D-NJ), au- thor of the school bill, who works closely with the White House. Expects Veto "It is my considered judgment that the President would veto any separate impacted areas legisla- tion unless it was cut well below the current level, Thompson told a reporter. The most controversial feature of the Senate version is a provi- sion for $125 million annually for three years in 40-year, moderate interest loans for classrooms in parochial and o t h e r private schools. The loans could be used for facilities to teach science, mathematics, modern foreign lan- guages and physical fitness. Provides Loans The heart of the bill is a broad program of classroom loans for private schools. The provision for private schools was inserted as some compensation to church groups Congolese Join In Parliamnent LEOPOLDVILLE (P) - Premier Joseph Ileo and leading members of his central government today entered the security precinct of Lovanium University, signaling the imminent opening of the Con- go's Parliament. By agreement, once the legisla- tors areeinside the United Nations fortified perimeter they must re- main until the end of the session, when a new government is ex- pected to be announced. The central government leaders joined members of Parliament from the leftist rebel regime of Antoine Gizenga and the separa- tist mining state of South Kasai. Of the four major Congolese fac- tions only President Moise Tshom- be's Katanga is unrepresented. Tshombe has said he will send a delegation to Parliament only if it is preceded by a meeting of the leaders of the various factions. ducation bills, was shelved yes- erday by the House Rules Com- FRANCE: Tunisians Fighting A-t Bizerte TUNIS, Tunisia () - Tunisian forces battled the French at the big naval base of Bizerte today with artillery fire, incendiary bombs and strafing attacks by French planes. Paris said 30 French soldiers and at least six Tunisians were wound- ed in the fighting and accused the Tunisians.of launching the at- tack with artillery and mortar fire that set part of the base ablaze. Without giving any casualty figures, the Tunisians accused the French of sending planes to drop fire bombs on the city of Bizerte, three milles from the big base. The Tunisians proclaimed a blockade of the base by land, air and sea in an effort to force the French out of the naval and air complex, which France says is vital to the defenses of the At- lantic Alliance. Defying the ban, the French flew in parachute troopers despite a hail of antiaircraft fire from Tun- isian batteries. France sent Tunisia a warning and reiterated again it will not negotiate on the future of the base under pressure from Tunis. France retained the base under the 1957 treaty giving Tunisia in- dependence but agreed to quit Bizerte later. Tunisian government officials said French planes dropped in- cendiary bombs and shells on the city of Bizerte. The city was shaken by con- tinuous cannon and antiaircraft fire as French planes strafed Tu- nisian positions, Tunisian officials said. French officials in Paris bit- terly accused Tunisia of launching an attack on the strategic base and said the first wounded fell on the French side. Thirty soldiers of the Bizerte garrison were wounded when Tunisian mortars and artillery opened fire, the French said. The base commander, Vice Adm. Maurice Amman, ordered return fire when the base was ablaze with explosions of Tunisian shells, French officials said. The city of Bizerte and the big French naval and air bases are on a bulge of land that marks the northernmost tip of Africa, near the narrowest part of the Medi- terranean. The city itself is four miles south of the cape and 37 miles north-northwest of this Tunisian capital. Wants Troops In Gaza Strip UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (R) - Dag Hammarskjold said yesterday the 5,300-man UN army in the Gaza Strip should be maintained through 1962 to insure peace be- tween Israel and its Middle East neighbors, despite an estimated $836,000 boost in costs. The UN Secretary-General said In a report to the General As- sembly that the cost of keeping up the emergency force would be around $19,836,800 for the coming year. The Communist countries and a number of Arab nations have re- fused to pay for the force. Kennedy Berlin D Dfense Weather Delays Space Shot Steps May Include Summons For Guard, Determines CAPE CANAVERAL (A") - As- tronaut Virgil I. Grissom's pro- jected space flight yesterday was set back until 6 a.m. tomorrow by heavy, frustrating clouds. The 35-year-old Grissom was within 10 minutes and 30 seconds of being hurled through space when the man-in-space shot was called off. The cancellation of today's flight was, in a nutshell, the end result of a gamble that the weath- er-marginal-would improve. At 5:38 a.m. the skies appeared clear, but within two hours a cloud blanket had settled over the area. This cloud would have prevent- ed the photographic tracking of, the man-carrying rocket from blastoff to burnout which the scientists demand. The two-day postponement is needed to give the missile crews time to purge the Redstone of highly volatile fuels and check it for contamination. -AP Wirephoto CHERRY-PICKER-Astronaut Virgil Grissom is retrieved by the Gantry crane at the left, when the flight of the Mercury-Redstone rocket was canceled for bad weather. The emergency measure cherry-picker is at the right. The flight is re-scheduled for to- morrow. l IN NATIONAL GUARD: Pentagon Doubts Integration WASHINGTON (AP)-The Pen- tagon said yesterday it views "with the utmost caution in these peri- lous times" a proposal that fed- eral funds be withheld from all National Guard units that do not integrate racially. It might reduce drastically the effectiveness of the Guard, said the Defense Department's man- power chief, Assistant Secretary Carlisle P. Runge. He made the views known in a reply to Mur- Conference Compromises Laos Deadlock GENEVA (-) - A British-Rus- sian compromise yesterday broke a 10-week deadlock in the inter- national conference on Laos on how to proceed. The 14-nation conference agreed to cease its daily debate and plunge tomorrow into closed work- ing sessions on ways to make the Southeast Asian country a neu- tral in the cold war. Both the United States and the Soviet Union said the other had yielded ground. The Communist delegations won their point that details of an inter- national proclamation of neutral- ity for Laos must be discussed first. But the compromise covered United States insistence that the action on neutrality cannot -be- come effective until there also is agreement on cease-fire controls, withdrawal of foreign troops, and long-range guarantees of peace. ray Gross, national chairman of the Americans Veterans Commit- tee who made the withholding proposal in a letter last month. Runge said "Advances in the integration of Negroes into for- merly all-white units have been made" in a number of states. He added that the policy of the De- fense Department is integration in the regular armed forces. Discussing Gross' proposal for a denial of federal funds to states which do not desegregate Guard units, Runge said:, "If this sanction were carried to the ultimate, under the statutes this could mean the withdrawal of all federal equipment and person- nel support of the National Guard of the states as well as the with- holding of money for drills and other personnel services. now paid for from federal funds. At the least, this could mean a serious deterioration of the effectiveness of these divisions and units of the National Guard as military forces. "The National Guard has been characterized by the United States Congress as the first line of de- fense of this country. To take ac- tion which might for all practical purposes eliminate a substantial portion of the major reserve com- bat capability of our ground and air forces is a matter which com- mands the utmost caution in these perilous times." Runge also wrote Gross that the reports Gross sent him made "ser- ious allegations with respect to the National Guard Bureau" of the Defense Department. Runge presented figures to answer alle- gations that there was discrimina- tion against Jews and Catholics in staffing of the Guard. "With respect to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, MaJ. Gen. Donald W. McGowan, it is of interest to note that for a num- ber of years he was the com- manding general of the National Guard of the state of New Jersey. During his tenure in that office he was actively responsible for elimination of segregation in the New Jersey National Guard. Gen- eral McGowan has stated he would welcome nominations from several states of qualified National Guard officers of the Negro race for as- signment to active duty. President Confers With Security Council WASHINGTON (n) - President Kennedy made his final decision yesterday on steps he ' will re- commend to stiffen the nation's defenses to meet the threat to West Berlin. No decisions were announced, but the steps which Kennedy will recommend to Congress next week presumably include an additional increase in the military budget for the fiscal year which started this month. A call-up of some National Guard and reserve units may also have been decided upon. Kennedy made what he had termed his "final judgment" about any new military steps needed in consultation with his top national policy advisers, the National Security Council. The council met with Kennedy at the White House for an hour and 20 minutes. Presidential Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said af- terward, in response to a reporter's question, that "there were deci- sions made." Salinger told reporters Kennedy and his advisers had concluded their discussions of the defense program, and "now will enter into the phase of consultation with our allies," as the President had said at his new conference yesterday.. Replying to another question, Salinger said the consultations would be carried on thiough nor- mal channels. Kennedy had told his news con- ference earlier in the day that he was about to make a final decision on steps he feels are needed to meet Soviet Premier Khrushchev's threat against Berlin. He said he would follow up this decision by: 1) A speech to the nation next Tuesday night in which he will spell out "what our hazards are" in facing the Communist drive and his plans for meeting them. 2) Presenting to Congress Wed- nesday his new save-Berlin de- fense program, which could add under various pending proposals up to several billion dollars be- yond the $43 billion defense bud- get already requested by Kennedy for the current year. 3) Sending Secretary of State Dean Rusk to Paris Aug. 5-8, where Rusk will consult with the British, French and West German foreign ministers and other allies on joint increases in preparedness against any Soviet move on Berlin. Moscow radio said tonight the Western powers' notes reaffirming their rights in West Berlin "were deprived of any logic and make no sense." A commentator rejected the United States view that there is no threat to peace from the West- ern side. Exiles Seek. Endorsement MIAMI, Fla. (')-Fidel Castro's 10 prisoner-negotiators want Pres- ident Kennedy to endorse a new Tractors-For-Freedom Committee made up of Cuban exiles. "We are seeking from the Pres- ident the same statement of sup- port that he gave to the now- disbanded Tractors-For-Freedom Committee in Detroit," said Gus- tavo Garcia Montes, spokesman for the prisoners. "We also would like to "obtain the same benefits as the other committee enjoyed, such as tax exemptions for contributions. This will speed up our success very much." The 33-year-old Montes, in an interview yesterday, also took is- Joint Committee Gives Approval to Space Bill WASHINGTON (A') of the United States race today of a Senate-House President Kennedy's sharp acceleration for the Moon won resounding approval Conference Committee. It voted to le The committ spending for spa ON CAMPUS. Summer Bargain Days' Create Impressions By MICHAEL OLINICK . musty smell of an od ook ae the bright, splashing olors 4 r rth Ann Arbo Trifdic Salesue buprgr siesmnBgiDysmean,"terifc at wrls f rtan eteanernt f m ptinetAt ir.Hroucnfndhsoy rfsorPle ,Tro examining pottery and discuingng art with a young sculptor. Or Byron Groesbeck, assistant director of admissions, pointing out a painting he likes to his little son. Here one also sees an outdoor pizza cafe, a painting display by Ann Arbor Senior Citizens group, place mats being woven on a hand loom, Margaret Cramer demonstrating the necessity for "cleaning up' after silk screening and a University coed doing her German homework. t him spend every space penny he asked this year. ee, assigned to work out differences on how much ce projects Congress should authorize during the "fiscal year that started July 1, agreed on the full $1,784,300,000 Kennedy asked. The measure went back to the House, with quick passage ex- pected there and later in the Sen- ate.I .... The conference committee ap- proved the bill while watching S<>= proved the bill while watching tel- evision sets showing the weather- delayed attempt to launch astro- naut Virgil I. Grissom as the second United States short-ride- man-in-space. Adds Increase House conferees weit along with enyincreases voted by the Senate over s mdthe$1,376,900,000 the House had voted previously. In the original budget for the fiscal year sent to Congress last January, former President Dwight ~ D. Eisenhower asked for just over > :> $1 billion for the national aero- >;;.v' .nautics and space administration. Kennedy increased this twice as Russia moved ahead in the man- ..