CONGRESS AND THE 'REVERSE PEACE CORPS' See Editorial Page SwtMn A6F 47 1 4hr att CLOUDY High.-so Low-4() Occasional showers and continued mild Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 114 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1966 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Program Budgeting: Future Application for 'U'? By RICHARD CHARIN In a bulletin issued late last year to the heads of executive depart- ments, the President of the United States directed the introduction of an integrated program budgeting system into the executive branch of the government. This is the culmination of a process which began almost 15 years ago, and which, if success- ful, could be one of the most im- portant advances in economic planning ever made. Its influence will be felt at all levels of gov- ernment, and all levels of public planning, from the Department of Defense to the University. The average citizen and the majority of national and state legislators are usually confused and frustrated by the appearance of a government budget presented by the traditional object of ex- penditure method. This method provides a list of expenditures for such categories as equipment, per- sonnel, or supplies with no ex- planation of what these expen- ditures are meant to do or produce for the public. Considered by many to be one of the most important advances in public administration, the develop- ment of program budgeting hope- fully will avoid the confusion and lack of objective inherent in an object of expenditure budget. A program budget is not a mere itemization of objects, but is a translation of the aims and ob- jectives of an organization into the costs necessary to achieve these ends. The importance of this change has two aspects. It forces the ad- ministrative or executive branch of an organization to weigh its objectives, and to assign priorities to the different programs neces- sary to achieve these objectives. Secondly, while traditional bud- geting doesn't allow for the plan- ning of objectives even for a com- plete fiscal year, a program budget permits planning for long periods into the future. This method of budgeting has already proven to be a success in the Department of Defense, but while University experts agree that its importance will be felt at the university planning level, they em- phasize that a method used by government and big business may not be applicable to a university or similar institution. At a recent conference of the American Council on Education, representatives from colleges and universities met with administra- tors from the federal government and from the Rand Corporation, the developers of program budget- ing. James E. Lesch, assistant to the vice-president for academic af- fairs, personally concluded from these meetings that "higher edu- cation has a lot to learn from previous users of program budgets, and I believe that the general agreement at this university among the administration, is that we should move towards the utili- zation of at least some of the more promising aspects of this system." The University has begun at least the initial stages of this movement. The first step was a backward look at previous budgets of the University. This was done to dis- cover where the University has spent its money in the past, and with the help of this knowledge, to discover the best parameters to be used in future budgeting. These parameters could be schools or colleges, academic disciplines, or the functional categories set up by the state of Michigan for budget- ing purposes. This backward look, according to officials, must then be com- bined with a forward look-the. determination of the aims and goals of the University, and a' priority listing of the relative im- portance of these aims. From these backward and for- ward looks comes a projection into the future, taking into con- sideration the desired growth of the student body, the economic and demographic development of the state, the desires of the fac- ulty, the resources available to the University, and numerous other variables. This would seem to be the -only logical way to run a large cor- poration, but administrators say it has not been done in the past simply because it could not be done, and it is possible that it cannot be done at present. Such a system will be very costly, since it demands a large staff of fiscal analysts, the de- velopment of complex accounting procedures and highly expensive data processing equipment. The University will install the necessary data processing equip- ment next year, but there are other problems which must be surmounted before program budg- eting becomes useful to the Uni- versity or any educational in- stitution. Some sort of standardized terms must be developed so that the budgets of educational institu- tions can be made understandable to all ,and the Legislature must have a responsive attitude to such " a change inbudget presentation. The Institute of Public Admin- istration has just completed a Financial Analysis Project for the' U.S. Office of Education which was designed to produce program categories for colleges and univer- sities throughout the U.S. This would permit all educational in- stitutions to report their revenues and expenditures in the same terms. Thus the estimated cost per student at the University would have the exact same meaning as the cost per student at Harvard. Program budgeting cannot re- duce expenditures at the nation- al, city or university level. It can allow a public institution to plan intelligently for the future, and, by its clarity, it can inform the member of the organization or his representative of the nature and quality of public services. What's New At 764-1817 Hotline Voting on the proposed Inter Quadrangle-Assembly merger by house councils has been almost completed in preparation for the final ratification meeting today. Presently, the reported vote totals for the men's houses are 19 votes for the merger, 3 votes against, with one abstention, Greene House of East Quad. Earlier this year, they declared themselves no longer a part of IQC, and thus not a part of the merger. Student Government Council will decide tonight on changes in the regular membership rules to allow the creation of a Pan- hellenic committee. A vote will also be taken on the revisions concerning discrimination in the Panhellenic constitution. * * * * Herbert Aptheker, director of the American Institute of Marxist Study in New York, will speak this evening at Rackham Aud. at 7:30. The speech will be followed by a debate with Prof. Anatol Rappaport of the psychology dept. and Lew Jones on "Negotiation vs. Withdrawal in Viet Nam." * * * * The University has received several research grants from the government and private foundations. The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare awarded a $8,949grant to the department of pharmacology for research to be directed by Prof. Theodore M. Brody, M.D. They also granted $26,519 to the Uni- versity for research on "Isozymes in Toxicology" which will be directed by Associate Prof. Herbert H. Cornish of the School of Public Health. The department of ophthalmology at the Medical Center re- ceived a grant of $5000 from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., to provide flexibility in the eye research program. The National Science Foundation awarded the University a $49,000 grant for a two-year research project on wave forces on submerged structures under the direction of Ernest F. Brater, professor of hydraulic engineering. s * * * Profs. Daniel Katz and R. L. Kahn of the psychology dept. have published a new book, "The Social Psychology and Organiza- tion," an analysis of the problems of large-scale organizations in terms of effective change, leadership and the communications processes. Long Distance Nine Pennsylvania State University students were taken into custody yesterday in narcotics raids which police said re- sulted in confiscation of almost a pound of marijuana. The nine students were arraigned before a State College justice of the peace and released on $100 apiece. The police reported that in addition to the marijuana, narcotics paraphernalia was also confiscated. * * * * Some 350 students at the University of North Carolina met Tuesday night to form a Committee for Free Inquiry. The com- mittee was formed in response to refusal of the executive com- mittee of the university's board of trustees to grant permission for an on-campus speech by American Communist Herbert Aptheker. The group decided that they will not invite Aptheker to speak off-campus and that they will not take any legal action before the full board of trustees meets Feb. 28. The action of the execu- tive committee did not formally ban an appearance by Aptheker, but informed sources are certain that the full board will uphold the prohibition. Meanwhile, the group is inviting North Carolina Gov. Moore and the executive committee to appear and defend their action before the students.1 MEETING TONIGHT:. FPA Will Elect Sen Regulations Evaluated at MSU Board 'Maximum Freedomt . .. Necessary Order' Become Guidelines By GAIL JORGENSEN "Maximum freedom and neces- sary order" will be the working definition of academic freedom in Michigan State University's eval- uation of regulations, according to the first report of the Faculty Committee for Student Affairs, made to the Academic Council Tuesday. This working definition will "al- low the committee to get down to the investigation," according to Andrew Mollison, staff writer for the Michigan State News. Academic Freedom Mollison felt that academic free- dom will become more clearly de- fined once the investigation has begun. The report stated that evalua- tion of rules will be two-fold. First, existing rules must be de- termined, Mollison explained. He pointed out that MSU has no handbook outlining rules aside from the one published by the Associated Women Students which deals only with women's dormitor- ies. "Many of the so-called rules are merely norms,' 'Mollison said. The hearings will determine what rules the students recognize, and why they recognize them, he con- tinued. Evaluation of Rules The second stage of the inves- tigation will be the actual evalu- ation of rules. Hearings will be- gin next week. Prof. Frederick Williams of the CSA, who made the report, stress- ed in it that both he and the MSU student governing body, which is conducting a parallel in- vestigation, welcome letters and testimonies from all interested persons. To date, neither group has received any letters from stu- dents, although the faculty has contributed over a dozen. Active Role However, Mollison believed that students will take an active part. in the investigation once hearings have begun. He noted a similar situation at MSU last year when the student government was in-' vestigated: "Students will go to hearings." "The Committee for Student Rights, a new-left group is justl now beginning to formulate theirl -Daily-Robert Rubenstein COUNSELING SEMINAR MIEETS IN UNION Students yesterday attended the Student Counseling Seminar in the Union Ballroom. Sponsored by the Literary College Steering Committee, the seminar was given by upperclassmen majoring in each department of the literary college who offered aid concerning course sequences, interesting professors, and other pertinent information. The meeting was arranged to give pre-classification stu- dents the clance to learn from experienced students the good and bad points about departmental courses. SEMINARS ON SATURDAY: Support for SGC View Increases Student Involvement In Choice of Next 'U' President Seen By JOHN MEREDITH Student Government Council's attempt to promote student par- ticipation in the selection of the next University president is quiet- ly continuing. Last night, Graduate Student Council passed a motion support- ing the idea of student involve- ment, and tonight .SGC President Gary Cunningham, '66, will sum- marize a recent discussion with University President Harlan Hatcher during which President Hatcher "was receptive to the idea of student participation in the selection process." Cutler Meeting In addition, Cunningham plans to accompany SGC member Ed- ward Robinson, '67, to a meeting with Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard Cutler, scheduled for this afternoon. Robinson said last night that he and Alexander Goodwin, '66, already have dis- cussed the question of student participation with Regent Eugene B. Power; however, Robinson pre- fered not to disclose the nature of this talk. The issue of student involvement in the selection process was brought up by SGC last Thursday when council passed a motion that students participate in the selection process "from evaluation of the University's needs and In- terviewing of potential candidates to a final recommendation of candidates." The motion, sponsored by Rob- inson, Goodwin and Robert Bod- kin, '66, went on to propose that the Regents form a 12-16 man committee to be composed of an equal number of faculty, students, Regents, and alumni; according to this plan, the. Regents, with Cut- ler's advice, would select the com- mittee's student members from a list compiled by SGC. general Support To date, no one has come out in favor of the specifics of the SGC plan, but the motion has gained considerable support of a general nature. G SC President John DeLamar- ter laid that his orgaiization will await development of several spe- cific, alternative proposals before defining its position more pre- cisely. Last night's GSC motion, passed by a "substantial margin," was limited to approving the idea of student participation in the selection process, although DeLa- marter said the council prefers t h a t student involvement be through "a formally recognized commmittee." President Hatcher's comments to Cunningham, too, were general but favorable. "President Hatcher did not com- mit himself to any specific plan," Cunningham said. "He suggested that the plan for student involve- ment be submitted as a formal written proposal including a ra- tionale and encourage students to work closely with faculty in work- ing out the plan." Both Cutler and his assistant, John Feldkamp, have also re- sponded favorably to the idea be- SGC, UAC Academic Conference Studies, Educational Opportunity By DICK WINGFIELD A student-faculty academic con- ference will be sponsored by Stu- dent Government Council and the University Activities Center on Saturday in the Henderson Room of the League. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the conference is designed to "lay a framework for cooperatively improving educational opportuni- ties at the University," according to Robert Bodkin, '67E, who pre- sented the motion to SGC. Eight seminars will be held in the morning, with one student and one faculty" member chairing a seminar on each topic. In the early afternoon, the faculty and student chairmen will consolidate their groups and discuss their re- spective questions jointly. Finally, the conference will meet as a whole, review summaries of prev- ious discussions and debate the issues collectively. Regents and Students Attending the conference will be vation seminars will be chaired by Prof. Thomas Mayer of the soci- ology department and Edward Robinson, '67. The Ways to Reduce Academic Pressure' group will be lead by Prof. James Robertson, dean of the literary college and Bodkin. The Evaluation and Alteration of Credit and Grading Systems seminar will be headed by Prof. Inis Claude :Jr. of the political science department and Robert Golden, '68. The Academic Credit for Stu- dents Involved in Major Campus Activities seminar will be chaired by Prof. John Manning, adminis- trative assistant to the dean of the literary college in charge of junior-j senior counseling and Nancy Frei- tag, Grad. The motion, passed by SGC in \College deans, University vice-pres- November, prvides for four dis- dents, regents, faculty members, cussion topics: (1) Course Revi- committee chairmen from student- sion and Innovation by Students, facultye ommittees, and student (92) Wv fn ReducP eAcdemic ih~ai d f f illa r ila dnt Berkeley Trial Verdict Anticipated This Week ves"Mlioade." Ways U iuo tcuei eaas of conege councils ana views," Mollison added. Pressure, (3) Academic Credit for steering committees, Bodkin said. Each of the four subcommittees Students Involved in Major Cam- Each of these persons have been least one ope hearing and pri- pus Activities, and (4) Evaluation, sent materials on the topics that vate ones will also be held for and Alteration of Credit and Grad- will be discussed at the conference. those persons who would prefer it. ing Systems. Bodkin said the conference "will - not be as important to solve spe- cific problems outlined in the con- ference programas it will'be to set up a working basis for handl- e " ing problems jointly in the cam- [iorIFC Exwx uties, pus community when they arise. ior IFC Executives t jjjAs well, a more sustained effort can be made to solve the obvious its ritual and complied with the new Sigma Pi chapter is now in and persistent academic difficul- ruling last fall. progress under this program. ties when this working relation- N Administration's Challen es The candidates in tonight's ship is achieved." By J. RUSSELL GAINES The verdict in yesterday's trial of three University of California students who violated rules on the Berkeley campus will probably be reached sometime this week by the advisory hearing official, ac- cording to sources at the Daily Californian. The students, Betina Aptheker, grad, Susan Stein, grad, and Har- old Jacobs, grad, were charged with three violations: holding two rallies during the same week for the same organization (the Viet Nam Day Committee); using their own voice amplification equip- ment instead of that of the uni- versity; and, a statewide rule, dis- obeying the specific campus rules under which they are judged. versity as a whole stipulate that there shall be no rule which lim- its the free speech of any student. They pointed out as well that such rules would be contrary to the First Amendment. The students had a choice of hearing, They could either have had a closed hearing with an ad- visory faculty board or an open hearing with a single advisory hearing official.; The decision of the advisory hearing official, who heard the eight hour case, will go to the chancellor who will either accept or reject the decision. If, however, the chancellor chooses a course of action more harsh than that outlined by the advisory official, he will have to state his reasons. By LAURENCE MEDOW Election of new Interfraternity Council senior officers to replace the retiring Hoppe administration will be the main order of business at tonight's Fraternity Presidents primarily to programs initiated last summer in conjunction withI orientation. All freshman males saw a short slide program about fraternity life. The effectiveness of the slide program carried over to this semester's rush for which l ew g'U~itaia 5iuie~U The new administration chosen tonight will face similar problems in interesting men in joining fra- ternities and eliminating discrim- election cite unity and further work in expansion as goals for the system as well as programs for increased rush and greater affilia- Bodkin noted that some aca- demic deficiencies of the Univer- sity are parochial in scope and that the discussions will be guided