INTRAMURAL PROGRAM: IMPROVE OR DESTROY IT See Editorial Page Sir 43U1 Iaty BLAA-iH High-55 Low--36 Cloudy, rainy; generally miserable Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 25 ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1966 SEVEN CENTS TEN PAGES Survey Reveals Doubt in Continued Prosperity American consumers have be- come much less optimistic since the first of this year. The latest quarterly survey con- ducted by the University's Survey Research Center (SRC) in August reveals that widespread awareness of rising prices and high interest rates have caused many people to doubt whether prosperity will con- tinue, the University News Service reports. Consumer intentions to make major purchases, however, remain almost unchanged from a year ago. Voice Holds The SRC Index of Consumer Sentiment has declined from its high of 103.2, reached in August 1965, to 95.8 in May 1966 and 91.1 in August 1966. This drop is sim- See Related Story, Page 10 ilar to Index movements recorded prior to the recessions of 1958 and 1960. For example, the Index fell from 100.2 in December 1956 to 92.9 in June 1957 and 83.7 in De- cember 1957. Profs. George Katona and Eva Mueller of the Economics Depart- ment, directors of the nationwidet survey, emphasize that these data might be misleading because con- sumer demand is influenced by both changes in attitudes and changes in consumer's ability to buy. "Even though consumer at- titudes have turned down, people continue to have the money to support a high level of discre- tionary spending," they point out. "Income, even in real terms and per capita, was much lower in 1957 and 1960 than today. More- over, consumers are now much more accustomed to continuous Ii hI ;ood times than in those past personal financial situation a year cent a year ago. that tight money and higher in- rears." from now have become less favor- Yet relatively few people be- terest rates have an adverse effect With the economy in its sixth able. lieved A on business. The survey showed rear of continuous expansion, the The deterioration in people's that these opinions have greatly >roportion of families reporting notions about the business out- sion would come soon. contributed to the worsening inj ncome increases remained very I look is somewhat more pronounced Price increases, past and ex- consumer sentiment. nigh in August, the SRC report than that with respect to their pected, are now the consumer's Since late in 1965, a majority tates, own finances, the SRC report greatest worry. Nine out of ten of consumers have believed that At the same time the survey re- states. A majority continue to be- people expect prices to go up dur- the war in Viet Nam has a favor-1 realed a decline in the proportion lieve that times will be good dur- ing the coming year, and more able influence on domestic busi- )f people who feel they are better ing the next 12 months, but more than one-third expect price in- ness. But a further increase in the Dff financially than a year ago, people than earlier this year now creases of more than five per cent cost of the war is viewed as having1 and an increase in the proportion foresee bad times. in 12 months. Nearly two-thirds an adverse influence by a majority ;aying they are worse off, pri- A recession was thought "likely of all consumers know about the of those with an opinion. narily because of inflation. to happen again" by 32 per cent increase in interest rates, and a "The proportion of families ex-J People's expectations about their of all families, as against 20 per majority of this group believes pressing an intention to buy a carI All-Night Sleep-In / L cjiI igau ailyi NEWS WIRE Protest Presence Of Plainclothes Police on Campus By REGINA ROGOFF 4yMembers of Voice Political Par- ty staged an all-night sleep-in last night in the office of Wilbur K. Pierpont, vice-president and chief financial officer. From five to 30 members of the organization maintained the vig- il, which they threatened to con- tinue until their demand for a meeting with Pierpont is met. They are trying to force a change in the University's pres- ent policy of calling on plain- clothes officers of the Ann Arbor; police department during recent political demonstrations. Pierpont refused to see mem- bers because, a University source said, he feels Cutler should be the students' contact with the admin-: istration. He was not personally available for comment. h r "The policemen are there for the sole purpose of watching over Slife and property whenever it ap- pears threatened," said Richard L. Cutler, vice-president for student affairs, last night. The students charge that Cutler has in effect turned down a two-, week-old petition to investigate the University's position on the * police issue. Cutler maintains that not only are all the University's vice-presi- dents discussing the issue "seri- ously, sincerely and in accord with the established orderly processes of the University" but that "there are two clear channels for stu- dent interest of this sort, my of- fice and the student relations sub- committee of the Faculty Assem- bly. "Both of these channels are open." The Voice Members have asked J. Duncan Sells, director of student activities and organizations, to arrange a meeting between them- selves, the student relations sub- committee and vice-presidents Cutler and Pierpont to discuss the issue. They say they will not leave Pierpont's office until they are assured of such a meeting. Sells had not been able to ar- range the meeting by last night, although tentative plans for a meeting between Voice members and members of the student rela- tions subcommittee were laid. Cutler would not comment on his reaction to such a meeting. Voice members say the issue centers around the "harassment and intimidation" they say they have recieved from the plain- clothesmen. They charge the of- ficers have taken photographs ex- tensively.- Late World News By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-THE $1.75 BILLION antipoverty bill was passed by the House last night, but it tightened congressional control over the program and added curbs on spending. Passage came after Republicans, rebuffed in their efforts to make any major changed in the bill, tried to kill it outright and momentarily succeeded. The bill now goes to the Senate, which takes up a $2.5 billion version of the, measure today that is $750 million over President Johnson's budget request. SAN FRANCISCO-Armed National Guardsmen moved out of a riot-ripped area here last night as young Negro volunteers sanctioned by city officials undertook peace patrol duties. In St. Louis, about 100 civil rights marchers, chanting "black power" and "police brutality" protested the shooting of a Negro prisoner apd then dispersed. It was the third straight day of racial unrest in both the cities. Police, by mutual agreement, kept their forces on the Hunter's Point district's main commercial street in San Fran- cisco while the volunteer Negroes, wearing armbands provided by police, patrolled residential areas. The demonstrators in St. Louis marched on a police head- quarters, with at least one arrest made when a Negro youth threw rocks. The St. Louis chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality called for another demonstration Saturday night. THE UNIVERSITY WILL ASK the state for $24,151,000 for' new construction and remodeling, and enlargement of several other older buildings, in 1967-68. The capital outlay request, already approved by the Regents, will be transmitted to the state budget office today. In accordance with state requirements, the University will also provide the state with descriptions of each of the proposed building projects for the coming year and a projection of build- ing needs for the next five years. The five year projection, includ- ing next year's request, totals $149 million. ** *~ * THE MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE Company will perform at Hill Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 28 under the auspices of the Professional Theatre Program, Robert C. Schnitzer, executive director, announced today.- Ann Arbor will be one of 30 U.S. cities to be visited by the unique troupe on its first tour of the country in 15 years..Miss Graham, America's greatest dancing-actress, has been honored by heads of government on practically every continent. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS from throulhout the state are coming here today to attend the 49th annual meeting of the University Press Club of Michigan. The theme for the meeting is "The People Problem." Lloyd Wendt, editor of Chicago's American, one of the major Midwest daily newspapers, will give the main dinner address at 6:30 p.m. in the Union. In a talk entitled "Problems of Law and Order,", Wendt will review Chicago's modern police methods and deal with the question of whether respect for law and order is possible under today's prevailing conditions. Vice-president for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler will dis- cuss the student activist and why he is different from the pre- World War II college student at 12:15 p.m. today in the Anderson Room of the Union. -Daly-Chuck Soberman THE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, The University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Josef Blatt, performed last night at Hill Auditorium.nThe all-student group performed works by Haydn, Schumann, and Ravel. The concert was free and sponsored by the School of Music. 'NEW SYSTEM: GGreek Pre-Sell Int-roduction in i Bgs in S--urori y'Ruh Suces or a large household appliance re- mained almost unchanged against a year ago, although an increasing proportion says that now is a bad time to buy these items," the SRC report states. "They believe this because of high prices as well as tight money and high interest rates. "On the other hand, there has been a considerable increase in the proportion of people believing that the prospect of rising prices is an argument for buying dur- ables now." Disloyalty Queried By Chem.'Form Policy Previously Unrecognized; Haber Expresses Concern By DANIEL OKRENT Asserting the need for investi- gatory action, Dean William Ha- ber of the Literary College ex- pressed conditional concern over a previously unrecognized Chem- istry department practice involv- ing a "disloyalty" category on student evaluation cards. The "Personal Record" form that Chemistry department uses is employed for the purpose of aiding the department in making recommendations "for entrance to medical schools, employment ap- plications, etc.",as is stated at the top of the card. Question Loyalty to U.S.A. Among the eight categories in which the instructor is to evalu- ate the student (e.g., personal manners, initiative, chance of suc- cess in -future occupation) is ,a question that reads "Do you know of any facts indicating disloyalty to the U.S.? If so state them." The card is distributed to all stu- dents in introductory Chemistry classes, to be completed in relation to such data as name, class, and local address. On one side of the card, the instructor records the students' grades, while on the re- verse he, grades the students' personality attributes. The stu- dent may opt to have none of the questions answered, but cannot exclude some and include others. Dean Haber, who emphasizes that his incomplete knowledge of the situatiory prevented him from issuing a categorical statement concerning the department's prac- tices, commented that the par- ticular question involved "seems unreal." System a 'Blue Law'? Earlier, Prof. Robert C. Taylor, acting chairman of the Chemistry department, noted that thecur- rent evaluation system has been used for the past "eight or ten years," adding that periodical complaints have arisen, but con- crete action has never been taken. "Admittedly," Taylor affirmed, "the chemistry instructor has not had the opportunity to make any observations on a student's po- litical leanings. In this light, to my knowledge, no student has ever had negative information re- corded in .this category." As to why the question is at all included, Taylor pointed to the need for as complete information as possible in making out recom- mendations, as well as to the fact that "the FBI and similar agen- cies sometimes come to check on a particular person." "No Earthly Reason" Dr. Alexander Barry, Assistant Dean of the University Medical School, commented that he saw "no earthly reason" why a Medi- cal School would be concerned with such information, but did qualify this statement in assert- ing that he could only speak for the medical school at this Univer- sity and that it might conceivably depend on the individual case, in that the University, as a state institution, is empowered to pro- duce M.D.'s of high character.' Dr. Frank Whitehouse, pre-pro- fessional counselor for the Medi- cal School, said that medical schools in general "do not search for such information." Some students enrolled in the department's introductory courses expressed initial shock at seeing the question, but asserted that they saw "no general alarm" at its inclusion on the form when I the cards were first distributed By JANE DREYFUS Daily News Analysis 'We the women of the 23 social sororities of the University of Michigan, welcome you and invite you to join our sisterhood." This was the beginning of the prospectus sent to all incoming freshman women prior to their orientation this year. Perhaps it is responsible for what has been the most successful rush in years. leaving this responsibility to rush can gain the needed friendships This year marked the first time alone. Once the girls were sold on of life by becoming an active incoming freshman women had, the system rush then became a member of a sorority," one article as a scheduled part of their orien- matter of simply selling a particu- stated. Other articles stressed the tation, a film and discussion on lar sorority house. ability of sororities to provide so- sorority life at the University. The This nmay account for the 93 per cial and academic opportunities. program was conducted by Panhel. cent acceptance of spaces available This hard sell treatment, which Pre-Sell in sororities this semester. It has included picnics of actives, fresh- The program, it was reported, further been suggested that those men and their parents in areas all sold incoming students on sorority students who signed up for rush over the country, were contribut- living before rush rather than had already decided to pledge if ing factors to the "success of ~ ~ asked. Therefore, there was less rush." 'SGC Fills Vacancy; Sets Referendum i s i tl . By AARON DWORIN if "the University would indicate Student Government Council, at to the student body that it will its weekly meeting held last night, consider the results of the refer-1 appointed Bruce Kahn, '68, to fill ; endum as binding upon itself, the seat left vacant by the resig- then enough interest' will be gen- nation of Robert Bodkin, '66, and erated to cause a representatively approved the final wording for large turnout." This extensive stu- the campus-wide draft referen- dent involvement will indicate a1 dum. . keen interest in the topic and SGC also approved changes in further heighten the referendum'si regulations for student organza- effectiveness. tions.,Significant among these was _____ the decision that only two officersI of a group desiring recognition fIOIMECOiIING: have to submit their names to SGC. A faculty advisor is urged, but not mandatory. Organizations no longer have to submit complete] :U membership lists to SGC if they do not desire to do so._ The wording of the draft refer- Announce, endum, as approved, will consist of two parts. The first part will read: 1) "The University should By DEBORAH REAVEN l cease the compilation of class ranks to be used by the Selective In conjunction with Homecom- Service," and its opposite. ing, the University Activities Cen-: The second part will consist of ter announdced y e s t er d a y the choices regarding the drafting of judges for the Queen competition.t men into the armed forces. The choices are either: 1) all plan an n Diag Art Fair, Oct. . males must serve, 2) only males ; .o;, anda+1,o. chatei ;s' disillusionment with the system during rush. Disillusionment was a major reason so many girls dropped rush in previous years. Booklets this year stressed the functions of a sorority rather than their physical features. "We did not want rushees to know simply that one house has pillars and an- other has steps. Therefor'e there were no pictures of the houses in the booklet this year," reported Martha Cook, president of Pan- hellenic. Sorority Promised Land Freshmen were sent a booklet that stressed the benefits of the sorority system. "Life would in- deed be a 'weary pilgrimage' with- out friends, . . . a college woman First semester rush as compared to second semester is an important factor in the success of rush this year. Freshmen began the rush course their first week here. They had little time between arriving here and starting rush to form close friendships with other new freshmen. Therefore, their choice of sorority, or lack, was not de- pendent upon whetner a friend had pledged or had been dropped by a particular sorority. Whether or not this year's rush will stay successfull will not be- come clear until next January, This year's rushees have a whole year to debate their decision to pledge, for they will not move into their houses until next year. S CharterBus; s Judges, Art Fair have not been established for The judging will be Thursday that game. night, October 20 in the League Reservations may be made from E ballroom. Judges will include Will 3-5 Monday thru Thursday in the Geer, member eof the Association UAC offices on the second floor of Performing Artists; Bruce of the Union. Fisher, Grad, musical director of Art Show MUSKET, and Jack Rouse, Grad, Student art work will be shown director and choreographer of from 8a.m. to 6 p.m. during the MUSKET. The queen will be in- two 1av of the Art Fair. Judges Itroduced at the dance Friday Al ; .*,l.... .,= = I rn.nrlnrnly -PlPrtPrl by lnttprv m .0, service to the Micnigan Mate j i