1I aixon Hol By MICHAEL HARRAH The Daily poll of the University faculty gives Vice-President Richard M. Nixon a very slight edge over Sen. John F. Kennedy. From a sample of about one-fifth of the faculty, Nixon took 45 per cent of the total, Kennedy 43 per cent. Twelve per cent were undecided. The poll, taken last week, reached about 85 per cent of the faculty slated to be sampled. Nixon received his largest margin in the medical profession schools (medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, public health). Here he scored 66 per cent to Kennedy's 15 per cent, with 19 per cent un- decided. Kennedy Scores High Kennedy scored highest in the social science departments of the literary college, pulling a preference of 92 per cent to Nixon's 6 per cent, with 2 per cent undecided. Nixon's lead was also decisive in the other three professional schools (law, business, engineering). He drew a total of 58 per cent to Kennedy's 25 per cent, with 17 per cent undecided. The rest of the literary college gave Kennedy the lead, although it was not quite so decisive as in the social sciences. In natural sciences sLea dinF the senator polled 62 per cent to Nixon's 25 per cent, with 13 per cent undecided. In the humanities and other remaining departments (physical education, library science, journalism) Kennedy took 63 per cent of the vote to Nixon's 31 per cent, with six per cent undecided. Kennedy also received a small majority of 51 per cent to Nixon's 42 per cent in the remaining schools of the University (natural re- sources, music, education, social work, architecture and design). In this group there were seven per cent undecided. While the results in each of the school groups are decisive, the overall total is not. The differences in reported preferences were so great in individual groups that they couldn't be due to sampling, but Nixon's margin in the total faculty was small enough that it should not be regarded as significant in a statistical sense. Because the preference of the faculty was described by means of a sample, the estimates are subject to sampling error. A customary way of describing the magnitude of this error is to say that, using the same methods, the sample estimate would fall within a certain per- centage in 95 of 100 cases. Margin of Error In this case, the margin of error for the total faculty results is 3.8 per cent; that is, Nixon's precentage could be as much as ricultyPresi 48.8 per cent or as low as 41.2 per cent, which would trail Kennedy. All margins of error were based on the Kennedy percentages. Also, the heretofore negligible number of people who were not reached, or who refused to state a choice, could be significant in the The Daily selected a 441-person random sample for this presidential preference poll of the University faculty. Respondents were chosen by number from alphabetical lists of each department. Daily staff members contacted faculty members by phone, with instructions to say: "Hello, ,this is The' Michigan Daily. We are taking a presidential preference poll of the faculty. All results will be confidential. What is your preference?" The replies-Republican or Democrat, undecided or "won't say"-were tabluated by percentage, using standard formulas to compute margin of error. Daily Staff member Michael Harrah did both tabulation and analysis, and was helped in this, and in setting up the poll, by a faculty member familiar with survey methods. . VOTE TODAY C, r Lw~ 1 Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXI, No. 43 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1960 IVE CENTS SGC andidates ontest for Five Posi SIX PA tionl 4 Today, Tomorrow Set as Election Days * * * * * * TIO 'S OTERS TO GO TO PO Council's Role Seems Major Issue; Thirteen Hopefuls Debate Policies By PHLIP SHERMAN Students go to the polls today and tomorrow in a Student Govern- ment Council election that ought to have marked effects on the course of the Council over the next few years. Thirteen candidates are bidding for five open positions. The 9 polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The candidates are Lynn Bartlett, '63; Louise Kao, '64; Marshall Keltz, '61; Bruce Leitman, '63; Richard Nohl, '62; Ted Parnall, '63; Richard Pinnell, '64 A&D; Philip Power, Spec; Julie Raben, '62; Fred Riecker, '63; Dennis Shafer, '63; Kay Warman, '61 B Ad, and Mary Wheeler, '61. The polls are located on the Diag, at the Michigan Union, at the A TO DECIDE PRESIDE Record Vote To Resolve State Races Michigan League, in front of ICandidates view Duies Of Council (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is tb third in a series of articles outlin ing the ideas and programs of SG candidates. The Information wa compiled from talks given by tb candidates at open houses.) By RUTH EVENHUISr In reaction to the Student G( erinent Council's support of 1 sit-in movement and of Prof. I F. Koch of the University of I nois, many SGC candidatesj running on the slogan "bring 1 Council back to the campus." Individual stands are determin by the candidate's theory of rep sentation. Several of them, notal the Voice political party can dates, Mary Wheeler, '61, Phi Power, Spec., and Lynn Bartle An opposite view is held Marshall Keltz, '61, who said tY "SOC has overstepped its bounds we should stay out of nation issues." Richard Nohl, '62BAd., says t Council, in speaking on natior issues, is obligated to mirror' st dent opinion. To do this accura ly, he calls, for polls conduct See CANDIDATES, Page 2 Angell Hall, at the UGLI, under the SEngineering Arch, in front of the Business Administration Bldg., in the lobby of Mason Hall and in front of the University Museum. Major Issue The major issue appears to be the "role of the Council," an ar- gument which has flared intermit- tently around the Council table for a long time. The candidates' positions on the he desirable bounds of Council's c scope range from limitation only as by the members' good sense to he restriction to the campus. Independent Position On the basis of the Council's ov- independent position as an or- the gan of the University, SGC Pres- Loident John Feldkamp, '61, denies lli- that the vote totals will have any are effect on future Council actions. the He adds one qualifier-that a big turnout would strengthen the Council in expressing opinions on ied off-campus issues. A high vote re- total will be an indication of bly good candidates in the field, Feld- di- kamp says, but not an endorse- lip ment o the Council concept it- ett. self. A low total will represent by campus dissatisfaction with the hat slate, not with SGC. s- Balancing voter enthusiasm nal against some confusion over the issues at stake, G'Sell predicts a he turnout of 5,000. nal Retiring Council members in- u- clude Al Haber, '60; SGC Execu- te- tive Vice-President Nancy Adams, ed '61; Ron Bassey, '61; William See SGC, Page 2 1 Michigan, which will be im- portant in the national elections with its twenty electoral votes, also will decide today on a gover- nor, senator, 18 congressmen, six top state officials, a supreme court Justice and state represen- tatives. Robert M. Montgomery, state election's director, has predicted a record turnout of 3.5 millions of the state's 4 million registered voters. The Democrats, who control every statewide elective adminis- trative office, have most of the newspapers and polls in their favor both locally and nationally. Running for governor are Demo- cratic Lt. Gov. John B. Swainson, attorney and former state senator, and Republican Paul D. Bagwell, scholarships director at Michigan State University. Democrat Sen. Patrick V. Mc- Namara, an incumbent bidding for a second term, is opposed by Rep. Alvin M. Bentley of Owosso who for the last eight years has re, presented Michigan's Eighth Congressional District. Three proposals the voters will decide on are the school 'bond issue, the question of raising the sales tax ceiling, and the proposal that would initiate a constitutional convention. The school bond proposal is a 1955 provision that enables school districts to sell bonds and extend production costs more over a long period of time. This provision will expire in 1962 unless supported in today's balloting. 'The increased sales tax is a measure designed to alleviate Michigan's financial problems by providing immediate revenues. Plans for a constitutional con- vention are the issue of the third proposal. The question is whether or not to have the constitution amended so that voters may be given a referendum on whether to call a convention at the spring election of 1961. Leftists Gain In Italian Vote --Daily-David Giltrow THE BUCK STOPS HERE-An estimated 60,000 Washtenaw County voters face these levers today. At stake are 22 offices-ranging from President of the United States to county drain com- missioner-and three proposed amendements to the state constitution. Campa 1inISue s: P Sychomlogy An Editoria1.. TDAY'S SGC election falls at an important juncture in the Council's short history. After a somewhat faltering, but gradually expand- ing, evolution, the student body and its government stand in a position to influence and share in decisions affect- ing major University policies. The administration and faculty generally have acknowledged the value of stu- dent participation, and at the same time, the SGC and many students as well have professed an increasing in- terest in community affairs. The SGC election, therefore, takes on special im- portance. Students require Council representatives cap- able of effecting new and vital programs and who will also produce within the individual student an awareness of his educational and civic environment, his opportuni- (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last in a series of University faculty comment stories on election issues.) By MICHAEL BURNS Although the presidential can- didates have been discussing the issues of the campaign, the really important factor has been the George Peek of the political science department says. And the television debates have given Sen. John F. Kennedy the more favorable image, he main- tains.dThe great debate demon- strated to the American public that the senator "was not imma- ture" and gave him a national platform. Tactical Mistake The debates were "a tactical mistake for the Republicans," he asserts. The religious question, one on which the candidates took every opportunity not to comment, will have a substantial effect on the election and "in the long run it will be to Kennedy's advantage," Prof. Peek says. The issue will probably lose the senator states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Virginia and Louisi- ana; but the question has con- solidated the urban centers. This should help him win in New York, Illinois and other heavily popu- lated states. the civil rights question, will hurt mate, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, remain in doubt. A number of Kennedy in the South, Prof. Miller has been exploited by the Repub- them are believed inclining to maintains, but the amount of licans Prof. Peek says, especially Kennedy, a couple to Nixon. Democratic defection remains to on the issue of civil rights. Nixon could overtake and beat be seen. Civil rights will be over- Travel is another factor which Kennedy by capturing a signifi- shadowed by the religious issue, he has increased voter interest cant segment of the doubtful says. around the country and given can- states and by wresting some of The split between Kennedy and didates added exposure to the the states where Kennedy's lead is his more conservative running electorate. considered slight. LANTERN NIGHT: SigmIa Delta Tau Wins Sing, Sigma Delta Tau sorority cap- tured the Lantern Night first place trophy last night with a spirited rendition of two Hebrew folk songs, "Hora" and "Song of Gali- lee." Second and third places went to Jordan Hall, last year's winners, and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, re- spectively. Led by Joan Myers, '61, the win- ning group wore dark skirts trim- med in rose rickrack with rose bib fronts over white blouses.: The first place trophy for pos- ture was awarded to Alpha Phi sorority. This part of the contest was judged at Lantern Night elim- inations Oct. 28. .hid.e. . it n 4a s i gin g r a- I