CORRIDOR MEETINGS: INEFFECTIVEs f:Y Slit Z aii4 CLOUDY, COLD ,igh--3 Low-2 Continuing snow flurries through Friday. se* rage Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXI, No. 65 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THRSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960 FIVE CENTS EI( I f I I Ii .'? * * * * * * * * Proposal Carri Legislature. Votes Sales Tax Increase By 14-3 Margi State Adds One Per Cent To 'Use Tax Boost To Contribute Annual $120 Million To Ailing Treasury By HARVEY MOLOTCH and CAROLINE DOW LANSING-The state legislature pushed through a one per cent increase in the sales tax during a special six-hour session yesterday as a first step in relieving Michi- gan's long-standing fiscal prob- lems. Combined with a one cent in- crease in the complementary three cent use tax, the new increase will bring $120 million a year into the state's ailing general fund.. The measures are to go into effect immediately after they re- ceive Gov. G. Mennen Williams' signature. The Governor has said that he will sign the bills im- mediately after their passage. Joins Other States Three other states - Penniyl- vania, Washington, and California, now have four per cent sales taxes. The Senate approved the bill by a 20-13 margin with two Re- publicans in opposition and one Democrat voting in the affirma- tive. The two proposals passed through the house 82-23 with all opposition coming from Democrats who have opposed the increase in favor of' an income tax. Rep. Allison Green (R-Kings- ton), house majority leader, indi- cated that an income tax will not be needed if expenditures are cut, a move which Green favors. Any reforms could be made *'piecemeal," he said. "A Constitu- tional convention would be a waste of public time and money." Opposes Tax Sen. Lynn 0. Francis (R-Mid- land), Senate majority leader, op- posed an income tax on the grounds that it "would set up a new vehicle of collecting taxes. Look what happened to the fed- eral income tax-it started at one per cent and has been abused. "Im unwilling to be pushed into socialism. The government which governs least, governs best," Fran- csis said. - Sen. Philip Rahoi (D-Iron Moun- tain), complained bitterly of the tax burden placed on the low-in- come citizen. He paralleled the tax discontent among Michigan citizens with the recent upheavals in Latin America and Africa and warned that "the day of reckoning will come."' Favors Tax Sen. Lewis G. Christman (R-Ann Arbor), indicated that he favored a flat-rate income tax but that he would "fight to the death" any graduated tax. "The only way you can produce a citizen is to have him participate in government ... and the way is to make him pay for it," Christ- man said. Prof. John P. White of the poli- tical science department agreed with professional studies which have indicated that the sales tax increase will not be adequate to cover Michigan's needs. To Ask Capital For Education The state administration plans to request capital outlay building programs for universities from the Legislature Governor-elect John B. Swainson revealed in an inter- view yesterday. PANEL: Economists Sgree U.S. In Slunmp WASHINGTON (-) - Three non - government economists agreed yesterday the country was in a recession but said it was too early to tell how severe it would be. Two government economists appearing on the same panel at a congressional hearing shied away from the word "recession" as emotion-laden. But they said the nation's econ- omy was in a downturn or at least a sluggish condition. Sen. Paul H. Douglas, (D-Ill), chairman of the Senate-House economic committee conducting the hearings, drew from one gov- ernment witness agreement that unemployment might top 51/ mil- lion in January. This official, deputy assistant secretary of Labor Seymour L. Wolfbein, said that if the present 6.4 per cent seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment continues, the jobless total will be 5,200,000 in January as compared with 3,- 579,000 in October. But Douglas pointed out that unemployment insurance applica- tions have been going up, indicat- ing that the 6.4 per cent figure will increase. Wolfbein said this. was quite possible and that, if so, the 5%/ million total mentioned by Doug- las for midwinter could come about. The other government witness, Louis J. Paradiso, chief statisti- cian of the office of business eco- nomics of the Commerce Depart- ment, said that "at the present time no major forces are in sight to provide the upward thrust for resumption of economic growth." 'U' opsList In Private Aid The University ranks first in the nation among major public institutions of higher education in total voluntary gift support, a New York research firm said recently. According to a study of "Public Higher Education and Voluntary Support," the University received $11,684,503 in 1958-59. The University also ranks first in gifts received from individuals other than alumni, with $2,497,963 from this source. -A Wirephoto AMID THE OPPOSITION-Democratic Governor-elect John B. Swainson confers with Republican leaders in the state senate. Left to right are Sen. Frank D. Beadle (R-St. Clair), Swainson, Sen. Carle- ton H. Morris (R-Kalamazoo), Sen. John Minnema (R-Traverse City), and Sen. Almer R. Porter (R-Blissfleld). Porter Gets New Support Against WSU Refuses Comment On University Policy LANSING-Sen. Elmer R. Por- ter's (R-Blissfield) campaign to reinstate a communist speaker ban at Wayne State University gath- ered support at yesterday's special session of the state legislature. Reaffirming his original stand, Porter, who is chairman of the powerful Senate appropriations committee, said that "Wayne will have trouble getting any funds above their appropriations of last year if their policies do not change." , "I never change my mind . . unless proven wrong," he added. When asked if he desired a ban on all Communist speakers at the University, Porter said "I talk about one school at a time." Rep. Allison Green (R-Kings- ton), chairman of the House sup- plies and expenditures committee, charged that "Wayne State is nuts to allow Communists to speak. "The problem is that Wayne has a lot of liberals on their board." Michigan and Michigan State governing bodies have, a- general policy which does not al- low Communists, Green indicated. "If a bill came up to have bans at the other Universities, I would vote for it," he said. "I'm beginning to get a little suspicious about the universities and their left-wing approach, and a lot of others think that way too," Senate majority leader Lynne 0. Francis (R-Midland) warned. Sen. Lewis G. Christman (R- Ann Arbor) favored a "properly controlled" policy which would provide for an address by some- one "well-versed in the principles of democracy" to follow immedi- ately after any speech by a Com- munist. But if a relaxed speaker policy is "to let some commie come in and talk, the hell with him," he concluded. CONGO DEBATE: Hammarskjo d Warns Against UN Retreat* UNITED NATIONS (AP-Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold warned the United Nations Security Council last night that the Con- go would be plunged into chaos and anarchy if UN forces are with- drawn. "Everything would crumble," Hammarskjold said in a vigorous defense of the UN role in the turbulent African republic. Replying to Soviet criticism that he was a tool of Western im- perialism, the Secretary-General said he found it difficult to believe Membership Selection Informati To Be Required of Social Group By PAT GOLDEN Student Government Council voted 14-3 last night o motion toacquire membership practices information fraternities and sororities. The vote was Assembly President Myra Goines, '61, hellenic President Barbara Greenberg, '61, Administr Vice-President James Hadley, '61,'Treasurer Per Hansor League President Sue Kennedy, '61, Union President 1 Morton, '61, Philip Power, spec, Arthur Rosent '62, Roger Seasonwein, '61, M. A. Hyder Shah, grad., I Fraternity Council President Jon Trost, '61, Mary Wh '61, and President John Feld- " kamp, '61, for, and Richard' Nohl, '61BAd., Dennis Shafer, '62, Inter-Quad Council Presi- dent Daniel Rosemergy, '61Ed. j against. Shafer left the meeting before the vote was taken, and his proxy vote was cast by temporary chair- man Hanson. To Oppose Integration MONTGOMERY (AP)-Alabama Gov, John Patterson said yester- day the disorders in Little Rock and New Orleans are nothing com- pared to what may happen in Alabama if efforts are made to integrate schools here. He told a news conference there will be no way to avoid trouble "if the federal government con- tinues its present approach." He said the people in Alabama "might as well make up their minds that they're going to have to go to private schools or shut down the schools" if the federal government attempts to desegre- gate them, "I'll be one of the first ones stirring up trouble," the Governor declared, but he emphasized he will not tolerate mob violence if Haber Chosen For Position On Connittee WASHINGTON UP) - Prof. William Haber, of the economics department, has 'been named to President-elect John F. Kennedy's depressed area study committee, Sen. Philip A. Hart (D-Mich) said yesterday. Hart issued a statement express- ing delight at the appointment, which was revealed to Hart's office by a Kennedy aide. "Today," Hart said,-"there are a number of areas of substantial labor surplus in Michigan and it is important that proposals to meet this problem be ready for the new administration when it takes office. that anyone would ask for liqui- dation of the UN Congo operation "in view of the possible conse- quences of such a move at the present juncture." He spoke at a resumed session of the council after the introduc- tion of rival East-West resolutions on how to deal with the arrest of deposed Premier Patrice Lumum- ba. "'What is now laid at the door- step of the United Nations as a failure is the failure of the politi- cal leaders of the Congo and of its people to take advantage of the unparalleled international as- sistance for the creation of nor- mal political life within the country," he declared. "These are harsh words, and I hesitate to pronounce them, but I do believe that this organization is too often and too easily used as a whipping horse by those who wish to unburden themselves of their own responsibilities." Castro Directs Fighting in Clash Against Rebels HAVANA (P)-Gunfighting was reported again yesterday be- tween anti-Castro forces and government militiamen in central Cuba. Unconfirmed reports said 16 militiamen were killed in the clashes and that Prime Minister Fidel Castro and his brother, Raul Castro, Cuban armed forces minister, had gone to the area to direct the operation against the rebels. Insurgents also were reported stepping up their guerrilla warfare in the Escambray Mountains of South : central Las Villas province. The Cuban armed forces press bureau had no comments on any of the Rosemary claimed that there were two kinds of discrimination at issue: "I uphold the right of a private organization such as a fraternity or sorority to select its membership as it pleases. "I am against discrimination by race or religion, but contend it is a problem of changing attitudes. This regulation doesn't do that. If an organization gives us a false statement we've missed it entirely and no attitudes are changed." Richard Nohl, '61, said that he objected to passing the main mo- tion before the procdures for handling it had been clarified and codified. "I agree with the motion, but I'm in no hurrry to pass it. I want to vote on it with all procedures attached." A motion on procedures for ac- cess to and handling of the state- ments was postponed until next week. Jon Trost, '61, noted that the procedural motion was a separate issue from the main question to acquire statements from fraterni- ties and sororities. "Certainly what will happen to the statements is a valid question, and one which will affect the reti- cence of groups to turn in their statements. But it should not be an amendment to the motion." Council President John Feld-1 kamp; '61, yielded the chair to, Executive Vice-President Per Han- son, '61, for discussion of the is-1 sue, as he had originally introduc-1 ed the motion.l "I am in favor of this motion, because I dislike the old one,"I Feldkamp said. "If SGC has the power of re- cognition, the materials needed for that process ought to be ina the Council's hands, not in the Deans' offices." Rosemergy also commented, "I am on this Council, to protect the right of private organizations to choose members as they please. We have no business telling pri- vate groups how to select their, members. "I am on the Council to protect the right of fraternities and sororities not to discriminate. Many of these groups do not want to do so, but are forced to do so by their national organizations," Miss Wheeler said. Service Clu'b o T ake Overc Bus Operation Alpha Phi Omega won approval last night to take over Willopoli- tan bus service this Christmasg from Student Government Coun- cil. The Council will appropriater $200 for the project, but any profit will be turned back to SGC. Paraguay an Tells View Of U.S. Aid By IRIS BROWN Cuba is proof that Sou America need not fear Uni States sanction of Commun policies in the area," said Ju Carlos Mendonca of Paraguay last night's Student Governmi Council meeting. He, is surprised that there h been none,.and explained t] the United States lacks interest protecting+ democratic individui partiesand countries. Hence mocracies are being trodden do by dictatorships. He said that the United Sta should do something to guaran the protection of democracy, be: careful to discriminate betwi friends and enemies, Non-Interventional "The principle of non-intervi tion should be revised," he stre ed. "Non-intervention is inhumi it is abandoning nations to. forces of destruction." If one nation is Communist, automatically becomes the inter of others. "Being nationalistic now international."' "The United States has be charged with aiding dictator he continued. "Economic aid wh is directly controlled, not mana ed by officials of dictators wo prevent this." But he thinks that we plan too much in economic terms cause we believe that communi depends on the poor people developing countries. "But the United States sho also look at political developmen because th~e struggle with cot munism is primarily one of idea The two facets he stressed increase exchange of knowledge the interchange of young pea and distribution of serious Ame can publications. Training Students At present, Moscow is train JUAN CARLOS MENDI ...economic aid ;KEEP AN OPEN MIND': Greenberg Lauds Sorority Li fe At two mass rush meetings yes- terday, Panhellenic Association President Barbara Greenberg, '61, told serious - faced prospective rushees that affiliated living of- fers opportunities for leadership, service and friendship. She spoke of the warmth and co-operation of girls working to- gether planning sorority functions such as teas, community projects,a Spring Weekend floats and other challenging activities." Miss Greenberg emphasized that sororities further the academic y aims of the University by en- couraging high scholastic goals, faculty teas and study dates. Dean Elizabeth Leslie urged that girls in choosing a sorority con- reports. Central Cuba was the scene two months ago of a mass trial of in- surgents captured by Castro forces. Castro claimed at the time to have wiped out the resistance by the execution of five rebels and prison sentences for another 180. The reports reaching here said the 16 government militiamen were killed in fighting along the Matanzas-Las Villas provincial border. Another report said anti- Castro forces willed a militiaman who denounced his father and sweetheart as counter revolution- aries. The capital of Matanzas prov- ince is about 50 miles east of Ha- vana. Reports purporting to details of a mass defection by a Castro ar- my unit in Western Cuba also were circulating here.