MERRY CHRISTMAS Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom aii4 HAPPY NEWP YEAR -1 L. LXXI, No. 72 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1960 FIVE CENTS SIX PA 'U' Faculty Supports WSU Speaker Stand Members Would Ask College Heads To Reach Uniform Policy On Ban By CYNTHIA NEU Faculty members gave their personal support to the recent deci- sion of the Wayne State University Board of Governors to reaffirm its stand lifting a ban on Communist speakers and to ask the Council of State College Presidents to take a unified stand on the matter.. Prof. Sheridan Baker of the English department said, "I would hope the University will take a stand and that it will be in support of. Wayne. Government should not tamper with this freedom of speech. I'l "If all the universities make their position solid and clear, and after the issue is clarified, I do not believe the Legislature will take any particular ac- UNEMPLOYMENT: Committee KIennedy Nominates Freemai Describes PROF. HENRY GOMBERG ... visits mid-east Clains, Trip Created Jobs By PETER STUART Prof. Henry J. Gomberg of the nuclear engineering department regards his recent trip to Tur- key, Israel and Greece as helping to create jobs for foreign scien- tists in 'their own countries and expand the opportunities for cre- ative ideas on atomic energy. He made the three-week trip on behalf of the federal govern-j ment to advise the three nations on developing peace-time uses of atomic energy. "The production of ideas is still a world-wide responsibility," he said yesterday. "It is just as pos- sible for a Greek, a Korean or a Pakistani to come up with the bright flash of an idea as an American or Russian-if he has the education and incentive." Educated People The International Cooperation Administration, the federal agen- cy which sponsored his trip, rec- ognizes that research depends on ideas from educated people, Prof. Gomberg, who is director of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Proj- ect, said. In small, developing countries, one of the major problems is to find ways to keep their educated' people from emigrating to nations which can give them the research jobs they want, he pointed out. "Atomic energy has captured the imagination of the countries of the world," he explained, but smaller nations cannot build an effective atomic energy program without outside help. Consequent- ly, the United States, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Soviet Union, help them begin and operate such pro- grams. Academic Level Responding to a request from the Israel Institute of Technology (via the ICA), Prof. Gomberg helped plan education and re- search in atomic energy on an academic level there. Afterward, in Greece, he made recommendations on the best ways for the United States to spend money to train Greek personnel in the atomic energy field. The visit, his third to Greece, was request- ed by the United States Opera- tions Mission there. Prof. Gomberg had opened his trip with a stay in Turkey to study the status and operations of the United States atomic ener- gy assistance program in that country. He returned there Nov. 26. "One measure of the success of our helpfulness is if our rec- ommendations are accepted and if we are asked to come back," he said. "So far, the record had been good." Prof. Gomberg has nrAreviosv tion." In regard to the threat by State Sen. Elmer R. Porter (R-Bliss- field) that WSU would have dif- ficulty in securing state funds un- less they reinstated the ban, Prof. Baker said, "If he is faced with a strong stand by the universities, I think Sen. Porter (chairman of the Senate appropriations com- mittee) will do little. If he tries to bring pressure against Wayne by withholding funds, I imagine the pressure in turn will be brought against him by either the universities together or the Amer- ican Association of University Professors." Policy Good Prof. Arthur Eastman, of the English department, said, "The WSU policy is good as it now stands, and I think the council will take up the issue. Prof. Robert Doerr of the Den- tal School, said, "This is a matter of extreme importance to insti- tutes of higher education and one which calls for better communica- tion with our many various pub- lics to make them understand the importance of this principle. We would be in great difficulty if we cannot maintain this freedom. Faculty Agrees "This faculty agrees with the principle for which WSU is fight- ing." Prof. Solomon Axelrod, direc- tor of the Bureau of Public Health Economics, cited the letter to WSU from the Michigan Conference of the AAUP which approved the po- sition of the Detroit university. Prof. Carl Fischer, chairman of the University Lecture Com- mittee, said he agreed with Uni- versity President Harlan Hatcher in that the Regents' By-law was not similar to the presently lifted' Wayne ban. He said the by-law (8.11) bars only those speakers , advocating the overthrow of the government by violence or other illegal means, MSU Loans Adinistrator to New School Prof. Raymond Hatch, assistant dean of Michigan State Univer- sity's education school, will be the second planning administra- tor loaned to the Board of Con- trol of Grand Valley College, Grand Rapids. The University, Wayne State University, and Grand Rapids Junior College will each give the' new school the services of an administrator to work on site se-{ lection, curriculum, fund-raising, state appropriations and integra- tion with other colleges. Conditions, By CAROLINE DOW - The depressed areas study com- mittee, assembled by President- elect John F. Kennedy, has defined the basic facts and causes of chronic unemployment and will begin the search for solutions this week at meetings in Washington, D.C., Prof. William Haber of the economics department said yester- day. Prof. Haber, a member of the committee, reported the existence of 100 labor market areas in the United States which are experi- encing persistant and chronic un- employment with the actual un- employment rate nearly twice the national one. The causes include the depletion of resources is in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the Upper Pen- insula, migration of industry as in New England, and decentraliza- tion of auto production from Michigan to other states. Shifts in demand as in textiles, technological changes and auto- mation which have affected em- ployment in coal and other indus- trials, plus the factors of age, race, lack of proper training and obsolescence of once-valued skills also figure in the unemployment problem. "The number of youngsters en- tering the labor force in the next decade will rise by nearly 50 per cent and jobs must be found for them. There are no easy answers to these problems. "It is easy to suggest that in- dustry be encouraged to enter a community rather than to move a labor surplus out. What industries to move in, how to induce them and to what areas should people be induced to emigrate are the specific practical questions which can only be decided after careful study," Prof. Haber said. To implement the study, the group has been divided into six sub-committees, each on a specific problem. The first will study the area redevelopment bill which was passed in the last session of Con- gress, but vetoed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Highway, recreational and pub- lic works programs, distribution of defense contracts and dispersal of vital government property, inter- national trade and tax policy and national fuel policy with coal and mineral research will be studied by four other sub-committees. The sixth sub-committee will view the labor force problem with reference to youth, and to older. and underprivileged workers as well as problems of food distribu- tion, public assistance and unem- ployment insurance. "A distinction must be made between areas of chronic and long term unemployment and areas of temporary or short term unem- ployment. The former exists even in times of prosperity and cannot be solved by general anti-recession measures although prosperity will, influence the chronic areas," Prof. Haber said. "Senator Kennedy believes that we have studied enough, that it is now time to act. In the report of Jan. 1, he wishes us to make pro- posals that could go into effect" quite soon as well as long term: plans ."I SGC Vetoes Committee For Rights Motion Would Create Board of Grievances By PATRICIA GOLDEN Student Government Council early Thursday morning defeated a motion to establish a student rights committee after three proxy votes had been cast. The motion, presented by Daily Editor Thomas Hayden, '61, and Roger Seasonwein, '61, outlined a student rights committee to serve three functions: to serve as a board of grievance for students; to investigate policies and prac- tices at the University which in- fringe upon the rights and liber- ties of students; and to prepare a booklet on student rights and re- sponsibilities. Opposing the idea, Union Pre- sident Perry Morton, '61, claimed that no problem of student rights exists. "I have never seen an in- fringement of student rights. We shouldn't be legislating In this area-we should legislate for the benefit of the University." Motion Questions He also questioned what con- stitutes a student right. Hayden explained student rights in terms of "a pattern of relation- ships which should prevail in a university community. This in- cludes the way men make decisions and the way men tolerate other men." SOC Executive Vice-President Per Hanson, '62, objected that machinery already exists to deal with student rights. Philip Power, Grad., commented, "There may be rules, but often the question is whether people are carrying out the rules properly. We needn't tacitly accept the status quo just because it is writ- ten in rules booklets. We have a responsibility as university stu- dents to examine things critically." Thirteen Present Thirteen Council members were present at the meeting during dis- cussion of the proposed committee. During this time two amendments to the motion passed and one failed. The Council decided to accept~ three proxy votes held by SGC President John Feldkamp, '61, but defeated Seasonwein's motion for a recess until he could acquire the proxy votes of the other two Coun- cil members who had not cast them. Council members present voted 6-5 in favor of the motion; the addition of three proxy votes changed the tally to 7-8 against. Seasonwein asked for permission again to get the other two proxy votes, but the chair ruled that thea voting had been concluded. Seasonwein contended that al-l though he opposed such proxies, "if you allow three of them, you should make certain that all others are counted."I Goldberg for abinet Positioi By FAITH WEINSTEIN Ignoring the spectre of last year's financial crises, the University took several steps this year to- ward building and understanding its future. Some of these steps were fal- tering, some were bold. In aca- demic and physical planningathe University made important deci- sions-changing distribution re- quirements in the literary college, initiating a major building pro- gram on state and federal capi- tal outlay funds. It was a year of growing aware- ness-students becoming aware of the country and of the world, ad- ministrators becoming moreaware of the growing pressures of stu- dents, Student Government Coun- cil attempting to assert itself - within the University and across the country. As awareness grew, organization grew with it, After the quiet death of the Political Issues Club mark- ed the low ebb of student inter- est last year, this showed a rapid upsurge in new, active student organizations-revival of the PIC and the so-called "student-move- ment." Appropriation... The $35.2 million state appro- Fills Offi priation, which still did "not meet the minimum needs of the Uni- versity," according to University President Harlan Hatcher, re- flected the steadily increasing needs and functions of the Uni- versity. . Although the appropriation was more than one-third of the total state education budget, the Uni- versity said the high cost of ex- tensive advanced training and re- search required $3.5 million more than was appropriated. Nonetheless, the budget total represented a $2.4 million increase over last year's-most of the ex- tra funds going to academic sal- ary increases, listed as an abso- lute necessity by officials shaken by increasing faculty losses. Not provided for: funds for staff additions, arrears in mainitenance, and library books and services. Reacting to University com- plaints of sub-minimal funds, one Isenator commented, "You could add $15 million (to the entire $109 million higher education budget) and still have complaints." State Democrats did attempt to raise the higher education appro- priation, but they were largely frustrated by GOP majorities and the continuing spectre of the state's shaky financial structure. Tuition Boost... Pressed by the "inadequate" state appropriation, the Regents "reluctantly" approved a substan- tial tuition boost-continuing the trend toward higher costs for higher education. The second tui- tion hike in the last four years, this one will provide the Univer- sity with approximately $1.6 mil- lion from the increase. Out-of-state tuition for under- graduates was raised from $300 to $375 per semester, in-state from $125 to $140. At the same time,. the Regents voted a $200,000 stu- dent aid fund, to "help the stu- dents for whom the fee increase will cause a serious hardship." U Future... The fumbling attempts of the University to understand the pres- sures upon it and its role/ in fu- ture education, played a large part in the important news of the year. The pressure of the long-dread- ed "war babies" hit the Univer- sity with the double blow of in- creased numbers of applicants and panic-driven multiple applications this year, throwing the University into consideration of emergency measures. "We had to cut out some of the top Michigan residents for the first time in the history of the Univer- sity," Admissions Director Clyde Vroman reported, threatening a possible increase in selectivity if the pressure continued to rise. In mid-April numbers of appli- cants and legislative pressure had grown so intense that the admis- sions office began to consider se- verely limiting numbers of out-of- state students. But while it closed its doors to more and more students, the Uni- versity expanded in other areas. President Hatcher named Lyle Nelson vice-president for Univer- sity relations in July-giving add- ed recognition to its public rela- tions program. The Dearborn Center opened its literary college division. New faculty members, mostly young men, but including a few established names, filled the gaps left by last year's losses, which included Prof. Leo Goldberg and Prof. William Liller of the astron- omy department, Prof. Robert White, director of the Institute of. See MEMBERSHIP, Page 3 -Daily--James Warneka PRESIDENT-ELECT--John F. Kennedy visited the campus in October on one of his campaign swings through the state. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon came later, but he did not speak at the University itself, as Kennedy did briefly. 'U' Prepares for Future F or Labor, Agriculture Announces Dawson, Declined Appoiftmein To Administration WASHINGTON ()--Presidei elect John F. Kennedy last nij chose Minnesota's Gov. Orv Freeman to r be his Secretary Agriculture. Kengnedy also picked AlL-C lawyer Arthur J. Goldberg, apostle of labor - managem( peace, as his Secretary of Labo Freeman and Goldberg -- bc Democrats -- were the sixth a seventh cabinet selections made the President-eject and left h with three spots yet to fill-Se] tary of the Treasury, Attorne General and Postmaster Gene, Earlier in the day, Kennedy d closed that 74-year-old Rep. W Liam L. Dawson (D-Ill) had c clined appointment as Postma General, passing up the chance be the first Negro cabinet mem in the nation's history. The gray - haired Goldberg hailed by Kennedy as perhaps t most competent American In ,t labor relations field-declarped will work to end bitterness t tween unions and employers. also placed the solving of unei ploym'ent problems high on ] priority list. And he pledged? to enforce t labor laws evenhandedly and WI vigor. Loses Qovernorship The youthful Freeman, a ye younger than Kennedy, was A~ feated in November in his bid i reelection as governor of Mini sota. It was Freeman who nominat Kennedy for the Presidency at V Democratic National Conventi in Los Angeles last July. Before becoming governor Minnesota in 1955, Freeman serv as mayor of Minneapolis. He k his bid for another term as gove nor on Nov. 8 while Minnesc went for Kennedy by a narrc margin. Names McGovern A few minutes after announci appointment of Freeman, the Pre ident-elect said he was nami: Rep. George McGovern (D-SD) director of the new administr tion's "food for peace" progran The program is a plan for di tribution of commodities abro with a view to promoting intern tional good will and at the sar time relieving huge domestic su pluses. The 38-year-old McGovern, two-term House member, tried f the Senate this year, but was d feated. LSA Group Recommends Examinations. By RUTH EVENHUIS The Literary College Steet, Committee yesterday recommendU the institution of comprehensi examinations to be taken by s graduating senior in theit ind vidual fields of concentration. The recommendation wis mac to the Literary'College Curriulu4 Committee, In recommending it, the col mittee said that the most signi cant effect of such a progra would be the raising of the it lectual tone of the college. Have Broader Scope The compprehensives are to 1 broader in scope than a final e amination with graduation ci tingent upon, a passing grade. "The program might act as rule of reason interposed to chec extreme fractionalization and corn partmentalization of knowledge the recommendation said. Advantages accruing from suc a program, as listed in the recor MSU Trustees To Consider Two-Year Medical School By PHILIP SHERMAN The Michigan State University Board of Trustees today will hear a proposal for study of a possible two-year medical school at the East Lansing campus. A top University official is cautious about the meaning of the plan. Vice-President and Dean of Faculties Marvin L. Niehuss says MSU plans are not the University's concern, but he is q\uick to empha- - --size that the second unit of the Medical Science Building, which WEATHER OMINOUS: Students Face Bleak Travel Conditions By WILLIAM WHITMAN As the mass exodus of University students bound home for Christmas begins, the migrating scholar may find travel conditions bleak and yet somewhat encouraging. Weather conditions seem bound to give him more than enough s to worry about. A cold front, aided by strong, gusty winds, spread over the middle of the continent yesterday. All reports indicate that either rain or snow flurries will be encountered by the majority of travelers to the East, especially New York and Washington. Transportation systems out of Ann Arbor, however, say that they are prepared to handle the abnormally-heavy number of passen- gers in spite of weather conditions. Trains Add Extra Cars The local train station, girding up to handle a portion of the many students expected to leave the University, reports it has added extra cars to its regular trains to help meet the increased travel demands. East-bound road travelers are warned to be wary of icy road conditions along some portions of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey would complete University medical facilities, is yet to be built. The 'building has been a top-priority item in recent University capital outlay requests. And MSU Provost Miller says MSU wants to "try to make it per- fectly clear that we recognize great needs at the University and Wayne State University. We hope they are met and developed." Under the proposal, MSU offici- als would consider establishment of the medical program consisting of preclinical disciplines---such as biochemistry and anatomy. This could be based on already-existing faculties and facilities. Miller says MSU would have to investigate in what areas the uni- versity needs additional resources to carry out the basic medical teaching. The two-year medical program would furnish students for the estimated 650 upper class openings at other medical schools. Regents Plan To Consider Staff Parking Approval of a faculty-staff park- ing structure to be constructed on Thompson St. will head the agenda of the Regents meeting at 2:00 p.m. today. The Regents will also hear a special renort on the nrogress and