W RUSHING SYSTEM JRTS FRATERNITIES 1E L Sic 43Of See Page 4 Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom I No. 86 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961 s TAI TOTE SO C LLS I L ST * TE * * * * * * 'U' To Form Freedom Study Unit -ily--LaM Vance CPLAIN ELECTIONS-Prof. Angus Campbell (right) and Prof. lilip Converse (left) reviewed the November election in a otinuation of studies that produced '"The American Voter," ad detailed analysis of voting habits. Aage Clausen, (center) oderated the discussion. ,,a~m_pbelSu etorate Behavior Sociologists Cite Party Defections, High Southern Turnout in Balloting By HARRY PERLSTADT "More Democrats defected to the Republicans than Republicans Democrats in the last election," Prof. Angus Campbell of the vey Research Center said last night at a Political Science Round- e discussing electorate behavior in the November election. "This has been true in the last three elections, although there more defection in 1952 and 1956. Last November there was a tive drop in the number defecting and this made the election e. "There were more independent votes for Vice-President Richard %ixon than for then Sen. John F. Kennedy," he said. Prof. Camp- '-. 'A Lifts Fraternity Recognition By ARNOLD WEINGARDEN The Fraternity Presidents' As- sembly last night discontinued the membership of Alpha Phi Alpha chapter in the Interfraternity Council. The motion, made by RichardE Sideman, '61, was prompted by a recommendation of the executive committee of IFC to FPA. Sideman explained that Alpha Phi Alpha had failed to meet the minimum standards of member- ship in IFC. These standards re- :uire a chapter house, in which the majority of its members live, a 2.25 scholastic average, a mem- bership of at least 20, and other similar stipulations. 'Must Uphold Value' "Alpha Phi Alpha has gone to such an extreme that we have no recourse but to withdraw mem- bership. We can't drag our feet. [PC must uphold the value of these standards," he said. Representing Alpha Phi Alpha, Milton Tarver, Grad, president of the local chapter, moved an amendment to the original mo- tion. He suggested that FPA dis- continue Alpha Phi Alpha's mem- bership in two years if the fra- bernity at that time has failed to meet the minimum standards. His motion was not seconded. Tarver charged that the FPA- members present last night did not know the real situation. He' stressed that no date was set to determine whether or not the fraternity had complied with the mnimxum standards. He added that the Executive Committee could have been "a little bit more imaginative," ex- plaining that "we have a lot more to look forward to if we give Al- pha Phi Alpha the benefit of a doubt." Cites Warnings Louis Rice, assistant to the Dean of Men, Office of Student Affairs, said that since 1950 over 25 communications have been sent from the Dean of Men's office to he local chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and its national organiza' tion. "The office of the Dean of Men is interested in helping Al- pha Phi Alpha." He cited lack of cooperation on bell, director of the Survey Re-l search Center, explained that every member of the electorate held two basic political disposi-I tions: partisanship and intrinsic interest in politics. Dispositions Explained Partisanship involves party iden- tification for the individual while intrinsic interest is the concern of the individual for politics. Without the stimulus of a cam- paign there are more active Demo- crats than Republicans. In the 1948 election when there was no pressing issue, the intrinsic inter- est was low and the election fol- lowed this normal party division. CIn 1952, however, the Korean War and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower's popularity increased the short term interest, Prof. Camp- bell said, and there was a subse- quent high voter turnout. 1960 Election The 1960 election resembles the 1948 election in voter distribution and the 1952 election in intrinsic interest and an increase in the number voting. The high turnout was extremely prevalent in the South, Prof. Philip E. Converse, a study direc- tor of the Center noted. The South contributed 21 per cent of the total national vote last No- vember as compared to 18 per cent in 1956. The high turnout was partially due to the religious issue, he ex- plained. The religious issue brought with its great intrinsic in- terest a defection in party votes. Of those who voted for Adlai E. Stevenson in 1956 and switched to Nixon, 90 per cent were Protest- ants, and 70 per cent of those who switched from Eisenhower to Ken- nedy were Catholics. Religious Defect Prof. Converse said that about 40 per cent of those who were Protestant partisan Democrats and attended church regularly de- fected to Nixon. The normally partisan Demo- crats who had switched to Nixon or had stayed Republican after voting for Eisenhower expressed a negative attitude towards Ken- nedy's religion, especially those from the South. The Southern Democratic vote, which usually totals 68 per cent of the total Southern electorate, dropped to 51 per cent, remark- ably close to the national Demo- cratic percentage of 50.1. Ken- nedy was able to net a two per cent gain outside the South com- bining Protestant losses with Catholic votesdwhich another Democratic candidate might not A faculty study group on Uni- versity responsibility and free- dom is being organized. This was reported to the Uni- versity Senate yesterday. The Senate also heard reports on plans for a faculty club and the Univer- sity's budget request. The decision to establish the committee springs from a concern of the Senate Advisory Committee for the maintenance and advance- ment of University responsibilities and freedoms in society, Prof. Wesley Maurer of the journalism department, SAC chairman, ex- plained. Prof. Maurer listed "several areas of concern" in which the committee might work: 1) At the upcoming state con- stitutional convention the con- stitutionally - independent status of the University might be review- ed. 2) There are concerns for the1 freedom of students as well as faculty to extend free inquiry into intellectual areas. Prof. John Reed of the Law School will chair the new group. Strike Hits Brazil Cit RIO DE JANEIRO (A')-Jusce- lino Kubitschek yesterday enter- ed his final two weeks as presi- dent with Brazil in the grip of growing inflation. Current and threatened strikes underlined the danger of bank- ruptcy in this largest of South American nations. State police and firemen in the leading industrial city, Sao Paulo, in effect mutinied in a strike for higher pay. The army maintained' order with tanks and machine, guns. Railroad and port workers in Rio de Janeiro were planning strikes unless wage demands were met. The government, which em- ploys many of them, lacked funds1 to increase their pay. All around the nation, Brazil- ians were clamoring for lower liv- ing costs. These costs increased 40 per cent in December and they are still rising. A houswife today pays fourfold what she paid two years ago for staples of beef, beans and rice-and her hus- band's wages have not kept pace. Within the last week, the Cru-. zeiro, national unit of currency, has depreciated 14 per cent in re- lation to the United States dollar. When Kubitschek took office five years ago 80 cruzeiros equaled $1. Today the ratio was 236-1 in the free money market.I Janio Quadros, taking over the presidency Jan. 31, will inherit debts of $2 billion owed abroad, and $1 billion owed at home. He must try to find $600 million to settle foreign debts in the first few months of his presidency. By BEATRICE TEODORO Michael A. Crisovan, operator of the Newport Bathing Beach in Dexter township paid a fine and costs of $110 Monday after plead- ing guilty to discriminating against a Negro patron last sum- mer. In a criminal complaint signed by Sharon Williams, a former member of the Ann Arbor Direct Action Committee and now a resi- dent of Flint, Crisovan was charged with refusing her use ofI BEA CH DISCRIMINA TION: Fine Local Man in Rights Case beach facilities because of her race. He was prosecuted under the Diggs Act, a Michigan law for- bidding discrimination in various publicly used establishments, in- cludng beaches operated on a non- member basis. The official charge included the phrase "refused to provide full and equal service in a place of public accommodation." Crisovan Promise Members of AADAC informed Miss Williams of the decision. She the United States. The motion further asks the chemistry de-1 partment, and any other depart- ment which employs non-academic evaluations, to discontinue their use. To Take No Action Because it is deemed an expres- sion of student opinion, this mo- tion will only be discussed by the Council tonight. It can then be formally pre-a sented at the next weekly meeting, which will not take place until Feb. 15. Roger Seasonwein, '61, will ask removal of the clause in SGC's quires a week interim between the operating procedures which re- introduction of a motion deemed an expression of student opinion" and the final consderation of it. This clause was adopted several weeks ago on an 8-6 vote which followed much debate on the mo- tion of Arthur Rosenhaum, '61. The only way SGC can now take final action on a matter of stu- dent opinion without a week-long interm is to suspend normal pro- cedures. This requires a two-thirds approval by the council. Questions Joint Judic Another motion to be presented by Seasonwein would submit a questionnaire to Joint Judiciary Council concerning its operating procedures, projected revisions, and relationships with the Deans' offices, the Committee on Stu- dent Conduct and the Sub- committee on Discipline. This mo- tion is similar to one the Council passed last week asking about policies of the University Com- mittee on Lectures. Trost Agrees With Action Interfraternity Council Press- dent Jon Trost, '61, last night is-' sued a statement defending the action of the national Beta Theta Pi fraternity in preventing its Williams College chapter from initiating anyone "until further notice." "When as it would appear is the case at Williams College, a fraternity is compelled to accept into its membership persons whom it does not choose through the process of free association and selection, it ceases to be a frater- nity," he said. "Moreover, for any legislative or administrative body, be they students or otherwise, to deny one person membership into a frater- nity simply because another per- son has not been extended an in- vitation to join that same or any other fraternity, in effect denies the individual the right to asso- ciate with those with whom he would choose to associate. "This, I believe, is a flagrant encroachment upon both individ- ual and group rights. "If their chapter at Williams College is no longer free to choose all its members, it is understand- able that the national organiza- tion of Beta Theta Pi fraternity should consider to withdraw its charter from a group which is no longer allowed to be a fraternity." SGC To Debate Forms Used To Evaluate Pu pits By PAT GOLDEN Student Government Council will discuss non-academic evalua- tions in basic chemistry courses in a committee of the whole at its meeting tonight. Daily Editor Thomas Hayden, '61, will offer a motion condemning the chemistry department's use of evaluation cards which ask the instructor's opinion of a student's personalty and loyalty to said she was "glad Crisovan prom- ised to discourage discrimination on the beach in the future." Jack Ladinsky, Grad., AADAC spokesman, said the decision was "a pleasant surprise to AADAC." "To get a favorable decision was important because it would dis- courage other beach owners from discriminating." AADAC Gets Complaints Ladinsky said that AADAC had received phone calls during the summer from Ann Arbor residents pointing out discrimination in other beaches than the one oper- ated by Crisovan. Because of reports of discrimi- nation on public beaches, AADAC attempted a "peaceful walk-in" late last July at the Newport Beach. Nine Negroes were among the 20 students that were admitted to the beach by Crisovan in the successful non-violent action. A week later the group returned to the beach and were refused admittance. The AADAC group did not leave but stood quietly at the beach entrance until Criso- van put up a sign reading "closed to the public." IBecause of the closing' of the beach, AADAC was unable to take any group action, Ladinsky said. Instead, individuals who had ex- perienced discrimination prior to the mass "walk-ins" filed com- plaints under the Diggs Act. Complained in August Miss Williams registered her complaint early in August, she said. There was no further action on the complaint until she came into Ann Arbor a week ago to give testimony to the prosecutor's office and to officially sign the complaint. Ladinsky said that he knew of two other individuals who had planned to register complaints last summer but had left Ann Arbor before action could be taken. After entering his guilty plea, Crisovan told the judge that he had allowed Negroes to use the beach prior to Miss Williams' visit July 16. He explained that he had not allowed her and several persons appearing with her to enter be- cause he thought they were "agi- tators" trying to make an issue of segregation. r Name Graf to Replace Angell in Post As Chairman of LSA Honors Council ' By ANDREW HAWLEY Prof. Otto G. Graf, of the German department, has been named director of the literary college Honors Council, Dean of the college Roger W. Heyns said yesterday. Prof. Graf will assume the directorship next semester when Prof. Robert C. Angell, who has held the post since the inception of the program in 1957, will leave it and begin a semester's leave of absence. Dean Heyns said he was "happy that Prof. Graf has agreed to accept the job," and noted that Prof. Graf's experience, including his work on the executive committee of the council, amply qualifies him' for the position. Prof. Graf is currently chairman of the interdepartmental pro- gram in Comparative Literature. His appointment is for a three-year term. . , ......... '' i