OUT OF 'U' POCKET, INTO MSU PURSE? See Editorial Page 5k i!3an 41!Iaiti, CLOUDY High-34 Low-22 Turning colder, cloudy and windy Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXIV, No. 101 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1964 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES UNI VERSITY: Thayer Calls for Image Lift By DAVID WHITE Sen. Stanley G. Thayer (R-Ann Arbor) last night urged the University to maintain its excellence, but to be less aloof in dealing with the Legislature if it wants an adequate appropriation. At the same time the Senate majority leader warned a local meeting of the American Association of University Professors that the University cannot depend on adequate support in the future because the state's economic base is unstable. -. He noted that the Legislature is gaining a greater appreciation of quality differentials among state universities. Thayer declared ------ PROF. OLEG GRABAR LSA Votes Joint Degree By MARILYN KORAL The executive board of the lit- erary college has approved a joint degree program with the engineer- ing college. Their approval represents a formalization of a program that has been available for civil and mechanical engineers for some time. However, the eligibilty for the program will now be "broad- ened," Dean William Haber of the literary college explained. Students in virtually every area of engineering will be able to enter the joint program, gaining a degree in their engineering major as well as with any major within the literary college. More Hours In order to receive the joint de-, gree students will have to earn between 155 and 182 credit hours. The number of credit hours re- quired will vary with the literary college major chosen. For example, because of the amount of math, physics and chemistry necessary to fulfill engineering requirements, a student choosing a major in these fields would have to take fewer extra hours in the literary college than if he majored in a field alien from egnineering re- quirements, Prof. Oleg Grabar of the art history department ex- plained. Prof. Grabar chairs the curriculum committee which ap- proved the proposal before it went to the executive board. Underclass The basic courses in engineer- ing will have to be taken by un- derclassmen, so the majority of other -distribution requirements will be fulfilled in the student's upperclass years, Prof. Grabar noted. Prof. Grabar said the program would be useful because of a re- cent trend toward employer de- mand for students who have had both an engineering and liberal arts educational backgroun. In order to be admitted to the proposed combined program, it will. be recommended that a stu- dent have a 2.4 overall grade point average for his first 30 hours of elections. Also, to be permitted to work for the two degrees, a stu- dent would have to satisfy the rules of both colleges for good scholastic standing. jury To Vote On Beckwith JACKSON, 0P) - An all-white jury retired last night without reaching its verdict on whether tByron de la Beckwith was the ambush killer of Medgar Evers, state field secretary for the Na- tional Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People (NAACP). In final arguments the prose- cution said Beckwith killed Evers that the criteria for allocating funds had shifted from the tra- ditional head count to a credit hour and other representative statistics. MSU Success He cited MichigansState Uni- versity's success with the head count approach, but claimed their statistics were inflated by a high failure rate. He also asserted that the institution got a disportionate share of state higher education funds because it is cheap to mass educate undergraduates. (MSU has, comparatively, a greater percentage of freshmen and sophomores and a lower per- centage of graduate and profes- sional students than doesdthe Uni- versity. However, it takes much more money to educate a graduate level student than for an under- graduate.) Thayer c a in e out strongly against Michigan State's gaining a medical school, declaring that other areas in the state have bet- ter medical faciilties to base an- other school. Noting that public relations helped MSU gain its share of the higher education appropriation, Thayer urged the University to drop its "Eastern attitude" to- wards minimal advertising. He said that the University is not tak- ing full advantage of its excellence in its legislative lobbying. Mass Education Inferior Mass education, he declared, is of inferior quality and should not be persuade. Therefore, the Uni- versity will be helped by stressing its quality. However, Thayer warned that the future of higher education appropriations depends on the state's economic base. The econ- omyis unpredictable and unstable and therefore no planning can be made until the tax base is stab- ilized. Tax reform, defeated at a spe- cial session last fall, may not be taken up until 1965, he continued. 'Blue Ribbons' Thayer noted that Gov. George Romney's "blue-ribbon" Citizens' Committee on Higher Education $25 million increase recommenda- tion was very effective. He com- mented that this year's appropria- tions would only have been $10 million above lastdyear's-instead of $21 million-had not the report been made. But he warned that no sweep- ing changes will be made until the Legislature faces a higher educa- tion crisis. "Only a deluge of rain will have to leak through the roof before it will be fixed," he noted. Practical considerations are also important, Thayer said. Educa- tional facilities have already be- come a means to an end-votes, he declared. Rush Changes Phi Mu Status, Pledge Plans Phi Mu sorority has not made any definite plans concerning their future status on campus, Phyllis Hart, '64, house president, told Panhellenic Presidents' Coun- cil yesterday. "Right now we are making ten- tative plans for open rush but will have a more definite scheme of action ready in two weeks," Miss Hart said. Phi Mu dropped regular rush when too few rushees decided to return to fourth set at their house. Consequently, in an attempt to help Phi Mu, Panhel initiated a "non-rush" plan in which women were.encouraged to pledge the sorority with their friends. Friendship Group Panhel hoped that this oppor- tunity for friendship-group pledg- ing would bring enough new girls into the house so that Phi Mu would be able to continue on cam- pus next year. "Despite initial interest in the plan, most of the girls who went back to Phi Mu for final desserts decided not to pledge because they felt they did not have a c~hance to get to know the girls in the house, and the other rush-'es." STANLEY THAYER Reds Move In Viet Narn SAIGON, Viet Nam (P)-Com- munist guerrillas seized the ini- tiative in the Vietnamese war yes- terday. They staged a series of at- tacks that United States-backed government forces could counter only in part. Red detachments of battalion size-perhaps 600 men in each- scored on widely separated tacti- cal targets in an offensive mount- ed one week after the coup that put a new military junta into pow- er in Saigon. A major battle was under way at dusk around a complex of five Tay Ninh Province villages 40 miles northwest of Saigon. They were seized by raiders who evidently had crossed into Viet Nam by night from neutral Cambodia. Details United States sources reported details of this and other actions. Shooting from behind the vil- lages' earthen walls, the guerril- las withstood fighter-bomber at- tacks and an artillery barrage. They drove off an air-dropped company of 100 parachute troop- ers and put two companies of civ- il guardsmen to flight by killing two oficers and woundiig eight men. The government stepped up the counterattack before nightfall, or- dering in two more companies of airborne troops. Reports from the fields said some of the guerrillas were breaking away in small groups. Other Action Other activity centered south and southwest of Saigon. Government armored units and United States helicopters were alerted for an assault on Red Viet Cong fighters who, urged on over loudspeakers by their leaders, cap- tured the town of Phy My. Manning 81mm mortars and au- tomatic weapons, the guerrillas set the town afire and drove out a government battalion based there. Three United States advisers as- signed to the garrison were report- ed safe. Provincial Capital A Communist attack on Vi Thanhl, a provincial capital near Viet Nam's southern tip, was re- ported to have left 40 ,persons dead or wounded. Government ground forces re- covered without opposition a Me- kong Delta post, Thoi Lai, where the Communists scored heavily in two actions Wednesday. The Communists had killed six defenders of Thoi Lai and wound- ed three, then ambushed a gov- ernment column rushing to re- lieve the post. Tax Credit Controversy Still Alive Collegiate Press Service WASHINGTON-The controver- sial tax credit proposal for col- lege students, sponsored by Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn) was defeated in the Senate last Tues- day, but the issue is far from dead. In addition to Ribicoff's pledge to bring the same bill up again next year, a similar tax allowance will be included in the amendment to extend the National Defense Education Act to be presented dur- ing the current session of the House. According to Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore), chairman of the House subcommittee on education and sponsor of the NDEA extension, the proposal would offer monetary value to the individual greater than Ribicoff's tax credit. Reduction Mrs. Green's proposal will al- low a deduction from the total income on which tax is based, thus lowering the income tax bracket of the individual. Ribicoff's amendment would, have subtracted a deduction from the amount of tax to be paid. Mrs. Green conceded that her proposal has little chance for passage in the House, where it will come up for debate following current committee hearings on the NDEA extension. Opposition The tax credits for college stu- dents and their families have aroused outspoken opposition from leading educational figures. Primary objections to the Ribi- coff amendment stem from the na- ture of the proposal itself, that is, tax relief for middle income families. Mrs. Green called it a "middle-class scholarship bill," and charged that it does nothing to help those students who most need help. "Low income families do not pay enough taxes to benefit from this type of credit allowance," she said. Francis Keppel, United States commissioner of education, declar- ed that the question was one of priority and that "first priority was to even out the chances for education." The most pressing need in the area of federal aid to education, "the opportunity for low income families to send their children to college,' is ignored by the Ribicoff tax credit, he said. Raise Tuition Keppel also pointed out that a tax credit might have the reverse effect of raising tuition, "making higher education even more un- reachable for low income famil- ies." Ribicoff retorted that his bill was not designed as a substitute for any other form of aid to high- er education, but was directed to- ward the "underprivileged middle class." Oswald Widow Identifies Gun WASHINGTON (P)-Mrs. Ma- rina Oswald identified yesterday the rifle presumably used by Pres- ident John F. Kennedy's assas- sin as the mail order weapon bought by her husband, Lee Har- vey Oswald, 24. Chief Justice Earl Warren told reporters that Oswald's Russian- born widow disclosed he had used the fictitious name of "A. Hidell" in New Orleans-the name used when the Italian-made carbine was bought from a Chicago company last May. Cuba Cuts Off Water Cowley Views HR "::: f'::1":-"f: J'. :Y.:"'::: "J:.:: JJ::::: ":. : ":.1V "."": t;V"y:.::".tJ ::': ".W.:": :::: ":'.".-:":lY tS>"""JAV1.tY:::: "'J.V "J:J: '.".":.Y: V.::Y: .:...:.. "}:{Y. V.\"JJJ:..".'. t::... J..":..1. J. J...Y:.:.^. . . A.. ..J.. .h t .. Y........ J....1.. . . 1...h... . .....J Y."."JJ:: ",Y'":'L ".": J.11.V. Y: :::Y.1':: J.. ': t: :>"."AV.'...J. Y.. . ti . ::{".": .1.." .. }"{ r":::.":S:".v:::...... r: r."." ............."::.c. r..,.....".".".v..... a."....v..s,:>....... «.....vv: Jext"... 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He said he will be investigat- ing and negotiating discrimina- tion complaints and will also be the "contact" person for the HRC's community relations educational efforts. Cowley said he expects to find many similarities between the problems in Detroit and Ann Arbor. He said that be- cause Ann Arbor is close to De- troit he has had an opportunity clarity on the matter of the HRC's procedural setup for in-: vestigation and negotiation of discrimination." Cowley said he will bring this matter up at next week's HRC meeting, but he fefused to elaborate on the specific pro- cedural areas he wants clari-f fied. More Power, Commenting on the commis- sion's powers Cowley pointed out that "it has more power than we did in Detroit consider- ing the fact that Ann Arbor is now enforcing a fair housing: ordinance ." ' Cowley also said it is notJ necessary for the commission -X to have the power to subpoena people to appear at its hear- ings. "This is not a real issue because if the commission runs into trouble with witnesses or defendants it can always refer the matter to the city attor-w Cowley commented on the question which has recently' been raised by civil rightsg groups in Ann Arbor of wheth- er or not the HRC should con- duct its meetings in closed or open sessions., The HRC is required to have, at least one meeting open. to the general public and pressf every month.' DAVID COWLEY to observe and even work with the problems of Ann Arbor. Larger Staff "In Detroit," Cowley noted, "I was working under a differ- ent setup. We had a larger staff in Detroit and I had ad- ministrative duties over 17 people." He said in the beginning of his new directorship he will "make an attempt to produce FORMAL 'FEEDBACK'f GSC Elects Officers, Hears Reports By JOHN WEILER Graduate Student Council last night elected new officers and heard a report from outgoing President Steven Maddock on a recent meeting between the GSC and the graduate school admin- istration. Graduate students elected to serve for the remainder of this semester and the first semester of the next school year are: Presi- dent, Lawrence Phillips; Vice- President, Mike Rosen; Treasurer, Saul Jacobson; Recording Secre- tary, John Kohl; and Correspond- ing Secretary, Marquisa de Lama- ter, Grad. The GSC was told by its out- going president, and other mem- bers of the executive board, that the annual meeting held with the graduate school administration in December was concerned with both the question of the continu- ing enrollment fee the University imposed on new admissions to the graduate school and the recent question of how many hours teaching fellows could take. Actual Attendance The graduate school explained to the committee that the new policy of charging a $50 fee to new students is to provide the University with some indication of how many students will ac- tually be attending the University in the next semester. This is the second year that University undergraduates have been required to pay a $50 enroll- ment fee to ensure that the Uni- versity has some idea of the size of each year's incoming class. The policy was begun partially in re- sponse to increasing enrollment at the University and the added bur- den of students who apply but never show up. If the fee were not established some 19,000 students who now have degree programs in process, but are not attending the Univer- sity, could at any time -demand admission to the University. In addition, the fee, which is refundable upon separation with the University, can provide an in- come or itnerest of $250,000 per year. The executive board of GSC also said that the administration explained why the rule that teach- ing fellows couldn't take more than eight hours credit per semes- ter was revealed nine weeks after the semester had begun. The ad- ministration said it had not re- ceived listings of the students, and their class hours until that time. The GSC board also commented that the administration had en- couraged GSC at the December meeting "to provide formal feed- back to the graduate administra- tion" and that the administration would take "such proposals seri- ously under consideration." Increase Communication Two committees were also cre- ated in last night's meeting: one to determine "channels of com- munication" that now exist be- tween the University and GSC"; and the other to update and re- print the graduate school hand- book which is given out at the beginning of each semester to each new graduate student. Navy'Claims Base To Last Indefinitely- Demands Return Of 36 Captives WASHINGTON ()-The Castro government served notice on the United States yesterday that it is cutting off the outside water sup- ply to the Guanatanamo Base un- til 36 Cuban fishermen held in Florida are freed. Prime Minister Fidel Castro's tactic caused concern in Wash- ington-but stirred no fears for the safety of the big American naval base at the eastern tip of Cuba or the approximately 10,000 United States personnel there. The Navy made, plain that Guantanamo has enough water of its own, counting what is already stored and what can be brought in, to hold out indefinitely. Johnson Studies Matter Andrew Hatcher, assistant White House press secretary, said Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson has the matter under study. Johnson was on a brief New York trip. Wordo f Castro's demand was delivered to the State Department via the Swiss Embassy which han- dles United States diplomatic con- tacts in the absence of direct re- lations between Havana and Wash- ington. As of late afternoon, the Navy here had no word from the base on the planned water cutoff. Congress Action In Congress, there were several calls for forthright action but there also were recommendations is determined clearly where Cuba for caution-at least until after it is violating the treaty under which the United States holds Guantana- mo. Moscow had no immediate coni- ment on the water move but Prav- da, the official Communist party newspaper, said of the fishermen's .arrests: "The anti-Cuban policy which the rabid reactionaries are trying to impose on the United States may lead to disastrous conse- quences..." Emergency Meeting At the State Department, Thom- as Mann, assistant secretary for Latin American Afairs, convened an emergency strategy meeting. The Castro government con- tends the fishermen were illegal- ly seized in international waters and has demanded their release along with the ships. It presented the demand through the Czech ambassador here orally two days ago. Yesterday the government fol- lowed through with the attempted squeeze. TheCuban no~te set a noon deadline. It was delivered in Ha- vana at 11:15 a.m. EST, only 45 minutes before the ultimatum was to expire, and was not received by the State Department in Washing- ton by telephone from the Swiss until nearly 1 p.m., United States officials said. Tax Cut Move Killed in Senate WASHINGTON ()-The Senate defeated yesterday a proposal by Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy (D- Minn) to give a tax cut to 18 million unmarried persons over 35. The victory was accomplished by adopting a watered-down sub- stitute on a voice vote. With this out of the way, Sen- ate debate swung into a proposal by Sen. John J. Williams (R-Deb) to reduce the 27 and one-half per cent oil and gas depletion allow- ance to 20 per cent. Prospects are that the mild sub- stitute adopted in place of the McCarthy. proposal will be dropped in the Senate-House conference that will work out the final shape of the $11.6 billion tax cut bill. Senate managers for the bill had to whip up the substitute " 1 House Defeats Dixie Try To Limit Federal Powers WASHINGTON ()-Southern efforts to clip the powers of the Attorney General to intervene in civil rights cases were defeated yesterday in the House. Despite a statement by Rep. Edwin E. Willis .D-La) that it was approving "a real lulu of a sleeper," the bipartisan civil rights group voted 122-47 against a Willis amendment to remove the section. The provision to which Willis objected would grant the Attorney General authority to intervene in suits brought by private parties tseeking to protect their right to. equal treatment under the law. 'U' RESEARCH: Couch Notes Innovations in Ship Bows By ROBERT JOHNSTON Dramatic changes in bow designs of ships are coming about as ....:. a mresult of University development of the so-called bulbous bow, " - "I Prof. Richard B. Couch, chairman of the naval architectr n marine engineering department, said yesterday. ::::.k........."Several tankers built within the last year with a bulbous bow, designed.in"the>department's ::; :; r: ::: ,;: ., ::", <.; "abling increased speeds of one to two. miles per hour which ><:<:r::,.;;: ::w",::...h;tix wouldileoeetatrpb agosi e ea.Wt a make ossibe oneextratrip y a crgo sip pe year "Wit tank ems nd eavyorecarriers this increase can be significant." A broader provision approved by House Judiciary Subcommittee, which would have permitted the AttorneysGeneral to initiate such suits, was knocked out by the full Judiciary Committee after Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy said he didn't want such powers. The section, known as title 3 in the 10-title bill, revived memories of the bitter fight over a similar proposal in the. 1957 civil rights bill, also known as title 3. Rep. John V. Lindsay (R-NY) recalled that after the House ap- piroved title 3 in a bruising fight the Senate deleted it. He said if the Senate again surrenders on the 'issue House Republicans will not support the resulting compro- Imise bill. The section also contains a pro- .r ... , r ,.nfinD ... . -v n r In