Se've ty-T bird Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MtcHIGAN - UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where Opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG., ANN ARBOR, MIcH., PHONE NO 2-3241 Truth Will Prevail~ Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in at, reprints. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1964 NIGHT EDITOR: LOUISE LIND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN GUERRILLA WARFARE: U', MSU Dispute Medical School Issue Lane's Speech Biases Assassination Events (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series analyzing the current medical school controversy in Michigan.) By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM T HAT FORMERLY subtle rivalry between the University and Michigan State University, dis- guised as "institutional in-fight- ing," has erupted into open guer- rilla warfare in Southeast Michi- gan over-the issue of what State plans to do with its two-year med- ical program. From battle camps at Ann Ar- bor and East Lansing, high admin- istration officials have flooded the press with their charges and counter-accusations as to who has the state's "educational interest" at heart. For MSU, backed by "alarming" statistics of spreading populations and diminishing doctors, the quest Rivals: Hatcher, Hannah NEW YORK'S MARK LANE, the attorney defending the late Lee H. Oswald's in- terests before the Warren Commission, blew into town Saturday to make a speech impugning the activities of the Dallas police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Warren Commission. Lane presented his speech as a clear, detailed and documented examination of the happenings on and since November 22, of the entire history of the John F. Ken- nedy assassination and its aftermath. One might have expected Lane to slant the case in his defendant's direction to a cer- tain degree. But he exceeded all expecta- tions'. LANE BEGAN by relating the well-known inconsistencies of the immediate ac- counts of the assassination, of the first erroneous police reports and of the faulty precautions of the Dallas police. But then he went on a rampage, pre- senting selected facts and throwing out blanket statements, insulting remarks and unfounded accusations. The net result was a viciously partisan speech which gave a narrow and partially unfounded view of the case. If taken at face value and not put in context and closely exam- ined, his speech clearly establishes the in- nocence of Lee H. Oswald. It is only a coincidence, of course, that the speech was part of a nationwide tour by Lane to raise funds in Oswald's interest. ANE REMARKED that any, lawyer would wince at having to prosecute Os- wald in court, and that there is no case against him. He here overlooked the fact that nobody today in any responsible po- sition contends that there necessarily is or has to be a case against Oswald and that nobody is trying to prosecute him. Since Oswald is dead, he is legally beyond prose- cution. The Warren Commission, contended Lane, is assuming from the start the guilt of Lee H. Oswald. He sought support by pointing out that half of the commission's activities are directed toward examining Oswald's background. Lane gave no indication of whom he thought the commission should examine except the prime and only suspect. He chose not to emphasize that the FBI in- vestigation of the assassination, which considers all possibilities, is being sub- mitted to the Warren Commission for ref- erence and examination. LANE SAID that the FBI, in keeping Marina Oswald in protective custody since the assassination and not allowing her to see her mother-in-law, was "brain- washing" her. He dismissed these facts: Marina Oswald does not want to see her mother-in-law; she thinks that the alleged murder weapon was her hus- band's; she says that her husband told her of a previous assassination attempt on Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker; she believes that her husband killed the President. Lane apparently thought that all these things were explained by his unfounded charge of FBI "brainwashing." The government autopsy conducted in Bethesda, Maryland, on the day of the assassination was either inaccurate or de- ceptive, said Lane. He pointed to the tes- timony of three doctors at Parkland Me- morial Hospital in Dallas that the wound in President Kennedy's throat, contrary to the autopsy report, was an entrance wound. He put no stock in the fact that the three doctors saw Kennedy for a very short time in their vain attempt to save his life, while the exhaustive government autopsy examined in detail all wounds in Kennedy's body. LANE WAVED signed affidavits from the five witnesses who thought the fatal shots came from various places other than the Book Depository Building. He ignored the fact that the majority of witnesses still believe that the shots came from one and only one place-the Book Depository Building. Lane further contended that a total of five bullets were found near the presidential car, in the area of the as- sassination, and on Kennedy's stretcher. He accounted for what he said was one of them with a photograph, and left it to the listener to fathom the exact location of the other four. It became apparent that this was a case where everybody-Marina Oswald, the FBI, the autopsy report, the majority of witnesses to the assassination, the Warren Commission-was "out of step with Johnny," in this case, Mark Lane. Lane concluded his speech by saying he was bothered that only one major magazine in the entire country would consent to publish his written report on the assassination. Maybe part of the rea- son was that most magazines recognized Lane's position for what it was: a colored, partisan, only partially substantiated, fund-raising effort which is not to be taken seriously. -ROBERT HIPPLER In the ensuing bitterness over the past week, into which politicos have injected their own constit- uent - oriented comments, both schools have inadvertently created and suffered what one official termed a "mutually smearing im- age." AS THE MEDICAL school issue has evaporated in this cross-cur- rent, the controversies of higher education generally-and medical education specifically-are also re- ceding, one MSU official lament- ed. Instead, he said, the state is now presenting a picture of two jealous and self-motivated institu- tions haggling over money and se- mantics. Lost in the fray has been recog- nition of the more selfless service of men like the University Medi- cal School Dean William N. Hub- bard or MSU Board of Trustee member Warren Huff. They have tried to put aside, when possible, the institutional politics and de- velop comprehensive plans for medical education. And particularly bothered by the political reverberations of what he regards as a "crucial medical problem" is MSU's William Knise- ly, who has been called upon to head State's exciting educational experiment-the institute of Sci- ence and Biology. This is the ad- ministrative overlord of the two- year medical program. It is ironic that Knisely, who shuns open controversy, was call- ed in last year to head up what East Lansing officials called the state's "hottest potato." CREATED in November of 1961 by action of the Board of Trus- tees, the Institute was designed to fulfill a multiplicity of scien- tific needs-all in one administra- tive unit: 1) The need for more physi- cians; 2) The requirement for more teachers in medicine and biologi- cal sciences; and 3) The industrial need, for ex- ample, in the pharmaceutical in- dustry, for more people trained in biological sciences. But even more importantly, the Institute was designed to be an educational experiment in restruc- turing scientific training to allow the student a more general orien- tation while avoiding duplication of courses. As Knisely explains, the Institute is divided into three colleges or sub-units: the College of Veterin- ary Medicine, the College of Hu- man Medicine and the College of Biological Sciences. The biological science "college" is actually a division of the Col- lege of Natural Sciences. The key to the set-up is the grouping together of similar aca- demic divisions from each college in one department, offering some introductory courses which stu- dents in each college could elect and then branching off into spe- cific course offerings. * * * FOR EXAMPLE, the depart- ments of anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, microbiology and public health, and pathology offer courses for students in both the human medicine college and the veterinary medicine unit. The departments will be con- tralized within the institute and offer one introductory course for both colleges in gross anatomy. As the student advances and spe- cializes, he will then take courses geared to his special interest - human or veterinary medicine or zoology. 'U's Medical Complex: Will There Be Another? Due to the heavy scientific orien- tation in the first two years, Knise- ly said that the MSU undergrad- uate will be able, starting in his third year, to begin concentration in biological sciences without com- mitting himself to his final orien- tation. Careful arrangement of curricu- lum will permit each student some decision-making latitude in inte- grating diversified sciences - such as zoology, anatomy and veterin- ary medicine-all under a single program. * * * THE FLEXIBILITY of the In- stitute is increased by its latitude of allowing students to enter at different times, Knisely said. By offering survey courses to fresh- men and sophomore undergradu- ates-who must enroll in MSU's General College program for two years-some students will be pre- pared to start their medical train- ing in their junior years. Once they are grounded in a strong biological science back- ground, the choice of specialization whether toward medical school de- gree, or toward a doctorate will be an easy progression, he explains. The MSU College of Human Medicine has its own unique de- partment of medicine which will be the center of work for medical degree students. The veterinary college offers its own hospital and clinic facilities while the biological sciences portion of the natural sci- ences college has a school of nurs- ing. IF THE ORGANIZATION sounds novel, the criticism has been high- ly vocal, one official revealed. Center of controversy was the two-year medical college, which is now manned by its own dean Prof. Alfred Hunt, formerly of Stanford University. As set up by the Trustees, its duration would be only two years at the pre-clinical graduate level, preparing students to transfer for the more clinically-oriented final two-years at another medical school in the country. But before and since' this college was organized within the Insti- tute of Medicine and Biology pro- gram, statewide skeptics and crit- ics have viewed the Institute and the two-year format as guises from which to sprout a thriving multi-million dollar four-year medical complex. TODAY AND TOMORROW: Scranton: GOP Saviour? has been to enter the medical ed- ucation picture in the state. For the University, the struggle has been to keep State from horning in too far, thus obliterating over $30 million in legislative commitments to the University and Wayne State University medical schools. University President H a r 1 a n Hatcher, unconvinced that State would be satisfied with just a two- year medical program opening in 1965, opened fire last week in a Lansing speech. He, in effect, ac- cused State of trying to convert its two-year plan into a four-year gold mine medical complex at costs surpassing $100 million. MSU President John Hannah counter-attacked that Hatcher had "deliberately misrepresented the facts" and thus the open conflict took shape. By WALTER LIPPMANN WATCHING Gov. Scranton on "Meet the Press" I was beset by the feeling that I had seen someone else in the same predica- ment. That other man was Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois in 1952 when he was being cajoled and compelled to run for President against the victorious general of the second world war. Stevenson then, like Scranton today, was a highly-successful governor of a big state and a man of great charm and distinction. He had, like Scranton, a normal quota of ambition, and he was not a tricky man being coy. His trouble, like Scranton's, was the apparently u n b e a t a b l e strength of the opposition party and of its candidate. Governor Stevenson tried to beg off. He pleaded to be allowed to run for a second term as governor of Il- linois. But he was overridden by President Truman and the ruling personages of the Democratic Party. Tired of Yost Field House? STUDENT REPRESENTATION, the key issue in the March 4 election, is sorely needed on the Board in Control of Inter- collegiate Athletics. The Board seats two students, one each year, to present the opinions and viewpoints of the entire student body to the nine faculty members, three alumni and athletic director, H. O. (Fritz) Crisler. Yet, in the past, the student mem- bers of the Board have shown little or no interest in what the students want. No widespread effort has ever been made to reflect any point of view other than that of a select group of athletes. This is no accident. It is the line of least resistance for the thne Freeze WE'VE ALREADY BARBED the Arb. Now, it appears we have frozen the Fish- bowl. Thanks to an abhorrence of inconven- ience on the part of a few faculty mem- bers, the literary college's faculty is now seeking to ban student organizations' ta- bles, signs and leaflets from this bustling academic intersection. For organizations not affluent enough to afford lavish mailings, this would cut off an important-sometimes critical- point of communication with the campus. It seems a rather stiff price to pay for Order in a place where there really is no need for tranquility. But if Order is to prevail, its defenders will have to strike at the basic evil. In keeping with the philosophy of the cur- Athletic Department to have the least re- sistant students on the Board. Who would better fit this description than the ath- letes, many of whose educational future rests entirely with the Board? THE WAY the Athletic Department orig- inally set up the election in the Re- gents Bylaws is indicative of the depart- ment's desire for these unrepresentative representatives. Anyone who wishes to run for the Board can do so by going through the regular Student Government Council petitioning process, gaining 250 signatures. But, an athlete can be put on the ballot by the recommendation of the Managers' Coun- cil, a closely-controlled organ of the Ath- letic Department, without his ever ex- pressing any interest in the Board or the election. Two such candidates are chosen each year by the Council and it has been tra- ditional that the one who is the more famous athlete walks away with the elec- tion. The all-important question of how intelligently or how competently the ath- lete would represent the entire student body has never been a serious considera- tion in previous elections. But this election should be different. EVERY MALE STUDENT at the Univer- sity who has suffered through watch- ing a basketball game at Yost Field House should stop to consider if the Athletic Board has his interests in mind. When Crisler and the Board stall for nearly an entire year before announcing any head- way on a new field house, toward which 14,000 students begrudgingly shelled out 1 ; , GOV. SCRANTON'S reluctance to commit himself to run seemed to me, as I watched him on Sun- day night, to be quite genuine. The reluctance is wholly under- standable. Barring a dramatic change in the situation, Gov. Scranton's chances of defeating President Johnson are no better than were Stevenson's at the same time in the 1952 campaign. On the other hand, Gov. Scran- ton labors under two disadvan- tages which did not exist for Ste- venson. Gov. Scranton's term in Pennsylvania ends in January, 1967, and under Pennsylvania law he cannot run again. Thus, he will have no elective office when the 1968 campaign comes along. Gov. Stevenson, on the other hand, could have run for another four- year term in 1952 and could have been in 1956 the undefeated twice- elected governor of a pivotal state. Gov. Scranton's other disadvan- tage is that, to judge by the polls. he is still not well known. Gov. Stevenst n, on the other hand, was already a national figure in 1952, and he had the gift of eloquence which Gov. Scranton does not have. It is a good argument in favor of his running that Gov. Scranton would benefit by the national exposure of a Presiden- tial campaign even if he did not win it. I do not know whether these considerations are in fact in his mind. But they are bound to be in the minds of his well-wishers, among whom I count myself. IF WE continue with candid ccaLsideration, I think we would have to say that Gov. Scranton's real 7ccation in this year's elec- tion would be to save the Repub- lican Party. The majorities whic~h President Johnson is receiving mn the Gallup and tne Louis Harris Polls are greater than the real strength of the Democratic Party or the personal appeal of Presi- dent Jol nson. They zefiect, I be- lieve, the desperate condition of the Republican Party as a result Sof its allowing itself to become alienated from the great central mass of the American voters. The massive Johnson majorities have their origin in the political strategy shaped by Franklin Roosevelt and continued under Kennedy. The objective of this strategy is the capture of the vital center which in this country is the only political base of national po- litical power. The fact is, however, that the leaders of the RepublicanhParty in Cc rgress have surrendered the center to the Democrats. The can- didacy of Senator Goldwater is a wild and reckless abandonment of the center. dealing but healing, is bringing about a vast reconciliation and re- unification of the vital center. That is why, if nothing catastro- phic happens to the peace, the p r o s p e r i t y and progressivism which are his campaign issues, he is a hard man for any Republican to beat. (c), 1964, The Washington Post Co. LETTERS to the EDITOR To the Editor: WHILE WE sponsors of last week's National Negro History Week observance -- Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta sor- orities and Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternities-are most appreciative of the splendid news coverage which you gave to our various events, we regret very much that you did not mention the citation which was persented to University Medical School Prof. Albert H. Wheeler. The "in appreciation" citation to Ann Arbor's long-time civil rights leader reads as follows: "Because he has labored long in Ann Arbor in behalf of equal human rights and be- cause he combines so well his career as a successful Univer- sity professor with enlightened civil-rights leadership, t h e University of Michigan chap- ters of Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta soror- ities and Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi farternities, in their joint observance of National Negro History Week, express their deep apprecia- tion to Dr. Albert H. Wheeler for his untiring efforts, con- stant inspiration and out- standing example of concern- ed citizenship and professional excellence." -Emmett Hagood, Jr., '65E Chairman, Steering Committee Negro History Week Observance Hypocrisy ... To the Editor: ALTHOUGH I am very much be- hind the civil rights movement, my participation is largely pas- sive. However, I cannot allow this hypocrisy to go unnoticed. All the sororities' on campus have filed their "nondiscriminatory" mem- bership statements with the Of- fice of Student Affairs and much lip service has been paid to their heroic actions. nf.r~nrca fPP £~ofin4 wra .t - --,, F "U t k ALS AJM A -, f if