RACHEL CARSON: CONSERVATION CRIER See Editorial Page L Ink AaU ~!Iaitr FAIR High5'7 Low-45 Partly cloudy with possible rain today Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXIV, No. 151 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGE; Bill Poses Threat To 'U' Autonomy Ronney's Signature Would Permit Recall of Funds During Depression By BRIAN BEACH A measure which may threaten the University's constitutional independence needs only the governor's signature to become law. The Senate Tuepday passed a bill empowering the governor to assemble the House and Senate committees on appropriations for the .purpose of trimming already-enacted appropriations any time state revenues should dip below estimates made at the time the spending rwas authorized. Higher education Hey ns Direct Selects New R Thuma To Plan esidential College House Aetion Only Block To Trimester Only one ostacle blocks 6he University's official move into a full-scale trimester operation for the 1964-65 academic year. That hurdle is the legislative House in Lansing, where the Sen- ate-approved $44 million appropri- ation currently awaits action. If the. appropriation passes unslash- ed, students can prepare for short- ened vacations and a full-scale summer program. Vice-President for Academic Af- fairs Roger W. Heyns yesterday confirmed that the new trimester schedule will become official once the appropriation passes. House action is expected by early May. The trimester schedule, adopt- ed by the Regents in February to supersede a two-and-one-half term calendar, would feature: -The opening of the fall term Aug. 31, the traditional one week after fall orientation begins. The See box, page 2 term would run through Dec. 22. This would be the same as the or- iginal two and one-half term schedule. The slashing of Christmas va- cation to approximately two weeks. -The beginning of classes for the spring term on Jan. 7, three days after the start of registra- tion. In the two-and-one-half term calendar, the spring semester was not to open until Jan. 18. -The shortening of spring va- cation from its customary nine days to a "three day" weekend. Running only from 5 p.m. Thurs- day, March 4, through Sunday, March 6, the vacation would also not include an Easter Sunday break. The pre-trimester calendar had slated a nine-day break. -The conclusion of the exami- nation period on April 27, with Commencement to be held May .1. -The arranging of the summer term in two parts, featuring both seven-week and 15-week periods. The first half of the term would run from May 5 through June 26; the second would run from June 28 through Aug. 28. The move into the full-scale tri- mester schedule has been heralded by university officials as the an- swer to growing enrollments and space-utilization problems. Preliminary surveys have al- ready indicated that a much greater number than the 13,000 students who attended the summer session last year can be expected. In adopting the new trimester schedule, the Regents simultane- ously indicated that the move into trimester was being given a high budget priority. In submitting the budget request to Gov. George Romney last autumn for the 1964- 65 fiscal year, administrators had placed trimester low on the prior-. ity list. They asked for over $1 million to implement the trimester move. In the event that the House does chop the budget, and joint conferences between the House and Senate fail to restore the funds, the University may move into the trimester anyway, one of-' ficial observed. Officials have reiterated, how- ever, that funds for salary and enrollment increments retain "top priority." Senate Passes Agency Motion A bill setting up a Higher Edu- cation Facilities Commission to :gatf brinrii for' fedral~i capfital operating budget levies are sub- ject to the review of the appro- priation committees under the bill in the event of a revenue cut. The 1964-65 appropriations are pre- dicted on state revenue estimates of $650 million. Sen. William G. Milliken (R- Traverse City) observed that the bill stems from the requirements of the new constitution, providing that fiscal expenditures shall not exceed revenues. The bill passed the Senate without opposition, he noted.- Rep. Gilbert E. Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) who opposed the bill three weeks when it .passed the House, said last night the measure failed in the House the first time it came up. It passed with a narrow mar- gin on its second vote. "I was a little afraid that the bill might violate the constitu- tional independence of the univer- sities," Rep. Bursley explained. The constitutional requirement in question states that the gov- ernor may not reduce expenditures from funds constitutionally dedi- cated for specific purposes. The provision provides that heads of government departments who don't comply with emergency appropriation cuts can be im- peached. The governor must com- ply .with the same stipulations. House members questioned the extent and form of the governor's responsibility to this provision, Bursley emphasized. With respect to the University's $44 million operating budget bill and its $5.7 million capital outlay bill, which are pending in the House Ways and Means commit- tee, Rep. Bursley said he expects the House will pass the bills vir- tually intact. The two bills passed in the Sen- ate late last week, the House committee must act on them by next Wednesday. Rep. Arnell Engstrom (R- Traverse City) chairman of the House Ways and Means commit- tee, said last night he expects some of the members of his com- mittee to be in favor of cutting higher education operating budget appropriations. Capital outlay levies should remain unchanged, he added. Whether this year's higher edu- cation outlay increases in propor- tion to increases of other state in- stitutions and agencies made pos- sible by the budget surplus will be the major consideration, Engstrom predicted. Milliken expects the House will not substantially change the high- er education appropriations bills. He noted, "There is a great deal of cooperation among House lead-' ers, Senate leaders and the ad- ministration on these bills at each stage of legislation.e University officials indicated that they expect the House will not cut the operating budget re- quest as specified by the Senate. The $44 million appropriation proposed is $6 million higher than last year's appropriation. Faculty salary increases and trimester are contingent on maintaining the $44 million levy. Vifew Result Of Massacre In Viet Narn By The Associated Press S A I G ON - Military leaders assessed yesterday the grim results of a three-day battle in Viet Nam's deep south set off by a de- liberate Communist massacre of government sympathizers at Kien Long, a district capital. "A stunning Communist politi- cal victory" was the judgment of one Americansobserver in that bleeding, grief-stricken region. United States advisers said nearly 300 government soldiers had been killed or wounded-the heaviest toll of a single engage- ment in the war. They said civil- ian casualties may exceed 200. The bodies of 50 or 60 guerrillas were counted in fire-charred paddy fields. Wounded Of the government's supporting forces, a U.S. helicopter crewman was killed in a previously,:reported incident. He was hit by ground fire Sunday. A dozen other Ame- ricans were wounded. These conrtibuted to a rising rate of American battle casual- ties-32 killed, 292 wounded and 2 missing in the first 3/2 months of 1964 as compared with a total of 503 killed, wounded and miss- ing through all 12 months of last year. The government mounted its drive after the Communists moved out of a base Sunday in the forest of U Minh, along the gulf of Siam, and overran Kien Long, which is on a section of the Ca Mau Penin- sula. Daylight Fight In the ensuing battle, two Com- munist Viet Cong battalions op- posed a government paratroop battalion, a ranger battalion, two infantry battalions and a special forces unit. Surprisingly, they carried the fight into government lines even in daylight. Meanwhile in Saigon, Ngo Dinh Can, 53-year-old younger brother of the late President Ngo Dinh Diem, went on trial yesterday on charges of murder, extortion and misuse of power. The former overload of the cen- tral Vietnamese provinces under the Diem regime faces a possible death sentence from the revolu- tionary tribunal. Court Action Suffering from diabetes, Can was helped into the packed court- room in Saigon's Palace of Justice by two military policemen. Can, whose headquarters and home were' in Hue, 400 miles north of here, evaded revolutionary au- thorities for several days after his brothers in Saigon, Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, were overthrown and killed last Nov. 2. He then made his way to the American consulate in Hue, where he sought refuge. U.S. Con- sul John Helble, on instructions from Saigon, put Can aboard a U.S. air force transport plane, on which he was flown to Saigon and then turned over to revolutionary authorities. ToAsk Regents for Thuma 'Personally' Against Bid To Place Unit on North Campus By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM Associate Dean Burton Thuma of the literary college has been selected to direct the planning and running of the new residential college. Vice-President for Academic Affairs Roger W. Heyns will ask the Regents Friday to approve.the appointment, high ad- ministrative sources disclosed yesterday. Heyns will also convey to the'monthly Regents meeting a recommendation that site-planning for the college commence at once-with North Campus emphasized as a possible loca- tion. Inaugural date for the self-contained living and learning THREE MEN WHO have moved the residential college proposal from concept toward reality-and who will lead it in the future. Associate Dean Burton Thuma (left) was yesterday selected by Vice- President for Academic Affairs Roger W. Heyns (center) to head the planning and direction of the unit. He will be guided by the' Hay report, named after the chairman of the committee who auth- ored it, Prof. George E. Hay (right). ALTERS COUNCIL PLAN: unit with a liberal arts orientation remains the sources confirmed yester- - . tentatively 1965, SGC Adoj By DAVID BLOCK Student Government Council last night approved the establish- ment of a constituent assembly and passed motions to alter the Council plan in the areas of offi- cer elections and the voting sys- tem to be used in SGC elections. The constituent assembly, pro- posed by Carl J. Cohen, '66, and the Student Concerns Committee, is a body that will enable students to bring legislation before Coun- cil. The assembly will meet twice monthly, and is open to all stu- dents on campus. Suggestions, brought to the as- sembly by an individual student, either representing hisiown opin- ions or those of a particular cam- pus organization, will be voted on by those students present at the meeting. Forward to Council If a majority of the students approve the motion it will sub- sequently be forwarded to the Council table by the Student Con- cerns Committee and then acted upon by SGC. The changes in the Council plan approved last night are twofold. The first provides for an all cam- pus election of SGC officers. The president and executive vice-presi- dent of Council will be elected by the campus at large, and the re- maining officers will be appointed by the president subject to the ap- proval of SGC. Under the present plan, all officers are elected by the members'of SGC. Controversy arose over a clause in the officer election plan con- cerning the experience of students eligible as candidates for the Coun- cil presidency. Expresses Disapproval Howard Schechter, '66, express- ed disapproval of the requirement of one half term experience on Council as a prerequisite for can- didacy for president. He said that students who have not served on Council could still have the abil- ity to be president, and that the pts Constituent Body electorate, not SGC, should deter- mine the worth of each candidates qualifications. Barry Bluestone, '66, spoke in fa- vor of the experience clause on the grounds that it would keep un- experienced students out of key officer positions. Popularity Contest He also said that without the. experience clause the all campus! election of SGC officers could turn into a popularity contest with the electorate discounting the individ- ual capabilities of the candidates. Ta.xBill Aids '' Affiliates The House General Taxation committee passed a rider out of committee yesterday which allows fraternities, sororities and co- operative housing units a $5000 personal properties exemption from property tax assessments, Rep. Gilbert E. Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) said last night. This is the first time after three year's efforts the bill has made it out of committee, he added. Ann Arbor's property assessor for the first time this year assessed fraternities, sororities and coops, for furniture and other personal properties not previously included in assessments. Bluestone further pointed out. that candidates for the Council presidency who lacked experience on Council would have no previous voting records on which the con- stituents could judge them. The second change in the Coun- cil plan approved last night chang- ed the method of electing SGC members to a limited vote sys- tem. This system gives the voter the number of votes equal to one half plus -one of the seats open on Council. It is designed to give greater representation to the ma- jority interests on campus. The proportional representation system of election, presently used by SGC, gives more of a chance for minority factions to be repre- sented on Council. Both changes in the Council plan are subject to approval of the Regents. Regent Banquet Tonight the Regents will meet with the members of SGC at their annual banquet. Among the top-, ics to be discussed are the lines of authority concerning student conduct. The issue has been discussed in- termittently during the last few years and it is believed that ac- tion should be taken. Council wants to eventually amend their plan to include in the section on functions, a clause giving to them jurisdiction over all matters of student conduct although subject to the veto of the Office of Stu- dent Affairs. day. However, Dean Thuma said last night he does not fa- vor either a North Campus lo- cation or a 1965 opening date in temporary facilities. Dean Thuma, who has risen from psychology instructor to as- sociate dean in his 36 years with the University, would guide a 10- man faculty committee to work out the detailed plans of the college. The committee has not been an- nounced. He would then become adminis- trative head of the unit itself. Heyns' recommendation of Dean Thuma is a follow-up to a Regen-. tal directive passed last month, for the vice-president to appoint the planning group-and its chair-. man-with the intent "that the people on this committee would be the nucleus of the residential col- lege faculty." The appointment of Dean Thu- ma Friday would also conform to a. specification endorsed by the lit- erary college faculty that the res - dential college head hold associate dean status in the College of Lit- erature, Science and the Arts. However, Dean Thuma 'speculat- ed last night that he may try to deviate from proposed specifica- tions for the college endorsed by various faculty groups in its two- year advancement from concept toward implementation.. Heyns has emphasized in the past that the new faculty plan- ning committee would only use the faculty recommendations as a starting point. As endorsed by the special Hay committee (named for chairman Prof. George E. Hay of the mathe- matics department) and by the lit- erary college faculty, the residen- tial college would be set under these broad guidelines: -It would be a small, self-con- tained educational unit, geared to a liberal arts curriculum, and in- tegrating eating, living and class- room facilities. -Its 1000-2000 students, chosen on a voluntary basis for four years, would be educated by full-fledged literary college professors. --Despite their isolation aca- demically, the students of the col- lege could take advantage of the overall campus facilities. Dean Thuma has also empha- sized that the project is "wor- thy of consideration on education- al grounds alone." He, along with other proponents, have seen in the college an unprecedented oppor- tunity for educational innovation -in both teaching technique and curriculum offered. In enlarging upon his personal ideas by telephone last night, Dean Thuma said he would strive to open the college in "specially-de- signed facilities for the project." This could delay the unit's open- ing to 1967. University officials have indicat- ed that they would prefer to see the college open in existing stric- tures starting with a pilot group in 1965. Dean Thuma said he favored the "pilot group" idea and would grad- ually build the school to its 2000 ad-n , nii Qi .a 1by fn',r ennnee, nop StageProtest. Over Arrests By STEPHEN BERKOWITZ Approximately 200 persons dem- onstrated in front of the 7th Pre- cinct headquarters of the Detroit Police Department yesterday in protest over alleged violations of individual rights resulting from an incident Monday involving a De- troit student civil rights group. The group, which included ap- proximately twenty persons from the University community, - was comprised for the most part of junior and senior high school stu- dents and people from the area in which the incident occurred. The students involved averaged approximately 14 years in age. On Monday evening, the police reportedly had entered the store- front office of the civil rights group-the Barbour Community Student Movement-and arrested 22 persons who were engaged in a meeting ther. According to Russell Smith, spokesman for the Barbour group, it had gathered to discuss. an in- cident which involved two students and two police officers earlier in the day. The students charged that Lauri Litson, one of those arrested, suf- fered minor injury due to unnec- essary roughness on the part of the police. The storefront office reportedly was damaged and its window broken. But according to Police Inspec- tor Gerald Perman, the entry in- to the storefront occurred after two patrolmen on' the beat re- ported that a disorderly crowd -was gathered in front of it. The police further charged that the Barbour group barred two po- licemen from a police telephone box when they attempted to place a second call. A passing patrol car then radioed for aid, Perman said. When reinforcements arrived, the Barbour group entered the store-front office and its mem- bers were arrested inside it. Members of the Barbour Com- munity Student Movement-and various other persons sympathetic to yesterday's demonstration-ap- parently plan to stage further pro- tests today. Mobilize Police To StopRiots MARYVILLE, Mo. (M - The state highway patrol moved into Maryville yesterday and a strict curfew was invoked in an effort to prevent further student rioting at Northwest Missouri State Col- lege. "All college students living on the campus are to stay on campus and violators .will be recommended for expulsion," the college presi- dent, J. W. Jones, announced. For two consecutive nights more tha~n 1100 students haive marched Syria Suppresses 'Revolt After Rioting in Hamah DA1MASCUS OP)-The Syrian government announced last night that its forces have "completely put down an armed anti-government plot" in the central Syrian city of Hamah. Acting Information Minister Shibli Eissami told reporters that latest reports from the troubled city said the entire town was under full government control. An earlier announcement said the govern- '-->ment sealed off the city, about INEFFECTIVE PROGRAMS: Sc~~~~rnltz~~c. Cie mrcnArclua i By MICHAEL SATTINGER Acting Associate Managing Editor Although the United States has a modern agriculture, it has not performed well in helping poor countries to achieve modern agri- cultures. In fact, the most impressive im- provements in agricultural pro- duction since the war have oc- curred in countries where the U.S. doesn't have programs, Prof.' Theodore Schultz of the Univer- sity of Chicago's economics de- nrtvmjnt %aidvesterdav. fact of the matter is that these approaches have so far not achiev- ed results that come even close to expectations," Prof. Schultz said. First, the presumption that farmers in poor countries are in-I efficient must be dispelled: they' have long since attained a type of economic equilibrium.I Thus it is wrong to assume-asI extension programs do-that "a' different allocation of the existing agricultural resources or factors would substantially increase pro- duction. -so little in fact that it yields an unattractive rate of return," he explained. Efficiency Programs It follows that "programs aimed solely at improving the economic efficiency of farmers are doomed to fail. Likewise programs designed solely to induce farmers in tra- ditional agriculture to increase their investment in precisely the same type of agricultural factors they have been using for genera- tions will fail for lack of accept- ance simply because the pay-off is 130 miles north of Damascus, by declaring a state of emergency and a 24-hour curfew. Eissami said two persons were killed during the uprising in the city of about 100,000 population. He said trouble broke out Mon- day when students from one school staged a demonstration in protest against the arrest of one student and the transfer of a few teachers. During the demonstration, he said shots were fired and one citizen was killed. "Reactionary and feudalist ele- ments, who had been infuriated by the government's seizure of their extra land, under the Agra- rian Reform Law, exploited the incident and provoked a large part of the business section in the city fl ''. - i 'J.