CALENDARING COMPLEXITIES Y Sfry it4n PLEASANT See Editorial Page High-75 Low-52 Fair, warm and sunny Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXIV, No. 167 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1964 SEVEN CENTS Basketball Seats T os Dollar, Athletic Board Announces Decision; Coupon charge T o Remain at $12 By TOM WEINBERG Students, faculty and employees of the University will be charged $1 for each basketball game they attend next season. The Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the decision to abandon the athletic coupon system for automatic admission to basketb'all games yesterday. The fee for athletic coupons remains at $12 for students and $15 for faculty and employees, and will entitle the purchaser to a Oakland Chancellor Fires Observer Edito reserved seat at each of thes City Council To Transfer Block to U By LEONARD PRATT The Ann Arbor City Council last night approved turning. over the block of Washington Street be- tween Fletcher and Fuller Streets to the University. In later action, the council de- ferred two proposed amendments to the Fair Housing Ordinance to its working session three weeks from now. The amendments had previously been unanimously rec- ommended to the council by the Human Relations Commission. John G. McKevitt, assistant to the University vice-president for business and finance, spoke in favor of the Washington Street resolution. He explained that the Legislature had already provided the funds for the Dental Bldg. and' accompanying parking structure for the site. Approval of the trans- fer of the block of Washington Street would thus permit the Uni- versity to go ahead with the pro- ject, he concluded. 'U' To Pay University Director of Plant Ex- pansion James F. Brinkerhoff fol- lowed McKevitt by assuring the council that the University Will pay the cost of relocating all pub- lic utilities that would be dis- placed by the building project. Despite objections from the audience, the council passed the Washington S t r e e t resolution unanimously. In action on the housing ordi- nance amendments, Mrs. Eunice Burns, Democratic representative from the First Ward, moved that the ordinance resolution be given its first reading last night. This would have speeded its implemen- tation by some three weeks. Voting on the motion split the council 5-5. Without the ailing Mayor Cecil Creal's vote to break the tie, the motion died. Motion Passes A following motion to send the resolution to the council's work- ing session passed -8-2. Mrs. Burns said that she was "very sorry that we are not voting on the first reading tonight." Mayor pro tem Bent F. Nielsen, Fifth Ward Republican, read Creal's recommendations for ap- pointments to the Human Rela- tions Commission. six foootball games in Michigan 4Stadlum in 1964. The student coupons will again be sold at registration' in the fall. Athletic director H. 0. (Fritz) Crisler explained that the new policy was tentatively passed by the board at its meeting last month, but was not official until yesterday. Crisler mentioned skyrocketing costs and the need to supplement athletic revenues in explaining the policy that eliminates free ad- mission to basketbal games. Crisler said the board also felt much of the confusion caused last basketball season with the distri- bution of tickets would be elim- inated. The precise implementation of the new plan will not be announc- ed until next fall, but Crisler in- dicated that the tickets would probably be sold in a manner sim- ilar to the way they were exchang- ed last season. At that time, on the day before each home game tickets were given in exchange for punches on athletic cards. The implementation of the new policy will, according to Crisler, solve many of the problems caused last season by long lines and over- sold demand for admission. Last year some 19,000 people had claims to seats at'the basketball games in Yost Field House, where the ca- pacity in nonreserved seats is ap- proximately 6200. The increased revenue that is expected from the sale of admis- sion to basketball games is not earmarked toward the construc- tion of the new $3.5 million sports arena on Stadium Blvd., according Uo Crisler. Rather, he commented that the increased revenue will be applied to the total athletic budget in an effort to combat rising costs. Reveal Pulitzer Prize winners By The Associated Press David Halberstam of the New York Times and Malcolm W. Browne of the Associated Press were awarded Pulitzer Prizes yes- terday for their international re- porting from Viet Nam. Merriman Smith, White House correspondent for United Press International, was awarded the prize for national reporting for his coverage last Nov. 22 of the assassination of- President John F. Kennedy. For the first time since 1917, the first year of the awards, there were no prizes bestowed in the fields of fiction and drama. By KENNETH WINTER v Acting Managing Editor Chancellor D. B. Varner of Oak- land University yesterday fired the -ditor of the school's student news- paper, the Oakland Observer. Earlier, the chancellor had halt- ed distribution of its latcst issue, which carried an article charging him with censorship. A six-man faculty committee was established to "study the organization of the student paper and get it into more responsible hands," Varner said. The incident also brought to light charges that this five-year- old Michigan State University branch faces othereproblemsias well. Sex Survey The alleged censorship incident originated when the weekly Ob- Iserver launched a survey of sex- ual activities among dormitory students. Varner said last night he be- gan receiving complaints from "faculty and students" that the survey was "pretty frank." And he claimed students were answering it "with a good deal of frivolity to try to give the chap who was running it some hot ammunition." Varner also charged that Wolfe Metzger, the dismissed editor, had circulated the survey without per- mission in the dormitories, that its results - as yet untabulated - would be "certainly not valid," and that the article would have a' "great potential for damage to the character of the students and the university." Threat He then threatened Metzger with suspension. if the Observer pub- lished the survey. "I took it as an order" and agreed not to pub- lish the survey, Metzger asserted last night. Instead, he wrote a story and an editorial describing the chan- cellor's threat of suspension. This story was sent to the Observer's printe' and slated for publication last Friday. At that time, Varner explained, he "instructed the printed to de- stroy this edition" and called in the paper's faculty advisors for conferences which ran all that day. Finally, Metzger received a let- ter yesterday dismissing him from the Observer editorship and ban- ning him from "any student pub- lication at Oakland." 'Panicked' Oakland's former assistant to the chancellor and director of uni- versity relations, Loren B. Pope, declared last night that "basical- ly the reason for the action is that Varner panicked." Pope, a former New York Times education writer who took Oak- land's second administrative post "because I wanted to help build a new type of institution," left the school last September. "We had a glittering ideal to begin with-no football, no fraternities and a real Ivy-League academic rigor. But having been brought up in the MSU image, Varner equated suc- cess with numbers," Pope said. He also charged that Varner has claimed that the Legislature is "strangling" Oakland by giving it an inadequate appropriation. Yet Oakland, with only 1500 stu- dents and enrollment declining, has room for 3500-5000, Pope said.' 'In a Box' Faced with the enrollment is- sue and problems with his fac- ulty, Varner was "definitely in a1 box" when he found out that the sex survey was about to appear Pope said. "Varner is basically a politician rather than an educa- tor. He doesn't understand what a university is. He was afraid the articles would create bad publi- city-but now his action is going to boomerang," he commented. < The fired editor added that the chancellor is currently involved int another controversy: he wants to bring intercollegiate athletics to Oakland but the faculty opposes it In addition, Metzger said, Varner has recently began to rule with a stronger hand, claiming "the fac- ulty had too much freedom."- Varner discounted the charges of both his former assistant and the dismissed editor. He said he had1 dismissed Pope because' "I was3 not satisfied with his perform-1 ance" and "would expect such1 charges from him." He character- ized Metzger as "an irresponsible' young man in a responsible posi- tion." * * * * Curriculum Sparks_ DeL Committee Repor gate 011 Distributio: GM Hiring, Policies Hit By NAACP By JOHN WEILER Special to the Daily DETROIT - Demonstrators carrying placards saying "GM tCrow must GO" yesterday pro- tested hiring practices in the world's largest manufacturing cor- poration. Herbert Hill, labor secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, indicated to a large crowd of demonstrators and bystanders at a rally held in front of the Gen- eral Motors headquarters that he wil send telegrams to the chair- men of the boards of Chrysler, General Motors and Ford Motor Companies. "Although General Motors is the first company picketed it is only the symbolic beginning of the end for second class citizenship for Negroes," Hill told the crowd. But Hill reiterated his complaint with General Motors, saying "We want Negroes in all levels of the company-engineering, skilled jobs and personnel, as well as produc- tion jobs." Hill said that as in the recently settled demonstrations in San Francisco, where, auto dealers agreed to hire Negroes for the first time, "these pickets can get re- sults." The six hour demonstration was conducted in an orderly manner. Police estimated that at one point there were as many as 500 pickets. Early in the afternoon, police and NAACP officials disputed over the placement of a\ sound truck which originally was in front of the main GM entrance. "We won't move it," Arthur Johnson, executive secretary of the Detroit branch of the NAACP said. "If the police want to move it, they'll have to tow it away." But police agreed to allow the truck to be stationed where it was for the two speaking programs. Beginning of End Civil rights leaders who ad- dressed the pickets emphasized that this demonstration meant the beginning of the end of "second class discrimination for Negroes." Some of the leaders suggested that Negroes might boycott Gen- eral Motors products until they "are given an equal chance with whites." One leader said this would mean a "re-evaluation of values." Andrew Ramsey, chairman of the Indiana State Conference of NAACP, said that "if America survives, then we shall overcome." "And this picket is the first step." A Muskegon youth chairman for the NAACP said that "this is something real to us. We really mean it." "What reason is there for Negro children to go to school if this is what they face after they get their education?" a demonstrator from Georgia asked. Hill said that a letter sent out last weekend by Louis G. Seaton, GM vice-president for personnel explaining GM's stand on the charges to "religious and civic leaders of Detroit," failed to gain any support from Negro religious leaders. One Baptist minister at the demonstration reported that religious leaders of his denomina- tion were in perfect accord with the demonstration. Hill said that the demonstration was part of a "national effort" against GM. HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED: Russia Removes Radar from Cuba, WASHINGTON ()-The Russians have pulled out of Cuba a highly sophisticated new radar system that probably added to the effectiveness of Fidel Castro's anti-aircraft missiles, it was learned last night. This radar system-which qualified sources said had not been seen anywhere else but Cuba-was withdrawn about two or three months ago. It was said to have *P ose Issues, Alternatives To System Consider Autonomy More College Contri Over Departments * * ._ Laos. Unity Effort Fails VIENTIANE () - Neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma met with Prince Souphanouvong, h e a d of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao at Khang Kay yes- terday in an apparent effort to persuade Souohanouvong to put his leftist forces into a new na- tional army for Laos. But a statement from a Pathet Lao official indicated Souvanna would meet with failure on 'his attempts at military as well as political unification. A statement broadcast by Phoumi Vongvichit of the Pathet Lao reiterated opposition to re- joining the coalition of right- wing, neutralist and pro-Com- munist factions under Souvanna established 23 months ago, with the blessing of both East and West in the Laos. The vanna of a which hope of achieving peace in Under Pressure statement asserted Sou- was acting under pressure right-wing military junta staged a coup in Vientiane been less susceptible to jamming, capable of faster target tracking, and probably was for use against low-flying planes. Withdrawal of this system re- turns the efficiency of the Cuban radar-vital to the performance of the anti-aircraft missiles-to the level of what it. was at the time of the Cuban missile crisis in the fall of 1962, it was reported. Russian anti-aircraft missiles, called SA-2S,; were believed to have shot down an American high- altitude U-2 reconnaissance plane over Cuba at the height of the 1962 crisis. The withdrawal of the advanced radar system by the Russians was disclosed after the Defense De- partment denied published reports that the Soviets had pulled their top - grade anti - aircraft missiles out of Cuba. These reports suggested that Castro had been left with second- class missiles possibly unequal to the task of downing United States high - altitude reconnaissance planes. The Defense Department state- ment said the department has "no information indicating any change in the characteristics of the ground-to-air missiles installed in Cuba, despite published reports." Meanwhile, Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin evaded news- men's questions' about Russian rockets in Cuba. Dobrynin, who conferred with Llewellyn E. Thompson, State De- partment expert on Russia, was asked whether the Soviets had pulled their high flying rockets out of Cuba, leaving Castro with second-rate missiles. Rle'placement Harlan Cleveland, assistant secretary of state for interna- tional organizations, will re- place former presidential press. secretary Pierre Salinger as' speaker at the annual Honors Convocation Friday. Salinger, now campaigning for a Senate seat in California, notified University officials Sunday that he would not be able to attend. In addition to addressing the convocation, Cleveland will ded- icate a plaque in front of the Michigan Union commemorat- ing the site where President John F. Kennedy first proposed the Peace Corps. BURTON D. THUMA See related picture, Page 3 April 17, and any act by Sou- vanna would be considered null and void by the Pathet Lao. A statement by Souvanna issued in Vientiane said he had notified Britain and the Soviet Union that the right-wing faction had been dissolved and merger with the neutralists under his leadership. Britain and the Soviet Union were co-chairmen of the 1962 Geneva conference which approved the coalition. Role Understood Souvanna expressed hope that the decision of the right-wing to end its role as an opposition party would be understood and accepted by the Pathet Lao.c Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and British Foreign Sec- retary R. A. Butler addressed a message to the third leaders of the coalition condemning the coup by a rightist military junta, re- iterating support of the coalition and expressing hope that the lead- ers would do their utmost to seek an early agreement.' The right-wing military junta headed by Gen. Kouprasith Abhay and Gen. Siho Lanphoutakoul has demanded a government shakeup. Choose-,Site For Collegfe A site fc~r the residential college) and meml.,ership of its Faculty Planning Committee were an- aounced yesterday at the month- y literary college faculty meet- ing. According to As-ociate Dean Burton D. Thuma, newly-appoint- ed director of the residential col- lege, the Regents last .month as- signed 60 acres of University land between Fuller Road and the Huron River at the entrance to North Campus for the college de- velopment. Membership Dean Thuma also announced the membership of the faculty body which has ,been assigned to work closely with him and the admin- istration in planning and imple- menting the residential college proposal. The members include: Professors Michael Benamou of the French department, Carl Coh- en of the philosophy department, Alan Gaylord of the English de- partment, Wayne Hazen of the physics department, Stephen Kap- lan of the psychology department, James Meisel of the political sci- ence department, Theodore New- comb of the sociology department, Bradford Perkins of the history de- partment, Allen Sheilds of the mathematics department, Law- rence Slobodkin of the zoology department, and Herbert Sigman. administrative assistant to the Pi- lot Project coordinator. Consulting Members Consulting members from other schools and colleges of the Uni- versity will be Professors Stanford Erickse~a of the Center for Re- search on Learning and Teaching. Algo Henderson of the education school, Irving Kaufman of the ar- chitecture and design college.. Richard Wellman of the' Law School and Frederick Wagman, di- rector of the University Library. The residential college schedule providesthat housing facilities on the land set aside will be avail- able for about 1200 students by the fall of 1967, with construction to begin in the summer of 1965. By JEFFREY GOODMAN The literary . college facult yesterday opened what will mo likely be a long and, animated dia logue on the effectiveness of vat ious distribution requirement con ceptions. The faculty's discussion wa sparked by release of a report b the college's curriculum; commit tee evaluating the present distr bution system and posing possib alternatives. According to Dean Williai Haber, the committee's report wi intended simply as the first; many such reports to be hear over a period of years. No vote c the alternatives it presented or c other possibilities raised at tli meeting was intended. Favor Liberalization But Prof. Aleg Grabar of th art history department and chain man ,of the curriculum committi noted that if the matter had bee brought to a straw vote, the fa( ulty would probably have tende toward some general liberalizi tion of the requirements. Dean Haber commented that t, discussion "was fithThg especia ly novel; it's been going on fi Excerpts of report on Page 8 at least 40 years and will prol ably continue for another 40. It just that there is no certa: agreement among the faculty o how to achieve a broad, liber education for the student." ' The curriculum committee ri port brought to the surface son of the basic questions on the dig tribution system as it relates t liberal education which have bee raised by the- faculty. These include: 1) Difficulties encountered I many science concentrators : meeting both distribution require ments and concentration prer( quisites during their first tv years. 2) The existence of a separa distribution, system for those .Ii erary college students who su cessfully petition for allowance unspecified courses. 3) An inconsistency between tI aim of creating liberally educate students and the practice of leas ing distribution courses in tl hands of professionally-oriente departments. Waste of Time 4) The lack of preparation o the part of students who seek broad education and the feelir on the part of those who are mo: interested in concentrating the distribution courses are a was of their time. In the light of this analysis, til See FACULTY, Page 8 Levy Reflects on u' OnEve of Depadrture By RONA MARKS "Make sure an individual is and remains an individual," said Stanley Levy, administrative assistant to Associate Deari James H. Robertson of the literary college. Levy, who will be leaving the University to take a combined administrative and teaching position at Cornell University, re- cently summed up his impressions of the University. He believes that it is impor- tant to treat each student as a f unique individual. With intel- ligent and potentially able stu- dents one generally achieves far better results by being frank, and open, Levy says.' Change Levy has been at the Univer-: sity since he was an under- graduate in 1951. He feels that a change of environment would be good for his career and that his acceptance of the position$ at Cornell will give him the op- portunity to continue in stu- dent affairs as well as teach in their school of education. Levy says that his greatest- Varner's account of the Observ- er incident agrees in outline with Disorders Hit Metzger's but the two disagree on particulars. 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