SPACE AGE COMES DOWN TO EARTH Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom ~IaitF CLOUDY High--3$ Low-26 Light snow mixed with rain, scattered showers tonight See Page 4 VOL. LXXII, No. 112 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1962 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT I SEVEN CENTS IaAIGHT 1A i Legislature Deadlocks on State Fiscal Problen olitica1 Factions Prevent Decisions Moderates Hold Power Balance In Nuisance, Income Tax Dispute By MICHAEL HARRAH Special To The Daily LANSING-The state Legislature is at a virtual standstill. The matter not only falls along party lines in the traditional parti- san struggle, but it also finds GOP regulars and 'moderates' and city and rural Democrats at odds. In the House, the two parties are deadlocked at 54 members each, with 56 votes required to pass most legislation. In the Senate, the par- ties have locked horns over the controversial and sticky question of tax reform and additional tax legislation, with no solution in sight. (Re- %nublian tenerall1 fnavnr nuic n e * * * * * * Council C Following ommends * * * Chamber Legislators' Rebuf Union Board Establishes New Policy The Michigan Ifnion Board of Directors last night adopted by a 15-1 margin a policy statement outlining one role of the Union to be a means of "bridging whatever gap exists between the nonaca- demic and academic segments of the University." Criticizing the in-class and out- class distinction as often being "artificial," the statement said that to aid in bridging this gap, the Union must "bring faculty, students, administrators and alumni together in a real meeting. place, a center where minds meet and ideas interact." Michael Olinick, '63, cast the only dissenting vote after his amendment to add "and concerned local residents" to the groups men- tioned in the policy died for lack of a second. The policy statement itself was a substitution by the Union senior officers for a simlar motion Olinick brought up last month. The change was made for what Union Execu- tive Vice-President Todd Fay, '62, called mainly "stylistic revisions." In other business, the board voted to divide the functions in- volved in implementing the changes provided in the facilities report adopted two months ago into two areas: work to be carried outby the finance committee, and planning to be done by a com- mittee in conjunction with repre- sentatives of other University groups. The latter committee would in- clude two administrators, the board's financial secretary, one faculty member on the board, one alumnus, one representative of the Alumni Association, the Union general manager, the senior off- cers and two eleted student mem- bers of the board. This was the last meeting for I the senior officers: President Paul Carder, '62, ay and Administra- tive Vice-President Michael Bal- gley, '62. Next year's officers will be appointed Monday night Battle Rages As Viet Cong Pushes Attack SAIGON (M)-Running battles between government forces and Communist guerrillas flared over much of the southern third of South Viet Nam yesterday. Casualties mounted on both sides as Viet Cong guerrillas began striking hard, sometimes in units of 1,000 men, and the government struck back even harder in what' was shaping up as the biggest mili- tary struggle since South Viet Nam became independent in 11954. Informed sources estimated 1,- 000 men have been killed, wound- ed or captured on the two sides in the last 12 days. No American casualties were re- ported in that period, though United States Army helicopters were active all over the jungle map ferrying government troops and supplies. One helicopter was forced down by engine trouble yesterday in a guerrilla-infested region while flying supplies to a force of about, -1UU11U1 guluul yvr nul lce taxes; Democrats favor income tax.) A handful of 'moderate' GOP senators hold the balance of pow- er on the tax measures, and they, according to Sen. Stanley G. Thay- er (R-Ann Arbor), will "sit on their hands." Gov. John B. Swainson implies he will approve only the legisla- tion which 'is in line with his wide-ranging program, issued ear- lier this year in an unusually long series of messages to the Legislature, and the Republicans are opposed to that. Sen. Raymond C. Dzendzel (D- Detroit) admits "this impasse is going to take us back to 1959 (when the state, in the midst of a cash crisis, suffered a payless payday) and I want no part of that." The Senate Taxation Commit- tee, Sen. Clyde 0. Geerlings (R-. Holland) chairman, yesterday re- ported out a $59 million package of nuisance taxes without recom- mendation for passage and refus- ed to report out an income tax. This means the nuisance tax package cannot be taken off the table for debate without a ma- jority of 18 votes. Senate Repub- licans admittedly could not muster this many. The House finds itself in the peculiar situation of being unable to pass a bill on a straight party, vote-the usual arrangement on major legislation. The death of Rep'. Ralph' H. Young (R-East Lansing), whose seat is vacant pending a special election in mid-April, and the ill- ness of Rep. Gail Handy left the GOP short of a majority. Doctors doubt Handy will return to his seat during this session. So even if Young's seat is filled, the GOP is still one vote short with no way of regaining it. Speaker of the House Don R. Pears (R-Buchanan) admits "it looks difficult," and says he doesn't know how the impasse can be resolved. "We'll just have to rely on one or more Democrat votes," he says. Meanwhile in the Senate, Geer- lings is adamant in his tax stand. "This is not obstinacy on the part of the Republicans," he claims. "It is the. feelings of the man in the street." "When the sales tax increase passed in 1960, that was supposed to be the end of taxes," Geerlings says. However, Sen. Charles S. Blon- dy (D-Detroit) points out that "nuisance taxes are taxing the pa- tience of the people of Michigan. We promised we'd let them die for good last June." Senate Majority Leader Lynn 0. Francis (R-Midland) warns that "there's a movement among tax- payers for less taxes and, less gov- ernment, and only the politicians haven't heard about it yet." "It goes on and on this way," Sen. Harry R. Litowich (R-Ben- ton Harbor) complains. e LORD HOME . ,. Western strategy West To Set' Policy Aims On Testing WASHINGTON (AP)--The United States and Great Britain are hold- ing urgent talks here, officials re- ported yesterday, in an effort to agree on requirements for a nu- clear-test-ban inspection system in advance of the opening of talks with Russia next Monday on a test-ban treaty. Diplomats conceded that there are some differences between the two Western powers. These ap- parently reflect a British desire to lower the inspection require- ments as much as possible, in an effort to make them more ac- ceptable to Russia, and a United States determination to tighten controls against secret prepara- tions. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Lord Home are due to meet Soviet For- eign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Geneva Monday, in advance of, formal negotiations opening Wed- nesday. Resume Tests President John F. Kennedy an- nounced last Friday that he would resume atmospheric testing of nu- clear weapons in late April, unless, in the meantime, the Soviet Union agrees to, and signs, a test-ban treaty. Since the Soviets held a series of their own tests beginning last September, following months of secret preparation, Kennedy has declared that any test ban would require safeguards against such preparations. Early this week, evidence de- veloped of United States and British differences. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan laid stress on the possibility that improved de- tection techniques might make possible modification of earlier Western inspection proposals. Disarmament Director William Foster took the opposite line say- ing that he thought over-all in- spection requirements would have to be increased. Political Debate President Kennedy and cabinet have also been dragged into a political debate over the strategic value of Britain's nuclear armory. But British government and op- position labor party authorities; insisted yesterday London has no intention of protesting -- as one British national newspaper claim-a ed - that the United States has To Consider Delta College Credit Plan Presidents' Council To Discuss Problem Special To The Daily EAST LANSING-The Michigan Coordinating Council for Public Higher Education yesterday re- ferred the question of Delta Col- lege to the State Council of Col- lege Presidents. r The State Council will study the policy of whether more than 60 hours of credit given at a com- munity college will be acceptable at four-year institutions. Delta College, a two year college at Bay City, offers its students 30 hours credit over the usual average of some 60 hours. This extra credit is possible through the trimester system. Community colleges have often run into problems when trying to transfer credits to four-year insti- tutions because they are not ac- ceptable. University President Harlan Hatcher indicated that the Uni- versity probably would not accept the extra credit hours. The Uni- versity prefers that transfer sta- dents from junior colleges begin their concentration here. The Attorney General has stated that, in a situation like Delta's, the state appropriation could be increased to cover the extra credit hours. The college presently re- ceives reimbursement from the state onrthe basis of theraverage two years of credit offered. The Council must rule on whether the extra credit hours would transfer to four-year col- leges, thereby allowing community colleges to offer ci'edit through the junior year. Group Offers Subscriptions, Student Rates Students will be able to obtain a 20 per cent discount on any priced seat for Judith Anderson in Medea '62, and a general sub- scription discount, Jerry Sandler announced for the University Pro- fessional Theatre last night. The discount for the March 29th performance will be granted to any student who shows his ID card at the Hill Aud. Box Office. In addition student season mem- berships for the Fall Drama Fes- tival and the Winter Shakespear- ean Festival will be available at a 40 per cent discount. A season membership will also include a 40 per cent discount on Medea '62 and the chance to select permanent seats. Tickets for Medea '62 go on sale at Hill Aud. on Monday, and stu- dent memberships may be obtain- ed at Lydia Mendelssohn or by -Daily-Michael Harrah CONTROVERSY-Merritt M. Chambers, secretary of the State Council of College Presidents (left) speaks after a joint meeting of the Coordinating Council and two legislative subcommittees. Listen- ing are MSU President John A. Hannah and Regent Eugene B. Power. YD OPEN HOUSE: Endorse Three for SGC l Allows T~ i The Young Democrats endorsed3 Howard Abrams, '62, Stanley Lu- bin, '63, and Kenneth Miller, '64, for Student Government Council after hearing seven candidates at an open house last night. Discussion at the open house centered on University member- ship in the United States National Student Association, the Office of Student Affairs, and discrimina- tion in fraternities and sororities. Becausehstudents are political entities, they have the right to form organizations and take stands. Therefore NSA can take stands on political issues that per- tain to students, Abrams asserted. NSA Confederation "NSA is a confederation of stu- dent governments. I am not sure students acting as a group can be responsible. The student move- ment in South America, of which I am familiar, wants change only for the sake of change," Fred Batlle, '64A&D, said. Despite provisions in its con- stitution, NSA is a partisan na- tional union of students. It is an unrepresentative organization which propagandizes contrary to its constitution, Henry McAllen, '64L, charged. He cited a pamphlet on the House Un-American Activi- ties Committee issued in 1961 which he claimed had 25 pages of material. against HUAC 'and five pages for. Miller indicated that he was satisfied with NSA, but urged an SGC standing committee to handle its affairs here if it is to be effec- tive on this campus. Lubin Criticizes Lubin criticized the Office of Student Affairs Study Committee Report for not being thorough enough, especially concerning ju- diciaries. "I stand for a thorough going review of the judiciary es- pecially in view of its domination by the administration," he de- clared. McAllen indicated that he fa- vored curfews for freshman wom- en, but said he was unsure about upper class women. "One must look farther than here. We are still members of the community which provides University funds." Katherine Ford, '64, noted the study report's good intent, but urged investigation of its findings. Sound Philosophy "The philosophy of the report is sound, but the vague student-fac- ulty boards have no power leaving it in the hands of administration," Abrams said. Lawrence Monberg, '63, urged a greater educational effort by the Committee on Membership. "The, Committee has an image of a policeman, something the fraterni- ties should stay away from. This does not make it effective." Lubin charged the Council was "doodling around" on discrimina- tion. "It has taken two years to collect statements; is it going to take another two years to deal with inadequate and discrimina- tory ones?" Batlle agreed that Council ac- tion had been inefficient, but urged remedial rather than punitive handling of bias cases. Miss Ford urged that a repre- sentative -from Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Associa- tion be put on the Committee on Membership without a vote to serve as liaison between the affili- ate system and the group. 'U' TV Station May Receive Federal Aid A House bill on educational, tele- vision might bring financial as- sistance to the station at the Uni- versity, Garnet B. Garrison, di- rector of broadcasting at the Uni- versity, said yesterday. The bill, which 'now , faces a House-Senate conference commit- tee, requires the individual states to match federal funds to be spent under state supervision. In Mich- igan, State Superintendent of Schools Lynn M. Bartlett is head- ing a, committee which is discuss- ing possible state action. The University was one of the areas mentioned in the tentative plans for stations, Garrison said. However, stations in the south- western part of the state and in the Bay City region have a higher priority. "The bill provides money to en- courage the formation of one or two stations. But any move in the expansion of educational TV is most welcome, regardless of the benefits to the University station. "The Legislature appears inter- ested and there is considerable support throughout the state," he said. The implications of the program range from school and junior col- lege use to adult education. Even- tually there may be three such stations in the upper peninsula and five in the lower. A total state educational network would run be- tween $8-10 million and it is up to the Legislature to decide which stations come first, Garrison said. Agree on Plan On Educatio In Baltimor Power Cites Relian On 'Common Sens By MICHAEL HARRAH and BARBARA LAZARUS Special To The Daily EAST LANSING-The Mich Coordinating Council for Pi Higher Education yesterdayP Merritt M. Chambers, exect secretary to the Council of 8 College Presidents, a vote of t fidence in the face of his re by Michigan legislators. Chambers virtually asked mission to address a Baltu meeting on matters pertinen higher education, and the cot gave him its blessing. "We rely on your common s approach and your good -A ment," Regent Eugene B. P of Ann Arbor, chairman of council, said. 'Grapevine' Dispute Reportedly Chambers has tagonized various key member the Legislature in his per newsletter, "The Grapevine," it was his statement concert "a crisis in faculty salaries" sparked an investigation by Legislative .Audit Commission lier this year. ., At that time House Maj Floor Leader Allison Green Kingston) said, "We needed proof that Chambers charges v not entirely true., Sources report that Chain spoke bluntly yesterday mor at a joint session of the Cou the House Committee on Ways Means, Rep. Arnell E. Engst (R-Traverse City) chairman, the Senate Committee on Ap: priations, Sen. Elmer Porter Blissfield) chairman. Partisan Comments Porter was reportedly irrit by both Chambers' remarks the "partisan" comments of Philip Rahoi (D-Iron Mounts .and he departed the meeting fore its end. "It was very amicable," PC said afterwards. "We did not cuss specifics, just general ph ophy. I left for lunch." Sen. Frank D. Beadle