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Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom
SIX PAGES
VOL. LXXII, No. 146 .
ANN ARBOR ,MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1962
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SGC To Fill Vacancy,
Review Daily Motion
Chooses from Four Petitioners;
Asked To Stay Out of Conflict
By GAIL EVANS
Student Government Council will select one of four petitioners
to fill its vacant seat and will consider a motion on The Daily at its
meeting tonight SGC president Steven Stockmeyer, '63, said.
Contending for the position are Gordon Elicker, '62, Mark Haus-
er, '64, Herbert Heidenreich, Grad., and Robert Rhodes, '63. The
Council will choose the new member after interviewing the candidates
for 20 minutes each.
Daily Motion
Also on the agenda is a motion concerning The Daily. It stresses
that SOC "does not seek to inject itself into the current controversy
tover the appointments to the sen-
Suggests
Shake-Up
Of Iowan'
By CAROLYN WINTER
*U.S.
To
Resume
M1ixed
Air
Tests
.Despite
e act ions
ROBERT FINKE
... homecoming
HUAC:
To Protest
Committee
By HELENE SCHIFF
An assembly, part of a nation-
wide protest, will be held to ad-
vocate the abolition of the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities at 3 p.m. today on the
Diag, as the subcommittee of
HUAC enters its second day of
hearings in Los Angeles.
The rally is being sponsored by
Voice Political Party and the
Young Democratic Club. Prof.
Arnold Kaufman of the philosophy
department and Prof. Eugene
Feingold of the political science
department will be the speakers.
In Los Angeles a crowd of more
than 600 staged a quiet protest
yesterday and police said there
were no incidents. The demon-
strators extended along three sides
of the Federal Building.
Patrol Corridors
While the committee is holding
closed hearings, U. S. marshals
patrolled the corridors of the
building and checked the eleva-
tors, hoping to avoid a repetition
of the San Francisco riots two
years ago.
The demonstrators include three
major groups-the HUAC Recep-
tion Committee, The Fair Play for
Cuba Committee and the Citizens
Committee to Protect American
Freedom.
Not Disclosed Nature
The House Committee has not
disclosed the nature of its hear-
volves a probe of "subversive ac-
ings except to say that it in-
tivities in the Los Angeles area."
The University's chapter of the
Young Americans for Freedom
issued a challenge to the "liberal
group on campus" to debate the
subject of HUAC, William Alten-
burg, '65A&D, YAF chairman, said
last night.
Since Prof. Feingold and Ro-
bert Ross, '63, were unable to
participate in the Union-sponsored
HUAC discussion with William'
Madden, '64L, YAF extends their
offer to "any liberal speaker" to
debate HUAC with Madden.
Temperance
LEXINGTON, Ky. (lP)-Prof.
Niel Plummer, head of the Uni-
versity of Kentucky journalism
school, is under, orders to go
ahead with plans to give tem-
perance lectures to UK students.
Prof. Plummer, an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, said yes-
ior editor positions." However, it
asks that The Daily continue pub-
lications and discussion with the
Board in Control of Student Pub-
lications.
The motion suggests a brief set
of criteria for the selection of
senior editors, recommending that
the senior editors and the Board
"not act on the basis of political
viewpoint, past expressions of per-
sonal opinion or personal affilia-
tions."
It recommends that the deci-
sions be based on a "commitment
to present the public with com-
plete and accurate news reports,
a technical competency, an ability
to discern the basic issues arisen
from the order of events and to
perceive their relevance and im-
portance."
"Recognize' Merits"
The motion continues that an
editor should have "a capacity to
recognize merits in positions with
which one disagrees, a reasonable
knowledge of the campus and the
national and international scene,
a respect for the rights of others
to hold opposing opinions and ex-
press them, and the ability to rea-
son logically from a set of basic
assumptions without requiring a
given set of fundamental beliefs."
The Council will also consider
a motion by Robert Finke, '63,
Union President, asking that SGC
delegate its fiscal and administra-
tive responsibility for Homecom-
ing Weekend "jointly to the Mich-
igan Union and the Michigan
League." The motion is intended
to help insure that the restructur-
ing of Homecoming will make it
more financially sound. m
SGC will also hear reports from
the Committee on Student Activ-
ities and from World University
Service. A motion from the Execu-
tive Committee will ask that the
Council contribute $75 to WUS.
Motions for committee appoint-
ments will also be heard.
Senate Group
Seeks Passage
Of Tax Bills
LANSING (1') - A combination
of Republican moderates and
Democrats in the Michigan Senate
last night started another at-
tempt for immediate action on a
compromise tax plan built around
personal and corporate income
tax.
The strategy of the leader of the
pro-tax group, Sen. Frank Beadle
(R-St. Clair) was to force a vote
tonight on all 14 bills in the tax
package. Beadle hoped to hurry
the bills through the Senate to-
night and over to the House.
Beadle started his campaign by
winning a motion that when the
Senate adjourned last night it ad-
journed until 12:01 - one minute
after midnight.
A recent report issued at the
State University of Iowa by a study
committee of the president sug-
gested that the present student
publications corporation be re-
placed by an 11-member "board
in control of The Daily Iowan."
A primary factor for the in-
stigation of the study 'seems to
be confused understanding of the
purpose of the Daily Iowan and
the interrelations among the
Iowan, the journalism school, Stu-
dent Publications, Inc., and var-~
ious other elements in the Univer-
sity," the report stated.
However, unofficial speculations
attribute a possible cause of the
study to be too much criticism by
the paper of the University, James
Seda, managing editor of the
Iowan, said.
New Board
The report recommended that
the new board be charged ex-
plicitly by the president with re-
sponsibility for the policy and
operation of the Iowan. It would
also establish agreements with the
journalism school for arranging
Iowan staff positions for the su-
pervised experience of students of
journalism in conjunction with
their course work.
It was also recommended that
the board in control would, when
established, prepare a policy state-
ment to serve as a framework
within which the paper would
operate.
At the present there is little
written policy under which the
paper operates, Seda said.
'Interests of University'
The study committee also col-
cluded that freedom and respon-
sibility require obligations on the
part of the Iowan to "have at
heart the interests of the Uni-
versity, and refrain from such un-
warranted actions as may com-
promise the University in the
eyes of the public."
These words are from the code
of ethics of the Michigan Daily
which Seda said was -studied by
the committee in making their re-
port.
In reply to whether he thought
that the Iowan's freedom would
be limited by the new set-up, Seda
said that it all depends on R ho
is chosen for the board.
Faculty Advisor
Presently there is a faculty ad-
visor for the paper from the
journalism school. He advises and
writes a criticism for each paper
the next day.
The report suggests a faculty
member be present when the pages
are locked every night.
Until last year all editorials
ulty member before they went into
were read and initialed by a fac-
the paper. It is not certain wheth-
er the new system would restore
this procedure or not.
Seda concluded that the paper
is presently enjoying freedom of
the press and that the new board,
if made up of the right people
who will advise rather than super-
vise, will not hinder this freedom.
Police Break Up
Guatemalan Riots
GUATEMALA (P) - Police at-
tacked with tear gas and clubs
last night to break up anti-govern-
ment demonstrations along the
capital's main street.
Responsible
For Action
U Thant Asks Nations
For Halt To Testing
WASHINGTON (P)-The an-
nouncement that President John
F. Kennedy had given the go-
ahead signal for atmospheric nu-
clear tests was greeted with gen-
eral approval on Capital Hill, but
with mixed reaction elsewhere.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-
Minn), chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Disarmament
Subcommittee, said "the renewal
of atomic tests in the atmosphere
was forced upon us by the Soviet
tests of last fall."
"We are still prepared to sign
a treaty to ban tests if interna-
tional inspection is provided,"
Humphrey said.
Speaking to a luncheon of
United Nations Correspondents'
Assn., Acting Secretary-General U
Thant urged the nuclear powers
to refrain from any further test
explosions of nuclear weapons.
"I cannot go beyond that," he
declared, "but I think it is quite
proper for me to appeal to all
concerned to refrain from tests on
the basis of the general assembly
resolution."
In a statement to the Indian1
parliament, Jawaharlal Nehru
said that if the United States
resumed testing so would Russia
and there would be no end.
Ban-the-bomb marchers were
active in London, and anti-test
demonstrations were being organ-3
ized in Toyko.
The executive committee of the
American Council of Christian,
Churches adopted a resolution
favoring nuclear testing by free
world nations.t
Hit Demands
For Inspection'
In Test Treaty
Says
FIREBALL-Nuclear weapons will again be detonated in the atmosphere by the United States
after a lull of three and one-half years as President John F. Kennedy gave the "go-ahead" order
for testing on Johnston and Christmas Islands in the Pacific. The order follows a series of Soviet
tests last fall and a so far futile disarmament conference with the Russians at Geneva.
Forecast Rise in Soviet Fallout
USSR
4)?
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By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - One of the
world's leading authorities on fall-
out said yesterday radioactive de-
bris from last fall's Russian test
series is expected to be about twice
as plentiful this spring and sum-
mer as the fallout following the
Soviet tests in the autumn of
1958.
Dr. Willard F. Libby, former
member of the Atomic Energy
Commission and still a member of
AEC's advisory committee, declar-
ed:
"Even though Russia's 1961
series was a 'cleaner' series, rela-
tively speaking, in comparison with
the (fall) 1958 series, the fallout
still will be twice as big as it
was in 1958."
AEC Views
Libby's views were not in con-
flict with those of the AEC, which
has said radiation from all nuclear
tests since 1945-including Rus-
sia's 1961 bursts - will remain.
GENEVA (P-The Soviet Union within acceptable health limits.
again rejected yesterday American But his figures were the first
and British demands for an in- from anyone related to the AEC
ternational inspection system to making a direct comparison be-
safeguard a treaty to ban nu- tween the two latest Russian test
clear weapons tests before the series.
American announcement to re- The AEC has compared the yield
sume testing. I of the Russian 1961 tuts and all
Soviet delegate Semyon K. previous Russian tests lumped
Tsarapkin told U. S. ambassador together.
Arthur H. Dean and British min-toehr
ister of state Joseph B. Godber the
negotiations for a test ban agree-
ment "will come to an inglorious
end" if the Western powers main-
tarn their control demands. 'A
Neither Tsarapkin nor the two A reas Wetenfeegtetrfrrdeo h
Western delegates referred to the I
then forthcoming United States;
atmospheric test series in the By BUEL TRAPNELL
Pacific. Tsarapkin's boss, deputy special To The Daily '
foreign minister Valerian A. Zorin, BATTLE CREEK - Although
threatened last week to lead a the University attempts to provide
Soviet bloc walkout if the Ameri- counseling services capable of as-
can tests take place as scheduled. I sistinig any student with a prob-
Libby said the 1961 Soviet tests
produced 25 megatons of fission
yield out of a total explosive yield
of about 120 megatons-figures
which the AEC gave out last
December. The fission component
of a weapon is the only part in-
volved in producing fallout. By
these figures the fission yield was
only one-fifth the total yield.
By comparison, he said, the 1958
Soviet series was divided about
50-50 on fission and fusion yield.
Libby has estimated that the
fission yield from the 1958 series
was between 12% to 15 megatons.
Thus, the total explosive yield was
between 25 and 30 megatons.
Higher Than Predicted
At the time the Russians were
holding their 1961 series, various
scientists estimated that the fis-
sion (fallout producing) yield
would be much higher than the
AEC eventually estimated after
analyzing the tests.
But these scientists were making
their estimates on the basis of a
presumption that the fission-to-
fusion yield would be about 50-50.
However, the AEC found after
analyzing the data from the tests
that the Russians had made gains
in lowering the fission yield of
some of their larger weapons, al-
though they actually increased
the total explosive yield of the
weapons.
)es Methods,
nt Counseling
lem, counselors by and large do
not impose themselves on stu-
dents, Vice-President for Student
Affairs James A. Lewis said yes-
terday.
The vice-president spoke to
alumni gathered at a private
home, as part of University Day
in Battle Creek.
Lewis stressed the need for stu-
dents to consult a counselor as
soon as they realize they have a
problem, whether it is in an aca-
demic or non-academic area.
Available Guidance
IThe entering student finds guid-
ance available to him from admis-
sions officers, academic counselors.
residence halls staff members, up-
perclassmen and many others.
Libby estimated that the peak
of the fallout from the 1961 Rus-
sian tests would be reached rele-
tively soon-in late May or early
June-then taper off in the next
month or so. The Public Health
Service has said the fallout is be-
ginning to come down in very
small quantities.
In 1959, Libby said, the peak
was reached sometime in May,
with the low point in August.
But due to atmospheric conditions
this year, he said, the peak this
spring might delayed several
weeks.
Kadish Cites
Church, State
Ambiguities
By DONNA ROBINSON
The advise of Thomas Jefferson
to build an insurmountable wall
around church and state has never
been strictly followed in the
United States, Prof. Sanford Kad-
ish of the Law School said yes-
terday.
To follow it would be discrimin-
atory, in fact, he told the first
annual meeting of the Ann Arbor
chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union.
The United States constitution
prohibts any legislation respecting
any religious establisJment, and
guarantees freedom of religious
choice.
.Ambigous Clause
This clause is, however, highly
ambiguous, Prof. Kadish said, and
leaves much to interpret.
Regarding the issue of public aid
to parochial schools there is little
doubt that religious institutions
should receive fire and police pro-
tection, he said.
But more difficult decisions
arise over free lunches, text books,
transportation, medical care, and
grants for construction and oper-
ating costs for parochial schools.
The first four have been upheld
on the grounds that they are
meant to help the children rather
than the religious institution, Prof.
Kadish added.
EAttempts to justify aid for con-
struction and operation costs have
also been made on the basis chat
May Explode
Warheads
This Week
Series To Last Months
In Aim To Perfect
Atomic Armaments
WASHINGTON () - President
John F. Kennedy has given the
final okay for a series of nuclear
weapons tests in the atmosphere.
The shots are expected to be-
gin in the Pacific within a few
days, perhaps less.
The Atomic Energy Commission
announced at 5 p.m. yesterday
that the tests will begin "as soon
as is operationally feasible."
This means, a commission
spokesman said, that the first ex-
plosion may be touched off in a
day to a few days depending on
the weather and other conditions.
The test series will be carried
out by a 12,000-man task force
which has been assembled with a
fleet of ships and planes.
At some time during the two or
three months of the trials there
will be proof tests of fully armed
nuclear weapons, including inter-
continental ballistic missiles and,
Polaris rockets launched from
r-bmarines.
the biggest blast is expected to
be in the 10-megaton range,
equivalent to 10 million tons of
TNT. This would be considerably
smaller than the 58 megaton de-
vice the Russians were reported
to have exploded in their Arctic
tests last fall.
The initial United States ex-
plosions probably will be low al-
titude shots and are likely to be
conducted in the Christmas Is-
land area, followed by high alti-
tude tests in the Johnston Island
area in May.
This sequence was indicated
some time ago when the United
States created a Christmas Island
test area and banned air and sea
traffic in it starting April 15.
A separate Johnston Island test
area was staked out later, with a
traffic ban there due to become
effective April. 10 .
How much the government may
say about the test series, as it
progresses during the next two or
three months, is uncertain. News-
men were advised that not all
shots fired might be announced.
Set Delegates
For Conference
On University
Sixty-nine students have been
selected as delegates to the Con-
ference on the University the
Steering Committee of the Con-
ference announced yesterday.
All seventeen current members.
of Student Government Council
accepted their invitations. In ad-
dition Panhellenic Association,
Inter-Fraternity Council, Inter-
Quadrangle Council, Assembly As-
sociation, International Student
Association, the Graduate Student
Council and Inter-Cooperative
Council screened applicants from
within their own ranks.
The Steering Committee itself
selected seventeen delegates from
the campus at large on the basis
of interviews.
Faculty members are in the
process of being selected through
the various deans of the colleges.
Secretary of the University Erich
Walter has sent a letter to the
deans asking them to assist in the
selection of faculty delegates from
thi~r' respective schools.
Student delegates to the confer-
ence (excepting SGC members)
ar the followinMg .
Jon D.. Carlson, '63; Roger Wolthuis,
1'62; Albert' H. Acker, '63: Victor Perera,
Grad.: Ruth Gailanter, '63; Susan Far-
rell, '62; Mark Chesler, Grad.; Nancy
Nasset, '63; Gerald Storch, '64; Care-
line Dow, '63; Patricia J. McKee, '63Ed;
Richard F. Magidoff, '63: Barry W. Lit-
vin, '64; David Hoekenga, '64; Bart
Burkhalter, Grad.; Brian Glick, '62;
Harry Perlstadt, '63; Philip D. Sherman,
'62; Pat Golden. '63; Judith Oppenheim,
'63; Michael Harrah, '63BAd; Michael
OVERFLOW CROWDS:
Spender Describes the Poetry of '3S0
wou d es t c n ey the m ea in g Sn p n n t rt ish
.:.poet, said yesterday.
.. Speaking to an overflow crowd, Spender discussed the school of
poetry at Oxford University in the 1930's of which he was a member
Pay Wing tribute tod LAuen Spende csaid he had great influence on
other poets at that time because of his astonishng judgment. Poets
regarded as "Gods" by Auden included Gerald Manley Hopkins, Wil-
fred Owen, Thomas Hairdy and Emily Dickinson, Spender commented.
One of the most impor~tnhig Wasbout this grou'p of poets at
Oxford is that they were living between two wars.
o"There is a kind of ghost which intermittently haunts the poetry
Lewis stressed that guidance is such grants are intended to fur-
"most important during the first ther only the secular education
year;" but he said'that services of the children, but this is still
are "still available" after the an open question, Prof. Kadish
freshman year. said.
For students with problems that Prayer Controversy
need special attention, the Uni- M
versity provides other services. Much controversy has also been-
Vocational guidance, religion. ps- oused over Bible adings, 1on
chological counseling and readingI sectarian prayers, and observance
development are just a few of the of religious holidays in public
areas covered, Lewis noted. schools. The basic question involv-
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