INCOME TAX FACES DISASTER See Page 4 lflh: :4Iaity PARTLY CLOUDY High--7o Low-42 Few showers expected in the afternoon Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXII, No. 151 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1962 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES S S I S .~ 3 i y c t t t t f f 2 t t f f A r A Y} 2 y l f f T t z t Y t t t . DG National Sets Beloit Probation Nash Charges Pledging of Negro Results in Alumni Pressure, Action By ELLEN SILVERMAN and GAIL EVANS Delta Gamma sorority at Beloit College in Wisconsin has been placed on probation by its national 'council for reasons they choose not to disclose, Beloit president Miller Upton, said yesterday. Mrs. Russell Nash, past president of a chapter at the University of Minnesota, charged that the action is the result of the Beloit's chapter pledging a Negro girl. The council's action came three " weeks after Patricia Hamilton, a Negro, was pledged last month. senator M ay Although the national does not have a discrimination clause in its charter "the alumni groups won't E n1 D ba eaccept her," Mrs. Nash said. Issues Statement Mary Schmidt, '63, president of the University Delta Gamma chap- 1 n Literacy ter issued a statement last night that read: "National council main- tains that the action was taken WASHINGTON (R) - Sen. Mike for reasons entirely divorsed from Mansfield (D-Mont.) ' the Senate implications made in recent news majority leader, said yesterday he releases (from Mrs. Nash). may move Friday to clamp a time We prefer not to speculate on limit on the Senate's marathon the action because we do not have debate -on a literacy voter test bill, adequate information at this time. Mansfield told reporters he had "The matter can be more effec- in mind a time schedule which tively handled within the frame- would bring the debate limitation work of our national organization, move, known as cloture, to a vote where our constitution provides us on May 8. He said he would make with a strong voice in national up his mind definitely, in a day decisions. This decision should or two. have no adverse effects on our The debate on the bill, which chapter, which is, I believe, in would make a 6th grade education compliance with the Regent's By- the maximum literacy test for law." voting in federal electionssis in In a story reported in Sunday's its second week. Des Moines (Iowa) Register, Mrs. Proponents say state literacy Robert W. Preston, national presi- testsrowaesdmiyisteedto bar dent of Delta Gamma, said, "Delta tests now are administered o Gamma is a private organization. Negroes from voting In some When we have disciplinary actions theis an u con Otutionaln there is no reasons why we have the bill ie anaunconstitutional"in vasion of states' rights to set vot- No Discrimination t." er qualifications.NoDsrmntn th Seatins kescloPresident Upton, in a Daily in- If the Senate invokes cloture terview, said that as far as he to halt the debate, it would be the knows none of the sororities or first time such a move ever had fraternities have discrimintaory succeeded on .a civil rights issue clauses. Beloit's Dean of Women The votes of two-thirds of the Deborah Townsend said that a Senators voting are required to national representative had been approve such a motion. Once im- to see her and said that the pro- posed, cloture allows each Sena- bation was due to the chapter's tor one hour of speech-making on fiuetacircranath- theissebfor it is bouht to a faiuet acquire certain author- the issue before rqug izations and submit chapter re- vote. ' ports to the national. Mansfield's statement came in According to the Register story, debate that brought the Kennedy other Delta Gamma chapters were administration under criticism notified of the action but were from two directions. asked not to comment on the situ- Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R- ation. N.Y.) one of the bill's ardent sup- Mrs. Nash has resigned in pro- porters, accused President John F. test over the action because she Kennedy of doing less than he feels that the alumni pressure could to defend minorities from regarding the possibility of a Ne- racial discrimination. gro active in alumni groups after Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) graduation has proved to be great denouncing the bill, said the Ken- and has influenced the national. nedy administration and Congress Miss Townsend said that she saw ought to drop the measure and no such alumni pressure in Beloit turn their energies toward econ- and if it did exist must have come omy from all over the nation. She, Upton and Beloit's Dean of Men John P. Gwin are now awaiting Area Citizens the national's answer to a telegram they sent asking for the reason A for the probation. Thomas Benenson, Beloit Stu- dent Senate president, said that Hosg Plan, oaction would be taken by his ousinn organization at this time. The Des Moines Register re- A south-east Ann Arbor citizens' ported that the final decision on group last night formally protest- the case will come from the na- ed plans by Alumni Living, Inc. for tional by June 30. ., ,.7Fi~t~hnciv niatt o Pb Burn Cross To Protest Communist By MICHAEL ZWEIG "Crosses were burned on the lawns of O. Merideth Wilson, Uni- versity of Minnesota president, and a faculty member early yes- terday morning, apparently in protest of the scheduled speech of Benjamin Davis at the Univer- sity," Curt Kent, Minnesota Daily reporter said last night. Davis, who is a Communist, has been invited to the campus by the Student Socialist Club, and is ex- pected to speak tomorrow as planned despite the demonstra- tions. Earlier this week, Wilson had supported the appearance of Da- vis as a speaker, saying "(the en- dorsement) is an expression of the principles of free speech which is a very precious principle in a truly free society." Wrong Lot Police said they believed that the demonstrators placed the sec- ond cross on the wrong lot, next door to the home of Prof. Mulford Q. Sibley, of the political science department and faculty advisor to the Socialist Club. "This is a curious way to pro- test. I think it will boomerang, and Davis will get more of an audience than he otherwise would have had," Prof. Sibley said. Kent explained that in the two weeks since the announcements of Davis' appearance on the campus, several groups have protested 'Stop Davis' "St. Thomas College in St. Paul has a 'Stop Davis Committee' which has contacted University Regents and administration to pressure against allowing Davis to speak on the University of Minne- sota campus," he said. Last Saturday the second Min- nesota district group of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars condemned the appearance of a Communist on the Minnesota campus. "Their ac- tion does not necessarily represent the state VFW stand. No other VFW group has issued a state- ment," Kent explained. All of the grous which have been working against Davis' ap- pearance deny any connection with the cross burning, Kent added. Power To Arrest "The St. Paul police are treat- ing the whole incident as a prank" Kent continued. "But the univer- sity police are more concerned and do have the power to make arrests off the immediate campus Race Conflicts Rise in Africa UNITED NATIONS (P) - A spe- cial United Nations subcommittee reported yesterday that race con- flict dangers are so great in South- ern Rhodesia that a special ses- sion of the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly may be necessary to deal with them. The report was made by the six- nation group that early in. April conferred in London with British ministers, pleading that Britain step in and annul the Southern Rhodesia constitution adopted last Dec. 6. Bohn Recalls Ouster from'U' By ROBERT SELWA The editor of The New Lead- er magazine, in a book publish- ed this month, writes about how he was ousted from his teach- ing position at the University in 1910 for being a socialist. The author, 85-year-old Wil- liam E. Bohn, also describes what being an English instruc- tor at the University was like during the years 1901-1910. The book, "I Remember America," is published by the Macmillan Company of New York. A socialist in spirit, Bohn was introduced to the organized Socialist movement when in 1901 he went to Detroit to speak to that city's section of the Socialist Labor party. No Contact But, he notes, "I had no con- tact with what might be called official Socialism. I attended no conventions, held no offices, and, excepting for speaking at meetings now and then with Eugene Debs, I did not meet any of the party bigwigs." However, he wrote a great deal for publication, and his writings earned him a minor fame as a socialist thinker. "In those days . . . the word Socialism was a fighting word, a word to conjure with . . . The Socialist party was small . . But the idea of Socialism was abroad in the land. People were hot either for it or against it." Carefree Life While campaigning for so- cialism, Bohn lived, like the >ther instructors, "a carefree life in an idyllic college town." Their activities were richly varied. "On one evening we might be attending areception in white tie and tails, and on the next we might be singing rowdy songs with a gang of undergraduates high on a hill above the Huron." There was on campus a small and devoted band of socialists "who satisfied some inner urge by holding sober discussion meetings." But, says Bohn, the University authorities failed to interfere because "they had never heard of us" at first. Bohn discovered that being known as a socialist enabled him to pass the class lines of "town versus gown." He banded with "an eager group" of towns- men to form an Ann Arbor local of the Socialist party. They held meetings on the street or in rooms. "It was, all in all, a gay and gaudy outfit." 'Behave Yourself' Bohn writes that, to be suc- cessful in academic life, "all you have to do is to behave your- self with moderate discretion and display a minimum of in- telligence and energy ... Many a chap has lost his place for some moral or intellectual ir- regularity." And Bohn's was so- cialism. Bohn stresses that "it was not, properly speaking, the Uni- versity that made trouble for me. A university consists of the faculty and the students," and most of them were on his side. It was the Board of Regents that objected. The Regents of that day were either young politicians on the way up, old politicians on the way down, or "prosperous busi- nessmen from whom the gover- nor expected substantial favors in return for the formal dignity he had bestowed," according to Bohn. Interests Elsewhere V They were "a group of men whose interest was elsewhere and who made but fleeting visits to the campus to set the policies and make the deci- sions," Bohn writes. They were "fellows in a hurry to whom learning meant nothing and quick success meant every- thing." By speaking and writing about poverty, unemployment and in- equality of opportunity, Bohn ran afoul of "this set" of men. 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"1 Four Moderates Bolt, join GOP Legislators Reverse Previous Action By 19-13 Tally after Heated Debate By MICHAEL HARRAH Acting City Editor and DAVID MARCUS Special To The Daily LANSING - The State Senate last night reversed itself and killed the state income tax. In a 19-13 vote, which saw Senators Frank G: Beadle (R- St. Clair), Frederic Hilbert (R-Wayland), Haskel L. Nichols (R-Jackson) and Farrell Roberts (R-Pontiac) join the Repub- lican Regulars against the Democratic-Moderate Republican ;r :::.... . . . . . . . . . somsysi MANAGEMENT MEETING: Odiorne Cites Businesses' Concerns The three major concerns of business firms should be profit, survival and growth, Prof. George S. Odiorne, of the business ad- ministration school and director of the Bureau of Industrial Rela- tions, said recently. Prof. Odiorne, speaking at the Fifth- Annual Midwest Manage- ment Association meeting held this past weekend, noted that society has no obligation to support busi- nesses which are displaced by the forces of competition. "It does not disturb me to see businesses fail as long as they are not crushed by the -actions of monopolists," he noted. Prof. Odiorne maintained that in recent months the government has acted to promote "mediorcrity rather than excellence" in busi- ness management. The govern- ment, if it intervenes at all, should determine reasons for inefficiency rather than attempt to punish ef- ficient operation. "Federal government investiga- tors should not be asking why General Motors has 55 per cent of the auto market. Instead they should be asking why'other com- panies are so managed that they remain small," he explained. The real key to healthy growth in our economy is the development of leadership qualities in indivi- dual managers. These qualities, to be effective, should be applied in a free society. Government pres- sure today seems to be almost wholly confined to the reduction of the successful to the mediocrity, rather than using the great powers of the state to force the less able to improve themselves, Odiorne said. "This campaign against excel- lence out of Washington is hardly the way to help us survive," he noted. "Businessmen who cry out for more free enterprise while put- ting their noses in the trough of government handouts really de- serve very little sympathy," Prof. Odiorne continued. Eighty college-level teachers of management attended the two- day session in which Prof. Odi- orne delivered the keynote address. Harold F. Smiddy, president of the Academy of Management, noted that politics are rapidly be- coming a key factor in business operations. "The business manager must er operate as an individual pro- prietorship. It is interdependent with other parts of our society, and businessmen must recognize that economic factors alone should not determine the course of action which a business must follow," he said. The Association elected Prof. Rollin Simonds of Michigan State University president for the com- ing year. Named as vice-president' was Prof. Robert Henderson of Bowling Green State University. Frank Simonetti of Akron Uni- versity was elected secretary- treasurer. The Association's meeting was hosted by the University business administration school. Prof. Frank- G. Moore and Prof. John Hutch- inson were in charge of arrange- ments.- coalition, the upper chamber<; tabled the levy. Moderate leader Sen. Stanley G. Thayer (R-Ann Arbor) was re- signed to its defeat. "It's about as dead as it can get in this session," he said. Swainson Irate Gov. John B. Swainson, on the other hand, was irate. "Tonight's action . . . is a devastating and possibly catastrophic blow to the people and to the business enter- prises of Michigan," he said. "The Old Guard GOP leader- ship is intent not on helping either the business community, for whose fate it so loudly grieves at elec- tiontime, or the average citizen of this state, but is in fact, merely the spokesman and hand-maiden of predatory wealth." The action virtually eliminates the possibility of passing the 13- point tax package proposed by the governor and modified by legis- lative income tax advocates. Last Wednesday The Senate last Wednesday passed the tax by an 18-15 vote', but it was held in the Senate as unfinished business on a motion by Nichols to reconsider. He was primarily concerned for tax relief for business and industry and he claimed the 13-point program did not offer adequate relief as . it stood. "People don't really want more taxes," he said. "Or at least, if they have to have them, they want those that other people pay." "In fact, they don't really care about the business climate," he continued. "All they want is no more taxes." Left Chamber Sen. John H. Stahlin (R-Beld- tng), candidate for lieutenant gov- ernor, left the chamber before the vote was taken, but he expressed his sentiments in advance. "I sincerely believe this state needs tax reform," he said. "That is why I voted for the income tax. And perhaps if I wanted to suc- cessfully pursue my political am- bitions, I would back up now and reverse myself. "But I've got to have something to show for four years in this Senate, because I'll probably nev- er be back." Unable To.Act Roberts said that "the Legisla- ture seems to be unable to do any- thing for relief for business. Taxes in that area are 50 per cent high- er in Michigan than in the neigh- boring states." Taxation Committee Chairman Clyde H. Geerlings (R-Holland) refuted this, however. "It isn't the business climate I'm concerned with so much as it is job oppor- tunity," he said. "And this tax package offers nothing in that line. "The only way to attract busi- ness to the state is to allow it to exist and make money. And if the only relief they get is when they don't make any money, it isn't hard to figure out that they won't move to Michigan." 'Callous Disregard' Sen. Charles S. Blondy (D-De- troit) accused the GOP of "cal- lous disregard for the needs and the wants of the people. The. time has come to do something; we need action." But Sen. Charles H. Feenstra (R-Grand Rapids) disagreed about the action. "Have you 'got the courage to unshackle us from the bonds of Solidarity House that permeate every agency in this state? Do you have the courage Eastern Michigan University (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond in a series of nine articles tracing the history of Michigan's state-supported colleges.) By PATRICIA O'CONNOR In the spring of 1849, the first state normal school in Michigan was created by an act of the Legislature. The school, now known as East- ern Michigan University at, Ypsi- lanti, still considers teacher edu- cation as one of its basic functions. In the intervening century, how- ever, programs of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences and a wide range of specialized and professional programs have been added. The staff and faculty at Eastern believe that -the- college has not changed its function but has only expanded and broadened it. Foster Skills In all undergraduate instruction, the college strives to provide its students with a sound general edu- cation as a necessary pre-requisite for all instructional programs, and to foster the necessary skills and knowledge to enable its students to work in the professional areas for which the school's programs qualify them. Sixteen different curricula re- main available to prospective teachers. Other programs include liberal arts and sciences with ei- ther BA or BS degrees, bachelor of music education, a degree course in occupational therapy, teacher preparation in home economics, undergraduate and graduate level programs dealing with the prob- lems of the exception 1 child, and pre-professional and professional training in many different areas. Eastern's graduate program leads to the degree of Master of Arts in Education. Expected Enrollment The operating budget request of $4.3 million for the coming year is based on an expected enrollment of 5,800 students. Enrollment at Eastern rose from 2,760 in 1954 to 5 300 in 1961. If enrollment nearly doubled in those six years, it could very easily double again by 1970 or earlier. No money for new construction' has been allotted to Eastern since 1957. Among seven items listed for new construction next year is a physical education building. The condition of the present physical education building typifies the seriousness of the building situa- tioni at Eastern. 'IThe State Board' of Education recently prohibitecd any clamess to meet in the univerty gymnasium until emergency repairs could be made. The state fire irarshalls of- fle has prohibited use of the building for public assembly. Even with emergency repairs, specta- trrs are not allowed in the build- mg. and several of the classrooms have been closed. Brain Surgery Aids Gymnast Special To The Daily - ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. - Lew Hyman. the Michigan gymnast a multiple-housing project to be built in the district. The resolution, which includes names of over 50 area residents and will be presented to'both the city., council and the planning commission a~s well as University officials, asked "that no zoning regulations be allowed now or in the future" that would allow for construction of multiple-housing in the area. A rezoning ordinance which could affect the status of the dis- trict is pending council action. Residents say that ;the *Oxford Road project would be "perman- ently damaging the character of one of the oldest and most char- acteristic neighborhoods of Ann Arbor." Petitions have been filed with the planning commission for ap- proval of the project by, Alumni Living - which has no official STILL SMILING: Chief Compositor Completes L 'U' Suffers No Damage's In Pinckney Area Tornado By PHILIP SUTIN No damage was done to University facilities as small tornados, part of a state-wide severe storm system, struck Pinckney and two isolated Washtenaw County buildings. University observatory and experimental forestry facilities locat- ed in the area, 15 miles from Ann Arbor, remained unscathed as a wind demolished a Pinckney lumberyard, and damaged three local buildings as it skipped through the town. Dennis Clark, 6, suffered skull lacerations when the wind blew ast Issu e im a plate glass window at a local aL I U~I3hardware store. Pushed Tree The storm pushed a tree into the parsonage of St. Mary's Church near the lumberyard. Neither of its two occupants were injured. The storm also deroofed a re- cently-vacated metal fabrications factory. In Washtenaw County, truck driver Darrell Brewer, 23, was in- jured when the roof of a shed, near which he was unloading goods, blew off and pinned him, Sgt. Clair La Ferier, of the Wash- A' tenaw County Sheriff's Depart- ment, said.n wMke Roo Any man who can work with ornery, crusading student editors until the small hours of the morning six nights a week and still maintain his sanity-and his smile-deserves applause. Earl Kuker received some last night. The blond, crew-cut ex-sailor who has been chief compositor of The Daily for the past eight years retired yesterday, leaving the exciting world of the linotypes for the drabber, more lucrative field of life insurance. During his tenure at the Student Publications Building, Earl "made up" approximately 10,000 pages, putting the type and headlines into the page forms, cutting column rules to a precise length and em- ploying thousands of tricks which helped The Daily win several awards In addition to his priceless directions on how to improve the physical appearance of the paper, Earl has been a source of com- fort to distraught night editors and has given advice on curricular and extracurricular uroblems. ,....