STUDENT ACTIVITIES VALUABLE TO CAMPUS See Page 4 Yl r e Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom 4Iatii THUNDERSTORMS Hlgh--70 Low-50 Mostly cloudy and warmer, occasional showers VOL. LXXII, No. 162 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1962 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Delegates Differ On Con-Con End By PHILIP SUTIN Republican and Democratic delegates took partisan sides on the work of the recently completed constitutional convention yesterday. "It is a good instrument, preserving the heritage of our system. Any document that measures up to that standard is a good docu- ment," con-con vice-president Edward Hutchinson (R-Fennville) said. Richard Austin (D-Detroit), one of the authors of the Democrats' model' constitution was disappointed with the convention's work Kennedy Alerts As Reds Gain in , 'I Doctor Says *Mental Tests Deny Rights TORONTO W/) - A psychiatrist and a lawyer said recently that current systems of assessing the mental competence of a person to stand trial violate the rights of both the individual and society. Psychiatrists and lawyers are guilty of usurping one anther's functions in society, delegates at the American Psychiatric Asso- ciation's annual meeting were told. Dr. John H. Hess, Jr., of the Medical School, an instcuctor in psychiatry, presented a report on a survey in Michigan on incompe- tency to stand trial. Morton Concurs Prof. J. Desmond Morton of the Osgood. Hall Law School at Tor- onto, concurred with Hess. They agreed that, despite ef- forts to resolve the conflict, each still disregards the other. Hess and his team studied the nrecords of accused persons ruled incompetent to stand trial and cmmitted to the Ionia State Hos- pital, including some returned for trial after treatment and others placed on parole. He concluded that the roles of the courts, the hospitals and the doctors often are distorted and the Interests of the accused are not serve.Incarceration 'The Michigan practice, the same or similar to most other jurisdic- tions in North America, results in "incarceration, often. for life, of Epersons without benefit of trial," the report said. Hess expressed belief that many of those committed to Ionia were competent to stand trial and the majority of the rest could have been made ready for trial through treatment within six months. Common law holds that the court decides whether an accused is competent - whether his men- tal status permits him to plead and be tried on a criminal charge, understanding the proceedings and assisting in his own defense. Common Law But in Michigan, and other jur- isdictions, the statute embodying the common law principle refers to the sanity or insanity of the accused, not his competence, Hess said. Morton said the psychiatrist "is not qualified to testify as a philos- opher on the issue of moral re- sponsibility" of whether a man is fit to stand trial. It is fair to place a man on trial. "There is a tendency to assume the role of moral experts," Mor- ton said. He suggested the psy- chiatrist should be prepared to refuse to give evidence on the is- sue of competency to stand trial if he believes he cannot give mean- ingful evidence." 'as the good features of the docu- ment were outweighed by the bad. Update Language "The convention made many changes in the document - up- dating language, making the gov- ernor's term four years and abol- ishing spring elections - which could have been done by constitu- tional amendment," he said. Fellow delegate Harold Norris (D-Detroit) echoed the main Democratic complaints that there was not sufficient improvement in the strategic areas of reapportion- ment, finance and taxation and the judicial branch. Austin pointed to the judicial article which takes judgeship ap- pointments out of the governor's hands and puts it in the supreme court and to the apportionment; article under which the Senate is apportioned on the basis of popu- lation and area. Not Satisfactory "The re-apportionment article is not satisfactory although it gives one or two more seats to the De- troit area. It makes it difficult for the courts to make a satisfactory decision," he declared. Healso criticized the ban on the graduated income tax and assess- ment provisions. Lee Boothby (R-Niles) had a different criticism of the appor- tionment article. "It gives five counties-Wayne, Macomb, Gene- see and Kent-62 per cent of the representation leaving the others to shift for themselves." Emergency Provisions He attacked the, "health and welf are are matters of primary concern" section of the emergency rovisions section, fearing that it wuill be used to justify "unconstitu- tional legislation." The provisions calling for the pportionmentn of the highway .ommissioner by asgovernor-ap- pointed four-man highway com- fission makesd the fixing of re- sponsibility difficult, he said. He criticized the transfer of ower provisions of the local gov- ernment provisions which allows ocal units to delegate powers to other governments, including the )ower to tax, as too sweeping. The problem of flexibility is a political question, Boothby said. "People are for flexibility when it is to their advantage and against it when it is not," he as- serted. "No constitution can be as flex- ible as the federal constitution. [he federal document is delega- tie and does not have to spell out its powers while the state document is prohibitive and must denote limits on legislation," he said. Army Flees, Rebels Near Capital City Boun Oum Proclaims State of Emergency VIENTIANE W)P - Advancing pro-Communist rebels sent royal 'Laotian forces fleeing into neigh- boring Thailand yesterday and claimed to have pushed within striking distance of the royal cap- ital of Luang Prabang. In Vientiane, Prince Boun Oum's anti-Communist regime proclaim- ed a state of emergency, opening the way for total mobilization of the areas still under its control. President John F. Kennedy's ajert order came as the rebels claimed their drive carried them into the Mekong River town of Tanoun, only 24 miles west of Lu- ang Prabang. Rebel Advances The rebel advances prompted two Kennedy conferences in Wash- ington with cold war strategists. Rebel broadcasts, quoted by the Red Chinese New China News Agency, claimed they launched their drive because of what they called an armed buildup by the United States and the Boun Oum government. A high United States military source said 2,000 of the pro-West- ern government's troops had fled into friendly Thailand without putting up a fight against a rebel offensive Military Advisory Informants said a six-man American military advisory team also had moved to the Thai side of the Mekong River. The rebel "Voice of Laos," in a broadcast quoted by the Chinese Communist news agency, said roy- al Laotian troops abandoned Ta- noun and fled, presumably across the Mekong River to join their comrades in Thailand. Tanoun lies about 60 miles south of Houei Sai, key government point whose fall to the Reds was reported Friday. Reported Capture The reported capture of Tanoun added to royal government fears that the rebels are closing in for, an all out attack on Luang Pra- bang and on the administrative capital of Vientiane to the south. The defense ministry charged So- viet-made planes were rushing men and material to new-won ter- ritory in an apparent buildup for a further push. The top official of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEA- TO) yesterday made a flying trip to the Thailand-Laos border area reached by Communist rebels in their drive across Northwest Laos. SEATO Secretary-General Pote Sarasin inspected the border area with a party led by Thai Premier Marshal Sarit Thanarat. Pote said the eight-nation alliance is still under treaty obligation to protect Laos, but he noted that "as of to- day no move has been made to bring SEATO into the picture." 6 46 TROOP MOVEMENT- United States forces, sent by carrier from the Ph into Thailand if the Laotian crisis becomes more serious. Pro-Communist fo' Laos, presently holding territory indicated by the shaded area on the map merican Units Southeast Asia 'May Send Carriers, PHILIPPIN Marines to Thailand Executive Decision Expected Soon On Direct Intervention in Laos War WASHINGTON (M-President John F. Kennedy yesterday alerted land, sea and air units for possible movement into Southeast Asia if further developments in crisis-ridden Laos makes this necessary. Exactly what use may be made of the United States forces involved in the precautionary moves is still unclear and will ., depend on further decisions in the light of the developing sit- ciation, informants said. ,Whether America troops actually will go into Laos was described as depending upon what the Communists and the pro-Western Laotian forces doa -Daily-Kenneth Winter ilippine Islands, may go rces continue to gain in P. 'PAROCHIAL VIEW': Study Hits College Curricula By FRED M. HECHINGER New York Times News Analyst A major survey of college cur- riculums has concluded that iso- lationism remains a stronger force in American education than in United States foreign policy. The three-year study of the col- leges' teaching of an understand- ing of international a f f a i r s charged that "higher education in the United States is more provin- cial than in any comparable coun- try." The Carnegie Corporation of New York, which financed the study, said recently in its publi- cation Quarterly that American history was generally taught "from an extremely parochial point of view, as if the United States alone had inhabited the planet from the time of independ- ence until its entry into World War I." The study found that a mixture of inadequate courses and student apathy were responsible for letting seniors graduate from college with little more knowledge about for- eign affairs than they had had as freshmen. Percy W. Bidwell, for- mer director of studies of the Council on Foreign Relations, con- ducted the research. Inadequate Courses The report found introductory courses in economics, political sci- ence and government often lack- ing in the treatment of the world scene. It said that "almost nobody takes geography, even in these relatively few places where it is. offered." The study called for complete reorganization of the introductory courses in American history and the social sciences in most colleges and universities. Bidwell urged that all college presidents assign a senior profes- sor Or a senior member of the ad- ministration to the co-ordination of curricular and extra-curricular activities relating to foreign af- fairs. Instead of adding more courses on specific foreign areas to the undergraduate program, he urged that these be replaced by world history and geography. Bidwell's findings were support- ed by tests given as part of the study to 2,000 seniors in thirty-six colleges and universities. These tests showed that the students averaged only 55 per cent of cor- rect answers in foreign affairs. Men were found better informed than women. Teachers colleges produced the lowest percentage of correct answers, but not by a wide margin. The regional differences were insignificant, with New Eng- land, the Middle Atlantic States and the Pacific regions slightly ahead. Few Students Although many colleges offer specializedcourses on internation- al relations, Bidwell found, few students, except those majoring in these fields, take advantage of them.i In its report on the study, the Carnegie's Quarterly stressed that this still left a question: what to do about the education "of future businessmen, engineers, teachers and scientists." The Quarterly called for an at- tempt to create a greater under- standing of foreign affairs through courses in history, government, economics, sociology, anthropolo- gy, English and modern languages. Copyright, 1962, The New York Times in the immediate future. Refuse to Exclude Officials refused at this junc- ture, however, to exclude the pos- sibility that the United States would intervene directly in the little country. The first step was taken Thurs- day with the dispatch into South- east Asian waters of an aircraft carrier task force of the United States 7th fleet, believed to be carrying a 2,000-man reinforced Marine battalion. These troops could be landed in Thailand, a United States ally un- der the Southeast Asia Treaty Or- ganization, by arrangement with that country. Battle Group Reports An American battle group re- ported to number about 1,000 soldiers, already deployed in Thai- land, is said to be one of the units involved in Kennedy's pre- cautionary moves. The troops are there by agreement with the Thai' government following recent SEA- TO military maneuvers. Officials said this group is mov- ing up toward the Mekong River border between Laos and Thailand to help serve, along with Thai forces, against any infiltration of Thailand by Communist or pro- Communist troops from Laos'. In Kennedy's strategic planning, the Mekong River, at least so far as it forms the border between Laos and Thailand, constitutes a line beyond which he does not intend to allow Red forces to pass. Communist Advances Growing Communist advances in the tiny Laotian kingdom were the subject of two conferences Ken- nedy held yesterday with his top cold war strategists. The second phase of presidential action, it is understood, will prob- ably result in the movement of some units closer to Southeast Asia in the next few days unless in the meantime there is an im- provement in the situation. Both White House conferences included Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as var- ious intelligence experts. 'To Distribute New 'Ensian The Michiganensian will be available tomorrow and can be picked up at the Student Publica- tions Bldg. This year, it has 32 pages of color pictures as well as five color sketches of campus buildings. Last year, the yearbook had only nine pages of color. The houses in the dormitories and quadrangles in most cases only have one group picture. In- stead of the other group picture they either have an activity shot or house sketch. The fraternities and sororities this year have a house sketch but no activity picture on their page. However, at the end of the section there is one page of activity pic- tures for all fraternities and sor- orities. Also, the houses wrote their own copy. The yearbook has no ads this year, thus it has been cut from 503 to 496 pages. The football section has been changed also. There is one larger story with pictures rather than having an individual account of every game. A different type print which re- cently has been improved was used this year that was cheaper and al- lowed for the large increase in color pictures. Kennedy Says Action Needed MILWAUKEE (M - President John F. Kennedy, speaking in Wisconsin said last night that many tasks still are undone and "we cannot permit this country to stand still." His program, Kennedy sail, 'are things a country must do, things that many other countries did years ago, yet they are regarded with concern here because hey are considered new. Bretton To Run For Legislature Prof. Henry L. Bretton of the political science department an- nounced yesterday that he will seek election to the state House of Representatives from Washtenaw County's fourth district on the Democratic ticket. U.S. ECONOMY: McCracken Claims Growth Can End Payments Deficit Prof. Paul McCracken of the business administration school took a hard look at the United States' economic conditions yesterday and then told an audience at the 32nd annual Alumni Conference Program that the" country may not have to choose between domestic develop- ment and squaring the balance of payments. If internal financial improvement can be attained without touching off another wage-price spiral, the domestic economy will be strong enough to plug the cur- rent outflow .cf investment capital RETAINS LEAD: to more attractive foreign markets. Colleges Hold Rachy-Derby' One way to help ease the in- dustrial expansion would be "a major overhaul of the tax struc- ture," Prof. McCracken said. Such a revision should be aimed at softening the penalties on earning and investing additional dollars," even at the sacrifice of momen- tarily increasing the budget deficit. International Market Another consideration involved in expanding the domestic econ- omy is the international market. Prof. McCracken pointed out that foreign economies are expanding more rapidly than is the United States' Hense, a more diverse and yet more homogeneous overseas market pattern has evolved, as trio automobile age has arrived in Europe." But this new competition will also have a great effect on the internal picture. "What captures the domestic consumer's fancy may be the brain child of an im- aginative and aggressive foreign businessman," When the American economy is sufficiently vigorous, a boom in international trade will come M' Sweeps Doubleheader from OSU By JOHN SCOCHIN A front-running baseball team came into Ferry Field Saturday and went away an also-ran. The powerful Ohio State Buckeyes, winners of six straight con- ference games, were beaten in a doubleheader. They lacked the force when they needed it in the clutch. Michigan's Wolverines, a slim one game ahead of the Buckeyes before yesterday's twin bill, won the first game in the last of the tenth, 5-4, and battered the Buckeyes apart in the nightcap for a 12-2 victory. But a Memory, The Michigan sweep puts Ohio State out of the running for the Big Ten title with four defeats while the Wolverines rest staunchly in undisputed possession of first place with an 11-1 record. The lone senior starter, gritty catcher Joe Merullo pulled the Wolverines back from defeat in the first game. Behind by one run in the last of the ninth, centerfielder Jim Steckley drilled a leadoff double into centerfield. Dennis Spalla advanced him to third with a long fly to center and then clutch hitting Joe came up and ripped a 1-2 pitch into cen- ter to score Steckley with the game's tying run. The Buckeyes, however, weren't willing to settle for second and - .'/':'Nf:"f; r t ev''.:::::,:....' ,. X- 1' I