PROSPECTS FOR PROGRESS See Page 4 j Cl C Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom Dait SLIGHT RAIN Hlgh.-64 Low-48Y Cloudy and cooler with diminishing winds VOL. LXXII, No. 10 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES OSA Study Group To Include 4 SGC lembers * * * * * * ( U' Professors To Head' Thai Training Center For Peace Corps Unit' THAI CENTER-Prof. Marvin Felheim of the English depart- ment (left) and Dean of State-wide education Harold M. Dorr plan to, direct the Peace Corps training program here. h i"A"" ';IJ": r:}}^"Lr.iiiS"{ t! ::li'Y."Y:}: ":l :h :" ::1." " ; t7Y. M r:i :}4 ti a { f y ""i M y 4" i{ h :1lL }f p. k {d VR, Yti l v r rrr: :'9i nwrr Buyers' Confidence Returns' in 1961 Consumer confidence in the nation's economy has improved during the past three months, according to a Survey Research Center report released today. "A large proportion of the American people are aware of the upturn in business conditions, and a growing number judge the economc outlook for the next 12 months as 'good'," Professors George Katona and Eva Mueller of the economics department, program directors at the center, stated in their third measure- mient for 1961 on consumer attitudes. They cautioned that these findings indicate "recovery and not a boom" as far as consumer spending is concerned. The researchers speculated that increases in personal income, which are likely in the period ahead, will increase the consumer's ability to buy and provide an additional stimulus to consumer optimism. The most striking change over the last three months, according to the survey, has been in the public's appraisal of business conditions. In May-June, 1961, there was an even division between those who judged business was better than during the previous year and those who judged that it was worse. The findings of! the recent survey indicated that more than three times as many people thought conditions were better instead of worse. Consumers are expected to make a sizable contribution to business recovery in coming months, as shown by growing opinion that attractive buys are available in household goods, cars and houses. Volunteers To Pursue, Four Fields Gedney, Bowman, Leetsma To Head Local Units in Plan By SANDRA JOHNSON The University will train ap- proximately 60 Peace Corps volun- teers for service in Thailand. Dean of State-wide Education Harold M. Dorr said yesterday the University has signed a contract for establishment of the Thailand training center here. "All volunteers will receive a 'common core' training program," Prof. Robert C. Leestma of the education school explained. In addition each will specialize in one of four fields: Teaching English as a foreign language, malaria eradication, trade and industrial education or assisting instruction at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. The common core program will consist of five parts: Thai lan- guage and culture, which will both be taught under the direction of Prof. William J. Gedney of the English department, American culture and institutions under the direction of Prof. Marvin Felheim of the English department, physi- cal education under Guy G. Reiff of the Physical Education Depart- ment and personal health and hy- giene, under the general super- vision of Dean Myron E. Wegman of the school of public health. Prof. Gedney anticipates that Americans will encounter diffi- culties with Thai because it is a tonal language. It will be hard for them both to hear and to imitate the subtle distinctions ina tone that differentiate word from word. Lectures given by specialists, both from the University and else- where, discussion groups, films See 'U,' Page 81 Nixon Seeks Statehouse In California LOS ANGELES (M)-Former Vice-President Richard M. Nixor last night ended months of spec- ulation by announcing he will run f or governor of California next year. He promised to serve the ful) four-year term, if elected, and declared himself out of the 1964 Presidential race. The 48-year-old California Re- publican, who lost the 1960 Presi- dential election to President John F. Kennedy, told a televised news conference that the present state administration of Democratic Gov, Edmund G. Brown is in a mess. Prepared Statement Brown promptly retorted in a prepared statement that Nixon "has surrendered to heavy pres- sure from Republican bosses in the East to enter a contest he tried to avoid, seeking an office he really does not want, under a four-year contract he does not intend to fulfill." Explaining his decision not to run again for the Presidency, Nixon said: "The next governor must be a man who will devote not part, but all of his energies to this job." Bungling Man He characterized Brown, who is expected to seek re-election, as an "amiable but bungling man (who) cannot clean up this mess for which he is at least partially re- sponsible." Nixon told more than 100 news- men in a downtown hotel, that he: Home Calls for Talks To Settle Berlin Crisis UNITED NATIONS (P)-British Foreign Secretary Lord Home yesterday pledged his country's best efforts to seek a negotiated settle- ment of the Berlin crisis. He called for new disarmament talks keyed to President John F. Kennedy's latest proposals. Last night the Soviet Union unveiled an eight-point plan it declared was aimed at easing international tensions and creating an atmosphere favorable to general t and complete disarmament.R u k S e Double-Dealing Rusk eeks Lord Home spoke to the General Assembly, where he accused the Russians of double-dealing in the l Geneva test ban negotiations. He saarifiittioe said if world peace is to be assured, the Soviet Union must drop a NEW YORK M)-Secretary of policy of setting "man against State Dean Rusk is understood man" and promoting civil strife. to d Fo Minister The Soviet plan was distributed ave urge reign str in the form of a memorandum to Andrei Gromyko yesterday to ex- United Nations delegations. plain what the Soviets mean by Among the eight points were "guaranteed access" to West Ber- such familiar Soviet proposals as: lin after they sign a peace treaty Renunciation of use of atomic with Communist East Germany. weapons, a non-aggression pact This is regarded by United between NATO and Warsaw pact States and allied leaders as a key powers, withdrawal of foreign point for exploration in determin- troops from alien territories, and ing whether there is any real basis measures to lessen danger of sur- for East-West negotiations on a Urge Investigation peaceful solution of the Berlin Ghana, India, the United Arab Rs. Republic and Venezuela meanwhile Rusk and Gromyko met for four proposed an urgent Assembly in- hours at the Soviet foreign min- vestigation into the death of ister's headquarters on Upper Secretary-General Dag Hammar- Park Avenue, beginning with a skjold in a plane crash in Northern luncheon and ending with an in- Rhodesia Sept. 17. They said UN tensive two-hour discussion of the investigators could cooperate with problems of Germany and Berlin. groups already looking into the When they broke up, Rusk told cause of the crash. reporters that "we had a very Behind-the-scenes negotiations good lunch and a very good talk continued on efforts toward As- and will meet again Saturday sembly action on a stop-gap morning." successor to Hammarskjold, but no Assembly proposals are expected Gromyko said that "our con- until next week. versations are not concluded." In a major policy speech to the The talk was understood to have General Assembly, Lord Home pro- been wide-ranging but to have jected as sterile the Soviet concept given Rusk no clear indication of peaceful coexistence at a time whether the Soviets are prepared when the civilized world faced the to agree to a negotiating formu- stark choice of whether "it is to la which would be acceptable to live or die." the Western powers. r 1, i t l I i z s r 3 -AP wirephoto TUG-OF-WAR-A 77-year-old woman is caught in an East-West struggle as she tries to escape from East to West Berlin. An East Berlin policeman holds her arms, while a West Berliner grabs her legs. The West Berliner wrenched her free and they fell into the safety net. Carder, Sawyer, Nemlaha, Glick To Represent Council Fifth, Non-Voting Participant Requested By Students, Rejected by Reed's Committee By JUDITH OPPENHEIM Four members of Student Government Council will participate on the Study Committee on the Office of Student Affairs as full voting members. A fifth, non-voting, student member requested by Student Gov- ernment Council last week will not be appointed to the committee. List Delegates The Council's delegates to the study committee will be Michigan Union President Paul Carder, '62, Brian Glick, '62, Women's League President Bea Nemlaha, '62, and Assembly Association President Sally Jo Sawyer, '62. The non-voting member would have come from a group composed of the Daily senior staff and. three members of the SGC Human Re- lations Board, who compiled in- formation on the Office of Stu- dent Affairs this spring. At last night's SOC meeting, Council President Richard Nohl, '62BAd, read the following letter from Prof. John Reed of the Law School, study committee chair- man: Committee Meets "The study committee on the Office of Student Affairs met to- day with the members of the, executive committee of the Stu- dent Government Council and thej framers of the recent SGC motion relating to the study committee (Daily Editor John Roberts, '62 and Brian Glick, '62). "After full discussion of thet matter of student memberships on the study committee, it was con- cluded-and seemed to be thea consensus of the entire discussion1 group-that four members of the. Student Government C ou n e i 1 should serve as members of the study committee. "These memberships are with- out qualification; they imply full1 status in terms of responsibilities and rights. No Membership "It was decided specifically that there would be no membership for a fifth student, not a member of the Council. Prof. Reed said it was generallyk agreed not to include the fifth member. Resource Person He said the principle reason was that the extra member would have served primarily as a resource person. The group from which this member would have been chosen confined its study to a limited as- pect of the Office of Student Af- fairs. BULLETIN At 2 a.m. this morning, Stu- dent Government Council was a still in executive session try-c ing to reach a decision on stu- r dents to fill the Council's three vacancies.- Eighteen students had peti- 1 tioned for the vacancies which were Created by the resigna-g tions of Philip Power, '60, Roger Seasonwein, Grad and Mary Wheeler, WL. T4 in- terim appointments Noll ex- pire at the time of the CouP+ f cil's fall elections Nov. 7 and t RICHARD M. NIXON ... hopeful again "F ." . . . .. .i. . . . ..n'M :i":. ':J""' :"V::":: } :': }. BRENTANO: World Acts At Expense Of Germany BONN (A) - Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano said last night efforts are being made in the world-including in the Unit- ed States - to settle the Berlin crisis at Germany's expense. He told a meeting of members of Parliament of his Christian Democratic Party that the Bonn government must undertake to persuade its allies that they should stick to their policy even in times of crisis. Brentano said any talks between Bonn and East Germany were "out of the question" because recogni- tion of the Communist regime would make 17 million East Ger- mans lose their hope for freedom. It was the second time in 24 hours thataBrentanobmade refer- ence to statements by Gen. Lu- cius D. Clay, President John F. Kennedy's special representative in Berlin. Clay caused an uproar last weekend by saying that West Germans must face up to the ex- istence of a Communist East Ger- man state and that talks between the two Germanys may have to come in five or six years. Brentano said he had inquired in Washington about Clay's state- ments and had been assured that Boulding View's '1984' At, First SGC Seminar By GAIL EVANS A bad book, but "all bad books are important and all good books are bad"-that describes George Orwell's "1984," according to Prof. Kenneth Boulding's analysis at Student Government Council's opening reading and discussion seminar. Over 100 students moved from the packed Honors Lounge to the Multi-Purpose Room to hear Assistant Dean of Men John Bingley, 1. Made his final decision on the governorship last night. 2. Will not run on a slate be- cause "Californians resent ma- chine politics." 3. Expects the other announced candidates for the GOP nomina- tion - former Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, Assemblyman Joseph Shell of Los Angeles and ex-Lt. Gov. Harold J. (Butch) Powers-to re- main in the primary race. No Bearing He said any political opponents who bring up matters which have no bearing on his qualifications for public office "will have to an- swer their charges and they will be in the fight of their lives." Nixon two months ago declared he would run for governor only if he decided he was the one man who could unite California Repub- licans and unseat the Democratic administration. U.S. Planes May Be Sent For Berlin By The Associated Press The United States may detach almost 500 more jet planes and thousands of additional troops to Europe by the end of the year if the Berlin crisis is not resolved, Defense Department sources indi- cated yesterday. The indication followed reports that all or most of 18 Air Force National Guard squadrons alerted for active duty next Monday will be sent overseas for any Berlin showdown. The squadrons have a total of 411 jet fighters, most of which are capable of carrying nuclear, as well as conventional weapons. An additional four squadrons reporting for duty at the same time are equipped with reconnais- sance versions of the planes. At the present, 40,000 additional troops have been ordered to Eu- rope. NATO now commands about 5,000 fighter planes on the Euro- pean continent. The Army is raising its *ground forces from 870,000 to over 1 ml- lion. Another 123,000 Army re- servists and National Guardsmen will report for duty next month. It was noted, however, that the Guard squadrons would not have been called to action unless an' increase in Allied military strength in Europe had been anticipated. Negroes Riot After Police Arrest Leader NEWARK W)-More than 600 Negro youngsters rioted outside a police station yesterday in the aftermath of a police attempt to cope with disorderliness outside a nearby school. The rioters were dispersed by fire hoses and no one was serious- ly hurt. Nine rock-throwing youths, aged 8 to 14, were arrested. Police had been called by the principal of West Kinney Junior High School to disperse some 200 pupils who were watching a fist fight between two boys, outside he school. Three policemen were attacked by about a dozen boys when they sought to send the youngsters home. A ringleader of the attack was a 17-year-old youth who was not a student at the school. P- ice withheld his real name but aid he went by the nickname of Abdulla Muhammad. The youth tore off the gun and holster of a policeman and then ield the gun on the officer. The outh was then grabbed from be- hind by a second policeman and ut under arrest after much kick- ng and fighting. Shortly after theyouth had een taken to a nearby police tation, more than 600 youngsters athered outside the station. U.S. Rejects [erlin Riunor WASHINGTON M)-A United tates spokesman denied yester- ay that the United States or its Prof. Boulding of the economics 1department, and Prof. James Gin- din of the English department dis- cuss Orwell's anti-utopian work. Melodramatic and sensational, I1984 "is not a good novel. It hinges on a pretty constant sentimental- ity," Prof. Gindin asserted. The love affair is unconvincing, and Orwell's fixation with cleanliness becomes monotonous. He also found a note of "minor petulance" in the work which does not really reflect the issues in our society. Literary Importance Dean Bingley and Prof. Bould- ing, however, maintained that the book does have importance in utopian literature. Orwell builds a society containing the bad- points of past eras. He shows that when a utopia is achieved, it may soon become unpopular because it is inadequate. I Prof. Boulding agrees with Or- well, when he insists that lasting social systems consist of "necessity, chance and freedom," all not pro- vided in a corporate society. and ain,,, IFC MASS MEETING: Rushees Urged To See Many Houses During Rush By DAVID MARCUS | }|||.:. ||. |":r Speakers at last night's Interfraternity Council's mass rush meeting urged rushees to "view thoroughly" as many houses as they can and to choose carefully from the system. IFC President Robert Peterson, '62, said "you owe it to yourselves to rush." He noted that "although fraternity men have at times been called stereotyped, you will find that each house is different, emphasizing different things." Fraternity Opportunities Peterson cited "opportunities within the fraternity system" in which he included "the opportunity to choose those people with whom you will live for the next three years and to be chosen by them. "This is the cornerstone of the fraternity system," he said. Peterson noted as one of the main values of the system "the op- portunity to find a group with which you can identify. "There is a need for this on a campus of 25,000 people." House Leadership Peterson also cited opportunities for leadership within the houses. "Individual fraternities run their own affairs within the general f :. M IA .1