N'EEDLESS 1V' SAY.f.s See Page 4 iji Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom _: VYA1 -VViT 1t_ ee - vOE. .IAAII, INo. 36 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1961 k7 'TO B TTLE I ESOT r NSF: Grants T o Provide Science Equipment BY RONALD WILTON The National Science Foundation yesterday announced a new pro- gram of grants to help meet the needs of many undergraduate schools for modern science instruction equipment. Prof. Dugald E. S. Brown, chairman of the zoology department, believesthe program to be a "very important one." If we are going to do our Job, we haye to modernize every year and must keep up with r L _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ . * * * Khrushchev Claims Threatens -- :,, -Daily-Ed Langs DRIVING FORWARD-Halfback Bennie McRae, here dodging Purdue defenders will have tough running against Minnesota. Big Te ponents Both Need Victory By DAVE ANDREWS Associate Sports Editor The Little Brown Jug, king of gridiron trophies, goes on the block this afternoon in Minneapolis.. Minnesota, current possessor of the Jug, has set a squad, or maybe a division, of ROTC cadets to guard it. The cadets will stand against any Michigan raiders who might try to take the hallowed trophy before 60 minutes of football have been played between the Golden Gophers and Michigan's Wolver- ines. Apparently, Minnesota - and the cadets - haven't heard of the little regard traditional rival Michigan had for Army three weeks ago. Despite the extra Minnesota preparations, the game is rated as a tossup. And despite what the Minnesota army may think, there's more at stake this afternoon than that prized Jug. A loss for either team en House Questio ning Notes Issu.es By JUDITH OPPENHEIM Student Government Council candidates interpreted their plat- forms and views in response to questions from Daily staff mem- bers at the Daily open house Thursday evening in the Michi- gan Union ballroom. The candidates attended the open house at two separate ses- sions in groups of seven. Thomas Brown, '63BAd, empha- sized the importance of student representation on committees forming University regulations. He cited the fact that there were no student members on the Office of Student Affairs.Committee until after it was already organized and said students must strive for bet- ter representation in the future. Student Store Douglas DZahn, '62, wants the Council to investigate the possi- bility of a student-run school sup- ply store.. When he was informed that such studies had already been conducted and that the Regents had refused to support a book- store, Dahn said he felt the study should be conducted again with particular attention paid to a stu- dent sponsored bookstore at Wayne State University. - , World Problems Joseph Feldman, '64, was asked to explain his statement that SGC is not a forum for debate and discussion on world problems. He said all students ought per- sonally to take an interest in such issues, but the Council should fo- cus its attention on areas where it can take constructive action. Richard G'sell, '63E, emphasiz- ed the importance of increased communication between SGC and the campus. He suggested print- ing of Council minutes on the front page of The Daily and in- See SGC, Page 2 State Receires ''.Reqest For Budget The University has officially transmitted its budget request for some $45.8 million next year to the state Department of Admin- istration's budget division, Vice- President and Dean of Faculties Marvin L. Niehuss said yesterday. The request, passed by the Re- gents at their October meeting, was sent without the large docu- ment of explanation which the University usually sends with it, he said. the contemporary scene. We can't keep using equipment that is 50 years old or even five years old, he said last night. "The National Science Founda- tion expects you to have a strong program which is proceeding in the direction science is going. The zoology department is looking in- to it, but there must be consider- able study and discussion with the NSF. Thus it may take several years before results are forthcom- ig SU.OS. Protest Hits German Interference D -- Pan hel Vot e "What we are working for is the opportuniy to offer to 'the rushee 24 equal and basically similar units," Assistant Dean of Women' Elizabeth Leslie said yes- terday. Mrs. Leslie thus expressed ap- proval of the recently passed Panhellenic Association ruling which says, "Parnhellenic disap- proves of the setting of grade requirements above those set by the University for rushees and urges their elimination." "I want to stress that Panhel is not interested in passing legisla- tion to govern the houses, as they still retain their right to set higher requirements. Panhel is not dic- tating to the houses. We are just, concerned with taking care of an' awkward, unequal arrangement," Mrs. Leslie said. Grade restrictions beyond 2.0 don't make for a more intellectual or academically successful house.' Those without restrictions often do better on their overall house' averages than houses with greater' restrictions, she said. spells almost certain doom in the Conference title chase. A tie isn't much good either. Technically the Gophers - who play seven conference games this year -- wouldn't be dead as many teams have won with a single loss. But, with Michigan State's jug- gernaut invading Minneapolis next Saturday and a trip to Iowa the week after, who's to argue. For the Wolverines, a defeat ends it. Michigan State adminis- tered the first beating two weeks ago and, though Michigan re- bounded against Purdue last week, no team with two losses and a six-game Big Ten schedule has ever won. On paper it boils down to a match between Michigan's ad- mittedly superior speed and Min- nesota's powerful line with the added attraction of a possible aerial dual between quarterbacks Dave Glinka and Sandy Stephens. The Wolverines found for the first time in three years last week that fleet halback Bennie McRae can catch a pass and exploited the weapon for 144 yds. and a touch- down. Minnesota, however, dis- covered that Stephens could throw See 'GOPHERS, Page 6 4 Non-Government Funds Prof. David M. Denisson, chair- man of the physics department, explained that the funds provided by NSF would have to be match- ed by non-governmental funds. "The physics department has not investigated this yet, and there- fore we don't know whether we will use this aid." When the new physics - astronomy building is completed during the 1962-63 aca- demic year, however, "there is a good possibility that wewill need new instruction equipment" In the first year the NSF pro- gram calls for total grants of $5 million with each university eligi- ble for a maximum of $150,000. Aid to High Schools .Prior to this program most gov- ernment aid for science education has gone to secondary schools and graduate schools. The government now thinks that undergraduate education in science has developed into the weakest link in the edu- cational chain. The need for better instruction- al equipment was cited in a recent foundation survey of 747 collegiate' departments of biology, chemis- try, engineering and physics. To Establish ACLU Chapter In Ann Arbor By MICHAEL OLINICK Local members of the American Civil Liberties Union have taken the first steps toward establishing an Ann Arbor chapter. A temporary steering commit- tee elected at an initial organiza- tional meeting Wednesday night will meet tomorrow to set up a structure for the group and draft bylaws. It will also represent the new chapter on the state board of directors. The local chapter will join ones in Detroit and Lansing to bolster the Michigan branch of the ACLU, committee member Prof. Wesley Maurer said yesterday. Prof. Maurer, who heads the journal- ism department, is a member of the national ACLU board. "The ACLU's function is to serve as a permanent service guarding the rights and constitutional li- berties of all citizens," he said. In the past, the national ACLU committee has opposed the for- mation of a great number of lo- cal chapters. This policy has been changed, primarily because the national has too many cases, re- ferred to it, Prof. Maurer expain- ed. "The national committee wants to be able to select cases it feels it can follow through all the way in the courts, ases where it can act effectively." Members of the steering com- mittee include Professors Spen- cer Kimball of the law school and James Morgan of the eco- nomics department; Mrs. Arthur Carr, attorney Clan Crawford, Jr., Detroit News cartoonist Arthur Poinier, Mrs. Fred Poole and Lawrencee Prkken. nwner of Premier Says Russia Stronger than U.S. In Nuclear Weapons MOSCOW (IP)-Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev accused the West- ern powers yesterday of threaten- ing war over' Berlin even though, he said, the Soviet nuclear weap- ons arsenal is stronger than the American. Insisting he wants only peace, however, the premier told the 22nd Soviet Communist Party Congress the Soviet Union would never try to dictate its will to other na- tions. He reiterated he would not in- sist on' a Dec. 31 deadline for a showdown on Berlin. But he warned a German settlement can- not wait indefinitely anid the 'West must show willingness to nego- tiate. Thompson Protests Khrushchev's speech came a few hours after United States Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson had protested to the Moscow For- eign Office against East German interference with movement of civilian garbed American officials into East Berlin. Thompson promptly got a pro- test in -return from Foreign Min- ister Andrei Gromyko, who said United States troops in West Ber- lin, by driving jeep loads of sol- diers through the walled barrier into East Berlin, were creating a dangerous situation. In discussing the Berlin crisis, Khrushchev said United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk talked of a "position of strength policy" while President John F. Kennedy was "faced with the ard- uouis task" of overhauling the So- viet Union in the field . of nu- clear weapons. Forced to Resume Tests The Soviet Union was forced to resume nuclear tests "in the face of direct threats and the danger of a war," the premier asserted. In Washington State Depart- ment Press Officer Lincoln White ridiculed as "preposterous" the claim that Russia had to resume nuclear testing because of actions of the Western powers. Tank Vigil Lasts Through Nigi ESQUIRE SYMPOSIUM: Authors Scrutinize American Literatui DISTINCTIVE STYLE:. Baez Strives for Free Rein By JILL HAMBERG. "A performer should give himself free rein in interpreting a folka song, as long as he feels that he is making it better and more beautiful,"- young folk singer Joan Baez said last night.: She performed a full selection of folk songs at Ann Arbor High School in a style which she has made distinctively her own. She stressed, however, that groups or singers who change songs She stressed w v g p g g g4 . ::;::v : By MARTHA MacNEAL "The age of writing which be- 'gan after World War I, and which is now in its middle period, is as rich. a .period as the novel in Eng- lish has ever known," Vance Bour- jaily said last night. .Bourjaily, author. of "Confes- sions of a Spent Youth" and Wih liam Styron, author of "Set This House on Fire," spoke on "The Role of the Writer in America" at the first meeting of the Esquire Symposium, Styron cited the "national love- wish" as indicative of the failure of our culture to produce adequate heroic symbols of good and evil in much American fiction. Bourjaily agreed with Dorothy Parker's statement that "the role of the writer is to write and stop putting on pretensions about be- ing a writer." Writer's Role