SHOULD EX-OFFICIOS LEAVE SGC? See Editorial Page \:Y Seventy-Two Years of Editorial Freedom 471 i1y SHOWERS High-38 Low-25 Rain early t'61s morning changing to light snow VOL. LXXIII, No. 123 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1963 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES An Editorial... WE BELIEVE that Student Government Council members should advocate greater responsibility for students, assure student rights and seek to participate in University policy for. mation in both academic and nonacademic affairs. SGC must use its full resources to guarantee students the opportunity to maximize their educational growth, insist- ing on the creation of a climate where all ideas may be * expounded and studied. SGC should realize that a student's education is im. paired when he is prevented from associating with other students of differing backgrounds and beliefs and thus, Council candidates should stand for the elimination of all such discrimination. rTHERE ARE only four candidates with this vision of Stu- dent Government Council and with the necessary knowl. edge, experience and ability to translate their ideas into effec- tive programs. They all clearly deserve election. They are: 1' Edwin Sasaki Kenneth Miller Howard Abrams Mary Beth Norton. -THE SENIOR EDITORS UNRESOLVED DANG ER: Aptheker Cites Risk Of ro Question By JEAN TENANDER "The failure of the United States to resolve the Negro question in the 19th century almost destroyed us, and, if it fails in the 20th century we will be destroyed," Herbert Aptheker said yesterday speaking on "The Emancipation Proclamation Now and 100 Years Ago." Aptheker, editor of Political Affairs magazine, spoke at the Uni- versity on the invitation of Voice political party and the Graduate Reports Approve Tax Cuts Financial Views Vary on Changes WASHINGTON (P)-A majority report of Congress' Joint Econom- ic Committee recommended yes- terday that any tax cut this year be bigger than President John F. Kennedy proposed. So did the Republican minority report. But congressional uncertainty about whether, and how much, to cut taxes and revise them was mir- rored in the many-sided 108-page report. Study Only The joint committee is a study group only. But it includes some members of the committees actu- ally handling, the tax legislation- ways and means in the House and finance in the Senate. Kennedy recommended an in- come tax cut program eventually reaching a net reduction of $10.6 billion a year. The 1963 reduction would be about $3 billion. The joint committee Democratic majority recommended a $6-bil- lion cut this year as the first step and advocated also eliminating some excise taxes, but not those on tobacco and alcohol. It sug- gested the income tax cut be ar- ranged to provide $200 this year for each married couple with in- come of $4000 or more. Asks Further Study The Republicanminority also said the administration-proposed first-year cut is not big enough. It said Congress should study the matter further, but "an annual reduction of from $7 billion to $8 billion might be about right." It questioned the "prudence of en- acting tax cuts to take effect two or three years in the future." The minority rapped the ad- ministration for submitting, along with tax cut recommendations, a $98.8-billion budget which the Re- publicans said would exceed spend- ing at the peak of World War I. They called for firm and deter- mined action to hold down spend- ing to a ceiling of $95 billion. Sen. William. E. Proxmire (D- Wis) said in separate views the benefits of a tax ut would be a mirage unless spending werecut -and that it could be. Douglas Comments The joint committee chairman,1 Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill), told a news conference he thinks "the minority have eccepted the princi- ple of a tax cut but would take away with the left hand what, they give with the right." Douglas said he has not cal- culated how much the majority recommendations would increase next year's deficit, figured at $11.9 billion by the administration, but agreed it would raise it by sev- eral billion dollars. Minority Proposal At the Republican news confer- ence, Rep. Thomas B. Curtis of Missouri agreed that the minority proposal for a bigger tax cut, even with reductions in spending, would result in a somewhat larger deficit next year than the administration plan. But he said this would be as one-time cut, not spread over years, and that any future reduc- tions would be contingent on the development of the economy andi successful control of spending. 1 He said he thinks such a pro- gram could bring about a balanced budget within a few years.i 'Ba ho By RAYMOND HOLTON Students will elect seven mem- bers to Student Government Council today, as well as student members of the Union, publica- tions and intercollegiate athletics boards and senior class officers and vote on a referendum on SGC ex-officios. Howard Abrams, '63, Michael Knapp, '64, Michael Marston, '65L, Kenneth Miller, '64, Sherry Miller, '65, Mary Beth Norton, '64, Fred- erick Rhines, '64, Michael Royer, '64, John Rutherford, '64, Edwin Sasaki, Grad, Thomas Smithson, '65, and Henry Wallace, '64, are seeking five-full year seats and two half-year seats. Distributed throughout t h e campus area, 14 polls will be open To becide Posts, Issues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. They are located at the Union, East, West, South and Law Quadrangles, Mary Markley Hall, the Diag, the; Fishbowl, Frieze Bldg., Engineer-' ing Arch, Palmer Field, East Med- ical Bldg., Business Administra- tion Bldg., and the UGLI. Referendum Advisory The referendum which asks whether all members of Student Government Council be elected is advisory only. Council would not be bound to remove the current seven ex-officio members if the referendum passed. SGC election director Gail Dunham, '65, predicted a bight vote as SGC executive vice-presi- dent Thomas Brown, '63BA, added that the predicted poor weather- rain and snow-may diminish the turnout. The counting will take place in the Union Ballroom, starting at 7:30 p.m. The first results are ex- pected around 9 p.m. Running for the three seats on the Board in Control of Student Publications are: Michael Kass, '65, Fred Russel Kramer, '64, Ed- ward Langs, '65L, Michael Lewis, '63, Frederick Riecker, '63, Lee Sclar, '63, and Jan Winkelman, '63. Riclard Bay, Bill Bullard Jr. and Robert Timberlake are vying for the sophomore-elected seat on the Board of Control for Inter- collegiate Athletics. Only male students may vote for the two- year term seat. Seeking the four undergraduate seats on the Union board of di- rectors are Stephen Berkowitz, '65, Matthew Cohen, '64, James Fadim, '65, John Karls, '64, and John Roadhouse, '64. James Cope- land, Grad, is the only person running for the two graduate student seats on the board. Only male students may vote in this election. Senior Class Presidency Five juniors are running for the literary college senior class presi- dency-John Bacon, Robert Flax- man, Roger Lowenstein, Robert Rosenberg and Michael Useem. Robert Abramson, John Markie- wicz, Michael Levin and Robert Tell are seeking the class vice- presidency. William Raymer and Robert Zimmer are the only ones seeking the secretary and treas- urer posts, respectively. In the race for business admin- istration school officers, juniors Kenneth Dresner and Alfred Pelham are running for president. Ronald Reican and Richard Zahn are seeking the vice-president and treasurer posts respectively. Only second-semester juniors or first-semester seniors in the school may vote in the class elec- tions. Before balloting, each voter must affirm his membership in the school and class. If a suffi- cient number of ballots are in- valid, the election may be voided and Joint Judiciary Council will prosecute individual offenders, Brown said. Council R ef uses Support Of '. -Delta College Plan Hands Issue To Romney HERBERT APTHEKER ... predicts difficulties. Says Education Fails To Lead Social Values By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM Universities are not fulfilling the, "fundamental aim of education- to rise above our culture," Paul Potter, Grad, and former USNSA vice-president for national af- fairs, said last night at the Voice forum. Education in this country "has accommodated itself to the socie- ty's system of values," he noted. "Universities are being thought of materialistically, in commodity terms,'' as the place from which one "buys" grades, academic pres- tige or professional status. Rather than being concerned with developing their intrinsic ed- ucational values, "universities are placing undue emphasis on aca- demic procedures and techniques," he said. Teaching Methods As an example in the teaching methods, he cited "the problem that we are unable to present to our students a whoistic picture of any academic discipline." In Psychology 101, the student is told that because of his lack of knowledge "he shouldn't apply what he is learning to those around him." Potter warned that "systematically we are cutting out the human element of education." Paradox " Student Council. Political Affairs is the theoretical organ of the Communist Party in the United States. Beginning with an account of the .Proclamation's history, Ap- theker moved into a discussion of ideas suggested to him by the Proclamation. Invalid Assumption Despite the fact that it is usual- ly the dissenters and the radicals who are charged with treason, Aptheker said he believed the Proclamation clearly showed this to be an invalid assumption. "Ex- ploitative systems when challeng- ed by social developments seek, if there is no other way out, to drown the future in a blood bath," he. said. "The source of treason is thus from the right and reaction- aries." The third lesson to be learned from the Proclamation is that it represents a vindication and a culmination of the rejection of moderation, gradualism, and tok- enism, Apetheker said. "A policy of gradualis mis geared toward ac- quiesence to the status quo." Negro Contribution He pointed out that both the Proclamation and the Civil War hammer home the decisive qual- ity of the Negro people's own con- tribution to the emancipation. "The salvation of the republic and the freeing of 'the slaves are intertwined," he said. "The image of the slave as a docile unimagina- tive creature is completely false." Aptheker concluded his talk with a plea for what he called "a; second Emancipation Proclama- tion." He said it remains for our generation, the American workers, the Negroes, and the youth to bring Lincoln's great work to frui- tion in this century. To Introduce Resolution On Proposal Legislators Study Leppien Measure By CARL COHEN Special To The Daily LANSING-A joint resolution supporting a University branch at Delta will soon be introduced in the House and Senate, Sen. Wil- liam Leppien (R-Saginaw) said yesterday. Rep. Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Ar- bor) and Rep. William Boos (D- Saginaw) circulated the resolu- tions yesterday along withLep- pien. According to Leppien the new bill will include the University's plan, but it will be more detailed than previous resolutions. Four-Year Institution The plan would establish a four- year degree-granting institution at Delta, known the The University of Michigan at Delta. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Arnell Engstrom (R - Traverse City) explained that although Gov. George Romney's recommendation of $750,000 for research grants for state-supported universities was omitted from the report "as it was printed," the bill "could al- ways be amended later." Orlebeke Explains Romney's education-aide Charles Orlebeke explained that the ways and means committee probably wanted to get a better idea about what the money would be used for. "As it is set up now the fund is part of the governor's Economic Development Program. The precise use is not designated, because we wanted to give maximum flexibil- ity." Cite Charges Of-Violations By ANDREW ORLIN and RICHARD KELLER SIMON Two charges of election pro- cedure violation were leveled last night in reaction to an unnamed group producing and distributing material advocating a no vote in today's referendum. The group was accused of using the Michigan Union student of- fices. The presence of its litera- ture in the quadrangles brought forth charges that 'yes' vote lit- erature had been prohibited ac- cess to the same facilities. Co-chairman of the Committee for a Democraitc Student Govern- ment Melvin Warwick, '63, noted that a "dummy committee to op- pose the passage of the referen- dum "had been established." Union President Robert Finke, '63, denied the charges of "mis- allocation" of nis organization's equipment. "No Union materials of any sort went into the efforts of those students working for a 'no' vote in today's referendum. "It is an established policy of the Union student offices that office machines are available to all groups apon request providing that they have no such facilities of their own and that they supply their own materials," he added. Inter-Quadrangle Council had earlier ruled that only materials on the candidates would be able to be distributed in the quad- rangles. However, early last eve- ning IQC President Kent Bour- land, '63, decided that the candi- dates and issues were inseperable, and gave interim permission for distribution of referendum infor- mation. He said he made a futile at- tempt to contact .the students who had requested permission to dis- tribute 'yes' vote material be- cause of IQC's policy. In other action, East Quad- rangle Council endorsed a 'yes' vote on the referendum last night, although IQC had gone on record against it. Drivers Delay killed seven Portuguese soldiers in fighting last month in Portuguese Guinea, a 36,000 square mile wedge of West Africa. The defense ministry denied, however, reports from Conakry, Guinea, that 2000 Portuguese sol- diers were killed and five military planes were lost in the action. A communique said the reports "were inspired by the so-called movement for Guinean liberation." Rebels seeking independence have been active both in Mozam- bique and Angola, Portugal's West African territory. At UN headquarters in New York, United States Ambassador Sidney R. Yates revived a United States proposal to send two UN representatives to survey political and economic conditions in Mo- zambique. Yates brought up the idea while speaking to the UN committee of 24, set up to speed independence for dependent areas. Premier Antonio de Oliveira Sal- azar's Portuguese regime had agreed to the United States sug- gestion a year ago, but, with So- viet bloc support, Asian and Afri- can nations killed the plan and demanded instead immediate in- dependence for the two territories. However, committee members advanced the inspection idea again HARLAN HATCHER . plan denied, NEWSPAPERS:. NVew York NEW YORK (AP)-Talks between publishers and the Newspaper Guild about contract changes which could enable a 95-day printers strike to end broke off yesterday. No new talks were scheduled. Executive Vice President of the New York Guild Thomas J. Mur- phy said he would report to May- or Robert F. Wagner today. Wag- ner had urged all newspaper un- ions to make peace with the pub- lishers so that eight closed dailies can resume publication. In return for changing its con- tract expiration date to coincide with the printers'-a condition for settling the strike-the guild sought contract adjustments sim- ilar to the settlement agreed upon for printers. PORTUGUESE AFRICA: New Rebel Activity May Loosen Grip By The Associated Press Portugal's hold on its African territories came under new pres- sures Tuesday as rebels were reported active in Portuguese Guinea, and trouble stirred in Mozambique. United States diplomats called for a United Nations' look at both Mozambique and Angola. Portugal insists the areas are not colonies but overseas parts of Portugal. Portugal's defense ministry confirmed in Lisbon that rebels' Commission Presidents Refuse To Back Hatcher On Institution Scheme By GAIL EVANS T h e Michigan Co-ordinating Council for Public Higher Educa- tion yesterday refused to support. the University-Delta College plan to create a branch campus at Delta. This action followed the earlier stand of the Michigan State Council of College Presidents. University President H a r l a n Hatcher's motion asking the Co ordinating Council to back the proposed newndegree-granting, four-year college in the Saginaw- Bay City-Midland area, died for lack of a second. No Position Instead of taking a position on the method of creating a four- year institution in the tri-county area, the Co-ordinating Council adopted a motion in a 7-3 vote to hand the issue to the governorfs new "blue-ribbon" citizen's com- mittee on state-wide education. President Hatcher voted against this motion. In the face of this action, Re- gent Eugene B. Power of Ann Ar- bor, chairman of the Council, de- clared that the Council had "abro- gated" its responsibility. Last .night President Hatcher expressed "disappointment" that the Council failed to support the joint plan. He said that he could not understand the "accusitory attitude" of the college and uni- versity presidents and governing board members. Cite Criticism Western Michigan University President James Miller and Mich- igan State University Trustee Warren Huff cited the major crit- icism of the University-Delta pro- posal. They indicated that a fear that the University would embark on a program to establish branch campuses all over the state was the main objection. Power assured the body that the University "has no plans at pres- ent nor has there been any dis- cussion with other community colleges in Benton Harbor, Tra- verse City or other areas to create additional branch campuses." President Hatcher later added that this speculation as to the University's expansion plan was "not a valid criticism." "If the University were to be- lieve that the branch plan is the only solution to the state's needs in higher education, it would have embarked on such a plan long ago," he added. Effective Plan Both President Hatcher and Delta President Samuel Marble commented that they beli-ved the branch plan to be the most effec- tive for the specific problems of A P 4 f i. _ _. a F last week. EX-OFFICIOS: Referendum Splits Candidates Farcical War (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond in a two-part series outlining the stands of candidates for Student Government Council on various pol- icy issues.) By GLORIA BOWLES Twelve candidates running for Student Government Council in today's elections split evenly on the ex-officio referendum, with six urging a yes vote and another six calling for defeat of the proposal to popularly elect all Council mem- bers. Supporting removal of the sev- en heads of student housing and service organizations who current- ly sit and vote on Council are Thomas Smithson, '65, and five candidates endorsed by Voice poli- tical party, incumbents Kenneth Miller, '64, and Howard Abrams, and John Rutherford, '64. Sherry Miller, '65, also asked for the con- tinued seating o fex-officios but said the campus should think in terms of a more comprehensive restructuring of Council and the possible all campus election of SGC president and vice-president. 'Student Opinion' The paradox in these faults of the universities is that the society which causes the problems also prohibits a framework to correct them. "There is a vicious circle in the University's environment where everything is so circumscribed that people ahe unable to identify those The referendum is an "expres- sion of student opinion." Passage requires a 75 per cent vote of those voting in the regular election, or 3000 votes, whichever is larger. The vote is not binding on Council. The unseating of ex-offi- cios involves a change in the SGC plan, requiring a two-thirds ma- jority in Council, and approval of the Regents. Miller, along with Ma Warwick, i cios do not have sufficient time to devote to Council matters. Proven Leaders The proposal's opponents, how- ever, say that ex-officios are prov- en leaders who bring knowledge and experience to the Council ta- ble, and that there are not enough qualified students running for election as regular Council mem- bers to warrant the unseating of ex-officios. All of the candidates praise Council's passage of a motion on student-faculty government which seeks to place two students to each of eight major committees of the Faculty Senate. However, Knapp, Marston, Ru- therford, Rhines, Royer and Miss Miller ask for more gradual im- , I i 0 ! I ice . ; s rr < .---- :.. 1