HATCHER' S DIPLOMACY IN FAIR HOUSING See Editorial Page L Seventy-Two Years of Editorial Freedom 74Iait CLOUDY High-5O Low-36 Intermittent rain today ending in the evening VOL. LXXIII, No. 126~---~~~~-- ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1963 SEVEN CENTS 'fl revwra tr r eN e ! l ww. - - -- SIX PAGES nUSIN ESS SCHOOL ELECTION: SGC Demands Nullification Egypt, Iraq, By RICHARD KELLER SIMON Student Government Council at a special meeting yesterday rec- ommended nullification of the presidential election in the busi- ness administration school to Joint Judiciary Council, and expressed "strong disapproval" of a proposal before the Legislature to charge college graduates extra money. SGC's Credentials and Rules Committee found 29 "possibly in- valid" votes out of 88 cast. Since there was a difference of two votes between the two presidential candidates, Council has requested Joint Judic to void the election if more than one invalid vote is sub- stantiated. Council passed a motion from Howard Abrams, '63, protesting a plan from Rep. Lester J. Allen (R- Ithaca) that; would charge college graduates an extra $1200 to $1500 for a special capital outlay fund. 'It approved a related motion co- sponsoring a survey by Graduate Student Council sampling student opinion on the subject. Invalid Names In the business administration school election all voters had to sign their names stating that they were eligible second semester jun: iors or first semester seniors in the school. This list was checked against the class rolls in the school, turning ip the 29 "invalid" names. Chairman of ' Joint Judic Law- rence Schwartz, '63, explained that his organization will investigate the situation as soon as possible, and may hold a special meeting early next week. By its constitution, Joint Judic is given "final authority" in all campus elections except those for SGC. Last year in a similar situation Joint Judic voided the literary col- lege elections. Syria I Arab To Join In Federated Nation N -Daily-Richard Cooper NEW MEMBERS-Sherry .Miller (left), Thomas Smithson (cen- ter), and Michael Knapp (right) listen to discussion at yesterday's special SGC meeting held for the seating of new members. Edwin Sasaki and Fredrick Rhines also joined the Council. ANN ARBOR: Davis Lauds Hatcher On Fair HousingL' Stand Prof. James M. Davis of the education school and director of the International Center issued a statement on housing discrimination in Ann Arbor that backed the stand of President Harlan Hatcher and other University officials. In supporting the University policy Davis noted that "our job is to house foreign students, not to reform the community." Noting that it is one of the center's first duties to help incoming foreign students find housing, the Unfair Taxes In the motion against 'Rep. Al- len's plan, Council noted that such payments would be unfair taxes on students and that they would discourage high caliber students from attending the University. Allen's bill, currently in the House Committee on State Affairs, would make students graduating with a bachelor's or master's de- gree pay $1200, and doctoral de- gree students $1500 to the state. Students would be required to sign promissory statements before graduating, obligating them to pay within 12 years at four per cent interest. SGC and GSC are co-sponsoring a survey on student opinion on the subject, which will be tabulat- ed and passed on to Allen after next Wednesday's regular meeting. SGC member Kenneth Miller, '64, and SGC Executive Vice-Pres- ident Thomas Brown, '63, an- nounced their candidacies for Council presidency'also. The newly elected members who took their seats on SGC for the first time were: Michael Knapp, '64; Sherry Miller, '64; Edwin Sa- saki, Grad; Thomas Smithson, '65, and Fredrick Rhines, '64. Abrams' and Miller took seats as re-elected members. Cole Debunks Research Role Misconception By PHILIP SUTIN A-Test Belt- To Remain,, WASHINGTON (A)-Dr. James Van Allen conceded yesterday the artificial radiation belt created by last summer's high-altitude Unit- ed States nuclear test is going to last longer and cause more trou- ble than he had anticipated. Van Allen, discoverer of the natural radiation belts which bear his name, thus reversed his field in his running argument with some government scientists about the effects of the blast high over the Pacific. He said at a news conference that-in contrast to his earlier estimates of about a year-he now expects the artificial belt to last for about 10 years and hopelessly foul up for at least that long ex- periments aimed at learning the secrets of the Van Allen belts. Menace He added that he feels the man-j created radiation also will consti- tute a continuing menace to man- ned flights through the areas of space it occupies. Since early last September, the government has been contending that part of the man-made belt might persist for many years and indicated it meant at least a dec- ade. The government's position was actually a reversal of one it had taken prior to the July 9 nuclear shot. In its September statement statement goes on to say that "al- though the. International Center staff has seen a decrease in hous- ing discrimination, we deplore the continued extent of discrimination against individuals because of race, creed, color or national origin." It added that "the center's staff regrets that it is necessary to screen housing to reduce the pos- sibility of students and visiting scholars from abroad confronting discrimination." It finished up by welcoming "all efforts that serve to eliminate dis- crimination. Equal opportunitysfor housing would' assist us in our job of finding a satisfactory hous- ing..." Davis added that he did not consider it the center's mission to force landlords in the city to change their views on discrimina- tion. When trying to arrange hous- ing for foreign students the center usually asks landlords whether he has any preferences or limita- tions regarding prospective rentees and only sends him students he will accept. Recognizing that "there is pre- judice in Ann Arbor," Davis, in a previous statement to the Ann Ar- bor Human Relations Commission said that "we try to cushion the foreign scholar from it. We do not want him to waste his time by becoming an instrument in chang- ing social customs." The ordinance is designed to prevent housing discrimination by' multi-unit dwelling owners, fi- nancial institutions and with pub- lic funds. The statement is the second Prof. Davis made on the subject. When the Human Relations Com- mission brought the measure to! House Vote ]Passes Bill, On Economy By WILLIAM BENOIT Special To The Daily LANSING-Working under a Wednesday deadline for reporting bills out of committee in the house of origin, the House approv- ed two measures designed to ex- pand the state's economy yester- day. The measures would authorize local governments to issue bonds to help finance industry and would authorize the creation of business development corporations that would issue similar bonds. The first passed 83-10 and the second 89-3., Rep. Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor), the bill's sponsor, said these measures would put Michi- gan up with states that already have these development tools. Rep. Joseph Kowalski (D-De- troit), Democratic minority lead- er, announced he has asked an at- torney general's opinion on the le- gality of the first proposal. He contended it violates a constitu- tional ban on using state credit for private purposes. Rep. Harry A. Demaso (R-Battle Creek) as- serted that only local government credit would be involved. Meanwhile, the $750,000 "pilot research program" remained in the House Committee on Ways and Means. The committee is not bound by the March 20 deadline for reporting bills out, but Rep. Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) said the House will take action on it early next week. The House Committee on Rules and Resolutions, also not under this limitation, is currently study- ing the resolution introduced Thursday by Rep. William Boos (R-Saginaw) recommending es- tablishment of a University branch on the campus of Delta College. A bill providing funds for the construction of a stadium to house the 1968 Olympics was endorsed, despite an attempt to impose crip- pling amendments by Rep. Rich- ard Guzowsky (D-Detroit). 'U' Renames Dearborn Unit7 DEARBORN-William E. Stir- ton, vice-president and director of the Dearborn Campus, announced yesterday the name change from Dearborn Center to DearbornE Campus of the University. "The new name is more descrip- tive of the close, continuing and strengthening relation between the Ann Arbor and Dearborn cam-E puses of the University," Stirton said. He said the word center was not a comprehensive enough term fort MERGER-The federation of the United Arab Republic, formerly Egypt, Syria and Iraq, was re- portedly finalized last night in Cairo. UAR President Gamali Abdel Nasser (left) and representa- tives of new Iraqi strongman Abdel Salam Aref (center) and of Syria's Ziad Hairi are on the verge of agreement. Yemeni leader Abdullah Al-SalIel has cabled Nasser he wants his national to join. AMERICAN PRESTIGE: Scott Urges Release of USIA Polls WASHINGTON (A)-Sen. Hugh Scott (R-Pa) urged yesterday im- mediate release of all United States Information Agency polls of overseas public opinion about American prestige. He addressed telegrams to Ed- ward R. Tilurrow, USIA director, and chairman John E. Moss (D- Calif) of the House Government Information Subcommittee. Scott asked them to cancel an agreement they reached Feb. 27 providing that polls classified as Moscow Asks Poet To Resign Literary Post. MOSCOW (AP) - The Moscow writers organization ousted its liberal-leaning leader yesterday in favor of a Communist party-liner. It was the first artists' organi- zation shakeup since Soviet Pre- mier Nikita S. Khrushchev con- demned Western influences in So- viet art and criticized art groups for failure to discipline dissidents. Tass said that Stephan Shchipa- chov, an elderly poet, was reliev- ed as chairman of the writers group at his own request. The di- rectorate named as his successor novelist Georgi M. Markov, who also is a secretary of the national writers union. Earlier, sculptor Ernst Neizvest- ni, whose work Khrushchev brand- ed a "nauseating concoction," re- canted in a statement in the par- ty newspaper Pravda. Neizvestni praised the "Marxist-Leninist world outlook" in art and promis- ed to "work more, better, more ideologically, more expressively." His was the first public apology from the group of writers and ar- tists Khrushchev criticized for de- parting from the traditional real- ism and optimism of Soviet art. confidential are to be made public two years after their completion. USIA Polls Re said the agreement was vio- lated by what he called a 'leak to a reporter Thursday of a USIA poll purporting to show United States prestige is "very high in Eu- rope." "The AP reports that the poll was taken last month and then goes on to say, 'the results, still marked confidential, were obtain- ed by the Associated Press from a source who asked not to be nam- ed'." This, Scott continued, "suggests. that the agreement itself is en-' couraging the worst sort of news management yet attempted by government officials." Leaks To Press "Today, the government is com- mitted only to releasing polls whose results it already knows," Scott added, "polls which will be, made public during the height of the 1964 election campaign. But when a government official de- cides that a 'confidential' poll re- flects kindly upon his agency, he leaks the poll to a eporter. "Moreover, the loll appearing in the newspapers today reports something called 'net favorable' percentages. These apparently are percentages of percentages and are both misleading and confusing." Scott said he could not believe eter Murrow or Moss wants to be party "to either news manage- ment or intentional withholding of information which the Ameri- can people should have." Teacher Fired For Omitting, 'God' in Pled o* WAYNE, N.J. (P)--The Board of Education has voted to uphold the stand taken by the superin- tendent of schools who suspended a junior- high school teacher for omitting "under God" from the pledge of allegiance to the flag. More than 300 persons-includ- ing the teacher, Alfred Piaget, Jr. -attended a heated two-hour public hearing on the matter last night. The board vote was 6-3. Piaget was suspended March 4 by school superintendent Rocco di Pietro with the approval of the president of the board, Robert T. Ratcliffe. Piaget, who said- he is an agnostic, later was reinstated. See Nasser As Top Man In New State Expect Each Member To Retain Its Identity Within Close Alliance ICAIRO W/)-Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and envoys from Iraq and Syria agreed last night after hours of negotiation to form a unified three-power Arab nation, a reliable source reported. They then turned to details of a constitution, he added. 'N It was understood a communi- que will announce sweeping deci- sions after the final three-power talks. Some Identity The new union would amount to a federation of the three Arab states, with each retaining its identity but under some form of central government with one chief executive. Nasser seems certain to be the head man of the union. But with- In the past six months pro-Nasser forces have taken power in Ye-. men, Iraq and Syria.wr The long negotiations here indi- cated, however, that there were compromises on all sides and that Nasser must acknowledge the- in- fluence of the Ba'ath Socialist Party he has scorned. Ba'athists had a hand in the uprisings in both Iraq and Syria, and many of the party's members oppose a close Arab union. Size-of France The union would create an Arab nation with 38 million people and an area about three times the size of France. Economic potential would derive from Egypt's fertile Nile,: Syrian agriculture and Iraqi oil. Sources said the agreement calls for some form of central parlia- ment to be based on population. This would give Egypt a two- thirds majority. However, agreement on a cen- tral parliament is a concession to- ward the-Ba'athists. With Nasser for the dramatic talks was the blue ribbon group of old comrades among the Egyp- tian officers who overthrew King Farouk 11 years ago plus equally impressive delegations from Syria and Iraq. Chief of State The Syrians were headed by Deputy Prime Minister Nihad El Kassem and Army chief of state Ziad Hariri, whose armored col- umn overthrew the old Damascus regime just a week ago. The Iraqis were led by Deputy Prime Minister Aly Salah Es Saady and Foreign Minister Taleb Hus- sein Shebib, who strongly pushed the Ba'athist views of Iraqi Pres- ident Abdel Salam Aref. A broadcast from the Yemeni capital of San'a said President Abdullah Al-Sallal had cabled Nasser his regime is ready "to join any union agreed upon." Ye- men and Algeria have been men- tioned as ultimate members of the 'union but Algeria is cool to the Idea. From the opening talks it was evident that the Syrian and Iraqi delegations were pressing hard for some immediate steps toward uni ty. It was reported that Nihad El Kassem forced the Ba'athists within his own delegation to ac- cept the new proposals on a threat of . resigning and remaining in Cairo. Similar pressures were apparent -though less strong-within the Iraqi delegation. lousemothers Examine Rules A committee of house mothers which has been studying Univer- sity student regulations with par- ticular emphasis on those pertain- ing to women will report its find- ings to the Office of Student Af- fairs next Thursday. MINERS STILL OUT: French Railroad Strike Adds to Labor, Problems PARIS R)-A 24-hour railroad strike tied up most of this coun- try's trains yesterday as a high religious body gave its tacit blessing to miners who started a strike 15 days ago. The new encouragement to the 170,000 coal miners was from the French assembly of (Roman Catholic) cardinals and archbishops. It called on the public to give support to the miners in line with an earlier position taken by the bishops of France. The rail strike caught many travelers and commuters unprepared because it was announced late Thursday and went into effect at 4 a.m. yesterday. It was called to pro- test the naming of a government committee to study the over-all French strike situation. Talks on O l k wage incr we=s n de d. t s "You can't research your way the government-represented by City Council, a letter from Davis the growing programs on the Dear- into a job," a major vice-presi- the Atomic Energy Commission was read in its support. born Campus. dent of General Motors warned and the Defense Department-said Wednesday night, citing the mis- the artificial belt created by the INTERNATIONAL SELECTION: conception that research in itself blast over Johnston Island was I T R A I N L S L C I N will create jobs. much stronger than had been an- Edward N. Cole, General Motors ticipated and might persist for groupvice-president for cars and many years.rnBtt o research has to be product-orient- Meanwhile, Van Allen had ed. He added that business can'- steadfastly held to his views._ not afford "research for its own voiced prior to the shot-that the By BURTON MICHAELS sake." anticipated artificial belt would A new entry in the list of female ethnic folk singers is Bonnie In a speech to the University not persist for more than a year. A chapter of Sigma Xi engineering But yesterday he said he has Dobson, who presents an international selection with a blend of pure, honorary, Cole declared "we need changed his position due to evi- gentle soprano and personal charm. people who have the burning de- dence accumulated by Explorer Appearing last night before the Folklore Society, the redheaded sire to create something new that XV, a scientific spacecraft design- Canadienne sang everything from ballads and love songs to political consumers absolutely can't do ed especially to study the new ar- satires, including tunes from France, French Canada, America and without. We need capable people'tificia4 belt, and to evidence ob- who have the creativity, ingenuity, tained by several other satellites the British Isles. perseverance, and courage to! --:_-:____"I began singing folk music as a hobby eight years ago in Que- change all things-if these can 4-*j1 )'bec summer camps, and never read music until last December," Miss bring improvements and greater , tinci JIS oW Dobson said. Her professional career having opened about three years value to our products." ae at1Atusago, she is now studying music in Chicago. "I studied English in col- and the University have n ainrTO Aid Studentslege-at the University of Toronto-but now singing is my whole fu- ed a good relationship. Currently, ture." General Motors is supporting a The Student Relations Board in I usually present the feminine viewpoint," she said, referring University project in air pollution conjunction with the Michigan to such pieces as 'Cuckoo,' which treats infidelity and pure love with from combustion engines-one of Union's Creative Arts Festival is traditional symbols. She also offered a trilogy on marriage: "The Old the major problems of the auto- presenting Dave Brubeck in the Maid's Lament"; "Complaint of the Ill-Married," and "Where Babies1 fers New Ft v. v v i-~/ d V' t/.'./ Labor unrest has been spread- ing since the coal miners walked off their jobs to back demands for an 11 per cent pay increase' and a 40-hour week. The govern- ment has offered a 5.7 per cent increase and restudy of wage scales in September. Nearly all commuter and local trains were idled, as well as most of the long-haul passenger trains. Paris subways and buses were not affected. A few international trains man- aged to get through, although most were an hour or more late. The miners held their ground, except in one small pit where they worked for 24 hours to supply a local coke operation and then went: back on strike. Hatcher S .trPggg ~~Iu I N _____________ _____________