I URGE EXAMINATION READING PERIOD See Page 4 Y , t C tA a I n 4!Iati4 CLOUDY, MILDER High-74 Low--55 Possible showers, turning cooler in the evening. Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXI No. 169 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1961 FIVE CENTS EIGHT PAGES i -Al Wirephoto GUARD DUTY-A detachment of Alabama National Guardsmen patrol the streets of Montgomery as the "Freedom Riders" pulled out yesterday for Mississippi and points south. Freedom Riders' Arrested in Jackson For Refusal to Obey Police Officers By IRIS BROWN Jackson police arrested 27 "Free- dom Riders" in Mississippi yester- day for breach of peace, and dis- obeying officers when they, re- peatedly ignored orders to leave a waiting room reserved for whites. The Nashville and New Orleans Congress of Racial Equality mem- bers arrived from Montgomery in two busloads. Before leaving, the Negro members were served with- out hesitation in the bus station's lunchroom. The "riders" trial is scheduler' for tomorrow. Marvin Rich, CORE community relations director in New York reported that the pros- ecuting attorney is attempting to have them released without bail- which he knows they will not ac- cept--just to get them out of the state. Another Group Another group of "Freedom Riders" including four white fa- culty members of Yale and Wes- leyan and three Negro students arrived in Montgomery from At- laxita yesterday on the way to New Orleans The group made no attempt to NATIONAL PHILOSOPHY: MSU Group Organizes TO Define U.S. Policies By BEATRICE TEODORO A "task force" aimed at defining a national political philosophy was launched last night on the Michigan State University campus. More than fifty students, faculty and East Lansing residents attended a meeting in the MSU Union and discussed whether the United States, with its diversity of population and interests, could define an internal philosophy and long range objectives. "We feel that the United States is losing out because of its negative position against ideologies such as Communism," Donald Rush Leaders Approve New Contact Rule By MALINDA BERRY The rush chairmen from all the sorority houses approved the adop- tion of a new contact rule policy at their meeting yesterday. The new rule states "for the purpose of maintaining a natural college atmosphere and to sustain previous friendships between affili- ated and independent women, all women are on their honor to re- frain from knowingly influencing a girl's decision pertaining to rush either directly or indirectly. They are on their honor not to discuss rush in any groups where both affiliated and independent women are present. "The goal is to promote the ef- fectiveness of the formal rushing period; therefore during the fall semester any independent woman who has not had the opportunity to go through formal rush at the University may not visit any soror- ity except when attending func- tions where their presence has been approved by Panhellenic As- sociation. "No independent woman will be allowed in sorority housing units during the rushing period except during rushing periods." Panhellenic President Susan Stillerman, '62, commented that, "this ruling is an outstanding com- mentary on new and mature trends in attitudes of sorority women. "The elimination of the contact rules will do a great deal in allevi- ating unnatural emphasis and bar- riers affecting rush as well as sorority independent relations." "It has always been awkward for independents because so many af- filiated women are close friends," Assembly President Sally Jo Saw- yer, '62, said. Swainson's Veto st - . 'TY T~ I~ Eb* 4"Riegle, Jr., one of the group's or- ganizers, said. "The Communists have made a positive approach. They act. We react" Task Force Purpose The purpose of the task force will be "to develop an offensive" to define a basic ideology for the country, Riegle said. It will also consider whether such a philos- ophy can serve as a basis for sys- tematic action." The group will be loosely struc- tured and will hold several in- formal discussion meetings within the next two weeks, before the end of the semester. At this time they hope to have a "definitive position" which they would like to submit to President John F. Ken- nedy, Riegle said. At last night's meeting, topics of discussion presented for future meetings included the peace corps and prisoner-of-war behavior during the Korean police action. No Conviction "Why were so many of the pris- oners without moral conviction?" Riegle asked. "They didn't have to be brain-washed, because there was nothing to wash." Another question was raised on the advisability of "sending young Americans abroad before they know who they are and what they are representing." Riegle emphasized that the task force would take a "grass roots" approach to the problem of na- tional ideology, and would try to present a philosophy that anyone could understand. He pointed out that last night's participation had been shared between the academic community and residents. enter the station, and no arrest was attempted ii spite of a state court injunction issued last week to prohibit future "Freedom Ri- ders" from entering Alabama. Receives Call After they left, a ticket agent received a phone call announcing that a bomb had been placed in the station. After searching care- fully, city police artd national guard troops who were enforcing martial law declared the warning to be false. Meanwhile Attorncy General Ro- bert Kennedy urged "Freedom Riders" to "weigh their actions carefully." "A cooling-off period is needed," he said. He added that it would be wise for those traveling through Ala- bama and Mississippi to delay their trips until the""present state of confusion and danger has been passed." Coming Meeting He stressed this partially in re- lation to the coming meeting of President John Kennedy with Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Rich said that no new CORE. group would be sent for about a week. However he stated that CORE now aims to desegregate all trans- portation facilities. "Railroads and airlines will be included in the 'Freedom Rides' as soon as highly trained groups can be organized," he explained Senators Object Southern Senators Richard B. Russell (D-Ga) and Storm Thur- mond (D-SC) objected to a move to gain unanimous Senate consentI to immediately consider a resolu- tion supporting the dispatch of" marshals to Alabama. Senate Plans To Approve Education Bill WASHINGTON -)-The Senate disposed of all amendments to President John F. Kennedy's fed- eral aid to education bill yester- day and made plans to pass it today. Seven days of Senate debate ended soon after a House commit- tee voted its approval of the mul- tibillion dollar bill. During the long debate, the Senate defeated every amendment opposed by the Kennedy adminis- tration. The most significant votes yes- terday came when the Senate killed one amendment to extend the bill to cover loans to private and parochial schools, and an- other to bar the federal govern- ment from withholding funds from any state. In the House, the Education and Labor Committee, by an 18-13 vote, approved a $3.3 billion bill for a three-year program. NU Warns Chapters On Bias Northwestern University's Inter- fraternity Council yesterday warned three fraternities to re- move their bias clauses by Nov. 1, 1963 or face expulsion from the council. In a general ruling against bias clauses, IFC cited Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, and Alpha Tau Omega as the only ones of the campus' 27 fra- ternities with formal racial or religious membership restrictions. The resolution also empowers IFC to recommend the removal of any of these affiliates from the campus if expelled from the coun- cil. Receive Recognition Fraternities at Northwestern re- ceive recognition from the univer- sity administration. The university has no official policy on racial or religious discrimination in the fra- ternity system. In a letter to IFC on Feb. 26, 1959, Northwestern President J. Roscoe Miller stated, "The uni- versity hopes local fraternity chap- ters will continue to do whatever they can to eliminate discrimina- tory clauses in national constitu- tions; it recognizes that the men of each fraternity chapter are the proper ones to determine who shall and who shall not be elected to membership." IFC Rules On March 2, the IFC judicial board, investigating fraternity dis- crimination, reported the three fraternities and ruled that these units would "at this time the houses would have to make a sig- nificant effort to remove the clauses." Expulsion from IFC would bar these affiliates from participation in formal rush, intramural sports, nad the all-fraternity scholarship program. Waivers granting local auton- omy from membership restrictions would be considered acceptable the ruling stated. In the past the fraternities in question have reported that while they themselves are willing to comply with the non-discrimina- tion request, their national units are not. Council Votes To Postpone Quad Motion Student Government Council voted early this morning to post- pone until fall a motion approving the confidential reports of the educational staff in their quad- rangle system. The motion, introduced at last week's meeting by Inter-Quad- rangle Council President Thomas Moch, '62, approves the reports in their present system and con- text but asks that their existence and nature be made known to quadrangle residents. The Council also voted against suspending rules to take action on a motion by Roger Seasonwein, '61, to send letters to Rev. Martin Luther King and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy expressing sympathy with and support of the southern freedom rides. A special Council session at 3:15 p.m. Monday will consider year- round operation. NEW SYSTEM: To Inaugurate Plan For Fee Deferment The University will no longer require fee payments at registration and will at that time issue identification cards to students. Under the new system of deferredcpayments, 50 per cent of the assessed tuition will be payable by Oct. 2 and balance by Nov. 28, Assistant Supervisor of Internal Audit and Procedures George Coyne announced yesterday. Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis said that the new identification cards will include a student number, his T'name, and class, but no photo- VICE-PRESIDENT JOHNSON ... any sacrifice Sets Policy For Asians WASHINGTON (JP)-Vice-Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson said yes- terday he had made clear to the leaders of Asia, at President John F. Kennedy's request, that the United States will "make any sac- rifice and risk any danger" that may be necessary in the defense of free nations against Communism. The Vice-President spoke at a news conference shortly after re- porting to Kennedy on the 29,000- mile, world circling trip from which he returned yesterday. He had conferred at length during his journey with half a dozen Asian leaders. "I was disturbed," he told the news conference, "that so many Asian leaders should express doubt as to United States intentions. Some are afraid that the danger of atomic attack has produced a stalemate in which the system that is most unscrupulous, or willing to stage the biggest bluff, will tri- umph." As a result of his trip, Johnson said the Asian leaders to whom he talked have been "reassured that we shall honor our committments." He added: "While I made it clear, at the President's request, that we shall make any sacrifice and risk any danger that the protection of lib- erty may call for, nowhere in Asia was there a request for American troops." graph. The cards, which will bec material similar to plastic cred cards, will be "difficult to duplica unless one purchases expensi equipment," Lewis said. Card Reproductions He noted that reproductionst cards were the main difficultiest the former method. Students will keep the same ca throughouttheir time at the Un versity, using it as a means< record keeping in paying bills.. The new plan for deferred pa ment of tuition will allow studen to go through registration witho paying any money. There willt no penalty for paying later, pr viding the proper deadlines a met, Coyne said. Cashier Remains There will still be a cashie office at registration for those w wish to pay at that time. He said that overdue paymen will probably result in a fiat pe alty, but the University has notS yet reached a decision on th matter. Students will be given an IB card at registration as a bill h their tuition if it is to be paid lat Episcopalians Adopt Motion For Re-Union WASHINGTON (JP)-The Ep copal Church's official negotia ing body yesterday endorsed Presbyterian Church move for ri union among the American Pro estant churches. The Episcopalians' unity con mission said it will submit to t church's convention in Detroit September a resolution agreei to the Presbyterian Church's c for discussions on the proposal. The action calls for negotiatio on unification of the Presbyteri and Episcopal Churches, the Met odist Church and the Unit Church of Christ. The four grou have a total of more than 18 m lion members. Citizens Plan March e PRESIDENT HATCHER ... no encouragement of NEW ORLEANS: ii- Rockwell of 4y4rres ted ts ut NEW ORLEANS (AP) --George be . o- Lincoln Rockwell and nine of his re followers in the American Nazi Party were arrested last night r's after picketing activities here. ho Police booked them for "dis- turbing the peace in a manner ats that would unreasonably disturb n- and alarm the public." They were as picked up at the Civic Theatre his where they were protesting show- ing of thehmovie "Exodus," which depicts the beginnings of the for modern nation of Israel. ;r. Rockwell and five of his so- called storm troopers, wearing khaki clothes with swastika arm- bands, arrived at the rain- drenched movie house with protest placards. While these arrests were under way, four members of the party arrived at a rally of the National Association for the Advancement is- of Colored People in a school t- auditorium. Two pickets got out. a Police ordered two who remained *e- in the bus to drive on, and then )t- ordered the pickets to leave be- cause, police said, they were ob- m- structing traffic. Passing drivers he were slowing down to watch. in Later, the four arrived at the all theatre, and also were arrested. Officers said they would be held ns overnight. an Earlier in the day, another party h- member, Bernard F. David, Jr., ed also of Arlington, was booked with ps reckless driving after the "hate il- bus" he was driving crashed on the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge. For To Criticize State Grants For Colleges 'U' Staff Member Readies Motorcade To Lansing in June By MICHAEL OLINICK and DAVID MARCUS A group of Michigan citizens will stage a motor march to Lans- ing protesting the present higher education appropriations and ask- ing more funds when the Legisla- ture reconvenes June 8. Curt G. Shellman, a staff mem- ber of the University's Institute of Science and Technology "and one of the organizers of the march, said last night that the nine state-supported universities and colleges will be "severely restrict- ed in their natural growth if the Legislature does not grant them enough funds." University officials and local state legislators expressed doubt last night over the effectiveness of such a demonstration. Normal Channels University President Harlan Hatcher said he "would not en- courage" the march. He said citi- zens who want to express dissat- isfaction over the budget should do so through the normal channels of contacting their legislative rep- resentatives. "It is encouraging to see gen- eral public interest in higher ed- ucation. It's only a matter of judg- ment hew it is expressed." Ann Arbor Republicans, Rep. Gilbert Bursley and State Sena- tor Stanley Thayer, were "very doubtful" that the protest will have any effect on the Legislature. They agreed with President Hatch- er that the citizens should work through their individual represei- tatives. No Approval Shellman does not believe "that the Legislature's recent actions have the approval of the majority of the people of the state. We are urging the people to take direct action in determining their own future and the future of their children." He and a "loosely structured" grouprof seven others are planning the protest. "We are doing this not as rep- resentatives of the universities, but as private citizens," Shellman em- phasized. He claims support from members of both political parties. Lab Editor Shellman, who is an editor at IST's infa-red laboratory, hoped for 1,000 demonstrators who would demonstrate to the Legis- lature "the desire of the people of Michigan to support education fully in this hour of national need." He believes the march will be more effective than petitions and letters, because it will focus at- tention on this "urgent issue." Asking for state-wide support, Shellman "definitely encourages" students to take part in the march, though he does not want it to be solely a student demon- "The legislators claim they have no feedback from their consti- tuents. Thus they argue that the people must be in full agreement with the budget. The march will prove they aren't," he claimed. stration. IFC Proposes Punishment Of Phi Delts Inter-Fraternity Council has recommended a $400 fine and sus- pension of one semester's social probation for Phi Delta Theta fra- ternity because of "conduct unbe- coming a member fraternity," IFC Executive Vice-President Michael Landwirth, '62, said yesterday. Budget Increase Kennedy Scroll Local Democrats Pass .Latin Troop Resolution By ROSALYN CHAPMAN The Ann Arbor Democratic Party passed a resolution Tuesday night urging President John F. Kennedy "to avoid any commitment of American troops in Latin America." The resolution also asks the administration "to refuse to sup- port in any way those Latin American exiles who in the past have shown the hollowness of their alleged concern for their fellow " citizens by supporting the gov- ernment of any dictator." Party Endorses e At the same time the Party en- dorsed three candidates for the Constitutional Convention. They affirmed nominations of Robert that, "unlike many name profes- Carr for the first district seat, sorships in private universities, Eugene Sutter for the second dis- ours have no endowment." trict and Allan Grossman for the A full alumni endowment for senatorial district. one of these posts would run from The party also passed a reso- $300,000 to $500,000, Niehuss said. lution, addressed to President Ke- , ~nnedv asnd AtVrnp-(Pnrn DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS: Eight Titles Stay Ut 4n By RONALD WILTON Out of nine distinguished pro- fessorships created by the Regents at their meeting in June, 1947, only one is now occupied. Indicating some nossible rea- eo- i i ....U....