CITY EDITOR SAYS -30- See Page I Y Lw I43aii4t~ WARMER High-w-$ Low-40 Partly cloudy today with rain tomorrow Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom . LXXI, No. 171 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1961 FIVE CENTS SIX PA I - - SIX PA4 Gibson Hopeful In Tractor Swap Deal May Lead to Talks with Cuba On Travel, Resumption of Trade By BEATRICE TEODORO A decisive point in Cuba's American relations is indicated by 'the "Tractors for Freedom" drive, Richard Gibson, acting national secretary of the 'Fair Play for Cuba Committee said last night. "We don't believe the counter revolutionary prisoners are worth 500 tractors," the spokesman of the pro-Castro organization said. However, the tractors could be considered as "small token reparations" to the Cuban people for "damage by the United States.'' His speech before Spanish speaking Detroit residents was punc- tuated by "anti-communist" picketers in front of the building. The picketers included 30 members from the Detroit Young Ameri- .S SISS 1 cans for Freedom, members of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters Fed- eration, and Cuban Fair Play Ay Decline Committee for USA. Means To Negotiate Gibson said that the fund drive hao A iheaded by Walter Reuther, Elea- nor Roosevelt,- and Milton Eisen- ower could be a means of re- By The Associated Press opening negotiations 'with Cuba WASHINGTON-Sen. James o. and possible resumption of trade Eastland (D-Miss) has said that and travel. his state will accept no federal The failure of -"American in- school aid, even if Congress passes tervention in Cuba" was the first the administration aid-to-educa- political setback for President tion bill. John F. Kennedy, he said. It was The $2.5 billion, three-year pro- "educational experience" and gram proposed by President John would lead Kennedy to reconsider F. Kennedy was passed Thursday Cuban policy. by the Senate and sent, free of Gibson Subpoenaed amendments, to the House, where Gibson has appeared twice be- school aid bills have died three fore the Senate Internal Security times during the Eisenhower ad- sub-committee within the last ministration. month. He was subpoenaed April Claiming that Mississippi has 21 after speaking at a rally in "a fine school system," Eastland Union Square in New York. The said that federal grants would be rally culminated FPCC picketing certain to remove control of edu- action before the UN during its cation from states, counties and discussion of the Cuban counter- smaller units of government and revolution. place it in the national govern- He appeared before the'com- ment. mittee April 25 with Marvin Mark- Mississippi has been cited in man, executive secretary of Ad- congressional debate as one of the vance, an allegedly Communist low-income states having greatest youth group. The intent of the iT et-afe e>r aid.°Under -the committee was to establish a con- Senate-approved bill, the state nection between Advance and would get, about $17.5. million per FPCC, Gibson said However, the year. committee's "expert on Commun- Eastland, who made his re- ism," Hebert Ranerstein, could marks on the Senate floor, was only say that the Communists en- one of the leaders of the Southern dorsed FPCC, but could not es- Democrats opposing the school-aid tablish any Telationship between measure in the Senate. FPCC and the youth movement. Committee Charges The committee also charged that FPCC had received $3,500 G ra s P a from the Cuban government to pay for a full page ad in a New York newspaper which launched the isc ssi ns uFair Play for Cuba drive. The sub-committee also asked for membership lists and addresses of By PHILIP SUTIN the student and adult chapters. A discussion group, the Inter- At the second appearance be- disciplinary Scholars' Council, has fore the sub-committee May 16, been formed by 35 graduate stu- Gibson said no membership lists dents to study the vital issues fac- existed. He could only offer gen- ing them. eral mailing lists which he said The organization aims to foster were not necessarily indicative of discussion among graduate stu- the paid membership. He also gave debts rather than take any action the lists of chapters with public from an ascertained position. addresses such as post office box "The group's goal is the promo- numbers. He said there were no tion of study and discussion of lists of chapters with private ad- matters of interest to the Univer- I dresses. Rebellion Collapses In Korea SEOUL ()-The South Korean army ended its 10-day rebellion against United States Gen. Carter B. Magruder's United Nations command yesterday after extract- ing several concessions from Ma- gruder. The four-star general regained control over all military forces in South Korea after agreeing to use the troops solely for defense against Communist aggression and after releasing to the ruling junta an estimated 3,800 soldiers to oc- cupy Seoul. Announce Agreement Magruder announced the agree- ment following two days of nego- tiations with a Korean lieutenant colonel sent to his headquarters by the junta. Indicating he was irked at re- peated defiance of his orders since the Korean army's successful May 16 coup, Magruder said, "I con- sider that my operational control has been restored to a considerable degree rather than fully because authority that has once been flouted can be re-established only by its implicit observance over a long period. Magruder Rebuffed Magruder apparently was re- buffed on his original demand that he have the right to pass on ma- jor command changes in the 525,- 000-man Korean army before they occur. Before the coup, which over- threw Premier John M. Chang's elected government, Magruder had this right. But the junta lead- ers have replaced, without his ap- proval, several top commanders who refused to back the rebellion. Early in the revolt, Magruder called on South Korea's armed Kennedy Seeks Overhaul Progra forces to refuse junta. support to theI Tells FHA To Decrease Interest Rate Association Steps Up Mortgage Purchases WASHINGTON (A) - President John F. Kennedy yesterday order- ed the Federal Housing Authority interest rate on home mortgages cut from 5/2 to 5/ per cent. Coupled with an earlier one- fourth of one per cent reduction, the White House said this means a saving of $4.47 a month to the purchaser of a $15,000 home with a 20-year mortgage. Kennedy also announced that: , Speed Purchases 1) The Federal National Mort- gage Association will step up pur- chases of mortgages in the sec- ondary market, 2) The Federal Home Loan Bank Board is embarking on a new effort, through bank advances at lower rates, to encourage sav- ings and loan associations to re- duce mortgage interest rates. The White House said these ac- tions all are extensions of previous steps taken by, the President "to roll interest rates back from lev- els that he and the officers of many leading lending institutions regarded as unrealistic." Lower Rate The FHA rate was lowered from 5% per cent to 5% per cent a couple of months ago. With the additional reduction ordered yesterday, the White House said the monthly mortgage payments for principal, interest and FHA insurance premium now will be $85.59 for a 20-year mort- gage on a $15,000 home. Under the old FHA rate of 53/4 per cent, the figure was $90.06. Seek Low Rates The administration has been striving, by persuasion, pressure, and a series of executive moves, to reduce the interest rates on housing and other long-term in- vestments as a stimulus to con- struction and to business general- ly. Officials have been concerned and puzzled over the failure of mortgage interest to decline ap- preciably even when the business recession left apparently ample supplies of investment funds available. Three Receive Minor -Awards For Drama Three minor awards in drama were also announced at the Avery and Jule Hopwood Contest awards ceremony Thursday. Marc Alan Zagoren received $500 for a play entitled "Shana- kind". He also won first prize in this catagory in last year's con- test. Milian W. Stitt, '63, won $300 for his play "Towers of Achieve- ment" and Ronald Kenyon, '63, received $200 for his play, "The Rebels". There were no awards in the minor essay contest this year. SWithan Eldritch Laugh. . Wants Raise Of $1 Billion In Spending Cost of Proposals Expected To Start Congressional Battle -Daily-David Giltrow DEEPER MEANING-Prof. Donald Hall (center) as a gum-chewing, slightly idiotic Nero, embodies the essence of Christian-Dietrich Grabbe's-"Comedy, Satire, Irony and Deeper Meaning" as portrayed last night by the John Barton Wolgamot Society players. Adopt Code Against Bias LANSING (P)--An 11-point code of fair practices, forbidding dis- crimination in all state agencies, was issued yesterday by Gov. John B. Swainson, The governor said existence of a Fair Employment Practices Act in Michigan imposes a special respon- sibility on all state agencies to keep their own house in order. "We must see to it that race, creed or national origin are never a factor in recruiting, hiring, up- grading, conditions of employment, dismissals, referrals and training programs," the governor said. Swainson sad there had been no Swainson said there had been no specific complaints of discrimina- tion by state agencies to prompt issuance of his code. "I was a state employe myself and I just thought there was a need for a positive statement," he said. Swainson said he saw no conflict between his code and the powers of civil service, which regulates the hiring and work standards of state employes. SGC Names Two For Committee On Wednesday Student Govern- ment Council appointed Dorothy Morrall, '62, and William Gomez, '61E, to the Committee on Mem- bership in Student Organizations for one-year terms expiring in May 1962. They will replace Wal- lace Sagendorph, '61, and James Seder, '61. oreign Aid sity community in general," Jas- per Reid, Spec, the council's presi- dent, said. He compared the group to the Graduate Student Council, noting that the GSC attempts to' repre- sent the grads as a vast body, forming opinions that "are a mile wide and one inch deep.'" "The group is not formed to fight the University or any one else. It does not pretend to be anything like the graduate stu- dent council or the student gov- ernment council," he explained. The group hopes to meet the problem of student apathy giving more thought to student problems rather than trying to represent, them in any action. The Council is studying two areas at present. The major one is the change in the University calendar to a trimester system. y The group is particularly in- terested in the effects on research and the application of the longer summer semester. ,In the fall, the Council hopes to present a panel discussion with graduate students and faculty, Reid said. The impact upon higher edu- cation next fall's constitutional convention is the area being con- sidered by the group. Attack Truman's .Eb. 1 C. - Cash Withdrawn The sub-committee then asked about $19,000 which was with- drawn in cash from tfhe FPCC ac- count in December. The investi- gators implied that Robert Taber had "fled to Cuba" with the funds. Taber is the national executive secretary of FPCC and is now a correspondent for Revolucion, the official Revolutionary government newspaper in Cuba. Goldberg Cites Kennedy Acts In Civil Rights WASHINGTON (A' - Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg said yesterday that President John '. Kennedy is demonstrating by deeds as well as words that he means business in enforcing civil rights. Goldberg cited as instances the dispatch of federal marshals to Alabama to curb race riots, and adoption of a strong anti-discrim- ination policy by an aircraft com- pany, which holds government contracts." The labor secretary, speaking to the Washington chapter of the American Jewish Committee, at the same time urged members of Challenge To Consider Warfare in, Nuclear A, ge By FRED RUSSELL KRAMER The topic of next semester's "Challenge" program will be "War- fare in the Nuclear Age." Lawrence Meyer, '63, spokesman for the organization, says "the program will attempt to analyze the problems involved in the arms race and in the process of decision-making in the United States, Russia and China." It will also be concerned with "the place of arms expenditures in our economy and with the social, psychological and biological implications of the nuclear age." The format of the program will be similar to this semester's with. 7 a s 3 C A however, a much heavier emphasis on seminars. More Academically Oriented Challenge will be more academi- cally oriented. Meyer explained that "the program will be trying to take an objective view of the situation in order to discern what problems have been overcome and try to make some inroads into the problem as a whole. "Challenge speakers will take less of an overview and deal di- rectly with specific problems," he added. The colloquium, tentatively, will discuss disarmament problems and proposals. Compile Reading List A summer reading list will be compiled consisting of approxi- mately 20 books which are central to the problem. The program was characterized by Meyer as an educational or- ganization-an organization which provides an audience with a work- ing knowledge of the problem. The basic knowledge acquired from the stimulus provided should give the participants in the program an involvement with the issues being discussed. This background will be useful to the participantswho decide to join any one of the action groups at their disposal, Meyer said. 'U' Receives Science Grant The National Science Founda- tion has presented the University with a grant of $35,260 for its psychology project designed to stimulate research and help im- prove college-level psychology in- struction. Last year the Foundation award- ed $25,980 for the development of the project bringing the total of grants to $61,240. The research will be conducted by ten psychology teachers from small colleges throughout the country at the psychology depart- ment here. CONTROL: Kennedy To Oppose Soviet Plan WASHINGTON (P')-President John F. Kennedy plans to tell Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrush- chev in Vienna that continued Kremlin insistence on a veto in international control machinery threatens an accord on major East-West issues. United States officials who dis- closed this last night said at the same time that Kennedy does not intend to issue any warning or draw hard line when he meets Khrushchev in the neutral Aus- trian capital June 3-4. They expected that Kennedy would get a good chance to meas- ure his major opponent in the cold war and clear away some of the fog. that has sprung up around East-West disputes, even though no one expects either side to un- dergo a fundamental change in position. The Soviets have been pushing the veto idea-or more precisely a scheme for three-headed control by the Russian term "troika"--on outstanding questions ranging from the atomic test talks to Laos. WASHINGTON (RP) - President John F. Kennedy yesterday asked Congress for a sweeping overhaul of the foreign aid program. He proposed a $4.8 billion aid effort for the coming year and $7.3 billions in borrowing author- ity over the next five years for easy term economic development loans abroad. Kennedy's price tag for the fis- cal year startin July 1 was a billion dollars igher than the amount Congress voted for for- eign aid last year. All but about $80 million of the increase would be in economic aid. Uncertain Future The progiam faces an uncertain future at the hands of the law- makers, not only because of the higher expense which Kennedy said is necessary to fight the Com - munist threat around the world but also because of soifie of the new ideas it contains. Congress rebuffed some similar reorganization ideas which had been advanced by former Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kennedy asked for speedy pas- sage of the bill he sent up yester- day, exressing his "earnest hope and expectation that the, United States will meet its c ialanges and responsibilities in this decade of development in a forthright, af - firmative manner which can en- gender the respect and coopera- tion of the community of free na- tions." Important Innovation One innovation, which the Pres- ident termed "of l aramount im-- portance" to his long-range plan, would be the $900 million for the coming year and $1., billioni ,n each of the following four years which Kennedy wants to oorrow from the Treasury. These sums would be usd4 to promote economic development overseas through loans up to 50 years carryinig little or no interest. Congress has been cool in the past to such a .rncedure which would bypass the yearly ap.ro- priations pro'ess. Businesslike Plan However, Sen. J. William Ful- bright (D-Ark), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee, said Kennedy's proposals would permit the planning of for- eign aid programs on a busines- like basis. Fulbright praised Kennedys em- phasis on repayable, loans. saying: "This new emphasis should give fresh drive, spirit and imagination to United States officials who operate these programs." Set Hearing The Foreign Relations Codmit- tee scheduled a heaing on the new aid program for next Wednes- day with Secretary of State Dean Rusk as the first witness. The House Foreign Affairs C0)igit- tee will start hearings on June T. Kennedy said the near-by-year appropriation method is wasteful, and long-range economic projects require long-term authority. The President also sought au- thority to use for future long-term economic loans the funds now be- ing paid back by foreign countries from previous United States loans, This is expected to come to some $300 million a year. Plan Sumimer Conference On English The improvement of college Government To Give Tests For Peace Corps Selection By The Associated Press The Peace Corps tests for prospective members will be given at 8:30 a.m. today at the Main Street Post Office in Ann Arbor.. The government is giving the all day nation-wide exam as the initial step in selecting candidates for the corps, which will send skilled Americans to underdeveloped nations. The corps members will work long hours at low pay and share the normal living con- -ditions of the host country. This NEGATIVE INFLUENCE: Study Reveals Politics Attitudes By GAIL EVANS "The public's positive and nega- tive feelings toward government are of immense significance," Prof. Donald E. Stokes of the Uni- versity's Survey Research Center reports in a recent study of pop- ular evaluations of government. electorate are sources which might be "tapped by parties whose stance is hostile to the prevailing order." The purpose of the study was to learn what criteria the public uses in formulating opinions to- ward government in general and Prof. Stokes concludes from the similarity of American attitudes, compiled from samplings of di- verse social groups, that attitudes on government are not signifi- cantly influenced by group con- flict. The study revealed that citi- first examination will be followed by a special test on June 5 for candidates who want to teach high school courses overseas. The corps: plans another general examination like the one today in early July. The United States already has made agreements with Tangan- yika, the Philippines and Colom- bia to send peace corps volunteers to those countries. The volunteers will help with road building in Tanganyika, farm and community development in Colombia and Eng- lish and science teaching in the Philippines.