F'REEDOM RIDE MUST CONTIUNE See page lflwF E43aii4] Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom ,.LXXI, No. 173 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1961 FIVE CENTS H I 1I ' .> Urge End, Of English Requisite Group Suggests '23, 24' Change By FLORENCE SISKIND .A subcommittee of the literary college curriculum committee has recommended that English 23 and 24 be eliminated as a requirement for graduation. They suggested that a timetable for such revision be submitted by the English department to the faculty in 1961-62. Headed by Prof. Frank O. Copley of the classical studies de- partment, the subcommittee was faced with the problem of whether. or not to retain these courses as a graduation requirement. Two Considerations The group felt that there are two parts to the question of ne- gation. The first concerns the need for all University graduates to attain "functional literacy." However, the sub-committee believed that writing skills have increased in recent years because of greater selectivity in admissions and im- proved high school training. The group thought the second consideration would be "the de-' velopment of an Englisi style proper to an educated man." Continuous Process However, it stated that it is not the sole responsibility for the Eng- lish department to teach students how to write within one year,nbut that the process must be a con- tinuous one, carried out in every department of the college. The subcommittee has further recommended that the college es- tablish a writing clinic to be staff- ed by men who are both interested and trained in the art of writing. The clinic would be used by those students whose writing is deemed inadequate by any member of the faculty. The proposals submitted by the subcommittee have been read by the curriculum committee, but as of yet no action has been taken. In September, the committee plans to discuss the proposals with Prof. Warner Rice- Faculty Vote If the committee decides to pur- sue the matter further, it will sub- mit its report to the executive committee of the literary college, who may then, if they wish, sub- mit the proposals to the entire faculty for a vote on the matter. Until all these steps are taken, no action can be initiated and the original proposal may be changed or altered at any time. -AP Wirephoto 'FREEDOM RIDERS'-More 'freedom riders" go to join their 19 fellow riders who are now serving terms in the county farm. Max Thomas, with shotgun, the superintendent of the Hinds County Farm, is directing the riders from the county jail into the vehicles that will take them to the county farm. Jack R. Young, the defense attorney said the freedom riders would not appeal the decision. Seventeen Riders1Jailed ! r--...-... ' JACKSON (A') - Municipal Judge James Spencer convicted 17, more "Freedom Riders" yester- day and slapped them with $200 fines and 60-day suspended jail sentences-the same penalties he imposed on 27 others last week. Spencer stressed yesterday, as he did when he sentenced those last week, that the freedom riders were tried on a breach of the peace charge, and not for violating Mis- sissippi segregation laws. Jack R. Young, the Negro de- fense attorney, said immediately after the 15-minute trial the free- dom riders would not appeal. Eight Appeal' Of the 27 Spencer convicted and sentenced last Friday, only eight chose to post appeal bonds. The others preferred to remain in jail. As Spencer was trying the 15 Negroes and two whites in Jack- U.S. Asks ICC To Take Action on Bus Laws WASHINGTON (P)-Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy yesterday asked the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to spell out nation-wide reg- ulations outlawing racial segre- gation in interstate bus transpor- tation and facilities associated with it. In a formal petition, Kennedy specifically asked that the regu- lations be drawn to include such terminal facilities as waiting rooms, rest rooms and restaurants. The attorney general asked the ICC to move "as expeditiously as practical." son, a workshop was in progress in New Orleans, teaching about two dozen students-most of them white-the techniques of non- violence. The workshop, sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality, os- tensibly was held to prime those for a bus trip reportedly to be made from New Orleans to Jack- son today. Arrived by Bus Those tried yesterday arrived by bus from Memphis and Mont- gomery Sunday and promptly went to the city jail when they refused to heed a police officer's order to move. The freedom riders attempt- ed to use white facilities at the bus station and the arrests came when they ignored police orders. The group yesterday, like the first freedom riders, have the op- tion of paying their fines, posting appeal bonds, or going to jail. Richard Haley, field director for CORE, charged yesterday a guard at the Hinds County prison farm where the 19 are serving their sentences clubbed a freedom rider for failing to address the guard as "sir." Those who posted appeal bonds 'Bus Burners' Held for Trial ANNISTON, Ala. (JP)-Two of the four men arrested in the burning of a "freedom bus" near this east Alabama city May 14 were bound over to a federal grand jury yesterday. Less than a dozen onlookers, all white, sat in on the 20-minute hearing. yesterday after arriving at the camp, Haley said, told him the Rev. C. T.- Vivian was clubbed several times by the guard. Haley said Vivian, who lives in Chat- tanooga, was given first aid after blood began to flow. State To End Martial La MONTGOMERY M)-Gov. John Patterson announced yesterday that martial rule in Montgomery= would end at midnight last night. The governor called out Nation- al Guard troops eight days ago after a screaming, brick-throwing mob stormed a Negro church to climax a weekend of racial viol- ence over the arrival of "freedom" bus riders. Since then, the governor said in a statement, the guard "dem- onstrated to the world that this state can and will continue to maintain law and order without the aid of federal forces." The Justice Department seeks an injunction to compel police to protect bus riders in the future. United States District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr., will de- termine whether to grant the in- junction against police here and in Birmingham--also the scene of mob violence-and whether to continue an existing injunction against the Ku-Klux Klan. Federal attorneys charged in the suit that the Klan was re- sponsible for racial violence in the two cities, and also at Anni- ston, Ala., and that Montgomery and Birmingham police allowed the rioting to break out. An Editorial... LONG-STANDING CONCERN over the paternal orien- tation of the Office of Student Affairs, particularly that of the Dean of Women, has now received analytic attention from the Committee on Student Relations. Because the issues are serious and because responsi- ble inquiry will soon culminate in decision-making, we believe that intelligent community discussion must be initiated immediately. Our involvement speaks not only of a discontent with existing conditions, but more impor- tant, of a persuasion that the University can and should constantly seek institutional improvement. We seek fundamental changes in the Office of Student Affairs which, in protective and sometimes arbi- trary ways, discourages fluid interchange of mores, be- liefs and customs. Beyond the necessary "sweeping struc- tural changes" and "reassignment of present personnel" proposed by the faculty committee, changes of a deeper character are needed-structural change must be ac- companied by meaningful University-wide commitment to student freedom of action, association, thought and development. A COMMUNITY which is educational in spirit and statement should not simply tolerate interaction among-individuals of all ages, experiences, faiths, races and cultures, but should positively oppose any barriers to dynamic association among its members. Its faith is in human dignity, free association and equal opportunity; its trust is in the process of human minds working joint- ly to solve problems and effect valuable social change. In such a community, every member is a potential con- tributor who should both learn and instruct in a con- text made challenging and exciting by individual and group differences. The Office of Student Affairs-par- ticularly the office of Dean Deborah Bacon-has too often neglected or violated such university spirit. We congratulate the faculty committee for its inter- est, its efforts and its conclusions. Its members have responded forthrightly to the first issue ever brought to them by students-and this perhaps indicates the birth of a relationship between groups too often unconnected. The issues must now be considered by the entire Uni- versity community of faculty, students and administra- tion-each with a substantive role in formulation of final recommendations. --THE SENIOR EDITORS 1960-61, 1961-62 PRESTIGE GAIN: Administration Reports On Castro Tractor Deal WASHINGTON (A) - The Kennedy administration, counter- attacking against criticism, yesterday said Fidel Castro blundered by offering to swap Cuban prisoners for tractors and this nation boosted its prestige by calling his bluff. The campaign, reportedly directed by President John F. Ken- nedy, is aimed at countering criticism of United States support for the exchange. Republicans have said American prestige would be hurt if the United States gave in to what they called blackmail. The adrinistration tried to show today that just the opposite has happened. In the forefront of the campaign was Sen. Hubert tion, a thorough review of stu- dent housing arrangements and establishment of an or- derly grievance mechanism for students. Copies went to University Pres- ident Harlan Hatcher, and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SAC). SAC, to whom the committee is formally responsible, accepted the report at its meeting yesterday after- noon. Complete Report The complete report, which has not yet been released, capped a three-month study of the organi- zation and policies of the Office of Student Affairs, particularly the Dean of Women's Office. It was summarized in a memoran- dum to the senior editors of The Daily and representatives of Stu- dent Government Council's Hu- man Relations Board. The student relations commit- tee, headed by Prof. Charles Leh- mann of the education school, began its study late in February after receiving a documented com- plaint from a group of students.T The 1960-61 Daily senior staff was the nucleus of the group, which also included James Seder, '61, Mary Wheeler, '61 and Bar- ton Burkhalter, '62 of the Human Relations Board. Protesting the orientation and practices of Dean of Women Deb- orah Bacon and her office, the students' document reported sev- eral incidents indicating irregular- ities in the conduct of her func- tions. Urge Attention It also urged attention to prob- lems of the Office of Student Af- fairs. In its inquiry, the committee met four times with the students who initiated the project, twice with Lewis and twice with Miss Bacon. Faculty members and rep- See FACULTY, Page 10 South Africa Strike Leads To Violence JOHANNESBURG (41--Violence broke out last night after the first day of a strike called by non- whites as a mass demonstration against the white government of this emerging South African re- public. Prime Minister Hendrik F. Ver- woerd denounced the stay-at-home movement among Negroes, mulat- toes and Indians as "a manifesta- tion of the grabbing hand of Com- munism over Africa." He rebuf- fed demands of nonwhites, who make up 13 million of South Afi- ca's 16 million people, for the right to vote and a share in the gov- ernment. The first outbreak came when Negroes in a segregated suburban township stoned Negro police who work for the government. White reporters on the scene had to dodge hurled rocks. Heavy police patrols toured Ne- gro settlements to defend home- ward bound Negroes who had de- fied the nationwide strike orders and gone to work while a large percentage of nonwhites stayed home. The white government mobilized all its armed forces to cope with trouble in the approach to re- public day in midweek. No city or industry or even a single service was totally paralyz- ed. But effects of the first day of the strike, called to continue until South Africa become, a re- public tomorrow, were noticeable everywhere. Faculty Criticizes Staff, Structure Senate Committee Recommends 'Sweeping' Revisions to Lewis By JOHN ROBERTS Acting Editor "Re-assignment of present personnel" and "sweeping structural changes" in the Office of Student Affairs were rec- ommended yesterday by the University Senate's Committee on Student Relations. In a report sent to Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis, the committee also requested a positive pro- gram for implementation of the Regents' bylaw on discrimina- NCA A T OURNAMENT: SixB Bihigan Errors Costly in 31 Loss By BRIAN MacCLOWRY I W, Six Michigan errors and Bill Faul's five hit pitching combined to give Cincinnati a ten inning 3-1 victory over the Wolverines yesterday in the first round of the District Four NCAA baseball playoffs. And unless the men in blue can rebound today against the Univer- sity of Detroit, a 3-1 first game loser to Western Michigan, they can complete their final exams without having to worry about packing for a trip to Omaha and the college world series in June. Game time is 1 p.m. Errors Open Door The six Michigan errors, three by shortstop Dick Honig, opened the door for all Cincinnati's runs and sent hard-luck hurler Mike Joyce down to his third defeat of the season. He has won eight. Honig's third error, in the top of the tenth inning, broke a 1-1 deadlock and put the Missouri Valley conference champions into the second game winners round against Western Michigan today. It was a game of contradictions. Faul deserved to win. Cincinnati deserved to win. Michigan deserved to lose, but Joyce didn't. Held Bearcats The strong armed sophomore held the Bearcats to only one run and two hits until the disastrous tenth. He pitched eight consecutive shutout innings after Cincinnati scored its only other run in the first frame on three Michigan errors. Faul was everything his press clippings said he was, and more. The chunky side-armer struck out 14, walked only four-one in- tentionally-and at one point retired 17 consecutive batters. He whiffed everyone in the Michigan lineup at least once, except Honig and Jim Newman .Jim tekev- and .Jne .Tnn went dnwn nn strikes three times. H. Humphrey (D-Minn) who de-<' scribed former Vice - President Richard M. Nixon as morally, legally and politically wrong for denouncing the exchange. And Edward R. Murrow, director of the United States Information Agency, told a news conference that Castro's offer raised "a ground swell of disgust" against Castro throughout Latin America. "It is clear that Castro has blustered his way into a major blunder," Murrow said. "One reckless statement by the Cuban dictator gave us the op- portunity to dramitize and high- light the basic difference between a free society and a dictatorship,"' Humphrey added. The counterattack, however, did not halt congressional criticism of the Kennedy administration's ap- proval of the private exchange. Sen. Frank Lausche (D-Ohio) for "example, said the United States was showing a lack of courage and was "yielding to blackmail." Absentees Halt SGC Debate Lack of a quorum yesterday prevented Student Government Council from discussing the re-' port on year-round operation of the University. The Council voted at last Wed- .,-n - mni-r n a ar aA ^ ^i r. i :}Ri} .%'J:" -:wrl::} ,a,,r.;.r errtiv .,yr .,5 ,. , "," ",r ""rr- r-wxr: -r a~v."r rv ^:".:" ' c} ' " "$ (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is the full text of the state- mi ent to The Daily's senior edi- tors and the student Govern- ment Council Human Relations Board by the University Sen- ate Committee on Student Rela- tions. It is signed by the com- m i t t e e members, Professors Charles Lehmann, chairman, Elanor Cranefield, Richard Cut- ler, Andrew DeRocco, Oliver Edel, Marvin Felheim, Charles Sawyer, Kenneth Stewart and John G. Young.) To: The Senior Editors of The Michigan Daily and representa- tives of the Student Human Re- lations Commission. In response to your commu- nication of March 7, 1961, the Senate Committee on Student Relations wishes to inform you of the conclusion of its study of the issue at hand, and of the disposition of the Committee's observations and suggestions. As you know, the Committee gave serious attention to your representations and to the in- formation which you furnished rin subsequent conversation. The Committee met with the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Dean of Women, represen- tatives of staff agencies, fac- ulty members, and with the President. The chairman of the Committee met with the Senate of which has been forwarded to the Senate, Advisory Commit- tee on University Affairs. The gist of the Committee's recom- mendations to the Vice Presi- dent is as follows: 1) The Committee strongly enunciated the thesis that the general educational responsi- bility of the University rests ul- timately with the faculty; that the faculty is obligated to in- sure the exposure of students to various life experiences in and out of the classroom; and that the faculty and University must assume leadership in the face of a world in flux, by provision of the widest possible oppor- tunity for intercultural ex- change. 2) The Committee has sug- gested sweeping structural changes in the Office of Student Affairs in an effort to make the functions performed by the Of- fice responsive to the needs of 1961 and beyond. It is the Com- mittee's view that the Vice President for Student Affairs must exercise a singular respon- sibility in the enunciation of the educative purposes of the Office of Student Affairs, and must furnish leadership to the entire structure of the Office. University's housing arrange- ments for students, including attention to the questions of size, the kind and quality of supervision, and other related items. 6) The Committee has made recommendations concerning the re-assignment of present personnel in the -Office of Stu- dent Affairs. Much of the re- assignment suggested would be relevant to any reorganization of the Office, but some, in the Committee's view should be ac- complished without delay. Orderly Mechanism 7) The Committee has sug- gested the establishment of an orderly grievance mechanism for students. The Committee on Student Relations is not the ap- propriate vehicle, since its res- ponsibilitY is to the Senate Ad- visory Committee on University Affairs. The possibility of en- larging the scope of the Com- mittee on Referral was recom- mended. The Committee has urged upon the Vice President for Student Affairs that he contin- ue effective consultation with all interested parties on the substance of these recommen- dations. This Committee stands ,.padvt d n Committee's Statement, . ,. ::. _ .:.