PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN' DAILY FRIDAY, :AUGUST 28. 1964 PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY. AT1C.T1~T 2R 1 QE~4 101 'aV1LLA11 -,)%_AV" 1 NU, AIU7 x 4 a STARTS TODAY Shows at e 1,3,r5, 7r and 9:10 P.M. Faculty Firings Stir Heated Debate I Did you read the ad. on the last, page I THEY'RE IN LOVE THREE TIMES AND THREE WAYS IN ONE MOVIEI JOSEPH E. .EVINE presenas IIIVITTORIOt AND in COLOR Produced by Screenplay by ALBERTO MORAVIA. Af(ff CESARE ZAVATTINI CNi 1 EDUARDO De FILIPPO ClACHAMPION-CONCORDIA FILM AN EMBASSY PICTURES RELEASE Weekday Matinees 75c Eves. & Sunday $1.00 The teachers were supported by matics department. the University Senate, the fac- These two, along with Prof. ulty's official voice, and later by Clement Markert of the zoology the American Association of Uni- May, 1954, when HUAC opened versity Professors, as well as by hay, in Uig Thend numerous individuals. hearings in Lansing. They noti- nfied University and departmental Their cases became the focal officials, immediately upon re- point for much of the campus re- ceiving their subpoenas, that they action to the tensions which the would appear in the state capital. Congressional investigations had In Lansing, on May 10, the generated. And in the four or five three refused to cooperate with months between the teachers' ap- HUAC's questioners. Within hours, pearances before' HUAC and the Hatcher suspended them from end of the most intense reaction their teaching duties. to their dismissals, much was re- 'Violated Free Speech' vealed about the thinking of many Professors Nickerson and Mar- members of the University com- kert had invoked the Fifth ksmunity.,Amendment to the Constitution, h ikereoDavteRe which protects an individual from j The two fired by the Regents having to incriminate himself, as upon Hatcher's recommendation their grounds for refusing to an- were Prof. Mark Nickerson of the swer querstions. Davis used only Medical School and H. Chandler the First Amendment, asserting (Continued from Page 1) Davis, instructor in Imom" - pg that the "committee's questions was taken for the purpose of pub-, constituted a violation of freedom lic relations." of speech, press and assembly." Diag Debates It was incumbent upon the ad- At the same time, numerous pe- ministration at this point to in- titidns circulated on campus, some vestigate their cases and decide of them among departmental col- whether the men should be rec- leagues and students of the three ommended for reinstatement or faculty men. One group gathered for dismissal over 1000 si nar d i a d STEAK AND SHAKE 1313 S. University a 3 3 I II3 1 CHAR-BROILED HAMBURGERS CHAR-BROI LED potatoes, salad, STRIP STEAK roll and butter .. 35c . $1.30 If' p1 I Hatcher explained in a letter to the three that "your refusal to answer the questions directed to you by a duly authorized com- mittee of the Congress . . . seek- ing to establish the facts about Communist activities in this na- tion raisers serious questions as to your relationship to the Univer- sity and to your colleagues, and places upon you the duty to go forward to explain your actions." 'Without Prejudice' The letter stated that the sus pensions were "without prejudice to the final decision in their cases." Hatcher had indicated in pre- vious statements and in a tele- gram to HUAC chairman Rep. Harold Velde (R-Ili) that the University would "cooperate with HUAC's investigation to the fullest extent." Despite the disclaimer of no prejudice, however, Hatcher's ac- tion drew immediate criticism. An editorial in The Daily argued that "there is no such thing as suspen- sion without prejudice. The sus- pension necessarily carries with it the idea of suspicion until clear- ed. "We can draw only one conclu- sion . . . The suspension action DAC Picketers To Stand Trial September 3 Following repeated requests by the defense, Circuit Judge James R. Breakey Jr. Wednesday granted j an extension of the pre-trial date of seven members of the Direct Action Committee (DAC) charged with obstructing an officer in his efforts to maintain the peace. Breakey set Sept. 3 as the date and requested that all members of the defense be present. The ,extension was granted in order that Eddie D. Smith, de- fense attorney for the DAC mem- bers, may obtain transcripts of previous proceedings of this type from the Michigan Supreme Court. The case involving the seven pickets has been pending since Feb. 28. The DAC members were arrested on that date after vio- lence broke out on a civil rights picket line at City Hall. The defendants involved are David Barnard, Delmar Jackson, Larry Collins, Richard Hutchin- son, Judy Weissman, Phyllis Er- furt and Martha Mason. I Vui1VV bgli~ es urng ay- long debates on the Diag. Many of the petitions, stressing academic freedom, and statements attested to the teaching compe- tence of the three professors and noted that at no time had the men injected their political beliefs into the classroom. Over 200 faculty members sign- ed an advertisement declaring that "competence should be the criter- ion for.. . evaluating'faculty per- sonnel" and that "personal be- liefs, unless they are demonstrated to interfere with a man's ability to study and teach objectively, should not enter the evaluation. "We do not feel that the in-! vocation of a right guaranteed every citizen by the Constitution is ground for firing." Procedures Begun As soon as the suspensions were announced, complex and carefully planned procedures for dealing1 with such cases went into opera- tion. The procedures had been es- tablished upon recommendations from the faculty Senate, with Hatcher's concurrence, several months before when the HUAC announced its plans for an inves- tigation. The executive board of the lit- erary college began closed-door questioning of Prof. Markert and Davis immediately, and the Medi- cal School executive board follow- ed shortly by launching its in- vestigation of the Nickerson case. These groups were instructed tc recommend dismnissal or reinstate- ment after speaking to the sus- pended professors about their Communist experiences and rea- sons for not testifying before HUAC. Soon after both executive com-1 ' mittees had reported to Hatcher. the president asked a special ad- visory committee of the faculty Senate to make its own investiga- tion of all three men. He explain- ed at the time that since the sus- pension cases involved the whole University, they should be inves- tigated at that level. Hatcher ask- ed the Senate in May of 1954 to name this five-man committee. Recommend Action The University-wide committee's job was to retrace the steps of the Medical School and literary college investigators, evaluate the facts and advise Hatcher on what action to take. It began its hear- ings in the summer of 1954. Hatcher appeared before the committee prior to its investiga- tions. He made note of the princi- ples laid down in a statement by the American Association of Uni- versities. The statement, which had received endorsement of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the Senate's ex- ecutive body, made the following points: "As in all acts of association, the professor a c c e p t s conventions which become' morally binding. Above all, he owes his colleagues in the university complete candor and perfect integrity, precluding any kind of clandestine or con- spiratorial activities. Duty To Speak Out "He owes equal candor to thr public. If he is called upon to an- swer for his convictions, it is his duty as a citizen to speak out. It is even more definitely his duty as a professor. "Refusal to do so, on whatever legal grounds, cannot fail to re- flect upon a profession that claims for itself the fullest freedom to "Competence should be the criterion for . evaluat- ing faculty personnel... Personal beliefs, unless they are demonstrated to inter- fere with a man's ability to study and teach objectively, should not enter the evalua- tion. "We do not feel that the invocation of a right guar- anteed every citizen by the Constitution is ground for firing." -200 faculty members after the suspensions speak and the maximum protec- tion of that freedom available in our society.... "Appointment to a university position and retention after ap- pointment require not only pro- fessional competence but involve the affirmative obligation of be- ing diligent and loyal in citizen- ship. "Above all, a scholar must have integrity and independence. This renders impossible adherence to such a regime as that of Russia. No person who accepts or advo- cates such principles and methods has any place in a university. Since present membership in the Com- munist Party requires the accept- ance of these principles and meth- ods, such membership extinguishes the right to a university position." No Action on Students In the meantime, the Univer- sity decided not to take any dis- ciplinary action against two grad- uate students who had also been called to Lansing. The University had adopted a more lenient set of criteria for dealing with students called to testify on Communist activities than for faculty members. To many, it seemed at the time that I 4 'I I I at Ann Arbor's Friendly Book Store I 549 East University-Across from Engineering Arch JI' I , Well .. . at the corner of State and Liberty is this women's store ... see, there's going to be this band, modeling and I i .a... UNIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES FIRST SEMESTER 1964-65 "Challenges to Religious Faith in a Century of Revolution" --li cOME (0) C uaC I ON lthEp *Aea3rATHl refreshments at this open house, see. Well, fellows are more than welcome, in fact, we'd love them to come. Yep! Collins ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH and the EPISCOPAL STUDENT FOUNDATION SUNDAY 8:00 a.m.-Holy Communion Breakfast at Canterbury House 10:00 a.m.-Holy Communion Breakfast at Canterbury House 7:00 p.m.-Evening Prayer 8:00 p.m.-Desert, Folksinging for New Students & Gathering THE CHURCH OF CHRIST UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL AND STUDENT CENTER (The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) 1511 Washtenow Ave. A. Scheips, Pastor S. Stein, Vicar Sunday Services-9:45 and 11:15 Sermon: "The Rooted Life' Bible Class--1:15 Gamma Delta-6:00 p.m, with program fol- lowing Wednesday Vespers---- 10:00 p.m. ST. MARY'S STUDENT CHAPEL 331 Thompson NO 3-0557 SUNDAY-Masses at 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:00, 12:30. MONDAY-SATURDAY-Masses of 6:00 a.m., 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 and 12:00. WEDNESDAY-7:30 p.m.-Mother Perpetual Help Devotions. Confessions following. SATURDAY-Confessions: 3:30-5:00; 7:30- 9:00 p.m. SUNDAY 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.-Worship Services 7:00 p.m.-Speaker: Prof. George Menden- hall, Dept. of Near East Studies, "Faith and'University Study-a Time for Enrich- ment and Change" (National Lutheran Council) Hill St. at S. Forefit Ave. Pastors: Henry O. Yoder Norman A. Erikson LUTHERAN STUDENT CENTER AND CHAPEL LOUIS LOMAX, Writer and Lecturer Author of "The Negro Revolt" August 28, 1 :30 p.m. Hill Auditorium ("Viewpoints") WILL HERBERG, Sociologist and Theologian, Drew University Author of "Protestant, Catholic, Jew" October 8, 4:10 p.m. October 9, 4:10 p.m. Rackham Auditorium PAUL TILLICH, Theologian, University of Chicago October 21, 4:10 and 8:00 p.m. Rackham Auditorium (4:10) Michigan Union Ballroom (8:00) PAUL VAN BUREN, Theologian, Temple University Author of "The Secular Meaning of the Gospel" October 27, 8:00 p.m. October 28, 4:10 p.m. October 29, 4:10 p.m. Multipurpose Room, 2nd Floor, Undergrad Library BRYAN GREEN, Evangelist and Lecturer Birmingham, England November 10, 4:10 p.m. Rackham Auditorium SEWARD HILTNER, Psychologist and Theologian Princeton Theological Seminary November 19, 4:10 p.m. November 20, 4:10 p.m. RackhamAuditorium . EDWIN ORR, Lecturer and Writer International Christian Leadership December 1, 4:10 p.m. December 2, 4:10 p.m. 'I A W. Stadium at Edgewood Across from Ann Arbor High John G. Makin, Minister SUNDAY 10:00 a.m.-Bible School. 11:00 a.m.-Regular Worship. 6:00 p.m.-Evening Worship. WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m.-Bible Study. Transportation furnished for all NO 2-2756. services-Coll FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~--'~~~~~~~~~~~~ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CENTER 502 E. Huron FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 512 E. Huron Fri., Aug. 12-Coffee & Coke Hour at Cam- pus Center 3:45-4:45 Sun., Aug. 30-9:30 Coffee & donuts at Cam- pus Center 10:00 a.m.-Worship service - Church 3:45-6:00 p.m.-Picnic - meet at Campus Center Tues., Sept. 1-7-8 p.m. -. Freshman Forum -Campus Center Paul W. Light, Campus Minister James H. Middleton, Senior Minister, First Baptist Church ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH 1432 Wahtenow Ave. NO 2-4466 Ministers: Ernest T. Campbell, Malcolm Brown, Virgil Janssen, John Waser SUNDAY Worship at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Presbyterian Campus Center located at the Church. 1501 W. Liberty St. Ralph B. Piper, David Bracklein, Fred Holtfreter, Pastors Worship Services-8:30 and 11:15 a.m- Holy Communion - Second Sunday of each month. Church School & Adult Bible Class-9:45 a m. Holy Baotism-First Sunday of month. I Iit a