PAST EXPERIENCE APPLIED IN VIET NAM See Editorial Page L Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom <ty WARMER High--4 Low-45 Sunny and warmer VOL. LXXV, No. 66 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1964 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES 'U' To Increase Unions Plan To Strike Minimum Wage Railroads; Mediators Pierpont Report Outlines Plans for Rate Raises in 1966 and 1967 By MARK GUDWIN The minimum wage of students presently employed by the University will be increased from the present $1.00 per hour to a minimum of $1.15 Jan. 1, 1966 with an increase to $1.25 per hour by Jan. 1, 1967, stated a report issued yesterday by Wilbur K. Pierpont, University Vice-President for Business and Finance. "The University will continue its policies of establishing wage rates to meet or exceed the minimum rates established by minimum wage laws," the report said. "Approximately 35 per cent of the University students are paid from $1.00 to $1.25 per hour. In September of this year there were approximately 800 student workers who were paid $1.00 per hour as beginning rate working in food service units, the libraries, and in Try To Avert Syria, Israel Clash In Border Dispute Walkout n --- , VICE-PRESIDENT PIERPONT Groups Back City College By JULIE FITZGERALD Three Ann Arbor groups have come out in support of establish- ing a Washtenaw County com- munity college. The Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce board "enthusiastically and unanimously" supported the establishment of a community col- lege on the basis of a recent report made by its Community College Study Committee. The 15-man committee, headed by Anthony J. Procassini, person- nel director of the Bendix Systems Divisions, has been studying the need for the proposed Washtenaw County Community College since May. College Warranted Procassini said the committee's report indicates there is a large enough number of students in the county to make the operation of the college not only practical but necessary. The committee believes a large number of potential community college students between 18 and 65 will be unable to increase their job opportunities or prepare them- selves to attend a degree-granting college with a county community college. If the colleges were established it would have technical and vo- cational programs as well as a two-year academic program. Select Location A subcommittee of the group recommended the area between S. State Rd. and Jackson Rd.-pref- erably Within three or four miles of Ann Arbor-be considered. Availability of a tract as large as 200 acres at a cost equivalent to a 25 to 30-acre site in a high- cost sector was cited as one rea- son for the general area recom- mended. Another reason given was the nearness to the University to per- mit the community college to draw upon its personnel and "other ad- vantages." The subcommittee recommended a 200-acre community college site to permit expansion and to pro- vide adequate parking space. Place on Ballot Members of the Junior Cham- ber of Commerce are circulating petitions in Ann Arbor and throughout the county to place a proposal for the establishment of the community college on the Jan- uary ballot. The ballot also would include a proposal for a charter mill-limi- tation of one and one-fourth mills for operation and for the election office work," the report said. Cooperation Douglas Brook, '65, president of Student Government Council, said Pierpont had contacted him and that this report was prepared es- pecially for SGC. "I am happy to see this kind of attitude as it seems to negate to a great extent the assertion that the administra- tion is unwilling to negotiate with students." Brook pointed out that the Uni- versity is not legally bound by either the state or federal mini- mum wage laws and that its will- ingness to follow the state mini- mum wage is an indication of good faith. He went on to say that Pierpont has asked SGC to have a few members meet with him in the near future to discuss the wage problem. When asked what he thought the roll of the University of Mich- igan Student Employes Union should be in the whole question of student wages, Brook said, "The union is taking the attitude of an ask and give relationship. SGC believes in student-administra on cooperation with the two groups working in concert as the solu- tion. It is a community problem." High Living Costs Barry Bluestone, '66, president of UMSEU, said, "The University should be considering the federal minimum wage of $1.25 per hour, especially when the cost of living in Ann Arbor is one of the highest in the nation." He pointed out that many universities have a much higher minimum wage than the $1.00 an hour starting salary here. Bluestone said that Michigan State University now has a mini- mum wage of $1.25 per hour. "Brook is completely uninform-. ed about the operations of the union and has refused to become a member," he said. He denied that the union is operating on the premise of ask and give. He said the union has been in "con- stant contact with the University since the beginning of the semes- ter." UMSEU Voice "A few weeks ago SGC passed a motion saying UMSEU should be the student voice in the wage question. It has been functioning that way; it shall continue to do that," Bluestone said. "If SGC wishes to cooperate with UMSEU we would be happy to have their! cooperation." Bluestone said that many uni- versities in the country notably Michigan State University, the University of Wisconsin, the Uni- versity of Minnesota and Central Michigan University have put the question of student wages as a priority item in the universities' budgets. Yesterday, at a meeting with Pierpont, Bluestone asked the University for a commitment to making wages a priority item. "Pierpont refused to make one," he said.! The Israeli military spokes- SAIGON (JP)--Communist guer- rillas advanced south through flood-ravaged provinces north of Saigon yesterday while in the cap- ital Premier Tran Van Huong stood off two challenges to his new, regime. It seemed symptomatic of the frustrations dogging South Viet Nam that at a time of national disaster, Buddhist students dem- onstrated demanding an end to Huong's young regime. And the High National Council that ap- pointed him put him to hostile questioning. Helpless to stop the southward! itary show of strength that cowed student topplers of Vietnamese governments. Hold Back Riots Truckloads of troops, including! elite airborne units, poured into! Saigon. A company of airborne soldiers took up positions behind, barbed wire at Dien Hong Palace,! where the government was in ses- sion. There was no violence, al- though riot police and paratroop- ers eventually were used to hold back the 1500 demonstrators. The youths, starting from Sai- gon student union headquarters, stormed through four liolice lines the valleys openly. There is no man charged that the Syrians be- one to stop them because militia gan the fight with machine gun and troops were drowned or fire, then lobber mortar shells forced to flee the rush of water. and finally brought up two World No Viet Cong sabotage could War II German tanks. matchothe havoc wrought by the The Syrians fired on the Dan floods, which ripped up 200 miles Shaar Hyishuv collective settle- of the only north-south railway ments and inflicted heavy damage, leading from Saigon to the hitting two houses, destroying disaster area. electric installations and blowing up a fuel tank, he said. GhSyrialodged an urgent com- plaint with the UN Security Coun- ncil in New York and the UN truce Key Factor i * observation team in Jerusalem. The Syrian communique said Is- raeli artillery shelled two unarm- Budgetrized Arab villages in the demili- tarized frontier zone and that 1 VIETNAMESE IN REFUGEE-PACKED TOWN of Quang Nai in central V belongings yesterday as flood waters receded. Part of the town had been Floods have drowned more that 5,000 persons, wrecked communications an 10 provinces and dealt the anti-Communist war in the area a staggering blo Communists Move South in TEL AVIV (M)-Israeli jets pounded Syrian border posts with >>napalm and gunfire yesterday in the worst clash on the Syrian- Israeli border in years. Each side accused the other of starting the battle. An Israeli army spokesman said two Israelis were wounded and Associated Press two border settlements were heavily damaged by Syrian gunners. Viet Nain gathered their He claimed the Syrians began the fight by attacking an Israeli under 12 feet of water. army patrol on Israeli territory.' d transportation across In Damascus, a Syrian army communique said seven Syrians w. died and 26 were wounded in 100 minutes of air and land fighting about 25 miles north of the Seas Tof Galilee. He said the Israelis suf- V i t 7 a m Ifered heavy casualties. m-Lt infiltration of the Viet Cong be-1 cause of wrecked communications,'Von hei way toward t. 'on their way toward the water- } Huong's government L put on a m- front palace where Huong was an- This year's budget emphasis has Syrian forces countered with mor- swering questions before the High centered on the University's efforts tar and artillery fire against five Council. I to relieve the enrollment pressures Israeli border settlements and mil- Troops and fire trucks ringing in the state as well as maintaining itary positions. the area halted the students. Ban- its other important functions, At UN headquarLers in New neis and shouted slogans from James E. Lesch, assistant to the iYork, Syrian Ambassador Rafik olicy te marchers called first for a vice-president for academic af- Asha charged that Israel attacked iar lcabinet reshuffle and later for fairs, said yesterday. to "poison the atmosphere of the Huong's resignation. Despite last year's emphasis on forthcoming UN General Assem- MOSCOW (OP)-The giant Rus- The crowd eventually broke up the research role, teaching con- bly." sian Federation, largest of 15 re- after a delegation of students re- tinues to be the primary activity With tensions heightened by Is- publics in the Soviet Union, yes- portedly was permitted to present of the University, Lesch said. "The rael's decision to begin tapping terday repealed restrictions on a petition. One student leader said high quality of our staff is the the Jordan River - and Arab private gardening and livestock there probably would be no more major reason why the University' threats to oppose this-there have raising imposed during ex-Pre-! demonstrations for two days be- can attract $40 million dollars a been a number of clashes in re- mier Khrushchev's rule. cause of the flood disaster. year in research money." cent months along the 50-mile- The Soviet news agency Tass Before Council There are three bepic functions long Syrian-Israeli frontier. But said the presidium of the Supreme Huong, answering hostile ques- -teaching, research and the pub- yesterday's battle was by far the Soviet of the Russian Federation tions from the High National lic services of the University, Lesch most serious, and it was the first issued a decree rescinding meas- Council inside the palace insisted explained. While the first is most involving a full scale air attack. ures enacted since 1956 at Khru- later he was unaware the demon- important, the second and third _ shchev's insistence. stration had been going on. must also be considered as im- The new order restored to pre- Like some members of the High portant functions of the Univer- H ope LTocD The ewes order restord o pe- Council, the students are dissatis- sity, he said. 1956stock andlevels the size r of private plots fied with the makeup of Huong's Building the proper environ- FU710 stockanthsieoprvtplt VII Sn collective farmers could have for government, which contains some ment to optimize the teaching at W l out S o i s dtechnicians who served under the University increases the cap-; thei nrcnAl uc --e- Resigned To Signing-Out by LESLEY FINKELMAN A recent survey of sign-out systems in women's housing units revealed that 83.3 per cent of the houses are satisfied with their present systems, while 16.6 per cent are dissatisfied. Houses expressing complaints are Barbour, Couzens, Jordan, and Vandenberg Co-op. Couzens and Barbour are dis- satisfied with aspects of their voluntary week-day sign-out sys- tems. Klaran McKusick, '65, presi- dent of Couzens, said, "one com- plaint concerns a penalty for failure to sign in when signing out is voluntary. It seems a con- tradiction of purposes." Miss McKusick also said that some seniors misused their privi- lege of extended hours by "stay- ing out until 6:45 a.m., just be- fore the night lady went home." A discussion clarified that ex- tended hours do not constitute an overnight. In Barbour the major complaint is that a senior, who has no hours, cannot leave the dormi- tory after midnight to go for a walk or snack, said President Syl- via Kasey, '64. Jordan and Vandenberg ex- pressed dissatisfaction with their mandatory sign-out systems. Last year Jordan had a house vote ac- cepting this system. Alison Ather- ton, '66, president of the house, said that now the general opin- ion of the residents is that the system "doesn't seem worthwhile and causes too much trouble." Cheever and Newberry are sat- isfied with their compulsory sign- out systems. Newberry president Peg Gray,'65, said that "at one time there was heated discussion about abolishing it, but the house voted to keep the system for safe- ty reasons." The survey also showed that 15 of the 24 women's housing units on campus acquired their pres- ent sign-out systems by vote of the members of .each house. The remaining units-Barbour, Blagdon, Bush, Couzens, Elliott, Hunt, Little, Seeley-Oxford, and Thronson-arrived at their sys- tems when their respective House Councils voted for them. Worke rs To Leave Jobs On Nov. 23 Discussion Hinges On Wage Increase; More Talks Monday WASHINGTON WP)-More than 150,000 members of six unions are preparing to strike Nov. 23 against about 90 per cent of the nation's railroad industry. Government mediators continue efforts to head off the planned walkout over wages and fringe benefits. Francis A. O'Neill of the Nation- al Mediation Board met for an hour and a half yesterday with chief union spokesman Michael Fox. He said his talks with both sides will resume in Chicago Mon- day morning. Fox heads the Railway Em- ployes' Department of the AFL- CIO with headquarters' in Chicago. Strike Date The six shop unions are free to strike after midnight Nov. 19 when a 30-day mandatory wait- ing period expires. The delay was imposed auto- matically under the Railway Labor Act when President Lyndon B. Johnson named an emergency board to study the dispute "be- tween the railroads and 11 non- operating unions, including the six shop craft groups. The six shop unions so far have rejected the emergency.board's recommended wage increase of 27 cents an hour over three years. Low Pay The shop unions contend .they are far below pay for comparable work in other industries and "feel they have been shortchanged," a union spokesman said. There is no remaining provision under federal law to force a strike delay. Former Mayor Richardson Dil- worth of Philadelphia, who head- ed the presidential emergency board, was quoted by radio station WRCV-NBC in Philadelphia as saying he believes there will be no strike. Strike Notce Union sources said formal strike notices would be sent out shortly to the railroads. Although the five other unions involved have made no strike plans,. they apparently would observe the shop crafts' picket lines. The 11 unions represent more than 400,000 railroad workers. The shop unions claim worker productivity has increased 3.2 per cent while they have had no pay raise since 1962. They are insist- ing on ,"a substantially better wage offer." Railroad negotiators re- portedly have refused to go above the emergency board's recommen- dations. The unions have demanded a 10 per cent wage increase plus 14 cents an hour, amounting to about 40 cents, retroactive to June 30, 1963. Union sources said shop craft wages now average $2.63 per hour and all 11 nonoperating unions $2.58. The dispute involves virtually all the nation's major railroads except the Southern and Florida East Coast railways. Ferenc y Raps Appointments LANSING-Gov. George Rom- ney's appointment of a bipart- san State Highway Commission yesterday was "high-handed"'and "speaks. poorly for future rela- tions with the legislature," said Democratic State Chairman Zol- ton Ferency. Romney announced the appoint- ment of two Democrats and two Republicans to the constitution- ally established Highway Corn- ueir pe lso. us. Tass said that "in recent years, these limits were groundlessly narrowed." Some collective farmers lost' their private plots and animals in recent years when their collec- tive farms (kolkhosi) were turned into state farms (sovkhozi). Under the new decree, former kolkhoz members would now get back the land and animals they formerly had. Meanwhile, a state farm direc- tor wrote in the Soviet govern- ment organ Izvestia that his work- ers ought to get a bigger share of the profits to supplement their salaries or for improvements in entertainment and service facili- ties. Izvestia published the proposal on its front page - indicating a certain amount of official recep- tivity to the idea. President Ngo Dinh Diem before his overthrow and death last No- vember. Inside the palace, Huong beg- ged for an end to political bicker- ing and support for the civilian government to save the country greater chaos. Apparently unsat- isfied by his answers to questions, the Council called a meeting for today. It can throw him out of office, just as it put him in. Flood Disaster Already his 10-day-old regime was faced with the greatest nat- ural calamity in 60 years, the typhoon-fed floods that ravaged 10 provinces, drowned at least 5000 persons, left thousands homeless and hungry, swept away railways and bridges and washed out roads. Refugees said the Viet Cong guerrillas, who in their mountain hideouts escaped the wrath of this week's floods, now are moving into abilities in the other areas, he' said.. "To get the highest quality staff possible we must offer both high salaries and ample research op- portunities. To afford . this we must have more money and have asked for the budget increase by emphasizing the importance of the University in. the enrollment prob- lem in the state," Lesch said. The budget increment will be used to increase and maintain a competent staff, he added. Forty- six per cent of last year's incre- ment was used for salary increases and new staff. Commenting on this year's budget request, Lesch said that the University has asked for less than the sum of the requests that the heads of the University budget units had recommended. "We have already cut the requests and we expect less than we asked for." DETROIT (A)-Detroit's news- paper blackout moved into its fourth month with the settlement outlook somewhat improved. Representatives of pressman's local 13 and the publishers re- sumed negotiations eat 5 p.m. yes- terday and at 12:30 a.m. were continuing in round the clock talks over the size of the crews on new eight unit presses at the Detroit News. The pressmen's dispute over one man is the only remaining con- flict. The unions want to main- tain a 16-man work crew while the publishers are bargaining for a 15-man crew. The other striking union, Local 10 of the Paper and Plate Hand- lers Union signed' contract Thurs- day after members voted to accept a two year pact with the publish- ers. LABOR MARGIN TOO SMALL: No Policy Changes for Britain Now, Say 'U' Experts By HAROLD WOLMAN University experts agree that despite the flurry of activity which has accompanied the first days of Prime Minister Wilson's government in Britain any im- mediate radical new departures in policy are unlikely. A four vote majority is just too small to effect any radical changes," commented Prof. James K.- Pollock of the political science department. "They will go as far as they think they safely can, however," Pollack added. ports. This unfavorable balance of trade has led to a balance of pay- ments problem which threatens to undermine the stability of the pound. Raise Tariffs To remedy this situation, Wilson has imposed a high tariff on im- ports and increased the income tax rate, especially for those with higher incomes. However, Laing remarked, "had the Conservatives been elected, they would have had to do much the same thing. They didn't face up to it for fear the unpopularity Pollock, who like Laing was in Britain last month to study the British election, observed, "The country was tired of the Conser- vatives, but it was still afraid of Labour. If Wilson can build up confidence in Labour during a year or year and a half and then pick an issue to go to the country with, the electorate may give him the working majority he desires." Another close observer of Brit- ish politics, Prof. Gabriel Pearson of the English department, com- mented that Prime Minister Wil- son may try to hold off another cessful, it may take at least two years to rightthe balance of pay- ments problem. Opinions Differ Pearson is more optimistic, however, than Pollock and Laing about Labour's chances of pass- ing major legislation. "Wilson has been keeping the an attempt to keep his support political temperature high in an attempt to keep his supporters at a high pitch," Pearson said. "Par- liamentary debates have been very partisan and embittered to an unusual extent for to early in the intends to go ahead with what he considers necessary programa He can do this successfully, Pear- son added, unless he gets defec, tions from his own party, and de- fections are unlikely as long as the political temperature remains high. 'Pearson noted that Wilson has cleverly arranged his government so that most of the potential right wing Labour defectors have been given government positions. Given a stake in the Labour gov- ernment, these potential rene- gades are now much less likely i I -.