t S&w-ty-Third Year EDrTED AND MANAGED 8Y STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSTY OF MICHIGAN - UNDER AUTHOaRIY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PmEcATION ere opinions Arte STUDENT PUmiCAcois LDG., ANN ARBoR, MICH., PHONE NO 2-3241 Truth Will Prevanl" itorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. .Y, SEPTEMBER 22, 1963 NIGHT EDITOR: GAIL EVANS "RSCORE: Cold War Temperature Shows Signs of Thaw ECENT GESTURES on the part of both the United States and Russia imply that the rent thaw in the Cold War may be of more mn just temporary nature. Such thaws have appeared to be on the hori- before. State Department policy planning ef Walter W. Rostow has cited this as the rd such period since World War II. But h time they have vanished amid new blasts the Cold War. 'here are good reasons, however, for be- ring that this will not be the case this time. I China poses a threat to the Soviet Union ,t it has never faced before. It has already 'cked the unity of the Communist parties oughout the world. Some now look to Red ina for leadership, some follow thle different e of the Soviet Union. Some parties have n hurt greatly by conflicting loyalties *ith ir membership split at an ideological ssroads. EE KREMLIN can no longer control Com-. munist actions in Laos, Viet Nam or much Asia, and its foreign policy is hindered by s in much the same way that United States eign policy is hindered by France, or per- >s more accurately, the Central Intelligence mcy. t. Zed China also poses a deep physical threat. its drive to expand, to make more room for people, the lowly-populated border regions of ssia. appear very tempting. Then, too, a eless Chinese action that could throw the rld into an atomic war would virtually iterate the Soviet Union. or is Red China the only reason why the emlin would desire a thaw in the Cold War. net Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev has prom- i his people not only an increased standard iving, but also one that surpasses the United tes in the near future. HRUSHCHIEV has been able to do little in this line. Arms spending occupies too large hare of Russia's national product for there be a significant improvement in the eco- nic welfare of her people. The argument, still rd occasionally in the Senate, that Russia ild collapse under the strain of a heavy arms get, has been proven false but that is not same as saying that the burden is an ex- nely costly one. hrushchev, for both the sake of his peo- and to prove gthat his way and not Red China's is the path to Communist success, must achieve notable economic improvements short- ly. His failure to do so would end his political career, greatly improve the Chinese position in other Communist parties and satellites, and raise'the spectre of popular dissension at home. SOME DAMAGE has already been done to Russia along this line. Albania has turned more and more to Red China, and this has blocked economic transactions that would have been to Russia's benefit. Poland and East Ger- many, among others, have become increasing- ly restless over the failure of their Communist bloc economic community to approach anything like the success of the Common Market. The Soviet Union's recent purchase of Cana- dian wheat highlights another reason why Moscow wants accord with the West. With more capital to devote to agriculture and freer trade with the West in agricultural items, much could be done to solve the perennial Soviet problem of crop shortages. In addition to all these reasons, it is now generally accepted that Khrushchev desires an atomic war as little as the United States does. He clearly sees the consequences of an unlimit- ed arms race and the proliferation of atomic weapons to still more nations. HE NUCLEAR TEST ban treaty not only speaks for the above, but offers further rea- son for believing that the thaw is of a more permanent nature. Unlike the 1958 moratorium on testing, the treaty is a signed document whose violation would have great consequences in terms of Russian prestige throughout the rest of the world. It must be remembered that the Soviets broke the moratorium only after the United States announced that it did not feel bound by it. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's recent speech before the United Nations offers still further 'evidence of the Soviet's change in policy. He recommended that an 18 nation sum- mit conference be held shortly in Moscow, and offered new proposals for disarmament and the control of weapons in space. President Kennedy is cognizant of this change in Soviet attitude and has held out the olive branch. Beginning with his speech at American University and followed by the sign- ing of the test ban treaty, his peaceful ges- tures have extended to proposing a joint United States-Russian effort to reach the moon. In the sphere of foreign trade, one of the major impediments to improved East-West re- lations, a new policy appears in the making. The possibility of a wheat deal with the Russians cannot be discounted. NOR CAN THE VARIOUS cultural exchange programs be forgotten. More and more Americans are visiting the Soviet Union each year, and the air of rivalry between United States and Russian sports teams appear to be becoming friendlier. Next summer a group including two members of the University faculty will go to Russia in the hope of establishing a Hostages-for-Peace pro- gram in which relatives of leaders in both countries would move to the other country to act as a deterrent to war. BEFORE THE YEAR is over, much more should be known as to the actual degree of the current thaw. But it is not going over the deep end of optimism to believe that the Rus- sians will accept our proposal for a joint moon project, that trade relations will improve and that further steps toward limiting the threat of war will be taken. It could be a warm winter for a change and the change could be a long- lasting one. -EDWARD HERSTEIN "Of Course, I Abhor Violence---Have A Book Of Campaign Matches, Bud" 41(i / * - -- I-- B-- - A-Mc x f, A f INT~r1o0- Y~ia Y I 4- By LOUISE LIND THE NEW PLAN called the first step toward student-faculty government is not a meaningful advance towards a uptopian gov- ernment. It is a very mechanical device for bringing student opinion di- rectly to the faculty, whose role in policy-making at the University is purely advisory. When S tu d e n t Government Council and the University Senlate Advisory Committee on University Affairs decided last spring toset up parallel committee structures to facilitate this plan, there was much talk about student-faculty government. Many saw this deci- sion as a first step towards an ideal of which student-faculty gov- ernment which exists on. few col- lege campuses anywhere, * * * THE TRUTH IS that this for- mal structural change will not advance campus government to- ward such an ideal. But, given the right kind of par- ticipation from the students chos- en to participate with the faculty in committees and, indeed, from the faculty itself, this very me- chanical device could become a most effective method to improve the University. Where there is real exchange be- tween students and faculty, where students participate as mature, re- sponsible individuals-not as lob- byists for a pressure group - and where the faculty hears-and is willing to listen to-student opin- ion, there will be genuine advance- ment of theidea of the university. Educators will be protected from. the danger of working within a vacuum; students will have a voice in obtaining the best kind of edu- cation possible. THUS, THE MISSION of the parallel committee structure in its present form is an educational one. At this point, any connection with real student-faculty govern- ment is incidental by-contrast. This point was made only too clear last week in a series of in- terviews with several people in- volved with the parallel committee plan. Michael Rosen, Grad, vice-presi- dent of Graduate Student Council and member of one of the SGC' subcommittees, noted the.inherent narrowness' of the present pro- gram. "The SACUA subcommittees are themselves small units, including only about 20 faculty members in all. The problems they deal with. MECHANICAL DEVICE: Student-Faculty Plan: NoUtopia.Yet FISCAL REFORM PLAN: Brewers Blast Beer Tax Cut Coercion 4s AYMENT OF SENIOR DUES is voluntary, Senior Board President Lauren Bowler said ently. his statement is quite a switch from the erances of soliciters for dues who, at Water- n Gym during registration, said payment mandatory. enior dues are a small matter of $3. If a tor feels an obligation to his class or the versity, if he feels a desire to contribute ething to his prospective alma mater, then him pay his dues. OWEVER, tactics such as the bald-faced lie that dues must be paid are unnecessary , incidentally, unethical. This tactic un- btedly forced some seniors who did not h to pay into paying their dues. :opefully, now that the Senior Board has acted a record $2,829 in dues, it will not ander them on something as senseless as a k. The tactics the soliciters for dues used ainly are worth more than a rock. -M. BRAHMS (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sixth of avseries of articles investi- gating Gov. George Romney's pro- posed fiscal reform program.) By STEVEN HALLER FOR A relatively insignificant tax and one which diectly affects a comparatively small number of people, Gov. George Romney's proposal to revise Mich- igan's current brewery tax has sparked quite a bit of controversy. The governor's suggestion; which composes the eighth specific legis- lation included in his 12-part plan, calls for an exemption of 50 per cent of the annual production of state breweries, not to exceed 25,- 000 barrels per brewery, from the tax of $6.61 per barrel. Says Romney, "This will pro- vide specific relief to the Michigan brewing industry, which is hard- pressed by competition from non- Michigan breweries. Along with other general business tax relief, this measure will help provide more jobs and more secure jobs in the Michigan brewing industry." * *.* ROMNEY'S PROPOSAL will cost the state of Michigan the sum of $1.3 million, which is al- most three times as much as the state will lose through revision of the corporation franchise tax. Yet even that relatively minor legis- lation sounds like a monumental issue in comparison to the beer tax revision. For one thing, only one group of people stands to gain anything from Romney's plan, and that group-the brewers-is hardly an important part of the total in- dustry picture. FURTHERMORE, the brewers themselves do not think anything of Romney's plan. According to Robert A. Schiff, president of the Michigan Brewers Association, the governor's proposal is not enough to keep the beer industry from going flat. Schiff comments, "Although we appreciate being included in the tax reform program, the gover- nor's proposal won't solve the problem, which is paying just too high of a tax on beer. The only solution is to get rid of that nuisance tax." "About 2000 jobs have been lost in the brewery industry and in beer distributorships since the en- actment of nuisance taxes . . 1960. Eventually Michigan may lose its beer industry unless we can get help," he lamented. * * * WHETHER such a consequence would be a cause for great con- cern is a topic for subjective com- ment. It is interesting to note, however, that the nuisance tax of which Schiff speaks has been neither revised nor repealed by Romney in his proposed program. The reason for this is clea: it is mainly the system of nuisance taxes-on beer, liquor, cigarettes, gasoline and telephone and tele- graph service - that has been bringing in most of the money ever since those taxes were put into effect. To kill the goose that lays the golden egg is never a wise economic move. With this in mind, it seems reasonable to assume that the taxes, however, fall into the same category as the brewery tax: they are both advisable and necessary. If anything, they should be raised, not lowered. * * * SOME LANSING observers con- tend that Romney's plan to cut the brewery tax is a political move, paying back the brewers for the political support they have given him in the past. It will be in- teresting to see if their support of the governor is as enthusiastic next time, considering their gen- eral attitude toward his plan. The coming legislative session will decide this part of Romney's program as it, will the rest of it. If the brewers put up a big enough fight against what they; consider a minimal relief for their industry, it might be worth watch- ing as the controversy comes to a head. As long as Romney persists in further cutting the amount of revenue gleaned from a practice that serves no useful purpose to begin with, however,"it constitutes misguided "tax justice" at best. are confined to a narrow area compared to the total function of the University," he pointed out. "Most of the maJor policy prob- lems, such as the setting of cur- riculum, which students would like to work with, are no considered by these groups. They are given whatever problems are left over." Thus, Rosen saw as one of the disadvantages of the present plans the fact that students will not be acting in an area where the fac- ulty meets as a whole. However, he expressed optimism about the plan's educational mis- sion-"to see students and faculty in more responsible roles in struc- tural programs and the workings of the University." PROF. WILLIAM KERR, chair- man of SACUA, also recognized the limitations of the program. "I don't regard the present step as a deliberate one to achieve stu- dent-faculty government. In ap- proving the plan, the faculty sim- ply felt it could be valuable to have students participate inh the advisory function in a direct way where previously their participa- tion had been indirect," he said. Prof. Kerr was not so pessimis- tic as to say that the present par- allel committee structure would not expand into some -forts of stu- dent-faculty government, but he did note that "there would have to be a lot of evolution betweeni the present program and student-fac ulty government." * * * CLEARLY, THEN, in a program in which the aim is hot to estab- lish a formalized governmental system but to bring student opin- ion to an advisory body, the bur- den of responsibility rests on the individual student. He must be mature-mature enough to deal with complex, far-reaching prob- lems. He must be responsible-as a member of the University com- munity and not a narrow interest group. He must exercise good judgment in the interest of the entire University-not just its stu- dent members. Prof. Kerr reflected that "stu- dent influence will be felt in large measure as the individual student makes his influence felt in the subcommittees." Students involved with the pro- gram are optimistic about the re- turns on student participation. Rosen said, "I think the students on the subcommittees are compe- tent and will impress the faculty." * * . THOMAS SMITHSON, adminis- trative vice-president of SGC and coordinator of the parallel com- mittee plan, foresaw students "making a meaningful contribu- tion to Policy-making" burt added that "students mightconceivably be judged, In part, on whether those students participating this year make a meaningfulcontribu- tion. "But I don't think the faculty will be so narrow-minded as to judge the whole program by that criterion," he added. If the parallel committee plan exists to bring student opinion to the educators and if the burden of its success falls upon the indiid- ual, what then of the larger con- cept of student-facultygovern- ment? On whom does the burden of responsibility for its creation fall? Clearly, it must be the individual student and faculty member and their elected representative bodies. ROSEN SUGGESTED one form of student - faculty government that could be easily set up with- out Regental ruling. This form would exist entirely within the academic departments of the Uni- versity where students-particu- larly graduate students who pre- sumably possess greater academic maturity-would help establish graduate programs. "Graduate students, who have a good idea what their needs are, could easily help set up degree programs, determine course con- tent and schedule preliminary exams for doctorate candidates," he predicted.' "Although this would not achieve the full degree of student-faculty government, greater participation by students in policy-making on a departmental basis would make greater total student participation easier on a University basis," he reflected. According to Rosen, such pro- grams already exist in some de- partments, notably the psychology department, and GSC will concen- trate this year on spreading the concept to other departments. THE INHERENT MERITS of this and other possible forms of student-faculty government should be obvious. Student-faculty gov- ernment is too clearly a beneficial concept to be cast aside. GSC has already taken it up. It remains for other representative bodies - SGC and SACUA--to follow suit. The present parallel committee structure program will not ac- complish this end. It will bring together two factions of campus f' (i LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Harris' Remark in Poor Taste '4 ITYSCOPE: Ann Arbor: CORE Target To the Editor: I WAS SHOCKED to read the re- marks in Thursday's Daily at- tributed to Prof. Robert Harris of the Law School relative to the presentation by Lawrence Smith at Monday night's Student Gov- ernment Council hearing while representing a number of sorori- ties in his capacity as a practicing attorney. Smith is a graduate of the Law School, and Prof. Har- ris' remarks were made before a student group. Not being an attorney, I cannot speak with authority on the legal ethics which might or might not be involved. However, the remark that was quoted as "I think he's either incompetent or in bad faith," makes one pause to con- sider the professional ethics of a teacher discussing an alumnus of one's own school in such a manner before a group of students. AT THE VERY LEAST, these words, and other remarks attrib- uted to Prof. Harris, are in ex- tremely poor taste, whether or not one considers Prof. Harris's posi- tion at the University and Smith's position as a prominent lawyer in Grand Rapids., It should be noted that Smith's objections and opinions were di- rected at a procedure based upon Prof. Harris's work with SGC last spring. In his remarks Smith did not find it necessary to impugn the good faith or competency of those responsible for the procedure upon which he was rendering his legal opinion. If Prof. Harris would represent his conduct in this matter as an example for his students to fol- low, I would be concerned for the continued good name of the Law School. -William E. Le Clere Pin-Prick . .. To the Editor: MANY well-intentioned liberals, both Negro and white, have expressed shock and dismay over the recent activities of the Direct Action Committee. What they don't realize is that the militant spirit of DAC seethes-usually submerged-in the heart of every Negro American. Their sharp anti-white out- white community for they feel, with great justification, that Ne- gro needs are usually of secondary concern to the white man. Their black nationalistic spirit- with its increased self-esteem for themselves as Negroes-is not much different, in substance, from the ethnic self-identification of Jewish-Americans, Irish-Ameri- cans, etc. That the spirit is somewhat stronger and more shocking is greatly due to the tragic fact that it was so long in coming. -Sol Plafkin, Grad Expression .. . To the Editor: THE FOLLOWING expression of opinion was sent to President Kennedy by the executive board of the University Young Democratic Club: The University of Michigan Young Democratic Club calls upon the President of our nation to use all means available to as- sure that genuine federal pro- tection be given to the citizens of Birmingham to prevent fur- ther incidents like the senseless murders of Sept. 15, 1963. We condemn the failure of Alabama public officials to preserve law and order and assure equal jus- tice to all their citizens. We call upon the Justice De- partment for more aggressive use of existing federal authority to protect voter registration workers from overt and covert intimidation. -David Vaughn, '66 Marty Baum, '64 Mike Grandin, '66 Alan Jones, '66 Carole Cromley,'66 Chris Cohen, '64 Debby Gould, '64 Dick Katzman, '67 Mark Killingsworth, '67 Pat Murray, '66 Mary Feldman, '64 Elmer White, '64L Jim Hanley, '64 Reciprocation . . To the Editor: I WOULD LIKE to take exception to one statement made by Jean Tenander in her editorial "To Rot or to Russia?" She says, "The 1I 1I idea, by agreeing to sell wheat to the Soviet Union, we leave the door open for a reciprocal act on their part. We, of course, have no guarantee that this.act of/recipro- cation will take place. But one na- tion must open that door, and, in the present situation, the United States has a perfect opportunity. ** * SELLING WHEAT to Russia does not involve a vital sacrifice, and may help to open the door to greater confidence and coopera- tion between the Soviet Union and the United States. Reciprocation on a small level can lead to a re- duction in tension between the two nations, and may eventually lead to reciprocation on a higher, more vital level, such as in the problem of armaments.; This plus the economic and mor- al arguments pointed out by Miss Tenander demonstrate to me that it would be advantageous to the United States to sell wheat to Rus- sia, both politically and econom- ically. It would also show that the United States is interested in "peaceful coexistence" with the Soviet Union, not only in terms of the arms race but in other spheres of life as well. -Marilyn Broida, '64 Crudity ... To the Editor: A AN ENTERING freshman, I had several predisposed ideas as to what could be gained from a university education. Most im- portant would be an awareness of one's surroundings and a sensitiv- ity to the esthetics of art and a sensitivity of mankind. It seems that these ideals are not being adopted by a portion of the stu- dent body. The death of the Negro chil- dren in the South prompted the recent student demonstration. The reaction of some onlookers was not at all satisfactory. Some individ- uals are inclined, in some cases, to make crude jokes about the murder and the people involved. The murder had nothing to do with civil rights or integration, but with, children attempting to wor- ship their God. When this is brought to mind, how can jest be made of this murder, when the people involved were merely prac- ticing one of the basic ideals of VIES FARMER, national director of the ;ongress of Racial Equality, has named Arbor as a major target for the anti-bias ities of CORE. a national magazine, Farmer gives the egy for continuing efforts of civil rights ers in Ann Arbor as "Plan B," one of six rams for action across the country. lan B" is an integrated housing program, Editorial Staff RONALD WILTON, Editor VID MARCUS GERALD STORCH ,oriel Director City Editor ARA LAZARUS............Personnel Director [P SUTIN.............National Concerns Editor EVANS .................. Associate City Editor OIE BRAHMS ...... Associate Editorial Director IA BOWLES .................... Magazine Editor NDA BERRY............. Contributing Editor GOOD..................... Sports Editor BLOCK.......... ....Associate Sports Editor ERVER.. ........... Associate Sports Editor calling for Negro visits to new homes, whether or, not they are interested in buying, simply to accustom the realtor to Negro clients. The next step in "Plan B" is termed the "Dwell-In" under which first a white couple, then a Negro couple will visit real estate of- fices, mortgage lenders and banks in a white area to test differences in response, or a Negro family will actually move into a segregated section. This is intended to put the onus on the landlord to evict them. The Ann Arbor Fair Housing Association, an affiliate of CORE, is not necessarily bound to this modus operandi. In fact, the various chap- ters of CORE are highly decentralized. However, if enforcement of the fair housing ordinance passed by city council recently is taken as being good and worthwhile fighting for, then the plan set forth by Farmer is good. But significant results will probably not follow such a plan if the percentage of housing covered is only in the 25-30 per cent range. A HUNGER STRIKE is not a hunger strike i