Tnion-Leaguellerger: Toward a Campus Ce nte (EDITOR'S NOTE: Within the past few years the Michigan League and the Michigan Union have done much thinking about a possible mer- ger of their two organizations. This thinking took definite form last fall when both groups appointed members to a Union-League study com- mittee, chaired by Associate Dean James H. Robertson of the literary col- lege. The committee's final report, known subsequently as the Robertson Report, came out last May. Approved by both the Union and League bdards of directors, it supported the merger.1 (The two boards voted to send the report to the University Board of" Regents for "comments and suggestions." The Regents hold their month- ly public meeting Fr'iday and are expected to issue comments at that time. (This will be the first of a series of two articles considering the rationale behind ea Union-League merger, the lines of authority between the Regents and the two organizations and possible ramifications of a study of the merger plan being conducted for the Regents by Vice-Presi- dent for Business and F inance Wilbur K. Pierpont and Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis.) By H. NEIL BERKSON One year ago this month machinery was set in motion to study a merger of the two major student service organizations on campus. The 13-member Union-League Study Committee, under the chairmanship of Associate Dean James H. Robertson of the literary college, met for a total of eight months before submitting its deci- sion on the feasibility of a merger of the Michigan Union and the Michigan League to the respective boards of the two organizations. While much of the Robertson Report dealt with the problems of such a plan and drew guidelines for their solution, the overriding question was not "how" but "why." Why combine the Union and League? Why disrupt two organizations which were functioning successfully on campus long before the present generation of stu- dents arrived? Cites Reed Report The beginning of the answer summons a document now almost two years old. The Reed Report of February, 1962, another commit- tee product, was a study of the University's philosophy of student affairs. The purpose of a university, the report said, is to "stimulate in each student the maximum intellectual growth of which he is cap- able and to enable him . . . to make maximum contribution to his society." Extracurricular life is as important as the classroom in achiev- ing these goals, the report added. It went on to spotlight, "the cleav- age in philosophy and policy . . . symbolized by the geographic separation of men's and women's residence halls and by the exist- ence of the Union primarily for men and the League primarily for women, rather than a student union. "The committee believes that the young people who enroll in the University are primarily students seeking to learn, seeking to develop not in isolation as men or women but together as equals and collaborators." Envisions 'U' Center The original Union Board of Directors resolution to create a merger study committee was based on this part of the Reed Report. At approximately the same time, the Office of Student Affairs be- gan to think in terms of coeducational housing. The Robertson Report adopted this desire for one student union, enlarging it, however, into the broader concept of a University Cen- ter. The study committee declared: It cannot be disputed that there is a need for a real University Center, a coeducational organization serving the needs of all segments of the University community: students, faculty, alum- ni, administration and their guests alike. Although the Michi- gan Union and the Michigan League have both served long and well within the limits of their present structures in providing physical facilities and programmed activities to meet the needs of these groups, neither alone is presently able to function as effectively as the University Center that the Committee envi- sions. The major achievements of the Robertson committee were to define the need for a University Center, a place for all segments of the University community, and to declare that a Union-League merger could fulfill the need. Once the "why" was answered the solutions to "how" could proceed. Contrasting Union, League The League and the Union comprise very different organiza- tions. The Union has two wings, service and student activities under a single board of directors. The service wing oversees the business operation-the cafeteria, dining room, swimming pool, hotel rooms, etc. The activities section sponsors everything from MUSKET and Michigras to a speaker program and a counselling booklet. Both wings are financially responsible to the same board of directors. The League also has services (restaurant, hotel rooms) and ac- tivities (Soph Show, Frosh Weekend, Hyde Park). But the two sec- See MERGER, Page 8 THE COMMITTEE CONVENES See Editorial Page we SirAO 4bp :43 a t t4p SUNNY Hig-68 Lo~w-44 Fair and warm, cloudy towards evening Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXIV, No. 39 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1963 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Committee To View Membership Motion Sororities Question Council's Right To Control Membership Selection By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM The Committee on Referral will conduct an open hearing on the Student Government Council motion "Membership Selection in Student Organizations" at 3 p.m. today in Rm. 1546 SAB. The attorney for 11 campus sororities, Lawrence Smith, '37L, is the only person who has requested permission to speak at the hearing. The sororities have contested Council's right to watch over, O membership selection practices in Kennedy Urges Rights Bill, Cut Algeria s Ex-Rebels. By The Associated Press ALGIERS -Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella ordered mobil- ization of all et-soldiers last night to strengthen Algeria for its un- declared desert war with Morocco. The veterans of the seven-year war against France were sum- moned to take up arms again to combat what Ben Bella called a military invasion and a criminal adventure by the royal Moroccan armed forces of King Hassan II. Ben Bella proclaimed the mob- ilization in an impassioned speech, part in Arabic and part in French, to 50,000 Algerians gathered in the capital's Forum Square. "From this moment on, I de- Clare the mobilization of all former soldiers," he shouted. "All former soldiers, all our brothers in arms, will report tomorrow (Wednesday) to army barracks." Meantime in Constantine, dem- onstrators smashed windows of the United States Information Agency Cultural Center on hear- ing the nationalized Algerian Radio say United States pilots had flown Moroccan troops to the battle zone. Council "Asks- Medical Plant Enlargement A special Michigan Co-ordinat- ing Council for Public Higher- Ed- ucationhas recommended that existing medical education facili- ties be expanded in Michigan rather than establishing a third medical school. 'In its report, to be officially released in early November, the committee recommended that the University's proposed $9.92 mil- lion Medical Science Bldg., Unit II, be constructed. The building would house medical school de- partments now in the East Medi- cal Bldg. and provide expanded space. The Legislature, committed to this building 12 years ago when the Medical School expanded to .i 200 freshman a year, voted plan- ning money for the structure last spring. The report stressed the need for' expanding the Wayne State Uni- versity medical school to 200 en-I tering students a year, the same size as the University's Medical School. Wayne's school now en- rolls 125 freshmen annually. WSU's school should be expand- ed in Detroit's medical complex through state and federal funds, the report said. It noted that fed- eralmoney has become available thmih aogszoo f aid to medrical1 student groups. The specific in- plementation of watching over the practices is contained in the mo- tion. Other persons may still address the hearing by submitting today a written request for speaking priv- ileges to Prof. Kallenbach or SGC. Secretary Mrs. Elizabeth Pfiffner. First Step Consideration The Committee on Referral is holding the hearing as the first step in its consideration of the- motion, according to Referral Committee Chairman Prof. Joseph Kallenbach of the political science department. The committee had previously stayed the( motion last week to extend the deadline of Vice-Pres- ident for Student Affairs James A. Lewis to approve or veto the motion. At that time Kallenbach noted the committee's wish for further study of the document. The committee serves solely in an advisory role to Lewis. Sometime after the hearing to- day, the referral committee will meet "to decide our opinion on the motion," Prof. Kallenbach said. "We will then issue a written communication of our opinion to Lewis . . and meet with him if necessary," he continued. Members of the committee have in the past raised objection to provisions in the Council motion which establish a membership tribunal that could possibly, in- clude a faculty member. SGC Meeting At its regularly scheduled Wednesday night meeting, SGC tonight will hold officer elections for the ensuing term. , Several Council members have announced their candidacy for office. Seeking election to the presidency are SGC Executive Vice - President Edwin Sasaki, Grad, Michael Knapp, '64, and Russell Epker, '64BAd. SOC Administrative Vice-Presi- dent Thomas Smithson, '65, has announced his candidacy for the position of executive vice-presi- dent. Sherry Miller, '65, is seeking election to the office of adminis- trative vice-president. Doug Brook, '65, will seek the treasurer's office. S. K. DEY .. . grass roots democracy Dfey Notes Indian Gain By GAIL EVANS Associate City Editor India's decision to develop a system of grass roots democracy has been the key to its economic progress since gaining independ- ence in 1947, Indian Minister for Community Development Surendra Kumar Dey, '31E, said last night in a report on "Problems in In- dian Community Development." The former University student emphasized that since India's economy has a strong agrarian ori- entation, democracy had to be de- veloped from below rather than from above. The Indian cabinet minister's primary responsibility has been to stimulate and coordinate commu- nity development on the local lev- el with governmental efforts. The Panchayat, or village coun- cil, became the local organ upon which democracy was built, he commented. This council is made up of a small number of com- munity elders elected to adminis- ter a village with an average pop- ulation of 1900. The' agro-township council de- cides how government funds will be spent to improve the regional economy. Each village has its own program-irrigation, well- 'drilling or road construction - which has been selected and ad- ministered by the Panchayat. Dey stressed that although the government feels that it has an obligation to provide the means of livelihood for all Indians. indi- vidual responsibility and initiative are the most important elements in Indian economic development. In addition to the public ad- dress last night, Dey has partici- pated in a series of symposia yes- terday and Monday with Congress- man Neil Staebler (D-Mich), Vice- President for Academic Affairs Roger Heyns and other University faculty members. He will speak again later in the week. Wiants Help From GOP To Pass' Bill Liberal Democrats Resent Withdrawal From Earlier Stand WASHINGTON ()-Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy appealed to the House judiciary committee yesterday to trim out sections of the civil rights bill in order to win Republican support. He urged a retreat to the seven- part bill recommended by the ad- ministration last June, which was greatly expanded by a subcormmit- tee dominated by liberal Demo- crats. Kennedy said passage of a good civil rights bill this session is a vital national need. He pleaded with Republicans and Democrats on the committee to work to- gether for such a bill. Democrats Bitter His appeal at a closed session was favorably received by Chair- man Emanuel Celler (D-NY) and Rep. William M. McCulloch (R- Ohio), the ranking GOP member, but left some liberal Democrats bitter. Having won a fight in the subcommittee, they resent being advised to back down. Kennedy was quoted as criti- cizing sharply some ofthe fea- tures added by the subcommittee, notably in the field of voting rights, additional powers for the attorney general, and racial dis- crimination in places of public accommodation. He specifically opposed extend- ing the voting rights section to state elections-as the subcommit- tee did-and declared other pro- visions it added would destroy the purpose of the section. Sweeping Powers In writing in sweeping powers for the attorney general to bring suit in civil rights cases, the sub- committee went well beyond the legislative needs raised by racial disputes, Kennedy reportedly said. On the controversial public ac- commodations section, he said, the subcommittee's reliance on the 14th amendment to the Constitu- tion made it much too broad. He said it could be construed to cover law firms, medical clinics, private schools, apartment houses and many other kinds of enterprises that were not intended to be cov- ered. By contrast, he said, the ad- ministration's original proposal spelled out specifically the kinds of places to be covered. * * * * * * Gains IFC Approval * * * MVove