GOP DILEMMA: NO LEADER FOR '64 See Editorial Page Y Litr Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom AOF 74lat-ty PARTLY CLOUDY High-80 Low---54 Continued warm, chance of showers vl v W 7 T. Am VOL.. LXXIV, No. 47 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25.1963 SEVEN CENTS FIGT'r P - - - - - - -- - - rj*,.A-. = S.. --Associated Press TIME RUNNING SHORT-Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (left) said yesterday that he doubted whether Congress could pass either a tax cut or a civil rights bill in the current session. Rep. Charles Halleck (right) shared the senator's views at a joint press con- ference. . GOP Chiefs Doubt IiRhts Tax Passage By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill) said yesterday there is real doubt Congress can pass either a tax cut or a civil rights bill at this session since time is running short. Dirksen, Republican leader of the Senate, voiced this view at a joint news conference with Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R-Ind), who osaid he would seriously doubt C omitee To. Reshape Tax Scheme By PHILIP SUTIN National Concerns Editor Special To The Daily LANSING - Behind-the-scene negotiations that will shape the final form of Gov. George Rom- ney's fiscal reform program began yesterday as participants main- tained a tight-lipped silence. Romney met with a special nine-man committee of GOP leg- islative leaders yesterday after- noon and will continue to hold sessions with them through the weekend although the Legislature recessed at noon until Monday night. Deals with Generalities Senate Majority Leader Stanley G. Thayer (R-Ann Arbor), a member of the group, reported that the meeting dealt in gen- eralities as members strove to find agreement. He added that he doubted that the group would deal with specific items before next week. The nine-member committee in- cludes all shades of opinion among the GOP leadership. Thayer and Sen. William G. Milliken of Tra- verse City, Senate GOP floor lead- er, are enthusiastic supporters of Romney's program, introducing it i nthe Senate. Senators Clyde H. Geerlings (R-Holland, Senate tax- ation committee chairman, and John P. Smeekins (R-Coldwater) president pro-tem, are strong op- ponents of the measure as is House Speaker Allison. Green (R-King- ' ston) . Other Opinions The three other House commit- tee members, Representatives Wil- fred G. Bassett (R-Jackson), speaker pro-tem, Robert Waldron (R-Grosse Pointe), floor leader and James N. Folks (R-Horton), House taxation committee chair- man, are not considered Romney program supporters. Sen. Frank D. Beadle (R-St. Clair), Senate ap- propriations committee chairman, is uncommitted. Meanwhile, the regular Legis- lative machinery continues. Bea- dle's committee will review Mon- day the income tax and other key Romney measures refered to it line-by-line with Romney legal aide Richard Van Dusen. Any decision made by the spe- cial committee must be approved by the GOP caucuses of both houses so that enough Republican votes can be mustered to pass it through the various legislative committees and the floor of both houses. Committee 'Sellout?' A splintered GOP does not have enough votes to pass Romney's program, lacking the necessary 181 Mhere is time to pass a civil rights measure in both houses. Dirksen and Halleck, the Re- public leader of the House, talked with reporters after a meeting of the Senate - House Republican Leadership Conference. And in the fight to kill a tough civil rights bill in- favor of a more moderate one, the battle settled) down yesterday to a contest of wills between the administration and a rebellious group of con- gressmen. Presidential Action s -President-John- F. -Kennedy has e taken a hand in trying to resolve - the fight in favor of the less sweeping measure, which the ad- ministration feels is the only one that can get through Congress. l Kennedy met Wednesday night with' the top -Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and the House Judiciary Commit- tee but the best he could get was a third postponement of a crucial committee vote pn the strong bill. The test has now been set for Tuesday. y Calls in Democrats The President followed up this i yesterday morning by calling to the White House a group of the committee Democrats holding out for the strong bill. No one involved in either meet- ing would comment publicly but it is known the discussions are cen- tering on- the prospect of getting firm bipartisan support for a com- promise bill. This has been the goal of the administration since it made its original recommendations 1 a s t June, but no common ground has yet been found between the back- ers of strong civil rights legisla- tion and those who think even the administration package goes too far. Political Jealousies Also operating against compro- mise are political jealousies, with Republicans balking at coming to the administration's rescue and some Democrats declining to back off from stiff provisions popular with Negro 'groups. Leaders of the militant band of holdouts expressed confidence - even after the White House meet- ing - that they would maintain their control and vote to bring out the strong bill Tuesday, if the committee meets. President 'App roves Measure WASHINGTON (A) - "With great pleasure," President John F. Kennedy signed yesterday legisla- tion authorizing the federal gov- ernment to spend $329 million helping states and communities tackle mental health and'retarda- tion problems. Kennedy expressed hope that the measure would arouse commu- nities to face up to the problems. The President signed the bill in the White House cabinet room be- fore a large audience, including several Congress members. A Top Item The measure was one of the top items on Kennedy's legislative pro- gram. His family has long been inter- ested in problems of mental re- tardation and has contributed gen- erously to combat them. One of the President's sisters has been for many years in an in- stitution for the mentally retarded. Kennedy told the gathering that an estimated 15 million to 20 mil- lion people in this country live in families where there is a mentally retarded person. This condition, he added, affects more children and more people than blindness, cere- bral palsy and rheumatic heart disease combined. Study Indication "Studies have indicated," he said, "that much of the suffering is preventable-that we can pre- vent what cannot afterward be cured .. . "Infants born prematurely are 10 times more likely to be mentally retarded. Mothers who have not received adequate prenatalcare are two to three times more likely to give birth to premature babies." The bill sets spending ceilings. Separate legislation by Congress will be needed to provide money for the new program. The bill is a compromise be- tween $850 million approved by the Senate and $238 million voted by the House. A Senate - House conference committee brought agreement from Senate sponsors of the bill to eliminate their most expensive item-$427 million fogr staffing community health centers. The bill authorizes funds to help build new community health can- ters, to conduct research into the causes of mental retardation and to care for the mentally retarded. The $329 million is broken down into grants for various phases, with the federal share running from 45 per cent to 75 per cent of the cost. Some parts of the pro- gram are programmed for three years, others for four years. Enrollment Record Set CINCINNATI-Enrollments have set records this fall in the nation's accredited colleges and universi- ties, This was announced today by Garland G. Parker, Registrar of the University of Cincinnati, in a preliminary report he compiles annually for School and Society, an educational journal. Dr. Parker, whose final report will be made in December, said en- rollments of full-time students at 1,045 accredited schools had in- creased to approximately 2.5 mil- lion, compared with 2,367,451 last year. Total enrollments, including part-time students, may reach 4.4 million, compared with 4,206,672 last year, Parker said. Early reports suggest that the increase in freshmen will exceed the rise of three-tenths of one per cent recorded last year. Of 41 large public universities currently reporting, 26 show increases. Nine report no change and six report small decreases. Bartlett Sees Role Cha By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM not go into operation until The body corporate status- 7 Not simply a "big brother*" November, 1964, after its eight already enjoyed by the Regents th who vaguely oversees higher members have been chosen in and the governing bodies of na education, but a helping hand the general election. In the in- Wayne State and Michigan Ba ' thatwillndig right into the ed-, terim until then, Gov. George State Universities-gives these tio ucational planning of Mich- Romney has appointed the governing boards the right to th igan" is what the role of the Citizen's Committee on Higher sue, be sued and to hold prop- vis new ;tate board of education Education to create immediate erty, Bartlett said. lat should be-if one expert's hopes and long-range proposals for The status also - implies a F materialize. Michigan higher education. The great deal more autonomy from mu He is State Superintendent old state board; under Bartlett, he board than currently ex- wi of Public InstructionLys the new November. ists where seven institutions bo constitution's state board - Composed of its eight elect- are vested together as a single an competently staffed and ex- ed members and an appointed "body corporate" under the mnh pertly guided by an overall chairman, the new board's re- present state board. an outlook of Michigan's higher sponsibility will be as the con- The seven institutions - education needs - which will stitution states to "serve as the Eastern Michigan University, Le "sit right down with the plan- general planning and coordin- Michigan College of Science, ce ners from each university." ating body . . . for higher edu- and Technology, Central Mich- the To Coordinate Policies cation." igan University, N o r t h e r n bo However, as Bartlett cau- 'Body Corporate' Michigan University, Western nin tioned in an interview yester- The board is not. going to Michigan University, F e r r i s day, "the board's position will have the power or right "to College and Grand Valley State the not be to dictate policies of the dictate the internal policies of College - will all individually bu various university governing the higher institutions," Bart- be set up with their own gov- me boards - but to coordinate lett observed. The copstitution erning boards, guided by their boa them.' will explicitly establish each own presidents and vested the wh Although the new constitu- governing body as a "body cor- sovereign rights of "general wa tion takes effect Jan. 1, the porate"-the direct legal sup- supervision" and control of ex- du . new state education board will ervisor of that institution. penditures. alr -- "JY ::....,.... ::'J'JJ"J. J. J.:......:.e.Y':1::".":tiJ::":":::.;.:". W.;: J."NJ..:"tJ: .. . ...M1 TJJ ...'«....... .. . . .J., .. ....Y...: ..:J .... ........ .. M1M1:Z::". , .. ... ....................._..x......_.... s. + .-0J'. _".. A1....J.....J .".:.:....Y..4 .:.h. .: .. a :":.i:'i " _ :.'S.. s .a . _....a .....i}J: VIt, w T o Expand Education in England LONDON-A huge expansion of Britain's higher education system was proposed yesterday to give more students access to a univer- sity education and help the nation "meet the competitive pressures of the modern. world." An 11-man, government-ap- pointed committee recommended that by 1980 the number of Brit- ish universities should be increas- ed from 32 to 60 and that the uni- versities should then be able to accommodate 560,000 full - time students. There are 216,000 full- time students now. The object is to maintain pres- ent standards but to take advant- age of the "immense reservoir 'of unused talent" that remains un- developed ,because there is not enough room in the colleges and universities. Percentages Eight of 100 young Britons now have access to full-time higher. education. Under . the proposed. recommendations, 17 per cent would attend college. The report acknowledged that many other nations offered more opportunity in higher education than Britain. The cost of the proposed changes would be the equivalent of nearly $4 billion. There would be an eventual extra yearly cost to maintain the system of $1.4 million. Must Start Now The committee, headed by Lord Robbins, an economics professor at London University and chair- man of the Financial Times, looks ahead to 1980, but warns that work must be started immediately if a severe educational crisis is to be averted. The present emergency arises from the arrival at ages 17 and 18 of the large number of children born here after World War II. "In our judgment this is an emergency of the same impor- tance as the emergency produced by demobilization after the last war, and demanding the same type of extraordinary measures to meet it," the report says. The study was presented yes- terday to the prime minister. The government is expected to do a good deal immediately to implement the proposals. Viscount Hailsham, minister for science and one of the unsuccessful candidates for the prime minister's office, is expected to head the government efforts. See BRITISH, Page 5 (Board Accepts Prop osa 'OnUnion-LeagueMerge nge for These seven, plus the "big ree" will be coordinated fi- incially by the state board, artlett explained. This func- n will be maintained through e board's role as financial ad- sor to Romney and the Legis- ture. Each of the 10 institutions ust file their budget requests th the state board first. om these requests the state ard will develop an overall d specific budgetary recom- endation for the governor d Legislature.-\ Although the governor and gislature do not have to ac- pt these recommendations, eir influence will enable the ard "to dig into" the plan- ng, Bartlett maintained. He cited as an example where e University might make a dgetary request to imple- ent a new program. "The ard would have to evaluate Nether this University project as necessary or whether it plicated an adecuate project eady in operation at another Board school"--such as a new educa- tional facility, a cyclotron or a new medical school, he said. Pretty Potent Force If the board concluded that the project was unnecessary, it would recommend to the gov- ernor and Legislature that this project be slashed. In this rec- ommendation, "t h e b o a r d might be a pretty potent force in preventing the University from going ahead with plan- ning the program." Although not dictating to these universities, the board staffers could "work with and help the general planners at each university," bringing an invaluable overview of the over- all needs of state education, Bartlett said. While the staff members are rendering service to each school individually, Bartlett n o t e d they would be coordinating their efforts through the board to work out overall issues of financing, duplication of ser- vices and community college See BARTLETT, Page 5 AWAITS REACTION: SGC Defines Question Of Tribunal's Function By MARY LOU BUTCHER Under the Membership Selection Regulations approved by Student Government Council Wednesday night, SGC must levy all penalties prescribed by ' its Membership Tribunal, retiring President Thomas Brown, '66L, said yesterday. The regulations must be approved by Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis within one week in order for Council to implement them. The version of Arab Union Anticipated BEIRUT (/P)-The usually well informed Beirut newspaper Al Na- har said yesterday that the ruling Ba'ath Socialist party will an- nounce union of Syria and Iraq as the Arab Democratic Popular Re- public CADPR) by the weekend. Al Nahar in a report from Da- mascus, the Syrian capital, told of several resolutions approved by the National Congress of the Ba'- ath Party. The congress had met behind closed doors for the last 18 days in Damascus and was attended by party representatives from all Arab countries. It ended its ses- sions Wednesday. A party state- ment said the congress resolutions will be made public by Saturday. Al Nahar said the capital of the new state will be Baghdad, Iraq, and that Syrian leader Gen. Amin Hafez is the most likely candidate to head the new republic. The paper added that a two- month transition period will fol- low the declaration of the new state and a plebiscite will be con- ducted in both countries. Syria and Iraq announced three weeks ago a merger of their arm- ed forces as a first step toward a comprehensive union between them. Syria formerly was federated with Egypt in the U.A.R. the membership selection plan now before Vice-President Lewis differs from the original plan in that it omits any mention of ap- peal procedures, a portion of the membership regulations to which the SGC Committee on Referral had strong objections. Brown noted that Council was -willing to delete the sections deal- ing with the process of appeals to the, vice-president for student af- fairs in order to'- "remove any question of legal technicalities." Language Ambiguity In its report, the referral com- mittee also levelled criticism at "an ambiguity of language" in the regulations which state: "The Membership Tribunal . . . shall have power to impose on behalf of Student Government Council ap- propriate sanctions on student government organizations.." The referral committee further objected to the statement that "All sanctions must be immediately im- posed by SGC and cannot be al- tered by Council." The report noted that the lan- guage used did not "indicate that the SGC assumes the responsibil- ity to review and accept, reject or modify the penalties recommended by the Membership Tribunal." Only Judicial Function Brown noted that since the tribunal in fact has only a judi- cial function it can only prescribe sancti os and has no power to impose? them. The stipulation that sanctions "cannot be altered by the Coun- cil" was inserted in the member- ship regulations to insure that once SGC has accepted a decision of the tribunal, it will not seek to change the prescribed penalty, Brown said. Conceivably Council may reverse any decision of the tribunal with a simple majority vote. To prevent Council from interfering with the judicial function of the tribunal, the above stipulation was purpose- ly written in the membership se- lection plan. Tribunal Composition Another of the committee's cri- ticisms which Council rejected ,pertained to the composition of the membership tribunal, which could include a non-student mem- ber. Refuting the committee's con- CLIFFORD TAYLOR ... bans discrimination FPA Passes Revisions By J. GARDNER ROBERTSON The Fraternity Presidents As- sembly passed a revised constitu- tion and bylaws last night, effec- tive immediately, which included an article forbidding discrimina- tion in the selection of fraternity members on the basis of "race, color, creed, religion, national ori- gin or ancestry." Alleged violations of the article will be investigated by a mem- bership committee which will pre- sent an indictment to the Execu- tive Committee of the IFC. The Executive Committee has the pow- er to impose sanctions on offend- ing fraternities up to and includ- ing revocation of all membership privileges in IFC. IFC President Clifford Taylor, '64, said that the measure was in accordance with his administra- tion's goal, which are to. see "that matters concerning fraternities are handled by fraternities." Committee Composition The membership committee will be composed of three undergradu- ate fraternity members to be se- lected by the IFC Executive Com- mittee with the approval of the FPA. The members, who may be removed at any time for releasing unauthorized information or not fulfilling their duties, will serve overlapping terms. Details as to how investigations of alleged discrimination will be initiated will be worked out by the new committee. However, it is ex- pected that alleged violations will be referred to the IFC committee by the SGC Committee on Mem- bership. Enumerates Duties Another section of the new con- stitution enumerated the duties and powers of the Executive Com- mittee. They are: Points Out Differences In Reports' -l Unit Also Appoints Committee To Review Various Possibilities By JOHN BRYANT The Michigan Union Board of Directors received a report from the Union's officers "clarifying" the relationship of the Unior League Study Committee Report to the Regents' report. The board also appointed a committee to study "the aspects and possibilities involving the Union-League merger and the University Center" in light of the differences between the Regents' report and the study committee report.' Union President Raymond Rus- nak, '64, noted that this commit- tee was not the implementation committee described in the study committee report. Officers' Report The officers' report, accepted after a long discussion of the Re- gents' views by board member Regent Eugene Power, is essen- tially an attempt to clear up the possible misunderstandings that may have arisen about the study committee report, according to Rusnak. "It is intended as a clarifica- tion, not as a criticism." Regent Power, in discussing the Regents' action, emphasized that their action represented only an initial reaction to the merger pro- posal and said the way was still open for its implementation. Opposed . - He also said that the Regents were opposed to a student dom- inated governing board for the faculty and conference center, He felt though that some me- thod of student participation in a University Center could be de- veloped.. "Perhaps there could be a student board, which could ad- vise the administration on stu- dent opinions." No Plans "As yet, the Regents have no specific -plans for a University Center. When the implementation committee comes up with concrete plans for a center, then discussion can ensue." Power also asserted that the first step toward merger ought to be the merger of the student ac- tivities function. Board Member Prof. Richard Balzhiser of the engineering school noted however that the board set up by the Study Committee re- port was not dominated by stu- dents, having four students, four faculty members, four alumni and GAIN, INTERACTION: Pritchett Views Law in Political Science c By NELSON LANDE Prof. C. Herman Pritchett, of the University of Chicago, deliver- ed a speech on the place of public law in the study of political science, and their consequential interaction. Prof. Pritchett began by de- scribing political science's make- up. The three fundamental con- stituents, he asserted, are public law, moral philosophy and history. "have the ability to see facts in a new kind of relationship with a new kind of meaning." Prof. Pritchett continued by dis- cussing the various legal fields in which political scientists have done work. Many of these fields overlap. Public lawyers benefit' from a thorough understanding of "hierarchical relationships" showing them how courts are re- lated to one another. sons behind judicial actions. They have assembled various notes and reports written by judges in an endeavor to discover "what kind of motivation and what kind of reason was operating in the minds of chief justices?" No Necessary Finality Unlike most public lawyers, po- litical scientists believe in no ne- cessary finality of Supreme Court Vii: -