1 LEGISLATURE HAMPERS CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP See Editorial Page Y I Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom A6F 4 br :43 a t I# SNOW FLURRIES High-31 Lot-22 Cloudy and colder _y VOL. LXXIV, No.83 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1963 SEVEN CENTS /"1 T.1T7 'E Y -r. r rr , -v EIGHT PAGES OFFICE HOUSING: League To Survey Facilities U .S. Plans' By LEONARD PRATT The Michigan League will begin a study of its facilities to find out whether its building can house the offices of various campus rorganizations. At its monthly meeting yesterday, the Board of Governors of the League authorized the League's House Committee "to explore the needs of various campus and alumnae organizations in reference to housing them at the League." Proposed by Mrs. Norris Host, board JOHN W. NcCORMACK no retirement lDenyChang Of Leaders WASHINGTON (VP)-A report that the two aging congressional leaders next in the line of presi- dential succession plan to step down so younger men can take their places drew angry denials yesterday. When a reporter asked Speaker of the House John W. McCormack (D-Mass) whether he plans to give up his leadership post, he said, "I am amazed you would ask such a question. Is there no limit to de- cency?" 'eMcCormack, who will be 72 next week, began to stalk angrily from the room after his reply and sud- denly turned and declared, "I was elected speaker and I'm going to remain speaker." The report that 86-year-old Sen. Carl Hayden (D-Ariz) plans to re- linquish his post as Senate presi- dent pro tempore was scotched by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont) as not pos- sessing "a scintilla of truth." A report had circulated that Hayden might step aside to let Mansfield take his place as presid- ing officer of the Senate, with Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn), now assistant 'majority leader, moving up to succeed Mansfield. These reports, Mansfield said, "in my opinion seek to bring about a discord and disunity within the Democratic party and its leader- ship in the Senate which does not and will not exist." When President Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded President John F.° Kennedy, leaving the nation without a vice-president, this put McCormack as speaker next in the line of succession with Hayden behind him. Even if Hayden should step down, some other 20 Democratic Senators would be ahead of Mans- field. 4secretary, the motion would not only allow the League to explore the possibility of housing various campus groups in the present League building but also would officially inform University Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher of the League's willingness to do so. Request Prompts Motion According to League President Gretchen Groth, '64, the motion was prompted by a request at the last meeting of the Regents that the University make a survey of space utilization by the League. Rather than requesting such a report, however, she indicated that the League action will, make it possible to evaluate the sitdation itself and to make whatever changes prove necessary immed- iately. "The action will permit full uti- lization of facilities in compli- ance with the needs of the grow- ing University," Miss Groth said. Report on Survey The proposal will come up again at the League Boar meeting in March, at which time the house committee will report on its sur- vey. Further action will be decided at that time. Also included in the meeting's agenda was a brief report by Miss, Groth on the progress of the joint Union-League Merger Committee. The committee members are now, working on individual reports and will decide on a combined com- mittee report in January. The boardis awaiting the com- bined committee report before any further action is taken on the matter. Grant Kenya Free Status r NAIROBI, Kenya (R) -- Kenya1 becomes Africa's 35th independent. nation today. There is frontier trouble in the north and the economy looksI shaky, but people of this formerj British self-governing colony cele- brated joyously. "All quiet" reports came from the arid northeastern frontier dis- trict where Kenya's African troops have been skirmishing with Shiftas (quasi-military bandits) from the Somali Republic. " The Somali and Kenya govern- ments are at loggerheads overt ownership of a strip of desert and about 1000 men with British offi- cers are posted near the border. Kenyans face a belt-tightening campaign and hard work to get the country out of the red.9 For many of the past 68 years, Britain pumped in money to keepl the largely 'agricultural colony solvent.t Britain has promised financialj help for "a long time" after inde-1 pendence, but few Africans canf really feel independent while theY former colonial ruler is still foot-t ing some of their bills.1 To Close3 30Bases WASHINGTON (A)-A congress- man reported yesterday that Sec- retary of Defense Robert S. Mc- Namara intends to close more than 30 military installations in 16 states, cutting out 75,000 civil- ian jobs. The report came from Rep. Alexander Pirnie (R-NY), a mem- ber of the House Armed Services Committee. Pirnie's office said the news came to him at a special meeting of the New York congressional delegation yesterday. Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric made the an- nouncement to them. Announcement of Intention Pirnie's office said that Gil- Patric told the congressmen that JOHNSON, HELLER: Officials View Status OfNational Economy WASHINGTON ()--President Lyndon B. Johnson lectured his cabinet yesterday on holding the line on government employment and listened to a report that the national economy soon will pass the $600-billion production mark. Walter Heller, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, reviewed the economy at a meeting with Johnson. He told reporters afterward that the country may be crossing the $600- billion line now. Or, he said, it GRETCHEN GROTH ... to study facilities State Current gislators HOUSING: See .battle Over Bill WASHINGTON (MP - Presider Lyndon B. Johnson faces decisior on housing legislation in the ne) two weeks which probably wi trigger a major housing batt next year in an election-year Con gress. He is expected to embrace mo of the housing programs whic were being drafted by the lat President John F. Kennedy. How ever, there may be a few wrinkl growing out of Johnson's person al experience handling housin legislation in Congress. Most of the authorization granted by Congress in the omn bus housing bill of 1961 expir next June 30. Thus Congress mur enact a major housing bill in th next session, amid the politico furor of a presidential electio year. Follow Kennedy Sources from both the housin agencies and the White House in dicate Johnson is likely to con tinue wholeheartedly along th path laid out by Kennedy for tw reasons. First, they say the President' political strength lies mainly i rural areas and he needs to b identified with city-centered pro grams such as urban renewal an public housing to enlarge the bas of his support in urban areas. They indicate that it is likel Johnson will renew Kennedy's un successful efforts of 1962 to creat a cabinet-level department of urb an affairs to show he is sympa thetic with big city problems. Supported Housing Second, the sources say, John son will back the Kennedy pro gram because it also is his pro gram. He supported strong housin problems consistently as majorit leader in the Senate. The sources recall that in 195 the Senate, with Johnson as ma jority leader, passed three housin bills. The first two were vetoed b former President Dwight D. Eisen hower. Finally, on the third try the bill was acceptable to Eisen hower, ~McNama announ Gilpa New Yo cause th jobs in 1 It wa ara intended to make the 1) cement within 24 hours.B tric broke the news to the rk delegation evidently be-! he cut w ould affect 11,000torst m i e a n thtstate. Fo snot immediately learned L i r r what other states are involved in ByMARGARET WITECKI the reported cutback. Accompanies Gilpatric The most likely University pro- Gilpat ject to be submitted for an aid! t G a w c Secretary of ty rs grant under the college construe- '5Vac adSerea fthe A imCrustion bill passed by the Senate xt Force Eugene M. Zuckert at the Tuesday is the proposed General ll session. Library addition. le Rep. Leo W. O'Brien (D-NY) "Although specific definitions a- described the meeting as a "furi- of what projects are eligible will ous session." Along with Rep. have to be formulated by the state st Samuel S. Stratton (D-NY) and coordinating agency for the pro- h Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY), he gram, t h e state coordinating te confirmed what Pirnie reported agency for the program, the li- v. but said they understood 17 states brary building seems to match es would be affected. the objectives of the bill," John A- Stratton said Gilpatric and the G. McKevitt, assistant to the vice- ig others told them the bases would president in charge of business be closed down over a period of and finance, said yesterday. s three years, but that the New The bill authorizes a three year, i_ Yorkers were not given any spe- program, to be annually reviewed e cific timetable. by Congress, to assist the nation's st The congressmen said they have higher education institutions in e sent a telegram to President Lyn- providing classroom space for the al don B. Johnson asking for a meet- expected enrollment increases. n ing with him and are urging the The program will have four House Armed Services Committee departments: grants for four-year to seek the basis for the decision.cde es ransunor ol-ers Earlier in the day, Massachu- colleges, private junior colleges, g setts, Pennsylvania and California and techimcal institutes; loans for -members of Congress protested to Ithe same tyrpes of institutions; - a naval survey board proposal to grants to public community jun- e close immediately naval shipyards ior colleges; and grants for gradu- o at Boston, Philadelphia and San ate schools and graduate centers. Francisco. The library addition project s Informed sources said, however, would qualify under the first de- m that they understand no final de- partment, McKevitt said. The re- )e cision on the shipyard closings has quirements listed in the bill are - been made. that the building financed by the d _-grant be used for instruction or e 1 Deadline research in science, engineering, IY1OVt Demathematics, or modern foreign ly languages and for library facili- - Fo C nt t ties. e f or Contracts However, to receive the grant, - each project must be approved by - 6a a state coordinating agency desig- ./ nated by a national committee and the national committee itself. Housing contracts for sorority This national committee is to be women are due Jan. 16 - two set up by the Health, Education months earlier than past years. and Welfare Department. g Senior women are to notify the state board of "Although tesaebado g their houses at this time if they education may become the co- y are planning to move into apart- ordinating agency after imple- ments. mentation of the new state con- - Mrs. Elizabeth Leslie, coordin- itti for the tim being g ator of affiliated, associated and stittion,f for hpmin- ~ of-camus husin, sad yeter notices of intention for applica- y off-campus housing, said yester- ;ion for grants will be submitted y day that sorority women have al- to the state department of ad- i ways had to notify their housestministration," McKevittda ndifad- before rush as to whether they Tinisron," Mcet findicated. were staying or moving out, and The proposed cost of the ddi- that the only change is the con- tion to the General Library is tract signing. This allows the $3,5 million. The federal share, house to know how many women one-third, would then be approx- it will need during rush. imately $1.2 million. By a formula "Policy for sorority contracts based on the state high school and comes from sororities themselves college enrollment, Michigan is and more specifically their finan- due to receive from $8-10 million - cial advisers. The Office cf Stu- under the grant department. dent Affairs does not make policy "Future grants and any loans - regulation, but offers support of or graduate grants applied for by - sorority decisions if it thinks them the University will be determined feasible and in accord with Uni- by the rules to be formulated by o versity practice." the state coordinating agency," Mrs. Leslie noted that contracts McKevitt said. "The planned in- y will be ior the ent.re year, repre- crease in mathematical facilities a senting no basic policy change may be the next project con- from the past. sidered." I may take a month or six weeks- there is no way of clocking the exact time. Heller reported that early pass- age of the $11-billion tax cut could be expected to produce a five per cent advance in the national out- put in 1964 as compared with 1963. He said the advance in 1963 over 1962 was four per cent. Working into the evening, John- son conferred on prospects and strategy for the foreign aid ap- propriation bill coming up in the House next week. Attending was Rep. Otto Pass- man (D-La), chairman of the House foreign affairs coimittee. He said later that he is sticking with his plan to bring in an ap- propriation bill at less than $3 billion-"far less." Johnson is expected to oppose any attempt to cut the appropria- tion bill below the $3.6 billion agreed to by House and Senate conferees on the authorization measure, which is about $900 mil- lion less than the late President John F. Kennedy asked. The President also spoke to various persons on Capitol Hill who are concerned with the farm problem and with Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. He was seeking guidance on what, if anything might be done on wheat legislation in the final days of this session or in the new session com- ing up next month. The White House said chairman Allen J. Ellender (D-La), of the S e n a t e agriculture committee promised to check and let Johnson know. The chief executive also can- vassed problems confronting the UN, took a look at the foreign intelligence system of the United States, and visited the Pentagon. Creates Board; halts Air Strike WASHINGTON VP)-A schedul- ed strike of six airlines threaten-. ing to erupt tonight was headed! off yesterday by President Lyndon B. Johnson for at least 60 days. He ordered creation of an emergency board to look into the dispute between the AFL-CIO In- ternational Association of Ma- chinists and the airlines-Braniff, Continental, Eastern, National, Northwest and Transworld. IRENE MURPHY ... extended term SVACANCIES: Councilmen Not To Run. Three Republican city council- men announced yesterday that they will not seek re-election next spring. John Dowson, seconid ward, Robert E. Meader, third ward, and John R. Laird, fifth ward, all have explained that four years is enough for any council member to serve. They will not enter the Feb. 17 primary election. All three have been on city council since April, 1960. Take Out Petitions So far seven persons have taken out petitions for council. The deadline for filing petitions is 19 days off.. Petitions have been taken out for Republicans 0. William Habel for the second ward, Warren A. Jeffrey, third ward, and Walter A. Gillett, fifth ward. Fourth ward Republican incum- bent Wendell E. Hulcher has not yet indicated whether or not he intends to run for a third term. His is t#le only other council term expiring next April. Democrats To Run Democrats taking out petitions are Mrs. Kay Kincaid, second ward, Edward C. Pierce, fourth ward, LeRoy Cappaert, fifth ward, and incumbent Mrs. Eunice Burns, first ward. Democrats have rnot yet taken petitions out for the third ward seat while Republicans have not taken out petitions in the first and fourth wards. No party has more than one person circulating petitions in any ward at the present time. In announcing he would not seek re-election, Laird said, "A person should not become a per- manent fixture on the City Council." Laird was chairman of the City- University Relations Committee. Regenrts' Terms Approve Bills To Carry out Constitution Passage Lets Tenure Of Murphy, Brablec Run Through 1965' By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM The eight elected Regents will have their eight-year terms ex- tended one year, but state county officials have been denied a two- year extension of their terms. These actions occurred yester- day in a flurried session of the Legislature, as the House and Sen- ate conducted hasty passage of over 40 bills that will help to im- plement the new constitution tak- ing effect Jan. 1. The flurry was precipitated by a; rule established for the special session requiring all bills eligible for passage to pass through their house of origin by the end of yes- terday's session. The bills passed yesterday in the House and Senate will now go to the respective other houses for what is anticipated to be equally hasty adoption. Identical Provisions Bills with identical provisions were accepted by both houses yes- terday to push the expiration date of the terms of the eight Regents, scheduled to end in 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1971, up to the next even numbered year. This means that the current Regents, two of whom have been elected every two years to serve for eight years, will get nine year terms so that two Regents can be elected in the general election of November, 1966 to begin their eight-year tenure in January of 1967. Regents will then be elected in each regular November election to be held in all even numbered years. Extend Terms Regents Irene Murphy of Bir- mingham and Carl Brablec of Roseville, whose terms under the old constitution would expire Dec. 31, 1965, will now have their terms conclude in December of 1966. While the uncontroversial re- gental bill has its passage assured, the more closely contested meas- ure to extend county officer terms was in effect defeated by being sent from the House floor back to the elections committee. Its chief backer, Rep. Russell H. Strange Jr. (R-Clare), has '4nid he will not attempt to revive it from committee during this special ses- sion. He noted that he has not given up on the measure which sought to lengthen the terms of county officials two years in order that all four-year officials might be elected on the same ballot as the governor, when he is sent to office for four years starting in 1966. Two-Year Tenure The governor will be elected for a two-year tenure, as he is cur- rently, in next year's election. Strange commented that he will attempt to have a constitutional amendment placed on the ballot at that time which would have Scountyofficials elected for only two years. The defeat of Strange's proposal yesterday was one of his only set- backs, as the House rattled off passage of 26 out of 30 election bills that he sponsored. They will now go to the Senate. These include measures estab- lishing the governing bodies of the other nine state-supported colleges and universities as eight- man autonomous units structured along similar lines to the Regents. Wayne State University and Michigan State University cur- rently have six-man governing bodies, but will have their two additions made by the governor with S e n a t e ratification in January. Burs'ley Sets Extend Castro Cites Invasion Fear .k 1 S f E f r WASHINGTON (/P)-Fidel Cas- Presidential Press Secretary tro was quoted yesterday as saying Pierre S'alinger yesterday disputed Soviet missiles were sent to Cuba a key element in Castro's account, last year because the late Presi- given to Daniel in an interview in dent John F:Kennedy had implied Havana two days before Kennedy's privately that the United SKAtes assassination. Daniel also inter- was going to invade Cuba. viewed Kennedy Oct..24. The Cuban p. mee minister's ac- According to the Castro ver- count of the missiles story, re- sion, Khrushchev's son-in-law, ported by Freib Newsman Jean Alexei Adzhubei, reported Ken- Daniel in an vtc.le in the New nedy had noted during a Jan. 30, Republic, conflicts w i t h the 1962, conversation that the United United States version of the events States had not intervened in the which climaxed in the h storic Soviet suppression of Hungary's nuclear confrontation between the 1956 rebellion. United States and Russia in Oc- Castro was quoted as saying he tober, 1962. and the Russians interpreted Ken- The United States interpreta- nedy's words as an effort to get tion was that Soviet Premier Ni- the Soviets to keep hands off in kits S. Khrushchev tried to sneak case of a United States invasion in the missiles "for nuclear black- of Cuba, and both Moscow and mail against the United States. Havana decided "a landing in Washington denied intending to Cuba might happen at any attack Cuba.,omn." __k_.Therefore, Castro said, the Rus- sian missiles were rushed in for Shutown idsCuba's defense. SutdownAidsAttended Meeting Presidential P r e s s Secretary South Bend Bid Pierre Salinger said he attended Adzhubei's meeting with Kennedy missiles risk under these circum stances. The Cuban prime minister re lated that in June, 1962, his bro ther Raoul and his top aide, Ern esto Guevera, went to Moscow to discuss arrangements for install ing the missiles and the convoy carrying them arrived by sea three weeks later. Board To Circulate Petition For Liquor Liit Extension Petitions to put onto the spring ballot a proposal to extend liquor-by-the-glass serving privileges to businesses east of Platt Rd. will begin circulating Saturday. The University's central campus area would be kept dry, though. The proposal is being initiated by Huron Towers, Inc. and Inn America Motor Hotel. They have formed the Eastern Ann Arbor Improvement Committee to get voter approval on extending the " Division St. line, which now makes the eastern half of the city "dry." HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI: 'Researchers To Study Effect of. Bomb 1> By ROSALIE BAINES Two members of the University Medical School human genetics ?department will be going to Japan next year to study effects on children of parents exposed to the atomic bombs dropped on I Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They are professors William J. Schull, who will be leaving in January, and James V. Neel, who is leaving in June. They will be working on two projects, one sponsored by the University and the other by the National Academy of Sciences. Both projects are funded by the Atomic Energy Commission.? n......h ,f huc hroft ew ri11 hk 'wnl nned tnhe largv elyrural island of Would. Be Eligible Voter approval of the proposal would make Huron Towers eligible to apply for a liquor-by-the-glass license. The firm is considering the possibility of opening a restau- rant-cocktail lounge. It is now within the "dry" zone. Mayor Cecil O. Creal said yes- terday that the dry-line change is a "sensible proposal," and that "it would be perfectly feasible for a development such as the Huron Towers to be eligible for a liquor- by-the-glass license." Far Enough Away f rl m