MSU-O CANNOT BE BEST OF TWO WORLDS See Page 4 L Seventieth Year of Editorial Freedom 74I'atl COLD, SNOW High-30 Low- 20: Partly cloudy, cold, with snow flurries expected. !I *V N Y VOL. LXX, No. 94 IHC Body Approves Ideas for Changes Reorganization Will Dissolve Body, But Retain Officers until Election By KENNETH McELDOWNEY After two hours of debate and defeated motions the Inter-House Council Presidium last night approved most recommendations of the reorganization committee. The reorganization report together with changes will be utilized in formulating a new constitution. The Presidium decided last night that following their eventual approval of the constitution they will dissolve, leaving the officers to serve until new ones are elected. Only three changes were made in the report and only one, dealing with the vote of the president, was of any significance. In this one c' case, the vote of the president was ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1960 FIVE CENTS SIX P) Constitutional Convention Pla Sn NewPhase as Hearings En . PROF. MARVIN FELHEIM ... questions Rea's statement Rush 'Sell' Criticized *By Feiheini By VANCE INGALLS ' As Interfraternity Council offi- cers extolled the merits of the fraternity system to rushees at Wednesday night's mass meeting, faculty members were moving to' protest IFC's methods of rush salesmanship. Prof. Marvin Felheim of the English department voiced his ob- jection to an advertisement which appeaerd in Sunday's Daily. In the ad, Dean of Men Walter B. Rea endorsed the fraternity sys- tem and urged men to participate in fraternity rush. Prof. Felheim said he "does not believe" Rea's assertion that fra- ternities "promote the fundamen- tal purposes of education." Fraternities Private Fraternities are "private organ- izations," and Rea's endorsement of the system evidences "parti- sanship on the part of the Dean of Me, Prof. Felheim explained that after speaking with other faculty members about the matter, many of whom agreed with him, he had voiced his objections to Vice-Pres- ident for Student Affairs James A. Lewis. Prof. Felheim said he under- stood Rea's remarks were written for use in the fraternity rush manual, and had been used in the ad without Rea's approval. Prof. Felheim objected to this also. Out of City Rea was out of town and could not be reached for comment. IFC's current publicity cam- paign is designed to acquaint stu- dents with the workings of the fraternity system, and to encour- age men to at least investigate the system by participating in rush, IFC President James Mar- tens, '60, said. Martens noted during a debate with IHC President Boren Chert- kov, '60, Wednesday night that spring rush was aimed at two types of students, "those who rushed and did not pledge" last semester, and "those who, for any number of reasons, withheld their decision to rush until now." Rush sign-up will continue into next week, with open houses be- ginning this Sunday. Crowds Await Royal Birth LONDON (A" -Queen Elizabeth II lay in labor in the early stages of an annarently difficult child- removed except when needed to break ties. Defeat Split Earlier debate had suggested that besides the president's not having a vote the office of secre- tary-treasurer should be split up. The rationale offered in support of this defeated motion was that the duties of both offices were too large to be handled by one person. The other two changes dealt primarily with procedural matters. One, mentioned before, determined when the present Presidium and executive offices would be dis- solved. The other eliminated all references to interviewing poten- tial candidates for office. In defeating the report's sug- gested interviews, several of the presidents voiced their dislike of any body's having the power to determine the qualifications of any candidate and thus deciding whether or not he could run for office. Slate Election The section of the plan dealing with the election of officers on a slate basis, which received over an hour of discussion at an informal' meeting Sunday, failed to stimu- late much dissent among the house presidents. As now stated by the report, the slate system would provide that each person running for president would select two others as running mates for the offices of vice-presi- dent and secretary. As the quads would only cast votes for the office of president, the winning candi- date would carry the rest of his slate into office, Suggest Purpose Fpremost among the defeated motions was one giving, "to fur- ther academic and intellectual ad- vances in the residences hall sys- tem" as a purpose of the new organization. The motion was de- feated following suggestions that it be stated in the preamble or re- main implied. The majority of the discussion centered around the type of or- ganizations that should be used to mold the three quads together. The motions offered, and defeated, were aimed generally at strength- ening the control of the quads over the organization superimposed on them. One of the motions suggested the replacement of the proposed nine-member body with on con- sisting only of the three quad presidents. The president or chair- man would serve for one year, with the post being transferred from quad to quad. Another rejected motion pro- posed that each quad be repre- sented by its president and two others. Under this system, the of- ficers would be selected from the nine-member group. Since it was not amended, the proposal of the reorganization committee will be given to the group working on the new con- stitution, PROF. JOHN ARMSTRONG *. . on Soviet crises Professor Examines Red Crises By ROBERT HOWE , "Prominent Soviet leaders are sometimes willing to undermine the Soviet system in order to save themselves," declared Prof. John A. Armstrong, of the University of Wisconsin, in a lecture last night at Angell Hall. Prof. Armstrong outlined three crises within the Communist Par- ty in recent years. In 1937-38 Stalin started a great purge to eliminate those in the government whom he dis- trusted. The secret police did away with many of the party leaders, the head of the police finally starting a plot against Stalin. His plot backfired and he was quick- ly removed. Second Crisis "The second crisis which arose," said Armstrong, "was the rise of the Red Army during World War II. After the Battle of Moscow, the Army, and Marshall Georgi Zhukov, enjoyed a tremendous rise in popularity. But Zhukov was removed after World War II. After the Battle of Moscow, the Army held the party leaders in contempt. However, due to the work of Stalin, the party rose again in the last part of 1942. The third crisis which has aris- en was the Beria Affair. Beria, headdof the secret police, con- trolled not only the police, but also the atomic research and manyindustries. When this abundance of power put him in a dangerous position, he tried to put himself in an im- pregnable position, safe from party leaders. This failed, and he was executed. Crises Likely In the present situation more crises are likely to develop. The party members now in the top posts are older men, and soon younger men will have to take their places. These younger men must win these posts. Very few jobs are open for those who "al- most made it." This struggle for the prominent jobs is likely to result in political crises within the Soviet party. In order to save their own skins, these men may have to practically un- dermine the Soviet political ma- chine. This may cause unrest in Russia and slow down the Soviets pro- gress. Armstrong, who has visited Rus- sia several times, has written many articles on Russia. He is currently working on his third book on the Soviet Union. U' Regents To Discuss Financing The University Regents meet at Flint College today, and are ex- pected to informally discuss the University capital outlay program proposed last week by Gov. G. Mennen Williams. Williams' $21.7 million building program for the University would include the second unit of the fluids engineering building, $2,- 355,000; the physics and astron- omy building and a cyclotron building, $4,330,000; heating and plant services, $4,850,000; the In- stitute of Science and Technol- ogy, $3,815,000; the mathematics and computing center, $4,750,000; the second unit of the medical center, $1,170,974; and a $400,000 appropriation for planning a new medical science building. Proposes Bonding The governor has proposed f- nancing the new construction through $150 million in building bonds, which would be retired by charging the state agencies rent for their new buildings. The Legislature rejected simi- lar bond issue proposals by the governor the past two sessions. No money for new construction in the state was appropriated last session. The University's priority list was developed in 1953 and has been revised and submitted to the Legislature annually. No new building expenditures have been approved for the University in the past three years. Study Gifts, Grants Te Regents will also hear a progress report on the $3,082,518 budget initiated from gifts, grants and bequests since their January meeting. They will consider appointment of former Regent Leland I. Doan, of Midland, to the Board of Gov- ernors of the Horace H. Rackham Fund. Doan retired as a Regent in December. Discussion of faculty and com- mittee appointments, leaves of absence, gifts, grants and be- quests complete the agenda. Board Accepts 'U' Apartment Housing Unit The Board of Governors of Res- idence Halls yesterday accepted the idea of a portion of University Terrace being used as apartments for undergraduate women. The unit, to be called Cam- bridge Hall, will be used primarily to house the women now in Flet- cher Hall. The apartments will be University housing and not re- quire "apartment permissions." The same regulations will be in force as at other Women's Resi- dence Halls. In other action the Board lengthened the men's visiting hours at the dormitories to 11:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and to midnight on Friday and Saturday. CYCLOTRON - The University's medium-energy cyclotron (above) may be supplanted by a new high-energy accelerator. The Physics department has asked the Atomic Energy Commission to build a cyclotron which would be housed in a possible new building. LOCAL STORE: City Group To Discuss Bias Case Acting Mayor Russell Burns, City Administrator Guy C. Lar- com, and Human Rights Commis- sion Chairman Vaughan Whited will meet at 3 p.m. today to dis- cuss what possible action might be taken regarding a complaint of discrimination against an Ann Arbor merchant. The store owner has disregarded communication from the Com- mission to cease discriminatory practices against customers. The Commission explained it had sent three letters and had spoken with the storeowner, abut to no avail. The commission as asked the City Counsel to accept a written record of the case, thus making it privileged, and open to publi- cation in local newspapers. Various difficulties have thus far delayed action on the part of the Council. At a Tuesday meet- ing, the Commission expressed discouragement concerning its re- lationship with the Council. At the meeting, Dr. Henry Lewis, said there was a general feeling on the Commission that the Council may not care very much about the problem of human rela- tions. He added that this feeling might have arisen through misunder- standing between the Council and the Commission and that an in- formal meeting might clarify prob- lems. 'U' May Get' Cyclotron For North Campus Unit By NAN MARKEL A new cyclotron, comparable to the University of California's Bevatron, is in the wind for the University. The physics department has proposed the Atomic Energy Com- mission construct a high-energy cyclotron - which is a device to speed up particles so they become high-energy bullets - here on the North Campus. It would be housed in a building built with Uni- versity funds. Favorably received by the AEC in 1958, the proposal has not been acted on yet since the state Legislature did not ap- propriate funds for the building in fiscal 1958-59 or 1959-60. Building 'On Books' The cyclotron building has been "on the books" in Lansing since 1954, Prof. William C. Parkinson of the physics department says. He directs the medium-energy cy- clotron which the University has operated since 1936 in the first basement of the Randall Bldg. Plans for the new building have already been blueprinted. In Aug- ust, 1959, the Regents approved the last in a long series for re- quests to the Legislature for con- struction-this request for $1,140,- 000 to start building during the fiscal year 1960-61. For several years Gov. G. Men- nen Williams has endorsed such a building. It was included in his recent January. budget recom- mendation which asked for a cap- ital outlay program to be financed by bond issues. Up to Congress If the state Legislature does de- cide to give the University funds for a building to a house a new cyclotron, and into which the old one would be moved, it would then be up to Congress to give the AEC funds for the cyclotron it- self. The AEC budget now before Congress makes no mention of the machine but it is possible this could be changed in the House appropriations committee or in the Senate, Prof. Parkinson indi- cated. A new cyclotron has been listed among the University's top needs by Vice-President for Research Ralph A. Sawyer. Greater Uses It would be used for experi- ments which researchers here are presently unable to do with the medium-energy cyclotron. Nuclear physicists are funda- mentally interested in under- standing the nucleii of atnoms and the forces they involve, Prof. Parkinson points out. What physicists at the Univer- sity have learned already with the aid of the medium-energy cyclo- tron helped construct the atom bomb and is helping in setting Asks Better English Skill. By FRED M. HECHINGER ATLANTIC CITY-By 1970 at least one-fourth of the boys and girls seeking college admission will be rejected because they can- not read or write on acollege level, a testing expert predicted yesterday. Paul B. Diederich, of the Edu- cational Testing Service, Prince- ton, N. J., warned that increases in high school enrollment would make it impossible for teachers. to require more than four English papers from each student a year. Large Assignments With teachers expected to deal with 200 youths each, he said, it would take each teacher thirty- three hours to grade and correct one batch of papers. "If these teachers were foolish enough to assign a paper a week, they would have to read papers every school night from 9 to mid- night, plus nine hours on Satur- day and nine on Sunday," he said. Speaking in the concluding day of the annual convention of the American Association of Admin- istrators, Dr. Diederich called for "drastic action to revise the methods, staffing and concept of English study. Use of Housewives Urged He urged the use of housewives who were college graduates and approved for their knowledge of "the fundamentals." They would be employed both as "readers" of papers and as 'technicians" to assist small'sec- tions of students in ungraded ex- ercises and graded tests. (Copyright 1960, The New York Times: Reprinted by Special Permission) Convict-Author To Die Today SAN FRANCISCO UP) - A last- gasp move to save the life of Caryl Chessman failed yesterday, Professors Give Support Ax To Reform Judiciary Committee To Study Testimony Decide Future Action By The Associated Press LANSING - Legislative sparring on the constitutional convention issue yesterday included the argu- ments of two University profes- sors. Prof. James K. Pollock, chair -' man of the 'political science de-:. partment, and Prof. Daniel M- Hargue, another political scientist, both supported constitutional revi- sion in testimony before the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. There still was no sign of any significant development, however, as the issue entered a new phase with the close of public hearings. Study Testimony Sen. Carlton H. Morris (R-Kala- mazoo), chairman, said his judici- ary committee will sift the testi- mony it has received and then decide future action. He made no estimate when that time will come. It seemed likely any action would come on the signal of cau- cus committees on the subject set up by Republicans in the Senate and House. The groups met Jointly Wednesday but reached no agree- ment. It appeared probable that any final proposal would closely re- semble the so-called "compromise" plan devised by the League of Women Voters and the Senate Junior Chamber of Commerce. Under the League-Jaycee dele- gate apportionment proposal, Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties would elect 59 of 144 delegates as against 85 allotted to the other 80 counties combined. Prof. Pollock said "the state has reached a point, where a constitu- tional convention is the soundest and most proper instrument to bring the fundamental changes necessary." He said although he would pre- fer that the Legislature put the question to the people, he favored the League - Jaycee proposal as most feasible at present. Plan 'Impossible' Prof. McHargue said he felt the best method of selecting delegates to a convention was on the basis of population but added that such a plan was "impossible" from a practical standpoint. Earlier this week, a third Uni- versity political scientist blamed failure of a proposal to call a Michigan constitutional conven- tion in 1958 partly on the influ- ence of voting machines. :, Writing in a pamphlet, Prof, John P. White said voting ma- chines caused large numbers of voters to abstain from voting on con-con. Failure to express an opinion on the issue was, in effect, a "no" vote, since a majority of all those participating in the election was required for con-con to pass. SevenPetition In Elections For Council Two more students, Robert Mo- lay, '63, and Per Hanson, '62, new- ly-appointed Student Government Council member, have taken out petitions for the March SOC elections. This brings the total number of petitioners to seven. Six more petitions have been is- sued in the senior class elections to Robert Radway, Alex Fisher and James Agnew, for treasurer, vice-president and president, re- spectively, in the business admin- istration school; to Richard Meyer and Robert Vollen, for president in the literary college; and to John Cothorn for president in the engineering school. Petitioning for the spring elec- HAYS TO TAKE UNESCO POST: Predicts Rise in Social Science Backing By NAN MARKEL Backing for UNESCO's social sciences projects "will go up sub- stantially in the near future," Prof. Samuel Hays of the economics de- partment predicted yesterday. Soon to head the UNESCO de- partment of social sciences on a two-year appointment, Prof. Hays said Secretary of State Christian Herter is pressuring European countries to step up their contri- butions. The United States has in the past contributed 35 to 40 per cent of UNESCO's $12 million budget. havior here in Ann leave the University Arbor, will in June to take up his post in Paris. He noted UNESCO and the Foundation have much the same aims. These, as noted in a memo from the department of social sci- ences are: "1) Promotion of social science teaching and research, especially in less advanced countries, "2) Promotion of the applica- tion of social sciences to major so- cial problems, especially in rela- tion to the economic and social development of less advanced countries, "3) Maintenance and expansion of international cooperation among social scientists, with the help of the international profes- sional associations and a docu- off from the manufactured sup- plies it normally received from France, it was the army's job to keep the North African economy running. Later, working in the state de- partment, "when President Tru- man posed the Point Four program I was the only one free to head an interdepartmental program to de- velop it," Prof. Hays remembered. He worked with the government on foreign aid until 1953 when he began work with the Foundation for Research on Human Behavior. Housed in a University building, but financed by grants from in- ;<