'U' CRISIS POLICY COMMENDAL See Page 4 Si4r43f ~Iaitr CLOUY, COOL High-46 Low--28 Partly cloudy with north winds Seventieth Year of Editorial Freedom /4 FIECET X No 32 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1959 FIVE CENTS SIX PAC as in Toronto BIP I fects Student ITISAh ERSITY X T LKS F LTER Sorority Leadier First Encourages then Discourages -Negros Rushing By JOHN FISCHER Although originally encouraged to rush sororities at the Univer- sity of Toronto, a Negro student was later dissuaded from rushing by one of the girls who had encouraged her. Barbara Arrington, an honors psychology student, had been con- vinced to rush by three sorority presidents who crowded around her at a pre-rush meeting telling her how anxious theywere for her to rush their sorority, Toronto's student newspaper, The Varsity said. One president specifically asked her to come to a rushing tea, the first activity of rush, it reported. However, on the first day of rush, 'before ,the teas had begun, Mary Jose Baker, president of Kappa r , .... .. ....Kappa Gamma, who had foriierly encouraged her at the pre-rush meeting and dissuaded her from rushing, because she was told, she could not be pledged by any sor- 01. .. rity. Upset by this, Miss Arrington went to The Varsity office and Easked what could be done. While Q.. not wishing to force herself upon any sorority, she wished they would stop pretending not to be discriminatory and stop rushing girls they would not bid. Indicates Discrepancy The Varsity editor, Sam Ajzen- stat wrote afront page editorial describing the incident. In the ,editorial he brought out that Miss Arrington had been told that s there were 'no discriminatory clauses in the constitution of any sorority on the campus." BERNARD BOLITER This, plus the fact that Barbara ..discusses liberalism was told she wouldn't be bid, in- dicated a definite discrepancy, ac- cording to Ajzenstat. . ' L lUrA is nei His editorial and subsequent articles, leters and editorials by rtbe Varsity and professional Stands Still newspapers prompted Toronto', Students' Administrative Council By ARNOLD SAMEROFF to take action.' This group which is Toronto's "Liberalism bas not failed .... student government moved "to it never had the strength to sue- oppose in practice, racial discrim- ee"d, Bernard Boltzer, national ination in student organizations." secretary of the Young People's Severs Connections Socialist League, said in an ad- The paper said the Council "in dress to the Democratic Socialist effect: severed its' connections Club last night. with any discriminatory student Speaking on "The. Failure of organization took steps to initiate Liberalism Today," Bolitzer dis- a campaign to educate Toronto cussed the current form of the students against racial discrimin- liberal movement in the United ation, and offered to split the cost States,.and the possible forms it for establishing a lectureship in could take in the future. race relations with the university He said that there had not administration. w been any basic liberal legislation In addition,. in a motion that in this country since 1938. All so- failed to pass, it was recommend- eial legislation since then has only ed that students who insist on been small reforms on what was, participating in organizations already in existence. which the university president Describes Liberals deems discriminatory, should be Describing the liberal group in expelledfrom the university. terms of its stand on important At present the most concrete issues, Bolitzer felt that the privilege that is denied ,to these group was united in only one of discriminatory organizations'is in the four fields of liberal concern, connection with the university's This was in the field of labor yearbook and student handbook. legislation where liberalism re- The Varsity discussed the cir- ceived its most recent significant cumstances which brought this defeat in the passage of the Land- chain of events. rum-Griffith labor reform bill. It gives part of the answer by In the areas of civil rights, civil relating what seems to have hap- liberties and peace, and 'the ban- pened after that first 'pre-rush ning of nuclear weapons; the lib- meeting. erals ae divided into different Ater the meeting where Miss -factions, he continued Baker had encouraged Miss Ar- Bolltzer explained that he felt rington, a meeting of Kappa Kap- the only point at which it is per- pa Gamma was held primarily, missable to limit individual free- A.i- See TORONTO, Page 2 UN IVI TaX Groups Cite Issues I.,.I At iscussion By THOMAS HAYDEN Special to The Daily LANSING-Seri. Carlton Morris (R-Kalamazoo) held his political ground against Gov. G. Mennen Williams and Democratic lawmak- ers at yesterday's special tax dis- cussion here. Morris, leader of GOP Senate conservatives, , said later he thought it would be perhaps three weeks before any new' tax action is taken by the Legislature. He indicated the Veteran's Trust Fund might be liquidated at the same time, but said "I don't want to release it," During most of the 90-min'ute session held in the Governor's of- fice, Morris balked at any inter- party action that would precede the Legislature's session Thursday. Urges -Legislature "Can't we assume they'll realize the sense of urgency, if there is an urgency?" he asked. "Let the Leg- islature go ahead, and let's have faith in them." Williams, hoping either for im- mediate examination of proposed tax plans or for party caucuses before the full session Thursday, replied: "But look at the past. It took us eight months to set up the use tax program that broke down last week.", Morris retorted, "We shouldn't try to set up super-machinery on top of the Legislature. We don't need to go further today, and we don't really need a caucus before Thursday.. I agree there is some urgency, but that urgency will be better met if we let the Legisla- ture meet without telling them what to do." Ready To Agree Rep. Joseph Kowalski (D-Det.), House Democratic leader, told Morris "we're ready to wait on the Senate. We're certainly willing to work with you. Let's try to agree." Morris asked, "Is this going to be' a mutually responsible pro- gram?" When Kowalski answered affirm- atively, Morris said, "Well, now we're getting somewhere." Both' sides finally agreed to caucus Thursday morning before either house convenes. speed, and interest in the state's "This is an.expression of some needs," the Governor said. "I'm all for speed, but how fast can you go in something like this?" Morris questioned. "I'd say we ought to go very fast," Sen. Lynn O. Francis (R.- Midland) declared. "Let's quit on that high note," concluded the Governor. RECE! ES p y FU STEEL HEAD: Calls Settlement Too Costly Legislature Receives Financial Problen Board Releases $26.1 Million '4 fh 7 NEW YORK (M-Roger Blough," chairman of United States Steel Corp., yesterday turned down the possibility of other steel companies settling with the union on the1 saine terms as the Kaiser Steel Co. At a news conference . Blough said the cost to United State Steel' 'of the Kaiser settlement: terms would be 32 /2 cents an hour. Het added: "We think that is a pro- hibitively high cost!" Blough made his statement afterj reporting United States Steel Corp. had lost more money in the three months ended Sept. 30 than in any three - month period in its history. Directors declared the1 California 'U Pro scribes Student Body By SUSAN HERSHBERG The president of the multi-cam- pus University of California has issued a directive which "virtually puts student government under the control of the chancellor" of each campus, the "Daily Califor- nian" of the Berkeley campus1 charges. Last Thursday President Clark1 Kerr issued three unprecedented policy statements. The Regula- tion on Student .Government aroused the most controversy. Finances and student govern- ment board faculty representation were placed under the control of the President and the Regents. A change in the student government constitution's preamble subjected' its actions to the approval of the Chancellor. Student governments were for- bidden to deal with off-campus issues,. and chief campus officers were given the right of approval on proposed amendments to stu- dent government constitutions. Dave Armor, president of the student government at Berkeley, considered portions of the Presi- dent's directive to be "a direct blow to student self-government." Another directive restricted stu- dent organization memberships and required them to have adult advisors' The third regulation restricted use of university facilities to regu- larly scheduled meetings, special events if approved and non-politi- cal and non-religious organiza- tions. Kerr also announced a forth- coming directive on the "establish- ment of statewide intercollegiate athletic policies." regularly quarterly dividend, how- ever. Blough added he did not think the withdrawal of Kaiser from the united front of the steel companies would impair the position of the remaining companies. "The fact he (Kaiser) has been willing to make this concession for the past week or 10 days has hindered our united efforts for a negotiated settlement. His absence from our side should permit us to go on our way toward a negotiated settlement unhindered." Blough said the steel industry has been trying for a negotiated settlement and added he thought that eventually they would get it whether or not the Taft-Hartley Act was invoked. - Plants Lose Money Plants.. of the nation's biggest steel producer-it can pour out 28.4 per, cent of all the nation's steel-were shut tight by the steel strike for all but two weeks during the three month period. The net loss for the third quar- ter of the year totaled $31,135,136. That compared with a net income of $74,922,924, equal to $1.27 a share, in the third quarter last year. Not even in the grim days of the great depression did United States Steel lose as much money as in the quarter just completed. Its previous record loss came in the third quarter of 1932, when it dipped into the, red by $20,871,709. Statement Shows Difference One factor of difference between Kaiser and the bulk of the in- dustry was pointed out in a state- ment from the steel companies' coordinating committee Sunday night announcing Kaiser's pull- out. That is the fact that Kaiser operates in aluminum as well as steel, and deals with the United CatT rap Three intrepid coeds have' discovered what seems to be. the least likely intruder Jordan Hall has had in years. Apparently the girls on the fourth fDoor had been hearing strange noises for a couple of weeks. "We thought we were going crazy," one of them said. Not ones to fall prey to their. fears, the girls ventured to take off the trap door above the elevator, borrow a ladder from the janitor, and investigate. There was a large tomcat,, carefully lodged inside the grill. The janitor removed the an!- mal. Steelworkers'in that phase of its business too. The big companies' statement, using Kaiser's figure 'of 10 cents per man hour for the application of the settlement formula to that firm, estimated the cost of the same. formula at least 17 cents for the rest of the industry. Another item is that throughout the negotiations Kaiser has laid less stress than the rest of the negotiators on their demand for changes in the work rules to give management more leeway in the assignment of labor. SGC Plans, To D iscuss iee A motion to set up the Reading and Discussion Program as a per- manent committee will be one of the major topics brought before Student Government Council at its meeting tonight. "The success of the Summer Reading Programs sponsored in 1958-59 warrants expansion of this program to include other projects whose primary purpose is to encourage the extension of in- tellectual curiosity beyond the confines of the classroom into a student's active life," said Roger Seasonwein, '61, chairman of the program. He will propose that a commit- tee consisting of five members be appointed by SGC to direct and administer the Summer Reading and Discussion program and ini- tiate other such programs to pro- vide intellectual stimulation out- side the classroom. Coordinated with this program, Bart Burkhalter, '60E, chairman of the Education Committee will bring up a motion which will con- sider the possibility of extending' independent study outside of the classroom. A motion to ask the Board of Regents ,to revise their laws to permit the expansion of the Stu.- dent Book Exchange will be. brought before the Council. Such a change will make it possible for the Book Exchange to sell more books and operate as a bookstore.. A discussion will also be held 'concerning the possibility of al- tering the quality of diplomas to make them more distinctive. Appointments will be made to the Human Relations Board and to the positidn of personnel direc- tor. To Again Deplete General Fund By THOMAS KABAKER Special to The Daily LANSING - Gov. G. Mennen Williams' bipartisan t study group took no action yesterday, leaving the initiati to the Legislature when it meets tomorrow. The State Administrative Board also met yesterday to p out the total balance through the end of this month .of t general fund. The University will receive $3 million of t $26.:. million earmarked for payment to state agencies. Michigan State University and Wayne State Univers will receive a total of $3.5 million while $2.2 million will for direct relief including fos-T ter care and hospitalization. Sales tax distribution to local units of government will claim $13' million and $4.4 million will go for the Nov. 5 state payroll. The meeting lasted one min- ute. The Board met, spent what it had and adjourned until next week. The tax study meeting was longer and less productive. While both sides repeatedly backed a tx program based on "mutual re- sponsibility," little attempt was made to select a program to en- dorse. Favors Income Tax Only one new plan was submit- ted. Rep. George W. Sallade, R- Ann Arbor) offered a one per cent adjusted gross receipts tax. This would tax only individuals and would be based on federal income tax returns. This, according to Sallade, would bring $139 million a year to the state. He based his figures on the 1958 tax returns. Williams opened the tax study meeting by calling for a "mora- torium on politics until we get the state back on its financial feet." He added that unless the tax crisis were resolved soon, the state would "be in worse trouble than anything we have seen thus far." Williams also announced that although he had .favored a per- sonal and corporate income tax, he would not insist on it, and would support any r e a s o n a b 1 e measure presented to him by the Legislatur.e He tspecifically men- tioned the Conlin bills, a whole-. salers' tax, an increase in the nui- sance taxes such as the tobacco, liquor and beer taxes, and an in- creased property tax. Expect Fund Use Williams pointed out several times that' all these taxes were contrary to his own views, and called the flat rate income, tax "the only program which. would really accomplish the job of pro- viding adequate revenue, effecting a-'reasonably permanent solution, and making the tax structure more equitable, particularly for large segments of Michigan busi- ness." Sen. Carlton Morris,. (R-ala- mazoo), a state Republican lead- re, said he did not expect any legislation to be passed for per- haps three weeks.' It is expected, however, that the Veterans Trust Fund will be liqui- dated within the next two weeks to provide the state's general fund with some $40 million. Rep. Alilson Green, (R-Kings- ton), said Republican members of the House would probably ask the question of raising the sales tax limit from three to four per cent be placed on the ballots in Nov-' ember, 1980. Flag Thief Returns Prize The flag thief turned out to be a souvenier hunter. In response to an angry letter from a group of ,Hungarian stu- dents in yesterday's Daily, an arnvmou prso-n signing himself D IN I dom is wnen . t reace e uor- der of violence. Up to that point t free discussion is a healthy phe- nomenon that can only lead to the awakening of the public tosigni- ficant issues. More Appear t ~"When people are. thinking, there are more Socialists, Com- munists, and even , anarchists. When people aren't thinking, ev- eryone agrees that they live in the best of' all possible worlds," he said. In~ his concluding remarks, Bo- litzer described the probable basis for a new liberal alignment in the future. It would include the lib- eral wing of the Democratic par- ty and the liberal segment of the Republican. It would contain the newly desegregated Southern Ne- gro and support of the labor movement. , These groups would mold a new labor party which would be the standardbearer of the liberalism }_ of the future. United Fund Reports Gain The Ann Arbor area United Fund camnaign has reached 58 JOHN HANNAH .". . morale good Hannah Says MSU Calm Special to The Daily EAST LANSING - Michigan State University morale is good despite threats to its financial security, President John A. Han- nah reported yesterday. "But- if this tax crisis continues, it will be harder and harder to hire young faculty prospects inter- ested in oar university,' he warned. "The publicity given to Michi- gan's .financial situation must be regretted by those who have ad- ministrative responsibilities in the colleges." More Unrest Such developments will send a wave of unrest through faculties and result in perhaps lasting dam- age to the institution, he claimed. "Our faculty is calmer than last spring," he said, referring to the months when the state's universi- ties were first threatened with payless paydays. He explained that. salary in- creases received during the sum- mer relieved some of the fears of faculty' members., 'Only Temporary' "Most are convinced this is only a temporary thing," Hannah said. "The state has taken care of higher education before, and the faculty generally feels they will again as soon as the tax problems are settled." Hannah said MSU lost a few good teachers in the troubles last spring, "but we also gained a num- ber with uinusual ability." Teachers are concerned not only about salaries, he pointed out, but with the whole atmosphere of a university. "If a university doesn't have money it can't purchase equipment, stack its libraries, and becomes a less pleasant place to work." MSU received its payroll check for October from the State Ad- ministrative Board yesterday. If the Board falls to meet its pay- ment next month, Hannah said, MSU willprobably have to tap its student fee collections for the present semester. New Directory FRENCH FARCE:p 'Horse Eats Hat' By CAROL LEVENTEN Sets Opening Tonight "The story is obviously ridiculous, but a lot of fun to see and4 perform," Prof. Jean Carduner of the romance languages department said of "Iorse Eats Hat." The French farce, written by Eugene LaBiche and Marc-Michel, translated by Lynn and Theodore Hoffman and directed by Prof. Wil- liam B. Halstead of the speech department, opens at 8 p.m. tonight in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. This is the first major production of the current Speech Depart- ment Playbill will run through Saturday evening. The ',complicated and comical plot involves a spirited search through Paris for -an unusual Italian straw hat (the period play's ori- ginal title). Horse Swallows Hat On his wedding day, a groom riding in a wood, somehow allows his horse to swallow a woman'A hat; the woman insists on its re- 'placement to convince her husband of her fidelity. He tries to locate a copy, learnsthat the hat is apparently irreplaceable and is pursued throughout the day by the woman and her lover who threaten to pre-, vent his marriage. Eventually and fortuitously a duplicate creation is discovered among his fiancee's wedding gifts, but now he is chased by the hus- band of the original owner and by a soldier. The various factions r: t"r:y " ".: .: ;..; . . ;. ... :: :; .;:...: . ::;;". iii>y,''"ifi'f's'' i ; ^::. f .r;.:. £ ' ? 2 x4f3c tii. 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