.' F THE MICHIGAN DAILY TTJE STMT, S P!'MII , CONVENTION OUTCOME: Results Seen by NSA Despite Conflicts By TOM WALSH EDITOR'S NOTE: Tbic is the fi'ct in a series of interpretative articles by a staff correspondent who was a University delegate to the consti- tutional convention of the National Student Association and chairman of the Michigan Region's delegation during the convention. Seven hundred delegates repre- senting more than one million col- lege students meeting at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin early this month, planned, discussed, dis- agreed and compromised for eight days, emerging in the end wiui an astonishing degree of unanimity and a constitution and program "or the National Student Associ- ation. The constitutional convention established a Student Bill of Rights which will be presented to all college campuses and admin- istrations for adoption, applied for one of the three student seats on the United States Commission for UNESCO, and set forth a broad program of activities designed to further educational standards, foster the development of stuaenm .,.....*....,"..'..-.'.. * 4 BEER DEPOT I 91 114 EAST WILLIAM CALL 71 BEER governments, improve students' living and studying conditions, and better inform students on national and world problems by promoting student travel and ex- panding of two-way international student exchange. Wide Representation The full range of political, sec- tarian, sectional, and racial groups which were on hand at Madison presented the convention with many of the basic problems which confront the nation as a whole. It was a favorable commentary upon the future of our country and a tribute to the sincerity with which they approached those problems, that delegates from 350 widely scattered campuses could agree almost unanimously, in the face of apparently insoluble con- flicts, in order to form the NSA as a, non-partisan organization through which all students can work for progress in America and peace in the world. Conflicts Arise Twice the convention was in immediate danger of breaking up, once over the stand that the NSA would take regarding racial dis- crimination in education and, again, in the international field, over the relationship of the NSA to the International Union of Stu- dents which is admittedly politi- cal and far to the left of the bulk of American students. In these crises, as in a. number of other controversial measures, the fine line of compromise at which vir- tually all of the delegates could agree to work together was found. The convention was well at- tended by the educational press and by members of a number of university administrations. While the NSA is pledged to re- frain from political activity ex- cept in matters which directly pertain to students, intra-mural politics were very much in order and in operation. The extremes of both the right and left were exceedingly active but the NSA succeeded in follow- ing a middle-of-the-road policy representative of the bulk of American students. Tomorrow: The International Union of Students WINE - CHAMPAGNE - MIXERS CONVENIENT DRIVE-THRU SERVICE v r' ..... « T Hig~h Output Of Cars Still Is Untcertain Steel Production Is Deciding Factor DETROIT, Sept. 22 - (A) - Prospects for continued high level output in the car industry's as- sembly plants are about as uncer- tain today as they were six months ago, with sheet steel the still un- determined factor in schedule planning. The car makers will set their schedules high for the remainder of the year-and hope that they will be able to fill them. It is no secret that the supply of sheet steel from the industry's regular sources is inadequate for the as- sembly plant needs. The shortage of carburetors, due to a strike in the Carter Car- buretor Co. plants continues to bother production processes, al- though there is no indication that immediate output curtailments are planned in any of the car as- sembly plants. 'Ensian Tryouts A meeting for tryouts for the 'Ensian business staff will be held at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Student Publications Building. All eligible second semester freshmen and upperclassmen may apply for positions on the staff. Awards Made In Hopwoods Eight Receive Cash For Creative Writing Prizes totaling $475 were awarded Aug. 14 to eight Univer- sity students in the summer Avery and Jule Hopwood Contest in Cre- ative Writing. Awards of $75 were given to Arthur S. Postle, of Dexter, for the essay "Admiral from Ala- bama"; Maizie Gusakoff, of New York City, for the fiction entry "Dark Hour of Growth"; and Everett W. Bovard, Jr., of Ann Arbor, for "Poems 1940-1947." Prizes of $50 were awarded Vance Simonds, of Willow Run, winner of a freshman prize in poetry in 1943, for the play "All This and Red Tape Too," and the poem, "Logbook Returning"; James S. Irwin, of Detroit, for the essay "Home-Going"; Gerald J. Hoag, of Ann Arbor, for the es- say "Frontier and New Frontier"; Joe H. Knox, of Newton, N. C., winner of a minor prize in fiction in the spring semester, for the fic- tion entry "The Curly Maple"; and Simonds, for the poem "Log- book Returning." Contest judges were as follows: drama: Margaret A. Dewey, Rich- ard McKelvey and Bethany L. Wilson; essay: Richard C. 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