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VOL. LXI, No. 169 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1951
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Vandenberg
Asks for Big
Air Arnmada
Must Be Ready
To Hit Russia
WASHINGTON - (A) - Ge
Hoyt S. Vandenberg declared ye:
terday the United States mu
build a huge air force which
war can smash Russian industri
centers and at the same time de
stroy the Soviet air force wit
swift blows.
The Air Force Chief of Sta
warned Senators the present pac
of building air power will not 1
enough on some future "tomor
row" when Russia builds up he
long range air force and atom:
stockpile.
HE PICTURED the future U.:
Air Force in the same role whic
the British Navy played in histoi
for so many years.
"The British Navy, which was
superior at one time to all the
combined navies of the world,"
he said, "kept the peace for a
long period of time.
"My only hope is that the Unit
ed States Air Force can be buil
to a point where It can do a simi
lar job for thrfree nations of th
world. I believe it to be the great
est power for peace that the Unit
ed States can possibly have."
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HE RECALLED President Theo
dore Roosevelt's advice to this na
tion: "walk softly, but carry a bi
stick."
Then the General added:
"Today, the United States
has the opportunity of carrying
a big stick, and can walk softly;
that big stick is the offensive
strength of the United States
Air Force.
"To date, instead of a big stick
it is a fairly large club; but to-
morrow, it is liable to be a willow
wand.
"AS THE POWER of the Rus
sian Air Force increases, and their
stockpile of atomic weapons in-
creases, the job of the United
States Air Force becomes roughly
doubled."
Vandenberg did not say-or
- the censors of the testimony de-
leted--how big an air force the
General believed this country
should have. Congress has auth-
orized a 95-group force but it
will be only about 87 groups
strong by June 30.
Vandenberg gave his testimony
to the Senate Armed Services and
Foreign Affairs Committees in
their inquiry into the ouster of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Marshall Hits
U.S. Inflation,
*Urges Curbs
WASHINGTON - (A) - Secre-
tary of Defense Marshall told
Congress yesterday that inflation
is costing American taxpayers
about $7,000,000,000 a year in the
purchase of military supplies.
"The loss of guns and tanks and
planes to creeping inflation is just
as damaging as if they had been
destroyed or captured by an un-
seen enemy," he said.
Marshall made the statement in
backing the Administration's plea
for a two-year extension and
broadening of the 1950 Defense
Production Act as a curb against
infltinn.
Drive Blocks
Red Routes
Of Escapefl
Reds Previously
Pull Out Forces
TOKYO --(;') - The big Allied
offensive yesterday ripped 26 miles
or more deep into North Korea
slamming shut the last Red escape
routes on the East-Central front.
It appeared, however, that most
of the Communist forces that
struck south on that front in their
second Spring offensive already
had pulled out.
THE CUT-OFF was achieved
mainly by South Korean troops,
who had been hard hit when the
Reds sprang their big May drive.
One force of South Koreans,
racing up the East coast, seized
the town of Kansong, 26 miles
north of parallel 38. This
stopped up one escape route, a
road leading northeast from the
front to the coast.
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DELOUSING-An American GI on the Central front in Korea
sprays a captured North Korean soldier with delousing powder.
STAFF, STUDENTS HIT:
Other South
high ground
Hwachon Dam,
Koreans captured
overlooking the
about seven mile
In an unexpected and unwarranted ruling, President
Alexander Ruthven has delivered an abrupt defeat to more
than two years of student endeavor to remove discriminatory
clauses from campus group constitutions.
His rejection of the Student Affairs Committee
proposal setting a time limit for the ouster of bias
clauses is a backward step in University policy.
President Ruthven has let irrelevant side issues obstruct
, an effort to eliminate contradictions between the ideals pro-
fessed at this University and the practices sanctioned.
Vetoing the proposal, President Ruthven contended that
it is a long established rule of law that no individual has an
inherent right to membership in any particular organization.
This was not the issue. The proposal would in no way force
any group; to accept any member it did not want. It would
instead require the removal of clauses forcing a group to
reject individuals they might want.
The President's second point, that property rights
would be endangered, was not only a minor consideration
but one that places property rights above human rights.
This is an indefensible stand for a University aiming to
be "worthy in all respects of a great democracy."
If these be the real reasons for President Ruthven's
decision, he has misconceived the purpose of the SAC
proposal.
President Ruthven has overlooked the fact that the pro-
posal did not ask for the automatic closure of any house. It
provided a means by which fraternities honestly attempting
to remove bias clauses would be granted an extension of one
year with no limit placed on the number of possible extensions.
The veto also serves as a regressive signpost to other
colleges throughout the nation considering or enforcing
similar anti-bias rulings.
Paradoxically, many of these plans are based directly on
the proposal which President Ruthven yesterday rejected.
Both the pros and cons of the anti-bias legislation have
been discussed and rediscussed. The result was the SL-SAC
motion which was important not so much as a law but as ai
reaffirmation of principle.j
It was a logical extension of the "Michigan Plan"
adopted by the University in May, 1949 which barred
recognition to any future campus groups that had dis-
criminatory clauses.
'U' Budget Allotien
WillRequireCutbacks
By DIANE DECKER erary college. "The 1951-52 bud-
The recent $14,850,000 Univer- get will make it necessary for the
sity budget voted by the State will literary college to reduce the num-
necessitate some staff reductions, ber of younger teachers and prob-
elimination of equipment needs, ably to increase the size of sec-
Ruthven Act Based
On Point of Law
President Says SAC Ruling Would
Violate Individual,_Property Rights
By CHUCK ELLIOTT
President Alexander G. Ruthven yesterday vetoed Student Affairs
Committee action ordering fraternities to clear their constitutions
of discriminatory clauses by October, 1956, or face loss of recognition
by the University.
In a statement to the SAC, President Ruthven outlined his
reasons for rescinding the measure. Backed up by a quotation from
American Jurisprudence, he stated: "It is a long established rule of
law that no individual has an inherent right to membership in any
particular organization."
FURTHER, property rights of any organization affected by the
ruling would be "jeopardized, if not destroyed," were the group to
lose University recognition through the SAC regulation, he said.
The President's action spelled the end, at least temporarily,
for the anti-bias clause measure. It had been argued for nearly
three years before finally passing the SAC by a seven to six vote
* early in March. It lacked only
S L Cabinet President Ruthven's signature
& RO to become effective.
Saying that he realized the im-
aAio portance of the objectives of the
R a sA O resolution, he declared:
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and curtailment of several student
services, Provost James P. Adams
announced yesterday.
Explaining that the 1951-52
budget is now being prepared
, within the scope of the State allo-
- cation, Adams said, however, that
N "every effort will be made to
achieve these reductions with a
- minimumdislocation of the essen-
tial functions of the University."
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THE OFFICE of Student Af-
d fairs, which has had its allotment
Y slashed 10 per cent, will sharply
feel the cutback. Dean of Stu-
dents Erich A. Walter yesterday
deplored the fact that the office
is compelled to make a reduction
in Regents' Alumni Scholarships.
Next year, 75 less scholarships will
be awarded than in previous years.
"This is particularly regretta-
Sble this year since we never had
a more promising lot of candi-
dates for these scholarships,"
Dean Walter said.
He added that although a num-
ber of positions will of necessity
be cancelled, the staff will do all
it can to absorb the bulk of them.
Many of the services formerly of-
fered to the students, which Dean
Walter did not enumerate, will be
dropped.
WITHIN THE various colleges,
the pinch is being felt strongly.
Dean Hayward Keniston pinpoint-
ed the problem that faces the lit-
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In MineBlast
EASINGTON, England - (P) -
Eighty-one coal miners were
trapped yesterday by a violent ex-
plosion in a gas-filled labyrinth of+
tunnels in the big Easington pit.
Fifteen miners and one rescue
worker were known dead.
At least 66 more men remained
tions, he said. The number which
will be cut was not announced be-
cause some aspects remain to be
ironed out..
Dean Walter added, "The
most serious problem created by
the new budget is the lack of
funds for teaching and research
equipment. If the literary col-
lege is to continue to hold its
p lace among the other institu-
tions of the country, it must re-
ceive more adequate support to
maintain a distinguished staff
and equipment for their work."
No college is planning to drop
courses from its curriculum in or-
der to meet the problem. The
business administration will re-
duce its staff and the number of
sections, which will result in
"overcrowding within reason,"
Dean Russell A. Stevenson re-
ported.
ASSISTANT DEAN of the ar-
chitecture college Walter V. Mar-
shall said that three members of
the architecture faculty whose
resignations have been received
will not be replaced.
He gave an example of the
limitations placed upon the pur-
chase of equipment. "I have
on my desk a request for $600
of equipment for ceramics which
I will be unable to grant," he
said.
Asked to comment on the future!
with the present allotment of
funds, Marshall concluded, "It is
inevitable that unless we have
more money, we will have to cut
on instructors, departments and
some courses."
DEAN EARL V. Moore of the
School of Music and Dean Ivan C.
Crawford of the engineering col-
lege said that their colleges had
not yet completed plans for ad-
justment to the new budget. Both
were sure, however, that drastic
into North Korea on the Central
'front, and reached the south and
west banks of the reservoir. This
gave them command of other
routes leading from the East-Cen-
tral sector.
BETWEEN HWACHON Reser-
voir and the East coast, a U. S.
tank force held strategic Inje. All
vehicles must pass through Inje
to get into North Korea from the
Eastern front.
The Reds were stiffening all
along the 125-mile front. But still
the Allied troops pounded on in
North Korea.
SL Asks Aid
For Foreign
Student Plan
The Student Legislature is ask-
ing help in providing a better,
more informal orientation pro-
gram for the 300 new foreign stu-
dents next fall.
To facilitate the foreign stu-
dents' adjustment to the Univer-
sity, the SL hopes to find a Uni-
versity student to sponsor each
one. His job will be to write to
the new student during the sum-
mer, answer any questions the
newcomer may have, and then to
introduce him personally to Ann
Arbor in September.
Anyone who volunteers to act as
an advisor may specify preference
as to native language or sex of the
foreign student he will work with.
Those interested should contact
Wally Pearson at 122 S. Forest,
or call 3-4732.
Of Ruthvent
Sharply attacking President
Ruthven's veto of the anti-bias
measure, the Student Legislature
Cabinet in a special session last
night urged that the resolution be
resubmitted to incoming Presi-
dent Harlan Hatcher.
At the same time the cabinet
directed the president of SL to
meet with President Ruthven to
discuss the basis of his decision
and to request that he personally
urge all campus organizations
with discriminatory clauses to
speedily seek their removal.
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IN A PUBLIC statement the SL
Cabinet declared that it "strong-
ly disapproves of the President's
action and the grounds upon
which his decision was made."
Cabinet members particularly
lashed out at President Ruth-
ven'scontention that the Uni-
versity could not withdraw re-
cognition from organizations
which did not remove bias claus-
es from their constitutions be-
cause such an action would "jeo-
pardize vested property inter-
ests."
The cabinet statement declared
that "the University clearly has
the right to- withdraw recognition
of campus organizations," citing
as evidence Section 8 of Univer-
sity Regulations Concerning Stu-
dent Affairs, Conduct and Disci-
pline.
SECTION 8 states "Whenever a
student, group of students, society,
fraternity, or other student organ-
ization fails to observe either the
general standards of conduct ...
or any specific rules . .. he or it
shall be liable to disciplinary ac-
tion by the proper University au-
thorities."
Notice
Because of the Memorial Day
holiday, The Daily will not be
published tomorrow.
"THE UNIVERSITY, as a de-
partment of state government,
can not and will not adopt regu-
lations which discriminate against
the rights of persons because of
race or religion. However, in our
zeal to protect the constitutional
privileges and immunities of cer-
tain citizens, we must be careful
not to infringe upon or impair
equally sacred rights of others."
National fraternities with dis-
criminatory clauses in their con-
stitutions have established chap-
ters in Ann Arbor with the full
knowledge and consent of the
University, President Ruthven
said. "Members of the local
chapters have acquired a vested
interest in the chapter houses
and in the general funds of the
national organization."
"The resolution, as written,
would preemptorily withdraw re-
cognition as of October 15, 1958,
from any organization still retain-
ing discriminatoryhclauses even
though the local chapter had in
good faith attempted to remove
such clauses from its constitu-
tion." In this w~y, the President
pointed out, the University would
jeopardize property rights.
CITING THE "Michigan Plan"
(which denies primary recogni-
tion to new organizations with
discriminatory clauses) President
Ruthven added that "great pro-
gress has been made already" in
the field of campus anti-discrim-
ination.
President Ruthven himself has
been in Georgia since Sunday and.
his decision was released to the
SAC in a typewritten statement.
Campus opinion was cleanly
split last night following the
President's momentous an-
nouncement. George Roumell,
'51, out-going Student Legisla-
ture president who had seen the
plan fought through meeting
after meeting up to the SAC ap-
proval, felt that the main bur-
den would now rest on the In-
ter-Fraternity Council.
"I'm disappointed," he said, "but
the IFC must take over now. Al-
though they have no legal obliga-
tion to eliminate the bias clause,
they certainly have a moral one.
Sometimes it is harder to meet a
moral obligation-I hope.the IFC
will not fail the campus."
THROUGHOUT debate on the
controversial measure, the IFC
had continued to maintain that
the removal of discriminatory
clauses should be handled within
their group.
During discussion in the SAG
about three months ago, it was
agreed that action within the
IFC would be most desirable.
However, a majority of the
SAC members felt that the IFC
would not take such action un-
This late in the academic year it is impossible for any
concerted student action to take place. The Inter-Fraternity
Council, however, has long been promising to solve the
problem. The Student Legislature Cabinet has also indicated
that they intend to continue pressing for a time-limit. Presi-
dent Ruthven's veto of the measure is deplorable, but there
is still a possibility that the continued effort of campus groups
next fall can produce constructive results.
-The Senior Editors
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FIRST PARADE IN DECADE:
Ann Arbor Observes Memorial Day
By TOM ARP
Memorial Day in Ann Arbor will
be observed with a parade at 11
a.m. today, special ceremonies at
the Rackham Bldg., and a general
exodus of students.
For the first time in ten years
the city will witness a Memorial
Day parade. Sponsored by the Ju-
Bldg., the parade will march
west on Huron to Main, south on
Main to Liberty, along Liberty
to State, and will return to the
Rackham Bldg. via N. Univer-
sity and the mall. A brief cere-
mony will follow on the steps of
the Rackham Bldg.
Gilbert Caswell, president of the
Day, 1951, and the Future Course
of the United States," will stress
the fact that peace the world over
can be maintained by building our
strength to insure security.
The program will close with a
pronouncement of benediction by
Rev. Wiegand, with taps being
played softly in the background.
mha Tniarc..a wil.m -. 7A th
As a general rule the Univer-
sity commemorates Memorial
Day by closing most of its facili-.
ties. However, this was not al-
ways so. For several years during
the war, because of the crowded
calendar, it was necessary to
maintain classes on May 30.
In the event that Memorial Day
eli..lf .allAira the P--am s