YI r itr iA'au ~~aiti !f (. j -,.-b AMERICAN PROSPERITY See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LXII, No. 111 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1952 SNOW FLURRIES SIt PAGES r~ SAC Approves SL Anti-Bias Motion, 7-6 * * * * * * * * * OK of Hatcher, Regents Needed Will Force Bias Clause Fraternities To Ask for Removal at Conventions By CHUCK ELLIOTT Daily Managing Editor Anti-bias clause legislation once more came to the fore yesterday as the Student Affairs Committee passed, seven to six, a motion de- signed to establish the University's viewpoint against discriminatory clauses, and to make groups work toward getting rid of them. The proposal, if approved by President Harlan Hatcher and the Board of Regents, would require organizations with constitutional bias clauses to act positively against them in national conventions. If unable to present.evidence to the SAC at the beginning of each year that they had followed this procedure, the group "shall be denied recognition by the SAC." PASSED IN THE Student Legislature Feb. 13, the motion has behind it a long history of similar proposals. The most prominent among these is a motion passed by the SL and SAC last spring, very much like the present one except that a six-year deadline was attached, by which time the clauses themselves had to be stricken from the constitutions. This action was vetoed by retiring President Alexander G. Pluthven in June, 1951. Fourteen fraternities and one sorority are known to have bias clauses, and will be affected by this ruling. They will be required "to present a motion on the floor of their ... national conventions asking for the removal of such clauses, support, and vote positively for such motion. IF IT IS impossible to get a motion on the floor of the convention, the organization sh'll be required to present, support, and vote posi- tively for a motion asking for a suspension of the rules to consider the removal of the discriminatory clauses.", In case thatno convention has been held within the past two years, the group must show evidence that they have petitioned for a special meeting on the clause question. The motion was presented and initially supported by President Len Wilcox, '52, and Leah Marks, '52, of th SL. Against suggestions that the Committee simply pass a statement saying that the Univer- sity deplores the existence of discriminatory clauses, Miss Marks re- plied: "We realize that most of the bite has been taken out of the time-limit motion of last year-but this proposal still has one tooth left in it, and may serve to spark positive action against constitutional discrimination." OPPOSITION was voiced by SAC members who felt that such "a watered-down proposal would only be a farce in practice." Another expressed the view that other means less antagonistic to the groups concerned would be more effective in getting rid of "methodical" dis- crimination. Wilcox countered with the observation that "the University has no stated policy against bias clauses at present, and should definitely have one. This motion defines a position as well as offering a basis for positive action." In support of the SL proposal, Wilcox read a statement which outlined precedent action oil the subject and concluded: "Such a new policy, in the opinion of the Student Legislature, is not only consistent with established University policy, but fully in keeping with the educa- tional objectives of the University of Michigan.' A SUMMARY report by the joint SL Human Relation and Pan- hellenic Association committee studying the sorority discriminatory clause question was presented, telling of the results of study in this quarter. t It reported that a poll had been taken among sorority women in which 567 voted against clauses and 69 for them, indi- cated that it felt that removal of the clauses must come from within the individual groups concerned, and remarked "all is being done that possibly can be at the moment." Backing up the accepted SL motion were-a list of nine illustra- tions showing how the University already causes forfeiture of certain rights, such as drinking, driving, and extra-curricular eligibility. Wilcox explained that these examples were offered to support SL's contention that the motion made no new inroads on the rights of student groups. The measure will be taken to President Harlan Hatcher for final approval before it goes into effect, according to Dean Erich Walter, chairman of the SAC. Faculty-Student Committee To ProbeMePhaul Dinner A joint faculty-student committee will investigate mysterious circumstances surrounding a Union dinner held last week on behalf of banned speaker Arthur McPhaul, it was announce yesterday. Although the University had previously said the Student Affairs Comtee would handle the probe, j S Hthe incident was not discussed at EIdAcers1Teldj length at yesterday's SAC meeting. U * * * * * * Railroad Strike Culled off } -AP News Photo TALKATIVE-Lee Romano, ex-Communist and former Local 600 UAW (CIO) vice-president, spent five talkative hours on the witness stand yesterday, describing alleged Communist infiltra- tion in the local. S* s * Reds Seen In Ford Local; Probers Called A t i- labor By CRAWFORD YOUNG and ZANDER HOLLANDER Special to The Daily DETROIT-Reports of wide-spread Communist infiltration of Ford Rouge Local 600, UAW (CIO) and angry "anti-Negro" and "anti-labor" charges against the House Un-American Activities sub- Union Chiefs Acenowledge Court Order Local Travel To Be Resumed By The Associated Press Heads of three railroad brother- hoods bowed to a federal court order yesterday by instructing 6,000 striking engineers, firemen and conductors to get back on their jobs immediately. The New York Central system acted immediately to resume pas- senger and freight service. Crews were flocking back to work. IN ANN ARBOR, NYC officials reported that they were "in good shape" and said they expectedI eastbound train traffic to flow to- day. The baggage and mail situa- tion was also reported cleared up. At 6:55 a.m. this morning the first commuter train, eastbound, left Jackson' for Detroit. The westbound Wolverine, Motor City, and Mercury, however, were not expected to move untilj early tomorrow. The first train to leave Detroit at 11:40 a.m. this morning will be the Cincinnati-bound Baltimore & Ohio. The Empire State will leave Detroit tomorrow morning. * * * ALL OVER the country, NYC strikers began reporting back to work last night. Railroad officials, however, said the response was slow and soame pickets still re- mained. The three brotherhood heads had no immediate comment on the strike-ending injunction or on how fast or complete a re- sponse they expected to their instructions. They told their subordinates to "immediately take all steps to get our members back on the job." Should the back-to-work in- structions fail, the brotherhoods would be liable to contempt of court charges, with possible heavy fines or even imprisonment. SL Meets Today Student Legislature will hold its weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Anderson-Strauss dining hall of East Quad. TAFT EISENHOWER _ ...-in a close race ,. .. a smile, a victory? Political Clubs Endorse Action Against Speaker Ban By VIRGINIA VOSS Three campus political groups decided last night to endorse the "Vote Yes" committee, recently formed, to coordinate political clubs' action against the Regents' ban on political and "subversive" speakers. Students for Democratic Action, Young Republicans, and the Civil Liberties Committee voted to empower representatives to take action in "Vote Yes" meetings. Similar decisions mom the Young committee were high points in y( Ba tista Rules Cuba; Arrests Rival Politician HAVANA--OP-Fulgencio Batis- ta proclaimed himself undisputed, all-powerful ruler of Cuba yes- terday. The 51-year-old former presi- dent suspended for the next 45 days all government processes ex- cept by his own decrees, a day after his almost bloodless revolu- tion overturned the government of President Carlos Prio Socarras. Prio took refuge in the Mexican Embassy. Agramonte, leader of the Orthodox Peoples Party, was seized at his home with his teen-age son Roberto Jr., and one aide, although friends said Batista forces had told him he would be untouched there. The police said Agramonte had violated new government rules by receiving visitors. The police held Agramonte for three hours and then released him.' Union Councilmen To Meet in Dorms esterday's dull sessions of the De- < troit Communist probe. Ulesio (Lee) Romano, former vice-president of Local 600, and confessed ex-party member, led off and spent most of the day on the stand, partly in description of the activities of an alleged 2,000 Com-j munists and sympathizers in the giant local, partly in wordy dis- cussions of the significance and history of the labor movement, ON THE HEELS of the coopera- tive Romano's five hour stint, the committee heard a parade of re- bellious Local 600 officers condemn the purpose and methods of the Detroit hearings. Romano claimed that the Communist grip on the local, whose 60,000 members make itj the world's largest, was the strongest it has ever been. With up to 175 card-carrying mem- bers, he charged that the Reds had gained complete control of the local's destiny. Now a staunch supporter of UAW President Walter Reuther, Romano admitted he himself had been a Communist from 1942 to 1946, explaining that he joined the Party during the war "under pres- sure from friends." *' * * BUT WITH Romano off the stand, later witnesses, notably James Watts and Paul Boatin, both Local 600 officers named in the Progressives and the Young Demo- crats are necessary before political coordination on the issue is unani- mous. CONVENED under SDA spon- sorship, the "Vote Yes" committee will attempt to mobilize student opinion in favor of a referendum on the spring Student Legislature ballot. The referendum reads: "Do you oppose the empowering of the University Lecture Committee to restrict any recognized campus or- ganization in its choice of speak- ers and subjects?" The "Vote Yes" committee was approved by SDA and CLC groups in a nearly unanimous vote. The issue passed in the Young Republicans club by a close ma- jority vote after heated debate. Opponents of the move objected to binding association with other campus political groups. Answering the arguments, pro- ponents of the "Vote Yes" com- mittee's action explained that "the effect of the Regents' rule is to make what is legal off campus il- legal on campus." Following the vote, two members of YR resigned. Truce Talks. Still Stalled MUNSAN, Korea, Wednesday, March 12-(0P-Allied truce dele- gates, fed up with Communist stalling, today faced their tough- est test of patience to keep the deadlocked talks alive. Exasperated by the Reds' verbal gymnastics, U.S. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby told the Communists during yesterday's meetings: "We are getting fed up with your attempts to make things ap- pear as facts that are not facts." Even Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway was irked to the point of calling the Communist negotiators liars, but in carefully-chosen phrases. The Allied Supreme Commander, briefly visiting Munsan from Tokyo, said future of the truce talks was unpredictable. The talks remained firmly knot- ted on two of several major issues -Allied insistence on voluntary repatriation of prisoners and Red demands that Russia be included as a "neutral" armistice inspector. Taft, HST Drop Behind In Tight Vote Concord Surge Gives Ike Lead By The Associated Press Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower climbed into the lead over Sen. Mobert A. Taft (R-Ohio) last night in New Hampshire's na- tionally-watched GOP presiden- tial primary. In the surprising Democratic popularity race, Sen. Estes Ke- fauver of Tennessee rode to an early lead over President Truman. * * * FROM 180 of the State's 297 voting places, the Republican1 count stood at: Eisenhower 20,203 { Taft 16,700; Stassen 2,532; Schneider 83; write ins; Mac- Arthur 1,410; Warren 46; Bridges 9. In the Democratic contest,. Ifrom 188 precincts, the totals were: Kefauver 12,339; Truman 10,223; write-ins: MacArthur 78; Eisenhower 72; Farley 44; Taft 21; Stassen 13; Stevenson 6; Warren 5; Russell 3; Douglas 2; Cox 1. In a see-saw battle in which he lost Manchester, regarded as one of his large-city strongholds, Ei- senhower rode back into top place in the preferential contest on the strength of a surge in Concord. T HE PARTIAL results seemed to indicate something of a state- wide trend, since they included all of Manchester's 14 wards in the Republican and Democratic on- tests. In Manchester, Taft got 4,614 votes to Eisenhower's 3,746. Ke- fauver outpolled the President. In Concord, the Tennessee Senator said- he regards the run he is making as "very satisfac- tory." But he added that his vote "should not be interpreted as a protest against President Truman." A defeat for Eisenhower by Taft in New Hampshire would dim the general's chances of competing with the Ohioan elsewhere, partic- ularly in their next head-on test in the April 15 New Jersey primary. Victory here would give Taft a big boost toward the GOP nomin- ation, if he maintains winning ways in Wisconsin and Illinois pri- maries. A DEFEAT of Truman by Ke- fauver might push the President into an early decision on whether he intends to run again. Victory would make Kefauver a major contender for the Democratic nom- ination. At the point where nearly one- half of the state's precincts had been accounted for, Eisenhower was getting about 47 per cent of the Republican vote, Taft 44 per cent, At that point, eight Eisenhower delegate candidates and one Taft man were leading for the 10 to be picked at large in the State's 14- vote slate. * Hatcher To Speak Before Leislature President Harlan H. Hatcher - - - lk- P / v %-,, jl %-AL AIL Jl-.JL Wk-17 Voters'_Apathy Prof. Samuel J. Eldersveld, of the political science department told the Students for Democratic Action last night that he believes non-partisan groups have an im- portant role to play in arousing a politically apathetic public. In a speech on the topic "Pres- sure Groups in a Democracy," Prof. Eldersveld pointed out that voting participation in this coun- * * * McPHAUL, executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress' Mich- igan branch, was barred from speaking on campus early last week by the University Lecture Committee. He spoke three days later at a "private" Union dinner booked under what is believed to be a fictitious name. It was indicated yesterday that Dean of Students Erich A. 48 OFFICES AT STAKE: SL Announces Student Candidates _. All-campus elections came one step closer to realization yesterday with the announcement of candi- dates for the 48 student offices to be elected during the all-campus election, April 1 and 2. Announcement was made by Mike McNerney, '53, SL elections A. 'r.+tr..n. ,myn~a iany. i-a nva. -, Downer, '54; Bob Ely, '54; Mort Friedman, '54; Ted Friedman, '53; Anne Furstenau, '54; Charles Gil- bert; Robin Glover, '53. Paul Greenberg, '54; Stu Hirsch- man; Fred Hicks, '54; Jean Jones, '53: Pete Lardner, '53; 'John' Loomis, '53; Dorothy Mackay; Audrey McIntyre, Stan Blum- stein, Fred Yaffe, Sue Spurrier, Diane Hallbrook, Sue Shafter, Paul Bachman, Karl Klipfel, San- dy Reynalds, Merv Manning, Sally Seymour, Pat Titcomb, John Buck, Ann Frank. Kent Holwadel, Don Schmitz, I I