;IMMATURITY' OF COLLEGE STUDENT See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State 743 att x ,r. / * MOSTLY CLOUDY i t° VOL. LXII, No. 165 ANN ARBOR, MICIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1952 SIX PAGES SIX PAGES S ** * * i 4, World News Roundup An Editorial By The Associated Press f Top Negotiator .. . MUNSAN, Korea, Friday, May 23=Maj. Gen. William K. Harri- son, Jr., takes over today as top man of the Allied armistice team. He is a serene soldier who says of Red negotiators "let 'em rant and rave." Meanwhile in Seoul, Navy and Marinerairmen, saluting the 40th t anniversary of Marine aviation yesterday, pounded Communist strongpoints across the Korean peninsula with a series of pulver- izing blows. German Rearmament.. WASHINGTON -- President Truman sent Secretary of State Acheson off to Europe last night to complete arrangements for German rearmament. Russian Protest . . MOSCOW - Russia, in a stiff note, has protested Iran's accept- ance of American military aid and warned that it works against good relations with Moccow. However a U.S. official said last night in Washington that Russia's protest to Iran against American .aid evidently is designed to in- timidate the Iranian government.; Truman Declaration... WASHINGTON - President Truman declared yesterday that nobody-neither Congress nor the courts-can take away from the President his power to seize indus- try in an emergency. Yet he readily agreed that if the Supreme Court rules his steel seizure is illegal, he will promptly restore the plants to their private } owners. He will turn the mills back and see what happens, he said.] * . S Peace Contract*.*. BONN. Germany-Chancellor e Konrad Adenauer and the three Allied high commissioners last night wound up their work on the peace contract togive West z Germpany virtual sovereignty' and bind her to the Western] world in the face of widely propagandized Red threats. * * * Prisoners Weaken ... KOJE ISLAND, Korea, Friday, May 23-Communist inmates re- tained control within the 17 barb- ed wire enclosures of this big prisoner-of-war camp yesterday,f but were weakening under a firm show of force by battle-tried U.S. troops., ,t Warden Appointed.,.. LANSING - Governor Williams yesterday named Seymour J. Gil- manadministrative assistant to Corrections Commissioner Earnest C. Brooks, as a special deputyw warden at the State Prison of Southern Michigan. Legal Advice Asked by ISA In a special session of the Inter- national Students' Association last night, a motion was unanimously passed asking the University to provide legal aid to students threatened by deportation. The need for such aid was sharply brought into focus by the recent deportation of Indian stu- dent Joseph Singh Bains. The resolution called for freed legal advice and assistance fromH members of the Law School facul- ty whenever "the International Center cannot take further ac-P tion." 4 A preliminary letter regarding b the ISA action will shortly be sub- in mitted to President Hatcher by a. representative of the ISA Execu- tive Council. b T] ew p'U' Campus Ta Da71-1 -.To An immense area of friction between students and Uni- versity administrators has become increasingly apparent dur- ing the last year. Through inadequate personal relations and arbitrary interpretation and execution of regulations, the administration has created widespread ill feeling. Though perhaps unintentionally, it has succeeded in alienating loyal and sincere student leadership. A university, though ideally conceived as a unit, is actually made up of several distinct elements, each of which needs to be heard in deciding policies. However, today, little or no heed is paid to the student voice as expressed by the very organizations established and maintained under principles fully supported by the administration. The immediate example is President Hatcher's veto of a workable measure for bringing the fraternity system into accord with the principles on which this country and this University were founded. .* * * * Constant examples of this same attitude are closed meetings throughout the University, from the Regents on down, with the result that all administrative decisions are made under a blahket of secrecy. These decisions are then issued in such a brief, bare manner that they are left open to all kinds of rumor as to the influences and pressures- alumni, political, or public relations.-which might deter- mine them. The University Lecture Committee has progres- PRESIDENTS RUTHVEN AND HATCHER-President Harlan H. Hatcher's aition Wednesday in vetoing the SL anti-bias bill fol- lows by nearly a year a similar move made by former President dent Alexander G. Ruthven. S * a * Vet Stae iente sively tightened restrictions on speakers to an absurd point, despite continued student opposition, best ex- pressed in the two-thirds vote against the "Committee in the all-campus elections. Now that the Student Legislature has passed a motion asking for more lenient speaker regulations, we pessimistically look forward to administrative action ignoring both the pro. posal and the feeling behind it. * * * * The SL, maligned in private comments by several top administrators, has felt a material setback in the refusal to give the organization a minute percentage of tuition fees. At the same time the Union, the League and the Athletic Plant receive entirely adequate funds from the same source. A less publicized but important sore spot is the International Center, which has failed to develop its potential for aiding foreign students, and has succeeded in antagonizing many of them. These are a few of the larger points which we feel represent a pattern of unnecessary friction. Further, the fault may be directly traced in the most part to administra- tive methods which appear always concerned with outside public relations rather than with the more important internal harmony. *~ *, ** The situation at present is in such a bad state that we believe the time has come for serious reflection, investi- gation and ameliorative action. -Chuck Elliott, Bob Keith, Leonard Greenbaum, 'Vern Emerson, Ron Watts and Robert Vaughn: The Senior Editors. IN COMPLIANCE with the request of the Committee on Student Affairs, after careful study of the proposals for re- forming the constitutions of the fraternities, and after con- sultations with the various groups concerned, I hereby submit to you my view of the subject. The University of Michigan brings harmoniously together in a common pursuit all na- tions, races and creeds. On its caripus all are equal. Since the Declaration of Independence and the ratification of the Constitution, the Nation has moved toward this ideal. The progress in recent years has been noable and gratifying. The' fraternities and sororities have responded to this chang- ing atmosphere. There are in- dications that they will contin- ue to do so. The overwhelming majority of us are in agreement on the principles of our democratic society. Difference of opinion arises on the question of methods and time sequence. We believe that the processes of education and personal and group convictions will bring us forward faster, and on a sounder basis, than the proposed methods of coer- cion. While commending the sincere and earnest concern behind the proposal of the Committee on Student Affairs as submitted by the Student Legislature, the Un iv er s it y must decline to endorse this mode of attack. -Harlan Hatcher SAC Statement .. . The Student Affairs Committee takes strong exception to the decision of President Harlan H. Hatcher concerning the SAC recommendation on discriminatory clauses in fraternity and sorority.constitutions. We feel that the legislation was moderate and con- structive in tone, and had the unquestionable support of the student body, as expressed through its two highest organs, the Student Legislature;' where members are di- recly elected by the entire student body, and by the SAC, where members hold positions by virtue of their status as leaders in outstanding campus organizations. The significance of the defeat to student government im- plicit in this decision cannot be overlooked. Twice within a year the President of the University has overruled the recom- mendations of student governing bodies. We recognize the University's sincere concern with the problems of discrimination this legislation sought to ameliorate. However, we feel the University's laissez-faire policy tends to perpetuate the inequities which we all deplore. We would point out that it is generally recognized that the progress that President Hatcher cites in his veto message stems largely from coercion or the threat of it here and on other campuses. We would emphasize that the vetoed recommendations were essentially non-coercive, being merely aimed at ensuring continued recognition of the problem by the organizationsin question. The past record of these groups when pressure is absent has been one of failure to seek constructive solutions to the problem. The University of Michigan has been a progressive leader in every aspect of modern education. Education in its broadest meaning is more than classroom participation, it is the means by which the student is prepared for a beneficial role in his community. All agree 'that discrimination is irreconcilable with the social and political ideals expressed in the American democracy. The University must, therefore, aid the stu- dent in his every effort to reconstruct his community- the campus-along lines more in accord with our nation's democratic philosophy. If the student can present a feasible solution for the dis- crimination problem, such as was presented in the recent SAC recommendation, the University should without question adopt that policy. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Senior Editors of The Daily feel that the preceeding statement by the Student Affairs Committee has ac- curately and rationally answered President Hatcher's veto. - C. Elliott, B. Keith, L. Greenbaum, V. Emerson, B. Vaughn and R. Watts.) q HouseCuts Foreign Spending SAC Passes Resolution Of Protest President Asks Gradual Action By CHUCK ELLIOTT and CRAWFORD YOUNG Anti-bias clause legislation re- ommended by the Student Affairs Committee has met with a presi'- dential veto for the second time within a year, it was revealed yes- terday. In a brief 200 word communi- cation addressed to the SAC on the first anniversary of the Re- gents' announcement that he was new 'U' chief executive, President Harlan H. Hatcher declared that the University must "decline to endorse" the "methods of coer- cion" in the SAC plan. THE SAC reacted immediately by adopting by a 7-3 vote an un- precedented statement taking "strong exception" to the Presi- dent's decision. (See adjoining columns.) The President cited "notable and gratifying" progress made re- cently by fraternities and sorori- ties as cause for faith in the "gradualist" approach. The vetoed legislation was in- tended by the Student Legisla- ture, which originally recom- mended the plan to the SA, as a compromise proposal to take the place of the time limit mo- tion President Alexander Ruth- ven squelched last year. The decision was announced at a special SAC meeting Wednes- day niglAv The veto and statement were withheld for one day by the Committee to provide an oppor- tunity for a delegation to pre- sent in person the reaction, and make a final appeal to President Hatcher to reconsider his deci- sion. However, he was out of town yesterday and could not be reached. The SL cabinet described the decision in a statement as "re- grettable," reaffirming their belief in the basic principles of the SAC motion. Continued SL work in the human relations field was promised. The two bias vetoes stand by themselves as the only occasions on which the President has re- versed a recommendation of the SAC, the highest organ of student government. THE BIAS clause question has had a long and turbulent history at the University. In 1948, the SL setdup a joint Committee on Discrimina- tion, headed by Legislature President John Ryder, '53L, and containing representatives from the IFC, Panhel, League, Union, SL, and other campus organiza- tions. The =result of this was a report embodying the core of what came to be known as the "Michigan Plan." Ryder presented the report in April, 1948, and the Legislature adopted its two proposals that spring. They were: First, that the Student Affai Committee refuse recognition to any future organization which prohibited membership because of race, religion, or color. This, in ef- fect, barred recognition of any new fraternities which had such dis- criminatory clauses. Second, that the constitution&~ of all organizations be placed on file with the SAC. * * * THESE TWO points were ac- cepted by the SAC in May by a one vote margin, and are still in effect. The "Michigan Plan," how- ever, embraced no means of ac- t i o n against discriminating groups already in existence. SL let this problem ride during most of the 1949-50 school year, pend- inr epnpted action bv the IFC. I New Chairman Ridgway Hits Red Charges WASHINGTON - (P) - Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway told Congress yesterday Communist charges that the Allies used gas and germ war- fare in Korea should serve as a "monumental warning" of deadly danger to the free world. In a voice harsh with scorn, Ridgway denounced the Commun- ist propaganda trumpetings as "false in their entirety.", Addressing a crowded joint meeting of the Senate and House -with the scene broadcast from coast to coast by television cam- eras-Ridgway told his listeners: "The extent to which Commun- ist leaders have gone in fabricat- ing, disseminating and persistently' pursuing these false charges should impress upon the brains of those who yet fail to refuse to see the purpose of Communism, the deadly danger with which it con- fronts us and the free world." -Daily-Don Campbell NEW CHAIRMAN - Remus Boila, '53 BAd, president of the business administration school class of '53, was chosen chairman of the Senior Board made up of all-college senior class presidents last night. WASHINGTON - (M) - The House slashed $1,626,200,000 from President Truman's foreign aid program in a series of votes yes- terday. The decision meant that House supporters of Sen. Taft of Ohio had won a round in their fight for sizable reductions. Rep. Vorys (R- Ohio), a Taft backer, led in the demand for cuts. Supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Taft's nomination, came out for smaller rival for the G.O.P. Presidential reductions. The President has asked for $7,- 900,000,000 to give direct military aid and economic assistance to countries aligned with the United States against the threat of Com- munist aggression. CONVENTION PLANS WON'T BE AFFECTED: Harris, Thorpe Acclaim Veto of SL Anti-Bias Bill By MIKE WOLFF Diane Harris, '53, president of Panhel, and Pete Thorpe, '53, presi- dent of the Interfraternity Council, last night acclaimed President Hatcher's veto of the SL anti-bias clause plan as "just and realistic." In a statement to The Daily, Thorpe and Miss Harris said the Panhellenic and IFC Councils agreed with President Hatcher that the processes of education and personal and group convictions will ring us forward faster, and on a sounder basis, than the proposed methods of coercion." * * * * THORPE AND MISS HARRIS pointed out two definite steps taken y the IFC and Panhel to facilitate discriminatory clause removal. They are:1) the establishment of a Big Ten Counseling and Informa- ion service at the University; and 2) recommendations by the Big 'en IFC's and Panhels that their members take bias clause removal C Delta Tau Delta's president Bob Shetler, '52E, said his chap- ter "definitely will take action and/or will vote in favor of re- moving restrictive clauses" at their national convention in August. Sigma Alpha Mu will fight for removal of their clause in August in spite of the convention's defeat of such a motion last year, accord- ing to SAM president Bill Altman, '52BAd. A motion to remove bias clauses will also be brought up by Alpha Tau Omega at their convention in June. ATO's president Don Weir, '53A&D, said that in the past such a motion had been tabled after the predominating Southern chapters threatened to drop out of the national fraternity if bias clauses were removed. TRIGON'S PRESIDENT Jim Sellgren, '54, said his fraternity was attempting to affiliate with a national and obtain a constitution from them mxwithAon. a c raiz.P only way his fraternity's clause would be removed was in a "piece- meal" fashion. LaRue felt SL was "stepping out of bounds in attempting to achieve something that was already gradually taking place." He ex- pressed the belief that SL was antagonizing the fraternities by its action. Phi Delta Theta president, Doug Lawrence, '53 A&D, believed discussion of discriminatory clauses was on the :,agenda for their August convention but said his chapter "hasn't been really concerned about restrictive clause removal on this campus although it has been discussed." Sigma Chi's president Bud Stoddard, '52BAd, felt that while feelings in his fraternity towards cluse removal were mixed, "the strongest feeling is to maintain the status quo." The presidents of Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu and