THE RIGHTS See Page 4 Yl r e Latest Deadline in the State 47Iati CLOUDY, SHOWERS V04 LXIII, No. 125 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1953 SIX PAGES P I P* * * Cark Proposes Truce * * * Talk Renewal Faculty Discusses Academic Rights Universities' Academic Freedom Report Prompts Faculty Concern By ERIC VETTER University faculty members voiced opposition last night to a statement by the Association of American Universities concerning academic freedom and the "rights and responsibilities of universities and their faculties." The report, drafted by a five-man committee headed by Prince- ton University President Harold W. Dodds, drew criticism on two main issues. They are: 1) Universities should "re-examine" the qualifications of pro- fessors invoking the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions. *-- _ These professors should bear a i heavy burden of proof of their L L a m e fitness to continue teaching.a 2) Membership in the Com-j1 ,,l 2X1~ m un ist P arty requires the accept-a c e f pr n i l s a d m t o s ance of principles and methods which removes the right to a uni- versity position. Exad * * St POW Trade Seen As Key To Proposal Chinese Leader Advances Plan BULLETIN Gen. Mark Clark proposed a renewal of Korean truce talks-. if the Reds agree to a satisfac- tory exchange of sick and wounded war prisoners it was revealed early today. Clark made his statement in a letter delivered yesterday aft- ernoon to Communist liaison men at Panmunjom where armistice negotiations languish- ed for months before they were broken off last Oct. 8. The UN commander listed two main points: 1. Liaison groups meet at Panmunjom "at your earliest convenience to make necessary detailed arrangements for the exchange of these sick and wounded captured personnel." 2. "It will be prepared to in- struct my liaison group as a w I ii I - I x t 1-4 N '. 86 Seek Officer, Board, SL Posts 'Cloudy, Rain' Forecast May Limit Opening Day Vote; 4,000 Hoped By'VIRGINIA VOSS Annual all-campus elections today and tomorrow brought the traditional voting-day weather forecast-cloudy with occasional show- ers-but Student Legislature personnel kept their hopes pinned on a 4,000 first day count. The more than 800 students manning polling booths at 17 campus locations will handle a total of 10 ballots in the two-day voting. EIGHTY-SIX CANDIDATES are in the running for the 48 officer. and board positions. Biggest race involves 31 students running for 20 SL seats. Remaining candidates seek senior class officer positions in the literary and engineering col- leges, seven Union vice-presi- dencies, nine J-Hop Committee posts, three seats on the Board in Control of Student Publica- tions and. one position on the Board in Control of Intercol- legiate Athletics. One all-campus referendum ask- ing student opinion on a book- store in the proposed Union addi- tion and another solely for men students seeking approval of the revised Union constitution are also on the ballots. Quad Council Cites Broken VotingRules. By ALICE BOGDONOFF Charges that three all-campus election candidates have violated quadrangle electioneering rules were leveled last night by the West Quad Council. The three candidates accused of violations were Al Strauss, Grad., Student Legislature candi- date; Bob Perry, '53, Union vice- _ _ IN OBJECTING to these state- ments, Prof. Amos H.. Hawley, chairman of the sociology depart- ment, said the report assumes only one reason for a person to invoke; For the complete text of the Association's release see page 4. the Fifth" Amendment, and the placing of a heavy burden of proof on the individual "shifts the burden of guilt to the accused and does not leave it with the' accuser." "It bestows a kind of second- class citizenship on teachers," Prof. Hawley continued, "and1 goes along with what investigat- ing committees are doing." Prof. Wesley H. Maurer, chair- man of the journalism depart- ment, said, "A professor's refusal to answer the questions of a Con- gressional investigating committee regarding his political or re'ligious affiliations should not raise doubts as to his fitness to teach, if in other tested ways his fitness hasE already been demonstrated and accepted." TAKING sharp issue with the association's statement, Prof. Pres- ton W. Slosson of the history de- partment said judging a person on membership in the Communist Party is judging before the event without proof of harmful prac- tices or actions. "Anyone is foolish in refusing to answer questions because it renders him liable to suspicion," he said, "but the only test should be his individual fitness and not the Constitutional rights he ex- ercises. Disagreeing with the other fac- ulty members, Prof. Frank Grace of the political science department said "holding membership in the Communist Party in itself amounts to disloyalty as it involves sup- porting abelief which advocates our destruction." He said "we must remember we have duties to follow and the status of right can be overemphasized." The University and 36 other leading American and Canadian universities make up the Associa- tion, which speaks for its members on policy matters of common in- terests. Calling the release "a splendid statement," University President Harlan H. Hatcher called at "a guiding document with no legal binding" and was drawn up be- cause the universities felt some clear-cut views and opinions were needed on the general auestion. % i. . e0 l Student opposition to the change " 5 - C tla: in final exam schedules grew yes- second order of business to meet terday as the Student Legislature with your liaison group to ar- cabinet moved to study the situa- range for a resumption of ar- tion and the Senior Board pre- mistice negotiations by our re- pared to discuss the matter at spective delegations." their meeting tonight. The change, which moved exams up one day to By the Associated Press Friday, May 29, was made by a Red China's Premier Chou En- special Commencement Commit- lai last night proposed a compro- tee of representatives from schools mise for ending the 35-month-old and colleges affected after ap- Korean War.j proval by the executive commit- The heart of it was to send war' tees of the same schools and col- prisoners unwilling to go home to leges. a "neutral state" and let coun- No students were consulted in tries concerned talk it over with the decision. them. A TWO-FOLD program was BUT THE Red Premier did notE adopted by the SL cabinet be- spell out clearly if such prisonerst cause of the effects of the change would be allowed to choose their' and the lack of student consulta- future., tion. The SL action includes: Chou made it quite clear the' (1) Sounding out of student Reds held mental reservations; opinion through the Senior about the key issue-what to do Board and class committees of about more than 51,000 Com- the schools effected. munist prisoners of way who say they don't want to go home. (2) Investigations of past Meanwhile, badly-mauled Chi- methods, the manner in which nese Reds switched from power- other large universities conduct yesterday 30 miles north of H8TAI graduation and possible alter- house punches to sneak stabs yes- native proposals at the Univer- terday 30 miles north of Seoul, sity. where U. S. Marines estimate they; Jack Flynn, '53A, Senior Board knocked out a Red regiment, 3,000t chairman, said the Board would to 3,500 men, in the past five daysE discuss the lack of student con- of furious fighting.- sultation in the exam change at Triumphant Marines on Vegan their meeting at 7:15 p.m. today Hill brokeup two Chinese at- in the SL Bldg. tempts to slip up on the position. The exam change brought gen- eral nnnncit~inn frn1AU UL i r1±L W i - * * * president candidate ELECTION BOOTHS will be Hicks, '54, candidate open continuously from 8 a.m. to senior class treasurer. 5 p.m. today and tomorrow. Per- * * * and Fred for SL and WHERE TO VOTE-The 17 campus polling places open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow are shown in the above diagram. Any person holding a life-time Union membership may record his opinion on the revised Union constitution referendum at the polling booth in front of the Union. For student voters, ID cards are the only election requirements. DISCRIMINATION SURVEY:. Housing List Change Asked By HARRY LUNN Erich A. Walter. "We do not die- said they would feel free to answerI A motion to eliminate listings tate to them on what they may alisting which did not specify with racial or national origin'i include," he said. ;race or national origin. ulificat i thAfOffffairsde,-ca qudent fairs off-c mpus hou - Some of the cards in the file Only 15 students felt listings ing file will be placed before the specify that only Negro or Chinese without these qualifications Student Legislature, according to students may apply, Davis said. would not be available to them. SL Human Relations Committee It is largely this "positive discrim- Survey results also showed that chairman, Sam Davis, '53 ination" that the motion would 34 out of 54 students felt "the '_ ..I'- ' . f.niiend, he explained. 4 t 4s sfelt-the See Pages 2 and 3 of today's issue for a comprehensive vot- ing guide. sonnel are set to move booths and ballots indoors in case forecast showers materialize. With competition sharply re- duced from last. spring's 114- candidate" slate, SL officials looked the other way to steadily. increasing voting percentages in the past and hoped for a record turnout. Anything over a 47 per cent vote will set a campus record, accord- ing to Berry. This would require a two-day tally of 7,196. Along with SL officials, Presi- dent Harlan H. Hatcher and Dean of Students Erich A. Walt- er yesterday urged the campus to try for the record. President Hatcher emphasized that the voting habit is an essen- tial part of citizenship. Dean Walter issued the follow- ing statement: "Today and tomorrow the stu- dents have an opportunity to prove that they are free of the voter apathy that is all too evident in society at large. "Best wishes for a record-break- ing vote." t i 1 i Under the proposal only land- lords willing to rent their hous- ing without such qualifications would be listed. THE PROPOSAL results from a survey of discrimination 'in off- campus housing conducted by the Human Relations Committee with Survey Research Center assist- ance. Of the Negro and foreign stu- dents who returned question- naires, 47 out of 52 favored a list without racial or national origin specifications. They gen- erally felt that such a survey would make it easier to find housing. At present landlords may bring in cards for the file which include their own qualifications for room- ers, according to Dean of Students eras oppositon from stuaents wno complained about the lack of time to prepare for exams, the long dur- ation of the exam period and the loss of a class day during the final week of school. Seniors voiced opposition to crowding exams into a shorter per- iod of time and the full week's lapse before graduation. Young iemocrats Will MeetToday- The Young Democrats will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in Rm. 3-G of the Union to discuss the question of labor legislation with emphasis on the Taft-Hartley law. 7 E * * * IN ANSWERING the question-j naires, 46 of those who replied1 World News !Roundup By the Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Senate' approved President Eisenhower's plan to create a new Cabinet-rank{ department of health, education and welfare. ROME - Club-wielding police smashed Communist riots down the length of the Italian penin- sula yesterday. Thousands of demonstrators were taken into custody in new riots last night. Scores were in- jured. WASHINGTON-Congression- al leaders met with President Eisenhower yesterday and later said plans were outlined to slash U. S. foreign aid spending. WASHINGTON-Mutual Secur- ity Director Harold E. Stassen yes- terday angrily accused Sen. Mc- Carthy (R-Wis.) of interfering with the nation's foreign policy by negotiating an agreement with' Greek ship owners to halt trade with Red China and North Korea. WASHINGTON-CIO President Walter Reuther said yesterday he OPINIONS VITAL: Campus To Decide Union W ing Issue present method of specifying ra- cial or national origin in listing off-campus housing implies that the University condones discrim- ination." Asked if a list free from these specifications would "reduce any possible University support of dis- crimination," 26 answered in the affirmative, four in the negative and 19 said they did not feel the University is now supporting dis- crimination. STRAUSS, who is not a -quad resident, and Perry, a resident of East Quad who was accused or the same violation last fall, were named for "door to door" solicit- ing and slipping campaign litera- ture under quad room doors re. spectively. Hicks, who lives in East Qad and appeared at the Council meeting, told the members he had put campaign literature in the washrooms of several of the houses. After hearing the charges pre- sented by .Ted Bohuszewicz, '53A, the West Quad Council passed a motion to refer the cases to the Inter-House Council Judiciary for a decision as to the guilt of the students. Bohuszewicz pointed out that if the students are found guilty the IIC can take action against quad residents Hicks and Perry and make recommendations to the Joint Judiciary Council in regard to Strauss. In the case of*Strauss and Per- ry, the .Council specifically based their charges on the University regulation which prohibits "room to room soliciting of votes." Hicks is said to have disregarded several individual house rules against pos- ters in washrooms. Answering the Council's charges, Hicks, who has taken down his literature, said he did not feel he was violating "either the spirit or the letter of the house rules." Strauss claimed he had secured permission from South Quad presi- dent Booth Tarkington, '54, and resident advisors of goth Gomberg and Lloyd houses for room to room campaigning. Perry could not be reached for comment. Malcolm Seeks Place il World When Keats was only 22 years old he had made a great poetic contribution to the world. So had Mozart, in the field of music. Donald Malcolm, '53, is now in his dotage, but he still hopes to make his contribution to the. Sworld's literature before he is tak- en away.' The vehicle is the Gargoyle of which he is Managing Editor.' It hits the streets tomorrow and will cost 25 cents. Gargoyle is a humour CHICAGO UNIVERSITY : YR Federation Requests Student'sReinstatement. By DIANE DECKER The Midwestern Federation of College Young Republican Clubs is sending a petition to the University of Chicago this week asking that graduate student Bob Andelson, recently denied an MA degree in ethics, be reinstated. The YR petition expressed the opinion that charges that Andel- son was "morally and ethically" unqualified for the degree were po- litically inspired. ANDELSON was refused his degree after publishing an article in the "American Student," published by Students for America of which he is vice-director, entitled, "U. of .- ° (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles dealing with the proposed Union wing. In the dis- cussion stage for several years, a decision on the addition is expected soon. By HARLAND BRITZ Daily Associate Editor The future of the proposed wing to the Union lies in the hands of the University's students and alumni. With a major policy decision ex- pected within the-next six months, theo TTrrrnm.cit+ mmn, t, r + which, if any, ° of the proposals are best suited to the needs of the campus. , It is possible that a poll will be taken of Union members after sev- eral alternatives have been sug- gested. The League has already been called into consultation and alumni groups may also be solicit- ed for their opinion. The need for popular endorsement is hightened by the posibility of a student tax. * for the least clearly defined sec- tion of the addition-that an- nex currently referred to as the student activities wing. Since both men and women are con- cerned with the new building, the Union Board cannot go ahead with plans until they know how everybody wants the wing to fujnction. Some student leaders feel that a student activities wing could profitably be annexed to the Union, Chicago-Springboard for Krem- lin's Propaganda." It later ap- peared in a paid advertisement in the Chicago Maroon, student news- paper at the University. In his article, the student charged Chicago University of- ficials with harboring Commu- nist groups and maintained that lication, of leftist incidents occur- ring during the Kimpton admin- istration. Other action taken by the Federation at its weekend con- vention in. Bloomington, Id., included passage of a resolution endorsing Sen. Joseph McCar- thy (R-Wis)..