0 4 EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4 L as Latest Deadline in the State Palig. CLOUDY, WARMER VOL. LXIII, No. 127 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953 SIX PAGES r S 5 Regent Aspirants Discuss Program Eckert, Kennedy, Hatch, Robinson Vie for Two Posts in State Election By BARNES CONNABLE Daily City Editor Michigan voters go to the polls Monday to elect two Regents to sit on the eight-member University governing body for eight years. Although the spring campaigns traditionally have resulted in Re- publican victories, strong Democratic opposition faces incumbent GOP Regents Otto E. Eckert and Dr. Charles 8. Kennedy this year. * * * * CHALLENGERS HAZEN HATCH and Thomas Robinson have been outspoken critics of present Board policies in one of the hottest Regents races in recent history. Democratic hopes are also up in view of the 10 percent gain in votes over Republicans two years ago in spite of a GOP landslide. Regents Eckert and Kennedy are seeking their second term on the Board. Regent Eckert has been general manager of the Lansing municipal power and water works for 25 years. His running mate is head sur- geon at Detroit Grace Hospital and serves on the staffs of six other hospitals. Both Democratic contenders are prominent Michigan attor- neys and graduates of the University Law School. Robinson practiced law in Holland for 20 years before moving to ' his present residence in Benton Harbor. A native of Marshall, Hatch is a former member of the State Legislature's University Committee. * * * * THE DAILY has submitted a list of six questions to each of the major party candidates. The questions, and their answers, follow. 1) On what platform are you running for office?. ECKERT-To provide the best possible educational opportunities for our young people. To see that the taxpayers' dollar and the stu- dents' contribution provides the most for the money. HATCH-Basically my platform is as follows: 1) Regents meetings should be open to the public and press. 2) The University Extension Service should be open to everyone, regardless of race, color, creed or affiliation with any group or or- ganization. 3) The University must plan now for the future instead of wait- ing until it is over-run by a-large student population with inadequate facilities and teaching staffs to take care of it. A long-range plan for expansion and growth must be formulated before it is too late. 4) Education at the University must be provided as reasonably as possible. Although there are great problems in this area, the Regents should strive continually to keep down tuition costs so that qualified persons may benefit from the University's opportunities regardless of their financial backgrounds. KENNEDY-Seven years record as-a Regent and "no politics in the administration of University affairs." ROBINSON-I believe that faculty, student and administration problems should be brought closer to the people of the State than they have been under past Boards of Regents. New ideas should be brought into the Board via new Regents so that the University will be able to take more of a leadership role among the nation's colleges and universities. * * * * 2) The State Board of Agriculture recently opened its meet- ings to the press. Do you feel the Regents should take the same action? ECKERT-Ths question is now before the Board and should be decided by the entire Board. HATCH-I definitely favor the open door. The Regents hold the * * * * * 41 Re s Ask New Korean eeting Slow Tally Delays Final SL Results Russia Says Will Support Chinese Plan" Soviet Indicates UN Arms Shift By the Associated Press The Communists this morning1 proposed a meeting Monday in the Panmunjom truce center to. discuss the exchange of sick and! wounded prisoners of war and date for resuming Korean arm is- tice talks. The Reds also included in a let- ter from their high command to Gen. Mark Clark, copies of Coin- munist statements "concerning a proposal on the question of re-j patriation of prisoners of war." * * * CLARK SAID yesterday "we'. e making all preparations" for re- newing the truce talks which were broken off Oct. 8. He said his com- mand "will be ready to go.' Meanwhile Soviet Russia broadcast in many tongues yes- terday a pledge by Prime Min- ister Malenkov's young govern- ment to help fully in ending the Korean War on terms espoused by Red China's Chou En-lai. The pledge was made for For- eign Minister V. M. Molotov in a 1,000-word statement to the Soviet news agency Tass. He backed the views which the Chinese Commun- ist and North Korean governments voiced Tuesday. And in the United Nations, the Soviet Union made an apparent bid yesterday to close long-stand- ing differences on general disarm- ament. The disarmament action-an involved situation still under study by UN delegates-looked like the first break in a seven-I year stalemate. Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky scrapped his old-time hard words on condemning' the West on the, question and accepted a Western plan calling for continued work by the U. N. Disarmament Com- mission. Meanwhile, the Korean front turned quiet yesterday after sharp, local fights at each end of the 155-mile battle line. Six On Gain Victory First Ballot WHILE ELECTION WORKERS IN THE SL RACE, AND MIKE SENIOR CLASSES. Posts Filled On Boards By StudentsI In a dragging count of election returns for posts on the Board in Control of Student Publications early this morning, indications were that Don Dugger '53 had clinched the first spot on the board by a wide margin of victory. Two more posts remained un- filled when The Daily went toj press. * * ,' * SECOND IN the pack of candi- dates was Al Green, '53, with Sue' Popkin, '54 and Al Ternes, '54 close behind. The count in the race for five member-at-large Union vice- presidencies was proceeding very slowly with only Howard Nem- erovski, '54E, definitely elected. Bob Perry, '53E, was running second with no other returns available. In the individual school, Union "veep" contest, William Van't Hof walked away with the Law School vice-presidency over Bob Baker, Harvey Howard and Brad Stone, and Gerald Gleich was elected Medical School vice-president over Edward Reifel. In the race for the one posi- tion on the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, Andy Kaul, '55, beat out two opponents by garnering 1,546 votes. Steve Jelin, '55, came in second with 1,012 tallies, and Ron Gora, '55, trailed with 875. Si -Daily-Don Campbell SORTED STACKS OF BALLOTS, FIRST RESULTS CAME THROUGH SHOWING BOB ELY FIRST CHERER AND HOWARD NEMEROVSKI PRESIDENTS OF THE LITERARY AND ENGINEERING * * * * * * * * * Scherer Nemerovski New Union Win Class Presidencies Constitution Mike Scherer rolled up 471 votes to breeze to victory as president Gets Approval of next year's literary college senior class, last night's election count showed. Janet Netzer, his only opponent, received 264 votes. The Union constitution piled up * * BOB GOLTEN.nosed out two opponents by a narrow margin win vice-presidency of the class. He received 275 votes, to 232 fo runnerup Tom Dyckman and 215 for Mort Friedman. Secretary's post went to Betty Magyar whose 440 votes topped Betsy Smith's 279. -- -- And Fred Hicks swept the trea r T urer's post with 477 votes ov Airport ticKet Dave Goldstick's 216 tally. dale To End HOWARD NEMEROVSKI w ~Sal iOelected president of next year' engineering college senior cla with a comfortable 130 votes. St Today is the last day that sn phen Qua, other candidate for th dents may make reservations on post, received 84 votes. the "Willow Hoppers," Wolverine Ken Moore squeezed outa Club sponsored buses going to Wil- 106 to 102 victory over John low Run Airport tomorrow. Munn for vice-president of th Buses are scheduled to leave class. the Union at 12:30 p.m., 2:15 ;:.m., Larry Roger was elected treas 3:45 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m urer, receiving 107 votes, while hi tomorrow. Reservations can still opponent, George Gryka, receiv be made from 1 to 4 p.m. today, ed 87. and tickets also can be obtained William Stemwell, Jr., was un at time of departures of the buses. opposed for the secretary's pos The cost for the trip one way is Lion. o 85 cents and 1.50 round trip. In other election tallies, Rober Dombrowski, Donna Hoffman an Dorothy Fink were elected to th Gargoyle Sale J-Hop Committee on the fir ballot. The all-campus sales of Gar- Others elected to the committe goyle will continue from 12 to 1 were Pete Davidson, Harold John p.m. today in front of Mason Hall, son, Jay Martin, Betsey Sherre the Union, the Law Quad and other Mary Sue Shoop and Nancy Stev points on campus. ens. an impressive 2,498 to 247 mar- to gin of victory in last night's all- 'rcampus. election ballot counting. Indications earlythis morning were that the student bookstore referendum would also carry de- cisively, although tabulations were s- far from complete. er * * * RATIFICATION of the new Un- ion constitution by the male stu- dent body climaxed 16 months of is revision, rewriting and amending es by Union constitution revision he sub-committees. By VIRGINIA VOSS Persistent rain yesterday sent balloting totals for spring elec- tions down from an all-time high first-day vote to a below record final count of 5,998. Representing 39 per cent of eli- gible voters, the less than 6,000 tally is a drop of seven per cent from last fall's record vote of 7,426. BUT THE TWO-DAY elections made one record. Student Legis- lature candidate Boy Ely, '5E, piled up 437 first place votes to top the previous high of 431, set in fall elections by Rajesh Gupta, Grad. With a total of 10 categories of ballots to distribute, cautious counters kept a restless Union ballroom crowd waiting until 11:45 p.m. yesterday for first results. Initial quota was set at 276 for the complex Hare System counting and six candidates came in for first-ballot victory. Second to be elected was present SL vice-presi- dent Bob Neary, '54BAd., with 383 votes. Fred Hicks, '54, polled 374 first- place votes to come in third in the 31-candidate race. Remaining first-ballot victors were three wo- men: Maryalice Jessup, '54, with 331 votes; Ricky Gilman, '55, with 316 tallies; and Ruth Rossner, '55, with 282 votes. Second ballot distribution put one more candidate, Ned Simon, '55, on the Legislature. . * * * WHILE ON-LOOKERS lit fire- crackers and the Joint Judiciary patrol munched hamburgers dur- ing lapses in the marathon count, SL Race As the Daily went to press at 2 a.m. this morning, the fol- lowing candidates had won election to the Student legis- lature in this order: Bob Ely, '55E Bob Neary, '54 Fred Hicks, '54 Maryalice Jessup, '54 Ricky Gilman, '55N Ruth Rossner, '55 Ned Simon, '55 Marc Jacobson, '55 Hank Berliner, '56 The following candidates were still in the running: Fritz Glover, '55E Janet Netzer, '54 Lorraine Baldwin, '55 Al Strauss, Grad. Vic Hampton, '54BAd. Imre Zwiebel, '54E Rosemary Rehn, '55 Keith Gordon, '55 Larry Harris, '5 Eugene McCracken, '56E Dolores LaFond, '54Ed. David Davidson, '54 Sue Klame, '55 Bob Chigrinsky, '55 Carol Lee Frankensteen, '55 Phil Jacobus, '55 Dick Spero, '54 still-in-the-running candidates congratulated victors and a few gathered to discuss the low total count. SL president Howard Willens '53, blamed the 39 per cent total principally on the low number of candidates. Thirty-one were in the running for 20 SL seats and candidates contesting all charter of the University for the' people of Michigan. They deal with public funds and public ques-. tions. It is important that the people have access to the manner of those dealings. Obviously exec- utive sessions on confidential mat- ter such as faculty appointments would be necessary under the open meeting system. But when final ac- tion is taken, the Regents ;hould stand up and be counted. KENNEDY-Personally, no. But the whole subject is under discus- sion by a committee of the press and the Regents. ROBINSON-Yes. Since the Re- gents are elected by the people of the State, they should have a di- rect responsibility to the electorate. The present Regent policy of closedmeetings makes it impos- Psible for the electorate to obtain voting records of their represen- tatives and hold them directly re- sponsible for their actions. The people of Michigan are entitled to know how the Board spends tax money, exactly what its policies are, and each individual's voting record on all important education- al programs. 3.) How do you feel about curl' rent investigations of alleged subversion in American colleges? v ECKERT - Subversion should not be tolerated anywhere. Inves- tigating methods should be car- ried on in such a way as not to in- %y--'------"-- UNION-LEAGUE CONFAB: Meetingr Discusses Coed Student UnionPossibility Possible elimination of the present Michigan Union and Women's League in favor of a co-ed student building was discussed at an im- portant campus meeting yesterday. Sub-committees of the Union and League boards of directors met to discuss the issue. Bill Jentes, '55L, termed the results of S 7 i J 1 l x a a n ie is- Zis V- n- si- 1- rt nd he rst ,ee n-. er, !v- Beginning work in the fall of 1951, the first major changes in the 11 year old document were completed a year ago when the membership okayed three basic amendments at a special meet- ing held in the Union ballroom. Victory for the bookstore pro- posal would put the Union in a position to ask the Board of Re- gents to change the policy of not allowing the University to com- pete with Ann Arbor merchants. . A favorable Regents decision would mean a reversal of policy established in 1930 versity governing down a request to store in the first tion. when the Uni- board turned install a book- building addi- the conference as highly encour-*, aging.- * * * * * * BOTH PARTIES were highly re- ceptive to the idea of unification as the only solution to future problems. Discussion hinged large- ly around which of the buildings should be enlarged and what might be done with the other structure. Financial and management problems of a unified union were cited as the chief obstacles in the way of the planners. t Significantly the question of maintaining the status quo with a separate Union and League did not enter the discussion. On the other hand, the idea of simply adding to the present Un- ion was not presupposed as the only answer. PER CAPITA TA X PROPOSED: Students May Pay for Planned Union Addition -4/' (EDI)TOR' NOTE: This is the third In a series of articles concerning the proposed addition to the Union.) By HARLAND BRITZ Daily Associate Editor Money for a student activitiesI wing for the proposed Union ex- tension may eventually have to come from student pocketbooks. Neither the University nor the Union is able to give any financial{ aid for the structure. ** * THOUGH University officials! haovn shon interPet in the mrh I ing. It would have to other sources. come from The Union has some funds for construction, but it will go to- wards financing the rear addi- tion which will revamp and ex- tend current Union services. This situation has caused cer- tain student leaders to suggest that a tax be Igid on every stu- dent for perhaps the next 15 years. The exact amount would depend on the cost of the struc-. +,-r hn+ +ip fmr m l nrn- the project out. When the Union was originally built, one million dollars was raised from an alum- ni drive. However, this is still on- ly speculation. As far as the one and three- quarter million addition and re- vamping of current Union serv- ices is concerned, the Union now has $600,000 available, the money coming from three ac- counts. These accounts are lab- eled for replacement of furni- . ture and fixtures, major build- :-n ran :-re aA nay hnl m. for the additional $1,150,000. No plans have yet been made as to the procedure for doing this. The $1,750,000 estimate for the service wing was made three years ago, and according to Union General Manager Frank Kuenzel, costs have since risen somewhat. (Next-A Coed Union?) New Cabinet Post Official World News Round up By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The House yesterday overwhelmingly approv- ed a bill giving coastal states clear title to tidelands beneath the sea. WASHINGTON-Gen. James A. Van Fleet testified yesterday he could have destroyed the Red armies in Korea two years ago. LE HAVRE, France - West German Chancellor Konrad Ade- nauer is on his way to Wash- ington and long-heralded con- ferences with President Eisen- hower and American leadcvs. I,