LITTLE RED ROBIN HOOI) See Page 4 , triiUUa Daii44b - o Latest Deadline in the State MILD, POSSIBLE SHOWERS VOL. LXIV, No. 52 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1953 EIGHT PAGES Panel Talks On Effects Of Probes 'Freedom Week' Topic Discussed By DOROTHY MYERS Members of an Academic Free- dom Week forum agreed yester- day that some methods of Con- gressional committees investigat- ing the field of education were ob- jectionable, but sharply disagreed on what an individual's or uni- versity's duties should be toward the committee. Discussing the question "Have Congressional investigating com- mittees had a favorable or unfa- vorable effect on American educa- tion?" .were two professors and five students. Approximately 175 students and faculty members at- tended the forum. Panel rhembers included Prof. Edwin E. Moise of the mathemat- ics department, Prof. Paul G. Kauper of the Law School, Dave Kornbluh, '54, Jack Danielson, Grad., Eugene Hartwig, '55, Myron Sharpe, Grad., and Donald Miller, 154L . STARTING off the discussion, Danielson claimed "investigations into education have been, without any exception, detrimental to ed- r ucation." "Unless all views are present- ed and unless all views are sub- jected to criticism, education is not free," Danielson asserted. A more conservative opinion was aired by Hartwig, who de- fined academic freedom as "free- dom to question the existing state of things and arrive at the most accurate and truthful answer to intellectual problems." HARTWIG qualified his defi- nitibn by saying academic free- dom ends where deliberate bias and distortion of fact begins. "Thus a faculty person bound to a party line cannot enjoy academic freedom since his investigation and study must produce a pre- determined pattern of results," he said. "We still do have as close to complete academic freedom in this country as it is possible to come," Hartwig maintained. Prof. Moise said it is the forces outside the universities that must be watched, for academic freedom depends upon the independence of the individual school. The mathematics professor in- dicated he did not consider it an impropriety for committees to sub- poena academicians, but said it was an impropriety for commit- tees to dictate the firing of certain professors to schools. * * * NEXT panel speaker, Sharpe said "it is impossible to cite the hundreds upon hundreds of pro- fessors who have been ousted be- cause an accusing finger was pointed at them." Claiming that "the thing at stake now is to expose non-con- formists and to root out Com- munist Party members from ed- ucation," Sharpe asked "Where will it stop?" Miller maintained if the com- mittee "has the legal authority to ask a question, the individual has the responsibility to answer it." PROF. KAUPER said "the Un- American Activities Committee was designed neither to harass education nor to promote the wel- fare of education. No one can ' question the authority of the com- mittee, he continued, but that doesn't mean one approves of the group. "I do not believe the use of the Fifth Amendment is a nec- essary sign of guilt," he said, "but it warrants a separate in- vestigation conducted by the university to see whether a man is still adequate to discharge his duties" Kornbluh cited two general det- rimental effects of the investigat- ing committees - dismissals of professors and the indirect phsy- chological effects, which, he said, included limitations on student or- ganizations and the atmosphere fostered by committees which has influenced university administra- tors. SA C:ToDiscuss Early Semester Asked by Group Exam Study Committee Requests 'Faculty Poll on August Beginning By ERIC VETTER Daily City Editor A recommendation that the Dean's Conference present to Uni- versity faculty members the possibility of beginning school at the end of August for a three year trial period was tentatively passed by the final examination study committee yesterday. The unanimous recommendation will not become final until the study group officially acts on the possibility of switching the University calendar .to a quarterly system. Action on this is expected to come at the group's next meeting on Dec. 3. If the group disapproves the quarter system, their recommen- dation to begin classes late in August and end semesters before Christ- mas and Memorial Day will go to G-reen las Kiidnappers Both To Die KANSAS CITY - (P) - The kidnap-slayers of Bobby Green- lease were sentenced to death yes- terday and will go to the gas cham- ber together for their ruthless crime. Federal Judge Albert Reeves set their execution date for Dec. 18, exactly one week before Christ- mas. Officers of the court said Carl Austin Hall, 34, and Bonnie Brown Heady, 41, would be taken into the gas chamber at the same time. "IT'S TOO GOOD for them but it is the best the law provides," said grim-jawed Robert C. Green- lease Sr, multimillionaire father of the slain 6-year-old boy. Within minutes after the U.S. District Court jury recommend- ed the supreme penalty, Judge Reeves pronounced the sentence. It was learned last night the jury immediately decided on the death penalty for Hall. But one juror held out for life imprison- ment for Mrs. Heady. After an hour's- persuasion, he agreed to the death penalty. THE PAIR will die in the little gray stone death house in just one month - 22 months from Sept. 28, the day they lured 6-year-old Bobby to a horrible death 'in a Kansas wheat field. Neither Hall, the playboy who squandered a fortune, then turned to crime, nor his alco- holic mistress showed any emo- tion at the sentence. Asked by Judge Reeves if they had any comment, Hall said, 'No sir" Mrs. Heady shook her head. The mother of the fair-haired little victim broke down and cried when the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reached her at her home here. "My feeling about capital pun- ishment makes no difference," she said. "There isn't any form of death that can--begin to compare with the suffering my husband and I have endured since Bobby was taken, much less what Bobby endured." the Dean's Conference. * * * PROPOSED by Prof. Douglas Crary of the geography depart- ment, the plan's chief advantage lies in the elimination of the present two school weeks after Christmas vacation and before fi- nal examinations. The group termed this period ineffective instructionally from both the student and faculty viewpoint. An uninterrupted pe- riod of instruction culminating in final examinations results under the plan. Further consequences would be a three or four week Christmas va- cation with school beginning in the second or third week of Jan- uary and ending 17 weeks later in May. The problem of a lull be- tween school and final exams is also solved by scheduling Com- mencement for a week after exam- inations. Thanksgiving vacation remains a long weekend, while Spring Re- cess would be either shortened to five days or remain at 10 depend- ing on the lenigth of the Christmas vacation. * * * A CHIEF disadvantage of the plan involves summer jobs which run until Labor Day, particularly resort jobs. The committee recog- nized 'certain jobs might not be available to students under the proposed change but argued the primary advantages of a more "re- alistic" school calender outweigh the criticism. Time limitations prevented. the presentation of the recent Student Legislature final exam- ination referendum results. Other advantages advanced by Prof. Crary for his plan include the elimination of the rush period by the Registrar's Office in proc- essing grades, elimination of con- gested travel conditions at Christ- mas by the staggering effect of final exams and a student's job opportunity advantage by end- ing school earlier in the spring then other schools. Disadvantages also considered ranged from interference with fall football practice to uncomfortable weather conditions in late Au- gust and a possible adverse effect on summer travel abroad. Strong faculty support centered on the allowance of more' time be- tweenasemesters for research work and attendance at professional meetings. Views Given By Hatcher On SL Vote Praises Students' Interest in Issue Expressing his viewpoint on the Student Legislature resolution adopted Wednesday, University President Harlan H. Hatcher said yesterday the "University would not think of moving against any- one solely because he was called before a committee." The President was commenting on the statement passed unani- mously by SL aimed at protect- ing a student's position toward University disciplinary authorities in the event of being called to tes- tify before a Congressional inves- tigating group. * * * BECAUSE he had just returned from Lansing and had not had the opportunity to study the SL resolution, President Hatcher de- clined to comment in more de- tail on the matter but did praisel the students for taking an inter- est in the subject. Charles E. Odegaard, Dean of the Literary College said yes- terday, it was reasonable for students to attempt to assure themselves protection against disciplinary action by means of procedural review in' individual cases. Also commenting on the SL stand a joint statement issued by Lee Fiber '54 and Jim Smith '54L of the Joint Judiciary Council maintained: "It is a desirable goal that student interest included in any type of occurence taking place off campus is being considered and acted upon by student or- ganizations. "When such considerations and actions," the statement continued, "directed at as serious and po- tentially far-reaching a matter as the effect of Congressional invest- igation committees results in the type of definite resolution express- ing student opinion as the one passed by the Student Legislature, that goal is almost at hand." Ve ie Of Truman in SAC Study Group Asks Suggestions' Present student members of the Student Affairs Committee will be asked to submit a rationale for3 their positions on the Committee, the special faculty-student giroup studying SAC decided yesterday. Holding its second meeting, the eight-member study group also re- peated an earlier request for all interested students to turn in their suggestions on membership and functions of SAC. PRESENT SAC student mem- bership is by organization, but is based on experience rather than representation, and the study committee is interested in learning why each member thinks his or- ganizational experience qualifies him for SAC. The group would like to hear from other student leaders 'notj now on SAC who feel their or- ganizations are entitled to a Z7A seat. Effec 7U.S. Seeks Code Clerk From Ottawa McCarthy rold Of Reds at GE By The Associated Press Rep. Harold H. Velde (R-Ill.), chairman of the House Un-Ameri- can Activities -Committee said in Cleveland yesterday his Truman subpoena still stands, and that he hopes the former President "'willsee the necessity"of appear- ing voluntarily. Also yesterday, the State De- partment relayed to the Canadian government a request that sena- tors investigating the Harry Dex- ter White case be allowed to ques- tion a former code clerk .of the Russian Embassy in Ottawa. n * .* VELDE, answering reporters' questions, said he did not plan to issue any contempt citation S against Harry S. Truman. Says Subpoena -Daily-Dean Morto STUDENTS CAST VOTES IN SDA POLL Poll Shows Student All reports should be turned in Up hold Opinion Sanctity to the grouP's chairman, Prof Lionel H. Laing of the political science department. Students upheld the sanctity of personal opinion in a poll on Yesterday's meeting was largely investigating committee methods held on the diag yesterday by the concerned with the historical Students for Democratic ction. background of the powerful SAC. The question asked Was "Should Legislative Investigating Coin- The Committee was traced inittees have the power to coercively inquire into the political, eco- He added, "That would be presumptuous at this time," but declined to say whether some such action might be taken in the future. The Senate internal security subcommittee showed .every indi- cation of pushing ahead with its inquiry into Communists in gov- ernment in the face of President ,' back to its genesis in 1902 when the Senate Committee on Non-' Athletic Organizations was formed to supervise the existing student activities outside of athletics. It was given its present name nomic, social and religious views students polled, 525 voted no and" mittees. According to David Kornbluh students said no "with gusto." TI the belief that ar individual has of individuals?" Out of the 649 Eisenhower's expressed hope the 126 upheld the power of the com- issue will be dead by the time of next year's election. , president of SDA, most of the Former President Truman greet- he majority of students expressed ed Eisenhower's statement with a right to his Dpinions, he said. laughter yesterday in St. Louis, S "Committee on Student Affairs" URVEY .in 1914 Next meeting of the study group on Thursday, Dec. 3 will take up Good Business further historical study with em- Guoo kssphasis on SAC's relation to other 0 u ook Seen University committees and groups. The pollsters found that many - students were unwilling to even vote yes or no because they "didn't;Judoe D en es sign anything anymore." Most ofJ the students were willing to co- R d Dem and operate, however, because they weren't required to sign their names, he said. For M istrial The major difficulty in the poll was that students objected to the Special to The Daily vagueness of he question. Many DETROIT - A demand for a did not know what the word "co- mistrial and sharp charges and ercively" meant, and others found counter-charges issued to and by Business in the coming year should be good, but the outlook is' not as bright as it was for 1953, according to Prof. George Katona, program director of the Survey Research Center. In a survey made by the Uni- versity Research Center for Busi- ness Week Magazine and begun in the early weeks of the Korean Truce, it was found that the con- sumer will spend less than he did in 1953. * * * ACCORDING to Prof. Katona, many business men are worried that buying will fall. What is nec- essary to know, he explained is what the consumer will do. While indicating more pessi- mism than in tha fall of 1952, the survey showed that the con- sumer will be willing to buy if the products are good. But many are looking forward with caution. Only 25 percent of those interviewed foresaw contin- uous good times, with the propor- tion expecting bad times being- higher than any time in the last two years. * * * ABOUT 46 per cent had expec- tations of a depressionor recession sometime during the next five years. Lippmann With this issue The Daily will begin running syndicated col- umnist Walter Lippmann. Commentaries by the noted foreign policy expert will ap- pear on the editorial page ap- proximately twice weekly. See Page 4 for Lippmann's on the spot analysis of Soviet policy in Austria. Deportation Case Still Unresolved Dr. Vera Hsi-Yen Wang Liu of the University Hospital pediat- rics department-reported yesterday that nothing new has developerI in the deportation prosQendings ini- tiated against her last spring. A bill was introduced in Con- gress by Rep. George Meader of Ann Arbor to delay the proceed- ings, and further action on the bill is pending, Dr. Liu reported. it too strong. Several objected to the scope of the question. Many of the students who voted in favor of investigating methods still felt that certain opinions, such as religious beliefs, should be beyond question.j Students May Get ISA Posts. The house of repreevt t vsof the International Students Asso- ation yesterday discussed the pos- sibility of student representation on the board of foreign students emergency fund committee. This committee, run by the as- sistant director of the Internation- al Center, has no student members at present. government witness William ODell Nowell highlighted yesterday's pro- ceedings against six Michigan Communists charged with conspir- ing to overthrow the Government. O'Dell testified that when he was a member of the CP in the 1930's he and other party mem- bers were taught in a 'civil war- fare class" in Moscow to abduct the President of the United States in the event of a "revolution ." The defense countered by claim- ing the accusations could not be corroborated but was overruled. Then the defense demanded a re- trial and Judge Frank A. Picard" denied the motion. Following this, defense counsel, Ernest Goodman, under cross-ex- amination brought out that the witness had a long career in both leftist and rightist groups since leaving the CP.. the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report- ed. When asked for comment on the statement, Truman was quot- ed as saying '"you can just say I laughed." MEANWHILE, in Cleveland;. Velde, speaking at a luncheon session of the National Metal Trades Association, questioned the basis of Truman's refusal to ari- swer the House committee's sub- poena. He gave the name of John Ty- ler as an' example of an ex- President who had appeared before a Congressional body, Without further elaboration, his speech contained this point: "The subpoena served upon Mr. Truman to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities remains in full force and effect even though the net r result to the committee was a re- spectful declination to appear." Hetsaid he thought Truman eventually , "will see the necessity to appear before some appropriate body instead of prattling to the radio and the press." HOW LONG the Ottawa spy investigation may go on is un- certain. But Sen. William E. Jeri- ner (R-Ind.) said his subcommit- tee is concerned with the govern- ment's internal security- and "our I OPENS TODAY: Seasoned Actors Star In Dr ama MandrTagola --- LAB BILL TO OPEN: By NAN SWINEHART Nancy Born, John Bennes and Bernard Tone, stars of the Arts Theater production of "Mandra- gola," opening at 8:30 p.m. today, have a great deal of experience behind them. Remembered by Arts Theater patrons for her last year's per- formances in "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Playboy of the} Western World," Miss Born has also done numerous roles in the University Speech Department Plays. SHE STUDIED in Washington wharI h a diO.UI din nd tUl vicinn wnere sn aia raaio ana Leevisen work and was director of a chil- Forecasts dren's theater. Miss Born will times were1 direct the first children's theater that of thos performance here and instructs long term p the children's creative dramatics confident t program at Arts Theater. perity will l Bennes, who has worked in year. films and radio, is a director and The survey actor with much of his exper- people are in ience in California. He has that they ha worked at the Actors' Lab in financially th Hollywood and in Los Angeles off of prices a and Santa Monica. In the east of inflation"1 he has worked in Cambridge," ence. Bennington and New York. Behind Tone are more than 12 years of experience in the theater. !, ousec His career has ranged from a GI *hpA1-i.r inno'1arnd t i icitthea-!ase of good buying based on the fact se pessimistic about prospects, half were hat present pros- ast at least another also showed that fluenced by the factl ave done fairly well his year. A leveling nd the "seeming end hightened this infli- of Lords Reenit Act Speech, Opera Students Join in Event The speech department's firstvn" laboratory bill this semester opens" at 8 p.nm. today in Lydia Mendels- sohn Theater with Irish, Bohemian and classic Greek settings. The lab bill features three shcrt comedies and Act II of Smetana's opera "The Bartered Bride." This marks the 'first' time that opera and speech students'- have cor-n bined on a laboratory bill. J. M. Synge's "The Shadow of the Glen" is first on the pro- gram. One of Synge's most suc- cessful plays, it is more popular today in Ireland than "Riders: to the Sea," which is perhaps }better known in this country. objective is to go right aheadt witn the kind of work we have been doing." Canada rejected one request earlier this month that the sub- commitee be allowed to question a one-time Soviet code expert, Igor Gouzenko. He split with the Reds after World War II and disclosed details of a Rus- sian atomic spy ring in Canada that reached into the United States. 'The Dominion government said Gouzenko had revealed all the in- formation in his possession. And in Boston yesterday, a former General Electric employe startled a crowded courtroom by quitely testifying before Sen. Jo- heph McCarthy's Senate subcom- mittee that he has been a member of the Communist Party asan FBI informer since 1941 and that there are Red cells in GE plants. 1\T-. - -_'.Kb -~ Q ,.. 1' ..r 4 ".. I I