AN EDITORIAL See Page 4 Li L t D4in1a Latest Deadline in the State 74n, 4 kr 00 - a t II FAIR AND WARMER VOL. LXIV, No. 153 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1954 SIX PAGES Three Cited On Contempt Accusations U' To Take No Further Action By JIM DYGERT No further action or change in procedure regarding the suspen- sion of H. Chandler Davis of the mathematics department will be undertaken, University President Harlan H. Hatcher said last night, after Rep. Kit Clardy had an- nounced that Davis will be cited for contempt of Congress. President Hatcher also restated that no action would be taken on the two graduate students, Myron Sharpe and Edward Shaffer, un- less the contempt citation against them is sustained by Congress. Rep. Clardy announced yester- day that Davis and the two stu- dents will be charged with con- tempt of Congress for their un- willingness to cooperate with hear- ings of the House Un-American Activities subcommittee. The president announced Tues- day that no charges would be lev- eled against the students unless they were cited for contempt and the contempt charges were upheld by Congress. In the event that the students are convicted of con- tempt, the Joint Judiciary Council will probably be requested to b3old STUDENT COMMITTEE ADVISES University policy to withhold Scharges pending the outcome of the contempt proceedings was bas- ed on the recommendations of a special four-member student ad- visory committee to the President. Procedural arrangements for in- vestigating Davis and the two pro- fessors suspended for refusing to cooperate with the Clardy commit- tee, Mark Nickerson of the phar- macology department and Clement L. Markert of the zoology depart- ment, include the executive com- mittees of the schools involved and a special faculty committee. HEARINGS WILL RESUME Rep. Clardy also announced yes- terday that his subcommittee would resume hearings in Michi- gan after the 1954 Congressional elections, probably Nov. 15. Chairman of the subcommittee, which recessed in Flint last week, Rep. Clardy indicated that unless something additional to be inves- tigated turns up, his group will fhold hearings in Detroit Nov. 15 and 16, and in Flint Nov. 17. 'U' Will Present Degree to Selassie Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethi- opia will be given ati honorary de- gree in a special convocation dur- ing a visit to the University on June 7. The stop here will be part of a nation-wide tour, during which the Emperor will visit tombs of' American leaders, meet great liv- ing Americans, and visit U. S. mil- itary bases and a typical Ameri- can family. SAC OK'S SL's Bid for Forum Session Will Include Viewpoints Of Subpoenaed Faculty, Students By GENE HARTWIG A new Student Legislature bid for approval of an open meeting today at which the faculty and students who testified at the Clardy hearings in Lansing May 10 can explain their stands before the com- mittee was okayed at a special meeting of the Student Affairs Com- mittee yesterday. SAC approval by an 11 toI Daily Bills Daily bills must be paid im- mediately or credits will be, withheld, it was announced yes- terday. Bills are payable at the Ad- ministration Bldg. World News Roundup By The Associated' Press DEFENSE PACT KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan and the United States yesterday signed a one-year mutual defense pact under which America will help equip and train the armed forces of this strategic nation. FRENCH ATTACK HANOI, Indochina - French planes launched massive air at- tacks yesterday on Vietminh reb- els moving men, heavy artillery antiaircraft batteries from Dien Bien Phu toward the Red River Delta. FORT DEFENDED LONDON-Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries was quoted in a Peip- ing broadcast yesterday saying his officers had elected to defend Dien Bien Phu to the end rather than heed French high command in- structions to flee to Laos. McCARTHY-ARMY WASHINGTON - The Eisen- hower administration threw the switches yesterday to start the McCarthy-Army hearings rolling again next Monday. IRISH ELECTION DUBLIN - Premier Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail Men of Des- tiny party fell slowly behind early today in Ireland's general election. MORE APPROPRIATIONS WASHINGTON - The Senate appropriations committee yester- day approved an army civil func- tions appropriations bill calling for $484,095,500. four vote allows the Legislature to go ahead with plans to hold the public meeting at 8 p.m. today in Auditorium B, Angell Hall. Principles at the meeting are expected to be the three faculty members Prof. Mark Nickerson of the Medical School and H. Chandler Davis of the mathemat- ics department. Graduate students Ed Shaffer and Myron Sharpe have also agreed to participate in the forum. According to SL President Steve Jelin, '55, who will preside over the session, the meeting will take the form of an open forum with each of the five allowed a maxi- mum of 15 minutes to present his views followed by a period of ques- tions from the floor. Jelin said he planned to ask the participants to confine their 15- minute statements to an explana- tion of their answers to the Clardy committee's questions. Jelin plans to preface the meeting with an ex- planation of its purpose as inform- ative in nature, giving those sub- poened a chance to state their cases and explain their actions. SAC vetoed a similar request for an open meeting last Tuesday on grounds of failure to secure SAC approval before going ahead with advance publicity on thei event. This procedural issue triggered further objections that the meet- ing, had it been held last Thurs- day as proposed, would have con- stituted a pre-hearing and an in- fringement on the work of the faculty and student agencies set up to handle the cases In denying the Legislature's re- quest by a 10 to four vote last week, SAC said it would "consider' a petition for such a meeting, in a special meeting if necessary, at any time subsequent to the deci- sion of the properly constituted faculty and student committees SAC, Dormitories Settle A rgumlent Answer Not YetReached In Arb Case ArbyOwnership Deciding Factor By LEE MARKS No decision had been reached late yesterday by local police on how to handle the cases of 58 Uni- versity students caught drinking beer in the Arboretum Saturday. Primarily, the case seemed to hinge on whether the Arb is con- sidered University or public prop- erty. If the Arb is considered Univer- sity property, police might be un- able to charge the offenders with drinking in a public park. What action would be taken on the other two possible charges, under-age drinking and furnishing liquor to minors, was not determined. "PUBLIC" CALLED VAGUE John Laird, assistant prosecut- ing attorney for WashtenawvCoun- ty, noted, "We haven't decided yet whether it is public or private property-the problem was dis- cussed only briefly. If the Board of Regents owns it, it is in a sense public but there are so many rami- fications to the word 'public' that I couldn't say offhand what it will. be considered." "In my estimation, the Arbore- tum is University owned," com- mented Acting Dean of Students Walter B. Rea. "Although the pub- lic has access to the Arb, as they do to the campus in general, I don't believe it is a public park," Edmund Cummiskey, University Attorney, concurred in the belief that the Arh was, the nroperty of Commend Hatcher Action, on Students Legislators Argue Campus Opinion On Suspensions During Long Debate By MURRY FRYMER A motion condemning the suspension of three members of the faculty who refused to cooperate with the Clardy investigating com- mittee was voted down by the- Student Legislature last night in a voice vote, 16 to 11. At the same time, SL unanimously passed another motion com- mending President Hatcher "on his actions with respect to the two students called to testify." The President's action yesterday had brought no charges against students Mike Sharpe, Grad., and Ed Shaffer, Grad., who also refused cooperation before the Clardy committee. The defeated suspension motion proposed by Joan Bryan, '55, stat- ed in part that "the Student Legislature, firmly convinced that the SL Prote sti: Votes Down Motion ng Suspensions -Daily-Chuck Keisey GARG SALES - The bi-lingual atomic Gargoyle machine used yesterday "has no limits," according to Larry Pike, Gargoyle managing editor. Crowds gathered around the device, neglecting studies and missing classes, Pike said. He added that because of this drastic innovation in selling, the Garg will probably achieve universal fame. the University but said he did not G eneva .Conference 1M[ know if the police could consider , University property as State prop-! erty and thus charge drinking in a public park anyway. Influence Fate of ALia Detective Lt. George Stauch and Detective John Walters continued to consut with Laird in an attnept By SAM REICH to consuhl wh o ird in an attempt (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an Interpretive article dealing wit eto cha co ion torwhat ap- conference situation.) Heared to be a ticklish problem, The fate of Asia may well be decided at Geneva. that where students a pebroug t The fall of Dien. Bien Phu has given the Communi thafwre tudnts arerohI bargaining point in the ten-year dispute over Indoc before Joint. Judic after having been penalized by the courts, people demand peace, and are caught between agit recognition is made of the penal- home front for peace and the necessity of maintaini ties already imposed and the fact t-ga ded as the key to that students are, in a way, ex- . Indochina, for Indc posed to double jeopardy. iinsan Names Asia. REA DENIES CHARGES RED PROGRES One aspect of the case troubled ' ew Officers In addition the both police and the University- - make daily progress -namely the perennial charge that paign to overrun thi, Ann Arbor has two sets of laws, The Board in Control of Stu- supplying area of 25 one for students and another for dent Publications has approved pie. non-students. Claims in a local the following appointments for newspaper that the University had junior positions on the business The war started requested the right to discipline staff of the Michiganensian: entered their attack their own students in this instance Barbara Barker, '56, Assistant the south, the Cam were vigorously denied by Dean Accounts Manager; Morgan Davis, the leadership of M Rea. '56 Assistant Advertising Mana- No Chi Minh, massed Concerning future raids on the ger; Richard Harrison, '56, Pro- In 1946, they att Arboretum, Stauch said, "If it is motions Manager; Cathy King, Among their number brought to our attention that there '56, Assistant Office Manager;, aists who hated Fre are any more of these beer blasts, Robert Porter, Campus Sales Man- zation more than th we will certainly go down there ager; Csnthia Stone, tales Man- Communists. According to Municipal Court ager. Judge Francis O'Brien, drinking D To meet the em offenses are considered misde- Distribution of the 1954 'En- French created three meanors and thus are punishable sian will take place from 9 to 5:30 -Viet Nam, Camboc by a maximum penalty of $100, 90 p.m. Monday at the Student Publi- The Reds took adva days in jail, or both. cations Bldg. Receipts must be weakness in this un .ay Block'M' All persons interested in sit- ting in the Block "M" section at next fall's football games may sign up from noon to 3 p.m. today and Friday at Bar- bour Gym. SAC also settled a long stand- ing jurisdictional dispute with the Board of Governors of Residence Halls yesterday by affirming agreement with the principles set forth in a report of a sub-com- Ii~ittee of the Board set up to re- solve the issue. Resulting from several joint meetings of sub-committees of both SAC and the Board of Gov- ernors, the report clarifies ques- tions of jurisdiction and authority granted by the Board of Regents to the two groups. a C th the Geneva sts a powerful china. French ation on the ing coptrol of all southeast ochina is re- S MADE Communists in their cam- s vast rubber- s million peo- 1945 as a na- ile the rebels s on Saigon in nunists, under oscow-trained d in the north ,cked Hanoi. s were nation- mch coloniali- iey feared the ergencies, the major states dia, and Laos. antage of the ion to gain a PREADS sses have been manpower is has spread in sde Cambodia end Hanoi are targets. These e been saved ombination of d the timely nsoon season. can afford to French can- t makes the so crucial. best way to preserve our freedoms" is to go on freely and proudly ex- ercising those freedoms, strongly protests the recent suspension . . which was based on an assumption of . . . non-cooperation before the House Committee on Un-Ameri- can Activities." "We further maintain," it con- tinued, "that these faculty should not have been suspended prior to a hearing by their peers. We be- lieve that implicit in this is the assumption that these faculty are guilty until proven innocent." STUDENT OPINION ASKED Supporting the motion, Miss Bryan said that Sbmust take heed of student opinion and "justify their support in the elections." Bill Adams, '55, opposing, said that "you must first find out what the people you are representing think." Vice President Ned Simon, '55, also argued against the motion pointing to the fact that the fac- ulty men were suspended "with full pay." "If there was an assumption by the administration that they were guilty," he said, "they would not get full pay." Simon also pointed to the promised "early hearing" by the administration, which he said was another indication that the University has not assumed that the faculty men are guilty. Paul Dormont, '55, favored the motion, declaring that President Hatcher himself was quoted as saying that "anyone who does not cooperate (with the committee) brings upon himself a cloud of doubt and suspicion." CLOSED DEBATE DEFEATED During the long debate on the issue, an executive session was called for which would remove The Daily from hearing the dis- cussion on the motion. After a protest by President Steve Jelin, '55, that this was "not fair to the students, or to a free press," the motion for a closed debate was defeated. The motion to commend Presi- dent Hatcher on his decision con- cerning the two students, which was proposed by Jelin, said that SL believes that the President "in establishing the student ad- visory committee and in consult- ing with that body, has acted in; the best interests of the academic community." fHouse Vote H ueRevises Social Security Act By The Associated Press The House Ways and Means Committee voted yesterday to bring farm operators, doctors and other professional groups, and state and local government em- ployes underthe federal social se- curity system. The action, affecting more than seven million persons, was in line with a request from President Eisenhower, who has made ex- pansion of social security cover. age a prime goal of his Adminis- tration. The committee approved all of Eisenhower's requests for exten- sion of coverage except one and in some cases went even further than the President had suggested. It deferred action on the ques- tion of coverage for an estimated 2,600,000 farm laborers. Yesterday's ,decisions, if finally enacted, would bring in about 3,- 600,000 farm operators and about 500,000 doctors, lawyers, dentists, architects, professional engineers, public accountants and other pro- fessional people under compulsory coverage. The American Medical Associa- tion had strongly opposed the move for doctors. They were in- cluded by a closed-door commit- tee vote of 12-8. Committee members said the vbte to include farmers was not unanimous but was surprisingly heavy. Locally, Prof. George A. Peek of the political science depart- ment commented, "Most people are in favor of social security- the vote in Congress two years ago was overwhelming. This vote just represents a general trend and offers no exciting angle." The present law permits cover- age under the federal system of retirement or death benefits for state and local employes only if they are not covered by local re- tirement systems. Prejudice, Israel ,Discussed; Critic To Give Hopwood Talk ISRAEL-ARAB RELATIONS "New nations are now in the process of being born; history is making good what had been the disaster of the Middle East for more than 2000 years," Prof. Shlo- .mo Dov Goigtein, head of the school of Oriental Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, ISA TEA The International Center and the International Students Asso- ciation will sponsor a special tea in honor of Miss Carolyn Little and Miss Marya Wester from 4:30 to 6 p.m. today at the International Center. * * * Petitions Applicants for remaining po- sitions on the Literary College Conference Steering Commit- tee must turn their petitions into the office of Assistant Dean James H. Robertson by 4 p.m. Monday, May 23. Petitions are available now in Dean Robertson's office, 1220 Angell Hall. Board of Regents To Hold Meeting The University Board of Regents will held its May meeting tomor- row and Saturday at the Hidden Valley Club near Gaylord, Mich. According to Arthur L. Brandon, Director of University Relations, it is probable that the Regents will consider the proposed Stu- dent Activities Center and the stu- dent tax by which it would be fi- nanced at this meeting. presented in order to receive a book, Positionls Petitions are now being ac- cepted for nine positions on the Homecoming Dance Com- mittee according to Jay Mar- tin, '55, committee chairman. Petitions may be picked up at Student Legislature's head- quarters in the basement of the Union and are due by noon to- morrow. firm foothold, FIGHTING SI The Communist loi tremendous, but Y cheap. The fighting . the past year to inch and Laos; Saigon a the most vulnerable 1 industrial cities hav in the past by a cc heroic resistance an arrival of the mor However, the Reds bide their time. The not - that is what Geneva Conference Carillon Recital, Verdi Mass, Collegium Musicum, Planned I observed yesterday, HOPWOOD LECTURE Speaking on "Currents in Israel- Noted drama critic John Gass- Arab Relations" the visiting pro- ner will deliver the annual Hop- fessor of Arabic Languages and wood lecture at 4:15 p.m. today in Literature at Dropsie College in Rackham Auditorium. The speak- Philadelphia discussed the cau~seI er, also known as an author, edi- of tension in the Middle East and tor, and producer, will talk on explained the situation with the, "Modern Playwriting at the Cross- Arabs. roads.- IGGIE WOLFINGTON: "Gramercy Ghost" Star Compares Drama to Party Although he may look unhappy on stage, in the role of a police- * * * An announcement will be made man who has just had a nervous NAACP TALK of this year's Hopwood , winners breakdown and is being driven after the lecture. dangerously close to another, Iggie National Youth Secretary of the * * Wolfington insists that in the cast NAACP, Herbert Wright spoke yes- LSA CONFERENCE of "Gramercy Ghost," "you feel terday on "The Significance of, What form should the challenge like you're going to a party." the Supreme Court Decision." to the better student take? The young actor called the show Referring to the Supreme Court This was one of the questions currently at the Lydia Mendels- decision on the unconstiutionality discussed by faculty and students sohn Theater "strictly an audience of segregation, Wright stated that at the Literary College Conference play" and "great fun." by 1963 the NAACP hopes to elim- yesterday in the Student-Facul- Wolf ington appeared in Ann Ar- inate all discriminatory practices ty Lounge in the League. bor last year in another comedy in the country. In discussing "The Challenge to i role, the cockney soldier in "The audience. Wolfington pointed out that this can be an asset if the actor plays to the camera and not to the audience. The performance must be geared to the intimacy of a living room, he said. The Philadelphia born actor, whose first name is really 'Igna- tius, appeared professionally as a child actor only once-when he played Little Lord Fauntleroy with a stock company. "I got the bug, but bad," he said. CHOOSES STAGE NAME REQUIEM MASS The University Symphony Or- chestra and University Choir, un- der the direction of Maynard Klein, will present Verdi's "Requi- em Mass" at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Members of the School of Music' faculty will sing the four solo parts: Ruth Orr, soprano; Arlene Solenberger, alto; Harold Haugh, tenor; and Stanley Kimes, bass. CARILLON CONCERT University carilloneur Prof. Per- cival Price will give a concert at 7:15 p.m. today on the Baird Car- illon in Burton Memorial Tower. The program will include Bach's Presto, from the "Glockenspiel" Toccata, Stephen Foster's "Old Black Joe," and "Old Folks at Home." Two Variations will follow: Var- iations on Two Sacred Airs and Price's "Variations on an Air for Bells" by Sibelius. Also on the program will be three folk songs and Price's "Sona- ta for 30 Bells." Summer League Officers Chosen. Summer school positions for the League Council have been an- nounced by the Interviewing and r i t$