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VOL. LXV, No. 5 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1954
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Regents Dismiss
Prof. Nickerson
President Hatcher, Nickerson Make
Public Statements After August Meet
(This is the last in a series of articles discussing the case of Prof. Mark
Nickerson. He appeared before the House Sub-Committee on Un-American
Activities in May and was suspended from the University, pending further
investigation of his case, for refusing to answer questions on political activi-
Nickerson. He appeared before the House Sub-Committee on Un-American
ties. Following investigation of his case by two faculty groups, President
Hatcher wrote Prof. Nickerson of his right to appeal his case to the Sub-
committee on Intellectual Freedom and Integrity. This group unanimously
recommended reinstatement of Prof. Nickerson to his position of associate
professor in the pharmacology department of the Medical School.
Today's article concludes evidence and statements made in the case of
Prof. Nickerson.)
By PAT ROELOFS
Associate City Editor
The Board of Regents of the University, acting on a recommen-
dation made them by President Harlan H. Hatcher, dismissed Prof.
Nickerson on August 26.
Seven Regents voted to dismiss the pharmacologist. One dissent-'
ing vote was cast by Regent Alfred Connable of Kalamazoo who fav-
ored censure only.
Prof. Nickerson learned of the
BenefitS for
'I Faculty
Investigated
By JIM DYGERT
Following authorization by the
Regents, a study is now getting
underway on the possibility of So-
cial Security coverage for Univer-
sity faculty and staff employees.
Introduction of the Social Se-
curity program here would mean
approximateliy $1,000,000 a year
paid into the federal fund by Uni-
versity employees and their em-
ployer, according to Director of
University Relations Arthur L.
Brandon.
Coverage of University em-
ployes has been made possible by
revisions in the Social Security
law by the 83rd Congress, extend-
ing social security benefits to 10,-
000,000 more, including employes
of state agencies.
Amendments Necessary
The University, one of these
state agencies whose employes are
now eligible, must wait, however,
for amendments in Michigan state
legislation before it can proceed
to extend coverage to its employes.
A more important problem fac-
ing the faculty and the University
Business Office, which will conduct
the necessary legal and procedur-
al studies, is coordinating the So-
cial Security program with exist-
ing retirement programs and
fringe benefits available to em-
ployes.
At present, faculty members
may participate in an annuity
program of the Teachers Insur-
ance and Annuity Association of
America.
Annuity Guaranteed
The TIAA guarantees a definite
fully paid-up annuity benefit for
each premium paid. Established in
1918, the TIAA invests in fixed
dollar obligations. Non-profit and
Vcrediting excess funds to policy-
holders as dividends, the TIAA
guarantees an annuity rate of 2%/
per cent on premiums.
Just recently, the TIAA initiat-
ed a new benefit plan in addition
to its regular insurance program.
r Called the College Retirement
Equities Fund, it provides oppor-
tunities to policyholders to make
payments that will be invested in
common stocks.
Inflation Helps Payments
' The new program is designed
to take advantage of inflationary
trends to provide members with
increased benefit payments. Since
common stock prices fluctuate
more widely and therefore entail
more risk, the TIAA requires pay-
ment to the regular fund to be at
least equal to those to the CREF.
Thus the TIAA provides a fixed
income and a variable income aft-
er retirement.
Staff emploves of the University
Regents' action on the evening of
August 26 via radio broadcast and
a telephone call from a friend. Of-
ficial notification of the action was
delivered to him the following day.
Pres. Hatcher's Statement
President Hatcher said Prof.
Nickerson's refusal to disavow the
Communist Party, in addition to
the "untenability of his position.
in the Medical School where he
was not wanted by the faculty exe-
cutive committee," weighed heav-
ily in his decision to recommend
dismissal.
In a press conference following
the August 26 Regents' meeting,
President Hatcher said, "All Uni-
versity prescribed procedures have
been followed to the letter, and
each case, handled separately, has
been carefully discussed. There is
no question of academic freedom,
and no one's position is threaten-
ed by the action in dismissing two
of three men under suspension.
(The cases of the other two men,
Chandler Davis, mathematics in*
structor, and Prof. Clement L.
Markert of the zoology depart-
ment, will be discussed in future
Daily articles.)
The President also repeated a
statement he had made last spring
when he asked the Special Advis-
ory Committee to make its inquir-
ies into the three cases.
He said, "Their refusal (to co-
operate with a congressional sub-
committee investigating commun-
ism) inevitably placed the Univer-
sity under the obligation to ex-
amine these cases. The University
cannot say that these questions,
are unimportant, and that it does
not matter whether a member of
the teaching profession answers
See THE NICKERSON, Page 4
Union Bars Reds
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (-The
CIO United Steel Workers of Amer-
ica barred their doors to Commu-
nists yesterday.
In the final convention action,
3,000 delegates voted to change the
union's constitution and make
Communists ineligible for member-
ship.
Union Men
Urge Strike
Settlement
Detroit Walkout
Nears 103rd Day
Top officials in the international
United Auto Workers CIO have
urged settlement of the 102-day old
Detroit Square D Company strike
with a four-point program of im-
partial arbitration.
Although not directly involved in
the strike, the union offered the
proposal to the negotiating com-
pany and United Electrical Work-
ers "because the strike has reach-
ed the point where it could have
broad repercussions in labor-man-
agement relations."
Briefly the plan calls for imme-
diate reopening of the plant, sub-
mission of final issues to a three-
man panel of arbitrators, a 30-day
cooling-off period and a vote to de-
termine whether Square D work-
ers wish to continue their present
union as their bargaining agency.
Picket violence earlier this week
was highlighted by a police dis-
closure that one of the workers,
James Petroff, had been arrested
with a Yugoslav work permit, Com-
munist literature and a small pel-
let gun in his possession.
Immediately Petroff was subpoe-
naed by Rep. Kit Clardy (R-Mich.)
to appear before the House Un-
American Activities Sub-committee
to help establish what influence,
if any, the Communists have had
on the strike. "I am convinced"
said Clardy "that Communist lead-
ers are active in formenting vio-
lence in the #Wike."
World News
Roundup
WASHINGTON ( - The special
Senate committee considering cen-
sure charges against Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy (R-Wis) announced
late yesterday it has completed its
report.
It will be made public Monday.
The committee was described as in
unanimous agreement.
WASHINGTON - Chinese Na-
tionalist Ambassador Wellington
Koo said yesterday that Commu-
nist China probably will make a
serious attempt this fall to seize
37 Nationalist-held islands close to
the Red mainland for use as step-
ping stones to Formosa.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (P --
With Russia insisting on recording
a unanimous vote, the U.N. Steer-
ing Committee yesterday recom-
mended full General Assembly con-
sideration of the new United States
proposals for peaceful uses of
atomic energy.
LOS ANGELES () - President
Dwight D. Eisenhower promised
anew yesterday that his adminis-
tration will remove "union-bust-
ing" provisions -from the Taft-Hart-
ley law and he will give sympathet-
ic consideration to all organized la-
bor's views.
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BENNIE OOSTERBAAN .. .
Fleet halfbacks brighten coach's outlook as 1954 season opens.
Football Squad ecoe Royally*
Hold Workouts at Wilderness Lake
By LES ETTER
(University Athletic Publicity Director)
(Special to The Daily)
SEATTLE - Michigan's 38-man
delegation arrived here Thursday
evening by charter plane to find a
miniaturehRose Bowl welcome
awaiting them.
Greeted by a civic committee
complete with a queen, the Wol-
verines were given a royal recep-
tion as a carpet was rolled out for
them at the airport.
Team at Lake Wilderness
After the welcome speeches the!
squad went immediately to Lake
Wilderness, a mountain valley
hide-out replete with its own golf it's almost anybody's guess as t
course, air strip and beautiful lit- how they will finally take the fiel
tle lake. Oosterbaan ordered the at 2 p.m. pacific coast time.
squad to limber up in sweat suits Michigan's squad will spend the
after the 11-hour plane ride, but evening in Seattle before they take
cut the workout short when the a bus out to Lake Wilderness for
footing on the golf. course fairway the night. They will be back at the
appeared a bit uneven, airport at 9 a.m. tomorrow fo:
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Newspaper observers out here,
pick the Wolverines by about three
touchdowns but Oosterbaan is
t much more conservative in his es-
timates. "We're just shooting to
win and hope to show continued
improvement" is the way the Wol-
verine coach phrased it.
In yesterday's practice session
at the stadium. Oosterbaan ran
Open '54 Season
At Seattle Today
Wolverines To Experiment with 'r
As McDonald Starts at Quarterback
By HANLEY M. GURWIN
Associate Sports Editor
Coach Bennie Oosterbaan's sneak preview of the "new look" in
Michigan football will be unveiled this afternoon as his 1954 Mich-
igan Wolverines open their season with an intersectional clash against
the University of Washington Huskies in Seattle.
Forty-six thousand fans are expected to be on hand at Wash-
ington Stadium to see the Huskies entertain Michigan for the first
time. The game, which begins at 4:45 P.M. (EST) will also mark
the return of the T-formation, at least on a partial basis, to the
Michigan offensive attack.
Second Meeting Wtih Huskies
Today's contest is only the second meeting between the two
schools. Last season the Wolverines opened the rivalry with a re-
sounding 50-0 win in mammoth ;
Michigan Stadium.
TONY BRANOFF .. ,
their take-off for Willow Run.
South Shows
MiXed Feeling
on Integration
Milford School Shut
Because of Threats
Though pre-season experts have
rated the Michigan team no bet-
ter than fifth or sixth in the Big
10, Oosterbaan's gridders are rat-
ed at least a two-touchdown fav-
orite over the Huskies, who open-
ed the season last Saturday with a
shaky 7-6 victory over the Utah
Redskins.
Washington's hopes for an up-
set were seriously jolted when its
first string fullback Mike Monroe
was sidelined in last week's con-
test with a torn ligament in his
right knee. The injury may keep
him out for the remainder of the
season, just as a broken wrist did
in the 1953 opener.
Lederman Called On
With his 198-pound fullback out
of action, Coach JohnuCherberg
will be forced to rety even more on
the strong left arm of quarterback
Sandy Lederman. Last year as a
sophomore, Lederman finished
third in the nation as a passer,
trailing only Stanford's Bobby
Garrett and Georgia's Zeke Brat-
kowski in the statistical columns.
Even with this enviable 1953
record, Lederman will have trouble
keeping teammate Bob Coxon the
bench. Though a, sophomore, Cox
Starting Lineups
LYL .Leader
Faces Trial;
Free on Bond
Balza Baxter, chairman of the
state Labor Youth League, was
released on $10,000 personal bond
after pleading "not guilty" when
arraigned in the Federal District
Court in Detroit yesterday.
Baxter, arraigned for failure to
produce books and records of the,
LYL before a House Un-American
Activities subcommittee last May,
said no date has been set for the
trial.
Dismissal Motion To Be Filed
He said he expects to file a mo-
tion for dismissal of the case next
week on several grounds.
First, said Baxter, there is "no
testimony in the record that es-
tablishes that I am in possession
of the records."
Second, he claims there is no
"competent testimony" entered
against him.
Act Being Challenged
Third primary grounds for dis-
missal. according to Baxter was
that registration required of the
Michigan LYL under the Internal
Security Act of 1950 is premature,!
since the constitutionality of the act
itself is being challenged.
Baxter is represented by Pontiac
attorney Milton R. Henry.
Personal bond does not require
posting the actual funds, but an
oath must be taken that the indi-
vidual will be available to appear
in court.
Ann Arbor
his squad through several series of
play and selected his starting line-
up, including a backfield of Mac-
11 The Air By RONA FRIEDMAN
Michigan football fans will . Mixed reactions to the actual
be able to follow the Wolverines integration of Negro and white
by radio this afternoon as they school children as a result of the
open the 1954 season at Wash- U.S. Supreme Court ruling on
ington. segregation last spring have been
The game will be broadcast evident in the South during the.
at 4:45 p.m. over WWJ. De- past two weeks.
troit. Bill Fleming will handle In Milford, Del., two public
the narrative. high schools have been closed
since Monday because of threats
Donald at quarter. Clne and Bran_ directed against Negro pupils who
off at the halves, and Baldacci at were admitted to Lakeview Ave-
fullback. nue School at the start of the fall
Bterm.
Brief husky Work Out Gov. J. Caleb Boggs of Dela-
The Huskies worked out briefly ware issued a call for citizens' co-
and then retired to the Sand Point operation yesterday in reopening
Naval Air Station for the night. the schools to both Negro and
Coach John Oherberg was mum white children. "Law and order will
about his starting lineup, and the be preserved," he warned.
way the Huskies have been shift- Boggs' statement was issued fol-
ing their assignments all week, lowing a decision by the State
Board of Education to operate
Widow of Ht1-Bomb Milford Schools --starting Mon-
/ !day - without racial segregation,.
V ictin Gets Check The state board acted after the,
Milford school directors resigned
TOKYO (Al - The United States en masse Thursday.
yesterday sent a check and a note Boards Favor Court Ruling
of regret to the widow of a fisher- Both the state and local boards'
man burned accidentally in the favored compliance with the U.S.
U.S. H-bomb test, but resentment Subreme Court ruling forbidding
among the Japanese still ran high. segregation in public schools.
The widow or 40-year-old Aikichi In Washington, D.C., the
Kuboyama received a check for $2,- changeover was accomplished
700 from U.S. Ambassador John M. smoothly. The former system, so
Allison. segregated as to even ban meet-
Japanese newspapers and radio ings of teachers of the two races,
stations blamed the United States has been scrapped and, replaced
for Kuboyama's death Thursday. by the plan of superintendent of
schools Herbert M. Corning.
Corning Plan Approved
The so-called Corning plan
which was approved by the Board
of Education, was initially attack-
n ed th ergto battle.f
n ed by extremists on both sides of
It provides that all new stu-
ct in group living headed by Theo- dents in the system attend the
ze dctoal pogrm i socal sy-school in their home district and
c doctoral program in social psy- that, in general, students previous-
ly enrolled return at first to the
927 South Forest Avenue is being schools they attended last -year.
Oxford street location originally The result has been the mix-
ing of pupils, on the first day, in
ts participating, the study seeks 116 of the city's 158 school build-
when a group of people are brought ings, with only a few individual
roblems of living together. complaints.
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Rents Above
U. S. Scale
By LEE MARKS
Students who rent rooms in Ann
Arbor are currently paying approx-
imately 15 per cent more than the
national average, according to an.
Ann Arbor realtor.
"Rents are based largely on what
traffic will bear," said the realtor,
explaining however that Ann Ar-
bor's cost of living is also higher
than average.
Average Rent $65
Depending on size, condition and
location, estimates on rentable
apartments placed the average
price for a three-room furnished
apartment at $65 to $80 a month.
Four room apartments in good
condition were placed "in the $100
class" by one realtor who noted,
"there are junkers in the business
who'll rent for less while for some,
the sky's the limit."
While rents for most students
questioned seem to fall within the
indicated price range, several in-
stances were found where students
were charged higher rents. Two
students were paying $140 for 3
rooms, two closets and a bath while
another student had just moved
out of a one room apartment be-
cause the rent, $55 .a month, was
prohibitive.
Rents Jump 40 Per Cent
A local realtor indicated that
rents have jumped about 40 per
cent in the last five years, with
the largest single raise coming aft-
er rent controls were abolished on
June 18, 1951.
"Our trend over the past five
years has definitely been up," not-
ed a member of the Ann Arbor
Board of Realtors, "but there are
no statistics to show how far up."
One realtor claimed that with the
exception of a $15 raise six months
ago, she hadn't raised her rents
since 1937.
During the period from 1950 to
1954, prices in University residence
halls went up 26.6 per cent, accord-
ing to Leonard Schaadt, business
manager of residence halls. As
with apartments, the largest single
jump came in 1951 when prices.
for single rooms were raised froi
$543 to $626, a jump of 15.2 per
cent.
Committee Set Up
In 1951, when controls were lift-
ed, a special committee was set up
to see that no abuses were com-
mitted by either landlords or ten-
ants, according to City Clerk Fred
Looker.
The committee was composed of
seven members with landlords rep-
resented by Stewart Butts and Wil-
liam Pender, tenants by Ida John-
son and Newman E. Frost and the
city of Ann Arbor by .Arthur Crip-
pen, Ronald Johnson and Chair-
man Joe Detweiler.
"There were the usual number
of gripers but very few actual
abuses," noted Looker, adding "in
fact, I doubt that the board heard
is considered
one of the finest
SEVENTEEN STUDENTS TAKE PART:
Group Living House Re-Ope
passers to enter collegiate grid-
iron circles in years.
To fill the gap at fullback, Cher-
berg will call on Bob McNameeE
a letter winner who started sev-
eral games last season. McNameex
played extremely well in a losing
cause last year in Ann Arbor
when he was the standout per-
former in the Washington line-up.
While Washington will be oper-
ating at less than maximum7
strength in the backfield, the Wol-
verines will be experimenting with
a new offensive alignment of their 7
own.,
In order to take advantage of
the precision passing of senior I
Duncan McDonald, the Michigan'
eleven will be operating to a great
extent out of the T-formation,
with Lou Baldacci, ordinarily the
single wing signal-caller, alternat-
ing between his usual position and
the fullback spot.
With Baldacci alternating posi-
tions depending on the offensive
formation, the operation of the
Michigan backfield should prove
extremely interesting.
Branoff Certainj
In fact the only thing certain
in the Michigan backfield is the
location of senior Tony Branoff
at the right halfback position. Last
season Branoff led the Wolver-
ines in playing time with 412 min-
utes as he scored six touchdowns
and averaged 4.9 yards per try for
The sociological research proje
dore M. Newcomb, chairman of th
chology, is now being carried out.
A former fraternity house at
used for the study instead of the
slated for- it.
With seventeen male studen
to determine what problems arisew
together to meet and solve the Dr(
Group Properties Develop 1 40 Parents Picket
According to Professor Newcomb, "when people live together : A picket line of 40 parents pa-
for a long period of time, they develop group properties, character- raded in front of the Harwood
istics of the group as a whole. We plan to observe these properties School i Center Township near
is they develop.'' Evansville, Ind., protesting the ad-
mission of 30 Negro students ear-
In return for five hours a week, which will be used for group lier this week. The picketing was
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