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VOL. LXV, No. 109
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1955
SIX PAGES
Misquoted
About MSC,
Morgan Says
No Alumni Found
Backing Charge
By MURRY FRYMER
Robert Morgan, assistant secre-
tary of the University Alumni As-
sociation, said yesterday he was
"misrepresented" in an Ann Arbor
News story, quoting him as saying
MSC students "haven't grown out
of short pants yet."
Morgan said he had been speak-
ing "off the record" and the com-
ment was "immaterial and incon-
sequential.'
". do think they (MSC stu-
dents) are approaching the prob-
lem in a naive manner," he said,
pointing to the MSC newspaper
action of dropping its "College"
name within the columns of the
paper.
Cites Misquoting
The alumni assistant secretary
also said he wis misquoted as to
his calling University student
"lackadaisical" in the matter.
He said it's "all according to
whom you talk. Ask ten students
and you get four different opin-
ions."
Morgan last week sent out let-
ters to 160 alumni leaders inform-
ing them that the state consti-
Name Change
EAST LANSING () -Gov-
erning bodies of Michigan State
College and the University have
set a luncheon date to talk over
the MSC drive to obtain uni-
versity status.
Frederick H. Mueller of
Grand Rapids, a member of the
State Board of Agriculture, an-
nounced the board would meet
with the University Board of
Regents at Lansing March 17.
"I am gratified that the
meeting has finally been ar-
ranged," Mueller said. "The
State Board of Agriculture is
perfectly willing to give consid-
eration to any valid objection
on the part of the regents.
"We share the hope that the
misunderstanding and confu-
sion may be cleared away so the
decision can be made on the
merits of the case."
tution specifically gave the Board
of Regents supervision over the
"state university."
State Board Decisions
The State Board of Agriculture
was given control over Michigan
State College as an agricultural
college, he said.
"Any educational activity by the
State Board of Agriculture beyond
that necessary for the operation of
an agricultural college is a viola-
tion of its constitutional power,"
the letter stated.
It continued: "it is doubtful that
the Legislature itself may, with-
out violating the Constitution,
provide for operation of a state
university by any agency other
than the Regents."
Morgan said yesterday that so
far the letter has brought "uni-
form disapproval" for the name
change.
Knows No Advocates
"I haven't heard from anyone
yet who is for it," he said.
The alumni official added he
had even spoken to MSC alumni,
and they were in agreement, too.
In the state capital yesterday,
MSC students presented the legis-
lature a petition bearing approxi-1
mately 15,000 names asking a
name change to MSU.
STANDARDS:
Engineers
Need Values.
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Says Expert
"Knowledge of standards is es-
sential to the young engineer,"
Harold S. Osborne said yesterday.
In a lecture sponsored by Tau
Beta Pi, engineering honor society,
Osborne stated several reasons
why standards will have a relation
to the professional work of an en-'
gineer.
Pointing out examples in the
various categories of standards,
Osborne emphasized that the scope
of standards must h large to be
Democrat Leaders Offer New Tax Plan;
Say Low Income Cut Will Up Revenue
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Banquet Ends 8-Year SL History)
-Daily-Fred Day
SPRING CONCERT-A group of forestry students, believing
warmer weather and music should go together, last night _sere-
naded womens' residence units with a little ragtime. Here they
beat out "Darktown Strutters Ball" to Chicago House coeds.
SUCCESS FOR SEVEN:
IFC Progress in Bias
Clause Fight Discussed
By BOB JONES
In the past three years, seven of 16 fraternities here have removed
selectivity clauses from their constitutions.
Coupled with willingness on the part of all other fraternities to
discuss the problem, this achievement- culminates nearly six years of
campus consideration and effort, former Interfraternity Council
Executive Vice-President Jim Walters, '55E said yesterday.
Speaking for the IFC, Walters said: "We feel that by their eager-
ness to examine and discuss the selectivity-clause problem, Michigan
fraternities have shown they can work the situation out for them-
selves."
SAC Attempts Fail
Twice in the past six years, Student Affairs Committee has passed
motions which have required fraternities either to drop their selec-
O tivity clauses, or else to show
Ceramics
Show Opens
Fifth Anniversary Ceramics Ex-
hibition of the Ann Arbor Pot-
ter's Guild will open at 8 p.m.
tonight and continue through
March 24 in the galleries of the
Rackham Building.
The Guild, whose original 10
founders' interest was serious non-
profit work in the ceramics field,
is self-supporting. The group has
30 members and more than 36 stu-
de~pts attend its evening classes.
Members describe themselves as
an "amateur group with profes-
sional standards."
Varieties of stoneware, porce-
lains and earthenware are includ-
ed in the exhibit. Greens, grays,
tans, some reds and cracked and
leopard skin glazes decorate the
pots. Several ceramic sculptures
variate the display.
"What the world needs is more
pots," claimed Mr. Abernathy,
commenting on the seeming un-
awareness concerning ceramics.
Annual Wage
Fight To Open
1955 contract battles over the
guaranteed annual wage will open
next week when the CIO United
Auto Workers, General Motors
Corp., and Ford Motor Co. meet
to discuss plans for negotiations
on new contracts.
A joint Ford-UAW statement
said yesterday that the parties
will meet March 16 for explora-
tory talks. At the same time, GM
and UAW announced preliminary
talks, but no date was specified.
" Company-union contracts expire
May 29 and June 1 for GM and
Ford respectively. Chrysler Corp.
was temporarily out of the pic-
ture, since its contract doesn't ex-
pire until Aug. 31.
proof of active efforts to eliminate
them. Both motions were vetoed
by the University president.
In 1950, a motion passed by SAC
requiring removal of clauses by
1956 was vetoed by the then
President Alexander G. Ruthven.
In May of 1952, the second motion
was vetoed by President Harlan
Hatcher in one of his first moves
as University chief executive. j
Walters said he felt, as Presi-
dent Hatcher did then, that let-
ting fraternities decide for them-
selves "would bring (them) for-
ward faster, and on a sounder ba-
sis, than the proposed measures of
coercion."
Big Ten Service
.One of the first steps taken was
the institution of a Big Ten IFC
and Panhellenic Counseling and
Information Service, begun in May
of 1952.
Its inspiration came from the
Acacia Plan, originated by the lo-
cal chapter of Acacia fraternity.
Since the Big Ten Counseling
and Information Service head-
quarters was moved to the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin last year, a
Michigan branch, sponsored by the
IFC, has been initiated here.
"Purpose of this service," Wal-
ters said, "is to handle communi-
cation between chapters of nation-
al fraternities. This allows mem-
bers of a Michigan chapter to see
how other chapters feel about re-
moval of selectivity clauses."
Acacia Termed Leader
Acacia, called by Walters "the
leader in attempts to solve the
clause problam," has used the
service twice, Sigma Phi Epsilon
once, and Delta Chi once. Of the
three, only Delta Chi has been
successful in dropping its clause.
The seven fraternities which
have dropped their restrictive
clauses are: Sigma Alpha Mu, Sig-
ma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Chi, Phi
Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta,
Lambda Chi Alpha, and Zeta Beta
Tau. The nine still having such
clauses are: Alpha Tau Omega,
Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma,
Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Theta Chi, Acacia and
Trigon.1
'U' President
Praises SL
Contribution
By DAVE BAAD
Student Legislature Vice-Presi-
dent Ruth Rossner, '55, moved
SL's final adjournment at 10:10
p.m. yesterday.
The move, concluding a short
meeting after last night's grand
finale SL banquet, ended the stu-
dent government experiment start-
ed eight years ago.
But not before the Legislature
and approximately 50 guests had
enjoyed final banquet festivities
highlighted by speeches by Uni-
versity President Harlan H. Hatch-
er, SL President Ned Simon, '55,
former SL President Steve Jelin,
'55, and Assistant to the Dean of
Men John E. Bingley.
Former Members Speak
Master of Ceremonies Howard
Nemorovski, '56L, also recognized
former SL President Harvey Weis-
berg, '48, and former five-time SL
member Tom Walsh for short re-
marks on the present student gov-
ernment situation.
Indicating a special feeling of
affection especially for SL's sen-
iors who came to the University
the same year he did, President
Hatcher congratulated SL on its
contribution to the University.
He called the work of SL one of
the important developments in the
history of student affairs at the
University.
Jelin, expressing little optimism
for SGC's success, asked the new
student government to take a set
of principles, hold them and not
compromise them.
"SGC must stand up to the Uni-
versity on issues," he said.
Might Buckle Under Pressure
Jelin expressed fear ex-officio
members, because their organiza-
tions "cannot stand or fall on an
issue," might buckle under certain
pressures.
"SL has faced the University
squarely on issues," Jelin empha-
sized.
In explanation of SL's difficul-
ties, Simon blamed last night the
underlying conflict of attitudes
and philosophies, indicating dif-
ferences between students and the
administration.
With SOC Simon hopes students
and administrators can proceed
with similar pholosophies, avoid-
ing inevitable trouble arising out
of dissimilarity.
Bingley Suggests,
Bingley made five suggestions to
members of student government.
Student groups should willingly
accept criticism, develop self-crit-
icism, develop sense of humor,
should become aware of overall
nature of the pattern of Univer-
sity life and suggested students
evaluate their own profit from
participation in campus activi-
ties.
SL, in the short meeting fol-
lowing the banquet, approved the
styles committee report on the
$2,000 scholarship fund approved
by SL Tuesday.
Scholarships will be awarded by
a Board of Directors and shall
not exceed in amount $450 for any
semester.
world News, Roundup
By The Associated Press
Fresh Troops,. .
TAIPEI, Formosa - Underground reports from Communist China
yesterday said the port city of Foochow, near the imperiled Matsu
Islands, was preparing for the arrival of fresh Red troops.
Presumably, they would be employed against the Matsus' 100
miles northwest of Formosa near the mainland. The Nationalists,
declaring they will defend the Matsus, are reinforcing the islands.
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Student Reprieved .
LANSING - A University student charged with extorting $3,500
from the mother of another student won a reprieve from the state
supreme court yesterday.
The court reversed and remanded for a new trial the conviction
of William F. Welke, 29, who was sentenced in Detroit recorder's
court to serve 5 to 20 years.
He was charged with having telephoned Mrs. Katherine Vasu of
Detroit from Ann Arbor May 31, 1949, and demanding $3,500 for
the return of her son, Cordell, who lived in the same dormitory. Mrs.
-Daily-Fred Day
SL STORY CLOSES -Legislature President Ned Simon, '55, finished his duties at yesterday's
grand finale banquet for SL members and guests.
Margaret May
Wed Commoner
LONDON (P)-Princes Mar-
garet, like her uncle Edward
VIII before her, was reported
ready yesterday to surrender
her royal prerogatives for the
love of a divorced commoner.
The 24-year-old princess and.
Group Capt. Peter Townsend,
40, father of two children, in-
tend to marry this fall, an in-
formant in touch with the roy-
al family said.
Talk Given
ByDumond'
"The American Civil War re-
mains the greatest of all time,"
Prof. Dwight L. Dumond of the
history department said last night.
Citing reasons for the war, he
noted, "the North was determined
slavery must be abolished, where-
as the South was determined slav-
ery should remain."
He stressed the fact that the 90-
mile stretch between Richmond
and Washington was the raost im-
portant area of the war,
Explaining that both sides used
every possible means to get men
into the army, he emphasized that
they neither trained nor equip-
ped these men well.
Prof. Dumond concluded by say-
ing that because of the often close
relationship of soldiers on both
sides, "an enormous amount of
fraternization went on between
Confederate and Union armies."
Corporation
Taxes To Be
Lifted Also
Predicts Budget
Balance in 1957
WASHINGTON A0 - Senate
Democratic leaders came up yes-
terday with a new tax plan they
said would cut the income taxes
of low income families by 900 mil-
lion dollars a year while actually
increasing federal revenue.
Taxes on stockholders and cor-
porations would be boosted.
Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas claimed that if
Congress accepted the plan and
the Eisenhower administration fol-
lowed a "'easonably prudent"
course the budget could be bal-
anced in fiscal 1957.
Substitute House Proposal
New proposal would substitute
for a bill passed by the House to
cut income taxes $20 a year for
every taxpayer and dependent be-
ginning next Jan. 1.
New plan would give each head
of a household a $20 cut plus $10
for each dependent other than a
spouse.
Johnson explained to newsmen
that this provision could be used,
however, only to the extent that
it exceeds the advantages of in-
come tax splitting now enjoyed by
married couples, and that the
general effect would be to limit
the reduction to families with in-
comes below $5,000.
Repeal Tax Benefits
Revenue gains would be
achieved by repealing tax benefits
voted last year for corporations
and stockholders.
It also would extend for 27
months, to July 1, 1957, corpora-
tion income and excise tax rates
which are scheduled to drop April
E. The House bill extends these
for one year as the administra-
tion asked.
The proposed changes, Johnson
told a news conference, would
mean a net revenue gain of $4,-
894,000 between now and July 1,
1957. Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey does not
agree with some of the figures used
in Johnson's computations.
YD, YR Groups
To Meet Today
A panel of three professors will
discuss "The Concept of Natural
Law in Modern Political Thought"
at a meeting of the Young Demo-
crat Club at 7:45 p.m. today In
Rm. 3B of the Union.
The panel will consist of Prof.
William Frankena of the Phil-
osophy department, Prof. Palmer
A. Throop of the history depart-
ment and Prof. Frank Grace of
the political science department.
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Prof. Clare E. Griffin of the
Business Administration School
will address the Young Republi-
can Club on "A Program for Eco-
nomic Liberals" at 8 p.m. today
in Rm. 3K of the Union.
YR members will ratify the pro-
posed club platform and complete
plans for the coming Midwest
Convention of Young Republican
clubs. The meetin'g is open to the
public.
Protest Made
WASHINGTON :4) - Reps.
John B. Bennett and Victor A.
Knox, Michigan Republicans, pro-
tested to Gov. G. Mennen Wil-
liams yesterday against what they
called a "deal" to settle a contro-
versy over federal construction
money for various Michigan air-
ports.
They wired the Governor that
the dispute apparehtly was set-
tled by the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration (CAA) allotting $50,-
000 to the Benton Harbor airport,
as the state had requested, and by
the state giving up its demands
for $30,000 each for the Escanaba
and Iron Mountain airports.
Comparison
Made of U.S.,
British Groups
Pressure groups in Great Brit-
ain were cited yesterday by Prof.
Samuel Beer, as being more pow-
erful than American groups.
Prof. Beer, chairman of Har-
vard University's government de-
partment, addressed a Political
Science Roundtable meeting. He,
claimed structure of the British
government was one of the chief
factors contributing to pressure
group power.
He explained that British pres-
sure organizations needed to con-
tact three officials, at the most,
to get a particular bill passed
while those groups in the United
States had to seek passage from
particular members in the House
Senate, and their various commit-
tees.
The strong organization of the
British pressure groups, their in-
dependent political status, and
their continuous communication
methods were by Prof. Beer, as
other important factors contribut-
ing to their strength.
aVasu said she had received an ear-
lier call that her son was missing
from the University, but later dis-
covered he was not.
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Highway Expansion ...
LANSING - Senate Republican
leadership won its first fight yes-
terday to develop a highway ex-
pansion program which empha-
sizes a build up of a trunkline ar-
terial system.
Led by Sen. Creighton R. Cole-
man (R-Battle Creek), Republi-
can floor leader, the senate over-
ruled its highway committee and
voted during debate to distribute
new highway tax money 75 per
cent to the state and 25 per cent
to counties and cities.
ANYTHING FOR A MAN:
Diet-Conscious Coeds Annoy Thinner S
STUDENTS PROTEST:_
Driving Ban's Colorful
28-Year History Told
(EDITOR'S NOTE-This is the first of a series of interpretive articles on
the problems of the driving ban. Today's article sketches the history of the
ban at the University.)
By WALLY EBERHARD
Most Americans probably remember the month of May, 1927, as
the setting for Charles A. Lindbergh's daring solo flight across the
Atlantic to Le Bourget field near Paris.
At roughly the same time in Ann Arbor, University students were
- protesting the pending imposition
of a driving ban on students.
Wording Exact
The Board of Regents took con-
crete action at their June 17, 1927,
udentsmeeting. The wording was quite
tudentsexact. No student could drive a
car while in residence at the Uni-
versity: only a few exceptions
would be made by the Dean of
Students in extreme cases of ne-
cessity.
To say the least, the student
body was incensed. Earlier in the
spring, The Daily had proposed a
counter measure aimed at tight-
ening existing regulations and em-
phasizing the student's responsi-
bility for not abusing the driving
privilege.
By JANE HOWARD
Her zipper wouldn't quite close.
The slightly rotund coed step-
ped onto her scale, gasped, and
firmly lipsticked a message on her
mirror: "YOU are on a DIET!"
Reminders such as this adorn
the bulletin boards and fill the
consciences of many University
women - all privately engaged in
a-
Dieting coeds, according to an
underweight senior woman, make
life painful for others as well as
themselves. "So many kids in our
house are on diets it's disgusting,"
she complained. "They never stop
discussing it, and every time one
of them loses an ounce she does
a rain dance, practically."
Martyrdom Unnecessary
ter, almost always, on the oppo-
site sex. "We may not like to ad-
mit it," a somewhat plump sopho-
more smiled, "i.ut every time we
lose a. pound we're closer to-well,
you know."
Many coeds dedicate the des-
serts they shun to spring vacation
plans. "I'm determined to look
decent in my Florida bathing