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VOL. LXV, No. 122 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 25 1955
SIX PAGE
U.S. H-Bomb
Didn't Kill
Fisherman
Radiation Injury
Not Apparent
WASHINGTON (P)-Dr. John
C. Bugher, director of the Atomic
Energy Commission's Division of
Biology and Medicine, said yester-
day a Japanese fisherman caught
in last year's Pacific H-bomb test
died from jaundice, a liver ailment,
and that his body showed no ra-
diation injuries.
This was the first official back-
ing for reports that the recent
death of Aikichi Kuboyama in
Tokyo was apparently from nat-
ural causes. He was one of 23 crew
members of the fishing boat Lucky
Dragon dusted with radioactive
fallout from the H-bomb tests last
March.
Barred U.S. Doctors
The Japanese at first claimed
death was due to radiation and
refused to permit American doc-
tors to attend Kuboyama.
Dr. Bugher told newsmen that
Kuboama's death was "not di-
rectly related to radiation injur-
ies."
"At the time he died," Dr. Bug-
her added, "he showed no radia-
tion injuries. His tissues showed
no persistence of radiation ma-
terials."
He said Japanese pathologists
had confirmed this finding and
had told American officials they
intend publishing their studies
soon. Kuboyama's death caused a
sensation in Japan, already ap-
prehensive over the radiation of
the fishing boat while it was at
sea beyond the original outlines of
the test danger area.
Others Recovering
Dr. Bugher said he was informed
that the other crewmen are re-
covering well from radiation suf-
fered when unexpected winds car-
ried ash from the bomb test hun-
dreds of miles.
Jaundice, he said, is a disease
that "can be acquired in various
ways," including bites from germ-
carrying mosquitoes.
Dr. Bugher made this disclosure
when questioned by newsmen at
the end of the congressional hear-
ing on a statement by AEC Chair-
man Lewis L. Strauss that no one
died from the 1954 tests.
Nominate New
IHC Officers
Tom Bleha, '56, was the only
nominee for next year's Inter-
House, Council president during
last night's IHC meeting.
With elections planned April 14,
nominees for executive vice-pres-
ident were Dave Hubly, '57E, and
Ralph McCormick, '57E. Nomina-
ed for treasurer during the meet-
ing were Russ Holland, '58, and
Jerry Mohrig, '57.
Also during the meeting, sec-
tions of the recently-released Op-
eration Inquiry report were re-
ferred to committee for further
study.
Wilbur K. Pierpont, University
Vice-President, and Residence
Halls Business Manager Francis
C. Shiel discussed methods of dor-
mitory financing at the session.
YR Officers
To Be Chosen
Thirteen of the University's
Young Republican Club members
will attend the Midwest Young Re-
publican Convention beginning
this afternoon, at Columbus.,
The Club will back Malcolm
Schlusberg, '55, for chairman.
Schlusberg will be opposed by Har-
old Blair, for the University of
Minnesota and Owen Frisby of
Northwestern University.
Senators John W. Bricker and
George 11. Bender of Ohio will be
chief speakers at the Convention
which will end Sunday..
Wilder Play Ends
Run Tomorrow
Final two performances of "The
Skin of Our Teeth" will be given at
8 p.m. today and tomorrow in Ly-
dia Mendelssohn theater.
Tickets for the speech depart-
ment production of Thornton Wil-
der's comedy are available at the
Vote
windfall'
Repeal i*n House
Democrats Attack Administration's
Tax Proposals as Discriminating
WASHINGTON (W) -- The House yesterday passed by unani-
mous voice vote a bill to repeal two business tax benefits which have
been attacked by Democrats as a multibillion-dollar "windfall" to
business firms.
There was virtually no opposition to the measure which now goes
to the Senate, but the vote was preceded by two hours of stormy parti-
san debate on broader tax policy.
Lambast Eisenhower
Democrats lambasted the Eisenhower administration and Re-
publicans in Congress on charges of favoring "the select few" and
discriminating against the "little" taxpayer.
Deputy GOP leader Halleck of Indiana accused the Democrats
in turn of harping frantically on false issues in fear of losing the 1956
- presidential a n d congressional
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ROTC Oath
'Hit by NSA
In New York
By DICK SNYDER
Elimination or change of com-
pulsory ROTC loyalty oaths was
called for in a resolution passed
Saturday at the New York State
regional conference of the Na-
tional Student Association.
All basic ROTC students are re-
quired at present to sign Defense
Department Form 98, indicating
that they have never held mem-
bership in any organization desig-
nated as subversive by the Attor-
ney General.
Since many New York colleges,
particularly all land grant schools,
require all qualified males to en-
roll in a two-year military course,
the conference said that the oath
was interfering with college ad-
ministration's freedom of choice
of students.
Oath Negative in Approach
The New York NSA representa-
tives, meeting at the University
of Buffalo, also cited the negative
approach of the oath. Suggeotion
was made for a simple certificate
of loyalty to the government and
the Constitution.
Many New York campuses rec-
ognize several of the subversive
organizations on the Attorney
General's list. All students in
these groups who are in the ROTC
program are being forced to sign
the oaths.
Commenting on the resolution,
Charnya Butman, '56, former Stu-
dent Legislature-NSA coordinator,
said that it was a "wise move on
a matter of principle."
Academic Freedom Affected
"NSA is in no way trying to
create the idea that loyalty to
country is not necessary," Miss
Butman said. "Yet, they feel that
a change is important inasmuch
as it concerns the whole issue of
academic freedom and limits ser-
iously the college which some in-
dividuals may attend."
Miss Butman noted that the
matter was discussed at last sum-
mer's national NSA Congress at
Iowa State.
Pointing out that many influ-
ential NSA officers were from
New York State colleges, she said
that lobbying might commence on
a state level, and later on a na-
tional level, for the elimination or
modification of the oath require-
ment.
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elections.
The two business tax benefits
were included in last year's mam-
moth act rewriting almost all rev-
enue laws. The bill was sponsored
by Republicans and opposed by
many Democrats.
Chairman J. Cooper (D.-Tenn.)
of the Ways and Means Committee
said the two sections would mean
an unexpected revenue loss of
"several billion dollars," unless
knocked out.
Rep. H. Boggs (D.-La.), another
committee member, accused the
Treasury of an "astonishing" mis-
take in estimating last year the
disputed sections would involve
only about 25 million dollars in
revenue.
One of the sections would give
some business firms a tax deduc-
tion fbr certain estimated future
expenses. Since actual past ex-
penses also could be deducted, the
effect would be to give them a
double deduction on some items for
one year.
The other section would defer
payment of taxes on some income
for which services are to be given
in the future.
Boggs said benefits to single
firms, from 1954 returns already
filed, would run up to 35 nil-
lion dollars.
The repeal would be retroactive
back through 1954, so that any
threatened revenue loss would be
avoided.
Sec. StevenS
Admnits Slips
WASHINGTON (A) --Secretary
of the Army Robert Stevens con-
ceded yesterday the Army made
many mistakes in the Peress case
-and he drew a rebuke from Sen.
John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) for
not telling the whole story sooner.
Sen. McClellan said he thought
that by withholding data, Sec.
Stevens had contributed to an air
of "mystery about the case, mark-
ed by charges of coddling Com-
munists." He said he questioned
whether this was in the country's 3
best interests.
Sen. McClellan is chairman of'
the Senate Investigations subcom-
mittee looking into the 'question of
why Irving Peress, former Army
dentist, was promoted to major
and then honorably discharged
after refusing to say whether he
was a Communist. The discharge
came after Sen. Joseph R. McCar-
thy (R-Wis.) demanded that Per-
ess be held in service and court-
martialed.
Call Me Mr.
WASHINGTON () - Army
counselor John G. Adams ob-
jected yesterday to being ad-
dressed by Sen. Joseph R. Mc-
Carthy (R-Wis.) on first name
terms.
Sen. McCarthy, questioning
Adams, called him "John."
"You say John' " Adams
said. "I wish youd say Mr. Ad-
ams.'
Sen. McCarthy did, in later
questions.
Parking .Lot
Operations
Discussed
By SHIRLEY CROOG
"Financing a parking facility is
a simple thing, if you have the
revenue," Mayor William E. Brown
of Ann Arbor told the Municipal
Finance Officers Training Insti-
tute meeting at Rackham yester-
day.
Discussing the financing of off-
street parking facilities, Mayor
Brown spoke of the successful
parking structures Ann Arbor has
established.
Mayor Brown said that financ-
ing a parking project is done bet-
ter through parking meter reve-
nue bonds, than through "general
public operation."
Using the Maynard St. parking
facility as an example of a suc-
cessful offstreet parking struc-
ture, Mayor Brown said it was fi-
nanced by revenue bonds. It han-
dles 422 cars at one time, and
about 1000 per day.
Kalamazoo, MSC Problems
In Ann Arbor, Mayor Brown
said there are nine parking facili-
ties, seven of which are paying fa-
cilties. "The success of our system
is caused by the lack of jealousy
between the areas," Mayor Brown
added. "We buy only the best and
finest lots strategically located,"
he continued.
Speaking about parking facili-
ties in Kalamazoo, Maurice Schip-
pers, director of finance, told of
the losses of a merchant parking
lot which were cause: by increas-
ing cost of labor and lack of mu-
nicipal government interest.
The recent lifting of the Michi-
gan State College driving ban in
East Lansing has created parking
problems in residential and busi-
ness areas, according to John M.
Patriarche, Last Lansing city
manager. Students park in areas
other than those specifically des-
ignated for them, he said.
H~SU Proposal
Awaits Study
The House - approved bill to.
change the name of Michigan
State College to Michigan State
University is now awaiting study
by the Senate Judiciary Commit-
tee.
Sen. Harry F. Hittle, (R.-East
L a n s i n g) , judiciary committee
chairman, said that the study
would not begin until at least next
week and that if officials of the
University request a hearing it
would be granted.
According to Robert Cross, ad-!
ministrative assistant in the
President's office, the University
is contemplating sending a re-
quest for a hearing. He said he
had no idea when such-hearings
would be held.
A full agenda will greet members <>
when Student Government Coun-
cil meets again in the Union at 3 .
U~nitonaesientTom Leopold,
'55, will ask SGC to approve a Uri-
ion sponsored dance, the proceeds
to go for the fund to send Ameri-
can teams to the 1956 Olympic :j..
Games. ;
Will Work With Union
Sigma Alpha Mu, whose request
for a similar dance was turned<
down by Student Affairs Commit-
tee Feb. 22. will work with the ='_>: <''," ' ,
Union in organizing the dance.
The rejection of SAM's petition
in February was in line with
SAC's policy against individual
housing units sponsoring all-cam-
pus events.t
Before being turned down by
SAC, SAM had made preliminary
preparations for the dance and
received favorable comment from
Athletic Director Herbert O. Cris-
Ier and from the local Olympic
Games fund raising groups.
Union sponsorship of the dance
would circumvent SAC's policy, RON GORA AND JACK WARDROP
presumably to be followed by the ... swim stars await opening of NCAA meet.
new SGC.
To Consider Phi EpJ fl7 1 "jf
SGC will consider today approv-0 Kon o is1500 T Ie-o
al of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity's
petition to reactivate at the Uni- NU
Phi Ep has already been ap-
proved by Interfraternity Council
Executive Council and Fraternity By LEW HAMBURGER
Presidents Assemly Bspeciai to The Daily
Reactivation approval was made OXFORD, 0.- Diminutive Ford Konno sent Ohio State's de-
by IFC with several conditions in- fending champions into the lead of the 32nd annual NCAA Swimming
eluded: (1) After two open and Championships by winning the 1500 meter free-style here last night.
must be 30 men activated in the Konno covered the metric mile in 18:16.1, only 1.7 seconds slower
chapter; than the NCAA meet record which
(2) Phi Ep must have obtained he holds. Michigan's only two entries fin-
suitable University approved hous- Takes Early Lead ished well out of the running for
ing suited for occupancy; The OSU Hawaiian took the the six top, point-garnering places.
(3) Phi Ep must have a scholar- lead at the start and never relin- John O'Reilly, the main Wolver-
ship above the all-male average; quished it as he pulled ahead of ine hope, failed to show the form
(4) An active chapter advisor the field in Miami Universit's which earned him a second-place
will be required. beautiful, glass-walled John Shaw spot in the Big Ten title meet and
Active 1921 to 1941 Billings pool. turned in a disappointing 20:16.2
Phi Ep was active at the Univer- ----------- --- performance.
sity. from 1921 to 1941. SGC ap- . O'Reilly's efforts last night, a
proval will officially open way for Solo sts Choir full 35 seconds slower than his
Phi Ep's reactivation. time in the cnference meet, gain-
SGC Administrative Secretary ed him ninth place. The other
Ruth Callahan said yesterday only Sing Tonight 1Michigan entry, Harrison Wehner,
Dick Good, 56A, had been nomi- was clocked in 20:57.9.
nated thus far for SGC president.
Officer elections are scheduled The music school, in cooperation Breen Places Second
for Wednesday, with nominations with the Michigan High Schools!Second place in last night's
being acceptable until that time. Choir, will present the "Passion marathon went to George Breen,
USSR
ArSGC Faces
Full Agenda-;
,Meets Today ,
Changes Stand
.us Coniference
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Plan Sinillar'
To Western.
Proposals
LONDON (P)-Soviet Russia, I
a surprise reversal of its position i
the five-power disarmament talk
has put forward new proposa
"quite similar" to the Western prc
gram for reducing nuclear an
other arms, sources close totl
United States delegation disclose
yesterday.
Western officials were picture
as cautiously optimistic that tk
arms conference may now ma
some progress, but wary lest tl
Soviet proposals turn out to '
propaganda.
Step-by-Step Cuts
The informants said ussia
plan calls for step-by-step cuts i
both nuclear and convention
weapons, such as tanks and plane
It would eventually result-if car
ried through-in scrapping of h
drogen and atomic weapons.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minist~e
Andrei Gromyko was said to ha
presented the plan recently afte
he threw the parley into a dead
lock when it opened, Feb. 25, b
making demands unacceptable t
the Western delegations.
Russia is meeting with the Uni
ed States, Britain, France an
Canada in a renewed session c
the United Nations Disarmame
subcommittee. The meeting w
arranged last October by agree
ment at the UN General Assem
bly.
Information on the arms tae
was given to Wstern reporter
after Pravda, mouthpiece of thi
Soviet Communist party, publishe
in Moscow yesterday what West
ern officials called a distorted So
viet version of the negotiations,
Resembles Earlier Plans
Western informants said th
Russianeplan resembled propoth
sals made by Russia at the U
General Assembly last Octobei
but was also "quite similar" to th
1954 British-French program no
before the conference.
This program-backed by th
United States - provides for
gradual reduction in conventions
weapons, tied in with abolition o
nuclear weapons. It would be car
ried out under ironclad inspectio,
on both sides of the Iron Curtair
The informants said the Wes
has been pressing for acceptanc
of this formula since the beginning
of the conference-but in the fac
of Russian opposition.
Public Charter
Hearing Held
No organized opposition to Ai
Arbor's proposed new city charte
came out of yesterday's publii
meeting called by Mayor Willian
Brown.
Several observers had predictet
such a development.
"When you take people out 0:
government you take a step clos
er to that Communistic business,
the mayor told the approximatel:
100 citizens who filled the cita
council chamber. He referred t
the reduction in the city counci
size and termination of the char
ter status of many boards.
Mayor Brown described the pro
posed power of the council to ap.
point boards to advise city depart.
ments as "just a little frosting or
the cake."
Dean E. Blythe Stason of th4
Law School a member of th~
Charter Revision Commission, sai
he had "full faith the city counci
will exercise the powers that arE
given it to establish boards anc
commissions."
He remarked that the Water
Board was created by ordinance 4
years ago and ,has survived de-
spite its lack of charter status.
Clark To Lecture
On Desegregation
"Some Implications of Desegre-
gation for Social Psychology" wil
be discussed by Prof. Kenneth B
lirk nf New Vnrk City fnpe£E
Lady' Visits Campus
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REALITY:
Picasso's Art
Topic of Tall,
Centering his talk around the
use of classical symbols, Prof. Otto
J. Brendel of Indiana University
yesterday d i s c u s s e d Picasso's
"highly original" way of express-
ing reality.
Classical references have been
a recurrent strain in Picasso's
work, the same figures constantly
appearing but with different in-
terpretations, he commented.
The classical scholar and ar-
chaeologist emphasized that the
symbols of antiquity are always
modified by Picasso's private ob-
servations. At first he was in-j
terested in technique, later he
used symbols to express certain
themes.
Prof. Brendel traced Picasso's
change in the use of classical
symbols from the happy, statu-
esque mood of his work before
1924. Gradually, the plaster head
of still lifes became less friendly,
and the destructive Minotaur de-
veloped.
The Minotaur monster, half-
man and half-bull, appears in Pi-
casso's work after 1934, the sym-
bol capable of destroying himself
as well as others.
The myth is interpreted in
endless dream-like variations, and
finally crops up in Picasso's great
war canvas the "Guernica." t
of Our Lord According to St.' ltl
Matthew" by Bachat 8 p.m. to- from Co
day in Hill Auditorium. lege in
Prof. Maynard Klein and Prof. place fi
James B. Wallace will direct the tionals,
University Symphony Orchestra his 195E
and Choir and the 1400-voice high clockin
school choir, second-
Instrumental soloists include the tea
Marilyn Mason, organ: Phillip Bruce
Steinhaus, '55SM, harpsichordist; field C
and Prof. Percival Price, carillo- garnere
neur. a timeo
The "Passion" was originally placesu
written for a Vesper service in and Pet
1729 and was first performed in ma's S
Leipzig, Germany. ston fi
"The work marks a culmination Duncan
of a development That began dur-
ing the first centuries of Christian
worship," Prof. Hans T. David Josep
says in his program notes for the tured th
work.8
-known 1954 All-American
ortland State Teachers Col-
Cortland, N.Y. A fourth-
fiisher in last year's na-
Breen cut 47 seconds off
4 time with an 18:30.1
g to boost his team into a
place tie with Oklahoma in
m standings.
e Hutchinson, of Spring-
ollege, Springfield, Mass.,
d third-place honors with
of 18:41.3. Fourth and fifth
went to Graham Johnston
er Duncan, two of Oklaho-
buth African stars. John-
nished in 18:47.9, while
had a time of 19:33.2.
Robinson Sixth
h Robinson, of Yale, cap-
he final point with a 19:47.8
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FLINT LOCATION:
Mott Foundation To Back
Proposed Branch of '
By The Associated Press
Details of a proposed Flint branch of the University-backed by
a one million dollar grant from the Mott Foundation of Flint-were
revealed today in Lansing at a meeting of legislative finance com-
miittees.
University President Harlan Hatcher and Vice-President Marvin
L. Niehuss appeared before the committees to explain the University's
request for $37,000 to carry on
planning for the branch.
Mott Present
Also present at the meeting
was Charles S. Mott, Flint phi-
Mott emphasized that Flint is
not asking the University to es-
tablish a four-year college.
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