SGC 'Voices' Unrealistic In Barring ISA Seat Y L eiti Latest Deadline in the State !Izti4b C CLOUDY, COOLER See Page 4 VOL. LXVI, No. 100 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1956 EIGHT PAGES MOST IMPORTANT: THC To Sponsor Faculty Debates By VERNON NAHRGANG A series of faculty debates, designed to "tie a little closer the academic community with the residence halls," will be sponsored this spring by the Inter-House Council. Three discussions, to be held in each of the quadrangles in turn, will comprise what IHC President. Tom Bleha, '56, called "one of the most important things that the IHC can do this year." Although definite topics for the debateshave not yet been set, Bleha explained that they would be "issues of social, political and economic form." Subjects Pertinent to Students In addition, he said, they would be problems of special importance to University students, subjects pertinent to University life. A Alabama U. Halts Lucy's Re-entrance Student Accused Jury Of.F Finds Johnson Guilty Is irst Degree Murder t Of Defamation it 4 Favor Nixon For Another Term-Hall WASHINGTON ()-Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall threw his weight solidly behind Vice-President Richard M. Nixon yesterday for. another term. It was an improtant political boost for Vice-President Nixon, whom some Republicans would like to see dropped from the tick- et, aid perhaps put away in a Cabinet post. Hall held a news conference in the Young Republican wing of the National GOP headquarters. He planted himself in front of a huge photograph of President Eisen- hower and Nixon, and declaimed: 'Greatest Team' "It is the greatest team in the country." A reporter told Hall he had been a good prophet in saying Presi- dent Eisenhower would run again, and asked him how he felt about another Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. "I said sometime ago that I assumed the ticket would be the same as in 1952," Hall replied. "I will not change that one bit." In theory, a party chairman doesn't come out for any one can- didate before the national conven- tion, but Hall sounded as though that wouldn't be his practice in the case of Vice-President Nixon. Expects Ike-Nixon Slate While Hall has said before he expected an Eisenhower-Nixon slate, the timing and vigor of his declaration yesterday amounted to a new force. Reports persisted nevertheless that some persons close to Presi-' dent Eisenhower would like for him to choose another running mate. Their thinking was said to be that the aggressive Nixon, per- haps the most combative cam- paigner in 1952, might lose some independent votes whereas some other man might not. One report got pretty involved. It would have Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell taking the next Supreme Court vacancy, Nixon becoming attorney general, and Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey stepping in as the vice presidential candidate. Educator Says Burma Wants World Peace Prof. Daw Mya Sein, prominent -Burmese educator, said yesterday that her country will be friends to "everyone" to further world peace. "The neutralism or our country is an active one designed to bring about friendship and understand- ing in the world," she said in a lecture in Angell Hall. She contended that the role of her country is to act as a "bridge' between the great civilizations." "We want to be friends with every- one, especially our two great1 neighbors, the Indians and theI Chinese." Speaking on "Independent I Burma" Prof. Daw Mya Sein stres- t sed that such friendship is nec-c essary to the development of her young nation as well as to the peace of other countries. "We are not trying to convert our country to an industrial statusc all at once, it is still true that 85 per cent of our people live byp tn, , ,4 ,4 , - - According to preliminary plans, the debates would feature a group of faculty or administration mem- bers and would be open to the public. "This is something that we, be- cause of our facilities," Bleha con- tinued, "can provide for the cam- pus and ourselves." , Plan Three Debates Three debates will be held, the first on March 27 in West Quad, the second on April 17 in South Quad, and the final presentation on May 8 in East Quad. Bleha, in describing reasons for the debates, also noted that "an education of any sort must also be considered as a basis for living." The program met with the unani- mous approval of the council. It was also announced at yester- day's IHC meeting that the Uni- versity has been named headquar- ters school of the Big Ten Resi- dence Halls Association. Failed Td Submit Brief Although Indiana had planned to submit a brief for the appoint- ment, it failed to do so, making tichigan the only school that re- qiuested the position. This year's conference will be held April 13, 14 and 15 at Purdue University. Charles MV1. Straayer, '57, was elected IHC Executive Vice-Presi- dent by acclamation yesterday, to fill the recently vacated office.. Another vacancy was filled with the election, also by acclamation, of Reed Kenworthey, '57Ed, to the post of Corresponding Secretary. Additional nominations and elections will be held next week to fill- the position of Administrative ice-President, vacated by Straay- er. GU' Branch Considered Gra d Rapid's bid to establish a four year branch of the Univer- sity and a medical school gained further momentum yesterday. A bill to give the University $50, 000 to study the feasibility of such a branch was introduced in the House by the Kent county delega- tion of legislators. The bill calls for the study to be conducted by the Board of Re- gents. A study of the need for addi- tional medical facilities in the State is already being carried out by a committee appointed by President Harlan H. Hatcher and, headed by Albert Furstenberg,, ean of the Medcial School. Methods of financing would be me of the prime objectives of the tudy which would be presented o the 1957 Legislature and the Kent County school boards. The University has already told Grand Rapids Citizen's Com- mittee that it is willing to consider stablishing a branch. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (A)-The University of Alabama's trustees "permanently expelled" N e g r o coed Autherine Lucy on discipli- nary grounds at a secret meeting Wednesday night. The action, which leaked out early yesterday, came within hours after United States District Court Judge2H. Hobart Grooms ordered the 26-year-old former school teacher admitted to the Tuscaloosa campus by Monday. Miss Lucy, first Negro ever en- rolled at the 125-year-old school, was suspended Feb. 6 after three days of rioting by students and "outsiders" over her presence. Charges University Conspiracy The Birmingham woman charged in her suit seeking read- mittance that university authori- ties conspired in the mob action. The charges were withdrawn at the opening of the hearing Wed- nesday.' In Montgomery, the House of Representatives adopted a resolu- tion to establish a legislative com- mittee to determine if the Na- tional Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People is Communist controlled. Under the terms of the resolu- tion, which now goes to the Sen- ate, Miss Lucy would be sub- poenaed as a witness. Her legal battle to enter the uiiiversity has been backed up by the NAACP. To Transport Negros The Senate, meantime, shouted unanimous approval of a resolu- tion asking for federal funds to transplant Negroes from Alabama to regions outside the Southdwhere "they are needed or wanted." Gov. James E. Folsom told a reporter in Montgomery he had not been advised of the trustees' action against Miss Lucy but said he hoped this would wind up the situation for good. In expelling Miss Lucy from the university, the trustees accused her of making "false, defamatory, impertinent and scandalous charges" against university offi- cials in court and through news- papers, radio and television sta- tions. Accused of Making False Charges The resolution added, "No edu- cational institution could main-3 tain necessary disciplinary actionj if any student, regardless of race,r guilty of the conduct of Autherine J. Lucy be permitted to remain." Miss Lucy said she was "shocked by this turn of events." "I was looking forward to re- turning to school," she added. "Atf this point there is nothing more It can say."s CAMPBELL COMPETITION: Law Students Win ock Court Case By TED FRIEDMAN The semi-final round of the Law School's Henry M. Campbell Competition was decided in favor of the teams of Charles B. Ren- rew, '56L, Richard H. Benson, '56L, and Norman E. Gaar, '56L,-Rich- ard B. Madden '56L, last night. Each team argued a mock case in the'thirty-first annual Camp- bell Competition before a court of professors of law and legal ex- perts. The two winning teams will argue before a moot Supreme Court of the United States April 13, over which United States Supreme Court Justice Thomas Clark will preside. Imaginary Corporation The mock case concerned an imaginary-Marvel Television Cor- poration versus the United States in an appeal arising from an in- cident under the Sherman Anti- trust Act and the Clayton Act. In the two seperate although simultaneous courts, the winning teams were opposed by the teams of John A. Beach, 57L,-Edwin S. Taylor, '56L, and Robert W. Steele, 57L, Edward C. Adkins, 57L. Both losing teams were appellants., Presiding over the courts were Prof. Samuel D. Estep, William B. Cudlip and Edward N. Fegney in the first court and Prof. Jack R. Pearce and Benjamin H. Long in the secondi. Courtroom Atmosphere The exciting contest was carried out just as an authentic court case in miniature. A strict courtroom atmosphere was maintained, the justices wore traditional black robes and student bailiffs kept order. This thirty-first annual compe- tition was student managed and prepared to painstaking detail by Prof. S. C. Oppenheim and Roger G. Kidston, '56L, Chairman of the Henry M. Campbell Competition. Undergraduates Invited He suggested undergraduates might benefit by attending the mock court sessions. Not only would it demonstrate to pre-law students what actual court ses- sions are, but it could supply con- siderable information to political science and business majors. "The Sherman Act is as import- ant to our economic system as the Constitution is to our political system," he said. Convicted ofKilling Daughter January 9 Defendant Hears Verdict Quietly; Had Claimed Insanity As Defense By RICHARD HALLORAN and ALLAN STILLWAGON A jury of 8 women and 4 men found Harold A. Johnson guilty of murder in the first degree at 8:28 p.m. yesterday. Murder in the first degree carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment in the State of Michigan. . Johnson heard the verdict without a display of emotion. Counsel for the defense, Ralph C. Keyes, declined comment on the decision. As he had not had the opportunity to confer with Johnson, Keyes could not say whether or not the case would be appealed. Will Be Sentenced Later The defendant was convicted of slaying his one year old daughter, Margaret, the night of Jan. 9. Otis wife, Margery, and three year old daughter, Barbara, were also vic- timns of Johnson's shooting that 3 evening. He will be sentenced at a later date.Eisenhower Yesterday morning, the jury heard the final arguments of theEr prosecuting and defense attorneys. Edmond F. Devine, counsel for the state, in pointing out the signifi- cant elements of the evidence pre- sented by the state, argued that Johnson had intentionally, malic- WASHINGTON (A) --President iously, and without legal excuse or Dwight D. Eisenhower thrust his Justification murdered his daugh- second-term bid into the Wiscon- ter. sin and California primaries yes- The tall,.lanky prosecutor stated terday in the midst of political that the defendant's motive arose gales blowing up over his health from a Q ecision that after having and running .mate. shot his wife, the rest of the fam- Party battle lines for the on- ily should not live. coming campaienr mp -Daily'-Chuck Kelsey UNIVERSITY LAW STUDENT ARGUES CASE IN CAMPBELL COMPETITION SPORTS IN STATE: i^ fit leers Open Series at Tech;TrcClm xSatTo y SGC Expresses Concern Over Lack of Candidates Student Government Council members yesterday expressed con- cern over the small number of petitions being taken out for the coming SGC elections. Only one student has taken out a petition in the past two days. After 10 candidates signed to run in the first few days of petitioning, SGC members are at a loss to explain this situation, in the light of SGC's present University status. Last Spring 24 candidates ran for SGC. Daily Managing Editor Dave Baad, '56, expressed SGC's favor- able campus position when he said, "In the one year of SGC's ex- istence the Council has gained the attention and respect of the Regents, Administration and faculty. SGC has attained a status rinot gained by the previous Uni- versity student governments." C ti l 9 t c c c z t t E C t C X By PHIL DOUGLIS Daily Sports Editor Special to The Daily HOUGHTON-Three months of pent-up anticipation explodes here tonight. It's been a long wait-but Mi- chigan and Michigan Tech finally come to grips here this evening in the opener of a four game WIHL set which will not only decide the League champion, but for Michi- gan its ninth straight bid to the NCAA tourney as well. Hockey-Crazed Michigan flew into this hockey- crazed town last night, and ex-' pects to work out on Dee Stadium' ice this afternoon. The defend- ing NCAA champions, who have been impro' ing with each suc- cessive game, appear to be at their peak. The Huskies, only one vic- tory away from at least a share of the WIHL title; boast a 20-2 record-and already have clinched a bid to the NCAA tourney. This is the situation, and the entire Copper Country has gone into a frenzy over it. If the an- cient Dee Stadium could seat 10,000 it would be jam-packed tonight. The ticket situation here is im- possible. There just aren't any. Long lines have been queuing up since dawn to grab standing room. Every last one of the 1,076 seats have been sold-but a throng of over 2500 is expected to tax the very walls of the structure. Enthusiasm Soars Everywhere you go here the top- ic is the same. Despite four feet of snow on the ground and near z e r o temperatures, enthusiasm soars sky-high. All over the town of 3,829, in the famed Douglass House where the Wolverines are quartered, on the Michigan Tech campus, all minds are tuned to the explosion that is expected to rock the Kewaneaw peninsula, as these two giants collide. So much does this mean to Tech that Coach Al Renfrew will pull every trick in the book to stop Mi- chigan's Big Blue. It will be a tough order-even for the League's' cinderella men. Not only is the League cham- pionship at stake, but interest is See LOCAL, page 7 By JOHN HILLYER Special To The Daily VAST LANSINQ - Michigan once again is favored to remain on top of the Western Cbnference indoor track and field heap, but it won't be anything like last year.. This seems an almost certain prediction as the Big Ten blue chips go into the kitty at Jenison Field house, the preliminaries tak- ing place tonight at 7 p.m. and the finals tomorrow afternoon at 2:00. As will be remembered, it was here on this same campus last year at this time that Coach Don Canham's cinder machine buried its nine victims under a 672-point deluge. This constituted the most points gathered by any team in a Big Ten meet since 1944, when' Michigan ran up a 75-point total. Nothing points to scores of such propensities this year, however. Iowa Becomes Power Iowa's Hawkeyes, a pitiful seventh at last season's indoor showdown, have suddenly emerged from their depths to a position of threatening proportions. Their two main sparks have been a pair of versatile performers - Ted Wheeler and Les Stevens. Wheeler, recently returned from a two-year service hitch, has turn- ed in the Big Ten's best times in the mile and half-mile so far this year-4:11.2 and 1:55.2, respec- tively. In the mile, Capt. allingford has been timed in 4:14., good for second best. In the 880, defending champion Gray has done 1:55.6, the third best clocking of the year. See POWERFUL, page 7 Courtroom Tense Throughout both arguments, the courtroom was tense and attent- ive. The faces of the jury were grim and several showed the strain of the responsibility under which they had been placed. Johnson ap- peared calm but depressed. . Prosecutor Devine summed up his argument with the statement that the question presented was one of the capability of the de- fendant to know the difference between right and wrong and having the ability to resist the impulse to kill at the time of the tragedy. Defense attorney Keyes, in sup- port of Johnson's claim to tempo- rary insanity at the time of the offense, attempted to show that no father could have any reason to kill his daughter if he were in his right mind. Key Point for Defense As a key point for the defense, Keyes indicated that Johnson did not call a doctor nor an ambulance for his wife after hitting her, with a shot which he claimed was acci- dental. This action alone demon- strated that the defendant was not sane in either a legal or a medical sense then and could not be held legally responsible for his actions while in that condition. Keyes concluded with an em- phatic denial that a sane sound man could take the life of a helpless child. He based this state- ment on the testimony of psychia- trists and on an appeal to the common practical sense of the jury. The jury was charged by Cir- cuit Court Judge James R. Breakey Jr. at 3 p.m. With an hour out for dinner, they reached a verdict in approximately 42 hours. S Inedswutly around the health issue. Democrats drummed on the "part-time president" theme and set up President Eisenhower's health as a key issue on grounds the President already had done so himself. Adlai Stevenson said in New York the presidency "can- not be conducted on a part-time basis." GOP Predicts Backfire Republicans predicted that such tactics would backfire and cost the bemocrats votes. President Eisenhower backed up his big decision to try for another term with assurances to the American people Wednesday night that in spite of his September heart attack he is able to handle his presidential duties as well as ever-now and "indefinitely." So, he said, "I shall accept" the presidential renomination he is sure to get. At the same time, he said, he will be a man operating under "restrictions," doctors' or- ders, and a lighter working sched- ule. Enters Primaries Shifting from words to action, President Eisenhower yesterday, signed the papers which will put his name into the GOP primaries in Wisconsin April 3 and in Cali- fornia June 5. His consent was required in those states and he gave it. And he will be in pri- maries in half a dozen other states where his consent wasn't needed. Three Republican House mem- bers were tapped to fly to Wiscon- sin yesterday with the President's signed entry for the primary. Vice President Nixon, Senate Republican Leader William E. Knowland of California and Gov. Goodwin Knight of California were picked to sponsor Eisenhoweit in their state. Predicts Unanimous Vote Senator Knowland, who had presidential ambitions of his own until President Eisenhower's hat- in-ring. announcement, predicted that the President will be nomi- nated unanimously at the GOP national convention starting Aug. 20 in San Francisco. Although he bypassed a direct answer to a question whether he was backing Nixon, he told a news conference he assumes his fellow Californian will get second place on the ticket once more. Eisenstadt To Talk On Israel Ideology {- RUNNING MATE: White Claims GOP Will Approve Any Ie Choice "There is a very good possibility that Richard M. Nixon will be Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower's running mate in the coming elections," Professor John P. White of the political science department said. President Eisenhower has always displayed affection for Nixon. In his speech yesterday he spoke of his "unbounding admiration" for' the vice-president, although he gave no further indication of his choice. Decision Up to Ike "Ike can have what he wants; the decision is up to him," Prof. White said. "The convention will back whomever he chooses." Now that President Eisenhower has said that he will run, the campaigns of both parties will be focused on the presidential cam- paign, not the vice-presidential candidate. The Democrats will concentrate on attacking President Eisen- Council members are anxious to have many qualified -candidates run for SOC positions. Janet Neary, '58, said, "In order for is- sues to be carried to the student. body it is necessary to have a competitive campaign. This can be accomplished only when there are enough qualified people -run- ning to insure'positive discussion of these issues." Robert Leacock, '57, SGC mem- ber, in commenting on a student's reason for seeking office, said, "Running for office shows a stu- dent's concert for his educational environment in that participation in student government provides an opportunity-for a voice in shaping University policy." From a candidate's position the Council offers an opportunity to World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-The United States told Russia yesterday that Soviet balloons have flown over American territory-that is, Alaska- just as United States balloons have flown over Soviet territory. An American note to the Kremlin asked in effect: So what are you complaining about? * * * , JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector - Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett yesterday denounced United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' statement of Middle East policy before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week. He said Secretary Dulles' policy would withhold from Israel the means of security the United States adopted for itself-the building up of massive armed strength. * * * * ,* }FBA Plans Produie, Salt