COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS See Page 4 Sixty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom :43 a it Sr 'Sr CLOUDY, RAIN -- -- --- _,. ... ,. _,. r EIGHT PA( VL. .XVIIflTNo. 105V~a*a4~VS~ I ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1958 FIVE CENTS J . v Red Ambassador Seeks Friendship Says End to U.S. Trade Embargo Could Ease International Tensions WASHINGTON (A') - Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov, pressing his friendlier-than-thou campaign in an Associated Press interview, urges more visits, more trade and even joint U.S.-Soviet economic aid programs. To Improve Relations "I came here with the sole purpose to help improve the relations of our countries," he told the AP in a red-and-gold parlor at the Soviet Embassy. As a No. 1 target he singled out the United States embargo on certain trade with Russia. The purpose of the embargo is to withhold REPLACES STASSEN: Name Wadsworth Negotiator MSU Seeks To Set U Grand Rap ids Branc WASHINGTON (P)-The United States yesterday named a new dis- armament negotiator, backed up by four citizen-advisers, and called on Russia to meet with him in, "urgent" new talks. In a grim coincidence, the Unit- ed States move came as Russia exploded two potent hydrogen test weapons in a single day. James J. Wadsworth, deputy United Nations ambassador, was designated for the post of succes- sor to Harold Stassen who quit two weeks ago as disarmament spe- cialist. Approved Appointment President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved his appointment and also named a four-man panel of distinguished citizens to "advise and consult" on disarmament policy. Members will be Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, former Allied com- mander in Europe who is now American Red Cross president; in- vestment banker Robert A. Lovett, LEGAL STUDY: - 'U'Right To Fine Ex plained By RONALD KOTULAK What right does the Univer- sity have to levy fines on its stu- dents? This question is continually be- ing debated by students, some o1 whom maintain that the Univer- sity exerts authoritarian powers in matters of administration and discipline. In a legal brief compiled in 1952 by Earl Warren, '52LL.M., the policy of the University, and uni versities in general, was spelled out to be that fines, in reasonabl amounts, may be imposed on stu dents in the enforcement of rea sonable rules promulgated by the University. Best Method Such fines, Warren continued must be "believed by the official of the University to be the bes method of enforcing such rules and the money so collected is use for the benefit of the studen body." Although there are no specifi rules describing the imposition o fines in the State Constitution o the Regent's By-laws, the court and Regents have interpreted th phraseology of the constitutio and State Statutes to imply thi meaning. Regents Have Power The power of the University t levy fines, Warren said, is give by a statement in the Michiga Statutes: "The Regents shal have power to enact ordinances by-laws and regulations for th government of the university." Any student enrolling in th University, he 'ndicated, does s with the understanding that h will obey the laws established b the University and that thes laws need not be expressly states or agreed upon before hand. Therefore, he said, the Univer sity may enact any rule it con siders necessary to the proper ad ministration of the school unles the act is arbitrary and unreason able. Presume Regulations It is a well founded tradition he continued, that the court automatically presume the regula tions to be reasonable. In cases involving stiff regu lations that have appeared befor Michigan courts, he said, the de cision has generally consideret the reasonableness of the la under the circumstances and no whether it was the best, one or on the court would advise. Noting the free-hand attitud of the courts again, he said, the: feel that "the university natural ly has the right to enforce th rule by means reasonably calcu lated to obtain the desired result. Citing the Fertich v. Michene case in Indiana, he said that th law there prohibited tardy stu dents from. participating in open * Ing exercises, and to enforce th rule the assembly room wa locked during the period. The plaintiff, who came late returned home in 18-degrees-be low-zer weather with the resul that her feet were frozen. Th court upheld the means of en forcement because the hallwa: outside the assembly room wa sufficiently heated. items which might further the,. Soviet war potential. Menshikov said it has failed,' serving only to increase tesions. Did Not Gain "All of this didn't cause any harm to our country and, second, your country didn't gain any- thing," he said. "Certain business circles in this country lost the trade as a result. "And of course the whole thing added a little to the tensions of the two countries. "That is all it produced." Menshikov's words illuminated why he was chosen to replacej gruff, black-browed Georgi Zaru- zin as ambassador. n aNo Questions Barred The private interview, with no questions barred, was one of the first Menshikov has granted since his arrival three weeks ago. But he served notice he is avail- able. He said his plans include a, 3 speech, with questions afterward, e before the Natioial Press Club - next Thursday. - Thereafter, he said he will travel e within the next three months to New York, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Chicago for more public ap- pearances and sightseeing. s Menshikov said all this is in line t with his argument, which recurred , throughout the interview, that d everything would be all right be- t tween the United States and the Soviet Union if everybody got to c know each other better. f He said he personally thinks r Soviet party boss Nikita Khrush- s chev should visit the United e States, a He thinks also, he added, that s leaders like Vice-President Rich- ard M. Nixon should go to the Soviet Union. n Change Rules For Late Pers e During Finals .e Automatic late permissions for y women will no longer be required d during final exams according to Alice Louie, '58Ed chairman of Women's Judiciary Council. - As before, each woman will be allowed six automatic late per- missions to be used during the s semester, but, with the new ruling, - these will not be needed during the final exam period. The automatic late per system , as it now stands, will extend until s the second to last day of classes, - May 27. However, during exam period, - from May 28 to June 9, hours will e be until 12 a.m. throughout the - week, except Fridays and Satur- d days, when they will be until 12:30 W a.m. Houses must still be closed t to visitors at 10:55 p.m. and no e resident may leave the house after 11:00 p.m. e According to Women's Judiciary y Council the amendment was made - in order to facilitate the use of e the new Undergraduate Library. Mack Denies 'Influences' During Question Period WASHINGTON (P)-Richard A. Mack denied under a barrage of questions yesterday that he has been influenced by anybody in his two and one-half years on the Federal Communications Commission. Emerged Smiling Mack emerged smiling but obviously tired from a day-long ses- sion before the House subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, standing - , --Daily-David Arnold PROF. BENJAMIN LIPPINCOTT Free State Has Limits --Lipineott Can the Communist party use the rights of a free system to abolish that system? Probably not, was the answer given that question last night by Prof. Benjamin Lippincott of the University of Minnesota's political science department. Prof. Lippincott, speaking be- fore the Political Science Round- table, rejected what he considered ultra-liberalism on the part of many political experts. "Fascists and Communists can- not claim the rights of a free so- ciety," he said, "because they re- ject these right.s" Prof. Lippincott said he was "disillusioned" by the lack of clear thought on this question among political theorists. This "sterility of thought" he blamed on the tradition of -19th century liberalism created by the philosophic ideas of such men as John' Stuart Mill, Jeremy Ben- tham and John Locke. J From the 17th century to World War I, he recounted, democracy, on the defensive, was successful. Liberals saw themselves as as- serting the rights of the indi- vidual against the top authority. Subsequently, however, totali- tarian groups used .the ideas of the democracies to come to power. In the 20th century, P.rof. Lip- pincott continued, democracy has faced a severe challenge from to- talitarianism. firmp on a determination not to resign under fire. "Of course not" was his reply to questions about the possibility of his quitting. The question boiled up in the wake of testimony linking him financially with a Miami Lawyer who for a time backed the suc- cessful bid of a National Airlines subsidiary for a Miami TV license. Handed Over Finances Mack did say on the witness stand, however, that for all prac- tical purposes he had put his finances completely in the hands of the attorney and his lifelong friend, Thurman A. Whiteside. The commissioner said he had only the haziest knowledge of how more than $10,000 in loans and advances made to him by White- side in recent years were repaid. And he Utstified he knew little or nothing about a Miami insur- ance agency in which Whiteside gave him a one-sixth interest, or about a holding company which the Miami lawyer likewise turned over to him-with 'no outlay of money on Mack's part in either case. Nor "Anyone Else" Neither, Mack said, did anyone else on behalf of the National Air- lines outlet which won the Miami license. Two subcommittee members, Reps. J. B. Bennett (R-Mich.) and J.E. Moss, Jr., (D-Calif.) have called for Mack's resignation or removal in the light of recent testimony. Strike Causes, GOP To 'Oust' Past Sheriff WASHINGTON M -A former sheriff testified yesterday he was "absolutely bounced" out of the Republican party for refusing to use guns against pickets outside the Kohler Co. plant in' Kohler, Wis. Theodore J. Mosch told the story of the Senate Rackets Com- mittee, which is investigating vio- lence in the 4-year-old strike of the United Auto Workers against the Wisconsin plumbing, fixtures firm. Under questioning by Sen. Karl Mundt (R-S.D.), Mosch conceded there could have been some con- nection between his getting bounced and his accepting a $300 campaign contribution from the UAW in the fall of 1954. Mosch said he was sheriff of Sheboygan County, Wis., when the strike began in 1954 and mass picketing kept the Kohler plant shut down for 54 days. , former undersecretary of state; banker John J. McCloy, former high commissioner to Germany, and Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, ex- undersecretary of state. Announces MovesJ " The State Department an- nounced these moves within min- utes of an ; announcement that Russia had set off its second big nuclear explosion of the day north of the Arctic Circle. The twin shots, presumably of hydrogen bombs, were disclosed by the Atomic Energy Commis-l sion. They raised to three the number of Soviet firing of nuclear weaponsF this week.- No Mention A. State Department announce- ment made no mention of Russia's continued test firings at a time when the Kremlin is also actively pushing its "ban on the bomb" campaign. "The United States continues toe consider it urgent," the announce- ment said, "that an international agreement be sought and reached which will effectively limit arma- ments." The department in a statement noted Russia has. served notice it would boycott any meeting of th newly created 25-nation United Nations Disarmament Commission. 'Fun-Packed' Union Week To Start Soon. By RALPH LANGER Exhibits, contests, movies car- nivals, concerts, cartoons and a dance will be among the high- lights of Union Week, Sunday through Sunday. The week begins with the In- tercollegiate Bridge Tourney Sun- day, in the card room. Exhibits from the art and photo contests will be in the third floor confer- ence room and the main lobby all day Monday. The first round of the first an- nual Liars Contest will be held at 8 p.m. Monday. To Discuss Drinking Wednesday afternoon is also the date of the unveiling of the new hi-fi set in the main music room. Demonstrations of select- ed recordings from the newly pur- chased $800 record supply will continue throughout the after- noon. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. a speech contest will be held in Room 3A. Wednesday evening Assistant Dean of Women Gertrude E..Mul- hollan, Assistant Dean of Men John Bingley and municipal'court judge Francis O'Brien will dis- cuss drinking regulations at the University. Movie to be Shown Thursday is the annual M-Day. The Union plays host to college and junior college students from around the state and gives them an opportunity to receive academ- ic counseling and to survey the University campus. "Would You Like to Know," Thursday at 7:30 p.m., will have a demonstration of how to build a hi-fi set. "Three for the Show," a feature movie starring Jack. Lemmon, will be shown in rooms K, L, M, and N beginning at 8:30 p.m. At 8:30 a carnival with miniature golf, a kissing booth, a picture- taking booth, and various other midway concessions will begin, lasting until 11 p.m. Meanwhile, beginning at 9 p.m. a dance will be held in the ball- room with the Liars contest finals during intermission. Effect of 'State' Plan On 'U' Interest Unclear By DAVID TARR How Michigan State's proposal for a branch college at Grand Rapids will affect the University's interest in Calvin College in the same city is not yet clear. University Vice-President William Stirton said last night there are "no plans to announce at this time" on what the University may do in Grand Rapids. Authorized Steps The University Board of Regents last May authorized President Harlan Hatcher to begin steps toward purchasing Calvin College and establishing a medical school " there. Stirton said the next step in expanding Michigan's medical edu- cation facilities will be providing additional funds to Wayne State University. This would permit it to increase its freshman class by 50 students. What happens after that, Sirton said, will depend largely on theN final reports of two committees now studying the needs of higheri education in Michigan. .. Studies Needs One, the Russel Committee, is studying the needs of all higher The other, chaired by Dr. Albert C. Furstenberg, dean of the medi- cal school, is studying only medi- cal education facilities. It has made a preliminary report but no recommendations yet. ::::::': Stirton observedr however, that PAUL KATIER MSU's proposal does not call for PROF.PAuld aUreli a medical school and therefore " .. could teach religion" would not conflict with the Uni- versity's interests. It has been conceded for some r of. Speaks tiethat Michigan will have to expand its medical education facil- 1Iel o ities in the near future.O The preliminary report of Dr. Furstenberg's committee said the - state is seventh in population but I p 23rd in total number of physicians. Michigan is even lower among the states in number of physicians By BARTON HUTHWAITE in active private practice alone; ranking 35th with 71 per 100;000 The University could take the population. The national average position that it is "derelict" to is 93. the high purpose for which it was That report also says, "It is created, if it fails to deal with generally agreed that the Univer- religion in a positive way, Prof. sity's medical school, already the Paul G. Kauper of the law school country's largest (enrollment-ap- said yesterday. proximately 1,225, 1956, graduating A university which deliberately class--189) should not further in- excludes all courses with positive crease its present enrollment. religious content is not just failing I 1 ;; t' e d 5 1 al e Soviet, Leader Gets Go-Ahead On Farming MOSCOW (M--The Communist party's powerful Central/ Commit- tee gave its chief, Nikita S. Khru- shchev, the go-ahead signal yes- terday for a far-reaching revolu- tion in Soviet Agriculture. The committee, after a two-day session, announced endorsement of Khrushchev's proposals to shift ownership of the nation's farm machinery from the machine- tractor stations to collective farms. A party communique issued after the committee sessions of Monday and Tuesday said this "will speed the evolution toward communism." The committee acted on a pro- posal first announced by Khrush- chev in a speech at Minsk Jan. 22. It advanced a five-point program to transfer machinery from the thousands of machine-tractor sta- tions - MTS - scattered over the USSR to collective farms, and to reorganize the stations into main- tenance units. Approve, Sil Just .Outsid City Limits . Legislative Finand Sought for Propo to teach religion, he added. Telling Witness It is "telling witness" that reli- gion is irrelevant to higher edu- cation, Prof. Kauper declared. While the University teaches several courses in the philosophy of religion and also in eastern religions, itChas no courses whose specific aim is to explain the be- liefs and practices of western civilization's major religions. A second in a series of talks on "Religion and The State Univer- sity," Prof. Kauper concentrated on the area of "Law and Public Opinion." Prof. Kauper termed the "real question" as whether religion de- serves treatment in courses with a primary religious orientation. He pointed out that the Supreme Court has ruled the Constitution does not require the state to be hostile or even indifferent to reli- gion. Can't Seek Converts But to win religiousconverts and seek commitment is, Prof. Kauper emphasized, outside the function of the university and does violate the separation of church and state. "Bible-reading in public schools has frequently been challenged on the ground that this is a form of forbidden sectarian instruction," Prof. Kauper explained comment- ing on the proposed state con- stitutional amendment requiring Bible reading in public schools. "The majority of (past state court) decisions, including some decided at a relatively early date, have held that Bible-reading is not constitutionally objectionable, particularly if objecting or dis- senting students are excused from participation," he added. Police SeeK q T'- t 1pae EAST LANSING VP) - Michi- gan State University took a major step today toward eventual es- tablishment of a four-year branch college at Grand Rapids. The State Board of Agriculture MSU governing body, approved the. future use of the 100-acre Graham Experiment Station, jus west of Grand Rapids, as a site for a branch college. The resolution was made by G Donald Stevens, board membe from Grand Rapids, and seconde by Jan B. Vanderploeg, board member from Muskegon. Followed Meeting The action followed a dnne meeting at which 'the board hearc from a group of about 30,dole= gates from western Michigan h appeared to urge the establish- ment of a branch college on the site. The resolution specified thai the site would be utilized for. a branch college if the people o: the area showed a desire to sup- port such an institution and - the legislature would make moe available to support it. "We're ready to move as s01 as we have the financing," sai John A. Hannah, MSU president adding, "but it's all contingen on the willingness of the Legisa. ture to finance it." Group Urges Hannah told the group appear ing to urge establishment of thi college that they would have V do a selling job to promote it. "You'll have to organize anc go out and develop support fo: it," he said. "You'll also have tV do the selling job on the Legisla ture." The previous pattern in the de velopment of branch colleges i Michigan, he said, has been to the site to be donated and fbr a grant to be given to help suppor it. Harold W. Rockwell, Gran Rapids businessman, was spokes man for the group appearing be fore the board. "The philosophy and educa tional ideals of Michigan State ti in with our needs," he said "What we need is strong pro grams in home economics, agr culture, engineering and teache training." Twelve File For Vacant Campus Posts Twelve people took out petitior yesterday for positions on Unio board of directors,,senior class o1 ficers, and Board-in-Control C Intercollegiate Athletics. Taking out petitions for t four Union director-at-large p sitions were Peter VanHaften, '5 Les Benet, '59, Bill Raisch, '5 and John Moore, Grad. In addition to these posts, or director will be elected fro3 among the students in the La School and one from the medic and dental schools. Lou Susman, '58, is petitionir for president of the literary Co lege senior class and James Smith, '58, and Gil Bergen, 5 plan to run for vice president. Tl College of Business has Ben Negi '58BAd, and Bert Getz, '58BA running for office. Petitioning fV engineering college positions a Robert Stahl, '58E ad Hank Li Brun, '58E. Positions are also ope for education school class offlcer but none have been taken out: yet. Karl Sniderman,. '61, was ti only man to take out a petitU for Board-in-Control of Interc legiate Athletics. This position open only to sophomore men. r~ rm, 9it nn are Men On l 1 OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS: International Students Meet, Sightsee in Lansing By THOMAS TURNER Special to The Daily Approximately 1400 international students gathered yesterday in Lansing's Civic Center yesterday, meeting to "strengthen the tentacles of society around the world," as Lansing's mayor Ralph Crego put it. The occasion was International Student Day, and 92 "countries" were represented, ranging from Canada to the Portugese enclave of .:: ; . ,.