hoenix-1emorial Project Finishes Tenth Iea By JUDITH DONER The Michigan Memorial-Phoenix Project is now 10 years old.. The project, founded to develop peaceful uses for atomic energy, has grown from a nebulous war memorial into a labyrinth of seven campus laboratories, and includes the $1 million Ford Nuclear Re- actor, largest at a university. Phoenix Project was established in 1948 with an appeal for funds to create a program of peacetime atomic research, a memorial to the 468 University students and fac- ulty who lost their lives in World War II. Originally envisaged as a ten- year program, it is now seen in no context of time. University President Harlan Hatcher recently wrote, "It is inconceivable to all who know the accomplishments of the Phoenix Project that this work should end." The accomplishments of the Project are many. The seven cam- pus laboratories include the three- story Phoenix Building on North Campus. In 10 years the project has supported 146 research pro- jects, 68 of which were in progress during 1957. More than 300 technical books and papers have been published around the world with its support, and its nuclear education program is now the world's largest. The project has- its beginning when over 30,000 students, alumni and friends of the University raised $7.3 million in an initial fund-raising drive. The Develop- ment Council is now seeking $2 million to continue the project. Report Describes Progress In its seventh annual progress report to be released today, the tenth year of the project is re- viewed. This report describes the research accomplishments of Phoenix Project in the fields of medicine, the biological and sphy- sical sciences and the legal aspects of atomic energy. Phoenix funds have made pos- sible the development of the first successful machine scanner. Used to study the paths of nuclear par- ticles in a layer of photographic film, this device does the work of 20 human observers and is some- times able to view what humans might miss. Method Detects Elemehts By rendering elements such as silver, rhodium and vanadium radioactive through neutron bom- bardment, minute quantities of these elements can be detected as evinced by current research taking place under Phoenix Project su- pervision. It is thought that for certain elements this method can be sensi- tive enough to detect one part in 10 billion. Providing much im- proved analyses of meteorites and of detecting impurities in pre- viously thought "pure" elements See PROJECT, Page 2 "RABBIT"'SYSTEM-This Phoenix Project researcher is inserting a meteorite fragment Into the pneumatic "rabbit" system for activation of elements, which could not otherwise be detected through conventional methods. Sixty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom aitg D. COOL, FAIR FIVE CENTS a NT~tf wXIMPAGEA ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1958 FIVE CENTS SIX PAGES ilarr ington DeniesA& Censorship By NAN MARKEL Thomas Harrington, president of Texas A&M, said yesterday that discharged publications di- rector Ross Strader was fired only "because his services were unsat- isf actory," "Then he took offense at be- ing fired from his job," Harring- ton explained, "and said some things that should not be taken quite so literally. No teachers have been restricted, and the students haven't complained of censorship because there hasn't been any. The charges were ridiculous." 4 In an interview with the Uni- versity of Texas' Daily Texan, Strader charged that Texas A&M- was practically "under martial law." Cites Resignations The Daily Texan's managing editor, George Runge, pointed out several indications that the "situ- ation at Texas A&M is not all it should be." He cited the resigna- tion of the deans of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, and of Ag- riculture, and the departure of the football coach "who had I don't know how many years still f' left on his contract." Revealing the situation behind his own dismissal, Strader had this to say: "You see, the school has problems, and they (the ad- ministrators) were just tired of people talking about them." Refuses Information When 'asked about specific in- stances of press restriction, he refused to give information. "I could but I'd rather not," he said. "The students involved don't have their diplomas yet." However, Strader noted what happened to him is "a pretty good example of v hat's been happen- ing. My, Student Publications Board and I had no warning I'd be fired." After the firing, the Board commended him on his work. Questionnaire tensity of the demonstrations which followed and the failure of the Venezuelan security forces to act effectively .were not foreseen." The committee called another closed meeting for today to con- sider the future course of its in- quiry into the mistreatment of Vice-President and Mrs. Nixon in Latin America. The committee, in a session lasting nearly 21/2 hours, ques- tioned both Murphy and Allen W. Dulles, director of the Central In- telligence Agency, on the extent to which American intelligence was aware of the possibilities of violence on Nixon's trip. 11T1mf'Has Whole Story "It's got the whole story behind those SGC elections, it tells the, truth about the student reporter who went to Cuba, and it's a pretty darn good issue of TIMF," accord- ing to Managing Editor Jean Wil- loughby, '59. Miss Willoughby referred to the latest and perhaps last issue of Gargoyle, supposed to go on sale1 around campus tomorrow. "At all drinking fountains, of course," she added. In more serious moments, the editor revealed that TIMF was not only a full-blooded parody on a national news magazine, but fea- tures a recent elections candidate, Ted Bomb, on the cover. "But we will sell it for only one day," Miss Willoughby cautioned. "All issues remaining after Wed- pesday will probably be confis- cated and burned. This is going tol be one hot issue." CAMILLE CHAMOUN ...Lebanon's president oIs Start New Strife In Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon (A)-Bombs wrecked three outdoor markets and left heavy casualties yester- day, reviving a 10-day-old general strike that had begun to wane. Opposition leader Saeb Alam de- clared the strike will continue until pro-Western President Camille Chamoun resigns. A large number of casualties was reported when bombs exploded in two crowded vegetable markets opened by dealers in defliance of the strike. Security forces quickly moved into the area and arrested 150. Another bomb rocked a cloth- ing bazaar behind the municipal building. Gangs in automobiles patrolled the streets, firing shots above shops that opened. Security forces kept mobs from forming but were un- able to cope with the hit-and-run tactics of small bands. The terrorism had the desired effect on most people. Bazaars emptied immediately and shops closed. In most of the city the strike was more effective than at any time in the last three days. The public was beginning to feel the pinch. Tripoli, where heavy fighting had been under way for several days, was reported quiet. DEMOCRAT: Wm. Kent Returns To Race William A. Kent, who last week announced his withdrawal from candidacy for the Democratic nomination as United States rep- resentative from the second dis- trict, announced yesterday his re- entry into the race. State Sen. Lewis G. Christman (R-Ann Arbor) also announced yesterday that he is seeking re- election in the 33rd District. Sen. Christman has served in the State Legislature 14 years. When he announced his plans to run again, Christman declared his support of a state income tax. Among Christman's committee posts is chairmanship of the Sen- ate Retirement Committee, mem- bership in the Senate Taxation Committee and memberships in the State Affairs and Health and Welfare Committees. In announcing his plans to re- run for Congress, Kent said he had the backing of the State Demo- cratic Club. The club is a group of Democrats led by former congress- man Frank E. Hook of Ironwood. "We are dedicated to, battling socialism in the Democratic Party," Kent said yestereday. Kent became the first person in the Second District to seek nomination when he announced his candidacy last March. Student Dives, Breaks TNSeck During Party Fred Charm, '59BAd, remains in critical condition in Pontiac General Hospital following a swimming accident Sunday. Charm, who dove from a dock into two feet of water, suffered a, broken neck. He is paralyzed from the neck down, according to hospital authorities. The accident occurred during a1 swimming party held by Steve 1 Bloom, '60, and his younger broth- er Michael at their parents' cot-4 tage on Pine Lake. Bloom told sheriff's deputies he had warned Charm the water was shallow, but his friend had replied,1 "Watch kids. I'll show you how to ! make a shallow dive."I To I: --- _ French Start News Media Censorship PARIS (P)-The French govern- ment 4tarted stationing censors in the Paris offices of news agencies yesterday. It was the first such action taken in peacetime in mod- ern French history. The government of Premier Pierre Pfiimlin sent censors to check stories at the semi-official French News Agency and the United Press. United States correspondent Joseph W. Grigg said the censor explained he came on duty first in the United Press offices because there were few persons available for censorship duties. He said cen- sors would be assigned to other news agencies today. The censor showed no interest in stories about the political situa- tion in France destined for points abroad, the United Press said. He was said to be watching mainly for what he called seditious stories from Algiers destined to be relayed in French language serv- ices of foreign news agencies. Earlier, a French Information Ministry official said control will be progressively exerted on all news coming from Algeria, start- ing probably today. May Evacuate U.S. Civilians WASHINGTON (/)-Diplomatic sources speculated yesterday that the 18 huge transport planes sent to Germany by the United States could be used to evacuate Ameri- cans from France in an emer- gency. The speculation arose after the State Department refused to link the sending of the C124 Globe- masters to Germany Saturday with uprisings in Lebanon. Cite Reason for Ouster, Of American Diplomat WASHINGTON (P) - The State Department disclosed yesterday the Soviet Union's ouster of a young American diplomat. He said his offense seemed to be that he was friendly toward fellow students at Moscow University. Declared unwelcome in Moscow was John A. Baker, Jr., 30 years old, second secretary of the United States Embassy. A Soviet diplomat of approximately equal status is expected to get his walking papers in Washington. But all the State Department would say was that this had not been done "up to this point." Baker, whose home is Westport,1 Conn., is vacationing in London with his wife, the former Sally Renounces Dictatorial Bragg of Cambridge, Mass., and their 18-month-old child. His offense, the Soviet Foreign Ministry said, was that he "sys- tematically violated thenorms of behavior for diplomatic represent- atives." The department said United States Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson protested at Moscow that this was not true. It said Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected the protest. Writer Davis, Col eman Die Last Weekend Film star Ronald Coleman, 67 years old, and radio-TV news an- alyst Elmer Davis, 68 years old, died last week end. Coleman, who won an Academy Award in 1948 for his role of a Shakespearean actor in "A Double Life," died 24 hours after being hospitalized with a lung infection which he contracted on a recent trip to Europe. Davis, the author of novels, short stories and essays, worked on the New York Times for 10 years. During World War II he inter- rupted his broadcasting to serve as chief of the government's Office of War Information. de Gaulle Cites Readiness End Chaos in Franc JAKARTA (JP)-Red China has offered to send thousands of vol- unteers to fight the Indonesian rebels, a high government source said yesterday. The offer, he said, was unsoli- cited. "They areuonly waiting for the signal from us," he reported in an interview, adding that the govern- ment does not wish to accept the offer. But he warned if it is proved that Chinese Nationalist troops have landed in Eastern Indonesia there will be no alternative. He said offers of volunteers from Communist Poland 'and Czecho- slovakia are also held in abeyance. The army announced Sunday it had received reports that Chinese Nationalist troops are working with rebels in Northern Celebes. There has been no confirmation of this. Dorm .Rates .Remain Same For-Next Year The University will not increase residence hall rates next fall, ac- cording to Francis C. Shiel, man- ager of service enterprises. The residence halls, which in- clude the Northwood and Univer- sity Terrace apartments, will com- pensate for increases in the price of food and supplies byda reduc- tion in services, he said. Details and specific changes have not yet been announced. The present residence halls rate for a double room is $795 for two semesters, with an additional $10 telephone charge in the new Mary Markley; Hall for women and South Quadrangle. Shiel also announced that the three-year maximum period of tenancy at Northwood and Uni- versity Terrace apartments is be- ing extended to four years. A -..v* . t n / m.a F Leadership. ' PARIS (M') -General Charles de Gaulle declared yesterday he is again at the disposal of France to bring order out of chaos. He renounced any role of dic- tator but said he would require extraordinary powers if he took the helm of government. The towering World War UI hero spoke out at a crowded Paris news conference. Then he re- turned to his village home to await his country's decision. His statement brought a slight easing of tension in France. Some thought it appeared de' Gaulle might come to power through constitutional means in the crisis arising from the Algerian rebel- lion. Allied officials in London sug- gested he had lowered his pros- pects for assuming leadership. Standing ramrod straight and speaking in a clear, firm voice, de Gaulle said he is ready to serve "if the people wish, as in the pre- ceding great national crisis,. at the head of the government of the French republic." "I am a man alone," de Gaulle asserted, "becaus'e I am tied to no party nor to any organization. I am a man who belongs-to no one and who belongs to everyone." Shrugging aside a question on public liberties, the general asked: "Have I ever attacked fundamen- tal public liberties? No, I restored them when they had disappeared. How would you have me, at 67, start a career as dictator?". De Gaulle said France is a weakened country struggling in a world of great difficulties and dangers. "But there are good cards in France's hand for the future," he said. "These cards,.open the per- spective for a tomorrow which will really be a French renaissance." "I envisage the case where the French people might ask me to act as an arbitrator," he said. Russian Plan Called'.Similar WASHINGTON W)-Sen. Clin- ton P. Anderson (D-N.M.) yester- day described the Soviet space satellite program as amazingly similar to one drafted by the Air Force in 1955 but pigeon-holed by the Defense Department. Sen. Anderson said the discarded Air Force "world series" program called for the launching of a MICHIGAN SOCIALIST HOUSE: First Campus Cooperative Founded 25 Years Ago By JEAN HARTWIGI This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the first cooperative house in the United States. Originally called the Michigan Socialist House, the first resi- dents were all members of the Michigan Socialist Club, although "there wasn't any requirement for membership," according to Wayne Erickson, '34, one of the founders. One man, boarding himself very cheaply in a single room, first conceived the idea that eventually led to the renting of the house which is still standing today on Ann Street. The members of the co- tell us we could eat it if we held our noses," he reminisced. "But we considered ourselves lucky to get anything at all to eat in those mid-depression days." During the early days, members of the house were charged one dollar a week for board and one dollar for room. Outside boarders paid $1.25 a week.