REPRESENTATIVES AND EDUCATION See Page 4 Y Sixty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom t1 CLEAR, COOL . LXVIII, No. 171 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1958 FIVE CENTS SIX PAG rmy Uncovers N EAST: Indonesia Pflimlrn Boosts I ew Troop Unit Battles Strength Assembly Rebellion STRAC Said Prepared To Fight Limited Wars Anywhere .in World FT. BRAGG, N.C. (P)-The Army yesterday took the secrecy ps off the existence of STRAC-the tough, fiighting force it has sed and ready to fight limited brush wars anywhere in the world. The Navy and the Air Force must furnish the 'transportation. Were Poised To Aid Nixon STRAC, the Army revealed, furnished the 500 Army troops which e air-lifted to the Caribbean last week when Vice-President hard Nixon was beset'by'rioters in Venezuela. But that was a minor Iter compared to what STRAC is capable of doing with its more With Victory i-n ulles Says .S. Might id Lebanon WASHINGTON (P) - Secretary of State John Foster Dulles served notice yesterday the United States might act to help Lebanon put down anti-government rioters de- spite Soviet threats against out- side interference. Dulles said there are "a number of areas .of possible action" but said he does not anticipate that American troops will be needed. The secretary, speaking at a news conference, accused the United Arab Republic of inter- vening to help anti-government forces, perhaps in cooperation with Communist lements. . lie refused to spell out what new moves might be taken but made clear the Eisenhwer admin- istration would not be frightened out of doing what it believed right because of Soviet warnings. "We are not deterred anywhere in the world from doing what we think is right and our duty by any Soviet threats," Dulles said. This was his answer to a So- viet government accusation Sun- d ay that the United States was preparing to land Marines on the Lebanese coast. The Soviet statement warned of what it called "serious conse- quences" to mid-East peace of the United States sought to interfere to help President Camille Cha- moun's government. Dulles, in replying to Moscow's blast, did not mention Aiherican warships and reinforced Marine detachments operating in the A. Mediterranean. Nor did he call attention to the fleet of Air Force Globemaster . transports flown to Germany for use in evacuating Americans from riot-torn Lebanon if needed. Compromise Fails To Aid Beirut Crisis BEIRUT, Lebanon MP)-A medi- ator's efforts to work out a com- promise between opposition leaders and Lebanon's pro-Western gov- ernment collapsed yesterday. Former Premier Saeb Salam, the top opposition leader in Beirut, denied he had agreed to any nego- tiations. "We are standing firm on our demands," he declared. f The opposition has warned that the bloody turmoil which has shaken Lebanon for 11 days will r continue until President Camille Chamoun resigns. About 200 per- sons have been killed. Raymond Edde, a prominent political leader, stepped in as a mediator to seek a compromise. He nt with Salam, Tripoli oppo- sition chief Raschid Karami and' others opposed to the government. Gen. Faud Chehab, the army chief of staff, also sat in. The compromise plan reportedly proposed by Edde called for for- mation of a neutral government headed by Gen. Chehab- Chamoun would serve until the end of his six-year term Sept. 23, but the constitution would not be amended to allow him to succeed himself. Opposition leaders, fearing Cha- moun will seek another term, have demanded his immediate resigna- tion. athan 125,000 men organized into four divisions, Maj. Gen. Robert F. Sink, its commander, said. Prompted by Korea He said that STRAC, which has been in existence for several years, was orga'ized partly as a result of the nation's experience in Korea. It is interded to get . highly trained units to the scene of trouble in a hurry and "stop the. little mess before it gets to be a great big mess."~ The existence of STRAC and the units that compose it were an- pounced simultaneously in Wash- ii..nton and at a news briefing here. Relies on Others Gen. Sink, a tough paratrooper from Lexington, N.C., had one major complaint: STRAC must call on the Air Force or the Navy fer transportation when it has to move. "These divisions are a bunch of hitchhikers," he said. "If we don't In.ve the means of getting trans- portation from the Air Force or the Navy we stay at home." Although the Defense Depart- ment presumably would furnish the planes and ships if and when they were needed. Sink said that a joint commander would consider this lack of transportation at his command a fault of the system. Boatrd Says Bias Report Due Friday The residence hall Board of Governors yesterday promised to release on Friday the report by its committee studying roommate assignment policy. The Board heard the report at its regular meeting yesterday, but decided to delay its publication until it could be submitted to the, Inter-House Council and Assem- bly for consideration at their meeting Thursday night. In other major action, the Board rescinded its previous di- rective calling for Frederick House, South Quadrangle, to be converted to a graduate house next fall. Instead, it voted to make Frederick House an all-transfer student house, and to reserve Prescott House, East Quadrangle, for the exclusive use of graduates. Previously the Board had sug- gested that Prescott House be filled with both graduates and transfer students. It was decided, however, that it would be wisest not to mix these two groups. It was pointed out that the ma- jority of transfer students are undergraduates. JAKARTA (M)-Goverment land, sea and air forces have unleashed their long awaited offensive in east Indonesia, striking on two islands 200 miles apart. The government announced yes- terday the capture of Gorontalo, in the heart of the rebellious North Celebes, and seizure of a rebel-held airfield on Morotai Island. An army spokesman, Lt. Col. Rudy Pirngadie, said loyal units stormed ashore last Wednesday on beaches near Gorontalo, a town of 25,000 population 125 miles southeast of Mendao, the rebel capital. He did not say when the town was taken. Airborne troops leaped before dawn Tuesday on Morotai, a 32- mile-long island of 6,000 inhabi- tants which was Gen. Douglas MacArthur's advance headquar- ters in the World War II drive that recaptured the Philippines. Marines and helmeted troops from the government-held South Celebes then waded ashore from landing craft. A communique said a rebel B26 bomber was shot down during the fighting and plunged into the sea. Hopwoods TO Be Given The annual Jules and Avery Hopwood Awards will be present- ed at 4:15 p.m. 'tomorrow at the sixth annual Michigan Writer's Conference to be held tomorrow and Friday in the Rackham Building. Sponsored by the Eglish de- partment the Conference repre- sents an attempt to allow writers to take advantage of the practical advice and counseling of editors, literary agents and writers, and submit manuscripts to them for analysis. The Hopwood lecture will be given by Prof. John Ciardi of Rut- gers University at the presenta- tion of awards in Rackham Audi- torium. Prof. Ciardi, a noted poet, editor and translator, was the winner of a Hopwood Award in 1939. The Conference will begin to- morrow with discussion workshops in the fields of fiction, non-fic- tion, and poetry. Speakers for the discussions will be Prof. Robert F. Haugh, Prof. John F. Muehl, and Prof. Donald A. Hall, all mem- bers of the English department. Doctors Say Charm Better Fred Charm, '59BAd, is "im- proving" although still in critical condition in Pontiac General Hos- pital. Doctors said Charm, who re- ceived a broken neck in a swim- ming accident Sunday, had re- gained slight feeling in his chest and arms. He is able'to raise his hands, but cannot lower them. The accident occurred at a par- ty held by Steve Bloom, '60, and his younger brother Michael at their parents' cottage. ,Ann Arbor CD Director Plans Alert Test Attack To Hit Four Block Area Ann Arbor's civil defense direc- tor, Col. Gerald G. Miller, yester- day described today's test alert as "only a first step." He said that "in time I would like to see every city in Washtenaw County taking part in a test like this." The four city blocks bounded by Washington St., Ashley St., Ann St. and Fourth Ave. will be thej site of the test's main activity and people there will take cover from a'hypothetical bombing raid today sometime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. The exact time of the alert will not be known until minutes before the mythical attack. The warning, signaled by sirens on fire stations, the University's power plant and the King-Seeley Corporation, will mean the bombers are only five minutes away. Miller said he considers Ann Arbor to be in danger of nuclear bombings because of its proximity, to primary targets in Detroit and at Willow Run Airport. "The bombing error of a plane flying at 50,000 feet could easily put Ann Arbor in the danger area," he said. Tests of this kind he said, are long overdue. "Civil Defense is al- ready behind the times and I be- lieve that in our time we'll see World War III!' The test will include testing of communications facilities, Miller explained. Honest, Abe WASHINGTON (iPf) - The taxpayers' tab for the 150th anniversary celebration next year of Abraham Lincoln's birth hassoared from the originally authorized $10,000 to $740,000. Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky.) said the $600,000 re- ported earlier Tuesday as the governmept's proposed bill in- ' cludes only special projects. Another $140,000 will be needed to take care of the sesquicentennial commission's operating expenses. Cooper, commission chair- man, and the commission's vice chairman, Rep. F. Jay Nimtz (R-Ind.), defended the pro-. posed spending at a joint news conference. What's more, they predicted no difficulty in get- ting congressional approval. "This is only a one-year pro- position," Cooper said. "It will be 50 years before we get an- other such celebration." N. Symphony Band To Play i DIAG CONCERT-The Diagonal will be the scene of the University Symphony Band's second annual concert at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow. Directed,, by Prof. William D. Revelli of the music school, the band a fnv k i lassiiralcomuositions ands el etinsfrom Broadway plays. will present michigan songs, 01 USC musc, cc U1Vb"ubz Pictured is a scene from last year's outdoor concert. Ike Asks Country's Support To Throw Off Recession NEW YORK (1P) - President Dwight D. Eisenhower called on the nation last night to rally all its forces to promote an early business upturn. He said the recession appears to be slowing down. Warns Against 'Spirals' The President also cautioned against disastrous wage-price spi- rals. He appealed to both business and labor union leaders to guard against "another dismal sequence' of ever-rising costs and prices." And he said that if such hikes Gre are not based on increased pro- g r e duivitr 4Americanrconsumerss wil reindthose leaders of it "in P i n w*r ways that are clear and painful." He said: "And in the process To Evaluations the whole economy will suffer." To Decideon Taxes "Students are asked to be sin- The President added that "cer- cere in filling out the question- tain decisions will shortly be taken naires distributed to them for use in the field of taxation," after in compiling the course evalua- consultation with congressional tion booklet," Ron Gregg, '59, leaders, with respect to the econ- chairman of the course evaluation omic slump. book committee said yesterday. James C. Hagerty, White House The questionnaires, which must press secretary, said in response be returned to the Student Activi- to a question that the decisions ties Building by Friday, contain of which Eisenhower spoke could specific questions which are de- be either for or against tax reduc- signed to aid students in making tion. a course evaluation, according to Broadcast Across Country Gregg. In an address prepared for de- Questions such as "were the livery at the economic mobiliza- lectures valuable to your under- tion conference of the American standing of the course," "how was Management Association, the the lectuier's delivery, organiza- President again called on private tion" and "did your recitation business to assume a major share man tend to dominate discussion" of the job of restoring full pros- are asked. . perity in the United States. Students are not limited to President Eisenhower spoke to these specific questions, however. about 2,000 American business Gregg pointed out the necessity leaders attending the mobiliza- for students to put down the tion conference in a New York grade they received in each course hotel. His speech also was broad- which they evaluates as this is cast coast-to-coast on television necessary to the accuracy of the and radio. tabulation . to . cacv W Vaar as V aaa aia vw.s xr wp r" +o ' l r L f l 1 ': World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-A majority of the men and women in' military uniform will get pay raises next month under legislation signed yesterday by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. * * * WASHINGTON -Two congres- sional investigations of air safety were set swiftly in motion yester- day as a result of the air collision over the Potomac Valley. Twelve persons died in the crash of an Air National Guard jet and a Capital Airlines plane. Sen. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) told the Senate: "This points up again with tragic clarity the ur- gency of a single control of our air space, with both military and civilian planes under one direc- tion." MOSCOW - The Soviet Union announced today a meeting of Warsaw Pact government chiefs will be held in Moscow Saturday. The brief announcement in the government newspaper Izvestia did not disclose the purpose of the conference. It said an economic conference of the world's Communist powers opened yesterday, but gave no de- tails on that meeting either. Izvestia said the countries par- ticipating in the conference now in session were members of the Coun- cil of Mutual Economic Assistance. It said those that will meet Satur- day belong to the Political Consul- tative Committee of the Warsaw Pact. KALAMAZOO-Western Michi- gan University will offer the mas- ter of arts degree in chemistry starting next September. Presi- dent Paul V. Sangren said the new program will offer advanced work in analytical, physical, or- ganic, inorganic and bio-chem-. istry. * . * BALTIMORE - Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro swept to victory- over paving contractor George P. Ma- honey and five others last night in Maryland's bitterly contested pri- mary for United States Senate. TIMF Waits For Someone "TIMP will not be sold today," Gargoyle Managing Editor Jean .Willoughby, '59, announced late yesterday to a special press con- ference. Miss Willoughby refused to dis- cuss the reasons for the change in Salan Keeps Firm Grip On Algeria Commander Wins' New Endorsement From Government PARIS () - Premier Pierre Pflimlin bolstered his hand at the helm of France last night with a ringing parliamentary triumph over the challenging but numeri- cally thin forces of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. The National' Assembly voted Pflimlin special emergency pow- ers to fight the Algerian National-. ist rebellion. But paradoxically Algeria re- mained in the firm grip of mili- tary-colonialist forces, opposed to the Pflimlin government. Salan Power Continued And the military commander at Algiers, dictator over the whole great French North African re- gion, got a new endorsement of faith from Pflimlin, Thus the French on the Fiuro- pean side of the Mediterranean were firmly under civil and quasi- military control of the Paris gov- ernment. The French across thesea in: North Africa were in rebellion against Paris and in the midst of the 3 -year-old Algerian Nation- alist rebellion - also against Paris rule. Wins by Landslide The Assembly vote was 475 to 100. It was the Premier's best showing yet in a busy and turbu- lent six days in office. Together with the special state of emergency powers he wields in France, it left Pflimln in a stronger position than any other postwar premier. Virtually all the right-of-center Independent-Republicans voted for Pflimlin. The Communists did, too although he has said he spurns their support. Opposed by Rightists Only the Gaullists the extreme- right Poujadists and a handful of others opposed him. In a statement just before the vote Pflimlin made clear he would leave the application of the spe- cial powers in the hands of Gen. Raoul Salan, commander in chief in Algeria, at least for the time being. SGC To Hear Revised J-Ho Budget Plan J-Hop Chairman Murray Pe- well, '60, will repot back to Stu- dent Government Council tonight with a revised budget recommen- dation for the dance, he said. But Feiwell indicated he still favors holding the dance at the I-M Building, and will present figures to show why the League is, an impractical site., Scott Chrysler, '59BAd., one of the members who last week op- posed most strongly use of the I-M Building, said yesterday he has done further research on the capacity of the League and will present this information tonight. May Alter Tradition The decision, according to SGC Executive Vice-President'Dan Be- lin, '59, will affect "the tradition of J-Hop as king of all dances" on campus. The Council will also consider paying part of the cost of the Panhellenic - Assembly deferred rushing study, according to Belin. He explained that the high ex- penses had arisen when profes- sionals at Survey Research Insti- tute had helped draw up the ques- tionnaires and interpret the re- sults. Citsm Valuae to GC BA4TTLES AGAINST SNAILS: Professor Scratches for Swimmer's Itch Cause A battle is being waged at the University against snails carrying parasites which cause "swimmers' itch." Prof. Henry van der Schalie of the zoology department, curator of mollusks at the University Museum, is in charge of the research being conducted on the snails under a grant from the United States Public Health Service. The swimmer's itch problem is being attacked from two angles: biological research on the mollusk vectors, the group of snails carrying the parasites, and extermination of the snails. Extermination is being handled by a crew from the Michigan Department of Health. This crew woi'ks with Prof. van der Schalie to find the best methods of eradication of the snails from Michigan's beaches. John Burch and Harold Walters of the zoology department are assisting Prof. van der Schalie on the snail research. Burch is applying a technique for plotting amino acids within the snail to determine which species are involved as carriers of the itch. The technique, known as paper chromatography, has been used in other fields and has been briefly used in animal classification, ac- I'Ma"