NEW APPROACHES TO PEACE See Page 4 ZZI felt Sixty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom IGHT SNOW ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1958 FIVE CENTS iXVIH, No. 94 f ' r avy Starts, ocket Sub HIGH TENSION EASED: Tunisia Remains Calm Iraq, Jordan Join For ..........mm. Construction Will Fire IRBMs Up to 1,500 Miles WASHINGTON W)- The Navy started its ballistic missile sub- marine program rolling yesterday With announcement that construc- tion of two Polaris boats will begin in Connecticut and a third in Cali- fornia. The' assignment to build two of the giant-size submersibles able to fire 1,500-mile intermediate- range ballistic missiles while be- neath the sea, went to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp. at Groton, Conn., firm which built the Nautilus, forerunner of nuclear-powered submarines -like the Polaris boats. The Mare Island naval ship- yard located near Vallejo, Calif., will build the other., Rear Adm. W. F. Raborn, special projects director, said the two yards' were picked because this would permit the earliest possible completion dates. The Polaris submarine will be the largest submersible known- unless the huge, new Soviet fleet includes a type.unheard of in this country. , Surfaced, it will displace 5,600 tons, compared with about 3,000 tons for the Nautilus. ~Within the huge hull will be 16 vertical tubes in which the IRBM polaris weapons will be mounted and front which they will be fired. With the 1,500-mile range, this means that a Polaris submarine can lob 16 rockets into the heart- land of an enemy while concealed under the ocean surface. Each missile can mount i hydrogen warhead, capable of causing vast destruction. B ureauCie\ A-Weaponis Crash Risk WASHINGTON (JP)-A govern- ment statement yesterday con- ceded that an accidental crash involving a nuclear weapon could cause a poisonous dust cloud. But it said the dust would be harmless unless inhaled. In a joint announcement appar- ently designed to quiet concern, the Defense Department and the Atomic Energy Commission said that planes, trains and trucks have been toting nuclear weapons around for 12 years, that there have been few accidents and that none has caused a nuclear explo- "sion, No Figure! How many accidents have oc- curred, and where, the two agen- cies declined to say, despite pub- lished reports that there have been several in recent years. The Pentagon-ABC statement defined a nuclear explosion as one involving "fission or fusion reac- tion creating a large explosive effect." No such reaction has oc- curred in any of the accidents, it was stressed. But, said the agencies, some nuclear weapons contain some or- dinary chemical explosives like TNT--apparently for purposes of pushing fission section together swiftly to create the "critical mass" required for explosion or to con- tribute to pressure-produced heat required for fusion. Could Explode A plane crash or severe train wreck could touch off this con- ventional explosive. The 'statement said that this kind of accident has occurred on a few occasions without causing appreciable damage or any injury to persons because of the presence of nuclear material. "An accidental detonation of conventional explosives might pos- sibly cause local scattering of nu- clear materials in the form of dust," 'the statement said, Seven Petition For SGC Seat" " i TUNIS -a clamped a police blockade on three French consulates yesterday but otherwise applied calming measures to pre- vent a dangerous explosion. A government spokesman dis- closed that food supplies were be- ing allowed to get through to the 15,000 French soldiers barricaded in their bases. This seemed to ease the greatest immediate danger of clashes. Capitalizing on world reaction to a 'French air raid last Satur- day on the border village of Sa- kiet Sidi Youssef, President Ha- bib Bourguiba has demanded France withdraw all its troops and give up the big naval base at Bizerte. Tunisians claim '79 men, women and children were killed and any more wounded in Sakiet. FOR NEXT YEAR: No Rate Hike S 1een In,,.Residence Halls By LANE VANDERSLICE Early indications are that Residence Hall rates will not rise next year. Althoigh Residence Hall officials have not yet discussed the possibility of a rate hike, they say basic costs of running the residence halls will not be much above this year.-. According to figures compiled last year, the three big items in Residence Hall costs are salariesa Production To N ew Lo WASHINGTON M) - The Fed- eral Reserve Board reported yes- terday that industrial production, continuing a five-month decline, dropped in January to the lowest level in three years. Slowdowns in the automotive industry and in the output of other durable goods contributed most to the decline, the board said. The board said steel mill opera- tions, sharply curtailed in Decem- ber, fell off more in January. The aircraft industry's output how- ever, held steadt. Mineral output remained changed, but activity in the7 tile and petroleum industries curtailed. A decline in the duction of nondurable goodsc tinued in January. , un- tex- was pro- con-j and wages, which take 37 per cent &of the Residence Hall dollar, food, which takes 25 per cent, and debt service, which takes about 18 per cent. Food Costs Stabilize Wage costs will not increase much next year, according to Serv- ice Enterprises Manager Francis C. Shiel. Residence Hall wage rate increases are determined by Uni- versity wage increases, in turn determined by state appropria- tions. Leonard B. Schaadt, residence halls business manager, says raw food costs "have stabilized nicely." He does not foresee the need for more money to cover food costs. next year. Shiel says there will be no in- crease in the present percentage used for debt service--the retiring of Residence -Hall bonds and the provision of equity for new resi- dence halls. Must Raise Rates "The University has held to the position that if it has an increase in the cost of-operating Residence) Halls these costs can only be met by raising rates," Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis said yesterday. "If food goes up, for example, the only recourse the University has is raising rates to cover these costs. Light, heat and power costs for the Residence Halls will continue to be paid for by the University plant department, in spite of a cut in overall plant department bud- *get made by the Legislature last spring.. Plan Change Present dormitory bonding ar- rangements stipulate the Univer- sity will provide these services. But two years ago the Legisla- ture passed a resolution which said new self-liquidating projects would have to include utility costs in student fees. The planned North Campus Res- idence Hall will be the first Uni- versity self-liquidating project authorized by the Legislature un- der the resolution, and utilities costs will have to be included in room and board charges. Bourguiba reinforced diplomatic pressure by stationing police guards before three French con- sulates at Gafsa, Medje and Le Kef, thus putting the consular of- ficials under the same restrictions as the French military. French Refuse Requests He has asked the French to close the consulates at the same time he ordered the French. troops confined to posts and barred French flights over Tunisian ter- ritory. But the French refused to close the consulates on the ground that the accord for their presence in Tunisia has not been formally ended. While Bourguiba urged his peo- ple to keep calm, French Premier Felix Gaillard, still suffering from flu and running a fever, summoned United States Ambassador Amory Houghton to his home in Paris. Dispatches said they may have discussed a United States media- tion effort. Bourguiba has said he would ac- cept mediation, but French For- eign Minister, Christian Pneau said earlier in the day that France did not want mediation. Friendly Talk A French Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Gaillard- Houghton talk had been very friendly and that the United States has made no mediation offer., Bourguiba also acted to prevent a general all-day strike in mourn- ing for the Sakiet village victims, for fear of releasing dangerous popular emotions. He restricted the strike to four hours and urged the people to keep calm and "show the world Tunisia's strength and maturity." So the day passed without vio- lence. Basking in a warm sun, the people enjoyed the Moslem Sab- bath. Friday prayer services for the bombing victims were held in a sports field. Hits UNESCO History Line BLOOMINGTON, Ind. )- An Indiana University historian blamed "progressive education and the UNESCO line" yesterday for his students' "sad" lack of know- ledge of basic American history. R. C. Buley, Pulitzer Prize win- ning history professor, said only eight of 90 students came close to giving a correct explanation of the Bill of Rights. Prof. Buley said he gave the "diagnostic quiz" of 10 basic ques- tions "to confirm something I have long been aware of." He said he had no comparable tests from the past but added, "I do not know from experience that these said results would not have been received in an earlier period." "We are reaping the benefits of . .. so-called progressive educa- tion and following the UNESCO line," Prof. Buley said. He explained the UNESCO "line" as "not teaching the history of our country until the history of all other countrie has been taught, for fear that if the history of our country was taught first these pupils might be prejudiced in favor of that country., UKRAINIANS SPEAK HERE:sI Soviet Schools Said Below west's -Daily-Robert Kanner VASYL PRYCHODKO .. politics interferes Its industrial production index fell off three points last month to 133 per cent of the 1947-49 aver- age. This was the lowest since February 1955. At 133, the index was nine per cent below January 1957. UAW Council Votes on GM Contract Plans DETROIT (A--The United Auto Workers' General Motors Council voted yesterday to ask GM to tie in the UAW's profit-sharing pro- posal with fully company - paid hospital-medical-surgery premi- ums., The 400-member council, re- presenting GM employes through- out the nation, decided that first priority should be given health insurance benefits in dividing up profits. The employes now con- tribute about 50 per cent to health coverage. The council formally approved the profit-sharing plan adopted at the UAW's special convention here in January. It calls for dividing up among employes one-fourth of all profits before taxes in excess of 10 per cent of net capital. - At a news conference following the close of the three-day council meeting, UAW Vice President Leonard Woodcock said union members were concerned over lay- offs at GM plants. Woodcock was asked if the union would give up its profit- sharing' plan for a shorter work week--the UAW's original bar- gaining goal. "If they made us an offer we would give it very serious con- sideration," Woodcock said. "If the companies will give us 40 hours of work for the regular work force, the desire for a shorter work week will disappear," Wood- cock said. d'I. -D .3 In New MSU eers r Skate Over, ich*ign,3-l By SI COLEMAN Special to The Daly EAST LANSING-Another slow start led to disaster for the Michi- gan hockey team as Michigan State defeated the Wolverines, 3-1, here last night before 2,298 fans. These same two teams will meet in their series finale tonight, at 8 p.m. In the Coliseum. The victory for MSU enabled the Spartans to take over fourth place in the Western Intercol- legiate Hockey League, ,one point ahead of their rivals from Ann Arbor. The win also assured Michigan State of at least a tie in the race for the annual Press Trophy, sym- bolic of collegiate hockey suprem- acy in the state of Michigan. For the first four minutes of the opening frame, Michigan could not get the puck out of its own zone, a problem that has plagued the Wolverines all season, Childs Great However, the stalwart goal tend- ing of Ross Childs kept the game scoreless until 7:16. With Warren Wills in the penalty box, State broke the scoreless tie. Joe Po- lano, a junior from Sudbury, Ont., took a pass from Bob Jasson, the captain of the Spartans, and slammed a hard shot at the Mich- igan nets. Childs blocked the shot but Keith Christofferson grabbed the rebound and pushed it past the Michigan goalie. DeVuono Scores Exactly nine minutes later, Fred DeVuono stickhandled through the Michigan defense and hit the open side of the cage 'to score what proved to be the winning goal. When the teams came onto the ice to start the second period, a grim determination could be seen on the faces of the Michigan play- ers. For a short time it looked like the Wolverines would bounce back to tie the game. Gary Starr tapped the rebound from Barry Hayton's slapshot past Joe Selinger, MSU's goalie, at 3:30, a scoring play which paralleled the first MSU tally. This cut the Spartan lead to one See SPARTAN, Page 3 I EAST, WEST HIT: Snow, Cold Buffet U .s. As Arctic~ Air Moves I By The Associated Press A new surge of Arctic cold bore down on the East yesterday and Montana dug out from the worst snow storm of the year in the northern Rockies. Thenew invasion of cold air from Canada dashed any hopes for early relief in the winter-buffeted eastern half of the United States. Snow reached an unofficial depth of 100 inches at Lookout Pass on the western Montana border. In more populous areas, snow ranged up to 11 inches on the ground.:';> The cold air drained down from Canada in the wake of a frigid wavehthat dipped deep into the South, It meant continued freezing weather for the vast area stretch- ing from the Northern Plains to the Atlantic. However, storms in the Texas plains and western Gulf region allowed slightly warmer air to wnt f,t nieu,.r,. in tha Qoth- CALLS CHARGES 'RECKLESS': FCC Commissioner To Face House Investigators James Ball, '60E, yesterday be- came the seventh person to take out a petition for the vacant seat on Student Government Council. WASHINGTON (') - Federal Communications Commissioner Richard A, Mack, accused of ac- cepting money in a TV case, will get a chance to tell his side of the story to House investigators 'next week. Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) "without foundation." Schwartz testified at an open hearing Thurs- day. Mack demanded an early op- portunity to answer him. The four asked to appear Tues- day are Judge Robert Anderson, Paul Scott, Thurman A. Whiteside and Perrine Palmer.