Univ, of Mich Collection EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State D43at CONTINUED WARM G. LXIV, No. 18 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1954 EIGHT PAGES o Action Yet )n Suspensions No final recommendation has been made by University President 'an Hatcher in the cases of the three faculty members suspended r their appearance before the House Un-American Activities sub- Lmittee in Lansing May 10, University officials said last night. he three suspended faculty members are Prof. Clemment Mar- of the zoology department, Prof. Mark Nickerson of the pharme- gy department and Chandler Davis, instructor in the mathematics artment. Faculty Witnesses During their appearance before the sub-committee headed by . Kit Clardy (R-Mich.) the three faculty members declined to wer questions about alleged Communist activity. Prof. Markert and Prof. Nickerson invoked their Constitutional ilege under the Fifth Amendment which prevents an individual n bearing witness against himself. f avis invoked only the First Amendment on the grounds that "the imittee's questions constituted a violation of freedom of speech, s and assembly." he three faculty menibers did testify that they do not believe in violent overthrow of the government and have never engaged in onage or subversion. (SEE PAGE 4 FOR FACULTY MEMBERS' STATEMENTS) Also appearing before the Clardy Committee were Edward Shaffer ad. and Myron Sharpe, Grad., chairman of the local Labor Youth igue which is not a recognized student group. Both students invoked the First and Fifth Amendments. Hatcher Suspends Professors Immediately following the Lansing hearings President Hatcher lered the "suspension without prejudice" of the three faculty mbers.n In letters to the three teachers the President said their refusal answer questions before the committee "raises serious question to your relationship to the University and to your colleagues and ces upon you the duty to go forward to explain your actions." The President also said in his suspension statement that " . it he University's policy that members of its family be given the pro- tion to which they are entitled under our laws and traditions." No charges were brought against the students. Petitions Circulated The suspension of the three faculty members brought immediate d heated controversy on the campus. Petitions were circulated in the departments of the three sus- ided teachers attesting to their academic competence and stating, t at no time did the teachers inject politics into the classroom. Over two-hundred faculty members signed an advertisement in e Daily stating their belief that "competence should be the cri- on for . . . evaluating faculty personnel and that personal be- -Daily-Marj Crozier MAN MASTERMINDS SLAVEARM IN ATOMIC EXHIBIT Publisher Seeks More Atomic Data By WALLY EBERHARD The public needs more information on atomic energy in order to govern itself wisely in the atomic age, Paul Block, Jr., publisher of the Toledo Blade, said last night in a forum on "Release of Atom- ic Energy Information to the People" in Rackham Lecture Hall. Pointing out that the atomic energy field is more rigidly clas- sified at present than any other field of defense, Block said that the cold war is not a struggle which has a definite end and victor in sight. Speaking on "The Status of Classification and Declassification 61st '1 Enroll Guatemala Reds Report BigVictory TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras W The Guatemalan g o v e r n m e n t claimed a victory Monday night in what it said was the first major contact between its armed forces and the anti-Communist invaders who smashed into the country four days ago in an effort to overturn President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. A-communique broadcast by the Guatemalan radio said "well- trained regulars armed with mod- ern weapons" met the rebels at Gualan, east of the railway center of Zacapa, about 20 miles inside Guatemala, and quoted military authorities as saying the rebels were driven out of the town after a brief skirmish. The announce- ments made no Mention of casual- ties. The communique also said "quite a fight" developed at Puer- to Barrios today when rebels re- newed their efforts to take the Carribean port. Liberation Radio R The "liberation ...dio" which is supporting the invaders, mean- while announced that the rebels _ held possession of 25 towns in Guatemala. The Guatemalan announcement of the clash at Gualan followed reports that a major battle was shaping up at Zacapa, 15 miles west of Gualan. Both Zacapa and Gualan are on the main railroad linking th capi- tal city, Guatemala with the chief port, Puerto Barrios. Troops Mass Troops of the leftist government r a President Jacobo Arbenz Guz- man were reported in Associated Press dispatches from Guatemala Monday night to be assembling in the area of Cacapa, a city of 8,000 between the capital and the Caribbean port of Puerto Barrios. Truck Movement An anti-Communist rebel flier, interviewed at Nueva Ocotepeque, in Honduras near the border, said troops of the "liberation_ army" were moving by truck toward Chi- quimula and Zacapa. He said a main battle may be fought at Za- capa. Coban Bombed The rebels announced Monday their planes also had bombed Co- ban, a garrison town in central Guatemala, from a base inside the country. The flier at Nueva Ocotepeque said a five-hour battle was fought Sunday for possession of Esqui- pulas, a cathedral town five miles from the border, and the invaders began moving on Cacapa after that victory. Three Guatemalan soldiers were killed in the battle, he reported, whole the invasion forces suffered no casualties. There were reports here Mon- day night that the insurgents had issued an ultimatum to Guatemal- an President Arbenz. The reports could not be immediately con- firmed and there were no details as to the nature of the ultimatum. I~ ~ ~~~~~ ~~~ ________,-..- _________ *- IJ men Set at 6 007 Summiner Figure Tops Last Year's Tardy Students Not Yet Counted BY RONA FRIEDMAN SThe61st University Summer Session began yesterday, admidst heat and thunder showers, with an enrollment of 6007 students. The figure which is slightly higher than that of last semester, is incomplete pending full reports from summer camps and late reg- istration. Late registration for the Sum- mer Session is permitted for teachers from schools and col- leges whose closing dates prevent their arrival for Monday classes. Enrollment Rises Though a slight rise is expected over last summer's total enroll- ment, according to University of- ficials, it is doubtful whether this year's summer session enrollment will reach the 1952 summer en- rollmeut of 8,323 students. The proportion of undergrad- uates to graduates, commented Prof. N. Edd Miller, Assistant Di- rector of the Summer Sessio*,, is lwrduring the summer, than during the regular school year. "Voluntary school. is what Prof. Miller terms the summer session for he feels that the ma- jority of undergraduate students who attend, do so because they want to rather than have to, Extension Sessions Summer Session classes at Uni- versity centers in Flint, Grand Rapids and Detroit also started yesterday. The work that is of- fered may be elected for grad- uate residence credit by qualified persons, but it may not be sub- stituted for the requirement that graduate students spend, at min- imum, one summer session in res- idence on campus. The six week classes are also open to those doing work on the undergraduate level. Summer Session -Daily-Mara Crozier HARD BENCHES CONDUCIVE TO STUDY, CONVERSATION. BROWN UPHELD: rAs tro Gro1 1- ~ of Technical Information on Nu- clear Research," James Beckerley, Odirector of classification of the Atomic Energy Commission said that withholding of information 'Iere is at bestha "passive defense." Technical data on atomic weap- ons is restricted on the basis of l,- speed of application to new de- li, 1t velopments,"said Beokerley " For the short-range situation, infor- unless they are demonstrated to interfere with a man's ability O O udy and teach objectively, should not enter the evaluation. We gee i£~u r im1wJ.rage5Vs Unsuccessful Jailbreak Ends In Shooting Sheriff's deputies shot and wounded a convicted supermar- ket robber last night as he and his brother staged an unsuccess- ful attempt to escape from the Washtenaw County court house. In serious condition at Univer- sity Hospital with a bullet wound in his stomach is Gordon Ervin, 27 years old. His brother, Charles, 37 years old, was also hospitalized for injuries he sustained in leap- ing 40 feet to the ground from a third-floor detention room at the court house. Brothers Convicted The brothers had been return- ed to the room at 6:30 p.m., a few 'minutes after hearing a jury verdict of guilty. They were awaiting sentence by Circuit Court Judge James W. Breakey, Jr., at the time of the break. Barricading the door, they pried open a screen and then kicked out a large window. While three sher- iff's officers were forcing the door open, the Ervin brothers cat- walked along a six-inch ledge outside the building. Charles leapt first and was im- mediately seized by Sgt. George Peterson and Deputy William Soucie. Gordon walked along the ledge for about 15 feet and then jumped to the second floor of the new County Building which is be- ing built in a U around the pres- ent structure. Shooting Starts Directory Summer Student Directory editor Bob Wells, '55, yesterday announced that all students who wish to change local ad- dress or telephone number in' the directory must do so by 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Student Publications Bldg., 420 May- nard St. tandy Cracks Bannister Mile Record Falls at 3:58; Tops 1500 Meter TURKU, Finland (R) 'John Landy of Australia ran the mile in a phenomenal 3 minutes and 58 seconds Monday, clipping 1.4 sec- onds off Roger Bannister's world record and becoming the second man to crash the four-minute bar- rier. The 24-year-old Melbourne flier also was timed in 3:41.8 for the 1500 meters, another world mark if approved by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. Both clockings must be recognized by the IAAF. Landy, who has been knocking at the door of the four-minute mile for two years, was racing against five international foes, including Britain's Chris Chataway, who paced Bannister to his record 3:59.4 performance at Oxford May 6. The cinder track at Turku Stadium was lightning fast and the weather was ideal. A blazing sun beat down on the track and an ex- pectant crowd of 8,000. The tem- perature was 77. Landy didn't follow his normal formula of setting the pace all the way. After a comparatively slow first quarter in which he lay back in second place, he shot to the front just before the half-mile mark and finished blazing. The crowd, sensing a record per- formance, went wild. As Landy clipped off the final laps in short, See LANDY, Page 3 Couart-Martial 3. More than 200 members of the !iatron iswiuneubut long- American Astronomical Society range, basic data of a non-weap- Scame to Ann Arbor Sunday to ons nature is released as soon as celebrate the 100th anniversary of is practical." the founding o the University ob- "A new basic industy is being servatory. born through the atom, said Beck- The 91st meeting of the Soci-. erley," but the power can not be ety is largely devoted to readings developed unless the data can be of various technical papers of in- released." terest to the professionals. This Nuclear Status afternoon's session will be taken "Nuclear D e v e l o p m e n t the up by a symposium on "Turbu- World Over" was discussed by 01- lance and Magnetic Fields in the iver Townsend in another portion Photosphere." Prof. Robert R. of the form. Townsend, secretary McMath, Society president and of the Atomic Industrial Form, re- director of the University's Mc- viewed the current status of atom- Math-Hulbert Observatory at Pon- ic energy development around the tiac will chairman the event. world. Tomorrow, A. B. Meinel of Yer-' Three "facts of atomic life" re- kes Observatory will speak on garding commercial production of "The Spectrum of the Airglow power from the atom were pointed and Aurora," the Helen B. Warner out by Townsend: prize lecture. First, a nuclear reactor is nec- Closing the society's meeting 'e ssary for any large scale utiliza- will be a trip to Lake Angelus, nearI tion of atomic energy for electric Pontiac, where the McMath-Hul- power production; second, a reac- bert Observatory is located. tor an prnlyvby burning Zeta Beta. Tau Loses Another Zoning Round Ann Arbor Mayor William E. Brown's veto not only was sus- Tau Fraternity lost another round tained last night but his view which may be the last in their gained strength as the Zeta Beta struggle against zoning regula- tions. Mayor Brown overrode a 10-3 T decision of the City Council at W or ld ews the June 7 meeting allowing ZBT to make additions to their frater- nity house at 2006 Washtenaw. ZBT plans called for additional space which would increase hous- By The Associated Press ing facilities from the current ca- WASHINGTON - Sen. Karl pacity of 40 men to 67 occupants. Mundt (R-SD) said yesterday the Sentiment at last night's coun- sailient points of the McCarthy- cil meeting ran counter to the Army controversy have now June 7 meeting despite protests emerged "but you could never run from ZBT alumni representatives. down the last possible grain of A motion for a revote was with-, evidence." drawn which if supported by the * * * previous attitude of the council PORTLAND, Maine--Sen. Mar- favorable to ZBT would have over- garet Chase Smith took a com- ridden the Mayor's veto. I SauZe To Give Language Talki. Beginning a concentrated six week summer schedule, the Spec- ial Program for Teachers of' French and Spanish will present a lecture at 3:30 p.m. today, in Rm. 429 Mason Hall. The speaker, Prof. de Sauze, a noted educator who has intro- duced many newconcepts in ro- mance language instruction, will fissionable material; and third, there is only one fissionable ma- terial that occurs in nature. Uranium Necessary Thurs, said Townsend, a supply of uranium is of paramount inter- est in determining how war and fast a nation can go in building an atomic industry. "Progress all around the world would move faster if people in the industrialized countries could have access to the materials and infor- mation they need to make their imaginations bear fruit," said, Townsend. manding lead and held it last night over Robert L. Jones, young apostle of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) in the mounting early count from Maine's GOP sena- tonal primary. LANSING, Kan.-Six convicts , may face the death penalty forl their brazen attempt to break outj of the Kansas State Prison. FLINT-General Motors Corp.' yesterday fired a fifth employe named as a Communist before re- cent House Un-American Activi- ties subcommittee hearings. Murray Borod, like the four fired before him, was accused by GM of falsifying his job applica- tion five years ago by failing to reveal the extent of his college education. Gifts and grants amounting to $240,809.06 were acce- ted by the University Board of Regents at their June meeting, President Har- lan Hatcher announced last week. The Survey Research Center was the recipient of the largest grant, $91,835 from the Re kefeller Foun- dation, for study of population trends in the United States. Law Library The Regents also awarded a con- tract for $625,700 to an Ann Arbor construction firm for 'e building of an addition to the Law Library. Regents Accept $240,800 In Grants at June Session Included in the total grants was $62,072.67 for the Michigan Alumni Fund. A training seminar in political behavior research to be given this summer will be backed by a grant of $4,700 from the Social Science Research Council, Inc., New York. From the Forney W. Clement Memorial Foundation Inc. the Re- gents accepted $2,500 for the Fortney Clement Memorial fund which is used to support the Uni- versity Hospital school. From the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, the Regents accept- ed $1,800 for the Upjohn Com pan. Fellowship in Pharmaceu- SERIES STARTS TOMORROW: r m a tnira-floor window, Deputy Virgil Harrison and Sgt. Gregory Katapodis ordered Gor- don to stop. Gordon started run- ning along the top of the new ' building and turned to see his pursuers as the officers opened fire. Only two shots were fired and Gordon fell to the roof, rolled over several times and dropped off the edge of the building 30 feet to the ground below. Though wound- ed, he attempted to climb over a wooden fence surrounding the1 building area. w 3 talk on 'The Teachin; of Modern I AEC Information Languages in the Elementary Fourth speaker on the program Grades, and in the Junior and was Shelby Thompson, chief of the Senior High Schools." Public Information Service of The lecture by Prof. dekSauze is the Atomic Energy Commis- the first in a series of talks on the!sion. Thompson outlined the cri-4 technique of teaching foreign teria for release of information by language, to be given in conjunc- the AEC and the work in educa- tion with courses aimed at im- tional cooperation and press sem- proving the quality of foreign lan- inars done by the AEC. guage instruction. These courses Regular informational releases will offer credit to teachers seek- are published as swiftly as secrecy ing degrees. permits, said Thompson, in addi- tion to the regular semi-annual Death A tirib ted report to Congress. F. J. VanAntwerpen, editor of To Electricity Chemical Engineering Progress, introduced the speakers. The for- Perspiration and low voltage um was presented by the Inter- electricity' apparently caused the national Mass Communications freak death of Carl A. Baker a Conference on Nuclear Energy be- 20-year-old painter at 4:15 p.m. ing held at the University in con-I It 4wom this Ca VCA 1t1 G, G1114 , certs and radio and television pro- grams will focus on "Women in the Summer Session. Official Opening University President Harhln H. Hatcher will op- the series at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Lydia Mendelssohn theater. The President wi discuss the program which is designed to raise such questions as the educa- tion of women, careers for wo- men, society's attitude towards women and ' relationship of wo- mr and the mor ' tone of society. Prnf ?,frm.i nnmr. o rh +h "Literature for Sale" is the title of the seco d ubli lecture of the series to be given by literary agent Ann Watkins at 4:15 p.m. Thursday in Auditorium A, Angell Hall. Higher ducation Two lectures and g panel dis- cussion next week will deal with the subject of women and higher education. Talks will be given by Lynn T. White, president of Mills College, and Prof. Mirra Komarovsky of the sociology -epartment of Bar- nard College. Tha noavi .i mnillh man Following lectures will deal with juvenile delinque-y, the school teacher, women in art, and the working world. Kinsey Report The final flourish to the exten- siv program "I be two lectures and a -anel discussion August 3 and 4 on flie Kinsey report on sexual behavior in the human femp',. In conjunction with the special program, WUOM, the Unive 'ty broadcasting service, will present eiL half -our radio programs dealing with the lives of. eight w n x arn inv ' nna p crnaa a i tical Chemistry. The fellowship will WnMsrSld be for study in the chemistry of sympathomimetic Amines under the direction of Dr. F. F. Blicke, may be a man's world but Samuel Sorscher, Flint, has given 'en will I--' i the spotlight seum and "Women as Authors" The series will continue July 7 $1,000 to be used at the discretion umumer at thy. University. on the first floor of the General with a lecture and panel discus- of the administrative officers of am: ' lectures. exhibits. con- Library. sion on the family. the School of Dentistry "for some special expense or equipment." The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, has given $1,000 for the Faculty Research Fellowship in Personnel Administration. yhe New Yor' Memorial Trust, New York, has made a grant of $750 for the R. L. Perry Memorial Scholarship fund. From the Hanau Engineering Company, Inc., the Regents ac- cepted $750 i r the Dental Mater- ials Research fund "for continua- tion of Dr. F. A. Peyton's studies of frictional heat generated in the operation of cuttiro- tooth tissue at hiprh znPaac 1 yesterday in the University laun- Junction with the International dry. Nuclear Engineering Congress. U 7 I .I I