'U'Defends Policies Attacked By Look Mu rgazine By DICK CRAMER University and Big Ten officials lashed out yesterday at at na- tionally published reports that Michigan had violated Conference rules on financial aid to athletes. Athletic Director H. 0. "Fritz" Crisler termed the reports, to appear in the current issue of Look magazine, "sensationalism." The Look article, titled "Football Scandal Hits the Big Ten," discusses alleged violations and loopholes in the Conference code. Crisler said yesterday University athletic policy is based on "long established precedents" and approved by Western Conference Com- missioner Kenneth "Tug" Wilson.. Story Exaggerated Wilson claimed the story was exaggerated. Extensive comment is devoted to a University grant to all- American football end Ron Kramer. The grant was reported in The Daily June 26. , At that time The Daily reported that Wilson had examined records pertaining to Kramer's grant and publicly declared they were "in order." Look did not mention the Commissioner's statement. Look credits an "escape" clause in the regulations with permitting Kramer to receive a $560 grant. The clause, section three of the Big Ten Handbook, says: "a student may reecive without loss of eligibility, any type of unearned financial aid for which he is qualified because of circumstances unrelated to his athletic skill, and which may not demand the (normal Conference) scholastic requirements . . . and which, in fact, is not awarded on the basis of athletic ability in whole or in part." Kramer Given Car Shortly after Kramer received his grant, he was given a new Chevrolet by menlbers of his family. Look implied that Kramer was not in great financial need. Dean of Men Walter B. Rea asserted yesterday that grants such as Kramer's were awarded on the basis of need to any University students and "had nothing to do" with eithetr athletic or scholastic status. Furthermore, Dean Rea declared, "Kramer undoubtedly knew nothing of the car when he applied for the grant. "We helped to meet, not to cover Kramer's expenses," Dean Rea continued. If we find that persons are suffering financial hard- ships by participating in activities promoted by the University, we feel the need is sufficient to warrant the awarding of financial grants. This goes for persons in musical activities, sports activities or any other activities promoted by the University." Dean Rea made the distinction between grants and scholarships- a distinction "confused by Look Magazine." Big Ten rules prohibit scholarships for more than tuition to any athlete who fails to attain better than a 2.5 grade average. However, scholarships for lesser amounts are permissible for any athlete who attains at least a C plus scholastic rating. The University has always interpreted a C ,plus average to mean above a 2.0. Dean Rea asserted this is because a 2.0 equals a straight C and anything between that and 2.51 (B minus) is a C plus. An interpretation was necessary because lit school, in which Kramer is enrolled, does not ordinarily recognize plus or minus grades. While Kramer has consistently averaged "above C," the Univer- sity's main contention is that a grant, unlike a scholarship, is based solely on need and not on scholastic achievement. Look claimed Kramer's grant was against regulations because he had not maintained a C plus average, but they interpreted C plus as being above 2.5, an interpretation not recognized by the University. Loans, Not Gifts Another distinction between grants and scholarships, not drawn by Look, is that there is a moral obligation to repay grants. They are considered loans, though not legally binding. Yesterday the commissioner claimed the Look story was an exaggeration and the Conference was "honestly facing its athletic problems." A meeting is scheduled this weekend in Chicago to ;study a four-man committee's report on the conduct of intercollegiate athletics in the Big Ten. The committee, appointed nine months ago, includes Crisler from Michigan, Dean Verne Freeman of Purdue, Athletic Director Ivy Williamson of Wisconsin and Prof. Leslie Scott of Michi- gan State. Look's Article Timed Dean Rea, Crisler and Marcus Plant, Michigan's faculty represen- tative to the Big Ten, all suggested that Look's article may have been timed to occur just before the meeting. They intimated Look was trying to appear the cause of the special Conference meeting, even though it was arranged more than two months ago. Plant made it clear that the meeting had been set for mid-summer so that only the committee review and reexamination of Conference rules and legislation would be on the agenda. Crisler commented that such a reappraisal was notunusual, His committee was "number four" in a series of periodically established study groups. study groups. TROOP REDUCTION IN GERMANY See Page 2 Latest Deadline in the State 4Iai4j CLOUDY, COOL VOL. LXVH, No. 26S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1956 trike Ma rle Nation's Aluminum It FOUR PAGES idustry * * * 4 S I 'I 4 Kefauver Drops Out of Running Will Throw Support to Stevenson In Best Interests of Party Unity WASHINGTON (P)-Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) bowed out of the presidential race yesterday, asking his supporters to back Adlai Stevenson in the interests of Democratic party unity and victory. This gave Stevenson such a boost that many Democrats said he has their party's presidential nomination cinched. There also were predictions Sen. Kefauver may get the vice- presidential nomination. He said yesterday he has made no "deals." Sen. Kefauver's unity move came at a time when the Republi- R cans' Harold E. Stassen is attempting to unseat Vice-President Richard Nixon, Second Largest Block Sen. Kefauver, who had amassed the second largest block of dele- Last Ditch Bargaining Continoues Alcoa, Reynolds May Be Hit By Walkout NEW YORK (P)-A strike which could knock out two-thirds of the nation's aluminum production be- gan early today. The strike officially began at midnight yesterday in the midst of contract negotiations between two unions and the Aluminum Co. of America (Alcoa) and the Rey- nolds Metals Co. First plants to be affected were four of the Alcoa firn- A union spokesman said the walkout would spread automati- Fally across the nation unless agreement were reached in the early morning hours in New York. The two unions are the United Steelworkers and the Aluminum Workers International Union. 'j :F Burma Forces Vie With Red Troops Negotiations Progress to Withdraw Chinese to Their Side of Border RANGOON, Burma (P) - Military sources said yesterday Chinese Communist troops have occupied about 1,000 square miles of Burma's northern territory after clashes with Burmese forces. Some casual- ties were reported. A Burmese Foreign Office statement, confirming reports that Red Chinese troops established outposts in northeastern Burma, said the government has .brought the matter to the attention of the Chinese government in Peiping.f "Negotiations are now in pro- gress with a view to the withdraw- Economics i I Ike Would Lose Votes With Nixon WASHINGTON (P) - Harold .E Stassen, seeking to bolster his anti-Nixon campaign, yesterday raised the specter of possible de- feat for President Dwight D. E i s e n h o w e r if Vice-President Richard M. Nixon is renominated. Stassen told an overflow audi- ence at a National Press Club luncheon that Nixon's name on the GOP ticket would cost Presi- dent Eisenhower "millions of votes" in an election that will be no "cinch," While he didn't openly predict President Eisenhower would lose with Nixon as his running mate, Stassen told his hearers they would have to evaluate his one- man campaign to dump Nixon in terms of his own belief that no election is ever settled until all the votes are counted. Stassen is trying to get Gov- ernor Christian Herter of Massa- chusetts nominated for vice-presi- dent in place of Nixon. Even before Stassen spoke, re- publican National Q h a i r m a n Leonard Hall issued a statement saying that he, like Stassen, fa- vors an "open" party convention. Hall had said previously he re- gards an Eisenhower-Nixon ticket as a certainty. Hall played a ma- jor role in getting Herter to agree to place Nixon's name in nomin- ation before the convention, open- ing at San Francisco Aug. 20. - gate strength for the Democratic National Convention starting in Chicago Aug. 13, announced his withdrawal at a late afternoon news conference. He said he was convinced "Gov- ernor Stevenson's delegate lead is such that he could be stopped only by throwing the convention into a deadlock." "I would not want to be a party to this," Kefauver said. He added he felt he could make "a great contribution" to party unity and Democratic victory in the Novem- ber presidential election by with- drawing as a candidate. "Victory in November is more important than victory in Aug- ust," he said. Involhes 'Ifs' He reiterated he is not a can- didate for vice-president. Asked whether he would accept second place on the ticket, he replied that involved a lot of ifs. At a special news conference in Chicago, Stevenson said he was pleased with Sen. Kefauver's "gracious" and spontaneous ex- pression of his support." "Sen. Kefauver has expressed the hope-which I share-that we Democrats, united by a common purpose, can soon close ranks and get on with this fateful campaign," Stevenson said. The 1952 Democratic presiden-a tial nominee made .no reference' whatsoever to any so-called deal with Sen. Kefauver. Christopher Fry's Play Opens Today Christopher Fry's comedy, "The Lady's Not For Burning" will be presented by the Department of Speech at 8:00 p.m. today through Saturday in the Lydia Mendels-} sohn Theatre. Prof. James Brock is directing the plav. which is the fnrth on Reynolds tiating in: USW. Alcoa is burgh with nolds with mond, Va. and Alcoa are nego- New York with the al of these Chinese troops to the Chinese side of the border," the Foreign Office said. Military informants said troops of the two armies now faced one another across a strip of land no wider than 200 yards at many points in the mountainous area known as the Northern WA State, about 100 miles east of Lashio. Accurate reports on the strength of the Chinese force were not available, but it was estimated in Rangoon at not less than 500 troops, The military sources said the Chinese occupied a triangular area with a 54-mile base after penetrating as far as 60 miles beyond the frontiers of the Ka- chin and Wa States. Additional small forces of Red troops are re- ported in the Kachin states to the north of the Wa area. And Negro' Though the title of his speech was "The Economic Position of the Negro since the 1930 Depres- sion", Prof Abram L. Harris said that "race problems are not my particular interest now." A professor of economics and philosophy at the University of Chicago, he explained, before giv- ing his lecture, that at one time, during the 20's, "I was -a sort of socialist, having read Marx and Mill. "At that time, I wrote 'The Black Worker', and was very much concerned with race problems - mostly emotionally. Later, though, I became interested in Thorstein Veblen, lost my socialistic enthusi- asm and emotional interest in race problems." Ike Signs Foreign Aid Measure Bill Appropriates 3 Billion in Funds WASHINGTON (iP) - President Dwight p. Eisenhower signed into law yesterday a bill appropriating $3,766,570,000 in new funds for foreign aid in the year ending next June 30. The Congress-passed amount fell $1,093,405,000 below the $4,- 859,975,000 President Eisenhower originally requested for the pro- gram to bolster 54 countries throughout the world against communism. Nearly all the cut -- 9821 mil- lion dollars worth - came out of President Eisenhower's requested three billion dollars for military aid abroad. In signing the bill, the President issued a statement saying: "There are two provisions in the act relating to defense support where particular countries are named as eligible recipients of as- sistance in specified amounts. I regard these provisions as author- izations, and also as limitations on the availability of the amounts specified, rather than as direc- tives. To construe them otherwise would raise substantial constitu- tional questions." negotiating the AWIU the AWIU Britain's Armed in Pitts- and Rey- in Rich- Forces Alerted Dulles Leaves for London To Join In Tense Three Power Conferences LONDON (P)-Military leaders yesterday alerted Britain's armed forces to be ready for immedaite action in case Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal produces violence. The action came after the Soviet Union moved into the canal dispute by throwing its support behind Egypt. Russia also urged every- one to keep cool. Armed forces at home and in the Mediterranean were alerted for action. A statement said Britain military positions in the eastern Mediterranean were being strengthened. Dulles Goes to London President Dwight D. Eisenhower urgently dispatched Sec- retary of State John Foster Dulles to London to participate in the key concluding period of the Am-* erican-French-British talks on the (A'_ canal. oVernment Prime Minister' Anthony Eden planned to inform Parliament to- morrow of Britain's position in the dispute. He moved back his speech a.,day in order to talk with Dulles. In the present tense internation- al atmosphere Britain's War Of- U poneA ssets fice issued this statement: Certain precautionary meas- WASHINGTON tm)-The gov- ures of a military nature are be- ernment clamped a partial freeze ing taken with the object of on Egyptian assets in this country strengthening our position in the yesterday as Secretary of Statc eastern Mediterranean area and John Foster Dulles departed sud- our general ability to deal with denly for London to join Anglo- any situation that may arise." French talks on the Suez Canal elaboration. crisis. Warships Prepared The Treasury announced it has Earlier, the Admiralty placed placed under temporary licensing several British warships, includ- controls all assests of the Egyptian ing two aircraft carriers, on a government and the Suez Canal ready basis. These ships, in Brit- Co. located in the United States. ish home waters, were being pre- It was a surprise move. Con- pared to sail on a moment's no-trols will remain in effect, the Thce. r th Mediterranersn T a Treasury said, "pending determ i- The British Shipowners Trade nation of the ownership of these Assn. advised its members to assets and clarification of the ex- keep on paying their canal tolls isting situation." into accounts of the old Interna- tional Suez Canal Co., and not to Earlier in the day, apparently at the new national company sea up the urging of Britain and France, by Egypt. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Egyptian authorities have said decided to have Dulles participate that henceforth all checks for pay- personally in the London confer- ment of canal tolls must be made ence on what to do about Egypt's out to the new Egyptian company. seizure of the Suez Canal. The But generally, the Egyptians waterway is of great strategic im- were making other conciliatory portance to the West. moves, including a promise by The Treasury edict was not as President Gamal Abdel Nasser to sweeping as Britain's action Sat- keep the canal open to traffic, urday in freezing assets of the Egyptian government and of all Egypt's banks, trading companies Franklin To Talk and individuals. . Private Egyptian funds will not On Negro History be affected by the American order, the-Treasury said, John Hope Franklin, professor But the order will prevent the and chairman of the department Egyptian government and the of history at Brooklyn College, will canal company which it now ap- sneak tnmorrnw in the TUniversitio n-. nan. 4 .. 1. -__A;__ It was announced earlier that an agreement had been reached between Reynolds and the AWIU for an extension of the current contract terms on a day-to-day basis while negotiations continue. PROF. SCHORGER TALKS: Few Communists in Near East: By MARY ANN THOMAS "Given all the lists of grievances, it surprises me that there are so few Communists in the Near East," Prof. William Schorger told a round table forum on Russian studies yesterday. Speaking on USSR relations with Communism in the Near East, Prof. Schorger outlined the cultural background of the Near East and listed the main appeals of Communism in that area. Lacking overall material wealth, the economy of the area is in the simple handicraft stage and the greater part of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of relatively small percentage of the people, Prof. Schorger commented. "Lack of confidence in the political regimes and military se- curity of the area has hindered economic development," the Near Eastern expert explained, "and political officials, being poorly trained and underpaid, are often corrupt." Communism in the Near East bases itself on five main appeals, he said. "The first appeal, anti-Westernism and anti-colonialism, is a logical result of recent Wesetern occupation of the area. This has led tn an amhiint attitue amonna the en intrie torard w '