'NEUTRALIST' MEETING (See Page 2) flit uj~tAau ~Iaitr I Latest Deadline in the State CLOUDY, COOLER VOL. LXVIII, No. I5S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1956 FOUR PAGES - U Soviets OK Japan's Plea On Weapons Japanese Ask World Parliaments To End Nuclear Arms Tests MOSCOW ()-The Soviet par- liament endorsed yesterday a plea from Japanese lawmakers that parliaments all over the world strive for an end to tests of nuclear weapons. The action was taken after For- eign Minister Dmitri Shepilov told the Supreme Soviet, or parliament, that the Soviet Union was willing to end the tests but could not ob- tain agreement from the United States or Britain. The United States and Britain are opposed to an agreement on ending nuclear tests unless it is made part of an over-all disarma- ment plan subject to controls and inspection. The two Western powers took this position in turning down Fri- day in the U.N. Disarmament Commission Indian-Yugoslav pro- posals for banning tests. James J. Wadsworth, the U.S. ambassador, said the United States would con- tinue to work for agreement on limitation of tests and safeguard- ing mankind against dangers of excessive radiation. Shepilov told the 1,300 parlia- A mentary delegates agreement on an end to nuclear tests could be reached by any one of three meth- ods: Within the framework of the United Nations; by three-party agreement which other nations could join later; separate state- ments from each government de-. claring it was abandoning nuclear tests. He said prohibition of atomic and hydrogen tests could be the first step in the banning of pro- duction of nuclear weapons "and their removal from arms piles." Reds Accused Of Detaining U.S. Airmen MOSCOW (ai-The United States yesterday accused the Soviet Union of holding a number of American airmen. Some have been missing more than six years. A United States note to the Soviet Foreign Ministry demanded information about them and others. It said the U.S. government is Inforned and is compelled to be- live the Soviet Union is detaining military personnel from two U.S. planes. They were a U.S. Navy Priva- teer lost over the Baltic April 8, 1950, and a U.S. Air Force B29 that went down on the Sea of Japan or near Kaochatka June 13, 1952. , There were 10 men in the Pri- Vateer and 12 in the B29. The note added that it may well be that the Soviet government has in custody crewmen from other aircraft, specifically men who fought for the United Nations com- mand in Korea. The United States asked the Soviet government to make a thorough investigation. John H. Noble of Detroit, Mich. who spent 9% years as a Soviet prisoner, told a Berlin news con- ference Jan. 11, 1955, that 8 of the 10 American airmen aboard the missing Navy .Privateer may be alive in Soviet prison camps. The United States charged that Russian fighters shot down the Privateer, Democrats Hit Ike's Doctors For 'Snow Job' " WASHINGTON UP)-The Demo- cratic National Committee charged yesterday White House associates have done a "snow job" to gloss over President Dwight D. Eisen- hower's illness. The Democratic Digest, official publication of the party, said an- other public questioning of Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton, com- mandant of Walter Reed Army i Hospital, and other presidential doctors "is clearly in order." The doctors held one news con- ference a few hours after Eisen- McKeon Begins Court Martial Charged With Manslaughter; Marine Training Methods Issue PARRIS ISLAND, S. C. ()-How Marines are trained-and what 27,000 Marines think of those methods-became a sharp issue in the court-martial of S/Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon yesterday. McKeon is the 31-year-old drill instructor from Worcester, Mass., who led six Marines to their deaths last April 8 in water- covered marshland bordering this 5,000-acre Marine training center. The charges against McKeon include involuntary manslaughter, oppression of recruits by mass punishment, and drinking on duty. McKeon's defense attorney, Emile B. Berman of New York City, demanded that the Marine Corps produce the results of a question- Strike Talks To Continue In Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (A')-Negotiators trying to settle a 16-day-old na- tionwide steel strike conferred for1 about two hours yesterday then re- cessed until tomorrow so man-l agement representatives can meet with "their principals in New York today." David J. McDonald, President of the United Steelworkers, said the session produced "no new develop- ments." Meeting Tomorrow Management and union negotia- tors scheduled their next meeting tomorrow in Pittsburgh. The strike has spread idleness to more than 70,000 employes in; allied industries-principally rail- roads and coal mining.a The 650,000 striking steelwork- ers left their jobs July 1 to back up union demands for a new con- tract. Stumbling Blocks The chief stumbling blocks to a1 settlement appear to be the length, of contract and size of the hourly package., The union has rejected a com- pany proposal of a 52-month pact1 which the companies said would give workers a 17% cents hourly7 package the first year, including a 7.3 cent hourly wage increase. The workers were averaging< $2.46 an hour including overtime under' terms of the old contract1 which expired June ยง0. The union,9 in rejecting the -company offer, valued the proposed hourly pack-I age at 14 cents.. naire asking Marines and former Marines what they thought were the best methods of training. Survey Relates to Training Berman said the results of that survey had a direct bearing on the traning methods employed by Mc- Keon and others the night he led his 74-man "boot" platoon into the dark waters. Only 68 came back alive. The lean defense lawyer said he had asked Navy Secretary Thomas to produce the survey, but that the secretary had refused unless he was ordered to do so by the law officer for the court martial, Navy Capt. Irving N. Klein. Klein said he would reserve judgment on the request but sug- gested to a startled courtroom the most direct way of ascertaining the results of the poll would be to put Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, the Marine commandant, on the wit- ness stand. It was Pate who order- ed the survey after the tragedy. Requests Names The defense served a request on the trial counsel, Maj. Charles B. Sevier of Jacksonville, Ill., for the names and home addresses of all men discharged from the Marine Corps from the Parris Island base since last Jan. 1. The general court-martial open- ed with the defense making a bid to sever for later trial all charges relating to drinking. The legal argument over whether the drinking charges were minor and also prejudicial to the fair judgment of the other two, became so involved that Capt. Klein ex- cused the court-martial panel un- til 9 a.m. Tuesday. As the trial opened, Mrs. Maggie Lucille Meeks, mother of Thomas C. Hardeman, one of the drowning victims, sat in the rear of the courtroom. At a recess, newsmen asked Mrs. Meeks whether she harbored any ill feeling toward McKeon. "I have not got too much bitterness in my heart," she said. "The Lord says don't hate nobody." Civil Rights Backers Win First Vote Two Day Limitation On Debate Applied WASHINGTON ()-House de- bate on civil rights legislation opened yesterday with its back- ers, as expected, winning the first test vote. The vote, 151-103, was to limit debate to two days. Southern op- ponents of the bill tried in vain to have the limitation laid down in terms of hours rather than days. It was only a technical point, one of many which are expected to be raised before the House can get to a final vote, perhaps on Friday. The limitation applies only to general debate, not amendments or side issues. Indications were that the House would eventually pass the bill and send it to the Senate where it would die in the rush to adjourn. The bill has the backing of the Eisenhower administration and Chairman E. Celler (D-NY) of the House Judiciary Committee. It would permit the U.S. Attor- ney General to file suits on behalf of persons whose voting or other rights he considered to be im- paired or threatened. It would also make it easier to bring civil rights cases in federal courts. Proponents of the bill agreed that its provisions probably would empower the U.S. Attorney Gen- eral to bring suits in support of the Supreme Court d e i s i o n against racial segregation in public schools. Manpower Cuts Backed WASHINGTON (A - Defense Department talk of cutting back the size of American armed forces, perhaps drastcally, has picked up powerful support in other sectors of the Eisenhower administration. No final decision is expected for several months but the idea appeals to be gaining momentum for the following reasons: Sharp manpower cuts would not necessarily shock overseas allies, even if they involved withdrawal or "thinning out" of five Ameri- can divisions now in Western Eu- rope. A growing feeling is now apparent in Western Europe that the North Atlantic Pact countries can reduce their armed forces without jeopardizing their security. In view of what is interpreted the reduced threat of war, it may not be necesary for Western Germany to mobilize all 12 divi- sions it has pledged under Atlantic Pact strategy. Russia, it is believed, soon will make sharp reductions in the strength of its vast army, navy and air force. The Soviets an- nounced in April they would slash their armed forces by 1,200,000 men, down to about 3,000,000, and Premier Bulganin challenged the West to follow suit. Britain, too, plans to reduce manpower in its armed forces, ad- justing its reduced strength more around use of new atomic-hydro- gen weapons. Ike Bac Vetoes k MVilitary 'Bill -o A IV president's Day Fairly Strenuous Spends Morning, Afternoon At Desk WASHINGTON (A) - President Dwight D. Eisenhower went back to work at the White House'Mon- day yesterday spending 3 hours at his desk in the morning and returning for an afternoon stint. It was his first working day at the executive mansion since his emergency abdominal operation' June 9. The President attended to some state business while recuperating on his Gettysburg, Pa., farm, but1 his morning session yesterday was the longest sustained working period he is known to have put in since he became ill. In addition, Eisenhower strolled; a mile or so around the White House grounds, walking slowly but erectly. Asked how the President reacted to this comparatively strenuous day, James C. Hagerty, his press secretary, said: "I think very well." When Hagerty was pressed by newsmen for further indications of the President's reaction he said, "I didn't ask him." Hagerty reported, in response to additional questions, that there has been no change in the Presi. dent's weight since it was last given out as 163 pounds, 6 pounds less than what he weighed before his operation. Eisenhower went to work at 8:20 a.m. and did not return to the White House living quarters until; 11:45. He came back to his office at 3:30 p.m. and stayed until about 5. Hagerty said he took a longer than usual "change of pace" at midday. The President's doctors prescribed this period of relaxa- tion for him after his September,' 1955, heart attack. Late in the afternoon, Pres. Eis- enhower made three circuits of the network of White House drive- ways in company with his per-: sonal physician, Maj. Gen. Howardr M. Snyder. A cluster of tourists watched him from outside the iron: fence. The President was beareheaded and wore a tan sports coat, tan slacks and a matching sport shirt. He soon took off his jacket in the sultry sunshine. Virgin Birth? JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, (R)-A South African professor has begun studyng the claims of 15] mothers that they had daughters] by virgin birth.I Prof. O. S. Heyns of Witwaters-: rand University said it will take months of research "before this question can be answered with a1 yes or no." PALM OF HIS HAND . .. Prof. Maynard Klein demonstrates his E ability in conducting choral numbers, here using a chorus of high school teachers. At yesterday's presentation, Prof. Klein directed the group in a wide range of numbers, designed to give a balanced program. Prof. Klein Presents Choral Demonstration By MARY ANN THOMAS The novice to music can well understand the preeminence of the music school's Prof. Maynard Klein when seen directing a completely heterogeneous group of people in songs. Giving a demonstration presentation yesterday of a choral reper- toire for high school choral directors, the energetic professor seemed to hold his audience in the palm of his hand. With assistance of University choir members, Prof. Klein directed the high school teachers in songs selected to present a balanced choral program as well as provide training for students. my students at camp recently to Scarlotti's "Exultante Deo" was go into the woods and observe a proclaimed as "nothing better for deer, and then come back and try getting the fundamental vowel the song," he commented. sounds," and this fact was empha- If a member of the audience sized by leading the audience in happened to pause to watch the singing the piece. lively professor while Prof. Klein Chosen as a contrast to Scar- was directing, he would have been lotti's jubilant work, Anton Bruck- both amused and amazed by the ner's smooth, slow "Ave Marie" antics that go into directing a help balance a program, according song. to the bespectacled glee club Never standing still, the lively director, as well as brings out the professor would snap his fingers richness of the male voices. in time to the music, bounce up Then for a complete contrast and down and occasionally inter- and stress on articulation, Prof. ject a warning to the tenors or a Klein led the group in Stephen query as to how they liked the Fostor's "Nellie Bly." "Boys like song. to sing this," he smiled, "because of their rhythmic part."r He considered "The Doe" by Nehru Urges Paul Hindemith very difficult for high school singers: "I have re--* hearsed this many times with high -g owers school students but only had the1 nerve to program it twice." End Controls The difficulty seemed to be to teach the singers to reproduce the H A M B U R G, Germany (R)- ethereal mood of the song. "I told Prime Minister Nehru of India 11rra. +IIgl hi T~ror laf Yim f +n at Work; House Starts Direct Action On Revision Vetoes Appropriation Authorizing 2 Billion For Construction WASHINGTON () -President Dwight D. Eisenhower yesterday vetoed a two..billion-dollar military construction bill and the House took immediate steps to strip the measure of provisions he. found objectionable. A revised bill satisfactory to the President is expected to be passed by both the House and Senate this week, The vetoed measure authorized the appropriation of up to $2,138,- 000,000 for the construction and expansion of military bases and housing units in the United States and abroad. To Proceed Forbidden The key point of dispute was a provision which would' forbid the Defense Department to proceed with the development of the Tals guided missile program without prior and specific approval of both the Senate and House Military Appropriations Committees. The President also objected to a section which would forbid the Defense Department to make con- tracts to construct or acquire family housing units without the agreement of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Pres. Eisenhower called thes* sections violations of "the funda- mental constitutional principle of separation of powers." Sentto House He sent to the House "my urgent recommendation" that the bill be re-enacted without the objection. able provisions. Chairman C. Vinson (D-Ga) of the House Armed Services Com- mittee immediately introduced a new bill, stripped of the sections to which the president objected but otherwise identical. A spokesman at the Pentagon said the Defense Department was going ahead with plans to work oft its huge military construction pro- gram in the expectation that Con- gress will re-enact the measure in a form suitable to the President. The vetoed measure sets a limit on the amount that can be ap- propriated for military construc- tion. It does not actually appro- priate the money. Bill Passed Earlier yesterday the Senate passed and sent to the House for conference a military construction. appropriation of $1,725,000,000. The appropriation bil, which de- pends on passage of the authoriza- tion measure, is expected to be held in abeyance until Congress passes the revised measure introduced by Vinson yesterday. Congress wrote its restrictions on the Talos missile program into the authorization bill as a result of the continuing debate: Which missile is best-the Army's Nike or the Navydeveloped Taos which the Air Force plans to use? The Air Force maintains that the Tas, which the Navy devel- oped for shipboard launching, would provide Air Force crews with a good intermediate training device pending development of its own interceptor missile, the Bom- arc. Long Signs Racial Bill BATRON ROUGE, La. (P)--Gov - Earl Long yesterday signed a bll banning interracial athletic con- tests in Louisiana effective Oct. 15. The new law will prohibit "danc- ing, social functions, entertain- ments, athletic training, games, sports or contests and other such activities involving personal and soncial contacts in which the par- TO MOVE INDOORS: Ringling Bros. Stage Last Big Top Circus PITTSBURGH (W)-The Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, America's "Greatest Show on Earth," called an end to its circus tour which for years has thrilled millions of youngsters and grownups in nearly every corner of the land. John Ringling North said the circus was folding its mammoth tent for the last time last night after a performance at nearby Heidelberg race track. "The tented circus as it now exists is, in my opinion, a thing of the past," North said. "We are considering plans for the future which may involve an almost completely " mechancally controlled exhibi- CHA TTANOOGA I North emphasized the circus will continue, in different form.I T .-n r IRON FOUNDRY: Oiand Hayes Began as Laborer He said:I "The all-new 87th presentation of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey combined shows will open as usual on April 3, 1957, at Madi- son Square Garden in New York and will play the 1957 season in other air-conditioned arenas all over the United States." Labor troubles, bad weather and rising costs sounded the death knell for the road show under the giant canvas umbrella. Earlier this year, two other cir- cuses shut down on similar rea- sons. They were the Clyde Beatty and King Bros. circuses. Part of the bankrupt King Bros. Circus was stranded yesterday in Stroudsburg, Pa., on its way to southern headquarters at Macon, 1 U11Vi X LI By ADELAIDE WILEY Roland Hayes, who "started in music at the age of 17, and loved it so much I kept it up," was first a mechanic in a Chattanooga iron foundry. "A man of my race heard me sing in a church choir one Sun- day," Hayes flashed his even white teeth, "and encouraged me, told me t keep on singing-so I did. "I had worked in this foundry, making those metal eyes that hold cords for windows, and I just dropped it completely," he said, flicking his hand. Hayes attended Fiske University in Nashville, then went off to Eur- ope for seven years, giving a com- and not enough with singing. So I decided after a couple of years to give up teaching there, since I wasn't really helping these young people." He does, however, give lessons to one or two advanced young people "now and then." He observed that today's young singers are more involved in busi- ness: "in booking ofkices you pay, pay, pay, and there's nothing left. "When I started out, if you were good, you had a chance, and people came to you. Now people come to you through a whole lot of red tape and other people-you might not make it if you're good." Neatly dressed in a gray suit that matched his hair, Hayes men- tioned a book of thirty spirituals a urged the Dig powers last nign Lo end their domination of other states. "We have to recognize that it is wrong to interfere with another state's affairs by aggression or by changing its internal organization by political or economic means. Domination is bad for the dom- inated, but worse still for those who dominate them," said Nehru. The Indian visitor did not spell out his meaning by direct mention of any power or state. Moscow thus might accept it as another barb at "colonialism." But to Western ears it appeared he was urging the Soviet Union to, give up control of its satellites on whom communism has been im- posed without free elections. Nehru spoke before 1,000 guests at Hamburg University in accept- ing two honorary doctors degrees. During his three-day official visit to Germany, he has made several statements critical of United States and Western policy. In a joint communioue issued :...: ::.