STUDENT CONGRESS See page 2 Sixty-Six Years of Editorial Freedom Iaitj * 00 o * * CLOUDY, COOL No. 31S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1957 FOUR Lauds Plan Present Joint sal to USSR MGTON (M) - Secretary ohn Foster Dulles yes- mped the free world's nament plan as perhaps significant peace bid: of cted it would prove "ir- to the~ United States, i maybe to the rulers of sounded an alarm. He orld should nQt become start shedding its arms should accept the pro- 'inciple alone. Zussians Agree sians, he said, must also he details of how the I be put into operation.l "We would have bought; poke." .e Ys sweeping state-l us first news conference irning from the long armament talks at Lon- e had personally pre- plan, got its acceptance antic allies ---I handed -wiet consideration. s at the news confer- ted to know whether id convince the Russians tance was to their ad- They also questioned he Senate, which must eaties under the Con- vould go along. ulles Confident . scores, 'Dulles said he dent. ue plan, inspection zones' set up-'either virtually sia and tl free world' the 'Northern, Circle nding upon how far the ,re willing to go. selected areas, Russian' s would check up on nt by air anid ground the United States and and free world inspec- do likewise on Soviet O rP'o r he was sure tages would 'outweigh antages of having for- s roaming around. -Daily-Richard Bloss AT THE CIRCUS -- Lloyd Evans, circus manager, cracks. the whip as contortionist Lou Ann Rosengarten goes into a twisting finale. - Bartered Bride' Features Circus Act, Love Affair A circus complete with strong man, contortionist, clowns and a whip-cracking manager is one of the features of "The Bartered Bride," a comic opera which begins a four 'day run at 8 p.m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The circus comes to a Czech town in the midst of a tangled-up love affair. Marenka (Irene Kunst), a "young maiden," is in love with Jenik (Jerry Langenkamp), the "dashing young man" of the plot. Complications set in when Marenka's parents, in line with tra- dition, select another, richer, man for her to marry. Kecal (James Berg), the marriage broker, is called in to make arrangements for Marenka's marriage. Jenik appears to have been House Votes To Prevent Building Proposed Air Force Chapel a 'Monstrosity' WASHINGTON (P)-The House voted yesterday to bar the building of a proposed chapel at the Air Force Academy. One legislator called the design A "monstrosity."x By a standing vote of 102 to 53, the House voted to withhold the use of any funds for the planned chapel at the Colorado Springs, Colo., academy., The action, subject to a possible roll call later, came as the House tentatively approved a one and on~e-half billion dollar supplemen- tal money bill.. Committee Acted The House Appropriations Com- ittee had acte on the measure earlier in the day and final Hose action is expeted today. The chapel design, as repre- tented by a model shown the Ap- propriations Committee, was called a "monstrisity" by Rep. J. L. Whitten (D-Miss.). "It looks like a rectangular ac- cordian stretched out on the floor," he told the House. Rep. . Scrivned (R-Kan.), who Ioffered the amendment to bar use Iof money for the chapel, said the A,,* Forc'a "1-"ed to spend _three million dollars to build a "cathed- ral of polished aluminum wit} 19 spires."n 1Not Chapel' "It.is not a chapel," he said. If tle Senate upholds his amendment, a new chapel must be designed and win congressional approval. The chapel design was defended by Rep. D. J. Flood (D-Pa.), who said it has been approved by a board of the country's greatest architects and by three established religions.) Flood said the chapel design might appear a "bit futuristic" to some people, but he said people "would always remember it." A previous design forthe acade- my chapel was withdrawn by Air Force planners three years ago,.d' 11 Pacifists Demonstrate r ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev. (A)-- Eleven p a c i f i s t demonstrators against the United States' nuclear weapons program edged onto the atomic test area yesterday and were arrested. The demonstration was carried out on the 12th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb. attack -by the United States- on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. An atomic test scheduled yes- terday morning was postponed 24 hours because of strong winds. Sheriff's deputies arrested the demonstrators for trespassing as they walked around Atomic Ener- gy Commission Security guards at the gate of the Camp Mercury headquarters in Nevada. As the 11 made their forays in little groups, fellow members of the committee for nonviolent ac- tion against nuclear weapons stood silently -in the desert dust under the close watch of 20 state highway patrolmen. There was no violence as the demonstrators achieved their pre- viously announced purpose of be- ing arrested to call attention to their belief that the atomic test- ing program "is opposed to the moral law of the universe." Justice Rights, Bill Department Cal. Shows luctance DON (A)- - The United indicated yesterday it would willing to open all United military bases to Soviet in- n unless and until the rela- p between Russia and Com- China is clarified. matter came up in the Nations Disarmament sub- ttee when Soviet Delegate n Zorin asked clarification st air and ground inspection proposed Friday by United" Secretary of State. John Dulles. ifically, Zorin wanted to vhy Western bases in North the Middle East, Turkey akistan had not been in- ed States Delegate Harold sen repled that inclusion of ases would have posed "very V" political questions. sen did not spell out what olitical questions are. well informed United States made clear that an over- factor is the relationship ni Russia and such Com- governments as those in North Korea, North Viet nd Outer Mongolia. Yflower II y Yet Sail' -3.at, Lakes" - i Rate..Hikes' App roved WASHINGTON (A) - The rail- road industry yesterday got ap- proval from the Interstate Com\ cercesCommission for a further increase in freight charges, esti- mated to add $443 gmillin a year to freight costs. Further, the railroads were au- thorized to make the new advance effective on 15 day's notice to the "public. . The commission authorized Eastern and Western carriers to make an additional seven per cent advance in their freight rates. and granted Southern railroads a further four per cent increase,tall subject to some exceptions. Hikes Granted These increases follow the emergency rate hikes granted near the turn of the year of seven per cent in the East and five per cent in the est and South, and es- timated to boost rail revenues by about $455 million a year. In the two rounds of actions in the current rate revision proceed- ing, the ICC rejected proposals by East and West carriers for an over hall1 2 per cent increase and by Southern railroads for a 15 per cent advance. The Eastern lines came out of the proceeding with an over-all 14 per cent increase, the Western carriers 112 per cent and the Squthern roads nine per cent. Alfred E. Perlman, president of the New York Central Railroad, commented: "In view of the in- creased labor rates and increases in the cost of materials we con- sider the decision very disappoint- ing." Increase Is 13th The new increase is the 13th up- ward revision of rail freight rates since the end of World War II, and will put freight charges about 107 per cent above the rate levels of June 1946. The ICC staff estimated the whole proceeding would yield some $897,800,000 additional reve- nue to the industry. And the com- mission itself left the door open for further rate advances on indi- vidual items if operating costs continue to increase. The commission said the indus- try has had a $627 million per year rise in operating expense. bought off by Kecal as the circus begins. Jenik finally triumphs, but -not, before the circus becomes involved in the plot of the opear. Written by Bedrich Smetana, the "founder, of national Bohe- mian music," "The Bartered Bride" has come to be the Czech national opera. Stage direction is by Prof. Hugh Z. Norton-"of the speech depart- ment and musical direction is by Prof. Josef Blatt of the School of Music. The opera will be a version of. the first performance, given in 1866, and will be, the cooperative effort of the speech, department and the music school. It has been performed in -three different versions and usually .in Czech ors German. This perform- ance is a shortened version trans- lated into English by Prof. Blatt. Costumes are by Marjorie Smith, scenery by Ralph Duck- wall. Lydall To Tell Of Srveys . Prof. Harold Lydall of Oxford University Institute of Statistics will lecture- on "Economic Sur- veys in Britain" at a p.m. today in Rackham Amphitheater. The talk is sponsored by Survey Research Center and concludes a series of three. Prof. Lydall will discuss pur- po es of economic surveys and their use in management of a modern economy, and their ori- gin and developient in Britain. Racketeer Not Talking To Probers WASHINGTON (P)-Max Ches- ter, a convicted labor racketeer, refused 50 times yesterday to an- swer questions from Senate rack- ets probers who had just heard he used terror tactics to shake down a businessman. The tale of terror was told by Paul Calude, president of Para- gron Brass Products, Inc., a Brooklyn plumbing firm. Claude said Chester, as a union organizer, offered him an easy labor contract in exchange for cash, and terrified him into mak- ing side payments of nearly $1,000. Hints Thrown He said Chester's technique was to throw out veiled hints that something might happen to the Claude children. "The, conversation was always about my children," Claude told the Senate Rackets Committee. "Chester spoke of how he loved his own children. He said how dangerous it was for them to play in the streets." Chester ,who was vice-president and business manager of Local 405 of the Retail Clerks Union, was brought here from the Tombs Prison in New York to testify, but he said nothing except: "My name is Max Chester." Claude Talks He was -once convicted, along with kingpin racketeer Johnny Dio, of extorting, money from two New York firms and is awaiting sentence. . Claude stified that his plumb- ing shop was shut down by a strike for six or seven weeks in 1954 and at the end of that time his employes had decided to go back to work, He said Chester showed up and told him: "You give me $430 .. . ,and I'll give you a contract and we can be friends." To start with, Claude said, he paid Chester $215 and paid other sums from time to time in 1054 and 1955.; Checks Given He said Chester once made him cash a check for $220 signed by "Mr. Gillman, a labor consultant in New York," and the check bounced. He said Chester gave him four $55 checks to make this good and all of these bounced, too. r Claude said he was still fearful for his family's safety and said he had received word to "watch yourself" with regard to Chester. group Sets Improvement WASHINGTON ()-The House Appropriations Committee gave its apr-oval Tuesday to spending $10,659,000 for longer runways and oth-,r new faciiaies at Bunker Hill Air Force Base near Peru, Ind. Proposer improvements at Bun- ker Hill to equip it for /use of the Strategic Air Command were orig- ir.ally expected to cost $10,009,000 and had been trimmed. "The money lender wins." Tighter " curbs on GI loan discounts and the interest rise which does not apply to GI home loans-were made effective Tuesday, together with the lower down payments on mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration. There were new rules too for discounts on FHA loans. Increse sRate The. discounts-a system under which the borrower gets less money than the face value of the note but pays the face amount--have the effect of increasing the- lend- er's rat, of return on his money. The practice has grown as other forms_ of investment became more attractive than fixed-interest mortgages. The VA reported receiving only 151,870 applications for GI home loans during the first six months of this year, compared with 254,- 827 in the similar 1956 span. WILSON OUT? McElroy. Seen Closer T.o Cabinet.' WASHINGTON (-) - Neil Mc- Elroy, Ohio soap manufacturer, met with President Dwight D. Ei- senhower for 15 minutes yester- day, amid mounting reports he: would succeed Charles E. Wilson as secretary of defense. This possibility had been furth- er strengthened earlier when Mc- Elroy, president of Procter Gam- ble, showed up at the Pentagon for the second straight day and closeted -himself in a private of-, fice with a .sheaf of papers. The office he occupied was near Wilson's. ' James C. 'Hagerty, presidential, press secretary, disclosed McEl- roy's visit more than four hours after the fact, and in response to questions. The Cincinnati businessman, called on President Eisenhower about noon. His name did not ap- pear on the published list of. White House callers. Wilson has made no secret of his desire to retire from the Cab- inet this year, perhaps after the defense budget had been cleared through Congress. This has now been done. McElroy said in Cincinnati last week he was being considered for' "something" in the line of a gov- ernment post. HOME LOANS REDUCED: Veterans Say Housing Discount Cuts Activity WASHINGTON (M)-A Veterans Administration spokesman said yesterday the government's new discount controls may further reduce the volume of GI home loan activity, already, at a record low. Another change in administration policy-raising the interest rate on FHA-insured home mortgages to 5% per cent-was sharply attacked in the Senate by -a group of Democrats. . Buildep, Buyer Both Lose "The home builder loses and the home buyer loses," said Sen. Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.) said of the interest hike from 5 to 5 ., 'Unworkablc Ives D 0 First Ladyf 'Doing -Fin e In Hospital WASHIN GTON (A) -.Ms.' Dwight D.,Eisenhower was re- ported "doing fine" yesterday after surgery at Walter Reed Hospital, where the President visited her late in the afternoon. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, said the doctors had'authorized him to report:. "Mrs. Eisenhowre's postopera- tive condition is fine and she has been sleeping most of the after- noon." Nature Secretj The precise nature of the opera- tion, which required two hours and was performed by an Army gyne- cologist this morning, was not an- nounced. However, Hagerty said it was "benign," which means there- was no malignant or cancerous condi- tion. He also said there was no tumor. The President stayed about 35 minutes and, when asked as he was leaving about her condition, he said: "I think she's sleeping." President Greeted - President Eisenhower was greet- ed by Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Hea- ton, commanding officer of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and was talking ernestly with the gen- eral when he eherged from the hospital building. It was not an emergency, Hag- erty said, and added that the First Lady was not in pain. it had been known for "quite a little time" that the surgery would be neces- sary, he said. I Mrs. Eisenhower, who is 60 years old, had just returned over the weekend from a six-day visit to her home town of Denver, Colo., where she participated in th dedi- acation of a park named ila her honor. Senators Say Congress Will Back Sky Plan WASHINGTON (A)- Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) early today predicted full congressional back- ing for the West's proposal to Russia of an international air and ground inspcetion system against surprise attack. Sen. Albert Gre (D-Tenn), in a separate interview, agreed with Sen, Mansfield that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has shown "great initiative" in work- ing out the proposal presented last week to the five-power disarma- ment conference at London. Air Opened In general, the proposal would open to both air and ground in- spection all of the United States, Canada and Russia and most of the remainder of Europe, as well as areas within the Arctic Circle. The aim would be to let both sides in the cold war assure them- selves against surprise attack by the other. Sen. Mansfield, a leading Demo- cratic spokesman on foreign policy, told a reporter: "Mr. Dulles has called the Soviet bluff. It is now up to the Soviet Union to fish or cut bait. If the Soviet Union is really interested in disarmament,! 'Feeble' Act In Senate Enactment Appears Doubtful This Year After Statement WASHINGTON (A)-The Justice Department was reported 'yester- day to be taking an uncompromis- ing stand against the jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill, calling it "unworkable." This raised new doubt whether any civil rights legislation would be enacted this year. Southern senators have served the bill if it lacks a jury trial proviso. On the other hand, Presi- dent D *i g h t D. Eisenho.er strongly opposes the amndment. gte 1Epected #: The 'amendment vas added lInt the Sena, which is eaeed t take a vo on the bill as a whol today or tomorrow. In Senate debate yesterday, Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.) called the legislation a ghostly measure. "By degrees, through blood-let- ting amendments," Sen. Ives said "the bill has beeny made morean more feeble, until now not even a respectable corpse remains." The Justice Department's posi- tion' on the amendment was re ported by Sen. Leverett Saltonsta;l (R-Mass.), who told reporters that acting Atty. Gen. William Rogers opposed any -compromise on it during a White House huddle. Trials I equired The amendment would raquire jury trials for' al cases of crim inal contempt arising from en- forcement of voting rights. But it goes far beyo d this E that it would also require jury trials in many other Injunction proceedings, including labor cases. Some senators contend It would rewrite the whole law of criminal contempt. At a meeting of the Senate GOP Policy Committee after the White House conference, Sen. SaltonstalU said Rogers contended the Senate language was so broad that it wouldapply to the Supreme Court and to circuit courts of appeal, where there are no legal provisions for jury trials. Claims Nonsense One of the authors of the amendment, Sen. Joseph O'Ma- honey, (D-Wyo.), said it is non- sense to. contend that it would apply to the appellate courts. "That sort, of interpretation of the amendment will not stand up under analysis," .Sen. OMahoney said. Meanwhile two Southern Demo.. crats told the Senate they would vote- against the bill on passage. Sen. Herman Talmadge (Geor- gia) and Sen. J. Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) said that while amendments had removed many features of the legislation they, considered objectionable, they still didn't like the bill. What remains, Sen. Thurond said, is "an \encroachment upon the rights of the states." Sen. Tal- madge agree that "many danger- ous remnants remain." a .._ _.. .-_ FALL OF A BACHELOR:' Little theater To Open 'Tender Trap' Tomorrow roposal by Sen. Charles E. (R-Mich.) that the May- II sail up the St. Lawrence y into the Great Lakes has d approval from the state ment and is now under con- ;ion in London. plying to Sen Potter's pro- Undersecretary of State an Herter suggested that an authorities be contacted he trip is certain. Tender traps are set by young ladies with plans for young men without any., Charley Reader is the bachelor and Julie Gillis sets the "Tender Trap" in Little Theater's third production opening at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Ann Arbor High School for a three-day run. When a New York salesman of a Midwest drugs firm can sur- round himself with a trio of attentive dolls, he'd like to hang on to the good old status quo. And Charley's status is nicely quo until fellow- employee Joe McCall drops in with a million-dollar scheme Joe hatched out in the Indianapolis lab. Joe has concocted some cold tablets which employer Van Heusen Pharmaceutical Company thinks are duds. Joe leaves Van Heusen, goes to see boyhood friend Charley who peddles bona fide Van Heusen white - picket - fence ideas needs goods.covnig The pitch: Joe will make the convincing.a cold pills, Charley will sell them; George Webb plays Charley, Van Heusen Pharmaceutical Com: with Ted Heusel as friend Joe. Promotions In TU' Plant Announced Two promotions to as superintendent and the ar ment of Harold C.a Hickn head of the engineering c ment were announced yes by Walter Roth, superintent University plant departre Foster L. Cross has been assistant superintendent in of operations and mainte This department has cha various University properti( side Ann Arbor. Cross, a mechanical engi, graduate of the University, the plant department st 1931. He was appointed sen gineer for plumbing and 1 in 1950f. .I I -- 1 ..::: > '