Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom :4aii4 r x " " WARM, PARTLY CLOUDY VOL. LXIX, No. 24S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1959 FIVE CENTS FOUR PA pr 0 ecor A. I Dog * * * * * * * * * Institute Established Here v Tax War Settlement Due Soon Democrats Relent On Income Tax Plan LANSING (P) - A major break came yesterday in a tax stalemate that has rocked debt-ridden Mich- igan for more than six months and driven the Legislature to its longest session in. history. Democrats in the evenly-divided House surrendered to Republican demands for a compromise solu- tion based on a penny increase in the three-cents sales tax, prob- ably with some new business taxes thrown in. For months, they had held out for Gov. G. Mennen Williams' demand for a new 140 million dol- lar tax package keyed to income taxes on individuals and corpora- tions coupled with some business tax relief. The weary house, after wrangl- ing past midnight Thursday, sent the GOP-controlled Senate two new tax plans. One would jump the sales tax to five per cent, at the same time' exempting food. The second, more likely a basis for final settlement, coupled a four per cent use (sales) tax with a business activities tax revision that would place a 44 million dol- lar additional burden on corpor- ation profits. GOP Senate leaders received both with skepticism and indi- cated neither would be acceptable in anything like its present form. The Senate only yesterday em- phatically rejected a 130 million dollar income tax package some- whatrresembling the views of the Democratic Governor - just 18 hours after it squeezed through the House. Both Democratic and Republi- can party leaders ge1gerally agree the state must have close to 140 million dollars in ,new revenue to pay for record spending and re- tire a debt that soared to 110 mil- . lion dollars June 30. A payroll to some 26,000 state employes was skipped temporarily May 7. By decree of Gov. Williams and his cabinet, the state has since doled out available cash on a priority basis, with welfare recipi- ents, dept service, state employes and schools and universities get- ting first attention., While the lawmakers tussledI creditors by the t h ous a n d s pressed for payment of overdue; bills totalling more than six mil- lion dollars. The state has fallen far behind in payments to public schools,' state universities, local govern- ments and others. 'TOO MUCH FOR ME' Dean Surveys European Trip Faculty Salaries Major Concern Nearly Three Million Earmarked For Boosts in 'U' Staff Wages By THOMAS HAYDEN The largest operating budget in University history totalling $42.7 million - was approved by the Board of R gents yesterday. Faculty salaries, repeatedly called the University's grea est concern this spring, were raised on an average of almo l 1per cent. University Vice-President and Dean of Faculties Mary L. Niehuss called the wage boosts a "real step toward resto ing our comnpetitive position"T . TWO YEARS: IAttract Industry Regent Carl Brablec noted that similar institutes in the East, par- O lmoiay I~eiticularly .around Boston, have at- tracted a .considerable amount" of new industry to the- area. SNiehuss said although no specific 'U CaIleIr plans for research have yet been drawn, space? technology will prob- A University calendar for the ably be a field of specialization for years 1960-61 and 1961-62, with the new Institute. He said the' only "minor changes" from the one executive committee which was to be used this fall, was approved appointed by the Regents yester- by theUniersty oar ofRegents day will decide the initial areas of by the University Board of scientific study which the Insti- yesterday. tt iletrti er The biggest change in the calen- tute will enter this year. dar is the lengthening by about Name Committee four days of the period between Named to the Institute's ten- the end of Christmas vacation and member executive committee for the end of classes for the first one-year terms were Prof. Robert semester. C. Bartels of the mathematics de- p beenpartment, Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., ca ed too shorin the ps of the public health school, Prof. Paul McCracken of the business much In the classroom, administration school and Prof. By KATHLEEN MOORE Back from a vacation in Europe, Dean of Women Deborah Bacon has decided "seven languages, seven capitals, seven currencies in a month's time are too much -- at least for me." Miss Bacon and Assistant Dean of Women Elsie R. Fuller, were the only participants in a music tour planned by Gail W. Rector, executive director of the Univer- sity Musical 'Society. Although "very glad to get back," she did enjoy flying to Am- sterdam, Vienna, Florence,. Rome, the Riviera, Paris, London and. Brussels.- Began in June The. trip began. the day. after Commencement, she said, in order to see Europe "before they smash it down again." Two places she had never visit- ed before, Vienna and Brussels, topped Miss Bacon's list of favor- ite foreign cities. "To me the most beautiful, per- fect, exquisite taste in artifacts- anything that is made-is in Vi- enna now, not Paris," she said in recalling highlights of her tour. Another of the delights of Vi- enna for the dean was the per-' formance of one of Hindemith's choral concerts with the composer directing the a capella choir. The beauty of the music and singing she described as "unbelievable," and the atmosphere of friendli- ness among director, singers and audience as "like a jam session." Brussels Historic As for Brussels, Miss Bacon commented that it is the historic city of Europe. Rome, she noted, is "just too much past." She found the Italian city "very' depressing," mainly because she; doesn't like to be "so conspicuous- ly reminded that I'm only one unit in a coral atoll." The weight of history found' in Rome makes one "lose all confidence in the ini- tiative and power of the individ- ual," she continued. For illustration, Miss Bacon used the city's buildings in which historical reminders frequently resembled a "rabbit warren" in abundance. Describes Floors The floors often r e p r e s e n t periods in history, she pointedt out, with the basement made of' red Etruscan bricks and the first7 floor indicating classic Rome, the second the Renaissance and the 18th century and the top floor built in the modern style. By contrast, she said of Paris- "the history is all there but the attitude is so different."1 By-passing such complete em-+ RETURNS FROM TOUR-Dean of Women Deborah Bacon visited seven European capitals, seeing the Continent before "they smash it down again." phasis on the past, she explained, it "bounces you into the future with a very acid wit" and the 'at- titude of "eh, bien, why not?" Roman Culture As for the culture of ancient Rome, Miss Bacon expressed the opinion that 'there is only one modern society, the United States' Western technology, which can and does compare with it. Defining culture as "the use of typical artifacts," Miss Bacon said in ancient times one could see the Construction Of Two Units, Set To Begin Contracts for the construction of a pharmacy research laboratory and first set of buildings for the University'si new botanical gardens were awarded A. Z. Shima & Sons, Birmingham, by the Board of Regents yesterday. The Regents approved a project budget of $950,000 in private funds for the pharmacy laboratory. The building will be ready for use on central campus by 1961. stamp of Greek or Roman culture in parts of nearly every outpost of civilization from southern France to northern Africa, just as one, finds indications of Ameri- canization and western technolo- gy throughout the modern world. Their culture "'was transport- able and we are doing the same thing whether we like it or not." American Culture American culture is transport- able to the- extent that "we can box it up into a little exhibit and fair and ship it to Moscow, send- ing Vice-President Nixop along," she emphasized. Pericles, leader of Athens dur- ing its golden age, did the same thing, she insisted, when he shipped thousands of pottery jars to all parts of the world as Amer- ica does when it sends millions of "shiny new Frigidaires" overseas. Final Reflection Reflecting on her tour as a whole, Miss Bacon had but three items she would have liked to bring home with her: "two crip- pled women from the Louvre - one poor lady has no head and the other has no arms"--and the Christ Church College Chapel from-the University of Cambridge -"for my money, the most beau- tiful building in Europe."' among American universities. Faculty Increases Approximately $2.8 million of the total will provide faculty and non-faculty salary, increases. In general, the lower faculty members, particularly instructors and assistant professors, received the most substantial increases, Niehuss said. The departments of the Uni- versity seem' "reasonably well sat- isfied" with their allocations, he added. Largest Budget The budget, providing funds for the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dear- born campuses of the University, is $3,278,275 greater than the budget for the 1958-59 year. Sup- plementing the figure is $500,000 from the state for an Institute of Science and Technology, also ap- proved by the Regents. Provisions were made in the op- erating budget for the opening of Dearborn Center with a faculty of 13, an administrative" staff of four and related service person- The Center's budget, described as "minimal" by Vice-President and Center Director "William Stir- ton, allows $350,000 for opera- tions. Two Buildings Open Due to the minimal budget, only two of four buildings at the Center will be opened for students in the fall, Stirton said. "But there is room enough for all the students" vin the two buildings opening: the engineering labor- atories building an'd student serv- ices building.'-, The Regents also allotted ad- ditional funds to the 'University's libraries, approving $100,000. for the purchase of books, $20,000 for additional personnel, and $5,- 000 for non-salary accounts. The libraries hadbeen held on an aus- terity budget during the past year. A total of $140,000 was- added for the maintenance of buildings and operations in the plant de- partment, which received a net' reduction of $107,000 in its oper- ating appropriation last year"- Niehuss noted that the amount' given the plant department' was one of the very few non-academic increases made. He indicated Im- provments will soon be needed in non-academic areas.s. The budget received from the Legislature is six million dollars' less than the $39.2 million ori- ginally requested by the Univer- sity last fall. Governor"Williams had aked the Legislature to appropriate the' University $34.3 million. The final sum of $33.4 million was passed by the Legislature last" month as it spent a record $100.9 million on higher education in the' state. C rdi* Ready For Lecture John Ciardi, Rutgers University. professor of English, will lecture on "Adam and Eve and the Third Son" at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Aud. A, Angell Hall Ciardi, poetry editor of The Saturday Review, received his masters' degree at the Tnivrsiy IU'aFacult Promotions Announced Promotions for 193 memberso the University faculty were a proved by the Regents yesterda The action was part of the a proval of the 1959-60 Gener Funds Budget. Normal procedeu on budget items involves a wat ing period of two weeks followir action by the Regents. This waiting period was waive this year because the Regen could not take action on ti budget until after the fiscal, yet had started. Actually there were 196 prom tions but. three members of t faculty, Prof. Frederick T. a dock, Jr., Prof. Paul D. Cart and Bernice I. Cooper, receive promotions in two different unit There "were 54 promotions I the rank of professor 74 to ti rank of associate professor, one i the rank of. supervisor in physice education which is the equvale to an associate professorship, a 67 to the rank of assistant pr( fessor. The list of promotions with t faculty member's field of specia ization in parenthesis follows: TO PROFESSOR Literature, Science and the Ar Reeve M. Bailey (zoology), Ge ald S. Blum (psychology), Den ing B. Brown (Slavic languag and literatures), Donald A. Da ling (mathematics), CharlesX Dolph (mathematics), Francis C Evans (zoology), Sidney i (history),'rederick T. Haddoc Jr. (astronomy). John W. Hall (history), Er-ne Katz (physics), Robert V. Keslir (geology), Harold W. Levinso (economics),,Robert J. Low (botany), Roger C. L y n d o (mathematics), William W. M Cormick (physics), N. Edd Mille Jr. (speech) James Olds (psy chology). Howard- H. Peckham (history Maxwell O. Reade (mathematics Peter A. S Smith (chemistry Warren L.' Smith (economics Daniel B. Suits (economics), G E. Swanson (sociology), Wyrna R. Vaughan (chemistry. Engineering Harry B. Benford (naval arch tecture and marine), Richard H Brown (electrical), Samuel I Clark, (engineering mechanics James A. Gage (industrial), Fe erick T. Haddock, Jr. (electrica Gabriel Isakson (aeronautical Richard K. Osborn (nuclear Joseph E. Shigley (mechanical Mahinder S. Uberoi (aeronaut cal), Edwin H. Young (chemic and metallurgical). Medical School Dr. Murray R Abell (pathol gy), Dr. William H. Beierwalti (internal medicine), Dr. Fred Davenport (internal medicine Dr. Harold F. Falls (ophthalmo ogy). Philipp Gerhardt (bacteriology Dr. Bruce D. Graham (pediatrics See REGENTS, Page 3 House Group PfairtQ A A mf ,The new provision allows the second semester schedule- to run about one week later than the schedule for the 1959-60 year. The calendars will be as follows: First Semester, 1960-61 Orientation begins Sept. 12 Registration: Sept. 14 to Sept. 17 Classes begin (law school): Sept. 15 Classes begin (other units): Sept. 19 Thanksgiving recess: Nov. 23-27 Christmas recess; Dec. 17-Jan; 2 Classes End: Jan. 21 Examination period: Jan. 23- Feb. 2 Midyear graduation: Jain. 28 Semester ends: Feb. 4 Second 'Semester, 1960-6 1 Orientation begins Feb. 6 Registration : Feb. 8-Feb. 11 Classes begin (law school): Feb. 6 Classes begin (other units): Feb. 13 Spring recess: April 1-9, Classes end: May 31. Examination period: June 2- June 13 Commencement: June 17 The 1961-62 calendar follows a similar order, although each event is scheduled one day earlier, and spring vacation runs from April 7 through 16. Reds Reject'. Western Bid Robert W. Perry of the chemistry department. Three deans were appointed for two-year terms: Stephen S. Att- wood of the engineering college, Roger W. Heyns of the literary col- lege and Ralph A. Sawyer of the graduate school. . Appointed for three-year terms were Prof. H. R. Crane of the physics department, Prof. Leo Goldberg of the astronomy depart- ment and Prof. Wilbur C. Nelson of the aeronautical engineering partment. WORDS FLY IN MOSCOW: Nixon, Khrushchev Trade Political Arguments MOSCOW (A') - Richard M. Nixon and Nikita S. Khrushchev clashed yesterday in a hot duel of words while gaping Russians and Americans looked on at the United States exhibition. The Vice-President said the premier filibustered like a senator. Khrushchev accused Nixon of threatening him. It was the most astounding public exchange between such world figures that reporters in Moscow ever have been able to listen in on. Argue Merit of Weapons Khrushchev declared the Soviet Union has means at its disposal- meaning rockets and nuclear weapons-that "are better than yours." Nixon said the United States has good weapons too. Words and tempers exploded on such issues as the Geneva Con- ference and ultimatums in international relations. The unexpected debate erupted as the two toured the grounds of the exhibition a few hours before Nixon formally opened the fair last night. There were such remarks as these: Khrushchev: "We too are giants. If you want to threaten we will .m zr~r hr .a uri . th o1 .._. _._ v:: . .;i .. v. "i: ;: i: i::.. . i