Integration By NORMA SUE WOLFE Special to The Daily Residents of Charlottesville, Va., the fourth community in the state scheduled to desegregate its schools, differ widely on their reactions to the opening of their schools in September. White parents tend to regard the action of the city school board! in assigning 11 Negroes to two public schools unfavorably. One father believes there will be violence and definitely will not enroll his son in an integrated school when he reaches school age. A grandmother refused comment. The young , daughters of a hospital worker said, "If they (the Negroes) come, mother said she wouldn't like us to go to school here. She wants us to go to a country school." Parents Influence.. Answers from another youngster revealed that while she is influ- enced by her parents' desire to have her attend a private school an independent organization may establish, she would rather return to her high school. A graduate of a Negro high school 30 miles from Charlottesville said about attending classes with white students, "It's all right with me." And although 40 Negro students have applied for admission to all-white schools, several Negro residents indicated a preference for maintaining "separate but pqual't schools. However, they said they would comply with laws for integration. A native author has maintained for several years that the resi- dents of Charlottesville are readier than they think. Despite the variety of reactions, Superintendent of Schools Fen- Views Vary dall R. Ellis said, "No difficulties are anticipated during the opening of schools in September." In fact, there is presently no official work being done by such groups as inter-racial boards to educate the community-at-large and prepare them for integration, he reported. "In some places, that is a very desirable activity," Ellis said. "In our particular locality, there has been and will be no such action on any official basis because of the climate of opinion." This sort of work can be done by unofficial groups, such as church organizations, he added. The school board expects a "considerable drop in white enroll- ment-a goodly number," according to Ellis. Some of these students may attend the new private school established by the Charlottesville Educational Foundation; others will go to previously established private schools. Applications Not In . . . Since, the time for submitting applications for state tuition grants to private schools has not yet arrived, Ellis said it would be difficult to estimate the drop. Of the community's school-aged population, 22 per cent are Negroes, 78 per cent whites. The adult population of Charlottesville, is 80 per cent white, he said. In all cases of pupil assignment by the school board, with the exception of two Negro students entering Lane High School (high school attendance is not determined by the district in which a. stu- dent resides), schools will be closer to the homes of the students than those formerly attended, Ellis revealed. He emphasized the fact See RESIDENTS, Page 2 L 4p *trt in :43A4&bp 1 Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom WARM, LXIX, No. 15S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1959 FIVE CENTS POSSIBLE SHOWERS SIX PAGI National Steel Strike LLOYD V. BERKNER ..- science's impact Panel T alks Of Scientists The role of the scientist in his society, as expert and citizen, came under the scrutiny of a four-man panel last night. Guided by questions from the- audience, Lloyd V. Berkner, pres- ident of Associated Universities, Inc.; Prof. Lawrence Slobodkin, of the zoology department; Prof. James G. Miller, of the psychology department and Prof. E. Lowell Kelly, chairman of the psychology department and panel moderator discussed "The Impact of Science on Culture and Society," the topic of a speech by Berkner earlier in. the 'day. Scientist's Responsibility Much of the discussion centered on the responsibility of the scien- tist to the community, with Berkner supporting the duty of the scientist to point out to the community the alternatives to a problem such as birth control and their consequences, as those in- volved in the use of a contracep- tive. Prof. Slobodkin supplemented the discussion with the theory that "we (scientists) have no authority" to force values on so- ciety. Prof. Miller injected the question of ethics involving the scientist who discovers an effec- tive "aphrodisiac" should he give it to the government to enforce birth control?_ values changing to At scinetific fact soon appeared. 'Outmoded Values' An "evolution that is by no means complete," the growth of this theory creates conflict as "men cling tenaciously to 'out- moded values." Values, he explained, govern so- ciety's behavior and are dealt with by politics. Science,, Berkner asserted, can "be the handmaid of politics" in this realm, but can never usurp it because of the complexity and subjectivity involved in human affairs. Modify Morals As an example of the need for social change, he said "we are re- quired to modify our values relat- ing to ,uman reproduction" to avoid overpopulation of the earth; traditional values," he said, "are no longer moral." At this point, he suggested, poli- tics also enter the picture, for if one segment of the earth's popu- lation elects to control population growth, it may be crowded out of existence by another which doesn't. Politics and science are faced with the challenge of 'finding "those restraints that world so- ciety can universally accept and respect," Berkner said. 'No Success' The Internaitonal Telecommu- nications Union, he pointed out, "broke the bonds of nationalism to accept restraint and gain the freedom of worldwide communi- cation," but "no success whatever" has been achieved in restraining the application of atomic energy or the exploration of space. Emphasizing that the choice to impose and respect restraints "lies not. with science but with man himself," he predicted a space war and increased international ten- sion if man does not reach an agreement on limitations for the application of science. Science's "direct and more ob- vious role" in politics, Berkner said, lies in adapting ideas to the immediate needs of a nation - specifically, the development of weapons'. KozloV Ends Tour of U.S. MOSCOW (OP)--Deputy Premier Bargaining Tangement emnxUnresolved White House Talks Make No Progress NEW YORK Steel labor peace talks, revived by President Dwight ,D. Eisenhower, proved fruitless again yesterday in efforts to avoid a threatened industry- wide strike at midnight tomorrow. Even if negotiators reach agree- ment on a new contract before the Tuesday midnight deadline, indus- try sources said, the closing-down process has gone so far that it would be a time-consuming job! to return to normal production. President Eisenhower's new ap- peal for continued negotiations- made after a complete deadlock last night-resulted in getting the stalled bargaining sessions going again. But they got nowhere. Hopes Dwindle Another negotiating meeting was scheduled for this morning but neither side expressed any hopes that a walkout could be avoided. Meanwhile, the industry was well along in shutdown operations to bring the far-flung steel pro- ducing facilities to an orderly closure before the strike developed. The union tonight submitted a proposal, quickly rejected by the industry, that steel firms grant the same approximate 15 cents per hour annual contract gains pro- vided under expiring three-year contracts. Emphasizes Halt R. Conrad Cooper, chief industry negotiator, reiterated again, how- ever, that the steel companies have called a halt to granting wage and ohter labor increases. "The union negotiating team continues in its determination to extract another round of wage and benefit increases of inflation- ary proportions," Cooper said. * * * * Russia Seeks East Germai Seat at Secret Di scussion * WORLD RECOGNITION: University Glee. Club ains Honors in Europe The University Men's Glee Club became the first American group in history to win the male choirs competition at Welsh International Eisteddfod at Llangollen, Wales. The University group amassed a total 271 points of a possible 300. As Glee Club Director Philip A. Duey stepped from the stage to the thunderous applause of some Space Dog Home Safely MOSCOW R) - Daring, the white space dog, has made another round trip --her fourth -to the outer atmosphere in a rocket, the Russians announced yesterday., Daring and another dog were shot up in a 4,850-pound rocket on July 10 and safely parachuted to earth, the official news agency Tass said. She 'was one of the three pas- sengers in the dog and bunny rocket which the Russians sent. into space on July 2. All the animal space travelers, along with packages of instruments for testing conditions for a man- carrying rocket, were safely re- covered, the Russians have said. 10,000 spectators, he said "This is our very first competition. And to win this great honor in the cradle of men's chorus singing-well, it just doesn't seem possible." Eighteen choirs from ten coun- tries competed in the same cate- gory as the Michigan club at the Welsh "world series of music," where competition is so tough that the men's choir even is called the "battle of giants." Placing second in the event was the Felling Male 'choir from Dur- ham, England, with a total of 264 points. Currently on a self-financed tour of Europe, the Glee Club ar- rived in Wales at 4 a.m. Saturday. The group sang Palestrina's "Confitemimi Dominao," Jasquin des Pres' "El Grillo," and Aaron Copeland's "Stomp Your Foot."- Sydney Northcorte, one of three judges in the competition, called the club "thoroughly competent, young, engaging and adventur- ous." Recommend Radioactive 'Disposals' WASHINGTON (R1P-A commit- tee of top scientists yesterday of- fered a set of recommendations it said would allow certain radioac- tive "garbage" from an expected international fleet of 300 nuclear- powered ships to be disposed ofI "without undue hazard to human health." The recommendations were made by a committee of, the ;National Academy of Sciences which pre- dicted that such a number of nu- clear-propelled surface and under- water craft might be' in service among the fleets of the world by 1975. The group pointed out in its re- port that the United States Navy already has a fleet of nuclear, sub- marines; that the Soviet Union has announced the launching of a nuclear-powered ice-breaker; and that before the end of July the United States will launch the S.S. Savannah, a nuclear-powered pas- senger and cargo vessel scheduled to enter service in 1961. In general, the suggested safety rules called for disposal at con- siderable distances at sea-in some' cases more than 100 miles from the shoreline. * SHERIDAN'S CLASSIC: Speech Department Prepares 'Rivals The University speech depart- ment reaches back to the 18th century for technique in comedy and stagecraft in producing Rich- ard Brinsley Sheridan's 'The Ri- vals," opening tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. A classic comedy of manners -. ..,and mistaken identity, "The Ri- vals" was the first play evre pro- , , duced by the department-in 1903. The comedy's famed mistake- maker, Mrs. Malaprop, will be - 'portrayed by Prof. Claribel Baird of the speech department, and ' wife of the show's director, Wil- ::::. . h > am P. Halstead. Discussion By PETER DAWSON A resolution to modify and re- approve Ann Arbor's Urban Re- newal plan was referred last night by the City Council to an informal Saturday Council meeting for dis- cussion. The modifications are designed to meet objections to the plan made by Mayor Cecil 0. Creal in his veto message of June 20. They were proposed by a councilman, Prof. A. Nelson Dingle of the en- gineering school. The resolution would modify and reapprove the Council's three actions of June 15 advancing the plan, all vetoed by Creal, and pre- sent the modified plan to the fed- eral government for approval. Provision Added The resolution adds to the previ- ous actions a provision that the City would work with the Chamber of Commerce "and other local in- terested organizations and citizens to accomplish the satisfactory relo-' cation of all commercial enter- prises within the area that which would be displaced" by the plan. It also provides that an election. among all the city's registered voters would take up the approval of the plan itself, as well as the question of the city's providing its bid. It was a day of speechmaking, the longest day of the conference, and all was going smoothly with both East and West saying there was now ,a basis of agreement in- volving a lengthy freeze of the Berlin crisis but Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko put a period to that. United States Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, in the chair as the conference resumed after a three-week recess, had suggested the Big Four Foreign Ministers hold a secret session today. Gro- myko refused. Gromyko Disagrees "The Soviet delegation could not show a positive attitude te such a suggestion if it means that some of the participants of the conference are to be excluded from discussion,", he said. Sec. Herter replied that up tc now the secret sessions had been confined to participants in the conference and that the East and West Germans were here 'as ad- visers, not participants. As a result no meeting, at all was scheduled for today. The next session was called for Wednesday Means Threat The Soviet attitude posed a threat to the success of the con- ference. During the first six weeks of the talks,'.the only serious ne- gotiations took place at secret sessions attended by Sec. Herter Gromyko, Selwyn Lloyd of Britair and Maurice Couve de Murville o France. The big plenary sessions, it which both German delegations sat as observers, produced nothing but speechmaiking.