FARM PRODUCTION AS FOREIGN AID See Page 2 Y Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom 4hr 41 at, OPMOIqqpp- -,fy FAIRS WARM VOL LXIX, No.175S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959 FIVE CENTS FOUR PA -. ENTERS 117TH DAY-The tumultous Michigan Legislature, looking for an end to state tax problems, set an all-time record for longevity yesterday. CONFUSION: Conference At Geneva Still Stalls GENEVA (' - The West said "no" yesterday to the Soviet plan for a joint commission of East and West Germans as part of a stopgap Berlin agreement. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko responded that it was not possible to reach an accord on any other basis. So it looked like a clear impasse in Round II of the foreign min- isters conference after only two formal sessions. But Gromyko and British For- eign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd were reported by Western sources to have made progress in a side effort to restore secret negotiations. Gromyko invited.. Lloyd to a luncheon today to discuss further secret meetings. The Soviet plan for an interim agreement on Berlin provides for an all-German commission to work on German reunification and a German peace treaty. The Western powers, and West Germany most of all, do not want any such commission because they believe it would lead to defacto recognition of the East German communist regime. This regime they consider is no representative of the East German people. French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve De Murville was selected to lead the Western attack in the session of almost two hours in the Palace of Nations yesterday. He concentrated on trying to get Gromyko to break the tieup be- tween the proposed commission and a truce in Berlin, which the Russians have proposed run for 18 months. In effect ne asked Gromyko to ctit the price for an interim set- tlement. But Gromyko said the two ques- tions of an interim settlement and an all-Germaa commission are in- separabie. Andrew H. Berding, Assistant Uniter States secretary of State, summed up the session by saying "there was no progress." The ministers wvere summoned to another semi-public session to- morrow, however, to take up point by point, the rival proposals ad- vanced by both sides. Advisory Post For Bohlen May Be Denied WASHINGTON () - Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower yes- terday jolted prospects that Am- bassador Charles E. (Chip) Boh- len may be given a top State De- partment post as adviser on Rus- sian affairs. President Eisenhower told a news conference that oral reports he had received from Secertary of State Christian A. Herter about the possible elevation of Bohlen had been "completely negative." For Settlement of While new worries rose over the state's ability to meet month-end payrolls to state agencies, includ- ing universities, the Legislature pushed last night towards possible solutions to its tax worires. A cash statement Tuesday showed the state's general fund to hold -$400,000 in addition to $5.3 million already being with- held in checks for vendors and contractors. Bills to the Federal government and for sales tax diversion total- ing $15.8 million must be paid this month, according to State Treas- urer Sanford A. Brown. Bills Outstanding That leaves bills for the state universities ($6.5 million), local government ?($9 million) and the July 30 payroll ($5.2 million). Wayne State University and Michigan State University have both filed letters with the State Admiinstrative Board, pleading for both money owed and for prom- ised month-end payrolls. The University has not filed any letter, but needs to meet its pay- roll "just as in any other month," Vice-President for Business and Finance Wilbur K. Pierpont said last night. The University, along with MSU and Wayne, has waited with con- cern for its regular paycheck each month since December, but the state has continually met the pay- ments. The University has not received any notice from Lansing that the payroll will not be met, Pierpont said. Wayne Threatened There are, however, doubts as to whether Wayne will receive its $800,000 July 20 payroll. Wayne Vice-President for Fi- nance Oliver E. Thomas asked the state to give Wayne "top priority" 'U' Announces Appointments At Dearborn Two positions at the University's Dearborn Center-director of li- brary services and coordinator of the work study program- have been filled, Vice - President and Dearborn Center Director William K. Stirton announced yesterday. Donald E., Vincent, an assistant librarian in the Wayne State Uni- versity libraries, was named direc- tor of the Dearborn library serv- Sices. Robert E. A. Lillie, a retired Marines Corps officer who earned his engineering degree here at the age of 50, was named to coodinate the "work-study" training pro- gram. He will work with industry and business in the assignment of stu- dents in, engineering and business administration to work assign- ments. -Daily-Allan Winder "THE PINEAPPLE OF PROPRIETY"-That's Mrs. Malaprop, who strives to marry off her niece in a respectable manner, and who is almost-but not quite-frustrated in her efforts. Sheridan's Play Brings Return of Mrs. Malaprop. By KATHLEEN MOORE Artificiality and consummate style are basic ingredients of "The Rivals," Prof. Claribel Baird, of the speech department, commented yesterday, In Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic 18th century comedy, the current summer playbill production at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, "the playwright is having fun debunking both the members of the social group and the servants and bumpkins." Despite the emphasis on artificial elegance, the characters in this type of play must be believable, she maintained, an aspect definitely found in Sheridan's work. Prof.' Experts Continue Searc SHUTDOWN: U.S. Feel s New Strain Of Strike PITTSBURGH () -The sixth major steel strike since World War II yesterday choked off nearly 90 per cent of America's vast steel industry and quickly spread to allied fields. A half million steelworkers were idle with .widespread affects in transportation, coal, maritime and other industries. The Pennsylvania Railroad fitr- loughed 6,200 employes; Great Lakes shippers started tying up their boats; and steel-ownedcoal mines close down. A spokesman for the PRR said the strike will cost the railroad about 20 per cent of its freight business. Seek Wage Boost The steelworkers are seeking a new contract embodying a wage increase. Latest government figures pegged their average at $3.106 an hour. In Washington, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas called for a re- port on what the total economic impact the steel strike will have in lost wages, corporate income and taxes. The answer will shock the aver- age American, the Democratic leader predicted. Picketing began -promptly at 12:01 a.m. yesterday. It was peace- ful and streets look comparatively empty without the usual millbound traffic. Bars along the mill strips reported a big slump in business. Many strikers took advantage of the work stoppage to head for fishing and vacation trips. Others pitched into the job of' painting and fixing their homes. The strikers themselves have their pay for the past two weeks coming and also two weeks' vaca- tion pay. Provide Help' The union does not pay sti'ike benefits, but USW locals provide help in emergency cases such as paying for medical expenses. At the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. plant on Pittsburgh's south side, thousands of steelworkers showed up early today for their paychecks. Instead of stopping for a drink, most of them. quietly picked up their checks and departed. Pickets carrying placards. were' removed temporarily to avoid confusion. The affects of the steel strike also began spreading to Canada. Montreal representatives of the United Steelworkers of America said the Northern Quebec and Labrador mines of iron ore of Ca- nada and Steel Rock Mines, west of Lake Superior, will not be able to deliver iron ore In West Virginia, the steel- owned coal mines were hit the hardest. The northern mines of the Bethlehem Mines, Corp., a Bethlehem Steel subsidiary, failed to reopen after the miners' vaca- tion. Steel Magazine estimates 56 companies with 13 per cent of the steel industry's capacity are still operating. Another publication, Iron Age Magazine, said steel mills made good use of their two-week steel labor contract extension to take care of their customers. - Supported The federal government should "shoulder its fair share of the burden of financing public educa- tion; Prof. Walter W. Heller, chair- man of the economics department at the University of Minnesota said here yesterday. Speaking at the University's Summer Education Conference, Prof. Heller called federal taxing powers "vastly superior to those of the states." He added the "public schools are an essential instrument for achieving the higher productivity technological advance, and broad understanding which underlie rapid economic growth and mili- tary superiority." He pointed out that state and local governments operate under "severe fiscal handicaps such as limited tax jurisdiction, threats of migration of industry and wealth, inadequate tax enforcement staffs, and marked disparities in taxable capacity from one state to an- other." States Too Weak Even doing their utmost, he maintained, "the states cannot and should not be asked to shoul- der the full burden of financing public education." In the light of the "strong eco- nomic recovery" America is mak- ing, he said it is "clear that the federal government can readily finance its obligations to public- school systems." He pointed out in the first quar- ter of this year "corporate profits alone were about 50 per cent above in the first quarter of last ,year. "Given our present recovery- and assuming, as I do, that the steel 'strikes will not interrupt the upward trend-there is a fair hope that corporate profits will be $50 billion-plus, for the year as a whole, rather than the $47 billion the Treasury estimated. Federal Funds Adequate He said federal revenues, even at present tax rates, will be ade- quate to cover substantial federal aid to education next year. "Education is rightfully rising in our social priority scale," he Predicts Victory Rep. Joseph K. Kowalski (D- Detroit), Democratic floor leader, predicted he would muster at least 50 or 51 of his 55-member force for the fiat rate income plan. It would levy a two per cent tax on personal income, five per, cent on corporations and seven per cent on banks. Rep. Rollo G. Conlin (R-Tip- ton), the sponsor and chairman of the House taxation committee, estimated it would yield $142 mil- lion the first year and $147 mil- lion the second after sharply re- ducing other business taxes. Governor G. Mennen Williams has endorsed Rep. Conlin's plan, as have four Republicans who had joined Democrats in voting for other tax measures. Baird's role in the speech depart- ment presentation is that of the famed Mrs. Malaprop, a "pre- tender," to some extent. The plot concerns the love af- fair of Mrs. Malaprop's niece, Lydia Languish, and Captain Jack Absolute, a match promoted by the aunt and Jack's father, Sir Anthony Absolute. A "sentimental heroine who will have none of a conventional match," Lydia has never seen Jack so he woos her in the guise of a "penniless but dashing young man," Prof. Baird explained. Bob Acres, a country boy, also figures as a suitor and the rival- ries and plot complexities begin to mushroom. The word-twisting Mrs. Mala- prop seems to be "an incredible character" at first glance, Prof. Baird noted, but it has been "rather easy for me to believe in her." One reason is an acquaintance who "out-malaproped Mrs. Mala- prop." She once told club mem- bers that if an idea should occur to them during the week to "make a little innuendo of it," Prof. Baird recalled. Another of the characteristics Prof. Baird sees in Mrs. Malaprop is her tendency to "always over- dress, adding an extra bit of feather or a jewel" ruining an otherwise smart costume. The precision of articulation and the extravagance of move- ment of the 18th century charac- ter preesnt the "chief hazards for the young actor," she pointed out. Civil Rigvhts Bill -Moes WASHINGTON (P) - A Senate judiciary subcommittee yesterday approved a bob-tailed civil rights bill in an effort to get at least some token legislation moving toward the Senate floor. The bill, which now goes to an uncertain fate in the full judi- ciary committee, contains only two points. Both are of a less controversial nature than most civil rights pro- posals put forth this year. The life of the civil rights com- mission, now due to expire Sept. 9, would be extended until Jan. 31, 1961. The other point would require election officials to preserve vot- ing records for three years and to make them available for in- spection by the attorney general or his representative. Willful violations would be sub- ject to up to a $5,000 fine, or im- prisonment for no more than five years, or both. Proponents of civil rights legis- lation want the law extended to other fields. Particularly, they want a mea- sure that endorses the supreme sions and gives the government coutr's school integration deci- some' legal force to implement them. Strike *1. Eisenhower Calls Talks on Mediation Rules Out Immanent Use of Taft-Hartley Emergency Measure NEW YORK (AP)-Federal labor peace experts stepped into the steel strike yesterday to seek a quick solution to the, crippling walkout. Joseph F. Finnegan, director of the Federal Mediation and Con- ciliation Service, flew here with aides from Washington dn orders from President Dwight D. Eisen- hower for separate conferences with industry and union negotia- tors. President, Eisenhower at his news conference in Washington ruled out any immanent use of the Taft-Hartley law's emergency pro- cedure, which would permit a court order to end any woi'k stoppage which the President. finds is a threat to national security. The walkout started this morn- ing after the complete collapse of industry-union talks. Walkout Starts The union, on the first day of the strike, submitted a proposal' to the industry to turn strike issues over to a fact-finding board for investigation and a recommended solution. David J. McDonald, steelwork-' ers' president, said the fact group could be composed of one man each representing the industry and uniion and. an impartial chairman' to be selected by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. No Reply There was no immediate in. dustry reply to this proposal. But it was expected the steel companies would turn down the fact-finding procedure for deal- ing with the stalemate. Before the strike began, Presi- dent Eisenhower rejected a similar union proposal that the govern- mnt name such a fact-finding board. He said he did not know how long it would be before steel stock- piles dwindle to the point it would threaten national defense produc-' tion. Court Backs Dixon -Yates WASHINGTON W) - The United States Court of Claims yesterday upheld the controver- sial Dixon-Yates power contract, once a pet project of the Eisen- hower Administration but later repudiated by it. Dividing 3-2, the court rejected the government's contention that investment banker Adolphe H. Wenzell played a conflict-of-In- terest role and thereby invalidat- ed the contract. He served the Administration faithfully in the tasks assigned to him," Judge J.'Warren Madden write in the majority opinion. He added: "There is, it seems to us, something essentially cynical about the government's Wenzell defense." Judge Don Laramore of the Court of Claims and United States District Judge Bert V. Bry- an of Alexandria, Va., joined Madden in holding the govern- ment must reimburse the Dixon- Tates combine for out-of-pocket expenses incurred before the con- tract was. cancelled in the sum- mer of 1955. Chief Judge Marvin Jones of the Court of Claims and retired Supreme Court Justice Stanley F. Reed dissented. The Dixon-Yates contract had set off a great hue and cry on Capitol Hill and became a major issue in the running debate over public vs. private power. Red Challe nge Wilson Discusses Future Of Educational Systenm American education and the American people face huge chal- lenges, Dean Howard E. Wilson of the University of California at Los Angeles education school said yesterday. Addressing the University's Summer Education Conference, Prof. Wilson argued that "science has moved from the periphery to the center of liberal education." "Today no individual can claim to understand his times without a fairly keen understanding of the nature of science," he declared. At the same time, he suggestedi the renaissance in the arts crafts as a possible antidote to an in-' creasingly technological society. "The renaissance shows itself in 'a great number of ways - in the do-it-yourself movement, in the fact that little theaters spring up all over the country, in ama- teur musical groups, and paint- ing." It is significant, he said, that for the first time in American his- tory it is politically safe for the President to admit that he paints -"this is symbolic of an import- ant change in the arts and crafts." But there still needs to be much more emphasis in the fields in which creative activity can be expressed in a technological age, he said. MAY IGNORE STUDIES: 'Student Leaders' Drop Academics in Germany By THOMAS HAYDEN The German "student leader" can forget his studies and immerse himself completely in activities, observes International Center Director James M. Davis. Recently returned from a tour of the Federal Republic of Ger- many, Prof. Davis was struck by the opportunity offered students to "take a vacation from academic difficulties." Under the Germanhsystem, a student may take what courses leaders "quite impressive and with Discussing athletic activities, a good deal of ability." Prof. Davis called "big. intercol- Student activities in the country legiate sports" non-existent, but a center around the "Studenten- large all-student sports program werk," the equivalent of a union is conducted on a "club" basis, in an American school, and the ... "AStA," or student government. The "Studentenwerk" provides for student welfare through -sub- sidized meals, club rooms, a li- brary, bookstore, and health in- surance, he said. "AStA" is made up of a legis- lative branch (parliament) and :. exeutive ,, nh (setriat <<<> ." supervised by physical education departments. Prof. Davis found an unusual intellectual problem in the uni- versities he visited: the history of Germany is not taught beyond 1914, thus eliminating study of the two world wars. "Germans I talked with are not really much . interested in the modern period, perhaps because of guilty feelings," he surmised. Germans also seem "uncomfort- able" with their modern decen- tralized education system, which