Weather Inside J u n i o r 500, p. 3* B a s e b a l l , M IC H IG A N P a r t l y c l o u d y and c o o l M o n d a y w i t h th e h ig h in p. 4: N e w e a g e r f o r M SU , S T A T E th e u p p e r 6 0 ’ s. C l e a r i n g and c o l d M o n d a y n ig h t. p . 5- C i v i l R i g h t s T e a c h - in , p. 8 . U N IV E R S IT Y Monday, May 17, 1965 Price 10c T e a c h - I n K e y s S p e cialists T o P ro b e V i e t P o l i c %/ y BIEN HOA, V iet Nam iff;—A H o a B a s e B lasts F o rce inspector gen eral, im m e­ Although the huge base 12 m iles vestigation. A special team was north of Saigon is a prim e Viet expected to continue the probe. special team of U.S. A ir F orce diately after hearing of the b last. U.S, officials said the bomb that C r i t i c i s m s investigators w a s flying h e r e They w ere expected h ere today. Cong targ e t, M aj. Gen. Joseph H. from Washington Sunday to probe At least 21 A m erican airm en M oore, com m ander of U«S* A ir went off had been loaded aboard NEW YORK f — "1 voted for Johnson and I’m so rry 1 did.” the devastating s e rie s of bomb w ere dead, 95 wounded, and 40 F orce operations in Viet Nam and a B57 jet bom ber for an attack ’’T he ad m inistration is hiding under ex cu ses.” " It showed m e explosions which ripped th is vi­ a irc ra ft destroyed or dam aged. T hailand, said the d isaster was against the C om m unist g u e rril­ One V ietnam ese was known dead "definitely accid en tal." las. how much m ore com plicated the situation is .” tal U ^ .-V ietn am ese a ir base, ” 1 am satisfied no sabotage A fireball and a shaft of smoke T hese w ere som e of the com m ents by students and teach ers killing m ore than a sco re of and seven injured. billowed from the stricken a ir­ around the country who listened Saturday to a 15 1/2 hour national A m ericans. T he toll of dead and injured was involved,” he said. “ It was plane when teach -in debate on U.S. foreign policy. A uthorities said the explosions was expected to ris e . an accidental explosion of a bomb at 8:25 a.m . the Saigon bom b detonated tim e. W ithin A rgum ents in W ashington between academ ic c ritic s and adm in­ w ere accidental. Tw enty-tw o of the A m erican on one a irc ra ft which spread to o th e rs." seconds, o t h e r A m erican jet istra tio n supports went by radio, telephone and television hook­ T h e Pentagon dispatched a wounded required hospitalization ups to m o re than 100 cam puses. team of experts headed by L t. and two w ere in serio u s condi­ M oore's com m ents, however, planes surrounded by crew m en G en. W illiam K. M artin, Air tion. w ere based on a p relim in ary in- and ordnance personnel began ex­ A num er of college liste n e rs ploding and burning. c ritic iz e d M cG eorge B u n d y , F ive m inutes after the initial P resid en t Johnson’s ad viser on b last, the jet ram p was a sm ould­ F o rd R a p s national security, for cancelling his scheduled ap pearace. Civilians Evacuated erin g m ass of d e b ris from 750- pound bom bs, napalm (jelly gas) bom bs and white phosphorous Bundy sent word at the last m inute that "o th e r duties” would fire bom bs. J o h n s o n ’ s prevent him from taking p a rt. Live bombs from the sm ashed Douglas Ireland, student co­ D o m in ic a n s R enew B a t t le planes w ere scatte re d over the o rdinator a t G o d d a r d College, spraw ling air b ase. P ieces of Plainfield, Vt., w here 200 st,u SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican rived Saturday and toured the heard in the vicinity of the Uni­ planes w ere strew n for thousands V i e t C r i t i c s dents from eight colleges assem ­ Republic .f —U nits loyal to the rebel-h eld downtown portion ot w h e r e U .S. M arines are en­ v ersity of Santo Domingo, near of y ard s. bled, said: the capital Sunday. T hey were T he a ir base contro l tow er was . WASHINGTON ,Fl— Rep. G erald "B undy’s cancellation clearly AGRICULTURAL AMBASSADORS— Two MSU coeds, civ il-m ilitary junta r e n e w e d th e ir tank-led offensive against greeted by shouts of United cam ped. knocked out of operation for sev­ R . Ford, R -M ich., said Sunday rep re se n ts the ad m inistration’s Michigan Cherry Queen Elaine J Sanford and rebel forces in Santo Domingo’s N ations si, OAS no,” and "Out An o f f i c i a l L .S , m ilitary e ra l hours by the concussion. that p la card -carry in g c ritic s of refu sal to confront openly and Michigan Bean Queen Francine A W eaver, left northern suburbs Sunday night in with the Y ankees.” spokesm an reported, how ever, D isaster operations w ere still P resid en t Johnson’s co urse in frankly the c ritic s of its policy Saturday with Michigan Apple Queen Diana Dwan to A m erican troops w ere not in­ that only th ree p a ra tro o p ers were in p ro g ress when an am munition a driving rain sto rm . Viet Nam may be inviting a C om ­ T h e adm inistration i s hiding promote M ichigan’s leading agricultural products. T here were no official rep o rts volved in the action north of the wounded. th is was T he spokesm an saic dum p exploded at 11 a.m . No new the heaviest action r e ­ casu alties resu lted . m unist m iscalculation on A m er­ under excuses that it cre a te s Their first stop on the week-long tour was Chicagoin of the p ro g ress of the battle ea st-w est supply c o rrid o r, but ican unity. to prevent open consideration of w*here n e re tE'aine anted i u m * ^p w - - a Michigan * cherry tree u u ., which had through Saturday th e re was a heavy exchange ot corded for a 24-hour period since Sen. Hugh Scott, R -P a ., ap­ Amei ican policy.” the famous Old Town section. Photo by Jam es H. Hile ra g e d fire ac ro ss the Ozam a riv e r be­ L .S. forces arriv ed . Coed Queens night before dim inishing about Newsmen who spent the nighl pearing w r . F o r i on a taped D ennis O liver, 23, of U rbana, noon Sunday. tween reb els and p aratro o p ers oi television -radio p rogram , said 111., a graduate student in Eng­ T he junta p resid en t,B rig .G en . the 82nd A irborne brigade. in the rebel-h eld zone said shoot­ he thinks P resid en t Johnson is lish at the U niversity of Illinois, Antonio Im bert B a rre ra s , said Heavy gunfire also could be ing acro ss the Ozam a riv er w as' P o l l T a x following the p ro p e r pattern of com m ented: the heaviest 'they could recall. Touring West h is ft ;es sent 30 tanks into U nits of th e 82nd A irborne con­ action in both V iet Nam and the "T h e fact that Bundy didn’t action in an attem pt to clean E. Lansing Dom inican R epublic. He added, show up is typical of the ad­ iy pockets in an industrial tro l the riv e r’s east bank, facing B a n S a i d in referen ce to the la tte r: out en the re b e ls m in istratio n 's frivolous conduct area in thi nc th of the city It t i known the reb el forces "W hen he says we will not ac­ of the whole situation. I voted for Residents the area repo cept any C om m unist nation in the Jahnsov vi-d W estern hem isphere, h e's talk­ ing the way I want a p residen t to Nam) Since w e're th ere s o rry I did. (in South Viet we should try to win, but Two M ichigan State coeds a re in L os Angeles today to publicize interview w ill pose for p re s s p ic tu re s and fered. s. heav> asualties had bc-e» s vi- T he fighting trig g ered a m ass City Hall of C ol. F rancisco C aam ano Dene have been using m ortar, and heavy P o s s i b l e calib er w e a p o n s against th e '•ta lk ." Ford, the House m inority lead­ e r, agreed with Scott that there not by bombing H anoi." His w ife, C arol, of D ecorah, Iowa, also 23 and a graduate The queer.; w ill be In A rra rll-' evacuation by civ ilian s. G roups M ichigan ag ricultural products lo, T ex., F rid ay , w here they will of p o o r e r fam ilies carryin g and highlight M ichigan W eek , pose fo r TV pictu res and hold which . egan Sunday. th e ir po ssessio ns trudged acro ss Dedicated A m ericans on the other side oi tha riv e r. WA SH1NGTON ff! — D e s p i t e P residen t Johnson’s coolness, T he truce com m ission of the C ongress may well enact an out­ Dedication cerem on ies offi­ O rganization of A m erican States right ban on poll-taxes as a st.ite . is Httle cu rren t prospect student, saic she w asn’t swayed a p re s s interview with Navajo hot,- du>ty -it*Ids, .heading west Vtmy r : rancine Anr.VVea- cially o p rcci-E ast L ansing’ sr,pw >y (OAS) s a id 'if Lti4.,disp8'tched*'3 vwtir.g'-V^'Qbfavionv *• ■:G omm'^ 3s*i>' ,'will negotiate' to ­ by any of Q .r*>*|6m ents pre*- P roud Eagle, anihl^gflauf'h- ■ v e r.^ jt^ u T .r id g e ¿VeShmSh, and te rs . Saturday they will retu rn sway from fbe ctfV* « note to junta* P resid en t Gen. T hat was the estim ate Sutidiy' w ard a settlem ent in Viet Nam. sented in the teach-in. E la in lrjL S a n fo rd , H art sen io r. to M ichigan. • A utom obiles tv p - h e a v y w’ith ity Hall Saturday. C Antonio Im bert B a rre ra s that his of a lehdingcongressional Demo­ F o r that reason, he said, “ w e’ve help"W e’re not in Viet Nam to F ran cin e ts this y e a r's M ichigan F ran cin e W eaver has lived all h o u s e h o l d furnishings s p e d M a y o r Gordon L. Thom as got to p re ssu re the enem y, even th e V ietnam ese people; Bean Queen and E laine is the h e r life on h er fam ily’s farm through the s tre e ts . T he body oi spoke at cerem onies dedicating fo fire rces m ust adhere to c e ase-» c ra t who asked not to be identi­ regulations. m ore than we’re doing today, to w e’re th ere to enhance our own M ichigan C herry Queen. one man lay beside his auto. He the "tw o-story building located at fied. G en. F r a n c i s c o J . .R ivera. He feels a substantial House convince him that sitting down at world position and until we admit which produced 150 a c re s of apparently was hit by a bullet as 400 Abbott Road. He said the C am inero, th e . junta's armec. vote to rule-out the levies would the negotiating table is the'right it we won’t w in," she said. T hey left L ansing Saturday M ichigan navy beans p er y e a r. he stopped to change a tire , new C ity Hall " is sym bolic of fo rces secretary , insisted that outweigh the narrow Senate de­ c o u rs e ..." At Indiana U niversity, w here for Chicago with Diana Dwan, (continued on page 8) A team of L'.N. o b serv e rs a r- the dynam ic growth of E ast L an­ som e 200 teachers and students M ichigan Apple Queen from Ste- sing, of the p ro g ressiv e sp irit of the new fighting did not violate cision against that action when T h e M ichigan congressm an the c e ase-fire. He said, "o u r the two branches ham m er out a said he thinks that p la c a rd -c a r- heard 18, a the debate, Ruth H arriell, freshm an from Blooming­ vensv ille. T h ere E laine planted its citizens, and th e ir w illing­ n ess to solve civic problem s fire applies exclusively understanding is that the cease­ final draft of voting rights legis­ r ie r s who have appeared on uni­ a M ichigan ch erry tre e in the to the lation. v e rsity cam puses opposing the ton, Ind., said " it showed me "O ld Town” section on the near along w ith city o fficials." downtown secto r.” A House decision on poll taxes P resid en t’s p olicies will have no how much m ore com plicated the north side. S o u th B e n d T e a c h e rs T otal cost of the building w as $630,000 which included r e ­ still is several weeks away. But effect on eith er the chief execu­ situation is ." T he trio then left Chicago for m odeling of t h e fo rm er City C hairm an Em anuel C e ller, D- tive or C ongress. Tucsori, Arifc., w here they w ere ” B ut...these people who a r e guests of the M ichigan Society S t i l l O u t O n S t r i k e Hall building, now occupied by N.Y., believes the House will the F ire D epartm ent, next door. 1 0 ,0 0 0 D e a d trying to crea te a dissension in A m erica on this c ritic a l issu e in Michigan Week of Tucson' at a picnic Sunday. T he queens a re scheduled to a rriv e in Los Angeles at 7:55 ingSOUTH A BEND, Ind. iff!--Strik­ num ber had been changed and, at by E ast Lansing voters financed bond issu e passed in 1963 stand by the ban his judiciary com rig h m ittee w rote into Johnson s t-to -v o te bill. this c ritica l tim e may be leading South Bend tea ch ers who have his request, the new num ber was construction which w a s com ­ In P a k ista n H o u s e S p e a k e r J o h n W, the enemy to a m iscalculation as a.m . today. At 10 a.m . they away from cla ssro o m s four not available. However, he had pleted in D ecem ber, 1964. to the unity of th eU n ited S tates,” w ill ap pear on M arineland of been school days in a salary dispute reported e a rlie r d ism issals had DACCA, East Pakistan (UPI)— M cC orm ack, D -M ass., has firm ­ he said. the P acific TV' show p re s s con­ with the school board are " d e ­ been expected to be m ailed to the V arious city offices that w ere T he unofficial death toll from ly endorsed the ban. feren ce, " P o r p o i s e to P o r­ term ined as e v e r" and holding striking teach ers Saturday. once scattered throughout the city the cyclones and tidal w aves that So far, Johnson has taken the Scott said he thinks the c ritic s p o ise ." a re all consolidated in the new devastated wide area s last week counsel of Atty. Gen. Nicholas a re in the m inority and that uni­ out for “ som ething to b reak .” T he tea ch ers want a starting City H all. A com bination m uni­ stood Sunday at m ore than 10,000. K atzenbach, who questions the v e rsity students overw helm ingly At 2:30 p.m . they w ill pose They said over th e weekend base pay of $5,400 instead of the c i p a l courtroom - council room T h e re w ere official accounts of constitutionality of a statute out­ support the P resid en t’s policies. for p re ss p ictu res at the L os they had not received notes of d s- $5,200 approved by the school seats 120 person s. m o re than 5,300 dead. lawing poll-tax req u irem en ts. Sen. Jacob K. Ja v its, R-N .Y ., Angeles F a rm e rs M arket. m issal, reportedly m ailed S atur- board. T he Police D epartm ent at one T he governm ent said police T he adm inistration view won said on another taped T V -radio T uesday the queens will be on dav. John L. Eaton, a sixth grade end of the building includes a h eadqu arters in two d is tric ts re ­ out in the Senate T uesday, but by pro gram he isn’t happy about the the T ru th .o r C onsequences tele­ G eorge T . Bull, P residen t of teach er at Brown school, said jail, youth bureau, traffic bureau, p o rted the 5,300 dead and that a slender m argin. With Demo­ P resid en t’s failure to consult vision show to be shown h ere the local A m erican F ederation of " I hope my children want me reco rd s departm ent, squad room 10 diiifricts had not been h eard c ra tic leader M ike M ansfield of the O rganization of A m erican May 28. They will also have an T eac h ers, said support was gain­ back, and I want to go back, but if and a shooting range in the base­ from because the sto rm s cut off M ontana quoting K atzenbach on S tates (OAS) before sending U.S, interview with the L os Angeles ing rapidly for the 360 union this doesn 't go through, I don’t m ent. com m unications. the Senate floor, and Republican troops into Santo Domingo. T im es food editor. tea ch ers whose boycott is nearing want to stay in the com m unity.” O ffices of th e m ayor, city m an­ T he governm ent failed after lead er E verett M. D irksen of Ill­ He said he hopes the United MONDAY— Our W ednesday a p re s s interview a week’s run. Bull, 28, who has been teaching ag er, city planner, city clerk , four days of attem pts to contact inois in the thick of the battle, S tates w orks to reform the OAS w ith M ayor Sam Yorty is sched­ School Supt. Alex Jard in e was in South Bend’s schools three tre a s u re r and personnel d irec to r rem o te coastal a re a s and off­ the count was 49 to 45 against a c h a rte r so that the organization Government Day uled. T he p arty .w ill then leave unavailable for com m ent. A te le ­ y e a rs, said the group is "hoping a re included in the building. sh o re islands. ban. can act quickly against any new for San F rancisco w here they phone operator said his phone som ething will b rea k ." 6Adam To Atom9 C om m unist th rea t that a rise s. Best Greek Float ” De L o se rs of G ran deur,” w ere not de lo s e rs , but de w inners of grandeur Saturday night at MSU’s 43rd W ater C arnival. T he winning G reek houses and resid en ce halls and the new m em ­ b e rs of E xcaliber w ere announced at the C arnival. Winning floats in the G reek division w ere: 1. Alpha Xi Delta and Phi Kappa P si, "A dam to Atom” 2. Alpha Delta Pi and Evans S cholars, " M iste r Lucky Goes to MSU '3. Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Alpha T h eta, "H o rse to H orsepow - e r" W inning floats in the residence hall division w ere: 1. Mayo and W est Shaw. "C .B .S ." 2. E ast and W est McDonel, " C u re -a ll" 3. E ast and W est F ee, "E legy of Anne B oleyn” T he firs t place float in the G reek division illu stra te d a cycle from the beginning of tim e with Adam to the p resen t tim e and the atom showing the c irc le that man lives on. T he Mayo and W est Shaw float, "C am pus Bus S ervice.” other­ w ise known as ’’C .B .S .,” w as a s a tire on MSU’s bus serv ice. T he dialogue w as presented to the m usic of the "M .T.A .* and illus­ trated the plight of a fru strate d student on the bus system . New m em bers of E xcaliber w ere also p resen ted at interm ission. T en outstanding men w ere chosen. They a re : Bob B orosage. East A D A M T O A T O M — T h e A l p h a X i D e l t a - P h i K a p p a P s i f l o a t , w h ic h d e P*c t J d ™ a " ’ * ■ L E A V E T H E D R I V I N G T O U S ’ - T h i s f l o a t , d e p l e t i n g t h e a l i g h t ’o f a p o o r L ansing junio r, past president of F rosh-S oph C ouncil; Don Japinga, p r o g r e s s , f r o m t h e a p p l e A d a m a te to th e a t o m s c u r r e n c y f o r m i n g th e b a s i s f o r who w a s s h o v e d t o t h e b a c k o f a c a m p u s b u s a n d w a s una“b l e t o g e t o f f w o n a f l r o t W ayland junio r, co-captain of the v arsity football team ; Dave Jensen, p o w e rfu l n u c l e a r w e a p o n s , w a s th e f i r s t p l a c e J n Z w ic k e l f o r M a y o an d W e s t S h a w H a l l s in l a s t w e e k e n d s W a t e r C a r n i v a l . ( c o n t in u e d on p a g e ) p la c e t r o p h y P h o to b y J o n a th a n Z w i c k e l 2 2 M ic h ig a n S ta te N ew s, E a s t L a n sin g , M ic h ig a n M onday, M ay 17, 1965 EDITORIAL Democracy In Action tu n ity f o r p e r s o n s o f a ll r a c e s ” to liv e in th e C o m p r o m is e , th e lif e b lo o d o f d e m o c r a c y , w ill h a v e to w o r k in E a s t L a n s in g if a c iv il c ity . r i g h t s c r i s i s i s to b e a v e r t e d . B u t a m e re s ta te m e n t o f in te n t is n o t e n o u g h . T h e r e c a n b e n o q u e s t i o n a b o u t th e •‘ r i g h t ­ It m u s t b e b a c k e d u p b y a c tio n . n e s s ” o f th e i s s u e . N e g r o e s a n d o th e r n o n ­ If th e C i t y C o u n c i l h o p e s to a v e r f m a s s d e m ­ w h ite s h a v e c o n s is te n tly e n c o u n te r e d h u m il­ o n s t r a t i o n s h e r e , i t w ill h a v e to c h a r t a m u c h ia tin g d i s c r im in a tio n w h e n th e y h a v e a tte m p ­ f i r m e r c o u r s e o f a c t i o n in r e g a r d to o p e n o c ­ te d to b u y o r r e n t h o m e s in E a s t L a n s in g . cupancy. T h e f a c t t h a t f e w n o n - w h i t e s a t t e m p t to p u r ­ W e e a r n e s tly h o p e th a t a c o m p r o m is e c a n c h a s e h o u s e s h e r e i s i r r e l e v a n t to th e c e n t r a l b e r e a c h e d b e tw e e n th e s tu d e n t g r o u p s w h ic h is s u e . E a s t L a n s in g ’s r e p u t a t i o n as a a r e p la n n in g d e m o n s tr a tio n s a n d t h e C ity • • c l o s e d ” to w n u n d o u b te d ly d i s c o u r a g e s m a n y C o u n c il. f i n a n c i a l l y q u a l i f i e d N e g r o e s f r o m t r y i n g to I t is n o t c o m f o r tin g to f a c e th e p r o s p e c t o f liv e h e r e . th e k in d o f a c tio n th e r i g h t s g r o u p s s e e m to J a m e s O . F a r m e r , n a tio n a l d i r e c t o r o f th e b e p la n n in g . C o n g r e s s o f R a c ia l E q u a lity (C O R E ), T h u r s ­ B u t i t i s l e s s c o m f o r t i n g to f a c e th e p r o s ­ p e c t o f a n o t h e r y e a r o r tw o o r te n o f d i s c r i m ­ C a m p u s S u m m a r y T o F r ie n d A n d F o e A lik e d a y s a id h e w ill le n d “ th e fu ll s tr e n g th o f in a to ry s a le s an d r e n ta ls . Consensus C O R E ” to s t u d e n t d e m o n s t r a t i o n s a im e d a t p e r s u a d i n g th e E a s t L a n s i n g C i t y C o u n c il to p a s s an o p e n o c c u p a n c y o rd in a n c e . B u t t h e C i t y C o u n c i l h a s n o p o w e r to p a s s s u c h an o r d in a n c e u n d e r p r e s e n t M ic h ig a n S tu d e n t N o n -V io la tio n If a tte m p ts a t c o m p r o m is e f a il, w e u r g e th e s t u d e n t s n o t to v i o l a t e a n y c i v i l la w s in t h e i r Dichotomy la w . T h is w a s m a d e c l e a r a t th e t e a c h - i n b y d e m o n s tr a tio n s . A s i t - i n a t C ity H a ll is n o t ille g a l. B lo c k in g e n tr a n c e s a n d e x its is . P ic k ­ B y M ic h a e l K in d m a n - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B y S u sa n F ils o n a L a n s i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e to th e C i v i l R ig h ts C o m m is s io n . D o n H o ltro p . e tin g is n o t ille g a l. L y in g a c r o s s th e s t r e e t The v ariety of view points brought out in last T hursday’s civil Random observations about T h u rsd ay ’s civil righ ts teach-in and a n d b lo c k in g tr a f f ic is . rights open hearing on cam pus accentuated, perh aps for the firs t the dem onstrations which a re planned this w eek... tim e here, the g reat dichotom y between the m o d erate and the ex­ T he teach-in w as ex trem ely w ell-planned and w ell-run . T he stu­ O rd in a n c e U n c o n s titu tio n a l? T h e E a s t L a n s i n g p o l i c e w i l l n o t a r r e s t a n y trem e position on civil rig h ts. dent com m ittee sponsoring the event had obviously m ade an inten­ s t u d e n t s f o r e x e r c i s i n g t h e i r r i g h t o f p e a c e f u l sive effort to p resen t a wide variety of viewpoints on the problem S ta te A tto rn e y G e n e r a l F r a n k J. K e lle y h a s T onight’s confrontation between the cam pus a c tiv ists and th ecity of housing discrim ination in E ast L ansing. T he whole affair stood i s s u e d a f o r m a l o p i n i o n w h i c h s t a t e t h a t a s s e m b l y . T h e y w i l l u n d o u b t e d l y a r r e s t s t u ­ area governm ent should provide fu rth er evidence that th e re is a broad of disagreem en t. in favorable co n tra st to the one-sided Viet Nam teach-in sev eral u n d e r th e p r e s e n t M ic h ig a n c o n s t i t u t i o n . m u ­ d e n ts if th e y b r e a k th e la w . w eeks ago..: M a s s a r r e s t s w ill n o t a d d l u s t e r to th e c a u s e 1 should state early that Iten d to fa v o r the " e x tre m e ’’ position as T he only ja rrin g note in the evening was the constant heckling of n i c i p a l i t i e s d o n o t h a v e th e p o w e r to p a s s la w s I have labeled it above. It is u n f o r t u n a t e that it is " e x tre m e ’’ M rs. M ary P . Sharp, a new ly-elected m em ber of the E ast L ansing r e l a t i n g to c i v i l r i g h t s . o f c i v i l r i g h t s i n t h e e y e s o f t h e p e o p l e o f E a s t to favor freedom now and to hope to look at N egroes and all other C ity C ouncil. A few boorish students had th e ir own sm a rt-a le c k rep lie s for every com m ent M rs. Sharp made from the podium. K e l l e y ' s o p i n i o n i s n o w b e i n g t e s t e d i n t h e L a n s i n g . T h e h e a d l i n e s w i l l r e a d “ S t u d e n t s men, w hite o r non-w hite, as the sam e. Y et, this is the ca se . The students who shouted and occasionally jee re d and ro se to M rs. Sharp, a lady with a fair am ount of guts, handled h e rself ex­ c o u r t s in r e g a r d to a f a i r h o u s i n g o r d i n a n c e C a r t e d O f f to J a i l ” r a t h e r t h a n ‘ ‘S t u d e n t s sing "W e Shall O vercom e" T hursday night w ere the ex tre m ists. trem ely w ell— as usual. It is always difficult to understand why som e p e rso n s are in favor of free speech only insofar as it does not clash in A n n A r b o r . D e m o n s t r a t e f o r F a i r H o u s i n g . ” E ast L ansing is a city of m od erates, and som etim es w o rse. with th e ir own id eas. O r m aybe th e ir m others never told them that It is o u r b e lie f th a t if K e lle y ’ s r u lin g is n o t T h e c ity c o u ld h a v e a d if f ic u lt tim e m a in ­ R obert L . G reen, a ssista n t p ro fesso r of education, began his it isn ’t polite to in te rru p t... t a i n i n g i t s “ c o o l ” a g a i n s t a n o n s l a u g h t o f speech at the teach-in: If national civil rig h ts lead ers aren ’t after R obert L. G reen to play o v e r tu r n e d b y th e S ta te S u p re m e C o u r t, th e " I find it difficult to understand why th e re is so much dissension an im portant p a rt in th e ir organizations, they m ust be deaf, blind c o n s t i t u t i o n s h o u ld b e a m e n d e d to s p e c i f i c a l l y n o n v io le n c e , th e f i r s t a c tio n o f t h i s s o r t e v e r in reg a rd to open occupancy. and dum b. G reen, an assista n t p ro fe sso r of education, is one of the m ost forceful, articu late, dynamic spokesm en for the cause of civil g iv e m u n i c i p a l i t i e s p o w e r to p a s s c i v i l r i g h t s t h r e a t e n e d h e r e . N a t i o n a l p u b l i c i t y w o u ld a l ­ "T h e re is no problem h ere. E ast Lansing is an open com m unity. rig h ts I have ev er seen. And m ost of the m ajor lead ers of the civil la w s . m o s t s u r e l y r e s u l t , a n d E a s t L a n s i n g w o u l d T h ere a re five N egro hom eow ners here. rig h ts m ovem ent have been on this cam pus during the p ast three "Any qualified N egro, any w ell-m eaning N egro can buy a home in y e a rs. H o w e v e r , a s th e la w n o w s ta n d s . E a s t L a n - b e p u t o n th e s p o t. E ast L ansing.” G reen m r.qt^a rem ark at the teach-in which provided a poignant s in g c a n n o t p a s s an o p e n o c c u p a n c y o r d in a n c e T h is s e e m s to b e w h a t th e g r o u p s w a n t, a n d Com ing from G reen, M SV 's leading civil rights fig hter, this i l l u s t r a t i o n o f the racial sickness which p erm eates our society. He w ith le g a l v a lid ity . t h e c i t y h a s d o n e l i t t l e l a t e l y t o g i v e t h e m sounds odd. G reen is an e x tre m ist. Coming from som e other types said, "W hen a Negro student ccm es in and tells me he can’t find a of ex tre m ists this would sound strange and probably im m o ral, but place t o live, 1 don’t even feel like teaching the next day, knowing T h e c e n t r a l q u e s t i o n th e n s e e m s to b e : i s r e a s o n to b a c k d o w n . not odd. That is th eir position and they stick to it. that is happening h e re .” Suddenly, I didn’t feel very much like study- th e E a s t L a n s in g C ity g o v e r n m e n t d o in g a ll T h e R u lin g G r o u p s T here is, how ever, a wide range of m oderate opinion between these ing... two positions, and it w as the justaposition of this range of opinion T hrough it all, sev eral students kept up th e ir "sidew alk surfing it c a n to e l i m i n a t e h o u s i n g d i s c r i m i n a t i o n ? F a r m e r ’s T h u r s d a y a fte rn o o n s p e e c h a c - w ith^the " e x tre m is t” view that m ade the teach-in so enlightening. on. th e ir skateb oards n ear Beaum ont T ow er. If .you don’t wanna ” ^AV't* d o r i o t b e l i e v e , t h a V - i - t - i s . - c i C s e c T t h e L a n 's i w g f S o a r d o £ R * A } f o r S o f p l a y ­ ra te s w eres reprvslsffréd in variou s ways by D em ocrats think, you’ve grJKa. diS Stifhething:.:z^ • • V V and R epublicans, p ro fessio n als and la y m e n /a n d p a rtic u larly by •• • • It m ig h t b e p o s s i b l e , f o r e x a m p l e , f o r th e in g th e m a j o r r o l e in m a in ta in in g s e g r e g a t i o n 1 seem to change .my m ind about theC om m ittee for Student Rights M rs. M ary Sharp, the new ly-elected p ro -civ il rig h ts m em ber of the c i t y t o p u b l i c i z e t h e n a m e s o f r e a l t o r s o r h e r e . B u t h e a l s o b l a m e d t h e r u l i n g g r o u p s o f E ast Landing City Codncil. ev ery week, but it is a puzzling group. In observing p rep aratio n s for h o m ç o w n e r s w h o h a v e b e e n fo u n d g u ilty o f th e c ity a n d th e U n iv e r s ity f o r n e g le c tin g th e M rs. Sharp cam e under attack from the audience not because civil rights dem onstrations this week, I have concluded that som e the students disag reed w ith h er m ore than with the o th e rs, but be­ CSR m em bers actually want to get a rre ste d . r a c i a l o r r e l i g i o u s d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a f t e r a i s s u e f o r to o lo n g . cause she alm ost agreed with them , but not q u ite... I get the feeling that they want to " te s t” the U n iversity to see if f o r m a l in v e s tig a tio n b y th e H u m a n R e la tio n s R o b e rt L . G re e n , a s s is ta n t p ro fe s s o r of e d ­ it will suspend students who are a rre s te d in a civil rig h ts dem on­ F o r the " e x tre m is ts ” the p erson who says N egroes a re all right stra tio n . S orry, boys and g irls. T he U niversity does not autom at­ C o m m is s io n . u c a tio n a n d F a r m e r 's E a s t L a n s in g h o s t, s a id and we should take step s to in su re them equal rig h ts is shirking ically suspend students, for a rre s ts , even if they a re charged with a his resp o n sib ilities not m uch less than is the outright bigot. felony. No disciplin ary action would be taken against students in­ R o b e r t L . G r e e n , a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r o f e d ­ T h u r s d a y n ig h t: It is not up to the w hites to concede the equality of the Negro; it volved in a civ il rig h ts dem onstration u nless they had actually u c a tio n . p o in te d o u t th a t th e c ity r e q u i r e s v a r ­ • T h e p o w e r s t r u c t u r e o f t h i s c o m m u n i t y is up to the w hites to stop blocking the way to this equality. threatened the lives and lim bs of o th ers. W ithout realizing it—and this is the sad p a rt of what happened T he cam pus NAACP m em bers who w ill p articip ate in th ese dem ­ i o u s h e a l t h a n d s a n i t a t i o n q u a l i f i c a t i o n s b e ­ h a s a u n i q u e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e l i m i n a t e t h e k i n d T hursday to M rs. Sharp— the “ m o d erates” a re allowing d iscrim i­ o n stration s are deeply com m itted to ending housing discrim ination f o r e i t g r a n t s a r e n t a l l i c e n s e t o h o m e o w n e r s . o f p r e j u d i c e a n d b i a s t h a t h u m i l i a t e s s t u d e n t s nation to continue and p rejud ice to rem ain a fact m erely by calling in E ast Lansing. CSR m ay be planning to use these dem onstrations for fact-finding and negotiations and m oderation in a situation w here to advance its own influence on the cam pus. W h y c o u ld n ’t th e c ity m a k e n o n - d i s c r i m i n a ­ a n d f a c u lty m e m b e r s .” the usefulness of these things has w orn out. tio n o n th e b a s is o f r a c e o r r e lig io n a n o th e r G r e e n k n o w s th a t th e s tu d e n ts h e h a s Anyone who opens h is eyes in E ast L ansing knows the facts of q u a lific a tio n fo r a r e n ta l lic e n s e ? p l e d g e d t o f o l l o w i n t o j a i l i f n e c e s s a r y k n o w discrim ination here; the only fact that is relev an t now is that som e­ T h e E a s t L a n s i n g C i t y C o u n c i l h a s g o n e t h i s . T h e y a r e w a i t i n g f o r t h e c i t y t o t a k e i t s thing m ust be done to com bat discrim ination, and it doesn’t m a tter A LETTER w hether it is an ordinance, a statem ent, a hearing system o r w hat. o n r e c o r d a s b e in g in f a v o r o f ‘ ‘e q u a l o p p o r - s t a n d , a n d a r e p r e a p r e d to a c t if i t d o e s n o t. M rs. Sharp lost esteem in the eyes of the audience T hursday when T o the E ditor co u rse s, esp ecially s i n c e so in the light of this single fact and the consequent m oral im p erative many of them will have to do it all she denied the need of action now. She said the tem per of the com ­ I find it ironic that the business over again anyway, T h i s H a s N o th in g T o D o W ith T h a t m unity has changed and is changing. It is to be com m ended for th is. of the U niversity, i.e ., teaching, should be halted for a full day to A rthu r Sherbo The Spring Of Our Discontent But N egroes still lack hom es, and they do not want to w ait for allow students to p re -e n ro ll for P ro fe sso r of English 30,000 attitu des to change before they find hom es. T he " e x tre m is ts ,” w hite o r N egro, don’t want tow ait forcom p lete integration to be brought about quietly. They lack that patience. It W ..is easy neither to be a Negro nor to be the m ino rity d issen ter. T hese a r e people who want to get in the la st lick s, because they know they a r e rig ht. ACROSS 26. Something B y D AV E HANSON When the m oderates ag re e not only that they a re right in th e ir un­ 1. I1erring given derstanding of discrim ination but also in th e ir aw areness that the saucer temporarily A thoughtful proposal has been m ade to m erge MSU traditio n with He knows that he should be a p a rt of.what is going on at school but problem m ust be brought out in the open and treate d right away, then 5. Armpit 27