(Iowa City, Iowa), 1957-10-24
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, 38 Sluden's Attend Meeting To Organize City Bor.rcott Distribute An Editorial Petitions for Responsibility - The Daily Iowan opposes the propo cd boycott of Iowa Cily merchants organized by even graduate students. 01 owa-n Signatures TIle situation has evolved out of the instullation of meters Serving The State University of Iowa and the People of Iowa City in the student parking area north of niversity] Iall. It has Say Considerations led through an appenl to the Cit Council by the SUI tudent Member of Associated Pr s - AP Leased Wire and Photo rvice I':~tabli, heel in 1868 - Fivp Cnnts a opy Iowa City, Iowa, Thursday, Octolwr 24~ Transcend Meters Council, and has reached the stage where about 40 students Abou t 38 students attended a are e king direct action to make their view~ on the parking meeting Wednesday night to pro meter situat ion as it effects students kno\ n. test the newly installed meters in the north SUI campus area and A boycott - probably the strongest weapon the student distribute petitions calling for stu· can muster - will perhaps cau e resentment lind make mOre dents to do a "minim'Jm amount reasonable means impo iLle. It should be comidered only if of shopping within the Iowa City Syria' Reje-cts Sau'd's Plans; limits." students are ignored and rebuffed in reasonable anti considered The group was called together approaches to the problem - really a la t resort. at thc Unitarian Society Church We arf1 in agreement with what the group organized by by Mort Reiber, G, lowa Gi ty, the seven graduate students are trying to accomplish - re acting as spokesman for a group of seven graduate students who fee l moval of the parking meters on linton treet - but we the newly installed me tel's on feel that the distribution of petitiom aetuall commencing a North Clinton street "seTl'(! no Says U.S. Violated Bord'er purpose except to fur nish tl"'! ci ty boycott attempt i both premature and ill-advised. with more revenue." The group has told The Daily Iowan that it has distributed Rieber asked that those .. ttend the petitions now to fi nd out wh ther or not students are ing the meeti ng circulate t ~ e peti reall y oncerned with the problcm, but we feel the petitions Charges u.s. tions among their friends I)r sig Macmillan-I ke nature. should have read "would support a boycott IF IT BECO~lE The petition is in the '- m of a NECESSARY TO RESORT TO S CII E, TRE~m fEA Planes Fly pledge, and by signing students SURES," not "will boycott" merchants, as it now docs. agree to make as many purchases Begin 3-Day of goods as possible in towns ad· The group may have done students concerned a servic by joinin!! lowa City, rat~..., than in bringing the problem to the attention of merchants and city Over Syria the city itself. officials, but can only damage its own position and effectiveness Conference The petition states: We fee l Wants U.N. To Hear that this action p r ovid " ~ the only by bri nging the boycott to bear without giving th city - and means we hal'c available of hay the merchants - a chance to do something about the situation. Will Keep NATO Nations Controversy Ing our grievances actr4 upon." We cannot expect miracles - the next move i up to the Interests in Mind By ANGELO NATALE City and the University parking committees, btlt tJ1('y Illllst at By JOHN SCALI It cost Reiber $28.50 ~ get hi s DAMASCUS (II - Syria kept the lutomobile back fron< tOWI City least have time to try to take action. If 'uch action is not WA HINGTON t4'I _ President Turkis h issue boiling Wednesday, police Wednesday a""rnoon for forthcoming, THEN would be the time to consider ,Iternate Eisenhower and Primc Minister giving a formal rejection to King failure to pay six pa~lng tickets. courses of action. Macmillan Wednesday opened a Saud's mediation offe r lind In er· The tickets have ~cumulated h h bId three-day conference on joint since January 1957 '"'11d Reiber's We f ee I t at commencing t e oyeott at t lis time oes not moves Lo meet Russia's cientifie f ct accusing the U.S. Navy of c.r w.s tC"Ned in 'fter he got give them an opportunity to do anything and may hamper ef- and diplomatic chall nge to the sending planes deep over Syria. the last tick.t th i, ·,fternoon for forts to seek a olution acceptable to students. Iree world . Maj. Gen. Afir Bizry, army • parking meter v' .Iation. I k I WITH IN MINUTES after the BrI· chief of staff, said reconnaissance Three tickets ","re for meter The Dai y Iowan is opposed to par ' ing meters in t le area Ush lead r arrived by plane. llIr. planes fly almost daily over the violation .nd thre, 'Nere for park north of Univer ity Hall - and realites that this is an ex- Eisenhower telephoned him at the To Rekindle Cooperation ing in prohibited onel. Tickets city of Homs, midway between tremely complex and difficult situation. I t may be that park- British Embas y ror a brief chat BRITISH PRI ME Minis t. r Harold MaCMi ll an, with S~ cr e t ary of State Dull es, is greeted by President Ire from January July, August Damascus and Ule Turkish fron .nd October, according te Cap ing meters offer the only I)Iacticai means of controlling park- on the problems they will lackle. Eisen how.r ai they .rrived lit the Whit. Ho uso Wednesday night fo r dinner and the first formal di scus They arranged to begin formal ,ion of thre. days of t onferlncli on British-American coo peration to meet Russia's challenve. tier. tlin L. N. Hamm. ing and achieving the stated aim of the City ouncil, that i ', discussions at the White House "We believe the planes are not assuring turnover of cars in this area. Wednesday evening with a fult The Balanced Amer.lcan- coming from Turkey but Cram the Rieber called for vol unteers to f I th I . I t' complement or foreign policy and U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediter· B ut we ec at pcr )UPS more eonslc era Ion t 0 0 tI ler cientiCic advi ers to assist them. _______ . ___ _______ distribute leaflets te ll ing students ranean because this neet is work· not to make purchases Ih Iowa methods - slIch as time restrictions, no parking at certain hours, . Both men werc reported confi ing toge ther with the massing of City. He also wanted students to (say 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. as i~ done on some dent they could forge a new BriUsh- Turkish troops on the Syrian bor· carry picket signs in the down t t ) h Id b . American partnership to speed up der," he told reporters. town area "to show the mer<:hants s ree snow - S ou e given. the free world's drive to over-take Bizry charged Turkey began we are serious." We caution students to consider careflilly the implications Russia's missiles and satellite de Ex-Legion Head massing troops on the Syrian bor Although the meeting was ca lled af any action. There is a strong possibilily that the action occa- velopments. de r for "offensive purposes" after as a means of plan ning ways to sioned by the grievance agaillst the parking meter might be- On arriving, Macmillan said hi bring pressure on the City Cou ncil chief aim was to "improve our to remove the newly installed come a vehicle for expression of (III sorts of other grievances - friendship and extend cooperation LONDON (.fI - A Soviet radl. meters in the north campus arca. stati... annovnced W.... acI.y real or fa ncied. between our two countries in all U.N. Speaker .Today that RUllla's o.p. Defen.. MI ... many students attendi ng confessed they did not even own cars. This might call e irreparable damage to the student posi- Ilelds - and there are many." I,twr M.rsh.1 Konstlntin Rlkol Macmillan and Dulles stresse t "The U.N. and the Balan~cd Amcricnn" will b lh topiC o[ a speech Rieber stressed that what hls tion in th e eyes of Towa Citian., Univer ity faCility, nne! Iowans thal the interests of the 13 other $Inky "- t .... OIlIer command IItouP was mainly concerned with Thursday by SUI graduate Ray Murphy, member at large or the U.S. of the Tr.ns·Cauclllan mllit.ry throughout the state. Atlantic Pact allies would be kept National Commission for U ESCO.Murphy was National Commander o{ arel. when the ca lled the meeti ng was in mind during the talks. metering of the campus area. He • the American Legion following WorJd War r. Murphy, who captained It adlolns the frontlo ... of Tur TO REINFORC E THIS, Mr. Eis the 1911 Iowa football team, will said this simply takes mo ney out enhower arranged to meet Friday key .nd Iron. of the students' pockets without spcak at 8 p.m. in the Shambaugh In Poland, Roicollovelcy w.s • with Paul-llenri Spaak, secretary Auditorium. There will be a recep providing them with any additional symbol of Kremlin domln.tlaft to service or convenience. Attorney General general of the North AUantie Trea tion {or members and the pre s Weather Russian hltlnt Poles - .nd when ty Organization who is visiting the at the International Center im HOwever, Rieber said, we are In Octo&.r "$1 'NIMly./ow fHm.