Evening star., 1962-01-11

.. LII. 7JcIOLIle %. WleSIleT, II
adviser, also was said to be
planning to drop out, but he
could not be reached immedi-
ately for comment.
. j. Kenneth Galbraith, United
States Ambassador to India,
and Harlan Cleveland, Assistant
Secretary of State for Inter-
national Organization Affairs
already have quit. Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller of New York said
he was protesting the clubs
action but planning to remain
in and work for a change in
its rules.
A similar position was taken
by DR.. Glenn T. Seaborg, chair
man of the Atomic Energy
Commission. Through an as
sistant, DR.. Seaborg empha-
sized that he thought that ad-
mission should be considered
on the basis of qualifications.
At this particular time, it was
said, the scientist does not con-
slider resignation as the best
way TO solve the problem and
that efforts should be made to
do so internally.
FurOr Begins
The furor involving the 83-
year-old social club began
Monday night when the COM
mittee on admissions rejected
the nomination of Carl Rowan,
deputy assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs, as a
member. Two votes we're cast
against Mr.. Rowan on the 12-
member committee and that
was enough to bar him.
The resignation of Mr.. Gal
,braith, who is, home on leave
from his post in India, can
celed his nomination of Presi-
dent Kennedy for membership.
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said yesterday
that Mr.. Kennedy'S nomina-
non was not likely to be revived.
=. Mailing Resignation
:, The designations of more
1hembers came as the club
pointed to a showdown on the
issue at a general membership
meeting next Monday night.
Several actions were reported
under consideration on the
question.
:. Mr.. Cation said he was mail
dng in his resignation. II have
strong feelings on this subject,
and I figure this is, my cue to
get out"
: Mr.. Warburg said that if
Mr.. Rowan was rejected be-
cause of race. this left him with
no choice but to resign feluc-
tantly. y
: Gov. Rockefeller said he was
Sending a letter of protest to the
club but considered he could do
more effective work on the
matter byrernaining as a mem
Der rather than shooting from
The outside.
= The Cosmos Club has a mem
bership Of 2,25O made up OF
scientists, writer's and repre-
Sentatives OF other learned pro-
fessionS.s
The membership meeting will
take place at the club, 2121
Massachusetts, avenue, and sew
eral proposals bearing on the
questions raised by the Rowan
ease will be considered.
Elections Due
e The meeting is scheduled to
elect five new members of the
committee on admissions. Four
are chosen each year and at
this meeting a fifth also will
be selected to fill a vacancy.
y, Some members are talking
about changing the clubs by
laws, but a special meeting
would have to be called for
this because under the clubs
rules such changes must be
proposed four weeks in advance
of being considered.
Meanwhile, members of the
club expressed concern privately
that the matter was giving an
unfair impression and distorted
image of group whose men,
.bers are more identified with
scholarly pursuits than with
controversy.
Every effort is made, one
member said, to determine the
qualifications of individuals
nominated for admission. The