The Weather Partly cloudy today and to- morrow; warmer today; colder tomorrow. L r A6F A6F 4JR AQW1, wt r 'an 4 A DiaiI Editorials Education Thwarted... Industrial Peace ... Spain: On The Way Out? . VOL. XLVIII. No. 131 ANA ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1038 PRICE FIVE CENTS Open Hearing In Press Case Senate Opposed To Large Navy; Refuses To Bach Chinese Rehief Is Scheduled' For Thursday Examiiination W ill Cover Charges Of Unfairness, Union Bargain Right Press Says NLRB Has No Jtrisdie Lion A Trial Examiner designated by the National Labor Relations Board in WashingtL will begin an open hearing in the case of Horace G. Prettyman and Arthur J. Wiltse, co- partners in the Ann Arbor Press, named as respondents, and the Inter- national Typographical Union Local No. 154 at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Rooms 316-320 of the Michigan Union. The hearing, at which the respon- dents have "the right to appear in person or otherwise and give testi- mdny," will cover both the alleged unfair labor practices and the union's request for certification as collective barganing representatives for the employes in the composing room of the plant. The Ann Arbor Press filedsa motion yesterday with the Detroit office of the NLRB to dismiss the complaint is- sued by that office March 18 on the grounds that the NLRB has no juris- diction over respondents' business which, the motion claimed, is not in- terstate in character. The motion, also stated that "any labor dispute that respondents have had or might have in the future does not affect or tend to affect commerce or burden or obstruct commerce" as defined in the Wagner Act.1 File Affidavit An affadavit, in which Wiltse, plant manager, swore to statements con- cerning the "intrastate" nature of the respondents' business, and a nine- page answer to the NLRB complaint were also filed yesterday. The original charge, filed Nov. 24, and subsequent amended charges were made by the ITU local, which has been conduc4ng a strike against the Ann Arbor Press since Feb. 19. The complaint was issued and notice of the hearing was sent to the com- pany after the NLRB had made pre- liminary investigation of the facts. The NLRB complaint, issued by Frank H. Bowen, Regional Director for the Seventh Region, included the following alleged unfair labor practices as ciefined in section 8 of the Wagner Act: Charge Interference 1. Domination and interference since Sept. 1 with the formation and administration of the Independent Association of Ann Arbor Press Em- ployees, Inc., and coercion of mem- bers of that organization on Sept. 22 in the signing of an agreement gov- erning wages, hours and working con- ditions, in violation of subsection 2 of section 8. These charges were flatly denied in the company's answer. 2. Intereference, restraint and coer- cion of employees in their rights to self-organization and collective bar- gaining since Sept. 1 by advising em- ployees that the Ann Arbor Press would close its plant if employees or- (Cnntinned. n PRZ 7 2 Spaniisli RebelcS Make Key Gaiji Loyalists Rally To Prevent IPuslh IInto WBrcelona HENDAYE, France, at the Spanish Frontier, March 29.-411-Spanish Insurgent troops captured t h e heights dominating Lerida today and prepared to storm that "gateway" to Barcelona, government capital. While Lerida's civilian populace fled toward the Mediterranean coast, the Government deseprately rallied its shattered forces to defend the I city against General Juan Yague's ap- proaching army. Conflicting troops were in contact west of the city. Roads leading from Lerida to the coast were clogged with disorganized Government troops hastily reform-, ing for the impending battle, and thousands of civilians scurrying to safety. Insurgent warplanes strafed the troops. The Government sent its interna. tional brigades into the Lerida lines and appealed for new Catalonian re- cruits, General Yague's Insurgents, the Resolution On Child Labor Received Wiith Favor; Debate Waxes Strong Entering the theatre of national is- sues for the first time last night the Student Senate, massed behind its majority leaders, first swung support to theanational Child Labor Amend- ment and then overwhelmingly de- noinced the Vinson Naval Expansion Bill. Turning their attention to the cam- pus, the Senators, in a busy two-hour session rejected group support to the local $1,000 drive for Chinese univer- sities and repeated their refusal to; Prizewinningr Play To Open Four-DayRu 'High Tor' First Showing Scledled For Tonight At Lydia Mendelssolin "High Tor," presented by Play Pro- duction under the direction of Valen- tine B. Windt, will open at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Performances will also be' given Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The cast will consist of 18 students. Major roles will be played by Charles Maxwell, Grad.; Betty Jane Mans- field, '38; Bettie Howard, '40; Ed- ward Jurist, '38; Robert Corrigan, '39 and Truman Smith, '38. Others in the cast will be William Rice, '38; William Halstead, '35; Myron Wallace, '39; Bernard Beno- way, '39E; Clayton Kepler, '38;F Nathan Gitlin, '39; Howard Johnson, '39; Stephen Filipiak, '39; Julius Ep- stein, '39; Ransom Miller, '40; Ed- ward Newman, Grad,; and Victor Schultz, '39. petition the State Department in behalf of Michigan students captured in Spain. Debate on campus elections was cut short by the appointment of a five- man committee under the chairman- ship of Irving Silverman, '38, to study and report on electoral conditions. Phil Westbrook, '40, Carl Viehe, '39, Marvin Reider, '39, and Fred Cush- ing. '38, were named to assist Silver- man. President Tuure Ten dander, '38, and Vice President Alfred H. Lovell, '38, were appointed as Senate mem- bers of the newly-formed campus Peace Council. After 25 minutes of debate the Child Labor resolution rode through by a vote of 24 to 1; Charles Quarles '39, being the lone dissenting member. He voted by proxy. Previous debate on the resolution centered around the argument of Donald Treadwell, '39, that the present amendment, like the "due process" clause invited de- sertion, and might easily be construed to the detriment of parochial schools and farm labor. The majority held that the discretion of Congress was sufficient check against such con- tingencies. On the Naval Expansion question Majority Leader Tenander cited the testimony of naval experts who esti- mate that an effective naval force invading the United States today must boast a fleet double the size of the American navy. The opposi- (Cont!nued on Page 2) Union To Hold Annual Spring Open Reception, T[ I1eature New Exhibits; Free Dancing, Reduced Recreation Roona Fees First Graduate Student Group Formed Here! To Coordinate All Phases Of Men's Athletic, Social Ao d Academic Life To l house Acli viies The first graduate students' coun- cif in any American university was formally organized last night at the Union by 32 graduate representatives from every University department, school and student organization. Coordination of all graduate activ- ities in the various phases of educa- tional, social and intellectual rela- tionships was designated as the moti- vating principle of the organization, according to Ellsworth Raymond, Grad., newly-elected member of the executive council. Other members elected to the ex- ecutive body by the student repre- sentatives were Herbert Weisinger, Alfred Boerner, Stuart Portner, Don- ald Reynolds and Harvey Parke, all graduate students. The center of the council's activ- ities will be the new Horace H. Rack- ham Graduate Building, when that building will be ready for occupancy. With the Graduate Building serv-. ing as the physical focal point and the activities of the newly-formed council acting as the coordinating force, it was felt by the representa- tives that all graduate students would be able to partake more fully of Uni- versity affairs. Definite steps to insure a smoothly working organization were taken last night with the election of Herbert Weisinger, Stuart Portner and Ells- worth Raymond as chairmen of the three functional subdivisions of the executive council. Weisinger, chairman of the com- mittee of intellectual coordination said that his committee would at- tempt to help graduate students to Mansfield Is New Leader Of Assembly Martha Tillhan To Take Post With Ruth Hartnian And Marie McElroy All New Officers Have Beeni Active Betty Jane Mansfield, '39, of Rock- ford, Ill., was chosen as president of Assembly at the regular meeting of the organization held at 5 p.m. yester- day in the Grand Rapids Room of the League. The other newly-elected officers are Martha Tillman, '39, of Kirkwood, Mo., vice-president; Ruth Hartman, '39, of Wascon, O., secretary; and Marie McElroy, '39, treasurer. On Debate Team Miss Mansfield is active on the As- sembly Board and has been a mem- ber of the Varsity debate team for the past two years. She was ticket chairman of this year's Assembly Banquet and is a member of the League theatre-arts committee. A member of Wyvern, junior wom- en's national honorary society, Miss Tillman was chairman of the finance committee for the 1938 Junior Girls Play, She was chairman of the Women's Athletic Association swim- ming meet this year, and a member of the W.A.A. Board. She also be- longs to the house reception and the- atre-arts committees of the League. Intramural Manager Recently selected awards chairman of WA.A. for next year, Miss Hart- mann is the out-going intramural manager of the organization. She is active on Assembly Board, is a mem- ber of the League social committee, was on the decorations committee for this year's Assembly Ball, and a mem- ber of the J.G.P. properties com- mittee. This year Miss McElroy was dec- orations chairman of Assembly Ball, program chairman of the J-Hop, a New Assembly Head The play, written by Maxwell An- I Women will be allowed to enter "'^1 i ^ 'v ^^^A ^t, "'I "n '''n ^" f '' derson, was the recipient of the 1937 Drama Critics Circle Award. This was the second successive prize win- ner for Anderson; the first being "Winterset." Burgess Meredith and Peggy Ashcroft were starred in its{ New York production.# The curtain will be promipt.ly ;. 8:30 p.m., it was stated and no late- comers will be admitted until thet end .of the first scene. Tickets may be purchased at the theatre box of-! fice from 10 a.m, to 6 p.m. daily. WAIRM SPRINGS, G1a., Mairc 29.0 - }-,-President Roosevelt bitt erlyt condemned an unnamed source of op- position to his government reorgani- zation bill today, asserting Senate passage of the measure proved that body "cannot be purchased by or- giaized telegr #isbased on direcl mxisirepreserif hi tioii," Talking to reporters white siti i ug in i "s oper car in front of a plress Ottagi. he repeated the word, 'pmt r- chasedi' when an aide inte