Weather Snow and not so cold today; tomorrow cloudy and not so warm. Sir igrn dm2mc=mlMmhh..- Ahr AL Editorial Doctos Bils. VOL. XLIX. No. 90 Z-23 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS .. nsurgents Encircle 3arcelona; Flames lage Through City Loyalists Refuse To Quit; Thousands Are Trapped As Bombing Continues Insurgents Urge City To Surrender HENDAYE, Jan. 25 -(P).-- Shell- fire and Spanish Insurgent siege lines within the Barcelona metropoli- tan area were reported tonight to have cut off the last overland escape for hundreds of thousands of refu- gees and a small force left to cover retreat of the Government army. The Insurgents had penetrated Barcelona proper at its southern out- skirts. Insurgent siege lines cut across every highway and railway from the erstwhile provisional capital-except the coast road to the northeast. Since mid-afternoon even that route had been under fire of Gen- eralissimo Francos big guns. Hordes of aged men, women and children trying to use that exit were turned back tonight. Fire In Worker's Section Bomb and shell-shattered buildings in the port section were in flames. Fires licked their way from the work- ers sections in this old quarter of, the city toward the crowded new city section where most of the refugees were housed. More than 500 persons have been killed by aerial and artillery bom-I bardments in the past three days. The only means of communica- tion between Barcelona .and the out- side world was radio. Throughout the afternoon a stream of automobiles, trucks, covered gypsy wagons and even garbage trucks rolled through the northeast gate, braving the Insurgent barrage on the tfall the shelling be- se the stream trickled e Insurgent gunners Insurgents Drop Leaflets Insurgent airmen mixed their i bombs with thousands of leaflets urging Barcelona's last ditch defend-f ers to surrender "to avoid useless bloodshed." While thousands had fled before the Insurgents laid siege to this larg- est city of Spain their places had been taken by other thousands fall- ing back from Franco's offensive across Catalonia. The Government's rearguard force, it was supposed from border advices, was sufficient only to fight a delay- ing action against penetration al ready started by Moorish legion- naires under General Juan Yague. Several hundred foreigners huddled at Caldetas, 25 miles northeast of Barcelona, which has been the seat, of most foreign 'diplomats. Cruiser Rescues Americans The United States cruiser Omaha and destroyer Badger took Americans on board. Fifteen Americans of the 180 in the Barcelona area were tak- en aboard the Omaha through a cur- tain of bombs aimed at Caldetas. The Barcelona radio station defi- antly broadcast the challenge to a finish fight as the Spanish Press JAgency in London reported /"that Socialist and Syndicalist trade union organizations had decided to hurl the joint declaration in the face of Gen- eral Franco's troops. Although the escape of the 2,000,000 inhabitants, refugees and defenders was cut off by troops at the southern outskirts, by converging armies to the west and to the northwest and by a curtain of fire that covered the last coastal highway to the northeast, the broadcast declared: "The taking of Barcelona will not be an easy matter." Rumanian Plot Is Discovered Terrorists Plans To Fire Capital Caught By Police BUCHAREST, Jan. 25-1P)--Police announced today the discovery of a terroristic plot to destroy many build- ings of the Rumanian capital by Bruce Lockhart Talks Tonight At Auditorium Noted British Journalist Will Discuss Current EuropeanDiplomacy By ELLIOTT MARANISS R. H. Bruce Lockhart, noted British diplomat, journalist and author, will talk tonight on the current European diplomatic and political scenes in the fifth lecture of the current Oratori- cal Association Series. Mr. Lockhart's lecture' is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. in' Hill Auditorium. Best known in this country for his book "British Agent," in which he' delineates his experiences in the cha- otic state of revolutionary Russia dur- ing the World War, Mr. Lockhart is equally well acquainted with other aspects of European history. His book "Retreat From Glory," deals with the intrigues of post-war Middle- Europe, and his most recent book "Guns or Butter," is a comprehen- sive account of the problems besetting the various European countries. Theinteresting thing about "Guns1 or Butter" is that it was finished be-' fore the Munich crisis, yet so acute were Mr. Lockhart's observations that the subsequent turn of events ap- peared in the nature of a prophecy fulfillment. Most American reviewers of the book have expressed the opin- ion that it is even keenr and more' penetrating than "British Agent." Senates Vote On Relief Bill W111 Be Close President's Appropriation Request To Be Decided By Five Or Six Votes WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-(P)-In the opinion of Senate leaders the question whether the Senate would sustain President Roosevelt in his re- quest for a work relief appropriation of $875,000,000 rested tonight upon the votes of some five or six members. So close was the expected vote, that both sides, claiming victory by a narrow margin, nevertheless re- doubled their efforts to swing hesi- tant Senators to their way of think- ing. Less than two hours were devoted to debating the subject, the brief dis- cussion producing reiterated charges of mistakes in the estimates of relief needs submitted by President Roose- velt and Col. F. C. Harrington, head of WPA. Senator Barkley (Dem.-Ky.), the majority leader, replied that he had received letters from Harrington and the budget bureau "confirming" the figures presented, and clarifying what had been described as a dis- crepancy of $292,000,000 between the books of the Treasury and of WPA. He said he would disclose the con- tents of the letters tomorrow. The issue before the Senate was whether it should appropriate the $875,000,000 asked by the President or $275,000,000 voted by the House and approved by the Senate Approp- riations Committee. The money is in- tended to finance WPA from Feb. 7 to the end of the fiscal year, June 30. The Senate Committee's bill provides that not more than five per cent of the present WPA enrollment shall be dropped before April 1. The debate found Senator Pepper (Dem.-Fla.) and Senator Byrnes (Dem.-S.C.), a leader in the battle for the committee's bill, engaged in a controversy over how many WPA workers would have to be laid off under the lower appropriation. Pep- per estimated the number at some two million, Byrnes at about half that amount. Martin Quits CIO Board; Scores Lewis Lewis And Hillman Reply; Announce Martin Firled From Both Positions Former UAW Head Turns To Workers NEW YORK, Jan. 25-(P)-Homer Martin, storm center of a fight with- in the United Automobile Workers of America, charged tonight that CIO1 chieftain John L. Lewis was adopt- ing the methods of his "Stalinist allies" and splitting the forces of labor by "dictatorial policies." His personal broadside at Lewis was included in a letter to the presidenti of the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations, in which Martin resigned from the CIO executive board because,1 he said, he could "no longer subscribe1 to the policies and tactics to which you and your representatives have- resorted." Martin, "deposed" yesterday by the CIO as president of the Auto Work-, ers Union, insisted he was still presi- dent of the International Union and said an "overwhelming majority"-i 300,000 or more of the 400,000 mem- bers-were behind him in his fight with the "majority clique" of the UAW executive board.] Martin's attack on Lewis brought; a prompt reply from Hillman and Murray, who declared in a joint statement that his letter of resigna- tion was "further indication of the1 haphazard, irresponsible methods he1 had employed in his relations with; the members of the UAW, with thee officials of the CIO, and with thet automobile manufacturers." "He reveals the same dictator-; mania," the statement added, "which was responsible for the contract vio- lations which have occurred at times; and for the almost continuous bick- ering in the official family of the auto union. "It should be clear that the UAW is not severing its relations with the CIO, but only that Homer Martin is; deserting both the UAW and the CIO. Of course, he cannot resign from the executive board of the CIO. He is no longer a member. Seventeen members of the UAW board, acting under their constitution, have sus- pended him from office and divorced him of the right to call himself a spokesman of the auto union." Amendments To Labor Act MeetSupport Senate Will Consider 16 AFL Suggestions For ChangingWagner Act WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -M)- Signs developed in Congress today of widespread support-and some op- position-for an American Federation of Labor proposal to give employers and craft unions more rights under the Wagner Relations Act. Congressional critics of the Labor Relations Board and of the CIO gen- erally applauded the 16 Wagner Act amendments introduced for the AFL by Senator Walsh (Dem.-Mass.). For at least one of the proposals, providing that employers as well as employes might petition the Labor Board to conduct elections for the purpose of settling union represen- tation disputes, extended to the ranks of strong Adin mistration backers. Senator Pepper (Dem.-Fla.), who was renominated last year with Roosevelt support, told reporters he was inclined to favor this amendment and would give very careful study to the other proposals. From Senator Thomas (Dem.- Utah), Chairman of the Senate Labor Committee and generally an Admin- istration supporter, came a state- ment that hiscommittee would con- duct hearings upon the legislation if Walsh desired them. Snow-Laden Gales Hit Coastal States; Several Lives Lost (By ,Associated Press) Gales driving inland from the At- Dr. Fishbein Hits Federal Health Plans Dr. John Peters Declares Organization Of Medics Obstructs Cooperation Conflicting Views Voiced By Leaders CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-(AP)-Conflict- ing views on the social aspects of medical care were voiced tonight by two leaders in the field of medicine. Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical As- sociation, declared: "America cannot exist with its medical profession enslaved to make a politicians' holiday." Dr. John P. Peters of Yale Univer- sity-secretary of the Committee of Physicians for the Improvement of Medical Care, a group which once accused the A.M.A. of "standpatism" -asserted: Middle Class Needs Attention "Some method must be devised by which the great mass of our middle class population may secure the medi- cal attention they require without be- ing subjected to indignity." He said organized medicine "Ac- tively combats attempts of physicians and laymen to experiment along new lines for the organization of medical services on a ,cooperative basis." Their addresses were prepared for delivery before the Chicago Hospital Council two days after the Interde- partmental-Committee's report-pro- posing compulsory health insurance among other things-was sent to Congress by President Roosevelt for careful study. "Compulsory sickness insurance," said Dr. Fishbein, "must inevitably result in a deterioration of the qual- ity of medical service," and prove a step toward a "fascistic or communis- tic" system, Retain Initiative, Fishben Says "Compulsory insurance," said Dr. Peters, "is damned on the basis of European expgrience without mention' of the fact that in almost every in- stance it was adopted only after bitter experience with voluntary in- surance. I admit that immediate nation-wide imposition of compulsory insurance would probably be unwise. But I have no faith at all that volun- tary insurance would solve our prob- lems." "We have made progress by retain- ing individual initiative," Dr. Fish- bein maintained. "If that initiative is destroyed, progress will cease and the dry rot and deterioration inevit- ably associated with jobholding under political domination will set in." "To suggest that those who receive salaries work less efficiently than those who receive fees for service is to slander 80 per cent or more of our population," opined Dr. Peters. "It is a travesty upon the ideals of medicine to insist that the cdremony of direct transfer of cash from patient to physician preserves the sanctity of persona relations." Flight Training Plan Explained Swell Reported Casualties City Of 40,000 Destroyed In I Natators Shatter 15 Records; Squelch Michigan State 67-17 Haynie, Wililams, Haigh Help Better American Marks In Mile Relay By MEL FINEBERG Michigans swimming team shat- tered 15 American records and then went on to give Michigan State a 67-17 lacing in a dual meet last night at the Intramural Building Pool. The meet with the Spartans was important only in that it proyided en excuse for Matt Mann to point a gun at records in the breast stroke of from 800 yards up to one mile and in the back stroke from 600 yards up. The Spartans were able to sal- vage no first place and only one ;econd place in the entire nine events -and they garnered four points in 'he 100-yard free-style only because Tom Haynie was the only Wolverine entrant in that event. Johnny Haigh started the breast strokers off in the right direction when he went his 200 yard lap in 2:27.5, faster than his 200 in the Ohio State meet last Friday. Johnny Share- met, a freshman, took over where Haigh left over by going the distance in 2:36.3. Then Tommy Williams, a free- styler on the frosh squad, made some record cracking a virtual certainty' when he negotiated his lap in 2:34.9. At this point, all Capt. Tom Haynie had to do was complete his leg in 2:57 to break the American record for 800-. yards. So Haynie, an all-around swim- mer who holds the record for the 150-yard individual medley, turned in a neat 2:33 to pull the 1939 edi- tion of the Wolverines 21.1 under the old record. From there on, Michigan didn't miss a chance to crack a mark. Var- sity man Ed Mack did 2;41.4 and the 1000-yard record was bettered by 22.2 seconds. Ed Hutchens turned in a surprising 2:44.6 leg, brought the time Ontario Aggies Rally To -Beat Wolverines, 4-3 Hockey Team Folds Up As Visitors Garner Three Tallies In Last Period By NEWELL McCABE Before a crowd that might well have fitted around one table of an important chess game Ontario Aggies hockey team put on a three point rally in the final period oflast night's contest to hand the Wolverine sex- tet their third straight defeat 4 to 3. Coming onto the ice in the fatal last period Michigan held a safe 3 to 1 margin, and in the previous periods it seemed that when the demand was great enough the Wolverines could garner a tally. As the game entered its closing minutes Coach Eddie Lowrey's hock- ey sextet folded up. In the course of the evening the Wolverine defense had been showing up a slight bit bet- ter than in any of their former-games, however they were the first section to whither away into an unobtrusive group. With the game pretty well in the bag, from everyone's standpoint ex- cept the visiting team, Smith, on a pass from Packman flipped the puck past "Spike" James for the Aggies second score. Three minutes later with one man in the penalty box McCullough and McGovern put on a power play which ended in another tally for the Ontario sextet and at the same time tied up the game. Less than a minute after this tying point was made and still playing a man short McGovern picked the puck up in center ice and burned it past James. This finaly tally changed the scene from a sure Wolverine victory to the third consecutive defeat of the hrMA- ia am_ --Daily Photo By Bogle Hal Benham, Michigan swimmer, is shown as he broke the American breast stroke record for the mile in a time trial last night preceeding the Michigan State meet. This rec- ord was one of 15 in both back and breast stroke to fall last night. up to 15:36 and the four year old mark was bettered by 32.8 seconds, Freshman Bob Johnson did his 200- yards in an even 2:50 and the records were falling like Ann Arbor rain. Bob Newton erased the 1600-yard mark when his 2:37.6 lap made the Wolverines 44.6 seconds under the old mark and then varsity diver Hal Benham finished the job with a 2:02.2 160-yard leg to make the final time for the mile 23:06.4, 57.2 seconds (continued on Page 3) Albion Students Fight Removal Of Journalist Staff And Student Council Resign 'In Battle For Freedom Of The Press ALBION, Jan. 25.-(Special to The Daily)-Members of the Student Council and the student newspaper "Tleied" of Albion College resigned their positions last week because of the refusal of the school administra- tion to reinstate George Dewey, ed-- itor-in-chief of the paper, after he was removed for an editorial criticiz ing smoking restrictions for women. More than 600 students petitioned the Publications Council, composed of four students and two faculty men, for Dewey's reinstatement. The board voted in favor of Dewey, but met with adamant refusal by school authori- ties. Dewey was also deprived of jour- nalism credit. Reports from Albion asserted that motives behind this issue was a de- mand on the part of the students for a free press. Reports were prevalent that the student body would picket on registration day unless Dewey is reinstated. Dewey, the son of a supervisor of the Grand Rapids Distrtct of Metho- dist Churches, was removed by Pres- ident John L. Seaton. Traffic Course To Be Initiated School To Offer Credit For Class In Safety The University is planning to keep in the vanguard of higher education with the introduction of a full course in traffic safety training, it was an- nounced yesterday. Full credit will be given for the work, which will be part of the regu- lar curriculum. The class will prob- ably have its premier during the 1939 Summer Session. Work will be especially designed for regular school teachers returning for graduate work, education stu dents and those studying to be traf- Chillan And Conquenes Are In Ruins As Airplanes Rush Help To Victims Food And Supplies Desparately Urgent SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 25-(P)-- The "complete destruction" of Chil- lan, a city of 40,000 inhabitants in widespread midnight earthquakes was reported today as military avia-' tors tried to check other reports that 2,000 were killed in the Concepcion area. Official estimates were'that at least 1000 persons were killed and more than 400 injured, exclusive of the Chillan casualties which were re- ported by a Chilean army flier who flew low over the city. Cauquenes, a city of 6,500 popula- tion famous for its mineral springs, was officially reported largely in ruins, with the inhabitants camping in the streets. Pilot Reports Devastation The number of victims was not known, but was believed large. The ity is 60 miles south of Santiago. The National Air Line issued a com- munique, based on a report of a pilot who flew over Chillan, 220 miles south of Santiago, which said that only three houses appeared habitable in 144 city blocks. The pilot said he could see a large number of injured lying on the ground and a house converted into a hospital. The dead were being buried in large ditches dug in streets converging on the plaza where there were several piles of bodies, he reported. A decree of the Minister of In- terior placed all radio broadcasting stations under military control with strict Prohibition against broadcast-, ing any information concerning the earthquake except official bulletins. The licenses of a number of ama- teur stations also were suspended. Since telegraph and telephone lines already were out of commission the order greatly restricted sources of in- formation. shocks Hit Along Coast -Chillan is 220 miles south of San- tiago, the capital. Concepcion, a city of 77,000, is 250 air miles south of Santiago. The shocks spread panic through a 400-mile strip along the Chilean coast and eastward 75 miles across the country. The first of the series of quakes was felt in Santiago at 11,35 P.m. No damage was done here. In ether cities the shocks lasted more than aminute. The mayor of Concepcion sent the following message to the government: "Situation most serious as a result of the earthquake. Unable to state num- ber of casualties but many hundreds, probably thousands. Require food and medical aid. Desperately urgent." Three army planes hastened to Concepcion to survey the damage. All planes available here were command- eered for relief and survey work. The government used trains, boats and airplanes to rush doctors, nurses and medical and food supplies to the stricken area. A form of martial law was ordered in Concepcion and the nearby coastal city of Talcahuano. Communication Lines Down Officials were hampered by brok- en communication lines in efforts to get information on the disaster. Trains proceeded slowly because of quake-weakened roadbeds. President f Pedro Aguirre Cerda, several cabinet nembers, 40 physi- cians and 70 nurses left Santiago aboard a special train. Pan-Ameri- can-Grace Airways, which serves the western coats of South America, put all its surplus equipment in Chile at the disposal of relief workers. A Pan-American-Grace plane left for Concepcion with government offi- cials and medicines. (Pan-American-Grace and Pan- American Airways offices in New York received messages that 2,000 persons had been killed in Concep- cion.) Redlich Will Talk ITo. Chemists Today Chile As Earthquakes Airport Manager Before Flying Speaks Club More than 100 students turned out for the University Flying Club.meet- ing last night to hear George M. Downs, manager of the Ann Arbor airport, explain the CAA flight train- ing plan to be inaugurated at the University Jan. 31, pending approval of the Board of Regents. The Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor air- ports submitted a combined bid to the federal government, concerning the cost of using these grounds for the training place for University stu- dents, Mr. Downs said. All students in good physical con- dition, are eligible candidates, Mr. Downs asserted, except those who al- ready have private pilots' licenses. Next year, he said, students who have received their pilot's license on light craft, will be moved up to the heavier machine division, until at the end of four years they will have sufficient experience to qualify for commercial flying or flight instruc- tion, under the proposed plan. It is expected that the Board of Regents will act upon the opportunity to receive flight instruction -at the University within the next few days.