Weather LY Fair Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication il Editorial Defense Delay Not Labor's Fault . VOL. LI. No. 131 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN,' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS U AW Anger Mounts In Yugoslavia Strike Paralyzes Ford Rouge Plant Teacher Wins Over Problem'Bo y Against Nazi Word Barrage Army Steadily Increasing; Delegation Of Neutrality Is Seriously Considered With Turkey And Russia (By The Associated Press) BELGRADE, April 1.-Additional thousands of Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Montenegrans poured into the cities of Yugoslavia tonight to join the army as popular indignation flared in response to a German press and radio campaign against this king- dom. With German relations in an ex- treme condition, government circles reported that Yugoslavia, Turkey and Soviet Russia were seriously consid- ering a joint neutrality delegation aimed at producing the strongest pos- sible psychological effect. Railway stations throughout the country, however, were jammed with foreigners of a dozen nationalities, all frantic to be on their way. Troops with fixed bayonets stood guard to enforce a government order against panicky evacuation by Yugoslav citi- zens. Most Yugoslavians heeded Premier Dusan Simovic's stern warning to stay at home and prepare to defend their country with their lives if need be, but trains to the south have been jammed in the last few days with both refugees and soldiers. The government issued a restrained denial of German charges that ter- rorism had been unleashed against German residents. Forensic Group Holds Initiation Sigma Rho Tau Inducts hirty-Three Freshmen Thirty-three freshmen were init- iatedinto Sigma Rho Tau, honorary engineering speech society, at a meet- trig of the organization last night in the Union. Among those inducted was E. Marie Sinclair, the first woman ever initiat- ed by the speech group. The other initiates were Karle Beu, Ralph Beuhler, LeRoy S. Brooks, Jack W. Brown, William Buffington, J.'Robert Dangl, Murray Dates, Car- al L. DePriester, Richard Drutowski, Karl Fredericksen and Reid Garver. The list continues with Millard F.; Griffiths, Robert Harvey, Robert G. Heinrich, Paul R. Hildebrandt, Nor- man C. Jimerson, Edmund H. Merz, Wesley Miles, Harry Miller, Jr., Thomas Mueller and Leslie W. Parr. The remaining new initiates in- clude Robert J. Patton, Randall R. Rockwood, Robert F. Royce, Josef Slowik, Richard Spath, Hyman Sterngold, Rodney A. Stiling, S. Che Tang, Mitchell W. Vail, David B. Wehmeyer and Wuin Wright. Dentistry Alumni To Convene Today' For Homecoming1 More than 400 alumni of the Dental School are expected here today for their annual homecoming affair of talks and discussions on problems and techniques of the dental profes- sion. Dr. Stanley Tylman will speak at 10 a.m. in the Rackham Amphithe- atre on "The Newer Uses of the Acry- lic Resins in Dentistry, and Their Limitations." This will be followed by a lunch- eon at the Union where Brig.-Gen. Leigh C. Fairbanks of the United States Army Dental Corps will ad- dress the alumni . I Shown above in a scene from "Remember the Day," which Play Production is opening tonight in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre for a four-day run, are Ollierae Bilby, '41, and Joseph Lynn, '42. Miss Bilby as a school teacher, Nora Trinnell, is just beginning to make friends with Lynn, who plays Dewey Roberts, the worst boy in the class. Because of her knowledge of ships, a subject in which he is tremendously interested, she is able to win his confidence. The play is the last of the current year for Play Production, and is directed by Frederic O. Crandall, of the Department of Speech. Tickets are now selling at the Lydia Mendelssohn box office for 75c, 50c and 35c. Tau Beta Pi Initiates Eighteen Junior, Two Senior, Engineers Dean Reveals Grad School Scholarships Thousand-Dollar Stipends Announced By Yoakum, Also Smaller Awards Announcement was made by Dr. Clarence, S. Yoakum, Dean of th~e Horace H. Rackham School for Grad- uate Studies, of the following fellow- shipsl and scholarships which have been awarded: Predoctoral Fellowships of $1,000 each to: Theodore Berlin, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Helen W. Black, Grosse Point Park; James M. Lafferty, Kalama- zoo; Robert M. Muir, Laramie, Wyom- ing; Guy H. Orcutt, Wyandotte; Frank G. Ryder, Hopkins, Minnesota; (Famee) Lorene Shisler, Tiffen, Ohio; Philip M. Stehle, Stowe Ver- mont; Chad Walsh, Ann Arbor; Max A. Woodbury, Salt Lake City, Utah. University Fellowships amounting to approximately $500 each to: Eu- gene H. Beach, Milford; William M. Boothby, Charleston; Urie Bronfen- brenner, Flushing, N.Y.; Douglas S. Brown, Ann Arbor; Fred R. Cagle, Carbondale, fill.; Helen W. Collar, Mason; Harold S. Courant, Batavia, N.Y.; William M. Cruickshank, Birm- ingham; James S. Duesenberry, Dal- las, Texas; Samuel J. Eldersveld, Mus- kegon; Albert A. Grau, Grand Rapids; and Loyal A. T. Gryting, Bowling Green, Ohio. Also, Phillip M. Harris, Tulsa, Ok- lahoma; William A. Hiltner, Contin- ental, Ohio; William E. Humphrey, Detroit; Harold S. Kemp, Ishpeming; Arthur Klein, Carbondale, Pa.; Wil- liam D. Knight, Beloit, Wis.; Samuel Kushner, Auburn, N.Y.; Murray M. Lipschitz, Newark, -N.J.; Fakhri B. Maluf, Beirut, Syria; Floyd C. Mann, Iowa City, Iowa; and Dorothy I. Mar- quart, Benton Harbor. Also, Kenneth Millar, Waterloo, Ont.; Carroll J. Peirce, New Orleans, La.; Pieter J. Rabie, Koffiefontein, Union of South Africa; Eugene Rab- inowitch, Detroit; Vernon W. Roelofs, Raymand, Minn.; Albert G. 'Selke, Grand Forks, N. Dakota; William Spoelhof, Ann Arbor; David M. Stock- ing, Detroit; Cheng Kwei Tseng, Kul- angsu; China, Morris Weitz, Detroit; John Wynstra, Grand Rapids. University Scholarships with a sti- pend equivalent to first- and second- semester fees to: Dorothy E. Adams, New York, N.Y.; Norman O. W. Adams, Jr., Portsmouth, Va.; Lynn U. Albers, Denver Colo.; Selma Baker, (Continued on Page 2) Beauty Contest Off . 'Technical Difficulties' Eighteen juniors and two seniors in the College of Engineering were initiated into Tau Beta Pi, scholastic honorary society, at the organiza- tion's semi-annual induction banquet last night in the Union. At the samve time honorary badges1 were presented to Virginia Frey, '42E, and Tenho Sihvonen, '41E, making them the fourth and fifth women in the country to become associate members of the society. Principal speaker' at the dinner was Assistant Dean Alfred H. Lovell, who gave an illustrated address discus- Debate Teams View .defense Of Americas! Pan-Americanism has not achieved defense of the Western Hemisphere or created proper economic condi- tions in any of the 21 nations, the University affirmative composed of Matthew Zipple, '42Ed, and Phillip Levi '41, argued in the varsity debate with Morris Brown College yester- day. Robert Brown and L. Sylvester Odon representing the Atlanta school argued that the permanent union ad- vocated by the affirmative for the Western Hemisphere was impracti- cal and has many disadvantages. Social and cultural differences, fun- demental antagonisms and the exis- tenct of non-democratic nations among the Latin American countries would hinder such a project the nega- tive maintained. The very existence of these disadvantages should form the incentive to create a permanent union, the University. affirmative countered. Free trade within the hemisphere would bring about the reallocation of resources, greater military safety for the United States, and a better stand- ard of living throughout the Amer- icas. These were the advantages claimed by the affirmation for their proposal. sing several hydroelectric plants which have been built by the govern- ment in the south and the northwest. Those who were initiated were Charles B. Armstrong, '42E, of Grosse. Pointe; Arthur W. Clifford, '42E, of Schenectady, N. Y.; George D. Got- schall, '42E, of Cleveland Heights. port, and Harper H. Hull, '42E, of Ohio; Grant E. Hagen, '42E, of North- Ann Arbor. Others were Thomas R. Kohler, '42E, of Royal Oak; Joseph O. Lee, '42E. of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Can.; Philip Mandel, '42E, of Nor- wich, Conn.; Robert E. Miller, '42E, of Bradford, Pa., and Kenneth M. Nelson, '42E, of Westfield. N.J. The list continues with Ray B. Powell, '42E, of Lewiston, N. Y.; John S. Pierson, '41E, of Saginaw; Ger- aid Stern. '42E, of Ann Arbor; Nor- man C. Taylor, '42E, of Elmira, N.Y., and Ray A. Tritlen,''42E, of Utica, N.Y. Lloyd Vroman, '42E, of Alpena; Robert T. Wallace, '42E, of Rochester, N.Y.; Donald R. Whitney, '42E, of Trenton. N.J.; Alexander C. Willkie, 42E, of Port Waschington, N. Y., and Leon R: Wosika, '41E, of El Paso, Tex., conclude the list of initiates. Glee Club Soloist ERWIN SCHERDT Name Soloists For Glee Club Spring Concert Erwin Scherdt and Jack Osse- waarde will be soloists of the annual spring concert of the Varsity Glee Club at 8:15 tomorrow in Hill Audi- torium. Scherdt, a student of voice under Hardin Van Dursen of the University School of Music, will take the solo part of "Ballad for Americans" and will sing another solo, "Whene'er You Walk," by Hendel. Scherdt, who resides in Ann Arbor, has become well-known through radio, recital, concert and church appearances. He is soloist in the First Presbyterian Church. Ossewaarde, the accompanist and assistant director of the glee club, will be heard in piano improvisations on any theme that the audience se- lects. He is a graduate student in the School of Music and organist and choirmaster of the First Baptist Chuch. Under the direction of Prof. David Mattern, the club will sing a diver- sified program of male chorus works. Senior Class es Continue Sale Of Programs Sale of commencement announce- ments will be continued today by four of the University's senior classes. The announcements contain a list of University officers, a schedule of the commencement ceremonies and the names of all students graduated. Orders will be taken today by class representatives at the following places : L.S.A.: Angell Hall Lobby, 9 to 12, 2to4. School .of Education: First floor University High School, 1:30 to 4:00. School of Music: Burton Memorial Tower desk. School of Architecture and Design: Representative will see each senior personally. 1 7 Workers Notified To Leave Factory Thomas Calls Strike At 12:15 A.M. Today Following Partial Work Stoppage DETROIT, April 2.-(Wednesday)-(P)-The United Automobile Workers (CIO) early today declared a strike had been authorized at the Ford Motor Company's giant Rouge plant at suburban Dearborn. The announcement was made at 12:15 a.m. by R. J. Thomas, presi- dent of the UAW-CIO, following a partial work stoppage at the Rouge plant which had tied up production last night. "The International Union of the United Automobile Workers has au- thorized a strike of all workers at the River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company," Thomas said. "The strike is to take effect at once." Thomas said all workers had been notified to leave the Rouge plant and report to the union's Ford office to prepare for picket duty. Meanwhile, at a downtown hotel Gov. Murray D. Van Wagoner said he had received "assurance" from Michael F. Widman, Jr., chairman of the with UAW-CIO Ford organizational drive, that "the men will be out of the Date Sq ds plant within the next hour." The governor said he did not know Leave Today whether it was "physically possible" for the men-estimated by union of- " ficial at 20,000-to leave the various ForConvention divisions of the Ford plants within an hour's ftime, but added "that's E t eAt the way it was put to me." Eight Students Will Attend Gov. Van Wagoner was called early National Conference last night by Dearborn city officials f Delta Sigma Rho who requested state troopers to evac- Rho uate from the plant between 7,000 Four women and four men of the andb8,000 workers, whom they de- two varsity debate squads will leave scribeasit-downhtrikers. today to attend the annual national At the time of the strike order, only Delta Sigma Rho Student Congress the fountry and part of the dye shop to be held at the Stevens Hotel in were operating. Chicgo te net for das. Thomas' statement said in part: Chicgo te nxt fur dys."Declaration of the strike at this Jean Maxted, '41, Mary Martha time was forced on the union by the Taylor, '41, Judy de Cordova, '41, FordMotor Company, which has for and Janet Grace, '41, will be the rep- months, up until yesterday (Tuesday) resentatives of the varsity women's engaged in deliberate and continuous squad and Arthur Biggins, '41, Wil- effort to'prevent adjustment of the liam Muehl, '41, Erwin Bowers, '41, Ford Workers' grievances through and John Huston, '41, of the men's means of conferenceand conciliation. teams will also attend. "The company has placed every The group will participate in a obstacle in the way of an immediate legislative assembly and in commit- labor election, although it is obvious tees which will form sills on national that the UAW-CIO speaks for the defense and housing. The't bills will overwhelming majority of its em- be sent to a joint conference com- ployes. mittee and debated in the main as-"On Tuesday the Ford Motor Com- sembly that will resemble a legis- pany deliberately discharged the lative session. chosen spokesman of the Rouge work- Accompanied by Prof. Kenneth ers. It falsely ascribed to the Rouge Hance of the speech department, the workers the attempt to carry on a delegation will attend the official dinner and two luncheons given for sit-down strike. It flouted the re- quest of the Federal government, the students attending from more state and county governments, as well than 40 colleges, as .of the union that leaders of the Miss Taylor and Miss Maxted will UAW-CIO be permitted to enter the participate in the John Marshall Law Rouge plant to request the workers School roundtable Saturday over sta- to leave." The queen is dead. Long live the queen!f And at Michigan, too. Members of the 'Ensian editorial board were obliged to announce yesterday that their proposed contest, to select a campus beauty had been cancelled. "Technical difficulties" were named by Editor John Cory, '41, as the rea- son for the sudden change of plans. : Presidential Seizure Of' Axis Ships Termed Legal By Professor Pre ass By EMILE GELE There is no doubt of the legality of the President's recent seizure of foreign vessels according to United States law, and there is enough pre- cedent to indicate that the seizure is legal by international law, Prof. Lawrence Preuss of the political sci- ence department, asserted in an in- terview yesterday. Reminding that the United States is in an official state of emergency, Professor Preuss cited the Act of 1917 now being enforced, which states: "Whenever the President by procla- tion or Executive order declares a national emergecy to exist by reason of actual or threatened war . . . the Secretary of the Treasury may .. if necessary in his opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or to prevent damage or ed States with Prussia in 1799 which has been taken over by Germany and is still in force. The treaty provides that in time of war or urgent necessity vessels of the contracting parties may be re- quisitioned by the other nation pro- viding there is equitable indemnity. Professor Preuss observed that Bis- marck in 1871 justified the seizure of British vessels by saying, "The case was one of necessity which even in time of peace may render the em- ployment of foreign property admis- sible if proper indemnity is paid." And the British concurred with this decision, he said. "The right of angary permits a nation at war to requisition a foreign private vessel in case of necessity on the payment of adequate compensa- tion." Professor Preuss declared. "and lated the Kellogg Pact by engaging in a war of aggression, Professor Preuss said. "The United States is justified in retaliating to prior illegal acts com- mitted by the Axis nations," he said, "and although the nations protested as expected, they have set precedents themselves -on which the United States can form a good case." Some observers believe the seizure may be to prevent sabotage of Axis vessels for the purpose of obstructing United States ports and possibly the Panana Canal, Professor Preuss stat- ed. "But it is more likely that the ves- sels may be used in sending sup- plies to Britain," he declared. He pointed out that in 1918 the United States seized Norwegian and Danish vessels in American norts tion WJJD on the subject of censor- ship of the press. Hillel Council Elects Moyer New President Aaron Moyer, '43, was elected to the presidency of the Hillel Council at a joint meeting of the old Council and the incoming members elected Friday at the Foundation late yesterday. Robert Warner, '43, was named vice-president and Janet Crone, '43, was elected to serve as secretary for the coming year. Beverly Cohen, '42, newly elected president of the Hillel Players, the president of Avukah, and the editor of the Hillel News automatically take seats on the Council. The new council includes Lois Ar- nold, '43; Janet Crone, '43; Dorothy Davidson, '43; Naomi Ellias, '42; Syl- via Forman, '42; Jack Lewin-Ep- stein, '42; Herbert London, '43; Ro- bert Morrison, '43; Aaron Moyer, '42; Samuel Rosen, '44; Robert Unger, '43; Hadassah Yanich, '42SM. Three new members were named to the Council at the meeting last night through the power of appointment which allows the new Council to se- lect three, added members. Those named were Urie Brofenbrenner, Grad., Martin Dworkis, Grad., and Gloria Donen, '43. A m -.-rnrT flU VfV fl 1 Alllis-Chalmers Pl ant Will Close Today MILWAUKEE, April 1.-()-The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Plant, scene of a three hour battle between the police and strikers in which 48 were injured today, will cease produc- tion tomorrow at the request of Gov- ernor Julius Heil. The order closing the plant-which had been reopened Friday at the re- quest of government officials to speed production on $45,000,000 in defense orders-came following the second outbreak of" violence in the 70-day strike of a CIO local. Governor Heil simultaneously an- nounced that he had wired President Roosevelt that a "mob had created disorders beyond the control of all peace officers which can be assembled by the combined forces of the state, county and city." Elsa- Maxwell Provides Mirth For Audience Elsa Maxwell, society's favorite hostess, proved her mettle as a great entertainer last night as she con- vulsed an Ann Arbor audience with her address on "'The Science of Laughter." Deserihina' her life from birth in Former 'Man Hater' Has Baby Girl Another potential "man-hater" has been born in Ann Arbor. She is seven-pound Karnen Phillips Almdale, born at the Univer-