Weather 12 Cloudy; light .howers. Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication mill * ditorial A H eadcach.e For Britain .. . VOL. LI. No. 175 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1941 Z-323 - - PRICE FIVE CENTS 7Workers Harms Named Capt Ouit TJhs Of Nine For Next Y w In Le'aguel Emnploye Resign In Protest Of Act To 'Discharge Willian Cannastra, '43 JIspute Is Caused By WagePetilion By ROBERT SPECKHARD Seven employees of the Michigan League resigned over the week-end in the second episode of a labor dis- pute involving the management and a 'former student employe - William Cannastra, '43, - who claims he was fired because he had intiated a pe- tition asking for wage adjustments. All seven quit their work ir pro- test against League manager, Miss Ruth Goodlander's, action in dis- charging Cannastra last Wednesday, for what she declared was "unsatis- factory" work. Two of the seven - Mr. and Mrs. Lynn C. Smith - held positions as supervisors in the League dining hall where Cannastra worked. They were his immediate supervisors and supported his claim that his work was satisfactory. Petition Circulated The entire dispute began early last week when Cannastra and other em- ployes circulated a petition - drawn up according to NLRB specifications - asking for a wage increase from 35 cents an hour .to a base of 40 cents. Eighty-five names were signed to the petition which Cannastra claims to have read aloud to Miss Goodlander Wednesday morning, due to the fact that she was without her glasses at the time. It was his action in bringing the petition, that Cannas- tra explains as the ieason for his discharge that afternoon. ', Denies Seeing Petition Mis Goodlander, on the other hand, denies having seen the petition, andc1 explains Cannastra's discharge as the climax of a series of complaints about his work. This is the explana- tion she gave to a delegation of Cannastra's fellow employes who came to see her in a body early Thursday afternoon along with Cannastra. She also gave this report to two Daily reporters who met with her later that afternoon. The Daily has been unsuccessful in trying to reconcile the two versions of the story since Thursday's meeting. Miss Goodlander refused once more last night to discuss the matter fur- ther. The Smiths resigned their jobs Saturday evening and five other em- ployes of the League have resigned since in protest of Cannastra's dis- charge. San Francisco' Workers Strike Wave O)f Labor 11DisptS Faces Defense Heads (By The Associated Pr'ss Warehouse workers in the San Francisco Bay area struck yesterday and a two-weeks-old walkout at the Detroit Steel Products Company spread to another plant to delay work on steel window and door sash- es ordered for Army training centers and defense production units. Coming on top of a Sunday strike of 2,200 truck drivers and helpers in the Pittsburgh area, the walkouts confronted defense officials with an apparent new wave of labor disputes at a time when they were talking of a vital need for greater and faster defense prodution. Meantime, the Defense Mediation board began a new government ef- fort to end the tie-up of $500,000,000 of ship construction and repair work in 11 San Francisco shipyards and drydocks. It telegraphed both man- agement and labor at the San Fran- cisco plant of the Bethlehem Ship- building Company to "show their patriotism" by arranging "immediate resumption of production" pending a final settlement of their dispute. The' Board called a hearing for June 9 in Washington on the case. Standout First Baseman George Ruehle Named 'Most Valuable Player' t 1 i) C- i r l i l I V ,-- - - By BUD HENDEL In a meeting late yesterday after- noon Michigan's Conference champi- cnship baseball team elected George Harms, slugging catcher of the Wol- verinesaggregation, captain for the 1942 season.. At the same time first baseman George Ruehle was honored by his teammates, being awarded the acco- lade of "most valuable player" over the 1941 campaign.' Harms, '42, follows in the wake of Bill Steppon, popular Maize and Blue second baseman, who captained tie Michigan nine to the Big Ten title. A native of Detroit, the newly elected Wolverine diamond leader plans to work for a law firm this summer and enter Law School after his graduation next year. He will also play baseball in three "Motor City leagues during the summer va- cation, donning the mask and pads in the Down River, Inter-County and Federation circuits. For the last eight years, the 20- year-old Harms has been'participat- ing in the Detroit leagues. He gave ,up high school ball to play for the American Legion team, his reason being that since the high school club only scheduled seven games and the Legion nine took part in 20 tilts, he would be able to receive more dia- mond experience in the Legion uni- form. This year the Wolverine receiver compiled an enviable batting aver- age of .330 for the entire campaign, while slugging over the .400 clip in' Conference competition. That's quite a record for a little fellow who stands only 5 feet 7 inches and tips the scales at a mere 160 pounds. Harms was the regular catcher for To Give Annual Hopwood Talk Names Of Prize Winners To Be Revealed Friday After Weeks' Address. Winners of $8000 in 1941 Hopwood awards will be revealed to the public and 53 contestants at 4:15 p.m. Fri- day immediately following the annual Hopwood lecture to be given by Ed- ward Weeks, editor of the Atlantic Monthly, in the Rackham Auditorium. Weeks, whose topic will be "On Counting Our Chickens Before They Are Hatched," is author of "This Trade Of Writing" and several well- known essays. He has conducted a radio program for two seasons over NBC networks entitled "Meet Mr. Weeks," and is noted for articles and book reviews which he has contribut- ed to national magazines. Hopwood entrants will have an opportunity to meet Weeks inform- ally in the League after a dinner in his honor to be given by the Hop- wood committee. Major and minor awards will again be given in the fields of drama, essay, fiction and poetry. A special contest for freshman has also been held. Hopwood lectures in the past have been given by suchnoted men of lit- erature as Henry, Seidel Canby, 1940; Carl Van :Doren, 1939; Walter Pri- chard Eaton, 1938, and Christopher Morley in 1939. The importance on the national scene of the Hopwoods has been con- tinually emphasized by the interest which publishers have shown in the contest results. Most recent ot the works published is the novel "Whistle Stop" by Maritta Wolff, winner of the major award in fiction in 1939- 40. 1 l I 1 { 7 i l i 1 GEORGE HARMS Harold Newhouser, Detroit pitcher, during the 1937 and' (Continued on Page 3) Death Call NEW YORK, June 2.-(A Gehrig, great first baseman New York Yankees for 14 yea tonight after two years illne rare disease that everyone himself believed incurable. The "iron horse" of baseb would have been 38 years oldJ passed away at his home in t ence of his wife after a critical only three weeks. He did n consciousness until just befor at 9:10 p.m. The disease which erased from the lineup of the migh kees on May 2, 1939, was di as "amyothropic lateral sc a hardening of the spinal cor caused muscles to shrivel. In Chicago, William H President of the American expressed deep regret at thed Lou Gehrig, one of baseball's est stars. "The passing of Lou Gehri Mr. Harridge, "has remove baseball one of its most belo outstanding players. His cond sportsmanship on and off the field will remain an everlastin ment to his memory," NOTICE Seniors in the Literary will be able to obtain thei mencement announcements 12 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the c of University Hall. in Chief From I Sprea Geriui" M orized Troops Believed To Be In Lalakia With Weygand (By The Associated Press) CAIRO, Egypt, June 2--Syria hut herself off from comuncation with Egypt suddenly and without explana- ^ tion tonight amid growing signs that the French-ruled Middle East state might be the next battle-ground of the war veering eastward from the Mediterranean. German motorized infantry with lorries, armored cars and mobile field guns have landed at the northern Syrian port of Latakia, highly-placed sources in Ankara, the Turkish capi- . tal, said by troop transports arriving starting from the eastern Mediterranean. '38 sea- There was no indication of their num- bers. A broadcast on the Berlin radio wave length said the French High Commissioner of Syria proclaimed a state of siege for the eastern Syrian region bordering Iraq and clamped C down new border restrictions. , General Maxime Weygand, Com- [ mander of French forces in North Africa, arrived at Vichy and conferred ipimediately with Chief of State Mar- ')-Lou shal Petain. of the It appeared likely that his unher- rs, died aided trip to the French provisional ss of a capital was connected with the Syrian except proclamation, a possible precaution against a ' British "get-there-first" all, who maneuver against. the Axis. June 19, Meanwhile, .e ian airports used he pres- by the Germans as way stops enroute span of to aid the now-squelched Iraqi rebels not lose again were the targets of the RAF. e death Other RAF units covered the British retreat from Crete. Gehrig Germans circulated reports that the ty Yan- wily Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, long agnosed a thorn in Britain's side, had arrived lerosis," at the rich Mosul Oil Fields of d which Northern Iraq to reorganize Iraq re- sistance to the British. :arridge, League, death of Aninitg lazGe Bea S s great- Firemen In hot Race ig," said d from NEW YORK, June 2.-(A')-A 16th ved and floor awning of an apartment house luct and caught fire today. Firemen rushed up playing and extinguished it. But by that time g monu- falling embers had ignited a 15th floor awning. Firemen rushed to the 15th floor and extinguished it. By that time College falling embers had ignited a 14th floor d Of War Post On Supreme Court; Ingersoll, PM Head, To Speak Toay AtAD ass Meeting ustice Hughes By DAN BEURMAN Editor of PM and a leader among aid-to-Britain advocates, Ralph In- gersoll will speak at 8:15 p.m. today in the Rackham Amphitheatre on "Whose War Is This?" Ingersoll's address, sponsored by the American Student Defense League, will con- clude the organization's state region- al conference. Ingersoll will .also talk today at 4:30 p.m. in Room 305 Michigan Union on "America At The Cross- roads." This address is part of the ASDL's program of meetings and dis- cussions aimed at "answering the iso- lationists." The faculty advisers, executive committee and guests. of the ASDL will participate in an after-dinner discussion at the Union on "What Kind Of A World Are We Fighting For?" The state conference follows a campus-wide petition drive urging the adoption of convoy protection for American shipments to England. One thousand one hundred signa- tures have been gained so far, ac- cording to Martin Dworkis, Grad, chairman of the ASDL. Ingersoll is well-known through- out the country as a consistent critic of social abuses. Under his guid- ance, PM lias attacked violations of civil rights, both in labor and in government. It has also openly come out against misrepresentation of manufactured products to the con- sumer. Ingersoll's journalistic experience started with a reporter's job on the New York American. Before he Fortune and the New Yorker and had served as general manager of Time, Inc. Author of a recent series of articles RALPH INGERSOLL Resigns To Syria Near Political Situation Is Topic Of Five-Hour Discussion Berlin, June 2.-(/P)-Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini discussed thle "political situation" at Brenner Pass today only a few hours after the Ger- man High Command had put its seal on an announcement of the success- ful conclusion of the bitterly fought battle for Crete. A number of fateful possibilities regarding Africa and the Mediter- ranean area lay before the two rulers, but the announcement of their meet- ing mentioned none of them. The Fuehrer and the Duce, with their respective Foreign Ministers ,Joachim Von Ribbentrop and Count Galeazzo Ciano beside them, talked for five hours "in a spirit of cordial friendship,," r com- from 9 a.m. orridor Firemen rusherL to tie 14th flor and extinguished it. By that Lime fa l*i ing embers, etc. Right on down to the second floor, By that time the firemen didn't have to rush any more, No more awnings. founded PM, he had helped to pioneer based on a Clipper trip to England, Ingersoll has also written the book "In and Under Mexico." Gas Rate Cut Is Expected ByKarpinshi A recent ruling ,of the Securities and Exchange Commission at Wash- ington will, in effect, cause lowering of natural gas rates from 31 or 32 cents per unit, to approximately 20 cents. throughout the state, Prof. Louis C. Karpinski of the University's math department declared last night before the Common Council of Ann Arbor. The Council moved that Mayor Leigh J. Young, or his representative attend a meeting of mayors of cities which will be affected by the gas rate change, to be held June 12. Prof. Karpinski pointed out that this meeting will be held for the pur- pose of seeing that all municipalities using natural gas receive the benefits of the rate reduction. The fact that the unit rate will be reduced for the gas company, Prof. Karpinski went on, does not mean that consumers will automatically get a reduced rate, The ,mayors' meet- ing in Detroit must attempt to see. that the reduction is made, he said. Further reason for a rate reduction, he went on, is that, a new natural gas line will be installed through the state, and the new line, combined with the present one, should mean an in- creased saving in gas costs. Professor Karpinski has been fight- ing for a. reduction. in Michigan gas rates-for several months, and has conferred with Governor Van Wag- oner and other state and city officials during that period on the advisability of reduction of the cost of gas to con- sumers. Requested Of UA W By FodCopany DETROIT, June 2.---P)--The Unit- ed Automobile Workers (CIO) which has contractual relations wit. most of the large automobile manufactur- ers, was asked by a representative of the Ford Motor Company today to ~submit samples of the agreemzents it desires to conclude with the Ford Company. The request was made by Harry H. Bennett, personnel director of the Ford Company at a luncheon meet- ing today at which he was host to R. J. Thomas, UAW-CIO president;{ Atlaln Tn, wnnr C .Tfl nrn.nia.nn, - Authority To Seize Property Sought For Roosevelt Two Vacancies Will Be Filled - BULLETIN - HYDE PARK, N.Y., June 2.- ('P)-President Roosevelt accepted tonight the request of Chief Jus- tice Charles Evans Hughes that he be permitted to retire from the Supreme Court on 'July 1. WASHINGTON, June 2.-('P)- Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes has notified the President that he will retire from active serviceon the bench on July 1, it was stated in administration circles tonight The Chief Justice, in a letter made public by the temporary White House, informed the President that "consid- eration of health and age (he is 79) makes it necessary that I should be relieved of the duties which I have been discharging with increasing dif- ficulty." The President telegraphed Justice Hughes that he was "deeply dis- tressed" by the letter and that it was his "every inclination" to beg him to remain. But he said "deep concern for your health and strength must be paramount." Second Vacancies Created Hughes' retirement created a sec- ond vacancy on the Supreme Court bench unless that caused by the re- tirement of Associate Justice James C. McReynolds is filled 'before July 1. (It was predicted in Washington that Attorney General Robert H'. Jackson would succeed Justice Hughes), With the filling of the two vacan- cies, President Roosevelt will have appointed seven ofth e nine Supreme Court Justices. Senator James F. Byrnes, South Carolina Democrat, has been men- tioned prominently for months as a likely candidate for appointment to the high tribunal. The Chief Justice earlier this af- ternoon refused to comment on re- ports that hewould retire in the near future saying .that any information on the subject "would be appropriate- ly announced in due season." Requested To Quit Work Hughes for some time has been urging the Chief Justice to lay aside active work and devote his remaining days to rest and travel. During today's session of the Court - the last until next October - the Chief Justice did not show the vigor which has heretofore marked his con- duct of the affairs of the tribunal. It is his present intention to re- main in Washington during the re- mainder of the month. Mrs. Eughes has been under medical treatment for some time. If her condition will permit the Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes will then go directly to the ICanadian Rockies, where they spent a part of last summer. Add~cition al Pow ers Sought For FDR WASHINGTON, June 2.-(P)--A request by the War Department that' President Roosevelt be given blanket powers to take over property "of any kind" for defense purposes aroused a mixed reaction tonight on Capitol Hill. Soine legislators expressed quick approval, others indicated opposition, while still others would not comment pending further study. Along with its request, the War De- partment sent a bill to carry it out. The measure, it was made known, had been approved in advance by the President, the Navy and the Office of Production Management. The authority asked was said of- ficially to be more sweeping than that exercised sparingly by President Wil- son in the World War. Whether the legislation might be used to end strikes affecting defense I orders was not stated. It appeared, YsLrder, Melodramia Te Spotlight As 'Ladlies In Retr irmnt' Starts Run I Sabotage Is Htled In Crash Of Bomber After two weeks of comedy, the 1941 Dramatic Season will veer into murder and melodrama as the English mystery play, "Ladies in Retirement," begins its run at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Ruth Gordon, long a noted figure on the stage and more recently a screen favorite, is cast; in the role of Ellen Creed, the iron-willed house- keeper who murders her employer. Supporting Miss Gordon in stellar parts, Mildred Natwick and Doro- thy Blackburn will lend their talents to the characterizations of the mur- deress' imbecilic sisters. Miss Gordon made her theatrical debut in 1915 as Nibs in "Peter Pan," playing with Maude Adams in the old Empire Theatre in New York. Soon after that she went into stock where she met and married the late Gregory Kelly with whom she ap- peared in Booth Tarkington's "Clar- ence" and "Tweedles." 6 a~tr anv' ohilcren" moe nPofa 'greatest mystery play since "Kind Lady",' in collaboration with Edward Percy, doesn't like to call his work a melodrama, although he admits he can't think of a better name for it. The plot, which was taken from a startling real life story, concerns the iron-wiiled housekeeper who murders her benefactress to provide a hope for her two crazy sisters. As in the case of most English murder plays, there is no attempt to fool the aud- ience about the identity of the slayer. The suspense lies in the murderess' battle with her conscience, and in the eff9rts of a sly and disagreeable nephew to ferret out the secret of the bricked-in oven, Eva Leonard-Boyne, who appeared ire this locale recently in William Sar- oyan's "The Time of Your Life," will assume the role of Leonora Fiske, the SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 2.-()- Ellwood Irish To Head A four-motored British Liberator Architecture Fraternity bomber crashed into San Diego Bay today apparently carrying four fliers Tau Sigma Delta, national honor- to death. ary fraternity for architecture and Hints of sabotage received the at- allied arts, initiated the following at tention of the Federal Bureau of In- the last meeing, of the year: Ellwood vestigation after a part of the craft Irish, '41A, Ralph Peterson, '41A, had been recovered.. °'arnl,'1 V1mmim 'a . tTh wU+hiffmrai'~ , ,.,a- . RUTH GORDON ing on the stage, can readily be un-