Weather Ran, it tgrnx %ahil; Editorial Post-War Conference Should Be Supported. VOL. LIL No. 147 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942 Z-323 PRICE FIVE, CENTS McMahon To Give Talk At Post-War Bill Cain Pitches Team To 13-1 Win Over Terps Netmen Open Season With 7-2 Victory Over State; Capture Five Singles, Two Douhles Matches Japanese Forces Invade Conference Today I Larg U.S.- 1 Philippine Island, W- Three Panel Discussions Scheduled Tomorrow; To Discuss Peace Plans Ruthven, Kingsley To Address Group Planning for the peace will begin in earnest here today and tomorrow as students, faculty members and townspeople attend the Michigan Post-War Conference to listen to na- tionally famous speakers and to dis- cuss among themselves problems per- taining to post-war reconstruction. Dr. Francis McMahon of Notre Dame University, Prof. J. Donald Kingsley of Antioch College and Pres- ident Ruthven will keynote the Cpn- ference at the general meeting sched- uled for 8 p.m. today in Rackham Auditorium. The second half of the program- three discussion sessions-will begin at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union. Emphasizing open discussions of ideas gained at the previous meeting and any others which are introduced, the sessions will be divided into econom- ic, political and sociological panels. MMahon To Speak Setting the general tone of the Conference, Dr. McMahon will speak on "The Fight For Freedom." He has long taken part in the fight he is going to speak about and has gained national attention as one of the most outspoken opponents of Father Charles Coughlin's "Social Justice." In a recent statement he de- nounced the publication for its "ill- disguised hatred for a people sub- jected to almost unbelievable agony in large parts of the world. I am ashamed that such a publication finds a welcome In the homes of some Catholics." The other visiting speaker-Pro- fessor Kingsley-will speak on "The Strategy of the War and the Peace." Well known atthor and editor, Pro- fessor Kingsley is editor of the Anti- och Review, frequent contributor to the Nation, Free World and New Statesman, and has written three books. He is also a member of the Cen- tral Committee of the Union for Democratic Action and is active in the Institute of Democratic Recon- struction. Ruthven To Speak On Youth President Ruthven has often ex- pressed his intense interet in post- war problems and in the part youth shall take in establishing the "new society which will surely come after this war is over." He is particularly concerned with the responsibility of the college and university of today in preparing for the peace and will con- centrate upon this subject in his speech. The three discussion sessions to- morrow are as follows: 1. Can we establish world-wide economic democracy?. 2. Can international politics be or- ganized to safeguard the peace of the future? 3. Can we overcome social and psy- chological insecurity? Each panel is to be led by a quali- fied graduate student in the various fields. Although emphasis will be on student discussion and debate, there will also be a few faculty men present to act in the capacity of advisers and experts. Students On Panel Donald Knight and Daniel Suits, graduate students, are scheduled to direct the economics panel, while Prof. Arthur Smtihies of the econom- ics department will be the faculty member. The second panel-on internation- al politics-will be led by E. W. Mill, Grad., who has spent the past year' visiting national and international conferences on the war and on naval strategy. Paul Lim-Yuen and Nelson Pal- mer, graduate students, are sched-, weld to direct the panel on sociology. Cook Seeks To Unseat j Regent By Court Actionj LANSING, April 16.-(T')_-Frank-a lin M. Cook, Hillsdale, defeated can- didate for University of Michigan] Regent in the April election a yearI ago, today began litigation in the Conference Speakers . . . DR. McMAHON , , , (Special to The Daily) By HAL WILSON COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 16- Michigan's touring baseball team un- leashed a 21-hit slugging barrage to go with sophomore Bill Cain's five hit hurling masterpiece here today against Maryland for its first win of the 1942 campaign. A Mr. Bob Smith, starting pitcher for the Terrapins displayed a pitch- ing finesse no fancier than his name. He had "a slow'ball and a slower ball. Neither deceived the Wolverines and after the first inning they scored in every frame but the eighth, although the Terps eventually tossed three more hurlers on the mound. Contlues Hitting Spree Meanwhile Wolverine sophomore Cain displayed remarkable control in his first collegiate performance. He scattered the five blows, all singles, over as many innings and didn't al- low a single walk. The lone time the Terps dented the plate was un- earned, as third baseman Ernie Tra- vis reached first on an error. Center fielder Dan Boothe forced Travis at second on a fielder's choice, stole sec- ond and scored on Jack Brenner's centerfield single. To list the Wolverine hitters would be to list the box score. Everyone hit -and hit hard. Sophomore outfield- er Paul White got in the first telling France Raided In Huge RAE Daylight Foray British Bonibers, Fighters Swarm Over Channel For ThirdStraight Day LONDON, April; 16.-(/P)-RAF planes by the hundreds swarmed across the Channel today to blast at N8. soccupied rance and ,arry o. the British non-stop offensive in what appeared to be the greatest mass daylight sweep by either Brit- ain or Germany in this war. The Air Ministry disclosed that more than 400 fighters alone took part in the day's onslaught. In addi- tion, bomb-carrying Hurricanes took part in two attacks, and in others clouds of fighters escorted American- made Boston (Douglas) bombers, Five Axis fighters were shot down; two British planes failed to return from the daylight forays, aimed at such targets as the power stations and docks at the great port of Le Havre, the railway sidings and black- ened piers of Dunkerque. In the Channel a 200-ton German motor torpedo boat was raked by cannon and machrine-gun fire by a British pilot who dived until his plane al- most touched the waves. The Bostons scored four direct hits on Le Havre power station, the Air Ministry said, and their bombs also hit dock gates, barges and a ware- house in operations described offi- cially as "superb." Spitfire fighters made a final sweep over the Channel just before dark and probably destroyed a Focke-Wulf 190, in addition to the five Germans destroyed earlier. People on the Kentish coast said the roar of the British planes eclipsed that of the German Air Force at the height of the Battle of Britain. blow in the thid frame when he loftedhthe ball ar over the right fielder's head and scored behind Don Robinson and Bob Stenberg who had singled. Capt. George Harms, Wol- verine backstop, duplicated with a circuit clout to deep left in the fifth inning with the sacks empty. Cain Displays Control Robinson collected his seventh hit in two games as he added three sin- gles and a double in four trips to yesterday's three for five perform- ance. Two of Robbie's safeties were on drag bunts, which gives him a record of five safe bunts. Other Wol- verine standouts at the plate were Bill Cartmill who replaced White in the sixth, with two singles and a triple in three times at bat. He scored Turn to Page 3, Col. 1 Nesters Win Initial Match Frouri Michigan State, 7-2 By DICK SIMON Playing in a tricky wind, Michigan's veteran net squad picked up where it left off last year and successfully opened the 1942 s'eason yesterday by beating a hard-fighting Michigan State team, 7-2, on the new Har-Tru courts at Ferry Field. Sweeping through five victories in the singles matches and two wins in doubles, the Wolverine netters were forced to three sets in almost every match, and as a result the fracas 'lasted five hours. Jim Porter, playing in the number two singles spot, and Co-Capt. Wayne Stille, holding down the third singles position, were the only Maize and Blue men to capture wins in straight sets, and even Stille had a battle on his hands before he finally downed . State's sophomore Johnny Kline, 6-3, 10-8. Porter Defeats Maxwell Porter's match with Bill Maxwell was a well-played one, but Porter's left-handed serves and right-handed strokes were too much for his ambi- -dextrous opponent, and he won 6-4, 6 3. .Stille's la t et was an up-hill struggle all the way, with the "Duke" being behind 7-8 before he came through to victory. Co-Capt. Lawton Hammett, who took over the top singles slot, eked out a well-earned triumph over State's captain, Frank Beeman, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. The Spartan leader didn't give Hammett much of a chance to bring his net play into action,sand Lawt was forced to confine most of' his point-getting to well-placed base- line shots. The best singles matches of the Turn to Page 3, Col. 2 Downey Asks Auto Seizpure Act For U.S. WASHINGTON, April 16. -.(.. The government would be authorized to seize any private automobile in the land under a bill introduced today by Senator Downey (Dem.- Calif.) Warning that there won't be enough rubber to keep anything like the present total of 30,000,000 auto- mobiles operating, Downey called for action now to assure future transpor- tation for war workers, for the mail and other services. Some 10,000,000 cars should be re- moved from the roads and placed "in a vast pool to meet a serious trans- portation crisis we can expect within' a year or so," he said. Officials at the Office of Price Ad- ministration said that Downey's mea- sure was introduced without the knowledge of that organization, and that Price Administrator Leon Hen- derson indicated he had no present plans for commandeering passenger cars or tires. But they said the Cali- fornia lawmaker was "quite right" in asserting there would not be enough natural or synthetic rubber to keep 30,000,000 cars on the road. Severing Of Relationship With Laval-Dorninated Governient Imminent Policy Statement Likely Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, April 16. -(P)- The United States will not attempt to maintain normal diplomatic rela- tions with a Vichy Government dom- inated by Pierre Laval, an authorita- tive source disclosed tonight. Whether this means merely the re- call of Ambassador William D. Leahy or a complete rupture of diplomatic relations was not revealed. It was emphasized, however, that this gov- ernment could not regard any cabinet headed by Laval as anything but a regime pledged to collaborate fully toward a German victory, Similar To Berlin Case There has been no official an- nouncement of United States policy toward the new Vichy government and there is not likely to be until to- morrow. It was considered possible in well informed quarters that the German precedent might be followed -that is Ambassador Leahy could be recalled and a charge d'affaires left in Vichy until the government there chose to break off all diplomat- ic contact with this country. It will be recalled that the United States Embassy in Berlin was not closed until Germany declared war on the United States.' French Ambassador Gaston Henry- Haye, who called on Acting Secre- tary of State Welles to communicate his government's rejection of an American note describe. in Vichy Tuesday as insulting in tone, denied that he had received instructions to return to Vichy. He said he still hoped normal relations might be maintained, but admitted he could not forecast "the American reaction." Meanwhile highly authoritative sources indicated the United States is prepared to act quickly in defense of its own interests if Laval embarks on any' adventure menacing the ,security of this country. Fleet May Act There is reason to believe, accord- ing to these sources, that Laval plans to put the French fleet into action, not openly as part of the German war machine but as an independent force fighting to recapture French territories now in the hands of the Free French. Henry-Haye told reporters he still hoped that diplomatic relations could be maintained. Asked bluntly if he was being re- called by his government, Henry- Haye replied he had not received any such instructions yet. He declined to comment on the probable policy of the new Vichy' government. He said that was some- thing which must be announced by the government itself. Meeting newspapermen early in the day, Sumner Welles, acting Secretary of State, said that recent efforts to hasten evacuation of American citi- zens from Vichy were part of a long- standing campaign to get United States citizens home out of the war zone.- Gridiron To Airlane PRESIDENT RUTHVEN Blood Pledged By Volunteers Holmherg Announces Plan For Accelerated Drive Almost doubling Wednesday's to- tal, 28 volunteers registered for the second Red Cross blood drive yester- day as plans for a more extensive campaign next week were announced by director Edward Holmberg, '43. Today's registrants raised the to- tal for the first four days of the drive to 95, and registration will continue from 2 to 5:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Union through Saturday. All volunteer who have been notified are reminded that donations will be taken from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the Women's Athletic Building. A campus booth is. planned for the drive next week when drive officials will attempt to fulfill their goal of 1,000 registered reserve donors. Vichy Split Foreseen Bob Westfall, fullback, captain and All-American on Michigan's football team last year, enlisted in the Army Air Corps yesterday. Just when Westfall will begin training cannot be determinedbut it will probably be immediately. Japan Sends Burma Army FreshTroops Nipponese Try To Take Entire Northern Area Before Rainy Season CHUNGKING, China, April 16.- (A')-The Japanese were pouring fresh divisions which may total up- ward of 80,000 men into the Burma campaign tonight and expending am- munition on a vast scale in a massive attempt to complete the conquest of the Kipling country and shut China off from the United Nations before the May monsoon gives the nearly exhausted defenders relief. In the last four days RAF recon- naissance planes have spotted 40 Japanese troopships off Rangoon, all presumably carrying reinforcements for the Burma battle, and there were some reports that these involved 51 / divisions, (Earlier estimates have placed the strength of the Japanese force already in Burma at three di- visions; thus if the 51/2 division es- timate is correct the total force in- volved could approach 150,000.) Already, in the middle of Sittang River sector of the battlefront, one of the two held by parts of the Chi- nese fifth and 6th armies under U.S. General Joseph W. Stilwell, the Jap- anese were throwing between 2,000 and 3,000 shells a day into the main Chinese positions, now established north of Thagaya, a Japanese-occu- pied tow nsome 30 miles north of Toungoo. Official spokesmen said the Chi- nese lines above Thagaya now were stabilized. - Nipponese Troops Occupy Panay Under Protection Of Ship,_Aircraft Fire U.S. Planes Retaliate From Hidden Bases WASHINGTON, April 16. -(Al)- The Japanese, driving to extend their control over the Philippines, landed in force today on the island of Panay. Protected by gunfire from war ships and supported by aircraft, an invasion force of about 8,000 men poured ashore from eight transports near Iloilo and Capiz, the War De- partment announced in a late day communique. Panay, fourth island of the archi- pelago with an area of 4,448 square miles, also is one of the richest. Its capital, Iloilo, had a population be- fore the war of more than 88,000, making it the fifth city of the Phil- ippines, and one of the seven ports of entry from the commonwealth. Iloilo was, too, Fbout the last impor- tant city not occupied. Seven Islands Invaded With the assault on Panay the Japanese now have landed troops on seven of the major islands. Luzon, on which Manila is located and where the battle of Bataan was fought, was the first objective of the invasion. Others on which the enemy have es- tablished themselves are .Mindoro and Masbate, immediately south of Luzon, Cebu, like Panay one of the central group of islands, and Min- danao and Jolo in the south. On some of these, however, notably Mindanao, their control extends only to a lim- ited coastal region. The size of the defending army on Panay, composed of units of the Philippine Army, was not disclosed but Lieut.-Gen. Jonathan Wain- wright reported that it was "in con- tact with the enemy." Details of the- fighting were not available, he said. Mindanao Action Wainwright added that units of his command were keeping up their aggressive action on Mindanao, and had inflicted substantial losses on the Japanese near Dgos, Moncaya, and Zamboanga. The big guns of Corregidor and other Manila Bay island frts Pound- ed enemy artillery positions in Ba- taan and on the Cavite shore of the bay, Wainwright reported, adding that the result was "a noticeable de- crease in enemy artillery fire during the past thirty hours." American Planes Spread Destruction In Philippines U.S. ARMY HEADQUARTERS in Australia, April 16. - (R) - Proving that the Philippines are not yet lost, it was disclosed today that the Amer- ican bombers which spread destruc- tion and dismay among the Japanese early this week used a secret, fighter- guarded base deep in those islands and provisioned it in expectation of returning again and again. Ten B-25's and three B-17's made the raid. One B-17 was destroyed on the ground by the Japanese, but its crew of 10 was brought back in the other planes along with 34 soldiers and civilians who had made their way out of such places as Corregidor and Bataan. The unfolding story of the 4,OQO- mile American exploit showed clearly that it was only an opening, though highly-effective, step in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's promised campaign to drive the Japanese out of the Philip- pines. Australian Prime Minister John Curtin hailed the exploit of Brig.- Gen. Ralph Royce and his men as indication that the war tide was turning against the Japanese. Aldridge Is Named Cheer-Leader Head "Time" having been called on Michigan's 1941-42 cheerleading sea- son, plans for the forthcoming year were announced yesterday when Lin- coln Aldridge, '44E, was selected to captain the yell-leaders' squad. Aldridge, who succeeds "Bud" Keetch, '42E, as head cheerleader, recive tis D inntent after hsv Challenge To Student Body:. Petitioning For Ballot Positions In Senatorial Race Is Opened Bombs May Fall In Michigan: State Air Raid Chief Asks City To Assume War esponsibilities By DAN BEHRMAN Between 3 and 5 p.m. today the University student body will be given a chance to disprove the charges of apathy and lack of interest which have been hurled at its representa- tive student government, At that time and between 2 and 4 p.m. tomorrow, candidates' peti- tions for bajllt posts intsHe April 24 Student Senate election will be taken in Room 220 in the Union. Five p.m. Monday is the final deadline for all prospective senators. There are no restrictions on class, gender, or affiliation in this petition- ing. Every man and woman on cam- pus with an eligibility card, 25 sig- natures on a petition and one dollar for a registration fee is able to run student government. The newly- elected body will be a policy-making unit, with all administrative func- tions delegated to a spearate staff. By dropping the time-killing work of committee organization and ad- ministration, the senate is in the most favorable position in its his- tory. It now stands as the reinforced refuge of representative government on campus. When present members of the sen- ate sealed the death warrant of their past unwieldy organization, they also waived any claims to positions in the new body. The April 24 election will choose nine men and women who will enter the senate with no dog- matic precedent to bar any actions they plan to take. Lafw SchIool To H~oldf Arnimwl Founders IDay The high note of public activities of the Law School for the year will be struck Friday, April 24, when the 17th annual Founders Day is held. Final arguments in the Case Club competitions will be delivered and about a hundred alumni are expected to return for the day's observances. :{ By GEOTIGE SALLADE Warning that Michigan may sus- tain a bombing this spring, Lieut.- Col. Owen J. Cleary, state chief air raid warden, last night called upon Ann Arbor citizens for a willingness to assume wartime responsibilities. Colonel Cleary, speaking under the auspices of the University War Board and County Defense Council in Hill Auditorium, declared that the war was forcing new and important duties on the average American. De- termination to carry out these duties, he said, must supplant any sense of complacency. In this war there is no clear dis- Iselves can't be prevented, many things can be done to reduce loss of life and property, All protective services are coordi- nated in a Citizen's Defense Corps. They are charged with the protec- tion of the population and the vital arms plants that are producing the sinews of war which will send the Axis crashing down to defeat. Air raid services in the state, Col- onel Cleary reported, include auxil- iary police, fire and emergency medi- cal groups. Warden provisions have, been completed over more than 751