wY it aitt Weather No Change VOL. LIii No. 55 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DEC. 8, 1942 PRICE FIVE CENTS Army -Navy Reserve Enlistments Ended I May Start Rationing of Labor McNutt Says WMC Is Prepared to Start Where Demand for Manpower Is Largest WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. - (P) - Chairman Paul V. McNutt said today that his newly-strengthened War Manpower Commission is prepared to "ration scarce labor where available manpower is insufficient to meet all competing demands." Acting with the advice of other government agencies, he said, the WMC "has established priorities for the use of labor, based on the urgency of various kinds of war production and services and linked to the pro- duction schedule and the flow of materials."' Equal Consideration for Industry One point he made was that needs of essential industry and agriculture for workers would be given equal con- sideration with the needs of the armed forces under the new draft setup. Also, he disclosed that "steps are being taken to adjust hours of work to a realistic standard designed to safeguard health and to promote pro- duction." This adjustment, he said, will in- clude reduction of hours in industries where they have been so "excessive" as to reduce efficiency and increase absences from work. Increasing Hours It also will include increasing hours in industries were "labor demands are inflated and production limited by an unnecessarilyrestricted working schedule," he said. McNutt said he was taking steps "to effect the transfer of the hun- dreds of thousands of workers needed to meet the manpower demands of essential industries and services" and that machinery was being established to assure those transferred "suitable standards of wages and working con- ditions." BROACH: UAWL-CIO Asks Enforcement of NLRB Decision UAW-CIO officials have officially asked the WLB to order the enforce- ment of an NLRB decision which di- rected the disestablishment of the American Broach Protective Associa- tion, independent union at the Broach Plant, according to Walter Magnor, regional' director for the CIO. A temporary injunction delaying the disestablishment of the Associa- tion was Vacated Saturday by Judge George W. Sample because the NLRB had already provided adequate griev- ance machinery for the protesting of its decisions. As soon as the injunction was va- cated, the Broach Association entered a bill of complaint with the U.S. Cir- cuit Court of Appeals. The CIO request asks for immed- iate action, according to Magnor. "We expect a decision this week," he said yesterday, "and we have asked that the directive order be granted immediately, without the establish- ment of a board of inquiry. "We hope that the WLB will either disestablish the union, or order an election immediately without bother- ing to destroy the Association. If the company were to refuse to comply with such an order, the WLB could take over the plant." NOTICES There will be a very hnportant Gargoyle meeting at 4:45 p.m. to- day. All staff members should be present. Alpha Phi Omega, national serv- ice fraternity, will have an open meeting at 8 p.m. today in the Union. Intensive Tank Battle Raging about Tebourba British andDAmerican Forces Cling Stubbornly to Heights Dominating Tunis-Bizerte Defenses The Rocky Road to Casablanca Olds May Joi V-i By The Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 7.- An intense tank battle wasbeing fought today in the rugged hills around Tebourba where British . and American forces clung stubbornly to heights dominat- ing the Bizerte-Tunis defense arc in Northern Tunisia. Tebourba, 35 miles below Bizerte and 20 miles west of Tunis, is a rail junction from which the Allies had been ejected largely by superior Ger- man air power, after four days of bitter counter-attacks last week in which both sides .lost heavily in men and material. Renewed Sunday The battle was renewed Sunday af- ter a lull inuced by mutual exhaus- tion, and "is continuing," an Allied communique said. Supporting aircraft of both sides intensified the battle aloft. In sev- eral sweeps and patrols Sunday, three enemy planes were destroyed and five bombers which attacked a forward Allied base were shot down. Revising figures on air losses over the week-end, Allied headquarters Conference to Tell Women about War Jobs Experts Will Describe Occupation Chances in January Meeting Considering "The Role of Women in the-War Effort" the University Bureau of Appointments and Occu- pational Information, with the co- operation of the recently formed Committee on the Women's War Pro- gram, will sponsor an occupational conference to be held on Jan. 6, 7, and 8 in the Lecture Hall of the Rackham Building. The position of women in defense industries, including the phases of production and specialization, oppor- tunities for work in business, and social and health service work will be the three main categories of discus- sion by experts in the various fields. Ruthven to Preside Pres. Alexander G. Ruthven will provide the first day of the vocational conference. At that time Miss Mar- garet Hickey, chairman of the Wo- men's Advisory Committee of the War Manpower Commission in Wash- ington, D.C., and Dr. Millicent Pond, an employment supervigor from Conn., will speak. Presiding the afternoon of Jan. 7 is Miss Mildred Weber, General Placement, University Bureau of Ap- pointments and Occupational Infor- mation. Dr. T. Luther Purdom, direc- tor of the Bureau, will be in charge of the evening meetings. On this second day of the con- ference, experts in defense industries and business will discuss jobs directly concerned with production and per- sonnel, jobs requiring specialization Turn to Page 5, Col. 1 said four additional enemy planes and eight additional Allied craft were destroyed in battles of the sky Friday and Saturday. The ground fighting amid the gnarled olive groves and rugged north Tunisian hills was for mastery .of a triangle bounded by Tebourba, Djei. deda and Mateur which is the key to the defense of the naval base of Bi- zerte and the capital of Tunis. Gen. Walther Nehring's Germans and Italians recaptured Djeideda as well as Tebourba last week and held tight- ly to Mateur. Djeideda is 12 miles from Tunis and Mateur 25 miles to the west of Bizerte. Both sides were drawing up rein- forcements through gauntlets of air attacks and the enemy was throwing his best planes into the battle. The Allied air position is aggravated by the lack of forward air fields in the tortuous mountanous terrain. Long range P-38 Lightnings of the U.S. and twin-engined fighters from Malta have borne the brunt of fending off dive bomber attacks. Night Conference Lieut. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson, com- mander of the First Army composed of veterans of Dunkerque, was re- ported to have held a long night con- ference in candlelight with British and U.S. staff officers mapping an all-out assault. Allied commanders were reported optimistic and enthusi- astic. The Morocco radio said fighting was in progress at Mateur as well as Tebourba. Reuters said that com- mandos of the First Army had landed behind German lines and cut a coast- al road after a seven mile advance inland. The road was not specified, but the route between Bizerte and Tunis fits the description. Be A Goodfellow Total U.S. War Casualties Are Set at 58,307 Army Suffers Largest Number of Losses WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-(IP)-The first year of war cost the United States armed forces 58,307 casualties, the Office of War Information report- ed today. This total, complete to today, in- cludes dead, wounded, missing, in- terned in neutral countries, and pris- oners. The casualties number those of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and the Philippine Scouts, it was stated. The Army's casualties totaled 35,- 678, most of them classified as miss- ing and presumed to have been made prisoners of war after the campaigns in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies. Definite information is lack- ing because of the absence of accur- ate prisoner lists from Japan. The Navy Department reported, or now is in the process of reporting, 22,629 casualties. These uneven plains of Morocco were the "road s" used by U.S. armored units to reach Casablanca, French Morocco. An American armored unit is shown pausing during an advance. Armored forces such as these were contending for control of Tunisia, but were hampered by .supply problems and lack of sufficient air support. i i Goodfellow Preparations Go into Final Week Committee Reports Contributions from Campus Societies Going intorthe final week of prep- arations before the Goofellow Drive, the Goodfellow Committee reported' yesterday that contributions from fraternities, sororities and coopera- tives 'were being received at an in- creasing rate and that assignment of volunteers to posts for Goodfellow Daily sales had begun. "The response to requests for con- tributions from campus organizations has been gratifying," George Salade, '43, chairman of the drive said yester- day, in reporting progress of the cam- paign, "and assignment of volunteers has begun." Miss Mary Hester, executive secre- tary of the Family and Child Service Bureau, to which the large share of Goodfellow Drive funds are allocated, said yesterday, "Although we do use some of the money we get for im- mediate aid to families during the Christmas season, the large portion is put in our fund for use throughout the'year. There are other organiza- tions which take care of Christmas aid, but our Bureau attempts to pro- vide aid throughout the year as well, when there is often greater need than just at Christmas." -Be A Goodfellow - 'Ensian Pictures Due by Jan. 1 Deadline Extended for Juniors, Seniors Worried seniors and second semes- ter juniors, still pestering local pho- tographers and keeping 'Ensian phone lines busy, can sigh in relief now-the 'Ensian staff has found a solution for their difficulties, by en- abling them to have pictures taken during Christmas vacation by home studios. The extended deadline for senior pictures, announced in Sunday's Dai- ly, is accompanied by another special offer which will make it possible for students to have their portraits taken by home photographers, saving the strain on local studios and 'Ensian lines. If directions are followed and the January 1 deadline is met, all seniors and September '43 .graduates can be assured of having a portrait in this year's 'Ensian. All picture applicants who want to take advantage of this latest offer are requested to make one short per- sonal call to the 'Ensian business of- fice tomorrow. There they can pur- chase a special coupon to cover en- graving and printing costs of the 'Ensian. This coupon will contain specifica- tions which must be followed by the home photographer if the picture is Japs atRelocation Camp Riot Over Pearl Harbor MANZANAR, Calif., Dec. 7.-()- The Japanese relocation center here was under martial law today after a pro-Axis anniversary celebration of the Pearl Harbor attack precipated a riot in which one Japanese was killed and nine wounded. Director Ralph P. Merritt said military police fired into a milling crowd of 4,000 in which Japanese- born or Japanese-educated shouted "Pearl Harbor, Banzai Banzai !" and jeered other Japanese or pro-Ameri- can sympathies who were endeavor- ing to assist camp authoritiesain re- storing order. He gave this account of the violence: Part of the crowd surged toward Soviet Troops Are Advancing German Resistance Growing in Russia By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Dec. 8.. (Tuesday) - Russian troops attacking German "hedgehog" positions west of Rzhev on the central front drove the Nazis from two fortified positions yester- day, but the Soviets made it clear to- day that enemy resistance was grow- ing both in that area and in the Stal- ingrad sector. At Rzhev the Germans also were hitting. hard in an effort to retrieve lost ground, but the Russians said they knocked out seven of 20 enemy tanks and killed 200 more Nazis in all-day fighting there. The Germans also were counter- attacking northwest and southwest of Stalingrad where an 18-day-old So- viet offensive has endangered their big army anchored between the Volga and Don rivers, but the communique said all of these attempts were re- pulsed and that the Russians contin- uedto consolidate positions. the soldiers and were met with tear gas bombs. After the fumes were1 blown away, the Japs hurled stones. The soldiers then opened fire. ThisE halted the shouting, gesticulating mob, and sullenly they returned to1 their bungalows. Trouble between Axis and Ameri- can factions among the center's 10,- 000 residents flared Saturday night.a Small groups milled through the streets, but the center's Japanese and Caucasian police quieted them. Yes- terday, approximately 1,000 Kibei- anti - American Nipponese - assem-i bled. Pro-Axis leaders harangued them and loyal Japanese were jeered and insulted. The meeting broke up in a free-for-all in which Fred Ma- yama, president of the Japanese- American Citizens' League, was so severely beaten he was taken to the camp hospital. Another pro-Ameri- can Japanese, Tay Uyeno, and his family, were taken for safety to the Inyo County jail' at Independence. The crowd then surrounded the hospital and demanded that Tayama. be turned over to them. A doctor spirited Tayama to safety. The crowd proceeded to the administrative of- fices, shouting for Uyeno. Be A Goodfellow- Republicans Choose Harrison Spangler ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7.-(t')-Harrison E. Spangler, veteran Iowa Republican leader, was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican National Committee today. He was the com- promise choice after two ballots had failed to produce a majority for Wer- ner W. Schroeder of Chicago, opposed by supporters of Wendell Willkie. Schroeder withdrew as did Fred- erick E. Baker, 35-year-old Seattle, Wash., business man, who 'tied Schroeder, 40 to 40, on the first ballot and went ahead of him by 5 votes on the second. Applicants of Dec. 5 Will Be Allowed to Continue Registration If Finished in 10 Days By LEON GORDENKER Enlistments in Army and Navy Re- serve programs were formally dis- continued yesterday by the Univer- sity War Board as Army and Navy officials acted to carry out the Presi- dent's executive order. Only one exception was made: stu- dents 17 years of age may still enlist in Navy V-1. Army and Navy volunteers who en- tered applications on or before Dec. 5 will still be "processed" by the War Board and their enlistments will be accepted if the complete requirements are filled by Dec. 15. Work Overtime Health service and ROTC officials will work overtime to hurry enlist- ments through by the deadline. The Sixth Service Command noti- fied ROTC headquarters yesterday that all its reserve programs includ- ing the Army Enlisted Reserve, the Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve pro- gram and the Army Air Corps Cadet programs were closed to enlistments. Navy officials in the Detroit Offi- cer Procurement yesterday tele- phoned Prof. Burton D. Thuma, Joint Procurement Committee representa- tive on the War Board, that its pro- grams, V-1, V-5, V-6 and V-7 were closed. Men over 38 Can Enlist Men over 38 will be accepted for Army specialist enlistments until Dec. 15 while enlistments in the WAACs will not be affected. Officials expect- ed that few college students would be affected by this ruling. War Board Director Clark Tibbitts, speaking of the executive order, said yesterday: "This long awaited action regard- ing selective service and reserve en- listments should clarify the situation materially. Turn to Page 2, Col. 1 CHORAL UNION: Koussev itz Will Conduct Concert Here MICHIGAN'S WEST POINT: Steuben Guards Praise Army Routine of Makeshift Barracks' c WITTY, SOPHISTICATED: Ilka Chase Gives Out with 90' Minutes of Female Philosophy Presenting the first Ann Arbor per- formance of' Dimitri Shostakovich's great Seventh Symphony, the Boston Orchestra, under the direction of Serge Koussevitzky, will give the ixth Choral Union Concert at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. Conceiving the Seventh Symphony as "a musical embodiment of the su- preme ideal of patriotic war," Shos- takovich began, his work a few days after the Nazi invasion of Russia. The first movement was completed on Sept. 3, 1941 and flown from en- ,ircled Leningrad with Shostakovich to Moscow's comparative safety be- cause of the government's high re- gard for the work. Working intensely, Shostakovich completed the Symphony in Decem- ber, less than six months after start- ing it. In March, 1942, the symphony was performed for the first time. After being shipped in microfilm form by plane and automobile to this country, it was given its first Ameri- can performance by the NBC Sym- phony under Arturo Toscanini, being broadcast over an international hook- up. Be A Goodfellow No Action Taken on City Fire Ordinance The fate of the old Majestic Thea- tre and other buildings which do not conform to the fire protection pro- visions of the city building code was left hanging in the balance yesterday when the Common Council took no action on a proposed revision of the i By JOHN ERLEWINE Sixty-five days have passed since 40 ROTC cadets voluntarily banded themselves together under strict mar- tial discipline forming the Steuben Guards and took up quarters in a 'miniature West Point' in the base- ment of the East Quad. For those two months the cadets of the'Steuben Guards have been living a simulated army life, rising at 7 a.m. sharp to the notes of reveille in the makeshift barracks. They have been making their own beds, scrub- bing floors, living in uniform, salut- ing officers and going to class to mar- tial cadence. Now cadets and officers alike agree that the trial period is ever known; known them at their best and at their worst," said Top Sergeant John Vaughn, second se- mester sophomore. This is strictly true because the cadets are constant- ly together. They sleep in two large 20-man dorms. All study in one room. But tothe oft-heard criticism from outsiders about "no privacy," the standard reply is "So What?" All agree that it is a matter of share and share alike-including all packages of food from home. The sophomores help the freshmen with their studies, all help one another in every way possible. "No blood is shed even between the lit students and the engineers," remarked cadet Andy Chapman. freshman. Billed as "witty, sophisticated and charming," Ilka Chase was just that to 3,000 lecture-goers last night in 90 minutes of rambling female "philoso- phy." " Although her announced topic was! "The Philosophy of Being a Woman," the "address" was primarily an un- connected stream of quip and witti- cism. If she had a philosophy, here are the samples: "What this country needs is more love-who doesn't?" Counseling the audience, especially the younger ele- ment, that the passionate, soul-con- suming first love doesn't last but us- easy on the eyes, she agreed that it is nice to cultivate the mind an "eensy- beesy bit" too. It is surprising to find how much fun learning is, she said, and "who knows, you might meet a man who also likes intelligence. More on the sober side, Miss Chase urged modern women to mobilize their talents and get out and do things. "Don't just read a book; write one yourselves" was the advice of the author of the best-seller "Past Im- perfect," as she confided that "an author doesn't need inspiration as much as he needs money, a deadline and a Simon Legree publisher." In answer to the debatable Should