?THE -MICHIGAN DAILY Ickes Assur: rple-Supp1 _nf lODetane. was tYa. Petroleum Chief Blasts Opponents Demands Will Be Met Despite Army's Heavy Drain on Fuel Industry By The Associatef Press WASHINGTON, April 28.--(A)_ Army demands for 100-octane avia- tion gasoline are going to be met, Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes said today, despite 'continuous and discouraging obstacles" and "a really baffling lack of understanding, by many persons in high authority, of the vital essentiality of 100-oc- tane." Red Tape Hinders Action The job of assuring that goals will be achieved was accomplished, Ickes told the Senate Truman committee, "despite a frightening drain by the armed forces upon the techlical tal- ent of the industry. It was done in spite of the fact that the. program had to be cleared through many gov- ernment agencies, and the further fact that we were in competition with other pressing programs for es- sential materials." Chairman Truman (Dem-Mo.) asked the identities of the persons who couldn't understand the import- ance of the high-octane program. New Material Needed "It would take a cataloge of Washington to list them," Ikes.re- plied. "Some of theiw! ere military, some of them naal, but in the final analysis we couldn't go ahead with- out new materials, and there is 1ily one source of 'new iilateriaW in Washington " The committee .niemb rs readily understood his reference to l4e War Production Board. WPB Chief Doz- aid M. Nelson hagI told tni yester- day about ordering conpletio. of 55 per cent of the planned Bunas rk- Ver production, over Ibke$' objection. Nelson said he did so only to pevent a possibly disastrous transportation breakdown. UMW Refers Dispute to FD p . (Continued from Page 1) agency Mr. Roosevelt established as a court of final resort for all war- time labor disputes. (In a letter to Secretary of Labor Perkins, the UMW Tuesday dmand- ed withdrawal of the case from, the WLB saying members of the govern- ment agency had a "malignant prej- udice" against the UMW.) 2. The UMW's deniands for wage increases without regard for the "Little Steel" formula which has be- come basic government policy by in-. corporation in the President's hold- the-line order against inflation. Overshadowing these issues, how- ever, was the immediate question of whether Mr. Roosevelt could avert a trirtlirig 'halt in the production of fuel necessary to keep the wheels of war production turning. Scarcely veiling the threat of a general work stoppage by 600,000 miners, Lewis has declared that in the absence of a new agreement by Friday midnight-when a temporary understanding with the operators ex- pires-the miners "will not tres- pass" on company property. 6:~ Trnan Committee Hears Priorities Dispute Members of the Truman Senatorial Committee listen to testimony in which Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board Chief, deplored "fighting among government officials." Nelson was referring in par- ticular to the current dispute of Rubber Director Jeff ers, Undersecretary of War Patterson and Petroleum Administrator Ickes over synthetic rubber and high octane gas priorities. Committee members (left to right) are: Senators Harry S. Truman (Dem.-Mo.) chairman; Ralph 0.l guson (Rep.-Mich.), and Joseph H. Ball (Rep.-Minn.) Brewster (Rep.-Me.) Homer Fer- UJA Workers Survey Campus; Hillel Gives Last Fireside Panel $1,000 Local Goal To Aid War-Stricken Jews Campus representatives of the United Jewish Appeal Drive are this week visiting fraternities, sororities, league houses and dormitories in order to point out to the students the aims and purposes of the UJA. The local drive is a part of the national campaign to raise a total of 25 ~million dollars. The local goal is $1,000. The money is used to aid Jews in occupied countries, to assist thosr w o have escaped to one of the U ted Nations by providing theta with financial 'aid until they area wellv established, and to aid in thy rehabilitation of Palestine. since it is impossible to send mon- ey directly to occupied lands, the PjJA depends upon citizens in those countries, to provide the Jewish peo- ple with food and sets aside money in American banks to reimburse these people after the war. Contributions may be made to the .captains. located in the various fra- ternity, sorority, dormitory, and league houses or at the Hillel Foun- dation. Col. Johnson To Command Here (Continued from Page 1) Section and as Judge Advocate in the Philippines Department. In addition to his military service, Col. Johnson has been outstanding in Masonic activities at home and abroad. He has been affiliated with lodges in Washington. Arizona, the Philippine Islands and Australia, and was elected to membership on the .qipreme Grand Chapter of Scotland. He holds, a special honorary life membership in the Masonic Club of Sydney, Australia, as does Gen. Douglas MacArthur. From his Far East experience he believes the Japanese the most vicious foe of all. "None but the foolhardy can foresee anything but a tough fight, hard sledding and sac- rifice ahead," he said, "and there can be no peace with a mad bull running loose." Lila Pargment, Dodge Will Speak on Russia The last Fireside discussion for this semester will be presented at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Hillel Foundation. "Russia, Facts Behind Events," will be the topic for discussion. Fea- tured speakers are Mrs. Lila Parg- ment of the Russian department and Prof. Stanley D. Dodge of the geogra- phy department. Mrs. Pargment is a native Russian and received her degree from College Raiev in Leningrad. Both speakers were active in the local drive for Russian War Relief. Preceding the discussion special memorial services will be held for Sgt. Jack Shiraga, '42, who was killed last month in an airplane accident near his Texas base. ICC Seeks 100% Blood Donorsitip Victory Commiitee Plans War Activities The Victory Committee of the Inter-Cooperative Council announced yesterday that, in keeping with the resolution recently passed by that committee, a drive will start today for 100% participation of coopera- tive members in the Red Cross Blood Donor Drive. The Victory Committee Resolution states: "The Inter-Cooperative Coun- cil of the University of Michigan offers its organization to the Univer- sity of Michigan War Board for pro- jects which are compatible with the ideals of each and every one of the individual cooperative members, such as blood donoring, book collecting, bandage rolling, entertaining sol- diers, war relief, etc." Betty Leffertz, '43, chairman of the Victory Committee, announced that in addition to the Blood Donor Drive, boxes for the collection of books and silk and nylon stockings will be placed in the ten cooperative houses. Glee Club Will. Present Concert (Continued from Page 1) To add to the nostalgic mood that singing cherished songs under the stars is certain to induce, the mem- bers of the Glee Club have prepared a touching love story entitled, "Be- linda Clarissa," which will be told in pantomine with a musical back- ground. Faced with probable disorganiza- tion for the duration because of the loss of members, the Varsity Men's Glee Club wishes to make their All- Campus Serenade a happy memory for everyone who attends. Students Will Assemble for Inter-Guild Meet Lew Howard To Lead Group; Robert Muir Will Give Key Speech About fifty students from seven Protestant church guilds are expected to attend the annual Inter-Guild Spring Conference on "Personal e- ligion in the Current Crisis" this Sat urday at Fritz Park on Pauline St., The conference, under the direc- tion of Lew Howard, '44E, president of Inter-Guild, will be divided into two parts-the first dealing with in- dividual guild problems and the sec- ond on personal religious problems in the present. war. Mr. Robert Muir, curate for St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, will give the main speech on personal religion, which will be followed by a two- and-one-half hour discussion. Among the problems to ,be taken up are: has war changed personal religion?; can we reconele our reli- gion with the war?; should we try to?; how much does the Bible mean?; what is man's purpose in existing?; and what is God's relation to the universe, man and nature? Thesafternoon 'discussionsdealing' with special guilds problems will be led by four students, Howard Ful- sher, Army ROTC, Dorothy Briddn, '43, Fred McKinney, '45P, and Char- les Erickson, Grad. Leaders of the various guilds will present their views on the military question on campus, social service, recreation, administra- tion, leadership, membership and publicity. Students will leave Lane Hall at 12:15 p.m. Saturday and will hike to the park, a distance of two miles. All reservations for the conference must be made by 1 p.m. Friday with the student director or at Lane Hall. Speakers' Grasp Initiates Project Four members of the Student Speakers' Bureau, organized last winter, will conduct a symposium discussion on a post-war internation- al organization before a joint meet- ing of two sororities andtwo fratern- ities next Wednesday, Nancy'Fils- trup, '43, head of the Bureau, an- nounced yesterday. This project, which will be carried on weekly among all the dormitories, sororities and fraternities, is a part of the Bureau's program to interest students in thinking on post-war problems. The Student Speakers' Bureau is an all-student organization, estab- lished for the purpose of providing speakers to any group or meeting in need of the club, who choose their own topics for the speeches. Cooperating with the Bureau are Athena, the Post-War Council, and the Union. The faculty adviser is Dr. Kenneth G. Hance of the speech de- partment. Foreign Student Committee To Hold Meeting Tomorrow' s Sring Conference To Discuss Language Adjustments The State Department Committee on the Adjustment of Foreign Stu- dents in the United States is holding its spring meeting here tomorrow and Saturday in order to attend in a body the Retirement Dinner Satur- day for Professor J. Raleigh Nelson,j Counselor to Foreign Students and a member of the committee. The committee, headed by Dr. Ed- gar J. Fisher, Assistant Director of the Institute of International Edu- cation, will discuss the problem of the English language in relation to foreign students. The group will consider the neces- sity for a greater knowledge of Eng- lish before the students receive schol- arships and appointments and facili- ties for preliminary instruction in English before the students come to the United States.$ Other topics which will be dis- cussed are the Adjustment of United States Students to Foreign Students, and post-war plans of the committee. Other members of the committee include Thomas E. Jones, President of Fisk University; Prof. Gladys Bry- son, Smith College; Dr. Ben Cher- rington, University of Denver; Dr. Charles W. Hackett, University of Texas; Dr. Allen C. Blaisdell, Uni- versity of California and Father George B. Ford, Columbia University. The University Committee on Lat- in-American Relations, of which Prof. Nelson is chairman, is giving a luncheon for the visitors tomorrow noon. Tomorrow evening they are invited to meet the students at the International Center in an informal gathering. Hooker To Lecture On Overt Behavior Dr. Davenport Hooker, head of the Department of Anatomy at the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, will lecture on "The Origin of. vert °Behavior" at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Amphitheatre. He "ill Illustrate his lecture, which is sponsored by the Department of Anatomy, with slides and motion pic- tWres. The public is invited to at- tend. Torma Will Speak Saturday on Co-ops Highlight of the Mid-West Feder- ation of Campus Cooperatives con- vention this week-end will be the speech by William Torma of the Cen- tral States Cooperative at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Union. Mr. Torma will discuss the rela- tion of the campus cooperatives to the cooperative movement as a whole. Movies of cooperative activi- ties will be shown after Mr. Torma's talk. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Birtday Dinner PROF. WHITE .to be feted today. Mena.Advisors To Meet Today 'T'here will be a meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union for all men who are interested in acting as orien- tation advisors for the summer term. Men who wish to be advisors will have to be in Ann Arbor from 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, to 10 a.m. Satur- day, June 26. The number of freshmen entering the University is not known defin- itely due to the change in the begin- ning date for the summer term. But it is estimated that there will be approximately 600. The number of advisors which will probably be needed is 30. Prof. White To Be Honored at Birthday Dinner Alumni and Friends Are Sponsoring Party For Engineer Today Prof. Alfred H. White, founder of the Department of Chemical En- gineering of the University in 1914, and chairman of the department until his resignation in 1942, will be honored by a special birthday dinneri by alumni and his friends at 6:15 p.m. today in the Michigan Union ballroom. More than 350 guests are expected to attend the dinner on the occasion of Prof. White's seventieth birthday and his retirement from the Univer- sity faculty. Following the banquet a special program and reception for alumni and friends will be held at the Union. Harvey Merker, '09E, of the Parke Davis Co., Detroit, will be toast- master for the occasion. Prof. White, who received both his A.B. and B.S. degrees from the Uni- versity of Michigan, has been con- nected with the University engineer- ing school since 1897. 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