tir 4 augj Wcathcr warmer VOL. LIII No. 164 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12. 1943 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS Winston Churchill Arrives in Capital For War Talks withrt Legislation on Strike Issue Is Approved House Committee Vote Sends Anti-Strike Bill To Floor for Action By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 11.- The House Military Committee approved today legislation prohibiting strikes in government-operated industries, strengthening the authority of the War Labor Board to enforce its or- ders, and requiring labor organiza- tions to file financial reports. The vote by which the Committee sent the bill to the House floor for expected early action was announced by Chairman May (Dem.-Ky.) as 21 to 0. The measureapproved embodied fparts of the Connally Bill recently passed by the Senate and virtually all of the bill introduced by Repre- sentative Smith (Dem. - Va.) and passed by the House on Dec. 3, 1941. Vote of Workers Asked Besides requiring unions to file financial statements, the legislation also prohibits strikes from being effective until afterka vote ofbthe workers involved has been taken. In other major labor develop- mnents: 1. The National Labor Relations Bdard reversed an earlier decision and refused to recognize unions of supervisory employes as appropriate collective bargaining units. Since the earlier decision last June 15, a move- ment had been launched at the cap- ital for legislation to outlaw unioni- zation of supervisory employes on the grounds they perform managerial functions. To Discuss Order 2. President Roosevelt said he Would talk with 'Chairman William H. Davis of the War Labor Board and others about the Board's difficulties with his hold-the-line order against inflation. The Board asked Stabili- zation Director James F. Byrnes last week for clarification of the order, calling it unworkable in its present form. Mr. Roosevelt said he had already talked over the order with Byrnes and Secretary Ickes who has the responsibility for government op- eration of coal mines. 3. Senator Byrd (Dem.-Va.) said he would insist that the WLB furnish more detailed information to the Senate on the wage increases it has approved. Surrender of Trapped Germans Is Demanded British First Army Moves Across Cap Bon Peninsula To Capture 20,000 Nazis By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, May 11.-- French troops have forced the unconditional surrender of Germans trapped in the Zaghouan sector of Tunisia, and are driving on toward the sea to cut off further large forces-those facing the Eighth Army to the south, a French communique announced tonight. A British First Army breakthrough across the neck of Cap Bon Penin- sula a few hours earlier had sealed up in that jutting headland the main body of some 80,000 disorganized and badly mauled Axis troops. The British swept up 20,000 prisoners during the day. The Germans in the mountainous Zaghouan sector quit and yielded all their materiel in a surrender delicious to Frenchmen whose own nation had been forced to capitulate nearly three years before. It was the first armis- tice asked of Frenchmen by Germans since the World War. French forces poured eastward toward the sea and Bou Ficha and, the communique said, "are realizing en- U- --___ circlement of all Axis troops still on the front facing the Eighth Army", *A L.rrs I-D 1i4t in Enfidaville area, some 15 miles south of Bou Ficha., V( al ag The humbling of the Germans in IVT the Zaghouan sector was complete. Just as the Americans had done in Fats'aCamta n the north, the French followed the Casablanca formula by demanding immediate unconditional surrender All Houses Asked and the immediate delivery of all To Save Oils f or materiel, and the Germans accepted. There was no indication of the Needed Explosives number of surrendering forces, who were isolated when the French 19th With circulars sent to all house Corps drove through toward the presidents the Manpower Mobiliza- Turn to Page 2, Col. 3 tion Corps begins its "collection of fats and oils" campaign today. !11'. ,Tmd) The letter points out that m illions C $ of pounds of glycerine are needed for ~ the manufacture of explosives for us Bod Is Fod and our allies. Therefore, "every stu- ody is Foun1 dent house on campus should have its cook start saving fats right away." Search Is Ended for Included with the letter is a Conservation Officer pamphlet showing how to prepare the waste fats for conservation. The Manpower Corps will collect the po- ITHACA, Mich., May 11.-( P)-A tential explosives from the houses at 25-day search for conservation of- a later date. ficer Carlyle B. Smith of Ithaca end- Tom Gattle ,chairman of the drive, ed late this afternoon when the of- said yesterday, "The collection of ficer's partially-decomposed body fats is one of the 'musts' on our list was found about a half mile from the of contributions to the war effort," banks of the Maple river below. when urging all students to cooper- Lieut. L. W. Morris of the East ate in the drive. Lansing post of the Michigan State Houses were also urged to continue Police refused to make a statement saving tin cans; they will be picked but asserted that an autopsy would up in a city wide drive May 20 by be held tonight. city trucks. Dr. LeMoyne Snyder of the Michi- gan States Police said following an Manp e Corps Report autopsy which he and Dr. C. W. Muhlenbeg of the state health de- To B Sent to 100,School, partment performed tonight at Itha- One hundred schools and colleges ca, that he found "nothing signifi- will receive a report of the work done cant and no indications of violance." by the Michigan Manpower Mobili- Key Officers aliedC (hi At Selfridge Are Ousted Shake-Up Will Assure Wright of New Staff; I'ull Prole Is lromised By The Associated Press SELFRIDGE FIELD, May 11.- A shakeup that relieved several high- ranking officers of Selfridge Field and assured Col. William B. Wright, commandant, of a new staff was dis- closed today as the War Depart- PRESIDENT ROOSEVLT ment's first step in its investigation of administrative irregularities at the Ballotnio for base. Julius H. Amberg, Special Assis- i oj Officers tant to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, who announced the han- Be F ges, said they had been decided upon T o D CiQ' r1iay before Amberg left Washington. Names of the officers were not dis- closed. It was explained that some Vie-Prt'Pr esilt frol. of the changes were purely adminis- Each School Will Be trative. trative. . etermnined in Vote Amen To InvestigateD All of the officers relieved will re- main in the vicinity of Selfridge I Elections for vice-presidents of the Field until a sweeping investigation Union, one to be chosen from each in charge of Lt. Col. John Harlan school of the University will be held Amen of the Inspector General's De- from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. partment is completed. , T nominating committee made "The department is determined," upeo ink tEmery m'43 e e e - Amberg said, "that the investigation up of Dick Emery, '43E, John Erle- will be as thorough as it can be, not wine, '43, Ed Holmberg, '43, Dick only of the shooting of a 23-year-old Ford, '43E and Mary Borman, '44, Negro private,._ tg former com- has chosen the following men to run: mandant, Col. William T. Colman,'I last week, but also of all other mat- Lit School Candidates ters concerning Selfridge Field about Literary School, Dave Striffler, '44, which there have been rumors. Dean Monson. '45, Bunny Crawford, "There is no disposition whatever '44, Bud Brimmer, '44, and Irwin Lar- to whitewash anyone, or to coverse,'5EnieShoAtGl,4, up delinquency, or to avoid bringing sen, 45; Engie School, Art Geib, '44, to trial anyone subject to specific Bill Jacobs, '43E, and Chuck Dotter- charges." rer, '44E; Medicine, Bob Taylor, '44M, Former Commander Held and Ronald Bishop, '44M. The former commander was back Others are, Dental School, Howard at Selfridge Field today, still under O'Dell, '44D, and James Hayward, arrest. He was transferred from '44DL Law School, Bob Grimshaw, Percy Jones Hospital, Battle Creek, D45Lm and John Hoglund, '43L; and where he had been under observa- Don Smith, '44 BAd, Joe Shroder, tion since the shooting. Amberg said '43BAd, Pete Speek '44 F&C. he would be confined now at Self- Petition Deadline Is Today ridge Field. The deadline for handing in a pe- Rep. Paul W. Shafer (Rep.-Mich.), tition to be placed along with the who is conducting an inquiry for other candidates on the ballot is 5 the House Military Affairs Commit- p.m. today. Any member of the Union tee, went to Battle Creek today to see may do this by having a petition, Colman but found he had been which can be obtained at the Union transferred. Student Offices signed by 200 Union Findings of the inquiry will go members. All petitions should be direct to Gen. George C. Marshall, turned in to Bill Sessions, Chairman Secretary Stimson and Undersecre- of the Men's Judiciary Council at the tary of War Robert P. Patterson. Union Student Offices. The investigation at Selfridge is The elections will be held at booths to be under direct charge of Lt. Col. set up in the different Schools of the Amen, a former special prosecutor in( University. Vice-presidents of the Brooklyn, with the assistance of Am- Union serve on he Union Board of berg. (Directors. Four Die in Explosion U Of Experimental Plane SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 11.-(P)-.G r ft t,*'ui rv Ninety casualties, including four ./ dead resulted from the crash and explosion of an Army experimental Detroit Aittorney Says plane yesterday in the recruit hut EvidnIice W as orcedl area of the U.S. Marine Corps. An Army board of inquiry 'con- DETROIT)May 1.- /A'- U.S. vened to investigate the cause of the etr H myru .-h -sCir accident. Senator Homer Ferguson whoas Ci' 4 T .rr~ r~,A ,.*~r . n ro ~,L4J ,J U~~ AjikU4UUmank ief s co() PRIME1 1iss Key Nov( Y icli Hi I B LONDO The Red fortified b battle of pounded t sus with i al powero 'tinuation vigorous< front The Red have caus official a ing 35 pa more were fire durin viet losses viet midn ,cast by N by the Sov Red Air R In an Moscow sa out heavy a dozen k German l ansk and The he was in th nants of a once nun backed u around N midnight continued tifications air bomb Eastern F 'nThe pul lug Germ, supply sy third succ persistent which has Red Army summer o The Mo Roosevelt ufer Second Front Is Thought . To Be Topic li. fr. Prime Minister Brings Staff of War Experts Along for Fifth Parley = fByTeAssociated Press WASHINGTON, May 11.- Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived here tonight against a background of an Allied victory in Tunisia and Ger- MINISTER CHURCHILL man jitters over invasion, for more war talks with President Roosevelt. He was accompanied by a staff of ini Arm ymilitary and naval experts. His swift trip to the United States fuwrcs ] Zl, after the sudden collapse of Axis arms in Tunisia led to conjecture Positions that he had come for a final check- ing over of plans for hammering rossisk Sr e open another front on the European lStuggle ,continent and perhaps to project Al- Is Gains as Reds lied strategy even beyond that point. Enemy in Caucasus No Details Given The White House naturally gave y The Associated Press no specific details of the exact pur- pose of the fifth Churchill-Roosevelt N, May 12 rWednesday)- parley in 21 months and the fourth Army captured a German since this country plunged into the key position in the violent conflict. Novorossisk Tuesday and Presidential Secretary Stephen he Nazi foe in the Cauca- Early issued only this brief an- Infantry, artillery and aer-nouncement: nantry arllery ad ar- "Prime Minister Winston Churchill on a day marked b a con- has arrived in Washington. He was of heavy air battles and met by the President upon arrival activity along the-entire and will be' the president's guest for d air forces, whose exploits the duration of his visit. Mr. Chur- epeschill was accompanied by a staff of ed the Germans to express experts, military and naval." mazement, reported down- anes in air combat and 21 Beaverbrook in U.S. shot down by anti-aircraft Lord Beaverbrook, London pub- g the day, as against So- lisher and former British cabinet of 11 planes, said the So- member, also has arrived in the cap- night communique broad- ital, authoritative sources disclosed, Mloscow and recorded here although they said he was not a viet monitor. Ilember of the official Churchill par- Rtalds ty. It was believed, however, that adion aBeaverbrook, who has been a close additional announ cement collaborator with Churchill on indus- aid that Red airmen carried trial problems, probably will partici- risnM dyohlpate in the joint talks. ey rail centers behind the The current Anglo-American con- ines, including Kiev, Bry- ference gave added significance to Orel. the secret letter which President aviest fighting of the day Roosevelt entrusted to Joseph E. te Kuban, where the rem- Davis to deliver to Joseph Stalin in Nazi Caucasus army which Moscow. The contents of the mes- mbered 200,000 men are sage have not been revealed and p against the Black Sea there was no definite indication that ovorossisk. Here, said the the Russian premier might join the bulletin, "Soviet troops talks here, or even that he had been demolishing enemy for- invited to do so. by artillery shelling and Will Stalin Come? ardment." Nor was there any way of learning ront Bombed whther the conversations would lverising pattern of bomb- continue long enough for the Russian zany's whole eastern front leader to reach Washington in time stem was carried into the to participate. cessive day Monday by a It was considered altogether likely, Red air force onslaught in any case, that he and Chinese begun to suggest that the Generalissimo Chiang Kai -shek y is preparing for its first would be kept advised of the meeting ffensive. as was the case when the American scow announcement of the and British war leaders met at Casa- rdment behind the German blanca last January. ich was made following At Casablanca, the President and of the midnight communi- Prime Minister charted plans for in- ght the total Red air force vading Europe, they announced, and junction attacks to more determined to force "unconditional score in the three days surrender" on the Axis. The current mday night. parley was expected to solidify their ssians apparently had the determination on that point, and at guessing regarding their least indirectly, answer peace feelers e against Novorossisk. which had been emanating from Spain. ) Tk*Ever since the final rout of the D isa grecs Axis forces in North Africa began, speculation has been widespread T about the next Allied step. Possible x M veU invasion points have been mentioned all the way from Norway down [rade Pacts through Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and around the Mediterranean NGTON, May 1l.-(/P)- to Greece. n ranks split today on a give Congress veto powers La Follette Blasts ident Roosevelt's reciprocal ts and Rep. Knutson (Rep.- Skip-A-Year Plan n effect, told GOP National C Harrison E. Spangler to WASHINGTON, May 11.- ()- own business. Senator La Follette (Prog.-Wis.) Irospects faded for a united lambasted as "legislative legerde- ..c.- - - $340 NEEDED FOR COAL: Bomber-Scholarship Receives New Contribution From Dorm Giving the Bomber Scholarship another boost on its drive this week for $500 in order to meet its quota of $15,000 in war bonds for the semester, Michigan House contributed $10 to the Fund yesterday. The drive, which will end Monday, is the last chance for students, faculty members, and campus organizations to back one of the most impor- tant of the University's war projects, George Sallade, '43, Promotions Mana- ger of the Bomber Scholarship, said yesterday. The Bomber Scholarship, by dedicating itself to the double purpose of buying of war bonds and giving scholarships to returning service men and women after the war, has proved that it merits support both as a war project and as a future safety measure for O zation Corps since February during the next few days. Sedge Davis, '46, has collected the material for the round-up on Man- power activities. While mainly in- tended for the Big Ten schools the local organization suggests that many of the colleges reply to the re- port which will serve as an exchange of ideas for similar organizations over America. Fisher Appointed to Board NEW YORK, May 11.-(P)-Elec. tion of Charles T. Fisher, Sr., of the well-known automotive family, as a director of the Detroit Edison Co. was announced today by Alfred C. Mar- shall, president of Detroit Edison. i returning students, Coral De Priester, '43E, Bomber chairman, said. "During the second war loan drive, the Bomber Scholarship, by the pur- chase of $6,000 worth of war bonds, did its part in helping the University to meet its quota," De Priester added. At the present time the Fund has $10, 660 of the $11,100 in cash need- ed in order to purchase the $15,000 worth of war bonds which will meet their goal for the semester. $8,8000 of this money is already turned in to the Fund, the rest being estimated in money pledged but still outstand- ing. Graduating Seniors Munt Y- L1 7 i '"S +U7 'THE WISHFUL TAW'-SEASON'S FINALE: First Performance Will Play Production of the speech de- partment will present the first per- formance of "The Wishful Taw," written by Elizabeth Wilson, Grad., in Prof. K. T. Rowe's playwriting class, at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. In this play of the life and customs of the people in the Ozarks a large cast will take part. Leading roles in the play will be taken by Nate Bry- ant who will portray Gamp Goober; Barbara White as Lorny Duke; Mar- Be Today tings are under the direction of Rob- ert Mellencamp. The director for "The Wishful Taw" is Valentine Windt. Music for the two pianos was ar- ranged by Donald Wallace, who plays with Maurice Hughes. Josephine Cole played for rehearsals and the dances used in the play are by Rae Larsen and Blanche Holpar. The play deals with the people of the White River country in the foot- hills of the Ozarks. The plot is drawn Grand Jury into charges of graft in Wayne County affairs, testified as a prosecution witness today in the Herman Gardens graft conspiracy trial and denied any irregularities in his inquiry. S. Brooks Barron, Detroit Attor- ney, accused of conspiring to bribe city officials in an attempt to influ- ence the letting of contracts in the housing project, charged that he had been tortured until he gave evidence the Ferguson Grand Jury wanted. Senator Ferguson testified that Barron appeared before him "the same as any other witness." Ferguson said he had questionet Barron only "four or five hours." To defense counsel's assertion that Barron contended he was in Grand Jury custody from 400 to 500 hours, air bomba lines, wh broadcast que, broug transport than two ended Mo The Ru. Germans next mov Or WASHI Republica move to over Pres trade pac Minn.), in Chairman mind his Thus, p '.... BMW