?' TWCv THE"L MiiicIk ih " iily adlui " ; - i ~44 40,000 EnglishCoal Miners Walk Out in Wage Argument 00 Fits Idle As Ministers Seek Solution 35,000 Tons of Coal Lost Daily as Other Fields Face Slowdown LONDON, March 7.-Forty thous- and coal miners and 60 pits were idle as a walkout in Monmouthshire and South Wales fields expanded tonight. Minister of Fuel Gwilm Lloyd George was expected to treat the sit- uation as an emergency at a meeting tomorrow with the National Nego- tiating Committee, originally sche- duled to meet only for preliminary discussion on wage differences. The stoppage is costing Britain about 35,000 tons of coal daily.' Among the pits newly affected was the Abergorki mines, which had flown the Union Jack at the mast- 4ead for 40 consecutive weeks in rec- ognition of exceeding quotas. The South Wales miners executive committee, which announced 45 its wee losed by the strikes, appealed to the miners to return to work at once to facilitate negotiation of the wage differences which precipitated the walkouts. In the Durham coalfields, where slowdown strikes occurred, the gov- ernment yesterday began transfer- ring miners elsewhere and replacing theni by other workers. 4 recent wage decision boosting mi~nmum weekly wages from $16.75 to $20, but not providing an increase in piece rates, is the miners' griev- ance. F1inns Answer Russian Terms Stockholm Reports Carry No Particulars STOCKHOLM, March 7. - (P) - Finland's answer to Russian peace terms has been sent to Moscow and a reply is expected momentarily, the Helsinki correspondent of the Stock- holm newspaper Aftonbladet reported today Particulars of the Finnish reply were not made known immediately. The Finnish diet met for an hour, but there was no indication whether it had received word from Moscow. (informed persons in London spec- ilated that Finland's message to the Kremlin was more likely to have wsed clarification of certain phases of Russia's six-point peace program that to have contained outright ac- ceptance or rejection of the Soviet terMS.) It was significant that the dispatch ftr Aftonbladet's correspondent was passed by the Finnish censorship. This was the first direct word from Finland supporting reports that the Finns had acknowledged Russia's peace proposal. "One therefore is waiting with in- creased interest the second phase of the Finnish-Russian question," the dispatch concluded. "That is the Finnish government reply to Mos- cow and the expected answer." (Tuesday's Finnish military com- mtinique reported that 25 Russian dive-bombers attacked the port of Kotka in southern Finland Monday afternoon, causing some damage and casualties.) At the same time, the Helsinki cor- respondent of the Stockholm news- paper Dagens Nyheter whote that "peace machinery is in movement among higher officials." Sgt. Flewell, Co. C, To Play Tuesday Sgt. Richard W. Flewell, Co. C, will appear as guest pianist in a re- cital to be given at 8:30* p.m. next Tuesday in the Rackham Assembly Hall. Assistant teacher in the Chicago McPhail School of Music until he entered the Army in 1942, Sgt. Fle- well has a Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota and has studied piano with Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor of the Minne- apolis Symphony Orchestra, and Mrs. Charles Hardy of the McPhail School. His program includes compositions by Mozart, Bach, Schubert, Schu- mann, Chopin, Brahms, Milhaud, Shostakovich, Poulenc and Debussy. Truck Driver Saved, But Precious Gas Floats Away 200 Scholars To Attend Academy ]Ieeting Here Forty-ninth annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters will be held here March 17 and 18 and will draw more than 200 scholars from all over the state. Henri Seyrig, who is now on the staff of the New York Bureau of the French Committee of National Liber- ation, will give the general address. Recognized as the leading authority on Syrian antiquities, Seyrig will speak on "Palmyra and the Ancient Caravan Trade." The other promi- nent out-of-state speaker will be Dr. Edwin J. Cohn of Harvard Univer- sity. He will address the medical section of the Academy on "The Properties and Functions of the Plas- ma Proteins." More than 200 papers will be pre- sented by the physical and social scientists, doctors, foresters and folk- lore enthusiasts who will participate in the Academy, which is considered the leading state scientific organiza- tion and one of the most outstanding in the nation. Papers on everything from deep scientific studies to prison jargon will be presented by the scholars in the 17 sections into which the Academy is divided. Developments and inves- tigations in the fields of anthropol- ogy, botany, economics, fine arts, folklore, forestry, geography, geology and mineralogy, history and political science, landscape architecture, lang- uage and literature, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, sanitary and medical science, sociology and zool- ogy will be discussed. A WOL ove~r aboul Daniels Relates Attempts To Oust Slattery WASHINGTON, March 7.-(P)- The story of futile White House at- tempts to secure the resignation of Harry E. Slattery as rural electrifica- tion administrator was related before a Senate investigating committee to- day by Jonathan Daniels, presiden- tial assistant, who testified they were made with the knowledge and ap- proval of President Roosevelt. Daniels confirmed that he had asked Slattery to resign and gave other details which he had previously refused to divulge to the committee. Indications were that the investigat- ing group would, as a result, drop its plan to prosecute the 41-year-old presidential aide on a contempt charge. Daniels said he twice requested Slattery's resignation- which the REA head refused to grant--after an inquiry into REA affairs which he undertook at the President's request in July of last year. He was con- vinced, he said, that anfeud" within the agency might be ended if Slattery were to step out. Daniels said President Roosevelt asked him to look into the REA upon receiving from his "old friend,' Slat- tery, a letter that led the chief execu- tive to believe things weren't going smoothly. In the letter, Slattery pro- tested to the President that his "hands had been tied" by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard's appoint- ment of aides without his approval. William Logan, truck driver, sits on the cab of his truck after he narrowly escaped'death by drown- ing at Palmdale, Calif., when his gasoline-laden truck and trailer ran off the highway and partially sub- merged in Wagon Wheel pond, trapping him in the cab. An unidentified motorist swam out to Logan's rescue.- Hints GivenT StudenitTaxpaer Appealing principally to students to use their permanent address in filling out income tax returns, a rep- resentative of the Collector of Inter- nal Revenue's Office yesterday indi- cated several ways in which the handling of returns could be facili- tated for both students and the of- fice. Unless reports are turned in with money order or cashier's check cov- ering the necessary amount by March 15, he stated, they must be postmarked on or before that date. They should be addressed to either Rm. 207 in the National Bank Build- ing in Ann Arbor or to the Collector of Internal Revenue, Federal Build- ing, Detroit. Scholarships Not Taxable Stressing that scholarships in the form of gifts are not taxable, he added that those given requiring a certain amount of work must be re- ported as income. No campus jobs are exempt. He also indicated that those hav- ing difficulty with their returns might use the Advisory -Service, al- though this is merely a courtesy and the taxpayer is responsible for cor- rect returns, not theCollector's of- fice. Those seeking such help should bring room and board bills, last year's returns, receipts from withholding taxes, and the total amount earned during the year, for without these, he declared, the adviser will be help- less. In order to help those with diffi- cult tax problems, the office here will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. next week. There are six advisers in the office qualified to assist with the new forms. Government Owes Nothing Number one problem of the office is to straighten out the problems of the 300 or more who pour through the office every day with mistakes ranging from checks addressed to individuals instead of the Collector of Internal Revenue to the man from Arkansas who figured as do so many that the government really owed him money. One anecdote concerns the lady who said that she was married, but that her husband had left her. She was waiting for him though; she thought she'd wait about ten years. Of course there are people who want deductions for all sorts of rea- sons and always a few who want to throw in the dog on their return. One man remarked, "He eats more than any of the kids do." One man who was in the office yesterday afternoon puzzling over his forms remarked, "My sister is a very intelligent school teacher, but I can't figure out this tax business." Taxpayers Willing The employes in the Collector's office agree that people this year are generally very willing taxpayers. They are less reluctant to pay than in previous years and they have found little effort among the people of Ann Arbor to chisel. They also remarked that now that taxes have reached a high point, people are not waiting till the last minute to figure out what they owe. They want to find out as soon as pos- sible so that they will be sure to have the money. These Should File Those persons who have to file returns are: (1) persons who were single for the entire year and whose gross income equals or exceeds $500; (2) married but not living with hus- band or wife for any part of year and gross income equals or exceeds $500; (3) married and living with' husband or wife for any part of the year or for the entire year and gross income exceeds $624 or combined gross income of husband and wife equals or exceeds $1,200; (4) single or married (regardless of amount of gross income for 1943) if liable for tax for 1942. When the marital status changes during the year a return must be filed if the combined gross income of husband and wife though less than $1,200, equals or exceeds the aggre- gate of (a) $500 pro-rated for the period during which the husband was WPB Officials Are Denied Deferments WASHINGTON, March 7.-(.)- Out of 245 big and little War Pro- duction Board officials whose defer- ment as "key men" was sought by the agency, all but seven have been turned down, it was learned tonight. One official described the situation as "the most serious threat to the WPB organization since the start of the war." All the 245 are pre-Pearl Harbor fathers. M ICHIGAN NOW' Vj 08U A single, and (b) $1,200 pro-rated for the period during which they were married. "Owing to complications involved in filing any individual returns, I would recommend that :in doubtful case a person consult the Collector's office," H. P. Wagner, chief accoun- tant of the University, suggested. Lt. James E. Cook (above), 24, of Williamsburg, Iowa, who made an unauthorized raid over the Jap base at Rabaul six weeks ago. A veteran of 28 missions, le decided to put in a little overtime. Supply Bill Passed WASHINGTON, March 7.-(A)- Displaying liberality toward war agencies but sharply slashing home front bureaus, the House Appropri- ations Committee approved today a $500,103,748 deficiency supply bill, $92,235,064 below budget estimates. -------------- ------- m P'a clica / &xperience in 4,1 RDVE RTI SING LHYOUT & DESIGN The advertising department of The Michigan Daily offers you an excel- lent opportunity to acquire practical experience in the field of Advertis- ing and Design. If you have had no previous training you will be given free instruction. If you have had classroom training, you will test your ability with actual practice. 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