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Predict Quick
Action as Bill
Enters House
FDR Veto Expected;
Barkley Decries 'Red
Tape' in Changed Bill
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 14.-A ser-
vice ballot bill accenting state rights
and alternately described as an aid
and a bar to voting by millions of
uniformed Americans passed the
Senate 47 to 31 today and moved to-
ward the House for final congres-
sional action.
Product of weeks of debate, the
measure gives state absentee ballots
preferential standing and offers a
short-form federal ballot only as a
last resort with a state, approval
string attached for overseas troops.
GOP, Democrats Combine
Twenty-three Democrats and 24
Republicans voted for the compro-
mise bill, with 24 Democrats, six Re-
publicans and one Progressive oppos-
ing passage.
Opponents included Majority Lea-
der Barkley, who declared the meas-
ure was held together with more legal
"adhesive tape" than he had ever
seen before.
House acceptance of the bill, prob-
ably tomorrow, was conceded by
virtually all factions.
Co-Authors Veto Bill
The bill was so changed in its
stormy journey through the confer-
ence committee that its co-authors,
Senators Green (Dem.; R.I.) and
Lucas (Dem., Ill.), 'voted against it
on the final roll call.
Their original measure would have
made an abbreviated federal ballot
valid for all servicemen, but that
was a far cry from the final form of
the measure.
Provides for Quick handling
As approved by the Senate, it pro-
vides for expedited handling-by air
mail if practicable-or postcard ap-
lications for state absentee ballot
forms. The federal ballots, contain-
ing spaces for writing in the voter's
choice for President, senator and
member of the House of Representa-
tives only, would not be issued unless
the serviceman had applied for a
state ballot before Sept. 1 and had
not received it by Oct. 1, and then
only if the governor of his state had
certified the federal ballots were
authorized by state law.
Military and naval personnel sta-
tioned in the United States could
not use the federal ballots unless the
governor of their home state had
certified first, that the federal ballots
were authorized, and second, that
the state had made no provision for
absentee voting.
Panhellenic To
Interview Today
Mary June Hastreiter, president of
Panhellenic, has announced that
there will be interviewing of peti-
tioners for Panhellenic Ball and Pan-
hellenic Night today from 3-5 p.m.
in th e undergraduate office at the
League.
A Panhellenic meeting will be held
at 4 pim. Friday and it is essential
that a representative of every soror-
ity be present according to Miss
Hastreiter.
Women who are interested in in-
formal rushing may sign up at the
League any day during the week.
There is no fee for those who have
signed up during the fall formal
rushing season. First semester fresh-
men are permitted to rush.
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TOM SAWYER
State Religious
Leaders Will
Convene Here
'Reli gion in Wartime
College' To Be Thee
O ' Two Day Session
Religious representatives from 29
Michigan college and university com-
munities will attend a two-day con-
ference opening Saturday at La'ne
Hall.
The sessions, which will center
around the theme of "Religion in
the War-Time College," will include
leaders in the Jewish, Catholic and
Protestant faiths. Sponsored by the
War Emergency Council of the Chris-
tian Association and the Conference:
of College Teachers and Ministers
of Religion in Michigan, the confer-
ence will bring to Ann Arbor both
civilian and military chaplains who
will speak on the problem of coun-
seling.
Army Chaplain To Speak
Lt. Jule Ayers, chaplain in the Ar-
my Air Corps, will discuss "Religion
in the War-Time College" at the
opening session of the conference,
10:30 a.m. Saturday in Lane Hall.
Lt. Ayers was a graduate of the Uni-
versity and a former minister of a
Presbyterian church in New York.
Lt. Col. Thomas W. Carter, head of
the chaplains for the Sixth Service
Division, will discuss the problem of
"Our Men in the War-Time College."
Other panels will be "Post-War
Education as a Religious Opportun-
ity," "Religious Counseling" and
"Group Religious Leadership Today."
Luncheon To BIe Served
A luncheon will be served at 12:15
p.m. in the Congregational Church.
Those who cannot attend may come
at 1 p.m. for the panel discussion on
education to be led by Dr. Howard
McClusky of the School of Educa-
tion, Elizabeth Hawley and Make-
peace Tsao, University students, and
William Muehl, acting director of
the Student Religious Association.
The conference Sunday will feat-
ure a talk by Dr. John R. Mott, for-
mer international secretary of the
YMCA. His discussion on "Journeys
among the Students of Friend and
Foe" will be given at 3 p.m. in Rack-
ham Lecture Hall.
O1n Campus...
Ruthven Will Spea.. ..
President Ruthven will speak this
evening at the annual banquet of
the University of Michigan Club of
Lansing. He will be accompanied at
the meeting by Mrs. Ruthven and Mr.
and Mrs. Hawley Tapping.
.
Hospital Workers Meet .. .
Volunteer hospital workers are
asked to attend an orientation meet-
ing at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the
second floor amphitheatre of the
University Hospital.
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Ensian Calls Meeting ...
The Michigan 'Ensian will hold a
try-out meeting tomorrow at 4:30
p.m. in the 'Ensian office. Energy
and asset are stressed and lack of
talent is no hindrance. Those in-
terested in writing and making lay-
outs for the magazine are urged to
attend the meeting.
Mou~vse To Speakc
On 'Youth Centers'
"Michigan Youth Centers" will be
discussed at 2:15 p.m. today over
Station WKAR, East Lansing, by
William C. Morse, member of the
Adult Education Program staff which
prepares this radio series on "The
Community in Action."
Other University members that
will be heard on the air today will
be Miss Kathleen Rinck, instructor
in the School of Music, with a brief
piano program of Schubert's "Mo-
ments Musicals." It will be given at
2:30 p.m. over the same station.
Dr. T. Luther Purdom, director of
the University Bureau of Appoint=
ments and Qccupational Informa
tion, will speak on the subject, "It
Takes Color and Initiative To Suc-
ceed" on a weekly broadcast at 2:40
p.m.
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HIAMMERING RELENTLESSLY at the German Dnieper-Bend salient,
the Russians toppled the big German anchor base of Kherson at the
mouth of the Dnieper following a lightning drive past Tyaginka (C).
Other forces (A) have driven to within less than 50 miles of the Ru-
manian border. Moving swiftly past Uman, the Russians have an-
nounced the capture of Gaivoron (B) on the middle Bug River. (AP
Wirephoto.)
LEGEND OF BRAVERY:
Near-Dead Yank Forgets Own
Life To Help Wounded Buddy
WESTERN FRONT NOTES:
Air Power Beat Nazis at Own Game
Biy WES GAtLLrAGH-ER
Associated Press Correspondet
LONDON, March 14.-Air Chief
Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder views the
British and American Air Forces in
the role of an "instructor to teach
the Germans that war does not pay."
Glancing at hiis watch the other day
at luncheon, he said: "We have just
finished one lesson." A few hours
later it was announced that the
Americans had executed a great day
raid on Berlin.
Thee Netherlands government is
worried lest the Germans flood
holland from pure spite even if the
Allies do not invade it. The Ger-
mans are reported already evacu-
ating the lowlands. Simply by stop-
ping pumping machinery, 40 per
cent of Holland can be flooded'
T strDutch say the salt water would
destroy use of the land for at least
five years.
A young sergeant chauffeur was
driving carelessly near headquarters
recently and was seen by Generalj
Eisenhower, who reprimanded him.
The youth told his over-zealous
commanding officer of the incident
and the startled sergeant was re-
duced to a private on the spot. Gen-
eral "Ike," who sees or hears almost
everything, received a report of the
incident and coldly informed the
boy's commanding officer by tele-
phone that when the commanding
general reprimands a soldier that's
all that's necessary.
He advised the officer that offi-
cers reduce easier than sergeants,
and suggested that the stripes be
restored to the driver. Needless to
say, they were . . .
The more stable refugee govern-
inents here are greatly alarmed by
the treason trial of former Vichy
Interior Minister Piere Pucheu at
Algiers, which resulted in a death
sentence for treason.
They say the trial was a political
witch hunt instead of a court 'of
justice, with political speeches tak-
ing the place of evidence. They
predict the trial will have an un-
fortunate effect on officials and
others who have been helping the
Allies in Europe.
Under the strain of war, tradi-
tional London politeness is wearing
thin. This is especially noticeable in
taxi drivers, particularly at night.
They are in such demand that they
take passengers only the direction
the drivers want to go, and only for
short. trips so as to increase their
tips, then bluntly tell the other to
"go to the devil."
If the tip is not latge enough they
make sneering remarks and call the
woman "old bags" and the men "old
fruit."
One high-ranking American offi-
cer, bawled out because he did not
shut the cab door to the driver's
liking, stepped out and walked two
and a half miles home. The situation
has led to black market cabs where
you can call certain numbers and
get a private car to take you any
place in the city at four times the
regular price-or a minimum of
three dollars plus the tip.
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By KENNETH I.. DIXON
Associated Press Correspondent
WITH THE AEF IN ITALY, March
6.-(Delayed)-In a hospital not far
behind the Cassino front there's a
soldier lying now with one leg off at
the knee. The story of why he is still
alive has become a legend of unself-
ishness all along the line.
Wounded by a mortar shell in the
midst of one of the Italian cam-
paign's bloodiest battles, he looked
down and saw the lower half of his
leg was gone.
The sight, coupled with his
dazed, tortured condition, was too
much for him. He drew his .45 and
raised it to his head.
"I didn't feel like I could pos-'
sibly stand it any longer," he said
later, "and besides, there didn't
seem to be much left worth living
for." ""
But just as he was about to pull
the trigger he heard a moan from a
nearby foxhole. Hitching himself up
over the edge, he saw a badly wound-
ed buddy lying there semiconscious.
"He was suffering so much I decid-
ed I'd wait long enough to help him
get some attention."
Calling loudly for an aid man, he
worked his way over to the other
wounded man and tried to fix him so
he would rest easier until help came.
When the aid men got there they
started taking care of both of them..
"So I decided, what the hell, I
might as well stick it out," he said
in the hospital, "and now of course
I'm glad I did."
For almost three months an infan-
try unit in the thick of the Porchia
fighting had two pigeons which they
kept around for emergencies. When
they ran' out of special food for them
the boys turned them loose, expect-
ing them to go back to their Signal
Corps pigeon coop. Instead, the two
birds slipped out straight for the
German lines.
"They must have been spies," said
Technical Sergeant Chester Wis-
niewski of Chicago, "but if they were
and the Germans opened up their
message tubes hoping to intercept
some important information they're
going to be sadly mistaken. All I
wrote was, 'Sorry, no message.' "
Alumni Issue Features
Grads inm War Service
Featuring the University Alumni
in war service, a special issue of the
Michigan Alumus will be on sale Sat-
urday at the Alumni Council office
in the League.
It contains a complete roster of
the approximately 400 Michigan men
and women in all branches of military
services and the Red Cross.
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constantly-morning, noon, and night-
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lightweight fleeces and soft doeskins. Of
course, they're pure virgin wool.
Purple, Lilac, Maize, Gold, Red, Melon,
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