SIX TIlE MTCHICAN rAlly - .--~r~aa. .a.raa.aa Nelson SaysIndustry Must Bow to Manpower Needs oj rArmy Steelmen Told A To Expect Loss Of Labor Supply Need for Young Army Necessitates Releasing Men from War Plants m -_- _ _ I PUBLIC OPINION SUP PRESSED: Minority Group Controls Argentina By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 16. - To build a young man's army, the high command has decided to sacrifice war production if necessary, the steel industry was informed today by Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board. Military requirements call for the combat use of virtually every avail- able-bodied man in the country under 26, Nelson was quoted-by highly re- liable sources-as telling a closed meeting of the steel industry advis- ory committee. An official account of Nelson's message, released later, gave a re- phrased wersion but quoted Nelson as declaring that the Army and Navy need men and "they must get the men, even if it means losing produc- tion." Steelmen Informed The steelmen were informed, it was' officially revealed that they must expect "severe manpower losses in the next few months because of the draft. Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey, who also addressed the group, stressed the armed forces' need for young men between 18 and 26. Hershey expressed "sympathy" with the manpower problems of industry, and told the producers they "should not be dismayed" if they fail to meet production quotas because of military demands for men. Nelson More Optimistic Nelson, slightly more optimistic, declared that all industry undoubt- edly 'faces one of the most difficult periods of the war, but voiced con- fidence in its ability to "produce all the goods needed despite manpower Some of the steel men, however, forecast serious losses in production. They said there are 42,000 fewer men working in steel plants now than two months ago, while the rate of decline is accelerating. Earlier in the day, Selective Sert- ice told a Congressional committee that 160,000 pre-war fathers had to be drafted ahead of their time be- cause Paul V. 1MicNutt's War Man- power Commission failed to produce replacements for young men deferred because of their industrial jobs. FIREMEN SEARCH the charred wreckage of a trapsport plane which crashed at La Guardia Field in New York. Field observers said the plane struck a fence when coming in to land. At least two bodies were removed from the debris. (AP Wirephoto.) THERE ARE SUCH THINGS: 63 Students ake Straight-A Average for Fall Semester o - Forty-one students in the literary college received all A's last semester while 16 earned a 4.0 average in the engineering college. Three men in the Navy and three public health majors also achieved perfect records. The complete list of names, as released by the Univer- sity, follows: Literary College: Sarah B. Ames, Jean Baxter, Lois E. Brandenburg, Mary J. Buckley, Elizabeth F. Bugh- er, Elizabeth Ann Campbell, Ruth S. Collins, Alice Fleming, Lenore Frane, Richard J. Fritz, Anita Gilleo, John H. Griffith, Karl T. Hecht, Liselotte Hecht, John F. Hoffman, Jean L. Hole, Israel S. Jacobs, William J. Kehoe, Royal G. Kerr, Eugene J. Kulinski, Harry Loberman. Violet Misekow, Leon D. Ostran- der, Doris B. Rabinowitz, Elaine Raiss, Constance Rinehart, Kenneth W. Scott, Raymond J. Shinn, Helen F. Simpson, Isadore M. Singer, Alfred A. Srere, Yuma W. Stahmer, Con- stance A. Taber, Florence R. Tucker, Edith M. Van Andel, Marjorie Van Eenam, Helen E. Ward, Roberta .P. Wilber, Lester M. Wolfson, Joan P. Welker and David V. Wend. College of Engineering: Nora S. Altman, Gerald R. Bouwkamp, Ralph A: Dage, Jack R. Elenbaas, Alan Frane, Melrose M. Jesurun, Donald H. McPherson, Henry M. Noritake, A. Donn Resnick, Spencer W. Roberts Jr., Carl W. Sanders, Robert L. Tay- lor, Donald H. Vance, Jack D. Ver- schoor, John C. Wahr and Charles W. Wilson III. Navy: Harvey L. Weisberg, Wil- liam J. Westmaas and J. D. Wheeler. School of Public Health: Wilma Becknell, Morton S. Hilbert and Frances C. Hunter. Propose Plan for 4-F's WASHINGTON, March 16.-(A')- The suggestion was advanced before a House military subcommittee today that a plan might be worked out whereby men clased as 4-F under Selective Service could be used in essential occupations in a manner similar to that adopted for consci- entious objectors. Clemencea . .. (Continued from Page 1) Clemenceau of this wvar, the tiger of France, the beloved man, the father of victory. "This war sees another Clemen- ceau. Gen. DeGaulle sent him to Washington, where he is now a member of the French supply coun- cil. His aim is the liberation and reconstruction of France." Gen, DeGaulle Is Praised Clemenceau, in a short interview after his speech, pointed out that 60,000 French soldiers have died since the fall of France, a number much larger than the similar figure for the United States. Pointing to an autographed pic- ture of DeGaulle he said, "He is a great man and is trying to do his best." By VALERIE ANDREWS "The trouble in Argentina is not with the great mass of the people but with a stubborn reationary and ultra-pious minority who wish to control the destiny of their own country and eventually of South Am- erica along undemocratic lines," Prof. H. H. Bartlett of the botany depart- ment, said yesterday. Prof. Bartlett spent the past year' and a half working on rubber re- search for the government, studying the establishment of the culture of the Mexican rubber shrub, "guayule, in South American and Mexico. Minority Rules "It is only fair to add, however,' he stated, "that there is strong op- position to totalitarianism and un- constitutional government on the part of two or three conspicuous members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. If one makes an exception of the ruling minority, the Argentinos are an ad- mirable .people." Prof. Bartlett, who said he was im- pressed by the differences in politi- cal views of the South American countries he worked in, commented that."public opinion in Argentina, if it were effective, would undoubtedly place that country among the lead- ers in democracy." "However," he said, "public opin- ion is entirely suppressed and the people have very little left in the way of political rights. Argentina is even less progressive in its at- titudes than Chile or Uruguay be- cause it has not been accustomed to having a government responsible to public opinion." Prof. Bartlett remarked that Ar- gentina was under the thumb of a clique of Army officers which engin- eered the June Revolution and of the church which, with some notable ex- ceptions, is reactionary and anti- democratic. Pro-Democratic Move "One of the most recent reaction- ary movements in Argentina," he commented, "was to establish com- pulsory Catholic religious instruction in the schools. This indicates retro- gression from democracy." "However, there is a strong move- ment on the part of the truly ad- vanced thinkers of Argentina in fav- or of a democracy and solidarity with the Western Hemisphere," he ex- plained. "Not long ago about 150 scientific and intellectual leaders in Argentina were so brave as to sign a declaration of their anti-fascist attitude, for which they were dis- missed from their positions in the universities and government depart- ments. "The progressive group now be- ing persecuted for a stand in favor Aspirin Enclosed LOS ANGELES, March 16.--()- Rpbert H. Cromwell enclosed his left- over aspirin tablets when he mailed his income tax return to the Collec- tor of Internal Revenue. He might have saved not only the aspirin, but $16, Collector Harry C. Westover said. Westover returned the $16 but kept the aspirin. of democracy included Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentina's Nobel Prize winner, who is by many considered to be Latin America's most emin- ent scientist," he continued. "They will go down in Argentinian history as heroes." Prof. Bartlett expressed the belief that as long as Argentina's genuine and thoroughly respected intellectual leaders are willing to declare them- selves as opposed to fascism and to be persecuted for their stand, Ar- gentina is in a fair way to reestablish a constitutional government and its good standing in the community of nations. Visitors Well Treated He added that "A visitor to Ar- gentina meets with every courtesy and consideration and leaves with a feeling of high admiration and re- gard for the people as a whole; and I believe I voice the opinion of all recent visitors whom I have met." "Chile is a leader in South America in the field of social progress even though there is strong opposition by some people to its new movement to- ward the betterment of the average man," he said. "Chile has a very self-conscious working element which is engaged in active propaganda to do away with the old land tenure system of Chile which has kept most of the land in the hands of a few people and most of the people in relative poverty," he explained. "The result has been a response which makes Chile a leader in social legislation." Uruguay Most Advanced Prof. Bartlett expressed the opin- ion that Uruguay is politically the most advanced nation of those in which he worked and that although it is not as wealthy in proportion to its size and population as Argen- tina, there is .effective. participation of the citizens in the government of the country. "There is no restriction whatso- 'ever upon :freedom of" the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of belief there," he said. He added that the church has less of a throttle grip upon the country, although as large a proportion of the people are nominally Catholic as in other South American countries, and he remarked that Uruguay really has a respectable constitutional govern- ment and holds elections. Economic Independence Seen Prof. Bartlett said, that although he was in South America to do ag- ricultural.research, "Probably every- one forms opinions of some sort which sonner or later leak out." "Nobody," he said, "could have lived in Argentina during the past few months without experiencing a strong reaction of some sort, and mine was naturally in favor of the persecuted pro - democratic intel- lectual and masses and against the bigoted, tyrannical group who are now unhappily in control of the government." "It is quite possible," he contin- ued, "that the three southern coun- tries of Chile, Uruguay and Argen- tina, are on their way to economic independence in rubber as a result of the "guayule" rubber plant work." "It is sincerely hoped. that this is true; for if goodwill toward Latin America means anything at all, it must be able to survive such tem- porary political aberrations as that through which Argentina is now passing," he added. "The people of Argentina, under .good leadership, would quickly prove themselves to be basically sound." In reference to his rubber research work, he commented, "The best pros- pects for success are in Argentina though it "will probably take a long time in developing, as it takes five years for guayule to produce rubber economically." I CAUGHT!r DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (, . t1 '' ..rte ,i (Continued from Page 4) of Arms. March 5-19. Week 9-5; 7:30-9:30. Sundays, 3-5. days,I F. 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Beginners' classes, ballroom, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Advanced classes, tav- ern room, 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Fri- day night dance will be held as usual in the USO Club ballroom starting at 8:00 p.m. Coinn Events Iota Sigma Pi meeting Monday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. in West Lec- ture Room of Rackham Building. Dr. Newton B. Everett, of the anatomy department, will speak on "The Chemical Aspects of Zoology.' Re- freshments at Rackham Building afterward. "Trends and the Future Outlook in EmploymentaDiscrimination" will be the topic of a talk to be given by Mr. Albert Cohen, Tuesday, March 21 at 8 p.m. at the Hillel Foundation. All those interested in receiving vo- cational guidance in career planning are urged to attend. Michigan Youth for Democratic Action will hold a general meeting Monday, March 20, at 7:45 p.m. in the Union (room to be posted). The topic for the meeting will be World Youth Week, and the new member- ship drive will be launched. 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