' 40 low JNML ov vw, t t aiItj Cloudy ad MIld VOL. LIV No. 63 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Fifth House Approves Contribution to UNRRA Fund Amendment To Take Control from Hands of President Is Defeated By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Over- riding some sharp objections-prin- cipally from Republicans-the House today approved legislation permit- ting the United States to contribute $1,350,000,000 to a world "kitty" for relief and rehabilitation of war-rav- aged areas and populations. The bill went to the Senate by a vote of 338-54 after the Republicans fought in vain for an amendment to place control of the funds in the hands of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, rather than the President. This was defeated, 217 to 175. In the form it finally left the House, the measure was broadened so that aid can be extended to the people of India. The House also approved the agreement reached by the 44 par- ticipating nations which formed the United Nations Relief and Rehabili- tation Administration at Atlantic City. This caused some critics to say that. Congress was endorsing treaties and that it was taking the first step toward "the super state," or "totali- tarianism." The "UNRRA" program provides that immediately upon the liberation of any area by the armed forces of the United Nations, the population shall receive aid and relief, and that urgently needed agricultural and in- dustrial production shall be resumed. VwBall Petitions Are Due Today Senior Applications for1 Offic s Must a Filedi Petitions for both V-Ball and senior class officer positions must be filed by 5 p.m. today in the Union Student Offices.' Only seniors graduating at the end of the current term are eligible to petition for senior positions which will be elected for every school and college in the University.1 $oth the literary college and the engineering coolege will be permitted three V-Ball committee members while the remaining schools and col- leges will elect an additional three members.l The Men's Judiciary Council said yesterday that interviews of prospec- tive candidates will be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union.- The dance committee will be round- ed out by the appointment of four service representatives,'two each from the Army and Navy units on campus. All candidates' names will appear in The Daily Friday and the election will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day in campus booths. Only sophomore, junior, and senior students are eligible for the dance committee while every student on campus except servicemen will be permitted to vote. Waste Paper To Be CBeolleted University students are to rally to their country's call .tomorrow when collections are ma e of vitally need- ed waste paper. Dormitories, league houses, sorori- ties and cooperatives are all trying to top the 45 tons of old newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes and scrap paper which was donated to the war effort in the December drive. Doris Barr, president of Assembly, which is sponsoring the drive to- gether with Panhellenic, asks that waste paper be put on the curb to- night in order that representatives of the Washtenaw County Salvage Committee may make pick - ups Thursday morning. It is also asked that collections be brought to cen- tral league houses and sororities to limit the number of stops necessary. Paper mills throughout 'the coun- try are desperately in need of waste paper which is the basic raw mater- ial used in producing protective wrappings for over 700,000 war es- sential articles. Packages for ship- ping blood 'plasma,' containers for Army Patrols Smash into _. Clark Reads Invasion Report After landing with forces of this Allied Fifth Army on the west coast of Italy, behind German lines, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark (right) reads a report on the new invasion's progress. This is a p.S. Army Signal Corps Photo.' Public Protests 'Gagging' Bill On Soldier Vote Special To The Daily DETROIT, Jan. 24.-As a result of the thousands of protest letters pour- ing in from Michigan, Congressman Earl C. Michener. (Rep., Mich.) re- fused yesteray to invoke, the gag Rule' which would cut off discussion on the floor of the House before a vote was taken on the Soldier Vote bill. Congressman Michener declared that he would not be a party to push- ing through the Rankin-Eastman Amendment to the original Green- Lucas bill since the amendment, if passed, would make it impossible for servicemen and servicewomen to use the uniform Federal ballot in the coming elections. A delegation from the Detroit Bal- lots for Servicemen Committee will reach Washington on Thursday to present petitions urging that soldiers be given the opportunity to vote through the passage of "Federal jurisdiction without the complica- tions arising from State election pro- cedures," MYI JA etitions For Soldier Vote Taking further action toward the immediate passage of the Federal Soldier-Vote Bill the MYDA circu- lated petitions on campus yesterday. The names on the petition were sent by telegram to. Joseph Martin, minority leader of the House of Rep- resentatives, last night. Petitioners demanded the immedi- ate passage of the compromise Green- Lucas Bill. ** 4 Senator's Still Disagree WASIHINGTON, Jan. 25. - (1P) - Determined to fight against amend- ments, Administration Senators ap- parently passed up tonight any chance of lining up southern Demo- crats behind a new uniform federal absentee ballot bill. World News In Brief. Bolivia Not Recognized LONDON, Jan. 25.-)--The British Goverpiment announced re- fusal today to recognize Bolivia's military, Juaa .l. left tle door open for a resumption of relations if conditions change. tlkiitisans .'Fall iBack LONDON, Jan. 25. -V)'- The Yugoslav Partisan Army has fallen back in a fighting withdrawal in the long and swaying battle below the naval base of Fiume, abandoning to the Germans the coastal town of Senj, the headquarters of Marshal Josip Broz (Tito) announced today. War Production Sufficient WASINGTON, Jan. 25.-A)- Donald M. Nelson reported tonight that war production has reached the volume considered necessary for victory. lriggs Is indicted WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-(/P)- A federal grand jury today indicted George N. Briggs, confidential aide to Interior Secretary Ickes, on char- ges of forging the "Hopkins letter" which implied that the White House is in political cahoots with Wendell Willkie. $700 Is colleced -i sale or Ii ue Iaiies With a total of 700 collected, the response to the campus sale of Dime Dailies for the relief of "polio" vic- tims was good, Jim Plate, '45, chair- man of the campus March of Dimes drive, revealed yesterday. The drive goes into its third day today with a large amount of the campus goal still to be met. So far Navy contributions have been the highest of all campus groups. Nazis Report Allies Sever Appian Way Littoria, Aprilia Are lFaken by Onrushing British, U.S. Troops By WES GALLAGHER Associated Press Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al- giers, Jan. 25.-Fifth Army patrols were reported tonight to have enter- ed Cassino, long a bastion of the Ger- mans' cross-Italy line, and this may indicate the beginning of a German withdrawal from the southern Italian front. Allied troops extended their bridge- head south of Rome more than 12 miles in land and apparently forced Field Marshall Gen. Albert Kessel- ring to withdraw units from the bloody Cassino area to meet the threat to the Nazis' two major supply arteries from Rome. London Radio Reports (American patrols entering the out- skirts of Cassino could see into the "heart of the town, only 400 yards away," the London radio said tonight in a broadcast recorded by CS, and "the only sign of life was a single German walking down the street.") ("But even if Cassino has been evacuated," the broadcast continued, "the surrounding heights still are held by the Germans.") German Radio Reports (A German broadcast said the town of Velletri, 24 miles southeast of Rome on the Appian Way, had been destroyed by Allied bombs and in- timated American troops had occu- pied the town and cut the highway.) Already the historic Appian Way, which with the Via Casilina feeds an estimated 100,000 Nazi troops in the Gustav Line, was within reach of Allied patrols and to all intents and purposes was denied to the enemy. $wiss Raio Reports--. (A Swiss broadcast quoted the Al- lied-controlled Bari radio in Italy as announcing that Allied troops had captured Littoria, 12 miles east of Nettuno, as well as the town of Aprilia, also in the Pontine Marshes. The British Broadcasting Company quotedone of its correspondents at the bridgehead front as saying ad- vance Allied elements had crossed the Appian Way and were approach- ing a double-track electric railway to Rome.) Sov er eignty TO Be Discussed The Post-War Council panel on "Can National Sovereignty Be Limit- ed?" will be held at 7:30 p.m. tomor- row in the Union, instead of today, as previously announced. Participating in the panel will be Prof. Roy Sellars of the philosophy department, Prof. John Shepard of the psychology department, and Prof. George Kiss of the geography de- partment. Topics which will be dealt with include: 1)-Distinction between Na- tional Sovereignty and Nationalism; 2)-Extent to which war has inten- sified Nationalism; and 3)-Signifi- cance of these facts in potential post- war cooperation. Stowe Speaks On the Russiani Peace IDebate "Except in the event that the Allies do not have a half million men fight- ing on European soil by April, 1944, I am convinced that the Russians will. never make a separate peace with Germany," Leland Stowe, prominent war correspondent said yesterday in a lecture on "What I Saw in Russia." Speaking of the recent Pravda ar- ticle accusing Great Britain of dis- cussing a separate peace with Ger- many; Mr. Stowe said that he be- lieved this report was published so that the British would make a public denial, refuting those in England who-.haave been advocating such a move. "Perhaps this wasn't too delicate of the Russians," he continued, "but did we ever stop to think how deli- cate some of the things Colonel Mc- Cormick and the Hearst papers have said about Russia are and what Rus- sia must think when she reads these articles?" Stating that he does not know what will happen if we "fail to deliv- er the goods by spring," he pointed out that our total of 29,000 dead looks awfuilly small to a people who have lost 7 million men in actual fighting and more than that number of civilians. In conclusion Mr. Stowe, in dis- cussing the post war world, said, "There will not be peace unless we learn to live with Russia-and we can learn if we are not influenced by the voices of those who are prejud- iced against her." Freya Stark Speaks, Tonight "A Journey into Yemen in 1940" will be the subject of an illustrated lecture to be given by Miss Freya Stark at 7:30 p.m. today in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The lecturer, who is a well known traveler, explorer and writer about the Near and Middle East, has Allies Gain on Italian Front Kesselring, German Field Marshal, was forced to withdrs from the Cassino area, entered yesterday by Fifth Army pa defend the two maijor supply arteries from Rome. HIoweve troops have, according to reports, cut the Appian Way. Lt. Torn ar,, Will Return T "I'm coming straight wired Lt. Tom Harmon to ents here yesterday from; ville, S.C. air base. By his decision, Tomv Ann Arbor, the scene of iron fame, also the sce reunion with his family1 hasn't seen since Christi "We expect him any morrow (Wednesday) ," h ty year old father, Louis, night. On leave from his squadron in China, Har been granted a 24 day1 told Monday in Washini he was shot down over China last October 30. Union Off ic Praises.Th. Day Meetin "This is the first ambi in this field," Willard Mari ucational Director of Loca CIO, at the Ford Willowl er Plant, said last night in ing on the union's three- tional training conference convene here Friday. More than 25 delegates the sessions which willl the Michigan League, an ings will be led by unio except for a Friday mo group which will be co faculty members of the staff. President Alexander G will highlight the confere Friday by discussing "W+ cation in Great Britain. will be drawn from his in England when he visit fall. "This conference has a ed purpose," Martinson want to carry on a full- tional program by training leaders and at the same the rank and file in thei munities." Gassino Russians Fight Their Way into Rail Junction -" Other Forces Sweep to Last 50-Mile Stretch of Nazi Held Trunkline By JAMES M. LONG Associated Press correspondent LONDON, Jan. 25.-The Russians r fought their way today into the streets of Krasnogvardeisk, import- ant rail junction 30 miles southwest of Leningrad where the lines from Estonia and Latvia meet, and other forces swept in from the east to the last 50-mile stretch of the Leningrad- Moscow trunkline still held by the Germans, Moscow, announced to- 20 night. 20 Less than 100 miles south of Len- tMILES ingrad, Russian troops fighting west aw units of Lake Ilnen reached to within eight Atrols, to miles of the railway junction of -, Allied Shimsk. This drive, now at Torfo- podstilochnaya, was nearing the Len- ingrad-Vitebsk Railway, one of the two escape routes still open to the Germans falling back from the Len- 1on ingrad area. Other forces to the east were 1oday smashing through German lines west and southwest of Kurishi, moving t home," through fortifications and forest o his par- roads built by the Nazis. a Green- The Germans rushed up reinforce- ments from Estonia and Latvia to will snake meet the on-rushing Soviets, but even his grid the new troops may be trapped if the hisgrd-Russian push moving west of Nov- ne of his gorod in the Lake Ilmen area con- whom he tinues unchecked, nas, 1942. __________ time to- his seven-Army Navy said last fighter Programs May rmon has leave and Be Disbanded gton how Jap-held WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-())- With the aim of releasing approi- mately 200,000 student-servicemen . for combat duty and saving an equtl number of pre-war fathers from the draft, the House Military committee may soon propose eliminating most of the Army and Navy specialized training programs. Committee members, winding up closed hearings today on the pro- grams, expressed belief that both tious effort should be abolished, with the excep- tinson, Ed- tion of the dental and medical train- l 50, UAW- ing. Run Bomb- On the basis of figures from the . a comment- Army and Navy, committee members day educa- estimated that approximately 150,000 a which will in the Army program, including of- ficer personnel, and 50,000 in the Na- will attend vy setup, could be shunted into active be held in service. This would leave the dental d all meet- and medical groups intact. n members To back up the expected recou- rning panel mendations, committeemen indicat- nducted by ed they would ask the House Appro- University priations committee to provide no further funds for the programs. G. Ruthven Separate programs for training en- nce banquet gineers and men for militay gov- 'orker Edu- ernment abroad would not be affect- His talk ed. experiences ed there last two-prong - said. "We time educa- ig additional time reach r own com- No Word Received Here "No word has been received by headquarters here in regard to the new proposal for the abolition of ,a large part of the Army Specialized Training Program," Maj. Edward F. Gallagher, adjutant of the 3651st S.U., said yesterday. One-Seventh Goal Is Made of County's ill Drive Approximately one-seventh of Washtenaw County's $7,477,000 goal in the Fourth War Loan drive has been sold, according to latest audits. Of the county total purchased to date, $521,607.50 has been in E bonds. The E bond goal throughout the county drive is $2,790,000. Comedy, Farce Will Be Two Speech Depart ment Offerings Play Production To0 Enact Shakespeare {* Childrens Theatre To Give 'Mr. Dooley, Jr.1 TIN OR FASCISM? Prof. Aitoii G"onw-nts on Bolivia AX By BETTY KOFFMAN "If we just stop purchasing tin from Bolivia, the new pro-fascist government there will fall," Prof. Arthur S. Aiton of the history de- partment said yesterday. "As 70 per cent of Bolivia's bI- come comes from purchases by the gain the support of the masses in the recent revolution," lie said. When asked about the decision of the United States this week to deny recognitiomn to the new govern- ment, Professor Aiton said that the State Departmerit is wise in pur- suing such a policy, thus avoiding a situation similar to that which developed in Argentina. In the itism of the European fascists and they were defeated in a revolution- ary attempt. Since then the group has had underground connections with the Integralista, or Green Shirts, a Nazi group in Brazil, Pro fessor Aiton said. "Hopes that the new government might be more favorable to labor than the overthrown tin-controlled Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Er- rors" will be the next offering of Play Production of the speech department, to be given at 8:30 p.m. Feb. 9-12 and at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. An innovation in the regular Play Production presentations, there will be a matinee performance Feb. 12. Shakespeare's comedy is a series of farcical situations rising from the confusion between the twins, Anti- pholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus, and their twin servants, the two Dromios. To aid in furthering the confusion romantic complications set in and ham situation goeo from had tn worse. "Mr. Dooley, Jr,", by Jane Lewin and Rose Franken, will be given by the Children's Theatre of the speech department at 2:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Chosen for the first presentation by the Children's Theatre of the year "Mr. Dooley, Jr." is a comedy center- ing around the affection of Tommy and Janie for Mr. Dooley, Jr., a ca- nine whose captivating ways are the cause of all the complications in the play. Upon deciding that they will buy the dog, Tommy and Janie promptly experience much parental objection and financial difficulty, They then FREYA STARK to speak today worked for the British Ministry of -nfnrrmntiin since 19D and has