THE MICHIGAN DAILY CHI Food Row May Bring Presidential 4eti0ot BEST SPRING SEASON: Life Is Getting Easier for Ivan Ivanovich -zAverage Russian Attempt To Protect Civian Supplies Brings Bitter Protests WASHINGTON, Mar. 13--()--A War Food Administration move to halt shipments of meats to Great Britain and liberated areas and to trim military demands has precipitated a bitter inter-agency controversy. President Roosevelt may be called upon to settle the issue because of its possible impact upon international relations and upon home-front psychology. Fundamentally, the issue is whether civilian food supplies should be reduced further to meet international commitments and obligations. With - -'ood production now on the down- grade, total demands being made Lodge M eetn g upon this country are considerably greater than the supply, particularly To H ear Local in the case of meats, fats and vege- tablooils, sugir, and some kinds of dairy products. Pastors Today The issue came to a head late last week in a WFA effort to allo- "The Rev. Fr. Warren G. Peek of cate supplies for the April-June the St. Thomas Catholic Church, the quarter among various claimant Rev. William P. Lemon of the Pres- groups -- the military, civilians, byterian Church, and Rabbi Jehudah lend-lease, foreign relief, and oth- M. Cohen, Director of Hillel Founda- er export demands tion, will be the principal speakers at In the case of meats, War Food the fourth annual brotherhood meet- Administrator Marvin Jones propos- ing of the Ann Arbor lodge, B'nai ed to take Great Britain and liberat- Brith, which will be held at 8 p.m. ed areas off the receiving list during today at the Foundation," according the three month period and to cut to Mr. Henry Morris, chairman of the lodge. military supplies below army requests. The religious aspects of the theme This action was described as neces- of brotherhood will be discussed by sary if civilian shortages were not Father Peek, while Mr. Lemon will to be aggravated. deal with contemporary literature. How modern scientific findings point Jones rushed to War Mobilizer to religious and racial equality will James F. Byrnes for support. The be explained by Rabbi Cohen. latter took no sides in the matter, Everyone is invited to attend the but set up a special committee to pass meeting. upon foreign shipments of food. The committee, headed by Foreign Eco- nomic Administrator Leo T. Crowley, N eew matn Clubis, in effect, a super food allocations committee. To Give Formal iel A spring formal will be sponsored .L r by the Newman Club of St. Mary'sT Chapel from 9 p.m. to midnight April G3rp6n h i , o U , a n 6 in the Union, Dotty Uhl, chairman, ou T I iee announced yesterday. The first meeting for the semester Bill Layton and his orchestra will of the Hillel Foundation library com- be featured at the formal which will mittee will be held at 3 p.m. today be open to all members of the stu- at the Foundation. dent body. All students interested in joining Assisting Miss Uhl on the commit- the committee, which has charge of tee are Tom Donnolly, Doris Heidgen, procuring and cataloguing books for J. J. Cadaret and Floyd Gibbons. the Foundation, and maintaining re- Plans are being made for an enter- lationship with other libraries on tainment at the intermission which campus, are invited to attend the will consist of University talent. meeting. Tickets for the dance may be ob- The first class in Hebrew instruc- tained in the Newman Club Rooms tion will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the chapel. today at the Foundation. By EDDY GHMORE MOSCOW- OP)-- March, always the toughest month for city-dwelling Russians, promises this year to usher in the best spring and summer sea- son of the war for Ivan Ivanovich- Russian for Joe Doakes.' Life isn't easy in Russia-but it's getting easier. The best newvs in many months is a second reduction in prices in Rus- sia's commercial food stores where you can buy in unrationed quanti- ties everything from filet mignon to day-old eggs-if you have the money. Finest Cuts The finest cuts of beef have been reduced by 16 per cent, pork 18 per cent, mutton 16%/ per cent and salt pork 14 per cent. Bacon and chicken remain the same but turkey is down 11 per cent and goose nine per cent. Butter has been reduced 25 per cent, cheese is cheaper by about ten per cent and chocolate--which Rus- sians love so well-is down 18 per cent. Commercial stores do not deal heavily in potatoes, and do not sell Russian bread which is purchased on a regular ration card very cheaply. In Every City The commercial stores, located in every city in the Soviet Union, deal with the greatest mash of its factory and office workers and greatly affect the life of the average Russian. True, he may not buy there more than once weekly but it is an accur- ate gauge to conditions in general. A reduction in these prices brings others with them but salaries remain the same. The commercial stores have been functioning for nearly a year now and two price reductions, taken to- gether, have brought prices down roughly 15 to 40 per cent. Probably more significant is that each time the commercial store pri- ces drop, the farmers' market - where -the collective farmer brings his extra produce to sell at retail at his own price-also is forced down. Sounder Ruble The Soviet ruble of March, 1945, definitely is a sounder ruble than last year and the commercial store, under careful government supervi- sion, definitely has made its contri- bution. In this system, money is returning to something like it was before the war when the Russian could buy himself virtually anything he want- ed to at the same or cheaper prices than in our countries. This March many articles which make for a fine dinner are available to the average man, although he can't splurge-or anything like it. The commercial stores have work- ed out a system of discounts. Red Army men, for instance, get as high as 50 per cent off retail prices. 30 to 50 Per Cent Off Workers who perform with special efficiency in war" factories get 30 to 50 per cent off. Numerous other classifications which include artists and writers call for reductions of 10 to 30 per cent. Incidentally, vodka-the national firewater-now costs 40 per cent less than a year ago. Legislature Urged To Wait For U. S. LANSING, Mar. 13.-(/P)-Declar- ing that a wave of strikes impeding war plants' production is a federal problem more than a state one, Gov- ernor Kelly urged the, Legislature today to withhold action on anti- strike legislation and other labor regulatory bills until the federal gov- ernment has enunciated a labor- management policy. SAN FRANCISCO HONORS BATAAN, CORREGIDOR HEROES-Riding in ambulances, the 272 Ameri- can fighting men, heroes of Bataan and Corregidor, and captives of the Japs at Cabanatuan prison camp, Luzon, P. I., move along Market Street in a parad e of welcome at San Francisco, Calif. 4tihian m#en at ?War_ (Editor's Note: Contributions to Michi- gan Men at War should be addressed to the Military Editor, Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street.) At a ceremony held at headquart- ers of the Tenth Air Force in Burma, Staff Sergeant HOWARD F. PIOW- ATY, former University student, was awarded the Air Medal by Maj. Gen. Howard C. Davidson, commanding general. Sgt. Piowaty, as a member of a signal air warning battalion of the 10th, has been in charge of sup- plying isolated ground force in- stallations by means of air drop- ping. Already holder of the Air Medal, Staff Sergeant ARNOLD J. SEIDMAN has been awarded the Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious service during the aerial invasion of Holland and other achievements in the Euro- pean theatre. A veteran radio oper- ator, Sgt. Seidman is a graduate of the University. LEA PATRICK CUNNINGHAM, another former University student, has been commissioned an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve follow- ing his graduation from the Naval Air Training Base at Corpus Chris- ti, Tex, Recipient of the Bronze Star is Major DONALD HILL, a graduate of 1941 who is now radar officer of the First Tactical Air Force in France.I Maj. Hill was decorated for his or- ganization and direction of all radar installations of the new air force when it was created from elements of three other air forces. According to recent announce- ment by his commanding officer, another former student, JACK KAPE, has been promoted to the grade of corporal. Corp. Kape is a classification specialist assigned to a 15th Air Force Service Con- mnand Air Service Group head- quarters. Uncle Harry' To Be Given by Play Production. The cast for "Uncle Harry," by Thomas Jobe, Play Production's first offering of the spring term, has been selected by Prof. Valentine Windt of the speech department. Heading the cast will lie Byron Mitchell as Uncle Harry and Betty Blomquist and Babette Blum as "Un- cle Harry's" sisters, Lettie and Hes- ter. Other members of the cast in- elude: Dorothy Murzek, Janine Rob- inson, Harp McGuire, Onnolee An- derson, Orris Mills and James Land. Henry Mantho, Sanford Max, Arthur Shef, William Cook, Don Shapiro, and Margaret Becton complete the list. DAIL YOFFICIAL I-BULLETIN I r Ja r~w suD rs -a o4 1pASU ~J - k .., _ . . . . ; . . . . .. i j Now serving as medical officer of __ (Continued from Page 4) one of the American hospital units attached to a Chinese Army is Capt. Executive Council of Inter-Racial CHARLES S. MARSDEN, JR., a grad- Association will meet on third floor of uate of the University medical school Union Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m. in 1937. Bring eligibility cards. TO The Regular Thursday Evening Ben j ain Owen TO Record Concert will be held in the .PLadies Lounge of the Rackham Buil- rive Itato R ecital ding. at 7:45 p.m. The classical pro- gram will include Handel's Water 1oerterwe Gl2 _.. _ _ ' 4 . . ,.,. <. . f G ali! LIS Benjamin Owen, teaching fellow in the School of Music, will present a piano recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree, at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Selections by Mozart and Beetho- ven, Bach's famous "Partita No. 6, in E minor," "Valses nobles et senti- mentales" by Ravel, and Cesar Fran- ck's "Prelude, Chorale and Fugue \will be included on the program. - Before entering the University Owen studied under such masters as Alexander Siloti. Felix Salmond and Bernard Wagenaar at the Juilliard Graduate School in New York City, also with Josef and Rosina Lhevinne.. At present he is a pupil of Prof. Joseph Brinkman. Owen has taught at the Juilliard Graduate School, at Lebanon Valley College and at Hendrix Colle-e. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sin- fonia. The recital is open to the general Music Suite; Telemann's Suite in A Minor; Corelli's Organ Concerto; and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (1-4). All Graduate Students are cordially invited to attend. 1- The Post-War Council will hold its first meeting of the semester this Thursday at 4:30 in the Union. Offi- cers will be elected and plans for this semester's program will be made. 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