Government Seeks Settlement For General By The Associated Press DETROIT, Nov. 21-TheFederal Government tonight sought a solution to the bitter wage dispute which led to a strike of nearly 200,000 General Motors Corporation employes today. The action came as Walter Reuther, vice president of the United Auto Workers (CIO), told a press conference that 96 per cent of GM's far flung industrial empire was shut down tight as a result of the walkout at 11 a. m. today. Other Four Per Cent Considered "The other four per cent is under consideration," Reuther added, but 'he did not amplify the remark. General Motors spokesmen reported 175,000 production em- ployes were out on strike but would not hazard a guess as to hoW many of the 73,5,00 salaried workers were idle because of picket lines or other causes connected with the strike. Gibson Asks Union Official Meeting Reuther confirmed reports that John Gibson, special assist- ant to Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach, had requested a meet- ing with union officials here to review the strike situation. Earlier reports from Washington indicated Gibson, a former president of the Michigan CIO Council,.had been empowered to arrange separate meetings with the union and company to seek resumption of negotiations on wage differences, Company Officials Not Approached Company officials said they had not been approached re- garding the meeting. The Washington story said Gibson was to return there Fri- day to give Secretary Schwellenbach a first-hand report on the strike which hit General Motors plants in 20 states today. Some sources indicated company and UAW representati'ves would be summoned to Washington to confer with high govern- ment officials. Reuther Claims 325,000 Affected Reuther told his press conference that "nearly 325,000 Gen- eral Motors workers would be affected by this strike." The UAW official said 160,000 had been listed as eligible to cast bal- lots in the strike vote which the National Labor Relations Board recently took at GM. "That was at the start of the reconversion period and GM has added many thousands since then," he asserted. Asked if the union, which called the strike to support its demands for 30 per cent wage rate increases, could support a strike "until November, 1946," Reuther replied: "We will travel the road to the bitter end. We're right and wern you're right you can afford to go the whole way. General Motors cannot break the union." Reuther Would Accept GM Negotiation Offer Reuther said that if QM "offers to negotiate, we will be will- ing." Both Reuther and company officials listed the Meridan, Conn. Ball Bearing unit as the only one of 75 GM plants, covered by UAW contracts, which was not closed by today's walkout. Union officials said the Connecticut unit was represented by an AFL union until a month ago and that there had not been sufficient time for them to take part in a strike-vote held in GM plants. The strike was indorsed by a large majority. Three Non-Union Plants Unaffected General Motors spokesmen said production workers at three small non-union GM plants at Rochester, N. Y., Lima, 0. and Ionia, Mich. were not affected by the walkout. hotors Walkout In addition, 25,000 GM employes, affiliated with the United Electrical Workers (CIO) were not involved in the strike though they have separate wage demands pending before the company. GM said these workers are employed at: Delco Products and Delco Appliance Plants, Dayton, 0.; Delco-Remy at Yellow Springs, 0.; Packard Electric at Warren, o and Frigidaire at Dayton, 0. There were no reports of violence in any of the walkouts, involving workers in 20 states. Strike Is Most Far Reaching Since 1937 The strike, bringing to grips the world's largest labor union and one of the nation's largest corporations, was the most far- reaching since the sit-down strikes of 1937 in which union recog- nition was the issue. There was a difference of opinion between management and the union concerning the number of workers immediately affect- ed by the walkouts. General Motors asserted it had 162,000 pro- duction workers presently employed. Union spokesmen have estimated more than 200,000 workers would be immediately af- fected by the mass walkouts. fected by the mass walkouts. CHURCH SERVICES See Page 2 Li L 'r'4Lan iat4 SNOW; COLDER VOL. LVI, No. 19 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Gala Homecoming 100146.. To egin Tomorrow Oiur Last Chance LIVING in-the United States, the oldest existing nation dedicated to the principles of republican form of government and political democracy, we have much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. We are thankful that we have maintained our basic right to live as human beings through the supreme efforts of Americans demonstrated at Corregidor, at Cassino, in the Ardennes, over Nagasaki and in offices and factories at home. We are thankful that our eyes remain free to see what we wish, that freedom of speech, majority rule and minority rights are preserved us. We are thankful that no booted gauleiter deprives us of the right to publicly celebrate Thanksgiving Iay. On Thanksgiving Day, 1945, we should be thankful that the opportunity still exists-an opportunity that science now makes a matter of necessity- to straighten the twisted minds of men everywhere. We have become masters of the science of death, but in the science of living we are no more enlightened than the wise and foolish men of antiquity. Today we live in a world of complexities. This increasingly complicated physical, economic, political and social structure has produced its multitude of problems. We have not yet learned to solve these problems. We prolong them as long as possible and then resort to what is probably society's only universal rule-solve the problem to the satisfaction of one group, eliminate the other. We can be thankful that today we can never again turn to such a solution. We must find amicable solutions or we shall perish. ' The destiny of the human race 1s like the sand in the hour glass. Today' it is running out. We can either let our period of history sift away into nothingness, or reverse the glass and start humanity on a new, bold course toward the fulfillment of all the good qualities in us. As tools we will need a spirit of brotherly love and a deep desire to achieve the heights of human destiny. On this day and in days to come we should be thankful that we still have the opportunity. The Lord has given this last chance before putting the quietus on His blundering and unappreciative children. --Arthur J. Kraft, Associate Editor. U. S. Presents Case Against Nazi Crunminals NUERNBERG, Nov. 21-(P)-Jus- tice Robert H. Jackson asserted today that the 20 top-flight Nazis on trial before the International War Crimes Tribunal would be convicted by their own "Teutonic thoroughness" for re- cording everything from plans in 1940 to attack America to the smallest atrocities. Jackson, presenting the United States' case against the men he de- scribed as "living symbols of racial hatred, of terrorism and idolence, and of arrogance and cruelty," spoke after the defendants had entered pleas of innoncence and their attorneys had sought unsuccessfully to quash the trial. Except for the brief opening period, when the fallen Nazis faced the mi- crophone one by one to deny their guilt and defense attorneys disputed the court's right to try the defen- dants, the entire second day of the historic trial was devoted to the 20,- 000-word statement of the U. S. prosecutor. Jackson cited Nazi records to show that Hitler made plans as early as October, 1940, for war against the United States, that Germany was in- stigating Japan to enter the war in March, 1941, and that the Nazis had knowledge the Japanese were plot- ting the assassination of Stalin. Counsel for the defense earlier had declared that "the trial has no legal basis of international law, but is pro- cedure based on new penal law, penal law which has been created only after the act. Robert Benchley Dies From Stroke Yoakum Paid Last Respects By Colleagues The death of Dean Yoakum of the Graduate School brought to a close a fifteen year uninterrupted term of service to the University. Below are comments made by a few of the peo- ple for whom his passing brought deep sorrow. Alexander G. Ruthven, president of the University: "The University and higher educa- tion have suffered a serious loss in the passing of Dean Yoakum. His extensive knowledge of educational policies and practices was of great as- sistance to his colleagues, and his high ideals of research, instruction, and the services to be expected of teachers were ever a stimulus to them. His contributions to the de- velopment of the University during two of the most difficult periods in its history will be increasingly appreci- ated with time." Assistant Dean Peter Okkelberg of the Graduate School: "In the death of Dean Yoakum the University has lost one of its most faithful and devoted servants. As vice-president in charge of Educa- tional Investigations and Dean of the Graduate School there have been few problems during the past dozen or more years in the solution of which he was not involved. His wide train- ing in administrative affairs, his See DEAN YOAKUM, Page 2 Navy Lowers Point Scores WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-( P)-The Navy announced today the point score discharge of most enlisted men will be reduced from 41 to 38 on Dec. 1. Two Additional Vice-Presidents TO Be Selected Deadline For Election Petitions Is Saturday Two additional vice-presidents of the Union to represent the Medical School and the Law School, are to be selected in the all-campus election reported the Men's Judiciary Council. Altogether four vice-presidents will be selected, the other two represent- ing the literary college and the fol- lowing combined schools: the phar- macology school, the music school, the architecture college, the forestry school, the public health school and the business administration school. Petitions Due Saturday Petitions for the vice-president posts must be filed with the Men's Judiciary Council by Saturday.Peti- tion forms can be obtained in the Student Offices of the Union. Peti- tions must be signed by 25 other students and should state the candi- dates' qualifications, aims and views. Other officers to be chosen in the election are two student members of the Board in Control of Student Pub- lications, senior officers of the engi- neering college and the literary col- lege and ten members of the J-Hop Dance committee. Petitions for these poss must also be filed by Saturday. Last J-Hop Was 1942 The last campus J-Hop was held Feb. 6 and 7, 1942.The dance was of two day duration, and during that time there were three separate dances: two formal, one informal. Playing at the 1942 J-Hop were the bands of Jimmie Lunceford, Les Brown and Orrin Tucker. During the war the J-Hop was replaced by the Victory Ball. Student members of the committee make complete arrangements for the dance, selecting the date, signing the orchestras and securing the physical accommodations. Only Juniors Eligible Only juniors are eligible to petition for the committee, but all classes may vote for the representative. Three members are selected by the engineer- ing college, five by the literary college and two by the combined schools. The chairman of the dance will be from the engineering college and will be selected by the Men's Judiciary Council. Defense Tactics Practiced for Saturday Game Wolverines Prepare For Ohio State's "T" By BILL MULLEN}ORE Daily Sports Editor - Thanksgiving Day will be just an- other day for the Michigan football squad. Coach Fritz Crisler has scheduled regular drills for the holiday as part of a stepped-up program of prepara- tions for Saturday's Homecoming Day game with Ohio State. Indications that Crisler is calling upon his charges for an all-out effort before the expected capacity crowd of more than 85,000 were also strength- ened by other developments in Wed- * * * * * THE GARDENAIRES, shop quartet, will be tainment acts at the Friday. champion Michigan 'barber- one of the featured enter- Varsity Night presentation SRA Director Disputes Statement On Martin Nieinoeller's Status Rev. Martin Niemoeller, German Lutheran leader whose status as a martyr has been questioned, was de- fended yesterday by Franklin H. Littell, director of the Student Reli- gious Association. Littell disputed statements in yes- terday's Daily by Stan Swinton, '40, former Daily city editor, who inter- MARTIN NIEMOELLER . . . viewed Niemoeller as Mediterranean correspondent for Stars and Stripes. Cites Army Chaplain Littell described as "neither in- formed nor accurate" the statement by Swinton that Niemoeller "had never been opposed to the persecu- tion of the Catholic Church and the Jews." He cited a report by U. S. Army Chaplain Ben L. Rose, who in- terviewed Niemoeller as follows: Q. "On exactly what points did you openly oppose the Nazis?" A. "I spoke of the forgeries in the church elections,. of the lies of the French Cabinet Crisis Relieved Coalition Government Formed By De Gaulle PARIS, Nov. 21-01)-President De Gaulle, ending a nine-day cabinet crisis, today announced formation of a coalition government in which all France's armed forces are unified under his single command. De Gaulle created a new cabinet nnt for Comimm ists_-the Mini