LABOR EDUCATION Y 41P A& ifitr t an 743: t i CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SNOW See Page 6 VOL. LVI, No. 40 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS i vo For Sets Up Plan International Extra Dance Vacation Trains To Run; Year Will Welcome Nlew Student Exchange A nation-wide program aiming at international exchange of under- graduate students and Government support of students while in a foreign country was set up by the Veterans Organization, meeting yesterday at the Union. Letters explaining the program and requesting support have been sent to universities throughout the country from the Veterans' Committee for International Student Exchange. Various groups on campus are backing the program, which was unanimously adopted by the VO. "The program is concerned with creating public opinion on the part of student organizations and social-minded groups in efforts to have Congress pass legislation providing mass exchange of under- graduate students," Homer E. Underwood, Director of the Executive Committee, said yesterday. "The foundation of our organization rests on the belief that inter- national peace, understanding and cooperation is a product of intimate and personal contact with peoples from foreign lands, and that 'one schol- arship is worth a thousand guns'," the letter to student groups at other universities states. "However, a large-scale exchange of students is possible only with state and federal assistance, and this is where we come into the picture. As veterans we believe we can promote foreign student exchange where other groups might fail," the letter continues. It is hoped, however, that the program will soon have total student representation on campus, Underwood pointed out. Other members of the Veterans' International Student Exchange Com- mittee are Henry Kaminski, chairman of the education committee; Warren Wayne, chairman of the finance committee; and Stauros Scourles, chair- man of the inter-cultural committee. In order to inform people of the needs for student exchange, the committee will sponsor an all-campus rally at 7:45 p.m., Jan. 17, in the International Center. Foreign students will speak, representing the interests of their countries in regard to student exchange. The objectives of the Veterans' Committee for International Student Exchange follows:' Governing Articles: Article 1. Objectives: 1. To promote a large scale exchange of undergraduate students be- tween the government of the United States and other governments of the world. 2. To obtain legislation providing for living expenses, tuition, books and other necessary expenses while the exchange student resides in a foreign land. 3. To have those exchanged from the United States selected on the basis of competitive examination. 4. To exercise student leadership in fostering a greater understanding and cooperation of those students from foreign lands residing in the United States. 5. To work for the establishment of a high minded fraternity of in- ternational students. 6. To work with any group or agency advocating student exchange, interested in international affairs as it pertains to education or con- cerned with the role of education and religion in international affairs. 7. To encourage greater interest on the part of American students in international problems and their relation to the customs, ideals, and phil- osophies of foreign peoples. 8. To work for the establishment of a governmental agency concerned solely with the coordination of private and institutional systems of schol- arships in the United States. G> Gala Affair Will Feature Gene Devine Tickets To Be Sold Through Dec.31 Horns, paper hats, and confetti will insure a riotous welcome for 1946 at the all-campus New Year's Eve Dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at Waterman Gym. Gene Devine and his Michigan State College orchestra will be fea- tured at the informal dance, which is the only University-approved func- tion for New Year's Eve. Women have been granted 1:30 a.m. permission for the event. Ticket sales have been extended to Monday, Dec. 31, because of the un- expected lengthening of Christmas vacation. Tickets may be purchased in the lobbies of the Union and League. Barbour Gym will be converted nito a night club for the party with tables set up for conversation and refresh- ment. Multi-colored plumes and streamers will decorate the ballroom and all revelers will receive favors. Devine's thirteen piece orchestra is the featured campus band at M.S.C. in Lansing, and this will be his first appearance at the University. Mar- garet McQueary takes over the Devine vocal department, completing the billing of "Thirteen Men and A Girl". The fourth consecutive year that an all-campus New Year's celebration has been held, this year's affair will See DANCE, Page 2 House Votes NROTC Funds, Michaux Hears A bill to give the Navy extra ap- propriations to continue the V-12- NROTC program on an active basis until July 1, 1946 has been passed by the House of Representatives accord- ing to a wire received yesterday by Capt. Woodson Michaux, command- ing officer of the University Naval Unit. The proposal has gone to the Sen- ate and is now in committee. When, and if, the bill is passed by the Sen- ate and enacted by the President, it will extend the Naval program to July 1, Capt. Michaux said. Until the proposal becomes law, he added, the University and the Navy Unit will continue in preparation for either eventuality. Ho use Asks for Opei. Palestine Con gress Suggest Governmental Action WASHINGTON, Dec. 10---(P)-The House approved today a Senate- passed resolution calling on the Gov- ernment to "use its good offices" with Great Britain to permit free entry of Jews into Palestine. The legislation represents an ex- pression of Congressional opinion and is not binding on the President. Passage came despite member ar- guments that the bill: (1) "Is a slap at the President, State Department, and Great Brit- ain;" (2) would provoke trouble with Arabs in the Far East; and (3) would promote anti-Semitism by aiding creation of a Jewish statebin Pales- tine. SS Taited FoieBratalty NUERNBERG, Dec. 19-(!P)-The notorious Nazi SS (Schutz-Staffel) was trained to prepare all Germany for brutal warfare, and at the same time was used as a vast breeding or- ganization to beget a new genera- FLINT CITL, MICH., Policemen form a protected pathway for General Motors office workers (center civil- ian clothes) reporting for work at a struck plant. Police had to crack a CIO-Auto Workers picket line to make passageway. * * * * * * * * * Prof. Palmer Says Wages Can Be Raised* Question of G.M. Profits Stalls Fact Board 837,000 Persons .Affected by New Point Reduction WASHINGTON, Dec. 19- (P) - Further reductions in discharge re- quirements making 837,000 more per- sons eligible for release, were an- nounced today by the Army and Navy. The Army point score will be cut on Dec. 31 from 55 to 50 points for enlisted men and from 73 to 70 for officers. Six hundred thousand men and women will become eligible for separation in that branch. Navy to Release 237,000 The Navy program will release 237,000 more persons between now and Feb. 2. Critical scores in the Navy drop Jan. 1 to 36 for enlisted men and 43 for officers; to 23 for enlisted WAVES and 29 for WAVE officers. These are one-point reduc- tions from the present scores. All fathers were made draft-ex- empt tooy by the. new program. Further one-point reductions go into effect Jan. 15 and Feb. 2 for most enlisted men, and for WAVE personnel on Feb. 2. One-third Out Now The Navy's schedule calls for re- lease by Feb. 1 of half the 3,000,000 subject to demobilizatio , and by April 1 of two-thirds. One-third are out now. In the Army the length of service required after Dec. 31 for separation of enlisted men will be reduced from 48 to 42 months and from 51 to 48 months for male officers except Medical Department officers. Legislature To Have $27 Million Surplus LANSING, Dec. 19-(P)-Governor Kelly reported today that Auditor Revision of G.I. Bill Eases Rpules On Education WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 - -()_ Congress passed a broad revision of the G.I. Bill of Rights today, liberal- izing rules on loans and education for veterans. The measure, amending the orig- inal law of last year benefitting veter- ans of World War II, now goes to the White House. The House adopted it, 134 to 23, on a standing vote, and the Senate shouted its approval a short time later. It was a compromise after weeks of heated controversy. One purpose was to simplify the law. New features include: 1. Removal of a requirement that tuition fees, unemployment com- pensation and defaults on loans be deducted from any future federal bonus; 2. Increase in subsistence allow- ance for G. I. students from $50 to $65 monthly to those unmarried and $75 to $90 for those married; 3. Expense - paid correspondence courses and short technical courses; 4. Removal of a requirement that men over 25 must show their education was interfered with to be eligible for educational benefits; Real estate loans to be arranged by recognized lending agencies, the vet- eran and the local appraiser of the veterans administration, an agree- ment of the three to be binding on the administration. Business loans still would require administration ap- proval; 7. Easing up on loans by substi- tuting 'reasonable value" of prop= erty as the basic consideration in- stead of "normal reasonable value"; 8. Additional purposes for which a loan may be obtained and more time to pay back a real estate loan; 9. Americans who fought for Al- Lalbor Produictivit.y Determines icease By SHIRLEY FRANK ''Wages can be raised without rais- ing prices, to the extent that labor productivity increases," Prof. William B. Palmer of the economics depart- ment said yesterday. "It would be a grave mistake to re- move price controls before there is sufficient production to meet con- sumer demands," Prof. Palmer said. "Just as government assistance was needed in the shift to war production, government controls are needed in converting to peacetime production," he pointed out. "We ,may expect an increase in labor productivity for several rea- sons," Prof. Palmer said. "Less ef- ficient workers, such as untrained workers and old people, will retire from the labor market, now that the war is over. Employers may be expected to produce more afficient- ly since they will be producing for private competitve markets rather than under government contracts," he declared. Rejection of Ford Wage Offer Expected DETROIT, Dec. 19-(P)-The CIO United Automobile Workers union probably will formally reject the Ford Motor Company's 12.4 per cent wage rate increase offer at tomorrow's meeting of management and union representatives. The union, demanding a 30 per cent increase from the nation's car makers, already has informally turned down the Ford offer, made C yesterday. Highest increase yet pro- posed by management in the current wage fight in the industry, the offer was described by Richard T. Leon- ard, UAW-CIO Fordbdirector, as "completely unacceptable." Ford offered what company offi- cials termed a 15 cents an hour in- crease. General Motors, whose plants throughout the country have been tied up by a UAW-CIO strike for nearly a month, previously had of- fered a 10 per cent increase, J { "It will be desirable to retain price ceilings on new houses and rent con- trols on old dwellings in order to pre- vent a speculative boom in real es- tate, such as occurred after the last war," Prof. Palmer said. "However, some revision of rent ceilings may be justified due to higher costs of build- ing materials and other increased production costs," he said. A single date cannot be set for the removal of all price controls, because it will take some industries longer than others to resume pro- duction, Prof. Palmer said. Delay in settling strikes will slow up reconversion and necessitate longer retention of price controls, he concluded.I Pearl Harbor Group Asks To Continue Pxobe WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-(P)-The joint Senate-House committee inves- tigating Pearl Harbor decided tonight to ask Congress for authority to con- tinue its inquiryand complete hear- ings by Feb. 15. The committee now is operating under a resolution requiring a report and conclusions by Jan. 3. The extension of time was decided in, an executive session and an- nounced by Chairman Barkley (Dem-Ky). Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) voted against the Feb. 15 extension, con- tending that more time than that would be needed. The committee authorized Barkley -as he put it-"to cruise around in legal circles" for new counsel. William D. Mitchell, former Attor- ney General, and his staff have re- signed effective Jan. 3 on the ground that the committee was taking too much time in its. cross examination of witnesses. The committee received evidence today that the Army feared a Ger- man-Japanese move into South America in June, 1940, screened by a naval raid on Pearl Harbor and sabo- tage of the Panama Canal. UAW Asks Study Of Price-Gain Phase By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 - The question of profits and prices and their relation to wage increases stalled the General Motors fact-find- ing board today. Chairman Lloyd K. Garrison of the GM panel said that at conferences today the CIO United Automobile workers insisted that the board study the profit-price phase of the dispute involving union demands for a 30 per cent wage increase. On the other hand, the company flatly opposed raising the issue. The oil wage fact-finding body now is in recess pending a statement of White House policy on whether fed- eral fact-finding boards should take possible price increases into consid- eration when recommending a wage increase. Garrison emphasized that unlike the oil panel, the GM board would decide the price-profits question on its own. GM Strike Backed By Student Group Backing the current strike against General Motors, a group of Univer- sity students acting as individuals sent a sum of money yesterday to Walter Reuther, vice-president of the UAW-CIO. The following letter accompanied the donation: Ann Arbor, Mich. Dec. 19, 1945. Mr. Walter A. Reuther, Vice President UAW (CIO) Detroit, Michigan Dear Mr. Reuther: A very small group of students collected the money enclosed at the University of Michigan to help in the current strike against the Gen- eral Motors Corp. We fully under- stand that the winning or losing of your battle for purchasing power for the American people is impor- tant to us as students. Hoping for a speedy victory of American workers over greedy cor- porations, we remain your staunch friends. Special Trips To New York, Boston Listed Holiday Extension To Ease Situation Special trains are scheduled today for students bound East, Herbert Watkins, Assistant Secretary to the University, announced yesterday fol- lowing the decision of the Deans to dismiss classes for Christmas vaca- tion at noon today. Michigan Central will run a spe- cial train leaving here at 3 p.m. to- day for Boston, New York and other Eastern cities. An extra run to De- troit only is planned for 3:20 p.m. to- day and tomorrow, and regular trains will leave as scheduled both days. Extra Sections Taken However, the extra sections which Wolverine, Twilight and Mercury trains would normally have Friday were taken ovtr by the Government for use in transporting troops from the West Coast. The emergency situation caused by the Government's requisition of 100 coaches in this area brought about the extended vacation. Notice of the requisition reached the University at 9:30 a. m., and a Deans' meeting was called at 11 am. "Only Just Way" After considering various ways of staggering runs, the Deans decided that "the only just wa" to avoid the possibility of students being stranded here was to dismiss classes after noon today and ask that students living near Ann Arbor give 'others first chance at accommodations. "It is hoped that not all students will try to get out of town today," Dr. Robbins, Assistant to President Ruth- ven, said. "The three-cut rule will apply to absences Thursday morning and Monday morning, Dec. 31," Dean E. A. Walter announced yesterday. Members Vote Dissolution of Book Exchange Members of the Student Book Ex- echange voted to dissolve their organ- ization at a meeting last night at the Union. Records of the Exchange and pow- ers to carry out remaining functions for the group were delegated to presi- dent Wayne Saari, treasurer Malcol~m Roemer and publicity chairman Nan- cy McKaye. The group also voted to contribute its remaining funds to the student government organization, if one is set up before the end of June, 1946, or otherwise to the SOIC-WSSF book fund. The three officers, who were named as a board of trustees,'are to carry out these directions. The group desided to dissolve itself since it was recently denied official recognition by the student affairs committee. At the suggestion of this latter group, the board of governors of the Union decided to have the Union organize a book exchange for next semester. According to treasurer Malcolm Roemer, checks totaling several hun- dred dollars have not yet been cashed by persons for whom the Exchange sold books at the beginning of this term. 40 To Finish JAG Training BUREA U OF APPOINTMENTS: Vets A ided in Finding Desired Jobs; Graduation To Be Held Exercise Tomorrow By MARY RUTH LEVY Almost as soon as they learn that they are to be discharged, former Michigan students ask the University Bureau of Appointments and Occupa- tional Information to help them find jobs. Practically all of them, according to Dr. T. Luther Purdom, Director of shortages of personnel throughout the war are now seeking the services of these veterans. For instance, John Brennan, who was an all-Conference football guard here, was placed as a coach in Adrian within two weeks after his discharge. A former WAC sergeant applied for a teaching po- who used to be an adviser in Wen- ley House, now has a counseling job with this organization. Some of the veterans desire work in definite areas. Because of the Bu- reau's widespread contacts with over 900 industries, business, and similar agencies in secondary schools of edu- Forty members of the 26th Officer Candidate Class in the Judge Advo- cate General's School, will be gradu- ated at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Hutchins Hall. Major General Thomas H. Green, Judge Advocate General of the Army, will deliver the convocation address and present certificates to the candi- dates, who have completed an eight- week advr anc,~yed r1 avirnino oniirsein the