BEACON INSTITUTE See Column 4 Y hu qrni 40 -1w, a t I]y CONTINUED WARM VOL. LVI, No. 8 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS League Houses Subject to Price Control Local Factory Starts Second Day of Strike Hoover jmployees Dispute over Wages Over 500 employes of the Hoover Ball & Bearing Company, members of Local Union No. 38, UAW-CIO, were continuing their second day of strik- ing today, after leaving the Ann Arbor plant yesterday in a walkout dispute over wages, contract, working condi- tions and hours. While pickets maintained a 24- hour vigil before company gates, no negotiations had been commenced between company and union officials. Ask Closed Shop After giving notice of intention to strike over one month ago, union members walked out of the plant yesterday morning to enforce their demands for greater take-home pay. The former contract with the com- pany was for the duration of the war, and according to Frank Lund, union official, the union is demanding a new closed-shop contract from the com- pany. In addition employes are asking for vacation pay and the restoration of smoking privileges, but greatest at- tention is being placed on demands for a 30 per cent increase in wages. Joseph Clishan, union chairman, stat- ed that the local would press for these changes in working conditions. Wants Discussion Clishan stated the strike could be ended shortly if company officials would agree to discuss the disputes with the union. Clishan continued that there had been no negotiations with the company since the strike began. The strikers are attempting to re- store the same take-home pay that they maintained during the war. Hours have been reduced from fifty- six hours per week to forty with a resultant loss of take-home pay. While the working force of the plant is practically completely union- ized, the non-union employees have also stopped operations. The office force is not affected by the strike. * * * Typo graphers Ask Strike Vote Ann Arbor News and Booth news- paper workers are considering a strike in efforts to settle a current wage controversy, Paul Mason, president of the local branch of the International Typographical Union said yester- day. Washtenaw County's Local No. 154 yesterday requested permission from the Union to take a strike vote. They are seeking a new contract, as the old one expired Oct. 1. The central Union committee for the area will meet next week with the head of Booth syndicate to discuss a solution. Aiton Returns From Capital Attended Conference On Culture Exchange Prof. Arthur S. Aiton of the his- tory department returned this week from Washington D. C. where he at- tended a conference on the Pro- posed North American University Center in Mexico City. Held on Nov. 5, the conference for the discussion of intellectual ex- change among the Americans was at- tended by representatives of the Uni- versity of Mexico, the Catholic Uni- versity of America, George Washing- ton University, .Harvard University, the University of Michigan, the Uni- versity of Texas, the State Depart- ment, the Pan-American Union and various educational institutions in the United States which are inter- ested in the complex relations be- tween Mexican and North American educational institutions. Among topics discussed were: "Should an educational agency such as has been suggested be non-govern- mental?" and "What would be its chief functions?" The conference was presided over by William Ber- rien of Harvard University. Prof. Aiton, in collaboration with several Beacon Institute' Wll Aid Vets n AVC Organizes Local Chapter; Planning Committee Appointed A committee Lo draw up tentative plans for a local chapter of Ameri- can Veterans' Committee was selected at an organizational meeting last night in the Union. Prof. Robert Angell, of the sociology department, presiding at the meet- ing said, "AVC is an organization whose principal purposes are to strive for a more democratic country and a more integrated world. We are not con- cerned with pushing the veterans' interests as opposed to the interests of others." Jack Weiss, organizer of a Brooklyn AVC chapter, stated the national aims and intentions of the AVC, saying "The American Veterans' Com- mittee has already begun throught * * * actions and through words to live up pP to its ambitious statement of inten- resent oucy tions. We sincerely believe that what is good for the veteran is good for Vets' the country, and what is good for the On lu ti country is good for the veteran." National dues for the AVC are $3 a Will Continue year for discharged veterans of World War II and $2 for men or women still Following a Washington report in uniformFloigaWshgo eot VictorJ. Baum, Susan La riere that state universities accepting vet- Sydney S. Norwick, and Herbert A. erans under the GI Bill may charge Otto, will constitute a committee that them out-of-state enrollment rates will outline and present tentati even if they are state residents, Mar- wllns otline an present tetatirfvin L. Niehuss, University vice-presi- plans for the Ann Arbor chapter of dent said yesterday, "the University AVC. These plans will be presented i o otmltn n meit and discussed at the next meeting of is not contemplating any immediate AVC, 8 p. m. Thursday, Nov. 15 in the change in policy." Tap Room of the Union. This meet- Pointing out that the University ing will provide opportunity for mem- was well aware of its privileges under bers and all those interested to meet the national legislation, Niehuss de- and to discuss the AVC. clared that "the University does not want to penalize its in-state veter- ans." Yank Soldiers A Veterans Administration official said that out-of state rates may be j " " charged on the basis of an interpre- F1' htin Minor tation of the present law to the ef- fect that the veteran is a Federal Stu- Chinese Battles dent, no matter where he lives. Some state universities are charg- ing out-of-state fees, but others, at By The Associated Press their option, are not, the official said. CHUNGKING, Nov. 8-Lt. Gen. See also SENATE, Pg. 2 Albert C. Wedemeyer said today his American forces in China have been involved only in minor skirmishes and Committe Plans that his troops definitely were not provoking trouble. For Hom ecom ing Chinese Communists, now engaged at a number of points in clashes with Members of the Homecoming central government troops, have central committee will meet at charged that Wedemeyer's men were 4:15 today in the Union. The room assisting the government. The Reds will be posted on the bulletin board demanded that Wedemeyer apologize in the lobby. All newly appointed for "intervention." members will be notified of their The general said today Communist positions before the meeting. Army representatives had warned him not to try to land troops at Wei- I0 gaiwei port, near Tsingtao. They also U 15 had protested that Americans had raided the Communists' office in Tientsin. Wedemeyer said lie had re- -oort ferred the latter matter to Maj. Gen. Geller E. Rockey, commander of the Commnity Chest Third Marine Amphibious Corps. Wedemeyer reiterated that his mis- To Canvass Dorms sion is solely to help the central gov- The University must find twelve ernment repatriate Japanese troops. thousand dollars' worth of aid for the He said that only 6,300 U. S. Army victims of war, of storm, of unem- personnel will be left in the China ployment, of all kinds of disaster. Theater by the first of next year. To do this, Community Chest can- These are aside from 53,000 Marines vassers will go into residence halls in North China. early next week to solicit the funds needed to fulfill the University's $25,000 quota. intercession Although arrangements are not yet complete, the canvassers will prob- ably reach the residence halls Mon- Asked in Java day and Tuesday, according to Prof. Harold M. Dorr, who has taken a BATAVIA, Nov. 8- (MP) -Fearful leading part in the campus drive. that heavy shooting will break out again tomorrow, President Soekarno Chinese Aid Group of the unrecognized Indonesian Re- public tonight appealed to President Holds Sale at Center Truman and Prime Minister Attlee to intercede and prevent savage war- In order to raise urgently needed fare throughout Java. funds for relief work in China, the Soekarno declared that "Asiatic University Committee for United goodwill towards America was endan- China Relief is conducting a sale of gered by the fact that the Dutch con- unusual Chinese products in the In- tinue wearing American uniforms, ternational Center. carrying water canteens with the The sale will continue until De- USA sign, continue to drive in USA cember 24 with the articles on dis- trucks despite USA warning." play daily at the Center. FOR SAIPAN HEROISM. Pfe. Youngblood, USMCR, To Receive Navy Cross Here Supervisor's Post Held By By CLAYTON DICKEY "Beacon Institute," revolutionary approach to helping the World War II veteran find his place in business and industry, received the whole- hearted endorsement of President Alexander G. Ruthven yesterday. The institute, which will open here around Jan. 1, is a joint en- terprise of John laien, Chrysler Corp. executive and Ann Arbor resident, and his son, Keith Haien, a 1940 graduate of the University literary college, who resigned an executive position with Dodge Mo- tors to devote full time to the new school. Providing "orientation for veter- ans who want better jobs in indus- try," the unique educational venture will be housed in a factory owned by Haien near the Michigan Central sta- tion; Keith Haien said yesterday that the institute will have "no connection whatever" with Chrysler Corp. and will operate on a non-profit basis. Fi- nancial support will come from tui- tion fees paid by the federal govern- ment under the G.I. Bill of Rights. The school will admit 50 students each month for a six months course. Haien said Beacon Insti- tute will make selections from vet- erans referred to it by the State Veterans' Counseling Service. The institute does not intend to make executives or supervisors of its students, Haien said, but will "help the veteran to choose the phase of business or industrial activity which he wants to prepare for and to ap- praise his qualifications for his se- lected vocation. The course of instruction will in- clude four main groups: leadership training; business organization, methods and procedures; blueprint reading and inspection methods; and machine shop experience. Elaborating on the curriculum, Haien said it will employ "small classes, round table discussions, no textbooks." The instructors will be men with considerable industrial experience. Practical business eco- nomics and labor-management re- lations-union contracts and the conformity of business to human needs-will be offered also. Questioned concerning the housing of veterans who come to the institute from outside Ann Arbor, Haien said the problem had only been "touched on" but that the institute would prob- ably receive assistance from Lieut. Col. Philip C. Pack, director of the State Office of Veterans' Affairs. Haien said the only prerequisites for admission to Beacon Institute will be that the veteran is "serious about business or industry" and has a high school education or the equivalent in military training. The institute will not act as a See 'BEACON', Pg. 2 Kalaw Attends London Parley Talk Here Canceled By Filipino Official Dr. Maximo M. Kalaw, scheduled to give a lecture here Nov. 15 on "The Philippines Under Japanese Rule," has been sent to London by the Fili- pino governmentto attend the United Nations Conference on Educational and Cultural Cooperation and will not be able to appear. Dr. Kalaw, Secretary of Public In- struction and Information in the cabinet of President Osmena, receiv- ed his PhD. from Michigan in 1925. He was exchange professor from the University of the Philippines in the political science department here in 1931. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines Dr. Kalaw escaped to the hills of Mindoro Island and re- mained there until MacArthur's in- vasion of Leyte. At that time, Presi- dent Osmena sent for him and ap- pointed him to his present position. At the San Francisco Conference, the doctor was the ranking member MOLOTOV PROMISES ATOMIC ENERGY-Russian. Foreign Com- missar Vyacheslav M. Molotov promises Russian people "we will have atomic energy and many other things, too." SLOSSON VS. HOPKINS: Professors Debate uestiona , ~ t r Os 9. Of ,Jews Entering. Palestine With both men proclaiming that a moral question is involved in the current agitation to find homes in Palestine for dispossessed Jews in con- tinental Europe, Prof. Preston Slosson and Prof. Clark Hopkins debated "Should the United States favor unrestricted Jewish inimigration into Pales- tine?" yesterday in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Maintaining that the Jews now in the Arab state. of Palestine have proved unassimilative, Prof, Hopkins asked, "Shall we inist that'hidre- colo- n.ists should be ,brot ght- into'this for- eign land on. terms that we-ourselves would n6t allowWit 3h our uwn tOders?" ..wnor Giv C n e tRelax Inimigrafion 'Laws ... bnc eB o th m en -u rg ed th a t th e -i n m igra- tion laws restricting entrance of 'Jews into the United States and the-British dominions be relaxed, each claiming The Cleveland Orchestra, known way to find hoies for Jews of con- for its "personal" appearances from tinental European background. Kansas City to Bangor, Me., from Because no 'such nation now shows Canada to Cuba, will present its inclination.to reduce sich barriers, eighth Ann Arbor concert at 7 p.m. Prof. Slosson dsubmitted ;thatrsPal- Sunday in Hill Auditorium. estine, where many refugees have al- The orchestra, under the direction ready found homes under the terms of Artur Rodzinski, appeared on the of the Balfour declaration, would be Choral Union series here in 1935, '37, logically the place to settle more of '38, '41 and '42. In November, 1943, the homeless Jews. the organization played here under 'Against Arabs' Wishes' Erich Leinsdorf and under guest con- Prof. Hopkins countered that What ductor George Szell at the concert inroads the Jews have made into Pal- last fall. estine have been made against the On tour, a special train carries the wishes of the native Arab population, complete orchestra personnel in ad- and that further immigration will dition to personal luggage of the only increase the friction between the men and the more than 75 trunks two groups. and cases containing large instru- The Arabs, Prof. Hopkins pointed ments and the 2,500 pieces of music out, desire -their independence in used in concerts. A special program Palestine, which is denied them by arranged for each appearance on tour the British mandate. As long as the keeps the librarian busy, as numerous Arabs do not have the determining different compositions, in complete voice in their government, he objected form for conductor and orchestra, are to having other nations, who have needed. prohibited Jews, cry that they be _________________________admitted in Palestine., Prof. Slosson declared that not Notice to Treasurers onlydo the Jews want and need tot Treasurers of all student soci- go to Palestine because of their fear eties, clubs, classes and residence of the future in Europe, but that the halls are requested to confer with Arabs have prospered and their pop- the Auditor of Student Organiza- ulation has increased since the Jewish tions in the office of the Dean of immigration there. The issue, he Students at their earliest conveni- said, cannot be decided from the view ence in regard to the handling of of the local population alone, but their accounts. rather as it bears on the problems of the entire world. 'Detroit OPA Will Consider Adjustments Housemothers To Submit Prices By ROBERT GOLDMAN (City Editor) University league housemothers were advised last night to apply to the Detroit OPA office for upward adjustment of their food prices. While OPA officials in Detroit told the Daily that league houses are not exempt from price control-subject of a prolonged OPA-University con- troversy-Hicks Griffiths, chief price attorney for the OPA's Detroit branch, said his office would be glad to discuss and supply information on price revisions with individual house mothers. House mothers may submit profit and loss statements to the OPA, Griffiths said. He pointed out that it is not the function of the OPA to force agencies to operate at a loss. Following is Griffiths' statement issued to the Daily: "I have discussed with the na- tional office the question of wheth- er University league houses are subject to price control under the provisions of restuarant maximum price regulation number 2, which generally governs the sale of all meals, food items and beverages by eating and drinking establishments defined in this regulation." "The immediate issue is the le- gality of an incrase in the price of league house meals from $1 to $1.20 per day." "Yesterday, the national office advised me that it agreed with the Detroit district office's opinion that league houses are subject to OPA regulation." "The frozen date, which controls maximum prices for meals, food items, and beverages is Apr. 4-10,. 1943. In the event that an individ- ual house experiences financial hardship as a result of these frozen prices, house mothers are eligible to apply under the regulation for an upward adjustment for such prices." "In keeping with our decontrol policy, the national office will con- sider the feasibility of exempting this type of operator as a matter for future action." Francis C. Shiel, acting director of residence halls, stated that raw food costs have risen approximately 35 per cent during the war. Meanwhile, University Officials, who have received no official notice of the OPA decision, declined to com- ment on the Price Administration po- sition. Victory Show Will Be Held Bond Buyers To See Premiere of Movie A Victory Show honoring the fight- ing men and women of Ann Arbor who have returned from overseas will be held at 9 p. in. Nov. 27 at the State Theatre for all purchasers of Victory E-Bonds in the new drive which closes Dec. 3. For the entertainment of those who invest in this last drive, there will be a premiere showing of "Week-End at the Waldorf" starring Ginger Rog- ers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Edward Arnold, Robert Benchley, and Keenan Wynn. To each student and citizen in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area will be given a ticket of admission to this premiere upon the purchase and issu- ance of a new Victory E-Bond. Lederle To Speak Before Union Staff Prof. John Lederle of the political science department, former president of the Union Executive Council, will be the principal speaker at the semi- annual Staff Banquet at 12:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Anderson Room of the Union. Functions of the Union will be ex- plained by the new officers and com- mittee chairmen of the Executive Council. Any man eligible for extra- curricular work may attend. There is no charge for the banquet. Reservations should be made this NEW BUILDING PLAN: , ! U' Bank Loan Will Be Used To Finance Residence Hall. "For extraordinary heroism" dur- ing a Japanese counterattack on Sai- pan Pfc. Dennis E. Youngblood, USMCR, will receive the Navy Cross at 10 a. m. tomorrow in the Intra- mural Building. lines to the Japanese bunker under heavy fire, he killed forty Japanese soldiers. "Youngblood's personal initiative and daring," the citation signed by T~ i O-amoral T-T 'T T Cff h TT-Qa1kfIZO' A bank loan, negotiated by the University, is being used as a method of financing construction of new resi- dence halls for the first time, so far as is known. fulfilled. Funds will be secured by the earnings of - the buildings to be erected, plus revenues from halls op- erating at the present time. The new buildings to be erected I