f COLOMBIAN CULTURE See Page 2 Y A6F A6F 4f I t t r 11 gnpown 471atF CLEARING IN EXTREME SOUTH VOL. LVI, No. 12 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS r City Plans To Build Memorial Center Local Organizations Rally To Construc Nation's First, Mayor Brown Says Plans to make Ann Arbor the first city in the country to build a Civic Center war memorial can materialize in actual construction within a year if the interest and enthusiasm already shown by more than 60 city organ- izations continues, Mayor William E. Brown Jr. said in an, interview yester- day. First proposed by Mayor Brown in July as the answer to the immediate need for adequate city and county office facilities, a municipal auditorium, a new public library, and increased, centralized facilities for local social agencies, the plan was submitted to the City Council who hired an archi- Ident Pictures Identification pictures which were not taken during the first day of registration are being taken this week. The pictures will be snapped between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. includ- ing the noon hour, in Rm. 7, Angell Hall. Any new freshman or new transfer student who has not had his identification picture taken, should have it taken today. Old students, with initials A through L may have their pic- tures taken tomorrow, while those with initials M through Z should wait until Friday. Any student who is not able to come in on these days, may have his picture taken between 8 a. m. and 12 noon Saturday. It is requested that students bring their registration receints to the photographic room. Ground Broken For Married Students gDornm Over 175 Couples Will Be Accommodated See PICTURE, Page 2 Ground has been broken on the site of the UJniversity dormitories for married students;- Vice-President Robert P. Briggs announced yester- day. A crew of workmen is grading a two-and-a-half acre hillside tract east of University Hospital and north of the Childien's Institute ;along Glen Drive at Washington Heights. The grading process is expected to be completed before the ground freezes, Vice-President Briggs said. As planned at present, the project will consist of eight buildings, each to contain 22 apartments with one to three rooms. They will accommodate approximately 350 residents. The .government approved alloca- tion of $23,775 to the University Board of Regents in August to pay for planning of the apartments. Total cost of the new dormitories is esti- mated at $832,900. Need for University accommoda- tions for married students has long been recognized and will be at a cru- cial stage with the expected influx of married veterans, University officials have pointed out. This year's housing situation for married couples was relieved by the transplanted Willow Run Village pro- viding homes f-or 76 World War II veterans and their families. Book Exchange Seeks official U Recognition Members of the Student Book Ex- change adopted a constitution by unanimous vote and decided to peti- tion the Student Affairs Committee for official recognition as a student organization at a meeting yesterday at the Union. The group also voted the executive board power to petition for admis- sion to SOIC. Having closed its sales room at the League last Wednesday, the Ex- change is now finishing up its main activities, concerning sale of used student texts, for the term. Checks to the 264 persons for whom the Ex- change sold books are scheduled to be mailed today, together with notices for the collection of unsold books. Unsold books will be distributed from 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays, start- ing today and finishing next Wednes- day, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Lane Hall. A treasury renort made at the " tect who has embodied the proposals in a Civic Center which would be a living memorial to the men who serv- ed in this and all past wars. Committee Planned More than 100 organizations in the city have been asked to appoint a committee of five, and these will select a central committee to meet with the mayor to determine the final form of the proposal when it is sub- mitted to the city voters sometime in April. Architect's drawings show the Center located in downtown Ann Ar- bor between Huron, Catherine, Fifth and Main streets. It would comprise a city building incorporating City Hall, municipal auditorium, seating 2,500. Fire and Police departments, the largest gymnasium and swimming pool in the state,- the YMCA and YWCA, and facilities for every social agency in the city of civic nature. Separate buildings would house a new county building and a new post office, while an underground automobile parking lot with room for 300 cars would relieve downtown traffic con- gestion, City's Cost Negligent Refering to interest rates on muni- cipal bonds which are at a record low (.65 per cent in Baltimore, Mr.) and to the city's triple A credit rating. Mayor Brown stated that the Center could be paid for at less than $40,000 a year which could be raised by rent- ing parking spaces in the under- ground space, by renting central heat- ing to downtown office buildings which have already said they would do this, and through the increased assessed valuation of surrounding business properties. The Center would cost taxpayers an estimated three mills assessment. Mayor Brown has received letters from the mayors of such widely-sep- arated cities as St. Paul, Minn., Den- ver, Colo. and Miami, Fla. asking about the Civic Center which, he said, will surpass parallel ventures in other cities. Union Members To Vie Order Of Inj untion Members of Local No. 38, Hoover unit of UAW-CIO will appear at 9:30 a. m. today in the Circuit Court of Washtenaw County to show cause why a temporary injunction should not be issued restraining the union from interfering with company ac- cess to the Hoover Ball and Bearing Co. plant and company operation of the plant. Over 500 union members walked out of the plant Thursday in a wage, hour and working condition dispute. Since that time, pickets have march- ed before company gates on a day- and-night shift. With the exception of a single maintenance man, no union or non-union employes have entered the plant. The office force is not affected by the strike. The order to show cause was sign- ed by Judge James R. Breakey, Jr. after the company had requested a writ of injunction. Union officers named in the order were Billie S. Farnum, international representative, Joseph Clisham, union chairman, Harmon Boice, Wendell Drouyer and Carl McCourdie. Britai Atilee International Discussions To Be Held Closer U.S.-British Cooperation Sought By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 13-Prime Minister Clement Attlee, in a plea for world-wide good neighborliness, "to- day informed congress that his atomic bomb talks with President Truman are the prelude to grand- scale discussions with other countries to make the earth secure for the "common man." He forecast an effort to "get to- gether with all the nations of the world" as a result of the talks being held here. At the same time he called for closer cooperation between the United States and Britain and de- clared that their expanding econom- ics need not produce "any undue riv- alry" between them. To assembled representatives and senators who may soon have to de- cide on a multi-billion loan for Brit- ain, he explained the socialists aims and policies of his labor government, but said the world had room for both British socialist and American capi- talist. The square-jawed labor leader's speech was widely complimented by senators and representatives for what they called its "frankness," although many were critical of the pleas Attlee discussed for nation-wide major British industries and creating a planned ecenomy. Senator Thomas (D-Oka.) said Attlee's purpose "apparently was to sell the labor party to the United Statesdand personally I think he did a good job." Teen-Aged Girls Confess Theft Of 14 Autos Three teen-aged bobby-soxers told police officials how they succeeded in the fantastic feat of stealing 14 auto- mobiles in and around the city in the period from Oct. 23 to last Monday after their arrest by city police yes- terday. Before Monday, the child thieves, all girls, aged 13, 14, and 14, had stolen 10 cars in the city which were found undamaged the morning after they were reported missihg. Monday, the girls with a fourth friend, de- scribed by police as a "rider," went on a four car stealing spree which re- sulted in their arrest early yesterday. According to police reports, the hoodlums, starting early Monday eve- ning, stole a car in Ann Arbor which they abandoned east of the city, re- turned here, stole another car which was found outside Adrian, stole a third car in Adrian which broke down outside of Jackson. They reportedly hitch-hiked into Jackson where they stole a fourth car which they drove most of the way back to Ann Arbor, abandoning it early yesterday outside the city. Parents of two of the girls, dissatis- fled with their report of how they claimed to have spent the night, brought them into police headquart- ers. There, local police matched a mitten found in one of the abandoned cars with one one of the girls was wearing, and they admitted the thefts. Agrees To ,Jewish Aims at World Security U.S. To Probe Palestinewith British Group Bevin Asks Arabs To Allow Refugees By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 13-The U. S. request that Britain admit 100,000 displaced European Jews to Palestine resulted today in an agreement for an Anglo-American committee to in- vestigate and make recommendations. In London, meanwhile, Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin told Commons that U. S. and British officials would consult with the Arabs to insure against interruption of Jewish immi- Aid; f E I Avukah, student Zionist Organ- ization, is appealing to all stu- dents to write either prime mini- ster Attlee or President Truman seeking that the 100,000 displaced Jews;be allowed to enter Palistine. 1 RABBIS MARCH ON THE CAPITAL-Upwards of 1,000 Rabbis line Delaware Avenue as they march to Capital Hill, to back up their demands for transfer of homeless European Jews to Palestine. They will seek a conference with Britain's Prime Minister Attlee while here, to present a four point program. IFC To Select Officers; 'U'Election To Be Held C% President Will Be Chosen at Meeting House presidents will elect a presi- dent' and secretary of the Interfra- ternity Council at 7:30 p.m. tomor- row in the Union. From a list of petitions that have been submitted, the exectuive com- mittee of the IFC will narrow the list of candidates to three for the two po- sitions, in a meeting at 4 p.m. tomor- row. From these three candidates, fraternity presidents will choose the two officers. Fraternity contributions to the War Chest will also be collected at the meeting, Dogan Arthur, IFC president, announced. He urged all house presidents to solicit funds from Fraternity contributions to the Community War Chest should be submitted by house presidents at a meeting of the Interfraternity Council at 7:30 p. in. tomorrow, according to Dogan Arthur, presi- dent of the Council. the fraternity members and to turn them in at tomorrow's meeting. Homecoming participation by fra- ternities will also be discussed at the meeting and rushing procedures will be reviewed. Two rushing lists with 313 IFC reg- istrants have been distributed to fra- ternity presidents. Students regis- tered on the first list may be pledged after Nov. 21 and those on the sec- ond list after Nov. 22, A third rush- ing list will be distributed as soon as there are a sufficient number of reg- istrants. Registration for rushing is continuous throughout the semester, being held from 3 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the IFC office on the third floor of the Union. Campus To Vote on Foreign University Two Union vice-presidents, two members of the Board in Control of Student publication, senior officers of the College of Engineering and of the College of Literature, Science and Arts and ten members of the J-Hop Dance Committee will be elected in the first all-campus election of the semester, Dec. 5. The sixth ballot item is the selec- tion of a foreign university to be adopted by the Student Organization for International Cooperation and the World Student Service Fund. These organizations will aid the school in its program of rehabilita- tion from the war. Announcement of the universities to appear on the bal- lot will be made this week. Candidates for any office . must submit petitions to the Men's Judi- ciary Council before Nov. 24, stating their qualifications, aims and views. Signatures of 25 other students must be affixed to the petition. Candidates for any office must ob- tain an eligibility card and must be a resident on campus for at least two semesters. If there is an excessive number of candidates for any position, inter- views will be scheduled by the Men's Judiciary Council and on the basis of these interviews, the Council will narrow the list of candidates. Gargoyle Art Tryouts To Hold Meeting Today A meeting for all persons who are trying out for the art staff of the Gargoyle, and any new persons inter- ested, will be held in the Gargoyle. office at 7:30 p.m. today. Eligibility cards must be presented. Rumor Causes Navy Men To Riot Honolulu Club-Wielding Tars Inflict Small Damage HONOLULU, Nov. 13-(P)-Inflamed by a groundless rumor that two sailors had been killed by Damon (civilian) housing area residents, 1,500 navy officers and men rioted three hours at the tract last night. Two automobiles were overturned, a motorcycle was damaged and win- dows were smashed by the club-wield- ing navy men. Police said no one was injured seriously but Joseph Gu- theridge, 75, died of a heart attack while watching the rampage. Detective captain Eugene Kennedy said many of the 50 Navy rmen de- tained by police explained they were enraged "because we are damned sick and tired of seeing our buddies get beaten by local toughies and not a damned thing is done about it." gration into Palestine at its present rate, which Bevin put at 1,500 monthly, pending the committee's re- port. The British suggested the joint committee as an outgrowth of Presi- dent Truman's letter to Prime Minis- ter Attlee Aug. 31 suggesting the ad- mission of 100,000 European Jews to Palestine. A White House statement today announcing the agreement for the committee said the British Gov- ernment had replied that "it was not in a position to adopt the policy rec- ommended, but that it was deeply concerned with the situation of the Jews in Europe." It was agreed that the committee is to investigate "political, economic and social conditions in Palestine as they bear upon the problem of Jew- ish immigration" and the situation of Jews in Europe, and make recommen- dations to Britai and the U. S. ICommittee for ! Homecoming To Meet Today Central committee members for Homecoming will meet at 7 p.m. to- day at the Union to formulate addi- tional plans for the biggest of all Homecoming Weekends, Nov. 23 and 24. Committee chairmen for the dance include: Sara Jane Stephenson and Jack McCoubrie, band; Glenice Ren- der and Dick Roeder, program; Gloria McElroy and Tom Bliska, tickets; Lois Iverson and John Sorice, build- ing; Joan Schlee and Dogan Arthur, finance; and Joan Reed and Lynne Ford, publicity. Barkley Sees Rapid U. S. Aid To Jews ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 13- (MP)-U. ,S. Senator Alben Barkley (D. -Ky.), Senate Majority Leader, pre- dicted tonight that the U. S. Senate would adopt tomorrow a resolution urging the United States to seek the opening of Palestine to the Jews and the establishment of a Jewish com- monwealth there. Barkley, in a speech at the 20th National Convention of the Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, a national Jewish women's group, said speed was the quality needed most at this time in handling the JeWish ques- tion. He urged the joint American-Brit- ish committee designated by Presi- dent Truman and Prime Minister At- tlee today to consider the Palestine question, to "act with all possible speed." "I take the position that the imme- diate question is the relief of the Jewish people in Europe," he said. "A question of a commonwealth there (Palestine) must be worked out." Yamagiwa In Japan To Study Bombing Effects Dr. Joseph K. Yamagiwa, of the Japanese Language School, has ar- rived in Japan as a member of the U. S. Strategic Bombing Committee, where he will study the effects of bombings on the people, it was learn- ed yesterday. On leave of absence from the Uni- versity until Jan. 1, Dr. Yamagiwa and six other men from the Japanese Language School, are in Tokyo to study the economic, physical and psy- chological effects of the bombings. Aside from studying the bombings, he will observe the work of men train- ed here for Military Intelligence in Japanese. Dr. Yamagiwa flew from San Fran- cisco Oct. 31 stopping at Hawaii and Guam before reaching Japan. His SOUND LEGAL BASIS ESSENTIAL: Prof. Preuss Says W ar Criminal Ldictments Can Be Stren thened By PHYLLIS KAYE "Two of the indictments-one of them 'crimes against humanity'- under which the United Nations are trying Nazi war criminals do not have a sound legal basis and if these charges were eliminated, our case would be strengthened," Prof. Lawrence Preuss of the political science department stated yester- day. Prnf Preniii formerly American them. The codes can include crimes. by civilian offenders as well as mili- tary. The law in this case is clearlyt defined in advance and accepted byf all, even the Germans."I "In category two, crimes against humanity," Prof. Preuss continued,i "there are two main divisions. Thec first includes those ordinary crimes1 committed against German law t which had not been punished by thet ima thie nonnatio n farces tank ver were condoned rather than punish- able by Nazi law. In trying men for these crimes, our legal basis is non- existent. We know they are guilty from a moral standpoint, but from a strict legal viewpoint, they have com- mitted no offenses. "People were clamoring for the punishment of the perpetrators of crimes against the conscience of civilized mankind, so they were included among the war crimes" Preusss air proposed to try the Kaiser after the last war for 'crimes against inter- national morality and the sanctity of treaties', and it is not a legal crime now. Justice Jackson has tried to stretch the Kellogg Pact to include a criminal penalty against the launching of aggres- sive wars. However, the intent of the makers of a treaty must be considered in order to interpret the dnament cnrrectlv .Seretarv Kei- "Instead of attempting to hide behind a non-existent law, why doesn't the United States admit that its prosecution of war ocrimi- nals in the last two categories is political rather than legal?" Preuss said. "It is really unnecessary to have these categories, because there are only a very few criminals who have committed offenses against them who have not also committed crimes in thi firsttwa instanes.