11 so HAPPENS See Page 4 Ci r Sir r~tgrn :43 a4brt CLOUDY WARMER VOL. LVI, No. 111 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1946- PRICE FIVE CENTS Student Government Survives Vote Test * * * * * * * * * * Contractors Hit U'Building Plan 1 -. ,_ Rutliven Emphasizes Emergency Needs of Student Vets in Answer C Congress-Cabinet Is Approved 2 to I Election For Choosing Representatives To New Government Will Be Held Soon By PAUL HARSHIA Student government survived its first election test in three years yes- terday when the Congress-Cabinet constitution won a sweeping 2,492 to 1,115 victory over the Council-Forum plan in the largest campus election in history. The decisive campus vote, which exceeded by 607 the 3,000 minimum necessary for ratification set by the Student Affairs Committee, was swelled by unusually heavy second-day balloting. This was the campus' first af- firmation of student government since the war'-time death of the Student Senate in 1943. Election Marked by Fairness Congress-Cabinet won its 2-1 majority in an election which Harry Jackson, president of Men's Judiciary Council, said was "marked by its fairness and by the unusually keen interest of student voters." Only a Six Day Work-Week, Double Pay Protested The University's entire emergency building program is designed to aid veterans, President Alexander G. Ruthven asserted yesterday in reply to an early-morning protest by the local General Contractors Associa- tion that the University's program threatens to stifle Ann Arbor's com- munity housing plan. While University officials and Gov- ernor Harry Kelly worked to clear priorities for the University program with the Civilian Production Admin- istration, the association, in tele- grams to federal and state housing officials, cl~ imed that plans for a six-day wrk-week on University construction will place a burden on servicemen home-builders that most of them will be unable to carry. Double Pay Skilled workmen on the six-day University building schedule would be paid for the sixth day. An associ- ation spokesman explained that if the University hires on that basis, it would be practically impossible to hire construction specialists for five- day work-weeks on smaller projects. The contractors further pointed out that the $10,000 ceiling on vet- erans' home construction leaves lit- tle operating margin on a five-day week. The ceilings, according to the contractors, makes it impossible to boost costs by hiring on a six-day basis. Union Chief Agrees Louis C. Hackbarth, secretary of the local Bricklayers, Masonsyand Plasterers Union agreed with the contractors in their protests.. He charged that the contractor for new University dormitories is trying to induce bricklayers' and other special skill workers to come here by offering doubletime pay for Saturday work. Raymond C. Daly, construction superintendent for the building pro- gram, said the six-day week plan is out of his hands. He said that skilled workers must be imported because there are not enough building spe- cialists in Ann Arbor to fill Univer- sity construction demands. The six- day week plan and overtime pay are necessary incentives to fill the need, he said. Ruthven 's Telegram President Ruthven's telegram was sent to the same officials to whom the contractors association sent their message. These include Wilson Wyatt, federal housing expediter; John McGillis, CPA administrator in Detroit; Senator Homer Ferguson; Representative Earl C. Michener; R. J. Gray, secretary of the Interna- tional Bricklayers Union; and Wil- liam L. Hutcheson of the Interna- tional Carpenters Union. The text of President Ruthve's telegram follows: See 'U' BUILDING, page 2 Colleges Able To Take Vets WASHINGTON, April 10-(P)- hle problem of fitting veterans into colleges next fall may not be so tough after all. A Veterans Administration official said today after a survey that veter- ans won't have any trouble "if they are willing to take the schools they can get into." The survey, based on replies from 1,029 of the nation's 1,686 junior col- leges and universities, plus estimates on the others indicated there would he room for 243,472 veterans who have not yet applied for fall enroll- ment, the VA said. College enrollment for the fall term was forecast at 1,558,081, in- cluding 695,321 veterans. College ca- pacity was estimated at 1,673,349. There were more than 400,000 veter- ans attending last month. No Brerationngn Seenby Anderson WASHINGTON, April 10 tom') Secre- Jap Housewife First Member Elected to Diet Complete Nip Election Results Still Uncertain TOKYO, Thursday, April 11-')- A 38-year-old housewife - whose husband was ousted from the Diet by Allied decree - today became the first candidate of either sex to be vrtually assured of election to that body. As incomplete returns from Ja- pan's general election yesterday rolled in, Mrs. Satoko Togano, a can- didate of the Japan People's Party- a minor organization - had piled up 24,000 votes. She is the wife of Takeshi Togano, former newspaperman and a mem- ber of ex-Premier Tojo's House of Representatives who was disqualified by General MacArthur's purge of ultra-nationalists. Mrs. Togano was the only woman candidate in Tochigi prefecture, about 100 miles north of Tokyo. The second to be virtually assured of victory was Yukio Ozaki, 87-year- old member of every Japanese Par- liament in modern history. His plat- form of old-line service was inter- mingled with a surprising "New Lib- eralism." He recently startled the political world by conferring with Communist leader Sanni Nosaka and permitting himself _to be quoted,l as favoring the Communist-sponsored "Democratic Front." Religions Must Make 'Appeal,' Indian Asserts If religions are to live they will have to become more scientific, hu- manistic, and have more universal appeal, Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrish- nan, visiting Indian professor of Eastern religions and ethics, declared yesterday in a lecture at Rackham Amphitheatre. The factors operating in the world today are the spirit of scientific de- velopment, ethical humanism and the desire for world solidarity, he said. It is because religions as we view them today seem void of scien- tific spirit and seem to aim at social divisions that they are less powerful and less popular with the people than in former days. Sir Radhakrishnan advocated a type of religion which is humanistic because it takes account of the God- like qualities of human beings and scientific because it is based on hu- man nature. It is the non-spacial and non-temporal quality of human- ity which can enable men to tran- scend their selves and their separate intellects, leading to the conscious- ness of the universal self, he said. ATTENTION LAWYERS: GROMYKO RETURNS-Andrei Gromyko, (left) Soviet delegate, returns to his place at the United Nations Security Council session in New York, for the first time since his "walkout" when the council prepared to dis- cuss the Iranian dispute on March 27. At right is Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.,. U.S. delegate. * *V V PolanId Accuses Franco SpainO Of Endangering World Order Charges Shelter, Aid Given Nazi Scientists NEW YORK, April 10-(,)-Po- land accused the Franco government of Spain before the United Nations Security Council today of endanger- ing world peace, sheltering Nazis, and aiding German scientists in "de- vising new means of warfare." It asked the Council to crack down on the regime with the full weight of the United Nations. The Polish charges against Gen- eralissimo Francisco Franco were an- nounced by the United Nations Sec- retary General as the council, in ex- ecutive session, decided to meet again next Monday at 3 p.m. E.S.T. Iran Case Resumes At that time the Council will be confronted once more with the Rus- sian-Iranian case. Russia is demand- ing that the whole affair be dropped from the council agenda. Iran is in- sisting it should be held pending un- til May 6 to see whether Red Army troops completely evacuate Iran. The consensus of UN observers tonight was that Russia would be voted down and the case would re- main before the council. Lange Lists Charges Dr. Oscar Lange, Polish delegate, in his letter to the Secretary Gen- eral, Trygve Lie, dated April 9, and made public today, ticked off these charges against Franco and his re- gime: 1. The United Nations Assembly in London condemned Ctieh "Fascist re- gime of Spain" as having been founded with Axis support. 2. The French government on Feb. 26, 1946, was compelled to close the frontiers between France and Spain and the border still is closed. 3. Oan February 27, the Franco government ordered the concentra tion of troops at the border of France. N 4. Franco has given haven to "the largest aggregation of Nazi assets and personnel." 5. Franco has given refuge to a large number of war criminals and Nazi leaders who continue to act from Spanish territory. 'Lady' Thriller T Show Agam Mystery Melodrama Features Veteran Th, second performance of "Kind Lady," Play Production's mystery melodrama, will be presented at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Dorothy Murzek, familiar for her parts in other Play Production pre- sentations, will take the title roll. Her leading man will be Richard Stewart, who was recently discharged from the service. Adapted by Edward Chodorov from Hugh Walpole's play, "The Silver Basque," the plot of "Kind Lady" centers around a wealthy woman who finds her home has been usurped by a clever band of thieves. Using the pretext of charity, one of the thieves manages to come into her home, imprison her and almost take away all her possessions. In addition to Miss Murzek and Stewart, other important members of the cast include Robert Bouwsma, Ruth Schnoor, Naomi Vincent and Annette Chaikin. "Kind Lady" will run through Sat- urday. Special rates are offered for today's performance to University and high school students. Second A4VC Group Organizes Today The Ann Arbor American Veterans Committee will form its second chap- ter at a meeting at 7:30 p.m. today Loan to Britain Passes Senate Banking Gro up WASHINGTON, Apr. 10-(,')-The Senate Banking Committee gave the proposed British loan a 14 to 5 bless- ing today and Senator Barkley (Dem., Ky.) predicted "a substantial majority" of the Senate would ap- prove it. Prospects of sharp debate, how- ever, appeared in the 11 to 7 mar- gin by which the Committee turned down one proposal. This was that none of the $3,750,000,000 loan be granted until Britain agrees to per- manent U. S. ownership of wartime bases now held under a 99-year lease arrangement. Four of the committee votes against the base transaction plan were cast by proxies. The author of the proposal, Senator McFarland (Dem., Ariz.), took notice of these absentee votes in telling a reporter he would raise the issue again on the Senate floor. Senator Barkley told reporters the loan legislation would be called up for Senate action the first of next week and predicted that a week's consideration would precede a vote. Barkley, Democratic leader of the Senate, acted as chairman of the Banking Committee during public hearings, in which testimony on the bill was almost wholly favorable. The bill would set up a $3,750,000,- 000 credit which would be interest- free until 1951 and then carry an an- nual rate of 2 per cent. Council Asked To Reject New Cab Ordinance Taxi Owners Maintain Equipment Unavailable Several hundred petitions request- ing the City Council to reject the proposed taxicab ordinapce were circulated yesterday as local cab companies prepared to counter what they consider a law that would end profitable business for them. Hubert Thompson, attorney for two of the companies said he had telephoned "all over the United States" yesterday and found that neither meters nor new cab equip- ment of any kind is available. Thompson said that cab drivers could not average 60 cents an hour for the equivalent of a 10 hour day "which everyone knows it is not a living wage" under the proposal. Costs Prohibitive Even if equipment were available, Thompson said, the cost of opera- tion on a cab run would often be greater than rates, making profit out of the question. According to figures of the American Taxicab As- sociation, the average license fee throughout the United States is $15 and the average cost per mile for cabs in Michigan and other northern states runs from 15 to 18 cents. A few amendments to the existing ordinance "which we all favor" would remedy the city's taxi problem, Thompson said. Regarding Alder- man Moore's statement that taxi companies had failed to file infor- mation on their operating expenses with the Council's Special Taxicab Committee, Thompson said that he had offered to meet with the com- mittee in December, but this had never been arranged. Service Essential Thompson classed taxi service with bus, milk delivery and dry cleaning firms and said'he could not see why taxi companies should be singled out for regulation which would make profitable operation impossible. Mimeographed copies of the pro- posed revision of the taxi ordinance were available yesterday at the City Clerk's Office. Representatives of the taxi companies met in conference late yesterday to discuss the legality of proposed revision. handful of protest votes - for nei- ther constitution - were cast, ac- ^ording to Jackson. President 1uthven last night ex- pressed his pleasure at the large vote and congratulated students on the interest shown. Second Election Scheduled A second election is scheduled in two and one-half weeks to select personnel for the new student gov- ernment program. Robert Taylor, one of the framers of the Congress-Cabinet constitution, hailed the election as a definite sign of the reawakening of student in- terest after its three-year dormancy. "This election proves that we are ready for democratic self-rule and establishes the basic framework for an active student government," Tay- lor said. But he called this positive sign "only 'the beginning." "The first Student Congress facs the task of bringing to the campus a new spirit of student initiative. Student government can be the voice of the campus only if we elect rep- resentatives who are determined 'to achieve real policy-making author- ity," he said. Small Groups' Support Formulated at the end of the last semester, the Congress-Cabinet con- stitution was supported in this elec- tion largely by the leaders of the smaller campus organizations. The heavy second-day balloting which firmly established the new government has no precedent in past elections. Until yesterday morning, ratification was a doubtful issue, ac- cording to Jackson. Servicemen May Receive Pay Increase WASHINGTON, April 10-(/P)-A House Military Subcommittee ap- proved a flat $400 a year pay in- crease for all servicemen today and Rep. Harness (Rep., Ind.) announced he would move to make it a basis for halting draft inductions. "With a $400 increase, the Army and Navy will get enough volunteers so continued drafting will not be re- quired," Harness told a reporter. "Army spokesmen have told us they can get along for several months with a suspension of inductions and still have enough men. If they can do that and then we give them the pay raise to provide still more in- ducements for enlisting, theydought to be able to do without the draft at all." Other committeemen contended, however, that additional enlistments which a pay increase would bring would be sufficient only to prevent the necessity for increasing the rate of draft inductions beyond its pres- ent level. Harness predicted that the full military Committee will approve the $400 increase before the House takes up Friday the bill to continue the draft for nine months beyond its May 15 expiration date. He said he will offer on the floor his proposal to sus- pend inductions which the commit- tee yesterday rejected. State Lacks Men For Draft Allotment LANSING, April 10--(M)-Michi- gan will be a "long way" from filling its April draft quota because "there , i Engine Council Promises War If Slide Rule Is Appropriated' ARB THREATENED: Debate Rages Over Claim That Danger Lurks in Every Kiss By AMBROSE McHIGAN It's been going on since 1901.. "Any attempt by residents of the Law Quad to appropriate the Slide Rule will precipitate open warfare," declared the Engineering Council in a special communique issued late last night. The statement added that "drastic precautions are being taken to insure the safety of the Slide Rule," and that "tampering may easily prove fatal.," Precautionary Methods No definite information was forth- coming on the exact nature of the precautionary measures. The strong- lv-worded statement was belived by day when it was announced that Or- rin Tucker, whom the lawyers had hoped to have for their annual Crease Ball, would play Friday at the Slide Rule Ball. Most observers, agreed, however, that the present crisis could be traced back as far as 1901 when the lawyers, claiming that the engineers had too much grease on themselves to parade in the "more respectable" parts of the campus, prohibited their pre- sence on northwest campus where the former law school was located. Traced Back to 1901 This move met with quick retalia- tion from the engineers. At that time By HARVEY LEVE Is the Union darkroom a hotbed for communicable diseases? Should the Arboretum be closed, as a health measure, to unchaperoned couples? Campus interest in these questions has been aroused by a recent report from Washington about some highly scientific female who kissed a slab of agar-agar just to show how many germs a kiss contains. Results of the tests disclosed ba- cilli, bacteria, and streptococci to be present in large amounts. Controversy Begins Controversy began when Dr. Sam- ess are trench mouth, the common cold, diptheria and influenza." In support of his theory that "you may get the kiss, but that's not all you'll get," Dr. Brace related the story of a charity bazaar held re- cently in an upstate community at which kisses were seld for a dollar by one of the local maidens. The sale realized 17 dollars, but within a short time 17 of the male members of the community were snowed under by bacteria. Warns Rural Men Men on campus from rural areas were especially cautioned by Dr.