To The Readers of The Detroit Free Press: This is a slack news season, The Detroit Free Press is desperate for sensational copy. A City Editor lets his thoughts turn lightly to a good sex yarn. What better subject than the largest co-ed campus in the State of Michigan, and what better angle than the veteran's aingle? So one Norman Kenyon is given a fifty-cent, all-out ex- pense account, and dispatched to Ann Arbor for an afternoon or two. Immediate result: A foolish, lurid-in-the-worst-tradition, series of half-researched, totally misguided articles that Pub- lisher John Knight as President of the American Society of Newspaper Editors can hardly be proud of. End result: Irreparable damage to the reputation of one of America's finest educational institutions. We suggest the Free Press apologize in all possible haste. -Hale Champion Daily Editorial Director Angry Ve8ts Say Article Misrepresents Campus Angry veterans in a series of protest phone calls to The Daily last night denied that views on Michigan coeds printed in today's Free Press city edition were typical of the campus veteran population. Calls from campus independent and fraternity veterans resented a Free Press page one article by Norman Kenyon which said "vets claim that they are shocked bY the sexual promiscuity and excessive drinking they are en- countering on their dates." They took to task the statements of other Uni- versity veterans printed in the Free Press which said Michigan coeds were wild and morally loose. "I seriously doubt that any one of those veterans had his virtue assailed by a Michigan coed," Joseph Walker, a veteran of three years in the Navy, declared. '.' £ii VOL. LVI, No. 116 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Bill Barnes, who served five years in the Army, said the Free Press story was "in extreme bad taste" and hoped that "parents of Michigan coeds won't be disturbed by these un- fair charges." John Erlewine, a former infantry lieutenant, wondered where the Free Press writer saw the coeds he de- scribed. "But it wasn't on the Michi- gan cainpus," Erlewine said. The article quoted Dean of Women Alice C. Lloyd as saying "there might be some moral break- down due to the war." Last night Miss Lloyd declared she was "very definitely misquoted." University administrators refused to comment, but informed sources said the Free Press article was con- sidered -by' them to indicate a lack of good taste and superficial report- ing. One veteran newspaperman said "this looks like the sort of opportun- istic story a newspaper would find very desirable. It's appeal to the least common denominator probably far outweighs consideration of jour- nalistic taste and ethics." U' Orchestra Will Present Spring Concert The University Symphony Orches- tra, directed by Prof. William D. Revelli, with Jeannette Helen as soloist, will present its spring con- cert at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. Miss Haien, a resident of Ann Ar- bor, is a graduate student in the School of Music and is majoring in piano under Prof. John Kollen. Re- cently she was made a member of the Michigan Composer's Club and her sonata for piano will be given its first performance April 23 at the State Convention of the American Federation of Music Clubs. This is Revelli's first year as act- ing conductor of the orchestra. The group operated as a string orchestra during the war and was revived as a symphony orchestra last year under the direction of Prof. Gilbert Ross. Revelli said that the personnel of the orchestra is increasing and that it is gradually regaining its pre-war status. There are about 85 active members now. Miss Haien will play Beethoven's Fifth Concerto for piano and orches- tra, known as "The Emperor." This concerto marks the change from the orchestra serving merely as accom- paniment for the soloist to a posi- tion of almost equal prominence. Other numbers on the program will be the Overture to Iphigenia in Aulis by Gluck and Symphony No. 4 in F minor by Tschaikowski. Counseling Center Advises 1,555 Vets The city Veterans' Counseling Cen- ter advised 1,555 persons during the first quarter of 1946, it was announc- ed yesterday. Veterans were aided in finding new jobs, housing, in getting insurance, resuming their education, and in ar- ranging for vocational training. A Campus Voters Will Elect 18 Representatives Congress To Hold First Meeting May 9 Only 18 representatives to the Stu- dent Congress will be elected this semester, Robert Taylor, one of the authors of the Congress-Cabinet Constitution, said last night. Taylor explained, "This first group of Congressmen will represent the student body in a ratio, of one Con- gressman to 800 students. However, subsequent elections will raise the number of representatives to one for each 400 students. Since the Con- gressmen will serve a two-semester term of office, there will be a carry- over group each semester of approxi- mately half the Congress." The first meeting of the Congress will be convened May 9 by the Men's Judiciary Council. After that, it will be up to the Congress to dtermine the time and place of meeting. The Constitution requires that the Con- gress meet at least once a month, Taylor said. The seven-man executive Cabinet will be elected by the Congress at the first meeting, Taylor stated. The Cabinet is required to meet at least Office-seekers in Student Con- gress, the campus' new governing body, were warned last night by Men's Judiciary president Harry Jackson that the deadline for peti- tions is 5 p.m. Saturday. Bearing a 100-word statement of the candidates' qualifications and 50 signatures, the petitions must be placed in the student congress pe- tition box in the Union, Jackson said. Ile asked candidates to include the following information on their petitions: 1. Full name. 2. Ann Arbor ad- dress. 3. Ann Arbor telephone. 4. School year and semester. 5. Col- lege and department in the Uni- versity. 6. How long the petitioner expects to stay in school. 7. Expe- rience in organizations here and elsewhere high school experience and transfer experience for fresh-. men and transfers respectively.) 8. Organizational membership at the University. 9. Activities partici- pated in at the University. 10. Qualifications in addition to the above. 11. Platform. What you as an individual will work to do. once a week and will act as a steering committee for the Congress. Other committees, to be set up to deal with specific problems, will consist of Con- gressmen and interested students not in the Congress. Outlining the Hare proportional- representation plan, which will be used in the elections, Taylor said, "First the quota is determined by di- viding the number of ballots cast by 19 (the number of positions plus one), and taking the next largest whole number. Then the ballots are U.N. Council Will Discuss Spa'in7loday Block Attempt Tho Close Iran's Case By The Associated Press NEW YORK, April 16-The United Nations Security Council decided to- day to tackle the controversial Span- ish questiontomorrow after a sr- prise move by Secretary-General Trygve Lie temporarily blocked ac - tion on Russia's attempt to close the Iranian case. After a two-hour debate in which U. S. delegate Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., intimated he believed Russia had exerted pressure to get Iran to with- draw her complaint, the Council de- cided it could not take a vote on the Russian motion for at least two days. Poland's Charge It then adjourned until 3 p.m, Eastern Standard Time, tomorrow when it will take up Poland's charge that Franco Spain is threatening world peace-the only other matter on the agenda. Lie unexpectedly entered the Iran- ian case by submitting a legal opin- ion, which in effect agreed with Rus- sia's contention that the Council had no right to keep the case on the agenda. His opinion came as Russia appar- ently faced defeat, with eight of the council's 11 votes lined up against her advocating that the question be kept on the agenda until May 6, the date on which Russia has promised to have all Red Army troops out of Iran. No Dispute Exists' Chairman Quo Tai-Chi immedi- ately referred his opinion to the Council's committee of experts on; rules and procedure with instructions that the committee report back to the council by Thursday. Truman Signs Anti- Petrillo Musc Measure~ WASHINGTON, April 16--(')-A bill aimed at James C. Petrillo, Presi- dent of the AFL Musicians Union, be- came law today. President Truman signed the measure putting heavy penalties on the use of coercion against radio broadcasters. Opponents attacked it during House consideration as "anti- labor," "unconstitutional," and an abridgement of the right to strike. The bill provides penalties of up to one year's imprisonment and $1- 000 fine for the use of force, threats or "other means" to compel radio stations to hire more employees than they want; pay money for services not performed; pay unions for the use of phonograph records; pay for broadcasting the record of a previous program. The legislation originally devel- oped from a ban byPetrillo on the broadcast of a students' music fes- tival at Interlochen, Mich. Petrillo contended the event deprived profes- sional musicians of jobs. Dr. Joseph E. Maddy, director of Interlochen, was unable to be reached last night for comment on the anti- Petrillo bill as he is touring cities in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas as a guest conductor and judge of high school orchestras. State IMeat Stocks Cut Below Par IocatlDealer Notes High Cattle Prices Michigan appeared on the verge of a meatless diet yesterday as meat supplies in many parts of the State dwindled to less tuan during the war, accoding to an Associated Press repo01rt. Meatdist riututls a riblit edt fe shorta "(e o a (leeease in stock avail- able to slaughterinV houses, the black market and a vit~ual cutting off of supplies coming; into the State through Chicago Wholesalers. Rteturning lrt'u nearby Adrian last night, Ralth Foldenauer, local wholesale meat tealer, said that he was unable to turchase any cattle because of jrotibitive prices. He said that pric ranged from one to two cents. highler per pound than his firm coui pay and keep within OPA regulation., "We've lieen doing all right this week due to shulnments of hogs and cattle from Iowa?' he commented. No drastic rsuilts from the meat short ge ;dere expected by V. Goetz, own'er of a downtown inmeat outlet which does much of its own t iaghtering. "Supplies from Chicago have practically stepped, however" he noted. In' Washington, AP reports, the OPA ind the Department of Agri- cultuie announcl the reestablish- nient'of wartimnen'ieat slaughtering Quotas in an effort to divert the sup- fly of available i'jestock into estab- lished packing plapts. Chicago spokes#pen for the meat producing .and .acking industries said this aionlowever, "will not provide argemed for the black market in meat." The FBI as prdered into a na- tonwide inVestigation of the short- age of supplies. Agents were direct- ed by Attorney tneral Tom Clark to probe reports ,hat many meat packers have atte ipted to defraud the government b,' falsifying claims for federal meat .. sidy payments. " Mfily '}iol " holesale and re- tail dealers expect to close by early June unless they can secure more meat at OPA prices. Detroit, apparently, fared better than many cities in the state. Meanwhile reports from Washing- ton indicated that nfine per cent less meat will be available for Americans this quarter than during the past three months. The reduction reflects a declining volume of livestock marketings and continued large exports to needy areas abroad. The Agriculture De- partment said farm sales of livestock, particularly hogs, drop off during the spring and summer months. 'I ofile' Tests All students who have been no- tified to take "profile" tests must make application between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. today and to- morrow in Rm. 306, Mason Hall. Part of a nationwide examining project, these tests are designed to measure general educational devel- opment and will be given to all second semester seniors and sec- and semester sophomores in the literary college. Seniors will take the tests, May 20, 21 and 23, while sophomores will receive exaninations May 23 and 24. 'To Chinese Truce GOP Opens Fire on OPA Plsh Amendments 'o Limit Powers By The Assoeiated Press WASHINGTON, April 16-Repub- licans launched a battle on the House floor today to hold OPA's new lease on life to nine months, instead of a year, and to write into the price con- trol law far-reaching revisions of pricing rules and regulations. Rep. Patman (D-Tex) immediately shouted to the House: "If these amendments pass, OPA will be scuttled." Bowles Makes Plea Chester Bowles, Economic Sta- bilizer, appearing simultaneously be- fore the Senate Banking Committee to plead for OPA's life, declared that if subsidies are removed-as pro- posed in one amendment-living costs will increase and labor will de- mand a second round of wage in- creases. Subsidies are government payments to farmers, processors and others in order to hold down prices to consumers. The OPA confronts its crucial leg- islative tests as the House begins vot- ing on amendments tomorrow. Wolcott's Amendments Rep. Wolcott (R-Mich) told the House "it is our duty to rewrite the standards, the rules of OPA, so as to get production and at the same time have effective price control." He out- lined his proposed amendments as follows: 1. Limit OPA's continuation to next March, instead of one year be- yond June 30 as requested by Presi- dent Truman. 2. Require OPA to fix price ceilings so as to guarantee each manufacturer his costs plus a reasonable profit on every item he makes. 3. Put "teeth" into the OPA "de- control" requirements, stipulating that price ceilings must be lifted as supply in a line of production comes into balance with demand. 4. Require the government to get out of the $2,000,000,000 annual sub- sidy business by January 1, with a 25 per cent reduction in subsidy pay- ments each 45 days. Prof. Palmer To Teach Here Negro Will Be Visiting Sociology Lecturer Prof. Edward Nelson Palmer, of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., will be a visiting lecturer in sociology for the 1946 summer sesion, Dr. Louis A. Hopkins, director of the summer ses- sion, announced yesterday. Prof. Palmer will be the first Ne- gro scholar to hold this position on the University faculty. He received his master's degree here in 1937 and his Ph.D. last year. The 29-year-old sociologist is noted for his assistance in two important studies: "The Negro in America," sponsored by the Carnegie Founda- tion and directed by Gunnar Myrdal, noted'Swedish sociologist; and "Negro Workers and Organized Labor," which was published in the 1945 yearbook of American labor.