NATURE LOVERS See Page 2 Y LwPAO 4])IpAii4 FAIR M1ILD 0 VOL. LVI, No. 123 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Lit Students Need 'C' Average AllCa Dollar Fee Is New Judiciary Council Rule Qualifications Due Saturday at Noon Men's Judiciary Council imposed a last-minute eligibility requirement on Student Congress candidates last night with the all-campus election only one week away. Names of students who fail to meet the University's eligibility standards will not appear on the election bal- lot, Men's Judiciary ruled. Eligibility cards must be secured from the Dean of Student's office, Rm. 4 University Hall and be signed by a member of Men's Judiciary before noon, Satur- day, according to the new decision. The Council also will require that petitioners pay a dollar at the time eligibility cards are signed ih order to defray expenses of a special elec- tion bulletin to be printed this week which will carry the names and platforms of all eligible candidates. Members of Men's Judiciary will be at the Union student officers from 3 to 5 p.m. until Saturday for the pur- pose of signing the certificates are Harry Jackson, Charles Helmick, Robrt Goldman, Fred Matthaei, Richard Roeder and George Spald- ing. When they present the certificate for signing, candidates will be asked to tell whether or not they will speak at the pre-election rally at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Waterman Gymnasium. Each candidate will be allowed two minutes at the rally to present his political platformn according to present plans. Eight Student Congress candidates, meanwhile, will air their platforms over radio station WPAG at7:30 a.m. tomorrow as a part of their campaign for seats in the Congress-Cabinet student government. The series of 15-minute radio pro- grams will continue through next Tuesday, April 30, the first day of the two-day all-campus election, Quota of 300 Set for NIROTC In Peacetime A tentative quota of 300 has been set for the University's peacetime NROTC Unit, Capt. Woodson H. Michaux, commandant of the Unit, revealed yesterday. In filling this quota first priority will be given to students currently en- rolled in the V-12 or NROTC pro- gram at the University. Second prior- ity will be for those who are ripw en- rolled in the same units at other col- leges and universities. Regardless of the number of stu- dents who will be eligible under thisj plan, 100 freshmen will be permitted to enroll. Their selection will be made upon a competitive basis, plans for which will be published soon, Capt. Michaux said, $ Additional Applications If the total for the unit, including these three categories, is still less than 300, additional applications will be considered from students in advanced standing who can qualify on previous military or Naval training, which will be considered equivalent to cer- tain Naval Science subjects. Students with less than a year in college and no previous 'military training will also be considered, pro- viding they are willing to meet all the standards of NROTC curriculum before graduation. In all these cases, of course, Capt. Michaux explained, applicants must be accepted by the University before they can be considered for enrollment in the NROTC here. NROTC Membership Desirable In addition to the normal reasons of patriotism, self-preparedness in the event of war, and the acquisition ra un ,..ai-. ommic fl n ~t'~l~,Ii.}, N!4_ * * * * * * * * ndidates ust Be Eigible /us _________ To Register Veterans Exempt From Regulation Effective at End of Semester; Only 'Extenuating' Facts Rate Exemption Non-veteran literary college students whose total records are below a C average at the end of the present semester will not be permitted to register again, under a sweeping new regulation announced yesterday by Associate Dean Erich A. Walter. The regulation, adopted last Friday by the college's Administrative Board, provides that students who "can prove extenuating circumstances" will be permitted to re-register. The regulation further provides "i Dramatics about the world food shortage are now point-I less. Every newspaper reader on this campus knows what famine victims look like, knows further that there are potentially mil- lions of such victims. But while organizations throughout America have worked and planned to alleviate threatened famine, the University of Michigan has until this week taken no effective action. With yesterday's announcement that University Residence Halls and the League are reducing the use of wheat flour in ac- cordance with the national program, this campus takes its first cooperative step. It is now time to consider what the total contribution of this campus should be. Certainly the initial steps taken by Uni- versity officials are not sufficient. There are three broad programs in which University stu- dents can participate directly. Both need sponsorship from responsible student organizations; both need vigorous coopera- tion by the University community. 1) The official University program for conservation of flour and waste should be voluntarily extended to all houses which serve meals. New methods for further saving should be studied and effectively applied. 2) Dirert person-to-person shipment of food parcels should be encouraged by a campus agency which can furnish addresses abroad. The American Society of Friends has already made such contacts and would be glad to assist a local group in the preparation of mailing lists. 3) Collection of funds and food on a group basis should be undertaken immediately. A campus organization similar to Ann Arbor's Emergency Food Collection group should work with the city agency in an intensive and continuous drive to maximize, local contrbutions. Only when all possible action has been taken can this Uni- versity community reassume its position of educated leadership. Such leadership is the privilege of those who respect its respon- sibilities. -Mal Roemer Hale Champion LaGuardia ays Food Supply Still Insufficient for Famine League, Dormitories To Adopt Wheat Conservation Program Dieticians Will Use Less Flour for Pastry; 'Eat What You Take' Signs Will Be Posted Although University supplies of flour have not yet been affected by the order cutting consumption by 25 per cent, the residence halls and League have undertaken programs to cut their uses of wheat. Residence Halls Business Manager Francis Shiel revealed yesterday that it was decided at a meeting of Uni- versity dieticians Tuesday to cut uses of wheat for pasteries and other des- serts by 25 per cent. This cut will be accompanied by a poster campaign in all dormitories urging stuodents to "eat what you take." Dormitory Bread Cut Expected It is expected that bread deliveries to dormitories will be decreased when the bakers who.supply residence halls have their flour supplies cut, Mr. Shiel said. Rolls and buns made by dormitory bakers will be increasingly made with corn and oatmeal flour. These steps, he said, should put the dormitories in a position where they will be able to serve sufficient amounts of bread and rolls and also conform to the flour cut order. League Uses Less Flour The League has cut the size of its breakfast rolls by one-half and has started making open-face and me- ringue-topped pies in order to cut its OP A Boosts Retail Cigaret Price Ceiig WASHINGTON -(/U')- OPA boost- ed retail price ceilings for cigarets. The increase does not apply on sales of single packs except in vend- ing machines. The increases, granted because of a jump in manufacturing costs, are: 1-A half cent a pack on sales of two packs, four, six and so on. 2-One cent a pack on vending ma- chine sales. 3-Five cents on a carton of 10 packs. The half-cent multile pack in- crease applies wherever cut-rate pric- es for these sales are in effect. For example, stores now selling popular brand for 15 cents a pack, two for 28 cents, are being allowed to increase the price of two packs to 29 cents The price for a single pack remains unchanged Ceilings are based on March, 1942, prices and vary from store to store, Popular brands covered by this ac- tion include Camels, Chesterfields, Lucky Strikes, Philip Morris, Old Golds and Raleighs. Roxas Leads In Plippines MANILA, Thursday, April 25-(I) -President Sergio Osmena Was fight- ing for his political life today as overnight official tabulations from 742 more election precincts gave him a 7,328-vote boost but left challenger Manuel Roxas 43,778 in the lead. Re- turns still were indecisive, however. The official count, with 2,526 of the commonwealth's 14,238 precincts tallied in the presidential race gave: Roxas 248,344; Osmena 204,566. uses of wheat flour. Carl Buss, sup- plies manager for the League cafe- terias, said that future changes in baking will deperd on deliveries of wheat flour to the Hospital, from which the League requisitions its sup- plies. 723 Students to Be Honored At Convocation Dawson To Discuss U.S. Foreign Affairs By The Associated Dress WASHINGTON, April 24 - The combined Food Board today provided thicker bread slices for famine- threatened countries fed by UNRRA, but Director General Fiorello H. La- Guardia said the allowance still was far short of "desperate needs." The board, made up of members from the United States, Great Bri- tain and Canada, increased UNRRA's April share of the world's pool of wheat and other cereals from 363,000 to 460,000 ton 3 LaGuardia, who had estimated the lowest needs of the hungry peoples fed by his agency at 700,000 tons, expressed disappointment at the Board's decision, but said he was reconciled to the fact that supplies are not great enough to permit grant- ing a larger share. The weather bureau reports said Hospitald Price Ilaise Proposed A new schedule of rates for the University Hospital will be placed before the Board of Regents for ap- proval at Friday's meeting, accord- ing to Dr. A. C. Kerlikowske, director of the Hospital. Although the new schedule would create a substantial increase in room costs, Dr. Kerlikowske said yesterday, the effect it would have on Hospital clientele would be no more than that felt by "a person who goes to the drug store to buy a five cent phos- phate and finds the price has been raised to seven cents," The price boost, which has been in the offing for four months, is es- sential because of the "increase in cost of commodities and labor," Ker- likowske explained. BULLETINS HELSINKI, April 24-)I--A joint Finnish-Mu sian ommunique re- leased late tonight said the Soviet Union "has considered it possible to free Finland from further restitution that western Kansas, one of the rich- est wheat producing areas, needs rain badly and that conditions were simi- lar in parts of Nebraska. More rain also will be needed soon in western Oklahoma, western Texas and New Mexico or the crop will deteriorate, the reports said. Red Tape Stalls Occupation of Willow Airport University officials were silent yes- terday on the acquisition of Willow Run Airport, but The Detroit News quoted Vice-President Robert P. Briggs as saying that the War Assets Administration's announcement re- ferring to "immediate occupancy" was premature. Briggs, according to The News, made this statement Tuesday after conferring with representatives of the airlines serving Detroit. Negotiations for landing rights were adjourned "to permit University officials to cut through red tape which is holding up acquisition of the field." The airlines were reported to be split on the issue of abandoning De- troit City Airport. Two companies-American and TWA-announced that they would continue to operate through City Air- port if any others attempted a dual operation. PROF. JOHN DAWSON ...Honors Lecturer * * * A total of 723 students will be rec- ognized for outstanding scholastic achievement in the 23rd annual Hon- ors Convocation to be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. The convocation address will be de- livered by Prof. John P. Dawson of the Law School, who will discuss America's responsibility in foreign af- fairs. During the war Dr. Dawson served with the OPA in Washington, went to Egypt as director of the Near East division of the Foreign Econom- ics Administration and worked for the State Department as acting re- gional economics counselor for the Middle East. Honors will be conferred upon sen- iors with at least a "B" average who rank in the upper 10 per cent of their class, underclassmen who have a 3.5 average, graduate students selected for outstanding achievement in spe- cial fields and recipients of awards for merit. Visiting educators from throughout the state convening here for the an- nual meeting of the Michigan School- masters Club will attend the Convo- cation. DAR Allows Negro Choir To 'Perform WASHINGTON, April 24 - (P) - The Daughters of the American Rev- olution today let down the bars which had kept Negro artists from appear- ing in its Constitution Hall here in the past and announced that the Tuskegee Institute Choir would sing there June 3. The use of the hall was granted without charge for the concert. The proceeds will go to the United Negro College Fund. that "students who are asked not to register may petition for the privilege at a later time." In announcing the new regulation, Dean Walter said the Administrative Board was of the opinion that "stu- dents who cannot perform satisfac- torily ought not to be registered in the college." He added: "The parents of every student who is now below a C average will be notified of this new require- ment by the college's administrative offices." Veterans are exempted from the requirements of the new regula- tion but will continue to be govern- ed by the Administrative Board regulation of Jan. 29, which states: "Veterans, even though they have earned an unsatisfactory record in their first term of residence, will not be asked to withdraw. They will, how- ever, be asked to withdraw at the end of their second term of residence un- less they can earn at least a C average for their elections at that term." The College of Engineering and the College of Architecture and De- sign indicated yesterday that regu- lations similar to the literary col- lege's are being "considered." Plans of other schools and colleges of the University are not known. The text of the new regulation passed by the Administrative Board follows: Students whose total records are below a C average at the end of the spring term, 1946, will be asked not to register again, unless in the opinion of the Administrative Board they can prove exenuating circumstances. Students who are asked not to reg- ister may petition for the privilege at a later time. This regulation does not apply to veterans. The special regulation, passed by the Administrative Bard Jan. 29, concerning veterans will stand. Local Sorority Refuses To Take Stand on Ban The local chapter of Alpha Xi Delta last night refused to take a stand on the national sorority's re- cent order banning rushing and pledging for a year at the University of Vermont after that chapter had pledged Crystal Malone, Negro stu- dent from Washington, D. C. Reason offered for the ban was that the Vermont chapter had failed to answer letters, according to Asso- ciated Press reports. Sorority sisters of Miss Malone declined comment on the subject of unanswered letters, but the chapter's president, Patricia Pringle of Utica, N. Y. said of Miss Malone's membership: "The 18 members have no inten- tion of revoking the original pledge. The girls are proud to be sorority sis- ters of Miss Malone." David Embury of New York City, counsel for the national sorority, when asked why the organization does not openly state that it is See SORORITY, Page 2 New Housing Development Is Anticipated Prospects for a 600-single-dwelling housing development to help lick Ann Arbor's small-house shortage- are "very bright," an informed source told The Daily yesterday. The development, which would house some of the 15,000 workers to be employed at the Willow Run au- tomobile plant, would be built by Kaiser-Walsh Community Houses Inc., a west-coast concern which now has available labor and materials to raise the houses "even under the sit- uationdas it now stands," it was learned. Confident of Project Expressing confidence that the project will go through, The Daily's source said that executives high in Kaiser enterprises were "all for it." The houses would be on a site capable of eventually holding 1,200 small houses. Kaiser-Walsh built homes for Kaiser's west-coast shipbuilding in- terests. They are reported to Je ne- gotiating to build another small- house development in Williow Run, under the supervision of the Willow Run Planning Committee. According to Lawrence Hamberg, manager of the United States En ployment Service office in Ann Ar- bor, Kaiser-Frazer Corp. will hire 1,000 men a month, beginning in May, until they have 15,000. Need Set at 3,000 Mayor W. E. Brown Jr. has set Ann Arbor's housing need at 3000 houses. Local contractors have re- ported orders for approximately 350 new houses this year, but at a meet- ing of the Veterans and Citizens Housing Committee Saturday, a re- port on materials revealed that local sources can supply enough for only 100 new houses this year. Hamberg told The Daily yesterday that, in his opinion, labor for hous- ing could be procured, if necessary, from other karts of the country. "Ma- terials are the criteria." he said. HOUSING: Materials, Not Labor, Is Crux Of Shortage By MILT FREUDENHEIM Materials rather than labor are the criteria in Ann Arbor's housing short- age, Lawrence Hamberg, manager of the local United States Employment Service office, said yesterday. Citing the 16 New York City bricklayers now working on the University building program, Ram- berg termed construction workers "proverbially migratory." Contrac- tors get workers through AF of L international building trades un- ions, with the help of the Employ- ment Service when necessary. From 7,300 to 7,400 of the city's 10,000 servicemen have returned, Hamberg said. Four hundred are registered in the USES files here, and some 15 a day come in seeking em- ployment. Veterans generally want better quality jobs than are avail- able here, he said, but rather than leave their homes, they take what they can get in the city. Two or three hundred veterans have taken jobs while leaving their names on file requesting a special type of work. Sometimes openings come after as long as six months, Hamberg stated, The University's STUDENT-FACULTY GOVERNING BODY: Comnnittee s Power Delegated by Board of Regents By CLAYTON DICKEY When plans for a two-night J-Hop went awry last semester, the fact was driven home to the campus that the University has a Student Affairs Committee. The committee-which voted Mon- day to reorganize itself and ap- Eligibility requirements for par- ticipation in "public activities"; Change in location of fraternity and sorority houses; Financial affairs of fraternities, sororities and other campus organi- zations; All social functions conducted by Council, president of the Union, the managing editor of The Daily, the president of the League and the chairman of the Judiciary Council of the League. All members of the committee have equal voting power. The Student Religious Association membership because it believed that giving representation to one additional organization would not eliminate present dissatisfaction with student representation on the committee. The committee has invited stu- dents and campus organizations to