IS FASCISM DEAD? See Page 4 ii] r 4jit CtgaYi Daii CLEAR AND COLD VOL. LVI, No. 126 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1946 PRIGE FIVE CENTS Paris Conference iVeS Italy * Basic Naval Fleet * * * * 'U' Scientists * To * * * * * * * * Use New Atomic Research Lab Wayne SaariAnnounces Congressional Platform Literary College Senior Will Be Youngest Candidate for Nomination in Nation's History Making his first statement of principles in the race for Congressional Representative from this district, Wayne Saari, 24-year-old literary college senior, declared yesterday that he will campaign on an over-all platform of "adjusting America to the atomic age." The youngest candidate for Representative in the nation's history, Saari said flatly that this country "must solve any problems that might lead to another world conflict." "We can't afford not to solve them when there are such instruments of destruction as the atomic bomb in existence," he said. He added: "People whoe ideas were formed in the 'horse and buggy' era are not competent to legislate for America in the atomic age." Saari is seeking the Democratic nomination on the Democratic ticket. He is opposed by William R. Kelly, a veteran and graduate of the Univer- sity and the Detroit College of Law. .0 s> Ll INFLATION:- Cost of Labor To Rise if OPA Relaxed-H aber The price rise that will occur if the House amendments to the price control bill are allowed to stand would result in serious labor disturb- ances when present contracts expire next spring, Prof. William Haber of the economics department said yes- terday. Some experts have predicted a gen- eral rise of as much as 15 to 25 per cent, within 12 months he reported. To Prevent Inflation Outlining a plan to prevent infla- tion, Prof. Haber declared, "in addi- tion to the extension of price control, the battle against inflation must also include every effort to increase pro- duction, and fiscal and monetary po- icies designed to increase the effect of unprecedented purchasing power and deposits." Referring to the House amend- ment providing that price controls shall cease when supply of commodi- ties reaches the 1940-41 average level, he indicated that this level has been reached in a large number of commo- dities, especially agricultural prod- ucts. If the amendment is not stricken out by the Senate, he said, price control on these items would cease entirely within ten days. Cost of Reconversion "Another amendment," he said, "requires that OPA must take into consideration all costs plus reason- able profit. In effect, this means that for hundreds of commodities not pro- duced during the war such as re- frigerators, vacuum cleaners, radios and automobiles, the OPA must in- clude in the price ceiling the excep- tionally high cost of reconversion when they are operating at low ca- pacity, rather than the more normal costs they will reach when operating at near peak capacity." Five Veterans Get Awards Five Bomber Scholarships have been awarded to Michigan men re- turned from the wars, Dean of Stu- dents Joseph A. Bursley announced yesterday. The first to be granted under the $25,000 Bomber Scholarship Fund, the scholarships carry a $100 stipend. The fund 'vas established in 1942. The Student Bomber Scholarship Committee voted in January to make 15 scholarships available each se- mester. Fifteen petitions for scholar- ships were received by the committee in March. Six of the 15 petitioners were un- able to meet the requirements of the Bomber Scholarship Constitution, three could not prove financial need, and one petitioner failed to appear at Incumbent Earl C. Michener will oppose Henry F. Vander Velde, for- mer University student, for the Re- publican nomination. Saari said he was not running for Congress on a "fly-by-night" basis but as part of a career of public serv- ice. Enlarging on his theme of "ad- justment to the atomic age," Saari said that OPA is "the most important domestic issue." Declaring that there are enough goods on the market to meet con- sumer demands, Saari said that "we are now at full production and our vast demand for goods cannot be met in a short time." He backed his argument with the contention that "we need 10,000,000 new cars and they can't possibly be produced in a short time." Attacking advocates of no price control, he said: "Those who argue that all we need is a little more pro- duction and that prices will fall after a temporary inflation have the wrong 'inflationary psychology.' "Manufacturers and farmers don't sell goods in an inflationary period but hold them for further price rises." Price control, he said, is "directly related" to this country's famine re- lief program, because "while food is being held for price rises, people will starve in Europe and Asia." He safid he favored "drastic steps including rationing of some cereals and fats" to get more food to foreign countries, and added: "Unrest from starvation is a prob- lem that can lead to another world conflict." See SAARI, Page 3 Club Lectured OnGI Schools ETO Eluc'aional Plan Described as Success The success of Army educational centers in the European Theater of Operations was described to the con- cluding general session of the three- day Michigan Schoolmasters' Club meeting yesterday by Prof. John Dale Russell of the University of Chicago. Prof. 'Russell, who was the dean and academic adviser at Biarritz American University in France last year, said that French and American visitors who observed the Biarritz program expressed high praise for it. In fact, the French, who were espe- cially enthusiastic, are now planning a permanent American-type univer- sity somewhere in France. Students, Prof. Russell said, showed overwhelming satisfaction with the opportunities provided and a survey among faculty members showed near unanimity in agreeing that students at the Biarritz school accomplished more than civilian stu- dents in the same length of time. Soviet Eases Demands for Reparations Yugoslavia, Greece Receive Italian Shi>s By The Associated Press PARIS, April 27 - The Foreign Ministers Conference agreed tonight to leave Italy a basic naval fleet and to divide the remainder among the four major powers after satisfying claims of Yugoslavia and Greece for warships, authoritative reports said. The ministers of the United States, Britain, France and Russia reached an accord on broad general propor- tions of the divisions in a three-hour meeting in which Russia retreated from a previous demand for a third of the fleet, these reports said. Precise details were not settled at the meeting, the third thus far in the historic conference and said to have been the most cheerful to date. Part of the session was given over to a discussion of the French Italian frontier modifications, but no agree- ment was reached on any of the pro- posals. The troublesome Trieste and Italian colonial questions had been sidestepped. Coupled with the announcement in Rome that Russia had not only ac- ceded ;o the United States proposals for relaxing Italian armistice terms, but had proposed even further modi- fications, the Soviet action augured well for future dealings on the Ital- ian problem. There was no clear picture here of the present strength of the Ital- ian navy, and a four man commit- tee of experts was appointed to de- termine its composition and allo- cation. There was no discussion at the third session on France's proposals to add internationalization of the Ruhr and detachment of the Rhine- land from Germany to the confer- ence agenda, reliable reports said. British Foreign Secretary Ernest. Bevin was reported to have thrown a snag into discussion of the Ruhr by insisting that Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg representatives be permitted to sit in on such nego- tiations as spokesmen for nations which suffered heavily through German aggression. The Russians, contrary to earlier reports, were not objecting to addi- tion of the Ruhr to the agenda, but were opposed to expanding the scope of discussion beyond representatives of the United States, Britain, Prance and Russia, informants said. Propose Atheletic Butilding Plant The Board in Control of Intercol- legiate Athletics, in its annual re- port to the Regents Friday, recom- mended that a far-reaching program of athletic plant expansion be under- taken "at the earliest possible time." The Board in Control urged con- struction of a hockey and basketball arena, additional swimming facili- ties, basketball practice courts, more adequate administrative offices and a new club house for the University Golf Course. Present athletic facilities are "ut- terly inadequate" to meet increased student enrollment, the Board said. The Board's financial report for the year ending June 30, 1945, showed football gate receipts again providing the bulk of the Board's income. Football receipts totalled $256,515. All other sports operated at a loss. Foreign Will Be Committee Asks Advice On Membership Issue Student Policy Considered By CLAYTON DICKEY The Student Affairs Committee, by adopting the democratic method of reorganizing itself, has put the ques- tion of more student participation in student affairs squarely to the cam- pus-at-large. The committee is currently seeking the advice of individual students and organizations on problems of stu- dent-faculty mem bership and com- mittee :functions. A faculty member of the commit- tee said yesterday that the impres- sion that the student body secured 'U' Delegates Leave Today For Chicago University delegates will leave to- day for the conference on foreign student problems which will bring representatives of 150 of the nation's leading colleges and universities to Chicago tomorrow through Wednes- day. Recommendations issuing from the Chicago talks will be carefully con- sidered in formulating the Universi'- ty's policy toward foreign student ad- mission and education, according to President Alexander G. Ruthven. The conference was called at the re- quest of the Department of State by the Institute of International Edu- cation in New York. The five University delegates are Assistant Dean Peter Okkelberg, of the Graduate School; Assistant Dean Walter Emmons, of the engi- neering college; Prof. Raymond Wilder, member of the Graduate school executive board; Dr. Esson M. Gale, counselor to foreign stu- dents, and Robert Klinger, assis- tanteounselor. Hersehell Brickell, acting chief of the State Department's Division of International Exchange of Persons, will highlight the opening session with a discussion of "The Interna- tional Flow of Students for a United World." The afternoon session tomorrow will be devoted to consideration of general policies concerning foreign students. In the evening the delegates will divide into groups to discuss sep- arately admission, orientation, and other specific problems. Selection, admission and place- ment will be considered by the con- ference Tuesday morning. Foreign student counselling and policies of foreign governments toward the education of their students in the United States are on the agenda for the afternoon and evening meetings. The delegates will return Wednes- day following a discussion of orien- tation and adjustment of foreign stu- dents and a conference summary at noon. !Ilichilodeon Prizes . First prize for the booth selling the most tickets at the Michilo- deon carnival last night was won by Theta Delta Chi, with a total of 1400 tickets sold. Honorable mention was won by Beta Theta Chi with a total of 1340 tickets sold. representation after a "long, up-hill fight" was erroneous. The addition of student members to the committee was by the commit- tee's own recommendation, he said. Cross Party Lines Examination of the committee's history reveals that both student and faculty members have often crossed "party" lines and that on no ques- tionhave the members been split into solid student-faculty blocs. According to ruling of the com- mittee, any studer.t is permitted to appear before it to present a griev- ance if he notifies the Office of the Dean of Students in advance of his intentions to appear. With the decision of its members to bring the question of student rep- resentation out in the open, the com- mittee has reached another stage in its history. The decision was the result of in- tra-committee initiative, since cam- pus dissatisfaction with the present student-faculty rat io has been evinced only once this year when the committee vetoed plans for a two- night J-Hop. Approval Needed Anychangesin the committee's membership, however, must be ap- proved by President Ruthven, the University Council and the Board of Regents. On the basis of the student govern- ment election April 10 in which one out of four students voted, campus apathy toward problems of student participation in student affairs is widespread. Whether the apathy is temporary or permanent can be determined when the results of the Student Con- gress election Tuesday and Wednes- day are in. Change Foreseen However, the Student Congress may agitate for changes in the Stu- dent Affairs Committee at a later date if it continues the philosophy expressed by its backers that student government should not be "just an- other organization for BMOC's." The present student members of the Student Affairs Committee hold their positions by virtue of their lead- ership in other campus organizations, in accordance with the Board of Re- gents bylaws. The original backers of the Con- gress-Cabinet plan are running on a single 12-point platform which in- cludes a plank calling for "transfer of the functions of the Student Affairs Committee to the student govern- ment. 'Insight' Sale Begins Monday The April issue of "Insight" will be placed on sale tomorrow and Tues- day. This mont,_'s issue, according to Joyce Siegan, editor, is larger and more comprehensive than the maga- zine's first edition, which appeared last month. The first "Insight" was concerned entirely with student gov- ernment at the University. The April issue will include opinions on atheism, by Robert Carniero and Gertrude Haan, an article on Negroes in the navy, by Phil Westbrook, and an in- terview with a student from the Un- ion of South Africa. Also included in the April issue is an article on "Reflections of a Con- scientious Objector," written by How- ard and Jo Wolf in a Civilian Public Service Camp in Puerto Rico. Facilities Will Be Located inChicago TIwentyfour Midwestern Universities 'o Experiment with Peacetime Uses University scientists will have at their disposal a multi-million dollar "super-laboratory" in Chicago in which to conduct research toward the peacetime use of atomic energy, Dr. F. H. Spedding, Iowa physics professor and member of the laboratory's board of directors announced yesterday. Work at the laboratory, which comprises a war-time unit at the Uni- versity of Chicago and others near Chicago, will be principally directed into industrial and agricultural application of atomic energy. 24 Universities to Cooperate Michigan scientists will cooperate with physicists, chemists and engi- neers from 23 other midwestern universities in the research. Some of the facilities available to them were used in atom bomb research during the war; others will be purchased by the universities joining in the work. Prof. Ernest F. Barker, chairman of the physics department, was the University's representative at nego- tiations in which the plans were worked out. Many of the institutions involved already started their work. Univer- sity scientists, Prof. D. L. Rich of the physics department said, have not yet started, but "will begin soon." In most instances, the scientists working at the laboratory will be those who have been on leave from their universities for atomic research during the war. Participants Listed The institutions involved in addi- tion to the University are Iowa State College, where Dr. Spedding directs an atomic research project; Michi- gan State College, the universities of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illi- nois, Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Chicago, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Northwestern, St. Louis, Washington of St. Louis, and Illinois and Carnegie Institutes of Technology, Case School of Applied Science, Western Reserve University, Mayo Foundation and Battelle Me- morial Institution. Prof. Hastings To Address 41 New Phi Betas William T. Hastings of the English department at Brown University will speak at the Phi Beta Kappa Ban- quet on May 16- at the League Ball- room. Initiation of new members will be held at 4:15 p.m. May 15 in the League Chapel. Seniors in the literary college elect- ed to Phi Beta Kappa are: Marjorie Ann Billmeier, Marvin Blumenthal, Morris Bornstein, William Calkins, Marietta Cameron, Elizabeth Ann Campbell, Lee McFarland Cecil, Dor- othy Eyke, Margaret Farmer, Don- ald Fredrickson, Jean Gaffney, June Gumerson, Marilyn Haselswerdt, John Hocking, Raymond Kilpela, Martha Jean Kirkpatrick, Lucy Rud- dell, Rob Rutledge, Ann Schutz, Mar- garet Southworth, Yuma Willene Stahmer, Robert Taylor, Edith Van Andel, David Wagner, Marcia Well- man, Helen Wilson, Robert Wooster and Julie Ziegler. New junior members are: Robert Epstein, Jean Hole, Richard Horning, Jack Kohn, Helen Perry, May Risch, Marjorie Van Eenan and Harriet Wil- son. From the School of Education Mary Alexander was elected, and from the School of Music Helen Briggs, Roberta Dresden, Mary John- son and Ruby Kuhlman. Ballots Should Indicate Twelve Choices -- Dorr Large Vote Necessary For Effective P.R. Ballots cast in the Student Con- gress election Tuesday and Wednes- day should be invalidated if fewer than 12 choices are indicated, Prof. Harold M. Dorr of the political science department declared yesterday, if those elected are to represent the voters' true choice. With more than three times as many candidates as there are posi- tions to be filled, it is quite possible that not enough candidates will be elected by the voters' first choices, and that several redistributions of the ballots will be necessary to elect the 18 Congressmen. If the ballots are not marked completely, they may not count on the redistributions. P. R. Procedure Prof. Dorr said, "Under these cir- cumstances the following procedure is usually adopted: After all the bal- lots have been distributed, and all excess candidates eliminated, the election commission declares the re- maining unelected candidates with the greatest number of votes, elected. "However, this procedure is unsat- isfactory because it may well result in the election of several candidates who would not have been elected if the voters had indicated all their choices. Under the circumstances, there could be a sizeable bloc of Congressmen elected by default," Prof. Dorr stated. Undesirable Situation Speculating on the undesirability of the situation, Prof. Dorr wondered if it would not be fair for the elec- tion commission to declare invalid all ballots with less than 12 choices in- dicated. However, in case no candidate re- ceives a quota of votes, then the bal- lots of the candidate with the fewest votes are redistributed. This process continues until the 18 Congressmen have been elected, provided that the voters indicate a sufficient number of choices to make the redistribution possible. Local Housing Group Asks Aid Asking that regional officials from the Civilian Production Administra- ticn, OPA, Federal Housing Admin- istration, and the Wyatt Program meet with them, the Ann Arbor Vet- erans and Citizens Housing Commit- tee yesterday sent a resolution to these officials with copies to their chiefs. Pointing out the character of the city's housing problem, the resolu- tion cited the city's need for 3,000 houses with materials for only 300, and the University expansion with an expected 10,000 veterans by next fall. A nouncements for Seiors To Be Sold DR. LA MPE REPORTS ON RESEARCH: Contributions Aid Cancer Work at 'U' Hospital By GAY LARSEN Funds contributed to the University Hospital by the local chapter of the Field Army of the American Cancer Society act as a catalyst in the hos- draws on the fund which is set up every year during the annual drive of the American Cancer Society. "The fund is not set up for patients of the state or county," he said. "It is conferences," two of which are gen- eral and two which are particularly given over to cancers of the female. 1ihese conferences are a fairly stan- dard practice in hospitals in the by laymen too much in laboratory, the means of modern accounting ma- test tube terms. When a new cancer case is dis- covered in some department of the hospital, he continued, the filling chines. Reports, are coded as they are received, recorded on punch cards and filed. About 1500 new cases are re- I