'PAMPERED PATIENTS' See Page 2 b Lw6 ~ai4 CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS VOL. LVI, No. 143 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1946 PRICE FM CENTS .... . .......... .. PRICEFIVECEN. Truman Seizes Railroads To Vandenberg Assailed As Reactionary Pravda Criljecizes Role at Paris Talks MOSCOW, May 17 -/p)- enator Arthur IT. Vandenberg was assailed by a writer in the Communist party newspaper Pravda today as a "town crier of reaction" who tried to play the role of "grave digger" at the for- eign ministers' conference in Paris. Other Soviet newspaper articles criticized Secretary of State James F. Byrnes' proposal for a November conference on German peace terms as possibly encouraging aggression in the Reich, and quoted an American newspaper as saying United States' attempts to obtain bases in Iceland were not improving Soviet American relations. (A Moscow broadcast also declared that the United States was seeking bases in Iceland, Latin America, and British territories. Another charged that Britain and America had put up a "common front" at the foreign min- isters conference and had blamed "Soviet intransigeance" in advance for any difficulties arising there.) Taking Vandenberg, Michigan Re- publican, to task for giving a trans- atlantic telephone interview last week from Paris to the New York Herald- Tribune, the writer, B. fzakov, said: "Vandenberg appeared as a grave digger at the Paris conference, but at the same time he tried to unload the guilt from a sick head onto a healthy one and busied himself with insinuations against the Soviet Un- ion." NROTC's: Sixty-Nine Ask For Active Duty Assignments Sixty-nine of a total of 131 NROTC students graduating in June have re- quested active duty, according to an announcement made yesterday by Capt. Woodson H. Michaux, com- mandant .of the University Naval Unit. The remaining 62 will be retained in the Naval Reserve on inactive duty providing they have sufficient points for demobilization at the time of graduation. To Be Commissioned Those men who have requested activeduty will bescommissionedtat the June ceremonies here, while the others are to receive their commis- sions by mail. Recommendations for active duty assignments are as follows: large combatant ships, 11 students; large auxiliaries, 10; destroyers, seven; de- stroyer escorts, six; patrol craft, eight; amphibious, nine; small auxi- liaries, one; minecraft, three; sup- ply, 12, and Marine Corps, two Supply Corps Preference Newly - commissioned officers who have indicated a preference for sup- ply corps will go to the Naval Supply Corps School, Bayonne, N.J., for three months, and will then be assigned billets with the fleet. The two graduating Marines, who have requested active duty, will be sent to Marine Barracks at Quanti- co, Va., for Basic School. O(A Files Suit Against Dealer Charges Cars Sold Above Ceiling Prices A suit for treble damages amount- ing to $3,798.36 for the sale of used cars above ceiling prices has been filed in U. S. District Court against E. Convis, doing business as Convis Motor Sales, 427 S. Main St., the Michigan District Office of Price Ad- ministration announced yesterday. The violations, which occurred be- tween Sept. 20 and Nov. 24, 1945, were for the sale of used cars for a total of $1,266.12 over ceiling prices and for the sale of used cars at a war- ranted price at a time when Convis Hoover Urges Greater Self-Denial Food Shortage Is Now Facing 800,000,000 ......... Halt Strike ODT Given Full Wartime Powers President Appeals to Workers To Cooperate, Remain on Duty By The Associated Press CHICAGO, May 17-Herbert Hoo- ver, reporting on his world survey of famine areas, called upon Ameri- cans tonight for greater self-denial to help save 800,000,000 persons from the "grimmest spectre of famine in all the history of the world." He warned that unless more food is shipped to hunger-ridden areas during the next several months, mil- lions will be condemned to a diet like that of prisoners in the Nazi con- centration camps at Buchenwald and Belsen. Speech Broadcast Hoover's address was for a Famine Emergency Committee meeting and a nationwide broadcast. The former President said his 35,- 000-mile tour through 25 countries suffering from acute food shortages showed that "hunger hangs over the lhomes of more than 800,000,000 people--over one-third of the people of the earth. "Hunger is a silent visitor who comes like a shadow. He sits beside every anxious mother three times each day. He brings not alone suf- fering and sorrow, but fear and ter- ror. "He carries disorder and paralysis of government, and even its downfall. He is more destructive than armies, not only in human life but in morals. All the values of right living melt be- fore his invasions, and every gain of civilization crumbles. Can Save World "We can save these people from the worst, if we will." He offered two methods: (1) Still more intensive conserva- tion of breadstuffs and fats in North America, and (2) The marketing of every grain of _cereal on farms. "If we can succeed in persuading every man and woman, every nation to do their utmost, we shall master this famine," he promised. Hoover did not touch upon sugges- tions that this country return to food rationing in order to save more for the hungry overseas. He pinned his faith instead upon a voluntary conservation program outlined by President Truman's Famine Com- mittee. * c Ruissia Refuses To Help Relieve Famine Crisis WASHINGTON, May 17 - ) - A strategically placed official said to- night that Generalissimo Stalin had turned down President Truman's ap- peal that Russia work with the Uni- ted States and Britain in meeting the world famine crisis. The official, declining to permit use of his name, said the Russian rejec- tion was based on the contention that the appeal came too late. They said the Soviet reply indicated that commitments already made by Rus- sia prevented fulfillment of the White House request. There were unofficial reports that the President did not consider the Russian reply conclusive, that he was still pursuing the matter, and still hoped for Soviet aid. This development came almost sim- ultaneously with a joint United States-British declaration that "a risk of 'famine remains" despite the best they can do for other countries. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 17 - President Truman seized the nation's $27 000,000,000 railroad system today in an effort to head off a paralyzin strike set for 4 p.m. tomorrow, but union leaders declared the walkou would take place as scheduled. The President appealed over the heads of the labor chiefs to th workers, addressing them directly in a statement: B-17 CRASHES - Rescue workers probe the wreckage of an Army B-17 that crashed on hillside near Fair- fax, Calif., killing two and injuring seven of the Army men aboard. Five of the victims were trapped in the tangled wreckage for several hours before rescue crews were able to free them. Lewis Supported by AF of L; Coal Strike Is Still Deadlocked v - By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 17-()-John L. Lewis was pledged the unqualified support of the American Federa- tion of Labor today as his dispute with soft coal operators remained deadlocked. The AFL Executive Council adopt- ed a resolution promising that the federation's 7,000,000 members would back him "to the limit until victory is won." It specifically supported Lewis' demand for a health and wel- fare fund. Officials sought today some new State Approves Exerimen tal Education Grant A grant of $40,000 for the Univer- sity experimental education program during the next fiscal year was ap- proved yesterday by the State Adult Education Advisory Committee at Lansing, the Associated Press report- ed. The University is beginning the third year of the program for work- ers' education, according to Prof. Harold Y. McClusky of the School of Education. Other colleges receiving grants for adult education work are: Michi- gan State College, $12,800; Western Michigan College, $10,000; Central Michigan College, $8,000; Michigan State Normal, $6,000; College of Min- ing and Technology, $4,500 and Nor- thern Michigan College, $3,500. The grants totaled $242,800. New programs in various communities and counties had to be turned down because of lack of funds, Dr. Eugene B. Elliott, state superintendent of public instruction, declared. More Rain, Michigan's baseball team by this time must think the weatherman has a grudge against them, as its third straight Big Ten ball game was rained out. The Wolverines will clash with the Minnesota nine in a double header this afternoon, providing there is a break in the weather. step which might end the soft coal deadlock before the strike is re- newed next week-end, but there were no indications that they found one. The miners and the operators, for their part, held no further meetings and settled down to watchful waiting. Each side obviously felt it was up to the other to offer the first con- cession on the foremost stumbling block - the health and welfare fund demand. In this connection the new issue of the United Mine Workers Journal declared that Charles O'Neill of the operators told President Truman on May 10 they would accept the plan in principle, but that they later made "a complete repudiation of O'Neill's White House promise." The President met with his cab- inet during the day to discuss the coal dispute along with the threat- ened railroad strike and other cur- rent problems. There was n o word of any decision, however. The President's secretary, Charles G. Ross, told reporters earlier there was 'not a thing" new on the coal situation. Student Group Asks Acquittal In Riot Case An eight-member student commit- tee yesterday sent telegrams to local, state and national officials demand- ing that Negro defendants in the Columbia, Tenn., riot case be ac- quitted. The telegrams were sent to Presi- dent Truman, Attorney G e n e r a 1 Clark, the Governor of Tennessee and the University Student Congress. The committee, which was formed at a rally sponsored last week by IRA and MYDA, called the case a "shame to the state of Tennessee and the United States of America." (More than 70 Negroes were ar- rested by Tennessee State Police af- ter rioting broke out in Columbia Feb. 26. Later, two Negroes were killed by police inMaury County jail.) The committee called for an in- vestigation of "the murder of William Gordon and James Johnson while in the custody of the police." 'We Have Not Yet Regiii To Fight..' The Navy director has arrived. In full regalia, the control for the five-inch 38-caliber gun lo- cated in front of North Hall, was brought here yesterday to make possible practice sighting of the double purpose gun., With the official title of fire- control director, the device for sighting, aiming and firing as many as four guns simultaneous- ly, is now being mounted on the balcony of North Hall, and will. be ready for use June 15, Comm. Norman Gillette, executive officer of the University Naval Unit, re- ported. In commenting on the five-inch 38-caliber gun and its director, Comm. Gillette pointed out that "this type of gun shot down more Jap aircraft during the war than any other combination." The gun was a gift from the U. S. S. Endicott, while the direc- tor comes from the battleship, U. S. S. Colorado. 'U' Scientists To Support Bill Approval of Research Foundation Expressed A telegram supporting the Kilgore- Magnuson proposal for a national re- search foundation was sent yesterday to Senators Vandenberg and Fergu- son and Representative Michener by the Association of University of Mich- igan Scientists. Unanimous approval of the action was expressed by members of the Association whose ballots have al- ready been received. A poll of all members on the issue was planned at a meeting this week. The telegram reads: "The Federation of American Sci- entists, with which we of the As- sociation of University of Michigan Scientists are affiliated, strongly sup- ports S-1850 as being necessary to the public welfare, since it is apparent that progress in science and technolo- gy cannot be adequately , achieved' with private funds. We urge consid- eration on this bill as early as prac- ticable in order that it may be acted upon in this session of Congress." Asks Cooperation "I call upon every employee of the railroads to cooperate with the gov- ernment by remaining on duty." He said the seizure and continued operation of the carriers were neces- sary in the interest of the "war ef- fort." Legally the country is still at war, The seizure order, which placed the Office of Defense Transportation in command of the carriers, impowered ODT to ask the Secretary of War to furnish protection for railroad em- ployes and to supply any equipment and manpower deemed necessary. Manager Named Col. J. Monroe Johnson, ODT direc- tor, named Charles H. Buford, execu- tive vice-president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Rail- road, as Federal manager of the seized lines. At the same time he appealed, in telegrams to heads of the strile- threatening unions, for recall of the walkout notice. The carriers them- selves were asked in other telegrams to continue normal service. Johnson said he had asked the Sec- retary of War and the Attorney General for such assistance as may be needed, but Buford said he con- templates no use of the military for j unning the trains. Previously John- son had said the decision whether soldiers would be used depends on "developments." Fogle Taken For' 20 Runs lin Opener Pouncing upon pitcher Dick Fogle for 20 runs in three big innings, the Bus. Ad.-Ec. faculty softball team opened its season yesterday by wal- loping the nine old men of the Eng- lish department, 20-10, before a few scattered spectators at South Ferry Field. Score in Three Innings Led by Wild Bill Palmer and Fear- less Forest Carter, the winners scored six times in the second inning, and seven times in each of the fifth and sixth frames. Only a fast double play from Chuck Peake to Fred Stocking to Jim Robertson kept them from scoring in the first in- ning. Carter was the winning pitcher. The day's top fielding play was turned in by Merwin Waterman, the Bus. Ad.-Ec.'s left fielder, who went far to his left to make a one-handed catch of a line drive in the fifth in- ning. Fielders Hindered At other times the fielders were hindered by natural obstacles such as overhanging trees and oncoming cars. Doubting Dick Boys, umpire, en- countered his only difficult decision >f the afternoon on a close play at third base in the bottom half of the fifth inning. Tails on a half-dollar decided that the runner was safe. Leading by 11 runs, the winners declined to bat in their first half of the last inning. Line score: Bus. Ad.-Ec. 0 6 0 0 7 7 x-20 English 2 1 0 0 4 2 1-10 By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 17 - Selec- tive Service today ordered local boards to call up draft-eligible child- less men 26 through 29 for physical examinations. This was the first step in carrying out President Truman's instructions to expand the draft to include these men. The President said yesterday this was necessary "in order to' save what we can from the near wreck- age of the Selective Service System." He referred to legislation passed by Congress which extends the draft to July 1, but prohibits in- duction of teen-age youths and fathers. Previously the top draft age had been 25. In a telegram to state selective service officers, Draft Director Lew- is B. Hershey ordered pre-indue- tion examinations for childless men 26 through 29 whom the boards "believe may qualify for military service under existing physical and occuatinalstandards." Hershey specifically excluded men who have been discharged from the armed forces. He said that men with "manifest" physical disabilities should not be called for examination. The cases of men 26 through 29 should be "reopened and recon- sidered," Hershey directed, if they are found physically fit. This means they will be classified in 1-A--avail- able for military service - unless they qualify for deferment on an occupational basis. The War Department has esti- mated that there are about 15,000 eligible men in the 26 to 30 age group. Meanwhile influential senators ad- vanced two plans to get early Senate approval ofna teen-age draft under a year's extension of selective service and then come to grips quickly with the House on the hot issue. Advocates of both agreed that the stop-gap draft extension bill will fall short of providing men needed by the armed forces even with the draft net widened to take men up to 30 years of age. Britain Assailed Local Boards To Call Men For Physicals Will Draft Childless Eligibles, 26 to 29 ,- ug ut PRICE REPORTS ON GERMAN DEVASTATION: Nazis Destroyed 65,000 Bells for War Purposes On Jewish Plan' Arabs Lesser Threat To Migration - Haber The chief opposition to carrying out the recommendation of the An- glo-American Report on Palestine that 100,000 European Jews be grant- ed visas to Palestine immediately will come from the British govern- ment, Prof. William Haber, of the economics department, said last night . at a Fireside Discussion at the Hillel Foundation. Prof. Haber, who has discussed the report with several American mem- bers of the commission which pre- pared it, said they agreed that Pales- tine can easily accomodate more than 100,000 new entrants to that coun- try. They also said they believed that Arab opposition to the proposed im- migration is not as great a threat to the plan as the attitude of the British government. Arab witnesses to the commission's investigations in London and Pales- tine were "the best friends" to the Jewish cause, according to the com- missioners whom Prof. Haber inter- By GAY LARSEN About 65,000 bells, carillon and other types, were destroyed during the Nazi occupation of Europe, Prof. Percival Price said in an interview yesterday. Prof. Price returned to Ann Arbor moving and destruction of human life." He explained that the bells were consfiscated for the copper and tin they contained which could be used for war purposes. They were grouped into four categories, tonally and his- torically, so that the least valuable One-fourth of them were complete- ly demolished, he said. Germany was hit the hardest with only two or three standing out of the 20 they had before the war. Holland came next with 25 out of 70 or 80 destroyed. He found three completely ruined in Belgium and four in France. In ad~ditionto this rconm'let 4des- the Hamburg dock area, ranging from the thirteenth century to 1940. With Thienhaus, a German physicist, as corroborator in physical analysis work, Prof. Price picked bells of different centuries and founders for testing. They were able to work on four or five bells a day. Th p h*a11o a q r w itina nt. , - Tn,,', will be unique as an investigation on the relationship of shape; thick- ness and size of bells to their quality of sound. The experiments, conduct- ed both on carillon bells and other types, also showed that different kinds of bells are more suitable in different uses - for example, swing-