CORTRIGIIT ACQUITTAL, See .'age 4 Lier a t1og FAIR ND WVARMER VOL. LVI, No. 146 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1946 Coal Mine Seizure May-Not ndWal PRICE FIVE CENTS kout .' * * * Reorganization O SAC Proposed Outlined Ian W ould 'ive Siudents Equal RepresenLa iow11 Wi thFaculty The Student Affairs Committee voted last night to recommend to the Board of Regents that the Committee be reorganized to increase student representation and to include three students from the newly-organized student government. Under the proposed plan, the SAC, would consist of seven students and seven faculty members and the Dean of Students as chairman. Student members would be the presidents of the Union and League, the "hairman of the women's judiciary R committee, the managing editor of Rail Situation The Daily, and three members of the student government, at least one of Not To Good whornwould be a woman. Nt oo Good. Has 13 Members, At present, the Committee has Says Conciliator eight faculty members (including the Dean of Students) and five stu- dent members: the presidents of the Thursday Is Deadline Union and League, the heads of men's and women's judiciary committee, In Wage Dispute Iruce and The Daily editor. By The Associated Press Men's Judiciary committee passed WASHINGTON, May 21-Dr. John out of existence with the organiza- R. Steelman, White House conciliator tion of student government, and the striving to get a settlement of the post formerly held by Harry Jackson, railroad wage dispute before the president of men's judiciary com- truce expires Thursday, said tonight mittee. is now technically non-exis- the "situation doesn't look too good." tent. Both Jackson and Ray Davis, Earlier, he disclosed that he was president of the student government, trying to put through a wage com- were present at last night's meeting. promise. Any compromise of this The Committee unofficially sug- nature would mean a bigger increase gested that the student government than an official fact-finding board organize a new men's judiciary com- has recommended. mittee to take over the disciplinary functions of the old one, and that the Before going homxe to bed to government's, representatives to SAC make up some of his lost sleep, be the president, the head of the ju- Steelman told a reporter ,that "per- diciary committee, and a third mem- haps a little progress was made" inber to be selected by the committee. today's talks, but "not much." Students Asked for Suggestions The impression prevailed that The decision to recommend reor- there was little administration hope ganization was made earlier this for an extension of the truce under semester when the Student Religious which the brotherhoods postponed Association petitioned for an addi- the strike of trainmen and engi- onal student representative. The neers, originally scheduled for Sat-c urday, the day after President Tru- committee decided that giving repre- urda, te da afer Pesient ru-sentation to .one additional organiza- man signed an executive order seiz-snion o onotditoalimgnae ing the carriers. tion would do nothing to eliminate student dissatisfaction with unequal In persuading the union leaders to student-faculty representation, and postpone the strike, the President the petition was tabled pending com- said he was confident progress could plete discussion of the Committee's be made in further negotiations. composition. The railroads have agreed to pay Students were asked to submit sug- an increase recommended by the See SAC, Page 6 fact-finding board, but the brother- ------- City Coal Supply By MARSHALL WALLACE A detailed survey of the 12 coal yards in Ann Arbor revealed yesterday that there is an average two week supply available in the city and that dealers do not expect any immediate "acute hardships." Although the seven-week coal strike has shut off all incoming coal supplies, The Daily. survey shows approximately 11,000 tons of mixed fuel types on hand in local yards. As a result of the present 12-day truce, dealers estimate that between 27 and 30 carloads of coal are on their way to the city. The season of the year and the ab- sence of many large industries in the area are two factors which have worked to the public advantage in minimizing the hardships of the coal strike, one dealer said. Local coal suppliers are directing the flow of most of their existing stock to commercial use with hos- pitals getting first call. Coal for domestic use is being alloted to householders in half-ton lots. "The crimp will not be felt fully until next fall or winter," another dealer stated, "since not much coal is consumed at this time of year any- way. Now and the next two months City Refuses Public Services To Vet Hospital l 7 t t t r t Y s b f are the times when we usually deliver next winter's supply, and the present tie-up is preventing us from doing that. The loss of two months' coal production cannot help but be felt in the long run." The University and city's supply is great enough to carry it through, the summer months and to begin operations next fall, officials an- nounced. In response to the Detroit Edison Co.'s request, the city's brownout measures are conserving approxi- mately one-tenth of the amount of coal normally consumed. With some exceptions in the business district, every other street light in Ann Ar- bor has been turned off. Local coal dealers report present supplies range from one-third to one-twenty-fifth of normal. Indi- vidual stocks range from one ex- treme to the other, some yards Teachers Get High Salaries, Lecturer Says "In no other work can young wo- men start out with as high a salary as in the teaching profession," Dean James B. Edmonson, of the School of Education, said yesterday in the first of a series of lectures on occu- pational opportunities. Dean Hayward Keniston, of the Literary College, and Prof. Clarence D. Thorpe, of the English department, were participants on the panel. Prof. Thorpe stressed the personal satisfaction a teacher can derive from his profession. It is a tradition for Americans to believe that educa- tion is the salvation of society, and a person who enters the teaching pro- fession is dedicating his life to the service of others while enjoying a pleasant job, he said. More men were urged to become teachers by Dean Keniston. Higher starting salaries and quick promo- tions to administrative positions, he pointed out, are incentives which make the teaching profession at- tractive for men. *' * * Perkins To r kRIk Prof. John A. Perkins, of the Uni- versity's Institute of Public Admin- istration, will lecture on opportun- ities and training in the public ser- vice at 4:30 p.m. today in Rm. 1025 Angell Hall. The literary college vocational series will continue tomorrow with discussions by Dean Wells I. Bennett, of the College of Architecture and De- sign, and Dean Ivan C. Crawford, of the College of Engineering, on "The Architect" and "The Engineer." StLalin Rerets CII o.1Y'r- n UNRIA Plea for Aid '1 rwe MouthsL ate LONDON, Wednesday, May 22- (/P)--Prime Minister Stalin has ex- pressed regret to President Truman that a request that Russia assign grain to help UNRRA meet the world food crisis did not come three months ago when the Soviet Union "could have done something in this respect." Truman's request and Stalin's re- ply were broadcast today by the Mos- cow radio. In his answer to the President, Sta- lin said the request came in the mid- dle of May "after the Soviet Union already has assigned a certain quan- tity of foodstuffs to France and other countries and when the resources of the Soviet Union are already being exhausted."I Adequate .- being entirely out of domestic fuel while one has a 1,00-ton inventory. A few estimated they have enough coal to last them at least 30 days. One dealer felt that if there were no further interruptions in produc- tion, the lost tonnage caused by the work stoppage might be ironed over and integrated into future sup- plies so that the public may not be too seriously strained. Bi-Partisan U. S9 Foreign Policy Hailed Vandenberg Outlines Principles in Senate By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 21-Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) declared today that America has developed a bi- partisan foreign policy which bars appeasement" and calls for a "peace for keeps," based on justice to all nations. The development of such a policy was the chief accomplishment at the Paris council of foreign ministers, the Senate was told by Vandenberg, who accompanied Secretary of State Byrnes to the council meeting. The Michigan legislator said that Byrnes, Senator Connally (D-Tex) and he worked as a "constant unit" in behalf of a program which calls for the liquidation of the "closed corporation of big powers" in order that all Allied war partners shall join in drafting a peace without vengeance. Vandenberg, chairman of the Re- publican Senatorial Conference, spoke only 15 hours after Byrnes, in a re- port to the nation, offered Russia plainly-worded choice between agree- ing to an European peace conference this summer, or having the United States ask the United Nations to act on peace settlements. The Michigan lawmakers' words strengthened, too, mounting specu- lation that the United States may press soon within U.N.'s councils for sacrifice by the big powers of their controversial power to veto decisions of the international or- ganization. The American policy worked out in Paris, Vandenberg said, was one "which invites all of our partners in the war - instead of a closed cor- poration of big powers - to have a proper voice in the making of the treaties and the writing of the peace which resulted from the common vic- tories which we all helped win." "It is a policy which wants a peo-, ple's peace."1 In sharp contrast to his enthu- siasm over the accord within the American delegation, Vandenberg - as Byrnes did Monday night - acknowledged frankly that the council itself "did not achieve agreement upon several key ques- tions upon which the solution of our major problems hang," Polit!"iccul Rally Three Michigan candidates for Congress will square away in a politi- cal free-for-all tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Washtenaw County Court House in Ann Arbor. Wayne Saari, Democrat; Henry Vander Velde, Republican; and Wil- liam R. Kelley, Democrat; will pre- sent their platforms at the "Know Your Governmeq Rally" arranged by the campus American Veterans Committee. The audience will be invited to quiz the candidates in an open forum af- ter the platforms are given. Krug said that "we asked his sup- port" in keeping the mines operating and Lewis took the request "under consideration." A second conference with Lewis will be held tomorrow morning but Krug said Lewis made "no promises, and we requested none. Krug also conferred with repre- sentatives of the operators. He told reporters afterwards that he will attempt to work out the prin- ciples of a new bituminous coal con- tract during the government opera- tion. Call in Operators After this has been done, he ex- plained, the operators will be called in "for discussions." He said it might become necessary for the government to work out de- tails of a complete contract - in- cluding disposition of Lewis' contro- versial demand for a health and wel-' fare fund for the miners based on a seven per cent payroll charge against production. He said that whatever contract eventually is worked out must com- ply with the government's wage-price policy. No Alternative Lewis took the position, Krug re- ported, that under the Smith-Con- nally War Disputes Act the union "has no alternative other than to stay out of the affairs of the mine workers" after government seizure. The act makes it illegal to insti- gate a strike in any plant controlled by the government. The "truce" order issued by Lewis when the mines were still under pri- vate operation contemplated that the miners would resume their strike call automatically after Saturday if no settlement has been reached by then. The President's seizure order, ef- fective at one minute after midnight EST, tonight, declared that coal is "indispensable for the continued op- eration of the national economy during the transition from war to peace." To Appear i Siday's :Daly" Tite first post-war issue of Pi- spectives will appear Sunday as a special supplement to The Daily, Short stories featured in this issue of Perspectives include "Vision of Glory" by Art Hill, "Blue" by Thomas Phillips and "Southern Booking" by Jlames Brunell. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Diana Reynol, Lois Cohen and Ferne Spielmnan are included in the list of those who have contributed poetry to the forthcoming issue. Organized in 1938 as a separate li- terary magazine and associated with The Daily since 1939, Perspectives was forced to discontinue publication in 1943 because of the war. Present plans, according to Robert Huber, editor of Perspectives, include publi- cation of a summer issue and an issue each term next .year. Despite its short existence, Huber said, Perspectives has been more suc- cessful than any of the previous cam- pus literary magazines. The list of past contributors, he pointed out, in- cludes many authors now recognized as outstanding in the field of creative wri ting. hoods are demanding a higher figure. The fact-finding bo'rd's recom- mendation, applicable to all the railroad workers, was for an in- crease of 16 cents an hour or $1.28 a day. A. F. Whitiey, president of the trainmen, and Alvanley Johnston, chief of the engineers, issued a state- ment after a conference with Steel- man saying that "we hope we are making progress toward a settle- ment." Garg Petitions Due Applications for editorial and business senior staff positions on The Gargoyle for 1946-47 will be due at noon Friday, it was announ- ced yesterday. Detroit Pastor Will Speak at Meeti*g The Rev. Charles E. Hill, state dir- ector of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will speak at an Inter-Racial Associ- ation meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union. Campaigned For Councilman' Associated with and backed by the CIO and the PAC, Mr. Hill cam- paigned for city councilman in the Detroit election last November. Al- though he was defeated, he received the largest vote a Negro has yet re- ceived in a Detroit election, Mr. Hill is pastor of the First Baptist Church, Detroit, and has been active in inter-racial and inter- cultural activities. His most recent activity was speaking before several groups in Detroit to raise money with which to defend the victims of the Columbia, Tenn., cases. Discrimination- In Ann Arbor Recent cases of discrimination tin- covered in Ann Arbor will also be discussed at the meihna Tn addi- Miners To Decide On Work Dispute By Te Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 21 - The government seized the soft coal mines today but failed to get any immediate assurances from John L. Lewis that the miners will continue at work when the strike "truce" expires Saturday. Secretary of the Interior Krug, who takes charge of the mines under the seizure order effective after midnight tonight, told'a news conference that Lewis took the position that the question of continuing work was one for the individual miners. Second Conference Tomorrow-- COMPETITORS: Honor Company To Be Selected At. FinlDrill An infantry drill at 4:30 p.m. to- day at South Ferry Field will climax semester-long competition between- NROTC companies here for the title of Honor Company. The winner of the competition, which has included all phases of Naval activities, athletics and finally today's drill, will be awarded a spe- cial company.flag at a presentation parade next Wednesday. The presentation of the flag will be made by a girl who has been cho- sen by the student commander of the winning company. A full military review will follow this ceremony, and officials from Washington are ex- pected to attend, according to Capt. Woodson Michaux, commandant of the University Naval Unit. Extra liberty throughout the month of June will be an additional prize for the winning company. The Marine company is currently leading the competition, closely fol- lowed by the Fourth, First, Third and Second companies, Capt. Michaux said, and today's drill will be the de- ciding factor in determining the winner . Judges of the drill will be Comm. Norman Gillette, USN; Lieut.-Comm. H. L. Fitch, USNR; and Lt. R. O'- Keefe, USA. Seven Local Veteran Groups Form Council Campus VO Member Of New Association Ann Arbor veterans organizations banded together yesterday in a com- mon council which members believe is the first association of veterans groups in the United States. Chairman of the new Association of Veterans Organizations, which represents seven different Ann Arbor veterans groups, is Ralph C. Keyes of Ann Arbor. The Association will become the voice for an estimated 8,000 to 10,- 000 veterans in the Ann Arbor region according to James Woodison, publi- city chairman of the campus Ameri- can Veterans Committee. "We feel that our council will car- ry a lot more weight as a spokes- man for Ann Arbor veterans than our separate smaller organizations," Woodison said. Included in the membership is VFW, the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Catholic Veter- ans Association, the campus VO, American Veterans Committee and the Spanish-American War Veterans. First joint project of the Associa- tion will be a Memorial Day program May 30. YDASVotes To Aid Fight AYainst Klan MYDA will send a delegate to the National Negro Congress in Detroit to help combat increasing activity of the Ku Klux Klan and to form a pro- gram of action, it was decided at a meeting yesterday. Clarence McGibbens was elected to attend the meeting to be held from May 30 to June 2. Aims of the Congress will include immediate en- actment of a permanent FEPC, a campaign to strengthen workman unity between Negroes and the trade union movement and to give full sup- port to the organization of Negro and white workers in the South. The Congress will stress the need of passing the anti-poll tax bill and the anti-lynch bill. Adequate housing, health protection and education without segregation are additional points on the program. Freedom for colonial peoples, American support of the principles of the UN and United States' friendship with the Soviet Union as a necessary means to peace, will be discussed. Max Dean, Doris Pfeffer and Jack Gore were chosen delegates to the National AYD Conference to be held in June. Problems and programs for future action will be discussed. Fol- lowing the conference, an intercol- legiate council group will meet to study students problems. Alicia Troya To Give Lecture on Ecuador Miss Alicia Troya of Quito, Ecua- dor, will give a lecture on Ecuador at 8 p.m. today in Rackham Amphi- theatre. Miss Troya's talk will close the cur- rent lecture series being sponsored by the Latin American Society. Dur- ing the series nine Latin American countries have been covered through lectures by natives studying here and eV films of the countries Miss Troya will be introduced by Dr. Esson M. Gale, Director of the International Center and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Latin American Society. The lecture will be illustrated with motion pictures. i MAYOR W. E. BROWN, JR..., Mayor William E. Brown, Jr., told Veterans' Administration officials yesterday the city will not "sign a blank check" for "free" public ser- vices in the proposed new Veterans' Hospital. Citing figures from a recent study which shows Ann Arbor taxpayers are already providing public services for tax-exempt property valued at more than the city's total assessed valuation, Brown informed the Ad- ministration's appraisal engineer, L. A. Warren, that some other plan would have to be worked out. The mayor suggested that the VA send representatives here to meet with city officials in a discussion of the problem. - The city, he said, wants the hospital but does not want to support it. Taxpayers, Brown's s u r v e y re- vealed, pay on an assessed valuation of 53 million dollars, a figure based on 75 per cent of the 1941 reproduc- tion costs. Tax-exempt property in the city, for which services are pro- vided by taxes, is estimated at 56 million. Brown set Ann Arbor's present overload on sewage at 25 'per cent, and listed paving, fire and police protection, and city payroll as other expenses which the city must meet for tax-free properties. FOOD FOR STARVING EUROPE: Famine Committee To Seek $5,000 in Campus Drive By MAL ROEMER EDITOR's NOTE: This is the last of a series of three articles on the world situation and the campus' part in help- ing to alleviate the crisis. cents from every student on cam- pus," Mary Elizabeth Friedkin, chairman of the Famine Relief Drive, said yesterday, "With 800,- 000,000 of the world's popula- timn c frinir rnmm v+4.rv.i;-an hat operative houses, all of which are following the Famine Committee's food conservation program, have pro- mised to turn the savings from their reduced purchases over to the col- 1-nfinr grave and immediate danger to the peace for which we fought," Cooke continued. "Since it has been un- deniably shown that this is a long range problem, we hope that our gov- Herbert Hoover, who recently completed a survey of the food sit- uation throughout the world, has said: "If every source of supply (44% from the United States) were