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VOL. LVI, No. 152 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1946

PRICE FIE CENTS

Credit Extended
To France byU.S.
$1,370,000,000 Granted to Begin
Fovir-Year Reconstruction Program
1By The Associated Press
WASHTNGTON, May 8- The United States extended a $1,370,-
000,000 credit to France tonight to help her begin a four-year reconstruction
program,.
Leon Blum, chief French negotiator, signed a comprehensive economic
and financial agreement with Secretary of Treasury Fred Vinson and Sec-
retary of State Byrnes. The ceremony at the State Department; climaxed
11 weeks of negotiations..
President Truman and President Felix Gouin of France announced
conclusion of the financial conversations in a joint statement released sim-
4 ultaneously in Washington and

Coal Strile ettlement Due

Today;

Senate Fights Strike-Draft Request

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Chinese Third
Party League
Seeks Truce
Dr. Chang Is Hopeful
Of Peaeeful Settlement
NANKING, May 28-0A )-Hopes of
early peace in Manchuria mounted
buoyantly today as a truce-promot-
ing delegation' of the third party
Democratic League arrived in this
Chinese capital for talks with gov-
ernment and Communist leaders.
"We are very hopeful of a peace-
ful settlement," Dr. Carson Chang,
League leader, told the Associated
Press.
Hostilities Stopped
He added that hostilities in the
vast northwestern territory already
had "virtually stopped," and that the
Communists seemed willing to con-
clude peace.
There was as yet no Communist
reaction, however, to terms reported-
ly laid down by Generalissimo Chi-
ang Kai-Shek as prerequisite to a
truce agreement. Nor had the Com-
munists replied to a government
news agency statement of three con-
ditions for resumption or peace talks.
Message Flown
The right-wing pro-government
newspaper Ta Kang Pao said Chi-
ang's message was flown to Marshall
from Mukden last Saturday and was
delivered by Premier T. V. Soong. A
conference with the chief Commun-
ist negotiator, Gen. Chou En-Lai,
followed shortly, the newspaper said.
The Government central news
agency's enumeration of three con-
ditions prerequisite to negotiations
was embodied in an editorial cir-
culated by the ministry of informa-
tion. The editorial "warmly welt-
comed" resumption of peace talks,
and announced these conditions:
1. Communist forces should eva-
cuate the Harbin-Tsitsihar-Chang-
chun railway and "launch no more
attacks" in Manchuria.
2. Armed conflicts elsewhere
should be mediated by truce teams.
3. Communist troops should be re-
organized according to the Chinese
Army nationalization (agreed on in
the later-violated January truce).
Capital Honors
Carter Glass
Death Brings to End
Half Century Career
WASHINGTON, May 28-()--
The nation's capital put its pressing
problems aside today to do homage
to an elder statesman, Senator Car-
ter Glass of Virginia, who died in his
sleep shortly before 3 a.m. at the age
of 88.
Death came to Glass in his apart-
ment at the Mayflower Hotel, end-
ing a half century public career em-
bracing service in Congress and as
Secretary of the Treasury under
Woodrow Wilson.
The funeral service will be held
at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Lynch-
burg, Va., where Glass, as a country
editor, began a study of national
fiscal problems which became his
particular specialty in Congress,
Students Take
Part in Jubilee
Ninety foreign students enrolled in
the University will participate in
opening day ceremonies of Detroit's
Automotive Golden Jubilee today.
Dressed in their native costumes,

students from the 20 Latin American
republics, Australia, Egypt, Iceland,
Irag, Liberia, the Netherlands, South
Africa, and Turkey will drape their

Paris.
The American credit was divided
in two portions:
1. A direct loan of $650,000,000
from the export-import bank,
2. A line of credit totaling $720,-
000,000 which would permit the
French to settle their lend-lease ac-
count and to purchase United States
Army and Navy surplus now in France
and in French overseas territories.
In addition, the United States
promised to grant France "additional
credit" with which she could pur-
chase approximately 750,000 tons of
American-owned merchant shipping.
The United States and France hail-
ed the results of their negotiations as
a "substantial step towards the achi-
evement of the international econom,-
ic cooperation which is the prere-
quisite of a peaceful and properus
world."
During the conversations, France
also pledged to work with the Uni-
ted States in "commercial policy and
related matters" in an effort "to
achieve the liberation and expansion
of international trade."
The French credit was handled
through the government's export-
import bank and thus does not have
to be approved by Congress, although
the proposed loan to Great Britain
must be.-
The $650,000,000 export - import
bank loan carries three per cent in-
terest and is to be repaid in 25 years.
The $720,000,000 credit for lend-
lease settlements is to bear two per
cent interest starting July 1, 1946.
France is to start making payments
on the interest July 1, 1951, with the
payments to be completed by 1981.
Siam Protests
To UTN Against
French Attacks
NEW YORK, May 28 -(')- Siam
complained to the United Nations
tonight that French colonial troops
from Indo-China crossed the Mekong
River May 24, 25 and 26 and "forcibly
seized Siamese territory which they
continue to hold."
A cablegram from Pride Panymy-
ong, President of the Siamese Coun-
cil of Ministers, to U. N. Secretary-
General Trygve Lie said the incidents
'must be considered concerted ac-
tion against Siamese sovereignty and
the preservation of peace."
The cable said "On 24, 25 and 26
May, French troops crossed the Me-
kong river and forcibly seized Siam-
ese territory which they continue to
hold. These attacks must be con-
sidered concerted action against
Siamese sovereignty and the preser-
vation of peace.
"The population in the attacked
and adjacent areas are abandoning
their homes and rice fields at a time
when my government are striving to
the utmost to fulfill their obligation
to produce and to deliver the maxi-
mum quantity of rice to the famine
stricken areas.

Direct Appeal
To President
Is Reported
Vote on Measure
May Come Today
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 28-Many
Senate Republicans lined up against
President Truman's strike-draft pro
posal tonight, and it was reported
that two Democratic Senators had
appealed personally to the chief exe-
tutive to withdraw the request if the
coal strike is settled soon.
Senator Taft (Rep.-Ohio), leaving
a two-hour conference of Senate Re-
publicans, said there was "very gen-
eral support" for elimination of the
labor-draft authority from the far-
reaching strike-curb legislation re-
quested in the President's address to
a joint Congressional session Satur-
day.
Appeal To Truman
Persons in a position to know, but
who cannot be named said Senators
Wheeler (Dem.-Mont) and O'Ma-
honey (Dem. Wyo.) had called at the
White House to urge Mr. Truman to
drop that particular demand, upon
which the greater part of the Senate
opposition has been focused.
Meanwhile, a chance developed
that the Senate may reach a vote to-
morrow on the labor-draft controver-
sy.
Still an open possibility was an
effort to tie on to the President's
emergency bill, the amended Case
bill passed by the Senate Saturday,
calling for permanent strike curbs
such as a cooling off period, fact-
finding boards, and a barrier against
welfare funds similar to that sought
by John L. Lewis.
Bipartisan Bloc
A bipartisan Senate bloc, gather-
ing strength in snowball style, threat-
ened tonight to-
1. Deny President Truman power
to draft striking workers;
2. Sharply modify his general re-
quest for economic emergency au-
thority; and
3. Deadlock Congress until the na-
tion's strike crisis has passed.
Campus Drive
Swells Fund
'U' Famine Collection
Equals Half of City's
The Famine Committee's campus
collection of $1,914.60 last week fr
overseas food relief comprised more
than one-half the collection of Ann
Arbor's Famine Emergency Com-
mittee up to this time.
The local agency has collected
$3,488.60 so far. Approximately one-
quarter of this sum represents con-
tributions made in local schools.
It was reported yesterday that the
campus committee's collection has
been swelled by $88.12 since the tag-
day campaign. The main portion of
this is a sum which the residents of
Fletcher Hall have voted to turn
over to the committee from their
house fund.

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TROOPS GUARD MINES-A detachment of troops from Camp Campbell, Ky., were sent to the Pond River
Colliery, Madisonville, Ky., for the protection of the employes. The order for the troops was announced by
the Army with the explanation that it was issued at the request of the Federal Coal Mines Administration.
Two soldiers shown above are guarding mines. A coal tipple can be seen in background.
IVER ON RAMPAGE: Campus Vets
New York, Pennsylvania Area Must Tell Plans
Is Swept by Swirling Floods To Local Office
By The Associated Press amphibious trucks - for flood relief In order to safeguard their eligi-
Flood waters flowed over banks of at Williamsport. bility to continue studying, all cam-
ie swollen Susquehanna River and Red Cross chapters in Philadelphia, pus veterans enrolled under Public
tributaries throughout southern Reading and Bethlehem, Pa., were Law 346 (GI Bill) will have to no-
ew York and most of north-central reported packed and ready to go if tify the local office of the Veterans
annsylvania yesterday (Tuesday), additional aid is asked in north-cent- Administration, in Rm. 100 Rack-
aiming at least ten lives and dam- ral Pennsylvania. ham, next week of the future plans,
ing property worth millions of dol- Robert S. Waldrop, Ann Arbor VA
rs in the section's most serious flood Business activity was halted in chief, announced yesterday.
10 years. Williamsport, Lock Haven and other chie anud yeteray.
Pennsylvania cities and towns. Water Unless student veterans fill out
Williamsport, Pa., and Elmira, N.Y., splashed into press rooms at the Lock the VA Questionnaire, they may en-
mmunities of 43,000 and 50,000 re- Haven Express and Williamsport Sun, counter extended, unnecessary delay
ectively, were hardest hit. HusendEngrbth after n blica- in enrolling and in obtaining sub-
The Susquehanna poured into Wil- tions. sistence for the summer and fall
Lmsport and the surrounding Ly- terms, Waldrop said. If the VA does
ming County Valley, reaching seven . not know their intentions, vets are
et over flood level of 21.6 feet. M arines Ill likely to be involved in red-tape, and
renching rain fell again late yester- their educational benefits may be
y and the river continued to rise,. ,j eopardized.
The Chemung River, four feet Receive Naval. It was emphasized that veterans
ove flood stage at its mid-afternoon must know their claim numbers, be-
ak of 21 feet, flowed over a third flj of * sx ar41cause all individual records are filed
Elmira, virtually inundating the according to the claim number.
ea and disrupting utilities. Show- The honor flag and title of honor
s halted briefly after a 48-hour company will be awarded the Mar- A sample of the questionnaire
wnpour, then resumed. ine company of the Navy V-12 Unit, which veterans under Public Law
All but one of the highways into winner of the semester-long Univer- 346 must fill out appears on Page
Tmira were closed. The Coast Guard slnComnpetiton. 6.

Krug-Lewis
Negotiations
To Continue
Leaders li Accord
On New Contract
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 28 - Secre-
tary of the Interior Krug reported
progress tonight toward a coal strike
settlement and scheduled further ne-
gotiations with John L. Lewis for to-
morrow.
The two were reported authorita-
tively to be in substantial agreement
on all major points of a new contract
which would clear the way for a
speedy resumption of soft coal mining.
As they resumed their discussions
at 8:30 p.m., however, Krug sent word
to reporters through a spokesman
that it was certain that there was
no agreement to be announced to-
night.
Report Progress
At that time Krug reported "prog-
ress," as he and Lewis had earlier
in the evening at a conference with
President Truman, and told of the
additional negotiations slated for to-
morrow morning. The government,
meanwhile, createdhan emergency
stockpile of coal by "freezing" all
loaded cars at the idle mines.
The Solid Fuel Administration,
which issued the order, estimated that
"a few thousand cars" of coal now
are loaded at mines which are not
producing. This coal now will be re-
leased only on SFA orders to public
utilities, railroads, hospitals, food
processing plants and other essential
consumers.
Krug and Lewis had started con-
ferences today at 2:15 p.m. with one
minor detail reported to be holding
up the settlement.
Before they met for what seemed
the final step of negotiations, Senator
Hill of Alabama, the Democratic
whip, said he had talked with parties
on both sides and understood they
"are in agreement on principles for
settlement."
The agreement, as authoritatively
reported at present, calls for:
1. An increase of the basic hourly
pay from $1 to $1.182, as the opera-
tors had virtually agreed six days be-
fore the strike started April 1. The
work week would be five nine-hour
days for 45 hours, with time and one-
half for overtime to be paid after 35
hours.
Separate Funds
2. Two separate health and welfare
funds. One would be financed by the
operators at five cents a ton, yield-
ing about $25,000,000 annually, and
administered by three trustees-one
selected by the operators, one by the
union, and the third by the other
two. The other fund, financed by the
miners through payroll deductions,
would be administered entirely by
the union.
3. The controversy over unioniza-
tion of foremen would be settled by
following procedures for supervisory
employes set forth in a recent de-
cision of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board.
4. The Federal Bureau of Mines
would set up safety standards to
which the entire industry would con-
form,
5. A survey of sanitation and hous-
ing facilities would be made by a
well known naval officer assisted by
the public health service in an effort
to set up standards.
Memorial Da
Plans Outlned

Three University veterans, a for-
mer marine, a former soldier and a
former sailor with 10 years overseas
credit and 23 decorations between
them, will bear in the colors in the
Memorial Day services sponsored by
the Associated Veterans' Organiza-
tion tomorrow.
Services will be held on the east
steps of the Washtenaw County
Courthouse.
The AVO, first of its kind in the
United States, was started here
through the efforts of the Ann Ar-
bor Chamber of Commerce and the
University. Every veterans' organi-
zation is represented.

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CHORAL UNION CALENDAR:
D roSink Announces Schedule
Of 1946-47 Concert Season

in New York said radio men, trucks
and portable radios for use in boats
were being sent to handle emergency
communications.
The Army released "ducks"
Modification Qf
Right To Strike
Needed H aber
Emphasing that strikes cannot be
solved by passing laws, Prof. William
IHaber of the economics department,
speaking on a labor panel before
Econcentrics, student economics club,
named five specific industries, rail-
roads, electric power, coal, steel, and
public utilities, in which the -principle
of the right to strike should be modi-
fied.
The essentials for national labor
policy must rest on better under-
standing of the distribution of our
national income and better manage-
ment of people in private business,
Prof. John Regal, professor of in-
dus trial relations in the School of
Business Administration emphasized.
To the extent that CIO-PAC ac-
tivities correct the apathetic attitude
of industrial workers toward elec-
tions, such activities are beneficial,'
Prof. Joseph E. Kallenbach of the
political science department as-
serted.
Pointing out that strikes will al-
ways take place where there is in-
flation, Prof. Haber predicted a pat-
tern of strikes in 1947 similar to that
in 1946, if present inflationary
forces continue to exist.
Board Names New
Junior Ensian Staff

.Jby 14 k1. ' LaiV V tuV1V1,
in a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. today at
North Ferry Field.
The ceremony will be preceded by
a parade in which the Marine com-
pany, followed by the four Naval
companies and the Navy band, will
march from the West Quadrangle
d'own Packard to State and then to
North Ferry Field.
After the presentation of the hon-
or flag by the color girl, Dorothy Wat-
son, the Battalion will pass in review
for Dennis Youngblood, Marine Com-
pany Commander and holder of the
Navy Cross won at Saipan; Cap-
tain Woodson V. Michaux, Com-
manding Officer of all Naval units
at the University; and Warren G.
Godkin, Batallion Commander. Presi-
dent Alexander G. Ruthven, Pro-
vost James P. Adams and high rank-
ing officers of the Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps will also resew the
Batallion.
The Marines took first place in the
inspections and infantry drill phases
of competition, and ranked high in
the other events, which were athlet-
ics, schola'rship and extra-curricular
activities. Extra liberty for the month
of June will be granted them.
Today is the last time the Marines
will march on campus, because in the
peacetime NROTC there will be no
separate Marine companies.'

"If veterans have any questions
concerning leave of absence, contin-
ued training, or their programs un-
der the VA, they should come in
and see us," Waldrop stated.
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Vet Payments
o Be Speeded
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 28 -())-
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chief of the
Veterans Administration, told the
Governors' Conference today benefit
payments to ex-servicemen going to
school under the G. I. Bill of Rights
"will be speeded up."
"Under our present plans," Gen.
Bradley told the chief executives, "the
payments will be made as fast as the
state regional offices of the Admini-
stration send claims to headquarters."
"If there is any further delay, it
will not be because we are not han-
dling the payments promptly. It
will come only if the veterans are
slow in turning in their claims to the
local offices."
Twenty-six governors were on hand
as the conference swung into its sec-
ond day, highlighted by Gen. Brad-
ley's speech.

Announcement of the schedule of
concerts for the 1946-47 season was
made yesterday by Dr. Charles A.
Sink, president of the University
Musical Society.
The ChoralUnion Series will in-
clude James Melton, tenor, on Oc-
tober 10; Egon Petri, pianist, on
October 30, and the Cleveland Or-
chestra with George Szell con-
ducting on November 10. Other
artists scheduled are Yehudi Men-
uhin, violinist, on November 19;
the Icelandic Singers with Sigur-
dur Thordarson as conductor on
November 25; the Boston Sym-

A special concert will be held Au-
gust 8, with Vitya Vronsky and Vic-
tor Babin participating in a pro-
gram of two-piano music.
The annual performance of
Handel's "Messiah" will be given
December 15. Lura Stover, sopra-
no; Ellen Repp, contralto; Ralph
Lear, tenor, and Alden Edkins, bass,
will be the soloists. The Univer-
sity Choral Union, under the direc-
tion of Hardin Van Deursen, and
Frieda Op't Holt Vogan, organist,
will also participate.

TIGHTEN YOUR BELT:
City Grocers, Bakers Report
Acute Bread, Meat Shortages

Reports obtained from Ann Arbor
grocers and bakers during the week-
end indicated that meat, butter and
bread shortages have grown acute
in this city.

A grocer reported that he does-
n't get enough bread to allow a
line to form. "People grab it off
the truck," he said, and "whoever