THERE'S ROOM FOR ALL Sec PAGE 5 Y lflirF :43 iily CLOUDY AND SHOWERS VOL. LVI. No. 88 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1946 Pro-Russians Are in Depar Of State, House Committees s Truman Refutes Rift with Bf PRICE FIVE CENTS tment Says; lyrnes NEW CHEMISTRY BUILDING ADDITION . . . 'U' Emergeney Buildin Program Stlart; Work Is Begu n Chemistry Additionl The University's $8,000,000 emer- gency building program got under way unofficially yesterday as ground was broken for the chemistry build- ing addition. The building program will not swing into high gear, however, until contracts have been signed with the construction industry. The Univer- sity may be able to accept contracts today, but such contracts cannot be concluded without approval of the Regents and a committee of the legis- lature, a University spokesman said. Obstacles Removed Some obstacles to construction of the General Service Building were removed this week with the' closing of a filling station and a restaurant on State St. opposite Angell Hall. The preliminary operations . cli- max the University's effort to secure new classroom, laboratory, office and living space to rectify deficiencies that have been accumulating over a' period of years. Vets Increase Building Need The University's building needs were accentuated this year when re- turning veterans caused record-, breaking enrollment figures. The $8,000,000 building program, which the University plans to com- plete within two years, is only par- tially covered by legislative appro- priations. The University was grant- ed $1,500,000 for the General Service Building last spring. An additional $3,300,000 was appropriated by the special legislative session in February. But sufficient appropriations to make up the balance were virtually assured at the time by Gov. Kelly's request that the legislators "com- mend to the favorable consideration' of the 1947 legislature such further appropriation as may be necessary to complete the $8,000,00 program at the earliest posible moment". Program to Start This Year During the special session, Pesl- dent Ruthven indicated that the University would start constructing a t t l1 Q g 1 1 e J I r Warrant Asked Charging Rae Conviction Is Expected, Evidence Is Sufficient Round two of the local action against County Prosecutor John Rae opened yesterday when Sheriff John L. Osborne asked the state attorney-] general to assign an assistant to han- dle a warrant charging Rae with be- ing drunk Jan. 12. (At the request of Circuit Judge James R. Breakey, William Brusstar,. Detroit attorney who replaced Rae as special prosecutor in the current Grand Jury investigation of gambling, was appointed a Special Assistant to his office by Attorney General John Dethmers Wednesday.) In a letter to Dethmers, Osborne said he felt the "evidence is sufficient' for the issuance of a warrant" against Rae, and that a conviction might be "reasonably expected." Referring to the "unusual situation" of the prose- cuting attorney being named as de- fendant, Osborne asked Dethmer to assign an assistant attorney general to pass 'the issuance of a warrant against Rae and "to handle all sub- sequent proceedings." A report on Dethmer's investigation of Rae's office was received by the county supervisors meeting Tuesday, placed on record, and sent back to the investigating committee which referred it to the sheriff's office. Su- pervisor Norman A. Ottmar, chair- man of the three man investigating committee attempted to resign from the committee Tuesdya. but his resig- nation was refused. The Dethmers report contains wit- ness' testimony alleging that Rae was drunk on several occasions, on one of which he allegedly threatened a deputy sherli f f with a gun. Rae has labeled the report as "very fair," but condemned the "testimony of some witnesses" as "partial truths" and "deliberate fallacies." The next move is up to Attorney General Dethmers. Goering Claims To lave Saved Sweden Campus Surveya Shows No Plan To Sava Breadt 0 Off No plan of cooperation with Presi-i dent Truman's program of reducedt consumption of wheat products hast yet been put in operation by on-cam-c pus cafeterias and dining rooms, al survey revealed yesterday Although endorsing the "spare andt share" program, which is aimed at saving 500,000,000 Europeans andr Asiatics from starvation, business managers and dietitians of the Un- ion, League and University Residence1 Halls said they had not had suffi- cient time to organize bread-savingt programs in response to the Presi-' dent's plea. Henry Pendorf, manager of the Union cafeteria, said the Union would probably rely on voluntary co- operation of students in conserving bread. He said the cafeteria recently initiated a policy of offering some plates with only one roll in order to reduce, waste: Miss Kathleen Hamm, chief dieti- tian of University Residence Halls, said she was "taking up the matter" with other dietitians but that it would largely be up to students to cut down on bread consumption. The League will rely on voluntary student cooperation in conforming to the President's request, according to Miss Ruth Goodlander, business manager. She said that posters re- questing students to reduce bread consumption will probably be dis- played in the League cafeteria. CLA Lecture To Explain PAC Sponsored by the Committee for Liberal Action, a lecture on "PAC, Its Aims and Methods" will be given at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Rm. 316 of the Union by Sam Cubeta, state direc- tor of the Michigan PAC. The Michigan Citizens' Commit- tee, a state pressure group, and the CIO News will also be represented at the meeting. Walter Quillico. former president of the Willow Run UAW-CIO local and an international CIO officer now, will explain the cooperation between the PAC and the Union. Methods of achieving effective group action will be stressed by both speakers. Election of a president is planned for the meeting of the Committee for all buildings in the $8,000,000 pro- this year, with the statement: "We need some indication from this special session that we are safe in going ahead in our emergency building program. With the $3,300,- 000 we will be able to start the pro- gram." GM Employees Will Return to Jobs Next Week DETROIT, March 14 -(ItP)-- The 175,000 General Mo ors production employes will begin returning to their jobs next week, according to CIO United Auto Workers' officials, to bring an actual end to the longest and costliest strike in automotive his- tory. Top union executives, who yester- day completed negotiations of a settlement of the strike that has stopped GM car production for more than 16 weeks. predicted quick rati- fication of the agreement by the UAW-CIO GM council meeting here tomorrow and by the rank and file of the strikers in their various lpcals over the week-end. New Units To Begin Newly assembled unit; are expected to start rolling by April 1. Highlights of the settlement agree- ment included:,, An 181 cents an hour wage in- crease; increased vacation pay; equal pay for women; higher overtime rates and reinstatement of the former con- tract, cancelled during the strike by Prof. Z. Clark Dickinson was erroneously quoted in yesterday's Daily as saying that the settle- A2,nt of the General Motors strike was a "sweeping victory for la- bor." Prof. Dickinson states that the outcome "did not appear to me a particularly sweeping victory for labor, since the points announced are in line with the pattern es- tablished by numerous other la- bor contracts signed within the past few months. It is tis pat- tern, which presumably will spread over most of our economy, which involves limited inflation rather than the mere raising of various General Motors labor costs." Russia Denies Troops Menace Iran Frontiers Formation of Turkish Republic Predicted r By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 14 - At a{ critical point in Russo-American rela- tions, President Truman today threw his unqualified support to his foreign policy chief, Secretary of State Byrnes, and simultaneously predicted that the world will work out of its present predicament successfully. At his news conference the Presi- dent authorized the following direct quotation about the world situation: "I am not alarmed about it. I'm sure we will work out of it."' About the same time, Russia appar- ently laid the groundwork for a reply to the American inquiry as to what Soviet troops are up to in Iran by au- thorizing the Tass News Agency to; say that American reports on troop movements there do not accord with. "reality." The latest reports at the State De-' partment, however, continued to show' three Soviet columns in Iran, in posi- tion to menace Teheran and the Turkish frontier. Highly placed diplomatic officials predicted that the Soviets may stir' up a revolt of the Kurdish tribes oc- cupying a region around the junction of Turkey, Iraq and Iran and possibly sponsor the creation of a new Kurdih republic. By claiming territory from Iran, Iraq and Turkey and disrupting their political stability, such a new republic might accomplish things the Russians want done but could not do for themselves without open aggres- sion. Against this background President Truman at his news conference vol- unteered a declaration that he wanted to make it strong and em- phatic that there is no foundation to continuing rumors of a rift between himself and Secretary of State Byrnes. He added that there never has been such a rift, and he hoped there never will be one. Iran Premier Bans All Public Demonstrations TEHERAN, March 14-(P)-Pre- mier Ahmed Qavam Es Saltaneh to- day banned all public political meet- ings and demonstrations as the Rus- sians continued to move troops across northern Iran toward the Turkish border. A Russian column which left Ta- briz, capital of Azerbaijan province, moving northward, was reported to have swung toward the west at Ma- rand and to be moving toward Khoi, north of Lake Urmia and near the Turkish border. Larger Occupation Foreign military observers said the Russian occupation army in Azerbai- jan, estimated at 30,000 two months ago, was now estimated to be "mch greater-probably double." Two other columns, marching mostly at night, were reported yester- day at Mianeh and Miyandaub. Mi- d yandaub is located on the route around the southern tip of Lake Ur- mia to the borders of Turkey and Iraq. Mianeh is the northern termi- nus of the railroad to Teheran. Turkish Landmark Khoi is 80 miles south and slightly - east of Mt. Ararat, Turkish landmark which stands just below the areas of r Kars and Ardahan, which Russia has g said should be ceded to her. Conferred Cuts Not Confirmed Student Vets fromState Will Meet Tomorrow Providing an opportunity for dis- cussion of problems common to all1 veterans, a Michigan Student Veter- ans Conference composed of repre- sentatives from 45 Michigan collegesE will be held tomorrow in Rackham Auditorium. Bill Akers, president of the local VO chapter and general chairman of the conference, will preside. Provost's Address University Provost James P. Adams will deliver the opening address to the veterans. During the day various committee meetings and panel discus- sions dealing with specific problems of student veterans will be held. Agenda of the Conference includes a discussion of a permanent Michigan Student Veterans Organization, deemed necessary for a united front and for the opportunity to gain rep- resentation on the Michigan State Veterans Fund. To be allowed repre- sentation on this trust fund organiza- tion, a veteran group must have a minimum of 7,000 members and 40 chapters in 25 counties in the State. Constitutions Suggested At the Conference tomorrow, the veteran representatives will also pre- sent sample constitutions and sugges- tions for organization to groups from colleges where there is no veteran or- ganization already established. The committees and discussion groups will take up the G.I. Bill, the housing situation, the high cost of liv- ing, the International Student Ex- change, and other related veteran problems. Decisions Presented In the afternoon each committee will present the resolutions or deci- sions arrived at during the discus- sions of the day and voting will be held. Each college will have one vote, regardless of the number of student veterans enrolled in that college. The last veterans conference was held Jan. 12 at Wayne University in Detroit. At that meeting Bill Aikers was elected chairman for the confer- ence tomorrow. Another Michigan tradition has been shattered. Contrary to long-accepted practice, students are not officially allowed as many cuts in a course as credit hours! Freshmen are informed by all- knowing upperclassmen that they may cut three times for a three-hour course and that professors may lower their grades only when the student's cuts exceed this limit. This ain't so, we find out now. "It's a heck of a time to be telling us," a last-semester senior comment- U. S.-British Reach Accord SAVANNAH, Ga., March 14-(/)- One of the last remaining Anglo- American differences over the ma- chinery of the new world fund and bank apparently was settled behind the scenes of the International Mone- tary Conference today. Generally obscured by such devel- opments as the swift application of Turkey for membership, and the ac- tual admission of Panama, Nicaragua and El Salvador, at least one tentative agreement was reached by British and American delegates on whether the powerful executive directorships of the bank and fund should be full or part-time jobs. A resolution was offered by the United States at a closed committee session which brought off-stage ap- plause from the British government. They interpreted it, one member said, as not debarring an executive direc- tor from holding some other job as well. ed, remembering how she had en- joyed her college career to its fullest extent-of cuts. Dean E. A. Walter pointed out that such a standard for cuts had never been announced. He suggested that the practice may have had its begin- ning in the fact that other colleges have a similar attendance policy. Practically speaking, it's up to the individual professor as to how many times you can cut his course and get away with it. GUTHRIE McCLINTIC< . ..To Speak Today A'cClintic WVill Disc uss .Life As Producer 1'M heTheatre:; Reminiscences and Predictions" will be the topic of Guthrie McClintic,bnoted theatrical producer and director, when he speaks at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Producer of such outstanding suc- cesses as "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" and Romeo and Juliet," McClintic appears as the ninth speaker in the Oratorical Association series. He will be introduced by Prof. Valentine Windt, Director of Drama- tics. Theatre-bound since childhood, McClintic began his career doing bit parts in reportory theatres and vaud- eville acts. Becoming associated with Jessie Bonstelle's stock company in Detroit he met Katherine Cornell, with whom he paired maritally and professionally to form one of the most famous teams in the American theatre. A FL Wats New Wage-Price Poliy CARBONDALE, Pa., March 14-(P) -The American Federation of Labor demanded tonight that President Truman scrap what it called his "crazy-quilt stabilization program" for a new policy designed to remove all wage-price controls after one year. Jobs Provide Aecess to War Information Knowledge of Report . Denied by Department By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 14-Mem- bers of the House Military Committee said today that "Pro-Russian" em- ployes forced out of the, War De- partment have landed in State De- partment jobs where they may have access to military secrets, and that Secretary Byrnes has been asked to get rid of them. The State Department denied that hairman May (Dem., Ky.) or any ther member of the subcommittee which looked into State Department intelligence operations had made any such request of the secretary. Committeemen Unknown Committeemen who asked to re- main anonymous, however, stuck by the report that the matter had been taken up with Byrnes. They did not say who presented it to him. The committeemen said "Strong representations" had been made, with the suggestion that if the individuals stayed where they are, steps might be taken to keep Army intelligence re- ports away from the State Depart- ment. They said Byrnes had taken no action so far. Cultural Relations Postponed Meanwhile the House Rules Com- mittee deferred clearance to the floor of a bill authorizing the cultural re- lations program which the State De- partment plans and the appropria- tions subcommittee handling the De- partment's annual supply measure postponed action until next month. Rules Committee menabers said their action was prompted by a desire to withhold from House debate at present any measure which might arouse unfriendly discussion of an- other member of The United Nations. There was no explanation of the ap- propriations delay. The President skirted the long dis- tance row between former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Gen- eralissimo Stalin by saying he only knew what he had seen in the papers and had nothing to say about it. House Provides For 100,000 Housingunits WASHINGTON, March 14-0- The House today passed 347 to 1 a bill authorizing appropriation of $250,000,000 to provide at least 100,000 temporary housing units for war vet- erans and their families. The Senate already has ap- proved a similar measure. How- ever, because of a slight difference in wording final Congressional ac- tion on the legislation was delayed until the House version gets the other chamber's okay. Congress already has appropriated $160,000,000 for a similar number of units, so if today's action goes through a total of at least 200,000 dwellings will be provided. The new authorization is to be used chiefly to move temporary war houses to sites where they will be serviceable and to put partitions in service-used barracks, so they can be used as apartments. Today's move followed a request by President Truman yesterday for such action. R. J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, issued a statement today declaring "the most vicious and powerful lobby ever to put pressure on Congress" is fight- ing the Administration proposals. Thomas continued : "Wilson Wyatt needs the help and support of every member of the CIO and every veteran if the plan to build 2,70,0,000 new homes by end, of the 1947 is to succeed. The most vicious and most power- ful lobby ever to put pressure on Congress spearheaded by the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards and Producer's Council, ef- fectively scuttled the very heart of Wyatt's Veterans' IlousiVg Pro- irr - w- - cr , t- nnof . - I.m i- the corporation, exceptions for a clause dealing with maintenance of union membership. New Plan For Dues In lieu of the membership mainten nance clause, objected to by the management, the Union accepted a plan for company collection of Union dues, commonly called the "check= off." While UAW plans went forward for striker ratification meetings during the week end, Union locals heads also were seeking settlement of nuinerous "factory-level" issues. In some in= stances, Union local executives said, a sttlement of these grievances mus be had before the workers agree to re- turn to their jobs. Generally, however, union official expected quick approval of the settle ment program. Brennan Is Elected Chairman of IAS ui t 5, - . COLLEGE DAYS RECALLED: Alumni Victory Reunion S cheduled Victory Reunion plans to include a banquet, a memorial service for University war dead, an all-alumnae luncheon and an all-class dance were approved at a meeting of the Vic- tory Reunion Executive Committee ni), the University and the Alumni Association be presented along with such entertainment as dinner music by the University String Ensemble, Glee Club and soloists. . rwewn i. on _:n 1.1m he- &0.4 cert are tentatively scheduled for Friday afternoon and early evening, and an all-class dance is to be held at 10 p.m. the same day in a nearby country club. Fnrm. -ir avhr-a- .kfa .th i i