INTERESTS I jr Latest Deadline in the State i r FLU See Page 2 No. 108 -W ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1947 PRICE F - --- ------ ------ IP Moving Cut Funds West Lodge Free From Village Electric Problem Emibree Describes Abuse of Fire Alarm As Main Hitch in Single Students' I)orm Of Treasury Denocrats Cry 'Sham, ''Ph ny' By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 7-The 'first Republican move toward a $6,000,000,000 budget cut brought a recommended reduction of $897,072,750 in Treasury-Post- office funds today, but Democrats shouted that it was a false start, a "sham" and a "phony." The Democrats argued that $800,000,000 of the total reduction approved by the House Appropria- tions Committee is a mere book- keeping operation. They said it was simply knocked off the $2,- 031,000,000 estimate, for tax re- funds for the next fiscal year, Suggest Reduction of Errors Democratic committeemen said the only way to reduce tax refunds is to reduce the number of tax- payers or cut down on the number of errors requiring refunds. To which chairman Taber (Rep., N.Y.), who is spearheading the House Republican drive for a $6,000,000,000 cut in the Presi- dent's $37,500,000,000 budget, re- plied acidly: "We must expect that kind of criticism from those wanting ex- penditures to continue at an un- tustifiable rate. The Treasury's Own (figures show that $300,000,- 900 can come off the tax refund without any change in the laws, while testimony developed by the 6Ormittee shows a probably sav- ing of at least $300,000,000 more. herr can't be very much phony bout that." Treasury Budget Reduced Figuring the tax refund cut, the Committee levied a reduction of approximately 34 per cent in the Treasury budget and less than 1 percent in the Postoffice budget for the 12 months beginning July 1. Without the tax refund item, the Treasury cut approximated 16 per cent by the comnttee's own reckoning. 't that rate," commented Rep. Gore (Dem., Tenn.), a committee jiember, "the Republicans will never accomplish their objective of a $6,000,000,000 overall budget cut, for this bill alone accounts for more than one-third of the en- tire budget for next year. " Wednesday Is New Deadline For Petitions 'Because no petitions for the Student Legislature election were trned in to the Men's Judiciary Council yesterday, the petition deadline has been extended o 'Wednesday. The Council will accept petitions 1 'roan individual candidates and parties from 3 to 5 p.m.' Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the Union Strudent Offices. Petition forms will be available tomorrow and Monday at the Union desk. one hundred and fifty signa- nures are required for each peti- tion. Students from all schools may sign petitions and students may sign more than one petition. Candidates wishing to run in parties must registrar party mem- bership and platforms with the Council. According to Legisla- ture rulings, the entire member- ship of each party must select a chairman and vote on the admit- tance of new members. No changes in personnel or platforms may be made after' 5 p.m. Wednesday, and there may be no more than 23 persons in any party. All candidates must pay $1 reg- ulation fees and submit 50 word qualification statements, either individually or as part of a party platform, when they submit their petitions. Marshall Talks With U.S. Men BERLIN, March 7-G(P)-U. S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall arrived in Berlin today ,on the last leg of his flight to the Four-Power Foreign Ministers' Council in Moscow and headed immediately for conference with Willow Run's electrical diffi- culties were clarified Friday when it was revealed that no problem ,omparable to that in the apart- Soviets Hold U.S. Note from Hungary Press BUDAPEST, March 7-(P)-A high Hungarian official declared today that the Soviet commander in chief in Budapest had forbidden newspaper publication of the American note protesting Russian interference in Hungarian affairs. American sources said the sup- pression would be strongly chal- lenged. The official, whose name could not be disclosed, informed a repre-. sentative of the U. S. legation that the manager of the official Hun- garian news agency had received "direct orders" from Soviet 'Lt. Gen. V. P. Sviridov "to suppress the note" Sviridov, however, denied em- phatically to Col. John H. Scopes of the U. S. Military Mission that Soviet authorities had ordered the suppression. Scopes said that, be- fore he could complete his sen- tence asking about the suppres- sion, Sviridov interrupted to deny responsibility, and added: "It was an action taken by the Hungarian government." (Diplomatic informants in Lon- don said that Britain would join the United States in the protest againstalleged attempts by the Russians to help the Communists gain control of the Hungarian gov- ernment.) OPA May Get 141M1ilons To Close Up Sop WASHINGTON, March 7 - () -Senator Bridges (Rep., N.H.) re- ported today that a Senate-House Conference Committee has agreed to give OPA about $14,u0,000 to wind up its affairs by July 1. OPA officials previously had said $17,000,000 voted by the Sen- ate would provide only enough funds to keep the agency going through April. The further reduc- tion indicated the agency possibly would have to close down earlier. Senator Bridges said the Sen- ate-House committee action "means the OPA is out June 30' or even sooner unless they drastically cut down." The Senate had voted approxi- mately $7,000,000 for terminal pay leave for OPA employes, $5000,- 000 for the agency to liquidate, and $5,000,000 for operations until the agency closes. Bridges said House conferees agreed to Senate provisions for a "death sentence for OPA, CPA, OWMR and other hangover war- time agencies." The conference report goes to the House for acceptance, then to the Senate before being sent to President Truman. Stock Market Staggers NEW YORK, March 7-(P)- The stock market staggered under its worst beating in four months today as heavy last-hour selling hammered prices down $1 to more than $8 a share. Market analysts viewed the break as the result of a number of factors, including postponement. of President Truman's trip to the Caribbean and announcement of a conference on Monday to con- sider international problems. ment units exists in the West Lodge dormitory area. This disclosure came from R. H. Embree, FPHA manager for the single men's and women's dorms which house over 1900 University students. He declared that, while there were occasional burnt fuses, there have been no great or per- sistent problems of overloaded cir- cuits on the scale of that which has been apparent in the family units elsewhere in the village. Thus only routine investigations every sixty days have been found necessary, he said. Embree attributed this to the fat that hot plates and water heaters are srictly forbidden for tenants. "When this regulation was found to be violated and ten- ants cooked," he continued, "the main difficulties arising were in garbage disposal rather than in power abuses. Roaches became evident and the tenant violator was told to refrain from further cooking." The only abuse in the electrical setup at West Lodge seems to have been in the fire alarm sys- tem, Embree said. "The wires, running along the ceilings as they do, have all too often been used for coat hangers and have set off frequent false alarms. Investiga- tors have consistently urged that such practice be halted because of the confusion and inconvenience which invariably results." Royalty' Will Set Precedent For Michigan The Michigras committee hopes to establish a precedent through its petitioning for permission to elect a king and queen of the car- nival, according to Jack Harlan, publicity chairman. University policy has never be- fdre allowed elections' for' kinigs and queens to be held in connec- tion with campus events. The petitions, which will be pre- sented to the Student Affairs Committee by the lMchigras cen- tral committee, are now being cir- culated in dormitories, sororities, fraternities, and league houses. The carnival, scheduled 'for April 25 and 26 in Yost Field House, will feature parades through the streets of Ann Arbor as well as the traditional Michigras carnival events. - Monday is the deadline for ap- plications from houses wishing to sponsor booths according toJerry Gaffney apd Kieth Jordan, booths chairmen. Information and applications blanks may be obtained by calling Miss Gaffney at 2-2543 or Jordan at 7595. Applications should be put in the Michigras box in the League Undergraduate Office or the Union Student Offices. U.S. Trusteeship Agreement Near LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., March 7-(AP)-The United Nations Se- curity Council tonight neared general agreement on an American proposal to take over the Japan- ese-mandated islands in the Pa- cific under a UN strategic area trusteeship, but put off a final de- cision when Australia asked for a committee to study the proposal. Only the Australian resolution and one Russian amendment stood as barriers to passage of the far- reaching proposal which would give the United States rights amounting to virtual annexation of the vast chains of the Mar- shalls, Carolines and Marianas. Say Plan. Inder Study o. A idGreece Truman:ancels Carri bean Trip 1y The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 7 - About $125,000,000 worth of guns and other military supplies may be sent to Greece, it was reported today after President Truman ab- ruptly cancelled a Caribbean trip and called Congressional leaders to confer Monday on what one of them called "the most fateful sit- uation" in American history." At issue was whether the Unit- ed States would step into the breach opened by Britain's deci- sion to liquidate her outposts in Greece and elsewhere. Greece is the scene of armed conflict be- tween the anti-Communist gov- ernment and leftist foes. Strengthening Army Program President Truman is reported to have under consideration a $250,- 000,000 program of aid to Greece this year. Officials, who cannot be named, said today that if this is finally agreed upon, about half of the total probaly would be ear- marked for strengthening the Greek army to maintain order. The officials said that putting an end to the civil strife was deerned essential to making ef- fecive any large scale American ef- forts to "get Greece back on her feet economically. From United States World War I surpluses, now cached largely in occupied Germany, such mate- rials as trucks, tanks, planes and clothing might be transferred by an administrative order. But Con- gress must enact special legisla- tion if arms are supplied from sources other than surplus. Britain's Plans Satisfactory It was said authoritatively there has been no serious proposal to dispatch American troops to Greece, and that Britain's plans to withdraw her forces gradually were considered satisfactory. EPresident Truman was ihformed by aides before his recent trip to Mexico that probably $250,000,000 would be required altogether for effective aid to Greece for the re- mainder of this year, plus possibly $100,000,000 additional over a five- year period. Among the many ,questions still undecided was whether this gov- ernment proposed to bolster only Greece, or to extend aid also to Turkey and other governments who might be in distress at least partly as a result of Russian pres- sure. Vets' Report Fiing Lauded Waldrop Says Most Forms Are Correct University student veterans were complimented yesterday by Rob- ert S. Waldrop, director of the Veterans Service Bureau, on the way they hate cooperated with the University in filling out their absence reports. "The veterans have done an ex- cellent job in filing the forms this last week, "Waldrop said. "By their cooperation they have eased the job which is a bother to all of us. The tabulating section has re- ported to me that almost all of the forms filed last week were made out correctly." Claim numbers must be written legibly and the hours of class missed, not the days are to be re- ported, he stressed. Course names, numbers and the days on which a class meets need to be filled in only if a student veteran has missed that class. Clark Foresees New Coal Strik, Asks Court Mo, John L. Lewis Accuses Governm Of 'Police Patrol','MuscleMau'I .. O 100 ~. ~ SCHWELLENBACH SMILES AT LEWIS DECISION - Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach (right) smiles broadly as he dis- cUsses with Sen. Allen J. Ellender (Dem.-La.) the headlines on the U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming conviction of John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers on contempt in failure to halt coal strike last Fall. They are shown in Washington. WORLD-WIDE AFFAIR: University's 110th Birthday To Be Observed by M' Clubs By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 7-At- torney General Clark expressed fear today of another coal strike March 31 and drafted a plea to the Supreme Court for quick ac- tion to head it off. Clerk asked the court that its mandate against Lewis and the union be issued "forthwith" in- stead of waiting the customary 25 days. That delay would bring it up to March 31, and Clark declared there is "danger" of another soft coal strike then because of the deadline set by Lewis when he or- dered the miners back to work Dec. 7. Clark based his motion "upon the public interest in these cases." He notified union attorneys that he will appear before the court CommitteeWill Report Labor Law to House, WASHINGTON, March 7-(P) -Chairman Hartley (Rep., N.J.) of the House Labor Committee said tonight it is going to report legislation which 'will be called punitive" but that "labor's right to organize and to bargain collec-, tively will in no way be impaired." Hartley declared, in a speech for the radio that "Congress must do something about labor monopo- lies" if another coal strike and walkouts -in other industries are to be avoided. He remarked that the Supreme Court decision in the John L. Lewis case, upholding an, injunction, will be effective only until June 30 because it is based on the Smith-Connally Act which expires then. Hartley said in his speech that "no special interest, be it that or management or labor, rises above the general welfare of all our peo- ple." "I recognize," he continued, "that the legislation which my committee is going to report will be challenged by the labor leader- ship as destroying labor rights and you will be told that collective bargaining will be scuttled. Liquor Ration To Be Lifted Monday to ask that it be gr The decision which uph contempt convictions a Lewis and the union yes gave five days after issua the mandate for Lewis scind his contract termi notice-equivalent to a call-and notify the min the action. If he fails to the full $3,500,000 fine a- by Federal Judge T. Alan borough against the uni4 be imposed; otherwise it cut to $700,000. Lewis, telling the Senat Committee that the Goverr blocking peace in the coal try by playing the role of man" and "police patrol flatly he had no suggestion to prevent another nationw strike. He declared that except eral possession of the mii union could settle its disp' the private owners, This 'led Senator Taft Ohio ) toconclude that t apparently will be shut again July 1, when the g ment is slated to turn the: to the operators. Politics came up, too, wh mittee chairman Taft re that Lewis' authority is s "it's' practically up to you tide what your union does shot back that he had been where Taft, who has bee tioned as a likely president lidate, was "pushing the lican party around." .Dutch Boar American S The University's 110th birth- day will be celebrated on a world- wide scale by alumni clubs during the week of March 17. March 18, 1837 has always been labelled as the date of the found- ing of the University in Ann Ar- bor. It was on this date that the act was passed which created the Board of Regents. -"University of Michigan Clubs in Tokyo, Seattle, Columbus, Ma- nila, San Francisco and Los An- geles are planning celebrations, thereby making the occasion an international affair, The Tenth District, Westbrn Lilient-ha-Vote is Postponed Brewster Predicts Senate Confirmation WASHINGTON, March 7--(IP) -The Senate Atomic Energy Committee got all set for a vote on confirmation of, David E. Lil- ienthal today-then put it off un- til Monday. Somedmembers were mystified by the maneuver. All nine were present for the vote which had been predicted last night by Chairman Hickenlooper (Rep., Iowa). One, Senator Conally (Dem., Tex.), had hitch-hiked a ride from Waco, Tex., in President Truman's plane to get here. When the committee ended its two and a half hour closed session, Hickenlooper told reporters that "some members"-he did not say who-still wanted to "clarify some issues in their minds." "The committee will vote Mon- day at 10 a.m.," Hickenlooper said. Sen. Owen Brewster (Rep., Me.) today predicted the confirmation of David E. Lilienthal "by a com- fortable margin." At a news conference after an off the, record talk to a group of Chicago businessmen, Brawster, asserted, "The violence of the crit- iscim of those who dare question the omniscience of Mr. Lilienthal is strangely suggestive of the somewhat emotional approach of Sen. McKellar." McKellar (Dem., Tenn.) has spearheaded the opposition to Lilienthal's confirmation. Cut in Forces LONDON, March 7-( P)-Prime Minister Attlee was confronted to- night by a rebellion or more than 100 Labor members of Parliament who demanded that Britain's present armed force of more than 1,000,000 men be cut by almost Michigan, leads all others which are planning meetings. The Third District is close behind. T. Hawly Tapping, general secretary of the Alumni Association, will speak at the University of Michigan Club of Columbus in that District. President Alexander G. Ruth- ven will be the guest of Honor at the University of Michigan Club of Washington. The Kalamazoo club will have as its guest Provost James P. Adams. Vice-presideht Marvin L. Neihuss will be the speaker at the celebration in Mid- land. Regent Roscoe 0. Bonisteel, for- mer president of the Ann Arbor Alumni Club, will be honored at its celebration. Clubs observing the anniversary have been asked to submit sug- gestions for the naming of the celebration which may eventually become an alumni tradition. The Alumni Association Board of Di- rectors will consider all the sug- gestions made and will determine the permanent title at a session on June 12 in Ann Arbor. Fraternity Fined For Rule Violation A fine of one hundred dollars has been levied on Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, by the University Disciplinary Committee, and seven members fined ten dollars each, after the members admitted enter- taining women guests at the chap- ter house without proper chaper- onage. Sigma Delta Chi Twelve students were initiated into Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, last night at a reactivation meeting in the Union. $3,0O0 F0r Seized on Fri LANSING, March 7-(/P)-AlI liquor rationing in the state will end with the opening of business Monday, Governor Sigler an- nounced today. The ration lifting order applies only to scotch, premium Canadian, bonded bourbon and bonded rye. All other types of whisky were taken off rationing several months ago. Sigler said premium Canadian. and bonded whiskies had reached sufficient supply to warrant re- moval of rationing. Supplies of scotch, however, are still very short, he said, but it will be solt on a first come-first served basis. Bar and hotel quotas on scotch will still be maintained and only one. bottle of scotch will be sold to each private customer. BATAVIA, March 7-(1P)- Dutch marines, sailors and police boarded the America erty ship Martin Behrman Ind overpowered the first m he attempted to raise the olank in carrying out the lers of his defiant captain tc trate the Dutch authorities Tugboats nosed the ship'1 other dock for the unload her $3,000,000 cargo in accor a confiscation order fron Netherlands East Indies g mnent. The ship had been l at Cheribon, in republican ^ontrary to Dutch regulatic Gray Walked Off Capt. Rudy Gray, who ho tified the Dutch several hou fore that he intended to s, the United States, walked Ship after informing Dutch Lt. John Hamerslag that c of the vessel had been 'taker me forcefully by armed me Today's developments fc oy 8 hours the U. S. Stat oartment protest to the over regulations under whic :ship was seized. The Martin Behrman arri -he port of Batavia severa aigo under escort of a Dut Aroyer with a cargo of r ugar, cinchona bark (qu %nd other products load Cheribon, Java port east c which is under control of t donesian Republic, Dutch Warned Captain The Dutch had warned G ould not sail for America w argo, on the grounds that the produce of Europe- plantations illegally seized Indonesians. A Netherlands foreign spokesman asserted tonigh the cargo on the American ship Martin Behrman consi 'stolen products" and th the action of the Dutch forces in seizing the vessel a tirely legal. 'BROTHER AND SIS': Movies of Bottle-fed Black Bears To Be Shown Today THE FRONT DOOR, TOO?: Woman Listed As Union Life Member I4>I By GLORIA BENDET Because a large segment of the nmale campus population takes for granted the statement on the matchbook covers that the Union is "for Michigan men," they may be somewhat surprised to learn that a former Ann Arbor business- versity was highlighted by her ef-' forts to bring to the attention and interest of students, Michigan songs, especially those which were introduced by way of Mimes, the opera written and put on by mem- bers of the Union for a number of years until 1941. She accomplished by the fall semester. The entire series of editions is on display in cases, decorated by Mrs. Root, in the Union lobby. At present, she is working on "A History of the University of Michi- gan Music," a descriptive account of the types of songs and their By FRANK HARMON Movies of the University Zoo's well-known pair of black bears, 'Brother and Sis,' bottle-fed when brought here 14 years ago as three-week old cubs, will be shown by Miss Crystal Thompson of the staff this morning at the Chil- dren's Museum's weekly program in Detroit. The film record of the bears, taken by Dr. Dean W. Myers of Ann Arbor, traces their growth from infancy, when each weighed under one pound, to maturity three years after, when 'Sister' get enough sleep. "Feeding the cubs was quite a problem for we had to give them whole raw milk by nursery bottle every two hours. day and night. An assistant and I alternated at this chore. We took them home with us at night, and as regularly as clockwork they would squeal for their milk. It was tiring to have to get up so often at night, but we grew very at- tached to them." "After two months, as they got bigger, we were able to feed them less frequently. Then, since they were drinking so much milk, we tried to use ginger ale bottles and r US Ship Blazes At New York Pi NEW YORK, March 7- Fire raged for nearly four