P~LA1FORMA See Pa e 4 Y Idlesi IDea iie iii lte Stw *1lq ti SNO NNFLURRIES - .- ........... . . ..... . VOL. LVII, No. 119 FPHA Offlice Calls Village Plan Feasible Iower Ex pera$ A-'N.N ABOMIlIIGAN. FRiYDA, )12tA(I !I. 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS Threat rfo Condemn laternity ospital Denied by Inspector 1 By BEN ZWERLING Fir t reactions from FPIIA's Area Office in Detroit to Tues- day's Willow Village meeting of tenants with the agency's engi- neers came yesterday from Ben- jamin Glassberg, area director, who said that he thought the resi- dents' recommendation to estab- lish a system of tenant represen- tatives who will replace burnt fiuses and report excessive viola- tion of the electrical code "very feasible and extremely worth- while." 11unan Element "The human element has been too often neglected," Glassberg said ini connection with the (con- trioversy over electrical d ifficutlties at the Village. "Tampering with electrical cicuits constitutes ai decided fire hazard and lives are endangered. The creation of re- sponsible area controls, along the lines suggested by the tenants would help greatly to alleviate this danger," he said. Answering the suggestion that electricity users be charged for power consumption at prevailing rates, Glassberg said that would involve the installation of indi- vidual meters for each unit. He declared that this procedure. is not likely as the Village is a temporary establishment and large alternations are not desirable. Life Liveable "FPHA is trying to make life in the Village as liveable as possi- ble," Glassberg said. He asserted that it is not FPHA's purpose to curtail tenants' conveniences, but existing hazards must be taken into consider'ation in determining electrical policies. Glassberg dis- closed that experts in electricity have been investigating the situa- tion to determine what changes can be made commensurate with considerations of safety. "Until they determine what can and should be done, our current rules of electrical usage must remain in effect." Glassberg stressed that the management appreciated the will- ingness of the Village tenants 'to cooperate. He said that the groips and individuals who put forth the suggestions, including the local AVC chapter and the Willow Run Citizens Committee, displayed a fine attitude and "we certainly appreciate their efforts.' Academy Will (CAtlVele Ile.e "reseniaton of 250 Papers Syet for foday The 51st annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Scitence, Arts and Letters will be held to- day and tomorrow. At opening section meetings (luring the morning and early af- ternoon today nearly 250 papers will be presented in anthropology, botany, economics, fine arts, folk- lore, forestry, geography, geology, and mineralogy, history and po- litical science, landscape archi- tecture, language and literature, mathenmatics, philosophy, psychol- ogy, sanitary and medical science, sociology and zoology. The first general session of the entire Academy will be held at 4:15 pn.. in the Rackham Amphi- theatre. Prof. Alexander J. Kos- tellow, of the industrial design de- partnent of the Pratt Institute, New York, will be speaker for the session and will discuss "Design." Tn the second general session at See ACADEMY, Page 2 Botiis Formts Not Available Michigan bonus payment appli- cation forms are not yet available in Ann Arbor, although it is re- port ed that neighboring cities have sample copies, Karl Karsian, head of the Veterans Information and Counseling Service, said es- terday. Anxious veterans have kept the phones at the Service ringing al- most constantly for the past two -Construction of New Clinic Set S11 uetiire Will Daily---Wake GROUNDWORK FOR 'MADNESS' - Members of Panhelleric Association in charge of arrange- ments for Spike Jones' "160 minutes of musical madness" concert to be held at Ithul Auditorium to- night are, left to right, Pat Pontius, tickets; Louise Patrick, general chairman; Monia Lee Clark, ushers; and Betty Pritchard, publicity. Spike J iFIDGETY FAlENS: ' ei' To Depreciate Student Papas Stck To Book MusiecToday / WhileAwaitiig Heir's Arrivai University students will hear By LIDA DAILES the ordinary run-of-the-mill fath "160 minutes of musical madness". University students are probab- ers---- they all have the fidgets. when Panhellenic Association pre- ly the only prospective papas whoi e textbooks and the Willo Bents Spike Jones in a "musical pass y their time awaiting their Villa, transportation problei set~ heirs by studying inlt0w waitingal, honyew lmntta Depreciation Review" at 7 and room. are thi oly new elements th Hill Audito-Oterwise, student v e t e ranthe veteran student introduces 1 9:45 m. today at Hil t- fathers react no differently from the waiting room, according t rium. Hazel M. Avery, instructor i Remaining tickets for the show nursing and Supervisor of Ob will be sold from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. stetrics at University Maternit today at Hill Auditorium and the BarI IU ,%rU1s Hospital. League. Students attending the Some of the men study throug second show are requested not to Stheir vigil, others just make arrive before 9:20 p.m. in order to ' Jlr('tense. One conscientious la facilitate clearing the auditorium, fy PERRY LOGAN student brought his books t-th Louise Patrick, general chairman,.-waiting ruom ate inthe evulin said. Caring little or nothing for their nthe orning, Miss Avery di According to Miss Patrick, stu- social reputations, the Willow Vil- covered him still poring over pro dents who see the show will be ioLittle Theare group has lens if the law. made elaborate plans to stage "When their wives are admitte helping to achieve a two-fold pur- "Ten Nights in a Barroom" at 8 at night, we try to persuade th pose Al p eds ilFl ibeue p.m.' today, tomorrow and Sun- fathers to go home," Miss Aver to improve .theUniversi Fresh day out in God's country, north- said. "It doesn't take too muc Air Camp for underprivileged east of Ypsilanti. persuasion especially after we te boys, and at the same time to pro- "So what if we get kicked out thI um thI at thc'y ('an call as ofte vide a weekend resort for students. of school?" Producer George Ar- as they want to find out abou The "Musical Depreciation Re- liss asked in a hurried interview their wives' condition. Then, al view" will last two hours, and will yesterday. No positive answer ter they get home, they (all punt include "Hawaiian War Chant," was immediately forthcoming, al- Iually every hour. But they soo "Chloe," The alughing Song," though the Dean's office has ; find out that the hourly calls ar "Brownie with the Light Blue promised to wor-k on it.I unpr'odtictiv(e. Besides, it's too ex Jeans" and other Spike Jones fa- Anxious to meet expenses of pensive, se they quit.' vorites. The cast for the show this, their third produ'tion, the T'e'usual ard nimost difficu will include Helen Greco, vocalist, Players have invited everyone (in It'5tsiortthat the prospective pa and comedians Doodles, Weaver, Washtenaw county who is physi_ a asks is: :What time is the Dr. Horatio 0. Birdbath, Ding cally able to applaud to come out baby comin?" "Of course, no our Bell, and Bill King. The vaude- and witness this tragic panorama knows," Miss Avery ruefully ad ville show will feature tap dancing of the evils of drink. Comfortable mitted. "We have the same prob by the "Slickeret tes" and acroba- luxurious motor buses,mleaven,; I ln with medical students wh tics by Bettyjo Huston. N. University and E. University at lto knwwh w Spike Jones, a little known convenient frequent intervals, See E iERS, Page Be (o nlete( Early in 1948 1r oeirles Arc Lifted Gre ual will be broken next week for t wnew ma aternity hos- pual and obtetrics elini, Walter Roth , PlhniSo: pt-mm itndent, said yester-day. P resenti plais eall ot, comple- tion +,1 h- heospital in il-te spring li.948 a.nid o -pana-v by -ariy sui - men°. Construction of the new ma- ternity hospital has been de- layed several months because the government had assignid no pmriorities on aat'I-ials I m' liosjpit+1.4 The mate-nity ho s pial is part of t prot -war "Victory'' building of l e proginan, ordred by t he State I gislature in Public Act No. I tid :welpted by the Board of Regents, prov k-s for the cont rui1on of five educa- tional buildings at I ieUniversit y The East Engineering wing, the chemistry addition, the General Service Building, and the busi nc ss administration building ar already utndei' con- strueton. A-cordimg to Uii\versity offi- cial s, construction of the new hospital will go ahead whether or not funds for it are voted by the Legislatuire. The Health bill, now being considered by joint committee of the house and Senate in Lan- sing, w ould, if passed, entirely cut out the appropriation for the maternity hospital and ob- stetrics lini(. s - at to to n b'- ty h a w C) 'T- m in, s ztred oi Aeliesoti Sees No War Thfreat WASHII NG'TON, March 20-I') Undersecretary of State l)ean Acleson, weig l ing his words on the proposal t oboiste' Greece and 'I'mukey against Commnismf, gave the considered opinion today that "I don't think it could lead to war." But faiire to act swiftly, he cautioned Congress, may produce a "chain reaction" unfavorable to the United States among other nations struggling against, Com- munist domination. Question Barrage Under a barrage of questions, he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that this country could not risk waiting for action by the United Nations - that Greece, wearily battling a Com- munist-leci insurrection, has funds enough for only 14 days more of vital imuport . His testimony marked the pre- liiinary round of a searching congressional examination. of President Tr'ulian's request for $400,000,000 in money and mate- rial and "limited" military mis- sions to the two Mediterranean coi ntiries. Sccret 1)ocuments Before Acheson began his tes- timony, State Department at- taches h anded committee mem- beis a bulky manuscript contain- 'ing documents_-- most of whichl were marked "sec'ret"--- for back- ground in their deliberations. A few hours later, Rep. Chiper- field (Rep., Ill.) returned his copy to the committee, saying that lie was 'unwilling to base my deci- sion on secret information which V would not be available to my col- leagues outside the Foreign Af- fairs Committee as well as to the Press and the general public." He told reporters that both he and Rep. Jonkman (Rep., Mich.) were opposed to keeping the ma- terial secret. He said that he had not read the documents after dis- covering that most of them bore the "secret" label. A li-ee'Packing'of Karl Marx Society Meeting MTabersof b liasiess administration fraternities were charged with "packing" the organizational meeting of the Karl Marx society Wedneslay night. 'lhe cbarge was levelled by Betty Goodman, 47, who was elected Stri ! arfy -tre:-vsrer Elner Faust, 48 BAd, was elected president of the group. "A Dis-repamey" ''hee xa: a dwisepancy between the number who voted and thie immirber t Ito desire membership," Miss Goodman said. s- ... . b 1,ports from the capital mdi- cati', however, mhat a compromise d measme is being worked out, with e the House Ways and Means Com- 'y mittee pressing for passage of a h bill granting the University the ll full $6,360.000 appropriation need- n ed on the basis of the present esti- it mated cost of comnpeting the f- building prdogra n. C- The original estimated cost of n the five buildings was $8,000,000 re of which the Legislature last year x-appropriated $4,800,000. Present estimated cost of the program is It $11,160,000. The Health bill would grant the University only the I $3,200,000 to bring the total ap- < propriation to the original $8,000,- - 000 figure. Th e Health bill also specifies the amount of the appropriation to be used for each building. Debate on "institutional outlay" will be held Tuesday in the State Legislature, when it is expected that a compromise bill will be re- ported. out of c'ommittee. The nimportance of the matern- ity hospital was stressed by Uni- versity officials who pointed out P that there are 4.500 married cou- rt ples on campus, comprising 37(2 of the veterans and 15% of the - non-veteran students. It has been 'e estimated that 50 babies are born t each month. the honor system with only those students professing a desire to be- come members taking part, sne declared, adding that "something is rotten." "It's pretty obvious that so many people aren't interested in Marxism all at once," she said. Against Factionalism Miss Goodman said that "we ('nnt do anything about this--we don't want to create factional- ism." She declared, however, that "we have some people interested and honest--they will be powerful enough. We will try to see that the teachings of Karl Marx are spread on campus-in conformity, of course, with University regula- tions." Elmer Faust, the newly elected president of the society, said last night that "as far as I know, the meeting was open to the student body, and as students in the bus- iness administration school, we are a part of the student body and eligible to attend." Interest in Marx Faust asserted that "we (busi- n e s s administration students) went because of our interest in Marx's theories." He declared that he had no idea if the bus- iness administration students out- numbered the others present. Faust said he had nothing to do with originating the society but "it was an open meeting with an open election." Other officers elected at the meeting were Leonard Cohen, '48, one of the society's originators, vice-chairman; Thomas Brewer, '48BAd, director of publicity; and Clair Metline, '48BAd, director of programs and literature. Tax Cut Gets GOP Approval Engel Says Proposal Is 'Rich Man's Bill' WASHINGTON, March 20-(P) -A 30 per cent tax cut for some 20,000,000 "little fellows" and a 20 per cent slash for virtually all other income taxpayers was ap- proved today by the House Repub- lican high command. The reduction would be retro- active to last January-if House and Senate approve. But Senator Taft (Rep., Ohio) and others pro- pose making any tax cuts effect- ive July 1. The House Republican Steering Committee and GOP members of the tax-framing Ways and Means Committee, meeting in the office of Speaker Martin (Rep., Mass.), re- I vised the Knutson bill for a 20 per cent cut across the board in an effort to hush the cries of some critics that it was "a rich man's bill." The full Ways and Means Com- mittee-15 Republicans and 10 Democrats-will consider the bill tomorrow. It will be taken up for debate in the Ilouse next Wednes- day, with a vote due Thursday. Rep. Engel (Rep., Mich.) who had termed Knutson's 20 per cent slash a "rich man's bill," said he still plans to take his fight to the house floor. Burns Asserts Detroit Story 'Stretched It' But Electric Wiring, New Stairs Needed By JOHN CAMPBELL The University's 43 year old maternity hospital 'is not actu- ally a 'fire-trap'," Walter Burns, fire inspector for the State fire marshal, told The Daily last night. Burns ,said that he had not threatened to condemn the build- ing. A front page article in the Detroit News yesterday report- ed that Burns had warned that the maternity hospital build- ing is a fire-trap "incapable of serving its present purpose without inviting catastrophe." According to the News article, Burns said that "conditions in the present building must be cor- rected immediately." In a statement to The Daily Burns said, however, that he ap preciated the "need of the Uni- versity for more funds." For that reason, he said, he would not stress "immediate corrections"'as a condition to the continued use of the building as a maternity hospital, if the University could not make other provisions. Burns asserted that the News writer was "stretching it" when he reported that Burns had agreed "not to condemn the building provided safety meas- ures are instituted and it is converted as soon as possible to other uses involving only am- bulatory patients, research or administration." The fire inspector stressed, how- ever, that if the maternity hospital is to be used as such, new stair- wells must be constructed at each end of the building and new elec- trical circuits installed. Burns has been inspecting cam- pus buildings since Wednesday. He will continue his inspection today with Andrew Leland, Main- tenance Inspector with the Plant Department. Up to now, Burns said, he has inspected 11 build- ings. It was at Leland's request, he said, that the maternity hos- pital was inspected first. University officials previously ad acknowledged the existence -) thme fire hazard, one report "tating that the building "should '-tot be used a day longer than nec- -'ccary." The danger is greater now because the 70 women ard 35 babies under care represent a 100 per cent capacity overload. Explaining that the building "is not actually a 'fire-trap'," Burns said that the main dan- ger in case of fire would be panic and smoke. The build- ing is well-constructed, he said, and there is no danger of col- lapsing floors. Burns declared that the emer- ency escape chutes in the build- ing should be replaced. With the present arrangement of connect- ing chutes, he said, there is dan- ger of serious injury to patients eesulting from collisions in the chutes. He said that the chute has been tried out only once. An instructor, testing it out shortly after it was installed, suffered a broken arm. Burns said that the building is in good enough shape to be used for other purposes, includ- ing other types of hospitaliza- tion. He emphasized, however, that ire hazards in the maternity hos- pital were no worse than those in :ther campus buildings. He said that the planned pew maternity hospital would be "just as bad" with respect to fire hazards as the old one. Burns would not dis- See BUILDING, Page 2 U.AS.Changes Korean Policy WASHINGTON, March 20-(R) drummer before lie organized his band, rose to fame after his rec- ord of "Der Fuehrer's Face" was released. Since then lie has ap- peared in movies, on the air and has presented his review al. other colleges. In addition to their regular in- struments. the band will play a I washboard, cowbells, bottles, flit guns, a complete set of tuned doorbells, auto horns and a poon- tang-a-phone. Spike Jones has promised the Michigan audience a "corncert" to end all concerts.' have been provided to esco-t play- goers to the West Iodge Audito- Handsomely received both imnes it has been presented since it was written in 1850, this temperance drama once inspired drana critic' Wolcott Gibbs to write, "I was looking for the Automalt " lP colleague Burns Mantle wiote of the same production, -Feh." No beer will be served the audi- ence. Programs will be printed on left-over Technics, and will sell for one cent. There will be no charge for ice water. Wuyi i e AYI " I C a m1 1 I Ree v (Ato ado Ban Repor LANSING, March 20 Wayne Unmiv-esity officials hav reported a mi1 r'e than 50 per cen World News at a Glance By The Associated Press WASHIINxTON, March 20 - John L. Lewis said today the choice of Janes Boyd to head the Bureau of Mines was "a political deal" and the government should have consulted "the men who are going to die in the mines" before naming Boyd to be in charge of their safety. "We want wss ailing and keening in the coal camps," he said. SALONIKA, Greece, March? 20 - Three slugs from an assas- sin's gun cut clown John Zegvos, 40, former Communist Minister of Agriculture, as he stood on a busy corner in Salonika today. and police said a man who claimed to be a member of the C'otm- munist Party's "execution squad" had confessed the slaying. increas;e in menmbership in the - schools Aimerican Youth for De- * mucr-acy chapter since the state- -11 S S 1 o wide imivestigat ion was launched. Meanwhile, a copy of the Umi- versity of Colorado committee re- port and the statement of policy in connection with the banning Frelch, Briih I fer of that university's AYD chapter was on its w:ay to State Senatoroe sT P 81 Matthew F. CallauIan, Detroit Re- MOSCOW, March 20 - mA-.-- Callahan, who has demanded France and Great Britain split to- the ilvestigation of AYD on Mich- night on the future disposition of; tie ncastpgsesnwirAYd PreientGermany's coal resources in the ign acampuses. xi-ed President first ser iOmIs di sa greieient among. Robert L. Stearns, Colorado presi- dent Wednesday asking for k t h-il of Foerngn Ministers.C reasons for Colorado's action i oeign Minister s B against the organization. Foreun Minister Georges Bi- Callahan has characterized the Fiai-no cofld t" conti to th group as "a Coimnunist front or- France could not c os nt eco ganiiation " n ec Dr. David D. Henry, Wayne pres- unless the ther powers agreed to ident, declared that charges of her-(emais for- guarantees of subversive activities in the local German coal. group had not been sustained by British Wreis ecuelE anay Ernest any of the several agen-cies invited Bevin replied-nwy 'tat he could rotato icpestgate.notcce a propo! l w:mereone- to uix'et iat C -power blocked all r2 o ,otiations unr- Ons os'10oo Chistering students a v e bemi heaiding its arrival for sever-al days, but the season did not officially begin until 6:13 a.m. today. Thoroughly trained in labor- atory jargon, scientists cold- bloodedly refe-r to this day as the vernal equinox, when night equals day. According to Prof. Hazel M. Losh, of the astronomy depart- ment, it has been just 365.24219 days since the first day of spring r 1946, ONE SIDE) AFFAIR: SStudent Wages Losing Legal Battle with U.S. Postmaster 4 4 4 LONDON, March 20 - Motor launches bucked thme swirling flood waters of the Don river tonight, carrying food to the Ypm-kshire min- ing towns of Bentley and Arksey where 2,000 persons were trapped in the second floors of their cottages. The plight of these villagers added new tasks to 1,000 troops and BY FRANK KANE I L ike Jorhn I, Lewiis. Wende'mlln In reciting his tale, FPillips 1 said: