RED CROSS DRIVE Mrr Page 4 Idi1f~t'sDea~(dlinie inl the StateC 46F A, :43 tij PARTLY CLOUDY, WARMER .......... . ... - . ...... . ................. - ----- - ---- - --- ...... . ...... - .............. ............... . ............ ... . .. . ............................... . - ... ....... - VOL. LVIL No. 120 ANN A1.O1. IIC('lIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCh 22, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. Wants Provisional Reich State rE-F lerai tan BY .rif I '.cir li Pr e", M( COW, March 21 - Secre- 4 Lary of State Marshall asked the Council of Foreign Ministers today to authorize the Geruans to es- tablish immediately a provisional government as the first step to-. ward creating a federalized Ger- many. Marshall's request was includ- ed in a proposed three-point plan of procedure for setting up a German government which he said should be started "at once so there will be properly consti- tuted German authorities" to car- ry out the terms of the peace set- titment being drafted here. Revin Proposal Similar British Foreign Secretary Bevin earlier imiad submitted a similar proposal but in much greater de- tail, and warned Russia that Brit- ain would not stand for any "one party" system in Germany. Although not mentioning Corn- munism by name. Bevin declared that the British "do not believe Germany should merely change w from tbe Nazi Party to another party, nor Nazi ideology to sone other ideology.", T1'he inflerence was clear, since th e Russians I l the eastern zone of Germany insisted on, aud cre- ated, a one party system called the Social Unity Party by a forced merger of the Communists and Socialists. Stalin Opposes FederaL System Bevin's stand took special sig- nificance in view of French For- eign Minister Georges Bidault's disclosure that Prime Minister Stalin in a recent interview had criticizcd the French stand for a federalized and decentralized Germany and urged a strong cen- tral administration. The Britis~h foreign secretary said that his country felt that the creation of a one party system in Germany along with a decen- tralized government which any one party could sieze was incom- patible with British security. Bevin proposed that the ulti- mate German central government should be composed of a president and two chambers, one represent- ing the nation as a wholI and thn other separate states. The chan- ber representing the nation would be popularly elected. The cham- ber representing the states would be elected on the basis of equal representation from each state. Supreme Court Planned The British plan provides also for th establishment of a supreme court to safeguard the constitu- tion. The Pussians have been talking about a highly centralized German government. D elivri res to Russtan. Zone Are topped BERLIN. March 21--(/)-The Americans and British suspended indefinitely today iron and steel shipments into the Soviet zone of Germany on the grounds the Rus- sians had failed to live up to a $21,000,000 trade agreement with the merged British - American zone. In a formal letter to the Ger- man Economic Executive Commit- tee for Administration at Minden. the American and British authori- ties ordered an embargo on ex- port of pig iron and steel and tandard iron and steel products to the Soviet zone. The Soviet zone had become progessively delinquent in its promised deliveries during Jan- uary and February, although the U. S. and British zones had shipped to the Russian zone 95 per cent of their agreed commitments of steel, a joint U. S.-British an- nouncement said. Specifically the Russians did not make good on promised monthly deliveries of 10,700 tons of wheat and rye, 2,700 tons of oats, 50,000 tons of brown coal briquettes, 50,- 000 cubic meters of coal mine pit props, 500 tons of chemical pulp, 500 tons of newsprint, 27 tons of cording for tires, 200 tons of tech- nical paper and 30 tons of buna (synthetic) rubber, the announce- ment said. Margaret Webste&r's1 e To Corieltide Leetuie Sebie ' i The concludin; speech in thisl season's Oratorical Association lecture series will he given at 13:30 p.m. tonight in liP. Auditorium by Margaret Webster. well-known rough lt 1111in the i~~ n.Ih mother is the ioo1Cll tress Iame May Whittiy, and h father is hen janmi Wcb>1tVr a noted ShaIkesp(Iaiin actOr. Somte or Miss Weter sc'' Jjmus roles are MaryV M agd' e m11( "iFam~ ily Portrait,"' Mast in The to t Gull," Andronarice in "iTie 'I jan Women" and Lvy Maciti. She appeared in EnglInd in Sir Phillip Ben Greet>s Sha i productions. It is, however, as a dirwItr ii ii at she has consistently won acla im from critics. SI ha' il di rected Maurice Evans ini "iamlel" "Richard tl Second,"to i I.ny the Fourth" 'nd "Miaclh" ; Helen Hayes and Maurc >,ains in "Twelfth NihIit'; Judith Antler son in "Fanoly Portrail amI Vul Robeson in "Ot hetto. Im addition to actigl nod d i recting, Miss Webster is a uid in lar lecturer and the author of te1w best-seller Shakspeare With out Tears." 1i u V> .e 4 di bc m cmt~i in~t aigt pi nt1ing a '; het~ir wa zr ttt ehie llva t i i shout td t;1 i~~ ii t 1GxIei only F '< i 4iul t s ol ''ii t Mad- l:4; G< .) rtd o ilra Ic ti omrwd. r. I bitm (11:llat;:i wl ')f <,tr sily iil4 ?on ily diaignosis of lepiy181Y iflls )ted ssaiuflsof the Mi('lligan tm Acade my of Science, 'G reek Loan inspection I i ';° r 1 C ,, Margaret Webster. Shakespearean actress, director and producer. Miss Webster, who was recently listed as one of America's Ten Outstanding Women, was virtually POSSIBLE TEST CASE: Charged with Bartender Gro By DICK MALOY Charles Opple, Ann Arbor bar- tender charged with refusing to serve a Negro graduate student, was granted a jury trial by Mu- nicipal Judge Jay H. Payne yes- terday. Opple asked for the jury trial at a hearing on the charge brought by David Ross, '50, an Ann Arbor resident present at the time of the alleged incident. Ross told newsmen that he accom- panied Charles S. Conly, Grad., Detroit, into a downtown bar on the night of Jan. 27. Opple, an employe in the establishment told Martin Says TfaxCut Will Pass in House WASHINGTON, March 31-(A -Republicans shoved their $4,- 000,000,000 income tax cut through the House Ways and Means Com- mittee today, 16 to 9, and Speaker Martin (Rep., Mass. said the House "definitely will pass" it next week. Martin called upon the Republi- cans to rally behind the bill, issu- ing a statement that: "The Republicans have clearly recognized for a long time the dangers of excessive taxation and the absolute necessity for tax cuts. We promised the nation lower taxes-and we shall keep faith with the American people. "These tax cuts are entirely practicable while at the same time payments are made on the debt. "People in the lower income brackets must have relief from crashing taxation and unbear- able high prices. Government economies and more and more prod;:ction constitute the an- swer to both >roblems." Notwithstanding Martin's state- ment, Rep. Engel (Rep., Mich.), who has termed the legislation "a rich man's tax bill," said lie will carry to the House floor his fight against it.. The bill would give a 30 per cent tax cut to persons with taxable income (gross income minus per- sonal exceptions and deductions) of $1,000 or less, and a 20 per cent cut to persons with taxable income above $1,395. For those in be- tween, the cut would range from a flat $57 to $53 a year. (Persons with a taxable income of $1,001 would get the $57 reduc- tion, those with $1,395 would get $53.) Two-Term Bill Passed by House Turns 1VIbN 11(e -,.UJYOeien .,) $Arts anid Lette's' yesterday. women, will introduce Miss Web- AbOUt 25( papers were read in ster. Tickets for the leeture will 17 sectio meetingw in fields of be on sale from 10 a.m. to I p.m. sinesca cec ieaue and 2 p.m. until lecture time Ic- c social sciewne, literature day at the lall Amdituim box I earts. '1n ogeneral ses- office. (ierman 1R'cunsduactioii spa na e' lore the ecoitomies t Iof Dudley M. Phelps, iversity sid "Economic DIlt s M t t1 econs sruct ion in Europe is now rDisnisized as reconstruction of IfGermanyN. The demand for se- inted JUiI ru (rity gis iving way to demand for -----goods. Apparently this can only be achieved by inducing a great- the pair that they would not be or measure of economic rehabili- served, Ross claimed. tation in Germany." When he protested siktat t Prof. Phelps emphasized that Michigan Anti -Discm'iinair in "some means must be found for a loiin procluctioi within its na- law rovided Chat s o ere- toai setting, which is Germany,. fused bhecaus t' e of color ple t witii controls sufficiently bind- fsd becausw dd noti app oin' and uast ing to prevent the re- said the law did nvt ss to viv , agrem. It is a dtues- .tnfwhbars, ac to ing t tooili-(, (it1her ithe nations rep- decided to prs.utt111! ,es'iN 1(t'd M OS\IOW mave the wis- when he 5ecJfed an nnowial I to inO e and l e wll opinion from a law sco! pr inig to ootii-ite \Which will fessor that the Aniti-disrimi- biing abuut a great measure of nation law al lid Iti bars -> economis mnity, productivity and well as restaouran'ts al;nt ' still lrovide for the future secur- public places. ity of' westcmii rE1lOle.'' At the hearing yeUerday, Al .' y failure Rapp, attorney for Opole, asked United States failure to observe. Judge Payne ft r a j.ury hial I terms of the Atlantic Charter, and the charge. Ordinarily tl iis- Iactoption of a "punish Germany" crimination charge, clased a poey aced thousands of need- misdcmeanor, would be hoard by le"s t'"iilt"ies to the war and the Judge. The attorne1s it ,1e. program of demo- for a jury trI was gratc, ( t education of the German fo 'oljri Pi oa i M. M. Knappen of April 11 sit as the iew tria (xte. i'ii ai 51 t' Coilet charged in Ross told newsmen 1110 ! ' ! i taotlu. meeting member of thIe University i"e; ic- i, a fmer deputy chief f Racial Asociation, iit ( h1- the ediumion section of the sized that he minmi tn com - 'oer na uifiie (: mnlitary gov- plaint as a pri a to i1ici. t 5a !m nt ior ermlany, said that that this is the irat ('rumniWy O ' tihe tin I d Stmi Il repudiated a tien case invohV]g a bar ov'i promise in twe Atlanti' Charter to brought to trial i t n r lMi1e lchitimii 'ul lowv "io to1 1itorial changes that law. do Ino a.etrd xx ith freely express- - - 0 ;wisi t i le nole concerned'' amud to gi a e alt nations "ae- .'al < n11115 to tradeand B~arro m 's Y v 1 t , '1-'-1 sof th(e Vworld. H I 'nized the necessity that Greece receive financial and eco- nomic assistance and recommend- ed that Greece request such as- sistance" from the UN and from the United States and Britain. it then declares that the UN "is not now in a position to fur- nish to Greece and Turkey the fi- nancial and economic asistance which is i "mediately required" and concludes: Contribute to Freedom "The furnishing of such assist- ance to Greece and Turkey by the United States will contribute to the freedom and independence of all members of the United Nations in conformity with the principles and purposes of the charter." The bill to which the preamble would be affixed is now in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. If the p'eamble is not adopted in the Hous e,Vandenberg and Con- nally are confident they have enough influence to win its accept- ance in the Senate. There also were these develop- ,rnents:: - 1. Undersecretary of State Ache- son agreed to strip the "secret" label off background documents given to House Committee mem- bers on Mediterranean policy. 2. British Government infor- mants said in London that Britain is helping the Greek government plan a spring offensive against he guerrillas in the north and will continue limited military and conomic aid until the United States steps in. 3. A resolution to put Congress on record as favoring creation of a United States of Europe within the framework of the UN was in- troduced in the Senate and House. 4. Senator Kem (Rep., Mo.) suggested that no American prod- ucts under export controls should be shipped to Russia and coun- tries dominated by Mvoscow. No Secret Plans Acheson, quizzed for a second day by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the administra- tion has "no secret plans up its sleeve" and that the program for action in Greece and Turkey is not designed as "a blow at any- one except the forces of disinte- gration." Acheson emphasized that the administration's goal is safeguard- ing the right of free people to pre- serve their independence and free institutions and to choose their own government without outside "pressures" Never did he say directly just what those pressures are but his interference was obvious. "If we allow Greece to go to pieces," he said at one point, "we'll have a commissar in charge in the place in short order." Up Fire Hazards Nat oral Scince Building Has Faulty Vi iit VWo ti I nsulatlion, Rubbish By JOHN CAMPBELL' Yesterday I saw some of the conditions in University buildings that nake fire marshalls turn grey. Aecomlt4-ying Walter Burns, fire inspector for the State fire marshal, Capt. Harold Gauss of the local Fire Department, and Andrew Leland, Maintenance In- spector for the Plant Department on an inspection of Natural Sci- ence Building, I saw hazards. many seemingly trivial, which are potentini causes of dangerous Soime idea of the thomronug'h- tess of the current fire inspec- tion, ultimately to cover the en- tire University, can be gained fom the fact thiat there was hardly a room on the first and second floors of the Natural Science Building that was not found to contain at least one im- portant fire hazard. For the most part the fire haz- ards consisted of faulty wiring, overloaded circuits and closely stored rubbish. Ceilings of several laboratories were a maze of electric wiring oviously installed by amateur electricians. Apparently judging the egular lighting insufficient, laboratory workers in the aqua- rium had overloaded the circuits to the point where even the plug connection was quite warm. In many cases the insulation has worn away from the wires to a considerable extent. In one room a storage battery had been hooked up to provide another light circuit. Unprotected switches and loose connections everywhere testified to hasty and dangerous attempts at rewiring and overloading. One room inspected yesterday, obviously serving both as office and living quarters, had, in ad- dition to a skylight and regular lighting facilities. five fluores- cent lamps and a half dozen 200 watt bulbs. Many corners and small rooms seemed to be almost entirely de- voted to storing rubbish and equipment no longer in use. The inspection officials pointed out that a clean-up in these places would not only reduce a danger- ous fire hazard but would provide more laboratory and classroom space for the University. The famous "rat maze" was found in a basement room that is little more than a tinderbox. Un- used for more than a year, this room houses, in addition to the maze used in testing the reactins of rats, an unbelievable amount of dr'y lumber and rubbish. Al- though the room has a high ceil- mg, a false ceiling of old burlap is stretched under it about seven feet off the floor. This cloth tends to disintegrate at the touch of a hand. Directly under the cloth ceil- ing is a system of small lamps inter-connected by a screen of open wiring. None of the mate- rial is fire-proof. There is one low, narrow exit from this room, The inspection yesterday also revealed smoking by students in some of the laboratories. Despite a University regulation against Chiang Says U.S. Aid Will Be Forthcoming NANKING, March 21-( - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek was reported reliably to have told his party leaders today that he confidently expected financial aid from the United States and that it would be spent for national re- construction and not to fight the communists. smoking in buildings, one in- structor present admitted ,that smoking was permitted in some of the laboratories. Not all fire hazards are the re- sult of carelessness and forget- fulness. A quick inspection of Hill Auditorium preceding last night's concert revealed that padlocks had been placed upon two "panic doors" in direct violation of a State fire law. Further investi- gation showed that the automatic outside locks on the doors were broken. Padlocks had been sub- stituted for repairs. The current inspection will re- quire from weeks to months to complete, according to Burns. When it is finished, an exhaustive roP t, including specific orders and recommendations, will be drawn up by the fire marshal's office and forwarded to the Board of Regents of the University. SAC Repeats Banon inm*g, Q ueeni Election Student Affairs Committee yes- terday reaffirmed their decision to refuse permission for the election of a king and queen for the 1947 Michigras. Acting at the request of the Michigras central committee, SAC reviewed the petition but agreed that selection of a queen and king would give rise to publicity det- rimental to a university of high academic standing. The petition was presented by Jack Harlan, Michigras public- ity chairman, who asked that election of "royalty" be reserved for this and future Michigras. "We don't mean for the privilege to be granted for a lot of social events," he said. Although they considered se- lection of a king and queen unde- sirable even for Michigras, com- mittee members declared it would be unfair to extend the privilege to one group and later deny other similar requests. Michigras, scheduled for April 25 and 26 at Yost Field House, is revived this year for the first time since 1939. * * * Federal World Aim of New Student Group A University of Michigan chap- ter of the Student Federalists, wh recently merged with five other world government groups to form the United World Federalists, wa approved yesterday by the Student Affairs Committee. "We welcome all Michigan stu- dents to the cause of world gov- ernment in our time," said George Shepherd, interim president of the group. "But we urge all indi- viduals to join for the purpose of serving this great goal, and not as representatives of any partic- ular creed or ideology. Our cause is above the current squabbling between "left"' and "right" and seeks to unite the two on the high- er level of world law and world peace." He said the time and place of the first meeting will be announced soon. At a recent conference in Ashe- ville, N.C., Student Federalists voted to merge with five other groups working for world govern- ment. They support the United Nations Organization as the pri- mary existing group aiming to- ward a world state, but they be- lieve that the UN is not strong enough because it does not em- body the principles of federalism. Some of the outstanding sup- porters of the organization and the movement are Harold Stassen, Mrs. Raymond Clapper, Raymond Swing and Clifton Fadiman. For- mer Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court Owen J. Roberts has called Student Federalists "one of the most important developers of pub- lic opinion in our time." * * * World State 'Only Way Einstein Says Bill Ending Portal Suits Is Approved Senae Overrides Stromg Protests By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 21- -Legislation wiping out nearly all pending and future portal pay suits was approved by the Senate today. The action, taken over strong Democratic protests, knocks the legal props from under nearly $6,000,000,000 of existing suits. The bill now goes back to the House for concurrence in Senate changes. If the House rejects the Senate version, it will go to a Senate-House conference commit- tee. The Senate bill: 1. Outlaws all pending portal suits, except those covered by wage contracts or industry cus- tom. 2. Bars all future portal pay suits for activities before and af- ter the regular workday. It leaves claims for activities during the work-day-defined as the period of the workers' "principal activi- ty"-to court settlement or col- lective bargaining. 3. Sets up a two-year time lim-. it, after the work was done, for filing any qualified suits. President's Veto Predicted Senator Lucas (Dem.-Ill.) pre- dicted to the Senate just before the vote that President Truman will veto the measure. "I make the prophecy," Lucas said, "that the President, when he gets hold of this bill with all its loopholes, will send it back with a veto." Before the final vote, the Senate rejected 53 to 35 a proposal by Democrats to substitute a milder bill for the Republican-sponsored measure. "Good Faith" Clause In the event the Supreme Court should declare it unconstitutional to void back wage claims retro- actively, a4 section of the bill de- signed to take the profit out of those suits would become oper- ative. It provides there shall be no recovery'of damages on top of actual backl pay, nor payment "f workers' attorney fees, and places the burden of proof on r orkers. Compromise settlements would be permitted. No union may bring a portal it. However, suits could be "ought by an employe or group - employes on behalf of other - irkers. Emloyern who relied on an in- 'rpretation or ruling of the wage- our administrator could claim "ood faith" as a defense against iy qualified pending or future sit. "Good faith" means in this case compliance with the law as the employer had it explained to 'im by the administrator. Officer Denies Aim To Injure Marx Society "Business administration stu- lents have no intention of break- ing up the Karl Marx Society," Thomas W. Brewer, '47BAd pub- licity director of the group, said yesterday. Admitting that a group of busi- ness administration students had "packed" the organizational meet- ing of the Karl Marx Society Wed- nesday night, Brewer asserted "we intend to see that the group ad- heres to its charter." New Office Created After the balloting Wednesday night electing Elmer Faust, '48 BAd, president; Clair Metline, '48 BAd, director of publicity and pro- grams; and Betty Goodman, '47, secretary-treasurer, Brewer said he asked for the creation of an ad- ditional office - vice-chairman- and for the unanimous election of Leonard Cohen, '48, to that office. Cohen, the originator and or- ganizer of the Society, told Brew- er at the close of the meeting "you boys did pretty well tonight. This should be a great lesson to us." Claiming the sincerity of the business administration students, Brewer said, "We want to learn WORLD NE WIIVI)LII/: CI() Tits G fw Iaise; U.S.-Philippine Pact Signed LOUISVILLE, Ky., Maich 21 '-Tme CO-"United Auto Workers today made formal deuiana ont G n1:ai Motors fr a second postwar wage increase. The request for a boost of 23 enits an hour was delivered by proxy to GM olicials in Detr'it, s00n mfter rival factions of the union failed in a secondt efort to palti tp tmeir dilierences in a "harmony meeting" here. MANIL A, aa-hi 'U - A five-year military assistnee agree- ment integrating the 'hiOWu in Amueni( defense splans for DETROIT, March 21 - Threats of a strike in the Detroit school system faded today when the city council approved annual pay in- creases ranging from $845 to $1,056 for the 7,500 public school teachers. * * * LAKE SUCCESS, March 21 - Contributions of one day's pay from every working man and woman in the world will be sought by the United Nations to keep an estimated 20 million children from slow starvation. The voluntary contributions will be collected on a special "save