AMERICAN IMPERIALISM See Pages4 Li L lflu: aitmmmm CLEAR, COLD Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVH, No. 43 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS V dmmmmmmmw Voting WillBegin Today For Student Legislators Over Seventy Candidates Seek Offices As Two Parties, Non-Partisan Group Vie Campus polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30) p.m. today and from 8:30 am. to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow for the election of 27 members of the Student Legislature The Legislators, who will be chosen in addition to the 14 incumbents, will be selected from among X73 nominees. Twenty-one candidates are running on the All-Campus Slate, 25 on the University Committee and 27 are non-partisan. Virginia Brown, non-partisan candidate, has withdrawn, from the election. Ballot boxes will be stationed on the diagonal, at the engineering arch, in the lobby of Angell Hall and in front of the Economics Building and the University Museum through- Truman's Plea for Cooperative Congress Receives Cordial U Labor-Management republican Truce Is Pre- eetioll Rally Attended By 100 Students Candidates Present Issues, Qualifications The Student Legislature campaign drew to an unspectacular close last night as one hundred students, half of them candidates, turned out for the pre-election rally at the Union. Members of the two major parties reviewed the issues upon which their platforms were based, while inde- pendent candidates stressed interest and personal qualifications as the primary basis for choosing candi- dates. Walsh, Klee Speak Tom Walsh and Walt Klee, leaders of the All-Campus Slate and the Uni- versity Committee respectively, ex- pressed disappointment in the re- sponse to the rally conducted by the Student Legislature, but strongly urged all students to vote in the elec- tion in order to assure a representa- tive student governing body. Both leaders said they were en- couraged by the absence of name- calling in the campaign. Typical reaction to the results of the rally appeared to be that the stu- dents had been given a fair chance to become acquainted with the can- didates and the issues involved, and. that their failure to take advantage of the opportunity meant either that they were not interested in the elec- tion or that their votes had already been decided. Issues Played Down Although issues have generally been played'down in the campaign in favor of behind-the-scenes efforts to line up blocs of votes, these issues have emerged. The All-Campus Slate, with 21 candidates, charges that the Legisla- ture, under the domination of Presi- dent Ray Davis, has become an inef- fectual instrument of student opinion and accepts University control pas- sively. The University Committee, with 25 candidates, favors cooperation with the University administration and faculty-instead of high pressure methods. The Committee also calls for limitations of the Legislature's ac- tivities to campus problems. Twenty-seven independent candi- dates charged that party machines entrenched in the Legislature would operate for the benefit of campus groups and not for the benefit of the student body at large. They also charge that party lineups, with larg- er aggregate financial resources, in- sure election of the parties' candi- dates over independent candidates. Coed Groups Hit Party Set-up Charging that no major issues are involved in the Student Legislature elections, the presidents of the As- sembly and Panhellenic Associations yesterday seconded League officers' appeals to "vote according to indi- vidual qualifications." Jeanne Clare, president of Assem- bly Association, and Margaret Gage, president of Panhellenic Association, told The Daily that the formation of slates in this election is endangering progress toward close cooperation between independent and affiliated students. Their charges were denied in state- ments submitted by Bob Taylor, vice- president of the Legislature, and by Lyman Legters, president of the Stu- dent Religious Association, who con- tended that parties are necessary to enable voters to effectively register their preferences under the Hare plan of proportional representation. out the election. Polls will be open also from 8:30 am, to 2 pm. today and tomorrow in the Law Quadrangle and from 2 to 4 p.m today on the ground floor of the University Hospital The Hospi- tal poll will be closed at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. A special ballot box will be sta- tioned at West Lodge, Willow Vil- lage, from 7 to 9:30 a.m. today. Students from, all schools will be permitted to vote in the election, Voters must present identification cards. Because the voting will be conduc- ted according to the Hare plan of proportional representation, voters must number their choices in order of preference, although they may vote for as many candidates as they please. Bob Taylor, vice-president of the Student Legislature, warned stu- dents yesterday that it is to their advantage to keep numbering choices as long as they have any basis for pref erring one candidate over another. "Voters shouldchoose at least 12 candidates in order for their choice to be effective," he said. Under the Hare plan the quota of ballots necessary to elect a candidate is approximately the total number of ballots cast divided by the number of posts to be filled. When the votes are counted all the ballots are distributed into piles according to the first choice of each voter. Faculty Rating Plan Will Be judged Today An administrative committee head- ed by Dean Erich A. Walter will be asked to place its stamp of approval on the Student Legislature's faculty grading plan today. The questionnaire, which was drawn up and tested under the su- pervision of members of the psychol- ogy department, will be ready for use at the end of this semester if the committee gives its approval. Providing forhanonymous student grading of teaching qualities at the end of each semester, the plan is designated as a basis for promotion policies and internal improvements. The information will not be made public, but will be given to the heads of the respective departments and to the individual professors. Tabulation of the results will be conducted by a faculty-student com- mittee, according to Mary Lloyd Ben- son, chairman of the Legislature's academic committee. Miss Benson said that tentative plans provide for the selection of the student members by the Student Legislature. The questions, compiled with the aid of Professors Theodore Newcomb and Donald Marquis of the psychol- ogy department, concern evaluation of the instructor and the course. Af- ter the question blank had been tested on students in Betsy Barbour House and members of a political science course, final revisions were made under the supervision of Psy- chology 31 instructors. Plea Comes As Liquidation Of OPA Begins. Porter To Trim Staff To 12,000 in Year By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. - Presi- dent Truman used the Armistice Day holiday today to urge a truce in labor-management warfare so the American economy, now largely free of controls, may function on all cylinders. Meanwhile OPA Administrator Paul Porter called in key aides to help with what he termed the "pick and shovel work" of liquidating the price agency. Nearly all wage ceilings, and all wage controls were abolished over the weekend. - News Conference Held The White House support for an armistice between labor and manage- ment came during the first post- election news conference when a re- porter asked Mr. Truman whether he favored such suggestions. The President said it was just what he had been urging since Aug- ust, 1945, when the war ended. Porter, reached at his office while thousands of other goernment work- ers enjoyed the holiday, said he hoped to trim the OPA staff to about 12,000 by the end of this year. Approahes War-Time Peak This would compare with a war- time peak of 63,428 employes in July, 1945, and a staff of 34,700 last month before the recent series of sweeping decontrol actions. Porter's aides said thousands of employes must be retained because a number of tasks remain to be done. Among these tasks they listed the following: OPA still must maintain rent ceil- ings in 650 rental areas throughout the nation and it also must continue price lids upon rice, sugar and syr- ups. The agency has a large number of violation cases to conclude and it also must complete an historical record of its five years of operations. Ann Arborites Urged To Sign FEPC Petition Every Ann Arbor doorbell will be rung within the next few weeks by members of the FEPC Council to get the registered Washtenaw voter to sign an FEPC petition, George Antonofsky, president of the coordi- nating committee of the Council announced yesterday. At a meeting of the committee yesterday, plans were drawn up to supplement the doorbell - ringing campaign by setting up booths in the Union and the League, and on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor to urge citizens to sign the petition which will force the state legisla- ture to vote on an FEPC bill. One-hundred volunteers, repre- senting all segments of the city pop- ulation, have already distributed more than 7,000 pamphlets on FEPC throughout Ann Arbor, Antonofsky stated. HUGE CONSTITUTION TRIES ITS WINGS-The 92 -ton Constitution, claimed by Lockheed Aireral be the largest transport plane in the world, soars s kyward on its maiden flight in Burbank, Cal double-deck plane has a capacity of 180 passengers. TU' Chairman Endorses AYC Denouncement The statement issued by the Amer- ican Veterans Committee Sunday night denouncing Communist activ- ity within the AVC was endorsed yes- terday by Lorne Cook, chairman of the University chapter of the group. "Communists and 'fellow-travelers' always try to pervert the activity of a liberal organization to political ac- tion following the Party line," Cook said. "This perversion destroys the organization which is trying to ac- complish its own ends." "This chapter has never encour- aged Communists or 'fellow-travelers' to join the organization, nor is it interested in receiving support from Comunists or Communist sympathiz- ers. The AVC does not lean toward nor favor policies opposed to the American governmental and eco- nomic system," he pointed out. The statement issued at an AVC dinner honoring General Omar N. Bradley, attacked the Communist party's current efforts "to exploit the hardships of the veteran in order to further the party's selfish political ends." The AVC said it was opposed to letting the Communists joining its ranks and that if they did get in "by subterfuge and deceit" the organi- zation would try to keep them from using it as a sounding board" for their own perverse philosophy." AVC Members To Hear Peake Dr. C. A. Peake, Assistant Dean of the Literary College, will speak on "What is the Mission of the Vet- erans and the American Veterans Committee" at the campus AVC chapter meeting held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Michigan Union. Dr. Peake is a recently discharged veteran himself who rose through the ranks to be a lieutenant. The chapter will also discuss pre- sent and future affairs and actions at this meeting which is open to all veterans or other interested stu- lents, according to publicity chair- man Bob Slaff. THAT SETTLES IT: Good Foundation Conditis Ease Construction Worries By PAUL HARSHA University construction men have no fear when they begin excavation that the finished building will settle more than a fraction of an inch in Ann Arbor's sand and gravel soil. Foundation conditions in the gla- cial outwash that covers Ann Arbor are "exceptionally good" according .Roundup of World News By The Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Nov. 11- Soviet Russia, in a long-awaited statement, roundly criticized Great Britain today for not offering a Pal- estine trusteeship agreement to the United Nations and simultaneously blasted the United States for holding "contradictory" views on trustee- ships. * * * PARIS, Nov. 11-The Commun- ists energed today as France's largest political party, on the bas- is of nearly complete returns from yesterday's elections, and thus paved the way for the possible naming of the first Communist premier in the nation's history. ROME, Tuesday, Nov. 12-A four- party leftist bloc swept to power in Rome's municipal elections Sunday, almost complete returns showed to- day, while in Florence victorious communists hoisted the Red flag on the historic Palazzo Vecchio. NEW YORK, Nov. 11-Foreign Minister V.M. iM'olotov of Russia openly warned tonight that an ar- maments race already is under- way, and called for a start at the current United Nations Assembly on a plan for reduction of arms. * * LONDON, Nov. 11-Military and civilian police mobilized tonight to guard King George VI tomorrow when he opens the second session of Parliament since the Labor Party came to power. to Prof. William S. Hous civil engineering departme The bearing capacity o is more than adequate to weight of the largest of the versity buildings now unde] tion. "We could put loadsu crushing strength of the soil before the building w more than a fraction of an said, adding that spread fi concrete were ample to a of the buildings. Construction engineersa tain of Ann Arbor soil stan it is unnecessary to makee ing on the site of each nev They still take samples of the buildings, but Prof. F that only in the case of th Tower did they find it ne change the site. In the so cation of that area they a "soft-spot" that might ha for excessive settlement, a the site a few feet. Good foundation cond saving the University m cording to Prof. Housel. water-table and rapid drai it unnecessary to install di the foundation, and the hig of the soil permits excava vicinity of existing buildin additional bracings. VA To Susi Vets Not Fil Salary Rep Veterans who have bee subsistence checks continu Aug. 8 face suspension if not filed a report of thei the Detroit Regional Offi Veterans Administration< yesterday. The Regional Office als ced a modification of th order which had set the filing these reports at No "The Veterans Adminisi inform all veterans whi training Aug. 8 and who failed to report theirinc subsistence allowance wi pended if the report is n within 15 days," a Vetera istration spokesman said. "The warnings will go the next 10 days and failu ply will result in suspens:, sistence checks for the November," the spokesma Response; Requested GOP Leaders Affirm Policy Of Harmony Agreement Is Sought On Foreign Affairs By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 11-Presi- dent Truman delivered a conciliatory bid today for cooperation of the new GOP Congress and Republicans re- sponded cordially although with qualifications. Breaking his election silence with a policy statement to an Armistice Day news conference, Mr. Truman candidly acknowledged that "the present situation-the Republican legislative branchand the Democratic ft Co. to executive branch for at least two lif. The years-"threatens serious difficul- ties." But he said both are equally de- voted "to the welfare of our nation" and when differences arise there must be no attempt on either side "to tamper with the public interest in Rns order to achieve personal or partisan advantage." Cooperation Promised "I shall cooperate in every proper manner with members of the Con- el, of the gress," he added, "and my hope and nt- prayer is that this spirit of coopera- f the soil tion will be reciprocated." stand the Republican Congressional leaders new Umn - promptly and unanimously said they construc- will cooperate-"cooperate to secure progress and security in the Ameri- up to the can way," added Rep. Martin grains of (Rep., Mass.), slated to be Speaker of ould settle the House. Senator Brooks (Rep., Ill.) r inch," he said if Mr. Truman "wants to follow footings of a really American policy he will get anchor any complete cooperation." Discusses Foreign Policy dards that The President laid much stress on a test bor- the desirability of harmony and coop- w building. eration in the nation's affairs. s on some "Our foreign policy has been de- ousel said veloped and executed on a bipartisan he Carillon basis," he declared. "I have done my cessary to best to strengthen and extend this oil-stratifi- practice. It has been a national and discovered not a party program. It will continue ve allowed to be a national program insofar as and moved the Secretary of State and I are con- cerned." itions are ioney, ac- Th lwSawyer' Calls The low nage make ains under . gh stability tion in the No -P gs without The Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test was not a military or political gesture )end but an honest effort to learn the effect of the bomb on naval vessels Sigand military equipment, Dean Ralph gn A. Sawyer, of the Graduate School, declared yesterday. orts Speaking under the auspices of three engineering societies, the for- . drawing mer technical director of "Opera- ndrmsince tion Crossroads" demonstrated the ously sve technical preparations of the bomb they have tests with slides of the instruments r earnings, used. Over 5,000 gauges, meters, and ice of the other instruments were in operation announced during the tests, Dean Sawyer stated. The number of instruments was lim- o announ- ited to those which could be of use he original to designers of ships and military e date for technicians, he added. v. 5. Instruments ranged from the very tration will complex to five-gallon gasoline cans a were in which measured pressure by the have still degree to which they were crushed, omes, that Dean Sawyer stated. ll be sus- A technicolor sound film of "Oper- ot received ation Crossroads," portraying both ns Admin- the Able and Baker tests, was shown at the conclusion of the lecture. out within are to con-A Will ion of sub- Art Ciema mn adde.of Show French Film The Art Cinema League will pre- ies sent a movie version of Feodor Dos- ige Lecture toievski's "Crime and Punishment" 15 p.m. to- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at um are still the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. eniors and "Crime and Punishment" is a ir wives' French language film with English ANGLO-ARGENTINE MEAT AGREEMENT: Prof. Phelps Says Pact Threatens U.S. Proposed LT.O. By KEN HERRING The recent completion of purchas- ing agreements by Britain with Can- ada and Australia and financial and trade agreements with Argentina and Brazil has endangered the success of American proposals for lifting the barriers to world trade and the es- tablishment of an International Trade Organization. This was the opinion expressed ference is planned at which the sug- gested charter will be submitted to all the United Nations. The Departments of State and Treasury are studying recent British agreements with other countries, Prof. Phelps said, to see if they vio- late the provisions of the Anglo- American loan agreement. According to these agreements Canada, Aus- tralia and Argentina have contracted to ship to Britain at favorable prices the mr nn,.+inn ofnf nn P nn,'fn -- the long-term semi-exclusive basis of the meat agreement with Argen- tina and have probably so informed Britain. One clause in the British-Argen- tine pact apparently violates the sec- tion of the Angio-American loan agreement which states that "any sterling balances released or other- wise available for current payments will, not later than one year after the effective date of this agreement un- lpncc~ in .cnreinnlnapsc'n nto,. Ant,, is for the release of sterling owned by Argentina to compensate for an un- favorable Argentine trade balance with Britain and other sterling bloc countries. This clause appears to vio- late the loan agreement and would be harmful to trade if inserted in later agreements which Britain may nego- tiate with other countries, Prof. Phelps declared. While there is some doubt as to whether the British agreements with nthn,. mnnnn4,.PC. xnl a tthe+1'ao .nt i Marriage Ser Tickets for the Marria series which begins at 8: day in Rackham Auditoriu available to juniors, se graduate students and the Thr Rcn1nh Linton.of YE .) i i I i