SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LAGS See Page 4 Y Latest Deadline in the State * ~ait PARTLY CLOUDY VOL. LVII, No. 51 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS General Mine alkout Appears Certain Is Slow As Denies Not Detroit Office Claims 52,000 Allotments Posted Last Week 'Only' 5,000 Student Veterans in Michigan Have Not Been Processed for Subsistence Officials of the Detroit office of the Veterans Administration yesterday denied claims that less than 25 per cent of the University's 11,098 veteran students had received subsistence checks by the end of last week. The Detroit Free Press quoted J. F. Campbell, chief of the regional VA Rehabilitation and Education Division, as saying that the Treasury De- partment's disbursing office at Cleveland had mailed 52,000 checks to Mich- igan campuses by last week "according to our records." Mco tiding Checks Work Deadline Expires 140,000 Miners Idled in Thirteen States as Night Workers Stay Home Prof. Parker Will Deliver o) P> By The Associated Press VA Reduces, Cuts Over Half Million Checks WASHINGTON, Nov 20 - () - Veterans Administration officials said1 today more than half a million vet-, erans in school or job training will find their monthly governmentl checks reduced, eliminated or tem- porarily held up. They include: 1. More than 150,000 traineesf throughout the country whose pay-r ments have been suspended because they neglected to report their earn-[ ings by Nov. 5.-& 2. About 300,000 whose subsistence will be reduced under the G.I. Bill1 limiting amounts in accordance witht size of earnings. 3. About 119,000 whose payments, will be chopped off for the same rea- son.. The next pay date is Nov. 30.l VA also disclosed it is spendingf $1,800,000 on a survey and regular in- spection of schools and establish- ments offering job training. In most cases, the state will do the work., Waldrop Reports on Vets' Check Delay Robert S. Waldrop, director of the campus Veterans Guidance Center, said last nignt he doubted whether any more than a small percentage of the University's student veteran pop- ulation were affected -by the Veter- ans Administration's withholding of 150,000 subsistence checks for fail-t ure to report incomes. - He said that requests by the Center that income reports be filed were so well carried out that failure to file could not be listed as a reason for the delayed arrival of subsistence1 checks on this campus. Holiday Cuts Frowned Upon By LS&A Dean Literary college students will be expected to attend all of their classes' on the day after Thanksgiving, Asso- ciate Dean Erich A. Walter declared in a statement yesterday. He said that the faculty and the administration will take "more than a casual interest" in observing how students are using the greater free- dom which has been given them through the liberalization of atten- dance regulations. The literary college placed the re- sponsibility for class attendance on the student in June this year by sus- pending the regulation which count- ed absences on the day before or after a holiday as three. Dean Wa er said "It is expected that our students will attend classes according to the University calendar and that they will prove themselves able to assume their new responsi- bility." Aptheker Refutes 'American Dilemma' The problem of the Negro in Amer- ica is neither an insoluble dilemma nor moral in origin as Gunnar Myrdal concludes in his "so-called monu- mental and definitive" study, "An > Campbell gave assurances that ev- ery eligible student veteran should have received his first check within 10 days to two weeks, the Free Press said. Only 5,000 Unprocessed "At the end of last week only 5,000 of the 62,000 veterans who are at- tending school in Michigan had not yet been processed for subsistence," Campbell said, and added that 1,000 of the unprocessed claims were from the University of Michigan. "The Finance Division expects to have all claims on their way to the Treasury's regional office in Cleve- land next week," Campbell said. "Cleveland normally requires an- other five days to get a check in the mails. Last week when the Detroit office still had 5,000 vouchers to go, Cleveland had another 5,000 Michi- gan claims to prepare and mail. "The other 52,000 veterans had been mailed their money at that time according to our records." Palmer Explains Delay Guy V. Palmer, manager of the VA regional office, told the Free Press that most of the recently-pro- cessed vouchers involved veterans who were enrolled in school for the second time. "There was a lot of checking to do on some of these cases," he said. A Daily poll of campus residences Saturday disclosed that less than 25 per cent of campus veterans had re- ceived subsistence checks. A survey of campus post offices, conducted by Robert S. Waldrop, director of the local Veterans Guidance, Center, showed that approximately 10 per cent of the checks had been received. Campus Support Grows Meanwhile, campus support grew for a disbursement system similar to the services' payroll plan, as pro- posed by The Daily in an editorial Sunday. The Willow Village chapter of the AVC, after hearing a discussion on d e 1 a y e d subsistence payments by Robert S. Waldrop, voted last night to write a formal letter to Gen. Omar Bradley, chief of the Veterans Ad- ministration, urging adoption of the plan. Scholarships Still Available The deadline for literary college scholarship applications has been ex- tended to Dec. 2, Associate Dean Erich A. Walter said yesterday. Although scholarships in general are limited to students who pay their own tuition, Dean Walter said that veterans will not be ruled out if their case is considered of extraordinary need. Students who applied last spring can reapply whether or not they re- ceived scholarships. The University awarded 32 schol- arships last spring ranging from pay- ment. of tuition to $500 a year. BACKS WSSF DRIVE-President Alexander G. Ruthven commends plans for the World Student Service Fund tag day to be held on campus today and tomorrow. Shown with President Ruthven are (left to right) Barbara Stauffer, general chairman of the drive, Barbara Raymer, chairman of the League division, and Louis LaPierie, chairman of the Union division. n, : * * RameyTo Speak On Air Power In Atomic Age The Oratorical Association will present Brig.-Gen. Roger M. Ramey in a discussion of "Air Power in the Atomic Age" at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. General Ramey was the comman- der of Army Air Forces Task Group 1.5, the group which dropped the atomic bomb in "Operation Cross- roads" off Bikini Atoll. For this A DOLLAR PER STUDENT: Campus Drive to Raise Money For WSSF Will Begin Today BRIG.- GEN. RAMEY peacetime experiment, it was his task to mold men 'and machines into a unit capable of testing the destruc- tive power of the bomb and meas- uring and photographing the results. During the war, General Ramey headed the 58th Bombardment Wing, which performed bombing missions against the Japanese from India to the Marianas. He also commanded the 43rd Bombardment Group and the 5th, 20th and 21st Bomber Com- mands. With buckets situated at 18 places on campus, the two day tag drive to raise money for the World Student Service Fund will begin today. The collecting stations, which will receive contributions destined for the aid of students in Europe and Asia, will be manned by fraternity and so- rority representatives. The goal of the drive is to obtain one dollar from every student to be National Guard To Recruit Men Today in Union Recruiting for the new Michigan National Guard, which will have a top strength of 25,000 men and officers, will be held today from 3 to 5 p.m. in the lobby of the Union. The recruiting drive will continue at the Union throughout the week. Interested persons can also join at the Armory Monday through Friday between 7 and 9:30 p.m. Student veterans can add to their GI benefits uy joining the National Guard, local Guard officers pointed out. Pay in the services of the Na- tional Guard need not be reported in veterans' estimates of monthly earn- ings. Enlistment in the Guard are of a year's duration and up. Non-commissioned personnel will drill in Ann Arbor two nights per week for two hours each night. Pay for non-coins range from $2.50 per night for privates to $5.50 per night for first sergeants. Included in the post-war guard is a 100-plane air force which will be manned by 1,381 men and officers. First officer to be commissioned in the new Guard was Capt. Robert Steffy, 24-year-old University stu- dent, AAF vet, who holds the Distin- guished Service Cross. Icelandic Singers To Appear Monday Making their initial appearance in Ann Arbor, the Icelandic Singers will present the fifth concert of the Choral Union Series Monday. The 36 voice chorus, under the di- rection of Sigurdur Thordarson, is making its first concert tour in the United States. In the pre-war years, however, the Singers toured Europe used in aiding individuals and re- building universities in war devas- tated countries. Other universities are conducting similar drives. Many organizations at the University have already pledged. to contribute at least one dollar from each member. First contributor to the drive was the Campus Casbah which turned over all its profits for the past week- end to the WSSF. Ethel McCormick social director of the League, an- nounced total receipts of 120 dol- lars. Miss McCormick expressed her thanks to -the foreign students who entertained at the Casbah Qnd apolo- gized to students who were crowded into the student night club so that there might be greater proceeds for the drive. , * * * China Needs Student Funds Conditions of students in China are "really bad" according to Hong Chin, a student in chemical engi- neering at the University from Can- ton, China. Chin reported that the standard diet is two bowls of rice at each meal with just a few vegetables and no meat at any time. He explained that the famine is particularly bad in southern China, his homeland. Despite bad conditions, Chin em- phasized that the universities which were moved inland during the war are being reestablished. These students are aided by World Student Service Fund money in the form of student hostels, medical aid, clothing and food, Chin reported. Chin emphasized that the money China receives, is used to obtain the maximum benefits for Chinese stu- dents. Russel Lecture Prof. DeWitt H. Parker, chairman of the philosophy department, has been appointed the Henry Russel Lecturer for 1946-47 by the Board of Regents. Announcement of his appointment for this honor was made by Prof. Louis I. Bredvold, president of the Research Club of the University, at a meeting of the club yesterday. Prof. Parker is the twenty-second Henry Russel Lecturer to be chosen sihce the award was first made in 1925. The honor goes each year to the University faculty member ad- judged to have made the most sig- nificant contribution to the advance- ment of the field in which he is spe- cializing. A specialist in the field of aesthe- tics and metaphysics, Prof. Parker is at present on leave serving as a visit- ing professor at Columbia University. He has been on the University facul- ty since 1908 except for a year from 1909 to 1910, when he was at the Uni- versity of California. The Henry Russel lectureship and award to a younger member of the faculty are made possible by a be- quest of the late Henry Russel, '73, '75 Law. Nominations for the lec- tureships are submitted to the Re- gents by the executive board of the Research Club. AVC Obtains Low Bus Rate The Willow Village chapter of the American Veterans Committee was notified last night by Robert Wolp, state AVC chairman, that a flat bus fare of 35 cents for all persons travel- ing to Detroit -from the Village has been obtained from the Detroit Street Railway system. The present rate-20 cents for workers and 60 cents for non-workers -had been slated for a boost to 7 cents after the State Administrative Board voted Tuesday to discontinue Dec. 15 its subsidy of the DSR's De- troit-Willow- Village bus operation. The chapter also voted to cooperate with the Student Legislature in its forthcoming house-to-house canvass of Ann Arbor for additional rooms for the spring semester. 400 Fans WillTake Special Ohio Train Approximately 400 students band members and faculty mem- bers will travel on the student spe. cial train running to the Ohio State game in Columbus Saturday. The train will leave the Anr Arbor depot at 6:55 a.n. and wil leave Columbus for the return tri at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Complete details on meals, seat- ing and general arrangements will be published in The Daily tomor- row. Twenty train tickets are still available in the Dean of Students office, PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21-A general walkout apparently began today in the soft coal fields with the expira- tion of the contract deadline given to the government by- the United Mine Workers. Mines that had been operating steadily until last night began "going down" in the Pittsburgh and Johns- town areas of the Pennsylvania bi- tuminous coal fields. Operators reported night shifts with several thousand workers fail- ing to report for work at the time they were scheduled to -start before Wednesday midnight. Already work stoppages in the fields had idled approximately 140,- 000 miners in 13 states prior to the Lewis deadline. This represented more than one-third of the nation's 400,000 UMW members. Among the mines at which night workers did not start the Thursday work-day were three of the Roches- ter & Pittsburgh Coal Company's and three of the New York Central Rail- road's, employing about 2,000. Work- rs also did not take up their tools at the Republic Steel Company's In- dianola, Pa., mine, employing 640, and several smaller properties. Night workers stood by but did not enter the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Compauy's mine at Morgan- town, W. Va. They made no com- ment. Many mines with midnight shifts in some other areas, already had been closed by the earlier walkouts this week. Coal miners traditionally do not work without a contract, even though in this instance the government claimed the contract was in full force. Most miners start work at day- light hours, hence it remained to be determined whether all would lay down their tools, but everything pointed to a complete stoppage. Workers on night shifts. Virtually signalled the beginning of the walk- jut at Pittsburgh area mines by fail- ing to enter the pits because their 'hifts would gun beyond the midnight hour. Heat Cut Will Benefit Students Student health may actually be benefited by cutting down the tem- perature of University buildings as part of the coal conservation pro- gram, Dr. Margaret Bell said yester- day. The only problem will be to get 'tudents to be -more careful about 'adjusting" to temperature changes than they are now, she said, as class- 'ooms on the whole are usually too hot anyway. Using the term "adjusting," Dr. Bell, acting director of health service, was referring to the cold-inviting habits of students who are "just too lazy" to take off coats and overshoes in classrooms and consequently be- come colder than necessary when they go outside. Cold air increases susceptibility to colds by constricting the vessels, which in turn hinders the normal body process of throwing off harmful bacteria, she said. No Power Service Cutback Expected No cutback in Ann Arbor power service is contemplated because of the present coal crisis, according to R. R. Brown, Detroit Edison district manager. With coal stocks sufficient to last for 90 days, The Edison Co. will con- tinue to operate at present capacity unless ordered by the government to cut coal consumption, he added. Local retail merchants will also continue full use of power unless a brownout is ordered by the govern- ment, according to L. G. Christman, Chamber of Commerce secretary. filliken Dcelares ON CAMPUS AGENDA: Basketball Tickets Rationed; Le islature Considers Issues Football ticket distribution, elec-<- Necessitated by a record enroll- tion investigations and a housing ment and a limited seating capacity survey were the issues in the spotlight in Yost Field House, "rationing" of last night at the first meeting of the tickets for Michigan's home basket- newly elected Student Legislature. ball games will go into effect for the The 41-member Legislature, sitting first time this semester, it was an- for the first time with its 27 new Leg- nounced yesterday by the Board in islators also voted to refer proposals Control of IntercollegiateAthletics. concerning the sending of delegates The plan was proposed by the Ath- to an international students confer- letic Committee of the StudentLeg- _._. -islatuire in order to guarantee ad- HONOR POINT INCREASE : Smith Says Vets Now Better Students Than in Pre-War Days Veterans are now better students than they were before the war, pos- sibly because financial aid may be a factor in their improved performance, Registrar Ira M. Smith disclosed yes- terday. Following a study by the Statisti- honor points, which prompted the conclusion that the benefits are an essential factor in the improvement of the other veterans. Juniors, seniors and special stu- dents among the veterans are doing