VA BOTTLENECK See Page 4 L7, fir tg"n ~ai4 l CLOUDY AND COLDER Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVII, No. 69 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Arms Limit Plan Okayed By UN Group Clash on Troop Coun Proposal By The Associated Press NEW YORK, Dec. 12--A Unit- ed Nations subcommittee adopted unanimously today a long range arms limitation program and then became involved in a heated wrangle over a world-wide troop- armament census project. The armaments resolution en- visions prohibition of the atomic bomb and all major weapons of war as well as an early reduction of national armed forces. The res- olution now must be approved by the 54-member political commit- tee of the UN Assembly. Troop Count Debate When the subcommittee turned to the troop count question charges and counter-charges flew between the British and the Rus- sians. The British apparently were maneuvering to throw the whole question out of the United Nations. The dispute was on a resolution calling on all UN members to re- port on their troops at home and abroad by Jan. 1. The British in- NEW YORK, Dec. 12-(A)- The 5 4-nation Permanent Headquarters Committee of the United Nations Assembly voted 33 to 7 tonight to accept the of- fer of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., of an $8,500,000 skyscraper site in Manhattan as the permanent home of the world organization. The decision now goes to the General Assembly for approval. troduced an amendment last Tues- day for a verification of these re- ports and they said Vyacheslav M. Molotov, Russian Foreign Minister, agreed to it f it included arma- ments as well. Plan Provisions The arms limitation resolution provides generally: 1. Early world-wide arms limi- tation and reduction of forces. 2. Outlawing of atomic weapons and other major means of war. 3. International conventions setting up organizations regulat- ing arms controls. 4. Inspection and control under these organizations free of the big power veto. 5. A balanced reduction of armed forces by the nations. 6. The expeditious creation of the international police force for the United Nations Security Coun- cil. 7. A special session of the gen- eral assembly to act on conventions or treaties on arms limitation which then would be submitted to the nations for ratification. 300 To Sing Noted Oratorio Presenting its annual Christ- mas project, the University Choral Union will appear in Handel's Messiah at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow and at 3 p.m. Sunday in Hill Au- ditorium. Composed of 300 voices, the group will provide the choral back- ground for the four soloists who have been engaged for the double performance: Lura Stover, so- prano; Eileen Law, contralto; Ralph "Lear, tenor and Alden Ed- kins, bass. Prof. Throop Asks Teaching Revamp International understanding could be taught at the elemen- tary school level, by stimulating national pride in intellectual con- tributions to the wold rather than in military might, Prof. Palmer Throop of the history department said last night. Speaking at the second Inter- nation Students Committee Round Table, Prof. Throop pointed out that technoogically the world is wonderfully prepared for the pop- ularization and dissemination of knowledge by a central bureau through radio, movies, and jaews- papers. J-Hop Tickets High Cost of Living Hits Vets' Savings. AVC Survey Reveals 80 Percent Must Spend $43.25 over Monthly Subsistence This is the second in a series of three articles on the recent cost-of- living survey conducted by the AVC. The final article will appear Sunday. War-time savings are the largest factor in balancing the budgets of the 80 per cent of the University veterans whose living costs average $43.25 more than their veterans subsistence allowances, according to tabulations of the AVC cost-of-living survey released yesterday. Over 82 per cent of the student veterans who would otherwise go in the red each month are using up their savings, while 21 per cent of these veterans reported that they had received family gifts and 9.5 said that they had gotten loans, Lorne Cook chairman of the cam- Percy Still 0 Ra Re organizes Aencies, pus AVC chapter reported. Janitor Troubled With HBatty' Attic Chemistry students don't realize it, but directly above them is an attic full of bats and pigeons. John Nehman, University student who works part time in the chemistry building as night janitor, complained to The Daily yesterday that "the job started to get on my nerves when bats started whirring by my ears." "I didn't mind it too much." he added, "when all I had to contend with in theattic were pigeons, dirt and dust." Nehman protested to the Plant Department last week that it's necessary to sweep off a layer of dust and pigeon fea- thers from articles (among o- ther pigeon material) brought down from the attic. "If this is any criterion of the condition of many attics in campus buildings, I'd sug- gest that the University declare a 'Cleanup Week' and correct the matter." Cook pointed out that many of the veterans were receiving fin- ancial help from two or more sources, however. The heaviest drain on savings was made by the married men with children, 94 per cent of whom said that they were making up their present deficits by using money put away during the war. Married men without children re- ported 82 per cent using this method, as did 79 per cent of the single men and 76 per cent of the single women who are going in the red. Family gifts were helping 30.5 per cent of the single men, 18.6 of the married men with children, 18 per cent of the single women and 16.9 of the married men without children. Of the veterans who are staying in the black each month, 58.8 per cent are working, while only 14.9 of those going in the red have, jobs. Budget Difficulties The relations between working and budget difficulties was illus- trated most strongly by the single men student veterans. Over 73 per cent of those in the black were working, but only 11.6 of the vet- erans going in the red each month had jobs. Of the veterans staying in the black, 60 per cent of the single women, 46 per cent of the married men with children and 36 per cent of the married men without chil- dren are working. Those going in the red show 33 per cent of the married men with children, 18 per cent of the married men without children and 11 per cent of the single women are working. :k 1k 4, VA Declares Ten Medics To Graduate With Honors.. The names of the Medical School seniors who will graduate with distinction in the commence- ment exercises to be. held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Rackham Lec- ture Hall were announced yester- day. Those named are: Robert P. Dobbie, Jr., Fred Feigenson, Rob- ert L. Harding, Walter R. John- son, Jr., Lloyd J. Lemmen, Clay- ton Lewis, Jr., John R. McWil- liams, Otis W. Schorling, Freder- ick E. Shideman, and Roger F. Smith. Speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Udo J. Wile, professor of der- matology and syphilology at the Medical School. The Reverend Chester H. Loucks of the First Baptist Church will give the in- vocation. Also participating in the program will be the Men's Glee Club, under the direction of David Mattern. President Alexander G. Ruthven will preside. Officers for the Class of 1946, which is the Medical School's last wartime speed-up group, are: Ed- ward P. Gillette, president; Rob- ert J. Gosling, vice-president; Joyce M. Carrow, secretary, and Peter J. Farago, treasurer. Alumni secretary is Kenneth D. Arm. The graduates, six of whom are women, will take internships in hospitals throughout the United States and in Panama to complete their professional training. Legislature Officers Additional officers elected by the Student Legislature Wednes- day include Terrell Whitsitt, treasurer, and, Tom Walsh and Virginia Councell, representatives- at-large. On Lawsuit Landlord Unmoved On Eviction Stand Percy the Elevator Dog and his landlord, W. E. Armstrong still aren't on speaking terms. Armstrong, who served notice Wednesday on Percy's master, Ronald Johnson, University stu-] dent-veteran, that Percy must go, isn't on speaking terms with any- body-especially newspapermen. "I'll do my talking in court," he said. As it stands now unless John- son gets rid of Percy within seven days, he faces an eviction notice. George Burke, attorney for Johnson, said that he thought his client had a very strong case. After all," he said, "the dog and his master were living there before Armstrong took posses- sion of the place and Percy can hardly be considered an 'ob- jectionable person or a nuis- ance'." "Percy may not be in the social register, but he's a friendly little fellow and I don't see how any- body could get angry at him." Unmoved by the storm of con- troversy which he has created, Percy appeared calm when queried yesterday. "If they don't settle this controversy soon, it looks like bothdmy master and I will be in the dog house," Percy commented as he ruefully eyed accounts of his plight in yesterday's newspa- pers. Further support was given to Percy and his master by Wash- tenaw County Prosecuting At- torney John W. Rae, who of- fered a curbstone opinion. "Johnson is in a good position if he can get the original landlady (Mrs. Wurster) to testify that she knew of the dog's presence when she leased the apartment," he said. UAW To Ask For Wage Lift Of 235 Cents NEW YORK, Dec. 12 - () - Walter Reuther said tonight the CIO United Automobile Workers would ask for a 23.5 cents per hour general wage increase for the un- ion's 900,000 members. Reuther, the Union president, announced this and other de- mands at a news conference fol- lowing a session of the UAW's In- ternational Executive Board. He said the 23.5 cents demand was in addition to the previously announced proposals for an equal- ization fund, a social security pro- gram and a retirement plan for the workers in the industry. Reuther said the wage boost was necessary to "restore to the work- ers in our industry what has been taken from them by the rise in the cost of living since the beginning of the year." Spokesmen for Ford, Chrysler and General Motors-the Big Three of the auto industry-de- clined immediate comment on Reuther's announcement. Reuther said the average wage per hour in the industry at present is $1.33,, and that the 23.5 cents boost would make a total increase of 53.8 cents per hour since Janu- ary, 1941. The UAW president blaming "the unbridled power of the great corporations" for inflation, de- clared that since the first of the year "the drive of major industries to smash price control has gained its ends, and our workers along with all other American families are paying the price for the sur- render of Congress and of the gov- ernment to industry pressure." 1-29 CARRIES XS-1 ROCKET PLANE ALOFT--The Army's XS-1 Hell Aircraft and for supersonic speed of 1,700 miles per hour, wasc tude of 25,000 feet where it was cast loose for its first flight under9 Goodlin, 23 year old test pilot who flew the little 31-foot craft at a Los Angeles, California, that he expected it will r each the 1,700 m predict for it. (AP Wirephoto from U.S. Air Forc es) DON'T FENCE ME IN: AAUP Takes Optimistic View On UStudents' Problems ifts Controls to New Office, Most Michigan Checks Sent DETROIT, Dec. 12 - (AP) - A Veterans Administration spokes- man said today only 8,968 of Michigan's 65,590 veterans in state educational institutions have not received federal subsistence checks. Jack Armstrong, public rela- tions official for the VA's Detroit office, declared that a statewide survey was made after numerous complaints, many of them from GI students at University of Michi- gan. Breaking down the state into VA districts, Armstrong stated that Jackson district, comprising the U. of M. and Michigan State, showed 3,653 veterans who have not received checks. * * * Post Office Holds More Vet Checks The Ann Arbor Main Post Of- fice is holding government checks for the following veterans, the Veterans Service Bureau an- nounced yesterday. Cretsinger, Francis C.; Eneaney, William P.; Flynn, Robert A.; Hosmer, Max E,; Huffman, Ralph E.; Nadeau, Albert H.; Schneider- man, Robert; Shuck, Virgil D.; Wilson, Charles E., Jr.; Wilner, Julian P. and Wibel, Mary B. (2 checks). These checks will be reurned to the Cleveland Treasury office Dec. 22. A high note of optimism regard- ing the University's problems of overcrowding was struck at the meeting of the Michigan chapter of the American Association of university Professors yesterday at the Union. Participating in the panel were Peter Ostafin, chief resident ad- visor of the West Quadrangle, Prof. Carlton F. Wells, of the Eng- lish department, Harold Guetzkow, specialist on testing in the psy- chology department, and Prof. Ar- thur Van Duren, chairman of aca- demic counselors. That the residence halls have lost sight of the individual and are forced to deal mainly with broad problems was cited by Os- tafin as the chief housing prob- lem. Methods being used in West Quad to combat this trend include an increased ratio of personnel to residents, creation of study halls under the supervision of counsel- lors, emphasis on faculty-student relationships and expansion of educational and athletic activi- ties. In discussing problems of the staff, Prof. Wells exploded the present notion that there is a B C. B"ilbo Witness Claims Threat WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-(A)- A story of death threats against a key witness was laid before the Senate War Investigating Com- mittee today as it pressed an in- quiry into allegations that Sena- tor Bilbo (Dem., Miss.) reaped benefits from his relations with war contractors. George Meader, committee counsel, said the witness is Ed- ward P. Terry, former secretary to Bilbo. Meader said the commit- tee has been unable to learn his whereabouts since last Saturday and that efforts to subpoena him have been unsuccessful. es Steelman His Assistant shortage of qualified and expe- rienced teachers. He asserted that "we can come closer to fulfilling our teaching obligations to fresh- men by raising the salary scale in order to attract a more experi- enced staff." He pointed out that the Univer- sity should rely less on teaching fellows and part-time teachers than it has in past years because of their lack of experience -and their preoccupation with gradu- ate studies. To learn how to evaluate stu- dents and how to pace their study habits is the function of exami- nations, according to Guetzkow, who discussed problems of testing. Guetzkow asserted that essay tests, if graded properly, can give as objective results as short an- See AAUP, Page 2 Coed Knitting Frowned On League Council Calls Mitten-Making Rude Is knitting in classrooms a dis- courtesy and distraction to pro- fessors? Discussing the question in their meeting this week, the League Council decided that it was defi- nitely discourteous and voted to ask the coeds, through the House Presidents Association, to refrain. Alice C. Lloyd, Dean of Women, said that she was gratified by the Council's decision and that it had been brought to her attention that some of the professors are defi- nitely disturbed and distracted by the more or less perpetual motion they see in some corners of their classrooms. The Council's action is only a request and recommendation, Ellen Hill, president of the League, said. "We are not a police body and would have no way to enforce a regulation if we did set one up." rocket-propelled plane, built by carried aloft by a B-29 to an alti- its own power. Chalmers (Slick) about 550 miles an hour, said at iles per hour which its designers Scores .Buried As Tenement Building Falls Rescue Squads Work To Remove Debris NEW YORK, Dec. 12-(P)-The 13th body was dragged from the mass of wreckage of a six-story upper Manhattan tenement to- night--21 hours after the building suddenly collapsed entombing many of its 95 residents. Rescuers still dug frantically in the debris, spurred by the voice of one man still heard in the sham- bles. He was believed to be Joseph Arigo, 60, a 265-pound chef. Many of the 21 still missing in the disaster were children. The 10th body was that of Mrs. Theresa Green, 35, wife of Walter Green, a 40-year-old bartender, whose body had been removed a few minutes earlier. Firemen dig- ging in the debris said they be- lieved they had sighted another body. Before the recovery of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Green, police commissioner Arthur W. Wallan- der had said that eight were known dead, 29 in hospitals, 34 missing and 24 evacuated. Ninety-five persons lived in the tenement, which was sliced in two as if by a giant ax when a two- foot thick ice plant wall toppled against it after a five-alarm fire in the plant. Police Capt. Thomas Hannegan said that some of the persons un- accounted for might have escaped and gone to hospitals or homes of friends or relatives. But he add- ed: "We believe that the 21 persons for whom we cannot account at this time was buried in the debris." Campus' Rally To Consider Student Union An all campus rally to discuss the purpose of the Chicago Student Conference, Dec. 28 to 30, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Union ballroom by the Unity Com- mittee, an organization represent- ing 15 campus groups. Dr. Charles H. Peake of the English department will introduce the speaker, Albert Houghton, a delegate from the University of Wisconsin to the International Union of Students Conference in Prague last summer. The four delegates from the Stu- dent Legislature who will attend the Chicago conference, will con- duct a discussion of its purpose. Latest Order Shelves OPA With 3 Others War Powers Remain Because of Strikes By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-In a sweeping reorganization of the once vast bureaucracy which wielded war and reconversion powers, President Truman threw all remaining controls into a new temporary agency in an economy move today and appointed John R. Steelman as assistant to the President. The President said that only the strikes kept him from junking the war emergency powers entire- ly. The order kills off the dying OPA and makes only a memory of this controversial outfit which played an unprecedented part in the daily life of the entire popula- tion. A small new agency was set up 'headed by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, an army engineer often drafted for administrative jobs. It is officially called the Office of Temporary Controls, and inevitably will become known as the OTC. Into it, for eventual liquidation, go the remaining powers and func- tions of: The Office of Price Administra- tion. The only price controls left are those on rents, sugar ald rice and they expire June 30 unless Congress extends them. Mr. Tru- man is expected to request contin- uation of rent controls, at least. He told his news conference he knows of no program to grant rent increases but the OPA has been reported working on one. Paul Porter resigned as OPA adminis- trator last week. The Civilian Production Ad- ministration. Its priority powers, except those covering building materials, die March 31 unless Congress continues them. It al- ready has rescinded virtually all its war-time controls over industry except the ban on making two- pants suits. Its chief, John D. Small, also quit last week. The order also terminates im- mediately the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion and the Office of Economic Sta- bilization, and marks the Wage Stabilization Board for liquida- tion Feb. 24. Steelman now is appointed as- sistant to the President and the chief function of the OWMR is transferred to him in that capac- ity. This is the authority to is- sue directives to other federal agencies for the purpose of recon- ciling conflicts in programs and policies. Steelman will have "a small staff," the President an- nounced, and will continue as trouble-shooter. Anti=Lynching Law Favored America can take a great and progressive step toward the reali- zation of true democracy by en- acting Federal Anti-lynching leg- islation. That is the opinion of Rev. Charles Hill, president of the De- troit chapter of the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Colored Peoples, who addressed University students yesterday dur- ing a rally sponsored by the Cam- pus Anti-lynching Committee. "Lynching goes unpunished in the South because Federal law enforcement officers are only per- mitted to secure evidence which must be turned over to local auth- orities, who are reluctant to prose- cute lynchers," Rev. Hill declared,. Library Official Asks Cooperation In a letter to 163 campus house presidents, Library circulation PRAISED BY SIGLER: Bureau of Government Provides Aid To State By FRANCES PAINE and CINDY REAGAN The University Institute of Pub-' lic Administration, which was set up to train future public admin- istrators and research specialists, is also providing direct services to ice and is provided without charge." The Institute, which trains stu- dents as public administrators, re- quires that each candidate for the masters degree spend the equiva- lent of one semester's University ernment. "We try to anticipate problems which will come up and do research which will be useful in dealing with them," Prof. Ford declared. In 1938 a special Tax Study Commission was created by the The Bureau has worked closely with others of these special study commissions, Prof. Ford said. In 1942 the governor appointed a Public Education Study Commis- sion to investigate the organiza- tion and financing of the public the purposes, functions and or- ganization of all state offices, was issued by the Bureau in coopera- tion with the State Budget Office. This is now being revised, and a new edition will be published after the next session of the Legislature.