'Bo' and 'Pore Little Boy s' Face Michigan Underdog Indiana Given Little Chance for Upset By BOB LENT With six ball games down and three to go for an unbeaten season, Fritz Crisler will send his big, bad Wolverines after Bo McMillin's "pore little boys" at 2 p.m. this afternoon. Predictions from those in the know figure that Michigan has little to worry about as they go after their eleventh straight win, but as usual, members of the Underdog Club have come up with numerous and sundry reasons why Indiana could produce an upset today. Taliaferro's Talents Reasons one through twenty center around the person of one Mr. George Taliaferro. Currently leading the Big Nine in total offense, the Gary Galloper can make a football do just about everything except sit up and bark. He punts, he pases, lie runs, he catches. In fact, there hasn't been a team that's been able to hold him under a 100 yards per game all year. Ohio State bottled him up on the ground last week and held him to a four yard rushing net. so Mr. 'I' took to the air and completed five passes for 115 yards to keep his record intact. All told he has racked un 687 yards this season which is more than Indiana's six foes have been able to amass either in the air or on the ground. Pointing Team Then there is the wily Mr. McMillin to contend with. A past See INDIANA, Page 3 4 Daily-Lmanian BIG INCH FOR BIG SIX POINTS--Illinois' Russ Steger blasts over from the goal line to notch the tying touchdown, in Michigan's 14-7 revenge victory over the Illini last Saturday. Daily-Lmanian ALLEY INTO TOUCHDOWN LANE-Little Hank Fonde driving for the Wolverines' winning touch- down against the Illini last Saturday. The 165-pounder, blasting like a fullback, bolted through this huge hole, provided by the Michigan forward wall. Dick Eddleman, left, moved into his path, but Fonde ran over him into the end zone. The Michigan blocker at the right is Ed McNeil. OUR ATTITUDE See Page 4 Y L ,Ak-- 4R, DUIIA3I CLOUDY, COLDER Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVIL No. 41 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVPIFN1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS Tax Cut Issue Is By-Passed UnltilJanuary Knutson Expects Eventual Passage By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 7- The Republican high command side- tracked the $4,000,000,000 ta: slashing bill temporarily today bu it will get a baigh b ll &agn oi the legislative mainline in Jan- uary. Chairman Knutson (R-Minn.) of the House Ways and Mean: Committee, author and ardent ad. vocate of the bill, told reporters after a conference with Speaker Martin (R,-Mass.), "I rather ex- pect the bill will go over to Jan- uary." He emphasized, however, that when he does introduce the bill it will stipulate that the tax slash for 48,800,000 individual taxpayers be effective January 1, 1948-tht same date in the measure he hac hoped to press through at the spe- cial session of Congress beginning Nov. 17. Q Knutson, who had been plug- ging for the tax action ahead of foreign aid legislation, called on Martin after Martin told report- ers it was his "personal inclina- tion" to postpone the tax bill until the regular session. The speaker said he believed Congress would not have time to take up the tax issue at the session called by President Truman to deal with foreign aid and inflation control legislation. Food Charges Will Be Aired Committee To Hear East Quad Petitions. The East Quad Council has ap- pointed a food committee to con- sider student complaints on quad food, president John Campbell an- nounced last night. The committee will meet with residence halls dieticians to in- vestigate charges that food pre- paration and service in the quads is not satisfactory. Petitions criticizing the food service are still being circulated' throughout East Quad. When all the petitions are in, they will be presented to University officials. Al Maslin, president of West Quad Council, has announced that the house presidents will meet with the men circulating the pe- titions sometime during the next week, in order to coordinate the activities of various groups work- ing on the food situation. End of Commission Rule Is Sought by Gov. Sgler Governor Promises University Press Club He Will Return State Government to People h a art;.H-Ap, E. ry For Loan s Denied Itryless Thursdays Ended **IoIt ** ** ** Crowd To View Clash Return of the State government to the people through elimination of useless boards and commissions and reductions in the powers of others was promised last night by Gov. Kim Sigler in an address :here. Speaking forcefully at a din- ner meeting of the University Press Club, the Governor said that at the next session of the Legislature he would propose that "no director of any de- partment shall be appointed by a commission alone." Sigler will propose that "all di- rectors of state departmen,,s shall Knight Lands Small Papers At Press Meet Editor's Group Gives, Citation to Brumun The country's small dailies were be appointed by the departmental commission and the governor and shall be approved by the Senate."I The Governor's statement came a few hours after the Legislature appi'oved Sigler's bill abolishing the so-called "non-political" Cor- rections Commission. Charging that the prescnt state government is "too far away from the people," Sigler asserted that "the Governor of the State of Michigan is nothing more than a glorified clerk." The government has been al- lowed to devolve into a great num- ber of independent boards and commissions having "no responsi- bility to any official elected by the people," the Governer said. "The Legislature is attempt- ing to run the affairs of this state under a antiquated con- stitution that permits the tax- ing body of the state, the Leg- islature itself, to handle only 30 per cent of the state's funds," he added. "The other 70 per cent is tied up by constitutional provisions." General Says He -w'%AL Was Offered Job J V 4 WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - - A fast talking retired Air Force Gen- eral vigorously disputed today tes- timony that he tried during the war to borrow $50,000 from plane- maker Howard Hughes. He did say he tried to borrow this amount from him earlier this year. The general, Bennett E. Meyers,, also told a Senate War Investigat- ing subcommittee that while he was on an official inspection of Hughes' California plant in 1944, Hughes offered him a postwar job in which he "could write my own ticket" as to salary. "People offered jobs to me all the time," Meyers said. "They didn't mean a damn thing to me. I was only interested in winning the war." The witness also testified--and his petite blonde wife backed him up-that Mrs. Meyers slipped an envelop econtaining $900 into the pocket of Johnny Meyer, Hughes public relations man, in repayment of travel and hotel expenses. But Meyer took the witnes -tand briefly and flatly contradicted them both. Today's developments came thick and fast, with Hughes in town again to resume his testi- mony, probably next week, in the investigation of his wartime con- tracts. - ----- - - --61YYl f- t In Store for GCPrid Throng Gamie rrek Mad e By 2,400Hoosiers An overcoat-clad throng of 85,- 38 will view today's gridiron bat-j tle between Michigan and Indi- ana. The second sellout crowd of the season will be forced to don win- ter raiment to ward off tempera- tures in the mid-thirties. The U.S. Weather Bureau at Willow Run Airfield predicts a cold and windy afternoon with the mer- cury around the middle thirties mark. Forecasters said the mercury would take a dive last night, with some rain and possibly snow in the early morning. However, the weather may clear later today. Ticket officials report that 2,400 Indiana grid fans will make the trek from Bloomington to view to- day's football battle. Ticket sales here in Michigan zoomed upward early in the week, soon exhaust- ing all available supplies. EUROPEAN RETORT: Two Czech Visitors Deny Existence of 'Iron Curtain' praised last night by John S. Knight, publisher of the Detroit swi cages that his pro- Free Press and three other city posals concerning changes in man- dailies, in a speech before the agement of the penal system would University Press Club of Michi- place paroles and pardons in the gan. spoils system, Sigler pointed out that the commissioner of cor- "Because they are closer to the rections would be responsible to people, what they ' - anihave the governor who would in turn far more influence upon public answer to the people. thinking than the editorials and "The door has been left open news content of the great metro- for changes," he asserted. "If we politan dailies," Knight said of make mistakes, we will be in timeI the small papers. mak mstaesrr eitwe he in time By MARY STEIN Two Czechoslovakian visitors to Ann Arbor yesterday branded the "Iron Curtain" a myth, at least in their owncountry. "Anyone can express his opin- ion without fear of Soviet retalia- Szell To Lead Concert Here Tomorrow The Cleveland Orchestra, under the direction of George Szell, will present the second in the Extra Concert Series at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. Featuring Beethoven's popular Seventh Symphony, the orchestra will also include Schumann's Symphony No. 4 and Strauss' Dance of the Bells from Salome in its program. Szell, the fourth conductor in the orchestra's 29-year history, has succeeded Erich Leinsdorff, who served in that position from 1943 to 1946. Since his appoint- ment, Szell has enlarged the wood- wind section and strengthened and increased the string choir. Born in Budapest, Szell had a varied musical career in Europe, serving as chief conductor of the Berlin State Opera and making extensive tours during which he served as guest conductor with most of the leading European or- chestras. He made his New York debut in March, 1941 as guest conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and engagements followed with orchestras of other cities, includ- ing Boston, Detroit and Chicago. Tickets for tomorrow's concert may still be obtained at the Hill Auditorium Box Office until noon today and after 6 p.m. tomor- row. Also at last night's meeting, Prof. John L. Brumm, retired, of the journalism department, was presented with an embossed cita- tion in recognition of his service as a founder and past president of the club. The more than 100 editors and publishers who are attending will wind up their 30th annual confer- ence today with a general business meeting. Talks by Russell Barnes and S. L. A. Marshall featured the morn- ing and noon program yesterday, while a panel discussion on "Con- stitutional Revision in Michigan" was presented in the afternoon. John Witherspoon, city corpor- ation counsel of Detroit, John A. Perkins, state budget director, and Laurent Varnum, former president of the State Bar, participated in the panel discussion. A-Hop Tickets Still Available lature meets again." Coiinunity Fund Drive Over Top on Final Day With the University among the leading contributors, the local Community Fund drive reached the 104 per cent mark yesterday, it was revealed at the "victory" luncheon. The campaign was successful with a determined last-minute push on the final day of its week extension. Congratulations were the order of the day as awards were made to the highest con- tributors. Enlarged After Ti Band To Mark A tie for ninth, place in the Soph Prom Committee balloting Arm sticew was settied yesterday by enlarg- I y ing the ordinary nine-member committee to ten members, Dick Milestones erected along the Kelly, chairman of the Student American road to freedom, from Elections Board announced. Plymouth Rock to Lake Success, The tie resulted when Jim Smith will be the theme of the Univer- and Ruth Campbell each received sity Marching Band's spectacle to 111 votes. be maneuvered today between ---- halves of the Hoosier-Wolverine '' ed'1 contest in the Michigan bowl.- In a program planned to com- Play Production will give the memorate Armistice Day, the band final performance of Thornton will interpret these milestones in Wilder's "Our Town" at 8 p.m. to- I seven symbolic formations. Bands- day in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. men will be assisted in the final Tickets for the play may still "picture" by Boy Scouts repre- be obtained between 10 a.m. and senting the Washtenaw-Livingston 8 p.m. at the theatre box office. ? Area Council. t t tion," Dr. Cenek Adamec, of, the Czechoslovak Institute of Public Opinion, declared. Over- Simplification Dr. Adamec and his colleague, Ivan Viden, deplored the distort- ed and over-simplified picture of Czechoslovakian politics which theysay the American press has drawn. Drs. Adamec and Viden are ex- changing social survey ideas this week with Dr. Rens s Likert, di- rector of the University Survey Research Center, as part of, a Rockefeller Foundation-sponsored tour of public opinion institutes throughout the country. The In- stitute they represent is sponsored =by the Czech government, but makes its findings independently. Dismisses Reports In dismissing reports of Russian domination in his country, Dr. Adamec remarked that the only Russian authorities in Prague are those at the Soviet embassy. He labeled as untrue recent re- ports that the Communists had taken control of the cabinet. The opposite actually happened, Dr. Adamec pointed out - a commit- tee of ministers of all political parties was set up. Serve as Protection All four Czech parties believe, however, that good relations with Russia will serve as protection' against a feared re-birth of Ger- man power, the survey experts de- clared. Food is Czechoslovakia's most pressing problem right now. "The country is facing the most tragic period of the after-war years," Dr. Adamec said. Because of a five-month drought, less than half of the usual grain crop was har- vested, he explained. Moving Ahead Despite prospects of a hungry See IRON, Page 6 Campus Skit To BeAired Announcement of the band that has been chosen to play for the impending Panhellenic Ball will highlight the third edition of "Campus Quarter," a 15-minute radio program to be presented from 9:45 to 10 a.m. today over Officials Act As Chickens Flood Capital 'Voluntary Ban' Stays On EggConsumption By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 7-Poul- tryless Thursdays were suspend- ed suddenly today amid the cackles of chickens sent here by angry growers in a Hens-for-Har- ry, Leghorns-for-Luckman cam- paign. The Citizens Food Committee announced that, effective immedi- ately, it's OK to eat poultry on Thursdays, though the "voluntary ban" on egg consumption on that day will continue. Officially the committee used the word "moratorium," explain- ing that the poultry ban was mere- ly suspended while a new pro- gram, estimated to save 56,000,000 bushels of grain, is tried out by the poultry industry. But no one in Washington ex- pected the Thursday ban ever to be reinstated. Officials feared they would be literally deluged with chickens. Yesterday, crates of fowl began arriving on the doorsteps of Pres- ident Truman and Charles Luck- man, Food Committee chairman, to dramatize the chicken raisers' protests with live "squawks." Growers complained bitterly that hens kept on the farm for lack of buyers were eating their heads off, gulping precious grain needed in Europe. They sent the birds here with the explanation that they couldn't sell them and could not afford to feed them. AFC To Hold Meetmg Here A special session to wind up uncompleted business of the state- wide Academic Freedom Confer- ence of October 18 will be held from 1 to 4 pm. tomorrow in the Union, The meeting will concern itself primarily with the question of ac- ademic freedom's violations and the National Students Associa- tion's Bill of Rights. Any regularly constituted or- ganization is permitted three vot- ing delegates and two non-voting observers. Credentials signed by TREPPJ STILL LOYAL IWOT E: Wolverine reris oo' i ifty-Yard Line Seat By BOB RYERLY Stuck two miles from the 50- yard line, one Treppi is still a thusiasm. He just doesn't likej crowds, especially people. Treppi, named Intrepidous in in 1936 from the Detroit Zoo, the gift of an alumnus. Formerly of Alaska, he possibly has never had Somewhere along the line Trep- pi has lost the extreme ferocious- ness supposedly typical of wolver-