ACTION ON PRICES? See Page 4 Y gilt41UU E uit FAIR AND WARMER VOL. LVIII. No. 4 Taft Blasts U.S. Foreign 'WP 'Poliy Says Russia Not Essential to UN By The Associated Press TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 25-In one of the most comprehensive statements on U.S. foreign policy by a top ranking Republican, Sen- ator Taft (Rep., Ohio) tonight de- cried the possibility of what he termed "International WPA" fi- nanced by the United States as a solution to the world's economic problems. "I do not believe," he said, "America can save the world with money." At the same time Taft pro- posed the United States pro- coed without Russia should the Soviet withdraw "from any real participation in effective action by the United Nations. "In spite of the inter-American agreements recently perfected at Rio De Janeiro, he declared, "I believe we should proceed with- out Russia to perfect a United Na- tions which will operate in a lim- ited field." The Marshall plan for economic aid to Europe, he added, should not be based on global lending, but should be governed instead by the principle of specific loans "for specific purposes only to pay for goods shipped from the United States." In an address prepared for delivery before the World Af- fairs Council of Tacoma, Taft accused the Democratic admin- istration of blundering and fol- lowing a "Mr.' Fixit philoso- py" in international affairs. Taft, chairman of the powerful Republican Senate Policy Com- mittee, then outlined a seven- point program which he said rep- resented "certain general princi- ples" in the Republican position on foreign policy., These were: 1. The maintenance of peace- "so long as conditions do not threaten the freedom of the peo- ple^ of the United States." 2. Establishment of U. S. for- eign policy around the United Na- tions, but"changing the whole em- phasis of the organization to the establishment of law and equal justice under law." 3. Resistance to Communism, and refusal to "yield to Russia in any way in its plan for spreading the Communist phil- osophy." On this point, he de- clared "We cannot fight the ideology of Communism with soldiers." 4. Establish Germany in a po- sition of economic self sufficiency, and "speed up the present ten- dency to reverse the Potsdam plan." 5. Prompt peace with Japan under terms permitting Japan "to support itself like any other nation." 6..A policy of economic assist- ance providing shipment of ma- chinery, raw materials and neces- sary foods to help war-ravaged countries "to get on their feet." 7. Maintenance of a strong army and navy, "and while the Russian attitude is what it is, we had better retain the atomic bomb." Rushing Hits All-Time High, Fraternity rushing registration closed yesterday with a record to- tal of 863 men signed up. Final plans for the twelve-day rushing period, to be initiated Sunday by open houses at all fra- ternities, will be discussed by rep- resentatives from each of the 37 active fraternities on campus, the Inter - Fraternity Council an- nounced. Rushee names will be appor- tioned among the houses and in- vitations will be extended by the fraternities. A preferential bidding system, under which the student will indi- cate his choice and the frate'ni- ties theirs, will go into effect this fall. Final matching of bids will be made by the office of the Dean of 1Z i+ .. -+ , Latest Deadline in the State ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1947 PRICE FMV E CENTS Daly-Lmanian THE V NISHING AMERICAN-Latest rumor: The Red Cross is repot .d planning to set up a first aid station at the foot of Angell Hall steps te accommodate ladies with the "new look" who walk . down four steps and bounce the other nine. * * * * Hem-o phobia Grips University In Skirt-Length Controversy Long or Short of It Stirs Campus Talk COURAGE and MARCHEWKA A cross-section survey of the campus revealed the new fashion in women's skirts to be a major topic of discussion yesterday. , Freshmen women are perhaps setting the style in longer skirts because their wardrobes usually are completely new, affirmed sev- eral seniors. "The trend in longer skirts is putting me back in style" said one happy senior who has been wearing this type of skirt for three years. "However I still have difficulty walking fast and at the same time taking such short steps," she added. Men Concerned Men on campus were highly concerned about the new style. "Those who are wearing them should wear them six inches long- er and some of those that aren't wearing them should be wearing them for obvious reasons," con- tended Charlie Lyle of the East Quadrangle. "Skirts should be restricted to three inches below the knee," ar- gued Jim Giblin of the. Chi Psi house. He went on to say that "those who exceed this length look like they are dressed in bar- rels." Women Uphold Styles Upholding the new styles, Jean- ne Baird, '48 said, "Being a short girl I have always had to wear mens' suspenders to keep my skirts at the proper level. The longer lengths have been my sal- vation and the downfall of my suspenders." World News At a Glance By The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India, Sept. 25-A battle between troops and a mob of 1,000 in the United Provinces, the firing by police on a mob at Ambala in East Punjab and three fatal stabbings in Delhi were re- ported by military authorities to- day. The military spokesman said 1,000 Moslems attacked the village of Sari in the United Provinces and killed nine villagers before troops dispersed the rioters. The soldiers killed 16 of the attackers. * *-* DETROIT, Sept. 25-Presi- dent Walter P. Reuther of the CIO Auto Workers operate to- day under what his supporters termed "a form of censorship" imposed by the union's 22-man international executive board. It directed that Reuther in further communications to the membership involving use of the union's official mailing list must submit his texts to Secre- tary-Treasurer George F. Addes for approval. * * * LONDON, Sept. 25-A week-old strike in the Scottish coal fields spread to- three more mines today, involving 13,000 men, following collapse of a back- York move- -ant Newcomb Fears No Diabolical Plot By HAROLD JACKSON Those who are always probing for hidden meanings can relax- these new skirts are covering up 4 nothing more 'than the obvious in the opinion of Prof. Theodore M. Newcomb of the sociology and psychology departments. "I see this move as purely and exclusively a fashion phenonemon dictated by commercial interests," he declared. "There are no symp- toms at all to indicate any general public reversion to the morals of the Victorian age." Newcomb's statement took the wind out of the sails of those who are darkly envisioning falling hems as the cover up for a dia- bolical plot designed to curb what they call the liscentious living of the age. "This' sort of thinking is done only by those who take pleasure in exaggerating perfectly trivial items," Newcomb concluded. Shepard Hits Prej udice Idea Denies Native Basis For Discrimination Nothing can be found in man's native stimulus response pattern which can be used as a basis for racialism, according to Prof. John F. Shepard, of the psychology de- partment. Speaking at the first IRA meet- ing of the semester yesterday, Prof. Shepard asserted that peo- ple are conditioned in their atti- tudes and those thus conditioned are influenced emotionally in their thinking. "In this respect, racialism is an educational prob- lem because people can be recon- ditioned, but the problem is fun- damentally an economic one," he said. Economic exploitation of the Negro has been the reason for one type of racialism, Prof. Shepard maintained. When someone who is fomenting racial antagonism denies that he is doing it con- sciously, it is because he won't allow himself to think of the real reason, and is probably unable to recognize the basis for his ac- tion, he explained. The second type of racialism is the scapegoat psychology, the one which promotes anti-semitism according to Dr. Shepard. The Jews are not a factor in economic exploitation as are the Negroes, but are used as a rationalization of economic difficulties as were the Jews in Nazi Germany. Ticket Supply Fails to Meet Student Need Added Supply ReadySaturday By DICK MALOY An unexpected demand for students' wives football tickets exhausted student ticket supplies at Barbour Gymnasium late yes- terday afternoon, but officials promise that students without ducats may obtain them at the Ferry Field ticket office Saturday morning. Shortly before 4 p.m. yesterday officials at Barbour Gym ran out of tickets and were forced to turn away students entitled to tickets in group one, However, disap- pinted students and other late- comers may pick up ducats Sat- urday at Ferry Field between the hours of 8 and 12 noon. Only End-Zone Left According to ticket officials the only tickets left will be situated 'in the end-zone and authorities have urged students not to line up early in the day for tickets. An overall Daily survey of the ticket situation reveals general approval of the new distribution system. Some unfavorable com- ment was heard irom students who "sweated out" long lines for tickets each morning of distribu- tion. However, officials have pointed out that the long lines could have been avoided if students realized that the distribution of good tickets wa~s staggered throughout the day and persons picking up ducats late had just as good a chance for favorable seats as the early-comers. Wee-hour Waiting Some early-risers, attempting to secure favorable seats, took up po- sitions outside the gymnasium door in the wee hours of the morn- ing. Many of these early-comers held stubs for scores of their friends. Don Weir, newly appointed Uni- versity ticket manager, said he had heard little unfavorable com- ment on the new distribution set up. Weir declared that any bugs encountered in this year's dis- tribution would be ironed out be- fore the distribution of football tickets next year. Complaints Registered The only unfavorable comment on the new system uncovered by the Daily concerned faculty ath- letic book holders and married students. Some mutterings of un- rest were heard from faculty, Uni- versity employees and other ath- letic book holders who do not en- joy the favored positions they had in former years. And it is report- ed that some married students were critical of rules requiring them to move down several sec- tions from their assigned seats in order to secure tickets with their wives. * * * MYSTERY SOLVED: King Cole Trio To Play for All Campus Dance, Oct. 10 Daily-Lmanlan NOT A STOCKYARD-Despite appearances, the sea of heads pictured above is not a mass of cattle ready for slaughter. Students picking up their football tickets may readily be distinguisched from cows and sheep by their cashiers receipts. .4dent lines formed before 6 a.m. on the morning of distribution, and at times, extended past the East Medical Building, despite advice that staggered tickets gave no preference to early-birds. The mystery of "Who's beating the drum for King Cole" was cleared up yesterday when it was revealed that the old King him- self and his famous trio will join forces with a sixteen-piece orches- tra to play for an all-campus dance, to be presented October 10 from 9 to 1 p.m. in the In- tramural Building. The announcement climaxed a Willow Village Race Problem Still Unsettled The deadlock in the Willow Vil- lage school controversy became even more apparent yesterday when W. A. Kraus, Chairman of the Willow Run school board, de- clared, "We don't have any plans at all . . " concerning the 58 Ne- gro children who have refused to attend the segregated Simmonds school. The children neglected to regis- ter at Simmonds school Sept. 5,1 after being transferred from in- ter-racial Ross school which is located near their homes in Wal- pole Court. Form Committee Last week the parents formedj themselves into th e Walpole1 Committee, and picketed the school protesting the re-zoning of the school districts and asking for a hearing by the Willow Vil- lage school board. Dr. Malcolm Rogers, Superin- tendent of Schools at the Village, said that this action jeopardized the prospects for any hearing the Board might have granted the Walpole committee. "The parents nave attempted force," he stated, "and whether the Board will talk with them now I do not know. There was some- thing malicious back of all this. The Board is open for negotiation, but any group which uses force puts itself at a disadvantage." Garg Tryouts Wanted A Tryout meeting for those interested in joining the staff of the Gargoyle will be held to- day at 4 p.m. in the down- stairs office of the Student Publications Building. All eli- gible second semester fresh- men, and upperclassmen are welcome to apply at this time for positions as writers, art assistants, business staff mem- bers and circulation aids. week-long barrage of signs, stunts and suggestions about King Cole laid down by the wily engineers of Tau Beta Pi and the Engineering Council, the co-sponsors of the event. The dance's official name is "King Cole's Court." Dance Not Concert The engineers emphasize that the King's appearance here is for a dance and not just a concert. As proof they offer volumes of press releases attesting to the skill of Ernie Fields, whose 1Q-piece or- chestra will round out the mu- sical program. King Cole, whose first name is Nathaniel, is a piano player by trade with a very educated ear for rhythm. He started the King Cole quartet many years ago but on opening night the drummer failed to show up and the com- bination was such ahit that it's been a trio ever since. King Is Vocalist The trio has been gaining friends steadily over the years, and with the King himself doing the vocalizing, many of their rec- ords like "Straighten Up and Fly Right" have become collectors' items. They have appeared in the movies and radio, their 15-minute show gaining the highest Hooper rating of any daytime musical program. "King Cole's Court" will be open to everyone on campus, and tick- ets will go on sale at elaborately decorated booths beginning Mon- day. fred Warmg TeketsReady Begin Mail Order Sale For Two Concerts Mail orders for tickets to the Fred Waring Concerts, to be held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at Hill Audi- torium, will be accepted today through Oct. 16 at the Michigan Union. Orders specifying the section and date desired should be ad- dressed to the Michigan Men's Glee Club, Michigan Union, and should be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Prices for both performances are: Main Floor, $2.40; First Balcony, $1.80; Second Balcony, $1.50. Checks and money orders should be sent to avoid possible loss of cash. The concerts, marking the 25th anniversary of the Pennsylvan- ians' first major engagement- the J-Hop of 1922-will present one of the nation's top vocal and instrumental organizations. At present the group is touring the country's colleges. Truman Says Conserve, Aid In Food Crisis Hopes to Help Europe Without New Session By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 - President Truman called on every American today to "waste less" food and thereby help meet "the extremely grave food situation abroad." He sounded the call during a busy day of attention to emer- gency and long-range aid-Europe programs. He said he still hopes emergency aid can be supplied without calling a special session of Congress. As a preliminary move, Mr. Truman appointed a Citizen's Food Committee "to develop plans for bringing the vital problem of food conservation to the atten- tion of every American." Food Shortage Greater He announced this step in a statement reporting that his Cab- inet Food Committee has found that the world food shortage "is even worse than it was a year ago." Mr. Truman addressed this ap- peal to the American people: "There is one 'immediate and personal thing each of us can do. "We can start now to conserve by being more selective in foods we buy, particularly livestock products whose production : re- quires large quantities of grain. Double-Purpose Action "Such action on our part will do two things. We will save on our family budget and we will help others who are in desperate need. "I am confident that the Amer- ican people, recognizing the ex- treme seriousness of the situation, will cooperate freely." The President said the decision on the question of a special ses- sion of Congress will grow out of a conference he will have Monday with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. President Philip, Murray of the CIO wrote Mr. Truman today urg- ing that a special session be called immediately to reestablish price controls and rationing. Sphinx Elects New Officers Bob Harrison. Named Honor Society Head a The University chapter of Sphinx, national junior men's honor society, last night named Bob Harrison, as president of the group for the coming year. Harrison, captain of the basket- ball team and secretary of the "M" club, is a Toledo, Ohio, lad who holds down the guard posi- tion on the Wolverine cage squad. Sphinx members also elected Louis LePierre of the Union Exec- utive Committee to the treasurer's post and Bill Mekulich, for two years captain of the tennis team, to the seretarv' iob. Russia Loses UN Test Vote In Assembly U.S. Asks Probe Of Balkan Issue By The Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 25-ThE Inited States today won a deci. ive victory over Soviet Russia on i test vote in the Balkan disput '-nd demanded that the United Nations Assembly create a special nommittee to try once more to zettle the whole conflict. The U. S. also denounced xreece's Soviet-backed neighbors -Albania, Bulgaria and Yugo- lavia-and asked the Assembly to find them guilty of helping guerillas fight the Greek govern- ment. The Assembly's Political Com- mittee, getting down to business quickly, first considered a request that Albania and Bulgaria, both non-members of the UN, be al- lowed to take part in the Balkan debate. The U. S. agreed on condi- tion that the two nations con- sent to accept any decision the Assembly might make. The entire Russian bloc op- posed this, contending that no string should be tied to Albania and Bulgaria by the Assembly, The Committee approved the American stand, 38 to 6. Russia, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Uk- raine, White Russia, Yugoslavia and Poland opposed. The Arab states abstained. At the start of the Committee session, Assembly President Os- waldo Aranha of Brazil proposed that Albania and Bulgaria be in- vited as interested parties to sit with the committee during debate on the Balkan case. Johnson said that would be agreeable to the U. S. if Bulgaria and Albania would agree to accept the decision of the Assembly. He said the UN Charter stipulated that non-members who come be- fore the UN must agree to accept whatever decision the UN makes. Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, at- tacked Johnson's "conditions" as "inappropriate" and "not necessary." Hector McNeil, British Minister of State, backed Johnson, saying it would be the "height of ludi- crous practice to let a man come to court only if it suited his con- venience to obey the court's de- cision." Bush Receives Research Post To Assure Scientific Leadership by U.S. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25-GP)- President Truman today appoint- ed Dr. Vannevar Bush, who played a major role in the development of the atomic bomb, as chairman of the Research and Development Board designed to keep America in the forefront of scientific prog- ress. The noted scientist will also have the task of keeping this country ahead in the develop- ment of new weapons. The research board is a new agency set up by the law unify- ing the nation's armed forces. Along with the appointment of Dr Bsh tot ee research post, Mr. Truman completed the top leadership of the new national defense setup with the following selections. Gen. Carl Spaatz, formerly chief of the Army Air Force, as chief of staff for the new Air Depart- ment headed by Secretary W. Stuart Symington. Arthur S. Barrows, 63, of Chi- cago, former president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., as Undersecre- tary for Air. X-Ray Notes Unanswered Notices recently sent to frater- nity and sorority houses advising X-ray examinations of non-stu- dents have met with little response or cooperation, according to Dr. Warren E Forsvthe. nf the T-THith Grid Tickets To Be Resold Non-student football tickets for all home games will be accepted for resale this season, according to a Michigan Union spokesman. Such tickets should be turned in at the Union travel desk between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on any Sat- urday that a game is scheduled here. Prospective sellers will be given a receipt for all tickets pre- sented. Tickets will be sold at face value, but the Union does not guarantee sale of all tickets ac- cepted. When tickets are sold, however, the former owner will receive a cashier's check by the following Friday. Owners of tic- kets up for resale who do not re- ceive a check by that time, can pick up their unsold ducats the next day. TRAVELED THROUGH EUROPE: Organsehi Fears Communist Influence on World 1 WI4 By ALLEGRA PASQUALETTI 7.r rrsam~nrhi 47 wn+ to fluence in Italy is as strong as is Yugoslavs had been moved into city will be good for the people1