VFRE Y PALESTINE See Page 4 t aii449 CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVHi No. 48 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS I i R t 4 * * i Specific Aid Move: Is Gaining Favor in, Michigan Whips Stopgap Program Truman Expected To Ask Congress For $597 Million at First Session By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-A move developed on Capitol Hill today to specify quantities of aid, rather than sums of money, in any Europ- ean stopgap aid plan. And, downtown, diplomatic authorities reported that the Adminis- tration is presently planning to ask Congress to appropriate $6,000,- 000,000 for spending on Latin-American and Canadian commodities to go into the longer-range proposal of a four-year European aid effort. President's Program President Truman will lay his $597,000,000 program for stop-gap aid for France, Italy and Austria before the opening session of Congress Wisconsin, 40-6, To Grab Crown Chappuis, Derricotte, Yerges Pace Wolverine Attack on Sloppy Field By BOB LENT (Special to The Daily) MADISON, Wis., Nov. 15-Billed as the 1947 Big Nine "dream game," the Michigan-Wisconsin grid battle in Camp Randall Stadium today turned into a Badger nightmare as the Wolverines romped to a 40-6 triumph for their first undisputed Conference title since 1933, thus gaining a date in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day. Playing their best game of the year before a sellout throng of 45,000, the Maize and Blue lived up to all advance notices of being a great ball club. Their highly touted backfield was all it was supposed to be and more, and their line held the hitherto explosive Wisconsin offensive to a pitifulsix first downs. Chappuis Shows Mettle Bob Chappuis added to his All-American stature by piling up a AMONG THE HEROES-Left to right, Bob Chappuis, Bruce Hilk ene, H. O. (Fritz) Crisler and Howard Yerges. Chappuis tossed three touchdown passes and picked up 77 yards on the ground to run his to tal offensive record to 1,088 yards in eight games. Captain Bruce Hilkene led the Michigan line as they tore huge holes in the Badger forward wall. Coach Crisler watched his grid machine power its way to the first undisputed Conference championship for Michig an since 1933. Howie Yerges not only called the signals, but snagged two touchdown passes. r Monday, along with a suggested m of living at home. Perkins Cites Flaw m State Tax Plannming Brands Amendment As Cause of Problem As a result of the Second Amendment to the State Consti- tution, the state may someday find itself required to borrow 10 mil- lion dollars to meet its obligations, John A. Perkins, state budget director, declared in an address here yesterday. Perkins, who delivered a lunch- eon speech to 500 accountants at- tending the 22nd annual Michi- gan Accounting Conference, said that this is the foremost financial problem facing the state. Revenue Allocation the Second Amendment pro- vides that one-third of the rev- enue derived from -the state sales tax be a'llocated to local govern- ments and 44 per cent be appro- priated to the schools. The 44 per cent clause, however, is one year behind in its application. That is, j the 44 per cent of this year's tax revenue appropriated to the schools will come out of next year's tax inccfne. Perkins pointed out that "this condition is satisfactory as long as we remain in a rising price situa- tion, but should prices drop sud- denly, the state will find itself in a precarious financial position." Illustration Given To illustrate the seriousness of this situation, Perkins explained that this year's estimated revenue from the sales tax is 195 million dollars, of which 65 million will go to local governments, and the 44 per cent allocated to the schools from last year's income also comes from this fund. Then 44 per cent of this 195 million, or approxi- mately 87 million dollars, will come out of next year's revenue. But should prices drop in the next year and the sales tax reven- ue be reduced to 116 million dol- lars, which was the figure for 1939, a normal year, the present setup would require that 39 million go the local governments, and the 87 million dollars to the schools would also have to come out of these funds, Perkins said. Borrowing Necessary This means that the state would ha e to borrow 10 million dollars tPlumeet its obligations, in addi- tion to being without funds to carry out its own function, he ex- plained. "Responsibility for this situation lies not with the legislature, but with the people, who also have the power to correct it by constitu- tional revision. We must give com- plete power of appropriation to the legislature, and thus be able to hold those we elect responsible for what is done," Perkins declared. U.S. Troops Evacuating MamI a....-p-aman Pa'P. _ eans of halting the rise in the cost The diplomatic authorities, who asked not to be quoted by name, said that the use of U.S. dollars in buying Latin American and Can- adian products would be designed to reduce the drain on U.S. re- sources. Products Involved They said the major products involved in the idea, in the order cf their importance, are bread grains, coarse grains, meats, fats and oils, coffee, cotton and timber. Secretary of State Marshall has already said the administration will ask Congress for authority un- der which U.S. funds could be spent in foreign countries for commodities not readily available here in large quantities. Joint Session The President will appear before the joint session of the Senate and House Monday in person, accom- panied by his Cabinet. His mes- sage, on which he worked today, will be broadcast to the nation (1:30 p.m. EST). Meanwhile Carroll Reece, the Republican national chairman, called for two-way cooperation between the White House and the capitol. Hughes Hits Fraud Charge WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-(P)- Howard Hughes demanded today that Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) withdraw what Hughes called an "implied challenge" that there was fraud and corruption in the mil- lionaire planemaker's wartime contracts. Evidence still locked within the files of the Senate War Inves- tigating Committee, Hughes said, will prove he "was telling the truth" in denying he took part in anything crooked. His outburst came as the Com- mittee ended its public hearings on the $40,000,000 Hughes con- tracts. Ferguson, chairman of a War Investigating Subcommittee which has been looking into Hughes' contracts for photo planes for the Air Force and for a huge flying boat, quickly denied that he or other senators had reached any conclusions in the case. Large Scale Riots Sweep Southern Italy Strike Hits Rome; Five Die inCerignola ROME, Nov.h15--(A)-Riotous fighting swept the Southern Ital- ian city of Cerignola tonight, with at least five persons reported killed and many wounded, and a sudden transportation strike tied up Rome as the leftist assault on Premier Alcide de Gasperi's gov- ernment leaped from city to city on a nation-wide scale. Reinforcements of armored cars, police and troops were rushed to Cerignola, near Foggia, where demonstrators were said to have gained control of the main square. Police Attacked The Interior Ministry said it had received word that the mob had attacked the police barracks there with machinegun fire and hand grenades. The assistant po- lice chief was gravely wounded and three carabinieri and a police agent were slightly wounded. There are "numerous dead" in the city, the Rome newspaper Mo- mentosera reported. It added that the roads into Cerignola were blocked and telegraph and tele- phone lines were cut. A general strike also grapped Cerignola, where many members of the U.S. 15th Air Force lived during the War. Milling Demonstrators Dispatches from the City said the milling demonstrators at- tacked the headquarters of De Gasperi's Christian Democratic (Catholic) Party and wrecked the offices of the Democracy of La- bor and of the University Asso- ciation. The disorders began last night. The province of Lecce, south of Puglia in the heel of the Italian boot, also was experiencing a strike of peasants, diggers and to- bacco workers. The Interior Min- istry said that in some areas the strikers had cut down telephone poles. Several arrests were made. Only taxis and ancient "Da- mionette," privately-owned con- verted pick-up trucks, were avail- able to transport Romans who lined the sides of these wheezing vehicles two and three deep. GET ACQUAINTED: International Students Week Observance To Start Today International Students Week, as proclaimed by the. NSA Commit- tee of the Student Legislature, starts today. Designed to provide an oppor- tunity for students on campus to become acquainted with foreign students and their countries, the Third Force' Meeting Called By Ramadier PARIS, Nov. 15-(AP)-Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier today called a series of important meet- ings of political leaders for this week-end in an effort to streng- then his middle-of-the-road gov- ernment as a 'third force" to meet the rising threat of Communist violence on the left and DeGaul- list opposition on the right. The call went out after the Communists had presented a grave new threat to the government by ordering "action of the popular masses" against cabinet decrees raising gas, electricity and rail- road rates, and had stirred riotous trouble in Marseille. Industrial sections in France's second largest city were 80 per cent strike bound. The strike was extended today to Nice where dock workers walk- ed out on instructions from Mar- seille union headquarters. High spot of the week-end con- ferences scheduled by Ramadier is to be a "political luncheon" to- morrow. Those invited have been working together since the municipal elec- tions of Oct. 26 to set up a strong "third force" to oppose the Com- iunist and DeGaullist giants on either side. Reuther Signs Red Affidavit ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Nov. 15 --(P)-President Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers (CIO) and three other union officials today wired the National Labor Relations Board that they had signed non-Communist affidavits required by the Taft-Hartley Act. The telegram, which was signed also by Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey and Vice Presidents Rich- ard Gosser and John Livingston, stated that the signing of the af- fidavits would in no way prejudice the Union's right to challenge thel constitutionality of the law or tol fight for its repeal. The action was taken at a special UAW Executive Board meeting which followed the UAW convention this week. The reelection of Reuther as president of the UAW and the sweeping election victory of his ticket Tuesday, was a setback to week's activities will be co-spon- sored by the recently formed In- ternational Students Association. Speakers' Bureau Highlighting the celebration will be the inauguration of a perma- nent foreign student speaker's bureau. Throughits facilities, stu- dents from China, Egypt, France, India, Latin America, the Philip- pines, Scandinavia and Turkey will be available as guest lecturers at meetings of student groups. Arrangements for speakers can be made by contacting Shankar Ranganathan at 6757. Opportunity to Learn Urging all types of campus or- ganizations to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered to them. Tom Walsh, chairman of the NSA Committee, declared, "Students now have the oppor- tunity to learn about foreign countries, not from textbooks, but from fellow students at the Uni- versity who were born and raised in those countries." Already the campus chapter of AVC, which had originally planned for their Wednesday meeting a discussion of the re- port on civil liberties recently pre- sented to President Truman, will extend the topic to include a panel discussion by representative for- eign students on the status of civil liberties in their native coun- tries. On World Government On Thursday, the Student World Federalists will turn over the second part of its meeting to a panel of foreign students who will discuss the pros and cons of world government as seen from their various national viewpoints. As the first activity on the week's calendar, ISA is sponsor- ing a "Filipino Supper," at 6 p.m. today in the International Center at which President and Mrs. Alex- ander G. Ruthven will be guests of honor and which will be open to all students on campus. The campus celebration this week will coincide with world- wide student recognition of Nov. 17. It was on this date that the Germans suspended all education in Czechoslovakia and subsequent- ly slaughtered 156 students who participated in a protest demon- stration. WCTU Proposes Plan CHICAGO, Nov. 15-3P)-The national Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union urged today that the special session of Congress de- clare a "holiday from hangovers" to save grain for Europe. Vets'Living Costs To Be Subject of Poll Seek Data as Support For Subsistence Hike Student veterans on 25 cam- puses throughout Michigan will observe Operation Subsistence Week, beginning tomorrow, as the latest phase in the renewed cam- paign to increase government sub- sistence under the G.I. bill. A state-wide survey of veterans to arrive at a cost of living in- dex-which will serve as the basis for revised subsistence demands -will be'conducted on all cam- A reproduction of the Opera- tion Subsistence Questionnaire appears on Page 8. puses. Uniform questionnaires as drawn up by AVC and the Uni- versity Women Veterans' organi- zation are being used throughout the state. Completion Wednesday Here on campus, veterans will be asked to complete the question- naires on Wednesday. Sampling techniques similar to those of the Survey Research Center, are planned. "Since it is impossible to hit all veterans on campus," George Antonofsky, temporary chairman of Operation Subsistence, ex- plained, "we feel that we can get the most accurate results only if we use a representative sampling." Approximately 400 Questioned Approximately 400 veterans will be questioned, Antonof sky said. Survey results here and throughout the state, after they have been tabulated and inter- preted, will be presented before a statewide planning conference at East Lansing on Dec. 13. A final program will be completed then for presentation at the opening of the regular session of Congress in January. Previous Survey (A survey of subsistence con- ducted here by AVC last year was submitted to Congress at the last session. According to Antonofsky, who represented the AVC in Washington at that time, the sur- vey "was very effective in con- vincing many doubtful Congress- men of the veterans' needs.") "Our sights are focused on the House of Representatives this time," Antonofsky said, "and we have no doubt that we can con- vince enough Congressmen to put a pay increase across. "But we need accurate, docu- mented information to present to them. Only complete cooperation on the part of those we interview can give us the information we need," he added. 156-yard offensive total, while Bump Elliott was close behind with 141 yards. Jack Weisenburg- er added 81 yards to his Confer- ence rushing leadership. *nMichigan's first touchdown came on a break and the Wolverines used just three plays to capitalize on it. With six minutes of the game gone, Wisconsin halfback Jug Girard dropped back to his own 12 to punt. A bad pass from center confused the sophomore ace and he was dropped on the ten as he tried to run with the ball. Yerges Scores Two. plays failed to move the ball, but Chappuis passed to Yer- ges who stood all alone in the right flat and went over standing up. Brieske's kick was wide and Michigan led 6-0. Three minutes later the Wolver- ine blitzkrieg struck again when Gene Derricotte took a Girard punt on his own 23 yard line, pick- ed up some beautiful downfield blocking, evadel the last man in A Rose Bowl-bound Wolver- ine football team arrives in the Ann Arbor Michigan Central Depot at 9:35 a.m. today. They bring with them Michigan's first undisputed Conference title in 14 years. his way and went 77 yards to score. This time Brieske's kick was good and Michigan led 13-0. Self Runs 70 Yards Clarence Self then gave the par- tisan crowd their first chance to 'cheer when he took the next kick off and raced 70 yards to the Michigan 14 where Big Lennie Ford hit him and the ball squirted out of his hand. Dick Loepfe jump- ed on the loose ball on the 12 and Wisconsin had their first scoring chance. They muffed it however as Derricotte intercepted a Girard pass in the end zone. Midway in the second quarter See CRISLER, Page 6 Union To Present Football Movie Motion pictures of the Michi- gan-Indiana football games will be shown at 8:30 p.m. today in the Union ballroom. The same film will also be pre- sented at 6:45 p.m. in the West Lodge of Willow Village. Movies of the Wolverine grid contest played the week before will be shown every Sunday during the season. Women students may attend. Mood Swings. Characterize Lost weekend Friday Night Gaiety Gives Way to Despair (Special to The Daily) MADISON, Wis., Nov. 15-Mad- ison offered a contrast in moods this weekend. Friday night optimism ran ex- tremely high with most of the population definitely hopeful of an upset win over Michigan. Drinks. Drinks were free-flowing all over the town. Last night the town was dead by comparison as its Big Nine championship and Rose Bowl bubble was burst by a truly great Maize and Blue team. Fathers Saluted Half-time ceremonies saluted the 36 fathers of the Badger foot- ball team. Highlights of the goings on were a "Hi Dad" formation by the band followed by the playing of "What's the Matter with Fa- ther?" A huge "Beat Michigan" sign ,was written in the snow just out- side the Stadium but the Wol- verine eleven evidently didn't no- tice it. Biggest Since 1926 Only in 1926 did the Wolverines run up a bigger score against a Wisconsin team, and they did it by hauling one of last season's most effective plays off the shelf. It's the old Chappuis to Yerges pass which accounted for two of the six Maize and Blue touch- downs and connected every time it was used. Heavy sleet and windstorms in this part of the country knocked out many of the telegraph and radio wires in the state and one radio announcer had to give up up after talking for half an hour when it turned out that he had no audience. Number One? Speculation ran high in the press box as to whether Mich- igan wouldn't be the number one team in the nation after yester- day's impressive win. Most agreed that Notre Dame's narrow call with Northwestern would vault the Wolverines into first place in this week's AP poll and that with only Ohio State left on its agenda, Crisler's men would be in a good position to end the season as this country's top-rated ball club. Coaches' Comments Coach Crisler's only comment was that he was well-pleased with his club. Over in the rival dressing room, Coach Harry Stuhldreher ad- mitted that Michigan had a great club. He did think, however, that the score would have been closer if the early game breaks hadn't gone so much against his Badgers. YERKES ASTRONOMER: Kuiper Doubts Interplanetary Trips,_Predicts Moon Flights By RUSS CLANAHAN Rocket flights to the Moon at present are "theoretically possib- le," but attempted trips to other planets would be "virtually im- possible in the foreseeable future because of the great distances in- volved," Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper, di- rector of the University of Chi- cago's Yerkes Observatory, said servatories on earth, which has the effect of "traveling to Mars with the speed of light." "A low form of vegetation, such as lichen, can and probably does exist on Mars," Dr. Kuiper said. However, he pointed out that Mars has a light atmosphere, water va- por is the only moisture, and temp- erature changes are so much greterthan on earth that no BOUGAINVILLE BONANZA: Grad Student Gives Museum the Birds 6-C By BOB BYERLY A hirri i the hand.t Kn W. did some extensive bird hunting, Sunday's roast leghorn, the birds am faria- - ia _ ,