*4 ADVISING PLAN Sri, Page 4 L '7j r L wFA6 Daill CLOUDY, SNOW FLURRIES Latest Deadline in the State OL. LVIII, No. 83 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS Ask Increase Of 1.5 Bilion For Defense Air Force Called 'Best Insurance' By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - The1 President's Air Policy Commission today asked for a boost in the na- .' tional defense budget, warning that America has a scant five years until other nations catch up to her in Atomic Research. A king for a one and a one half billion dollar hike for the na- tional defense budget in 1948, the Commission recommended the creation of an invincable air force as the best insurance against A atomic aggression. Released. today after more than five months of preparation, the Commission's report de- clared that by Jan. 1, 1953 oth- er nations will have developed atomic weapons in quantity and serious danger of atomic attack will exist. In addition to the billion and one half dollar hike in defense ap- propriations this year the com- mission asked for another boost in 1949 to bring the total to $13,200,- 000,000. Currently the national defense budget stands at $10,098,- 000,000. Virtually all of the in- crease asked would be earmarked for the air force. A three point program was rec- ommended to rebuild the air force to top strength. The program calls for an increase in the num- ber of air groups from the present 55 to 70 by 1950. An air national guard is also asked for with some 3,200 planes _ In 27 groups plus .,n air force reserve of 34 groups and equip- ment. The final point calls for the construction and storage of some 8,000 combat planes by 1952. Referring to the Navy air arm, the commission declared that the present strength is adequate but called for more modern planes. 'A revamped Commerce depart- ment was called for by the com- mission in order to encourage civil aviation. Commenting on the report, Presi- dent Truman said it would help the government in further devel- oping long range aviation policy. According to the Chief Executive the judgments of the commission should be studied carefully by Congress and the people. L.S.A. Seniors To Pay Dues Submit Petitions for Ball Committee Posts Seniors in women's dorms, East and West Quads, sororities, fra- ternities, and league houses will be canvassed this week for their one-dollar literary college class dues, Dennis Youngblood, presi- dent, announced yesterday. February and June graduates not covered in the canvass may make payment at the booth out- side Rm. 2, University Hall, to- morrow. The deadline for submitting Senior Ball central committee statements of qualifications has been extended until 5 p.m. tomor- row, he also announced. These should be brought to the office of Student Affairs, University Hall. Interested students should in- elude in their statements past ex- perience, ideas for the dance and positions desired in order of pref- erence. In addition ,to general chairman, the following posts are open: tickets, refreshments, fi- nance, orchestra, patrons, pro- grams and publicity. Graduation announcements will -be on sale this week to February graduates at ten cents apiece. Pictorial Hilies Watch for Friday morning's Daily which will contain a full page of pictures detailing the highlights of the Fall semester. Prepared by The Daily's new feature and picture editor, Fred Schott, the full page of photo- Vet Subsistence Mission Finds Support in Capitol Snowballed Michigan Congressmen Review Cost of Living Survey at Special Hearing EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a special report from Washington on the progress of a lobby to increase Government subsistence for student veterans. The writer is a University student who has led a Michigan dele- gation to the nation's capital, to carry the campaign for GI pay boosts di- rectly to Congress. By GEORGE ANTONOFSKY (Special to The Daily). WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-Michigan's congressmen took a look at our statewide cost of living survey for the first time today, and their reactions seemed to indicate that we've gained new support for our campaign to boost subsistence. Most of the lawmakers we spoke to at a special conference this Smorning told us that we still have rough sledding ahead, though. It Advisors' Jobs seems that there's a tremendous pressure keeping the Rogers Bill A 1 L 1from leaving the all-powerful Still Available House Rules Committee, where it's been buried for a long while now. Regents Revamp Conduct Board, Include Students Representatives To Be Pikked from SL, Men's, Women's Judiciary Board of Regents revision of the membership of the Committee on Student Conduct to include three students was announced yesterday by the Student Affairs Committee. The student representatives are to be elected one each from the Student Legislature, Women's Judiciary Council and Men's Judi- ciary Council. This revision was originally proposed last fall by the Student Leg- islature, following a wave of campus protest over an administrative interpretation of the "liquor ban" announced last spring by the For Students Legislatire Builds Course Advice Plan Literary college experts in the fields of history, journalism, ro- mance languages, math and physics are still needed to com- plete the new Course-content Stu- dent Advisory Program, Dave Dutcher, co-chairman of the Stu- dent Legislature Cultural and Ed- ucational Committee announced yesterday. Advisors should be juniors or seniors in the literary college with at least a "B" average in their field of concentration and with wide experience in their fields, Dutcher said. Members of honor societies are particularly wanted, but this is not an absolute quali- fication, he added. Advisors' Advantages Student advisors will receive all the advantages offered to regular orientation advisors which include early registration and free meals during that week, Dutcher pointed out. Interested students should con- tact Dutcher before Friday. A meeting for all students par- ticipating in the program will be held at 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Grand Rapids Room of the League, Dutcher said, adding that attendance is compulsory. Experts Give Information Recently passed by the Execu- tive Committee of the literary col- lege, the Legislature initiated plan provides for student experts rep- resenting the major fields of con- centration who will give detailed course information to students during registration week in Rm. 25, Angell Hall. Designed especially to benefit freshmennand transfer students, the program will provide detailed descriptions of courses and will help to familiarize new students with the choice of courses avail- able. The program will also ease the load of academic counselors by giving course information to up- per-classmen in fields outside of their own concentrate, Dutcher explained, adding that all course advice will be limited to factual information only. No recommen- dation of professors will be of- fered by any student advisor. World News At, a Glance By The Associated Press, WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-Ed- win W. Pauley, whose commodity speculation has been under fire, announced tonight that he ex- pects to resign as assistant to Sec- retary of the Army Royall "some time this month." * * * NEW DELHI, Jan. 13-Mo- handas K. Gandhi, who has fasted many times to advance the cause of Indian independ- ence, began a fast for peace among Moslems, Sikhs and Hin- dus today. CHICAGO, Jan. 13-D. Ar- thur Rodzinski, who quit a year ago as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, was dis- missed today as Musical Director of the Chicago Symphony Orches- tra, "effective at the end of the current season." HELRINKI Finland. Jan. 13 George Antonofsky will present a full report of the Washington lobby at AVC's final meeting of the semester at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union. Consensus has it, though, that once the Bill comes out of com- mittee, few Congressmen would be willing to go on record against it. (The Rogers Bill calls for GI pay boosts to $100 for single vet- erans and $125 for married stu- dents.) Expert Dodging We next got to see House Ma- jority Leader Charles Halleck, and presented our case to him. He was very adroit and we were never quite ableto find out where he stood on the question. The 20-member Michigan dele- gation was extremely disappointed to read that the President was op- posed to further increases in vet- erans' benefits. We feel that we're not actually seeking increased benefits, but are only trying to make it possible for us to continue the education we were promised in the original GI Bill. Survey Indicate Exodus Our cost-of-living survey point- ed to a mass exodus from the col- leges and universities if the Gov- ernment doesn't help match allot- ments to increased living costs. We'ventried to meet with the President for the past two days but it's been in vain. This after- noon though our chances seemed to brighten somewhat, and it now seems likely that we will get to see See SUBSISTENCE, Page 6 , * Wallace Backs Subsistence Raise for Vets (Special to The Daily) "WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-Henry A. Wallace today added his sup- port to Operation Subsistence, de- claring that the "fight for ade- quate subsistence is among the most pressing essentials for gen- uine national defense." In a sharply-worded attack on the "warmindedness" of the Ad- ministration and Congress, Wal- lace, third-party candidate for president, declared, "We have bil- lions for war at a time when hun- dreds of thousands of veterans are being forced to leave school because of inadequate subsistence allowance." Wallace's remarks were in a telegram, addressed to the Opera- tion Subsistence lobby in Wash- ington. The lobby seeks GI Bill boosts to $100 for single veterans and $125 for married ex-GIs. "We are urged to approve mili- tary training for the younger brothers of men and women who have served their country and whose needs are now forgotten," the former vice-president said. "Nothing better dramatizes the ugly warmindedness now domi- nating the Administration and Congress than the accent placed on appropriations for armed forces and proposals for compulsory mil- itary training," he added. DISCUSS MARSHALL PLAN-Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman (left) and U.S. Ambas- sador to Great Britain Lewis Douglas (center) dis cuss the Marshall Plan for Eupoeran aid with Chairman Arthur H. Vandenberg, (R.-Mich.), Senate foreign relations committee, at the Capitol. Harriman and Douglas were witnesses before the committee. s SOUP TO CHOWDER: Rose Bowl Movies Help To Fill Friendship Food Caravan By FRAN IVICK Cans of food paid as admission to the Rose Bowl movies Sunday and Monday, made up over half of Shakespeare Comnedy Will Open Tonight Play Production's presentation of Shapespeare's pastoral comedy, "As You Like It," will open at 8 p.m. today at the Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre and continue through Saturday evening. Directed by Prof. William P. Halstead of the speech depart- ment, the play will also feature 60 dancers from the physical educa- Pictures on Page 2 tion department and a six piece champber music group. Cast in leading parts are Max Brier as Orlando; Ralph Cappuc- cilli, Oliver; Dorothy Cutekunst, Rosalind; James Drummond, Touchstone; Jack Iskin, Duke Senior; Edmund Johnston, Duke Frederick; Norma Metz, Celia; and John Momeyer, Jaques. Paul Bryan, School of Music in- structor, has adapted a number of traditional sixteenth century mel- odies for presentation in conjunc- tion with the play. Dr. Juana de Laban of the wom- en's physical education depart- ment will supervise a 60 member dancing group. Tickets are still available from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lydia Mendelssohn box office for all performances. A special student rate of 48 cents will prevail for the performances tonight and Thursday. U' Graduate Wins Executive Position J. R. McWilliams, '19E has been named executive vice president of the Carter Oil Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma. McWilliams has been Carter's vice president in charge of produc- tion since 1945 after a year's leave of absence during which he served as director of the production di- vision of the Petroleum Adminis- tration for War. A native of Missouri, McWil- liams graduate dfrom the Uni- versity as a petroleum engineer in 1919 and began a long career in the oil industry. Ann Arbor's 30,000 can contribu- tion to the Motor Friendship Car- avan, Leo Kelly, chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday. The JCC was responsible for the collection of the food, along with the "M" Club, which was on hand at the fairgrounds yesterday when the food was assembled for ship- ment to Detroit. From Detroit, the consignment will proceed to New York, and then to hungry countries of Europe, principally France. Large Contribution Kelly stated that the size of Ann Arbor's contribution to the Caravan, compared to the rest of the nation, was very large. The JO'C chairman expressed surprise at the variety of food do- nated. Canned bacon, salmon and tuna were among the contribu- tions. "'Those people will certainly eat well," he said. "I even found a can of caviar in the collection." "Baby Chowder" The "M" Club was also sur- prised. On looking over the food, Bob Chappuis examined a small can, saying, "Hmm. Baby chow- der." Boxes of pudding were nu- merous, but there were no in- structions for preparation which the French people could under- stand if they knew no English. Large consignments of food were donated by companies, while the railroads are bearing the ex- penses of shipment. The people of Ann Arbor itself, Kelly said, were generous, but did not approve of the idea that food which couldn't be shipped would be donated to the poor of the city. ERP Backed By Anderson WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-()- Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said flatly today that proposed food shipments to Europe under the "Marshall Plan" have nothing to do with the Administration's bid for standby power to put meat and other food under rationing and price control. Anderson's statement, made as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee questioned him about the effect of foreign aid on the nation's larder, directly contrdict- ed a view often expressed by op- ponents of the four-year Euro- pean Recovery Program. Anderson told the senators that no beef, pork or lamb would be sent abroad during the first two years of the program. James Pope To Talk Today On Journalism Semester Lecture Series EndsFriday "The Press: What and Whose Is It?" will be the subject of a lec- ture by James S. Pope, managing editor of the Louisville Courier- Journal, to be given at 8 p.m., to- night in Kellogg Auditorium. Pope was a reporter, city editor, and assistant managing editor of the Atlanta Journal, before be- coming editor of the Courier Jour- nal. He joined the latter as a spe- cial staff writer in 1940 and was the managing editor three months later. Wins Travel Fellowship The first newspaperman to re- ceive a travel fellowship from the Rosenwald Foundation, he trav- eled extensively in France, Eng- land and Scotland and wrote a se- ries of articles on Western Europe, and compiling data on the Brit- ish government and the British press. In 1941, he toured Canada and wrote a series of articles on Can- ada's war effort. At the invitation of the Indian Army, he flew to In- dia in 1945 to write a series on the military affairs. His articles, how- ever, dealt more with the coming showdown in Indian-British poli- tics. Handles Press Problems During the war, Pope also served with the Byron Price's Of- fice of Censorship, handling press problems. He acted as program manager of the 1947 meeting in Detroit of the Associated Press Managing Editors, and is vice chairman of the organization's Continuing Study Committee for 1948. He is also active in Sigma Delta Chi, honorary professional journalism fraternity. Pope's speech is the sixth in a series sponsored by the University Journalism Department. Paul Shinkman, news commentator and former foreign correspondent, and Hamilton Cochran of the Satur- day Evening Post, will climax the series for this semester by speak- ing to members of th . nurnalism class in Editorial Policy and Man- agement on Friday. Restaurant Will Reopen The Granada Cafe has repaired the damage it sustained in the $150,000 State Street fire and will open for business tomorrow, the management announced. A free coffee hour for all stu- dents will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Committee on Student Conduct. proved by the Student Affairs' Committee Oct. 28 and recom- mended for adoption to the Board of Regents. Although favorable action was taken by the Regents Dec. 19, no announcement was forth- coming until yesterday. It is expected that the new stu- dent representatives will press for a meeting of the committee early next semester in order to discuss recent interpretations and viola- tions of the University's liquor regulations. The revised membership of this comnmittee, which decides Univer- sity policy on student conduct, i as follows: three Senate members appointed by the President for terms of three years each; the deans and directors of the several schools and colleges; the Dean of Women; the Dean of Students: and three students representing the Legislature and the Men's and Women's Judiciary Councils. The Board of Regents also ap- proved the granting of a seat on the SAC to the chairman of the Men's Judiciary Council and the simultaneous release of one of three seats formerly held by the Student Legislature. The change was recommended by the Legislature after the Men's Judiciary Council was divorced from the Legislature last year. The SAC now includes the Dean of Students and the Dean of Women, ex-officio; six members of the Senate; and seven students. The students are the chairman o Women's Judiciary Council, chair- man of Men's Judiciary Council. president of the Union, manag- ing editor of The Daily, president of the League, and two members of the Legislature. Final approval of the Associa- tion of Independent Men was also announced by the SAC. Music Festival 'Will Feature StringQuartet The Paganini String Quartet, s group of instrumentalists already familiar to American music lovers will present three concerts in the eighth annual Chamber Music Festival to be held at 8:30 p.m. Friday and at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m Saturday in Rackham Audito. rium. Organized early in 1946, th groump derives its name from the f act that it owns four historic Stradivariustinstruments once th property of Paganini, famous composer and concert violinist. The viola, cello and two violins dispersed since Paganini's death have only recently been brougl together by a New York music lover, after years of patient effort. Members of Group One of the original members o the quartet, Robert Maas, 'celli t is unable to continue with te muartet due to illness. His place a being taken by Gaber Retjo, for- I-xe-ly associated with the Lehn ,nd Roth quartets. Other members of the group a c Henri Temianka, first violin Gustave Rosseels, second violn and Robert Courte, viola. All thre . distinguished themselves in Eu ropean chamber music. Cond-crt Programs The programs to be presented this weekend are ,as follows: O Friday, L'Estra Ainonica, Vivaldi; Quartet, Op. 130, Beethoven; an Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Bartok. Sat- urday afternoon's program will The proposed revision was ap- Prof. Palmer Hits Proposed Tax Reduction Disagrees with Plan To Combat Inflation. By RUSS CLANAHAN A reduction in taxes at the pres- fnt time "would make for even more inflation, rather than less," Prof. William Palmer, of the eco- nomics department, said yester- day, commenting on a proposal Sunday by 53 economists to com- bat inflation by lowering taxes and revising the tax system. Pointing out that lower taxes would mean even more dollars would then enter an already money-flooded market, Prot Palmer emphasized that high cor- porate taxes "would be a good thing under the present inflation- ary situation" to cut down the de- mand for goods by corporations. Revi Tax System Prof. Palmer agreedhwith the conomists' view that the tax sys- em should be revised, but said hat "the overhauling of the sys- ,m should mean a restating of the forms of taxation, rather than the amount." Prof. Palmer pointed out that the 53 economists making the pro- oosal represent the conservative economic attitude, which holds hat the seemingly contradictory deas of tax reduction and debt zayments could both be accom- lished through the slashing of overnment spending. Relief Plan Not Excessive' "Whether present expenditures ire excessive in view of the world situation depends on the individ- al viewpoint," he said. He added hat, to him, the "proposed $6,- 00,000,000 for European relief lidn't seem excessive against the ackground of a $200,000,000,000 national income." Although agreeing that the conomists' suggestion to cut out ;overnment subsidies is sound, ?rof. Palmer doubted that many ubsidies are actually being paid, i view of the current high level of :rices. Universit Will Lose Hollister Has Taught Speech Here Since 1902 Dr. Richard D. T. Hollister, as- opiate professor of speech, has anounced that he will retire t 'e end of the present semester uwer teaching in t -seechr de- )artLnent since 1903. . Hollister, who uwas br rear Brighton, graduated from Ann Arbor High School and re- eived his bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees from the Univer- sity. He also studied at the Univer- sity of Chicago and has taught at summer sessions in several other schools, including Northwestern THROUGH THE IRON CURTAIN: Life, Thought of Russians Today Described by Bryan Interview.. university the Iron Curtain is be- ing penetrated every month by about 200 technical magazines, Lecture .. lecture in which he denounced "the Walter Winchell type of hys- teria."