UNFAIR DECISION .S e Pare ~4 Y LwF4b aii4l S NOW, StET Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVIII, No. 104 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1948 PRICE FIVE VENT * * * * * * * * * * * * C Scientist Called Security Menace Crowd of 9,000 Atom Expert Charged with Spy Activities Condon Accused By House Group By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 1- A House Unamerican Activities Sub- committee declared ,today that Dr. Edward U. Condon, a top atomic scientist, has associated with al- leged Soviet spies. It labelled Dr. Condon, who is head of the National Bureau of Standards, "one of the weakest links in our atomic security." Dr. Condon told a reporter who1 asked him about this: "If I am one of the weakest links in the Nation's atomic se- curity, this is gratifying informa- tion, because I'm absolutely re- liable and therefore we (the na- tion) have nothing to worry about. The country can relax." The House group, in a formal report, recalled that Condon was appointed to his post on the rc ommendation of Henry Wallace. Speaking of Communists, the re- port said: -"In this country they haven't gotten as far as they did in Czech- oslovakia, but they got pretty far, because they got a man as Vice President of the United States, and he is now their candidate for President, and he is the same man who recomnv ded Dr. Condon as director of the Bureau of Stand- ards." The committee spoke warning- ly of evidence which it said "in- dicates very strongly that there is t in operation at the present time in the United States an extensive Soviet espionage ring." It warned of "ultimate disas- ter" if this ring be allowed to continue. Dr. Condon, the report said, "knowingly or unknowingly en- ' tertained and associated with per- sons who are alleged Soviet es- pionage agents." Condon commented: "That's just too vague to talk about. I certainly didn't do it knowingly." Of the report's statement that he "has lent his name and in- fluence to one of the principal Communist endeavors in the Unit- edStates," the scientist replied: "I suppose that refers to my membership in the American So- viet Science Society. This society is supported by a $25,000 grant from the Rockefel- ler Foundation and is not Com- munistic in any sense of the word." The committee report did say this was the organization. It add- ed that the Council was affiliated with the National Council of American Soviet friendship "which was recently cited as a subversive organization" by Attor- ney General Clark. Main Breaks, Floods Stores y hResidents and store owners near the corner of Packard and State Swere washed out of their base- ments Sunday and as a result the city may face damage suits. A water main broke, pushed into a sewer and the sewer water backed up into the basements of several stores, according to H., H. Caswell, water manager. Store owners complained that, while the authorities knew of the break at 9 a.m., the water was not turned off until afternoon. Independent Men The Association of Independent Men will observe the tenth anni- Sees 51-35 Win Over Iowa Team Michigan Second Big Nine School To Take Basketball, Grid Titles By DICK KRAUS Daily Sports Editor Ozzie Cowles' second edition of Michigan cagers blew the lid off staid old Ann Arbor with a 51-35 victory over Iowa before a screaming crowd of 9,000 fans, at Yost Field House last night, to end the Wol- verines long basketball title drought. For the second time in Big Nine history, the same school has captured both the football and basketball crowns in the same season, only Purdue in 1931 turning the trick before. But Cowles' superbly coached squad left little doubt that they would match the Boilermak- ers' feat, except for a bad stretch at the opening of the second half. After rolling up a 29-22 half time lead with machine-like effi- ciency that saw the Wolverines sink 13 of 14 free throws, a belated attack ofbuck fever caught up with them, and the Hawkeyes knotted the count at 31-31 as Michigan * BOB HARRISON PETE ELLIOTT guard guard MAC SUPRUNOWICZ BILL ROBERTS forward center DON McINTOSH forward Ozzie Cowles Rides High on Shoulders of Champs) By IRWIN ZUCKER Coach Ozzie Cowles was ridin' high last night. High atop the shoulders of his newly-crowned champions, the sil- ver-thatched cage mentor rode royally to the locker room immedi- ately after Michigan's title-clinch- ing victory over Iowa at Yost Field House. "It's a wonderful feeling," ex- claimed the jubilant Cowles, who produced seven championship teams at Dartmouth before com- ing to Ann Arbor in 1946. ' Amidst the expected din and confusion of the locker room, scores of well-wishers were con- tinually congratulating the players Bump Elliott, who made a sur- prise appearance in the game last night to the delight of the over- flow crowd, was one of the most popular figures in the dressing room. A member of the junior varsity cage squad all season, Bump donned a varsity uniform last night for the first time this sea- son. When he was sent in to re- CHORAL UNION SERIES: Enesco, Romanian Violinist, Will Present Concert Tonight Georges Enesco, noted Rouma- nian violinist, will present a con- cert at 8:30 p.m. today at Hill Au- ditorium. Featured on the program will be Enesco's Sonata No. 3 in A mi- nor. Also to be heard are: Vival- di's Sonata in A major; Tartini's Sonata in G minor; Bach's Prelu- Last Call for '48 Yearbook! Last call for a '48 Ensian has been issued by Al Grossman, sales manager,das the Thursday press deadline draws near. To be sure of obtaining a copy all orders must be made by 10 p.m. Wednesday. Students still possessing $1 down payment stubs are urged by Grossman to use them before Wednesday while they are still valid. dium E Fuga in G minor for Vio- lin alone; Kaddisch and Perpe- tuum Mobile by Maurice Ravel; and the Zigeunerwiesen or Gipsy Airs by Sarasate. Ninth in the current Choral Un- ion Series, the concert is one of the first appearances of the Rou- manian composer conductor and violinist in more than seven years. Although he had appeared in this country before the War, En- esco's whereabouts during the war were largely unknown. He re- turned to this country last fail, bringing with him some of the work he had done during the war years. Enesco'sbest-known composi- tions are his Roumanian Rhapso- dies and the Sonata in A minor, which will be featured on the con- cert tonight. A few tickets at each price for the Enesco concert are still on sale at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Tower. lieve brother Pete at the guard post in the first half, the crowd+ gave the All-American football ace a tremendous ovation. "All I really wanted was a good+ seat on the bench," said Bump. With exactly one minute re- maining in last night's battle, Bump moved to the foul line for a free throw try. The crowd chant- ed, "We want a touchdown!" The versatile Bump missed that charity shot. However, he tossed in a pair of gift throws with 20 U' Democrats, Progressives Initiate Action The Wallace Progressives took steps last night to join the new- born Progressive Party in its peti- tion campaign to put Henry Wal- lace on the state ballots in No- vember. And on another side or the Uni- versity's political scene, the Young Democrats announced that Rep. Frank Hook (Dem., Mich.) would join a three-man panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union. The Progressives will cooperate with the Washtenaw County com- mittee for Wallace, canvassing Ann Arbor's 7th ward for signa- tures tonight. The Wallace group announced, too, that it would actively cam- paign for the UN's implementing of the Palestine partition with an international police force. ' The Young Democrats, who will get under way as an official cam- pus organization today, will take up the matter of campus politics as it relates to the town and the community. Rep. Hock, who has declared himself a candidate for the Demo- cratic Senatorial nomination, will join Prof. Robert Angell of the so- ciology department, Redman Burr, chairman of Washtenaw County's Steering Committee and Neil Staebler, Ann Arbor businessman in the panel discussion. seconds remaining to oblige every- one but Iowa. "Bump was a good man for us against Iowa," explained Coach Cowles. "He's a little guy, but he's fast and shifty-he certainly played a fine game." As usual, locker room bouquets were in order for Pete Elliott, who limited Iowa's Murray Weir, a 23- point-per-game-man and the highest scorer in Big Nine his- tory,-to 14 tallies. (Weir connected on five out of 15 PEACE OR CHAOS: Communist Europe Means Policed America, Stowe Says floor shots in the first half, and only one out of eight attempts in the second session.) , Pete called Weir the toughest man he has faced all season. "He has tremendous speed, but what's more, he has a terrific enough as- sortment of shots to fool any- body," said the Wolverine star. From the locker room, Michi- gan's basketball titlists went to Hill Auditorium where they were honored on stage prior to the showing of a special motion pic- ture donated for the evening. By PHYLLIS KULICK If Western Europe falls to Com- munism, America will have to be a policed armed camp, said Le- land Stowe, noted journalist, in a lecture advocating World Govern- ment at Hill Auditorium Sunday night. The lecture was under the joint sponsorship of the United World Federalists and the Student Fam- ine Committee. "We will evolve toward World Government or World Chaos" he said, "and World Government can only be achieved through a po- tent internnational police force and the United Nations." Stowe called "disastrous" the notion that we can attain per- manent well being through a pow- erful national defense. "The price of an atomic defense would cost millions of dollars and the loss of our democratic institutions," he' predicted. Around-the-clock mobilization of arms and men would cost one- half of every taxpayer's dollar and considerably lower the Amer- ican standard of living, he added. More disastrous, he emphasized, would be the inevitability of a strong police force entering every phase of American life and im- pinging upon its system of free private enterprise. Stowe cited Palestine as the missed 14 straight field goal at- tempts, plus a pair of charity tosses. But a pair of substitutes, Hal Morrill and Boyd McCaslin teamed with Mack Suprunowicz and Bill Roberts and Pete Elliott to spark the stretch drive that sewed up Michigan's first title since 1929. Elliott began it with a set shot to break the deadlock. Supruno- wicz followed with a two-handed shot from his favorite corner, then Roberts, using his height more effectively than ever before, whipped a pass from out of a melee under the basket to "Supey" who dropped it in to stretch the lead to six points. Roberts added another basket from the free throw circle on a pass from Mc- Caslin who fed the big center from the middle of another scramble, and it was Michigan 39, Iowa 31. Took Over Spotlight Morrill took over the spotlight then with some. of the season's most sensational defensive work. He leaped high in the air to break up two successive court length passes intended for Iowa's pint- sized seige gun, Murray Weir, be- gan a personal domination of both backboards, and then dropped in a set shot that put the lid on the Michigan scoring spree. For the Hawkeyes Weir was the whole story. The much heralded Weir-Elliott duel was all it had been cracked up to be. Elliott dogged. him all evening, holding him to a respectable 14 points, but the little guy threw in some un- believable shots, as he racked up 11 points in the first half. Never Trailed Michigan jumped off to an early lead on a free throw by surprise starter Bill Mikulich, watched Floyd Magnusson tie it, and then stepped out in earnest as Captain Bob Harrison and Don McIntosh dropped in a pair of field goals. They matched baskets with the Iowans and were breezing along when Weir caught fire and sunk three straight baskets while Fete Elliott tossed in a free throw for Michigan. The amazing foul shooting of .the Wolverines kept them ahead for the rest of the period and they, See WOLVERINES, Page 3 starting point for building up the prestige of such a World army and criticized the inconsistency of U.S. foreign policy in the Holy Land. He advocated European relief as the means of establishing an equilibrium in Europe and of get- ting Russia to cooperate in World peace. "But such concessions must is- sue from the UN and not through Big Three conferences," Stowe said, "in order to keep all relations on an International scale." Study Political SpeechesBan Controversy raging about the University's political speeches ban will come to a head today when the Student Affairs Committee takes up the report of a special four man group investigating th-: question. If the Committee acts favorabl-{ on a request to rescind the bar the next step will be petitionin the Board of Regents Friday for . revision of the by-law. ADA and YPCM both asked fox an interpretation of the ban as it would apply if either group were tP declare for any candidate. Investigation Of Ticket Deal Now in Motion Probe May Involve Student Groups A widespread investigation into alleged fraudulent athletic ticket distribution was launched on the University campus yesterday. Touched off by a letter to the editor of The Daily concerning two "bootleg" ducats to the Ohio State basketball game, the probe is ex- pected to involve several student organizations. Yesterday the Men's Judiciary Council met in afternoon and eve- ning sessions to investigate the ticket situation. Late last night the Student Legislature Cabinet held a special meeting to probe the matter. IFC officials are also expected to take action on the Ducat snafu. Neither group issued a' state- ment on the probe but the Daily learned that evidence of other ticket distribution irregularities had been uncovered. An official statement from the Cabinet and Council is expected tomorrow af- ternoon. It is expected that the probe will result in at least one shakeup in the Student Legislature Var- sity Committee. Unofficially it was learned that the two Daily reporters who probed the basketball ticket "boot- legging" will be asked to testify before the investigating bodies. The reporters discovered that two cage ducats had been given to rushee Jay Carp at the Sigma Al- pha Mu fraternity house the night before they were slated for offi- cial distribution by the Wolverine Club. World News At A Glance I By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 1-The Justice Department announced today the arrest for deportation of Irving Potash. It said he is a member of the Communist Party's national committee and the fourth member it has acted to deport. '* * * * JERUSALEM, March 1-The British army said tonight that from now on its troops would use their weapons impartially against Jewish and Arab aggressors in the fighting within the Holy City. W* * * *d WASHINGTON, March 1-President Truman asked Congress to- Time Correction The group of four one-act 'lays to be given by advanced Atudents in the speech depart- ment will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday at Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre instead of Tuesday as previously an- nounced in The Daily. As a result of The Daily inves- tigation and student criticism, the Student Legislature promised to revamp distribution methods to prevent further "bootlegging." Air Strength Recommended WASHINGTON, March 1-(P) -Congress' own Aviation Policy Board today urged a $10,000,000,- 000-a-year program to head off "the next war" by making it ob- vious America would win with air power. Go-slow signs based on economy were immediately put up in the path of any such project, however. Rep. Engel (Rep., Mich.), chair- man of the House Appropriations Subcomrmittee handlinoe milita~ry i 'i HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE: Ping-Pong Artists Will Dazzle Open House Visitors By GEORGE WALKER ' took years to develop, the cream champion, Elliott Ashare, will alsoI A demonstration of billiard skillI