EXPEDIENC( WINS AGAIN f:i It 4r ~~zii4 RAIN, WNARMER Lats Doadine in the Stute VOL. LVIII, No. 140 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS i I .,..r... Crisler To Present Daily Tennis Plan o Athletic Board Compromise Calls for Semester Charge, One-Day Permit System By DICK KRAUS Chances for an early revision of the twenty-five cent per hour tennis assessment plan will be tested tonight when Athletic Director H. O. "Fritz" Crisler presents The Daily's compromise plan to the Board in Control of Athletics in a Detroit meeting. The Daily plan calls for a semester fee and a one day permit system instead of the present twenty-five cent hourly fee. The proposal was presented to Crisler during an interview, yes- terday, in which he further clarified the position of the Athletic De- partment as to the purpose of the fee program which has aroused the entire campus. Dr. Gould Will Address Honor Convocationi Today, Dr. Lawrence McKinley Gould will be the featured speaker at the 25th Annual Honors Convocation to be held at 11 a.m. today in Hill Auditorium to recognize the outstanding work of 1,016 students. All classes are to be dismissed at 10:45 a.m. except clinics, from which only seniors will be excused. Student ushers for the con- vocation may leave classes in time to be at Hill Auditorium not later than 10:25 a.m., Dean Walter announced. Dr. Gould, noted geologist-geographer and president of Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., will speak on "Education and World Crisis." A University alumnus and veteran of many scientific expeditions, Steel Operators Slashing Prices; DenyWageHike Fairless Says Cut Attempt To Stop High Prices, Rising Cost of Living PITTSBURGH, April 22-(YP)-The U. S. Steel Corp. today re- jected wage increase demands by the CIO United Steelworkers but slashed prices by about $25.000,090 annually in what the corporation said was an effort to halt rising living costs. The surprise announcement by Benjamin F. Fairless, presi- dent of the corporation, broke off current wage negotiations with the union but CIO spokesmen said no strike will result. Price slashes, effective May 1, cover a wide range of the firm's products used for manufacturing goods from nails to refrigerators. Fairless said the move was taken "in an endeavor to aid in halting fur- ther advances in living costs." He pledged no price increases would be made during the "trial period" of unspecified length. Philip Murray, president of both the CIO and steelworkers' union, promptly declared the price cuts f> "picayune" but added: I A -T 1 "The original cost of repairing 000. The Board naturally does not five cent fees. We are not worried Campus UWF Will Entertain 500 Delegates . College Forum Will Hear Prof. Schuman The alternatives of "World Gov- ernment or Chaos" will receive a thorough going over this weekend as 500 delegates from 60 Midwest- ern schools convene at the Uni- versity for a World Government College Forum sponsored by UWF. Dr. Frederick L. Schuman, pro- fessor of political science of Wil- liams College, heads a list of speakers who will analyze various aspects of the international scene. The convention will get under way at 4 p.m. today in Kellogg Auditorium with a debate on World Government by teams from the University of Chicago and Michigan State College. The first session of the Forum will convene at 9:15 a.m. tomor- row in Rackham Auditorium to hear an address by Wallace Thor- sen of the United Nations World magazine on "United Nations- Past, Present, Future." Thorsen will be followed by. Dr. Edward Teller, University of Chicago nu- clear physicist, who will speak on "Atomic Energy and, World Gv ernment." The second session, meeting at 2 p.m. will be addressed by Dr. Schuman on "World Government -Dream or Duty." All of the ses- sions are open to the public. Dr. Robert Holmes Beck, pro- fessor of education of the Uni- versity .of Minnesota will address the delegates at a banquet. He will speak on "Common Sense." the courts," Crisler said, "was $52,- expect to make that up in twenty- about the original outlay. That is gone. Our purpose is simply to make tennis pay for itself. "With an ambitious building program to be financed out of Athletic earnings, we are try- ing to keep down expenditures. The twenty-five cent fee pays for maintenance and attend- ants' salaries." He went on to point out that although a part of tuition fees goes to the Athletic Department for student tickets, the recent tui- tion raise did not include a cor- responding raise in the amount allotted to the sports program. Crisler said the present plan had been decided upon by the Board after studying similar pro- grams throughout the Middle West. The twenty-five cent fee was selected as the average of the schools investigated. Crisler said he did not feel it was "exhorbi- tant." But upon hearing The Daily proposal he admitted that the compromise plan "had merit" and promised to bring it before the Board this evening. The Daily plan calls for the fol- lowing revisions: 1. A semester fee of $1.50 or $2.00 to accommodate those who play frequently. 2. Dated one-day permits to be issued for twenty-five cents. 3. Automatic change of courts at 15 minutes after the hour when the demand is heavy. Point one would afford a sav- ing for those who play often. Many students tryto play every day and under the present plan the monthly tennis expediture is very heavy. Point two would enable occa- sional players to purchase a one day permit. They could then rlay two or three times without additional charge. Point three would prevent "hog- ging the courts," one of the rea- sons Athletic Administration had previously given for the installa- tion of court attendants. - - -.... ...-- -- --- - - - - New Student Opinion Group OpensSurvey Bureau Will Sample Attitude Scientifically Phones of 500 students will ring today as the newly-created Bu- reau of Student Opinion launches its first survey of campus atti- tudes. Established to "provide ade- quate facilities for accurate and scientifically determined surveys," the group has selected, by ran- dom sample methods, 500 names from the student roster and will attempt to contact each of these people in order to arrange per- sonal interviews. Interviewing To Start Each student will be asked to appear in Rm. 5 Tappan Hall at a time most convenient for him. The interviewing will start next Tues- day and continue into the follow- ing week. Students are requested by the Bureau to appear promptly at the time of the interview. The questionnaire will include studies of political, social and campus problems. Agencies re- questing the surveys include the Student Legislature, the League, the Union, The Daily and Alpha Chi Omega. Volunteer workers from each of these organizations will participate in the project. Working Nucleus Students enrolled in the survey research courses offered in the University will make up the work- ing nucleus of the Bureau in the fall. These students will be re- sponsible for assistance in direct- ing studies, sampling. interviewing and other technical aspects of the work. In addition to conducting sur- veys requested by the previously- mentioned organizations, the Bu- real will act in an advisory capac- ity to other campus groups. 'Pinafore' Mail Orders'Taken Ticket Sales Open Today for Operetta Mail order ticket sales are be- ing taken today for one of the most famous operettas in show- business-"HMS Pinafore"--to be presented by an all-student cast May 13, 14, and 15 in the Patten- gill Auditorium. The sparkling story of how a "jolly tar" in the British navy finally won the love of his cap- tain's daughter, "Pinafore" will be the second offering of the cam- pus Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Rehearsals for the production have already been in progress for over six weeks under the direction of Prof. Harry Allen and Rex Wil- der, who were the co-directors of the Society's smash hit, "The Mi- kado," presented last fall. "Applications for tickets will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, and should be sent to the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, care of Dean Rea, Rm. 2, University Hall," Jim Schneider, publicity chairman announced. A list of prices is posted outside that of- fice. Dr. Gould was second in command to Admiral Byrd on his Antarctic trip in 1928-30. In World War I, Dr. Gould served as chief of the Arctic Sec- tion, Arctic, Desert and Tropic InformationwCenter, Army Air Forces. He' will be introduced to the Convocation by President Alexander G. Ruthven. Of the students to be honored, 769 are men, 246 are women. The seniors have the heaviest repre- sentation with 245, Juniors placed 124, sophomores 165, and fresh- The Daily begins publication of the complete list of students to be honored today on page 6. The list will be concluded in tomorrow's Daily. men 158. Graduate students to be recognized number 283, and spe- cial awards will be presented to 135. The first Honors Convocation was given at Hill Auditorium on May 13, 1924. The first address was given by President Marion Le- Roy Burton, who instituted the Convocation. Today's program will also in- clude selections on the organ by Charles Edward Vogan. Officials Plan Ways To Fight Rabid Canines Police Kill 30 Dogs EnforcingQuarantine Local law, health, Humane So- ciety and government officials met last night and formulated a four- point plan to deal with rabid dogs ir Washtenaw County as officials reported that over 30 loose dogs had been killed since the 90 day quarantine was put into effect. The meeting, called by County Health Director Dr. Otto K. En- gelke suggested that: 1. The county should require that a dog be vaccinated before a license can be issued. 2. Voluntary clinics should be set up to vaccinate animals before a law can go into effect. 3. Improved impounding facili- ties should be provided, including a central pound for the area. 4. More personnel should be added to the agencies dealing with stray dogs. Sheriff John L. Osborn said that his officers had disposed of about 25 stray animals and acting chief Albert Heusel said that Ann Ar- bor police had gotten rid of sev- eral more. Under the quarantine, all dogs, vaccinated or not, found running loose are liable to be shot by any law officer. Joe Alef, Chief of Police in East Ann Arbor where four year old Carol Mannr died from bites by a rabid dog reported that he had shot four animals Dr. A. B. Vial of the Pasteur In- stitute said that vaccinated dogs could get rabies if bitten by an in- fected animal. Dr. H. R. Shipman of the Humane Society said that his agency was picking up stray dogs everywhere in the county. Michigras Page For a pre-carnival peek at MICHIGRAS which will open today and continue over the weekend, see the complete story and picture coverage of activities on page eight of to- day's Daily. TOILERS OF THE SEA-Members of the University Sailing Club take advantage of a stiff wind and high sea for one of their frequent voyages at Whitmore Lake. The club boasts of 145 mem- bers at the present time, although many must still prove their mettle. * * * * HEAVE HO, ILADS:- 'M'Sailing lub Will Brave Wht more's rBoundliu g iu' By IVAN KELLEY With a couple of yo ho ho's and a few other appropriately nauti- cal expressions, the University Sailing Club will be off for the high seas again this Sunday. The particular sea upon which the club will be sailing is known as Whitmore Lake. Motley Crew The men, and the women, who go down to the sea in a variety of boats number 145 at the present time. Only 40 are old club mem- bers. The balance is composed of the probationary members who will be admitted to full member- ship when they have proven their zeal and "sailability." If the nautical neophyte is able to pass a qualifying test in knot tying, swimming and nomencla- ture, and becomes proficient as a sailor, he may look forward to a career as a racing skipper or crew member in the regattas held every year with other collegiate sailing organizations. Regattas Scheduled Two such regattas are sched- uled to be held at the lake next month. An elimination series will be conducted May 1 and 2 to de- termine which of the Mid-West- ern schools will compete in the big Annapolis regatta to be held later in the month. The club's own invitational meet will prob- ably take place around the mid- Students Start DouglasGroup A group of fourteen students met yesterday to constitute them- selves as a "Student Committee for Douglas." The purpose of the group, ac- cording to a spokesman, is to ac- quaint the student body with the national campaign to nominate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas as a presidential candi- date on the Democratic ticket. The group plans to work in close cooperation with the already- formed Ann Arbor "Democrats for Douglas" group. Jay Nolan was elected tempo- rary chairman of the group. Prof. Preston Slosson agreed to act as faculty sponsor for the group. FACULTY COMMENT: 'Government Must Improve Common Man's Lot in Italy' dle of the month. Competitors in both events will probably be for the most part schools belonging to the Mid-Western Collegiate Sail- ing Association. The Association, first of its kind in the Mid-west, was founded by two sailing club members: Bob Schroeder and Paul Mute. SL Candidate1s Must Follow Election Rules Actively campaigning Student Legislature candidates may find themselves disqualified from the election Tuesday if infractions of election rules continue, elections committee head Dick Burton an- nounced yesterday. Candidates are reminded that no posters or signs may be posted on campus or in campus build- ings. A city ordinance prohibits signs on trees, lamp posts and tele- phone poles, Burton said. How- ever these rules do not obviate intensive campaigning, he empha- sized. The elections will be conducted according to the Hare System of proportionalrepresentation. Un- der this plan, each voter must number his choices in order of preference. He may vote for as many candidates as he likes. The quota of ballots necessary to elect a candidate is approximately the total number of ballots cast, di- Legislature candidates Mar- tin Gluckstein, James Mcll- henny, William Haydon and Val Johnson are urgently re- quested to contact The Daily after1 p.m. today. vided by the number of positions to be filled. The ballots are distributed into piles for each candidate according to the first place votes he receives. If a candidate receives more than the necessary quota of ballots, the excess ballots are redistributed to the candidates indicated next in order of preference. Candidates receiving the fewest ballots are eliminated and their ballots are also' redistributed. Washington Roundup ,f "The union has agreed to a two-year no-strike contract. We will give up to that contract." Current wage negotiations were held under a contract clause which provided for re-opening the two-year pact on wage issues. President Truman withheld comment on the U. S. Steel Corp. decision. He told his news conference to- day he had just learned of the de- velopment and had no comment. At a press conference, Fairless declared the corporation's ac- tion did not rule out all possi- bility of a pay hike before the current contract expires. He said that if the cost of living continued to rise in future months the corporation would be willing to consider wage ad- vances voluntarily. Murray and Fairless were in dispute on what the price cuts meant. Murray declared the price cuts did "not even equal the $28,- 433,197 increase in certain of its products which Mr. Ben Fairless testified would result from the in- creases made in February, 1948, alone." The CIO leader referred to boosts of about $5 per ton by U.S. Steel and other firms for semi- finished steel. Today Fairless asserted that the price cuts "involve a total price reduction more than twice as large in amount as the total increases last February in our prices for semi-finished steel." By RUSS CLANAHAN and JAKE HURWITZ American foreign policy won a decisive victory in the Italian elections, but new measures must be adopted favorable to the com- mon man in Italy to maintain a strong anti-Communist position, foreign affairs specialists agreed yesterday. Commenting on the election re- turns, the five faculty men, from the political science and .history departments, called for the solv- ing of Italy's internal problems through a program of social leg- islation and land reform as a pos- itive step against Communism. They split, however, on the question of whether the election would prove to be the turning point in the "cold war" between East and West. Political science Prof. James H. Meisel believed the "cold war" has not yet reached its peak, al- though he thought the Russians might halt temporarily to gather their forces for an even greater drive. "Unless the EFP is accompanied Monkey Business And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo: every day you meet quite a few-esnecially at the Beta Auto Worker Questionedin Reuther Case Addes in Secret Talk With Police Officials DETROIT, Friday, April 23-(M) -A 52-year-old self-styled Com- munist was held in "temporary detention" today as police stepped up their probe of the Tuesday night attempted assassination of Walter P.. Reuther. Nelson Davis, a foundry worker at the Ford Motor Company, was detained on orders of Prosecutor Jame's N. McNally as police sifted an informant's story that Davis claimed to know the identity of the assailant. McNally said no charge had been placed against Davis and added that investigation showed conclusively that Davis was at work when the attempt on Reuth- er's life was made. The prosecutor told newsmen Davis signed a formal statem t late today in which he said he Is a member of the Communist Party. George F. Addes, former UAW secretary-treasurer and one of Reuther's principal intra-union opponents, appeared at police headquarters voluntarily tonight to offer his aid in solving the slay- ing. After a long conference with Prosecutor McNally, the two men held a press conference. McNally made the following statement: "We had information that on Tuesday morning, he (Addes) was seen on a street corner in Detroit talking to two men in a red car, similar to the one seen at the scene of the Reuther shooting Tuesday night. "Addes denied that such was the case and said that at th time he was repairing his motor boat at the Detroit River several miles away." NSA Projects Well Received Students Interested In European Trips Interest in spending a summer working or traveling abroad was expressed by over fifty students at a special NSA meeting last night. The National Students Associa- tion is sponsoring a number of European work, travel, and study programs, including agricultural work in England and rehabilita- tion work on the continent, which will give American and foreign students an opportunity to lie and work together. Campus interest has centered especially around a British Camp project whereby students will do agricultural work for a four week period and earn enough to cover the cost of expenses while in Eng- land. Applications for this pro- gram are still available and can be obtained from Roma Lipsky at The Daily office between 2 and 3 p.m. today. n.rrnnn. R>>rha by military forces and the strengthening of moderate polit- ical elements, the Marshall Plan will not be a success," he added. Prof. Russell H. Fifield, of the political science department, backed up Prof. Meisel, com- menting that "there is no indi- cator that the Soviets have given up their drive into Western Eu- rope." He suggested, however, the poss-ibility that Russia may turn attention to the Middle East for a while. However, Dr. Manfred C. Ver- non, also a political scientist, viewed the Italian elections as having "drawn the boundary be- tween Eastern and Western Eu- rope," adding that the voting re- sults "marked the turning point in the fight against Russia, at least for the time being." He also stressed the importance of the newly-elected Italian gov- ernment making social and eco- nomic reforms to alleviate present miserable conditions. Agreeing with Dr. Vernon, Prof. Preston W. Slosson, of the his- tory department, predicted a pro- gram of social reform would be undertaken, because the "Chris- tian Democrats, as the dominant party, reflect the desires of the people." By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, April 22 - The Senate committee studying a draft bill has virtually agreed to inducting men 19 through 25-the same age limit proposed in a bill now before the House. WASHINGTON, April 22-- The House demanded today an F31 document relating to Dr. Edward .U. Condon but Presi- dent Truman defied the Legis- lators to try and get it. * * * WASHINGTON, April 22-The Senate today passed and sent to the House the multi-million-dollar Taft - Ellender - Wagner housing bill. It is designed to encourage the building of 15,000,000 new homes by 1958. * * * WASHINGTON, April 22 - The Senate Appropriations Committee today adopted, with- out change, a subcommittee's recommendation for a $641,- 067,000 waterways construction program for the 12 months le- ginning July 1. WASHINGTON, April 22-The government moved today to get collective bargaining resumed in the 38-day strike of 100,000 CIO meat-packing workers. * * * WASHINGTON, April 22-Clif- ford L. Durr, whose wife is sup- porting Henry A. Wallace for President, is retiring from the Federal Communications Com- mission but he blamed pay and not politics for the action. _Tplris . Victo*'V FORMER 'U' PRESIDENT RETURNS: Individual Responsibility Vital in Cancer Control-Little By ALLEGRA PASQUALETTI A former University president returned to the campus as a lec- turer yesterday and demonstrated for cancer should remind us of our personal responsibility for having the kind of world, country and family we want," Dr. Little guarantee that he will get any- thing out of his years in school." People who have worked on can- cer control understand this need search because all mice in a strain are alike, so that comparisons and rechecks can be made using any generation in the strain without rrn criv m n ntlf tro iofi "C! i .'.