ONLYf See Pages Li L Lwdiigan i2atily Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVI, No. 88 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1948 P'RICE FIVE CENTS I I ,A ** ** ** I C Kurray, ;10 Leaders Indicted 4- d Federal Grand Jury Claims Taft-Hartley Labor-Law Violation Union Head Calls Congressional Action Threat to Freedom of Press By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 11-Philip Murray and the CIO heads were charged by the government today with violating the Taft- Hartley Act ban on union political spending. Murray said he welcomed the indictment. He said it will test what he called an attempt by Congress to curtail the "vitally im- portant freedom of the press." A federal grand jury accused the 61-year old Murray and the CIO of intentionally printing in the CIO News, a publication financed by union funds, an endorsement for Democratic Candidate Edward Garmatz last July in a Maryland Congressional election. Garmatz won. - - The indictment said the en- 2 dorsement was made in deliberate violation of the Taft-Hartley Law's prohibition of political £ ; :> .*. r: spending by labor organizations and corporations. Attorney General Tom Clark, announcing that additional prosecutions are being prepared, said he is trying to enforce the law "as written." But he said he recognized that a delicate con- stitutional issue is involved. Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), co-au- thor of the new labor law, saidz in a speech at Gary, Ind., that the political spending ban "prob- ably requires clarification." He defended the law, however, as providing a "bill of rights for the working man." The legal question involved is important; it may determine PHILIP MURRAY the degree of political activity .... indicted by U.S. permitted labor groups in the 1948 campaign. The CIO and Lii' its branch CIO Political Action CO S s 19 Committee helped elect the late - President Roosevelt to a fourth W term in 1944. Murray will be arraigned Fri- day, Feb. 20. The CIO at that The 139th anniversary of Abra- time is expected to ask the court ham Lincoln's birthday will be to quash the indictment on the observed quietly at the University ground the Taft-Hartley Act in- today. fringes on freedom of - the press. No ceremonies have been ar- The government could appeal the ranged, and it is not a University dismissal of the indictment di- holiday, the Dean of Students Of- rectly to the supreme court. fice has announced. If Murray and the CIO go to But at the Clements Library trial and are convicted, he could Colton Storm, Curator of Manu- be fined up to $1,000 and jailed scripts and Maps, had two new for a year and the organization additions to the historical collec- fined up to $5,000. tion, in the form of letters writ-1 AVC Rift Closed A storm in the AVC, involving a near rift between the national office and the chairman of the campus chapter has subsided after an exchange of notes clarifying a political misunderstanding, it was disclosed yesterday. Jack Geist, chairman of the University's chapter of the veterans group reported that the alleged linking of AVC with his own support of Henry Wallace was a "distortion." And the national office's sup-: posed threat to oust Wallace supporters was likewise untrue, Geist pointed out. Geist had been named on a list of sponsors of a Wallace-for- President rally. He had been identified as chairman of AVC and was, allegedly, representing AVC4% at the rally. (The AVC bars linkage of its name in partisan politics, and does not support candidates for office.) When the sponsorship list with Geist's name followed by the ii- tials "AVC" appeared in the Com- munist Daily Worker, it came to the attention of thegroup's na- tional office. Chat Paterson, na- tional chairman, asked Geist for an explanation, threatending to summarily expel him if the re- ports proved true. Geist answered that he was supporting Wallace as an indi- vidual, not as AVC's chairman. Thus, Geist said, future spon- sorship lists will omit the name of AVC in identifying him. Students Make Lobby Plans Against UMT Concerted opposition to Univer- sal Military Training will be launched on a large scale this weekend when students from all over the country ' convene in Washington to discuss the pro- posed UMT program and plan al- ternate action. Meanwhile, students on this campus may express their opposi- tion through petitions which will be available today at the center of the Diag, where a booth will be manned by members of YPCM. The meeting in Washington is being sponsored by the National Youth Assembly against Universal Military Training, which was init- iated by leaders on various cam- puses who constituted themselves a committee to call the meeting. University students on the list of national sponsors of the As- sembly are Jack Geist, chairman of AVC, Hanny Gross, chairman of IRA and Miriam Levy, YPCM member. The object of the Assembly is to unify and make effective the op- position to UMT, in order to coun- teract forces working for its pas- sage. A two day's program, beginning Sunday, is planned, featuring roundtable discussions, panels, re- ports and resolutions. Any student interested in at- tending the Assembly may make arrangements by contacting Mim Levy at 3034 Stockwell, or Jack Lucas, at 6748. Busses have been chartered to leave Ann Arbor Sat- urday, and will return Tuesday. Last Tribute Paid,,Gandhi Ily Students Desar Leads Service Honoring Leader As the traditional burial cere- monies were being held yesterday for Mohandas K. Gandhi, people all over the world gathered to pay tribute to India's beloved spiritual and political leader. While Gandhi's ashes were be- ing scattered over India's Ganges River and memorial services were being conducted around the globe, Leela Manibahi Desar, president, of the Hindustan Students Asso- ciation and 90 Indian students led Ann Arbor cultural organizations in the solemn tribute. After Manu Mesta had sung Gandhi's favorite song and Ka- mala Chowdharia had read his fa- vorite passages from the Bible and the Koran, Dean Ralph A. Sawyer of the Graduate School spoke on the meaning of Gandhi to the West. Gandhi typifies India to us, he said. Gandhi, who symbolizes peace, unity and democracy for us, joins that great company of mar- tyrs whose influence grows after death, Dean Sawyer said. Rev. H. L. Pickerill, student re- ligious counsellor, listed "Gand- hi's Influences on the West." He mentioned non-violence, suffering, truth force and confession of sin, repentance and dedication as the four teachings of Gandhi found in all western religions. Quoting George Bernard Shaw, Rev. Pickerill said, 'His teachings have not been tried and found wanting, but tried and found dif- ficult and abandoned.' World News At a Gdance By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Feb. 11-The Soviet Union charged tonight that Brit- ain and France encouraged Adolf Hitler to make war on Russia and tried to isolate Russia from the rest of Europe. * * * WASHINGTON, Feb. 11- Plunging prices on the com- modity markets may force Con- gress to alter its tax cut plans, if not scrap them altogether, some legislators said today. * * * MOSCOW, Feb. 11-The Com- munist Party Central Committee called today for a virtual revolu- tion in Soviet music. The committee in a resolution upbraided Dmitri Shostakovich, Serge Prokofieff and five other composers for writing music with a "vicious formalistic trend against the people." * ** WASHINGTON, Feb. 11-A "leading speculator" who made a killing of $200,000 or more when grain prices slumped was nadt odaias E: Wavnard Col. Marshall To Speak At Convention News Conference To Be Held Here Col. S. L. A. Marshall, noted military commentator and edi- torial writer for the Detroit News, will be the main speaker at the banquet climaxing the First An- nual University Newspaper Con- vention, to be held here Feb. 20- 21. Fifty delegates, who are coming from college newspapers all over the country to attend the con- vention, will be guests of The Daily at the banquet and at a special dance to follow Johnny Oakes and his orchestra will fur- nish the music for the dance, which is to be given at the League. The Daily-sponsored convention, first of its kind, will feature dis- cussion sessions on editorial and business problems confronting col- lege newspapers. Schools sending delegates include: the Universities of Alabama, Colorado, UCLA, Texas, Minnesota, Illinois, Wis- consin, Chicago, Northwestern, Michigan State, Harvard, Penn State, and Ohio State. Col. Marshall, a graduate of the Texas College of Mines, has seen active service in both wars. Re- sponsible for the establishment of the Army News Service, he was named Historian of the Armies of Occupation, in 1945. The follow- ing year Col. Marshall was ap- pointed to the Historical Advisory Commission of the War Depart- ment. He is the author of several Books on World War II. Honors Await U' Scientists British Government To Make Awards The British government will honor two members of the Uni- versity faculty and one former faculty member for outstanding contributions made in the fields of scientific research and develop- nent during the war, British Am- bassador Lord Inverchapel an- nounced today in Washington, D.C. Dr. Walter F. Colby, professor of physics, and Dr. Werner Bach- mann, professor of chemistry will be awarded membership in the Order of the British Empire, and a ribbon, respectively. Dr. O. S. Duffenback, formerly with the Randall physics labora- tory here, will receive the King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom. Operetta Tryouts End Anyone who wishes to try-out for a lead in HMS Pinafore must attend the final audition meeting at 7 p.m. today in The League, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society announced. Operating Costs Force $25 Raise ToNon-Residents Increase To Be Effective Next Fall; State Students Are Not Affected By ARTHUR HIGBEE Faced with increased operating costs, the University has raised tuition fees for non-resident students $25 a semester, effective with the fall term 1948. Fees for Michigan resident students have not been changed. The tuition boost was decided upon by the Board of Regents at their December meeting, but not announced until yesterday by Presi- cent Alexander G. Ruthven's office. The hik,. will advance out-state fees to $175 a semester in under- graduate schools and colleges, with fees in certain graduate and pro- fessional units ranging from $175 ' HENRY A. WALLACE ..... meeting for him *. * * Third Party Mass Meeting To BeHeld Wallace Supporters Aim at Organization Active local backing of Henry Wallace as presidential candidate will get under way when the Washtenaw County Organizing Committee holds a mass meeting at 8 p.m. today in the Masonic Temple. Part of, a campaign to organize a "Washtenaw County Committee for Wallace," the meeting will pre- sent as principal speakers, Alan Brown executive board member of the Michigan branch of the Wallace for President committee, and Mort Furay, former member of the State Resolutions Commit- tee of the Democratic party. Prof. John L. Brumm, of the journalism department, will in- troduce the speakers and preside at the meeting. Prof. Brumm is co-chairman of the Washtenaw County Committee, and served as faculty advisor on ADA. The meeting today will be the initial phase of a campaign to or- ganize a strong third party in Michigan. Next step in the cam- paign will be an all-day statewide conference, to be held Feb. 21 in Lansing. Today's meeting is open to all students, and membership in the "Committee for Wallace" does not commit anyone to the third party movement, according to Max Dean, '49L, temporary co-chair- man of the Washtenaw County Organizing Committee. Dean urged all interested stu- dents to attend the meeting, pointing out that the Masonic Temple is big and "will hold a lot of people." Slosson To Speak On Marshall Plan Prof. Preston W. Slosson, of the history department will discuss "Will the Marshall Plan Lead to Peace?", 8 p.m., today, in Rm. 319, Michigan Union, before an open meeting of the campus chapter of Americans for Democratic Action. Copies of the study, "Committee for the Marshall Plan," Washing- ton Post report on the European Recovery Plan will be distributed at the meeting. to $250. Corresponding boosts in non- resident fees will go into effect for the 1948 summer session and for part-time programs of nine hours or fewer. Commenting on the tuition boost, President Ruthven said that "fees charged to non-resi- dent students at a state univer- sity must bear some reasonable reference to the cost of educa- tion. "Fees for resident students arc established at a point where it seems wise to divide the cost of education between fees paid by the students themselves and appropri- ations from the State," he said. "It is the University's hope," he added, "that increased appropria- tions from the State Legislature will provide the additional funds needed to absorb increased ex- penses for the education of Michi- gan residents. "In the case of the non-resi- dent students there is no other way to absorb these increased costs without advancing the fees paid by these students," President Ruthven said. (Tuition schedules reveal that the University's resident tuition is higher than that of any other Big Nine school, with the excep- tion of Northwestern, a private institution which makes no dis- tinction between in-state and out-state tuition fees.) Other large universities, espe- cially private institutions have re- cently hiked tuition fees. Two days ago Columbia announced a 33 per cent boost to an average See TUITION, Page 5 Prof. Daiches Will Lecture "Criticism of Fiction" will be the topic of an open lecture to be given by Prof. David Daiches, of Cornell University, at 4:15 p.m. today at Rackham Lecture Hall. Prof. Daiches, who is coming here through an arrangement of annual exchange lectures among Cornell, Michigan, Toronto and Western Reserve Universities, will speak again before the English Journal Club at 8 p.m. in the East Conference Room of Rackham. Born in England and educated at Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford, Prof. Daiches came to the United States in 1937 to take a teaching position at the Univer- sity of Chicago. Although he is a specialist in the study of the novel, he has also gained considerable note as a poet in his own right. Olivier Film 'Henry V' Will Be Presented Proceeds Will Go To Student Award Fund "Henry V," technicolor lihn ver- lion of Shakespeare's famous play, vill make its promised return to Ann Arbor next week. Six performances of the LaW - rence Olivier production have been scheduled for Feb. 19-21, in Iydia NIendelssohn Theatre including three afternoon showings and three evening showings. Mail o- ders for tickets for all perfori- ances are being accepted now at the Lydia Mendelssohn box office in the League. Fulfills Promise The return engagement fulfills a promise made by University au- thorities after many students who attended the showings Oct. 15 in Hill Auditorium complained that ,'oor seating and poor acoustics iad marred the presentation. Although only two showings were held last time, the much smaller capacity of Lydia Men- delssohn made it necessary to schedule six performances next week. The matinee will start at 3:15 p.m. and the evening show at 8 p.m. Studient Award Fund Proceeds from the film which is open to students, faculty and townspeople presentation will ge to the recently reactivated Btu- dlent Award Fund. This fund' was established to aid students who are active in campus affairs but do not benefit from scholarships. Main floor tickets are $1.20 in the afternoon and $1.80 in the evening. Balcony prices are $.90 and $1.20. Self-addressed, stamped envelopes should be en- closed with all mail orders. Tick- Ats may be obtained from the box office starting Monday. MYDA Asks Lifting of Ban The Executive Board of Michi- gan Youth for Democratic Action sent a letter to President Ruthven requesting that the University re- consider its banning of that or- ganization, Ed Schaffer, Chair- man, announced yesterday. MYDA's recognition was with- drawn last year on the basis of na- "ional investigations of American Youth for Democracy, its national affiliate. The letter states that the ban- aing of MYDA has done a great deal of harm to both MYDA and the University, and that re-rec- ognition at this time would be of advantage to both. Schaffer has presented copies of the letter to leaders of several campus organizations. in the hone Tickets Will Be Distributed The preferential ticket system for basketball game seats, initi- ated by the Student Legislature will go into effect for the Purdue game Saturday night with the Wolverine Club handling ticket distribution. The plan, which has been ap- proved by the Board in Confrol of Intercollegiate Athletics provides for the issuing of 5,000 preferen- tial tickets to be issued to students on presentation of ID cards or cashier's receipts from 9 a.m. to, 5 p.m. today in the booth in Uni- versity Hall. Tickets presented at the door of the Field House before 7:15 p.m. game night will assure stu- dents of seats. Students without tickets will not be admitted until after 7:15. Reserved seat and general ticket sales will proceed as usual without interference from the new plan. Sales To Continue ten by President Lincoln concern- ing Michigan. Mr. Storm had represented the University at the opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of papers regarding his father last July 26, 1947. The letters, which Storm brought back from . the opening, are an autographed letter signed, wherein Lincoln arranged for the only speech he made in Michigan -at Kalamazoo in 1860, and a letter to Russell A. Alger, governor of Michigan. TAKE TO THE AIR! One-Man Crusader Petitions For All-Student Radio Station By MARY STEIN A radio-minded lit-school junior is currently crusading for an all- student broadcasting station, which he says can put the Uni- versity on the college airwaves map. Dean Barnard, '49, has been petitioning theStudent Affairs Committee ever since early fall The same broadcasting methods' that have worked at other uni- versities could be used here, Bar- nard declared. Programs would go out through a 200 feet-range transmitter-not strong enough to even be called a station by the Federal Communications Com- mission. But then they'd be piped at 'U' IS FAMILY AFFAIR: Clark Clan Holds Court on Campus By JAKE HURWITZ If you know two pe ple on cam- pus with the sur-name Clark, it's a pretty fair bet they are related. Then-iversitv is something of a contemplating a return to the University for further work in dentistry. According to the family the GI Rill he hin e ennhsutantial factor In the meantime John, a gradu- ate engineering student, did a tour of duty as a pilot with the Eighth Air Force.