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Arabs Ready
For Invasion
Of Holy Land
War by Saturday
Reported Certain
JERUSALEM, April 26-(P)-
The regular armies of Trans-Jor-
dan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt
will launch an invasion of Pal-
estine by Saturday, advices reach-
ing Jerusalem tonight said.
A dispatch from Amman, capi-
tal of Trans-Jordan, said King
Abdullah personally will take the
field against the Jews at the head
of the armies of Trans-Jordan,
Syria and Lebanon.
Egyptian Army
Moving with him will be Egyp-
tian army units which will cross
the Holy Land's southern frontier
in a coordinated action. The
Egyptian command will be close-
ly allied to Abdullah, it was said.
Arab informants in Cairo said
Iraq and Saudi Arabia also have
decided to throw their regular
military forces into the fight to
prevent the Jews from establish-
ing a state of their own in the
Holy Land.
Arab leaders reportedly are
alarmed by the extent of recent
1 Jewish military successes. Arab
peoples in the Middle East have
been inflamed by the arrival of
Arab refugees from Palestine.
Mandate Violation
An invasion of the Holy Land
by regtgar army troops would
defy the British mandate 'which
is not scheduled to end until May
15 and the United Nations Se-
curity Council which has or-
dered a truce in Palestine.
The Cairo accounts said King
Abdullah already has dispatched
reinforcements of Trans-Jordan's
Arab Legion to Palestine.
France Seeks
UN Policemen
In Jeru salem
LAKE SUCCESS, April 26-(P)
-France is reported sponsoring
the creation of a heavily-armed
volunteer United Nations elite po-
lice corps to safeguard Jerusalem.
a. The proposal is said to have ten-
tative approval of Jews and
Arabs as well as a number of
delegates.
The 500-to-800 man force as
suggested by France might include
at least 100 New York police vol-
unteers, but no Russians if the
Western Powers could exclude
them.
Others could be drawn from
among London Bobbies, British
Palestine Forces, French Mobile
Guards, and trained police from
other countries around the globe.
Fifty Palestine policemen have
notified the UN they would join
such a force.
Observers speculated that any
Russian volunteers might be kept
off the proposed force through a
screening process that would weed
out undesirables on a basis of in-
dividual qualifications.
Wallace Visit
Planned Here
An attempt to bring Henry
Wallace to Ann Arbor will be
made, it was decided at last
night's meeting of the campus
Wallace Progressives.
Wallace is already slated to
speak at Detroit's Olympia Sta-
dium on the evening of May 13,
and it is thought that he may be
persuaded to talk here earlier in
the same day.
A joint report issued by the
town and campus chapters of the
Wallace Progressives disclosed
that over 1,500 signatures have
been obtained on petitions to put
Wallace on the Michigan ballot.
Following a report by Al Mill-
stein on the importance of in-
tensive campaigning for Wallace
during the summer vacation,
members of the group pledged.
32 man-weeks of time for such
campaigning.
Enters 'Father of'
The Year' Contest
A 79 year-old Dexter man,
Clarkson Warden. father of 25
Union Meeting Fails To
Recruit Required Quorum
By GEORGE WALKER
Despite last minute efforts by
some members to round up the re-
quired quorum, only 100 students
attended the Union's constitu-
tional amendment meeting last
night-one-fourth of the number
necessary to bring action on any
of the proposals.
A brief but stormy discussion of
Union financial policies followed
the Board of Directors' decision to
dissolve the formal meeting, since
.No Surrender
To Red Plots'
-m Vandenberg
Hits 'Wallace Peace,'
Aims Barb at Stalin
WASHINGTON, April 26 - (AP)
-Senator Vandenberg (Rep.,
Mich.) said tonight he wants to
tell Premier Stalin of Russia that
"underlying everything else we
shall not surrender to Commu-
nist conspiracies in the United
States."
Vandenberg, Chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee, made an unexpected
speech at a Michigan congres-
sional dinner.
His comments followed a pro-
posal by Senator Ferguson (Rep.,
Mich.) that a test case be brought
to determine the legality of the
Communist Party in America.
"We are suicidal fools if we do
not root any treason at home
which may dream of being world
revolution to the United States,"
Vandenberg said.
The United States he added
cannot accept a "Munich peace"
because appearors "merely preci-
pitate the very disasters from
which they seek to flee."
While reiterating the nation's
desire for peace, andenberg said
"We are realists. We do not pro-
pose to be isolated in a world that
has been Communized by force...
With emphasis, he also said,
"It cannot be a Wallace peace be-
cause the communist fraternity
sooner or later produces but one
kind of fraternity-the kind
Jonah enjoyed when he was swal-
lowed by the whale."
Henry A. Wallace, third party
candidate for President, has
sharply criticized the bi-partisan
foreign policy of which Vanden-
berg is a chief spokesman.
Senate To Act
On Zarichny
Votes To Proceed
AgainstMSC Senior
LANSING, April 26-(P)-The
Senate Republican majority
agreed in caucus tonight to pro-
ceed against James Zarichny,
Michigan State College senior
from Flint who defied the Senate
Callahan Committee on Un-Amer-
ican Activities.
Zarichny refused to tell the
committee whether or not he was
a Communist.
After hearing a long argument
by Senator Mathew Callahan
(Rep., Detroit), Committee chair-
man, the caucus, ordered a war-
rant issued to bring Zarichny be-
fore the bar of the Senate tomor-
row or Wednesday.
the necessary quorum o 400 failed
to show up.
Taproom Charges
"There is no reason why the
Union taproom cannot charge
prices up to 25 per cent less than
they do; they cart in food by the
carload-wholesale--so they can
afford to charge wholesale prices,"
said one student.
"Then," replied General Man--
ager Frank C. Kuenzel, "we have
a job for you. If you think you
could reduce Union prices 25 per
cent, we'll hire you. Nobody else
could do it."
Explaining the Union's finan-
cial policies, Prof. Chester . Wis-
ler, Financial Secretary, said "Cer-
tain units of the Union must be
operated at a profit to compen-
sate for losses of many of the
other dep.artments, some of
which do not take in any money at
all."
Prof. Wisler said that a finan-
cial report would be published
soon, the first in the history of
the Union.
Addition
"Besides," Prof. Wisler contin-
ued, "the Union is planning a
three million dollar addition.
Where do you propose that we get
the money? We get no funds from
the state."
Commenting on the outcome of
the meeting, Gene Sikorovsky,
Union president, said: "The Un-
ion's special meeting Monday
night showed very clearly that the
vast majority of Union members
on campus were either satisfied
with the present situation of the
Union or quite indifferent to the
question.
War Danger
Is Minimized
By Forrestal
WASHINGTON, April 26-(')
Secretary of Defense Forrestal
said today that he doesn't think
war is imminent. If it were, he
said, he'd be asking $25,000,000,-
000 from Congress instead of $3,-
481,000,000.
The head of the. nation's de-
fense establishment found himself
in the odd position of arguing
against giving the military more
funds than the lower figure.
He borrowed an old figure of
speech on extreme preparedness:
"If you leave it to the military,
they'll fortify the moon."
Forrestal testified before the
Senate Appropriations Committee
in support of a program to in-
crease the air force from 50 to
66 groups. The House has voted
for a 70-group force.
He added, however, that the
smaller force, balanced with Army
and Navy power, is designed to get
"the bestamilitary results if our
budget is to be limited."
Senator O'Daniel (Dem., Tex.)
said the people are concerned
about the huge public debt. He
said they are even more con-
cerned over statements by mili-
tary figures that "we are getting
closer to war."
Forrestal replied that he has
said several times he does not be-
lieve war is imminent, but that we
should be prepared.
Gen. Omar Bradley, Army chief
of Staff, said in confidential tes-
timony which was made public
Sunday that the chance of war
with Russia has increased since
the first of the year.
U'( Operating
Grant Passes
Legislature
Governor Is Senti
$9,750,000 Bill
By HAROLD JACKSON
The House of Representatives
passed and sent to Governor Sig-
ler for action tonight a bill ap-
propriating $9,750,000 to the Uni-
versity for operating expenses.
The House accepted without
change the same bill that passed
the Senate April 15 slashing ap-
proximately three quarters of a
million dollars from the Univer-
sity's original request for $10,500,-
000 operating expenses.
Increased Costs
Vice-President Marvin H. Nie-
huss last night ponted out that
this appropriation was still $1,-
080,000 more than was granted to
the University last year. This
raise was designed to cover in-
creased costs.
Niehuss declared he was un-
able to predict just where in the
University's budget, cuts would be
made to absorb the three quarters
of a million dollar slash. "The cuts
might come in repairs, equipment
replacement, or even in salaries,
but the final decision is up to the
budget committee," he said.
Budget Session
The Daily learned that the Uni-
versity budget committee has been
in almost continuous session dur-
ing the last week in an attempt
to complete revision of the budget
in time to present it to this Fri-
day's meeting of the Board of Re-
gents.
The University's $9,750,000 con-
struction completion bill, which
has already cleared the Senate,
is still being considered by the
House, but quick action is expect-
ed as the legislature hopes to ad-
journ before week's end.
Busbey Asks
Contempt Trial
For Harriman
WASHINGTON, April 26-( }-
Rep. Busbey (Rep., Ill.) proposed
today that W. Averell Harriman,
former Secretary of Commerce, be
brought before the House on con-
tempt charges punishable by im-
prisonment.
Busbey also saik in a statement
that President Truman has "de-
fied the will of Congress" in the
case of Dr. Edward U. Condon.
He said the President has' had a
part in "unholy acts of resistance
to orderly processes of govern-
ment"
The Congressman proposed con-
tempt action against Harriman
for having withheld from the
House an FBI loyalty report on
Condon, director of the National
Bureau of Standards.
A House Un-American Activi-
ties Subcommittee has accused
Condon of associating with sus-
pected Russian spies and of being
one of the weakest links in atomic
security.
Polling for Student Legislature.
Presidential Straw Vote Today;
New
Tennis Fee Plan Initiated
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Charge of $2
Per Semester
To Be Levied
Daily Compromise
PartiallyAccepted
By DICK KRAUS
(Daily Sports Editor)
Partial acceptance of The
Daily's compromise tennis fee
plan was announced by H. O.
"Fritz" Crisler, Athletic Director,
yesterday, with a two dollar se-
mester charge to go into imme-
diate effect.
The revision, made in response
to the insistent demands of dis-
satisfied students, established the
semester charge system for Spring
and Fall semesters.
Attendants at both Ferry and
Palmer Fields will issue tempor-
rary receipts beginning today
while permanent cards are beings
printed.
The special committee of the
Board in Control of Athletics
See "JUST KIBITZING," Page 31
Student Voters
Offered Choice
r
Of Large Field
Air-Tight Rules Fixed
To Halt Ballot-S*uffer
Despite thundershowers last
night, the weather bureau prom-
ises fair skies for today's Student
Legislature election and The Daily
sponsored presidential straw vote.
Polls, located on the diagonal,
in the Angell Hall lobby, in front
of Alumni Memorial Hall, at the
Engine Arch, at the Willow Run
bus stop and in front of University
Hospital, will be open from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Straw Votes
Straw vote ballots (blue for stu-
dents; yellow for faculty) will list'
11 presidential possibilities:
Dewey, Douglas, Taft, Eisen-
hower, Truman, Warren, Wallace,
Stassen, Vandenberg, MacArthur
and Martin, in that order. Vot-
ers will be asked to name the can-
Ballots of both elections to
be held today will be counted
beginning at 7 p.m. in the Union
Ballroom. Any students who
wish to witness the counting
may come to the Union any-
time during the evening.
voted two other changes in the
tennis program. The twenty-five
cent hourly rate for those who do
not wish to pay by the semester
has been officially amended and
the twenty-five cents will now be
good for play as long as the court
is not in demand.
The third change will allow
mixed play on the Ferry Field
courts. Escorted women will be
permitted to use the courts at
any time, but they can only par-J
ticipate in mixed play. Two wom-
en may not play singles, nor four
play doubles.
As a result of this, men will be
required to follow the same rules
for attire that are enforced on
the golf course. Men will have to
wear shirts at all times.
The Board Committee estab-
lished the new plan without a
complete financial report on the
old system. But figures from last
summer showed that under the
twenty-five cent per hour system
tennis at Ferry Field netted
$271.05, while maintenance and
attendants' salaries amounted to
$261.
Crisler admitted that the plan
had been more efficiently admin-
istrated this semester and the
profitsmight be slightly larger.
Villaoe AVC
Backs MCAF
The Willow Village chapter of
AVC, last night threw its support
behind the proposed campus-wide
Michigan Committee for Aca-
demic Freedom rally, scheduled
for next week.
Village AVC chairman William
O'Neill, who is also secretary of
MCAF, said the rally if approved
would embrace academic freedom
issues on local, national and inter-
national levels.
The executive board of the Vil-
lage AVC also pledged support of
the MCAF letter to the Michigan
Legislature which condemns the
Callahan Committee handling of
the Zarichiny case, and calls for
abolition of the Callahan Com-
mittee.
FLAMES BILLOW SKYWARD IN REFINERY FIRE-A column
of fire, fanned by a stiff wind, roars into the air at the Standard
Oil Company's refinery in El Segundo, Calif., after an explosion in
the cracking plant. All streets in the area were blocked off as
police warned residents to remain indoors as precaution against
intense heat. Twenty workmen were treated for burns.
Le Cercie Francais To Give
Annual French Play Today
"Les Corbeaux" by Henry Bec-
que will be presented for the
first time on this campus by Le
Cercle Francais, 8 p.m. today at
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
The play, under the direction
of Prof. Charles E. Koella of the
French department, is the 42nd
consecutive play to be presented
under the auspices of the French
Club. "Les Corbeaux" is at present
enjoying a run in Paris.
First Naturalistic Dramas
"Les Corbeaux," the first of the
naturalistic French social dramas,
marks a turning point in the
dramatic literature of France.
Henry Becque occupies a dis-
tinguished spot in French literary
history because of his introduc-
tion of the naturalistic technique.'
The entire action of the four-
act play takes place in the living
room of the Vigneron family,
wealthy Parisian bourgeoisie. The
,play concerns itself with the fi-
nancial and social problems of
the family after the death of the
father.
The Cast
The cast, composed entirely of
members of Le Cercle Francais,
includes James Evans, as Vig-
neron; Delores Lazich, as Mrs. Vi-
gneron; Annette Munn, as Marie
Vigneron; Marian Pruden, as Jud-
ith Vigneron; Sarah Wilcox, as
Blanche Vigneron; Margaret Kell-
er, as Rosalie; and Warren Bun-
yan, as Gaston Vigneron.
Other members of the cast are:
Dorothy Roberts, as Mrs. de
Saint-Genis; Murray Budney as
Teissier; Bernard Shiffman, as
Bourdon; Morris Winer, as Le-
fort; Justin Montgomery, as
Merckens; William Kinkaid, as
Dudpuis; David Slautterback, as
Auguste; Robert Chapman, as the
doctor; John Donaldson, as Mr.
Lenormand; Lloyd Van Valken-
burg, as Fromentin; and Denver
Langlois, as George de Saint-
Genis.
Police Request
Return of City
TrafficSigrns
Students having city "No Park-
ing" or "Stop" signs in their pos-
session were requested to return
them yesterday by Capt. R.
Gainsley, head of the Traffic Di-
vision of the Ann Arbor police de-I
partment.
"No questions will be asked if
students return the signs now,"
Capt. Gainsley said. He added
that the signs were vital to the
city's traffic system and that the
city spent considerable money
each year on their upkeep.
Students having any signs that
belong to the city can return them
by calling the police. If they
wish, Capt. Gainsley said, stu-
dents may leave the signs any-
where and the police will pick
them up when called.
Walter B. Rea, Assistant Dean
of Students, urged that students
cooperate with the police.
idt ey think will winthe
presidency in the national elec-
tion, as well as their favorite can-
didate. Space is provided for
write-in votes.
Next year's student legislators
will be elected at the same time by
an expected record vote. Students
will choose 23 representatives from
18 candidates. No student will be
allowed to vote without an identi-
fication card which will be
punched by poll officials.
In order to eliminate any cause
for complaints of ballot "leaks" or
election inefficiency, Dick Burton:,
elections committee chairman will
handle no ballots before the
counting unless accompanied by a
member of the Men's Judiciary
Council.
Ballot Boxes
Ballots and ballot boxes spent
the night in the police department
and will be distributed this morn-
ing by Burton and Judiciary
Council President Paul Harrison
in time for the official poll open-
ing at 8:30 sharp.
The ballot boxes will be picked
up shortly after 5 p.m. and taken
directly to the Union ballroom
where counting will begin under
the direction of Legislature mem-
bers Dick Hait and Chuck Mc-
Kean.
Students are reminded that
election rules prohibit campaign-
ing within 50 feet of the polling
booths. Any student found stuff-
ing ballot boxes, or engaged in any
other election rule violation, will
be subject to disciplinary action
by the Men's Judiciary Council.
Karla Walton has withdrawn
her candidacy for election to the
Student Legislature.
Honors Given
For Michiorras
Beta Theta Pi and Delta Delta
Delta copped Michigras honors
for most tickets received and
largest number of patrons respec-
tively, it was announced yester-
day.
The Betas raked in 17,207 tick-
etc, with the Tri Delts, Sigma Chi
and Mosher Hall runners-up in
the division. Delta Delta Delta
served hot dogs and cokes to
7,209 people, while Theta Delta
Chi, Mosher and the Betas also
took awards.
The first-place winners in the
two classes are asked to call Judy
Diggs, 2-5618, in order to collect
their trophies.
Students may pick up lost ar-
ticles at Rm 2, University Hall.
Co-chairman Keith Jordan and
Rae Keller issued the following
statement yesterday:
"'The succeso ti e ar'
TOAST TO PEACE:
Russian, U.S. Troops Meet in
Triumph---Three Years Ago
By BOB WHITE
"It means the end of the war."
With these words the Russian
commander offered a toast to his
Western brothers-in-arms.
America's Maj. Gen. Emil F.
Reinhardt of Detroit responded:
"May the peace for which we
fight come early."
It was only three years ago on
the eastern bank of Germany's
Elbe River near the town of Tor-
gau that the Russian and Ameri-
can First Armies met.
It had been known for several
weeks that the historic union was
rying to finish a triumphant log-
built arch.
The river was crossed, and the
celebration was on.
In the words of Associated
Press correspondent Hal Boyle, "a
great cheer went up from the
Russian and American Soldiers
on both sides of the river, and
gunfire echoed as the celebrating
troops fired whatever guns were at
hand."
"Then," Boyle continued, "the
Russians began to pour on the
banquet. Food and wines of all
vintages flowed like the town
pump ..... there was no escaping
World News
At aGlane
By The Associated Press
KOBE, Japan, Tuesday, April
27-A ban on demonstrations of
any kind was ordered today by
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger as
a result of the weekend Korean
riots here and at nearby Osaka
where eight Koreans were killed.
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ATHENS, April 26-A general
staff communique said today
Greek army troops and 1,60
Communist-led guerrillas were
locked in a decisive battle in
the upper Mornos River Valley
90 miles northweset of Athens.
VENICE, Italy, April 26-One
Italian soldier was reported dead
tonight, another dying and two
others wounded as the result of
an exchange of shots between
Italian and Yugoslav patrols in
Venezia Giulia.
COOK LECTURE SERIES:
Power Polities Called Dominant Factor
By CRAIG WILSON
Power politics is still the domi-'
nant force in the world today -
not science or the atom bomb,
Hon. Arthur T. Vanderbilt, recent-
ly appointed Chief Justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court, said in
opening the Fourth Annual Wil-
liam W. Cook lecture series last
night.
Chief Justice Vanderbilt spoke
on "Taking Inventory of the Law
He called for lawyers to preserve
American law and liberty by ex-
aming the text and operation of
law on the national and interna-
tional plane.
"At present our volumes of law
are mountain ranges, looming in-
surmountable and impenetratable.
1,750,000 cases of judi'cial law have
been recorded in the United
States, although all do not state
new principles," Chief Justice
volumes of legislative law and 15
volumes of the Federal Code and
Register. In all, administrative
statutes and rulings comprise 11
million words, according to Chief
Justice Vanderbilt.
As a result, lawyers must seek
experts on national and state ad-
ministrative law, he commented;
or if the jurisdiction is out-state,
they must consult a lawyer from
that State just to find out who the
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