.MAKE . MINE ASPIRIN See Page 4 Y flit4WU 1aitp LIGHT RAIN Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVIII, Na. 156 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS Soviets Give Alleged Plan Big Play-Up Say Joint Talks Proposed by U.S. MOSCOW, May 11-(E)-The Soviet press and radio gave wide publicity today to Russian accept- ance of what they said was an American proposal to hold a two- power conference to discuss and settle their differences. The Russian statement by an official news agency that the Soviet Government "agrees to the proposal to proceed to the dis- cussion and settlement of differ- ences existing between us" came with considerable surprise to offi- cial American circles here. They were quick to point out that to date there has been no agreement on any actual talks, where they would be held, who would take part, or what the agenda would be. Meanwhile Henry A. Wallace addressed an "open letter" to Premier Stalin, urging immedi- ate action by Russia and the United States to end the cold war and insure a "Century of Peace." He proposed, among othei things, that the two major world powers initiate a general arma- ments reduction and outlaw all methods of mass destruction. The Soviet announcement of the exchange of views created con- siderable excitement among the Russian people. Pravda and Iz- vestia gave a large share of their space to the story which attracted immediate attention. There were discussions among the thousands of laborers and office workers on their way to work. Newspaper vendors sold copies swiftly. These declarations by both governments of willingness to discuss and resolve differences brought a ray of brightness to the storm clouds long massed over Soviet-American relations', Official American circles point- ed out that the exchange consti- tuted a frank statement of policy on each side. They pointed out that there was a great gap be- tween the American statement I and the Soviet statement. One-Act Plays ToBe Given Tomorrow A bill of student-directed and staged one-act plays will be pre- sented by the speech department at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. The three plays being given are "Guns Against the Snow," by Harolc{ Mers; Maurice Maeter- linek's "The Death of Tintagiles"; and "The Proposal," by Anton Chekov. Playing in "Guns Against the Snow" are Albert Nadeau as Gen- eral Vulturo; George Crepeau a Sergeant Gomez; Shirley Loeblich as the woman; Richard Charlton as Lieutenant Perez; and Douglas Anderson as the guard. Earl Matthews will direct, with Barbara Barnes, bookholder; Wil- liam Allison, scene designer; Jeanette Grandstaff and Judy Minogue, properties; and Ruth Livingston, costumes. Betty Blomquist will direct "The Death of Tintagiles." In the f cast are Ruth Fr~ankenstein as Ygraine; Marcella Kratt as Tin- tagiles; Joyce Cregor as Bellan- gere; William Smith as Aglovale; and June Goldberg, Pollee Thom- son and Anita Minor as the three handmaids. "The Proposal" will be directed by Sam Rich. Stepan Stepano- vitch Chubukov will be played by James Lynch; Natalya Stepanov- na by Jeanette Grandstaff; and Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov by Rich- ard Linden. Admission is free. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m. and close when the theatre is filled, not later than 8 p.m. There will be no ad- mission during the performance of any play. Ainounce Speecd Contest ,inners Sigma Rho Tau, also known as the engineering Stump Speakers cRnnpe on-,nnnpr R.+r Rilvp,_- Injunction for Railroads To Remain---Kallenbach General Power to Protect Public Safety Held as Basis for Recent Federal Seizure By RUSS CLANAHAN The present temporary injunction which halted the railway strike Tuesday night "will undoubtedly be continued as long as the strike threat exists," Prof. Joseph E. Kallenbach, of the political science department, said yesterday. Continued wage negotiations are the only possible next move in the controversy, he said, although agreeing that it may take a long time before a final settlement is made. Prof. Kallenbach believed the Federal court anti-strike injunc- tion is "based on the general power of the government to take More Aid Asked For Athletics * * * * No Release of Party T! Action by SL Cuts Football Program Fee Amends Judiciary - AppointingMethods Football programs will cost stu- dents a quarter as a result of Stu- dent Legislature discussions with Fritz Crisler, it was reported at the Legislature meeting last night. Outsiders attending games will ,ontinue to pay fifty cents but students may present ID cards at the time of purchase for the price reduction. The method of choosing Men's Judiciary Committee' was changed last night, also, to provide that Petitions for Men's Judiciary Committee positions may be picked up today in Rm. 2, Uni- versity Ball, and are due in that office at 4 p.m., Monday, In- terviewingdof candidates will be held Tuesday. only male members of the legis- lature cabinet be on the appoint- ing committee. If a 5 man com- mittee is not so appointed, the, Legislature will select the remain- ing members. A second amendment permits: the president of Men's Judiciary' to serve in an ex-officio capacity on the appointing committee. Delegates to the NSA conven- tions this summer were announced as follows: Harvey Weisberg, Tom Walsh, Blair Moody, Norris Romanque, Arlynn Rosen, Gillard Seel, and Dick Hooker Alternates are Marvil Failer, Roma Lipsky, Don Calhoun, Eliot Charlip, Lucille Bernbaum, Mar- shall Lewis and Doryanne Zipper- stein. An addition to the NSA consti- tution, permitting the regional group to call for an investigation of violations of academic freedom on a campus, was approved for presentation at the regional con- ference Sunday in Grand Rapids. Legislators absent were Eleanor Abrahamson, Betty Clark, Pat Daoust, Max Dean, Buzz Durant, Charles Gibbs, Bill Gripman, Ray Guerin, Al Milstein, Don Roths' child, Rosemary Shoetz and Walt Shaffer. World News At a Glance By 'Te Associated Press DETROIT, May 11- Federal mediators tonight admitted fail- ure in their attempts to head off a strike of 75,000 Chrysler Corp. smployes set for 10 a.m. tomorrow. the union already has put into high gear a plan to raise a million dollar "kitty" to back the Chrysler walkout. * * * JERUSALEM, May 11s-The Jewish Army said today its fighters had captured Beit Mah- sir, main base for Arab forces in the battle for control of the vital Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, WASHINGTON, May 11 - The American defense program gath- ared speed today despite Russia's talk of "peace and cooperation." Both Senate and House approved a 70-group Air Force bill and a Senate committee voted a draft measure, under which men 19 through 25 would be subject to the draft, and serve two years in the armed forces. Men 18 through 25 and medical men through 45 action to protect the public safety and welfare." "The Taft-Hartley Act," he said, "does not cover the railroads in a private labor-management dispute, which makes them exempt from the Act's clauses permitting injunctions against strikes to be issued." However, he pointed out that the Railway Labor Disputes Act governing rail negotiations doesn't apply to strikes against the government, and the Ad- ministration's seizure of the roads has the effect of making railway , workers technically "government employes." Prof. Kallenbach likened the railway situation before the in- junction to the order issued against John L. Lewis to get the coal miners back in the pits dur- ing the coal strike of November and December, 1946. "The question of whether work- ers in a government-seized in- dustry are government employes was brought up then, and was only partially settled. The same question is involved now," he as- serted. In this connection, however, he cited the final decision of the Supreme Court in the Lewis case which held that Federal courts could issue injunctions against a strike when "the gov- ernment is in control, and the public safety is at stake." A bill proposed by Senator Wil- liam F. Knowland (Rep., Calif.) to bring the railroad workers un- der the provisions of the Taft- Hartley Law was ter'med by Prof. Kallenbach "rather belated"' be- cause "the strike negotiations have already gone beyond the stage of a private labor-manage- ment dispute." Railroads Run; Wage Dispute Still Unsettled WASHINGTON, May 11-(/P) The railroads highballed as usual today but the rail labor dispute, snached from the strike stage in the nick of time, remained un- settled. Heads of the three unions in- volved paid a 20-minute call on Army Secretary Kenneth Royall, bent on seeking a settlement now that the rail system is under gov- ernment control by President Tru- man's order. Afterward, they said Royall told them he hasn't authority yet to deal with them but "will get in touch with us" again in a few days. Secretary Royall told reporters earlier the Army was not disposed to enter negotiations with the un- ions for the time being. A quick settlement was predict-, ed by M. W. Clement, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Clement told reporters at the' Pennsy's annual stockholders meeting at Philadelphia that he believed a settlement will come before May 19. That is the date Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough set for a hearing here on the government's plea for an injunction to replace the temporary restraining order granted by the judge last night to stop the strike. It was a question of bowing to the court order of facing possible heavy fines for the three union chieftains-Alvanley Johnston of the Locomotive Engineers, David Robertson of the Firemen and En- ginemen, and A. J. Glover of the Switchmen. Politial Club Membership, Will Be Held Also Ask Speech Ban Clarification Politics was in the spotlight at the Student Affairs Committee meeting yesterday as the group ruled not to release the member- ship lists of campus political clubs and again tackled the problem of political speeches. The SAC moved that student membership in political groups shall not be released except by specific request of the student involved. The ruling was an outgrowth of a request by Max Dean, chairmain of the local Wallace Progressives. Passed without a dissenting vote, the rule expressed sentiments' voiced by committee members who declared political beliefs should not be made public. Under this rule potential employers or other persons asking for student rec- ords would not have access to po- litical club affiliations unless au- thorized by the student involved. The "speakers ban" was again in the news as Jay Nolan, chair- man of the Democrats for Douglas, asked the SAC for an interpreta- tion of the rule as affecting co- sponsored political rallies. Nolan asked if political rallies co-sponsored by all the political clubs on campus would be per- mitted under the rule. Discuss- ing the question, committee members pointed out that at least one regent has privately expressed approval of large scale political rallieas if attended by members of recognzed po- litical clubs. The matter was referred to Dean Erich Walter, SAC chair- man, and Prof. Carl Brandt, Uni- versity Lecture Committee chair- man, for study. The SAC also belabored William Dannemiller and Ralph Andrews, organizers of the Committee for the Advancement of Capitalistic Enterprise, for failure to go through proper channels in at- tempting to organize their group, The two students said they were unfamiliar with the accreditation procedure and made arrangements to reorganize through proper methods. Yesterday the Student Affairs Committee also: 1--Approved a complete list of See POLITICAL, Page 6 IFC Elects New Officers Bruce Lockwood, Theta Xi, was elected President of the Inter- fraternity Council at the House President's meeting last night in the Union. Joseph H. Wimsatt, Delta Tau Delta, was elected Secretary- Treasurer. Lockwood assumed office on a program of closer cooperation between the council and the in- dividual fraternity houses. Out-going President Heniry Meyer, upon handing Lockwood the gavel, said, "It's been a good year for the IFC; and with these new officers, next year promises to be better " Tie s-_ Sports Board Needs Money For Additions Possible Student Fee for Games By HERB RUSKIN A recommendation that the Board of Regents take steps to finance badly needed athletic fa- cilities was made yesterday by the Board in Control of Intercollegi- ate Athletics. The Board said that it could not make the necessary improvements without supplementary funds be- cause of increased operating costs k and higher construction prices. They advanced the possibility that students might be charged admission for football games epring Concert at 8:wl and other lniversity athletic elli, will play works by events in their annual report to will be the first time the Regents. BACK FROM TOUR-The University Concert Band will present its Annual S p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. The band, under Conductor William D. Reve Bach, Sousa, Phillips, Coleridge-Taylor, Creston, Kalinnikov and others. This many of the compositions have been heard in Ann Arbor. FOR EVERY TASTE: 'U' Concert Band's Program To Feature 'Audible Color' Institute Will Open Three Day Session By ALICE BRINKMAN The University Concert Band's Annual Spring Concert at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium promises to be a colorful perform- ance with a shade for every taste. The color picture which the Can didates for Engine College Election Told The 23 candidates for the all- engine college election, to be held tomorrow, have been announced by the Engineering Council. Senior class presidential candi- dates are Bruce Lockwood, Hugh Kennedy and Henry Meyer. Vice- presidential candidates are Wil- liam Woelk, Andrew Turner and Donald Autore. Candidates for treasurer are John, Post and James Sakai. Secretarial candi- dates are Don Barnett and Robert Whitney. Presidential candidates for the junior class are John Kistler, Bruce Nelson and Harry Evans. Candidates for secretary of the junior class are Alan Anderson, Robert Chute, Richard Allen, John Smedley and William Rosnyai. Sophomore class presidential candidates are Robert Preston and Walter Dublanica. Secretarial candidates are Ned Hess and Rob- ert Vogt. Harry Hillman is the only freshman class presidential can- didate. No petitions have been filed for freshman class secretary. Fight Mundt Bill The Executive Committee of AVC took active measures last night to combat the Mundt Bill, which comes before the House tomorrow, A telegram calling the bill "totalitarian in spirit and un- constitutional" was sent to Rep. Earl Michener, AVC voted ?,5 to send a delegate, who will be designated. by the Wash- tenaw County Committee for Democratic Rights, to Wash- ington to testify against the bill. band, under Conductor William D. Revelli's baton, plans to create for band devotees tonight, how- ever, appeals to the auditory ra- ther than the visual sense. The Old and the New Vehicles for expressions of shades of audible color run the gamut from Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" to Phillip's "Con- certo in Jazz" and Sousa's "El Capitan March." Several "first in Ann Arbor" performances will afford oppor- tunities for blending new tints. "Rhapsodic Dance, The Bam- boula" by Coleridge-Taylor based on an African festival dance tune is one of these. It is from a collec- tion of African melodies made by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, consid- ered one of the foremost compos- ers of his race. Mendelssohn Work "Overture for Band," composed especially for a wind band by Mendelssohn in 1824 while on his summer vacation on the Baltic, is new to Ann Arbor. "Concerto for Saxophone," first movement, by Paul Creston, has been specially arranged by Russell Howland, member of the wind in- See 'U' CONCERT, Page 6 DailyLiterary Issue Delayed The second issue of The Daily's literary supplement, previously scheduled for May 28, will not ap- pear until the fall semester be- cause of previous publication re- quirements. Students who have contributed to the second issue may pick up their manuscripts at the Student Publications Building. All con- tributions, including those not used in the first issue, will be filed for future consideration if not claimed. All those interested in working on the literary supplement may apply for positions in September when The Daily will issue a regu- lar try-out call for all staffs. Tentative plans for the supple- ment organization call for the appointment of a literary editor and staff to work full-time under The Daily managing editor. Growing Old, Al TL i f /1 1i Dance Try ir iopcs of ams Faculty speakers will discuss social attitudes, the process of growing old, and the dance, as the 16th an- nual Adult Educaion Institute opens here today. Prof. Theodore M. Newcomb of the sociology and psychology de- partments will deliver the opening lecture of the three-day Institute at 11 a.m. He will discuss "social Attitudes in American Culture" before some 800 club women assembled at the Institute, which is co-sponsored by the University Extension Service and the Michigan State Federa- tion of Women's Clubs: Headquar- ters for all lectures will be Rack- ham Lecture Hall. Students may register in the foyer of the Rackham Building for one or all of the lectures, be- ginning at 8:30 a.m. today. Other speakers today include Dr. Carl V. Weller, chairman of the pathology department, whose subject will be Geriatrics, the Physical Changes of the Ageing Process." He will speak at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m. Dr. Juana de Laban, associate supervisor in physical education, will discuss "The Dance as One of the Major Arts." A public recital of medieval and Renaissance music, under the di- rection of Dr. Laban and Prof. Louise E. Cuyler of the School of Music, will be presented at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the League Balvoom. Douglas Dems Plan Meeting Convention Date Set By CityOrganization Plans for a statewide convention of supporters of William 0. Doug- las for President were formulated last night at a meeting of the Democrats for Douglas in the Ann Arbor City Hall. The convention, which was ten- tatively scheduled to be held in Flint on May 28, will coordinate the activities of state and regional Douglas groups. The Chicago William 0. Douglas for President Club will also be represented, as well as groups from the University of Illinois and the Chicago area. Saying that they did not favor charging such admissions unless other means of increasing income could not be found, they contin- ued by stating, "We believe firmly in the principle that all students should have the privilege of at- tending athletic events without charge." No new additions to the ath- letic plant have been made in the last twenty years and at present the University is attempting to serve a student population of 20,- 000 with facilities designed for less than half that number. These were among the reasons for the sadly needed additional facilities listed by the Board. Gym space, swimming pool facilities for both men and women, a new varsity pool, base- ball stands, and a suitable sports building for basketball} and hockey wereamong those listed as being necessary. The report also carried the an- nual financial report for the last fiscal year, showing a net profit of over $200,000. Football, as ujual was the only. sport to make money and it pulled in a total of $437,000 and supported the rest of the sports on the program. Track was the most expensive sport on the list, having a net loss See ATHLETIC. Page 3 * * * 'Away' Game Tickets Will Be Available Soon Ticket applications for Mich- igan's four away-from-home foot- ball games will-be available to the students the latter part of this month, according to Don Weir, athletic ticket manager. Plans for student-special trains to Minnesota and Ohio State have also been arranged. Don Green- field of the Wolverine Club, which is sponsoring the trips, said that additional game tickets will be sold in the fall, but only in con- junction with the round trip train fare. Deadline for Ducat Orders If separate ducats are desired by students who have their own means of transportation to the out-of-town contests, they must have their order blanks into Weir's office by August 1. The ap- plication'forms may be picked up at the athletic administration building or they may be mailed to students upon written request. Avoids Last Year's Problem To those wloo intend to drive to Minnesota, Ohio State, Michigan State, or Purdue the early date for issuing ticket applications is a safeguard. In order to avoid last fall's problem of students not be- ing able to obtain single paste- boards, Weir indicated that they shAol nt in hpi, nrcic new. DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM: IFC Songsters To Give Campus Annual Serenade -- c % i