WOR DSOR ACTION Stye pa4~ Y AdW AdW ~ai41O FAIRE .AND4 W'AR MFR Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVIII, No. 165 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS Lewis Faces New Charge; Hit by NLRB Unfair Labor Practices Cited ~WASmINGTONMay 24-0A )- Ina new government crackdown on John L. Lewis, the NLRB's gen- eral counsel today accused the United Mine Workers president of an unfair labor practice. The board's counsel went swift- ly to court to force Lewis to bar- gain with the Southern Coal Pro- ducers Association, and Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough, whc twice has fined Lewis and his un- ion for contempt, set June 1 for a hearing on the government's plea for an injunction. The latest court action arose x because Lewis refused to seat Joseph E. Moody, president of the Southern Association, at bargaining conferences to nego- tiate a new contract for the soft coal industry. The talks were broken off on that issue, and Moody complained to the Na- National Labor Relations Board. Moody's Association was author- ized" by 20 companies and groups in the south, producing one third of the nation's soft coal, to bar- gain with Lewis. The UMW leader says the Association is "a paper holding company" and did not sign the current one-year contract which expires June 30. General counsel Robert N. Den- ham-the prosecuting officer of the NLRB-issued a complaint against Lewis and the United Mine Workers in mid-afternoon. Then his attorneys hastened to Judge Goldsborough asking for two things: 1. A temporary restraining or- der effective at once which would force Lewis to include the Southern Association in any bargaining talks in the next five days. 2. A "show cause" hearing at Which Lewis would have to ex- plain why an injunction should not be issued to make him recog- nize Moody until the Board has a chance to rule on the Denham complaint., Denham said Lewis was refus- ing to bargain with Moody and in effect coercing an employer in the choice of a bargaining representative. That would vio- late the Taft-Hartley Act ban on unfair labor practices. Goldsborough turned down the government's first request. He would not grant a temporary re- straining order until a full hear- ing for both sides could be ar- ranged. He fixed 8 a.m. next Tues- day, June 1, as the time for such a hearing. U. S. marshals served the sum- moning papers late today. Truman Plans Western Tour WASHINGTON, May 24-(P)- President Truman's swing across the country next month calls for five major addresses and a host of lesser ones. Details of the pre-convention Strip came from the White House today. He plans to leave Washing- ton by special train June 3 and return around June 15. Major Addresses The major addresses are sched- uled at Chicago June 4, at Omaha, Neb., June 5, Seattle, Wash., June 10, Berkeley, Calif., June 12 and Los Angeles June 14. They will cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from dis- placed persons to the American foreign policy. They are expected to include Mr. Truman's views on reclamation and conservation, de- fense, public power and other items. On the way back, the President plans to leave Los Angeles for Washington June 14, spending a day or two en route at Kansas City and his home town of Inde- pendence, Mo. Chicago Address Mr. Truman's Chicago address will be opening of the observance .,of the 100th anniversary of Swed- ish Immigration into the midwest. Prior to arrival in Chicago, platform speeches are planned at Fort Wayne, Ind., and Gary, Ind. His second major talk at Omaha will be before the 35th division reunion. On June 6 he will attend Opinion Bureau Probes A titudes on Speech Ban A majority of the student body-62 per cent-does not approve of the Board of Regents' action regarding political speeches on cam- pus, an independent, scientifically-controlled srvey by the Bureau of Student Opinion has disclosed. However, interviews with more than 400 students by the Bureau produced evidence that many students either knew nothing whatever about the Regents' decision or misconstrued it. Only 12 students among those interviewed understood exactly what the decision was until Bureau interviewers briefly explained it to them. In the second phase of the Bureau's poll, students were asked if UN Delays Cease- Fire Deadline in Palestine Battle - .:. Truman Asks Wider Social SecurityLaw Says Action Needed In Time of Inflation WASHINGTON, May 24 -- (P) -President Truman today de- manded anew that Congress quickly broaden social security to relieve the "desperate" plight of the aged and needy in a time of inflation, He sent a special message to Capitol Hill. calling for a 50 per cent boost in old age insurance benefits and asking that 20,000,- 000 more persons be protected. Noting that for three years his similar requests have gone unan- swered, Mr. Truman asked "early action" on a five point program which, he said, stresses "indepen- dence and self reliance, rather than relief." Details of Plan He spelled out in this detail the sweeping program that he out- lined in his State of the Union message when Congress met in January: 1. A one-half increase "at least" in old age and survivors' insur- ance benefits; allowing pensioners to earn up to $40 a month, instead of $15, without losing benefits; raising of the tax rate from 1 per cent to 1% per cent next January 1 instead of a year later, increas- ing the taxable earnings from $3,- 000 to $4,800. 2. Extension of coverage to the millions of farm and domestic workers, the self-employed, and others not now covered. 3. Broadening of unemployment insurance to cover employes of small firms (those having less than eight workers), federal em- ployes, and others not protected. Also, higher jobless benefits, espe- cially for the unemployed who have families. To Protect Disabled 4. Disability insurance, to pro- tect workers from loss of earnings caused by sickness and injuries. The federal government should offer "a strong financial induce- ment to all states to provide such aid, he said. 5. Increased federal benefits to match state aid for dependent children, the needy aged, and the blind. The president asserted that now is "a particularly opportune time" to broaden the act, because "employment and earnings are at the highest levels on record." Announcements Senior Literary Announcements' for students with names from L through Z will be distributed from 1 to 5 p.m. today in University Hall, Penny Klausner, chairman, announced. "These announcements are for all seniors except those in Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Engineering," she explained. "To- morrow all unclaimed orders will go on sale." they approved or disapproved of the Regents' decision to prohibit public meetings in support of a particular candidate or platform. on University property. By their action, student organizations were permitted to hold private meet- ings to further candidates, how-! ever. The Bureau, which is directed by Survey Research students, con- ducted its poll by valid sampling methods, applied to the student population. A representative sample of students, chosen at ran- dom from University files, was compiled. Students thus selected were questioned by trained and impartial Bureau interviewers, and the results were carefully tabu- lated. A Daily poll after the much- discussed decision by the Regents showed that' an overwhelming number of students were opposed to the action. However, The' Daily's poll did not determine de- gree of knowledge concerning the! decision. The Bureau in its poll first sought to find out what propor- tion of students had heard of the Regents' action. Have heard of it ........82% Have not heard of it ....11 Were not sure .......... 7 Of the 82 per cent, or 395 stu- dents who had heard of it, 66 per cent had no correct understand- ing of the decision. 34 per cent of the 395 indicated some correct; knowledge, but only 12 of all stu- dents polled knew the entire con- text of the ruling. Men seemed slightly better in- .formed than women on the sub- ject. 28 per cent of all men had some correct knowledge> as op- posed to 22 per cent of all women. Male graduate and special stu- dents were the best-informed class, and junior women were worst-informed. The most common misconcep- tion held by 54 per cent of the 395 students who said they had heard of the ruling was that the action "banned radical groups and speakers." Many connected the proclamation with the Eisler ban. After briefly informing the stu- dents about the Regents' action, See OPINION, Page 6 Truman Picks CabinetOffi.er. Brannan Appointed To Agriculture Post WASHINGTON, May 24-()- Charles F. Brannan, 44-year-old former Denver lawyer, was ap- pointed Secretary of Agriculture today. He is the second govern- ment career man to be chosen for a cabinet post by President Truman within the past six months. The other is Jesse M. Donald- son, one time letter carrier, whol was named Postmaster General last November to succeed Robert E. Hannegan. Brannan, whose appointment must be confirmed by the Senate, was appointed to succeed Clinton P. Anderson, who resigned May 10 to run for the Senate in New Mex- ico. Security Council's New Holy Land Order Set for 11 a.m. Wednesday CAIRO, Egypt, May 24-(/P)-The United Nations Security Coun- cil tonight extended until 11 a.m. Wednesday, its deadline for a cease- fire in the Arab-Jewish fighting in Palestine. The Council, meeting at Lake Success, delayed the deadline 48 hours at the request of Syrian and Egyptian representatives. The origi- nal UN deadline expired at noon today. The government of Israel, which accepted the UN appeal sub- ject to Arab agreement, told the Council the Arabs broke the deadline today when Lebanese gunners fired a barrage across the Palestine border at 11:30 a.m. Faris El Khoury of Syria told the Council that Arab Leaders will meet in Amman, Trans-Jordan, * * * TRAINING FOR DESTRUCTION-Men and women members of the Jewish Haganah army learn the fundamentals of mortar fire as the fighting in the Holy Land reaches a new climax of intensity. Arab forces say they will continue the struggle in Palestine unless the Jewish armies disband and the UN partition plan is shelved. New Contract Believed. Near For GM-UAW SHORT STOP-OVER: Dawson Returns to Campus; Watches'Ensian Sales Mount Pact Would Avert 'Walkout of225,000 Buck Dawson, who returned to campus to watch his prize babies --all 6000 of them-brealk all pre- vious Ensian sales records, is pack- int' hisc. han' a n inith n in oI n.,ri DETROIT, May 25-More than gi D U Wa 13 hours of continuous negoitia- and wave at the campus, will make tions between the CIO United his way to Washington. Auto Workers and General Motors Dawson looked on with pleas- Corp. gave the auto industry new ure as the long-awaited year book, hope today of settlement of their hailed by the Ensian staff as the wage dispute before a threatened most sought-after book on cam- strike is called. pus, was distributed. . The proud staff plans to enter It was believed any settlement this year's book in the twenty- reached would be in the neigh- eighth All American Yearbook boyhood of 9 to 10 cents more per Contest, sponsored by 3000 mem- horkr 2-0 bers of the National Scholastic workers.EPress Association. Ask 25 Cent Raise The last of the pre-paid copies The union, asking a raise of 25- cents an hour-10 cents of which IA could be diverted into the UAW Frenchawaitl pension fund--has threatened to# strike General Motors plants forU less the dispute is settled by Fri- Harry W. Anderson, General Asks Security from Motors vice-president, headed the German Aggression company delegation which sat with top UAW negotiators LONDON. May 24-(P)-Dip- through day and night sessions lomatic officials said today France that had run almost continuously has insisted that the United Wage Pattern States underwrite western Eu- The conference, which observers rope's security against aggression believe may produce a wage pat- bdustialunchaining Germany's in- tern for the entire auto industry These officals said the French and bring quick settlement of a' Chrysler Corporation strike now position has become the chief bar- 13 days old, continued in the huge rier against a six-country agree- General Motors Building where ment on charting western Ger- a 113-day GM strike was settled many's political and economic fu- March 13, 1946. ture. The union confirmed that GM, Despite the French opposition, biggest outfit in the auto indus- responsible American officials try had made its first wage offer said tonight that an agreement of 1948 to the UAW-CIO. will be reached this week. The i will be distributed today and to-j morrow at the Student Publica- tions Building. Those whose names begin with letters S to Z will be able to pick up their books from 12:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. to- Buck Dawson, captivating campus cowboy will be on hand to autograph Ensians all day to- morrow. Editor Dawson bowed to public clamors for his signa- ture in announcing this move. day. A period of open distribution will be held during the same hours tomorrow. Ellie Abrahamson, Accounting Mnager of the Ensian, has urged that all outstanding accounts be closed as soon as possible. Still intoxicated by the glowing campus response to the new book, the, Ensian staff plans to begin taking orders on next year's books immediately. Meanwhile, sales are still boom- ing on the '47 Ensian. Says Taft Act Should Allow Firing of Reds WASHINGTON, May 24-(1P)- The Taft-Hartley labor law should be changed to state that it is not an unfair labor practice to fire a "subversive" worker, Rep. Landis (Rep., Ind) said today. Landis' classification for such a person--one who tends toward overthrow of the government - would be: "A member of an or- ganization listed as subversive by the Attorney General's office." Landis appeared before the' Senate-House watchdog commit- tee which opened today its first public hearings on operations of the law. It is now 11 months old. He also suggested that it be broadened to require sworn oaths from management and labor con- tract negotiators that they are not Communists. Now only top un- ion officials are required to sign such an oath in order to obtain the services of the National Labor Relations Board. Much of today's hearing was given over to a proposal to end the Taft-Hartley requirement that a majority of employes vote for a union shop before one may be set up. This is the only one of vari- ous proposed changes which is be- lieved to have a chance for Con- gressional approval before ad- j ournment. Under a union shop, the boss may hire whom he pleases, but the new employe must join the union within a specified time, us- ually 30 days. tomorrow, and that their accept- ance or rejection of the UN appeal to halt the Holy Land fighting will be communicated to Lake Success no dlater than 11 a.m. Wednesday. Both the United States and Britain urged the Arab nations to abide by the UN demand. British and American diplomats delivered the appeals for peace in Cairo and other Arab capitals. Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin conferred in Lon- don with U. S. ambassador Lewis W. Douglas for the second time in 48 hours. While the Foreign Office with- held comment on the course of the discussions, it was assumed the talks were held in an effort to iron out British-American differ- ences over Palestine. Informed American sources hinted the re- sults of the talks will be apparent in the UN Security Council. The informant emphasized that Britain regards her obligations to the United Nations as having pre- cedence over her commitments to the Arab states. A Foreign Office source said Britain will support the Arab re- quest for more time to consider the cease fire order. Ship Leaves 105 Stranded HAIFA, Israel, May 24-1P)-A U.S. consular source said today the American ship Marine Carp will not return to Haifa to pick up 105 Jewish passengers, including 25 Americans, bound for New York. The Jews had passage on the U.S. steamer, but refused to em- bark Friday when the ship sailed from Haifa for Alexandria, Egypt, because they had no guarantee of safety in the Arab country. They asked that the ship return here for them before sailing for the United States. The consular source said "the ship's agent informed us the Ma- rine Carp would not come back from Alexandria because of com- mitments made by the captain to the Egyptian government." U'Frowns on Night Driving One arm driving after dark will be impossible, or at least improb- able, for students taking advan- tage of the vacation driving priv- ilege this summer. Mixed company may not be car- ried after 9 p.m., according to regulations defining the recrea- tional driving privilege. However, students may use cars for participation in such outdoor sports as golf, tennis, swimming, and picnics held in conjunction with these outdoor activities. This does not include personal or so- cial use. There will be no restriction on the distance students may drive. Students will be required to reg- ister their cars before any driving can be done. Victories Cited By Both Sides In Holy Land Fighting in Palestine Continues Unabated By The Associated Press Both Arabs and Jews claimed victories in local actions as the Palestine fighting continued un- abated today. A Haganah communique, issued by the Jewish Army in Tel Aviv, said "the whole Jordan Valley has been cleared of enemy forces." The communique said Jewish forces recaptured two settlements in the northern area-Sha'ar Ha- golan and Massada. It added that the whole Samakh area now is in Jewish hands. Jews evacuated the settlements a few days ago under Syrian Army pressure. Samakh is at the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee and the Jor- dan Valley lies directly south of the sea. Arabs Claim Victory The Arab high command said its troops had captured Rta' Rehel, a Jewish villagehalf-way between Jerusalem and Bethle- hem, where a major battle had raged for 48 hours. Both sides reported the other's casualties were heavy at Ramat Rehel. The Arabs said they had killed more than 300 Jews and the Jews said "tens of bodies" of Arab attackers littered the streets. After a 48-hour respite, Tel Aviv was bombed from the air today. This time the Arabs used two- engine bombers. It was believed to be the first time the Arabs used planes heavier than fighter- bombers. The Jews said the Arabs dropped a few heavy bombs in the northern part of the city. Heavy Shelling A dispatch from Jerusalem said Trans-Jordan Arab legionnaires were attempting to ' disorganize Jewish defenses by heavy shelling. The Legion appeared to be avoid- ing ground assaults which caused heavy infantry casualties and was relying instead on a blockade of food and water supplies to weaken Jewish resistance. Behind the gray stone walls of Jerusalem's old city Arab demoli- tion squads methodically proceed- ed in their reduction of the Jew- ish quarter to rubble. A Legion officer said: "We don't want to lose men. The Jews are in a trap. We are literally blasting them out." Dynamiters blew up a pillbox across "the attack route to the Hurva synagogue, 50 yards away. The dynamiters were protected by heavy artillery and machine gun fire. In the northern part of the new city, Arab shells set afire Jewish targets near the Russian cathedral. SL Committee Chairmen Named Chairman of special action committees of the Student Legis- lature were named in a meeting of the Legislature cabinet last night. Morris Domangue and Arlynn Rosen were elected co-chairmen of the National Student Associa- tion Committee. Marshall Lewis was named temporary chairman of the Cultural and Educational Committee. Elinor Abrahamson will head the Public Relations Committee; John Baum was elected chairman Af th nSoial cnmmite- a CITES HIGH IDEALS: Librarians Berated for Losing Bellioerency and Leadership i J By RICHARD HAMILTON "Librarians should assert their claims to membership in a bellig- erent profession, Mrs. Frances Clark Sayers, of the New York Public Library, declared at a li- brary science reunion held on campus last week end. In a talk entitled "The Bellig- erent Profession," Mrs. Sayers maintained that the librarian pro- fession is really the belligerent profession. She criticized her pro- fession for losing its belligerency, particularly in the field of "read- sociologists on the librarian pro-! fession. Refute Patterns Mrs. Sayers called upon the librarians to refute the contem- porary patterns and go back toi the high ideals upon which the profession was originally founded. "The libr'arian should be bellig- erent to the community in serving as a standard of judgment and taste," she added. "The purpose of the public li- brary is to have books read. It must serve as the place in the i J I I jc World News At a Glance By The Associated Press SALEM, Ore., May 24-Henry Wallace said today he had "no plans to go to Moscow" to confer with Joseph Stalin. * * * HELSINKI, Finland, May 24 -Shipping was paralyzed in the most important Finnish ports today by a walkout of Commu- nist dock workers. The strikers were protesting the dismissal of Communist Yrjo Leino from the cabinet. * '.* LONG BRANCH, N.J., May 24- The bruised body of Harold S. Adamson, 57, a member of the American Legion Americanism committee, was found today in a hotel room whose only door and window were locked from the in- side, Police Chief Thomas J. Marks said. * *' * CIUDAD TRUJILLO, May 24 -An unconfirmed newspaper dispatch said today that all the inhabitants of the sugar grow- ing village of Tres Puntos, in the southwestern part of the Republic, have been drowned by floods caused by torrential rains. * * * WARSAW, May 24-A Commu- nist newspaper today accused the Catholic Church of attempting to "tr nrn na " tannet >rti- talks between the six nations-the United States, Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg-entered their sec- ond month today. The American officials said im- portant progress has been made at committee meetings, but declined to disclose details. Council Okays .Record Budget The Ann Arbor City Council unanimously approved a record $1,179,770 budget for the next fis- cal year at a special session last night. Of the total, $649,497 will be raised by local taxes and the re- mainder from other sources, ac- cording to the budget resolution, presented by Alderman Frank M. Reed, Jr. The budget includes $50,000 for the widening of N. Main St., at the Ann Arbor Railroad overpass, $16,075 for city employe pay in- creases and $22,146 for the hiring of additional employes. WELL, TAN YOUR HIDE: Doctor Recommends Judicious Sunning By JO MISNER Students anxious to dispel the lilywhite pallor of "libraryitis" were urged to make "judicious and their skin has built up the pig- mentation which will prevent painful damage to the skin cells. strong laundry soap in order to remove the sticky wax-like chemi- cal secreted by the plant.