NvO cHofCE AT ALL See Page 4 Y ILw igzrn 1 ~tai4 POLAR WEATHER Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVII, No. 97 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, FEB,UARY 22, 1948 MICE FIVE CENTS Steel Makers Face Price ,Boost Probe Congress Seeks Cause of Raise By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-Top steel makers will be asked to ex- plain there $5 a ton price boost next Thursday before the Joint YEconomic Committee of Congress. Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) an- nounced this as a "unanimous" de- cision of the Senate-House body. It came after Senator Ball (R- Minn.) suggested that Attorney General Tom Clark look into possible anti-trust aspects of the rise. The sudden upturn in steel found Washington still trying to figure out the meaning-in terms of jobs, business, and inflation- of the early February drop of food commodity brices. Next month's easter trade will give businessmen a tip-off, Clague said in his January job report. It { will offer "some test" of the pub- lic's, attitude-whether consumers will postpone buying in expecta- tion of further price drops. Taft, after a closed session of the Economic committee, told re- porters that two or three "typical steel leaders" would be called in to explain their price policy. These general trends were voted elsewhere: 1.So far the price declines have been limited to a comparatively small group of farm products. ''There has been no evidence of lessening in the firm effective de- mand for goods and services." 2. Clothing and textile makers are preparing for a big Easter. Em- ployment in these industries hit new postwar highs in January- 1,375,000 in textiles and 1,373,000 in apparel-while most other in- dustries suffered, the usual mid- winter decline. 3. A special BLS price study yesterday, appraising the retail effect of the market break, gave Y this report on consumer goods other than foods: "Latest reports from manufacturers indicate no widespread declines and some ad- vances." t GOP Leaders Agree to Rent Law Extension WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-(A)- Republican leaders in Congress agreed today on a 30-day exten- sion of rent controls to give time for full consideration of a longer range bill. Present controls are due to run out February 29-a week from Sunday. The House will vote on the stop- gap measure Tuesday, with the Senate acting later in the week. Meanwhile, Senator Taft of Ohio, Republican policy leader, said the Senate will go ahead with its debate of a 14-months exten- sion bill. The Senate began dis- cussing that measure yesterday. Rep. Wolcott (Rep., Mich.), chairman of the House Banking Committee, said the 30-day exten- sion would change the present law in only one way. The change would bar eviction of families from low- cost public housing units because their incomes have risen above the limits originally set for occupants of such quarters. Wolcott said such families could not be forced to give up their liv- ing accommodations unless other adequate quarters were available for them. Taft said he hopes to bring the 14-months extension to a vote by Tuesday, sending it across to the House. Wolcott, whose committee will handle the bill, said several days of hearings will be held be- fore the House acts on it. UWF Presents Hitchcock Film "The Lady Vanishes" will be presented at 8:30 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Kellogg Audi- torium by the Art Cinema League 'M' C4 Lead, agers Retain Conference ers, 56-45; Down Goph State 'Progres sives' Form Party CAMPUS EXLORERS-Buck Dawson (left) and Dick ilMing prepare for the take off on the northernmost part of their weekend trip into Canada's snow lands. With George Spaulding and Don Todd, two other University students, they drove 500 miles due north, and then flew by plane to Quirk Lake, 40 miles further, for old-fashioned "roughing it" with nature. U.S. Rejects Russian View On Germany Western Powers To Hold Conference WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-(AP)-- The United States today rejected a Russian protest against a forth- coming American-British-French meeting to organize the economy of Western Germany. The U.S. blamed Russian poli- cies for making the meeting nec- essary. Undersecretary of State Robert Lovett sent a note to Soviet Am- bassador Alexander Panyushkin declaring -that "the failure of the Soviet Government to observe the principles of economic unity" in Germany "impels the other thiee powers" to organize the German economy in the interests of both German and European recovery. The note was worded with un- usual bluntness. Lovett told Panyushkin flatly that Russia's protest against the three power meeting which opens in London Monday "can only be construed as an effort to shift the responsibility incurred by the Sov- iet Government itself for the pre- sent division of Germany." Russia has protested that the Three Power talks on Germany would violate the Potsdam agree- ment. Russia interprets that as re- quiring all German national prob- lems to be handled jointly by all four of the occupying powers. The ultimate aim of the London Conference is unification of all Western Germany as one of the basis for the European Recovery Program. Prof. Rovill in Is .dead at 67 Prof. Eugene Etienne Rovillain, 67 years old, a teacher of French literature in the Romance lan- guage department for 28 years, died late Friday in St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, the department announced yesterday. (There will be no funeral serv- ices, in accordance with Prof. Ro- villain's wishes). Born in France in 1881, Prof. Rovillain took his A.B. degree in history at Columbia University, and his master's at the University of Michigan. He joined the French faculty here in 1918, teaching con- tinuously until his retirement in 1946. BACK TO NATURE: Intrepid Four Tell Tall Tales Of Interlude in North Woods By ARTHUR HIGBEE Go North This Winter! That's a new twist in travel talk, but four members ofPhi Gamma Delta fraternity did it last week-end and had a whale of a time. The intrepid four-Don Todd, George Spaulding, Buck Dawson and Dick Illing-drove to Blind River, Ontario, 500 miles due north, then hopped by chartered ski-plane to Quirk Lake, 40 miles by air and 100 by snowshoe. 'Live Off the Land' The law of the woods left them free to use a trapper's cabin as a base of operations. Some staple provisions had been brought along, but their aim was to live off the land as much as possible. This meant snowshoeing over Quirk Lake and chopping fishing holes through three feet of ice. Benes Keeps Czech Cabinet From Splitting PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Feb. 21-(AP)-President Eduard Benes, ailing and tired, continued to holdI the Czechoslovakia government to- gether tonight by resisting com- munist pressure. He told the Communists, from Premier Klement Gottwald on down, that he would not allow anything but a parliamentary gov- ernment with parties now in the national front continuing to be represented. He also declared he would not allow the Communists, the largest single party: to be ex- cluded. Benes thus refused to accept the resignations of the ministers of three anti-communist parties in a deadlock over alleged communist attempts to institute a police state, and rejected communist demands for a clear-cut pro-Soviet govern- ment. The social democrats yesterday stood by the other three anti-com- munist parties in the five-party government in their demands that the Communists rescind an order for the replacement of eight non- Communist police supervisors in Prague and nearby districts. But they did not tender their resigna- tions from the Government along with the other parties. "That was rugged work," Daw- son recalls. "We must have chop- ped 50 holes before wefound out where the lake trout were biting." Roast Quilless Porcupinpe They treed a brace of porcu- pines, ate one, and brought the other home to prove to their doubting friends that roast por- cupine, with quills removed, makes as fine a meal as you'll find any- where. Illing, who's been doing research on guided missiles, went out deer hunting. He spotted a few but didn't bag any, whereupon the rest of the crew dubbed him "the misguided missile expert." The weather? "Cool." Todd re- ports, "-about 35 below." He and Dawson, ex-ski troopers, kept warm enough, but Spaulding took an hour each night and morning to crawl in and out of two (2) sleeping bags. Back to Civilization They'd packed their duffel and were all set to fly back to civiliza- tion when a snowstorm came up. It looked as if they'd be cutting a few classes. But the pilot, who, like all good bhsh pilots, earns his keep by getting in and out of places in a hurry, took off anyway. The whole expedition had come off without a hitch until, back in Ann Arbor and cruising down Packard street, they plowed into the local fire chief's car, and their hitherto modest expenses sky- rocketed. Dawson pointed a moral for blase University students: "The North Woods may sound remote, but they're only a full day's drive from here. You couldn't find a bet- ter place to lose a week-end." World News A t a Glance By The Associated Press SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, Feb. 21-President Truman told Puerto Ricans in an address to- day they should have the right to determine their relationship with the United States. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21- Senator Taft (R-Ohio) called tonight for United Nations en- forcement of the decision to par- tition Palestine. LONDON, Feb. 21-Russia's de- mand for American dollars and United States insistence upon withdrawal of occupation troops emerged 'tonight as the main blocks to four-power agreement on an Austrian peace. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21- Harold E. Stassen today invited Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York to join with him in a dis- cussion of the "vital issues of American and Republican poli- cy. " Initiate Drive For Wallace BallotSpot Hope for 250,000 Petition Signatures By The Associated Press LANSING, Feb. 21--The Pro- gressive Party was formed in Michigan today, dedicated to the election of Henry A. Wallace as president of the United States. From nearly every section of the state nearly 1,000 delegates or- ganized what they believe will be a "Gideon's Army" to sweep Mich- igan for the new Third Party. Included in the delegation were more than 10 students and townspeople who left Ann Arbor early yesterday morning to add that community's voice to the Wallace battle. The delegates returned home to- night armed with petitions to put Wallace's name on the Novem- ber election ballot. A call was made for 250,000 signatures, al- though only 9,980 are needed. By formal resolution, the organ- izing conference promised a sub- sequent state convention with reg- ularly elected delegates and affirmed: "We will now make this pledge: that Michigan voters will not be forced between the lesser of two evils. They will be given a real choice next Novem- ber in every election contest-a choice between progress and re- action, between candidates who represent the interests of the people and those who represent the interest of big business and monopoly." "But the decision as to whether to place a full state and local ticket in the election next fall will rest with the state conven- tion." It was reported the new party would wait to see what the old line parties do before picking its ticket. Revolt Spreads In 'Solid'_South, Civil Rights Program Divides Democrats WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-(~)- Fifty Democratic congressmen from 11 states of the old confed- eracy sought additional recruits today in their rebellion against President Truman's civil rights program. They and five southern gov- ernors will voice their criticism of the anti-segregation, anti-poll tax, anti-discrimination program to national chairman J. Howard McGrath Monday. The governors are Laney of Ar- kansas, Cherry of North Caro- lina, Thurmond of South Caro- lina, Jester of Texas and Tuck of Virginia. McGrath has promised to pass along their complaints to Presi- dent Truman, now in the Carib- bean for an inspection tour and vacation. The rebellious southerners had some advice today from Senator Byrd (Dem., Va.), who has op- posed some similar legislation in the past. He told them to hold their fire but keep their powder dry. The Virginian explained to a reporter that he wants the south to be sure where it is going be- fore it breaks any traditional po- litical ties. ALL IN VAIN: Fonville BreaJ Record as OSJ By POTSY RYAN Ohio State's track team defeat- ed Michigan 601/2 -531/ in a dual meet at the fieldhouse last night -but the big noise of the evening came from Charles Fonville, Michigan's sure-fire Olympic rep- resentative, who boomed the 16 pound shot exactly 56 feet 10% inches to break his own world's record, which he set only two weeks ago in Fast Lansing. Fonville stepped into the circle four times last night, and each time he lofted the iron ball over 55 feet, in one of the most re- markable performances ever KARL KRUEGER ... conducts concert here Karl Krueger Will Conduct, Concert Here The Detroit Symphony Orches- tra, under the direction of Karl Krueger, will present a concert including Beethoven's Eighth Symphony at p :30 p.m., tomorrow in HillAuditorium. In addition to the Symphony, the program includes: Prelude to "Parsifal" by Wag- ner, Rondo from Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel"; excerpts from Debussy's "Martydom of San Se- bastian"; and Roumanian Rhap- sody No. 1 by Enesco. Marking its thirty-third season as a unit, the Symphony appears for the 40th time on campus, and its third concert here under the direction of Krueger. Once deteriorated to the point where it was giving no concerts, the Symphony has had a ,great rejuvenation since Krueger took over in 1943. A native American born in Kan- sas and educated in Vienna, Krue- ger had already had the distinc- tion of creating two major or- chestras in this country. Spring Weather Slightly Delayed CHICAGO,-Feb. 21 - (P) - Floods, cold, snows and freezing rains harassed parts of the coun- try today and a weather fore- caster observed dismally, "spring still is a long way off." Temperatures dipped below zero in North Dakota, Wisconsin,' Minnesota and Michigan, but a gradual warmup was forecast for much of the midwest. However, forecasters said another bulge of cold canadian air would start down into the midwest Monday ks Shot Put U Triumphs staged in the State Street sports arena. Duff Paces OSU However, the efforts of Fon- ville and Herb Barten, Wolverine distance star, who turned in vic- tories in the mile and half-mile events, just weren't enough, and the Buckeyes, paced by amazing Lloyd Duff, and displaying the fine all-around team balance which is expected to bring them the Big Nine indoor title, pulled into an early lead which they never saw threatened. Duff, who won four events when he appeared here last year, nearly duplicated the feat. in last night's meet. The versatile Buck- eye won blue-ribbons in both the high and low hurdles, captured the broad-jump easily, and tied Wolverine Ed Ulvestad for first in the pole vault, to personally account for 19 of OSU's markers. Barten Takes Mile Michigan got off to a scant one point lead when Herb Barten coasted to an easy victory in the mile. What had been booked as a terrific dual between Barten and Bill Clifford, Ohio star, turned into a run-away for the Maize and Blue star who turned on the steam in the next to last lap, left the field a good 50 yards behind, and jogged in to win in 4:27.5. The Buckeyes bounced right back in the 60 yard dash when Fred Johnson outfooted Mich- igan's Val Johnson and broke the tape in :06.3 seconds. OSU increased its lead as Harry Cogswell captured the 440, and Val Johnson once again earned place money for Michigan. Cogs- well's time was 50.5 for the quar- ter. Duff's First Win Duff turned in his first triumph in the high hurdles, and Dick Maxwell gave the Bucks a sweep of the first two places as he edged Clay Holland for the run- ner-up spot. Don Washington of OSU and Michigan's Justiri Williams staged a ding-dong battle in the two- See FONVILLE, Page 6 Kiss To Talk On Christianity Hungarian Professor On Tour of Country Prof. Ferenac Kiss, internation- ally known anatomist from the University of Budapest, Hungary, will speak on "Evolution and His- toric Christianity" at 4:30 p.m. to- day in Lane Hall. A survivor of the Nazi occupa- tion of Hungary, Prof. Kiss is on a speaking tour of the United States and Canada. He will be pre- sented here under the auspices of Michigan Christian Fellowship. Although Prof. Kiss openly re- sisted Nazi efforts to expel Jews from his university during the war, he was the only member of the faculty to escape death or im- prisonment by the invaders. A specialist in nerve tissues Prof. Kiss has written research See picture of Prof. Kiss Page 3 papers in four languages. He has also just published a cyclopedia on anatomy. In addition to his talk today, he will address the Rotary Club Wednesday on the topic, "Contemporary Student Life in the Balkans." If the Gophers knew how, they didn't show it as they butted their heads against the Cowles "conception of zone all night." The result was a multi- tude of missed shots, ball- handling errors and general all- around ineptness. Michigan, on the other hand, had very ,little trouble solving Minnesota's man-to-man defense. Numerous mental slips permitted the classy Wolverines to sink a good percentage of shots. And when an orthodox oppor- tunity weren't handy, the Maize and Blue 'men were busy meshing a variety of hooks, pivots and jump shots that had the capacity crowd of 16,250 looking on in amazement and disgust. Especially proficient at rack- ing up the points from all angles was Mac Suprunowicz and Don McIntosh. The hustling Sup- runowicz caged 6 field goals and 4 free throws for 15 points. At one point in the second half the clever Wolverine forward put in 9 straight points to break the Gopher's morale and any chance of getting back in the ball game. McIntosh was right behind him in effectiveness with 13 markers on six fielders and a gift toss. One time the Michigan "intramu- ral refugee" hooked one back over his head. Big Jim McIntyre, who had the conference scoring lead until to- night, was almost completely shackled by the persistent 'Mich- igan zone. The elongated Gopher center was held to 8 points, his lowest effort of the season. L a2J 'Z OIMON11IflS iS History Talk To Be Given Series Finale Will Be Made By Dr. Niebuhr Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity _at Union Theological Seminary, will de- river the finallecture in the Lane Hall series on "The Interpreta- tion of History" at 8:15 p.m. to- morrow in Rackham Lecture Hall. Speaking on the Protestant in- terpretation of history, Dr. Nie- buhr follows Rabbi James Heller and Prof. Mortimer Adler, who last week presented the Judaistic and Neo-Scholastic points of view, respectively. Since joining the seminary fac- ulty in 1928, Dr. Niebuhr has pub- lished numerous books for an in- ternational audience. Among them are, "Discerning the Signs of the Times" and "Children of Light and Children of Darkness." Dr. Niebuhr's latest major work, the two-volume "The Nature and Destiny of Man," was completed during the war. He is the editor of two periodicals: "Christianity and Society" and "Christianity and Crisis." Suprunowicz Paces Attack For Michigan Zone Defense StopsMcIntyre (Special to The Daily) MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 21-Mich- igan's drive toward its first Big Nine basketball championship since 1929 continued unabated here tonight with a 56-45 victory over an ineffectual Minnesota five. Only in the opening minutes were the Gophers in the ball game against the deliberate, tantalizing Wolverines, whose zone defense worked to perfection. Michigan Coach Ozzie Cowles told Minnea- polis newspapermen on his arrival that he wouldn't have his team use a zone because "Minnesota knows how to break a zone by now." TILL NEXT YEAR: College Newspaper Meeting Ends with Banquet, Dance Topped off with a banquet at the Union and a dance at the League, the first all-student con- vention of college newsmen ended last night. First of its kind in the history of newsgathering, talking over training programs in the after- noon. Urging delegates to stick with college newspaper work, Bruce Campbell, Daily member 25 years 'BOLSTER KUOMINTANG': Loan to Chinese Declared Essential s,, By RUSS CLANAHAN , to gain control over all China the between the Nationalist and Com-