GREEK DILEMMA See Page 4 I it zgun LITTLE CHANGE Latest Deadline in the State VOL LIX, No. 54 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS House Attacks ReligiousGroups Un-American Activities Committee Charges Conmmunis t Infitration WASHINGTON-(IP)-The House Un-American Activities Corn- mittee said Communists are seeking to "corrupt" religion in the United States by infiltrating churches and church organizations. The Committee said that if the Reds should seize power in this country-- "You wouhi have to choose at once between church and Com- munism. If you should choose the church, then prepare for perse- cution." S* * * * THE HOUSE GROUP'S VIEWS are set forth in a pamphlet en- titled "100 things you should know about Communism and religion." It is one of a series of committee reports to be published before the end of the year, dealing with Communist influences and threats to various phases of American life. Forthcoming reports will focus on Communism in education, labor and government. "You cannot be a Communist and believe in God," the report said. "That is the long and short of it. You cannot believe in God and ~'have a peaceable life under Communism. *, * * * AMONG ALLEGED FRONTS for the-Communists the Committee listed: 1. The People's Institute of Applied Religion-described sin the report as "one of the niost vicious Communist organizations ever set up in this country. Declared subversive by the attorney general."' 2. The Methodist Federation for Social Action--"a tool of the Conununist Party, denounced by numerous loyal American Meth- odists. Although strictly unofficial it is trying to use the prestige of the Methodist Church to promote the line of the Communis Party." 3. The Protestant-"a magazine which fanatically spreads Com- munist propaganda under the guise of being a religious journal. Its avowed purpose is to 'build a bridge' between Christendom and Com- munism. Boasts support of 6,000 ministers, but not actually connected In New York. the Rev. Jack R. McMichael, executive director of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, termed the committee's *charges "ridiculous and untrue." * -* * *Local Religious Leaders Denounce House EXpose By JO MISNER and JANET WATTS t 1a religosauthorities contacted by The Daily late last night were unanimou in their disapproval of the latest ''expose" of the House Un-American Activities Committee. However, some of them disagreed on the matter of Communist infiltration into the organizations cited by the Committee. * 4. *I IN PROTEST to the statement of th ouse Cmitebadn The Protestant magazine as Communist-dominated, Dr. William /Lemon of the Presbyterian Church said, "I have read The Protestant. The statement by the Un-American Activities Committee is ridiculous. ---< "The magazine is probably Candidate Charges Murray Forged Petition Charging forgery on a J-Hop Petition, the Men's Judiciary Council y es t erd ay disqualified David R. Murray, 'SOBAd, from the coming campus election. Ev Ellin, President of the Judi- ciary said that several of the 75 signatures on Murray's petition were, "obvious forgeries." His pe- tition was disqualified after dis- covery of the alleged forgeries. A CHECK with the same names on other petitions revealed several discrepancies,e Ellin chred.eof any forged signatures, and said "I never considered the possi- bility of foregries on my peti- tion." He said he had checked most of the names on the list with the Stu- dent Directory and the Office of Student Affairs to see it they were in the right class. THIS WAS Murray's second pe- tition, the first having been dis- qualified last week along with most of the other J-Hop lists be- cause of signatures from unquai- fied students... Murray will face Men's Judi- ciary at a hearing next Mon- day to settle the issue, Elliri said. tions wre approved yster day b the Judiciary. Al t he Senir Cls and 27 J-Hop committee hope- fuls got Judiciary approval. Their first petitions had been turned down because of faulty signatures. SIX J-HOP candidates failed to repetition. Ein said that the latest peti- tions showed a great improvement over the originals xxhich were thrown out last week. "All the checked and double-checkedfor accuracy and several candidates added notes to that effect to their petitions," Ellin said. - He hoped that this would set a pr ecedent for future elections. In Wisconsin HAYWARD, Wis. - (P) -The Milwaukee Sentinel said that Bobby Breen, singing star, and his esha, Ws, are safe and uin- harmed. h b .. . Sundnay whens their red Stinso monoplane disappeared on a flight here from Waukesha. BUT UNDERSHERIFF Clyde Williamson said authorities had not been notified that Breen or the plane has' been located. The Sentinel said its head photographer, Leland M. Ben- fer, received a telephone call from a group of hunters who told him they found Breen and Thompson hiking along a road near Glidden, Wis. The Sentinel quoted Breen as saying bad weather had forced them down on the isolated Wil- 11am Mietid farm near Glidden and they spent the night at the farm house, where no telephone was available. * * * THE HUNTERS, according to the Sentinel, took Breen and Thompson to a Glidden tavern,' where they telephoned the paper. r man Confers with Marshall n European,) Chiese 'Sligted EUGENE, Ore. - (VP) - After Calitornia was chosen for the Rose Bowl today quairter back Norm Van Brocklin broke down and cried and Oregon coach Jim Aiken said, "I think our football team has been slight- "I'm from West Virginia," Aiken said in his gravel-throat- ed tones. "and down there we never forget a favor or a siken said he was not con- vinced California has the better team. IT WON'T BE LONG NOW-This picture was taken in Nebraska but It may soon be repeated here as wintry winds blow toward Ann Arbor. With tomorrow's weather forecast predicting snow for part of the state, the campus has only a little while yet before Old Man Winter really sweeps down. ___ * * . 4 Wright Hits Governmlent Economic Rule Government control of the na- tional economy would be no better Athan business monopoly, Dr. David McCord Wright declared here last night. "The solution to today's eco- nomic problems lies in an enlight- ened public opinion which will perpetuate capitalistic enterprise, but at the same time restrict it so that small business will have op- portunity to expand," he said. SPEAKING BEFORE the Eco- nomics Club, Dr. Wright, pro'fes- sor of economics at the Uhnive- sity of Virginia, declare d tha the American people are afraido te unknown factor of a strictly free economy. . They desire what they believe to be the greater security of a controlled economy, he said. So the fundamental inadequacy of American anti-trust policy is due to the psychological attitude of the public, according to Dr. Wright. * BESIDES BEING professor of economics, Dr. Wright is lecturer in law at the University of Vir- ginia. He also has had wide expe- rience in administering, and will speak on that subject-"FreedOm in the Administrative State" at 4:15 p.m. today in' the Rackham Amphitheatre. He served as attorney to the Reconstruction Finance Corpo- ration and as adviser to various Afte r e eivnhi law edegree at the University of Virginia Dr. Wright took his doctorate in eco- nomics at Harvard. His Ph.D thesis there won him the Wells prize. He has written numerous articles and books. more anti-Catholic than anti- tra to call ames at anyone who doesn' agree wihus." REV. EDWARD II Redman of the Unitarian Churchi agreed with Dr. Lemon on this point. He1 said (about The Protestant) is true. All the ministers backing the mag- azine are ministers in good stand- Another religious educator contacted by The Daily refused to make a statement, since he did not want in any way to support the investigations con- ducted by the Committee.' However, he felt that the alleged Communist-dominated organiza- tions as well as The Protestant were not entirely free of Commu- nist influence. * * * REV. EDWARD W. BLAKE- man, University Research Con- sultant in Religious Education, said, "All propaganda ideologies do this sort of penetrating. "I'm not defending the Commu- nists or saying they're not there. But our missionary organizations are penetrating into Russia in the same way" - Bus Facilities Set for Rush Services Prepare for ~H ldayWeekend The annual Thanksgiving stu- dent rush will find local transpor- tation services ready with special train and bus arrangements. KNewsYorknCental officias sai morrow, leaving 10 minutes ahead of east- and west-bound runs of the Mercury and Twilight Limited. The same schedule will be in ef- fect Sunday. BUS SERVICE will be extended by adding an 8:30 a.m. trip to Lansing starting tomorrow, Grey- hound Bus Lines said. additonal"ligta plne for the Turkey Day weekend. And the ban on student driving will be in effect as usual for the whole week, according to the Of- fice of Student Affairs. * * * THE MERCURY'S schedule to- morrow calls for a west-bound trip leaving at 1:21 p.m. and an east- bound run leaving at 2:58 p.m. The Twilight Limited will leave for the West at 5:25 p.m. tomor- row, and for the East at 9:39 p.m. Besides trains and busses, the knights of the muscular thumb re- port good hitch-hiking opportun- ities once Ann Arbor weather' is left behind. By The Associated Press LONDON-King George VI post- poned because an acute circula- tory ailment in his legs the royal tour of Australia and New Zealand scheduled for next January. .An announcement from Buck- ingham Palace said complete rest had been ordered for the 52-year- old British ruler. LUDGERSHALL, Engalnd _- Seven airmen were killed when a four--engine Lancaster returning from duty on the Berlin airlift crashed into a wooded hilltop near here in a dense fog. The lone survivor, radio officer Sidney Stanley, was thrown clear with his clothes ablaze when the plane hit the trees. He was taken to a military hospital suffering from burns and shock. 'U Syphn To PaToa By The Associated Press A grocr-laden snowmobniewas ner of Marquette County to bring food to stranded deer hunters. The state conservation depart- Impeialistic Demand Withdrawal Of ForeignArmies PARTIS-- (/P) - Russia attacked t eB er aott a n aP ae scheme to of British and Aeica omi- interests. Soviet delegate Semen K. Tsa- rapkin told the 58-member politi- cal committee of the United Na- tions Assembly that Russia be- lieved the proposals of Count Folke Bernadotte, slain UN mediator, were "prepared in the British for- eign office." * * * TSARAPKIN lashed out bitterly at the United States and British for the role they have played in Palestine. He declared the British-Amer- ican policy had made a fiasco out of mediation attempts. Tsarapkin added: "The U.S.S.R. delegation con- siders that with the view to estb- lishing peace in Palestine it is necessary to withdraw all foreign forces which are on territories of the Jewish and Arab states in Palestine, which creation was de- cided by the General Assembly's decision of Nov. 29, 1947. - * * * HE ALSO demanded that meas- ures be taken immediately in order to prevent any further military ac- tion in Palestine.- Polish delegate Oscar Lange joined in the attack. Referring to the United States and Britain, he said. "Defense of an old and now crumbling empire, on the one hand, and the expansionist drive toward the establishment of a new empire, on the other, are respon- sible for the present situation in Palestine. SUPPLIES DWINDLE: Food Rushed to Stranded Hunters by Snowmobile mentfsaid it had receivea ndum- hunters that food supplies were dwindling since a weekend storm sealed them off from civilization. THE STORM had abated today but the Weather Bureau forecast row. In Ishpeming area, scores of searchers fanned through the woods in a hunt for 16-year-old Robert 3. Lapin, of Champion, Mich., missing since Friday. The area is blanketed with 15 inches of snow. Another searching party sought Orlyn Pepper, 33, of Addison, who disappeared Friday in Baraga A GREAT crush of homeward bound hunters jammed the St. Ig- nace approach to the Straits of Mackinac after the storm moved in Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile, another group of hunters made the trek northward to be on hand for the final full week of the 1948 deer season. The death toll for the season re- mained at seven hunters. Last year 18 died of gunfire wounds during the season. College Fire Kills Student CORTLAND, N.Y. -- (P)-One student was dead today and 10 were fighting serious injuries after fire swept a sorority house at Cortland State Teachers College. Three are in critical condition at the Cortland County Hospital. The others were reported in "fair" condition. * * * MOST OF THE 24 occupants of the Are Thusa local sorority house were asleep on the second and third floors when the fire was dis- covered early Sunday in a kitchen. The flames spread rapidly through the three-story frame structure. Barbara Kelsey, 20, of Carthage, N.Y., died several hours after breathing in flames. She was a senior. Marilyn Hiller, 21, of Rochester, whose condition is described as critical, awoke many of the girls and helped them to the street. By The Associated Press Top policy moves came out of CIO and AFL conventions yester- day-with Philip Murray of the CIO lashing out at Communists in the union and William Green of the AFL. pledging repeal of the convention opened with a bang -as Murray,'for years peaemaker of the CIO, publicly switched into a lashing opponent of leftists and "unfit" unions within his own or- And CaiO convention delegates overwhelmingly supported Presi- dent Murray's annual report. Before the opening session of the national CIO convention he demanded the reorganization of three unions which he said had fald nthe C 's misio "to The CIO president's denounce- ment was unprecedented. It sur- prised even the executive board members of the platform with him. It stunned delegates. But it was popular. THEY CAM0E to their feet cheer igwen he singlede out the O- fe and Professional Workers and ions that are "obviously not suf- left wing of the CIO. A erc n 25th term as president and ad- journed its.67th annual conven- tion. Green pledged the organization to make repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act its first goal. "It is the dawn of a new day, a new experience, a new opportun- ity for the AFL," Green said after delegates gave him a rousing dem- onstration. He has been president since the death of Samuel Gom- pers in December, 1924. - "We are determined to exer- cie good judgment, to proceed judicially, to act together n'ot as an organization but as citizens of the U. S. A.," Green said. An open meeting to discuss bas- ketball seating and tennis court fees will be held at 7:30 p.m. to- day in the Union. Varsity committee chairman Bob Ballou said that the meeting would give students who had ideas about the preferential basketball ticket system a chance to advise the Student Legislature. If no action is taken by the Var- sity Committee, the ticket system will be dropped and the doors at Yost Field House will be thrown open to students on a first-come first-served. basis, Ballou said'. ,Ideas for the lifting of the tennis court fees will also be discussed. Crises Refuse Word On Possibility MarsfilsS tatus Stays Uncertain WASHINGTON-(/P-Presldent Truman received a "very informa- tive" report from Secretary of State Marshall on the whole field of American foreign relations, In- cluding the critical situation in China. Word of the discussion between the two men in the President's White House office came from press secretary Charles G. Ross. ROSS DECLINED to reveal whether any decisions were made on China or any other foreign p01- icy issue. He also gave a no conunent response to inquiries as to w h e h r t e talka had det rm ine d as Secretary of State. Ross met reporters late in the afteroon aftere checking directly could tell about the results of this first post-election conference be- tween Mr. Truman and General Marshall. Marshall had returned f om th ied eiNationsymeeting, ROSS TOLD reporters that their discussion ranged over the whole field of foreign relations, including the situation in China, Asa s hoeanFuroe He "very informative" and said the secretary may see the President again today. Mr. Truman, Ross said, had nothing to add on the subject of Marshall's future in the Cabi- net beyond what, he said at a, news conference during his va- cation at Key West, Fla. The President told the Key West conference that he wanted Mar- MBefore conferring with Marshall, sador W. Averell Harriman that the outcome of the p'residential election had created "a wave of en- thusiasm across Europe." * * * In China Battle NANKING - (IP) - Chinese Communist- armies mounted twin offenives in central and north China Red troops attacked with re- newed vigor on the east flank of Suchow, key defense point for Nanking and central China. Pro- government dispatches said the Nationalis~ts held the initiative. Independent sources gave an op- posite account. * * * THE GOVERNMENT reported successes east of Peiping, but they seemed minor. The announcement, in Peiping, came immediately on den admission of Nationalist with- drawal from Paoting, AIopeh pro- vincial capital. Paoting can decide the fate of both Peiping and Tientsin. The fighting around Suchow represented new perl to ha's2 miles to the southeast. OFFICIAL government reports said Gen. Huang P0-tao's Na- tionalists still were defending Nienchuang, 33 miles east of Su- chow. Reliable unofficial sources earlier said the Communists had taken the town for the second tie. The official reports saId Huang's troops led by ar- HIGHER AND HOTTER: Temperturencreae i Statshee ScenisSy Contrary to a popular belief, it gets quite hot as one rises into the upper regions of the earth's atmo- Prof. Joseph Kaplan, University of California physicist and an au- thority on the upper atmosphere of the earth, cited the incireasing temperature as one of the discov- eries coming out of post-war re- search work. The V-2 rockets penetrated the outer atmosphere and brought about the temperature discovery as well as other significant facts in the field of cosmic energy, he said. * * * "RADAR DEVELOPED as a re- sult of measuring the ionized layer of the atmosphere. And due to wartime research, geophysicists PRESIDENT'S BA ND DOGGES: Dick Wakefiel Buys Ruthven Pupp President Alexander G. Ruthven in dinino a flourishing business in Ruthven's aristocratic "band WAKEFIELD SAID he isn't plan-