HUMAN RIGHTS See Page 4 Pg Latest Deadline in the State 4hr t Ig RAIN AND WARMER VOL. LIX, No. 72 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS Vital Military DataWonby Secrets Bared at Aberdeen in '37 WASHINGTON - (k') -Secrets of "great military significance" leaked out before the war from the Army's proving ground for new weapons at Aberdeen, Md., the House Un-American Activities Committee charged. It did not describe the stolen in- formation. Rep. Mundt (Rep., S. D.), acting chairman, said the committee believes a person still employed by the government was involved. He would not say wheth- er this person served in a military capacity then or now. HE PLACED the time of the leak in the 1937-38 period when Whittaker Chambers says State Department and other govern- ment secrets were being piped out through the Communist spy un- derground here. The red spy case produced these developments yesterday: 1. Mrs. Marian Bachrach, 50, a Communist and "proud of it," was questioned by the Committee about Mrs. Alger Hiss and a type- writer. Mrs. Bachrach said she had never loaned Mrs. Hiss a type- writer and never got one from her. Mundt said later: "We have some new leads on the typewrit- er." * * * 2. REP. CELLEI (Dem., N.Y.) said he will ask the House to abol- ish the Un-American Activities Committee and substitute a Civil Rights Committee whose purpose would be "to investigate and de- termine violations of civil rights, either by the Ku Klux Klan, Fas- cists, Communists or other groups." 3. Rep. Rankin (Dem., Miss.) told reporters he is convinced that Communist spying went on during World War II and that some Americans had committed wartime treason. He acknowl- edged that the committee has no secret documents taken dur- ing the war, but he said that he deduced from the evidence that some had been stolen. 4. In New York, Chambers told reporters that after he quit the Communist Party in 1938 he went into hiding near Baltimore. He said he feared that his children might be kidnaped by Communists to force him to give up. 5. The New York grand jury, running an inquiryinto espionage reports parallel to the House Com- mittee, summoned Adolph A. ,Berle,Jr., former AssistanthSec- retary of State, to testify. Cham- bers went to Berle in 1939 with a story of Communist activity in Washington. Culprit Admits' Slide Rule Ball Ticket Fraud The mystery of the counterfeit Slide Rule Ball tickets has been solved. A business administration stu- dent told The Daily that he was responsible for the printing of 50 extra dance tickets. * *n THE ONLY reason the student gave for ordering the bogus tick- ets was that, after having already made a> date for the affair, he learned that official ticket sales were closed. Yesterday he conferred with editors of the Michigan Tech- nic, engineering college publi- cation which sponsored the dance, about making amends. Technic Editor Gus Gicewski said the matter would be dropped if the student returned the ducats. THE BUSINESS administration student said that he had used only on ticket for himself, and had given away, not sold, the rest, but that none of them had been used. He promised to retrieve the tickets and turn them over to Technic editors today. Guerin Chosen As Independent Head Ray Guerin was elected presi- dent of the Association of Inde- pendent Men at an organization meeting last night. An electofin comm ni ttee to discuss I 'U' Greets First Of Six Displaced StudentsToday Theta Xi fraternity today will welcome the first displaced stu- dent to arrive under the auspices of the Committee on Displaced Stu- dents. Sponsoring group for the student, Theta Xi will meet him when he arrives on the Wolverine train this morning. He will spend the va- cation period with one of the fraternity members. * * *H lo ALTHOUGH HE will not be officially enrolled in the University Rumors of Permanent Military Deferment of Students Quashed A communists Near Gates Of Peiping NANKING-(P)-Peiping was isolated and shorn of air support today as the Communists neared its gates. The rising peril to the ancient Chinese capital touched off new peace rumors in Nanking. MEANWHILE Wlamn C,. Bullitt arrived in Washington from China where he investigated that na- tion's needs to meet the Commu- nist military threat and the ad- ministration of the $400,000,000 aid program already being carried out. He had no comments for re- porters. A feeling that all is lost in North China had some of the nation's highest officials talk- ing privately of a coaliion gov- ernment with the Communists (presumably without Chiang Chiang Kai-Shek) or a negotiat- ed peace. They talked despite Chiang's warning a month ago, when the first Red threat to Nanking arose, that it was treason to speak of ne- gotiating with the Communists, in- formed sources said. THERE EVEN was a rumor out of Hong Kong that Chiang had re- signed. A responsible official in Chiang's office denied this. He also denied another rumor afloat in Nanking that Chiang was about to leave to join Madame Chiang Kai- Shek in Washington. Fire Damage1 CalledSlight Several hundred dollars was the extent of the damages in the An- gell Hall fire Monday, according to Walter Roth, superintendent of the Plant Department. "There was more inconvenience caused than damage," Roth said. "Libraries were closed and night classes in Angell Hall were can- celled because of the lack of: light."' Wires and switchboards have been replaced temporarily, pend- ing a major improvement of the Angell Hall lighting system. Until the new power lines are set up, Angell Hall lighting is be- ing held to a minimum in order that the lines will not be over- loaded enough to fail again. Technic on Sale Today The December Michigan Technic goes on sale today at the West Engineering Arch. This issue includes articles on the Bureau of Reclamation, wartime research in the Uni- versity metal processing de- partment, and a plea to engi- neers to consider the mechan- ic, as well as information purely of interest to engineers. until next semester, he plans to sit in on classes for the remainder of the present term. With both housing and admis- sion problems finally solved, five other displaced students will also be taking their place on campus after the holidays. "It is a real Christmas present for University students," Dean Erich A. Walter said yesterday in praising the results accomplished by the Committee for Displaced Students, which has been in oper- ation since the middle of October "The students really took hold of the project in the way I expected," he declared. FOUR OF THE displaced stu- dents have been accepted for ad- mission in the literary college, and one each in the engineering and architecture colleges. Foreign stu- dent tuition scholarships for the spring term have been provided by the University for each of the stu- dents., Planning to furnish room and board as well as general ex- penses, campus groups have pledged sponsorsip of individ - ual students. Lambda Chi Al- pha, Theta Xi, the Inter-Coop- erative Council and the Student Religious Association will each sponsor one of the men students. Members of Panhel are sharing the support of a woman student who will live in Alpha Xi Delta sorority. Assembly has been accepting contributions towards support of its displaced student from inde- pendent women on campus. She will live in one of the smaller dormitories. * * * IN ADDITION to continuing di- rect contributions, independent women will also be aiding the proj- ect when they make purchases in dormitory stores. The League Council yesterday voted to donate profits from the booths to Assem- bly's displaced student fund. For- merly, the Fresh Air Camp was re- cipient. The six displaced students are among several hundred whom Wil- liam If. Sudduth, former UNRRA official, is placing in American colleges. County Checks On Infirmary The Washtenaw County Board j of Supervisors and the prosecu- tor's office launched an investiga- tion into the administration of the county infirmary. THE ACTION stemmed from charges made by Chairman Mark Mayne of the Board of Supervisors against Herbert Kennett, the in- firmary director, and his wife, Ina. Prosecutor Douglas Reading spent several hours talking to the Kennetts, who have directed the 115-bed infirmary for 11 years. Mayne accused the Kennetts, who get a combined salary of $5,- 000, of permitting negligence of patients, verbal abuse of patients and unsanitary conditions. There was no comment from the couple. WELCOMES MICHIGAN STATE-Kenneth (Tug) Wilson (right), commissioner of the Western Conference, congratulates Ralph Young (second from right), athletic director of Michigan State College, in Chicago, after the school was voted membership into the Conference. Looking on are Fritz Crisler (left), and Dean Lloyd C. Emmons, Michigan State faculty representative. Union Heads Assert Power In New Plans Believe Truman Win Strengthens Positions WASHINGTON-(AP)--The AFL, and CIO laid out separate pro- grams for accepting their renewed strength in politics and on Capi- tol Hill. Both think they are in the strongest position in years as a re- sult of the Nov. 2 victory of Presi- dent Truman and the election of a Democratic-controlled Congress at least pledged by a party platform to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act. THE LABOR groups take credit, with farmers, for a share in that result. Removal of the Taft-Hartley law from the books and restora- tion of the Wagner Act is the avowed aim of both labor fed- erations. Here are today's developments , behind closed doors and for the most part closely guarded in de- tail. THE CIO'S NINE vice presidents met all day with President Philip Murray and .Secretary-Treasurer James B. Carey. A committee of three. met with Secretatry of Labor Tobin yesterday, presumably discuss- ing how far the CIO was willing to go in amending the old Wag- ner Act if it is put back in busi- n'ess. The AFL political league ad- niinistrative coimittee of 30 un- ion chiefs okayed some changes ii tIhe league's by-laws so it could launch a sweeping political "edu- cation" drive for votes in 1950, fi- nanced by a ten cent assessment on the more than 7,000,000 melmn- bers. Post Editor To Laf]. Parle lRobert MV1. Fjuoss, '33, managog elitor of the Saturday Evening Post, will conduct a journalism discussion at 3 p.m. today in Rin. Ii, Haven a l. The programn will be an informal one in which Fuoss will answer questions of journalism students aiid other University students in the audience. A coffee hour in the Departient of Journalism will follow the discussion. Fuoss was graduatedJ froin the l"uil versityjo orualisn department in 1933. He began his journalistic career in the field of sales promo- tion and advertising. Fuoss joined the staff of tile promotion de artment ofthe HOLUIDA Y SONGFEST: Local Yuletide Programs Offer Christmas Music The carols of Christmas-supremely embodying the good will of the season-will ring across campus in abundance this week. The Men's Glee Club, directed by Philip Duey, and the Women's Glee Club, directed by Marguerite Hood, will combine to present a program of familiar Christmas music at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. A second concert will be given at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow, also in Hill, and will feature the University of Michigan Choir under Con- ductor Maynard Klein. ': * * * THE GLEE CLUBS will sing several numbers separately and merge for a group of special arrangements. In the first part of the program they will sing Pergolesi's "Glory to God in the Highest," with Charlotte Boehm, Doris Kays, Rowland McLaughlin, and Jack Jensen as soloists. The two groups will also sing Bach's "Now Let All the Heavens Adore Thee" and the "Westminster Carol." "The Coventry Carol," "Christ of the Snow," and "Mary's Lullaby" will be sung by the Women's Glee Club. * * * * .THESE SONGS will be followed by "Christmas Story," and "Behold That Star" sung by the Men's Glee Club in a Waring ar- rangement with Edward Pfluke as soloist. "Dona Nobis Pacem" and "Hallelujah Amen" will also be presented. Next the Women's Glee Club will sing "Swedish Dance Carol," "White Christmas," and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," A group of Christmas carols sung by the combined glee clubs will conclude the program. These will include "Christmas Day," by Holst, with solos sung by Charlotte Boehm, Jean Dennis, Joy Williams, Archie Brown, Bob Mulford, and Jack Jensen; "Patapan," a Bur- gundian carol; "Gloucestershire-Wassail," sung by soloist William Redmon; "0 Come All Ye Faithful," by Reading; and "The First Noel." * * * OtTIER. CAROLS which will be presented are "OC Holy Night," "0 Little Town of Bethlehem," "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." One of the numnbers to be included in the University of Mich- igan's Choir program will be the American premiere of Benjamin Britten's "Saint Nicolas." The University Orchestra, a brass choir, and tenor soloist Harold 1 laugh, associate professor of voice, will assist in this concert. BOTH CONCERTS ARE open to the public, Meatiwhile carolers from scores of University residence halls, fraternities, sororities and other groups are braving chill Ann Arbor nights in their singing rounds of campus, Tonight 11 houses and other organizations are scheduled to i turate the town with hallowed carols. 'T'omorrow night nine more groups will pound the icy pavements to sing carols. IIISOIII(A jIX IFEFIFD: Visual Cruelty LOS ANGELES-Mrs. MaryJ Magley claims it's cruel for a husband to adorn their bed- room with pictures of his four ex-wives, all beautiful. The judge thinks so, too. He gave her a divorce today from Guy B. Magley, real estate man, who did not contest the decree. Depressiont Would Ruin U.S.--- Viner America's economic and political, structure cannot stand the shock of another major depression, ac- cording to Prof. Jacob Viner ofa Princeton University.- Prof. Viner, distinguished eco- nomist and State Department con- sultant, delivered the third in a series of guest economics lectures here yesterday. * *+*" "SUCH A catastrophe," he told his audience, "would fatally un- dermine all faith in free enter- prise both here and abroad." We have gained the knowl- edge necessary to prevent a re- currence of the last great de- pression through bitter experi- ence, he said. "All we need now is courage and foresight in the application of our policies," he continued. "Prosperity can be made perma- nent without a revolutionary change in our present system," Prof. Viner emphasized. HE ATTRIBUTED the fact that England and other countries have found free enterprise unsatisfac- tory to their lack of anti-trust legislation. "Although the U.S. anti-trust policy has been none too vigor- ous, it, has done a much better job than most people realize," he pointed out. "Anti-trust policy is based on the fact that size means power and a free economic system can- not stand too much power from any direction," he explained. * * PROF. VINER went on to pre- dict a continuation of the battle over current government policy to clamp down on monopolistic practices of big business. "This struggle should be wel- comed as it will help the pub- lic to re-grasp the nature of true free enterprise," the economist said. Emphasizing the need for a sta- ble economy Prof. Viner said that in 1946 Europeans confidently ex- pected an American depression within six months. "In order to revive faith in free enterprise abroad, the U.S. must convince both itself and foreign nations that current American prosperity is solid and lasting," he commented. Petitions for Music Lit Called in by Legislature Students who have been circu- lating petitions for the non-credit musical lit course being sought by the Student Legislature have been requested to turn the petitions over to Mrs. Adams, secretary to Dean Walter today or Thursday. Mrs. Adams' office is now lo- cated in the General Service Building. Draft Advisor its Harvard 'Fact Errors' Truth Expected Before Dec. 25 By CRAIG WILSON Rumors that college students would celebrate Christmas with the news of their permanent draft deferment were quashed yesterday by a Selective Service committee- man. In a special Daily interview, he said a story to that effect, which appeared in the Harvard Crimson, campus publication at Harvard, was "riddled with errors of fact." * * * HE WOULD NEITHER affirm nor deny statements published in the Crimson that five Selective Service Advisory Committees would soon recommend to draft director Gen. Lewis B. Hershey :hat "all college and graduate -chool students be deferred Indefi- nitely." He hinted that the facts of the advisory group's report to Gen. Hershey may. be released before Dec. 25. Spokesman was Prof. E. Low- el Kelly, of tihe psychology de- partment, who is helping draft the joint report of the five Ad- visory committees which they approved almost unanimously Friday in Washington. He said the report is expected to go to Gen. Hershey some time next week, and-after consulta- tion with President Truman-the Selective Service director Wil make appropriate recommenda- tions to local draft boards. * * * THE JOINT REPORT is of committees representing: 1. engi- neering; 2. agriculture and biol- ogy; 3. physical sciences including chemistry; 4. social sciences; and 5. humanities, including linguis- tics. The Crimson, basing its ar- ticle on an "anonymous com- mittee leak," said Selective Service Headquarters would recommend - but not make mandatory-the deferment of all college students as long as they did "satisfactory work." Prof. Kelly said the new report will "attempt to solve the prob- lem to the satisfaction of the armed forces, educators and stu- dents."' * *I * "ANY PREMATURE announce- .nent concerning the joint report without clearance through proper .hannels might tend to jeopardize the chances of its eventual ap- proval," he said. (Early in November a report of another Advisory Committee freed all medical, dental, vet- erinary and osteopath students from draft worries.) (According to an American Council on Education Bulletin, ed- ucators howled at having to de- cide which freshmen would win deferments to enroll in medical schools three years later-after completing preliminary academic work. They also objected to "un- workable parts of the recommen- dation," according to the bulletin.) UNTIL FURTHER- statements are made, only the following re- lease, from the Federal Commit- tee on Higher Education, can be a guidepost to draft-worried schol- ars: "Since many questions pertain- ing to the deferment of students must yet be solved, and no gen- eral policy has been formulated and approved by the President, the Committee on Relationships (of the Education group) strongly recommends that students now enrolled in colleges and universi- ties apply for the postponement of their induction and continue their study and research until the end of the current academic year; and that the institution transmit the necessary certification to the local Selective Service Board." World News At A Glance By The Associated Press GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA-Direct reports from E Salvador said President Salvador Casteneda Castro had resigned his office and the military was in control of the country. Thesereports from San Salvador, capital of the neighboring Central American republic, said the city was calm after fighting which had raged during the day. * WASHfNGTON-The Senate Elections Subcommittee was asked to meet to act on an appeal from Frank E. Hook that it try to preserve the ballots ast in the U.S. Senate race in Michi- Elizabeth's Son To Be Named Charles LOND)N.-..UR' Princess Eliza- 1, was beheaded by Cromwell in beth defied a historical jinx today 1649. by deciding to name her first-born Charles Ix claimed the throne son Charles. the same year but was recognized The full name of the month-old as monarch only by Scotland, Philip, the second name, is that of his father, the Duke of Edin- burgh. Arthur is the third of the four