SHOW US TOO See Page 4 Y AOF A6P kj tr ati MOSTLY CLOUDY Latest Deadline in the State VGL?. IX No. 82 i .. -' -- AVV ARRnv Vmi-luTrAt T «12:T'hlTMIOWA''%r Y A ATVT.--, - ..,.e. ____________________________________________________Ati AI IJUFL, MIUH,1IGA1N, WEDJNSDJAY, JANUARY 1, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS California Swept By Snow Storm M:e Blanket Extends to Middle West: Southern States Sizzle in Heat Wave By The Associated Press Winter draped a 1,000-mile long blanket of ice across the na- tion's midriff yesterday and buried Southern California under prob- ably the worst snow cover in its history. And to round out its screwy antics, it kept much of the South- east sizzling in a "heat wave." THE ICE SHEATH extended from western Oklahoma to eastern f Illinois. In some areas it blacked out towns, snapped communications lines and forced school closings. Highway travel was hazardous throughout the entire section. Lack of Funds Holding Up SL Program Money for Student Expert Meals Needed Lack of funds is holding up the Student Legislature's Student Expert program for the spring se- mester. Legislator Bill Gripman said that the program, which provides course content information for in- coming students, is all set to go k into operation, but the money t pay for the Experts' meals has not been provided. * * * LAST YEAR, the Experts' meals were paid for out of the Univer- sity's Orientation Fund, but this year, the fund does not have enough money to support the SL service. The office of the Dean of Stu- dents will probably provide the money,. Gripman said, but a final decision will not be made until next Tuesday. If the University dloes not give the money, the SL will pay for the program, according to Gripman. EXCEPT FOR the financial tie- up, the Expert program is all set for orientation week, Jan. 31 to Feb. 4. This year, the Experts, al- ready operating in the literary coliege, music, education and business administration schools, wi expand into the engineering college, Gripman said. Engineering experts, under the direction of Stan Wiggin will de- scribe the various programs which engineering students can take. THEY WILL operate from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 2 through 4 in Rm. 348 of West Engineering. The Experts will be located in Rm. 25, Angell Hall. Union To Cast Opera Roles Males are still needed to fill female roles in the Union Opera's forthcoming musical comedy pres- entation, "Froggy Bottom." Anyone of the women's parts could easily steal the show, ac- cording to Fred Evans, veteran New York showman, who is di- recting the production. * * * HE SAID that altos and tenors are especially good in filling wom- en's roles, but that anyone who feels qualified is welcome to try out. Auditions will continue today, wih candidates for the dancing chorus meeting at 5 p~mn., in Rm. 3-q of the Union, and at 9 p.m. in the small ballroom of the Un- ion Tryouts for singing and speak- As a winter playground, the Los Angeles area looked more like St. Moritz. Snow up to six inches deep covered several suburban communities. Four inches carpeted Pasadena's Col- orado Boulevard, where the Tournament of Roses floral pa- rade was staged less than two weeks ago. The turf of the Rose Bowl was under six inches of snow. Icy highways forced many Los e Angeles night workers to make t wide detours to reach their sub- - urban homes. Snow-covered tree branches snapped under the weight. The temperature skidded s to 14 degrees at Searsville Lake, - near the Stanford University cam- o pus. * * s FREEZING temperatures in the citrus belt brought new threat of damage to the frost-bitten fruit s and vegetable crops. However, at Sacramento, R. E. Blair, state s fruit and net statistician, said on- the-spot experts believe loss of the citrus crop may be less than 25 Jper cent. lloulding Sees No Alternatives, To Capitalism There is at present no effective substitute for the free enterprise system, Prof. Kenneth E. Bould- ing of Iowa State College said here yesterday. Prof. Boulding was the fourth in a series of eminent guest econ- omists to speak from University platforms under the auspices of the economics department. "WITH OUR present adminis- trative techniques," the economist told his audience, "it would be im- possible to keep up with the rapid fluctuation of market factors." Pointing out that the rela- tive success of governmental controls during the war was only a short-run process, he further emphasized that only because the economy was run by an unbalanced budget did these controls succeed. "A free economy is more effi- cient than a controlled system be- cause under free market condi- tions the entire population is au- tomatically engaged in determin- ing prices," the economist con- tinued. "The nightmare of contempo- rary fiscal policy lies in the fact that full employment seems to mean a slow perpetual inflation," Prof. Boulding added. Stabilizing influences do exist, however, in the current, tendency for wage rates to be reached through bargaining, he said. Lovett Sees Chance for Soviet War Views Recd Fight To KeepPower WASHINGTON - () - Un- dersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett has been quoted as saying that Soviet leaders would go to war whenever they deemed it nec- essary to attain their communis- tic ends-and whenever they felt they could win. Lovett, who has resigned effect- ive January 20, reported on the general world situation to the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee. * * * MEMBERS QUOTED him as stressing that Premier Stalin dominates the 14-man Politburo which determines Russian actions at home and abroad. Further, they said Lovett ex- pressed the belief that the Po- litburo will take any course necessary to retain power and perpetuate communism, includ- ing war. He said that this contrasts with this country's policy of doing all possible to avoid a resort to arms as a means of settling interna- tional difficulties. THE COMMITTEE had called in Lovett for an up-to-date esti- mate of world conditions on which to base legislative plans looking toward settlement of problems barring the way to universal peace. Lovett is to be succeeded as Undersecretary by James E. Webb in the State Department shift which will bring Dean Acheson in as replacement for, ailing Secretary Marshall. In his global summary Commit- tee members said Lovett saw' small chance of' an early agree- ment with Russia on the Berlin blockade. He told them, however, that the Airlift will enable U.S. Occupa- tion Forces to remain in the Ger- man capital indefinitely. 'N ew Deal' Is t Goal of AIM AIM's "New Deal" for indepen-~ dent men will roll into action earlyc next semester when Ann Arbor'sc residential district is sliced into six AIM district organizations for social, athletic and other activi- ties, it was revealed at an AIM meeting last night A meeting of the first of the districts, which will serve as a "pilot district" for the others, is slated for February 16. State street, North University, Forest and Dewey border the area. E AIM urges independent men noL } lving in residence halls to at-n Ucnd. Thc organization stressede the fact that they are only serv- ing to organize the groups, whose character will be formed by t~hc' men themselves. The "New Deal" for indepen- dents was chartered to bring the benefits of fraternity and resi- dence hall organizations to an es- timated 3,000 men now lacking them. s ritain Says Peace Chinese Reports Say Peace Offers Precede Fall Officials Fleeing ChineseCapital NANKING-(P)-'Tientsin was written off as lost last night in official quarters of this shaken capital, where little more than a shell of China's government re- mains. Official sources said "Tientsn is gone." They then lapsed into silence as to detailt of the loss of this great northern city of mod- ern buildings and facories. THEIR WORDS were taken to indicate the Communists either have occupied Tientsin or that terms have been arranged by which the city will be surrendered to the Reds. (Shanghai newspapers re- ported Wednesday negotiations were underway for a cease fire CURT in the Tientsin area. There ard Ch were no reports to the Assoc- first a ated Press direct from Peiping, start a' regarding the situation at stra Tientsin. sohn T (The last such dispatch received morro in Shanghai was timed at 8 p.m. fturd Tuesday, Peiping time-and quot- ed Peiping government headquar- TRUM ters as saying "fierce fighting" was resumed. However, it ap- peared probable that censorship T had held up reports of subsequent developments. Earlier, heavy fighting was reported in Tientsin's eastern' and western suburbs. Red artil- lery shells were bursting inside By P the city. Univer Only minor clashes were re- f'nance ported around Peiping. Everyone agreed t there still expects a political set- difficult ement. cuts in tl THE COMMUNIST radio, how- th Presi ever, continued to belabor Gen. Fu Tso-Yi, the North China com- T mander in Peiping. It accused him of "continuing to kill people, burn down whole villages and destroy iDro state property." With the news bad from North China, and continued Thr4 Red attacks on the northern approaches to Nanking, the ex- I O odus of officials, archives and equipment continued at a fast Univers pace. second se The refusal of the Communists tal 20,000 to answer President Chiang Kai- the all-t Shek's peace message favorably, fall, Uni or to acknowledge other pleas for dicted ye negotiations was believed accel- Enroln rating the departure of ministry top the ier'Soiinel. figure of la s Set forthree-to- 5.000 wo Vets' fI1j I tically un 1 CISpiai ~ The d esterrfig Aim Arbor's new $10,000,000 versity's Veterans Administration hospital, malcy" v vhich will be operated in consul- uary. ation with the University Medi- For flv al School, is scheduled to start following soing up in May in spite of bud- turningv Tet slashes in the VA's hospital broken en milding program. VA civil engineer Frank B. BEFORi~ ham bers yesterday said he is spring se vaiting for the subcontractor to been virt tart digging test holes at the 18- The tre )cre site at Geddes Rd. and Gla- ing enrol icr Way. versed la The VA's building budget, as the first 1 ipproved by President Truman, attendant was drastically slashed; 24 ,out of for the 0 proposed hospitals were drop- been in tl red from the list and 14 others ill get less funds-if the House N f Representatives- doesn't chop NO-N heir appropriation still further. Completed plans for the local ospital provide for 500 beds inB Le nine-story main building,B 'hich will have a steel frame and brick or stone exterior. Subsidiary structures will be a :hree-or four - story apartment Student ouse for personnel, a 20-room long siege irscs' home, attendants' quar als staring ers and the superintendent's uFirst i Reds Capture Tientsin Dr. Faustus' Opening Daily-Alex Lmanlai. AIN TIME-John Sargent '49 (left) as Faustus and Rich- arlton '49, (right) as Mephistopheles act out a scene in the ct of "Dr. Faustus." The Speech Department drama will four-performance run at 8 p.m. today in Lydia Mendels- Fheatre. Special student rates are offered today and to- w. Regular prices will be charged for the Friday and ay performances. fAN PROGRAM- liversity Experts Agree idget Cu Inadvisabl Ha! Ha! LAS VEGAS, Nev.-(o)-This desert resort, whose slogan is "fun in the sun," brushed an- other two inches of snow off its doorsteps yesterday. Three inches had fallen previously. Joseph McQuilkin, managing director of the Chamber of Commerce, reported his tele- phone has been busy almost constantly. Most of the callers, he re- ported, simply said "ha, ha," then hung up. Forrestal Is Confident of Keep,ing Jb WASHINGTON - (P) - Sec- retary of Defense Forrestal, one of the foremost backers of the "tough" policy toward Russia, said yesterday that he expects to re- main at his post in President Tru- man's cabinet. He did not say how long. Forrest al's disclosure to news - men followed a conference with Mr. Truman at the White House. * *, * REPORTS have been widely current that his departure from the Cabinet was imminent, but today he said he does not expect Mr. Truman to accept his "rou- tine" resignational which he will submit before Inauguration Day Jan. 20. Traditionally, all Cabinet members offer their resign. tions to a newly-elected Presi- dent, so that he can start with a new slate, if he desires, and to spare him any embarrass- ment in Cabinet shakeups. Forrestal's remarks did not foreclose the possibility that he might leave the Washingto scene later, possibly in the Spring. * * * BUT THE development did add another to the multiplying signs that Mr. Truman plans no about- face in policy toward Russia. The President emphatically de- nied last week that he was en- gaged in a fight with Forrestal and others in his Cabinet to soften the U.S. attitude toward the Sovi- ets. Mystery Man To Visit Diag Silverking, Winter Carnival ruler and campus mystery man. will ride down the Diag today, but his identity will still be a mystery. Nancy Culligan, Winter Carni- val publicity chairman, promises. he will appear about 12:45 p.m. today, but he will be completel3 veiled. Y *F *j HIS RIDE is planned to famil- iarize the campus with Winte: Carnival, the League-Union re- I'm on the ledge, and in the mood For graduation clouds to brood. This is the second clue to Sil- verking's identity. It is worth a sil- ver dollar to the first five correc guessers. Answers should be sent "Silverking," 1830 Hill St. vival of the traditional winter sports event. The 1949 Carnival, first since 1941, is dated for Wed- nesday and Thursday, Feb. 2 and 3, during registration week. I i - Threatened AUL BRENTLINGER sity experts on public and business generally hat it would be quite to make any substantial he budget as proposed by dent. nrollm'ent Expected ee to One Ratio Stay Unchanged ity enrollment for the mester is expected to to- 0-a drop of 1,000 from ime high reached last versity spokesmen pre- sterday. ient will still probably record second semester 19,215 set last February. :ALS SAID that the one ratio--15,000 men to men--will remain prac- ichanged. Irtp in the second sem- glare reflects the Uni- partial return to "nor- which began last Febr- ve. successive semesters the war, hordes of re- veterans had repeatedly rollment records. E TIE WAR, increased ?master enrollment had ually unheard-of. nd toward ever-increas- 1ment was finally re- st February when, for time since prewar days, e figures were lower spring than they had ie fall. "The present budget proposal is very sensible, in view of the times," declared Prof. J. Philip Wernette, of the business admin- istration school. * * * HE SAID that it would be un- wise to make large cuts in gov- ernment expenditures now, be- cause we must make such great expenditures for foreign aid, na- tional defense and interest pay- ments on the debt. Any cuts which could be wisely made in the budget would be very slight, ac- cording to Prof. Wernette. In discussing the budget, Prof. Richard A. Musgrave, of the economics department, stressed the fact that three fourths of the budget was re- lated to payments for defense, foreign policy, and the effects of past wars. "When expenditures for agri- culture and social security are added to this total, we see that only about 13% of the budget will be left for other government- al operations," Prof. Musgrave said. "BECAUSL of this situation," he added, "Congress could hardly cut more than a billion or two from the budget, at the most. There can be little hope for a no- ticeably smaller budget unless we find that we can cut our military budget." Prof. Paul W. McCracken, of the business administration school, warned against increas- ing business taxes in order to balance the budget, '* * * ROGER S. ABBOT, of the pol- itical science department, said that about 74% of the budget deals with matters which cannot be cut-defense, foreign com- mittments, interest, and pay- ments to veterans. Israel Files Complaint at UN Council Hint Resignation Offered by Bevin LONDON - () - The British government declared in a pre- pared statement last night that world peace is "gravely threaten- ed" by Palestine developments. Meanwhile, sources close to the Israeli government were quoted in Tel Aviv dispatches as report- ing that Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin had offered to re ign yes- terday because of his Palestine policy. The dispatch quoted these sources as saying Prime Minister Attlee refused to accept the resig- nation. THE BRITISH office denied flatly that Bevin had offered his resignation. These developments came as Israel formally filed with the UN Security Council at Lake Success a complaint that Bri- tain was fomenting an "artifi- cial crisis" over Palestine by troop movements and various actions just as armistice nego- tiations were about to open with Egypt. Israel charged that Britain: 1. Sent troops to Aqaba, Trans. Jordan, to threaten the southern Negev; 2. Violated t he Palestine frontier by sending over Royal Air Force planes; 3. Sent a steady stream of war material to Egypt, Iraq, and Trans-Jordan; 4. Carried out large-scale nav al movements in the East Medi- terranean. ISRAEL THUS tossed to the Council the whole questionof her relations with Britain on the eve of armistice talks on the island of Rhodes between Israel and Egypt. The Israeli note said the Tel Aviv government wanted the armistice talks to open under the best pos- sible auspices, but that it could not see a similar attitude in the British position. There was no hint when the Council would consider the Is- raeli note. The British Foreign Office statement warned that the Se- .urity Council has "been losing :ontrol of events" and said it had reason to fear new Jewish viola- ,ions of UN cease-fire orders in jhe Holy Land area. * * * THE STATEMENT said these ,iolations "might be contemplat- ad in Jerusalem or elsewhere against Trans-Jordan or Iraqi forces." "It is of paramount import- ance that this (Security Coun- cil) authority should be re-es- tablished without delay and maintained until a final settle- ment is reached," the state- ment said, The Foreign Office declined immediate comment on the Jew- ish charge to the Security Coun- °il that Britain is displaying a "menacing attitude" toward the Jewish state. IT DECLARED, however, that Britain proposed to use the great- sst restraint to avoid endangering ,he success of the impending 7gyptian-Israeli armistice talks it Rhodes. Dr Ralph J. Bunche, acting UN mediator, arrived at Rhodes yesterday for preliminary Israeli- Eg yptian talks scheduled to begin tomorrow. A Foreign Office spokesman said Britain was ready to go along with the suggestion of the United States and regard the shooting Jown of five British planes last Friday as a "regrettable inci- dent." Ex-GOP Official Ready T t- T.il SpRntpne HEADLINE HUNTING S kink man Speech To (lose Journalism Lecture Saris. '* . A .4. ing parts and for specialty sets will be auditioned from 3 to 5 p.m. today in Rm. 3-G of the Union, and from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Union's small ballroom. Students who have not made appointments for auditions will be allowed to tryout during scheduled audition hours. Americaii Airlines Union Votes Strike :NEW YORK - (X) - American Airlines maintenance and supply wo rkcrs throughout the country Paul A. Shinkman, news direc- tor for WBBC, Washington, D.C. will speak on "Hunting Headlines in Europe" today at 8 p.m. in Kel- log Auditorium in the last of thej University journalism lecture se- ries. SHINKMAN WILL also address journalism concentrates and all interested students on "Headlines and Datelines" at 3 p.m. in Rm. B Haven Hall. Shinkinan a graduate of theI University journalism depart- mnent is making his second ap- pearance here. He spent last summer in Europe as a roving correspondent. While OD SALES ZOOM: ookstores Besieged as Finals Near By FRAN IVICK s are digging in for a with two weeks of fin- g them in the face. gn of the semi-annual bluebooks. They were soon fol- lowed by students seeking tele- scoped course outlines to cover the work they hadn't done in the past semester. "We tell the students that patented stimulants have little affect, and aren't good for them, to boot," a pharmacist said. "They also ask for strong- ' '