CLASS Ree Page 4 Y imr Y Dai CLOUDY, COLDER Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LIX, No. 96 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, FEB. 20, 1949 U PRICE FIVE CENTS Committee Turns Down Stadium Plan Other Expansion Projects Backed By B. S. BROWN (Daily Sports Editor) A sub-committee of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Ath- letics has balked at a proposal by Herbert 0. (Fritz) Crisler, Mich- igan Athletic Director, which would have increased the seating capacity of the Michigan Stadium from 86,000 to 125,000. A SPOKESMAN for the com- mittee explained that the alumni response to the project did not warrant the approval of Crisler's plan. The athletic directo, who piloted Michigan's 1948 Rose Bowl aggregation to a smashing 49-0 triumph before resigning as bead grid coach, had sug- gested that the enlargement of the stadium be financed by a five-year advance sale of season football tickets. Crisler's plans called for the construction of an upper deck, but he told the board that it was doubtful if all the seats which would have been built under the proposed plan could have been sold that far in advance. The Michigan Stadium is at present the largest collegiate bowl in the country. THE COMMITTEE recommend- ed that Crisler's other proposals for expansion of athiletic facili- ties be given the "green light." They include a new club house for the golf course, a women's gym and swimming pool, new baseball stands, and the erec- tion of either a combination hockey-basketball plant or ex- pansion of seating capacities of Yost Field House and the Coli- seum. Both the Coliseum and the base- ball stands have long been the object of criticism because of their poor. condition and inadequate seating while the field house is no longer able to accommodate a campus of 20,000. Urge Prompt Draft of North Atlantic Pact WASHINGTON -(A)- Prompt drafting of an Atlantic security treaty-assuring western Europe of real American military sup- port-was made the goal of nego- tiators yesterday. In an atmosphere of optimism, they met with Secretary of State Acheson and scheduled a series of conferences designed to produce the finished document. A CHANGED OUTLOOK among treaty supporters appeared to stem from Friday's lengthy closed door session between Acheson and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It was understood that Ache- son made clear to the ambassa- dors that in his opinion excel- lent progress had been made in the committee session toward general acceptance of a treaty draft which should give the Eur- opeans a far greater sense of se- curity and confidence of Ameri- can backing. There were indications at the Capitol that at least some of the leading numbers of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee such as Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) also felt that satisfactory progress was being made on the treaty terms. Ski Trip Sales To End Soon Ticket sales for the Union-Ullr Ski Club outing will end Wednes- day, Dale Coenen, Union publicity manager announced yesterday*. "Students may purchase tickets for the trip from 1 to 5 p.m. to- morrow through Wednesday, at the Union, Coenen said. The outing, which will take students to Grayling for three days of skiing, skating and to- bnoaacnina. is