UNCERTAIN WEATHER See Page 4 Y Latest Deadline in tshe'Stle DaiI*b CLOUDY 'sNOWi 40 VOL. LIX, No. 104 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Straight Says' 'Fair Deal' in For Struggle Claims Program Partly 'New Deal' By ROMA LIPSKY Sixty per cent of the Fair Deal is an attempt to bring the New Deal up to date, according to Mi- chael Straight, editor of New Re- public. Speaking in Ann Arbor underj the sponsorship of Americans for Democratic Action, he said that liberals will face a tough fight against a coalition of southern Democrats and conservative Re- publicans to get the Fair Deal en- acted. "THE BASIC weakness of our society is inequality of wealth and monopoly. It is the job of the gov- ernment to see that full employ- ment is maintained." There will be no world peace ABC'S TOWN MEETING: Viewpoints ClashI On Red Teachers Two opposing viewpoints on the question "Should Communists be allowed to teach in our Colleges" collided violently over a nationwide radio hookup last night. Listeners to ABC's Town Meeting of the Air heard spokesmen for one viewpoint argue that teachers who are members of the Com- munist Party are slaves to one doctrine and can not freely seek the truth. Opposition spokesmen argued just as stroilgly that no one should be deprived of a teaching position as long as his political views weren't injected into the classroom. THE PANEL INCLDED: Dr. Raymond B. Allen, president of the University of Wash- ington, an anti-Communist spokesman whose college recently figured in the news when a number of instructors were fired for alleged membership in the Communist Party; Dr. T. V. Smith, professor of philosophy and citizenship at Syracuse University, also anti-Communist; Dr. Harold Taylor, president and member of the Board of Trustees at Sarah Lawrence College, who argued that party membership did not automatically impair a person's teaching; Roger Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, who felt that ousting of Communists from teaching positions would lead to persecution of other non-conformists. Senate Fight Continues on Filibuster Bill Southern Forces Say 'Crucifixion' In the second day of heated de- bate, Southern legislators cried out at attempts to "crucify" the South in the Senate move to curb fili- busters as a member of the Uni- versity political science depart- ment called compromise the only solution to the war of words. Senator Russell (Dem., Ga.) quarterback for the Southern forces, injected the dramatic note into the lengthening debate over the Truman-sponsored plan to limit debate by a two-thirds vote of the Senators on the Senate floor, the Associated Press report- ed. RUSSELL DECLARED that the anti-filibuster move was only the first of a series of "sectional bills" designed to "crusify" his section of the nation. Robert E. Ward, of the polit- ical science department, com- mented that the President's in- sistence on bringing action in- stead of waiting until the end of the present session might de- lay important and pressing leg- islation for several weeks. He refused to predict whether Senate President Barkeley, would limit debate on the anti-filibuster bill or whether or not liberal Re- publicans would go along with Northern Democrats. MEANWHILE, Sen. Connelly, (Dem., Tex.), said the bill was be- ing pushed to a showdown as an opening wedge for three contro- versial bills-anti-poll tax, anti- lynch and the "so-called FEPC" measure, designed to prevent ra- cial discrimination in employ- ment. All of them, he shouted, are "unconstitutional." The filibuster blocked the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committer from making a decision on the $5,580,000,000 European Recovery Bill. Five Hungarians Reverse e PreviousSpy1 Cnessions8 f f until all nations have achieved a degree of economic stability, he TAYLOR SAID TEACHERS should be judged on their standings said. as lawful citizens and honest teachers. He cited several outstanding scholars who were Communist Party members and also nationally Tailh i nrsal i.- ha eni recognized as educators in their fields. ge y success u'A( , u~l seL nCLg 1952 as a cut-off date was a mis- take, Straight declared. * * * "TO MEET THIS dead line wt have been forced to revive Ger- man industry under Nazi direc- tion; which is a dangerous move The only way to handle Germany is to support a European federa- tion in which the Germans are a small minority." Straight emphasized the ne- cessity for liberal forces in this country to work with the frame- work of the existing political parties or through an indepen- dent organization to get a legis- lative program which would be "adequate in terms of today's needs. "If we are lucky we may get a labor act which will come near the original Wagner Act of 1935, but the Health bill which will come out of this Congress will be a bit- ter disappointment to the CIO."' STRAIGHT TERMED the pres- ent Senate filibuster "a sham, whose only purpose is to hold ul Civil Rights legislation. He did not think we are head- ed for a depression like the '30s, but "we are in for trouble as long as the present level of production, with three million people unemployed, is called satisfactory." Our role in world leadership should not be defensive, but a positive move leading the peoples of the world toward democratic stabilization, he said. "Only when we have a united world society can a world organi- zation be really effective." -ol Trouble Faces Dorms The Unive"'sity's projected sky- ucrapcr dormitory might run into financial difficulties if a pro- posed study of money-raising measures is carried out in Lan- sing. State Senator Elmer R, Porter (R), will ask Attorney-General Stephen J. Rot] to decide whether a self-liquidating bond law is con- stitutional. TE UNIVERSITY, Michigan State College and other schools, use the law extensively to obtain funds for dormitory construction. Porter said he would ask Roth to pass on all phases of the act, inasmuch as the legislature may not vote more than $250,000 in bonds without a vote of the people. PHONE1 for CLASSIFIEDS .Now everyone may or- der a classified ad by sl IVdilin 23241. But Allen held that all Communists were slaves to dogma whose intellectual life was controlled by the party line. He thought that as teachers they were intellectually dishonest. A strong believer in the ability of students to detect partisan ideas advanced by a professor, Taylor said students' views on the matter should be consulted. He said that when exposed to Com- munism students had rejected it. SMITH COUNTERED with a strong blast at students saying that the quickest way to bankrupt a college was to quiz students on what they thought of their instructors. Students attend a college to be educated by that college, he declared. Both Allen and Smith declared that public opinion made ..employment of Communist teachers impossible. Allen cited.. agitation in the Washington State Legislature about alleged "hot beds" of Communism at his college. Smith said parents would never consent to sending their children to colleges which employed Communist teachers. Here Baldwin pointed out that it was the place of a University to withstand the pressure of public opinion in prescribing the educa- tional standards to be followed. BALDWIN SAID THAT as long as party members kept their opinions outside of the classroom they should not be hindered from teaching. He felt that the activities of college teachers outside the classroom were of noconcern to the institution. .Though Allen barred party members from his faculty at the University of Washington he felt that students should be free to form Communist clubs if they wished. He said that it was necessary for students to become familiar with Communist theory as well as other doctrines. .EAST-WEST CRISIS? Besieged Reds in Frank furl A ai OtOrders froinlie rhi WILLOW RUN TERMINAL-Pictured above is an artist's conception of the loading apron and air terminal of the University-owned Willow Run Airport, largest operating commercial airport in the world. Although seven major airlines schedule scores of flights per day from the six landing strips, the airport is currently operating at only 25 per cent of capacity. -- - * * * * Self-Help Club Is Formed by (e CinOeeGoup W old's Largest Airport Operated by University Red Off Victories Cut Students' Funds Chinese students on campus have banded together to aid those who have been cut off from funds of the National Chinese govern- ment. Communist victories in China have broken many students' con- tacts with their families and end- ed their chief means of financial support, according to Esson Gale, International Center director.- (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of three articles on Uni- versity-owned Willow Run Airport.) By DAVE THOMAS Quietly and efficiently for the last two and a half years the University has been administering the largest commercial airport in the world now in operation. The huge Willow Run Airport might seem to be the last thing in the world in which an educa- tional institution would be in- volved. YET THEENTIRE airport por- tion of what was formerly the world's biggest bomber plant and airport, is owned and administered by the University of Michigan. The 1,900-acre area now owned by the University includes UNDER SENATE RULES, the committee had to cut short its MANY STUDENTS have not study of the proposed second in- heard from their families since stallment in Marshall Plan funds October and now have as little as when the Senate met at 10 a.m. $150 for living expenses. One of Today it will meet at 8 a.m. giv- the first measures of the Com- ing the committee two hours lee- munists will be to liquidate the way before returning to the fill- middle class families from which buster scene. many students come, Gale said. Other Senate committees were The Chinese Student Mutual ,imilarly stymied on important he Chue, Stent Mutual legislation. Under the rules, none Y the Student efairs Commit- can meet while the Senate is in tee ntiAffarommit tee, will initiate a two-pint S i ; ; Zarichny Talk Still Blocked By University FRANKFURT, Germany-(/P)- Eight soldiers of the Russian Re- patriation Mission ignored the Midnight eviction deadline set by the U.S. Army and remained in .1 ir billet, All ligh's in tim buildin were ablaze as the deadliie passed. GEN. CLAY issued his order Feb. 16 for closing the mission March 1, saying the number of displaced persons who volunteered to return to Russia in the past year was negligible and that the accredited Soviet Military Mission could handle the work.I Members of the mission could be; xcn eating and taling. The Soviet government dc * * * "onmced the move last week as THERE WAS no imnediate at- a violation of Yalta and Tehran tempt to eject them forcibly. agreements and demanded that the order be rescinded. The Russians are headed by a Col. Vasily L. Argoonov. They i Gen. Clay, the U.S. Military said they are awaiting Soviet Governor told newsmen today: orders from Berlin. "As long as they don't want to pet out of the house, we are in Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U.S. mii- no hurry about getting them out." tary commander, indicated his policy would be to drive them out BUT HE INDICATED the U.S. by depriving them of food, wa- Army would make it difficult for ter and telephone service. them. s enaI(3I3 ~ l11UU, 110 teA artofprogram to carry out its pur- The University Lecture Com- consent of the Senate. As part of '; os.imittee's recent refusal to allow their filibuster strategy, South- Jyk James Zarichny to speak on camn- erners have refused to agree to. The students will ask Congress pus will probably not be altered committee sessions. to put through a bill to aid for- by the Board of Regents' action in eign students. They have also set lifting the speakers ban, accord- 11) a Cooperative cooking arramige- ing. to Prof.! Carl Brandt, secre- Natwiw t~o~ument to provide one meal a d iY tary and spokesman for the con- for members. ttseh mxittee. , The Regents' revised policy on (14Jl , t X PENSEhi will be de- political speakers includes a clause judg ydb olutary cont btions specifying that all speeches must By The Associated Press II by Inemibers- be for the education interests of NEW YORK I-A federal judcge Any Chiinesa students interested the community-. yesterday brought to a halt de- in joinin the club or any others fense challenges to the Federal' who wish to give imancml support P6F. BRAND'T pointed out Jury Selection System which have to the group may contact Robert that Zarichny was denied permis- delayed selection of a jury for the Kliinger at the International Cen- sion to sixeak because the Lecture trial of 11 top American Commu- ter. Committee could find "no edu- nists. cational purposes that will be Judge Harold It. Medina also ( served by the use of University ruled the actual trial will start [iceise u N mbers facilities for an attack of this kind Monday. on a sister institution." * - - All student driving permits will .. WASnINGTON-Arthur J. be invalid until the students reg- The Lecture Committee will Altmeyer, Social Security corn- ister their new state license num- meet this Saturday to study t missioner, told a Congressional ber~s with the Office of Student Regents' recent action, committee yesterday that pay- Affairs, Rin, 1010 Administration Prof. Brandt also pointed out roll taxes, under President Tru- Sld. that only four persons have been man's expanded social security Old licenses expired last Mon- denied the right speak on cam- program, ultimately may reach day. pus by the Lecture Committee in 10 per cent-5 per cent on em- Police said licenses may be ob- the last 25 years. Included in this ployes' pay and 5 per cent on tained in the Dobson'Insurance group are Gerhard isler and all of the Willow Run site ex- cept the plant facilities of the war-time production colossus which have been sold by the government to Kaiser-Frazer Corp. Because of the stupendous size of the installation, however, the University's role is not so odd as it might seem. * * * AFTER THE capitulation of Japan, the army had no more need for the thousands of B-24 bomb- ers which were rolling off the Willow Run assembly lines. With the curtailment of pro- duction, a serious problem pre- sented itself. For reasons of na- tional security the government could not afford to let the multi-million dollar facilities depreciate. At the same time there were to be considered the tremendous appropriations which would be needed to maintain the airport even on an inactive basis. The solution seemed to be to either lease or sell the facilities to some- one who would be able to main- tain t icin satisfactorily. ALSO, THE CITY of Detroit and all of lower Michigan des- perately needed more airport fa- cilities. TIhe real problem, there- fore, was to get someone to un- dertake the overall management and financial responsibility of the property, landing strips and han- gar buildings which comprise Willow Run Airport. At this point the University stepped into the picture. In June of 1946, the government turned over the 30-million dollar prop- erty to the University with the provision that it be kept in suf- ficient state of repair so that it could be used again for military purnosess in case of a national emergency. This was ou an ii,- terim-license basis. The transaction was finally completed in the first months of 1947, and the property duly en- tered in the University's books asI a one-dollar asset. * 4 * BY THIS MOVE the Univer-1 sity acquired needed experimental and research facilities, the people of Michigan obtained a badly- needed airport and the govern- See "U" RUNS, Page 6 Charge Red Officers with Intimidation! Bulgars Admit Treasou Actions By The Associated Press Five Hungarian churchmen re- pudiated their confessions yester- day while 15 Protestant ministers confessed to accusations of trea- son in Bulgaria as they faced trial in Communist courts. The Hungarians backed out on pre-trial confessions that they en- gage in illegal money deals in a conspiracy with Josef Cardinal Mindszenty and they charged that police intimidation had wrung the confessions from them. * * * THE FIVE repudiations came shortly before the prosecution completed its case against the 14 accused. Today their counsel will have the traditional "last words" of summation. The court then will retire to arrive at a verdict. The 14 are accused of "political conspiracy" and illegal financial deals with the Cafdinal, Roman Catholic primate of Hungary. Cardinal Mindszenty and six co- defendants were convicted three weeks ago of plotting to overthrow Hungary's Communist-led govern- ment and to restore the Hapsburg monarchy. The Cardinal has ap- pealed his life sentence. * * * PROSECUTOR Lajos Hegyvari, in a closing statement to the court, asked that all 12 receive "sentences which serve the in terests of the people." He said they "deserve exemplary punish- ment". Zslgmond Deutsch, a broker. started the series of repudia- tions of confessions. The admis- sions had been made in the, course of police questioning after the arrests. Reutsch said he was only partly guilty of the charges he had admitted, Meanwhile, the last of the Bul- garian ministers confessed to trea- son, spying for the United States and Britain and illegal dealings in foreign money in Sofia District Court. * * * ONLY ONE of the 15 Bulgarian ministers -- Baptist, Penteco'stal, Methodist and Congregational - deviated from a full confession. He was the Rev. Ladin Popov, 36, a Pentecostal pastor. lie denied lie had been a spy, but said in a quaking voice that he was guilty of illegal currency dealings. He said he had con- verted dollars obtained from the United States. The others, in the trial started Friday, admitted all charges. Ow-Act Plays Io Bie Gi'ven Four one-act plays will be given by the speech department at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Friday in i Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Admission is free and the thea- tre will open each night at 7:30 p,m. and close promptly at 6 p.m. or earlier if the theatre is fUled. The plays are: "Shepherd in The Distance," a pantomime with 9 Edward Pfluke, Edmund Johnston, S anley Challis, Marilyn Seheel. liiily li)cvv. Jamnes Ch~apma, Elaine hew, anud Trving Deutsch. Yoili Owners Jn Spain,' a com, s aboutt inmates of an old ladies home with donna DeHarde, Betty Lou Robinson, Betty Horwitz, and Florence Schulkin. "The Potboiler,"