PACIFI C PACIFISTS ;i~i Pagie 4 Clo Latest Deadline in the State .A :43 t t CLOUDY LITTLE CHANGE VOL. LIX, No. 104 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTI i.- 'Board Eases Installment Buying Rules Truman Meets With Advisers WASHINGTON-(I)-The Fed- eral Reserve Board relaxed in- stallment controls, effective next Monday, making it easier to buy product's on time. The Board's action came short- ly before President Truman's eco- nomic advisers assured him yes- terday that business conditions are "still very good, bright and promising." The White House meanwhile, maintained a strict silence on what was said at closed, informal night sessions at Blair House. THE CONTROL relaxation came as the result of mounting pressure to ease the terms. It had been argued by Kaiser-Frazer and others that the terms were slow- ing up sales of automobiles and other high-priced items and forc- ing buyers out of the market be- cause of high monthly payments. Advisers said that their aim was to keep the President in- formed of all phases of the sit- uation which has been some- what unsettled because of the slump in market prices and a rise in unemployment. Two of Truman's advisers stressed that thge seasonal increase of unemployment - now about 3,000,000 - shows signs of taper- ing of f, and that various other economic indicators point to a new upsurge in production. But the Administration's re- quest for a $4,000,000,000 boost in income taxes was not mentioned. MANY CONGRESS members and business leaders have shown an increasing opposition to such a tax hike at this time. They con- tend that it would serve as a brake on production at a period when some acceleration was call- ed for. The changes in the install- ment controls allows 21 months instead of the present 18 months to pay off the credit balance due after a cash pay- ment. The 21-month payoff limit ap- plies to all items affected by the controls-automobiles, refrigera- tors, radios and television sets, washing machines, furniture and other household appliances val- ued above $50. Eve Curie Will Talk Tonight About France "France-Struggle for Civili- zation" will be the topic of Eve Curie's lecture when she appears as fifth speaker for the Oratori- cal Series at 8:30 p.m. today at Hill Auditorium. Her lecture will cover France's role in the economic and political rehabilitation of Europe. Miss Curie views optimistically the progress of French industry pro- duction and believes that "a dem- ocratic France has clearly re- jected the Communist insistent bid to power." As AFTER WINNING laurels as an author ("Madame Curie" and "Journey Among Warriors") and foreign correspondent, Miss Curie has turned to publishing. She is co-publisher of the Paris Presse, a daily newspaper with the second largest circulation in France. Unlike her famous parents and scientific sister, Irene, Eve Curie turned to music and writ- ing getting her start as music, drama and movie critic for Paris newspapers. During the war she served with De Gaulle and the Free French in London. Seeking more active serv- ice, she enlisted in the French Women's Army Corps and served. for two years. Her pro-ally activities caused the Vichy government to revoke her citizenship and sell all her belongings in Paris. NSA Travel Office Offers Tour Facts Students To Study In Western Europe By FREDRICA WINTERS Enabling 35 qualified students to carry on field study projects while observing conditions in other countries, the University Foreign Summer Study Program will get underway this summer. The program, although planned on a long-term basis, will operate on a somewhat limited scale this year. Two groups of about 18 students each will study in England and a Western European nation to be chosen by student request. * * * TO QUALIFY, students must be of at least junior standing,and in- tending to return to the University in the fall. Linguistic requirements must also be met. - Students may earn up to eight hours of credit upon success- ful completion of projects in their particular areas of study. 'Communists Opposed to ThirdWar NEW YORK - (AP) -- American Communist leaders last night said I that "if, despite the efforts of the peace forces of America and the world, Wall Street should succeed in plunging the world into war, we would oppose it." * * * THE STATEMENT by Nationall Committee Chairman William Z.1 Foster and general secretary Eu- ;ene Dennis said American Com- munists would oppose such a war, "as an unjust, aggressive imper- ialist war." They said Communists here would "cooperate with all Dem- ocratic forces to defeat the pred- atory war aims of American im- perialism and bring such a war to a speedy conclusion on the basis of a democratic peace." Communists generally refer to Communist-led states~ including Russia, as "people'sdemocracies." The statement camne after thei Communist leaders were asked to comment on recent remarks by Communist leaders Maurice Tho- rez, of France, and Palmiro Tog- liatti of Italy. THOREZ ASKED whether French Communists could be ex- pected to "behave differently" from the people of Poland, Ro- mania and Yugoslavia if the French people were led into war with Russia and the Soviet Army "had to chase the enemy onto our soil." Togliatti said he believed it the duty of the Italian people to aid the Russian army if it should pursue an "aggressor" onto Italian soil. The American Communist leaders' statement said they be- lieved the Thorez and Togliatti statements "emphatically serve the cause of universal peace." Dennis indicated he would reply later to a reporter's question whether the reference to coopera- tion with "all democratic forces" meant Russia specifically. Dennis and 10 other party lead- ers are now on trial for alleged conspiracy to advocate the forc- ible overthrow of the United States government. Dail y Tryouts Daily tryout meeting for staffers who could not make yesterday's meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Stu- dent Publications Building. Tryouts who have missed any meetings should report at 8:30 p.m. today. Students may choose their own projects on the basis of their field of concentration and interest. Political science majors could be placed in the British foreign of- fice. Students will work on their own and emphasis will be on prac- tical experience. * *~ * A FACULTY member will ac- company eaclv'group to aid stu- dents in making contacts and to advise them on their projects. Students will be billeted with private families whenever pos- sible, giving them the opportun- ity to make social and cultural contacts. Minimum cost to students are estimated at $700. It is hoped that $500 of each student's tuition will be met by a scholarship fund now being set up with a goal of $15,000. Details of the program were worked outnby George Shepherd, '49 and Don Queller, '49 in close cooperation with NSA and the Student Legislature. Faculty advisers for the project are Prof. Laing of the political science department, Prof. Wheeler of the history department, and Prof. Miner of the sociology de- partment., Applications formation are Dean Peake's Angell Hall or Bu (reau, Rm. tion Building. and additional in- now available at office, Rm. 1010 at the NSA Travel 1028, Administra- Report Hits Educational Policy of VA Finds Insurance Aid Inefficient WASHINGTON - (P) - The Hoover Commission said yester- day that the Veterans Adminis- tration should remedy "serious" flaws in its organizational setup and overhaul its education and insurance programs. On education, the report sug- gested that VA set up its own list of certified schools in addition state lists of accredited instit tions. It said VA should refuse to pay GI tuition to any school not on its list. THE COMMISSION found the Federal Government has too little control over the quality of train- ing provided veterans in many schools. It suggested using grants to states to promote better j training and prevent abuses related school training. The Commission, a bipartisan group headed by former Presi- dent Herbert Hoover, is study- ing general government reor- ganization. It reported these other criticisms of VA: "Serious internal organizational defects" with conflicting lines of authority and a structure tha "has become too complicated." Poor management and waste in the education setup with the VA somewhat slow to recognize exist- ing problems and recommend changes in the law. w INEFFICIENCY and delay in handling insurance problems wi a specific finding that VA "serv on death claims has been si and a cause of great irritation." The Veterans Administration had no comment on the commis- sion's recommendations. The report, the ninth of the Commission's series of 15 to Congress, said carrying out its iroposed "major improvements" in VA would result in "consid- erable savings." Among recommendations for improving VA, the report said the agency should turn over to the Federal Housing and Home Fi- nance Agency its program of guaranteeing home loans for Vet- erans. On insurance, the report said VA should separate this program from its other functions and set up a Veterans Insurance Corpor- ation. It said such a corporation could "employ the practices of privaeinsurance companies." World News Round- Up PARIS-A crowd of 18,000 Pro- Communists thunderously pledg- ed itselflast night to greet Soviet troops as liberators if they ever arrive on French soil. SOFIA, Bulgaria-Taking of testimony ended in the treason trial of 15 Protestant ministers yesterday. Both prosecution and defense wound up the presenta- tion of witnesses. WASHINGTON - President Truman called for a quick deci- sion in the three-day-old filibus- ter in the Senate last night, but there was no sign of the talkfest. running out. COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Diplomatic informants said last night Denmark may formally accept today an invitation to join talks on the projected North Atlantic Defense Treaty. WASHINGTON - Mildred E. (Axis Sally) Gillars turned from tears to bristling defiance at her treason trial, angrily resisting prosecution attempts to probe in- to her love life in Germany. * * * WARSAW, Poland - Three Catholic priests pleaded guilty before a military tribunal in Lodz yesterday to inciting an underground band to kill sup- porters of the Communist-led Warsaw government. .As Request Air Power FAMIlIAR IIARBOR-The Queen of Bermuda st yams up the North River past New York's skyline as she arrives from England to resume her peacetime schedule. She has been absent since 1939, seeing service in the British Navy as an auxiliary cruiser and troop transport. The Queen is expected to resume her Atlantic crossings shortly. WITHOUT INTERPRETER: Pike To Learn Japanese in 45 Minutes .. AYC Sketches 'Campaign for Vet Surveys Plans to reincarnate "Operation Subsistence," in detailed survey form, were sketched last night at a meeting of the campus American Veterans' Commission. Members voted to wage this year's campaign for veteran better- ment by means of questionnaires to be distributed to all University vets. Included will be questions on hous- ing, food and recreation expense, according to AVC Vice-chairmanI John Sloss. NOMINATIONS wiere made for positions of chairman, vice-chair- man, treasurer, secretary, and cor- responding secretary. AVC consti- tutional rule demands nominations be in two weeks prior to election, to be held March 16. Nominations will still be open at election time, Sloss said. A resolution to pledge whole- hearted support of the newly formed Committee to End Dis- crimination was passed, followed by appointment of Bud Aronson, Grad, as permanent delegate. How can you learn a strange language without an interpreter? That's the question to which Prof. Kenneth L. Pike will demon- strate an answer at 8 p.m. Thurs- day in the Rackham amphithe- atre. HE WILL TRY TO communi- cate with two Japanese "inform- ants" each speaking a different dialect. Prof. Pike doesn't know Japanese. In establishing contact with his informants, he will begin by using the Mixteco Indian lan- UNIVERSITY MORALS Student Soc ial Declining Say.4 Colleges and universities face an increasingly difficult task in maintaining students' social stan- dards, Dean of Women Alice C. Lloyd said yesterday. Speaking at the League before' an institute of league house, sor- ority and dormitory directors, 'Pilot District' Chooses ]Rice "1 AIM's "pilot district" for inde- pendent men not living in resi-, dence halls rolled ahead as Jim Rice, '50E, was elected president at its second meeting last night. Athletic and social events are being planned by the group which set up two committees for the pur- pose. Dick Peters, '50E, was chos- en social chairman and will ar- range get togethers with indepen- dent women not living in residence halls. HARVEY MAYER, '50, was chosen athletic, chairman, and will sell athletic equipment under AIM's sports sales program. He may be reached at 2-9205. A rules committee, under Lyn Marcus, '50spec, and a personnel committee have also been set up. Men interested in any part of the program are asked to call Jim Rice at 2-4895. guage which they do not un- derstand. By the use of gestures and lin- guistic techniques of phonetics and phonemics (including the use of the Mixteco language as a vo- cal gesture), Prof. Pike will try to acquire enough knowledge of the two Japanese dialects in 45, minutes to carry on briefly a rudimentary conversation. THE DEMONSTRATION, which is sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies, will be the first one Prof. Pike has attempted be- fore an audience .including many IStandards s Dean Lloyd Miss Lloyd said that lowered stu- dent standards of "manners, dress and social practices reflect the partial disintegration of American society itself." SHE CALLED for "constructive, clear and honest thinking by stu- dents to combat trends in today's attitudes that are fraught with danger." Miss Lloyd cautioned against wholesale blame directed against the colleges for lower- ing social standards. "By the time the student reach- es college, his attitudes have al- ready been highly conditioned by home and secondary schools." * * "HOWEVER, colleges have a chance during four formative years of the student's life to pro- mote good group thinking 'and standards," Miss Lloyd declared. "They must fight lax campus standards in such matters as drinking and petting," she said. "Weaker, insecure students of- ten feel that they must conform to group pressure." She warned that "some of these group pressures may be subver- sive to the promotion of high standards of conduct." She stress- ed, however, that many groups are doing constructive social think- ing. Plane Rounds people who understand the lan- guage he's trying to learn. He put on similar demonstra- tions for the Linguistic Insti- tute here in the summer of 1945, and in 1946, but the language was unknown to everyone in the audience, and its identity was concealed from Prof. Pike until he had finished the demonstra- tion. Prof. Pike, who teaches linguis- tics, has worked with the Summer Institute of Linguistics at the University of Oklahoma. AT THE END OF the 45-min- ute demonstration, he will tell the audience what he thinks he has learned about the vocabulary and grammar of the Japanese lan- guage. He will also try to differ- entiate the two dialects spoken by his informants. The expression he has learned will then be translated into Eng- lish so that members of the audience who do not under- stand Japanese may see the types of errors made and prob- lems encountered. Prof. Pike first used these de- scriptive techniques for learning a language when he worked with the Mixteco Indians in'Mexico. By using these techniques over a pe- riod of three months he was able to transact all his essential bus- iness in this difficult tonal lan- guage, and at the end of a year was able to converse quite freely. Ad. Students Elect-Officers In the BAd school elections yes- terday, Edward Wisniewski was chosen president of the senior class. He is a MB candidate, graduat- ing in June, and a member of the BAd student council. The seven students elected to the BAd council for this year are John Edman, Donald Hiles, Peter Logothetis, Edward Nycz, Paul Rider, John Skaggs and Betty Tancik. Over 425 votes were cast in the second BAd council election in the school's history. Getting off to a vigorous start, the council will have an organizational meeting tonight. Boost or B=50 Makes No-Stop Trip In 94_Hours I Senators Urge i7-70 Groups FORT WORTH, Tex.-(P)-The United States Air Force made his- tory yesterday by circling th~re globe non-stop, and spurred Con- gressional Air Power Advocates to call anew for a bigger and bet- ter airmada to bolster the nation's defense. NINETY-FOUR hours and one minute after its unannounced takeoff from Carswell Air Force Base here, the Lady Luck II, a B-50 medium bomber, settled gen I ly back down on a Carswell run- vay at 10:22 a.m., Eastern Stand- ard time. She had made an eastward flight around the earth at a.l- most the greatest girth-mere thn 23,000 miles-taking on fuel from B-29 mother planes four times in the air. In Washington, Chairman Ty- dings (Dem., Md.) of the Senate Armed Services Committee sad the flight "offers some measure of what another world war would mean to all peoples of the earth." * * * OTHER CONMITTEE member agreed with Tydings that theser- sational flight of the B-50" Lad Luck II greatly bolstered the Air Force's chances of getting Cn- gressional approval for more money and more planes. Perhaps signiftcanbly, the flight was staged at x time when Congress faces a decision on how much to spend on the Air Force, the Army and Navy. Senator Maybank (Dem., S.), a member of Tydings' Comm .ee, said the flight "Absolutely m- onstrates the need for maxim air power to defend this country," "We must have a minimum of at least 57 combat air groups and I believe it should be 70 grup," he told a reporter. SECRECY shrouded the project for the whole 94 hours the Boeing B-50 bomber was in the air. Not even newsmen who were brought to Carswell Air Base here were told the purpose of their trip until shortly before the scheduled a- rival of the plane. YP Told They, May Protest Zar ichny Bay:n The Young Progressives were told yesterday that thei only chance to have James Zarichny speak on campus would be by submitting a protest statement for the consideration of the Lecture Committee. The Committee had previously refused YP permission to have Zarichny as a speaker and had banned the Progressives' request to have Zarichny's expulsion from Michigan State College as the topic to be discussed. * * * YESTERDAY, a delegation from YP discussed the Commit- tee's action with Prof. Carl Brandt, Secretary of the Commit- tee. Prof. Brandt would not com- ment on the reasons for Zarich- ny's denial, but told the delega- tion that a protest appeal would be considered by the Committee. "When the written statement is in my hands I will immediately try to assemble the committee to con- sider it," said Prof. Brandt. Al Fishman, chairman of YP said the protest statement would be drafted at once. Bill of On P,,A et RELIGION IN LIFE: Walter Sees Lesson in 'Sermton oni the Mount' (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third in a series of articles written by - f aculty, administrative officers and ministers in connection with Reli- gion-in-Life Week which will start Sunday.) By ERICH A. WALTER Dean of Students Religion in Life Week focuses the attention of the entire Uni- versity upon the place of religion in the life of our students. Since the importance and difficulty of the subject are expressed for all time in the Sermon on the Mount, it seems fitting to quote its thesis now. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the chil- dren of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner SHARPENERS SOUGHT: Pier pont Promises Pointed Pencils By CRAIG WILSON AND COMPTROLLER PierpontI for the West Physics Building,