NSA CONFERENCE See-Page 4 Y Latest Deadline in the State tii CLOUDY, COOLER VOL. LIX, No. 127 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Government Chaotic, Says Prof. Pollock Executive Lack Of Control Cited "The government in Washing- ton is completely out of control," Prof. James K. Pollock, a mem- ber of the Hoover commission for the reorganization of the govern- ment, told a meeting of the Mich- igan Exchange clubs last night. "The President is not in com- mand of the government; depart- ment heads don't rule their de- partments, and Congress is not in control 'of the executive branch," declared Prof. Pollock, chairman of the political science department. THE FEDERAL government is over-burdened and it violates every principle of administrative organization, he added. Prof. Pollock said that the re- sulting ineffectiveness and ex- cessive expense has caused ser- ious discontent. "It discredits the whole democratic system." "It was with a realization of these facts, and of the need to put our own house in order in a critical period of world history that Congress instituted the Hoo- ver commission two years ago." THE COMMISSION sent out 24 groups of distinguished citizens to investigate all aspects of the government, and on the basis of their reports made their recom- mendations, he said. "Besides lack of control, other basic faults in structure found were duplication in Federal agencies and red tape which sometimes made purchasing procedures more costly than the purchases themselves." He noted thaththe Commission recommended the President be equipped with a staff secretary to find out what the various depart- ments are doing and so give him effective command of them. An office of Accountant-Gen- eral was also proposed to put the accounting procedure in order, he said. , , , "AT PRESENT the'e is no ef- fective audit in the federal gov- ernment, and Congress doesn't know enough about the govern- ment's financial standing to real- ly control the budget." Prof. Pollock stressed the role of Congress and the people in see- ing that the Commission's pro- posals are acted upon. "The country can wallow along as it has in the past. Or it can choose, by enactment of the pro- gram, to make the government efficient and practical," he de- clared. City Lawyer To Fill Grand Jury Position Attorney General Stephen J. Roth yesterday named local attor- ney George J. Burke, Jr. to repre- sent his office on the grand jury staff investigating alleged em- bezzlements in the administration of former county treasurer Clyde D. Fleming. Simultaneously, Circuit Judge James R. Breakey, Jr., the one- man grand jury, announced in court that the Fleming case was being turned over to visiting Cir- cuit Judge Raymond Fox of Kala- mazoo. * * * THE ROTH appointment came following a conference with Judge Breakey and Prosecutor Douglas K. Reading. Burke was sworn in as staff member yesterday morn- ing. Judge Breakey also ordered a 24-hour guard posted on both the county treasurer's office in the courthouse and the city treasurer's office in Ypsilanti to protect records against fire. Hearings by the grand jury staff began last night according to an agreement made by Judge Breakey with a representative from Roth's office. Board Announces New Appointees David Shuart, '50. Grand Rap- POOLED PURCHASING POWER: Eating Club Plans To Lower Prices Eating Club-$9.50 a week. Signs to this effect will soon appear on campus as a result of a meeting last night where 15 students outlined a plan to pool purchas- ing power of 500 students to eat at low prices. MELVIN BLONDY, Grad., who originated the idea along with Jerry Rees, Grad., and Douglas Miller, '47, was elected temporary chairman of the organization. Sample menus presented to the group by Blondy, included three meals on weekdays and dinner on Sunday. Costs were figured ---- on highest quality foods served Daily-Barth HOWARD ELLIS ... speaks again today Ellis Sees Extended Inflation The post-war inflation will be with us for a long time to come,, according to Howard Ellis, presi- dent of the American Economic Association. . "A strong set of monetary con- trols must be legislated if we ever hope to have a stable economy," he told members of the Econorhic Club last night. * * * PROF. ELLIS, who will speak again at 4:15 p.m. today in Rack- ham Amphitheater on "The Econ- omist's Way of Thinking", said that during the war years we cre- ated more money than we fan let people spend. in ample quantities Blondy said. Under present plans, the club will go into operation April 18, at 211 South State St. under the di- rection of Miller. A TRIAL PERIOD for interested students will begin April 14, serv- ing eating club style meals at reg- ular cafeteria prices, Blondy said. Breakfasts on the sample menu included juice, choice of eggs or cereal, toast or rolls and drink. Lunch included soup, a main course, vegetables, pota- toes and desert. The evening meal outlined by Blondy consisted of juice, a meat course, potatoes, vegetables, salad, bread, butter, desert and drink. "The $9.50 figure covers high quality food at present prices," Blondy reported. MENUS WOULD be varied with the members of, the organization deciding on the quality of food served through elected represen- tatives, the group decided. Blondy said that as a group, students could make the system work. Blondy said that students in- terested in the plan could phone him at 7211. Members of the committee in- cluded Blondy, tRees, Cheryl Yo- shiahra, Don Palmer, Cal Klyman, Al Harris, Ralph Sosin, Norman Rappaport, Lyn Marcus, Irv Goff- man, John Morris, Bob Tropp, Toyoaki Yamada, Don Gossen and Sally Holston. Petitions Due Today for SL, Class Offices Rent Bill Passes Joint Committee Vote Seen Today In Senate, House WASHINGTON-(P)-A Senate- House committee agreed yesterday on a compromise 15-month ex- tension of rent controls, but the measure ran into some trouble in the Senate. After long wrangling, Senate- House conferees came to terms on a provision directing that rents be fixed at a level giving landlords a "fair net operating income." THE BILL also would let states, cities, towns and villages scrap rent controls if the state governor approved. The compromise still must be ratified by both the Senate and House before it can be sent to President Truman. Time ' is running short. The present rent law expires at midnight Thurs- day. Apparently because many Sen- ators already had left for home, administration leaders decided to put off Senate action until today. The House is expected to act then, too. BUT THE measure was pre- sented to the Senate officially yes- terday and it promptly stirred a round of protest. The provision under attack was the one requiring the housing expediter to fix relit ceilings at a level which would give landlords a "fair net op- erating income." Senators Ferguson (Rep., Mich.) and Taft (Rep., Ohio) contended the provision is too vague. They said it isn't clear what is meant by a "fair income" and just how it would be determined. THE BILL WAS defended by Senators Maybank (Dem., S.C.) and Sparkman (Dem., Ala.). They said there are adequate guideposts for the housing expediter to use in arriving at a fair income for landlords. Before the debate started, Sen- ator Bricker (Rep., Ohio) told a reporter the bill is "an absurdity and a sham" so far as providing relief for landlords is concerned. The "fair net operating income" provision was included in. lieu of a Senate bill clause which would have boosted many rents 10 per cent and a House one as- suring landlords "a reasonable re- turn on the reasonable value" of their property. 'Boody Pul' Gargoyle Goes On Sale Today Aiding and abetting the Plant Department's efforts to grow grass on campus, the Gargoyle's Bloody Pulp issue goes on sale today. Luridly lascivious and printed on pulpy paper, The Bloody Pulp is guaranteed to forever satiate student desires for pulp magazines. If one is to trust the editors of this traumatic publication, which one should rarely do, all the stories were written by a fellow named Proust. * * * THESE INCLUDE such tantaliz- ingly titled works as "I Was a Darn Nice Girl," "Murderer's Gulch," "The Eternal Feminine," and "Hermit of the Void." For the more serious minded, there are al- ways the ads. Wildly gesticulating Ga r g. salesmen will be stationed at the Diag, the Engine Arch, behind Angell Hall, and other parts of campus that are already over- crowded. Students too shy to approach the hysterical hucksters may ob- tain copies at the Student Publi- cations Building, according to Douglas Parker, sometimes Greek scholar who doubles as editor. Holding back inflation, the Gar- goyle's Bloody Pulp still sells for 25 cents. Forsythe Hits Extra Visitors Card S ste1 Daily--Ltnanilan HIT 'EM AGAIN-More than 130 football hopefuls reported to head coach Bennic Oosterbaan yesterday for the first day of spring practice. Ab)vc are a few of the gridders working with a blocking dummy in the initial preparation for the defense of the national title won by the Wolverines in 1948. Twenty-two returning lettermen are expected to bolster Michigan's chances° for a title repeat. SA T L 4tunch Purchase Tomorrow 'A FINE THING': Conductor Busch Lauds Worid Peace Conference Today is the last day for pus politicos to turn in their tions for class offices and dent Legislature seats. cam- peti- Stu- "Tight money further taxation, the problem," he control, not is the key to declared. "The theories advanced during the depression years disregarded money controls to such a degree that we have completely underes- timated it as a source of economic stabilization." * * * ACTUALLY a stable volume of steady flowing bank loans, con- trolled by a powerful central gov- ernment agency, is the only way to end the violent booms and busts of the past, he said. "Money controls are far more impersonal, flexible and useful than tax manipulations and are therefore more compatible with a free enterprise system. Not sad- dled with complex administration, they can be gauged to an ever changing economic situation." The forms will be accepted from 3 to 5 p.m. at the election peti- tions window in the lobby of the Administration Building. Students must clip a slip of paper to their petitions with their names written out as they want them to appear on the ballot ac- cording to Duane Nuechterlein, '5.BADd, SL election committee chairman. The petitions will go to the Men's Judiciary Council to be checked for compliance with election rules and regulations. Meanwhile, Legislature candi- dates will meet at 4:30 p.m. tomor- row, in Rm. 3D, Union. They will hear SL member Tom Walsh explain the rudiments of Roberts' Rules. They will also be given questionnaires concerning their viewpoints on campus issues. Answers to the questions will ap- pear in The Daily. By JO MISNER The Cultural and Scientific Ccnference foraWorld Peace is a "fine thing", according to Con- ductor Fritz Busch. But the well-known musician who guest-conducted the Chicago Symphony here Sunday felt that Shostakovich's statement defend- ing criticism of his music by the Russian government was uttered under pressure. ** * "HE HAD TO say it," Busch! said, referring to Shostakovich's statement that government criti- cism "brings me much good. Ix helps me bring my music for- ward." Busch said, "I have conduct- ed in Russia many times-30 years ago-20 years ago-later. I knew Shostakovich as a boy." On the basis of this experience, Busch seemed to think that Shos- takovich was not saying what he really felt. "But what else could he do?" Busch said. * * * THE CONFERENCE as a whole, though, may lead to better under- standing between this country and Russia, Busch felt. He said that he had underwritten the Conference at the request of Olin Downes. Busch was less voluble but equally expressive on other con- troversial issues in the music world. The German - born conductor, who left a life-time contract with the Dresden Opera in 1933 as a protest against Adolph Hitler, had little to say for Pianist Walter Gieseking and even less for Con- ductor Wilhelm Furtwangler. * *-* (BOTH MEN stayed in Ger- many and played during the Hit- ler regime. Gieseking was to have appeared in New York January 24, but returned home without play- ing. Furtwangler was reportedly offered a contract to conduct the Chicago Symphony next season, but negotiations were cancelled several weeks ago.) To the query about Gieseking, Busch said only, "He's a good pianist." And what about Furtwangler? Busch grimaced. "Let's talk about Ann Arbor. I like it fine here." Dean Cancels SlatedTalky Mystery still shrouds the reason for the last-minute telegram by Dean Hayward Keniston of the literary college saying that he could not speak as scheduled at the education panel of the world peace conference Sunday in New York. He was to speak on "Academic Freedom." Efforts to reach him in Cambridge, Mass., where he is vis- iting his son, were unsuccessful. 'U Dbaters, Cornell Argue Education Aird Teams Fight Issue Of Federal Grants Varsity debaters last night took issue with a Cornell team on the question of federal aid to educa- tion. Taking the affirmative stand, first University speaker Nafe Kat- -ter. '49, declared that educational facilities are deficient in the Unit- ed States. * * * BECAUSE THE STATES are unable to cope with the situation, the federal government must take over the job, Katter said. Second University speaker Alan Kidston, '52, said that the states alone cannot meet the needs for 90,000 teachers a year. Only 20,000 teachers are an- nually procuredhedeclared. (The Associated Press reported that top officials of the National Educational Association meeting in Philadelphia called for approv- al of federal aid to education yes- terday.) On the negative side, Hyman Etkind of Cornell said in effect that money is not the most im- portant aid to education. * * * HE .ATTACKED .unfavorable attitudes, segregation, graft, cor- ruption and inefficiency in com- munities. Financial aid of any sort is impossible where prejudices exist in the community, accord- ing to Alvin Arnold, second speaker for Cornell. ickets Give Nationwide Price Cuts Rush Sale for Vacation Period Purchase cards will go on sale tomorrow. The cards-which cost $1-will bring students substantial dis- counts in the purchase of goods in five Ann Arbor stores, more than thirty in nearby Detroit and in hundreds of stores throughout the nation where the National Student Association Purchase Card System is in effect. PURCHASE CARDS will be sold from 1 to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow through Friday, in the lobby of the Administration Building, to all tudents with identification cards, Cathy Houston, '49, chairman of 3 Student Legislature sub-com- :nittee for PCS, said. She explained that the sale was being rushed in order that students might make use of the cards during vacation. Discounts from 10 to 50 per cent are available through use of the cards in all stores under con- tract to NSA, until the cards ex- pire, November 1. IN ANN ARBOR, students will be able to parlay their cards into savings on shoe repairs, records,p beauty treatments, flowers, appli- ances, auto repairs, gas, oil, car washing and grease jobs. In Detroit, discounts may be had on laundry, dry cleaning, clothing, shoes, books, tires, bat- teries, college supplies, lug ge, small radios, typewriters and diamonds. Lists of cooperating merchants in both cities will be available when the Purchase Cards go on sale. LATER THE Purchase Card Committee hopes to sign up other merchants, according to Miss Houston. Meanwhile, students who ex- pect to travel far over the vaca- tion may use their cards in New York, Chicago, Washing- ton, D.C., Louisville, Miami, Mil- waukee, Buffalo and Bethlehem, Pa. The secret of the purchase card savings lies in "harnessing pur- chasing power" and channeling it to merchants who are willing to accept the increase in gross rev- enue and smaller percentage of profit, according to Miss Houston. Thomas Will Speak Here Tomorrow Norman Thomas, American So- cialist leader, will be in Ann Arbor tomorrow and Thursday, under the sponsorship of the Democratic Socialist Club. Thomas' program for tomorrow includes a dinner at 6 p.m. at a lo- cal cafeteria and a talk at 8 p.m. at Architecture Auditorium on "Is the Fair Deal Socialism"? FOLLOWING THE talk, a re- ception will be held at Lane Hall by the Student Religious Associa- tion at which students will have an opportunity to meet Thomas, On Thursday, he will lead dis- cussions in several classes in the political science and sociology departments on civil rights, the socialist view of the Atlantic Pact, and the concept of the welfare state. Thomas, who has been the So- cialist candidate for president six times, polled 150,000 votes in the 1948 election. Further information about the Thomas dinner may be obtained by contacting Pat Stiteshat 5058 Stockwell, who is in charge of reservations. THE MICHIGAN STORY- eal ingArts Schools Made Rapid Progress EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the tenth si-ottemoflcusa in a series of articles presentin siX-month terms of lectures the highlights in the history of the a year's work under a reputa University of Michigan. Contributors to today's installment-the first of physician. four dealing with the individual With Dr. Abram Sager as d schools and colleges - weresFran the school grew rapidly. Wi Ivick, Peter Ilotton, John Davies, Don Kotite and John Neufeld. ten years, more students were By ROBERT WHITE rolled in the Michigan col ThB RtoBR Michithan in any of the leading m made up of many chapters -each ical departments in the count: one separate and distinctive in it- Medical studies were cent self. in a building specifically ere for the department-the t The present series can not hope building on campus. to deal with the more than 100 * * * academic and administrative divi- NOTABLE ADDITIONS to sions of the University. Still, at plan soon followed. The Unive least a glimpse of the growth of Hospital had its beginningi the fourteen schools and colleges revamped professor's house, and able ean, thin en- ilege med- ry. ered cted hird the rsity in a and DISCUSS STUDENT GOVERNMENT: SL Participates i isconsin Parley Delegates from more than 40 colleges and universities in the Middle West gathered at Madison last week for the University of Wisconsin Centennial Symposium on Student Government. Inspired by the natural beauty of the Wisconsin campus located on the hills overlooking Lake Men- dota, representatives of student governments from all types of higher educaetion institutions dis- Dynamics" focused its study on the problem of developing the functional capacities of a stu- dent government and of estab- lishing it as the real leader of campus activities and opinion. It was stressed that any stu- dent government must clearly out- line its objectives and keep its goals clearly ahead of it, instead of haphaztardly facing individual ing a student's first semester in college, an officers' train';;g pro- gram and the development of a "big brother" relationship among campus leaders and new students. * * * THE THIRD workshop tackled the problem of "The Role of the Student in the Administration of Higher Education."