RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS See Page 4 POT Latest Deadline in the State AV att 4 ly CLOUDY VOL. LIX, No. 128 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS S S I Houses Will Hear Campus Candidates SL, Class Office Seekers To Speak Dorms, fraternities, sororities and co-ops will open their doors to all candidates for Student Leg- islature and Senior Class officers. Assembly, Panhel, East and West Quadrangle have given the program sturdy support. IFC lead- ers backed the plan, but the group hasn't met since the program plans were drawn up. PURPOSE of the program is to provide students with an oppor- tunity to meet as many candidates as possible, according to Duane Nuechterlein, '50BAd, SL election committee chairman. Information for candidates on specific Open Houses is: West Quadrangle: Quad Coun- cil asks nominees to call individual house presidents. East Quadrangle: Plans not complete, but Quad Council asks candidates to contact individual house presidents for latest infor- mation. Women's Dormitories, League Houses and Co-ops: Women's As- sembly asks those running to call presidents of the houses con- cerned. Sororities: Panhel asks candi- dates to call sorority presidents. Fraternities: House presidents haven't officially backed the pro- gram. HOWEVER, Bruce Lockwood, '49, IFC chairman and Don Cal- houn, '50E, IFC Coordinating Committee chairman, requested nominees to contact individual fraternity presidents to find out plans. Fourteen Drop Out of Class, SL Elections Competition among Student Legislature candidates and class officer hopefuls narrowed by four- teen students last night. Nine SL aspirants previously listed failed to submit their peti- tions. * * * THEY ARE: Al Blumrosen, '50; Caryl A. Daly, '51SM; Richard Entenmann, '50; Roger Garfink, '51; William E. Huff, '51; Calvin Lippitt, '49; Barbara Little; '51Ed., Rosemary Owen, '51; and Y. H. Ting. Two competitors for the Lit- erary College Senior Class treas- urer's post failed to continue: Phil Dawson, '50; and Don Rothschild, '50. VISA TROUBLE: Department Spikes Reds' Tour of U.S. NEWARK, N.J.-(P)-A coast to coast tour of 18 Communist "World Peace" Conference delegates ended before it started last night. The State Department spiked the proposed cross country journey f delegates from behind the Iron Curtain less than 12 hours before They were to appear at the first of a series of "no more war" rallies :ere. THE DEPARTMENT said their U.S. visas were good only for ast weekend's Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace n New York City. Union Asks Evaluation On 'U' .Lines LANSING - (P) - State em- ployees would like to take a try at the University of Michigan's sys- tem of letting pupils grade their teachers. In a letter to the State Civil Service Commission, the United government Workers, an indepen- dent union, asked permission to appear before the Commission to discuss the need for the State to institute a program of employe rating of supervisors. * * * "OUR UNION has watched with increasing interest the trend in private industry and in school systems to develop this technique," the letter said. "If industry and public schools get results, possibly the State of Michigan, through your agency; should do the same. "It is a great step f'rward that the University of Michigan this week completed the first proj- ect of allowing students to rate their teachers," the union con- tinued. "This is analagous to employes rating their supervisors, inasmuch as much of the duty of the super- visor is to teach and guide his employes." -* . .* (LLOYD S. Woodburne, Associ- ate Dean of the Literary College, who conducted the faculty grading program here on campus told The Daily that he was not familiar enough with the Civil Serv.ce Commission to know if such a grading system would be feasible. (However, he said, "I don't think it's the same identical sit- uation as the student-faculty relationship.) "A number of exposes of alleged misconduct in certain state insti- tutions and state agencies in the past few years resulted from ac- tivities on the part of supervisors who would not have been retained if the employes whom they super- vised had been able to bring out the facts," the letter concluded. <> Later, a spokesman for the Conference said in New York that the Communist delegates "definitely will not appear" at any of the scheduled meetings. "Unless Dean Acheson reverses his ruling that their visas are to be considered as expiring." The Conference representative said a telegram had been sent to Acheson requesting him to rescind the order. * * * THE TELEGRAM, the spokes- man said, charged the State De- partment "of notifying the world it has slammed shut the door to the exchange of cultural relations between the United States and other countries." The "Cultural Rally For Peace" here went on minus its heralded star attraction-Rus- sian composer Dmitri Shostako- vich. The audience of some 3,000 per- sons wa stold of the government action. * * * DELEGATES from outside the Soviet sphere-Cuba, England and French West Africa-spoke. Out- side the Mosque Theater, where the rally was held, about 40 pick- ets paraded. The pickets, who marched in orderly lines, represented veter- ans' groups who have protested the conference as Communist dominated. _ Vandenberg Will Address Group Here Michigan's Senator Arthur A. Vandenberg will appear May 28 at the University when the Inter- American Ear Association visits Ann Arbor. His address will be delivered in Hill Auditorium and will be open to the public. The Association, composed of lawyers from all nations of the Western Hemisphere, will jour- ney here on May 28 as guests of the University. Senator Vandenberg spoke here last year on the 100th anniversary of the first Dutch settlement in Michigan. His talk embraced the United States' foreign policy. efense Head Cracks Whip On Services Publicity Fights, Politics Are Out WASHINGTON - ()-Defense Secretary Johnson yesterday in- itiated a series of brisk moves to unify the nation's armed services. As a starter, he cracked down on headline squabbles between the Navy and the Air Force. "There will be no competing be- tween the services for headlines, no release of things that are se- cret," he told newsmen. * * * WITHIN 24 hOURS after he was sworn into his new post, the big, bald-pated Defense Chief also. 1. Told the Army, Navy and Air Force to move at once to the Pentagon, the nerve center of American defense. 2. Announced he will abolish many of the 800 boards and agen- cies set up by the three Armed Services over a long period of years. 3. Banned "personal or party politics" in the national military establishment. 4. Indicated that some heads will roll, but "the people who are doing their jobs will remain." 5. And finally, said he has "a pretty fair conviction" what roles the Air Force and the Navy should play in the event of war. * * * THIS LAST STATEMENT re- ferred to the long and bitter con- troversy between the two services over the type of bombing missions each should execute in wartime. Air Force chiefs have con- tended their long-range planes should carry out strategic bomb- ing-air blows struck at the heart of the enemy's production centers. Just as staunchiy, the Navy has argued that its aircraft carriers should be allowed to join the as- sault - particularly such giant flattops as the Navy's $120,000,000 carrier, the United States, which is now under construction. * * * JOHNSON GAVE no inkling of which way his "pretty fair con- viction" leans. He is known, how- ever, as a strong advocate of long- range bombers. And as one of his first steps, he named Air Force Gen. Joseph T. McNarney to the job of coordinating the changes he plans to make. World News Round-U * * * * Students will be able to fight back against the High Cost of Living when NSA Purchase Cards go on sale from 1 to 4:30 p.m. to- day through Friday, in the lobby of the Administration Building. Purchasers of the cards may use them to receive discounts on merchandise sold in five Ann Ar- bor stores, ranging from 10 to 50 per cent, according to Cathy Houston, chairman of the Student Legislature Committee, which will operate the Purchase Card Sys- tem. THE CARDS, which will cost $1, will also bring price reduc- tions in Detroit stores whichhave signed contracts with NSA, and in many cities throughout the na- tion. "Sale of the cards on campus was rushed ahead so students could use them over the vaca- tion wherever they go," Missj Houston said. ' Lists of cooperating merchants in Michigan will be provided along with the cards. * * ,* THE THEORY behind the pur- chase cards is that all students holding them will trade with co- operating businessmen. The in- creased gross revenue offsets the loss on the price reductions. They explained that in "actual practice" businessimen made a greater margin of pro- fit under PCS. Of the dollars paid by students for cards, 70 cents goes to the Student Legislature NSA Commit- tee, 20 cents is sent to the Michi- gan Regional NSA and 10 cents is turned over to the National NSA. New Series ,Of Price Cuts Go Into Effect Autos, Radios, Stoves Figure in Retail Slash NEW YORK--0)-A new series of retail price cuts were laid be- fore the consumer yesterday, fur- ther clipping inflation's wings. They stretched the dollar a lit- tle farther. But most of the re- ductions were from highly inflat- ed levels and many of them were small. * * * AUTOMOBILES and auto ac- cessories, radios, refrigerators, ranges were among the wide var- iety of items affected. Continued reductions in such basic commodities as lead, zinc, copper and steel indicated there might be further cuts in manu- factured goods in the wind. The midseason spring cata- logue of Sears, Roebuck and Co. featured "many price reductions in all lines." Even ice cream was down a little-three cents a quart in Philadelphia. * * * RADIOS SHOWED the biggest drop. Westinghouse Electric chop- ped a lusty 20 to 50 per cent off nine home model sets. Kaiser-Frazer Corp. knocked $198 to $333 off its car prices. Henry Ford II, President of Ford Motor Co., saw a "possible" re- duction in Fords. But the main item common to all the price reduction was an in- creased resistance on the part of the buyer. bit. Business men and industrialists agree the "bloom is off the boom." - Purchase Cards on SaleI NSA FIGHTS HCL: jr Daily-Barth .HARNESSING BUYING POWER-Charles T. Williams, '49, buys the first NSA Purchase Cards from Cathy Houston, '49, chairman of the Student Legislature committee to handle the cards. Regular sale of the cards will begin today in the lobby of the Administra- tion Building. TRIP TO THE MOON? Latest Cosmic Cyclotron Called Boon to Mankind Control Law Okayed With 'Home Rule' Measure Awaits Truman Action WASHINGTON -(P-Congress yesterday approved a 15-month rent control bill with a "home rule" escape clause and sent the measure on to the White House. The Senate cleared the measure first 78 to 11, with the House completing action by a vote of 263 to 143. * * * ALTHOUGH it does not con- tain as much as President Truman had asked, he is expected to sign the legislation to replace the pres- ent law which expires at midnight Thursday. The major provisions of the new bill are: 1. States may scrap federal con- trols by vote of their legislatures and with the Governor's approval, or they may take over adminis- tration of the curbs if the Gov- ernor certifies that the state has an adequate rent law on its books. 2. Rent ceilings are to be set so as to give landlords a "fair net operatingincome," as determined by the Federal Housing Expediter. 3. Nationwide eviction regula- tions are to be set up by the Ex- pediter which will take precedence over local rules. 4. The Expediter is empowered to sue for treble damages on tenant's behalf in a case of rent overcharge. 5. Veterans priority for first chance to buy or rent a new prop- erty are continued. THE BILL is a compromise be- tween the two different versions adopted earlier by the Senate and House. Administration leaders in both Senate and House told the law- makers today they either had to accept the compromise plan or not have any rent controls after Thursday. Senator Sparkman (Dem., Ala.), who helped manage the Senate bill in the joint conference sessions said the Expediter would have these guideposts to help him de- termine what rent increases should be allowed: (1) Property tax boosts levied on the landlord, (2) Unavoidable boosts in operating and maintenance expenses, (3) Major capital improvements in the housing accommodations. Officials at the Housing Expe- diter's Office declined to estimate what this section will mean in the way of rent increases pending further study of the new bill. T homas Talk On Socialism Slated Today Norman Thomas, American So- cialist leader, arrives in Ann Ar- bor today. Under the sponsorship of the Democratic Socialist Club, he will deliver a talk on "Is the Fair Deal Socialism?" at 8 p.m. today in the Architecture Auditorium. ** * FOLLOWING the talk, a recep- tion in his honor will be held by the Student Religious Association at Lane Hall. Earlier in the day, Thomas will be feted at a dinner at 6 p.m. in a local cafeteria. Tomorrow, Thomas is scheduled to lead discussions on civil rights, the socialist view of the Atlantic Pact, and the concept of the wel- fare state in classes in the politi- cal science and sociology depart- ments. * * * THOMAS, WHO has been So- cialist candidate for president six times, polled close to 150,000 votes n the 1948 election. At present the chairman of the ROCHESTER, N.Y.-(P)-Strik- ing new knowledge for mankind was promised yesterday at the dedication of the giant new cosmic ray Cyclotron of the University of Rochester. The promise was made by Dr. Lee A. Du Bridge, president of the California Institute of Technology. * * * "THE PLAIN TRUTH," he said, U.S. Protests Conviction of Gi's asSpies "Is that no one can predict the practical results. If you are ex- pecting the Cyclotron to yield the design for a new and more power- ful Atomic Bomb you are almost sure to be disappointed." Other possibilities, but un- safe to predict, he said, are new nuclear power plant (atomic power plants), a cure for can- cer, or a trip to the moon. He added: "What this cyclotron will cer- tainly do is just one thing-it will yield to the skilled physicists who work with it, new knowledge about the behavior, the structure and the characteristics of nuclei. And soon- er or later this new knowledge will have striking_ important and I Anthony Carnevale, '50E, dropped from the race for vice- president of the Engineering School, Senior Class. *~ * * ODDS FOR VICTORY in the Engineering College's sophomore class contest skidded as Charles Good, '52E, failed to turn in his presidential petition, and Dwight Hein, '52E, his vice-presidential petition. SL candidates not previously listed are Martin Gluckstein, '50E, and Paul McCracken. Reelect Belin YR President David Belin, '51, was re-elected president of the Young Republi- cans by a 34 to 15 vote at a hotly contested meeting last night. Along with Belin, all previous officers were elected to serve un- til February, 1950. fhenry Willard, '50L, who op- posed Belin for the top post, and declined the vice-presidential THE MICHIGAN STORY: Community Leadership Schools Are .Revived EDlITOR'S NOTE: This is the eleventh in a series of articles pre- senting the highlights in the his- tory of the University of Michigan. Contributors to today's installment -the second of four dealing with the individual schools and colleges-are Phil Dawson and Joan Willens.) By ROBERT WHITE The Daily's account of Univer-' sity history is concerned today with th'ree professional schools whose purpose is to train men and women for places of leadership in the community and in civic affairs. * * * Law.. A law department was theoreti- cally part of the University from the beginning, as one of the three departments provided for in the Organic Act of 1837 which estab- lished the University. dent Tappan's last acts was to pro- vide for a new $16,000 law build- ing in 1863. The law school continued to grow, and in 1892 the Regents con- tracted to have the law building rebuilt. They decided they didn't like the job that was done, how- ever, and a few years later the whole structure was torn down. THIS DECADE also -saw the death in 1898 of Thomas M. Cooley, who had been largely, re- sponsible for the law school's progress to national renown. Cooley was not only a great jurist, he was a scholar-au- thor of a history of Michigan and a treatise in constitutional law-although he never saw the inside of a college classroom By The Associated Press RHODES-Israeli and Trans- Jordan delegates accepted armis- tice terms yesterday and returned to their capitals for final approval of the draft. United Nations officials immedi- ately left for Damascus to start work on armistice negotiations with another Arab state, Syria. * * * OSLO, Norway-The Norwe- gian Storting (Parliament) ap- proved yesterday the North At- lantic Treaty and authorized Foreign Minister Halvard Lange to sign it in Washington April 4. * * * .THE HAGUE-The Dutch Gov- ernment accepted yesterday an in- vitation from the United Nations Commission for Indonesia to dis- cuss a settlement of Indonesian problems directly with Republican leaders in Batavia. * * * LONDON-Nurses of five Lon- don hospitals yesterday asked censors to ban the American film "The Snake Pit." They claimed in a letter to the British Board of Film Cen- sors that the movie is "sordid" and shows mental hospital nurses "as harsh unemotional and often cruel."j the other to 10. *. * * THE U.S. EMBASSY declared the secret trial was held "without due regard for normal rights and safeguards." The men, held in a PrAgue pris- on, are listed in U.S. Army records as recruit Clarence R. Hill, 31, of Jackson, Miss., and recruit George R. Jones, 22, of Owensboro, Ky., absent without leave since Dec. 1 from the U.S. Constabulary's Sixth1 Armored Regiment. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia ~- (P) valuable uses to men. -The United States protested yes- terday against the conviction of THE CYCLOTRON is the two American soldiers at a secret world's second largest. The bigger trial on charges of spying against one is at the University of Cali- Czechoslovakia. fornia. This Rochester machine is The soldiers, who wandered more.than a thousand tons of across the frontier from the U.S. steel, and cost a million and a half Occupied Zone of Germany last dollars, mostly supplied by the of- December, were sentenced to long fice of naval research. The United prison terms-one to 12 years and Mates Atomic Energy Commission helped. Ca ldwell Injured BAY CITY, Mich--Dr. James L. Caldwell, of the University Hos- pital staff, was in "critical condi- tion" last night after a highway collision, the Associated Press re- ported. Dr. Caldwell was driving alone on M-15 when another automo- bile crossed in front of his vehicle. FACULTY COMMENT: German Border Revision odeined - - - --_ _ 4 By ART BRAVERMAN might provoke a sense of inse- j Alliance details with them."'