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VOL. LIX, No. 161 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1949
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
UN Refuses
To Recognize
Franco Spain
Latin American
Resolution Fails
NEW YORK-(I)-The United
Nations Assembly last night stuck
to its three year ban on Franco
Spain.
But it also beat down a Slav
bloc Campaign to slap economic
restrictions on the Madrid govern-
ment.
IN A FLURRY of roll calls, the
Assembly:
1. Voted 26 to 15, with 16 ab-
sentions and two absences, on a
Latin American resolution which
would have permitted UN mem-
bers to send ambassadors and
ministers back to Madrid. This
proposal failed to pass because
it did not get the needed two-
thirds majority.
2. Voted down a 13-paragraph
resolution by Poland which would
have kept UN members from send-
ing arms to Spain and would put
strong restrictions-called sanc-
tions-on trade with Madrid. The
six Slav countries picked up some
support on various paragraphs but
never approached even a majority
vote.
THE FINAL vote on the whole
resolution was six in favor, 40 op-
posed and seven absentions,
The United States and Britain
abstained on the Latin American
proposal but voted against the
Polish plan.
The assembly action meant the
UN stands by two resolutions ap-
proved in its 1946 sessions in Lon-
don and New York.
*~* *
ONE RESOLUTION bars Franco
from membership in the UN and
any of its specialized agencies.
The other resolution asked all
UN members to recall from Ma-
drid their ambassadors and minis-
ters, leaving only lesser officials in
charge.
Russian Farm
Standards Up
Says Bergson
"Raising the standards of the
farm class has been the main
achievement of the Russian eco-
nomic revolution," Prof. Abram
Bergson declared in a lecture last
flight in Rackham Amphitheatre.
Prof. Bergson, an economist at
Columbia University, will deliver
the second of his two lectures at
4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Rackham
Amphitheatre on "Inequality and
Social Classes in the U.S.S.R."
HE POINTED OUT that by 1937
the standards of the peasants was
equal to that of the city popula-
tion. Since World War II, the
movement of laborers to the cities
has stopped, he declared.
Although the collectivization
of all farms in 1929 met with
severe peasant resistance, only
by a strong loyalty to the gov-
ernment could the peasants
have endured the hardships of
World War II, Prof. Bergson re-
marked.
Various collective enterprises act
much as private corporations in
the United States, measuring their
success by the amount of profit
they make, he said.
** *
HOWEVER, Russian standards
of wealth do not begin to compare
with ours, as Prof. Bergson
showed. The average per capita in-
come in Russia in 1937 was about
one-third that in the United
States, he claimed.
While collective farmers must
produce as much as the govern-
ment demands, they are allowed
to market their surplus goods on
an open market, he stated.
Fellowship Goes
To Alice Dickinson
Mrs. Alice B. Dickinson, teach-
ing fellow in mathematics, has
been awarded a $1,500 fellowship
for research in higher mathe-
Social EventsFail
ITo
Meet
Costs
Crowded Schedule, Warm Weather
Force Student Groups Into the Red
By CRAIG WILSON
Ann Arbor was an "entertaining" town over the weekend.
In fact, three student groups went into the red in their attempts
to supply students with opera, theatre, art and song.
* * * *
"BOY MEETS GIRL," produced by the University Student Play-
ers, "went down pretty badly," according to Lee Sunshine, production
manager.
ONLY 220 paid to see the two performances of the comedy-
compared to 1,400 who saw "Time of Your Life," presented in the
fall.
The group will be able to cover all bills, and will have sufficient
funds for a fall production, based on last fall's profits, according to
Mike Cetta, president.
- * * * *
MEANWHILE, the Hot Record Society's Dixieland Jazz Concert,
with the music of Art Hodes' Greenwich Village All-Stars, Sunday,
'fared almost as badly.
r t s f Revenue ran 65 per cent below
expectations and the group lost
several hundred dollars, a
s spokesman said. Eye witnesses
rtAuditorium "prac-
Defnde to tically vacan.
"Gilbert and Sullivan Society's
production of "Patience" Friday
E is ler tase and Saturday fell off sharply from
Thursday's attendance, leaving the
group with two very "red" days.
By JOHN DAVIES * * *
and ELLIOT GERBER ATTENDANCE Friday was off
The British are entirely within one-third and Saturday on e -
their legal rights arresting and fourth.
in holding Gerhart Eisler for re- And the Union Dance Satur-
turn to the United States, accord- day night failed to pay its way,
ing to Professors Lawrence Pruess according to Union manager
of the political science department Frederick Kuenzel.
and William W. Bishop of the Art Cinema ducked the weekend.
law school. Unable to secure an auditorium
Polish claims that Eisler's arrest reservation early in the week,
was forcible abduction" are en- plans. for a possible movie were
tirely unfounded because the Pol- cancelled.
ish liner "Batory" was within * * *
British territorial waters and THE ANN ARBOR Drama Festi-
therefore under English jurisdic- val reported no appreciable decline
tion, both agreed, in revenue and stayed comfortably
in the black.
THE BRITISH are under obli- Tennis Ball "made money"
gation to send Eisler back under according to its spokesmen, al-
an extradition treaty with the though 1,000 students attended
United States. It.demands the re- and the capacity was 1,500.
turn of those indicted for certain Men's Glee Club, which had Hill
specific common law crimes. Per- Auditorium Saturday night, re-
jury is the specific charge in the ported an 85 per cent capacity
Eisler case. crowd. There was no admission
(The Associated Press reports charge.
Washington officials said last * * *
night that a fresh charge may THE INTER-ARTS Festival,
be slapped against Eisler as a fu- which scheduled events at 3 and
itive from American justice if 8 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday,
and when he is extradited from reported adequate attendance.
England. Demands for a con- No actual figures were avail-
gressional investigation of the able, because no charges were
strange case arose on both sides made, they said.
of Capitol Hill.) There was plenty of other com-
Eisler, who is being held by the petition, too. Sorority and frater-
Eislr, ho s binghel bythenity pledge formals piled up over
British for an extradition hearing, the weekend. Many women s
is expected by Prof. Pruess to ap- dormitories also scheduled spring
peal on three counts to the Eng- formals.
lish court. * m .
* * *
FIRST HE may ask for a writ of THE MICHIGAN Theatre con-
habeas corpus, claiming the Brit- ti edait premierrunDoavieS' i
ish have no right to hold him be- Happens Every Spring." The State
cause of his seizure on a Polish countered with "The Boy with
vessel. Second, he may say the Green Hair," and "South of St.
specific charge he is accused of isLouis" along with a Friday mid-
not included in the extradition night matinee.
treaty. Not to be outdone, the Or-
Lastly, Eisler may claim the pheum brought back "It Hap-
Americans want him for politi- pened One Night," and the
cal reasons rather than common Wuerth and Whitney played
law infringements. over their heads.
"However, this would be a dan- Individual officials also blamed
gerous think to claim," Pruess other factors besides stiff compe-
said, "because under international tition.
law being guilty of a political "The weekend was the warmest
crime is to be guilty of an at- yet this spring."
tempt to overthrow the existing "Finals are only two short weeks
government. away."
GRADUATE RETURNS:
Stoll Describes Political
Freedom in German
Q * * *1
Report Reds
Take Over
In Hankow
Shanghai Holds
Against Assault
SHANGHAI-Communist troops
were reported today to have occu-
pied the central China metropolis
of Hankow without a fight.
In the battle of Shanghai, the
Reds continued their assault, but
the Nationalists still clung to the
city's sea and air outlets.
* * *
A HANKOW dispatch to the
Shanghai newspaper Sin Wan Pao
said the Reds marched into the
big mid-Yangtze industrial city
at 4 p.m. yesterday.
The Nationalists announced
yesterday the evacuation of
Hankow, Wuchang and Hang-
yang, the tri-cities 600 miles up
the big river from Shanghai.
After another night of heavy
shelling by the Red attackers of
Shanghai, the Nationalists still
held the city's two prime targets
-the Woosung shipway to the
north and Lunghwa International
Airport to the south.
* * *
PILOTS for Chinese air lines
estimated the Communists were
not more than five miles from
Lunghwa, 10 miles from the heart
of Shanghai, and four miles out-
side the city.
The deputy commander of
Shanghai's Nationalist garrison
talked this morning about a
"Stalingrad" defense of the city.
If no "mistakes" are made and if
the defenders utilize the defenses
to the limit, Shanghai can hold
out, he told a news conference.
THE DEPUTY Commander,
Chou Ni-Hsing, said the Commu-
nists have four armies deployed
around Shanghai. He said they
had suffered 8,000 casualties.
Throughout last night Red ar-
tillery pounded Woosung. Heavy
rain clouds muffled the sound
somewhat. At dawn, the Nation-
alists still controlled the en-
trance to the vital waterway.
Pilots for the Chinese air lines
said star shells shimmered in the
rainy skies over the battle area
around Lunghwa last night. They
said machine gun bursts could be
heard from the airfield.
(A Communist broadcast heard
in San Francisco said Shanghai
'will be liberated in the not dis-
tant future.")
Court T pholds
road Free
Speech__View
WASHINGTON-(IP)-A sharp-
ly divided Supreme Court held
that freedom of speech cannot be
curbed merely because the speaker
stirs people to anger, invites pub-
lic dispute and creates unrest.
Justice Jackson, one of a four-
man minority, called the decision
a "dogma of absolute freedom for
irresponsible and provocative ut-
terance" which almost completely
ties the hands of local officers
trying to maintain peace.
"THERE IS danger that, if the
court does not temper its doctrin-
aire logic with a little practical
wisdom, it will convert the consti-
tutional bill of rights into a sui-
cide pact," he said.
The court struck down the
conviction and $100 fine meted
out by the City of Chicago to
Arthur Terminiello, a Catholic
priest from Birmingham, Ala.,
who was at the time of his
speech under suspension from
his duties as a clergyman. He
spoke at the West End Women's'
Club Auditorium on the night of
February 7, 1946, under aus-
pices of the Christian veterans
of American.'
The majority opinion called un-
constitutional a Chicago ordi-
nance which the Illinois courts_
had construed as permitting dis-
orderly conduct conviction for any
speech which "stirs the public to
anger, invites dispute, brings
about unrest or creates a disturb-
ance."
"A conviction resting on any of
those grounds may not stand,"
',
Officials
Making
Attempt
To
Save
Budget
Last
--Daily--Carlisle Marshall
ROTC COMMISSIONS-President Alexander G. Ruthven presents Robert B. Har with his com-
mission. Harn was one of 30 ROTC graduates to be commissioned in last night's ceremony on Ferry
Field. Circling airplanes lent color to the proceedings as more than 700 cadets paraded before the
reviewing stand.
REORGANIZATION:
OfferPlans To Change
Senior Class Structure
By BOB KEITH
Plans are in the offing for re-
organization of the executive
structure of future senior classes.
Val Johnson, literary college
senior class president, has pro-
posed uniting graduation classes
in all University schools under one
president.
Russian Defeat
Indicated in
Berlin Election
Scattered Returns
Show Protest Vote
BERLIN - (/P)-First scattered
returns today from eastern Berlin
in the Soviet Zone elections indi-
cated the Communists were tak-
ing a licking.
This was in contrast with the
confident predictions of Commu-
nist politicians in the Soviet Zone
of occupation that an overwhelm-
ing majority of the voters would
support them.
* * *
THE VOTING took place Sun-
day and yesterday for a "people's
Congress" of 2,000 members, all
hand-picked by Communist-con-
trolled organizations and put on a
single ticket.
The main election committee
of the "People's Congress" for
Berlin announced that of 7,000
votes counted only 2,800 en-
dorsed the list of candidates on
the ballot. A total of 3,809 votes
said no.
Some wrote on their ballots
"we won't vote for a police state
and we reject Communism." About
350 votes were declared invalid.
THE EARLY RETURNS from
Berlin showed a majority of "no"
votes-the only way the Congress
could be rejected since only one
list of candidates was submitted.
Russian - controlled prop a -
ganda outlets gave no returns.
They gave out reports only of a
heavy vote being cast, ranging
from 97.8 to 83.3 per cent.
The "People's Congress" would
be the Soviet answer to the West-
ern State being set up in the
western occupation zone by the
British, French and Americans.
It would back Russia in the four-
power conference on Germany
scheduled to open in Paris May
23.
ANOTHER PLAN, originated by
Dan Elyachar, '49, calls for weld-
ing future senior classes into one
broad corporation, with perpetual
membership much the same as in
a fraternity or sorority.
Johnson's plan would main-
tain individual representation of
each college through a central
council composed of "vice-pres-
idents" elected by the different
colleges.
"The literary college president
is often called upon now to rep-
resent other schools, but he has
no real authority to do so," John-
son added.
* * *
UNDER HIS PLAN the senior
class president would be elected
in the spring and begin to serve
in the fall, while the central coun-
cil would be elected in the fall
and begin to serve immediately.
Johnson's plan, which has the
backing of Men's Judiciary
Council, will soon be introduced
to Student Legislature for con-
sideration.
* * *
ELYACHAR'S proposal for in-
corporation is designed to achieve
a more united expression of the
whole class through fuller mem-
bership and more active partici-
pation in activities.
Elyachar hoped that mem-
bership in the corporation would
ultimately be made obligatory,
but Walter B. Rea, associate
dean of students, doubted there
was any way students could be
forced into joining.
"The University has said in the
past that class dues are in no
way connected with issuance of
degrees," Dean Rea said.
Opera Seeks.
ScriptWriters'
Union Opera is looking for that
foundation of all successful mu-
sical shows-a script.
Jim Ebersole, new manager of
the Opera, asks that interested
writers (or anyone with an orig-
inal idea) submit a fouir-page
scenario to him as soon as possible.
In the scenario, the writer
should indicate the plot for a
two-act show, with situations and
characters described clearly.
If enough scripts come in before
the end of the semester, Ebersole
will select the script and music
writers before the fall term opens.
For further information, Eber-
sole asks that writers and com-
posers call him at 2-3256.
ROTC Holds
Graduation
Exercises
Graduation exercises were held
for seniors of the ROTC depart-
ment last night in a colorful cere-
mony on Ferry Field.
Amid the roar of circling air-
planes and the tones of the ROTC
band, more than 700 cadets pa-
raded before a reviewing stand.
THIRTY GRADUATES were
presented commissions by Presi-
dent Alexander G. Ruthven. Addi-
tional awards were bestowed upon
outstanding cadets.
Robert B. Harn and Walter H.
Teninga were presented Chi-
cago Tribune medals by Dr.
James P. Adams, Provost, for
their scholastic attainment and
military leadership.
Cadet Louis Dehmlow was
awarded by the Sons of the Amer-
ican Revolution for his soldierly
bearing, leadership, and excellence
in ROTC scholastic work.
Paul R. Ross, Jr., and Infantry
student, received an award for the
outstanding sophomore cadet from
the Scabbard and Blade honorary
fraternity.
Other awards for distinguished
achievement were presented to
John A. Lindquist, Louis J. Schnei-
der, William Fouch, Martin, Ever-
ett, William Powell, William Per-
vin and John Sherzers.
Presidents of
'U,' MSC in
Senate Plea
Faculty Exodus
Laid to Low Pay.
By JIM BROWN
A delegation of University offi-
cials will appear before a Senate
Finance Committee hearing this
morning in a final attempt to sal-
vage the University's budget ap-
propriation which was slashed by
the Housel ast Friday.
President Alexander G. Ruth-
ven and Michigan State College
president, John A. Hannah had
requested the hearing yesterday
morning.
* * *
APPEARING BEFORE the com-
mittee will be President Alexander
G. Ruthven, Regent Roscoe 0
Bonisteel, Vice-President Marvin
L. Niehuss, and Assistant Provost
John A. Perkins.
Although Lansing sources had
earlier thought that a compro-
mise bill might be worked out by
the Senate, the Associated Press
yesterday reported that leaders
thought the budget bills would
go through almost automatically
with the exception of the money
for the institutional construe-
tion. They looked for an inter-
chamber dispute on that,
In jointly requesting the hear-
ing, President Ruthven and Pres-
ident Hannah said, "The appr-
priations for the University of
Michigan and for Michigan State
College as approved by the House
of Representatives fall so far short
of the requirements of the two In-
stitutions that we have joined in
asking the Finance Committee of
the Senate for an opportunity to
be heard."
THE HOUSE slashed the Uni-
versity's request for a $12,500,008
budget by $1,513,685. Michigan
State had asked for $10,676,204,
including funds for the Agricul-
tural Extension Service, but this
figure was cut by $1,742,014.
Asserting that both institu-
tions have been losing ground in
comparison with the state uni-
versities of surrounding states,
President Ruthven and Presi-
dent Hannah said, "We are con-
vinced that the issue involved
is of greater importance than
the individual interests of either
Michigan State College or the
University of Michigan."
"The ability of the two Mich-
igan schools to pay salaries com-
parable to those paid at other top-
flight institutions and the abil-
ity to provide comparable educa-
tional services determine entirely
the quality of education available
to Michigan studens at Ann Arbor
and East Lansing," they declared.
Pointing to the increasing tend-
ency of outstanding teachers and
research workers to move to Illi-
nois, Minnesota and elsewhere,
President Ruthven and President
Hannah said, "These able men are
not replaceable. It is much more
difficult to build again than it is
to maintain what we have, and
the proposed appropriations would
not let us do even that."
City Picketers
Ask PayHike
An army of 50 city workers
strode up and down before City
Hall for two hours last night, bear-
ing "more money" placards which
urged passersby to "call your Al-
derman."
Congregating at approximately
5:30 p.m. the picketers, white and
Negro workingmen, emphasized in
their posters that "This is not a
strike; this is a protest." Several
carried placards stating "We want
a living wage-take care of the
people who take care of your city."
The picketers dispersed shortly
after 7:30 p.m., as City Council
prepared to open its regular meet-
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National
Round- Up
By The Associated Press
DETROIT-The government
will decide today whether it will
go to work at once as peacemaker
in the Ford strike.
Company and CIO United Auto
Workers representatives met again
yesterday but there were no re-
ports of progress as the strike
dragged through its 12th day.
* * *
WASHINGTON-The Senate
today passed a bill giving Presi-
dent Truman broad new powers
to reorganize the government's
sprawling network of agencies
subject to the veto of Congress.
TRENTON, N.J.-The question
of life or death for six Trenton
Negroes convicted of first degree
murder was put before the New
Jersey Supreme Court today.
* * *
AMARILLO, Tex.--Damage es-
timates edged past $3,000,000 yes-
terday in the wake of a tornado
which whiplashed the Panhandle
capital,
By DON McNEIL
Despite military control and the
nearness of the Russian occupa-
tion forces, more political freedom
exists in Germany than in the
United States.
Dick Stoll, '49E, recently re-
turned from a visit with relatives
in the British Zone of Germany,
reports that all political parties
are able to act without fear of eco-
nomic or political repercussion.
A JANUARY graduate, Stoll
spent six weeks with his grand-
father and relatives seeing the
British and American Zones. One
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