PUBLICITY MOVE? 14". Page 4 p £r IIW Daii4 'FAIR OCCASIONAL SNOW Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LIX, No. 92 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Senate Seeks Defense Pact Acceptability Connally Decries. War Committal By The Associated Press Framers of the proposed North Atlantic Security Treaty yester- day concentrated their efforts on trying to draft a defense clause acceptable alike to the United States Senate and the govern- ments of Western Europe. The key question is how far this country should now go in obligating itself to take action in case of an attack on one of the European members of the Alli- ance. * * * SEN. CONNALLY (D-Tex) said last night he would favor pledg- ing the United States to "take such measures as it may deem necessary to maintain the secur- ity of the North Atlantic area." The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the statement as a fol- low-up to his warning Monday that he would oppose any lang- uage in the proposed North At- lantic Treaty automatically committing the U.S. to fight in case of an attack on a European country. Sen. Vandenberg (R-Mich) gave a similar notice of opposition to any automatic war commitment. It is reported that Secretary of State Acheson will come before the Foreign Relations Committee in a few days to discuss the pro- posed North Atlantic Treaty in detail. IN THE AFTERMATH of Mon- day's Senate debate, the State De- partment released a cautiously- worded statement declaring that the "situation is still fluid." It said Acheson is "working closely" with Senators Vanden- berg and Connally on the treaty. Acheson is the principle nego- tiator for the United States with the Europeans. Club Leaders Explain Aims And Activities Civil Rights, World Govern- ment, the Marshall Plan, and the University's Political Speakers Ban stood out as the main areas of action and discussion now being tackled by student groups, accord- ing to statements by campus polit- ical leaders. At an ADA sponsored Political Orientation Program, moderated by Prof. Preston Slosson, repre- sentatives of local alphabet groups presented the aims and programs of their organizations. LEON RECHTMAN, speaking for the Inter-Racial Association, stressed the group's action against discrimination in Ann Arbor. American Veterans Committee spokesmen Buddy Aronson point- ed to civil rights and social legis- lation backed by AVC, and to its leadership in forming a commit- tee to abolish the political speak- ers ban. All the speakers ex- pressed their group's opposition to the ban. Repeal of the draft, opposi- tion to the Marshall Plan, and enactment of a state FEPC were stated by Al Milstein as the aims of the Wallace Pro- gressives. Jack Armstrong point- ed to the job of the Young Re- publicans to serve as a pressure group from within the party. Harry Alrecht emphasized the work- of the Young Democrats in supporting the party's state and national programs. Abbie Frank- lin pointed to the Americans for Democratic Action program fa- voring ERP, a more liberal immi- gration policy, civil rights and a new minimum wage law. DICK UNDERHILL stressed the work of the United Nations Coun- cil in spreading interest in the activities of the UN. United World Federalists plan to -convert the UN into a world legislative body was outlined by Irwin Robinson. 'Ensian Price Will Rise Next Month ihrriatnn t~ a ?F'rto~ ,c.r- - i , 'U' Budget Slash May Be Retained University Representatives Expect To Visit Lansing, Argue Revision Chances are slim that State Legislature committees will restore cuts made in University appropriations, according to informed sources in the legislature. The Associated Press Bureau in Lansing told The Daily yester- day that these sources say the University will be lucky to get by with- out further cuts in appropriations. A REQUEST of $12,500,000 for operating expenses has already been slashed by $700,000. Gov. Williams omitted entirely from his budget the University's eight million dollar bid for four new build- ings. University officials will make a visit to the state capital Tuesday to confer with members of the House Ways and Means Committee, Lansing reported. University appropriation bills are now in the House and Senate appropriating, committees in the form proposed by the budget office. Reports are that they will be considerably changed before being introduced to the lawmakers, which may not be for weeks. * BOTH THlE Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means committee will visit the University soon. No dates have been set for their visits yet. In previous years, conferences with University officials in Ann Arbor have been held in March. The University, Michigan State College and Wayne University all received complete set-backs in their building fund requests. A BUDGET office-recommended bill of nearly $10,00,000 for capi- tal outlay contains no money for any of the three colleges. They asked a total of $19,655,000. MSC's operating expenses request was also cut from $8,540,- 492 to $7,905,000 a seven per cent cut against the six per cent sliced from the University's bid. It was still uncertain how the slash in proposed operating funds would affect plans for 73 new faculty members here. University officials could not be reached for comment last night on the Lansing reports. Economist Says U.S. May Aid Europe Indefintely Reds Claim Veteran Pension Measure NO Warning Given Pius Say Cardinal Could Have Been Removed By The Associated Press The chief spokesman of Hun- garian Communists now says Josef Cardinal Mindszenty was brought to trial only after the Vatican had passed up an oppor- tunity to withdraw him. Josef Revai, the spokesman, told a mass meeting last night that Hungary officially informed the Vatican about all charges against the Cardinal "in due time, before the trial," to give the Vatican a chance to remove him. MEANWHILE Pope Pius XIIi will make another major pro-f nouncement Sunday on the trial of Josef Cardinal Mindszenty. He will address a demonstration by, Catholic Action, militant lay or- ganization, in the square before St. Peter's Church. The address will be broadcast by the Vatican radio. Catholic Action leaders esti- mate about 400,000 persons will attend the demonstration, call- ed to protest Huigary's trial of Cardinal Mindszenty. Amid these preparations, the Vatican gave scant attention to the declaration by Josef Revai! that Hungary gave the Holy See an outline of the charges and an opportunity to remove Cardinal Mindszenty before they acted against him. Passes House Committee Brothers? Ann Arbor police last night picked up a young man claim- ing to be a University student wandering aimlessly near the edge of town, believing him to be an "escapee." When the young man was unable to produce identifica- tion, he was immediately hustl- ed off to the police station. After a long and anxious argu- ment, he was finally able to convince the police that he was a student, who had been "taken for a ride" by his fraternity pledge brothers. He was released on condition that he go right home. PONTIFF ADDRESSES ' CAR assistants enter Consistory fat spoke to a secret and extrao Cardinals on the case of Josef ANOTHER CASE of accused countered the Pope's words by persecution was reported in Bul- warned in time to removeI garia when a traveller returned Hungary. from Europe said "outright perse- cution" of Bulgarian protestants_ began in January, 1948, on secret CAN YOU NAME IT? orders from Communist Central Headquarters in Sofia./ The report said between 30 and T r z s 10 40 pastors of the United Evangeli- cal Church were jailed during1 1948. DINALS-Pope Pius XII and his 1 in Vatican City where the Pontiff rdinary session of the College of Cardinal Mindszenty. Hungarians saying that the Vatican had been Mindszenty from his position in iempt Top ariety Show Harvard economist Prof. John H. Williams told a university aud-, ience yesterday that the United States may well have to subsidize Europe indefinitely, if a balance is to be maintained in Interna- tional trade. Prof. Williams, an authority on international economic relations, said that war was only a "last chapter in the process in which Europe's position in trade has been undermined." Honor System To .Be Debated Engine Plan Revision To Be Considered The engineering school honor system and its revision will be the point of debate in a student-facul- ty panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. today in Rm. 311 West Engineer- ing Building. The discussion, sponsored by the ASCE, will be open to all stu- dents as well as civil engineers, ac- cording to Chuck Haley, ASCE president. Haley said that the six-man panel board will intro- duce the system to new students and discuss its possible improve- ment. Any member of the audience will be welcome to take part in the discussion, he added. "We feel that the system could work better. As it stands now, the Engineering Honor Council, which hears and decides cases, is not in close enough contact with the students," Haley said. "WE ARE a well-rounded econ- omy and a lop-sided situation-re- suIts. We can't be expected to stand still and yet, Europe needs half of our markets obtained since 1930 in order to recover. We might well have to subsidize Europe in- defiqitely." Prof. Williams said the Mar- shall Plan is intended to make the 16 European Countries vi- able by 1952. But he said the important question was whether or not they could keep that po- sition when it is achieved. World trade has broken down and with it European trade, he pointed out. Trade had evolved around Great Britain but she has lost all that. And internally, trade has broken down because of Ger- many and the East-West split. ON THE LATTER point, Prof. Williams said that there is a question of whether economic re- alities might force trade on the Eastern nations. It is important to recovery, he said that work be begun on intra- Europe trade. The whole thing now evolved around dollars. "And if we removed ERP trade would collapse." "The whole problem centers around the fact that a race has been in progress between the Unit- ed States and Europe on produc- tivity. We've been outrunning them for three fourths of a cen- tury." "The answer may be invest- ment. The Marshall Plan is such a program. But will it accomplish the end? The United States is still making too much progress for Europe." SL Students To' Meet Officials And Set Date I GAG M /' P 'Meet Your Regents' Plan Nears Reality Student Legislature's proposed "Meet Your Regents" get-togeth- er moved one step nearer reality last night as SL members praised the Regents' enthusiasm for the proposal and moved to organize the project. SL's Campus Action Committee will meet today after discussions with administrative officials to name the time and place for the, meeting and choose a chairman for the project, according to chairman Al Harris. ALONG WITH Harris, SL presi- dent Jim Jans, '49, and Tom Walsh, author of the proposal, were optimistic about the proj- ect's future. Jans commented that he was sincerely pleased" by the fa- vorable attitude taken by mem- bers of the Board in a Daily survey. "The meeting will be a definite! step towards closer relations be- tween the students and Regents in the form of a direct contact-not through 'channels'," Harris said. * * * WALSH COMMENTS that he* was "gratified by the Regents' willingness to meet with the stu- dent body. "Up to now, I feel that there has been a considerable gulf between the Legislature and the Regents." "If SL can make that Student and Regents get-together a tra- dition, a major step forward will have been taken in bringing these components of the University community into a closer working relationship through an under- standing of each others' attitudes and problems," Walsh said. TENTATIVELY THE meeting has been set for "sometime in the# middle of March." DailyTryowts Second meeting of The Daily tryout staff will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Student Puh- ! Taking their cue from numerous1 give-away contests, the Men's Glee Club, Union and League areI offering a three-in-one jackpot to} the student who comes up with a name for their all-campus talent show March 24. But unlike competitions which award a yacht to an elderly widow from Montana, or thrust a. three- speed electric fan upon an Alas- kan fisherman, the name contest offers prizes carefully picked with an eye to the needs of the average University student. "THE WINNER will receive a year's subscription to The Daily, a year's subscription to Gargoyle, 1 and a copy of the '49 'Ensian,"" Philip Morris, '49E, of the Men's Glee Club, announced yesterday. Tht contest is open to all stu- dents today until midnight March 6. Students should address post- cards bearing their entry to Rob- crt Perrin. in the Student Offices of the Union. "CONTESTANTS must include their name and address on the card and early entries will win in case of duplication," Morris said. . Morris also advised student last Chance for Free Cigarettes Today will be the last oppor- tunity for students to receive a pack of cigarettes and a case en-' tirely free. A large cigarette manufacturer has been distributing complimen- tary packs and cases to students upon presentation of identifica- tion cards." Distribution tables have been set up in both the Union and League. talent to start brushing up their acts for the show." The acts will be chosen at a tryout session from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26. Another jackpot will be offered to student entertainers, who will try for prizes of $100, $50 and $25 in the show. The cash prizes will be awarded to student entertainers on the ba- sis of audience applause. AIM To Give PoliticalClass Plans for an AIM Student Leadership Program, featuring a course in student political groups and parliamentary procedure, were approved last night by the AIM Council. Purpose of the organization, AIM President Ray Guerin said, is to educate interested students so that they will be better able to, participate in such political groups. The program will be worked in cooperation with the* speech and political science de- partments. AIM presented their resigning adviser, Prof. Lionel Laing, of the political science department, with a painting in token of his work. "Prof. Laing has been an unusu- ally interested and helpful adviser and we are truly sorry to lose him," Guerin said. Arthur East- man, of the English departmentl takes his place. Sigma Delta Chi Members of Sigma Delta Chi, professional juornalism fraternity, will meet at 4 p.m. today in the journalism department, instead of as originally planned. Pictures for the Michiganensian will be taken. Taft, Green Battle Over Labor Rights By The Associated Press Sen. Taft today accused thej American Federation of Labor of seeking "the most extraordinary special privilege any organization ever claimed in the United States." Taft made the statement after William Green, the AFL's 75-year- old president, told the Senate La-- bor Committee there is no good reason why unions should be sub- ject to several Taft-Hartley Law provisions. THESE INCLUDED the ban on closed shops, the section making unions liable for damages and the provision requiring unions to bar- gain collectively. Green told the Committee that the law has created "widespread bitterness, resentment and even rebellion among the membership of organized labor throughout the .nation." He declared that the law's ban on the closed shop is hampering efforts to drive Communists out of labor unions. On the other hand, Green said, the AFL is satisfied generally with the administration's labor bill, which would repeal the Taft-Hart- ley Law and substitute the old Wagner Act with some changes. * * * HE CALLED the Taft-Hartley Law "impractical, unworkable and destructive of the common ele- mental rights of labor." Particularly critical of the pres- ent ban on the closed shop, Green pointed out, "We won two world wars under the close shop opera- tion, and now we say, after winning those wars, it's a crime for you to do it." Tag Day Plans t~usn Be Filed Campus groups hoping to hold tag days and other donation cam- paigns between this coming June and June of 1950 have until Mon- day to file their plans with Mar- ian Trapp, '51, chairman of the Student Legislature's new Events Committee. Miss Trapp is expected to pre- sent the list Tuesday to the Stu- dent Affairs Committee for final approval. She said there would be a "pos- sibility" for approval by the SAC of tag days other than the al- ready-established WSSF, Univer- sity of Philippines Drive, Galens' and the Fresh Air Camp Fund. Bill To Grant $90 Monthly old-Age Pa Nankin Backs Act In Wild Session WASHINGTON-M-P)-In an up- roarious session during which six Democratic committeemen stalked out of the room, the House Vet- erans Committee yesterday ap- proved a multi-billion dollar Vet- erans Pension Bill. The members who took the walk charged Chairman Rankin (Dem., Miss.) with "dictatorial" actions, and he accused them in turn of "running out on the vet- erans." * 4* - THE MEASURE proposes pen- lions of $90 a month at the age if 65 for all of the 18,800,000 vet- nrans of World Wars I and II. Its ultimate annual cost has been estimated at $6,000,000,000 a year by some members of Congress. The bill also provides for pay- ments of $120 a month-regard- less of age-to all physically or mentally handicapped veterans requiring an attendant. The dis- ability would not have to be service connected. Rankin, who gaveled the bill through the committee in the stormy session, moved to force it to the House floor where it was conceded a chance of passage. HOWEVER, he must buck ad- ministration opposition in getting his bill to a vote. President Tru- man has stated that pension and bonus legislation have no plane in shis budgetor legislative program at this time. Rankin applied to Speaker Rayburn for recognition to bring the bill up under unani- mous convent-at best a forlorn chance. While Rayburn said he would take it under considera- tion, Rankin already was planning to seek a clearance for the measure from the rules committee. If both those efforts fail, Ran- kin's ace in the hole is the new House rule by which committee chairmen may force a bill to the floor after 21 days by demanding that the speaker call it up. Sales Continue. For Marriage Talk Series About 150 tickets remaining for the marriage and family relations lecture series will be sold to all students on a first come-first served basis from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. today at the League, Union and Lane Hall. Price of the series tickets is $1.50, Students must present ID cards at time of purchases. ** * TICKET-SELLERS reported a near sellout to the seniors, grad- uates and married students who were given priority on the 1,100 tickets during the first two days of sale. First lecture in this year's se- ries will be given at 8 pm. Tues- day in Rackham lecture hall by Dr. Ralph Linton, professor of anthropology at Yale University. He will discuss "The Institution of Marriage." "Psychological Factors in Mar- riage" will be discussed March 15; "Courtship and Pre-Marital Rela- tions," March 23; "Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction," March 28; "The Medical Basis of Sane Sex Practice," March 29. Hopwood Awards To Be Given Today PORK CHOPS AS CHASER: Freshman Gulps 48 Oysters, Makes Medicos Look Sick By MARY STEIN Defying scientific principles ex- pounded by University medical and biological authorities, Donald Brown, '52, yesterday downed 48 raw oysters in less than half an hour. GOLDFISH-SWALLOWERS of collegiate renown had nothing on Brown, 16-year-old freshman, who set out to put down 60 of the with great gusto. On completing the forty-eighth oyster, however, and with 12 minutes remaining, he shoved away the plate. * * * "I BELIEVE the rest of these are of inferior quality," he de- clared. Immediately after his super- human effort, Brown put away a hefty West Quad meal of pork UNOBTAINA BLE WOMEN: Busy Phone Service Frustrates Males By GEORGE WALKER Maybe it was rushing, maybe the girls were off playing bridge, but most likely it was the usual combination of poor communica- tions and lousy luck that made coed-calling an almost impossible coeds, but 20 picked at random from the Student Directory. Then he went to the phone booth. The results of 84 min- utes of continual calling would discourage the stubbornest of men. Directory, but were finally reached at their new numbers. One coed was studying in the lounge, within sight of the switch- board operator. And the rest? Who knows? * * *