THEt MiCfIGAN DAILY FRDAY, MARC#I 3, 1950 I ~ U MON JIMBER UNKNOWN: Listeners in Four States Hear WUOM Programs UMW LEADER SAYS: Miners Would Approve Government Contract r r M F. {, By DOLOUES LASCHEVER The staff of WUOM "still doesn't zow how many ears are regularly .ned to their radio station. But that doesn't keep them from oradcasting 115 different pro- ams each week. And some 29 ra- o stations throughout the state well as in Pennsylvania, Indi- a and Ohio rebroadcast WUOM ograms. "SURVEYS DON'T mean any- et Application )eadline for ingineTour Engineering students,.interested joining a comprehensive tour of astern industrial plants during ring vacation will have to sub- it their applications by March , according to Ronald S. Green- ade, '50E, chairman of the Field ip Committee. Sponsored by the student branch the American Institute of Elec- ical Engineers and the Institute Radio Engineers, the Bi-Annual ?ring Field Trip will visit indus- es that illustrate the industrial >plication of power and electron- engineering. APPLICATION for the tour, heduled for April 7 through 15, ay be made in the first floor ill of the East Engineering illding. A five dollar deposit will required of -all applicants, reenslade said. Prof. J. J. Carey of the elec- rical engineering department vill accompany the group, which vill travel by chartered bus and tay overnight at commercial r YMCA hotels at the various ities visited. . . Bus transportation will cost out $25 per man and lodgings proximately $15, Greenslade id. The total cost, including food id extras is estimated to be less an $70, he added. Further information, including e exact itinerary, may be ob- Ined by consulting the electrical gineering department bulletin lard or by telephoning 3-1511, tension 2549 any evening after yen. thing," Prof. Waldo Abbott, broad- casting director, believes. "There are more than 250,000 FM receivers in our broadcasting area," he pointed out, but how many of these were tuned to WUOM programs he couldn't say. Sixteen hundred people write in requesting the monthly program schedule, Prof. Abbott added. "Al- together WUOM distributes 5,000 copies of the schedule which lists special events as well as the regu- lar programs." PROF. ABBOTT figures the sta- tion covers a radius of 100 to 125 miles from Ann Arbor. "But that's only possible for listeners who have outside aerials which are quite high. These are necessary to get distance," he explained. "In any event," Prof. Abbott continued, "the coverage is ade- quate so that Saginaw, Bay City and neighboring communities can pick up NVUOM broadcasts and rebroadcast them to their listeners." As for the type of people who listen to WUOM broadcasts, Prof. Abbott is convinced he has a "lis- tening audience of all types, breeds and kinds:" * * * THE STATION gets a stack of fan mail, its director said, with some persons writing in once or twice a month. "One listener writes, in every day and a blind man, who types his letters, tells us regularly how important the broadcasts are to him." - Prof. Abbott said that it would probably be some time before a listener survey could be taken. "A local radio station is taking a sur- vey of its Ann Arbor listeners and is including WUOM on its ques- tionnaire." The survey should be ready at the end of the month. Then WU- OM will at least be certain of its Ann Arbor listeners. Pledge Lists Due Monday All fraternities must turn in their pledging lists by 9 a.m. Mon- day to Mrs. Callahan at the Office of Student Affairs, Administration Bldg., IFC Rushing Chairman Bob Preston warned yesterday. The spring semester rushing program officially ends Sunday, he added. H o u s e s wishing additional pledge registration cards may pick them up either from Mrs. Callahan before noon tomorrow or from himself tomorrow afternoon at the Theta Xi house, he explained. LEOPARD DIES AFTER CAPTURE - A large dose of knockout drops in a horsemeat ;bait, high excitement and -sudden depression were the causes for the death of the leopard shown above in a temporary cage after his capture by Lincoln Park Zoo officials and a Marine reserve unit in Oklahoma City. The leopard had terrorized the city for more than two days while at large, but he did no damage. COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Elephant Mascot Campaign Stymied by Berkeley Council By JANET WATTS Members of the United Mine Workers union have no objection to the government's taking over, the mines if they can get a work- able contract satisfying their needs. That's what 11 University stu- dents found out when they made a one day visit to coal towns near Pittsburgh early this week. * * * "GOVERNMENT operation of the mines would probably work, for the union could come to terms with the government emore quick- 'U' Students Plan Help for NeedyMiners Coal miners' families without food may soon get help if a stu- dent-sponsored drive for food funds attractsdenough student in- terest. The drive is backed by 11 Uni- versity students who visited coal towns in Pennsylvania to get a picture of the miners' situation in the strike. Students will contact coopera- tive housing units, church guilds, and other campus organizations for help in the drive. Each unit will be asked to give enough money for one case of food which will cost from $3 to $5. The American Veterans' Com- mittee will try to provide a truck to drive food supplies to the min- ers' families in Pennsylvania, ac- cording to John Sloss, chairman. Any student interested in con- tributing to the drive should con- tact Ed Lewinson for details. Tax Return Aid Available Students desiring help in filing 1949 income tax returns before the March 15 deadline should contact Student Legislature's Better Busi- ness Bureau in the Office of Stu- dent Affairs from 3 to 5 p.m. daily, according to Irv Stenn, '51, newly appointed BBB director. Stenn, who has just completed a study of student income tax returns in cooperation with Maur- ice S. Hahn, lecturer in the School of Business Administration, said that the Bureau's new income tax service will provide assistance for any student who needs help in making out returns. ly than with private owners," Leo Karpoff, president of the UMW local at Cokesburg, Pa., told the students. Karpoff declared that miners had no fear of the Washington trial in which the union was charged with contempt of court. If the union had been fined miners would have felt that the decision was a means to clean out the union treasury funds. But he added that his union would have insisted that the funds be replaced by the government or operators before returning to work. REGARDLESS of what circum- stances befall the miners, they are determined to stay away from the pits until a workable contract has been signed by the opera- tors or by the {government. "It's a simple case of no contract - no work," Karpoff said. Some miners' families may find it tough going, however, because many are in need of food and clothing. They cannot turn to the union for funds, for this would indicate that John L. Lewis was not sincere when he ordered the miners back to work, the union leader declared. In some cases the CIO Steel- workers have given aid, but these instances are rare. A government agency has also provided surplus potatoes to needy families. But the bulk of the mining community depends on credit fro~m the local stores or county relief. "But the storeowners cannot continue to give out credit with- out getting paid. And miners cannot get relief from the county without signing 'judgments' which require prior order debt paying, so most miners with property avoid them," Karpoff said. * * * THE STRIKE has not changed the miners' opinion of John L. Lewis. "If any man got up at a union meeting to condemn Lewis, he'd be bounced from the meet- ing," according to Karpoff. But the miners do believe that Lewis was sincere in his back to work order. Miners are acting as individuals in staying away from the mines, the union leader said. Hillel Discussion "What makes . for Successful Marriage?" will be the subject of a discussion led by Dr. Valeria Ju- racsek, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical School, at 8 p.m. tonight at the Hillel Founda- tion. FULL FREQUENCY RANGE RECORDINGS L ON DON RECORDS Superb Reproduction on 78, 45, 331/3 Here are some examples of the long playing record at its best! BACH: Brandenburg Concertos No. 4 and 6 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Munchinger LLP 144..............................$5.95 BACH : Suite No. 3 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Munchinger LPS 147..............................$4.95 BLOCH: Sacred Service Soloists with Choir and Orchestra under Bloch LLP 123 ............. .... ............ $5.95 BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No. 3 (Op. 5) Julius Katchen, Piano LLP 122 .......................... GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: Pinafore D'Oyly Carte Company LLP 71/72.. .................. STRAVINSKY: Petrouchka Swiss Orchestra under Ansermet LLP 130 .......................... .. $5.95 ....$11.90 ... $5.95 A. ILL I AMI Out in California, people do things in a big way. One of the biggest projects ever conceived in that sunny land came from a student dormitory at the University of California. WHEN A national magazine pointed out that elephants had dropped in price from $4,000 to $3,000, university students decid- ed to buy one-for a house pet. One student from India said he could get an elephant for $50 f.o.b. Bombay. And they thought of all sorts of clever uses for the monstrous animal. Arfo, as the animal was to be named, could provide around-the-campus transporta- tion, car washing and automatic garbage disposal. The football season would bring him to his prime. Sent early to the game, Arfo could save at least 200 seats, students reasoned. * * * BUT THEY didn't take into Seven College Debate Teams Here Today Six Michigan schools and one Ohio school will be represented by more than sixty college debaters today in an invitational debate tournament in Rm. 4001, Angell Hall. Debate teams from the Univer- sity, Michigan State Normal Col- lege, University of Detroit, Wayne University, Western Michigan Col- lege of Education, Central Michi- gan College of Education and Denison University, Granville, Ohio, will participate in the tournament. "Resolved, That the United States Should Nationalize Basic, Nonagricultural Industries" will be the topic of debate. Each school will debate six times before the University's regular classes in the speech de- partment, which is sponsoring the gathering. University debaters participat- ing are David Belin, '51; Russell Church, '52; Robert Ernstein, '50; Said Farah, '51E; Victor Glad- stone, '51; Mary Frances Hawkins, '51; Merton Krause, '51; Tom Murray, '51; Larry Rothman, '52; Ben Sorscher, '51; Alfred Thomp- son, Spec. and Harold Ward, '52. account the city of Berkeley. City officials cast a disapproving eye on the whole project. Though they might not prohibit the purchase of such a pet, they warned, "the boys better not be running around the city with an elephant without city council approval." California weather had a San Jose State College meteorology student so discouraged that he proposed to legislate better weather. He drew up a bill aim- ed to produce normal rainfall throughout the state. The proposal suggested that stu- dents dress for the best summer weather, wash automobiles and generally ignore predictions of rain. Statistical rain averages would jump with this environ- mental encouragement, the stu- dent observed. * * * IT WAS IN California too, that Groucho Marx, well known screen and radio personality, announced his candidacy for Presidency. He gave the "scoop" to a group of graduate school journalists at UCLA last week. We now have a new folder listing everything available on LONDON FFRR Recordings. Drop in or call and we shall be glad to mail it to you. 205 East Liberty Phone 2-0675 Operated by Musicians for Music-Lovers II GNP& 11 i ............r......... .. r. . . . . . ..": ':....r....J..""""..: QJJ r ..r ......" Sheet rmbtLc I mi CHICKEN-IN-A-BASKET $1.00 FOR LENTEN MEALS £eafrd4 ap'e For a Snack or a Feast, it's the I Fish Chips Restaurant Corner East Liberty and Fifth L ' *0M Realke S. (e-elet }2 cotton Styled by / I quality SA ° cotton. F Io . straight-ci t oo :