POINTED PEN VY L Latest Deadline in the State ~aitil CLOUDY AND WARMER See Page 4 VOL. LX, No. 102 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1950 SIX PAGES I * * * * * * * * * * * Dean Community, 'U' Officials Grieve Loss Served As Dean Nearly_25 Years The University community to- day mourned the death of Dean of Women Alice C. Lloyd. Miss Lloyd died yesterday at her Washtenaw Avenue home after an illness of two ,years. She was 56 years old, and had served the University as women's adviser and later as Dean of Women for al- most a quarter-century. * * * IN HER DEATH "the Univer- sity mourns the loss of one of its very own," President Ruthven said yesterday. "She has exercised the office of Dean of Women with the graciousness, wisdom and sym- pathy which was hers alone and which will never be forgotten." "Few indeed are those who have been held in equal affec- tion and esteem by colleagues and students, past and present." Miss Lloyd, the daughter of a former Graduate School dean, was born in Ann Arbor. She had lived in her 110-year-old home at 1735 Washtenaw Avenue from the time she was six years old. * * * SHE ATTENDED Ann Arbor public schools and the Milton Academy in Milton, Mass. After her graduation from Milton in 1911 the Lloyd family traveled in Europe for 15 months. On their return, Miss Lloyd attended the University from 1912 to 1916, concentrating in history, English and philosophy. Reminiscing about her Univer- sity career a few months before her death, she recalled the days when Angell Hall was not yet built, the Romance Language Building served as a museum, women students kept no hours, and the Junior Girls Play was a week-long show - in which she had a leading role her junior year. ** * AFTER GRADUATION, Miss Lloyd underwent nurse's training in St. Luke's Hospital in New York from 1918 to 1921 She had "always wanted to go into social service work," so for several years after the war she served as a probation officer of the Wayne County Probate Court in Detroit. In 1926 Pesident Clarence Cook Little asked Miss Lloyd to return once more to the University - this time in the capacity of Ad- viser of Women, a title that was changed to Dean of Women four years later. * * * . IN THE YEARS that followed, Miss Lloyd's interest in women's education bore fruit in educational and social training in women's residence halls. She was also ac- tive in the vigorous campaign throughout the '20s which resulted in the construction of the Michi- gan League in 1929. During Miss Lloyd's tenure four major residence halls for women were completed-Stock- well, Mosher-Jordan, and the new women's residence. The Women's Athletic Building was also built during this time. SPEAKING of her work not long before her death, Miss Lloyd said. "It's a privilege to have a job that makes it your business to associate with young people." She also affirmed her faith in youth. "I'm not one who shakes my head at young peo- ple. There were people in my youth who did, but it's no use inflicting the taboos of my gen- Lloyd Dies After Long * * * Sander Classmate SupportsHis Case Rix Says Defendent's Persuasion Helped Save Life of Paralysis Victim MANCHESTER, N.H.-4(P)-A surgeon testified yesterday Dr. Hermann N. Sander once persuaded him to operate on a paralyzed woman to save her life when "the question was whether it, was wiser to let natural causes lead to her death." This testimony came shortly after the prosecution brought euthanasia into the open for the first time in the two-week old D2AN LLOYD-Dean of University Women for 20 years, Alice Crocker Lloyd died yesterday morning in her Washtenaw Ave. home. In. failing health since November, 1947, she had been on leave of absence for the past several months. Nationally promi- nent for her work in the field of women's education, Dean Lloyd has been thrice honored by student aid grants named for her. Wachs' Charges Called 'Unfonded'ByFailer By DON KOTITE Striking back with claims of "unfounded charges," AIM presi- dent Marvin Failer yesterday countered accusations 1 e v el 1 e d against AIM Thursday by Mel Wachs, Anderson House represen- tative to that organization. Wachs declared that his house withdrew its affiliation with AIM Wednesday because it found fault with "the present AIM leadership" which "will ruin campus politics if it is not corrected." IN REPLY to Wachs' blast that AIM is "using the Committee to End Discrimination as a means of furthering their own political in- terests," Failer remarked the only connection his group has with Petitions For Athletic Board Available Soon Dave Belin, '51, chairman of StudenteLegislature's citizenship committee, yesterday announced that petitions for one of two stu- dent positions on the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athle- tics will be available Monday. Students interested in seeking election to the post in this spring's all-campus election may obtain petitions from 3 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at the SL office in the Office of Student Affairs. Two candidates for the position will be nominated by the athletic managers, and anyone else who wishes to run must have 300 sig- natures on his petition, according to Belin. * * * IN ADDITION, petitions for Senior Class officers and SL can- didates will be issued at the same time. Pointing out that the Athletic Board elections formerly were held every spring until two years ago, Belin said that the gradu- ation of Board member Wally Teninga would leave it with only one 'student representative next fall. "We feel that moving the elec- tion up to this spring will insure adequate student representation nn the Board next fall," Belin said. CED is sending one AIM delegate to CED meetings. "We have absolutely no political interest in CED," Failer added. Wachs had also claimed AIM was "channeling a number of dorm political activities to their own ends by means of an inte- grated system of sympathizers within the dormitories. He went on to criticize the group for "taking legislative power from the independent's representative and concentrating it in the hands of a few AIM officers," and "elim- inating certain unaffiliated can- didates in past Student Legislature elections from supposedly non- partisan AIM election lists that in- fluence voting opinions of many." "AIM HAS never interfered in dorm politics, nor intentionally de- leted or edited in any manner its SL election lists," Failer said. "Furthermore, the AIM's leg- islative power still resides in the AIM council. "Wachs has wandered so far from the truth," Failer comment- ed, "that it is impossible to find any factual basis for any of his charges." MEANWHILE, the AIM council called a meeting of men's dormi- tory presidents for 8:30 p.m. Tues- day at the Union. At the parley, house heads will discuss the "composition and structure of AIM in its relation to the campus as a whole and to each independent man," Failer said yes- terday. The meeting was prompted by a decision at last week's AIM coun- cil meeting to establish clearly that organization's position in re- gard to the individual dormitory resident, he added. Various house presidents also requested the ac- tion, Failer said. Air Injection Dangerous - U' Doctor "Allowing 40 cubic centimeters of air to be shot into the veins is like playing Russian roulette-you have a fair chance of winning but you may lose your life," a profes- sor of internal medicine at the University Hospital said yesterday. His comment referred to Dr. Harry M. Robinson of the Univer- sity of Maryland and Johns Hop- kins Medical Schools who offered to take the injections to aid the, defense of Dr. Hermann N. San- der in the "mercy killing" trial. DR. ROBINSON said he has in- jected "40 or more" cubic centi- meters of air into many patients' veins without harmful effects. "Doctors ordinarily avoid in- jecting air into patients' veins. So it is difficult to predict what would happen if they did," the University doctor said. "But I would say survival in the case of a deliberate injection de- pends on the health of the patient, the condition of his heart and the position he is in when receiving the injection," he continued. ENLARGEMENT OF the heart or blood vessels-which is especial- ly dangerous when it takes. place in the brain-may be the results of the injection, the doctor said. "Occasionally air is sent into the veins at an accident where, for in- stance, the lung is injured by a broken rib. "But these cases are so rare that studies of air in the veins are al- most non-existent," the doctor ex- plained. Reds Stage Riot in French Assembly PARIS - (IP) - Communist deputies slugged their way with fists to the speaker's rostrum in the French National Assembly yes- terday and held it for seven hours until they were thrown out by police. Squads of steel helmeted po- licemen moved into the assemly an hour before midnight, and a battle royal took place. The pub- lic and newspaper correspondents were cleared from the galleries. Within minutes Communist de- puties began running out, some with their clothes torn and faces scratched. trial in challenging the defense's star medical witness on his feel- ings about legalized mercy death. * * * DR. SANDER is charged with killing a cancer-ridden patient, Mrs. Abbie Borroto, by injecting air into her veins to end her agony - injections the state charges constitute first degree murder "with malice afore- thought." Dr. Rtobert Rix, who was a classmate of Dr. Sander's at Dartmouth College, testified that Sander once called him to relieve a dangerous sore on a patient who was almost. com- pletely paralyzed. Dr. Rix explained that Dr. Sander persuaded him to treat the woman and she recovered suf- ficiently to be able to sew and get about inca wheelchair. Defense counsel succeeded in ,blocking Dr. Rix from answering a prosecution question whether "in- jection of air intravenously into the veins of a human being is a violatiaon of the Hippocratic oath." The Hippocratic oath, adminis- tered to all doctors, contains a pledge that they will exercise their art "solely for the cure" of their patients. SHARPEST cross-examination of the trial developed as Attorney General William L. Phinney tried to break down the testimony of Dr. Albert Snay that Mrs. Borro- to was dead before Dr. Sander in- jected air into her system. Dr. Snay admitted under Phin- ney's stiff questioning that he had heard of persons without a pulse who subsequently lived - and of persons presumed to be dead who later were found alive. World Neu TlIness 6M' Trailing OSU in Big T'en Swim Buckeyes Lead Natators, 39-33 By KEN BIALKIN The Western Conference swim- ming championships shifted into high gear at the varsity pool last night and at the end of the eve- ning's competition Ohio State's Buckeyes were leading the Wolver- ines by a score of 39-33. Eleven points behind Michigan is Iowa with a total of 25 points followed by Purdue, 16, Northwest- ern, 6, Minnesota, 4, Wisconsin, 4. Indiana, 1 and Illinois, who did not qualify a single man for last night's events, is in last place. BOTH OHIO STATE and the Wolverines took two first places, the Buckeyes copping the low board diving and the 150-yard backstroke with Michigan taking the 220-yard free style and the 400-yard freestyle relay. Swimming fans were treated to a mild surprise when Mike Peppe's diving dynasty made a slightly poorer showing than was expected. B i g T e n champ Bruce Harlan won first place in this event with 363.4 points, but all John Simpson .and Hobart Billingsly, the other two Buckeye entries were able to garner were fourth and fifth place respec- tively. Iowa's Jack Wilson took second in the diving with 334.3 points while Chuck Chelich of Northwest- ern grabbed the show position with a score of 324.9. * * * MICHIGAN'S DISTANCE twins Captain Matt Mann III and Gus Stager took first and second res- pectively in the 220. Mann made up a small deficit in this race to win in the time of 2:11.4. Ohio State's Chuck Stephance, who beat Mann in this event in last week's dual meet at Colum- bus, touched out Purdue's Mike Kosmetos while Dave Tittle added another point onto Michigan's See RELAY, Page 3 Us Roundup FAMOUS FACE-John L. Lewis1 last night reached agreement with mine operators regarding the latest coal strike.t Labor Says Steel To.Be Socialized LONDON--(P)-The Labor gov- vernment has decided against back-tracking on the nationaliza- tion of steel, informed sources said last night. It is now the law of the land that the iron and steel industry is to be nationalized on Jan. 1, 1951.1 Only a repeal of this law would prevent nationalization.I AT THE SAME time, the Labor1 government is still hunting other1 ways to strengthen its chances of1 political survival. The decision became known asi the Labor Party, holding a pre- carious seven-seat majority in the House of Commons to open formally Monday, found itself under this two-pronged attack: 1. The personal front - Lord1 Beaverbrook's anti - Labor press continued to trumpet for the ous- ter of John Strachey as war min- ister in the new cabinet. Beaver- brook's newspapers said Strachey was an avowed Communist. The Labor government denied it. Strachey said last night he supported Communist doctrines before World War II, but broke with the Communists over their refusal to back Britain's war ef- fort in 1940. "The statement that I remain an avowed Communist is false," he said. 2. The economic front - the shipbuilding and engineering un- ions ordered a vote to decide whether to strike or arbitrate de- mands rejected by the government for a one pound ($2.80) weekly pay hike. The unions have a member- ship of 800,000, but a strike could make 3,000,000 men in the indus- try idle. THE EXECUTIVE committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), with 8,000,000 members, will meet next Wednesday to discuss the government's policy to fight in- flation by freezing wage increases. A break here would be serious for labor, since TUC is Labor's biggest mouthpiece. The TUC narrowly approved the wage-freeze policy prior to the election. House Votes State Status For Alaska WASHINGTON -- () - The House voted yesterday to make Alaska the 49th state, but it post- poned action on proposed state- hood for Hawaii until next week. Passage of the Alaskan measure on a roll call vote of 186 to 146 came after hours of wrangling de- bate such as has marked Congres- sional consideration of similar legislation since it was first pro-' posed 34 years ago. The bill has been bottled up for some time in the House rules com- Expect End Of Walkout To Follow Pit Seizure Plan ShelvingLikely WASHINGTON - (P) - A coal peace pact granting sweeping concessions to John L. Lewis was agreed upon in principle last night and there was every sign that the nation-wide strike which had brought the country to the verge of paralysis was as good as over. Southern operators were still holding out, but it was predicted they would fall in line. IN VIEW of the big break in the long deadlock, Congressional leaders were ready to shelve Presi- dent Truman's request for power to seize and operate the mines.- Mr. Trumandhadasked the power yesterday, saying the strike placed the nation in "real and immediate danger." Also to be discarded were the government's plans to appeal a Federal court ruling acquitting Lewis' United Mine Workers of contempt. Lewis won a major victory this week when Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech an- nounced he had seen no evi- dence that the union actually, connived at continuing the strike. The terms of settlement were not announced immediately, but numerous sources in a position to know said they included: 1. An increase of 70 cents in the basic daily wage, bringing it to $14.75. Lewis had demanded a 95 cent boost. 2. A 10-cent per ton increase in the royalty payments for ijili- ers welfare, bringing the payments to 30 cents a ton. 3. A welfare fund control setup considered favorable to Lewis. The fund would be administered by. a board consisting of Thomas Ken- nedy, UMW vice president, Jo- sephine Roche, who has been Lewis' director for the fund; and Harry M. Moses, negotiator for the U.S. Steel Corporation. e : THE CONTRACT, due to run until July 1, 1952, also was un- derstood to call for a union shop and for a provision whereby only members of the Lewis union could get welfare ,benefits. The agreement on "funda- mental principles" for a new contract was announced by Chairman David L. Cole of the presidential coal fact-finding board. He said it was reached by Lewis and representatives of coal operators preducing "a pre- ponderance of the tonnage of the industry." A number of details remain to be worked out, Cole.said, including "difficult problems of a legal na- ture." A drafting committee will work on those details this morning. COLE did not identify the ope- atorshinvolved in the agreement, But his announcement was made after a dramatic night session with Lewis and George H. Love, repre-3 senting northern and western op- erators, and Harry H. Moses, nego- tiating for steel companies which own so-called "captive" mines. Together Love and Moses represent approximately 30,-- 000,000 tons of production year- ly - well over one half of the nation's output. There was much speculation on the reasons for the operators' deal with Lewis. It is known that the union's acquittal on contempt charges came as a complete sur- prise to the operators. * * * MEANWHILE, the nation was still reeling from the ill effects of living with depleted coal stocks. The strike yesterday forced new cuts in railroad traffic, closed more factories and hun- dreds of schools. T'he Interstate Commerce Commission decreed another 15 per cent reduction in rail pas- senger and freight services re- By The Associated Press PARIS--Over German objections, France conditionally gave the Saar almost complete independence wealth of coal for 50 years. yesterday in return for the Saar's * * * * WASHINGTON - Displaced persons legislation encountered more rough going in the Senate yesterday as opponents of a lib- eralized program hammered at administration of the present law. Senator Jenner (R - Ind.) charged that the displaced per- sons commission was guilty of "moral deceit." WASHINGTON - The Vet- erans Administration is going to fire 7,800 employes next week- about one out of every 25 now on its payroll. Although the dismissals will apply to VA installations all ov- er the nation, the agency said the cut will not affect the new hospital program or plans for staffing those new hospitals. * * WASHINGTON-The Truman Administration started an uphill battle today to extend federal rent controls another year. The present law expires June 30. TWO-DA Y CONFAB SCHEDULED: Michigan NSA Meeting Here e (. Today By JIM BROWN The University will play host to more than 100 student and fa- culty delegates from 12 Michigan colleges today at the National Stu- dent Association's Michigan Re- '50BAd, will greet them in behalf of students. Featured on the program will be a panel of three speakers in- cluding the Rev. Fr. John Stein- er. president of the University administrators will then break up into small discussion groups to consider proposed amendments to the existing NSA bill of rights which will later be introduced at the NSA National Congress here West Quads, Martha Cook, Hel- en Newberry and Betsy Barbour. Working in cooperation with dormitory officials, students leav- ing Ann Arbor for the weekend have volunteered to turn their