SOCIALISTS See Page 4 TM Latest Deadline in the State 43I FREEZING RAIN VOL. LX, No. 86 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1950 SIX PAGES Doctor Fired In Fight With 'U' Employee Negro Woman Claims Beating By JAMES GREGORY Dr. Neil H. Sullenberger of Uni- versity Hospital has been dis- charged following his alleged 'beating of Mrs. Louise Philpot, Negro elevator operator. sa Mrs. Philpot charged in a not- arized statement that Dr. Sullen- berger hit and insulted her on Jan. 20, while she was on duty in University Hospital. She also stated that she was laid off with- out pay before she could return to work. * * * DR. ALBERT C. Kerlikowske, Director of University Hospital, told The Daily last night that Dr. Sullenberger was discharged "be- cause of an altercation with an elevator operator." An investigation of the case Is being conducted, Washtenaw County Prosecutor Douglas K. Reading said. No warrant willp be issued before the investiga- tion has been completed, he added. Here is the story of the attack, as related by Mrs. Philpot in her notarized statement, made public for the first time: At the time of the incident, Mrs. Philpot was taking an emergency case from the sub-basement of the hospital to the fifth floor. As she passed the fourth floor, where Dr. Sullnberger had buzzed for the elevator, he kicked on the door, she related. AFTER MAKING a few more stops, she went back to the fourth floor, where Dr. Sullenberger rushed on to the elevator. Mrs. Philpot admitted to him "that I heard him Wik on the door, and that I didn't stop be- cause I had an emergency. "He told me that I was a liar, that I didn't have an emergency. I told him that he was another liar." * * s MRS. PHILPOT had picked up a nurse's aide on the first floor. "Just before she got off on six, Dr. Sullenberger told me that he would 'knock the hell' out of me," according to Mrs. Philpot's state- ment. "And I told him, no he . won't. Mrs. Philpot let the nurse's aide out, and refused to carry Dr. Sullenberger on up to the eighth floor "because I would then be alone with him in the elevator." Having removed the elevator's foot lever, Mrs. Philpot buzzed for the other elevator. Dr. Sullen- I berger "found out he couldn't fasten the door without the foot lever and he came out in the hall - and twisted my arm to get it out of my hand ... I backed onto the elevator to get my arm loose." * * * IN THE struggle, Mrs. Philpot grabbed the doctor's shirt and tore it down the front. At this, "he struck me in the eye," she charged. "He said, 'I'll kill you ... And I said, 'No, you won't either." Then Louis Toplosky of the en- gineering college appeared and tried to restrain Dr. Sullenberger, who turned Mrs. Philpot loose. * * * WHEN SHE reported to her su- periors, Mrs. Philpot was sent to surgery, where her eye was treat- ed. After that she was sent home. Mrs. Philpot was told to re- port to the hospital the follow- ing Monday. On Monday she was informed that Dr. Sullen- berger had been discharged, and that she had been laid off for a week without pay-for "talking back,' she later learned. Mrs. Philpot said she then went to a meeting of elevator girls at which Philip J. Olin, University Hospital personnel officer, was present. "Mr. Olin told the elevator girls that he wanted nothing said about what happened Friday night," Mrs. Philpot claimed. " He said that if they talked about it, they Would be discharged."* MRS. PHILPOT has since re- turned to her duties at the hos- pital. Dr. Sullenberger has not been reinstated. When asked for a Just 36 Days 'TilSpring Minnesota Rolls Over 'M' Cagers Skoogs 22 Points Pace 53-48 Win (Special to The Daily) Wilting before a persistent Go- pher attack, Michigan's point- hungry Wolverines dropped a 53- 48 decision to Minnesota last night on the Maroon and Gold's home court, This was Ozzie Cowles fourth straight victory over the colors he once led. MINNESOTA fought off Wol- verine onslaughts four times, showing a defense that was vague- ly reminiscent. Hal Morrill hit for 15 points for the Maize and Blub to top the squad. Mack Su- prunowicz clipped off 11 to nab runners-up. Michigan's shooting was hurt most in the second half, as the Minnesota defense began to make itself felt. Morrill hit for 12 of his 15 in the first half, and only managed three in the hecond period.-.... Another factor that stunted the Maize and Blue scoring was the l fact that Mack Suprunowicz was so closely followed that he had four personals midway through the second period.tCoach Ernie McCoy was forced to let his cap- tain' and most deadly shot spend five minutes on the bench. * * * IT WAS THE second half that really told the story. With one minute to go in the first half Michigan tied the score at 29-29. But the Gophers fought off the first of the Wolverine rushes to lead at half-time 32-29. Then shortly after the second half opened, Michigan rebound- ed to knot the score at 35 to 35. Again the Gophers broke away with one clean two-pointer, and seconds later Michigan spliced the break with a tally of her own. The score was 37-37 but the Gophers wouldn't be held. * * * WITH SIX MINUTES remain- ing in the game Minnesota was leading 46-39. Then the Wolver- (See RALLIES FAIL, page 3) Truman Asks Clamp Down On 'Inferior' Veteran Training I -Daily-Wally Barth WINTER WONDERLAND-ery pretty to look at, but not so pleas- ant underfoot, Ann Arbor's biggest snow of the year had students slipping and hliding to classes the first day of the "Spring" semes- ter. This scene outside West QuadranQgle is typical of the icy drift which made maneuvering difficult for pedestrians and drivers alike in the city. * * * ) Winter Blasts Sweep City; Tornadoes, Gales Rip Nation -. Winter saved up its most icy blow of the year and blasted students making their first-day-of-classes trek back to Ann Arbor. Heavy snow and freezing rain cut class attendance and severely limited sales of the March of Dimes Daily here. * * * * AND AROUND the nation, the death toll and damage estimates mounted in the face of tornadoes, heavy snows and lake gales. At latest count, 47 were dead and more than 200 injured in four southern states as the result of week-end tornadoes. Damages were estimated at more than half a million dollars. Areas struck Altruism The altruistic 'Ensian is complaining because it is mak- ing $50 free and clear annually on students who plunk a buck down on a yearbook and never pay the rest. The deadline this year for in- stallment buyers is Feb. 12- five days before the book goes from $5 to $6 in price. Coal Miners Scornr Work Cor mands By The Associated Press Striking soft coal miners scorned go-to-work commands of Uncle Sam and John L. Lewis last night but operators agreed to go ahead with new peace talks. The "no contract, no work" walkoutrcontinued in full force despite President Truman's Taft- Hartley court injunction. MEANWHILE, government offi- cials said they will wait a while before making a new move to end the soft coal strike. Justice Department attorneys said they intend to mark time to give miners a chance to obey a Federal Court order to return to their- jabs. These lawyers said they may even wait until next Monday to seek contempt action, which could involve heavy money penalties on John L. Lewis' union treasury for disobedience. * * * NEXT MONDAY is the day Judge Richmond B. Keech will hear argument on making his pre- sent restraining order a full in- junction. Lewis and his United Mine Workers were fined $710,000 in 1946 and $1,420,000 in 1948, for contempt. As the nation watched for the showdown between Lewis and the Federal Government, now that the Taft-Hartley Law has been invoked by President Tru- man, a resumption of coal con- tract bargaining was assured for next Wednesday. Both the Southern Coal Pro- ducers Association, and the north- ern and western operators ac- cepted a bid from Lewis for re- newed bargaining. The talks will begin here at 10 a.m. (CST). LEWIS SUGGESTED the time and place Saturday after Judge Keech directed the union and op- erators to tackle the business of agreeing on a new coal contract. The last one expired June 30, 1949. Officials, noting that many miners may have stayed away from their pits today because of celebration of Lewis' 70th birth- day, had hopes the diggers may start drifting back tomorrow or Wednesday. This was their rea- son fok delaying contempt pro- ceedings before Judge Keech. The miners were staying idle today despite Judge Keech's back- to-work order and despite Lewis' message that he had no alterna- tive but to direct them to resume work. MANY COAL operators ex- pressed the belief privately the union was really not seeking to end the strike, but on the con- trary was secretly encouraging the miners to stay out. The Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association wired the Justice Department its members had their mines open and ready for normal production "in full compliance" with court orders but the miners failed to show. They said the pits will stay ready for production. PROPOSED 'U' BUILDING-An architect's sketch of the Out- patient Clinic Building. The University has asked $2,700,000 in its 1950-51 budget to construct the six story structure. In the fore-, ground is the wing housing the elevators and waiting rooms which is attached to section of the building where patients will be treated. * * *, * U' Requests Appropriatior For New Out-Patient Clinic SEnrolent Rise To Mean BudgetHike GI Bill Needs Checking -Taber WASHINGTON, (A') President Truman yesterday handed Con- gress a catalog of abuses under this year's $2,745,000,000 G. I. Ed- ucational program and urged the legislators to clamp down. Pointing to skyrocketing num- bers of veterans attending trade and vocational schools, Mr. Tru- man asked new legislation to prevent inferior training. WITH AN ESTIMATED 850,000 veterans taking such courses- Iand 5,635 private trade and voca- tional schools for them set up in five and a half years-Mr. Tru- man told Congress he was con- ~cerned lest the G. I. education growth of certain kinds" of such training which wouldn't be much it plan "be blemished by the belated le help to the veteran. The President submitted a re- port of the Veterans Adminis- tration and the Budget Bureau lg which estimated that more than c-900,00 G. U.s would be taking the trade courses by 1951 and a that the national budget for the next fiscal year probably must be increased to handle it tif the trend swings higher. (This is the first of a series of ar- ticles on the 1950-5i budget sub- mitted to the Legislature by the University.) By DAVIS CRIPPEN The University administration has asked the State Legislature for $19,915,000 to help finance the school in 1950-51. Of this, $2,700,000 is earmarked for the construction of an Out- patient Clinic Building. * * * THIS ARTICLE will discuss in detail why the University thinks the clinic is needed and what foim the structure will' take if the ap- propriation is granted. Later ar- ticles of the series will cover the appropriation requests of the vari- ous University departments and outline what use will be made of the other construction funds re- quested in the budget. It is "essential" that an Out- patient Clinic Building be con- structed "immediately," accord- ing to a University booklet out- lining plans for the projected structure. The brochure offers two reasons for this request: 1. a need to in- crease the student capacity of the University's Medical School, which this construction would permit; and 2. a need to give the state's residents all the care "which they anticipate when they visit Ann Arbor." Opening of the clinic would per- mit the increase of the junior and senior classes in the Medical School up to 100% of the presen enrollment, according to th booklet. TIN BACKING the second poin the publication says the existin out-patient facilities, which o cupy the first floor of the Unive] sity Hospital, were planned for maximum capacity of 7,000 put patients per month. "Last year," the booklet states, "the clinic averaged 21,. 000soutpatient visits per month." $2,000,000 of the $2,700,000 re quested, according to the Unive sity plan, will go for the constru tion of the building itself. Anothe $800,000 will buy the equipmen furnish the clinic and meet othe miscellaneous costs. * * * OF THIS SUM $100,000 was ap propriated last year to cover th costs of planning the construction According to plans outlined in the booklet the building's six floors will be divided up into sections, each one treating a specific type of illness, all the way from pediatrics on the firs floor to dermatology on the sixth. A winglike extension will hou the elevators ahd also provid waiting rooms. The exact site for the structu has not been picked, a Universi Hospital official said yesterda but it will be located near the ho pital. Daily Issues Annual Call For Tryouts The Daily will open its doors this week to tryouts for its busi- ness and editorial staffs. A meeting for students interest- ed in gaining valuable experience on the Daily business staff will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Student Publications Building, 420 Maynard St. ., * * THE EDITORIAL, sports and womens staff will hold a tryout meeting at 4 p. m. Thursday, and another at 4 p.m. Friday for those unable tn atteod the first meet- ing. From a trainee, the beginning business staffer can work his way into the top paying po- sitions of Business Manager, Advertising Manager, or Circu- latioh Manager. One of the highest-ranking college newspapers in the country, the Daily is big business; in one year business staff members sell 60,000 column inches of advertis- ing, making the Daily a $100,000 a year enterprise. Any student eligible for extra- curricular activities may work on The Daily. While an active staff member, whether business or ed- itorial, he is eligible to write ed- itorials. Sartre' s Play Staged Today Timed to coincide with the first day of classes, the Inter-Arts Un- ion last night gave Ann Arbor audiences their first of four chances to spend a session in hell. This feat was accomplished by staging Jean Paul Sartre's "Closed Session," which will be on the boards at 8 p.m. today through Thursday at the University High Auditorium. * * * A NEW translation of the play, 1... Urnf m.rvi Vpuhp of +th were in Texas, Louisiana, Ar- kansas and Tennessee. Elsewhere, a snow storm that blocked roads in Nebraska and Iowa was tagged as being "a mul- ti-million dollar" by A. E. Ander- son, Lincoln, Neb., because it acts as a tonic on wheat, "doing more good than the same amount of moisture in rain." * * * , ON BOTH the nation's coasts, the weather was somewhat better. The East escaped with cloudy skies, light snow in New York and rain along the Carolina Coast. Along the Pacific it rained. By afternoon yesterday, Ann Arobr was peeking through a five inch layer of snow, when rain and sleet added to hazard- ous driving and walking condi- tions. Weather forecasters expect clear skies this afternoon with the temperature sticking pretty close to the freezing point. However remains of yesterday's snowstorm will probably clog the city's traffic arteries for the rest of the week. *. * * Total of 21,652 Enrolled For Second Term Hampered by snow, slush and J-Hop fatigue, 19,444 students re- ported to classes yesterday. An additional 2,208 students are enrolled in University Extension Service centers throughout the state. THE TOTAL, 21,652, is 185 un- der the number enrolled for credit courses for the same time a year ago, according to Registrar Ira M. Smith's office. 'Veteran enrollment, which dropped to 8,575 students, is al- most a fifth less than last year. The long-standing ration of three males for every woman stu- dent, however, still holds good with 15,674 men and 5,978 women attending credit courses. Muttered one dateless male: "There ought to be a law." f J f 1 t Book Business Roars in Fifth, Day atIFC IFC's Book Exchange, now in its fifth day of operation, still boasts a "terrific business," ac- cording to Tony Palermo, assist- ant manager. Located in Rm. 3B of the Union, the student exchange opened its doors to book sellers and seekers Wednesday. Since then, manager Dick Brown, '50, and his assistants have reported overflow crowds every day. To accommodate interested stu- dents this week, Book Exchange offices will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. today through Friday. The Exchange plans to remain open next week Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, to en- able students to pick up unsold books. Books not picked up in two weeks will become the property of the Exchange, he added. IFC Lays Plans For Rush Season Registration for spring frater- nity rushing will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. today through Thurs- day in Rm. 3C of the Union, IFC Rushing Chairman Bob Preston announced yesterday. Rushing fee will be $2 and ap- plies only to men who have not signed up previously, Preston added. r e r- c- er 2t, ei' I, p- se gn. x a e ,t e se de re ty y, 6- The report said that $761,000,- 000 already had been added to the estimated cost of the G. I schooling program for the present fiscal year ending June 30 because of unforseen increases in the en- rollment for trade, vocational and other schools below college level. * * * ON CAPITAL HILL Rep. Taber of New York top ,ranking Re- publican on the House Appropri- ations Committee, recently said that hearings had indicated the whole training program needs a checking. He declined to make an esti- mate of how much might be saved from the $2,754,000,000 outlay but he hinted at a billion dollars. NeSA Travel Applications, Due March 8 i LOVE 'N' STUFF: Miss, Kiss, Bliss Is Gist Of Happy Valentine's Day Hearts and flowers will stuff students' mail boxes today as cu- pid, in mail carrier's uniform, makes his Valentine's Day deliv- eries. The old Roman practice of placing men's and women's names in a box and drawing them out in pairs came to be associated with Valentine's Day in England in Chaucer's time. THE MATCHED couple became each others valentine for the year after exchanging presents. Later only men presented gifts, and in the course of time the whole thing became voluntary. Local merchants remarked that the old method of drawing names might be a good idea, again. Business is slow this year," an Ann Arbor candy deal- er complained. Florists said that few people buy flowers for valentines, while jew- elers marked February as their worst selling month. One jeweler did note that a few men become sentimental and purchase engage- ment rings now. Card and candy sales (students go in for lacy heart shaped ones) are evenly divided with as many men as women doing the buying. MOST STUDENTS, however, seem to take a dim view of the whole affair. Many condemned Valentine's Day as overly com- mercialized. "It's getting to be hearts on handkerchiefs, neckties ind form- als, and you can only use them one day a year," one co-ed la- mented. Applications for the National Student Association's "travel - study abroad" programs this sum- mer should be filed with NSA's In- ternational office at Cambridge, Mass., by March 8, according to Lee Winneg, director of the NSA- Student Legislature travel bureau. Application blanks may be ob- tained from 4 to 5 p.m. daily at the travel bureau office in Lane Hall. * * * ALL APPLICATIONS will be acted upon within two weeks and students will be notified immed- iately. Final selection of partici- pants will be made by NSA on the basis of academic interest,- extra- curricular activities and language proficiency. With costs running from ap- proximately $326 to $850, the programs are open to all bona fide students of the United States and Canada. Special ar- rangements have been made for married couples. Trans-Atlantic passage will be made aboard the S.S. Volendam under the auspices of the Dutch Office for Foreign Student Rela- tions (NBBS) and NSA. ALTHOUGH passage will be "austere" in relation to customary standards, professors and experi- enced travelers,, including Europ- ean and American experts on Eur- opean social, political, economic and cultural conditions, will con-' duct special orientation programs aboard ship. The Volendam will leave Que- bec, Canada, June 26, arriving in ,n++qavnm Tiil R Tt mxwi loait MADE HONORARY COWBOY: Ruthven Touring to Promote Phoenix Project The recipient of countless din- ners and awards, President Alex- nai rrr . thven is visiting the At the meetings, alumni ex- before returning to Anh Arbor on Monday. In Fort Worth, Tex., Dr. Mrs. Ruthven a silver dish from the city alumni group. * * * r. w - -,L..... - a. Is a a At the meetings, alumni ex- pressed deep interest in the un- dertaking, which the President has called "higgcr +han +he TTnirarsto