AGE OF EYE-MEN See Page 4 Y Latest Deadline in the State ily PARTLY CLOUDY , VOL. LX. No. 120 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1950 SIX PAGES King's Foes Strike, Riot In Belgium Political Crisis Reaches Climax BRUSSELS- (W) -The Belgium government sent mounted police with drawn sabers into action last night against anti-Leopoldist riot- ers who damaged scores of Brus- sels street cars being operated in defiance of a Socialist-sponsored general strike. A 100-man police detachment crashed its way through a crowd of about 1,000 strikers and stu- dents attempting to halt rush hour traffic by pulling trolleys of smashing windows. Three of the strikers were trampled by the horses. THIS WAS THE Interior Minis- t'-answer to hours of disorder the strike, protesting the sible return of exiled King Leo- -pold III. The street cars were manned by members of ,the pro- Leopold Christian Workers' Union. The police blow came in the Porte De Namur, a large square in upper Brussels surrounded by numerous cafes. Most of the demonstrators moved to that section from the North Station Plaza, attacking street cars one the way. The mounted officers were wait- ing in various side streets. They charged out through the crowd like a scythe through wheat. The demonstrators scattered for re- fuge in the cafes. Motorized pa- trols cordoned off the district. * * * THE THREE YOUTHS knocked down in the mounted charge es- caped with minor bruises. The known injured of the day totaled nine. Architect Asks For Beauty in Cities Cornell Dean Cites Importance Of Automobile in Nations of Future By PETER HOTTON "We must provide well-planned homes in well-planned cities if we are to survive as a great nation," Gilmore D. Clarke, dean of Cornell University's architecture school, told a Rackham audience yesterday in a special session of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. But in spite of the home being the kernel of our civilization, the motor vehicle's use will continue to be expanded, and we must com- Ane our efforts to make this kind of travel as safe and as attractive as we can, he said in a lecture entitled "The Promotion of Beauty, An Essential Element of Wise Living." * * * * AND THE MORE attractive we make the highways, the more attractive our general living will become, he said. Clarke declared that the attention of specialists in problems of beauty is not enough, and issued a plea for every citizen to * * * ' take a personal interest in the Senators Given FBI File * * * * * *[ 4 'V Stasseii Hits Negativism'! There was some minor trouble elsewhere in the country. A power plant explosion shut off all electrical power in the town of Ghent, but officials said it was r accidental and had no connection with the strike. * * * THE NATION'S two-week old political crisis reached a climax late in the wh en Regent Prince Charles, brother of the king, sum- moned Franz Van Cauwelaert to work out a solution. Van Cauwelaert is a veteran So- cial Christian leader. If he is asked to form a government he is ex- pected to name an all Social Chris- tian cabinet pledged to bring Leo- pold back from Switzerland as soon as possible. It is doubtful, however, that such a government could get a vote of confidence from Parliament. Parliament meets Tuesday. More Czechs Escape From, Iron Curtain FRANKFURT - (P) - Three planes loaded with 85 Czechs flee- ing their Comunist-ruled home- land landed in American-occupied Germany yesterday. It was the largest mass escape from behind the Iron Curtain, U.- S. Army officers said. Officers at Erding Field, just Northeast of Munich, said the re- fugees were being held incom- municado pending instructions from Airforce Intelligence Head- quarters at Wiesbaden. THE FLIGHT to freedom coin- cided with widespread reports - denied by the Czechoslovakian government-that Deputy Czech Premier Zdenek Fierlinger had been assassinated by underground anti-Communist fighters. Regarding the flight, there were also these reports, both un- confirmed: 1. Several top ranking Com- munists and one or two govern- ment officials were aboard. 2. The flight had been plan- ned several months ago when a new Communist group seized control of the government in a "palace revolution." SPlanes carrying small numbers of fleeing Czechs have landed oc- casionally in Western Germany since the Communists seized Pra- gue. Those planes, however, were taken over in the air by small groups of desperate passengers GILMORE D. CLARKE * *' * Welch Asks Water Li-fe Protection Six recommendations aimed at achieving better protection for Michigan's valuable biological re-: sources were presented last night by Prof. Paul S. Welch, of the zoology department and president of the Michigan Academy of Sci- ence, Arts and Letters. In his "imnological View of the Inland Waters of Michigan," Prof. Welch described a limnologist as one who is interested in "water as a producer of living things, large and small, plant and ani- mal." * * * HIS SIX recommendations for safeguarding such life, which he said was largely neglected in the state, are: 1. Control of contamination. 2. A complete inventory of the state's biological resources. "You can't protect something if you don't know what you're trying to protect," he warned. 3. Conflicting interests in the use of water must be harmon- ized. 4. Development of more exten- sive programs of water manage- met, by preserving some of the state's inland lakes, saving watcr by more dam construction andi more knowledge and use of arti- ficial fertilization of water. 5. More education of the gen- eral public of Michigan so that they would take an interest in lakes and streams other than fishing. 6. More extensive research in basic aquatic biology. orderly and the comprehensive development of all areas in which we live and move about in order to expand beauty with- in and without the community. Engineers in their projects do not readily warm up to the term "beauty," in fact they consider it a more or less effeminate word, he said. Nevertheless, it is an es- sential element which must be an inherent factor in all motorway projects we build, he added. * * * , "ALMOST every element intro- duced into the design of the high- way which serves to improve the appearance, also serves to increase the efficiency and safety of the facility," Clarke asserted. So if engineers took an aes- thetic as well as technical view, of their constructions, the ul- timate project would be better, he explained. "This, and other important con- siderations, such as the elimina- tion of billboards, the ugly gas station and the equally obnoxious hot-dog stand, should be con- sidered in the design of our mo- torways if we are to keep pace with the development of the mod- ern motor vehicle." * * * "IF WE FIRST aim to solve the traffic problems in our com- munities, then we are in a better position to tackle the still more serious problem of housing," Clarke said. "Order and beauty should not be the sole concern of fine arts commissions or of architects and artists, but as well the concern of, all: statesmen, churchmen and laymen," Clarke declared. See MICHIGAN, Page 5 Eisenhower Blasts Defense WASHINGTON-(UP)-A warn- ing from General Dwight D. Eis- enhower that America is danger- ously underarmed got him a prompt invitation yesterday to tell Congress how to spend money where it's needed. Eisenhower said the country had disarmed below the safety point in some directions. A Senate appropriations subc o m m i t t e e working on the 13,028,000,000 an- nual military department money bill voted with one voice to ask him for his advice. Eisenhower, now president of Columbia University, sounded his' warning in a speech at New York Thursday night in which he said it is dangerous to trim our de- fenses as much as we have unless all nations do the same. Thinks Stalin Has Met With Misfortune "We've been losing the cold war by following a negative policy of containment," Harold E. Stassen declared yesterday in an address at Hill Auditorium highlighting the Big Ten Republican Confer- ence. Deploring Secretary of State Acheson's recent "total diplomacy" as a mere "catch phrase," he call- ed for "dynamic" action on the part of the United States in end- ing its policy of "waiting for the dust to fall." Communism cannot be "con- tained," he warned. STASSEN ALSO hinted that "something serious has happened to Stalin in the past few weeks." He based his observation on the circulation of a "faked" pic- ture of Stalin voting in the re- cent Russian elections. Not only has it been proved that a picture of Stalin's head was su- perimposed on another picture, but the marshal appears younger in the photograph than he did at the time of my conference with him in 1947, Stassen explained. * * * HE WARNED, however, against thinking that the world situation would change by the death of any member of the Politboro. "The cold war will probably continue for a full generation," Stassen observed. There may be quiet for awhile, or there may be armed conflict, but the clash of ideologies will continue," he said. He advocated that the United States maintain an "alert defense system" until an effective interna- tional police force is created. "NO NATION ever proved it wanted peace by making itself weak," he asserted. "If world government develops without war, it will do so by a slow evolution out of the United Nations." He predicted a rewriting of the charter a few years in the future. There is no veto in calling a con- vention for that purpose, he ex- plained. ,Bridges Asks 'Why Attack WJR Owner' WASHINGTON UvP) - Sen. Bridges (R-N.H.) yesterday de- manded to know whether the owner of radio station WJR in Detroit had been "singled out" for a Federal hearing because he is an Administration critic. Bridges in a statement charged that the Federal Communications Commission "at the request of James Roosevelt, has invoked seldom-used powers" against G. A. Richards, owner of KMPC in Los Angeles and WGAR in Cleve- land, as well as of WJR. RICHARDS is accused in a hearing under way at Los Angeles of telling members of his news staff at KMPC to present the Roosevelt family unfavorably in the news. Bridges said he was told that the station owner is a form- or New Deal supporter who broke with the party in 1940. Bridges urged the Senate Commerce Committee to see if Richardsis being "singled out while other station operators are given complete freedom to support the party line of the Administration in violation of the Communications Act." -Daily-Burt Sapowitch DINNER DISCUSSION-Officials of the Big Ten Young Republican Conference meet with con- ference speaker Harold E. Stassen last night at a dinner. They are, front row, left to right, Dave Belin, conference chairman, Stassen, and Len Wilcox, in charge of arrangements. Back row, left to right, John Donaldson, program chairman, Bob Wijliams, of Minnesota, vice chairman, and Jasper Reid. Stassen Voices Disfavor Of College Loyalty Oaths Loyalty oaths have no place in our universities, Harold E. Stas- sen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, said last night in an interview. He expressed disapproval of the University of California Board of Regents which recently set up a loyalty oath for members of the faculty., . .* All Eligibles ShouldVote Declares Tope The failure of eligible persons to vote is permitting President Tru- man to continue his flirtation. with Socialism, John Tope, chair- man of the National Young Re- publican Federation, declared be- fore the opening session of the Big Ten YR convention yesterday af ternoon. "I am convinced that a large majority of the American people are opposed to the present admin- istration in Washington, especial- ly to the gradual weakening of the country's -economy by deficit spending," Tope asserted, "and if this spending is continued, it will lead to national insolvency." One and a half million college students of voting age must be brought to action politically,and the Young Republican organiza- tion should be the one to reach those votes, Tope declared. "Our platform should be des- criptive of our slogan, 'Opportun- ity State,' and should constitute a come-back to President Tru- man's 'socialistic' planning," he said. ANY UNIVERSITY of Pennsyl- vania instructor who believes in Communist thought and theory would be judgedsolely on the ba- sis of his teaching competence rather than his beliefs, he said. "Only if an instructor falsi- fied statements and twisted fact to party line would his position be in jeopardy. And then his competence would be judged by fellow members of the faculty." Asked if a state university was justified in requesting information on race and religion on applica- tions to their schools, Stassen re- plied that he definitely prefers not to have them but that the im- portance of these questions is sometimes misinterpreted. * * *4 "A PERSON'S status should not be hidden in order to gain ac- ceptance, but people should be accepted on individual merit only. "Perhaps a transition period is needed in which questions of this sort would not be asked, until fi- nally a person's known status would not be a factor of accept- ance," he said. British Politician, Harold Laski, Dies LONDON - (/) - Harold Las- ki, 56, former chairman of the British Labor party, died last night. Laski was considered one of Bri- tam's most brilliant political scho- lars, although his philosophy was frequently under fire in conserva- tive camps both in this country and abroad. He was chairman of the Labor party in 1945-46 when it rose to power. Peace Near in Chryler- VJAWFeud By The Associated Press DETROIT-Yesterday's develop- ments boosted hopes for a quick settlement of the 60-day old Chrysler Corporation strike. Chrysler Corporation offered its 89,000 striking workers a $30,000,- 000 pension plan and other major benefits. But Union leaders turn- ed down the offer saying it was only half good enough. They came up with a counter-proposal. * * * LATER MEDIATORS called a halt until tomorrow in the fast- moving peace talks. They said they wanted to give each side time to think over the other's latest moves. Here is what has happened l Chrysler offered to back its guarantee of $100-a-month pen- sions, including Federal Social Se- curity, with $30,000,000 set aside immediately as a trust fund. It also offered to liberalize eligibil- ity requirements for retiring work- ers and raised its hospital-medi- cal-insurance benefits. * * * THE CIO Auto Workers Union said it would go along with the lump sum finding arrangement for pensions. But it said another $16,020,000 would have to be put into the fund during the proposed five-year agreement to make the plan sound. It also insisted on. far higher hospital - medical insurance benefits and improvements in non-economic sections of the old Chrysler-UAWcontract. The Union said the company's offer was "a step in the right di- rection." Investigators Get Data On Red Suspect Name of 'Agent' Still Undisclosed WASHINGTON - () - Data from secret FBI files has already been given to Senators investi- gating charges of Communism in the State Department, the Justice Department said yesterday. An announcement said FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover gave mem- bers of the Senate investigating committee "a complete analysis of the FBI file on one principal' case." The name of the person involved was not disclosed. HOOVER was summoned yes- terday to testify at a public hear- ing Monday on the controversial question of disclosing Federal loyalty files to Senate spy investi- gators. Chairma'n Tydings (D-Md.) told the Senate that Hoover and U.S. Attoney General J, Howard McGrath have both agreed to appear before a Sen- ate foreign relations subcom- mittee at the outset of a busy week's schedule in the current inquiry. Republican Senator McCarthy ofWisconsin, who has been firing charges of Red influence in the, State Department for weeks, said Thursday he is willing to "stand or fall" on the case of a man he named as "the top Soviet es- piohage agent in this country." McCARTHY SAID the man is connected with the State Depart- ment and had a desk there until. recently. The department insisted that the individual was never con- nected with the State Department except on a four-month diploma- tic mission abroad about five years ago. The Wisconsin Senator, gave the name of the man to a Senate foreign relations subcommittee at a secret session Tuesday. Yesterday's announcement by the Justice Department gave no details about the "one principal case," nor did it link this case with McCarthy's case of the al- leged Soviet spy chief. THE DEPARTMENT said in a statement that U.S. Attorney Gen- eral J. Howard McGrath, FBI Di- rector Hoover and other top aides discussed the case in McGrath's office with members of the Senate subcommittee headed by Chair- man Tydings (D-Md.). It said McGrath and Hoover gave the committee "a complete summation" of the FBI file on the individual. * 3' * Cvetic's List Missing From House Files WASHINGTON-(P)-A list of Congress members who have con- tributed to the American Slav Congress, or corresponded with it, h a s disappeared mysteriously from the office of the House Un- American Activities Committee. The case of the missing list _ came to light yesterday whie the committee was questioning Mat- thew Cvetic of Pittsburgh. Cvetic is the former FBI under cover agent who for several weeks has been testifying about Communist activities in the Pittsburgh area, including their penetration of the Slav Congress, an organization branded as subversive in 1948 by the Attorney General. CVETIC SMID he had turned various files and papers over to the Committee when he began his testimony and had since asked for their return. "One file is missing," Cvetic said. "It was a file-a document of the American Slav Congress, letters, correspondence and con- tributions of Congressmen, Sen- World News Roundup By The Associated Press NASHVILLE-A big truck loaded with 20,000 pounds of dyna- mite caught fire and blew up with blockbuster force on U.S. Highway 41-A, 20 miles north of here last night. At least two men were killed, and several other persons injured. * * * * WASHINGTON - The United TAIPEI, Formosa - Sources States has ended the assign- which should know reported yes- ments of three military officers terday that the Chinese Com- attached to the U.S. Legation in munists now have some sort of Hungary because tl Hungarian air force that sent a scout plane Communist government said over Formosa three days ago they had to be removed. They and forced down a Nationalist probably will not be replaced. fighter on the mainland recently. LUBECK LAMENTS: False Phoenix Facts Fool Too Many j a vr~w va, ..... a.vv va.. .., s. a. ., .., ..... WASHINGTON-A farm price bill, winner in a curious best-two- out-of-three voting test in the Senate, finally was sent to the White House last night. Two Phoenix Projects seem to exist in the minds of many Uni- versity students, accord4ng to Stu- dent Drive Chairman Mary Lu- beck, '51. One is the Project as it actually about the phoenix bird which flies to an altar every 500 years and promptly proceeds to burn itself as a sacrifice, Lubeck said. Then a new phoenix bird arises from the ashes, and flies grace- ply basic atomic materials for University a t o m i e research, which is limited to peacetime applications, Lubeck comment- ed. Misconceptions about the date