,.NNW STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII cl A6F Hitr t Att AOF :43att #"y 0 Uh See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State CLOUDY, SNOW VOL. LX, No. 123 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1950 EIGHT PAGES Reds Barred from Wayne 'U Programs Government Lists Closed GOT A 'LITTLE' LIST: U' Minors' Names To Senators Truman Refuses' rF.R PaACl Fi Cl Given to Taverns X U]ue ese Fles WASHINGTON-(P) - Presi- dent Truman yesterday refused to surrender loyalty files to Congress, and a Senate committee investi- gating charges of Communism in the State Department promptly issued subpoenas for the records. Senator Millard Tydings (D- Md) told newsmen he had signed subpoenas for the complete files- State, Department, FBI hand', U.S. Civil Service Commission-on all persons cited as pro-Communist by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis). * * TYDINGS made his announce- ment within 20 minutes after President Truman, on vacation in Key West, Fla., disclosed his de- cision to reject a formal request of the Tydings subcommittee for access to the secret Government files. In view of Truman's stand, it is considered a foregone con- clusion that subordinate officials will decline to obey the sub- poenas. Tydings had previously said that if behind-the-scenes negoti- ations to get the records failed and he were forced to issue subpoenas, his face would be "pretty red be- cause everybody knows we have f no power to enforce them." However, the issuance of the subpoenas paved the way for a possible test, in the courts, on the question of whether the executive branch of the government has the: right to refuse any information or papers demanded by Congress. ALTHOUGH rejecting .the Sen- ate committee's request, Truman asked chairman Seth -Richardson of the Civil Service Loyalty Re- view Board to make a quick re- view of all the cases named by Mc- Carthy. By JAMES GREGORY A list of all University students under 21 years of age as of March 1 is being distributed to every beer and liquor dealer in Washtenaw County. Circulation of the list was accompanied by warnings from Uni- versity and city officials that they*will crack down with increasing severity on students who violate state and local liquor laws. * * * ,* THE ALPHABETIZED tally of some 6,000 names was prepared by the Office of Student Affairs at the request of the Ann Arbor Police %> J SAC Action Detains S Calendar Student Legislature's new plan for the calendaring of student- sponsored events was temporarily shelved yesterday when the Stu- dent Affairs Committee requested the Legislature to clarify the "ad- ministrative procedures" involved in its proposal. SL president Quent Nesbitt, an SAC member, reported that the committee decided to delay action on the calendar plan "until the Legislature sets forth a detailed procedure to be followed in hand- ling .all applications to sponsor campus events." * * * PREVIOUSLY, SL had drawn up a set of criteria by which all events would be judged by itsj calendar committee and had sub-i mitted the plan to the SAC with the recommendation that it be given full approval power, subject to appeal to the SAC. In addition, the SL proposal stipulated that its calendar com- mittee should deny the holding of an event only on the basis of the sponsoring group's finan- cial stability. Department, in the wake of a re- cent ,flood of liquor violations by University students. The Univer- sity's secretarial service mimeo- graphed approximately 250 copies for distribution by police and sher- iff's officers. Throughout the county, every bar and tavern, every liquor store, and any other store selling intoxi- cants will be furnished with-one of the lists, each of which runs to nearly 80 double-column pages. Dean of Students Erich A. Walter said, "The lists were pre- pared with two aims in mind: to save the student the possi- bility of being apprehended, and to save the proprietor the pos- sibility of losing his license." Walter B. Rae, associate dean of students, added, "It is hoped that conscientious use of these lists will serve the best interests of our community." CHIEF OF POLICE Caspar En- kemann noted, "Use of the lists won't stop the trouble entirely, because there will still be some changing of identification cards." But if an older person loans an I.D. to someone not of age, the older person can be penal- ized also, he pointed out. All students suspected by police of violating liquor laws will be taken to court, Chief Enkemann warned. Tavern owners, and other beer and liquor dealers contacted by The Daily yesterday all favored issuance of the age lists, and in general, students under 21 ex- pressed consternation when in- formed of the new lists. * * * MEANWHILE, the number of students arrested for liquor viola- tions in that past two weeks has mounted to nine. Five of these students pleaded guilty and were fined, each paying a total of $51.25. Four pleaded not guilty and will be tried next week. All cases are being handled by the Ann Arbor Municipal Court. Dean Walter said yesterday, "Any student who is charged by the local court for a liquor of- fense has his case reviewed by the Dean of Students' office. It may also be referred to the University Disciplinary Commit- tee." Municipal Judge F r a n c i s O'Brien had this to say of liquor violations by students: "The pen- alties, of course, will be severe. But I think the most tragic thing' about any such violation is that is leads to a criminal record." Ambassador Perishes in Plane Crash' Officials Refute Sabotage Rumor RAMSAYVILLE, Ont. - (P) - American Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt, American Ambas- sador to Canada, and four other men died yesterday in the explo- sion and crash of a U.S. Embassy plane which fell from a sunlit sky. Apparently they chose in the last desperate minutes of the flight to take their chances with the flaming two-engine aircraft instead of trying low-level para- ,hute jumps. There was no indica- ion that the plane may have been Sabotaged, investigators said. THE LONE survivor, who did lump, said the pilot, Capt. Thomas G. Archibald, struggled to keep he doomed C-47 high enough tc ;ive those aboard time to jump. Archibald was among those killed MjSgt. Gwynne A. Long. 35 years old, of Vannoy, N.C., para- chuted from the stricken plane at 700 feet. Long, a U.S. Air Force crew chief, was the only one who got out of the accident alive. He only gave a vivid description of the crash to persons at the cene and later by telephone to State Department officials at Washington. This was his account: THE PLANE was flying at 2,000 feet when the right-hand engine Maught fire. Between the time the :ire was discovered and the ex- olosion occurred, those aboard lonned parachutes. "The pilot told sus all to keep calm and he would give us enough aeight to jump. I tried to get the :est of them out the door but they ;aid they would stick with the aircraft." It was then, Long said, that he jumped alone. The 57-year-old Steinhardt, a lawyer and director in numerous corporations who adopted a dip- lomatic career in 1933, had served as the chief of diplomatic missions in Sweden, Peru, Russia, Turkey and Czechoslovakia at critical periods before, during and after the war. Since 1948, he had been ambassador to Canada. World News Roundup By The Associated Press LONDON-Winston unurchill told the House of Commons yes- terday he believes a new world war is neither imninent nor inevi- table.- The Conservative leader again proposed that the Western pow- ers use German soldiers in "a combined system of defense" against Communism. * * * WASHINGTON-The House Judiciary Committee, which is supporting a plan to abolish the electoral college presidential election system, approved the Senate - passed Lodge - Gosset Bill to submit the proposal to the states in the form of a con- stitutional amendment yester- day. * * * CINCINNATI-A wave of high school strikes spread over Ohio yesterday with more than 600 students in four schools quitting in defense of teaching personnel. The walkouts were caused by demotions and firing of teachers or failure on the part of authori- ties to rehire them. In no case was loyalty to United States reported to be an issue. * * * BORDEAUX, FRANCE-All 12 crew members were killed yester - day when a six-motored French seaplane being tested for freight service plunged into the sea after a wing fell off in flight. TAIPEI, Formosa-The Chinese -aiy-Cariyie Marsnal LAST MINUTE WOES-A year of hard work produced the glassy stare on the face of Jim Ebersole,''50. Ebersole, general manager of "Lace It Up," has his pulse checked by one of his secretaries, Lois Miller, '50, on the eve of the 1950 Union Opera's premiere. Union Opr L It Up' To Open Hsere Tonifoht I i 1 X Tydings said the five mem- Nesbitt said that although the bers of his Senate Foreign Rela- .AC members had almost reached tions Subcommitteet, which has agreement on the Legislature's been investigating McCarthy's criteria, they felt that "events charges of Reds in the State De- should be judged on more than the partment, unanimously backed financial stability of the sponsor- his action in issuing the sub- ing organization and that the pro- poenas. cedural steps should be clarified." The President said he had come * * to the "inescapable conclusion," HE PREDICTED that SL would based on advice from U.S. Attor- probably outline the administra- ney General J. Howard McGrath tive features of its plan "speci- and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, fically and in detail" at its next that the loyalty files must be kept meeting and set up a hypothetical "in strictest confidence." test case to clearly illustrate the Truman explained this was ne- procedure. cessary to prevent "injustice and Pointing out that any revisioni unfairness to innocent indivi- of the calendaring procedure is "a duals" who might be smeared by very important step with almost' confidential data in FBI records; unlimited ramifications," Nesbitt and to avoid "embarrassment and expressed no regret with the SAC's danger to confidential infor- action. mants. * * "This is an extremely compli- Tated problem and we want to THE PRESIDENT'S action and make certain that the final calen- the swift reaction on Capitol Hill daring program is suitable," he marked a day of fast-moving de- By PAUL BRENTLINGER Opeping with a lusty musical description of "Cupid's Aid Lin- xerie," the 1950 Union Opera "Lace It Up" will have its world pre- niere at 8:30 p.m. today in the Michigan Theatre. "Lace It Up" will cast a musi- 'al glance at the lighter' side of labor-management relations in a ingerie factory. The second in the atest revived series of Union >peras, this year's show promises o be the biggest and most elabor- ite since the roaring, 1920's. * * * AMONG.THOSE attending the irst night performance of "Lace t Up" will be Gov. G. Mennen Nilliams. Gov. Williams will be ipholding the tradition he es- ablished last year when he at- Union Setup Again Subject Of Meeting The Michigan Union Board of Directors will get together again :onight with representatives of a tudent group seeking campus- vide election of the Union presi-' !ent and secretary. Amendments to the Union con- titution, proposed by the 236 nember student group, will be in for further study and discussion it the second Board meeting in Jwo weeks. THE AMENDMENTS would han ge the present method under which the two senior officers are selected by a Union committee. fhe proposals were contained in a -etitionwhich wascirculated by ier~b Leiman '50 and submitted our weeks ago. Although Union president Bill Wise, '50 BAd, considered the petition "not adequate as it stands," he said at the time that he would be "more than happy" to ask the Board, of Directors to study it with Leiman's group. Wise called a special session March 9, at which the Board "rec- ocnized the possible desirability of changing the constitution," and' resolved itself into a committee' of the whole to meet with the petitioners. Whatever the outcome to to- night's meeting, the amendments' will have to go before a general meeting of Union members for Anal adoption. tended the premiere of "Froggy Bottom," the 1949 Opera. Leading lady in the Opera will Jim Lobaugh, '50SM. He will play the part of Mary Lou Pay- raiser, the boss' daughter who falls in love with Bill Everstrike, son of a local lingerie workers' union leader. Herb Wolfson, '51L, will sing the role of Bill. Other featured players in "Lace It Up" include George Boucher, '51, as the night watchman; Allen See PICTURES, Page 8 Jackson, '51 a news commentator Wishwell; Mike Craver, '50BAd, as J. Hardly Everstrike (the boss); Richard Ferle, '50, as union offi-, cial Payraiser; Joe Stone, '50, as the swami and Zander Hollander as a labor mediator named Gen. Vaughan. * * * VETERAN NEW YORK theatri- cal producer William Holbrook serves as director of "Lace It Up." His most recent Broadway job was that of special dance coach for the current hit "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Holbrook also has directed several of the famous Harvard "Hasty Pudding" shows. Bearing the burdens of the world on his shoulders tonight will be Jim Ebersole, '50. Eber- sole has served as general mana- ger for the Opera this year, and has supervised the whole pro- duction of "Lace It Up." His assistants include music chairman Don Wyant, '50 SM, program chairman Dale Coenen, '50, promotions manager Cliff Rogers, '50 BAd, production mana- ger Jim Johns, '50, and general secretary Bob Russell, '50. Bill Boyer, '50 -SM, will wield the baton for the "Lace It Up" or- chestra. A HUSBAND and wife team, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mellencamp, were responsible for sets and costumes for this year's Opera. Mellencamp designed and executed the elabor- ate settings for the show, while his wife supervised a crew of stu- dent seamstresses who made the costumes which she designed for the Opera. "Lace It Up" will be presented again at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow, and at 3:15 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, at the Michigan Theatre. Evening performances are completely sold out, according to promotions chief Rogers, but a few tickets re- main for the Friday matinee. They will be available at the theatre box office. Muskrat Ramble A wild muskrat captured by West Quad "hunters" Sunday, chewed its way out of the fibre wastebasket "cage"' and was free again today. The furry intruder, nick- named "Rodney" burrowed several holes in the court of the WestBQuad according to "keeper" Bernie Scud, Grad., which suggest that Rodney, the muskrat may intend to make the Quad his permanent home. 250 MiltionH Cut fromt ForeignA id eie WASHINGTON --( ) - House advocates of cuts in foreign spend- ing succeeded yesterday in chop- ping $250,000,000 out of the Mar- shall Plan funds for the year be- ginning next July 1. Shortly afterward, a group of farm legislators got enough sup- port to take out of the foreign aid bill a provision substituting $1,000,000,000 worth of Govern- ment-owned surplus food for that amount of European recovery cash. THE NET effect was to make the European section of the aid bill a $2,700,000,000 cash allot- ment, down a quarter of a billion from what Pres. Truman wanted. The cut - foreign - spending forces, led by Republicans, failed earlier in an attempt to reduce the appropriation by $500,000,000. Today much the same forces that knocked out the surplus- substitute provision will try to tie up the cash for open market pur- chase of the same sort of surplus commodities that would have been obtained from government stocks under the bill's original language. Voting on amendments got un- der way after several Republican representatives called for reduc- tions. They argued that too much spending abroad weakens this country and may even smooth the path of Russian aggression. THE ADMINISTRATION hit back with the contention that Russia will never set an hour for an attack on the U.S. "if we do the things we ought to do in our self-interest." Democratic leader McCormack (Mass) made that reply for the Truman forces. The first amendment up was one by Rep. Smith (R-Wis) to make a half-billion dollar cut in economic cooperation adminis- tration funds for Europe. It lost 152 to 137. Then Rep. Case (R-SD) made the less drastic proposal for1a $250,000,000 cut. It eked out a 165 to 163 victory. Dorm Prexy Group Meets The first combined meeting of the House President's Committee of Assembly and the Association of Independent Men-an out- growth of the recently defeated proposal to form a separate Inter- Dorm Council-was held last night in an initial move to improve residence hall life. Though the motion for a sep- arate group was defeated, the plan was incorporated into the existing independent organiza- tions, Assembly and AIM. Set up on a student service bas- is, the house president's group at last night's meeting named three working committees-social,, aca- demic and general service. Communists Denounced As Enemies Henry Cancels Proposed Debatex Branding them 'enemies of our national welfare," President David D. Henry yesterday barred Com- munists from participating in orograms at Wayne University. According to the Associated Press, Henry vetoed plans for Her- bert J. Phillips, avowed Commu- nist and Alfred Kelly, Wayne pro- fessor, to debate Communism at Wayne on April 26. PHILLIPS was fired by the University of Washington for hav- ing "subversive leanings" and has since been connected with the ._ Civil Rights Congress, an organ- ization on the attorney-general's subversive list. Henry declared, "In making this decision, I realize that I am establishing a precedent for a new policy at Wayne, but Congress, the attorney-general and court decisions have shown clearly that the Communist is not to be regarded as an ordi- nary citizen of a minority opin- ion, but as an enemy of our private welfare." Henry claimed that this was an organized attempt on the part of certain groups to bring Phillips before student audiences through- out the-United States. "Communists are dedicated to violence, disruption and discord," Henry said, "and I can not be- lieve that the University is under any obligation in the name of ed- ucation to give them an audience." 'HE DECLARED that when a Communlst secures an anademk setting for his propaganda, he succeeds in his purpose of leading the public to believe that their colleges and universities are hos- pitable to the aims of the Commu- nist Party. Speaking for The Collegian, the Wayne newspaper, Jeanne Smith asserted that this move had set a dangerous precedent for a supposedly liberal college. "But we're all in sympathy with President Henry," she continued. "He is caught between the pres- sures of Detroit papers who call Wayne a Red hot-bed, and the power of the state legislature to grant appropriations." Acheson Picks Republican As London Aide WASHINGTON-() - Secre- tary of State Acheson, under heavy Republican attack, last night chose a Republican to ac- company him to London for a series of major meetings in which Western nations will chart stra- tegy in the cold war. John Sherman Cooper, former Republican senator from Ken- tucky, will serve as one principal advisor to Acheson, the State De- partment announced. The other will be Ambassador-at-Large Phil- lip C. Jessup, who has hotly denied charges by Senator McCarthy (R- Wis) that he has an "affinity for Communist causes." THE ANNOUNCEMENT had the effect of reaffirming the confi- dence the State Department and Trumn Administration-repose in Jessup. The London meetings, to start May 8, will consist of a session of the 12-nation North Atlantic Council 'and separate confer- ences of Acheson, British For- eign Minister Bevin and French Foreign Minister Schuman. All the meetings will deal with various aspects of thestruggle of the Western powers to build, up their strength against So- viet Communism in Europe and Asia. Cooper was elected to the Sen- ate in 1946 to fill the unexpired velopments in the three-weeks old inquiry set off by Senator McCar- thy. These included a new threat of a lawsuit against McCarthy and a fresh attack in the House on Ambassador-at-Large Phillip C. Jessup. Law Students Receive Fines Removing Letters Cost Seven $5 Each Disciplinary action against sev- en law students for misconduct was announced yesterday by Dean E. Blythe Stason of the law school. . The Administrative Committee MEET THE PEOPLE: 'Open House Program' To Start SL Campaign By JIM BROWN More than 55 Student Legisla- ture candidates willlaunch a mass invasion of student residences to- morrow with the opening of SL's pre-election "open house pro- gram." Betty Bridges, '52,sdirector of the program, which is under the auspices of the citizenship com- mittee, reported yesterday that 28 dormitory and affiliated groups' have volunteered to sponsor open houses for this spring's all-campus elections. press his views about SL, fol- lowed by a general discussion session, Miss Bridges explained. "We believe very strongly that every student should vote and know who he is voting for," she said, "and we feel that the open- houses are an excellent medium through which to achieve this goal." * * * DAVE BELIN, '51, chairman of the citizenship committee, said that in some cases sponsoring DEBATERS TO TANGLE: Federal Aid Chosen As Forum Topic Rev. Fr. Celestin Steiner, presi- dent of the University of Detroit, and Prof. Preston Slosson, of the hitnrvd enartment, will tangle DAVE FRASER, '50, co-chair- man of the Forum committee, said that the debate topic was origin- ally suggested by several students REPEATING the procedure es- tablished at the first debate on the independent-affiliate issue, the 'F'i m ill fa*,ir' 1 aminute talks