UNION CONSTITUTION CHANGE See Page 4 Y A6F A6P 4fl tm man ARLOOM r gat 6 o fl WARMER Latest Deadline in the State ' VOL. LX, No. 125 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950 SIX PA 4.' * * * * * Trumanites Reject Cuts In Aid Bill 3 Billion Dollar Vote Due Monday WASHINGTON-(P)-The Ad- ministration got back in control in the House yesterday, and ward- ed off all further attempts to whittle down the foreign aid bill. The big vote on the $3,000,000,- 000 bill now is expected to come Monday. IN CONTRAST to previous days, when tie Administration. took three straight lickings, the House today: 1. Beat down, by 154 to 103, an amendment offered by Rep. Wint Smith (R-Kans). Smith wanted to drop from next year's fund the sum of $150,000,000 which is ex- pected to be unspent at the end of this fiscal year on June 30. 2. Approved $100,000,000 for econmie aid to the Republic of South Korea. } . Gave new authority to spend about $100,00000 of China aid funds left over from previous authorizations. 4. Wound up the section which deals with aid to western Europe, Korea and China. STILL UP for argument: $27,- 450,000 for relief of Arab refugees from the Palestine war areas, and President Truman's controversial "Point Four" program. "Point Four," so-called because it was the fourth point in a presi- dential foreign policy statement, calls for $45,000,000 to help under- developed areas. Meanwhile, Senator Tom Con- nally disagreed with the State Department about cutting the United Nations in on the Presi- dent's "Point Four" program. Connally said he feared the UN would "mess it all up." Truman Gives NSRB Chair To Symington KEY WEST, FLA.-(P)-Presi- dent Truman yesterday disclosed he is appointing Secretary of the Air Force Symington as Chair- man of the National Security Re- source Board. The President also announced that he was naming Budget Direc- tor Frank Pace, Jr. immediately as Secretary of the Army to suc- ceed Gordon Gray. Gray was designated to serve, until he becomes President of the University of North Carolina, as special assistant to the President to mobilize government agencies in an effort to reduce the disparity between exports and imports. Frederick J. Lawton, now an as- sistant, is succeeding Pace as budget director, and Elmer Statts is moving up from special assis- tant to assistant director. Leon Blum Dies inParis PARIS-(AP)-Leon Blum, a mil- itant Socialist who was thrice premier of France, died unexpect- edly of a heart attack yesterday at his home in Joy-en-Josas, a Paris suburb at the age of 77. The first Socialist to become Premier of France, Blum was ac- tive in the government almost to the end. He would have been 78 on April 19. Blum had been in failing health for more than a year, but friends said he seemed strong and in good spirits at a recent party. The party was held to mark the 100,000th subscrip- -Daily-Alan Reiu OPEN CONFERENCE--Speakers and officers who participated in the initial meeting of the AAIRC here yesterday are, front row, left to right, Provost James Adams; Mary Shadow, Tennessee legislator and Mrs. Lillian Parker and H. E. Wilson, both of the Carnegie Endowment. Back row, left to right, Arnold Miller, presi- dent of the University's IRC; E. R. Pipping; Mary Hanrahan; Louis Hill and Helen Randolph, all top officers of AAIRC and Prof. L. H. Laing, the University's IRC adviser. * * * * * * IRC Talks Cite Morals As World Order Basis By VERNON EMERSON The only practical way to achieve world order is by waging the war for it on the basis of moral issues, University Provost James P. Adams and Tennessee State Legislator Mary Shadow, said yesterday. Speaking at the opening meeting of the American Association of International Relations Clubs, Miss Shadow declared the practical man will use ideas, rather than stockpiles of atomic weapons, in the fight to end world chaos. * * * * CALLING FOR A long range outlook on international problems, the young political science instructor from Tennessee Wesleyan charg- ed the IRC members with the responsibility of aiding in the estab- lishment of a strong moral foundation at home. "The first duty of the American citizen is to keep himself informed," she said. "Only then can he know that his Congres- __ - 4 sional representative is acting in Union Opera Matinee Seats Still Available Final local performances of "Lace It Up" are scheduled for1 3:15 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. today at 'he Michigan Theatre. 'While tickets are sold out forl the evening performance,"some ;ood seats are still available for the matinee," Cliff Rogers, Grad., Opera promotions manager, re- ported. *I THE MATINEE performance was added to the local schedule because of the early sell-out of evening tickets. It will be exactly the same show which entertained ?vening audiences last night and Wednesday night, according to Rogers. While the 1950 Union Opera will Say farewell to Ann Arbor after tonight's performance, it will be >resented four more times during ;pring vaction when it embarks n a road tour. * * * OUT-OF-TOWN performances ire scheduled for April 10 in Buf-: alo, April 11 and 12 in Detroit and April 13 in Toledo. Tickets for these performances may be obtained from University alumni clubs in the three cities Lace It Up" will play, Rogers paid. *m the interests of the United States and the world commun- ity." Miss Shadow said that more members in Congress are needed who will stand up against local interests in favor of the nation's needs, even at the cost of their. own political careers. * * * PROVOST ADAMS, in welcom- ing the delegates, urged them to consider the establishment of a council of statesmen-free from politics-tohandle the country's foreign policy. He stressed the need for the end of the atom menace in future wars, and called for an economic policy that would allow European goods to compete in American markets, regardless of their effect on busi- ness here. Hold Atomic EnergyPanel Atop the agenda for the third annual conference of the Ameri- can Association of International Relations Clubs is an open panel discussion of atomic energy con- trol at 7:30 p.m. today in the Lecture Hall of the Rackham Bldg. Acting as chairman . for the panel will be James T. Shotwell, President of the Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace and long-time professor of history at Columbia University. Documentary Data Offered By McCarthy Truman Brands Him Red Asset. WASHINGTON - (') - Senator McCarthy reported yesterday he has documentary evidence and a mystery witness to prove his char- ges that Owen J. Lattimore is a Russian agent who has shaped this country's China policy into a Communist mold. THE WISCONSIN Republican made that claim in the course of a four hour and twenty minute speech to the Senate which set off these chain reactions: 1. President Truman branded McCarthy, along with Senators Bridges (R-N.H.) and Wherry (R- Neb.) as the greatest asset the Kremlin has. In a statement which he per- mitted newsmen at Key West to quote directly, Truman con- demned the "bipartisan attempt in the Senate to sabotage the bi- partisan foreign policy of the United States." 2. Lattimore also fired back at McCarthy, labeling his accusations as an "unmitigated lie." The Johns Hopkins professor, and one time StateDepartment consultant made that report in London during a stopover on his flight back to the United States to answer the senator's charges in person. * * * 3. SENATOR Bridges curtly re- plied to the President's blast that the "only sabotage I'm trying to create is to sabotage some of the subversive security risks so that they are thrown out of key spots in the government." 4. Senator Wherry also issued a rejoinder saying that the "best way to show who are the agents of the Kremlin" is for Truman to open! the loyalty board's files to the Sen- ate group investigating McCar- thy's charges that the state de- partment is infiltrated with Com- munists. This the President has refused to do. World .News Roundup By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Nicholas Verna, a 26-year-old convicted arsonist, committed to the Belle Vista Sanatorium for mental treatment, admitted after a three- hour grilling yesterday he set the fire that suffocated nine fellow in- mates Wednesday night. * - .* PRAGUE, Czecholslovakia-The Czechoslovak government yester- day accused eight Czechs of kid- napping in engineering the mass aerial escape of an anti-Commun- ist group to West Germany last week, and demanded that the United States hand the eight over for trial. In addition, the government called for punishment of the American officials who questioned all Czechs aboard the three planes involved. * * 'I NORFOLK, VA.-The former commanding officer of the bat- tleship Missouri pleaded guilty to neglect of duty in the ground- ing of the vessel in a painful ordeal of self-accusation before a navy general court martial yesterday. THE HAGUE, THE NETHER- LANDS-The International Court of Justice, inits first test of' peace treaty provisions of World War II, ruled yesterday that Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria must f ol- low those provisions in settling disputes with western nations. Grad Job Chances Seen 'Worst Ever' By JIM BROWN The Michigan Forum Commit- tee voted overwhelmingly yester- day to go ahead with its plan to invite avowed Communist, Her- bert J. Phillips to participate in a Forum debate on April 25, here at the University. Disregarding the action of Wayne University president David D. Henry. who barred Phillips from debating at Wayne because of his Communist background, the committee voted to seek approval for the debate f:om the University Signs AEC ' Contract For Lecture Committee next week if a qualified faculty member can be enlisted to oppose Phillips. * * * A PETITION to hold the de- bate, which will be on the ques- tion, "Should Communist be Permitted to Teach in Colleges and Universities?" was submitted to the Office of Student Affairs earlier this week, but action was postponed until the list of speak- ers has been completed and ap- proved by the Lecture Committee. WHERE THE MONEY GOES: University Officials Request Increases in Faculty Salaries RADIATION RESEARCH-University Provost James P. Adams and Vice-President Robert P. Briggs put their signatures to a $202,240 contract with the Atomic Energy Commission while Dr. Frank H. Bethell and Deans Albert C. Furstenberg, of the medical school, and Ralph A. Sawyer of the graduate school look on. The money will be used for study of the effects of radiation on living tis- sue and methods of protection against radiation injury. IGNORES WA YNE 'U' RA N: Forum To Invite Communist Speaker (EDITOR'S NOTE-This is the second in a series of articles describing the needs of the varios schools and col- leges of the University and the extent to which they will be satisfied if the University's $13,870,000 appropriations requuest is granted by the State Legis- lature.) By RON WATTS In presenting its $13,870,000' operating budget request to the Legislature, University authorities pointed out that part of the $2,- 500,000 increase which they are asking over the current year's ap- propriation is needed for faculty salary increases. These increases are a necessity if the University is to retain its best teachers and attract capable new ones in competition with the higher salaries paid by govern- ment, business and other institu- tions, they declared. * * - * STATISTICS show that the real income of University faculty mem- bers has decreased by 10 per cent since before the war. To bring the salaries of the entire University academic staff up to the 1939 real income level would require more than $750,- 000, University officials said. The appropriation requested from the Legislature would not provide for an increase of this size but would make possible a "partial adjustment," administra- tors said. Five Years THE REQUESTED increase in appropriations is particularly needed in the law school where additional teaching assistants are badly needed to meet an antici- pated increase in enrollment next fall, according to Dean E. Blythe Stason. H9 pointed out that some of the law school classes are cur- rently running over 100 students and additional professors are needed even now to ease the situation. Salary increases are necessary to retain the present faculty, he de- clared. * * * "FURTHER appropriations are also needed for a new program of teaching research of statute law," Stason emphasized. Speaking in the absence of Dean Russell A. Stevenson, Prof. Mer- win H. Waterman of the business administration school noted that the business school was also faced with a shortage of teachers. "At the present we need more men of the rank of instructor and above. Some of our discussion groups are running from 85 to 90 people when actually, 30 to 40, persons is the ideal number," Wat- erman said. He pointed out that additional money was needed to expand their service to businessmen and in- crease the scope of extension work. Dave Fraser, '51, co-chairman of the Forum committee; said that although no faculty mem- ber has been obtained to op- pose Phillips on the debate pro- gram, the committee "expects to have a qualified opponent lined up in a day or two." If the list of speakers is com- pleted by next Wednesday, the fi- nal debate program will be sent to the Student Legislature for ap- proval and then be submitted to the University Lecture Committee Thursday morning. * * * - HEARTILY ENDORSING the Forum committee's action, SL president Quent Nesbitt, '50BAd, said: "We are aware of the unfav- orable publicity which Phillips has received from the Wayne incident," Nesbitt said, "but we feel that if competent opposi- tion is enlisted, the debate should afford a well-balanced discussion of a controversial is- sue." He pointed out that the pro- posed debate will be styled after the Forum's initial debate pro- gram two weeks ago. Librarian Dies In U' Hospital Mrs. Pauline Grant Waite Skar- shaug, a University librarian and curator since 1928, died yesterday afternoon at University Hospital after a month-long illness. The 48-year-old library worker, active in state and national bibli- ographical societies and listed in "Who's Who in American Edu- cation," was admitted to the hos- pital March 7. * * * MRS. SKARSHAUG was Assist- ant Curator of Rare Books at the General Library from 1929 to 1942. From 1942 until last month, she served as Senior Divisional Li- brarian in the Graduate Reading Room. Surviving is her husband, Emory C. Skarshaug, of 1433 White St. Funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. Radiation Effects ObjectOf Study By AL BLUMROSEN (Daily City Editor) University scientists, will probe into the effects of atomic radia- tion on human bodies under a $202,240 contract with the Atomic Energy Commission. The contract, signed yesterday, calls for a five-year research pro- gram and supplies funds for one year's operations and the estab- lishment of laboratory facilities in the Palmer Building. RESEARCHERS will investi- gate how the body tissues and the blood react to exposure to atomic radiation. They will attempt to find methods to protect the vital organs against the effects of ra- diation, according to Prof. Frank H. Bethell of the internal medi- cine department of University hospital and chief investigator for the project. The project will use information from other sources, including data. gathered at the two A-bombed cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and the Bikini and Eniwetok ex- periments, and concentrate its re- search on five areas, Prof. Bethell said. They are: 1. The problem of infection following radiation exposure and the use of such' drugs as penicillin to control infections. 2. The use of hormones like ACTH to help repair tissues dam- aged by radiation exposure. 3.. The effects on growth 94 blood cells and production of substances to fight infection by shielding some vital organs from radiation. 4. The problem of clotting and bleeding difficulties which lead to hemorrhage as a result of expo- sure to radiation. 5. Other investigations with changes in tissue of blood forming organs, using radio active tracer technique to study these changes. * * * THE UNIVERSITY'S elaborate facilities for the study of blood diseases were cited as one of the reasons the AEC decided to con- duct the research project here. Prof. Bethell said that experi- ments would be conducted at first with X-ray and later with radioactive substances. Dean Ralph A. Eawyer of the Graduate School, who is chairman of the preliminary planning com- mittee for the Phoenix project said that "this is just the kind of research the Phoenix Project wants to see here." Phoenix lea-. ders are in the midst of a $6,500,- 000 fund raising drive for more research into the peace time usea of atomic energy. Officials hope that the research program itself can get underway by July 1. Approximately 17 people will be involved in the project Prof. Beth- ell explained. He said that Henry J. Gomberg, now in charge of the University's -radioactive isotope laboratory would direct the work in radiology, that Dr. Mark A. Hayes would supervise experimen- tal surgery and Dr. Arthur L. Krutchmar conduct work in He matology. ') Rutgers Debate Here Government owlnership a n d control of industries working for the public welfare was argued by University and Rutgers Univer- sity debaters last night. On the affirmative team for the University were Mert Krause, '52, and Robert Ernstein, '50. They argued that impediments such as misuse of resources, high prices, poor quality of goods, and depressions resulted from private ownership of such industries. "We need clearly defined fields Daily Want Ad Brings Dates for Union Opera RESULT OF SOVIET ATOM: A tlantic Pact Obsolete -- Three students are convinced today that Daily want-ads really pay off. The men - Neel Robertson, '52E, Tom Reigel, '52 and Leo Wasserberger, '52 - found them- selves early this week in a familiar quandary. They were in posses- Cooley. In a short. time, dates were made with three co-eds.j But that was only the beginning' - more and more calls streamed into 211 Cooley. It was necessary to put a man on phone duty dur- ing the lunch and dinner hours. At day's end, 41 eager co-eds and one man with a falsetto voice had E firnenco By FLOYD THOMAS If Russia has the atom bomb, it has control of Europe and the Atlantic pact is obsolete, N. Mar- bury Efimenco of the political If Russia has the bomb, the balance of power has shifted to the Soviet orbit and cold war policy must be changed, he add- ed. solutions, he added: (1) to keep up the atomic arms race; (2) to form a temporary atomic truce, or; (3) to establish a perman- ent international atomic con- trol commission.