m t. MUNDT BILL See Page 4 Yl r e WIfU 4E~tIl 6 v Q; / , Q ' / Latest Deadline in the State RAIN, WAB vMER Now r VOL. LX, No. 127 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1950 EIGHT PAGES U in- Local Ballot Includes 'U' Professors Voters To Decide Building Issue By JAMES GREGORY Five University professors and two faculty wives are candidates in tomorrow's city-county election, which will decide the fate of a proposed Washtenaw County building and determine whether five areas will be annexed to Ann Arbor. Two of the professors are poli- tical opponents in the sixth ward alderman race. Prof. A. D. Moore of the electrical engineering de- partment, Republican incumbent and chairman of the City Coun- cil's" ordinance committee, has been challenged by Prof. Frank L. Huntley of the English depart- ment, the Democratic candidate. ,e * * * PROF. AMOS H. HAWLEY of the sociology department, another Democrat, is making a bid for the third ward alderman's seat now occupied by Republican Frank M. Reed, Jr., who is running for re- election. Reed, a teacher at Ann Arbor High School, has been on the City Council since 1944. In the fifth ward, Prof. Hen- ry C. Eckstein of the chemistry department is fighting to retain his position as alderman. Prof. Eckstein, a Republican, has served a one-year term. His rival is Democrat Baird Thomas, a salesman. Prof. Russell A. Smith of the Law School, a Republican, is seek- ing to replace Seventh Ward Al- derman John E. Swisher, also a Republican. Swisher is not a can- didate. Democrat Karl Karsian of the Ann Arbor High School facul- ty is Prof. Smith's opponent. MRS. RUTH DANA, a Republi- can. is running for re-election as sixth ward supervisor. Mrs. Dana's husband is Prof. Samuel T. Dana, dean of the forestry school. She has served two terms on the board. Mrs. Jessie E. Coller, wife of Prof. Frederick A. Coller, chair- man of the surgery department, is unopposed as a candidate for seventh ward supervisor. Mrs. Coller, a Republican, has held the office for ten years. A majority "yes" vote on each of two proposals is necessary if construction of the $2,600,000 county building is to proceed. The proposals involve a special tax and a bond issue. * * * THE NEW COUNTY building would be built on the site of the present Washtenaw County court- house, an ancient red brick struc- ture at the corner of Main and Huron. Opposition to the county building proposals has come large- ly from groups which are plump- 'c ing for a county building site southeast of town. Petitions have been entered to have five township areas annexed to the city, and they appear on c the ballot. To be successful, a petition must receive both a ma- jority vote of the area's residents and a majority of the combined votes of Ann Arbor's city and township electors. Two Faculty Men Compete For City Post The only University professors opposing each other in tomorrow's city-county election, Prof. A. D. Moore and Prof. Frank Huntley, have been friends for a number of years. Explaining why he decided to oppose Prof. Moore in the sixth ward alderman race, Prof. Hunt- -ley, a Democrat, said, "I think every person should run for office sometime in his life, and have a constant interest in public af- fairs. I like to keep the two-party system going." Prof. Huntley favors annexa- tion of the proposed areas, greater housing progress, and improved .recreational facilities ATLANTIC PACT: I Ministers Adopt Self-Defense Plan THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-(AP)-Defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty nations approved a collective plan of self defense against aggression in less than five hours of discussion yes- terday. Their agreement on an all for one and one for all basis in uard- ing the North Atlantic Treaty area was unanimous. * *. * * U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Louis A. Johnson presided as Lattimore f.n, Calls MCarth y SDenies Charges Nationalists chairman. v ' :a. r The ministers adopted an outline of general strategy prepared by their joint chiefs of staff, reviewed the pact powers' financial On Hainan situation and ordered production chiefs to expedite the standardi-- - bation of military equipment. The plan adopted was drafted , earlier this week by the military COHi1tURiists Lanzd committee, joining in one instru- ment a strategic program prepar- At Several Points ed by the five regional sectors of the alliance and assigning to each TAIPEI, Formosa-(P)--Chinese member the role it is to play in Communist troops landed at sev- ,,, "X? aym acci n I - --- .. _ at Jurisdictiont MANILA - (P) - The Philip- pines' principal island, Luzon, was placed entirely under military control last night by presidential order to cope with outbreaks of the Communist-led Hukbalahap guerrillas. President Elpidio Quirino said the order was notbatproclamation of martial law, but he put the island under direct charge of Gen. Mariano M. Castaneda, army chief of staff, and placed the Philippines constabulary under the army. * * * MANILA ITSELF wa's heavily guarded owing to rumors of an impending attack by the outlaws. At least 54 persons have been killed and whole villages burned since the "Huks" went on a rampage Wednesday. The latest fighting came yester- day in a constabulary attack on guerrillas on Mount Arayat, iso- lated 5,000foot peak in the cen- tral Luzon plain. The constabulary advanced a short distance up the, mountain, which the Huks have successfully defended for four years as the key spot in their posi- tions in the SierranMadre and Zambales mountains. * * * ELEVEN HUKS were reported killed in the mountain fighting, which was continuing. Eight other deaths were reported earlier in the day, including the one-year- old son of the mayor of San Cle- mente. The Huks took possession of that town in Tarlac province' Friday night and held it eight hours until early yesterday. President Quirino declared the1 Huk attacks had unmasked Com- munist plans "to accelerate the downfall of this nation and turn it over into the hands of Com- munists." U.S. Launches 1950 Census counitering anyaggressin. eral points on the Nationalist is- land of Hainanv esterdav.hut the i WITHOUT MENTIONING So- viet Russia by name, Secretary Johnson laid down the three-fold objective of the 12 member na- tions in a speech: "First we seek to deter ag- gression, second to defend our- selves, and finally to defeat the aggressor if he forces war upon us." The ministers' communique said the military planners, headed by U.S. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, have prepared "an estimate of the mili- tary situation if any attack be launched against the treaty na- tions, and prepared plans for de- fense against such an aggression."' * * * THE MINISTERS examined, it was announced, how the joint military production and supply board can make the most effect- ive use of funds appropriated in each nation for military produc- tion. Reports Say Strachey To Be Bypassed THE HAGUE, The Netherlands -(P)-American and British mili- tary leaders, it was reliably report- ed last night, have arranged a new system of exchanging confidential military information under which top secrets will bypass British War Secretary John Strachey. The report was immediately de- nied in London by a spokesman for the British Defense Ministry. Strachey w a s transferred from the Food to the War Min- istry when Prime Minister Att- lee revamped his Labor cabinet a month ago. At that time Lord Beaverbrook's Conserva- tive newspapers charged that Strachey had never disavowed a belief in Communism. Strachey denied that he is or ever has been a Communist. A statement issued on Attlee's be- half called the charges "disgrace- ful." This statement said that Strachey had made it clear as far back as 1940 that "he was in fun- damental disagreement with the Comunist party." A Defense Ministry spokes- man said in London he was authorized by Defense Minister Emmanuel Shinwell to deny the report of a procedure for by- passing Strachey. "I have just been talking on the telephone to Shinwell at the Hague," he said. "He authorizes me to say that there is not a vestige of truth in the Associated Press story and that he can not imagine how any such story arose." Nationalists said today they were wiped out or captured in a slam- bang battle. It was the latest and apparently the largest of several Red attempts to seize a foothold on the big is- land only ten miles off the Sovh- ern mainland. FRAGMENTARY reports said the invaders landced at points five and ten miles from Hoihow, the Hainan capital, and forced the Nationalists temporarily to aban- don the Hoihow airfield. The official Nationalist Cen- tral News Agency, however, early yesterday said the defense had scored a great victory. It estimated the Red dead at 3,000 and said 50 of the invading fleet of junks were sunk in a four- hour battle with the Nationalist navy. SOME JUNKS managed to land their troops, but Central News said the defending ground forces soundly thrashed the Reds on the beaches. At one beach, it said, every man who got ashore was slain. Altogether about 1,000 Com- munist troops were estimated to have set foot on land. The sounds of battle rang clear- ly through Hoihow, but the city was said to be calm under martial law. V * ) ONE REPORT said the Civil Air Transport, airline of retired American Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, had pulled out of the Hoihow airfield when it looked as if the Reds would win it. Nationalist air headquarters an- nounced its planes had sunk eight cf the Red invasion vessels and drove off a mysterious high speed launch that was sighted within four miles of Hoihow. Alaska Weak Defense Link --E senhower WASHINGTON - (P) -Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower pointed to Asaska as the weakest link in the nation's defense yesterday and called for increased military out- lays there and elsewhere. The wartime allied command- er put Alaska at the top of a list calling for spending of from $300,000,000 to $500,000,000 more during the next fiscal year than the $14,000,000,000 plus asked of Congress by President Trumn-n. Eisehower's recommendations, made in a letter to Chairman El- mer Thomas (D-Okla) of a Sen- ate appropriations subcommittee, listed top priority items this way: "A. Garrisons in Alaska. "B. Modernizationnof aircraft and Army equipment and rein- forcement of our antisubmarine facilities. "C. Intelligence. "D. Industrial mobilization." Calling for an annual outlay of $1,500,000,000 for airplane buying by the Air Forces, Eisenhower warned that this should not be done by cutting funds for the Navy or Army. Legislation pend- ing in the House would give the Air Force $1,350,000,000 forplane purchases, and Eisenhower would increase this by $150,000,000. NEWBERRY DINNER: * Europeans Envy U.S., Bel gianSays There is a growing feeling of, jealousy on the part of many Eu- ropean nations towards the power- ful 0United States, despite grati- tude for Marshall Plan aid, Jan Goormaghtigh warned last night. Europeans are satisfied with their own standards of living, the director of the Institute of In- ternational Relations in Brusselsi pointed out. But America should not think that Europe must accept its ways, he added.I "THE MAIN THING holding back European unification is the lack of realization on the part of the man on the street that he no longer lives in the world that existed before the war," Goor- maghtigh told members of the American Association of Interna- tional Relations Clubs. The Belgian asserted that Eu- ropeans are looking for a com- mon philosophy - a unity of purpose - to follow. They have not found it in anything of- fered them now, he said. Goormaghtigh, however, echoed the opinion of Michel Dumont of the French Embassy in this coun- try when he called for a realiza- tion of the complexities in Euro- pean unity, and for a spirit of op- timism. * * * DUMONT CITED the Council of Europe as a great step towards full unification of the continent and hailed the United Nations as the >nly means to continued peace. He explained that France holds no ideas of revenge against Ger- -nany and is anxious to see her 'ecome a working part of a uni- ied Europe. Mrs. W. E. Williams, of the Lon- don School of Economics, remark- d that Great Britain, which does only a quarter of her trading on he continent, must proceed slow- ly in entering any economic agree- nents with European councils. Fools Day' Tradition; Coeds Lose Inhibition -Daily-Alan Reic APRIL TRADITION-Variously bedecked co-eds, Diana Khoury, '52, Peg Ardis, '53, Chris Diamond, '51, Mary Schumachar, '51, Joyce Robichaid, '51, and Elise Kerlin, '53, applaud the entrance of housemother Mrs. Marjorie McCoy at Helen Newberry Residence's annual April Fool's Day come- as-you-please dinner. Newspapers passed for tablecloths and silverware was scarce in the candle- lit dining room. By ROMA LIPSKY April first may be "fools day" to some, but in the dining room of Helen Newberry last night it was a chance to do what you've wanted to all year, but couldn't. It began with a lunch-time an- nouncement by housemother Mrs. Forum Fails To Find Rival For Phillips The Michigan Forum committee last night reported that it has as yet been unable to find a Uni- versity faculty member to oppose avowed Communist, Herbert J. Phillips in a Forum debate on April 26. Phillips, who was barred from speaking at Wayne University early last week because of his "subversive leanings,"* was origin- ally invited to participate in the Forum debate two weeks ago. * * ,* DAVE FRASER, '51, chairman of the Forum committee, said that "although we have contacted more than 15 professors, we have been unable to find anyone willing to oppose Phillips'on the debate platform." "If any students or faculty members can suggest a possible debator, we certainly would ap- preciate their help," he added. Under the original plan, Phil- lips was to have debated the issue of Communists teaching in col- leges and universities with a mem- ber of the University faculty. Both speakers would have been sup- ported by a student debator. Fraser said last night, however, that unless "really qualified op- position" for Phillips is arranged by this Wednesday, the committee will be forced to drop its plans for the Forum debate. Marjorie McCoy that, honoring an old Newberry tradition, co-eds could "wear anything they pleased, from bathing suits to fur coats, to dinner." * * * AS RESIDENTS assembled shortly beforehmealtime, it was obvious that they had gone all out on the idea. Bathing suits flourished, along with bathrobes, evening gowns, sarongs, and cha- peaus even more fantastic than those Anatole of Paris could de- sign. Upon entering the candle- lit, bistro-like dining room, the dressed-to-kill co-eds discovered tables covered with newspaper - but empty of conventional silverware. Highlight attraction of the eve- ning was the grand entrance of Mrs. McCoy, dressed in dapper flapper style, complete with cig- arette holder and a speech satiriz- ing house rules and residents. * * * DINNER WAS distributed rath- er than served bymale members of the kitchen crew, while the waitresses took over the dish- washing machine. The men, Chuck King, '51E, George Shaw, '53E and Jerry Zinner, '51, donned green uni- forms and slipping petticoats contributed by co-ed waitresses, and tin foil hats for the job. Also slinging a tray was dieti- tian Ann Liggett. In the midst of confusion about how to eat stew with a knife and drink coffee from a soup bowl, the fire gong sounded for a practice drill, providing time for the "waitresses" to clear all food away and suspiciously dressed co-eds to rob desserts from the kitchen. * * *' DINNER WAS concluded with ice cream and cake (to be eaten with a knife) and a rendition of "Don't Send My Boy to Har- vard" by Mrs. McCoy. Blasts Spy Accusation As 'Political' Lawyers Confer On Libel Action NEW YORK- (P) -Owen J. Lattimore, accused by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis) 'of' being a master spy for Russia, yesterday called McCarthy a "madman" making an "obviously political at- tack upon the State Department." Lattimore repeated previous de- nials that there is any basis for McCarthy's charges, and said he was consulting his lawyers about possible libel action. LATTIMORE ALSO brought up the question of whether he ever was a State Department employe. He said he had been paid by the department for taking part in a 1945 reparations mission to Japan. In 1949, he said, he took part in a two-day panel discussion of China problems and gave the de- partment a memorandum on his views. LAST JUNE, he said, he gave a lecture to State Department per- sonnel on Japanese problems. Except for these instances, he said, "I have and have had no connection with the depart- ment." McCarthy has said that his whole series of charges against the State Department-that it has 57 card-carrying Communists in its emloy-would stand or fall on his branding of Lattimore as a Communist spy. (McCARTHY previously had called Lattimore Russia's top spy in the State Department and the United States. In a Senate speech Thursday he only said he could produce a witness who could swear that Lattimore was a member of the Communist party, and that he had documents which he said prove that Lattimore is a Soviet agent who received instructions in Moscow as far back as 1936). Lattimore . returned by plane after a mission to Afghanistan and promptly called McCarthy a "base and miserable creature." Senator Asks For Bipartisan PolicyRevival WASHINGTON - (P) - A Re- publican senator took direct ac- tion yesterday to revive the bat- tered bipartisan foreign policy. With two-party cooperation on world affairs brought to a new low in the furore over the Sen- ate's State Department investi- gation, Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) told a reporter he has sought Administration assistance in patching up its differences with iRepublicans. * * * HE SAID that acting as a mem- ber of the Senate foreign rela- tions committee, he has asked Secretary of State Acheson and a top Acheson adviser, Philip C. Jessup, for conferences next week to discuss ways of getting the bi- partisan international ,approach, back on an even keel. Smith acted as a member of the Senate foreign relations committee amid new bitterness stirred by an exchange of charges between President Tru- man and Republican critics of Acheson and the State Depart- ment. Smith's move to patch up the bipartisan approach to foreign policy bumped squarely into oppo- sition within his own party. Sen. Jenner (R-Ind) made it clear that some Republicans would welcome a clean break with WASHINGTON - big door-to-door quiz launched yesterday census- takers. UP) - The of 1950 was by 145,000 Four weeks from now - after visiting every family in the United States in the 17th nose count in the nation's history - the enu- merators will hang up their walk- ing shoes until 1960, when the huge tallying job starts all over. Meanwhile, they will have learned that the nation's 1950 population totals something over 151,000,000, plus about 4,000,000 more in the territories and posses- sions. World News Roundup By The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J., - Dianna and Bob Bixby, trying for a new round-the-world record, flew on toward Paris last night after a hectic stopover at Newark airport. The flying Bixbys, both suntaned and blonde, arrived from San Francisco on schedule at 4:06 p.m. (EST). They hope to break the globe-circling record set by the late Bill Odom in August, 1947, of 73 hours, five minutes and 11 seconds. * * * * GYDNIA, Poland-Valentine WASHINGTON - Attorney A. Gubitchev, Soviet engineer General J. Howard McGrath convicted in the United States yesterday asked for time before the Supreme Court tomorrow of conspiracy and attempted to argue against segregation of espionage, arrived on the Polish Negroes on railroad dining cars. liner Batory yesterday. His The case before the high tri- MEN TOO INSECURE: Society Frustrates Women Composers By JOHN DAVIES Why are there almost no great women composers? "Perhaps it's because most men aren't secure enough to put up with a woman who is more pro- minent than they are." accord- "Miss Boulanger teaches that musical forms come from emo- tional needs of people," Prof. Finney said. "She believes these forms have always been taken from masculine feelings, so that women have come to feel out of composers, such as the American Mrs. A. H. H. Beach, and Cecil Chaminade, of France. "Perhaps the European tradi- tion of keeping women out of orchestras and other prominent musical positions is one reason