EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4 Y Latest Deadline in the State ai I1 0 Q FAIR AND WARMER VOL. LX, No. 135 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950 EIGHT PAGES arr° A * * * * * * * * * * * * lIile-Long Parade To Open 1950llclchigras * * * * * * Liquor Plans To Be Result Of SLMeet Students, Faculty Discuss Situation Several alternative plans to the present method of liquor control at the University will be drawn up and presented to the University's sub-committee on the liquor prob- lem by Student Legislature as a result of last night's campus-wide liquor ban meeting. Attended by seven deans, stu- dents representing all major cam- pus organizations and house groups, and several other Univer- spy officials, the meeting produced one plan which was generally sup- ported by students attending the meeting and several faculty mem- bers. IRV STENN, '52, moderator and member of the SL's Campus Ac- tion Committee, outlined the plan as follows: Given the state and city laws controlling the use of liquor by minors, the University and its students are bound to comply with the fact and spirit of these laws. The present system of en- forcement-University policing of student residences however, has not proved entirely satis- factry. In view of these facts, a sys- tem might be set up whereby stu- dents are handed more responsi- bility for their own actions on some specific sort of honor set-up, while the actual policing and adminis- tration of the state laws would be assumed by civil authorities. SUCH A plan might best be put into effect by gradual transi- tion. ,Over a period of several years the present system of li- quor regulation enforcement would remain binding; at the same time, the new plan would gradually be put into effect. At the end of the transitional period, if the proposed system had proved capable of handling the situation, then it would be officially adopted by the Uni- versity. Terming the meeting a success in the enthusiasm and interest shown by those in attendance, Stenn asked the cooperation of the entire campus in this project. World Truth Drive Ordered -By Truman WASHINGTON- (P) -Presi- dent Truman announced yester- day he has ordered a global "cam- paign of truth" to show that this A country "is wholly dedicated to the cause of peace." The President revealed his de- cision in an address to the Ameri- can Society of Newspaper Editors -an organization that has re- peatedly urged the government to weld its overseas information pro- gram into a more potent cold-war weapon. * * * MR. TRUMAN ~sai hhadi rected Secretary of State Acheson to develop a stronger information effort to combat the "deceit, dis- tortion and lies" of Soviet propa- ganda. He asked that newspapers - -- '--&- '_A.-f Field House Festivities Begin at 7. By BOB KEITH A long week-end of carnival en- tertainment will be launched this afternoon when the mile-long Comic Capers parade w i n d s through town to herald the com- ing of Michigras. Featuring floats, balloons and five marching bands, the parade will attract thousands of students and townspeople to the grand opening of the fun-fest at 7 p.m. today. Repeat performance of the tra- ditional carnival in Yost Field House will be held at the same time tomorrow night, with a spe- cial matinee scheduled for young- sters at 1 p.m. tomorrow. FORMING downtown at 4 p.m. today, thehcolorful Michigras pa- rade will head up Liberty St. to- wards campus, where the line of march will take in State St. and South University. Leading the procession will be little Mary Jane Brayton and Mike Kabat costumed as L'il Abner and Daisy Mae. They will be followed by 35 gaily decor- ated floats constructed by 50 campus organizations. First, second and third place trophies will be awarded to out- standing parade entries. Four judges will pick the winners as the floats pass before a reviewing stand in front of the Union. * * * PRIZES WILL also go out to the best booths at Yost Field House. Thorpe Cites Budenz Lack Of Evidence Data Given For McCarthy Probe WASHINGTON,-(P)-Louis F. Budenz, former Communist lea- der, swore yesterday that Owen Lattimore was a member of a "Communist cell" and helped be- tray China to the Reds, but a onetime U.S. military intelligence officer scoffed at such charges. Brig. Gen. Elliott R.. Thorpe, who was Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur's counter-intelligence chief during World War II, said he had investigated Lattimore three times, and he declared: * * * -Daily--Carlyie MarsnanI GAME BOOTH RECEIVES FINAL TOUCHES AS OPENING NEARS 4 * ** *4<*0 -Daily-Wally Barth SPEAKERS BAN DEMONSTRATION-A few of the eighteen stu- dents who participated in a demonstration against the Communist speakers ban yesterday noon are shown marching down the diag. They are headed toward the scene of the Michigras publicity stunts which proved to be their disruptive downfall. * *I A * * * Michigras, Police Foil Student Demonstration In addition, carnival patrons will have a crack at $5000 worth of prizes for Michibucks, and some- one will win a date with a comely airlines hostessi Horror shows, games of skill and drama skits will enable cus- tomers to indulge in everything from burlesque to throwing baseballs at Daily editors or at- tempting to shave lathered bal- loons with a straight razor. And for those with tired feet and parched throats there will be numerous refreshment stands where coeds in harem attire serve hamburgs, ice cream, cotton candy and soft drinks. CHALLENGING thrill - seekers will be mechanical rides including the newly designed rocko-plane, the octapus, tilt-a-whirl, merry- go-round and a neon-lit ferris wheel. Ride and concession tickets will be sold in the Field House, while 30-cent general admission tickets may be purchased on the Diag, in Angell Hall or at the door. As hundreds of students worked far into the night yesterday to get their parade entries and conces- sions in top shape, the Gamma Phi-Alpha Tau Omega "heaven" float was damaged when a cigar- ette lighter caused it to burst into flames. Hurried repairs were made. Late weather reports indicated clear skies for the parade this afternoon, but in case of rain it will be postponed until 1 p.m. Sat- urday. Local radio stations °will. broadcast any postponement de- cision. Sponsored by the Michigan Union and the Women's Athletic Association, this year's carnival will provide funds for the Univer- sity Fresh Air Camp, the Phoenix Project and the fund for a wom- en's swimming pool. By CHUCK ELLIOTT Milling throngs of students, a monster, dogs and a wild man managed to thwart an attempted student demonstration yesterday noon on the diagonal. The spontaneous demonstra- tion, composed, of eighteen stu- dents bearing a black crepe drap- ped casket and wearing gas masks, were protesting the recent Lecture Committee decision for- bidding Communists from speak-r ing on campus. * * * WHEN the appointed hour for' the event arrived, a series of Michigras stunts were occupying the attention of most of the stu- dents on the diag. After the dem- onstrators marched futilely * ~* * 'U' Officials Silent on SL Lecture Plan University officials were silent yesterday on Student Legislature's request that the Board of Regents place four students on the Lec- ture Committee and that a spe- c i a I SL-faculty-administration committee be appointed to in- vestigate all Regents' By-laws "af- fecting the bringing of speakers to campus." President Alexander G. Ruth- ven, who was asked to appoint the special investigating committee immediately, had not had an op- portunity to study the Legisla- ture's proposals before he left for New York late yesterday af- ternoon. PROF. CARL BRANDT, of the Engineering English department, declined to comment on the re- quest that four students be placed on the Lecture Committee. "The matter must be consid- ered by the Board of Regents," he said. Meanwhile, leaders of several campus organizations immediate- ly rallied to the support of the SL plan yesterday. Dave Fraser, '51, co-chairman of the Michigan Forum committee, crar7+1 a li f- a nfapc , of -n around campus for a while, they ventured outside, where police or- dered them to disband. Several names were taken and turned in to Dean Walter B. Rea, according to Captain Al- bert Hleusel, of the- police de- partment. Heusel said they had been stopped because they were violating city ordinances for- bidding unauthorized parades. The students, carrying placards bearing the inscription "R.ILP. Free Speech at Michigan," moved down the diag only to collide with a somewhat vigorous Michigras publicity stunt involving an es- caped "wild man" being chased by blood-hounds. * * * ONE OF THE members of the procession said they had hoped that it might form a nucleus for spontaneous student protest a- gainst the Communist speakers ban. Wearing their gas masks (some- thing smells around here, the sign said), and beating on a small rubber-headed drum, they march- ed solemnly toward the Michigras melee, only to be nearly run down by an "ambulance" come to carry away a Frankenstein monster hiding in the library. Students watching the demon- stration expressed disfavor with the tactics employed by the group to get people behind the protest. West Quad Holds Honors Banquet Herbert J. Boothroyd, '52, re- ceived the Lloyd House $100 Donald J. Brown Award last night at a dinner honoring the scholas- tic achievement of West Quad men. Fifteen per cent of the Quad population has an average of 3.5 or better. Dean Hayward Keniston of the literary school addressed the group after the dinner. World News Roundup FRANKFURT, Germany - In- formed sources said yesterday that the United States will seek a for- mula to include Germany under the protection of the Atlantic Pact. The effort to secure Europe's acceptance of the idea will be made at the meeting of United States, British and French foreign ministers in London on May 8. * * * WASHINGTON - The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday brushed, aside Presi- dent Truman's tax recommen- dations and, in its first action on the new tax bill, voted a $75,000,000 clash in manufac- turers' excise imposts. This action, if it becomes law, would repeal completely the tax- es on several manufactured items, including the 10 per cent levy on household cookstoveg, water heaters and electric irons, and the 20 per cent impost on light bulbs. * * * MOSCOW - The Magazine Bolshevik published yesterday two statements by V. I. Lenin which it said never before were published in Russia. The state- ments concerned the peaceful co-existence of Communism and Capitalism. * * * WASHINGTON - The govern- ment produced witnesses yesterday who testified that John Maragon got $1,268 in 1946 for helping a molasses company which was in trouble with the government. Union Members To Vote on Major Amendments May 10 The fate of ten major ammend- ments to the Michigan Union Con- stitution wil hang in the balance{ May 10. A mass meeting of all Union members will be held that day to accept or reject a multitude of constitutional changes proposed by the Union Board of Directors. The proposals seek, everything from more student vice-presidents to concrete specification of the duties of the Board. Mortar Board Taps Eighteen Eighteen junior women yester- day wore traditional mortar- boards as signs of their distinc- tion as new members of Mortar Board, national selior women's honorary for scholarship, leader- ship and service. The University Mortar Board chapter surprised them by plac- ing the mortarboards on their heads in an after-hours tapping ceremony Wednesday. Women honored were Beverly Baron, Nancy Bylan, Joan Broom- field, Barbara Hansen, Mary Louise Hook, Jeanne Lange, Val- erie Lemper, Barbara Molyneaux, Ethel Morris, Nancy Notnagel, Rosemary Owen, Renee Pregul- man, LaVerne Schmitkons, Lois Siebey, Sallie Slocum, Barbara Smith, Marion Stelling and Joan Willens. NINE OF the amendments have been endorsed by the Board. The tenth, calling for direct popular election of the Union president and secretary, will be introduced by the Board without endorse- ment. Hot controversy is expected to flare up over the proposal to have the two top officers elect- ed at large instead of appointed by a Union "selection commit- tee." The projected change in the present method of selection wil go up before the May 10 meeting at the demand of 236 student petitioners. Plenty of discussion is also an- ticipated on two amendments fav- ored by the Board itself. These proposals might in effect make it harder for students to amend the Constitution. AT PRESENT it is necessary for 200 Union members to request a general meeting for constitu- tional revision and for 400 mem- bers to constitute a quorum at such a meeting. The new amendments would require five per cent of the members to petition for a meet- ing and five per cent to consti- tute a quorum. Five per cent of the present University male enrollment is ap- proximately 800 students. Other amendments call for in- creasing the number of vice-presi- dents from six to seven and chang- ing the method of electing vice- presidents "so that they will be more representative of the stu- dent members." kussians Urge Evacuation of TriesteArmy Demand Government For Free Territory LONDON,-(P)--Russia has de- manded withdrawal of occupation troops from strategic Trieste and elimination of what Moscow call- ed an "illegal Anglo-American naval base" there, the Moscow ra- dio said yesterday. Further, the Soviet Union de- manded the immediate establish- ment of a civil regime for the Trieste free territory and accused the United States, Britain and France with violating the Italian peace treaty provisions concern- ing the territory. AMERICAN officials, however, said last night that the United States and Britain are within their legal rghts in maintainng troops in Trieste. The State Department itself had no comment pending re- ceipt of the Soviet note which officials here viewed as a "pro- paganda trick" to confuse the issue. These officials said Russia has provided the major obstacles to establishment of the free terri- tory of Trieste through its refusal to come to agreement on a gover- nor to run the area under a Unit- ed Nations mandate. * *.* THE DEMANDS were contained in a Soviet note broadcast by the radio a few hours after it was handed to the diplomats of the three western powers in Moscow by Deputy Foreign Minister An- drei A. Gromyko. Although the note made no "MY STRONG conviction, based on careful examination, is that Owen Lattimore is a loyal Ameri- can citizen and is in no way an agent of the Communist Party nor of the U.S.S.R. "I have never in my experience as an intelligence officer heard a man so frequently referred to as a 'Communist' with so little basis in fact." Gen. Thorpe was brought for- ward as a witness by attorneys for Lattimore after Budenz had testi- fied for four hours before a crowd of more than 500 spectators at a public hearing. * * * BUDENZ left the stand amid a burst of applause. He had been called at the request of Senator McCarthy (R-Wis), who has charged that the state department is infested with Reds and who has called Lattimore, sometime d't partment consultant, the top So- viet spy in this country. Budenz's testimony included: 1. An assertion that Soviet Dictator Stalin's chief aim is "to conquer the United States." 2. A promise to give the Sen- ate committee, headed by Chair- man Tydings (D-Md), a list of federal employes "I know to be Communists" within two weeks. Last night, Senator McCarthy said in a speech prepared for de- livery before the American Society of Newspaper Editors that because he has challenged the Communists he "automatically became a re- volving S.O.B." (As defined in an old joke, a "revolving S.O.B." is '"n S.O.B. any way you look at him.") HE WENT on to assert that the best thing that can be said about Secretary of State Acheson "is that he is completely incompe- tent." As for Gen. George C. Marshall, who was Acheson's predecessor as Secretary of State, McCarthy said it was a "pathetic thing" to give Marshall the post. While Marshall was a great general, McCarthy said, he was "completely unfitted for the job" of Secretary of State. To Aid Faculty At California A plan to provide financial aid to any University of California faculty members who are fired' for refusal to take a loyalty oath has been made public by Chan- cellor Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago. His statement that Iowa State College supported the plan was refuted yesterday by Prof. Buell Lipa, secretary of the Iowa State chapter of the American Associa- tion of University Professors. "Imhave never heard of such a move on this campus," Prof. Lips. said. Hutchins had announced ear- lier that a fund was to be es- tablished to help professors find new positions if they are fired. NOW THE POSTMAN ONLY RINGS ONCE: Dormitories Unaffected by Mail Cut 'I I i