TODAY'S DEBATE Y See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State 1atii4 Q CONTINUED COLD VOL. LX, No. 140 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1950 SIX F mommmommounlofm Campus Vote Tops 400 on First Day 1 4> * * * * * * Phillips Will Meet Slosson Here Today Debate Will Be Held Off-Campus By PAUL BRENTLINGER Communist Herbert J. Phillips and Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the history department will de- bate the controversial "Capital- ism vs. Communism" issue at 8:30 p.m. today in a cafeteria at 211 S. State St. A special student-faculty com- mittee arranged the off-campus debate after the University Lec- ture Committee, in a pre-vaca- tion decision, refused to let Phil- lips speak on campus in a Student Legislature sponsored debate. PHILLIPS, a former University of Washington philosophy pro- fessor, was fired from his post there because he is a member of the Communist Party. His on-campus appearance here was banned under a Re- gents' by-law prohibiting ad- dresses which "urge the des- truction or modification of the government by violence or other unlawful methods" or which ad- vocate the "subversion of the government of the United States or of the State." Originally, the Student Legis- lature's Michigan Forum commit- tee had planned a debate between Phillips and Prof. J. Philip Wer- nette of the business administra- tion school. Prof. Wernette de- clined to take part in tonight's off-campus debate because it did not have University approval. THE SPECIAL committee spon- soring tonight's program finally persuaded Prof. Slosson to oppose Philips. "It was a question of whether to let a Communist challenge go unanswered or to accept it, so I accepted the invitation to debate," Prof. Slosson declared. J. D. Miller, '48 BAd, consented to make his cafeteria available for the debate "not for Phillips' sake, but for education's sake." "I consented only with the understanding that someone of the stature of Prof. Slosson or Prof. Wernette were to speak on behalf of capitalism," he ex- plained. AMONG the faculty members of the committee which arranged tonight's debate here are Prof. Slosson, Profs. John Shepard and Harold Guetzkow of the psycho- logy department, Prof. Samuel El- dersveld of the political science de- partment, Prof. Harold McFarlan of the engineering college, Prof. Kenneth Boulding of the econom- ics department, / Prof. Stanley Dodge of the geography depart- ment, Profs. George Rainich and George Piranian of the mathema- tics department, Prof. Irving Leo- nard of the romance languages department and Michael Parg-, ment, professor emeritus of French. The Rev. Edward Redman and Rabbi Herschel Lymon, both mem- bers of the Board of Religious Counselors, and DeWitt C. Bald- win, director of Lane Hall, are also members of the committee. As of last night, police ex- pected no trouble to arise from the debate. Phillips will address Wayne Uni- versity students tomorrow night in an off-campus forum sponsored by the Young Progressives, ac- cording to the Associated Press. Wayne President David D. Henry earlier had barred Phillips from speaking on the Detroit univer- ity's campus. H* Henry T'o Talk Here Today Wayne University President Da- vid Henry, who barred Herbert J. Phillips from speaking on the Speakers at Mock UN -Daily-Burt Sapowitch MODEL UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY-Prof. W. Clark Trow, of the education school, acting as Secretary General, chats with Prof. Charles Remer, of the economics department, guest expert on Chinese affairs, at the model UN Assembly held last night in the Business Administration Building. Model Assembly Debatese U N Seating of Red China "The Chinese Communist government promised to solve all the political and economic problems of China-but so far it has done nothing," William Xuang, acting the part of a Chinese Nationalist delegate, charged last night at the model UN assembly held here. Jeff Davy, United Kingdom delegate, came to the defense of UN recognition of Communist China, which was opposed by Chinese Nationalist and French delegates at the mock meeting. Davy declared that Communist China is the true "democratic" government of China, and that its leaders have the full support of the people." SIDING WITH DAVY in favor of recognition were the Indian, British, Russian and Chinese Communist representatives to the As- sembly, which was headed by Prof. W. Clark Trow, of the education - school, who served as Secretary Witness for Red Inquiry FoundinN.Y. Attention Turned To Earl Browder WASHINGTON - (') - The missing witness in the Senate in- quiry of alleged Communism in the State Department turned up yesterday with a report that he had suffered a "blackout." While waiting for him to re- cover sufficiently to testify, inves- tigators turned their sights on Earl Browder. THE FORMER HEAD of the American Communist Party will be questioned in open session today on what he knows about Owen Lattimore. Developments in the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee investigation of charges by Sen- ator McCarthy (R., Wis.) that the State Department is Com- munist-infested included: 1-John J. Huber, described as a former FBI informer, turned up in New York after being the ob- ject of a 20-hours search. HE SAID the reason he missed his turn on the stand here Tues- day night was a-mental "black- out," and denied he was afraid of anybody. The hunt for him had been spurred by suggestions of foul play. 2-Browder accepted a sub- pena, also in New York, and the hearing was hurriedly set to question him. Louis G. Budenz, former Cdm- munist editor, testified earlier this week that Browder had informed him that Lattimore was a Commu- nist agent. Browder maintains that these charges are "false in whole and in detail." After that session the committee will close its doors and hear from Frank Bielaski, former agent for the Office of Strategic Services, on the 1945 case of alleged leak- age of State Department secret papers to Amerasia Magazine. 3-THE COMMITTEE received a report that Jack Stachel, Com- munist official whom it also want- ed to question about Lattimore, is suffering from a severe heart ailment and will not be available for six months. House Group Halves Play, Sport Taxes WASHINGTON-(P)-Repeal of half the excess tax on theatre tickets and sports event admis- sions-cutting the levy from 20 per cent to 10-was voted by the House Ways and Means Committee yes- terday. If the cuts become law, the mov- iegoers, sports fans and patrons of other amusement and entertain- ment places would pay $190,000,- 000 less in taxes a year. * * * ALL TOLD, the committee voted for $240,000,000 in excise reduc- tions today, bringing to $575,000,- 000 the total of such cuts it has recommended thus far. President Truman proposed a $655,000,000 limit on excise reduc- tions and threatened to reject any tax bill that did not make up, by larger taxes in other directions, the revenue lost through cutting of the excises. -Daily-Burt Sapowitch EARLY VOTERS-A group of students cluster around one of Student Legislature's 18 voting booths to cast their ballots in the all-campus elections yesterday. The polls will be open from 8 to 5 p.m. again today while the actual counting of ballots will begin shortly after 6 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. STUDENT-FACULTY GROUP: LSA Council to Report Educational Problems General. World News Roundup By The Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden - An American Embassy spokesman said last night that a wrecked landing gear picked up Tuesday in the Baltic belonged to th emissing U.S. Navy Privateer plane. The United States has charged that the plane was shot down by Russia over the open Baltic on April 8. The plane carried a crew of 10, none of whom has been accounted for. They are presumed dead. '* * * DETROIT-Rumors of a major development in the 92-day old Chrysler strike circulated here last night as negotiatiators went into another night session. Representatives of Chrysler Corp. and the CIO United Auto Workers, however, were mum about the sit- uation. Federal and state media- tors also had nothing to say. * * * JAKARTA, U.S.I.,-Amboinese authorities declared the South Moluccas independent yesterday. A radio message to Makassar told of this fourth revolt in four months within the United States of Indonesia. Military sources in Jakarta said Indonesian troops of the Netherlands Indies army joined the rebellion. A battalion is gar- risoned at Amboina. With the general telephone walkout off indefinitely, settlement of the threatened railroad strike has become a top goal of govern- ment mediators. The National Railway Mediation Board will meet in Chicago today in an effort to avert a walkout of railrad firemen against four major rail systems May 10. A strike would affect all or part of these rail systems: Santa Fe, Southern, Pennsylvania and New York Central. Labor Wins Vote LONDON-O/P)-The British La- - - - ____ --....t -,,.,, .. .r i Prof. Charles Remer, of the economics department, acted as guest expert on Chinese affairs. K. N. Sahaya, representing In- dia, asserted that the Chinese masses stopped supporting Chiang Kai-shek because they felt the Communists would improve their miserable living conditions. THE UN should recognize Com- munist China to keep the Chinese informed on "the superior achieve- ments of the real democracies of the West," he asserted. But Robert Trimbach, French .delegate, maintained that the UN has no evidence to prove the Chinese Reds are more repre- sentative than the Nationalists. He proposed that the UN send a commission to China to study con- ditions there and determine which government has the people's sup- port. TRIMBACH EXPLAINED that France's policy of non-recognitionI was based on the fact that the Chinese Reds sent arms to support the Communists in Indo-China against the French. Xuang accused the New China of not being peace-loving, a pre- requisite for UN membership. He said the Chinese Communist government was not formed by the people, but was forced onto them by a minority backed by the Kremlin. The mock Assembly was spon- sored by UNESCO, under Harriet Gloek, as a part of World Coopera- tion Week. A full report and recommenda- tions on educational problems of the literary college will be pre- pared by the literary college coun- cil, it was decided last night at the newly-formed group's third meeting. Composed of interested stu- dents and faculty, the council will meet again in two weeks to con- tinue a discussion of student- John Maragon Found Guilty Of Perjury WASHINGTON - (A') - John Maragon, once a hanger-on around the White House, was convicted yesterday of criminally lying to senators. He was found guilty of perjur- ing himself about his bank ac- counts and employment and sent to jail until time for sentencing- perhaps a week from tomorrow. * * * BUT HE was cleared of one of the government's main charges, that he lied about business deals with federal departments. He was accused of doing the lying when he testified last year to senators investigating influence peddlers and five percenters. Maragon is a one-time Kan- sas City shoe shine boy who be- came a figure around Washing- ton and a friend of presidential military aide Harry Vaughan. The government accused Mara- gon of going around town saying he represented Vaughan or came from the White House and trying to influence or coerce federal em- ployes into helping various busi- ness firms. But the defense, and federal district Judge Jennings Bailey, emphasized that what Maragon did, right or wrong, was not the issue-what the jury had to de- termine was whether he lied about what he did. faculty relations, teaching meth- ods and exams, the curriculum, and the purposes of the literary college. THE EVENTUAL report will be based on discussions and investi- gations by students serving on the council. Last night's meeting heard and discussed reports from com- mittees on various educational problems. Preliminary recommendations on the curriculum included an integrated course for freshmen in the social and natural sciences, revision of the foreign language requirement and the English com- position requirement, and greater emphasis on mathematics for the non-specialist. More reliance on term papers and other independent work was suggested as a partial substitute for quizzes and exams. Speakers' Ban, Protest Made Two campus organizations pass- ed resolutions last night protest- ing the University Lecture Com- mittee's decision on the Capital- ism vs. Communism debate. Students for Democratic Action and the Young Democrats both voiced vehement disapproval of the Committee's action as a re- striction on freedom of speech. SDA also were resolved that students should be allowed to pre- sent any speaker on campus to speak on any subject consisting with existing law. Only University control that is needed to make arrangements for rooms and dates should be exercised, they added. SDA applauded the efforts of Prof. Preston Slosson to further the cause of free speech and the YD also endorsed tonight's off campus debate at 211 S. State. Extension of Draft Asked' In Congress WASHINGTON - (P) - Noti- fied by defense chiefs that the cold war has grown more serious, Congress leaders moved swiftly yesterday to add $350,000,000 to U.S. defense funds and extend the draft act. First, the House Appropriations Committee at an emergency ses- sion voted the additional $350,- 000,000 for air and naval defenses on recommendation of Secretary of Defense Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. * * * SEVERAL HOURS later, Chair- man Vinson (D-Ga.) of the House Armed Services Committee revers- ed his previous stand and came out for a two-year extension of the selective service act. Vinson said he changed his mind because of "present world conditions." Prospects for congressional approval of the new defense funds appear much brighter than for extending the draft. Rep. Martin of Massachusetts, House GOP leader, told reporters he would go along with the Appro- priations Committee. While the administration has asked for extension of the draft law expiring in June, there have been no draft calls since Jan., 1949, and opposition has built up against continuance of the act. Vinson said his committee will open hearings Tuesday on the matter, with Gen. Omar N. Brad- ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first witness. Student Enters Autumn Race For Congress Jack Larson, '52L, of Jackson, announced last night that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Congressman from the sec- ond district of Michigan. He revealed his plans before a meeting of the William Sparks Chapter of the Disabled Ameri- can Veterans in Jackson. * * * SO FAR Larsen is the only can- didate of either party to announce intention of running in the pri- maries, which will be held Sept. 12. "It has been my aim to run for Congress ever since I grad- uated from high school," Lar- sen said. "But," he added, "I have had to put off that wish Poll Record Broken By 100 Ballots : Officials Eyeing Goal of 10,000 By JIM BROWN More than 4,500 students went to the polls in the first day of the all-campus elections yesterday, smashing all previous opening day records by nearly 100 votes. And with warmer weather and rainless skies forecast for the sec- ond straight day, a few Student Legislature officials were jubi- lantly predicting that they will have surpassed their titanic goal of 10,000 votes by the time the last ballot is cast at 5 p.m. today. * * * LEGISLATOR Dave Belin, '51, however, tempered the hopeful predictions of his colleagues with a warning that in the past few years "the voting has fallen off considerably on the second day of the elections." "I hope that all students who failed to vote yesterday will cast their ballots today," he said. Belin particularly emphasized that all students-both graduate and undergraduate-are eligible to vote for SL candidates. "We have set up voting booths near all of the graduate schools and It should be relatively simple for graduate students to vote while coming to and from classes," he said. UNHAMPERED by s t orm y weather conditions which have characterized many previous cam- Voting booths will be open from 8 to 5 p.m. again today at 18 locations scattered all over campus. Students must present ID cards in order to vote. pus elections, yesterday's ballot- ing ran "very smoothly," accord- ing to Jim Storrie, '51, of the SL citizenship committee. Directing the complex voting machinery from the Legisla- ture's election headquarters in Room 3D of the Union, Storrie was swamped all day long by frantic calls for extra ballots at the 18 voting booths or for additional students to man the ballot boxes. His special field assistants, equipped with portable wireless radios, kept a constant vigil over the ballot boxes, making sure that they were adequately staffed, and watching for illegal voting. In addition, members of Men's Judiciary Council under the di- rection of Jim Smith, '50, roam- ed the areas surrounding the voting booths to check for signs of any irregularities. Asserting that the first day of the balloting was apparently marked by "exceptionally clean tactics," Smith said that he had received "only one or two reports that candidates were campaign- ing too close to the voting booths." Promptly at 5 p.m. a University truck made the rounds of the 18 voting booths to pick up the care- fully locked ballot boxes and took them to the Office of Student Af- fairs. The truck was closely fol-- lowed by campus police and repre- sentatives of the OSA keeping close surveilance on the proceedings. * * * COUNTING OF BALLOTS will start shortly after 6 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom. More than 100 students will assist in the tabulating of SL votes under the complicated Hare System of pro- portional representation. Legislator John Ryder, '50; who will direct-the counting pro- cedure, said that plans are be- ing made to set up a public ad- dress system to announce the latest results and that special background music may even be provided to relieve tension among the anxious candidates and spectators who are expected DETAILS AND DISCIPLINE: Staff Men Vital Cog- in DormSystem (EDITOR'S NOTE-This is the third in a series on the Michigan House Plan of residence halls.) By JOHN DAVIES At the University, the staffs of the residence halls assume much which throws upon the staff theG additional responsibility of help- ing a high number of residents to make the jump from high school to college. S-.n vstaff memri trich- maintain order, serve as academic counselors, guide the house stu- dent government to some extent, aid the social and educational programs. Tn veneral, the dorm dwellers most notably the older men resi- dents, seem to resent the guidance supplied by the staff, feeling that they are being treated too imma- turely.