THE UN FACT & FICTION ittA6 Datit CLOUDY, COLDER See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LX, No. 99 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1950 SIX PAGE Creation of Inter-Dorm Group Vetoed House Presidents Turn Down Plan By DON KOTITE Climaxing nearly two and a half hours of stormy debate, pres- idents of all men'scand women's residence halls on campus - or delegates empowered to vote in their absence - last night turned down a proposal to set up an inter- dormitory "Residence Hall Coun- C.l." In itsstead, a motion was passed to set up a joint committee, made up of both Association of Inde- pendent Men and Assembly mem- bers, to "carry out" the problems of coordination which would con- cern such a proposed body. The vote was 12 to 9. Seven ab- stained. THE MOTION, in addition, stip- ulated that further discussion of an inter-residence body was to be abandoned. Attended also by Dean of Stu- dents Erich A. Walter, Associate Dean of Women Mary C. Brom- age, East Quad adviser John Bingley and West Quad director . James Robertson, the meeting- held at the Union-was report- edly called to air views on the advisability of a separately func- tioning inter-dorm council. Those in favor of it argued that, because of what one delegate term- ed "the apparent weakness' of AIM and Assembly in solving common social and individual problems of the unaffiliated student, the crea- tion of a council completely inde- pendent of the other two was nec- essary. ONLY THROUGH such a group could greater cooperation between independent men's and women's organizations be effected, they added. Calling for greater faith in the two existing groups to do the job, opposers of the plan sug- gested that strengthening of AIM's and Assembly's policies of inter-residence hall coordination would eliminate any need of such a council. Walt Hansen, last year's AIM president, assailed the proposed independent working group as "superficial . .. only action taken through the two established groups now representing campus indepen- dents would be receptive to com- mon interests." IN AGREEMENT with Hansen, Assembly president Mary Jo Wil- son told the group that "as far as the women were concerned, y such problems can be worked out through Assembly," without crea- tion of an outside "superstructure." Citing the need for unaffiliated men and women to push coordina- tion in their social sphere, AIM head Marvin Failer promised "AIM will immediately set to work on both campus and inter-dormitory problems. AIM Plans To Strengthen Individual Ties In an attempt to \"strengthen" its ties with the "individual" campus independent, Association of Independent men last night sketched plans to reorient its con- tact system on a campuswide basis. Specifically, the motion passed provides for "seeking of wider par- ticipation of the unaffiliated man in furthering the independents' welfare, by organizing a committee for that purpose in all independ- ent districts." THE DECISION would mean setting up a group of men on each floor of each house to be "in closer contact" with the men, ac- cording to AIM vice-president Cal Klyman, originator of the mo- tion. A more detailed report on the plan will be submitted at the AIM meeting next Tuesday, he pointed out. New officers appointed by presi- dent Marvin Failer last night are Coal for Ann Arbor -Daily-Ed Kozma HOT CARGO-A local coal company's truck, hauling University donated coal to fuel-famished Ann Arbor, being weighed on the city fire department scales before delivering its precious load. This is one truck of several representing different coal companies which took advantage of the 1,000 ton coal kitty made available by the University Friday to help ease the pressing fuel shortage. Miners, Operators Tryr for New Coal Settlement WASHINGTON-(P)-John L. Lewis' miners and the operators meet today in another effort to settle the strike that has reduced this nation's coal stock to less than a normal week's supply. The announcement that the two sides had agreed to resume their interrupted talks came almost simultaneously with the conclusion of the second day in the contempt trial of the United Mine Workers. * * * * THE GOVERNMENT neared the end of its argument that the union has been in contempt for refusing to obey a Federal court no- gstrike order issued Feb. 11. Itiis e ed to wind up its Acheson Will Not Condone Hiss Ofne WASHINGTON-- (P)-- Secre- tary of State Acheson testified yes- terday that he does not condone the offenses of which his friend Al- ger Hiss has been convicted. At the same time he denied he had challenged any actions of the court in which Hiss was convicted of perjury for his denial that he passed on State Department sec- rets to a confessed courier for a Soviet spy ring. * * * HE DECLARED, further that he would "never knowingly tolerate any disloyal person in the Depart- ment of State." He said his attitude toward Hiss is governed by "Christ's words setting forth compassion as the highest of Christian dut- ies." His statement on the mat- ter would be valid, he said, whe- ther the conviction stands or is reversed. The discussion of Acheson-Hiss relations arose in testimony by the Secretary of State before a Senate appropriations subcommittee in connection with department re- quests for operating funds., IT REVOLVED around Ache- son's declaration, before Hiss' con- viction, that the former State De- partment official was and is his friend, and his statement after the conviction that he would not turn his back on Hiss. Hiss was asked if a "friend of a person convicted for perjury in connection with a treasonable act" would be considered a bad risk. case this morning, and the un- ion has said it may need less than a day to present its side. Harvey Cartwright, an opera- tor spokesman, told reporters the contract talks will be resumed at 11 a.m. MEANWHILE, in Pittsburgh the coal crisis brought a threatened power famine to this industrial capital and put thousands more out of work across the nation. Unemployment in coal using industries passed the 200,000 mark. Counting 372,000 United Mine Workers on strike, the country's jobless from the mine shutdown now totals 572,000. Detroit and other Michigan cities ordered most of their schools closed this Friday to conserve coal as other cities moved to put them- selves under the state's emergency rationing program. Cost Research Panel Named Two University regents . and three faculty members have been named to panels which will search for methods of cutting the cost of state government. Regents Alfred C. Cornable and Ralph Hayward, both of Kalama- zoo, and Dean Russell A. Steven- son, of the business administra- tion school, were appointed by the state legislature's "Little Hoover" Commission to an 18-man advisory management panel. Assistant Provost John Per- kins and Prof. Robert S. Ford of the Bureau of Government, were asked to conduct a special study for the commission on the activi- ties of the state's labor depart- ment. Attlei 0 Sovie Replace Gold For Dollar As Standard Order Price Cuts To Consumers By The Associated Press MOSCOW-The Soviet Union boosted the official value of the ruble last night in terms of the dollar, and switched from the dol- lar to gold as its monetary yard- stick. The ruble was declared worth 25 cents, compared to the old rate of a little less than 19 cents. At the same time, sweeping price re- ductions to the Soviet consumer were ordered. THE DECREE of the Council of Ministers marked another step in what apparently is an effort to establish the Soviet currency asan international competitor of the dollar and British pound. According to some observers, Russia's devaluation of her rublet appears to be a bold thrust with overtones of propaganda-at once an attempt to convince the world that the ruble can chal- lenge the dollar in internation- al trade and to convince the people at home of the Soviet system's superiority. A statement from the Council of Ministers said that, effective today, the value ,of the ruble in foreign exchange is to be calcu- lated according to "the more stable gold standard." **4 * * SINCE JULY, 1937, the ruble's value has been calculated in terms of the dollar. This did not mean, however, that Russia is going on a true gold standard. Measuring the ruble in gold, it was suggested, could be just anothrer way of saying it is measured in dollars. The United States dollar, while it is not traded in gold domestically, is valued in gold in international trade at the rate of $35 per fine ounce. The council's statement said Britain and scores of other coun- tries had found it necessary to devalue their currency since last September, and the value of the dollar had decreased because of inflation, but the value of the ruble had increased. Wise Opposes 'Revising'Union ElectionSetup An attempt to amend the Mich- igan Union constitution so that the president and recording seec- retary would be directly elected by the entire student membership was attacked last night by Union President Bill Wise, '50. More than 200 students signed a petition calling for a general student meeting to approve sev- eral proposed amendments, but Wise called the petition "con- trary to the best interests of the Union and its 30 thousand' life members." * * * SUBMITTED yesterday by Herb Leiman, '50, the petition calls for election of the president and sec- retary in regular campus elections every spring. At present they are appointed by a Union "selections commit- tee" consisting of four faculty or alumni members and three stu- dents. Under the proposed amendments, this committee would be abolished. "The studehts on this campus are mature enough to make the choice themselves," Leiman as- serted. "Moreover, the president and secretary should be directly responsible to the Union's mem- * * Boosts Ruble Value Enlists Party Veterans In Fight for Life Slight Majority (ause3 Revisions LONDON-(P) -Prime Minister Attlee chose a Cabinet of seasoned fighters today to mastermind the wobbly Labor government's com- ing battle for its life. However, he made a half dozer changes in the old lineup. * * * WITH A labor majority of only seven in the new 625-seat House of Commons, Attlee retained his ke3 advisers-Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison, Foreign Secre- tary Ernest Bevin, Chancellor o the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps Picks and Health Minister Bevan. ,Are' -Daily-Burt Sapowitch TOURING SENATORS-Members of the Senate Finance Committee of the State Legislature gather around the coffee table after a tour of the University's new Maternity Hospital. At the coffee hour and in an after dinner session last night they dis -ussed appropriation requests with University ad- ninistrators. Their stay on campus will end today with a luncheon meeting in the Union. Clic Pans Recee Boost " i New Cabine Plans for the University's pro- posed $2,800,000 medical Out- Patient Clinic received a shot in the arm yesterday. The Legislature will definitely appropriate half of the required sum at this year's session, accord- ing to Sen. Elmer R. Porter, chair- man of the State Senate Finance Committee. THIS amount should enable the University to get construction on SL to Check High Rents, ConsiderScholarships Student Legislators will launch an. all out campaign to investi- gate reports that students are being charged excessive rents by Ann Arbor landlords and will consider a broad program of federal scholar- chips at tonight's SL meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Union. Cal Klyman, '51, will ask the Legislators to conduct individual investigations among students living in private rooming houses - _______________--______>9 * * * Time Limits May Impair Veteran Bonus Veterans of 17 states may lose thousands of dollars as applica- tion dates for state bonuses reach the deadlines, Harold Hoffman, director of the Washtenaw County Red Cross Home Service announc- ed last night. SOME OF THE states have set early 1950 deadlines for the bon- uses, and others have named June 30, 1951 as the last day. The Red Cross Home Service Bureau has applications for al-. most all states which are making money available, and will assist the ex-servicemen in completing the blanks. States which have made avail- able grants to former service men include, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne- sota, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, Dela- ware, Indiana, and Vermont as well as Alaska and Hawaii. KLYMAN SAID that at present students can only file protests with a Detroit OPA investigator who visits Ann Arbor every Friday. He urged students who feel that they are being overcharged to report their suspicions to the investigator from 9 to 4:30 p.m. Friday in the City Council cham- bers of the City Hall. "If a large number of violations are reported Friday we will ask the University to establish a spe- cial office to study the living con- ditions of students living in pri- vate rooming houses," Klyman said. TURNING FROM the local to the national college scene, Legis- lators will be asked to support a National Student Association- sponsored bill to provide federal scholarships for needy and deserv- ing American students. Tentatively drawn up by the NSA Congress last summer, the bill calls for the awarding of $750 scholarships to deserving students "without respect to sex, creed, race or nationality." - If Wildman's resolution is sup- ported by SL, the local NSA com- mittee will launch a public rela- tions program to push the bill on the clinic well underway by the time next year's Legislature meets, Porter said. The rest of the funds will probably be forthcoming at that time if construction has pro- gressed far' enough so that the University needs the rest of the money, he added. The Senate committee is on campus to engage in a series of pre-session appropriation talks with University officials. They will wind up their stay here this noon with a tour of the library and a final discussion at lunch. PORTER WAS not so optimis- tic, however, about the $2,700,000 which the University has asked for enlargement of the General Lib- rary. "It looks like that will have to wait untilknext year," the sena- tor declared. - He was unwilling to predict the outcome of a $545,000 Uni- versity request to rehabilitate and modernize the Natural Sci- ence Building, West Engineer- ing Annex and the Architecture Building. It is also too early to estimate how much of the $13,870,000 which the University has requested for operating expenses will be appro- priated, Porter declared. Variety of Weather Strikes Ann Arbor. The ancient adage depicting variety as the spice of life got a bit of a boost yesterday from old' man weather, when he ran the aerial gamut fron sleet, to rain to snow to late afternoon sunshine. The grand total of snow fall since the small blizzard of Feb. 13 is 13.7 inches. With cloudy skies and insigni- ficant snow flurries forecast for today, some relief for weather- conscious Ann Arbor seems on the At the same time, he kept Hugh Dalton on his top staff by naming him Minister of Town and Country Planning and add- ing the job to his old 17-man Cabinet. There were five other changes in the Cabinet, announced from No. 10 Downing street, the prime"min- ister's official residence, a few hours before the first session of the new Parliament. * * * VISCOUNT Alexander of Hills- borough, former defense secretary, moved to Dilton's old seat in the Duchy of Lancaster. Emanuel Shinwell, former Sec- retary of State for War, was moved up to the defense post. James Griffiths, 59-year old Minister of National Insurance, was promoted to Secretary of State for Colonies, a post vacated by Arthur Creech Jones upon his fail- ure to win reelection last Thurs- day. HECTOR McNEIL, Minister of State, was promoted to the post of Secretary of State for Scotland, succeeding Arthur Woodburn, who was dropped from the first string lineup. In the biggest jump of all, Pat- rich C. Gordon Walker was moved up from the under secretaryship to become the new Secretary of State for Commonwealth Rela- tions. * * * Laing Sees No Clear British Voting issues The issues in the British elec- tion were not those of a people facing the future, Prof. Lionel Laing, of the political science de- partment, charged yesterday. Prof. Laing, along with the poli- tical science department's chair- man, Prof. James K. Pollock, and Prof. Samuel Eldersveld, has re- cently returned from 10 days of meeting with British candidates, party agents, newsmen and con- stituents. * * * ISSUES DRAWN between the Labor and Conservative parties were not clear cut," Prof. Laing declared. "The Conservatives scorned the high cost of living that has fallen on Britain in the five year Labor reign; the Laborites pro- claimed an approach to full employment while ridiculing un- employment under previous Tory rule." He noted that the possibility of the withdrawal of Marshal Plan aid from England may be the rea- son that party leaders stuck tc analysis of the past record in- stead of making claims for the future. THE ATTLEE government will World N.ews Roundup WASHINGTON-The United States will start a billion dollar flow of arms to Western Europe next week-end when a French aircraft carrier arrives to pick up a cargo of American Navy fighters and bombers. * * * * FORMOSA - Chiang Kai- BERLIN - At least 100,000 Shek yesterday announced he East Germans are engaged in will resume the presidency of mining and shipping uranium ore to Russia's atomic weapon what is left of Nationalist China, plants, a Western intelligence a job he quit 13 , months ago. source said yesterday. * * * * LONDON-British justice is expected to deal swiftly today with Dr. Klaus Fuchs, brilliant German-born physicist on trial for betraying Western atomic secrets to Soviet Russia. * * * * campus and in the Ann Arbor area.way,. WSSF OUT FOR BLOOD: Campus Groups Will Support Drive "We're out to get blood . - - $30,000 worth of it," said Arnold Miller '51 last night at a meeting of the WSSF. All campus organizations repre- sented at the meeting promised full support of the WSSF drive organizations together as hu- manitarians, to solicit pledges for blood, during the coming drive," said Paul Graffius, '50, of the Office of Student Affairs. "We want each of the campus leaders to contact as many stu- dents as possible, during the next "This is Their Story," a movie prepared by UNESCO explaining the role of the USSF, was present- ed at the meeting. * * * AN ACCOUNT of the actual ac- complishments of the organization c. .c l-rv r hv Arn w mnl-4 a 1