AMA LIBERTARIANS See Page 4 Y Latest Deadline in the State tit WARM, CLOUDY VOL. LV, No. 16. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Police Force' Surrender of Czech Arms Also Seize Guns Of Communists PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia-(P)- A police roundup of private fire- arms started last night in Com- munist-ruled Czechoslovakia, the scene of thousands of arrests in the last 10 days. m Communists as well as non- Communists were reported re- quired to surrender their pistols and hunting weapons. Even air rifles were taken from non-Com- munists. COINCIDENT with the police campaigns. Communist pressure developed against the United States Information Service- in Prague. The U.S. Embassy pro- tested vainly. Arrests continued, though on. a diminishing scale. Prague citizens who went shopping found the old owners of some stores gone and Communist- controlled national administrators in charge. This strengthened re- ports that the roundup was aimed chiefly at wiping out what is left of the small business and middle class here. * * RELIABLE SOURCES said that arrests in the provinces outside the capital were aimed at picking up Czechs suspected of member- ship in an underground organiza- tion. The next step, these sources said, is to connect this under- ground with the Roman Catholic Church and then stage trials. These sources said many of those picked up by police were being sent to labor camps for two- year terms, but can be released af- ter six months at the discretion of government authorities. NSA Report To Be Given To SLToday Open Meeting Will Hear 'Michigan Plan' Reports by Student Legislature delegates to the National Student Association Congress last summer will highlight SL's NSA open meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the third floor Rackham Amphithea- tre. .. All students interested in SL and NSA, and potential SL candidates are urged to attend, Dick Hooker, NSA chairman, said. "THE STUDENT Legislature and NSA are run by and for the students, and we'd like to have those we work for come and see us in action," he added. Special guests of SL will be Michigan State Normal College's Student Council, organized last January and interested in be- coming a member school of NSA. Normal's Dean of Admin- istration E. R. Isbell and Dean of Students Erich A. Walter will also be guests. Another feature of the meeting will be a special movie on Euro- pean students as part of the World Student Service Fund. * * * STUDENT REPORTS will be on the NSA Congress held last August at the University of Illinois. Hook- er will be chairman of the meet- ing. Harvey Weisberg, Grad, will give the background, purpose and future of NSA. SL President John Ryder, '50, will speak on the Michigan Plan (anti-discrimination measure) and its acceptance at the Congress. Leon Rechtman, '50, will also speak on discrimination. Vice- President Quent Nesbitt, '50, will talk on Student Rights and NSA's Purchase Card System. * * * TOM WALSH, Grad, will speak on Academic Freedom. The International aspect of NSA will be discussed by Dori- anne Zipperstein, '51, and Bill Moll, '50. Ed Lewinson, '51, will report on Student Leadership and Al Wild- man, '50, on scholarships and Fed- eral Aid to Education. Revelli Article in Contract Renewal Refused byMiners Continuance of Coal Talks Only Hopeful Sign in Economic Scene PITTSBURGH--P)-The striking United Mine Workers refused an offer yesterday to renew their contract for two years. Government prodding brought the operators and union together. * * * * PRESIDENT JOHN L. LEWIS did not attend. He's expected at resumption of the talks today in White Sulphur Springs and Charles- ton, W. Va. Continuance of the coal talks was the only hopeful sign in America's darkening economic picture." There's no hint of peace in the steel strike. * * * * PHILIP MURRAY, President of the CIO United Steelworkers, made a nationwide radio broadcast-appealing to the public to back j1his demands for free pensions and Farm Price Support Bill Given Okay WASHINGTON-(P)-The Sen- ate yesterday passed a Farm Price Support Bill incorporating a slid- ing scale of price props which President Truman is reported to oppose. The measure which the Senate finally approved after lengthy de- bate also is sharply at odds with a rival bill passed months ago by the House. * * * THE SENATE BILL, sponsored by Senator Clinton Anderson (Dem., N.M.), former Secretary of Agriculture, provides for support- ing major crops next year at 90 per cent of parity but only if they are under production or market- ing controls. After 1950, the support level could range down to 75 per cent at the discretion of the Secre- tary of Agriculture. The House bill, on the other hand, calls for a continuation through 1950 of the 90 per cent of parity supports which prevailed throughout the war, THE PARITY CONCEPT has been the basis of Federal Farm legislation for many years. Parity is a price calculated to give farm- ers a fair return for the things they raise, in terms of what they have to buy. The Senate bill revises that formula to take account of the cost of hired hands. The result is to give slightly higher price levels for farm products that re- quire a lot of hand labor-meat, milk, tobacco and so on-and somewhat lower levels for corn, wheat, cotton and other row crops. The Senate passed its bill by a voice vote. THE NEXT STEP is for the Senate and House to try to iron out the differences in their bills. These are so basic, however, that no quick compromise was in sight. To Conduct Men's Judic Interviews Interviews for students seeking positions on Men's Judiciary will be held from 3-6 p.m. Friday and Monday afternoons, Quentin Nes- bitt vice-president of the Student Legislature, announced. Nesbitt asked all men who pe- titioned for judiciary who have not as yet made an appointment for an interview to call him at 9602. insurance. The offer to renew John L. Lewis' contract for two more years came from Northern and Western soft coal operators. Frank Amos, of the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, said renewal of the old agreement until April, 1951, was the operators' "best and final offer." * * * AMOS added the operators want "unrestricted use of our facilities. That simply means the opera- tors insist Lewis discard the con- tract clause saying miners work only when willing and able. The UMW hasn't specified its exact demands. But Lewis has let it be known he wants an increase in the 20-cents-a-ton payments to his welfare and pension fund. * * * LEWIS HAS talked about a shorter work week with no reduc- tion of pay. Vice President Thomas Ken- nedy of the United Mine Work- ers told a news conference he agreed with operators that noth- ing had been accomplished yes- terday. But he added: "We're one day closer to a settlement." Tests of Food Inconclusive Incomplete tests of food served in the West Quad Saturday noon show no signs of contamination, according to Dr. Warren E. For- sythe, Health Service director. But final results are not expect- ed for several weeks because of the difficulty in finding and isolating germ cul.tures, Dr. Forsythe added. "No pathological organism has been found so far," he said. * * * * - HEALTH SERVICE officials have been skeptical of the ef- fectiveness of the tests in deter- mining the cause of widespread sickness in the Quad over the weekend. Samples were taken 12 hours after the food was served and there was no indication they were from the batch believed contaminated. Scores of Quad residents who had eaten in second floor dining halls Saturday later suffered cramps, vomiting, nausea, diar- rhea and fevers. Six men were confined to bed in Health Service. Football Tickets Students who donated their football tickets to vet- erans for the Michigan-Army gate may pick them up at The Daily between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. today. Senate Halts Naming of Olds to FPC Truman's Strong AppealRebuffed WASHINGTON - (P) - The Senate early today swept aside the wishes of President Truman and refused to confirm Leland Olds for a third term as a mem- ber of the Federal Power Commis- sion. After a night of heated wran- gling, the Senate rejected the nomination for which Mr. Tru- man had fought with a personal appeal and the power of the Dem- ocratic National Committee. * * IT WAS THE third time this year that the Senate, which has a Democratic majority, had rebuffed the President on an appointment. The showdown on Olds came shortly after midnight. It cli- maxed a debate in which Olds, first appointed to the Commis- sion in 1939 by the late Presi- dent Roosevelt, was sharply as- sailed and vigorously defended. * * * His opponent contended that he is a foe of Capitalism and that in articles he wrote 20-odd years ago he helped to promote Communism and ". sowed the seeds of revolu- tion." * * * . BUT SENATORS supporting his nomination replied that gas and oil interests were behind the fight on Olds. They pictured him as a devoted public servant trying to protect consumers by effective utility regulation. Earlier, a Senate committee bottled up Mr. Truman's nomi- nation of his close friend, for- mer Gov. Mon Wallgren of Washington, to be chairman of the National Security Resources Board. The President finally withdrew it. Senator Byrd (Dem., Va.) with the Armed Services Committee Republicans to hold up Wallgren's nomination. BYRD ALSO led a fight against the selection of Carl A. Ilgenfritz to be chairman of the Munitions Board. Ilgenfritz, a steel company executive, refused to give up his private salary to take the govern- ment job. The Senate rejected him, al- though the White House had ap- proved the idea of his drawing both salaries. Telegrams sent to Democratic officials by National Chairman William M. Boyle, Jr., said the fight over Olds "is a straight party issue of Democratic action to pro- tect the American people against the monopoly-seeking power lob- by." In the Committee hearings, critics of Olds contended that he is attempting to assert the Power Commission's authority over the production and gathering of nat- ural gas contrary to what they called the intent of Congress. Northwestern Bus Tickets Still Available Today and tomorrow morning will be the last chances for stu- dents to buy round-trip bus tickets to the Northwestern game, ac- cording to John Zabriskie, '50 BAd, of the Wolverine Club. The modern Greyhound buses will leave at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow l from the League, and arrive in Evanston at 6:30 p.m. Chicago time. * * * . PICKING UP students in Chi- cago and Evanston the buses will leave at noon on Sunday and re-. turn to Ann Arbor about 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Student Activities win- dow of the Administration Building. The round trip costs $10. A mixer for all Michigan stu- dents will be held after the game Saturday, at Scott Hall on the Northwestern campus, Zabriskie also announced. Students may also buy bus tick- ets for the Illinois game, Oct. 29. Buses will leave at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, for the six and a half hourtr.in Tickets will cost Cut tie Navy' -Daily-Alex Lmanian GOOD LOSER-Robert Banser, '52, Theta Delt, who lost a World Series bet, pushes a peanut from the corner of the Engine Arch to the corner of N. University and State. It took him two hours and eight minutes to complete the half mile ordeal. Admirals Blast Johnson's P'rogram U.S. Campaigns To Block Russians' Peace Pact Plan LAKE SUCCESS-UP)-The United States campaigned behind the scenes in the United Nations Assembly last night to kill off the Soviet Peace Pact Plan and the new Russian demand for a count of atom bombs. The Americans say both projects are meant only to fool people. * * * * THE UNITED STATES insisted in private talks with delegations, and in public comments that a show-up of atomic bombs without full verification would be meaningless. U.N. diplomatic sources said the major objective of the American drive is to expose the Russian Peace Pact Plan as a fraud. To do this, the Americans have drawn up an 8-point resolution reaffirming the principles of the U.N. Charter, calling attention to 0charges of violations of human Lord Boyd Orr Named Nobel Prize W inei OSLO, Norway--(P)-Lord Boyd Orr, president of a movement for World Federal government and former head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Omrgani2 a- tion, is the Nobel Peace Prize win- ner of 1949. The Norwegian Parliament's Nobel Committee announced its award today to the patient, crag- gy-faced, 69-year-old Scotsman who has long campaigned for "a world food policy based on the needs of the people rather than on trade interests." * * * THE PRIZE amounts to $21,- 889.30. The recipient, the former Sir John Boyd Orr, announced in Dundee, Scotland, that he would use the money to promote peace and world government. "The important thing in the world today is to get the nations to cooperate," the famed nutrition- ist told a reporter. Several Americans had been among those considered for the prize, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The name of President Juan D. Peron, of Argentina, was also presented. rights and freedom of information, and in effect saying there are enough treaties for peace now if Russia would only respect them. * * * THE BRITISH were reported to have agreed to support the Ameri- can resolution. Other Western countries are expected to line up quickly. On Sept. 23, Andrei Y. Vishin- sky, SoviethForeign Minister, called on the U.N. Assembly to condemn what he called prepar- ations by the United States and Britain for a new war. He also urged the Assembly to demand early prohibition of atom- ic bombs and an adequate control system for atomic energy. Finally, he asked the Assembly to express itself in favor of a peace pact among the big five countries - France, China, Britain, U.S. and Russia. THAT IS THE resolution the United States hopes to kill in the political committee of the Assem- bly. It is expected to come up next week. Warren R. Austin, U.S. dele- gate, has called the Visinsky proposal an olive branch sur- rounded by "poisonous thorns." Benjamin V. Cohen, U.S. dele- gate, carried on the fight in a speech-in the special political com- mittee dealing with charges that Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria violated human rights. J o rid News Round- Up By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - (A') - The Joint Congressional Atomic En- ergy Committee yesterday rejected by a 9 to 6 vote a charge that the Atomic Energy Commission had been the subject of "incredible mismanagement." HONG KONG-Chinese Com- munist armies today struck to trap doomed Canton's Nation- alist garrison of 80,000 men. Red Gen. Cheng Keng sent his swift-moving columns ra- ing to cut off the garrison's overland escape corridors ex- tending east and west of the Nationalist capital. * * * NEW YORK-America's 11 top Communist leaders ended their defense yesterday and the Govern- ment at once began its final plea to the jury in the 39-week-old conspiracy trial. * * * WASHINGTON - Mrs. Eu- genie Anderson of Red Wing, Minn., was nominated yesterday as ambassador to Denmark. She would be the first woman to hold that rank in the Diplo- matic Service. EAST LANSING - Michigan State College yesterday an- nounced it has received a grant of $87,500 from the National Associ- ation of Food Chains, to set up a new curriculum to train students for managerial and executive posts in the nation's chain stores. WASHINGTON - A pay raise for most of the nation's fighting men-ranging from about $5 a month for recruits to a little more than $300 for generals with 30 years' service - was signed into law yesterday by President Truman. * * * BERLIN-The Soviet Zone Par- liament formally confirmed Chan- cellor Otto Grotewohl and his cabinet yesterday, then approved his program transplanted from the Kremlin. Term Policy 'Granmd Stand' EconolVAct Halsey Asks for Finisli of Carrier WASHINGTON-(')-Secretary of Defense Johnson's "cut the Navy" policy underwent a mount- ing barrage from famous-name admirals yesterday and a key Congressman accused Johnson of making "grand stand" economy plays. The heat on Johnson increased terrifically as: * * * 1. ADMIRAL William F. "Bull" Halsey called for completion of the huge $189,000,000 aircraft carrier United States, cancelled by John- son. The hero of the Pacific lam- basted the Air Force's B-36 atom bomber before the House Armed Services Committee. He said it was fit only for "seige" bombing operations against cities and in- dustries-and he said a seige never yet won a war against an enemy with an army in the field. 2. Ailing Admiral Ernest J. King, top man of the Navy in World War II, sent the Commit- tee a statement that "we have been over-emphasizing the atom bomb and the bomber that was planned to deliver it." He said that "any war plans-or peace plans-which deprive the Navy of its combatant strength will become the plans for our own defeat." 3. Admiral Richard L. Conolly, commander in the Eastern Atlan- tic and Mediterranean, testified that if war should come he would need more Naval strength than the entire Navy now has. His re- sponsibilities are increasing but his tools are decreasing, he said. 4. ADMIRAL Thomas C. Kin- kaid, commander of the Eastern Sea Frontier, protested a "Magi- not Line mentality" which, he said, might be "fatal" to the country's efforts to prevent de- struction of civilization. Then Rep. Vinson (D-Ga.), the chairman of the House Com- mittee, cut loose at Johnson, Noting that the Defense Secre- tary had ordered a $00,000,000 cut in Navy, Army and Air Force spending for 1950, Vin- son said this was done without consulting Congress and before the 1950 Appropriation Bill has even been passed. Calling this a "grand stand play," Vinson said: "When a bill is spending before Congress and further review of funds is justified, then he should come before Congress." * * * "BUREAUCRATS," Vinson said, are not playing fair with Con- gress when they go about "making a record" as economyites without consulting the legislators. Johnson, however, hinted that President Truman is supporting his defense plicies. Meanwhile the Congressional deadlock over funds for the Air Force continued as the Senate re- fused to provide an additional $741,000,000 to expand the Air Forces during the next year. * * * BY A VOICE vote that sounded unanimous Senator Elmer Thomas (DOkla.) won Senate insistence upon providing funds only for the 48-group combat Air Force asked by President Truman. Previously the House had in- sisted upon the extra millions to build the air power up to 58 groups. Latin Professor Awarded Medal A' medal commemorating the 200th anniversary of the first ex- cavations in Pompeii has been awarded posthumously to Prof. Francis W. Kelsev by the Ita.lian EDITOR REPORTS: South Americans Eager For Freedom of Press "Freedom of the press is not an idle phrase but a vital and impo- tant issue of all thinking South Americans," Floyd J. Miller, pub- lisher of the Royal Oak Daily Tribune, told a journalism audi- ence yesterday. Of 21 countries represented at > the Inter-American Press Con-................... gress at Quito, Ecuador, this §ummer, only six have a complete- ly free press, Miller said. * * *" "ARGENTINA'S censorshim 1s RAH-RAIH SPIRIT SOARS: Frosli-Soph 'Tug' Across Huron Today C.N It will be a tug to the finish at 4:30 p.m. today when the fresh- man and sophomore Tug Week teams fight it out across the Huron river to prove which class has more muscles and which can swim. Sixty-four underclassmen rep- resenting every house in the men's rln minrPQan 1 frf ni- lS2QP the parade of participants and spectators from Hill °Audito- rium to the site of the contests at 4:15 p.m. today. A further outlet for student spirit provided in the activities of Tug Week will be "Soph Satire," musical comedy to be presented at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Hill Audito- rium. show. Corky Gibbon is stage man- ager and music director.. Tug Week will come to a high- ly informal conclusion Saturday night at the League in the form of an all-campus Hard Times Dance. A prize will be awarded to the couple dressed "most dilapidatedly." Tug Week was initiated this se-