SPLINTER GROUPS See Page 4 Sitr uj rn Latest Deadline in the State :Iaii4t COLD, CLOUDY VOL. LX, No. 26 ANN ARBOR, MICMGAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Official Sees Air Guard Federalized National Guard Rakes Air Force MONTGOMERY, Aa.-(P)-A simmering inter-service wrangle boiled up yesterday into blunt no- tice from the Air Force that it may try to take control of the flying branch of the National Guard. Assistant Air Secretary Harold C. Stuart told National Guard of- ficers from throughout the United ";States that his department will advocate federalization of the Guard "if that is what is neces- sary for the strongest national de- fense." * * * STUART'S REMARK came in reply to a charge by the president of the U.S. National Guard Asso- ciation that the Air Force is seek- ing to wreck the guard. Both statements were made in speeches at the opening of the association's annual conference. Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh of Minnesota, the Guard President, touched off the scrap by accus- ing the Air Force of trying to gobble up the air guard. He named Air Secretary Stuart Symington, Chief of Staff Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Lt. Gen. El- wood Quesada as leaders in the campaign. Quesada is chair- man of the joint technical plan- ning committee in the defense department. Assistant Secretary Stuart told the guard officers he knew of no statement from Symington or Gen. Vandenberg advocating federal control of the guard, but added: "IF THAT IS WHAT is neces- sary for the strongest national de- fense, I am sure every one of you here are just as much for it as they are and I would be." Whatever policy the Air Force stands for, he said, will be "what }in our opinion" is best for na- tional defense. "We want a good long-asting-peace and we de- sire sincerely to do everything in our power to insure a lasting peace." Gen. Walsh made it plain nev- ertheless that the guard will stand its ground and is here to stay no matter what other branches of the armed services want. "The National Guard has no in- tention of being read out of the party to which it has belonged to these many years and to which it has contributed so much," he said in his annual report. "The Na- tional Guard was here first and here we intend to stay." He charged the Air Force with carrying on a campaign to replace the Guard with a 'purely air re- serve force." Lubeck Heads Phoenix Drive Mary Lubeck, '51, will head the students' campaign drive for the Michigan Memorial-Phoenix Proj- ect, the National Executive Com- mittee announced Sunday. He was also made a member of the National Executive Committee. EVENTUALLY consisting of about 1,000 volunteers, the stu- dents' campaign will begin next fall, Lubeck said. Selection of stu- dent personnel will begin very soon, he added. A campaign worker will con- tact every student on campus, Lubeck revealed. Assisting Lubeck in the students' campaign will be a vice-chairman and four standing committees. They are publicity, features, per- sonnel and speakers. Announcements for prospective student campaign personnel will be made in the near future, Lu- beck said. 'U' Red Feather Campaign Opens Setting an overall quota of $25,- 500, the University's annual Com- munity Fund campaign gets under way today. The drive, handled through the Ann Arbor Community Chest, will FACULTY HOMES: 'U' Officials Study Housing Finances By JIM BROWN With tax assessment problems apparently worked out with the Ann Arbor Board of Realtors last month, University officials are now attempting to secure a suitable financing program for the Stadium Hills Faculty Housing Project. Designed to alleviate the substandard housing conditions of 500 faculty and departmental employees, the 800 unit project will be located on a 155 acre tract of land located nert to the University Golf Course. WHEN THE Hills Corporation the homes on a PROPERTY was purchased from the Golf View in April, 1948, it was originally planned to build self-liquidating basis similar to the University residence halls. Since that time, however, a State Legislature bill has cleared the obstacles to the financing of University projects through loans floated by private insur- ance companies. Officials are now contacting insurance com- panies in an attempt to work out such a financing program. Meanwhile, the University's at- tempts to get the Stadium Hills property admitted within the Ann Arbor city limits were given a boost late last month when local realtors passed a resolution favor- ing the admittance of the area. * * * THEY STIPULATED, however, that the land should be placed on the tax rolls "at a fair assessment value at the time of annexation." University vice-president Rob- ert P. Briggs had told the real- tors that although the Regents do not have the authority to put tax exempt University property on the tax rolls, "it is their sin- cere intention to see that it does go on the tax rolls." Petitions favoring the addition of Stadium Hills and neighboring Barnard Heights to Ann Arbor have been circulated but not filed. The land, formerly operated as a golf course, is now being used as a parking lot during the Wol- verine's home football games. Leland Stowe To Talky 'here Tomorrow Will Present Second In 'U' Lecture Series Leland Stowe, author and journ- alist, will present the second in the University's Lecture Series at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Audi- torium. Stowe, who has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, will speak on "We Still Have Time to Win the Peace." FOREIGN EDITOR for the "Re- porter" Magazine, Stowe has just returned from a European tour. He visited Italy, Greece, and the Balkans, and was there when the U.S. Senate passed the At- lantic Pact and the Arms Aid Bill. Part of Stowe's talk tomor- row will deal with the effect of U.S. policy on these areas. Author of "Nazi Means War," "No Other Road to Freedom," and "Thou Shall Not Sleep," Stowe was formerly on the staff of the New York Herald Tribune's Paris bu- reau. * * * HE HELD THAT post from 1925-37, and during that time re- ported on the League of Nations, and the Spanish Civil War. In 1939, Stowe became foreign staff correspondent for the "Chi- cago Daily News," and covered the Russo - Finnish War. Beginning in 1941, he was war correspondent for the News in Norway, Greece, and Albania. Tickets for the lecture are avail- able from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow at Hill Auditorium. ISA To Meet The International Students Association will hold its third meeting of the semester at 7 p.m. today at the International Center. Two Deny Argus Suit Accusations A denial of charges made against Argus, Inc., Ann Arbor camera firm, in a $1,180,388 dam- age suit has been filed by H. L. Frisinger, Ann Arbor contractor and A. L. Ashby, president of Oli- vet College, both members of the company's board. The charge was brought against Argus, Inc., by Louis M. Eston, De- troit investment counselor and owner of 100 shares of Argus stock. Eston alleged that "negligent ac- tions" of the firm's directors had resulted in dissipation of the com- pany's funds. * * * THE ANSWER filed with the Wayne county circuit court, is the (first to be made by any of the eight company directors named in the charge. Frisinger and Ashby denied that "a general system" had been established to benefit the directors financially. They also denied that the di- rectors had allowed themselves to be dominated by the former pres- ident and vice-president of the firm. THY SAID that the alleged $100,000 loss in the sale of cam- eras to a Hoboken, N.J., firm was not the result of any failure of the defendants. The answer refuted Easton's charge that "ownership and op- eration of an airplane consti- tuted a negligent and reckless dissipation of the corporation's money." As a final point, Frisinger and Ashby denied that the alleged seven-and-a-half-cent - per - share dividend declared in 1947-48 was unwarranted. The two board members also asserted that Eston may have disseminated the charges to the stockholders to influence the management of the corporation for his own purposes. Last Chance For Petitions Today is the last chance for po- tential election candidates to ap- ply for petitions, arcording to Student Legislature elections chairman Bill Clark. ' The Administration Building lobby will be open from 3 to 4:30 p.m., he said. Clark reissued his call for more students to petition for SL positions. "We should have more SL candidates to make the elections successful," he said. * * * THE PETITIONS will be due tomorrow at the Administration lobby. The window will be open from 1 to 4:30 p.m., 'he said. Fourteen more petitioners were filed yesterday, raising the total to 91, he said. Ten SL petitions were applied for: Dolores Olsen, Arnold Miller, David Litowsky, Tom Rice, Jacob Lazar, Albert Keith, Sam Altman, David Belin, Dorothy Kline and Howard Johnson. J-Hop Committee petitioners were: Mary Lou Porter, Francis Luse, Joseph Simpson, Nan Byrns. U.S. Pledges Aidin Control Of 'A Bomb Truman Speaks At UN Dedication NEW YORK - (P) - President Truman pledged American support today to any safe and effective plan that would outlaw the atomic bomb. "To assure that atomic energy will be devoted to man's welfare and not to his destruction is a continuing challenge to all nations and all peoples," he declared. * * * THE PRESIDENT spoke at a ceremony at which the United Na- tions laid the cornerstone for its permanent headquarters. He called the cornerstone rites "An act of faith-our un- shakeable faith that the United Nations will succeed." He addressed 16,000 persons at a flag-decked open air session of the 59-nation General Assembly seated in the dead end of 42nd Street on the East River. MR. TRUMAN SAID control of weapons is a requisite to a peace- ful world. Ever since the first atomic bomb was developed," he said, "a major objective of United States policy has been a system of international control of atomic energy that would assure effective prohibition of atomic weapons, and at the same time would promote the peaceful use of atomic energy by all nations." He reviewed briefly the work of the deadlocked UN Atomic Energy Commission and endorsed again the Bernard M. Baruch Plan that won majority approval but was re- jected by Russia. "THIS IS A GOOD plan," he said "It is a plan that can work and, more important, it is a plan that can be effective in accom- plishing its purpose. It is the only plan so far developed that w .ald meet the technical requirement of control, that would make prohibi- tion of atomic weapons effective, and at the same time promote the peaceful development of atomic energy on a cooperative basis. "We support this plan and will continue to support it unless and until a better and more effective plan is put forward." The Russians have rejected every proposal which contains pro- visions for inspection.- Bloc Voting Stands Stated By IFC, A I The presidents of IFC and AIM last night appeared before the West Quad Council's Campus Ac- tion Committee to state their groups' cases in the current IFC- AIM squabble over bloc voting. Jake Jacobson, '50, IFC presi- dent, and Walt Hansen, '50, presi- dent of AIM, spent an hour ex- plaining their respective stands. IT WAS A BID for West Quad support in the forthcoming SL elections-support for their or- ganizations' policies, if not for in-' dividual candidates or groups of canddates. George Roumell, '51, West Quad Council president, said the Council will hear the Campus Action Committee's rep.ort at its regular meeting tonight. At that time, the Council will make a definite statement of its position in the SL election, he said. * * * MEANWHILE, Ray Litt, '52E, East Quad Council president, would only declare, "We of the East Quad Council have decided to back the most qualified me'n for' SL." Litt said a more definite state- ment may be forthcoming when his group receives further infor- mation on the election policies of the IFC, AIM and West Quad Council. Shot! Atlee Puts Fee on British (Social Medical Services -Daily-Herb Harrington DAMSEL IN DISTRESS-Dibby Ewing, '53, grimaces as she bares her arm for a flu vaccination. Behind her Sal Fallone, '52, offers a queasy grin as he fingers his own sleeve in not-too-happy anticipation. Students may continue to get flu shots from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow and Wednesday at Health Service. BRAIN RESEARCH: ElectricalImpulses Seen As AId to Handicapped EVANSTON, Ill.-(P)-A means of making the blind see, the deaf hear and the paralyzed walk-by sending electrical impulses into the brain or muscles-was seen as a possibility tonight by a scientist in brain lesearch. He is Dr. Wendell J. S. Krieg, professor of neurology at North- western University's medical school. He toid a University meeting he believes that great advances will be made in the next decade in such research on humans. * * * * Bum Steer PORT HURON-P)-Accord- ing to frantic calls swamping the police department here last night an entire herd of cattle was stampeding along U.S. 25. But when the police, aided by 50 volunteers, came to the res- cue it was tp round up one large steer that 'scaped from a pack- ing plant. Brushing aside Deputy Sher- iff Earnest J. Spratto, the steer escaped to the shelter of a nearby woods. Arab Nations Consider Pact For Defense Called Potential Allies for West By STAN SWINTON CAIRO - (P) - A senior Arab statesman said yesterday seven Arab nations are contemplating a mutual defense treaty calling for a unified supreme command and integrated armed forces. Other sources pointed out that establishment of common Arab de- fenses - if the step could be di- vorced from the Palestineissue- would provide more effective po- tential allies for the West if a conflict ever materialized with Russia. AN INDICATION of internal op- position to the mutual defense pact came from Ismail Sidky Pasha, former Egyptian Premier and an influential independent political leader. He told the newspaper Al Ahram such a pact "is more dangerous to Egyptian security than the atom bomb." Sidky Pasha warned a common command would require disclosure of Egyptian defense secrets. He demanded the matter go before the Egyptian Parliament before Egypt takes any binding action. THE HIGH ARAB statesman, who asked that his identity be withheld, said it was hoped that in addition toea mutualsdefense treaty an agreement also would be reached on an Arab economic treaty, linking together the econ- omies of the prospective military partners. The informant expressed op- timism that both draft treaties would be drawn up in the cur- rent Arab league council ses- sions. Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Leb- anon, Hashemite Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen would be the countries concerned. Since all seven Arab nations are strongly anti-Communist, such a military unification could create a significant new strategic situation among the Soviet Union's southern neighbors. The Arab League Council prev- iously announced approval in prin- ciple of an Egyptian suggestion for a collective security system in the Arab world. Directory Sale eginsTodw'- The least expensive student dir- ectory in ten years goes on sale today. Costing only 75 cents instead of the usual dollar, the directory will be sold on the diagonal, at the League, the Union, at an Admin- istration Building window and along the routes to the four major womens residence halls. SELLING HOURS will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Uif the directories last that long. Last year, at 25 cents more per copy, the directory sold out by 2:30 p.m. the first day. Behind the "ice green" cover of the directory are the names, Ann Arbor addresses and tele- phone numbers of more than 20,000 students. These include Outlines Plan To Hold Back RisingPrices Cuts Announced In Dollar Imports LONDON-(P)-Prime Minister Clement Attlee tacked a 14-cent fee onto Britain's Socialized Medi- cal Service yesterday as part of an economy program to save the government 280,000,000 pounds ($784,000,000) a year. To pull the nation out of its eco- nomic spin, the Prime Minister also ordered a $400,000,000 cut in dollar imports. IN TERSE, DRY tones of auste- rity, Attlee presented to Parlia- ment the Labor Government's scheme for preventing inflation that might result from devaluation of the pound. "We must reduce expenditure and increase production," Attlee told the House of Commons. The program he offered lopped off spending for national defense, capital investments, public re- lations and food subsidies. Later in a radio fireside chat to the British people the Labor Prime Minister declared the nation is "not yet going flat in this fight for recovery. TO THE ALREADY austerity- weary Briton it all meant that many of the goods they have to queue up for would be even scarcer, Gasoline and some foods would cost more. They would have to pay the 14-cent fee for medicines thyn: w-gt - - n--ha-- tional Health Program. Before a' jammed and tensely waiting audience in the House of Commons Attlee announced these cuts: National defense - 30,000,000 pounds ($84,000,000). Most of the savings to be in administrative costs. Capital investment-14,000,000 pounds ($392,000,000). Hacked off of long-term projects such as im- provement of fuel and power out- put and the building of roads, schools and hospitals. Housing - 35,000,000 pounds ($98,000,000). Cuts an estimat- ed 20,000 houses off the gov- ernment's program to build 180,- 000 annually. Other building - 35,000,000 pounds ($98,000,000). Represents a general tightening up on controls over construction. WINSTON CHURCHILL, war- time Prime Minister and opposi- tion leader, was the first to react to the Attlee pronouncement. Jumping to his feet when Attlee was finished, the Conservative Party leader said: "The first question we must all ask ourselves is: are these proposals adequate to the need in which we stand?" Sir Patrick Hannon, president of the National Union of Manufac- turers, declared the program was "totally inadequate to meet the gravity of the situation." In the London stock market prices recovered sharply toward the close. 'The general belief among brokers was that cuts in government expenditure an- nounced by Attlee would, in the long run, help business recovery. Dormitory To HonorPalmer Women living in the unit of the New Women'shResidence named in honor of Alice Freeman Palmer last month will hold a dinner program in her honor at 6 p.m. today. The 129 coeds living in Palmer House, one of four units in the new residence hall, will present a brief program dramatizing inci- dents in Dr. Palmer's life follow- ing the dinner. * * * UNDER normal nerve IllS THEORY, electrical impulses, duplicating the impulses involved in sight and hearing, could be con- veyed to the brain by a series of - electrodes distributed over the skull. Since muscles can be made to contract by direct electrical stimulation, "it should be pos- sible to place permanent elec- trodes at motor points and acti- vate the muscles whenever de- sired,," he said. "It is only a technological step to devise an appliance to scan the visual field in the same manner as a television scanner and to transmit that which is seen and recorded to the cortex (brain) cov- ering) in the same sequence and, scanning pattern," he added. TO PRODUCE the sensation of hearing, he said, "it would seemj possible to carry a series of ter- minals to the auditory area of1 the brain whereby separate tones,1 in different combinations and se- quences, could be applied." He gave no estimate of how ; soon a practical test could, be made of his beliefs. But in an, interview, he told a reporter:; "If we had a small, two-story building and $65,000 a year avail-; able I feel we could develop at a rate that would produce some practical results in about four' years." So far, he said, no tests have been made nor has equipment been perfected'. World News Round-Up By The Associated Press The Government pulled out of its peace talks with U.S. Steel yes- terday-at least for the time. It was learned that federal media- tion director Cyrus S. Ching does not plan to return to New York to- day, but U.S. steel officials have been asked to stand by in New York for possible further talks. PARIS-Georges Bidault, the latest leader picked to solve France's political deadlock tried to put together a cabinet yesterday before asking confirmation from the National Assembly. CLEVELAND - CIO President, Philip Murray disclosed moves yes- terday to set up a huge CIO war chest at next week's convention to help the steelworkers in their strike for free pensions and insur- ance. Murray also indicated yesterday that he plans to purge the CIO of leaders who refuse to go along with general anti-communist policy, in- cluding the merger of weak left- wing unions with strong right- wing ones. IT LOOKS EASY, BUT JUST TRY IT: Expert Musician Explains Triangle Technique By PHOEBE FELDMAN What's it like to play the trian- gle with the Boston Symphony? "There are all kinds of things to consider," he remarked with a angle is not complete-one angle is unfinished to release the sound you hit the triangle, and wheth- er you hold the stick loosely or percussionist Charles Smith who was kept busy on the drums Sun-