ADMISSIONS DISCRIMINATION See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State Du)ti4s CLOUD:, COLD VOL. LX, No. 36 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS . .. ...... . - CIO Offered Pension Plan By Republic Ching Acts To End Coal Strike By The Associated Press CLEVELAND - Republic Steel Corp., the nation's third largest steel producer, last night offered the CIO United Steelwork- ers a proposal for pensions for 54,000 production workers. A conference was set for 9 a.m. today between Republic union leaders and CIO President Philip Murray to discuss the Republic plan. WILLIAM F. Donovan, Cleve- land district director of the steel- workers and leader in company- wide negotiations with Republic, said of the company proposal: "With Murray's approval, we'll accept it." Republic would have to start from scratch on a pension plan, since it has no company-paid pensions for its wage earners. Meanwhile, in Washington, Fed- eral Mediator Cyrus S. Ching held a two-hour parley with John L. Lewis yesterday and then called southern mine owners to meet in Washington on Monday in a drive to end the 47-day-old coal strike. COAL OPERATORS from other sections of the country will be called later, Ching said. Both Lewis and Ching were silent on details of their long talk behind closed doors. Ching would not comment on Lewis' reaction to his call for section - by - section conferences 1 with -the operators. He said he and Lewis "discussed all the angles." * * - * MEANWHILE, President Tru- man travelled back to Washington still facing a qecision whether to undertake another showdown bat- tle with Lewis over the coal stop- page. He had made a speech Fri- day night at St. Paul, Minn. Some of Mr. Truman's, aides were reported urging him to pro- ceed under the Taft-Hartley Law, as he. did once before, in an attempt to halt the crippling coal walkout. Lewis met a double-barreled set- back yesterday in a renewed bid to end the strike on a sectional basis. UNLIKE THE STEEL industry, where cracks have developed, the coal operators held a solid front against Lewis' maneuvers to ne- gotiate settlements one by one. Only a few hours before Ching made his move, Lewis widened an earlier offer to talk with In- diana operators alone. This time he made it a two-state proposi- tion, taking in Illinois. Both turned him down cold. But while the steel issue hung fire, the Ford Motor Co. sounded a note of cautious optimism with the announcement that it will continue nearly full production in all divisions except Lincoln auto- mobiles throughout November. * * * PREVIOUSLY, Ford had plan- ned to shut down its huge Rouge Plant between Nov. 11 and 15, with the consequent layoff of about 100,000 Ford workers. At the same time, in Detroit Wil- liam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said that the AFL favors higher social security payments, rather than industrial pensions. The most desirable pension, he declared, is one which provides re- tirement for a worker regardless of where he has been employed, or for how long. Debaters to Argue At School Clinic The University's Varsity debat- ers will give a demonstration to- IFC Groups Act On Bias Clause. Subcommittee's Legal Section Recommends Prohibition Removal (EDITOR'S NOTE: Because*the IFC has not released official information regarding the activities of the discrimination subcommittee, The Daily has been forced to rely on unofficial sources. Every attempt has been made to insure the accuracy of this story.) By JAMES GREGORY The legal action section of IFC's subcommittee on discrimination, meeting secretly Wednesday night, recommended that IFC actively oppose discriminatory clauses in fraternity constitutions. Five members of the subcommittee attended the meeting. They are not empowered to formulate IFC policy. * * * * THEIR ACTION is in no way binding on IFC. News of the meeting reached The Daily from a source close to the subcommittee. Those at the meeting assumed that a discrimination poll being taken among fraternities on campus would show that most affiliated men oppose discriminatory clauses. * *' * * ON THE BASIS of this assumption, they suggested the following course of action: 1. The,'subcommittee, at the legal section's recommendation, would prepare a report recommending that the local IFC declare its opposition to discriminatory c * * * IFC Silence Necessary -- orrison Dick Morrison, '50, chairman of IFC's subcommittee on discrimi- nation, yesterday upheld his com- mittee's "no comment" policy as a defense against "outside pres- sures." "A two-week 'no comment' pol- icy is necessary to allow the entire subcommittee to develop its or- ganization and initial scope with- out outside pressures being placed on it," Morrison said. "IN THAT WAY, a true reflec- tion of the fraternity attitude toward the problem can be devel- oped," he explained. Ile said the subcommittee felt that "publication of ac- tipns of component parts of the group would only confuse the public and hinder the real work of the committee." Morrison defined this work as "the total elimination of discrimi- nation from the fraternity sys- tem." * * * IFC PRESIDENT' Jake Jacob- son, '50, had this to say of his group's policy on discrimination: "Last spring the IFC actively went on record as opposing discrimina- tory clauses. Naturally this policy will be carried out. "The motion that brought it up also instituted the present IFC subcommittee working on discrimination," Jacobson re- called. "The committee report will serve as a reinforcement of last spring's policy," he predicted. * * * JACOBSON said that in the fu- ture "IFC will gladly release in- formation as soon as it becomes official." Men jon Will .deliver Talk On Hollywood Adolphe Menjou, one of Holly- wood's leading personalities, will bring his knowledge of the film kingdom to the Hill Auditorium stage 8:30 p.m. Monday in a talk cn the "Stairwayto Stardom." Veteran of more than 30 years in the motion picture industry, Menjou will be the third speaker in the University's Lecture Series this year. * * * MENJOU HAS achieved almost as much fame in the world of fash- ion as on the screen. Virtually no lauses in fraternity constitutions. 2. The local IFC would recom- mend to the Big Ten IFC that it also oppose discriminatory clauses. 3. The Big Ten IFC, if it agreed to do this (and the men at Wed- nesday's meeting predicted it would), would further recommend to the National Interfraternity Conference that it put pressure on national fraternities to remove the discriminatory clauses from their charters. * * * THE FIVE MEN thought that the movement would finally get that far, and that national fra- ternities would eventually remove the offending clauses from their constitutions. The legal action section ac- 'cordingly prepared a report rec- ommending this course of action to the subcommittee on discrimina- tion. The report will be consid- ered at the subcommittee's meet- ing Wednesday. CED Pushes Discrimination Referendum Committee to End Discrimina- tion acted yesterday to contact Student Legislature on the inclu- sion of the discrimination refer- endum in the coming SL elections. The referendum concerns dis- criminatory questions on Univer- sity application blanks. CED has conferred with the deans of various University schools on the question in the past. MEMBERS ALSO mapped final plans to put into circulation peti- tions to acquaint students with CED's purposes. The petitions will be passed out after a short meeting 5 p.m. Monday, a Committee spokesman said. Represented at yesterday's meeting were Angell House, Stu- dents for Democratic Action, United World Federalists, Lester House, Cooley House and Beta Mu. Other organizations attending were Young Progressives, East Quad Council, American Veterans' Committee, Strauss House, Inter- Racial Association, Anderson House and the Unitarian Student Group. Acheson Will Fly To Paris For Meeting To Confer With Bevin, Schuman By The Associated Press Secretary of State Acheson will fly to Paris early next week for a swift conference on German and European unity problems with Foreign Ministers Bevin of Brit- ain and Schuman of France, it was announced in Washington, yesterday. The Western Big Three also will discuss organization of the North American-Western European de- fenses under the Atlantic Treaty, the State Department said. * * * ANOTHER development on the international economic scene was the announcement yesterday that the government was clamping new controls on strategic U.S. goods to keep them from slipping into Rus- sia via Communist China-or ly practically any other route. To prevent reshipment to the Soviet bloc in Europe, already banned from getting direct shipments of necessary goods from the U.S., the government said a license must be obtained from the commerce department to ship "security" goods to any- where in the world, except Can- ada. This gives the agency a chance to "screen" such shipments and prevent them if it suspects the goods will be forwarded to Russian areas from the listed destinations. * * * . . ACTION HAS come almost si- multaneously with the United States' relaxation of policy toward Yugoslavia, the former Russian satellite now opposing the Krem- lin. Meanwhile in Czechoslovakia, its 9,000,000 Catholics wondered anxiously last night if their pri- mate, Archbishop Josef Beran, would swear allegiance to the Communist-led regime he has so bitterly opposed. If he obeys a decree, issued yes- terday by the Czech government, demanding his allegiance to the "People's Democratic Regime," it will mark his first emergence from his five-months' isolation. The Czech government also re- jected U.S. diplomatic protests yesterday against the recent oust- ing of two American attaches and jailing of an Embassy employee on espionage charges. Vulcan Inducts New Members Mighty Vulcan, holding court in his forge, Mt. Aetna, sat embit- tered at man's misuse of his be- loved fire. Then came to him his faithful followers, saying, "Mighty Vulcan, hear these candidates for admission to our Sacred Order." These, being engineers, the only forms of mankind the god would hear, were forthwith put to the test, and, having passed the or- deal and proven their worthiness, were admitted: Thus entered the Sacred Order of Vulcan: Richard C. Allen, John R. Dav- ies, Rcbert D. Keiser, Harvey E. Schatz, S. Lee Setomer, Alexan- der T. Topping, Justin C. Wil- liams and Prof. Joseph H. Cannon. SINGS TONIGHT-Nancy Evans, vocalist with the Wayne King Orchestra, will be featured in the Wayne King Show to be held at Hill Auditorium at 8 p.m. today. The show which is sponsored by the Men's Glee Club, includes Harry Hall, the Don Large Chorus and numerous other choral groups. See story page 5. ACHESON, BEVIN AGREE: MacA rthur Expects Jap Peace Treaty by 1950 By FRANK L. WHITE MANILA-(A)-A high source in occupation headquarters says that General MacArthur expects a peace treaty with Japan to be signed early in 1950. The source, who may not" be identified but to whom this cor- respondent talked recently in Tokyo, describes the occupation commander as highly gratified at the recent progress made by the United States and Britain towards a Japanese treaty. World News Round- Up By The Associated Press LONDON-The Labor govern- ment won an election to the Lon- don County Council yesterday and political observers pounced on it as a significant straw-in-the-wind for next year's general elections. Y FRANKFURT, Germany - The Allied High Commission announced last night it has transferred to the West German Government complete responsi- bility for International Transit Communications circuits in Western Germany. *1 ** NEW YORK-Nearly 400 extra police patrolled Harlem yester- day and last night, alert for any new disorder among its tense Ne- gro residents. A torchlight welcome-home pa- rade last night for Negro Commu- nist Benjamin J. Davis ended in a roaring flareup which officers at- tributed to "hoodlums." LAKE SUCCESS-The UN As- sembly's political committee yes- terday called on two Soviet-bloc countries, Albania and Bulgaria, to stop giving help to Greek guerillas warring against the Athens gov- ernment. U.S. SECRETARY of State Acheson and British Foreign Sec- retary Ernest Bevin agreed on the urgent need of a treaty during their conference in Washington two months ago. Word from London is that the United States and Britain will soon raise the 'question of inviting all of the 11 nations of the Far East- ern Commission to a treaty con- ference at a definite date yet to be fixed. THE TOKYO source says that this means Russia and Commu- nist China may be present-but only if they agree to the already well-developed British and Ameri- can plans. Otherwise, the West- erns Powers are described as ready to proceed on their own.. Plane Crash DeathsHit 70 By The Associated Press News of three more plane crashes yesterday, in Bermuda, Ohio and Louisiana, raised to 70 the number of dead in air acci- dents spanning four days. Near Hamilton, Bermuda, a Su- perfortress pilot nursing a faulty engine let a commercial airliner into the airport ahead of him, then crashed to his death with nine other Americans yesterday. An Air Force "flying boxcar" belly-landed on a cottonfleld near Shreveport, La., yesterday, killing a crew member and one of the1 100 pickers working in the field. The crack-up of an unscheduled twin-engine DC-3 one mile south of Akron-Canton airport report- edly cost three lives last night. Veanwhile, in Washington, an- nouncement was made of a pub- lic hearing slated for next Wed- nesday, to open formal investiga- tion of Tuesday's DC-4 plane col- lision which claimed 55 lives. 'Good Luck' When tie Michigan State Spartans take the field against Notre Damne today in East Lansing, a floral good- luck horseshoe from a group of University students will be on the sidelines to spur them on to victory. Or at least that's the hope of 46 men of Hinsdale Iouse. They chipped in to buy a omne-foot-high horseshoe of green and white carnations. A ribbon on it reads "Good Luck.' The horseshoe was sent to the Spartan team in care of Captain Hal Vogler. C~IO Ousts Red, Closes Con vent ioln CLEVELAND - (iP) - The CIO yesterday ousted one admitted Communist from its executive board and refused to seat on the board nine other union leaders whose "eligibility" was questioned. President Philip Murray and other right wing officers all were re-elected by acclamation as the CIO convention closed. * * * THE RIGHT of the nine left wing unionists to serve under a newly enacted constitutional amendment bar ring Communists from the executive board will be decided by the board itself, possi- bly at a meeting today. The unions they represent face expulsion from the CIO for violating CIO policies and pro- grams. Anong those whom the convention refused to approve for the board today were long- shoreman Harry Bridges, Presi- dent Abram Flaxer of the Unit- Public Workers, and President Donald Henderson of the Food and Tobacco Workers. The others were James E. Durk- ing of the United Office and Pro- fessional Workers, Joseph Selly of the American Communications As- sociation, Morris Pizer of the United Furniture Workers, Joseph Jurich of the Fishermen's Union, John Clark of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and Hugh Bry- son of the Marine Cooks and Stew- ards. PRESIDENT BEN GOLD of the Fur and Leather Workers, aeCom- munist Party leader, was ruled in- eligible to keep his executive board post under the non-Com- munist amendment adopted Tues- day. Board action on expulsion of unions which Gold and the oth- er nine lead, and on seating of the nine, may be delayed for a month or two. Most observers had believed that virtually all 12 left-wing CIO un- ions would be thrown out at the convention. As it turned out, only the electrical workers and the farm equipment workers were ejected for violating CIO policy. Big Ten Prof. Lauds Goethe As Great Poet Goethe's poetry is the magnifi- cent reflection of a great human being, said Prof. Friedrich Bruns of the University of Wisconsin yes- terday in a lecture on "Goethe, Man and Poet." The talk was sponsored by the German department in commemo- ration of the bicentiennial anni- versary of the poet's birth. "GOETHE IS both our greatest modern poet and also a practical man of affairs." This combination of a "reflec- tive observer" and a "doer" in one man gives Goethe's poetry a universal greatness and a "real- istic immediacy to everyday life," Prof. Bruns declared. 'M' Will Take No Chances With 7th Foe Szillborski Main Offensive Threat By PRES HOLMES (Sports Co-Editor) The "We Beat the Gophers Club" meets at 2 p.m. today in the Michigan Stadium. Looking in on the meeting will be 97,239 football fans eager to be in on the physical discussion to decide which club member is to be president' of the organiza- tion. The Wolverines founded the club this year on October 22, when they toppled the undefeated North- men, 14-7. Many were of the opinion that the club would .be completely exclusive, but last Sat- urday a second member joined the group. An underdog Purdue eleven, still looking for its first victory of the season, completely out- played the Gophers and wound up on the long end of the 13-7 score. If comparative scores mean any- thing, on the basis of this game Michigan should be given a one- point edge. The experts, however, figure a little differently and post the Wolverines as 20-point favor- ites. Minnesota,-incidentally, was picked to beat the Boilermakers by the same total last week. * * * BUT THE WOLVERINES are aware now of the new-found pow- er the Boilermakers exhibited last week and are disregarding any See PICTURES, Page 6 prophecies of an easy victory. This afternoon's game is going to be the seventh battle in a row for Michigan. The biggest thing Michigan has to contend with is the whirl- wind offense Purdue uncorked against Minnesota. In 70 plays the Boilermakers reeled off 354 yards, which tops Michigan's best offensive mark by 73 yards. Oddly enough, the Wolverines' best effort was their loss to Northwestern. They racked up 281 yards in 81 plays that day. The Boilermakers may meet their master this afternoon, how- ever. Michigan again rates as the top defensive team in the Confer- ence, the position they have held the past two years as they won the Conference blue ribbon. THE MAN THE Maize and Blue See MICHIGAN Page 3 Prospects for Kickoff Today Cloudy,_Cool Despite yesterday's snow and slush, prospects appeared good last night for fine football weather today. The United States weather bu- reau predicted clearing skies last night, followed by partly cloudy conditions today. BUT OVERCOATS and gloves appear to be the order of the day for the football game. The weath- er bureau communique predicted a high of only 40 degrees today, after last night's low of 28. Ann Arbor police reported only a few minor accidents yes- terday which could be traced to slippery streets. One look at the window, reveal- ing a snow-covered lawn and gray skies, sent many students back into the sack for another precious hour of sleep yesterday morning. A HASTY POLL of the student body indicated that most students took the snow in stride. Hope Schaidler, '51, however, complained that "long skirts, bobby sox and backs of legs get very muddy on days like this." She implied that "new look" designers CLEVELAND SYMPHONY: Szell To Direct Hill Concert Sunday George Szell, conductor of the Cleveland Symphony appearing at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Audito- rium, is a musician with a cosmo- politan history. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in tra, and immediately appointed him to the Berlin State Opera con- ductoral staff. Szell remained as an assist- ant to Strauss for two years, when nn; tfhe a1 f.ta e?mcr' tor of the German Opera House and began making guest conduct- ing appearances with the leading European orchestras. * * * HE FIRST appeared in this leading U.S. symphony groups followed, including three Choral Union concert orchestras-the Boston, Philadelphia and Chi- cago. Before his appointment as conductor of the Cleveland