NEW VOTING PLAN See Page 4 Wftr~iIt A416 J Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LX, No. 38 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1949 CLOUDY, MILD PRICE FIVE CENTS Nations Voters Set for Elections One Senate, Two House Seats Two Governorships Hang in Balance By DAVE THOMAS Voters throughout the country will go to the polls today to cast their ballots in more than 100,000 separate elections. Elecions are being held in government units ranging from states down to small school districts. One U.S. Senate seat and two seats in the House of Representatives are at stake along with two governor- ships and numerous mayoral positions. VOTERS WILL ALSO be asked to decide on initiatives and refer- endums dealing with such diversified questions as poll taxes, prohi- bition dry laws and veterans' and old age pensions. Greatest attention is focused on the outcome of the bitterly- contested New York senatorial election in which an estimated 5,500,000 voters are expected to troop to the polls today. The race between Senator John Foster Dulles, Republican, and former governor Herbert H. Lehman, Democrat, for the one-year unexpired term of Democrat Robert F. Wagner is hailed as a major test of President Truman's "Fair Deal." * * *, * THE QUESTION is clear-cut, as the major issue of the campaign has been Sen. Dulles' charges of "statism" against the administration's domestic program. Lehman has upheld the Truman program against the "stark reaction" of his opponent's platform. Congressional lawmakers, confronted with the prospect of new "Fair Deal" proposals in next January's session, are watching the returns eagerly as a yard-stick of public opinion. President Truman himself made a personal appeal to the New York voters last Saturday night, in a radio broadcast. Concenst of opinion seems to favor Lehman to pile up a large enough margin in strongly-Democratic New York City to surpass the out-state support of Sen. Dulles and carry the election. THE GALLUP POLL said yesterday that its final pre-election survey- showed that Lehman was receiving 46 per cent of New York state voter sentiment as compared to 34 per cent for his Republican opponent. The remaining 20 per cent were reported as undecided. But seven per cent of that number said that they would vote for Lehman if they had to decide definitely at the time of the poll. Democrat incumbent William O'Dwyer is likewise favored to win by a small margin in New York City's mayoralty race. He is opposed by Newbold Morris, Republican-Liberal Fusion candidate, and the American Labor Party's Rep. Vito Marcantonio. Morris hopes for victory appear to rest on Marcantonio wresting a substantial portion of the normally Democratic foreign-descent and Harlem vote from O'Dwyer. GOV. THOMAS E. DEWEY threw himself into the New York election at the last minute in support of Morris. This, coupled with his outspoken campaigning for Dulles, has led some observers lb predict that Dewey's political future will either be revived or con- clusively smashed by the results of these two elections. Both candidates in Detroit's non-partisan mayoralty cam- paign made eleventh-hour appeals for a large turnout at the polls today. A record breaking vote of between 500,000and 600,000 Detroiters was expected to pick between City Council President George Edwards and seven-time City Treasurer Albert E. Cobo. Edwards has the backing of the powerful CIO, but the AFL is supporting Cobo. COBO IS FAVORED on the basis of his landslide primary victory in which he polled more votes than all his rivals combined. Contests for two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be decided in Brooklyn and San Francisco. In the heavily- Democratic 10th district, Mrs. Edna F. Kelly is expected to easily win the right to fill the unexpired term of the late Democrat Rep. Andrew L. Somers. Democrats have a substantial edge in registration in the 5th district of California (San Francisco) where John F. Shelly, president of the California Federation of Labor (AFL) is conceded a good chance of breaking a 40-year Republican monopoly. * * * * BUT OVERSHADOWING the congressional race in California is the question of the state's $200,000,000 a year welfare system. California voters will be asked to decide whether they made a mistake last November when they voted in a complete revision of their state's welfare system. Not only did last November's Proposition 4 step up the pay- ments to needy aged from $65 to $75 a month, but it shifted county administration of the program to state. It also wrote into the constitution the name of a social welfare director-responsible neither to the governor nor the legislature. The new initiative seeks to repeal this and other controversial features of No. 4. Gov. Earl Warren has thrown his support behind the repeal measure. NEW JERSEY has a ding-dong gubernatorial battle to be decided with Republican Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll opposing Democratic State Senator Elmer H. Wene. New Jersey voters will also settle the question of a $105,000,000 veteran's bonus. Pennsylvania also has a $500,000,000 veteran's bonus amendment on its ballot. In Virginia, Democratic State Senator John S. Battle is regarded as a "shoo in" over Republican Walter Johnson. State interest centers on the poll-tax fight. A proposal being offered would abolish the present $1.50 tax as a voting requirement but give the state assembly broad powers to write new qualifications. TEXAS VOTERS are also being asked to decide whether or not to repeal the present $1.75 poll tax as a voting requirement, but still retain the .tax. The nation's distilled spirits industry has its eye turned to Chattanooga, where a referendum is being held to determine whether prohibition will be returned to the third largest popula- tion area in the state after an absence of ten years. Tennessee voters are also being asked if they want a convention to be called next May to revise the 79-year old state constitution. * * * * IN OHIO, where Democrat Thomas A. Burke is expected to win re-election to the mayoral office of Cleveland, a decision will be made which may effect the 1950 congressional elections. An amendment is being offered requiring the use of an office-type ballot in the election of state, district and county officers. The party-column hsl s r nvv I,,r Bias Clause Elimination Cited by IFC Two Fraternities Cut Restrictinos Citing removal of bias clauses from the constitutions of two na- tional fraternities, Jake Jacobson, '50, IFOC President, reported de- finite progressagainstrdiscrimina- tion since IFC took up the prob- lem last spring. One fraternity that removed its clause is Theta Delta Chi. The local chapter of the other asked that its fraternity's name not be published. * * * BOTH FRATERNITIES voted to remove the clauses at their nation- al conventions last summer. Theta Delta Chi's action is subject to ratification by the fraternity's 28 charges, while removal of the other fraternity's clause has already been ratified. Jack Peachey, '50, president of Theta Delta Chi's local charge, yesterday predicted that all char- ges would ratify removal of 'the clause. * * * IFC WENT ON record last April as opposing bias clauses, and set up a committee to study them. Bias clauses were found restricting more than half the 46 fraternities on campus in their choice of members. No two clauses were exactly alike, Jacobson said. After reviewing the clauses, IFC set up the nucleus of a committee to fight for their re- moval. This became the present IFC Subcommittee on Discrim- ination. The committee is trying to work out a plan like those in effect at the Universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin, Jacobson said. THEIR PLANS aim at elimina- tion ofnbias clauses through educa- tion and social progress. Removal procedures vary among fraternity constitutions, Jacobson emphasized. Because of this, each fraternity has a different problem. "Several fraternities have shown definite progress toward removal of the clauses," Jacobson said. "We can expect a lot of action on the matter at national conven- tions next summer." Charge TDX With Violations Of House Rules Two campus policemen entered{ the Theta Delta Chi House Satur- day night and filed a report charg- ing the fraternity with three al-_ leged violations of student conduct rules. 1. With a party in progress, no. chaperones were present. Accord- ing to Jack Peachey, President, the chaperones had informed the fra- ternity last Thursday that they would not be able to be present, but no one had reported that to the Dean's office. 2. THE FIRST floor dining- room, used for dancing, was dark., 3. Women were on the second floor. Peachey said this was necessi- tated by the fact that the women's powder and cloak room is located at the head of the stairs on the second floor. No action against the fraternity has been taken yet, but the matter will be brought up before the Com- mittee on Student Conduct very soon, Peachey said.f u Installs op Armny ___s__o yn Steel Concern Signs Pact With Union See Quick End To Other Strikes By The Associated Press Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. today signed a strike-ending con- tract with the CIO United Steel- workers in Pittsburgh, and chances glowed bright for anoth- er peace between the union and Republic Steel, third largest na- tional producers. The Pittsburgh corporation is the fourth largest in output. The settlement sent back to work 25,- 000 workers after a 38-day idle- ness. * * * BETHLEHEM, second largest steel producer, has already made the same peace with the union- but "big steel," U.S. Steel Corp., was still out of the settlement pic- ture. An agreement to call in ap- proximately 200 plant mainte- nance workers was reached last night by negotiators for Great Lakes Steel Corp. and CIO. Union sources indicated that an agreement to end the strike over pensions in the big steel firm is expected within a few days. The men. MEANWHILE IN Chicago, John L. Lewis talked the coal strike over with his United Mine Worker policy committee yesterday and later told reporters they had reached no conclusions. He said he will meet the 200- man committee again at 2:301 p.m. today. Lewis told a news conference last night that he had talked to Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson earlier in the day and proposed that Stevenson sponsor a confer- ence of Illinois coal operators within the union. Previously, however, Indiana and Illinois coal officials declared that they want no separate peace with UMW. Negotiations with the northern and western operators' groups have been broken off. * *. * Police Probe ArsonAttempt DETROIT - () - The police "Red Squad" was assigned yester- day to find out whether an appar- ent arson attempt on the home of a union official was part of a "citywide Communist plot." Police Commissioner Harry S. Toy said he believed the incident was linked to the shootings of Walter and Victor Reuther, CIO United Auto Workers leaders. The arson attempt was reported by George Scopas, president of UAW Cadillac Local 22. He told police he returned home late Sunday night to find gasoline splashed over the front of his house. His two children were asleep upstairs. Scopas ousted left-wing leaders of the local seven months ago. Up J3okossovsky, General ChuikoV Interpreted as Move to Strengthen Soviet Control of Eastern Europe BERLIN-(A )-Russia installed Soviet military chiefs in two top jobs yesterday in an effort to insure that no new Tito challenges her grip on Eastern Europe. This was the interpretation placed by Western military men on the appointments of Marshall Konstantin Rokossovsky, of the Soviet Army, as Polish Minister of Defense and Gen. Vassily Chuikov as Chief of the Soviet Control Commission for Eastern Germany. THE MOVES placed two of Russia's prominent soldiers on the front where Soviet troops rub elbows with Western troops and along the direct line of communications with that front. It was expected here that Rokossovsky would not only head the Polish forces but also retain overall control of Soviet forces in Eastern Germany-a job he has held as commander of the Soviet Russia's most direct line of I eds T communications between the homeland and its 300,000 advance In troops in Germany runs through Poland. * * * U-UT-b~ ROKOSSOVSKY'S taking overi"1m 1 of the Polish command seeks to guarantee that no Polish Tito "h ra fte1 omns takes over Polandand threatens The trial of the 11 Communis that line of communications. Any party leaders in New York is wide- revolt against the Kremlin there ly regarded as a farce, conducted would be put down ruthlessly and as it was in an atmosphere of hys- quickly by Rokossovsky, it is as- teria and fear," Professor Emeri- sumed. He is a member of the tus John Brumm, of the journal- Communist Party. ism department, told journalism Commuist Prtystudents last night. The appointment of Chuikov "While I hold no brief for Cor- also was interpreted as a step to munism," said Brumm, "there is keep a tight military rein on no evidence, in my opinion, of Eastern Germany despite instal- 'clear and present danger' upon lation of a puppet Communist which to base a verdict." regime which has been "recog- nized" by Moscow by an ex- THE SIGNIFICANCE of this change of diplomatic represent- trial, asserted Brumm, is the fear ative. -Daily-Lmanian FEMININE TOUCH-Purdue cheerleader Patty Crawi ora em- onstrates her cheerleading ability while drum majorette Carolyn Marshall displays the "high step" with which she leads the Pur- due band. The 'Boilermakers' brought two women cheerleaders and two drum majorettes to Ann Arbor last Saturday for the Michigan-Purdue game. * * * * Luke Concedes .Lasses Can Lead Cheers o r i "If women can do everything we can do we'll let them lead cheers," says Dave Lake, '50E, captain of the Wolverine cheering squad. Flooded by a storm of queries as to why two coeds were on the Pur- due cheerleading team while the Michigan squad is traditionally' dominated by men, Lake pointed out that any woman student is eligible for the team as long as she can compete on the same grounds that men do. "WE HAD ONE coed out for the National Round- Up* By The Associated Press CLEVELAND-The CIO Ameri- can Newspaper Guild yesterday withdrew from the International Organization of Journalists. WASHINGTON - Senator Fulbright (Dem., Ark.) yester- day asked the Reconstruction Fulibright Corp. to hold up ac- tionbon $44,400,000 in proposed loans to the Kaiser-Frazer Cor- poratjon. WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Acheson left by plane early last night for a meeting of the Western Big Three Foreign Ministers at Paris. * *. * WASHINGTON - For a second time, the Supreme Court up 'tld the contempt-of-court fines with which the government in the past has cracked down on walkouts by John L. Lewis' UMW. team last year but she quit when we told her that a standing back flip is part of our regular gymnas- tics routine," said Lake. Vniversity Athletic Director . Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler said that the Athletic department has made no attempt to influ- ence the cheerleading squad on the issue at all. "We let them administer their own affairs," he said. Captain Lake, however, said, that there are a number of other factors which make it extremely difficult for women to be on the squad. * * * "ONE OF THE biggest obstacles is the fact that we work out in the IM Building which houses most of the men's athletic events," said Lake. He also pointed out that the entire cheerleading squad drives to the away games in one car and that arranging overnight accommodations for the team would be considerably more dif- ficult with women on the team. Lake predicted, however, that the Michigan cheerleading team would be dominated by women within a few years. "MOST OF THE young cheer- leaders in high schools today are girls and there just are not enough male candidates coming up," he said.. Fred J. Looker was appointed last night by the Ann Arbor city council as city clerk to fill the term left vacant by the death of Fred C. Perry. The Soviet Union has been making much propaganda about the freedom that was to be given the East German government. It was expected, therefore, 'that Russia might name a civilian to take over the new Control Com- mission in place of the old military government-thus following the lead of the United States in its Western Zone. Chuikov's appointment indicat- ed this is not to be. Chuikov is a rough, tough military man with no flare for politics and a reputation of deviating not an inch from Kremlin orders. Fund .Drive QuotaUnfilled More than "70 per cent of the Ann Arbor Community's Chest's drive to raise $151,000 has already been met, according to Paul H. Proud, Jr., 1950 fund raising chairman. Meanwhile, Prof. A. F. Neu- mann, of the law school, head of the University division, reported that approximately 77 per cent of the 'U' quota of $25,000 had been reached. According to Proud, the drive has been officially extended for one week to enable chairmen of the 15 divisions to complete their solicitations and hand in their re- ports to the Community Chest. NEW YORK - (A') - Five of the 11 convicted Communist leaders yesterday were given the unrestricted right to go to their homes outside Manhattan. it will spread abroad in our land, resulting in silencing the expres- sion of opinion which is not strict- ly orthodox. "I confidently expect that the Smith Act, under, which the Communists were tried, will be declared unconstitutional," con- tinued Brumm. "Ifthe New York decision does stick," declared Brumm, "a se- ries of persecutions must surely follow which eventually might drive the Communist party under- ground. "POSSIBLY the unions and or- ganizations rumored to be backed by the Communists would be sub- jected to a similar attack." "You can't kill an idea by killing the people who propose it," said Brumm. "The only way to do it is to oppose it with a better one." Heiress Silent On Red Issue WASHINGTON-- (P) - Wealthy Mrs. Louise Bransten Berman yesterday refused to an- swer a barrage of questions pumped at her by the House Un- American Activities Committee in its investigation of Communism. The red-headed heiress from San Francisco and New York had similarly balked at responding to the Committee's inquiry a year ago. * * * . SHE GAVE affirmative answers to two questions-that she had met Paul Robeson, the Negro sing- er known for his left-wing sym- pathies, and that she knew Harry Bridges, West Coast Longshore Labor leader. SOPHISTICATE NOT COWBOY TYPE: Menjou Admits Longing To Play Western Roles N- 4 Lecture.. . By ROMA LIPSKY Knattily dressed, sophisticated actor Adolphe Menjou confessed to a Hill Auditorium audience last night that his greatest desire is to be cast in a Western film. ""bit. Tm hsr. xrtha nwh MENJOU BEGAN his career 30 years ago as a villain in silent pic- tures. "My thin face and mous- tache made it inevitable," he com- mented. Since then he has played al- most every type "except cow- boys," he said. Interview . Adolphe Menjou, who has ap- peared on every list of the 'Ten Best Dressed Men" ever published, called the whole thing "stupid" last night. "It's all done just for the pub- licity it arouses." he said in a back- (1912), said this was his first trip to Ann Arbor. * .* * ALTHOUGH praising the Mich- igan campus, he said, "It doesn't compare to Ithaca." He is scheduled to speak at Cornell later this month, and is hoping he can he there for the U -