EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4 I Latest Deadline in the State Duii4tt~ SNOW DRIFTS VOL. LX, No. 54 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS f, 4"- I AtlanticAllies Will Discuss Defense Plant U.S. Leaders Fly To Paris Parley WASHINGTON-(AP)-America's top military planners took off for Paris last night aiming at swift final agreement on the Western world's Strategic Plan for defense against Russia. Secretary of Defense Johnson and Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will present the plan to the 12-nation Atlantic Treaty Military Commit- tee. Bradley is chairman of the committee. * * * ACCOMPANIED by staff aides, Bradley and Johnson boarded a special air force transport at Phil- adelphia immediately after watch- ing the Army-Navy football game. Johnson also is due to visit Ger- many while on the continent. Informed officials said that the military plan due to be adopted covers at least five types of defense tasks to be undertalk.- en by one or more of the 12 member nations. The primary task of the United States will be to maintain and de- velop its A-bomb air force. for in- stant emergency use wherever needed. AGREEMENT on a grand strat- egy will clear the way for full de- livery of a billion dollars worth of arms from the United States to Western Europe pending some technical agreements. It is expected that the first arms shipments will cross the Atlantic by or soon after the first of the year. The Military Committee is sched- uled to meet in Paris Tuesday and go over the draft of the strategic plan which it has had developed. The Defense Committee will then meet for the same purpose on Thursday. BOTH JOHNSON and Bradley are counting on quick action be- cause of the spade work out of the way. In the meantime, it was learn- ed, President Truman this week released the first few million dollars of Arms Program funds to be spent in readying equip- ment for quick shipment to Eur- ope. Neither the Strategic Plan nor the Defense Treaty itself provide the answers to some of the relat- ed high political-military issues which are now being secretly de- bated in defense and foreign mn- istries in many of the Western capitals. Chinese Reds Arrest Ward's Consular Aide WASHINGTON-(P)-The Chin- ese Communists have struck again at Angus Ward's consulate staff at Mukden. This time his top aide has been seized in connection with "spying charges." The State Department at once ordered "the strongest pro- test" to Chinese Red Chiefs. THE ARREST of Vice Consul William N. Stokes came without warning and with stunning impact at a time when American officials felt the worst was over in the! Ward case. The State Department's action was not enough for Rep. Judd (R-Minn.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Commit- tee. lie suggested the blockade. "We should have begun a Naval blockade a year ago when they first started this line of action," said Judd, a former medical mis- sionary in China. "Failing this, we should have mobilized the forces of world opinion - something we didn't trv until a few dav ago." * * * Sha ofIn TGiveii *RTG **' * * * Iran Desires * * * * * * * * -Daily-Alex Lmanian LEADERS CONFER-Gov. G. Mennen Williams discusses the University with the first member of royalty to visit the campus, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, as they enter the Gen- eral Administration Building. The Shah's impressions: "It's wonderful." Johnson Calls Lilient ha Ringleader of Atom Plot WASHINGTON -(P)- Sen. Ed- win C. Johnson (D-Colo.) charged last night that David E. Lilienthal is the ringleader in a "nefarious plot" to give Great Britain the secret of an American super atom- ic bomb. Johnson asserted that working with Lilienthal, retiring chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, are "certain politicians, scientists and publications in this country." All of them, Johnson said, are "actively engaged in a conspiracy." THE SENATOR also linked the Washington Post to "this unwise scheme." He made his charges in a letter to the Post replying to a Post editorial critical of him. Johnson made the letter public. Lilienthal could not be reach- ed for comment. The Post article concerned a Johnson television broadcast in which he discussed super atom bombs. The newspaper had said that Johnson was the first person officially ' placed in the Atomic Energy Program to say what he did. * * * IN A STATEMENT last night,1 the newspaper said the Johnson letter failed to require revision of its earlier article. Johnson con- tended he spilled no secrets. Johnson's accusations came after a high government official had said privately that the Sen- RitesThreaten New Violence in Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia--(P)-The funeral of the slain brother of the Liberal candidate threatened to become the focal point of a new explosion in Colombia's bloody presidential election today. Vicente Echandia, brother of Dario Echandia, was killed with two other Liberals in a police shooting Friday night. * * * THE LIBERALS, who have no hope in the election because they have withdrawn their candidate ator's discussions of atomic wea- pons on a television program were a big factor behind Presi- dent Truman's crackdown on talk about defense secrets. Mr. Truman Friday ordered At- torney General McGrath to tight- en the safeguarding of atomic and other security information. The President's action is understood to have been directly mainly at John- son, a member of the Senate- House Atomic Energy Committee. RCA Records Selling Well, Dealer Says Hardly the underdog, RCA Vic- tor's 45 RPM speed record sales are on a sharp incline, according to Phil Diamond, Liberty Street record merchant. Sales in his store show that Co- lumbia's LP's are outselling 45s by less than two to one, as compared to the 15-to-one figure quoted in yesterday's Daily. *' * * "THE REPORTED battle be- tween the speeds is actually over- emphasized," Diamond added. Such competition exists in all in- dustry and usually leads to a better product." Although the LP's maintain steadily high sales, the many advantages of the 45s-storage convenience, individual popular music and constant tone quality of the short record-make it a strong competitor in the music platter market, he said. It is actually difficult to compare the savings of each speed since the length and type of musical entertainment varies, but both are cheaper than the standard 78s, the record dealer said. World Peace, Ruler States Cameron Gets Iranian Award By HERB ROVNER Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, received the honorary de- gree of Doctor of Civil Law yester- day at a special convocation held in Rackham Lecture Hall. Pres. Alexander G. Ruthven pre- sided over the meeting which em- phasized the cultural ties between Iran and the University. THE SHAH was welcomed by ?rof. George Cameron, of the Oriental languages and literature department, and was presented with the honorary degree by Prof. John G. Winter of the Latin de- partment. / The Shah in his response praised the University's research and teachings on the history of Iran. The ruler of the rich oil country which borders southern Russia also made a plea for world peace. "Iran desires nothing so much as to live in peace with her neigh- bors, for without peace, we can- not accomplish our aims to im- prove the health, educational and living standards of our people," the Shah said. WITHOUT ANY previous pub- lic announcement, the Shah then presented Iran's Order of Homay- oun to Prof. Cameron in recog- nition of his work in deciphering the inscriptions of King Darius on Mount Behistun in Iran. "I am deeply appreciative of this great award but I feel it is not for me alone but for the University of Michigan as well which shared in my work," Prof. Cameron said. * * * LATER, at a press conference, commenting on a Tehran report which stated that measures taken against the Iraquai subjects in his country had affected the Jews, the Shah declared, "Racial dis- crimination has never existed in Iran and never will." Of the 1,500 Iraquis now in Iran, all but 30 are of the Jewish faith. The Israeli government has accused Iraq of mistreating Jewish residents, forcing them to emigrate to Iran. The Shah said he knew nothing of this and pointed out that his country had no relations with Israel. * '4 * THE SHAH also had no com- ment on a report that the Moscow radio recently had been inciting Iranians to revolt during his tour of the United States. Reporters also asked the Shah whether he would consider mar- rying an American woman. (He was divorced last November from Empress Fawzia, sister of King Farouk of Egypt.) "The question of nationality is not one you consider ahead of time. Moreover, you don't regard a women specifically like an ob- ject," the Iranian ruler said. Bahram Shahrokh, a Tehran spokesman and Director General of propaganda said, "We hate to throw the Jews into the lion's cage, but we are forced to take action to defend the rights of 300,000 Iranians in Iraq." * * * * * Campus Coeds Please Shah , _ "It is always pleasant to see beautiful flowers in the winter- time," the Shah of Iran declared yesterday when asked for his re- action to University coeds. Sleekly dressed residents of1 Stockwell Hall were treated to tea with the Iranian ruler yesterday afternoon when he visited the1 women's dormitory as part of his campus tour which also included the Business Administration Build- ing and the West Quadrangle. * * * THE SHAH was accompanied on his tour by his brother, Prince Mahmoud Reza a student in the istration School. Pahlavi, who is Business Admin- GI Bill Hit As 'Extravagyant, Effort To BuyVets' Votes' -Daily-Herb Harrington SUBJECTS MEET KING-Iranian students meet their king, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, cent- er, in the lounge of the West Quadrangle. The Shah also visited with his brother, Prince Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi, right, who is also a student here. The lounge was filled with American students, anx- ious to meet the Iranian monarch. After this meeting, the Shah made a tour of the campus with his brother. * * * By EVA SIMON The GI Bill of Rights was criti- cized as "the most extravagant program of veterans' benefits any country has ever had" by Fred Maytag II, president of a house- hold appliance factory. Maytag spoke yesterday before the 24th Annual Michigan Ac- counting Conference. World News Round-Up By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Government trouble shooters were reported moving fast yesterday in an effort to revive contract talks between John L. Lewis and the soft coal operators before the present strike truce runs out next Wednesday. PRAGUE-Four Czechs accus- ed of spying for the U.S. were sentenced to death and 16 others drew prison terms yesterday. ** * LONDON-American labor lead- ers admit they are here to see that a new international labor group bars Communists from member- ship. American delegates include AFL President William Green and Vice-President William Doherty and Walter Reuther, president of the CIO-UAW. HE CALLED the bill an effort to buy veterans' votes by promising "unattainable economic security." The craving for security will lead to the loss of economic and political freedom for which the veterans fought, he warned. "Too many of us are willing to accept the ideas of anyone who offers a short cut to security, fail- ing to recognize the incompati- bility between freedom and secur- ity." "THE ONLY MAN who has real security is the man in the peniten- tiary." Maytag attacked socialized medicine as a move towards a "welfare state" that would des- troy the initiative of the medical profession." "We have fewer persons per doc- tor than any other nation," he said. "SOCIALIZED medicine would destroy the system that made this possible." Gov. G. Mennen Williams was guest of honor and gave the opening speech at the confer- ence.Y Other speakers were Prof. Fred M. Taylor, of the School of Busi- ness Administration; J. Harold Stewart, president of the American Institute of Accountants; and Prof. David Himmelblau, of the accounting department at North, western University. Miss Muriel Efty, resident di- rector of Stockwell, described the Shah as "an extremely gra- cious guest as well as a very in- teresting one." "There were stars in each girl's eyes as she was introduced to the Shah, who warmly shook hands with each one," Miss Efty confid- ed. * * * THE SHAH also met with Iran- ian and American students in the Main Lounge of West Quadrangle. As he conversed with each stu- dent in Persian the Shah showed marked interest in his subjects' academic lives. Joyce Ford, '53 and Beverly Brown, '53, two Stockwell coeds, adequately summed up the Shah's and Prince's visit to the dormitory in a single word, "Wow!" French-Polish Arrests Grow WARSAW--(A)-Poland round- ed up a group of Frenchmen and France deported nine more Poles yesterday in the eye-for-an-eye struggle set off by the arrest of a French consular attache in Po- land last week. EACH NATION accuses citizens of the other of spying. Diplomatic circles here view the chain reaction with some alarm. They say the affair might easily get out of hand and snap diplomatic relations be- tween Paris and Warsaw. The Polish Foreign Ministry an- nounced the arrest of Antoine Bo- itte, French Vice Consul in War- saw, in reprisal for the French arrest Thursday of Joseph Czecz- erbinski, the.Polish vice consul at Lille. Police picked up Boitte at 4 a.m. Each Chapter Will Make Own Policy National Group Reverses Stand By DAVE THOMAS In an abrupt reversal of a prev- ious stand, the National Interfra- ternity Council yesterday urged college fraternities to erase from their charters any racial or relig- ious bars to membership. According to Associated Press dispatches, just 24 hours after the discrimination issue had been ruled off the conference program, a. anti-bias resolution was brought to a vote and passed, 36 to 3. Nine- teen fraternities abstained from voting.. MICHIGAN IFC President Jake Jacobson, Dean of Students Erich k. Walter and Associate Dean Wal ter B. Rea attended the confer- ance which was held in Washing- ton D.C. 3 As it turned out, the only de- bated issue was whether the resolution should be voted on in the sharp language proposed by Alexander Goodman of Balti- more, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, or a milder, redrafted version produced by the resolu- tion conuittee. The commit- tee's resolution won. Goodman's proposal called for the "repeal and abolition" of any constitutional provision or by-la which "discriminates against an college student because of his re- ligion, race, color or creed." * * * THE VERSION finally adopted recommends that fraternities which restrict membership "to a sectional or religious or other qual- ifying group . . . take such steps as they may elect to eliminate such selectivity provisions." The statement issued by the conference which is composed of representatives of 58 national fraternities emphasized that many fraternities have no such barriers. Also the conference declared that it has no author- ity over the rules of the affiliated fraternities, and that member- ship questions are strictly mat- ters for the individual national fraternities to decide. The resolution, therefore, Is purely advisory. On Friday, the second day of the three-day conference, the retiring chairman had officially declared the discrimination issue dead, but an energetic undergraduate move- ment caused a reversal of policy on the final day of the meeting. * * * HEADS OF CAMPUS IFC's from a group of colleges and universi- ties in the Northwest section of the country and several Big Ten schools, including Michigan, held a rump caucus and drew up the resolution. Since the students had no vote at the conference, they gave the resolution to the official na- tional fraternity delegates who brought the issue to the confer- ence floor. This undergraduate movement started at a meeting of the North- eastern Regional Interfraternity Conference more than two months ago, when nine of the 14 repre- sentatives attending voted to re- commend that the National Con- ference take action on the dis- crimination question at the Wash- ington meeting. * * * HERE IN ANN ARBOR, Dick Morrison, local IFC vice-president called the move a definite step forward. "The NIFC has completely ful- filled its obligation to the under- graduate fraternity man in re- commending the removal of dis- criminatory clauses," Morrison said. "A big job remains to be done by the individual fraternities which have restrictive clauses," he continued, "and the local IFC's can supply the most effective aid to Palestine Mediator Bunche Will Speak Tomorrow . o * * C> v 7 UN mediator and chief of the trusteeship division Dr. Ralph Bunche will talk on United Na- tions Intervention in Palestine at In December of 1947, Bunche was appointed principal secre- tary of the United Nations Pal- estine Commission. His doctorate thesis, in politi- cal science comparing the rule of a mandated area (French To- goland) with the government of He set a record in attendance at international conferences, tak- ing part in nine during a four year period. ....... ..... ..