MYTHICAL MICHIGAN MAN See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State ~~ai4 INCREASING CLOUDINESS VOL. LX, No. 61 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Lewis Sends Miners Back To Pits Again Operations Start On 3 Day Week BULLETIN 4 WAS NGTON-(P)-South- ern Coal producers asserted yes- terday they are standing pat against any new contract which would give John L. Lewis the power to tell them how to use their mines. PITTSBURGH - (P) -- The na- tion's on-and-off coal production resumed again yesterday-geared down and still on borrowed time. A double-barrelled order from United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis sent the 480000 soft and hard coal diggers into the pits on a three-day-week schedule. * * * HIS SIMULTANEOUS on-your- own decree to the contract-seeking locals has produced no indications of a major break in the soft-coal dispute that began six months ago) A settlement affecting eastern Pennsylvania's 80,000 anthra- cite (hard coal) diggers ap- peared at least a possibility. * Hard coal operators and union representatives will sit down to- day in New Yorke in preliminary talks. Lewis, who traditionally ap- pears only for climax conferences with the anthracite industry, will not be present. * * * THE UMW'S FOURTH strike of 1949 in the soft coal fields evapo- rated quickly, as the financially hard-pressed diggers began trudg- ing in a steady parade to the pits beginning at 12:01 a.m this morn- ing. It had lasted exactly four days, including the usually non- productive weekend. From practically all corners of the far-flung bituminous belt the story was the same: All the miners *back on schedule. Uncuttable Key Items Pose Bud et Riddle One of the most serious prob- lems of the nation's budget con- cerns "open-end" accounts, ac- cording to Charles B. Stauffacher, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Budget. Speaking last night before a seminar of the American Society for Public Administration, Stauf- facher said that the Veteran's Readjustment account falls into this category. * * * "MOST PEOPLE thought that the number of veterans in colleges would taper off this year but this hasn't occured," Stauffacher said. "Therefore, appropriations must continue to flow. We can- not place a limit on veteran's funds and say that when they are used other eligible people cannot receive government sub- sistence." Also falling into the category of "open-end" accounts with' the Veteran's Readjustment item are the postal deficit and agriculture price support program, Stauffacher said. HE POINTED out that the bulk of expenditures in the budget fall; into four . groups which can be called war-connected. They are the Veteran's Ad- ministration, National Defense Program, Foreign Aid Program and the interest on the public debt. Last year's budget for these measures totaled thirty-two mil- lion dollars, Stauffacher said. Arrest Student On Car Theft William Lawrence, '52E, was ar- raigned yesterday in Municipal Court on charges of "illegally tak- ing possession of a car." Picked up by police in Detroit's Palmer Park section early Satur- day morning, Lawrence admitted stealing a car owned by Mrs. Mar- garet Finan of 210 N. Thayer St Press IMust Be Socially Aware Reese Cites Campaign of His Paper As Example of Vital Responsibility By RICH THOMAS Campaigning against political and social wrongs is a major responsibility of any good newspaper, Benjamin Reese, managing editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, told journalism students yesterday. In an informal talk Reese discussed the campaign his own paper conducted following the Centralia mine disaster, in answering one of the questions fired at him by the aspiring journalists. Uj lls of Reds Getting Ato upplies During War "THE covery of SCANDAL of the corrupted mine inspectors and the dis- the salaries being paid by the state to editors of many ' community newspapers greatly in- jured Governor Green's reputation during an important election year," Reese said. BENJAMIN REESE NSA Will Hold Conference at U' Next Spring Meeting To Discuss Student Bill of Rights By PETER HOTTON A new twist En student confer- ences will be held next spring at the University. The meeting, drawn up by the Michigan Region of the National Students Association, will feature joint student-faculty-administra- tion discussions of a student "bill of rights" and related fields, in- cluding the scope and function of student governments. THE CONFERENCE will be the first of two two-day affairs. Facul- ty and administration members of ,everal Michigan schools will be represented on an equal basis with she students. The spring meeting was planned by a NSA regional con- vention held at Michigan Cen- tral College of Education. Leon Rechtman and Student Legisla- tors Ed Lewinson, Tom Walsh and Dorianne Zipperstein repre- sented the University. The second conference, to be held at another college, will de- vote its time to drawing up a new NSA Student Bill of Rights for 'resentation at next summer's na- tional congress, which local NSA officials hope will be held at the University. The group cited great need for revising the present bill passed last year, which was regarded as "inadequate." * * * INTERNATIONALLY, a re- gional subcommission will be 'set up at the University to plan a tour of the Detroit area for foreign stu- dents within the state. See NSA, Page 6 Labor Lecture To Be Given Estes To Address SpeechAssembly Major Charles T. Estes, special assistant to director Cyrus S. Ching, of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service will be guest lecturer at the Speech As- sembly, 4 p.m. tomorrow in Rack- *ham Lecture Hall. The topic of his talk will be "America's Number One Problem.' This is a change from his original topic, "Human Relations in Busi- ness and Industry;" which appears on posters announcing the assem- bly. "In retaliation," continued Reese, "the assistant attorney general of Green's machine in- dicted one of our ace reporters on the case as an accomplice to two gangsters who were involved in a kidnapping. "Joseph Pulitzer, the Post-Dis- patch publisher, spent $28,000 on full page advertisements in 18 Illinois papers exposing the ob- vious falacies of the indictment." "THIS expose ruined any chanc- es of Green's re-election," added Reese, "and afterwards Governor- elect Adlai Stevenson came down to St. Louis and thanked the Post- Dispatch for aiding so much in his election." The editorial page, said Reese, is not as extensively read as the news pages are and probably does not play as important a part in determining public opinion asrdoes the front page. "It is the publisher's responsi- bility, however, to determine an overall policy for the editorial page," Reese stated. "A paper is neglecting its duty if it has a weak policy or one that is easily influ- enced by advertisers." The Post-Dispatch's election- time editorials are aimed at influ- encing the independent voters de- cisions, according to Reese. "No argument that I know of can persuade a person of con- firmed political faith to change his mind," commented Reese. "Al- so, the independent voter still plays a vastly important role in our elections." New 'Carport' Will Be Built In Ann Arbor A second modern three-decker "carport"-just like the parking structure at First and Washington Streets-is in the offing for May- nard Street, Mayor William E Brown, jr., revealed to City Coun- cil members last night. Pointing to the "overwhelming success" that the municipally- owned structure has enjoyed in al- leviating local parking problems since its completion in May, Mayoi Brown predicted the new "port' would be in operation "at least E year from today." * * * THE MAYOR said he had jus completed a careful stidy of 10. cal parking conditions which he found "better than a year ago, bu still in need of improvement." "Our new system-calling for every cent collected to be used in aiding the general Ann Arbor parking setup-has proven so profitable that it warrants fur- ther expansion," he explained. Members were also read a lette: from the American Veterans' Com mittee, town chapter, endorsing the Council's recent action i amending zoning ordinances. UN Votes For Atom Count, Reds Refutse Soviets Lose Bid For Atom Tally NEW YORK-(AP)-The United Nations Assembly overwhelmingly: approved yesterday a world census of ordinary arms and armed forces but bitter Soviet objections showed the Russian bloc would not sub- mit any information. The Russians tried vainly to have the move call for a count of atomic bombs, too. REFUSAL OF THE Soviet bloc to cooperate makes it unlikely that any other countries, especially the Western Powers, will turn in their figures now. The Assembly voted 44 to 5 (Slav bloc) for the census of weapons technically called con- ventional armaments. This would include anything from small arms such as pistols to the largest warships and planes but would not include atomic bombs or any other weapons of mass destruction. The West argues such a census is the first step in setting up a scheme for arms limitation. * * * THE ASSEMBLY batted down a Soviet resolution calling on coun- tries to submit both information on armed forces and conventional armaments and information on atomic weapons. The vote was 6 for the Soviet proposal, 39 against and 9 absten- tions. Egypt voted with the Soviet bloc in favor of including atomic bombs. The Assembly action approved once more a decision of the UN Commission for Conventional Armaments that it has no business dealing with atomic weapons since the UN Atomic Energy Commis- sion was set. up for that purpose. The Soviet bloc has contended that it is useless to count conven- tional armaments without includ- ing atomic bombs. The Russians accused the West- ern Powers, especially the Unit- ed States and Britain, of re-arm- ing western Germany and prepar- ing for a new war. SAVES BELONGINGS-An unidentified student carries his belongings away from his burning dormi- tory at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. The dormitory caught fire Saturday night e causing damage estimated at $500,000. More than 300 men students housed in the dorm escaped. Two were critically injured and at least 17 less seriously hurt. MUST DEAL WITH COMMUNISTS:. U. S._Recognition oQ hn Invtbe .,- ,. .- , The United States will be proba- bly forced to officially recognize the Chinese Communist govern- ment, according to Gerald F. Win- field, who spoke yesterday on "What Next in China?" It is important for the U.S. to keep its contact with China even though relations with that coun- try will probably be strained and cold, he said. k * , serving on the Commission forl Rural Education of the ECA. The crux of the Communists' problem in China may be the country's low agricultural pro- duction, because this is the fun- damental problem with which any political movement in China will have to deal, he said. * * * The Communists have come to power because of promises to change an agricultural China with a low level of production to an in- dustrial, country with a, modern i i industrial civilization, Winfield de- clared. "THE COMMUNISTS have set themselves quite a task. The money for building the industrial plant of China, in addition to maintaining the Communist. bu- reaucracy will have to be forced from the farmers." The necessity of western capi- tal fbr the industrialisation of China is one of our biggest biggest weapons, he said, pro- dieting that the Communists will stay in power for some time, un- til the Chinese rural folk revolt from Communist control. "The success of the Communists may depend upon two factors: how close the top leadership stays to the people and if the Communists learn from their mistakes." * * * gays Hopkins gent Orders For Transfer Wallace Accused By Commentator WASHINGTON-(A)-A former .S. air force major testified yes- erday he found that Russian of- cers were shipping maps of the anama Canal and quantities of atomic material from this country luring World War II. The witness, George Racey Jor- an; told his story at the opening f a new Atomic investigation be- ore the House Un-American Ac- ivities Qommittee, relating under >ath what he had previously told, n part, in a radio broadcast' last Friday night. JORDAN INSISTED in the face >f sharp cross-examination, that he late Harry Hopkins, adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt .nd wartime lend-lease chief, tele- honed him hurry-up orders to ;peed Russian plane shipments out >f Great Falls, Mont., in the win- ter of 1943-44. Radio Commentator Fulton Lewis, Jr., who appeared on the radio program with Jordan, said in a broadcast yesterday that former vice-president Henry A. Wallace was the behind-the- scenes government official who insisted that atomic materials and plans be sent to Russia dur- ing World War IL Lewis said the shipments were made over the protests of ,A er- can atomic officials. He told a re- porter that Wallace "overruled" Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, the army's wartime head of the atomic project, on the shipment of A- bomb material to the Russians. IN NEW YORK, Wallace issued this statement: "The statement by Fulton Lewis, Jr., is the sheerest fabrication. "The Board of Economie War- fare, of which I was chairman, had absolutely nothing to do with any shipments to the Soviet Union. "In justice to Harry Hopkins, I must say that if there were any shipments of . uranium abroad, they would have had to have the approval of General Groves." * * * BEFORE GOING on the air, Lewis told a reporter that Gen. Groves himself, in secret testi- mony before the House Un-Ameri- can Actitivities Committee a year ago, had named Wallace as the man 'who overruled his protests against the shipments. VeternsMust Report Major StudyChanges G. I. Bill students who wish to change *their "vocational objec- tive" must now obtain permission of the Veterans Administration before 'doing so, R. A. Correll, dir- ector of the University's Veteran's Service Bureau, said yesterday. This means, as Correll sees it, that a veteran making a radical change this February, such as one from Law School to Dental School, falls under the new VA regulation and must get that agency's ap- proval first. * * s ON THE OTHER hand, Correll said, a student receiving his bach- elor's degree in February and de- siring to continue his studies in' Graduate School is not affected. This ruling, Correll empha- sized, has nothing to do with a veteran's dropping or adding- single courses at his own dis- cretion. That's still up to him, he said. President Li Halts 11 * ~ YT- WINFIELD, turned from month study who recently re- a two-and-a-half of China, is now Caroling Parties Will Bring Yuletide Spirit to Campus World News Round- Up By The Associated dress TOKYO-Reports indicated that U.S. Consul General Angus Ward said that he did not know himself whether he would leave Mukden last night or today-the Com- munist deadline. * . * * LAKE SUCCESS - (P) - Na- tionalist China accepted today a face-saving compromise to delay indefinitely any United Nations decision on her charges that Russia is helping Chinese Reds to power. * * * WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court upheld an Arkansas law giv- ing a state the right to enact a law forbidding the use of force and violence to keep workmen from their jobs. A holiday mood will envelop the campus next week, with residence halls, league houses, fraternities and sororities planning a full schedule of caroling parties and Christmas celebrations. Swinging into the spirit of the Yuletide season, the Office of Stu- dent Affairs has announced that women students attendingcaroling English Atom Work Halted LONDON-(RP)-Britain stopped work on her largest atom pile at Sellafield yesterday. The Ministry of Supply said the halt was called because of the possibility of "developments in the near future." Some sources said this might mean she expects a greater exchange of atomic infor- mation with the United States which might alter the work of her scientists here. parties will be granted midnight permission next M throughout Thursday. * * * GROUPS PLANNING1 must notify the Office of S Affairs by noon Friday. groups planning to returnt dent residences are requi register chaperons. Resident Directors or ma couples 25 years of age or are eligible as chaperons cording to Mrs. Ruth Cal of the Office of Student A A list of approved carolin ties will be published in the Saturday and Sunday and a Judiciary Council ruling, students must specify on th out sheet the name of the giving the party. Pre-Christmas carolingr most become a University tion, with more than 40 par ganized every year. Startin points scattered all over c the groups usually converge library for a massed sing. special vinty WHEN ASKED whether the Chinese brand of Communism was dictated directly from Russia, parties Winfield replied that the relation- tudent ship was rather that "of a group of Mixed to stu-students at the foot of a master, sred to not puppets at the end of a string." This close intellectual, spirit- arried ual bond will be a much harder older one to break, he added. s, ac- China needs improved seed, lahan, chemical fertilizers and insecti- ffairs. cides, rather than American trac- ag par- tors, Winfield said, pointing out D.O.B. the difference between the inten- under sive scientific agriculture vital to women China's existence and the exten- .e sign- sive scientific agriculture suited to group American needs. No other part of the globe is as has al- intensively cultivated in relation to tradi- the soil as China, he said. ties or- "In fact, 450 to 500 million peo- ig from ple live in an area 42 per cent of ,ampus, the size of continental United on the States, which is so rugged that only 27 per cent can be cultivated." PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, MORE PROBLEMS: Counselors Guide Student Career Aims' (EDITOR'S NOTE-This is the first in a series of three articles describing the University's counseling system.) By GEORGE WALKER "You're Miss Dwan? Come in, sit down." The friendly voice came from behind a desk in the Office of Concentration Advisers. Baker was the fact that Sue's problem was an imaginary one, that she was there because The Daily sent her out to get first hand information on how the University helps thousands of little frogs find theirdright places in a very big pond. partment, talks with a dozen pros- FINALLY, he instructed Sue to pective journalists every day, out- see her regular academic advisor; lining courses, surveying job pos- who had guided her from her en- sibilities, and seeing that students rollment in the University, to talk in his department get the best over the proposed switch with him. preparation for their particular When Sue left the office, she fields. had a good idea of the big job First. of all. Baker explained concentration advisors must fill. they are filling the requirements for graduation. This year, the offices of concen- tration advisors have been relo- cated to a centralized office in Rm. 1006 Angell Hall. IN THE OTHER colleges and I