4 - TRAVEL BUREAU See Page 4 :Yl r e Latest Deadline in the State ~I~itr PARTLY CLOUDY VOL. LX, No. 68 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS tGuilt Denied .By Kostov In Bulgar Trial Ten Others Seek Court's Mercy SdFIA, Bulgaria-(P)-Traicho Kostov, No. 1 defendant, attempt- ed to the very last yesterday to deny his guilt as Bulgaria's Tito- ist treason trial drama neared the 4end of its last act. One by one all the other 10 de- fendants, some tearfully, shakenly admitted full guilt in their last words, pleaded their repentance and threw themselves upon the mercy of the court. *~ * * ONE OF THEM, former Finance Minister Ivan Stefanov, declared himself "shaken to the depths of my soul that the man who brought us into this situation is now deny- ing everything." (An American observer who telephoned an account to the Associated Press in Prague, said the denial of Kostov, former, vice premier, caused an uproar, and the seven-man court sud- denly adjourned without an- nouncing when it would pass sentence. (The observer said Kostiv was cut short by the court as soon as he began to speak and two armed militiamen tugged at his coat- tails until he sat down. * * * (THIS OBSERVER gave this account: "Kostov, looking tired but in good health and extremely calm, got up. My Bulgarian is not very good, but I heard him begin to say, I have never . . .' when the commotion began in the court- room, and the presiding judge be- gan to interrupt. , (The militiamen on either side of Kostov tugged at his coattails until he finally sat down. (Meanwhile, the Bulgarian press has started a bitter cam- "paign against U.S. Minister Don- ald 'R Heath, and the assumption is that the Bulgarians are paving the way for a demand for his re- call, the observer reported. Heath has been mentioned at the trial as having had contacts with some of the defendants. Alumni Pick Robinson for Phoenix Post Loren T. Robinson, '13, a De- troit advertising executive, has been named national publicity director of the Michigan Memor- ial-Phoenix Project, the executive alumni committee has announced. Besides working in advertising, Robinson has had experience in journalism and public 'relations. ASSISTING Robinson will be eight men who have been appoint- ed to the national publicity com- mittee. They include Robert Fuoss, Philadelphia, Pa.; Philip M. Wagner, Baltimore, Md.; Robert S. Peare, Schenectady, N.Y.; William A. Hart, Wilmington, Dela. and Herbert W. Smith of New York, N.Y. Others are Arthur C. Pound, Slingerlands, N.Y.; Leo N. Bur- nett, Chicago, Ill. and Fred Smith, New York, N.Y. i THE PHOENIX Project is a large scale research- program de- voted to studying the peacetime uses of atomic energy in all physi- cal, biological and social sciences. The Project will be dedicated as a living memorial to the Univer- sity dead of World War II. A drive to raise $6,500,000 for the Project is now under way. Alumni are conducting a special gifts drive, which will be sup- plimented next fall by a drive to contact all alumni for con- tributions. A student drive, which will con- tact all students, will also begin next fall. M. any research projects are al- ready under way under Phoenix Project sponsorship. Party Supervisors Needed by IFC Bob Vogt, '51E, Interfraternity Council social chairman, yeater- OpinionsVoiced By Taxi Experts Israel Shifts Defies UN Offices to Decision, Holy City Local transportation experts last night expressed conficting opinions about the ability of one taxi company to handle the Wil- low Run airport traffic Friday, when the Christmas vacation rush will be at its peak. But regardless of all the con- troversy, students can be pretty sure that they will get to he air- port in time to catch airplanes leaving Friday afternoon. 1 SAC Plans Hlearings on IFC Action The Student Affairs Committee yesterday decided to hold hear- ings at its next meeting on the anti-bias motion passed by In- terfraternity Council house presi- dents. Because of dissension within IFC brought to light by a letter to The Daily, SAC voted to hear views for and against the resolu- IFC'S Resolution: "All fra- ternities existing on the Michi- gan campus as of Nov. 1, 1949 and having a discriminatory clause in their constitutions and/or by-laws will be suspend- ed unless they are able to pre- sent to the Office of Student Affairs by Jan. 1, 1951, evidence showing that they have peti- tioned their national offices, asking that all discriminatory clauses be removed from their constitutions and/or by-laws." tion. Each faction will be allow- ed to send two speakers to the Jan. 10 SAC meeting. THE Interfraternity Council did not present its motion to SAC until Mondayiafternoon, too late for hearings to be arranged for yesterday's meeting. Strong dissatisfaction with the motion among IFC House Presidents was indicated by Don Rothschild, '50, president of Zeta Beta Tau. In his letter to The Daily, Roth-' schild urged that the anti-bias motion be defeated. * * * HE CHARGED, "The resolution is overshadowed by ulterior mo- tives for its passage. Namely, to stop pressure on IFC by other student organizations." Rothschild called the resolu- tion "watered down." Rothschild explained that he was writing the letter "because I want the SAC to hear one affil- iate's viewpoint on a resolution which supposedly represents all affiliates on campus." J-Hop Ticket Sale Reservations for J-Hop tickets may be made from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Administration Bldg., the J-Hop Committee announced yesterday. Committee members added that booth contracts must be turned in to Nan Byrnes, 718 Tappan, by tomorrow. DON GREENFIELD of the Wol- verine Club said late last night that his Club would register stu- dents interested in traveling to the airport at a cost basis on chartered buses or in cars volunteered by students or faculty members. He asked all car owners willing to relieve the transportation bot- tleneck to register along with would-be riders from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. today or tomorrow at the Union ticket. desk. The Yellow Cab Co., which is the only local taxi company now authorized to run cabs to the airport, is confident that it can do the job. "We now have 12 cabs licensed to serve the airport. We have applied for permission to run four more out there, and we are pretty sure that this permission will be granted," Joseph S. Schiros, pres- ident of the Yellow Cab Co., told The Daily. * !* * COMMENTING upon a local travel agency's prediction that some 350 students will be flying home on Friday, Schiros said: "I don't think that the rush will be that great. If necessary, we will provide extra equip- ment, with the permission of the Michigan Public Service Commission." He added that if students "make reservations for taxis by, noon tomorrow, we will guarantee them transportation to the air- port." * . * * ON THE OTHER hand, Wil- liam Puckett, president of the Veterans' Cab Association, ex- pressed doubt that one taxi com- pany could handle all the air- port business. "I don't think that one com- pany can handle all of the air- port business. At, any rate, it would be impossible to do it with only 16 cabs," Puckett said. Another taxi-cab company offi- cial, John Weber, president of the Radio Cab Co., said that "It is pos- sible for one company to handle the airport business before Christ- mas, if the bus company provides a number of special buses to serve the airport." So far, the Yellow Co. is the only local taxi company which has ap- plied to the Public Service Com- mission for a license to serve the airport. However, the Veterans' Cab group will have an application before the commission very short- ly, Puckett said. AIM Votes For Dormitory Post The Association of Independent Men last night took steps to have an AIM representative placed on the Board of Governors of Resi- dence Halls. It voted to inaugurate an inter- residence hall co-ordinating com- mittee to investigate the possibili- ty of having an AIM representa- tive on the Board of Governors. AIM also went on record as op- posing a motion introduced in the Committee to End Discrimination. The motion calls for removal from CED of all organizations having discriminatory clauses in their constitutions. Entry Blanks Called Fair By Whitaker Ease Interview CED Informed Prof. Wayne L. Whitaker, chair- man of the Medical School admis- sions committee, yesterday told Committee to End Discrimination members that questions appearing on application blanks were used to facilitate interviewing for admis- sions. Speaking to seven CED members in a special meeting, Prof. Whita- ker said that the Medical School does not use questions of religion, nationality, former name if changed and request for photo- graph for discriminatory purposes. * * * "WE HAVE a problem of deter- mining which applicants will make the best contribution to society and this evaluation problem is so great that we regard the problems of race and religion as insignifi- cant," he said. "For example, we use the in- formation as an opening wedge in discovering what is the appli- cant's outlook on life's responsi- bilities and whether his religious views interfere with scientific study." The admissions officer also ex- plained the use of questions on nationality, family name if changed, and request for photo- graph. He admitted that the question of nationality was ambiguous since the applicant could not be sure if it meant citizenship or family background. BUT nationality information is used to make the interviewing re- lationship easier for interviewee and interviewer, he said. The question on family name if changed is a means for pro- tection and occasionally is used in determining fraud, according to Prof. Whitaker. Photographs help interviewers remember the individual after the first meeting, he said. In answer to questions from CED members, Prof. Whitaker agreed that it would be possible to take photo- graphs at the time of the inter, view. * * * "AND IT might be advantageous since all pictures would be uni- form. But setting up photographic equipment would be cumbersome," he added. CED members suggested that question blanks be changed to remove any possibility of dis- crimination in Medical School. Prof. Whitaker replied that "I think that all these questions might be deleted without hamper- ing the work of the ,admissions committee immeasurably, but I am reluctant to see them changed be- cause of reasons that are false." They asked that questions be re- vised to "activities in religious work" and "Do you feel that your religious views conflict with sci- ence?". Another suggested revision was to elaborate on former name if changed to make its use clearer. President Truman's Higher Edu- cation Report stating that ques- tions of race, religion and family background are almost prima facie evidence of possibilities of discrim- ination does not hold at the Uni- versity, Prof. Whitaker said. Railroad Tickets Ready Tomorrow Return tickets for students tak- ing the special holidayhtrainsto Boston, Albany, Rochester and Buffalo will be ready from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Ad- ministration Bldg., according to Dick Allen, Vulcans ticket mana- ger. Reduced-price tickets to all. points are available from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. today and tomorrow at . J 1 x E 1 1 1 I Action May Wreck Joint Control Plan Jerusalem Called Eternal Capital' By The Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel is speeding up the transfer of gov- ernment offices from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in face of United Na- tions diplomats' predictions yes- terday that such action may wreck the General Assembly's plan to put the Holy City under interna- tional rule. In addition the Israeli parlia- ment (Knesset) has been called to convene in Jerusalm within 10 days. "FOR THE STATE of Israel there has always been and always will be only one capital, Jerusa- lem, the Eternal," Premier David Ben-Gurion told the parliament last night. "So it was 3,000 years ago and so it will be, we believe, to the end of time," he said. (The action came as the UN Trusteeship Council began ab Lake Success the task of trying to carry out last Friday's decision to place Jerusalem under supreme international rule.) * * * HIS LAST BOW-Prof. Hereward T. Price accepts a volume of testimonials and a commemorative scroll from two of his former students after delivering a University lecture last night. Making the presentation are Homer Swander (left) and Marilyn Keck (right). The lecture was arranged through the efforts of the Price-Student Foundation which was. organized after Prof. Price's re- tirement last spring. Structure StressedbyPrice By DAVE THOMAS ward T. Price said last night at The greatest need in contempor- the Price-Student Foundation lec- ary Shakespearean scholarship is ture. a sustained study of the structure The lecture was the noted of Shakespeare's plays, Prof. Here- Shakespearean scholar's last pub- Pollock Defends Policy of U.S. in Germany on Air Prof. James K. Pollock, chairman of the political science depart- ment, last night defended United States policy in Western Germany for having made the new state a "bulwark against Soviet Com- munism." Speaking before a nationwide audience on ABC's Town Meet- ing of the Air, Prof. Pollock and Edward H. Litchfield, past chief of the American Civil Administration Division in Germany, took the affirmative stand on the question, "Is our present policy toward Western Germany sound?" * * * * "WE ARE WINNING the battle for Germany against an ag- ---- gressive Soviet Union," Prof. Polloe But in doing this "we are not sacrificing anything vital in our democratic credo." Naziism cannot be a threat when we have in Western Germany the freely elected government of Pre- mier Conrad Adenauer, in which there are no Nazis or militarists, the former advisor to Gen. Lucius Clay asserted. * * * THOUGH admitting that the denazification program in Ger- many was not completely success- ful, he said it has been "more successful in our zone than in any other, despite lack of Russian cooperation." Opposing Prof. Pollock and Litchfield on the program were Gen. Talford Taylor; former chief council of the War Crimes Trials at Nurnberg; and Charles LeFol- lette, national director of Ameri- cans for Democratic Action. Ensian Sale Starts The first campus sale of the 1950 Michiganensian will be held today from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in the lobby of Angell Hall. "This sale today will be one of the last chances for students to buy 'Ensians at $5.00 per copy," announced Slug Kettler, general sales manager. declared. World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-Federal inves- tigators yesterday sought to find out why a DC-3 air liner, riding down to a landing in a fog here last night, suddenly veered off its radar beam and plunged into the Potomac River with a toll of four dead and 19 injured. * * * HONG KONG - Nationalist troops yesterday abandoned Chengtu, last mainland capital of the Chinese Nationalist Gov- ernment. * * * NEW YORK - City officials yesterday called for a shaveless, tubless Dec. 16 and issued a flock of other requests to make the biggest city in the country the dryest city as well on the first "water holiday" in its history. * * * SYDNEY, Australia-New Zea- land made the formal changeover yesterday from a socialist to a free enterprise government. Australia is to make her similar shift next Monday. lic appearance in Ann Arbor, for1 a while at least, as he will leave inf January to assume a visiting lec- turer position at Emory College near Atlanta, Ga. * ~* * LAST NIGHT'S program honoir ing Prof Price was arranged by a group of his former students who organized the Price-Student Foun- dation after his retirement last spring. . Pointing out that Shake-' speare's skill in construction has traditionally been overlooked by critics, Prof. Price declared that, "only through the action and the way in which it is plotted do the great speeches and characteri- zations of Shakespeare live." "Nobody goes to the theatre just to hear poetry," he observed. The small, greying scholar ad- dressed more than 2,000 students, faculty colleagues and townspeo- ple who listened with a combina- tion of reverence and sadness to the even diction and scholarly en- thusiasm which has gained for Prof. Price the admiration and love of a generation of University students. * * * "IT HAS LONG been a fashion to say that Shakespeare borrowed his plots rather than invented them," Prof. Price continued. This attitude has been caused by a confusion as to the differ- ence between plot and story, he thought. "Shakespeare often borrowed his stories but ar- ranged and altered component events as he himself saw fit. This is what is meant by plotting." Shakespeare's plots do not re- volve around a central character as do those of other Elizabethan dramas, according to Prof. Price. * * * "RATHER Shakespeare unifies his plots around one central de- sign of idea and sticks to this point like grim death throughout the play and so gives it form." After the lecture, Prof. Price was cited as "the most complete expression of devotion to teaching that we have ever known," by his former students. Visibly moved, the retired pro- fessor accepted a volume of testi- monials and a commemorative scroll to close the ceremonies. SOURCES from Lake Success speculated that it might be nec- essary to call a special spring ses- sion of the 59-nation Assembly to try to untangle the consequences of the 1949 Assembly's overwhelm- ing vote to impose a UN regime on Jerusalem. (Both Israel and Hashemite Jordan, the occupying powers, say they will not give up their sections of the city. The UV has no power of enforcement other than pressure of public opinion.) A Government spokesman told newsmen the shift does not mean that Jerusalem will become the capital of Israel immediately. He said no affront to the UN is in- tended, but that the government does not intend to alter its plans to move all government depart- ments to that city. * * * BEN-GURION rejected the UN decision at the start of his speech before parliament. He called the ruling "utterly incapable of imple- mentation-if only for the deter- mined, unalterable opposition of the inhabitants of Jerusalem themselves." He said the establishment of the governmental seat at Tel-Aviv was a temporary measure, Influ- enced by the war and the Arab seige of Jerusalem. Name' New Job-Holders On Miehigras Jan Oliver, '50, and Bill Peter- sen, '50, Michgras co-chairmen, have announced the names of stu- dents appointed to top-ranking Michigras positions. Women were appointed by the Women's Athletic Association on the basis of petitions and inter- views, while men were appointed by the Union, which followed -a similar procedure to make its choice. THE NEWLY appointed Michi- gras job-holders will meet at 4 p.m. today in Rm. 3D of the Union. Women appointees, with their jobs, are Virginia Bauer, refresh- ments; Jean Heidgen, '51, prizes; Mary Moore, '52, programs; Va- lorie Lemper, '51, parade; Bar- bara Arter, '52A, decorations; Mary Watt, '52, tickets; Jean Schutt, '51, secretary; Rlena Lindh, posters and Margaret SL CARRIES ON: Vacation Proposal Will Go to U' Senate Group Supporters of a long Thanks- giving vacation are still holding their own after University Senate action. The Senate, after hearing Stu- dent Legislature's proposal to end classes between Thanksgiving Day and the Monday following, passed a resolution to refer the matter to the University Calendar Commit- tee. THE SENATE also suggested the Committee study possibilities of restoring classes the Saturday before Christmas (suggested in 3L's letter) and also those Satur- iays before each exam period and ;he spring vacation. AFTER STUDYING the situa- tion at its meeting in January, the Committee will probably report to the Senate Advisory Committee, he said. Final approval must be secured from the University Re- gents, he added. Dave Belin, chairman of SL's Committee which sent the let- ter tothesSenate, said that he also discussed with Robbins the matter of spring vacation falling at Easter nevt spring and every year. Robbins said that only three va- catigns in the past 10 years had not fallen on Easter. The reason NO GOVERNMENT PLOT: Indian Riots Spontaneous --- Sahni Any riots that occurred in India at the time of the division into Hindu and Moslem sections were spontaneous and were in 'no way directed by the Indian government, according to R. N. Sahni, an In- The Indian, who was living in India at the time of the out- break, pointed out that these riots began before the talks. of the partition had even begun. He noted that the Pakistan gov- Samni discounted the possibil- ity that the Indian government attempted to spread an epidemic in Pakistan by not shipping chlorine to that- country. An epidemic so close to India would 'I