PA CF SIX Tilt ilifItAN DIL~Y WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1950 -______________________________________________. COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS: Many Posts Open In Union,_League (EDITOR'S NOTE: This, is the third in a series of articles to ac- quaint students with some of the influential organizations on cam- pus and how members and officials are chosen.) By PETER HOTTON With the passing of the annual "17 days of bliss" to lighten hard- working students' burdens, The Daily resumes its series on "how to keep -from being a nonentity on a campus of 20,000 students." The Union, one of the oldest or- ganizations on campus, is the sanctum sanctorum of about 15,- 000 University men where they can run from the clutches of women, if they want to, and where they can work up in the ranks to cam- pus fame. *, * * COUNTERPART of the men's headquarters -is- the League, of which some 5,000 women are mem- bers, about one fourth of the Un- ion membership. If a man wants to get away from a woman or women, all he has to do is go through the. front door of his "home on cam- pus," through which no woman can walk. The Union boasts the largest student membership on campus, and the largest life membership as well. Life membership comes auto- matically to those who pay their fees for four years as students. * * * TOP-RANKING UNION body is the Board of Directors, com- posed of nine students and nine non-students. Students Include the Union president, recording secretary, six vice-presidents and president of Men's Judiciary. The president receives his post by appointment by a selection committee, which in turn is ap- pointed by an appointments com- mittee. * ,* * PERHAPS THE STRONGEST group in the entire setup is the. appointments committee, which has the power to appoint all but eX-officio committee members. Members of this group are the president, financial and recording secretaries, general manager of Alumni Association and the senior faculty member of the Board of Directors. Direct outlet to the students is the activities committee, which plans and controls all matters of student interest. The presi- dent and recording secretary are also on this committee plus a Junior Executive Council select- ed by the president and record- ing secretary from a group of "tryouts" who have worked on the Union staff. Twelve aspirants for the six el- ective vice-presidential posts gen- erally are nominated by the nomi- nating committee, which is cho- sen by the appointments commit- tee. * * * League . The League, though it has a smaller number of - both student and life members than the Union, is every bit as complex. Top governing body of the wo- men is the League Executive Coun- cil, which handles all meetings and affairs. It is made up of the usual president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, plus Judi- ciary Council chairman and inter- viewing chairman., * * SECOND IN LINE of importance in League circles is the Council, composed of chairmen of 18 stand- ing committees of the League, which bear the burden of League functions. Other members of the Coun- cil are ex-officio, automatically gaining council membership by virtue of being selected top mem- member of several women's out- side organizations. All these members may vote and must be seniors. Other members are also ex-officio or selected from subordinate League projects, such as Junior Girl's Play and Soph Cabaret. *, * * MEMBERS OF the League's vast machinery are seniors, jun- iors and sophomores who hold voluntary or appointed committee positions ranging from one of the standing committees to govern- ing committees of Junior Girl's Play and Soph Cabaret. League Executive Council po- sitions carry a lot of prestige, but getting a post is quite in- volved. Hopefuls first petition the Lea- gue interviewing committee, which selects a first and second choice for each office. Choices and rejections, togeth- er with reasons for both, are then submitted to the League Council which choses one of the two choices by a three-quarter vote. A unanimous vote is needed to elect a person rejected by interviewing. Final approval is made by the Electoral Board, made up of the Executive Council and the Dean of Women, League Social Director and chairman of women's physical education program. Smith Urges State Labor Law Review The United States Supreme Court definitely should review Mi- chigan's strike regulation law as the government has asked, accord- ing to Prof. Russell A. Smith of the Law School. The government's request came in the form of a memorandum to the court asking that it hear the appeal of the United Automobile Workers from a Michigan Supreme Court decision. The memorandum asserts that the Michigan law, known as the Bonine-Tripp Act, conflicts with provisions of the Taft-Hartley. The Michigan statute states that no strike may lawfully occur until the state mediation board polls the employees and for 10 days thereafter. This provision, the government believes, conflicts with national law. Prof. Smith, a specialist in labor law, termed the whole controversy "a tough question. It certainly is- n't clear from previous Supreme Court decisions whether the law is valid or not," he added. Prof. Smith declared that be- cause of the many state labor re- lations acts, the extent of a state's power in such affairs ought to be clearly defined. Hearing the appeal, the educa- tor thought, would furnish an op- portunity to do this. There is a question about the Michigan Supreme Court decision, Prof. Smith said, because of dif- ferences between the Michigan case and the Wisconsin dispute used as precedent by the court. An ambitious group of students from several colleges and many countries pooled their incentive and muscle-power over the holi- days so that some displaced Eur- opean family might have a home in America. The students, sponsored by So- ciety of Friends (Quakers) groups at Ann Arbor and Lansing, set up a "work camp" at a farm near Vandalia, in Southeastern Michi- gan, where they toiled for eight days reconditioning a farmhouse. * * * THE HOUSE, donated by Quakers Clarence and Elizabeth Cunningham, will be turned over to some as yet undetermined dis- placed family, according to Car- lene Bagnall, Grad, who arranged the project in Ann Arbor. Miss Bagnall said that the displaced family will be brought to Michigan either by the local Friends group or an Ann Arbor church. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have promised to let the family occupy the house as long as they desire. * * * STUDENTS CAME from the University, Michigan State Col- lege and several Indiana schools to put the home in order. Moving into the frame structure on Dec. 16, the 17 member "international, inter- faith and interracial" group tackled the job of sprucing it up. Hailing from Iran, Iraq, the Netherlands, India, and Pakistan, as well as the United SACRIFICE HOLIDAY: Students Work To Give Displaced Family Home States, they painted, plastered, scrubbed and hammered until Dec. 23, when they finished the job. But it wasn't all work. Taking time off for fun, ,they square- danced at night, cooked their own meals and traded informa- tion about their national life and customs. University students who donat- ed their services were: Amer H. Noorbakhsh, Gulmohamud Kap- adia, '53E, Sherali Valji, '51 Spec., Ramesh Malhotra, Grad, Ohunes Sengun, Grad, C. Campbell Wil- son, Grad, Hazel Tulecke, Don Haskell, '51, Bob Fantway, Bar- bara Moss, '50M, and Miss Bag- nall. City Has No Auto Deaths During_1949 Ann Arbor whizzed through 19- 49 without a single traffic fatal- ity, local Chief of Police Casper Enkemann revealed yesterday. Driving carelessness during the past year resulted in 562 local ac- cidents, as compared with 657 in 1948, he noted. Two traffic fatal- ities that year marred an other- wise average Ann Arbor slate, he added. Other comparative figures show 396 property damage accidents here last year to 460 in 1948; 113 personal injuries in 1949 and 140 in '48. Pedestrian injuries here last year took only a slight dip from the 1948 total, 53 and 55. : 'I - - FIRST WOMAN AMBASSADOR-Mrs. Eugenie Anderson (right) America's first woman ambassador from Red Wing, Minn., and her husband , and children stand in front of their new Copen- hagen, Denmark, home. RAD IOACTIVE IODINE: New Way To Determine Child Thyroid Deficiencies Found t t A new method of determining decreased thyroid gland deficien- cy in children by the use of ra- dioactive iodine has been reported by University scientists. The new method gives better re- sults in determining decreased thyroid activity at an early age than other laboratory procedures now available, according to Dr. George H. Lowrey, instructor in pediatrics and communicable di- seases at the Medical School. EARLY DIAGNOSIS and treat- ment of decreased thyroid func- tion is necessary for a child's best mental and physical development, Dr. Lowrey added. The research on the new me- thod was conducted by Dr. Low- rey, Dr. William H. Beierwaltes, assistant professor of internal medicine at the Medical School, Dr. Isadore Lampe, professor of roentgenology at the Medical School and Henry J. Gomberg, instructor in electrical engineer- ing. The research was sponsored by the Phoenix Project, the grad- uate school and the National Re- search Council. given by mouth to 26 children, 12 of whom were free of disease and the other 14 not, the researchers explained. Measurements of the iodine carried to the thyroid gland by the blood indicated a marked difference in the amount picked up by the normal and abnormal thyroid gland, they said. The children with thyroid defi- ciencies tended to absorb less ra- dioactive iodine, they added. The degree of radiation to the body tissues resulting from the radioactive iodine consumed is less than that involved in the taking an X-Ray film, Dr. Lowrey said. ANNOUNCING!I 79c SUITS -DRESSES Q UCKCLEAN ERS 1323 SOUTH UNIVERSITY Riding Horses For Hire TRY OUR INDOOR RIDING RING Instructions Available SPECIAL STUDENT RATES Golfside Stables GENE BLAND, Mgr. 3250 E. 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