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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1950
PRICE FIVE CENTS
,UAW Man
Quizzed On
Bomb Plot
.;Denies Attempts
To Kill R euthers
DETROIT - (P) - Detectives
questioned a $58-a-week employe
of the CIO United Auto Workers
yesterday about a campaign of
violence against the union over
the past two years.
William K. Thomas, 58 years
old, steadfastly denied after five
hours of questioning any know-
ledge of the attempted assassina-
tions of the Reuther brothers.
* * *
THE white-haired night watch-
man also denied any knowledge
of an attempt to blow up Union
International headquarters other
than his part in helping find a
dud dynamite bomb planted there
Dec. 20.
After 13 hours of grilling,
Thomas admitted late last night
he faked a torture-kidnaping
story early Friday. The hoax
led police to question Thomas
about the entire campaign of
violence that led to an FBI in-
vestigation.
Detroit detectives said question-
ing of Thomas was based on a
theory some one with "martyr
complex" might be responsible for
the violence against the union.
DESPITE OFFERS of nearly
$250,000 in rewards, authorities
have failed to solve the attempted
assassinations of Walter Reuther,
April 20, 1948, UAW president, and
his brother, Victor, UAW educa-
tion director, last May 24.
Detective Inspector Joseph
Krug said renewed questioning
of Thomas so far had thrown
no new light on the shootings or
attempted dynamiting.
Krug said Thomas admitted
having worked on constructionj
jbs where dynamite was used,
but said he never had handled
dynamite.
Krug said Thomas many years
ago had been reported "somewhat1
bitter" about the UAW. He lost
a job at the Motor Products Corp.0
in 1936 during a strike.
AFTER HE complained about
it, Thomas was hired by the1
union as a part-time maintenance
man at its headquarters and later
as a full-time watchman.
Police investigation disclosed
Thomas had no right wing or
left wing connections in the
SUAW.
The union has insisted all
along the violence against it had
nothing to do with any internal
dissension. Walter Reuther con-
tended the violence could be the
work of Communists angry at his
campaign against communism, the
work of management, or some
"screwball."
After admitting the kidnap
hoax, Thomas was held for in-
vestigation of making a false re-
port of a felony. Detectives said,
however, they* were mainly in-
terested in finding out what he
knew about the campaign of vio-
lence against the UAW.
Men's Councils
Have Openings
Positions on two men's councils
are open to eligible men, it has
been announced.
Petitions for Men's Judiciary
Council, student "supreme court"
may be picked up from 3 to 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday in the
Administration Building, lobby.
Three positions were open on
the Council, and members will be
interviewed and chosen by an SL
appointments board.
Engineering students are eligible
for four positions on Engineering
Council, and may apply by filing a
letter listing qualifications and
reasons for wanting a position.
Letters are due Friday and may
be placed in the Engineering Coun-
cil Box on the second floor of the
West Engineering Annex.
Belin Will Chair
Young GOP Meet
David W. Belin, '51, was named
yesterday chairman of a Big Ten
Young Republican Conference to
be held in Ann Arbor March 24-25,
according to the Associated Press,
as announced at a meeting of the
etP.rng vnmmitteefor th enn-
Shuffling Scenarists
Deaths in Iowa Fire
Hit 38
66-46
4- 1
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Five
l out
Iowa,
-Daily-Wally Barth
OPERA AUTHORS-Jack Leonard, left, and "Buzz" Durant,
right, authors of the 1950 Union Opera, pause while creating a
new dance routine for the show to check their scripts. Called
Lace It Up," the rollicking musical comedy will be presented
Mar. 29, 30 and 31 at the Michigan Theatre.
* * * .*
'Lace It Up' Zips in as
Newest of Union Operas
By PAUL BRENTLINGER
"Lace It Up" is the title of the 1950 version of the Michigan
Union Opera.
I This latest model of the campus' traditional all-male musical
comedy is the brain child of Jack-Leonard, '50, and -BryceBUZ'
Durant, '50. Their scenario entry won out over 11 competing entries
which were submitted to Opera manager Jim Ebersole, '50, since
last may.
* * * NIt
ACCORDiNG TO LEONARD, "Lace It Up" takes a laughing look
World News
Roundup
By The Associated Press
Soldiers and guardsmen were
mobilized yesterday for flood
fighting in the Midwest, and an
unexpected blast of cold heaped
fresh damage on the California
citrus crop.
HONG KONG-The Chinese
Nationalists reported increasing
air raids and guerrila operations
yesterday against the Commun-
ists on the mainland. Meanwhile
in Moscow Mao Tze-Tung, Chin-
ese Communist leader, and the
Soviet are believed to be near
an agreement. Informed circles
expect an important announce-
ment.
* * *
TOKYO - The official Comin-
form attack in Bucharest on San-
zo Nozako, Japan's shrewdest Com-
munist, presages a major upheaval
in the party in Japan.
* * *
WASHINGTON - Rep. Dondero
(R-Mich.) said yesterday he will
introduce legislation next week to
prevent deduction of endowment
fund interest from government
payments to land grant colleges
for veterans' education.
fat the labor-management rela-
tions problem as it effects workers
in a lingerie factory."
Leonard and Durant are no
newcomers to the Union Opera
scene. Last year, they adapted
the script of "Froggy Bottom"
for musical comedy presenta-
tion. "Froggy Bottom" was the
first post-war Union Opera pro-
duction.,
Strangely enough, the idea for
"Lace It Up" did not come to
Leonard and Durant as the result
of a blinding flash of inspiration.
* * *
"WE JUST sat down one day
and decided to write the 1950
Opera," Durant said.
We deliberately looked for
some out of the ordinary theme,
and finally decided that the
labor-management issue was
just what we needed," he ex-
plained.
The "Lace It Up" script was ap-
proved by the Union's Board of
Directors after being recommend-
ed by the Union Opera Board,
which scrutinized the 11 scenario
entries.
* * *
CASTING for the show will be-
gin during the first week in the
second semester, and the finished
product is scheduled for produc-
tion on Mar. 29, 30 and 31 at the
Michigan Theatre, scene of last
year's presentation of "Froggy
Bottom."
Iowa Guard
Clifton Tops
Both Teams
McIntosh Leads
MichiganScoring
By JOHN BARBOUR
A surprising Michigan fivel
banged out their Big Ten Over-
ture to the tune of a 66-46 win
over a hard-working Iowa Hawk-
eye squad at Yost Field House.
last night.
But almost overshadowing this
was the brilliant performanceof
a young sophomore Hawkeye from!
Boone City, Iowa.
YOUNG BOB CLIFTON in his
first Western Conference game<
clipped out 25 points plus a show
of good ball-handling to remind a
few of Murray Weir, and net more
than half the Iowa point total.
In the opening Mhinutes it
looked like all Iowa and very
little else. The Hawkeyes pulled
a three point lead on the Wol-
verines before three minutes of
the first half had gone. They
controlled the backboards and
their ball-handling looked very
tricky.
Michigan still trailed by three
points at the six minute mark
when the score stood Iowa 10,
Michigan 7.
* * *
THEN RECOVERING their bal-
ance on MacIntosh's field goal
from forward, they followed up
with tallies by VanderKuy and
Suprunowicz to take a 13 to 10r
lead with the scoreboard clockr
reading 13:32 in the first half.
This time the Wolverines held.
Hal Morrill swept the backboardf
by the Michigan basket time1
and time again. High-springing
Chuck Murray teamed to keep
the inner court defense almost
impregnable.
Leo VanderKuy was kept busyt
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Board Okays
NewA Magazine
'Generation'
Campus Pictorial
Review Also Created
Student publication history was
made yesterday when the Board
in Control voted approval of "Gen-
eration," a new student magazine
of the five arts.
Another publication will appear
early next semester in the form of
"Campus," a pictorial magazine'
covering the events and activities
of the University.
* * *
SCHEDULED TO appear on
campus March 17, "Generation"
will take its stand as a sister pub-
lication of The Daily, Gargoyle
and 'Ensian.
"Generation" aims to give ex-
pression to creative works in arts
ranging from literature to dance
through the presentation of orig-
inal short stories, poems, sculp-
ture, paintings, plays, music and
critical and interpretative essays
on the arts.
The staff of "Generation" will
include a managing editor, busi-
ness manager, art editor and as-
sociate editor. Other editors will
head various departments, includ-
ing those for each of the five arts.
"GENERATION" WILL operate
on a tryout system paralleling that
used by the other publications.
Contributions for "Generation"
are being accepted by Marvin
Felheim of the English depart-
ment at Rm. 2213 Angell Hall.
"Campus, the picture magazine,
will feature social events, student
and faculty profiles, sports and
articles of general interest to stu-
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TAX SUGGESTIONS:
Truman To introduce
Plans for Fiscal Year
from
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Tax recom-
mendations figured high in the
news yesterday as the nation
waited for President Truman's
budget message for the coming
fiscal year which will be de-
livered tomorrow.
A tax increase of $2,500,000
with an equal slash in govern-
ment spending to balance the
government budget was recom-
mended by Chairman Cannon
(D-Mo.) of the House Appropria-
tions Committee.
* * -*
BUT AN opposing recommenda-
tion was expressed by the Com-
mittee for Economic Development,
a businessmen% planning organi-
zation, which said tax cuts to-
taling $2,500,000 are feasible this
year.
The committee, however,
agreed with Cannon that feder-
al costs should be cut and of-
fered a program of how to do it.
President Truman, who has
asked for a "moderate" tax in-
crease, is expected to offer a bud-
get based on present business ac-
tivity and present taxes, showing:
spending, $42,000,0000-plus; in-
come, $38,000,000-minus.
King Peter To Talk
At Hill Tuesday
King Peter II of Yugoslavia will
speak on "The Story of My Coun-
try" at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hill
Auditorium, in the fifth lecture of
the University Lecture Series.
An Associated Press dispatch
said last night that a railroad com-
pany delayed one of its through
trains for three minutes yesterday
to take the king straight to Chi-
cago, but he took another com-
pany's train.
Tickets will be on sale from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow and Tues-
day at the Hill Auditorium box
office.
Result: a
$5,000,000.
deficit not far
f
* , ,*
REP. CANNON, who previously
has said that Truman's spending1
requests must and will be cut,
acknowledged that it might be im-
possible to achieve a budget bal-
lance "unless we have additional1
revenue."
"I'll favor increases in taxes
as long as they insist on spend-
ing," he added.
World Dollar
eed Cited
WASHINGTON - (P) - Secre-
tary of State Acheson has given
an urgent, top priority in the
State Department to development
of a new line of attack on the
world dollar shortage, it was learn-
ed yesterday.
The conviction is spreading
among some of his top advisers
that more billions for European
and other foreign assistance will
be required after the end of the
Marshall Plan in 1952.
SOME OFFICIALS now say pri-
vately that the United States
probably will have to consider
continuing foreign assistance for
an indefinite number of years.
Acheson's personal preference
reportedly would be to assure oth-
er nations of the dollars they need
to buy American goods by further
opening up American markets for
their products. It is likely that he
will throw his main emphasis on
a tariff cutting, import expanding
policy.
What the State Department ex-
perts are reported to be convinced
of is this: unless the United States
and Allied nations begin prepar-
ing shortly for the end of the
Marshall Plan, the cold war gains
of the past two years may easily
be lost.
Quiz Kids
1 1
To Oppose t
ProfsTodayt
Win, draw or lose, four univer-
sity professors will be on hand to1
compete in a mental marathon
with the Quiz Kids at 3:30 p.m.
today at the 1Rackham Lecture
Hall.
Tickets for the event have been
grabbed up in record time but en-
thusiasts may hear the Quiz Kids
show over WWJ or WUOM-FM.
* * *
IN ONE CORNER will be the;
academicians, Professors George
Kish, of the geography depart-
ment, Leo Goldberg, of the as-
tronomy department, Harry Clyde
Carver of the mathematics de-
partment and Frank Livingston
Huntley of the English depart-
ment.
In the other corner will be
mental giants' and winners of
three out of four bouts with
university professors, Joel Kup-
perman, 13, Lonny Lunde, 14,
Pat Conlon, 12 and Brenda
Liebling, 5.
Joe Kelly, regular quizmaster,
will referee.
Initiating the week-long
WUOM dedication program the
Chicago Round Table will origin-
ate at 1 p.m. today in the Rack-
ham Hall and will be carried by
stations WWJ and WUOM.
* * ,*
"WHAT IS Popular Culture Do-
ing to Your Life" is the topic of
discussion.
Two faculty members, War-
ner G. Rice, director of the Gen-
eral Library and acting chair-
man of the English department,
and Prof. Howard Y. McClusky,
of the educational psychology
department and consultant in
community adult education will
participate in the forum.
Henry Sans, chairman of the
University of Chicago English de-
partment will be moderator.
Doors to Rackham Hall will be
closed 15 minutes before broad-
cast time for both radio shows.
-Daily-Alex Lmanian
ON THE BALL-Quiz kid Brenda Leibling, 5-and-one-half years old, second from right, gets the
football lowdown from a quartet of University greats. They are, left to right, Wally Teninga,
Athletic Director H. O. "Fritz" Crisler, Al Wis tert, Miss Leibling and Al Wahl, new football cap-
tain. The Quiz Kids show originates from Univer ity station WUOM today.
Bars Hinder
Escape from
Big Hospital
Flames Consume
Ward in 2 Hours
By The Associated Press
DAVENPORT Ia.-Death toll in
the fire which struck while pa
tients slept and roared through
the psychiatric ward of one of
Iowa's major hospitals early, yes-
terday rose to 38 women.
Coroner C. H. Wildman, who of-
ficially placed the death toll at
38, said 35 bodies were taken but
before nightfall. Bodies of three
others "almost certainly" were
butied beneath a toppled brik
wall, he said. A crane was in use
last night to probe this debris.
SCREAMS OF women patients
in St. Elizabeth's mental ward
building of the 300-bed mercy hos-
pital sounded the alarm as they
awakened to find themselves trap-
ped in "a flaming hell."
Within two hours only the
charred shell of the building re-
mained.
Fire Chief Lester Schick said
"I doubt if we ever find out what
caused the fire." He said it start-
ed in a room on the east side of
the building and spread into the
hall, up a dumb waiter shaft, and
then spread-eagled over the top of
the building.
* * *
BARRED WINDOWS prevented
firemen from reaching many of
the victims and they perished In
their rooms.
State Fire Marshall Zack Cook
said at Des Moines the hospital
last was inspected about two
years ago. He said that Ins-
much as his department includes
only five men, such inspections
are made only on request of city
or county authorities.
Sister Superior Mary Annunci-
ata, head of the hospital, said 31
other patients were treated for
burns or injuries. With 38 pre-
sumed dead, she said this account-
ed for the 65 women and three
men known to have been in the
destroyed ward.
ALL OF THE DEAD were
women. All except Mrs. Anna Neal,
52-year-old nurse's aide, were pa-
tients.
The three men escaped, two
by leaping from windows.
The alarm was sounded at '3
a.m. (EST) when flames broke out
on. the second floor of the three-
story brick structure.
AT LEAST 10 other persons died
in fires throughout the nation
yesterday besides the 38 who died
in the Davenport hospital tragedy.
In Missoula, Mont., two-year-
old Gorden Moldena died while
his grieved parents were making
funeral plans for five other child-
ren who died a day earlier when
their two-story frame house burn-
ed down.
Nine other children were burned
to death yesterday, six in a Ban-
gor, Me., farmhouse, and three in
Woodward, Okla., while their
mother was outside looking for the
mailman.
Briggs Asks
Aid forScience _
Suggesting that Americans are
"tooucomplacent regarding the
amount and quality of expert re-
search personnel available," Uni-
versity Vice-President Robert P.
Briggs Iriday night called for
more support for basic research
at the University.
He told members of the Hi
Twelve Club meeting in Lansing
that there is a real need for addi-
tional funds to finance the train-
ing of research scientists.
- "It is difficult to attract finan-
Al ~ -nnairtfor the training nf
VOODOO PERCHANCE?
Native African Statue
Find Baffles 'U' Profs.
TO PERFORM BOTH NIGHTS:
By JIM BROWN
The discovery of a carved
wooden statue in the Upper Pen-
insula has left University anthro-
pologists baffled over a strange
mystery - how could traces of
African native civilizations turn
up in Michigan's North Woods.
The statue, a 28-inch black
figure wa foundvby Ford Inger-
tive African life, much of the
time in Timbuktu, identified the
statue as a figure.of a male war-
rior, probably representing a
specific individual.
African natives often carve per-
sonal representations and believe
that the spirit of an individual
resides in such figures after
Ellington and Prima To Play at Hop
Duke Ellington and Louis Prima
will share bandstand honors for
the 1951 J-Hop to be held Friday
and Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11, in
the Intramural building, it was
those with reservations from 9 toI
4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday1
and Friday in the Administration
Building. Students will be re-
quired to present identification1
groups which have been allotted
booths at the Intramhural Build-
ing are asked to submit names of
chaperones to the J-Hop Commit-
tee immediately, announced Ned