FRANCO POLICY See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State 4a111t t~ CLOUDY, WARMER VOL. LX., No. 82 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS 'No Contract' Strikes Idle 74000 Miners I I House Quiz Of Wallace, Groves Set To Be Questioned On Atomic Leak WASHINGTON-(P) - The House Un - American Activities Committee decided yesterday to question former vice-president Henry A. Wallace and Lieut. Gen. Leslie R. Groves late this month in its investigation of reported wartime uranium shipments to Russia. The committee's decision was made known by Rep. Nixon (R- Calif.). * * * ° GROVES, wartime head of the Manhattan Atomic Energy Proj- ect, was questioned by the com- mittee last month. He said at that time that Wallace had n e v e r "pressured" him to let the Rus- sians have atomic information or materials. Wallace requested a public hearing after radio commenta- tor Fulton Lewis, Jr., mentioned his name in discussing reported shipments to Russia. The committee has invited Wal- lace to testify on January 24 and General Groves on January 25. AT HIS FIRST appearance, Groves told the committee Wal- lace never applied pressure on him in connection with the atomic en- ergy project. The committee made no an- nouncement as to whether it will again question George Racey Jor- dan, former Air Force major who claimed uranium shipments to Russia cleared through the Air Force field at Great Falls, Mon- tana, while he was stationed there. Wallace has called the Lewis re- port the "sheerest fabrication" and demanded a chance to testify in his own behalf. Gov. Williams Cites Need of State Hospitals Ohio State rTounces Cagers, 74-5 FIRE PRECAUTION: City To Inspect All MultipleDwellings (EDITOR'S NOTE-This is the third of a series of articles on fire pre- cautions in local student boarding houses. By DAVIS CRIPPEN Striking out at substandard fire precautions in local rooming houses, the Ann Arbor Common Council last night passed a resolu- tion to hire an assistant building inspector who will inspect all multiple dwellings. Presented by Chairman John Swisher of the Public Works Com- mittee the move was okayed unanimously. * * * * CITY ENGINEER George Sandenburgh discussing the plan with me last week said, that though nothing definite has been planned yet, when the inspection tour starts student rooming houses probably will be number one on the list. The starting date of the project is uncertain at this time be- cause, Sandenburg said, no one could be approached until the @ plan was passed by the Common Soviet Bloc Boycotts UN, OverChina LAKE SUCCESS-(/)-The Soviet Bloc walked out of three United Nations Committees yester- day and clamped a general boy- cott on all meetings of the U.N. anywhere in the world as long as Nationalist Chinais represented. Persons in high authority in the U.N. do not feel, however, that the Russians are planning to pull out of the U.N. in spite of their walks from the Security Council last week and from the three groups yesterday. They predict the Rus- sians will merely take a vacation until the Chinese issue is settled. THE RUSSIANS have carefully put up the argument that they alone are protecting the U.N. Charter; that the Nationalist Chi- na Delegation represents nobody and is illegal; and that they won't sit at the same table with an ille- gal delegation. The groups affected yesterday were: The economic and social council committee on procedure, the sub-commission on the pre- vention of discrimination and the protection of minorities; and the special committee on stateless persons. No other meetings were held. * * * INFORMED sources here say the whole isstie of China revolved around the number of countries recognizing the Red government. When the recognitions total more than half of the 59 U.N. members, these sources said, a move to oust the National Chinese might win. Red China has been recognized thus far by 16 governments, most of them members of the United Nations; five are members of the 11-nation Security Council. Meanwhile, the Chinese Nation- alists yesterday announced that one of the heaviest air attacks of the civil war had smashed many Communist vessels massed for in- tended invasions of Hainan and other Nationalist islands. Council. More time will be taken up in finding the right man for the job. "You just can't pick a person for a job like this out of the air," Sandenburgh declared. THE SURVEY is expectedto cover the entire town three to five months after it is begun. Funds appropriated will pay the salary of the new assistant build- ing inspector for five-and-a-half months. The position is not expected to be a permanent one since the inspector is being paid out of funds already on hand, not ones which were especially appro- priated for the purpose. Informed of the council's move, Dean of Students Erich A. Wal- ter declared it was definitely, "A step in the right direction." "Any move that will increase the student's protection against fire is one that will have our full support," Dean Walter said. ASSOCIATE DEAN of Students Walter B. Rea calledtheaction one that "will do much, not only to improve student housing con- ditions, but those in the, commun- ity as a whole." Dean Rea, as chairman of the sub-committee on University Housing of the Student Affairs Committee, has been particularly close to the problem. Though declaring that there has long been "an obvious need to improve fire precautions in the community," Dean Rea said that up to this time City Build- ing Inspector William Maul- betsch was too overworked to attend to it. He's had more than three men could do," he said. "Thus," Dean Rea concluded, "this action comes as a very good thing." (Tomorrow: The University's part in bettering fire precautions.) Opera Promotions Tryouts Will Meet A meeting for all persons in- terested in working on the Union Opera promotions staff will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the, Opera offices on the third floor of the Union. Fast Buckeye Quintet Leads Big Ten Race VanderKuy Tops Losers with 16 By BILL BRENTON (Special to The Daily) COLUMBUS, Ohio - A free- wheeling Ohio State five main- tained possession of first place in the Big Ten here last night when it rolled to a 74-58 victory over Michigan's Wolverines. A crowd of 6,438 fans watched the Buckeyes assume an early lead and waltz to its third straight tri- umph of the conference season. All three OSU victories have come en its home court where only one home team has bowed in 15 league games this year. * * * MICHIGAN MANAGED to keep the game close until the ten min- ute mark of the first half when the smooth-working B uc k eye s really began to roll. The Ohioans amassed a 43-23 lead at the half- time mark and maintained their insurmountable margin through- out most of the second half. The Wolverines biggest lead of the night was a 5-2 spread early in the contest as they went down to their second Big Ten defeat against a pair of victor- ies. The Maize and Blue's other setback came at the hands of Wisconsin at Madison Saturday. Ohio State, with six-foot-five inch Dick Schnittker serving as hub of the attack, clicked with amazing consistency from the field and almost pinpoint accuracy from the foul line. The Buckeyes net- ted 28 of 70 field goal attempts for 40% while hitting on 18 of 26 free throw opportunities. SCHNITTKER, who entered the game with a 22.5 average in two league games, was a constant threat with his deadly hook shots and drew 11 foul shots of which he converted ten. He emerged as high (See OSU, Page 3) World .News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-The Army or- dered its top commanders yester- day to give negroes the same chance that white soldiers now have to fill vacancies requiring special skills. Secretary of the Army Gray is- sued the orders. Officials said it was a further step toward carry- ing out President Truman's July 26, 1948, demand for equal treat- ment and opportunity in the arm- d services. * * * ESSEN, Germany-Two news- papers reported the death of 79-year-old Gustav Krupp Von Bohlen Und Halbach, onetime mighty German armament ma- ker. Krupp headed a vast steel empire throughout the Nazis' rearmament program and through a major part of World War II. His great plants turned out cannon, tanks, submarines and other weapons for German forces in both World Wars. BERLIN - Russia announced last night that she is washing her hands of all concentration camps in Eastern Germany where at least 29,649 prisoners are being held. Fifteen thousand will be turned loose at once, but 14,000 will be turned over to the East German government. * * * WASHINGTON - President Truman's nomination of Oscar Chapman as Secretary of the Interior won unanimous approv- al from the Senate Interior Committee yesterday. * * * EVACUATE WEST LODGE-The Willow Village dormitory, now housing only 160 men, will be evacuated next semester. Originally built in 1943 by the government for Willow Run war workers, the University bought West Lodge in 1945 to solve its critical student housing problems. By Sep- tember, 1946, twenty Willow Run buildings were used as residences for more than 2000 students. * *a * * * * * * * Village Dorm To Be Razed By HERBERT H. CHESTON A haunted quiet will descend over West Lodge next month when the last University student de- parts, leaving the "wood and pa- per" University dormitory at Wil- low Village for spring demolition crews. The age of the project and the scheduled opening this fall of the new men's dormitory are the rea- sons for the evacuation of West Lodge according to Robert P. Briggs, vice president of the Uni- versity. ONLY 160 men remained this January of the 2,000 students housed there a few years ago. The dormitory was originally. Gov. G. speaking at Conference Mennen Williams, the Michigan Pastors' Fellowship Dinner, Renewal Of Petitioning For Judic Announced By MARY STEIN The League Council voted yesterday to re-open petitioning for three Women's Judiciary posts. Marjorie Flint, '50, president of the League, vigorously defended its policy and denied that the Council, its governing body, had acted as a result of Adele Hager's recommendations for new petitioning. MISS HAGER, an advisory member of the League's Interviewing Committee, had advised that the committee call for more applicants instead of considing other League petitioners for the Judic posts. "We are re-opening petitions " only because of the small num- ber of applications we received W ares for the positions," Miss Flint declared. a i ns n o She called Miss Hager's state- efs, i. ment "hasty and unjust," and said it was "customary as a practical Court Rulings measure in making suitable ap- pointments" for the Committee to ask candidates whether they would WASHINGTON--(/)-The Su- be willing to serve in League po- preme Court, splitting 4 to 3, ruled sitions other than those petitioned yesterday that the Attorney Gen- for. eral may: yesterday revealed that the state's mental hospital facilities were "be- low average." ' "We need a minimum of 3900 beds to reach the average level of the 20 best states," he declared. "Most mentally ill can't care for themselves-but practically noth- ing has been done for the past 10 to 12 years to provide for them." * *, * COMMENTING on the recent tabling of the state Fair Em- ployment Practices Act, Gov. Wil- Hams remarked that although both the principles of Christian- ity and democracy set forth the equality and brotherhood of man, "ironically we find it difficult to have an FEPC and uphold civil rights." Discussing the function of the state and the church in a de- mocracy, he declared that "Our laws and civilization depend on the individual judgement of a great many people." "It is the duty of the state to enlighten the people through edu- cation, and the duty of the church to develop the ability in them to make the needed moral judge- mnents." "OUR FUTURE as a democracy will be secured only when we can bring each individual making the decisions an opportunity for edu- cation and the formation of cor-. rect moral judgements,'- Williams asserted. "There is a need for the return' to the simple judgements of con-1 science and religion," he added. Wen rick Will Head U' Dept, built by the government in 1943 as bachelor quarters for single war workers in the gigantic Wil- low Run bomber plant. In 1945 a desperate University administration, faced with a huge influx of war veterans and a climbing enrollment nearing 18,- 000, sought hopefully to purchase' part of the Willow Run housing project and move it to the south- west corner of Ann Arbor. * *.* EXCITED TOWN officials, wor- ried about property devaluations, fought tooth and nail to resist the move. Early in 1946 University of- ficials instead decided to im- plement a bus line connecting the campus and Willow Village, and in January more than a thousand single students occu- pied 11 of the buildings. By September of the same year 20 buildings were in use, housing over 2000 students in a community complete with postal, cafeteria and social facilities. * * * THE EARLY PERIOD of West Lodge was marked by turbulent protests against existing bus and food service. The pages of The Daily record frenzied comments against the alleged abuses. In spite of a large turnover in residents, University records show that over 70 students spent four or more years at West Lodge. Surprisingly many of the 160 men still in residence there this month are unhappy about the forced vacate notice, preferring the Lodge to possible accommoda- tions in Ann Arbor. * * * TO MOST people the name West Lodge was always associat- ed with barracks and a rough- and-ready masculine way of life. The feminine touch arrived in Sept. 1946 when 120 University coeds occupied one ofathe two- storied buildings as an emer- gency housing measure for women. When they departed in 1948, their tastefully decorated rooms were occupied by males who re- portedly spent many sleepless nights amidst lingering perfume odors. Credit Denied Coal Strikers By U.S._Steel Workers Ignore Lewis' Advice PITTSBURGH - (R) - No con- tract, no work strikes yesterday idled 74,000 United Mine workers in six states as one of the largest coal mine owners shut off credit at company stores. United States Steel Corpora- tion, through its subsidiary Union Supply Co., yesterday told the miners in effect: no work - no credit. A U.S. STEEL spokesman ex- plained: "Since July, bills have gone beyond what would be good bus- iness practice. We've helped the miners over the hump many times, not only during strikes, but we've reached a point where we can't go any further with Union Supply operates about 100 stores throughout the coun- try. They mainly serve employes of H. C. Frick Coke Company, U.S. Steel's coal producing subsidiary. THlE MINERS who stayed away from the pits today did so despite John L. Lewis' suggestion-tra- ditionally an order-that they dig coal. Lewis sent a telegram to dis- trict UMW chiefs last week fol- lowing a "spontaneous" walkout of some 69,000 UMW members. The wire asked that the leaders transmit to idle members "my suggestion that they resume pro- duction next Monday." Restless miners rallying behind a "we want a. contract" slogn cut heavily into already depleted coal reserves. But President Tru- man was quoted as saying he still lacks sufficient evidence to declare a national emergency. * * * SENATOR Scott Lucas (D-Ill.) told reporters following Mr. Tru- man's weekly conference with Democratic congressional leaders: "The President told us he wouldn't hesitate to act when he thinks the situation justified i" UMW heads, from Lewis down, offered no explanation for the latest in a series of work stoppages in the nation's sprawling soft coal fields. * * * VICE PRESIDENT John D. Bat- tle of the National Coal Associa- tion said it is "a rebellion against Lewis." Operators have branded sp.oradic strikes a union policy of harassment in Lewis' long fight for a new contract. Trouble loomed for the UMW in Indianapolis where the AFL- Progressive mine workers chal- lenged the bargaining rights of the UMW in the Julian Mine near Vincennes, Ind. Heart Ailment Causes Death Of Gen. Arnold By the Associated Press The long and distinguished ca- reer of General Henry "Hap" Ar- nold came to a quiet close Sunday when he died at his California home of a heart condition. America's leading airman, Gen. Arnold was chiefly responsible for building the Army Air Force into the most powerful air arm in the world. * * * AN EARLY aviation pioneer, he was taught to fly by the Wright brothers' and held United States Pilot License No. 29. Arnold initiated many air tac- tics that today appear basic. He was the first pilot to direct field artillery from the air and the first to fire a plane-mounted machine gun. A close supporter of Gen. Billy ,i f *, * * "SOMETIMES coeds don't peti- tion for the jobs to which they would be best suited. A woman might apply for the office of treas- urer when she would make a bet- ter vice-president." "Miss Hager's charges, which seem to us due to a misunder- standing of the facts, could do much to undermine attempts made by the League when it amended its constitution last year to include three women members of SL on the inter- viewing committee." Miss Hager said last night that "the League's move to re-open pe- titioning is encouraging. How- ever, I still question the League's! use of open and democratic pro-1 cedures in filling posts as vital as those on Women's Judiciary." Deport aliens convicted of cer- tain crimes even though they were naturalized citizens when con- victed. Exclude from this country an American soldier's war bride if he regards her as a security risk. * * * THE DIVIDED court, acting in three separate cases, held that the Attorney General acted within his rights when he: 1. Ordered the deportation of Richard Eichenlaub, 45 years old, former New York restaurant owner and Otto A. Willumeit, 45 years old, a one-time leader in the German-American Bund. 2. Denied admission to Mrs. El- len Knauff, 33 years old, German- born war bride of a U. S. veteran merely by ruling that "she would be a hazard to internal security." CINCINNATI ORCHESTRA: Thor Johnson to Direct Symphony at Hill Today 4e Franck's Symphony in D Minor will be the major work played by the Cincinnati Symphony Orches- tra under Thor Johnson at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Other works on the program include the Suite from "The Water Music" by Handel, and the sym- phonic fragment, "Joseph's Le- gend" by Richard Strauss. * * * formed Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts. Second conductor of the Orches- tra was Leopold Stokowski, who began his conducting career with a three-season engagement with the Symphony. Dr. Ernst Kunwald was brought from Germany to be the next conductor, serving for five years, until his return to Ger- many at the outbreak of the first World War in 1017. DON'T THROW 'EM AWAY!: Campus-Wide Textbook Drive Opens By WALT VOGTMANN A campus-wide drive for,, text- book contributions to the Univer- sity's textbook lending library will begin this week. books, in any condition, are ac- ceptable." Obsolete texts can be sold by the library, Weinman commented, and the proceeds used to purchase the books which are needed. Mon- chiefly upon the contributions re- ceived from students and faculty. * * * WITH its currently small num- ber of books, the lending library has only a fraction of the course