UN KOREA TROOPS See Page 4 6:Y Latest Deadline in the State - PARTLY CLOUDY VOL. LXI, No. 13 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 1950 EIGHT PAGES I I nI r * * * * t * s * French Suffer Worst Defeat In Indochina Battle Occurs At China Border SAIGON, Indochina-(A)-The bulk of a force of 3,500 French troops has been wiped out in 'the biggest battle of the four-year-old war with the Communist-led Viet- minh, the French high command announced last night. A French communique admitted the severe setback in the region near the frontier of Communist China. Several hundred of the French troops escaped the Na- tionalists' trap, but the remainder "after a bloody combat succumb- ed, but only after inflicting ex- tremely heavy losses on the ene- y," the bulletin said. THE FRENCH were reported outnumbered 10 to one. But re- gardless of the number of men in- ,olved in the action, the defeat caused a major stir. In Paris it brought an an- nouncement that Colonial Min- ister Jean Letourneau and Gen. Alphonse Juin, resident general of Morocco and a trouble-shoot- er, would fly to Indochina to take whatever steps necessary to bolster the French position. They leave the end of this week. A source in Paris close to the French cabinet commented that 'the rather bad developments in northern Indochina prove again that there is no longer a border between the Communists of In- dochina and the Communists of China." The French repeatedly have ac- cused Red China of aiding the Indochinese guerrillas of Moscow- trained Ho Chin Minh in the war against t h e French - sponsored Vietnam regime. A few hundred crack French Legionnaires and Moroccans who managed to break through the ttap after a five-day battle reach- ed the French held border strong- hold at Thatkhe. The others re- maining behind apparently ran out of ammunition. New Controls Adopted by Government WASHINGTON-(P)-The gov- itnment yesterday took new steps to combat inflation and moved to laye dwindling cotton supplies vi- tal i either war or peace. All of the actions are closely ' Ilked to the nation's vast re- a niament program. IN SWIFT succession, the Gov- ernment announced: 1. Tight new controls on home mortgage credit, effective tomorrow. 2. Appointment of Cyrus S. Ching as chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board. The Board will recommend policies for hold- ing down wages in the event of wage-price controls. 3. Sharp new restrictions on cot- ton exports to all countries ex- cept Canada. * * * MEANWHILE, in keeping with economy instructions, Congress ordered a $580,271,335 cut in gov- ernment non-defense spending. Although spread among 31 departments andagencies, the cut is not expected to mater- ially curtail going federal pro- jects, or-in the case of the Farm Support Program - to mean any reduction in farm payments during the 1950 crop year. It does, however, mean that the number of new projects may be sharply limited. Lift Freshman Ban for Choraje By LEONARD GREENBAUM In a dual move, the Student Affairs Committee yesterday granted the Arts Chorale exemption from the eligibility ban on first-semester freshmen and gave the group responsibility for the academic grades of its freshmen members. This initial action in the SAC's year long study of eligibility makes the Arts Chorale the first campus group to be placed in such a posi- tion. STUDENTS SIGN SCROLL * * * Scroll .Drive Enters Last Day on Diag More than 500 students fixed their signatures to the Crusade for Freedom Scrolls at the Student Legislature booth on the diagonal yesterday and more signers were expected today. Although the number was rela- tively small in comparison to the SL's objective-5,000 signatures, Walt Oberreit, '51, student legis- lator directing the drive, was not disheartened. "It was a bad day to conduct the signature campaign," he said. "Cloudy, rainy weather is always hard on diagonal booth drives. The booth will be open today for the last day, Oberreit added, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. "With better weather and more gene- ral student Anowledge of the campaign, we should be able to enroll at least a 1000 more stu- dents in the crusade." Added to these 1500 signatures, will be those obtained during the circulation of the Freedom Scrolls in all organized house groups on campus, Oberreit pointed out. "With a high percentage of students in house group$ sign- ing the Scrolls, the SL's 5000 signature goal can easily be reached." Part of a nation-wid campaign which ends next Monday, the Crusade for Freedom is designed as an American sponsored answer to the red-tinged Stockholm Peace Appeal. IN ITS RULING the SAC stipu- lated that the student group as- sume the responsibility of seeing that participating freshmen main- tain a satisfactory scholastic standing and that all those that are of questionable status be drop- Several of the SAC members indicated that the eight week grades of the freshmen might be used as a basis for dropping. At present the only campus group that is in a similar position is the Marching Band. Since its activities, however, normally end in November it is only affected for the last game of the season. THE UNIVERSITY Glee Clubs which are also exempt from the ban will be asked by SAC to come under the new ruling. Yesterday's action was seen by one SAC member as possibly be- ing the first step toward turn- ing all membership responsibili- ty over to the student groups. This conceivably would make group managers responsible for the grades of all participating stu- dents and would make it the man- ager's duty to drop from the or- ganization all members who be- come ineligible. SUCH A POLICY is already in action on several college campuses in the nation. With the lifting of the ban for the Arts Chorale, the only remain- ing student organizations that can not have first-semester freshmen are the publications, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society and the seve- ral dramatic groups. The SAC, however, is anticipat- ing freshmen eligibility petitions from these groups in the near fu- ture. Strike Stops Production on Plane Engines WOOLRIDGE, N. J.-(P)-Pro- duction of military aircraft en- gines was halted yesterday at the Wright Aeronautical Corp. plant by the second wildcat strike in four days. All of the nearly 6,000 produc- tion workers and a few white col- lar workers took part in the latest demonstration, a company spokes- man said. Two locals of the CIO United Automobile Workers Monday turn- ed down a conditional pay increase and yesterday's disturbance ap- parently was a protest at the pro- gress of negotiations. Red Korea Rejects UN Ultimatum South Koreans Occupy Wonsan TOKYO-(P)-The North Ko- rean government flatly rejected United Nations surrender demands yesterday and ordered Communist forces in Korea to fight to the death. Red defiance came as South Ko- rean troops occupied Wonsan, a key port and airbase only 95 air miles east of Pyongyang, North Korean capital. Republican patrols fanned north and west of the freed city inspursuit of fleeing North Koreans, field dispatches said. ** * * MEANWHILE Communist China declared today she could not "stand idly by with regard to the serious situation" created by the advance of United Nations' forces into North Korea. The new warning was contain- ed in a lengthy statement issued by the Red regime's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But like similar Pieping state- ments it gave no hint of any action that might be taken by the Chi- nese Communists to intervene di- rectly in the Korean War. * * * MEANWHILE U.S. First Cal- vary troopers, biting deeper into Communist territory drove within 85 air miles of the Red capital from the southeast. The cavalrymen, however, were forced to battle fiercely for every yard gained on the west- ern end of a 145-mile battle- front. Twe North Korean divisions of possible 20,000 also were making a stubborn defense against South Korean attacks along a 30-mile front 10 to 40 miles east of the First Calvary sector. * * * THE OFFICIAL Communist ra- dio at Pyongyang broadcast the fight-to-death order some 36 hours after Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a final surrender demand upon Red Premier Kim Il Sung. There was no immediate indi- cation that the Red regime had been offered troops or supplies to replenish North Korea's badly de- pleted fighting resources. Kim Ii Sung, as commander in chief of the Red Army, called on "the entire People's Army, parti- sans and all people to fight until the final day of victory." National .Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Italy an d Western Germany protested to the United States yesterday against denying their nationals entry to this country under the new anti- subversives law. The Italian embassy sent a note to the State Department asking quick action to clarify the situa- tion. Simultaneously, Heine Krekeler, top German diplomatic official in. this country, told the State De- partment that the new law has had an explosive effect in Ger- many and is providing Commu- nists with dangerous ammunition against the United States. PITTSBURGH -- Taxes will be increased in 1951 more than most people realize on a pay-as- you-go defense program, Sec- retary of the Treasury John W. Snyder said last night. * * * BIRMINGHAM, A 1 a.-Chances for Sen. Glen Taylor (D-Idaho) to serve his 180-day sentence in the Birmingham jail dropped al- most to zero yesterday. Gov. James E. Folsom refused to ask the Senator's return to this f.4n fin December Draft Quota Announced WASHINGTON-(UP)-The Ar- my called yesterday for 40,000 ad- ditional draftees during December: This figure compares with 50,- 000 in September, 50,000 in Oc- tober, and 70,000 in November. The December call brings the army's total requests for draftees to 210,- 000 to date. * * * THE 40,000 to be selected dur- ing December will be chosen by local draft boards from among registered men aged 19 to 25, in- clusive. The Defense Department's an- nouncement that the army will require 40,000 inductees during December followed by a few hours a call to draft 1,522 medi- cal physicians, dentists, and vet- erinarians under the special doc- tors draft law signed by Presi- dent Truman on Sept. 9. The December draft call brings to 210,000 the total number of draftees requested by the Army for September, October, November and December. The announced program to draft a total of 350,000 between Septem- ber 1 and next April 1 is a step toward building up the Army's manpower toward an ultimate to- tal of approximately 1,500,000. This build-up fits into President Truman's plans to increase the overall strength of all the armed forces to approximately three mil- lion. Sorority Women Protest Rushing Period Change PLAN RENDEZVOUS-President Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea, will meet somewhere in the Pacific this weekend to discuss the "final phase" of the Korean War. The announcement of the impending conference came less than six weeks after Truman cracked down on MacArthur in a row over U.S. policy toward Formosa. At that time the President pointedly hinted that the White House is determined to make American foreign policy without any interference. More than 150 Pan-Hellenic members gathered yesterday in the League to protest a new Dean's office rule changing the sorority rushing period: Election To Be Held in Bus Ad School Today Business administration school students will elect six members to the Business Administration Council today. A voting booth will be in the main lobby of the Business Ad- ministration Bldg. starting at 8:45 a.m. Seven candidates are vying for the six vacancies on the twelve- snember council. Students may vote for no more than six candi- dates, each vote being given equal weight in the final tabulation. One candidate has already been elected automatically by accept- ance of her nominating petition. She is Barbara Hansen, '51, BAd. According to election regulations, one woman must be elected to of- fice irregardless of the number of votes she polls. The six men running for the other five openings are: Anthony Cote, Grad.; Roger Eaton, '51BAd; Harry Hawkins, '51BAd; Dick Hol- loway, '51BAd; Ralph G. Jarl, Grad.; and Stanford Stoddard, '52BAd. Sponsored by members of Col- legiate Sorosis, the protest was against placing the rushing period in the three weeks following the fall semester final exam period. * * * . PREVIOUSLY, rushing had tak- en place the first three weeks of the spring semester. The chief complaint at the meeting was that sorority mem- bers had not been given an op- portunity to vote on the change. However, Pan-Hellenic president Jane Topper, '51, explained that dates were customarily set by the Dean of Women and Pan-Hellenic has not voted on them before. * * * ETHEL McCORMICK, League social director, said the change was in the best interest of all women and should be accepted. "It's a good date," she said, "and you'll be pleased when you're all through with rushing." After hearing the new plans advantages, many women seem- ed satisfied with it. Previously a number of grievances had been presented by Collegiate Sorosis in the form of a petition to Pan- Hellenic. The grievances were taken up separately and discussed at the meeting. No definite answer could be giv- en to a proposal to allow sorority women to vote on the system after it has been tried. President To Fly to Pacific Rendezvous Far East Policy To Be Discussed WASHINGTON -- () - Presi- dent Truman announced yester- day he will meet Gen. Douglas McArthur ,at a secret rendezvous somewhere in the 'Pacific this weekend to discuss the "final phase" of the Korean war. The White House said Truman will also make a "non-partisan" foreign policy speech at San Fran- cisco the night of Oct. 17 on his return from seeing MacArthur. THE CONFERENCE will mark the first time Truman and Mac- Arthur have met face-to-face. MacArthur has not been back to the United States since 1937, and their paths have never crossed. Underscoring the importance of the mid-Pacific talks, a large group of top military and dip- lomatic advisers will accompany the President on a two-plane flight to the rendezvous. The group will include Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; W. Averell Harriman, special assistant to the President on foreign affairs; am- bassador-at-large Philip C. Jes- sup, and Dean Rusk, assistant sec- retary of state for Far Eastern affairs. Secretary of the Army Pace also will make the trip. The White House declined to say whether the meeting would be held aboard a warship or on an island. IN MAKING the announcement, Truman took occasion to restate U.S. policy toward Korea. He said the United States has "absolutely no Interest in obtaining any spe- cial position in Korea, nor do we wish to retain bases or other mili- tary installation in that country." "We should like to get our armed forces out and back to ot- her duties at the earliest mo- ment consistent with the ful- fillment of our obligations as a member of the United Nations," he declared, The President thus re-emphasiz- ed this country's policy that when the Korean War ends, -it will be the task of the United Nations to provide any occupation forces. Truman's announcement drew quick commendation from several members of congress. Russia Rejects Major Portion Of Peace Plan LAKE SUCCESS-(P)-Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky, in a return to his old-time bitter style, yes- terday rejected as "bizarre" and "illegal" the major portions-of Secretary of State Acheson's anti- aggression proposals. The Soviet Minister opposed Acheson's plan for UN members to maintain specially trained mili- tary units for instant UN duty and for a collective action com- mittee to study how to train such forces for the UN. HE ACCEPTED a plan for spe- cial emergency sessions of the General Assembly but on such conditions that these sessions could be thwarted by a Soviet ve- to in the Security Council. Suddenly casting aside his mild manner in the 60-nation political committee of the Gen- eral Assembly, Vishinsky dashed hopes of delegates 'who had been encouraged by his brief comment Monday that he would accept some of the pro- posals. CALLS BING 'IMPOLITE': Melchior Derides Met' Management MOVE 'UNLIK2LY' HERE: SC Denies Faculty Political Participation Faculty members at Michigan State College have been advised that activity. in partisan politics will be considered "inimical to the best interests" of the college, but no such action appears to be forthcoming on the University campus. A policy statement adopted last June by the State Board of Agri- culture, ruling body of the col- lege, and published yesterday in the college bulletin ruled that no faculty member may run for a political office of a partisan na- ture unless he takes a leave of absence or resigns from the school. ** * Regent's By-law which has been on the books since the mid- 1930's governing such activities by faculty members. The By-law provides that "no full-time member of the staff may engage in governmental activities for compensation or hold or an- nounce candidacy for an elective public office, other than a local or a county office, except with the consent of the Board of Regents." A few University faculty mem- bers contacted last night voiced their opposition to the agricul- ture board's action. Prof. John F. Shepard of the "I will never sing at the Metro- politan again as long as Rudolf Bing is manager, Lauritz Melchior asserted here yesterday. Melchior, who opened the Extra Concert Series last night, spoke calmly about his recent separa- tion from the Metropolitan Opera Association. * * * FOR 24 YEARS he was the lead- ing heroic tenor of the company and had achieved world-wide fame in numerous roles from Wagnerian operas. In reference to the new man- ager of the "Met," Melchior de- clared, "I have never met Mr. Bing, nor care to. If you do not harmonize with a person you are not happy with him." Summing up the events that led to his resignation last February, Melchior said: "Mr. Bing did not send me a contract. I wrote him a letter and when he did not ans- wer I resigned." "It was very rude of him to treat an artist the way he did. It was to have been my 25tn anni- versary with the Metropolitan." Hill Auditorium was the first concert of his current winter tour. From here he will go to Saratoga Springs and then to Richmond, Va., for the tobacco festival. In between concerts he will ap- pear on several radio and tele- vision broadcasts. AT PRESENT the huge singer has no Hollywood films scheduledl * * for release. He turned down a role this summer, "Because it was not up to the standards of my previous pic- tures." Two acceptable roles, however, have since been offered to him. Plans are also in the offing for a short film on his life in which he will co-star with his wife and business manager, the former Eur- opean movie star, Maria Hacker. * * The only point that Vishinsky came out for with almost no strings Was a proposal for a fact- finding committee to go to trouble spots for an investigation. COMMENTING TO newsmen after the long hour and a half