GERMAN SHORTSIGHTEDNESS See Page 4 K. Latest Deadline in the State Daii4 CLOUDY VOL. LXI, No. 71 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1950 TEN PAGES :, i S I * * * * * * * * * Trum Arson Trial Jury Finds StacyGuilty Faces Possible 10 Year Term Robert H. Stacy aat quietly yes- an Calls National Emergen cy Football Rally Set For Tomorrow Aided by the timely end of a short railroad strike that threatened to mar plansfor tomorrow's pep meeting, rally sponsors last night reported "everything all set" for the campus to give the Wolverine squad good luck wishes shortly before it leaves for California. The rally is scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. in front of the Union, and end by 1:08 so that students can make their classes and the squad its 13-car train which is scheduled to leave between 1:20 and 1:30 p.m. terday afternoon as he heard a circuit court jury return a verdic of guilty against him in the Ha ven Hall arson trial. Judge James R. Breakey set th sentencing of the brilliant Lath scholar for Jan. 9. He faces a maximum , penalty of ten years imprisonment. THE NINE-WOMAN and three. man jury was out of the court- room for a total three hours an 30 minutes after being chargec with the case. It had gone to the jury with- out any defense testimony. Stacy's counsel, Leonard H. Young, maintained that the prosecution had failed to prove a case. After the verdict was presented Young said that he was not yet certain if Stacy would appeal the decision. He said that he would file a stay of sentence motion, however, to provide time to pre- pare an appeal. EARLIER yesterday, Young and 'Posecuting Attorney Douglas K. Reading summed up their cases before the court. In an impas- sioned appeal, Young asked the jury to consider "human frailties" Reading charged that the de- fense's case had "fizzled and flopped" after they failed to offer any testimony in their be- half. Stacy declined to take the stand yesterday, saying, accord- ing to attorney Young, that he "wasn't up to it." Reading pointed out that the chain of four fires on June 6, cul- minating in the $600,000 Haven Hall disaster, "could not be coin- cidence." Regents Will Meet Students In Conference The Regents yesterday approved a meeting with representatives of the student body Feb. 16. The plan was revealed by the Regents as they concluded their second day of meetings. The Union will play host for the informal meeting of repre- sentatives from all major cmpus organizations and living units. * * * "WE PLAN TO invite around 75 people which will represent the campus as best as possible," Jerry Mehlman, '51, president of the Union, said. Other officials in the University administration will al- so be present. "The meeting with the Re- gents last year was considered quite successful, and we want to continue to act as hosts for the Regents and students when they meet to discuss common problems of the University," he continued. The Regents, at the same meet- ing, appointed Mrs. Sarah L. Healy associate dean of women. Mrs. Healy has held the position of acting associate dean since July, 1950. The Regents also accepted gifts amounting to $58,145.26. The largest gift was a $6,375 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for infra-red studies of protein. ShopnpnAi The final Christmas 'suple- i Post. Office Ends Mail Embargoes WASHINGTON -(AP)- Christ- mas parcel post, backlogged in key rail terminals by a three-day yard workers' strike, started on its way last night. Postmaster General Donaldson signed an order lifting a 36-hour embargo on acceptance of parcel post, first class mail heavier than eight ounces, and second class mail, except for daily newspapers. * S * THE EMBARGO, imposed on Thursday night, was removed yes- terday when it appeared certain the strike of more than 10,000 yard workers wasrending. The order moved by wire to the department's 15 division in- spectors. Donaldson said it would be re- layed to postmasters by telephone. The order said: "All mail serv- ice restrictions . . . are removed. Normal mail service will be re- sumed at once. All postmasters will make every effort to facilitate the convenience of the general public in the mailing of Christmas packages." "BY TONIGHT," Donaldson said yesterday, "we should have the backlog at the gateway term- inals cleaned up and on its way." By "gateway" terminals, Don- aldson explained he meant Wash- ington, Chicago, and St. Louis where scores of mail cars cram- med with yuletide packages were held up by the strike of yard workers belonging to the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen. I PRESIDENT Alexander Ruth- ven, Vices-Presidents M a r v i n Niehuss and Robert Briggs, and Provost James Adams will be on hand to officially express the Uni- versity's best wishes for a Michi- gan victory over the unbeaten but once-tied Golden Bears of Cali- fornia. Also to be called on for speak- ing duty is Coach Bennie Ooster- baan, who will be flanked by 44 of his gridmen making the trip. Representing the student body, S t u d e n t Legislature President George Roumell will hand a horse- President Ruthven made this official statement last night in support of the rally: "I am glad that the students have planned to pay tribute to our 1950 football team. The courage these men have shown is worthof the best of Michi- gan's tradition. We all like to win, but in my opinion, win or lose, this team will go down in the history of sports as one of Michigan's great teams." shoe-shaped wreath of maize and blue colored chrysanthemums to President Ruthven with an appro- priate short speech. PRESIDENT RUTHVEN will ex- press the official best wishes of the University. Then he will present the wreath to Wolverine tackle Al Wahl, who will speak for the team. All those participating in the rally will be seated on a plat- form to be constructed on the Union steps directly in front of the doors. In front of them will be members of the Marching Band, and the cheerleaders. Wolverine Club president Jerry Helfenbein said last night that the club and the Union Liason Com- mittee, planners of the affair, will distribute more than 7,500 "Rose1 Bowl Rally" tags to students to- night and tomorrow. Govern"ment Issues First PriceCheek December Auto Increases Offset WASHINGTON-(W)--President Truman yesterday proclaimed a national emergency and the gov- ernment quickly issued its first price control order-a rollback wiping out increases on 1951 cars. The price freeze fell on four firms that announced increases since Dec. 1: Ford, General Mo- tors, Chrysler and Nash. Most of the independent car manufactur- ers who boosted prices earlier this year, were not caught by the order.. SIMULTANEOUSLY, the Presi- dent established a new office with unprecedented power to mobilize the nation at a fast pace against "world conquest by communist im- perialism." In proclaiming the emergency, the President summoned every citizen to put the country's de- fense ahead of everything else. A few hours later, the Eco- nomic Stabilization Agency, is- suing the first of a series of mandatory control orders an- nounced by Truman Friday night, frozeprices of new auto- mobiles at the Dec. 1, 1951, level. Tle order will be effective until March 1 pending a study leading to price and wage stabilization in the industry. THE EMERGENCY. proclama- tion declared that world conquest is the "goal of the forces of ag- gression that have been loosed upon the world." The Office of Defense Mob- ilization was created at the same time by executive order with full authority over civilian agencies already at work build- ing United States war strength. Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) of the House Armed Services Com- mittee said that the draft laws will have to be changed if Pres- ident Truman's demand for a 3,- 500,000-man armed force is to be met. Rep. Vinson told reporters pos- sible revisions will be the firstz business before his committee af-t ter the new Congress convenes in January.-s Reds Three Miles From Hungnam 100,000 Communists Reported Massing Around Allied Beachhead TOKYO-(IP)-Attacking Chinese Communists today pressed to within three miles of Hungnam, beachhead port for United States forces in northeast Korea. The Chinese thrust through Hamhung, abandoned by the Ameri- cans yesterday, and covered half the six miles between the big indus- trial city and its port, Hungnam, a field dispatch said. AIR AND NAVY reports said increasing numbers of Chinese were massing around the shrinking Allied perimeter. Already an estimated 100,000 Chinese were swarming through the snow-cloaked hills overlooking the United States Tenth Corps. beachhead. Chinese patrols entered Hamhung almost as soon as United States Wu Rejects UN Korean -Daily-Jack Bergstrom WHERE TO FROM HERE?-A dark, newly-pressed tuxedo pro- vides a sharp and significant contrast to some old army fatigue clothes this student, has tried on for size. Typical of many, he looked to the future with indecision and uncertainty. * /* Students Show Uncertainty As Tension Affects MoraleE Engineers blew the last of three bridges leading south from the o n c e important manufacturing and rail center. * * * UNITED STATES engineers kept blasting as they moved back, de- stroying tunnels, bridges and roads. Throughout Saturday night the Reds probed lightly but per- sistently at the American de- fense perimeter three miles southeast of Hamhung. By BOB KEITH University students watched with anxiety this week as the na- tion braced itself against the threat of World War III. All over campus, in informal bull-sessions, in taverns, in resi- dences and in organized meetings, students discussed their future. * * * MOSTLY they were marking time. They were waiting for some- one to tell them where they stand. There was no hysteria and no sign of academic collapse. Classroom attendance was near normal. Grades showed no sig- nificant change as engineering World News Roundup college marks climbed slightly while those of literary college freshmen continued a slight de- cline which started before the cri- sis arose. * * * MORALE, nevertheless, was at .a rather low eI b. But it was by no means alarming. Most students and University officials agreed that campus morale merely reflected' the trend throughout the nation. Prof. ' Peter Ostafin, West Quad resident director, expressed the view of many when he said that students have held up re- markably well under the strain. Any drop in morale seems to have come largely as a result of student uncertainty as to what the future holds in store for them. "Students don't know what the score is," literary college associate dean James H. Robertson observ- ed. "Their draft status is unclear and many are worried about their academic position," he explained., AT LEAST a dozen men have come to Dean Robertson's office in the past ten days to seek advice on whether to quite school and enlist or wait for .the draft. He considered their plight indicative of much of the campus. "It is a widespread situation which should be recognized but not distorted," Dean Robertson commented. "If students are given a defi- See WAR THREAT, Page 8 Truce Plant LAKE SUCCESS -(P)--' Red China's Gen. Wu Hsiu-Chuan yes- terday doomed United Nations ef- forts to bring about a *ease-fire in Korea except on Soviet terms. But he promised that his gov- ernment would "try to advise" Chinese Communist "Volunteers" in Korea to bring the fighting to an early end. WU TOLD A news conference in a prepared statement that the' cease-fire measures overwhelm- ingly adopted by the General As- sembly three days ago were a "trap of the United States ruling cir- cles." He endorsed Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky's terms for peace in Korea-the withdrawal of "all foreign troops," leaving the Korean problem to "be solved by the Korean people themselves." Addressing 100 correspondents 'grouped a r o un d the Security Council's horseshoe table, the sto- ny-faced Chinese ambassador also demanded that United States forces be withdrawn from Formo- sa and demanded a place for Red China in the United Nations. Wu's statement dashed Any lin- gering hopes among UN delega- tions that the three-man cease- fire committee set up by the As- sembly would make progress with the Red Chinese delegation here. The Chinese failed to pierce the defense perimeter, held by troops of the U.S. Seventh Division. But the Reds kept feeling out the beachhead defenses, disregarding nightlong American illumination and artillery fire. * * * Lowering weather hampered air operations in the northeast last night and a snowstorm permitted only a few strikes at the Reds in the west. United States artillery, how- ever, hammered at Red forces- identified as North Korean -' 'building up a mile north of the p8th Parallel in the center of the Korean peninsula. The artillery fire at this con- centration of 2,000 Reds-with un- disclosed results-was the only major engagement in the west yesterday, an Eighth Army spokes- man said. U.S. Requests Hemisphere- SANTA'S COMING: Four thousand yelping young- sters will take over sedate Hill auditorium from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow. The dignity of the campus show- place will be shattered when the happy tots throng to the Inter- fraternity Council's annual Christ- mas party for Ann Arbor grade- school children. * * * SANTA CLAUS, in the padded person of Al Weygandt, '52, will welcome the moppets and give out thousands of bags of candy. St. Nick will also hear kiddies' Christ- mas gift wishes and emcee the entertainment. The program will feature a perennial child's favorite, a clown act, by several Theta Xi's. Sam Dudley, Spec., will keep the kids on the edges of their seats with a suspense- packed balancing act. Gymnastics coach Newt Loken will risk burns, bruises and bro- ken bones on the trampoline. THE BOYS and girls will be able to sit back and catch their breath as Marjorie Ingram, '51Ed, 1 l i i 1 i t J By The Assocazted Press LONDON-Prime Minister Cle- mentyAttlee promised Britain yes- terday the atom bomb would not be used lightly or wantonly, but said the fact 'this weapon exists "is a powerful deterrent to those who might think of breaking the peace of the world." LONDON-Soviet Russia yes- terday warned that putting West Germans back, in uniform to fight Communism would violate Soviet pacts with Britain and France, as formal protests were handed to the British and French embassies in Moscow. * * * VIENNA - Coal shortages - caused partly by miners' opposi- tion to Communist pressure - ap- peared yesterday to be slowing the ability of Soviet satellites in East Europe to meet the Kremlin's in- dustrial demands. WASHINGTON-The United States last night slapped eco- nomic sanctions on Communist China, freezing all its assets in this country and barring Amer- ican ships and planes from go- ing there.j WASHINGTON-A comprehen- sive plan for protecting the lives and property of this nation's civil- ian population against atomic at-j tacks or other wartime disastersI was approved unanimously yester- day by the Senate Armed Services Committee. WASHINGTON - The Senate Drive Progress The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project has received contributions from 80 per cent of the members of these addi- tional groups: Adelia Cheever Anderson House (EQ) Theta Xi Chi Phi ' °'_' ".I TABOO REMOVED: Union To Open Doors To Women Tom'orrowi Defense Talks WASHINGTON -- (A') -- The United States asked last night that foreign ministers from 21 nations in the Western Hemisphere get together for a discussion of "Com- munism's Threat to a Free World." The State Department express- ed hope that such a meeting could be held in the near future-pos- sibly mid-February. A few hours after President Truman had proclaimed a nation- al emergency, the State Depart- ment put out the call, saying: "The aggressive policy of inter- national Communism, carried out through its satellites, has brought about a situation in which the en- tire free world is threatened." It said the meeting was proposed to "consider the problems of an urgent nature and of common in- terest to the American states." Atlantic Pact MeetingSla-ted' WASHINGTON - (1P) - Secre- tary of State Acheson was sche- duled to leave for an Atlantic Pact defense meeting in Brussels today, amid signs that President Truman is firmly determined to keep him in office despite Republican ouster demands. The Brussels session will be a brief one devoted to formal appro- val by the foreign ministers of the 12 Atlantic treaty nations of plans for, creation of a Western Euro- r,-- ---- By HARRY REED Tomorrow the Union may seem a little brighter, a little more in- teresting to campus men. For beginning at 2:30 p.m. when the sacred Taproom is opened to the women guests of members, the Union's experimental plan for co- ed recreation will b6 underway. From tomorrow until Easter vaca- tion women accompanied by men will be allowed use of the billiard room, the bowling alleys, ping- pong tables, and the cafeteria, at specified times. UNION PRESIDENT J e r r y Mehlman, '51, explained that whether the plan becomes a per- will decide the fate of the pool- shooting and bowling co-eds two weeks before the vacation per- iod. To help them understand how Union members feel about the proposed changes, suggestion box- es will be placed around the places where the visiting women will be. ACCORDING TO Union staff-' men, the plan has been under consideration for some time. It received the approval of the Union Liason Committee, a group representative of campus organizations which met with -Daily-Burt Sapowitch SANTA CLAUS (alias Al Weygandt '52) sternly orders Jack Smart, '52BAd., and Jim Maguire, '53, to make a success of IFC's annual Christmas party for 4,000 Ann Arbor youngsters tomor- row. Santa will emcee the festivities and distribute candy. * * * Lambert, '53, and Wilbur Fried- 0 I C I I tainment ends, the still-peppyI .I I 1'