RESEARCH GRANTS See Page 4 I .Aitt an Latest Deadline in the State ~ad& 0 CLOUDY, COLD VOL. LXI, No. 74 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1950 SIX PAGES U' Draftees May Get Part Credits All Schools Will Have 'Pro-Rating' Plans for Service-Bound Students By DAVIS CRIPPEN Students who leave school to enter the service will probably get partial credit for the courses they do not finish, but exactly how they receive the credit will differ in different schools. This was revealed in a Daily survey of the University's colleges and schools yesterday. « « s s THOUGH MANY of the units have no definite program as yet, spokesmen for these schools indicated they would give partial credits as suggested by the Board of Regents. Last summer the Regents passed a resolution which said, in part: "That a student who enters active military service during any session should as a general principle be granted pro-rated or equitable credit for work completed." The resolution left it up to the individual colleges and schools to work out their own programs. Some of the units have; others, not yet confronted by any students service bound, have not. OF THE PRO-RATING programs so far worked out, that of the literary college is the most complete and the most complicated. Under it, a student who goes in service after 10 weeks of a semester can be given partial credit in the individual subjects he has been taking. If he leaves before the tenth week he may still receive partial credit, but this would be what a college spokesman called "lump" credit. In other words, all the partial credits earned from his whole schedule would be lumped into one unit. For four to six weeks work, a student may earn one-third of the total number of his hours, for seven to nine weeks work, he may gain a credit of half his hours. All of these credits must be okayed by the student's instructors. Awarding of credit in courses when a student has been in them 10 weeks is entirely up to the instructor. He may conceivably give full credit to a student if he feels it is deserved, a college spokesman said. IN THE Graduate School and the College of Engineering the pro- rating is left entirely up to the instructor. Special examinations will be given to students in the Law School who are drafted or called up as members of reserve units. As for those who enlisted, Dean E. Blythe Stason said that problem would be solved when it arose. He declared that during the last war there had been very few cases of law students enlisting in the middle of a semester. A mixed policy will be followed in the School of Music. Dean Earl Moore said that students will probably get proportional credit on the whole course but that the proportions would not be uniform for all subjects. In courses which are vital prerequisites, a student would get less credit than in a course which is largely independent of others, Dean Moore explained. He admitted that in some cases a great deal of juggling might be necessary to make the proportions and the prerequisites come out correctly. Thus, he said, cases will be determined largely on an indi- vidual basis. THE REST of the University's schools have not yet set their policy. Herbert Taggart, assistant dean of the School of Business Administration, said that the exact details had not been worked out by his school, but that the program would probably be similar to the one of the literary college. He declared that the details would probably be cleared at the next meeting of the school's faculty, which he thought would probably be held shortly after the Christmas vacation. Dean Wells I. Bennett of the College of Architecture and Design also said that no definite policy had been set in his college because the question had not yet come up. When it does, it will be possible to pro-rate some courses, but that for others, it will be an impossibility because of their importance as prerequisites. Thus, as in the music school, each case would need to be considered individually, Dean Bennett pointed out. OTHER UNITS without a definite policy are the College of Phar- macy and the Schools of Public Health, Education, Natural Resources and Dentistry. Spokesmen indicated that cases would be settled on their individual merits. Two schools that have few worries on pro-rating are those of nursing and medicine. In the School of Nursing the main problem during the last war was students leaving to follow -their soldier-hus- bands. The curriculum is' such anyway, Mrs. Ada Hawkins, assistant dean of the school said, that students would have to take up pretty much where they left off, if they entered the service. In line with the pro-rating policies on credit of the various col- leges and schools, a University wide program for the refunding of portions of the service-bound student's tuitions has also been worked out. Gordon B. Jory, University cashier, said that this is a strictly pro-rated program, with the refund based on the number of days Government Asks Price ike Notice * * * * Labor Fights Stabilization Of Incomes Firms Must Post 7-DayWarning WASHINGTON-()-The gov- ernment asked 250 large compa- nies outside the auto industry yes- terday to give it at least seven days' advance notice before rais- ing prices on any major product. Alan Valentine, administrator of the Economic Stabilization Agen- cy, telegraphed the business firms a request for such advance notices of price increases on any line in which they do an annual business of $500,000 or more. VALENTINE advised General Motors Corporation formally in another telegram that its request for a modification of the auto price rollback has been turned down. Meanwhile, top labor leaders asked President Truman for strong controls over th cost of living and said wages should be permitted to catch up with rising prices. "Wage stabilization must not be- come wage freezing," the group declared. They also asked him to press for new legislation to per- mit greater controls over food prices and rent. * *-* ON CAPITOL HILL, some legis- lators took a dim view of the gov- ernment's request for a voluntary so-called "freeze" on prices. Senators Maybank (D-SC), Bricker (R-Ohio) and Capeheart (R-Ind) told newsmen in sepa- rate interviews that broad, com- pulsory wage-price c o n t r o 1s should be clamped down imme- diately. Simultaneously, president Row- land Jones, Jr., of the American Retail Federation, representing more than 500,000 retail. stores, criticised the administration's vol- untary "freeze" request as "vague in some aspects." Jones said the plan might throw obstacles into the path of increas- ed production-a major goal of emergency mobilization-and ef- ficient distribution. Chinese Snub New UN Plea LAKE SUCCESS -MP)- The United Nations has sent a second cease fire appeal to the Chinese Communists, pointing out that a halt in the Korean fighting will greatly improve prospects for talks the Reds want on a general set- tlement of Asian problems. The message was sent by the three-map UN cease fire commit- tee last night after the Red China delegate, Wu Hsiu-Chuan, turned a deaf ear to cease fire pleas and left with his delegation for home. Before departure Wu said a cease fire could be obtained in Korea onlycafter withdrawal of f6reign - United Nations - troops from Korea and award of For- mosa to the Peiping government. 1"' , , 1f i A16- TATI G eq a t ER E XTE DS .G " a a 7;1 x } ;};, t, : q 3 to:+ . n Iamps Down On IllegalRushing By RON WATTS With an eye to a possible shortage of rushees in the future the Interfraternity Council house presidents last hight approved a series of changes in the rushing rules designed to equalize opportunities for all fraternities. The revised rules generally sought to tighten the registration of rushees, carefully spell out the meaning of "dirty rushing," and pro- vide for policing and punishment of offenders. The new rules also called for a program of rushing councilors similar to that used by the Pan Hellenic Association. * * * * "WE BELIEVE that the real b SL Shows Term Gain Of $3,000 The Student Legislature, at the end of its first quarter of financial operations, is three thousand dol- lars in the black, retiring treasurer Len Wilcox, '52, told the SL last night. With total income thus far at $4,822 and expenditures only $1,- 822, the SL's financial picture is far rosier today than it was last September. Atdthat time the SL was $1,500 in debt, owing $1,078 to the Philippine Fund Drive and $400 to the Displaced Persons Fund. Treasurer Wilcox warned, how- ever, that there would be no great surplus left by the end of the year. In the first place, he said, $1,000 has already been appropriated for various SL activities but not yet spent. Also, Wilcox asserted that most of the SL's revenue yielding activities have already taken place, while there are many expenses yet to be incurred before next June. The main reason for the present SL surplus is the whopping suc- cess of Homecoming dance. Al- though estimated income for the event was $750, the dance actually garnered $2,700 for the SL. Also during last night's meeting, the following students were ap- pointed chairmen of committees: Dave Brown, '53, publiq rela- tions; Bob Baker, '53 campus ac- tion; William Webb, '52, citizen- ship; Berry Levey, '52, culture and education and Herb Ruben, '51, human relations. W orld News Roundup bite in all these charges is the new f rule dening the rushee the right to pledge a fraternity which has violated the IFC rushing rules on the rushee's behalf," Pete Thorpe, '53, member of the IFC Rushing Committee, declared. A rigid scale of penalties was established for violations by fra- ternities. The scale is: first of- fense, $50; sescond offense, $100 and third offense, denial of the pledging privilege for the pre- sent rushing period. A provision was made for appeal to the IFC House presidents meeting. An Enforcement Committee headed by four house presidents was set up to enforce the rushing rules. The committee, which would be selected each semester, will have, the power to enter any residence or fraternity house to inquire and investigate the rushing activities. Practices of "dirty rushing" were checked by a rule calling for no personal contact between fra- ternity men and rushees within the residence halls during the rushing period." This rule is now a part of the University Regula- tions. The rushing revisions also call- ed for a committee of ten counsel- ors to provide facts on different fraternities to the rushees. The fraternities would have the option of giving facts on costs, pledge du- ties and other information vital to rushees. The IFC Ball committee report- ed that IM Bldg. officials have refused a request to allow booth construction for the IFC Ball. Phoenix Ends. C7am pusDrive Student Phoenix drive officials yesterday ended their active cam- paign for funds, announcing that the total pledged adds up to $137,- 306. "But we're not closing up shop," drive chairman Mary Lubeck, '51, said. "We will finish contacting a few students we haven't already seen after the holidays." Lubeck reminded student solici- tors that today is the last chance they will have to turn in complet- ed pledge cards before vacation. The cards may be turned in be- tween 1 and 5 p.m. at Rm. 3516 Administration Bldg. BEACHHEAD MAP--Bombardment by U.N. warships, augmented by U.S. battleship Missouri and field artillery (bomb bursts) kept at bay masses of Red Chinese infantry pressing against U.N.'s tiny beachhead at Hungnam (sawtooth line), in northeast Korea. An estimated 25,000 Chinese were at the beachhead rim with another estimated 75,000 movim g up from the west and northwest (open arrows). Senate Passes Bill To Drain Excess Corporation Profits WASHINGTON - (1P) - The Senate yesterday passed an excess profits tax bill designed to drain $3,200,000 from corporations this year and even more when the pace of defense spending quickens. Less than four hours discussion preceded the voice vote which sent the measure to a House-Sen- ate conference comnnittee. Truman OK's Rent Control WASHINGTON-(P)--A 90-day extension of Federal rent controls was signed into law yesterday by President Truman. The controls are continued un- til March 31 to give the new Con- gress time to consider the matter in relation to other stabliization moves during the national emer- gency. Without congressional action, the controls would have been lifted- New Year's Eve in all communities which did not vote to retain them until next June 30, expiration date of the present rent law. The bill signed today continues to give communities local option -that is, their governments can vote to xetain the federal controls. through June 30 or abolish them at any time. MEANWHILE, Congress rushed action on a $20-billion defense bill, but Senate and House Repub- lican leaders balked at reviving some of President Truman's sweep- ing World War II powers. Simultaneously, the House passed and seit to the Senate a master plan for the nation's civil defense - designed to provide bomb shelters for millions of Americans and otherwise prepare for the dangers of atomic attack. The three-year civil defense program is expected to cost $3,100,- 000,000. The House vote was 247 to 1. Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich) cast the lone dissent. * * * THE SENATE Appropriations Committee wrote in more than $2,000,000,000 over and above the huge funds already approved by the House, and considerably more than President Trumv2 requested. The House had acted before Truman and defense leaders sent up additional requests to strengthen the nation's fighting forces. Chairman McKellar (D-Tenn) of the Senate committee sent the big money bill to the Senate and called for swift action. T h e Senate also confirmed Charles E. Wilson of New York as Director of Defense Mobilization yesterday. Reds Pushed Back Fromx East Flank Enemy Forces Strangely Quiet TOKYO, Dec. 21 -(P)- Red troops at the point of greatest menace to theU nited Nations beachhead around Hungnam were forced to retreat yesterday. Devastating around - the - clock firepower -planes, warships, ar- tillery-not only protected the Al- lies' last toehold in Northeast Ko- rea but even improved it on the critical east flank. * * * A FIELD dispatch said North Korean Reds on that flank had to withdraw to ridges well back from the American positions. "Our artillery 'and air chew- ed up at least one and possibly two North Korean battalions," said an American regimental in- telligence officer. A later field dispatch said the heavy UN air, ground and naval assaults had disrupted any plans by the Chinese and North Koreans for a major assault on the beach- head. As a consequence, the Commun- ists remained inactive throughout Wednesday-a strange quiet that itself tended to worry UN com- manders. UN TANKS AND self-propelled guns joined in the ground de- fense, adding to the hail of teel against the Reds. In Western Korea, t~jere was only "light and scattered con- tact yesterdyr along the United Nations defense line" north of Seoul, a U.S. Eighth Army brief- ing officer said today. On Tuesday there had been a report of clashes between north and South Korean troops along a 30-mile front northeast of Seoul. But today the briefing officer said this contact was broken off. General MacArthur's headquar- ters reported that the North Kor eans, after regrouping forces in Manchuria, now have 150,000 men in action in Korea with another 50,000 at Manchurian staging bases. * * * , Make Oceans Our Frontier Says Hoover NEW YORK - () - Herbert Hoover called on America yester- day to make the Atlantic and Pa- cific oceans its frontiers-not con- tinental Europe or Asia-and to "arm our air and naval forces to the teeth" to defend them. We alone can thus prevent any "possible invasion of the Western Hemisphere by Communist ar- mies," he said. THE FORMER President said "it is clear that the United Na- tions are defeated in Korea." He declared that "we shall be invit- ing another Korea" by feeding more men and money to Western Europe unless and until it or- ganizes its own defenses. . Hoover said that, after the in- itial outlay to strengthen the Navy and Air Force, attention could be turned to reducing ex- penditures,. balancing the bud- get and avoiding inflation. His pronouncement came only a day after President Truman pledg- which the student Will miss. Rowe Chosen As. Pharmacy CollegeDean The appointment of Thomas Rowe as Dean of the College of Pharmacy to replace retiring Dean Charles Stocking was announced by Provost James P. Adams yes- terday. Dean of the pharmacy school at Rutgers University since 1946, Rowe will take office July 1, 1951. Dean Stocking will begin his re- tirement furlough during the sum- mer of 1951. Rowe, a University student here from 1927 to 1929, received his 'BAD START': Professors Term GM Sales Halt Irresponsible By CRAWFORD YOUNG The recent General Motors ac- tion of halting new car sales was termed "utterly irresponsible" by economics professors yesterday. Both Prof. Richard Musgrave and Prof. Gardner Ackley felt' that GM might have some grounds for protesting the government roll-back on new car prices to the Dec. 1 level. But they agreed that there was little justification for the form of protest the company chose. PROF. MUSGRAVE pointed to by withholding the cars from market," he continued. But in either case, the flaunting of government attempt to stabilize the economy was an inexcusable move for such a leader in the industrial world to make, especial- ly since so much is to be asked of the nation in the way of volun- tary controls, Prof. Musgrave as- serted. Prof. Ackley, who worked with the OPA during the last war, ad- mitted that there was some jus- tice in the corporation's cry that the auto industry was being dis- By The Associated Press NEW YORK - The Columbia Broadcasting System said yester- day it is requiring loyalty oaths from all ;regular radio 'and tele- vision employes and setting up security measures to prevent sa- botage. TOKYO-General MacArthur's headquarters yesterday ordered all Korean military dispatches submitted for official clearance before they are sent abroad. * * * CHICAGO - A union official said yesterday several Chicago committees of the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen have threatened to renew their walk- out. FRANKFURT-On the eve of crucial arms talks in Bonn, West Germans appeared' united yester- day against service in Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's new Eur- opean defense force unless the North At1ntic Pact a11iesgant NOT SO SILENT NIGHT: U' Carolers Roam Freezing Campus By ZANDER HOLLANDER Christmas carolers won out over twenty-degree temperatures last night, converting the nipping air into the musical variety. Radiating what was probably yuletide cheer, 27 caroling parties ranging all over the campus area, spread their merry Christmas spirit in the largest caroling eve- ning of the season. * * * * * * * * .. . .. .