I Y TAFT AND RUSSIA See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State Da4j - U CLOUDS VOL. LXI, No. 80 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1951 SIX PAGES Williams IPA Enrollment Drop Reason for Cut Out Patient Clinic Jtem Approved; Ignores Medical Bldg. Improvement BY RON WATTS Governor G. Mennen Williams yesterday slashed a $2,637,000 chunk out of the University's $16,337,000 operations budget in his annual financial message to the State Legislature. Willians justified the new $13,700,000 recommendation by antici- pating a drop in enrollment of 3,500 for the fall semester. The University had estimated it to be about 1,500 in their record breaking appropriation request. WILLIAMS' AX-MAN for the big cut was State Controller Robert F. Steadmanl. Steadman did, however, allow for an adjustment in ressage Slashes 'UT *udet Request * * I i S AN4' -e? U.S. Second Division Hit By Koreans Enemy Pounds Mountain Passes TOKYO --(P)- Screaming $o- rean Reds, 8,000 to 10,000 strong, today smashed five attacs at U.S. Second Division lines in a bloody bid to drive through the Sobaek Mountain passes into southeast Korea. American, French and Dutch troops stood firm in the deep snow and biting cold of the central front. Temperatures sagged to pos- sibly 30 below. THE COMMUNISTS in wave at- tacks were pounding the center and both flanks of the division's front along a 15-mile stretch of ther rugged range which cuts across the peninsula around rub- bled Wonju. The U.S. Eighth Army in a com- munique said the battle for the passes was increasing in scope. Enemy troops were on the move eastward from the Seoul sector in the West, possibly to reinforce the Wonju assault. The onslaught began with two small banzai charges against the middle of the envelopment-men- aced Second Division front be- fore dawn. By mid-morning the enemy was hitting the center and both flanks with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Reds in the battle south of burned-out Wonju. THE SECOND DIVISION had given no ground by mid-day, AP correspondent William Barnard reported. Only once after the first two 1 banzai attacks were repulsed did the intensity of the Red assault slacken. That was when allied air- craft roared into the battle about mid-morning. Stacy Slashes Wrist, Fails In Suicide Try Robert H. Stacy, convicted of arson in last spring's Haven Hall blaze and under a sentence of five to ten years imprisonment, slashed his left wrist with a ra- zor blade yesterday in the Wash- tenaw County Jail. He failed to wound. himself fatally, as he missed cutting the main veins and arteries in his wrist, police said. Undersheriff George Randel termed it attempt- ed suicide. HE WAS TREATED immediate- 1y by a physician who said that Stacy's condition was not serious. Police took him immediately to Jackson Prison to begin his sen- tence. Stacy was sentenced on Jan. 4 by Circuit Judge James Brea- key, Jr., and was to have been taken to Jackson later yester- day afternnn 4the budgest, if the actual enroll- ment did not meet predictions. The budget recommendations called for an additional $500 appropriations for each student enrolled over the anticipated number. University officials remained mum on the Governor's action. However, it has usually been the practice in the past for the gov- ernor to cut the appropriation re- quest. The. University budget is then in most cases further slash- ed by the Legislature. * * * THE PROPOSED budget gave the nod, to an additional $425,000 for modernization of the Natural Science Bldg. and Architecture Li- brary. Ignored was a $255,000 request for improvements on West Medi- cal Bldg. The University had esti- mated that if this building could be improved, the size of the fresh- man medical class . could be in- creased from 165 to 200 students. However, the $1,300,000 item to aid in completing the University's new Out-Patient Clinic was ap- proved by Steadman. Another request for $3,105,000 for an addition to the General Library might be recommended next year, according to Stead- man. The Library planned in' 1915 to serve 10,000 students to- day has more than a million vol- umes, thousands of which are stored in attics and basements. * * * EARLIER in the week Gov. Wil- liams had asked the Legislature for $2,024,000 to complete the new Angell Hall addition. The Uni- versity had originally asked for $2,500,000,; but Steadman claimed that , part of the construction funds should come from the Ha- ven Hall fire insurance payments. The University had based their record appropriations re- quest on a loss of revenue from student fees, necessity of paying higher salaries and wages and the need for meeting rising costs of materials and supplies. The governor's proposed budget for the University was a part of his 1951-52 state appropriations message to the Legislature. He asked for $294,940,000 excluding civilian defense needs and road appropriations in an "austerity" budget. The budget is $12,900,000 more than the Legislature expects to spend. Next year's anticipated revenue has been set at $265,800,- 000. It has been estimated that the State Treasury will be at least $72,000,000 or more in the red by June 30, 1952. HappyDebtor A Houston, Texas, house painter had a fine time this Christmas, but now all he has left besides happy memories and some new clothes is a $2,- 000 debt. Bob Baker, the United Press reported last night, was cre- dited with $19,000 in his bank account through a clerical er- ror. "I knew it was a mistake sure," Baker explained. "But I made up my mind that there was going to be a real Christ- mas in the Baker house. And there was." Fire Rages In Chicago;' Three Killed CHICAGO-(P)-A $500,000 fire and explosion billowed and roared, through a five-story downtown building yesterday, killing three firemen. More persens watched the blaze than any other fire in history. Thousands were on the scene, and three television networkscarried live telecasts of the fire. A fourth made newsreel pictures for later transmission. A radio spokesman estimated some 5,000,000 persons over a wide area of the nation watched fire- men battle the blaze.j Five other firemen and one ci- vilian were injured. Anthony J. Mullaney, Chief Fire Marshal, said he believed that all workers in the office and warehouse building es- caped. Mullaney directed Earl Downes, fire department attorney, to con- duct an investigation of the blaze. Hayward Funeral Will BeMonday Funeral services for the late Re- gent Ralph A. Hayward, who died Thursday in University Hospital of cerebral thrombosis, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Union Methodist Church at Parchment, Mich. . Regent Hayward's family has requested that friends who wish to send flowers could instead make a contributionh tothe Phoenix Proect. Gifts should. be sent to Howard Deweerd, Kalamazoo Veg- etable Parchment Co., Parchment. * * * Asks Boost In Services, Production Wants 3,500,000 Men by June 30 WASHINGTON - (P) - Presi- dent Truman yesterday sharply increased the armed forces' man- power goal to 3,462,205 by June 30, and called for a 4,000,000 in- crease in the number of workers producing weapons and other de- fense needs. On Capitol Hill, however, Con- gress members questioned wheth- er a draft of 18-year-olds is neces- sary to reach the armed forces manpower objective. They asked whether taking 18% years olds would supply men fast enough. There was talk, though, of ex- tending service to draftees to 30 months instead of the present 21. And defense officials said Congress will be asked to take the limit off the number of women in the arm- ed forces-now 2 per cent of the total. But they aren't seeking to draft women. TRUMAN disclosed in his an- nual economic report to Congress that 1951 will bring a heavy im- pact on the nation's manpower supply. He said: 1. The armed forces must be given another million persons In the next few months. This apparently would bring the ser- vices close to the new mid-year target. 2. Defense production will re- quire 4,000,000 more workers this year. He also signed the civil defense bill, announced he soon will ask Congress for money to build air raid shelters and stockpile medical supplies. And he emphatically told Congress "we should start at once" on the long-disputed St. Lawrence seaway and power pro- ject. World News 1Roundup! By The Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS-Non-Commu- nist United Nations delegations overwhelmingly favored yesterday making a last appeal to Red Ci- na to cease fire in Korea in ex- change for a four-power confer- ence on Far Eastern problems. The five-point proposal calls for the United States to sit down with Red China, Russia and Britain in an attempt to settle not only the Korean war, but the problems of Formosa and Red Chinese partici- pation in the United Nations. *$ * * OSLO, Norway-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower flew through dangerous weather from Copen- hagen to Norway yesterday on the northernmost lap of his European search for fighting men and fighting spirit to op- pose Communist aggression. LONDON - British Common- wealth prime ministers urged in the name of humanity last night that the heads of the Big Five. powers hold frank talks in a su- preme effort to avert a new war. A * *f 140 Billion, Defense Plan Also Outlined Speech Draws Mixed Reactions WASHINGTON -- (R) - Presi- ,dent Truman' yesterday asked Congress to raise taxes by "very much more" than $8,000,000,000 a year and outlined a lending- spending defense program total- ing $140,000,000,000. He jalso called for broader wage- price controls. -Associated Press PULLING OUT-Civilian refugees and South Korean troops flee Suwon clinging to an almost hidden locomotive. Advancing Reds later took the town. Grand Jury Idicts 2 04 For Fraud NEW YORK- (-) -A federal1 grand jury yesterday indicted 204 persons, including 199 veterans, for conspiracy to defraud the Vet- erans' Administration of almost $300,000 in its educational pro- gram for veterans. Also indicted was a corporation which owns the Grow System Bea- uty School on Manhattan's 42nd Street. "The indictment was the larg- est of its kind ever handed up in this federal court and one of the largest in any federal court in the country," commented Chief As- sistant U.S. Attorney Miles J. Lane. A COMPANION incident, nam- ing five principals of the first in- dictment and the corporation, al- leged that they fraudulently ob- tained $66,000 from the Veterans' Administration for tuition fees and supplies. Named as principals were: Ora W. Grow, 47, and his wife, Dassie, of Queens; Abelardo Martinez, 45, of the Bronx, and Victor J. Triolo, 48, and Vincent L. Puma, 45, both of Brooklyn. Assistant U.S. Attorney Louis I. Kaplan said the defendants work- ed this scheme: A VETERAN would obtain a letter of eligibility from the Veter- ans' Administration to enroll in the school for a training course. After 'enrollment, the veteran would receive subsistence benefits from the government, ranging from $800 to $1,200. Ninety per cent of the veterans indicted liever attended the school, but paid $300 tuition and $30 for supplies to the school in return for which the school certi- fied to the government that they were attending. GREEK DILEMMA: Fraternities Indig~nant OverNew Zoning Plan By CRAWFORD YOUNG ed from bewilderment to indigna- Reactions of the eight fraterni- tion. ties which would be affected by The plan n)ow under considera- the latest proposal for, amending tion by the Ann Arbor Common. .ro r t v Council would set up a special A-1 Ann Arbor zoning regulations varn- classification for the sections of the A zone where most student 1 group houses are located. The fra- Plas Banning ternities would be permitted to remain as non-conforming units, Fraternities but no new building of any sort could be done by these groups without the special permission of By The -Associated Press a Board of Appeals. A freshman legislator just out The fraternities involved also of college wants to outlaw frater- 'face. the danger of losing their nities and sororities in state sup- houses if operation is discontinu- ported colleges in Michigan. ed for 90 days. Here again the Rep. Gerald W. Graves, Rep.- Board of Appeals could adjust Alpena, who studied political sci- hardship cases. ence two years at Michigan State * * *I College said in Lansing that he is THE FRATERNITIES, Acacia, preparing such a bill, because he Alpha Epsilon Pi, Delta Sigma considers the racial restrictions Phi, Phi Sigma Delta, Tau Delta on membership in the organiza- Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, Gamma Al- tions a menace. pha (graduate) and Psi Omega But IFC Secretary, Bill Hen- (dental), felt there was little they derson, was un'concerned about could do to prevent the Council the proposal pointing out that from passing the law. such action was to be expected But several promised that because of the widespread publi- strong alumni pressure would be city of the bias clause. He feels brought to bear if ;t were passed that the bill wil not pass the Leg- which might make the law un- islature, tenable. i IN A SWEEPING message that drew gasps from Wall Street and some criticism on Capitol Hill, the President laid down a program of tremendous scope and sacrifice foreshadowing in a era of austerity for the American people. The chief executive made it clear that the stiff new taxes he wants will hit every pocket- book from top to bottom of the income ladder. But the brunt, of the income tax increases at least, would fall on the middle- to-lower income taxpayer. Accompanying his annual eco- nomic message to Congress, Tru- man sent a 63,000-word report by his Council of Economic Advisers which declared: "Income tax increases should be imposed at all levels, but by far the largest part of the additional revenue must come from the mid- dle and lower tax brackets. "These are the brackets in which the great bulk of the income is located." * * * PRESIDENT TRUMAN gave no hinit at the size of the budget he will present to Congress on Mon- day-generally expected to be in the neighborhood of $70,000,000,- 000 for the fiscal year starting Ju- ly 1, 1951. All told he called for $140,- 000,000,000 in "obligational au- thority" in the present fiscal year and the next, ending June 30, 1952. The total would go for actual military and foreign aid spending, plus contracting, lending and loan- guarantee authority. Other gov- ernment expenses would be over and above that. But the whole $140,000,000,000 probably would not actually be laid out by June 30, 1952. " * ","* *'o 'b" AMONG OTHER salient recom- mendations in the President's message was a request for power to build defense factories where private enterprise cannot swing the job. Two years ago he asked authority to build steel plants if necessary, but Congress shelved the idea.' On Capitol Hill the President's tax proposals drew a mixed re- action. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) com- mented : "We are going to need at least that much and probably more." But Rep. Reed (R-NY), senior Republican on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Commit- tee, said he thought the President has "gone hysterical." Chairman George (D-Ga) of the Senate Finance Committee called the President's request for $140- billion in lending and spending authority "pretty ambitious." TO NAME DEMOCRAT: Governor IWill Appoin NReee Q. DT.C "fTRT O in Daily Staffers Get New Appointments Davis Crippen, '52, of Washing- ton, D. C., and Leonard Green- baum, '52, of Boston, Mass. have been appointed night editors on the Dail~y Junior staff by the Board in Control of Student Pub- lications. The following have been ap- pointed assisbant night editors: Donna Hendleman, '53, pf Chica- go, Ill.; Zander Hollander, '53, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; and Crawford Young, '53, of Washington, D. C. The biggest worry of the fra- ternities was the 90 day clause. The fate'of these houses in event of non-occupancy during a war is still confused.I Jerry Halpern, '51, Phi Sigma Delta president, was particularly perturbed about the situation. "We'll fight fire with fire," he promised. "If 'we are threatened with enforcement of the 90 day clause, drastic action would be taken to prevent the. city from forcing us out." But IFC leaders were generally in favor of the present proposal, feelihg that it was the best com- promise which could be made un- der the circumstances. ap RE tir Sa lit Ye By BAR1NESCONINABLEI the Board runs in April, he will Gov. G. Mennen Williams will then be an incumbent, which point a successor to the late should prove to be advantageous," egent Ralph A. Hayward some- Prof. Eldersveld said. However, me next week, according to Prof. he declined to comment on the Lmuel J. Eldersveld of the po- outcome of the election. The spring ical science department., educational elections have tra- Prof. Eldersveld, who returned ditionally resulted in Republican sterday from a Democratic stra- victories. PARADE, GAME TO BE SEEN: Rose Bow l Films Scheduled Here r. I tegy meeting, with Gov. Williams in Lansing, explained the politi- cal process involved in filling a vacancy on the Board of Regents. "THE DEMOCRATIC appointee THE BOARD of Regents is an eight-member constitutional cor- poration which represen ts the people of the state in University policy matters and possession of The Tournament of Roses may be 2500 miles and some weeks away from Ann Arbor, but stu- dents will get a chance to imbibe a bit of the flavor of the festivi- tipc nxt w.ekwen theStueant THE FILM contains selected portions of the Parade of Roses and the half-time battle of bands, in addition to the complete foot- ball game, Brown said. Arrange- eration and that of the Alumni Association that the movie will be shown here so soon after the, game, Brown noted. "Alumni and student groups all over the coun- _- l- -i hn- +"C71 n n Cud-+h ,I