CASE AGAINST McCARTHY Be, Page 4 1< Iit t an Latest Deadline in the State, :43 a t I CLOUDY, WARMER VOL. LXI, No. 83 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 1951 EIGHIT PAGES I- Government Wants Price Clamp Soon Plans Set Up For Control Offices WASHINGTON - (P) - The government sought to speed the creation of price control machin- ery yesterday, amid new indica- tions that a general price freeze will be ordered as soon as offi- cials consider it feasible. An official who was extremely influential in last week's decision made it clear that he is not op- posing a freeze-but is concerned with the timing of it. HE OUTLINED the conditions under which he would be willing to risk a freeze without having a large and experienced staff on hand. And he said that when the time copies, he favors an out- and-out freeze, rather than the side-tracked proposal which would have required business firms to given 30 days notice before raising prices. )ffensive abbing. Red est Flank Regen tPostGoes To Van Wagoner Democratic Ex-Governor Appointed By Williams for Remainder of Year By RON WATTS Governor G. Mennen Williams yesterday named Democratic ex- Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner the new University Regent, a position vacated by the death of Ralph A. Hayward last week. Van Wagoner's appointment will run until Dec. 31, 1951. How- ever, according to Williams, Van Wagoner will be a candidate in the April 2 elections for the Board of Regents. If he is victorious in this election, Van Wagoner would continue on as Regent, his six-year term beginning Jan. 1, 1952. WILLIAMS DECLARED that Van Wagoner's long experience in public service "eflinently qualifies him to help direct the destiny of our great University." "As governor he showed a keen awareness of the educational needs of Michigan," Williams continued. * * However, as governor in June of 1941, Van Wagoner cut $227,- 000 from the University's appi 0 Surprised By New This man declined to be quote, by name. Nevertheless his view are important to the public be cause of the weight he swings i the government on the criticF question of price and wage con trols. MEANWHILE, other official disclosed that the Economic Sta bilization Agency expects to hav its 13 regional offices open fc .f business by Feb. 1. They said no regional direct- ors have been appointed so far, but that some competent fede- ral official in each of the 13 ei- ties is being asked to serve as acting director until a perma- nent head is chosen. It has already been announce( that the regional offices will be iz Boston, New York, PhiladelphiE S Richmond, Atlanta, Cleveland Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas Ci. ty, Dallas, Denver, San Francisc and Seattle. enaors ill Try To Delay Wherry Plan WASHINGTON -()-- Senate administration leaders decided yesterday to try to sidetrack the Wherry resolution challenging President Truman's authority tc send American troops to Europe without the consent of Congress, The strategy is to put off a real showdown until after Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of the proposed in- ternational army in Western Eur- ope, returns from his present Eur- opean tour. * * * BY AGREEMENT, the Senate will begin voting next Tuesday on what to do with the Wherry reso- lution. The Democratic Policy Committee of the Senate decided yesterday to try to send it to committee for "study." There were reports that Sen- ator Connally (D-Tex.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee, might later offer a sub- stitute resolution saying it is de- sirable to send troops to Europe. IFC To 'View Rushing, Draft Changes in fraternity rushing. and initiating procedures to meet the present draft uncertainties will be considered tonight in this semester's last meeting of the In- ter-Fraternity Council. Some revision of the tradition- al procedure has been suggested to deal with the situation, and will be debated tonight by the house Ellen Van Wagoner,' 51BAd. i was surprised and excited yester- I day when she received word that her father, Murray D. Van Wagoner had been appointed Re- gent. "He's always been interested in the University," she said-"and especially in the football team. He followed it all the way to Colum- bus!" * * * ACCORDING TO his daughter, Regent Van Wagoner took the jaunt to the Ohio State game with his wife and three Boxer puppies, got stuck in a snow drift and spent the night in a farmhouse with 19 other unfortunates. A cigar smoker, the new Re- gent stands 5 feet 10 inches, "is very jovial and gets a big kick out of telling jokes," his daugh- ter said. "Dad has more time to enjoy his hobbies now because he travels less," Miss Van Wagoner added. * * * His collections range from pho- tographs to electric trains to Box- ers. His pictures of Germany date back to the postwar years of 1947- 1949. But the Regent's real interest lies in his three electric trains, two of which he brought back from Bavaria. One goes under the Christmas tree every yuletide. His two Boxers, both German specimans, have just finished rais- ing a brood. Horowitz Ill; Concert Of f The Vladimir Horowitz concert, scheduled for Friday at Hill Aud- itorium has been postponed, ac- cording to Charles Sink, president of the University Musical Society. Sink reported that he received a telegram Tuesday afternoon, saying that Horowitz's doctors had suggested he forego any con- certs for at least a week. Sink said that a new date for the con- cert would be announced as soon as possible. Sink asked students to notify, out-of-town friends who had plan- ned to attend the concert about the postponement. Draft Laws For 18 Year Olds Opposed Marshall Fails To Shake Senate WASHINGTON-(P)-Renewed backing from Defense Secretary George C. Marshall for a draft of 18-year-olds failed yesterday to shake hardening opposition in the Senate Preparedness Subcommit- tee. r Directly, General Marshall's new arguments were only against a suggested compromise plan Under which youths might be drafted earlier but could not bebsent over- seas until they reached 19, the present draft age. He said that would "hamstring" the services. * * * BUT CHAIRMAN Lyndon Jhn- - son rejected the whole 18-year idea, at least as a measure neces- sary to reach present goals. "You do not have to touch 18-sar-ods who make up that force," he said, referring to ad- ministration plans for armed forces totalling 3,500,000 by June 30. And Senator Stennis put in: "We are asked to leave the 20 and 21-year-old at home simply because he has a wife, and she may be earning more than he is. I want more-light before I support such legislation. THE DEFENSE Department says the alternative to an 18- year draft age is to take husbands, and perhaps fathers and veter- ans. Johnson and Stennis were not alone in their stand. They only happened to be the most vocal in a hearing session that show- ed evidence of sharpening temp- ers. For instance, Chairman Russell of the Armed Services Committee, of which the Johnson group is a subcommittee, greeted the 18-year draft proposal last week with a comment that the idea already had "two strikes" on it. Since then senators have re- orted a growing flow of messages irom home protesting the plan to lower the induction age. * * * Report About 6 'U' Draftees Proved False By LEONARD GREENBAUM Contrary to official figures re- leased by the University last Sat- urday only one student has been drafted out of the University this semester. And that student had not re- quested postponement from his local board. This was revealed yesterday by Richard Correll, director of the Armed Services Information Cent- er, following a check into the withdrawal records. AT THE SAME time, the Sta- tistical Service of the Registrar's Office issued a revised list show ing 154 students have withdrawn during the semester to enter the armed forces. Actually nine more students have withdrawn sincesSatur- day's compilation when the total was 149, but four of the earlier withdrawals were re- scinded. Six student were originally list- ed as drafted. Yesterday's com- pilation, however, listed five as drafted, 95 enlisted, 53 recalled by, the reserves and one by the Na- tional Guard. A close check into the five list- See DRAFT page 6 MURRAY D. VAN WAGONER * * * priation request, and then veto- ed a $500,000 item from the final bill which was pegged for a gen- eral service building. VAN WAGONER, who is at present a consultant for a De- troit steel company, was the+a governor of Bavaria under thej American Military Government and State Department from 1947 until 1949. His term as governor of Mich- igan ran from 1941-42. Born March 18, 1898 in Kings- ton, Mich., Van Wagoner attend- ed school in Pontiac.He entered the University in 1917, and grad- uated in 1921 with a degree in highway engineering. As an un- dergraduate, the new Regent played varsity football, was a member of Vulcans and was elect- ed vice-president of his senior class. IN 1930 VAN WAGONER was elected Oakland County drain commissioner. He was the first Democrat in 20 years to be elected in an office in Oakland County. Van Wagoner was a success- ful candidate for state highway commissioner in 1933, a posi- tion he held until 1941 when he became Michigan's governor. As the first engineer ever to hold the governor's chair, Van Wagoner rolled up a 200,000 ma- jority in a state where Wendell Willkie defeated former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. HE HAS BEEN former presi- dent of the American Road Build- ers Association, a member of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers and national chairman of advanced gifts for the University's Phoenix Drive. Van Wagoner, his wife Helen and their two children Ellen and Jo Ann make their home in Birm- ingham. Ellen Van Wagoner is a student at the University. By DAVE CRIPPEN The title of Bennett Cerf's lec- tures at Hill Auditorium last night -"Changing Styles in American Humor"-was serious, but the way the publisher, author and wit de- veloped it was far from that. Cerf put forth his thesis in two sentences: "Americans are dis- carding the insult in favor of hu- mor of character. You may not laugh as hard at this new type of story,. but most of the time it manages to touch your heart a little bit." * * S THEN HE told some jokes. In spite of the change in American Attorney Files, Stacy Appea Of 16_Points Robert H. Stacy's court ap- pointed lawyer, Leonard Young, yesterday filed a 16-point appeal of Stacy's conviction for burning Haven Hall June 6. Stacy is now serving a five to 10 year sentence for arson in Southern Michigan Prison at Jack son. JAN. 23 was set as the tentative hearing of the appeal motion here. Circuit Judge James R. Beaky, Jr. will then consider Young's statement of facts in the appeal request before sending it to the Michigan Supreme C o u r t. If Breakey does not act within 30 days the appeal will go directly to the higher court where fur- ther consideration of the case will be given or withheld. In his appeal Young stated that Stacy was arrested without warrant, and then did not re- ceive a fair and impartial trial. He also charged that the court allowed extra-judicial statements as well as "an alleged confession" to be entered as evidence. Historic Troopship Gutted in Pier Fire BALTIMORE -(AP)- The old troopship, which took Woodrow Wilson to Europe in 1918 was gut- ted last night by a raging eight- alarm fire that swept Baltimore's south waterfront and injured five firemen. The 40-year-old t r a n s p o r t George Washington caught fire shortly after flames swept down the 1,000-foot timber pier from a small blaze in a shack at the head of the pier. American Humor Funny, Dangerous, Changing-- Cerf FIERY TRAP-Survivor clambers from a ditch (arrow) seconds after plane crashed on a road adjoining Philadelphia's International Airport. A second escaping passenger is dimly visible in the flaming doorway of the plane's cabin. humor, Cerf said, there were some types of jokes which are always popular. He went on, "Take the pun: There was once a man in Grand Rapids whose name was Kissin- ger. But he decided he didn't like this name, so he went to court and had it changed to Collins. In time he found this name didn't appeal to him either, so he changed it again, this time to Brown. "This was no good, so he chang- ed to Smith. This went on for weeks and weeks. Finally, it got to See INTERVIEW page 6 the place where his friends were cqmpletely confused. They kept wandering around Grand Rapids saying, 'I wonder who's Kissinger now.." BUT AS HIS lecture drew to- wards its close, Cerf became se- rious again about the subject of humor. He declared that humor can be a very dangerous weapon. Cerf said that because of this, people should study closely any jokes they hear about a partic- ular person or group. Sometimes such stories are put in circula- tion maliciously, he said. Cerf cited as examples, the jokes told about President Truman and Gov. Dewey. "Someone at Republi- can National Headquarters," Cerf said, returning to his original jok- ing mood, "has estimated that jokes about Dewey were practical- ly as great a factor in his defeat as his speeches." World N ew Roundup By The Associated Press LIVERPOOL-A sudden out- break of smallpox added to the problems of British medical men, already fighting an influenza epi- demic. Meanwhile, Detroit Health Commissioner, Dr. Joseph Molher warned yesterday that the epide- mic would probably spread to this country and the Detroit area. * * * EDWALL, Wash. - A twin en- gined passenger plane carried 10 persons to their death yesterday when it crashed ;ear a farm here. * * * NEW YORK-80 year old Frede- rick Remington, father of Wil- liam Remington, former U.S. Com- m e r c e Department economist charged with perjury, testified yesterday that he knew his son never was a Communist. SAC Votes To Amend Bias Ruling The Student Affairs Committee yesterday voted unanimously to allow any fraternity or sorority "which is forced to suspend chap- ter activities because of mobili- zation for war" to receive official recognition from the SAC after the war-even though its consti- tution may still contain a dis- criminatory clause. Coming in the wake of wide- spread rumors that several fra- ternities may be forced to close down because of the draft, the action temporarily shelved an earlier SAC ruling denying recog- nition to "any organization which prohibits membership in the or- ganization because of race, re- ligion or color." * * * THIS regulation was set up in May, 1949, as the step in a long range educational and legislative program to allieviate and remove alleged discrimination in campus organizations. The committee at that time felt that such a ruling would constitute a barrier to the pos- sible spread of discriminatory practices on campus, since it would prohibit any new group from gaining official recogni- tion if its constitution contained a discriminatory clause. In voting to suspend this earlier regulation, the SAC stated that a "substantial injustice" would be done to a house which might be forced to close down because of the national emergency and later find itself unable to reactivate "be- cause of factors beyond its con- trol" a s a AMONG THESE "factors," ac- cording to the SAC, would be the inability of any fraternity or sor- ority to campaign for removal of its discriminatory clause in its national organization, since its membership would be serving in the Armed Services. In addition, it was pointed out that most of the national fratern- ity and sorority organizations may suspend all operations-including national conventions-for the du- ration of the emergency if the draft law is tightened. Although there have been re- ports that one or two fraternity houses may close down next semester, the SAC emphasized that yesterday's action was not prompted by any specific case or cases. "We simply felt that it was only fair to suspend the old regulation in cases where a house will be closed down because its members have been called for duty by the government," one member said. * * * THE COMMITTEE also empha- sized that the action had no bear- ing on the Student Legislature's resolution requesting the SAC to require all campus organizations to remove discriminatory clauses from their constitutions byl1956. Although the SAC did not have an opportunity to discuss the SL's recommendation yesterday; it did call a special meeting on Febru- ary 20 at which representatives Meet Slight Resistance Near Suwon Nehru Says Reds Will Study Truce By The Associated Press TOKYO-A fast-moving allied combat team, paced by tanks and fiery air attacks, jabbed into Su- won, 17 air miles south of Com- miunist-occupied Seoul, yesterday to harass three Chinese Red arm- ies massing for a new onslaught in South Korea. Uncovering an apparent weak- ness on the west flank of the Chinese forces, the Eighth Army smashed a small Communist unit of 100 men inside Suwon's ancient walls, then pulled back after dusk to defensive positions south of the town. Meanwhile, in London Prime Minister Nehru told newsmen yesterday the United Nations cease-fire plan for Korea meets many of Red China's basic Con- ditions for 'a settlement and Peiping has promised it a care- ful study. However, word reacped here from Moscow even while the In- dian leader was speaking that Pravda had taken a long-distance swipe at the plan. The Commu- nist Party newspaper-the voice of the Kremlin-declaredthe plan a device by which the U.S. State Department intends to gain time in order to reinforce and reorgan- ize the American troops in Korea. BACK ON THE fighting front it was the second straight day of sharp,, aggressive action which the Eighth Army termed "reconnais- ance in force." Armor led infantry entered Osan, 28 air miles south of Seoul, Monday, then swerved northeast nine miles and cap tured Kumyangang and near- by Chon. The whole Korean front was so fluid that Eighth Army censors ordered cqrrespondents to refrain from ideftifying an units below army Tevel. s* s APPARENTLY one purpose of the Eighth Army's lightning left jobs in the west was to throw off balance the typically slow Chinese buildup of an estimated 120,000 men south of the Han river, The strikes in the west coin- cided with the withdrawal of United Nations forces from the 16-day old Wonju salient in Central Korea. American, French and Dutch troops, in hard fighting there for 11 out of the past 16 days, plug- ged the two best highways lead- ing south through the snow-man- tled Sobaek mountains.; * * * THE ALLIED STAND was end- ed to straighten Eighth Army lines, a communique announced last night. It said a new phase of the Korean war was develeping. Eighth Army tactics in Korea appear to be to pull back .when- ever Communist pressure gets too heavy. The policy governing the hard-hitting withdrawal is to pre- serve maximum Allied strength while sapping the enemy. Byrnes Calls For Bombing Of RedChina COLUMBIA, S.C. -(M-- Gov. James F. Byrnes, in an inaugural address devotedc mainly to the dangers of war, called yesterday for the bombing of Communist China, and said that if such ac- tion is not authorized; American troops should be pulled out of Korea. He urged, even more emphati- cally, that Americansoldiers and military supplies should be sent to shore up Western Europe. The ceremonies inducting the. former Supreme Court Justice and one-time "assistant President" in- to the governorship of South Car- olina brought an estimated 65,- 000 people into the state house square. * * * War Jitters Affect Students Throu i out C o u n t r y o - By CAL SAMRA War jitters are racking the nerves of not only University stu- dents but students on campuses throughout the country. According to a recent survey of soon-to-be-drafted students is: "Why study to be a soldier?" This corresponds closely with the prevalent outlook here at the University. On campus one University stu- for being jittery when their draft status were so hazy. Their appeals were going for nought. The survey also revealed that many students have already been called into reserve units, that a the school already had lost a "sizeable percentage" of students through enlistments. The student newspaper at the University of Florida estimated about 50 men a week were quitting to enlist. SOUTHERN Methodist Univer- sity reported that there was "much hysteria and misinformation on the part of men faced by the threat of changes in the draft laz.vc " At4-VnlP Nnai~rn r Thannrt