STUDENT DRAFT DEFERMENTS See Page 4 Y t VOL LXI, No. 127 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1951 FIGUT PAGES ----- - Candidates or U.s Tanks . .Probe North RegentAr ews Of Parallel Democrats, Republicans Respond Test Strength of 'To Questions on Campaign Issues Chinese Forces By PAUL BRENTLINGER TOKYO -(R)- Two American Daily City Editor tank columns prowled across par- In tomorrow's election, Michigan voters will choose two men to allel 38 a half-mile into North serve in the University's top policy making body-the Board of Re- eeking to determine the aims gents. of a threatening Chinese Red Republican candidates for these posts are incumbent Roscoe O. buildup, the American tanks tested Bonisteel, Ann Arbor attorney, and Dow Chemical Company president Communist positions for three and Leland I. 9oan, of Midland. They will face strong opposition from one-half hours, then made shoot- incumbent Murray D. Van Wagoner, of Birmingham, and attorney ing withdrawals to their own lines Wheaton L. Strom, of Escanaba, the Democratic candidates. on the west and central fronts. Van Wagoner is a former governor of Michigan. THE CHINESE knocked out one * * * * tank with a land mine and splat- ON THE EVE of the election, local politicians reported "more tered mortars, potato-masher hand than usual" interest in this springtime contest. They expected this grenades and machinegun fire at yeajr'i turnout to be somewhat heavier than usual for a spring elec- the others. a Associated Press correspondent tion. In the past, from 400,000 to 600,000 Michigan voters have turned John Randolph, who accompa- out for these elections. nied the tankers, said the cross- Because of the importance of the Regents election to the Uni- lng of the parallel was not a versity community, The Daily has submitted a list of six questions to general advance. It was part of each of the major party candidates. These questions, along with the the U.S. Eighth Army's limited answers given by each candidate, follows: offensive against Reds still * * * * fighting south of the old political 1. What is the platform upon which you are running for boundary between the Commu- nist north and Republican south. lectonrrhElsewhere, fierce but localized bONISTEEL-My platform is to serve the people of the State of firefights took place Saturday on Michigan and the University of Michigan unselfishly and objectively the central front, north, east and in the fields of education. west of Allied-held Chunchon. The Chinese, who are reported DOAN-In the last two years in several public' speeches, I ex- prearin se srn re pressed alarm over the infiltration of ism ideas in our federal gov- reparing massive sprinh odrive ernment and the increased administrative waste. When I was asked pi llel, centinued heavy suppl to seek the office of the Regency, I/was reminded of the stand I had and troop movements by night,. taken publicly and so agreed to run on the platform that I am op- posed to the University's acceptance of federal aid in the belief that federal control will ultimately follow federal financial support. I A rm'ai n t believe that the people of the State of Michigan would much prefet to keep the University and our other educational institutions in their ownehands. .'vrst an u ~a sM d STROM-It is my honest conviction that the University has achieved its present greatness by reason of the integrity and ability o wihotan onmntlcotibtonfrmit ovrin egns.r Jap an of its faculty, and by reason of the high caliber of its student body, I have detected a feeling of insecurity in the student body, and ANGELES-(l-AmbaS- among my friends on the various faculties which relates, in my sador John Foster Dulles dis- opinion, to the ultra-conservatism of the current Board of Regents, closed last night American plans who are, I am afraid, rather unresponsive to the prevailing thoughts for a series of Pacific pacts de- and principles of the majority of the citizens of the state, the students signed to let Japan rearm against' in residence,,and the members of the faculty. Asian Communism and still VAN WAGONER-a. More facilities for the Medical School en- guard against a revival of ag- abling more doctors to be trained at the University. gressive Japanese militarism. b. Adequate appropriations to place the University on a par sn the center ofs a three-part withothe stae unverstiessystem of agreements is a Japan- with other state universities. ese peace treaty which the United c. Immediate plans to remove fire hazards now existing on the States is now negotiating with its campus. Pacific allies. * * * * In an address prepared for de- 2. What are your views on the question of open meetings as livery at Whittier College, he pre- opposed to closed meetings of the Board of Regents? sented the pact as essentially a BONISTEEL--The present method of handling the publicity of document of about half a dozen the Regents' meetings seems to be satisfactory, particularly under the brief sections which would re- present committee arrangement of the Board; releases are made im- store to Japan the power to run mediately following each meeting of the Board on matters concluded recognize Japan's "inherent right" by the Board. of self-defense. DOAN-I should like to withhold my views on this questisn until, The other major links in the if elected, I have had an opportunity to attend a few meetings. series of treaties would be an agreement for the United States STROM-I cannot say that the Board of Regents meetings should to maintain forces in and about be operated privately as though it were the board of governors of an Japan to help protect those is- exclusive club. Certainly, many of its functions should be conducted lands from the Red menace of in the presence of the members of' the press and the general public. Asia, and a Pacific security system However, it would be less than candid for me to state that I designed to assure Australia and believe that all of the functions of a Board of Regents can be per- New Zealand that there will be, formed properly in open meetings. I therefore believe that certain bridled rearmament which could administrative, personnel and disciplinary matters must be conducted become an offensive threat " in executive session. VAN WAGONER-I think the formal meetings of the Board as whole should be open meetings. WUI'W4ews * * * * 3. What role do you think should be played by student gov- ernment at the University? BONISTEEL-I feel that I have already shown sufficient interest in behalf of student government of the University, and I believe it By The Associated Press has a place within the University sphere of operations. DETROIT-Dr. Roy D. Mc- e, 69 years old, chief sur- ROAN-Student government in our University and in schools of geon at Henry Ford Hospital allllevels is bieing used with increasing success and is obviously an since 1916, died at his home important way to demonstrate our American way of life. I very much yesterday after ; long illness. favor it. * * HONG KONG - Thirty-five STROM-Although it may be unpopular with the students, it is men formerly in the Nationalist my view that a University student body requires authority and dis- army, or in minor government cipline.. Ultimate authority and discipline, in my opinion, must be positions, have been executed by committed to the faculty, operating; under the Board of Regents. the Communists, reports reaching Completely autonomous student government cannot, in the immedi- here from Red China yesterday ately foreseeable future, be achieved without an impairment of the indicated. University's standing in adult society; and perhapsnot without serious NEW YORK - Ralph . Undaunted Minor Parties Remain on Regents Ballot 4e By ZANDER HOLLANDER Few voters will realize it before they go to the polls April 2 but there are more than two parties on the big white election ballot this year. Progressive, Socialist Labor, So- cialist Worker and even Prohibi- tion parties are running candi- dates for almost all state offices. All four minor parties have nomi- nated candidates for Regents of the University. * * . * BUT AS FAR as Ann Arbor County Clerk Luella Smith is con- cerned, "they just go on the ballot and that is all." Not since the surge of Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party, Mrs. Smith explain- ed, has any other than the Re- Judd To Talk on a Christuan Faith Rep. Walter H. Judd, (R-Minn.) will appear as guest lecturer twice today at the First Methodist Church, State and Huron. He will interpret "The Meaning of Events in the Far East" at 7 p.m. in the Wesley lounge, and at the regular 10:45 a.m. worship service, Rep. Judd will deliver an- other lecture on "The Christian Faith in a World of Conflict." Currently a member of the House Committee on Foreign Af- fairs, Rep. Judd has had a varied career, working as a physician, missionary and Congressman. He spent ten years in China as a medical missionary, working through both a Communist revo- lution and the Japanese invasion. He then took up a private medi- cal pratcice which lasted until his election to the House of Repre- sentatives in 1942. publican and Democratic Parties seriously affected county voting figures. The largest minor party vote in recent years was the 790 cast for Henry Wallace on the Pro- gressive ticket in 1948 out of a county total of 38,567. Two Progressives are running for Regent April 2; Dr.Louis J. Cleage, a Detroit surgeon, and Richard Fox. BOTH SOCIALIST LABOR and Socialist Worker parties have can- didates in the Regents race-Theos A. Grove and James Sim, and How- ard Lerner and lliam H. Yan- cey. Both parties are new to the spring ballot. The Prohibition Party, how- ever, is nothingnew to the spring ballot as the party was listed in the April electionsof 1947 and 1949 as well as in the regular fall elections. The party's Regents candidate in next month's contest are Arthur Leach and Orville Heltzel. Pro- hibition party leaders regard their candidacies primarily as devices to keep the prohibition issue be- fore the public. One party leader and former Prohibition candidate for state treasurer DeLand Crary predicted that if Leach and Heltzel were elected they "would pursue a pol- icy directed at a ban on the sale of alcohol in the University area." Happy Birthday Today President Ruthven celebrates his 69th birthday, the 21st such occasion he has observed since his appointment as president in 1929. The edi- tors of The Daily join the entire University family in wishing for him a happy birthday and many more to come. As much as they hate the pro- cominform regime of Albania's Premier Enver Hoxha, Yugoslavs stressed that the growing troubles of their Adriatic neighbor might give Russia an excuse to launch an attack against the Moscow- hating Tito. Albania is land locked by Yugo- slavia and Greece. The report said the parachutists had come 'from Italy, where some 5,000 Albanian exiles now reside. There is a "free Albania" move- ment among the exiles ind they have told of a long-running cam- paign of dropping leaflets over their wild and mountainous home- land. Minority on Rent .Boar Files Protest Minority members of the Wash- tenaw County R e n t Advisory Board yesterday wrote to the Area Rent Director in Detroit pro- testing the majority's decision to recommend rent decontrol in Ann Arbor. They called the decision hasty, unwise and contrary to the public' interest. * * * SIGNED BY the three board members who voted against the recommendation, Mrs. Kathryn Beckman, Karl Karsian, and As- sistant Dean of the literary college James H. Robertson, the minority report condemned the majority for not announcing news of their decision. In further protest, Karsian re- signed his post on the board Fri- day. Members of the minority com- plained that no opportunity was given to ask for a survey or hold a public hearing. Other protests have been sent to Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods by various local groups. Dean Robertson said he feels that the Washington office will probably move very cautiously in its hand- ling of the issue. PRINCETON, N.J.- () - The aptitude tests upon which draft deferments for college students will be based will be a three-hour examination featuring multiple choice answers to four basic types of questions. The Educational Testing Serv- ice, a non-profit organization .chosen by Selective Service to give the examinations, said a bulletin with sample questions and answers will be available through local draft boards to every student eli- gible for the test. RICHARD H. SULLIVAN, exec- utive vice president of the service, said the four basic type of ques- tions would be designed totest: 1. Ability to read and compre- hend materials collegians must study. One of several choices on the meaning of passages will have to be selected. 2. Ability to deal with words. Multiple choices on similarity, op- posites, and verbal relationships. 3. Interpretation, of data in charts, graphs, tables and dia- grams with multipleschoices on conclusions. 4. Arithmetical reasoning which will require no advanced mathe- matical knowledge. Early Law Exam DETROIT - (P) - June law school graduates are going to benefit from a special ruling of the state board of bar examin- ers passed yesterday.t Board Chairman Roscoe O. Bonisteel, University Regent, said the board authorized a special bar examination for the week of June 18th. Bonisteel said the special ex- amination was scheduled to al- low June graduates tq take their bar examination before the selective service 30 day aca- demic period of grace expires. The board said the regular April and September examina- tions will be held as scheduled. Varsity. Band To Play Today Featuring "Valley Forge," a march written by a local business- man, the University Varsity Band will resent its first concert of the yea at 8 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom. "Valley Forge" was written by T. Bruce Rider, '28, and was adopted as the official march by last year's International Boy Scout Jamboree. Under the direction of Jack Lee, the Varsity Band will al- so present works by Rimsky-Kor- sakov, Sibelius, 'Leidzen, Tarver, Shadwell, Williams, Colby and Sousa. IT ALSO AUTHORIZES defer- ment, without examination, to medical, dental, graduate and other advanced students doing sat- isfactory work toward their chosen degrees. Some 800,000 are expected to take the test this spring and summer in one of the most gi- gantic examining jobs in-history. Those now in college can take it starting May 26. But men who haven't started college will not be given the examination until after they become freshmen. MOST high school seniors who intend to go to college are under 19, the present draft age. There- fore very few of them are expected to be drafted before they enter col- lege and get a chance to take the aptitude test. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, draft director, told reporters there were som ,0e 10,00non- veterans in college now. He could not estimate how many will be deferred under the new ruling. About 570,000 who came before draft boards were de- ferred for the present scholastic year. Hershey said that scholastic standing necessary to permit ex- emption, and the necessary grade in the forthcoming aptitude test, will be determined later. However. some congressmen expect the out- come to be something like this: , * k * DEFERMENT of most freshmen who enter college next fall; sopho- mores who were in the upper half of their freshman class scholastic- ally; juniors who were in the upper two-thirds of their sohomore class, and seniors who, were in the upper three-fourths as juniors. The newly-ordered test will be given at 1,000 examination cen- ters throughout the United States and territories. The stu- dent must pay his own transpor- tation costs to and from the test- ing center. The examinations will be held first on May 26, and will be re- peated on June 16 and 30 this' year, for students who have started their college careers and plan to continue. This includes seniors and others planning to enter graduate or professional schools. A STUDENT can take the apti- tude test for deferment only once. But an official said that a man making the prescribed score-not yet fixed-"will, be considered for deferment regardless of how he stands in his class. "And anyone who is in the prescribed upper percentage of f. his class' (also, not yet deter-. mined) will be considered for deferment regardless of the score he makes in the test." Hershey said in a statement that an applicant for deferment "need not be in a four year college but his entire course must be satisfactory for transfer of credits to a degree granting institution." * * * GOP, DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT: Both Parties Predict Election Victory By CAL SAMRA With tomorrow's city and state elections drawing near, both local Democratic and GOP spokesmen were confidently predicting victory for their parties. much," he said, "we do expect victory." He predicted a closer vote in the city elections than in previ- ous years, particularly in the mayoralty race where Demo- cratic candidate Lewis G. Rei- m .nnn wil l hPannncinwa. nnnrn.. "I'm very confident we'll win. We're very well organized and our candidates have class. We've worked hard for this election." Charles Sink, president of the University Musical Society and a former Republican State Sen- "We've waged an aggressive' campaign," he explained, "and stirred up much more interest. We should have a larger turnout. The Democrats have been pro- gressively increasing their vote." "But," he added, "I don't think 81x4 -- 41% fl. - - 4 h