I 4br X Im r4 dd& :43 I'D 'I THE NEW SENATOR See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State CLOUDY, WARMER VOL. LXI, No. 138 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 24,, 1951 SIX PAGES # * * * ** * * GA i ol's To J e P Cavalrymen ) Spearhead New Attack 'C.' n Second High Official Quits Atle 'S Staff Wilson Follows Bevan's Example LONDON-()-A second min- ister took a walk from Prime Min- ister Attlee's cabinet last niglt, 4 o i n i n g Aneurin Bevan who charged that Britain was shackled to the "wheels of American diplo- 'macy" in a reckless armaments drive. The resignation of Board of Trade President Harold Wilson, 35 year old "boy wonder" of the :L a b o r Government, was an- nounced by Attlee, whose thin- edged majority in the House of 'Commons was further threatened by the internal party fight. NO CORRESPONDENCE be- tween Wilson and Attlee was made public, but the resigning Board of Trade President planned to state his reasons in a later speech in ,the House of Commons as Bevan did yesterday. Bevan, the leftwinger who re- signed as Labor Minister early yesterday, charged in an im- passioned speech to a glum and largely nnresponsive House that the Labor Government was let- ting the United States drag it into an arms program which would plunge Britain into eco- nomic chaos and scuttle her So. cialistic welfare programs.. He urged a curtailed arms pro- ,:gram which would let Britain maintain her s4ndard of living and social services. THE RESIGNATIONS of the two key ministers stole most of the' political thunder which the Attlee Government could have made yes-' terday out of the announcement i that a meat agreement had been reached after months of negotia- tions with Argentina. It seemed unlikely, many ob- servers said, that Bevan could drum up enough support to over- throw the Government because the issue he has chosen are those on which the Conservatives probably will support the Government. Conference To1+ Discuss LSA Policy An attempt by the University to obtain student opinion before in- stituting a new regulation will be made at the Literary College Con- ference, 7:30 p.m. today in Rm 3B ,of the Union. The conference, which is open to students, and faculty, will discuss the newly proposed hike in the foreign language requirement for the literary college. * * * THE PROPOSED requirement, drawn up by a special faculty sub- committee, is still open to modifi- cation. If adopted by the literary col- lege faculty as it now stands, the new ruling would require all literary college graduates to have a proficiency in a foreign lan- guage equivalent to a fourth semester of study. Students would be allowed to be- gin any language they wish, but if Ihey desired to continue in the language they studied previous to college, they would have to take a placement test to determine where they would begin. An Editorial Today and tomorrow students can demonstrate just how interested they are in having a real hand in formulating the policies and interpreting the regulations which govern their social and intellectual life on the campus. These elections afford students much more than the simple opportunity of voting one of their friends into campus prominence via a seat on the Legislature. These elections, perhaps more than others in the past, afford students the opportunity of giving a vote of con- fidence to the principles of student government. Never before has the Student Legislature enjoyed the confidence and respect of the faculty and administration to the extent that it does now. In the past year, the Legislature has successfully served as a representative student body in advising the Student Affairs Committee on the bias claus question. Hard, con- scientious work on the part of legislators has enabled the University to take the lead among American colleges and universities in serious consideration of this problem. Other Legislature activities have ranged from effec- tive action on the rent control and zoning ordinance questions to co-sponsorship of the Rose Bowl movies. Educational leaders in general and, under President Ruthven, administrators on this campus in particular follow the practice of granting authority in direct proportion to the students' ability to convince them that they are ready and willing to shoulder the responsibility involved. Without a large student vote, the Student Legislature will find it difficult to convince the University that the students are ready or even interested in having a larger voice in the direction of policy as it concerns students. Student government here still displays inadequacies and perhaps even serious shortcomings. But voters must remem- ber that the history of student government since the war has been one of growth in both competence and prestige. Any but a large turnout at the polls today and tomorrow would jeopardize this growth. -The Senior Editors -Natural Resources School Deanship Goes to Fontanna Volunteers1 'To Man 16 Ballot Boxes SL Law Change To Be Decided With cloudy but dry weather in the offing, the campus will take to the polls today and tomorrow to pass judgment on two referenda, a new Student Legislature constitu- tion, and 127 miscellaneous can- didates. Enrollment figures are down sev- eral thousand over last semester, but, brandishing the slogan "every student a voter," election officials confidently predicted a 7,500 vote. This would top, percentage-wise at least, all previous turnouts. TWENTY-ONE open SL seats will be filled, and voters will also 'elect class officers in the literary and engineeringcolleges, six Union vice-presidents, and a student member to the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics. In-state students will be asked "Do you think the legal voting age in Michigan should be low- ered to 18?" while men and women will give their separate views on the question "'Do you approve of the University regu- lation prohibiting the election of 'Queens' by campus groups?" The original SL constitution, vintage 1946, has undergone con- siderable revision in the Legisla- ture, and must be ratified by a majority of the students voting on it. Its most controversial clause in- volves the appointment of students by the cabinet to fill out unex- pired terms of departed members. OFFICIALS emphasized that all students-graduatepstudents as well as undergraduates - ae eligible to vote for SL candidates. But ID cards must be shown. Forty-nine students are running for the Legislature, and will be elected using the Hare System of proportional representation, as usual. Voting for the single Board in Control of Intercollegiate Ath- letics post will be on a campus- wide basis too, while other of- ficers will be elected by certain classes or schools. Senior class officers in the lit- erary college and senior, junior, and sophomore class officers in the engineering college for next year will be chosen by the respective classes in each college. The Union vice-presidents will be elected by male students in the particular schools which they seek to represent. MANAGING the election are Spider Webb, '52, and Alice Spero, '53, members of the SL citizenship committee. Sixteen voting booths have been readied, decorated with large yellow posters, located in ad- vantageous positions around cam- pus, and made generally appealing to the recalcitrant voter, according to Webb. They may be found at the Uni- versity Hospital, Women's ath- letic Building, Union, League, Engineering Arch, the center of the diag (inside the General Library in case of rain), and Angell Hall. Others are located at Waterman Gym, between Alumni Memorial Hall and the Romance Languages Building, Rackham, in the Law Quad, Business Administration School, Architecture School, East Quad, and on the northwest corner of the diag. The Student Legislature Building, 122 S. Forest, will be GHQ for election proceedings this year. The complex election machinery is to be implemented by approximately 450 volunteers, -Daily-Jack Bergstrom WAVING RULE-Robed and wigged law students Harry Pincus, 51L, and Jim Rogers, '51L, combine grand larceny and burglary in wresting giant slide rule from engineering students John Person, '51E, and Charles Young, '51E. Traditional battle above engineering arch is to determine which rival clan will boast the rule at lawyers' Crease Ball or engin eers' Slide Rule Ball, both May 4. Engineers found keeping rule easy as rolling off a log when lawyers pleaded "nolo contendere" and gave up, vowing to try again. MoodyNamed to . S. Senate Stanley G. Fontanna, deputy di- rector of the Michigan Depart- ment of Conservation, has been appointed professor of forestry and dean of the School of Natural Resources here at the University and will assume the position July 1. The present dean, Prof. Samuel T. Dana, has requested to' be re- lieved of the deanship, Pres. Alex- ander G. Ruthven said, and will voluntarily relinquish the post a year in advance of his retirement furlough which begins on July 1, 1952. Born in Powers, Mich., on Feb. 5, 1894, Prof. Fontanna re- ceived a Bachelor of Science De- gree in forestry from the Univer- sity in 1917. He joined the Michigan Depart- ment of Conservation staff and was chief of the Lands Division until 1934. By The Associated Press A youngish-looking 49 year old newspaperman who says he be- longs to no politidal party was ap- pointed yesterday to serve the un- expired term of the late Republican Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg.-, He is Blair Moody, Washington correspondent of the Detroit News Former U' Engineer Dies In Pasadena Prof. Emeritus Horace W. King, 77 years old, formerly of the engi- neering college faculty and an in- ternationally famed hydraulics en- gineer, died Sunday at his home in Pasadena, Calif. Prof. King who was also a founder of the King-Seeley Corp. retired from the University fac- ulty in 1939. He graduated from the University in 1895 and was made a professor of hydraulic en- gineering in 1912. 4 e "ALTHOUGH HE suffered a great deal. from arthritis during his last years at the University, Prof. King was never one to com- plain," Prof. Ernest F. Brater of the engineering college said. "His patience, understanding and dig- nity were an inspiration to those who knew him." Prof. King who was famous as an expert in harbor improve- ment, flood control and land reclamation problems had worked on many well-known engineering projects during his career. At the turn of the century he was placed in charge of a group to study the controversial Nicara- guan route for a Central American canal. since 1933. He joined the news- paper's staff 10 years earlier. One of his first acts was to voice unqualified support for the bi- partisan foreign policy ideas held by Vandenberg, who died Wednes- day. * * * MOODY promptly took the oath of office following appointment by 40 year old Democratic Governor G. Mennen Williams and said, in effect, he will run for a full, six- year term in 1952. The new Senator expressed general agreement with foreign policy and domestic policies of President Truman's administra- tion. Ile said he expects to take his seat Wednesday for the Van- National Roundup By The Associated Press CHICAGO-General Charles G. Dawes, 85 years old, former vice- president of the United States, died last night of coronary throm- bosis. WASHINGTON -- The Su- preme Court refused by a 6-2 vote yesterday to intervene in the case of seven arch Nazi war criminals who have been sen- tenced to be hanged. WASHINGTON - Secretary of Commerce Sawyer and nine others won a delay yesterday in their contempt of court trial, * * * WASHINGTON - -Education Commissioner Earl J. McGrath set aside $46,500,000 yesterday for 100 school construction projects in areas congested because of fed- eral activities. denberg term ending in January, 1953. If Moody votes along partisan lines, his appointment will give the Democrats a 50-46majority in the Senate. Until Vandenberg's death last week, they held only a two- vote, 49-47 margin. Williams said in making the ap- pointment that "Senator Moody is a Democrat." Moody, while telling reporters he belonged to no party, said in a statement later: "Speaking generally, I agree with the broad, liberal objectives which have marked the recovery of the United States from the low levels of the depression under lead- ership of Democratic Presidents." * * * APPOINTMENT of Moody came as somewhat of a surprise. Moody's name did not figure in speculation until Sunday. Usually well-informed politicians had mentioned half a dozen others as likely appointees, in- cluding George Edwards, former Detroit City Council president, Prentiss Brown, the last Michi- gan Democratic Senator, who was unseated in 1942. Moody is a native of New Haven, Conn., and a 1922 graduate of Brown University, where he ma- jored in economics and won a Phi Beta Kappa key. WHILE IN COLLEGE he was a three-letter athlete, starring in football, baseball and tracI. He is a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. Moody is married and the father of three children, 23 year old Blair Jr., a junior in the University Law School, eight year old Christopher and four year old Robert. Moody Jr., a former president of the Stu- dent Legislature in his under- graduate days said he was "elated and surprised" at his father's ap- pointment. "I know he'll do a good job for the people," he declared. Allies Withdraw From All Fronts TOKYO - (IP) - Chinese Red hordes tore a big hole in United Nations lines today and plunged south of the 38th parallel in cen- tral Korea. A Chinese division with cavalry mounted on Mongolian ponies was reported in the forefront of the massive drive. * * * ANOTHER RED FORCE crossed into South Korea in the west, headed toward Uijongbu on the way to Seoul. But the big smash-on 100 miles of flaming front in the third day of the Red counter- offensive-was aimed along the mountainous middle. There a Chinese Red diviion. supported by mounted cavalry scored a breakthrough and drove on toward Chunchon, eight miles south of parallel 38. Withdrawals ranging up to 15 miles were forced on the hard- pressed UN troops on all fronts despite the all-out support of allied artillery and planes. NEARLY 9,000 Reds were killed or wounded by artillery alone yes- terday the Eighth Army estimated. Swarms of planes claimed an addi- tional toll of nearly 2,000 and per- happ as many as 4,000. Allied forces in the west-cen- tral area gave up Yonchon and pulled back to positions just north of the 38th parallel. Yo- chon is six miles north of the 38th. Allied commanders said the of- fensive, mounted by perhaps 700,- 000 Reds, appeared to be losing its steam on the west flank. But it was going strong in the center south of Kumhwa. There"' allied forces had driven. !0 miles north of the 38th before the Red tide that started Sunday erased the gain and pushed south of the parallel. * * S "IN THE AREA south of Kumhwa, on the central front, strong enemy forces exploited their initial breakthrough and continued to move south in spite of numerous friendly air strikes," said today's mid-morning communique of the Eighth Army. "The enemy force involved in this exploitation was estimated as an enemy division with cwiwtr elements in the area east-north- east of Yongong." MacArthur Still in Dark, Aide Claims NEW YORK-(JP')-An aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur said yes- terday the General still does not know why President Truman stripped him of his commands. "'To this day, Gen. MacArthur never has been informed as tu the reasons for his summary dis- missal and he hasn't the faintest idea why the action was taken," said MacArthur's personal advi- sor, Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney. Whitney said his chief's dismis- sal did not follow military precet dent. He reported the General's wife, who had heard of it by radio, broke the news that he had been relieved of his commands 20 min- utes before official notification ar- rived from Washington. "General MacArthur had no op- portunity even to transfer his command," Whitney declared. "He was dismissed the moment he re- ceived the message from the Pres- ident. From that moment he no longer exercised authority. I think there is no such precedent in American history." I , n - STANLEY G. FONTANNA ... new Dean KEY TO SUCCESS: Fowler Says Attitude Important to Lawyers, PROTESTS NEGLIGIBLE: Red Hoax Ad Fails To Bait Students "If I had to choose one word as the key to a lawyer's success, that word would be attitude," Cody Don't get mad or discouraged- but be frank and fair with your- self. Remember, that it takes a Communism, a topic once cap- a~be of stirring as heated a contro- versy as an unfavorable music re- view. has fallen from favor as on After three weeks, all the edi- tors had received was a note from an Ann Arbor woman at- tacking them for printing the edly with events of the recent past. Only last spring the barring of a Communist speaker from the campus here caused agitation