Y 4 A6P AOP .lit t an r A 41P :43 a t I]Y CLOUDY, OCCASIONAL RAIN SORORITY RUSHING See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LXI, No. 92 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951 SIX PAGES DUES DISPERSION: Report Union Financial State By PAUL BRENTLINGER Daily City Editor Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of articles dealing with the Union's financial situation.) "All semester fees . .. entitle the student to privileges of the . . Michigan Union .. ."-so says the University's. bulletin of general in- formation. How much of the semester fee goes to the Union? What becomes of this money? What does the Union member get for this money? All these questions have been puzzling male students at various times since the Union had its beginnings nearly 40 years ago. TODAY, THE Michigan man pays $3.75 into the Union's coffers each semester. Extraction of this $3.75 is a rather painless process, for it is merely allocated to the Union by the Regents from the lump sum semester fee paid at registration time. This $3.75 is by no means a sacred figure. It can be changed any semester by the Regents, just as the State Legislature may change the yearly appropriation to the University at any time it sees fit. Since 1933, however, the $3.75 allocation has not been changed. The allocation to the Union is only one of many allocations made from the semester fee by the Regents. Such organizations as the Michigan League and the Athletic Board receive similar allotments. Currently, the Union's share of student fees goes into a build- ing fund which eventually will be used for additions to the present building, or for major repairs. None of this money is used to meet operational expenses, all of which have been covered by sales of food, lodging and other services in recent years. Union officials do, of course, have the authority to use student fees to make up any operational deficit which might be incurred. During the year ending June 30, 1950, $112,000 was poured into the Union's building fund from student fees. This includes the $1.50 allocated to the Union from summer session fees. OTHER COLLEGE unions use similar tactics in dealing with stu- dent fees, according to a survey conducted on the financial status of 52 college unions in 1947. All but nine of the 52 unions required student payment of union fees in 1947. Amounts received from student fees ranged from a low of $1.35 a semester at Vanderbilt University to a top figure of $7.50 a quarter at the University of Southern Idaho. Student fees were used solely for construction by 12 of the unions surveyed. Operations absorbed the entire student fee in 12 other unions, while 17 unions reported that both operations and construc- tion benefited from allocation of student payments. AT MICHIGAN, the student fee does a little more than just build up a building fund. It provides the basis for a life membership in the Union, which goes to any student who has paid the Union fee for eight semesters, or who has paid the equivalent of this sum. Union life memberships seem to be the best available method for solving the problems of finding a decent hotel room in Ann Arbor. Life members are given first crack at the Union's guest rooms, a privilege esepecially useful during football weekends and on other special occasions when alumni flock back to Ann Arbor. The life membership idea has its origin in ancient Union history. When subscriptions were being collected in World War I days for construction of the current Union building, life memberships in the Union were offered as bait to secure alumni and student contributions. Because present day students are in a sense subscribing to future addi- tions to the Union through their semester fees, they too are given the life membership privilege. * * * * UP TO 1919, membership in the Union was strictly voluntary, with students paying only $3 a year for membership privileges. From " 1919 to 1933 th Union fee was paid separately by all men at registra- tion time. Until 1926 the entire Union fee which ran from $5 to $6, went toward meeting operating expenses. The fee reached its peak in the years from 1926 to 1933, when students paid $10 a year for 'Union memberships. Half of this sum went to retire debt incurred in expanding Union facilities during the mid-1920's, while the other half went into the oper- ating fund. Since 1933, all student fees have been paid in one lump sum, with the Regents allocating this sum as they see fit. The $3.75 per semes- ter fee came into being that year, and has been used solely for con- struction purposes since that time. UN Forces Gain Seven Miles; Repulse Weak Counterattacks n Truman Requests Single RFC Chief WASHINGTON-(A)--President Truman, backing water in a big row with Congress, urged yester- day that a single boss replace the present five-man Board of Direc- tors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Leaders of Labor Talk To.0Truman WASHINGTON - (-) - Labor union leaders last night reflected an easing of tension after confer- ring with President Truman on their demand for a stronger voice in defense mobilization policy. Union delegates talked with Truman 25 minutes and later re- ported to the United Labor Policy Committee that the President ap- peared to be in complete sympa- thy with their position. ONE OF THEIR chief criticisms has been that "big business" is running the mobilization pro- gram, with labor left out in the cold. While the union chiefs gener- ally appeared more cheerful, they were still cautiously await- ing developments before com- mitting themselves. The group arranged a meeting at 11 a.m. today with Economic' Stabilizer Eric Johnston, who is considering a proposed govern- ment wage ceiling formula for approval, modification or rejec- tion. * * * COMMENTING on the labor group's call, Presidential Secre- tary Joseph Short told newsmen: "The President listened to the side of the story presented by these gentlemen and assured them that the administration was try- ing to work out the problem in a manner equitable for everyone without special privilege for any group." George Leighty of the AFL Telegraphers Union s a i d the union group told Truman of "the dissatisfaction of labor with the method in which the defense mo- bilization set-up has been oper- ating, so that he thoroughly un- derstands our position." Truman sent the reorganization plan to Congress amid a sharp dis- pute over charges by a Senate Banking Subcommittee that three RFC Directors yielded to outside influence in making big loans. THE PRESIDENT said his pro- posal would bring "increased ef- fectiveness" and "additional safe- guards" to the multi-billion-dollar lending agency. Immediate reaction indicated the proposal might be acceptable on Capitol Hill, although the Banking subcommittee con - tinued plans for public hearings on its charges. Truman retreated on two points. Only a week ago he had asked the Senate to confirm new nomina- tions of all five RFC Directors, a move that dismayed some good friends in Congress. The Senate twice before had refused the con- firmations. * * * LAST YEAR Truman urged that the RFC be transferred to the Commerce Department, and at a press conference only ten days ago he renewed this idea. But yester- day's proposal would continue the RFC "as a separate entity." W. Elmer Harber of Oklahoma, the present chairman, has been mentioned to lead the corpora- tion. Leaders believe he would be confirmed. He was not criticized in the report. The one-boss plan goes into ef- fect automatically within 60 days under the reorganization law un- less either the Senate or the House disapproves it. The Banking Subcommittee re- port named a White House aide, Donald Dawson, as one of those wielding influence on RFC loans. Truman termed the report asinine. World News Roundup By The Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Eng.-A bro- ken driving shaft held the United States' biggest liner, the 33,500-ton America, helpless in port yester- day with her 233 passengers facing several days' delay. The ship will not sail until Sat- urday or Sunday, officials said. * * * NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Eighty-four manslaughter in- dictments-one for each of the lives lost in the Woodbridge commuter train wreck Feb. 6-. were returned yesterday against the Pennsylvania Railroad. * * * WINDSOR, Ont. - Authorities here yesterday reported high ab- senteeism in schools, offices and plants because of an outbreak of influenza. PARIS-Andre Gide, 81 years old, famed French novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1947, died last night. NEW YORK-The United Na- tions Sanctions Committee agreed, in effect, yesterday to postpone consideration of punitive mea- sures against Communist China for 10 days. trainmen Fined For YardStrike Plead Guilty To Contempt Charge WASHINGTON ---- (P)- Federal Judge Edward A. Tamm fined the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen $75,000 yesterday after the union made legal history by pleading guilty to contempt charges aris- ing from "sick" strikes in the nearby Potomac yards. Judge Tamm called the sur- prise plea "unique." He said in all his research he had never en- countered a plea of guilty by a labor union in a similar case. Then he added: "The court sees in this plea of guilty a recognition on the part of the Union of its obligations and responsibilities." LABOR CIRCLES here wonder- ed to what extent today's prece- dent-a Union assuming respon- sibility for "wildcat" strikes - would affect other pending cases, and whether it would help con- trol wildcat tactics in the future. Walkouts involved in yester- day's proceedings tied up the great rail freight center just south of here in December and for a 10-day period in January- February. They were in effect at the same time as similar strikes in many other cities when large numbers of yard men reported themselves sick. Red Troops" Mass North Of Chechon Chinese Retreat In West Korea TOKYO--(A)-Tank-led United Nations forces rolled forward sev- en miles in central Korea's moun- tains yesterday and held the gain by beating off weak Communist counterattacks early today. The Allied Advance-north of the highway hub of Chechon- was in the face of Red buildups on the central front. But in west- central Korea mauled Chinese troops continued their retreat northward. * * * A U.S. EIGHTH ARMY briefing officer said 30,000 Reds were massed in Hoengsong and 10,000 more northeast of the vital road junction of Wonju. Wonju is 10 miles south of Hoengsong and 21 northwest of Chechon. All along the Korean front UN troops held the initiative. The Eighth Army said yester- day's Red casualties were 1,523. This brought the total killed, wounded and captured through ground action alone to 113,957 since Jan. 25. TRUMAN TRIES ARMY CHOW-At the Aberdeen, Md. Proving Ground recently to inspect the Army's latest weapons, President Harry Truman takes time out to sample the latest in chow. His reaction to the food was not recorded, but he was said to be satisfied with the weapons. 'U' Researchers Find Gripers Best Workers I The employee who does the most ten spend a lunch hour denouncing * * * complaining usually makes the his job, the driving urge to suc- AIDING THE Allied ground best worker, University researchers ceed will send this same subject: forces, the U.S. Fifth Air Force reported yesterday after conduct- back to work fired with more pro- flew 725 sorties yesterday, inflict- ing a four-year survey. ductive energy," the report showed. ing an estimated 500 Red troops The Institute of Social Research ,The institute made its survey at casualties and knocking out 100 reported that there are indications the office of a national insurance vehicles. c. i --- --__1 'T T__ - -- - -- - - that the man wh vnl" rnp ' no In fixing the penalty, Judge wori" aoeO pr Tamm said he was fining the the man who gr union $50,000 for criminal con- "WHILE THE tempt of court as a "punitive" as- sessment. The additional $25,000,1- he stated, was for civil contempt ike in and was intended to compensate the government for the cost of I ue If legal proceedings. Judge Tamm said it would re- uire "a firm of accountants work- C ing for yeacs to determine the soss actual damages suffered by the public in delayed service, missed ATLANTIC CI connections and the blocking of General Motors I military shipments to Korea. E. Wilson yester tion's frozen wag raised if the co West Wants tinues upward. In a speech bef Association of Sc tors Wilson said: "No one should PARIS-(A)-The Western Pow- think that wages ers proposed yesterday that any groups will not Big Four meeting with Russia take make up for in up the armament of her East Eu- of living." ropean satellites as well as Ger- When wages ar many, authoritative sources said. out a cost-of-livi Similar American, French and son said, crises d British notes were delivered to So- pressure of risin v i e t Foreign Minister Andrei costs of living, he Vishinsky in Moscow last night as er unrest, "frequ Czechoslovak exiles here reported bitter strikes." that the Soviet bloc is preparing a He said criticsc military attack on Yugoslavia for wage formula ar April 15. sidering it infla A spokesman for the National formula, he st Committee of Free Czechoslovakia workers' pay in li said Vlado Clementis, former Com- ary conditions th munist Foreign Minister of Czech- Touching on f oslovakia, had been sent to Yugo- eign policy, Wils slavia with documents warning further appeaser Tito of the plans. nism or socialisn The Western notes obviously "The political were aimed at Bulgaria, Hungary the last 20 years and Romania. Western spokesmen tolerated." lately have been expressing con- With "dictato cern at the size of the armed for- world" the U. S. ces of these satellitese. tarily strong, he Lo "whistles at his oduce as much as ripes." * * GRIPER will of- Wages Colins Says Land Forces Imperative WASHINGTON - (AP) - Gen. J. Lawton Collins told Congress yes- terday that in event of war Ameri- can bombers could "pulverize Rus- sia" in time, but U. S. troops would be needed to prevent swift Soviet conquest of Europe. The four-star General, Army Chief of Staff, gave that summa- tion in testifying on the troops- for-Europe issue at a joint session of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees. Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval operations, told the law-makers the United States faces two choices: either to send troops, ships and planes to Europe now, or to "withdraw, abandon our allies, and later fight alone . . . in a world where the odds against us will be too heavy." In solemn tones, Sherman de- clared "I believe the first course offers the greatest prospect of sur- vival, and also the greatest pros- liect of overcoming the forces which now menace us without a firm in Newark, N. J I Johnson To Direct Cincinnati Orhiestra . (Ionert Toni c h Living ierease TY, N. J.-(;)- President Charles day said the na- es will have to be st-of-living con- ore the American hool Administra- be so naive as to among organized be increased to reases in the cost e stabilized with- ng formula, Wil- [evelop under the ng prices, higher said, bring work- ently resulting in of a cost-of-living re wrong in con- ationary. Such a ated, brings the ne with inflation- at already exist. the nation's for- on spoke against ment of commu- m. compromises of can no longer be rs aboard in the must keep mili- added. I A spokesman for the insurance firm said that "on the basis of the study it may be that, in- stead of firing a man who threatened to punch his boss in the nose, we should have pro- moted him." In reporting on good foremen, the researchers said that "the heads of the best working sections were highly critical of manage- ment, didn't keep a close check on the production of those under them, and gave their workers a free hand." The survey also revealed: 1. Efforts of management to keep workers happy with athletic and recreation programs produce no discernible benefits. 2. Prodding of slow workers usually doesn't help much. 3. The suggestion box is of doubtful value in building em- ployes' morale. 4. Whether an employe likes his company makes little difference in his production. Hubbard Wins in tDearborn DETROIT -() Orville L. Hubbard, suburban Dearborn's blustery five-team mayor, yester- day defeated challengers who. sought to oust him in a recall elec- tion. The final vote was 16,872 against Hubbard's recall and 12,- 732 for. Hubbard's margin was larger than the margin he piled up in beating Carl Matheny two years ago. Yesterday's election climaxed a bitter fight-that has occupied the last six months. i Thor Johnson, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which will perform at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium, is the first conductor in the orchestra's 56 year history to be born in the western hemisphere. Johnson has wielded the baton before the Cincinnati group for the past three seasons, is a native * * * L/8R/L/t/ V i. VA1VV Nvv f Big guns of the British cruis- er Belfast and the Australian destroyer Warramunga joined the UN naval armada off Won- san on the east Korean coast and continued heavy bombard- ment of Red communication lines north of the 38th parallel. Off the west coast, the heavy cruiser St. Paul continued her round-the-clock shelling of tar- gets north of the Han river. * * *~ A FIELD DISPATCH from the central front said approximately 200 North Korean Reds before dawn counterattacked new Allied positions seven miles north of Chechon, on the east anchor of the northward drive. The attack was driven back after one enemy company had gained 50 yards be- tween two Allied companies. To the west, the Chinese con- tinued their big pullback. Lt. Gen Matthew B, Ridgway, Eighth Army Commander, told correspondents that while the Chi- nese were checked, they still had enough strength to bar effective Allied crossings of the 38th paral- lel. Ridgway noted there were "large unlocated Chinese elements" north of that old political boundary line. United Nations operations north of the parallel would be "impos- sible," he said, if the Chinese "brought down the masses of men available to them." officer Recall Plan Stopped By AirForce WASHINGTON--(P)-The Air Force yesterday indefinitely sus- pended its plan to recall some 80,000 Voluntary Reserve Officers and enlisted men to active duty. The Air Force said the change in program was made possible by the volume of voluntary enlist- ments and re-enlistments. In a surprisefmovehcoming only a month after the recall program was announced, the Air Force said it is cancelling all no- tices sent to 18,000 enlisted men and will release those who already have reported after they have gone through processing. from the Arlon Society of New York and served during the first twelve years of the Orchestra's existence, from 1895 to 1907. He was followed by Leopold Stokowski, who after three sea- sons with the Orchestra moved on to the Philadelphia Symphony. * * * FROM GERMANY came Ernst Kunwald to take up the baton for five and a half seasons, until 1917. Eugene Ysaye became the reg- ular conductor in 1918 and stayed on until 1922 when he re- turned to his native Belgium where he died in 1930. Fritz Reiner, Hungarian by birth, also came from Germnay to be the fifth man to conduct the Cincinnati Orchestra. He remained nine seasons, going on to direct the Pittsburg Orchestra. * * * NEXT CAME English conductor, pianist, composer and violinist Eugene Goosens. He remained with the group for sixteen years. Tickets for today's performance of the Cincinnati Orchestra' are available in the University Musical fir.if, rffirapc, in v,'rnn 'Tnwar~* 'ECONOMY NOT THREATENED': Inflation Views Countered by Prof. Wernette By HARLAND BRITZ Talk that the current inflation is bleeding our country white was branded as utter nonsense last night by Prof. Phillip J. Wernette of the School of Business Admin- current inflation exists in an economy where the government has been spending less, taxing more and ending up with a sur- plus in the current fiscal year. Instead, he claimed, this in- ing for its wartime expenses, the inflation will again be pushed. Then, he pointed out, unless there is a disastrous war, our economy will level off and the inflationary trend will cease. guarantee to the investor a defin- ite amount of purchasing power instead of cash. "The people would really go for this bond," Prof. Wernette felt. The only check that would _ .. <# < < i i