CI EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State t"1 CLOUDY, MILD VOL. LXI, No. 95 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1951 SIX PAGES Compromise Draft Bill Introduced Draft 18 Year Olds Vinson Says WASHINGTON - () - Chair- man Vinson (D-Ga) of the House Armed Services Committee yes- terday introduced a compromise bill calling for drafting men of 18/ years. HOWEVER, another round of Pearings on the bitterly debated subject opens Monday. Final com- mittee action is expected early ext month. The present draft law expires in July. The bill is designed to pre- vent any youth being sent into combat or overseas before his 19th birthday. It provides four months' basic training. Leave and travel time is presumed to occupy the other two months. Like a bill approved by the Sen- ate Armed Services Committee And awaiting action in the Sen- ate, the proposed House measure would stretch the present period bf draft service from 21 to 26 months. « . « THE SENATE bill permits in- duction of youths of 18, provided all available young men in the 19 through 25 years bracket are called first. i Both bills differ from the ori- ginal Pentagon proposal which called for lowering the draft age to 18, without restrictions, and providing for a system of uni- versal training. The problem of lowering the draft age has received ginger -andling by the legislators. Their mail has been flooded with angry protests. The floor debate will reflect this, but leaders expect some kind of 18-year-old draft to be ap- proved. A main objective of both Senate .nd House bills is to set up a uni- versal training program. The Vinson compromise bill would require eight years total active and reserve sevice, the same as in the Senate Committee gill. Churchill Hits Nomination of U.S. Admiral } Asks Briton Head Atlantic Pact Navy LONDON-()-Winston Chur- phill stirred the House of Com- mons yesterday by charging Bri- tain had been "brushed out of the! _way" with the nomination of an American Admiral to command Atlantic Pact sea forces. The Conservation leader asked Prime Minister Attlee indignantly: "was there not a British admiral capable of discharging these func- tions?" * * * CHURCHILL'S sharp question- ing of Attlee roused the House to fever pitch. Other Conservatives and s o m e Laborite members shouted queries across the cham- ber, cheered and booed. Attlee had announced, in re- sponse to a question by Chur- )chill, that the Defense Commit-I tee of the 12-nation North At- lantic Treaty organization has decided an American should be supreme naval commander. The Prime Minister declined to disclose the man named, but it has been known here for days that Vice Adm. William N. Fechteler, now Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet with headquar- ters in Norfolk, Va., is the nomi- nee. Obviously taken aback. by the storm his announcement created, Attlee finally had to promise Bri- ain's position with regard to Fetchteler's appointment would be reconsidered. IFC Supports Coop A-1 Plea The .IFC last night passed a resolution backing the Inter-Coop Council in its plea to have coop- erative houses included in the inmirnnnt A-1 as if ion n given .. 'U'Reveals New WA 0 Discipline Plan Dean of Women's Office Proposes To Substitute Work for Suspension By DAVIS CRIPPEN Students facing suspension from the University for serious breaches of discipline may be allowed to work off their punishment instead, according to a proposed policy statement which has been issued by the office of the Dean of Women. University officials revealed that ths plan is already being tried on an experimental basis. Two students, a man and a woman, have already been given the new punishment. * * * * OFFICIALS INDICATED that the results in these two cases will have a large bearing on whether the plan is adopted permanently. Chief reason back of the ' move, it was explained, was to prevent men from being drafted Brotherhood while they were suspended from Brotherhood the University. Women were e ee brought under the experimentalS ruling because it was felt that erwise. Copies of this policy have been sent by the Office of the Dean of Women to the presidents of all women's housing units on campus. By DONNA HENDLEMAN As outlined in these copies, which The spirit of Brotherhood Week apply only to women students, the prevailed at Lane Hall last night proposed policy is this: when students, faculty and reli- * * * gious counselors gathered for the AFTER RESIGNING from all annual Brotherhood Banquet. organized extra-curricular activi- In an atmosphere totally void ties, the punished student would of stiff formality, more than sev-I take up a schedule of 16 hours of enty persons of all faiths, colors work a week at University Hos- and many national origins came pital. She would be paid the reg- together for three hours of festivi- ular wage for whatever her job ties to commemorate the week now happened to be, but the money drawing to a close. would be contributed to a charity * * * Mobilizer Set To End Deadlock Johnston Hears Labor Leaders WASHINGTON-(')-Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston asserted yesterday he would shatter the deadlock over a wage formula for the immediate emergency with- out further notice to labor lead- ers. Concluding a three-hour meet- ing with the four chiefs of the United Labor Policy Committee, Johnston saiddhe had heard"all their gripes" and had learned a lot. BUT HE told reporters he would make his own decision, notify Mo- bilization Director Charles E. Wil- son what it was, and then an- nounce it. And he made it clearI that under the defense mobiliza- tion act he considers he is the one to settle the impasse. Meanwhile, two senators of- fered to propose public hearings if it would help solve a dispute in which labor leaders have challenged the handling of the mobilization program was un- fair. Chairman Murray (D-Mont) of the Senate Labor Committee and Chairman Humphrey (D-Minn) of the Subcommittee on Labor- Management Relations, said in a joint statement that the situation threatened the stabilization al- ready achieved in such relaions during the emergency. * * * THE SNARL followed the resig- nation of the three labor members of the wage stabilization board, acting on orders of the ULPC last Thursday night after the public and industry members adopted a formula limiting wage increases to 10 per cent above the Jan. 15 levels. Allied Forces sh Ahead 112 ils HNew Offensive n.' of her choosing. If the student proves unsatis- factory in the job, the Dean would be notified and the stu- dent suspended. Under this experimental pro- gram, no excuses for absence from work would be valid except regu- lar college vacations, certified bed- illnesses or attendance at required' scholastic events. THE PUNISHED student would work whenever the hospital want- ed her-including weekends, ex- cept when the work conflicted with classes. She would not be required, however, to work after 10 p.m. or for more than eight hours in one day. If the student felt that the work program was either endan- gering her health or harming her studies, she could apply for re- consideration to the Dean and her - punishment might be light- ened. Also, under the experiment, parents could request that their daughter be suspended, rather than forced to work. It was thought, however, that if the plan is adopted permanent- ly, it is very likely that the pun- ishment will not be laid down as rigidly as outlined in the policy statement, but that each case will be considered individually. Flu Epidemic May Hit City With an outbreak of influenza rapidly taking on epidemic pro- portions in Ypsilanti, Dr. Warren E. Forsythe, director of the Uni- versity Health Service, warned yesterday that Ann Arbor may not escape a major flu epidemic. "I don't see how we can escape," he explained. "But as yet, we have had no indication that the epidemic has hit Ann Arbor. The number of influenza patients in the infirmary has been normal." Of course, he continued, we can only wait and see what happens. TOGETHER, THEY ate, prayed. talked, joined heartily in the sing- ing of rousing songs, and listened, to African and Negro spiritual music and to the/sermon of Rabbi Morris Adler, of Congregation Shaarey Zadek in Detroit. They clapped lustily when Prof. Ronald Freedman, of the sociology department, presented Joyce Simon, '51, and Don Has- kell, '51, with the two interfaith awards, the Arnold Schiff In- terfaith scholarship, and the B'nai B'rith Council award, re- -Daily--Roger Reinke THREE HAPPY PEOPLE-Robert Rosenberg, Helene M. Simon and Anne K. Stevenson relax from left to right yesterday afternoon after receiving the top awards in the three fields of the freshman Hopwood competition. Rosenberg took first for fiction, while copping the third prize in the poetry division. Miss Simon and Miss Stevenson won in the fields of essay and poetry respectively. F * * * *w ow* Freshmen Win Hopwood wards That formula is Johnston's approval, tion, or rejection. subject to modifica- Eight freshman yesterday divid- ed up $300 in prizes as winners in the annual Hopwood contest for first year students. Top prize winner was Robert Rosenberg, of Detroit, who took the first prize of $50 in the fiction class and the third prize of $20 in the poetry division. He won his prize in fiction for three stor- ies - "All the Fish Laughed," "Motherwell and Mutton" and "Miami Beach Rhumba." Rosenberg's poetry entry was called "War Sky." * * * THE FIRST prize winners for the other two divisions of the con- test, each of whom received $50, were Helen M. Simon, of Gary, spectively. ( There was a possibility that the stabilizer would assemble another Miss Simon, vice-president of wage stabilization board and ask the Student Religious Associationb take another look at the for- and officer of the Hillel founda-muasottitwldntbne tion, last year was awarded the mula,sor thatit would impose aone- B'nai B'rith award. Haskell, SRA man decision controlling wages of president, is a past officer of the millions of American workers. Wesleyan Guild. * A k HIGH SPEED EDUCATION: Johns Hopkins To Operate On Go-As-You-Learn Plan THE AFRICAN and spiritual music was renfiered by Mildred Ellis, Grad. She depicted moodsl on the piano ranging from the wildness of an African village to the serenity of an American church. The waiters and waitresses at the dinner were SRA members who volunteered their services. The costs saved through their work have been added to the SRA Displaced Persons' fund. The fund is currently support- ing two European students here at the University. Rabbi Adler discussed "Brother- hood Week," stressing the need for greater integration and integrity among the different groups, "so that each may contribute the wis- doms and incites of their creeds to the general culture." Another contributor to the pro- gram was Harry Lee, '52E. He in- terpreted a Chinese myth which was lettered upon a larg- poster. Thousands of years ago, he ex- plained, China was surrounded by four seas, and to the Chinese, their land was the entire world. "The prevailing proverb of the times," he said, "was, 'within these four seas, we all are brothers'." , , * THE LABOR leaders will meet this morning to discuss their sev- eral conferences with Johnston, President Truman, and White House special counsel Charles S. Murphy. The policy committee also will discuss possible action on a mo- tion by Walter P. Reuther of the CIO Auto Workers proposing that AFL, CIO and railroad unions in the ULPC withdraw their parti- cipation entirely from the mobi- lization program. Also a red hot issue in the la- bor committee deliberation will be whether to appoint one of their number as a labor adviser to mo- bilization chief Wilson, who after several preliminary skirmishes, agreed to assign a top level policy position to an acceptable labor leaders. Kaiser-Frazer Tells of Tip on RFC Loans WASHINGTON- (W-P) -An ex- ecutive of Kaiser-Frazer Corp., borrowers of $69,000,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion, told Senate investigators yesterday his firm had been tipped it could get better terms on its loans by hiring the right man to handle them. The story came from Chad Cal- houn, vice-president of the auto- mobile company, testifying at a hearing called by a Senate Bank- ing Sub-committee which has charged that political favoritism and influence has affected the RFC's lending policy. But who the right man might be was not established clearly at the hearing. * * * CALHOUN said that he under- stood from a conversation with Edgar Kaiser, president of his company, that the man to em- n1nv was William Mnovl .Jr .of Johns Hopkins University is planning to undertake a revolu- tionary step in education-a liber- al, go-as-you-learn plan with no restrictions on time, scope or spe- cific study, the Associated Press said last night. "We propose to make this a SWorld News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Senator Paul Paul Douglas (D-Ill) said yester- day that the Treasury - White House policy demanding that the Federal Reserve System continue to buy government bonds to keep prices up and interests rates low, was feeding "the fire of inflation." * * * TAIPI, Formosa - Generalis- simo Chiank Kai-Shek and Vice Adm. Arthur D. Struble, com- mander of the U. S. Seventh Fleet, conferred yesterday for two hours. * * * LANSING - The House yester- day refused to place a fourth con- stitutional amendment on the April 2 ballot-one which would have barred Felons from being elected to the legislature. university in which the sharp dis- tinction between undergraduates and graduates will be eliminated," President Detlev W. Bronk ex- plained. * * * UNDER THE new plan, a begin- ning student would confer with university officials concerning the direction his interests lie, and a program of work would be decided upon. There would be no fixed pat- tern of required courses for new students when they enter from high school. Faculty advisors will devise a set of requirements for each student tuned to his abilities and interests. Locally, the announcement re- ceived a warm reception from Dean James B. Edmonson and Prof. Algo D. Henderson of the ed- ucation school. "This is a very promising experiment for John Hopkins," Dean Edmonson com- mented. Prof. Henderson pointed out that the merit in the new plan is in enabling students, who are sufficiently capable, to advance rapidly without any defined res- trictions. Both agreed that in order for the plan to be successful, a high quality student body and a suffi- cient counseling service was ne- cessary. Ind., for her essay "One Hundred Per Cent American," and Anne K. Stevenson, of Ann Arbor, for her "Poems." The other two winners in the fiction divisions were William Simon, of Whitmore Lake, who got $30 for his two stories "The "Disengaged" a n d "Success Story," and William J. Shaw, of Ypsilanti, who received $20 for a story entitled "The New Boy." The second prize of $30 in essay division went to Lucy G. Roseni- thal, of New York, N. Y., who wrote "Ritual and Religion" and "An Anti-Communist Manifesto." Virginia L. Voss of Pontiac won the $20 third prize in this section with her two essays "Men, Wo- men, and Clothes" and "Critic vs. Advertiser." * * * THE POETRY division's second prize went to Michael F. Wolff, of New York, N. Y., for his "La Comedie and Other Poems." The awards were presented by Dean Hayward Keniston of the literary college in a brief ceremony yesterday afternoon in the Rackham Amphitheatre. A total of 60 manuscripts was entered in this year's contest-26 in essay, 21 in fiction and 13 in poetry. The manuscripts were judged by Alexander W. Allison, Donald L. Hill and Eric W. Stock- ton, all of the English department. Hasseiwander Elected to Board A joint meeting of the East and West Quad Councils last night elected Carl Hasselwander, '51, to fill a vacancy on the Board of Governors of Residence Halls. The vacancy had been created by the resignation of Robert Ba- ker, '52BAd. Ray Litt, 52E and Jim Harris, '52, were also candi- dates for the position. 100,000 Men Hit Main Red Defense Line Enemy Stiffens Lines, Resistance TOKYO -()P)- A 100,000-man Allied offensive last night hit the main Chinese Red defense line in Central Korea and fierce fight- ing broke out. Earlier the six-nation Allied force had rolled ahead up to 12 miles at some points against little resistance. * * * THE ENEMY'S main'defensea were found around the road hub of Hoengsong. One American force drove to the town's southwest edge the U.S. Eighth Army's communi- que said. A Central Front dispatch re- ported stiff enemy resistance against the U.S. Ninth Corps along a line east and west of Ho- engsong. The road hub, 10 miles north of Wonju, is a key objective of the Allies' "operation killer" because an estimated 15,000 Chinese are believed to be committed there under orders to hold or die. * * WEST OF HOENGSONG, other Allied troops crossed the vital lat- eral supply road' from Hongchon to Seoul at several points. Hong- chon is an enemy massing point 15 miles northwest of Hoengsong. Two of the four U.S. divisions in the offensive, which opened Wednesday along a 55-mile front, battled in the Hoengsong area. The Allied troops, tanks and self-propelled guns moved along muddy roads or over rain-drench- ed mountains. * . AN EIGHTH ARMY briefing of- ficer said that despite the fight- Ing there were signs that the main enemy forces still were withdraw- ing. "Operation Killer" - person- ally ordered by General MacAr- thur only two days ago-sent an estimated 60,000 American troops slogging northward through the Korean mud, together with Al- lied forces from Britain, Cana- da, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. One Republic of Korea division sliced through a mountain pass within 35 miles of the 38th paral- lel. * * OPPOSITION WAS spotty. Some North Koreans were pulling back rapidly in near panic. At other points, stubborn pockets of Chin- ese held firm in deep foxholes and barricaded dugouts. An estimated 40,000 Commun- ists were in the line, including at least one fresh Chinese division under orders to hold or die. Spaatz Asks For 250 Air GroupBuildup WASHINGTON - () - A huge American air force of 250 groups should be built up quickly, Gen. Carl Spaatz said yesterday, be- cause if war comes Russia "must be strangled by air." Such a force would be more than twice the size of the 95-100 groups now being formed. It would be about the number the United States had in World War II, but the planes would be more powerful. * * * SPAATZ, RETIRED air force chief of staff and famous World War II leader, testified to the Senate Armed Services and For- eign Relations Committee, study- APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT ED: U' Tells Positionl on City Payments By VERNON EMERSON (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles explain- ing the background of current talks on University payment for city serv- ices.) As the University has expanded and the problem of payment for city services has become more Although city officials have sug- gested that pressure from supply- ing service to the University with- out charge could be somewhat re- lieved if the University took over some of the service itself, campus administrators do not fully agree. sowndmait. ht mnvcn ,n have been made to the city. For example, in 1946 the University paid $97,000 for water system im- provements in the campus area, and it has purchased equipment, for city use. University negotiators have reminded city fathers that as , , t r " " ,:;