MORNING HEADLINES WHRV MIDNIGHT Lw i prn DUIIII CLOUDY AND COLDER VOL. LXII, No. 31 Latest Deadline in the State, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1951 SIX PA, SIX PA T I __._ I Shift in SAC Membership Discussed Student Power Increase Sought The Student Affairs Committe yesterday broke into a discussio: of student representation on th Committee which may lead t greater student authority in thi top policy-making group. At the present, the committee i composed of seven students, th Dean of Women and the Dean o Students (both representatives o the administration), and six fac ulty members, appointed by th President. ALL MEMBERS exercise a vote except the Dean of Students, wh votes only in case of a tie. Leonard Wilcox, president o Student Legislature and one o the student committee members first suggested that the matter b talked over, with a view towar giving students a more decisive authority in SAC actions. The SAC could not itself alter its composition, but would rec- ommend changes, if once decid- ed, to the Board of Regents. That Board has the final word on such organizational revisions. Though fuller discussion if scheduled for the next SAC meet. ing, some support was evidenced among non-student members to- ward the alteration in representa tion. It was pointed out that an change would not represent the admission of a cleavage betwee student and other SAC members, since such a cleavage has neve shown itself to be a true one. S * . * * SAC MEMBERS expressed thei approval of the proposed discus- sion.. Al Blumrosen, chairman of the Men's Judiciary Council, saw it as a move in line with "a trend toward extending student respon- sibility on campus, a trend which has been evident during the past few years and which demonstrates a good educational practice.' Prof. Leo Schmidt, a profes- sor in the School of Business Administration and a faculty member of the committee, ex- pressed a feeling that a lot of inquiry was needed before ac- tion could be taken, but that, on the whole, the investigation itself was a good idea. "If the SAC chooses to act posi- tively toward giving students a majority in the committee, it will be right in line with the policy set up by the Student Legislature a few weeks ago-that students should have a greater voice in de- ciding matters which directly con- cern them," Wilcox asserted. Blast Begins HospitalBlaze An explosion set off a fire shortly before 9 a.m. yesterday at the University's old Maternity Hospital, injuring a , research chemist and seriously damaging three rooms in the Dermatology Research Laboratories. The blast was believed to have started from a five-gallon alcohol container. Injured was Teh Haun Lee, Grad., who received slight burns on the face and hands. University Plant Superintendent Walter M. Roth said no immediate estimate of the damage could be made. He added, that valuable pa- pers and equipment were des- troyed., Firemen were called to put out the blaze after four women re- searchers failed to subdue it with fire extinguishers. Nurse's Slayers Stand Trial Today v'. By The Associated Press Tension continued to mount in the seething Middle East yester- day, as 5000 Communist-led stu- dents rioted in Tehran and the British reaffirmed their intention of remaining in the Suez Canal zone despite Egyptian ouster de- mands. In Iran, at least a score were Gargoyle Again, Gargoyle will rear it's ugly pale red cover today in its first issue of the semester. For a quarter, student ven- dors will be glad to unload a copy on you, according to Peg Nimz, managing editor, who ve- hemently denies that this is Just another Halloween prank. FINIS: Post Card Bill Signed WASHINGTON-(R)-A bill to abolish the penny post card and to raise postal rates $117,000,000 a year was signed yesterday by President Truman. Beginning next Jan. 1 post cards will cost two cents. The new law does not change the three-cent rate for ordinary first class letters or affect existing air mail rates. However it author- izes an increase in special delivery charges from 15 to 20 cents. The new rates will hardly make a nick in the post office deficit, which has been estimated at $520,- 000,000 for the fiscal year ending next June 30. And they will be offset by an anticipated $252,000,000 a year hike in postal pay, $30,000,000 more a year in increased leaves, and a possible jump of $75,000,000 an- nually in railway charges. Rail- way charges have been requested but not approved yet. TENSION MOUNTS-Added to the hotspots of tension-the Suez Canal (A) and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (B)-is Tehran which yesterday was the scene of rioting by 5000 Communist led students. t Meanwhile the British stood fast in Egypt, reaffirming their inten- tion of remaining in the Canal zone despite ouster demands from the Egyptian government. ' * Tension Mounts in East As Tehran Students Riot injured in the students' rush in- to Parliament Square, breaking through police and army siege lines around Tehran University with fists, bricks and sticks. More than 2,000 steel-helmeted police and soldiers manned the lines, but they had been ordered to resist only with their hands. THE STUDENT leaders had call- ed for a parade to Parliament Square to express sympathy for Egypt, despite a government ban on demonstrations in the square after more than a score of persons were killed in an oil nationaliza- tion riot July 15. The demonstration came amid a nationwide hunt for Commun- ists, launched Sunday when a police raid uncovered a purport- ed plot to overthrow Shah Mo- hammed Reza Pahlevi. Police agents trailed the known Tudeh (Communist) leader, Ali Mohammed Dehganpour, to a hideout near the University, MEANWHILE, the war office in London alerted the third infantry division for movement to the Mid- dle East. Two aircraft carriers, the Illustrious and ' Triumph, were standing by for transport. One of the division's three brigades al- ready has been flown to Tripoli. Red Troops Force Allies To Withdraw UN Stands Firm On Truce Terms By The Associated Press Red troops forced Allied units to retreat from positions southeast of battered Kumsong on the Cen- tral Korean front yesterday, while the United Nations command in Munsan took an unyielding stand for a "shock absorber, zone in front of the main U.N. defense lines as the price of a cease-fire. The Communist thrust, follow- ing a heavy Red mortar barrage, came in the same area where Allied units fought off a series of attacks yesterday. UN AND Communist forces, the latter bolstered by fresh Chin- ese troops, were fighting a battle of thrust and parry along the cen- tral front. American infantrymen had jabbed into the road junction of Choso two miles northwest of Kumsong, shot it up and with- drew under fire: Allied tanks braved Red mor- tar and artillery fire yesterday on another thrust into Kum- song, 30 miles north of Parallel 38. They set new fires and then withdrew from the no-man's- land city. In the air war, B-29 Superforts ranged out again yesterday in an- other bombing operation designed to deny Red jets the use of three new airfields in Northwest Korea. * *, * MEANWHILE, at Munsan Allied tempers were wearing a little thin after six fruitless sub-committee sessions failed to solve the issue of a buffer zone between the op- posing armies. Truce subcommittees met for the seventh time yesterday at Panmunjom. The morning meet- ing adjourned after an hour and 25 minutes. After the three-hour session brought no progress, the UN com- mand said in a communique: The Communist members . . - refused to modify their demarca- tion line proposal which would strip the United Nations Com- mand Forces of advanced and hard-won positions, essential for their protection during a military armistice." ATOM FLASH-A sequence camera caught these four pictures of the brilliant light that seared the mountains near Las Vegas when an atom bomb was exploded over the Nevada desert this week. * * * * Largest Bomb Exploded In Atomic Test Series LAS VEGAS, Nev. P) -A sharper, more concentrated and perhaps deadlier version of Ameri- ca's large atomicbomb scorched the Nevada test site in an awesome and beautiful explosion yesterday. It was a -brilliant burst that, dropped from a high flying B-29, outshone a bright desert sun one hour after sunrise. Thebomb ap- peared to have a sustained reac- tion-a virtual dualsaction-that World News Roundup By The Associated Press LONDON - Prime Minister Churchill cut both the size and the pay of Britain's new cabinet yesterday. 'U' Will Provide Adequate Funds Grad. Stacks, Circulation Desk pe SL President Len Wilcox Jubilan By BARNES CONNABLE Bolstered by a new fund allocation, the General Library will sm open its doors next Sunday for the first time in six months, Lib officials announced yesterday. The move brought to at least a temporary conclusion one of most heated controversies in recent campus history. * * * * 11 IN A said the cut-back WRITTEN statement, Prof. Warner G. Rice, library dir new hours will be 2 to 6 p.m., representing a three from last year's 9 p.m.G TRICK OR TREAT: Pranksters All Set to Haunt Streets - Halloween is Here! By ALICE SICHLER Jolly circus clowns, timid Bo Peeps, and ferocious lions will haunt the nation's streets tonight when countless youngsters disguis- ed as everything from ghosts to the Easter Bunny celebrate their annual trick or treat holiday- Hallowe'en. Many a household will be bar- LIT SCHOOL CONFAB:. Conference Discusses Introductory Courses raged with "beggers"' plaintive re- quests for goodies and pennies, while others will find themselves victims of pint-sized pranksters as doorbells are rung and windows are soaped mercilessly. This colorful celebration dates' back some 600 years to medieval days when it originated as a pre- liminary to All Saints' Day. Chil- dren of the Middle Ages custom- arily donned terrifying masks and filled the streets in an effort to frighten away their ancestors, who were believed to return to life on October 31. This year in Ann Arbor, however, Hallowe'en celebrating will have a new twist. A mammoth party will be given tonight for all children through the ninth grade, thereby replacing some of the customary "begging" and the accompanying pranks. Theyouthful masqueraders will meet before the party for a cos- tume parade through the town, winding up at Wines Field with games and refreshments. Blood Needed The Red Cross Blood Dona- tion Center, sponsored by the Interfraternity Council, will be onen from 2 to 5 and from '7 to 3 NEW YORK - Deep water shippers charged rebel New York dock strikers before the National Labor Relations board yesterday with breach of contract. TOKYO - Peiping Radio said yesterday units of the Chinese Red Army arrived in Lhasa, capital of Tibet on Oct. 26. Although the Chinese Reds an- nounced the "liberation" of Tibet earlier this year, Red Army troops had remained encamped on the Eastern frontier of that isolated country on the "rooftop of the world." GOETTINGEN, Germany-Fif- ty-four Germans convicted in Yu- goslavia of war crimes were re- turned to Germany yesterday- freed without explanation by the Yugoslav government. * * * TAIPEH, Formosa-Chiang Kai- Shek on the eve of his 65th birth- day yesterday saw the struggle against Chinese Communism as possibly "the last hurdle we have to cross on the way to our cher- ished freedom and independence." may mark a step forward in the design of the basic A-bomb. IT WAS the third and largest blast in the present series of tests. In a blinding four-second dis- play, the bomb flashed white and then red as previous atomic fireballs have done. But in this case, the remaining red ball ap- peared to rise and suddenly burst open' again. Atomic Energy Commission sci- entists declined to comment on the apparent phenomenon, which pointed to improvement in the bomb which blasted Hiroshima and Nagasaki and since has been test- ed many times. This was Amer- ica's 20th major nuclear explo- sion, by unofficial tally. The double-action was verified by two sound waves heard a second apart on Mt. Charleston, about 50 miles away, 4%/a minutes after the detonation. Nowhere in the AEC's own man- ual on atomic explosions is there a description accurately fitting what this observer saw from the 8,000-foot level on the mountain. Certain phases of other blasts co- incide with this explosion, but the duration and apparent booster ac- tion of the red portion of the fire- ball seemed to be without prece- dent. Swede Confesses Spying for Russia STOCKHOLM, Eweden-(P)-A Swedish n a v y engineer, Frnst Hilding Andersson, 42, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of spy- ing against Sweden and Britain for Soviet Russia. Andersson, a confessed Com- munist, testified in the Stockholm magistrates court he had been helping Russia since 1946 to pre- pare for a possible invasion of Sweden by providing information on army and naval affairs and prospective invasion routes. closing hour. However, for the first time, the graduate stacks and the circulation desk will be open Sun- days. Although study halls will be closed as before, the Main Read- ing Room, the Periodical Room and the Medical Reading Room will all be available for student use. The action followed receipt of a letter from administration offi- cials assuring the Library of an increase in operating funds. The letter was received yesterday, ac- cording to Samuel Vtf. McAllister, associate library director. STUDENT Legislature President Len Wilcox, '52, was jubilant on hearing of the Library's about- face. Wilcox had sparked an SL boycott of the Studernt Affairs Committee and the President's Conference earlier this month as a protest against the University's refusal to adjust library hours. "'The Library's action consti- tutes a recognition of SL's abil- ity to represent student opin- ion." Wilcox said. He added that he was pleased with the coopera-. tion of University officials in solving the problems. Equally happy over the move was Jerry Adams, Grad., president of the Graduate Student Council. *, * * - McALLISTER SAID officials were "persuaded because of stu- dent protest" to let students under- take the Sabbath study stint in the library. However, he emphasized that this is a trial run. "We will con- tinue with the new policy for the remainder of the semester and at term's end will consider whe- ther student use justifies the weekend expenditure." Sunday service was discontinued last spring in anticipation of a huge library budget slash following the State Legislature's cut in ap- propriations for the University. .5 *5 * SL To Review LibraryCase, The University's decision to open the General Library on Sundays will be discussed at the regular meeting of Student Legislature at 7:30 tonight in Room 3LMN of the Union. A motion by student legislator. Bob Perry, '52E, to amend the SL constitution will be considered. Perry's ' amendment proposes in. creasing the SL membership ros- ter to 50 students. A report will be given by the lecture committee on progress to- ward student representation on the University Lecture Committee. The Homecoming Dance com- mittee will present its report on Saturday's dance. The 10 cent football program situation will al- so be discussed. Ypsi Norma Begins Grid IJnvestigatiol YPSILANTI - ()) -- Michii State Normal College yester announced an investigation i what it termed "unfounded rum concerning irregularities in fe ball training room procedures." The rumors, currently sweep the MSNC campus, hinted that- jured football players may h been injected with novocaine a then returned to the game. * *, * "THE BOARD does not yet h all the necessary information a until it has, it can make no sta ment or recommendation conce ing procedure," said a spoesm The statement .stemmed fro a faculty request for further d tails on th dismissal Monday Merrill Hershey, athletic train on the MSNC campus for tJ past four years. Hershey is co tinuing to teach his physic education classes on the camp Main charges against Hers were lodged by Head Coach Ha Ockermar who said the tral was not performing training ro duties properly, that the train room at times was "filthy," that Hershey had not notified b- when he (Hershey) failed to mi the road trip to Dekalb, Ill., fo game with Northern Illi Teachers College Oct. 12. * * * ATHLETIC officials denied t novocaine or other pain deaden drugs have been used "irregular] They explained that the drug I been used only in order to re muscles so that massage or tre ment could begin. Michigan Normal officials e: panded on the matter after ti issuance of the formal statemer Ralph Gilden, Chairman of i Board of Athletic Control, S that while inquiries already indicated the rumors to be i founded the investigation wol go on. Youth Festiva Report to YP Stirs Debate A student report on last su mer's World Youth Festival turt into a spirited argument last ni at the Young Progressives me ing. Vincent Giuliano, '52, and S phen Smale, '52, who attended 1 Festival in East Berlin, compa the conditions of East Germa and other "Iron Curtain" natic with those of the rest of Luro stressing the material bnef enjoyed by peoples living- une Communism. They were immediately cha lenged by three foreign studen sitting in on the meeting. Eri Fritzen of Hamburg, Germar doubted whether the reporte satisfaction with the CommuW ist government represented majority opinion in East Ge By JERRY HELMAN Introductory courses were given a thorough going-over last night at the first literary college confer- ence of the year. In a highly cordial atmosphere, students, faculty and administra- tion representatives dwelt in par- ticular upon possible substitutes for introductory courses and the quality and level of teaching in them. SEVERAL alternatives were sug- gested for introductory courses. One was that two beginning cour- the subject soon becomes a waste of time. As a result, students are disap- pointed for they do not get what they are looking for-a general survey of the subject, its contri- butions, work, scope and philoso- phy. MOST OF THOSE present ex- pressed interest in placement tests as a cure for introductory subjects. It was also suggested that such a test might help adjust the level of teaching in a class, since the stu- YR'S HEAR CLEARY: GOP Chairman Blasts Korean Wa By ALICE BOGDONOFF Vigorously blasting the Korean war as "a war of Truman and Acheson," Republican Owen J. Cleary cited foreign policy as a major issue of the coming national Economic aid for foreign na- tions will be another issue, Cleary ventured. "There is no reason why American dollars should be poured into European countries to stem Communism couraging." I am quite sure of an upsurge of Republican sentiment in every state in the Midwest" Cleary said with authority, as chairman of the Republican M i d w e s t State