J'i t Clt Da111 THE DETROIT HEARINGS See Page 4 CLOUDY, SNOW FLURRIES Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LXH, No. 100 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 SIX PAGES j;, World News Roundup By The Associated Press Czechoslovakian Purge VIENNA, Austria-Reports from Prague indicated last night that a top-level purge has ocurred in the army of Czechoslovakia, which has the most modern military force among Russia's Communist satel- lites. The Prague radio indirectly confirmed reports that Gen. Jaro- slav Prochazka, who became Chief of Staff in May, 1950, has been removed. ' Alaskan Statehood Bill WASHINGTON-The Senate sent the Alaskan statehood bil back to committe yesterday by the margin of a single vote- thus killing, in all probability, any chance for action at this session of Congress to make Alaska the 49th state. Ku Klux Klan .. . WHITEVILLE, N.C.-Police ar- rested eight former Ku Klux Klansmen yesterday in another major blow against night riding terrorism in the Carolinas. They promised additional ar- rests in a drive to stamp out a series of floggings of both whites and Negroes that has gripped this rich farming section in fear for tnths. Surplus Fraud.. .. WASHINGTON-Senator Nixon (R-Calif.) disclosed yesterday the U.S. Treasury is trying to skim off about $1,436,000 in taxes from the 'earnings of five war surplus ships which a group of public fig- ures bought and sold at a profit of $2,800;000. He announced at a public in- quiry into the deals that the gov- ernment is seeking to "recapture" in corporation income taxes the amount whicth would have been payable if the five tankers involv- ed had not ben operated under the Panamanian flag. Seaway Project Opposed WASHINGTON-Opponents of the St. Lawrence Seaway contend- ed yesterday it isn't needed for National Security and that it would cost too much. No Action Taken. At AIMMeeting No specific action was taken yesterday afternoon by an Asso- ciation of Independent Men com- mitte designed to establish and define purposes for the organiza- tiop. The group discussed AIM's pres- ent predicament, but no definite plans were made, according to Bert Braun, '54, a member of the AIM Council. The committee will meet again next week. AIM's constitutional revision committee will meet at 4 p.m. to- day in the Union in another at- tempt to redirect the organization. A reorganization of AIM was ? decided upon Monday night when, for the second time in a row, the group failed to acquire a quorum to hold elections. Reds Threaten Sit-Down Strike Refuse Negotiations Until Russia Accepted as Armistice Inspector MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday, Feb. 28-(P)-The Communists threatened a virtual sit-down strike in Korean armistice negotiations yesterday unles the United Nations reversed itself and accepted Russia as a neutral truce inspector. "Until such time," declared North Korean Col. Chang Chun San, "there will be no progress in these negotiations." THE REDS MADE the staten plan to cut the number of neutra D rummond Will Lecture Here Todayul Roscoe Drumnmond, noted col- umnist of the Christian Science Monitor, wil throw some light on "The State of the World" at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Drummond's return to the Unit- ed States and to the lecture plat- form marks the end of a two year stay in Europe where he acted as Director of Information for the European Marshall Plan. * - * WORKING in every country west of the Iron Curtain, Drum- mond was responsible for directing y hr h t nent in l nation to four again rejecting an Allied truce inspectors from six by dropping Russia from the Red list and Norway from the Allied selections. Sweden and Switzerland were the other two neutrals nominated by the UN. Poland and Czechoslovakia also were chosen by the Reds. The Russian issue was so sharply defined that observers speculated the next decision probably would come from Washington or Moscow. The Communist nomination of Russia probably could not be with- drawn without the consent of the Soviet Union. Washington would have to approve Russia as a truce team member. r * * ON THE BATTLE scene Ameri- can sabre jets shot down one Com- munist MIG and damaged an- other yesterday as the Red planes made an appearance in force over North Korea for the first time in four days. An estimated 190 speedy Red fighters were sighted. Allied losses, if any, were not told. In Tokyo, Communist propa- gandists disclosed by inference and indirection that an epidemic of bubonic plague, cholera and small- pox may be sweping through Red frontline ranks and elsewhere in North Korea. WHERE NOW? Shift Made By League Theremay be a Marriage Lec- t ure Series after all. This possibility was reopened by a partial retraction of League op- position at a meeting of its Board of Representatives yesterday. By a vote of 34-14, the Board decid- ed to submit the question to the' individual houses for a poll of their members on whether they fa- vored holding the lectures. AT THE February 13 meeting of the Mariage Lecture Series Com- mittee where it was decided to suspend the talks, a report by Ethel McCormick, Social Director at the League, that women had little interest in the series was a strong factor in its demise. However, it later developed that this report was based on a hasty, informal straw vote of the Board of. Representatives where 13 were recorded in favor, and no count of the negative vote was taken. It was later as- sumed that all but the 13 posi- tive votes were against the series, apparently an unjustified conclusion. AssistantDean of Student Ivan W. Parker, chairman of the Mar- riage Lecture Series Committee, s id last night that the committee uld meet next week to review the decision. However, he pointed out that th five student organiza- tions represented on the commit- tee, the Union, League, Daily, Stu- dent Legislature, andStudent Re- ligious Association, would have to agre to guarantee $500 collectively to make the series financially pos- sible. Last year, the talks lost nearly $500. However, there was a reserve of $700 of accumulated profits which covered the loss. There is still'a chance to have a series this semester, Parker indi- cated. If the committee reverses itself, it would not be too late to set the wheels in motion, he said. Hearings Hit" Snag in Fifth! Amendment Witnesses Stand On Constitution By ZANDER HOLLANDER Special to The Daily DETROIT-The parade of tight- lipped witnesses at House Un- American Activities Sub-Commit- tee hearings wound on yesterday, steadily intoning the magic words which have virtually wrecked the inquiries so far: "I refuse to answer on grounds that it might tend to incriminate me, invoking my right under the Fifth Amendment." . ' * THIS REPLY with variations, has been heard literally hundreds of times in the course of the hear- ings and appeared last night as a cloak strong enough to protect hostile witnesses from contempt citations, according to committee members and legal experts. The members based their opin- ions on a test case last week in Washington's U.S. District Court, where acknowledged Communist Steve Nelson was freed of con- tempt of Congress charges for re- fusing to answer the House Un- American Activities Committee's questions on his affiliations or ac- tivities; he based his refusal on the Fifth Amendment to the Con- stitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment states: "No person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself - . Though membership in the Com- munist Party is not strictly illegal, recent Supreme Court decisions have placed it in the category pro- tected by the Fifth Amendment, according to Prof. Joseph E. Kal- lenbach and Prof. Paul G. Kauper, both specialists in Constitutional law. S* * , PROF. KALLENBACH, of the political science department, and Prof. Kauper, of the Law School, both cited the high court's 1950 reversal of the conviction of Mrs. Patricia Blau by the Denver Dis- trict Court. What seemed like an opening leak in the dike of blunt turn- downs came when Chief Commit- tee Counsel Frank S. Tavenner asked sub-committee Chairman John Wood to re-put a question to Paul Henle, as to whether Henle had ever worked for the U.S. gov- ernment. The packed courtroom tensed as. Chairman Wood pointed out that answering the question would probably not incriminate the witness and indicated that a continued refusal would there- fore bring a contempt citation for Henle. After a quick conference with his lawyer Henle admitted he had once been a government employe, a-zone collector for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. * * EISLER COMPANION?-This picture, taken in December, 1947, shows Communist Gerhardt Eisler (center) emerging from an Ann Arbor residence shortly after addressing a group of University students. John Cherverny refused to identify himself to the Un- American Activities Committee in Detroit'as the man on Eisler's left (circled). To the right of Eisler is Al Blumrosen, '53L, former Daily city editor who covered the affair. UNION, LEAGUE NOTED: TugWeek'Tabled bySL; Other Sponsors Asked By HARLAND BRITZ Following a short flurry of debate, Student Legislature last night sent back to committee a proposal to sponsor the traditional Tug Week next year. Along with the measure went several suggestions for switching Tug Week control to the Wolverine Club and a joint committee of the League and the Union. * * * * Hunted Woman Gives To Un-American Probers Ip * * * * STAR 'U' GYMNAST: Gra eoyHarry Luchs Career By DICK BUCK Every sports fan knows the saga of golfdom's valiant Ben Hogan, but few realize that Michigan boasts a man who has staged perhaps an even greater comeback. He is Latvian-born Harry Luchs, the Wolverines' star freshman gymnast. * * * *- LUCHS' STORY BEGINS in his Latvian homeland, where he took seven years of ballet work and first became interested in gym- nastics. At the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Poland with his family to escape the invading Russians. In 1942 he captured the ROSCOE DRUMMOND . * * part of the American gdvernment's psychological propaganda offen- sive in Europe. Oneof the first to get the in- side story on Gen. Dwight Eisen- hower's willingness to run, Drummond came home'Sept. 17 and announced that "the evi- dence is ndw clear that Gen. Eisenhower has made up his mind. The answer is yes." He settled much controversy by as- serting that Ike is a Republican. The noted newspaperman and public speaker wil be able to bring to his Hill audience an eyewitness account of the East-West struggle by virtue of his participation in many high policy ,reetings of American diplomats. Tickets for the lecture may be purchased at the Hill Auditorium box office. Prices are $1.25, $1.00 and 50 cents. CAMPUS CARNIVAL: Students Plan Return Of Traditional Miehioras By MIKE SCHERER Michigras is returning to campus again, after its traditional two year rest from the strain of 1950 spook houses, girlie shows, games and parades. Groundwork for the 1952 spring carnival has been ,laid by the Michigras committees. At 7:30 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom organizational plans will get underway when members of the parade and booths committees meet with representatives from campus groups and houses interested in participating in the 1952 show. national junior gymnastics cham-> pionship of the greater German Empire. In 1944 Luchs migrated to eastern Germany but, when this area fell to the Russians, he was not able to escape. As the war ended, he was about to graduate from high school. He was told, however, that "every- one has to join the Communist Party in order to receive a diplo- ma." When Luchs refused, he was placed in a concentration camp for a Communist "convincer" course. LUCHS DIDN'T change his mind. Realizing he never would, the Party stopped their "convinc- ing" and left him lying in a gutter, paralyzed by their brutal tortures. Friends discovered him and smug- gled him into West Germany. He was taken to the Univer- sity of Marburg where he re- ceived expert medical attention. "The doctors told me to forget gymnastics as I would never walk again. I simply said no, this can't be true." After months of physical thera- py and corrective tumbling, Harry Luchs could claim complete re- covery. PRACTICING whenever he could, Luchs was selected by the German Gymnastics Associationf in 1950 for a six month trip to the United States. He liked the country so well that he decided to stay and entered the pre-medical program here at the University. SINCE COMING to Michigan,x Luchs has been the stalwart of the gymnastics team. The leading scorer with 65 points, he has taken eight firsts in the parallel bars, the high bar and the flying rings. * * * DICK DEMMER, '53, chairman previously prepared a lengthy re- port which suggested that the leg- islature sponsor: 1, a combined sophomore and freshman rally in Hill Auditorium; 2, Soph Satire, following the rally; 3, a tug-of- war; and 4, and dance the night of the tug. Demmer figured that SL would have no financial difficulties if they sponsored the project. Im- mediately following the Demmer report, Howard Willens, '53, SL member-at-large m o v e d that these other organizations sponsor Tug Week. "School spirit projects are received apathetically by stu- dents," Willens claimed. "Other organizations have a better chance of making a go of the project," he said. Following a motion by Bob Bak- er, '52, the whole issue was indefi-' nitely sent back to the Varsity committee. EARLIER IN the evening, the legislators also tabled a proposal which would have SL support the impending campus blood drive. Several legislators favored supporting the WSSF blood drive which nets that group fif- teen dollars for every pint of blood that students donate. Many legislators wanted clari- fication on how the blood eventu- ally got to the war front. of the SL' IFC Eases grade Rule For Rushing Scholastic standards in frater- nity rushing regulations were eased last night when the Interfraternity House President's Council passed a ruling stating that anyone can rush and pledge regardless of aca- demic standing. However, the student must have an overall two point average to be initiated. * * * THE NEW ruling will not take effect until next semester's rushing period. Proposed by Bill McIntyre, '52, and passed almost unanimously, the motion further requires that a man need not be depledged be- cause of scholastic difficulties and can be initiated as soon as he acquires a two point. At the beginning of the session, Pete Thorpe, '52, IFC Rushing Chairman, reported that 5% per cent of undergraduate men rushed last semester. Varsity committee, had Ann Arbor ~Cefl' Cited In CPList' Witness Charges LynchAttempt By BARNES CONNABLE Special to The Daily DETROIT - Hearings before the House Un-American Activi- ties Committee, now investigating Communism in Michigan, were dramatically jolted out of the dol- drums yesterday with the unex- pected appearance of an alleged Communist who evaded the FBI for nearly a week. Eleanor Maki, Motor City school teacher, identified Monday as a Red organizer by an FBI under- cover agent, surrendered to a Fed- eral subpoena and took the stand in the packed District Courtroom in Detroit's Federal Building. LIKE MOST of the other wi- nesses in the three-day proceed- ings, the attractive brunette re- fused to testify under the fifth amendment privileges Despite the bogging down of testimony, other events combined to make yesterday's session a cir- cus for the 100 spectators lucky enough to get seats: 1) A reading into the record of a five-year-old official Commun- ist list of 86 cells in the state, including "Ann Arbor Town," believed now disbanded. 2) The naming of outstate "key Communists" by a Jackson printer, including one formerly in Ann Arbor. 3) A witness' charge that fel- low workers tried to lynch him after his appearance Tuesday in the probe. 4) The appearance on the stand of Arthur McPhaul, an officer of the Civil Rights Congress, who spoke at Lane Hall last year with Mrs. Willie McGee. * * * WAYNE SALISBURY of the Jackson Citizen-Patriot told t e Committee that Red cells are or have been located in Ann Arbor, Jackson, Ypsilanti, Muskegon and; Traverse City. In Ann Arbor, he listed an ex-resident, one Jack Gore, as being a member of the Party. At the noon recess yesterday, John Cherverny, youthful Yugo- Slav who refused to testify at Tuesday's session,, chargedinto. the hearing room and demanded Committee protection from a band of employes who he said were going to lynch him. Cherverny said he feared for his job at the factory where he works but wasn't sure whether he had been dropped from the payroll. A spokesman for the United Auto Workers said the union would go to Cherverny's aid if necessary. LAST WITNESS to appear al' yesterday's session was McPhaul, a Detroit lawyer. He refused to answer questions put by Chief Counsel Frank S. Tavenner or to' produce subpoenaed records of the CRC, branded by the Justice De- partment as a subversive organi- zation. McPhaul was probably the most belligerent witness to ap- pear to date. He lashed out at the native state of Committee Chairman John Wood (D-Ga.) for activities of the Ku Klux Klan. The bespectacled Congressman calmly replied, "As a matter of record, I was the first to prosecute and convict members of the KKK in Georgia for serious floggings and attempted murder." See WOOD, Page 2 Chinese Pushing VietminhBuildup HANOI, Indochina -(A)- Red THOUGH Chairman Wood warned that transcripts of See WITNESSES, page 6 has the HARRY LUCHS O'MALLEY BIDS FAREWELL: Barnaby, Fairies Fade from View TWO representatives from each campus house have been invited to the meeting by General Chairman Jack Hamer, '52. Representatives will be told how to petition for both parade floats and booths, Hamer said. Competition for the limited booth space in Yost Field House has always been keen. In 1950 it decides to enter a booth or float in the show. Presiding over the meeting will be booths committee co-chairmen Gerry Maraulo, '52 Ed and Mark Oscherwitz, '53 and parade com- mittee co - chairmen Gretchen Meier, '54 and Jack Ehlers, '53E. LATE PERMISSIO.JN of 1,10 A * "Cushlamochree!" Mr. J. J. O'Malley, fairy god-father extraordinary, expert in the fine arts of knowing little, doing less, talking and ejaculating much, and his whimsical charge, Barnaby, today make their last appearance on the national scene. All-American child, Barnaby, despite the best efforts of his wise and benificent protector, has succumbed to the inevitable. After almost nine years of seemingly perpetual five-year old-dom, the endearing representative of wonderment and pensive acceptance has become an old man of six. And it sems six-year olds, with their superior capacities, have no need for fairy god-fathers. Accordingly, his childish fancies, fairies, ghosts, the invisible leprechaun (with a Brooklyn accent) and the talking dogs, must be thrown out, with Barnaby himself, to face the dull horrors of Living in a Real world. But, as can be seen above, in proof of his strength in the face of adversity, O'Malley's spirit marches on. i I AWA, i A.1fiA * * * * * * * - * , r r rrrrrrri I 4f I Cusblaimachree.' O 1162C,....JO...s.,a.CI. ! LOotC You wished for a Fairy Godparent? Lucky boy! Your wish is granted!..