it L F43UU :43 i1 Ai TRIESTE DISPUTE See Page 3 IL FAIR AND WARMER Latest Deadline in the State own* VOL. LXH, No. 136 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1952 FOUR PAGES I U I I _ . New Flood Threat Rises In Omaha Missouri Bursts Dike Sewer Line OMAHA, Nebr. -(WP) -A new flood threat to Omaha developed suddenly last night when the mighty Missouri blew out a sewer line running under the dike. The tremendous water pressure from the Missouri blew out a big cocrete sewer line four blocks fromx the levee. The water ripped out road pavement for 120 feet and sent gysers spouting into the air. U. S. Army engineers rushed hundreds of men and scores of trucks with sandbags and gravel into the danger area. Water be- gan spilling over a large section of the lowland industrial area. 'p * * * THIS heartbreaking develop- ment came after the raging Mis- souri had thrown all the strength it could muster at the Omaha and Council Bluffs Levees, failed to smash them, and then began to drop. It appeared to be a sort of surrender for the mighty Mo un- til the sewer line blew out. The danger was that the rush of water would rip out the sewer line and undermine the levee. Near 1 a.m., water was running through the streets of low-land areas. Long convoys. of trucks were pouring through the water carrying sandbags and other ma- terials. THE HOPE that the furious river has met its match at Omaha and Council Bluffs was never dup- licated downstream,as new towns and new thousands of acres in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kan- K sas yielded to the river's relent- less rise. Creeping paralysis began to hit river cities in Iowa and Illinois. Western Union Strike Talks CollapseAgain WASHINGTON--(A-A brief reopening of negotiations in the Western Union strike collapsed yesterday when the AFL Commer- cial Telegraphers Union rejected a company proposal. The company asked the em- ployes to return to work for 60 days, while negotiations were car- ried on. The union said the company was not offering 'one red cent" toward the wage increase the em- ployes are asking and therefore it was rejecting the plan. The conferences, with federal mediators sitting in, were reopen- ed Thursday after earlier discus- sions were broken off. About 31,000 employes are in- volved in the strike, which began 16 days ago. Signs of the Season --Stu Ros Oh, to be in botany now that April's here*... SpringmS truck Students Shun Studies, Seek Sun By BOB APPLE Spring struck the classrooms yesterday, leaving professors be- moaning the fact that more empty seats than usual stared back at them during class hours. The steps of Angell Hall were continuously crowded with scholars wondering whether or not to go to class. APPARENTLY HAPPY that the season has finally changed stu- Twenty-nine Die as Plane Hits Hillside Airline Ordered To CeaseFlights LOS ANGELM-(I)-A non- scheduled New York-Los Angeles airliner crashed and burned yes- terday in the Puente Hills 25 miles from its destination, killing all 29 persons aboard. The plane, a C-46 two-engine transport operated by North Con- tinental Airways, smashed into a low hill as the pilot, Capt. Lewis Powell of Los Angeles, was trying to find his way through a thick early-morning fog to the Los An- geles International Airport. It was a non-scheduled flight operated by North Continent Air- lines, Burbank, Calif. The two-en- gined C-46 left New York yester- day and made stops at Chicago, Kansas City, Amarillo, Tex., and Phoenix, Ariz. * * * A FEW HOURS after discovery of the wreckage the Civil Aero- nautics Administration in Wash- ington grounded the airline. Administrator Charles F. Horne ordered the line to "cease air carrier operations immed- iately," stating that the action was predicated upon "an operat- ing history involving violations of Civil air regulations and the Civil Aernautis act, and by the accidents to aircraft operated by the company." Horne's telegram was addressed to Robin Airlines, Inc., doing bus- iness as North Continent. Airline which operated the ill-fated plane. The plane was cleared for an approach and landing at Los An- geles International Airport. The flight was switched there from its intended landing point at Lock- heed Air Terminal, Burbank, be- cause of the murky weather. * * * ..HARRY BACHELOR, secretary of the airline, said it was impos- sible to say what might have caus- ed the crash. The plane left New York yesterday and made stops at Chicago, Kansas City, Amarillo, Tex., and Phoenix, Ariz. It apparently scraped the top of a 400-foot hill, then plunged into another. There were grooves on the first hilltop barely six feet from the top, apparently from the plane's landing gear. Bits of wreckage were scattered down the two hillsides and the in- tervening ravine, but perhaps 95 per cent of the plane was in a tangled heap, the bodies torn and charred. A few were thrown clear. 7- - - - - - - - dents took to pleasant blouses, za World News Roundup By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS, Nev.-The Atomic Energy Commission announced yesterday that the next atomic explosion will take place, weather permitting, between noon and 1 p.m. Tuesday. WASHINGTON-Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan yesterday criticized a 049 per- cent of parity farm price sup. port program for fear that it{ might start "another wave of inflation which in turn could bring more harm than benefit to farmers." * * * LANSING-A hometown rally in Holland Monday night will start Lt. Gov. William C. Vanden- berg's campaign for the Republi- can nomination for governor. Vandenberg will open campaign headquarters in Detroit thereafter and in May will start a state-wide tour, * * * LANSING-A campaign to cut the number of liquor licenses in Detroit's skid row was announced yesterday by the state Liquor Con- trol Commission. any T-shirts, ice cream cones and salt in their beers. Many professors have even re- signed themselves to the fate that their classes were smaller than usual. Some said the only students who seemed to be show- ing any enthusiasm were the ones that went on field trips or Botany hikes to the famous gar- den spot just off Geddes Ave. LOCAL MERCHANTS, too, were glad to see the temperature and ice cream sales rise. But coffee buying has dropped off in some spots. Whilerdroves of women took out their sun tan lotions and basked on their lawns and roofs, (see picture, page 4) the men celebrated by dragging out the baseballs, and tennis rackets. The less enthusiastic of both sexes just slept. The sunset sent most people in, but one spot just wasn't affected by the passing time. Long after the botany hounds had put aside their notebooks, the Arb was still being steadily invaded by nature lovers. FALSE ALARM: 1Aw T 94 r Loot Call Unmentionables, trophies and other spoils carried off by Uni- versity men and women from various dormitories in the giant March 20 riot are now being collected for redistribution. Boxes have been placed in the various men's quads to col- lect stray possessions lifted from the women's dorms, while women are gathering up ar- ticles they stripped from men's rooms when they raided the quads in the huge spring up- rising. 1 Students who lost anything in the raid may look over the collected material and reclaimi their articles Wednesday in the League and in the South Quad. It is hoped especially that trophies taken from several women's dorms will be returned according to Nancy Ovian, Spec. Of course, all of the other ex- pensive and emtarrassing ar- ticles taken by male raiders would be welcomed by the coeds, she said. Defense Cut Action Hit By Truman * WASHINGTON-()-President Truman said yesterday that if Congress balks at voting the money he thinks is needed for national defense, he will keep it at work all year, calling a special session every day if necessary. He said "dangerous and destruc- tive" attempts to cut funds for the defense program and for for- eign aid will imperil the nation's security if they succeed. And he accused those who seek to make blanket cuts in these pro- grams of risking the lives of Amer- ican soldiers in a grab for election year headlines. TRUMAN spoke at the dedica- tion of a new national headquar- ters for Amvets. He departed from his prepared text to make the re- mark about keeping Congress in session throughout the year. He said he will see to it that the slash of about six billion dol- lars which the House has voted in his 522 billion dollar request for the defense establishment is put back. He said this will be done "if I have to call a special 'turnip day' session of Congress" every day from now to New Year's day. This was a reference to his call, in the speech in which he accepted nom- ination in 1948, for a special ses- sion of Congress to meet on July 26 of that year. Truman noted then that July 26 is known as "tur- nip day" in Missouri. Declaring that "our national defense can't wait on politics" Truman said: "This may be an election year here, but the Kremlin is not going to take a vacation simply because of our politics. If we weaken, the Kremlin will see a chance to move in. jo urnalists Freed by Judge LAKE CHARLES, La.-()-In decisions stoutly supporting free- dom of the press, a judge acquit- ted yesterday five Louisiana news- papermen accused of defaming 16 public officials and three gamb- lers. The indictments grew out of a crusade waged by the Lake Char- les American press against gamb- ling in Calcasieu Parish (County). The controversial cases began last August when the newsmen were indicted by a grand jury that had been called to investigate gambling. By HARRY LUNN W. Averill Harriman's entrance into the Democratic Presidential race was regarded yesterday by University political science experts as "a trial balloon sent up by Democrats to get public reaction." Neither Prof. Joseph E. Kallen- bach nor Prof. Samuel J. Elders- veld, both of the political science department, believed foreign aid administrator Harriman had yet been selected as the Administra- tion's choice for the Democratic nominee. * * * "SINCE THEIR four top possi- bilities (Eisenhower, Vinson, Ste- venson, and Truman) are out of the Democratic race, party leaders must find a new candidate" Prof. Kallenbach said, "so they throw many hats into the ring." But New York Democratic chieftains insisted yesterday that the fledgling boom for W. Averill Harriman, hailed by President Truman as a "great liberal," will develop into an all- out campaign to nominate Har- riman for the Presidency. "This is not a gesture, nor a holding operation," Sen, Herbert Lehman declared, shortly after Harriman won the endorsement of the New York State Democratic organization Lehman made the statement in the wake of reports that Harri- man would figure largely as a "holding' candidate" to keep a tight rein over New York's 94- vote delegation to the Democratic National Convention in July. * * * MEANWHILE, there were grow- ing signs that none of the entries in the wide-open Democratic race will go to the nominating con- vention in Chicago with anything like a winning hand in terms of delegate strength. Prof. Eldersveld suggested that Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illi- nois who had been Truman's heir apparent until his an- nouncement Wednesday that he "could not accept the nomina- tion," has not irrevocably with- drawn from the race. "I beleve Stevenson could be drafted if he were persuaded it would serve the best interests of the party. Professor Kallenbach thinks Stevenson is looking to 1956 as the year to make his race. "I do not believe he honestly wants the nomination now," Professor Kal- lenbach said, "although he might accept a draft." * * * ACCORDING to Professor El- dersveld, a buildup for Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois may be in the offing. Senator Douglas could win over Eisenhower, in fact a good many Democrats could beat him," he predicted. But Professor Kallenbach does not believe Douglas will take the nomination as "he honestly does not want it and is reported to be in poor health." "I am beginning to think Sena- tor Kefauver can make the strong- est race of any of the Democratic candidates," he said. Both he and Prof. Eldersveld think Kefauver would have an excellent chance to beat Eisen- hower. Prof. Kallenbach suggest- ed that Eisenhower's campaign might well be like the 1944 and 1948 Dewey campaigns in that "every time he spoke, he lost votes." AVERILL HARRIMAN . . trial balloon?" I 7 Marital Series. Ticket Sales To Begin Soon Tickets for the 1952 Marriage Lecture Series are scheduled to go on sale next week. The tickets, pegged at $1.50 for four lectures, will be sold from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Ticket booths will be set up at the Union, the League, the Administration Bldg. and at Lane Hall. ASSISTANT DEAN of Students Ivan W. Parker, chairman of the Marriage Lecture Series, empha- sized that the tickets sales will be open to all students on the first day. In the past the first day sales had been open to only senior and graduate students. "Students must show their ID cards when purchasing the tick- ets," Dean Parker said. Hq urg- ed all married students to buy their tickets at Lane Hall where one person will be able to buy tickets for both husband and wife. The first of the lecturers will be Dr. Allan C. Barnes, head of the obstetrics and gynecology depart- ment at Ohio State University. He will speak May 5 on the topic "The Anatomy and Psysiology of Reproduction," and May 6 on "The Medical Basis for Sane Sex Practice. * * * DR. BARNES will be followed on May 13 by Prof. Ernest G. Os- borne of the education school at Columbia. His topic will be "Psy- chological. Factors in Marriage." The series will be rounded out on May 20 when Dr. Evelyn M. Du- vall, past executive secretary and past president, respectively, of the National Council on Family Re- lations, will speak on the subject, "How to Get Married and Stay Married." JUST A 'FEELER': Professors Skeptical Of Harriman's Entry Sawyer Threatens Steel Industry with Pay Hike WASHINGTON-(P)-Secretary of Commerce Sawyer fired an ul- timatum at the nation's govern- ment-seized steel industry yester- day with the announcement that he will boost steelworkers' wages unless a settlement is reached by next Monday or Tuesday. Sawyer said he was going ahead with plans for a wage hike because it has thus far been impossible to obtain an industry-union agree- ment which would "get the gov- ernment out of the steel business." , * * *' STEEL industry lawyers were prepared to go into court the in- stant Sawyer tries to grant the CIO steelworkers a raise over man- agement's head. They were expect- ed to argue that no warrant for such an action is to be found in the Constitution or laws. Sawyer's announcement late in the day as a group of Senate Republicans, quarterbacked by Senator Knowland (R-Calif), opened legislative maneuvers designed to choke off any fed- eral funds for government oper- ation of the seized steel mills. Knowland claimed some Demo- cratic support for the move in which Senators Bridges (R-NH), the senate GOP leader, Ferguson (R-Mich) and Mundt (R-SD) also joined. * * * A CROSS-FIRE of bitter debate broke out on the Senate floor as the Republican group sought to challenge President Truman's 10- day-old seizure of the steel indus- try. Ferguson said Truman's seiz- ure showed the president consid- ered himself "above the Consti- tution and above the law." The Senator declared "we must check this power" and demonstrate to Truman and the world "that con- gress has control of the purse strings." Senator Humphrey (D-Minn) an administration stalward, de- nounced the GOP strategy as "back-handed, backdoor, slip- shod way" of attempting to hit back at Truman. He said the Republicans should have the "courage" either to at- tempt to impeach the President or seek legislation to curb his pow- ers directly. Secthtary Sawyer's warning to the steel companies of an impend- ing wage increase was set forth in these words: "I feel that I should, under the President's directive, begin con- sideration of and action upon the terms and conditions of employ- ment mentioned therein. Earlier, there had been talk that the government might grant the highest figure the industry has offered publicly-12/ cents an hour and about five cents more in "fringe" benefits. Allies, Reds Resume Talks On Prisoners MUNSAN, Korea, Sat., April 19 SIW)-Allied and Communist staff officers today resumed their sec- ret discussionsron the exchange of prisoners of war-one of three major roadblocks barring a Kor- ean armistice. The group met for 22 minutes, then recessed for one hour. In a neighboring tent at Pan- munjom, sub-delegates discussing armistice supervision threw in the sponge and, turned their problems back to another group of staff of- ficers. The sub-delegates began meet- ing more than two weeks ago at the suggestion of the Communist delegation. Their sessions were entirely non-productive. Rain closed in all along the 155- mile battleline today and sharply' restricted air and ground action. Allied troops on the central Kor- ean front yesterday stormed and captured hill positions from which the Reds had poured down hot ar- tillery fire for a day and a half. Navy Seeks More Aviation Officers WASHINGTON-()-The navy yesterday issued a call for volun- Air Defenses Temporarily Alerted by Strange Planes, MAY DECIDE TODAY: McPhaul Dinner Guests Face Judiciary Action Disciplinary action against 14 students charged with violating a Regents' by-law by attending the celebrated McPhaul dinner may be forthcoming today. Joint Judiciary Council, which is holding hearings on the charges, is expected to wind up defense testimony and make a recommendation tw'uxx~ie on iicpmetisatmon co ue UniversiTy sup-committee on discipln hsatron ACTION BY THE sub-committee, which meets whenever the need arises, could take place today, although there is some specula- tion it will hold over until next week. Nine students who attended the March 6 Union banquet honoring banned speaker Arthur McPhaul, executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress' Michigan branch, testified Thursday " before the Judiciary. The re- WASHINGTON -()- The en- tire U.S. Air Defense Command was put in a state of "special readiness" during the early hours Thursday because of reports of unidentified aircraft over Alaska and New England. It never was established that any planes were over Alaska. Three planes over New England turned out to be an Air Force transport and two commercial air- liners. * * * THE FACT of a state of special readiness was disclosed yesterday by the Eastern Defense Command at Newburgh, N.Y., which said "our detection system developed a pat- tern of unknowns which appeared potentially dangerous." Air Force headquarters here supplied the details later. This is what it said happened: Ground observers in northern Alaska sighted what the Air Force calls "contrails" (vapor trails) at Trenton Prison RebellionQuelled TRENTON, N. J.-(P)-Sixty- nine famished convicts, who held out in a barricaded print shop of very high altitudes. This word was promptly passed to Air Force headquarters in Alaska and a state of readiness was ordered. WHILE THIS state of readiness was underway, three unidentified aircraft were spotted at 18,000 feet over New England. Fighter inter- ceptors of the Eastern Air De- fense Command took the air and minutes later found that the three airplanes were friendly and had a right to be there. In the meantime the vapor trails had disappeared over Alaska and were not seen or spotted by radar thereafter. The whole state of special readiness was then called off. Dean Parker would not be lectures. said that tickets sold for separate , ., FIRST 'U' DRAMA SEASON: Play Series To Feature 'Fourposter' Police Begin Registration LANSING - (P) - State police yesterday were receiving forms for the registration of Communists and members of Communist front organizations under the new Trucks Act. maining six are slated for ap- pearances today. McPhaul addressed the "private" dinner three days after being barred from speaking on campus by the University Lecture Com- mittee. * * * ALTHOUGH close to 30 students attended the dinner, a special faculty-student investigating com- mittee appointed by President Hatcher could only uncover the * * F, The. prizewinning Broadway- bound production of "The Four- poster" with Betty Field and Bur- gess Meredith will highlight the first University Drama Season, to be held May 13 to June 14 in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. The Jose Ferrer production of the Jan de Hartog play will be Tandy and Hume Cronyn in the starring-and only-roles of the play. An unusual play for Broad- way, "The Fourposter" has only two characters. It was the win- ner of the 1952 Antoinette Perry Award for the "outstanding play of the year." The award is the * * 'p mam ; o f-F -4 AMWW.