LECTURE COMMITTEE See Page 2 .AirigAan Latest Deadline in the State I#ait&h ° VOL. LXII, No. 160 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1952 NO Thousands Acheson Lauds Foreign Polic Says Only Coalition of Free Powers Can Prevent Russian Engulfment By The Associated Press Only a coalition of free powers led by a well-armed United States can prevent Russia from engulfing the world, Secretary of State Dean Acheson said last night at the third annual national Armed Forces Day dinner in Washington. In an impromptu talk following Acheson's speech at the dinner,< President Truman declared that "we're on the verge of success" in the drive for world peace and repeated his demand that Congress provide' the funds he considers necessary for America's armed forces in this drive. 1""t THE AIM of the United States Greet MacArthur on Ca * * * * * * * * * * * * CLOUDY, SHOWERS FOUR PAGES rupus Mac Makes Brief Talk At Rackham Detroit Visited By Motorcade By DIANE DECKER Gen. Douglas MacArthur swept into town yesterday with his 18- car entourage and was greeted by thousands of townspeople and students. More than 4,000 people Jammed the steps and curbs around the Rackham Bldg. to hear the al- most-legendary hero of the Philip- pines praise Michigan and the "many distinguished Michigan men under my command in the last two wars." * * * AFTER HIS brief remarks in Ann Arbor, the MacArthur motor- cade traveled to Detroit. There, standing on the steps of City Hall, Gen. MacArthur urged America to "reorient the course of govern- ment." Addressing the "working men and women," the- General de- clared: "You must insure that the course of government be reoriented from the arbitrari- ness of autocratic rule which is leading us inexorably toward the regimentation of a military state." While at the University, Mac- Arthur praised "the college tradi- tion," terming it "the symposium of art, culture, commerce and in- dustry." CITY COUNCIL president Cecil Crea, and University President, Harlan H. Hatcher welcomed "the man on a white horse" and pre- sented him with a bound collec- tion of letters from local business- men. A gift for the absent Arthur MacArthur was also presented. 'Kefauver, Ikse Hold Bieg Oregon Lead By The Associated Press General Dwight D. Eisenhower pulled away into a whopping lead in the first Republican returns of Oregon's Presidential primary yesterday. The slow count of the long bal- lot also started Sen. Estes Ke- fauver of Tennessee on the way toward snapping up all 12 Demo- cratic national convention dele- gates. He had only to beat two unwilling candidates. EISENHOWER stands to gain at least 10 of the 18 GOP dele- gates by winning the preferential poll from five other candidates. The remainder depend on the vote for eight unpledged delegate- candidates generally termed fav- or8ble to Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who was not on the ballot. There was no count as yet on delegate races. Latest preferential poll re- turns from 416 of 2,269 precincts are: Eisenhower 15,724; Mac- Arthur 2,056; M o r s e 891; Schneider 69; Stassen 592; Warren 3,620; Taft (write-in) 358. In the Democratic race: Douglas 2,206; Kefauver 11,054; Stevenson 1,932. Meanwhile) North Dakota Re- publicans last night elected 14 uninstructed delegates to the National GOP Convention, but eight of them said they favored Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) for the party's presidential nomina- tion. One delegate said he was def- initely for Gen. Dwight Eisen- hower. Four said they had not made up their minds. Other political developments yesterday included a claim by Sen. Kefauver that he could win the D'emocratic nomination even if he is denied the majority of delegate votes from New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Out in Nebraska Sen. Fred Sea- ton (R.) announced yesterday he is switching his support from Har- old E. Stassen to Gen. Eisenhower for the GOP nomination. Gas Tax Poll Ruled Illegal LANSING-()-The State Su- preme Court ruled yesterday that a public referendum on the 1951 law jumping the state gasoline tax from three to four and one half cents a gallon would be ille- 7 gal. In a unanimous decision writ- ten by Associate Justice Emerson R. Boyles, the Court held that the gas tax increase was ,an appro- priation act and was not subject to a referendum under the .Con- stitution. The measure was vetoed by Gov. Williams but the Legislature overrode the veto. A citizens committee, sponsored by the CIO, had gathered enough petitions to put the question on the ballot next fall. Death Penalty Bill and its allies is not "static con- tainment" of Soviet Communism, Acheson said, but it is to win for the free world the opportunity to solve its great problems. The purpose of the buildup of strength, he asserted, is to "prevent war from happening" by making it certain that a potential foe will run into diffi- culty if he attacks. "The strength of the free world must be organized in such a way," Acheson said, that the aggressor would at the outset be engaged in trouble at the point of attack when the full force of retaliation falls upon him. Of Korea, Acheson said that United Nations resistance to end aggression there "helped break a chain of events which might have led to World War III." HE CONCEDED that the ulti- mate outcome in Korea was diffi- cult to forsee. He contended that the action of the United States and its UN Allies has already pro- duced a "tremendous accomp- lishment;" Truman recalled that a year ago he had told a similar audi- ence that the world was in the midst of one of its greatest crises which had to be met by Ameri-; can leadership and he said "We've had our ups and downs but we've come a long way" since then. s * * -Daily-Don Campbell, Bruce Knoll THOUSANDS HAIL THE "OLD SOLDIER" DURING WHIRLWIND CAMPUS TOUR. ARROW DESIGNATES GEN. MacARTHUR AS MOST PERSONS SAW HIM. Eisenhower Calls Defense GlobalAffair LONDON-(M'-Gen. Eisenhow- er yesterday described the free world's defense as a global thing in which Korea, Indochina and Malaya rank in importance with Western Europe. The top soldier in thee building of Western Europe's bulwarks ask- ed the democracies to avoid taking a narrow geographic view of their struggle to protect themselves "against the threat of monolithic dictatorship." HE MADE THE statement to newsmen at London airport at the end of a two-day fare~vell visit to Britain as Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Europe. The struggle to preserve dem- ocracy, he said, involves spiritual and economic as well as military factors. More important "We have to find those common in- terests among ourselves that will hold us firmly together," he said. He did not mention Com- munism by name. On this side of the Atlantic Am- erican leaders often are classified as being either European-minded or Asian-minded. Eisenhower made it clear he believed in a broaderd view. Hope Fades For Final Oil Settlement By The Associated Press Only small, isolated settlements were reached yesterday as hopes for an immediate end to the na- tion's oil strike began to fade. O11 and gasoline shortages spread as the hoped-for back to work movement reached no more than a trickle. More commercial air flights were cancelled, espec- ially across the Atlantic. * * * THE PICTURE was brighter in Detroit, however, as one settle- ment was reached yesterday and two others reported close in the 17-day old gasoline strike. The threat that DSR service might be curtailed was virtually eliminated when the transit system reported that it has been promised nearly 1,000,000 gallons of gasoline. THE GOVERNMENT slightly eased one restriction. It authorized the use again of aviation gasoline for agricultural and forest pro- tection purposes. Delaying an end to the na- tion-wide strike by 90,000 work- ers in 22 unions was a general disappointment over a Govern- ment lid on wage increases-the big issue-and a desire to haggle more closely over other, lesser details. Despite recommendations of top union officials that they accept, 10,000 workers covered by the in- dustry's only nationwide contract last night reportedly were voting down the latest offer. The contract covers Sinclair Oil Corp. and its subsidiaries with pro- duction in half a dozen states and a pipeline that runs from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic. The offer included the hourly wage increase of 15 cents which the Wage Stabilization Board in- dicated is the highest it will ap- prove. The union asked asked 25 cents originally, but offered to compro- mise at 182. SEOUL-Allied war planes yes- terday roared out in force, knock- ing out 20 Red guns on the front and cutting the Red railway in 64 places behind the lines. The U. S. Fifth Air Force, in an- nouncing the results, said fighter- bombers also picked off two loco- motives, destroyed 54 box cars and blew up two railway bridges and a highway bridge. SDA PetitionsI For Genocide Debate Here The Students for Democratic Action and the Unitarian Student Group have petitioned the Lecture Committee for permission to hold a debate featuring a University faculty member, two Michigan attorneys and a member of the Civil Rights Congress. Subject of the proposed debate is: "Is the U.S. Government Prac- ticing Genocide Against Negroes?" Mrs. Ann Shore, director of or- ganizations and charter member of the Civil Rights Congress, and Lebron Simmons, Detroit attorney, are slated to support the "pro" side of the issue. Taking the opposite stand will be Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the history department and John Ragland, University grad- uate and attorney for the Dun- bar Civic Center. The debate, if approved, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the League. The Lecture Committee will meet at noon today to decide. WASHINGTON - The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday for a permanently strong U.S. Marine Corps with a voice of its own, for the first time. , , ,s BERLIN - Communist leaders whipped a crowd of nearly 200,000 East German youths into a frenzy of anti-Western hate late yester- day with demands that they "act now to defend the peace." BONN, Germany-A mammoth plan to make all West Germans share the financial losses of Hit- ler's war was approved yesterday by the lower house of the Federal Parliament. *, * * WASHINGTON-A United Na- tions employe under discharge no- tice refused yesterday to tell inves- tigating Senators whether he is a member of a Communist spy ring. World News Roundup By The Associated Press BURBANK, Calif.-An explosion yesterday rocked the Warner Brothers Studio and fired a sound stage and a movie set into a flaming inferno. * * * *, WASHINGTON-A National Production Authority (NPA) official yesterday resisted the Ford Motor Company's proposal to redistributeI scarce metal, saying it probably would put the Kaiser-Frazer and Crosley companies out of business. * * * (. Sawyer Hit As Biased By Murray PHILADELPHIA -(P)- Steel- workers President Philip Murray yesterday accused Secretary of Commerce Sawyer, boss of the seized steel industry, of an "un- thinkable degree of bias" in Fed- eral handling of the steel dispute. Sawyer was not immediately available in Washington for com- ment. Murray did not immediately explain his remarks to the clos- ing sessions of the steelworkers convention, but he lit into Saw- yer and told the union delegates that the Commerce Secretary is "no friend of yours." Murray read a letter from Sawyer, which said, that while workers generaly had taken care during the recent three-day steel strike to preserve mill equipment and other faciilties, that this "was not universal." Eailier Murray turned on "those belly achers among us" and personally steamrollered the opposition to defeat as the CIO- Steelworkers voted to raise the Union's dues and initiation fees. Biller 'Named New Chairman, of ,JointJudie Joel W. Biller, '53L, has been ap- pointed chairman of the Joint Ju- diciary Council, it was announced last night. Biller has served on the Council for one year. He was first appoint- ed a year ago in May and was re- appointed last Thursday night. A native of Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin, he spent his undergraduate days at the University of Wiscon- sin where he graduated in 1950. Immediately following his gradu- ation he enrolled in Law School here. While at Wisconsin, Biller was active in various phases of student government, serving at one time as a member of the Student Board. He is a member of Phi Alpha Del- ta, legal fraternity. IFC Ball Tickets for the Interfrater- nity Council Ball, which will be held from 9 p.m. to 1-a.m. to- day, featuring Ralph Flana- gan's orchestra, will be on sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Administration Bldg., ac- cording to Eli Schoenfield, ticket chairman. Committeemen reported that 20 men will be hired at $1.10 an hour for clean-up work follow- ing the dance starting at 12:30, a.m. Those interested are asked to call Mr. Snyder at the Intra- mural Bldg. anytime tomorrow. Coeds Approve Lingerie Grab by Columbia Men A corsage was given Mrs. MacArthur, who is accompany- ing 'her husband on his tour, from local school children. President Hatcher reve'aled af- ter the program that Gen. Mac- Arthur had commended "the great work the University is doing through its Japanese study pro- gram." * * * THE OLD soldier struck-a light- er note in his short address when he said that he had spent Thurs- day night on the Michigan State College campus and had been asked by a student there to warn the University about the outcome of next fall's football game. "I told the student," Mac- Ar.thur related, "that I had no intention of starting a third world war." The theme of MacArthur's De- troit speech was very much like that of his address to a joint ses- sion of the Legislature in Lan- sing. In both speeches, he said, "There are no politics in me, nor none intended in what I say." In Detroit, the General said he was convinced the U.S. "will take a firm and invincible stand in the coming constitutional battle to save America as we have known it." MacArthur has twq pledged delegates for the GOP presidential convention, although he has not announced his candidacy for the office. In Washington, MacArth- ur's Lansing statement that "maneuvering for the presidential nomination sets the stage for the emergence upon the American scene of the ugly threat of a mili- tary state was interpreted as a reference to the GOP candidacy of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Blast at Ike By The Associated Press Columbia University students yesterday joined the group of spring rioters, when more than 1,000 men staged a lingerie raid on near-by Barnard college. The Barnard girls drew frowns fromtheir dean, Millicent C. Mc- Intosh, who criticized them for "unexpectedly immature behav- ior." About 300 of the girls waved undies from their windows and tossed waterfilled bags as Colum- bia males fought police and spe- cial guards. THE RAID was another in a rash of springtime revolts which have been breaking out, all over the nation. The University of Mi- chigan touched off the series more than a month ago, when 5,000 men raided the women's dorms. However, the Columbia raid, unlike some of its predecessors, was not charged to emulation of' the U. of M. Other riots have been staged at the universities of Illinois, Wayne, Nebraska, and, more recently, Iowa and Purdue. Dean McIntosh put into wordsr what many another educator has hinted at : "The Columbia boys could not be dispersed by the po- lice because of the continued en- couragement given them by wo- See HAL BOYLE, Page 2 men students in the dormitories." Barnard College is the women's branch of Columbia and its dor- mitories are on the same campus. The Columbia riot differed from the local demonstration in that one policeman was hurt and one male student was given a disor- FIVE MILLION RAISED: Phoenix Project Marks 4th Year- * * * -* The Phoenix War Memorial! Project marks its fourth anniver- sary today, $5,702,000 closer to its $6,500,000 goal. On May 17, 1848 The Daily printed a Phoenix Project extra,l celebrating the final approval of Smith, former University stu- dent. In February 1948 the Atomic Energy Commission wholeheart- edly endorsed the plan and the Board of Regents gave their final approval May 1 1948. Draws Protest DETROIT --(P)-- Michigan backers of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower for the Republican Presi- dential nomination replied today to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's im- plied warning against electing a -;I; n- rn-n Q-czti.,.dA f f the. .. .. .. . I JOEL BILLhR I