DRAMA See Page 2 [ Y L Latest Deadline in the State :43 a t i b CLOUDY AND WArdER VOL. LXIII, No. 105 ANN ARBOR, MICHiGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1953 FOUR PAGES *S* *i*n Irack Sw ming * * ** Teams Seek OSU, Illinois Pace Conference Meets Titles * * s * Korean War Supply Lag Galls Senate WASHINGTOI4 - (A) - Gen. James A. Van Fleet's insistence that GI's fighting in Korea are plagued by an ammunition short- age exploded :into a king-sized uproar last night. Senators demanded a face-to- face meeting between the retir- ing field commander and top Pen- tagon brass and it seemed likely that President Eisenhower would explore the situation himself to- morrow. SECRETARY of Defense Wil- son, declaring he had given the ammunition question his "urgent" attention, assured senators that the Far East Command has enough ammo to "counter any en- emy attack in Korea." A separate investigation was or- dered by an armed services sub- committee on appropriations, with Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich) demand- ing to know why any shortage should exist when there has been enough money at the armed forces' command. * * * VAN FLEET has an appoint- ment to see Eisenhower at the White House this morning. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the meeting was arranged earlier in the week and had no connection with Van Fleet's testimony about ammunition shortages. But it seemed unlikely that Eisenhower, who spent a good part of his life grappling with military supply problems, would pass up a chance to ask Van Fleet how about it. SSecretary Wilson's reassurances were contained in a letter to airman Saltonstall (R-Mass) of the Senate Armed Services Com- mittee. WILSON said he would appear before the committee Tuesday with a "factual" reply. He said he would be accompanied by Sec- retary of the Army Stevens, Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army chief of staff, and Van Fleet, retiring com- mander of the Eighth Army. Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn), declaring there has been "en- tirely too much loose talk by some of these generals," urged that Van Fleet and Bradley be brought together before a Sen- ate committee. Humphrey said Van Fleet's tes- timony before the armed services and appropriations committees was in direct conflict with what Bradley had told the foreign re- lations commitee. Barbara Ward Jackson Ends~ Michigan Visit Terminating her week long visit to the University yesterday with a series of discussions and teas, Bar- bara Ward Jackson, assistant edi- tor of the London "Economist," left by plane for New York early this morning. Referring to her hectic schedule while staying in Ann Arbor, Mrs. Jackson said before leaving, "What part of me is left, will return to London sometime next week." The noted Englishwoman who inaugurated the Mott Foundation lecture series delivered two major addresses while at the University. Minor speeches before clubs, tours -waily-Betsy Smith JIM HAAS (2) MIXES IT UP ALONG THE. BOARDS 'M' .Pucks ters Win, 8-3; Clinch Second Place Tie By DAVE BAAD Scoring at least twice in each period, Michigan's rebounding hockey team skated to an easy 8-3 decision over Michigan Tech at the Coliseum last night to move into a second place tie with North Dakota in the Midwest Hockey League. The win put the Wolverines only one point behind league leading Minnesota, and if they beat the Engineers again tonight a trip Wed- nesday to the NCAA tournament at Colorado Springs is assured. The outcome of the game was never in doubt after Michigan raced into a 3-0 lead in the first period. The clinching fourth goal came early in the second stanza T1 and after that Vic Heyliger's crew f t-H a rt1't V coasted into victory. Track - By ED SMITH Special to The Daily CHAMPAIGN - Establishing themselves as the slight favorite in the Western Conference track and field championships, Illinois qualified 13 men to Michigan's nine before a sparse crowd here last pight. Michigan State followed with seven qualifiers, while Iowa, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pur- due, Northwestern, and Minnesota trailed in that order. * * * THE &LLINA showed their ex- pected strength in the dash and the hurdles while Michigan placed most of its men in the middle dis- tance events. Wolverine John Vallortigara started things off by turning in his fastest time, :06.3, in the 60- yard dash to qualify along with Ross Coates of Michigan. Val- lortigara shared honors with Harland Carl, Wisconsin foot- ball!stare for the best time In the event. Van Bruner showed his heels to the Big Ten's best in the low and high hurdles, 'running the highs in the fastest time of :08.5 and ty- ing Joe Corley of Illinois in the lows with :08.0. BRUNER finished in front of Willie Williams of Illinois, the de- fending champion, as they op- posed each other in the same heat in the lows. Wolverine .Jim Love also qualified in the highs. In the 880 Goeff Dooley sur- prised by qualifying behind Can- adian John Ross who posted the See TRACK, Page 3 Class Officers MeetingToday University Vice-'resident, Mar- vin L. Niehuss, will be the principle speaker at the 27th Annual Class Officers Council meeting at 12:15 p.m. today in Rm. 3 R and S of the Union. The meeting, expected to be at- tended by about 100 class officers from classes still on campus as well as those which have grad- uated, will consist of a workshop session in the morning and an afternoon business meeting. Planning for class reunions in June will be emphasized. at this workshop, the fifth of its kind. The Class Officers Council, a unit of the Alumni Association, is made up of about 1,000 class of- ficers. TSwmping - By DICK SEWELL Associate Sports Editor IOWA CITY - (Special) - The expected two-way battle between Michigan and Ohio State began to materialize here last night as the two teams moved far ahead of the pack in the race for Western Conference swimming laurels. At the end of seven of the four- teen .events on the program, the team totals stand: Ohio State 55, Michigan 41, Michigan State 23, Northwestern 19, Iowa 18, Purdue 8, Illinois 5, Wisconsin 3, Indiana 2, Minnesota 2. Wolverine victories came in the 220-yard freestyle, and the 400- yard freestyle relay. Scarlet and Grey natators splashed home first. in the 200-yard backstroke, 200- yard breast stroke, and one-meter diving. * * * THE FIRST race 'of the evening was also the closest. Michigan's Don Hill was nosed out by an inch by unheralded Keith Peterson of Northwestern. Peterson got the Jump and led by two feet at the turn. Hill gained on the turn and drew to within an eyelash of the Wildcat swiftly at the finish. Iowa's Dick Pennington finished third. Peterson's winning time was 23.1, the same time recorded for Hill and Pennington. The biggest surprise in this event came in theafternoon preliminary sessions when defending champion' Dick Cleveland of Ohio State was eliminated in the semifinals. The Buckeye, who had just recently re- covered from a case of the mumps finished fourth in the heat won by Hill. ' * * OLYMPIC winner Yoshi Oya- kawa won by five yards in his fav- orite - the 200-yard backstroke. The easy-going Hawaiian led from the start and gradually increased his lead. John Chase finished fifth for Michigan. See SWIMMING, Page 3 SL Guild Film To Continue Run Showings of the motion picture adaptation of the Shakespearean comedy "As You Like It," will be continued at 7 and 9:15 p.m. today, and at 8 p.m. on Sun- day in the Architecture Auditor- ium by the Student Legislature .Cinema Guild. Elizabeth Bergner and Laur- ence Olivier play the leading roles in this witty and clever Shakes- pearean film. Accompanying the feature will be a pair of Walt Disney cartoons. Admission is 50 cents. I I Petitions Students who took out peti- tions for the spring all-campus elections are urged by Student Legislature election committee members to return them to the SL Bldg. immediately. Deadline for returning all pe- titions for the more than 40 posts open in the elections was yesterday. A number of them are still out. U.S. Views New Soviet Rule Warily WASHINGTON - (A) - Con- gress members generally agreed yesterday that the emergence of Georgi Malenkov as Soviet Pre- mier Stalin's successor portends little good for the Western world and could heighten the danger of World War III. President Eisenhower had ono comment. ON CAPITOL Hill, Senate and House members took a gloomy view on the chances for any im- provement in Ea st-West rela- tions as a result of Stalin's death and the elevation of Malenkov as the new Soviet dictator. Typical comment ranged from predictions that Malenkov will be even "tougher" than Stalin to warnings that the United States must keepits guard up. Here is what they said: Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn): "Mal. enkov is really more dangerous than Stalin because he doesn't know as much about the power of the Western world as Stalin did." Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich): "The new Soviet leadership means a continuation of the Joe Stalin con- spiracy. It offers little hope of peace." Sen. Jackson (D-Wash) de- scribed Malenkov and two of his top aides, L. P. Beria and V. M. Molotov, as "more aggressive- ly anti-American than Stalin" and said: "It doesn't bode well for peace." Sen. Wiley (R-Wis), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "We can only hope and pray that the new rulers will abandon their drive for world domination and learn to live in peace with other nations." World News Roundup By The AMsociated Press SEOUL - Dogged South Kore- ans smashed five Chinese attacks against a small outpost on Sniper Ridge yesterday and cut down an estimated 104 of the attackers in savage hand-to-hand combat. * 4 * WASHINGTON - Arthur S. Fleming, acting defense mobiliz- er, yesterday called on all holdover Democrats in policy-making jobs to resign and make room for Re- publican appointees. He said they should do this re- gardless of whether they have civ- il service status. * * DETROIT - A wildcat strike of 200 Budd Co. employes which idled 20,000 Chrysler Corp. workers for two days, ended late yesterday afternoon in compli- ance with orders from the CIO United Auto Workers Union. * * * I o t= T-Af'tfl- fll~. T 1- * * * Kremlin Shuffles SovietHierarchy Vishinsky Dropped; Molotov Takes Strategic Post as Foreign Minister By The Associated Press Georgi M. Malenkov was named Prime Minister of the Soviet Union yesterday to succeed Joseph Stalin. .Malenkov has long has been one of Stalin's closest collaborators in running the Communist party, and had been considered his most likely successor. * * * ,* AT THE SAME TIME a communique of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the' Council of Ministers and the Presidium GEORGI M. MALENKOV * * * "'announbed big streamlining changes in the government ,as thousands of people pressed to the Hall of Coluns to pay a last trib- ute to Stalin. The announcement said the changes were necessary to as- sure "uninterrupted and correct leadership" of the country and prevent "an kind of disarray and panic" following Stalin's death. These changes were announced: V. M. Molotov, former Prime Minister, moved back into the post of foreign minister where, he be- came so well known in long con- ferences with Western statesmen after World War II. He replaced Andrei Vishinsky, who became permanent represen- tative to the United Nations. (Some diplomats saw the change as a sign that Russia's UN policy might become even tougher than in the past.) ANDREI GROMYKO, former representative at the UN, left Lon- don by plane for New York to fill Vishinsky's place during his ab- sence in Moscow. L. P. Beria, long head of the Soviet Union's political police, was named interior minister and head of the Ministry of State Security which wag com- bined with it. He presumably remains boss of the secret Do- lice and Russia's atomic ener- gy program, Marshal Klementi Voroshilov, a vice-premier, was named chair- man of the Presidium of the Su- preme Soviet Parliament in the place of Nikolai Shvernik. Compromise Unsuccessful WASHINGTON - (A) - An ad- ministration attempt to get in- dustry and labor to compromise their differences on the Taft-Hart- ley Act collapsed yesterday. A 15-member advisory commit- tee named by Secretary of Labor Martin P. Durkin at President Eisenhower's suggestion broke up in hot disagreement. The five industry members re- fused to go along with rules adopt- ed by the five labor and five public members requiring that the com- mittee take a nose-count vote on all controversial points. The industry members, headed by Adm. Ben Moreell, chairman of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Com- pany, took the position that bind- ing votes by the advisory commit- tee would encroach on the legis- lative field. George Meany, president of the AFL, fired back a hot statement that industry's position was "in- defensible." . . * PAT COONEY, George Chin and Doug Philpott paced the Wolverine offensive efforts, each notching two goals. Chin added a pair of assists to give him four points, the top Wolverine individual effort for the night. The colorful forward was in- jured midway in the third per- iod when Lloyd Rautiola, Tech wingman charged into him as he was coming down the ice. Chin was knocked out and had to be carried from the ice. See HOCKEY, Page 3 Mimes Elect New Slate of Officers New officers for the coming school year have been elected by Mimes, honorary society for Union Opera members. Harry Blum, '54BAd, was elect- ed president, with Ken Rice, '54A&D filling the vice-president spot.,Secretary-treasurer is Doug Povenz, '54BAd, and Jim Mills, '55, is the new historian. V. M. MOLOTOV No Comment By Vishinsky NEW YORK - (YP) - Andrei Y. Vishinaky; demoted from the post of Russian foreign minister, said yesterday he had no comment on the selection of Georgi M. Mal- enkov as Premier Stalin's succes- sor. "That's the- first time I heard about it," remarked Vishinsky as reporters informed him of Malen- kov's selection. Asked how he thought Malen- kov's ascension would affect So- viet polices, Vishinsky said, "No comment." MARSHAL NIKOLAI Bulganin, named minister of the armed forces in place of A. M. Vasilev- sky, pledged in his first order, of the day to strengthen the Soviet Army's fighting might. He said the army will keep "vigilant guard over the USSR state's interests." Vgslivesky,,and Marshal Geor gi Zhukov, the first Soviet com- mander in occupied Germany, were made Bulganin's deputy war ministers. A session of the Supreme ~So- viet was ordered to convene in Moscow Saturday, March 14 to consider the decisions reached at a joint sitting of the Central Com- mittee, the Council of Ministers and the Presidium. Funeral services for Joseph Stal- in will be at noon Monday, and his body will be placed on view next to that of Lenin in the mausoleum on Red Square. DANCE, DRAMA, COMEDY: One-Acts Make Spring Debut Tonight PHENOMENAL RISE: Strong Man, of Russia Seen as Party Zealot S * * * By PAT ROELOFS Dance, drama and comedy will be featured in the Speech Depart- ment one act plays to be present- ed at 8 p.m. today and Monday in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Opening the program is French playwright J e a n Giraudoux's "Madwoman of Chaillot." Origi- nally written in three acts, only the first act will be performed. number on the bill. A British pro- vincial comedy set at the turn of the century, the play was written by Stanley Haughton. Lois Wasserman, '54; Virginia Spurrier, '54; and Dale Stevenson, '54, are cast in the show. * * *S AN UNUSUAL dance panto- mine, performed in Oriental cos- tume and accompanied in tradi- By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON - (/0) - Georgi Malenkov, Premier Stalin's rotund protege, emerged with stunning speed yeste day as the potential, if not fully established, new strong man of the Soviet Communist em- pire. His appointment as chairman of the Council of Ministers, the key Ly11D1v~yVn ~ + in~h 1h II1 by7 t+Q 1 1 the virtual deification of Stalin and his domination of the Soviet and satellite leaderships. While the significance of the new line-up will be a subject of probing and analysis on the part of authorities here for months to come, two conclusions appear to be tentatively justified: 1. The speed with which Mal- : _ _ :