' KOREAN WAR APPROACHES See Page 4 Y Latest Deadline in the State 74latly 44W a. FAIR AND WARM VOL. LXIII, No. 119 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1953 SIX PAGES UAW Increases* Sni-RedControl Local 600 'Incident' One of Causes For Revision of Union Constitution By The Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-The big CIO United Auto Workers union tightened up its anti-communist, anti-racketeering provisions yester- day by giving the international union power to go over local union heads and put members to trial. The controversial changes in the UAW constitution swept through the union's convention by a majority of five to one, or better. ONE OF THE biggest spurs behind the movement was the Ford Local 600, in which five members had been ousted from office as subservient to Communists, only to be cleared when the local's general CIO Cited As Running Democrats April Tentative Date for Probe By MIKE WOLFF John Feikens, chairman of the Republican State Central Com- mittee, charged last night that the CIO controls Michigan's Dem- ocratic Party. Contacted at his Grosse Pointe home, Feikens told The Daily, "There is no such thing as a Dem- ocratic Party in Michigan" and that Gov. G. Mennen Williams "is a captive of the CIO." * *~ * EARLIER yesterday he termed "irresponsible" a statement by Democratic Central Committee chairman Neil Staebler attacking a proposed congressional investiga-_ tion of 1950 Democratic district conventions in Wayne County. Spring Purge MT. CLEMENS, Mich.-(A1)-- An estimated 150 high school students skipped classes yester- day and paraded with banners demanding the ouster of a teacher. Principal Harold E. Jones blamed it all to "spring fever" and "false reports." He said the incident wasn't being taken seriously. Target of the student dem- onstration was Miss Alberta Wilson, moderator of theMt. Clemens high school student council. The strikers sent a five-man committee to Jones demanding her ouster. He re- jected the demand. I-,I Union Tells Committee Appointees Appointments to the Union sub- April Draft C Call To Hit Teenagers e Men of 19 To Fill Third ofQuota WASHINGTON - ( 0) -- At least one out of every three men drafted for military service next month will be under 20 years old, an As- sociated Press survey showed yes- terday. The proportion may be much higher. THE SURVEY of state selective service directors also showed: 1. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia will take 19-year-olds -in April with 14 of the states doing so for the first time since World War II. Perhaps New Jersey and Ten- ressee will have to. The five that won't are Alabama, Maryland, South Carolina, Vermont and Vir- inese Reds Unleash of Year aviest Blow West Korean Front tBouchard's Final Rites To BeHeld Funeral services for Prof. Harry Bouchard, of the engineering school will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. ' Prof. Bouchard died suddenly Saturday afternoon of a heart 4>council threw out the verdict. The five were later removed when the International UAW placed an ad- ministrationship over the local. The constitutional changes adopted would have made that task much simplier. Walter P. Reuther, International Presi- dent, claimed 10 to 1 victory for the changes, said they were de- signed to protect the union against "small groups trying to undermine it." He named the groups as: 1. Communists, Fascists or Nazis or persons subservient' to them. 2. Racketeers and gangsters. 3. Offi- cers involved in fraud cases. NO MEASURE to oust Com- munists from membership in the union is planned for the conven- tion. The new measures apply to persons running for office-even if they are defeated-as well as officers themselves. Thus they could be applied to the five former Local 600 of- ficers if the convention gives them the right to run for office again, as it might well do. Two frequent Reuther critics, John De Vito of Cleveland and Walter Quillico of Local 600, led the opposition to the amendments. Yesterday in Los Angeles an- other crackdown on Communists took place when the House Com- mittee on Un-American Activi- ties opened a clean-up investiga- tion of possible communist infil- tration into the entertainment, legal, newspaper and medical fields. The first witness, Danny Dare, a dance director, testified the Com- munists denied they advocated vio- lent overthrow of the government when they enlisted him for mem- bership, -but he now thinks they r would do anything to accomplish their ends-"including that." SL Jobs Open. In BookStore Students interested in putting business experience to work as manager or assistant manager of i the Student Legislature Student Book Exchange can file applica- tions for the jobs before March 31 at the SL Bldg. Interviews will be held begin- ning at 7 p.m. March 31 for the managerial positions. Work on the jobs begins im- mediately after spring vacation although registration week and the first two weeks of the fall term consume the most time. committee studying the presentjg nia, position of the Union building pro- 12Thirteen tates and the Dis- Staebler hit plans for an Ject were announced yesterday byI Easter vacation probe recom- Union President, Bill Jentes, '55L. mended by Rep. Clare Hoffman Those named to the four man (R-Mich.) into charges by Rep, committee were Dean of Men Wal- Charles G. Oakman (R-Mich.) ter B. Rea, T. Hawley Tapping, of violence during the 1950 dis- alumni association secretary,Frank trict conventions. C. Kuenzel, Union general man- The Ann Arbor Democrat said, ager and Jentes. "This investigation is a Republican * device to divert the growing pub- AT THE FRIDAY meeting of the lic awareness the Republican Par- Union Board of Directors the com- ty has been taken over lock, stock mittee was also instructed to make and patronage-by General Mot- aange with a similar ors Corp." PROF. HARRY BOUCHARD , . . attack just after arriving in Wash- ington, D. C. by airplane to at- tend a surveying conference. HE JOINED the University fac- ulty in 1918 and in 1938 took over the job of director of the Univer- sity's Camp Davis engineering ', camp in Wyoming. He received a bachelor of civil engineeringde- gree from the University in 1911. From 1925 to 1928, he was professor of railway engineering at Paiyang University, Tientsin, China. The author of many textbooks on surveying, Prof. Bouchard was a member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Triangle and Vulcans engineer- ing honorary society's, and Tri- angle fraternity. Burial will be in St. John's Cem- etery, Ypsilanti, following services in Muehlig Funeral Chapel. A re- quest has been made that flowers be omitted and controbutions be made to the Michigan Heart As- sociation memorial fund in De- troit. Hoffman, who heads the House Government Operations Com- mittee, was reported to be plan- ning an April inquiry into charges the CIO and Democratic liberals forcibly took over con- trol of the Democratic Party through the district conventions. Feikens said Staebler should "disclose who really controls the State Democratic Party" and "He should explain just what he is afraid of." * * * LOCAL Democrats were quick to back Staebler however. Ann Arbor chairman, Mrs. Grace Marck- wardt, said although she could not vouch for the state level, "the local Democratic party owes noth- ing to the CIO." Young Democrat presid1ent, Blue Carstenson, Grad., added, "The Republicans have more to worry about in terms of control by spec- ial groups than the Democrats." Hoffman said Sunday he nad not arrived at a date for the De- troit hearings but that if they are held they will be either before or during the Easter vacation, April 3-13. Included in the investigation will be disputed charges that baseball bats and guns figured in the tur- bulent sessions Sepf. 20, 1950. Student Killed In Auto Crash Tom Hail, '56E, was killed and his companion Keith Olson, '56E, driver of the car, was critically in- jured in a two car collision at 2:45 a.m., Sunday at Plymouth and Beech roads in Redford Township, Police said driver of the other car, Wesley T. Woodall of Flint, was drunk at the time of the acci- dent and failed to stop at the in- tersection. He is being held in Wayne County jail for investiga- tion of manslaughter. The students were on their way home to Detroit when the acci- dent occurred. They were. both rushed to Wayne County Hospi- tal. Hail was pronounced dead on arrival, and Olson was later re- leased at his parents' request. "Tom was an Academic Co- chairman in Taylor House and was very active in the house activities," the associate adviser, Mrs. Virgin- ia M. Harryman, said. He was a pledge of Phi Gamma Delta fra- ternity. There will be a private funeral for Hail this morning. 'U' Ex-Professor John Parker Dies John C. Parker, professor of electrical engineering at the Uni- versity from 1915 to 1922, died yes- League sub-committee for a joint meeting of the Union and League Boards in the near future. According to Jentes the near- est convenient date will fall sometime after the spring vaca- tion. Appointment of the committee. especially to study financial prob- lems facing the rennovation and building project, marked the sec- ond major step in a renewed ef- fort to make the Union physical plant more adequate for student needs. Meanwhile, the time until the joint meeting has been designated by the Board as a "fact finding period." Information and student opin- ion will be gathered on finances, any possible policy changes with regard to the Union's place on campus, management changes arising from changes in policy and the determination of needed facili- ties. Total cost of the project las been estimated at about three mil- lion dollars. Cornell Dean t -ict of Columbia will call 19-year- cds to fill at least 50 per cent of their April draft quota. 3. Probably all but two states- Alabama and South Carolina-will be taking 19-year-olds in May. The Alabama director said it will be June, perhaps later, before any are drafted in his state. The South Carolina director said he didn't know when. Probably the biggest number will come from Illinois where the state director estimated the "bulk" of a 3,254 quota will be 19-year- olds. Pennsylvania will need 2.- 500 of a 4,081 quota. California comes third with about 2,000 of 3,164. No state will take all 19-year- olds to fill their April call. But Massachusetts with a 1,262 quota will need "substantially all" such men, as will Arizona with a 243 quota, the District of Columbia with 218 and Oregon with 350. More than 50 per cent of the April quota will be 19-year-olds in these other states: Arkansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ne- vada, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Texas. The present draft age Is 18% to 26. Since the draft started in 1948, draft boards have been tak- ina the oldest first. Thev have -Daily-Don Campbell BACKSTAGE PRESENTATION-Arthur Fiedler, conductor of the Boston "Pops" Orchestra, is seen accepting the position of honorary Fire Chief for the city of Ann Arbor from actual Chief Ben Zahn. Fiedler, who has received similar honors in many of the nation's cities, was presented a certificate before last night's performance in Hill Auditorium. Actively interested in all the phases of fire prevention in his home city of Boston, Fied- ler expressed pleasure for the recognition accompanying this phase of his activities. Campatgn Week Begins with ManyOpen Houses Campaign week has begun. Eighty-odd candidates running for 48 posts in all-campus elec- tions next Tuesday and Wednesday have by now mapped out almost professional campaigns, attempting to out-poster and out-talk their rivals. Plans go into effect this week. UN Troops Make Stand At OldBaldy- Hand-To-Hand FightingRages By The Associated Press SEOUL - The Chinese Com- munists launched their heaviest attack in five months on the Ko- rean Western Front early today and were stopped cold except on Old Baldy, where savage hand-to- hand fighting was raging. Field dispatches said initial re- ports that Allied soldiers had been driven off nearby Pork Chop'Hill, 3,000 yards west of Old Baldy, had proved erroneous. S* * ASSOCIATED PRESS Corres- pondent Stan Carter on the front said 3,500 Chinese struck in co- ordinated waves last night. Fighting was continuing on the crest of Old Baldy which guards the mairr invasion route between Pyongyang, the Red capital, and Seoul, 45 miles south. The Chinese threw 500 to 750-- man attacks at Old Baldy, Pork Chop and nearby T-Bone Hill along a three-mile front. Another battle raged at White Horse Mountain, 11 miles north of Old Baldy and just west of Chor- won. * ** THE ALLIES crushed two at- tacks on T-Bone Hill, adjoining Pork Chop on the West and bat- tled furiously on an outpost in the White Horse mountain sector, 11 miles north of .Old Baldy. Haze and clouds over North Ko- rea curtailed the Allied air effort. Although the attack was a big one, early reports indicated it was doubtful the Chinese in- tended more than a limited of- fensive at most. The co-ordinated Red attacks kicked off with comparatively small thrusts Saturday night near Old Baldy. Within a few hours, they were built up to a massive blow. It was the largest Communist attack since late last fall, when fighting raged on Sniper Ridge and Triangle Hill along the Cen- tral Front. worked d6wn through the 26 to the WHILE BIG CAMPAIGN issues are few this term, significant 20-year-olds and have drafted, positions are at stake in next week's balloting. deferred, exempted or rejected al- They include 20 Student Legislature seats, four literary college most all the men between thos senior class officers, four engineering college senior class posts, seven ages. seo s _____ Union vice-presidencies, nine J- Hop committee memberships, one IFC To Elect Board in Control of Intercollegiate YD Leaders Athletics position and three poss on the Board in Control of Stu-S ew O ff icers dent Publications. Other than the omnipresent A i BOOSTER SHOT? Prof. Lobanov Discusses New Yugoslavia Policy Interfraternity Council senior officers for next year will be elect- ed by the House Presidents As- sembly at 7:15 p.m. today at the Sigma Phi Epsilon House. Candidates for the presidency are John Baity, '53; Ken Cutler' '54; Hank Crapo, '54; and C. A.1 Mitts, '54BAd. Sam Siporin, '54, is a candidate for executive vice-president, and Monte Marshall, '54, is running for the office of vice-president in charge of personnel and admin- istration. Dick Manchee, '54E, is a candidate for treasurer. K-F To Purchase Willys-Overland NEW YORK-(AP)-Kaiser-Fraz er Corp. last night announced a deal to buy the Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., for an estimated $62,300,000. It is expected to be completed m April, subject to approval by Wil- lys-Overland common stockhold- ers. accumulations of culticolored posters, candidates' chief means of making their names and ideas known are dinner speeches and open houses. Ten residence units have thus far scheduled open houses for all candidates. Present schedule is as follows: Chi Omega, 5 to 6 p.m. today; Mosher Hall, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. today; Hinsdale House, East Quadrangle, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. today; Alpha Delta Pi, 5 to 6 p.m. tomorrow; Jordan Hall, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. tomorrow; Martha Cook, 7 to 8 p.m. to- morrow. Zeta Beta Tau, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday; Stockwell Hall, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday; Yost League House, 5 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday. Women To Solicit Red Cross Funds Nine hundred women volunteers in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti will conduct a house-to-house cam- paign Thursday night to solicit funds for the 1953 Washtenaw County Red Cross drive. 1 e o voters Progress is being made toward lowering the voting age in the * *v* State from 21 years old to 18, MEANWHILE, the Moscow ra- according to the State Central dio suddenly switched off its peace Committee of Young Democrats. propaganda last night as it lashed all out on the old line, declaring the Thirty representatives from a West Germany Army is an in'stru- over the State converged on Ann ment of American imperialism. Arbor Sunday to hold their third It also charged that a U.S. meeting of this year. A resolution I nlonhared ftht avU.S. weather plane fired on by Soviet' By ARLENE LISS "It's like giving an aspirin to a patient," Prof. Andrei Lobanov- Rostovsky of the history depart- ment remarked about Yugoslavia's recent decision to abandon ner system of forced industrial pro- duction in favor of one recog- nizing the profit motive in indus- trial production. Prof. Lobanov conjectured the decision is similar to that taken by the Soviet Union in 1921, when Lenin loosened all restrictions tnd reintroduced semi-private enter- prise in order "to give a shot in the arm to Soviet economy." THE .NEW Economic Policy, Prof. Lobanov said, had little re- lation to the political principles of the Communists, but was aimed solely at balancing the budget and 41 1' i ivization of farms would be 'is- continued. * * * PROF. LOBANOV also specu- lated the relative poverty of cer- tain sections of the country such as Bosnia and Heregovnia and the corresponding need for foreign in- vestments might have affected the new policy. Officials in Belgrade remarked Sunday the move was an at- tempt to eliminate government waste, and inefficiency and be- cause it had been demonstrated production was not increased under a strict supervision. A Communist party official was reported as saying, "We are try- ing capitalism without capital- ist." Prof. N. Marbury Effimenco of t1'p ,-.id n cAniav' dA itnmjnt NEW DEAN-Former University student and instructor, Prof. Ed- ward H. Litchfield, was ap)- pointed Dean of Cornell's School of Business and Public Admin- istration over the weekend. Prof. Litchfield received his AB in 1937 and his Ph.D. from the Uni- versity in 1940. From 1940 to 1945 he taught here and at Brown University. to lower the membership age in ffghters March 15 off Kamchatka Young Democrat clubs from 18:Peninsula to 16 was passed and forwarded to wespitnry. the national headquarters. Itrioy And at the United Nations in The delegates also heard Mrs. New York, the United States and Margret Price, National Demo- Red Czechoslovakia clashed bitter- cratic Committeewoman from ly yesterday over Communist Michigan, give an address on "The charges of United States subver- relation of Young Democrats to: sion against Iron Curtain coun- the regular Democratic party." tries. Mrs. Price told them, "It h E s a T I -}-become clear the Democrats ha -e f1I i G T l given women a part to play en the policy-making level." She also said, n T S "The way is open for the YD 'to n Ul assume their part of leadersnip in the State Democratic party.' The parental role of the Uni- Mrs. Price said she was "very versity will be discussed by Prof. encouraged by the new activities Arthur Eastman of the English de- of Young Democrats." Ipartment at 8 p.m. today in the I k i DRAFT, SPRING ONLY PARTIAL REASONS: Complex Causes for Student Interest Lag Seen (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- snd in a series of articles based on a survey of campus organizations with respect to their success or lack of success in building membership.) By VIRGINIA VOSS While Student Legislature and1 campus judiciaries work to pro- I an overall campus lethargy but the problem of getting students to take on positions of governing responsibility - positions which are necessarily competitive. To those who want to cure the situation, the question im- mdatea r mise.:wa i ts1 bination of the above and probably additional factors. Dean of Men Walter B. Rea pointed out that the present in- terest lag is "more obvious than it has been for several years " Not- ing the situation is "discouraging from an ndministrative stand- point where "immediacy of the problem takes precedent over significance of the value," Bar- ker said. According to Barker, the "sphere of interest" outlines itself this way: first come living concerns, then weightier individual decisions Union as the first talk in a'"For your Information" series dealing with civil rights and academic freedom. The series is sponsored by the Students for Democratic Action and the Civil Liberties Committee who have also scheduled a talk by Prof. Henry D. Aiken, visiting pro- fessor of philosophy, for April 16, and a panel discussion by local clergymen for May 12. III C To Discuss i i