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VOL. LXIII, No. 138 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 24. 1953
INCREASING CLOUDINESS
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Convocation
Honors Top
'U' Students
Glennan To Talk
At HillAssembly
By GENE HARTWIG
"This Age of Opportunity" will
be the subject of the address by
T. Keith Glennan, president of
Case Institute of Technology, to
the 640 students being honored in
the 30th annual Honors Convoca-
tion at 11 a.m. today in Hill Audi-
torium.
Among those receiving special
recognition will be the 27 James
B. Angell Scholars, students who
have maintained an all-A record
for the past two semesters.
Students maintaining 3.5 grade
point averages during the past two
semesters and special awards win-
S4 ners will also be honored in the
program.
ONE HUNDRED-TWENTY stu-
dents in the under-graduate
p schools are receiving special
awards.
Families and students who
have been invited to the convo-
cation have been asked to an
afternoon tea at the home of
University President Harlan
Hatcher.
Students receiving honors will
be excused from 10 a.m. classes.
Other classes will be excused at
10:45 a.m. so that students may
attend the convocation.
PRESENTATION of honor stu-
dents will be made by Dean of
Students, Erich A. Walter. Presi-
dent Hatcher will preside at the
& convocation.
Guest speaker Glennan is a
former member of the Atomic
Energy Commission and gradu-
ated cum laude in electrical en-
gineering from Sheffield Scien-
tific School of Yale University in
1927.
During the war the scientist was
administrator of the United States
Navy Underwater Sound Labora-
tory at New London, Conn. He be-
came fourth president of Case In-
stitute of Technology in Cleve-
land, Ohio, in 1947.
Arrangements for the annual
convocation are made by the Hon-
ors Convocation Committee headed
by Dean Walter and consisting of
four other members of the faculty
and administration.
Announcement of the addition
14 of two student members to the
committee was made yesterday by
Dean Walter.
Dinner Honors
'U' Employees
A special service awards banquet
honoring 113 University employees
was given last night by the Board
of Regents in the Union
The dinner is an annual affair
in observance of the tenth. 20th
a 30th, 40th and in the case of J.
George Lutz, Jr. 50th anniversary
year of the employee's service to
the nUiversity.
President Harland H. Hatcher,
Regent Roscoe O. Bonisteel, Sec-
retary Herbert 0. Watkins and
the Men's Glee Club took part in
the program which Vice-president
Wilbur K. Pierpont presided over.1
In tribute to the employees the
following message was given: "The
University expresses its gratiture
to the veterans among its staff
members and on this occasion pays
tribute to them for their devoted
and efficient service."
Those honored for 40 years of
service were: Bertha L. Beck, J.
Herman Greve, Ella M. Hymans,
Albert G. Mahlke, Mary A. Mc-
Cullough, Katherine C. Murray,
Edqard C. Pardon, Ruth A. Rouse
and Edward J. Vandawarker.
State Debate Test
Held HereToday
Eight top-ranking student de-
baters representing four Michigan
high schools will compete in the
A and B Divisions of the 1952-53
state championships at 4 p.m. to-
morrow in the Rackham Bldg. and
Auditorium A, Angell Hall.
Tn the A Divioinn Flint Nrth-
Ike To Overhaul
Key Postttons
State, Defense Agencies To Face
Efficiency Move, Budget Reduction
WASHINGTON - A") - President Eisenhower is working on
board-scale reorganization of the State and Defense Departments
with a two-fold purpose.
He seeks to tighten up their efficiency and to make them less
costly.
THE PRESIDENT told his weekly news conference he is confident
the 46-billion dollar defense budget submitted by former President
Truman for the fiscal year starting July 1 can be reduced. He said
Particular
WASHINGTON -- O')..ft's
harder to become a Daughter
of the American Revolution.
Even having an ancestor who
marched with George Washing-
ton is no guarantee of DAR
membership.
These facts came out in a
speech by two honorary presi-
dent generals of the DAR this
week. "In the old days," one
said, "we used to accept evi-
dence of ancestry we won't ac-
cept now. Now we demand
proof."
"No one can simply join the
DAR," the other announced.
"She must not only be eligible,
she must be desirable. We're
getting more particular all the
time," she added.
he was not ready to estimate
by
Willens Set
To Talky At
Graduation
Howard Willens, '53, was named
by the Senior Board yesterday to
represent the senior class as their
speaker during Commencement
ceremonies June 13.
The naming of Willens culmi-
nates several years effort by sen-
ior classes to have a representative
during commencement. In 1951,
Chuck Murray, president of the
class, was on hand to present a
senior class gift to retiring Uni-
versity President Alexander G.
Ruthven.
JACK FLYNN, '53A, chairman
of the Senior Board, said details
as to what part of the program
Willens will appear in are now be-
ing worked out. He said Willens
was selected from about 15 stu-
dents nominated by the Board for
the honor. The Commencement
Committee gave its official ap-
proval to the student speaker three
weeks ago.
In other Board action, an
elaborate entertainment pro-
gram was set up for seniors dur.
See PROFILE, Page 6
how much, however.
Plans for streamlining the [ rgiT fJ x-
State and Defense Departments P
were outlined at a White House
breakfast conference with Con-gls
gressional leaders prior to the To BGiven
session with newsmen.
Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-O) af
ter hearing the plans for reor- o ents
ganizing the Defense Department
said, "Broadly speaking, it would
substitute individuals for certain By ERIC VETTER
boards, effect a greater efficiency Plans for a University television
and cut down on personnel." broadcasting channel will go be-
Eh fore the Board of Regents today
ONE OF THE boards that may with indications pointing to fa-
be abolished, Taft said, is the Mu- vorable reception on the part of
nitions Board, which is in chargeteoardp
of the Government's program of the Boasd.
stockpiling strategic materials. If approved by the Regents, the
suockpiggst cag e iUniversity will receive the go'
Suggestedchae ncude these ahead in applying for channel 26
bateepartmentinde eseon the ultra-high-frequency ban
possibilities Taft said: set aside for Ann Arbor by the
1-Taking the Voice of America Federal Communications Commis-
and information programs out of sion. The UHF channel is reserved
the department and setting them for educational instittitions or oth-
up as an independent agency. er groups for non-commercial use.
2-Transferring the Point Four
program of providing technical IF THE REGENTS do not act
skill to underdeveloped areas of today they will have until their
the world to the Mutual Security May meeting to pick up the Uni-
Agency. versity channel option which ex-
The President also declared pires on June 2. Other groups may
himself in favor of some Ameri- submit bids to the FCC for the
can participation in a St. Law- channel if the University does not
rence Seaway project. meet the June 2 deadline.
He said he received a report
from the National Security Coun-
cil which expressed the opinion it
would be advantagious to national
security for the United States to
take part in some way in con-
struction of the project along the
St., Lawrence River.
In addition he said he is not
necessarily against any change in
the Reciprocal Trade Act but feels
that a simple one-year extension
beyond June 12 would be the best
move at this time, pending fur-
ther study of the situation.
World News
Roundup j
i
ing the time lag between final
exams and commencement. The
lag was created when plans to
Iofficially graduate seniors at
commencement caused final
exams to be moved up and sen-
iors to complete their exams
earlier then usual.
Included in the week-long pro-
gram are projects which Flynn
said "will take up nearly all the
seniors time." A movie in the ar-
boretum, a dance on the diag-
onal, parties and more dances are
included in the plans.
* * *
THE BOARD ALSO announced
that the senior class project of a
bronze University seal was cast
yesterday and is slated to be
placed in the diag during the first
week in May. '.The seal is about
four feet wide and will take the
place of the one removed from
the diag during resurfacing last
summer.
Committee Heads
Named for J-Hop
Bob Dombrowski, '55, was named
as chairman of the 1954 J-Hop
committee and Jay Martin, '55,
was named to head the publicity
for the dance yesterday.
Other chairman are Nancy Ste-
vens, '55 booths, Donna Hoffman,
'55 building and grounds, Red
Johnson, '55, fiinance, Betsy Sher-
rer, '55, decorations, Pete David-
son, '55, music, Dorothy Fink, '55,
tickets and Mary Sue Shoop,
'558M, programs and patrons.
By The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.-The
UN Assembly recessed indefinitely
Thursday after calling overwhelm-
ingly for an impartial investiga-
tion of Red germ warfare charges
and unanimously urged joint ac-'
tion to get 12,000 Chinese guerril-
las out of Burma.
WASHINGTON-Fred M. Al-
ger Jr., prominent Michigan Re-
publican leader, is expected soon
to be nominated as ambassador
to Belgium by President Eisen-
hower, administration sources
said yesterday.
. Alger, former Michigan secre-
tary of state and unsuccessful
GOP candidate for Governor
last November, would succeed
Myron Cowan, who was named
envoy to Brussels by President
Truman.
DETROIT-Thousands were left
stranded in Detroit and its sub-
urbs yesterday by a walkout of
maintenance workers of the Great
Lakes Greyhound Bus Line.
HANOI, Indochina - French
Union forces yesterday stopped
cold a rebel Vietminh invasion
spearhead driving south toward
the Laos kingdom's royal capital
at Luangprabang.
The findings of a special com-
mission set up by the adminis-
tration to study the problem will
be presented to the Regents in
addition to the recommendation
that the Regents approve the
channel option.
The UHF channel differs from
regular television which is on very-
high frequency ban. Television
sets presently in operation will be
able to pick up the UHF programs
by the addition of a special adap-
ter to the set. Sets now being
built include the UHF adapter.
WPAG-TV AnnArbor commer-
cial station, also is on the UHF
ban.
** *
SERVING ON the special 35-
man special committee on Tele-
vision Development were members
of all the schools and colleges, the
University broadcasting service,
the extension service and the ad-
ministration.
Dean Earl V. Moore of the
Schdol of Music headed an 11-
man sub-committee of the group
which sifted information and
suggestions to present to the Re-
gents.,
Actual operation of the chan-
nel will not begin until an esti-
mated $200,000 transmitter ca-
pable of sending programs to De-
troit is constructed. Emphasis will
be on educational shows but
special features and sports events
will be included to give a bal-
anced production. University ad-
ministrators said development and
expansion of the program will
proceed slowly at first.
Positions Open
On Steering Board
Petitioning is now open to all
literary college students for po-
sitions on the Literary College
Steering Committee.
Petitions may be picked up in
Rm. 1010 Angell Hall and must be
turned in by Friday, May 8.
House Votes
To Abandon
Rent Control
Compromise Bill
Goes To Senate
WASHINGTON - (P) - The
House voted yesterday to kill near-
ly all federal rent controls on Jul
31.
The bill now goes to the Senate
where its fate is uncertain
The bill, a last-minute compo-
mise between the Eisenhower ad-
ministration and House Republi-
can leaders, was approved by a
standing vote of 187 to 66.
*
..PROTECTED BY rent ceiling
under the law are some five mil-
lion housing units in 32 states.
All rent control will die at
midnight Thursday unless an
extension is passed by Congress
and signed by the President be-
fore then.
The Senate, however, is in de-
bate over offshore lands legisla-
tion and just when it will get
around to rent controls is very un-
certain.
* * *
THE HOUSE bill would continue
controls until April 30, 1954, or
about 600,000 units in the most
critical military housing areas. The
others would end on July 31 of
this year.
President Eisenhower has ask-
ed for an extension to Oct. 1, to
give local governments time to
replace federal ceilings with lo-
cal controls if they wish.
Democrats chided Republicans
for not supporting a White House
request to extend controls to Oct
1, but Majority Leader Charles
Halleck (R-Ind.) assured the
House the July 31 date would be
agreeable with President Eisen-
hower.
* *#*
THE EISENHOWER Adminis-
tration originally had proposed an
extension of general rent controls
to Oct. 1. Led by Chairman Jesse
Wolcott (R-Mich.), the House
Banking Committee last week ap-
proved a bill to kill Federal ceil-
ings April 30 except in critical
housing areas.;
Wolcott has agreed to the
compromise July 31 date, Hal-
leck reported late Wednesday.
Rep. Spence (D-Ky.), senior
Democrat on the Banking Com-
mittee, indicated many Demo-
crats would go along.
Federal ceilings also are in ef-
fect on about 1,300,000 additional
units in areas designed as having
a critical housing shortage be-
cause of defense installations.
Tau Beta Pi
Welcomes 34
New Initiales
"Modern society looks to science
and engineering for the solution
to more and more of its problems,
from unraveling traffic snarls to
providing methods for the com-
mon defense in an age of push-
button weapons and nuclear war-
fare," C. J. Huebner, Jr, a De-
troit automobile executive said last
night:
Speaking before the initiation
banquet of Tau Beta Pi, engineer-
ing honor society at 6:30 p.m. in
the Union, Huebner stressed tech-
nical know-how and a regard for
human relations as essential in
handling the complex problems of
today.
IN ADDITION to the 34 new ini-
tiates from the engineering col-
lege, four executives who have dis-
tinguished themselves in the field
of engineering were given honor-
ary memberships.
The four were Herbert A.
Browne, James II. Campbell,
William Deans and William H.
Graves.
The 35 initiates accepted into
Tau Beta Pi last night were: Les-
ter Arquette, '53E, Charles Averill,
'53E, David Ayers, '54E, Richard
Balzhiser, '54E, Harry Butler, '53E,
James Cline, '53E, and Paul Cole-
man, '53E.
Others initiated were Harry
Criel, '53E, George Davidson,
'53E, Francis Dawson, '54E,
Donald Firth, '53E, Ka Lun
Fogg, '53E, Paul Friedmann, '53,
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TIME OUT-Little inducement was needed yesterday for students
to take time out to enjoy the balmy spring weather. Here two
coeds bask in the 70 degree sun in front of Angell Hall. The
outlook for today is for continued warm weather but rain is
expected to arrive by evening.
B aseb ll u d first to be scheduled since Oct. 8
chn saa when the Allied delegation walked
out of the meeting with a state-
s ment they would return only when
F hio t te Todthe Communists were prepared to
FehSedaccept the United Nations' propo-
By DAVE LIVINGSTON sal on voluntary repatriation of
Coach Ray Fisher's Michigan nine plunges headlong into the job prisoners or submit something sub-
of defending its Big Ten title this weekend. stantial of their own.
The Wolverines, with a 4-4 reocrd thus far this season, open con- THE;,ARGEST group of Amern-
ference action against Ohio State in Columbus this afternoon, and cans to be liberated in one day-
then move to Champaign tomorrow for a double-header with power- going through this
ful Illinois, co-champions with Michigan last year. front-line processing center yes-
* * * terday.
BOTH THE BUCKEYES and Illini are rated strong title-contend-' Meanwhile, three American
ers with hurling strength the forte in both baseball camps. destroyers and a cruiser came
At Columbus today the Maize and Blue diamond crew will face under heavy Communist shore
___ _ _big Paul Ebert, the Buckeye fire at Wonsan Thursday while
l mound star who turned his blaz- trying to remove wounded from
Uni} n Council ing fastball into seven victories an Allied-held island, the Navy
without a defeat as a sophomore reported yesterday.
Posts Filled last year. The Navy said carrier-based
* * ; Panther jets came to the aid of
THE BIGGEST threat at the the ships. Bombs from the planes
Announcement of the appoint- plate for Jack Ritter, who is slated and counterfire from the ships si-
ment of nine councilmen to fill to pitch for the Wolverines, figures lenced the Red guns, the Navy
posts on the Union Executive to be Jack Gannon, Ohio catcher said.
Council for next year was made who pounded the ball at a .409 clip x
C to rank third in last year's confer- It was the first time in many
last night by Union President Jay ence hitting department. months that more than one Amer-
Strickler, '54. 1 ican warship had come under
Those appointed to positions on Fisher plans to use Jack Cor- Communist shore fire at the same
the recently organized executive bett and Marv Wismewski or time.
council include Tom Leopold, '55, Dick Yirkoski on the mound There were no reports of-
social; Stan Bohrer, '55, public re- against the Illini in tomorrow's whether the ships were .dam-
lations; John Munn, '54E, student twin-bill. Illinois mentor Lee aged.
services; and Dick Pinkerton, '55, Eilzracht will counter with his Ground fighting was at a mini-
secretariat. pair of aces, Clive Follmer and mum but in the air, U.S. Sabre
Other council appointments in- Gerry Smith, in an attempt to jets probably destroyed one Com-
Ohlude Dave Smith, 56, house; Bert turn the tables on a Michigan munist MIG and damaged two
Shapero, '55, publicity. See WOLVERINE, Page 3 more over Northwest Korea.
HIGH POINT OF YEAR: Busboys
I I1
Truce
Talk Delay
Like Action
Planned by
AlliedHeads
Reds Attack U.S.
ShipsYesterday
By The Associated Press
The Allies yesterday said thanks
to the Reds for agreeing to return
more sick and wounded prisoners
than pledged originally and an-
nounced the UN command would
do likewise.
That meant that more disabled
captives would be returned to both
sides than the 605 Allies and 5,800
Communists promised in the his-
toric *Korean War exchange agree-
ment.
THE ALLIES stressed that in
accord with Geneva Convention
principles, the exchange of dis-
abled prisoners should continue.
At the same time, the Reds
asked a one-day postponement
until Saturday for the resump-
tion of full armistice negotia-
tions.
No immediate reason was given
by the Communists for their re-
quest.
The plenary session was the
Reds Agree
To Return
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Student Representation Re-emphasize
Expanded in SL Drive Strike Threat
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IFC, PANHEL:
Students Work on Fresh Air Camp
One of Student Legislature's
four constitutional functions - to
appoint students to University
committees - has been given a
significantly expanded interpreta-
tion by the current Legislature.
The new SL theory goes beyond
the past practice of merely filling
existing student posts and creates
additional student positions where
they are warranted.
WITH 100-ODD groups to work
from, SL's Campus Action and
Culture and Education commit-
tees have this semester advanced
their cause of student representa-
tion on five University committees
and have working members seated
on two.
SHE CITED as particularly im-
portant the new faculty-student'
liason committee with the Uni-
versity Senate.
Besides bettering faculty-stu-
dent relations, the now-function-
ing liaison group will Serve as a
"means of getting faculty opinions
and information," Miss Marks
pointed out.
She conjectured that students
would probably have known
about this semester's final exam
schedule change sooner than
they did had the committee been
in operation.
Other than the liaison body. SL
has put working student represen-
tatives on the UndergradIuate Ad-
visory Committee of the educa-
West Quad busboys last night
reiterated their intentions of walk-
ing off their jobs Monday unless
their demands for increased pay
and better working conditions are
met.
'John Curry, '53NR, spokesman
for the busboys, said he will try
to arrange a meeting with Leon-
ard A. Schaadt, residence halls
business manager, for Monday aft-
ernoon. Curry plans to ask Schaadt
for a pay increase to one dollar
an hour. The busboys are now
making 80 and 85 cents an hour.
At. a meeting earlier in the
week, Schaadt told Curry a pay
raise was being considered for next
semester.
Curry also said that 70 busboys
out of the total 84 will difinitely
walk out next Monday if their de-
By ALICE BOGDONOFF
The University Fresh Air Camp
will take on a new spring look by
the end of this weekend under the
guidance of the Junior Interfra-
ternity Council and the Junior
Today a group of 80 will spend
the afternoon painting the main
lodge, digging post holes and
cleaning up more of the camp.
Getting an early start Saturday,
150 energetic students will leave
sorority and fraternity pledges
members since last fall.
Originally organized as a vaca-
tion' opportunity for underprivi-
leged boys from Michigan, the
camn took on sociological func-