'OPERATION BRAINWASHING' See Page 4 Y L Latest Deadline in the State 4E3at GENERALLY CLOUDY VOL. LXIII, No. 146 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1953 SIX PAGES U N _< ...,..,.. I Judge Lifts Lattimore's Top Charge New Trial Set For October 6 WASHINGTON (AP) - Charges that Owen Lattimore lied when he denied Communist sympathies were thrown out yesterday by a Federal Judge who declared Amer- ica must not destroy freedom of belief while fighting Red infiltra- tion. But District Judge Luther W. Youngdahl ordered Lattimore to trial Oct. 6 on three lesser perjury charges. EVEN THOSE THREE may not "pass the test .of materiality so as to present a jury issue," he said, adding: "but this must await the .trial." Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins University lecturer and one-time occasional consultant to the State Department, was indicted by a federal grand jury Dec. 16. The charges, seven in all, grew out of his stormy 12 days of tes- timony last spring before the Sen- ate internal security subcommit- tee headed by Sen. McCarran (D- Nev). y* +t e THE COMMITTEE questioned Lattimore about alleged Commu- nist connections and what in- fluence he wielded in U.S. post- war policy in the Orient, then recommended that a grand jury decide whether he had committed perjury. Lattimore, who declined com- ment on Judge Youngdahl's rul- ing, has denied all the charges against him. "Pure moonshine," he said of a statement by Sen. Mc- Carthy (R-Wis) that he was the top Soviet spy in the U.S. Judge Youngdahl, a Republican former Governor of Minnesota, said the indictment's first and ba- sic count, that 'Lattimore lied when he denied having communist sympathies, "must fall because it is violative of both the first and the sixth amendment. 1,000 Attend University Day Getting a taste of college life, more than 1,000 high school stu- dents from Michigan and adjoin- ing states wandered across the campus yesterday boning up on curriculums, dorm life and the male-female ratio. Taking advantage of the annual University Day invitation.to high school juniors and seniors in Mich- igan, Indiana and Ohio, the visi- tors almost unanimously rated the University tops on rating slips pro- vided by the admissions office. ...One high school senior named. the engineering school's naval tank the most impressive sight of the day, while an aspiring music school coed wondered if1 classes were held on the observa- tion floor of Burton Tower. One grey-flanneled sophomore1 guide was heard remarking to his group, "you've seen everything, in- cluding Ann Arbor weather." I The most carefully worded ob- servation of the day came from a1 sober male senior from Saginaw who thought University Day1 should have been scheduled for the fall before he made up his mind to go to Michigan State., -Daily-Don Campbell IOWA CATCHER STOPS ONE WOLVERINE RUN Local Dealers May Test Book Banning Legality A strong possibility exists that a group of local book dealers are getting ready to carry the local drive against reputed "obscene" pocket books into court as a test case. A campus book dealer said that, under a Pennsylvania court decision a book has to be judged in its entirety, and not in parts taken from context, in order to be considered obscene. This case involved James Joyce's "Ulysses." * * * * . THIS DEALER stated that he hasn't been notified by the police which books are considered obscene and must be removed from stock. However, he said that he has "no intention of following the police order" and pointed out that he is against pocket book censorship. "Girlie" magazines probably should be censored, he added, but he said he has no feelings either way on the subject, as his WQ- Busoys Resume ~Jobs; Await Action A majority of West Quad bus- boys returned to their jobs yes- terday after their leader, John Curry, '53NR, reported that the East and South Quads will not support them in a sympathy strike. Meanwhile Duane Person, spokesman for a committee of five East Quad busboys, reported that a "workable plan" for settlement of the busboy grievances was formulated at the committee's meeting yesterday afternoon, but declined to give details until af- ter a tri-quad busboy meeting scheduled for tomorrow night. .* *: * THIS MEETING and a South Quad general busboy meeting to be held earlier tomorrow night will lead to a tri-quad meeting Tuesday with Leonard A. Schaadt,1 business manager of the residence halls. Two representatives of each quad will present him with a for- mal statement of their requests. Schaadt expressed confidence that Tuesday's meeting will be successful and said, "Any sugges- tions the busboys have for im- proving working conditions or wage grievances will certainly be considered." book store doesn't sell this type of literature. Obeying a book list termed in- decent by the Detroit police cen- sor bureau is not the right way to solve the problem, he continued. "The question of what consti- tutes obscenity can only be de- cided through due process in the courts, not by any self-appointed censor, vested group or police in- dividual," he added. CHIEF Assistant County Prose- cutor Edmond F. DeVine said yes- terday the local police department has only informed booksellers that the distribution of literature vio- lates a state law. In the future, he added, it will be the seller's responsibility not to have obscene literature in his establishment. Prof. Arthur M. Eastman of the English department pointed out that although censorship is in- volved, the public needs protec- tion against tawdry literature. County law enforcement officers a week ago ordered all book deal- ers to clear their stocks of about 250 books termed "indecent" by a Detroit police censor bureau's listing. Prosecution of dealers re- fusing to comply will probably be made within a month. Brown Gets Post Mayor William E. Brown was one of eight mayors named this week to a committee representing all American cities at the Inter- national Union of Cities June 15 to 20 in Vienna. Hawks Stop 'M' Baseball Nine Twice Wolverines Drop To Second Place By DAVE BAAD A plucky Iowa baseball team, performing flawlessly in the clutch, ended Michigan's four game Big Ten victory skien in convincing fashion yesterday, whipping the Wolverines in both ends of a dou- ble header, 4-2 and 5-3. Thedouble defeat dropped Ray Fisher's squad out of first place in the Western Conference stand- ings enabling Wisconsin, rained out of its two games with North- western, to move into undisputed possession of the top spot. The Badgers are undefeated in three games. MICHIGAN HAD numerous chances to win both contests. In the first game it had base runners in eight of the .nine innings and seven times the leadoff man reached base. However, with the help of five double plays, Ron Schaefer, Hawkeye pitcher, was almost untouchable when the chips were down. The only dents in his rec- ord came in the third and sev- enth innings when the Wolver- ines pushed across their lone markers. Merle Jensen, hurling the sev- en inning nightcap for the visi- tors, was tagged for ten hits by Michigan batters but he scattered them successfully enough to earn the 5-3 decision. ** * JACK CORBETT and Dick Yirkosky were the losing pitchers for Michigan. Corbett gave up nine hits in the opener, all singles, and with the exception of the third inning when Iowa scored three times, he pitched a good ball game. His sidearm stuff was working well and he struck out four bat- ters. Yirkosky was likewise a vice tim of one bad inning. He gave up four hits and three runs in the opening frame of the night- cap and Iowa managed to main. tain the lead for the rest of the game. Bruce Haynam, Michigan short- stop, although still hampered somewhat by his weak leg, was the day's leading hitter. The slen- See IOWA SQUAD, Page 3 EQ Residents Explain Views On Serenade Four male residents of East Quad said yesterday that the cam- pus had "jumped to conclusions" in thinking the reaction to a sere- nade by Kappa Alpha Psi, a Negro fraternity, had been brought on by racial prejudice. At a meeting called to clarify the misunderstanding, Fred Hicks, '54, Phil Lucasse, Grad., Dave Ponitz, Grad., and Charles Todd, '55A, emphasizing the fact that they were not speaking as repre- sentatives of East Quad men, cleared up some of the points in the controversy. ONLY TWO MEN appeared with white sheets, and they were drag- ging them, not wearing them, Todd reported. The sheets were picked up in a quad corridor where they had been thrown as a part of a practical joke, and did not symbolize the Ku Klux Klan, he added. Hicks reported that the fra- ternity, by singing in the court, had violated an East Quad ruling restricting serenading on the street side of the residence hall. This is not the first time that serenaders have been "hissed away" according to Ponitz. Men of Strauss House in East Quad serenaded their sister house, Prescott, last fall and were re- buked by other quad residents. The question of the serenade will be discussed by the East Quad Council when it meets Tuesday, Velde Summons Witnesses in N.Y. WASHINGTON - UP) -- Rep. POWs Of Co Object amunist 0 -Daily-Frank Barger ORPHAN'S DAY-Children from the Methodist Children's Village in Detroit intently watch a movie at the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house as part of the fraternity's annual Orphan's Day. The group had originally planned an afternoon baseball game, but inclement weather made movies the order of the day. Concert To Feature Lockwood Work to 0) This afternoon's May Festival program will feature the world premiere performance of Normand Lockwood's "Prairie," commis- sioned by Choral Union conductor Thor Johnson for the 60th an- nual May concert series. The text of the choral number is an adaptation of a Carl Sand- burg poem set to music. * * * THE 325-VOICE Choral Union will also sing Brahms' "Triumph- lied." Soloist for this afternoon's - World News Roundup By The Associated Press SEOUL-Allied air power, tak- ing advantage of clear, sunny weather, hit the Communists full force along the western front yes- terday, rounding out a week of light skirmishes. COLUMBUS, Ga.-New torna- does struck last night in storm battered central Alabama and Georgia, where 28 persons have died in three days of high winds and twisters. Hundreds have been injured and property damage runs into the millions. DETROIT-A reorganization of the CIO's administrative opera- tions was reported in the making yesterday as an outcome of Wal- ter Reuther's ascendancy. concert is brilliant Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny who will play Martinu's "Concerto No. 2." The Philadelphia Orchestra will per- form Schubert's "Overture in the Italian Style." Singing tonight in the last pro- gram of the six-concert series, Metropolitan Opera soprano Zinka Milanov will perform Beethoven's "Ah, perfido, Op. 65" and Verdi's "Pace, pace" from Forza del des- tino and "Ritorna Vincitor" from Aida. . * EUGENE ORMANDY will con- duct the Orchestra in Haydn's "Symphony No. 7," Barber's "Sec- ond Essay for Orchestra" and Ra- vel's "La Valse." For the past four seasons, Fir- kusny has been soloist with the New York Philharmonic Symphony' Orchestra. Mme. Milanov, hailed this season by Newsweek as the un- Law Grad Gets RepublicanPost David W. Kendall, Jackson at- torney and University Law School graduate, was elected Republican National Committeeman from Michigan yesterday. Unanimously chosen by the Re- publican State Central Commit- tee at a Lansing meeting, Kendall succeeds U.S. Postmaster-General Arthur E. Summerfield who re- signed the post when appointed' to President Eisenhower's cabi- net. - questioned "queen" of the Met- ropolitan Opera, won her initial success in Vienna under conduc- tor Bruno Walter. After appearances with Tosca- nini at the Salzburg Festival, the Yugoslavian artist was engaged by the Met where she has since be- come the leading soprano. Tickets for today's performances will be on sale from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to- day in the box offices of Hill Au- ditorium. Tickets are priced at $2.50, $2 and $1.50. Dulles Reports U.S. Aids Laos Troops WASHINGTON - (A) - Sec- retary of State Dulles announced yesterday that the United States is feeding "critically needed mili- tary items" reported to consist mainly of a small fleet of big cargo airplanes-to the anti-Commu- nist defenders of the embattled kingdom of Laos. In a statement Dulles denounced the new Red invasion in Indochina as "another case of ruthless and unprovoked attack." He himself did not specify the nature of the military items be- ing supplied. But it was learned that the rush aid consists mainly of two or three dozen big cargo planes suitable for speeding troops and supplies to the Laotian front. Most or all of these were under- stood to be of the C-119 type, which can carry 64 paratroopers or a large cargo. Return Via Secret Plane To Hospital Exchange Ends, Peace Talks Stall By The Associated Press Twenty American soldiers ar- rived at Valley Forge Military Hospital in Pennsylvania yester- day after a secrecy-shrouded plane trip from Tokyo and a hospital spokesman said most "are burned up" over reports that a number of the group succumbed to Red propaganda while prisoners of war. The secrecy was imposed when the men left Tokyo in a C97 Stra- tocruiser Thursday. The pentagon had ordered the security measure, the Air Force said, "because of the position taken by the Army and others that these men may have been misled under conditions of duress and hardship during the period of their captivity." * * * MAJ. JAMES CAMPBELL, the hospital's public information offi- cer, said military authorities feel that some of the 20 may have been influenced by their Com- munist captors. He emphasized, however, that "there is nothing conclusive about this, and even the thought of such influence should not be applied to the whole group. It would be unfair to brand a whole group of men in such a manner. A hospital spokesman said the treatment being received by the soldiers pt Valley Forge i no different from that given to other exchanged prisoners of war in other hospitals. They'll be here until they recuperate, he said. Some need dental treat- ment badly, he added, and some will also be given psychiatric care. Meanwhile, in Panmunjom, the re-born Korean armistice talks, just one week old and stalled on the issue of a- caretaker nation for prisoners refusing to go home after the war, were in recess to- day as the exchange of disabled POW's ended. The one-day recess was asked by the Reds. In past truce talks such recesses sometimes have preceded new Communist moves. The Allies got back 684 captives, including 149 Americans. The UN sent to the Reds a total of 6,670. 'U' Alumnus' Plays Called Communistic Former University student The- odore Kaghan is being quizzed this week before Sen. Joseph McCar- thy's Senate Investigations sub- committee about the Hopwood winning plays he wrote between 1932 and 1935, Kaghan's plays, which won him $1,500 inwriting awards, are the focal point of the subcommittee's investigations, as they are alleged to be Communistic in theme. How- ever, Kaghan has claimed that any parts of the dialogue which might be construed as communis- tic were the words ofcharacters in his plays, and not his own. KAGHAN, acting Deputy Direc- tor of the Public Affairs Division at the U.S. High Commissioner's Bonn Headquarters, pointed out to the sub-committee that the plays were written 20 years ago, and cannot be taken as an accur- ate index of his thinking today. In the 1932-33 contest Kaghan, writing under the name of The- odore Kane Cohen, won a $250 minor Hopwood in drama. The next year he received special mention in the Hopwoods win- ning $250. In the 1934-35 con- test, he capped his rise with a A1.00t) miorIa.Honwoo rl uardin Report Influence WARM PERSONALITY NEEDED: Survey Rates Academic Counselors ITALIAN ELECTION FORECAST: Swinton Predicts DeGasper Victory By DIANE DECKER An academic counselor is quite a person. If he wants to make the grade with literary college students, he needs a 'warm" personality and knowledge of courses and require- ments. If he has a pleasing appearance as well, chances are he will re- ceive a top rating. Despite the list of requirements, more than half of a cross-section of students are sat- isfied with their academic coun- selors. * * * THESE FACTS were brought out in a survey conducted last fall by Jim Shortt, Grad., as material ACADEMIC counseling facilities did not get a clean slate from those polled. A majority of students- seven out of ten-expressed a pref- erence for keeping the same coun- selor throughout the entire four years of college so he could be- come better acquainted with the individual student. Part of the group indicated reliance upon other sources, such as parents or friends, for solving academic problems of course selection. Although these factors appeared to weaken the system, Dean Rob- ertson regarded them "a healthy sign." He explained the philoso- phy of academic counseling, ex- eight out of ten advocating it and only eight per cent expressing neg- ative opinions. However, the average visitor was only moderately satisfied with his most recent interview- and one of his frequent com- plaints was the speed with which the interview was con- ducted. Individual counselors were crit- icized most frequently for lack of familiarity with courses and -re- quirements. Upperclassmen had fewer complaints than freshmen and sophomores, which Dean Rob- ertson attributed to increased knowledge of requirements and course content. By GAYLE GREENE The present Christian - Demo- cratic government will retain pow- er in the Italian elections June 7, despite an expected increase in Communist and Fascist votes, a veteran foreign correspondent said yesterday. Odds are that Alcide DeGasperi's government, in power for the last seven years, will still hold an edge over parties of the extreme right and left, according to Stan Swin- ton, Associated Press Italian Bu- reau Chief. "RESULTS of the election will be of particular importance to the United States because Italy has been the most enthusiastically co- operative of the NATO partners," trend away from DeGasperi's par- ty. "Real wages are higher than ever before in history though still low by American standards," he said. "Most Italians are con- vinced the government hasn't done enough to keep prices down." He noted both moderates and leftists feel agrarian reform could be pushed faster. Swinton attributed the expect- ed increase in Fascist votes to three causes: (1) Nostalgia for the old days under Mussolini. (2) Unemployment of 1,750,000 (Under Mussolini, the colonies and army sopped up the unem- r~noved_ --Daily-Frank BargerI