Ll r e MtATTER OF FACT . See Pa-re* Latest Deadline in the Stite adl +d 0 MORE 1SNOW 0 VOL. LXIV, No. 70 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1953 SIX PAGES Dormitory Food. C3. Costs Explained Figures Show $1.50 Per Resident Paid Out Daily for Meals, Labor (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third in a series of interpretive articles on the University Residence Halls-finances, food and future.) "Lousy food." You an hear this complaint expressed by some people in any dormitory. * * * * ALTHOUGH FOOD quality is a hard thing to agree on, food costs can be objectively stated in dollars and cents. So today's article will explore some of the little known facts about how much dormitory residents are paying for food. Exact figures on this subject are not easy to- get. But the available statistics and a little arithmetic provide some interesting results. To begin with, the average dormitory resident pays a little more than $700 a year for board and room. There are 230 "operating days" in a school year, so a student pays about $3.05 for every day he lives 'in the dorm. ACCORDING to a little booklet entitled,- "Your Home Away From Home, Financially Speaking," which was mailed to incoming fresh- men for the first time last summer, food expense is 28.6 per cent of total dormitory revenue, and dining room labor is 19 per cent. A simple addition shows 47.6 cents of every dormitory dollar going into quad meals. But between six and seven cents of resi- dence halls' every revnue dollar come, not from room rent, but from other sources-investments, guests, students who stay during vacations, short course groups in summer and convention groups, for example. This leaves about 94 cents'of the revenue dollar coming from rent. The 47.6 cents of this devoted to meals amounts to just about half of the total rent. UMT, Draft To Co-Exist Via Lottery Proposed System To Begin by 1955 WASHINGTON -( P)- A presi-I dential commission said yesterday a military training system and the draft can be operated simul- taneously by using a lottery. This would determine who would, get six months' training and who would be required to serve two years as a draftee. * * * THE NATIONAL Security Train- ing Commission recommended that such a system start by Jan. 1, 1955, or earlier, with the training of 100,000 18-year-olds, the num- ber increasing as manpower avail- ability and the size ofthe armed forces permit. The cost of train- ing 100,000 men was calculated at about 270 million dollars. The Commission, in its first report in 1951,rsaid at that time any form of universal military training could not be started while the Korean War was inI progress, with its accompanying heavy levy on manpower. Last August, after the truce, President Eisenhower asked for1 new recommendations on a train- Congress Faces U.S. Insists France OK Strategy Choice Defense Treaty or Risk By JIM DYGERT Within a very short. time, the United States Congress will be asked to make a momentous decision on the strategy this country will follow in case of another war. Congress' power of appropriation allows it to divide money and manpower among the Army, Navy, and Air Force as it sees fit, and thus to dictate the kind of strategy tint the military will follow. THE PROBLEM in its simplest form is this: Is our future as a free people best protected by a roughly equal distribution of power among the three services-the "balanced force" idea we have followed in the past-and a giant radar warning net? Or does security lie in a much Ii cFloes more powerful Air Force hold- I'OA.,Ut s ing the threat of atomic de- struction over Soviet Russia to * *discourage war? And which de- A , a gg fense can we afford? Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson and the Joint Chiefs of' F or ss a u lt Staff, as well as President Eisen- hower, will undoubtedly have the Ill, 7 nT Q_%1 rnCT ,most influential nart in answering- Withdrawal of Troops By JO~N SOBELOFF Vairsityv tackle Jim Bsilog these questions for America. But '54 BAd, said yesterday he will plead Congress must make the decision, guilty to a charge of assault and after considering their recommen- battery on Guy Foster, '57, and dations and requests. . ** ing program wuile selective service! IN OTHER words, about $1.50, give or take a few cents, of the ontinued, with a view to creating $3.05 the average dorm resident pays for a day's room and board would be called, in another emer- goes for his meals. Informal discussion show this is about 50 to 75 gency, ahead of veterans of World cents less than quad dwe'llers think they're paying. War II and the Korean War. Breaking this figure down, it amounts daily to about 90 cents , * , for food and 60 cents for dining room labor. THE COMMISSION said selec- That is, the Residence Halls collect about 90 cents a day from tive service canprte the draft added, "I want to be sure amends are made." Foster signed a formal com- plaint against Balog yesterday afternoon after being released from University Hospital with a multiple jaw fracture. * * * BALOG will be arraigned in Mu- nicipal Court today on the assault charge, ,Sgt. Claude Damron of the Ann Arbor police department said. The trial will probably be postponed until after the Christ- mas recess, and the arraignment expedited so that Balog will be able to play in the North-South football game on Dec. 23. According to witnesses, Balog. broke Foster's jaw with one blow last Wednesday night on the cor- ner of State and Monroe after an argument, * * * In the meantime, Congressional leaders. military experts, scientists, and others have divided them- selves into two camps on the issue, which has grown more intense since Russia's possession of atom- ic power has been made known to the world. * * * MILITARY MEN on the Michi- gan campus, too, have their views I on the matter; but they are un- able to express them officially, since they are professional mili- tary men on active duty. For this reason, no names will be used con- cerning the following observationsI on the problem, most of which have military sources. Although the issue seems to be divided sharply betweep two arguments-maintaining a bal- anced force or concentrating on offensive air power-a perhaps more tenable approach sug- gested by a few of the military men here would be to combine both ideas to the best advan- tage within the scope of this country's financial capabilities. each resident for the unprepared food he or she is entitled to. But students miss meals. In fact, Leonard A. Schaadt, business manager of the Residence Halls, estimated that students do not eat approxi- mately 20 per cent of the food they pay for. This means that a student who eats all three meals a day gets food costing the residence halls about $1.08, instead of just 90 cents. s f * s AS A MATTER of fact, Schaadt says if students suddenly started eating every meal, the financial setup would be completely thrown off balance. To compensate for the increased costs, quad rent would have to be raised about four per cent while food expense would increase 13.8 per cent. Of course, the University has the advantages (and disadvan- tages) ,of quantity buying in getting their $1.08 worth of. food. The residence halls buy all their food from the University Food Service, a non-profit business enterprise set up to buy, store and process all food centrally. The Residence Halls are Food Service's biggest customer. Last year they accounted for 53 per cent of food service sales, chalking up a bill of $972,000 plus about eight and a half per cent in service charges, for a total of about $1,054,620. Of course this figure in- cludes food for summer residents, and is hard to tie in with the food cost figures already given. ATTITUDES, IDEAS: .7 LSA Steering Committee Discusses Student Views and training simultaneously for as long as necessary. And then it noted: "While selecting somemen for six months' training and others for two years' service by lot would not yield absolute equality of d ty. it would cor- -Daily-Don Campbeli 'WHITE CHRISTMAS' A REALITY?.. . reyathe Fr1 Ynt, VUnI.ness' ACTING Dean of Students Wal- ret the present unfairness to ter B. Rea said yesterday the Uni- versitywould follow its usual pol In event of emergency, men icy of not taking any disciplinary with six months' training would action in a complaint against a be recalled ahead of the veterans, student until the case was decid- and, non-veterans as. well as vet- ed by the courts or was turned erans would have a total eight- over to the University by the po- year military obligation. As long lice. as inductions for service must Head football coach Bennie continue, a perfect fairness is not Oosterbaan had not heard about{ possible, since selective standards the incident because he had justI for service continue to be neces- returned to town, but comment- Sary edveserdy. Balog has always Early Present of Snowi Adds to Yuletide Season', D ulles Sees Reappraisal' Of Policies Calls Noi-A ction Virtual Suicide PARIS-U)-The United States bluntly told France yesterday it must ratify the European Defense Community Treaty within the next few months or risk with- drawal of American troops from the Continent. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, speaking to a news con- ference, urged prompt ratification of EDC and said its failure would force Washington to make an "agonizing reappraisal" of its own basic policies toward Europe. * * * WE ARE NOT so much inter- ested in getting German troops as we are in a situation in which the Western nations, especially France and Germany, will not commit suicide," he said. * "But if they decide to com- mit suicide,' they may have to commit it alone." Dulles addressed the newsmen after a plenary session of 'the North Atlantic Tre.aty Organiza- tion Council at which, according to persons in the hall, he made the same points to 13 other for- eign ministers, including France's George Bidault. ASKIiP by the newsmen if t1) United States would pull its troops { out of Europe if France rejects EDC,Dulles replied that the "dis- position of our troops would, of course, be a factor in the agon- izing reappraisal I spoke about." He declared that Washington would not abandon or repudiate American obligations under the NATO alliance if EDC fails but that such an event would "in- volve a re-study" of- how to im- plement these obligations. He described EDC, with its pro- visions for French and German f troops standing shoulder to shoul- der in a unified army with the sol- diers of'six other countries, as a "significant symbol." He left- the implication with newsmen that without a European army and a continental union to prevent another French-German conflict, Washington mright feel that, the best way to protect the North Atlantic area would be from bases outside the Continent-the so-called peripheral strategy. DULLES told the French that Washington wants a decision soon on EDC because, he said, the pres- ent opportunity for reconciling France and Germany will not last ' indefinitely. A prime factor from the American viewpoint,.he said, is the often expressed desire of Congress to see Europe unified. He implied' that the present Congress will want action on EDC before acting on appropria- tions for he next fiscal year sometime between now and next ' July 1. Dulles emphasized that the, so- called Richards amendment to the present American military aid program requires the government in effect to halt purchases for the six EDC countries at the end of this year. I Of course, there are those who By MURRY FRYMER too great if i tnonettry cosave After singing about a "White the nation. But they forget that an Christmas" during the weekend, economy can take only so much students got a taste of the real before collapsing and leaving the stuff yesterday and it was far less country helpless in face of an all- appealing. out war. A steady snowfall which began! Others, realizing that finances early yesterday morning contin- are limited, know that the United ued throughout the day. Thirty- States cannot afford both an Air three degree temperatures melted Force with unimaginable power it into slush, bringing forth boots' and a balanced three service team. on the part of most girls, while See DEFENSE, Page 4 hearty men soaked their shoes. * '- * accidents yesterday, none were serious. although * * i (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an inter- pretive article on the Literary College Steering Committee, one of the cam- pus organs for expressing student opinion.) By FREDDI LOEWENBERG * With more emphasis placed to- day on obtaining student opinion, the Literary College Steering Committee has become an import- ant means of sounding out student attitudes and ideas. Considered in the five year his- tory of the group have been such problems as the distribution re- quirements and the counseling system, the discussion of which led to the setting up of the present system of student advisors. * * * OTHER problems discussed in- clude the question of the final exam schedule and the role of the teaching fellow. With faculty and administration beginning to feel that they should know student opinion, the Curriculum Commit- tee of the literary college and in- dividual departments send re- quests to the group for student at- titudes on certain issues. The group got its start in 1949 1 when Dean Hayward Keniston of the literary college, now retir- ed, became interested in obtain- ing student representation onI of campus leaders was called and the idea of a steering com- mittee developed subseouently. Most of the initiative for the group was passed on to the stu- dents. Less ue of the group as only ax ber group is open to literary . ol- lege students, by petitioning held each spring, with the group meet- ing every other Wednesday. The student body and the fac- ulty are given a .chance to air their opinions on campus issues at the group sponsored literary college conferences. Chosen for debate by a student-faculty panel are topics of interest to the literary college. Letters are sent to a random cross-section of students inviting them to partake in the meeting. Faculty members are also asked, with the group inviting those who have a particular interest in the question to be discussed, members of the Curriculum Committee and those who show a special interest in the group's activities. AT ANOTHER point, it said' that "if absolute fairness in mili- tary policy means absolute equal- ity of treatment, absolute fair- ness would be the adoption of universal military service, two years' service for all young men. If all able-bodied young men were called for two years' service, the j result would be standing armed forces much larger than the na- tion needs at this time-in other words, a waste of American man- power 4nd money." The Training Commission was set up after Congress had sanc- tioned the broad idea of some form of universal training service but had instructed the adminis- tration to retum:n later with defi- nite details for putting it into effect. Taylor To Talk To SDA Today Prof. Philip B. Taylor of the po- litical Science Department will talk on "Communist Infiltration in Central and South America" at a meeting of the Students for Dem- ocratic Action at 7:30 p.m. today at the Student Legislature Bldg. SPEAKING with difficulty, Fos- ter yesterday said he did not know whether he would file a civil suit against Balog. He can recover damages through the assault ac- tion, police say. Describing the assault, Fos- ter's South Quad roommnate Clark Andrew, '57, said he and Foster were returning to the Quad from a restaurant last Wednesday night. They passed two men on the' sidewalk, "who had been drink- ing," and Andrew brushed against one of them, he said. "Then they called us back and told us to apol- ogize," Andrew continued. "We apologized, when suddenly this big fellow slugged Guy, laugh- ed, and walked away," Andrew said. Foster was taken to Universi- ty Hospital in, an ambulance, but neither he nor Andrew could name Foster's assailant for the po- lice. 1 C M'ray, al 12aawv been fine with us." Arrangements have been made at South Quad to take care of Foster, who can eat only liquid food for six weeks because his jaw is wired almost shut. w1 x . Ike Speaks: WASHINGTON --m)-Presi- dent Eisenhower yesterday voic- ed an "appeal to the common sense of America" to prepare, without panic or hysteria, for the possibility of atomic attack. Asserting that the nation's cities will become front-line targets in the event of World War III, the President told a conference of 175 U.S. mayors: "Ordered haste will save you, and panic will destroy you. So it is, first of all, against the incidence of panic that we must be prepared." Eisenhower keynoted theI theme of calm preparedness at the outset of a two-day closed door conference, called by him- self, on problems of national defense. The White House la- ter made his remarks public. reporting an increase in traffic weather slow them yesterday how- --- -------- ever as the Christmas shopping irush continued briskly. Many G 'eek~ Wveeli stores were open until nine in the evening, but a drop was reported tiin after-dark shopping. IN ONE minor accident, a 1947 Petitions for Greek Week IFC Pontiac going west on Willard co-chairmen are due by 5 .Ave. turned to avoid hitting a tomorrow in the IF office, Rm. pedestrian and struck a parked 3-C of the Union. car, knocking the branch of an Petitons re on foelm tree onto the lawn in front Petitions are open for general of 1113 Willard. co-chairmen and chairmen of the Police Sgt. Howard Remnant, following committees: publicityu booklet, presidents' retreat, open unable to reach anyone at the boolet prsidnts rerea, oen-City Parks department, went home house, exchange dinners, presi- for a saw, and going to the loca- dents' dinner, bike race, and key- tion of the accident, cut the tree note ,address. free from the sidewalk himself. Petition forms have been sent- to all fraternities. Additional Pe copies may be obtained in the IFC C elle office. These chairmen will serve SEOUL - (P) - U.S. envoy Ar- as co-chairmen with members of thur H. Dean said today he was Panhellenic Association. Greek confident the Communists want to Week will be the first week of resume talks on a Korean peace May. conference. However most students were thinking about Friday and the trip home. The weatherman was optimistic, predicting dry weather for the latter part of the week, although temperatures are expected to drop to the lov twenties. Light snow was ex- pected today and again tomor-I row. Warmer temperatures fork the weekend would probably bring an increased snowfall Sat- urday. Ann Arborites did not let the THE POLICE department warn- ed motorists to use extra caution, Vulcan's Travel Service Saves Students Money Ei 1 BECAUSE Foster, who is about 6'2", described the man who hit him as "bigger than me," police figured the slugger might have been an athlete. Foster and Andrew each sep- arately identified Balog from a football program picture, and Balog wias then brought in an PROSCENIUM PERFORMANCE: Arts Theater Production To Open LEA To Hold Vulcans, senior engineering hon- admitted striking Foster, ac- I Performing on a regular stage orary fraternity, this year is oper- New York. There was a claim cording to Sgt. Damron. when accustomed to theater-in-, ating its annual special holiday that the railway's round-trip Balog said yesterday he didn't the-round has meant a number of travel service which will enable fare and that of the Vulvan's realize he had broken Foster's jaw changes for the Arts Theater castx students traveling to New York was identical and that there was until he was contacted by the po- appearing in "Noah." State or the area around Chicago no actual saving. lice. When I found out, "It hit me Opening at 8 p.m. tomorrow at; to save a tidy sum in transport. y, just about as hard as I hit him," Lydia Mendelssohn T h e a t e r , tion expenses.c However, Gerry Dudley, 54E'xpan Balog said. "Noah" is the Art Theater's first Special arrangements have been thcairman of the proectixpa ined Balog was especially sorry that proscenium (regular stage) pro- made with the major railway op- vealed that the usual round-trip the incident happened "at Christ- duction since its commencement. erating in that vicinity and with t to Rchest bo mas time." He felt it was also a the University to provide transoor- ut pretty bad time of year for Foster DESCRIBING proscenium as OTHER changes for the Arts Theater crew concern the tech- uomlrie nical side of the picture. The set for example is necessarily more Students and faculty will have elaborate than any used in the- a chance to express their opinions round. Costumes don't have to be on subjects such as student apa- as perfect because distance allows thy and resistance to changes in paint to pass for embroidery. the curriculum at Vhe second Lit- Starring in the performance erary Col'ege Conference to be will be Bernard Tone as Mr. held at 7:30 p.m. tcday in Rm. Noah and Tresa Hughes as M'frs. 1011 A'ngo1l 1H1ll..