EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4~ L itA6 Duii4t 79rr Latest Deadline in the State CLOUDY, SNOW rOL. LXIV, No. 76 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954 SIX PAGES . ., Russia To Hold Preliminary Atom Tabis Lawmakers Hold First '54 Session Social Security Bill Introduced By The Associated Press The narrowly divided 83rd Con- gress opened its make-or-break election-year session yesterday. Although the atmosphere was congenial as the House and Sen- ate convened in a session that will pass on President Dwight D. Eis- enhower's 1954 program, the pleas- antness masked storm cloudsil pil ing up over such controversial is- sues as taxes, farm policy, Taft- Hartley amendments, foreign trade, Social Security and the Ad- ministration's military policies. MEETING FOR 26 and 78 min- utes respectively the Senate and House conducted routine business of swearing in new members, ac- cording to United Press reports. Rep. Carb T. Curtis (R-Neb. introduced a bill to revamp the nation's social security system and declared this is "our last good opportunity to make the program sound." Curtis, who is chairman of the social security subcommittee of rthe House Ways and Means Com- mittee, proposed a plan that would over age 65 onethe rolls for month- place "virtually all retired persons ly payments from the Old Age and Survivors Insurance program and extend tax coverage to almost the entire working force under 65 years old. * * IT WOULD raise minimum monthly benefits from the pres- ent $25 to $45 and provide other x more liberal benefits without changing the present maximum of $85 to an individual or $167.50 to a family. Tax income to the OASI trust fund would be increased by sub- jecting all types of income, includ- ing dividends, rents and other in- vestments, to social security taxes. TRIP: 'U' Students Visit MSC By PHYLLIS LIPSKY A good look at the Michigan State registration system, and a luncheon and talks with the heads of the MSC Student Council high- lighted a. trip to East Lansing for seven University students, yester- day. Organized by Student Legisla- ture's Campus Action Chairman, Hank Berlinger, '56, the trip was sponsored by the Registrar's Office for the purpose of investigating and acquainting students with the system of registration at MSC. * * * MSC WHICH operates on the quarter system completed the three day registration period for the 7 winter quarter yesterday. Chief difference between the registration systems at the Uni- versity and MSC, the group found, is the absence of railroad tickets at the East Lansing school. Instead all tabulations are made on IBM cards on which most of the information is represented by holes punched at specified places. This method, r also used for class cards is much faster than the one employed at the University, Berliner said, Discussions with student lead- ers brought several differences to light. A student tax of 25 cents per student, per quarter is levied af State, amounting to an annual income of approximately $8,000 for the Student Council. The fee makes the Council financially in- dependent. MSC's election system also differs from the one used on the University campus. A district q system is employed with pri- maries preceeding the regular elections. The University visitors also got a chance to examine MSC's stu- dent book store and used book SL Votes Return To '51 Calendar .n Pre-Final 'Dead Period' Emphasized; Thanksgiving Vacation Cut Slips By By BECKY CONRAD Student Legislature took a shot last night at the Crary calendar- ing plan and in its place recommended by a 28 to four vote a return to the 1951-52 calendar "with a dead period before each exam period." At the same time SL unintentionally went on record favoring a return to the one-day Thanksgiving vacation. Following a lengthy debate, the motion stated that "the Legis- lattire endorse a return to the calendar of 1951-52 with a dead period before the fall and spring final exam periods. * * * * JANET NETZER, '54, framer of the motion, explained "the Thanksgiving vacation wasn't meant to be included in the motion 0-but instead emphasis was on a Indians Face 'New Trouble With POW's By The Associated Press The Indian Command yesterday faced a new dilemma in the criti- cal issue of what to do with 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners of war after Jan. 22. Apparently the Communists ig- nored the Indian request to give their views on the issue by Tues- day midnight. .The United Nations I Command already had told India it would insist on release of pris- oners as provided in the truce agreement, * * , AS THE showdown date of Jan. 23 neared, Gen. Maxwell D. Tay- lor, 8th Army commander, in a statement warned restive South Korea against taking any armed action against India's custodial forces to effect release of the pris- oners. While India was seeking a so lution to the prisoner problem, Kenneth Young of the U.S. State Department continued se- cret negotiations through a neu- tral intermediary for a resump- tion of preliminary peace talks. Young said he and the Commu- nists "are still feeling around." In Washington Assistant .Secre- tary of State Walter S. Robert- son, just back from a trip to Ko- rea, told reporters he thought "the negotiations will get going again." A new note of mystery was in- jected into the Indian Command's activity. The Indians disclosed they had sent a secret memoran- dum to both the Allied and Com- munist Commands. They asked a reply by yesterday midnight, but neither side had answered by that time. Neither the Indians nor the Al- lied spokesman would say what the memorandum contained. Tory Rebels Eight Suez Canal Policy LONDON-()-Prime Minister Winston Churchill is wrestling a mutiny within his own party against the projected agreement with Egypt for British evacuation of the Suez Canal base. The Prime Minister finds him- self in the unaccustomed role of battling 41 Conservative rebels who say his Suez policy threatens to undermine the empire. ** * CAPT. CHARLES Waterhouse, a 60-year-old ex-Guards officer leads the backbencher uprising in the House of Commons. He de- clares: "Should we withdraw from Suez today-even under the ap- pearance of pressure in Egypt, it would have a disastrous ef-. feet throughout the whole of the world. "It might well be taken as a signal that 'Britain has had it' and is no longer going to trouble to stand firm." Waterhouse has not won wide- spread support. Britain appears content to back Churchill's pol- dead period before exams. Of 22 Legislators contacted after the meeting, 21 said they had not realized the motion would in effect eliminate the long Thanksgiving holiday. Only one member, Carol Lee Walker, '55, claimed, "I was vag- uely aware the motion would elini- inate the extended fall recess, but I didn't quite realize it until after the vote when I went through the minutes of former meetings. "It's one of those things where you vote first and think after- wards," she said. * * * MOST OF those called felt the emphasis of the discussion was on a solution for the dead period problem and that the present sit- uation could be cleared up with a statement of clarification at the next meeting. Nearly all of the 21 Legislators registered surprise and five or six felt the necessity to eno1pro- longed discussion of the matter was the reason the Thanksgiv- ing implication occurred to no one. Corresponding secretary Ruth Rossner, '55, resigned her post as SL appointee to the calendaring committee which drew up the Crary plan. Barb Mattison, '54, will take her place to represent the committee when the plan goes before the Deans' Conference Wednesday. EARLIER in the meeting, Leg- islator George Denison, '56, was dropped from the SL roster for four unexcused absences. Treasurer Vic Hampton, '54- BAd, presented the revised 1953- 54 financial report to the Legis- lature and moved that SL ap- propriate $504 for a part-time secretary. Both were passed by the Legislature. Non-SL member Wilbur Wright, took over the vacated Internation- al Committee chairmanship. Culture and Education Commit- tee chairman Larry Harris, '56, suggested the Legislature honor an outstanding faculty member each year chosen by a seven member board from SL and Senior Board. He emphasized "this would not be, a popularity contest," but the group would select the faculty member on the basis of teaching merit. Eight Names In Reuther Plot Known Police Still Seek Four in AttemptE DETROIT - () - Prosecutors yesterday accused four men of conspiracy and assault with intent to murder CIO President Walter P. Reuther five years ago, and withheld names of four other per- sons sought in what they called' a "solution" to the attempted as- sassination. Wayne County Prosecutor Ger- ald K. O'Brien disclosed names of three men in jail and a fourth still being sought, but withheld names of the other four and in- formation on evidence he had be- fore the pre-dawn announcement and arrests yesterday. , * * * WARRANTS for arrest of the men were based on police infor- mation and officials said no grand jury action would be required to bring them to trial. One of those-arrested and the one sought figured prominently in hearings of the Kefauver Senate Crime Committee here in February 1951. Both conced- ed they had made huge profits on scrap metal contracts with two companies, both often the scenes of violence in union at- tempts to organize them. The Detroit News said yesterday in a copyrighted story that author-< ities are investigating reports thatl two Detroit hoodlums, missing since 1948, were slain becausei they knew who -shot Reuther. C * * * THE MEN WERE Pete Lucido and Sam Scroy, cousins and petty gamblers, who were ready to talk,1 the News said. Their bodies ae believed buried in a limestonel quarry between Detroit and To-t ledo. The actual attempt on Reu- ther's life was planned before the 1947 convention of the CIO United Auto Workers, at which Reuther and his supporters rout- ed their political foes and gained control of the union. His brother, Victor, was wound- ed in a similar attempted assas- sination May 24, 1949. He lost an eye. Victor now is educationalr director for the UAW. O'Brienr aid yesterday's arrests did not solve the assault on Victor Reu- ther. Laniel Backedt By Assembly PARIS - () - Premier Joseph I Laniel last night won from thet National Assembly a vote of con-1 fidence he demanded so "France can have a government solidly supported" for the Berlin confer- ence of the Big Four foreign min- isters.' The count was 319-249 for Laniel. Although it had been generally believed the Assembly would en- dorse him, the size of the vote in his favor was unexpected. Nations To Discuss Atom Negotiations Dulles Expects Early Conversations On International Nuclear Energy WASHINGTON - (P)-- The United States and Russia agreed last night to hold preliminary talks concerning President Dwight D. Eisenhower's atoms-for-peace plan. First the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow anounced that Rus- sia was ready to begin the talks-which will deal with such questions as how, when and where negotiations on the President's idea will be held. - * * * THE STATE Department declared that Secretary of State Dulles "expects to proceed at an early date" with the conversations with the Russians. The talks are scheduled to be held in Washington with Soviet Daily-Betsy Smith DILEMMA-Placed in an unusual circumstance in Noel Coward's "Ways and Means" are Rose Marie Cassidy and Richard L. Green, One- Acts Open Today Everything is ready including a seven-foot bed headboard for the speech department's series of one-act plays beginning at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater on its second laboratory bill, The headboard is used in Noel Coward's comedy "Ways and Means," one play in his famous series "Tonight at 8:30." The setting of this bedroom comedy centers around an oversize double bed. IT IS THE STORY of a very sophisticated couple living beyond their means, who run out of money. They have over-stayed their wel- come at an expensive villa and have borrowed money to a star- tling degree. Sound effects for a scene in which a corporal falls down the stairs and goes through a win- dow after being kicked out by his master sergeant are being diligently worked 'on by the sound effects crew for George Bernard Shaw's "Press Cut- tings." Shaw pokes fun at both military methods and the suffragette move- ment of the First World War era. SUE Spurrier, '54, is the director and Mary Lou Moench, Grad., is in charge of costumes. Designer of the set is James Hughes, Grad. "Deirdre," by William Butler Yeats, is apoetic drama based on one of Ireland's popular heroic legends. It is the story of a young princess forsaken by her father, the king. She is abducted by her lover, but the king captures her and kills her suitor. Contest Pictures entered in the Union Art Contest may be picked up between 3 and 6 p.m.itomor- row at the Union Student Of- fices. World News I IRRp _Rout du- By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The House Un-American Activities Commit- tee decided yesterday in a closed door meeting to seek $300,000 to finance this year's probe of al- leged subversion. MILAN, Italy-Police, firemen and volunteers fought yesterday to hold the broken dikes of Italy's Po River Delta against tides from the storm-swept Adriatic which already have flooded six villages and poured killing salt water over hundreds of acres of farm land. * * * . WASHINGTON - Less hiring and more layoffs in the nation's factories continue into November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics re-' ported yesterday. The layoff rate rose from 18 per 1,000 employes in October to 24 in November. * * * WASHINGTON-The Eisenhow- er Administration is planning to order a "substantial" amount of military equipment from Italy this year under its "offshore pro- curement" program. Ambassador G. M. Zarubin speak- ing for Moscow. The President's plan calls for an international pool, to which atomic powers would contribute some of their atomic energy, for research and use on such peace- ful projects as medicine and in- dustry. The United States has been ear- nestly pressing Eisenhower's atom- ic pool idea. The President has taken the stand that, since Russia and the United States have been unable to agree to a system for control of atomic weapons, the practical thing to do is to ap- proach the atomic problem from another angle-a pool of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. THE IDEA behind this is that if such a plan should work out, the cooperative effort among na- tions might lead eventually to a cooperation on the issue of con- trolling or outlawing atomic wea- pons. Although the talks to which Moscow agreed yesterday would be purely preliminary,' they could be of major importance.- For one thing, they could pro- vide a tipoff to officials here as to whether Russia is really inter- ested in making any progress now toward solving some of th( inter- national problems posed by the birth of the atomic age. HENRY Suydam, State Depart- ment press officer, gave reporters the department announcement that the talks would begin. He said the discussions would be .held in Washington "as the Russians pro- posed." Otherwise, he said he could add nothing to the official U.S. 'statement. Officials here have said that the United States would keep Great Britain and other friendly atomic powers informed about the progress of private discus- sions with the Soviets. It is realized that, as negotia- tions develop, they must at some point involve all of these powers and come clearly under the spon- sorship of the United Nations. That is a key point in the Presi- dent's proposal, which was made in a speech Dec. 8 to the United Nations. Teachers Want. Pupils To Build Own Culture Panel members were in agree- ment last night in feeling that "professional educators" should introduce pupils to a world they can create, to a culture they can establish themselves, rather than to a culture to which they must adapt. Prof. Wesley H. Maurer of the journalism department stirred his collegues on tie panel when he said the 'most pressing need of schools today is to teach democ- racy. Prof. .Maurer said, "The teacher isn't free to teach democ- racy and if he were, there would be a question of the teacher's compe- tence." PROF. MAURER pointed out that leadership of the schools suc- cumbs to petty arguments, to pret- sures of the teachers. "Teachers should stand up and act more the part of a staunch leader, not give in" he sid. PELLA: Resignation Causes New Italy Crisis By JOE PASCOFF Giuseppe Pella's resignation as Italian premier Tuesday threw his government into another crisis and aroused considerable conec- ti re as to whether the pro-West- ern Italian political leaders could successfully preserve their power and unity in effectively combating economic pressures. One of the immediate causes of Pella's resignation was friction between left and right wings of the Christian Democratic Party over naming a new agriculture minister. * * * PELLA SUPPORTED a conser- vative and as a reslt aroused op- position from the left. Another cause was criticism directed at Pella's inability to solve the press- ing land reform and unemploy- ment problems. Prof. Marbury N. Efimenco of the political science depart- ment commented that contin- ued governmental instability would result so long as these vital economic problems weren't solved. Prof. Efimenco pointed out that the Communist Party in Italy, which has the largest membership of any Red party outside the So- viet orbit, stands as a formidable threat to any democratic gov- ernment in Italy and is now in a very advantageous position. Robert Curtis of the political science department said that Pel- la had failed in his land reform program laying grounds for the criticism directed at him.Curtis drew an analogy between the pres- ent situation in Italy and that in France. In both are found extreme gov- ernmental instability, principally because of the multi-party sys- tem, and a strong, decisive bloc of Communists constantly pla- guing the governmnt. Prof. Efimenco also added that an attempt was made to solve the unemployment problem by immi- gration into France but this was none too successful. "Another possible solution," he said, "could be industrialization." New Hospital Weins .Support LANSING - (P) - Gov. Wil- liams said yesterday a citizens' conference in his office displayed 'tense interest' in his demand for a $1,800,000, 120-bed children's psychiatric hospital at Northville. The governor will recommend construction of the unit to the leg- islature next week. He called the conference to ac- quaint leaders of various lay and professional groups with the plan and, obviously, to stimulate their support for the proposal in the legislature. IKE'S PROGRAM: Congressmen Lined Up on Vital Issues (This is an Interpretive article on key figures in the 83rd Congress who will determine the outcome of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's pro- gram as announced in today's State of the Union message.) By DOROTHY MYERS With one brief opening-day session behind them, Congressmen will reconvene at noon today to hear President Eisenhower's lofig- awaited State of the Union message. Democrats and Republicans alike will be listening with care to each policy enunciated by the President to see how well his program coincides with the opinions of their constituents, whom most have been consulting during the past five months' recess. Some leading figures in both houses, however, have already announced their in- tention to work for certain policies no matter what the President's position on them is. * * * * AIDING EISENHOWER'S attempts to put through his entire program will be Rep. Leslie Arends (R-Ill.), House Speaker Joseph Marn (R-a o Vhim.n of lp pfi l a,,aTrnn,, .i i (Inm- ,.. ;y4 \