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T HE A CHIGAN DAILY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1953
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P rof essors
Study Durkin
Resignation
By JANE HOWARD
Economics department faculty
members were reluctant yesterday
to comment at length on current
speculation of fulfillment of the
Secretary of Labor post, vacated
by Martin Durkin's resignation.
Professor William Haber voiced
the general feeling on the issue in
his comment that now, prior to
any tangible information with re-
gard to Durkin's successor, it is
too early to hazard any guesses.
It was agreed that the men pro-
posed as possible candidates for
the labor post are so numerous
and so widely varied in their back-
grounds and positions that a defi-
nite pre-selection might too easily
b a wrong one.
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HABER termed the question as
one chiefly of veracity. At present
it is difficult for the layman to
maintain who is in the right, Pres-
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower or
Durkin himself.
At the AFL convention this
week in St. Louis, Durkin has al-
ready verified his own statement
that the primary cause of his
resignation was Eisenhower's
and the Republican administra-
tion's failure to carry through
the promised 19 amendments to
the Taft-Hartley labor law. To
preserve his own integrity and to
rid himself of an atmosphere
where others did not follow suit,
Durkin, the only Democrat oc-
cupying a Cabinet seat, resigned
his post.
Among the 19 disputed amend-
ments, Professor Z. Clark Dickin-
son cited two which have been
the cause of a large part of the
discrepancy. During his term in
the Cabinet Durkin worked for the
legalization of the closed shop in
building trades, and received no
results. .
Another factor was Durkin's
proposed removal of the non-Com-
munist oath currently required of
labor officials, which is considered
a worthy ideal in theory but a dif-
ficult, if not an impossible, one in
practice.
ANOTHER FACTOR Dickinson
attributed to the controversy is the
, death of Senator Robert A. Taft.
Durkin's appointment had been
approved by a representative from
the White House rather than by
the White House itself, which
might therein comprise a repudia-
tion of Taft's ideals.
The new Labor secretary, com-
mented Dickinson, will probably
not be another Democrat, and
the choice will be made with due
regard to the geographical dis-
tribution of Cabinet posts. This
would eliminate several candi-
dates who have been proposed
from New York and from other
states which have already con-
tributed men to major positions.
An ex-Congressman, he contin-
ued, would have considerable sup-
port from labor unions, and it is
most probable that the successor
will be a comparative layman to
the field rather than a man who
is now a leader in organized labor.
English Study
For Foreign
Tutors Begins
Twenty-eight foreign English
teachers from 13 countries all over
the world recently arrived at the
University to begin a special state
department sponsored course in
the English Language Institute.
Sounding like a roster of repre-
sentatives to the United Nations,
the list shows that teachers from
Burma, Brazil, Greece, the Philip-
pines, Japan, Indonesia, Italy, Cey-
lon and Indochina are registered
for courses in phonetics and gram-
mar.
The teachers are also taking a
course specially developed at the
Institute for the teaching of Eng-
lish in a foreign language.
President and Mrs. Harlan H.
Hatcher, Judge Francis J. O'Brien,
Director of the Institute Prof.
Charles C. Fries and Chairman of
the English department Prof.
Warner G. Rice and Mrs. Rice wel-
comed the 28 teachers at a ban-
quet given Tuesday evening.
After the 12-week course at the
University, the teachers will spend
a month touring other colleges and
universities in the United States.
Republican Group
To Hear Sallade
Ann Arbor City Council Presi-
dent George W. Sallade will speak
on "Youth in Politics" at the open-
ing meeting of the Young Repub-
licans at 7:30 p.m. today in the
Unrion.
IFC
IFC tryouts will be held to-
day at 4 p.m. in Rm. 3B of the
Union.
Fraternity men interested in
working on the rushing, schol-
arship, public relations or co-
ordinating committees may sign
up at the meeting. Other com-
mittee positions are open on the
Big Ten alumni and social com-
mittees.
'U' Student's
Auto Robbed
A University student has re-
ported the theft of personal be-
longings valued at more than $725
from his car.
The victim, Forrest Crocker, told
police officers he had left his pos-
sessions locked in his car in the
University parking lot located at
the corner of N. University and
S. Forest at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
When he returned four hours
later, the right vent window had
been fotced open and the contents
of the car stolen.
Reported missing were several
suits, a portable radio, two suit-
cases, books and other personal be-
longings.
CALLING ALL SLEUTHS:
Part Time Jobs Available for Students
-Daily-Malcolm Shatz
AN ELECTRICIAN STRINGS FLOURESCENT LIGHTING
WIRES IN THE REBUILT NATURAL SCIENCE LIBRARY
* 4. * 4
Natural Science Bui[ding
A uditorium Remodeled
By WALLY EBERHARD
Want to be a part-time Mick-
ey Spillane?
The University Personnel Office
at 3012 Administration Bldg. re-
cently filled a request for a part-
time private-eye at a handsome
$2.50 hourly rate.
WHILE THIS is an unusual op-
portunity for spare-time empoly-
ment, the bureau has regularly
processed about 140 job applica-
tions daily since the beginning
of orientation week, according to
Stephen L. Speronis, personnel in-
terviewer of the service.
Most of the job requests fall
into the line of part-time res-
taurant and kitchen help at lo-
cal hash-houses, fraternities and
sororities. Lawn and garden
work also requires a great deal
of student help.
Hourly rates for men average
from $1 to $1.50, with women's
rates about one dollar. While there
is a fee-charging employment bu-
reau in Ann Arbor in addition to
the Michigan Unemployment Bu-
reau, the University service has
developed a high reputation for
prompt placement of student help.
TWENTY HOURS is the max-
imum load recommended by the
bureau for undergrads, and the
first- two weeks of the school year
is the best time to apply for work,
according to Speronis.
Speronis regularly fills vacan-
cies for such positions as chauf-
fer, printer, real estate salesman,
bus driver, projectionist, jani-
tor, pinboy, babysitter, store
clerk and typist.
About 80 per cent of all appli-
cants are successfully placed in
part-time jobs. Approximately 800
people are employed part-time
each year by the University alone.
Job requests from the University
and private employers are chan-
neled through the University per-
sonnel office.
Four electrical engineers were
recently employed by a local ra-
dio and television firm for part-
time repair work. Calls for theater
STUDENT LAMPS
at
115 W. Liberty-Near Main
Draft Exam
Application
CardsReady
University men may now obtain
application cards for the Nov. 19.
Selective Service College Qualifi-
cation Test, it was announced yes-
terday.
The cards may be picked up at
Selective Service Board No. 85, at
208 W. Washington St. Office
hours are Monday through Friday
from 8 to 12 m. and from 1 to
5 p.m.
Students are asked to bring their
Selective Service cards when they
make applications. They will then
receive information bulletins and
application forms.
Officials from the local board
reminded students that those who
have taken the draft test are not
eligible to do so again. The tests
will be conducted Nov.,19 and April
22, 1954.
Applications for students plan-
ning to take the first test must be
postmarked not later than mid-
night Nov. 2. March 8 is the dead-
line for those planning to take the
test in the spring.
Read and Use
Daily Classifieds
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-Daily-Betsy Srith
STUDENT WORKER-Bernice Glasner, employed in the Plant
Dept., operates an adding machine.
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ushers, car mechanics, carpenters One of Speronis' recent place-
and playground supervisors pass ment problems was for a care-
through the office at frequent in- taker to handle a flock of para-
tervals. keets, at a modest $1.25 per hour.
Healtlh
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Beige-painted walls, spanking
new playwood seats and reostat
dimmers for lighting effects wel-
comed students back to campus
in the completely remodeled Nat-
ural Science Auditorium.
Begun early last spring, the
project also included the building
of additional rooms and a green-
house in the center court, en-
larging the third floor library and
laboratories vacated by the psy-
chology department.
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THE AUDITORIUM, complete
with sound-proofing acoustic tile
Award Winners
Will Be Honored
Six-hundred fifty Regents-Al-.
umni Honor Award winners, all
freshmen, will attend a special
program at 8 p.m. today in the
League.
in the ceiling, improved ventila-
tion a new amplifier system, and
a new projection room lacks only
the motorized blackboard for work
to be finished on the amphithea-
ter.
At present, electricians are
putting in continuous rows of
flourescent lights in the mezza-
nine reading room of the library,
an addition constructed on the
south side of the building above
the modernized auditorium.
Work on the library has been
stalled because of slow deliveries
of stacks used to store books, ac-
cording to Burton D. Thuma, as-
sociate dean of the literary college.
Other improvements in the
building include a new elevator
and modernizing of the old one.
Many of the laboratories for-
merly occupied by the psychology
department, now moved to Mason
Hall, have been converted into
rooms for the zoology and bot-
any departments.
Not Required
Compulsory freshman health
lectures will not be given this
semester, according to Dr. War-
ren Forsythe, director of Health
Service.
Replacing the former series for
this semester will be a new pro-
gram of general health lectures
with attendance voluntary. Insti-
tuted by Health Service as a con-
tribution to personal health, they
are open to all students.'
This new series is also suitable
for upper class students deficient
in the former freshman require-
ment. The makeup exam for these
students will be given October 16,
from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. con-
tinuously at the Health Service.
Six lectures are planned, the
first to be given Tuesday at 3, 4,
5 and 7:30 p.m. in the Natural
Science Auditorium. The program
will continue Thursday, Oct. 1 and
on successive Tuesdays and Thurs-
days.
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