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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1954 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, VOL. LXIV, No. 92
SIX PAGES
Eisenhower
Asks Lifting
Of Seereey
Urges Sharing
Of Atomic Plans
WASHINGTON-(P)-?residen
Eisenhower, reporting "mighty in
crease" . in America's atomi
strength, asked Congress yesterda
for authority to lift an eight-yea
secrecy veil so that U. S. allies ca
be told how to use atomic weapon
on the battlefield.
The President, in a special 3,700
word message, also proposed t
end the government's present mo
nopoly over the peacetime use o
atomic energy for industrial pur
poses-with safeguards against th
? growth of private monopolies.
U. S. INDUSTRY, he. said
"should be encouraged ... to as
sume a substantially more signi
ficant role" in the development o
atomic power.
Declaring that secrecy restric-
tions of the 1946 atomic secur-
ity law have been outmoded by
the realities of 1954, Eisenhower
requested numerous changes "for
the purpose of strengthening the
defense and economy of the
United States and of the free
world."
The President's proposals, which
he described as being of "the ut-
most importance to the nation's
defense and welfare," seemed like-
ly to stir debate on Capitol Hill
where some Congress members
have expressed misgivings about
disclosing U. S. atomic secrets
even to this country's oldest and
closest allies.
SEN. KNOWLAND of Califor-
nia, the Senate Republican leader,
said he is confident the Senate-
House committee will give "high
priority" to the President's request.
Eisenhower brief ly mentioned
his at~tooc pro.1 ilt hlis after-
noon nhews conference, He said he
would like to see Congress take ac-
tion at this session, but declined
to say how urgent he regards the
matter.
The President's message did not
spell out in detail how much data
he would disclose on atomic wea-
pons-or whether it would include
information on the hydrogen "hell
bomb."
SDA Told
Civil Rights
Progress Lags
"People's minds and ideas have
a not kept pace with legislation in
race relations," James Farmer,
Field Secretary for the Student
League of Industrial Democracy,
said last night to members of the
Students for Democratic Action.
Farmer, speaking to the group
about "The Unfinished Tasks of
Democracy," praised the progress
that has been made in the field of
civil rights legislation, but he said,
"The present Administration's po-
sition threatens to stop that pro-
gress."
The speaker took issue with
President Eisenhower's view that
FEPC laws are an attempt to curb
men's "evil morals." He stated that
the FEPC laws are "designed to
control the evil practices of man."
However, Farmer said that he
did not believe the main problem
in race relations was legislation.
"Favorable as I am," he stated,
"toward legislative action, I be-
lieve that we must take a moral
stand to educate people in race
relations."
"Segregation tends to perpetu-
ate prejudice," said Farmer, re-
viewing the issues before the Su-
preme Court in its pending deci-
sion on segregation in schools. He
thought that opposition in the
South would collapse in face of a
Court decision outlawing segrega-
tion.
Sallade Enters
f Political Race
Ann. Arbor City Council Presi-
dent George W. Sallade, '43, yes-
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Rumor ofuad
Change Nipped
By GENE HARTWIG
Speculation that three more East Quad houses are being con-
sidered for women's housing next semester was nipped yesterday by
administration and residence halls officials.
Commenting on quad-wide rumors that Greene, Hayden and
Cooley Houses might be the next to become women's housing units
Acting Dean of Students Walter B. Rea said that no consideration
has yet been given to the housing problem for the fall.'
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UP IN ARMS at the possible threat of being ousted, Cooley
House men handed Dean Rea a petition protesting any move to
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Ikse Outlines
fPlan Against
e IKeression
, President Eisenhower announc-
- ed yesterday that emergency steps
f against depression will be taken
if employment does not rise within
the next month.
As union and business spokes-
men clashed over the possibility
of danger in present unemploy-
ment figures, the President indi-
cated that he might ask Congress
to raise personal income-tax ex-
emptions in order to increase pur-
chasing power.
CALLING FOR "urgent and ag-
gressive" Federal action tobolster
the economy, CIO President Wal-
ter P. Reuther and AFL President
George Meany testified before
the Joint Congressional Economic
Committee.
According to a Detroit news-
paper report, Reuther went on
to say that sales of new cars for
1954 are estimated as three mil-
. lion dollars under productive
capacity by even the most opti-
mistic officials in the industry.
Capacity in the automobile h-
dustry, he estimated, is eight
million cars per year.
tThis is only one example of how
purchasing power will fail to keep
industry going at a high-level rate
in 1954, Reuther said.
A good year "by any standards"
set before 1954, however, was ex-
pected by the United State Cham-
ber of Commerce. It did admit that
1954 production will not match
1953 production.
Commerce Department figures
which set the jobless total as 3,-
087,000 in January were felt by
Reuther to be an understatement.
The CIO figures show that 3% and
33/4 million persons are without1
jobs.
British Move
To Aid EDC I
BERLIN () - A new British8
move aimed to help the Frenchs
government win ratification of theE
European Defense. CommunityY
project was reported in the workst
last night.Y
Diplomatic informants said For-c
eign Secretary Anthony Eden9
plans to disclose soon the terms of
a treaty between Britain and the
six-nation EDC group. The idea,
they reported, is to time the an-
nouncement of a closer British re-
lationship so that it comes short-
ly before the French parliamen-
tary debate on ratification, slated
possibly for April .
The British hope is that the
terms of the new treaty, which
was negotiated last year, will go
some way toward satisfying hesi-
tant French deputies, the infor-
mants reported.
-0 turn their quarters over to women.
A number of individual letters
objecting to such a move were
also received by Dean Rea.
Fear of losing their house has
also been expressed in Hayden
on the south side and Greene,
located on the North side of the
quad where Tyler and Prescott
houses already accommodate
women students.
Pointing out that any changes
in the present setup would depend
on whether men can fill the resi-
dence halls, Dean Rea indicated
that any further houses given over
to coed residence would probably
be in the north end of the quad.
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"IN THIS CASE where there is
no emergency and no time ele-
ment student opinion should be
considered by the administration
in determining whether houses
will be turned over to women,"
Dean Rea said.
Manager of Service Enter-
prises Francis C. Shiel quashed
the stories as rumor and point-
ed out that any decision to
convert men's housing would
involve the Residence Halls
Board of Governors, adminis-
tration officials and considera-
tion of student opinion.
No date has been 'set for the
Board of Governors to meet al-
though both Dean Rea and Shiel
said a meeting would probably be
held in several weeks to tackle.
the problem.
Senate Votes
To Reword
Bricker Plan
Change Slated
In 'Which' Clause
WASHINGTON-(%)-By a 44-
43 vote, the Senate yesterday
knocked the controversial "which"
clause out of the treaty powers
amendment of Sen.tBricker (R-
Ohio) and substituted a provision
that treaties shall be the supreme
law of the land only if "made in
pursuance of this constitution."
Both Bricker and Administration
forces supported the change, which
will permit Supreme Court review
of treaties.
In a sideline development of the
month-old Bricker amendment
fight, Clarence Manion said the
White House had fired him as
chairman of a special presidential
commission on federal-state rela-
tionships because he supported
Bricker's proposal.
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OTHER highlights in Congress
yesterday:
President Eisenhower asked
Congress to amend the Atomic
Energy Act to permit giving Amer-
ica's Allies information about bat-
tlefield use of nuclear weapons and
to encourage industrial develop-
ment of atomic power.
The House passed and sent to
the Senate a compromise ver-
sion of a bill to increase pension
benefits of retiring Congress
members and employes.
The House Ways and Means
Committee voted to exempt the
first $1,200 of retirement pay from
income taxation, after rejecting
Administration efforts to limit the
exemption to those with small in-
comes.
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AN EFFORT to sidetrack all pro-
posed amendmnts to the Taft-
Hartley Labor Law was defeated
in the House Labor Committee.
The House beat down a bill
which would have permitted the
government to exchange publicly-
owned lands for privately-held
woodlands.
Eisenhower asked $435,894,255 of
Reds Offer
'Police Plan
In Germany
BERLIN-(P)-Russia proposed
yesterday a Big Four agreement on
the strength and armament of all
police in divided Germany, and
I creation of all-German commit-
tees to promote better relations
between the East and West re-
publics.
U. S. Secretary of State Dulles
said he would consider this a
"rather feeble substitute" for the
West's plan of German unifica-
tion by free elections. The British
and French foreign ministers also
agreed to ,discuss today this new
Russian "little solution" for the
gigantic German problem.
SOVIET Foreign Minister Molo-
tov offered his surprise motions
after failing again to budge the
West from its refusal to remove
troops from Germany in six
months for the sake of "European
security."
The troop withdrawal scheme
was denounced immediately by
Dulles as "what we did under
very analogous circumstances in
Korea immediately preceding
1950."
"Our withdrawal in that case did
not produce security-it produced
war," the American said.
* * *
MOLOTOV'S police proposal fol-
lowed bitter charges across the
conference table in the Soviet em-
bassy that both the East and West
were creating big aggressive Ger-
man armies.
All the quarreling over police
stemmed from Molotov's renewed
demand that the West kill the six-
nation European army project with
West German troops.
He shied away, however, from
committing himself on French
Foreign Minister Bidault's repeat-
ed question: Would the proposed
Soviet collective security pact for
all Europe be incompatiable with
the North Atlantic Treaty Al-
liance?
SL Motion Approves Proposed
Building for Student Activities
FIL FESTIVAL-Scene above is taken from "Man of Aran,"
scheduled for showing March 1 as part of the Flaherty Film Fes-
tival.
The English department will sponsor the series of four docu-
mentaries produced by the late Robert Flaherty.
Tickets for the Festival are priced at $2 and ,will be on sale from
1 to 4:30 p.m. today through Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon in the
Administration Bldg. lobby.
'U' Ranks W..ith Leaders
In FOA Exchange Plan
ASSISTANT DEAN of 'Men',
Residence Halls Peter A. Ostafir
called the rumors wholly unfound-
ed and expressed certainty that
there would be enough men to fil
the quads in the fall. Ostafir
pointed out that Chicago Housi
had been turned over to womer
last fall when enough men to fill
the house failed to return.
An understanding reached
last fall calls for Chicago
House to be returned to men's
residence next semester.
Dean of Women Deborah Ba-
con denied having knowledge of
plans to house women students
in any more of the East Quac
houses.
Pointing to the increased need
for additional women's housing
since September 1951, Dean Ba-
con said that some decision on
next semester will have to be
reached in the near future.
Admissions figures for the fall
semester while inconclusive show
874 men and 963 women admitted
so far compared to 857 men and
842 women for the same time last
year. Sidney F. Straight, assistant
to the director of admissions ex-
plained that the proportionate in-
crease of women is tending to be
greater than that of men for next
year.
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The University was listed yes-
terday among the leaders in a
Foreign Operations Administra-
tion program which allows U.S.
colleges tQ provide technical aid
agbroadr on a, ntrf hack I
the Truman Administration, is
getting renewed emphasis under
a new formula worked out under
FOA Chief Harold Stassen.
supplemental appropriations, in-
cluding 35 millions for jobless ben-
efits.
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s.Not only fitting in with the Eis-
Requested by the FOA, the enhower Administration's aims of
University Institute of Public Ad- fostering private aid in the for-
ministration established an ex- eign aid program, the new ar-
change personnel program with rangement was cited ashaving de-
the University of the Philippines finite possibilities for the future.
two years ago. * * .
* * WORKING two ways, the pro-
THE PROJECT to build up the gram brings foreign technicians
public administration department to the United States for study as
in the Philippines is presently dir- well as sending American tech-
ected by Prof. Ferrel Heady who nicians abroad.
Jelin, Marks
Fill Positions
On Cabinet
Seven Appointed
In SL Shuffle
By BECKY CONRAD
Student Legislature last night
went unanimously on record in
favor of the proposed Student Ac-
tivities Center.
Originally proposed last week by
SL president Bob Neary, '54BAd.,
the motion calls for a center pro-
viding "predominantly business
facilities for student organizations
without duplicating or competing
with existing recreationaland so-
cial facilities."
* * *
UNDER the proposal, this build-
ing would be managed by a board
composed of elected students and
business advisors whose duties
would be limited to managerial
supervision of the Center.
A student fee spread over a
period of 15 or 20 ears would
finance the Center.
SL member-at-large Janet Net-
zer, '54, pointed out the present
situation of "cramped quarters for
campus organizations." . She ex-
plained the Center would not com-
pete with social activities of the
League or Union, but would pro-
vide central office facilities and
meeting rooms for student organi-
zations.
DAILY MANAGING Editor Har-
ry Lunn, '54, chairman of the 13-
member board studying 'such a
building, told the Legislature the
study group hoped to hedthe.
plan to the Board of Regents in
March.
Possible construction, he add-
ed, would begin late this. year.
The plan was taken to Univer-
sity Harlan H. Hatcher and Vice-
President Wilbur K. Pierpont ear-
lier this fall and further study of
the proposal was approved by the
Regents at their January meeting.
Decisions yet to be made by the
committee include location, mode
of financing and whether to in
lude an Office of Student Affairs
in this wing.
THE LEGISLATURE elected
Steve Jelin, '55, to the vacated post
of SL treasurer and Leah Marks,
'55L, to fill his position as corres-
ponding secretary.
Replacing Vic Hampton, '54
BAd., who resigned his Cabinet
post Monday, Jelin will serve un-
til Cabinet elections are held in
April. The English honors stu-
dent served a partial. term as
treasurer in the fall, and was
elected corresponding secretary
after fall elections.
Running against Larry Harris,
56, for corresponding secretary,
Miss Marks is the only four-year
member serving on the Legisla-
ture.
TWICE BEFORE a Cabinet
member in the position of mem-
ber-at-large, she has served on the
Student Affairs Committee three
semesters..
In her speech before the elec-
tion, she emphasized that the
major job of SL in the six weeks
before the campus goes to the
polls is to awaken students to
the need for student govern-
ment.
1V4iss Marks added that she was
not asking SL to "dig up. old is-
sues, but to open its eyes to exist-
ing problems."
Later in the meeting, the Legis-
lature voted to petition the Stu-
dent Activities Committee -for SL
to play host for the National Stu-
dents Association regional mock
UN assembly, March 27 and 28.
William Duffy, '55, Hazel
Frank, '56, Dick McKenzie, '55,
Donna Netzer, '56, Dennis Sills,
'55, Anne Schmitz, '54, and Wil-
bur Wright, '55 were appointed
to fill seven vacated seats in the.
Legislature.
Neary announced the resigna-
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By The Associated Press
1 LANSING-The Senate passed the first appropriation bill of the
session yesterday.
The chamber approved and . sent to the House a $44,593,348
I welfare bill, which includes $38 million for public assistance and
direct relief.
CALCUTTA, India-Three top Communist leaders of Beng'al.
state resorted to parliamentary immunity yesterday to evade
arrest in connection with two days of mob violence that has
brought death to six persons in Calcutta.
Demonstrations continued and police opened fire on rioters
again as the Red triumvirate took refuge in the legislative halls.
*i * * * *
ROME-Communist-inspired violence pouring pressure on Pre-
mier Mario Scelba's new government yesterday spread south to Sicily.
Three women and a 16-year-old youth were trampled to death
in a stampede flight from police tear gas bombs.
Other clashes occurred in industrial Northern Italy, where several
persons were injured in strike disorders.
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DETROIT-William Allan, one of six top Michigan Com-
munists convicted of Smith Act charges, yesterday faced de-
portation proceedings.
U.S. District Attorney Fred WV. Kaess said he will start
immediate deportationrproceedings against Allan, the only for-
eign born defendant in the four month conspiracy trial which
ended Tuesday.
Allan was born in Scotland.
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is Ass't Director of the Institute.
It's plans include developing the
service training program and the
public, administration library at
the University of the Philippines.
FOA spokesmen said that the
program which dates back to
Myers Signs
As Lobbyist
Yesterday marked the first time
a lobbyist has registered in Lan-
sing as an advocate of 18-year-old
voting in the state.
The program is not limited to+
I land grant colleges but is open
to any school whose facilities
can be matched up with - the
technical needs of a country.
A contract is signed between a
U.S. university and the foreign
host university or government
agency, with the FOA and either
the foreign government or uni-
versity paying the cost.
Contract arrangements are al-
ready working in several coun-
tries, while FOA is negotiating
with 14 U.S. universities and col-
leges and having preliminary talks
with 20 others.
Play Tickets
Reservations for "The Moon
Is Blue," being performed in
Detroit Sunday will go on final
sale from 3 to 5 p.m. today at
the Union Student Offices.
Sponsored by the Union, the
trip is priced at $3.50, including
both tickets for the Schubert
Theatre performance and trans-
portation to Detroit.
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In registering, Dorothy Myers, 4iPe tions
'55, also became the youngest lob- IS
byist in Michigan. A member of
the local Young Democrats' execu- Any organization whose purpose
tive board and national commit- is. the promotion of international
teewoman for the Young Demo- understanding may petition for
cratic clubs of Michigan, Miss My- representation in the House of
ers plans to work for bi-partisan Representatives of the Interna-
support for a state constitutional tional Student Association for the
amendment and to secure a public current semester. Petitions should
hearing for the lowered voting reach P.O. Box 2096 by Friday,
age proposal. Feb..26, 1954.
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Kir To Discuss
SLife in Moscow Today
Speaking from two years first-
hand experience in Moscow, Mrs.
Lydia Kirk will discuss "Life in
Moscow Today" at 8:30 p.m. today
in Hill Auditorium.
Mrs. Kirk as the wife of Admiral
Alan Kirk, our former ambassa-
dor to Russia, has a background
CHICAGO - The board chair- ART BS
man of the Tennessee Valley Au- AR1T BS . T
thority hit last night at what he
termed "the common myth, too ,ra l
often honored, which holds that arshaU D
government can never do a job as
well or as economically as can
private contractors." By PHYLISS LIPSKY
Gordon R. Clapp offered as an Textbook prices could be lower-
answer the 20-year record of TVA ed 15 per cent through a Universi-
which he described as "an organ- ty aided book store, Bob Marshall,
ization skilled in management of local book merchant said yester-
men and materials and pledged day, but the competition would
to the practice of performance force commercial book stores to
and accountability time after eliminate speculative stock such
time." as art books.
* Speaking before the Student
rEXTBOOKS:
iscusses Bookstore Prices
versity facilities or receiving a
direct subsidy would affect the
local books business, forcing
merchants to eliminate specula-
tion in suchbuncertain areas as
first novels by new authors, or
art books which are too expen-
sive for the average student,
Marshall observed.
.. Sch a store woul sae sb i..
area. Marshall also declared that
the Wayne store does not speculate
on books whose sale is uncertain.
In the case of a cooperative
the book merchant pointed uot
that the competition would be
fair' but "the going would be
rough."
A cooperative store. usually.
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