SCRATCH PAD See Page 4 Y Sitr jtau Latest Deadline in the State D4ali 4 40 FAIR AND CONTINUED COLD VOL LXV, No. 63 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1954 TWELVE PAGES UN Group Asks Debate onFliers Lodge Says UN Sent Men to Korea; British Give Strong Support to U.S. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (P)-United Nations Steering Commit- tee beat down Soviet opposition yesterday and recommended, 10-2, that the Assembly begin urgent debate tomorrow on the case of 11 American airmen held by Red China on espionage charges. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., chief American delegate who had re- quested immediate action by the 60-nation Assembly, told the commit- tee that "we in the United Nations cannot let these men down. They' are United Nations men. They were sent to Korea by the United Na- tions." Shortly before the Steering Committee met, Lodge and the 15 UN Allies of the United States in Korea agreed on a resolution. It was reported they would ask the Assembly to call on Secretary Gen- eral Dag Hammerskjold to use "unremitting efforts" to obtain the release of the men and report back Panel Plans SGC Debate Campus questions about the proposed Student Government Council Plan may be answered at an SGC Forum to be held at 8 p.m. today in the Natural Sci- ence building. Sponsored by SAC and oth- er student organizations, a stu- dent-faculty panel will debate and evaluate weaknesses of the SGC proposal, and a similar group will argue in favor of the plan. Prof. Roger Heyns of the psy- chology department and a member of SAC, and SL presi- dent Steve Jelin, '55 will eval- uate objections to the plan. Jelin explained, "This is the first public pro-con discussion of the issue, and I intend to take this opportunity to ex- plain 18 or 19 specific objec- tions I have to the SGC plan." Prof. Earl W. Britton of the engineering college and a mem- her of the Laing Committee, with League President Lucy Landers, '55, will argue in favor of the plan. Miss Landers stated, "I will endeavor to explain why I feel that the proposed SGC is an effective and necessary form of student government for this campus at this time." OUTSTANDING: Yoshida Resigns Post 0 As Japanese Premier; Followers Quit Cabinet I 1 } SNew State -Daily-Lynn Wallas DREAM GIRL-Gwen Arner, who plays the title role in Elmer Rice's "Dream Girl" tries on the costume she will wear while imagining she is a great actress in one of the play's dream se- quences. Phyllis Pletcher, speech department costume designer adjusts the hat. Miss Arner's dream sequence costumes, the same ones worn by Betty Field in the New York production were brought to Ann Arbor by Rice. "Dream Girl" opens tomorrow and runs through Saturday. Second Room i-ng-House Fire Claims No VictimS By JOEL BERGER Second major student rooming-house fire here in a month and a half occurred Sunday evening, but no-one was injured in the confla- gration. With five students living in the three-story structure at 1125 White St., the fire was first noticed about 9:20 p.m., bringing fire trucks from both Ann Arbor fire stations racing to the scene. According to the owner, Nellie M. Crots, the house was very badly damaged'. Fire Chief Benjamin Zahn City Studies 'Packaged' Fire Escape By LEE MARKS Expense and problems in puttir up fire escapes may soon be mod fied when a semi-packaged fi escape is manufactured, accordir to John Ryan, city building i: spector. Unistrut Corp., now workingc several projects in conjuncti with the University's Schooli Architecture and Design, expec to produce a pre-engineered fi escape, according to firm eng neer Donald Wisman. Although none have been it stalled, tentative estimates pla the cost, unassembled, as sligh ly more than $300. Cases Differ "Of course," said Wisman, "cor ditions vary and costs will diff with individual cases." No corn parisons have been made yet b tween Unistrut and other fire e capes but calls to local weldir, shops and carpenters indicate may be both cheaper and easi to install than conventional e capes. Each fire escape, accordingt Wisman, will be individually er gineered. University students wi do some of the engineering an have agreed to help test and eva uate the product, Wisman said. Can Meet Regulations Material for the fire escap has been approved by Ryan ar Wisman claimed, "We can me{ any building code regulations ea. ily." The fire escapes will be manL factured by sections and then it stalled, either by the owner c Unistrut Corp. At present, no firms in the Ar Arbor area specialize in fire e: capes although Ryan said, "A? most any carpenter or weldir shop will build one." ISA Disagrees With CSP Stand International Students Assoc ation announced official disagree ment with Articles 13 and 16ec the Common Sense Party plat form at the meeting of its Hou, Representatives yesterday. Stating the ISA feels foreig students can present to the Ac mincfninn .hpr r1m hr-,.r yesterday said the third floor, whichj - was occupied by one student, should not have been used for rooming quarters. It was designed as an attic and was not large enough for living, quarters, the chief said. Students living in the home were Jerry Hammett, '58, Joseph Juska, '58, William Housman, Richard Sylvesta, and Thomas McLean, '56. Basement Source The blaze started in the base-, rig ment in boards and furniture pil- re ed near the coal stoker, a short ng distance from a chimney pipe. n- From the stack of wood, flames quickly traveled into the flooring, through a partition and upward1 on between the walls, enveloping the ofback stairs. of - ts Chief Zahn said there was no re fire escape or even a vertical lad- i- der on the house. When the house is rebuilt, he commented, such n- equipment will have to be in- ce cluded. t- Building Inspector John Ryan said he believed an inspection of the rooming house has never been n- made. 'er - - Storms, Tornadoes s- Leave 22 Dead it er A total of 22 persons are dead as s_ a result of this weekend's weather, with heavy eastern snowstorms to and many southern tornadoes. n- Pelleston, Mich., had the du- ill bious honor of being the nation's d coldest spot-thermometers there i- dipped to 12 below zero. The Port Huron area was blanketed with snow from a freak storm which left the city with 16 inches. to the Assembly by Dec. 31. Britain Supports U.S. Britain gave the United States strong support throughout, reflect- ing here the vigorous denuncia- tion of Red China's action by British Foreign Secretary Sir An- thony Eden in the House of Com- mons. France, Colombia, Australia, Ice- land, Nationalist China, Thailand, Ecuador and Cuba also voted for putting the case before the As- sembly. Soviet Union and Czechoslovak- ia, branding the airmen as "spies,"~ voted against it. Burma and Syria abstained, saying the cases should be taken up first by the Korean Armistice Commission. Lodge said five requests for action by that group had been made and noth- ing had happened. Jacob A. Malik, Soviet ambas- sador to Britain, assailed the American request for Assembly action and said it had been done because someone had found it necessary to find an incident to increase international tension. Lodge immediately answeredj with a strong rejection of that idea. "Most of those in this room know Dwight Eisenhower," Lodge said, "They know he wants peace. They know that he and I, carry- ing out his instructions here, don't want to intensify the cold war." Investigations Senate Group WASHINGTON W)-Senate In- vestigations subcommittee yester- day resumed its hearings on al- leged Communist infiltration into defense plants with its charman, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) absent. He was reported nursing his sore elbow. Eight witnesses testified at the closed door session, but what they said was not disclosed by sub- committee staff members nor by the two senators who attended. Sens. Carl E. Mundt (R-SD) and Charles E. Potter (R-Mich). The three Democrats on the subcom- mittee were reported to be. out of town. Only witness identified was Herman E. Thomas of Allentown, Pa., a former FBI undercover agent in the Communist party. Potter said the other seven were I Communist rulers Topic Of Speech Harry Schwartz, New York, Times Soviet affairs specialist, will discuss "The Men Who Rule Com- munism" 8:30 p.m. today at Hill Auditorium. Fourth guest speaker in the present University Lecture Series, Schwartz will include in his talk the problems of co-existence and the possibility of its practical ap- me.......n Local IFC Gets Trophy At Meeting During the National Inter-Fra- ternity Council conference in Phil- adelphia over the weekend, the University IFC won an award for being the most outstanding fra- ternity group in its class during the past year., The Class B trophy is given an- i nually to the best IFO located in a city of between 50,000 and 75,- 000 population in the United States and Canada. Attending the meeting from here were Dean of Men Walter B. Rea, assistant to the Dean of Men and Counselor to Fraternities Wil- liam S. Zerman, IFC president John C. Baity, '55 and IFC Ad- ministrative Vice-President Rob-! ert C. Weinbaum, '56. Featured during the NIFC con-j ference were discussions of com-I mon fraternity problems and fra- ternity life in general. NIFC mem- I planneterougout the s o.day s ering several cities. season, wim a rast-SnoUw tourUoV- FINAL REHEARSALS-Union Opera cast members hold final re- hearsals of "Hail to Victor," whose world premiete is scheduled tomorrow at the Michigan Theater. Further performances are n~nnal hrtihnitth hH~v anen it arnrichw mi n~i HARRY SCHWARTZ plication, and a comparison of Russian and American military and economic strength. Schwartz joined the Times staff as a regular contributor in 1951. Previously, he had served with the War Production Board, and Department of Agriculture in 1942. He also worked with the Of- fice of Strategic Services and the State Department. Author of many books on Russia, Schwartz has lectured at Harvard, Prince- ton, Cornell and many other col- leges and universities. Tickets will be on sale from 10 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. today at the Hill Auditorium box office. They are priced at $1.25, $1 and 50 cents. B l' A ' L"[. rn' r.r t, I . owies Discusses SquareD- D Strike George E. Bowles, Chairman of the Michigan Labor Mediation Board, discussed the settlementI of the Square D Co. strike in al lecture sponsored by the Indus-; trial Relations Club yesterday. His talk entitled "Government Mediation in Strikes" showed the strike as an example of the part mediation plays in strike settle-i ment, and analyzed the problems and forces of the situationI bers are cliosen from universities and colleges whose IFC groups apply for membership in the na- tional organization. The award won by the local or- ganization was given on basis of superiority in four categories - service to member fraternities, the community, fraternity ideals and the University and general stu- dent body. Grand trophy for the most out- standing IFC organization in the United States and Canada, went to Ohio State University. Galens Drive Ends The annual Galen Medical Hon- orary Society Christmas drive netted $6,755.12 for the Galen Workshop in University Hospital. With some money still outstand- ing the amount should be $6,800,1 and alumni contributions will make the total somewhat larger. Joint Judiciary Council Opens Petitioning Today Petitioning for Joint Judiciary Council opens today. Although the Council i com- Answering some of the ques- posed of five male and five female tions that may occur to prospec- members, he pointed out, petitions tive Joint Judic members, Tawfiq are usually filed at the ratio of Khoury, '55E, present Joint Judic six to one in favor of men stu- chairman, emphasized that both dents. men and women students may pe- Any student in good standing tition. tis eligible, providing he has 601 credit hours by this semester's end. I Khoury added, however, "experi- 11 I C ! ence in campus affairs or student' I organizations and knowledge of Petitioning begins today for University regulations is certainly the five positions open on Joint helpful.' Judiciary Council. Members are chosen irrespective Five students to serve for of their school within the Univer- one-year terms will be selected sity and of their graduate or un- on the basis of their petitions dergraduate status. Khoury said, and subsequent interviews. however, that an attempt is made Prospective Judie members may to keep a balance between grad- hand in petitions until Fri., uate and undergraduate students Dec. 17. Petitions are available on the Council. at and must be turned in to Student Legislature headquar- Students with further questions ters in Quonset A near Water- may call Khoury at NO-8-7534 or man gym. Janet Rutherford, '55, at NO- 2-2543. Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Recalls World War II Impetus By LOU SAUER The warmth of Sunday in Pearl Harbor was more than, accented thirteen years ago today when Japan brought the United States into World War II by sinking most of the U.S. Navy there. Taking completely by surprise, the country plunged into con- Head Seen In Hatoyama Move Prevents General Election TOKYO (M'-The foreign office an- nounced today that Prime Min- ister Shigeru Yoshida and his cab- met had resigned. The resignation opened the way for a new cabinet headed by Yo- shida's old rival, Ichiro Hatoyama. It spares the two conservative parties, Yoshida's Liberal and Ha- toyama's Democrats, the ordeal of a general election which might see an upsurge of socialist power. Favors Red Ties Hatoyama is pro-United State, like Yoshida, but favors trade and diplomatic ties with Russia and Communist China. The announcement of Yoshida's resignation came only a few hours before the Democrats and Social- ists planned to introduce a ro-con- fidence motion 'against the prm minister. The opposition parties had the votes to ram it through the lower house. house. To Name Successor That body, known as the Diet, now has the, task of naming a new prime minister. Yoshida huddled with party lead- ers singly, and in groups as the prime minister's followers search- ed for a plan to meet the crisis. Party executives And rank-and- filers were split down the middle. Some pleaded with the prime min- ister to resign and let the Diet choose a new prime minister. Others urged new elections. Dissolution of the Diet would have forced nationwide elections within 40 days. Elections were op- posed by the businessmen who bankroll Yoshida's party, and by most of the party members them- selves. Humphrey Says Budget Won't Balance WASHINGTON W-Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey disclosed yesterday that the gov- ernment faces another red ink year. He declined to say what the ad- ministration would recommend re- garding tax cuts scheduled to go into effect next April. "We will not be able to balance the budget in fiscal 1956," Hum- phrey told a news conference. Fis- cal 1956 begins next July 1. He said later in a television version of the conference that, "We are struggling to cut expenditures in each department and we will con- tinue to do so until a balance is finally reached." Humphrey declined to take a po- sition on the tax outlook, i from the Bethlehem Steel plant at Bethlehem, Pa., which has secret defense contracts. ISPIKES, LEMON PIE & BUBBLE GUM: Elementary Students Begin New Lingual Lessons I s t t fusion and hurried preparations for People attempted to guess how studying under American teach-T - ers in Pearl Harbor would react, and the general feeling was that! they would remain loyal to the U.S. The government acted against this assumption and imprisoned1 all the Nisei as well as Japanese nationals. At the University, students be- defense. the young Japanese students,I (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last in a series of articles explaining the Literary College's new language requirement and illustrating the various language-training systems.) By SHIRLEY CROOG and ERNEST THEODOSSIN "When I told them I would see them only once last week," Prof. Pas- quariello related, "a rather timid girl whispered aloud, 'Aw shucks!' " "Children are great actors," he continued. "They are quite unin- hibitedin imitating the foreign accent. "Buenos Dias, Senor Pasquariello!" With this greeting, the third grade begins its bi-weekly Spanish class at Haisley School, taught by Prof. Anthony Pasquariello of the1 Spanish department. The third grade class is one group of grammar school children taking part in a pilot study on language learning in the elementaryI grades. The study also includes a fourth grade German class at Burns Park school, taught by Prof. Otto Graf of the German department, and a fifth grade French class at Angell school, taught by Prof. Vin- cent Scanio of the Italian department. Dispel Fear "By teaching languages at an early age, we dispel the fear of1 There are problems, however, in teaching languages to children. came interested in the war and One is to hold the attention of members of the group by varying lesson forgot classes. The Daily reported programs. This is done chiefly through group activities and games. that more than one concientious In these games, usually relay events, the children ask their class- student who tried to tear away mates the foreign names of such objects as pencils, pictures and cray- from the radio for a bluebook was ons. Songs are also taught to illustrate numerals and objects. dragged back and told that tests Use Different Approaches didn't matter. The age and development of the children also plays a part in how much they can learn in the half-hour sessions. To illustrate, it is dif- Li set To Discuss ficult to teach third graders how to tell time in Spanish, when not all have mastered this task in English. I P l1 Lical ituatlon Language training in the elementary grades is not entirely recent. German was taught to many children in the mid-nineteenth century, The problem of extreme right- until the outbreak of World War I. Interest waned during the period I wing grouns in American democ- #I SGC Questions Question: Does SGC have p.ower to enforce its delega- tions of projects to other student organizations? Answer: SGC's power to grant and withdraw recognition from student groups could provide some measure of enforcement should any group fail to carry out projects it agreed to accept, Assuming that SGC was granted a student tax, SGC would also have a degree of financial control over student organizations which agreed to accept certain tasks. A specific amount of money could be granted an organization if it undertook a specific job which could be subsequently withdrawn if the task was not performed. Question: One of the major complaints about SL has been that an elected member is not responsible to a specific con- stituency. Does SGC correct this in its elected members? Answer: No, elected members of SGC are chosen from the campus-at-large and do not represent any specific constituency. Question: Did SL ever provide organizational participation and speaking privileges for major campus organizations now rnro., r,,nu 41.r Q (2fl ,aihln.n9 o n.t. 1ate. ..-annn i II