PAGE FOUR TTHE MICHlIGAN fDAILY THURSDAY, 3ULY 8, 1949 L . sv rs a... ,r . TRT,. _ 3R...DA. y ..J...Y .y19.3 I Lt.-Col. Gaud Defines Foreign Reciprocal Aid Yank Troops Abroad Receive Allied Supplies On Lend-Lease Basis "Reverse lend-lease transactions have assumed much greater propor- tions than most people in this coun- try think. All overseas commanders have been directed to procure every- thing possible locally and to make such procurement through; means of reverse lend-lease, or reciprocal aid, wherever possible," said Lt.-Col. Wil- liam C. Gaud, G.S.C., speaking on the varied work of the International Aid Division, Headquarters, Army Serv- ice Forces, at the Judge Advocate General's School yesterday.. Reverse lend lease as defined by the speaker is the term applied to supplies obtained from the Allies free of charge. - In addition. to an informal agreement with China, the United States has specific agreements in this regard-with the United -Kingdom, Australia, New 9 Zealand, the Fighting French, the Belgians and the Dutch. In order to aid commanders of the- atres of . operations a general pur- chasing board is set up in each thea- tre, composed of procurements offi- cers and a judge advocate, for the purpose of obtaining supplies and materiel. Board Relies on JAG's According to Colonel Gaud. the board relies to a great extent upon the services of the judge advocates. Over-all agreements are negotiated and summarized with local govern- ments by the military lawyers, and claims and obligations are investi- gated, adjusted and settled.. "In short, it is up to the Judge Advocate General and his assis- tants to perform the time-honored lawyer's function of bringing to- gether the principals .in these transactions and seeing that their relations are smooth and harmoni- ous. The attitude Qf foreign coun- tries toward us after the war will be in large part conditioned upon the manner in which these impor- tant duties are carried out," Col- onel Gaud observed. To make reverse lend-lease oper- ate, only one rule: is followed-com- mon sense. Sometimes the foreign government will have blankets or tents wanted by us in its, own stock. Then a requisition is made through proper channels and' the require- ment is filled immedi'ately. Various Arrangements Used If the item is one not carried in stock by the foreign government, that government .may. undertake to procure it for our forcesi turning over to us the product when completed. In some cases we purchase the com- Gliders Stage First Trans-Atlantic Flight and Practice Invasion Tactics at Hone ,. :,..'. ~ ~ - -~~ I-'--- I International Center Is Host #, In a preview of invasion tactics, an Army jeep is backed through the hinged nose of a huge transport glider at Grand Rapids airport. The demonstration was part of a show presented by a combine of fur- niture companies which builds wing and floor assemblies for this type of glider. Freight, including vaccines for Russia, and radio, aircraft and mo- tor parts, is loaded aboard the glider at Montreal's Dorval airport in preparation for the first trans-Atlantic glider, flight. The glider was towed from Montreal to Britain in 28 hours by a Douglas transport. modity ourselves and submit an ac- count to a foreign government for reimbursement. In other areas we are furnished a bank credit periodi- cally, against which we may draw for the purchase of certain specified goods. The method followed in reverse lend-lease is immaterial if it is mu- tually satisfactory and the United States has its needs met free of charge. "Food, perhaps, is the most fre- quent subject of such transactions, but clothing, telephone service, labor, transportation, billets, and barracks are obtained in this way," Colonel Gaud added. "It may be of interest to know that. just as we export commodities such as meat, which are rationed here, so in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, our forces receive clothing or other items rationed there,''he said. Colonel Gaud .also discussed the functioins of the Director of Ma- terial,, Maj.-Gen. Lucius D.' lay, whose mission is procurement of supplies for - the entire army, as well as the four Staff Divisions working under General Clay: Re- quirements, Production, Purchase, and the' International Aid Division with which he serves. Matters he referred to included the workings of the lend-lease pro- gram by which we furnish aid to our Allies, the manner in which the Army procures -supplies overseas, the ac- tivities of the Board of Economic Warfare as they affect the Army. CAN YOU SPARE $1.50, BUD? Coed Daily Salesmen Launch Blitz Invasion of Fletcher Hal Editor's note: The following is an anonymous contribution of the Flet- cher Hall service men. FLETCHER HALL: The girls in- vaded this theatre of operations on Wednesday, July 7, bent upon selling a subscription to every troop sta- tioned here. Without a word of warning the lovelies infiltrated, but they were late by a complete week; for the soldiers had been paid on June 30 and, as is customary in the mili- tary, especially after a long holi- day week-end, the boys' wallets were thoroughly depleted. However, undaunted and not to be outdone by any such trivial obstacle the men rallied and managed, by dig- ging into a couple of penny banks which belonged to the kid next door, to make some sort of showing. At any rate the soldiers surrendered willingly,- and the maneuver will go down in history as a successful rout on* the part of. the talented salesgirls of The Daily. . The presence of women within the monastery-like confines of Fletcher Hall jumped the service men's morale, which was already exceptionally high, at least thirty points. The troops, will all the enthusiasm of a sailor returned from a two year cruise without having seen a soli- tary woman, stared at the flashing forms. Petty and Varga girls, not to mention a couple of sketches by Earl Moran, were ripped from walls, closet doors and secret ,albums. . One chap even destroyed his Esquire date book and souvenir Captain J. O'Conner Promoted to Major Capt. Jeremiah J. O'Connor, Jr., of the staff and faculty of the Judge Advocate General's School has been promoted to the rank of major, it was announced today by Col. Edward H. Young, Commandant. A graduate of Georgetown Univer- sity and Georgetown Law School, Major O'Connor was with the inter- pretative division of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Wash- ington, D.C., before being called to active duty in October 1941. After serving with the litigation division of the Judge Advocate Gen- eral's Office, Major O'Connor at- tended the school here as a member of the 8th Officers Class and was retained on the staff upon gradua- tion. He is now acting chief of the military affairs department of the school in the absence of Lt.-Col. Reg- inald C. Miller. - I photo of Margie Hart! Sic transit gloria pulchritudon is! Seriously, however, we want to give our sincere thanks to the direc- tors and students of the University for having welcomed us so royally. We begin our courses on Monday, July 12, and then buckle down to the grave job ahead of us. We are proud to be part of Mich- igan and glad to make the ac- quaintance of all of you. We want to give additional thanks to Monna Heath and the Michigan League for the swell dance they gave for us last Friday. Incidentally, if when the moon is full in the middle of the night you hear a lonely wail from the direction of Ferry Field, do not fear that Lon Chaney, Jr. has again turned into a hideous werewolf. It will be only a soldier, remembering that he is- a Wolverine! Coed Ushers Are Needed For 'Ladies in Retirement' Women interested in ushering for the play "Ladies in Retirement" to be given by Play Production today, tomorrow and Saturday are request- ed to sign up in the undergraduate office in the League as soon as pos- sible. Everyone who registers will be re- quired to appear at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre by 8 p.m. the night they are to usher. Anyone who wish- es to usher for any of the later plays may also register today. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Hillel Foundation To Sponsor Mixer All service men stationed on cam- pus and students are invited to at'- tend the opening mixer dance from 9 p.m. till midnight Saturday at the Hillel Foundation. Mr. and Mrs. Osias Zwerdling and Dr. and Mrs. Saul Cohen will be chaperons. Featured at the first mixer will be dancing, refreshment and special entertainment. Hostes- ses will be on hand to meet and in- troduce all newcomers. A group of service men from the Willow Run Air Base will be guests of the Foundation. Hillel Elects Eight New Members to Council At the second meeting of the Sum- mer Semester, eight new members were elected to the Hillel Council bringing the number of Council members to fifteen. The fifteen members are Leonard Nemeravalzi, president, Marjery Batt, vice-president, Rita Hyman, secretary, Elise Zeme, co-chairman of the membership committee, Elise Gitlow, student - director, Arthur Kraft, publicity chairman, J. Louis Singer, Milton Warren, Elliott Or- ganic, Hyman Sterngold, Max Dres- den, Israel Jacobson, Arthur Kauf- man and Shirley Winokur are mem- bers-at-large. Army Reports Bomb Record WASHINGTON, July,7.--(M)-The Army reported today this summary of the first year's operations of the 8th Air Force oyer Europe-68 day- light bombing missions, 102 indus- trial- targets, naval bases and war plants destroyed or damaged by a total of 11,423 tons of bombs, and 1,199 enemy planes shot down. Losses were 276 American heavy bombers. However, in addition to the enemy aircraft confirmed as de- stroyed, gunners of the 8th Air Force probably destroyed 525 more, and damaged 501. The losses of American planes av- eraged oply 3.91 per cent in 7,067 sorties against Germany and Ger- man-occupied Europe, a sortie being a single flight by one plane. Student Officers Train For Naval Architecture Eighty-two student naval officers, members of the Reserve Officers Naval Architect group, are training here preparatory to active duty in naval architechture. All graduate engineers from col- leges all over the country, the naval architects have ratings of ensigns and lieutenants. The group arrived in Ann Arbor June 22 and the majority of them have living quarters in the Union. At Reception Foreign Students and Townspeople To Meet New Director Friday - All foreign students, as well as American friends from the faculty, student body and townspeople, will be welcomed at the International Center's fifth annual Summer Re- ception to be held at 8 p.m, Friday at the Center. "Everyone who attends will have an opportunity to meet the new di- rector of the Center, Dr. Esson M. Gale, and his wife, as well as to be- come acquainted with- each other," Pames Crowe, assistant director of the Center said yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. Gale will be assisted in welcoming the visitors by Pro, Arthur S, Aiton, a member of the board of governors of the Center, and Mrs. Aiton; Prof. Irving A. Leonard, a member of the University Commit- tee of Latin-American Affairs, and Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. Aga-Oglu of Turkey. * * * International Center To Rold Conversation Tables Three foreign language conversa- tion tables will be conducted at the regular International Center tea from 4 to 6 p.m. today. Faculty members and foreign language student interested in prac- ticing conversation in French, Span- ish or Portuguese are cordially in- vited to participate, James Crowe, assistant director of the Center, said yesterday. Prof. Julio del Toro of the lang- uage department and his Spanish conversation group as well as native Latin-Americans will form the nu- cleus of the Spanish. Post-War Council. Plans Student Poll Plans for the conducting of stu- dent opinion polls on post-war prob- lems, and special lectures by a" well- known authority on international. af- fairs were discussed by the Post-War Council at a meeting held yesterday in the Union. Mary Lee Grossman, chairman' .f the Summer Speakers' Bureau, a- nounced that student speakers would work in conjunction with the Coun- city in conducting panel discussion during the summer among the dorm- itories and sorority houses. The Post War Council, which ais under the direction - of Elizabeth Hawley, '45, meets at. 7:15 p.m. every Tuesday, Room 304 in the Union. for gf ttc : s: . '' r., ' i r Y{; Better Drem§es fromt 12.95 Keep looking -fresh, cool and feminine in clothes that really flatter. Gay. linens, cottons and sheers. Channbrays & Ginghams Others from 5.00 : : >. took ike - Precision-ta'lored "Hendon Mannish Shirts" in spar- kling white rayon pique. Other Hendon Shit at $2.25 and $2.95 (Continued from Page 2) fered for the summer term. This is a four hour course covering the basic principles and practices of radio communications and is still open for enrollment to students without tech- nical background. There are no pre- requisites. Class hours are as fol- lows: Lectures and Rec. MWF 8, 445 W. Eng. Lab. Tues. 2-5 Room 111 W. Eng. Code Practice Tues. Thurs. 7-8 p.m. Room 111 W. Eng. Hours may be rearranged if there is enough jus- tification for it. Students wishing to elect EE 23n may attend class this evening 7-p.m. or tomorrow morning at 8. -J. S. Needle, Instructor Economics 173: Assignment for Friday. Finish reading chapter 4, and prepare problem 7, chapter 4. f f K / f / '1-j t Look Fella's It's the 'DAIUY' Yes, The Dcily is being sent every day to servicemen everywhere there is mail service. You just can't quench their thirst for campus news. Give some soldier, sailor, or marine a taste of his alma mater in that far-off spot he now calls his base. ~~J.j , I!