BILL MAULDIN . .. . . _ .. .. ._. _ _k 1i _ . ... r r K d FI p ; 1 ' e I l it gp stil. N 7.2 1 Cop, I19ugh the smokescreen of pleas for Soviet A fter a y." He understands that Germany is yet ed. He favors loans for needy allies and By SAMUEL GRAFTON< le national effort in feeding the world's LOS ANGELES-There were lots of! He would support Britain. But despite scared people in Los Angeles this at suggestion of world government, he week-end. I saw one women in a shop s as though the United States should go almost white with fear when she danger of atomic war rather than sub- heard that Mr. Truman had vetoed the ersatz price control bill. "My sovereignty to the decision of any ex- landlord!" was all she could say for uthority. a moment; apparently her relation inly the President has not staked his with him had been complicated and id his political party's future on an all- tense and now he had her. Yet it was mpaign to save the United States, hard to feel too much sympathy for aps he is pessimistic of success. One of her or for the other shaken people. I visers recently confessed that "it looks have been away from my home for ugh- we do not deserve to survive." weeks, and I have been in dozens of ps our provincialism is so deeply rooted, cities and towns, and I have not osheard price control discussed, or in orance of the world so extensive, that fact, even mentioned, in all that time. can awaken us to the situation. Certain- It is a kind of epitaph that thet d not ask for and do not relish the world American people waited until Satur- lip which destiny has forced upon us. day afternoon, the 29th of June, to :omewhere deep in the Americans are become scared.j not only of kindliness and vitality, but They had been living, not on ligence. borrowed time, but on borrowed li- luestion is, will we succeed in tapping beralism; on something left over! from Mr. Roosevelt, which they had been enjoying without much1 sense of personal participation, or7 responsibility. They could even en-' joy the luxury of hating what they' or needed. I had the satisfaction of seeing one filling station operator, who has been crabbing for weeks about government controls, grow Editor: suddenly thoughtful on Saturday iight we attended a meeting of the city afternoon, as he talked about the of Ann Arbor. Though most of the house which he leases, and his food' was concerned with purely local affairs, bills. he members brought up a proposal con- The President's speech was listened the O.P.A. He suggested that the city to with ferocious attention; and for send a telegram to the Michigan repre- the first time in many months one; es in Congress asking them to vote for felt something like a living relation- rary extension of the O.P.A. Immediate- ship between the executive and the hearing this, one of the aldermen arose, people, an intimation that there could that this country had gotten along quite again be a kind of working partner- the past 200 years without any such ship, toward coherent goals. I stood and by the natural laws of economy, with forty or fifty persons, listening andsobythenturaInelasat the radio, and there was an emo- o so in the future. In reply to this a tion which has not been there on arose in the gallery, stating that a tele- previous occasions, when Mr. Truman f this nature was neither in favor of has merely acted like a president, in- opposition to the O.P.A., but was only stead of being one. One felt on Satur- st that Congress be given time to formu- day that there were useful jobs which adequate plan for the future. He further could be done, if once again a Presi- that in the past day prices had already dent would speak to the people of alarmingly. Another of the aldermen what was needed, and would name i emphatically that none of the five the names of those who stood in the pers he read daily had mentioned any- way; and if the people answered him ers e rad ail ha metioed ny- with equal warmth and candor. f the sort. The motion was then over- there arthdfcor ngly defeated. Further discussion failed do not like this kind of partnership any response. Upon leaving, we were re- and prefer that we shall rattle plan- by one of the opposing aldermen that lessly ahead. The trouble with that uries for the future appeared bright. approach is that one wakes up to he way home, we stopped at a place for strange week-ends, with sudden fear ling snack, ordering our customary ham- clouding the face of a smiling coun- and coke. Surprisingly enough, today's try, and whispering of the end of as 30c; yesterday's had been 22c. things; while from far off Bikini on me, bub, yah got ten bucks for a'cuppa comes a muffled report warning us of even more horrid rendezvous ahead, unless we throw off torpor and begin Yours for a bright future, to think and talk and act, like a McKenzie Ferguson, Leonard Leff, people together. Warren D. Palmer, Robert M. Rene (Copyright, 1946, N.Y. Post Syndicate) to pay his rent until the OPA rent ceilings had been re-instituted. It was with severe misgivings that customers entered the groceries Mon- day morning. Doubtless some of them had seen the news item in the pa- pers last week about the really shock- ing price increase in a West Virgin- ia town. It seems, according to the news item, that the OPA had decided to remove the price ceiling on bitters. Due to a typographical error, the lo- cal daily in this West Virginia town announced that there was no longer a ceiling price on BUTTER. In a few hours after the paper appeared, the local price of butter had risen from 55 cents a pound to $1.50 a pound. Congress, either failing to no- tice the omen or actively reject- ing it, chose to pass a fatally weak- ened OPA extension measure. Presi- dent Truman announced that the Congress-approved bill would not prevent inflation but would merely legalize it, and consequently he vetoed the measure. The House failed to pass the bill over the veto, and all Congressmen adjourned to the nearest country club for the week-end. There is now a furious battle or Capitol Hill over the revival of price control. Several political observers and newspapers have stated that the flood of letters reaching Congress- men within the next few days will doubtless influence their future ac- tions. Without risking everything by ven- turing too far out on the weakened limb, it should be possible to predict some of the results if the OPA is weakened or is allowed to lapse per- manently. The most obvious result is this .. . all fixed income groups would suffer seriously. Any salaried em- ployees from professors to floor sweepers would immediately feel the effects of rising prices without a cor- responding increase in wages. Most veterans, especially those now going to college under the GI Bill of Rights. would be hard hit for the same rea- son. A powerful lobby to increase the subsistence for student veterans would be a prompt and inevitable re- action, but there would be a consid- erable period before any increases could pass Congress. The earliest, pos- sible date is next autumn when Con- gress re-convenes, and in the mean- time many veterans would be forced out of school and inflation would be greatly strengthened. In spite of the obvious interest of veterans in a strong OPA, the American Veterans Committee is the only veterans or- ganization waging a vigorous fight to extend OPA. The policies of other organizations, such as the American Legion, are largely controlled by a firmly entrenched hierarchy of con- servative businessmen. Another result would be immed- iate union agitation for wage in- creases. Congress condemned the recent wave of strikes, but the termination of OPA will surely cause a new and greater series of walk-outs. Congress in this situa- tion followed the dictates of Big Business in two ways. It knocked out OPA (an action which will cause more strikes); and also at- tempted to prevent strikes by pas- sing anti-labor legislation such as the Case Bill. It is only in this con- text that the recent efforts of Con- gress to weaken the labor move- ment can be really understood. If you want to prevent inflation help the veterans and all fixed-in- come groups, and prevent future strikes, write your Congressman to- day to extend the OPA for one year without amendments. BULLETINI Publication in the Daily Official Bui- letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the office of the Summer Ses- sion, Room 1213 Angell Hall by 3:30 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Saturdays). WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1946 VOL. LVI, No. 2S Notices Summer closing hours for women students: Undergraduate women: Sunday through Thursday, 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 12:30 a.m. Graduate students living in under- graduate houses are expected to make individual arrangements with their housemothers if it is necessary to be out after closing hours. For other student government reg- ulations, women students are referred to the pamphlet "Campus Regula- tions--House Rules" copies of which are available in the Office of the Social Director, Michigan League, Housing for women students for the fall semester: (1) Women students now enrolled who have dormitory applications on file in the Office of the Dean of Women will be notified during July of their assignments. (2) Those who have applied through this office for supplement- ary housing and been referred are advised to sign contracts with de- posits immediately with the individ- ual League Housemothers. (3) Those who are enrolled for the summer session who still need to apply for housing for the fall semes- ter are advised to call at the Office of the Dean of Women immediately, provided their admission is not lim- ited to the summer session only, Because the Fourth of July is a holiday no tea has been scheduled at the International Center for that day. Full information regarding teach- ing opportunities for dependents Schools service in Germany is now available at the Bureau of Appoint- ments. Persons interested in seeing representative will be notified as to pis arrival if the Bureau has proper addresses and telephone numbers. The representative is scheduled to be in Ann Arbor early in July. State of Michigan Civil Service Announcements have been received in this office for: 1) School Administration Super- visor III, $300 to $360. 2) School Administration Super- visor V, $465 to $565. 3) Industrial Therapy Shop Fore- nan A, $170 to $190. 4) Industrial Therapy Shop Fore- mnan I, $200 to $240. 5) Blind School Piano Instructor A, $180 to $200. 6) Hospital Physician III, $300 to $360. '7) Hospital Physician IV, $380 to $440. 8) Hospital Physician IVA, $420 to $480. 9) Hospital Physician V, $465 to $565. 10) Building and Loan Examiner [I, $250 to $290. 11) Building and Loan Examiner III, $300 to $360. 12) Ferries Executive III, $300 to $360. 13) Chemist I, $200 to $240. 14) Chemist IT, $250 to $290. Closing date is July 24, 1946. For further information, call at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. The Museum of Art presents "Pio- neers of Modern Art in America," an exhibition.from the Whitney Mu- 3eum of American Art, at the Rack- ham Galleries, weekdays, 2-5 and 7-10 p.m., through July 20. The pub- tic is cordially invited. Michigan Sailing Club: Members, officers, and all those interested in Joining: There will be a meeting at ,he Michigan Union Saturday, July i at 1 p.m. After the short meeting %e will go to the lake and work on the boats. The Men's Education Club will meet at 4 p.m. today at South Ferry Field for organization of baseball teams. The Women in Education will have a garden party at the Michigan Lea- gue Garden at 7:30 p.m. Registrants: All those in summer school who are registered with the Bureau of Appointments, Teaching or Business Divisions, are reminded to come to the office, 201 Mason Hall, and give us your addresses, phone numbers, and courses taken. Summer Plays, presented by the Michigan Repertory Players of the Department of Speech will open Wednesday, July 10 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Five produc- tions will be given this season in- ' cluding "Papa Is All", by Patterson , Greene, "Pigeons and People," by Geo. M. Cohan, "Angel Street", by r Patrick Hamilton, "The Apple Cart", by Geo. Bernard Shaw and "The By Crockett Johnson