HOUSING BILL See PAGE 4 Lw A VOL. LVII, No. 14S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1946 mom" Rep. Coffee Asked To Explain'Funds' WASHINGTON, July 20-(P).- Senator Brewster, a member of the Senate War Investigating Commit- tee, said today that Rep. Coffee (Dem., Wash.) would be asked to "explain" a five-year-old $2,500 "campaign contribution" from a Ta- coma, Wash., war contractor. Already, at Tacoma, Coffee had de- clared: "I welcome an investigation on the entire matter." Brewster said that the committee has already asked the Department of Justice for its files on an investi- Top Bankers Indicted For Graft Quiz Ingham Grand Jury Charges Bribery Plot LANSING, July 20-(M)--Top offi- cials of the Michigan National Bank System and Byron L. Ballard, former legal adviser to Ex-Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner, were named today by the Ingham County grond jury in a warrent accusing 28 persons of a bribery conspiracy to defeat the 1941 Anti-Branch Banking Bill. Almost three years after the grand jury was summoned to probe charges of a "slush" fund spent to defeat a bill to restrict branch bking in Michigan, circuit Judge Louis E. Coash, the grand juror, named 24 men as defendants and four others as co-conspirators in the graft con- spiracy. Defendants Listed Defendants are five representatives of the Michigan National Bank, eight present ani former state Senators, and 11 present and past state Repre- sentatives. Among them are.: Byron L. Ballard of Lansing, legal adviser to Van Wagoner and secre- tary of the state board of law exam- iners. The' warant alleges that he "unlawfully" entered the emploly- ment of the banking' interests. Howard J. Stoddard of East Lan- sing, president of the Michigan Na- tional Bank system. Charles Bohn of Detroit, chair- man of the board of the Michigan National Bank and chairman of the board of the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation. Simon D. Den Uyl of Detroit, secre- tary-treasurer of the mihn Com- pany. Serves Contempt of Court Sentence Francis P. Slattery of Grand Ra- pids, assistant vice-president of the Grand Rapids Branch of the Michi- gan National Bank, who served a 60- day contempt of court jail sentence for giving evasive answers to justice Leland W. Carr, Judge Coash's pre- decessor. Before serving his sentence he carried an unsuccessful appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The Ingham County grand jury's indictment added a new chapter to an amazing three-year tale of politi- cal coruption in Michigan. 17th Education Parley To Start Tomorrow Approximately 300 Michigan teach- ers and school administrators are expected to attend the 17th annual Summer Education Conference at the School of Education tomorrow through Friday. Lectures and group meetings will compose the program of the con- ference which is held as part of the instructional program at the educa- tion school. Lectures will be delivered through the week by Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the history department, Prof. Theodore M. Newcomb of the sociolo- gy department, Prof. Ernest F. Bark- er of the physics department and by Prof. John W. Lederle of the political science department. Sessions will be held in the Uni- versity High and elementary school buildings. The opening program tomorrow will include an opening session at 9 a.m. on new developments in business education, a demonstration of remed- ial reading methods at 10 a.m'., and a lecture by Prof. Slosson on the sub- ,.....j- "Te. Y,.rn.rva , .p.7 tt aoHnr n gation which Coffee has said it made of the contribution. Brewster bluntly called Coffee's definition of the $2,500 as a cam- paign contribution a "belated albi." Brewster said of Coffee's willing- ness for an investigation: "He certainly will be welcome. The mdre quickly he appears, the better." 'No Basis for Action' At Tacoma, Coffee said the cir- cumstances had been widely published in the state and that the Justice De- partment, after its investigation, found, "no basis for action." Also at Tacoma, contractor Eivind Anderson told the Associated Press: "There was no evil purpose in the payment of this money. I was merely trying to achieve something that was highly honorable at the time-re- move handicaps as it was urgent to get something done." Anderson explained he had a big building project then underway at Fort Lewis, Wash., and "things were not moving fast enough." The check wnet to Coffee's secre- tary at the time,,Paul O. Olson. Financial Problems Explained Olson wrote that "John" was gratified "by reason of the assurances you gave at the foot of the stairs over in Capitol Building" and said that if a few more people showed the "same sense of appreciation and un- derstanding then the going for John as a member of Congress would be made a lot easier." The secretary discussed the finan- cial problems faced by a Congress- man and the various drains on his purse. Coffee himself wrote 16 days later that "Paul showed me the slip of paper you sent him a few days ago. It is impossible for me to express adequately my deep feeling of gra- titude for your helpful cooperation." United Nations Will Cireulate Weekly Bulletin NEW YORK, July 20-(I)-The United Nations Department of Pub- lic Information announced tonight that the United Nations Weekly Bul- letin, first periodical to be issued by the U.N., will begin publication Au- gust 1. The announcement said the publi- cation will provide an objective re- view of United Nations developments together with factual background in- formation. Besides interesting the general reader, the announcement added, it also will be designed to as- sist specialists such as doctors, law- yers, busines groups, labor organiza- tions, teachers and students who may be interested in the subjects covered by the different organs of the United Nations. The publication will be issued every Thursday. The announcement said distribu- tion in North and South America will be through the International Documents Service of the Columbia University Press, New York, 27, New York. The price in the United States and Canada will be 15 cents per copy, with an annual subscription rate of $6.00. No Daily Tuesday Readers are reminded that the Summer Michigan Daily is not published on Monday or Tuesday. Publication will resume with the Wednesday morning paper. Amended Astom Bill Is Passed Government Patent Monoply Limited WASHINGTON, July 20-(P)-The Hous passed a much-amended atomic energy control bill today, sending it to a Senate-House conference for ad- justment of differences between the two chambers. The vote was 265 to 79. Nine Michigan Congresmen voted with the majority as the House today passed the amended M- Mahon Atomic Energy Control Bill. Five of the State's Democratic re- presentatives were solidly behind the measure which was passed 265 to 79. Four Michigan Republicans opposed it, while an equal number favored it. Before finally voting, the House turned down an amendment by Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (Rep., Conn.) to limit the life of the proposed law to seven years, and upheld a technical objection that knocked out authority for the President to transfer to the new commission unexpended funds of the Army's Manhattan District, its atom bomb project. By voice vote it wrote into the legislation a requirement that the FBI make loyalty investigations of "all persons associated in any ca- pacity with the development and control of atomic energy under the commission. The FBI previously had been give nauthority to inves- tigate violations of the proposed act, Stricken from the bill by a stand- ing vote of 62 to 45 was a Senate pro- vision for a $5,000 fine and two years imprisonment for violations of com- mission regulations dealing with re- ports, inspections, records and safety measures. , A new section defining nuclear fission was approved without dis- cussion or contest, several members declaring that it was no more in- volved than other sections of the legislation. The House completely rewrote the Senate's patents section which would have given the government, through the commission, a virtual monopoly on patents and inventions, both new and old, in the field of atomic ener- gy. The House toned down the Sen- ate language sharply, by a 151 to 90 vote. Indus trialists. Will Discuss Job 'Openings The University will offer students a businessmen's view of job oppor- tunities Tuesday at the annual Gui- dance and Placement Conference of the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. Business and industrial leaders will discuss immediate and future oppor- tunities at a panel at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Rackham Lecture Hall. A dem- onstration at 7:30 p.m. of right and wrong dress, manner and speech will furnish the second portion of the Conference. General Chairman of the confer- ence is Dr. T. Luther Purdom. He announced that three business lea- ders will share the panel discussion: Joseph Padgett of Toledo, John Haien of Detroit, Harry J. Kelley of Grand Rapids, Sara Ruane of Wayne Uni- versity and Harry Hogan of Detroit. Dean of Women Alice Lloyd will preside at the evening demonstration of "How Do You Look to An Em- ployer?" Reuther Smash Inflation Parade To Be Staged Tuesday Women Vets To Staff Write-Congress Tables Roy Reuther, UAW-CIO official, will speak for labor at the AVC spon- sored "Smash Inflation" parade and rally to be assembled at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at State and Huron streets, opposite Harris Hall, local AVC heads announced yesterday. Reuther's intention to speak here culminated a day of increased or- ganizational support for the rally, Jack Weiss, AVC chairman, pointed out, adding that the Detroit labor leader will join the anti-inflation platform with Prof. John Brumm of the journalism department, Neil Staebler, local businessman, and Har- ry Cole, secretary-treasurer of the U.S. Agriculture Conservation As- sociation. All four men will speak after the parade at 4:30 p.m. Tues- day on the steps of the County Court House, Huron and Main streets. Tables at the courthouse, equipped with material for writing or wiring to Congress, will be staffed by twelve members of the newly-organized Uni- versity Women Veterans' Association, who are fully endorsing the "Smash Inflation" parade and rally, Weiss indicated. In announcing the pledged support to the rally by the Pittsfield Village Consumers League, a group of local housewives who are organized for the continuation of price control, Weiss pointed out that consumer reaction has already had tan appreciable effect on Congress. He cited the recent support for a strong OPA by DAVchlgan Republican Representatives Crawford and Wol- cott and noted that the local Repre- sentative, Earl Michener has now Senate-House Committee Agree On Niew OPA Compromise Plan To Speak at, AVC Ral) "A closer study of the measure military men the failures which con- agreed upon by the Senate-House tributed to the 1941 disaster, declared conferees is necessary before our today that the late President Roose- special committee Ibn price can velt and his cabinet "discharged their decide on its merit," Victor Baum, responsibility with distinction, abil- local AVC chairman, said yester- ity and foresight." day. That finding in an eight-man re- Baum added that "the members port - signed by two Republican of AVC won't count the battle as House members-brought a sharp won until we have a decent law, dissent, however, from Republican and the march will go on as planned unless such a law is passed before Tuesday." Law School given stronger support to price con- Entrance Rules trol than he previously expressed in a letter to the AVC. An escort from the Ann Arbor elec police department will clear traffic for the paraders. The following is the The policy of the University Law route of march: from the assembly Sc ilol on admitting new students in point at State and Huron, south to the fall will continue to be "highly Liberty street, west on Liberty street selective," Dean E. Blythe Stason to Fourth street; north on Fourth said yesterday. street to William street; west on All upperclassmen, including vet- William street to Main street; north erans who took a portion of their on Main street to the County Court- law training before the war, com- house. posing a majority of the school's The Veterans Organization, a fac- quota of 875, may, of course, return, ulty committee and local business, Dean Stason stated. To the' first labor, and agriculture representatives' year class all academically qualified have previously pledged help in the Michigan students will be admitted, rally, Weiss concluded, adding that leaving a few places for non-resident "all other groups that wish to 'jump students. About 1,000 applications on the anti-inflation' bandwagon are have been submitted for the first year strongly urged to join the assemb- class, he said, but only about 350 lage." can be admitted. for Peace Talks - EhrMann 'SORE SPOT' FOR FUTURE WAR: Trieste Solution Opens Way By PHYLLIS KAYE The most difficult problem of many that had to be dealt with before a peace conference could meet was the problem of Trieste, Prof. Howard M. Ehrmann, of the history department, declared yesterday. Only after this and related prob- lems connected with Italy, including Italian boundaries with France, Aus- tria and Jugoslavia, the Adriatic and Dodecanese Islands, reparations to Russia and the question of colonies, were settled early this month was it possible to plan a peace conference for July 29, he pointed out. French nundiiarv agreed that the boundary should re- main at the Brenner, where it has been set in 1919. a Other territorial settlements con- cerned the concession of Italy's Ad- riatic islands to Jugoslavia and the Dodecanese Islands to Greece. "There was no difficulty this time about Fiume and Zara," Prof. Ehrmann noted. Both were given to Jugoslavia. African Colonies Renounced In the matter of colonies, Italy re- nounced all claim to her African pos- sessions, but no final determination of ownership was reached. This prob- lem was left to future settlement. Russian insistence on renaration. population and, prior to 1919, was one of the oldest objectives of Ital- ian "irredentism." Until the pre- sent conflict of interests developed, the validity of Italy's claims to Tri- este had been widely recognized. It is true that the principal railway lines serving Trieste run through Ju- goslavia. However, Prof. Ehrmann said, "the port has long served a hin- terland more extensive than Jugoslav- ia, including the central European area of upper and lower Austria, Bo- hemia and Moravia." Jugoslavia Claims Trieste Jugoslav claims to Trieste and the Istrian npnninsula. hnadthe "solid sunn-