A ROO FO U See Page 2 Krg r Da ii4 WARM ER Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVIII, No. 180 ANN A*RBOR, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1948 PRICE FIVE CE T5 UAW's President *Reuther To Support DouglasCandidacy Predicts Demnocra tic Nomination Will Return Party to Liheralists By The Associated Press Walter P. Reuther, president of the UAW-CIQ, today threw his A support behind Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas for the Democratic nomination for President. The red-headed leader of almost 1,000,000 auto workers described Douglas as "a man whose universal appeal can unite the Democratic Party and the independent vote." Reuther said his nomination would return the party "to the high- est standard of integrity and liberalism." Labor Support Forecasting that labor wduld support Douglas, Reuther said Douglas would be able to "insure maximum mobilization of the labor vote." j', ;5 + A Reuther aide pointed out that the statement could not be in- terpreted as the official stand of the big auto union since no action had been taken on the question by its executive board. Between meetings of the executive board, however, Reuther is au- thorized to speak for the union. Truman To Win Democrats gave their National Convention machinery a prelimi- * * * <6naxy spin today and to many of them it looked as if President Tru- emlocrats' man would turn up with the win- ning number. Democratic Chairman J. How- ard McGrath said today that President Truman's friends accept P lank IN ailed as "definite and final" General Dwight D. Eisenhower's elimina- tion of himself from the Demo- Sut hern Del.egate cratic presidental race. Ask Hands Off Policy, SL Sets Up Sophomore Ye1l etion Discuss Tentative All-Campus Hop By SHELTON MURPHY 'I'he Student Legislature is lay- ing the foundation for a "coor- dinated" sophomore cheering see- tion during the coming football season, Dick Burton, acting presi- dent, announced. The section will be organized on a voluntary basis. when sopho- mores apply for football tickets. They will be asked if they wish to sit in the special section, Burton said. Insure Cooperation "The purpose of this arrange- ment is to insure cooperation in cheering and card demonstration. Last year's card displays were good, but the later ones showed lack of cooperation," Burton said. The section will be number 34, in the center of the usual sopho- more sections. It will accommo- date about 1,500 students. Plans for an all-campus dance to be held in the near future were tentatively settled. Final arrange- ments will be announced later in the week. Bicycle Problem The legislature also discussed the possibility of eliminating bi- cycles from the campus. Al Maslin was elected to serve with Burton on the Student Af- :airs Committee. Members who were not present were Max Dean and Marshall Lewis. Unionist .Defies House Group Ofn Red Issue NEW YORK, July 7-('?)-A local union president today re- fused to tell a House subcommittee whether he is a Communist. He told committee members "we will run people like you out of Congress." The threat was made by Arthur Osman, head of Local 65 of the CIO1 Department Store Union and one of several union officers who declined to answer the Commu- nist question today. Earlier David Livingston, a vice Spresident of the local, charged Rep. Fred Hartley (Rep., N.J.) with trying to "railroad me to jail." The co-author of the Taft- Hartley Law is among members of the House Committee on Edu- cation and Labor who began hear- ings today in an investigation of the union. The sub-committee's announced purpose is to probe Communist influence in unions. During the noon recess an esti- mated 450 persons demonstrated outside the Federal building. Joined by some of those sub- poenaed as witnesses, the demon- strators marched and chanted: "Mr. Hartley, take a walk; can't bust unions in New York." When Livingston was called to testify he told the committee Hartley had announced he was "out to railroad" Livingston and others "to jail." Hartley then leaned forward and said: "I made no statement at any time that this committee was going to railroad anybody." In Palestine Moslem League Representative Walks Out on UN Security Council CAIRO, July 7-(/P)-An Arab League spokesman said tonight the Palestine war between Jews and Arabs will be resumed Friday. Israel was reported to have acceited Count Folke Bernadotte's proposal to extend the Palestine truce beyond the Friday deadline. The Arab League spokesmen said, however, there would be no extension of the four-week truce. Asked if his statement meant that warfare would start again, the Arab replied, "I mean nothing else." (As the Arab made this statement in Cairo, the United Na- tions Security Council voted 8 to 0 at Lake Success, N.Y., to appeal to both Arabs and Jews to extend the truce.) Bernadotte, the United Nations mediator, has not received an YUGOSLAV YOUTHS SUPPORT TITO-Young Yugoslavs attend a mass meeting near Belgrade called by the Yugoslav youth working brigades in support of Marshall Tito and the Yugoslav Com- munist party in their recent differences with Russian leaders. Girls in foreground hold portraits of Marshall Tito (left) and Premier Stalin. Other pictures are emblems of various Yugoslav prov- inches. The signs being carried identify each brigade by territorial origin." Arabs Say War PHILADELPHIA, July 7-(/P)- f Dixie Democrats marched into Philadelphia today demanding- as one possible price for recapture of party unity-a hands-off plat- form policy on Federal Civil{ Rights Laws and a resounding party plank for states rights. The race issue plopped before the Democratic platform writers shortly after they convened-five days ahead of the party conven- tion-to begin the task of uniting warring factions on a single state- ment of party principles. If 'Smart' , Chauncey Sparks, former Ala- bama Governor, quickly threw out a hint that if the platform writers "are smart" they may bring some Southerners back into the fold. Charles E. Shepperd of Florida, another platform committee mem- ber, told reporters: "We want a states rights plank in no uncer- ftain terms-with as little inter- ference of the Federal Govern- ment into the internal affairs of the states, as possible." Two other Dixie members of the platform writing group-Sen- ator Clyde R. Hoey of North Caro- lina and former Governor Dani . 1oody of Texas-hiad different ideas whether the South would ac- cept the general language of the 1944 platform on the race issue. Opinions Hoey said he thought so. Moody said he thought not. Sparks said he wanted to doctor that, 1944 plank some. But it developed quickly that the Southerners will' not have everything their own way-not, at least, without a fight. Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey of Minneapolis, a platform commit- tee member, told reporters he is ready to battle for a direct pledge in the platform for anti-lynch, anti-poll tax and Federal Fair- Employment Practices legislation. He said 50 prominent Democrats are supporting such a plank. Truman Constitution Senator Francis J, Myers, of Pennsylvania.chairman of the platform committee, told reporters Mr. Truman undoubtedly will be consulted on the platform before it is presented to the convention. Myers did not venture to say what, if any, influence the President would have in framing the plat- form. The American Legion urged the party to nail down a plank for Universal Military Training. The American Farm Bureau Federation asked the party to pledge a new governmental attack on the problem of skyrocketing prices. Late George A ple y To Be Presented _.S_ PRESIDENT TRUMAN ... in like Flynn? Postal Official Says Railroads Gouged' .S. DIemands' PrOtbe Of Wartime Contracts { WASHINGTON, July 7-(/P)-A Government official said today the Nation's railroads exploited "a grandiose scheme to gouge the, Government" on the shipment of war materials during World War II. Thomas F. Proctor, an official of the solicitor's Office of the Post Office Department, made the ac- cusation. He testified before a House Expenditures subcommit- tee which is investigating alleged multi-million dollar overpaying by the Government to the railroads. Rep. Bender (Rep., Ohio), sub- committee chairman., estimated Federal overpayments at between $1,000.000,000 and $3,000,000,000. Meyers Again Proctor brought in the name of Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, war- time Army Air Forces procurement officer, who has been convicted of subornation of perjury in connec- tion with the handling of war con- tracts. "As long as Gen. Benny Meyers was running the Air Forces Mate- riel Command at Patterson Field," Proctor said, "The Army Trans- portation Corps and the Air Forces traffic people in Washing- ton were relegated to a position of secondary importance in traffic matters. "This commnittee could very well direct itself to ain investigation into the so-called service contracts which eneral Meyers negotlated with the oil companies on aviation gasoline during the war." Freight Rate Quiz Another witness, James . Ki T- day of the Department of Justice, testified that he has recommended a criminal investigation of some unnamed Army and Navy officers who worked out Government freight rates with the railroads during the war. "Are you suggesting they were hell-bent to flilmf1am the Govern- ment?" Bender asked. "It was a case of Government personnel dealing with a thor- oughly organized and cartelized industry," replied Kilday, trans- portation chief in the Justice De partment's anti-trust division. 'Irresponsible' William T. Fancy, president of the Association of the American Railroads, later called Kilday's testimony "irresponsible'' and said the railroads are ready to defend their wartime rates in court. "In no instant was the Govern- ment charged more than com- mercial shippers and in most in- stances it was charged less," Far- icy said in a statement. The AAR head said railroad men who became Army and Navy officers to help the wartime movement of troops arid supplies distinguished themselves by "pa- triotism and integrity." Will NLRBnCton siders Requesting Inijunction in Soft Coal Strike WASHINGTON, July 7-- (') - The government is due to decide within 24 hours whether to seek. a court order against the strike which has tied up the "captive" coal mines that supply America's steel mills. Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the National Labor Re- lations Board, assigneda squad of aides today to check unfair labor Italian Po 'clice Srikers CashI In FoodPlant ROME, July 7-(P)-Polie riot squads hurled tear gas bombs in Milan today after workers occu- pied part of a strike-bound food factory. 'rTanks, a rmored cars and :leeps blockaded the area for more than two hours while police dispersed a fighting, jeering crowd of workers. Several persons were bruised in flist fights. An agent of the struck Motta Food Products factory was injured by a flying tear gas bomb. No arrests were reported Pr otest Enztry Workers' spokesmen said 30 strikers "symbolically" invaded part of the factory in protest against what they called manage- ment's attempts to continue oper- ations. They did not try to mo- lest some 50 comipany agents in ano~ther part of the factory. Meanwhile a. creeping paralysis of strikes threatened to cripple all of Italy. Gas workers planned a nation-wide walkout next Mon. day. This would endanger dwin- dling fuel supplies. Petroleum workers have been on strike eight days. Stocks of gasoline and oil are running dangerously low. Other Threats Rome's provincial hospital em - ploycs will quit work Saturday. They called for a nation-wide walkout. Tie railway men's syndicate will meet friday to decide whether to call a nationwide stoppage of Italy's rail system. Higher wages, a halt to layoffs in industry, and improved pensions are among labor's demands. Two De in C 4rashlcj Of Air JirCe Plane GREENVILLE, S.C., July 7-(') -T'wo men were killed tonight when an Air Force C-47 on a rou- tine training flight crashed and burst into flames at Greenville Air Force Base. First reports from the scene in- dicated that only two men were on board the plane which was on a routine night flying training mis- sion. . practice charges levelled by the steel companies against John L.t Lewis and his United Mine Work-c ers. "We hope to complete our in- vestigation today," Denham said.j "Then, within 24 hours, we should be in a position to decide whether to issue a formal complaint and ask the district court for an in- junction." Must Issue Complaint Under the Taft-Hartley Law, Denham's office must issue a for- mal complaint before the case cant be taken to court. Meanwhile reports collected at Pittsburgh showed that more than 87,000 soft coal diggers were not, on the job. Men staying from work includ- ed: Pennsylvania, 27,000; West Virginia, 15,000; Alabama, 5,700;, Kentucky, 1,924; Colorado, 1,800; Utah, 1,000. They totaled 52,424. Demand Contract The captive diggers said they wouldn't work without a contract, which steel firms refused to sign because of a union shop demand which they claim violates the Taft-Hartley Law. Meanwhile the number of idle commercial miners shrank from 49,500 yesterday to 37,000 today. They comprise 20,000 in West Vir- ginia, 14,000 in Western Pennsyl- vania, and 3,000 in Indiana. The commercial miners are cov- ered by a new contract granting a $1-per-day pay increase and a doubled welfare fund royalty, which is now 20 cents per ton of coal dug=, Sympathy Strike Western Pennsylvania coal op- erators said the commercial walk outs were in sympathy with the captives. John eP. Busarello, president of United Mine Workers District 5 at Pittsburgh, reported union lead- ers were in the field trying to end the walkouts of commercial min- ers: Coal operators protested to Lewis yesterday that the walkouts violated their contract. Dr. Mason To Lecture Today Dr. Edward S. Mason, Dean of the Graduate School of Public Ad- ministration, Harvard University, will conclude his discussion of The Problem of Germany," with a lecture on political developments in Germany, at 4:;10 p.m. today, in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Dr. Mason is the third lecturer in the current summer session University lecture series, which is considering "The Economic Re- construction of Europe." Next week, two lectures will be given by Camille Gutt, chairman of the board of directors and man- aging director, of the Interna- tional Monetary Fund. official reply on the truce eten-v sion from either the Jews or Arabs. A well-informed source in Tel Aviv said, however, the Israeli government is willing to continue the truce during further negotia- tions. The Jewish source said Israel will not deal now with Berna- dotte's proposals to demilitarize Jerusalem and the Haifa prt area. The Arabs have already re- jected these proposals. At Lake Success, N.Y., theq representative of tne Arab high-t er Committee .walked out ofr United Nations Security Councila discussions on Palestine.v The Arab representative, Jamal Husseini, objected when the Coun-r cil President, Dmitri Z. Manuil-z sky, foreign minister of the Sovietx Ukraine, designated Aubrey S.t Eban as representative of Israel and not as representative of the Jewish agency.r In Jerusalem, 225 Haganah sol-; diers evacuated Hadassah hospital and Hebrew University. This left1 the twin American-financed insti-l tutions under control of United1 Nations Security Police.1 Vets Must' Tel VA If Waivingi Student veterans under P. U. 346l not desiring leave time at the end of the summer session must notify the VA in writing before July 15,: according to Robert S. Waldrop, director of the Vterans Service Bureau. Under present VA rules, veter- ans will automatically receive subsistence for fifteen days beyond the close of the summer session, Mr. Waldrop said. Vets Advised As this will reduce their total period of entitlement, veterans who expect to use their full eligi- bility time are advised to refuse this leave time, he said. However, if the veteran has benefits to spare, the extension of subsistence is better acceted Notification of refusal of the additional subsistence must reach the VA at least thirty days before the close of the Summer Session, and should be sent to Registration and Research Section, Michigan Unit, Veterans Administration, Guardian Building, 500 Griswold Street, Detroit 32, Michigan. Information To Send Suggested form for notification follows: "This is to notify you that I do not desire the fifteen days ex- tension of subsistence benefits fol- lowing the close of the Summer Session, 1948." The notice should contain the veteran's signature, C number, and "Reference 29R7AA." Veterans who desire the addi- tional subsistence payments are not required to give any notice. L.S, . Rejcts Polish Protest L~n Germany Lovett Tells Diplomat To Blame Moscow WASHINGTON, July 7-(A')-- The United States advised Poland today to complain to the Russians ather than the Western Powers about "the present deplorable sdl- vision of Europe and Germany." The State Department acidly rejected Poland's protest against a plan to set up a separate govern- ment in western Germany. The note laid full blame for the split on Moscow. Following up the demand sub- mitted yesterday by the United States, Britain and France that the Soviets lift the blockade of Berlin, Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett told the Polish Ambassador: Not of Our Making Or Wish The division "is not of our mak- ing and certainly not in accord- anrce with our wishes."'"- "If certain countries 'who suf- fered most in consequence of Ger- man aggression' claim that thein interests are not sufficiently taken into account by the prggram planned for Western Germany," Lovett advised, "their complaint should not be addressed to the United States government but to the government primarily respon- sible for preventing these coun- tries from cooperating in the gen- eral recovery program for Eu- rope." Reply to Protest Lovett's note was in reply to a protest filed June 18 by Poland against last month's six-power agreement at London to go ahead with plans to revive Western Ger- many without participation of Russia and her satellites. First steps already are being taken to merge the American, British and French occupation zones. Lovett addressed his note to Ambassador Josef Winiewicz and used it as a vehicle for a fresh indictment of Soviet actions since J-Day. Britain rejected a similar Polish protest yesterday. Plane Saves TanmkerCrew Ship Explosio, Fire Brings Quick Air Aid LUDINGTON, Mich., July 7- (/P)-An explosion and fire aboard a big Great Lakes oil tanker sent the U. S, Coast Guard on a spec- tacular rescue mission on Lake Michigan today. One of the guard's PBY planes, answering a "We are on fire" radio alarm from the tanker Edge- water, sped to her aid. Within minutes a plane frj.n the coast guard air station at Traverse City sat down hard by the Edgewater. The PBY's crew worked with Edgewater sailors in removing the injured. Lowered in Basket All were lowered in ship's bas- kets into lifeboats and then taken into the plane through a hatch at the rear. WILLIAM 0. DOUGLAS ...Reuther support (By The Associated Press) SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.., July 7-The .three-year-old daughter of a forest ranger was carried off into the woods and killed by a bear in the isolated Marquette National Forest west of here today. * * * * BERLIN, July 7-The British announced tonight that five Russian Yak fighter planes were sighted in the British air corridor between Berlin and Hamburg yesterday. * * *% * AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, July 7-The Dutch radio said tonight early returns from today's' general election show the Com- znunist Party is running about 30 per cent behind its vote in the 1946 elections. The Catholic People's Party led in. the preliminary returns with 710,000 votes. The Labor Party, partners of the Catholics in the Coalition Government, followed with 540,000. The Communists ran fifth with 87,000 votes. * * * * PARIS, July 7-The French News Agency said tonight the wreckage of a pIane carrying 16 passengers was sighted today aabt ie mile m ra in~ .'e -acoh Inanhina. SLAVIC WHODUNNlT: 1A.T N - . TT Proctor said it was "not mere I eie S i coincidence" that many of the I men who negotiated freight rates I for the Army and Navy during the 'WASHINGTON, July 7--(P)~ war came to Government service Put on your false whiskers and from railroad jobs. your opera cape, and we'll study a "These men were generally fur:°story of international intrigue, loughed railroad employes mes- junior grade. spor Los t,RecoUvered bassador to the U.S., Constantin Fotitch, who still lives here. Last Friday Fotitch gave the passports to a messenger to take to the British Embassy for the from the Premier Cab . Co. had called the embassy and said he had a couple of spare passports he couldn't use. Send them around, he was told. .