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VOL. LVIII, No. 184 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1948

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Preuss'Talk
Will Keynote
Law Forum
International Law
To Be Chief Topic
Prof. Lawrence Preuss of the
political science department will
be the first speaker at the Law
Forum opening here tomorrow.
He will discuss "Conflict Be-
tween International and Domes-
tic Law," at 2:30 p.m., Rm. 120
Hutchins Hall, where all sessions
of the Forum on Current Prob-
lems in International Law will be
held.
Sessions
The forum will hold sessions to-
morrow and Friday on the general
' topic of "International Law and
Private Rights, and two more
sessions on Thursday and Friday,
July 22-23, dealing with "Inter-
national Law and Public Rights."
Other speakers tomorrow will
be Dr. Yuen-Li Liang, director of
the Division of Development and
Codification of International Law
for th e,IN, and James L. Brierly,
professor emeritus of intern ation-
al law at Oxford University. Prof.
Brierly has taught international
law since 1923, served on a League
of Nations legal committee and is
the British candidate for election
to the permanent UN Commission
on International Law.
Dr. Yuen-Li Liang will discuss
"The Legal Status of the United
Nations in the United States" at
4 p.m.
Lecture Taopics
Prof. Brierly will talk on "The
British Approach to International
Law" at 8 p.m.
Friday's lectures will be given
by Charles S. Rhyne and William
W. Bishop, Jr., who is scheduled
to join the University Law School
faculty in the fall.
Mr. Rhyne will speak at 2:30
p.m. on "International Law and
Air Transportation.
Prof. Bishop's topic will be "The
Legal Status in the United States
of Foreign Government Owned
Corporations." His lecture will be-
gin at 4 p.r%.
The forum will be attended not
only by lawyers from many parts
of the United States, but also by
a judge from Oslo, Norway, who
is visiting a faculty member here.
All sessions are open to the pub-
lc.
Refute Russian
Accusation of
Air Violatio11
To Fly Food to Berlin
Claim U.S. Has Right
BERLIN, July 13--(P)-The
American Deputy Military Gov-
ernor rebuffed tonight Russian
protests that American planes
bringing food to Berlin are guilty
of "disorderly flights."
He also challenged quickly a
Russian hint that the, American
airmen must have Soviet permis-
sion to use the 20-mile wide air
corridor to"Berlin. He said Ameri-
can rights to the corridor are
clear.
Preliminary Check
The official, Maj. Gen. George
P. Hays, said a preliminary check

showed the Soviet charges are un-
founded. He promised a thorough
investigation.
Hays said each complaint in the
past-about 30 since April-had
been investigated and not one vio-
lation of safety regulations had
been found.
The Russians complained July
10 that Americans violated flight
safety rules in the corridor on
three occasions recently and flew
over Soviet military installations.
Sufficient Food
L. T. Steck, food chief for the
American Military Government,
said tonight that thanks to the
air lift, Western Berlin has food
stocks on hand sufficient to feed
its 2,000 000 Germans for at least
four weeks.
New controls on travel by Ger-
mans between Berlin and Western
Germany were imposed tonight by
the Russians.
The order, announced by the
Soviet-controlled German news
agency ADN, said henceforth any
German. in Berlin wishing to
travel to the Western zones must

'Students for Slosson'
Not Recognized By SAC
Walsh Attacks Action as 'Infringement'
Of Students' Rights to Work in Activities
The Student Affairs Committee yesterday denied recognition to
the newly-formed Students for Slosson organization.
No reasons were released by the committee in explanation for its
action.
The Students for Slosson club was organized last week to coordi-
nate support for the Congressional candidacy of Prof. Preston W.
Slosson of the history department.
Prof. Slosson has the backing of the Washtenaw County Demo-
cratic Club.
Thomas Walsh, literary college senior who organized the Stu-

DMs Defeat ivil Rights Plank
U. S. Calls for Cease-Fire Order

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* * *
13uirr Predicts
Victory Over
Prof. Slosson
Cites Experience as
Key to Nomination
By JOHN CAMPBELL
(Daily Correspondent)
PHILADELPHIA, July 13-"I
have experience and I am close to
the masses."
TAis is the keynote of Redmond
Burr's campaign against the Uni-
versity's Prof. Preston Slosson, of
the history department, for the
Democratic nomination for Con-
gress from Washtenaw, Jackson,
Monroe and Lenawee counties.
The 65 year old railroader from
Ann Arbor now attending the
Democratic National Convention
is confident that he will beat Slos-
son in the primary to be held
Sept. 14. For' experience, he can
point to ten years as an alderman,
six of those years in Ann Arbor,
and two years in the State Legis-
lature.
Not Even Alderman
"As far as I know," he says,
"Slosson never even ran for alder-
man."
Burr claims wide support in
each of the four counties. "I have
lived among the masses and they
know I am interested in their wel-
fare."
Candidate Burr describes him-
self as "a railroad man and a
farmer." He works for the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad and has
been an executive in the railroad
union. He thinks his background
and experience will go down better'
with the voters than Slosson's
"academic" approach.
Truman-Like Liberal
As for politics, Burr considers
himself a "liberal" of the Truman
shade. He favors the President's
civil rights program and wants to
see the man from Missouri nom-
inated.
"How can a party repudiate its
leader?" he asks.
On the other hand, Burr doesn't
think Slosson's constant defense
of the liberal element on the
Michigan campus will help him
any in the election.
"He's too close to the fringe,"
according to Burr. "Didn't he
stand up for Gerhart Eisler? The
people are getting fed up with the
Communists."
International Relations
Burr shrugs off the accent on
international relations in Slos-
son's campaign. "Doesn't he knowI
the Senate makes the treaties, not
the House?"
The self - assured railroader,
however, is making no predictions
about his chances in the Novem-
ber election. He admits the Re-
publicans are strong, especially inj
Washtenaw County.

%dents for Slosson group, com-
menting on the Committee's ac-
tion said: "I cannot help but con-
sider this action by the Student
Affairs Committee as an infringe-
nent of the rights ofnUniversity
students to organize and engage
freely in any legitimate activity.
"I have written the University
suggesting that since it has re-
fused recognition to a group sup-
porting the Congressional candi-
dacy of Preston W. Slosson, that it
be consistent and take a parallel
Prof. Slosson's comment late
last night from Jackson, where
he was speaking, was:
"The only topic on which I
don't want to be quoted by The
Michigan Daily is my candidacy
of office. I am running not as a
professor, but as a citizen -
independent of the University. I
will gladly discuss any political
matter except myself in The
Michigan Daily."
action by contacting Gov. Dewey
and insisting that he refrain from
using the Victors Song in his cam-
paign since it might conceivably
indicate that the University was
all for him, which is certainly not
the case."
Walsh added that the reason
for the formation of a Students
See'SLOSSON, Page 2
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Leaders Ask
S AC Reason
Immediate reaction from stu-
dent political club leaders fol-
lowed the denial of recognition to
the Students for Slosson organi-
zation by the Student Affairs
Committee.
Bob Cobbins, chairman of the
Young Democrats, said that the
action is, on the face "arbitrary
and discriminatory." The SAC
should take note that it recently
recognized the Students for Doug-
las. . . "At a minimum there
should be forthcoming a statement
from the SAC outlining its pres-
ent stand."
James Terrell, Wallace Progres-
sives' chairman, asserted that "In
view of President Ruthven's
statement upon the announcement
of Prof. Slosson's candidacy, that
he hoped that more faculty men'
would take an interest in politics,
I feel that the Students for Slos-
son should be encouraged rather
than denied recognition."
..the SAC should at the earli-
est possible moment, clarify its
stand and reveal its reason for the
action."
Young Republican Club chair-
man, Jack Warren suggested that
"If the reason for the refusal is
failure to meet the July 2 regis-
tration deadline then, in view of
the late organization of this group,
it would seem that this is an in-
cident in which the rule should
be waived."

Includes Use
Of UN Forcee
In Pialestinle
Jessup Demands
Speedy UN Vote
By The Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, July 15-Te
United States today demanded
that the SecuritydCouncil order
an immediate cease-fire in Pales-
tine.
The proposal provides for use of
United Nations force if the Arabs
or Jews fail to comply.
U. S. deputy delegate Philip
Jessup asked for a speedy vote and
the Council plunged into debate.
Sir Alexander Caogan an-
nounced British support of the
American plan with minor
qualifications. Syria immedi-
ately opposed it, with Faris El
Khouri re-introduicing an old
Arab plan to refer the whole
Palestine problem to the Inter-
national Court of Justice.
El Khouri conceded the UN
could suppress the Arabs but he
sai the moment UN forces pulled
out of the Holy Land fighting
would start all over again.
A spokesman for the Israeli gov-
ernment complained the Ameri-
can plan would keep in force a
worldwide arms embargo and re-
strictions on Jewish immigration.
The Council adjourned until
tomorrow morning when Russia
is expected to speak on the
American motion.
The cease-fire would take ef-
feet within three days and
would remain in effect until the
situation in the Holy Land
could be peacefully adjusted.
It was the strongest proposal
ever laid before the Council. En-
forcement would come through in-
voking diplomatic and economic
sanctions or an international
army.
Jessup introduced the proposal
after Count Folke Bernadotte ap-
pealed for an order to stop the
war.
"The United Nations must not
allow the Palestine problem to be
worked out on the field of battle,"
the Swedish Count said before a
Council jammed with spectators.
** * *
Arab Leaders
To Intensify
PalestineFight
CAIRO, July 13 - (P) - Arab
leaders huddled in Amman today
to plan intensified war - against
the Jews but a well-informed
Jewish source said a new Pales-
tine truce is likely.
In the battle areas, air and
ground action ' mounted. Haifa
had its first air raid of this war.
Two bombs were dropped.
The arab office, an information
service maintained in London by
the seven Arab states, said the
Arab peoples see themselves being
blackmailed by a campaign of
tremendous diplomatic pressure
from the West to coerce them into
acceptance of a Jewish state in
Palestine. It said Britain is taking
a. leading part in the campaign.
Truce Discussion
The Arab League secretary, Ab-
del Rahman Azzam Pasha, said
"There is no question of a truce."
In Amman, the Trans-Jordan

capital, Azzam Pasha said his
meetings there with Iraqi, Syrian,
Lebanese and Trans-Jordan offi-
cials were "in the interest of in-
tensifying the Arab war effort in
Palestine."
Arab and Jewish artillery blazed
away in the bitter battle for the
Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway. The
Jews seemed to be preparing for
an attack to drive the Arabs from
Jerusalem.
Reported Mutiny


WANT A CONVENTION SEAT-Balcony seats for the opening
session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia,
attracted few takers. This is a view of seats at the rear of the
hall, halfway through the session. The Convention got off to a
slow start, but with a promise of a speedy finish and with President
Truman forces in full control.
LECTURE SERIES:
Europe Can Pull Itself Out
Of Reconstruction Crisis-n- tt

With support from the Western
Hemisphere, Europe can pull her
self out of a difficult economic
situation if she is willing to do her
part, Camille Gutt, representative
of the International Monetary
Fund, commented in two lectures
this week.
"There is no basis for despair,"
he commented, speaking on "Fi-
nancial Factors in European Re-
construction," in the fourth week
of the University summer lecture
series on economic reconstruction
in Europe.
Favorable Factors
He called attention to "favor-
able factors," which included U.S.
aid, favorable markets provided by
prosperity in the Western Hemi-
sphere, and the existence of es-
tablished means for international
cooperation through the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund, of which
he is managing director, and other
institutions.
"Even with this breathing spell,
the task confronting Europe is
difficult since an almost revolu-
tionary pattern of international
trade is necessary to provide a
proper European balance of pay-
ments."
Mr. Gutt called for elimination
of current inflation and the "leg-
acy of the past" which he de-
scribed as the latent inflation gen-
erated in the post-war period
when consumers have been un-
able to purchase goods because of
shortages.
Latent Inflation
He said this latent inflation
could be wiped out by some edict
to reduce* the amount of private
wealth, or by increasing the
amount of goods which consumers
are seeking.
On the international scene, Eu-
rope's problems stem from at-
tempts to make payment for im-
ports of goods needed for recon-
struction. To purchase these
goods, all the world needs control
of dollars, he said.
No Useful Purpose
"However, any move to have the
International Monetary Fund de-

clare the dollar a "scarce curren-
cy" would not achieve any useful
purpose because the present situa-
tion is not like the one which was
envisaged at the time the fund
was planned at Bretton Woods,"
Mr. Gutt said.
The reason for the shortage of
dollars is not curtailment of im-
ports into the United States, but
rather that the United States is
the only country with the capac-
ity to produce export goods which
are clearly needed abroad, accord-
ing to Mr. Gutt.
.Pulitzer Prize
Comedy Wil
Begin Today
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play,
"You Can't Take It With You,"
will open a four-day engagement
on campus at 8 p.m. today in
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
Leading roles in the speech qe-
partment's production of the M.ss
Hart-George Kaufman comedy hit
will be played by Helen Garling-
ton as PenelopebSycamore; Grace
Foster as her daughter, Essie;
Lawrence Johnson as Mr. de Pinna
and James Lynch as Martin Van-
derhof.
Supporting them will be Ted
Heusel, William Bromfield and
Richard Etlinger. They will por-
tray Paul Sycamore, Tony Kirby
and Boris Kolenkov, respectively.
Other members of the cast in-
clude Beulah Bond, Al Nadeau,
Willis Pitts, Shirley Loeblich, Sam
Rich, Ann B. Davis, Donald Barbe,
Sarah McBride, Stephen Irving,
Jack Campbell, Nelson Harvey and
Geraldine Wolfe.
The comedy, which became a
Broadway favorite and was later
converted into an Academy Award
film, will be performed on cam-
pus today through Saturday at 8
p.m. only. No Saturday matinee
performance will be given.

Platform Favors
T-I3I Law Repeal;
Arming of Israel
Delegates Still Wage Heated Battle
Over Mayor Humphrey's Proposal
By The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 13-The Democratic platform committee
tonight overwhelmingly defeated an attempt to commit the party to
specific legislation along the lines of President Truman's Civil Rights
Program.
Before plunging into the climactic Civil Rights fight the plat-
form committee came out for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Labor Law
and the sending of U.S. arms to the new state of Israel.
Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois told reporters that "thunderous
no's" and very few ayes greeted the proposal by Mayor Hubert Hum-
phrey of Minneapolis to incorpor- * * *
ate the Civil Rights program inB[l y e
the party platform. ar ie een
The Humphrey proposal, spon-
sored by the Americans for
Democratic Action, would haveI C o
pledged the party to support
Federal action to guarantee to vice-President
all Americans these four things:
(1.) Personal safety from
lynching and mob vioelnce; (2) Rayburn Smashes at
equal opportunity in employ-
ment; (3) full and free political Republican Policies
participation; (4) equal treat-
ment in the armed forces. CONVENTION HALL, Philadel-
Lucas also reported that the phia, July 13 -(P) - Democrats
committee defeated an attempt brushed up their vice presidential
by an Alabama delegate to weaken toga for Senate Leader Alben
the tentative Civil Rights plank Barkley tonight while House
in the platform by knocking out a Leader Sam Rayburn slugged the
sentence which calls on Congress GOP as a party that helps the peo-
"to exercise its full authority to ple only by "mistake."
the limits of the Constitution to Delegation after delegation at
assure and protect" the right to the Democratic national conven-
live, work, vote and have equal tion scrambled -onto the Barkley
protection of the law. for vice president bandwagon.
The actions taken so far by Truman Push
the 108-member platform com- President Truman gave it a
mittee did not determine-.con- push himself. He passed the word
clusively whether the ancient he'd be "happy" to have Barley
issues of race and states' rights become his running mate.
would cause a bitter convention Evidently he's coming up from
fight when the platform is of- Washington himself tomorrow or
fered to the Democratic Conven- Thursday to accept the presiden-
tion tomorrow. tial nomination. Secret service
The Civil Rights battle was still men combed over Convention Hall.
going on at a late hour, amid Barkley made himself the popu-
steaming heat. , lar favorite for second place on
The "secrecy" rule of the big the ticket with a hard-swinging
committte had broken down. May- keynote speech to the convention
or Hubert Humphrey of Minneap- last night. Tonight he turned over
ohs popped out of the meeting, to Rayburn the presiding officer's
and announced that he had made gavel and the cudgel he used on
a second attempt to pledge equal the Republicans.
treatment of racial groups in the teRpbias
armed services. He said his And Rayburn flailed away with
amendment was beaten by a 36Cboth.
to 28 vote, and that he intended Calls Names
to try it again. He called the Republican Party
StilllaeHuprycm ot one of "privilege and depression,
t lr 1ater Hmphrey came outnde i
of the uproarious meeting again of boom and bust." The American
and told reporters tha body by people know their real friends and
voice vote defeatedtthebMoody enemies, he said, and:
states' rights proposal and .two "They know which party is al-
other states' rights motions. ways 'in there trying' to do the
Humphrey said his group was best for them whatever its mis-
reserving judgment on whether takes; and they know what party
to carry their idea of a Civil never does anything for them un-
Rights plank to the convention less by its mistake."
floor. Senator Claude Pepper of Flor-
AIThough he was fighting to ida gave up his two-day-old boom-
make the plank more specific, let for the presidential nomina-
he said the language as ap tion. He said Democrats are
proved by the full committee is watching the breakup of their
"broad and conclusive" and party.
much better than the similar
plank in the 1944 platform. ol L
As for the rest of the platform, O S OrOUgl
the Minneapolis mayor said it is
"wondeful."Settles Strike
He added, however, that it failed 1"
to contain a pledge for a Federal
Health Insurance Program-a pro- Of Coal Umnn
gram which, he said, President
Truman wanted the party to
promise. WASHINGTON, July 13-(AP)-
Fderal Judge T.T Aln Goldsbor

INTERNATIONAL LAW:
Brierly Says Legal Education
Must Be liberal, Humane'

"Legal education must be liberal
and humane, otherwise the law
becomes an arrid, uninteresting
thing," Professor James L. Brier-
ly of Oxford University said here
yesterday in a special lecture.
which inaugurated his participa-;
tion in the new international law
program.
Speaking on 'The Place of In-
ternational Law in the Legal Edu-
cation," he pointed out that be-
cause of the general lack of pub-
lic participation in everyday in-
ternational problems, the law stu-
dent does niot bring to class the
advance information he has ac-
quired extra-curricularly in such
fields as criminal and contract

be absolutely necessary, because
there are not enough qualified in-
ternational lawyers to do the work
that presently exists.
The second reason for including
law in the general legal curricu-
lum is, that despite the demand
for specialization, the lawyer
must have a varied background,
and "the student who evades
these problems will be a less all-
round lawyer."
His last, but most important
reason, is that there is a need for
the trained lawyer to take the lead
and help "the enthusiastic re-
formers keep their feet on solid
ground-which he cannot do if he



DAILY COVERS CONVENTION:
Philly's Face Changes in T
By JOHNCAPBEL

ough brought about a peaceful,
out-of-court settlement today of
a week-long strike of United Mine
Workers in the "captive" coal
mines of the steel industry.
The contract quickly was signed
and the 40,000 strikers were ad-
vised to go back to work.
In the dispute compromised to-
day, the steel companies had re-
fused to sign the July 1 contract
accepted by the rest of the soft
coal operators because it gave
Lewis a union shop.
But the. union shop urovision

By JOHN CAMPBELL
(Daily Correspondent)
PHILADELPHIA, July 13--No
matter how you look at it, the
Quaker City just isn't the same
lively place it was three weeks ago.
The colored lights are still

tion so far has been the activities
of the Democrats for Douglas,
mostly college students, including
some from the University campus.
They managed to decorate every
lamp post in the center of the
city with a Douglas poster and set

anyone-he just knows Ike is the
man the country needs.
To the people "in the street,
Snyder is probably the only inter-
esting character around to make
things lively at the Democratic
convention, but to the newsmen