INNER CIRCLE OF THE GOP see Page 41 Li *rig~ 46F PARTLY CLOUDY, SCATTERED SHOWERS Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVIII, No. 188 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1948PC V E PRICE PIPE CENTS Battle Ends In Holy City; War Goes on Arabs May Not Obey UN Order By The AssociatedPresg CAIRO, July 17 - Fighting stopped in Jerusalem today but the war roared on elsewhere in Palestine. Count Folke Bernadotte headed for the Holy Land with the belief that the Arabs will accept the United Nations cease-fire order before the three-day time limit expires Sunday. Israel accepted thercease-fire yesterday provided the Arabs agree. But there is little expectation here the Arabs will obey the UN order. Many Arabs here believe the Arab states will (1) continue fighting, (2) wait to see whether the Security Council will adopt sanctions and (3) then decide whether to impose counter-sanc- tions, such as suspending oil de- liveries to the United States Navy and Western Europe. Hesitate To Talk Security council members al- ready are reported studying pos- sible steps to enforce the order if the Arabs reject it. But delegates and UN officials alike hesitated to talk of what might happen if the truce order is rejected. Firirg stopped in Jerusalem after a tumultuous night of fight- ing. Guns thundered to the final second before a 4 a.m. (9 p.m. EST) deadline. The UN had given the Arabs and Jews on Thursday night 24 hours to end the fighting. Before the artillery duel began, Arab troops smashed through the Jewish front in the Mea Shearim quarter and blasted forward for 500 yards in the direction of mod- ern Jerusalem's heart, American correspondents with the Arab le- gion reported. Repeated Attacks During the night, the Jews un- leached repeated attacks against the Damascus, Jaffagn Zion and new gates to the old city. Arab legion officers estimated 5,000 Jewish troops' were engaged. Le- gion gunners returned the fire un- til their guns smoked wtih heat. The fighting was so close that.le- gion officers climbed to the tops of the walls and emptied their re- volvers at charging Jews. Automatic weapons hammered unceasingly for 10 straight hours. Behind them mortar shells thun- dered and roared at one-second intervals all night. With the dawn came the cease fire. For hours afterward not a shot was heard. Philly Readies For Wallace New Party To Hold ConventionJuly 23 PHILADELPHIA, July 17-()- Philadelphia, still sweeping away the debris of two national political conventions rolled out the wel- come mat today for the third and last conclave of this presidential year as the vanguard of Henry A. Wallace's "New Party" began ar- riving for next week's session. Their convention will officially get underway July 23 but party1 leaders already were setting up headquarters in the Bellevue- Stratford Hotel. Platform meetings startnext Wednesday, and are expected to provide the center of interest since there is no question about the nomination of Wallace for Pres- ident and Idaho's Senator Glen H. Taylor for vice president. Dr. Rex- ford Guy Tugwell, professor at the University of Chicago and former New Dealer, will head the plat- form committee. There has been considerable speculation on how far the Wal- laceites will go in a plank tender- ing the olive branch to Russia. Observers also were awaiting with keen interest the party's stand on the atomic bomb issue. Feature of the convention will be a rally at Shibe Park next Satur- day at which Wallace and Taylor will make their acceptance speeches. Vets Pay Tribute To Gen. Pershing WASHINGTON. July 17-(1P)- Dixiecrat Delegates Pick Own Presidential Choice Gov. Thurmond To Campaign in Hopes To Capture 100 Electoral 15 States; Votes BIRMINGHAM, July 17-UP)--Rebel Southern Democrats today named two Dixie governors to lead a fight to take the solid South from Mr. Truman in November over racial issues. Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina was selected for President and Gov. Fielding L. Wright of Mississippi for Vice Pres- ident. Earlier they had announced the Southern ticket would make the campaign in Missouri and 14 other states, including all of the usually heavily Democratic deep South. October Meeting The resolution nominating the two men also called another meet- GOP Leader. Asks Black To Prove Charges Says Administration Has Nothing to Hide BATTCE CREEK, Mich., July 17 -(AP)-Attorney General Eugene F. Black's intent to investigate the Republican Party brought both regrets and a challenge from the GOP leadership today. State Chairman John A. Wag- ner said he was "very sorry in- deed" and in the next breath de- manded that Black "prove or dis- prove" his charges in "justice" to the party. 'Wrong' Impression He asserted that his co-Repub- lican had "somehow" acquired the wrong impression and he offered to go into court if Black desired. Wagner said the GOP state cen- tral committee which handles party finances' had "nothing to hide." Wagner issued a formal state- ment a day after Black, the so- called bad boy of the GOP ad- ministration, announced he would investigate "an apparent conspir- acy to violate the Corrupt Prac- tices Act." The Attorney General said he was going to look into not alone the GOP's money raising methods but also the "use of money after- wards and particularly the con- cealment of sources." 'Unfortunate' In his reply Wagner said fur- ther that it was "unfortunate" that the question was raised at this time of political developments when the Republicans expect a "grand" victory. "Frankly," Wagner said, "I feel that Mr. Black has somehow gotten the wrong impression and I believe that justice to the Re- publican organization in Mich- igan calls for immediate efforts on the part of Mr. Black to prove or disprove the rharges. "It is unfortunate that the mat- ter had to come up in a big political year, the year when we have every prospect of a grand Republican victory and the elec- tion of Governors Dewey and Warren.'' Wagner said he had remained silent at first on Black's state- ments. Answer "However," he said, "continued accusations against the party which I feel is a reflection upon the state central committee, of which I am chairman, requires an answer. "We gladly welcome any inves- tigation that Mr. Black might de- sire to make. We will gladly throw our books open to him at any time and we would be pleased to testify before any court giving all the information that we can regard- ing the receipts and disbursements of our campaign funds." ing of Southern revolters here Oct. 1. Unlike today's session, the Oc- tober meeting would be limited to delegates from each state number- ing the same as their Presidential electors. In seconding the two nomina- tions, Sen. Eastland (Dem., Miss.), made the forecast that "the race next November is between Gov. Thurmond and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey."~ "Truman willhnot get a single electoral vote," he shouted. By Acclamation Nomination of both candidates was by acclamation. As the meeting proceeded, both the principal speakers and the resolutions committee's "declara- tion of principles" stressed resent- ment in this section over racial measures advocated by the Pres- 'ident. Rtebellious factions were an- nounced they would challenge the Truman - Barkley ticket in 15 states including Missouri, home of the President. They hoped to deny him more than 100 electoral votes from states which normally are the most heavily Democratic in the Nation. "We stand for segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race," the committee re- ported. It also approved "the con- stitutional right to choose one's associates; to accept private em- ployment without government in- terference, and to earn one's living in any lawful way." State Voters Face Potential Puzzle in Fall DETROIT, July 17-(A')-Vot- ers could look forward today to a red-hot political slugfest in in Michigan before thenational election battle later this year. Deadline for filing state nomi- nating petitions is 4 p.m. (EST) Tuesday. There could be some last-minute surprise entries be- tween now and then. While the Democratic fight is just as important to the contes- tant as the one on the other side of the fence, the Republican battle looked from a distance as though it weuld provide the most inter- est. In one corner is Kim Sigler, the colorful ex-cowboy, who stormed to public attention as a grand jury prosecutor. He won the 1946 nom- ination in the field of four and went on to take the governor's chair by one of the greatest off- year margins ever given a candi- date in Michigan. In the other corner is W. Mc- Kay Skillman, a big, easy-going Detroit recorder's judge with a lot of political know-how. He got more votes than anyone else in Detroit's last judicial election. He knows something about grand juries, too, having run one for the last several months to look into auto sales practices. PICKETS STOP EMPLOYEE'S AUTOMOBILE-Police scuffle with pickets as strikers try to prevent an automobile loaded with employees from entering the national motor castings division of Camp- bell Wyant and Cannon Foundry Co. plant at South Haven, Mich. the lines with assistance of policemen. Two automobiles got through U. S.Officials Fear Berlin Crisis May Cause New War Deadly jincideLt ii Allied Corridor Termed Potential Threat to Peace By The Associated Press High United States officials expressed belief last (Saturday) night that Russia is pressing the Berlin crisis dangerously close to war. These officials now rate high the possibility of one or more deadly incidents in the air corridors through which American and British planes are ferrying supplies to Berlin. The Russians have announced they will make extensive training flights across these routes. Many American officials in Washington feel that hot-heads in the all-powerful Russian politburo have gained the upper hand over the more cautious members. Yesterday was the day the Russians said they would have a number of planes maneuvering in the American and British air corridors. But U.S. pilots reported ' seeing very few Soviet planes. Bad weather prevailed. One explana- Ford Workers tion of the absence of Russian o d ~ o k r planes was that Soviet pilots do Take National not like to fly by instruments. In Berlin, Maj. Gen. William Donovan said if the Russians want W al1out war it is better to find it out "here and now." Donovan said the only solution for the present im- M .orityfor Strike passe was for the Western powers to apply economic and other sanc- Predicted by Union tions against the Soviet Union throughout the world. DETROIT, July 17-M)-The He suggested that the Western 116,000 Ford Motor Co. produc- Allies might forbid Russian vessels tion workers across the nation are to use the Panama and Suez can- taking a strike vote this week- als and the Kiel canal in Ger- end. many. 'U Donovan, wartime head of the Uon sokesmen predcte hya rg office of strategic services, is visit- would favor the walkout by a large ing Germany in a private capa- majority. city. The 100-man Ford council of 41e., I~f .4--nAuAu4-o wo.^r~r va- YOU'LL BE SORRY!: Hershey Returned to Old Job As Head of Selective Service WASHINGTON, July 17_A)-_ another step toward national pre- Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey got paredness as unrest in Europe his old job back today. continued. He's director of Selective Service The task of assembling man- again. power is one with which Hershey Hershey's formal re-appoint- is highly familiar. ment by President Truman was CIO Issues New Cong resswnai Voting Record WASHINGTON, July 17-P)-- The CIO today published a "voting Guide" on the 80th Congress and urged heavy balloting in Novem- ber to elect a set of lawmakers "responsive to the needs of the People" The labor organization, claim- ing more than 6,000,000 members, summed up a -bitter denunciation of Congress' record with almost the some words used by President Truman on his recent western tour:-. (It is) the record of one of the worst organizations in -,hi-; na- tion's history." Voting Records The "guide" consisted of the voting record of senators and rep- resentatives on 16 key issues in the House and Senate. Five Democratic senators - Barkley of Kentucky, the Demo- cratic Vice Presidential nominee; Murray of Montana, O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Green and Mc- Grath of Rhode Island--all had 100 per cent "right" voting scores in the CIO list. Three Senators had completely "wrong" records as far as the CIO saw their votes on the 16 is- sues. They were O'Daniel (Dem., Tex.), Butler (Rep., Neb.), and Williams (Rep., Del.). In the House 30 members, all Democrats, voted* consistently "right"; Reps. Douglas, Haven- ner, King and Miller of California; Carroll of Colorado; Dawson. Gordon, Gorsky, Price and Sabath of Illinois; Madden of Indiana; Kennedy of Massachusetts; Dingell and Lesinski of Michigan; Karsten of Missouri; Norton of New Jersey; Celler, Delaney, Heffernan, Klein, Lynch and Mul- ter of New York; Crosser, Huber and Feighan of Ohio; Fogerty and Foran of Rhode Island; Eber- harter and Morgan of Pennsyl- vania, and Kee of West Virginia. Taft-Hartley Act The issues used to measure the voting of Congress members in- cluded: the Taft-Hartley Labor Act, anti - inflation measures, housing, rent control, taxes, Eu- ropeanpaid, fund cuts for the la- bor department reciprocal trade, and social security. "The 80th Congress made beau- tiful music for the rich, the privi- leged, the powerful," the CIO's "guide" said. "The people who had stayed away from the polls in 1946 -were the losers." The labor organization cau- tioned that its "guide" should not be regarded as a "black list" or "purge list" but as an aid to vot- ers to decide for themselves if legislators "deserve another term in office." Set Stuff UP He first was appointed director of Selective Service in 1941 and was responsible for setting up the organization under which 10,000,- 000 men eventually were supplied to the armed forces, and under which some 36,000 000 men were registered and classified for mili- tary service. This time Hershey's prime job is the registration of youths 18 through 25 under the new peace- time draft act. An executive order dealing with registration will be issued by Pres- ident Truman next week, the White House announced. The order in which various age groups will be called among those eligible for service under the draft has not yet been disclosed. Registration Registration of males from 18 through 25 is expected to begin about Aug. 16. Only those between the ages of 19 and 25 will be subject to the draft. Meanwhile 161,000 of 'the 18-year old group can volunteer for a special one-year term of duty in the armed forces. The Army, Navy and Air Force will begin accepting enlistments from 18 year olds beginning next Wednesday, July 21. During the four weeks beginning next Wednesday, the Army will take in about 10,000 volunteers; the Navy, including the Marines, about 3,000, and the Air Force 1,300, The 18=year-olds will spend their one year hitch within the continental limits of the United States. After they get out they must