~~~1 PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY -11 WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948 f Ii ROBERTS RULED OUT: AVCRuns on Town Meeting Principle The City Beat E Campus Highlights By JIM DURAS The New England town meeting principle will govern the conduct of the American Vetbrans Com- mittee meetings this summer, ac- cording to chairman Everett W. Bovard. This abandoning of the rigor of parliamentary debate and Roberts rules for the process of group dis- cussion and decision has been Sen. Barkley Ends Problem To Notify Himself Of Dem. Nomination PADUCAH, Ky., July 20-(AP)- Senator Alben W. Barkley, Demo- cratic nominee for vice-president, cleared up at least one personal problem yesterday in his speech to a huge homecoming crowd gathered here. The Senator, who, as tempo- rary chairman of the recent Dem- ocratic convention was chairman of the committee to notify official- ly the vice presidential nominee of his nomination. "When I get home," Senator Barkley told the crowd, "I'm going to stand in front of a full-length mirror in the hal and say, 'You old plug-ugly, you've been nomi- nated'." idopted by both the executive °ommittee and the general mem- bership for all their meetings. The new procedure, different from any other campus organiza- tion, was undertaken on the theory that democracy in a group does not necessarily involve the taking of votes so much as the meeting of members to talk things :>ver and decide among themselves what should be done. More Informal AVC meetings are made more informal by having the members sit around in a circle. In order to achieve better participation and encourage discussion, the leader is reduced to one of the group whose only real function is to occasion- ally summarize the will of the members. Most important of all is that members are not told what their goals are to be, as by a constitu- tion, but are asked their personal goals in joining AVC. The goal of the group is then taken as a com- posite of the agreed upon indi- vidual goals. Comradeship During the first meeting under this procedure, it was found that members wanted comradeship of vets their own age, and desired a friendly group on campus with whom they might associate. They wanted to make AVC a group they could feel at home in. There was also general agree- ment to the idea expressed by Ralph Jackson, that veterans, as Tu citizens, have a responsibility to society, and that AVC should make a positive contribution to the wel- fare of the community and the nation. Five Projects In keeping with these aims, five projects were decided upon. The first of these was the completion of the book drive, handled by Jack Elliott. In line with the desire to educate themselves and others to political realities, the group will present a political speaker in the near future. The arrangements for this rally are under Louis Ber- man and Mary Gladstone. Ed Tumin will try to arrange for the movie "Grand Illusion," which treats the futility of nation- alism. A non-partisan vote reg- istration drive will be led by Pete Hill, and a free vacation at the fresh-air camp for married vets will be arranged for by Andy War- hola. Democracy In Action The new administration feels that AVC can contribute best to human brotherhood by setting an example of democracy in action rather than by "outworn political propaganda and mass education techniques which have shown themselves to be worse than use- less in changing people's hearts." Bovard, chairman of the group, said, "It is my conviction that the basic goal of human brotherhood cannot be imposed from above by political parties or by an elite, but must come as a spontaneous reali- zation from within. What can be done is to make it possible for conditions to exist that permit people to abandon power relation- ships with each other, and feel and act towards each other as the brothers they are." Prof. Brumm Will Lecture To Talk at Workshop For School Boards Prof. John L. Brumm, retired chairman of the journalism de- partment, will address the Work- shop for School Board Members, which will meet here next week, July 27 and 28. Prof. Brumm's topic at Wednes- day's luncheon will be "Chasing Your Hat." Other speakers will be John A. Heien, Chrysler executive, Lewis Kearns, member of the Flint Board of Education, Albert J. Phillips, executive secretary of the Michigan Education Association, and John A. Perkins, Michigan budget director. The purpose of the Workshop is to discuss problems which con- front school boards throughout the state. The Workshop is spon- sored by the School of Education, the University Extension Service, the Michigan Department of Pub- lic Instruction and the Michigan Education Association. for the BEST in BOOKS BUY at FOLLETT'S State Street at North University SEEKS SHERIFF'S JOB-The brother of "Pretty Boy" Floyd, one-time U. S. Public Enemy No. 1, may be the new sheriff of Sequoyah County, Okla. He is E. W. Floyd (above) who ran first in the Democratic primary and will vie for the post in a runoff July 27 with Henry Jones. War Assets Administration To EndSales Five Billion Dollars In Goods on Hand WASHINGTON, July 9-(/P)- The biggest bargain counter in the country is preparing to close up shop and go out of business. It is the War Assets Adminis- tration, which has sold, leased and given away surplus war property originally costing the Government 23,000,000,000. It still has $5,400,- 000,000 worth of odds and ends to get rid of. Date Set Congress has decreed that WAA shall be abolished next Feb. 28. So today administrator Jess Larson told his regional directors to clear their shelves and get their books in order. Since WAA was established shortly after the war ended, it has done a land office business in war factories, jeeps, blankets, flashlights, life rafts, air fields, and practically any commodity imaginable. Property On Hand Larson said that as of July 1 he had this property on hand: Real property land and build- ings) $4,200,000,000 including $1,- 000,000,000 on lease; personal property $475,000,000; and air- craft parts $760,000,000. What has the Government real- ized in cash from its bargain sale? The books show, an agency spokesman told a reporter, cash income from sales and leases of approximately $4,000,000,000. But, he hastened to explain, the $23 billion original cost is consid- erably above the sale or second hand value of the property. Government Gifts Besides, the Government gave away property costing $9,000,000,- 000. Of the remaindera consider- able amount is represented by leases. Also said the WAA man, some of the property was good only for junking. Larson today outlined this timetable for his agency: Dispose of all surplus personal property by Dec. 31. Dispose of all aircraft and parts by Feb. 28. Dispose of at least half of the real estate holdings by Feb. 28. Complete reconcilation of rec- ords by Jan. 31. Surplus Property Larson said the $475,000,000 in surplus personal property is held in the various regions as follows: Chicago $114,884,000; CQncin- nati $81,945,000; New York $98,- 430,000; Philadelphia $67,851,000; Atlanta $15,920,000; Grand Prairie $21,822,000; Kansas City $21,735,000; San Francisco, $19,- 737,00; Denver $4,487,000, and Seattle $9,108,000. Find New Comet BERKELEY, Calif., July 20- (P)-The University of California announced today the "accidental" discovery of a new comet by as- tronomers at Lick Observatory. Mrs. Carl Wenk, 39, of 106 Pleasant Place, was injured Mon- day when the car in which she was riding collided with a train on Madison St. The vehicle was driven by her son Hugh, 15, who said he didn't see the locomotive. Her injuries were not serious. * * * William Swope, 26, of Wayne, died yesterday morning when he was trapped in the cab of his burning truck after ramming an- other truck on the Expressway, a mile east of US 112. The driver of the other truck, Charles C. Roth, of Detroit, who was uninjured was unable to re- move Swope from the cab. The vehicle had jack-knifed and the gas tank exploded. * * * The City Council extended the lease on life of all house trailers to June 30, 1949. The change from the former deadline of Oct. 30, at which time all house-trailer licences would have become void, was passed unanimously. Citizens and councilmen at- tending the meeting expressed doubt that local housing would be sufficient to take care of all per- sons who now occupy trailers. The Council also authorized is- suance of $300,000 in parking system revenue bonds to finnce construction of a three-decker parking structure at the city's First and Washington St. parking lot. The proposed structure would house 240 cars. * * * Local bee-raisers are getting stung-plenty. A second hive of bees disap- peared last week. The loss was re- ported to Sheriff's officers by Eu- gene Haas, 913 S. Main St., east of the city. He told officers he hoped the thieves would get stung too. Older People's Problems Will Be Considered On the average, the nation's population is gowing older-there are more older people now than there were 50 years ago. That is the reason for the Charles A. Fisher Memorial In- stitute on Aging, which will con- sider the "Growing Problem of Aging," continuing through to- morrow, according to director Clark Tibbitts, of the Institute for Personal Adjustment. The Institute will attempt to "write a prescription for success- ful living after 50," he said. Speakers today will include Prof. Moses M. Frohlich, in charge of ' the Veterans Readjustment Center, Dr. Leroy Waterman, Pro- fessor emeritus of semitics, Dr. George Lawton, consuting psy- chologist and author, and Mrs. Patricia Rabinovitz, of the Wayne County Bureau of Social Aid, De- troit. Thursday, Dr. Ewan Clague, Commissioner of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Charles V. Kidd, economist, will lecture. Con- cluding the conference, Harry A. Overstreet, author and lecturer, will speak on "A Comprehensive Program for Personal and Social Adjustment in Old Age," Thurs- day. OPRINTING Q 8.® TICKETS D PROGRAMS O HANDBILLS D POSTERS For your printing needs and personalized gifts . .. c RAMSAY-CANFIELD 119 East Liberty -. (Across from P-Bell) . Phone 7900 , Pi Lambda Thieta ... An All Educational Parley will be held in the Elementary School Library at 7:30 p.m. today. * * * Sociedad His pnica . .. A "Una Noche Venezolana" will be held at 8 p.m. today, in the West Conference Rm. of the Rackham Building. French Film To Be Shown, "Fanny," sequel to the highly popular French film, "Marius," will be shown Friday and Satur- day at Hill Auditorium. Second in the series of Pagnol comedies centering around the ro- mantic life of a discontented young Frenchman and his sly fa- ther, "Fanny" opens with the re- turn of its hero from the sea. The film, which is the fourth summer presentation of the Art Cinema League, features the same cast that appeared in the preced- ing movie, including Orane Dema- zis in the title role, Pierre Fres- nay as her lover, Raimu as his father and Charpin as Panisse, his rival for the hand of Fanny. Tickets for the film may be pur- chased at the Hill Auditorium box office. Admission charge is 50 cents. Wasps are very helpful to man, says the World Book Encyclopedia. They sometimes damage fruit, but they also destroy large numbers of caterpillars and other harmful insects. They do far more good than harm. COOL WATERS-Summer ses- sion for pert Libby Dean means turning occasionally to wave at a photographer before dipping herself in the drink at Newport, R.I. In case you want to know, friend Libby is wearing an ab- breviated zebra-striped bathing suit. Wilcox Cites Big Obstacles To U.S.Plans (Continued from Page 1) Santos Rodolfo Cortes will dis- cuss "Analisis Hitoricis Cultural de Venezuelo." Group singing will be lead by Alonzo Gamero. * * * Student Concert . .. Arlene Lucille Sollenberger, contralto, accompanied by Len- nis Britton Swift, pianist, will pre- sent program including works by Purcell Donaudy, Monteverde, Handel, Lenormarnd, DeBussy, Faure, Saint-Saens and Mahler at 8 p.m. today in the Rackham As- sembly Hall. * * * Linguistic Institute . . Luncheon Conference Lecture will be given by Prof. Fang-Kuei Li of the Academia Sinica Natural Research Institute). Subject will be "The Glottal Stop as a Pho- neme in Siamese." Luncheon will be at 12:10 p.m. today in the An- derson Rm. at the Union. The lec- ture will start at 1:00 p.m. in Room 308 in the Union. * * * Roger Williams Guild. . The weekly "chat" of the Roger Williams Guild will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. today in the Guild Garden. Some letters from Baptist church members in Stutt- gart, Germany, will be read at that time. GIFTS ..MEDALS "Home of the Official Michigan Ring" SUMMER SCHOOL HouRs 12:30 to 5:30 Monday thru Friday L. G. Balfour Co. 1319 S. Univ. Ph. 9533 Fraternity Jewelry Trophies . ;;''. . N ~ t h: .s !:'.riE .a f:.. 3r~. C" .,.....i 4 A termed the "obstacles abroad." They include Europe's passionate desire to become industrialized by using restrictive measures to curb trade with other nations and their preoccupation with immediate re- covery. Prof. Wilcox traced the devel- opment of our economic foreign policy from the end of World War I explaining how attempts to re- build a free world economy failed because at every crucial point, the U. S. took an isolationist line. Tariff Relation. The Hawley-Smoot tariff, in 1930, brought retaliation from other nations and then, in 1933, when the World Economic Con- ference at London was prepared to do something about knocking d wn the trade barriers that had arisen, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ended all hopes with his letter to the conference saying that the United States would not do anything to guarantee a sta- bilized cfiri'en'cy, he stated. Continuing his discussion of re- construction and world trade, Prof. Wilcox will discuss, "The In- ternational Trade Organization. Charter," at 4:10 p.m., tomorrow, in the Rackham Amphitheatre "You'll love hers'-Morris FANNY Fri., Sat. 8:30 P.M. 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