CAMPAIGN ASSERTIONS See Page 4 W- Lw43Ut A6F :43 a t t ------ Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LIX, No. 8S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949- HOT, HUMID, SHOWERS PRICE FIVE CENTS Dulles Testifies Jury Finds Judith Coplon Guilty In Trial of Hiss By ROMA LIPSKY (Special to The Daily) NEW YORK-"The defense rests," Attorney Paul Stryker an- iouriced dramatically as the Alger Hiss perjury trial reconvened yes- terday afternoon. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Murphy immediately began call- ing rebuttal witnesses for the government. CHIEF GOVERNMENT WITNESS was John Foster Dulles, U.S. delegate to the UN and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Hiss is a trustee of the Endowment, and was president until last May. Unofficial reports had indicated that Dulles would contra- diet some of Hiss' testimony, but when Murphy finished exam- ining the witness, Stryker asked, "Where's the conflict?" Judge Samuel Kaufman replied that finding it was Stryker's job, As court adjourned at 4:40 p.m., spectators were still wondering if a contradiction between Dulles and Hiss, hinging on discussions which led up to Hiss' resignation as president of the Carnegie Endow- men, did exist. THE MORNING SESSION ended with Judge Kaufman's refusal to allow Dr. Karl Binger, New York psychiatrist, to testify. Dr. Binger, who was in the courtroom during all of Whitta- ker Chambers' testimony, was called to the stand by Stryker. Chambers, an admitted former Communist, has charged that Hiss gave him secret government documents during 1938. As the govern- ment's star'witness, he spent six days on the stand. MURPHY IMMEDIATELY PROTESTED that Binger was an un- fair witness, and charged Stryker was "hitting below the belt" by calling him. Judge Kaufman reserved judgment until Stryker had estab- lished the purpose for which Binger was called. He permitted Stryker to ask a hypothetical question, which turned into a 45 minute summary of Chambers' ;life, from his high school days to his position as senior editor of Time Magazine. Stryker then asked: "From what you know about Mr. Chambers, have you, as a psychiatrist, an opinion as to his mental state?" * * * * MURPHY AGAIN OBJECTED and Judge Kaufman ruled that Binger's testimony would not be admitted. "The jury, using experience gained from life, is capable of evaluating the testimony of every witness here," the Judge said. Binger stepped down. Earlier, Mrs. Hiss completed her testimony, continuing her denial of ever having typed secret government documents on an old Wood- stock machine, or on any machine. Murphy told reporters after the court recessed that he expected to call "four or five more witnesses," and indicated that the trial will continue well into next week. ALGER HISS told The Daily yesterday that heohas "no doubt at all as to what the jury's verdict will be." "I waited a long time for an opportunity to testify, and I'm quite confident as to the outcome," the tall, lanky former State Department official declared, smiling. CONTRACT TROUBLE: Lewis Orders Soft Coal Miners To Shorten Week Taft Labor Bill Passed By Senate Marks Defeat for Pres. Truman By The Associated Press The Senate yesterday passed the labor bill constructed by Sen. Rob- ert Taft (Rep., O.) The vote on the passage was 51 to 42. The bill contains the basic provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. Its passage was a defeat for Pres. Truman who pledged repeal of the measure during his 1948 camp- paign. . * * * "LABOR WILL take the issues to the voters in 1950," Prof. Jo- seph E. Kallenbach of the Polit- ical Science Department said. "Labor doesn't want a half-way revision of the act now. Such a revision would make additional changes only more difficult to achieve in the next session of Congress," he said. "Labor would rather take its chances at the polls," he com- mented. Before passage, the Senate ac- cepted by a 49-44 vote a Taft- written substitute for the section of the bill that had previously not been amended to Taft's liking. * * * TAFT'S PROGRAM for injunc- tions and plant seizure in "na- tional emergency" strikes was ap- proved Tuesday by a two vote ma- jority. Prof. Kallenbach described this modification of the Taft- Hartley Act as "givirg the Pres- ident authority for injunction and seizure when a strike en- dangers the health and safety of the nation." Taft's program to make 28 changes in the Taft-Hartley Act but to preserve its "essentials" now has been substituted for the entire Administration labor bill. The bill now goes to the House, but House action on the bill is doubtful during this session. Co-op Houses List Vacancies The five co-op houses operating this summer all still have limited vacancies for roomers and board- ers, according to ICC personnel chairman Bill Kritzer. There are three men's houses and two women's houses. Most of the vacancies are for boarders, but some rooms are also available. PEOPLE WHO join now will have priority in the fall when co-op housesdwilltbefilled to ca- pacity, according to Kritzer. Board and room comes to about $8.50 a week. Members work ap- proximately five hours a week and have a chance to learn various skills. Further information can be had from Bill Kritzer, 315 N. State, 6284, or Lefty Yamada, 807 S. State, 2-3219. IM Sports Open Co - recreation at the IM for co-edudational recreation as usual. Gymnasium Coach Newt Loken says there will be swimming, ping pong, badmin- ton, volley ball and other sports activities from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The IM Building will be open for, co-educational. recreation every Friday evening duringj summer session, according to L 'ken. EXPERT ASSERTS: National Resources Best Conserved by Home Rutle By PAUL BRENTLINGER "Home rule" action offers the best means for a solution to the nation's natural resources problems, according to W. S. Rosecrans, a vice-president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Rosecrans spoke yesterday in the second of the summer series of lectures on public affairs. This year's series is concerned with "Natural Resources in World Affairs." * * * * EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE of state and local govern- ments, Rosecrans declared that "government close to home is easier E to keep responsive to the well-be- Expansion Construction on a tunnel leading from the New Womens' Dormitory to the Materity Hos- pital is near completion. A University Plant service of- ficial explained that the tunnel, which is six and one-half by seven feet in cross-section, will be added to the central heat- ing system running under the campus. Three branches from the tunnel are also under construc- tion. These will serve to supply heat to Simpson Memorial In- stitute, University Terrace Apartments and the University Hospital. Green Admits IHe Lied Under Oath in 1927 Sentence Today Could Send Her to Prison for 13 Years WASHINGTON-(A)-A federal grand jury yesterday convicted Judith Coplon as a spy for Russia ,tolling the word "guilty" on both counts of an espionage charge that could send her to prison for 13 years. Judge Albert L. Reeves told newsmen he will sentence Miss Coplon shortly after 9 a.m. today. * * * * THE SENTENCE will follow arguments on Miss Coplon's con- tinued bail. Neither the judge nor Federal attorneys indicated any desire to send Miss Coplon to prison before her second trial in New York next month. Unflinching to the end, Miss Coplon though nervous, made no outcry or other sign of emotion as the jury delivered its verdict * * * after 26 hours and 58 minutes' Two Ministers Itvesti gate Mob Violence Alabama Clergymen Uncover Three Acts ASHLAND, Ala. - (P)-Three floggings were uncovered in this rural county yesterday by two Methodist ministers making a pri- vate investigation of mob violence. The Rev. H. Frank Ledford, of Ashland, and the Rev. Luther Brown of Millerville, said they are investigating rumors of additional beatings and acts of night riders. * * * THE REV. LEDFORD is Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Mas- ons of Alabama. They said they verified these floggings: 1. J. J. Gavens, 60, white herb doctor, lured from his home to treat "a sick woman" the night of May 30 and beaten with a blackjack. His wife exchanged shots with the masked assailants. He and his wife and small child later sold their home and left the Millerville community. 2. Willie Horton, 33, Negro in- fantry veteran, and his brother, Herschel, beaten and lashed until they bled by white robed and hooded men the night of June 1. Willie was quoted by the ministers as being told "we had been talking too much." Reds Let Trucks Roll Into Berlin BERLIN - (R) - The Russians cut some red tape today and sud- denly let Western trucks roll un- molested between Berlin and the Western Zones. It turned out that one Soviet entry post wasn't satisfied with the way another Russian check- point endorsed travel permits and refused to let many trucks through for two days. Allied sources said the matter was ironed out for the present by intervention of high Russian of- ficials. 4 German highway police report- ed in late afternoon that all trucks leaving and entering Ber- lin got by the checkpoints with- out trouble. ing of the people." He attacked a big centralized government as "the historicala method by which power aspir- ing leaders have stolen the lib- erties of their people."J Rosecrans, who is also chair- man of the California State Board of Forestry, said that progress in the management of natural re- sources must come from educa- tion and cooperation based on conviction rather than compul- sion, as well as action on a local basis. * * * IN HIS OPINION, the force of public opinion should be the mo- tivating factor, with the minimum' possible amount of governmental1 interference or bureaucratic ac-es tion used to solve our resources problem. He conceded that a strong central government with suf- ficient police power could achieve a solution to the prob- lem in time. But he declared that proposed solutions should strive to preserve the human values of initiative, liberty and individual responsibility. "Right now," Rosecrans said, "we seem to favor less responsi- bility for the individual," with loss of opportunity as a corollary. 'Trenton Six' W' Retrial In Slaying Decision Halts Mass Jersey Execution TRENTON, N.J. - (M - The "Trenton six"-six Negroes sen- tenced to die for slaying an aged storekeeper-yesterday won their fight for a new trial., The State Supreme Court unan- imously reversed a Mercer County Court murder conviction. It halted a scheduled mass ex- ecuation of the six prisoners and ordered a retrial. THE CONVICTION of the six men last August touched off a series of protest meetings. The Civil Rights Congress1 spearheaded the appeal to save the men from the electric chair. Later the NAACP and other groups joined the fight. Accord- ing to them, none of the prose- cution witnesses identified the defendants. The six Negroes were convicted of bludgeoning to death William Horner, 72 years old, in his sec- ond hand furniture shop Jan. 27, 1948, during a $35 robbery. The Supreme Court's main opin- ion held in part that Trial Judge Charles P. Hutchinson had erred in pronouncing the death sentence because the jury verdict was 'guilty' rather than 'guilty in the first degree." Maker of Violins Dies at Interlochen TRAVERSE CITY - (P)-Wille- bald Conrad Stenger of Chicago, an instructor in violin-making at the National Music Camp at In- terlochen, died of a heart attack in Munson Hospital here today. i i Communist Trial WHITE SULPHUR'SPRINGS, W. Va.-(P)-John L. Lewis yes- terday ordered his soft coal min- ers to work only three days a week temporarily and the operators promptly called the action "ille- gal." The United Mine Workers' pres- ident got around his traditional "no contract, no work" policy by taking it upon himself to order the short work week which the operators had rejected. The contracts covering 400,000 miners expired at midnight. ALL UNION mines east of the Mississippi are included in the Lewis order to work only Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each week. However, the work days will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week because the Percival Price Plans Concert Prof. Percival Price, University carillonneur, will perform a Ca- nadian program in honor of Do- minion Day, at 7:15 p.m. today. Prof. Price will play a group of school songs, Donnell's "Sonata for 53 Bells," several chansons du terroir; and Lavalee's "O Canada." Prof. Price said that Domin- ion Day is the Canadian na- tional birthday, something like our Fourth of July; because the University is currently studying Canadian relations, it was felt that such a program would be appropriate. Donnell, formerly a pupil of Prof. Price, is now Dominion Car- illonneur at Ottawa. Chansons du terroir are French Canadian folk- songs, and "0 Canada," Prof. Price enlined. miners are on a 10-day vacation which ends after Monday. Lewis gave no reason for ex- cluding the far western mines which produce about 20,000,000 (M) tons annually. GeorgesH. Love of Pittsburgh, head of the northwestboperators with whom Lewis has been nego- tiating, termed the three-day week illegal. The operators fear it vio- lates the anti-trust laws. LOVE TOLD a news conference that Lewis' order "disregards the economic needs of the people, the welfare of his union members, and their families, and his contract with the operators." He said he is not certain the' operators would or could take any court action. The operator spokesman said the mine owners would keep their pits open for any who want to work on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A BIG SURPRISE was Lewis' decision to include the Southern Coal Producers Association and U.S. Steel Corporation mines. He has been holding separate nego- tiations with them and both groups feared he intended to ap- ply special pressures on them. Concludes 24th Week NEW YORK - (AP) - Gilbert Green of Chicago, Communist conspiracy trial defendant, un- derwent cross-examination yes- terday after 13 days of direct tes- timony and admitted he once lied under oath. Quizzed by U.S. Attorney John F. X. McGohey, Green agreed he had made a number of false state- ments in applying for a Chicago postoffice job in 1927. * * * THE 24TH WEEK of the trial was concluded with adjournment for the Fourth of July weekend. , The prosecutor began by asking Green, "have you ever lied under oath?" "I do not recall," the Chicagoan replied. The witness said he had worked as a substitute carrier in the Chicago postoffice in 1925 and 1926 but had been asked "to resign because my political views became known." A few months later he said he applied for another postoffice job. Under McGohey's prodding, he admitted these statements in the application were untrue: THAT HIS NAME was George Gilbert. That he had attended a high school for four years. That he had worked as a clerk with S. J. Hammersmark at 19 South Lincoln, Chicago, from February, 1924, to September, 1927, at a pay of $27 a week. That he never had been ar- rested. That he never had resigned any position under compulsion. THAT HE NEVER had been employed by any branch of the U.S. Government. That he had no relatives in government service. The cross-examination also de- veloped that Green at one time entered into a common law mar- riage. World News Round-Up WASHINGTON-(P)-A cut of $550,000,000 or more in excuse taxes was approved today by the Senate Finance Committee. * * * TOKYO-(,?)-Japanese Com- munists seized a police station 118 miles north of Tokyo yes- terday but abandoned it when rural police squads approached. * * * WASHINGTON--()-The with- drawal of United States Army forces from Korea, in accord with a United Nations resolution,{ was announced last night. A military advisory group re- mains in Korea. It is headed by Brig. Gen. William L. Roberts. GUILTY-Judith Coplon, 28- year-old former Justice Depart- ment analyst, was found guilty of espionageyesterday in Wash- ington. 'Rapid Start' For Housing Program Seeni WASHINGTON - (P)-Federal Housing Administrator Raymond M. Foley promised today a "rapid start" on the public housing fea- tures of the Administration's Housing Bill. The bill has passed both Houses and is awaiting conference com- mittee agreement. Backers pre- dicted it would go to the White House next week. FOLEY SAID a "significant number" of low-rent( federally- subsidized units can be placed un- der construction in the next 12 months. The "entirely new program" of slum clearance, also provided in the bill, will take more time, he said, because it will entail extensive local planning, organ- ization, and possibly local or state legislation. However, he said, 24 states now have laws authorizing participa- tion in Federal-supported slum- clearance projects. Also, a number of major cities are far enough along to be able to complete plans and enter slum clearance agree- ments within the next 12 months, so that "actual slum clearance can get under way thereafter." Sale at Union A few remaining student direc- tories will go on sale at the Mich- igan Union today. of deliberation. Her 65-year-old mother, Mrs. Rebecca Coplon of Brooklyn, who has been in constant attendance since the beginning of the trial last April 25, was not present in the courtroom when the verdict was returned. The mother, a widow, was re- ported ill in a downtown hotel. * * * DEFENSE COUNSEL Archibald Palmer immediately announced he will carry the case to the U.S. Cir- cuit Court of Appeals and if neces- sary to the Supreme Court. Palmer also asked Judge Reeves to postpone sentence un- til after Miss Coplon's second trial-on espionage conspiracy charges in New York-but gov- ernment attorneys objected "The government opposes any delay in imposition of sentence," said Chief - Prosecutor John MV. Kelley, Jr. "The case in New York is mere accusation. We are now dealing with reality." Kelley's words stung Palmer to a furious outburst. "They've got their pound of flesh," the defense lawyer shouted bitterly. "Do they want the blood with it?" PALMER TOLD Judge Reeves that once sentence is pronounced, Miss Copon's bond will be e yoked and she will have to go to jail. He said she cannot raise a new bond. But Judge Reeves, 75-year- old visiting jurist from Kansas City, Mo., said he intends to sentence Miss Coplon tomorrow. Miss Coplon, 28, a Barnard Col- lege girl who was graduated with top honors and then became a $4,479-a-year political analyst il the Justice Department in Wash- ington, is under a total of $30,000 bond. HER SECOND TRIAL is sched- uled to start in New York on July 11, with her purported Rus- sian sweetheart, Valentince A. Gu- bitchev, 32, a former United Na- tions engineer, as co-defendant. Gubitchev is now free under $100,- 000 bail posted by the Russian embassy. If convicted in New York, Miss Coplon would face a possible max- imum sentence of 35 years in prison and $25,000 fine-over and above the top penalty of 13 years and $12,000 on her conviction to- day. Co-Prosecutor Raymond P. Whearty told newsmen: "We def- initely intend to try the New York case." CED Meeting Held Today The Committee to End Discrim- ination will continue investigating the possibilities of prejudice in ad- mission to the University at its first meeting of the summer ses- sion at 4 p.m. today at the League. The group was set up last term to investigate the entrance re- quirements for the various under- graduate and graduate schools on campus. Twenty-one campus organiza- tions, including political, religious and social groups, as well as resi- dence halls and fraternities were represented on the Committee. TAKING AS ITS basic aim the "coordination, integration and in- itiation of action agaimt ds- crimination on campus," the group has confined its activities to re- questing from heads of various schools the elimination of certain questions on application blanks. These unetionn. the committe Dawson Talks Before Group !I JULY 4 PROBLEM: Police Will Try To Keep Holiday DeathToll Down *1 __________________ Prof. John Dawson keynoted po- litical discussion on the summer campus last night, appearing be- fore an open meeting of the Young Democrats. Dawson discussed the politics and principles of the Democratic party. THE MEETINGS will be open to all students interested in polit- ical afairs. On-the-floor discussion of policies of public interest are a regular part of the program, ac- cording to Theodore Souris, summer chairman of the Young Democrats. Play Continues The last two performances of "On Borrowed Time" will be pre- sentr toniht anI tomorrow ANTIHISTAMINICS (WHEW): New Drug Relief for Sneezes Wheezes Sudden, violent death will meet an estimated 500 persons through- out the nation as a result of traffic mishaps during the forthcoming Fourth of July holiday week-end. anti-accident campaign will be rigidly enforced by local, county, and state law officers. The campaign against speeding is not without reason, for statis- Ragweed has lost its terror for many of the estimated eight mil- a substance present tissue. in most bodyI may result in anything from hives, nausea, and asthma to death. The "- *