PICKETING :Y r Lw1P. 6 itu FAIR, WARMER See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State ........ VOL. LIX, No. 18S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1949 PRICE FIVE i i President To Fight Decline In Economy, Urge Passage Of Atlantic Pact' WASHINGTON-GPP)-President Truman yesterday ordered top administration officials to con- centrate government spending in areas hardest hit by unemploy- ment. He disclosed this new move to fight an economic decline at a news conference in which he also: * * * 1. CALLED FOR ratification of the Atlantic Pact without reser- vations. s2. Described Franco Spain as a nation with which this country is not on friendly relations and op- posed a $50,000,000 loan to that country as proposed in the Senate. 3. Stoutly defended federal dis- trict Judge Kaufman's conduct of the Alger Hiss perjury trial, and criticized those who have said Kaufman was partial to Hiss. Mr. Truman said Kaufman is a good judge. 4. Expressed hope that U.S. Steel and other dissenters to his pro- posed 60-day truce in the steel- labor dispute will change their minds and avoid a work stoppage. 5..Labeled as that gang the sponsors of a proposed civil rights conference to demand an investi- gation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He said he had no comment on anything that gang wants to do. This came when he was told that sponsors of the meeting in New York this weekend included Henry Wallace; Clifford Durr, President of the National Lawyers' Guild and Paul Robeson, Negro Singer. 6. Disclosed he had talked over the New York Senatorial race with Mayor William O'Dwyer, who, he said, brought it up at the White House this week. Mr. Truman said he did not discuss O'Dwyer's de- cision to seek reelection as mayor. * * * MR. TRUMAN began his con- ference by saying he, had given John R. Steelman, his assistant, the job of coordinating govern- ment efforts to meet crises caused by heavy economic setbacks in some areas. Secretary of Commerce Saw- yer, the President said, is under- taking a survey to pinpoint spending in cities of greatest need. Mr. Truman confirmed reports that he is working on a reorgani- zation plan to tighten up unifica- tion of the armed forces along the lines of legislation on which the House Armed Services Committee delayed action this week. A presi- dential reorganization order be- comes law unless House or Senate vetoes it. THE PRESIDENT'S defense of Judge Kaufman came when he was asked what he thought of the judge's conduct of the trial of Hiss, foimer state department of- ficial, which ended in a hung jury. Kaufman has been the subject of bitter congressional criticism by Republicans who say he show- ed bias in favor of Hiss, 'U' Receives Federal Fuinds WASHINGTON- () -National Heart Institute grants totaling more than $1,200,000 for heart di- sease research in medical schools and hospitals were announced yes- terday. Dr. C. J. Van Slyke, institute director, said the grants are only a part of the federal funds to be awarded for such research during the year which began July 1. The Michigan grants include: University of Michigan Medical School, three projects, $10,000, $9,342 and $18,646; University of Michigan, $9,963; Wayne Univer- sity College of Medicine, two pro- sects, $15,000 and $9,000. ACL Presents 'Star Is Born' "A Star Is Born" will be shown It's Raspberry INSIDE STORY-This is a walking ice cream cone in the early stages of construction. Designed by Congregational-Disciples Guild members as a publicity stunt for their Ice Cream Carnival, the cone began to stroll through the town yesterday, startling pedestrians and drivers. Cone builders from left to right are Phil Culbertson, co-chairman of the cone, Sis Gibbons, refresh- ments chairman, Ardith Hubbard, co-chairman of the cone, and Wym Prime, general co-chairman of the Carnival. * * * * Big Ice Cream Carnival Hiere TodayU, Tomorrotw By NANCY BYLAN An Ice Cream Carnival is com- ing to town. Heralded by a mammoth walk- ing ice cream cone, the Carnival will be given by the Congregation- al-Disciples Guild from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday on the lawn between Betsy Barbour and the First Congregational Church. REFRESHMENTS will feature three flavors of ice cream in all its delectable forms,but especially in the cone. Cake and lemonade will provide the side dishes, while fresh raspberries will be offered as a special treat. The Carnival will not confine its scope to food. Fortune tellers and silhouette drawers will pre- sent their talents to Carnival attenders. Autographed balloons will be on sale. And that tradi- tional carnival standby, the fish pond, will be operating. As a special attraction, the Car- nival will include a nerve tester, "the greatest mystery ever seen on campus," according to Wym Price, co-chairman of the event z Mickey Mouse and associates will appear at the Carnival in the cartoon movies to be shown inside the First Congregational Church. THOSE PREFERRING livelier activity can join a square dance group on the Betsy Barbour tennis courts. The Carnival committee is hoping to secure a "genyoowine" hill-billy band. Seven to 8 p.m. will be Kiddie Hour at the Carnival. A series of kiddie games have been ar- ranged to attract the wee folk of Ann Arbor. In addition to the walking ice cream cone, publicity for the Car- nival has taken the form of a canvas banner stretched across State Street at North University.; * * * TICKETS FOR the Carnival will be hold on the diagonal. Used to facilitate making change at the refreshment counter, each ticket is worth one serving of ice cream and cake. However, a ticket is not nec- essary for admission to the Car- nival, Price explained. Committee members of the Car- nival are: general co-chairmen, Price and Nancy Bender; publicity, Dotty Heldreth; concessions, Ruth Kluckhohn; refreshment, Sis Gib- bons; and cone building, Phil Cul- bertson and Ardith Hubbard. Proceeds from the event will go toward the guild's project of spon- soring a displaced student. Pelirson Cites Need for Firm MineralPolicy A sound national mineral policy is necessary to perpetuate the power position of the United States, according to Elmer W. Pehrson, chief of the economics and statistics division of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Citing Great Britain as an ex- ample, Pehrson warned that a loss in mineral supplies presages a de- cline in world power. PEHRSON'S address on "Min- eral Resources and National Se- curity," delivered yesterday at the Rackham Amphitheatre, was one of the Summer Session lecture series on "Natural Resources and World Affairs." "The United States as a na- tion is unsophisticated about the role minerals play in our daily lives," Pehrson stated. He condemned "our unusual ca- pacity in the exploitation of mineral resources" and warned against the present short range mineral policy. The former mining engineer em- phasized our need for wartime security, predicting that "sooner or later the two camps of the world are going to meet in armed conflict." * * * ADVANCED planning should re- place our dependence for miner- als on foreign sources and costly substitutions, he declared. Top Officials Keep Secret On Meeting Presence of AEC Stirs Speculation WASHINGTON-(A)-President Truman met for two hours and 33 minutes last night with top cab- inet, military, atomic and Con- gressional leaders on a matter so secret none of the participants would discuss it. Chairman Tydings (D-Md.) of the Senate Armed Services Coi mittee, who left the meeting about midway in the special session held at the Blair House, told a re- porter: "YOU WOULDN'T want a news beat on this. You wouldn't print it if you had it for the good of the country." Tydings, who said he left the session because of a bad cold, was asked whether the extraor- dinary parley concerned "Russia and the atomic bomb." As the conference broke us, Vice President Barkley set the tone for the other conferees, who included Secretary of State Acheson, Sec- retary of Defense Johnson and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. When asked by reporters if he could say anything about the ses- sion, Barkley replied: "Not a damn thing." * * * LATER HE ASKED the news- men who had been waiting in the rain for hours to eliminate that remark and quote him as saying: "I've got no statement of any kind." He said there would not be any statement by anyone "un- less the President decides to make one." And Chairman McMahon (D- Conn.) of the joint Senate-House Atomic Committee told reporters' that he did not believe there would be a statement from the President, certainly not last night. THE PRESENCE of David E. Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission and members of the Congressional Committee on Ato- mic Energy raised speculation that the top level conference dealt with some aspect of the atomic weapons question. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) minority leader of the Senate For- eign Relations Committee, grave- ly told reporters he had nothing whatsoever to say about the con- ference and said they need not "telephone me at home." Gen. Eisenhower was asked "what do you make of this?" "It's a hot evening and rainy," the General responded pleasantly but gave out no information on the conference. World News Round- Up By The Associated Press LONDON-Britain slashed her dollar spending by one-fourth yes- terday to save her dwindlng re- serve of gold and dollars. To aus- terity-ridden Britons, the crisis cuts will mean less food, fewer smokes and a new spell of candy rationing. CANTON, China - Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-Shek and Premier Yen Hsi-Shan both vowed last night to push a finish fight against the Chinese Com- munists. Both said war was the only possible solution since peace t overtures had failed. * * * NEW YORK-A sudden strike that began with the walkout of 350 CIO maintenance workers mush- roomed yesterday to all 21 lines of the big New York City Omnibus Corporation. LONDON - Union leaders made a new effort last night to coax London's 14,289 idle dockers back to work on the government - seized Thames River waterfront. WASHINGTON-Rep. Hugh D. Scott. Jr., said yesterday he would quit the chairmanship of the Re- publican National Committee if a successor is found who can har- monize the party's various fac- tions. U.S. To Alter Peace Reds Lift Little Blockade' Berlin Land Traff ic Freed By Russians Anglo-American Airlift Fleet Cut BERLIN - (P) --The Russians, turning on the charm, lifted their "little blockade" of West Berlin yesterday. The main highway from the Western Allied zones, running from Helmstedt to Berlin, was crowded with Berlin-bound German trucks after five days of Soviet slow-down tactics at the zonal border. * * * WITH TRUCK traffic back to- ward normal, British sources dis- closed the first reductions in the Anglo-American airlift fleet. More airlift cutbacks are to be made as trains, trucks and barges boost their supply shipments. The Russians ended the slow- down blockade, which had cut truck traffic at Helmstedt to four vehicles an hour, as mys- teriously as they started it- without any official explanation. Like capitalistic go-getters sell- ing service with a smile, they went all out yesterday to speed truck shipments through the Helmstedt checkpoint. * * * THEY KEPT nine other border crossing points closed to Berlin- bound truck cargoes. But they cleared trucks faster than one a minute at Helmstedt and wiped out a jam that reached 500 ve- hicles Wednesday. The U.S. Air Force has not yet followed the British in re- ducing its section of the Berlin airlift. American four-engined C-54 transports accounted for 80 per cent of the 8,759 tons of coal and food flown here in the last 24 hours. But it is no secret that the Americans also expect to skeleton- ize their airlift operations by win- ter, if Berlin's land and water routes stay open. A survey of British airlift strength showed 15 aircraft char- tered from civilian companies have already been withdrawn. Another four will leave Germany this week. These reductions will leave 15 ci- vilian planes in temporary service. Engineering Incompletes Today is the final day for re- moval of incomplete marks in the engineering college. Any petitions for extension of time must be on file in the col- lege secretary's office by today in order to receive consideration. Also, engineering students who wish to drop courses without rec- ord must do so by today, accord- ing to Assistant Dean W. J. Em- mons. Courses may be dropped only with the permission of the classi- fier after conference with instruc- tors. The literary college deadline for incompletes is July 20. Students with marks of I, X or "no report" at the close of their last term at the University will receive an E for those courses unless made up by the July 20 deadline. Red Europe May End Vatican Ties ROME-(P)-Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe may soon snap its last frayed diplomatic tie with the Roman Catholic Church, Vatican informants forecast last night. A papal decree announced Wednesday, excommunicating all Catholics who persistently and actively espouse Communism, may hasten the break. * * Steel * VATICAN SOURCES SAID Czechoslovakia is expected momen- tarily to sever relations with the Holy See. Czechoslovakia is the only remaining Soviet-dominated nation which still maintains regular, two-way diplomatic intercourse with the Church. Communists reacted bitterly to the historic excommunication decree by Pope Pius XII, reading all militant Communists out of the Church. A monumental battle of ideas was joined. Vatican observers expressed be- lief the.decree will "prick the con- science" of wavering Catholics. They pointed out that the decree draws a distinction between Cath- olics who "knowingly and freely" support Communism and those who may have been forced into thep arty by fear or government pressure. S* * * Catholic Communists who con- tinue to openly defend and spread the Communist doctrine, which the decree termed "materialistic and anti-Christian," will suffer major excommunication. They will be denied the sacraments and comforts of the Church and will be treated as outcasts and heretics by faithful Catholics. Those who repent could obtain absolution only from Vatican authorities. Those who may have joined the party through fear or pres- sure have a last opportunity to return whole-heartedly to the Church. "There is no pressure involved," said one Catholic informant. It is mainly a matter of conscience." Communist-line newspapers de- nounced the decree. * * * THE CLIMAX of "a violent pro- vocatory campaign of the Holy See against Catholics who do not in- tend to submit to her political di- rectives," was the description by the official Italian Communist newspaper, L'Unita. The stakes are high: The po- litical future of Catholic coun- tries, the survival of the Roman Catholic Church in Eastern Eu- rope, and, indeed, in any coun- try threatened with complete Communist domination. The Vatican threatens to cut off from the Sacraments those who vote with the Communists in Eu- rope's elections. WHAT COULD THIS mean in France and Catholic Italy? In France there are 1,000,000 mem- bers of the Communist party-but the party won more than 5,000,000 votes in the last national elec- tions. If French Catholics heed the orders of the Vatican, this total surely will be slashed. In Italy, where by Soviet fig- ures there are 2,283,000 members of the Communist party-the strongest in Europe outside the Soviet Union-the Communists are aligned with the Leftist So- cialists. Italy is predominantly Catholic. The main arena right now, how- ever, is behind the Iron Curtain, where the representatives of the Roman Catholic Church are battling for the right of some 50,- 000,000 Catholics to practice their faith. Taft, Flanders Urge Monroe Doctrine Use Vote on Atlantic Pact SuccessfullyDelayed WASHINGTON-(P)-Two foes of the Atlantic Treaty urged yes- terday that America protect West- ern Europe from Russia by extend- ing the Monroe Doctrine. Senators Taft (Rep., Ohio) and Flanders (Rep., Vt.) tossed their resolution into the midst of de- bate on the treaty. * , * * ANOTHER OPPONENT, Sena- tor Watkins (Rep., Utah), succeed- ed in blocking a final vote on the treaty this week.:Democratic;Lead- er Lucas of Illinois immediately ordered overtime sessions to push toward a finish early next week. President Truman told report- ers that the treaty should be ratified without any reserva- tions. Watkins refused when unani- mous consent was asked to docket the issue for a vote at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Presumably Watkins hoped the delay would increase the opposition. Watkins said he would go along with a vote next Wednesday. But Lucas said he will hold the Senate in session tonight and perhaps Saturday to try to get a ballot early in the week. * * * THE TAFT-FLANDERS resolu- tion is one of a number of pro- posals to amend or supplement the pact. The latter would bind 12 nations in the North Atlantic area to act together if a Communist attack comes. Flanders told reporters that extension of the Monroe Doc- trine would assure Western Eu- rope that the United States is standing behind her against at- tack. The doctrine, set forth 125 years ago by President James Monroe, has stood: as a stern, unchallenged warning to Europe that the Unit- ed States will not stand for any attempt to control or oppress an independent nation in this hemi- sphere. Flanders told reporters that if "vast masses of arms" are sent to Europe, we don't know what will happen to them if some of the Western European govern- ments fall under Communist con- trol. A bill to set up a $1,130,000,000 American arms program for the treaty partners will be introduced soon. Taft has proclaimed his opposition to the treaty on the grounds it would obligate this na- tion to furnish arms-a step which he opposes as likely to lead to an armament race and war. Steel Strike Schedtled For Tonight Compromise Can End Dispute WASHINGTON-(P-With the deadline for a steel strike rushing closer, the U.S. Steel Corporation last night asked President Tru- man to change the terms of his peace proposal. The phugscorporation, pace- maker for the steel industry, re- quested that the President's pro- posed fact-finding board be given no power to recomment a settle- ment. THE BIG STEEL corporation's reply, on which the entire indus- try waited for guidance in deter- mining whether to follow Ms. Tru- man's proposal, was sent by tele- gram. President Benjamin F. Fair- less said the corporation was "most desirous of avoiding a steel strike if possible," and add- ed that: "A lockout is farthest from our thoughts." A strike of at least 315,000 mem- bers of the CIO United Steel- workers is scheduled to begin at midnight tonight unless some compromise can be reached. * * *I MR. TRUMAN suggested a 60- day truce and appointment of. a three man fact-finding board with power to recomment a solution to the wage and pension dispute in- volving the entire steel industry and Philip Murray's 1,000,000- member steel union. Murray's union has agreed to a 60-day postponement of the walkout at companies which agree to appear before the board. In Pittsburgh, Murray declined to comment on last night's U.S. Steel telegram. He said he would hold a news conference today. But a source close to Murray said: "The latest U.S. Steel offer is merely repetitious. It doesn't say a thing that hasn't been said be- fore." * * * EARLIER IN WASHINGTON, Arthur Goldberg, the union's gen- eral counsel, said U.S. Steel, Beth- lehem, Republic, and Inland are the four firms now definitely on the strike list. Government officials said other steel companies had either accepted the President's plan or had not yet made their posi- tion clear. Many firms appar- ently were marking time before committing themselves. President Fairless made his tensely-awaited reply to Mr. Tru- man's second appeal Thursday in which the 'resident strongly urged that company and Bethlehem and Republic to cooperate with the board. Fairless pointed out that the Taft-Hartley Act provides for an inquiry board with no power to make recommendations. President Truman has already told Fairless he did not consider that the present wage-pension dis- pute constitutes such a peril to "national health or safety" as to warrant use of the emergency pro- vision of the Taft-Hartley law. D'Aquino 'The' TokyoRose SAN FRANCISCO-()-A for- mer war correspondent testified yesterday that Mrs. Iva Toguri d'Aquino told him she was the only Tokyo Rose. "She said she was not the only girl on radio Tokyo, but that shie was the only Tokyo Rose," said Clark Lee, a government witness. LEE ALSO testified, on direct examination, that Mrs. d'Aquino told him she had no particular feeling of right or wrong about her wartime propaganda broadcasts Asks Truma r Proposal NO '32 REPEAT: Suits Calls Truman's Economic Policy Right V 9 "The steps recommended by Mr. Truman, are those needed to head off the eventuality of another de- pression." This was the opinion -of Daniel B. Suits, instructor in the eco- nomics department. * * * SUITS EXPLAINED that pres- ent political parties have learned "EXPENDITURESdby business firms for plants and equipment, remained approximately the same as the last quarter of 1948, a pe- riod which was obviously the high peak," he explained. "Slackened consumer demand is revealed by a comparison of the figures of the 'peak' period MINE APPROPRIATIONS: Michigan Staters Got Salty' Start Michigan State College has sprung from a salty beginning. spring lands must have provided a sizeable sum of cash. revenue from something called the Diamond Crystal Salt Company.