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VOL. LXI, No. 12-S
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1951
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Rampaging
Rivers Flood
Plain States
Crews Work to
Evacuate Victims
TOPEKA, Kan.,-(IP)-Emergen-
ey squads were feverishly evacuat-
ing another 10,000 persons in this
state capital last night as gigantic
floods ravaged eastern Kansas,
bringing death to at least 12 per-
sons and dealing misery and suf-
fering to thousands.
This hurried exodus, when corn-
pleted, will make about 20,000 per-
sons moved out of their homes in
this city of almost 100,000 popu-
lation.'
The air rescue service in Wash-
ington said all available aircraft
are being rushed to Topeka to aid
in the rescue of flood victims.
THE SERVICE said an emer-
gency base has been set up at
Forbes Air Force Base near To-
peka'
Amphibious aircraft, as well as
helicopters and large cargo ships
being sent to the scene.
Amphibious planes of the air
rescue service from Westover Air
Force Base, Mass., Lowry Base,
Denver; March Base, Calif., and
Ellington Base near Houston,
Texas, have been sent and more
are going tomorrow.
The Strategic Air Command
has diverted large cargo ships,
to transport air rescue service
helicopters from various points.
The amphibians are being sent
to Kansas loaded with emergency
rations, medical equipment, and
other emergency supplies request-
ed by Strategic Air Command and
the Red Cross.
Ten of the uood deaths were in
Kansas, two in Kansas City, Mo.
In addition two other persons
were killed by lightning at Port
Leonard Wood, Mo., which was
not affected by floods.
While Missouri was plagued by
flood troubles, Kansas was hard-
est hit.,
Torrents already were pouring
through many of the state's prin-
cipal cities, and Wichita, the
Y largest, was warned its turn was
to come last night.
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THE KANSAS RIVER, the Neo-
sho, the Cottonwoood, the Marais
Des Cygnes, the Verdigris and the
Smoky Hill all were creating hav-
oc, and the weather bureau said
the Little Arkansas would be out
of its banks by morning flooding
part of Wichita's north riverside
residential district.
Hardest hit were the cities
along the Kansas River, including
Topeka, the state capital; Law-
rense, home of the state university,
and Manhattan. Salina, Abilene,
Ottawa, Marion, Strong City, Flor-
ence, Beloit and other central and
eastern Kansas cities were in al-
most as bad shape.
The Chicago-Los Angeles de-
luxe coach train, El Capitan, has
been stranded at Cedar Point,
Kan., for more than 30 hours by
the flooding Cottonwood River.
Another train, the Rock Island's
Golden State Limited bound from
Los Angeles to Chicago was de-
toured hundreds of miles arond
the flood area, from Dalhart, Tex.,
to Colorado Springs and onto the
main line from Colorado to Chi-
cago only to be stopped dead at
Goodland, Kans., by a track
i' washout.
Truce
Talks
May
Resume
C"?
Woods Refuses
Rent Control Lift
By BARNES CONNABLE
Ann Arbor councilmen stuck to their guns last night as news of
Federal Housing Expediter Tighe Woods' refusal to decontrol rents
here arrived from Washington.
Earlier, the City Council had passed a resolution recommending
rent decontrol to Woods. Whether or not the move was binding has
developed into a controversy.
* * * *
ALDERMAN RUSSELL A. SMITH, chairman of the Council's
special committee on rent controls, said he was "not surprised" by
Woods' rejection of the Council's resolution and called a recent survey
by federal investigators of rent levels here "inadequate."
"It would be virtually impossible for the surveyors in -a short
# period of time to take into ac-
PAUL Downie,,'52, poses calm-
ly reading poetry, on Friday
the 13th, with a black cat, spilled
salt and under a stepladder pro-
viding a comparatively peaceful
finale to a hectic afternoon.
"Whoever said that black cats
don't bring bad luck?," a Daily
reporter said as she returned from
a visit to the Humane Society to
procure a black cat for this photo-
graph. On her return trip the
-Daily-Robert Lewis
cat sprang from the back seat of
her father's new car and caused
her to swerve suddenly, overturn-
ing the car into a ditch.
The car and the reporter es-
caped unharmed and it was sill
wandering around the Daily Edi-
torial room as the paper went to
press this morning-rather, the
cat is-the reporter has gone home
to break the news to Papa.
Pair Ousted
From State
Department
WASf-INGTON-(')-The State
Department announced last night
it has suspended two high officials
pending hearings on security
charges.
The officials--both career diplo-
mats-are:
John Paton Davies, Jr., 43, a
member of Secretary Acheson's
top level policy planning staff and
a veteran of many years service in
i hna=i haig a ee e
'U' CONFERENCE:
Moody Seeks Support
For Economic Controls
By DAVE THOMAS 1
DailsManagingEditor for July 23 before the department's
Michigan freshman Democratic Senator Blair Moody made a yboard.
thumping appeal for public support for the Administration's economic Oliver Edmund Clubb, 50, Direc-
controls program in a speech last night delivered before the Univer- far o a eice of manears
sity's fourth annual Conference on Aging. fairs, also a veter-an of many years
.rCoservice in China. His hearing has
Concluding a short talk on the problems of our aging population, been set for July 31.
the square-jawed former newspaperman declared that he agreed with.
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson that July, 1951, will be recorded
as one of the most crucial months in American history. THE DEPARTMENT said in a
* ,* , statement the suspension action
"MR. WILSON was not refer-
ring only to the outcome of the
Korean cease-fire talks," Moody
asserted. The threat of inflation
is every bit as.great a danger to
our free way of life as the Red's
military force, he added.
"We are facing a decision
which will test the judgement
and fiber of the American people;
as it has not been tested in
years," Moody said.
Strong controls are now nec-
essary to protect the enterprise
system which made America the
greatest country in the world, he
emphasized. "No one likes con-
trols, but at a time when we are
finding it necessary to divert civil-
ian production into defense pro-
duction, a strong set of regu-
lations is needed to hold prices
down."
* *
"A CANNY, unscrupulous force
is trying to turn our free world
into a slave world," he said, and
Americans "can't afford to relax
and go to the ball game every
time things begin to look a little
better."
You can't sit down at the con-
ference table with a bully and
bargain if you are flabby, he told
his audience. He said that it was
necessary for us to change the
Communist's plan of world con-
quest and that the only way to do
this short of war was to make our-
selves -so strong that it will be-
come perfectly clear to the 13
men in the Kremlin that to attack
us would be personal and national
suicide.
He emphasized that Americans
must be prepared to spend from
38 billions to 50 billions dollars
a year for the next two years in
order to rearm. "If the law of
supply and demand means any-
thing, this situation will cause a
disastrous inflation followed by
a depression unless we instigate
strong controls." *
In an interview, Moody attacked
"die-hard reactionary inflation-
ists" who through advocating the
abolition of controls are acting to
destroy the enterprise system
which made America great and
made them wealthy. "A period of
booming inflation, followed by a
disastrous deflation would drive
our country into the very socialis-
tic, controlled society which these
\.# was mandatory under the law and
does not Indicate that a person is
guilty of misconduct or is a se-
.....curity risk.''
World News
Roundup
SENECA, Ill.-Three and pos-
sibly four men were reported
killed last night in an explosion
in the DuPont powder plant near
Seneca.
,* * *
WASHINGTON - President
Truman yesterday asked for a
prompt seven per cent general
pay raise for 2,000,000 govern-
ment workers but a Senate'com-
mittee went him one better and
okayed increases averaging 8.4
per cent and totalling some half
a billion dollars.
* * *
TEHRAN-Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh, moved yesterday to
raise money for Iran's depleted
treasury while awaiting the arriv-
al of W. Averell Harriman to dis-
SEN. BLAIR MOODY
* * *
physical medicine and rehabili-
tation in various communities
throughout the country."
In rehabilitation deficiencies, he
continued, prepare the patient
physically, mentally, socially and
vocationally for the fullest porsible
life compatable with his abilities
and disabilities.
Outlining the growth of phys-
ical medicine and rehabilitation,
he pointed out that there are 16
times as many training positions
open in the three centers in the
U. S. today than there were 11
years ago. However, there are
additional thousands of medical
and non-medical personnel still
needed.
The key to proper rehabilitation
of disabled persons is the provision
of proper motivation, Dr. Krusen
said. The secret of care of a pa-
tient is care "for" a patient.
The conference -will end today
with a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in
the Union, which will be devoted
to summary reports and a talk by
Clark Tibbits, former head of the
University's Institute for Human
Adjustment and now chairman of
the Federal Security Agency's
Committee on Aging and Geria-
trics.
* * 4
The nature of the security
charges against the two men
was not explained.
State Department press officer
Michael McDermott said the de-
partment has had no intention
of announcing the suspension ac-
tions, but did so because word had
circulated in town yesterday about
the incidents. It was therefore
decided to make a statement, he
said.
The statement began by saying
the State Department "confirmed
yesterday" the two suspensions
and "made it known" that the
actions had been taken on June 27
"as the result of recommendations
by the department's loyalty secur-
ity board that hearings be held
by the board on both cases.
THE GOVERNMENT'S loyalty
program was begun in March,
1947, by order of President Tru-
man. It provided for a check up
on the loyalty of all government
employees.
Last April, Mr. Truman ordered
a tightening up of standards. He
directed then that the standard
for removal from office "shall be
that, on all the evidence, thete is
a reasonable doubt as to the loyal-
ty of the person involved to the
government of the United States."
Previously, there had to be, for
dismissal, a finding of "reasonable
grounds" for belief the person was
disloyal.
Truman Hits
Controls Delay
WASHINGTON-(A')-President
Truman said yesterday Congress
will have to take the responsibility
if it fails to pass a strong economic
controls law to combat inflation.
Hitting out at the trend on Capi-
tol Hill to deny him the controls
powers he. asked, Mr. Truman told
his news conference he has made
all the appeals he thinks necessary
on the subject.
A little grimly, he said that when
count all of the factors in the
issue, especially since I am i-
formed they did not investigate
the living area outside the city
limits," Ald. Smith said.
However, he felt that part of
the Council's resolution had re-
quired Woods to decontrol rents
and asserted that a new vote would
not have to be taken.
ON THE OTHER side of the led-
ger, Ald. Arthur W. Bromage, lone
Republican of the trio which vot-
ed against the Council's move, re-
affirmed that he has "not seen
conclusive evidence that would jus-
tify decontrol. I voted in good con-
scieAce before and I'm still in the
same position.
Aid. Bromage, a professor in
the political science department,
said the Ann Arbor resolution
was unique in that it gave Woods
"voluntary" authority to remove
the controls and also contained
an apparently binding clause.
Under the decontrol law, city
councils may recommend that the
Housing Expeditor end rent lids,
reserving the power to reinstate
them. As an alternative, the muni-
cipal bodies may require lifting of
controls with no reimposition pov-
er given to the Expediter.
The Ann Arbor Council passed a
double-barreled proposal by an 11-
3 vote June 14 which contained
both alternatives.
ALD. SMITH, a professor in
the law school, justified the move
as a "safeguard." "In the first
place, we desired rent decontrol,
but, secondly, we wished to reserve
the power to reinstate controls in
case conditions warranted them in
the future.
He said Wood's action was pre-
sumably based upon the voluntary
rather than the "local option" part
of the resolution. "Woods' refusal
was perhaps'made on the assump-
tion that the Council might change
its mind," he added.
However, indications last night
were that the 11 Republican
majority still swamped the two
Democratic councilmen and Ad.
Bromage.
Inasmuch as the Council's reso-
lution reportedly has no precedent,
a dispute rages as to whether a
new vote will have to be taken on
the local option section. Ald. Smith
felt that unless the Council with-
draws its "request," Woods is ob-
ligated to remove the controls.
.THE WASHINGTON report came
from a spokesman for Woods who
said the Council would be notified
today it cannot decontrol rents.
Woods' offc said the results
of the government survey last
week found "housing needshave
not been met in Ann Arbor" and
dictated the decision. The letter
to the Councilis expected to in-
clude a detailed report of the
survey.
The decision to take the survey
was criticized by the Council last
month as "unnecessary." Mayor
William E. Brown, Jr., said at that
time that a short survey could not
adequately measure Ann Arbor's
housing needs.
The Council's resolution was
blasted after its passage by Wilson
H. White, chairman of the Wash-
tenaw Rent Advisory Board, be-
cause it embraced both alterna-
tives. White claimed the Council
failed to vote directly on the is-
sue.
Cinema Guild
Slates Coniedv
CHICAGO-(1P) - Steel-helmet-
ed National Guardsmen-rushed
in by trucks-used rifle butts last
night to drive back a mob that
smashed into police lines guarding
an apartment building in subur-
ban Cicero where a Negro family
has rented a flat.
Several persons were reported
injured in the clash.
The- guardsmen were ordered
into Cicero late yesterday by Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson to prevent riot-
ing in the apartment area.
A Cicero policeman was serious-
ly injured Wednesday when struck
by a brick.
Many windows in the 20-apart-
Judge Releases
Red Leaders
NEW YORK - () - Judge
Learned Hand yesterday freed 15
second string Communist leaders
from jail, reinstating the bail post-
ed forsthem by he Civil Rights
Congress.
It was a stunning blow to he
government.
Only yesterday, Federal Judge
Sylvester J. Ryan put the Reds
back behind bars by revoking the
bail and outlawing the congress
as a bondsman in the future.
U. S. Attorney Irving H. Saypol
called Judge Hand's reversal of
Judge Ryan "an outrageous thing."
But Judge Hand shut him up
in a hurry, snapping:
"My order is what I say. If
Judge Ryan chooses to ignore it,
that's something else. I have made
my order. I don't care to hear any
more."
EX-DAILY STAFFER:
ment building have been smashed
and furniture dumped out of the
windows.
* * *
THE GUARDSMEN arrived at
the apartment soon after the mob
rushed police lines.
Cicero policemen and sheriff's
police had used clubs to hold back
the crowd.
The guardsmen leaped from
their trucks and reinforced the
police lines and slowly forced back
the crowd.
Lt. Jack Johnson of the sher-
iff's police estimated a crowd of
4,000 had gathered when the
guardsmen arrived.
The crowds have demonstrated
for three nights in an effort to
prevent a Negro family from mov-
ing into the suburb,
** ~
VANDALS BROKE into several
apartments in the 20-apartment
building Wednesday. Windows
were smashed and police used
tear gas to drive back repeated
efforts of some mob members to
break through their lines.
Sheriff Babb told the Governor
yesterday that Harvey . Clark,
Jr., 29, a Negro bus driver for the
Chicago Transit Authority has
abandoned at *least temporarily,
his plan to move into the apart-
ment. His furniture was moved
in Tuesday night.
However, Clark's I a w y e r,
George C. Leighton said the bus
driver had not changed his mind
about moving in.
Other tenants in the building
have moved out temporarily. Some
have stored their furniture in the
basement.
There are no Negroes living in
Cicero, a community of 70,000.
BEFORE HALT-Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, senior Allied cease-
fire negotiator, preceded by Col. Andrew J. Kinney, U. S. Air
Force, walks from the meeting building in Kaesong after the
first session of cease-fire talks. The truce conference was broken
off because Reds refused to allow allied newsmen in Kaesong.
Latest reports indicate that correspondents have been told to be
ready for rip to the meeting area within an hour's notice.
Race Riot Erupts
In Chicago Suburb
Rosemary Owen Dies
In University Hospital
Rosemary Owen, '51, former
Daily Junior Editor, died yester-
day in the University's Simpson
Memorial Institute after a three-
month illness.
Miss Owen, known on campus as
"Wendy" was a member of The
Daily staff for two years. Previ-
ously she had been Sales Manager
of the Gargoyle and Secretary of
the Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
Miss Owen was affiliated with
Chi Omega sorority; Wvyern jun-
ior honorary society and Mortar-
board senior honorary.
She received her degree from the
Journalists
Alerted for
Trip to Area
UN Asks Recall
Of Armed Men
BULLETIN
SEOUL, Korea - (-A')-Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway today told
the Communists if they refused
to make the Kaesong area an
unarmed neutral zone 641 pro-
pose the conference site be
moved."
By The Associated Press
ABOARD THE PEACE TRAIN,
Twenty Allied correspondents to-
day were told to be ready to go, to
the Kaesong Korean War cease-
fire talks within one hour's notice.
United Nation's delegates to the
conference stood by awaiting an
answer from the Communists on
the delegates' demand that the
newsmen be admitted to Ka song.
IN THE MEANTIME the Army
radio broadcast a message from
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway In
Korea to Korean Red Gen. Nam
1 accusing the Communists of de-
laying and blocking armistice
talks.°
The- allied supreme comman-
der said the United Nations
delegation is prepared to resume ,
the negotiations in good faith.
Ridgway's message, read' over
the air by Brig. Gen. Frank Allen,
Public Information Officer, pro-
posed that Kaesong and the road
leading to it from the south be
cleared of all armed personnel and
also a circular area five miles in
radius from Kaesong.
Communist armed guards have
stood along the Munsan-Kaesong
road when the United Nations
delegation has moved down it.
RIDGWAY'S MESSAGE said
that radio telephone communica-
tions would, be kept open for the
Communist reply but if the Reds
wanted to send a liaison officer
with the reply he would be af-
forded safe passage.
Talks were broken off yesterday
by the United Nations when the
Communist armed guards refused
passage to a truck containing 20
Allied correspondents nine miles
from Kaesong. The correspond-
ents were enroute to the cease fire
talk area under the sponsorship'
of the U.N. delegation but they
were not to attend the meeting.
*
THE CHINESE REDS had ac-
cused the allies of using "bluff and.
-pressure tactics" and questioned
their good faith in the dispute
over the newsmen.
However, a broadcast in Eng-
lish from Peiping referred to
"temporary suspension" of the
talks, possibly signifying that
the Reds expected resumption.
The Red attitude was presented
in the form of a news report of a.
Chinese correspondent in Pyong-
yang, Korean Red capital.
The broadcast blamed suspen-j
sion of the talks on failure of the
allied delegation to arrive, and
said this was because "The Ameri-
cans have arbitrarily sent in 20
newsmen in addition to the regula;
delegation."
* * *
Allied Troops
ForgeAhead
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD-
QUARTERS, Korea - (A) -Com-
munists used every weapon at their
disposal yesterday in an effort to
halt advancing United Nations
forces southeast of Kumsong, Red
base on the east-central front.
Allied troops attacking enemy po-
sitions there were lightly engaged
at first, but soon met bitter resist-
ance. The battle raged on several
hours later.
Two Allied patrols in the former
iron triangle on the west-central
front were fir~d on by Chinese
Control
Suffers
Program
Setback
WASHINGTON - OP)-- T h e
House yesterday dealt two more
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