( it Sit 43aU 4 bp :43 a t t AT. EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 2 Latest Deadline in the State FAIR AND WARMER VOL. LXII, No. 198 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1952 F FOUR PAGES Government Acts To Aid Four States Drought Cripples Southern Regions WASHINGTON-(R)-The gov- ernment took emergency action yesterday to relieve the effects of a drought which has burned up crops worth millions of dollars in at least a dozen states. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi were declared "dis- aster loan areas" by the Agricul- ture Department as adresult of the prolonged heat and lack of rain. * * * Not So Reluctant Now AEC Contracts New Atom Plant Westinghouse To Perfect Nuclear Power Plant for Naval Vessels WASHINGTON-(P)-The Atomic Energy Commission made a deal yesterday for development of an atomic power plant for "large naval vessels, such as aircraft carriers." The AEC said the job of trying to perfect a nuclear power plant for ocean-going giants has been assigned to the Westinghouse Elee- trio Corporation-the same firm which is already building an engine earmarked for installation in the Navy's projected atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus. THE CONTRACT for a "large vessel" power plant-coupled with TENNESSEE and large Missouri and Arkansas have been designated as areas. parts of already disaster GEORGE SALLADE READIES HIS CAMPAIGN AMMUNITION Sallade Discovers Backing Four Candidates Busy Work j4 By HARRY LUNN Politicking for four different candidates simultaneously can be pretty taxing work as local GOP politician George Wahr Sallade has found out. Sallade, well known on campus where he runs a bookstore, has been working for Republican can- didate Eisenhower, gubernatorial candidat Fred M. Alger, Jr., Sec- retary of State candidate Owen J. Cleary, and also City Council pre- sident candidate George Wahr Sallade. HE HAS served as county chair- man for the Eisenhower campaign and is currently county chairman for Alger. is job involves organi- zation of the city byprecincts and recruiting workers to mail out pu-licity for the candidate and contact their friends by phone. The workers are responsible for contacting the voters is World News Roundup their precincts and acquainting them with the candidate. Several months ago Sallade or- ganized a luncheon here for Alger, and two weeks before the GOP convention he took the candidate on a county tour to introduce him to voters. The Alger-for-Governor organization extends throughout the county. . ! * * . A UNIVERSITY graduate in po- litical science and former Daliy associate editor, Sallade has been active in Washtenaw County po- litics for several years. He served on the City Council and set a lo- cal record by winning his first race in the predominantly Demo- cratic fourth ward which had not elected a GOP candidate for more than 20 years. On the Council he became chairman of the Charter Revi- sion Committee and also served on the Traffic and Rent Con- trols Committees. At prese-nt he is the only announced candidate for the Council presidency. He will run for this post in the spring elections. Of more immediate concern is his candidacy for a seat in the county convention in the August 5 election. Serving as a delegate to the past three state conventions, Sallade will be working for Owen J. Cleary at the state GOP meeting in Grand Rapids on August 16. He is treasurer of the Cleary campaign for the party nomination for Sec- retary of State. At the moment Cleary is state Republican chair- man. Sallade endorses Eisenhower, Alger and senatorial candidate John Martin because he believes they can provide the new leader- ship for the party. "We need a militantly constructive approach to the other party," he concluded. Attlee Raps .Bevan over Government farm experts al- so were studying conditions in New England and in North and South Carolina, Louisiana, Vir- ginia and Florida to determine whether Federal help is needed. Gov. Paul A. Dever closed the tinder-dry woods in eight eastern Massachusetts counties yesterday as it appeared no appreciable rain was in sight. Rhode Island for- ests were closed Wednesday. FARMERS, in states designated as disaster areas will be able to borrow money from the Farmers Home Administration to buy such things as hay and livestock feed if they are unable to obtain credit from local private or cooperative sources. They also may obtain loans to finance production of their 1953 crops. In Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi, the Agriculture Department announced "pastures and hay crops have been virtually destroyed because of the drought. As a result, many farmers must buy feed for their livestock, and some farmers have started to make sharp reductions in their herds." Judge Denies Mistrial Move For 15 Reds NEW YORK - A) - Federal Judge Edward J. Dimock denied yesterday a motion for a mistrial made by counsel for 15 second- string Communist leaders. The defense asked a mistrial because of the publication of a long secret report by the FBI claiming documentary proof that the Communist party in the Unit- ed States "teaches and advocates the overthrow and destruction of the U. S. government by force and violence." The FBI report was released for publication by Senator Pat Mc- Carran (D-Nev), head of the Sen- ate Internal Security Committee. Defense counsel claimed that the FBI report-which repeats sub- stantially the words of the charge under which the Communists are being tried-had a prejudical ef- fect on the jury. When the motion for a mistrial was made Wednesday, Judge Dim- ock gave the Government until yesterday to answer the defense motion. RESTING UP-Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Democratic presidential candidate, poses with his two sons and his sister on the porch of the executive m ansion at Springfield, Ill. Left to right, Borden, 20; Mrs. Ernest Ives, the governor's hostess; Stevens on; and John Fell, 16, with the family pet, Artie. One Million DETROIT-A young man just out of college became the army's 1,000.000th draftee of the Korean War yesterday. Dark-haired Arthur Wein- feld, 23, former newsboy and son of an auto plant tool in- spector, got the distinction. The army made him "No. 1,- 000,000' ceremoniously. With 125 other rookies and Gov. G. Mennen Williams'look- ing on, Weinfeld, a Wayne Uni- versity graduate, was inducted at the Fort Wayne induction center. Ike Backers Show Plan DENVER-P)--Key backers of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower yes- terday asked the GOP Pregiden- tial nominee to approve a pro- gram aimed at winning ten mil- lion more voters than now are en- rolled as Republicans. The program was outlined to the General by Walter Williams, of Seattle, and Mrs. Oswald B. Lord, co-chairman of the National Citi- zens for Eisenhower committee which played a leading role in helping win the nomination for him. AFTER Eisenhower had receiv- ed and praised their proposed pro- gram, Paul G. Hoffman, another Eisenhower leader, told a news conference that to win in Novem- ber the General will have to mus- ter strong support from independ- ent voters and disgruntled Demo- crats. Hoffman expressed confidence that Eisenhower will be able to do that. The program to rally ten million more voters to Eisenhower's sup- port outlined by Williams and Mrs. Lord, calls for continuing the Citizens Committee and ex- panding its activities. Williams also declared it was "only fair to say" that the Dem- ocrats nominated a strong ticket last week in picking Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois as their Pres- idential candidate and Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama as his running mate. i By The Associated Press New Chairman .. . WASHINGTON-A Harvard lav professor took charge of the Ad- ministration's Wage Stabilization Program yesterday, determined tc "make it work" despite the fact that Congress has stripped his agency of all power to settle labor disputes. The flew chairman of the reor- ganized Wage Stabilization Board is Archibald Cox, a tall, 40-year- old lawyer with a crew haircut. * * * * , } Investigating . WASHINGTON - Senators Long (D-La.) and Morse (R- Ore) announced plans yesterday for an inspection of overseas air- bases aimed at saving taxpayers millions of dollars. Leaving here next Tuesday they will make an on-the-spot check of the network of U. S. airgbases being constructed on edges of the Iron Curtain. Tight-Lipped-.. . Senator Harry F. Byrd of Vir- ginia, long a power in Southern politics, refused to say yesterday whether he will throw his support to Democratic Gov. Adlai Steven- son or Republican Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Presidential campaign. New Record... PRESTWICK, Scotland-Two American helicopters made the first flying windmill crossing of the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and broke the non-stop distance record for this type of aircraft. Retrial .,. WASHINGTON-The court of Military Appeals yesterday order- ed a new trial for a 20-year-old New Jersey soldier who wastcourt martialled and sentenced to 10 years at hard labor for allegedly sleepiig on sentry duty at the Korean War front. To Enroll Here Summer Session Choir To Hold Concert Today By JOYCE FICKIES The Summer Session Choir, under the direction of Harold Decker, guest lecturer in the music school, will present a concert at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. The choir will sing representative works of various periods, including four contemporary compositions, a European folk song and an Easter cantata. THE CONCERT will begin with the choir singing Norman Lock- wood's "Three Psalms." Following will be "Ave Maria" by Jean Mou- Truce Talks Still Drag BULLETIN MUNSAN, Korea-(R)-Allied staff officers today accepted several Communist - proposed changes in the wording of a proposed Korean armistice, but an agreement was no nearer on the key prisoner exchange issue blocking a truce. A UN command spokesman said "some progress' was made toward an agreement on armis- tice -clauses already approved tentatively by top negotiators. The spokesman added, "the ba- sic problem (prisoner exchange) remains unsettled." By The Associated Press MUNSAN, Korea-Allied and Communist staff officers, after haggling five days over the word- ing of a Korean armistice, appear- ed no closer today to any discus- sion of the basic problems block- ing a truce. MEANWHILE-Allied troops in a bloody bayonet attack early to- day drove the Chinese Commun- ists off the crest of Old Baldy on the western Korean front. U. N. troops recaptured the muddy crest of the strategic western front hill just ten days after a Chinese battalion drove them off. An army spokesman said about 200 Communists were knocked off the crest in seven-hours of fight- ing, which at times was hand to hand. > ton, "Be Glad Then America" by William Billings and a Czechoslo- vakian folk song, "Waters Ripple and Flow," arranged by Deems Taylor. After this they will sing "Shepherd's Song (Terli, Ter- low)" by Melville Smith. It will feature an oboe obligato, which will be played by Prof. Theodore E. Heger, of the music school. Norman Dello Joio's "The Blue- bird" and "Jubilant Song" will conclude the first part of the con- cert. "Jubilant Song," a choral work based on a poem by Walt Whitman,. depicts the jubilance of youth and its striving to include all mankind. After the intermission the choir will sing Bach's Cantata No. 4 "Christ Lay in Death's Dark Pris- on," often called the "Easter Can- tata." The choir will be accom- panied, in authentic Bach style, by a harpsichord and a 16-piece string and brass orchestra. There will be no solo parts in the num- bers; all parts scored for soloists will be sung by entire sections of the choir. The 63-voice choir is made up of teachers here for the summer session, many of them choral di- rectors themselves, plus many reg- ular students. Itsbdirector, Har- old Decker, has been Professor and Head of Voice and Choral De- partments at the University of Wichita, Kansas, since 1944. Millard To Seek Renomination LANSING-(M-Attorney Gen- eral Frank G. Millard of Flint yes- terday said he would be a candi- date for renomination on the Re- publican ticket at the GOP State Convention. the fact that the Navy has gone Auto Output To Resume Next Week By The Associated Press The auto industry's big three producers -- General Motors, Chrysler and Ford - yesterday announced plans for resuming production after the costly steel strike. Back-to-work calls went out to thousands of employes of the big companies effective Monday. For others, however, the idleness will continue for almost a month. * * * ON THE HEELS of call-backs by General Motors and Ford, Chrysler announced late yesterday that it will re-open its foundries next week and hopes to have 55,- 000 employes-the bulk of its per- sonnel--back in its factories dur- ing the following week so that car and civilian truck assemblies in Detroit can begin by that week's end. Assembly operations wt Evans- ville, ind., are not scheduled to resume until the week of Aug. 18 and at Los Angeles and San Leandro, Calif., the reopening is set for the week of Aug. 25. The foundries are at Detroit and Kokomo, Ind. Production of Dodge militaryvehicles is scheduled to resume the week of Aug. 11. Earlier in the day Ford an- nounced that its 15 Ford division assembly plants across the nation will resume five-day operations next week, affecting 22,000 em- ployes. Lincoln - Mercury opera- tions also will be stepped up at that time, but truck production will be halted riext week and the manufacture of bazooka rockets for the Army cannot be resumed yet. ahead with building the Nautilus Ueven before its projected engine has been tested - immediately prompted speculation that the Commission conside's the basic problems solved and n engine as- sured. ' The AEC declined to amplify its terse, two-paragraph an- nouncement except to say, in answer to question, . that a "large" naval vessel would in- clude "anything bigger than a destroyer." Observers have speculated that 100,000 mile cruises at high speed and without refueling would be duck soup for a battlewagon or a commercial liner powered by atomic uranium, a pound of which could generate as much power as 1500 tons of coal or 200,000 gal- lons of fuel oil. HOW MUCH atomic fuel would be required for a battlewagon's atomic power plant-and how much speed would be attained by such a craft-has never been in- dicated by the AEC. But President Truman in his speech at the keel-laying of the submarine Nautilus in June, said the atomic sub would be able to cruise underwater at "more than 20 knots." Presumably then, the planners of atomic power for big craft must have their sights set on some lick- ety-split speed for atdmic surface craft. Meanwhile earlier yesterday the AEC in its 12th semi-annual re- port to Congress disclosed that precious uranium ore will soon be coming from South Africa, Aus- tralia and perhaps Canada and new sources in the United States. . The report also disclosed sub- stantial progress in developing im- proved atomic weapons during the past six months. The report also noted research accomplishments offering hope for the development of a powerful medicine with which to treat peo- ple severely exposed to atomic radiation. *l PolicySecrets LONDON - (A) -The festering quarrel between British Social- ism's two strong men broke into the open again yesterday when former Prime Minister Clement Attlee rapped left-wing labor leader Aneurin Bevan for discuss- ing cabinet secrets in public. Attlee complained to the House of Commons in a personal state- ment that Bevan, during Wednes- day's economic debate, alluding to policy matters which had been secretly discussed when both were members of the labor cabinet. * * * AMID LOUD cheers from Prime Minister Churchill's Conserva- tives, Attlee said: "there is a well established rule inhibiting mem- bers of a government from reveal- ing what passes either in cabinet or in confidential discussions." Bevan, who was not in Parlia- ment when Attlee spoke, later announced he will answer his one-time boss tomorrow. The fresh row was an echo of the clash which resulted in Bev- an's quitting Attlee's cabinet in CONTROVERSIAL AMENDMENT: Arguments on Amusement Tax Pro pos 'FLYING WHATZITS': Lone Student's Nightly Vigi1 Rewarded by 'Saucer' Viewr By MIKE WOLFF The recent outbreak. of "flying saucer" and "whatzits" reports which has alerted civil defense and Air Force authorities has also had its effect on Emil Machado, Grad. For the past three nights he has maintained a lonely vigil at his rooming house window in an attempt to judge for himself the ver- acity of the reports. HIS PERSISTENCE was finally rewarded Wednesday night when a "bluish-white light with a long tail" scooted rapidly across the sky <>and disappeared in the west be- fore he even had a chance to sum- mon his roommate to watch the phenomenon. " According to Machado, the al A ireobject was moving silently and al A iredat a great height. Although it looked like a star it was not as * * bright, he said. He did not be- lteve it was a "shooting star" since it appeared to be traveling, business, the athletic association, straight overhead in a definite yesterday said they were against path unlike any falling star he the grounds that it was "unfair" had ever seen. The incident also recalled to his minde anievent that had taken from the City Council came fromaminhan hventh ndn ailed the levy a "nuisance tax." place in his home town in Cuba two months ago. vor of the original charter amend- MACHADO described how many April, that represented the people's people; including some of his cou- sins, had seen a round orange ob e budget this year," Creal said, ject moving slowlyacross the late tax eveue. amnot n fvor afternoon sky. They had been in- ax revenue. I am not in favor clined to attribute it to a balloon, s time," he said. however. vie business' contention that the And he isn't the only person lorris of the Butterfield Theaters, on the campus talking about * * * * For the Tax.. . City officials in favor of a charter amendment enabling Ann Arbor to levy a ten per cent amusement tax feel that it is necessary both because of a need for additional revenue and as a means of getting "flexibility" in the budget. Chairman of the City Budget Committee John S. Dobson pointed :ut that the present property tax is "inflexible and overworked" and does not apply to many people who use city facilities. C"> The Background .. One of the biggest controver- sies on the up-coming August 5 ballot is the proposed charter amendment empowering the city to levy a ten per cent amuse- ment tax. Defeated by a large majority in the April election, the amendment has been revised to fix a definite limit on the amusement tax. It now gives the city power to "levy and collect a specific excise tax of not more than ten per cent upon the es- tablished price of admissions, which amount to 26 cents or * * * 4> * * . Against the Tax... Representatives of the movie the theater and the student body the amusement levy proposal on t and probably unconstitutional.. And a lone voice of opposition its president, Cecil O. Creal, who c CREAL SAID he had been in fa ment; but when it was defeated in 1 choice in the matter. "When the city balanced the "we saw no need for additional 1 of any additional taxation at this Strongly standing by the moy tax would be "unfair," Walter J. N CITING THE NEED for more city funds, Ald. Dodson said that the amusement tax revenues were necessary for completion of another fire department and additional sanitary services. He said that 192 other United States cities have used such a tax. Though he saw no doubt of the constitutionality of the tax, Ald. Dobson said he personally doubted that it could apply to most University functions.