ALSOP BROTHERS See Page 2 Latest Deadline in the State A& 44 bhrp :43 a t I CLOUDY AND WARM CLOUDY AND WARM VOL. LXII, No. 201 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1952 FOUR PAGES FOUR PAGES ARBORWA USE E T T va Aff iA OTED DO * * * * * * - s - - lger,PotterHead GOP Ticket, - - * * $ It' - * - Meader Wins . Hands Down In GOP Race DeVine, Okborn Get County Jobs By HARRY LUNN Incumbent Republican Con- gressman George Meader pulled into a runaway lead early this morning in, his one-sided renomi- nation fight in Washtenaw County. With approximately 20 of the county's 55 precincts reporting, Meader had 7047 votes compared 'with 1033 for Norman Sulier and 853 for Arthur Lopshire in the GOP primary. On the Democratic side, Univer- sity law professor John Dawson rolled up 1960 votes out of these F precincts. He had no opposition for the nomination. * * - THE BALANCE of reported pre- cincts were those in which voting machines had been used. Through- out the rest of the county, officials were working into the early morn- ing hours on the tedious job of hand-counting the record smash- ing vote. In Washtenaw County the GOP nomination is virtually tantamount to election, and seve eral Republican contests devel- oped into sharp pre-primary battles. In the GOP race for countY prosecutor, Edmond F. DeVine took a commanding lead in a field of four contendors. DeVine, a Univer- sity law professor and chief assist- ant to incumbent prosecutor Doug- las Reading led with 2889 votes as The Daily went to press. Following behind him were Leo- nard Young with 1278 votes, John Rae with 1065 and William F. Ag- er, Jr. with 899. Louis Andrews was ahead in the Democratic col- umn with 967 votes, while his only opponent, Aaron Priebe, had 235. INCUMBENT sheriff John L. Osborn held his own in the GOP election fight garnering 3799 tal- lies against 2138 for his opponent Robert W. Winnick. Though these are incomplete returns, Osborn ap- pears to hold a comfortable lead. Lawrence Oltersdorf, the only Democrat running for the sher- iff's job piled up 996 votes on incomplete returns. >- Other county races had only one candidate running for each party, but in every case the Republican candidate was chalking up bigger totals. In the contest for state senator from this district, Republican can- didate George N. Higgins led his opponent Richard D. Kuhn by a vote of 3124 to 2029 on incom- plete returns. Running all by him- self on the Democratic side was Leonard D. Bennett who had rack- ed up 1837 votes at latest count. There was no contest for state legislator from either the Ann Ar- bor or Ypsilanti districts, as each party had only one candidate in the field in each case. -Daily-Jack Bergstrom LOCAL CAR DEALER IN COOPERATION WITH LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTE TAKES CITIZEN MRS. JOSEPH MARREY TO POLLS Reds Convicted in California Sen. Moody Wins Easy Nomination Huge Vote Cast In State Contests DETROIT-Reports of voting in Michigan's summer primary in some 20 per cent of the 4,458 pre- cincts today showed Fred M. Al- ger Jr. forging farther ahead in the bitterly-contested race for the Republican gubernatorial nomi- nation. Congressman Charles E. Potter took an even more convincing lead in the Republican race for nomi- nation to the senate. THE SCRAMBLE for the GOP nomination for lieutenant-gover- nor was still anybody's race. Alger was showing strength in the early returns in every sec- tion of the state, polling 86,- 060 votes in 974 precincts. Lieut. Gov. William C. Vanden- berg was dropping a little far- ther behind, counting 59,760 votes. He was leading only moderately in his home Ottawa county, and was trailing in most other western Michigan counties where he had hoped for his greatest strength. Former State Police Commis- sioner Donald S. Leonard was run- ning third at 47,061. POTTER, strong in his northern congressional district, was getting surprisingly good votes in Wayne and other southeastern counties. His total in 931 precincts stood at 84,755. This was nearing a two to one majority over Auditor General John B. Martin Jr., who was showing real strength only in his home Kent county., His cur- rent total is 25,581. Dr. Eugene C. Keyes had picked up 19,234 votes and Clifford E. Prevost 1,910. STATE SENATOR Clarence A. Reid of Detroit just led the race for the Republican lieutenant gov- ernor nomination with 21,868 in 371 precincts. George Welsh, former Grnd Rapids mayor, stood at 21,398 votes David E. Young, former state rep- resentative, at 18,414 and Harry Henderson, former Liquor Com- missioner, 15,278. SENATOR Blair Moody was far in front for the Democratic nom- ination to succeed himself. He had 21,390 votes from 289 pre- cincts to 4,421 for Louis C. Schwinger. Governor Williams, unopposed for renomination by the Demo- crats had polled 23,433 confi- dence votes in 178 precincts. Michigan voters turned out in what appeared to be recard-break- ing numbers for their hot weather primary. Tolstoy Lecture At EightTonight "Tolstoy, the Man, and His Fam- ily" will be the topic of a lecture by his granddaughter, Marie Tol- stoy, visiting instructor in Rus- sian, at 8 p.m. tonight in Rackham Assembly Hall. Ing results on amusement tax -Daily-Jack Bergstrom GOP POWWOW - Mayor Brown points to early returns for George Meader as State Chairman Owen J. Cleary looks on. * *" * * Can11didates, Wooing Both Negro andMDixie Voters By The Associated Press Behind the scenes in both political camps, tense jockeying went forward as Stevenson and Eisenhower forces sought to woo the tra- ditionally Democratic "Solid South" without offending advocates of civil rights legislation. Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, the Democratic Presidential nominee, conferred for 90 minutes with Mississippi's Gov. Hugh White, and White later told newsmen he was sure Stevenson would "solidify the South" wherever he appears in the forthcom- ing campaign. White refused to say, however, whether he thought Stevenson would get the support of Virginia, South Carolina and Louisiana. Ward 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 I, S Precinct 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 TOTALS the defeated amendment. Yes No 155 449 139 325 216 380 294 495 257 463 361 409 95 261 98 418 154 225 202 364 279 320 146 482- 237 382 305 384 373 370 3311 5727 price f* -- - - Two-to-One Vote Ousts Amendment Brown Sees No Third Attempt By VIRGINIA VOSS Ann Arbor voters downed the city's ten per cent amusement tax proposal for the second time this year by a nearly two to one defeat in local elections yesterday. If passed, the charter amend- ment would have given the city power to "levy and collect a speci- fic excise tax of not more than ten per cent upon the established The following figures indi- cate precinct-by-precinct vote LOS ANGELES-(ft--Fourteen California Communist leaders were convicted yesterday on a federal indictment charging that they conspired to teach and advocate overthrowing the government by force and violence. They are in jail pending a hear- ing at 11 a.m. today on a defense motion urging U. S. Judge William C. Mathes to reverse the unani- mous verdict of the jury of eight women and four men. THE JURORS had the case un- der deliberation from Thursday afternoon until late yesterday. Their verdict against each de- fendant was unanimous. The trial has lasted six months, compared with nine months required to try and con- vict 11 top Communists in New York in 1949. 'The charges are virtually identical, the maximumj penalties being five years in prison, $10,000 fine, or both. Thirteen of the California de- dfendants have been at liberty under $5,000 and $10,000 bond. The 14th, Mrs. Oleta O'Connor Yates, 43, San Francisco, North- ern California party secretary, was jailed June 26 by Judge Mathes for contempt of court for refusing to answer questions about other persons suspected of being Communists. * * * IN ADDITION to Mrs. Yates, the defendants are: William Schneiderman, 46, San Francisco, former state par- ty chairman accused by the FBI of being the party's acting na- tional chief when he was ar- rested last August. 'MET' CONDUCTOR: Opera Should Be Given In English, Blatt Says Philip M. Connelly, 48; Dorothy Rosenblum Healy, 37; Henry Stein- berg, 39; Mrs. Rose Chernin Kus- nitz, 49; Frank Carlson, 40; Frank E. Spector, 56, and Ben Dobbs, 41, all of Los Angeles. Mrs. Loretta Starvus Stack, 40; Al Richmond, 39; Ernest Otto Fox, 47, Carl Rude Lambert, 55, all of San Francisco; and Albert Jason Lima, 45, Oakland. Originally there was a 15th de- fendant, Mary Bernadette Doyle. She became ill early in the trial and may be tried later. World News Roundup By The Associated Press Farouk's Property .. . CAIRO, Egypt-Egypt's reform government list night seized the properties of exiled Ex-King Fa- rouk, valued in some estimates at more than two billion dollars. The cabinet appointed a two-man board to administer them. It is generally believed that the properties will be distributed by the government as part of a vast new land reform program now under consideration by Premier Aly Maher and his cabinet. Ike's Speech . . LOS ANGELES-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower declared last night that the earnings of the people must be protected from "a double toll of high prices and high taxes." In a speech billed in advance as non-political, Eisenhower also touched on the civil rights issue with a pledge to make "America's promise of equality a living fact for every American." Addressing the annual encamp- ment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Los Angeles, Eisenhower set forth a 10-point program aim- ed at lasting peace, honesty in gov- ernment and loyalty in federal service. * * * City Asked To Annex Outer 'U' Property The University Monday night formally asked the city to annex four parcels of land, including the new North Campus area and the University Golf Course. The two other parcels are the Botanical Gardens just south of E. Stadium Blvd., and property known as the James Inglis estate fronting on Highland Rd. A total of 455 acres is involved. EDWARD A. Cummiskey, Uni- versity attorney, submitted the petition in letter form to the City Council Monday night. The Coun- cil referred the matter to its or- dinance committee. Annexation of the sites would facilitate extension of city sew- age and water facilities to the property. Cumminsky cited a state law which holds that land owned by the state can be annexed by a ma- jority vote of the city concerned and approval of the township, without regard to whether the property in question is occupied. There are residents in both the Botanical Gardens and the Inglis property. The projected use of the latter site has never been officially disclosed. WHITE SAID Stevenson is "all right" on FEPC-creation of a fed- eral Fair Employment Practices Commission-if Stevenson's views have been published correctly. Stevenson has said he thinks the states should handle the problem of job discrimination, with the federal government stepping in only if the states fail to handle the job. The Illinois governor moved to tighten his Southern lines still furthes by arranging conferences today with two of his unsuccess- ful rivals for the Democratic nom- ination-Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia and Sen. Estes Ke- fauver of Tennessee. IN DENVER, conjecture arose that Eisenhower might be shift- ing ground somewhat on the issue' after a group of Republican Negro leaders visited the general Mon- day and later endorsed his can- didacy. As viewed in some quarters, that might sound as though Eisenhower had given the Ne- gro leaders cause for-hope in their struggle to put civil rights under control of the federal governmentinstead of the states. In past statements, Eisenhower has said the handling of civil rights should be left mainly to the states. to 26 cents or more" on movies, concerts, plays, dances and other amusements. COMMENTING on the defeat, Mayor William O. Brown said last night he would not attempt topt the issue on the ballot again in a revised form. But last week, a city alderman remarked that the Council had "worked hard" on the amend- ment and would get it put to a vote again if it were defeated this time. The amusement tax proposal went on yesterday's ballot against strong opposition from the local Butterfield Theaters, Inc., The theater-chain claimed that since voters had defeated the proposal in the April 7 election, it could not legally be placed on the ballot again. THE CITY contended that the proposal had been sufficiently changed by fixing a specific limit on the tax to warrant its being placed on the ballot. Two other city charter amend. ments were passed by Ann Ar- bor voters yesterday. Under the first amendment, the salary of the municipal judge will be in- creased from $6,000 to $8,000. Local voters also voted in an amendment allowing the city Clerk 48 hours, instead of 24, to present minutes of City Council proceedings to the Mayor. Cavender Gets Appointment To Band Post George R. Cavender, director of instrumental music in the Yysi- lanti public schools, is the new assistant director of the University Bands. His appointment to the band post and as instructor of wind instruments in the School of Mu- sic was announced yesterday. LAVENDER WILL replace Jack' Lee who resigned to become asso- ciate professor and director of bands at the University of Arizona in Tuscon. As Assistant director of bands, Cavender will work with Prof. William D. Revelli in drilling the Marching Band and will be conductor of the Varsity Band. While in the Ypsilanti schools, he helped develop the Boys' Marching Band into one of the leading high school units of the state. The Girl's Drum and Bugle fmr. in m il n inr- l 'h nr Late Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Louis 5, Detroit 1 Cleveland 6-3, Chicago 0-6 Philadelphia 5, Boston 3 New York 3, Washington 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 4, Chicago 0 New York 7, Brooklyn 6 St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 3 (12 innings) Philadelphia at Boston, Rain Political Panel Set forTodav i t \\ l 1 yA L f 1 f t s e c s By JOYCE FICKIES Opera must be presented in English in order to be widely ap- preciated in this country, accord- ing to Joseph Blatt, assistant con- ductor of the Metropolitan Opera Company and guest lecturer in the School of Music. Since the libretto of an opera is of equal importance with the music, both must be understood by the audience, he said. If it is not made understandable by per- forming it in a language famil- iar to the audience, opera becomes "snobbish and not a real art form." BLATT IS currently directing the speech department - music school production of the "Merry Wives of Windsor," to be present- ed tomorrow, Friday and Satur- day evenings at Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre. Before coming to campus in June, the conductor toured with SINCE THEN Blatt has conduc- ;ed operas in Germany, France, Italy and England, as well as in America. He has been guest con- ductor of most of the majorcor- chestras in the nation. He has al- so taught at Vassar and other schools in Vienna and New York, for a short time directing the Vi- enna Conservatory of Music. College students are entirely capable of presenting good op- eras, according to Blatt. "Un- der expert direction they can do a very good job." The quiet, friendly conductor emphasized that he was "deeply impressed and amazed" at the material to be found at the Uni- versity. The School of Music it- self, he said, is superior to allbut the professional schools of music in the nation, with regard to sup- plying the student with a com- plete musical education. FROM GBS TO OGDEN NASH: 1952-53 Lecture Course Announced * * * * "3 Fourteen celebrities highlighted by the Drama Quartette are in- cluded in the 1952-53 Lecture Course announced by the Univer- :>,, sity Oratorical Association. a The series opens Oct. 15 with Drew Pearson, noted news com- mentator and syndicated colum- nist, speaking on the latest de- velopments behind the scenes in the national canital under the I