CONVENTION IMPRESSIONS See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State :43 at t ;A CLOUDY AND COOL VOL. LXII, No. 181 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1952 SIX PAGES Number Please? I DELEG TIO I SPUT E SL TED FORCO TIO FLOOR TOD y C. * * * * li FIGURES GALORE-To locate the phone numbers and address- es of scarce summer session coeds, John Messer, '52, advocates the use of his "little tan book" which will go on sale today for fifty cents. * * * * Campus Summer Directory To Reveal Vital Statistics John Messer, '52, announced yesterday that he has decided to share his "little tan book," which contains so valuable statistics on 4 the more than 2,000 women on campus. His book, the summer student directory, will go on sale today at a price of 50 cents-"the lowest price in summer directory history," Messer said. It contains the home and local address of every student registered ' in the summer session. Besides, the directory will include a complete list of visiting faculty members, their departments, and their home 'schools, he explained. A convenient run down of league, houses, dorms, fraternities, Sand sororities will also be in- Pennsylvania May Support Eisenhower Early Roll Call Shows Opinion CHICAGO -()- The secretary of Pennsylvania's 70-vote delega- tion to the Republican National Convention said last night he be- lieves the Keystone State will cast 55 votes for Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower when the convention roll is called. The statement by Samuel S. Lewis was the first public an- nouncement by a responsible member of the delegation on what Pennsylvania will do. LEWIS SAID it was his own estimate, based on the roll call vote of the delegation Monday. Pennsylvania cast 57 votes to re- ject a Taft-sponsored amendment to the convention rules then, with 13 votes favoring the change. Lewis long has been close to Gov. John S. Fine, who only a short time earlier had been re- ported still delaying announce- ment of his own choice for the nomination. In Detroit, Free Press publisher John S. Knight. said last night, "It's all over but the voting." * * * "GEN. DWIGHT D. Eisenhower will be the next Republican nom- inee for President, with Senator Richard Nixon of California as his probable running mate," Knight said. "The 658 to 548 defeat hand- ed the backers of Sen. Robert A. Taft on the first test of conven- tion strength was a severe set- back for 'Mr. Republican,'" he continued. "Taft's strategists were never too happy over the prospect of an open struggle on the convention floor and made several unsuccess- ful attempts to reach a compro- mise. "THESE EFFORTS were rebuff- ed by Eisenhower's campaign man- ager, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, who knew he had a first-rate issue that would appeal to the American sense of fair play. "The lagging of the Eisen- hower campaign in recent weeks needed just such a stimulant and the turn to 'Ike' became ap- parent as public indignation was aroused over the Texas 'steal.' "For the most part, those repre- senting Taft are getting old, with not many years of active party service remaining. "Eisenhower's followers are strikingly young by contrast. They are also better speakers and mar- shal their arguments much nmore effectively. "The change is not coming, it is here." Secret Peace Talks Continue 6 i At Panmunj om By Th' Associated Press Korean truce teams went to # Mnmunjom yesterday for their sixth straight secret session. The meeting was scheduled for 9 p.m. (Ann Arbor time). * * * THE ALLIES entered into the executive sessions July 4 in hopes that some face-saving formula might be worked out on the cru- cial prisoner exchange issue- major obstacle to an armistice. Such a formula probably would provide for the return of all military prisoners--as de- manded by the Reds-but only after changing the status of 4 anti-Communist prisoners held by the Allies, perhaps to provide for their release as political refugees. In Norway, Trygvie Lie, United Nations Secretary General, said yesterday he hoped for a solution of the Korean truce negotiations "by the end of July or the begin- ning of August." * * * THE TWO delegations have shown "a certain positive willing- ness to reach an agreement on the deadlocked questions, he said, and he "hoped without certainty" that a successful conclusion might be reached within a month. Meanwhile, Allied tanks and infantry raided Chinese Com- munist position on the east- central Korean front early yes- terday and at daybreak were holding the area firmly. On the central' front, southeast of Kumsong, 14 Communist tanks supported by probing attacks on the United Nations line during the night. The Eighth army re- ported the Reds broke off the ac- tion but "remained in the area." It was the heaviest concentration of Red armor seen in a month. aX Inj uneton Still Pendng cluded. The "little tan book" will be on sale from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on the diag. While Messer holds forth at that central campus location other salesmen will be stationed in the Engine Arch, the Union, and in front of Angell Hall. Copies of the directory will also be avail- able in local bookstores. Messer has worked with Milt Goestz to get this year's directory out in record time. "Campus life social is due for a rapid acceleration with the release of this little sun tanned treasure of summer hope, he said, as he practiced his sales talk, City-Considers Annexations The City of Ann Arbor is con- sidering annexations of the new North Campus property, the site of the Veterans Administration hospital, the University golf course and the University botanical gar- dens. City Planning director, R. C. Eastman, has suggested that Ann Arbor annex VA property "if and when" the developing North Cam- pus site is annexed. City Alder- man Arthur Gallup told the City Council Monday that annexation of the golf course was under con- sideration. The proposed annexations would provide the city with land for de- velopment near the rapidly ex- panding Huron River areas Bad Year WASHINGTON - (P) - The nation's marriage rate appar- ently dipped last year to the lowest point since 1938, the public health service reported yesterday. And the divorce rate for 1951 was estimated to be the lowest since 1941. The 1951 marriage rate of 10.4 per thousand population was 37 per cent below the rec- ord set in 1946. and 6 per cent down from 1950. There were 1,594,900 marriages estimated for 1951, a reduction of 72,300' from the 1950 total. In 1951 there were 2.4 di- vorces granted for every 1,000 persons, compared with 2.5 in 1950. Since 1946, when a rec- ord was set, the divorce rate has dropped 44 per cent. It was estimated there were 371,000 divorces in 1951, compared with 385,100 in 195. P .er an 's Resignation A pp roved WASHINGTON-() -Solicitor General Philip Perlman, who un- successfully pressed President Tru- man's claim for power to seize the steel industry in an historic Supreme Court test, resigned from government service yesterday. Announcing the resignation, President Truman said he accept- ed it with "sincere regret" and wished Perlman success on his re- turn to private law practice. * * * WIDELY recognized as one of the top trial lawyers in the coun- try, Perlman personally handled 61 government cases in the Supreme Court during his five- year term and won 48 of them. Among his victories were cases establishing the vaidity of an anti-Communist oath for un- ion leaders and contempt action against leading Reds. Obviously aware that he is leav- ing at a time when the Justice Department has been under heavy fire, Perlman emphasized in his letter of resignation that the work of his office has been carried en without pressure from any quar- ter "and without criticism." NOW 62 years old, he is the fourth high Justice Department official to quit since James P. M- Granery took over as Attorney General on May 27 frliowing the ouster of J. Howard McGrath. The earlier resignations involved H. Graham Morison, head of the anti-trust division; Harold I. Baynton, head of the Alien Prop- erty Office, and William A. Un- derhill, chief of the Lands Divi- sion. Poet-Historian Will Lecture Here Today Peter Viereck, historian and Pulitzer Prize winning poet, will present the fifth lecture of the summer series "Modern Views of Man and Society" at 4:15 p.m. today in the Rackham Lecture Hall. He will speak on "Europe's Rev- olution in Values: Roots of To- talitarianism, 1871-1952." * * * VIERECK will read and discuss selections of his poetry in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Bldg. at 8 p.m. today. A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard, he received both the Garrison Medal for best verse and the Bowdoin Medal for best Georgia Delegation CHICAGO-()-A solidly pro-Taft delegation of 17 from Geor. gia got the nod from the G.O.P. Credentials Committee yesterday, but Eisenhower forces squared away to try to toss it out of the convention today. The convention credentials committee, with backers of Sen. Rob- ert A. Taft in the majority, handed down a 30 to 21 decision to seat the delegation. Unnumbered Americans saw the proceedings by television. MANAGERS for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower filed immediate notice that they would appeal to the 1,206 delegates today. * * > The convention credentials com- LAST STAND Convention Schedule Following is the Convention schedule for Wednesday and Thurs- day morning: WEDNESDAY-11:30 A.M. Address by Gov. John Fine, of Pennsylvania. Address of Mrs. Gilford Mayes, of Idaho, assistant chairman of the National Committee. Address by Herbert B. Warburton, of Delaware, chairman of the Young Republicans' National Federation. Address by Patrick J. Hurley, Republican nominee for United States senator from New Mexico. Address by Senator Joseph It. McCarthy, of Wisconsin. Report of the Committee on Resolutions. WEDNESDAY-8:30 P.M. Address by Rep. Katharine St. George, of New York. Address by Rep. Walter H. Judd, of Minnesota. Address by Senator Harry P. Cain, of Washington. Roll call of states for nomination for President of the United States. Nominations for President of the United States. Roll call of states for selection of a nominee for President of the United States. Hoover Seeks 'Rattlesnake' Preparation CHICAGO-(P)-Herbert Hoov- er, in a farewell address to the Republican legions he once head- ed, last night labelled as largely a "phantom" the European army until recently commanded by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. In a major address to the Re- publican National Convention, he warned the United States to look to its aerial strength and be ready; to strike back like a "rattlesnake" at any Communist aggression. * * * THE ONLY living ex-President, in a 4,500 word prepared address, raked the Democrats with hot fire, accusing them of throwing away the fruits of victory in World War II. Hoover dramatically referred to his age-he is 77-and told the assembled delegates that in "the inexorable course of na- ture, this is likely to be the last time I shall attend your con- ventions. * * * HITTING AT the concept of building up large land armies in Europe, Hoover declared that aside from American and British divisions, the European Army is largely a myth because the conti- nent's will to defend itself is weak. "I'm not ashamed to say," he declared, "that our first duty is to defend the United States. "I do not propose that we re- treat into our shell like a turtle. I do propose the deadly reprisal strategy of a rattlesnake." Western Hemisphere." Hoover did not mention by name either of the two leading con- tenders for the Party Presidential nomination which he won twice. But the theme of his speech, devoted in large part to foreign policy, was much closer to the ex- pressed views of Taft than to those of Eisenhower. I e* * * , * , , M THURSDAY-11:30 A.M. Address by Mrs. Gladys E. Heinrich Knowles, Republican National Committeewoman for Montana.I Address by Rep. Albert P. Morano, of Connecticut. Roll call of states for nominations for vice president of the United States. Nominations for vice president. Roll call of states for selection of a nominee for vice president. Election of National Committee and announcement of meeting for organization. PRIVILEGES RESTORED: Jackson Prison Returns To Normal After SundayRiot mittee, with backers of Sen. Rob- ert A. Taft in the majority, hand- ed down a 30 to 21 decision to seat the delegation. Unnumbered Americans saw the proceedings by television. MANAGERS for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower filed immediate notice that they would appeal to- the 1,206 delegates today. Similar appeals shaped up in the contests over pro-Taft slates in Louisiana and Texas. The credentials committee de- cision followed that of the GOP National Committee, which had voted last week to seat tempor- arily a Georgia Delegation favor- able to Taft. Unlike the National Committee's deliberations, those of the credentials committee were thrown open to radio and tele- vision coverage. Voting was in public session, ABOVE THE smoke of this new scorching round in the Taft-Eis- enhower battle for disputed con- vention votes, Republican candi- dates and orators raised frantic cries for party harmony that so far has been little in evidence in their 25th party meeting. The convention itself dropped behind schedule, marking time with speeches and fol-de-rol. There was nothing else to do while waiting for Eisenhower and Taft forces to tangle in the crucial floor scrap over delegate contests today. The Convention Committee was sitting in judgment on those con- tests today, but making slow head- way through disputes involving seven states and 93 delegates. Its report, the signal for eruption of the big showdown on the floor, won't be ready until sometime to- day. * * s THE CONVENTION hit still an- other snag last night as platform drafters failed to bring Northern and Southern forces together on a civil rights platform. This raised the prospect of a fight over the issue on the convention floor. Sen. Eugene D. Millikin of Colorado, chairman of the con- vention's resolutions committee, conferred for nearly two hours with leaders in the struggle over a plank, and then announced that no agreement had been reached. The majority of a resolutions subcommittee on civil rights is in- sisting on a plank calling for a federal agency with powers to hold hearings and summon witnesses- but not mete out punishment- on 'alleged discrimination in the hiring and firing of Negroes and other racial groups. The majority favoring such a plank hails from the North and West. A Southern minority of the sub- committee wants to leave the ra- cial problem to the states, but in- dicated it would accept a federal agency without power to call wit- nesses and hold hearings. It would limit the commission to "concil- iatory" measures. Millikin said the issue will be tossed into the lap of the full 106-member resolutions committee this morning. It will be asked to write a plank. JACKSON- (A) -Things were pretty much back to normal at Southern Michigan Prison yester- day after Sunday's short-lived out- break, the second in three months. "We're back to normal again," said Warden Julian N. Frisbie. "The prison industries operated yesterday. Inmates' privileges were restored. * * * FRISBIE SAID screening of all inmates had been completed, and troublemakers removed from Cell Block 9, scene of the latest out- break. They have been transferred elsewhere in the prison. Inmates confined to Cell Block 15, the disciplinary quarters which was headquarters of the April 20-24 riot, became restless Monday afternoon and caused some damage to the cells, largely to toilets. Frisbie placed the blame on "perennial trouble- makers." Officials said there were no res- ignations by guards following Sun- day's outbreak. A number of guards resigned after the April riot. * * * TWO GUARDS were seized in the Sunday rioting but were re- leased unharmed. Twelve extra squads of Mich- igan State Police, rushed to the prison Sunday night, began dis- persing yesterday. Four squads, totaling 57 troopers, will remain at the big institution. The Sunday rioting was staged by 140 convicts of two tiers of cell block 9. They captured two guards and held them as hostages to enforce their demands that din- ing room, yard and magazine priv- ileges be restored to them. MICHIGAN DELEGATION: Rivalry Rises Between Ilse and Taft Leaders . .. rattlesnake policy" CHICAGO - (P) - Tension mounted yesterday between the still undeclared Taft and Eisen- hower blocs in the Michigan dele- gation to the Repuoi,.an National Convention. The politically-amnateur leaders of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the delegat'on showed signs of ne:- vousness as the mote experienced tional manager, asked for signed commitmEnts from 12 of the 46 Michigan delegates. He got a promise of 13, some said, but not all of them signed on the dotted line. , Sen. G. Elwood Bonine of Van- dalia, a Taft leader, said he had the "personal -pledge" of 12 votes, but he was reported to have told GOP CONVENTION GOSSIP: Dirksen Seen ,as Compromise Choice (Editor's Notes Mike Scherer, '54, former Daily assistant night editor, is an honorllry assistant sergeant at KEYNOTE speaker Gen. Doug- las MacArthur looms as the ponu- definitely against a military man as president.