mr. mccartiy again See Page 2 YI rL Latest Deadline in the State :43 aft]y AGAIN! ..... LXV, No. 32S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1955 Dixon Story Gets Perjury Check Kefauver Sees 'Glaring Conflicts' In Dixon Subcommittee Testimony WASHINGTON (A)-Edgar H. Dixson's story of negotiations leading up to the Dixon-Yates contract was referred to the Justice Department yesterday for a check on whether he has opened himself to a perjury charge. Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) said there were glaring conflicts" in testimony Dixon gave before a Senate subcommittee investigating the controversial private power contract, now ordered canceled by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Daniel James, Dixon's attorney, told Sen. Kefauver he resented any implication that the utility magnate had not told a straight story. "His testimony has been consistent Housing . Over I Bill Pa lies Pr( t4 -Daily-Sam Ching MUSICAL JOURNEYERS-George Dutter, student manager of the University Men's Glee Club, and Prof. Philip A. Duey, club conductor, discuss remembered experiences from the club's tour of Europe. The tour began with a command. performance at The Hague for Netherlands' Queen Juliana. Duey, utter Recall Glee Club ravels By MARGE PIERC-' The University Men's Glee Club tour of Europe this summer met with enthusiastic receptions and keener interest than in the States, both Prof. Philip A. Duey and student manager George Dutter agreed yesterday. Prof. Duey called this enthusiasm, particularly from college-age Europeans, "A very good sign." An American information officer in Germany told the Club that they were doing more valuable work than diplomats. The main purpose o fthe tour, Prof. Duey said, was intercultural utler' Calls ralbott Act 'Unethical' WASHINGTON (R)-Democrat- ic National Chairman Paul M. Butler yesterday pounced on Har- old E. Talbott's resignation as sec- retary of the air force as "a case of unpunished unethical conduct." He accused President Dwight D. Eisenhower of sidestepping an "unpleasant responsibility" with his "friendly acceptance" Monday night of Talbott's offer to step aside. Butler's acidly phrased state- ment came out after several Re- publican senators expressed doubt the affair could be kept burning as a political issue next year. Case Just About Closed As for the senate investigations subcommittee's search into Tal- bott's outside business interests, Chairman J. L. McClellan (D- Ark.) indicated the case was just about closed. Sen. McClellan told newsmen the subcommittee would "have an announcement within a day or two," but added: "There is no im- mediate probability that any fur- ther hearings will be held in the Talbott matter." The subcommittee had been pri- marily concerned with Talbott's partnership in the New York man- agement engineering firm of Paul B. Mulliigan and Co., a connection which earned him $132,032 in the 21 years he served as air secre- tary. Acknowledges Mistakes Testifying before the Senate group, Talbott had acknowledged some mistakes of judgment but denied steadfastly using his office to promote business for the Mulli- gan company. In resigning, he told the President he remained "clear in my mind and conscience" that his activities had been within the bounds of ethics. EXperts View State Future Experts in several fields - in- cluding utilities, engineering, soci- ology, and natural resources - cast an eye toward the future - yesterday in a University of Michi- gan panel discussion and evolved a picture of "Michigan, 2000 A.D." Chairman of the panel was Jus- tin R. Whiting, chairman of the exchange. Most American chorale ;roups make the mistake of sing- ing European music to Europeans. "They not only can sing their own music better than we could, but they're interested in hearing Am- erican music." Prof. Duey pointed to the im- mense success of the touring com- pany of Gershwin' "Porgy and Bess" last year as another example of the European popularity of American music. "One of the things about the Club that amazed them was that 4merican students groups could organize such a highly trained musical group, approaching pro- cessional standards, and that we'd pay our own way to sing for Euro- ;eans." Each of the 40 men on the tour paid $200 toward ex- penses. Europeans have nothing corres- ponding to the glee club, Prof. Duey and Dutter explained. "They have singing societies for serious :horal music, and in lighter mo- ments they sing loud, raucous, beer-hall type of songs, but they have nothing between," Duey, elaborated. The Men's Glee Club spent 31 days on the continent, starting off with a command performance at The Hague for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Their itinerary included France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany. The group met their most en- thusiastic audiences in Germany md Austria. Both Prof. Duey and Dutter agreed the most valuable experiences for both the group and the Europeans were the informal neetings where they could get ac- quainted on an individual basis. "It was a tremendous experi- mnce," he remarked, "getting to see Europe in a clearer light than we ever could with an average ourist trip. We'd never have got- en to talk to students so inti- nately." throughout," James said. On motion of Sen. William Lager (R-N.D.), however, the sub- committee voted to refer the tran- scropt to the Justice Department for study. Conflicts in Testimony Sen. Kefauver, who heads the inquiry group, said there were con- flicts in the testimony Dixon gave before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the subcommittee, particularly with the reference to the activities of Adolphe H. Wen- zell, a key figure in the probe. As president of Middle South Utilities, Inc., Dixon was one of the principal promoters of a plan to build a 107 million dollar pri- vate power plan at West Mem- phis, Ark., under federal auspices. Wenzell was a Budget Bureau consultant at the same time he was serving as a vice president of the First Boston Corp., a New York financial house which'klater became fiscal agent for the Dixon- Yates interests on the contract. Senators have suggested that Wenzell's dual role during the negotiations might have violated the conflict of interests statute. They have also accused the ad- ministration of covering up Wen- zell's role, although President Eisenhower has said it was a per- fectly proper one. Must Prove Wrongdoing With the Dixon-Yates contract now out the window, the comp- troller general's office has ad- vised Sen. Kefauver's subcommittee that the government can escape liability for cancellation only if it can prove there was wrongdoing. Frank H. Weitzel, assistant comptroller general, said in a long opinion on the case that "ques- tions of possible conflict of inter- est and public policy" have been raised at the Senate hearings. "Without attempting to suggest the particular course of adminis- trative action in such circumstan- ces," Weitzel wrote, "We believe there should be considered appro- priate means to protect the inter- ests of the United States should it develop that the government is entitled to relief from liability on the ground of public policy." The Atomic Energy Commission made the original contract with Dixon-Yates. Goodbye! NEW ULM, Minn. OP) - Ma- sons walked off a house build- ing job yesterday because it was too hot. Contractor George Arndt got a thermometer for four car- penters who remained with him on the job. Itshowed 97 in the shade. Arndt placed it inside the partially finished house. With- in a half hour the mercury climbed to 120 degrees and the thermometer popped. Arndt and the carpenters went home. U.S .-China Conferees Begin Recess GENEVA (P)-The United States and Communist China talked almost an hour yesterday about the release of civilians to their respective countries, then decided on a 48-hour recess. From the United States view- point, the next big item in the conversations here, aimed at eas- ingfi tensions in the Far East, is the release of 40 American civil- ians. Eleven American fliers are already o4\ their way to freedom. Red China's Ambassador Wang Ping-nan announced Monday at his first meeting with United States Ambassador U. Alexis John- son the release of the fliers. That gave a promising outlook to the conference. Break in Talks The break in the talks was not regarded as usual. It was consider- ed likely both sides had found it necessary to consult their gov- ernments on proposals regarding the return of the American civil- ians detained in Red China and Chinese nationals in the United States. Dag Hammarskjold, secretary general of the United Nations ar- rived in Geneva late yesterday from Sweden where he has been vacationing. He said he probably would see both the ambassadors during a week's stay for the open- ing of the U. N. conference here on the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Hammarskjold said the Red Chinese decision to release the fliers was a "fine example of how international cooperation in the right spirit can yield solutions to delicate problems." Hopes for Solution The secretary general, who vis- ited Peiping early this year in an effort to bring about their release, said he was hopeful the meeting here would bring about the solu- tion of other problems at issue. United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles disclosed in Washington yesterday that John- son also will make inquiries about more than 400 American soldiers missing without a trace as a re- sult of the war in Korea. Sec. Dulles said Johnson had brought a list of these servicemen to Geneva with him. Although hope that many of the men are alive is slight, Johnson will seek what information is available from the Chinese Communists. Sec. Dulles clamped down on obvious efforts by Wang to open up the talks for a wide discussion of point at issue between the United States and Red China. Stella Osborn, widow of former Michigan governor Chase S. Os- born, reported on the hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the Resolu- tion for an Atlantic Exploratory Convention at the League yester- day. Speaking to the University Chapter of the Atlantic Union Committee, Mrs. Osborn, state chairman of the Committee, told how she and others testified in favor of the resolution. The resolution, now before both houses of Congress, asks that President Dwight D. Eisenhower invite the democracies of NATO ad other democracies to a conven- tion where they were "to explore and to report to what extent their people might further unite within the framework of .the United Na- tio,ns, and agree to form, federally or otherwise, a defense, economic and political union.'F Testimony in Favor Mrs. Osborn reported that among the witnesses who testified in favor of the resolution at the committee hearings were Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), Elmo Roper, public opinion analyst, Dr. Harold M. Urey, Nobel Prize win- ner for his work on the atom bomb and Garrett Norton, former as- sistant secretary of state. Sen. Kefauver presented sup- porting statements from Gen. Protests Initiate Outburst, Strike BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (R') -A ' wave of protests over the death of a Communist doctor dur- ing police grilling brought an out- break of student demonstrations and a national strike of doctors and dentists yesterday. No injuries or arrests were re- ported in early accounts of the student demonstrations in Ros ario, Mendoza and Parana. George C. Marshall, the father of the Schumann Plan, and the for- eign ministers of Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands. Against the resolution were representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, For America and the Wheel of Pro- gress. The University chapter yester- day passed a resolution of appre- ciation to Senator Walter F. George (D-Ga.) for his interest in arranging the hearings and to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for his "constructive sug- gestions for the amendment of the resolution." "Less Official Auspices" Sec. Dulles, in a letter read at the hearings, suggested the con- vention asked by the resolution be held "under less official aus- pices" than by Presidential re- quest. He added "it would be inappropriate for the President or the Congress to stipulate to other countries how their dele- gates be named." Referring to the resolution's specification that delegations to BUTTONS BOOM IKE IN 1956-Sen. Karl E. Mundt (South Dakota), Rep. Leslie Arends (Illi- nois), and Sen. George N. Bender (Ohio), left to right, flash big "Ike in '56" buttons as they at- tend a Republican breakfast with the President at Washington, D.C. ATLANTIC RESOLUTION: Mrs. Osborn Reports on Hearings an Atlantic Exploratory Conven- tion "include members of their principal political parties," Sec. Dulles said;'"I call attention to the fact that the largest single political party in France is the Communist Party." In her testimony at the hear- ings, Mrs. Osborn said, "The sup- posed monolithic opposition of patriotic organizations ishan illu- sion. It is only the psychological effect of the illusion that is dan- gerous. Many members of these organizations throughout the country and in Congress are lead- ing supporters of the Exploratory' Convention. "In the past few weeks I have talked to 63 Congressmen with war service records and only seven said they were opposed to explora- tion with out NATO partners, and some of the seven may yet be induced to change their minds." The Atlantic Union Committee is a national organization which sponsors the resolution. No further action on the resolution is possible in the presently ending session of Congress. FOUR PAGES ssed )tests Plan Allows For 45,000 Special Units Martin Calls Bill Basically Wrong WASHINGTON () - Eleventh- hour objections raised by the White House yesterday failed to prevent Congress from stamping its final OK on the compromise housing bill, with its provision for 45,000 public housing units in tke next year. Final action came on a roll call vote of 187-168 in the House. The White House objections to language in the bill - some of it inserted by members of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's own party --brought talk yesterday morning that the President might veto the bill and call Congress into special session in the fall to pass another one. But by afternoon any such prospect had largely evaporated. Represent Compromise The 45,000 public housing units represented a compromise. The president had asked 70,000 over a two-year period but when the bill was originally before the House Republicans teamed up with Southern Democrats to knock out all public housing. When the compromise version passed the Senate Monday, there was no word of White House ob- jections. But yesterday morning Repub- lican leaders of Congress visited the White House, and said after- ward that the bill was unsatis- factory to the President and that he "intimated" a special session might be necessary if a satisfactory one was not passed. 'Administrative \Wrong' Rep. G. Martin, Jr., (R-Mass.), minority leader, called the bill "administratively wrong." When reporters asked what was wrong with it, Presidential Press Secre- tary James C. Hagerty, broke in to mention~ provision for insurance of trailer camps, and federal money for such local projects as sewers and police and fire departments. Sen. John A. Sparkman (D-Ala.) commented that Congress had "ex- pressed its will very firmly three times" on the loans for community- projects. Sen. Sparkman told reporters that any complain about the sec- tion on trailer parks ought to be taken up with the Republicans who originated it. Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R- Ind.), who sponsored the trailer provision, had no comment on the administration objection. PatrolsD eep Special Vigil HONG KONG () - British patrols kept special watch on the border yesterday night to welcome 11 American airmen, being freed by Red China, if they show up before their scheduled arrival to- morrow. Peiping announced Monday the airmen - crew of a B29 Super- fortress shot down Jan. 12, 1953, on what U. S. officials called a routine leaflet-dropping mission over North Korea - are expected to reach Hong Kong tomorrow. But officials of this British crown colony believe the group, sentenced last November to prison terms ranging up to 10 years on a charge of spying, may arrive earlier. May Emerge Today In any event Hong Kong is hours ahead of central standard time and news of the men's tain may reach the United States today, United States time. In Washington the United States Air Force announced the men will be flown direct to the West Coast after a stay of two or three days in the Philippines. World News Roundup By The Associated Press Voting Race . JACKSON, Miss. - Four candi- dates for governor of Mississippi stepped off neck and neck in early, scattered returns in the democratic primary election yes- terday. Voters braved cloudy skies and rain to take their choice among five candidates who all promised to keep Negroes out of white schools. A record vote was indicated for the Democratic- primary. Long ballots mean a trend in the gover- I New Ways of Beating the Heat' nor's race may not be established until today. Russians Race . . COPENHAGEN, Denumark - Soviet Russia intends to beat the United States in launching the earth's first unmanned satellite. That was the word brought from Moscow yesterday by two leading Russian scientists, here to attend the sixth International As- tronautical Congress. Free Vaccine . WASHINGTON (P)- Congress late yesterday authorized the use of federal money to provide Salk polio vaccine to needy children. Rep. J. P. Priest (D-Tenn.) said it would allow free shots to "about five million additional persons" by next Feb. 15. * * * No Force . . . WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said yes- terday Red China should issue a declaration renouncing the use of force. That, he said, would pave the way for further negotiations with the United States. Sec. 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