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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1955
FOUR PAGES
osts Stead
Vages Rise,
J.S. Reports
Mitchell Hails
Added Stability
WASHINGTON (P) - The gov-
iment reported yesterday living
sts remained steady in May
ie the worker's pay envelope
as fatter than- ever before.
Secretary of Labor, James Mit-
ell, announcing the new data
rsonally, said it reflects "a con-
cuing pattern of overall national
ability in retail prieds which has
pped paycheck - robbing infla-
)n.
Two Factors Present
"These two factors-record high
ke home pay for factory workers
.d stable prices for the goods and
rvices the worker and his family
ys, along with increasing job op-
rtunities and declining unem-
oyment-are concrete evidence
the strength of our economy.
ney mean continued prosperity
r workers and their families."
Mitchell reported that living
sts remained unchanged between
aril and May. The department's
nsumer's price index, reflecting
e living cost level, stayed at 114.2
r cent of the 1947-49 average.
Little Change
The index has varied only one
nth of one per cent in the past
K months. It has changed very
tle in two years, and Mitchell
id "its steadiness has rarely been
ualled before."
Meanwhile, the wage yield to
.e worker is going up,, both be-
use of longer working hours and
adually increasing pay rates. As
Ong as living costs stay the same,
ie added money buys additional
pods and services. If living costs
ivance as earnings increase, one
mcels out the other.
Mitchell said the average factory
orker's net spendable earnings-
s pay check after withholding
x deductions-rose by more than
dollar a week between April and
ay.
This was the steepest climb for
iat particular month since 1941.
Peace Hope Seen
In World Laws
Law Institute Hears Wehle Tell
Fancied Martian's Comments, Quips
A New York attorney told a group of lawyers yesterday just
how "confused" the United Nations would look to a Man from
Mars as a keeper of world order.
Louis B. Wehle told an amusing fantasy story to the Institute
for International Law at the University to highlight his views on
how effective the United Nations is in its present form.
Wehle said he was approached by "a pleasant, eager-faced
Marsman of middle age" while he was sitting in a park.
The Marsman immediately asked:
"I see that some of your islands and continents are thickly
inhabited :which means that there must be a tendency to disorder
and destriction. Have you methods for preventing this?"
Order Through Laws
Experts Vote
To Continue
Vaccinations
Scheele Supports
Polio Program
WASHINGTON (P)-A panel of
polio experts voted 8-2 yesterday
to recommend continuing the Salk
vaccination program this summer
despite criticism by a fewnscien-
tists that the vaccine is not safe
enough.
A few hours later the program
won another strong endorsement
from Surgeon General Leonard
Scheele.
Molotov
Accepts
Western
Plans
for
Big
Four.
Meet
Wehle said that nations had
World News
Roundup
By The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. - President
Dwight 'D. Eisenhower yesterday
picked New Hampshire - which
gave him an early lift toward the
White House in 1952-to suggest
teasingly that he might seek a
second term.
The suggestion-maybe serious,
maybe just in fun--touched off a
roar of applause and whoops of
approval in a police-estimated
crowd of 15,000 persons in State
House Plaza here.
* * *
FONTAINEBLEAU, France -
A mock war among allied air
forces in Western Europe opened
yesterday to test planners' theor-
ies about atomic combat. Some
3,000 planes will get into the act
during the. next six days in what.
the top air commander in Cen-
tral Europe calls the first big
scale test of aerial atomic strat-
egy.
WASHINGTON--Congress sped
to President Eisenhower yester-
day a bill raising the pay of 1,-
073,362 federal employes 7Y2 per
cent, retroactive to March 1.
The bill was, a compromise of
measures passed previously by the
Senate and the House. The Sen-
ate quickly approved the compro-
mise when it met at noon, and
the House followed'suit several
hours later.
re]ch Film
'Passion for Life," a French film
education, will be presented at
p.m. today in Auditorium A, An-
1 Hall.
[he film, with English subtitles,
s recently been purchased by the
liversity.
achieved internal order throught
laws-either autocratic Romant
law o rdemocratic Anglo-Ameri-
can law. But so far as interna-
tional order goes:E
"I am ashamed to say that we1
haven't got very fa'r on this. Al-
though most nations have up tor
date domestic laws, the majority
treasure in foreign relations a
quaint set of rules imposed by a
great imperialistic nation about
2,000/years ago.r
The Marsman listened atten-
tively though somewhat uncom-
fortably, Wehle said, while he de-t
scribed the structure of the UN.
Finally the Marsman interrupt-t
ed, "My mind reels before suchc
colossal confusion and suicidal
make-believe in an international1
arrangement for peace."
"Frustrations of Peace"
The Marsman, Wehle said, ask-j
ed if there was no hope-no groupt
of persons to explain "the frus-
trations of peace" to the people.
Wehle answered, "Be it as it
may that there may be a small
proportion of scholars, there is
hope in our professional law
schools."
"Our law schools," Wehle said,
"will, we hope, become an impor-
tant agency for transforming in-
ternational law into an adequate,
vital system of justice."
The Martian rose suddenly, and
said: "I long looked forward to
visiting your planet, but I have
already heard as much as I can
bear about its instincts, passions,
religions and, above all, its in-
ternational law.
"I prefer my own. If you can
ever get away from here, come up
and see me sometime."
In an earlier session of the
Institute, Prof. Philip C. Jessup
of Columbia University declared
that the teaching of internation-
al law needs "new blueprints" if
the next generation of lawyers is
to be adaquately trained.
Dean 9. Blythe Stason, of the
University Law School, who is di-
rector of the Fund for Peaceful
Atomic Development, will discuss
"The Challenge of the Atom To
International Legal Studies" with
Roy B. ;Snapp, District of Colum-
bia lawyer at a ;meeting open to
the public at 8 p.m. today in Rm.
100 Hutchins Hall.
Flash Fire!,
Breakfast patrons at Don's
Coffee Shop at 201 E. Liberty St.
were rudely interrupted at 11 a.m.
yesterday by billows of smoke.
Leaving their unfinished meals
on the counter, they hastily re-
treated to the sidewalk where they
watched three fire engines' con-
verge the smoke-filled restaurant.
The firemen quickly doused the
fire, which had started in a pan
of grease in the kitchen.
Unusual Vote
The dramatic, unusual vote was
taken at the request of the House
Commerce subcommittee at a pub-
lic hearing. It was not officially
binding upon anyone, but it could
swing a lot of weight with the pub-
lic.
Two days of testimony by the
medical panel, in a jampacked
committee room, came to an end
with these other highlights:
No Live Virus
1. Officials reported no live vi-
rus has been found in vaccine made
under newly revised safety stand-
ards, contrary to experience under
the old standards.
2. Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of
the vaccine now in use, said fre-
quent injections apparantely will
not be needed to keep up immuni-
ty. He suggested the eventual pat-
tern may be to give two or three
shots in the first year of life, an-
other the second year, and a boos-
ter at school age; and this may'
produce relatively long-range im-
munity.
Slight Hazard
3. Dr. Thomas M. Rigers of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research said shots should not be
given this summer to anyone with
polio in the family, or where a
child is suffering a mild illness
with symptoms such as fever, sore
throat or gastric or intestinal
troubles. Dr. Rivers said there is a
"slight hazard" that paralysis
could be provoked by vaccination
in such cases.
Favor "Weak' Strain
4. The panel voted unanimously
in favor of trying to get weaker
strains of polio virus into the vac-
cine as soon as possible.
On this point, Surgeon General
Scheele said ina statement after
the hearing that officials recog-
nize the need for a substitute for
the virulent virus now used in
making Salk vaccine, called the
Mahoney strain.
"When other strains having sat-
isfactory immunizing properties
are found, these should be substi-
tuted in lots then being manufac-
tured for use." Dr. Scheele added.
Salk Abstains
Dr. Salk, a panel member, elect-
ed not to vote on the question of
whether to halt the vaccination
program temporarily, until a "sa-
fer" vaccine can be developed or
at least until after the peak polio
season in late summer.
Most of the experts agree that
a youngster would have much less
chance of getting polio with the'
vaccine than without it.;
O'Connor Defends Vaccine
In St. Louis, Basil O'Connor,
head of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, strongly
defended the vaccine's safety and
attacked those who favor sus-
pending the inoculation program.
O'Connor said criticism of the
vaccine by Dr. Albert B. Sabin,
Cincinnati researcher and chief
spokesman for advocates of a halt
in the program, was "old stuff."
Hatcher Talk
At Meeting
St. Lawrence
Seaway Stressed
University President Harlan
Hatcher spoke yesterday in the
opening address of a two day con-
ference on the Great Lakes.
Speaking on the topic "Michi-
gan and The Great Lakes," Presi-
dent Hatcher traced the history
of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrencej
region from the early explorations
of the French to the present time.
He placed special emphasis on
the effects that the great natural
resources of Michigan, combined
with the low-cost water transpor-
tation of the Great Lakes, have
had on the economy of the Unit-
ed States.
Michigan 'Heart of Area'
"The region continguous to the
Great Lakes is the most import-
ant single region in the United
States and Michigan is the heart
of this area," President Hatcher
said.
Looking into the future of the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
system, President Hatcher stated
that it "can not help but improve
the economy of the Great Lakes
region."
An authority on the Great Lakes,;
President Hatcher has written sev-
eral books and articles on the sub-
ject. They include "Lake Erie,"E
"The Great Lakes" and "A Cen-
tury of Iron and Men".
Second speaker of the confer-
ence was General A. G. L. Mc-
Naughton, who presented a 50-
page history of the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
Speaking last night in Auditor-
ium A, Angell Hall, Gen. McNaugh-
ton, Chairman of the Canadian
Section of the International Joint
Commission, predicted that the
Seaway would be ready for opera-
tion by "late 1958 or early 1959."
Remarkable Opportunity
Discussing the "Significance of
the Seaway to the provinces and
States of the St. Lawrence-Great
Lakes Basin," Gen. McNaughton
called the Seaway a "remarkable
opportunity."
"It is to take us out from this
richly endowed and strongly held
base into new and ever-widening
activities in useful and remunera-
tive service abroad."
Listing the benefits the Seaway
will confer, he said it will provide
cheaper water transportation, pow-
er, protection and relief from
floods. It will open the St. Lawr-
ence to large lake fleets and the
lakes for ocean ship in the import-
export trade "benefiting all and
harming none."
Panel Today
Panel discussions on "Michigan
and the Great Lakes" will be held
today. Milton P. Adams of the
Michigan Water Resources Com-
mission will lead discussion on
"Water Quality and Water Usage
of the Great Lakes."
Prof. Stanley G. Fontana, dean
of the School of Natural Resources
will discuss "Conservation."
Indicates
j~uden t .Off~ered
Ru anian Trip.
By PAT ROELOFS
Last week L. H. Scott, '55, received a special delivery-air mail
letter from the Rumanian Institute for Cultural Relations inviting
him to be a guest of the Institute this summer. }
The message read, "This country pays in its entirety all traveling
expenses and accommodations of those invited here."
Scott immediately set to work applying for a passport to go to
Rumania, which is behind the Iron Curtain. Tentative approval of
Rumania, which is behind the Iron Curtain. Final word on whether
he will be allowed to be the Institute's guest is expected soon.
Exhibitions
The invitation is the result of Scott's two exhibitions of Eastern
folk and applied art, shown on the campus last fall and last spring.
Included in the exhibits were ceramics, folk costumes, folk and
- classical music on records and
-By Harding Williams
L: H. SCOTT . . . Off to Bucharest?
Red Position.
At Luncheon
Ike To Be Meet's
First Chairman
SAN FRANCISCO {P)--Russia's
V. M. Molotov was understood
yesterday to have accepted the
Western proposals for setting up,
next month's meeting of the Big
Four chiefs of government at
Geneva.
made his position known to Sec-
retary of State John Foster Dulles
during a luncheon at Molotov's
house in suburban Hillsborough.
No Talks Needed
Dulles asked him whether fur-
ther talks on the arrangement
would be necessary on a diplo-
matic level, as had been antici-
pated in the event no agreement
was reached in San Francisco.
Molotov replied that further dis-
cussions would not be necessary
before the July 18 meeting.
Informed quarters said Dulles
regarded this as final acceptance
of Western proposals placed be-
fore Molotov last Monday night at
a meeting of the Big Four for-
eign ministers.
These included:
1. That the main purpose of the
Geneva talks should be to de-
crease international tension and
find means for peaceful settle-
ment of outstanding problems.
2. The first o:cairman of the
summit talks would be President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, followed
by French Premier Edgar Faure,
British Prime Minister Sir An-
thony Eden- and Soviet Premier
Nikolai Bulganin in that order.
3. The talks would last from
four to six days.
4. They would be held at' the
Palais des Nations in Geneva and
would be serviced by the UN
secretariat.
AfterLunch, Discussion
Informed quarters said that
after the luncheon yesterday Dul-
les and Molotov had a private
talk, with only Molotov's inter-
preter present. It was understood
that the two diplomats for the
first time actually discussed sub-
stantive topics which were ex-
pected to come before the sum-
mit meetings.
GM Strike Not
Union Backed
Kau Speaks on Church,
per od
State Question in Edcation
By NANCY CASE
"Whether or not church and
school systems should be separated,
has given rise to many legal prob-;
lems in the United States during
the past few years," according to
Prof. Paul G. Kauper of the Uni-
versity Law School.
Opening a series of lectures on
"Religion and Education" at Lane
Hall yesterday, Prof. Kauper said
that "this has not always been"
the case."
States Left Unrestricted
When the Bill of Rights was
added to the Constitution, the first
Article stated that "Congress shall
make no law respecting an estab-
lishment of religion." However,
when this amendment was adopt-
ed, no thought was given to im-
posing its rule on the individual
states.
As an ilustration the professor
explained that it was not until
1840 that the Congregational
Church was taken from its posi-
tion as the state church in Mas-
sachusetts.
Religious De-Emphasis
Since that time Prof. Kauper
noted that a gradual de-emphasis
on religion has come about in the
public school system. He believes
that the reason for this is that.
such a variety of religions are now
being drawn into the schools.
Another problem which arises is
to what extent can state legisla-
tors and school boards go to finan-
cially aid parochial schools?
Supreme Court Ruling
In 1947 a case involving this
question reached the United
States Supreme Court. At that
time the Court held that the first
Article of the Bill of Rights ap-
plied not only to the federal gov-
ernment but also to the individu-
al states.
In reachina this decision the
boards have bought parochial
schools which have then been in-
corporated into the public school
system.
Against Dual Control
"But," Prof. Kauper explained,
"although the schools have techni-
cally become public, they remain
parochial in that religious instruc-
tion continues." Prof. Kauper con-
tended that this type of school
definitely violates the Constitu-
tion.
"There can not be both church
and state control in schools," Prof.
Kauper concluded. "Under our
Constitution no state can give
money for the training of religious
teachers, no church can be given
preference, nor can the states al-
low any practices which would be
coercion of any religious group."
Peron Tries
To Organize.
Governmentj
BUENOS AIRES ()-President
Juan Peron declared his firm in-
tention yesterday to remain head
of the Argentine government.
All 16 ministers in his cabinetj
resigned yesterday to permit him
to reorganize the government as{
he wishes, the press secretariat
announced.
Still The Boss
Many other developments of the
past two days demonstrated that
Peron is still Argentina's boss de-
spite rumors that the naval-air
revolt a week ago had shaken his
grip.
In a 14-minute radio address
to the nation, Peron told of his
determination to stay on.
"I would relinquish the govern-
ment if I were not convinced that
I have full public support," he
said.
Charges Navy Plot
He charged that the plot lead-
ing to the revolt was planned as
early as November 1954 by navy
chiefs with the aid of some mem-
bers of the Roman Catholic cler-
gy and some members of the
IDemocratic Union, the political
coalition that opposed him in the
1946 presidential election.
Faith in Peron Reaffirmed
The General Confederation of
Labor (CGT) and the men's and
women's Peronista parties-whose
memberships total in the millions
-have reaffirmed their unques-
tioning support of Peron.
This week there has been an
obvious softeniig in the govern-
ment's attitude toward the church
and its clergy.
Music Audtion
Positions in the University or-
chestra are now open to University
students and townspeople who
would like to play for a summer
books from Yugoslavia, Rumania,
Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and
the Chinese countries.
Exchange
The collection of foreign cultur-
al products began last year when
Scott wrote to art centers in the
European countries. In exchange
for the costumes and art works
sent him, he sent University stu-
dent publications and information
about University life. "The Euro-
peans love the Gargoyle" he re-
marked, having sent several cop-
ies to students in various coun-
tries.
Prize contribution from the Iron
Curtain countries has been a pair
of tall black Rumanian boots, a
regular part of Scott's streetware.
In addition to cultural works, he
has received Turkish cigars and
cigarettes from his foreign friends.
Although political propaganda
has accompanied many of the par-
cels sent Scott from Europe, he
has not displayed any of it at his
exhibitions.
Languages
Scott's interest in the arts and
crafts of Eastern Europe began
several years ago. when he began
studying foreign languages. A1
June graduate of the University,'
he majored in Russian literature
and language, and has also stu-
died Italian, Polish, French, Ger-
man and Old Church Slavonic.
A favorite passtime of Scott's is
writing messages to his friends
in Polish.
The Phi Beta Kappa member re-
cently was awarded a Woodrow
Wilson Fellowship to Harvard Uni-
versity, where he will enroll in the
fall to work for a doctorate in
Slavic languages and literature.
As a result of his interest in
foreign languages, Scott had 13
accents put on his American type-
writer so he could correspond with
Europeans in their native lan-
guages.
Expert
L. H., as he is known to his
friends, is an expert in general.
"He is an expert on migratory
bird songs," one friend declared.
"He plays a mean game of poker,
the phonograph, virginals and the
harpsichord," another observed.
He's a proficient Slavic folk
DOMESTIC COMEDY:
'Fourposter' To Open Saline Mill Theater Season
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Union officials at the General
Motors, Detroit Transmission Divi-
sion plant at Willow Run said yes-
terday a wildcat strike idling 8,800
workers was "not authorized or
supported by either the interna-
tional union or the local."
The strike was touched off Wed-
nesday night by 157 workers in the
grinding room, who threw up pick-
ets as the midnight shift reported
to work. The strike continued
through yesterday.
A company official said the
striking tool sharpeners weredis-
satisfied with wage increases ne-.
gotiated by GM and the UAW
(CIO) in their June 13 contract
settlement. Although they con-
sider themselves skilled workers,
they did not receive the additioial
eight cents an hour, that GM
tradesmen were granted.
The strikers insisted their work
as tool sharpeners is the same as
that done by approximately 30
"cutter grinders," a skilled classi-
fication, working in the same de-
partment.
Harold F. MacFarland, person-
nel director for the company, said
negotiations on the job classifica-
tion, specified to take place within
90 days by the new contract, were
to be conducted at a national lev-
el.
Although the plant is the sole
producer of Hydra-Matic trans-
mission for GM's Pontiac, Oldsmo-
bile and Cadillac divisions, cur-
rent supplies will be adequate for
some time, spokesmen said.
IL~T (' .
By MARGE PIERCY
Jan de Hartog's "The Fourposter" will open the Saline Mill
Theater's third season of summer play production at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday.
Scheduled for a two-week run, "The Fourposter" will star Ted
Heusel and Nancy Born. Heusel, permanent director of the Ann Ar-
bor Civic Theater, has appeared with the Arts Theater, Arbor Plays
and Drama Season. He will direct himself.
Miss Born has been a member of the Arts Theater, Arbor Play-
ers and has appeared in radio and television in Washington, D.C.
Following the tradition of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, who
introduced the play in 1951, Heusel and Miss Born are husband and
wife off stage as well as in the comedy.
Two Actors
The play takes place entirely within the bedroom of Agnes and
Michael, who are the only two performers. It covers 35 years of
domestic crises from the moment in 1890 when Michael carries his
bride across the threshhold until he carries her out again to make
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