WHY PAY MONEY? See Page 2 C I 4c Latest Deadline in the State :4a iij +o0 FAIR AND WARMER VnTTR2 AGE Ft ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1955 r v un rnuxiciia *jsa V V O_ -- ---- - I SAULT STE. MARIE LOCKS-As seen from the air, part of the 100-year old Sault Ste. Marie' Locks. A 10 week celebration of the century old lock system begins this week. He said the Labor Department's' efforts due to begin next month, were aimed "toward that day when our country gives full and free employment opportunity to all on the basis of ability alone and is rewarded by finding it has tapped its richest vein of talent, skill, experience and devotion. He spoke to more than 600 per- sons attending the eighth annual Conference on Aging, a four day event ending tomorrow. The six points are: 1. An analysis of the work rec- ord of older workers with regard to performance, attitude, productivi- ty and other items. "Business men are not going to hire older workers for sentimental reascns, they want to be shown that it is good business to do so," he said. He added that other surveys already have shown that older workers generally are more dependable and have less absenteeism than youiger per- sons. "We are hoping we cani make this study of such scope and au- thority it will carry real convic- tion," Larson explained. Pension Rates 2. To find out just how much of a "roadblock" is the problem of pension rates for older workers, and just how this barrier may be gotten around. 3. An analysis of what success unions and employers have had in their efforts to deal with age dif- ficulties in employment. Part of this would be an analysis of some 5,000 collective bargaining con- tracts to see what measures have been adopted dealing with the subject of age in employment. Management's Opinion 4. To find out what management really thinks and does about hir- ing, retention and laying off of older workers, and the real rea- sons for these practices. 5. An improvement and exten- sion of individualized placement services through the facilities of affiliated state employment serv- ices. 6. An effort to tap the vast re- sources of mature women to meet some of the most pressing job shortages facing us today." In an afternoon session of the conference, James Stern, staff Summer field Talk Begins Festival SAULT STE. MARIE,AMich. (W) -.Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield toured the Soo Locks yesterday and said it made him "even more aware of the area's importance to the entire free world." Summerfield, here for the open- ing of the 10-week Soo Locks cen- tennial celebration, went aboard the Coast Guard cutter Mesquite to inspect the Great Lakes ship- ping waterway that links lakes Superior and Huron. In an address officially starting the festival, Summerfield hinted that President Eisenhower may seek a second term in 1956. Summerfield spoke, at a lunch- eon for 400 Michigan and Cana- dian civic leaders after attending the first sale of the Soo centen- nial commemorative stamps. Memberships Full time male students may ob- tain Union membership cards at the main desk of the Union at any time this week by presenting their cashier's receipt to the desk clerk. The following week will be high- lighted by a tentative visit from the Prime Minister of Canada, Louis St. Laurent on July 23. St. Laurent is expected to review a mammoth Canadian Parade - on the Michigan side of the Soo-hon- oring the centennial. All of the Upper Peninsula, along with state, federal, and in- dustrial organizationsare cooper- ating with the city of Sault Ste. Marie in putting on the celebra- tion. Among them are the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway As- sociation, Michigan Tourist Coun- cil, tle University of Michigan, the Lake Carriers Association, the Henry Ford Museum and Green field Villiage, the Michigan Hotel Association, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Associ- ation of Travel Organizations, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Capital Air- lines. Notice The General Library and all branch libraries will be closed from Saturday until Tuesday. Books from divisional li- braries, the graduate reading rooms and study halls may cir- culate over the weekend. be- ginning at 3 p.m. Friday. Parliament Hits German Arms Plan Deputies Reject Adenauer 'Law' BONN, Germany (A) - Parlia- ment struck a sharp blow last night against Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's efforts to put the first West German soldiers into uniform this summer. After heated debate, the Bun- destag (lower house) sent back to committee Adenauer's proposal to call up volunteers now for the pro- posed 500,000-man armed forces. The "Volunteer's Law" came un- der bitter attack by deputies of all parties, including Adenauer's own Christian Democrats. Under its rules, the Bundestag could have either rejected the bill or sent it back to committees for further study before the decisive second and third readings. Adenauer Set Back Despite the fact that it went back to committee, the mounting opposition and demands for changes spelled a setback for Ade- nauer's plan and could postpone for months the start of West Ger- man rearmament. Party leaders said they would offer a new plan but the big ques- tion was whether the legislators can prepare and pass a new bill be- fore they adjourn. Parliament starts its summer recess July 18. Adenauer is anxious to start re- arming quickly. He feels the West Germans must show the free world-- and the Russians - that they intend to rebuild the Ger- man army before the Big Four Summit conference in Geneva next month. Adenauer's plan would give the government temporary power to call up volunteers until passage of permanent legislation to establish an army. Members of Parliament said they approved rearmament in principle, but they charged the Chancellor's bill contained no guarantees of civilian control over the military and could lead to a resurgence of German militarism. Controls Demanded They demanded extensive con- trols to assure that the new army can never become a "state within a state," as the old German army was once called. The Adenauer government has agreed to raise a 500,000-ma force to strengthen Western defenses in Europe against Soviet Russia. This would include a 12-division army Anouilh Play Opens Today What is a relatively easy way of tearing up a million dollars, anc how is it possible to imitate the sound and sparkle of fireworks i a limited area? These are two of the problem which have confronted the pro men at work on the productior of "Ring Round the Moon," the speech department play which wil open at 8 p.m. this evening at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Fortunately the answers to these troublesome questions have beer found. The frenzied actor who tears ul the French francs in the fina scene of the three act comedy i in reality demolishing bills whicl have been constructed from tissue. thin paper. The fireworks will b simulated with the aid of flash lights. Directed by William Halstead o the speech department, "Rinm Round the Moon," is a Christophe Fry adaptation of a work b: French playwright Anouilh. Tickets for the production, whic] will be presented through Satur day, July 2 are still on sale at th Lydia Mendelssohn boxoffice. ISA To Sponsor All-Campus Picnic In order to promote friendshi among American and foreign stu dents ,the University's Interna tional Students Association i sponsoring an all-campus picni GMSt Steel Steel Strike Seriously Threatened Impasse Comes I n Wage Talks By The Associated Press Clifford S. Hood, president of U.S. Steel Corp., said in Pittsburgh last night "a wholly unnecessary strike of the American steel in- dustry that would have damaging effects on the country's presently flourishing economy is seriously threatened." Hood's statement came after day-long meetings with the CIO United Steelworkers had failed to break the impasse in deadlocked wage talks. A strike is threatened for mid- night tomorrow. The union met with pace-set- ting U.S. Steel and the other five major producers which make up 'the industry's "Big Six." Refuse Additional Boost U.S. Steel has refused to in- crease its original wage boost which it says amounts to slightly more than 10 cents an hour. Steelworkers now average $2.32 hourly. Hood said his company had been forced to "begin preparations for a walkout of its production and 'maintenance employes at mid- night tomorrow because the Unit-. ed Steelworkers of America has refused to accept the corporation's offer of substantial increases in the wages of its steelworkers, at a time when hourly wages and weekly earnings are at an all time high." Hood Statement rike -Daily-Tom McLean ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING-Streamlined de- sign, an all glass, diagonally placed entrance and the latest in office equipment spark the recently completed Athletic Admini- stration Building. Built at a cost of $365,000, the new athletic headquarters, located on the corner of State and Hoover Sts., is part of the $7 million expansion program for the Athletic Department. Ticket offices, publicity department and coaches' offices are housed in the new building. Change in UNL Charter Urged by Prof. Sohn Changes in the United Nations Charter were urged yesterday by Prof. Louis B. Sohn of the Harvard Law School to bring about collec- tive security, disarmament and pacific settlement of disputes. Speaking at the last session of a six-day conference on interna- tional law at, he stated that: "Collective security is not possible without disarmament. We can- not deprive the nations of the means of solving their disputes by force, without producing at the same time adequate methods for the pacific settlement of all disputes." Arms DecreasedA Prof. John advocated a ten-year period in which armaments would be decreased ten per cent annually while simultaneously building up an international police force until 'it reached a strength of 500,000.' Carl Carmer It should also be- possible, he putes by referring them to an in-M eet ternational equity tribunal author- ized to take into consideration fac- ForSW riters tors other than legal ones. C I: f r a r. r t 4 1 f t t E f . j t t l J J i Favor Union Instructions A vote of 1,259 to 513 in favor of the question, "Are you in favor of carrying out instructions of the international and local union of- ficials to return to work on your regular shift?" was taken at ar afternoon meeting. Picketing ended before the meeting, following a temporar3 restraining order issued by Wash- tenaw County Circuit Judg James R. Breakey, Jr. The order b a n n e d trespassing, violence threats and "interference witt lawful ingress and egress to anc rom plant property." Before the order from Judg Breakey, 24-hour picket line, were posted at both entrances o: the Willow Run plant, preventinf entrance into the plant for pur. poses other than to be paid. All of the more than 8,000 em, ployes respected the picket lines Livingston Jeered -At yesterday's meeting, Johi W. Livingston, United Auto Work ers' vice-president was booed fre quently by the thousands of un ion workers attending. Some o the men yelled "We were sol out," to Livingston. They wer, referring to last week's economi, settlement with GM, which Liv ingston termed "the best econom ic settlement ever made wit] GM." Walkout Rea cdes End; Immrne ni Picket Lines D :i sappear k From Plant Mass Meeting Vote Counted A seven-day wildcat strike end. z ~ed at the General Motors Trans- mission plant in Willow Run yesterday. Picket lines disappeared, and by this morning nearly full working forces were back on the assembly line. The workers voted yesterday to follow appeals by union leaders requesting that they go back -to - work. In his statement, Hood added: "The union has adamantly re- fused to accept our offer without any valid economic reason for doing so. The union, not the cor- poration, has made a strike appear imminent." The union, in newspaper adver- tisements, claimed the industry's profits thus far this year are 60 per cent higher than in the same period in 1954. U.S. Steel said it will start shut-1 ting down its blast furnaces today.' David J. McDonald, president of the steelworkers, headed the ne- gotiating sessions with U.S. Steel yesterday. The big corporation us- ually sets the contract pattern for the basic steel industry. New Offer Expected Despite Hood's statement-and following two meetings between McDonald and Big Steel-a union official said he still expects U.S. Steel to come up with a new wage offer. Jones & Laughlin, the nation's fourth biggest producer, and Bethlehem Steel, the second big- gest, also made offers yesterday but the union previously rejected a similar one from U.S. Steel. In Cleveland, Republic Steel Corp., the third largest steel pro- ducer, announced that it, too, had made an offer similar to that of U.S. Steel. Republic said its pro- posal would average "somewhat more than 10 cents an hour." At the huge Gary works of the U.S. Steel Corp. one blast furnace which cannot be banked was taken off production yesterday. Officials said the remaining furnaces would be banked starting late today if no agreement is reached. MODERN EDUCATION 'Public Co 11 "If we can prepare an agreement solving honestly the basic problems of today in a spirit of generosity and understanding, other nations will accept our leadership with gratitude and for the first time in modern days, we shall achieve on the international scene a success comparable to those which we ac- cept as a matter of fact whenever we tackle our domestic problems," Prof. Sohn declared. "Time is getting short for such a successful venture," he commented, "but the opportunity still beckons. In the last decade, we have learned how to split the atom; I am sure before the next ten years are over we will also learn how to keep the world together." At an earlier session of the con- ference, Leonard Meeker, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs discussed "The United Na- tions and Law in the World Com- munity." Speech Assembly Prof. Gerold 0. Dykstra of the business administration school will be guest speaker at the Speech De- partment Assembly today at 3 p.m. Prof. Dykstra's topic is "Teach- ing With 'Hypos'." The assembly will be held in Rackham Amphi- theatre. The public is invited. A Michigan Writers Conference will be held today and tomorrowt with its feature attraction a lecture by the noted novelist, folklorist1 and editor Carl Carmer, who will talk on "The American Spirit- Michigan Brand." Registration for the conference will open at 9:30 a.m. today in the Hopwood Room, 1006 Angell Hall. This will be followed by a visit to the Michigan Historical Collec- tions Library. F. Clever Bald, assistant direc- tor of the Collections will speak on "The Resources of the Collec- tions" at 11:15 a.m. At a 12:30 p.m. luncheon in the Michigan League, Howard H. Peckham, di- rector of Clements Library of Americana, will talk on "The Writ- er and the William L. Clements Li- brary." At 4:15 p.m. in Auditorium A, Angell Hall, Carmer will present his lecture, and at 7:30 p.m. in the Hopwood Room, individual manuscript conferences will be held for those who have submitted them. Tomorrow Carmer will take part in an informal discussion at 10:30 a.m. in Room 2429, Mason Hall. Herbert Howarth, visiting lecturer in English Literature and Library rScience, will talk on "The Writer " in England Today" at a 12:30 p.m. luncheon in the Michigan League. Livingston told the assembled workers the company could can- cel its agreement with the union if ratification is not received by midnight today. Meanwhile, GM notified the UAW it also would seek court re- lief from picketing at the Terh- stedt plant in Flint, shut down since Monday by a wildcat strike, GM Telegram GM threatened in a telegram, "Unless the illegal strike and picketing are ended promptly, as- sembly of GM automobiles will stop, throwing many thousands of additional employes needlessly out of work." The wire added that. GM has "no alternative but to take every proper step available under its agreement with the union and un- der State and Federal law to pre- vent further loss." U.S. To Drop Perjury Case On Lattimore Allermande Left' ntent with Schools '--Trowv A - - - - - WASHINGTON VP)-The gov- ernment, repeatedly rebuffed by the courts, yesterday gave up its perjury prosecution of Owen Lat- timore. With key counts of two dif- ferent indictments knocked out by court rulings, Attorney General Herbert Brownell saw "no rea- sonable likelihood of a successful prosecution" on five remaining charges that Lattimore lied to a Senate committee investigating alleged Communist activities. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover said he will move later to formal dismissal of the five re- maining counts. Lattimore, a Far Eastern spe- cialist, is on a lecture tour of England and Western Europe. He left on May 26 after the State nnartment hea tedly renewed his By MARGE PIERCY The public is definitely satisfied with modern schools as a whole, according to Prof. William Clark Trow, of the educational psycholo- gy department. "It's a small minority who cause the occasional school fights. You Changes in our school system are made difficult, Prof. Trow con- tinued, by population growth, the changing ideals of the people, pa- rental and child needs. Education is different at different times be- cause there are different needs in the culture. of man hours are being spent to teach children to read better than it has ever been done before, ac- cording to Prof. Trow. 'Life Adjustment' The "Life Adjustment" move- ment attacked by critics of mod- ern education is, Prof. Trow said, . nlyfh fn- o fa rhnnl +t 1