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…MARCH 24, 1944 T HE MICHI A1 I ILYTHRE f'A H L . Michigan Swimmers Go After NCAA Championship i Today Relays hiatt Manne Takes Only Seven Men Natators Forced To Rely on Team Balance; Ford Paces Yale Team Michigan's hopesfor its 13th Na- tional Collegiate swimming title in the last 18 years rests on .the collec- tive shoulders of a small but potent seven-man squad which yesterday en- trained for Yale and the meet today and Saturday. Coach ...…

…_ __ _E MICHIGAN DAILY_ i rtiA , Cri 24, 1944 I'd Rather Be Right By SAMUEL GRAFTON Edited and managed b' students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press isexclusively entitled to the u...…

…T i l ! M II( A .I 11 ATl X1 _ _ _._ __.. _ _. Y:. .. Freshman Coeds To Hold Frolic Riding Groups At 7:30 p.m. Today in Waterman Invite Women Skits To Be H igh Spot in Evening's Prog ramn As Informality Keynotes Get-Together The freshman coed will join her coed classmates for an evening of fun at Frosh Frolic at 8 p.m. today in Waterman Gymnasium, according to Estelle Klein, '47, chairman of Frosh Project. Entertainment has been planne...…

… AZr 4 1844 THE TCTTE~A DAI.V RIDY. MI~f 24.194 210,000 Occupational Draft Deferments Hang in B alance Only Key Men Under 26 To Evade Draft Steel Plants Removed From Essential List By 'Tough' WPB Policy (( + 71i FELLS S QRY. .... ....... :........ :.....1..._ ...... , .....:. ........ . I _ By MAX HALL Associated Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 23. - Whether any substantial number of men under 26 in railroading, coal mining, lu...…

… d+ It 431U 1 Weather Showers VOL. LIV No. 100 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1944 O PRICE FIVE CENTS Ary Unit Here To Be Cut to 1 200 Japanese Forces Smash Across Indian Boundary TBy The Associated Press NEW DELHI, March 22.-Japanese columns have made their first pene- tration of India and are pushing on westward through the Manipur Mountain country in the direction of the key road junction of Imphal, 30 miles away...…

…PAGE TWV6 'l C rHE M IIHIIZAfN ,j hA .II T H UR SDAIf, MiiAR~CH 23, 1944 - -- .... _...... s ax..a. i.a d V 1a 1 ll L"a E ". it L3 1 L 1 Fify-Fourth Year By SAMUEL GRAFTON DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 100 All notices for the Daily Official Bul- letin are to be sent to the Office of the President in typewritten form by 3:30 p.m. of the day preceding its publica- tion, except on Saturday when the no- tice...…

…S THE MICHTAN DAILY P'AG ,. Swimming Team Will Enter NCAA at Yale This %eekend 'Hawks Pkcy For Stanley Cup Continues DETROIT, March 22.-(P)--With the "big one" under their belts and the underdog role suddenly shifted to the erstwhile favored defending champion Detroit Red Wings, Chi- cago's Black Hawks 'found themselves in an unexpected though pleasant position today going into the second game of their Stanley Cup Hockey playoff seri...…

…-- --------~ ifiti XUx v =A1; lYLci .YS.r.t]l a. . l 'k ict U WARRIOR-STATESMAN: Dr. Shepher~d Defines Chinese Lea der 's iMot~iv es, Pinnpkes JOB TURNOVER IN FUTURE: 6ohei DiS~msseg Employmuent After War Pears tait China would lose Pi'Y freedom from outside nations press- ing in led Chiang Kai-Shek to decide to be a warrior-statesman and the leader that he is today, Dr. George Shepherd told his audience yesterday at the Rackham lecture...…

…Y it itrnx 4 it Weather Little Change WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1944 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, VOL. LIV No. 99 PRICE FIVE CENTS Germans Seize ofias Communications; Hull I Fight for Liberty Is Stressed 17 Points Iinclude National Security By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 21.-In an unprecedented definition of Ameri- can foreign policy, Secretary of State Hull tonight called upon all liberty- loving men and nations to "show themselves wo...…

…JilL W G I .. iii t_, i DAILX Italian LIurton& Holme Will Speak on. !aly Tomorrc Towns Engulfed by Lava from Erupting Fiery CoaLIs Technicolor Film Will Picture Vesuvius ratorieal Lecture To } Be Highlighted with Pictures of Vatican Burton Holmes, the well-known travel lecturer, will talk on Italy at 8 30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditor- ium, under the auspices of the Ora- torical Association. Pictures of Naples, of Mt. Vesuvius, of the ...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY PA4 Pointing for Purdue Relays Championship LOWdown on Sports Associate Sports Editor (4 Ford's Record Goes Unpublicized .. . LAN FORD, Yale's sensational sprint star from the Canal Zone, broke his own world record for the 100-yard freestyle by swimming the distance in 49.7 last Saturday night in New Haven, but his feat was tucked away in the corners of the newspaper sport pages-obscured by Gil Dodds' world record-b...…

…TIEMiUIGA DALY. )j t Fifty-Fourth Year t, Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular -University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associated Press The Associatedl Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispat...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAUAY Independent Women's cRecognition Night To Be Held Rpril 5 AlUmna To Be Main Speaker On Prograrn Plaques, Awards To Be Given Women with Highest Grade Averages, Most Activities Geraldine Elliott, director of scripts for Station WJR in Detroit, will headline the program for Assembly Recognition Night which will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in the League, according to Dorothy De- Vrie...…

…I THE MICHIGA N D AILY - WEDNESDAY, MAtcH .2,-1944 I - -- ~ .. -- -- -.- - -I FAVOR LIBERALISM: Japan s Plight Not Fault Of People, Says Clarke . "The man of the street in Japan is certainly not to be held responsible !or the present situation," Lt. Walter C. Clarke of Company A, who lived in Japan 14 years, said in an inter- view yesterday. Lt.Clarke's father, the late Dr. W. Harvey Clarke, was a missionary in Japan for 40 years. Lt. Cla...…

… I 1 ' I it . it CWoedar VOL. LIV No. 98 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 21. 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hungary Fights as Germans Take Over Naval Forces Pound Miii from Sea, Air New Invasion May Follow Shelling Of Easternmost Marshall Island By The Associated Press U.S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, March 20. -The big guns of American battleships and carrier planes teamed up to smash Mili, easternmost of the Marshall is...…

….. .Ld . .. -i 7 .1 .L . i 1. .. 1..i i i, e:ai :L , ir . r i.n :i, l ; stl . _ _ I'd Rather Be' Rig ht By SAM4UEL GRAPTON- NEW YORK, March 20.-If you asked me, I woujd say the best definition of democracy is that it is a government based on respect for facts. Everything else follows from that, including free speech, which is merely free trade in facts. To me, a true liberal democrat is not a pinky, not a softy, not an amiable gent who th...…

… .. iw ,t + e y .t . :. s a rs. a. as, a.4! v..i A r 3l"L"EIF J:1 f Coach e1r Announces 19444 ennis Best Amateurs Will Enter AA U Tank Meet Net Season Will Open __ __ _--April 29 in Windy City Bill Srnith Alan Ford Will Be Starters i11 Small but Select Company of Contestants Great Lakes Favored To Shade Wolverines By HANK MANTHO When entries for the NAAU swimn- ming meet, which will be held March 31 and April 1 at the Intramur...…

…V AGE F tJ T IlE MiVC H IGAN DIA ILY TUESDAY, MAlCH 21, 1944 Major Jap Offensive Aimed at India Is Halted in Assam v _ Nips Suffer Great Casualties In New Clash Burmese Invasion1 Is Called Biggest Battle In Theatre Since '42 By The Associated Press NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 20.- A Japanese offensive from remote bases of the upper Chindwin aimed at an invasion of India and disrup- tibn of the Allied supply line over the Burma hump to...…

…- - iip ,, " R:5 Y i t 4 ~l Wr neather Fair alitlid Ciilt~iiedCold l VOL. LIV No. 97 ANN ABOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1944 de Ar yvances to Rurnarnan Bo PRICE FIVE CENTS rder Allies P Planes Blast Nazi Positions At Beaehhead Hourly Raids in Effect; German Airdromes Plastered in Nor'tleast By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NA.- PLES, March 18.-Fifth Army shock troops inched from stone to stone through the ruined houses of...…

…PAGE TWO - Cohen To Talk Oii Present-Day Post-War Job s THE MICHIG A N D AILYI sUNI:AY, MARCH 19, 1944 ______ Lecture To Decal With Discrimination In Various Careers Mr. Albert Cohen of the Jewish Vocational Service in Detroit, willI lecture on "Job Opportunities Now and After the War," 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hillel Foundation. The lecture will deal with discrim- inatory practices in various careers with special emphasis on the employ- men...…

…SUNTWAY, MARCJl 19, 1944 THE MT1 ( HI-AN D AI ly P&GE T1IB~E . n...,. ,, _ _ ._ -- Coeds Urged To Sign Up Now To Work at University Laundry "Womeni interested in working at UxiYersity Laundry are urged to sign for tlhe rmorning or afternoon they Wish to work as soon as possible," Gerry Stadleman, '44, personnel di- rector for undergraduate women, said yesterday. Coeds who worked during the fall semester may go directly to the laun- dry, ...…

…'~ iTh)~i~ ~IwLtdiga i iz )lt F { "a I ft. ~ a Ruth en 's V.:ew on University Stuadents Discass-ion Justified PRESENTING THE OTHER SIDE: Press ignores Issue in Finn Case Mi. , % {{g' 5 n s <~n~ Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and...…

… 11TT~ MTCiIICAN ~IAJTIV ' e f 1'. [ T. Frosh To Hold Frolic Friday Freshman women are urged by Es- telle Klein, '47, chairman of Frosh Project, to hold 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. this Friday open for an evening of fun at Waterman Gymnasium with the coed members of the freshman class at Frosh Frolic. "Cancel those dates, girls, and tell him you will see him later. Since all the '47 coeds are headed for Frosh Frolic, there will'be no time for men," ...…

…PAGE SIX TH-E MICHIGAN DAILY SU:NJAY, MARC 19, 1944 Gil Dodds Sets New World's Indoo r Reord in Mile : n Tigers Starting Line-up e i s To Take Shape EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 18.-(/P) -The 1944 lineup of the Detroit Tig- ers is beginning to take shape, but there are bound to be many changes before the American League opener with the St. Louis Browns April 18 at Briggs Stadium. In only one department do the Tigers appear to be reasonabl...…

…S TA1 l*IdIAH 9, 1944 T WE MICfITGAN D A lY PAGtSEVEN . _. . _ USO, SOUTH SEA STYLE: Grass Skirts Keep GI's Worried BATTLE CREEK, March 19.--R')- To that vast legion of gals who were left behind, the blondes, brunettes and redheads; the tall and short, slender and stout, the ones married and the ones who hope to be, a memo: That big, smiling, lovable guy of yours half-way 'round the world isn't neaarly the wolf there that he was on Maih ...…

…TuE MiCiIiGAN I4AiLY l iN /,11, i1'ki IC{'lt 1, i i 1 MUSICAL STARTS CASTING: Coed Speaking Part Tryouts for Co. D Show To Be Held Soon Every Dog has His Day I UNDERGROUND JUSTICE French Patriots Mete Out Swift Justice to Pro-Nazi Traitors Try-outs for feminine speaking parts for Co. D's original musical comedy, "Rumor Has It," will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the USO ballroom. Because of necessary company bus-...…

… MUSIC Sir igau SUPPLEMENT 1 MUSIC SUPPLEMENT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1944 Annual Music Festival To Be Presented Ma y 4-7 . Salvatore Baccaloni To Be Featured at Festival Basso Buffo Combines Great Voice, Sense. Of Comedy for Metropolitan Opera Company Salvatore Baccaloni, proclaimed world's greatest basso buffo, will be a featured artist of the Music Festival. This rotund operatic star, who tips the scale at 300 p...…

…TH E MICHIGAN D AILY SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1944 I . Romantic Tenor Kullman Began Career as Medic To Sing in Fourth Festival Concert icut Yankee' Music Despite Objections Charles Kullman, who has been called "America's greatest romantic tenor," is a Connecticut Yankee, born in 1903 at New Haven, where he graduated from Yale in 1924 with a B.S. degree. Originally Kullman had planned a medical career, however when his experience as soloist wit...…

… ffc:ur, N t "'' I T H E MIC HIG A N D A ILY 'AG ' .C John Brownlee Will Appear At May Festival Leading Baritone Has been Acclaimed One Of World's Greatest John Brownlee, leading baritone of the Metropolitan, Chicago, and San Fransisco Opera Companies, a noted recitalist and concert singer, will ap- pear May 7 at Hill Auditorium in the annual May Festival. First Appearence in Ann Arbor This will be the baritone's first ap- pearence before an...…

…L.~F~li ~ii~b iY_ tAR~H w IW I 5_ 1st fIN iiiN U f4 L 1 x C ONCERT Saturday S Thursday. Friday, end Sunday MAY 4, 5, 6and 7 .. I. .r - ---- .p cE G.ENE ORMANjDYi G /CONDUCTORN p. - SAU L CASTON ASSOCIATE COINDUCTO}R BIDUl SAYAO, S oprano CARLES KULLMAN, Ter ROSE BAM PTON, Soprano JOHN BROWNLEE, Baritone THELMA VON EISENH AUER , Soprano SAVTORE BACCALONI, Bass KERSTIN THORBORG, Contralto NATHAN MILSTEIN, Violinist GEGOR ...…

…1 l r it Nit Wtm ther VOL. LIV No. 96 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1944 llied Troops Drive into assrno Railwat PRICE FIVE CENTS ation; U. S. Planes Smash Vienna in Trans-Alpine Raids RAF Heavies Bomb Dutch, French Bases German Radio Station Goes Off the Air During Continuous Assaults By The Associated Press LONDON, March 17.- Ita,ian- based U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators roared over the Alps today to bomb military...…

… a a . 4.TrU x . i. lR U A . . F iJ T. f.1 L. rb-il.. - _ l.: U Y A. is.[ L7L [v a=1l. -L :.. .Ky'Y c a ty. out iY ",fl-Fouth Yar By SAMUEL GRAvToN __ .. C 1j_ /' M ~ - _^ Edited and managed by students of the University of NMihigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon-' day and Tuesday during the su...…

…. .n _ 1 _ . T..lE iH ; . tip. Iii' r /.'a 7 ... i : ': 10 Michigan Thinclads Entered in Chicago Relays T onight -4>-- - By JOAN I NDSAY Bruce Blanchard, 21-year-old Mar- ine from Detroit and ace third base- nan, is one of the outstanding vet- erans back this year to form a nu- cleus of Coach Ray Fisher's ball team. Starting his second season this spring as the regular third sacker of the Michigan squad, Bruce has been Last Times Today -...…

…roUI TfTE MICUTc~AN ivAll.v SATtTRTIAY. 'MAtWlI Ut Ut& - .F .0.E .N LEA A. yq 1A..E 6.A La 6! . ..9 d"A L L! A ^^ .e.e . -r __ _______ .. .. _. _ __ ._ 4 -.mss> .. . _ 1 .+a :es >: nwvim a s[ YL.B.i f6fp S7 3 S Dr. Mott's T alk To Celebrate cY' Anniversary Former International Secretary To Speak on Worlid-Wide Travels To celebrate the hundredth anni- versary of the YMCA, Dr. John R. Mott, world traveler and former in- ternational secretar...…

…w it 4 it W eather -' Cloudy VOL. LIV No. 95 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944A PRICE FIVE CENTS Allies Mop Up in Battle for Cassino Hundreds of Shells Are Poured into Abbey Used as Nazi Observation Post By The Associated Press WITH TH EFIFTH ARMY AT CASSINO, March 16.-Allied troops, occupying three-quarters of the pile of rubble that once was Cassino, fought surviving Germans in the southern part of the town today and otherb, ...…

…__ _ _ _ .M. ..t ~ hL Jonference on Religion Will Surt Tomorro w 29 Miehigant College Communities To Re Represented at Panels Twenty-nine college communities in Michigan will be represented at a two-day conference on "Religion in the Wartime College" which opens at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Lane Hall. Sponsored by the War Emergency Council of the Christian Association and the Conference o'College Tea- chtrs and Ministers of Religion in Michigan,...…

… 17, 1944 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAOI Michigan Schedules 20 Games for 1944 Baseball Season JO Western Conference Contests Put on Docket Wolverines Will Open Campaign April 25; Encounter Hawkeyes in Two-Game Series By BILL MULLENDORE With 20 games alreAdv on the docket and three or four more undet consideration, Michigan's 1944 base- ball schedule is rounding into shape. The schedule as it now stands in- cludes ten Western Conference tilt...…

…THE MICffIGA~ ~A1LY 1 r ' tE.r' U JWt1Z1 4 Pd Rather Be Right iAy MUSr i R(Ai.TION GRIN ANT) REAR IT By Lichty thr edited andemnanaged by students of the University o' Mvichigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associated Press The Associat...…

…T iIE M1CH 1G A1 D AiIL ~?A8! Pa ..________________:_________________.._______ Dr'amajiC Qast For JG lay Is Anno~unced 8Backstage Committee Heads Chosen To Assist in Production To Be Given April 27, 28, 29 The dramatic cast and the back- stage committee chairmen for Junior Gis Play, which .will. be given ,April 27, 28 and 29 in the Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre, were announced yes- terday by Mary Anne Jones, '45, who is in charge of the product...…

…SIX TIlE MTCHICAN rAlly - .--~r~aa. .a.raa.aa Nelson SaysIndustry Must Bow to Manpower Needs oj rArmy Steelmen Told A To Expect Loss Of Labor Supply Need for Young Army Necessitates Releasing Men from War Plants m -_- _ _ I PUBLIC OPINION SUP PRESSED: Minority Group Controls Argentina By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 16. - To build a young man's army, the high command has decided to sacrifice war production if necessary, the st...…

… ii: i1 Weather T?4ii . andclderiF VOL. LIV N4. 94 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1944 assno Destroyed in Allied Bomber PRICE FIVE CENTS Raid Ford Suspends 50 For Wildcat Strikes Union Gives Consent, but Thomas Says Police Unnecessary; More May Get Axe By The Associated Press DETROIT, March 15.-The Ford.Motor Company announced tonight the indefinite suspension of 50 employes accused of participating in today's wildcat strike "p...…

… PAGE TWO THUJRSDAY, MARC!!10,1944 THlE MICIIIGAN DAILY Soviets Cross BRug Rivrpproach Old Rumanian Border Olgolopol Falls; Nazis Divided. in Snegirevka Y, Reds Threaten Vital Communication Lines ; Thaws Slow Advance By The Associated5Press LONDON, March 15.- Russian troops swept across the middle Bug River on a 62-mile front today, thrusting powerful spearheads with- in 30 miles of the pre-war Rumanian frontier, and also captured a rail ...…

…THE MTCTiiGA~ IiAILY (. " ii ?.TF TenMan Thinclad Squad To Conipete in Cliieago HRelays By HARVEY FRANK Sports Editor W HEN MICHIGAN'S FOOTBALL TEAM plays Minnesota, Ohio State, Northwestern, Illinois, Wis- consin, Indiana and Purdue next fall, it will be the first time in grid his- tory that the Wolverines have ever met seven Conference foes in one' season. And although - this doesn't leave much leeway for scheduling other games, Mich...…

…PAGE&1~O~ THE MiCHIGAN DAILY T'TIJRDAY,. M4R-CH.I16 1944 U ~jgf litiFuran h3uiear Fifty-Fourth Year Pd Rather Be Right By SAMUEL GRAFTON . Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associate...…

…THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1944 TIlE MlCH't(2~AN IIATI.V a. 11 y/ - 1T11 V 111 ll" l'1 St Ll'1-1 IJ"1 - i _. t v a.u jai - w' .a a Curtain Rises Tonight on Tom Becky in Glee Club's Operetta Production Based on Twain's Book Features A New Type of Thoroughly American Music Coeds May Sign v The University Women's Glee Club, to which Wilson Sawyer dedi- cated the musical comedy "Tom Sawyer," will give the second per- formance ofthe play at 8:30...…

…SIX ITI MPT1IA fAL 29 COLLEGES REPRESENTED: Relii ous Conference '1o Meet 11ere UNEMPLOYMENT: G-riffiin Disesasses Post-War Problem in Alumnius' Article "Religion in the Wartime College" will be the central theme of a two= day state conference when represen- tatives from 29 college communities come to Ann Arbor Saturday. Sponsored by the War Emergency Council of the Christian Associations and the Conference of College Teach- ers and Min...…

… a t Weiri VOL. LIV No. 93 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1944 SOccupationalDeferments Are Cu PRICE FIVE CENTS rbed Red Ukraine Troops Kill 10,000 Nazis Russian Forces Near Big Black Sea Port of Nikolaev; 4,000 Seized By The Associated Press LONDON, March 14.-Moscow an- nounced tonight that the Red Army had trapped "several German divi- sions" in the southern Ukraine and killed 10,000 of the Nazis and captur- ed another - 4,0...…

… 11iyt i: ,. [s>~i ~ll: 1 4 - ~. . ._ . . _. DEMAND INVESTfGATION NOW: UA W Charges Ford E mploy evi ii. Provoking Strikes in RougePiaat Ed iRater Be.Righ I GRIN AND BEAR IT By Liclry It is a serious charge at any time to say-"You provoked a strike"-whether referring to man- agement or labor, because strikes stop the pro- duction of goods on which consumers depend. But in vartime, the charge of "provocation" is equivalent to treason if...…

… THE MIidiIGATN DAILY t'da 1.; D~iamnd Squad Pared To Workable Size of 50 __ ._._----. ,_... e v..._-- -_- - .._ _ -___.-_.___.____ - Feller Sees Foe By BILL MULLENDORE Some 40 men felt the axe of Coach Ray Fisher yesterday as the baseball squad was pared to a workable size of some 50 diamond hopefuls. The personnel of the team is now virtually complete with the addition of several men from the track squad which completed its championship...…

…-AGE P.TEN ILY Wi Senate Passes Compromise Soldier Vote Measure, 4' [ESDAY, 152 %1944 7 to 31 t? - --- .._. Predict Quick Action as Bill Enters House FDR Veto Expected; Barkley Decries 'Red Tape' in Changed Bill By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 14.-A ser- vice ballot bill accenting state rights and alternately described as an aid and a bar to voting by millions of uniformed Americans passed the Senate 47 to 31 today and moved to-...…