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Truman Calls
For Conference
On Merger Act
Order Abolishes
Service Forces
Washington, May 13. Presi-
rent Truman summoned leaders
of the Army and Navy to a con
ference today, to iron out the
squabble over unification of the
armed services. Mr. Truman
also signed an order streamlining
the Army by abolishing the
Army Service Forces, and its
nine service commands. That
leaves two major components of
the Army the air forces and
the ground forces.
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-Graduation Plans
Reynolds Signed
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1946
UNITED PRESS
NUMBER 78
Soft Coal Operators
Agree on Finances
Washington, May 13. The
soft coal mine operators have
agreed to pay their workers some
three million dollars in disputed
overtime claims. The agree
ment clears up one of the major
issues in the coal negotiations
and is viewed as the first big
break in the two month dead
lock. '
Tommy Reynolds to Play
For Junior-Senior Dance
Formal Affair To Be Held in Gym on
Saturday, May 25; Concert Scheduled
Tommy Reynolds, who played for the Carolina junior-senior in
1942, will furnish the music for this year's junior-senior dance
and for a concert the same afternoon, according to Lewis Cotton,
chairman of the junior dance committee.
The concert will be from 4 tot"
Veterans Housing
Bill Gets Check
Washington, May 13. The
House has approved a compro
mise version of the veterans
housing bill. The measure pro
vides for payment of 400-mil-lion
dollars . in subsidies to in
crease the output by building ma
terials, instead of 600-million as
requested by the administra
tion. The bill now goes to the
Senate, which already has ap
proved it in substance.
Byrnes Seeks Tour
Of Occupied Areas
Paris, May 13. Secretary of
State Byrnes has asked that a
committee be appointed to tour
the four occupation zones of
Germany to see how disarma
ment is being carried out. Byrnes
says he has asked Lieutenant
General Lucius Clay to arrange
the survey through the Inter
allied Control Commission m
answer to Russian charges tha
German military formations are
being maintained in the British
zone.
Hopes of Preventing
War in Iran Fade
Tehran, May 13. The chances
of avoiding civil war in Iran are
fading. Off-again-on-again ne
gotiations between the Tehran
and Azerbaijan governments
have collapsed. And Azerbaijan
leader, Jaafar Pishevary and his
colleagues, have boarded a Rus
sian plane for the provincial
capital of Tabriz, without sign
ing an agreement with Iranian
Premier Ghavam.
New Dachau Trials
Will Open Thursday
Frankfurt, Germany, May 13.
Another war crimes trial soon
will get underway at Dachau.
Officials announce that the trial
of 74 members of the Sixth Pan
zer SS Army will open Thurs
day The Nazis are charged
with murdering American pri
soners near Malmedy, Belgium
in 1944.
For-
Hoover Will Make
Latin Famine Tour
Washington. May 13.-
mer President Herbert Hoover
will leave for South America in
two weeks, to enlist the aid of
Latin American countries in
fighting famine. Mr. Hoover
called on President Truman to
See NEWS BRIEFS, paae four
5:30' p.m. and the dance from 9
to 12 o'clock on Saturday, May
25. The concert will be open to
the campus and tickets priced at
75 cents will be sold at the door
of Memorial Hall.
The dance, to be held in Wool
len Gym, will be open only to ju
niors and seniors and their
dates. It is to be a formal dance,
but "anyone who can't beg, bor
row, or steal a tux can come oth
erwise," said the committee
chairman.
The dance committee, com
posed of Dee Sweat, Marty Mc
Clenaghan, Mickie Derieux, Jim
Lilly, Jack Hester, Bob Quincey,
Baxter Sapp, Griff Holland, and
Deke Price, will meet this af
ternoon at 4 o'clock at the Sig
ma Chi house. The senior class
dance committee is also request
ed to attend the meeting.
Lewis Cotton further an
nounced that only those juniors
who have paid their $2 class fee
will be given dance bids.
Local Treatment
For Veterans -
Is Now Available
Local treatment for service
connected disabilities is avail
able to veterans of North Caro
lina through the new "Home
Service" medical program of the
U. S. Veterans Administration.
The Hospital Saving Associa
tion, with home office in Chapel
Hill, the largest Blue Cross plan
in the Southeast, has been se
lected by the Veterans Adminis
tration to administer this pro
gram. The Hospital Saving As
sociation is a non-profit organi
zation sponsored by the Medical
Society of the State of North
Carolina and the North Caro
lina Hospital Association.
To obtain this home service
for service-connected disability,
the veteran must obtain author
ization from the Regional Vet
erans Administration in Win
ston-Salem.
3-Day Program Announced
For June Graduating Seniors
Governor Will
Give Diplomas
To Over 600
Constitution Faces
Final Student Vote;
Polling Places Given
Today will be the last
chance for. students to vote on
the proposed constitution. AH
residents of women's dorms
may vote in their respective
dorms from 12 until 3 o'clock
this afternoon. I
Residents of the upper and
lower quadrangles may vote
there from 12 until 2 o'clock
and from 5 until 7 o'clock. All
other students living in fra
ternities, sororities, or out in
town may vote in the Y from
9 until 5 o'clock.
Members of the elections
committee will meet in the
Grail room in Graham Me
morial at 7 o'clock this eve
ning to count votes, chairman
Fred Bauder said last night.
HodgsonCandidate
For F&Board Post
As Independent
Matt "Tookie" Hodgson, fea
ture writer on the staff of the
Daily Tar Heel, yesterday an
nounced his independent candi
dacy for the Publications Board
as member-at-large. A resi
dent of Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
Hodgson has held positions on
his preparatory school paper;
"The Memphis Commercial Ap
peal" ; and "The Nashville Tenn-
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Shown above is the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, Marty Mc
Clenaghan (center) and her two attendants who were pre
sented to the campus one Saturday evening at a ball in Woollen
Gym. Left to right, they are: Nancy Wood, Marty McClena
ghan, and Dee Sweat.
essean.
Vet Couples Keep
House for Owners
During Summer
Several veteran couples have
made agreements with home
owners of Chapel Hill to "keep
house" for them while they are
away this summer, according
to James Wadsworth, housing
officer.
Other vet couples have found
rooms in homes by taking care
of small children on occasion
while parents take the night off.
The housing shortage especially
affects couples and they are
having to resort to many novel
arrangements to get a place to
stay. By and large, the most
popular plan is the "housekeep
ing" one for the summer vaca
tion. Persons planning to leave
for the summer who think they
might be interested in such a
plan should contact Wadsworth.
In regard to his platform
Hodgson stated "I think that
the various campus publications
cater too much to the petty poli
ticians of the University, rath
er than the vast majority of
students whose publications
fees support these enterprises."
"In my estimation, a student
publication should inform and
entertain the student, instead of
boring him. I propose a com
plete shake up of the existing
set up, if that is what it takes to
wake certain of the literati from
their present lethargy."
Weaver Retracts Statements;
Morrison Makes No Apology
Trial Held This Morning at 10 O'Clock
Before Recorder's Court of Chapel Hill
A subpoena to appear before the Chapel Hill Recorder's Court
at 10 a. m. today was received yesterday by Robert Morrison,
editor of the DTH, to testify in the Max Weaver contempt case.
In a letter to "Judge "H. A. Whitfield, Weaver - apologized for his
letter printed in the May 4 issue of the DTH, and stated that
the letter "came from the im- : :
pulse of the moment" and was
based on Weaver's "ignorance
of the law and facts."
Morrison said that he had no
apologies to make, but said that
he deeply regretted that Weaver,
a student, had made such a
serious mistake. "Any student
has a right to express his opin
ions in print, and the Daily Tar
Heel has a sacred obligation to
permit free expression of ideas
under democracy. Mr. Weaver
seems to have abused his free
dom of speech; I am shocked
that he should have published
such a detailed letter, and then
totally retracted it. We realize
that we are legally responsible
See WEAVER, page U
Concert Postponed
Mary Stringfield's piano re
cital, which was previously sche
duled for tonight, has been post
poned because of her illness. A
date for her performance will be
announced later.
Local Politics
Is Phi Subject
Prominent Students
To Attend Meeting
The Assembly of the Philan
thropic Literary Society wil
meet tonight in the Phi Hall,
fourth floor of New East, at 8 :00
p.m. 'to discuss the topic "Re
solved : That Fraternities as Or
ganizations Should Not Involve
Themselves in Campus Politics."
This discussion was postponed
irom last week when many
prominent campus personages
were unable to be present due to
a sudden called meeting of the
Student Legislature.
Speaker A. B. Smith, Jr. has
announced that invitations wil
be sent to the four- candidates
for student body president, Pete
Pully, felount Stewart, Bill
Criso, and Dewey Dorsett, as
See PHI, page U
Play makers Announce Cast of Thirty Persons
In Mdliere Comedy 'The School for Husbands 9
Over thirty people have been Slinkard as Valere, Lynn Leon-
cast in the Carolina Playmakers
production of Moliere's "The
School for Husbands," directed
by Samuel Selden and Foster
Fitz-Simons, to be presented in
the Forest Theatre May 24, 25
and 26.
This production of Moliere's
witty and merry comedy is a
modern adaptation in. rhyme
and. ballet and set to music by
Arthur Guiterman and Law
rence Langer.
Leads Announced
Leading roles are taken by
Sam Hirsch as Sganarelle, Bet
ty Butler as Isabelle, Raikes
ard as Lisette, David Hooks as
Ergaste, Hazel Harris as Leon
or and James Geiger as Ariste.
Others in the cast are : Carl
Perry as the Street Vendor and
Pierrot, James Warren as Syl
vester, William Alexander as
Lysander, Hubert Philpott as
First Lacky, James Crutchfield
as Second Lacky, Claude Ray-
burn as Third Lacky, Robert
Armstrong as Solomon, Ed Gar
ret as Socrates, Ann Dubbs and
Sophie Saunders as Egyptians,
Gene Jenkins as Tircis, Gene
McLain as the Magistrate, Jim
Moos as the Notary, and Colbert
Leonard as the Link Boy.
Dancers Included
Leading dancers for this pro
duction are Foster Fitz-Simons,
Anne Osterhout, Larry Boyette
and Marv Jo Cain. Other danc
ers include Maxcy Barnhill,
Phyllis Sullivan, Alice Lee Mer
ritt, Colbert Leonard, William
Sessions and Harrison Tenney.
The orchestra for "The School
for Husbands" is under the di
rection of Earl Slocum of the
music department. Technical
director is Harry Davis, scenery
designed by Robert Burrows and
costumes executed by Irene
Smart. Ed Garrett is stage
manager.
Graham Will Give
Commencement Talk
By Mary Hill Gaston
Graduation exercises at 7
o'clock Monday night, June 10,
will climax a three-day program
honoring seniors and alumni and
will mean degrees for between
six and seven hundred students.
Governor R. Gregg Cherry
will present the diplomas, and
Josephus Daniels, member of
the executime committee of the
Board of Trustees, will speak.
Chancellor R. B. House will pre
side, and President Frank P.
Graham will deliver the farewell
message to the graduates.
Hopper to Speak
Graduates will wear caps and
gowns tnree times during the
weekend, the first being for the
Baccalaureate Sermon, which
will be held Sunday at 11 a.m.
in Memorial, nail. Dr. Stanley
Romaine Hopper, professor of
Christian Ethics at Drew Theo
logical Seminary, Madison, N. J
will be'the Baccalaureate speak
er.---
Caps and gowns will also be
in order for the last class meet
ing to be held Monday morning
at 10 o'clock in Gerrard Hall.
At 9 a.m. Monday a Naval
ROTC review will be held in
Kenan Stadium, followed by
presentation of ROTC awards.
At 11 a.m., after the class meet
ing, members of the faculty will
hold an informal reception un
der Davie Poplar for degree can
didates, their guests and alum
ni. At 1 p.m. the alumni lunch
eon, when members of the Class
of 1946 will be inducted into the
Alumni Association, will be held
in Lenoir Hall. The Carolina
Playmakers will present per
formances at 2:30 and at 4 p.m.
Monday afternoon.
Candidates Gather
Degree candidates will gather
at 6:15 pm. at the Bell Tower
to form the academic procession
under the direction of Dr. J. C.
Lyons, faculty marshal. A band
cert will begin in Kenan Sta
dium at 6:30 p.m., and candi
See GRADUATION; page U
Dramatic Arts Club
To Give Performance
Of aThe Road Back"
The Dramatic Arts Club of
the Orange County Training
School for negroes will give a
repeat performance of "The
Road Back," a comedy-drama of
family life by Joseph Carlton, in
the Playmakers Theatre tonight
at 8:15.
The all negro cast is directed
by Mrs. M. D. Turner of the Or-
ange uounty Training acnooi.
All seats are reserved for this
performance, and the tickets are
priced at 35 cents and 50 cents,
the proceeds going to this dra
matic art group.
Tickets for the white section
are on sale at the Carolina Play
makers Business Office in Swain
Hall.