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UP BRIEFS Mine Strike To Continue Indefinitely Soft Coal Settlers Stop All Negotiations Washington, May 15. The soft coal negotiations were broken off this afternoon for an indefinite period. The operators .and the mine workers union met secretly for almost an hour, after the operators had rejected the union demand for a welfare fund. At the end of the meeting, fed eral mediator Edward McGrady said the negotiations would be adjourned indefinitely, at his recommendation, but both sides will remain on call. Hold Out Coal Strikers Threatened By Union Pittsburgh, May 15. An of ficial of the United Mine Work ers has warned the 70,000 min ers, who refused to obey recent truce orders, that they are stand ing in the way of a strike settle ment. Nonetheless roving bands of the bold-out miners succeeded in closing three more mines to day. . Men From 25 To 29 May Still Be In Draft Washington, May 15. War Department sources say tonight that the Congressional ban on induction of teen-agers may force the Army to ask President , Truman for authority to draft w men in the 25 through 29 age bracket. An executive order now limits the draft to men from 20 through 25. Officials say that raising the top age to 29 will add only about 12,000 men to the pool. Rail Strike Plans Made For Saturday Washington, May 15. The brotherhoods of locomotive en gineers and railroad trainmen say plans for a nation-wide rail strike on Saturday are still on. However, the trainmen and en gineers on the Illinois Central railroad will not walkout with the other union members be cause it would be a violation of the Smith-Connally Act, since the government already is ope rating the line. Progress Is Reported In Railroad Parleys Washington, May 15 A spokesman for the Railroad in dustry says some progress was made today in the renewed wage negotiations with two rail brotherhoods that have schedul ed a strike Saturday. Continuance Of OP A OK'd By Senate Group Washington, May 15 The Senate Banking Committee has voted to. give the OPA a new lease on life for a year. The com mittee approved the year's ex tension by a vote of 11 io five. But it still has to decide how much power it thinks the agency should continue to nave. Vinson Admits Faults Of Loan To England Washington, May 15 Treas ury Secretary Vinson has con ceded that the three and three quarter billion dollar loan to Britain would leave the world split into two great economic blocs with Russia on the one side, and the United States ana! Great Britain on the other. He has told the House Banking Corn See NEWS BRIEFS Page i 7 f VOLUME LIV University Party Releases Men's Honor Council Posts' Smith to Run for Presidency As. Stern Withdraws Phi Chairman Files for Office Independently Stern Says Candidacy 'More or Less a Joke' A. B. Smith, Jr., Speaker of the Phi, filed candidacy yester day for president of the student body, running independently;. Dick Stern who announced his candidacy for the high office on Tuesday withdrew his name from the race yesterday with the simple explanation that "the whole thing was more or less of a joke." A fuller explanation is to be found on the editorial page of today's Daily Tar Heel. Smith, a commerce graduate and pre-law student, returned to the campus last year and was elected speaker of the Philan thropic Assembly. He has been three times elected to the stu dent legislature, and served as chairman of the Elections Com mittee, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, chairman of the Rules Committee, and as member of other legisalture com mittees. He is a member of the Student Orientation Committee and has been a member of the Carolina Political Union, cam pus cabinet, original campus con stitution committee, and execu tive committee of the Senior Class. Smith has been twice elected speaker of the Phi, and has been instrumental in leading the new ly reorgainzed Assembly to its greater campus participation. While a member of the student legislature, he was the author of the present elections bill, the bill which permitted the return of name bands to the campus, and a bill against compulsory physical education for veterans. Enlisting as a seaman in the Seabees in June, 1942, Smith transferred to the regular Navy in June, 1943, later attaining the rank of Ensign. Carolina Pldymakers Scheduled for Parts In 'The Lost Colony' Over 40 Carolina Playmakers will ero to Manteo this summer - , f -. , .: ,. . to appear in the cast and work on the staff of Paul Green's "The Lost Colony," which will go into production again this year un der the direction of Samuel Sei dell. Sam Selden spent last week end in New York casting for the show. Barbara Benedict, former director of the American Reper tory Company, will play Queen Elizabeth. Roger Quinlan, radio actor, is cast a? the Historian. Bran Nossen, who has appeared in the Passion Play in Californ ia, is Sir Walter Raleigh. Robert Armstrong, Jr., in the dramatic art department here, will play the role of John Borden. Others who have appeared in "The Lost Colony" before the war arid who are cast in it again are : Irving Berlow as Reverend Martin Katherine Colee as Elea nor Dare and tonald Somers as Old Tom. - m i THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1946 X- v- III The Men's Glee Club, pictured above, will give its spring concert in Hill Hall this evening at 8:30 p. m. The glee club is composed of 100 voices under the direction of Paul Young. Men's Glee Club to Give Spring Show The Men's Glee Club will pre sent its annual spring concert tonight at 8:30 in Hill Music Hall. The organization, compos ed of one hundred members, is under the direction of Professor Paul Young. Charles Stevens, outstanding music major will be the accompanist. The widely varied program, will be presented in three parts, including songs on religious sub jects, folk songs and musical Golden Fleece Holds Tapping Sunday Night The Order of the Golden Fleece will hold its annual spring tap ping Sunday night in Memorial Hall at 9 p.m. and will reveal for the first time the identity of its Jason and officers for the past year. The ceremony will im mediately follow the Valkyries Sing. In an impressive procedure Fleece members clad in hoods and robes will walk through the audience to tap its men, after the traditional story of the search for the Fleece has been read. Organ music will be played as the men walk around, followed by spotlights, and will stop as each man is tapped. Highest Honor Membership in the order is the highest honor a Carolina man can attain. The Fleece ope rates secretly throughout the year and taps every spring a gathering such as the one Sun day night. Present undergraduate mem bers of the order are Ed Emack, Douglass Hunt, Wiley Long, Jenks Tripp and Charlie Vance. Graduate members are Bill Cochrane, Bilj Crisp, Bill Dees, Turk Newsbme, and Terry San ford. Coeds Nominate Honor Council Today Nominations will be held for six Women's Honor Council rep resentatives today at 5 p.m. in Gerrard Hall. Coeds are urged to attend! ATO Beach Party The ATO's have planned to go to Myrtle Beach this weekend. 0J comedy numbers. The dramatic highlight of the evening will be the unusual and stirring tribute to General William Booth, foun der of the Salvation Army. "Gen eral William Booth Enters Into Heaven", a poem by Nicholas Lindsay, was adopted to music bp Philip James an American composer of whom it has been said, "He is more than a com poser ; .he is a Jiving example of artistic integrity." Vets Attending Summer School MakeNoFurtherPlansWithVA Checks Continue Without Interruption; Vets Not Enrolling Must Notify Officials Veterans who plan to remain for the summer session will con tinue to receive their subsistence checks without interruption, ac cording to the Veterans Administration. No notice to the Veterans Administration is required of those who plan to remain for the summer session, as subsistence checks will be mailed monthly until the administration is no tified that the veteran has with drawn or will not return for the next succeeding quarter. Those veterans who will not register for the summer session, including those who are receiv ing degrees and will not return and those who are transferring to other institutions, must noti fy the Veterans Administration and the Central Records Office of their intention. Forms In South Building Form letters for the purpose of interrupting or discontinu ing training will be available during the pre-registration period at the check-out line in Memorial Hall. They may also be obtained from Mrs. Brantley in Room 207, South Building, or Mr. Shepard in Room 208, South Building. Veterans planning to transfer to other institutions must re quest a supplementary certificate from the Veterans Administra tion for use at the new institu tion. For further information, see Mr. Shepard. Notify VA Oversight or neglect, to noti fy the Veterans Administration and the Central Records Office may result in cancellation of the present Certificate, with the re sultant delay required in secur ing a new Certificate upon re turn to the University. i UNITED PRESS Others numbers to be present ed are: "O Bone Jesu", "Come Again Sweet Love", "Adoramus te, Christi", "Then Round About The Starry Throne", "Turn Ye To Me", "The Battle of Jericho", "01' Man River", and "What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor". The program will be concluded with the famous Coro nation Scene from "Boris Godo unove". , The proceeds of this concert will go to improvements in the Glee Club musical library. Workshop Council To Elect Officers For Coming Year Officers of the Carolina Work shop Executive Council will be chosen at a meeting Saturday at 2 p.m. in Graham Memorial. Each department is asked to elect one delegate to the coun cil before the meeting Saturday. Officers to be elected include chairman, vice chairman, secre tary, treasurer and publicity di rector. All students in the arts depart ments are invited to a meeting Monday at 4 p.m. in the Play makers Theatre. Council plans will be approved or disapproved at this meeting and formation of an arts league will be discus sed. The league is planned to fur ther the interest and activities of all arts students on a year around basis. A Bill Johnson Enters tiaily Tar Heel Race A Bill "Scoop" Johnson phoned the Daily Tar Heel of fice late last night and an nounced (hat he was entering the race for editor of the DTH on an "independent ticket." Further details of his candi dacy will be carried in tomor row's issue. UP Releases Vet Payments Golden Fleece NUMBER 80 PanniJl, Kelly Not to Run for Council Posts U.P. RevisesLSlate For Student Council Bill McCarthy, John God chaux, Bill Tate, Andy William son, Dodge Geohagen, and Frank Hill were nominated for the men's honor council by the Uni versity Party yesterday. The party also announced that Pat Kelly and Allan Pannill have withdrawn their names from the slate for members of the student council. University Party nom inees for the student council are Whit Osgood, Alec Veazey, and Cal Warren, men representa tives; Fran Satterfield, Judy Swain, and Nancy Laird, women representatives ; George Sten house, Leonard Blumberg, and Jack Lackey, members at large. Qualifications Bill McCarthy, senior candi date, for honor council, is past president of Sigma Chi. He has served on the German Club and May Frolics executive commit tees and has been a member of the University Club and Inter fraternity Council. During his first year here he was a member of the Freshman Friendship Council. In high school he was class president and member of the honor council. The other senior candidate, John Godchaux, was formerly on the Freshman Friendship Coun cil. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In high school, he was class president and honor council member. Junior Representatives Bill Tate, junior representa tive for honor council, is a trans fer student from the University See UP Page U Seniors Meeting i Scheduled Today The Senior Class will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Gerrard Hall and all seniors have been urged to attend by Class President Jim Booth. Matters .to be taken up in clude discussion of Senior Week activities slated for next week, invitations, caps and gowns, graduation plans and selection of a speaker for the last class meeting to be held Monday, June 10. Elections Candidacies Must Be In Tonight According to an elections committee ruling, nominations of candidates for all offices to be filled in the general cam pus election next Tuesday must be given to Fred Bauder, chairman of the committee, by 12 o'clock tonight. Exceptions to this are the nominations for the student legislature positions, which may be turn ed in as late 12 p. m. Friday. Bauder may be reached at 114 Manly Dormitory.
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