Truman Orders
Rail Seizure
On Strike Eve
President Puts
ODT in Charge
Washington, May 17. Presi
dent Truman has ordered the of
fice of defense transportation to
seize and operate America's rail
road system. Seizure of the rail
roads was ordered by the Presi
dent immediately after the
brotherhoods of engineers and
trainmen informed Mr. Truman
they could not settle their dis
pute with the carriers.
Strike Tomorrow
The unions have scheduled a
strike for tomorrow afternoon
at 4 P. M., standard time in each
zone, but union officials say they
will abide by the Smith-Con-nally
Act. That means the union
will leave it up to each individ
ual worker whether to walk out,
or remain on the job.
Truman Statement
President Truman has issued a
statement appealing to all rail
road workers to cooperate with
the government, by remaining on
duty. In his statement, he says
the strike situation confronting
the nation makes government
seizure "imperative to protect
the rights of all citizens."
Nine Million Coal Tons
Expected During Truce
Washington, May 17. The
government says nine million
tons of soft coal will come out
of the ground during the first
week of the strike truce. Nor
mal yield is about 12 million
tons. Some 75 thousand miners
in Pennsylvania still, are ignor
ing the strike truce. Their
pickets closed 15 more mines to
day. Negotiations in the coal
strike remain stalemated.
Confirmation Arrives
On Uprising in Cuba
Havana, May 17. The first
official confirmation of the up
rising in Cuba has come in from
Havana. The commander in
chief of the Cuban Army says
government " forces early this
morning crushed a rebellious
movement at Camp Columbia,
the island's main military base.
Gunfire and explosions were
heard for more than an hour dur
ing the outbreak.
Non-Fathers 20 to 30
In New Draft Bracket
Washington, May 17 Selec
tive Service officials say instruc
tions are being sent to local draft
boards, advising them that all
non-fathers in the 20 to 30 age
bracket now are eligible for in
duction: The previous top age
of 25 was raised by President
Truman yesterday. The officials
also say very few occupational
deferments will be granted.
UNO Defers Action
On Seat for Albania
New York, May 17. The
United States has won a parlia
mentary victory in the UN Se
curity Council. The Council un
animously has adopted an Ameri
can proposal to defer for two
months action on Albania's re
quest for UN membership. Rus
sia has been backing Albania's
bid, but Britain sided with
America in opposing it.
New Curb on Labor
Introduced in Senate
Washington, May 17. A new
labor bill has been introduced in
the Senate. Republican Senator
Wiley of Wisconsin has intro-
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VOLUME LIV
University
Outdoor Pool
Slated to Open
On Wednesday
Wednesday Is Set
For Opening Date
t
The outdoor swimming pool
will open Wednesday, May 22,
according to the Athletic As
sociation. Until the -beginning
of the summer term, the pool
will be open for recreational
swimming from 2 to 6:30 p.m.
on Mondays through Fridays.
On Saturdays, it will be open
from 10 until. 12 a.m. and from
2 until 6:30 p.m., and on Sun
days from 2 until 5 p.m.
All persons besides students
using the -swimming pools must
have had a physical examina
tion from any recognized physi-
cian sinceMay 15, 1946. Tick
ets may be purchased at the
business office in South Build
ing, f
Any persons going into the
pool at any other time than the
scheduled hours will lose their
swimming privileges. This
regulation is necessary to assure
proper supervision - All swim
mers 'must dress in the gymna
siumswomen at Women's
Gymnasium and men at Woollen
Gymnasium.
Users of the pools are re
quested to sun bathe outside of
the deck area when the pool is
not open for swimming.
The association officials stat
ed, ."Your cooperation in com
plying with pool regulations will
make your swimming more
pleasant and our job, in provid
ing you a fine place to play and
enjoy yourself, much easier. If
you have any suggestions for
the betterment of conditions or
regulations, please make them to
us.
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Candidates To Be Introduced
At Mass Meeting Monday Night
Session To Be Held in Memorial Hall
At 8:30; Elections Committee To Meet
A student body mass meeting Monday night at 8:30 will give
voters in Tuesday's campus-wide election an opportunity to meet
major candidates and to hear short talks by candidates for presi
dent, vice-president and editor of the Daily Tar Heel.
. i7WKnnc. Chairman b red r
Bauder announced that his com
mittee would meet at 8 o'clock
Monday night in Memorial Hall,
prior to the mass session.
Bauder also announced that
all candidates for the Student
Legislature must meet at 2 p.m.
Monday in Gerrard Hall to hear
an explanation of the elections
bill.
Fines for Absences
Any candidate who failed to
attend the meeting yesterday
afternoon must pay a $1.00 fine
to Bauder in Manly 114 by Mon
day, or else have his. name
stricken from the ballot.
' The elections committee has
decided that an independent
candidate may spend $10 over
and above Ihe amount set down
in the elections bill.
Itemized expense accounts
and copies of all campaign lit
erature must be turned in to
Bauder at Manly 114 by mid
night Monday.
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THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH EAST-
CHAPEL HILL. N. C SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1946
Party Releases Legislature Nominations
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Standing, left to right: Linda Williams, Sanford; Carolyn Rich, Orlando, Fla.; Jenny Free
man, Clarksville, Va.; Ann Farr, Fairfax, Va.; Maid of Honor Elaine Bates of Leland, Miss.;
May Queen Patty Harry, Miami, Fla.; Maid of Honor Ann Geoghegan, Raleigh; Ann Han
cock, Paragould, Ark.; Betty Strickland, Wilson; Phyllis Ganey, Fort Myers, Fla.; Tish An
drews, Memphis, Tenn. .
Seated, left to right: Beezie Russell, Jacksonville, Fla.; Jane Isenhour, Charlotte; and
Bunny Flowers, College Park, Ga.
S&F Spring Musical
Postponed Until Fall
Due to Senior Conflict
Due to the conflicts with Se
nior week, finals, commence
ment, and the Playmakers
spring production, Sound and
Fury has cancelled their spring
musical.
Billy Carmichael, president of
the organization, announced to
day that the show which they
had planned to give, "Change
for a Penny," written by Bob
Nachtman, will be put on next
fall with a great part of the same
cast.
Professor Coffman
Given High Honor
Dr. George K. Coffman, 'Kenan
professor of English and former
head of the University English
Department, has just received a
high honor in the academic
field.
He has been elected a Fellow
of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, the second
oldest learned society in Amer
ica and one of the most distin
guished. The only other Fellow
of the. Academy at the Univer
sity is Dr. William deB. Mac
Nider, Kenan prof essor of phar
macology and former Dean of
the University Medical School,
Dr. Coffman, who was head of
the English Department here
from 1930 until last year, has re
ceived numerous honors during
his career, but his election to the
Academy is the most highly
prized.
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Senior Program Outline
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eard at Thursday Meet
Nominations for Class Superlatives Slated
At Meeting Monday Night in Gerrard Hall
By Mary Hill Gaston
Seniors attending their class meeting Thursday afternoon heard
Senior Week Chairman Dot Carmack outline plans for the week's
activities to begin Monday night at 7:30 in Gerrard Hall, when
nominees for class superlatives will be made. A complete list of
superlative posts to be filled will be printed in tomorrow's DTH.
Class members voted to holdf
the traditional barefoot day
Wednesday. Previous meetings
had left the question unsettled.
Class to Meet
Chairman Carmack, in re
viewing the program for the se
niors, stated that on Tuesday
night at 7:30 the class will meet
in Gerrard Hall to hear Alum
ni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders
talk on the Alumni Associa
tion and to elect alumni officers
for the Class of '46.
A senior-faculty sof tball game
Wednesday afternfion . at 4
o'clock on Alexander Field and
a swimming party beginning at
7:30 at the outdoor pool will
complete Wednesday's barefoot
day activities, and the annual
senior banquet will be held the
following night at 6:30 at the
Carolina Inn.
Tickets Go on Sale
Banquet tickets will be on
sale at Monday and Tuesday
nights' meetings and in the Y
Tuesday morning. Seniors
must present their class cards
purchased through payment of
class dues in order to get ban
quet tickets. The affair will be
informal and is open only to se
niors. Comptroller W. D. Car
michael will be the principal
speaker, vnd superlatives will
be announced during the eve
ning. Following the banquet, at
8:30 Thursday night, will be a
senior recital at Hill Hall, when
Organist Lois Eliezer and Pian
ist Ruth Von Bramer will pre
sent a program.
The senior picnic is to be
staged Friday afternoon and
UNITED PRESS
night at Hogan's Lake, and se
niors may sign up to attend at
Monday and Tuesday nights'
meetings and Tuesday and Wed
nesday mornings in the Y. Class
cards will be necessary to sign
up and must also be presented
at the lake. Any 'senior wish
ing to bring a non-senior must
sign and pay for that person.
Saturday night's Junior-Senior
prom will end the week's
festivities.
Class cards denoting payment
of class dues may be secured
from members of the executive
committee. This consists of Jim
Booth, Mag Burke, Meadie
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DavidHooksPortraysServqnt
In 'The School for Husbands'
Among the many veterans
who have returned to Carolina
as Dramatic Art majors is for
mer Naval Lieutenant and now
graduate student, David Hooks
of Smithfield, who portrays the
laughable character of Ergaste,
a comic servant, in Moliere's
witty "The School for Hus
bands," which opens next Fri
day, May 24, for a three-day run
in the Forest Theatre.
From the commanding officer
of a fleet mine sweeper to the
amusing portrayal of a lowly
French servant in "The School
for Husbands" is a difficult
transition which -David handles
effectively. During his thirty
eight months in the Pacific he
served aboard three different
mine sweepers and in more op
UP Nominates
Outdoor Pool
Seniors Elect
NUMBER 83
Fulton, Dupes
Among Names
On U.P. Slate
Party Completes
Political Slate
The University Party com
pleted its slate of candidates for
next Tuesday's general campus
elections yesterday when it re
leased its nominations for mem
bership in the-student legisla
ture for the coming year.
The list of names includes sev
eral students who are now mem
bers of the legislature and others
who have been prominent in
campus affairs in the past as well
as several newcomers to the stu
dent government scene.
Town District
For the positions from the
town district, for a 12 month
term, the UP has nominated:
Charlie Fulton, Mike Morrow,
Ralph Dupes, Dennis Smith,
Hoke Leggett, Harold Morrow,
Braxton Schell, Bob Little, and
J. W. Starr.
For the six month term from
the town district the candidates
are: Charlie Norton, Bill Moffitt,
Meigs Golden, Paul Broyhill,
Alex Davis, Bob Kemp, Earl
Woodard, and Bookie Jabine.
Coed Candidates
The coed nominees from the
town area are: Jean Driscoll,
for the one year term and Dot
Dashiell and Alice Roberson for
the 6 months terms.
Coeds from the dormitory dis
trict nominated by the UP for
the one year terms are: Joanne
Miller, Bobby Bach, Jerry At
kins, Kit Coleman, and Winkie
Andrews.
Dorm coeds for the 6 month
terms are: Kit Norvell, Jean
Huske, Ann Cutts, and Flo Ann
Robets.
Dorm Men
Men from the dormitories
nominated for the one year
terms are : Frank Meadows, Le-
roy Ward, Al Lowenstein, Al Mc
Fayden, Bill Stubbs, Bob Hall,
Bobby Oliver, Bill Miller, Ernest
House, and Clint Newton.
Fcr the 6 month dormitory
terms the UP had nominated:
Comer Jennings, Bob Kelly,
Clvde Stalling,, Roland Paylor,
Joe Morris, Bill Hight, George
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erations than his modesty dis
closes. His only remark about
the sea was, "Gad, it was
salty!"
While David was an under
graduate here before the war, he
worked with the Carolina Play
makers, playing roles in "Ro
meo and Juliet," and "Family
Portrait." After graduating in
1941 with an A.B. in English,
he toured with a professional
company of Paul Green's "House
of Conneley."
Since his return this quarter
to school, David has shown his
usual enthusiasm for the thea
tre. He worked as a technician
on the Carolina Dramatic Asso
ciation Festival and directed
Charles Waldman's successful
comedy, "The Queen Was in the
Kitchen."