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1 UP BRIEFS Rail Walkout Is Postponed For Five Days Unions Acquiesce At Truman's Request Cleveland, May 18 The rail strike has been called off. . Tem porarily. The brotherhoods of railroad trainmen and engine ers have announced that the strike scheduled for 4 p.m. (EST) has been postponed for five days. The "presidents of the unions, Alvanley Johnston and A. F. Whitney, say they are acting at the request of Presi dent Truman. The two union heads had been in conference with the White House by tele phone all afternoon. Just two minutes before the scheduled walkout of rail engi neers and trainmen, President Truman also announced the rail strike postponement. In an un scheduled press conference, he said the strike has been called off until May 23rd. Mr. Truman said the presidents of the two rail brotherhoods will fly to Washington tomorrow to resume negotiations with railroad mana gement officials. He said he hoped an agreement would be reached which would turn the postpone ment into a permanent settle ment. ' The postponement of the rail strike has come too late to pre vent some disruption of train schedules. However, all cancella tions announced by major rail roads shortly1 before the strike deadline have been lifted. It's certain that trains will be rolling normally again in a few hours. The government had hoped lor a last-minute break but" had not counted on it. Plans had been made to mobilize all available trucks and planes to keep essen tial shipments going. The Post Office Department was ready to send all first class mail by air. The Army had advised the rail roads to inform it promptly if they needed troops to prevent interference with trains manned by nonstrikers. 'Truce' Mined Coal Must Have Rail Cars Washington, May 18 A con tinuation of the railroad dispute would have meant a shut down of the soft coal miners truce or no truce. The solid fuels admini stration says there are no facili ties for ground storage at the pits. Production depends on the regular steady movement of coal cars into and out of the mines. John L. Lewis May Call Session of Union Group Washington, May 18 Some sources believe that John L. Lewis may call his 250-man po licy committee into session next week to decide on the mine union's course of action after the soft coal "truce. However, UMW officials have indicated that no meeting is scheduled at this time. Secretary Byrnes Gives Full Report to Truman Washington, May 18 Presi dent Truman will fly to Missouri tomorrow to receive an honorary degree from William Jewell Col lege at Liberty, Missouri, on Monday. Mr. Truman is ex pected back in the White House Monday evening. New Zeta Beta Tau officers elected recently are: Charlie Weill,' president; John God ehaux, vice-president ; Art Aron son, secretary; Allen Kaufman, treasurer. 7 rt VOLUME LIV c SP Completes Slate With Legislature Order of Golden Fleece Holds Tapping Tonight Identity of Organization's Jason and Officers Of Past Year Are to Be Revealed to Fublic The Order of the Golden Fleece will hold its annual tapping of outstanding leaders in Memorial hall at 9:00 tonight. The iden tity of the society's Jason and officers for the past year will be revealed. . After the traditional story of the search for the Golden Fleece has been read, Fleece members will' walk through the audience in hoods and robes to tap the new members. Organ music will be played throughout the ceremony and the members who will tap the leaders will be followed by spot lights. Operates Secretly The organization operates secretly throughout the year and taps new members every spring. Membership in the order is the highest honor a man at Carolina can attain. Present undergraduate mem bers of the Order of the Golden Fleece are Ed Emack, Douglass Hunt, Wiley Long, Jenks Tripp, and Charlie Vance. Graduate members are Bill Cochrane, Bill Crisp, Turk New. some, Dees. Terry Sanford, and Bill Western NC Club Schedules Party For Tuesday Night The Western North Carolina Club will hold a "Get Acquaint ed" party Tuesday night at 7 :30 p.m. in Blackie's Candlelight Room at Graham Memorial. The "Greetings Committee" is composed of Norman D. Pless, president, Bill Callahan, vice president, Margaret Jean Taylor secretary, Bob Oliver, Treasurer, and Earl Woodard and Bernard Plemmons, Co-chairman of com mittes. Soft drinks, sandwiches will be served and a movie of Western North Carolina will be shown. Don Shields, will provide a series of imitations of famous people. The dance floor will be open to the party after the refreshments and entertainment. Deadline Tomorrow For GM Applications Deadline for turning in ap plications for Graham Memo rial directorship is tomorrow noon according to Lib Scho field, Graham Memoral direc tor. Applications may be se cured from the Student Union office, and must be turned in to Dean Mackie's office, 204 South Building. Monogram Club Party For ADPi's Postponed The Monogram Club's party for the A. D. Pi's, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed to next Sunday, and the A. D. Pi's will have their regular open house from 7 to 8 tonight. Experimentals Tests Tryouts for the final bill of experimentals will be held tomor row in the Playmakers theatre at 4 p.m. The experimentals will be given at commencement time. -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL Hy.L. N. C SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1946 l Pictured above (top) are Jack Zimmerman, nominee for President of the CAA, and De Van Barbour, nominee for head cheerleader, both of the University Party. Below are Student Party nominees Charlie Donnell and Johnny Jones, candidate for Vice-President and Secretary Treasurer of the Student Body, respectively. Nomination of Superlatives Initiates Annual Senior Week Banquet Tickets Go on Sale Tomorrow; Comptroller W. D. Carmichael to Speak Initiating Senior Week, a meeting to be held tomorrow night in Gerrard hall at 7:30 will nominate class superlatives, according to Dot Carmack, chairman of Senior Week plans. elude: Best looking, most likely to succeed, best personality, most popular, biggest flirt, hard est to get, most talented, done the most for UNC, most fickle, smoothest, best dancer, most athletic, wittiest, biggest poli tician. A boy and girl will be chosen for each of these men tioned above. Others to be nominated at the meeting are best prospective wife and husband, class beaver, Y courtier, and best apple pol isher. Banquet tickets will go on sale tomorrow in the Y. Seniors must present their class cards in order to get the tickets. Comptroller W. D. Carmichael will be principal speaker of the informal affair Thursday night jll Groups' Entered jn Valkyries Sing Staging and Originality Are to Be Basis Of Presentation of Cup Awards to Teams Eleven groups representing dormitories and organizations will participate-in the annual Valkyries Sing tonight at 8 o'clock in Memorial hall. Cups will be awarded to the winning men's and women's teams. Admission in thp rsrmrmm is it. i s.-r--.- . ss &xyr&s mm mmmmmm and superlatives will be an nounced during the evening, Other features of Senior Week include a meeting Tuesday night at 7:30 in Gerrard hall to hear Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders speak on Alumni As sociation and to elect alumni of ficers for the Class of '46. Wednesday afternoon, a senior-faculty softball game will be held on Alexander Field at 4 o'clock and a swimming party at 7:30 p. m. Following the Thursday night banquet, a senior recital will be held at Hill hall. Friday night a senior picnic will be staged at Hogan's Lake. The week will be climaxed by a Junior-Senior prom Saturday night. It x mhm mi UNITED PRESS free, according to Dot Phillips, Valkyrie president. Valkyries, founded here in 1941, is the highest honorary organization for women on the campus. Membership is limited to 2 of the undergraduate women. Members are selected for the ideals of character, lead ership, scholarship, and service. Members Named Present members include, be sides President Phillips and Ad visor Kay Ferrell, Meadie Mont gomery, Margie Pullen, Lib Schofield, Berlette Capt, Ruth Duncan, Fran Bleight, Linda Nobles, Lillian Leonhard, Twig Branch, Mary Hill Gaston, Ida Prince, Linda Cobb, Dot Gus taf son, and Lib Worr-ell. Organizations entering and the themes they have selected are as follows: ADPi, "Wish ing"; Spencer, "Minstrel"; Phi Gamma' Delta," "Drink";' Chi Omega, "Lullaby"; CICA, "Dream"; Phi Delta Theta, "Nocturne" ; Alpha Gamma Del ta, "Negro Spirituals"; Kappa Alpha, "Old South"; Pi Phi, "Cigarette"; Phi Kappa Sigma, "Fraternity Sweetheart" ; Tri Delta, "Home on the Range." Woeslendiek Gets Backing Of DTH Staff A staff poll conducted by mem bers of the Daily Tar Heel staff yesterday indicated an over whelming support of Bill Woes tendiek as the outstanding candi date for the post of next editor of the Daily Tar Heel. Of the 30 members of the staff who cast their votes, 20 were in favor of Woestendiek for the position, nine for Gene Aenchbacher, one for Carroll Poplin, and no votes were cast for the other two can didates, Bill Johnson, and Bob Morrison. Morrison Refused Taking of the poll came after editor Bob Morrison refused to allow a staff nomination meeting as has always been customary in the past. Morrison stated that he would not allow the staff nomination because "If I con ducted it, I would certainly win it because I could include as staff members anyone I wanted." Morrison also declined to allow the nomination to be conducted by an impartial observer. Staff on Masthead The 30 members of the regu lar staff who voted in the poll included members of the news, sports, .and editorial depart ments, . and were ones whose names appear in the Daily Tar Heel masthead. Three staff mem bers were' out of town and two other members, Manny Margolis, and Dick Koral could not be reached. Poll of DTH Staff SP Nominates Fleece Taps NUMBER 84 Nominees Heath Defends Student Party Open Policies Taylor and Saleeby To Seek Reelection By Bill Kutledge The Student Party announced yesterday that their slate of ! candidates was complete for elec Itions with the nomination of 50 students lor tne student legisla ture. Chuck Heath, chairman of the Party, issued the following state ment at the last meeting of the party: "The University Party steering committee has nominat ed candidates and made their platform behind closed doors. They now solicit your support for their slate, but didn't trust your judgment to select that slate. Statement Given "We, the Student Party, have for every party, meeting. and every nomination convention an nounced our meeting in the Daily Tar Heel and invited every stu dent at Carolina to attend and make suggestions on our plat form, policies, and to nominate candidates for all offices. We be lieve this necessary for us to re present the student body. It is on this basis that your SP nominat ed all its candidates and now pub lishes the remainder, of nomina tions for your approval." Legislature Town Men The following students living out of dormitories were nominat ed as one-year candidates for the Legislature : Dan McFarland, Taylor Dodson, Dave Pittman, Chuck Borton, Winston Broad foot, Jim McNider, George Griz zard, and Charles Fulton. Nominated for six months were Johnny Colones, Harry Pratt, Herndon Williams, Don Shropshire, Don Broad, Bill Brown, Harry Charles, and Lee Wood. Men's Dormitories Nominated from men's dormi tories for one year terms were Jim Taylcr, Tom Eller, Walt See SP Pae 4 Andr ws To Air Eu; ,p an Famine Q ueslion Tonight The great problem facing the world today, that of feeding the peoples of Europe, will be aired tonight in the Grail Room of Gra ham Memorial when the Carolina Political Union presents Col. Stanley Andrews who has just returned from Berlin and an as signment in the Food and Agri culture Division of the AMG. Andrews began his foreign service in North Africa 33 months ago and since that time has been in Italy, Austria, and Germany. Col. Adrews has been assign ed to the Food and Agriculture division of AMG during all of his foreign service. Much of the responsibility of feeding the peo ples of Europe has been placed on that agency. Col. Andrews and his wife are visiting their daughter, Winky Andrews. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
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