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EDITORIAL: No Compromise Our Congratulations Escreased Subsistence -TP?? ONLY COLLEGK DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST NEWS : Freshman Elections WDUK Opening Write Congressmen VOLUME LV United Pre CHAPEL HILL. N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1947 NUMBER 145 NEW & BRIEFS.-. Senator Taft Endorses Plan To Continue Rent Controls G.O.P. Policy-Maker Would Extend Ceilings Until Next March under Board Supervision Washington, March 11 (UP) The Republican party's num ber one spokesman in matters of policy, Senator Robert Taft of Ohio, has thrown his influence behind a-plan to continue rent control for another year. The plan, drawn up by Taft and Re publican Senator McCarthy of Wis- 7" consin, would do three things: 1 ' T ! course in xveiigion Open to Students In Spring Quarter it would create a rent adjustment and de-control board to continue feder al controls on rents throughout the county until the first of next March; ce-control rents on new housing pro jects; liberalize the present system for "hardship relief," under which in dividual landlords can apply for rent increases. Decontrol Any Area The rent adjustment and decontrol board would have the power to de control any rental area, or to grant rent boosts throughout the area. A conference of Republican Senators is expected to be called in a few days to consider the Taft-McCarthy plan. Last night, a party conference failed to produce an agreement on rent poli cy. Housing expediter Frank Creedon told the New York Building Congress today that he will end all limitations en construction of buildings other than homes as soon as conditions warrant. Creedon said, "I think this will come to pass before the end of the year." He asked builders to keep their pro mise, and begin building as soon as federal controls are off. Legislature to Hear Final Revenue Reading North . Carolina Revenue bill for the next two years has . passed its sec ond reading in the House of Represen tatives. The vote was 103 to two. The measure. is up for a final reading in the House tomorrow. If it passes, it then goes to the Senate. The only law makers voting against the bill in the House " were Representative Whit field of. Pender and Hancock of Gran ville. The Appropriations bill was report ed in today by Representative Allen of Wake county, the House appropria tions chairman. The bill has been plac ed on the House calendar for tomor row. - 59,000 N. C. Veterans; Are Using GI Benefits'" Winston-Salem, March 11 (UP)- The Veterans administration reports that more than 'fifty-nine thousand North Carolina veterans are taking advantage of the G.I. bill of rights. The regional V-A at Winston-Salem says more than forty thousand North Carolina veterans are drawing pen sions. The reports shows an increase during February in the number of veterans receiving education or on-the-job training under the G.I. bill. Fist Fight Flares Up In French Assembly Paris, March 11 (UP) -A meet ing of the French National Assembly has broken up in disorder after a fist fight between Communist and Right Wiag party members. A non-credit course in "The Essen tials of the Christian Religion" will be offered to all interested students during the spring term. The new course, which is not a part of the University curriculum, is open to all students, especially those who have questions about the Christian religion. The class will meet every Monday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock in Gerrard hall, and will be conducted in such a manner that individual mem bers of the class will participate in the discussion. Dr. Frank Hanf t, professor of juris prudence in the University Law school, will conduct the class, which will endeavor to confront frankly and candidly the deep-seated questions pertaining to religious experience. The idea for the course originated in the Young Adult Church school of the local Methodist church, whose members felt that in the make-up of the University curriculum there is no opportunity for the student body to meet systematically the questions of religion. Professor Hanf t, who served in the European theater, with the Ninth Air force daring World , War II, was ask- ed to conduct the course by the Sun day school class in which the idea originated. Any student interested in the course should meet the first class on March SI at 7 o'clock in Gerrard hall. Belgium Cabinet Votes To Tender Resignation Brussels, March 11 (UP) The post-war government of Belgium is in a crisis tonight mostly because of difficulties concerning the nation's eco nomy. The left-wing cabinet led by social ist Premier Camille Huysmans has voted to resign in a body. The resigna tion are to be submitted to the Prince Regent tomorrow. The crisis began developing earlier today when the four Communist mem bers resigned because the other Cabi net members refused to meet their de mands. The immediate controversy is said to have involved the fixing of steel and coal prices. It's not clear just what the nature of the new Belgian cabinet is to be. But observers in Brussels are specu lating that the Catholic party the largest single political organization in Belgium may be asked to form a new government. Freshmen, Sophomores Mold Balloting; uestion Causes Controversy E u n off 11 inn in mini iiimiimii 1 in 1 1 iniJifinn innrit milium mi mam m miaur nninrnTrtf IfrimfMtW i8wiw Re-voting Set for Three Positions As Rest of Election Runs Smoothly By Chuck Hauser As campaign fever ran high in Y court, freshmen and sopho mores filed in and out of Gerrard hall yesterday afternoon to cast their votes for officers for the two classes. The temperature was still rising as the Daily T&tr Heel went to press last J WDUK Opens Local Studios Chancellor Robert B. Hoiise (right) and Mayor Bob Madry (left) are shown at the opening of , the branch studio of WDUK in the showroom of Strowd . Motor company . Monday afternoon. Broadcasting a variety of programs, the studio ; in Durham is silenced each weekday afternoon from 3:45 to 5 o'clock for programs orig inated in the local studio. Request music and University news will be featured, and five-minute talks on Chapel Hill affairs will be conduct ed by The Chapel Hill Weekly from time to time. Louis Graves, editor of the Weekly, made the opening talk yesterday. - A program of classical recordings will be sponsored by Ab's Bookshop every afternoon from 4:30 until 5 o'clock. Requests may be made by call ing 5396 or by leaving a written re quest at the bookshop. - Lee Zimmer, senior from Beverly Hills, California, and student in the communications center of the Univer sity, will take over the announcing in a few days. Bad Weather Labor Conditions Impede Work on Classrooms By Ed Joyner Erection of the new frame class tt roQmJbuildings- ov -arriving Sere. from Camp Forrest, Tenn., is run ning behind schedule due to labor shortage and bad weather condi tions here and in Tullahoma, Tenn., J. C. Stone, Jones Construction Co. superintendent said yesterday. A change in plans for heating the buildings is also a contributing factor in the holdup, Stone said. Though originally calling for hot air heating, the plans were chang ed by the University in order to eliminate inside furnace rooms and utilize all available space for ..class rooms and offices. The buildings are now to be heated with steam from the central heating system. . Await More Material As a result of the revised heating plans, none of the buildings now under construction can be complet ed until surplus material arrives from Tullahoma to fill the space which would have been taken up by the concrete floored furnace rooms. : a , , x The firstcf the new buildings to go into construction, one of three additions to the library, began two week3 ago is still unfinished, but might be ready by the end of spring vacation. A promise of thirty new work men to report from Durham today brightened the labor picture for the project but Stone said that he would welcome applications for work from students who have at least half of their day free for the job. In spite of slow progress, con struction is now moving on two of the three library buildings and work will begin today on two public health buildings and on three storage units near the power plant. In addition parts of the naval science building and of the geology building have arrived. However, these two buildings are far down the priority list for construction. night, on the issue of a run-off election for the office of president of the fresh man class. Figures Released According to Hgures released at ap proximately 6 o'clock yesterday even ing, final tabulation of ballots was as follows: Freshman: President: Steve Nim- ocks 102, N. A. Winn 97 (run-off) ; Bill Wood 20 (disqualified); vice president: Paul Baschon 96, Ralph Lee 65 (run-off); Paul Fuller 44, Bill Rogers 19; secretary-treasurer: Stuart Bondurant 127, (elected), Jim Lingle 93; social chairman: Jo West 116 (elected), Ted Barnes 99. Sophomores: President:- Dusty Leonard 44, Curt Youngblood 29 (run-off); Sam Sprunt 13, Edward Smith 10 (disqualified) ; vice-presi dent: Carl Durham 45 (elected), Bob Lee 41; secretary-treasurer: Miles Smith 56 (elected), Earl Somers 32; social chairman: Jerry Pence (unanimously elected). The hot issue still being debated on campus last night was the ques tion of whether. Bill Wood's disquali fication (because he failed to file a statement of campaign expenditures, as provided for by the constitution) in the freshman presidential bracket gave Steve Nimocks a majority over the only, other qualified calididatef.NV A.. Winn. . , At press time last night, Chairman Board Opposes UNC Printery Group Favors Hike In Publication Fee By Louis Nicond In a session of the Publications Union Board yesterday afternoon the culmination of discussion concerning the future establishment of a Uni versity printshop was a, resolution in troduced by Howard Merry, which places the board on record as being opposed to a University printshop in favor of mutual cooperation with the Orange Printshop, which it antici pates will have more adequate facili ties available to University publica tions in the future. A measure to increase the student publications fee from $6.90 to $7.50 was passed at the meeting. The in crease was voted in order to minimize an existing deficit! in the publications fund described as "dangerous" and to insure against future deficits. Because of the great responsibility which it considers are involved in the executive positions of campus . publi cations, the board adopted a fair practices resolution Upun" assuming office each incumbent editor-in-chief will be asked to give his voluntary assent to the code of the resolution, Gunmen Take $40,000 From Boston Gamblers Boston, March 11 (UP) Under world sources have informed police that a dice game was robbed of forty- thousand dollars in Boston Sunday night. Rebellion Breaks Out In Paraguayan City Asuncion, Paraguay, March 11 (UP) The government of Paraguay has rushed an army expeditionary force against a large rebel army gar rison in the northern city of Conception. Jabie Heyward of the elections board hic h rGauire3 unbiSed nresentation could not be located for a statement on w timate news will not be suppressed and that all letters from persons or groups who have been " attacked in their publications will be published. A motion to award keys to stodest who have worked on student publica tions was passed. In order to qualify for the award, applicants must present a letter of request to the board, accom panied by letters of endorsement from two editors under whom they have worked. the question. Neither could John Clampitt, chairman of the Student Legislature's elections committee be found. One member of the elections com mittee, however; was reached for a statement. Tag Montague made the following comments: "In my opinion, due to the fact that Mr. Wood failed to file a statement of expenditures, and was disqualified for such, any votes cast for. Mr. Wood should not be included in the total number of votes, giving Mr. Nimocks a clear ma jority over his opponent." IFC Kills Proposal For Stan Kenton Hop The Interfraternity council turn ed down a proposal to hire Stan Kenton's orchestra for IFC dances tentatively set for April 18 and 19, Whit Osgood, president of the or ganization, stated yesterday. At a brief meeting held in Gra ham Memorial, a vote was taken on the question yesterday afternoon. The necessary two-thirds majority required to pass the motion was not reached. House Sends to Senate t Post Office, OPA Bills Washington, March 11 (UP) The House has passed and sent to the Seriate a 12 and one third billion dol lar treasury-post office' appropria tion bilL It was the first of a series of Federal supply bills for fiscal 1948. The House also has approved a bill liquidating the Office of Tem porary Controls, including the OPA by June 30th. The measure now goes to the Senate. WEATHER TODAY Increasing cloudiness and mild, fol lowed by rain beginning m ra taists in afternoon or night. M oose, Rouzie Ask Veterans to Write Cpngressmen Cost Survey Results To Be Made Available By Earl Heffner Pointing to the necessity of .veter ans writing and wiring their congress men immediately in support of H. R. 870, the increased subsistence clause of the GI Bill of Rights, formerly known as Public Law 346, Roy Moose and Ben Rouzie, respective presidents of the University Veterans association and the American Veterans commit tee, yesterday issued a joint plea for individual action of this nature by campus veterans. "Without letters and wires to home state congressmen, the increased sub sistence measure has little chance of passage," the joint statement read. "The Chapel Hill chapter, AVC and the UVA have done all they can to aid this bill at present. Individual action is now required." Results Today It was pointed out that results of LV. . . ..V.VVi.. .... v ."V- WU' W. ' .".-.".V.-. V f V.'.V. & If V v 4 " Koy Moose, (left), and Ben Rouzie, (right),, presidents of UVA and AVC, respectively, yesterday made a plea to all campus veterans to write their congressmen in support of House Bill 870, favoring a hike in GI subsistence. . Individual Letters Are Hope of Success the AVC-UVA cost of living survey will be made available at the "Y" to day, that the information contained therein and in the story in yesterday's Daily Tar Heel, provide excellent and factual information which may be used in correspondence with congress men. An AVC spokesman revealed that the measure is now in the Veterans Affairs committee of the senate, and that the AVC and other organizations are maintaining a lobby in Washing ton at present in support of the bill, and that action is momentarily ex pected. Results of this UVA-AVC joint sur vey are to be sent to the Carolina dele gation in Washington. Should the measure not be passed before next quarter, the UVA and the AVC plan further action in sup port of subsistence increase. Labor Secretary Blasts Communism Washington, March 11 (UP) A bi-partisan drive to outlaw the Com munist party is underway in the na tion's capitol. . The campaign was brought into the open today by Secretary of La bor Lewis Schwellenbach who public ly stated he thought it was time the United States banned Communists from the ballot, since their purpose is to destroy the government. ' The Republican head of the House Labor committee thoroughly agreed. New Jersey's Fred Hartley jumped to the support of the Cabinet member and said he too believed it wasn't enough to ban Communists from labor unions that they should be outlaw ed everywhere. Hartley promised to get legal ex perts working on the problem and to take immediate steps toward writing such a ban into law. Attorney General Tom Clark was asked what he thought of the idea -but he sideswiped by commenting, I am for outlawing any group whose aim is to overthrow the government,' Schwellenbach is the first high of ficial in the administration to actually advocate a legislative purge to rid the country of the Communist element. It i not known whether his proposal was given prior endorsement from the White House. Today Is Last Chance To Get Class Tickets Edwin S. Lanier, Director of Central Records office announced late last night that all studemts who have not called for their spring quar ter class tickets should do so today. After, today no class tickets will be distributed until March 22.
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