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Sarials Dspt. " Chapol Hill, N. C. EDITORIALS Report of the Chancellors Of UKC Expansion Germans to Model A's WEATHERS Partly cloudy and continued warm with scattered evening thundershowers. VOLUME LVII United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1949 Phone F-3371-F-3361 NUMBER 177 n (OIL mrp 4 Ism m&Mmir Wlw . V LI V W7 KblVV 7 "nX 's? r i X TWIN ST. BERNARD DOGS are hugged by Barbara (left) and Jo-Lee Crane, blind twins, after the animals had been pre sented to them in New York at the first annual convention of "Buddies Incorporated." The Bronx, N. Y., organization will attempt to provide companion dogs for every blind person who wishes and merits one. Reds Quit West Berlin Under American Orders Strikebreakers, Police Begin Leaving Troubled Area; 1500 Wounded Reported BERLIN, May 24 (UP) Russian controlled police evacuated all West Berlin tonight bowing to an ultimatum by American Commandant Brig Gen. Frank L. Howley who gave them two hours to get out Howley delivered the ultimatum for the three Western powers on the fourth day of a railroad strike in which at least two persons have been killed and 1,200 hurt or wounded. lie also demanded the with drawal of any Red Army troop units in the U. S. sector. Even before 7 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT), the deadline set by Howley, the East Berlin Communists be gan to leave peacefully. There was a 41 -minute delay at Wannsee in the U. S. sector where an estimated 500 Soviet controlled police and strikebreak ers were entrenched. Ready for trouble, West Berlin police had arrived there with Red Cross nurses and stretcher-bearers. The only snag developed at Priesterwag, also in the U. S. sector where 37 Russian soldiers refused to leave by truck. The rails had been ripped up and the' train they had called could not' move them. They promised to leave when the track was fixed. The last of an estimated 2,000 Soviet sector police and Com munist strikebreakers, rammed in by train by the Russians Sat urday and early Sunday, had gone from the "el" stations four and one-half hours after the Western ultimatum was issued. Trice Will Get Commerce Award Charles Albert Trice will be the recipient of the Scholarship Key Award to be given by Delta Sigma Pi, international commerce fraternity, on awards night May 26. The key is awarded each year to the graduating senior with the highest scholastic average in the Commerce School. Trice has maintained an overall average of 96.6 during his college career and an average of 97 for his work in the Commerce School. Trice, 27-year-old native of Polkton, is married and the father of two children. He is a veteran of World War II, having served in the South Pacific theater. Dean D. D. Carroll of the Com merce School will make the award. - :- XT A Communist strikebreakers and Eisler Trial Granted 4-Day Postponement1 LONDON, May 24 (UP) A British judge, overriding defense protests, today granted a four day delay in the extradition trial of Gerhart Eisler and ordered the Communist fugitive held without bail. Magistrate John F. Eastwood ordered Eisler to appear in Bow Street court again ; Friday to answer the U.S. demand that he be extradited. Eisler will be returned to Brixton prison to await his next court appearance Eisler entered the oak panelled courtroom at 11:30 a.m. today His cause was disposed of in eight minutes. Outside, a dozen Communist sympathizers, under' the watch ful eye of reinforced police guards distributed 1 leaflets demanding that Eisler be freed as a politica refugee The fugitive Communist's ap pearance was delayed for an hour while the court dealt with charges against six drunks and 10 pros- j titutes. When Eisler's case opened, an attorney for the United States asked for a delay of at least eight days to permit preparation of evidence. Defense Attorney Dudley Col lard objected vigorously. When the. four-day delay was ordered, Collard asked that Eisler who jumped bail to flee the United States in the Polish liner Batory be released in bail again. East wood refused. ; Wolfe Roommates To Talk Tonight Two former roommates of au thor Thomas Wolfe will be the featured speakers at a meeting of the Thomas Wolfe Club tonight at 8 o'clock in Graham Memorial. Albert Coates, founder and di rector of the Institute of Govern- ment, and William T. Polk, as sociate editor of the Greensboro Daily News were both friends of the Asheville writer while at tending Harvard University. LUienthal Takes Security Rap For Lost U-235 AEC Head Willing To 'Catch Hell' WASHINGTON, May, 24 (UP) Chairman David E. Lilienthal admitted today that the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission was remiss in waiting six weeks to notify the FBI a small amount of uranium j 235 had been ' lost. He also' admitted that' the de lay was a violation of the com mission's own security regula tions, and offered to "catch hell" for what he described as a "hu man 'mistake'' by subordinates. At the same time, he appealed to Senate investigators not to whip up public hysteria over al leged violations of atomic se curity until all . the facts are known. Lilienthal testified before a Senate Appropriations subcom mittee which is checking on the commission's security measures before voting atomic funds for the coming fiscal year. A separate inquiry along the same lines is being made by the joint Con gressional Atomic Energy Com mittee. The hearing covered a wide range of security problems, in cluding a fake "theft" of uranium at the Hanford, Wash, plutonium plant, a split in the commission over the wisdom of exporting radioactive research material to Finland, and the granting of gov ernment fellowships to Commun ists. Carroll L. Wilson, commission general manager, was questioned about the Hanford incident in which two bars of uranium were deliberately removed as a se curity test. The "loss" went un noticed for a considerable time. Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, R., Neb., said he had been informed the uranium was kept "for 90 days" by a security officer. Wilson confirmed that the re moval was not discovered im mediately, but did not say how many days were involved. He said the uranium was returned only yesterday, and that as a result of the test, the system of accounting for materials had been tightened. He implied that the senators might take a different view of the test if they knew "how many thousands of such (uranium) pieces are processed" at Han ford, but said he .could not go into that at ar public 1 hearlrig. Textiles Agdhf ;! To Speak Here Mrs. Mildred Barnwell An drews, representative of the Industry-wide Committee on Pub- lie Relations of the Cotton Tex- tile Industry, will visit the Uni versity tomorrow and will lec ture in Bingham Hall, Room 103, at 8 o'clock on "Problems of the Textile Industry and Opportun ities for College Graduates in the Industry." Mrs. Andrews has had a long and successful career in the tex tile field and has a broad ac quaintance with its problems and opportunities. Questions and dis cussion will follow the lecture. WAC Recruiter Will Talk Here Lt. Rice of the Women's Army Corps will be at Gerrard Hall at 10' o'clock tomorrow morning to interview women students in terested in an army career, Joe Galloway, director of Placement, said yesterday. Officer's Candidate School num ber 3 begins October 17, at Camp Lee, Virginia, a letter to the Placement office said. All appli cations must be submitted not later than June . 10. - -4 1 y CHARLES B. DEANE. Con gressman from the 8lh district of North Carolina, will speak here tomorrow at 8:30 in Ger rard Hall on the general sub ject of medical care and its relation to housing. Deane is co-sponsored by the Carolina Forum and the Carolina Poli tical Union. CAMPUS CALENDAR 3 :00 MATHEMATICS S E M I nar. Professor E. A. Cam eron will speak on (catch this) "Modules over a Ring." Phillips Hall. 4:00 UNIVERSITY PARTY. RO land Parker 2, GM. 5:00 PAN-HE L COUNCIL. Grail room. GM. 7:00 SIGMA KAPPA fiPSILON. Roland Parker 2, GM. 8:00 THOMAS WOLFE CLUB. Roland Parker 1, GM. 8:30 ORCHESTRA CONCERT with Jean Fornoff Smitt, Soloist. Hill Hall. More Yearbooks Are Available Hundreds of new Yackety Yacks poured into Graham Memorial yesterday, and Editor Bill Dun can sent out a plea for students to "come and get 'em." The second load of yearbooks was brought in during the after noon, and one more is scheduled to be unloaded tomorrow. There were 1,800 books in the latest shipment. Military Wage Hike Is Defeated by House WASHINGTON, May 24 (UP) The' House today killed a $406, 000,000 military pay raise bill which would have hiked the wages of every man and woman in uniform except recruits. The sponsors had appeared to be in complete control through out floor debate. They beat down a series ot amendments to trim raises for generals and to give something extra to the rookie. No Place Like Home Artistic Metal Worker By Wuff Newell Home is where you hang your hat, and Jimmie Stubbins, 51-year-old metal worker, hangs his hat in a truck. Dressed in overalls and a tool ed leather tie he picked up in Arizona many years ago, Jimmie drove into Chapel Hill Monday afternoon in his steel grey Ford truck and as soon as he had park ed his house-car on Franklin Street went to the Post Office to see if he had any mail. For 19 years Stubbins has been on the road traveling and doing artistic metal work. "I always sleep in my truck," he explained to curious onlook ers, "It saves about three dollars a night, you know." And Jimmie's truck is a home in itself. In the back he has a large -mattress on regular bed Annual Award Night Includes 44 Trophies Hill Hall Program To Begin at 7:30 By Roy Parker r Awarding of forty-four indi-. vidual awards, group key presen tations, scholarships, trophies, and prizes will be the order of busi ness at the annual awards night program to be held , tomorrow night at 7:30 in Hill Hall. Chan cellor R. B. House will preside over the program. h. Feature presentations will ; in clude the John J. Parker, Jr. award for unique leadership' ; in student government, the Ernest H. Abernathy publications award, the Albert Richmond Bond award in English literature, the Willie P. Mangum medal in oratory, the Patterson medal in athletics, and the Foy Roberson, Jr. basket ball medal. Group keys will be presented to members of various athletic teams, members of Phi Beta Kap pa, Phi Eta Sigma, Order of the Grail, Golden Fleece, the debate squad, student publications, Uni versity band and orchestra, men and women's glee clubs and Val kyries. Departmental awards to be pre sented include medals in chemis try, sociology, playwritkig, music, Greek, political science, pharmacy, philosophy, commerce, English, mathematics, naval science and law. Other individual awards include the local Sons' of the American Revolution medal, the American Legion Post 6 award, the State Department American Legion award, The Thomas Wolfe award in play writing, . the Kay Kyser award in dramatic art, the Val kyrie cup, and the Chi Omega award in sociology. Trophies to be. given are the George M. McKie intramural de bate championship trophy and the Di-Phi debating trophy. The Order of the Old Well, newly-organized campus honorary group, will announce its charter members during the program. Timber-r-r! The Chi Phi fraternity house on S. Columbia Street was left in total darkness last night as b result of the electrical wind storm that swept Chapel Hill early in the evening. At the storm's beginning. 7:30, a giant tree said to be nearly 120 feet tail crashed to the ground. On its way. the tree smashed a second floor win dow, broke a power line, throwing the house into dark ness, and narrowly missed in juring Chi Phi Sam Haddock. The Chapel Hill fire depart ment was called, but left the scene immediately when no fire developed. it appraised once and was told springs. In the front is a canned gas two burner stove, a portable radio, a clothes closet, and a dresser. "I have an alarm clock," he said, "but I never set it unless I want to wake up earlier than seven o'clock." Jimmie has not always been a metal worker. For 13 years and one day he worked in a coal mine in Illinois. "That 13 years and one day sounds like a judge's sentence," he laughed. "People wonder how I, remember the length of time correct to the day. I guess I just have a good memory. Once in the coal mine I had to remem ber the names of the 1300 men I dealt with." Nineteen years ago Jimmie took up traveling. For a while, he fjJ ! Not To V .. W. D. CARMICHAEL, JR. Piano Soloist To Be Featured In Hill Concert Piano soloist for this evening's University Symphony Orchestra concert in Hill Hall will be Jeanne Fornoff Smith, of Bloom field, N. J. Mrs. Smith has been a member, of the University Music Department staff for the past two years. She is a graduate of Sullin's Junior College, Bristol, Va., -where she had a full music scholarship. Graduating from the Julliard School of Music, New York City, where she was a student of Gor don Stanley, Mrs. Smith has giv en many concerts in and around her home state. To be featured by Mrs. Smith this evening is Beethoven's "Concerto No. 3." for piano ; and orchestra, which she performed in concert in 1945. Mrs. Smith has made numerous appearances here as pianist and has been accompanist for the Women's Glee Club and the Wo men's Choral Club. She appeared in concert last fall with Efrim Fruchtman, another instructor in the Music Department. The concert this evening will be at. 8:30. The University Sym phony is composed of students, members of the faculty, and townspeople. The public is invited. UDC Scholarship Awa rded to El I more The Matthew W. Ransom Scho larship,; valued at $250 annually, has'beeVwfcrded again to Robert Hampton Ellmore of Roxboro, Dean D. D. Carroll, chairman of the University Scholarship Com mittee, said yesterday. This scholarship is provided by Mrs. Marsha Ransom Johnson of Littleton, through the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Hangs Hat J hours stretching it you'll always J used a motorcycle with a small trailer, but a year and a half ago he changed to a truck. "I've traveled in 40 states, Canada and Alaska," he said. "My favorite nothern state is Idaho, and in the South I think I like North Carolina best." Today Jimmie is clean-shaven, but for several years he had a long beard which gave him the appearance of a real old-timer Alaska gold miner. "I shaved my beard because I hadn't seen myself in two years," he explained. "People say I look better without it but more at tractive with it". On his right hand Jimmie wears a ring with a stone which looks like a diamond? in it. "I don't know exactly what it is", he told an admirer. "I had ymmicjv-y,, top im ww i m mi i Vote Unanimously tart Witch-Hunt' Committee of Chancellors Reports On 'Communism and the University' By Margaret Gaston The Board of Trustees yesterday passed a resolution which would leave the Communist problem solely in the hands of the Administration and faculties of the Greater University and not resort to "witch-hunting." The Trustees unanimously adopted a resolution suggested by the Chancellors of the three branches of the University, chairmaned by Controller W. D. Charmichael, Jr. It said detective work against Communists should be left to pro fessionals like the FBI and the State Board of Investigation. Thf rVmnpfOI nrc' ronnvf rr Trustees Get Student View On President Law School Plans Are Also Approved Student representatives from the University and State College and a faculty committee from the Greater University presented lists of qualifications and candidates for the post of president of the Greater University to the special committee of trustees to choose the new head here yesterday: The committee, headed by Victor Bry ant of Durham met in the plan etarium faculty lounge for three hours.- - Student body president Bill Mackie, attorney-General John Sanders and Al Lowenstein rep resented the University student body. Campus Government President-elect Hoyle Adams of State College represented the views of the Raleigh campus. He presented a summary of a poll taken at State on qualifications for the job. The all-University faculty com mittee presented a list of -quali fications and three lists of candi dates through chairman R. J. M. Hobb.s Several faculty members presented individual views to the special committee. After hearing the reports, the committee met in executive ses sion to discuss procedure. Chair man Bryant said that, "this was not the last time . that the com mittee will call on students of the Greater University." He said the committee would keep the Greater University Student Coun cil informed of its progress and would call on it for help and suggestions. He expressed pleas ure at the interest and help given by the students at all three branches. The buildings committee of the trustees also met here Monday. Governor Scott appointed Wade Barber of Pittsboro to the com (See TRUSTEES, page 4 In Truck it was worth at least $1300. I paid $64 for it." Despite his age, Jimmie has a perfect set of teeth. "A dentist once made an appointment with me," he smiled. "He wanted to make a cast of my teeth and use it as a pattern for straightening the teeth of children." He is in perfect physical con dition, too, claiming that he will play anyone half his age at a game and beat him. "And he can name the game," he added. . Keeping in condition while rid ing all day in a truck might prove a problem to some people, but not to Jimmie. "I just play with a bicycle inner tube," and he held out the red piece of rubber. "If you'll spend two minutes every two See METAL WORKER, pagt i) "Communism and the University" said "there is only one avowed Communist Party member now . teaching at any of the three institutions. His appointment is temporary and it expires June 1, 1949." Chancellor Robert B. House said avowed Communist Hans Freistadt, part-time instruc tor in the Physics Department, would not be re-hired, and that steps along this line were made as soon as the administration dis covered he was a member of the Communist Party. Carmichael pointed out that Freistadt had only one week of employment until his University teaching appointment expires, and that he thought "the problem solves itself." John Sprunt Hill of Durham declared that to fire the part time instructor now. would make a martyr out of him. "Nothing would please him more," he add ed, "and the least said about it the best." "We are kidding ourselves if we think mere signing of an oath will keep the Communists put," Charmichel said. He said the administration "would go be yond mere acceptance of a man's word that he is not a Commun ist" in hiring faculty members in the future. He explained that the University would contact people whom they knew could be trusted to give recommendations- for future employees of the University. Carmichael stressed that the University administration, al though they know of several al leged "Communist sympathizers," is firmly convinced that there should be no "spy-hunt," or "witch-hunt." Former Gov. J. C. B. Ehring haus of Raleigh, moved that the Board accent the Chancellors re port. M. C. Lassiter of Snow Hill then took the floor and declared that he wanted "action, and not promises." He said he approved the resolution, but only if it could be carried out. David Clark of Charlotte agreed with Lassiter in his demand for action. He said he felt that each faculty member should be made to sign a state ment saying he was not Commun ist. Waylan Spruill of Windsor suggested an amendment to Ehr inghaus' resolution be adopted which would "instruct admini stration heads to discharge facul ty members and students the minute it was found out that they were Communists even if they had just one or three days of service left with the University." His amendment did not receive a second. L. P. McLendon of Greensboro asked whom the Board could hold responsible for carrying out the resolution and how it would be done. Carmichael replied that "we'll satisfy ourselves as far as is humanly possible to determine" that future employees will not be Communists. He said he thought the administration was the only body that could handle the problem, adding that "If we can't keep them out, or at a mini mum, you get us out, and get someone else who can." He de clared that "this is the only sens ible and honest approach." 4-4 A
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