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Red Wings Lose Stanley Cup Opener, 5 to 0 See Page 20 SETBACK Getting: some of that surplus snow Weather Map on Tate 19- Mm. IUETRO FINAL TIIE PEOPLE SPEAK Free Press Readers Air Their Mews in Voice of the People. See Page 6. if CI as 37 37 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1950 30 Pages Vol. 119 No.

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11 p.m. 12 mid. 11 am 4 2 nnnri 4 GOP Leader Murk Contempt Threat 1 1 Zl mm Kiss for 'Santa' BY FULTON OURSLER Wayne U. President Bars Red Debaters Reverses Policy; Declares Communists Enemies of U.S. Reversing a previous policy, Dr.

David D. Henry, Wayne The Greatest Story Ever Told Chapter XXXVI Annas Rules Trial Fair University president, prohibited university program. Dr. Henry made the ruling to bar Herbert Phillips, discharged University of Washington philosophy professor and an acknowledged Communist, from a debate at Wayne. "In all three testimonies," replied the high priest, in a shrill voice, "the witnesses agreed in one essential point: They all say three days, do they not? Is not that agreeing together?" "That is reasoning for a Roman, but not for a Jew," Joseph replied.

"I remind you again, Lord Caiaphas, this man is on trial for His life. He is entitled to every protection the law affords." "CERTAINLY YOU are very active on His behalf," observed Caiaphas with an acid glance. "It is my duty and yours to be active on His behalf," Joseph returned. "No, Caiaphas, as I told you before, you have not made out a case against this man. "Furthermore, I see a witness over there anxious to be heard.

vr-l V-Y 1 -v 1 I Let us hear him." Caiaphas turned brusquely. Standing near to the prisoner was a stout, pale man, eyes shining with extraordinary brilliance. "I asked," he faltered in a nervous voice, "that the questions be put to me. I have already been before the Committee." WITH PATIENCE that lacked all grace, Caiaphas applied the ritual to the stranger. Hia name was Benjamin, also of King David St.

"Well, Benjamin, what have you to testify here?" Benjamin sank to his knees, picked up the dusty robe of the prisoner, and kissed its hem. "I was blind," he said. "He put some clay on my eyes Turn to Page 18, Column 3 CHERYL ANN SPENCE as detectives restored a stolen CAN KUN PLAiVT ALONE Police Lose Evidence to Blue-Eyed Vamp BY JACK SCHERMERHORN Free Prees Staff Writer Detective Earl Miller got a good, loud kiss Tuesday. You see, he was being Santa Claus nearly three months late FBI Files Subpenaed by Senate Showdown Near on Loyalty Data WASHINGTON (U.R) Senate investigators issued subpe-nas Tuesday for the loyalty files of 89 persons branded pro-Communist by Senator McCarthy Earlier President Truman had refused to hand over the records voluntarily. REPUBLICAN Senate Leader Wherry, of Nebraska, urged the Senate to cite President Truman for contempt if he refuses as expected to obey the Congressional subpenas.

In the bluntest statement yet on refusal to hand over the files to senators investigating alleged Communism in th State Department, Wherry said the President's right to withhold the records should be tested all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. The subpenas were issued by Chairman Tydings Md.) of the Senate foreign relations sub-committee investisratinff Mc- Cartby 'a chargrem. TYDINGS ACTED after receiving a letter from Mr. Truman at Key West, rejecting th-s subcommittee's formal "request" for the loyalty files. Mr.

Truman instead ordered his top level loyalty review board, headed by Republican Attorney Seth W. Richardson, to conduct a "complete and detailed" study of the cases cited by McCarthy. He promised to report the board's findings to Congress. The subpenas cover secret files of the FBI, the State Department and Richardson's loyalty review board. THE ACTION could lead to a constitutional showdown on the long-smoldering dispute between Mr.

Truman and Congress over his right to withhold such records from the lawmakers. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath told the subcommittee I Monday that Congress has no I power to force the President to give up the files. I He said presidents since George Washington have withheld confi dential records from congress, and the courts have upheld them for 150 years. Wherry termed Mr.

Truman' position as "shameful." He said it climaxed efforts to "smear" McCarthy and other senators "disturbed by the Infiltration of left-wing radical socialistic plotters in the Government." He criticized the President' reasons for not handing over the loyalty files as "flimsy and full of holes." SENATOR FERGUSON Mich.) and other GOP senators have demanded in the past that Congress force a test on the issue by lodging contempt or even impeachment proceedings against administration officials who spurn subpenas. Ferguson said Tuesday that President Truman's proposal to have the loyalty board examine every case mentioned by McCar-Turn to Page 8, Column 1 Sherman Flies On FRANKFURT, Germany (JP) A dm. Forrest P. Sherman, United States chief of naval operations, took off from here Tuesday for Nice, France, on his European tour of United States Navy units. Premature Babies Faring Better MEDICAL science now has found a way to reduce the number of deaths in premature births.

One in every seven births is premature. The story Is told in the picture-magazine, PARADE, in SUNDAY'S FREE PRESS A DETECTIVE EARL MILLER This happened House Votes 250-Million Cut in Aid But Rejects Plan to Unload Farm Surplus WASHINGTON () House advocates of cuts in foreign spending succeeded in adopting an amendment to chop out of Marshall Plan funds for the year beginning next July 1. Shortly afterward, a group of farm legislators got enough sup port to take out of the foreign-aid bill a provision to substitute $1,000,000 worth of Government-owned surplus food for that amount of European recovery cash. THE NET effect was to make the European section of the aid bill a $2,700,000,000 cash allotment, down a quarter of a billion from what President Truman wanted. The cut-foreign-spending forces, led by Republicans, failed earlier Tuesday in an attempt to reduce the appropriation $500,000,000.

Wednesday, much the same forces that knocked out the surplus-substitute provision will try to tie up the cash for open-market purchase of the same sort of surplus commodities that would have been obtained from Government stocks under the bill's original language. Voting on amendments got under way after several Republican representatives had called for reductions. They argued that too much spending abroad weakened this country and might even smooth the path of Russian aggression. THE AD3HNISTRATION hit back with the contention that Russia never would set an hour for an attack on the United States "if we do the things we ought to do in our self-interest." Democratic Leader McCormack (Mass.) made that reply for the Truman forces. All the votes were on teller count, without a record on individuals.

Train Dynamited RANGOON, Burma (JP) The Government reported that rebel guerillas dynamited a railroad train near Mandalay, killing nine persona and injuring many more. ir MC i Communist participation in any "I believe that Communism and the issues related to it are appro priate subjects of debate and dis- cussion in a university," Dr. Henry said. "I DO NOT intend, however, to approve the participation of any Communist Party member in any university program." Dr. Henry said he recognized that he was establishing a precedent for a new policy at Wayne." "In other years," he said, "I have held that even a Communist should be heard in an educational setting should there bean opportunity at the same time for the expression of contrary points of view.

"It is now clear, I think, through actions of th States Congress, the Attorney General of the United States and court decision, that the Comma nist is not to be regarded merely as an ordinary citizen of a minor ity political party, but as an enemy of our national welfare, dedi cated to violence, disruption and discord, PHILLIPS had proposed to debate a Wayne professor on the subject: "Should a Communist Party Member Be Allowed to Teach in an American Univer- "By securing academic setting for his propaganda," said Dr. Henry, "he (a Communist) succeeds in his purpose of leading the public to believe that their colleges and universities are hospitable to the objectives of the Communist Party. "I cannot believe that the university is under any obligation, in the name of education, to give him audience." DR. HENRY noted that Phillips letter came from the headquarters of the Civil Rights Congress, branded by the Attorney General as a subversive group. The Wayne Student Council and a majority of the faculty-student program planning committee had approved the appearance.

Dr. Henry sided with a minority of the latter committee and said he would ask the University Council, a faculty group, to uphold the non-Red policy. Other Stones of Major Interest on Inside Pages, Chrysler Defends Pension Offer, Page 2 U.S. Envoy Killed in Air Crash, Page 1 0 Funds Added for Rat Drive, Page 10 Amusements Beauty Bingay Bridge Chatterbox 17 16 6 28 14 IQ Test 18 Marriage 15 Merry-Go-R'd 6 Racing 22 Radio Riley Ruark Schram Smith Sports 29 14 30 19 21 20-22 29 Classified Comics 25-27 28-29 Crosby 28 Crossword 30 Donovan 23 Editorials 6 Fashion 15 Financial 23-24 Food 16 Guest .6 Horoscope 29 Stamps Star Gazing Theaters Town Crier Weather 17 13 30 19 Women's 14-16 TO CALL THE FREE PRESS: WOODWARD 2-8900 For Want Ads Call WOODWARD 2-9100 Highways, Cities Hit by Floods Weather Outlook Promises Relief Rain-bulged Michigan rivers spilled over onto highways, fields and communities Tuesday. Stretches of many main roads were flooded.

Among them was M-20. which was reported impassable west of Midland. Water swirled through the streets of Frankenmuth, Battle Creek, Midland and the annually inundated i Flats area, southeast of Mt. Clemens. MANY OTHER cities and vil la res were threatened as the floods surged to their peak level Tuesday night.

The Weather Bureau said hopefully that the danger would lessen Pictures on Back Page Wednesday when dropping tern peratures will stop the rains. strong winas were expected to help dry up some areas. The flood peril was worst near Mt. Clemens, where the Clinton River burst its banks. FOR THE SECOND time this year, 20 families were evacuated from Kibbee Flats.

The water stood at four to six feet around their homes. At Moravian Bridge, west of Mt. Clemens, eight families left their homes assisted by sheriffs deputies. The Red Cross counted more than 100 evacuees. North River Road was closed east of Mt.

Clemens. RUSSIA POINTS Pot Disp utes Kettl Vote LONDON Russian newspapers, which recently hailed the 99.6 per cent "yes" vote in Soviet national elections, showered scorn on the recent Communist-type election in Yugoslavia. The elections staged by Marshal Tito were "forced" and voting was "organized," the newspapers said. In Yugoslavia, as in Russia, there was only one list of candidates to choose from. All but 5 per cent voted for Tito.

Neiv Budget Ends Taxes on Many Items in Canada Special to the Free Pres. OTTAWA Finance Minister Douglas Abbott abolished the 8 per cent sales tax on ice cream and dairy drinks in announcing the new Canadian budget. The 5 per cent tax on toilet soaps also was dropped. The budget estimates a surplus in the next fiscal year. My Mistake, Says Pantsless MILWAUKEE (U.R) George Hauf, 66, boarded a streetcar without his pants.

Police asked why he was "riding around on a Tuesday morning without any pants on." "Tuesday?" Hauf marveled. "I thought it was Monday." Tree Prese Photo by Dick Tripp "MARY" Christmas doll What They Are Saying WINSTON CHURCHILL, agreeing with Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin that war is neither imminent nor inevitable: "Probably the Soviet Government fears the friendship of the West even more than our hostility. The Soviet regime and the lives of its rulerss might be imperiled by allowing free, easy intermingling with the outer world." LUCILLE BALL, film actress, declaring she thinks women may have too many rights: "There are times when I like to be mastered. What woman doesn't? It makes as feel feminine." DR. DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREE31AN, historian, addressing junior college officials: "Nothing is worse of a failure than our teaching of English.

We lost a great deal of good in the English language when we accepted speech as It is used by cartoonists." Arnold Drops Race for Senate HOLLYWOOD (Jp) Edward Arnold, an actor by trade, has decided he doesn't want to be a senator after all. A week after announcing he would file for the Republican nomination for United States senator, Arnold withdrew from the race. He said he didn't have time to prepare for the campaign. Crime Study Ends in Practical Lesson DALLAS (JP) Felix R. McKnight, assistant managing editor of the Dallas Morning News, served as moderator of a panel on crime.

When he left for home he found his car had been rifled. Robot Bi main Mere People NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. resembling a pinball machine ALL IN VAIN Crowds Held Hours in Store After Theft Several hundred customers and employes were locked in Grinnell Bros. Music House, 1515 Woodward, for two hours Tuesday evening while police searched the building for a thief who escaped with $2,500 cash.

The theft was discovered at 6:18 p. m. A scout car arrived a minute later. BUT AT 8:20 canvas money bags taken by the thief were found in the men's room at the Greyhound Bus Depot on Washington Blvd. Police then let the people leave the store.

The money had been sent to the cashier's office on the seventh floor, Sgt. Frank Shanahan, of Central precinct, reported. Miss Mary Sasscer, 33, of 1015 Maryland, a cashier, said she placed a metal box containing the bags on a ledge between her office and a room that contained a company safe. To reach the other room, she said, she had to circle a wall, a walk of about 40 feet. The box was gone when she got there, she said.

Japs on Rampage TOKYO (JP) Mobs are storming into Government offices in several hundred Japanese communities demanding jobs and tax relief. USED CARS that will deliver the mileage. You will find the car of your choice at the price you want to pay on the lots of Detroit's progressive dealers. Their advertisements appear today in the Free Press Want Ad Section. For Want Ad Service, Dial WO 2-9400 May Make Obsolete VP) A new mechanical brain on a jackpot rampage may make people obsolete.

The device, described as capable of operating a complete factory without human aid, is designated officially as the magnetic drum digital differential analyzer. ITS INVENTOR, Physicist Floyd Steele, 31, calls it Maddida for short. And what Maddida can do was shown at the Rutgers University College of Engineering. Maddida is primarily a computing device with an accuracy of one part in a million and able to handle 4,500 additions of eight-place decimal numbers per second. "But it's even a better control device," Steele said.

"It will take information from another machine, interpret that information and then run that machine." Steele said the machine was the forerunner of the completely automatic factory where goods will be produced without help from the human hand or human brain. MADDIDA WAS built for the Air Force and had been kept secret. Steele said it would do the work of a full aircraft crew. It's about the size of a pin-ball machine and in mass production would cost about $600, Steele said. Previous digital computers, Steele said, have ranged in the half-million dollar class and have occupied an area equal to a small-sized ballroom.

But even marvelous Maddida can have its troubles. Also on display at Rutgers is another device whose computer function is to compute the cause of breakdowns suffered by computing machines. to Cheryl Ann Spence, 6. He had solved the case of the stolen doll. Maybe the story ought to start where it began with a reporter getting a shoe shine.

A fellow sat down next to him to get a shine and he was holding a white package on his knee. All of a sudden the package said "Mama." SO THE reporter said to the fellow, who was Detective Miller, "A present, eh, for your little girl?" The detective said, "Nope, it's evidence." "How can a doll be evidence?" the reporter asked. "Well, it's like this and then Detective Miller told the story of the vanished doll and the heartbroken little girl. IT SEEMS THAT Santa Claus had hidden the doll in a closet of the Spence home at 11640 Evergreen. And on the night Dec.

10,. Cheryl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spence, took her downtown to see Santa Claus. Well, at the same time Cheryl was telling Santa Claus what kind of a doll she wanted oddly, just like the one in the closet at home a burglar was swiping the doll.

He took it away along with a lot of other Spence belongings. WHEN THE detectives heard that there was a burglar at Turn to Page 8, Column Census Fakes Visit Homes BIRMINGHAM 1 i Chief Ralph W. Moxley warned householders that one or more men posing as Federal census takers haVe been visiting local homes ostensibly to gain information for possible future burglaries. Government census representatives are not scheduled to begin work until Saturday. Criminal intent was seen when residents reported that among other things they were asked to reveal whether they had a dog.

Hirohito 111 NARUTO, Japan (JP) Emperor Hirohito was confined to bed with a cold and fever..