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Vol. XLIV
Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1953
No. 66
Solon Tells Reporter Texas Gat Tops
Plans for Red Hunt JanAnder50n
Rep. Velde to Seek Out Commies Infiltrating American Colleges *
by Charlie Barnett
Rep. Harold E. Velde (R-Ill.), riew chairman of the House Un-American Activities committee, has disclosed to the Daily Trojan the purpose of his committee’s investigation of subversives in colleges. N
Velde said it is his intent to expose and label those Communists or Communist sympathizers who would slant true facts to cause disillusionment or confusion among the students of America.
Root 'Em Out
“I feel that it is of paramount importance that any efforts of Communism to infiltrate our educational institutions be ascertained.Velde said in a letter replying to this reporter’s inquiry into the committee’s investigation of colleges.
“It is not my attitude that Communism and Marxism, as such, should not bo a subject in our institutions of higher learning,” he iaid.
“I am confident that if Com-unism and Marxism is treated onestly. the American youth will ?rtainly reject it.
Seeks Dissolutlve “My concern is rather with those individuals who, as Com-viunists or Communist sympathizers, would slant true facts to cause disillusionmAt or confusion among the students of America,” the committee chairman said.
‘It has long been customary in America that when we purchase a product, it is specially identified by -label or marker so that w-e know* what it is that we are getting.
"In those instances when Communist sympathizers have infiltrated the faculties or student bodies of American colleges, I definitely feel there is a need for properly labeling them,” he said.
Should Be Exposed Tt is my determination that Communism in American colleges be exposed wherever and whenever the committee ascertains it to be,” Velde told the DT.
In Washington yesterday the committee announced the launching of its investigation. Velde told the United Press that “perhaps 25 major colleges and universities which we definitely know have, or have had. subversive activities” will be checked.
He said that one of the committee’s 12 investigators already is “spending all his time checking on educational institutions in the East.” and that a West Coast investigator who concentrated on Communism in Hollywood last year will now spend part of his time looking into education and labor.
First on List The UP listed Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Johns Hopkins university, and the University of Chicago as among the schools likely to be checked first.
Velde said committee hearings ’uring the past several years have heard references to “subversive” activities at schools in New- England. New York. New Jersey. Tennessee and the Far West, ard in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, and Chicago.
Teachers at some schools in these areas. Velde said, were “identified as subersives” by committee witnesses.
In GI Contest
SC HonWoming Queen Jan Anderson doesn’t have enough of the “oomphy” look, if a recent poll of soldiers in Korea means anything.
Far East servicemen chose Pat Barfield of Baylor university, Waco, Texas, as the homecoming queen they would most like to come home to, and in the words of a Texas serviceman who explained hi9 vote, “All of the queen* are pretty, but Pat has that ‘oomphy’ look that goes with all Texas girls.”
Miss Anderson, a native of Florida, rated fourth In the poll.
CARL W. SAGERHAMMER
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Clerics Hold Meeting Here In February
More than 500 ministers are expected to attend the fifth annual ministers convocation Id be held here Feb. 3 to 5.
Co-sponsored by the Southern California Council of Protestant Churches and the SC School of Religion, the meeting will be concerned with church problems in a changing world.
Pastoral Lecturer Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk, a Methodist, will be pastoral lecturer, speaking on “The Church in the Present International Crisis.” Author of the book, “Global Christian Strategy,” Dr. Van Kirk is director of the NJepartment of international justice and good will of the National Council of Churches.
"The Church and Revolution,” will be the general topic of the lectures by Dr. -Conrad Bergen-doff, president of Augustana college of Illinois and a leading Lutheran theologian.
Devotional Lecturer Prof. Georgia Harkness of Berkeley will be the daily devotional lecturer, speaking on ‘The Individual in a Time of Revolution.” President of the 1953 convocation will be Pastor Carl W. Sager-hammar of the Angelica Lutheran church in Los Angeles. Rev. Fred M. Judson, minister of Trinity Baptist church, Santa Monica, will be vice-president.
UCLA Hoop Clash Tickets On Sale Today
Seven hundred and fifty rooters’ tickets for each of the two weekend basketball games at Westwood go on sale at 9 this morning on the second floor of the Student Union.
Because gf the limited capacity of the UCLA gym, no general admission tickets will be sold. Tickets are at a premium, and faculty members and student activity book holders will have to buck the line side by side for the 1500 tickets allotted SC for the two games.
No Choice
During the first two days of the sale, today and tomorrow,., students will not have their choice of games. Whether they buy tickets for the Friday night or Saturday night game will be determined by their activity book numbers.
Faculty members, however, will be given their choice of nights.
Activity book holders of num bers 1 to 2500 will be eligible for tickets for the Friday night game only.
Students who hold books numbered 2500 and up will be eligible to buy Saturday night tickets.
. Remaining Tickets If the 1500 tickets are not sold by tomorrow night, remaining tickets will go on sale to book holders for either night, Thursday, 9 a.m.
To keep ticket distribution fair, John Morley, ticket manager, said that the reverse procedure would hold true for A-book holders when SC hosts UCLA at the Pan Pacific later in the season. Students eligible for Friday night tickets this weekend will be permitted to buy Saturday night tickets then and vice versa, he said.
The ticket office will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Tickets are 50 cents.
YOUNGEST DESFOR and DT share top billing in Associated Press column, "Camera News," by Irving Desfor, the baby's grandfather and father of DT staffer Don Desfor. Don announced arrival of new exemption with this same photo. Baby was bom same day Ike won the election.
DT, Staffers Child Subjects of Column
Advance Registration Begins at 9 Today
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Material Available in Owens Annex;
- One Class Card to Replace Three
Pre-registration for the spring semester begins today at 9 a.m. for all returning students and continues through Jan. 10.
Students have been urged by Howard W. Patmore, registrar, to enroll now, as the intricate process can be completed in less time than during final registration in February.
Registration material is now available in Owens annex, door B. Registration will be held in the west end of the Com-
The Daily Trojan, which has received publicity all over the United States and in several foreign countries, will even get its picture in the paper this month.
A front page of the DT. with a fuzzy-headed baby peering out of
LWM Drive Short of Coal
Presidents to Air Transfer Plan
Uniform accrediting by member colleges in the Western College association will be explained at the organization’s annual meeting today at the Biltmore. * President Fred D. Fagg Jr. of SC, who is also president, of the association, will open the one-day meeting at 2 p.m.
Previously, colleges and universities in the West have been ap- j proved and accredited by the As- I sociation of American Colleges, he new plan, which will be ex- J Mftned today, calls for educators I rom WCA member institutions ! s well as from the school being 1 inspected to serve on the accrediting committee.
To Guarantee Credit The new plan will guarantee! hat all work done by students at ny accredited institution will be | ccepted in full by all member schools. This is considered ost significant advancement to made by the association, mem- j have said. Students will no I
longer lose credits when transferring. if they transfer to a school which, is a member of the WCA.
Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerald of the University of Pittsburgh, executive committee member of the National Commission on Ac-| crediting, will give the principal address following the explanation j of the new plan.
Tempe Head to Speak
The main address will be followed by a panel discussion by | President Grady Gammage of Arizona State college at Tempe, vice-president of the WCA; Dean Ernest R. Hilgard of the graduate division. Stanford university; and Dean William G. Young of the physical science division, UCLA.
A banquet at 6 p.m. will conclude the WCA’s meeting. Monroe E. Deutsch, vice president and provost emeritus of the University of California, will speak on “Foes of the Humanities.”
The Trovet sponsored Living War Memorial drive is nearly over and still is several hundred dollars short of last year’s mark of $2000, said drive chairman Roy Foreman yesterday. Nearly $1500 has been collected.
Foreman said the drive seemed to be going downhill, since $4000 w'as collected the first year and $2000 each during the past two years.
He estimated that about $300 w as taken in during the two readings by Dr. Frank Baxter, English professor, in December. This also was less than has been collected in previous years.
Tax Reductions To Be Discussed At Faculty Club
Present prospects of tax reduction will be discussed by William H. Anderson, professor of economics, at the Men’s Faculty club meeting tomorrow noon in Town and Gown.
Dr. Anderson is an authority on the field of taxation. He published “Taxation and the Economy” in 1951.
Reservations for the luncheon-meeting may be made by calling Mrs. Martha Hillen, Ext. 314, in the geography department.
Scholarship Graduate Abroad Dies
An SC graduate studying in Europe on a Fulbright scholarship was reported dead Dec. 30 by the American Embassy in Rome.
George Rogers, 22, wap said to have died of asphyxiation, presumably by accident, while spending the Christmas holidays in Rome, where he had gone from the University of Paris.
Mrs. Elva B. Rogers, his mother, said yesterday that no other details were included in the embassy telegram and she has not received further word. Forest Lawn, she said, will arrange return of the body to Los Angeles for funeral services.
Rogers graduated last June from SC, where he did honor work under Dr. David B. Klein, head of the psychological service center. He attended Los Angeles City College and was student body president there.
Rogers is survived, in addition to. his mother, by a sister, Mrs. Joan Bayles.
a big tear near fhe fold, will illustrate the syndicated “Camera News” column, by Irving Deslor, in hundreds of news papers throughout the country.
The picture was taken and sent to Desfor in the East by his son, Don Desfor, a journalism student at SC. The senior Desfor, in turn, used the picture to illustrate his Associated Press column showing a good technique for dating baby pictures in terms of a national event.
The fuzzy-headed baby, incidentally, belongs to Don and his wife.
SC Engineer Sale Slated
The SC Engineer, official publication of the School of Engineering, will go on sale tomorrow.
Editor Bob Levin said the magazine will contain features on color television by RCA, cloud seeding, news on scholarship ' awards for engineers, operation and principles of the turbo-jet, the starfire electronic brain and radar in TV use, brain teasers, and humor. -
Talk on India To Be Given
Three UCLA students will tell of their recent experiences and observations in India tomorrow at 2:15 p.m. in 133 FH.
They participated in “Operation India,” a caravan of UCLA students which spent last summer touring India in behalf of international understanding.
Co-sponsored by the Inter-Cultural club and the Student Council of Religion, the students will discuss interviews with Pandit Nehru and fellow students, and verbal exchanges with Indian Communists.
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• Instructions are self-explanatory, said William E. Hall, assistant registrar for Veterans Affairs. Samples are attached and there will be only one card instead of the usual three.
Registration Schedule Pre-registration lines, open to both University College and University park students, will be conducted alphabetically in the following manner:
Tuesday, A-B, 9 a.m.; C-E, 10:30; F-H, 1 p.m.; Wednesday, I-L, 9 a.m.; M-N, 10:30; O-S, 11; Thursday, T-Z, 9 a.m.; and any letter Thursday afternoon, all day Friday, and Saturday until 1 p.m.
Air Science Students planning to take air science have been cautioned by Hall that their class cards may be cleared only by the limited section at Station No. 4.
Final registration for the 1953 spring semester will be held in the Physical Education building Feb. 4-7, according to Patmore.
‘‘The change to the use of one card, instead of the three different class cards, is designeu to save students time and confusion in registering,” said Patmore, “and a considerable lessening in the loss of materials also is expected.”
Orientation Plans Troy
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Talk on Good Telephone Usage Scheduled Today
“Good Telephone Usage” for the benefit of a public relations class as well as secretaries in campus offices, will be the topic today at 11 in 335 FH, to be given by a representative from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company.
The same lecture was given a year agQ for secretaries by the University administration, but Dr. John Gerletti, instructor of the class, has invited them to attend, since many are new in their jobs.
Varsity Show Filling Cast
Students trying out for Varsity show cast and chorus positions are to report to SU 300 today at 3:30 for appointments and announcements about final casting, according to Director Edward Earle.
First rehearsal is set for Thursday.
Earle added that students who did not have the opportunity to try out for the show in December should report today for possible chorus or cast positions.
“Male dancers antfr singers are especially needed for parts,” he said. The majority of participants have been women, and males are needed for most of the leading roles.
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Troy day plans for welcoming an estimated 1200 new students for the spring semester were discussed yesterday afternoon meeting of the Orientation mittee.
According to Conrad Wedberg Jr., assistant director of admis sions, 1400 to 1500 permits to register for the spring semester have already been issued. “About 1200 out of this number will complete their registration,” he said.
Many junior college and college transfers will enroll at SC in the spring, he reported. Approximately 250 freshman are expected to enter. A number of Korean veterans have also applied for admission, he said. The ratio of new men to new women will be about 4 to 1, he estimated.
Tentative
Orientation Chairman Roy Foreman announced a tentative Troy day program for Monday, Feb. 2, Registration of new students will run from Wednesday, Feb. 4 to Saturday, Feb. 7.
AWS and AMS big sister and big brother programs' are being completed, and information about AWS and AMS is being mailed when registration permits are sent to new students*
At Troy day, Feb. 2, new students will be greeted by President Fagg. Dean of Students Bernard Hyink will introduce student leaders, and ASSC President Wendell Casey will welcome the newcomers.
Instructions
Registrar Howard Patmore will explain registration, and special registration instructions will be
Former Hitlerite To Relate Life
A former member of Hitler’s Youth Movement, Hans Wilhelm, will tell his life story tonight at 7 at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting at 2700 Severance street.
Wilhelm joined the Youth Movement because at the time, it was what every other young German was doing. During his early years in the organization he worked hard in the movement to be a good member arid to train the younger members.
Pres. Fagg Named To State Safety Council Position
President Fred D. Fagg Jr. has added a new office to his list of positions in educational and serv-iec organizations.
He was elected director of the California Safety "council at a luncheon conference of that organization last week at the Biltmore.
Attorney Bernard C. Brennan, SC alumnus and a past-president of the grdup, presided at the conference. Los Angeles Police Chief William H. Parker was the principal speaker.
The CSC is the only citizens’ organization in California concerned solely with traffic accident prevention.
passed out with registration materials.
A 15-minute skit featuring student leaders in all fields of campus life is being planned for the assembly by AWS President George Gonzales.
Tours of the campus and a luncheon will follow the assembly, which will be held in Bovard auditorium at 10 a.m.
New students will have an opportunity to meet with their academic advisers the same day from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Plans for an AWS dessert and AMS smoker followed by a joint mixer were also discussed. These events are tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Campus Sites To Undergo Beautification
The first step in the beautification of University avenue began yesterday as workmen prepared for demolishing what used to be the College Book store and The Wheel.
In their place will be a continuous black-topped parking lot for student use. and an uninterrupted view from Hoover street of Founders hall.
According to Elton D. Phillips, university business manager, the 60 by 90 ft. area will be black topped and made a continuation of the student lot now located behind the three-store building.
The i,. A. Wrecking company contracted the job to raze the building and, according to Phillips, should complete the job in two weeks.
ECON PROPHET SEES:
Business as Usual, No Depression in '53
by Sam Feldman
There will not be a depression in 1953.
This was the prediction of Dr. Roy L. Garis, professor of economics at SC, who has been forecasting the nation’s economic outlook for years with marked success.
Business should be stable during the coming year because wages will still be high, there will be little unemployment, not letup in housing construction, level wholesale prices, steady retail prices, and a leveling off of new plant capacity, according to Dr. Garis. Major Factor ‘A major factor that can’t be ignored in all such forecasts," Dr. Garis said, “is that we had a net increase of 2,400,000 persons in 1952—one each 13 seconds or about 250 per hour.
“This means a need for many things, including new homes. This
is an obvious brake on recession at present,” he said. *
A minor recession is possible late in the year, but Christmas sales should overcome it, he said.
“By fall we’ll know if Ike is on the right track or not,” he said. “At no time since 1946 have I been pessimistic or in the ‘bear’ group and I won’t do it now. By late 1953 we’ll know about 1954, but not till then,” he said.
Little Change Dr. Garis saw little change in the Korean situation.
“I don’t believe Russia wishes to expand the conflict, certainly not into a direct war with us,” he said.
Dr. Garis listed his forecast for 1953 as follows: “I see very little decline if any in the nation’s output of goods and services during the first six months of 1953. The last half of 1953 will be as good as 1952 or only slightly off. I can
see a possible mild recession late in 1953, but I don’t believe it will be as serious as some persons seem to think,” he said, and went on to predict particular trends.
Cost of living—“Leveling off, but will probably be slightly higher within the next six months.” Wholesale prices—“Should stabilize close to present levels. May go higher in the near future,' but no serious change either way.” Average hourly earnings— “Could be up slightly by June,” 1953. but I see little or no drop in hourly wages during 1953. Unemployment will develop before wage drop, and I see very little unemployment ahead of 1953.” Industrial production—“Should be reasonably stable and influenced by normal seasonal adjustments. Any decline should not be serious, certainly not before July 1953.”
New plants and equipment—
“Should stabilize for a year. It may decline slightly in the second half of 1953.”
Total new construction—“Could decline slightly in 1953.”
New Housing New housing—“The year 1952 has been reasonably good, and there should be little or no decline in 1953. We still need enough new units to give stability to the present situation. No serious decline in 1953 in new non-farm housing units started.”
Personal consumption expenditures—“More than $210 billion in 1953.”
Consumer credit—“Some increase during the first half of 1953, may decrease slightly in the second half.”
Dr. Garis was one of 45 university professors included among 137 economists participating in an annual survey for the F. W. Dodge corp. of New York.
Gov. Stevenson To Make Trip To Far East
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 5— (UP)—Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson today announced plans for an extensive foreign tour aimed particularly at gaining first hand knowledge of the war-torn Far East.
Stevenson, whose term as governor ends Monday, said he hopes to leave by March 1 on a three-month journey to Japan, India, Indo-China, Korea and other Oriental nations and may continue around the world.
Not Politic*
The defeated Democratic presidential candidate, denying he has I any “political plans or ambitions,’’ termed his trip a “purely personal thing,” something he’s wanted to *• do for years.
But he conceded the tour “obviously would help me to understand our problems in the Orient and would be necessary if I were to continue to speak and write on world affairs,’’ as many Democrats have urged.
The Governor, appearing at his final news conference before he leaves office, told reporters he will move to his farm home near Libertyville, 111., next week and then take a brief vacation in the West Indies.
No Future Plans As for his future career, he said, he hasn’t decided and won’t have definite plans until his foreign tour is over.
He said he has “no plans” to run again for political office.
Stevenson said he has no plans for making regular speeches on political topics. Some persons have suggested he could keep himself in the spotlight by such tactics.