________THE MICHIGAN DAILY LU _ tI ------ S !.' FICIAL 1N EWSPAPFU OF THlE UNIVERSITfY OF MICIGAN , Wbished every morning except Monday ng the University y:ar by the Board in" trol of Student Publications. [embers of Western Conference Editorial ciat on. he Associated Press is exclusi-ely en- di to the use for rtyublcation of all nrewsi" atcbies credited to it or not otherwise ited in this taper and the local news pub id therein. ntere4 at the postoflice at Ann Arbo.. higan, as second rfass matter. Special rate ostage granted by I hird Assistant Post- . er heneral. bscrihtion by carrier, $3.5o-, by mail. fires, Ann Arbor Press (. iklitng, May-I f t, eet. hcnes: Editorial. 24:4 and 176-NA 4 Buasi- ig ied co.,,imunications. not exceeding ,too dwill be published in TI e'IDaily at ciiacretton of the Ldiirm Upion requ.cst, identity of communicants will be. led as confidential. EDITORIAL STAFFt '1elepbloies, 2414 and 176-M MANAGING EJ)ITC)R HARRY D. HOEY s Editor........... ...Robt, IB. ri'r mri&' board Chairman... k~. C. Moriarty Editor.............J. G, Garlitighouset E-rNight t HI. Aliles A. Ki. C onnw.,ac A. ~IWingran 1. E. Ciske y C. Clark P. M. Wagner t s Editor...... ........~.Raloh N. 13 'ers , lien's Editor.. .......i-,ona ifIAbard lay Migazine Editor... .. . L'lsToen ic Edtr........Ruth A fhowellt ctat'I I'tX -ditnr... ..'enneth r K~Itnr ctor AIichigatt New Bureau. . R. A. Ramsay Elitorisal Board yStrong as the statement may be, it is better for us, to assume an attitude of selfishness and exclusiveness, than to go on trying to assimilate the in- capahiles and misfits of other nations wvho have the lure but not the nation-I a1l pride in their own breasts to stick by their own country and see her through her difficulties. This is not the class of people that would make Americans in the true sense of the wordl. TH'IE FORTY IWl~r 31BIL1' A1 flow of bills will occur on i"'ues- cLay- in the Hlouse of Rlepresentatives ' when forty identical bills will be in troduced at the sane time to anmn the national p'o hibition act by allow- ing manufacture anid sale of 2.75 per' cent beer. Rep resentatives from, al- most every statec in the Union will be responsible for the introduction of one of these bills, and more thtan this, an effort is now being made to have oth- ers in the lower house, who are op- posed, to the alcoholic limit of bever- ages3 specified in the Volstead act join the authors of the ainvandment This is rather a neat way of assur- ing reconsideration from the House of the prohibition law. In letters sent out to all thme members of the House inviting cooperation, the committec states tMat the bill propose,; to modi- I fyr the Volstead act by "the substitu-. tion of a, percentage w hbich . has been el r d l g l b \ r. V l t a ,Ii Self." Of course, whether or not any- thing in the way of modification for the present law will be effected re- mains to be seen. But several occur- rences of note are worth reviewin~g. In a; dry census undertaken by TheI Christian Science Monitor covering organizations with a total member- hidp of 13.500,000.' it was discoveredj that approximately 100,00'0 memb~ers are not in sympathy with prohibition, law. When this number is contrasted with the millions who are in sympathy with it, there remains little room for! apprehension to the effect that a real2 dlanger threatens the liquor laws of the country. Too, in the various col- lege and university voting now near- ing completion, the returns show de- cided majorities in favor of prohibit- ion. The effect of these canvasses and others of a like nature will undoubted- ly play an important part in decid- ing the stand to .be taken by many members of the (louse when discus- sion begins favoring modification of. the Volstead act. And election time itself is not so awfully