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L. XLII. No. 83
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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932
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DEBTS PARLEY
LABOR HEADS AT RAIL PARLEY
SENATE CONFEREES
AGREE WITH HOUSE
ON BANK MEASURE
Wildcats, Hoosiers
Win Big Ten Games
1-1
BIG. TEN STANDINGS
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Nor thwesterni
50
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, French
and English'
IR
Elections Are Cited
by Laval.
as Reasons.
FER WITH GERMANY
Zeconstruction Bill Is First
of Hoover's Economic
Aid Proposals.
WILL AID LAND BANKS
Agricultural Supply Measure
Among First Reported
to House.
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Michigan
Purdue ..
Minnesota
Illinois ...
Wisconsin
Indiana
Chicago
Iowa
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s Allied Debtors
cited States for Debt
Moratorium.
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P'.RIS, Jan. 18-(/P)-The French
government let it be known today
that it was envisaging at least a
provisional postponement of the
Lausanne reparations conference.
A semi-official note was issued at
midnight after Premier Pierre La-
val had talked with Leopold von
Hoesch, German. ambassador to
Paris.
The elections due 'this year in
France, Germany and the United
States were given in the note as
the reasons for the contemplated
postponement of the conference,
which is tentatively scheduled to1
meet next Monday.
Impossible of - Solution.
"The opinion is becoming more
and more general in the intricate
international sphere," the note said,
"that it is impossible to arrive now
at a detailed and definite solution
of the problems of reparations and
war debts.
- "It seems to be agreed now in
Paris and London," the note con-
tinned. "to renew purely and simp-
ly for the (German) Reich the Hoo-
ver moratorium expiring July 1,
1932, and which would be prolonged.
.ufder the same conditions forix.4
months or a year.
"At the same time, the Europe
debtors of the United States, who
also, are creditors Hof Germany,
would make a common declaration1
asking the American government
to give them the same treatmeit1
as a condition of and during the
new moratorium a c c o r d e d Ger-1
many.
May be Without Object. j
"If an accord can be established
on these bases between the Young
Plan signatories by the intermedi-
ary of the chancellories, the Laus-
anne conference will become pro-
visionally without object, since the
fundamentals of the problem will
not be discussed before the end of
the year by the interested govern-
ents.
"rUnder these conditions, a meet-
ing of financial experts might well
suffilce to proceed with elaboration
of the convention necessary for a
prolongation of t h e moratorium
now in force."
Alpha Nt Initiation ,
to Be Held Tonight
Alpha Nu of Kappa Phi Sigma,
literary forensic society, will hold
its semi-annual initiation banquet
tonight at 6:30 in the Women's
League. Twelve initiaes will 1)
taken into iemberiship.
ELate Wire Flashes
DETROIT, Jan. 18.-(P)--George
J. Kolowich, former president of
the State Bank of America, Ham-
tramck, was sentenced in circuit
court today to serve from 10 to 20
years for embezzlement. The state
supreme court later granted a peti-
tion that it hear arguments for a
new trial and fix Kolowich's appeal
bond at $25,000.
PAW PAW, Jan. 18.-(P-A. O.
Willesey, Vandalia, Mo., waived ex-
amination when arraigned in jus-
tice court today on a charge of kid-
naping. He has confessed taken
to Vandalia his 14-year-old daugh-
ter, Bessie Brown, now the adopted
daughter of Mrs. Maude Brown, of
near here, a week ago. k
BOMBAY, Jan. 18. -() -Police
fired into a crowd of 500 natives
today in the village of Gujerat,
r near Peshawar, killing one person
and wounding another.
Shown above are presidents of three railway labor organizations as
they gathered in Chicag for a conferenctwith rail executives regarding
proposed wage cuts. Left to right: B. M. Je-Well of the railway employes'
department of the American Federation of Labor; D. B. Robertson, of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and George M.
Hirrison, of the Brotherhood of Rail and Steamship Clerks, Freight
Handlers, Express and Station Employes.
J-HOP COMMITTEE
CONSIDERS BANDS
Tickets
This
Will Remain
Week at Side
on Sale
Desk
in Union Lobby.
Although the committee which is
in charge of the -J-Hop is still un-
able to announce the orchestras'
which will play at the function,
the biggest social event of the year'
on the 'campus, tickets will remain
on sale at the side desk in the
Union for the rest of the week to
the campus at large.
Several other orchestras besides'
those of Isham Jones and Cab Cal-
loway are being considered at the
present time by the committee. It
s probablethat negotiations with a
band will be complete in the near
future, according 'to Hugh S. Baker,
'33E, chairman.
Tickets will be priced at $7. They
are printed in blue, with a picture
of the Intramural building in the
background. To avoid counterfeit-
ing, they have both a stamped and
an engraved University seal on them
as well as the initials of Walter B.
Rea, assistant to the Dean of Stu-
dents.
Favors, which are genuine Flor-
entine leather book covers, will be
on display at Balfour's after Feb. 1,
where they may' be obtailed by
ticket holders. During the examin-
ation period, tickets may also be
secured at Balfour's.,
Work has been progressing on
the decorations and booths. The {
decorations will be different from
'those of the past several years, be-
ing of the eighteenth century motif,
consisting in the most part of sil-
houettes, instead of a modernistic
design. Plans for the booths are
also being materialized and rules
regarding them will be announced
soon.
THE WEATHER
Lower Michigan: Generally fair
Tuesday; Wednesday mostly cloudy
followed by light rain or snow in
north and west portions; somewhat
warmer Wednesday.
University Library
Bookworm's Utopia
If a student managed to read
an average of two volumes a day,
he would require more than a
thousand years to bookworm his
way through the bound volumes of
the University libraries alone, with-
out even glancing at thousands of
unbound pamphlets, periodicals and
miscellaneous reading matter.:
This' is contained in the Presi-
dent's report, published yesterday.
The report lists the fact that
there are 799,573 bound volumes on
the shelves. Further statistics reveal
the fact that had the bookworm
started when Cicero was a power in
Roman politics, about 70 B.C., he
would just now be approaching the
last of his books.
TARIFF AND LIQUOR,
MAY9 BE'-32 ISE
Presidential Campaign to R
on These Two Problems,
Professor Aserts.
Rest
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.--(P) -
wne reconstruction bill was virtu-
.lly through Congress tonight and
anothecr needed only a gesture to
send it to conference.
The conferees on the federal
land banks bill agreed on its pro-
visions late today, the House fall-
ing in line with the Senate amend-
ment adding $25,000,000 to the orig-
inal $100,000,000 of new capital for
the system. Tlie 'additional sum is
earmarked for the specific purpose
of permitting the banks to lighten
pressure on farmers with loans
overdue.
Senate Votes Out Item.
r Before it let go of the -2,000,-
000,000 reconstruction bill, the Sen-
ate defeated another attempt to
make cities eligible for the loans
which will go to financial and farm
institutions.
Two other measures of President
Hoover's economic program are in
committee. They would provide for
establishing a system of home loan
banks and a credit corporation to
release funds held in insolvent
banks.
It is problematical, however,
whether these will displace the
steady- march of the regular ap-
propriation bills. The first of the
supply measures, that for agricul-
ture, was reported to the House to-
day. It calls for $175,443,000, a re-
duction of $10,799,000 from budget
bureau estimates.
A representative of Secretary
Mellon reiterated denial of im-
peachment charges a g a i n s t the
secretary of the treasury by repre-
sentative Patman before a House.
committee. Afterwards, Patman
repeated them.
Unemployed Bill Approved.
A Senate sub-committee approv-
ed a bill calling for $375,000,000 in
direct federal aid to the unemploy-
ed. The administration opposes all
such measures.
Another fight for judgeship nom-
inations was foreseen as the Sen-
ate judiciary committee decided to
hold hearings on the nominations
of Judge James H. Wilkerson and
Kenneth MacIntosh to court of ap-
peals benches. Labor is opposing
them.
WAITE CRITICIZES
AMERICANCOURTS
Alumni Told of the Advantages
of Independent Judiciary
(Specia to floe Daily)
DETROIT, Jan. 18.-The Ameri-
can system of criminal courts re-
ceived severe condemnation from a
comparison with th e procedural
methods of England and the con-
tinent in a talk here tonight by
Prof:~ John Barker Waite, of the
Michigan Law school, who address-
ed a group of University of Michi-
gan alumni associations at the Ho-
tel Statler.
"Law in Action" was the subject
of Professor Waite's address, which
dealt primarily with the advantages
of the independent judiciary as it
worked out in European nations. A
detailed comparison of both the
personnel and the methods of pro-
cedure used in the administration
of criminal justice was made be-
tween the United States and other
nations.
Among other matters relating the
criminal law procedural and en-
forcement methods, Professor Waite
pointed out distinct advantages in
every way of the independent judi-
ciary, whose tenure of office does
not depend on polit/cal favor,
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 18-(P)-
SNorthwestern's undefeated quintet
trampled another Western Confer-
2nce foe tonight to score a 28-24
win over Wisconsin and, to main-
tain its place at the head of the
Big Ten standings.
F~or the sevcond time this se asont
Wisconsin ade a good fight
against the champion Wildcats, but
lacked the punch late in the game
to upset the leaders.
BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 18. - (P)
--Indiana gained its first Big Ten
victory of the season here tonight
when it overwhelmed the flounder-
ing Iowa cawers, 35-27, to lift the
Hoosiers out of the tie for the Con-
ference cellar.
After making s t r o n g fights
against OhiorState and Northwest-
ern in its first two games of the
year, the green Hawkeye quintet
was far outclassed by a Crimsoh
team that had failed to show much
power at all in its early Conference
games.
Additional Trials to Be Held
in Laboratory Theatre
Tonight.
Efforts to make "Robin Hood," the
inter-club light opera planned for
next March the most ambitious
production ever presented to a
campus audience, will be continued
this week with additional tryouts
set for 8 o'clock tonight in the Lab-
oratory Theatre.
Results from the first tryouts
held last week were very encourag-
ing, Valantine B. Windt said yes-
terday. The reason for the addi-
tional tryouts today, he explained,
is to give those who appeared last
time, and any additional aspirants,
a chance to prove their ability by
presenting prepared material before
the tryout committee.
Those trying for musical roles
are asked to have a 'song memor-
ized and to bring the music for it
to be played as an accompaniment,
or have their own accompanist.
Those interested in the straight
dramatic parts are to have 10 or 15
lines memorized from some play
that will demonstrate the particu-
lar talent of the individual who is
trying out.
"This opera offers great oppor-
tunitis both vocally and dramatic-
ally and should prove an excellent
experience for those who are select-
ed to take part," Windt stated.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 18.-
Prohibition' and the tariff will be
the two main issues of the 1932
presidential campaign, in the opin-
ion of Prof. William Anderson, head
of the department of political
science at the University of Minne-
sota.
"Although it probably will not be
voiced openly by either party, the
problem of enforcing or repealing
the existing prohibition laws will
be the most important issue," he
declared.
Many Republican votes will be
cast for Democratic candidates at
the next election, he predicted.
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Smoker for Freshmen
Postponed to Feb. 12
The Freshman Smoker which was
to be held tomorrow night in the
Union, has been postponed until
Wednesday, Feb. 17 due to final ex-
aminations.
President Cites Need for Freshman Dormitories;
New Observatory Necessary, His Report States
By Karl Seiffert
Terming the need for dormitories
for freshmen "a very real one,"
President Alexander G. Ruthven,
in his report to the Regents for
the year 1930-31, which was pub-
lished yesterday, says:
"Not because suitable rooms are
not available, but because the first
year is one during which the stu-
dent should receive assistance in
adjusting himself and in organiz-
ing work, it is highly desirable that
these men be housed together."
- Among other needs of the Uni-
v'ersity are listed an endowment
fund for the salary of a supervisor
of religious activities, a new ob-
ovtnrv _ nd endowment funds,
lake has been acquired. Funds for
erecting and equipping two domes
should be made available as soon
as possible that the activities of
this important department may
cease to be curtailed."
The president's plan for the es-
tablishment of a director of relig-
ious activities is based on the fact
that state universities have not as
yet discovered a satisfactory meth-
od of encouraging religious educa-
tion or of providing training which
will produce religious leaders or in-
formed laymen. Not only are there
objections to formal instruction in
this field and to required courses,
but experience shows that little can
be accomplished by these methods."
Borders Asks for 'Just' Treatment of Negro;
S uv.gests T"heir Appointment as Instructors
By Norman F. Kraft recommended the appointment of
Warning the white people of the Negro.
America that the' conditions to . "The Negro race," Borders said,"
is America's daily challenge. This
which the Negro in this country is was once a southern problem but
subjected will make him a menace in recent years we have seen the
to our society, Karl Borders, secre- phenomenon of a Negro movement
tary of the League for Industrial to our large northern cities. Detroit
Democracy last night sounded a has had a 600 per cent increase in
call for just treatment of our 'black its Negro population since 1910.
brother' in his lecture at ,Natural Chicago has had a 600 per cent in-
Science auditorium. , crease. The attempt at segregation
"I too am an American!" These will not solve the question. The
words selected from the works of Negro differs from us only in his
a Negro poet expressed the keynote badge of color.
of Borders' plea. "The Negro," he "The Negroes of America are a
pointed out, "forms one-tenth of new race. They are a mixture of
our population. He was brought many African bloods, the best blood
here against his own will. He helped of the south and a large amount
to build this country. The life-blood of Indian blood. They are called a
of America has been poured into menace. People point to their race
his veins. Now, he is asking, not for riots and .Communist membership.
equality but for a share in our in- Why not? They are given the poor-
dustrial and intellectual world. He est pay. They are the last hired and
is demanding that he be allowed to the first fired. Labor organizations
be the best that he can be." refuse them membershir."
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,losson to Discuss
Manchurian Situation
Optimistic aspects of the Man-
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