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GILBRETH SATUA DAY, MARCH 5, 1932 Peace Wth Justice CHINESE delegates at the extraordinary session of the League of Nations which is consider- ing proposals regarding peace in the Far East have announced they want "peace with justice.." Probably, remembering history, they tendered this request with trepidation. From the time of the opium war with England in the 1840's, few peaces have been concluded by China that carried with them any modicum of justice. The United States is virtually the only power that has not made territorial acquisitions from China in the last hundred years, and its record, when properly analyzed, is to be pointed to with little pride. The fact that we do not want any additional territory not contiguous with that we now hold, coupled with our commercial interests' desire for foreign markets, has inevitably led to the open door policy as the only means for equal competitive condiitions for American capital. China, then, has little to hope for in any peace negotiation, though the League of Nations may possibly give her a fairer deal than she has had in the past. The illogical part of the situation is that China should have to sue for peace, however. With her vast area and population, any invasion by sea is likely to be fruitless. Japan or any other nation may easily conquer the seaboard areas, sub- jugate a few cities, and perhaps penetrate to the more accessible centers of government. Any such conquest, however, would be only temporary. No great power will tolerate another's complete and sole sovereignity in China, nor any- thing approximating it. The only peaceful and practical solution would be a reversion to the present state of affairs, a division into "spheres of influence,'' with a Chinese government in ad- ministrative, if not executive, control. If the Chinese, unable to do more because of the chaotic condition of their national government and the poor equipment of their troops (assuming the worst to be true), should do nothing more than "sit tight," fighting only a defensive war, a stale- mate would soon result. As soon as the invaders had penetrated more than a few miles from their seaboard bases, they would be forced to resort to defensive tactics themselves. And two magnifi- cent defenses pitted against each other could do little more than sit still watching the situation closely. An effective invasion of China by a single nation would be as difficult as making a perman- ent cavity in the middle of a large body of water. So far as we can see, then, there is no reason for China to sue for peace. If the Chinese did not allow themselves to become discouraged at the loss of a few square miles about Shanghai (over which they now have little power, anyway) they would find "peace with justice" ridiculously easy of accomplishment. of the traditional date of the president's inaugura- tion from March fourth to January 20 and of the beginning of congress from the first Monday in December to January third. The short session will be eliminated entirely and all congressmen will take office less than two months after election. The plan has considerable merit and nothing but political chicanery and selfishness has postponed action until now. Opposition of the most vigorous nature has arisen from those lawmakers who fear they will not be re-elected when the amendment goes into effect. Their terms will then be shortened by two months each and they will be deprived of the privilege of serving their country to the extent they desired. The injustice done these few "lame ducks," however, wil not recur after the amendment has been in force a while. Chief among the benefits which are likely to result therefrom is the fact that discredited solons must withdraw from office shortly after their failure at the polls. Thus the process of government will be speeded, worn-out theorists will be supplanted imme- diately by heroes of the day, and lawmakers will be more inclined to feel their responsibilities to a fickle public. AW NERTZ HUMOR REIGNS SUPREME (Daily Tar Heel) Humor, once wittily intellectual, is gradually see- ing a retrogression, if one is to judge the current post-stock market crash periodical as indicative of the cream of American wit. The influx of such maga- zines as Ballyhoo, Bunk, Hullabaloo, Hooey, and Slapstick has served to change the whole aspect of our perception of the facetious in the range of two- bits-a-month humor. With each issue, the new estate of humorous literature becomes increasingly daring, sparing no details in depicting the stories that once were confined to the sanctum of the pull- man smoker. The amazing aspect of the whole situ- ation is that the great public is apparently gobbling up this offering, for circulation of the more colorful of their number has increased ten-fold. Whether the new humor is another one of those things to be blamed on post-war youth, Herbert Hoover, or Will Cuppy's theory of gin and libido, is a matter involving unlimited realms for conjecture. The pleasant anecdotes of the joke-telling bees of two decades ago have now become so twisted and so exposed to base conceptions that they are hardly distinguishable. The iceman, the street cleaner, and the traveling salesman are inexhaustable for the car- toonist in their range of adventures. Unquestionably the once smooth type of humor has been roughened until it has acquired amazingly frank and uncouth proportions. The contributions of the new humor to culture seem to be limited to the popularizing of the derisive expression, aw nertz! and the proper name of Zilch, which is equally applicable to your next door neighbor or the Fuller Brush man. If American culture is definable as mass-appealing one may take these contributions and others of equally ludicrous nature as valuable acquisitions to our own particular specie of humor. At any rate they exemplify a type con- trary to the principles of good taste that were earlier typical the more astute humorous publications that now have been forced to conform to the new humor or cease publication. The criterion is spice, and plenty of it! The invasion of the new humor is regretable. It would be more desirable to have all its periodical exponents alphabetically filed, and then burned. bHealth Education X-RAY EXAMINATIONS Health Service At the present time, X-rays are being used by physicians in all branches of medicine in studying the -cause and extent of and in treating various illness. The employment of one type of X-ray ap- paratus permits the physicion actually to watch the movements of various parts of the body by observing the shadows cast by dense structures on a luminous screen. - Other types of apparatus are designed for ase in connection with photographic films so that the shadow image can be permanently recorded. The descriptive reports and interpretations of such exam- inations and even the films themselves serve as val- uable records of the patient's case. It must be remembered, however, that films alone without definite information as to the conditions under which the examination was conducted are of no value and may be actually misleading. X-ray films ire quite different from ordinary photographs, for on them are recorded only the shadows cast by dense objects which lie in the path of the X-ray beam, whereas, ordinary photographs record differences in the reflecting properties of exposed surfaces. Unless one is familiar with the construction of the human body, he cannot expect to understand the shadows cast by hidden parts. It is only when such films are interpreted by physicians who understand how the normal body should look to X-ray that signs of disease become apparent. Of course, simple bone fractures when recorded by this method, can be recognized with ease, as a rule, but even these are frequently misleading and require careful study. In a word, X-ray films are somewhat similar to steno- graphic notes-a visible record understood only by those trained to interpret such symbols and charac- ters. There is still a great deal to be learned about X- rays and their application to medicine. Every yeas new uses are devised. It has been shown that by the injection of harmless opaque substances into various body cavities, structures otherwise lacking the neces- sary density to render them visible by contrast with surrounding structures can be recognized by virtue of the borrowed density. The increasing use of con- trast substances has greatly broadened the field of X-ray examination. One should not consider an X-ray examination as a mysteriously unfailing method of telling every- thing there is to know about disease, but rather as a clever medical tool which when used by a well trained physician may be of immense value. Above OASTE OL THE LITTLE TYCOON. ** * AN INTIMATE REVIEW BY JOHNNY CHUCK. We were agreeably surprised at the performance of "The Little Ty- coon" at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre last night. Considering the fact that the production was the result of the combination of the Glee Clubs of Ann Arbor High School,, the Public School Music Training Classes, and lord knows what else, the practically finished prduct was very entertaining. De- spite a few evidences of amateur- ishness, such as the awkward pause in Act One when the right people didn't appear, and the Cur- tain which started down instead of up at the beginning of the Second Act, the production ran quite7 smoothly and was enjoyed heart- ily by both audience and company. * **. The principles were all Univer- sity students or students in the University School of Musi, which accounts for the general excellence7 of the singing. Solo honors go to Goddard Light, playing "Alvin Barry," the Great Tycoon, and to Miss Gwendolyn Zoller, playing "Miss Hurricane." The leading lady, Miss Leah Lichtenwalter, does3 very well excepting for the open-i ing number in each act. Maybe it takes her a few minutes to get warmed up. The orchestra func- tioned beautifully even if it did de- fy operatic conventions by having1 the bass fiddle on the right and the drums on the left.- * * * CHORUS. Although deplorably deficient< when it came to facial expression and stage presence, the Ann Arbor Glee clubs turned in a pretty fairt job of the mass singing, at timesi accumulating a rafter-raising vol- ume. The Japanese chorus in the second act was the best, the firstk chorus in the first act the worst, int which a bevy of tourist maidens, a gang of fraternity men, and sailors1 tying knots don't make a very har- monious combination. * * *t ACTING. There wasn't much room in the operetta for much individual effort, Operettas are that way. However, Mr. Smith, as General Knicker- bocker does some very animatedj acting, and Mr. Light's perform-1 ance on the throne in the second act was simply swell. Individual honors in the chorus go to a cer- tain unknown gentleman of nu- bian descent, whose dark skin, flashing teeth, nd rolling eyes made an alarming contrast with ar bright red devil's costume.9 * * * STORY.i The element of suspense is com-t pletely eliminated by printing al complete synopsis in the program, but then who cares about the storyc in an operetta. Alvin Barry is a New York millionaire, and he fallsr pretty much in love with Violetc Knickerbocker. Old Man Knicker-r bocker gets nasty and objects to1 the marriage on social grounds. Then there is a huge plot, involv-i ing a lot of tourist girls, friends of Violet, and fraternity brothers ofy Alvin, and a lot of other people, to defeat old meany Knickerbocker1 and unite the lovebirds in wedlock. Poor old Miss Hurricane, who has written a poem to General Knick- erbocker's nose, gets blackmailed,t Alvin gets framed into a charge of smuggling a handkerchief through1 the customs. Things get pretty confused and somehow or other' the entire party get out to Gen- °ral Knickerbocker's place dressed in Japanese costumes. Then a bigj hoax is pulled on poor old General Knickerbocker who appears to be the only one in the whole theatre who doesn't know that the Great Tycoon is really only Alvin all dressed up. Things go on this way for a while and finally Alvin comes out from behind his whiskers and for some reason or other which we didn't quite get, the old man agrees to the marriage. Then the entire company sings "Yes, I'll Be the Lit-+ tle Tycoon," and everything is lovely. * * * A \'ashington Bystander By Kirke Simpson. WASHINGTON, March 4.-When representative "Doc" Sirovich of New York achieved his first house chairmanship, heading the com- mittee on patents, nobody could have forecast the dramatic possi- bilities of the situation. One familiar with the Sirovich ways in the house during his pre- vious two terms as a minority member might have anticipated that something might be done about putting poison in liquor. Mr. Sirovich has been dramatic in the house about that in the past, But that the doctor would seek to convert his committee into a grand jury to inquire into the re- ported slow demise of the non- movie drama itself was hardly to be expected. If the corps of metropolitan newspaper dramatic critics should accept the Sirovich challenge to appear before the committee on patents and show cause why they should not be charged with hav- ing done to death the so-called legitimate drama, that is one hear- ing the Bystander will be sure to attend. It is bound to be spicy. Maybe An Inquest. Maybe it is wrong to assume it is going to be a grand jury pro- ceeding. Maybe it is just the coro- ner's jury stage Dr. Sirovich has in mind. For in the intervals of his med- ical, welfare and political activi- ties these last few of his just under 50 years, the doctor has found time to try his prentice hand at play writing. He has stormed Broadway in that guise. His foes, the critics, seem to recall at least three Siro- vich efforts. They were called respectively "The Schemers," "The Suspended Sentence" a n d "T h e Banking Racket," which last suggests Doc- tor-Playwright-Politician Sirovich is at least up to date in seeking dramatic themes. If you accept the view of the Broadway critics, these Sirovich brain children are not only dead; they never lived. Which attaches a great deal of personal interest to the doctor's effort to subpoena the critics be- fore his committee on patents and find out what they had to do with these dramatic tragedies. An Idea, Anyway. His idea of a sort of school for dramatic critics, allowing only qualified graduates to sit in public judgment on the merits of new plays, is a remarkable one. Why not a school for representa- tives, or for senators, or even presidents, to make sure they know their political onions before they go on the public payroll? If you test the theory of Tam- many democrats that all the dig- ging into Tammany administra- tion of New York city affairs by a committee of the state legislature is just a republican fishing party, the results might be thought to have a boomerang aspect. For the Tammanyites have been quick to say that national as well as state politics were involvedrthat Governor Roosevelt's long recog- nized position as a potential demo- cratic presidential nominee was a major factor in determining repub- lican strategy. The idea, as the democrats saw it, was to stop Roosevelt at the source by forcing a breach between the governor and Tammany which might lose him at the democratic convention the united support of his own state. How It Worked. If that was in the background of the republican legislative assault on Tammany in the tiger's own lair, how has it worked out? A situation has been created where the governor has found it necessary to remove from office as sheriff in New York that veteran Tammany wheel horse, Tom Far- ley. A most cursory survey of nation- al press comment shows Roose- velt's action to have been hailed outside the state in commendatory fashion. In Washington house democrats not so well disposed toward his candidacy admit privately that he has undoubtedly been strengthen- ed in the south and, perhaps in the west. What happened in Tammany circes? Not a sign of open resent- ment at the governor reached the surface of the news. On the con- trary, even Farley beat his removal notice with a declaration of non- resentment against Roosevelt, at least in a political sense. The fact that Roosevelt will still be governor after all the national convention shooting is over may have a lot of bearing on these hap- penings. That is a card he has had in the hole all along. p i EDXTORIAL CODMM~ENT I BEST BITS. NORRIS RESOLUTION WILL CORRECT 'LAME DUCK' EVILS (Minnesota Daily) Senators and representatives who have been re- ctced by their constituencies will have no opportun- - -- - 1.-Alvin and his pal Rufus Ready exchange the good old "frat grip." 2.-Teddy's Japanese toga with an Irish harp on the back. 3.-The proposal of marriage in