TIIE MICHIGAN DAILY AN DAILY roepolitancenters, but it adds greatly to the stand- ing of the University of Michigan as a cultural center and brings to the city many of those prom- inent as music critics and music followers from the entire nation. CampuS Opinion Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will be disregard- ed. The names of communicants will, however, be re- garded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, onflning -themelves to lissthan 30 words if "ossi"le. - - - ,, - - - - - - - - - - - - I e_- - ,, ~If f --, Published every morning except Monday during the niversity year and SurnmernSession by the Board In ",ontrol of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Associa- ;ion and the Big Tens Net'rs Service. 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THOMAS VOMEN'S EDITOR.................MARGARET O'BRIEN SSISTANT WOMEN'S EDITOR.......MIRIAM CARVER rIGHT'EDITORS: Thomas Connellan; John W. Pritchard, Joseph A. Renihan, C. Hart Schaaf, Brackley Shaw, Glenn R. Winters. PORTS ASSISTANTS: L. Ross Ban, Fred A. Buber, Albert Newman, Harmon Wolfe. EPORTERS: Charles Baiyd, A. Ellis Ball, Charles G. Barndt, Arthur W. Carstens, Ralph G. Coulter, William G. Ferris, Sidney Frankel, John C. Healey, Robert B. Hewett, George M. Holmes, EdwinW. Richardson, Gieorge Vian Vle.ck, Guy M. Whipple, Jr. Barbara Bates, Marjorie E. BecEleanor B. Blum, Ellen Jane Cooley, Louise Crandall, Dorothy Dishman, Jeaiette Duff, Carol J. Iianan, Lois Jotter, Helen Levi- son, Marie JMurphy, Margaret D. Phalan, Marjorie Western. USINESS STAFF' Telephone 2-1214 .O.. ..............BYON C. VEDDER ....HARRY BEGLEY 3 MANAGLR......,DONNA BECER AGERS: Advertsing Grafton Sharp; cts, Orvil Aronson; Advertising Serv- Accounts, Bernard E. Schnacke; Cir- E, Bursley, Pubications, Robert H. Turner; Gilbecrt ,Gotd'on Boylan, Alien Cleve- ,k froyi~nj iFred Hertrick, ,zl, RussellRead, Pred Rogers, Sudow, R~obert Ward. ssett, Beulah Chapman, Doris atevine MdHenry, May See- ', Grtiifihls, SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1933 Union Haircuts The Union is still charging 45 Cents for hair- cuts. Every other shop in town is charging 35 cents. The Union, a student club, is. a non- profit organization and exists solely for the students. Yet the Union will not meet the town rate. Minor Issues Must Wait Their Turn . . B ANKING HOLIDAYS thoughout the nation, an earthquake in Cal- ifornia, and the attempted assassination of Pres- ident Roosevelt have combined to monopolize the front pages of the papers of the country. News editors have brought forth their biggest, black- est type-type that had been collecting dust since the notorious Lindbergh baby kidnapping. It is a day of "scare-heads" and "extras."' Along with the usual run of crimes and di- vorce cases, the question of the ratification of the prohibition repeal amendment has been rele- gated, quite rightly, to the inside pages of the metropolitan press. We are facing a crisis. Things of secondary importance can wait. It is encouraging to the advocates of repeal, however, to see that the issue has not been for- gotten entirely. Yesterday the Michigan House of Representatives voted to call a convention to con- sider the amendment. Several other' states have also made definite steps to set up the necessary machinery for ratification. We sincerely hope, and may expect, that we have had our share of national tragedies. The attempted assassination of President Roosevelt, which resulted in the death of Mayor Cermak, and the California earthquake, in which scores were killed, are over. We should forget them, but they are history and nothing that we can do will collect the spilt milk. The banking holiday seems to be. nearing its completion. Perhaps prosperity, is, really this time, just around the corner. Then we can start wondering about the 20th Amendment. The crimes and divorce cases will be back on the front pages. And Happy Days will be here again. Need For Temporary Dictatorship... T HE HARMONY which prevailed in the two houses of Congress on Thursday' when the Roosevelt banking program was pushed through in record time, ceased abruptly on Friday when the President's demands for dictatorship over executive re-organization and veterans' appropriations reached the floor of the Senate. That the Roosevelt program will be passed is practically beyond doubt, but it may be so patched up with amendments by Congressional blocs representing special interests, such as the veterans, that its purpose will be entirely lost. It is unfortunate that, in a national crisis, ex- ecutive leadership must be limited by such bloc partisanship. If ever the need for dictatorship was more great than at the present time, it does not ocur to our knowledge. The democratic forms embodied in our Constitutional provisions for law-making, while adequate during ordinary times, are much too unwieldy to be effective in a crisis. When conditions, such as the present, con- front the nation, it is imperative that Congress relinquish its power in favor of temporary Pres- idential autocracy. Editorial Comment A BIG NAVY? Claude A. Swanson, one of our new cabinet members, is a big navy man; he is known to favor the expenditure of $60,000,000 per year for new warships. Once more the Navy department is re- sounding with declarations for a navy "adequate to protect our rights." There are two highly theoretical methods of maintaining peace. The first is preparedness, bat- tleship building, and the building up of a national defense "adequate to protect our rights," etc. This is of a rather theoretical nature because it has never yet worked successfully in spite of the opportunities it has had for many centuries. The second is the scaling down of armaments and the gradual abolition of all military machinery. This is also rather abstract simply because it has never been tried. Now one of our elected officers has appointed to a high place a man who favors the' prepared- ness method of preventinghwar. So far as we know, the electorate did not express its convictions on the question. It has had no opportunity to say whether or not it wants to pay $50,000,000 for the proposed vessels. Since the political campaign was not concerned in the slightest with the question of the size of the army or navy, Roosevelt is free to do what- ever pleases him in regard to the navy, regardless of public opinion. Since his first important office was that of Assistant Secretary of the Navy, it is quite natural that the thing which pleases Roose- velt should be an increase in the size of our fleet. This freedom of our officials to function more or less in a vacuum as far as public opinion on the army and navy is concerned is responsible for the way our shapeless national defense policy varies according to the bias of the chief executive. Our last campaign was so full of economic issues that there was no opportunity to discuss the topic of national defense. As a matter of fact, most of our economic difficulties proceed from the fact that we destroyed several hundred billion dollars worth of capital in the last war. The last war was partially due to the surpassing excellence of the "national defense" of several European coun- tries. Instead of talking about the present de- pression, which we cannot, after all, do very much about, we might just as reasonably pass our cam- paigns in argument over the merits of the two war prevention schemes which are intimately related to future wars and hence future depressions. 'In this case, our political candidates would im- mediately declare and fully expand their positions in regard to national defense. It is interesting to speculate as to whether Franklin D. Roosevelt would have been elected last fall if he had been forced to stand on a big navy platform, or whether he would have cared to face the electorate on such a plank. .Minnesota Daily. Screen Reflections Four stars means extraordinary; three stars very good; two stars good; one star just another picture; no stars keep away from it. AT THE MAJESTIC "CYNARA" WI STAID ENGLISH BARRISTER FAITHFUL TO TWO WOMEN Jim ...................Ronald Colman Clementine ................Kay Francis Doris ....... . ............Phyllis Barry Trim. ..............Henry Stephenson The Majestic's current attraction, "Cynara," is an appealing transcription of the Harwood-Brown dramatic success, which in turn is based on the immortal lines "I have been faithful to thee, Cy- nara, in my fashion" taken from an Ernest Dow- son poem. Ronald Colman as the English barrister who, according to his more spry friend Trim, is head- ing into a rut from which he may never emerge, is bound to delight his many followers. Henry Stephenson is a step beyond them all, though, in the relatively few scenes in which he appears. His pointed remarks, such as "Never say a 'woman's faithful until she's dead" and "It's I. Did you notice the accuracy of my grammar?" are no little aid to this already accomplished ac- tor. Remember him as the suave gum-chewing doctor of "Guilty As Hell?" The selection of Phyllis Barry as the street woman who falls so deeply in love with Jim is lesst To the Editor: Two or three days ago a car driven by Dean Joseph A. Bursley collided with another car on one of the Ann Arbor streets. The accident was (thank the merciful gods!) not serious, as no one was hurt and only slight damage was done to the cars. However, the incident illustrates the possibility of grave dangers involved in allowing members of the faculty to drive cars in this city. The acci- dent might have been worse, bringing injury and even death in its fearful wake. Therefore, for the sake of our University's world-wide reputation, for the safety of the resi- dents of Ann Arbor, and for the health of the faculty members themselves, I suggest that all persons on the University payroll be prohibited from driving motor vehicles. Yours for safety, -A Student. HOARDED GOLD To the Editor: Since I have never hoarded any money, gold or otherwise, I feel free to reply to your editorial entitled "Hoarded Gold and the Sinister Sock." Your statement to the effect that the only valid conclusion is that hoarding is the greatest con- tributing factor toward financial depression seems preposterous to me.. My own opinion is that the greatest contributing factor was the terrific wave of speculation in stocks that ended in 1929; and the distrust of the banks brought about by the dishonesty, incompetency, etc., of the big bankers who floated issues of poor securities by high pressure salesmanship. If the bank leaders were like that, the hoarders must have reasoned, how can the banks be safe? (I suggest that the Editor of the Daily read the account of the Senate in- vestigation of the doings of big bankers during the years 1927-1929, given in TIME, March 6, 1933). Personally, I had foolish confidence in the banks. For three years I saved my money to go to school, putting most of it in the First National Bank of Dearborn; it closed two months before I was about to start to school, after I had resigned my position. And my case is typical of thousands. And still the Editor of the Daily condemns the people that had sense enough to protect them- selves. -G. A. Cook, '28. MAKE EARLY RESERVATION FOR YOUR TICKETS for the JniorGirls , Play T - 11 tf-- --- "-11- II ii _______I__,__.[_ [,"" ,1 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre MARCH 22 TO 25' Tickets $1 and $1.25 Box Office Now Open ____ ____ ___ - ,, .. - 7 - t 7 ) LOVE ON THE Y RUN 4 w4 Y Musical Events HELEN BELNTLEY RECITAL Helen Bentley, Senior in the piano division of the School of Music, will give a graduation Re- cital, in the School of Music Auditorium, Tuesday evening, March 14, at 8:15 o'clock, to which the general public is invited. Miss Bentley is a tal- ented young artist from Battle Creek and has been a student of Assistant Professor Joseph Brinkman, for two years. She will play the fol- lowing program: Italian Concerto ............. . ............Bach Allegro animato Andante Presto giocoso Variationes Serieuses, Op. 54.....:.Mendelssohn Ballade, Op. 10, No. 1 .................. Brahms Ballade, Op. 47 .........................Chopin Sanlucar de Barramenda (Sonata pintoresca) ........................Turina En la torre del castillo Siluetas de la Calzada La playa Los pescadores en Bajo de Guia I . J SOTARS I - I - & STRIPES The May Festival, Another Success. . -.By Karl Seffert~~. Ogden Mills, former secretary of the treasury, has been elected a director of the National Biscuit Co., according to a news item. Mr. Mills, it seems, will continue to take care of the dough. A prominent faculty member declares that he never carries cigars with him, on the theory that he thus avoids smoking too much. That may be a good idea, but the only way to keep the average student from over-indulging would be to get all his friends to stop carrying tobacco. * * * MACOMB HAS GOLD' BUT CAN'T PAY BILLS -Headline We're in the same position,except for that part about the gold. * * * They returned today to a city guarded by troops with fixed bayonets, who preserved quiet and order and preserved even a semblance of looting. --Excerpt from News Item. Well, half a loot is better, than none. Alla Nazimova is reported to have thrilled a New York audience with a dramatic recitation of the Russian alphabet. With a little practice she could probably make even the average American movie a success. TEST YOUR BRAIN DEPT. What's wrong with this sentence: CONGRESSMAN: Gentlemen, I feel that it would be unjust for the government to build 1; a new postoffice in my district; we need every ' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TELLS IT TOO! 4. c1, r14,h ;v I I4 S a 040,% e '5 4;c 454' - ,. / ' o ' - p 4 so 4, h 1 y 0 e b ' t rk %l ,s a ' ,O t 02 NI ailekiereants'realie tlw 4 ?o0 r 1 tj ry t or e t. Wise terchants r alrzc that The Michigan Daily is th est Yean s of reaching nrr Arhnrc toA, , , ;IF" - I l WTH I TTHE PROGftAM for the 1933 May Festival including such fa- mous artists as Jascha Heifetz, Lucrezia Borgi, John Charles Thomas, and Frederick Stock with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, another season worthy of the tradition established by former Festivals is assured. The Ann Arbor May Festival long ago began to attract nation-wide notice and now the event is considered to be of such significance that New York newspapers regularly' report the concerts here as a part of their musical columns. It has long been the habit of music lovers from all over this section of the country to convene on Ann Ar- bor for the affair. All of the rooming facilities at the Union and the League are regularly sold out and many city residents have house guests fovr the week-e.~,nd.