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VOL. XLIII. No. 20 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, OCT. 18, 1932
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Hoover Plans
Detro t TiIn
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President To Speak Sal
urday At Olympia I
Midwestern Trip
Mills Sees Victory
After National Toni
Will Consider Californi
Trip; To Campaign I
Atlantic States Next
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.- () -
Just returned from a second cam
paign journey into the midwest
President Hoover decided to mak
still another westward political tri]
and speak at Detroit next Saturda:
night. The President's decision wa
made almost simultaneously wit
his receipt of a forecast of victor
in November from one of his chie
political lieutenants, Secretary Mills
Mills, just back from a two anc
one-half weeks transcontinental trip
said he had expressed to Mr. Hoove
a belief that the "present swing" to-
ward him would result in his re-elec-
tion.
The treasury. chieftan said he alsc
had reported that "business is on the
mend." He added :
"That is a statistical and not a po-
litical observation. Right now the
election is the biggest obstacle to
business recovery and that will be re-
moved in three weeks."
Platform Talks Planned
The special train which will carry
PresidentHoover and his party to
Detroit probably will leave the na-
tional capitol earlyrFriday evening to
allow a series of rear platform ap-
pearances en route. He probably
will seek different audiences from
those he addressed en route to Des
Moines and Cleveland, but the exact
itinerary has not yet been decided
upon.
The Detroit address will be deliv-
bred in the Olympic arena which al-
readyisnknownhto the President as
the scene of his successful anti-
bonus plea before the American Le-
gion convention a year ago.
White House aides said Mr. Hoo-
ver probably will return directly to
the White House after his address,
as he did on his two previous mid-
western swings, reaching the capitol
on Sunday.
May Go to Atlantic
Republican leaders here, although
saying Mr. Hoover had not yet decid-
ed definitely upon further campaign
plans, considered it likely that his
next political bid after Detroit would
be somewhere along the Atlantic sea-
board, probably in New York, New
Jersey or nearby.
The President still has under con-
sideration numerous requests that he
go to California. If his Eastern ad-
dress should be delivered Oct. 29, he
could still reach California before
election day. Mills says he found the
Californians "want him to come
there."
C.ty Rescinds
Eviction Action
AgainstG.A.R.
Action taken at the last meeting of
the Ann Arbor Common Council
toward removal of the local post of
the Grand Army of the Republic
from its rooms in the basement of
the City Hall was rescinded at last
night's meeting of the council, on
m ot io n of Alderman E. Edward
Lucas.
More roomis needed for the wel-
fare and poor departments, it was
pointed out, and it was originally
planned to request the veterans' or-
ganization to give up the rooms,
which are loaned rent free. However
on petition of the G. A. R. post the
aetion was rescinded. The city poor
commission will have use of the
rooms in the daytime, it was decided
Prof. Lewis M. Gram of the civil
engineering department was among
the members of the seven-man build-
ing code commission re-appointed for
the coming year by Mayor H. Wirt
Newkirk. Prof. William A. Paton of
the business administration school
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'Amendment To Lower Taxes
Would create chaos'-- Stason
By C. HART SCHAAF pal borrowing for future expensiv
Two proposed amendments to the improvements, including municipal
constitution of Michigan, known as owned utilities, except in the case o
the "Fifteen Mill Amendment" and a two-thirds vote or a municipa
the "Homestead Exemption Amend- charter amendment in the distric
ment," were declared yesterday by affected. He said that this migh
Prof. E. Blythe Stason, of the Law prove dangerous in that it woul
School, to be "bristling with so many probably be impossible quickly t
questions and-ambiguities necessitat- meet contingencies such as the nee
ing Supreme Court interpretation for public charity in times of unem
that they would throw the taxing ployment.
machinery of the state into chaos." The "Homestead E x e m p t i or
Would Prohibit Borrowipg Amendment," proposes, with certain
The first of these would limit the exceptions, to exempt the owner o
property tax to $15 per thousand of ifproperty assessed at $3,000 or les
assessed valuation, unless raised by a oman operty tax, provided
twothids ot oftheeletos o th 1owner occupies the property, and ti
assessing district, or unless the mu- provide an exemption of this amoun
nicipal corporation in question had bo th e oer.fIn addritne occu ies
its charter amended. Professor Sta- b h we.I diint hsi
son asserted that it would be im- would permit taxpayers to fit their
practical, in that it would be impos- own assessments.
sible to reach a satisfactory decision "Unfair to Owners"
regarding distribution of the greatly Professor Stason said that it waq
decreased revenue among the dis- unfair in that home owners, normal-
tricts, city, county, and state govern- ly better off than renting tenants
ments dependent upon it. would be exempted, while the latter
Professor Stason pointed out this would have to pay not only their
amendment would prohibit munici- present taxes but an addition to take
the place of the decrease due to the
exemption of the propertied class.
Poling To Lead Professor Stason said that the
amendment would be further unfair
Political R l in.that the method of owner-assess-
mentit proposes would force the
home owner to put his property on
For Dry Cause the market at every assessment, and
would encourage in obtaining low as-
sessments.
National Executive Will Professor Stason concluded with
the statement that he believes that
Speak Tomorrow With taxes in the state of Michigan should
Pittman At League be lower than they are at present,
and emphasized that his only objec-
Dr. Daniel Poling, national leader tions to the two proposed amend-
of the prohibition forces, will head ments lay in the peculiar difficulties
ofn te prhibiton or es,will4 head_ he thinks they would cause.
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the Washtenaw C County political pa-
rade this week, speaking at a dry
rally in the League tomorrow.
Dr. Poling, who is making an aero-
plane tour of 31 cities in an effort
to make dry converts to the Hoover
cause, will talk on "Patriotism and
the Present Crisis." Dr. Marvin Pitt-
man, dry Democrat of toge Ypsilanti
Normal School faculty will answer
for his party. Dr. Poling will be in-
troduced by Dr. Frederick Bohn
Fisher, pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church here. The rally will
be preceded by a noon luncheon.
The Democrats are planning two
pep meetings in the rural districts,
one at Chelsea tonight, and another
at Webster tomorrow night.
William Comstock, of Ann Arbor,
Democratic candidate for the gov-
ernorship, is making an extensive
campaign tour of the upstate sections
this week. At Petoskey he will oc-
cupy the same platform with Gov-
ernor Brucker.
Plans for a student Republican
rally have not yet been completed,
but an announcement is promised by
Del Pfrommer, publicity director of
the University of Michigan Republi-
can club within the next few days.
Contract Bridge Olympic
Will Begin Tomorrow
The Ann Arbor division of the
American Contract Bridge Olympic
will be held at 8 p. m. tomorrow in
the Ethel Fountain Hussey room of
the League.
Western Union messengers will de-
liver sealed packs of cards before the
play begins and special record sheets
will be used. The National Bridge
Association will mail corrected plays
to all participants after the Olympics
have ended.
Reservations m a y be made for
tables of four and pair entries will
be matched the night of the tourna-
ment. There will be no progressive,
the same tables splaying together all
evening.
An entry fee of $2 per pair is
charged,
Michigan Theatre
Engages Tompkins
On Organ Program
As an added attraction beginning
this week the Michigan theatre has
engaged Paul Tompkins, '34; who
will appear at the console of the
giant Barton organ during the eve-
ning performances the first four days
of each week.
This week he is playing a group
of five numbers, both old and new,
including "O1' Man River," "Isn't It
Romantic," "We Just Couldn't Say
Goodbye," "Trees," and "If You Were
Only Mine." The program also in-
cludes singing novelties as well as the
straight organ music.
Tompkins was formerly w i t h
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in New York
and Baltimore as featured organist.
He is at present considered to be one.
of the leading organists in this part
of the country.
After spending some time in Balti-
more Tompkins returned to the Uni-
versity in the fall of 1930 to com-
plete his work for a degree before
continuing his musical career.
Union To Take Tryouts
For All Offices Today
1A call for tryouts for The Mich-
igan Union was issued last night
by John W. Lederle, Union presi-
dent.
All second semester freshmen,
sophomores and upperclassmen
interested in trying out for any
Union committee may do so by
calling at the Student Offices in
the Union this afternoon and to-
morrow from 3 to 5 p. m., Lederle
said.
Positions are open to tryouts in
all branches of the Union's activ-
ities leading up to the offices of
president and recording-secretary.
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Candidate For
State Senator
'y Hits Tax Levy
al
t Assails High Governmen
d Costs; Predicts Many
d Votes For Thomas
n Lands Proposed
f Limitation On Ta
;s
o Cites Comparative Sizes
t Of Communist Crowd
d And Brucker Group
r
Andrew Moore of Pontiac, Repub-
lican candidate for the state senate,
s Chamber of Commerce building as-
- sailed the high cost of government
in the United States today, and de-
r clared that "there is no greater
breeding force for Communism in the
country than the present confisca-
tory property taxes."
"Norman Thomas," Moore said,
"will receive thousands of protest
votes in the coming election from
people who have lost faith in the
present system of industrialism and
politicalism. A few weeks ago, I
listened to Governor Brucker's speech
on the Court House steps here. On
the other side of the Court House
I listened to a Communist orator ad-
dressing a crowd about half the size
of the governor's audience. In two
years,,who will draw the largest
crowd?"
Moore praised the property tax
limitation amendment facing the
state voters in the Novehber election.
The chief opponents of this amend-
ment, he said, were the banks, trust
companies, investment associations,
'manufacturers and public utilities.
These, he said, comprised a wealthy
class who were not bearing their fair
share of the tax burden and did
not wish to do so. The measure, he
said, was also opposed by the person-
nel of the state educational institu-
tions including the University who,
he asserted, werer not so much yter
ested in the tax problem as they were
in the continuity of their own in-
comes.
Newkirk Defends G.O.P.
Tariff, Praises Hoover
Defending the protective tariff pol-
icy of the Republican p a r t y and
praising the president's wisdom in
the establishment of the Reconstruc-
tion Finance corporation, Mayor H.
Wirt Newkirk urged a group of union
men last night at Labor Temple, to
vote for the retention of Herbert
Hoover.
Mayor Newkirk asserted that the
Reconstruction Finance corporation
had saved the jobs and savings of
countless workingmen and the homes
of innumerable farmers by first sav-
ing the basic commercial institutions
of the country, the railroads and the
banks.
Hecharged Horatio Abbott with
a number of inaccuracies in his re-
cent speech at the Temple. Mr. Ab-
bott, he said, had exaggerated the
amount of the tariff on certain im-
ported products. He compared the
protective tariff with the city ped-
dler's licenses, claiming that tariff
constituted the sale of the privilege
to outsiders to sell their wares in the
country.
Colby To Tallk
Tomorrow At
Special Forum'
Progressive Leader Will
Address Union Audience
For Roosevelt Cause
Hon. Bainbridge Colby, Secretary
of State in the latter part of Wood-
row Wilson's administration will talk
at 1 p. m. tomorrow in the assembly
room of the Union, John H. Huss,
recording-secretary, announced yes-
terday.
"In addition to its series of regular
forums, and desiring to further in-
terest in politics and promote poli-
tical discussion, the Union feels for-
tunate in bringing such a man as.
Bainbridge Colby to Ann Arbor,"
Huss said.
-In 1912 Mr. Colby was a Progres-
sive and campaigned actively in
Michigan for Theodore Roosevelt. ,
Will
In
ers
Literary college class elections will
be set ahead one week, it was an-
nounced last night by Joseph Zias,
'33, president of the Student Council.
Balloting will take place for the
four classes, in order of seniority, on
Oct. 26, and Nov. 2, 8, and 10.
In the Senior Law elections
held yesterday, George L. Gisler
defeated W. A. Ruble for presi-
dency of the class by a vote of
66 to 49, while H. G. Nelson de-
feated H. El LaChapelle for the
vice-presidency by a vote of 66
to 49.
David Anderson defeated Dale
Seymour by a vote of 65 to 48 for
the office of secretary, and S. A.
Pearce defeated F. E. Van Dorn
for the office of treasurer by a
vote of 65 to 48.
In the Literary college election the
following rules will be in force.
No person may be nominated for
office or vote in the elections who is
not accredited on the University rec-
ords with the required number of
hours to be a member of the class
for which he is voting. -
Students taking a combined course
shall vote in the class elections of
the college in which they are now
registered.
Eligibility slips must be presented
by all candidates before their nomi-
nations will be accepted.
To obtain a ballot every voter must
present his University identification
card.
All Literary college elections shall
start at 4 p. m. and continue until
5:45 p. mn.
Thereshall be no electioneering in
the balloting room.
Prof. M. L. McElroy
Of Harvard Joins
University Faculty
Prof. M. L. McElroy, for the past
four years a member of the faculty
at the Harvard School of Business
Administration, has been appointed
to a post on the faculty of the School
of Business Administration here, it
was announced yesterday. Professor
McElroy will take the place of Prof.
D. M. Phelps, who is in South Amer-
ica on a research trip.
Professor McElroy, who obtained
his doctor of commercial science and
master of science degrees at Harvard
University, has just finished a the-
sis, "A Co-operative Analysis of
Broadcasting."
No definite plans -for research work
have been made by Professor Mc-
Elroy, he says, in view of the fact
that his courses in marketing and
sales management will take a ma-
jority of his time.
Two Athletes Picked
By Michigamua Tribe
Michigamua, S e n io r all-campus
honorary society, at a meeting last
night, elected two new members;
Michael J. Diffiey, '34Ed, baseball
captain for 1933, and Frank D. Ken-
nedy, '33, varsity swimmer.
T. Z. Koo Places
War Blame At
e Feet Of Japan
1'an
Says Economic Rivalry Is
Basis Of Manchurian
Territorial War
Laying the causes of the Sino-Jap-
anese struggle over Manchuria at the
feet of Japan, Dr. T. Z. Koo, Chinese
engineer and diplomat, presented the
second address in the Student Chris-
tian Association open forum series
last night before an audience of more
than 200.:
Dr. Koo, who 'is a widely known
lecturer in English and American Y.
M. C. A. work spoke on "Manchuria
and World Peace" at the evening
discussion and gave his personal re-
ligious philosophy to a group of stu-
dents at the afternoon session..
"Half of the whole struggle may be
blamed on a cruel economic rivalry
extending into every branch of in-
dustry and centered around the rail-
ways," stated Dr. Koo, who himself
served on the Chinese Railways
Commission for nine years.
Pointing to the League of Nations
decision that Japan should turn back
her Manchurian territory to China,
he noted that this edict has been
completely ignored by Japan and
that if the League does not take ac-
tion immediately her prestige as an
arbitrar between nations will suffer
and seriously impair the chances for
the success of an international court.
At the conclusion of the lecture
Dr. Koo discussed questions raised by
the audience, largely comosed of
foreign students. J u 1 e Ayers, '33,
president of the Student Christian
Association presided and introduced
the speaker. While in Ann Arbor Dr.
Koo is the guest of the Cosmopolitan
club.
Women Urged To Use
Union's Voting Service
In connection with its other activi-
ties fostering political interest on
the campus the Union is managing a
bureau of absentee balloting infor-
mation for students from outside of
the city and the state. John W. Le-
derle, '33,. Union president, said last
night that students from Michigan
have until Oct. 20 to apply for reg-
istration material and ballots.
Up to the present time no Uni-
versity women have applied at the
bureau for information, Lederle said,
and urged that any women interested
apply at the information desk in the
Union lobby as soon as possible..
Council Sets
Literary Vote
Week Ahead:
Senior Law Class Elects
Gisler and Nelson For
Coming Year
Rules For Polling
Announced By Zias
Henderson Is Likely
Successor To Jessie
Bonstelle In Detroit
Robert Henderson, manager of
the Ann Arbor Dramatic Festival
and prominent in dramatic cir-
cles, may succeed Miss Jessie Bon-
stelle, who died Friday, as direct-
or of the Detroit Civic Theatre,
according to a rumor circulated
last night.
It is believed that at the time
of Miss Bonstelle's death negotia-
tions were under way to make Mr.
Henderson director of the stock
company.
Mrs. W. D. Henderson, mother
of the actor, when called last
night, refused to comment but
raid that she would makean an-
nouncement today.
Mr. Henderson has been playing
in the New York production of "I
Loved You Wednesday" by Molly
Ricandell and William DuBois.
The cast included Rose Hobart,
Humphrey Bogart, Frances Fuller,
and Henry O'Neill.
Mr. Henderson has the part of
the temperamental pianist, Fred-
die.
Stop Electioneering
Voting Rooms; Vot-
Must Show Cards
T roops Called
To Quell Riot
Within P'ison
Rebellion At Portsmouth
Involves 906 Convicts;
Building Is Rushed
Quarry Laborer
Attempts Escape
Soldiers From Kingston
Fire Several Volleys To
Subdue Revolt
KINGSTON, Ont., Oct. 17.-(P)-
Nine hundred six convicts in Ports-
mouth penitentiary rioted within the
wall today and the disorder was not
quelled until troops had been called
from the Royal Horse artillery gar-
rison here.
The trouble began at noon with
the unsuccessful attempt of a con-
vict to escape from a stone quarry
gang which was working near the
prison. When he was caught the
score or more in the gang refused
to work and were immediately
marched back to the prison and
placed in strict confinement.
Their surly attitude spread to the
rest of the convicts and before the
guards could lock them all in their
respective cells one group rushed a
main building and barricaded thei-
selves inside.
Reinforcements Called
Prison guards could not dislodge
them, and at 4:30 p. m. the 200 sol-
diers in the Kingston garrison were
called upon to reinforce the prison
staff. The soldiers ringed the peni-
tentiary and a detchment went in-
side. After several volleys were fired
into the air the rebellious convicts
were evicted from the barricaded
building and removed to their cells.
At 6:30 p. m. the troops marched
out to the accompaniment of dem-
oniacal shrieking from the main cell
blocks, but authorities announced
that the uprising had been definitely
broken.
Two Are Injured
Hugh Guthrie, minister of justice
at Ottawa, announced tonight that
all the prisoners were accounted for
and in their cell blocks and that two
prisoners were slightly injured during
the disturbance. One lost a finger
and another suffered a broken rib,
the minister said, constituting the
complete casaulty list.
Reports that fire had started with-
in the prison walls proved errone-
ous.
An inquiry will be held immediate-
ly, and Acting Warden Gilbert Smith
of the penitentiary will make a re-
port to the justice ministry.
Supervisors Make
$1,000 Cut In Pay
Of Judge Sample
The Board of Supervisors of Wash-
tenaw County yesterday afternoon
complied with the suggestion of the
salary committee and asked Circuit
Judge George W. Sample to accept
a voluntary 20 per cent cut in his
salary amounting to $1,000. The
board adjourned at 2:00 p. m. to go
and inspect the county farm.
A plan to give work to the unem-
ployed in winter by carrying on a
program -of maintenance of the
county roads was discussed before
the board in the morning.
William Antcliff, Jackson County
Road Commissioner told of a 4 mill
assessment in Jackson County which
was distributed to all the townships
in the county and said that the
county planned a 1/2 mill assessment
for the winter whereby many unem-
ployed would be given work.
Michigan Co-op House
Increases Membership
With 100 regular boarders and an
average of ten guests every evening,
the Michigan Co-operative Boarding
House is making steady progress, it
was announced yesterday.
The price being paid by the board-
ers at present for 20 meals is $3 per
week. "We can easily cut that price
to $2.50 if we can increase our mem-
bership to 150," said Sher Querashi,
grad., chairman of the Board of
Servants, last night.
Students who do not have the ini-
tial $10 for board membership are
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Live Pig Proves Nemesis For
Daring Young Radio Bandits
Robert Frost Calls Writing Of
Poem 'Performance In Belief'
By GUY M. WHIPPLE, JR.
The hackneyed Chicago stock yard
saying that "everything b u t the
squeal of the pig is used" has been
proven inadequate. For the squeal of
a very-much-alive pig resulted di-
rectly this week-end in the arrest of
Roger Shelton and Norman Siewak,
two of the gang who socked an In-
ternational radio truck of 24 radios
the night of Oct 1 .in what has been
described as one of the most daring
robberies in the state's history.
Shelton and Siewak were trying
to dispose of one of the radios in
Detroit last week-end. A few mm-
mediate arrest of Shelton and Sie-
wak resulted.
Eight in the gang are now lodged
in Washtenaw County jail here, ha-
beas corpus proceeding for two oth-
ers having failed. All, with the ex-
ception of Zigmund Wardynski and
Sheltan, have been bound over to
Judge W. Sample's circuit court.
Wardynski and Shelton demanded
an examination, which was set for
Oct 19.
Since the truck which "was pirated
was carrying interstate produce, the
youthful racketeers are subject to
federal charges. although at nresent
Writing a great poem is largely a
"performance in belief," according to
Robert Frost, American poet, w h o
talked before an informal meeting of
graduate students in English and
faculty members of the English de-
partment last night at the Union.
Members -of the English depart-
ment honored Mr. Frost at a dinner
last night on the Union terrace, after
which the informal discussion was
held.
"Poems are n o t worried into
ca rm 11 R r,. ncf. air ,,hii- Mal ~va
way not to be obvious is to be ob-
scure, to have expression without
conveyance. But the only unobvious-
ness I want to achieve is to keep the
definite thought in suspense until the
last word."
"Continuing his idea that the suc-
cess of things depends on belief in
them, Mr. Frost said : "The United
States is being believed into exist-
ence. It will be a long time before
it is completed. It is not yet time to
talk of 'scrapping' it in favor of a