The Weather Rain turning to snow Sun- day; colder; fair and warmer Monday. Y r IAfrAi VOL. XLIII No. 60 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, DEC. 4, 1932 Dems To Act On Beer Bill Tomorrow Expect Immediate Action On Prohibition, Farm Relief At First Session Roosevelt Men Seek Majority In Senate Republican Group May Support Roosevelt To Give Democrats Control WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-(R)-Pro- hibition and farm relief dominated busy conferences on capitol hill in preparation for the opening on Mon- day of the final session of the elec- tion-riddled 72nd Congress. Ready to take full command of the government on March 4, the Democrats in both the House and Senate assumed leadership and pointed to the prohibition and agri- cultural problems with a view to dis- posing of these as well as balancing the budget to make unnecessary a special session next spring. In an unprecedented m o v e, Speaker Garner will go beyond the opening formalities on Monday and smash head-on into the issue of re- peal of the Eighteenth Amendment with a vote scheduled before the day ends. The Senate also is confronted forthwith by the repeal question but leaders tentatively agreed today to refer the problem to the judiciary committee pending action by the House. Emissaries from President- elect Roosevelt have brought plans for a tax on legalized beer and for farm relief for enactment at the dy- ing short session of the Hoover ad- ministration and both of these prob- lems will be tackled by the Demo- cratic House first. Senate Republican independents who supported Gov. Roosevelt tn the campaign have promised co-opera- tion and the Democrats are assured in the Senate also of a working ma- jority although the Republicans will retain actual control of the Senate machinery. President Hoover went ahead to- day on his own course and ideas for the short session in runding out his annual message and the special bud- get message which will be presented probably on Tuesday and Wednes- day. Michigan Meets Colgate Debate Team Monday' Conference Debates Will Be Held Next Week-End;i No Admission Charge Michigan negative debaters will1 meet the affirmative team of Colgate University at 8:15 tomorrow night in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre for the first important Ann Arbor appear- ance of the semester. The subject to be debated con-} cerns the alleviation of the present property tax burden and is worded, "Resolved, That At Least 50 Per Cent of All State and Local Revenuet Should Be Derived from Sourcest Other than Tangible Property." Clinton D. Sandusky, '34, will bej chairman. Michigan debaters for the eventd are James D. Moore, Grad., Victor Rabinowitz, '34L, and Nathan Levy, '33L, the last two being veterans of three years' service. The Michigan team will be coached by Mr. J. H.1 McBurney, the Colgate squad by Prof. G. V. Garland. Colgate is de- bating here as a part of an extensive tour of the middle west in a series of non-decision preliminary debates. The high point on the Michigan schedule will be the two Conference debates of this week-end when the negative team meets the University of Wisconsin Thursday night atj Madison and the affirmative squadf debates with Northwestern Univer- sity in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre here. No admission charge is being made for any forensic contests this year.c A special invitation has been issued< to the members of the Michigana House Committee To Consider Beer Bill (Associated Press Photo) Hearings on the revenue phases of the beer bill will be begun before the House ways and means committee Dec. 7. James Collier (left), chairman of the committee, has estimated the yearly revenue from this bill to be between $300,000,000 and $400,000,000. Rep. Willis Hawley (upper right) is the ranking Republican and Rep. Fred Vinson (lower right) thew leading. Democrat on the committee. President Scott Will Speak At M. E. Church Head Of Northwestern To Talk On 'A Modern Uni- versity' This Morning Dr. Walter Dill Scott, president of Northwestern University, will de- liver a Wesleyan Guild Lecture at 7:30 p. m. today at the First Meth- odist Episcopal Church, speaking. on "A Modern University," which is one of a series of talks by prominent University presidents to be given once a month during the school year. President Scott, a brilliant plat- form speaker, is one of the country's foremost educators. He is also an author of numerous works in the field of business management and psychology. "How a Geography Professor spends his Sabbatical" is the subject of a talk to be given by Prof. Preston E. James of the Geography depart- ment at the Liberal Students Union meeting at 7:30 p. m. in the Unita- rian Church. Rev. H. P. Marley will speak on "Hedonism versus Com- munism" at 10:45 a. m. This is the first address of a series on re-evalua- tion of happiness. The subject of Rev. Allison Ray Heaps' sermon this morning at the Congregational Church will be "Dis- solving Inner Conflicts," which is the third of a series of sermons on "Real- izing our own powers." In the after- noon members of the Congregational Student Fellowship will be guests of the Starr Commonwealth, an .insti- tution for delinquent boys. A brief program will be presented by boys at the institution following an examina- tion of the buildings by the Fellow- ship group. It is expected that 60 members will make the trip. "Humor-the Balance Wheel of Character" will be the subject of the sermon given by Rev. Merle H. An- derson this morning at the Presby- terian Church. The address is one in a series dealing with "Qualities Needed for Our Age." 90 Directors Attend Music Meetings Here Falcone Brothers Speak On Brass And Woodwind Instrumentation More than 90 instrumental music directors attended the first state- wide clinic of instrumental music held here Friday and Saturday, it was disclosed by Ada Bicking, state director of music education, in an interview immediately following the close of the conference. "The experiment was a success," she stated, "and we expect now that it will be a regular annual confer- ence. This is the first time that di- rectors of instrumental music from the whole state have been able to meet in conference and discuss mat- ters pertaining to this branch of music education. We have received an invitation from Mr. Sink" (Pres. Charles A. Sink of the music school) "to return here next year." In the morning session yesterday the certification of music teachers was discussed in an effort to work out a jury basis of examination in place of the usual written quiz. The morning session also included two talks: "The Playing of Brass Instruments," by Prof. Leonard Fal- cone, director of the Michigan State College Band, and "The Woodwind Choir," by Prof. Nicholas Falcone, director of the Varsity Band. In the afternoon a discussion of band music was held under the chairmanship of W. W. Norton of Flint. Dr. Joseph Maddy of the ex- tension division announced and de- scribed numbers which have been se- lected by the instrumental commit- tee of the National Music Super- visors' Conference for playing by secondary school bands in 1933. Some of the. numbers discussed were then played through by the Varsity Band. Frank Riley, '33E, Varsity drum major, in a blackboard talk, dis- cussed band marching maneuvers. New Premier Approved By Hindenburg General Von Schleicher Draws Up Cabinet List; Two Openings Left Reappoints Many Of Von Papen Ministry Posts Of Agriculture And Economics Still Under Official Consideration BERLIN, Dec. 3.-(P)-Gen. Kurt von Schleicher succeeded today in drawing up a virtually complete cabi- net list and President von Hinden-' berg affixed his signature to the gen- eral's appointment as chancellor of the Reich. The president approved a ministry in which the portfolios of agriculture and economics were, for the time be- ing, left blank. In the resigned cabinet of Franz von Papen, the minister of agricul- ture was Baron Friedrich Edler von Braun, and the post of economics was held by Dr. Hermann Warm- bold. Apparently these two men could not agree on a common policy, thus making them unavailable, as Chancellor von Schleicher was deter- mined to have a ministry which would be able to carry on the govern-t ment with complete unity. Negotia- tions concerning these two posts will' continue tomorrow. Following are the appointments' signed by the president: chancellor1 -Kurt von Schleicher; foreign af- fairs-Baron Konstantin von Neu-' rath; interior-FranzBracht; finance -Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk;: defense, Kurt von Shleicher; justice] -Franz Guertner; transportation and posts -Baron Eltz von Rueben- ach; labor-Dr. Friedrich Syrup; minister without portfplio-HJohan- nes Popitz. With the exception of Dr. Syrup, all these men were in the resigned von Papen ministry. Dr. Bracht wasr a minister without portfolio in the cabinet and he succeeds to the place formerly held by Baron Wilhelm von Gayl. Others in the von Papen min- istry who are dropped are von Papen himself and Hugo Schaeffer, who was minister of labor. The reappointment of Baron von Neurath as foreign minister was' taken as an indication of an un- broken policy so far as international' relations are concerned. Hall Explains g Japanese Aim InManchuria Large Population Forces Natives To Seek Homes In Foreign Provinces A clear picture of past and present day Japan with reasons for recent expansion was discussed last night by Prof. Robert B. Hall of the Geo- graphy department at the regular1 meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club. Professor Hall explained that be- fore western powers had invaded the country, the population, due to semi- religious forces and limited farming area, had not increased. However, during the last half century the pop- ulation has increased with amazing rapidity, fearing that the west was going to colonize them as they had done in India. The change of popu- lation is primarily due to birth rate and the abolition of the semi-reli- gious laws. The Japanese were faced with a problem of expansion, Professor Hall said. Due to the country's poor re- sources, manufacturing failed to bring about the desired effect. The coun- try was forced to migrate. Expan- sion in Hawaii, Brazil and Korea failed. Manchuria has been the most satisfactory of all the other coun- tries. However, the situation is not entirely favorable to the Japanese, Professor Hall concluded. The cli- mate is too cold and the Chinese competition is too strong to complete- ly solve Japan's problem. SENIOR PICTURES Prison Morale Is Argued As Sufficient Cause For Release Of Group DETROIT, Dec. 3.-(P)-Echoes of the thunder of smuggled guns with which four drug-crazed convicts slew a country doctor, a trusty and them- selves in the Marquette Prison riot which made headlines in August, 1931, were heard again Saturday. The guns that barked on that sunny summer afternoon were to have liberated four men from life terms in prison. Though they sent the four from the prison to the grave, they may yet gain four other men commutation of life sentences, 'as Gov. Brucker is seriously considering clemency for the inmates of the prison who became the heroes of the occasion. Gov. Brucker's record in regard to prisoners has been unique. He has gone through his entire term without changing the judgments of the judges and juries who have tried and sen- tenced convicted men. He is known to be considering carefully the facts as they have been presented to him in the instance of these men. He will not discuss the case until he has made up his mind. But 'if he does commutate their sentences, it will not be a violation of his rigid rule, but a recognition of it. If he acts at all it will be to pay recognition to these prisoners and their services on behalf of law and order. By cutting their sentences so that they will have at least a hope of eventual freedom, it is argued, he will be aiding prison wardens throughout the state in maintaining prison morale. The four are Leo Bolger, Harry Ambs, Harry W. Hill and another life termer whose name is being withheld. In the very secrecy sur- rounding the identity of the fourth convict there is a dark reminder of life lived as convicts live it behind their stone walls. This man who dis- closed the conspiracy to the prison officials, that it might be traced to its sources and all the conspirators found, will be transferred to some other prison before commutation ever is extended to him. Were he to re- main in Marquette he would die at the hands of fellow-inmates, die be- cause he "told." C ommunity Fund Totals 3, Ann Eduns 3 sther Kou- Comm nit Fun Toals chenkavich, '34, Helen Bernthal, '33; $45,334 In Second Week Martha Bowen, '34, and Myrtk Cooper, '34. Bringing the first extension period Those taking the parts of the vis- of 10 days to a close last night, final itors to the mansion are'William reports show that the Community Dickert, 33n Goldie Lightfoot, '33 Fund had received $45,334 since it Carolyn Higgins, '33, and Elinort' began its campaign about two weeks Brodersohn, '33. ago. Although another extension has Brndrohh 33 not been officially granted, Edith According to Mr. Windt this is on Owen, director of the fund, said that of the largest casts that have taker the workers would "keep at it until part in a Play Production play foi the total was obtained." some time. More than 40 student. Practically all the large donations are included in the cast and prac- had been received, but there remain- tically all of the Play Production ed a few people who had not been classes-more than 90-are taking heard from. some part in the presentation. Would Retard Recovery-Remer Juvenile Delinquency Rates Deplored By Carr In Radio Talk One child out of every hundred joins the "junior ranks of crookdom" every year, according to Prof. Lowell J. Carr of the sociology department. If the underworld were to set up recruiting booths on the corners of streets, he said, and announce that one per cent of the children of the country were to be taken into their ranks, public opinion would force pointed out in his talk, which was broadcast last night over the facili- ties of the University Broadcasting Service from WJR, juvenile delin- quency has come in for more scrutiny than formerly. "Psychology, psychia- try, sociology have all combined to show us that behavior doesn't just happen, that it is caused by some- thing," he said.