The Weather Rain Tuesday; Wednesday snow, colder. Y E lit ig an Iait Editorials Farm Relief Studied a University . . .; Garner 1V a Tactical Error VOL. XLIII No. 61 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 1932 PRICE FINE CE? s .avava: J L- r . NIJ Vi'i Report Shows Big Reduction In Expenses $587,618 University Slash For 1932-33 Announced By Shirley Smith 11. Per Cent Is Total Average Reduction Cuts For Summer Session Smaller; Full Reduction Is Not Applied A net 1932-33 budget reduction of $587,618 is, the University's reply to last spring's action of the State Leg- islature by which University appro- priations were cut $738,000, according to a report by Shirley W. Smith, vice-president and secretary, in a Bureau of Alumni Relations bulletin is sued yesterday. Salaries of the faculty have been cut and business and administrative cost have been lowered and a rigid survey of teaching and research de- partments for possible savings has been completed. The total reduc- tions left $150,382 of the lessened appropriations to be met from Uni- versity reserves Average Cut is 11 Per Cent The salary cuts, passed by the Board of Regents last spring, varied from six per cent on lower salaries to a few on higher salaries of 26.8 per cent. The total average reduc tion was 11 per cent. In general division reductions, the following sums were saved. In the president's office and the general business office, $35,711 or 14.8 per cent; in "other general offices," suct as the dean of students, registrar high school inspection, and others, $11,122, or 5.17 per cent; in univer- sity extension, $10,277, or 11.24 per cent; in business departments such as the storehouse, chemistry store, and printing and binding, $11,080, or 9.46 per cent; in operation and main- tenance of physical plant, $63,504, or 8.19 per cent. Reductions in departments of re search and instruction amounted to $446,367 or 0.04 per cent. Besides the schools and colleges of the University, these departments include the li- brary, museums, public health work, health service, physical education, and the Simpson Memorial Institute, aside from the memorial endowment fund. Summer Session Cuts Smaller Because many contracts had been made with out-state teachers for the Summer Session, it was impossible to apply the full reduction schedule here, but a saving of $17,262 or 5.19 per cent was incorporated. Total re- ductions amounted to 8.98 per cent. "The propriety of the 15 per cent reduction is unquestioned as a neces- sity of the times, and the University has met it," stated Mr. Smith in his report. "However, the reduction in equalized property valuations in the state will reduce the amount received in 1933-34, as compared with 1931-32, by $952,000, or 19.33 per cent, a cut in operating income which is prob- ably greater than any other division in the state government has received. It would also seem that the mill tax principle of support has proven the claims made for it that it would auto- matically reduce the University's in- come during depression times." Disarmament Sought By Five World Powers GENEVA, Dec. 5.-(IP)-The four big powers of Europe and the United States set out today to gain definite progress toward world disarmament before Christmas, with an American warning before them to the effect that mere "windowdressing" will not be satisfactory. The American delegation also made it plain that it understood all five nations were entering the discussions with the understanding that the basis of the proceedings was "disarma- ment, pure and simple." The Americans said the question of equality, raised by Germany last summer when she withdrew from the conference, and security, a par- amount issue with France, were not to be fundamentals of the conversa- tions. Originally the meeting was called fin +st hennnnnmp noirnn nf et- Speaker Garner Opens Final Session (Associated Press Photo) Speaker John N. Garner wielding the gavel to open an earlier session of Congress in the same manner as he opened the short session yesterday. Tag Sale For Cripples Will Start Today Galens Society Will Make Drive; $1,500 Is Set As Goal; Seek Student Aid A direct appeal to students and faculty members to aid in providing happiness for hundreds of crippled children in University Hospital will be made today with the opening of the annual two day Tag sale by Galens, junior honorary medical so- ciety. Members of the organization will be stationed at street corners and on the campus with tin buckets and tags to solicit contributions. The goal of the drive is $1,500, and re- plies from fraternities and sororities which have been approached by mail indicate that Galens will receive their support as usual. With the money obtained from the drive Galens will give a Christmas party for the children which will include a huge dinner and distribu- tion of toys and candy. During the year a workshop is maintained in the Hospital where the children are giv- en constructive reaction. Under the supervision of an instructor they model top animals in wood and make games for their own amusement. Of the articles which they fashion the children are given one in every two keep for their own and the others are distributed in different wards of the Hospital. "One can scarcely imagine a more worthwhile project than the one which Galens society has adopted," said President Alexander G. Ruth- ven yesterday. "I feel sure that stu- dents will make the special effort necessary this year to accord the support which it has been given in the past." 'Little Red School House' Contrasted With Modern A contrast was drawn between the course of studies presented by "the little red school house" and the cur- ricula of the modern junior and sen- ior high schools by Prof. Edgar G. Johnston principal of the University High School, in a radio speech which was broadcast Sunday over the facil- ities of the University Broadcasting Service. In place of the dry courses, hem- ed in by the material contained in one text-book and taught with the purpose of cramming the pupil as full of facts as possible, Professor John- ston described the 'new method of teaching-giving the student in jun- ior high schools many chances to ex- press himself in both written and oral lessons, training in the fields of art and music. ANYWAY, THEY TRIED PITTSBURGH, Kan., Dec. 5.-W) -A grout) of temerance workers Frederick Wile To Think Aloud To His Hearers Delays Appearance Here To Attend 'Lame Duck' Session Of Congress ' Frederick William Wile, Washing- ton correspondent, Thursday night is going to "think out loud" to his au- ! dience about the welter of political cross-currents in the capitol during the past few weeks, it was declared yesterday in a letter from the jour- nalist, received by the Oratorical As- sociation. The letter, dated Nov. 30 from Washington, said in part: "I hope you are not expecting anything from me in the way of a 'lecture' or for- mal public address. With so many3 events taking place in Washington' at the present time I should prefer just to get up and think out loud, conversationally, about the subjects in hand, and that is my plan of cam- paign in Ann Arbor." Mr. Wile had delayed his appear- ance here in order that he might remain in the Capitol City for the opening of the "lame duck" session of Congress, which is fraught with many live issues. It was said yester- day by fae Oratorical Association that his >ast record in the field of journali' m, which includes outstand- ing work abroad during the World War, justifies an expectation of an important a n d informative talk, Thursday night. Quraishi, Socialist Club Secretary, Is Forced To Resign The forced resignation of Sher M. Quraishi, Grad., from the Michigan Socialist Club, was made known to The Daily yesterday. Quraishi had formerly served the club in the ca- pacity of recording-secretary. Known throughout the campus as the guiding hand of the Co-Opera- tive Boarding House, the Socialist House, and the Co-Operative Book Store, Quraishi characteristically gave as the basic reason for his resig- nation a tendency to inertia on the part of the club. "They were always meeting, meet- ing, meeting," he said, "they talked and talked, but acted very little. I didn't have time for the meetings, so I handed in my resignation when this was asked of me." Quraishi, with Erwin Linhorst and o. H. Bridge, is noted for his effec- tive campaigns to lower the cost of living at the University. He made the statement recently that "A student can live on $250 a year at this University." Last night Quraishi lowered this figure to $200. "All that is necessary is a serious attitude on the part of the students," he added. "We have intellect enough here to accomplish anything. There is, for instance, a crying need for a girls' rooming house at the lw nries City Council Votes Probe Of Gas Plant Committee Will Determine Whether Reappraisal Of Company Is Warranted Bowling Ordinance Action Postponed Welfare Sewer Work Is Given To Chicago Firm; Public Hearing Today After a lengthy debate, the city council last night ordered the ap- pointment of a special committee to investigate the financial condition of the Washtenaw Gas Company and to determine whether a reappraisal would be necessary. The council's action grew out of a recent request made by the corpora- tion to the Michigan public utilities commission for permission to issue bonds to cover outstanding notes. 'Ihis request has already been ac- cepted by the commission but the city has decided to make an inves- tigation of the corporation to deter- mine wether the consumers have a right to a rebate. The council accepted the bid of the Harris Trust and Savings company of Chicgao for the purchase of the $150,000 bonds issued to care for the city's needy. A special session of the council will meet Thursday night to consider the methods to be used in the construction of sewers under the bond issue. A public hearing on the matter will be held at 4 p. m. today1 in the city hall. Action on a proposed ordinance which would allow bowling alleys to, remain open on Sundays was post- poned pending further committee consideration of the matter. A communication was received by the council from the Michigan Mu- nicipal league inviting the city to participate in an investigation of public utilities regulation. The council also received a request from the Ann Arbor Trades Council that home-owners who are unable to meet payments on their property be given work on the welfare projects, in addition to regular welfare workers. Debaters Will Meet U. Of D. In Preliminary Will Debate Northwestern in Conference C 1 a sh Here Friday Night Affirmative Varsity debaters will meet the University of Detroit nega- tive team at 7:30 tonight before a Detroit audience in the last prelimi- nary debate before the Conference clash Friday night with Northwest- ern. Debaters who will represent Mich- igan tonight are: Clinton D. San- dusky, '34, Abraham Zwerdling, '35, and Samuel L. Travis, '34. The ques- tion debated will be that of the Con- ference series: "Resolved: That at Least 50 Per Cent of All State and Local Revenue Should Be Derived From Sources Other Than Tangible Property." Yesterday the negative Varsity team, with James D. Moore, Grad., Victor Rabinowitz, '34L, and Nathan Levy, '33L, met the Colgate Univer- sity affirmative team in the first im- portant Ann Arbor contest. It was a non-decision debate, one of a series which the Colgate debaters are hold- ing on their annual tour of the Middle-West. The first, and possibly the only, regularly scheduled Conference de- bates of the Western Conference De- bating League, in which Michigan has had championship teams for the past two years, will be held in Ann Arbor and Madison, Wis., when the affirmative team meets Northwestern here and the negative team meets University of Wisconsin. Special arrangements, completed only late last night will bring John Drinkwater, noted British author of "Abraham Lincoln," "Robert E. Lee" and other important plays, to Hill Auditorium, Saturday, Dec. 10 under the auspices of Play Production of1 the Department of Speech and Gen- eral Linguistics. This is only the second American tour that this prominent modern biographer and dramatist has made. When he lectured in this country im- mediately following the appearance of his "Abraham Lincoln," Ann Ar- bor was included in his tour; and this year, with the limited itinerary which includes only a half dozen cities, the University of Michigan has again secured him, according to an announcement by Mr. Carl Brandt of the speech department, last night. His subject for his lecture this year will be, "Literature and the Chal- lenge of Our Age" which is reported to have aroused unusual interest in the cities where he has already ap- peared because of his decidedly mili- tant and constructively critical views on the future of English literature. "His views will be more than inter- esting to those who believe that lit- erature, as well as government and industry, must meet the challenge presented to us by the present dis- turbed conditions of world life and thought," commented Mr. Brandt. Drinkwater is chiefly familiar to his American audiences through his character plays of Lincoln and Lee, but his other works have attracted great attention here as well as on the continent. "Mary Stuart," "Oliver Cromwell," "Pawn," "Swords and Plowshares," "Bird In Hand" and "Rebellion" are among the best known of his dramatic productions. Besides his work as a dramatist, Mr. Drinkwater is a frank and bold critic of English letters and affairs, and a biographer of note with the lives of Morris, Burns, and "Mr. Charles, King of England" to his credit. Bromage To Speak Over NBC Network At 8 P. M. Today Prof. Arthur W. Bromage of the political science department will be heard at 8 p. m. today over the na- tion-wide Blue Network of the Na- tional Broadcasting Company. Pro- fessor Bromage, together with Prof. Leonard D. White, of Chicago Uni- versity, and Dr. Lent D. Upson, of the Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research, will discuss aspects of county government reorganization. The discussion will be the fourth of a post-election series of seven on "Constructive Economy in State and Local Government" being broadcast under the auspices of the National Advisory Council of Radio in Educa- tion. This series may be heard in Ann Arbor through stations WMAQ of Chicago, WGAR of Cleveland, and WCKY of Covington, Ky. PlaywrightTo Lecture Here December 10 John Drinkwater, Famed British Author, To Talk On Literature Has Written Plays On Lincoln, Lee 'Literature Of Our S Ubject And Challenge Age' Will Be Of Address .Einstein Gets Visa To Enter U.S.; Ask Political Leanings WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. - Whatever Prof. Albert Einstein's po- litical beliefs may be, America's con- sul general at Berlin believes they are not sufficient to bar him from the United States and the noted scientist will receive his visa tomor- row. The state department announced today that George S. Messersmith had "examined Prof. Einstein in the same manner as he would any ap- plicant (for a passportvisa), and has reached the conclusion that Prof. Einstein is admittable to the United States." Messersmith advised the depart- ment he would issue the visa tomor- row. Earlier in the day he had inter- viewed Prof. Einstein and the scien- tist had stomped from his office in a rage after being asked about his political beliefs. Asserting he did not ask to go to America, "your countrymen invited, yes begged," Einstein said to Mes- sersmith: "If you don't want to give me a visa, please say so, then Ill know where I stand. But don't ask me humiliating questions." Students Are Warned Agamst Auto Racket Share-Expense Auto Lines Run On Business Basis Are Against Law A warning to students against the share-expense auto lines was issued yesterday by Inspector W. A. Jack- son of the Michigan public utilities commission, who has been waging a campaign against this type of wild- cat automobile transportation in De- troit and vicinity during the past month. This type of racket, according tc Jackson, consists of hauling passen- gers in private cars, improperly li- censed and bonded, from one state t another. Drivers are often at th wheel twenty-four hdurs and mor at a time, constituting a extreme risi to the passengers, while the automo bile used are usually old and in poo:r mechanical condition, he stated. State police have apprehendec numerous drivers of this type re- cently, as the main routes have been covered to detect these private cars, it was stated. The known student agents for this type of private automobile trip have been apprised of the dangers, and are refunding any money they may have received, according to reports last night. No action is intended against the legitimate student owner of a car who divides expenses among a few friends, but any attempt to run private automobiles on a busi- ness basis for carrying passengers is subject to severe penalties under state laws, it was stated. Former Michigan Man Mentioned For Cabinet Prominent among the men who are being mentioned as possible mem- bers of President-Elect Roosevelt's cabinet is the Hon. Arthur F. Mul- len, 'OOL, who is a possible choice as Attorney-General. Mr. Mullen is a native of Omaha, Neb., and is a former attorney-gen- eral of that state. He was a staunch supporter of Mr. Roosevelt in the re- cent campaign and acted as his floor leader at the Chicago convention.. Repeal Tr Stopped I House Vot( Turbulent Contest Mark Speaker's Attempt T Gain Rejection Du"n First Day Of Sessio Roll Is 6 Votes Shy Of Required Margii 40 Minute Heated Debat Precedes Vote; Senat Rests While Awaitin Final Hoover Messag WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.--()-In heavily guarded capitol, the 72 Congress began its concluding se sion today, with a turbulent Hour contest that abruptly ended Speak Garner's hurry-up drive for proh bition repeal, The precedent-smashing move o the silver-haired speaker for an oper Ing day rejection of national proh bition ended in an uproar th echoed outside where bluecoats line the plaza- to ward off demonstrator The roll call for repeal, taken afte 40 minutes sharp debate befoi jammed galleries and almost the er tire Senate membership, which line the rear of the chamber, was 272 t 144, six votes shy of the require two-thirds. Moving along in its more seda way, the Senate was heading tonig- to an early discussion on the prohib: tion issue. But it rested on ceremon today, and after a 20-minute sessio limited to the routine formalities a bourned until tomorrow. Then it wi (near President Hoover's final annu message. Celebrities Mingle Celebrities of the administratio nd of the newly elected Democrati 'adership which takes comman ext March 4 mingled in the open ig day meeting of the dying Con ress. The hardy handclasps of the Re ablican and Democratic membei eturning from last November's fierc lection contest brought scenes < armony and good feeling, destine a end with the beginning of wor iter this week, when the Hoover an loosevelt programs appear certain I Slash. His dander up, Speaker Garner ar "ounced after the prohibition repel )attle that he would consider r >ther resolution at this session bi the one rejected today. His wor argued a special session of the ne Congress next spring shortly aft Gov. Roosevelt takes over the pre idency. Confusion In House The confusion on the House flo was such that no attempt was mac at further business after the repe roll call. The Senate Democrats gained plurality for the first time in : years as Walter Walker, of Colorad took the oath as an appointee to ho the seat of the late Sen. Waterm for a few days. However, he is de tined to yield soon to Carl C. Schu: ler, Republican who defeated him:t the recent election. The Democrat leadership turned down any move ' seize control from the Republica until March 4. Policemen augmented the staff regular doorkeepers as the select fe with tickets gained admission to tb galleries. The wide plaza in frontc the capitol was cleared and guarde but the demonstrators were unat to leave their detention camp sever miles away. Extra Session Threat By Roosevelt Is See WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Dec. 5. (RP)-Rejection of the prohibition r peal resolution by the House broug a threat of an extra session of Co: gress early in the new administratio today as Franklin D. Roosevelt beg: preparations for his return to A bany. The President-elect refrained frc comment, but some of those famili with the conferences he has be holding with members of Congre regarded the repeal vote as one whi might forecast failure of beer legi lation in the event of a preside tial veto. A measure to legalize heer h, Play Production's 'Beggar On Horseback' Shown Last Night Play Production's presentation of "The Beggar On Horseback," by George S. Kaufman and Marc Con- nelley, featuring Frances Manchester, '34 and Leonard Stocker, '34, opened in the Laboratory Theatre last night before a near-capacity house. Nearly all of the tickets have al- ready been sold for the performances on Wednesday and Friday nights, ac- cording to Charles Harrell, '34, busi- ness manager. "The absurdity of the situations in 'The Beggar On Horseback' is its greatest appeal," J. M. O'Neil of the speech department declared in an in- terview last night. "The play is basi- Play Production and little theatres and college organizations all over the country have played it time and time again." "For me," he said, "the Widget Art Factory where they had poets in cages writing poetry on order was the most amusing thing in the play. I also found the mansion with the three butlers very funny." One scene that Professor O'Neil de- scribed was the burlesque on the business meeting of the busy business man. The whole scene was a take- off on the predilection of big .execu- tives to gather for conferences over trifles." "Th Le tvariety in pharetr and Choral Union Will 'The Messiah' Sing Sunday meeting here to pray for rejection of prohibition repeal, didn't have time to pray before the news arrived from Washington that the proposal The annual presentation of the Christmas portion of Handel's ora- torio "The Messiah." willtaira niarn I'.