,.,-I4- ]W VOL. XLIV No.43' ~~~~~~ANABR IHGASNANVEBR1,13 Resolution Of Press Group Asks Freedom No Agreement Is Reached On Child Labor Clause Of NRA Newspaper Code Vote Of Thanks Is Extended Richberg Bingay Hits Exploitation Of Crime For Circula- tion; Gorman President Demand for a "specific declaration and assurance" of a free press in the newspaper code was voiced in a res- olution adopted by the University Press Club of Michigan yesterday as it brought to a close its fifteenth an- nual meeting. Two clauses of an earlier resolu- tion, those pertaining to the justifi- cation of child labor and to a state- ment of the advanced position of newspapers in regard to wages, hours, and working conditions, were strck out because the club could come to no substantial agreement concerning them. As the resolution was finally passed it embodied a word of thanks to Don- ald R. Richberg, general counsel for the NRA who spoke before the club, but concluded that because of its responsibility, the club, "representing in its memberships, the rank and file of newspapers, large and small, in this state," felt that "no newspaper code should be approved which does not specifically declare and assure to the public the continuance and preservation of a press free from any summary power, mechanism, or de- vice that might .operate to restrain or color its utterances." Gorman Elected President Michael A. Gorman, managing edi- tor of the Flint Journal, was elected president of the club for the coming year. Two vice-presidents were named, J S Gray of the Monroe Eve- ning News, and George R. Averill of the Birmingham Eccentric. Prof. John L. Brumm of the journalism de- partment, secretary of the club since its founding, was again voted secre- tary-treasurer. "Papers should not make news, but they should print news thoroughly and truthfully," Malcolm Bingay of the Detroit Free Press told members of the club at the morning meeting in the Union yesterday, which had for its topic "Crime and Racketeer- ing." Papers should not exploit crime for circulation purposes, he stated. Deprecates "Yellow" Press The responsibilities of the press are far more important to newspapers than freedom of the press, he de- clared. Newspapers should be taken away from the circulation managers and given back to the editors, who would avoid this so-called yellow journalism, he concluded. Albert E. Ewert, chaplain of the Michigan State Prison, urged that legislation should remove the power of sentencing by judges and install a system under which the question should be not how long the sentence should be, but when the criminal should be released. In this way, he stated, society could be rid of its feeble-minded and degenerate crim- inals. "Prevention of crime should be started at an early age. This should be accomplished by our school sys- tems, which should teach social ethics to the students," he said. "Unless there is some change in our present newspapers, a code will have to be drawn up which will put the newspapers under Federal cen- sorship," Prof. Arthur E. Wood of the sociology department told the dele- gates. The papers of today are paying too much attention to crime and vice, he added. He also stated that our present pa- role system is inadequate and that our prison system is not keeping up with the times. The press, he con- cluded, has a great responsibility. Second Gardenia Goes To Virginia Chapman "In recognition of an excellent performance" Gargoyle's second Gardenia was last night awarded to blond Virginia Chapman, '35, who played the part of Gilda Munn, in Play Production's dramatization of Prof. John L. Brumm's play, "Why Print That?" This production marks Miss Chapman's dramatic debut on the ,amn a Plan Campus Poll To Test LiquorViews Undergraduate Council To Hold Poll On Important Campus Issues Disarmament, Auto Ban Are On Ballot Recommends Probation For Houses Which Have Two Disciplinary Cases The student body will be given an opportunity to express an opinion on the Division Street beer ordinance, the automobile ban, disarmament, proposals, and other local and na-3 tional issues at a campus straw vote' to be conducted this coming week, ac- cording to members of the Under- graduate Council, who yesterday passed a motion in favor of such a vote. The balloting probably will take' place on Thursday. A group of questions, to be decided upon by members of the Council, will include these proposals and others which are considered of current in- terest. . To Vote On Campus Ber Students will thus have an oppor- tunity to go on record as favoring or opposing the existing ordinance which limits the sale of intoxicating beverages to points west of Division Street, proposals for modifying the existing automobile ban, and the stand the United States should take in regard to disarmament. At the meeting plans for sending a cheerleader to out-of-town football games were also discussed. It was de- cided that according to regulation the funds for such a step would neces- sarily come from the various class treasuries. Meeting dates and budgets for cl, dances were also considered at the time. It was decided by the mem- bers of the Council that all class committees, dues, and other matters of importance in relation to class ac- tivities should be investigated and a1 report submitted to the Council. A meeting of the various class presi- dents of the literary college and the Engineering college and of the dance committee chairmen was arranged for the near future. May Penalize Fraternities As a' result of discussion in regard to the recent action of the disciplin- ary committee of the Council, a mo- tion was passed favoring the recom- mendation that any fraternity hav- ing members disciplined by the fac- ulty committee on two or more oc- casions during one semester should be placed on probation. The rule is not to be retroactive. It was ex- plained that the ruling was based on the theory that a fraternity could do more to regulate the conduct of its individual members than could the University. Committee reports made at the Council meeting disclosed that ap- proximately 35 class elections had been managed during the past month by the Council, necessitating the use of 5,000 numbered ballots. The ex- pense of printing the ballots was ma- terially reduced this year by having them printed on a standard form to be used at all elections, it was ex- plained. The complete minutes of the Coun- cil meeting will be published in Tues- day's issue of The Daily. Michigan's Vic Continues As Doubt that the Community Fund would be able to reach the $60,262.61 goal that had been set for it was expressed by Prof. A. H. White of the engineering school, chairman of the executive committee, last night. The campaign. was originally scheduled to end Friday night, but inasmuch as only about 25 per cent of the goal had been pledged or re- ceived at that time, it was decided to extend the drive until Monday. Even so, Professor White said, attain- ing the amount of money hoped for was unlikely. "The people realize the need of this fund, and would be willing to give what they have in the past," he said, "if they were only able to do it. But our solicitors have found that many people simply cannot donate as.much money as they have upon other occa- sions." Professor White declared, however, that he was not worried about the slowness of the money in coming in. "Ours is not a campaign based upon a grand hullabaloo for three days to be followed by inaction," he said. "We expect to get a great deal of our money later in the year. The amount of money pledged so far stands at $16,904.73. If this sum is not substantially increased, a number of the organizations in the city which-depend upon the fund for a good deal of their support will find that they will have to curtail their programs seriously, it was indicated. No formal report is scheduled for today, although the fund association campaign headquarters in the Y. W. C. A. building will be open in the afternoon for the convenience of those solicitors who wish to report additional contributions. Owing to difficulties in casting "Hotel Universe," Comedy Club will present instead, Edwin Gramercy and his Detroit Laboratory Theatre Company in John Millington Synge's "Playboy of the Western World," next Friday and Saturday nights at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The play was met with considerable confusion, mixed with applause and hissing at the opening in Dublin at the famed Abbey Theatre. For sev- eral weeks the company fought for freedom from mob censorship. The audience was puzzled and shocked at the wild language, and continued to pack the theatre and raise such a din that the lines could scarcely be heard. Gramercy, who is :directing the play, is not unknown to Ann Arbor audiences, having appeared in various productions here in past years. Edna St. Vincent Millay Treads Road To Fame By Coming Here Following after Yeats, Sabatini, Chesterton, Noyes, and Galsworthy, outstanding literary figures presented here in past years by the Oratorical Association, Edna St. Vincent Mil- lay, distinguished American woman poet, comes to Ann Arbor and to Hill Auditorium at 8 p. m. Wednesday. Interest in the appearance of Miss Millay is running high, according to officials of the association, and the public address system will be in- stalled so that she may be heard equally well from all parts of the auditorium. Miss Millay's fame has been gained through her public appearances as well as through her writings, it is said. Her platform and radio pro- ond April," "The Lamp and the Bell," "Two Slatterns and a King," "The Buck in the Snow," "The Prin- cess Marries the Page," and "Fatal Interview." Of "Fatal Interview," one of her later efforts, critics have been lav- ish in their praise. Burton Roscoe, in Arts and Decoration, says, "Your children and your grandchildren, if they love beauty, will reproach you if they find that when you had the chance you failed to appreciate the honor of living while Miss Millay writes." "Greatness is present in these son- nets," 0. W. Tirkins writes in the Saturday Review of Literature. "For this is a work that obliterates types,