THE MICHIGAN DAILY SAT HE MICHIAN DAILY EstabUshed1890 -..,{ doing all he can to help the defendents. But it is also true that Mr. Leibowitz is everything that Alabamians dislike. He is a New Yorker,. and the southern ruralists dislike him for that. He is jewish, and therefore the butt of southern racial antipathy. He is backed by the International Labor Defense, an organization linked with Com- munistic activity, and therefore disliked for polit- ical reasons. No matter how good a technical law- yer Mr. Leibowitz is, it is certain that his per- sonality - fine as it may be in any other place - arouses the Alabamans to an even greater pitch in their desire to see "justice" done their white women. It appears to be about time that someone thought of the lives of the defendants, rather than great judicial cases involving this- thing and an- other thing about the southern social system, e the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, and n the hope for the underdog in America. The lives - of these men can be saved only when Alabamans become convinced that no outside agencies are' trying to tell good southerners how to run their government. Only then is there a chance that southerners will try the case on its merits. o It is a sad commentary on southern justice that s that condition can hardly be achieved until the L defense has at its head some man more in sym- s pathy with the south. ---U. ,,,-' Published every morning except Monday during th University year and Summer Session by the Board ix Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Associa tion a-1 the Big Ten News Service. o0citaed C tlpitatQ rt55 - 1933r snAI .coveRan 934 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to te us for republication of all news dispatches credited to it o not otherwise credited in this paper and the local new published herein. All rights of republication of specia dispatches are reserved. 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Furthermore, to educate her in the Nazi doctrines and beliefs, and "tra- ditional German liberalism and tolerance" would require work too voluminous for this occasion. The "Friend of Sanity"- which is a misnomer and delusion - evidently found a redeeming fea- ture in the Jewish viewpoint. Strange how such anti-semites have the courage to say, "I number several Jews among my closest friends"; and in the same breath she concludes, "Yet I should prefer to take my medical and legal troubles to a non-jew -" This, to my mind, is the acme of intolerance and maladjusted and illogical rea- soning. I just wonder if this pseudo "Friend of Sanity" is a product of our liberal-minded edu- cational institution of today. For the sake of hu- manity and especially the Jews, I hope not. Gordon Hurwitz, '34 A Wa~shing ton BYSTANDER I Our St oCk is large and attractive with prices rangin frn onet Stwent y-fi ve cents the card. Personal cards can still e ordtered. We also carry a complete stock of CHRISTMAS STATIONERY in theform of letters, notes and cards. BUY PNOW - STATE STREET MAIN STREET y 1. y t, s, 30 e, 1 EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MVANGLNG EDITOR..........THOMAS K. CONNELLAN, CITYEDITOR ... .................BRACKLEY SHAW EDITORIAL DIRECTOR................C. HART SCHAAF SPORTS EDITOR.................ALBERT H. NEWMAN WOMEIS EDITOR..................CAROL J. HANAN. NIGH'I EDITORS: A. Ellis Bll, Ralph G. Coulter, Wil- .iam G. Ferris, John C. Healey,rE. Jerome Pettit, George Van Vleck, Guy .M: Whipple, Jr. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: Charles A. Baird, Donald R. Bird, Arthur W. Carstens, Sidney Frankel, Roland L. Martin, Marjorie Western. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Eleanor Blum, Lois Jotter, Marie Murphy, Margaret D. Phalan. REPORTERS: Ogden G. Dwight, Paul J. Elliott, Courtney A. Evans, Ted R. Evans, Bernard H. Fried, Thomas Groehn, Robert D. Guthrie, Joseph L. Karpinski, Thomas H. Kleene, Richard E. Lorch, David G. Mac- Donald, Joel P. Newman, Kenneth Parker, William R. Reed, Robert S. Ruwitch, Robert J. St. Clair, Arthur S. Settle, Marshall D. Silverman, A. B. Smith, Jr., Arthur M. Taub, Philip T. Van Zile. WOMEN REPORTERS: Dorothy Gies, Jean Hanmer, Florence Harper, Marie Held, Eleanor Johnson, Jose- phine McLean. Marjorie Morrison. Sally Place, Rosalie Resnick, Mary Robinson, Jane Schneider. BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2-1214 BUSINESS MANAGER.............W. GRAFTON SHARP CREDIT M GANAGER...........ERNARD E. SCHNACKE WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER................ .. ................ CATHARINE MC HENRY DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Local Advertising, Fred Her- trick; Classified AdvertisingRussell Read; Advertising Contracts, Jack Bellamy; Advertising Service. Robert Ward; Accounts, Allen Knuusi; Circulation, Jack Ef- roymson. ASSISTANTS: Meigs Bartmess, Van Dunakin, Milton Kra- mer, John Ogden, Bernard Rosenthal, Joe Rothbard, James Scott, David Winkworth. ! WOMEN'S BUSINESS STAFF Jane Bassett, Virginia Sell, Winifred Bell, Mary Bursley, Peggy Cady, Betty Chapman, Patricia Daly, Jean Dur- ham, Minna Giffen, Doris Gimmy, Billie Griffiths, Janet Jackson, Isabelle Kanter, Louise Krause, Margaret Mustard, Nina Pollock, Elizabeth J. Simonds. NIGHT EDITOR: A. ELLIS BALL Scottsboro Screen Reflections ZOO IN BUDAPEST WAS "ART" To The Editor: - That "Zoo In Budapest" did not have the ele- ments of true 'art' with either a capital or lower case "A" is a harsh statement for any one person to make without statements to justifiy his opinion. Maybe Ham Gene Raymond and Loretta Young weren't unusually good artists but to me and to others who saw the picture they were at least re- I freshing. They were apparently without self- consciousness and, what's more, they possessed an air of simplicity in their acting that is scarce among the modern screen stars. But their being refreshing is beside the point of "art." Sir, did you notice the p h o to g r a p h y throughout the film? All the scenes were CLEAR including distant backgrounds of moving people (I refer particularly to the scene in which the society woman finds a fox which exactly matches a fur scarf she is wearing). The animal shots in themselves were educational, to say the least, and if the value of the romantic element of the picture should die, as it will, these animal scenes will still be a compliment to any museum of natural history. Certainly there is "art" in the skill which took such admirable pictures. Besides the scenes themselves, won't you con- cede credit to the photographer for the way he controlled the interest of his audience? Using one instance as an example; Do you remember when Gene Raymond said, "no people around to excite the animals" the photographer swung his camera toward several cages of sleepy beasts, then suddenly toward one which was wide awake - did you hear the audience laugh?. Well, not long and heartily, but pleasedly as though it were entertained? As for its being a "re-run," did you'know that "Be Mine Tonight" (which you labeled "Art" with a capital "A") is over a year old? - It seems to me that the Art Cinema League did not fail its patrons in presenting "Zoo In Buda- pest" as a picture worthy of the League's spon- sorship. - C. Neubecker, '36 WHEN the gentleman in question gets on the trail of an idea he moves rapidly, so there should be no wonder he confused Secretary Per- kins. Miss Perkins' private phone rang, Her assistant answered. ,"This is Frank," said a voice. "May I talk to Miss Perkins?" "It's Frank," announced the assistant. "Frank? I don't know any Frank," said Secre- tary Perkins. "Ask him whom he's with." The assisant did. "With the United States," laughed the voice on the phone. "This is the President." MRS. MARY HARRIMAN RUMSEY, of the Con- sumers' advisory board, could buy hand-made lace unmentionable from dawn to dusk if she wanted to. But now she has a set of cotton ones that cost all of 32 cents. The "undies" were sent Gen. Hugh Johnson, re- covery administrator, by a southern cotton textile manufacturer who wanted to show him what they are making. The price tag was attached. The general wrapped them up solemnly, wrote out a card, "With my compliments" and sent them around to the patrician Mrs. Rumsey. THE vice-president's chair and the senate floor are past glories for Charles Curtis, attorney. But there is one vestige of the old days he would like to keep. His dark sedan always has been tag- ged "No. 11." He made a special trip to the traffic bureau to insure keeping the number. SECRETARY ICKES of the interior has a dis- trust of reports. He decided he would find out in his own way how his legal department was work- ing. Being a lawyer himself, he drew up a fictitous contract for public works assistance. By some juggling of phrases he made it the sort of con- tract no one should OK. Then he mailed it. Back came the contract to the address he had arranged, bearing an OK. Then the storm broke. TELEGRAPH instruments click constantly in the ,hall outside the senate banking committee's investigation. They .seemed to fascinate Senator John Town- send of Delaware as he trotted in and out to the hearings- Then one day he sat down to a "bug" and tapped out a perfect code to the surprise of the operators. "I used to be an operator, myself," he explained. _,JRS. ROOSEVELT was giving one of her teas at the White House. After she had greeted the guests and seen that every one had tea and cakes she decided to have some herself. No sooner had she picked up a cup than a flut- tery woman waltzed up and gushed: "Oh, Mrs. Roosevelt, let me stir it for you." And like the perfect hostess, Mrs. Roosevelt held out her cup without the slightest change of expression.1 By SIGRID ARNE nome.Are' Goingtm Michigan Daily Classified Colu . ns can supply you with either ride or Passengers... The Daily classified adverlisill columns are the most economi- ca and most effVicienteans of contacting the student body o 4. CASH RATES . * ...1.lclline CHARGE RATESO 1..15chlne 1I I 4 oys ... I T must be apparent to all who are following the Scottsboro case with anything approaching diligence that the issue in that unfortunate affair has long ceased to 1 whether the nine Negroes are guilty of criminally assaulting two white women; rather, the case is one in which the social code of the south has taken the dominate role, and every southerner connected with the trial, including Circuit Judge W. W. Callahan, appears to be far more interested in the preservation of that code than in the guilt or innocence of the accused men. Look, for instance, at the record the judge has made at the Heywood Patterson trial. It took him over an hour and a half to charge the jury, and he forgot to say that it was possible for the jurors to bring in a verdict of not guilty. After the de- fense lawyers reminded him of his omission, he turned to the jurors and said, "Oh, yes. I over- looked one thing. If you are not satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt that the defendent is guilty as charged, then he ought to be acquitted." When the defense lawyers, earlier in the case, had at- tempted to establish the character of Victoria Price, the accuser, the judge cut short the pro- cedure because he wished to protect, so he said, Mrs. Price's "chastity." He told the jury, further- more, that when the complaining witness in a case of criminal attack is a white women, "there is a very strong suspicion that she did not yield voluntarily to a Negro. In short, any white woman of the south, no matter who she is and what she has done, may suddenly decide that a Negro has assaulted her, and then may depend upon white southern "gentlemen" jurors (in the Patterson trial they were provincial farmers) to give the Negro what southern tradition says he deserves. Indeed, the judge made himself emphatic upon this point. He said it mattered not whether the complaintant was "the most despised, ignorant, and abondoned woman of the community or the spot- less virgin daughter of a prominent home.. . .It is the glory of the state that its protecting wings encompass all mankind." The attorney-general, Thomas E. Knight Jr., was even more emphatic. He admitted he was making appeal to passion, not to reason. When the defense attorneys asked that the case be de- clared a mistrial because of the attorney-gen- eral's actions, the judge refused the request. At this decision, according to The New York Times, "the hostile hillsmen who crowded the second- floor room chuckled their delight and slapped each other on the back." TrmcP iqa eidnces enough. surely, that the vs Campus Opinion Letters published in this olumn bouldenot be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will :be 'disre- garded. The names of communicants ,will, however, be regarded as confidential Upon request. Contribu- tors are asked to be brief, fonfning themselves to less than 500 words if possible. WE NEED SCHOOLS, NOT BATTLE SIPS To The Editor: The New York Teachers Anti-War Committee has recently issued the following challenge to educators throughout the nation. It calls for courageous and thoughtful action. Under the caption - "Build Schools, Not Battleships'' it goes as follows:- "Retrenchment in Education continues, un- abated, to undermine the foundation of free edu- cation in America. Local governments are helpless before irresponsible economy drives that close schools, crowd classrooms, and reduce the salaries of teachers. The federal government has failed to respond to pleas for aid to the schools in their present crisis. At the same time, it has embarked upon an unprecedented program of military ex- penditure. Six hundred million dollars has been appropriated for the army and navy budget. Four hundred million more has bee set aside from the Public Works fund to build battleships, army posts and bombing planes -all in the face of the disastrous decline in educational services! This glaring contradiction has been neglected toc long by teachers, parents and other sincere sup- porters of public education. "Let us raise this cry in defense of the schools; 'For The Diversion Of Funds From The Mount- ing Military Budget To School Budgets That Iave Suffered In The Crisis! For A -Real Public Works Program That Will Build Schools, Not Battle- ships!" The New York Teachers Anti-War Committee suggests that groups of teachers immediately ac. cept this challenge and make its acceptance ax active part of their program. Further, it sug- gests that resolution embodying this challange b sent at once to President Roosevelt. Here is a cause in which our School of Educa tion, with its experimental schools, might wel give leadership to the teaching personnel of th C State. Will it? I a 1 r C e V' Collegiate Observer By BUD BERNARD Carnegie Tech was recently engaged in a search for cheer-leaders, and the following notice was put up: "Cheerleaders wanted; must be intelli- gent, neat in appearance, honest, and diligent." A week later this notice replaced the first one: "No qualifications necessary." * * * It is just a little hard to believe but we learn that things got so bad around the Mississippi State Campus that shoes were not worn at informal dances. * * * At Mills College the professors defend slang of Undergraduates. They call it "technical college language" and welcome it in their classes. * * * Add this to your list of similes: She was as pure as the driven snow-but not as cold. I First Methodist Episcopal Church A COMMUNITY CATHEDRAL State and Washington Ministers Frederick B. Fisher Peter F. Stair 10:45-Morning Worsnlp. Sermon Subject: "THE SEA OF GALILEE" Dr. Fisher 7:30 P.M. -Evening worship. Sermon Subject: "The Little Child". Dr. Stair STALKER HALL (For Students 12:15- Half-hour forum. 3:00 P.M. -International Student Forum. 6:00 P.M.-Annual Kappa Phi Christ- mas Program and Fellowship Hour. DO NOT N EGLECT YOUR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITI ES Zion Lutheran Church Washington St. at 5th Ave. E. C. Stellhorn, Pastor 9:00 a.m.-Bible School. Lesson topic: "Paul in Caesarea" 10:30s A.M. -Service with sermon ap- propriate to Universal Bible Sun- day. 5:30 P.M. -Student fellowship and supper. 6:45 P.M.-Prof. Bruce Donaldson will address the Student Club on- "The Contribution of the Church to Fine Arts" 7:30 P.M.-Holy Communion in Eng- lish language. Re11g10US ACt1V1ti1eS -Daily Cardinal- * * * Observings from here and there: Mae West will pick the yearbook beauties at Louisiana Tech this year - Twenty-six per cent of stu- dents at Washington State do not dance. Of St. Paul's Lutheran (Missouri Synod) West Liberty and Third Sts. December 10 9:30 A.M. - Service in German. 9:30 A.M. - Sunday Scnool and Bible Class. 10:45 A.M. - Service in English. Pastor will deliver Sermon. "THE KING'S SECOND COMING" TIhe Fellowship of Liberal Religion (Unitarian) State and Huron Streets Sunday Morning at 10:45 "Gor. Roinh. Lawbreaker" St. Andrews Episcopal Church Division at Catherine Street Services of WorshiP Sunday, December 10 8:00 A.M. --Holy Communion 9:30 A.M. -Church School '11:00 A.M. -Kindergarten 11:00 A.M.-Morning Prayer and Ser- Gordon B. Halstead, Grad, eI 11 11