,0 The Weather Partly cloudy and warmer warmer Tuesday; Wednesday generally fair. Y Sfr igant ~'ath1 Editorials Rushing Violations; NRA And Fraternity Help. VOL. XLIV No. 8 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, OCT. 3, 1933 PRICE' FIVE CENTS Fraternities And Sororities May Be Asked To Join NRA Dishwashers' And Waiters' Pay Will Be Probed By N.S.L. Representatives Added Employment Of Students Sighted Houses' Affiliation With Restaurant Code Seen; Expect Decision Today By GUY M. WHIPPLE, JR. A campaign to investigate labor conditions in fraternities and sorori- ties in order to determine whether they are meeting obligations imposed on them through possible inclusion in the NRA restaurant code was insti- tuted yesterday by officials of the National Student League. The offi- cials plan to accompany Cone W. Lighthall, Ann Arbor Federal NRA representative, to Detroit to seek an interpretation of the complex ques- tion. The league's investigation will center about the many waiters .and dishwashers who are receiving their board in return for approximately 21 hours work a week-a scheme which is held to be a possible violation of the NRA restaurant code which states that these classes of labor must be paid at the rate of 26 cents an hour, or roughly $5.20 a week in the local cases under scrutiny. Since the code automatically evaluates a week's board at $3, fraternities and sororities appear to be underpaying their kit- chen and dining room employees abdut $2.20 weekly. It is this discrep- ancy which the National Student League proposes to investigate. Fraternity Help Underpaid? If the contention of the National Student League-that fraternities and sororities are underpaying their help $2.20 a week-is supported by Mr. Lighthall after he has conferred in Detroit with A. J. Bainaud, Mich- igan Federal NRA chieftain, the sub- sequent shorter working hours ob- tained through adjustment of the error by progressive fraternities and sororities wouldlargely alleviate the pressing campus unemployment prob- lem. According to Edward Cheyfitz, '35, president of the National Student League, campus houses could take their choice of paying employees about $2.20 a week extra, or could still conform to the NRA by using their employees over a shorter hor span. This last procedure would ne- cessitate taking on new employees, and a consequent absorption of many campus unemployed would result. Since the whole matter of sorority and fraternity non-conformity to the NRA has not been established be- yond doubt, National Student League representatives are anxious to ob- tain today a conclusive summarizing statement from Mr. Barnaud or Mr. Lighthall. While the league officials' belief that the restaurant code ap- plies to fraternities and sororities as well has been partially confirmed through conversations with NRA men here and in Detroit, no positive state- ment had been secured last night. Detroit Conference Today The few fraternity leaders who could be reached were unanimous in their opinion that campus houses would co-operate in adjusting the kitchen-and-waiter labor problem if it were conclusively established that the NRA restaurant code applied to their employees. National Student League members support their contentions with a sec- tionj of the NRA restaurant code which stipulates that "clubs and or- ganizations run on a non-profit ba- sis" are "restaurants" if they serve meals to members. All doubt concerning the applica- bility of the NRA restaurant code to fraternities and sororitieswill be cleared up late today after the con- ferences in Detroit, National Stu- dent League officials hope, although it is possible that a decision from Washington may be necessary. Professor Hackett Has Leading Role In Festival Prof. Arthur Hackett, head of the voice department of the School o Music, is a leading soloist at the Business Tryouts To Report At Daily Today All first semester sophomores or second semester freshmen who are interested in newspaper business training, may apply at the busi- ness offices of The Daily in the S t u d e n t Publications Building, Maynard Street, according to W. Grafton Sharp, '34, business man- ager. Tryouts for both men's and women's staffs should report pre- ferably between 3 and 5 p. m. to- day, but will be taken care of any time this week. George Reed's Trial Begins ThisMorning Sched'uled To Come Up Before Judge Sample In Circuit Court The trial of Georg4 D. Reed, con- fessed murderer of his former wife, will begin at 10 a. m. today in Cir- cuit Court when the jury assembles before Judge George W. Sample. Reed will be defended by Mark How- ard and Edward F. Conlon, Detroit attorneys. Conlon and Howard stated that they could produce 25 witnesses for the defense, and Prosecutor Albert J. Rapp claimed he could produce about the same number for the State. Reed was carefully examined at fhe County Jail yesterday by Dr. Theodore Klingman and Dr. Howard Riggs. The result of the examination was not made public. Reed was captured by Sheriff Ja- cob Andres May 5, about 24 hours after farmers discovered the bullet- riddled corpse of Reed's former wife on a lonely stretch of the Dixboro Road. After 80 hours of questioning by sheriff's officers Reed confessed, be- cause, he claims, the officers prom- ised him clemency. In Circuit Court Judge George W. Sample sentenced him to life in solitary confinement and hard labor in Marquette Prison. Reed appealed for a new trial on the grounds that he was promised clemency for his confession. Strouse Is Named New Drum-Major Donald A. Strouse, '35, Grand Rap- ids, is the new drum-major of the Varsity Band, it was announced yes- terday by Lieut. R. R. Coursey, drill- master of the band. He was chosen after tryouts last week, but an- nouncement of his appointment was withheld until yesterday, when the final week of pre-season drills began. Strouse, a former member of the unit's clarinet section, is in his sec- ond year on campus, having attended Grand Rapids Junior College his freshman year. He is a graduate of Grand Rapids South High school., where he was drum-major of the high school band, and led the Citizens Military Training Camp band at Fort Sheridan, Ill., in the summer of 1930. The new drum-major, who will take over his position formally before the Michigan State game Saturday in the stadium, succeeds rank . Riley, '33E, Pontiac. Riley, drum-major for three years, is now employed as a draftsman in a Pontiac automobile rplant- Judge Payne Releases Drug Weed Growers Arrested Saturday for possessing and raising marijuana weed, Fred and Teofilo Schavez, R.F.D. Belleville, were released from the County Jail yesterday by order of Judge Jay H. Payne. The weed, a potent drug, was iden- tified. by Sheriff Jacob Andres and members of the University. Authori- ties investigating the Schavez farm Sdsvamred nearly two acres of the Legionnaires' Cheers Ring For Roosevelt President Explains Plans WithDramatic Emphasis On Outstanding Points Reports Progress In Recovery Effort Government Aid Assured For Veterans Who Were Made Helpless By War CHICAGO, Oct. 2.--(P)-President Franklin D. Roosevelt got the cheers of the men of the World War today as he told the American Legion con- vention in plain words, but with a friendly smile, that the veterans must serve on equal footing with other cit- izens in obtaining Government re- lief. Facing the veterans of 1918 who felt the swing of the Administration's economy ax in the drive to assure na- tional credit, the President drama- tically pointed his finger at them and backed up his program. There were a couple of dramatic hushes in the stadium as Mr. Roose- velt drove home his points, but a ripple of applause swelled into cheers on each occasion. The same generous reception' awaited the smiling President at each turn during his hurried hours in this Midwest metropolis. Goes to World's Fair He motored through milling lanes of citizens from the stadium to the World's Fair for luncheon and again in the bright sunshine out to the grave of Anton Cermak, late Mayor of Chicago and victim of an assas- sin's bullet intended for the Presi- dent in Miami last February. Heavy details of secret service men and police guided him back to the La Salle Street Station late in the afternoon for the return journey to New York City. Before detraining at noon Mr. Roosevelt talked over the Cuban sit- uation with Secretary Cordell Hull in Washington. There was no comment but his decision not to change plans here indicated belief that things were in hand. Mr. Roosevelt, second in command of the Navy during the World War and member of the Legion, smiled broadly as he walked amid waves of applause to the speaker's stand. Speaks With Conviction He spoke with obvious feeling, but nevertheless with firm conviction as he told the vets that those who in- curred disability after the war had no more right to Government aid than others. But he assured them that if any disabled veteran was unable to care for himself the Government would give him the necessary care just as it would other citizens in the same posi- tion. Here is the Administration attitude on its relations with the veterans as outlined by Mr. Roosevelt: 1-The Government has a respon- sibility for and towards those who suffered injury or contracted disease while serving in its defense. 2-The fact of wearing a uniform does not mean that the veteran can demand and receive from his Gov- ernment a benefit which no other cit- izen receives. 3- If the veteran has not the wherewithal to take care of himself, it is the duty of his community to take care of him and next the duty of his State. Only if under these cir- cumstances his own community and his own State are unable, then should the Federal Government offer him hospitalization and care. As for those men who were in- jured or diseased during actual war service and their dependen~s, the President said herhoped to increase their benefits. He reported progress in the Na- tional Recovery effort, but warned that it could not be fulfilled within six months. He said that agriculture and industry had picked up but still must go farther. Former Daily Men Get New York, Detroit Jobs Frank B. Gilbreth, managing editor of both The Daily and The Summer Daily last year, is now being em- ployed by the New York Herald Tribune as a reporter. While on the campus, aside from his activities in publications, Mr. Gil- breth was a member of Alpha Delta 's 'Phi a n P.Ci hnnnr.r.v Court Ruling Kills Campus Sale Of Beer Supreme Court Agrees With Sample; No Beer East Of Division Possible To Rehear Case, Lawyer Says Decision Is First C o ur t Has Made On 3.2 Beer Sales Legislation The Michigan Supreme Court yes- terday upheld Circuit Court Judge George W. Sample's decision refusing to grant a writ of mandamus to Ralph T. and Winifred Monk, pro- prietors of the New Grenada Res- taurant, 313 South State Street. The decision means that no beer may be sold east of Division Street, except in drug stores. "The authorities of the city of Ann1 Arbor," the report, written by Jus- tice Thomas A. E. Weadock, says, "have protected the many students of that great institution from dan-; gerous surroundings, and should continue to do so." The Court's decision practically ends the beer dispute, which has been raging ever since Michigan started selling beer, although it is still possible to ask for a rehearing on the case. J. Edgar Dwyer, at- torney for the Monk brothers, last night said he did not know whether1 such a rehearing would be asked. He refused to make any comment on the court's ruling until he had re-1 ceived a complete copy of the report. In standing by Judge Sample, the court opposes an early interpretation of the State Beer Law, made by at- torney-general Patrick O'Brien, who wrote a letter to the Ann Arbor Common Council saying that in his opinion the city charter provision prohibiting beer sales in the campus area was overruled by the State act.- The opinion was the first issued byR the Supreme Court~ involving the 3.2 beer act. It appears to make all applica&tions for retailers' beer li- censes, except those originating in Wayne County, subject to approval by the local legislative body. Downtown restaurants and cafes, which have been making a good deal of money from student and trans- ient trade which formerly went to campus restaurants, were jubilant over the decision last night. Many of them had built additions to their stores, and a large number of new cafes had opened, simply on the anticipation of student beer trade. If the court had allowed the sale of beer east of Division Street, many of these restaurants would have faced failure. As it is, the campus group of res- taurants stand to lose considerable trade. Drys on the Common Coun- cil claim, however, that when these stores opened up in the campus area they knew that the sale of alcoholic beverages near the University had always been prohibited and they therefore could not rightfully expect beer licenses. The decision is a victory for the dry members of the council, and par- ticularly for Aldermen William Pa- ton and Walter Sadler, both profes- sors in the University, who lead the dry fight. Their victory in the coun- cil was won by the slim margin of one vote, 8 to 7, the council presi- dent, E. E. Lucas, casting the decid- ing dry vote each time. Judiciary Committee Called Into Session As House Is Accused Of Illegal Rushing Organ Recitals Will Begin In Hill Tomorrow Palmer Christian, Noted Soloist, To Give Weekly Concerts Wednesdays Prof. Palmer Christian's Twilight Organ Recitals, presented at 4:15 p. m. each Wednesday afternoon during the scholastic year, will be inaugu- rated for the season in Hill Audito- rium. The recitals are open to the public, with the exception of small children, without admission charge. Professor Christian has for many years presented Ann Arbor recitals, in addition to having offered pro- grams in other leading musical cen- ters of this country and Europe. In the years that he has presented his Wednesday afternoon recitals, Pro- fessor Christian has given his au- diences an opportunity to hear many of ?the larger organ compositions as well as the more famous short ones. Tomorrow's inaugural program will be as follows: Largo (Concerto in D) ......Vivaldi (1680-1743) Minuet e Gigue en Rondeau . Rameau (1683-1750) Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor (1685-1750) ........Bach Symphony in G No. 6.........Widor Allegro Adagio Intermezzo Cantabile Finale Nocturne ...........Grieg-Christian Tone Poem "Finlandia". ....Sibelius Union Workers Are Asked To Avoid Striking (By Associated Press) Attempts to revise unsatisfactory wage and working conditions provi- sions of the NRA codes, with the strike only as a last resort, were urged on the American Federation of Laborby William Green, president, yesterday. Nevertheless, n u m e r o u s strikes continued to sputter throughout the eastern part of the country. The coal situation was the most widespread and troublesome. A new soft coal code went into effect today and Gen. Hugh S. Johnson issued an appeal that by the "authority of the President," the United Mine Workers accept it and return to work. From Pittsburgh, however, came the report that 75,000 miners remained on strike demanding recog- nition of their union. Ohio min- ers also remained out, despite ap- peals of union leaders. The coal code involved a wage re- duction at Peru, Ill., and another 250 miners walked out there. Twelve hundred others in the Evansville, Ind., area also remained idle. Rotogravure Feature Included In This Issue Collegiate Digest, the new roto- gravure feature to be circulated by college papers throughout the country, is appearing for the first time in The Daily today. It will be included in every Sunday edi- tion hereafter at no extra charge to subscribers. Pictures from this campus will be sent to the Digest and will ap- pear from time to time throughout the year. The Digest will give com- plete coverage on college campus activities from all parts of the United States. Indictment Signed Against Fraternity For Pledging Freshman Too Soon Action Is Promised By Head Of Council Officers Warn All Groups That Further Violations Will Be Punished League Hearsb Depression Isb Nearing Close Official Report Declares l Production Increasing, Unemployment Waning" GENEVA, Oct. .2.-()-A report p hat the world depression is gradually ifting and the economic situation, specially in the United States, is im- r . roving steadily, was heard today by l he Economic Commission of the i League of Nations Assembly. I t The official report, read by Augus-t ;o Schmidt, Estonian minister toC tome, declared that production was increasing and unemloyment de- reasing. The delegates expressed t reat satisfaction at the reading of n he statements. Alexander Loveday, head of the' inancial section of the League, later ieclared: "The rapid contraction of interna- c Ional trade would appear to haves seen checked, at any rate for the mo-p nent." He added that a German sci- ,ntific institute had calculated that r >etween June, 1932, and July, 1933, he growth in world industrial pro- luction, excluding Russia, had been t more than 30 per cent. The report said that the indus- rial recovery in- the United States g had been the most rapid of all na- ions, placing the rise at 22 per cent in France, 18 per cent in Germany 1 and Japan and 11 per cent in Can- ada. p The monthly trade figures during July of 49 nations, Mr. Loveday said, showed a greater value than the cor- responding month a year ago. A French delegate declared that it was "imprudent and unwise" to dis- cuss the developments still in prog- ress in the United States. This com- ment was made in discussing the commission reporter's statement that the abandonment of the gold stand- ard by the United States was "bound to affect international economic re- lations." " The Frenchman characterized the changes in the United States as "spasmodic." Green Asks 30 Hour Week At Labor Meeting Urges Faith In Roosevelt; Almost Certain To Lead. Labor For Another Year WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-(P)-Vir- tually certain of re-election as La- bor's chief spokesman for another year, William Green tonight was drawing his lines together to stand off challenges from the less conser- vative elements of the American Federation of Labor. While Green was opening the Na- tional Convention of the Federation with a demand for a 30 hour week to take up the unemployment slack and an appeal to delegates to have faith in President Franklin D. Roose- velt, a "rank and file" convention was being organized a few blocks away. The independent group claimed to hold memberships in the Federation and wa cnnidering demanding of- By GEORGE VAN VLECK With one written accusation of il- legal rushing lodged against a prom- inent fraternity and reports of others onfronting them, the judiciary com- nittee of the Interfraternity Council has called a special meeting for Thursday night. Positive action has been promised y council officials on the indictment, vhich charges that the house in ques ion gave a freshman a pledge-button n violation of the rushing rules. "We are resolved not to allow vio- ations of the rushing rules to go unpunished," Bethel B. Kelley, '34, ouncil° president, said last night, 'and we intend to make sure that no pore violations will occur during the eriod of silence beginning next Thursday." Other complaints which have been eported to the council officials re- ate to infractions of the rule prohib- ting rushing after 8:30 p. m., illicit ise of automobiles, and violation of he period of silence during Orienta- ion Week, according to Maxwell T. nail, '34, secretary-treasurer. Manyverbal complaints have been urned in to Gail and Kelley, but so ar no one has been willing to sign nore than the one indictment, they aid. Guilty consciences for their own iolations were blamed for the un- willingness of many fraternity men to -ome out in the open with their accu- ations. Houses which have been com- lained against as having violated the ules, but against which there is no igned indictment, have been warned, by Gail and Kelley, and any further violations will be cause for action by ;he judiciary committee. Four promi- nent houses have been named in this group, and it is understood that other violations may'be reported in the fu- ture. Every effort will be made to keep houses from breaking the rules dur- ng the period of silence starting Thursday, Kelley said, stressing the mportance for the observance of the rules if they are to obeyed at all. Henry Donner Returning Here After Six Years Worked At Observatory Of University In South Africa; Due In February Henry F. Donner of the depart- ment of astronomy is returning to the United States after having spent six years doing astronomical re- search work at the Lamont-Hussey Observatory, a branch of the Uni- versity Observatory, at Bloemfontein, South Africa, according to a dis- patch received here yesterday. He is accompanied by his wife. Mr. Donner will return to the Uni- versity for the second semester and will enter the department of geology, according to Prof. Heber D. Curtis, director of the Observatory. Traveling in a light sedan, Mr. and Mrs. Donner left on their return trip late this summer and expect to com- plete the 10,000 mile journey by Christmas. They are traveling over land to the north coast of Africa where they will crossby boat to Eur- ope, and, after touring through sev- eral European countries, embark for the United States. The automobile in which they are traveling is especially prepared with screened doors and windows, to keep out insects; auxiliary gasoline and water tanks; a supply of spare parts, compass, charts, and a sextant for use in the deserts; and special equip- ment to pull the car out of mud holes or deep sand. Final Plans Are Formulated For Frosh Round Table Discussions At an informal meeting held last night at President Alexander G. Ruthven's home final plans for the Freshman Round Table discussions for the remainder of the month were made. Prof. R. D. McKenzie, chairman of the sociology department, who de- livered the principle address for this month's Round Table discussions last Sunday morning in the League, dis- cussed with 40 selected upperclass- men the general outline which they as group leaders will follow for the next three Sundays. Eight students were selected as group leaders. They were Morton Wagner, Grad., Frank Wengren, '36L, Kenneth Leisenring, Grad., Charles Orr, Grad., Leonard Andrews, Grad., Jack Weisman. '34. Dorothy Leake, with all the books found on it are all on the shelves of the Old Law building library. "'The Changing World' is a world of uniformities," stated Prof. R. D.; McKenzie, chairman of the sociol- ogy department in the inaugural ad- dress of the Freshman Round Table held last Sunday morning at the League. He elucidated his point by adding that in previous ages we have been a world of drift with the belief that God is at the helm and all's right with the world. In the present era of planning nothing is inevitable in progress and we are at the helm." Professor McKenzie explained to the 150 freshmen who attended that it was his belief that practically all culture has been levelled. "The tend- encv is toward natural industrial dis-