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Student Publicatiuns Building, Maynard Street, in Arbor; 1Michigan.-Phone:-2-$14 Representative: College Publications Representatives, c., 40 East.Thirty-Fourth Street, New Yrk City; 0 yison" Street, Boston; 612 North Michigan Avenue, ic EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 425 AINASING EDITOR ........THOMAS K. CONNELLAN 92ORIAL .DIRECTOR........ C. HART SCAA TY EDITOR..................BRACKLEY SHAW iOhTS -UDITOR..... ....ALBERT H. NEWMAN IAMA EDITOR.. . . JOHN W. PRITCHARD MEN'S EDITOR.................CAROL J. HANAN UHT EDITORS: A. Elils Bal, Ralph G. Coulter, William G: Ferris, John C. Healey, George Van Vleck, Guy M. Whipple, Jr. 'ORTS ASSISTANTS: Charles A. Baird, Arthur W. Car- tens, Sidney Frankel, Roland L. Martin, Marjorie western, OMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Marjorie Beck, Eleanor Blum, Lois Jotter, Marie Murphy, Margaret D. Phalan. WPORTEPW: C. -Bradford Carpenter, Ogden G. Dwight, Pau1 J.'Elliott, Courtney A. Evans, Thomas E. Groehn, ohn Kerr, Thomas H. Kleene, Richard X. Larch, David . MAcdonald, Joel P. Newan Kenneth Parlcr, Wil- "lmR. Reed, Robert S. Ruwtch, Robert J St. Clair, arthur S. Settle, Marshall D. Silverman, Arthur M. raub', CWothy Gles, Jean Hanmer, Florence Harper, Marie Iie d, El anor Johnson., Rut 'Loebs, Josephine McLean, 9(arjori Morrison, Sally Place, Rosalic Resnick, Kathryn Rietdyk, Jahe Schneider. .BUSINESS STAFF' Telephone 2-1214 INESS MANAGE.... ....W. GRAFTON SHARP EEDIT MANAGER.........BERNARD E. SCHNACKE OMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER... .. ............CATHARNE MC HENRY PARTMENT MANAGERS: Local Advel'tising, Fred Her- 1ick; Classified Advertising, Russell Read; Advertising ontracts, Jack Bellamy; Advertising Service, Robert Ward; Accounts, Allen Knuusi; Circulation, Jack Ef- toyrnson. ISIBTANTS: Meigs Bartmness, Van Dunakin; Milton Kra- ;e?, John Ogden, Bernard Rosenthal, Joe Rothbard, James Scott, David Winkworth. re Bassett, Vir Inta veil,Mary Burley, Pegy Cady, Viginia CGluff, Patricia Daly, Genevieve Field, LOuie Plor , Doris Gimmy, Betty Greve, Billie Griffiths, Janet arson, it se KrAmse, Barbara Morgan, Margaret IAstar , Betty'simuonds. NIGHT EDITOR: RALPH G. COULTER irst Step In eer Fight Won . . HE FIRST STEP in the long fight to secure beer and light wines in e area east of Division Street has been won th the decision of the Ann Arbor Common uncil to submit the question to the electorate the election April 2. If this action is taken by le Council at its next meeting, as now seems finitely assured, the second and last step is the curing of a 60 per cent favorable vote on the nendment repeal proposal. For its work in the circulating of petitions ask- g repeal of the antiquated legislation prohibiting ist Side beer we congratulate the Citizens' Char- r Amendment Repeal Committee. Although the immittee's work in obtaining more than 1,500 Mnatures was declared invalid owing to the lack fulfillment of a certain legal procedure, the gnatures undoubtedly aided in enlightening Ann eborites as to the sentiment felt in many quar- rs relative to East Side beer. Now that the proposed amendment is actually come to a vote, it is natural that arguments to the desirability of East Side beer will wax otter than ever before. Opponents of repeal of e East Side ban will bring up the stock argu- ents concerning "pollution" of high schools, the wving of the way for whiskey, the defamation, the "better" side of town, et al. To these shib- leths we will reply that beer cannot be served those under 18 years, that those over that age e assumed by the State Legislature to be able take care of themselves, that whiskey and other gh-powered liquor will never be sold in Ann Ar- r at any location but the West Side State Re- tll Liquor Store, and that the East Side is no ore sanctimonious than the West. There are any more arguments on both sides. To The aily the wets' arguments seem the better. It is the duty of all those planning to vote in the pril election to weigh carefully the problem, and imake their vote a thoughtful one. t Looks Good )i Paper.. . S TUART CHASE, perhaps the best known of the "popular" economists, as an article in the current issue of Harper's in hich he deplores the present attempt by officials i Washington to bring back what he terms "The .ge of Scarcity." Kilogram-calories of energy; ave increased forty fold in the last century, and he day has past when in an "Age of Abundance," individualism, perhaps even the day of capitalism itself, is ended. As Mr. Chase has stated, any system wherein people starve amid plenty must eventually fail. But it is also true that America is in a critical condition. While a new system will eventually come, we. cannot sit by in idleness waiting for it. The Roosevelt administration has advanced a definite program, and while a part of it is an attempt to bring back the "Age of Scar- city" to which Mr. Chase objects, it, at the same time, is at least an effort to alleviate the suffering caused by the economic unrest of the past four years. Unless Mr. Chase can present something constructive toward the Utopian plan which he advocates, he is certainly doing nothing to relieve the condition which he deplores. -- - - - -. -= The The"atre WHIEEEEE! IOWA GETS A WORLD PREMIERE By JOHN W. PRITCHARD EXPERIMENTAL PLAYS ebb and flow like moon-mad tides -but the latest of these dramatic fluxes (or ebbs, depending on how you want to look at it) is the product of the facile brain of George Middleton, eminent author of such pays as "The Big Pond," "Embers," "tosses- sion," and "The Prodigal. Judge." Now, Mr. Middleton is nothing if not daring: this, in all probability, is the reason for "Hiss! Boom! Blah!" a "cross-section community chronicle of some mad years," involving fifty scene changes in two and a half hours, to be presented April 5 by the University Theatre at Iowa State. The community cited above renains anonymous throughout: there is nothing like being non- committal. But this community is a type, and its various groups of citizenry pass from the obstinately tragic bigotry of the World War and the attendant absurdities of the Bankers' Banquet during prosperity (spelled, advisably, with a lower- case "p") to the frantic irrationalism of today. "Writing primarily for the stage," says advance publicity for the play, "Mr. Middleton has vividly dramatized the high powered propaganda, dis- torted values, and organized mirages that lead to the Great Dilemma-and one of the characters offers a surprising solution for a way out." That, at all events, is something. It will be interesting to see what sort of fortune Mr. Hunton D. Sellman, technical director of the University Theatre, experiences in his effort to make the fifty scene changes sandwich in with a minimum of stoppage. Of course there is nothing like experimentation in any field of endeavor: past experience is a foundation of good dramatic art. The peril lies in the fact that Mr. Middleton's brain-child, if successful, is likely to start a fad. Those things have been known to happen in this day of flurried grasping after straws. "Such men," Julius Caesar is credited by a mreat bard as having stated, "are dangerous." Screen Reflections AT THE MAJESTIC No Stars "HELL AND HIGH WATER" Cap'n Jericho ............Richard Arlen Sally .......... ..... ... Judith Allen This is a tale of a tugboat skipper bent on "getting ahead." This desire is so strong with him that he forgets to love and live, thus making himself impervious to the virtues of a fatherless woman who (literally) falls into his fish nets. Stranded on a deserted island, he suffers a con- version, and returns in time to sock the villain on the jaw and avow his love for the girl. Richard Arlen as Jericho is an inarticulate lout. Miss Allen blubbers through a tough-girl role. The villain is a Babbitt, whose chief influence on the hero is exerted through short radio addresses. The film is totally lacking in any sense of dramatic propriety or balance. There is no carfully worked out crisis. The hero's mental conversion occurs during his shipwreck when we are not allowed one glimpse of him or an inkling as to his thought. No important moment in the plot is suggested to the audience before it happens. This results in a loosely constructed plot which fails to arouse in- terest. The best shot in this picture is one of tuna fishing in the Pacific which was originally part of a newsreel. As Others See It FREE SPEECH AND THE RADIO 41MINENihT SPEAKERS have been ruled off the air for varied reasons, nearly all agreeable to the Tory viewpoint. Prof. William Z. Ripley was forbidden to make an address criticising abuses in the issuing of public utility securities. Father Coughlin was barred from the air at one time because of his unorthodox economic theories, but was speedily restored when his myriad followers voiced their objections. Norman Thomas and Kirby Page have been muzzled to preserve the ether from their Socialistic and anti-war views. Norman Hapgood was denied time to answer attacks on the American Civil Liberties Union. F. J. Schlink was forbidden to make an address criticising the NRA. Censorship has withheld from the radio audience expressions of opinion favorable to public ownership of utilities, critical of American foreign policy, favorable to Russia, critical of strike killings, and so on. By these examples, and others, Mitchell Dawson proves in an American Mercury article that "the air is not free." It is intolerable that this great potential instrument of education and enlighten- ment should be so bound by the prejudices of its private owners. The two great chains and their associated stations, on a unit basis of hours and power, control 75 per cent of the nation's broad- casting facilities. Advocates of unorthodox causes have access only to small independent stations, which reach a restricted audience. In a country dedicated to freedom of opinion, such restraint on expression betrays the people. The situation both resembles and differs from that with respect to freedom of the press. Any minority may publish its own organ and send its doctrines through the mail without restraint, save on obscenity and sedition. The number of wave lengths is limited, howevdr, and; broadcasting apparatus is costly,.so minority expression on the air has slight chance to be heard save by indul- gence of the major stations' owners. Those who urge free speech on the air, however, do not mean that anyone should have access to a microphone, to spout irresponsible utterances at will. Enlightened newspapers give space to both sides in a controversy, but reserve the right to edit material submitted, and to keep it within the bounds of their space. The Government, under whose authority the stations operate, might simi- larly require a hearing for responsible speakers of both sides on the air, subject to the same intelli- gent methods of presentation used by newspapers that receive public confidence and respect. The Government has authority at any time to take over broadcasting facilities, under the emer- gency clause of the Radio Act. Under the growth of liberalism in this country, there will be increas- ing pressure that it do so unless greater freedom is given Government control has its danger of verging into tyranny, however, as in England, where such leaders as Lloyd George, Austen Chamberlain and Winston Churchill have been barred from the air, for political reasons. K I t - e Le e a A it sr Bt Classified Ads From 27 links -.1... Get Results ONE STRONG SYSTEM Welded together by common policies and ideals, the 27 Belk System companies work as one. Operation is in the hands of 24 associated tele- phone companies - each attuned to the area it serves. Scientific research and manufacture of appara- tus are delegated to Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric. Co-ordination of all System ac- tivities is a function of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Thanks to the skilful teamwork of these many Bell System units, you can talk to almost anyone, anywhere, anytime! BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM F X f) k, . Our radio stations can grant:free speech on the air, if they will. Of course, there is good reason for barring medical quacks, lottery promoters and foul-mouthed agitators. But a policy of broad tolerance, founded on the American Bill of Rights and handled with consideration for both defenders and critics of public policies, will restore freedom to the air and help realize the great possibilities of the radio. WHY NOT TELEPHONE HOME ONCE EACH WEEK? REVERSE THE CHARGES IF YOUR FOLKS AGREE i _ f W Such an undertaking might well be one objec- tive of the Federal Communications Commission which Mr. Roosevelt has just advised Congress to create. 14AVE YOU SEEN THE 1934 'ENSIAN COVER? Coliegate Observer ' ; By BUD BERNARD Doti t mtiss our- display this week The Purdue Exponent lists the following rules for campus dances: 1. No dancing on the ceiling. 2. Don't hang feet out window. 3. Don't boo chaperones. 4. No re-cuts - you fathead. 5. Don't get lost in the wiles of the lounges unless you brought her. Sinl Slater's window! * i "MY LIPS BETRAY" The King .................. John Boles Lili ..................... Lilian Harvey Here we have the trappings of a petty Balkan principality reproduced. The King inevitably falls in love with the cabaret singer. The principal difficulties of the state are those involved in bal- ancing the budget. The person of His Majesty is to be sacrificed in marriage to a wealthy prin- cess in order to solve this difficulty. Fortunate- ly, oil is discovered within the realm, and the King, freed from the necessity of royal marriage, creates Lili the Countess of the oil lands and proceeds to announce her as his bride-to-be. For some reason this picture has just missed being a good one. The "Student Prince" theme is stripped of any real human significance. The romance necessary to a romantic story -has been sacrificed to burlesque. The ingenuous tripping of Miss Harvey fails, in spite of her much pub- licized physical charm, to be convincing. The minor characters are excellently cast and fit well into the setting, but no originality is exercised, and the film falls short of the intended atmos- phere. However, the picture has some good mo- ments and is not devoid of humor. If one is fond of Lilian Harvey the picture is reasonably entertaining. --L. B. G. Here's one from a Gamma Phi at Ohio State: The wages of sin are merely deferred tuition in the school of experience. * * *f* l Js A recent vote at Maryland College for the loveli- est girl on the campus declared Madeline Ormsby the winner. Madeline is a prize cow. "Virtue," according to the Syracuse Orange, "consists of fearing to follow the dictates of your desires." S * * There is too much rah-rah-rah-ism in American colleges, a professor at Davidson College told stu- dents at the University of Chicago. We don't eulogize rah-rah-rah-ism, but a bromide is a bromide. Here's a good one coming from the Univer- sity of New Mexico Weekly: In communistic Russia they are so red the only disease they permit is scarlet fever. - aay MA Here's a strange case coming from the Univer- sity of Vermont. A student there received a grade of eight less than zero as a term grade. At the beginning of the semester, he had a C; by the second half, he had dropped to a D. He then pro ceeded to get 56 on a test, 16 on another, anda fiat zero on the third. Add, divide by three, and the subsequent total grade is 24. Now for each absence they deduct two per cen from the final grade. Sixteen absences at two pe cent make 32. Subtract 32 from 24 and the ne FIRST INSTALLMENT $1.00 FULL PAYET $40-50 Howard Scott, the No. 1 the engineers should run about Hoover? Technocrat, says that the country. What I I I .