The Weather' Cloudy and warm today; to- morrow rain and much cooler. C, 01. r IAIfr iAu 4:3att Editorials Pretty Lively For A Corpse. Federal Government To The Rescue .. VOL. XLV. No. 3 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS General Johnson Resigns Post Of Recovery Leader Resignation Immediately Accepted By President At HydePark Home Pressing Private Duties Is Reason Revision of Program To Come Within Few Days, Report Reveals HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 25- (P) -The resignation of Recovery Ad- ministrator Hugh S. Johnston came late today and was immediately ac- cepted by President Roosevelt. It was made plain that today's designation of Johnson was far from the first time the NRA chief has tried to quit. Several times before, John- son has submitted iformally and verbally to the President his resigna- tion. It was never before accepted. Today the recovery leader revealed his reasons in some measure for giv- ing up his job, pointing to pressing private work. Johnson in his letter called the President's attention to the fact the NRA was being reorganized and under the scheduled reorganization setup he felt his own job was superfluous. He assured the Chief Executive of his continued friendship, and that should he be called on again to serve the New Deal, he would be ready to do so. President Accepts President Roosevelt in accepting Johnson's resignation, said that he felt that the NRA had fulfilled its first phase of usefulness, and that the time has come for revision. It was made plain that this reorganization will come perhaps within the next few days. It was indicated that the President plans within the next few days, after he arrives in Washing- itn tir itf,6WV'£6s "{ohion and have a talk with him concerning the1 NRA. Johnson, before going out of office on Oct. 15, will make a final report to the President, and it was obvious from the letters making the resigna- tion and acceptance plain today that this report will to some extent chart the course of the big recovery unit in the future. The resignation will become effect- ive on Oct. 15. For the present the President has no other job for the Recovery Administrator who has served 15 months under the New Deal and whose work created the Blue Eagle of the NRA. In Letter Form The resignation came in the form of a letter to the President and was accepted by Mr. Roosevelt in another letter which complimented Johnson on his hard work and assured the NRA chieftan of continued friend-. ship. The President's letter of acceptance follows: "Dear Hughie: "It is bec use you and I have felt for some time that NRA has fulfilled its first phase and calls for revision of its. organization, that I am ac- cepting your resignation, to take effect Oct. 15, as you suggest, in or- der that you may study the records preliminary to the making of your final report. "I repeat what I have so often said to you-that I am happy not only in our friendship and your loyalty, but that in a time of great stress and fear your courage, enthusiasm and energy were a very potent factor in restarting a stalled machine. More than that it will always be remember- ed that under the NRA, in only a little over a year, accomplished long overdue reforms in our social and business structures. The elimination of child labor, the recognition of the principles of a fair wage and of col- lective bargaining, and the first ef- forts to eliminate unfair practices within business-these, among many others; are chalked up to your credit. Suggests Rest "I hope much that during these next few months you will get a thor- oughly deserved rest, and that then you will be able to help me further in the new duties and new tasks of public service. "I shall see you in Washington very soon. "Faithfully yours, "FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT." Quits HUGH S. JOHNSON NVew Edition Of Directory Will Appear Oct. 15 Lindbergh At Investigation Of Suspect Colonel Flies From West As Authorities Disclose New Evidence To Appear Before Grand Jury Today Governor Of New Jersey Says State Will Charge Suspect With Murder (Copyright, 1934, by The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 25- () -Fly- ing in from the west; Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh were back to- night to aid the revived investiga- tion into the murder and kidnaping of their first child as authorities an- nounced discovery of important new evidence against Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused recipient of the ransom. Col. Lindbergh was to appear to- morrow "before the grand jury con- sidering extortion charges against Hauptmann. Coincident with the arrival of the Lindberghs from the Pacific coast, Gov. A. Harry Moore of New Jersey declared his state stood ready to try the suspect on charges of kidnaping and murder. The flying couple landed at Tren- -ton only a few hours after police had found, jotted down on a hidden closet panel in Hauptmann's Bronx home, the private telephone number and address of Dr. John F. Condon. Dr. Condon was the "Jafsie" who as in- termediary paid the $50,000 ransom for the child, then thought to be still alive. On another board in the same closet investigators found a series of figures which they said might be serial numbers of the ransom money. District Attorney Samuel J. Foley, submitting the two panels to the grand jury declared the prisoner had admitted authorship of the memor- anda. He gave as his reasons for mrraking the. penciled notation, po- ice said, an "interest" in the Lind- bergh kidnaping. " Where did you get that telephone number?" the prosecutor said he ask- ed Hauptmann. "'From the newspapers,'" he quot- ed the stolid suspect as replying. The chain of circumstances which authorities hope will link Haupt- mann to the abduction as well as to the $50,000 ransom extortion, was further strengthened by two other major developments: 1-The disclosure by Department of Justice agents that the footprints of the one-time machine-gunner in the German Army are similar to those found in the earth about the Hope- well (N. J.) home of the Lindberghs. 2-The discovery in the garage of Hauptmann's home of nails similar in size and markings to those used in construction of the ladder, up which the kidnaper climbed to steal the baby from his crib. As the minute search of the Haupt- mann home brought forth the new evidence - District Attorney Foley conducted another line of witnesses before the Grand Jury, seeking a quick indictment of the former car- penter on the extortion charges. MSC ENROLLMENT 3,258 Enrollment at Michigan State Col- lege is announced as 41 short of 1931, when 3,299 students attended. Merchants Sad As Requiem Is Sung For Pot Funeral While the Executive Council was chanting a requiem yesterday for the last of the pots, campus merchants found themselves rendering quite a different type of tune - a dirge, in fact, all because of bloated stocks of the diminutive skull contraptions. Relying on the action of the last year's council, which decided to re- quire an annual observance of the degrading practice from the opening of school until Thanksgiving, many stores had already secured their pots and were anticipating a rushing busi- ness in view of the unusually large enrollment. Some merchants expressed the hope that some freshmen would continue of their own accord to maintain the "ancient and honorable tradition." As a final selection the chorus ren- dered that old favorite, "Oh, Bring Back My Bonnet To Me!" New Plan Set For Freshman Lecture Series Entire Group Of Talks To Be Given During First1 Three Weeks Inaugurating a new plan in fresh- man physical education, Dr. Warren G. Forsythe, director of the Health Service, concluded the series of health knowledge tests yesterday before starting the series of six health lec- tures. "Formerly," Dr. Forsythe said, "the lectures were given haphazardly throughout the year, but following the policy proposed by the faculty com- mittee investigating health educa- tion, the lectures 'will be given con- secutively the first three weeks of school." Under the new plan lectures are repeated six times so as to give all freshmen the chance to be present. The first, third, and fifth lectures are given at 3, 4. and 5 p.m. on the first three Mondaysand Tuesdays of the school year, and the second, fourth and sixth at the same time on the first three Thursdays and Fridays. Lectures this year will be given by both Dr. Maurice McGarvey, fresh- man class doctor, and Dr. Forsythe. Attendance. is compulsory for R.O.- T.C. students and members of athletic squads as well as members of the various gym classes. For the first time, an examination covering the material discussed will be given at the concluson of the course, and any failures will be re- ferred to Dr. George A. May, director of freshmen physical education, for action. Students will be expected to take notes on the lectures, which will be collected and checked at the end of each class. FERA Applicants Must File Employment Cards Those applying for employment under the FERA must file employ- ment record cards at the office in University Hall before assign- ments will be made, and those failing to do so within a reasonable time will be dropped from the eligible list to provide for others. FERA Committee University Hall. Orders Being Taken Booklet Of Student. Faculty Names For And The -1934-35 edition of the Stu- dent Directory will be offered for campus sale by Oct. 15, barring un- foreseen delays, according to an an- nouncement made by Foster Camp- bell, '36, editor. At that time the directory will be sold on campus for three or four days at the regular price of past years, $1. Orders may now be placed for copies at the business offices of the Michi- ganensian, S t u d e n t Publications Building, Maynard Street. The directory will contain a com- plete list of students and faculty with their addresses and telephone num- bers, and in the case of the latter, their positions, offices, and office tele- phone numbers. There is also a full list of all uni- versity organizations, including namesI of the members of each group. t Freshmen Form Permanent Club At Rendezvous Closed Dance To Be Held Friday Night For Club Members For the first time a permanent club has been formed by the freshmen men who attended the Rendezvous Camp. At the completion of the Camp this year the Rendezvous Club was begun. Robert Dunn, '38, of Toledo, was elected president, Robert Baxlay, '38, vice-president; William Boles, '38, secretary, and Fred Cush- ing, '38, treasurer. A closed dance has been planned for this Friday night, Sept. 28, for the club members at Lane Hall. Al Cowan's orchestra will furnish the music. The sixth annual Freshman Rend- ezvous Camp was held from Friday, Sept. 14, until Sunday, Sept. 16, at Patterson Lake, 30 miles northwest of Ann Arbor. Each year approximately 100 boys are selected by the Student Christian Association from the incoming fresh- man class. The basis of selection of the boys is high preparatory school scholarship and leadership. These boys are then invited to attend the Rendezvous Camp, whose aim is to increase fellowship among the fresh- men men, and to pre-advance the Orientation Week. FERA To Pay Out $13,545 October 5, 6 814 Student Workers Will Receive First Federal Payment Here Six Hundred Wait For Jobs To Open Director Gram Is Pleased With Way Placements Are Handled The first $13,545 which is allotted to the University every month to pay the 814 students employed by the FERA here will be handed out Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6, it was announced yesterday by Harold S. Anderson, cost accountant of the building -and grounds department. Mr. Anderson stressed the fact that under the new system of counting time, all the slips must be in by October 1. As the state FERA head- quarters only will make one payment per month to the University, no supplementary payroll will be issued as was the case last year. With the figures mounting daily, Miss Elizabeth Smith, in charge of FERA placements, in her new tem- porary office, yesterday put the num- ber of students employed at 814. More than 600 are on the waiting list The only chance these have of getting jobs, officials state, is where those already employed may drop out, or for some reason or other be dropped. Of those already employed under the FERA, 370 are new students. Al- together there are 622 men working as compared with the 192 women. Prof. Louis M. Gram, head of the department of civil engineering and director of the University, committee on FERA, expressed himself as "very pleased with the way the rush has been handled." Not a single "chiseler" has as yet been discovered, he said. Professor Gram greatly favors the new system of registering FERA ap- plicants under a detailed acount of each student's financial condition and abilities is given. "Last year's sys- tem of compelling each applicant to sign an affidavit to the effect he needed FERA work to continue school involved many difficulties," the di- rector stated. At present there are approximately 235 FERA projects in the University. Professor Gram believes that this number will mount to at least 250. A list of these is now being prepared for release next week. The Univer- sity committee on FERA is the same as last year, consisting of Professor Gram, Dean Joseph A. Bursley, and J. C. Christensen, controller. Relief, NRA To Face Roosevelt On His Return Answer To Be Indication Of Budget Balancing And Tax Policies. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. - (R) - Two outstanding problems - NRA and human relief, each involving mil- . lions of lives and dollars - tonight topped a dozen major government is- sues on the White House desk to which President Roosevelt returns to- morrow. The answer largely will point -the trend of federal tax and budget bal- ancing policies. Also, they will give President Roosevelt actual replies to mounting business demands for bring- ing government spending within re- ceipts, for international monetary stabilization and for lessening gov- ernment control of business. By the administration's own esti- mate, 5,000,000 families will be on re- lief rolls this winter unless employ- ment spreads. The chief government agency for shifting this burden from the treasury to private payrolls has been the NRA - an organization now in a process of change. Labor wants to use the huge code structure to boost employment by en- forcing a 30-hour work week. Busi- ness, as represented by the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufactur- ers, is demanding instead that the fu- ture NRA take more of a hands-off attitude than heretofore. U I r! Jcm TTV1r'kYTE N C I IT £ C Undergraduate Council To Meet Next Wedneday The Undergraduate Council will not meet at 5 p.m. today at the Union as was previously announced in The Daily. The meeting will be held next Wednesday at the same time. The purpose of the meeting, ac- cording to Carl Hilty, president, is to hold an election to fill the five positions on the judiciary committee and to take action upon some undecided issues which arose at the end of last year. These are to determine if the tryout system for the council is to be continued should be made "ex officio' mem- bers of the council. Staff Enlaroed By Department Of Economics Six F o r m e r Instructors Leave Staff For Jobs Under Government Gerald P. Nye, United States sen- ator from North Dakota, will come to Ann Arbor Tuesday, Oct. 2, to ad- dress the first of a series of forums sponsored by the Union. Negotiations were completed yes- terday when Senator Nye formally accepted the invitation of President Alexander G. Ruthven and student officials of the Union to speak at the forum. With the departure of six members of the faculty of the economics de- partment for governmental and aca- demic positions, and the addition of almost twice that number to replace them, the roster of the department shows a marked changed this year over last. Dr. Vladimir P. Timoshenko, Dr. William C. Crandell, Dr..Donald C.; Horton, Albert R. Mott, and Roland I. Robiison have all left the Univer- sity for permanent positions. Prof. Morris A. Copeland will be away from the University for nine months on leave of absence. Five of the economists to leave will take positions with the govern- ment in Washington, the sixth, Mr. Mott, has been appointed to the de- Dartment of economics in the Port Huron Junior College. - Timoshenko Leaves Dr. Timoshenko, recognized as an authority on the economics of agri- culture, formerly lecturer in the de- partment of economics, was notified by the Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ministration this summer of his ap- pointment. He will be attached to the division of program planning of the A.A.A. as senior agriculturtal economist. Dr. Copeland will act as executive secretary of the central statistical board in Washington for the coming year, and Dr. Horton will be attach- ed to the division of economic re- search in the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The Federal Reserve Board will claim the services of Mr. Robinson, who has been placed in the division of research and statistics of that body, and the National Recovery Adminis- tration will have on its staff Dr. Crandell, who was appointed senior .statistician and cost anglyst in the research and planning division of the retail solid food section in the NRA. New Men In Department The new men in the department are. headed by Prof. Holbrook Working, who will be in Ann Arbor for the next school year as visiting professor of economics from Stanford Univer- sity. Dr. Working, affiliated with the food and research institute at Stan- ford, is considered one of the major authorities on the economics of wheat production and prices both in this country and abroad. Dr. Robert S. Ford, investigator in 1933 for the New York State Tax Commission, has been granted an as- sistant professorship in the depart- ment, and also will take over the position of research investigator in the Bureau of Reference and Re- search in Government at the Univer- sity. Dr. Roy Judson Burroughs, in charge of economics at Port Huron Junior College, 1933-34, is the new instructor in the department. 'WHITEY' BREAKS IN Francis "Whitey" Wistert, '34, pitched seven innings for the Cincin- nati Reds against the Chicago Cubs yesterday and although he allowed Senator Nye Will Address Students At Union Forum North Dakota Statesman Scheduled To Be Here October 2 Expected To Tell Of Munition Hearing He is addressing a meeting in De- troit Tuesday night and will make a special trip to Ann Arbor Tuesday afternoon in order to be present at the Union forum. Senator Nye has been a prominent figure in the munitions investigation recently 'conducted in Washington which has attracted nation-wide at- tention. It is expected that he will talk on the munitions question. He first went to Congress in 1925 when the governor of North Dakota appointed him to fill a vacancy. How- ever, in November 1926, he was elected to the Senate as a progressive Repub- lican, and has served continuously ever since that time. Senator Nye has also gained con- siderable prominence in the field of journalism. Before he entered Con- gress, he was manager and editor of several, papers in North Dakota. He1 also served on the editorial staffs of newspapers in Des Moines, Ia., pre- vious to the time he settled in North Dakota. Allen D. McCombs, '35, president of the Union, announced that the forum will be held in the ballroom on the second floor of the Union. He said that officials of the organization are planning to sponsor a series of forums this year. Plans are already under way for the second forum whch will probably be held some time in November. Last year, due to the lack of inter- est in the forums on the part of the student body, McCombs said, only one such program was held. Frank A. Pic- ard, former chairman of the State liquor control board, was the speaker. In the past, many citizens of na- tional prominence have appeared at the forums, including the late Henry T. Rainey, former speaker of the House of Representatives from Illi nois. Adelphi Forms Committees At FirstMeeting Date Is Set For Rushing Smoker; Faculty Man To Address TheSociety At a meeting held last night, Adel- phi House of Representatives organ- ized for the year, Speaker of the House, Robert Howard, '36, presiding. Committees for the year were par- tially filled, the Bills committee be- ing composed of Eugene Wiepert, '37, William Fleming, '37, and I. H. Finkelstein. The Membership com- mittee members are Victor H. J. Weip- ert, '37, Treasurer of the House, David I. Rosin, '35, and Robert B. Brown, '37. This society is one of the very few extra-curricular activities open to first semester freshmen. One of the oldest organziations in the University, it has a history stretching far back in the annals of the school, and has counted among its members many of Michigan's prominent alumni. Its- primary object is the promotion and development of proficiency in public speaking. The Society will hold a smoker next Plans For Second Are Under Way, Head States -1k Forum Union R o o sev elt Measures Hinder Recovery, Hoover Tells Brown By ARTHUR M. TAUB . Former President Herbert Hoover, in writing his book, "A Challenge To Liberty," felt that it was his duty to try to point out to the people of the country what he believed were the dangers to their liberty lurking in the train of the New Deal legisla- tion, Prof. Everett Brown of the political science department, who re- cently visited Mr. Hoover, said in an interview yesterday. Professor Brown said that Mr. Hoover disclaimed any political mo- tive in writing the book, excerpts of which have appeared in the Satur- day Evening Post. The former president, declared Mr. Brown, "admitted that measures of reform and plans for economic recon- struction are necessary," but was also Post, its appearance will be the signal for a nation-wide controversy be- tween supporters of Mr. Hoover and those who favor the policies of the present Administration," he said. The opponents of Mr. Hoover claim that he is seeking an issue for the congressional elections in November, and also that he intends the book as a trial balloon to test the possibil- ities of his return to republican lead- ership in 1936. The former president denied this, said Professor Brown. While in California at the be- ginning of September the political science professor was invited by Mr. Hoover to visit him at hiq Palo Alto home. In Mr. Hoover's study the two men discussed politics for nearly an hour and a half. Most of their con- versations was of a confidential na- ture which Professor Brown said he was not at liberty to disclose. 'He