The Weather Partly cloudy Friday, prob- ably followed by snow; much colder Saturday. L t E I~it iga ~Iaitr Editorials Cain And His Brother Abel.. This Should Be Looke Into .. . PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XLV. No. 86 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935 Campbell Praises Townsend Plan Of Old Age Pensions Testimony Of Agent Arouses Hauptmann Defendant Leaps Up AndI Shouts, 'Mister, Mister, You StopLying' First Outburst By Carpenter In Trial State Witnesses Tell How $50,000 Ransom Money Was Spent And Hid - wl Detroit-Bound Bus Skids Off Icy Highway 15 Passengers Escape Injury; Warning Issued To Motorists In Area Many Different Problems Facing Fraternities Are Revealed B D y Survey Mayor Pledges Support, Endorses System Before Local Club 150 Hear Address In Masonic Temple Originator Of Proposal Is University Graduate; Fairburn Speaks Second Childhood Overtakes Ancient College Publication The Dartmouth, daily newspaper of the College, which claims to be ~the nation's oldest college publica- tion, is evidently in its second child- hood. On Jan. 15 they issued an extra announcing the paper's second an- nual Duchess Contest. "When a girl wants to come to IDartmouth's Winter Carnival.th 30-Mile Wind Hits Washtenaw County ConfeenCelOf Conference Of Detroit Couple Is Hurt As Car Leaves Ypsilanti Fraternity Men I ustice Not Blind- Anyway, She Can See In This County Speedy justice has always been one of the best known characteristics of Washtenaw County, and the funda- nloaut; no JLocal 1Vishaps Finannial gtanrlarrlc And By FRED WARNER NEAL 1,U 'aVL 1V ' Praising the Townsend Plan as a lead story begins, "that's not news. "just and sincere cause," Mayor Rob- But when Dartmouth wants a girl, ert A.-Campbell told 150 members one particular girl, to write her own of the Ann Arbor Townsend Club last ticket to Carnival, to become THE night in the Masonic Temple that "it Carnival Guest . . . that's NEWS ... has my heartiest endorsement and and that's exactly what THE DART- support " MOUTH is doing in their Second An- "The. time has come to take care tu.Duchess of Dartmouth' Con- of those older persons who are no ter t longer able to find employment," he After too many paragraphs - to asserted, "and this wonderful plan is the bottom of the page- of the same the thing to do it." He said that the drivel one discovers that any woman younger /men andl women, "who are undergraduate, or graduate of the youner/mn ad woen,"whoarelast two years, living East of the taking or being given jobs in place Msippi y become ast of of their elders," should contribute to Mississippi may become a guest of their support.t cod Annuaetc.Contest by The ownsnd lan rovdes hatbeing original, witty and stylish in a The Townsend Plan provides thaletter of 250 words to the editors. all persons over 60 years of age will Examination of the rest of the be retired from employment of any paper reveals such enlightening fea- type and paid a $200 a month pension tures as: "The writer of the winning for the rest of their lives, providing letter will be invited to attend the they spend every cent of it each Dartmouth,'etc. Carnival, Feb. 8 and month. 9, with all expenses paid. Her es- Financed By National Fund cort will be selected from among the This is to be financed from more prominent Dartmouth College a national fund, raised by a sales tax. undergraduates." The theory, as propounded by sup- Letters should be addressed to the porters of the plan, is that persons Contest Editor, The Dartmouth, Han- taking over the jobs vacated by elderovrN.H Nolteswlbecn men nd omenwil do awywth over, N. H. No letters will be con- men and women wildo away wit sidered after midnight, Feb. 6. unemployment. "The plan will tae It is no fake either, for in the mid- care of old age security and bring dle of the page is a sworn statement lasting prosperity for all," its ad- [signed by a justice of the peace, de- herents claim. cldaring the whole thing bona fide. Mayor Campbell announced his ap- -_rn _hw__tig___ d. proval..of the plan in a speech intro- ducing Frank Fairburn, Townsend Seek Cooperation plan state representative. Judge Ed- ward J. Jeffries of the Wayne County Of U.S., circuit bench was to have spoken, but failed to arrive. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -(A) -- "I wish there were more I could The Administration, with the aid of do to help this splendid cause," the 52 American business leaders, tonight mayor declared. "I am willing to do established a liason through which all I cant and we shall put it across business can tell its story to the gov- together." He emphasized the "eco- ernment. nomic justice" of the plan, and stated A group of the executives dined his belief that "it is the human thing with 14 chiefs of government agencies to do." and members of congress tonight to , FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 17 -(P) A large Detroit-bound bus con- - While a Federal agent was des- taining nearly 15 passengers, skidded cribing to the jury in the Lindbergh off the icy M-123 highway into the kidnaping case Bruno Hauptmann's ditch just this side of Ypsilanti late alleged hiding place for thousands of yesterday, and all persons escaped dollars of the ransom bills, the car- injury. penter on trial for his life suddenly The bus accident was one of the leaped to his feet in the court room many minor mishaps in this section today. Shaking a finger at the wit- of the country yesterday, when Wash- ness, he shouted: .tenaw County was hit by the most "Mister, Mister, you stop lying! severe ice storm and highest wind of You are telling a story!" the winter. A near gale blew up in Trembling, his jaws clenched, he the morning, at one time going fast- was pulled back into his chair by er than 30 miles per hour. guards as Supreme Court Justice There were several instances re- Thomas W. Trenchard, presiding, re- ported by police and deputy sheriffs buked him quietly. of cars actually being blown off the The outburst, Hauptmann's first icy roads. open display in the 12 days of his Issue Warnings trial for murder of the Lindbergh The state highway commission is- baby, came as state witnesses told sued warnings to all automobile driv-1 how the carpenter spent and lhid part ers in this area, and the sleet storm, of the $50,000 ransom. gave work to many men, hired to1 Special Agent On Stand throw salt, sand, and ashes on slip- Special Agent Thomas H. Sisk of pery pavements. the Department of Justice was on the No local accidents were reported, stand, relating how officers found but Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Loveridge, more than $14,000 of the ransom 1307 Kerchival Ave., Detroit, were money in Hauptmann's Bronx home both injured when their car careened and garage last September. off the Ypsilanti road, about two Some of the ransom bills were in miles from Ann Arbor, striking a the garage woodwork, but Sisk told tree and hitting another car. They of an empty crock he found buried were taken to the Beyer Hospital in beneath the floor. Ypsilanti where they were released There was no money in it, but Sisk after treatment. related: « State police were called to the scene "We questioned Hauptmann as to of the bus accident, but authorities that jug. He denied knowing any- held no one and declined to say thing about it, but the next day when whether or not an investigation would we questioned him he admitted that follow. he had that money in there three Bus Continues } Probable Topics 1' "*"^^''^"* """""* "" """mental reason back of it all has finally Rules For Conduct Are been discovered. Undergraduate and alumni officers of fraternities and the Senate Com- mittee on Student Affairs will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Union at the request of President Alexander G. Ruthven, to discuss "matters of vital importance both to the University and fraternities." Although administrative officials would make no statement on the sub- ject, it is believed that the "vital mat- ters" to be discussed will center around the Financial Standards and Regulations and the' standards of conduct passed by the University Committee on Student Conduct last fall. The standards of conduct, as passed by the Committee, and expressing the attitude of the University on specific matters, are as follows: Condemns Liquor It is the opinion of the University that the use of intoxicating liquors in a fraternity house has a tendency to impair the morale of the organization and is contrary to the best interests of both the fraternity itself and of the University. The University believes that the generally accepted standards and con-. ventions of society disapprove of the presence of women in fraternity houses except when proper chaperons are present, and it expects each fra- ternity scrupulously to observe these conventions. "Will Sweep Country" Mayor Campbell pointed out the necessity for cooperation in working out the Townsend Plan, and, claim- ing that "there is no doubt as to its workability," he predicted that "it will soon sweep the country." In his opening remarks, Fairburn told the members of the Ann Arbor Club, that Dr. Frank Townsend, Cali- fornia country doctor who is the au- thor of the plan bearing his name, is a graduate of the University of Mich- igan. S a a r Transfer Set For March By League Vote (By Associates Press) The League of Nations Thursday formally voted to transfer the Saar, basin territory to Germany probably March 1. Assertions by Saar refugees arriv- ing in France that two Communists had been killed at Neuenkirchen,' meanwhile, were disproved by an As-' sociated Press correspondent who vis- ited Neuenkirchen. As France and Germany got to- gether on conditions for transfer of the Saar, which voted overwhelmingly in Sunday's plebiscite to rejoin the Reich, the delicacy of the situationI along the Saar frontier was empha- sized by the arrest near Metz of two 1 Saar gendarmes who entered French territory. METZ, France -French officials held for investigation two Saar gen- darmes who penetrated 25 yards into French territory pursuing two women fugitives, as moving companies along the frontier received many orders from persons planning to leave the Saar. EGUEMINES, France - A host of refugees from the Saar, stoic in the face of forced flights from their homes; brought with them reports that two communists had been slain at Neuenkirchen. Elsewhere, anti- discuss the plan. Under it all American business could contact the government on legislation or other matters through the 52 business leaders who constitute the business advisory and planning council of the Department of Com- merce. Final arrangements for the utiliza- "tion of the business council were shaped in a conference yesterday be- tween President Roosevelt, Secretary Roper and H. P. Kindall, chairman of the council. The business leaders at the dinner included Winthrop W. Aldrich, chair- man of the Chase National Bank, the world's largest bank; Walter S. Gif- ford, president of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Co.; Henry I. Harriman, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and Robert L. Lund, head of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers. ASK PLATE EXTENSION LANSING, Jan. 17. --0) - The House this afternoon adopted a res- olution requesting the secretary of state to,extend the time for the use of 1934 automobile plates to Feb. 15. weeks before he was arrested." "In the jug?" asked Attorney Gen- eral David T. Wilentz. "In that jug," replied Sisk. A few feet away, Hauptmann jumped from his chair and shouted the command to "stop lying." His face was pale, his accent harsh and gutteral. Sisk stared coldly at the carpenter as the words burst out. The jurors gazed curiously. The spectators, jam- med to the sills of the little court- room, rose to their feet and craned their necks. Jerked Back Into His Seat I A faint smile crossed the face ofI Mrs. Hauptmann. "One moment," s a i d Justice Trenchard. "Let me suggest to the defendant that he keep quiet. If he has any observations to make, let him make them quietly through counsel."I Deputy Sheriff Hovey Low and State Trooper Stockbridge, who sat on Dither side of Hauptmann, reached upward and jerked him back into his seat. Low slipped his arm around Haupt- mann's shoulders, holding him in a firm grip lest he try again to get to his feet. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh remained one of the calmest persons in the old Hunte'rdon County courtroom. In the front of the courtroom state troopers, detectives and Federal agents, present to testify, moved in- stinctively forward. But there was no need for them. Stockbridge kept a strong grip on one of the prisoner's arms. The deputy sheriff never relaxed his hold. The bus was tempor and some passengers from passing cars. Th was repaired after two wait and continued o reaching Detroit withoi hap. The severe ice came the sleet and wet snow -late Wednesday afterni night. Trees, bushes roads were all glazed morning. The temperature stay 25 and 30 degrees aboi day, as recorded by t observatory, but last nib for a falling mercury w arily disabled, solicited rides e large vehicle or three hours n its journey, ut further mis- as a result of that fell from oon until mid- , walks, and with ice this ved up between ve zero yester- the University ght predictions) 'ere made. League Head Approves Plans For Separation Of Governments I Justice, in Washtenaw County is not the blind maiden that she is gen- erally depicted as being. If you don't believe it, go down in front of the county courthouse, and look up. There she stands, with scales and sword, but without the traditional blindfold. She looks out across the city of Ann Arbor towards the south, with a clear level gaze. Her eyes are wide open, and by virtue of the fact that they never can be closed, she seems a, representation of a justice that can1 always be on watch, and will never overlook anything, in comparison with the more common statues whose faces are hidden behind a drapery. Circuit Court Judge George W. Sample remembers that, when the r building was first erected, the conven- tional blindfold was present, but in the course of time it has disappeared. Now the outlook of Justice is unim- peded, and she is a fit companion for the actual efficient and quick justice of the county. 'Student Views Of Government Will Be Polled Undergraduate Council To Circulate Questionnaires SeekingOpinions Letters and questionnaires asking students to submit their opinions on Ithe proposed plans for student gov- ernment change and upon the whole question of student government in general will be mailed today to all 'campus organizations and will be given to fraternity piesidents at their meeting Saturday, according to Carl Hilty, '36, president of the Under- graduate Council. The gathering of this material, a preliminary step in the construction of a new form of government, will have to be completed by Wednesday, Jan. 23, at which time all replies will have to be in, Hilty stated. The new constitution, when completed, will be sent to the Senate Committee on Student Affairs. Included in the letters is a brief analysis of four proposed plans, the National Student League plan having been received too late to be printed with the others. An analysis of all five plans will be printed Sunday in The Daily, however. The questionnaire accompanying the letter is designed to elicit student comment on any of the proposed plans. Categorical questions are de- signed to seek criticism on the first three plans submitted and space is left for expression of opinion regard- ing the others which have been re- ceived. Conditions Among Houses At 22 Universities And CollegesInvestigated Financial Problem Is Found .Greatest Lack Of Cooperation With Admiinistrators Attacked By Two Deans By THOMAS E. GROEHN Fraternities today are facing prob lems that are as diversified as they are numerous, it was- revealed yester- day by a Daily survey of 22 univer- sties and colleges throughout the United States and Canada. Deans in the universities and col- leges were interviewed by letter and, asked three definite questions regard- ing certain aspects of the fraternity situation on their respective campi. The questions asked were: (1) Is there a fraternity problem on your campus and if so what is it? (2) Is the university or college acting in any manner to control this problem, and if not is there a fraternity organization acting toward a solution of the prob- lem? (3) Is fraternity moral and fi- nancial conduct controlled by the university or college administration? Financial Problem Greatest The general concensus among the deans was that the problem of fi- nances is the greatest one with which present-day fraternities are contend- ing, although five of them reported no financial problem on their campus. No definite standard of the degree of control that universities and col- leges exercise over fraternities could be determined, as some of the deans. reported rigid control over both fi- nancial and moral conduct, others reported moderate control, and still others stated that little or no con-' trol was exercised. Dean Robert Rienow of the Uni- versity of Iowa, and Dean Edward E. Nicholson of the University of Min- nesota, both attacked fraternity men for their lack of cooperation with the Universities' administrators. "Frater- nities seem to feel that it is a case of 'their house being their castle' and it is nobody's business what they do while residing therein," wrote Dean Rienow. Houses Attacked The deans of the two Canadian uni- versities, McGill and Toronto, both said that their administration had no control over fraternity men as such but only as students. The fraternity system was attacked by the student body at Dartmouth College, who, according to Dean L. K. Neidlinger, claim that the "fraternity situation there is unwholesome, un- healthy, and unnatural." Deans in the following universi- ties and colleges were interviewed by letter: the Universities of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Pennsyl- vania, Chicago, Toronto, California, and Washington, and Purdue Univer- sity, Indiana University, Ohio State University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College, Cornell College, Yale University, Brown University, Columbia University, Williams Col- lege, Amherst College, Stanford Uni- versity, and McGill University. Following are excerpts from the letters received: Stason, Kahn Scheduled ToI. SpeaKToday Law Professor, New York' Architect Will Continue University Series Two lectures are scheduled on the University Lecture series for today, one a speech on "Tax Revision" byj Prof. Edwin B. Stason of the Law1 School, and the other a talk on "De- sign and Education in Design," by Ely Jacques Kahn, prominent New York architect. Professor Stason's lecture is the fourth of a series of eight speeches by members of the Univerity faculty on the University Lecture series this year. It willtake place at 4:15 p.m. in Natural Science Auditorium. Following a science course in his youth, Professor Stason received an A.B. degree from Wisconsin in 1913, followed by a B.S. in electrical engi- neering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1916. He then went to the University of Pennsylvania as an instructor in electrical engineer- ing. In 1919 he first came to Michigan as an assistant professor in the engi- neering college, and at the same time took work in the Law School, re- ceiving his degree of Juris Doctor in 1922. In 1924 he was raised to the rank of full professor and transferred to the Law School, where he has re- mained. Mr. Kahn's lecture will take place at 4:15 p.m. in the Architectural Auditorium. He has come to this section of the country on the invi- Prof. Taggart Declares Fair Prices Cannot Be Determined The institution of a new men's gov- ernment would not effect womens' government on the campus and, for' that matter, men's councils never have done so to any appreciable extent in the past, according to Maxine May- nard, '35, president of the League, who was interviewed yesterday on that subject. "Women know their own problems just as men know theirs, so separate governments are very much in order," she declared. "I am highly in favor of having men organize their own government." Parallel governmental organizations for men and women with a coordinat- These standards of conduct apply to men's dormitories and approved rooming houses for men as well as to fraternity houses. The Committee voted further that! in order to improve the conditions under which student dances are held: Dance Permission (1) Permission for a dance spon- sored by any student organization shall be given only after the organiza- tion has presented to the Dean of Students the written acceptance of at least two married couples to chap- eron the party - these chaperons to be either a member of the University Senate and his wife, the parents of one of the active members of the or- ganization or persons selected from a list submitted to the Dean of Students by the organization at the beginning of the year: (2) Permisssion for a fraternity or sorority dance shall be given only (a) upon the written approval of the Financial Advisers (See Financial reg- ulations for fraternities) of the group; (b) after the conditions with refer- ence to chaperons, as set forth in (1), have been observed; (3) Permission for a fraternity house-party shall be given only after arrangements have been made for the members to move out of the house, if the young women guests are to re- main in it overnight. grated. All women belong to the League, and all womens' organizations are under its control. As the Union is merely one of sev- eral men's major activities, a govern- mental organization parallel to that1 under the League could not be set up independently of the women and tol have each one function as well or bet- ter than joint organizations have in the past, she said. In years past there has been an ac- tual conflict of jurisdiction between the men's council and the League gov- ernment, but no actual case ever arose to test it. Conflicting rules might have been made by the Council for all students and by the League body for urmpan C},i nC By LLOYD S. REICH Taking an indirect slap a the NRA's price-fixing policy, Prof. Her-, bert F. Taggart of the accounting de- partment said in his radio talk over Station WJR direct from Morris Hall at 10 p.m. yesterday, that fair prices cannot be determined. Professor Taggart pointed out that neither a private organization nor a board of public officials can be en- trusted with the power to fix a fair price that will insure justice to labor, investor, and consumer. He cited that more than half of the codes set a floor to prices by forbid- ding any member of an industry from selling his products at less than they -cost him. "What is cost?" Professor Taggart asked. "I have recently re- turned from nearly a year in Wash- inaton reviewina the answers to that to contend with, according to Profes- sor Taggart. He said exceptions have; been made in the codes for meeting competition and for the disposal of overstocks. "These exceptions, though obviously necessary, weaken the rule against selling below cost to the point where, if it were ever enforceable, it ceases to be so." He tempered his statements by say- ing that if the NRAA in its present form or whatever form it emerges from the current session of Congress, can put a bottom under wages, much of the most truly destructive price- cutting will be a thing of the past. Professor Maurer in his talk, which followed Professor Taggart's, present- ed three suggestions for broad pol- icies to be adopted by schools to aid in the better understanding of leisure. The first embodied the imolanting in DARTMOUTH COLLEGE "I am sorry to state that we have a fraternity problem at Dartmouth and at the present time it is occupy- ing the center of the stage. "Our student governing board has requested President Hopkins to ap- point a committee to investigate the fraternity system here to determine whether it contributes to or impedes the fulfillment of this college's pur- pose. The student body claims that the fraternity situation is 'unwhole- some, unhealthy, and unnatural.' The charges made against fraternities are admitted to be slightly exaggerated but I am certain that this investiga- tion will produce interesting results. "The college authorities have not controlled the financial affairs of the fraternities. During the present year we have turned over the con- trol of conduct in both dormitories and fraternities to undergraduate committees." DEAN L. K. NEIDLINGER /"