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backed strongly by President Roosevelt, are good.
World peace is a state that will not be attained
soon, but in January, 1935, history should say,
nations did their part.
Time Waits For
No Legislator . . .
PEOPLE WHO DECRY the time
wasted in both the Federal and state
legislatures might well fasten their attention on the
extended roll calls that are taken to record the
votes of the various legislators.
It has been estimated that the roll call in the
House of Representatives consumes 40 minutes of
legislative time each time it is taken. This number,
multiplied by the number of votes taken each
session would come out a considerable figure. The
time wasted by the state legislatures would of
course, be in proportion, if not greater.
One solution has been worked out and is now
being used with considerable success in one or
two states. Each legislator has his own key to three
switches on his desk. His "yes," "no," or "not vot-
ing" is recorded on an electrical board at the
front of the room and the whole vote is recorded
and tabulated in less than five minutes.
The cost of installing such an electrical device
in our State Capitol should not be prohibitive in
view of the great saving in time that would re-
sult. Certainly the Federal government could well
afford the system.
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The Fate Of
The Opera. ..
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the
Union will meet next week, the sub-
ject for their session to be, "Shall we continue the
Union Opera next year?"
No figures have been released by the Union as
to the amount of the deficit which this year's
opera incurred, but it is generally known that the
sum was not small. Although widely acclaimed by
its audiences. "Give Us Rhythm" was a financial
too.
Why was this so? A comoination of two sets of
circumstances can easily give us a clue to the
reason.
In the first place the opera was not a success
this year because of its week of production coin-
ciding with the dates of an unusual number of
outstanding events competing for patronage. On
its opening night it lost patronage to the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. Lowell Thomas spoke in
Ann Arbor on one night, and the Sophomore Cab-
aret was held Friday and Saturday nights. The
basketball game with State came the same Satur-
day. On top of this, the opera closely followed "Io-
lanthe,"another musical show.
Secondly, we must take into account the fact
that it naturally would take several years to build
up an opera following both in production staff
and in popular acceptance.
It would seem unfortunate that any show which
improved so much in a year as did this one and
which has such -.a brilliant tradition behind it
should be so soon condemned to the discard. Until
such a time, then, as the-opera has been able
to prove whether it can exist as a financial suc-
cess, until it has been given a really fair trial, we
hope the Union will see its way to continue it.
January, 1935,
In World Peace ...
THE FIRST MONTH OF 1935 will
probably be viewed in retrospect as
a time of great achievements in the cause of world
peace.
This month several of the problems left unsolved
or poorly solved by the Treaty of Versailles - his-
tory's great lie -have been settled.
First came the news that Germany had re-
gained the German Saar Basin, and that the
League of Nations Council viewed Hitler's streng-
thening position as improving the prospects for
peace.
Letters published in this column should not be
construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The
Daily. Anonymous contributions will be disregarded.
The names of communicants will, however, be regarded
as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to
be brief, the editor reserving the right to condense
all letters of over 300 words.
Answer To The Answer
To the editor:
Without any intention of engaging in a duel
between personalities instead of issues, I should
like to advise Professor Slosson to gain his in-
formation concerning Soviet Russia from more au-
thentic sources than the New York Times. The
professor states that "the present level of cul-
tural freedom in Russia is well enough illustrated
by the dismissal of several Soviet officials because
they permitted the broadcasting of the beautiful
Negro spirituals over the radio." This did not hap-
pen; the Nation magazine dated Jan. 16 states
on page 59: "The London Times through its Riga
correspondent dug up a story that six Soviet
radio officials had been dismissed on the ground
that they had permitted Paul Robeson to sing
'Steal Away to Jesus' and this was also reprinted
in the New York Times. True, most of these re-
ports (referring to the imaginary stories) were
duly denied on the following day; but who cares
about denials?" Forsooth, it is the New York Times
which uses lies and "bourgeois propaganda" to
promulgate its editorial attitude of censure for
Soviet Russia.
In addition to sources of information, a person's
attitude toward Soviet Russia depends in large
measure on a philosophical appreciation of what
the country was and what it is aiming to be. One
can pity the plight of the exiled intellectuals
and still condone the means employed to attain
the desirable goal.
Right now the present regime of Soviet Russia
is relaxing its censorship. Officials are criticized,
shortcomings publicized and self-criticism is en-
couraged. It is true that the underlying philosoph-
ical basis of Societ Russia cannot be questioned
by inhabitants; but does this differ any except
in degree to what we have in the United States. It
so happens that capitalistic governments are pow-
erfully entrenched and can afford a wider degree
of "subversive" activity before clamping down,
while Russia is still in the first stages of its new
government. Historically, revolutionary govern-
ments have used drastic means to consolidate their
power; in due time such restraints are dispensed
with. s
The "creative thought" (the non-technical
phases) that Professor Slosson desires has always
been the product and possession of the few. The
Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, etc., have circula-
tions in the millions while none of the liberal mag-
azines have circulations exceeding 100,000 or there-
abouts. Of what value is "free" thought when its
application produces mostly rubbish and ingenious
intellectual rationalizations for capitalism? It is a
hollow mockery to speak of "free" thought in the
United States when vigilantes in San Francisco and
Southern bigots intimidate people who express
their "free" thought. The roll call of professors
and students who have been dismissed from United
States universities for holding radical views is a
long one; it is disillusioning but enlightening.
Free thought is free within certain limits; in the
United States we have actual and latent limits.
The fact that Soviet Russia also has limits does
not prove that thought is "intellectually sterile"
unless one is addicted to the gutter press for so-
called information.
-W.C.L.
Fair And All-Inclusive'
To the Editor:
It was with a great deal of approval and satis-
faction that I read in today's Daily the proposed
plan of the Student Christian Association. In my
humble opinion, this is the only fair and all-in-
clusive proposal that has been outlined in The
Daily yet. It has been a mystery to me why there
aren't enough level-headed, impartial students on
this campus to draft a Student Government plan
with an intelligent understanding of the campus
needs, but it is beginning to look as though at last
some such students have been found.
This appears to be more than a proposal that
looks good in theory. It's clarity and sound basis
tend to show that it is a proposal that will work
in practice as well. This plan is one which should
appeal to every organized group as well as inter-
ested independents. The plan of proportional repre-
sentation will insure only the more capble of get-
ting into office.
It is my sincere hope that enough students,
By BUD BERNARD
Fraternity initiations have their moments,
and every once in a while something amusing
happens that is printable. Take the case of
a certain freshman at Cornell University who
knew practically all the answers. Of course
answering questions in an initiation often
entails a bit of physical labor too, just as it
did in this particular initiation, where the
freshmen, who were on silence had to carry
on their conversation in little notebooks sup-
plied for that purpose.
The initiation chairman was staring vicious-
ly at his charges, just as initiation chairmen
usually do, when suddenly one of the neophytes
began to write in his book rather vigorously.
Then the IaJ arose from his bench on which he
was seated, and presented the note to the up-
perclassman.
"May I go outside?" queried the message.
"What for?" bellowed the initiation chair-
man.
The freshman again scribbled in his book.
His answer came back - "For a little while."
Odd isn't it?-- that same bright freshman
hasn't sat on a chair for days.
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Here's a good story coming from a column
in the Cornell Daily Sun:
General Pershing, during the war, went on
a tour of inspection with one of his captains,
and a young lieutenant was assigned to show
his superiors around. The three soldiers en-
tered one of the trenches and walked along as
Pershing looked about.
"Where are we?" the general asked.
"Where are we?" repeated the captain turn-
ing to the lieutenant. "We're in the third line
trenches?" whispered the lieutenant hoarsely.
Saying no more the general walked still fur-
ther. Suddenly he turned about again.
"Where are we now?" he whispered.
"Where Are we now?" the captain echoed
softly.
"We're in the second line trenches," an-
swered the lieutenant, in a still softer tone.
Undaunted the brave leader of the troops
from the dear old U.S.A. went forward. Again
he turned about.
"Where are we now?" he mumbled in a
voice so low-that it could hardly be heard.
"Where are we now?" the captain gasped
imitating his chief.
"Now we're in the front line trenches," said
the lieutenant still whispering.
"And how far is the enemy?" Pershing asked
as he spoke close to the captain's ear.
"How far is the enemy?" the captain queried
close to the lieutenant's ear.
"About three miles, sir," moved the lieu-
tenant's lips, scarcely uttering a word.
"Then what the devil are we whispering
for?" roared the general.
"I've got a cold sir," answered the lieutenant.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18
READING SENATOR HUEY LONG'S "share-
the-wealth program - even without the music
of his "Every Man a King"' theme song - and
the "platform" of the American Liberty League
side by side, administration political lieutenants
might be excused for a bit of chuckling up their
sleeves.
They have been hard at it for months trying
to impress Lhe country wich the ides= that the New
Deal is no revolutionairy deparcure fr'om old-fash-
ioned American traditions. Then, promptly trans-
la.ted the Roosevelt sweep of last November into
a popular endorsement of safe-and-sane middle-
of-the-roadism.
Assurances and reassurances have tumbled over
each other from New Dealers' lips that the great
American profit motive was in no danger from
them. Only "excessive profits," in the President's
own words, are under fire.
To help emphasize all that, along comes the
Louisiana kingmaker - or read it "kingfish" if you
like - to declare a complete "bust" between him-
self and the White House because Mr. Roosevelt
has gone conservative. And on the same day out
comes the Liberty league "platform" with a thinly
veiled warning to investors against New Deal
trends that "may threaten the security of in-
vested savings."
The New Dealers, at least, read the league's 10-
plank platform as just as much pointed at the
White House as was Long's Senate tirade. They
read it as well in the new league who's who of 100.
names or more composing the executive committee
and its advisory council. And they snickered when
an enterprising editor took those names, checked
them up against the business connections of the
individuals and figured out that on the basis of the
financial size of the corporations the league plat-
form makers could be said to speak for aboutI
two-score billions of invested capital.
The Roosevelt insiders' view is that nothing could
have happened to illustrate better the middle-of-
the-roadism of New Deal policy. They hold that
Long and the league neatly cancel each other.
* * * *
Reviewing all three philosophies, that of the
New Deal so far as disclosed, of the Liberty League
as briefed in its platform, and of Long's "share-
the-wealth" ideas as he has exponded them, you
come upon a rather striking similarity in one,
respect. If they can be regarded as three distinc
positions from Long on the left to the league
on the right, with the New Deal in between, this
country's mass opinion still is jealously wedded to
for an evening of enjoy-
able dancing.
Saturday 9 till 12; 1,00
Mklichigan Union Ballroona
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-Religious
Activitie s
The Fellowship of
Liberal Religion
(UNITARIAN)
State and Furon Streets
"ReligionThroigh the Ages"
interpreted by
POETRY AND DANCE
Emily White and Dance Club
assisting
7:30
Liberal Students' Union
"Poetic Drama"
by
Professor A. R. Morris
DO NOT
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YOUR'
RELIGIOUS
ACTIVITISS
Zion Lutheran
Church
Washington at Fifth Avenue
E. C. Stellhorn, Pastor
9:00 A.M. - Bible School; lesson, "A
Lesson in Humble Service."
9:00 A.M. - Service in the German
language.
10:30 AM. - Service with sermon on,
"HUMAN WISDOM OR
DIVINE REVELATION?"
5:30 P.M. - Student fellowship and
supper.
6:45 P.M. -- The Rev. N. A. Menter
will address the Student Club.
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First Methodist
Episcopal Church
State and Washington
Charles W. Brashares, Minister
9:45 A.M. - Class for young men and
women of college age. Dr. Roy J.
Burroughs wll discussnthe social
issues of the Youth Conference
held in New York City. Meet in
balcony of the Church auditorium.
St. Paul's Lutheran
(Missouri Synod)
West Liberty and Third sts.
Rev. C. A. Brauer, Pastor
9:30 AM. -Sunday School
9:30 A.M. - The Service in German.
10:45 A.M. - The Morning Worship-
Sermon by the pastor.
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