Partly loudy aid warmer,S 1 shower s hinnorth lportion today; toMovrrow showers. qp Mir~ VOL. XLV. No. 121 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1935 r Editorials vProblem From Ord .. . sionary To China PRICE FIVE CENTS Strachev Asserts Dilemma' Facing Capitalist System Calls Business Recovery And Greater Purchasing Power Incompatible Granger's Packed By Large Crowd 'Intellectual Conmnunis t' Scores Arrest, Lecture Committee To Report By BERNARD WEISSMAN The problem of reconciling business revival with needed economic reforms under the capitalistic system was de- scribed as an "inescapable dilemma" last night by John Strachey, British Marxist economist, before an overflow crowd of more than 1,000 persons in Granger's Ballroom. "Those measures which would re- form the system absolutely prevent its revival," he declared, "and those mea- sures which would revive the system absolutely prevent its reform." Strachey arrived almost an hour later than the announced time for the lecture, having been forced to travel from Chicago to Detroit by plane and then to Ann Arbor by automobile.J Arrest 'Pathetic' Commenting on his arrest by United States immigration authorities, Stra- chey said, "It seems pathetic that the capitalist class thinks it can save it- self by deporting such humble per- sons as L. If capitalists fear such speeches as this one, the tenure of the system must be even more precariousa than Ithought." In reply to a question as to whether he believed capitalism must be over- thrown by force, the tall, heavy-set "intellectual Communist" said, "Ask4 the capitalists, not me." "However," he went on, "I am forced to -say- that, accordig to experience, as soon' ° the workerse en encroach on the power of the capitalists, they unloose limitless violence o the la- boring class." The speaker asserted that an ex-{ panded distribution - of purchasing power is the essence of any reform of the capitalist system, but pointed out that immediate revival of the system involves a contraction of pur- chasing power. Ruin Rather Than Revival 1 He illustrated this contention by quoting statistics from Donald R. Richberg's official report of the New Deal's first year to the effect that while wages had been increased 8.5 per cent under the NRA, prices had gone up 9.6 per cent.- Because of this dilepnma, he wentl on, the capitalist government mustI sooner or later strike out directly for1 revival.. If the New Deal had at- tempted in 1933 to raise wagesd ith- out raising prices, he continued, ruin would have resulted rather than re- vival. Declaring that revival of industry1 under capitalism can only be based on a decrease in purchasing power, Strachey predicted that the present1 depression would be followed by "farj Worse crises which will make the one of 1929 seem like economic sta- bility." The University Committee On Lec- ture Policy, which refused requests by the National Student League and by a faculty group to sponsor Strach- ey's speech in Hll-Auditorium, yester- day said that a definite statement1 regarding the University's lecture pol- icy was being formulated and would be publicly announced within the next few weeks. Request Answered . The committee's statement was in answer to the request by 22 promin- ent students asking specific infor- mation on five points. Strachey left for Detroit shortly af- ter his talk. He will fill a lecture en- gagement in the Wilson Theater there tonight. CHICAGO, March 14 --A)- Eve- lyn. John St. Loe Strachey bounded away to Ann Arbor and another speaking engagement tonight while government officials deliberated their next step in the deportation case they have brought against him. Accused of spreading subversive doctrines, the Briton was both blithe :and defiant as he packed his bags for a flight to Michigan. He stated, "I am not going to change the char- John Gets His Wife I After Sidetracking London 'Phone Call A peculiar telephone call from Lon- don greeted John Strachey when he finished his address last night in Granger's Ballroom. "Hello. This is Sidney Stanley," said a voice, speaking across 4,000 miles of ocean and land. "Do you remember me?" "Sidney Stanley?" asked Stracheyl wonderingly. "No, I don't remember you." Then suddenly the voice died out, and any number of repeated hellos failed to bring it back. Strachey- then called his wife in New York City. "Hello Betty," he began. "This is John. How are you?" Then, instead of the feminine voice of Mrs. Strachey, somebody said: "I say, this is Sidney Stanley. Don't you remember me?" Strachey was perturbed.' "No, I do not," he said emphatically. "I am talking with my wife.", "I know," came back the persist- ent voice from Great Britain, "But I am starting a paper here. I want to know about that Dodge Credit System." And then Mr. Stanley's vocal chords were again drowned out by the elements. And this time the elements won, for Strachey finished his conversa- tion with his wife, talking with her for 15 minutes. "My word," he said when he had finished. "Can you imagine such a person? Calling me up from London and wasting 10 pounds just to find out if I remembered him." Grill Parents In Murder Of Ypsilanti Boy Free Speech Issue Looms At Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Legislature Investigates Policies Of Institution Charges University With Suppression First Lady Calls College Investigations 'Rather Hysterical' HARRISBURG, Pa., March 14. - (P)- College liberalism stirred up a turbulent debate in the House today as members ordered an investigation of policies of the University of Pitts- burgh. Repercussions of the dismissal of an instructor in the university more than a year ago were heard as mem- bers debated the resolution, which was presented by Herman P. Eber- harter, Allegheny county Democrat. The resolution states "it has been charged" that the University author- ities "have followed a policy of tending to discourage freedom of thought and speech on the subject of economic philosophy."4 It directs a committee to ascertain "whether .. . the institution is worthy, of receiving further large appropria- tions of public funds." WASHINGTON, March 14. - () - Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt thinks that this country has had a "rather hys- terical wave" of wanting to investigate educational institutions with an idea of finding "something subversive be- ing taught." A question 'at a press conference I brought the expression of Mrs. Roose- velt's views. She was told there was a move toward investigation of "com- munism" in camps held in California last summer under the supervision of Miss Hilda Smith of the Federal relief administration. "Teachers should never teach with. bias," she said. "They must give the facts and' the picture 'withbut t18ant in any direction. It is very valuable to get the whole picture, and students should be allowed to get it without any opinion being forced upon them. It seems to me this is most important in a democracy." Seeks Uniform Code Of"Traffic Law's For U.S. A strong plea for uniform traffic laws was made last night by Prof. Roger L. Morrison of the College of Engineering in his radio talk over Sta- tion WJR broadcast direct from the campus studios in Morris Hall. Professor Morrison pointed out that when a marine disaster occurs and a few dozen people are lost at sea, boards of inquiry make the most min- ute. examinations of all the factors involved, steamboat inspection is made more rigid, and frequently more laws are passed in an effort to avoid similar difficulties in the future. But of traffic accidents - Professor Morrison stated that when it comes to the vastly greater loss of life on streets and roads there is little public de- mand that anything be done about it. He advised cities and states to adopt the model traffic ordinances and uni- form motor vehicle laws proposed by the National Conference on . Street and Highway Safety. Psychopathic Ward Patient Skips With Local Ambulance Herbert Behn, 22 years old, a psy- chopathic patient at the University Hospital, had doctors all bawled up yesterday when he decided to take an ambulance and go to his home near Saginaw. As to how he got out or how he got to an ambulance, doctors only hazard guesses, but they do know that he did get out, that he did get to an ambulance, and that he did drive as far as Saginaw before he was caught. As soon as the ambulance was seen driving away at 11 a.m., medical au- thorities attempted to find Behn, who, they said, "had been acting queerly." State Police were immediately no- tified and a call to be on the lookout for the ambulance was sent all over the state. Meanwhile, Mr. Behn, having "a good time," was speeding toward Saginaw. When the ambulance, siren wide open, screamed into the city, I the Saginaw County sheriff, with two armed cars, was ready for him. The ambulance was forced over to the curb. Two deputies jumped to the running board, guns in hand. They jerked open the door. And out came the slight, smiling Mr. Behn. "Hello," he said. "I've had a good time. I didn't like it down there, and I just wanted to come home." Thre e States Are Flooded. , 4 By Mississippi 6,000 Refugees Seeking Safety As River Rises To Crest Select Dates For Dramatic Season Here Five-Week Schedule Will Begin May 20, To End On June 22 Plays And Artists Not Yet Selected Robert Henderson To Act As Director For Sixth Consecutive Year The Ann Arbor Dramatic Season, to be presented this spring for the sixth consecutive year, will open Monday, May 20 and continue through Satur- day, June 22, at the Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theater in the League, it was announced last night following the first meeting of the Civic Committee. This committee, with Prof. How- ard M. Jones of the English depart- ment acting as chairman, in the ab- sence of Prof. O. J. Campbell, and Dean of Students Joseph A. Bursley as treasurer, is now considering a number of plays, from which those to be produced in the five-week local season will be selected. The complete list of actors and actresses who will appear on the schedule here will probably be an- nounced next week, Robert Hender- son, director of the season, who ar- rived in the city yesterday afternoon after a season in the East, stated last night. Three Other Festivals Mr. Henderson also said that the Ann Arbor season will become the focal center for three other Festival seasons in metropolitan cities. It will be preceded by a similar schedule of six weeks in both Minneapolis and St. Paul, and a five-weeks' program in Milwaukee. The Minneapolis and St. Paul fes- tivals have received financial back- ing by the Federal government under the FERA authority. This is the first time that the professional theater has been assisted by the United States government, according to Mr. Hender- Local Performances Last With Ann Arbornstill as the climax of each production, this means thata local audiences will receive completely polished performances, following the preceding tour of the play in the other three towns, Mr. Henderson said. The first of the dramatic seasons in metropolitan cities .will open Mon- day, April 22, in Minneapolis, to be followed by a similar festival starting Monday, April 29, in St. Paul. The Milwaukee program will begin Mon- day, May 6, at the Pabst Theater there. In addition to Professor Jones, Pro- fessor Campbell and Dean Bursley, the Civic Committee of the annual Dra- matic Season includes Prof. James. M. O'Neill of the speech department, Mrs. A. C. Furstenberg, Mrs. Guy Maier, Mrs. M, Rees Hutchins and Neil' Staebler, local business man. Senior Engineers Must Pay Dues By April 15 Seniors in the -engineering col- lege must pay their annual dues of $1.50 or $2 before April 15, class officers stated yesterday. If they are not paid by that time caps and gowns, invitations, and senior pictures will be withheld. Streichers Are In Hope Of . Definite Clue' Quizzed Revealing Mr. and Mrs. Richard Streicher, parents of the murdered Richard, Jr., were grilled here for more than three hours by police yesterday in an ef- fort to establish a definite clue on which authorities can work. This was the second time in two days that the Streichers had been questioned. Sheriff Jacob Andres gave as the reason for it the fact that he hoped to discover some fact which they overlooked in their grief during previous questionings. Clinton I. Le- Furge, Ypsilanti attorney and per- sonal friend of the Streichers, was also present at the interviews. The fingerprints of the parents were also taken, and it was found that they did not compare with those found Wednesday on their 17-year- old son's sled. The fingerprints on the sled are now being checked both in Washington and Lansing. Mr. and Mrs. Streicher state em- phatically that they could recall no one who had a grudge against them. This strengthened the belief of the sheriff's office that it was "probably a degenerate" who killed the boy. No possibilities whatever are being turned away without investigation, however, officials said. By the Associated Press Rampaging tributaries of the Mis- sissippi spilled a vast lake over the lowlands of Southern Illinois Thurs- day night and battered through le- vees in Arkansas and Missouri. Six thousand refugees were counted by the Red Cross in a survey of the stricken counties of Northern Arkan- sas and Southern Missouri, and more thousands watched anxiously for the crest, fearing other levees would burst Friday. Rescue craft plied the murky waters to remove marooned farmers from the homes they had refused to leave until too late. Backwater of the Mississippi shoved through a levee at McBride, Mo., and the Black River boiled over the pro- tective wall at Moark, Ark. Despite the wideness of the inun- dated area, no reports of death had come to the. rescue headquarters and in some sections the waters were al- ready subsiding. Flood danger was passing in West Virginia and Penn- sylvania, and the Wabash at Mt. Car- mel, Ill., was rising less rapidly. At Poplar Bluff, Mo., 3,000 refugees gathered, many of them billeted in the courthouse. Five hundred took to high land in Pemiscot County, Mo., when the Mississippi backed up over farm7 lands. Forty per cent of Saline County, Ill., was reported under water and highways were inundated in many of the "Egypt" counties. Residents of East Murphysboro, Ill., evacuated their homes. Hillel Players Present Social Drama Today "Unfinished Picture," a three-act social drama, will be presented by the Hillel Players at 8:30 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre of the League. The author, Theodore Kane Cohen, '35, has received four awards in Hop- wood contests during the past three years. His latest work, "Unfinished Picture," has not as yet been entered in a Hopwood contest. Harriet E. Kesselman, '35, has been chosen to- play the leading role in the drama. Other major parts will be filled by Marguerite R. Merkel, '37, Lillian R. Rosen, '36, William; L. Soboroff, '37, Florence Chaikin, '36Ed., Edith Folkoff, '37, Joseph Z. Sudow, '35, Theodore Barash, '35, and Ralph S. Bell, '37. Robert K. Adams, Grad., is the di- rector of the production. Adams is a former director of the Comedy Club and is at present a member of the Nell Gwyn Players and of the Flint Community Players. According to Adams, the play at- tempts to answer the question, "Where is the youth of the country going?" The drama is built around the activities of the Richards family and their attempt to survive the A freshman plan for the control of ence CooK Littie) wil tena to give tne Hell Week will be drawn up at this opportunity for a survey of the suc- meeting and will be presented to the cess or failure of the younger members Council along with the rules and of the staff at regular intervals." regulations for modifying Hell Week. Effect Of Plan B One active principle which will be By comparing the plan of the up- inaugurated by the plan is that the perclassmen and the freshmen, it is post of associate professor will be re- hoped that if one or the other or both garded as an.intermediate stp before are refused, that some form of a a full professorship, and not as'an compromise plan ca'n be effected, honorary post to reward long and Schleifer stated. faithful service, for which the position The meeting will be held strictly of assistant professor will serve. Both in confidence and names of freshmen associate and full professorships are participating in the discussion will indeterminate posts, since no lifetime not be revealed. "In this manner," positions have been granted by the Scnleifer said, "we will be better able University for the past several years. to get honest opinions of Hell Week Another effect of the proposal is practices by the men who so recent- that it will abolish the present title ly have submitted to them." of "junior instri'ctor," and substitute for it the title "teaching fellow," which -w1 rervi~yv~n <]+ ai, o+ n TVi nv ' Asks Abandonment Of Isolation For International Cooperation By CLINTON B. CONGER The abandonment of the present policy of economic isolation in favor of technical as well as political co-I operation between nations was urged yesterday by Dr. John B. Condliffe, di- rector of the economic intelligence service of the League of Nations, in a speech given in Natural Science Au- ditorium as a part of the University Lecture Series. His subject was "The Planning of Internptional Trade." As causes for the present low ebb of prosperity, he gave, in addition to the creation of the economic "islands of security," the breakdown of the deli- cate international price system of pre- war prosperity, the absence of any local security have surpassed 'all bounds, he said. International trade, he asserted, is 'rapidly disappearing, and, in quan- tity, is at least 25 per cent lower than the pre-war level, "but may re- turn when the world returns to eco- nomic sanity." Among the restrictions which hinder trade, he mentioned pro- hibitions on goods, quarantine re- strictions, and such matters as mill- ing regulations and quantitative sys- tems with definite quotas on imports, and restrictions on the flow of cur- rency. Touching on the war debt system, he said that the short loans between bankers in different countries had been fairly well settled, but pointed out that an eqiitable settlement of the Dangers Of Chemical Warfare Are Exaggerated,,Report Shows The violent and deadly results of This report shows also that those chemical and bacteriological warfare men who were gassed and recovered as pictured by feature writers and proved no more susceptible to tuber- arofsional jiingristaureshwtoa culosis or other lung diseases than professional jingoists are shown to be those who had never encountered gas. largely false by the report of the Sur- Following along the same lines, geon General of the U. S. Army, and other reports of the government show the results of investigations by au- that thousands of tons of gas sent thorities. over by shells and all the other meth- The report of the Surgeon General, ods of projection, were required to made after the cessation of hostili- disable one man. The expense of pro- ties in the World War, is an accurate ducing a gas offensive was dispropor- record of the casualties in the war, tionate to the results as far as the and the percentages of wounded men military objective was concerned. who died as a result of wounds re- In addition to the direct effect of ceived from any of the various weap- gas, much has been made of the pos- ons of destruction that were em- sibility of wiping out great cities by ployed in the war. a single gas bombing attack. This The report shows that out of all is refuted by authenticated figures the casualties those caused by gas re- which show that to cover a town of sulted in the fewest deaths. The per- approximately the size of Ann Arbor centage of deaths is as low as 4.7 for almost all the airplanes in the United gas as compared to more than 11.9 States would have 'to be pressed into for those wounded or disabled service as gas carriers. And, as a through other means. final blow to the aspiring bombers, will require at least a master's degree and will be granted for one year pe- oriods only. All instructor's posts will continue to require the doctorate and will be granted for one and two-year periods.