The Weather C, r -AL- A6F .,dlL fRtr t ktj -,t iIaiti Editorials Business Alumni Offer Criticism .. . But Don't Roller Skate.., Scattered showers, warmer today; moderate south winds. VOL. XLV. No. 160) ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS TrophyIsI Awarded To Cooper Detroit Boy Is Honored By Chicago Alumni For Spring Practice Work Presentation Male By Meyer Morton Characterized By Kipke As The 'Most Outstanding Prospect In Years' By GEORGE ANDROS Robert Cooper of Detroit, versatile freshman backfield man, was awarded the Chicago Alumni Trophy, given each year to the first year man mak- ing the best showing in spring foot- ball practice, last night at the football roundup in the Union. Meyer Morton of the Chicago group, who has made the presenta- tion each year since its inaugural in 1924, made the award. Cooper is the eleventh winner of the trophy. Cooper, who was an all-state and all-city quarterback while attending Cooley High School in Detroit, was characterized by Coach Harry Kipke last night as "the most outstanding prospect seen at Michigan in recent years.", Although weighing 187 pounds, he is a shifty as well as hard-running back, is an accurate passer, and is expected to develop into a good punt- er. Coach Kipke has used Cooper at every position in the backfield this spring, and expects to alternate him between quarterback and the tail halfback positions next fall. With Captain Bill Renner at his best when he is playing only a part of the game, Cooper will be given a thorough trial at the signal-calling post along with Ferris Jennings and George Bolas, letter-winners in 1934. This year's winner of the award, who did not play freshman football last fall, is the first backfield man to be honored since 1931, when Estil Tessmer was selected. Jerry Ford, center; and Mike Savage and Matt Patanelli, ends, won the trophy dur- ing the past three years. George Ghesquire, Groose Pointe; John Smithers, Elkhart, Ind.; and Stark Ritchie of Battle Creek were others considered by the football board of strategy as serious prospects for the award, Ritchie pressing Coop- er the hardest for the honor. The award is base specifically on "improvement, atttitude, attendance to daily practice sessions, and future promise as Varsity material." Commence Sale Of Tickets F or Family Banquet Dinner Will Be Held In Union May 18; Cooley Is Guest Of Honor Tickets for the Family Banquet, to be held in conjunction with the an- . nual Spring Homecoming at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Union, were placed on sale yesterday, it was an- nounced yesterday by Douglas R. Welch, '35, chairman of the Home- coming committee. They have already been distributedI to student committeemen of the U~n- ion and the League and will also be on sale at the main desks in both the Union and the League. Tickets will be priced at $1 per person. Jean Seeley, '36, president of the League and assistant chairman of the Homecoming committee, is complet- ing arrangements to provide special tables for groups desiring accommo- dations together. She announced that several sororities have already made such reservations. The name of the speaker who will address the banquet has not yet been announced. Welch predicted that ne- gotiations to bring a prominent figure here for the occasion will be complet- ed within a, few days. Dean-Emeritus Mortimer Cooley has already accept- ed the invitation of the committee to attend the dinner as guest of hon- or. The Family Banquet is part of the annual spring program which will ex- tend over three days, May 17, 18, and 19. Chain Letter Fad Now In High Gear; 'Factories' Opened SPRINGFIELD, Mo., May 8. - () - Chain letter "factories" - $18,000 changed hands at three of them with- in five hours - turned this city into a money-mad maelstrom today. A whirlpool of humanity - society women, waitresses, college students and taxi drivers-jammed down- town streets:. Women shoved each other roughly in a bargain-counter rush on the numerous chain head- quarters. It started last night as a joke. By sunup it was the town's biggest bus- iness. Two, three and five-dollar chain letters were sold from person to per- son and attested before a notary. As little as possible was left to chance in Springfield's big-scale de- velopment of the original send-a- dime fad. A customer who purchased a $5 letter was taken before a notary pub- lic. The notary made certain that the customer put $5 in the mail ad- dressed to the person whose name topped that particular chain list. Two copies of each letter purchased were resold with the new customer's name at the bottom of the lists. With each resale and cancellation of the top name the new customer worked up to the "pay off" position. Auditorium Is Refused N.S.L. By Committee Expect To Hold Slosson- Weinstone Debate I n Local Chnrch Permission for the use of a Uni- versity building for a debate between Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the his- tory department and William Wein- stone, Michigan secretary of the Com- munist party, was withheld yesterday from the National Student League, sponsors of the proposed debate. Following the receipt of a letter from Carl G. Brandt of the speech de- partment, secretary Qf the University Committee on Lecture Policy, the or- ganization made plans to hold the lecture as scheduled, on Monday, May 13, in a local church instead. Sends Letter The letter of refusal follows: "Your request for the use of Natural Science Auditorium on Monday, May 13, cannot be granted. "We have already indicated to you on your former application for the use of a University building that pub- lic lectures on the campus must be sponsored by responsible organiza- tions. We are firm in the belief that yoursorganization does not meet this standard. As we have already stated to you, our conviction is based upon the misrepresentations made to us by members of your organization, the inability of our committee to obtain frank statements from them, and the corstant shifting of responsibility from one member to another. Still Irresponsible "We have no evidence since our last refusal to you of permission to use a University building for a public lecture that your group or its officers have become responsible. We there- fore cannot approve any application from your organization as it is at present constituted." Efforts were made by the National Student League at its meeting last night to meet the requirements of a "responsible" organization asked by the University. A complete list of members and officers, the deposit of organization funds with the Univer- sity, official" permits for all public meetings, and the publication of the name of the editor of the N.S.L. paper on each issue, were the requirements asked by the University. Vulcans Initiate Sixteen New Men At Ceremony Vulcans, senior honorary engi- neering society, initiated 16 men into the society at a formal cere- mony held yesterday afternoon. The men initiated are Neree D. Alix, Noble Ashley, Foster Camp- bell, Nelson Droulard, Frank A. Denison, John W. Dersch, Reeve R. Hastings, Charles A. Kelly, Charles F. Marschner, Robert E. Merrill, Tunis C. Ross, Tor J. Nordenson, Robert L. Taylor, Chase R. Teabolt, H. Warren Un- derwood, and Robert R. Warner. The society elected Denison as president for the coming year, Campbell, vice-president, Merrill, secretary, and Nordenson, treas- ,i a ni urnamnraq th+e renre- 79 To Obtain Commissions Here May 17 Advanced ROTIC Stuidents To Get Lieutenancies At Ceremony 15 Must Complete Camp Requirement New Oflicers Will Enter Infantry, Ordnance And Signal Corps The names of 79 advanced students of the University R.O.T.C. who will receive second lieutenants' commis- sions and certificates at the annual ceremonies to be held Friday, May 17, were announced yesterday by the department of military science and tactics. Of the number, 15 will not hold their office until after military camp? this summer. Those who will receive commissions and certificates, to go into effect im- mediately, are Julius F. Bartus, '35E, Infantry; Kennetl O. Beach, '35, In-7 fantry; Robert A. Benton, '36, In- fantry: Clarence F. Blanding, '35, Signal Corps Robert B. Brown, '37,1 Infantry; Charles B. Brownson, '35, Infantry; Allen E. Cleveland, '35E, Signal Corps; David Clinger-Smith, '35, Infantry; John S. Cole, '35, In- fantry; Leland E. Coulter, '35E, Sig- nal Corps; Carl A. Cuphaver, '35E, Signal Corps; Maurice R. Demers, '35E, Signal Corps. Garrit J. de Gellecke, Jr., '35A, In- fantry; Francis W. DuLyn, '35E, Sig- nal Corps; Carleton J. Eggstaff, '35E, Signal Corps; Robert Engel, '35, In- fantry; Alton E. Farr, '35E, Signal Corps; Duane D. Freese, '35-'37L, Infantry; Edward P. Hall, '35E, Ordi- nance; Samuel H. Hazleton, '35E,; Signal Corps; John C. Healey, '35, In- fantry; Melvin G. Hellert, '35E, In-1 fantry; Delbert P. Hesler, '35E, Ord-9 nance; Herbert W. Hoerouf, '35, In-; fantry; John W. Holden, '35E, Ord- nance; Ward D. Houtz, '35A, Ord- nance; Llewellyn S. Howe, '35E, Sig-1 naf Corps; Frederick F. Jones, '35;, Ordnance; Rufus D. Keiser, '35E, Ordnance; Raymond J. Koykka, '35,1 Infantry; Alfred Kresse, '35E, Ord- nance; and Carl R. Levine, '35E, In- fantry. Also included in this group are James C. Loughman, '35E, Signal Corps; John C. Moore, '35E, Ord- nance; Harley M. Newcomb, '35E, Sig- nal Corps; Donald P. Norton, '35, In- fantry; Ward L. Paine, '35E, Ord- nance; Louis A. Patronsky, '36E, Ord- nance; Donald S. Patterson, '37, In- fantry;. Robert J. Pfohman, '35E, Ordnance; Donald A. Pomeroy, Jr., '35E, Signal Corps; Clarence L. Ray- nor, '35E, Infantry; Delwin J. Reis- inger, '35E, Signal Corps; Samuel M. Rood, '35, Infantry; George Rugge, '35E, Signal Corps; John P. Sager, Grad., Ordnance; Robert K. Sawyer, '35E, Infantry; John F. Schmidt, '35E, Ordnance. Louis Schwartz, '35-'35BAd., In- fantry; G. Hoyt Servis, '35E, Signal Corps; Sidney Shelley, '35E, Signal Corps; Frank W. Shutko, '35E, Engi- neers; John T. Simpson, '35E, Ord- nance; Thomas D. Schmidt, '37E, Ordnance; Trueman C. Smith, '35, Infantry; John E. Soenke, '35E, Ord- nance; Constantine S. Stavropoulos, '35BAd., Infantry; Chase R. Tea- boldt, '37E, Ordnance; Salvatore M. Tramontana, '35E, Signal Corps; Joseph C. Wagner, '35E, Ordnance; Cameron Walker, '35-'37L, Infantry; Robert E. Wolfe, '35E, Ordnance; Artemus Ward .Wood, '35E, Infantry; and Hozmer B. Wright, '35E, Signal Corps. The 15 remaining men who will come into full possession of their commissions and certificates at the end of the camp this summer are Donald M. Bachelor, '36E, Ordnance; Dwight M. Cheever, '35-'35BAd., In- fantry; Henry J. Gaston, '35, Ord- nance; Charles E. Gilbert, '37SM, In- fantry; Wilfred H. Haughey, '35, In- fantry; Donald S. McKenzie, Grad., Ordnance; Alexander M. McPherson, '35-'35BAd., Infantry; James E. Mat- yi, '35, Infantry; Paul D. Robinson, '35E, Ordnance; Donald Jack Rus- sel, '35-'36BAd., Infantry; Val R. Saph, '35, Infantry; Vernard M. Stil- son, '35, Chemical Warfare Service; Gordon H. Stow, '36A, Infantry; Robert W. Thorne, '35E, Infantry; and Blaine E. Tuttle, '35E, Ordnance. Jury Recommends Crash investigation MACON, Mo., May 8 -OP)- A cor- oner's jury recommended today a xpect Bonus Veto To Start Senate Fight Bill Held Up Temporarily In Congress Following President's Promise Mass Suppo rt For 2 Billion Measure Two-Thirds Vote Will Be Needed For Successfiul Passage WASHINGTON, May 8. - (P) - Forewarned of a swift Presidential veto, supporters of the Patman $2,- 000,000,000 new specie bonus bill tied it up in the Senate today in an at- tempt to marshal full strength for an effort to override the President. Senator Elmer B. ;Thomas, Okla- homa Democrat, leader of the Pat- man forces in the Senate, acted quick- ly to hold up the bill temporarily when Mr. Roosevelt indicated to his press conference that a veto message would speed the measure back to Cap- itol Hill without even the ten-day de- lay allowed by the Constitution. First Veto Threat This was the first word direct from the President that he would veto the inflationary bonus measure. But his leaders on Capitol Hill had predicted it flatly and confidently asserted today that the veto would be upheld by the Senate. On the basis of the 55 to 33 vote cash bonus supporters needed four votes to push the bill over a veto. Veteran senators contended that1 the vote favoring a bill usually drops off instead of picking up after a veto. They said that past experience showed there was little chance of passing a bill over a veto if it did not get the support of two-thirds of the Senate on original passage. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns said that the 90 votes against the Patman bill in the House "should be increased by a veto, but probably not enough to stop the bill." To slow up transmission of the bonus legislation to tie White House Thomas filed a tniotldn to reconsider the passage vote. It was purely a parliamentary move which the Okla- homan did not intend to press. Thom- as said he feared from the Presi- dent's statement that the bill might reach the White House today and be sent back immediately for a vote in the House this afternoon. Bill Held In Senate He added that Rep. Wright Pat- man, (Dem., Texas), author of the bill, and other supporters of it were out of the city and he wanted to give them a chance to return before any- thing happened. His motion, Thomas said, would hold the bill in the Sen- ate. While Thomas did not say so, Sen- ators understood that the Patman forces wanted more time to try to swing a few votes over to their side. By delaying the bill until a successor is named for the late Senator Bron- son Cutting, of New Mexico, the Pat- man bill might pick up another vote. If the final test could be held off for another month Senator-Eelect Rush D. Holt, of West Virginia, who is waiting for his thirtieth birthday, might also be eligible to participate. INVENTOR DIES NEW LONDON, Conn., May 8. - (iP) - Gregory Caldwell Davison, 63 years old, designer of the Davison all-pur- pose gun and Commander of a gun- boat in the Spanish-American war, died today at his summer home near here. He was born at Jefferson City. Mo. First All-Student Sing Greeted By Enthusiastic Student Crowd By JEWEL WUERFEL More than 3,500 students jammed the steps of the General Library and immediate vicinity last night and sang traditional Michigan songs - hesitantly and weakly at first but confidently and loudly towards the, last. The occasion was the first All- Campus Sing, sponsored by the In- terfraternity Council in conjunction with the Varsity R.O.T.C. Band and the Varsity Glee Club, and from the manner in which the huge crowd greeted the Sing it will be continued yearly for some time to come. The steps of the Library began fill- ing rapidly shortly before the band marched from Morris Hall to their places in front of the Library, and by the time the Glee Club started in the first number, students were pre- cariously perched on any vantage point of the Library. An obvious lack of knowledge of some of the songs which were on the program was the cause of the rather pianissimo response by the assembly,, but on those songs which every good Michigan student knows, such as "When Night Falls Dear," "The Vic- Earhart tors," a n d "Varsity," fortissimo reigned. The Glee Club, under the direc- tion of Prof. David Mattern of the music school, led all of the songs in which the mass participated, be- sides rendering several solo numbers. Chief among these in audience ap- peal, as evidenced by the applause, was "The Bum Army," and "Maiden Fair." The song which cimaxed the eve- ning's festivities was, as it should be, "The Maize and Blue." The evening furnished a fitting background for the spirit of the sing, the usually unreliable Ann Arbor weatherman behaving splendidly by even allowing several stars to shine down on the occasion. The band, under the direction of Bernard Hirsch, '36SM, provided a respite for tired student tonsils on two occasions by playing spirited march airs. Committeemen stated last night that because of the enthusiastic re- ception granted the sing by the stu- dent body, an effort would be made to have it established perdianently on the campus. . ____ I i President's Parrot Will Amuse Visitors No More No longer can students attending one of President and Mrs. Ruthven's teas, say "Polly want a cracker," be- cause Theodora died Tuesday night. The eight-year-old parrot belong- ing to Peter, the President's eldest son, had been suffering from a severe cold and Tuesday night her condi- tion took a turn for the worse. "Bud," the younger son of the President, who plans to enter the Medical School upon his graduation from the University High School, administered restoratives to the bird but to no avail. He is quoted as saying, "Well dad, I have lost my first patient." The death was first made public when students attending the Presi- dent's tea yesterday, inquired as to why the bird was not in its usual place in the sun room. Peter, who is at the present time in Egypt with'the University Expedition, was not able to attend the funeral. S.C.A To Hold. Annual Tag Day DriveFriday The Student Christian Association will sponsor its annual Campus Tag Day for the benefit of the University Fresh Air Camp tomorrow. It is being held in order to raise funds to back the Camp,which serves the needs of underprivileged boys living in the vicinity .of Ann Arbor, and Detroit. The Fresh Air Camp is located 25 miles southwest of Ann Arbor near Pinckney. For the past 13 years it' has been the purpose of the camp to help boys who are in bad health or who because of economics conditions are forced to live in an unhealthful environment to enjoy six to eight weeks of outdoor life. Under the direction of George G. Alder, the camp personnel is made up mostly of students of the Univer- sity and certain members of the fa- culty. The camp program is care- fully planned by these administrative officials so as to give each boy the maximum amount of individual sat- tention. Pollock Terms Hitler Orator, Demagogue Says Dictator's Speeches Appeal To Emotions But Not To Intellect Pointing to Adolf Hitler as one >f the greatest demagogues and publicI >rators of all time, Prof. James K. Pollock of the political science de- partment addressed the Alpha Nu initiation banquet last night in the Union. Prof. Pollock was a prominent nember of the honorary speech fra- ternity when he was a student in the University. "Hitler has overcome the stodgy seaviness in the German language." Professor Pollock declared, "and this, coupled with the, fact that his speeches are perfectly adapted to the psychology of the German people ac- counts largely for his getting into and remaining in power." Professor Pollock, who has heard the Germanr dictator speak on nu- nerous occasions, cited the two ad-" dresses given by the Reichsfuehrer at the funeral ceremonies of Von Hin- denburg as the most dramatic he had ever heard. "Hitler is not a gentleman of great intelligence and intellect," he said. "His speeches rarely if ever inform an audience. Instead they are dra- matic, sensational, and appeal only to the emotions." "Hitler," Professor Pollock ex- plained, "when seen from close range is nearly void of personality. But when you see him on a platform - he lives -he has a tremendous appeal." He declared that Hitler considers the spoken word, as delivered by a trained public orator, the greatest possible weapon for propaganda. In the course of his remarks, Pro- fessor Pollock asserted that "Hitler is not running Germany. He is not in the position of Mussolini. Since June 30, he has had the hand of the Reichswehr around his neck." In concluding, he pointed to Hitler as an example of "oratory put to a purpose which seems to me to be not the highest." Paul Von Bergen, '36, was toast- master, and Karl Nelson, '37, gave a toast to the pledges who were being initiated. Clarence Kresin, '38, re- sponded. Those initiated are Kresin, Doug- las B. Sterling, '37; Kenneth S. Good- rich, '37; Frank P. Lapick, '38; Joseph J. Walsh, '38; and Anthony J. Wil- kowski, '37. Vandenberg Opens Tariff Discussions WASHINGTON, May 8. - (.P)- With fists full of legislation awaiting action, the Senate today waded into an old-fashioned tariff debate, set off by an attack by Senator Arthur Vandenberg, of Michigan, against the reciprocal trade treaty program. The Michigan senator, mentioned frequently as a possible 1936 Repub- lican presidential candidate, described the policy as "suicidal." He said the policy put the country in the position of striving on one side toward the multilateral trade trea'ties advocated by the State Department, and on the other toward the bi-lateral p'olicy ad- vocated by George N. Peek, foreign trade advisor of the President. Lands At New ark 2,100 Mile Nonstop Flight From Mexico City Ends At 9:58 P.M. Plane Was Heavily Loaded At Takeoff Makes Trip In 14 Hours, 28 Minutes; Big Crowd Greets Aviatrix NEWARK, N. J., May 8. - (') - Amelia Earhart landed her red monoplane at Newark airport at 9:28:50 (E.S.T.) tonight, completing her hazardous 2,100 mile nonstop flight from Mexico, D. F., in 14 hours, 28 minutes, 50 seconds. Her landing was clocked by Lieut. Richard Aldworth, manager of the airport, at the request of the National Aeronautical Association. A crowd, estimated at 4,000 per- sons, was at the airport when the ship landed. Police held them in check. "Here She Comes" A cry went up from the throng as the motors of a plane were heard thrumming in the night sky, and someone shouted, "here she comes." Attendants at the airport imme- diately switched on the powerful searchlights and flooded the field. In the glare the big red ship which had carried Miss Earhart over the perils of the Mexican mountains, the long stretch of the Gulf of Mexico, and of the Atlantic seaboard, came to rest. Miss Earhart took off from the Mexican capital at 7 a.m., E.S.T., hopeful of being the first to blaze a non-stop aerial trail to the Newark airport. She reached the halfway mark, Mobile, Ala., at one minute past 2 p.m. E.S.T. Lands Skilfully At a few seconds before 8:06 p.m. her plane swooped over the Washing- ton airport where -she sent radio greetings to those below. Her plane carried 472 gallons of gasoline and 20 gallons of oil on the takeoff, and weighed 3,000 pounds. But the flyer, who has conquered two oceans, skill- fully brought the ship down a three- mile runway at the Mexican capital and pointed its nose at Newark with- out a mishap. Although recognizing the dangers ahead of her in the rarefied air over the mountains between the Mexican capital and Tampico, and over the long stretch of the Gulf, Miss Earhart was determined to achieve the flight to "make up" for the failure of her attempted non-stop journey from Burbank, Calif., to Mexico. On that flight a bug flew into her eye and forced her to land when she was 60 miles short of her goal. Johnstone Says Siegel Still On TennisSquad Brands As False Rumors That Captain Has Been IndefinitelySuspended Coach John Johnstone of the Mich- igan tennis squad yesterday charged as false the stories which have ap- peared in the Detroit papers saying that Captain Seymour Siegel had been dropped from the team. The fact that Siegel was ill during the matches at Chicago last week-end is not attributable to any infraction of training rules, which had earlier been supposed, and had been a major reason for temporarily suspending the captain from his No. 1 position at the head of the squad, it was revealed yes- terday. "It is utterly absurd to suppose that the captain would be permanently dropped from his team. My move was one which I felt called for because I think Siegel is not at present play- ing up to his usual form, and needs a rest before the opening of the Big Ten tournament," Johnstone stated last night. The Wolverine captain had been er- roneously reported dropped fron the squad, probably for the remainder of, the year, because he had broken training and a result had lost two Ssinglesmatches, one to Minnesota and one to Chicago, in Conference compe- tition. z "I have no quarrel to pick with Ri nam1"f on TaYhnCtnna on, tinar Would-Be Gables And Garbos Star As Extras In Local Film By CHARLES BAIRD Hollywood visited the Michigan campus yesterday and transformed the Stadium into a veritable movie set, with cameras, sound equipment, directors, and extras over--running the place. And more than 100 students learned that "Once In a Lifetime" isn't a satire on Hollywood. It's a true picture. A call for 55 extras, to appear at the stadium for work at 8:30 in the morning, brought forth 150 potential Gables, and the majority of those who weren't chosen stuck around to see what it was all about anyway. At 10 a.m. the 35 Mosher-Jordan extras arrived on the scene. By 11 a.m. everything was set for the open- ing shot. Clad in heavy overcoats and clothes suitable for a winter day, touchdown" chant. The students ap- parently didn't want a touchdown -- they wanted lunch. So the stands echoed with a lusty "We want lunch." And they got it - that is most of them did. Sandwiches and drinks were or- dered for 150 people with the line forming on the right. But the spec- tators joined the bread line, too, and the food was soon gone. A hurried call for additional refreshments was put in. Things didn't move so smoothly in the afternoon. After rehearsing scenes a dozen or so times the sun would go under a cloud and there would be a long wait before it ap- peared again and the cameras could function. The Stadium was a veritable mecca for airplanes, much to the disgust of