The Weather L Fair today and tomorrow; rising temperature tomorrow. A6pF 4hp 40owfitr t g an Daitj Editorials Anniversary Of Depression .. . The Letter Of The Law . . VOL. XLVI No. 27 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS Complete Plans For Week-End Homecoming Celebration To Be Headed By Penn Game And Pep Meeting Portrait Of Baird Will Be Unveiled Penn Band And Varsity R.O.T.C. Unit To Play Prominent Parts By FRED WARNER NEAL Michigan's annual fall Homecom- ing celebration will get underway Fri- day night - the eve of the Pennsyl- vania game - when two of the Uni- versity's most prominent alumni and Athletic Director Fielding H. Yost address a pep meeting at 8 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. The speakers will be J. Fred Law- ton, '11, composer of "Varsity," and Charles Baird, '95L, the University's first athletic director who recently gave more than $50,000 for erection of a carillon here. The keynote of the program for Saturday - the actual Homecoming Day - next to the football game, will be the unveiling at 11 a.m. in the Union of a life-sized oil portrait of Mr. Baird. The funds for the port- rait, which was painted by Ray Gamble, were donated by members of the "M" club. The portrait will be unveiled by Mr. Yost, and Mr. Baird will make a presentation speech. Pep Meeting Friday At the ;pep meeting Friday night, Mr. Lawton will present a new song, "A Great Big Meechigan Day," which he composed especially for the Home- coming celebration. Dedicated to Mr. Yost, it will be sung for the first time. According to cheerleaders, it is expected to take its place with Varsity, "The Victors," and "The Yellow and Blue."- - The Varsity R.O.T.C. Band and cheerleaders will be present at the pep meeting, which William R. Dixon, '36, president of the Men's Council, hopes will be the "biggest :yet this year." t At 11 a.m. Saturday, the Band will march from Morris Hall to the Union to be present for the unveiling of the Baird portrait. Many old alumni, friends of Mr. Baird, are expected to be present for this ceremony, Dixon said. The, portrait will be similar to those of Mr. Yost and Keene Fitzpatrick, long-time Mich- igan trainer, which were given re- cently by Mr. Baird and which now hang in the Union. Mr. Yost, who was brought to the University by Mr. Baird, is expected to entertain the prominent alumnus, now a Kansas City, Mo., attorney, at a reception after the unveiling ceremony. Fraternities To Decorate A feature of Homecoming will be the fraternity decorations, Dixon said. To the house having the best decorations, the Goldman Brothers cup will, as in former years, be awarded. A committee consisting of Harold Goldman, George Williams, '36, president of the Interfraternity Council, and a member of the Col- lege of Architecture faculty will serve on the judging committee. The In- terfraternity Council will cooperate with the houses in decorating. Immediately after the Baird port- rait is unveiled, the Varsity R.O.T.C. Band will march to the depot where it will meet the 96 members of the University of Pennsylvania band. The two bands will then march to the downtown section of Main Street, where they will parade through the town. A line of cars and marchers are expected to accompany the mu- sicians. At noon Saturday, the two bands will have a joint luncheon at the (Continued on Page 6) Court Clears Way For 'Tobacco Road' CHICAGO, Oct. 9.- (A) -Federal Judge William H. Holly indicated today that he would issue a tem- porary restraining order prohibiting Mayor Kelly or other city officials from interfering with the play "To- bacco Road" at the Selwyn Theater. Although the court last week is- sued an injunction against stopping performance of the play-which police censors called "indecent"- Farmers Who Ratified Corn-Hog Program War Settlement Plans Collapse; Grim Food Curb Begins In Italy; North China Eyed By Japanese V -Associated Press Photo. Heads of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration expressed pleasure over returns in the referendum which showed farmers of the nation overwhelmingly in favor of corn and hog production. A group of farmers is shown .voting at Liberty, Mo. Pollock Claims Lengthy, Boring Ballot May Injure Democracy A sharp criticism of the length of the American ballot is made by Prof. James K. Pollock of the political science department in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, issued recently. The "yardage" of the ballots has become so great that unknown thou- sands of voters are confused and bored to the extent of staying away from the polls on election days, to the detriment of representative gov- ernment, Professor Pollock declares. "Democratic government has become almost impossible for the voting pub-; lie to manage," he writes. "Eventhe hardy voter who takes his pencil in hand faces a piece of' paper resembling a bed sheet in size' and a combination of a crossword' puzzle and a roll call of the House of Representatives in appearance," Professor Pollock charges. So many offices must be filled by popular election that no voter, how- ever intelligent, can adequately per- form his duty, he holds. "The result is," his article continues, "that we often get a complete negation of democracy instead of an expression of it." The average ballot in 1932 con- sisted of 565 square inches of paper, containing 102 names and 3 propo- sitions to be voted on, the professor points out in his tract. "The wonder is that people vote as often as they do," he writes. "Despite the 'get out the vote' movem-ents, large num- bers of American voters are contin- uously on vacation from their elec- toral duties and even when on duty are so overwhelmed with burdens that they are forced to vote under severe handicaps." Suggesting a marked shortening of the ballot, Professor Pollock pro- 18 Are Killed As Grid Death List Increases Statistics Show Toll Is Mounting; High Schools Are Hardest Hit NEW YORK, Oct. 29.- (R) - Foot- ball has taken a greater toll of lives in the first six weeks of this season than during the corresponding period a year ago, it was revealed today in a survey prepared by Floyd H. East- wood, a New York University instruc- tor in education. Although complete data is lacking in some instances, Eastwood, who compiled injury and fatality sta- tistics for the American Football Coaches Association and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, said there had been 18 deaths attributable to football and five that cannot be charged directly to the game. A year ago, through Oct. 29. East- wood declared 10 deaths had occurred directly from football and five in- directly. Reports on a number of poses the election of as few officials as possible to only those offices at- tracting the widest constant public attention and which control matters of general public policy. Practically all other offices, especially judgeships and those involving administrative work, would be appointed by a few elected officials to whom they would be directly responsible, under his plan. Four results might be expected from such a system, he believes: first, a larger turn-out of voters; second, clearer, more important and interesting elections; third, "and above all," the possibility that voters could understand, operate and con- trol government from top to bot- tom; and fourth, a reduction in elec- tion costs, both to candidates and public. Newly Formed P eaceCouncil HoldsMeeting A provisional meeting of the Uni- versity Peace Council was held at 4 p.m. yesterday in Lane Hall. The newly organized Council is open to representatives of all camp- us organizations, both student and faculty. Yesterday the group decided the Council will sponsor an Armistice Day program, the- nature of which has not yet been determined. Margaret Norton, Grad., was elect- ed chairman of the provisional com- mittee of the Council, and within a short time she will announce the names of five associates. The .organi- zations represented at the meeting were the Congregational and Metho- dist Church groups, the Hillel Inde- pendents, the Student Christian As- sociation, the National Student League and the Presbyterian Church group. Nipponese Soldiers Will Launch Sham Battles Along Railway Line Peiping's Military Council Convened Chinese Peoples' Welfare Is At Stake, Japanese General Alleges TIENTSIN, China, Oct. 29. - Io) - Japanese soldiers will begin sham battles along the Pieping Tientsin Railway soon, it was announced to- night, as Chinese officials studied Japan's demands for limitation of anti-Japanese elements in North China. (An emergency session of the PFep- ing Military Councildwas called early Wednesday to consider the Japanese demands. Nearly every important North China political leader was pres- ent as they were represented as be- ing surprised by the Japanese action). Officials Discuss Note Announcement of the plan fur autumn army maneuvers followed upon frequent recent demonstrations of Japanese military power, with re- peated visits of Japanese detach- ments to this city. North China officials discussed the note delivered by Japanese Consul General S. Kawagoe, which said Ja- pan felt China had not fully complied with terms of the agreement of last June which followed upon a series of final Japanese incidents. Japan charged Blue Shirts of the Kuomin- tang (Chinese nationalist party) were still active in North China. (At Peiping a high Chinese official, told the Associated Press: "We have done our best to meet the Japanese wishes for suppression of anti-Japan- ese activities in North China. If the Japanese tell us where the anti- Japanese organs exist, we are ready to suppress them.") Chinese Warned Maj.-Gen. Hara Dada, commander of the Japanese garrison in Tientsin, in a statement said: "We dare to warn the central government of China to observe strictly its obligations un- der the North China agreement." He declared Japan "fears for the welfare of China's four hundred mil- lion people as well as for peace in the Orient." (Chinese national government of- ficials at Nanking expressed the opin- ion China had reached her limit in willingness and ability to make fur- ther concessions to Japanese de- mands. They were dismayed at the most recent manifestation of Japan- ese censure, and there were indica- tions they were somewhat defiant.) LUNCHEON DATE CORRECTION Yesterday's Daily incorrectly stated that Dean Joseph A. Bursley's fresh- man luncheon clubs would meet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There is no meeting scheduled for today, or any subsequent Wednesday. The meetings are to be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. His Strictured. Nation Faces Food Shortage Anglo-French Efforts To Stop War In Ethiopia Have Failed, Is Claim Drive For Sanctions To Be Strengthened 40 Million In Italy Line Up For 6-Months' Diet; Sales Restricted LONDON, Oct. 29. - (R) - Efforts of Anglo-French experts to agree upon a plan for settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian war have failed, it was confirmed officially tonight. On the heels of this disclosure, Anthony Eden, Great Britain's "in- ternational commuter," prepared to return to Geneva to push London's determinedsdrive for quick operation of sanctions against warring Italy. But his portfolio contains no peace scheme to put up to the League, high sources revealed. Eden, min- ister for League affairs, will leave to- morrow and Sir Samuel Hoare, for- eign secretary, will follow him four hours later. Hoare's unexpected return, it was emphasized, indicates no change in Britain's policy of firmness, and there was no likelihood of three- power conversations with France and Italy. -Az-sociated Press Photo. When Benito Mussolini launched his aggressive war on Ethiopia, commentators were unanimous in expressing the opinion that his task of subjugating the last free African state would be both long and hard. With a food shortage facing Italy, Mussolini has placed restriction on the sale of goods and has ordered a war-time diet. He is pictured above in two typical gesticulating poses. Honesty Obviates Identification Card Use At Grid Games Hail the fruits of honesty! Simply because students didn't try too often to dupe gate officials at Michigan football games, no identifi- cation cards will be demanded of stu- dents this year, according to Fielding H. Yost, director of athletics. However, the Athletic Association promises to drop its humanistic pol- icy and demand absolute identifica- tion if the students deviate from their present truthful policies. Such ac- tion would not be resorted to until 1936, Mr. Yost stated. This action of the Association was prompted by the fact that the resale value of tickets is usually below the University's price. Only in the case of complete sell-outs, Mr. Yost con- tinued, can the scalper hope to sell the tickets above par value. This des- crepancy in prices discourages a stu- dent's selling his ticket, it was said. SPHINX TO MEET Members of Sphinx, junior honor- ary society, will meet at noon today in the Union for a luncheon, San- ford Ladd, '37, announced yesterday. Women Granted Later Closing Hours For Ball Dean Lloyd Allows 2:30 Pernission For Annual Panhellenic Dance Reversing the policy of the Senate Committee on Student Affairs set forth Monday, Dean Alice C. Lloyd announced last night that University women will be given 2:30 a.m. per- mission for the Panhellenic Ball, to be held Nov. 29 in the League Ball- room. The committee had previously de- cided that late permission would be granted for only the four annual 1ass dances - the Frosh Frolic, Soph Prom, J-Hop, and Senior Ball.' The change was made last night to enable sorority women to hold the raditional breakfasts after the clos- ing of the Ball, according to Sue Thomas, '36, -chairman of the Ball. the dance is to close at 1 a.m., as )reviously announced. This new ruling differs from former Tears, when women were granted 3 a.m. permission, with the dance end- ing at 1:30 a.m., making this year's ball a half-hour shorter than for- merly. Another rule change is in the loca- tion of the breakfasts, which are to )e limited to either the respective chapter houses or the League, Miss Lloyd stated. The Panhellenic Ball marks the one occasion during the year when the men are the guests of the sorority women. No change in hours has been an- nounced for the various other cam- pus functions, including the Crease Dance, the Slide Rule Dance, the Architects' May Party, and the In- terfraternity Ball. This year per- missions for these dances will follow the regular 1:30 ruling which is in force for all Friday night functions. Florida Governor May Oust 'Tramps' TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 29.- (P)-Gov. Dave Sholtz said today War Diet For Italy ROME, Oct. 29. -,(R) - Premier Mussolini lined up Italy's civilian population of more than 40 millions today for a grim and sacrificial fight against sanctions. Il Duce placed the country on a six-months diet, instituting meat re- strictions, and planned other econ- omies in supplies, such as paper, fur- niture, light and heating used by Government offices. A measure effective a week from today restricts the sale of meats so as to reduce the necessity of imports. Butcher shops will be closed on Tues- days. Sales will be limited on Wed- nesdays and a curb was also put on public dining. Restaurants may not serve more than one meat or fish dish at a meal. Mussolini's sudden decision to act before economic sanctions have been imposed was construed in well-in- formed circles as showing that he takes the League's sanction plan ser- iously. Il Duce rejected as needless the war-time card system used by other nations, such as bread and meat cards. He put his trust in his Fas- cists to reduce consumption, assert- ing "one can rely on self-discipline, already tested, by the whole Italian people." Mussolini today has 6,917,813 men, women and children enrolled in the Fascist organization. Temperature Drop Predicted For Thursday The United States Weather Bureau predicted cloudy skies and warmer temperatures for Wednesday, but warned southern Michigan that a cold wave, on its way from the West, will strike Thursday or Fri- day. Helena, Mont., already plagued by earthquakes, became the cold-weath- er capital of the country Tuesday, when the thermometer fell to five degrees above zero at 9 a.m. In Al- berta, temperatures as low as two de- grees above were reported. The cold wave is moving south- eastward, across Montana and the Dakotas, and is accompanied by snow as well as sudden drops in tempera- ture. The cold wave is expected to be less severe by the time it hits the Great Lakes region, and will probably not strike Michigan until Thursday at the earliest. Arrest Ypsilanti Youth For Threatening Family Worley Plans Long, Exhaustive Study To'Stoo High Traffic Toll In Detroit 40 By RALPH W. HURD No immediate plan of remedial ac- tion, but a year's program of inten- sive study and research to probe De- troit's abnormally high automobile accident rate was outlined yesterday by Prof. John S. Worley, head of the dtepartment of transportation en- gineering and recently appointed technical adviser of the Detroit Po- lice Safety Drive. "By all logical reasoning Detroit should have one of the lowest auto accident death rates of any of our large cities," Professor Worley said. "In Police Commissioner Pickert the city has one of the finest commis- sioners in the country and unques- tionably the Detroit police force has worked harder and more exhaustive- ly on the problem of safe driving than those in any of the other large troit situation," Professor Worley stated. "For instance," he continued, "we know for a certainty that the use of alcohol slows down an individual's ability to react, and is a definite contributory cause of automobile ac- cidents. Yet Milwaukee, boasting one of the lowest auto accident rates in the country, has one of the highest rates of per capita consumption of alcohol. "New York, presenting the greatest concentration of population in the United States, ranks near the bot- tom of the list as regards accident rates. In Detroit itself," Professor Worley continued, "you would expect to find the largest proportion of accidents in the locations containing the heaviest traffic - the downtown nite proof, nor has anyone been able to put his finger on any specific causes as basically contributory to the accident rate. "If I had any idea now of what these causes are, I would wrap up my bottle of medicine and send it to Commissioner Pickert, and that's all there would be to it. But the prob- lem is not that simple. "What we intend to do," he stated, "is to take the mass of statistics gathered by the police department and spend at least a year studying them, making exhaustive analyses. If we hope to make any sense out of these facts, we shall have to work long hours and months of research. We shall have to work 'like dogs,' covering every conceivable angle or phase of the accident situation.