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Where Are The
Real Pacifists?..
ND THE PEOPLES of the Earth
£.shall become as one."
Truly the ideal of the scriptures is a biblical
one. It may never be reached, but we can strive
for it.
Such movements as discussions in panels be-
tween foreign and American University students
are, we believe, a step in that direction. Surely
nothing can do more to promote a real understand-
ing between peoples of different races and na-
tionalities than such informal meeting. We
heartily agree with the professor who said the
panels are doing more to promote World Peace
than 50 disarmament conferences.
It is to be hoped that as many students as pos-
sible will attend these bi-weekly panels in the
small ballroom of the Union. No better oppor-
tunity could be offered for the high class Amer-
ican student who wishes to learn first hand of other
lands.
It is such movements as these, sponsored by
Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, counsellor to foreign stu-
dents, that make this University really cosmo-
politan. Through these panels we shall prove
to the world that this is a University of all races,
all sects, and all creeds.
While Great Britain reelects a government pro-
posing rearmament; while Mussolini continues to
advance his armies into Ethiopia; while Pres-
ident Roosevelt builds more battleships, we can
indeed be thankful that here on the Michigan
campus we are in a small but very real way
making our contribution to the cause of World
Peace.
Hail The
'Pineapple' Brigade.. .
ECAUSE a Chicago macaroni-man-
B- ufacturer did not pay 46 cents to a
racketeer, he was shot to death, an inquest being
held this week reveals.
Members of his family also told of the brutish
fnrrniem xrinrxxr+ih f h e h. mlivci ince the
such terrorism to appreciate fully what it involves.
Neighborhood theater owners in Chicago dare not
touch their own projector lest their theater be
destroyed; they must hire a man licensed by the
"protective" trade association, and he alone may
operate the machine. Likewise with small bakers,
small merchants, small manufacturers like this one
now shot to death.
It is impossible to wipe out terrorism while in-
dividual merchants are unable to cooperate with
police; they are not wholly to be condemned for
their failure because such cooperation frequently
does mean death to them and the law enforce-
ment officials realize that they are not able
to offer complete protection against knives and
bullets that fly in the dark, against a sudden
descent of machine-gunners, against a bomb that
explodes mysteriously in the middle of the night,
Thus Chicago citizens, and merchants of many an-
other city and town, are subjected to almost un-
believable impositions by an unconquerable "pine-
apple" brigade.
It is time for some of that miraculous "G-Man"
stuff we've seen on the screen.
THE FORUMJ
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"NOW IN NOVEMBER"
Give me November by the Aspetuck,
When all the golden leaves have fluttered down.
And summer-loving visitors to town
Have lately gone. I am in better luck
To live these priceless days when Winter's near
Out in the woods and fields that now do teem.
When on the ralling hillside I can hear
The thrilling chorus of the baying hound
And all his eager fellows on the scent
Of sleek, marauding fox, it is my bent
To linger in this happy hunting ground.
Oh, keep to summer if you have a mind;
But forlmy joy November was designed.
Everett R. Currier.
An Associated Press dispatch from Miami says'
that George Ade is seventy years of age. The
Kentland, Ind~, boy won't be seventy until the'
9th of next February.
Mr. Ade told a story about Will Rogers, who was
invited to a Long Island millionaire's home and
was called upon for a speech. He made the speech
with great success. He sent the man a bill for
$500. "Why," the millionaire said, "you were a
guest at my home." "Oh, no I wasn't," said Rogers.
"You got me out there as an actor. If I was a guest
you'd have invited Mrs. Rogers, too." George
isn't the reporter he used to be. Not that he should
have said who the millionaire was, but did Rogers
get the $500?
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Letters published in this column should not be1
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 editors reserving the right to condense
all letters of over 300 words and to accept or reject
letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance
and interest to the campus.]
He Fooled Himself'
To the Editor:
The editorial which appeared in The Michigan
Daily on Friday, November 15, under the title 'In
the Name of Art," was so incredibly stupid that I
cannot withhold criticism of it.1
As to plain matters of fact, the author was des-
perately ignorant. He referred to the "impression-
istic paintings" in the current exhibition at Mem-
orial Hall, whereas, in fact, there was not an im-
pressionistic painting in the whole show. This is
not a question of words, but of the mind of the
author. Any one who could confuse the cold clear
outlines of Leger with the tinted airand indefinite
forms of Monet, just doesn't know what he is
writing about.
As to the evaluation of the paintings, the edi-
torial just does not make sense. We were informed
that "beauty of form, beauty of color, beauty of
line -these qualities have always been consideredt
an important part of anything which can be truly
called "art." Why then was the Picasso "Composi-1
tion" dismissed on the vague grounds that one
cannot "read any meaning or purpose" into it?
Further, it was stated that "none of the subjects'
treated seems to have been especially well adapted1
for studies of planes or masses." Yet, what else are
the Leger "Composition with Leaf" or the Braque
"Still Life," except studies in planes?
Obviously baffled by the entire exhibit, the writ-
er proceded to read his own meaning and purpose'
into the pictures. We were politely told that the'
purpose of these painters is to fool and deceive
people into thinking "they are being very intelli-
gent by appearing to understand such nonentities
as impressionistic art." The purposes of impres-
sionistic art are now commonplaces of history and
the one thing we do know about its exponents is
that they did not intend to deceive the observer,
but intended to paint a correct and scientific record
of what is given to the eye in sensation. Be that
as it may, how the author of the editorial could
discover empirically the motive of any of the artists
in question, I leave for God to decide. Had they
intended to deceive, they would surely not have
divulged that intention, and without explicit avow-
al of it, I fail to see how anyone can know what
the motive was.
We are supposed, by implication, to believe, how-
ever, that the author is not one of the individuals
who is the dupe of modern painting. Oh no, not
he! One who can confuse the very nature of ex-
pressionism with impressionism is not easily fooled
by modern painters! He has fooled himself.
Finally, in the closing sentence the writer dog-
matized: "But surely a moment's thought will serve
to make it clear that it is not really art -it does
not afford any pleasure to those who see it, and
doing so, is, after all, the basic purpose of all
creative work." There we have it. He adopts
a subjective, hedonic theory of art and then, exam-
ining his own experience, finds no pleasure in
contemplating the pictures. But to pass from
the single instance, "I do not experience pleasure
in looking at the pictures," to the generalization
"no one does," is a spectacle too painful for words.
Evidently, if the editorial has any point, we are
asked to believe that the criterion of good art is the
fact that the editorial writer is pleased. He has
sadly confused the expression "it is good art be-
cause I am pleased by it" with the expression "I
am pleased by it because it is good art." But if the
criterion of good art is to be that someone is
pleased by it - then by what right does the critic
dogmatize about somebody else's pleasure? The
procedure of a relativist setting up his own experi-
ence as absolute is just one of those simple mis-
takes of an adolescent mind which confronts the
problem of values for the first time. It is the mis-
take of forgetting that abstract terms such as
goodness and beauty are constantly being rede-
fined and reexemplified in the history of values.
And a knowledge of this requires more than a mo-
ment's thought.
Allow me just one more comment on The Daily's
policy. Are we to suppose that the editorial in
question represents the official attitude of the
Michigan Daily editorial staff toward art and ex-
perimental ventures in art? Can we conclude that
all the editors endorse the comments of an ignor-
ant snob? If not, then The Daily should retract
the editorial. Why was not the article placed as
a signed review in the Drama, Music and Art
column? Surely the fact that The Daily published
the eicellent review of Mr. Donnelly in the issue
of Wednesday, November 13, indicates that the
Tough technically sanctions begin today . . .b
-Geneva wireless to the Times.
Stet!t
Discussion yesterday ran to the title of the2
new play that Miss Ina Claire is to stag in -
"Sweet Aloes" - and its significance. The officee
clown was certain that it referred to the song)
whose first line ends "Ben Bolt."
End of War by Christmas Believed Aim of Mus-1
solini -World-Telegram headline.
Maybe he got the idea from Henry Ford.
THE QUARTETTEr
Mrs. Sylvester Flenner sang soprano, Mrs. Bee-1
cher W. Waltermire alto, Mr. Sylvester Flennert
(who reminded one of the Earl of Bothwell) did ac
snappy bass, but you never could depend on a
tenor. Then in the '90s in Hancock County, as
now in the '30's at the Met. tenors were shy, elfin
things, taking to cover like a hunted fawn at ther
slightest suspicion of pursuit.t
Mrs. Sylvester Flenner sang charmingly. Hert
voice was clear and cool and fresh, and whateverg
merits the Quartette had were due to her. Mrs.-
Beecher W. Waltermire carried the alto acceptablyx
and her wildly rolling eyes never strayed fars
enough from the page for her to lose her part.t
The Earl of Bothwell roared blackly in the bassc
clef, but that tenor! Sometimes he was Hattiet
Schwartz's cousin's husband, who, at least, lookede
like a tenor - big and pink and blond. Sometimes
he was Mr. Jenkins, the jeweler, who being cross-
eyed seemed to get all tangled up in everybody's
part but his own. Once he was Mr. Thomas from1
the Nail Mill but scandal reared its ugly heade
and the gay Mr. Thomas had to be discarded. Oncec
Mr. Jelly's nephew seemed destined to stay butt
he got so frightened at old Mr. Corey's funeral thatI
he resigned.I
Old Mr. Corey was to have a lovely funeral.
The Reverend J. R. Mitchell hot-footed it around
to get a tenor for The Quartette who promised
to sing if one could be procured. Mr. Jelly's nephew
acquiesced, and there was a hurried rehearsal. The
corpse looked beautiful when they had got his
toupee on straight after the first few Friends of
the Family had pointed out it was a little askew.
The first hymn went quite well, for it was one
the young tenor knew. When time came for the
second hymn he was more than nervous, he was
panicky. It was the one he had rehearsed and
there were three measures he had to sing alone.
He reached those measures, he went up, up to the
high note and alas! just as he was about to reach
it a terrible thing happened. The corpse's toupee
suddenly dropped back, giving the effect of Mr.!
Corey jerking up his head to hear that high note.1
The young tenor squawked and choked. Mrs. Flen-
ner, Mrs. Beecher W. and the Earl of Bothwell all
rushed for that note with varying success and the
hymn was finished with tremendous verve and
volume, in questionable taste for such a sad
occasion. They were all very sorry the young
tenor quit them cold after that but he said his
nerves were too shattered for him to continue.
B. Ross.
Premier Mussolini has sent a letter, with $200
to be applied to the cost of erecting a memorial
in St. Louis, indorsing Mark Twain. But he may
want his money back. Il Duce probably is under
the impression that Mr. Clemens was the author
of "A Connecticut Yankee at King Benito's Court."
"No automobile press agent am I," admits Dow
Richardson, "but I wish, in reference to Sinclair
Lewis's book, to point out that it already has hap-
pened here. Two models of the Studebaker Motor
Corporation are known as the President and the
Dictator."
FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS FOR SATURDAY
Coach "Buck" Mastermind of dear old Desper-
ation to trade three upsets for one moral vic-
tory, letting out two old grads on option to the
League for Friendly Service . . . The radio an-
nouncer to be thrilled, then dazzled, then thrilled,
then inspired, then knit two and purl one .. .
The unsung substitute to kick the grandstand
quarterbacks for the winning Upset to end all
Upsets . . . Elis to clip Johnnies . . . Tigers to bop
Green . . . Engineers to blast Leopards . . . And
Yale, Princeton and Lehigh to defeat Harvard,
Dartmouth and Lafayette, respectively, and read-
ing from left to right.
By KIRKE SIMPSON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-If "New
Dealers" from President Roose-
velt down are right about what the
new Canadian tariff treaty will do in
the way of stimulating trade across
the international line, Roosevelt luck
still is at work. They could not havei
foreseen the outcome of the Canadian
elections which alone made possible
the swift completion and signing of
the reciprocity agreement.F
Just how important the pact is inz
administration eyes is emphasized by
procedure in making it public. Mr.
Roosevelt resorted to the 4'sit-on-the-
floor" process of expounding its
meaning and purpose to newsmen.
He has heietofore reserved it for bud-
get details only. One effect of that
procedure is to give the 0ountry a
first view of the project involved, be
it trade pact or budget, based on its
broad aspects. The process of re-
ducing it to details-and in the casej
of the trade pact to sectional appli-
cation and political reactions-comes
later.
* * * *
O AN extent as yet undetermin-
able, the adverse reaction in the
farm belt anticipated-and hoped for
by "new deal" opponents-was quick
to show itself. It was promptly voiced
by farm group spokesmen who saw,
in the pact a trading of some part of1
their domestic market for an enlarge-
ment of the Canadian market for
American industrial products.
How that is going to turn out by
election time remains to be seen. Be-
fore publication of the terms of the
pact, many political observers in
Washington freely predicted that it
would become the chief bone of po-
litical contention in the next presi-
dential campaign. They felt that the
administration might , be sacrificing
its farm support, not that they knew
specifically what concessions on ag-
ricultural products to Canada would
be made; but that they were certain
that was the only field where Ameri-
can concessions were possible.
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I F ELECTION day were close at
hand, that might be a much more
important political factor than will
be the case with a 10-month actual
test of the pact impending before vot-
ers go to the polls. Even assuming
growing farmer resentment against
agricultural concessions to Canada,
presumably only the northern tier of
states would be greatly aroused. In
the east such states already are
crossed off the "New Deal" list. In
the West they wield at best small
electoral influence.
And to offset "New Deal" defections
on the farm front, the pact is de-
signed to stimulate industrial ex-
ports to Canada on a scale that might
have important political reactions in
eastern and midwestern industrial
centers. From that point of view,
the "New Deal" might be figured to
have more to gain than to lose, elec-
torally.
THE SCREEN
AT THE MICHIGAN
"THE 39 STEPS",
FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 135
VOL. XLVI No. 45
Notices
To Department Head and OthersT
Concerned: All hourly time slips1
must be in the Business Office Nov.
22 to be included in the Nov. 30 pay-
roll.
Edna G. Miller, Payroll Clerk. k
Faculty, College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts: Midsemester
reports are due today.
W. R. Humphreys, Assistant Dean.
Graduate School Students: Stu-
dents enrolled in the Graduate School
will not be permitted to drop courses
after Wednesday, November 27. A
course is not officially dropped until
it is reported in the office of the Grad-
uate School, 1006 Angell Hall.
Students who have made any
changes in courses since submitting
their election cards should report the
crrections in the Graduate School
office. Changes of address should also
be reported.
C. S. Yoakum.
Students, College of Engineering:
The final day for the removal of in-
completes will be Saturday, Nov. 22.
In cases of extenuating circum-
stances this time limit may be ex-
tended, but a petition for extension
of time must be filed in the Secre-
tary's Office on or before Friday, the
22nd of November.
Students, School of Education:
Courses dropped after Wednesday,
Nov. 27, will be recorded with the
grade of E, except under extraor-
dinary circumstances. No course is
considered officially dropped unless it
has been reported in the office of the
Registrar, Room 4, University Hall.
Students, College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts: Except under
extraordinary circumstances, courses
dropped after Wednesday, November
27, will be recorded with a grade of E.
The University Bureau of Appoint-
ments and Occupational Information
announces the following United
States Civil Service Examinations:
Associate and Assistant Metallurgist
(Recovery), salary $2600 to $3200;
Associate and Assistant Metallurgist
(Physical), salary $2600 to $3200;
Farm Agent, Indian Field Service,
Department of the Interior, salary
$1800; Principal Medical Officer
(Bacillin Calmette-Guerin), Indian
Service at Large, Department of the
Interior, salary $5600; Director Di-
vision of Maternal and Child Health,
and Crippled Children's Division,
Children's Bureau, Department of
Labor, (salary $6500).
For further information concern-
ing these examinations call at 201
Mason Hall, office hours, 9:00 to 12:00
a.m. and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Academic Notices
Biological Chemistry 121: Section B
will meet on Monday, Nov. 25, 1 p.m.,
in Room 319 West Medical Building.
Students should provide themselves
with a $5 breakage ticket obtainable
at the Cashier's Office and a copy of
the laboratory manual. No desks
will be assigned unless a breakage
ticket is presented.
Lecture
Lecture: "The Way to First Hand
Knowledge," by Bishop Charles
Hampton, tonight at 8 :00 p.m., Mich-
igan League Chapel, under the aus-
pices of the Ann Arbor Theosophical
Society. The public is cordially in-
vited.
Events Of Today
Gallery Talk: There will be a gal-
lery talk on the modern French paint-
ings now on exhibition in Alumni
Memorial Hall, at 4:15 p.m., by Mr.
Paul Slusser.
Delta Epislon Pi meeting at the
Michigan Union at 8 p.m. All mem-
bers are urged to be prompt.
The Metropolitan Club, an organi-
zation for students of Greater New
York City and Northern New Jersey,
announces its first business meeting
at 7:30 p.m., Michigan League, room
number posted on the bulletin board
in the lobby. All members and those
interested are urged to attend. Danc-
ing follows. Men and women invited.
Hillel Foundation: Mr. Levy's class
on "Occupational Opportunities" will
meet at 8:30 p.m.
Michigan Dames' Athletci Group
regular meeting at 8:15 in the base-
ment of the Women's Athletic Bldg.,
corner Forest and N. University. En-
ter by the side door. The tickets for
the season may be purchased Friday
night at the door.
Coming Events
Graduate Outing Club will meet at
Lane Hall Sunday, Nov. 24, at 12:30.
Transportation will be provided to the
Psio Cabin where dinner will be
served, approximately 35 cents.
Games will be played in the after-
noon. All graduate students are cor-
dially invited to attend.
Economics Club: Dr. Oscar Lange
of the University of Cracow will speak
to the Club on Tuesday evening, Nov.
26, at 7:30 p.m. on the subject of "In-
terest and Capital Accumulation."
Members of the staffs in Economics
and Business Administration, and
graduate students in these depart-
ments, are cordially invited.
Badminton: The Barbour Gymna-
sium courts will be open Monday, Nov.
25, for play at 4:15 and open practices
will start Dec. 2. A ladder tourna-
ment will be organized for all players
wishing to enter. Mixed badminton
will begin December 4 at 7:15. A
medical certificate is essential.
Genesee Club: Biweekly meeting
will be held Sunday, Nov. 24 at 4:30
at the Union. All Rochester men are
invited to attend.
Stanford-California Alumni: Joint
meeting Saturday at Intercollegiate
Alumni Club, 1329 Penobscot Bldg.,
Detroit. Broadcast of "Big Game"
starts at 5:00 p.m. Dinner and in-
formal dance. For information call
Dr. Hubbs, Univ. Phone 83.
The Lutheran Student Club has
invited Dr. Paul H. Krauss of Fort
Wayne, Ind., to speak on "Russia's
Challenge to American Christianity"
in the parish hall of Zion Lutheran
Church on Washington Street, Sun-
day evening at 7 o'clock. The con-
gregations of Zion and Trinity Luth-
eran Churches and the general pub-
lic are invited.
PROSPERITY RETURNS
LANSING, Nov. 21. - (P) - New
signs of returning prosperity encour-
aged Lansing today.
A high percentage of tax collec-
tions; record consumption of elec-
trical power; increasing railroad ton-
nage, building, bank clearings and
postoffice receipts all were read as en-
couraging signs.
A Gaumont-British production star-
ring Robert Donat and Madeleine Car-
roll, with John Laurie, Peggy Ashcroft,
Godfrey Tearle, and Wylie Watson.
The story of "The 39 Steps" is one
of all sorts of excitement, murders,
villains,sromance, and great exploita-
tion of the business of mystifying
everyone - even the cast at times. It
has been called one of the really
better shows of the season, and we're
inclined to agree, the only trouble
beingdthat the plot is so involved that
it is difficult to follow at first.
Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is
in- an English theater when a fight
starts, shots are fired, and the audi-
ence stampedes for the exits. Han-
nay finds himself next to a girl who
asks if she may go home with him.
She tells him a story of being chased
by foreign spies who are after her
because she is interfering with their
work. The same night she falls into
his room with a knife in her back.
To escape suspicion of the murder
Hannay flees to the place in Scot-
land she mentioned as being her des-
tination. There he meets the villain
of the piece, the professor, who shoots
him because he now knows too much.
He escapes, however, is arrested, es-
capes again, is captured by the spies
again, and escapes again. The last
time he is handcuffed to Pamela
(Madeleine Carroll) who has been
brought along because the crooks fig-
ure she is helping him. They wander
about the country, chained together,
and eventually reach London and the
original theater, where the climax is
reached.
It is a very enjoyable picture, with
plenty of comedy, thrills, suspense,
and excellent background. Donat is
pleasing and capable in his role,
being a very natural actor, and Miss
Carroll gives a fine performance, first
as Donat's persecutor and later as his
bride-to-be.
On the stage, Nick Lucas and his
orchestra present a well-rounded pro-
gram that brought them many en-
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France Adds To Arms Budget
By ROBERT B. PARKER
FRANCE - France's mighty armed
forces will be given more money and
more men in 1936, military budgets
show.
A highly mechanized army of near-'
ly 700,000 men, a fighting air force
with 3,000 fast planes and the world's
most modern navy are prepared to
follow the paths that France's diplo-
mats blaze at Geneva.
More than 13,500,000,000 francs,
which translates into $891,000,000,
will be spent on the upkeep and im-
provement of the fighting services
next year, an increase of more than
$130,000,000 over this year'sdefense
budgets.
Additional millions of francs will
go to assure the safety of 40,000,000
citizens in France and nearly 60,000,-
000 in the colonies and protectorates
from poison gas and bomb attacks
from the air.
The French army, called by mili-
tary experts the world's finest fight-
ing machine, will count 695,032 men
in active service next year, with an
estimated reserve of nearly 7,000,000.
Of the standing army, 200,000 will,
be stationed abroad and the rest in
France, with more than 100,000 on
24-hour watch in the steel and con-
crete frontier fortifications.
And those fortifications are to be
extended and strengthened.
Speed, keynote of this year's army
frontier fortifications until general
mobilization can get under way.
General Victor Denain, air minis-
ter, expects to have more than 3,000
modern first-line fighting planes for
service by the end of this year. Since
last January 900 bombers, 900 pur-
suit planes and 1,200 observation
planes have been built. With these
and 41,136 officers and men, the air
corps is ready for instant action at
hundreds of bases.
Twenty-four hour watches, insti-
tuted by General Denain last spring,
will be maintained at all airports, so
that France's air armadas may fly
the minute an enemy attacks.
France's navy, almost completely
rebuilt, save for its capital ships, since
1922, and counting more modern ves-
sels than the three fleets which out-
rank it in size, will have 165,000 tons
of new ships on the stocks in 1936.
The "Dunkerque," 26,500 ton
battleship, France's first in 20 years,
will be ready next spring. A sister-
ship, the "Strasbourg," will be
launched late next year. The keel
of a 35,000-ton dreadnought, designed
to keep pace with Mussolini's building
program, will be laid this year, with
the keel for a second to follow as soon
as the Washington Treaty expires.
The navy's personnel next year will
be 63,140, an increase of more than
4,000. In addition, the navy counts
thousands of reservists on France's
many merchant ships.