FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Publisned every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matter herein also reserved. Entered at the PosttOffice at Ann Arbor. Michigan as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Representatives: National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York City; 400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Telephone 4925 BOARD OF EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR.............THOMAS H. KLEENE ASSOCIATE EDITOR.............JOHN J. FLAHERTY ASSOCIATE EDITOR............. THOMAS E. GROEHN Dorothy S. Gies Josephine T. McLean William R. 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ROTHBARD WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ....MARGARET COWIE WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ...ELIZABETH SIMONDS DEPARTMENTAL MANAGERS Local Advertising, William Barndt; Service Department, Willis Tomlinson; Contracts; Stanley Joffe; Accounts, Edward Wohigemuth; Circulation and National Adver- tising, John Park; Classified Advertising and Publica- tions, Lyman Bittman. NIGHT EDITOR: BERNARD WEISSMAN And That s That. T HE SUPREME COURT of the United States has declared the Ag- ricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has what may be an assumed, but nevertheless traditional, right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional, so that should be that. Pro-administration forces throughout the land are going to raise a hue and cry against the Court. Republicans are going to hail the decision as right and just. Of course their respective stands on the question would be reversed if the Repub- licans happened to be in power. It is too short a time until next November to look for much wis- dom in this quarter. The fact does remain that the Supreme Court is a collection of what are probably the best minds in the country and that they are about the last organ of the Federal government that can still command respect. The majority report of the Court seems to have given sufficient legal grounds to invalidate the AAA, that the decision went even further and pointed out some of the dangers which might result from the precedent of using the gen- eral welfare clause of the Constitution to regulate business, is not beyond the proper function of the Court. If they, as a group of our most learned men, wish to given an opinion that looks beyond the law, we should consider it a privilege. It is rather difficult to see how anyone can truly mourn the passing of legislation that destroyed crops when persons needed food and paid farmers for not raising this and that. Unfortunately many of the laws that were in- corporated in the late lamented NRA were defi- nitely necessary and of great social benefit. There is nothing to prevent these laws being made a part of our constitution. If the peoples of the United States can twice change their constitution con- cerning a relatively unimportant matter like pro- hibition, they certainly can amend it to correct grave social injustices. It is also unfortunate that the Administration has gone ahead and wasted so, much money on enforcement of legislation that is now being de- clared unconstitutional. This, of course, is the fault of the system, not the Administration. Inas- much as all such disputed legislation eventually reaches the Supreme Court, it would seem to be a much more sane plan to have the Court review such legislation before it is ever enforced. This would, in effect, make the Supreme Court a third house of Congress. It is, however, already that and it might as well be an efficient one. Imme- diate judicial review would correct the evils we have witnessed during the Roosevelt Administra- tion. One thing the Supreme Court is to be thanked for, they have made it easier for the political parties to drum up their traditional election year national crisis. T he New Discipline. . . T IS NOT TOO MUCH to claim that a revolutionary change has taken place in the discipline of our schools within the last few decades. The present educational theories almost com- pletely reverse the old standards of discipline with their marked emphasis upon silence, order, and submissiveness. While it is true that there ot~ o~77 n.. ..l.. . .. . ,.«L... « .t L. ... . L...«... . for the students' parents to learn to practice co- operation and respect for the rights and property of others. It is commonly agreed that the major tasks of the adult citizen are to assist in organizing his group, to perform his duties as a member of the group and to act in such a manner as to pro- mote the best interests of all. The students in our schools have a similar set of tasks, and our modern schools are emphasizing a type of discipline that affords the opportunity to give students training in this direction. Dean Edmonson of the School of Education has this to say: "The kind of discipline that the present-day schools are seeking to secure may be defined as that type of conduct on the part of stu- dents that makes possible an effective quality of school work and that leads to the forming or strengthening of habits of obedience, cooperation, courtesy, honesty, fairness, industry and rever- ence." The growing demand of the public for increased attention to character training in our schools and colleges should meet a ready response from teach- ers and school administrators. We agree with Dean Edmonson that emphasis upon the new type of discipline constitutes one very effective way of giving training in matters of ethics and conduct. THE FOIRUM3 Letters published in this column should not be construedsas 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. The AAA Decision1 To the Editor: Your report of my very limited comment on the Supreme Court decision in the AAA case is mis- leading and, in fact, represents an opinion of the case as a whole which, I do not entertain. The reporter, Mr. Neal, who talked with me about it, I am sure made a conscientious effort to report accurately. The reporter showed me two sheets of paper, partially covered with rather inept and fragmentary quotations from the two opinions. This was just as I was leaving for home and while I was putting on my overcoat as I glanced through these fragmentary quotations. The ground upon which the Court must have based its decision was scarcely intimated in the jour- nalistic selections from the opinion. In the minor- ity opinion appeared the statement, in substance, that the Court had no busines with the wisdom or expediency of legislation and tan consider only the power of Congress to pass it. The minority further said that the remedy for unwise legislation was political. I made merely this comment - that of course the minority were entirely sound in saying that the Court had no authority to declare legislation invalid because it believed that legis- lation unwise, but I added everyone, including the majority of the court, agrees with that view. The only question is whether the majority did base its decision on the supposed unwisdom of the act. There has not been available here, at this writ- ing, so far as I know, anything but a very frag- mentary and small selection of sentences from the opinions. It is too early to comment on the deci- sion as a whole, and this I stated emphatically to the reporter. If, as I suspect, the case turned on whether Congress had the power to tax and to spend for the purposes of the AAA act, then I think the majority of the Court were sound in holding that the Congressional Act is unsupported by precedent. There is a dispute among judges, writers and lawyers as to whether the so-called "Welfare Clause," in Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution gives to Congress the independent power to provide for the general welfare. My own opinion, for what it is worth, is emphatically that it wasrnot the intention to give independent and unlimited power for the general welfare to Congress. If we admit that Congress may tax and spend for any and every purpose, then most of the fundamental limitations in the Constitution disappear at once. I had discussed this very matter yesterday, in my classes in Constitutional Law, and had stated this view of the clause. It is utterly impossible to pass any sound judg- ment upon the opinion as a whole until it and the dissenting opinion have been carefully read. -Henry M. Bates. The Olympics To the Editor: A RIME OF KING AGAMEMNON Agamemnon, King of Argos, and his brother, Menelaos, Are both chiefly known in history for their trouble with their wives. Menelaos' wife was Helen and we all know that she fell in Love with Paris and thus caused a war that cost so many lives. Clytemnestra was the spouse of Agamemnon. She is famous For a certain deviation from the straight and narrow way With another second-rater, but we'll take her case up later, For the antecedent facts throw light on why she went astray. When the Grecian Expeditionary Force had been assembled At the port of Aulis ready for descent on fated Troy, They were hot for instant action and they heard with satisfaction That they'd sail at once. With one accord they shouted "Attaboi!" But the wind was from the eastward and they couldn't sail against it. So they had to lie inactive there for weeks and weeks and weeks. Till at last their ill condition generated a suspicion That some god on high Olympus nursed a grudge against the Greeks. Agamemnon, their commander, summoned all his fortune tellers. "Now see here," said he, "I want you lads to tell me who the deuce Is detaining us unduly. Take a look and tell me truly. Is it Hera or Apollo, is it Artemis or Zeus?" "You know," said they, "you killed a deer month or two ago, sir. "Well it seems the goddess Artemis she owned that little doe. "She demands your lovely daughter for a peniten- tial slaughter, "And until you've made that sacrifice, she will not let you go." Soon as Artemis was satisfied, the wind sprang 'round to westward. The pent-up army sailed away before a favoring air, And they sang a lusty paean while they clove the blue Aegean, Stating musically what they'd do when they got Over There. Ten years later --they were still encamped around the Trojan fortress. That they'll ever take the darned old town there seems to be some doubt. But their leaders are enraptured with the damsels they have captured, In Schenectady and Albany and cities roundabout, Agamemnon's more than satisfied with beautiful Briseis. He doesn't give a damn how long the war is going to last. He no longer longs for blighty and he's quite for- gotten Clytie, His lawful wife, who stays at home and thinks about the past. Nowdwe see another actor in this sad domestic drama Make his entrance back in Argos, in that old familiar scene. He's Aegisthus,che's a rotter and a schemer and a plotter To possess the throne of Argos and along with it the Queen. "Ah, good morning, Mistress Clytie. Have you heard about Briseis? "Well, of course, that's not surprising. It's the kind of thing a wife "Doesn't hear about till after it's a common cause for laughter "Among her friends and neighbors. It's too bad, but such is life!" So he filled her ears with scandal and her heart with vengeful hatred. She could prove to Agamemnon 'twas a game that two could play!v And, since he had been remiss thus, what if she and dear Aegisthus Were to follow his example and to tread the primrose way? Now the beacons blaze on Ida and on Athos and Macistus. Troy has fallen! And a thousand ships are bringing home the Greeks. But Aegisthus, though to greet them he'd be glad, can't stay to meet them. Business calls him to Achaia. He'll be gone for several weeks. Clytemnestra, she's no quitter! She can face domestic music, If there's any. But there won't be. She's prepared to see to that. "Agamemnon! How delightful! Kiss me, dearest. Oh, how frightful "Must have been that journey homeward! Let me take your coat and hat. "Here's a nice warm bath all ready. See, it's just the way you like it. "Now you step in quickly, dearest. And take that and that and that!" Thrice she thrust his sword into him. So she paid him what was due him, Paid him fully all she owed him, rather more than tit for tat. !I t he Conning Towker --------- - A Washington BYSTAN DER By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. - President Roosevelt's waving aside of press conference inquiries as to his inten- tions regarding a bonus payment bill certain to be passed early this session, illustrates a trait common to po- litical executives and courts. Neither likes to deal with "moot" questions. Mr. Roosevelt's classification of the matter as in the "if" stage until a specific bill is placed before him, is another way of saying that. All "if" questions long have been taboo at presidential press conferences. Yet, that presidential use of the wprd "if" suggests White House will- ingness to consider a bit of legisla- tive horse-trading on the form of the bill. Administration leaders in both houses might take a cue in their effort to work out a bill the President might sign. That wars the first major problem that majority leader- ship had to tackle as the session opened. On its handling hinged many matters of the session aside from the bonus bill itself. LEADERSHIP prestige in congress is a decate bloom. Tact is re- quired to combine artfully party and governmental necessities with a sym- pathetic appreciation of the re-elec- tion problems of individual house members in mapping legislativehpol- icy at the outset of a session. It is doubtful if even in the first blush of Roosevelt prestige in '33 presi- dential influence alone could have stemmed the pro-bonus tide. If Democratic leaders now fail in their efforts to reconcile White House and congressional majority views on the bonus question, their effective- ness in other matters likely would suffer. If they can produce a bill Mr. Roosevelt will sign, their prestige on the hill would be great with party colleagues. R x ognized this last session when, as , Democratic congressional committee chairman, he got out a questionnaire to all House Democrats. While it inquired as to each member's notion of his own chances of re-election, it was more largely devoted to questions as to popularity of Roosevelt policies and of the President himself in the various districts. "Can Roosevelt carry your dis- trict?" was one question. Drewry never gave out a recap- itulation of the replies. At the time, there were intimations that most recipients ignored his questionnaire. Since then all of them have had a chance to canvass the situation on the home ground. They know or ought to know more about what to expect next year from the voters. THE SCREENI AT THE WHITNEY "REMEMBER LAST NIGHT" A Universal production with Edward Arnold, Constance Cummins, Saly Elilers, Robert Young, Robert Arm- strong, Reginald Denny, Monroe Ow- sley, George Meeker, Jack LaRue, Louise Henry, and Arthur Treacher. Smart dialogue, a good story, and an all-star cast make this picture one of the really entertaining murderi mysteries we've seen in quite a while -entertaining in spite of the fact that there are murdered people all over the place before the villain is finally unmasked. The highest act- ing honors go to Constance Cummins,' who is brilliant as the effervescent wife of Robert Young. Young does a good piece of work too, as does Edward Arnold as the detective. Ar- thur Treacher, the tops in screen butlers, is good for a laugh a minute. The story opens on Long Island with a group of the most thirsty people we've ever seen starting out on a champagne bout to celebrate the end of the first six months of mar- ried life for Miss Cummins and Young. We follow them through countless cases of liquor and mad adventures to the morning after,II when all awaken to find that MeekerI had been murdered. More drinks and the advent of Detective Arnold follow, and the first thing we know everyone in the cast looks guilty and another murder is committed. Young then tries his hand at ama- teur detecting, with the result that another man is murdered, this time with a knife, but this is extra and doesn't have much to do with the main string. Just to keep one's in- terest up there's another fellow shot, Jack LaRue this time, as Young is returning from his sleuthing. Of course if this kept on long enough we'd have been able to pick the guilty one as he'd have been the sole sur- vivor, but this is prevented by the introduction of new suspects from time to time. They got the villain in the final scene, however, and so WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 1936 j VOL. XLVI No. 70 Notices Attention of All Concerned: Name- ly faculty, administrative and clerical staff members and students, is re- spectfully called to the following ac- tion by the Regents. Students shall pay in acceptable funds (which shall not include notes' unless the same are bankable) all' amounts due the University before they can be admitted to the final ex- aminations at the end of either se- mester or of the Summer Session. No office in the University is authorized1 to make any exception to this rule. Any specific questions that can be foreseen arising in this connection should be taken up with the proper authorities at the earliest possible moment. Shirley W. Smith. Life Annuities: 1. Life annuities or life insurance either or both may be purchased by members of the faculties from the Teachers Insur- ance and Annuity Association of America and premiums for either life Annuity or life Insurance, or both, may be deducted at the written re- quest of the policy-holder from the monthly pay roll of the University, and in such cases will be remitted directly to the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association by the Uni- versity. Or premiums may be re- mitted directly to the policy-holder, on the monthly, quarterly, semi-an- nual, or annual basis. The Secre- tary's office has on file blank ap- plications for Annuity policies, or4 life Insurance policies, rate books, annual reports, and specimen poli- cies, all for the convenience of mem- bers of the University staff desiring1 to make use of them.] 2. The Regents at their meeting of January, 1919 agreed that any member of the Faculties entering the service of the University since No- vember 17, 1915, may purchase an Annuity from the above-named As- sociation, toward the cost of which the Regents would make an equal contribution up to five per cent of his annual salary not in excess of $5,000, thus, within the limit of five per cent of the salary, doubling the amount of the Annuity purchased. 3. The purchase of an Annuity under the conditions mentioned in (2) above is made a condition of em- ployment in the case of all members of the Faculties, except instructors, whose term of Faculty service does not antedate the University year 1919-1920. With instructors of less than three years' standing the pur- chase of an Annuity is optional. 4. 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The University makes no contribution toward life Insurance and has nothing to do with the lifeJ insurance feature except that it will' if desired by the insured, deduct premium monthly and remit the same to the Association. 8. The University accounting of- fices will as a matter of accom- modation to members of the Faculties or employees of the University, who desire to pay either Annuity pre-, miums or Insurance pr e m i u m s monththly, deduct such premiums from the pay roll in monthly install- ments. In the case of the so-called "academic roll" the premium pay- ments for the months of July, August, September, and October will be de- ducted from the double pay roll of June 30. While the accounting of- fices do not solicit this work, still it will be cheerfully assumed where de- has been placed in the hands of the Secretary of the University by the Regents. Please communicate with the un- dersigned if you have not complied with the specific requirements as stated in (3) above. Herbert I. Watkins, Ass't See. Automobile Regulation: Stuients who have brought cars to Ann Arbor afterhthe Christmas vacation must register them promptly at Room 2 University Hall. This registration must include the make, type, license number and location of storage of these cars. Students possessing permits who have purchased 1936 license tags for their cars should file applications without delay for new student tags and meanwhile should attach the old permit tags to the new license plates. W. B. Rea, Assistant to the Dean. Graduate Women interested in studying economics, international re- lations or journalism: A one thous- and dollar scholarship is open through the Federation of Ameri- can Women's Clubs in Europe to some American woman for study in Eur- ope in 1936-37. Applicant must be an American citizen, a graduate of an accredited institution, and must have a thorough knowledge of French and a working knowledge of one or more other European lang- uages. Application must be sent in before February 1. Further details may beobtained in the office of the Graduate School. C. S. Yoakum. Sophomores may have their elec- tions approved in Room 9, University Hall, until January 15, at the follow- ing hours: Monday, 1:30-2:30. Tuesday, 1:30-3:30. Wednesday, 9:00-11:00. Thursday, 1:30-3:30. Friday; 1:30-2:30. Beginning Jan. 15 Sophomores must have their elections approved, in Room 103 Romance Language Building, in accordance with the following alphabetical divisions: Hours 10-12; 2-4 daily. HIJ, Wednesday, Jan. 15. KL, Thursday, Jan. 16. M, Friday, Jan. 17. NOP, Monday, Jan. 20. QR, Tuesday, Jan. 21. S, Wednesday, Jan. 22. TUV, Thursday, Jan. 23. WXYZ, Friday, Jan. 24. AB, Monday, Jan. 27. C,Tuesday, Jan. 28. DE, Wednesday, Jan. 29. FG, Thursday, Jan. 30. J. H. Hodges R. C. Hussey, Sophomore Academic Counselors. Lists of Students in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, ad- mitted to Candidacy for a Degree, Grouped according to the Fields of Concentration, are now posted in Room 4, University Hall. Please check to see that your name is posted correctly. Any change should be re- ported to the assistant at the counter. The Extension Division wishes to announce a noncredit course in the Principles of Scoutmastership. The class will meet for the first time Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m., in Room 231 Angell all. The tuition fee is one dollar. All interested per- sons are welcome. Fraternity and Organization Presi- dents: All organizations having a group picture in the 1936 Michigan- ensian should make appointments immediately to have such pictures taken at either Rettchler's, Sped- ding's, or Dey's studio. The member- ship lists of all organizations should be mailed to the Michiganensian of- fices before the first of next week. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Informa- tion has received announcement of United States Civil Service Exam- inations for Assistant Geophysicist, salary $2,600; Assistant to Techni- cian (Forestry), salary $1,620; Junior Graduate Nurse, salary $1,620; As- sistant and accountant and Auditor, salary $2,600 to $3,200, and Senior Accounting and Auditing Assistant, salary, $2,000. For further information concern- ing these examinations call at 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9:00-12:00 and 2:00-4:00. Academic Notices Comprehensive Examination in Ed- ucation: All candidates for the Teacher's Certificate are required to pass a Comprehensive Professional Examination covering the prescribed courses in Education. The next ex- amination of this kind will be held in 2436 U.E.S. on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 9 o'clock. Any student who will have completed all of the required courses in Education by the end of the persent semester is eligible to take the examination at this time. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Pubication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. It is hard to understand how citizens of free country such as the United States can willing to participate in the Olympic Games Berlin. a be in By participating in the games, what actually happens is that believers in democracy lend ma- terial aid to brutal despots, men who have neither soul nor conscience and who shrink from no das- tardly crime to stay in power. Hitler and his gang are steeped in blood. What that gang is trying now is to show to the world what fine streets, fine houses, and fine sport places there are in the city of Berlin. What they do not show are the concentration camps and the prisons in which political prisoners are beaten, tortured and murdered. Here is a picture of Nazi-Germany as she is today. German citizens cannot say what they think. They cannot write what they believe. They cannot read what they want to. They are not allowed to form labor unions. They don't dare protest if their wages are cut. They have no right to jury trial. They are in constant danger of being sentenced by a "Peoples Court" where neither evidence nor law is needed for conviction. If they are Protestants, they are denied the right to run their own churches. If they are Catholics they are forbidden to have