THE MIHIGIXN DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, THE MICHIGAN DAILY i .A I I Publiisned 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 Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan as1 second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mai, $4.50. Representatives: National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York City; 400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. L DEPARTMENT Telephone 49251 BOARD OF EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR ..............THOMAS H. KLEENE ASSOCIATE EDITOR.............. THOMAS E. GROEHN Dorothy S. Gies Josephine T. McLean William R. Reed DEPARTMENTAL BOARDS eublication Department: Thomas H. Kleene, Chairman; Clinton B. Conger, Robert Cummins, Richard G. Her- shey, Ralph W. Hurd, Fred Warner Neal. Reportorial Department: Thomas E. Groehn, Chairman; Elsie A. Pierce, Joseph S. Mattes. Editorial Department: Arnold S. Daniels, Marshall D. Shulman. sports Department: William R. Reed, Chairman; George Andros, Fred Buesser, Raymond Goodman. Women's Department: Josephine T. McLean, Chairman; Josephine M. Cavanagh, Florence H. Davies, Marion T. Holden, Charlotte D. Rueger, Jewel W. Wuerfel. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Telephone 2-1214 or grandfather, who sometimes is too old to think exactly straight. The AAA is wrong or right on the same basis, and Communism is simply horrible, when they haven't the remotest idea what Communism is. For all that a good many students actually know, it is a doctrine of violent capitalism. (Don't get us wrong. We think Communism is impractical and unworkable, and we know why we think so, too.) Impartial thinking is a hard job. Not everyone can attain it, but we do think that most college students can come fairly close to it after assiduous practice, unless, of course, they are incurable prudes who rejoice in disagreeing. TEH1FORUM Letters published in this column should not be 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. Attention is called to the rule that un- signed letters cannot be published. A num- ber of letters recently received have not been signed. Initials or pseudonyms will be used if indicated, and wishes of correspon- dents who prefer to remain anonymous will be respected. - The Editors. Heidelberg Decision To the Editor: I regret very much that the University of Mich- igan has found it desirable to accept the invitation to be represented at the 550th anniversary of the founding of the University at Heidelberg. My re- gret is not based on the fear that the National Socialist Party will try to convert the anniversary celebration into a political rally, but on considera- tions of principle. If the universities of the western world have de- votedithemselves to any tradition, it has been the tradition of liberal culture. It is the tradition which has exalted the primacy of reason, the de- velopment of international technology and scien- tific culture, the value of freedom and individual- ity, and faith in progress and humanitarianism. The National Socialist Party is proud of its de- liberate assault upon these principles which, among other things, has resulted in the dismissal of hundreds of Germany's leading scholars. The invitation from Heidelberg forces the uni- versities of the world to come to some decision as to whether they wish to remain true to their liberal heritage or whether they wish to embrace a new philosophy of totalitarianism, racialism and na- tionalism. The British universities have chosen toe former. In so doing they have served notice that the symbols of British academic life and tra- dition are not available to the self-confessed de- stroyers of the academic tradition of liberalism. It may be interesting to recall that several years ago when the duly elected governor of Mississippi exercised his legal right to dismiss for political reasons scores of professors and instructors in state-controlled institutions, the accrediting agencies of the universities and professional schools took action to suspend these institutions. Is there no parallel between this situation and the German situation? To be sure, American univer- sities cannot suspend the German universities from membership in the international academic community. The German government has already done that. Why has the University of Michigan accepted the Heidelberg invitation? Was it just a thoughtless and conventional acceptance? Or, was it an im- plicit repudiation of the ideals of American uni- versity life? If it was the former, it is not too late to reconsider and to cancel the acceptance. If it was the latter, it is of sufficient importance to warrant much wider discussion by the entire Uni- vesity Community - students, faculty, and ad- ministration. -George L. Abernethy, Grad. BUSINESS MANAGER .........GEORGE H. ATHERTON ,REDIT MANAGER .JOSEPH A. 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 Jofe; Accounts, Edward Wohln uth; Circulaton and National Adver- tising, John Park; Classified Advertising and Publca- tions, Lyman Bittman. NIGHT EDITOR: ELSIE A. PIERCE NYA Mapractices At Michigan*... O NE OF THE EARLIER propagand- ists for the National Youth Admin- istration, so the story goes, as told by Walter Davenport in his article "Youth Won't Be Served" in the March 7 Collier's magazine, went about the country explaining what wonders might be ex- pected of the government's firm intention of doing something for "our dear, dear children - bless 'em"' This "Bless-Ums racket," so Mr. Davenport de- scribes it, was created out of the need for some sort of action, out of the broad sympathies of the First Lady of the land and out of a welter of social theories purporting to solve the problems of youth. "Fine as it was to keep boys and girls in high schools and colleges, it was less inspiring to dis- cover that there were large numbers of these naturally perplexed youngsters who were learning at first hand how to get something for nothing" is one of the major criticisms Mr. Davenport launches against the NYA. This University disburses a considerable part of NYA funds, and it is interesting to consider what of truth there is in Mr. Davenport's critique of the NYA as it might apply locally. In the report recently issued by Prof. Lewis M. Gram, director of the NYA here, not the slightest hint of anything approaching a "Bless-Ums" racket is found. The work projects, the report indicates, have been determined with care and deliberation; the students have been chosen with consideration of their need, their abilities and the constructive benefits attainable through NYA! work. Not indicated in the report, however, is a prac- tice, no one knows how common, of professors or other "employers" created by the NYA generously and naively handing over to students signed blank slips which the students may fill out as to hours of work and hand in for payment without further approval by their "employers." The Daily knows of at least two such cases, in both of which the students have taken advan- tage of the opportunity to file more hours than they actually worked. The Daily believes that these same "employers" would exercise considerably more care in the dis- bursement of their own funds, and would even laugh at the thought of giving the grocer a signed blank check for the grocer to fill out and cash as to the amount of groceries sold. Such a practice is obviously the exception, and cannot be considered prevalent enough to taint the whole University NYA with the character of a "Bless-Ums" racket. But this does not excuse any laxity in the efforts administrators should direct toward ferreting out these cases, and The Daily calls upon those hyper-generous mem- bers of the faculty mentioned above either to "wake up" to the realities of human nature, or to be less profligate in their handling of other people's money- as the case may be. What Passes iTne Conning Towerj Spring-Fever (With further apologies to the poet laureate) I must take to the road again, to a mountain under the sky, And all I ask is a new car and a map to steer her by. For the snow's gone and winter's done and the plane trees are sprouting, And over the ponds in Central Park the wild geese are shouting. I must take to the road again, for the call of the running deer1 Is a wild call and a clear call that comes in the spring of the year;' And all I ask is a cloudy day and a fly of my own devising, And a light wind and a deep pool and the big fish rising. I must take to the road again, to a life in the State of Maine, - To the old camp on the big lake where the hunted1 loons complain;- And all I ask at the end of the day is a night spent under cover, And a quiet sleep on the balsam boughs when the long trail's over. E.F.M. Compositors and make-up men are fond of saying, when a column is two or three lines too long, "Do you think we have rubber type?" It seems to us that the Constitution is something that is made of rubber type. The minimum wage law for women has been declared uncon- stitutional by the Court of Appeals. We read the prevailing opinion, and it sounded logical; we read the dissenting opion, and it sounded logi-; cal. It may be advanced that the type in the, Constitution is not rubber; it is our mind. Which; is true. But on the fact that this decision of+ the courts will give working women the worst of it and employers the best of it our mind is made of unbudgeable, implastic concrete. The minimum wage law for women was de- liberated by the court specifically because of the+ laundry situation. When will the court get down to the minimum pin-in-the-shirts law, and the+ maximum starch law? Has the consumer no rights? In this form of socialism, communism, or fair play, or whatever you want to call it we believe: Elevator operators who get as low as $40 a month or as high as $100 a month all have the notion' that the wealthy owners of the building they work in are making a fortune while the workers' starve. It is our notion that employers ought to tell employes whether the buildings are making money or are operating at a loss. Every employec should get a quarterly statement of how the boss's business is doing. We feel certain that if employes knew that they would share in the, boss's prosperity they would accept a propor-1 tionate share of his misfortune. That is a rhetorical question. The consumer has no rights. Consumers are the Milquetoast; public. We "good naturedly" walk upstairs, and, we will "good naturedly" ultimately pay the cost of the strike. Maybe some day the public will strike, marching as to peace. It will take a lot of organization; a gigantic sales campaign. It will take an organization as powerful as that1 which sells us high taxes, war, and other things that we don't want. The organization, forgotten men and women, should be known as the Turn- ing Worms. And for president of the T.W. our nomination is one who our psychoanalysts and students of heredity tell us would be ideal - Caspar Milquetoast, Junior. The strikers want a living wage, they say. That means one thing to one man, and something else to another. Now and then there are two per- sons in the world to whom a word means the, same thing. A daily writer refers almost every day, in some way, to the fact that most persons are under paid. One reader asks him to stop harping on that old injustice thing; and does he know that he is being paid to be funny? And another reader tells him that his is the clearest voice heard on the subject of humanity and decency. No diminution in interest do we admit con- cerning our favorite diarist. Yesterday "My Day," by Eleanor Roosevelt, wound up with: One of my correspondents sends me a verse which he starts with somewhat the same idea. Mr. Emery M. Justice tells me that he has a book called "Life's Golden Dream," which is at present in its second edition, and he is moved by "My Day" to write the following lines: "Having something to conquer, some one has said, Is a slogan for the living, not for the dead." Yes, surely, those who are trying to conquer are more lively- they have to be. First, we must welcome Our Nell to the inner body of columning. Quickly she has learned the secret of pasting up something when copy is de- manded, no matter how poor the stuff may be. We have lots of books, none of which ever got to a second edition, but we are moved by "Life's Golden Dream" and "My Day" to write the fol- lowing lines: Having something to utter, somebody has said, Is a slogan for the writers who'd like to be read. Miss Rebecca West's new novel is called "Thel Thinking Reed," and Old Ben Muebsch's qaint notion is to advertise: The thinking read "The Thinking Reed." F.P.A. A Washing ton BYSTAN D ER By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, March 10.-Rep- resentative Robertson of Virginia managed one of those adroit little coups in declaring his support for the stop-gap farm bill as constitutional. Digging into files musty with the dust of nearly 20 years, he dragged out an opinion by Lawyer Charles Evans Hughes, written in 1917, to sustain him. The opinion, written at the request of clients who asked as to consti- tutional validity of the Federal farm loan act of 1917, is quite remarkable in the closeness with which the argu- ment followed that in which Mr. Hughes was to participate nearly 20 years later as Chief Justice in the AAA case. It is a 34-page affair, written with that same lucidity of presentation which has marked Hughes' opinions from the bench. And there is hardly a point involved in the AAA constitutional argument Lawyer Hughes did not then cover, hardly a constitutional authority cited in the AAA debate Lawyer Hughes did not then cite. Congressional dele- gation of power, the welfare clause, the question of federal authority in relation to agriculture - all were then dealt with. ROBERTSON made much of this quotation from Lawyer Hughes' opinion: "It will hardly be disputed that the agricultural interests of the country, broadly considered, are of national and not merely state con- cern. Any view that would treat the food supply of the people as not a matter directly related to the com- mon defense and general welfare of the United States would be so narrow as to be quite inadmissable." At first blush that might seem in conflict with the subsequent concur- rence of the chief justice in the Rob- erts opinion, holding AAA "a statu- tory plan to regulate and control ag- riculture within the states, a matter beyond the powers delegated to the Federal government." Closer exam- ination shows that Lawyer Hughes drew a sharp distinction in 1917 be- tween Federal appropriations "in aid of the agricultural interest" and those for "the actual conduct of agricultural activities within the states." jF ROBERTSON'S citation of that Hughes opinion in 1917 does noth- ing else to throw light on what may happen when and if the post-AAA farm measure comes to its constitu- tional test, it does indicate clearly the narrowness of argument upon which the 6-3 Supreme Court verdict against AAA rested. That might tend to brighten hopes of the framers of the stop-gap farm bill for a different ruling, for a reshuffling of the AAA division among the justices, when the measure comes to test. If it comes to a test might be a better way to put it. It is quite con- ceivable that the two-year emergency period of direct Federal guidance of the "soil conservation" program will have ended, the question become "moot," before the act reaches that test. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936 VOL. XLVI No. 111 Notices Automobile Regulation: Those stu- dents possessing driving permits is- sued during the firstesemester who have failed to renew them are hereby' requested to do so immediately. This request applies to those wo will use their 1935 State license plates until August 1, as well as to those who have purchased 1936 licenses. All old per- mit tags are void as of March 1, and their continued use will constitutet grounds for disciplinary action. Ap- plications for renewals must be made at Room 2, University Hall, and new sets of permit tags will be issued at1 no additional cost. K. E. Fisher Scholarships in the Graduate< School: The Regents at their meet-t ing Feb. 28 voted to increase the number of Scholarships in the Grad- uate School to thirty. These compe- titive Scholarships are open to any student graduating in June from an undergraduate college in the Uni- versity or elsewhere who desires to begin graduate work in the September following such graduation. The stip- end to successful applicants is anr order on the University covering ther full semester fees. Application forms may be secured at the Graduate School office, 1006 Angell Hall. Forms should be in the office by March 18. The Graduate School. Faculty, College of Engineering:3 There will be a meeting of the faculty, of this College on Thursday, March 12. at 4:15 p.m., in Room 348 West1 Engineering Building. Special order -Recommendations of the Commit- tee on Coordination and Teaching, relative to change in the nontechnical electives and rearrangement of cur- ricula. College of Literature, Science and the Arts, School of Music, and School. of Education: All students, now inr residence, who received marks of In- complete or X at the close of their last term of attendance, must com- plete work in such courses by the end of the first month of the present se- mester, March 17. Where illness or other unavoidable circumstances make this impossible, a limited exten- sion of time may be granted by the Administrative Board of the Literary College, the Administrative Commit- tee of the School of Education, or' the Director of the School of Music, provided a written request, with the approval and signature of the in- structor concerned is presented at the Registrar's Office, Room 4, Uni- versity Hall. In cases where no supplementary grade is received and no request for. additional time has been filed, these marks shall be considered as having lapsed into E grades. Students of the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts: A meeting will be held on Thursday, March 12, at 4:15 p.m., in Room 1025 Angell Hall, for students in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and others interested in future work in Dentistry. The meeting will be ad- dressed by Dr. R. W. Bunting of the School of Dentistry. This will be the second meeting of the vocational series designed to give information rconcerning the nature of and prep- aration for thevarious professions. The third meeting, to be addressed by Dean J. B. Edmonson of the School of Education, will be held on Tuesday, March 17. Pre-Legal Students: It is believed that students preparing for the study of law will be interested in attend- ing a practice trial, in order to learn something of court procedure and presentation. Pre-legal students in the University are especially invited to attend the freshman final trial of the Holmes case club, which will be held today, March 11, in Room 116, Hutchins Hall, Law School. The trial will begin at 4:00 p.m. All Students who are registered with the Bureau of Appointment and Occupational Information are asked to call at the office. 201 Mason Hall, to fill in second semester elections. Office hours, 9:00-12:00, 2:00-4:00; Tuesday through Friday, March 10-13 inclusive. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received announcement of United States Civil Service Examinations for Assistant and Junior Land Nego- tiator, Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture, salary, $2,000 to $2,600. For further information concern- ing these examinations call at 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 4:00. English 181: Make-up final exam- ination in American Literature, Fri- day, March 13, 3 p.m., at Dr. Horn- berger's office, 2212 A.H. This will also be the final time to turn in make- up weekly papers to remove incom- pletes. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the Vniversity. Copy received at the oiice of the Assistant to the President untU 3;l ; 30;110 a.m. on Saturday. and the Gradate School to be recom- mended for the Teacher's Certificate in June, has been posted on the bul- letin board in Room 1431 University Elementary School. Any student whose name does not appear on this list and who Wishes to be so listed should report this fact at once to the Recorder of the School of Education, 1437 U.E.S. Lectures University Lecture: Mr. Paul Dietz of the Carl Schurz Memorial Founda- tion, Philadelphia, will read in Ger- man from Goethe and Schiller on Thursday, March 12, at 4:15 p.m., in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The public is cordially invited. French Lecture: Mr. James C. O'Neill will give the sixth lecture on the Cercle Francais program: "Bau- delaire et les Fleurs du Mal," Wednes- day, March 11, 4:15 p.m., Room 103, Romance Language Building. Exhibition Exhibition of Water Colors, Archi- tectural Building: A collection of water colors by Louis Bruyere is now on view in the ground floor corridor of the Architectural Building. Open daily 9:00 to 5:00 during this week. Visitors are cordially invited. Events Of Today Aero Division of A.S.M.E.: Captain Marshall of the U. S. Marines, and Lieut C. F. Greber of the Naval Re- serve base at Grosse Ile, will speak to the A.S.M.E. in Room 348 West En- gineering Bldg., 7:30 p.m., on privi- leges of becoming a Naval or Marine Flying Cadet. Captain Marshall will also relate some of his experiences during the recent flight maneuvers in the Caribbean area. The meeting is open to the public. All persons de- sirous of obtaining information per- taining to flight training and a Re- serve commission in either the Navy or Marine Corps are urged to attend. Druids will hold a luncheon meet- ing at 12:15 today in the Union. Wallie Weber, Varsity football ;coach, will speak on "Michigan System." Chemical and Metallurgical Engi- neering Seminar. Mr. J. W. Freeman will be the speaker at the Seminar for graduate students at 4 o'clock in Room 3201 E. English Bldg., on the subject, "Iron-Aluminum Surface Al- loys Produced onuSteel by Diffusion." A.S.M.E. There will be an important meeting at 7:30 o'clock this evening, Michigan Union. Papers will be pre- sented by prospective delegates to the Chicago Conference. All Mechanical Engineers are invited to attend. A.S.C.E. Smoker, 7:30 p.m., at the Michigan Union. A program has been arranged which includes L. C. Wilcoxen, R. L. McNamee, and Prof. L. M. Gram, who wil Italk on "The Types of Public Work open for Civil Engineers." Pi Tau Pi Sigma: Regular meeting at 7:30 p.m., Lieut. E. J. Kelly of the National Guard will speak. Room posted. Alpha Nu will hold its initiation ceremony at 4:30 p.m., in the chapter room on the fourth floor of Angell Hall. All members and pledges are to be present.at this time unless one of the officers has excused you. At 6:00 p.m., the initiation banquet will be held at the Michigan Union. All members and alumni members as well as honorary members are invited to attend. The room will be an- nounced on the bulletin board. Luncheon for Graduate Students at 12 noon in the Russian Tea Room of the Michigan League Building. Professor Roy W. Cowden of the English Department, Director of the Hopwood Awards, will speak inform- ally on "Libraries I Have Worked In." Contemporary: Luncheon meeting this noon at the Haunted Tavern. J.G.P. Rehearsal this afternoon: Prologue, 4 to 5. Raggedy Ann, 5 to 6. At the League. Book Group of the Michigan Dames will meet at the League this evening. Garden Secti'n of the Faculty Wives Club will meet at 3:00 p.m. in the Main Library, Room 110. Pro- fessor Paul R. Krone of Michigan State College will give an illustrated talk on Garden Perennials. Tea will be served after the lecture. Harris Hall: 7:30 a.m., Holy Com- munion, Chapel Harris Hall. Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church: 7:30 p.m., Service of worship in the church. Corning Events Psychology Journal Club will meet Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., Room 4 4 Ten Years Ago From The Daily Files Of March 11, 1926 Mein Kampff To the Editor: It may not be generally known that the trans- lation of Hitler's book "Mein Kampf"- "My Battle"- contains less than a third of the original German text. It has been calculated that the translation omits at least 158,400 words of the original. This expurgated edition was evidently intended for foreign consumption since most of the passages which might give offense to nations out- side of Germany are not to be found in the trans- lation. Such omitted passages deal with the glor- ification of war and militarism, with attacks on democracy, on America and quite especially on France as well as with secret re-arming, etc. I shall cite only a few striking examples of such passages not found in the translation. And first of all there is Hitler's stirring call to war. He writes, "that a peace treaty is the greatest propaganda weapon for the shaking-awake of a nation's slum- bering life forces. Then indeed everything from the baby's first storybook to the last newspaper, theater and cinema, every placard-pillar and every vacant wall-space must be put to the service of this one great mission, until the nervous prayers of our modern verein-patriots, 'Lord, make us free,' has been changed in the brain of the tiniest urchin to the glowing plea: 'Almighty God, bless our weapons again; be as just as ever Thou wast; judge now if we deserve freedom; Lord, bless our battle!' " What Hitler hopes to achieve by means of his' military exploits is seen in passages like this one: "A state which devotedly fosters its best racial elements is bound one day to become Master of the Earth" (Herr der Erde), and here is his con- ception of peace: "A peace supported not by the palmleaves of lacrimonious hired female-mourners, but founded by the victorious sword of a Master- People which brings the world into the service of a higher Kultur and leaves Germany mistress of the "Ownership of all coal deposits by the government is the only remedy for the present situation in the coal industry," said James Hudson Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania Federa- tion of Labor, who spoke yesterday afternoon in the Natural Science Au- ditorium on the subject "What's Wrong With the Coal Industry?" In the interest of the Burton Me- morial Campanile, Vilhjalmur Stef- ansson, noted Arctic explorer, will de- liver a lecture on "Abolishing the Arc- tic," at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in Hill Auditorium. Accompanied by Coach Stephen J. Farrell, six members of the Varsity track:team will leave for Evanston+ at 2:20 o'clock this afternoon to compete in the Western Conference indoor championships.+ A movement has been started tol have citizenship rights restored tot Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader, who served more than two years in the Atlanta pen'itentiary for opposing American participation in the World war. With Aristide Briand's ninth cab- inet only a few hours old and the formal ministerial declaration still a week away, maneuvers had already started tonight to make its life short. One attack centers on Louis Malvy, who holds the portfolio of the min- ister of the interior. The attempts of Washington to settle the South American feud over Tacna-Arica is slowly approaching its fruition, but what the harvest will be is the subject of growing specula- 4 4 For Thinking. 0 * N HIS I Write As I Please Walter . Duranty criticizes people for not relegating their emotions and prejudices to cold