FOUR TIE MICHIGAN DAILY _ n . , THE MICHIGAN DAILY Publisned every morning except Monday during tho University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pressis 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 as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mal, $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.............THOMAS E. GROEHN Dorothy S. Gies Josephine T. McLean William R. Reed DEPARTMENTAL BOARDS Publication 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 Departmerub: Josephine T. McLean, Chairman; Josephine M. Cavanagh, Florence H. Davies, Marion T. Holden, Charlotte D. Rueger, Jewel W. Wuerfel. ernment dictated by the constitution. Counties electing to continue under the present system could do so. The way would be clear, however, for any county to experiment with various plans, and transform its interest into action for the taxpayers' benefit. Proposed amendments have been initiated to remedy the situation many times, yet either one or the other house would reject it, until now a proposed amendment has finally passed the State legislature and will be placed on the ballot in No- vember of this year. The constitutional form of government is not repealed by the proposed amendment nor is the legislature specifically authorized to disregard it in framing a general law of incorporation for counties. "The amendment falls far short of authorizing in clear and unmistakable language any major ad- justments," declares Prof. Arthur W. Bromage, of the political science department. "It still will not allow counties to get away from Article VIII; although it permits the readjustment of statutory laws and officers." The amendment may be a good one as a step in the right direction, but the Legislature and the voters still have a lot to do to completely remedy a situation deserving of more than passing atten- tion. Business And The Voting Employe... THE VAN NUYS BILL enacted by the Senate and now before the House Judiciary Committee to make it a felony for em- ployers to advise their employees how to vote in a national election embodies a fine principle but one which can hardly be realized by the mere pas- sage of a law. In the hierarchy of government officials the bill could have some great effect. It could do much to eliminate any domination by the Postmaster- General of the postmasters or other lower post- office officials. But conditions are not now par- ticularly bad in respect to the national government. The worst conditions of employers telling their em- ployes how to vote lie in the state governments and, of course, the bill can not apply to these gov- ernments. The field where there is the greatest number of violations of "free" voting is in that of private business. But how can the bill be enforced in this field? It is now very hard to find much real concrete proof of where employes have been ad- vised how to vote, for employes realize in such cases that to hold their positions they must keep such advisements strictly secret. Under the Van Nuys law, it will be even more difficult to detect those cases in which employers do advise their employes. Anyway, the penalty for large corporations, a $5,000 fine, is not too great to be any great preventative toviolations of the bill. If the bill is passed by the House, we fail to see how it can be enforced because any violations will be very hard to detect. There are many subtle ways which, while not violating the letter of the law, would violate the spirit of the law and not bring conviction in a law court. The principle of the Van Nuys Bill is an excel- lent and a desirable one which must be present in any nation if it is to be a democracy. It is an axiom that it is impossible to legislate morals, and we doubt if it is possible to legislate demo- cratic principles. The principle of the bill must be realized not by law but by public opinion and edu- cation leading to free, independent thinking. As Others SeeIt_ BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Telephone 2-1214 OUSINESS MANAGER ..........GEORGE H. ATHERTON CREDIT MANAGER .. .JOSEPH A. ROTH3ARD 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 Wohlgemuth; Circulation and National Adver- tising, John Park; Classified Advertising and Publica- tions, Lyman Bittman.] NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT CUMMINS Drunik With Power .. HIGH SOUNDING phrases such as "Is ours any longer a free country?" made by Justice Wheat in serving an injunction on Sen. Black's power of subpena serve only to dif- fuse the issue, and, as far as we are concerned, fall on deaf ears. It seems to us that the court's duty was to de- cide whether the American Liberty League could] reasonably be suspected of lobbying in the utilities bill. After all, Congressional committees do have the right to investigate each and everyone whom they suspect of unlawful or underhanded work. It is worth questioning, moreover, whether the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has the right to dictate to the Senate. Perhaps the judge was drunk with the potentialities of his power. On the face of things, the American Liberty League would seem as likely to lobby on any New Deal sponsored bill as anyone. Perhaps the util- ities themselves lobbied more in this particular case, but we would guess the Liberty League a close second. Judges whose decisions are based on such banal comments as "Is ours any longer a free country?" are not exemplary examples of what the American judicial system should be. They merely sweep the surface of the law and come up with somej trite saying. A good judge renders an intelligent and comprehensive opinion. But, then, we should not criticize judges unfairly, for it is possible that they are pandering to the "saviors of our country," the Liberty League, et. al. We hope that Sen. Black will not be bulldozed by the decision of the District of Columbia Su- preme Court. May he carry the fight to the Senate; and may the Senators open their eyes, to the issue actually at stake. We are all for him. The Need For County Home Rule .., ALMOST EVERYONE agrees that the mounting costs of local govern- ment in the United States today should be checked. It seems equally obvious that we should expect the greatest possible return in service from every dollar contributed to the support of local rural government. In Detroit's recent expose involving high county officials in corrupt practices, we see a distressing picture of the inefficiency and laxity of county government as it exists today in Mich- igan. The present system' of county government in Michigan is a set one, prescribing uniformity in Michigan's 83 counties. In the constitution under Article VIII, county government is cast into a rigid mold, regardless of whether that single mold makes for efficiency. It sets up the same type of organ- ization for all the counties of the state. The citizens have had reason to take an en- thusiastic interest in the principles of local self government in cities. No single system of muni- cipal government has been strapped upon the backs of the taxpayers of all cities. If they felt that their mayor and council government did not provide services commensurate to costs, they could adopt other forms, What is the situation in county government? As we have seen, it is quite the reverse. We believe that the best way to remedy the current problem of county government is by a system of home rule. This does not mean that counties will be entirely The Conning Towers TO A POET What holy wafer, placed upon your tongue, Dissolved, and gave your singing voice its tone? What secret herbage did you eat, when young? What charm did you possess? What sacred stone? Was it some philtre, brewed of blood and brine One ancient midnight, with barbaric rite, That swallowed, caused your melodies to shine, And gave your songs this lucid, marble light? Here is no usual gift; this strength of fire That beat and flare in every word you choose Are fare beyond dull mortals who aspire, And weep and pray. What witchcraft to you use? Whisper your secret in my curious ear, And envious gods will bow their heads to hear. ORIANA ATKINSON The President got some birthday presents in yesterday's papers. There were the reports of the London speech in Topeka, the Knox speech in Cleveland, and the Talmadge demonstration in Macon. The Administration, or its press de- partment, exudes confidence. We wonder how Mr. Roosevelt feels about his popularity, and whether he feels that he has made many mis- takes. Maybe he feels like the insurance man who was repeatedly kicked out of a man's office. "Maybe," the solicitor said, "he doesn't want any insurance, and maybe he just doesn't like me." It seems to us that Governor Landon's speech was the best, thus far, of the anti-Roosevelt speeches. It contained no comic valentines and no phony rhetorical questions, like Governor Talmadge's "Americanism or Communism ?" Americanism is a question of definition, of course, and nobody in the Administration, from the Pres- ident to the least of the department clerks, will let anybody assail his Americanism. Americanism is like a sense of humor; no American will confess that he hasn't got it. The Macon denunciation of the New Deal was too long. In essence it was this: "Who was that Democrat I seen you with?" "That was no Democrat; that was Franklin Roosevelt." What there is behind the taking of Mrs. Mabel Eaton's two children from her, and warding their custody to Mr. Warren Eaton, who has obtained a divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty, we do not know. Radical and atheistic litera- ture, it was said, was found in Mrs. Eaton's possession, and the allegation was that she was teaching the two children, ten and five, to be- come atheistic Communists. If that is all there is to it, we doubt that there is much danger of the principles of atheism and Communism gain- ing a foothold on the children. If those princi- ples, whatever they are, are compulsory spinach for the kids, the chances are that they will ma- ture into capitalistic monotheists. Train up a child in the way you think he should go, and the bet is that even before he is old he will depart from it. Maybe the government will soon take over all the kids that say that they want to be con- ductors, locomotive engineers, or firemen. These professions, the Department of Labor may say, are overcrowded, and to let children think that they may adopt these glamorous careers may be considered subversive of the common good. We find one great change in the ambitions expressed by children who are able to read the newspapers. None of them wants to be Presi- dent of the United States. QUESTOVER I built a house on a hilltop high, Etched in beauty against the sky. Quiet fields and a silver stream Where a weary heart might rest and dream. I made me a garden green and gold With a hawthorn hedge, and a pool to hold The mirrored blue of a summer sky With lazy cloud-ships drifting by. A forest where autumn could flame and die And winter winds through the branches sigh. Where spring's carillon of daffodils Ring out their promise that June fulfills. I opened my door to peace and joy, To brotherly love and to pity. Then I sold the place to a guy from Chase And moved into Tudor City. S.J. Mayor LaGuardia is about to appoint a com- mission to investigate the drunkenness of drunken drivers. The old question of how drunk a driver is to be called drunk will arise; how drunk is a drunk. Certainly some drivers can drive care- fully if they have had four or five drinks, and some drive recklessly when they have had a glass of beer. Many years ago we conducted a contest. The prize-winning answer to "When is a man drunk?" was "When he kisses the bartender good night." There is one great difficulty with such an in- vestigation : It won't happen until the accident occurs. Well, a man goes to a party in New York; he drives to his home in Stonington, Conn., he collides with a driver who has attended a beer party in Watch Hill, R.I. It will be a nice point. Of course, our notion of intoxicated driving is to confuse the dashboard clock with the speed- ometer, so that you think ..you are virtually stationary. A strike which may be called on Monday will be that of the elevator operators and other service employees in the Empire State Building. May be the president of the corporation that owns the building shouldn't have referred, last Saturday night, to his supreme happiness and A WashingtonI BYSTANDER By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, March 12.--With the '36 primaries just getting in- to swing, Herbert Hoover resumes his crusade against the New Deal before a Colorado Young Republican group and says, among many other things:' "I have had every honor that any man could want." Now just what does that imply, spoken by a man always placed in the forefront of those Republicans thought to be 'leading choices" for presidential nomination? Is it to be construed as a Hoover adaptation of the Coolidge "I-do-not-choose" state- ment in 1927, the statement that had so great a bearing on Mr. Hoover's own chance for the presidency? Does1 it mean that Mr. Hoover definitely is1 not seeking another nomination? * ** * HE MIGHT BE DRAFTED THERE is no easier way to get into an argument in Washington than to assert in political company that Mr. Hoover is, or is not, seeking a personal political comeback. It makes1 no difference which view you taket and very little whether you are talk-1 ing with Republicans or Democrats.' To date the most ardent Hoover nom-' inator of public record seems to be Postmaster General Farley. Under all the talk, however, and particularly strong among political! news writers striving to form imper- sonal and disinterested judgments as to what will happen at Cleveland has been a distinct and growing feeling that Mr. Hoover is not a candidate, does not expect to be nominated. As in the case of President Coolidge,1 nevertheless, this does not foreclose his acceptance of a movement to' draft him for new service should it1 turn out that way at Cleveland. T. R. SAID SO. TOO T HE late Theodore Roosevelt, speaking in 1911 to a group in Spokane where he had been urged to seek the 1912 nomination against President Taft, made much the same, statement that Mr. Hoover did at Colorado Springs. He also noted that he had every honor and supplement- ed that by adding that he well knew, his popularity could only suffer if he reentered the White House. For, all that, in less than a year his hat was in the ring. Denied the nomin- ation at Chicago, he bolted to form the Bull Moose movement that dis- rupted Republican national control. Mr. Hoover's remark, savoring as it does of a gesture of withdrawal from the Republican nomination race, comes just at a time when every Tuesday for two months will be marked by presidential preference primaries. It remains to be seen whether. Hoover delegates are to be among those chosen despite the in- dicated Hoover aloofness. It also re- mains to be disclosed whether the former President has a favored can- didate among those who may active- ly engage in the primary contests. Most political onlookers expect Mr. Hoover sooner or later formally to step out of the nomination picture, and his remark at Colorado Springs increased that expectation. For that reason, this single clause of his Colo- rado speech attracted more atten- tion than al lthe rest. 0% ART LOUIS BRUYERE is a practicing architect in Toledo, and so, when Mr. Bruyere exhibits a group of water colors which display impressive abili- ty sans any indications of the tech- nique of the architect, they are worthy of more than ordinary in- terest. A large collection of Mr. Bruyere's water colors are now being shown in the College of Architecture, and there is no one of the paintings which would be out of place in the gal- leries of Alumni Memorial Hall. It is t'ue that inesuch works as the one portrait in the gr'oup, the architect's exactness and accuracy come to the fore, but since the subject is an ex- cellent one, and because the rather sketchy technique which Mr. Bruyere exhibits in this case is quite pleasing, the portrait is very successful. The most impressive works in Mr. Bruyere's collection, from the point of view of color, arrangement and technique, are his ship paintings. The subject range is broad, from old windjammers to tugboats and tramp steamers. The best of this group is that representing an old three- master at dock, her yellow hull re- flected in the calm water. In this picture, as in all the others, Mr. Bruyere has instilled a sense of ar- rested motion, an impression of bird- like fleetness paused for a moment. Corresponding with the mood creat- ed by the view of the old ship, the background of the docks is indefinite, with a hazy, almost dream-like qual- ity about it. There is soft music in the picture, and the scent of old lone- ly places sleeping forever in the sun. In a more modern mood. Mr. Bru- FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1936 VOL. XLVI No. 113 Notices Student Loans: There will be a meeting of the Loan Committee in Room 2, University Hall, Monday afternoon, March 16. Students who have already filed applications for new loans with the Office of the Dean of Students should call there at once to make an appointment to meet the committee. College of Literature, Science and the Arts, School of Music, and School of Education: All students, now in 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 Conimit- 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. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received a catalogue from the Graduate School for Jewish Social Work for 1936-37. This catalogue may be seen in the office of the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to,4:00. Academic Notices Psychology 41: Students who were absent from the final examination will meet in Room 2116 Natural Science Building, Friday at 2:00 p.m. for a make-up examination. Psychology 33: Students who were absent from the final examination will meet in Room 2116 Natural Science Building, Friday at 2:00 p.m. for a make-up examination. Political Science 107: Make-up final examination, Saturday, March 14, 9 a.m., Room 2032 Angell Hall. English 147: The make-up amination in English 147 given Monday, March 16, Room 3227 Angell Hall. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the Vniversity. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. final ex- will be 2 p.m., ing a St. Patrick party at 8:30 p.m., at Palmer Field Building. The faculty of the Public Health department as well as students interested in Public Health are cordially invited. There is a charge of $.25 for non-members only. All Congregational Students and their friends are invited to attend the Student Fellowship Party to be held in the Church Parlors, this eve- ning. Dancing, 8:30 to 12:00. Admis- sion 25c. Coming Events Alpha Gamma Sigma: There will be a bowling party at the Woman's Athletic Building on Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m. University Oratorical Contest: The first try-out for this contest will be held Friday, March 27, at 4 p.m. in Room 4203 Angell Hall. This date has beensetin order to enable ad- ditional students to participate. Any undergraduate in the University is eligible to compete. The winner of the contest will represent the Uni- versity in the Northern Oratorical League contest and will receive the Chicago Alumni Medal for excellence in public speaking. The rules of the contest provide that the speech shall be one of the speaker's own compo- sition on a subject of his own choice and shall not exceed 1850 words in length. Further information con- cerning this contest may be obtained from any member of the Department of Speech and General Linguistics. Copies of orations that have won con- tests in past years may be examined by applying to the office of the De- partment of Speech and General Lin- guistics, 3211 Angell Hall, where stu- dents are asked to register for this contest. Graduate Outing Club is having a Skating Party at the Michigan Skat- ing Rink Saturday evening, March 14. All those interested are requested to meet at Lane Hall at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be 15 cents. Following the party refreshments will be served at the home of one of the offcers. All Graduate students are cqrdially invited to attend. Lutheran Student Club: Mr. Rolfe Haatvedt and Miss Alta Haab will give talks at the meeting of the Lu- theran Student Club Sunday evening in the parish hall of Zion Lutheran Church on Washington. They will talk on "Archeology and the Bible." Supper will be served at 6 p.m. Stalker Hall: St. Patrick's Party, Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. All Methodist students and their friends are cordially invited to enjoy an eve- ning of games and entertainment. Small charge for refreshments. Ann Arbor Friends: "Those Jap- anese" will be discussed by Robert B. Hall, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Georgraphy department of the Uni- versity, before the Ann Arbor Friends on Sunday, March 15, 5:30 p.m., at the home of Professor and Mrs. Ar- thur Dunham, 1217 West Huron St. There will be a sing, supper, meeting for worship, and Dr. Hall's discussion. All interested are invited. Supper reservations should be made as early as possible by telephoning 7830. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Carl A. Brauer, Pastor. March 15: 9:30 a.m., Church school. 9:30 a.m., German Lenten service. Sermon: "Jesus, Accused." 10:45 a.m., regular morning service. Sermon: "Destroy This Temple." 6:30 p.m., Student-Walther League supper and fellowship hour. 7:30 p.m., Lenten slide lecture on "Our Church In Can- ada." Wednesday, March 18: 7:30 p.m., The 4th midweek Lenten service Iwith sermon by the pastor on "Jesus, Condemned." Hillel Council: A special meeting of the council will be held at the Foun- dation on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. New staff members please attend. Im- portant. Mimes: All former members of Mimes still on campus are requested to attend a meeting at 4:30 p.m., Monday afternoon at the Union for the purpose of electing new members to the organization. Shirrel Kasle, president. Meta. dProCeSs ing Film To Be Shown A three-reel motion picture, "Metal of the Ages," will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 231 Angell Hall, it was announced yesterday. The film will be shown in connection with a course in building trades and will be open to the public free of charge. The film will depict the mining of the ore and its various stages in the manufacturing of wrought iron pipe. The showing will be of interest to Morals At Michigan (From the Daily Illini) i ITEOLD ORDER CHANGETH - but very slowly in the matter of moral standards among men and women if the poll of students on the question taken at Michigan can be accepted as typical. According to the survey the following opinions were voiced: 1. The ages old "double standard" of one moral code for men and another for women is still ac- cepted. 2. Free love was looked at with askance but more men (28 per cent) believed in it than women (eight per cent). 3. That women should have a higher standard of moral conduct than men was the opinion of 58 per cent of the women and 42 per cent of the men. 4. Sixty-eight per cent of the men would be willing to have "intimate relations with the per- son" they "intended to marry" while only 20 per cent of the women accepted that attitude. 5. Disloyalty during the engagement period would cause 82 per cent of the men to break off the engagement and 64 per cent of the women to do the same. In general, the survey indicated that the males still claim special privileges and the women were willing to accept their claim. In other words, the men refused to share the responsibility of main- taining a high moral standard and yet believed that if the woman did not they were free to punish them. (That is, 42 per cent of the men thought that women should have a higher standard than they but 82 per cent would break off relations in case of infidelity). The men said that it was up to the women to be pure and yet 68 per cent would be willing to have "intimate relations" upon the basis of intent to marry. Women, on the other hand, de- cried free love and pre-marital "intimate relations" very decidedly but more of them would overlook infidelity during the engagement period than men by 17 per cent. It would seem that, to a surprisingly large extent, the emancipation of women doesn't extend as far as morality. That there is a certain amountj of realization of physical fact in the survey can Lecture Library Science Special Lectures: Mr. J. Christian Bay of the John Crerar Library of Chicago will speak on Friday, March 13, at 4:00 p.m., on "The Work and Organization of the John Crerar Library." On Saturday, at 10:00 a.m., he will speak on "Re- discovered Books," illustrating par- ticularly the work of certain Ameri- can Botanists. Both lectures will be held in Room 110 in the General Li- brarytand are open to all persons in- teres ted. 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 JGP rehearsals; Prologue dance chorus will meet at the League today from 4 to 5 p.m., Raggedy Ann chorus from 5 to 6 p.m. Hillel Foundation: Traditional Fri- day night services will be held at 8 p.m. Services will be followed by fire- side discussion. All are welcome. Delta Epsilon Pi meeting at the Michigan Union, at 8 p.m. sharp. A guest speaker will address the Fra- ternity. All members are urged to be prompt. U. of M. Public Health Club is hav- retains in them a charming personal touch. Most of the other pictures in the group are devoted to scenes of the country and of old houses set in backgrounds of green lawns and tall trees. The most attractive of these is that picturing a group of old farm buildings reflected in still, blue wa- ters, a warm scene done in rich col- ors. Somewhat in the same class is the painting of a tall white house, partially hidden by bright autumn foliage. He has captured the quiet charm of the old house and the bril- liant beauty of the surrounding trees and masterfully blended them into an appealing picture. One of the unusual features of the exhibit is the intelligent use which the artist has made of the wide card- 4