thne vWeather eri' isii e "1.pidiiiYk u , tiity f m ILP 1.0 itc t an ti Editorials Ilrnter"a:11"' ,' ('ritik VOL. XLVI No. 125 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936 VO.XLINo PUE IErET PILICE FIVE CENT$ { RLhineland Diplomats Conferring Eden Will Discuss Actions On Crisis Before House Of CommonsToday British And French Are Not In Accord German Ambassador Will Not Satisfy Negotiators From France LONDON, March 25.-()P) - Seek- ing a path of conciliation in the Lo- carno crisis, Great Britain was still caught tonight between unreconciled French and German claims. , Anthony Eden, Foreign secretary, following conversations with French, German and Russian diplomats to- day, will give a full accounting to the House of Commons tomorrow of his actions during the past fortnight, one of the gravest in post-war years. Debate on foreign policy in the Commons is expected to produce es- pecially bitter attacks on the four- power Locarno proposal to police the Rhineland and what some critics called the entanglement of Great Britain in what is tantamount to a military alliance with France. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin has already told the House of Com- mons he hoped anxieties over the four-power proposals will "be con- siderably allayed" by an assurance Joseph Paul-Boncour, French min- ister of state, gave Eden that the rift between the French and the British on the question of negotiations with Adolf Hitler was "more apparent than real." This was offset, however, by an in- terview between Eden and Von Rib- bentrop, Hitler's special ambassador, which authoritative quarters de- scribed as "not very helpful." Authoritative sources neither con- firmed nor denied a report that Von Ribbentrop told Eden that Germany' wants to negotiate a permanent non- aggression treaty with France and asked Eden to act as intermediary. They said however such a proposal would not alter existing difficulties. Von Ribbentrop, it is understood, still refused to give temporary guar- anties demanded by the French that Germany will not further jeopardize western European security pending the security conference. Stop-Gap Pact Is Signed By three Powers LONDON, March 25. - )- A "stop-gap" naval treaty was for- mally signed by the United States, Great Britain and France today in a ceremony unexpectedly enlivened by a vehement Italian attack upon Brit- ain. Prior to the signing, the United States and Britain agreed privately' to keep their navies at the same level. After American, British and French delegates had expressed hopes that' Italy as well as Japan would join the pact later, Dino Grandi, Italian am- bassador to London, dashed cold water on this idea by proclaiming that Brit- ain's Mediterranean mutual assist- ance agreements stood in the way of Italian adhesion.o Serving notice that Italy would raise an issue over these pacts -- designed to prevent a possible Fascist aggression against sanctionist na- tions - at "a more suitable moment," Grandi added: "Agreements for the limitation of airmaments cannot be disembodied from the framework of political re- lations between states." The new treaty replaces for five' years the expiring Washington and London pacts. A new feature which was not in the' London or Washington pacts provides for the annual exenange by signator- ies of information concerning their building programs. Four months' notice will be given in advance be-1 fore the laying of new keels. Pollock Will Study Ohio Merit System Chairman Of JGP EDITH ZERBE Senior Women To Be Honored At JGP Tonight Central Cotrniittee Writes Scenario For First Time; StudIents Compose Music The raising of the opening curtain of "Sprize!" the 1935 Junior Girls Play, at 8:15 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre will mark the culmination of several months of work on the part of the women of the junior class as well as the climax of the active college life of the senior women who will make their first ap- pearance in the caps and gowns at this performance. For the first time in the history of Junior Girls Plays, the production has been written by the central com- mittee, based on the play originally conceived by Doris Wisner, chairman of the program committee. Al Cowan and his regular Silver Grill band will play for the produc- tion. All of the music for "Sprize!" has been written by two University stUdents, Herbert Schultz, '39E, and Robert Lodge, '39. In addition, some incidental selections have been com- posed by Racheal Lease, a member of the cast. In addition to tonight's perform- ance, the show is to be repeated to- morrow and Saturday nights with a matinee to be given at 2:30 p.m. Sat- urday. Tickets for the play are on sale in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre box office and are priced at 75 cents and $1 for the evening per- formances and 50 and 75 cents for the matinee. Tonight's performance will carry out the 32-year old tradition of hon- oring the senior women. Patrons and patronesses of the play have been invited to attend, and will fill the box and balcony seats. Pittman Considers New Naval Treaty WASHINGTON, March 25. - (P) -- A new naval pact floated today on the capital tide. Ripples from the signing in Lon- don of a naval treaty by this country, England and France touched the Senate. Chairman Pittman (Dem., Nev.), of the foreign relations com- mittee let it be known that both his committee and the Senateas a whole would closely scrutinize the pact be- fore ratification was voted on. Pittman would make no prediction whether the pact would come up for consideration at this session of the Senate. The new treaty is intended to replace in "stop-gap" form for five years the expiring Washington and London naval pacts, but provides for escape clauses as to the amount of building. IoI ISSl By Ca iil At a special meeting of the City Council held last night, an amend- ment to the liquor ordinance, which would move the restricted area around churches from a 500-foot radius to a 300-foot distance along the regularly travelled pedestrian route, was passed through first and second readings. Protests against the change were filed with the council by heads of six Ann Arbor churches and the Salva- tion Army. Alderman Leigh Young killed what looked like an all-night session on the question of the city's share for Thirty Chinese Walk Out On Kagawa Talk Create Furore In Protest For Calling Manchuria Independent State First Martin Loud Lecture Delivered Great Japanese Answers Many Questions On Life, Work And Beliefs By TUURE TENANDER A furore was created last night dur- ing Toyohiko Kagawa's student for- um in the Union, when 30 Chinese students, led by Ren-Bing Chen, Grad., stalked out of the ballroom in protest of Kagawa's use of the word "Manchukuo." Claiming that "Manchuria" is the correct word to use, Chen asked the speaker to change his practice of us- ing "Manchukuo," and added that the latter word is one coined by the Jap- anese in order to deceive the world. Kagawa replied that he was using the term because the American press has used it daily, and because of the many Americans that were represent- ed in the audience. Insist on "Manchuria" Chen, however, spread out a large map of China and insisted that the speaker use "Manchuria" during the remainder of the evening. Kagawa replied that he agreed with the League of Nation's choice of "Manchuria," but that since the American newspa- pers used the other term he would do so. "It is an insult to the Chinese to have this territory referred to as 'Manchukuo.' The word 'kuo' means an independent state or country," said Chen, "and since no country in the world other than Japan has recog- nized Manchukuo,' there is no au- thority to call it by that term. Japan has coined the word in order to fool the people of the outside world." No Promise Is Made Kagawa, however, made no prom- ise to change his terminology, where- upon Chen uttered a terse "Let's go" and left the ballroom, followed by his countrymen. The forum period went on from this point with no further interruptions. Not all the Chinese students de- parted, however, about 25 remaining to hear Kagawa finish answering the questions. The Chinese Christian As- sociation has invited the Japanese lecturer to dinner today. During the course of the forum, Kagawa answered many queries re- garding his life, work, and beliefs. He was of the opinion that capitalism must go, stating that it was too one- sided. He did not favor the Russian system of agricultural cooperatives because he alleged that the Russian type of cooperatives turned the profits of the organizations to the state, which in turn used the funds for its armament building program. aChristianity, Kagava declared, has brought five things to Japan. These are purity, the spirit ofgservice, the (Continued on Page 4) Kidnaper' sFate Lies With Court Hoffman States i Japanese Leader Declares Faith In Cooperatives As Solution To War By FRED WARNER NEAL Dimunitive Toyohiko Kagawa, pas- sively but persistently preaching his gospel of Christian love, gave The Daily an exclusive interview last night, one of the few he has given out in the United States. Kagawa's philosophy, the motivat- ing force within him that drives him, despitehis tuberculosis andterrible eye disease to speak more than eight hours a day and write more than 100 books, can be summed up in one word: love. Earnestly, intently, simply, he says it. And you believe it. He cannot shake hands because of his contagious trachoma. He must rest, be driven in heated cars and protected from autograph seekers, but his voice has power and his per- sonality sparkles. In the same manner that he braved 1 arrest, physical violence and disease in the slums of Tokio, Kagawa sum- med up his advice to University stu- dents. "Work for complete brother- hood," he said briefly. "In that way and only in that way can we alleviate evil and obtain the Ultimate Ideal." In talking with Kagawa, you might be fooled into believing that this lit- tle yellow man of God is a but an impractical idealist. That he is not. He has a plan all worked out to put his ideal of love and brotherhood into action, and that plan, he'll tell you, is very simple--cooperatives. Kagawa sees cooperatives as the injection of Christian love into the economic and political. "Surely Christianity should go economic," he grinned, showing a vitality that his thin, tired face be- lied. "It should go economic via co- operatives. "Love is the antithesis of violence," he continued, and he shook his head sadly when he was asked about the situation in his native Nippon. "There Mai -Gen. Butler Will Speak. Here Tonight On War Will Come From Chicago; Winner Of Three Essay Contests To Be Named Maj.-Gen. Smedley D. Butler, one of America's best-known living sol- diers, will speak on "War Is A Rack- et" at 8:15 p.m. tonight in Hill Audi- torium. GeneraldButler's talk is part of a nation-wide tour in which he is tell- ing what he has learned about war in his long career as a soldier, and why he thinks it is a "racket." He will come to Ann Arbor from Chicago, and his talk is being sponsored by the Students' Alliance. The Ann Arbor chapter of the Vet- erans of, Foreign Wars, augmented by members from Ypsilanti, will sit on the platform with General Butler. Winners of the three essay con- tests on "War Is A Racket," spon- sored by the Students' Alliance, will be announced at the lecture. Prizes of $5 will be awarded for the best es- says written in the freshman-sopho- more group, in the upperclassman and graduate group, and in the Ann Ar- bor High School contest. The es- says have been judged by a faculty committee headed by Mentor Wil- liams, of the English department. General Butler's talk has been en- dorsed by both the Peace Council and a faculty-citizens committee. Tick- ets will cost 25 cents if bought in ad- vance, and 35 cents at the door. At"ero Club Branch IFOrmed By Students will be war," he prophesied, "and war will mean a continuation of the feudal J system. I see little hope." But in the world at large, Kagawa has the optimism of the Christian re- former of old. "The world is begin- ning to see the light," he declared solemnly. "It is very faint, but it is -- coming. Even the church is on the right path. We must work to base 21 Men Taken Into all politics, all economics on love, . which is the supreme thing in the Honorary Society universe. It can be done and is being !_ done-through cooperatives." Twenty-one men were initiated Wha, Kgaw wa aseddoe heinto Tau Beta Pi, honorary engi- think should be thecourse of action neering fraternity, atha banquet last for the individual student who is op- night in the Union. posed to war? He was disappoint- Six were seniors, 13 juniors, and (Continitea on Pau 21 w O hs Yoakum Gives Sketch Of New Building Plans Final Drafts Of Rackhanm Graduate School Briefly Outlined In Article A sketch of the plans for the Hor- ace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies is contained in the Spring is- sue of the Michigan Alumnus Quart- erly Review, in an article by Dr. Clarence H. Yoakum, dean of the Graduate School. The main floor of the building will contain the various administration offices, and the main floor will have in addition, a large lecture hall or auditorium of the semi-circle type having a capacity of approximately 1,000 persons, with all seats on the floor of the hall. The second floor of the building will have several large comfortable furnished rooms, which will be pro- vided, according to Dr. Yoakum, "with the hope of encouraging that social, conversational relationship of- ten referred to today as a lost art." There will also be a smaller lecture hall with a seating capacity of 200, This floor will also have a large study hall for students who must' read or write over extended periods of time. The third floor will have numerous small rooms for informal conferences and discussions. These will hold from 25 to 200 students. In discussing the general signifi- cance of the building, Dr. Yoakum stressed the fact that graduate work does not consist merely of courses and laboratories. The new building is at- tempting to depart from this old conception by offering an opportunity for informal conversation with those working in other subjects, allowing students and scholars to show that they really aren't recluses, Dr. Yoak- um said. Eight To Meet In Semi-Finals Of Mock Trials Best Men To Be Selected For Finals To Be Held On Founder's Day Semi-final arguments in the an- nual Case Club competition forse- ond-year law students will be heard this afternoon at the Law School. The eight semi-finalists, represent- ing the best of a group of 100 jun- iors who entered the Case Club com- petition last semester, are divided into four two-man teams. The two best men at each trial will be chosen to compete in the final trial to be held on Founders Day. Elbert R. Gilliom and T. L. Croft, counsel for the plaintiff, will oppose Clifford L. Ashton and William C. Hartman in one of the two trials, to be held in Room 120, Hutchins Hall, at 4 p.m. Prof. Edson R. Sunder- land will act as chief justice, and Prof. Lewis M. Simes and Prof. E. Blythe Stason as associate justices. In the other trial, Jacob I. Weiss- man and William McClain, for the plaintiff, will argue against Peter Boter and Harold F. Klute. The court will be composed of Prof. Edger N. Durfee, chief justice, and Prof. Grover C. Grismore and Prof. William W. Blume, associate justices. This trial will be held in Room 116, Hutchins Hall, at 4 p.m. 150 Taken From Two Fraternities two practicing engineers who became honorary members. The honor is one of the most sought after inrthe engineering college. The seniors are: Roger W. Kolder- man, Willis M. Hawkins, Jr., Wilfred Williams, Max B. Roosa, Robert G. Alexander, and Ronald F. Scott. Junior initiates are: David C. Eis- enrath, Benjamin G. Cox, Frederick C. Hall, Charles E. Holkins, William E. Olsen, Raymond H. Beyer, Robert H. Baldwin, Howard S. Carroll, John A. Margwarth, W. Lloyd Strickland, Jerry C. Barker, Gustave T. Collatz, and Kenneth G. Emery. Special initiation ceremonies were held for Carl Breer, vice-president of Chrysler Motors Corporation, and A. M. MacCutcheon, chief engineer of the Reliance Electric Company of Cleveland and nominee for the pres-' idency of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. New Taxes Are Flatly Rejected By Committee House Group Votes Down Proposal For Levies On Agricultural Products WASHINGTON, March 25- W) A House Ways and Means subcom- mittee today flatly rejected President Roosevelt's sugestion for new proces- sing taxes on a wide range of agri- cultural commodities. Reversing a decision reached 24 hours earlier to bring such levies- without recommendation-into open hearings on the Administration's $792,000,000 revenue program, the group agreed that the discussions should be restricted to three major revenue proposals: 1-Broadly revised corporation tax- es estimated to bring in an addition- al $591,000,000 annually. 2,---A 90 per cent "windfall" levy, to produce at least $100,000,000 on pro- cessors, from unpaid or refunded AAA processing taxes. 3--Temporary continuation of ex- isting capital stock and excess pro- fits taxes, to yield $83,000,000. A report embracing these recom- mendations will be filed tomorrow with the full Ways and Means Com- mittee, which will open public hear- ings Monday. While the entire committee could reinsert processing taxes, such ac- tion was held extremely unlikely be- cause of opposition in a campaign year. The new processing taxes would have producedrabout $221,000,000. The only other change in the re- port, Subcommittee Chairman Sam- uel B. Hill, (Dem., Wash.) said, would be a recommendation that a 22%/2 in- stead of 33%/2 per cent tax, to be col- lected at the source, be applied to dividends received by foreigners on stock in American corporations. Hill explained that the changed levy might increase the yield, figured at around $25,000,000. The items which he said would be included in the report would yield an estimated total of about $799,000,000. Five Killed, Two InjuredBy Train LANSING, March 25. - (0) - Five persons were instantly killed when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a fast Grand Trunk train near here today. Two others were injured. The accident occurred at a crossing in the village of Haslett. According to witnesses, the car drove onto the track ahead of the train. They said bodies were strewn along the right- Areas In West Virginia, Pennsylvania Are Under Water From Rains Senate Shapes New Flood Control Bill River-Front Of Pittsburg Again Inundated And Reconstruction Halted (By The Associated Press) Large areas of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio were inundated for the second time within a week as heavy rains swelled a half dozen rivers and sent a new flood crest down the Ohio River Wednesday. The death list, from more than a week of high water and wind, reached 200. The Monongahela River reached flood stage along the industrial valley of Southwestern Pennsylvania, forc- ing several hundred persons from their homes and threatening to flood basements in Pittsburgh's downtown area anew. The Ohio River, swollen by smaller streams, flooded lowland sections of many towns in northern West Vir- ginia and Eastern Ohio as the first flood crest neared Louisville, Ky. Parts of Wheeling, W. Va., hard hit by last week's flood, again were threatened with inundation. Flood Contral Bill Shaped In Washington, the Senate Com- merce Committee shaped a $305,000,- 000 flood control bill which was offi- cially described as a move to take flood control projects out of the "pork barrel" class. At Cincinnati, tributary waters rushing into the overburdened Ohio, carried a new threat to thousands of homeless in the Upper Valley which bore a $200,000,000 loss last week. Portsmouth, 110 miles upstream from Cincinnati, has added two feet of sandbags on top of its sixty-foot flood wall, but the river threatened to mount above the augmented barrier. The water at Portsmouth had re- ceded only .7 of a foot from the high stage of 59.4 and new waters were pouring into the Ohio from the Sci- oto, Big Sandy, Kanawha and Mus- kingum Rivers. Reconstruction Is Impeded At Pittsburgh another flood crest of the Monongahela surged into river- front streets to impede reconstruc- tion forces. Along the industrial valley of Southwestern Pennsyvania hundreds again were forced from their homes, as highways were inundated. Authorities said they did not expect the high waters to reach such pro- portions as the destructive wave that caused damage estimated at $225,- 000,000 last week. The Senate gave much attention to a program to safeguard cities against future visitations of such floods as last week laid waste to northeastern United States areas. The Senate commerce committee shaped a $305,- 000,000 program to include construc- tion of reservoirs and levees. A provision that henceforth all flood control projects must first be approved by the army engineers was described by Chairman Copeland (Dem., N.Y.) of the committee as meaning "we will do away with al pork barrel projects." 'Shorty' Hayden 1Asks Photo To Establish Alibi William Padgett, alias "Shorty" Hayden, who is held here for the murder of Officer Clifford "Sid" Stang March 21, 1935, has asked foi' photographs of himself in order that he may send them to a trucking firm in Dayton, 0., in an attempt to prove he was working there at the time of the murder here last year, Prosecutor Albert J. Rapp revealed yesterday. Hayden will appear before Judge Jay H. Payne in justice court for his examination at 2 p.m. tomorrow. If he is bound over to circuit court, Rapp Kcigawa, Religious Crusader, Builds Philosophy On Love Eastern Rivers Rise; p Ne-"' FA d LLA Governor Says He Won't! Interfere In Case When] Reprieve Expires TRENTON, N. J., March 25. -(W) -Gov. Harold J. Hoffman, who saved Bruno Richard Hauptmann from ex-] ecution two months ago, said to- night he will not do so again on hisI own initiative. Hauptmann's only A local student branch of the In- hope, the governor said,-lies in ju- stitute of Aeronautical Sciences, the dicial intervention. fourth of its kind in the United States, The governor spoke a few hours was formed last night by 26 aeronau- after Hauptmann, in a last-minute tical engineering students. desperate move, asked the Court of Officers of the new organization are Pardons for the second time to com- William McCance, '36E, chairman; mute his death sentence to life im- John C. Duffendack, '36E, vice-chair- prisonment. The same eight men who man; Rudolph Thoren, Grad., treas- will decide whether to hear the ap- urer, and Robert Camping, '36E, sec- peal rejected Hauptmann's first re- retary. quest for clemency on Jan. 11. Burdell Springer of the aeronautical "I stand on my January 17 state- engineering department is executive ment," the governor said, "that I chairman. Also associated with the would not grant a further reprieve Institute are Prof. A. E. Stalker, Prof. unless a situation arises which the Felix Pawlowski and Prof. William attorney-general would agree war- Thompson, all of the aeronautical en- - . 44- -i _-f__ , Ujf., aineerinadepartme.nt. .I