FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDWAT, MARCH 27, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 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 Post Office 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...............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 Departmen,,: Josephine T. McLean, Chairman; Josephine M. Cavanagh, Florence H. Davies, Marion T. Holden, Charlotte D. Rueger, Jewel W. Wuerfel. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Telephone 2-12141 SINESS MANAGER .......GEORGEH. ATHERTON CREDIT MANAGER ....... JOSPH A. ROTBAD WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ....MARGARET COWIE WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGR ...ELIAETH SIMONDS DEPARTMENTAL MANAGERS Xgcal Advertising, William Barndt; Service Department, Willis Tomlinson; Contracts, Stanley Joffe; Accounts, Edward Wohlgemuth; Circulation and National Adver- Using, John Park; Classified Advertising and Publica- tions, Lyman Bittman. NIGHT EDITOR: RALPH W. HURD Harmful To Both THIRTY CHINESE students, attend- ing a forum at the Union last night at which Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese religious leader, was the principal speaker, walked out in protest when Kagawa. after using the word "Man- chukuo" in referring to the territory which they be- lieved should be called."Manchuria," declined to promise not to use the objectionable term. The arguments on both sides are clear. The Chinese students believe that the use of the word "Manchukuo" is offensive because the territory from which Japan's puppet state was formed was gained through imperialist war against China. Fur- thermore, no country in the world outside of Japan has recognized the puppet state. Kagawa stuck to his use of the word "Manchu- kuo" because it is commonly used in the United States, whether the government has recognized Japan's puppet or not. As a result of this disagreement, much unpleas- ant feeling has been engendered on the campus, which cannot help but mar the stay of the Jap- anese visitor. The incident is particularly regrettable, we be- lieve, because of its triviality. If it were not plain that Kagawa is a strong hater of imperialist ag- gression, and that his disapproval of the invasion of China is comparable to that of the Chinese students, it would be more difficult to say that the protest was trivial. Certainly any action against Japan's Far Eastern aggression cannot be dis- missed with a smile. But this move, because it is a quarrel between persons who are on the same side of the question, bids fair to do more harm than good. Why 4,00 Airplaniws? UZ NAJ'I( )N is no longel protted from air attacks because of the wide extent of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and we must govern ourselves accordingly ... "The first and most potent reason for the early enactment of this bill to increase our army air force to a figure not exceeding 4,000 planes is the fact that it is necessary for adequate national defense. "All great nations now have huge airplane car- riers which are in fact floating landing fields to enable them to carry aerial warfare to enemy shores." ThMs reads the report of the House Military Affairs Committee in which it recommends increas- ing the United States Army air force to 4,000 planes. The picture painted by this committee, and Hearst and jingoes and all others plugging the war scare, is a dire one indeed. But they forget to mention what power is going to bring over a fleet of airplane carriers, packed to the gills with bombing planes, and blow the United States off the map. Is it Japan? Hardly. Her interests are in the Far East. She must subdue Russia before she can even think of crossing the Pacific to pick new fights. And even when Japan got to the point of thinking about such an expedition she would probably be wise enough to think twice. And even if she didn't think twice, it would be a financial and physical impossibility for her to make to carry aerial warfare to enemy shores." Desperate as the international situation may be, there is not one competent observer of the scene who has offered the opinion that the United States faces even a remote danger of invasion. The brand of preparedness which the House Military Affairs Committee is advocating was tried in Europe in the years before 1914. The extent to which it prevented war was amply illustrated. It is quite clear that that armament race was one of the major factors in creating international fear and antagonism, and bringing on the World War. It is not only needless for the United States to follow the advice of Hearst, the Navy League, and other "preparedness" groups in the United States, but it is harmful and unintelligent. And especially from the student and educator, who are deprived of much-needed assistence by the extravagant armament construction, is a protest pertinent. THE FORUMj 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. To Mr. Kagawa An Open Letter to Mr. Kagawa from the Chinese Students on the Campus Dear Mr. Kagawa: We wish to restate our objection, made at the discussion at the Michigan Union Wednesday eve- ning, to your insistent use of the word "Man- chukuo" for Manchuria. We Chinese object to the use of this term because we regard it as a misnomer designed to mislead the world. In both Chinese and Japanese as you, of course, know, the word "kuo" means sovereign state. Since all the mem- her nations of the League and the United States have refused to honor this word or to give recog- nition to the so-called state, it seems to us unfair to use it in connection with a piece of Chinese territory.- We have always regarded your attitude toward militarism indJapaneas marking you for a fair- minded, world-minded man, and have thought of you as our friend. We cannot fail, however, to feel doubtful of your sincerity, if you decline to abandon the use of this dishonest, Japanese-coined misnomer. We ask you again to cooperate with us in preventing the confusion which our Amer- ican friends must experience, if its use is continued. If you are sincere in your message of world peace, we feel you should be willing to abandon this term which is so offensive to us Chinese and to all who understand the meaning behind it and call Man- churia, Manchuria. Let us hope that you are not preaching the kind of peace which is bought at the price of simply maintaining the status quo for the conquerors. -The Chinese Students Club of University of Michigan. Spring To the Editor: Going Saturday night to the Lydia Mendelssohn, and there being entertained by the excellent per- formance of Harrell and Company, I was moved, after the manner of F.P.A., to offer this: The affair from Moliere Was sprightly, not hefty; In the sketch by Odets They did rightly by Lefty. Walking across the street afterward, and seeing the hole the men have dug for the bell tower at the back corner of Hill, I felt like sending you this: Plans which hide the new campanile Under the sill of Hill Auditorium, It occurs to me, should really Be left overnight in a tight Crematorium. It is the opinion of one student that, unlike a good siio, a good bell tower is much better standing free of other buildings. -L, Gildart, '36. As Othiers See It Enemies Of Good Movenii tt (From The Daily Northwestern) THERE IS ALWAYS great need for intelligent and constructive criticism of government. No government is perfect and no administration can handle the affairs of a nation without making mistakes. Well meaning administrators, dictators excluded, welcome such advice and mistakes can often be corrected thereby. The right of free criticism is a main stay of good government in the United States. Mere right to criticize is, however, no excuse for the biased, unscrupulous and partisan badgering which for the past three years the Colonels Knox and McCormick and super-patriot Hearst have been carrying on against the New Deal. They have conducted their disgraceful campaign in a manner which is an insult to intelligent readers. Through the depths of the depression when the highest degree of emotionless logic was demanded, the Chicago dailies kept up their ceaseless crusade of inflammable propaganda, and they have never stopped since. They employ every known trick of yellow journalism. Noted for its sensationalism, the Herald and Examiner is scarcely more biased than the apparently conservative and reliable Daily News and Tribune. Day after day, highly editorialized and distorted stories appear on the [The Conning Tower~ WA tNING Gay lad, the Spring will lime a twig for you Within a grove where sunlight gleams and dances, Before the meadows dry their tears of dew, You will be captive to a maiden's glances Gay lass, too like a birch, slender and white, The first warm wind of love that stirs the clover Will bend you gently, drooping with delight, You will be caught before the May is over. SMOFF We are indebted to many legal, economic, and tax-expert cntribs for the information that it wouldn't be the property owner of the land where the meteorite might fal who would have to pay the gift tax; it is not the donee who is liable, but the donor. Or when a meteorite is concerned, the Donor. Friday was a big day in the H.T. office, for Mr. Linton Wells brought in a leopard that he had carried from Ethiopia. The leopard didn't change his spots, and Mr. Wells informs us that he didn't see an Ethiopian change his skin. either. Many of us can remember which general com- manded at many Civil War battles, but who knows today which Congressman called which Congressman a fool, and which a jackass? We are for the Hearst principle that private telegrams shall not become public; and we are against the Hearst, and not only Hearst either, principle of "Get That Picture!" Historians' Peekly-Weekly Results of a private poll conducted by the Peekly-Weekly's Private Poll & Apple Pan Dowdy Department to determine whether or not public opinion favors an alphabet of 41 letters, as recommended (according to the Associated Press) by Dr. Frank C. Laubach, of Portland, Ore., with (according to un- confirmed rumors) a clear conscience, a hey-nonny-nonny and one leg on the Goody- Goody Cup. WORDSWORTH WARDSWORTH LONGFEL- LOW, poet, Canarsie: "An alphabet of 26 letters was good enough for Washington. Lin- coln, and Martin Van Buren. I don't see why we Should change horses in the middle of the metaphor." A. A. AMPERSAND, &-manufacturer. Boston: "By all means let's have a new alphabet. Only make mine with white rock." REMINGTONIA % UNDERWOOD, noiseless stenographer, Brooklyn: "Hey! I got enough keyboard trouble now without this guy stickin' in some more letters! Ain't it only half-past three?" FISSURE O'TISSUE, milkman, the Bronx: "In the National League, I think it'll be a close race between the Giants, Cubs, Pirates, Cards and Reds, with maybe the Dodgers, Bees, and Phillies having a look-in. But in the Ameri- can League, I can't see anything to it but the Tigers, Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, and Browns, and possibly the White Sox, Senators, and Athletics. Does that answer your question?" ALIAS DePSEUDONYM, advertising Writer, New York: "A new alphabet would be a great help in my profession. For instance: I am often asked to suggest a name for a new product; such as, for instance, a new run-proof stocking with hole-proof, snag-proof, and tickle-proof features. Of course, I might call it 'HOLEX' or 'STOCK-EZE'; or even, for instance, 'LEG- LUX.' But, for instance, if we had a 41-letter alphabet, I could coin a word; such as, for instance, a word containing three of the new characters, which we'll say, for instance, are '70, &, and $. In other words, I'd call the stock- ing '%&$EX'; or maybe '%°J,&$-LUX'. Then I'd have a trade name that would be unique; a name nobody, no matter how good his pro- nunciation was, could steal. I might even be able to copyright this idea, and establish a whole new school of advertising, which might even- tually, for instance, become known as 'The DePseudonym Snitch-Pruf Theory'. I mean it's a nacheral!" VERNAL W. EQUINOX, SPring 7-3100: "I want a policeman!" ANTONYM T. SYNONYM, master mind, Scars- dale: "A 41-letter alphabet? Well- -yes and no. I might even say if, maybe, and perhaps. Meanwhile. I'm on the fence. We etymolo- gists must dipthong together. Yaow!" JAMES JAMES MORRISON MORRISON WEATHERBY GEORGE FARLEY DUPREY NOODLE-NOODEL, politcial observer, Wash- ington: "You're asking me about alphabets? Say, what I could tell you about alphabets! Didn't I sit across from Alpha, Betas, and Omega in the fourth grade? And ain't I got an A. B. from Harvard, an A. A. A. from Princeton, and an N. R. A. from Yale? Boy. What I could tell you about alphabets!" FRANK BRUNO, orchid authority, Maplewood, N.J.: "Did you see my Cattleya Bella at the Flower Show? (Advt.)" WILLIAM RANDOLPH ("Red") HEARSTOVICH, publisher, East Moscow, Mo.: "A 41-letter alphabet may be all right in Russia, but it can't happen here." YE OULDE AL GRAHAM The Veterans of Future Wars will not, we prophesy, get a nickel as members of that organ- ization. We are organizing the Future Bene- ficiaries of the Townsend Plan, and would be glad to settle for a dollar a month, cash. The news is that "The Fencing Master" willE open on March 31, and the announcements call it Reginald DeKoven's light opera, which A Washington BYSTANDER By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, March 26. - The remarkable case of "Three-C's," the scheme for getting youngsters off the roads that was about the earliest New Deal alphabetical agency to be launched, was reemphasized when the first money bill touching that activity hit the House. There were immediate stirrings of revolt against administra- tion plans for trimming the corps down again to 300.000p. That is still scheduled to happen. Present plans call for abandonment of a thousand CCC camps over the country. Many are already standing idle. Representative Johnson of Ok- lahoma wailed in anguish over that and put Democratic leadership on warning of his intention to attempt restoring CCC to its depression peak authorization of 600.000. That mark was never reached, due to a requirement that enrollees be taken only from families on relief. The corps was doubled under the four billion dollar work-relief proj- ect, but one of the early signs of im- proving times detected by CCC en- thusiasts was the inability of Director Fechner to get more than 520,000 boys under that restriction, OPPOSITION LACKING YET, as Johnson noted, here was a plan greatly ridiculed at is incep- tion and now "almost universally praised." Certainly House members must have heard a lot from home about that. Even at a time when Republican gunners of the House were alert to shoot at every New Deal expenditure head that showed itself, nobody arose to challenge Johnson. The fact that the corps was spread at its peak in 2,400 camps had some- thing to do with that. There can be but a few purely urban congressional districts not directly interested in the CCC camps. And house advocates of keeping CCC going at full pitch have another point to argue. A very large part of the CCC force today is in "soil ero- sion" camps. With a "soil conserva- tion" substitute for court-demolished AAA comnig along why, ask Johnson7 and his pro-CCC group, reduce the force needed to do the soil conserv- ing? Economizing on CCC is going to be tough going, witness the 75- man "bloc" in the House. COLONEL REPEATS AT FIRST glance. the list of sub- committees created to handle preparations for the Democratic con- vention in Philadelphia had a strangely military flavor. There were, it appeared, a good many colonels included. On closer inspection, how- ever, it developed that they were all the same colonel, Colonel Edwin A. Halsey, no less, secretary of the Sen- ate. There are six convention subcom- mittees. Colonel Halsey's name ap- pears on five of the six. The only con- vention arrangements business he does not touch is picking out clergy- men to deliver invocations. As to con- vention personnel, tickets, badges, boxes, programs and concessions, the Colonel will be a busy man. TH-IE SCREEN AT THE MICHIGAN 'THE VOICE OF BUGLE ANN' A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, star- ring Lionel Barrynore, featuring Mau- reen O'Sullivan, Eric Linden, Spring Byington. Dudley Digges. Henry Wads- worth. and Charley Grapewin. Directed by Richard. Thorpe. 1/2 If Lionel aryrymore cannot be fur- dished with a better veicle than this, he had better retire, It is pain- fil tO wat chanyone nurse a lifelong doting love for a hunting dog - for an hour and a half-which causes him to commit murder, go to prison, and after he has been pardoned through the efforts of his son's swettheart, imagine that he hears the dog's voice in the hills; but to see a reputable ac- tor attempt to make "a great pic- ture" out of such material (by means of long courtroom dissertations and trying local color scenes) is a tax on anyone's patience. "The Voice of Bugle Ann" is no more than the result of wasted money. No one on the large cast is given an intelligent opportunity to make any- thing more than a stereotyped per- formance of his acting-unless it is Mr. Barrymore, and his personality, no matter how beloved it may be to some, is not strong enough to pull the picture out of the third-rate class. The most interesting entertaining part of the current Michigan program is a short, "Timber Giants," which, presents an excellent picture of the production of lumber from the time it, is felled in the forest until it is put, aboard a ship bound for foreign; shores. There is also a Joe Cook, comedy which could be a great deal funnier than it is. -C.B.C. , FRIBAY, MARCH 27, 1936 VOL. XLVI No. 125 Notices Student Loans: There will be a meeting of the Loan Committee in Room 2, University Hall, Monday af- ternoon, March 30. 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. Faculty, School of Education: The next faculty meeting will be held at the Union on Monday, Apri 6, at 12 o'cock noon. The following special orders have beenhauthorized: 1. Elective of representative to University Council. 2. Consideration of courses relat- ing to Speech. 3. Consideration of a new course in the teaching of Mathematics. 4. Proposal to cooperate with the Kellogg Foundation in offering cer- tain new courses. The Univerity Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received announcement of United States Civil Service Examinations for Clinical Director (Female), Director of Laboratories, Associate Psycho- therapist (Female), Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C., salary, $3,200 to $5,600; Senior, Associate, As- sistant, and Agricultural Engineer, Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agriculture, (Optional Branches-Farm Power and Machin- ery, Farm Structures, Rural Electri- fication, Soil Erosion Control, Drain- age, Irrigation, and General) salary, $2,600 to $4,600; Associate, Assistant, and Marine Engineer, Department of the Navy, salary, $2,600 to $3,800; Junior Veterinarian, Bureau of Ani- mal Industry, Department of Agricul- ttre, salary, $2,000 (Open to Senior Students); Junior Astronomer, Naval Observatory, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., salary, $2,000 open to Senior students). For further information concern- ing these examinations call at 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9 to 12 and 2 to 4. E. E. Sophomores: Some very de- sirable summer work is open, in a Detroit concern, for a very few quali- fied men. Requirements: maturity (age 21 preferred); ability to deal with all kinds of people; over average height; good appearance; reasonably good grades. Those selected who make good, will continue every sum- mer until graduation. Only those who in general qualify as stated above, need apply. Preliminary in- terviews by Prof. A. D. Moore in his office, Monday, 9 to 11. Mechanical Engineers: Mr. P. W. Boynton of the Socony-Vacuum Com- pany will be in Room 221 West Engi- neering Building, on Monday, March 30, for the purpose of interviewing men interested in possible employ- ment with this organization. Please make an appointment, and obtain an interview blank prior to that time. H. C. Anderson. Mechanical Engineers: Mr. C. S. Wagner and Mr. P. S. Stevens of the Bucyrus-Erie Company will be in Room 221 West Engineering Build- ing, on Monday, March 30, for the purpose of interviewing men interest- ed in possible employment with this organization. Please make an ap- pointment prior to that time. H. C. Anderson Academic Notices Economics 254: Professor Knight will meet his theory seminar on Sat- urday, March 28, from 4 to 6, instead of on Monday evening as previously announced. Zoology 31 (Organic Evolution). There will be a make-up examination held in Room 2116 N.S., Saturday, 1 p.m., March 28, for all those who missed the final examination in that course last semester. Exhibition Exhibition, Architectural Building: A collection of drawings representing the work of the schools affiliated with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is now on view in the third floor exhibition room of the Architectural Building. Open daily 9 to 5 except Sunday, through March 31. The public is cordially invited. Events Of Today Delta Epsilon Pi: There will be a meeting at the Michigan Union, to- day, at 8 p.m. sharp. Officers for the year 1936-37 will be elected. All mem- bers are urged to be present. Congregational Student Fellowship Party in the Parlors of the Church, %oday, 8:30 to 12:00. All Congre- gational Students and their friends are cordially invited. Stalker Hall Dance: Jacob's Wol- verines, a six-piece orchestra, will play for a dance tonight. The charge for dancing and refreshments will be 25 cents. All students are cordially invited. Coning Events Angell Hall Observatory will be open to the public from 7:30 to 10:00 Saturday evening, March 28, to ob- serve the moon. Children must be' accompanied by adults. Graduate Education Club meeting Monday, March 30, 4:00 p.m., in the Elementary School Library. Dr. Wil- lard C. Olson will talk on the sub- ject "Education of Children in Europe today." All graduate students in ed- ucation are invited to attend." Lutheran Student Club: Prof. Hen- ry A. Sanders, of the Latin Depart- ment, will be the guest speaker at the meeting on Sunday evening, March 29, in the parish hall of Zion Lutheran Church on East Washing- ton Street. The subject of his talk will be "Biblical Manuscripts." The talk will follow supper at 6. Graduate Outing Club: Second an- nual banquet of the Graduate Outing Club. Meet at Lane Hall Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Transportation will be provided to Wolverine Day Camp (scene of the event). Total expense 50 cents. St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Carl A. Brauer, Minister. March 29, 1936: 9:30 a.m., Church (Continued on Pae 6) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Millettin Is constrijctive notice to all menibers of the Uiversity. Copy received at the office of the Asaistant to the President %=tU 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. 4 " THE STAGE__ "SIPRIZE!" JUJNIOR I RLS PLAY Al'T THE LYIA MENDELSSOIIIN I y JOSEPHINE T. McLEAN (Daily Women's Editor) Amid the clink-clank of pennies on the stage and the waving of mortar- boards, the 1936 Junior Girls Play, "Sprize !" made a successful debut last night at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. It was successful because it was designed for campus and not Broadway. Written by the central committee, it takes the form of a revue, satire on magazines being the correlating idea. This method is an excellent one for an amateur produc- tion as each scene, a unit in itself, makes for variety and prevents slow scenes from jeopardizing the struc- ture of the entire play. "Photoplay" and "Child Life" were the best sustained of the larger skits, the setting of the latter being par- ticularly appealing. The peppiest act was "Liberty-Loyalty Oath," and the fine execution of the Prologue and Finale began and ended the show on a high note. Suggestions - they're minor-con- dense, although don't remove, "Detec- tive"; shift scenes more quickly; speed up the music between acts; change the name of Harlow to West; more Millers in -the modern "Vogue" scene. Naturally, there are no stars in a production of this kind, but there are certain women who excelled. Bou- By MARSHALL D. SHULMAN Bouquets in fistfulls to a bunch of girls with enthusiasm and real abili- ty! These junior girls entertained the campus last night with routines that showed the effects of 1 a.m. rehears- als, and we of the audience shared that bubbly feeling of college life with them all. If there were flaws in the performance, we forgive 'em all for their grand trouper spirit. It made us feel young again. But those darn senior women had Aunt Alice and Uncle Joe grinning in the balcony with their fool unladylike cutting-up. They don't deserve to be graduated. Their spirit contributed to the spontaneous fun, and there was a touch of sentimental clinging to something slipping away in their rowdyism. Most everyone rates special men- tion. Edith Zerbe, Virginia Frink and Oren Parker must have worked, worked, worked and to good effect. Music by Lodge & Schultz is of pro- fessional caliber; notably their two songs "Love Is Climbing Up A Rain- bow," and "The Arcade." Three scenes vie for blue ribbons. The good comic effect in "Photo- play" showed some intelligent script work. The two swell Raggedy-Ann dancers in the "Child Life" scene were so good they might have been men, I