The Weather Lower Michigan: fair today and tomomrw; cooler in east and south today. \'L ,t ' "t i I ait Editorials Hard Knocks .. . A Test Of Objectivity.. VOL. XLVI No. 171 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1936 PRICE 5 CENTS Police Aid A reas Hit By Strikes Thousands Of Industrial And Farm Workers Stage Walkout Green Lays Blame On Supreme Court Disorders In California Result In Shooting Of Three Men (By the Associated Press) Police and National Guard of- ficials were asked Tuesday night to make precautionary measures in more than a half dozen sections of the country where thousands of in- dustrial and agricultural workers were on strike. At least 50,000 were involved in the walkouts ,according to labor esti- mates, and thousands more were in- volved in disputes of a, varying na- ture which threateneki to cause strikes. There were few instances of trouble in the strike centers, the most serious being clashes between strikers and non-strikers in the California vege-1 table fields where three men have1 besen shot.1 'Green Blames high Court 1 William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, de- clared the strikes were "a manifes- tation of what was bound to follow the Supreme Court's decisions de- stroying such great principles as the NRA and the Guffey Act established." At Akron, Ohio 30 union workers of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company awaited trial n charges of violating a state anti-rioting statute. Three National Guard officers watched the plant. At Portsmouth, ., an affidavit was filed in mpnicipal court charging a s ee 'tgxard for the Wheeling Steel Corp., with directing company guards to fire 40 or 50 shots at a group of pickets early Tuesday. The guard was Al Bridwell, 48, former sheriff of Scioto county. National Guard officers investigated strikers' re- quests for portection by troops. Aboutz 5,500 workers are affected by the strike.c 6,000 N. Y. Barbers Walk-Outc Union leaders at Syracuse, N. Y., ordered a strike of all workers in six plants of Remnigton-Rand, Inc., sit-z uated in the East and Middle-West. They estimated 6,000 workers were involved; company officials placed the figure at 4,200. In New York, 6,000 barbers in low- er Manhattan were ordered on strike. Anthony Merlino, union vice-presi- dent, said 23,000 barbers in the Bronx, Brooklyn and the Times Square and west side sections ofz Manhattan already were out. z In East Arkansas, the Southernz Tenant Farmers Union asserted 3,- 000 workers were on stiike, but cot- (Continued on Page 2)} Women Begin Aluminus Sale ThisMorning The sale of the Alumnus by all the women's organizations on the campus, the funds derived to be used for scho- larships, will be started this morning. The drive will continue tomorrow and Friday, and will be resumed on Mon- day and Tuesday. Three Ethel A. McCormick scholar- ships and one Alice C. Lloyd fellow- ship will be established ' with the money received from the subscrip- tions. Pan-Hellenic, Assembly, Women's Athletic Association, Mortarboard, Senior Society, Wyvern and the League Council have all been work- ing on the preparations for the drive under the direction of Mary Lambie, '37A, vice-president of the League from the architectural school. Today women of the Pan-Hellenih Association will contact the sororities and members of the Assembly will visit the independent women. Monday and Tuesday the drive will be continues. Mortarboard, Senior Society and Wyvern will have tables on the platform in front of the Gen- eral Library, and the W.A.A. will have Michigamna Braves Scalp 21 In Annual Raid OnCampus Listen to this talearoiromance, Tale of Indian warriors bold In the early moon of greenleaves Came they forth the stoic valiant; Forth they romped to paleface wigwam, Wigwam one of friend great chief, Paleface might among his kind; Came he forth to take their token' Of the warpath they would tread, Then to the mighty oak of Tappan Dashed the screaming, yelling redm en; To the tree of Indian legend When the white men pale and trembling Stood around the mighty oak; Warriors choice of paleface nation Choice of tribe to run the gauntlet. Down the warriors, painted demons, Swooped and caught their prey like eagles, Loud the war cry stirred the stillness, As they seized their hapless captives, Forth they bore them to their wigwam There to torture at their pleasure.' There they are around the glowing bonfires Heard the words of mighty wis- dom, Smoked the pipe of peace and friendship.' Thus there came to Michigamua:' John Park, Marshall Shulman, Thomas Sullivan, Lloyd Strickland,, Frank Dannemiller, Gilbert Tilles, Matthew Patanelli, John Gee, Wil- liam Bates, Hubert Bristol, Vic Hey-, liger, Stan Birieson, Howard David-, son, Bob Osgood, Aien Saunders, Jack Kasley, Frank Barnard, Her-1 bert Wolf, Miller Sherwood, William Barndt, Bob Baldwin. - Varsity Band, Glee Club Give' Concert Today Revelli And Mattern Lead Their Groups; Selections Are Announced The University Concert Band, under the direction of William D. Revelli, assisted by the Varsity Glee Club, con- ducted by Prof. David E. Mattern, will' combine for their first outdoor con- cert of the season at 7:15 p.m. today on the steps of the General Library. The band's sections of the program will embody music ranging from Ver- di's operatic numbers to Sousa's mil- itary marches. Of special interest to music lovers, the directors agreed, will be Christiansen's First Norwe-' gian Rhapsody, and the popular French ballet music from Messager's "The Two Pigeons." The complete program is as follows: March Heroic................G. E. Holmes Safari -Overture............Guy Edgar Pilgrims Chorus - From the opera, "I Lombardi"... . ............G. Verdi Es Captan -March...........:...Sousa First Norwegian Rhapsody ........... .......................F. M. Christiansen My Hero - From Oscar Straus' "The Chocolate Soldier," para- phrased and scored by ..Harry L. Alford University Concert and Laudes Atque CarminaB...........Stanley By Babylon's Wave ................Gounod I Dream of Jeanie................Foster Marjorie, Wake Up .............Christian A Toast To Michigan..............Elbel Varsity Glee Club Castilla - Bolero ...........G. E. Holmes His Honor-March......Henry Filmore Ballet Suite -From "The Two Pigeons ........ .......Andre Messager Arranged by...........V. F. Safraneck a. Entry of the. gypsies. b. Scene and dance of the two pigeons. c. Finale. Youth Triumphant - Overture .....Hadley The Yellow and Blue. Prof. Slosson W11i Address= Hi llel Toniolit Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the his- tory department will address an open forum on the "Plight of the Jew in Central Europe" at 7:15 p.m. tonight at the Hillel Foundation. The talk will be in the interest of the Hillel drive for $3,000. The drive is part of a national cam- paign of the United Palestine Appeal and the Joint Distribution Commit- tee to raise $3,500,000 each to aid Jewish refugees in Europe and estab- lish a maximum number of them on a self-supporting basis in Palestine. The speech by Professor Slosson tonight is the second in a series of1 attempt to reach the independent students on campus, Donald Cohn, '37. co-chairman ofthe stuident.sec- Eby Contract Issue Before Board Today Honor Society Initiation Rites Are Criticized Ina Ray Won't Bubble Dance' If Union Officals Can Help It Closed Meeting To Ie Held Dr. Forsythe Cites Inijairies At Local Hi igh School; O Mailpractices; 'Need Press To Be Aditted Moderation,' He Says Principal Supporis Issue Is Problem Teacer' Metods For Men's Coiincil Ihistory Instructor Blamed For Using Propaganda In His Classes Here Whether or znot the contract of Kermit Eby, Socialist history teacher of Ann Arbor High School, is to be renewed will be decided at 7:30 p.m. today in the Ann Arbor High School building, when the School Board will hold a closed meeting. Ezra Shoecraft, president of the board, was understood Monday to have said that the meeting would be an open one, but it was learned yes- terday that such is not the case. Members of the press, however, will be admitted. Mr. Eby's contract was withheld by the board two weeks ago, when the contracts of all other teachers on the faculty were renewed, on the charge that he had been propagandizing in conducting his classes in socia problems and international relations. It has also been charged, according to Otto W. Haisley, superintendent of schools, that Mr. Eby's political ac- tivities have brought criticism upon the board. SMr. Eby has stated that the ques- tion of academic freedom is involved. He is backed by three University pro- fessors representing the Teachers' Federation, a union affiliated with the American Federation Hof Labor, the Parent Teachers' Association and the Ann Arbor Citizens' Coucil. According to Mr. Haisley, there are two angles involved in the case. One is the question of whether Mr. Eby's activities have caused criticism to be directed toward the board and the other is whether or not Mr. Eby has been propagandizing in the classroom. Mr. Haisley has pointed out that the teacher in question is teaching con- troversial subjects. Mr. Eby himself has denied the charges of propagandizing. He de- clared that he was objective in con- ducting his classes, "teaching the stu- dents to think for themselves." More than 500 of Mr. Eby's stu- dents, past and present, have signed a protest against his virtual suspen- sion, asserting that the charge of propagandizing are false. A Daily reporter talked with stu- dents of Mr. Eby and received state- ments such as "he does not try to influence his students," and "he is impartial at all times." One student stated that "Mr. Eby is very thorough and tries to make his students think. He is very impartial. The only side (Continued on Page 2) Women To Suggest Democratic Planks NEW YORK, May 26.-(IP)-A women's committee to tell the Demo- cratic party what planks Democratic women of the country want adopted was organized today. Miss Mary W. Dewson, chairman of the women's division of the party, named 14 women to the group. "During the past four years women have made greater strides in assum- ing their proper place in government affairs than in the 12 years between 1920 and 1932 when the Republicans were in power," she said. Hell-Week Inconsistencies Wil Be Investigated, Sherwood Says Honor society initiation practices, though well established in campus tradition, were described yesterday by Dr. William Forsythe, director of the Health Service, as "very likely to produce trouble and from that point of view to be condemned." Citing injuries that had resulted from these practices in the past, Dr. Forlsythe suggested a movement for the moderation of these initiations rather than their abolition. "Campus honor societies should be characterized by their dignity and prestige rather than their ability to play puerile pl'anks on B.M.O.C.s," Dr. Forsythe declared. Dean of Students Joseph A. Burs- ley, to whom plans for such initia- tions must be presented before they can take place, declared yesterday that the whole issue clearly resolved itself into a problem for the Men's Council. Dean Bursley stated that this would be a good opportunity for student government to exercise its power by investigating the whole problem. William Dixon's, '36, former presi- dent of the Men's Council, said in speaking to the council for the final time last week that one of the prob- lems befoi'e the council next year would be an investigation of the ap- praent inconsistency in the policy on Hell-Week and that on honor society initiations. Miller A. Sherwood, '37, the new president of the council said last night that such an 'nve'igation would be among the things the council would accomplish in their forthcoming year; a year that Dixon described last week as one of the most crucial in the history of the Men's Council. Divi 1ends, F ees Given Patronts Of Wolverine Dividends totalling $1,000 in addi- tion to the membership fees will be returned to patrons of the Wolverine, student owned and operated eating cooperative, Donald Murdock, '38, terasurer of the organization, an- nounced last night. The original membership fee which each person eating at the Wolverine had to deposit was $6, according to Murdock. The dividend of $1,000 will be paid out on a basis of how many weeks a particular person boarded with the organization, so that re- turns to members will range from $6.15 to $11.10, including the original $6 fee." In four years, Murdock said, the Wolverine has grown to a point where its present net worth is valued at $2,500. In the past year an average of 250 meals were served three times every day. The membership of the Wolverine this year totalled 265 stu- dents. According to Murdock, this year is highly successful when compared to other years. But Key Dance Men Insist Band Leader's Costume is Quite Sufficient By FRED WARNER NEAL Ina Ray. Hutton, scantily-clad girl orchestra director who will lead the hcnor societies' Key Dance band Fri- day, will not execute any of her fancy "bubble" dances here if the Union can help it. But if Frank Barnard, '37, chairman of the dance, can help it, Ina Ray, who is said to put real spirit into her directing, will do just that. The dance is scheduled to be held in Lhe Union.. The situation resolved itself yes- 'erday into a controversy, more or; less between Barnard and Stanleyf Waltz, manager of the Union, who declared last night that "it would seem advisable to make every pos- sible effort to restrain and curtail! extreme interpretations of special) dances." But Barnard came back with the statement that "the honor societies have announced that Miss Hutton will direct her orchestra, and we will op- pose every attempt to limit her per- sonality." Mr. Waltz made his statement, he said, "in view of certain criticism from faculty members and student leaders." These persons, he explained, told him they had seen pictures of the "hot-cha" woman band leader and thought she should be "toned down a little." Whether or not Ina Ray will give the boys a show of free bubble danc- ing was not ascertained. It is known, INA KAY IIUu'1TN that she does this in some of her perfoimances, and Barnard declared he "has no information to the con- trary." He asserted that he has "every hope that Miss Hutton's act will go on as usual." As a last resort, he said, he will attempt to get Ina Ray personally to make the Union people see it' her way. The Union objectors don't want you to get them wrong, however. They do not contend that Ina Ray is any real rival for Sally Rand or any other member of the fan or fanless danc- ing clan. But they do think that the mosquito netting costumes in which she has posed are a little too - well, a little too, you know what we mean. Increased Tax Yields Sougrht By Democrats Senator Robinson Believes Congress May Approve Tax Measure June 6 WASHINGTON, May 26. -.P) - The Senate Finance Committee, as a result of a two-hour conference of Democratic members with PresidentI Roosevelt tonight, will explore possi-E bilities of increasing the revenue yield of the tax bill, a task which may' de- lay final approval until late in the week.s Senate majority leader Robinson of' Arkansas, who attended the White House parley, acting as spokesman, told reporters: "Frankly, we are seeking an amount in addition to the amount the esti-t mates show."1 The latest treasury estimates, priort to the White House meeting tonight, placed the prospective yield of the bill at $560,000,000 permanent revenuej and $82,000,000 temporary, compared with the $620,000,000 permanent and $517,000,000 temporary funds request-1 ed by the President. Robinson said as he emerged fromt the meeting that speaking for him- self he was "encouraged that the com- mittee will be able to report the bill before the end of the week" and that ( prospects are that Congress will be able to "bring legislation to a conclu- sion by June 6." "No attempt was made," he said,' "to reach a definite conclusion. Some studies with reference to proposed sources of taxes are to be made by the Treasury and submitted to the com- mittee which, probably tomorrow afternoon, will resume its labor in connection with the bill." The majority leader asserted that the conferees did not discuss the ques- tion of boosting the normal income tax, income surtaxes, nor the lower- ing of income tax exemptions. One committee member intimated that adjustment of compromise rates for taxing corporations was under consideration. As amended by the committee, the bill would impose an 18 per cent levy; on total corporation income, a seven per cent tax on undistributed corpora- tion income, and subject dividends to the normal four per cent incomeI tax. Senator King, (Dem., Utah), acting chairman of the Finance Committee, later explained that it was intended! to get the added revenue from cor- porate taxation. He hinted that itI might be done by elevating the seven1 per cent surtax on undistributed earnings. Secretary Morgenthau and Her- man Oliphant, general counsel of the Treasury, also attending the con- Ball Club Tops Western State In 3-2_Victor y Michigan's 16th Win Is Second In Five Years Over Iilltoppers By FRED DeLANO Scoring on a base on balls and a wild overthrow of first in - the 11tlh inning of yesterday's game with West- ern State, Michigan's ball club man- aged to eke out a 3-2 victory for its 16th win of the season and its sec- ond in five years over the Hilltoppers. wDon Brewer, leading off for the SWolverines in the eleventh worked Dave Arnold for a free ticket to first. Carl Ferner.followed with a bunt down the third base line which was fielded by Jerry Neuman. Neu- man threw to first in plenty of time to get Ferner, but threw so wildly that Mershon, the first baseman,; could not even touch the ball as it sailed into right field. Brewer, rated as one of the fastest men on the club, raced for home and crossed standing up as Abel, Western catcher, took Mershon's recovery. throw several feet away from the' plate. . Although the Wolverines were out-k hit, six and four, Fishman and Lar- son kept the Hilltopper hits well scat- tered. Larson took up the hurling duties in the seventh and in the five innings he worked he gave only two hits and struck out five. It was his fifth victory of the campaign. Michigan got its run in the opening session when Brewer drew his first of three walks. He went to second on an infield out and scored on a looping single to center by Steve Uricek. Ed Wernet opened the fourth by catching one of Fishman's slants squarely and driving it over Merle Kremer's head in left field for a home run. Neuman and Abel followed with (Continued on Page 3) ocialists Urge Quick Passage Of Benson Act CLEVELAND, May 26, - (P) -The Socialist National Convention today adopted a platform advocating Con- I stitutional amendment to provide for socialization of basic industries and to end the "usurped power of the Supreme Court to declare social leg- islation unconstitutional." The convention adjourned after de- claring the willingness of the party I to participate in a federated Farmer- Labor party on a national basis; and after "toning down" the much-con- troverted declaration of principles adopted at Detroit in 1934, which State Plans To Destroy Viilantes' Governor Asks State Heads To Dismiss Employes In BlackLegion 5 More Arrested For Cult Activities Attorney-General Doubts Michigan Organization Has 135,000 Members DETROIT, May 26.-(AP)--Michigan state and county officials will meet tomorrow to perfect plans to crush the Black Legion, hooded vigilante society whose members are accused of murder, kidnaping and flogging, as authorities in other states seek to trace ramifications of the secret night-riding band. Attorney-General David H. Crow- ley said tonight he would confer with Wayne county Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea Wednesday on plans to un- earth details of the society's activities and would discuss reports McCrea had signed an application fr mem- bership in the hoded society in 1934. Signed Under Pressure McCrea said he did 'not remember applying for membership in any such organization, and that if the signa- ture on the application card were his, he had been tricked into signing it. fCrowley said he was withholding judgment on reports' linking the Wayne county prosecutor with the organization until their conference tomorrow, and commended McCrea's "fine effort to investigate Legion ac- tivities thoroughly." Crowley disclosed that he was studying the oath of the Black Le- gion, to ascertain if signers might be liable to prosecution fr conspir- acy to commit a crime. He saidhe had reached no decision, but ex- pressed doubt that conspiracy charges co~ldabe preferred unless signing of the oath were followed by some over- act. Doubts Figure He said he doubted that the Black Legion had 135,000 members in Mich- igan, as some members claimed, and asserted that he had seen no docu- mentary confirmation of statements attributed by Harry Clburn, chief investigator for McCrea, to unidenti- fied members that leaders of the order proposed to establish a dictat- torship. At Jackson, however, State police captain William Hansen quoted Ray Ernest; State prison guard and ac- cused Brigadier-General of the Le- gion, as saying "We are going to overthrow the government; you boys are going to have your hands full" Ernest is one of five men arrested today on kidnaping and assault charges in connection with an al- leged Black Legion flogging. To Dismiss Employes At Lansing, Gov. Frank D. Fitz- gerald said he would ask heads of State departments to dismiss any employes found to have participated in Black Legion activities. In Detroit the existence of a wom- en's auxiliary of the hooded was disclosed late today, Prosecutor Mc- Crea announced, by A. L. Lupp, Sr., "recuriting officer" for the black- robed order. V. F. Effinger, whom McCrea has sought for questioning, asserted in Lima, O., today that the Black Legion has more than 6,000,000 members, and that "it will go right ahead promot- ing the best interests of America and American citizens, despite the un- fortunate affair in Detroit." McCrea said he did not want the help offered by James A. Colescott, a gi"anddragon of the Ku Klux Klan, in investigating any acts of violence by the Black Legion. Colescott, in Columbus, O., said there was no con- nection between the Klan and the Black Legion. The prosecutor announced that the (Continued on Page 2) Swords Clash, A Man Gasps, And Hamlet Rehearsal Goes On By ARNOLD S. DANIELS Swords clashed, a man gasped, clutched his side, and staggered back, mortally wounded. Then a long si- lence, with gasps breaking the dark silence. The taller of the two men sighed, remarked the heat, and the duel was renewed. The scene was the Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre, and the taller gentle- man was Ian Keith, busy rehearsing the duel scene from Hamlet. Mr. Keith was obviously relieved when the rehearsal was finished. In fact, he stated in no definite terms that the duel scenes are the most un- pleasant part of Shakespeare, and But he likes Michigan, and Ann Ar- bor in particular, he said, because it reminds him of New England. Mr. Keith's hobby, as well as his profession, is the theatre. Following the rehearsal, lie found time between glasses of iced tea to discuss nothing but the theatre anecdotes, "tall tales," snatches of the long and colorful his- tory of the theati'e and plans for his present production of Hamlet. He has himself designed some of the set- tings for Hamlet. Regarding prospective actors who seek information about preparing for a career on the stage, Mr. Keith ad- Hillel Players Give War PlaySaturday The Hillel Players will present "Second Love" or "Why She Married the Other Man" at 8:30 p.m. Satur- day in Prekete's Garden Room, 109 South Main St. The play is a melo-drama of the Civil War period written by J. P. Cn'mnc'nn in 1 R0SQ Tn nrran., -n nr.nnnn.,,.