TiE MIGIGAN 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. purified and clear of excess dust, the Public Health Service has proved. Despite the dissemination of this knowledge, the Service has discovered that these preventive meth- ods are not used very extensively, and those means that are being used only "touch the surface." The only plausible reason for this delay on the part of industries whose workers are in contact with dense clouds of dust is that owners do not find it profitable to install the machinery neces- sary. Therefore, any means taken to bring install- ment of such machinery will of necessity result in a conflict of labor and employer interests. In such a situation, this lack of consideration of the health of labor must, if it is to be obliterated, be treated in the same manner as other claims of labor, either by Congressional action as in Work- men Compensation laws, or by the forceful meth- ods of unions. When the problem is viewed in this light, the actions of the Senate Investigation Committee take on a new importance. If its investigation should result in a passage of a law which would insure consideration by employers of the health of employes, it would be a stimulus toward better- ment of working conditions, establishment of child labor laws, and further consideration of employes' rights by employers. On the other hand, if this investigation should not prove fecund, labor may well believe that it has come to an impassible hindrance on its path to a better life in the form of big business men's greater economic and political power. The New Deal's Third Anniversary - . THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY of the New Deal yesterday calls for a review of the status of the Roosevelt Adminis- tration to date. 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 DepartmellL: Josephine T. McLean, Chairman; Josephine M. Cavanagh Florence H. Davies, Marion T. Holden, Charlotte D. Rueger, Jewel W. Wuerfel. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Telephone 2-1214 BUSINESS MANAGER ..........GEORGE H. ATHERTON CREDIT MANAGER ............JOSEPH A. ROTHARD 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- tsing, John Park; Classified Advertising and Publica- tions, Lyman Bittman. NIGHT EDITOR: RICHARD G. HERSHEY What's Happened To The Peace Council?... ONCE UPON A TIME, on November 11 of last year, more familiarly known as Armistice Day, a new and seemingly- significant movement was begun here at the Uni- versity. The Daily, on the following morning, carried an account of this event. It reported the "Inaug- uration of a permanent University Peace Council, which intends to convene at regular intervals throuhout the year in the hope of furthering the cause of peace on the campus." The groups represented by this Council were to make a "serious study of issues such as the 'armament inquiry,' the 'present war in Ethiopia,' the 'strained relations between Japan and Russia,' the 'activities of the League of Nations,' economic causes' and 'military training.'" 'I One Daily reporter was naive enough to think that something of importance, something capable, of profound influence on the thinking of University students, had been created. He established con- tacts with leaders of this movement, learned of plans to import a speaker versed in the lore of peace propaganda and to create group discussions on the issues referred to above. After a few weeks of pestering, even he lost interest. Was the "flash in the pan" character of this Peace Council directly the fault of those students' who were responsible for its origin, was it directly the fault of the student body or was it not a fault at all? To accept the last of these possibilities - to I assume, in other words, the absence of any need* for organized student agitation for peace -is to place one's self in that awkward position, com- monly associated with the ostrich, in which the head is buried in the sands of blissful ignorance. And surely, the issues raised by the original plans of the Council, such as Russo-Japanese relations and armament inquiries, have not appreciably diminished in world-wide importance since last November. r The fault, then, is attributable either to mem- bers of the Council or to University students in general. Since it must appear the height of fool- ishness to blame the mass of students for not re- sponding to a movement which was never really begun, and since large groups of students have given an enthusiastic demonstration of their peace fervor on more than one occasion in the past, the responsibility devolves almost entirely upon the originators of the Council. The Daily has faith in the awareness of college students to the seriousness of peace problems, in the active interest they would display in a program offering them the opportunity of applying their own personal thoughts and activities constructively to those problems. Leadership necessary to create such a program, however, seems non-existent at the present time, but there is no field of extra-curricular activity which would prove more profitable and worth- while to students who would like to see this void at least partially filled. The Silicosis It was on March 4, 1933, when the crisis of the depression was at its peak, that Franklin Delano Roosevelt began that machine-gun series of inno- vations that was dubbed (the words were taken from his inaugural address) the New Deal. The first was an edict closing all banks throughout the nation. Within 48 hours after that, in a midnight radio address, the President promised his gold embargo, and America went off the gold stand- ard. And that was only the beginning. Into the midst of the nation-wide, and in many respects world-wide, chaos, while the Secretary of the Treasury, the late William H. Woodin, was struggling to reopen thousands of closed finan- cial institutions and repair a broken monetary system, came news of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Few persons knew what it meant, least of all members of Congress. Then came the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and its provisions too, were a long way from being un- derstood. The TVA followed, as did devaluation of the dollar and the Civil Works Administration. The more specific achievements of the New Deal are hard, even now, to determine. The first and most signal is, no doubt, that it succeeded in giving out millions of dollars in relief to people who were literally starving. The second is that it initiated a well-defined program for getting the country out' of the depression. The third is that it attempted multitudinous reforms as well as recovery, giving equal emphasis to both. Against these are the criticisms: its program was accompanied by unprecedented expenditures at a time wien the country could least stand them; that politics has woven itself into the structure of relief organizations; that it created in the country an atmosphere, mostly in business circles, of un- Icertainty which tended to limit industrial activ- ity'; and that its recovery programs shot prices up but failed to carry wages with them. But most important of all today, is the question that all America is asking itself: Has the Roose- velt Administration - the New Deal - succeeded or is it succeeding in its main objective: bringing the nation out of the depression? And that question is one we cannot answer. On the way America answers it Nov. 6 dependsI the fate of the New Deal. And on whether or not they answer it correctly may depend the ulti- mate fate of this country. T 2E FOR UMJ 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. The Olympics To the Editor: Here are the inspiring words of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics: "May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this' manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way, through the ages, increasing friendly understand- ing among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure." -M. Levi, Professor-Emeritus. NYA Checks To the Editor: Why do students working on the National YouthI Administration have to wait so long for their checks? Although the slow-pokes over at the Building and Grounds, or whoever is responsible for the great delay may not realize it, the length of time we must wait, and the uncertainty of just when the checks will arrive, works a tremendous hardship on many of the workers. We did not re- ceive the December pay-checks until the 14th of January, although we were all through our work by December 26th-nearly three weeks be- fore. We have always had to wait at least two weeks for the checks after we have had to have all our work in (the 26th of each month). If there The Conning Tower I)ESTINY Heavy the snow on woods and frozen fields- The hills - the little ice-imprisoned streams ... Close in that white embrace, the good earth dreams- Unto that still, white peace the good earth yields: Secure in wisdom, it is well content To wait the certain miracle of spring. So love may be - a mute, prophetic thing- A song unsung but strangely eloquent-- Holding two lovers in its quiet thrall, Marking sweet hours before that hour of birth Which proves its destiny: even as the earth Sleeps till the first brave robin's northward call- Clear as the joy of vernal winds that blow- Disturbs the long dream, the possessive snow. CATHERINE PARMENTER. Our hope is that the motion picture and hotel interests will have to pay members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers when they use their stuff. The term authors, however, means writers of the words of songs. At present the radio companies have to pay members of that society when their words and music are broadcast. The only boys who never get a nickel for the use of their stuff are the writers of verse, which usually is used without permission of the author or the publisher. Teaching isn't the pure teaching that it once was. Most of it is now attacked on the ground of propaganda. History, economics, English--the teachers are Communists or Fascists. Mathe- matics soon will be tainted, and the teachers will be "subversive." Problems will ask "if a cistern can be filled in eight minutes, why is the cap- italistic system allowed to charge exhorbitant rates for water?" And "If three men can do a piece of work in six weeks what party do they be- long to?" THE ORGAN PUMPER SOME of us choir boys thought it was fun to tease him because he looked so queer with only one eye and nothing but an empty socket where a glass one ought to be. Our parents tried to shame us by stressing that he was too poor to buy a glass eye, and that he must be brave, because he had never whimpered when a factory machine he was tending went wrong and pushed his eye right out. He was rather shabby, and he also was the meekest man we boys had ever known. His only reaction to our teasing was a solemn wink of that lonely eye and an odd wrinkling of the cheek on that side. It might have been a smile or a scowl. As I look back now I'm sure it was a smile He could not sing, nor could the rest of us sing without him. He served the church from a hidden cubby hole in the organ depths, where the per- spiration dropped down on the pump lever between his gnarled hands. Always he had a palm-leaf fan hanging on a hook beside his straight-backed chair, but even such a burly man couldn't pump that huge organ with one hand and fan himself with the other. It was stuffy in his work cell, and he couldn't keep the door open because late comers entering the north transept would see him. That wouldn't have been so bad; he wasn't hard to look at if you didn't look him in the eye; but the rector thought even a glance at the dusty bowels of that organ was not a pleasing sight. So Frank Don- nelly earned his dollar a Sunday in the sweat of his brow. His hair was gray, like the dust that coated the bellows. Sometimes during the sermon I would hope that he was snatching a few one-eyed winks of rest, but often I heard him talk about the ser- mon with the sexton after church. Maybe he thought it was his duty to stay awake. He had to listen sharply because even the bishop's sten- torian tones filtered back to him only faintly through the labyrinth of reeds and pipes. They were dull sounding boards for any but their own music. The threat of hell fire left them cold, but a hallelujah chorus warmed them with buoyant harmonies that must have made Frank's heart glow as it thumped the faster to feed strength to the full fortissimo of the organ whose life breath he was. I used to be glad when the pianissimo passages came along. He could pump with less religious fervor then. Kneeling by the choir stalls, I never saw him while he stood pumping easily during the soft strains underlying the moments, all too rare, of silent prayer. Yet I'm sure he was praying on his feet, for he was a devout man, with no taint of pride in him. Always he was the last communicant to climb the steps between the stalls, kneel at the chancel rail and eat of his Master's body and drink of His blood. How he timed himself I never knew. Per- haps he stood beside the organ in the north tran- sept and watched until the lines thinned out of the aisles and there were no more stragglers. Never did he kneel near the center of the rail, but always at the north end, where he could rise from his knees and return to his cubby hole by way of the vestry room behind the north choir stall. I suppose - you could not ask him, of course - that he came up the steps as everybody else did, be- cause that was the way he should come, but he preferred to return the hidden way because there was really no reason why he should have to face the whole congregation alone with his lonely eye. When electricity took the bellows and the pump out of the organ it took the heart out of him. For a few Sundays, morning and night, he sat in a north transept pew close to the organ. Then we heard that he was gone. The doctor said it was a bad heart. The rector said his last words sounded much like "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace," but you could scarcely be sure - there was so little breath left in the man. LESLIE H. ALLEN. From Miss Lillian Passman comes a note telling' that he inir The Cannni n r, m n a fn I A Washington BYSTANDER By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, March 4. - The successive Republican nomina- tion "booms" afford a study. That which happens to reach a crest just on the eve of the Cleveland conven- tion unquestionably would have a distinct advantage. The boomers all know that. All are hoping for a last moment rush for their men, and are laying plans. There have been four such distinct "boom" movements and a few boom- lets also. Some of the latter have folded up, others just lapsed into si- lence. IT STARTED with the Vandenberg boom. The Michigan Senator was joshed by his senate colleagues over his supposed ambitions almost on the heels of the Roosevelt election. Van- denberg waved it all aside. He has now declared himself "not a candi- date" for anything. Then Col. Frank Knox was much talked about. His boom may not have made its way into the Congres- sional Record as did Vandenberg's; but it was decidedly present in the cloak room discussions. Then the Borah boom crashed through. Everybody began talking Borah, with or without his consent long before the Borah plunge into the Ohio primaries. Meanwhile the Landon boom was shaping. When the Kansas governor finally took the plunge in his Topeka speech on national issues, the most impressive movement of the Repub- lican pre-convention campaigning to date began unfolding itself. To the eyes of the political dopesters ,the Landon boom blossomed almost over- night into something to be seriously reckoned with by all other conten- ders for the nomination honor. APPARENTLY that also is the view of Colonel Knox and his advisers. Soon after the Landon boom was duly set off in Topeka, the Knox-for- President lot in Chicago got out the first press "clip-sheet" publicity in behalf of any candidate. You could read there, and reprint if you so de- sired, a great deal about the life and philosophy of Colonel Knox. You could even get picture mats on ap- plication.1 That particular publicity trimming is especially interesting because of the talked of flair of Colonel Knox for organization. While all the sparring is going on about Republican primaries else- where, nothing but silence comes out of Dixie as to how southern dele- gations will vote at Cleveland. Yet a bit of quiet organization work down south could prove a big factor at Cleveland. [THE SCREENI THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936 VOL. XLVI No. 106 Notices To The Members of the University Council: The regular March meeting of the University Council has been cancelled. Marsh and Mandlebaum Scholar- ships in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Applications for these scholarships for the year 1936-37 may now be made on blanks to be obtained at the office of the Dean of the College. All blanks must be returned to the same office on or before March 20. These scholarships may be held by those who are en- rolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts only. The Marsh Scholarships are available to both men and women, the Mandle- baum Scholarships may be awarded to men only. For further information consult the bulletin on Scholarships and Fellowships which may be ob- tained at the office of the Secretary in University Hall. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received announcement of United States Civil Service Examinations for Associate Research Physiologist, sal- ary, $3,200; and for Flat-Bed Book- keeping Machine Operator, salary, $1,620. For further infornation concern- ing these examinations(all at 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 4:00. School of Education, Changes of Elections: No course may be elected for credit after Saturday, March 7. Students enrolled in this school must report all changes of elections at the_ Registrar's Office, Room 4, Universi- ty Hall. Ihis includes any change of sections or instructors. Membership in a class does not cease nor begin util all changes have thus officially registered. Arrange- ments made with the instuctos are not official changes. Crime and Punishment: The pros- pect of capacity houses again forces' us to remind our patrons to order their tickets early. The box office will be open from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., on Thursday and from 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., on Friday and Saturday. Phone 6300. A calde tgi: Notices Reading Requirement in German for Ph.D. Candidates: Candidates in all fields except those of the natural sciences and mathematics must ob- tain the official certification of an adequate reading knowledge of Ger- man by submitting to a written ex- amination given by the German De- partment. For the second semester this ex- amination will be given on Wednes- day, March 18, at 2 p.m. in Room 203 U.H. Students who intend to take the examination are requested to regis- ter their names at least one week be- fore the date of the examination at the office of the German Depart- ment, 204 U.H., where information and reading lists are available. History Make-Up Examinations: The make-up examinations in all his- tory courses will be given Thursday, March 5, 3 to 6 p.m., in B. Haven. Economics 52: There will be no lec- ture today. Geology II Final Examination: The make-up examination will be given Friday at 2:00 in Room 3055 N.S. Lectur s University Lecture: Mr. Paul Dietz, of the Carl Schurz Memorial Founda- tion, Philadelphia, will read in Ger- man from Goethe and Schiller on Thursday, March 12, at 4:15 p.m., in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The public is cordially invited, Library Science Special Lectures: The first two of a series of special lectures to be given this semester will occur on Friday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m. and on Saturday, March 7, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 110 in the General Li- brary. Mr. J. Christian Bay, the Li- brarian of the John Crerar Library of Chicago, will speak on "Western Books." The lecture is open to all persons interested. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the 8ulletIn i' I const ructive notice to all members of the Vniversity. copy received at the ottie o t se Asistant to the President l a te a.m on Stray. which is under the auspices of the Religious Education Committee. Dr. Paul Tillich, formerly Profes- sor of Philosophy of Religion at the Unier'sity of Frankfort-am-Main, will speak on "Christianity and the World Situation" in the Michigan League Friday, March 6, 4:15 p.m. This meeting is sponsored by the Student Christian Association and is open to all students. Presbyterian Lenten Lectures: The subject for this week is Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress." Dr. Lemon will give his lecture at 7 o'clock. Reserva- tions are necessary for the supper which is held at 6 o'clock. The meet- ing is held in the Masonic Temple, 327 South Fourth, and students and faculty are invited. Exhibition Etchings, Lithographs and Dry Points by American Print Makers in Alumni Memorial Hall, March 4 thru 15, to 5. Fine Arts 192 and 204: Attention is called to a small one-case exhibit of at objects of the Classical age of China. Museums Building, 4th floor. Events Of Today Geology Journal Club: Meeting at 7:00 p.m., Room 3065 N.S. Mr. Hen- ry F. Donner will discuss his doctor's degree problem, and later moving pictures of the new geology summer camp in Colorado will be shown. All interested are cordially invited to attend. Zoology Seminar: Mr. A. Sidney Hyde will speak on "The Life History and Ecology of Henslow's Sparrow," and Mr. Burton T. Ostenson on "The Ecological Distribution of the Mam- mals of the Sandhills of Nebraska," 7:30 p.m., Room 2116 N.S. Observatory Journal Club meets in the Observatory lecture room at 4:15 p.m. Dr. H. D. Curtis will review some recent papers on Nebulae. Tea will be served at 4:00 p.m. Engineering Council: Regular busi- ness meeting at 8 p.m., M.E. comput- ing room of West Engineering Build- ing. A.I.E.E. meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 248. John R. Bangs will speak on "Photoelectric Cells." All Elec- trical Engineers are invited. Refresh- linents. Acolytes will hold a special meet- ing at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202 South Wing. Dr. Paul Tillich, formerly Professor of the Philosophy of Re- ligion at the University of Frank- fort-am-Main, will speak on "Phil- osophical Tendencies in Germany since 1900." All students and faculty interested in Philosophy are invited to, attend this meeting. Radio Club meeting at 7:30 p.m., Room 321, Union. Mr. Paul Gebhardt, of the International Radio Corp., will make a comparison of glass and metal radio tubes. Tau Epsilon Rho, National Legal IFraternity, will hold a tea at the Hillel Foundation, 3:30 p.m. There will be entertainment. All are invited. Phi Tau Alpha, societas honorifica Latina Graecaque die quinto mensis Marti hora usitata in Hospitium Mulierum Michiganensium conveniet. Disputatio de Academia Platonis habebitur. Gaudete hoc sodalitate amicorum! Student Senate Members: The first meeting of the Executive Committee of Six will be held at 4:30 p.m., in the Union. If you have any topics or questions suitable for the subet of the initial campus discussion, please leave them at the Union desk, where the chairman will pick them up. Varsity Glee Club: Important re- hearsal 7:30 p.m. Tryouts for French Play: Thursday and Friday this week from 3:00 to 5:00 o'clock in Room 408 Romance Languages Building. Open to all stu- dents interested. hillel Student Council: Important meeting at the Foundation at 5:00 p.m. Please attend. The Christian Science Organization at the University of Michigan an- nounces a Free Lecture on Christian Science by William D. Kilpatrick C.S.B. of Detroit in Hill Auditorium, Thursday evening, March 5, at 8:00 o'clock. The public is cordially in- vited to attend. Harris Hall: Student Starvation Luncheon today from 12 noon to 1 o'clock. All students and their friends are cordially invited. Proceeds will go to the Discretionary Fund for stu- dents. Michigan Dames Art Group meets 4 4 4 AT THE MAJESTIC Double Feature LAST ?DAYS OF POMPEII" "THE *1/2 A Radio picture starring Preston Fos- ter, featuring Basil Rathbone and Dor- othy Wilson. "The Last Days of Pompeii" is one of those stupendous extravaganzas which have been emanating from Hollywood of late. Nevertheless, it has one good point, the acting of Basil Rathbone as Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judea. The story has taken nothing from the excellent book of the same name but the title, which proves very misleading. Marcus, a poor blacksmith, played by Preston Foster, is the hero who rises from his lowly state to become the richest man in all Pompeii, and the master of the arena. In his work as promoter of all arena events, he arouses the anger of his son, a hu- manist, who breaks with his father, and aids in the escape of slaves des- tined for the gladiatorial "games." From this point the story weaves on until it is interrupted by the eruption of Vesuvius, and all Pompeii's walls come tumblin' down. Since not even the scenes of this great catastrophe are impressive, and since all of the acting, with the exception of Basil Rathbone's, is amateurish, the picture takes on the tone of a little theatre production, and again Hollywood loses a chance to do something worth- while. This picture makes clear another of our movie magnates' great faults- that of parading their brain children behind false faces. The title "The Last Days of Pompeii" has been borrowed from a great book to lure in thej . 0 Mathematical Lecture: The last sheep that they may is supported by a story character. That isn't isn't art, either. be shorn, and of the flimsiest cricket, and it "HER MASTER'S VOICE" A Paramount picture. starring Ed- ward Everett Horton and Peggy Conk- lin. featuring Grant Mitchell and Laura Hope Crews. This is a light little comedy, with Edward Everett Horton not quite at his best as the adoring husband; lecture of Professor E. Cech of the University of Brno, Czechosloakia, on the subject of Topology will be given on Thursday, March 5, 3 p.m., Room 3011 A.H. Chemistry Lecture: Professor J. H. Mathews, of the chemistry depart- ment of the University of Wisconsin, will lecture on "The Use of Scientific Methods in the Identification of the Criminal" on Monday, March 9. 4:00 p.m., in Natural Science Auditorium. The lecture is under the auspices of the University and the local section j Investigation . . . .-,A TT.Tf'CngTC5 4 .nf 4,c A.C.Afl .1i-..-.