I The Weather' Cloudy and cooler today; fresh to strong north winds. f~f ian tIaiti Editorials A Question Of National Pp.licy . I VOL. XVII No. 19 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, OCT. 19, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS Landon, Knox Meet T o Map End Of Battle Vice-Presidential Nominee Sees 'Real Fight' Ahead In WinningElection Finds Pennsylvania Safe; Ohio Is Better Says 600,000 Californians Want Scheme For Easy Living OrSubsidy TOPEKA, Kas., Oct. 17.-0- Gov. Alf M. Landon and Col. Frank Knox mapped the close of their cam- paign today in a final conference which ended with the Chicago pub- lisher predicting victory in a "real fight." Sitting on the front porch of the Executive Mansion where he lunched with Landon, Knox puffed a pipe and told reporters: "We had a general discussion of the campaign situation. It is the last time we'll see each other before the election. I think our timing has been perfect and that we're coming very strong-in no state more so than in New York." Landon was inside as his running mate talked, conferred with William R. Castle, former Undersecretary of State, and J. Reuben Clark, former ambassador to Mexico. After his press conference, Colonel and Mrs. Knox motored to Excelsior Springs, Mo., where they will spend the week-end. California Trip Planned Both the Presidential nominee and Knox were on the eve of a two-week drive which will take the Kansan to Los Angeles and back across the continent to New York before re- turning home just before election day, Nov. 3. Knox said he would campaign through Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania and then back through Pennsylvania and Ohio be- fore closing with a Chicago address Oct. 31. Replying to questions, Knox said he was "very much in favor of Lan- don's California trip," and said Ari- zona and New Mexico stops would "cinch" those states. "California is divided into two parts," he said. "North California is anti-New Deal and pro-Landon. The battle will have to be made in Southern California. About 600,0 people have moved into the state in the last four years and are pretty largely available for any scheme which presents an easy living for them. Nothing short of a direct sub- sidy will satisfy them. "The Townsend support will be a tremendous aid, not only in Cali- fornia but in other states. Pennsylvania Called Safe "I think Pennsylvania is safe, very emphatically. Ohio is looking much better. Southern Illinois will roll up not less than 200,000, and I think we have an edge in the Chicago area." Prior to the issuance of a formal statement on his views by James Roosevelt, a reporter asked Knox about a quotation attributed to young Roosevelt at Worcester, Mass., that his fatier intends to seek a consti- tutional amendment to continue NRA principles. Landon in Detroit had called upon his Democratic rival to say before election day whether or not he pro- posed an amendment. "Young Jim says his father is for a Constitutional amendment," Knox replied. "The question now is why his father doesn't say so. The time to tell the people whether he wants a constitutional amendment is now." Current Issues T-:1b Similarities To Proteins Are Shown By Viruses And Bacteria Killers A tendency to believe that complex chemical compounds such as pro- teins are active biological agents with characteristics of living organ- isms is growing rapidly, Prof. H. B. Lewis, head of the department of bi- ological chemistry, declared yester- iay. Investigation along three lines, he said, has presented evidence in sup- port of this belief. The first-and most significant to Dr. Lewis-of these is a series of experiments with serums carried on in Peiping by sev- eral Chinese workers. According to the findings of these investigators the pneumococcus antibodies, minute or- ganisms which act as the body's de- fense against the attacks of the bac- teria causing pneumonia, are closely paralleled by certain proteins in abil- ity to destroy the harmful bacteria. Confirmation of these results, and similar findings in the case of other antibodies, might well mean that they might be obtained in the lab- oratory and a store provided for use against microbe-caused diseases. At present the sufferer from many such diseases must waituntil his own body can produce the antibodies, a wait Which often proves fatal. With other diseases, such as smallpox and diph- theria, where serums from animals are used to introduce antibodies into the human body, the occasional ill effects and limited application of Drasin Inquest To Be.Tuesday; Autopsy Is Held Witness Of Fatal Accident Says Victim Had Trouble In LightingTorch An investigation into the death of George F. Drasin, Grad., 23 years old, of Grand Rapids, who was in- stantly killed in a laboratory explo- sion at 4 p.m. Friday in the East Engineering building, was begun yes- terday. An inquest into the cause of the accident will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday. An autopsy performed yesterday morning at the University Hospital by Dr. John C. Bugher of the hos- pital staff established death as due to partial decapitation resulting from the explosion. No evidence of gases was found in the lungs. Drasin was killed when a drum on which he was welding a fitting ex- ploded in a second floor laboratory and blew off the top of his head. The explosion was believed due to a mix- ture of oxygen and acetylene gas which accumulated in the drum. Other Students Near Two other students were in the room at the, time but were not hurt except for slight shock. They are Ar- thur Lennie, '38E, and John J. Kary, Grad., both of Detroit. Kary, who was working about 15 feet from Drasin when the explosion occurred, was knocked to the floor and covered with glass. Windows in the laboratory were shattered but no other damage was done to the building. Drasin had been having difficulty keeping the torch lighted, Kary said. The acetylene from the unlighted torch entered the drum and mixed with the oxygen, it is believed by Prof. Alfred A. White, chairman of the department of chemical and me- tallurgical engineering. When the torch was again lighted, the flame ignited the mixture, causing the ex- plosion. Coroner's Jury Sworn v .. s 'r these serums mightabe overcome. A second line of attack, said Dr. Lewis, upon this question of the re- lationship between proteins and so- called "living" substances is that con- cerned with viruses, a class of minute particles to whose activities various diseases are ascribed. In at least one important instance, the tobacco mosiac disease virus, it has been dem- onstrated that the virus is a crystal- line protein, he went on. The third piece of evidence which purports to show that proteins may have a close identity with "life" is furnished by the bacteriaphage (bac- teria killers), Dr. Lewis continued. From liquids known to contain bac- teriaphage there has been isolated a protein which possesses the power to consume bacteria in a manner similar to that employed by the (Continued on Page 2) Murphy Writes To Snub Debate With Fitzgerald Candidates Of Both Parties Refuse Offer To Arrange Oral Controversy Edward H. Litchfield, graduate stu- dent who was defeated in the pri- mary race for thenomination for state senator, announced yesterday that Gov. Frank Fitzgerald has de- clined to debate with his Democratic opponent, Frank Murphy. The Gov- ernor said that he had declined be- cause the debate would not serve a constructive purpose. Murphy also declined to take a part in a debate with the Governor, and former Governor Wilber Brucker of- fered himself as a substitute for Fitzgerald. In a letter to Litchfield, Governor Fitzgerald said, "While I appreciate the public-spirited motive behind your invitation (to engage in the de- bate), I must decline, for the reason I do not believe the debate would serve a constructive purpose. "First, I differ with your concep- tion of my position in the picture. My campaign for reelection to the office of governor of Michigan is not based upon my views of the New Deal or any other national issue. It is based entirely upon my record as Governor, secretary of state, and in other pub- lic capacities. "Since I am a candidate for a state office, I believe I am logical in con- fining my addresses to state problems. A debate on the New Deal, therefore, would scarcely fit in with my pro- gram. "Even though such a debate were confined to state issues, I doubt that I would accept. For I am free to ad- mit that, as an orator, I have little to recommend me. If a man's fit- ness for the office of chief executive were to be measured by his ability to charm with the spoken word. I fear I would be utterly disqualified. My time in the last 24 years has been wholly taken up with state work rather than with the development of forensic ability. "My record will have to speak for me, and I am sure the people of this state are quite willing to judge the issues in this light." Tiny Living' Organisms May Be Of Chemical Nature, Lewis Says Vandenberg's Radio Diatribe Cut InMiddle Speech Against Roosevelt Halted By Broadcasting Officials In East Use Of Recordings Offered As Reason Coughlin, Grapples With Fake Indian' In Feather Shower DETROIT, Oct. 17.-OP-An ad- dress by the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin was interrupted today by a scuffle between the priest and Woody Hock- aday, who dressed in a brilliant ver- million Indian suit, showered the speaker with handfuls of feathers. Coughlin was speaking at a rally of Michigan members of the National Union for Social Justice, when Hock- aday appeared suddenly on the plat- form, shouting words which were indistinguishable in the tumult which arose immediately, and flinging feathers with both hands '5from a bulging sack. "Don't touch that man," Coughlin shouted, leaning -fiver the railing on the platform. "Don't touch that man. We'll bring him up here and let him talk. I love to talk with Communists and New Dealocrats." While police rushed Hockaday to a waiting squad car, Coughlin's asso- ciates brushed feathers from his shoulders and helped him adjust a microphone worn hanging from his Gophers' Powerful Onslanht Swamps Michigan By 26-0 Senator Breaks Given By GOP Would Not Use Promise That He Records CHICAGO, Oct. 17.--(P)-A na- tionwide radio address by Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.) was cut off the eastern division of the Columbia Broadcasting Company chain tonight in the midst of a speech directed against President Roosevelt. H. Leslie Atlas, vice-president of Columbia, said the address was cut off stations in the East by the chain's New York officials "because the program included phonographic recordings in violation of the com- pany's rules." Atlas said the address, interspersed with recordings of speeches made by President Roosevelt in 1932 and 1933, was broadcast by the major portion of the Columbia Chain's member sta- tions. The chain official said he had been assured by Hill Blackett, public re- lations director for the Republican National Committee, sponsors of Vandenberg's address, thatrecord- ings were not to be used in connec- tion with the broadcast. Fifteen minutes before the broad- 'ast was scheduled to be delivered, ltlas said, Blackett admitted that ,he address called for the use of rec- ords. The' Senator was using recordings from President Roosevelt's 1932 and 1933 speeches to answer his own questions. Listeners said an announcer in- troduced H. Leslie Atlas, vice-presi- dent of 'the chain, who explained an executive order from New York had arrived too late to cut the program off all stations. He said the Sen- ator's program would continue over certain stations with the recordings deleted. Hill Blackett, public relations di- recor for the Republican National Committee, which sponsored Senator Vandenberg's address, said company officials informed him the address was broadcast in its entirety, with the exception of the phonograph inter- polations, through Mid-Western sta- tions. Yost Misses Third Contest Since 1900 Fielding H. Yost, director of Ath- letics, yesterday missed his third Michigan game since 1900, and for the first time since coming here failed to see the Wolverines in their annual clash with the Gophers. Yost was afflicted with influenza nearly a week ago, but gained suf- ficiently after the first two days so that physicians thought it barely pos- sible that he might make the trip to Minneapolis. He became quite ill again, however, and it was impos- sible for him to do so. Groesbeck Backs LandonCandidacy DETROIT, Oct. 17.-On the heels of President Roosevelt's visit to De- troit, Alex J. Groesbeck, one of Michigan's two three-term gover- nors who recently poked fun at the Republican attack on the New Deal, today in effect endorsed the election of Governor Landon. Groesbeck, a Republican, declared that Landon's "election will not be followed by broken promises, mount- ing deficits, confiscatory taxation and regimentation of workers, busi- ness and industry. These-and the threats of more of them," he asserted, "are the major issues of this cam- paign." Although Grosebeck rid iculed charges that the Constitution is in danger, he maintained that "if Lan- don is elected, we will experience a marked improvement in business of all kinds and a substantial lessening of employment. For these reasons I believe that Michigan will go Re- publican this year." Injured Girl's State Is Better, shoulders which had in the scuffle. been torn offI 'Happier' U. S Said To Exist By President Roosevelt Concludes Tour In N. Y. Capital; Certain Of Reelection ABOARD THE ROOSEVELT SPE- CIAL, EN ROUTE TO HYDE PARK, N. Y., Oct. 17.-(-P)-From the portico of the Executive Mansion in New York's capital, President Roosevelt wound up his campaign speaking trip of 5,000 miles with an assertion to- night that he believed "we have a happier America, a better America" than four years ago. Nearing the finish line of his west- ern campaign tour, Presient Roose- velt stopped off at Rochester this afternoon and told a rain-sodden throng in front of Convention Hall that ever since he wasknominated for Governor_ of. New York he had been "fighting for fresh opportunity" for the American people. He said he was happy that during the past three and a half years the state had continued and strengthened "liberal government under the wise and conscientious leadership of our great governor, Herbert H. Lehman." "Deep down in my heart," he said, "I am confident that government which thinks in terms of humanity will continue in Albany and Wash- ington in the days to come." Swarms of spectators lined the city's sidewalks while hundreds of young and middle aged trotted along- side the slowly-moving procession to the city hall. The motor car was forced to halt several times due to the milling crowd. His brief speech at Rochester was his third of the day in crossing up- state New York toward his Hyde Park estate where tonight he ends his western campaign dash through 10 states. Previously he had told a great out- door crowd in Buffalo that the New Deal works program represented the "first shock troops" in the battle against the depression and pledged a continuance of Federal aid to help states carry the burden. Hospital Says The condition of Frieda Kaufman, '40, injured in a chemical explosion Friday, was pronounced "satisfac- tory" yesterday by Dr. Frederick A. Coller, physician who treated her face lacerations in Uiversity Hospital. O. L. I. Brown, instructor aiding Miss Kaufman at the time of the ac- cident, who suffered wrist cuts, at- I tended his classes yesterday, after having small particles of glass re- moved from the cuts on his hands. The chemistry department issued the following statement yesterday: "In attempting to ascertain the cause of the laboratory explosion which injured Miss Kaufman and Dr. Brown, members of the chemistry; faculty are trying to determine the actual ingredients of the mixture which the student had prepared and placed in the tube that was being heated. They have tested the purity of the two substances called for in the directions for the experiment and find that both bottles were properly filled; furthermore, there was no im- purity in either one which could have caused the explosion. It seems prob- able that material from a wrong bot- tle was used in preparing the mix- ture." The two chemicals were potassium chlorate and manganese dioxide, used in producing oxygen, an experiment prepared by all beginning classes. The glass flask burst when under heat. Miss Kaufman will remain in the Hospital for two or three days, Dr. Coller said. Choral Union 10 Open With Mine. Flagstad Kirsten Flagstad, noted soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, will open the Choral Union's season at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Audi- torium. Madame Flagstad, who, af- ter only three seasons in this coun- try, has become the Metropolitan's greatest attraction, will be accom-' panied by Mr. Edwin MacArthur. Her program for tomorrow's con- cert follows: Strauss: Seitdem, dein aug' in' meines schaute, Ach liem, ich muss nun scheiden, Schon sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne, Ich lieme Dich. Grieg: Mens jeg venter (While I Wait) (sung in Norwegian), Lys natt (Bright Night) (sung in Norwegian), Det gynger en baad (A Boat Rocks to and fro);. Jordan: Og se, hun kom (And se, eshe came) (sung in Norwegian), Es naht de Herbst (Au- tumn is nearing) (sung in German). Joseph Marx: Und gestern hat er mir Rosen gebracht, Hat dich die Liebe Beruhrt, Michael Head: Noc- turne; Ernest Charles: Spendthrift; Frank Bridge: Love vent ariding. Wagner: "Einsam in Truben Ta- gen" Elsa's Traum from Act I of "Lohengrin," "Du bist der Lenz" 40,000 Watch Minnesota Pile Up 19 First Downs To Wolverines' Three Janke Injured; May Be Lost For Season Patanelhli, Ritchie, Cooper Star; Alfonse, Matheny, Buhler, Moore Score By A Staff Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 17-(Special to The Daily) -Michigan's gallant band of Wolverines, out-classed in practically every department of the game, refused to crumble before the vicious and highly mechanized at- tack of the championship-bound Minnesota Gophers and held the Norsemen to 26 points before 40,000 spectators in the Stadium here to- day. Sheer courage was the only weapon Michigan had this afternoon as Min- nesota, working with clock-like pre- cision moved methodically down the field: It was Michigan's display of intestinal fortitude that prevented Bernie Bierman's great team from running up an even more imposing score. Constantly on the defensive and scarcely moving past their own 20- yard line throughout the first half, the Wolverines scrapped and battled The Band, cheerleaders and what Miller Sherwood, '37, pres- ident of the Men's Council hopes will be "a goodly number of students" will show Michigan's football team today that they are loyal to it even in defeat. The welcome will be staged at 2:08 p.m., at the Michigan Central Station, on a suggestion wired from Minneapolis by William Bates, '37, manager of the team. like madmen as Minnesota ran in a galaxy of sophomore backs, each of whom appeared to be more effective than the last. Janke Injured - Undoubtedly the worst performance of the afternoon was turned in by the officials. Three times at least, clipping was absolutely evident. One of these plays cost Michigan the serv- ices of Fred Janke, the outstanding Michigan lineman of the day, cut down in the third quarter, he left the game with a dislocated collar bone and muscle complications, and will probably be lost to the team for the remainder of the season. Minnesota piled up 19 first downs to three for Michigan, and in so do- ing gained a grand total of 345 yards from scrimmage. Michigan's attack netted approximately 67. Captain Mat. Patanelli stood out as the stellar flanker of the day. He broke up at least one apparently cer- tain Gopher scoring threat and sift- ed into the Minnesota backfield more than any other Wolverine. Offensive Fails Michigan's attack never got going. Stark Ritchie and Bob Cooper were the only backs who made anything like a substantial gain. Cooper's punting kept Michigan out of a great deal of trouble in the later stages of the game, but several of his early attempts were only fair. Minnesota's kicking was only mediocre. It was the same story as a year ago, with the two exceptions that Michigan refused to quit, and Min- nesota's attack featured a more wide open game with a sizable dosage of laterals. Alfonse Scores First Michigan repelled the Gopher as- sault for most of the first quarter but finally with the ball on the Michigan eight as a result of another deter- mined Gopher drive, Andy Uram, great Minnesota play-maker lateraled to co-captain Alfonse, who shot off tackle for the first score of the game. Wilkinsons attempt at conversion was wide. Matheny took Cooper's punt near the end of the first quarter and sprinted to the Wolverine 22. From there the Gophers smacked and slashed their way to the one foot line where Buhler, sophomore full- back, went over for the touchdown after Michigan had held twice. Wil- They Came; They Saw; But Which One WJii Con querState, Landon OrF.D.R.? t t i 1 a lII De U ) tJ A coroner's jury was sworn in at' the scene of Drasin's death by Cor- oner Edwin C. Ganzhorn. Members T om as .lR of the jury are Dr. William Brace of the University Health Service; Prof.' Norman Thomas, Socialist candi- C. W. Good, assistant director of the date forpresident, will speak at 415 department of engineering research; p.m. tomorrow in the Masonic Temple Prof. Donald W. McCready of the o . "ThemIssueofthe nTmpDay." chemical engineering department; M. on 'The Issues. of the B. Small, assistant to the director Thomas, who recently ran third in of engineering research; Robert W. The Daily's student presidential poll, Merritt, research assistant in the de- is being brought to Ann Arbor by a parcment of engineering research, group of local citizens. Following his and William B. Bruch, building and talk, he will answer any questions grounds clerk. that may be directed to him by mem- The inquest will be held in the bers of the audience. Washtenaw County court house. Thomas, the leading Socialist in the Kary, Lennie, Professor White and country, last appeared in Ann Arbor Lyle M. Reading, Grad., of Detroit, last February when he delivered three who was just outside the room at the speeches. time of the explosion, will be sum- A graduate of Princeton University moned to testify, Dr. Ganzhorn said. and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Body Taken To Grand Rapids ersammn.C Bail stif3mAfi + at r n l ro ,c nrir .ro.a fn tror s _ By FRED WARNER NEAL The Presidential candidates came to Michigan. They saw Michigan. But which one conquered Michigan? That was the question foremost in the minds of observers as they travelled across -the State Tuesday with Governor Landon, the Repub- lican, and Thursday with President Roosevelt, the Democrat. One thing was clear: President Roosevelt attracted far larger crowds than did his Kansas rival. But there are other factors. For example, most impartial newspapermen along on both trips agreed that the Republican nominee in his speeches really said more of a concrete nature than the President. But as a cynic remarked, that was not saying much. President Draws Crowds Both candidates visited Detroit, Flint, Lansing and Grand Rapids. At each place, the turnout for the Presidential train was at least twice what it was for the Sunflower Spe- cial. At Detroit more than 200,000 persons jammed themselves into the 10,000 out to see Landon. The peo- ple-filled streets of Flint appeared to the campaigning President as if every living soul in that city had turned out, while to Governor Landon it must have seemed as though great numbers were too busy in their shops and factories to follow in his wake. The story of the turnout of the people was the same in Grand Rap- ids. and at first thought, it would seem that if numbers mean anything at all, Michigan will give its 19 electoral votes to Roosevelt. Weather Bad for Landon But the President, as the Demo- crats hoped and the Republicans feared, got the breaks on the treach- erous Michigan weather, as he has so often in other parts of the na- tion. Landon's Tuesday was a cold, damp day, and the night of the Navin Field speech was so cold that even an electric heater failed to keep the speaker's stand and press section warm. In contrast, Roosevelt's Thurs- day was as balmy a day as ever a Michigan Indian Summer produced, crats present at Landon's arrivals were far and few between. The speeches of the candidates were void of new materials or star- tling ideas. Both harped on the Great Theme Songs of their cam- paigns, Landon charging that the New Deal was headed for regimen- tation and depriving the people of. their liberties and Roosevelt point- ing to the "return of prosperity" and asking his audiences if they were not better off than they were in 1932. Governor Landon, however, scored a point on his Presidential rival when in Detroit he charged the deviser of the New Dealer with concealing his real aims and purposes and demand- ed of Roosevelt that he inform the electorate specifically of his plans for the next four years. But in little mentioned portions of their speeches, Roosevelt and Landon set forth what amounts to their re- spective philosophies of government. After hearing the following ideas from the candidates, there is cer- tainly a clear and distinct choice.