THE MICHIGAN DAILY FFiTDAY, OCT. 23,19-356 FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1936 Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR .................ELSIE A. PIERCE ASSOCIATE EDITOR..........FRED WARNER NEAL ASSOCIATE EDITOR . ...... MARSHALL D. SHULMAN George Andros Jewel Wuerfel Richard Hershey Ralph W. Hurd Robert Cummins Clinton B. Conger Departmental Boards Publication Department: Elsie A. Pierce, Chairman; James Boozer, Arnold S. Daniels, Joseph Mattes, Tuure Tenander, Robert Weeks. Reportorial Department: Fred Warner Neal, Chairman; Ralph Hurd, William E. Shackleton, William Spaller. Editorial Department: Marshall D. Shulman, Chairman; Robert Cummins, William J. Lichtenwanger, Willard F. Martinson, Chester M. Thalman, James V. Doll, Mary Sage Montague. Wire Editors: Clinton B. Conger, Richard G. Hershey, associates; I. S. Silverman. Sports Department: George J. Andros, Chairman; Fred DeLano and Fred Buesser, associates, Raymond Good- man, Carl Gerstacker, Clayton Hepler, Richard La- Marca. Women's Department: Jewel Wuerfel, Chairman: Eliza- beth M. Anderson,tElizabeth Bingham Helen Douglas, Margaret Hamilton, Barbara J. Lovell, Katherine Moore, Betty Strickroot, Theresa Swab. Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER ........ .....JOHN R. PARK ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGER. W ILLIAM BARNT WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER .......JEAN KEINATH Departmental Managers Jack Staple, Accounts Manager; Richard Croushore, Na- tional Advertising and Circulation Manager; Don J. Wiisher, Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Local Advertising Manager Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert Falender, Publications and Class- ified Advertising Manager. NIGHT EDITOR: ARNOLD S. DANIELS Jamies Coumms.. MICHIGAN and the nation los.t a statesman yesterday, with the death of Senator James Couzens. To be more exact, Michigan and the nation lost him last month, because they couldn't under- stand a man putting the public good above party loyalty. Senator Couzens dies repudiated by his party and the subject of vigorous personal attacks by the press of the State. He has been accused of stubbornness, disloyalty to the party, and general non-conformism. Nevertheless, the perspective of time will show James Couzens as a man who thought with vig- orous independence of party machinery, a man who consciously chose to take the road that meant incurring powerful enmities rather than swerve from what he believed to be right. This was so in the case of the Michigan bank failures, and it was true of his stand in the recent pri- maries, in the course of which, without any cam- paigning on his part, he received more than 100,- 000 votes with an almost unanimously hostile press and party. Neither of the two candidates for Senator Couzens' post are of his stature. He belonged to the nation. His name will be remembered for his exemplification of national rather than party statesmanship, and for the philanthropy that gave new hope to thousands of unfortunate chil- dren in the State. Special Delivery TO THE MAYOR, City Hall, Terre Haute, Indiana. Dear Sir: Please forgive us for taking some of your valuable time, but we are faced with a problem on which we would appreciate the benefit of your advice. There are rumours circulating on the campus that certain organizations are planning to invite Earl Browder to speak here sometime next week. Inasmuch as you have had considerable experi- ence with that sort of thing, we wonder if you would tell us how to cope with the situation.. We noticed that you substituted a vegetable barrage for the arrest idea the second time. Would you suggest that we skip the vagrancy' gag and go directly into the vegetables? Of course that must have been rather expensive, wasn't it? Of course we have a rather special problem. At the time Mr. Browder created that last dis- turbance in your city, the Detroit newspapers condemned you for exercising your Americanism, and they might object just as vigorously to any efforts to keep Mr. Browder from making another THE FORUM 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 more than 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Remake Versailles Treaty? To the Editor: So The Daily, although apparently disagree- ing with Mr. Zeder, would agree with Mr. Mow- rer! What did Mr. Mowrer say about militarism? He said he would prefer it to war, and yet he knows as The Daily editors know that increasing militarism all over the world would bring war. So the only contribution Mr. Mowrer can make is a proposal that meant world war in 1914 and would bring world war in 1936. In the question period after his lecture last Thursday night, I asked Mr. Mowrer if he thought we must have another World War in order to "make the world safe for democracy." He sidestepped the question very neatly by saying democracy must be on her guard in order to save herself from annihilation by those Fascist mad- men of Europe. The only way, says Mr. Mowrer, to peace is to arm so heavily and so mightily that we can frighten Adolf and Benito into sub- mission to our wishes. Now isn't that a most brilliant piece of reasoning? It's about the stalest kind of reasoning I've ever heard. That's exactly what England and France were trying to do in 1914-frighten the bogey of Prussian militarism. The results of what happened are only now being felt in their deepest meaning. Beware lest The Daily fall into that silly reasoning of so many forgetful thinkers of today-that the way to peace is through a psychology of force and fear. In a time when there are still millions of un- employed, millions of dispossessed people in our land, it is consistent with democracy that the army and navy be built up out of proportion to any actual needs in order to frighten the Supermen of Europe? Why not spend some of that billion-dollar war budget in feeding hungry mouths this winter? After all, if the nations of the world really want peace why don't they say to these misled nations "We know you're having difficulties. We realize we treated you very un- fairly at Versailles in 1919. Sit down with us at another round table, and we'll try to figure this thing out together. There is no reason to kill each other about this problem. Let's see if we can't readjust our difficulties on a fair and square basis. We'll try and apportion to each country according to its need." In other words, let the nations rewrite the Treaty of Versailles. And above all, let this country realize that our pact is in living out democracy, not in dying for pseudo-idealism. P.S.: By the way, I'll bet Mr. Zeder chuckled when he read Sunday's editorial in The Daily. -Robert Dell Satterlee, Grad. Playing The Phonograph To the Editor: General James A. Farley assured the electorate months ago that this would be a "dirty cam- paign." What intuition! The campaign has in- deed become base since the Republicans in their moments of despair have lowered themselves to unethical practices. Last Saturday evening Sen. Arthur H. Vanden- berg spoke on a national hook-up in what he called a "Fireside Chat." He had phonographic records of the President's past speeches. Just think of it, a United States Senator from Mich- igan putting the voice of the President of the United States out over the air on phonographic records! It would seem that any citizen of this country, much less a United States Senator who hopes and expects to be President himself some day, would have so little respect for the dignity of the high office which Mr. Roosevelt now holdIs as to put the incumbent's voice on records and broadcast them. Phonograph rec- ords might be all right for two-for-one clothiers to advertise their wares, but certainly they are not becoming a Senator especially when the voice is that of a President. If Sen. Vandenberg wants to point out weaknesses in Mr. Roosevelt's past speeches, let him do as others do by quoting from them. m-"A Rooseveltian." 'Rabble Rouser' Replies To the Editor: In an article entitled "'Rabble Rouser' Chal- lenged" printed in Sunday's Forum, one John I. Carr proceeded to criticize a letter written by me and published in last Thursday's Forum. In my letter I stated my disagreement with Senator Vandenberg in his condemnation of President Roosevelt's recommendation that needed laws be passed even if of "doubtful constitutionality." I tried to justify my disagreement by showing that the court in the past has not been en- tirely consistent. I said the court was made of human beings and that no one knew whether an act was valid or not until the court actually decided. I do not quite see Mr. Carr's point of disagreement when he says "that everything about us smacks of human beings and their na- ture." Surely I do not agree on that point for it seems to corroborate my contention. Since matters of constitutionality, and matters in gen- eral if Mr. Carr insists, are so indefinite the President should not be criticized for making this statement. I repeat, the representatives of the people should concentrate on the people's inter- ests and not worry about constitutionality since it won't do them any good anyway. But the challenge is the most important part of Mr. Carr's letter. He asks what laws "Gover- nor Landon proclaimed null and void" and adds that they must have been "pretty old 'blue' laws." I did not mean to infer that Governor Landon declared any laws null and void. Naturally, he hasn't the power. That power rests with BENEATH **** *** IT ALL ,- By Bonth Wiliams To the Editor: We feel that it is to the best interests of the Michigan Daily, as well as to the student body, as a whole, to put Bnth Williams "be- neath it all." Rumor has it that the Daily's star columnist works under a pseudonym, as indeed anyone should who writes such tripe. Shades of Bud Bernard and Toasted Rolls! This guy Williams has the unhappy fac- ulty of dishing out the most insipid, boring, and nonsensical stuff that we've ever read. Camouflaging his ow'n silly ideas in a sup- posed human interest column, he manages to turn out the gooiest and, at the same time, most annoying smart-aleck column in our wide experience as column readers. Away with him! -Louis Goldsmith, '37. -Stewart Oston, '37. P. S.: Thanks to Bonth Williams we've now developed this facetious style of writing -only better than his, don't you think? Thank you gentlemen, thank you. Bonth Williams, Esq., Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dear Mr. Williams: I do not know what your official position is as I do not find your name on the editorial page of The Daily. This is strictly confi- dential. I do not wish my name in any publication. I want to congratulate you on your article in The Daily of Oct. 20th. You have the right slant and what you say is true in prac- tically every particular. The team is making decided improvement each week. Every game has been against experienced lines and mostly experienced backs. If experi- ence means anything it should pay dividends. It has in years gone by for Michigan and it did pay for Michiga State and Indiana and Minnesota. We have no reason to cry or lament. This present team is going to upset some important apple-cart soon. Remember 1929. Kipke is not getting the athletes except where a few of us love Michigan. There are numerous kids that are getting a free edu- cation, as could my boys, and easily a scholarship at two of the leading Eastern schools from their alumni, but we love Mich- igan. But Kip has a squad now and they will do him honor before they graduate. The boys referred to as getting a free educa- tion could not begin to meet requirements on the Michigan campus. That's why we do not get the material. How about Minnesota's General College? What a joke. That was a clearing house there. They have other in- ducements, as at Ohio State. Why go on. I could tell you what they do at Pitt. I could write reams about this but I simply wish you to know there's lots of us that have your viewpoint * * * H AVE you ever been to the Big House? No, not Jackson-Danny Sullivan's. It's probably the biggest gambling joint in the State and en- joys a patronage which keeps a 500 car parking lot full 24 hours a day. Located on the east side of Detroit, the Big House attracts people from all walks of life, but particularly factory and plant workers from Budd Wheel, Hudson, Chrysler and Borg-Warner. The Big House is what was once intended to be a ramp garage, but has been remodelled into one of the best equipped gambling spots in the country. Twenty-four hours a day Sullivan's is open to the devotees of crap and blackjack, while from noon to six o'clock the elaborate bookie depart- ment entertains the countless followers of the hydes. Entrance to the "spot" is gained by means of a long passage with a system of electric doors. Before anyone is admitted to the main gambling room where hundreds of thousands of dollars are lying around, a professional 'Fanner' gives you the once over. Once in, you can do what you like. Four or five crap tables always have their devotees, and the small blackjack tables are scattered about the one main room. The bookie system is the most elaborate and attracts the greatest number of customers. Sell- ers and cashiers almost as numerous as at the track, are available for betters; and complete track postings are carried on individual boards. In addition the next races to be run at all tracks are kept on a separate board in the center of the book. Boys, much like a stock exchange board, run up and down and keep tab on the latest odds and jockey changes. The House pays 15-6-3 on win, place, and show, and parleys stop at $100 plus the bet. Free coffee, sandwiches and plate lunches are provided for the patrons, the only qualification necessary is that you must show 4 bucks in cash when you enter. There is no roulette and absolutely no drink- ing. Everything is conducted in a business-like and methodical manner, the proof for that. What is more, these laws were not "petty old 'blue' laws." Two of them were farm bills. One was in regard to a mort- gage moratorium extension. Another concerned soil conservation. Naturally these acts are not so important as federal acts. But from the standpoint of the importance of laws that can be made in Kansas, they are of comparable nature to Federal acts. They are certainly not "petty old 'blue' laws." TH EATRE Sinclair Lewis In Theatre By JAMES DOLL A PLAY that has managed to get in the news more than most plays do is the dramatization of It Can't Hap- pen Here. First, Sinclair sold the pic- ture rights for a large sum and a movie vresion was made by Sidney Howard. Then for some reason its production was stopped. Howard and Lewis charged Will Hays with do-_ ing this, the words "industrial pol- icy" were used. A report supposed to be from the Hays office said that the story is "of so inflammatory at nature and so filled with dangerous material that only the greatest pos- sible care will save it from being re- jected on all sides." Lewis said it contained "no propaganda except for1 the American system of democracy,t with all its failings, as opposed tot dictatorship." The novel, as most everyone knows, shows how fascism{ l would start in America and what it might be like.1 Late in the summer Sinclair Lewis< announced that although he had sold the movie rights he still held the rights for the stage, he was working on a dramatization of it with J. C. Moffit, Hollywood script writer andE that it would be produced by the WPA Federal Theatre. Mrs. Hallie Flanagan, who is national director of the Federal Theatre (she was head of play production at Vassar before)t announced that the play would be1 produced by 28 companies in 15 citiest simultaneously on Oct. 27. One of, these cities is Detroit. The play is, now in rehearsal there and will open, at the Lafayette Theatre next Tues- day. Four companies are to play it in] New York. The principal produc- tion is at the Adelphi Theatre where Mr. Lewis has office now. There will be a production in Brooklyn, a Yiddish version on Broadway, and the Suitcase Unit will play it in various auditoriums and halls. In some other cities it will be played in German and Spanish and two Negro companies will play it on the west coast.mes The different directors and scene designers have been given the liberty to produce the play as they see fit. No rules have been laid down by the National Director. It is quite a job from the technical standpoint as it has eleven scenes in its three acts, 28 speaking parts and a varying number of extras depending on the size of the stage. Incidentaly, Alex- ander Wyckoff, who has been art director for the Michigan Repertory Players here for three summers, is doing the scenery for the Newark, N. J., production and Edward Jurist, who (has played in a number of Play Pro- duction shows, will be Swan in the same production. According to Lewis the play follows the novel only slightly. About nine- teen-twentieths is left out as in any dramatization of a novel, he says, and there are at least four main characters of equal importance in- stead, of emphasis on one as in the novel. These four would be Doremus Jessop, the Vermont editor; Lorinda Pike, Bishop Prang, the radio dema- gogue; Buzz Windrip, the President who becomes dictator. However, the author says it is still the story of a little man in Vermont and his fam- ily. Although a number of living people are mentioned in the novel- President Roosevelt, Norman Thom- as, Father Coughlin, among them- none will appear or be mentioned on the stage. Since it was first announced, people connected with the production have been denying rumors and supposi- tions about it. Mrs. Flanagan says1 the productions will be strictly non- partisan and that the opening has not been "timed" for a week before election. It's just that they wanted to open the second season with a "major objective." Lewis said he gave the play to the Federal Theatre rather than to .a private producer because it would give all sections of the country a chance to see the play. He denied he was especially anxious about this because Hollywood had banned it. At the time the movie version was banned-well, not banned but1 withdrawn because of industrial pol- icy-Lewis said that precisely what he meant by the title It Can't Happen Here was that it most certainy could. Now he still says that it could but I that it probably won't. Anyway the play is attracting lots of attention. About 40,000 seats have been sold for theupricipal New York $ production extending over the first 12 weeks. 4,000 people will see it in the opening night in New York. So the Federal Theatre and Sinclair Lewis have announced that they do not care for this spectacular ad- vance publicity but want the play tol stand or fall on its own merits as it. would do (might do would be more accurate) in the commercial theatre. The Detroit Project's It Can't Hap- pen Here is announced to play three weeks, then to tourU-possibly com- ing to Ann Arbor. The United States Government always sells seats to its shows reasonably-usually 25 to 55 1 cents And many of the nroiion, -, FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1936 VOL. XLVII No. 23 Notices Notice to the faculty of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts: The five-week freshman reports will be due Oct. 31, Room 4, University Hall. Senate Reception: The members of the faculties and their wives are cor- dially invited to be present at a re- ception by the president and the senate of the University in honor of the new members of the faculties to be held on Tuesday evening, Oct. 27, from 8:30 o'clock until 12 o'clock in the ballrooms of the Michigan Union. The reception will take place between 8:30 and 10:00, after which there will be an opportunity for dancing. No individual invitations will be sent out. The Angell Hall Observatory will be open from 7:30 to 10 p.m. this evening to observe the moon. Chil- dren must be accompanied by adults. Teacher's Certificate Candidates: A special meeting of all students in the School of Education, College of Literature, Science and the Arts and Graduate School who expect to be candidates for the teacher's certifi- cate within the next two years is called for Monday afternoon, Nov. 2, at 4:10 p.m. in the University High School Auditorium. Important problems relating to the certificate will be discussed, application blanks will be distributed, and opportunities AS OTHEF.RS SE IT for students to ask questions will be given. C.O. Davis, Secretary School of Education. The Health Service will administer a vaccine for the prevention of colds to as many students as are desirous of taking it. This will be done up until Nov. 15. No charge is made for this service. The vaccine may be obtained by calling at the Health Service on Tuesday or Saturday mornings be- tween the hours of 8 and 10. Riding Test for Women: Any stu- dent wishing to take the riding test should sign up at the Women's Ath- letic Building by 10 a.m. this morn- ing. The test will be given today. Students are to meet at Barbour Gymnasium at 2 p.m. promptly. A 1936-37 medical examination is necessary. Academic Notices Make-up examination in Zoology 1 for all those students who were ab- sent from the final examination in that course last semester or last summer session will be given Satur- day, Oct. 24, from 9 to 12 a.m., in Room 3092, N.S. This will be the only opportunity to take the make-up examination in that course. Lecture University Lecture: Mr. H. H. Nin- inger, Curator of Meteorites in the Colorado Museum of Natural His- tory, Denver, will lecture on the sub- ject "Meteorites" at 4:15 p.m., t to- day in Natural Science Auditorium. The lecture will be illustrated with slides and specimens. The public is cordially invited. Exhibition Annual Ann Arbor Artists Exhibi- tion: Open to public until Wednes- day, Oct. 28. Alumni Memorial Hall, 2-5 daily. Events Of Today Esperanto Class: All interested in Esperanto please meet in Room 1035 Angell Hall today, from 4:30 to 5:30. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. 'Regimentation' (From The New Yor IN A STUDY of Mr. treaties prepared by Policy Association there interesting statement: 'k k Times) T3 11' - A HullAsdtradc30 the Foreign Stanley Chorus: Tryouts will be occurs this held from 3 to 5, today, in the glee club roam of the League. All women The gradual removal of tariff c barriers, often a cloak for mon- opoly, cannot logically be resisted 1 by those who decry Government intervention in business. What prompted the Government to intervene on a gigantic scale in the affairs of American business and agri- culture in 1933? The more excited Republicans would have us believe that Mr. Roosevelt was then laying the foundations of a Socialist re- public. But those who can look back to the recent past with less hysteria and more regard for the sequence of events will remember that in many cases the Government was urged to intervene by the very business men and farmers whose affairs would be mosttdirectly affected by govern- mental action.' NRA, in its original form, was, favored and even sponsored by many manufacturers precisely because it promised to put an end to what was then called "excessive competition," and because it promised, by means of agreements to curtail production, to hold prices at a profitable level. Compulsory control of agricultural production, first attempted in the Bankhead Cotton Act, was not an in- vention of the Government; it was brought to Washington by cottonI planters from the South, and it was not approved by Congress until ques- tionnaires sent to 40,000 producers had revealed an overwhelming de- mand for it. The primary reason for Government intervention in this case and various others was the fact that, at the bottom of the depression, many business men and many farmers wanted Federal assistance in solving the problem of "surplus production." And why were American industry and agriculture burdened with a sur- plus? For one important reason, be- cause, with the abrupt termination of our foreign lending, soon after 1930, the bottom fell out of the for- em markets in which American in- dustry and agriculture had previously sold their surplus at a profit. That is why the Foreign Policy As- sociation is perfectly sound when it describes as inconsistent those critics of the Administration who in one breath vigorously denounce "regi- mentation" and in the next breath vigorously denounce Mr. Hull's trade treaties. "Regimentation" and ex- clusive nationalism are blood broth- ers. Give the United States a few bumper crops of wheat and hogs and cotton-with no recovery of foreign markets to absorb them-and no matter who is President, we shall hear again the demand for crop control in the interest of protecting prices. The surest road to "regimentation" (witness Germany) is to pursue a except freshmen are urged to try out. All S. C. officers are requested to be present at tryouts. Athletic Group: There will be a meeting this evening at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. A. G. Justice, 420 So. Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Students: The West- minster Guild will hold a party and dance this evening at Lane Hall for all Presbyterians and their friends. The party will be held from 9-12. Refreshments will be served. Campus Recreation Night: The Disciples' Guild sponsors a game night at the Church of Christ Recre- ation Hall, Hill and Tappan Sts., each Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. In addition to a variety of interesting games, drama, stunts, group sing- ing, and special music are provided. All students and their friends are welcome. No charge. Hillel Players: Tryouts for the one- act play "Theatre" will be held to- day from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Hillel Foundation. Parts are open to both members and non-members of the Hillel Players. Sphinx will hold a Columbia Rally at 11 p.m. Friday in Hagen's Tavern. Coming Events Faculty, School of Education: There will be a special meeting of the faculty on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the library of the University Elementary School. Graduate Outing Club: Songfest in Lane Hall on Sunday evening, fol- lowing a short hike in the afternoon. Group leaves Lane Hall at 2:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. All graduate students cordially invited. Arab Students' Union: A meeting of the Arab Students' Union will be held Sunday afternoon, Oct. 25, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 316 of the Michi- gan Union. All students of Syrian or Arabic descent, either residents of the United States or foreign stu- dents from the Near East, are urged to attend. Delta Epsilon Pi: There will be a meeting this Sunday at the Michigan Union at 2 p.m. sharp. This meet- jing will be important as the matter of dues will be discussed. The Hillel Independents will hold a business meeting Sunday, Oct. 5, promptly at 8:30 p.m. There will be election of officers. After the meet- ing Dr. John Shepard will address the group on "Liberalism and other I