FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY __________________________________________ U I THE MICHIGAN DAILY r.:d. lillu"604- %N* 1936 Member 1937 Issocied Cole6ite Press Distributors of Coade6k(e Di6est Published every morning except Monday during the University yearand Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively erntitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or riot 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 mal matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON - SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES -PORTLAND - SEATTLE Board of Editors MnANAGING 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 Departmental Boards Publication Department: Elsie A. Pierce, Chairman; James Boozer, Arnold S. Daniels, Joseph Mattes, Tuure Tenander, Robert Weeks.I Reportorial Department: Fred Warner Neal, Chairman; Ralph Hurd, William E. Shackleton, Irving S. Silver- man, William Spaller, Richard G. Hershey. 1ditorial Department: Marshall D. Shulman, Chairman; Robert Cummins, Mary Sage Montague. 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, Elizabeth Bingham, Helen Douglas, Margaret Hamilton, Barbara J. Lovell, Katherine Moore, Betty Strickroot, Theresa Swab. Business.Department BUSINESS MANAGER................ JOHN R. PARK ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGER . WILLIAM BARNDT WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER .......JEAN KEINATH Departmental Managers Jack Staple, Accounts Manager; Richard Croushore, Na- tional Advertising and Circulation Manager; Don J. Wilsher, Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Local Advertising Manager; Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert Falender, Publications and Class- ified Advertising Manager. NIGHT EDITOR : JOSEPH S. MATTES behind these denunciations of "government in- terference" does seem to lie a demand for a more "selective," a more "rugged," a more "competi- tive," a more "struggling"-reversely, a less "bro- therly," "humane," "unselfish," and less "co- operative" society. MUSIC CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT By WILLIAM J. LICHTENWANGER T HAS OFTEN been said of Tschaikowsky that his music sounds better than it really is. The same thing might be said about the Chicago Symphony concert last evening, but with no thought of disparagement. It is no particular discredit to the Orchestra or its conductor that it is not made up of artists of the extreme ability of those in the three great orchestras of the East. With the impression of the last May Festival still vivid in our mind, we could not but feel, at times last night, the absence of the Philadelphia's un- canny flawlessness in playing, its extreme accu- racy in attacks and releases,, the effortless sub- tlety of its dynamic gradations, the brilliant vir- tuosity of its soloists, the sublime opulence of its composite tone. The Chicago is a great or- chestra, but it cannot be called perfect, even ac- cording to human standards. But the remarkable and more important thing about the performance last night was that such defects as were noticeable did not detract one whit from the total effect. To Dr. Stock should go the praise for this, as well as for his transcrip- tions and program building. After the power- fulness of the Scriabin Symphony left us limp and breathless, we regarded with an apprehen- sive eye the remaining half of the program with its Wagnerian climax and wondered if we would be able to move unaided from our seat after the conclusion of the program. Then came the brilliant, scintillating Roumanian Rhapsody of Georges Enesco-and what more revivifying work could be found?-followed by the rushing, impetuous Moto Perpetuo of Paganini, encored, in turn, with the Dohnanyi Romanza, and by the time Wagner finally arrived we were able to wdrink of his richness without surfeit. Speaking of the Scriabin Divine Poem, which was the outstanding work of the evening, why is it not played more often? In our program notes last Sunday we stated, judging from one prev-1 ious and evidently inadequate performance, that an understanding and acceptance of the com'- poser's program was necessary to an enjoyment of the work. Well, perhaps Scriabin did speak to us of the things his program mentions. If so, it was directly through the music to the soul itself, for, after remembering the literary significance of the initial theme, we thought no more of words and ideas. Inevitably in describ- ing such music we must use that step-child of the critic's vocabulary, "sublime." In listening to parts of the symphony it was impossible, both from the music itself and the effect it produced, not to be reminded of Wagner, more particularly of Tristan and the "Forest-Murmurs" portion of Siegfried. Although hardly of the impeccable orthodoxy of Stokowsky's Bach, the E flat Prelude and "St. Anne's" Fugue formed quite an impressive open- ing to the program. Particularly interesting was the exposition section of the Fugue, played en- tirely by the winds. Although the use of sleigh- bells in the Prelude did not seem particularly out of place, as we had feared, we did feel all through the Bach that the percussion section/was a trifle over-worked; however, if Dr. Stock wants lots of percussion, he may and will have it. The lovely Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, which was played between the opening number and the Scriabin Symphony, was done most beautifully. Our favorite is the scherzo- like Fifth Variation, which calls up memories of Beethoven with its abrupt dynamic changes and syncopated sforzandi. I0 11-F. 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. Free Press After Tuesday To the Editor: My major concern upon the eve of election is not who will triumph, but what policy the Detroit Free Press and similar publications will adopt following President Roosevelt's reelec- tion. What will become of the poor regimented workers under four years of social security? Will the Detroit Free Press strive to protect the regimented workers after election or will it gracefully acquiesce? Surely regimented work- ers are as worthy of protection by the paper which has been on guard for over a century after election as they are before election. If the Free Press really believes that social security legisation as it is now contemplated is a real menace to labor, it will continue its anti-New Deal social security propaganda after election. But if the Free Press has merely siezed upon this so-called regimentation of workers as a means of influencing a credulous public to vote against the New Deal, the matter will imme- diately be dropped. However, readers of the Free Press and especially those who voted against Roosevelt because they fear the regimentation which their paper said was imminent in social security, have a right tq demand that the Free BENEATH **** ****** IT ALL By Bonth Williams SATURDAY NIGHT I went back to the plant. Back to the same window where for two summers I watched other people walk by and look in out of the dark. It seemed funny as hell being on the outside and watching the fat King- fish take cast iron out of Number one. King and Dooley came over to the window and shook hands, then they called Leo and Jimmy Mason and Mac, the straw boss. I intro- duced the Pook and we stood and kicked the dog just as we did all through those hot months when we used to hang on the same window for fresh air instead of conversation. The King said, "Say, you heard they may be movin' the shop to Muskegon in the spring? We been workin' six and seven days every week. They're puttin' out 500 a day. Workin' 11-12 hours upstairs." Leo laughed and said, "Yeah, and the funny part of it is I'm thinkin' about marryin' Gertie, you remember her out to Wildwood that night. Naw, I guess South America is out, I waited a couple years too long." Jim Mason, his hands covered with ground coat, came over and said it was tough about Illinois ,and we agreed, and then the line started up again and he had to start dipping. King came back and told me about the drunk he turned in over Labor Day. Didn't remember a thing till they took him off the Cleveland boat the next Thursday. Dooley pulled another load. of cast iron around and started laying it into the furnace. Mac happened past and pumped my hand and told me about a four horse parlay he'd just put across. The hot air and the porcelain dust seemed scarcely .noticeable, and.I couldn't help thinking it was different than in the summer, but it was gloomier now.W The Pook and I had our heads in the only open window and far down the plant, I could hear Eddie Kremins yell "Hold de line" as the brush- ers worked to keep up with number three. The King set another batch of transparent red burn- ers on the caterpillar and laughed, "Hell, next year, we'll probably all be out of a job." "Who you voting for, King?" I asked. "Roosevelt, he's the only guy we ever had in there who'sever tried to do a damn thing for the workin' man. A lot of his ideas and stuff are bunk, sure, but at least he's tryin'" "He give Slim's boys work in the CCC camp, he kept a lot of guys to Hudson's and Briggs' to work on the PWA when they was laid off, he give us the 5-day week as long as he could; now we work Sundays too. He's puttin' up govern- ment apartments where a guy can live decently at a low figger, and he's taken some of the dough away from the big shots to do it. "None of us in here will ever make more'n $1800 a year, lucky to do that. Let 'em tax 74s a little more as long as they keep taxin' the big boys a lo more. The government'll never get two-thirds of our inheritance. That's why the whole shop's for Roosevelt. He done some- thin' for us." "BLACK AND WHITE." The bartender reached down and pulled as if from nowhere a bottle of it, a glass with three cubes of ice and an ounce-and-a-half-shot glass. The man half turned on one of the Motor Bar's red upholstered stools and plunked down 40 cents. Then he poured out the drink. I didn't pay any more attention to him until I heard the same laconical "Black and White" the fifth time. He was a distinctive and still distinguished looking man of perhaps 40. Little gables of gray were apparent just above his ears. He was en- tirely alone. , The Pook and I watched him as he downed drinks six and seven, and the Pook remarked he had sad eyes. He did, and ordered the waiter to leave the bottle on the bar. A well-dressed fellow, he was getting abso- lutely stunk and yet there was not the slightest display of ostentation. We got up to go, and then I turned around to pick up my cigarettes. The orchestra started in on "A Star Fell Out of Heaven" and at the same time the man's hand slipped across the counter in front of me palm down. On his finger was the green ring of Michigamua. We went otit wondering ... THEATRE Play Production By JAMES DOLL LAY PRODUCTION'S first play will be the vigorous and experi-l mental anti-war Bury the Dead by Ir- win Shaw. It is a first play and won the New Theatre League's prize inE 1935 for play with social significance. It has one long act but with many scenes arranged in kaleidoscopic fashion not unlike Waiting For Lefty. Lines and separate situations are of-I ten brutally realistic but the general I idea is supernatural, fantastic. Sol- diers are burying six soldiers killed in the World War. They refuse te be buried, resolve to cry aloud against war. After this introduction there are flashes showing the reaction of the War Department, the press, the church to the situation. In the most human and moving part of the play there are scenes between each of the six and the woman most closely con- nected with his past life. These scenes cannot be criticized in any way for the weaknesses often asso- ciated with propaganda plays. They1 are human and let the audience make their own generalization from the (Continued from Page 2) 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. brook School in Bloomfield Hills on Friday, Nov. 6, should make their reservations in Room 9, University Hall, by Thursday noon. The group will leave Angell Hall promptly at 1 p.m. There will be reservations available for a limited number of American students also. Tour of Memorial Hall for Foreign' Students: The students in the class in English for Foreign Students will be specially conducted through Memorial Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m. Any other foreign students who are interested may join this tour. The group will meet promptly at 4 p.m. in Room 201 University Hall. Concerts ficers for the year will be elected at this meeting. Everybody interested and especially old members are in- vited to attend. Interfraternity Council: Special closed meeting at 7:30 p.m. this eve- ning in the Council's offices, Room 306, of the Union. Only house presi- dents will be admitted to the meet- ing. Sigma Rho Tau meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. Professor Worley of the Transportation Dept. will speak. Circle meetings will start at 8:15 p.m. Room to be posted. Please be on time. The Lutheran Student Club will have a Bible Study Class tonight at the League at 7:15. The meeting will be onehour. i 1 particular facts and emotional sit-E uation presented. However, no ap- peals to the soldiers to give up their unwarranted campaign against death and return to their graves are suc- cessful. And the play ends with the ironic touch of officers trying to, shoot down the dead who advance against the ineffective machine gun fire. The play was first produced pri- vately by a group of actors from the Let Freedom Ring company. Then i Alex Yokel produced it at a Broad- way theatre where it ran for many months. Its author was hailed as the best new playwright of the year and l the most promising American since) Clifford Odets, whose work Bury theI Dead somewhat resembles. Mr. Shaw is only 23 years old so can hardly even remember the World War though you would never realize it from toe play. Which proves that the insist- ant advise to new playwrights to. write only about things they have experienced is not always goodhad- vice. In regard to this Brooks At- kinson of the New York Times says: "There is something to be said for a discussion of war by a mind that has not been hardened by personal experience under fire. For the war generation has gone a little stale; it is habit-bound; it argues and de- nounces against a booming back- ground of fiery shells.To Mr. Shaw's way of thinking, however, the evil of way is terrifyingly simple: It robs young men of their lives for no good reason. There is no logical connec- tion between the jangled temper of international policy and the crumbled, body of even one young man. In the epilogue to his recently completed history of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher sets down this rueful comment:t'The tragedy of the Great War was that it was fought between the most civilized peoples of Europe on an issue which a few level-headed men could easily have composed, and with respect to which 99 per cent of the population was wholly indifferent.' What Mr. Natural Selection . . ENRY FORD publicized his oppo- sition to the New Deal in a press interview Sunday. Although perhaps a trifle more sweeping, his denunciation of government parallels the statements of all Republican en- thusiasts. He said: "Now we are cured of the foolishness of expect- ing the government to do everything for us ... government can't make work. The best it can do, to help the country, is to keep from hindering work ... Why there is more work to be done in this country right now than there ever has been before. And work is the only solution and social security we ever can have-work and wages." This editorial is not going to approve or dis- approve the idea of "industry prospering in spite of government." It will attempt to reveal a more fundamental issue of which this idea is a political off-spring. The issue may be stated: Is the modern trend toward greater "social- mfindedness" (by this is meant a more humane consideration of the welfare of others) opposed to the evolutionary laws of the "survival of the fittest" and "natural selection"; and consequent- ly will this modern trend produce a more de- generate society? Here is a concrete illustration. Keep in mind Ford's idea as we recall for you a problem an- alyzed by the Michigan State Emergency Relief Administration in a survey which was reported October 25 by the Detroit News. The survey was directed by Prof. William Haber of the economics department, administrator of the SERA. It con- cluded, after studying industrial conditions in 14 Lower Peninsula counties: "Life ends at 40, as far as getting a job in industrial employment . . . In some counties men between the ages of 40 and 45 still have a chance to get jobs, but very few above that age find is largely the result of changes in production methods, the demand for greater production and the lesser need for skill. "In one county, the personnel manager of a factory notified relief officials that he could use 400 workers. In this county at the time were 1,100 persons on direct relief and 3,000 on WPA. From the 1,100 on relief, the personnel manager accepted only 100 workers. From the 3,000 on WPA, he accepted only 125. In other words, only 225 persons among 4,100 fitted his employmertl requirements. The personnel manager was the judge of fitness--and that is the telling point." Discount the results of this survey as you will, there yet will remain sufficient evidence to dem- onstrate the fact that private industry is inade- quat eto solve the problem of superannuated workers Henry Ford believes "it is foolish to expect the government to do anything" for them. What is the alternative? Let them die-those who are Fisher has said, shown. Mr. Shaw hasI Twilight Organ Recital: Palmer Christian, University organist, will m play the next program in the Twi- N light Organ Recital series, Wednes- a ay afternoon, Nov. 4, at 4:15 p.m., &1 In Hill Auditorium. The general public, with the exception of small hildren, is invited without admission d harge. t p Academic Notices Psychology 31, Lecture Section 11, Examination. Students with namesw beginning with A through G, go to G Room 1025 A.H.; those with names a eginning with H through U, go to w Natural Science Auditorium. All t )thers go to Room 1020 A.H. V History 11, Lecture Section I, Mid- semester examination, Thursday, Nov. n 5, 10 a.m. Mr. Slosson's and Mr. Ewing's sec- tions will meet in 101 Economics. t Mr. Long's and Mr. Stanton's sec- c tins in Natural Sdience Auditorium, a Lectures Illustrated Lecture by Mr. James a M. Plumer on "Buddhist Sculpture from India to Japan" in connection b with the Exhibit of Buddhist Art in E the South Gallery, Alumni Memorial G Hall. Room D, Alumni Memorial 0 Hall, Friday, Nov. 6, 3:15 p.m. Open to the public. Exhibitions d Exhibit of Buddhist Art, with spe-7 cial emphasis on Japanese Wood t Sculpture, under the auspices of the g Institute of Fine Arts. South Gallery, Alumni MemorialuHall, Nov. 2-14, 9 .m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 8, 3-5 0 p.m. Gallery talks to be announced. i Exhibition of Oil and Water Color Paintings Made in Spain During theF Past 10 years by Wells M. Sawyer,w shown under the auspices of the In-a stitute of Fine Arts. Alumni Mem- orial Hall, West Gallery. Opens Sun- day, Nov. 1, 8 to 10 p.m.; thereafter daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays, Nov.I 8 and 15 from 3 to 5 p.m. i Exhibition of Oil and Water Color 6 Paintings made in Spain during thea Past 10 Years by Wells M. Sawyer, shown under the auspices of the In- t stitute of Fine Arts. Alumni Mem- orial Hall, West Gallery. Daily 9s a.m .to 5 p.m.; Sundays 3 to 5 p.m.1 Exhibit of Color Reproductions of American Paintings comprising the First Series of the American Art9 Portfolios,recently acquired for the Institute of Fine Arts Study Room. On view daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Y in Alumni Memorial Hall, North Gal- lery. 1t Events Of Today Sophomores who were members of last year's Freshmen Luncheon Club should meet at 12 today at the Union with the freshmen. The time of the regular meeting hereafter for sopho-4 mores interested in the group will be the first Tuesday of each month hereafter. Junior Research Club: The Novem- ber meeting will be held to- night at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2083 N.S. Program: Dr. Werner Bach- man, "Cancer Producing Compounds" and Dr. Richard Freyberg, "The Na- ture and Management of Edema in Nephritis Patients." The Women's Research Club w4l1 meet this evening at 7:30 p.m. in; Room 3024, Museums Bidg. Dr. Elzada Clover will speak on "That American Family, Cactaceae." Note the change of date from the usual first Monday of the month. The Adephi House of Representa- tives will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Adelphi Room on the fourth floor of Angell Hall. Prof. E. A. Walter of the English Department will speak on "WhatPrice Advice?" I dealing with the function of the professor as counsellor to the student. The meeting is open to all students, and freshmen are particularly urged Ito attend. Christian Science neets tonight at the Michigan League at 8 nd faculty members ttend. THE SCREEN AT THE MICHIGAN 'PIGSKIN PARADE' The first football picture of the season comes across as a musical Organization chapel of. the p.m. Students are invited to Faculty Women's Club: The Tues- lay Afternoon Play-Reading Sec-. ion will meet this afternoon at 2:15 .m. in the Alumnae Room of the vlichigan League. The Michigan Dames invite all ives of students and internes to the )eneral Meeting tonight at 8:15 p.m. t the League. Mr. Harold Gray ill talk about Cooperative Produc- ion and willsshow films of the Saline alley Farms. Social Committee: There will be a neeting today at 4:15 at the' League. Freshman Forum, today at 4:15 in he North Lounge of the Union. Be- ause of the subject considered, all re asked to attend. Graduate Luncheon for Chemical nd Metallurgical Engineers: The nonthly luncheon of this group will e held today in Room 3201, East Engineering Building. Mr. F. C. Godfrey will speak on the problems f casting the carillon. Coming Events The Contest Committee of the [ormitory committee will meet at :30 p.m. tomorrow in the Interfra- ernity Council offices of the Michi- an Union. Luncheon for Graduate Students )n Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 12 o'clock n the Russian Tea Room of the Vichigan League building. Cafeteria ervice. Bring tray across the hall. Prof. Arthur Lyon Cross, Richard iudson professor of English History, who spent the summer in England, will speak informally on "England Today." The University of Michigan Public Health Club: will hold its first meet- ng Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Russian Tea Room of the Michigan League at :15 p.m. Get your food in the grill and bring your tray across the hall. This is an important meeting. Elec- tion of officers will be held, and a program committee appointed. All tudents pursuing courses in public health are urged to attend. Phi Sigma meeting at 8 p.m. Nov. 4 in 2116 Natural Science Bldg. Ar- nold Nicholson will discuss informally some of the problems and findings re- sulting from the development of a new method of studying certain phases of the biology of small mammals. Elsie Herbold will report on some of her experineces in Europe duringthe past summer. Election of new members after re- freshments in the Botany Seminar room. All members who plan to be active this year should aid in this election. Student Christian Association: There will be an Association meet- ing Thursday evening, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Upper Room of Lane Hall. Professor Weaver will meet with the group to discuss "Personal- ity -Development." The meeting is open to all interested students. New York Students: On Wednesday evening, Nov. 4, -meeting of the Em- pire State Club will be held in the Michigan League at 7:30 p.m. All members andtothers interested in the Empire State Club are invitd to attend. Plans for the forthcoming tea-dance are to be discussed. New Jersey Students: There will be a meeting of all New Jersey men and women in the League, .Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. A New Jersey Club is in the processes of organization and all cooperation will be appreciated. All New Jersey-ites come out and make YOUR club a success. Chemistry Colloquium will meet Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. in Room 303 Chemistry Bldg. Doctor T. G. Cooke will smak on "ThQ rCnnden1+ mendable action, if for no other reason than to prove that its pre-election 'policy was not one of mere political expediency and interest. It can repudiate its former "teachings" by means ofj silence. Or it can shed its antipathy to the New Deal and suddenly give birth to a pro-Roosevelt philosophy. That is the beauty of the newspaper. It can change from black to white within the space of twenty-four hours and there is no power to challenge or hold it accountable. A word about regimentation. Modern develop- ments have given it a new connotation. It now refers to a mass of people who are subject to the will of one. The Free Press presupposes that there is as yet no regimentation in this country. What greater regimentation can there be than for men to spend 10 and 12 months daily working in a factory? For several months I have been considerably irritated by the type of editorial and political news appearing in the Free Press. The govern- ment has openly been accused of bribing voters through WPA and other agenciest This is a ser- ious offense if true. But if it is also true that the Free Press has been guilty of bribing voters with misrepresented and distorted news, it is an equally serious offense. That is why I urge readers to demand an ex- planation of the Detroit Free Press if it runs true to form after election. comedy, with a typically improbable musical comedy story. But if you aren't too technical about your foot- ball, and you can stand listening to several drawn-out mediocre musical numbers before you hear a young lady who promises to bea Hollywood sensation, you may enjoy Pigskin Pa- rade. Because the University of Michigan is too formidable an opponent for a charity game, Yale invites Texas$ University to play the game. But wires are closed, and the Texas Uni- versity that is invited is a school of a few hundred students in Prairie, Texas. But the wife of the Texas coach is a smart girl, and encourages her husband to use a system of pass- ing based onthe basketball players on the football team. A barefooted mellon grower becomes the sensa- tion of the team because of his prac- tice in throwing mellons. The big game comes off in a blizzard with Texas taking Yale 13 to 7-the big moment being a barefooted run by the erstwhile mellon expert. The picture, for the most part, is good high school entertainment. But it has parts, contributed by Miss Judy Garland, that are worth anyone's theatre fare. The girl has a voice with more volume and endurance than I have seen in her type of sing- ing, and she has a personality that registers with the voice. You will hear more from her in pictures. Patsy Kelly as the wife of the coach and the brains of the team, is her usual self. The co-eds do not look a great dealt