The Weather and warner today, mod- northwest winds. C, r Si ian 4Iaittlj Editorial Fair a erate3 . We Needed A Survey ... One Step In 800 Years .. . VOL. XLVII No. 44 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS Green Urges Rebel Unions Back To Fold Of A. F. Of L. Organization Could Carry On Without Lewis' Aid, Leader Claims Seeks United Front For Labor Forces C.* 1 . Official Refuses Federation Plan Unless Suspension Is Removed TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 1.-( -i- liam Green urged John L. Lewis and his rebel allies today to return to the American Federation of Labor to pre- serve labor's "united front." In almost the same breath, how- ever, Green warned the rebels that the Federation could carry on with- out them and that they would have to give up their Committee for In- dustrial Organization before they could come back. In Washington, Lewis said he "wouldn't be interested" in coming to the convention unless the United Mine Workers suspension was lifted and "we can go down to Tampa as peers of the gentlemen there." President Green's voice trembled with emotion as he opened the Fed- eration's annual convention with a reference to the dispute between the labor factions. x "I ask them (the Lewis group) to recognize the principles of democ- racy," he said. "I ask them to come back and take their seats with us- and fight out our differences in man- ly fashion at conventions of the American Federation of Labor." In suspending Lewis' United Mine Workers and nine other unions two months ago, Green said, the Federa- tions Executive Council merely in- sisted upon compliance with the At- lantic City convention's instructions last year. That convention, contr.olled by craft unionists, voted down Lewis' de- mand that all the workers in each big industry be organized into one big union, regardless of traditional A. F. of L. craft lines. "If you don't want me to obey con- vention instructions, then don't elect me as your president," Green shouted. Evidence showed, he said, that the rebels' committee was a dual union. "I ask you," he said, "would you tolerate in your own unions a mi- nority organization to put into effect a policy voted down in your union conventions?" Although he devoted most of his speech to the rebellion, he urged the 485 delegates to consider other issues of greater importance before the con- vention. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-()- John L. Lewis, leader of the ten unions suspended from the American Federation of Labor for joining the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion, today said committee unions would not consider sending delegates to the A.F. of L. convention at Tampa as long as thesuspensions stand. Irformed that William Green, Fed- eration president, had invited the suspended unions to "come back and take their seats" at the convention, Lewis asked whether the suspension had been lifted and whether the con- vention proposed to receive his group as "equals." Colleges Will Choose Junior Class Officers Junior class elections will be held from 3 to 5:15 p.m. tomorrow in the following schools according tc the Men's Council: literary, engin- eering, architecture, forestry, phar- macy, business administration anc education. Candidates must have their names and eligibility slips in the Dean o Students office by 4:30 p.m. today, according to Miller Sherwood, '37, president of the Men's Council. Rules governing this election and subsequent class elections were re- cently issued by the Men's Council They are: 1. Posters and signs may be placed on University bulletin boards, such as those in the League and Union and similar recreational cen. ters sponsored by the University, bu not elsewhere. Fills Senate Vacancy F. D. R. To Go To Argentina ForMeeting President Is Expected To Give Talk At Session Of Peace Conference To Leave Country i 1 I ti Tonigtht For Sot Assembly Is Termed More Important Than Ending Of Maritime Strike WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-(/)- President Roosevelt decided definitely today to go to Buenos Aires for the PRENTISS lM. BROWN opening session of the Interamerican Peace Conference December 1. Brown To Fill The President will leave here to- morrow night and board the cruiser Indianapolis at Charleston, S. C., onzens er m around 8 a.m. (E.S.T.) Wednesday. En Route to Buenos Aires he will A.gstop for several hours November 21 V I L. at the Island of Trinidad while the ship refuels, but will not go ashore. He will reach Rio De Janeiro No- Takes An Informal Oath vember 27 and spend the day ashore Of Office Today To Gain as guest of President Getulio Vargas and the government of Brazil. Seniority He will arrive at an Argentine port -which one has yet to be decided- ST. IGNACE, Nov. 16.-(P)-Pren- November 30 and attend the opening tiss M.. Brown, Democratic senator- session of the peace conference the elect appointdd today to fill the unex- morning of December 1. He is ex- pired term of the late James Couz- pected to deliver an address there. ens, will take an informal oath of I Leaving the next day he will ar- office tomorrow after a scarlet fever rive at Montevideo, Uruguay, the quarantine is lifted from his home morning of December 3 and after a here. visit ashore leave that afternoon for The appointment was announced the United States,. with no stops en at Lansing by the Republican Gov- route except one for refueling at ernor Frank D. Fitzgerald, who ex- Trinidad. pressed belief that Brown thereby Unless some emergency compels a would gain seniority in Senate com- quick return to Washington, when he mittee assignments over other new lands at Charleston or some other senators elected in the recent general southern port he will visit Warm election. Springs, Ga., for a day or two, since Since his election by a majority he will be unable to carry out his approximating 185,000 over Former customary Thanksgiving Day visit to Governor Wilber M. Brucker, Brown that place. has been secluded behind a quaran- Earlier today the President told a tine sign at his home, where a 14- group of mayors that as between the year-old son is recovering from scar- maritime strike and possible effects let fever. The sign will be removed on the peace of the world through tomorrow, his South American trip "the peace Brown, St. Ignace attorney who of the world is the more important has served two terms in Congress of the two." representing Michigan's Eleventh "I hope that the ship owners and District ,said today he will resign that the .men out on strike will recognize position tomorrow and immediately that fact and come together," the take an informal oath as senator, to President said. be administered by Probate Judge David W. Murray. The formal oath' Employe Pulls Gun; of office cannot be taken until Con- gress assembles in January. I Gets Ring, Watch After Senator Couzens, a personal friend of Brown, died late in October, Governor Fitzgerald announced he Police were searching yesterday for did not intend to appoint a successor. Leon Baquie, Negro, who robbed the Lately he has been urged to give an second hand colthing store of Claude interim appointment to some Repub- Brown, Negro, in which he was a part lican party leader. time employe, and tied up Eugene Northwestern Offers Joint Housing Plan, Seventeen Buildings Give Student Complete Room And Board Facilities Fraternity Houses, Dorms Cooperate Buildings Were Designed In Small Units To Make Men 'Feel At Home' EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles based on a survey conducted by The Daily among Amer. ican universities and colleges on the question of men's dormitories. The next article will be upon the housing and dormitory system at the State Uni- versity of Iowa, Iowa City, Ia. By IRVING S. SILVERMAN Whereas the University of Michi- gan provides no adequate dormitory facilities for men students, North-. western University, on its Evanston campus, initiated a dormitory quad- rangle system in 1913, financed en- tirely by the university, which today has resulted in 17 university build- ings housing men students. The unique feature of the North- western Quadrangle System is the House Plan which joins fraternity houses and residence halls in a co- operative community life. Evolved under President Harris early in the century the plan was the answer to the problems that rose out of the "shabby, cheaply-operated boarding houses and poorly-constructed fra- ternity houses which had constituted the residences of the men students. Residence Community "It provided, in its first phase, for a large residence community on the campus, composed of fraternity houses constructed by the University, for fraternity men, and residence halls for the independents." The buildings were designed in small un- its, so that, regardless of the enroll- ment of the university, each man could feel at home, could feel part of a social unit" That was the be- ginning of the plan that has proved to be one of the most foresighted housing projects in American educa- tional institutions. Today the buildings on the men's campus are grouped in three quad- rangles and the buildings very some- what in size and design but all are of the same architectural style and materials. "While each house has individuality, the Quadrangles are an harmonious unit." In every case the house accommodates fewer than 50 men. Elect Own Officers Each group elects its own officers and is self-governing. Also, in each hall there is a resident counselor through whom the university main- tains a close personal relationship with the student. It is the function of the counselor to become personally acquainted with the men in his house, to advise them in their prob- lems, to represent them in their re- quests and to work for the interests of the entire house. Serving as the governing body in inter-house affairs is the Inter-House Council, composed of representatives elected by each house. Thus the (Continued on Page 2) TAPPING SPEAKS AT SMOKER T. Hawley Tapping, general secre- tary of the Alumni Association, will speak tomorrow at the fifth Mich- igan-Ohio State smoker to be sched- uled this week. Non -Discrimination Vow Almost Valuless In Face Of TreatyRepudiations By TUURE TENANDER Germany's recent repudiation of the sections of the Versailles Treaty internationalizing German rivers is just another illustration of the bad faith of the Nazi government re- garding agreement with other na- tions, Prof. Lawrence Preuss of the political science department said yes- terday. "Germany can gain little or noth- ing through this latest action," Pro- fessor Preuss said, "inasmuch as the internationalization scheme had worked satisfactorily for all coun- tries concerned. Germany is not the only nation in the world in which rivers that flow through more than one country are controlled by an in- ternational commission. The only evident reason for Chancellor Hit- ler's abrogation of the sections in the Versailles Treaty dealing with the Rhine is the general impatience for any international cooperation or agreement that has been shown by the National Socialists on numerous occasions." Violates Treaty Provisions The latest move of der Fuehrer not only violates the provisions in the Treaty of Versailles, Professor Preuss added, but also throws to the winds all the international agree- ments regarding waterways for the greater part of the century. Most of the rules regarding navigation on the Rhine river date back to the con- vention of Mannheim in 1868, he said, and the Versailles Treaty added only slightly to the previous agree- ments. "Germany can have no claim that the provisions entered into at the convention of Mannheim were un- dertaken under duress," Professor Preuss said, "for all the nations par- ticipating in the convention were do- ing so voluntarily and the agreement was drawn up with mutual consent." The effect of this abrogation by Hitler now places the government of the navigation. on German rivers under the National Socialist govern- ment instead of the international Coast Strikers And Employers H oldMeeting Mayors Of Seaboard Cities Ask Groups To Submit To Arbitration SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.-(P)_ The first brief conference between employers and unions in several days of the maritime strike was held to- day as one union official expressed belief strikers would refuse to arbi- trate all differences, as requested by seaport mayors who met with Presi- dent Roosevelt in Washington. Representatives of three seagoing unions and the coast committee for shipowners conferred briefly and then adjourned until tomorrow for further discussion of hiring hall con- trol, the crucial issue, and penalties which employers wish established foi violation of working agreements. F. M. Kelley, secretary of the pow. erful Maritime Federation of the Pacific, said hedid- nothbelieve th unions would change their stand a requested by eight mayors, who sug- gested the arbitration boards be ap- pointed by President Roosevelt fo the Coast and Atlantic and Gulf dis- trict, where sympathy strikes occur red. The 18th day of the strike, affect ing 37,000 workers and 178 ships i1 coast ports, brought reports fron s Juneau, Alaskan capital, that sup. 1 plies of perishable vegetables wer' - exhausted because of the -strik blockade. f' f WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-(jP)- y Mayors of eight east and west coas t cities telegraphed an appeal to al - parties involved in the maritim strike late today to "submit all thei .e differences to arbitration" by board eto be appointed by.President Roose ee velt. n Signing the statement were May n ors La Guardia, New York, Shav e Los Angeles; Wilson, Philadelphia d Mansfield, Boston, Ellenstein, News r ark; Rossi, San Francisco; Carsor e Portland, Ore., and MsCracken, Oaks land, Calif. It. NVT X V"TT2'WTi.1 A -(A ~- Tn Nazi Abrogation Of River Law No Aid To Reich, Preuss Says commission which has until this time been the governing body. "It is difficult to see how Germany can gain through control of its por- tion of the Rhine," Professor Preuss said, "because the Rhine flows through Holland and the latter coun- try can enforce its laws on the lower portion if Germany insists on gov- erning the upper regions." Promises No Discriminations In the announcement of the can- cellation of the internationalization provisions, Germany promised that no discrimination against any nation will be used in the maintenance of traffic on the Rhine. "However, this promise can be regarded as almost valueless in face of the constant re- pudiation of international obliga- tions on the part of National Social- ist Germany," Professor Preuss said. "And even if the promise of non- discrimination s fulfilled, there will be no change in the Rhine traffic, for there has been no discrimination (Continued on Page 2) Resident Proctors Tuck Mosher Girls In Bed At Night The admonition "shushhhh, now girls, it's 11:15" is being heard up and down the'corridors of Mosher Hall these nights, as a new proctor system sees that the girls are in their own rooms from 11:15 to 11:30 p.m. Supplementing the regular system of student government, this system of four proctors, residents in the dor- mitory, has just been inaugurated, the proctors being paid to "shush" from NYA funds. They work an hour and a quarter a night from 10:30 to 11:45 p.m., checking the girls in, pre- venting the chance that some girl may be locked out in the bitter cold. Their hours total 371/2 a month. Mrs. Martha L. Ray, director of Mosher, under whom the new, system is being tried out, says that the four girls, who have been chosen with great care, had to possess tact, confi- dence, and respect of the rest of the girls. These tactful people are Jean Bell, '39, Mary Francis Brown, '40, Elinor Bale, '38, Berta Knudson, '38A. Each proctor has a certain-number of girls over whom she is in charge. The fact that the girls are corraled into their own rooms at 11:15 for the purpose of checking, does not mean that they cannot leave them after that. However, she says, only occasion- ally do they return to their group gatherings, but settle down to their books. Not only enthusiastic about thE plan is Mrs. Ray. Dean Alice Lloyd has voiced her approval of the scheme, and from general opinions expressed, the scheme may be tried out in other dormitories. Even the girls like the idea, Mrs Ray says. Five Million Social Securit Blanks Issued i i I Madrid Filled With Flames, Smoke After Rebel Attack Leftists Try To Dislodge Fascists From Old U. S., British Hospitals Bombardment Kills 60 Within Capital Rightists Attempt To Push In University District Of BurningCity MADRID, Nov. 17.-(Tuesday)- )-Madrid was aglare early today ith bright flames and red smoke 'ter a Fascist artillery and air bom- ardment killed at least 60 persons rid set fire to about 50 houses. Incessant rifle and machine gun re was heard from University City i the northwestern corner of Ma- rid, as defending militiamen tried r fight back insurgents attempting > push into that section from the uatro Caminos district. The Fascists, in a surprise attack, cupied the former British and merican hospital in the Cuatro Ca- .inos district, and government forces pened an intensive attack in an ef- >rt to dislodge them. Many houses in Madrid caught fire om artillery shells, while incendiary ombs set others ablaze. More than 150 persons were rounded or injured in the shelling nd the three air raids of yesterday Which occurred at 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m., nd 8 p.m. During the third air attack-after ightfall-the insurgent planes loosed ombs on the Atocha station near e Parliament building. The Fascist attempt to push into niversity City last night came after te government had declared a small ody of insurgents after penetrating hat district within the confines of Eadrid proper, had been driven out a a bloody 12 hour battle. One bomb fell on a house at num er seven Villalar Street, close to the rench embassy and behind the As- ociated Press office. All the houses in the vicinity of hose which caught fire were evacu- ted. The Trinitarians Church where the ashes of Miguel Cervantes, famous panish writer, lie was set afire, as vas the Jeronimos church. The air ministry reported govern- ent planes bombed the railroad sta- ion at Fascist-held Salamanca, >urning war materials stored there, nd an arsenal at Cadiz. When the Fascist planes bombed he Atocha station, homegoing crowds m the Gran Via, an important bus- ness street, scattered for safety into ubway entrances as anti-aircraft "uns spat at the planes. The de- enders' tracer bullets slashed the lark sky. It was the first night raid in sev- ral weeks. One insurgent plane rashed in flames when a govern- nent gunner scored ahdirect hit ear- ier today. Before the Fascists lost their foot- old in Madrid, several beautiful and xpensive new buildings of the Uni- versity were wrecked in an artillery and machine-gun battle, the govern- ment said. Police Still Seeking Missing Graduate Two weeks have passed and no word has been received of the where- abouts of Woodrow Wilson Smithey, Grad., Negro, 23 years old, who dis- appeared Nov. 3. Smithey walked down to the cam- pus with a friend and left his com- panion, saying that he was going to the General Library to study. He has not been seen since. He left his room without taking anything and was apparently healthy and in a good state of mind when he left. Local police have been carrying on a search for him. Smithey's home is in Norfolk, Va. November Technic To Be Sold Today The November issue of the Michi- gan Technic will go on sale today, according to James H. Walker, '37E, business manager of the publication. The magazine, which pictures the River Rouge plant of the Ford Mo- for Co.. on the rcove~r. features "Bu~ild- Prof. Weaver Will Address Sunday Forum 'Rationale Of Values' Will Be Topic Of Second Lecture; Name Speakersl Prof. Bennett Weaver of the Eng- lish department will deliver the sec- ond lecture of the Union Forum series at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the north lounge of the Union, it was an- nounced yesterday. His subject will be "A Rationale of Values," and will serve as an introduction to the speeches which will follow. One of the series will be held each Sunday this semester, according to H. Murray Campbell, '38, student di- rector of the series. Coffee will be served during the discussion which will follow each forum speech. Other speakers who will appear on the forum programs during the se- mester are Prof. Max Handman of the economics department, who will speak on "The Social World We Live In," Prof. Lawrence Preuss of the political science department, who will discuss "Neutrality as Affected by the Pan-American Conference," and Prof. Leonard Watkins of the economics department, who will address the fo- rum on "What Foreign Exchange means to the Average Citizen." "The series was formulated this year to present not only subjects that are relevant to present day occur- rances, but also to include those the- ories and fundamentals that are basic to a wise, intelligent life,' Campbell said. Prof. James K. Pollock of the polit- Lurton, a tailor employed by Brown. He escaped with three guns, two watches and a diamond ring. When Brown came to work yester- day morning he surprised Baquie in the act of tieng up Luton in a back room. Baquie pulled a gun and ordered Brown out. Brown backed out of the store and notified police. By the time they arrived, however, Baquie had disappeared. MARY PICKFORD TO MARRY HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16.-()-The persistently rumored and frequently denied romance between Mary Pick- ford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers crystallized tonight in the informal announcement of plans for a wed- ding this spring. SEmployers Must Applications By For Tabulation Return Nov. 21 i Windt Says Russian Theatres Are Always_'Robust And Alive' That the Russian theatre is signifi- cant because it is more alive than any theatre he has ever witnessed, is the opinion of Valentine B. Windt, director of Play Production, who traveled through Russia this summer. "The theatre is actually important in the lives of huge numbers of people because it discusses subjects close to their-hearts and which are of vital significance to them," he said. The splays presented, however, are not all artistic productions, Mr. Windt add- ed, but they are always robust and living. This may be due, he explained, partly to the fact that the govern- - ment recognizes the theatre as an - educational medium as much as the school is. Therefore, all theatres in Russia are subsidized by state funds, Mr. Windt pointed out, and all the actors are guaranteed yearly salaries, play is put on there is no haphazard redistribution of players such as is the usual practice in the typical American theatre. "Thus, by continually working to gether year after year, the players are able to produce a high grade o art, and this is especially true o acting which requires that intimac: and knowledge of each other tha only comes after years of playing to gether," he continued. In acting, Mr. Windt classed the Russian players as above all others He explained that all the parts ar played with the minutest-care give even to the least important perso in a mob scene. "Thus the ensembl effect of their acting is vivid an real. This is especially true of thei huge spectacular plays which are th most popular in Russia at the mo ment." The nronmgand anbhvsMr. Wint Washington, Nov. 16.-(P)-Post- men carried near record burdens to- day as they delivered 5,000,000 social security application blanks to em- ployers throughout the nation, first step in the gigantic task of setting up social security accounts for 26,- 000,000 American workers. The blanks were distributed from 45,000 post offices to all employers in industrial and business pursuits. Each employer is expected to fill in the number of his employes and the na- ture of his business. These blanks must be returned to local postofficesl by November 21.1 When the applications have beenI received by the postoffices, the spe- cified number of employe application; blanks will be set aside for each em-; ployer and delivered to him Novem- ber 24. Employer applications then will be forwarded to the Baltimore accounting office of the Social Secur- ity Board for tabulation. Next in the process of setting up individual social securitysaccount numbers and wage records, employ- ers will give employe application blanks to their workers, who are re- quired to return them not later than December 5. Employes may return their blanks to their employer, to a union head- quarters, to a letter carrier, to the post office, or they may place them in a mail box. No postage is required.