The Weather Snow flurries today; tomor- row partly clouidy, continued cold. LL 5k igan ~AaitI Editorials joini The Army And See The Worlds .. . VOL. XLVII No. 52 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS k New Interests Of Men's Body Brown is Only Man To Hold Senate Seat As Senator-Elect I J Given Praise Unique Cases In History I Of United States Found In Congress' Records + Larger Scope Of Activities + Of Council 'A Healthy nBrT TNANh y Senator Prentiss M. Brown is the Sign,' Ruthven Says only man in the history of the UnitedE States who has been appointed to the Senate while holding the position oft Bursle Commends Senator-elect, a study of the Con- gressional records show. Labor Investigatlon Senator Brown was elected on the Democratic ticket to the Senate on .. Nov. 3 from Michigan to succeed to Sadler Believes Revision the senatorial position held by the In Program Decidedly late Senator James Couzens, who wasf defeated in the Republican primaries A Progressive Step i etme. in September. However, last week Gov. Frank D. By ROBERT WEEKS Fitzgerald appointed the then Sen- The expansion of the Men's Coun- ator-elect Brown to fill the vacancy' cil's scope of activity from class caused by the death of Senator Couz- elections and the preservation of tot- ens on October 22. This was done,' tering campus traditions to more Governor Fitzgerald is reported to I vital problems of the student body have said, in the belief that Brown received the praise of President would gain seniority in Senate com-' Ruthven, Dean Bursley and Prof. mittee assignments over the other: Walter Sadler, of the engineering new senators elected in the last elec- college yesterday. tion. Referring to the Council's activity, This places Brown in the uniquen relative to the support of the Good- position of being the only Michigan fellow Fund, investigation of student senator ever having had such an ap- labor conditions, and a proposed stu- found to establish thefactrd that such dent bok exchange, President Ruth- fn totest he fact t a ven said, "Although I am not suf- an appointment has ever been made ficiently acquainted with these spe- any state in the Union. cific projects to judge them, I think of the United State Senate occurred it is a healthy sign to see the Coun- in 1804, during the eighth Congres- cil enlarging its scope of interest. sional session. Both senators from This increased interest in current Virginia, Abraham B. Venable and student problems was the motive that William C. Nicholas, resigned within characterized the meeting of the a few weeks of each other. The gov- Council last week in which this con- ernor of Virginia then appointed Wil- structive program was introduced. liam B. Giles to take the place of After several of the members pro- Senator Venable and Andrew Moore fessed that they were not fully ac- to fill the vacancy left by the resig- quainted with the Council's reason nation of Senator Nicholas, pending for existence, Marshall Shulman, '37, an election. editorial director of The Daily, sug- In the first election called, that to gested that the Council enter on a fill the position of Senator Venable,' constructive program that would be - a justification for the existence of the Men's Council on campus. Welfare Fund "I am delighted to see the new life which was shown in the Council's1 l new program," Dean Bursley said. Her)V pointed to the investigation of stu.. dent labor in Ann Arbor as a par- From Its Goal' ticularly praiseworthy project which could be carried dn by the Council without the danger of provoking op- The Community Fund was still' probium of the sort given such proj- more than $10,000 from its goal of ects when supported by radical or- $56,000 as the last audit of the ganizations here. Prof. Walter Sadler believed that 1 amounts pledged, taken Wednesday, the revision in the Council's activi- showed that the total now pledged ties was a decidedly progressive step. is $45,482.98. "Constructive work for such a body Though the greater part of the is abundant," Professor Sadler stat- pledge cards are now in the office ed. of the Community Fund, a sufficient As a student governing body, the number of additional ones are still Men's Council was faced this fall outstanding to make officials feel with the problem of justifying its that a total of $50,000 may be pledged 1 (Continued on Page 61 before the drive is over. This amount, whilerit will not permit full operation " of all of the agencies which the BendStrike Community Fund maintains, will be several thousand dollar higher than Over A s Plans last year's total, it was explained. Almost complete returns from the A re AcceUniversity proper show that 1,057! pledges, excluding special gifts, have been made and total $6,646.75. The special gifts group, containing the Workers Return To Jobs pledges of more than $50, shows 102 After Nine Day Lay-Off pledges totaling $5,947.50.1 At the present time, the University By Company Employers total of $12,594.25, is more than $4,- 500 less than last year's total. ' Moore, who had been appointed to the post formerly held by Nicholas, was victorious. In the second elec- tion, that to name a successor to the post of Senator Nicholas, Giles, ur n h a rlhp enn pl p n wno naaU U een appoiea to LUmpI rarily fill the vacancy caused by en- able's resignation, was chosen by the electorate of Virginia. This meant that while both appointees were sub-{ sequently elected to the Senate, they were not elected to the positions that they were appointed to. The first men to represent Mich- igan as a state in the Senate were Lucius Lyon of Bronson and John Norvell of Detroit. Both men took their seats on the day that Michigan was admitted into the Union, Jan. 26, 1837, Lyon serving until March 3, 1839 and Norvell serving until March1 3, 1841. Determination as to which member would have the longer term was made by lot.1 The only Ann Arbor man that hasX represented Michigan in the Senatei was Alpheus Felch, who was elected on the Democratic ticket in 1846 while he was governor of Michigan.! Pelch moved to Ann Arbor in 1843 and was elected to the gubernatorial1 post two years later. The following year he was elected to the Senate and- resigned his governorship to assumer his duties in Washington. A prominent figure in national as (Continued on Page 2)I Players Group Plans To Offer New Productiont 'Good Old Summertime,' Never Before Given, To Be Presented Here Cooperating in a nation-wide1 movement sponsored by the Dra- matist's Play Service, Play Produc-t tion, changed previous plans, and will offer as its next production ont Dec. 9, 10, 11 and 12, Martin Flavin'st play, "Good Old Summer Time"-at treatment of a typical mid-westernt family in the midst of the depressionk -it was announced last night byt Valentine B. Windt, director of Play Production which is dffering "Bury the Dead" this week.r The play is a new one, presented toz Play Production a few days ago, and has never before been produced. The Dramatist's Play Service, com-E posed of leading playwrights, anxioust to have the plays which are held on Broadway more widely distributed and to obtain more money for thef playwrights, has inaugurated the sys- tem whereby scripts of new and or-t iginal productions will be sent to all university and small theatresq throughout the county cooperating with the movement to be shown simultaneously with the showing on1 Broadway. This will tend to eliminate, Mr. Windt explained, the present system of delaying the appearance of plays throughout the county until Broad- way has condemned it or else con- sumed all its time value. It may develop, Mr. Windt added, that university theatres will become the proving grounds for new plays. and may possibly anticipate Broad- way successes and failures.; A. F. L. Spurns Move To Form PoliticalParty Delegates See No Reason For Changing Policy Of Non-Partisanship See Wider Breach With Lewis' Unions Rebel Leader Attempts To Bring Others Into C.I.O. Ranks TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 25.-(I)-The American Federation of Labor con- vention today shouted down pro- posals the Federation lead an inde- pendent labor party and reaffirmed its "well-established non-partisan political policy." Rebels Fire On Russian Vessel; Stalin Sanctions Miltary Commissariat New Industry Commission! Believed Step To Speed Up Armament For War German Engineer Spared By C.E.C. Communist Head Second Public Of His Career Delivers Address i rrr crn[xT rT.,< 7C. _(IPi____rrlnn