PA+FE FOUR THE MlCIIIGAN DAILY _TUESDAY, SEPT. PAF~ FOUR TUESDAY, SEPT. THE MICHIGAN DAILY heritage of culture was bequeathed tof THE MICHIGAN DAILY 4; -tw ns 1936 Member 1937 sssocialed CoUe6dice Press Distributors of ColeNite Di6esI Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board In Control of Student Publications. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not 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 mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Representatives: National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Chicago,, Ill., Madison Ave., New York City; 400 N. Michigan Ave., 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; 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, Arnold S.Daniels, Joseph S. Mattes, Mary Sage Montague. Wire Editors: Clinton B, Conger, Richard G. Hershey, associates; I. S. Silverman. y 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 Crculatjbn Manager; Don J. Wilsher, Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Local Advertising Manager; Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert Falender, Publications and Class- ified Advertsing Manager. Welcome To 40.. IN BEHALF of the University, its faculty and students, we wish to extend to you who are entering today for the first time a friendly welcome. Though the build- ings may be strange, please believe that they are friendly and that you will in time come to have for them the same affectionate regard in which they have been held by a century of students. This week ought to be one of pure enjoyment. With orientation activities revealing to you the many possibilities the University extends, with the campus virtually to yourselves until the old- timers come straggling in to register at the end of the week, you will be able to appreciate the roots of some of the, traditions that surround. Michigan. These traditions are variously interpreted by different kinds of people. To some, as we re- marked in the issue of The Daily which was sent to you during the summer, the University of Michigan is a fortress, within whose walls live those who discover the truth and preserve it living though elsewhere it may be lost. To others, it is the center of social traditions, ceremonies and expressions of youthful exuberance. For the past several years, some of the latter have been trying to break through the layer of genteel urbanity in which the undergraduate body has clothed itself and restore some of the colorful campus traditions of a decade ago. Among these traditions are those of freshman pots, the inter-class games, the spirit of Ken- tucky mountain feuds between freshman and sophomore. For some reason, these efforts have been increasingly successful, and during the past year, the freshmen vigorously defended themselves, wore pots defiantly, paraded between the halves of a football game, and roundly thrashed the sophomores at the inter-class games. Certain of the established undergraduate or- ganizations have tried this year to assist the res- toration of class-consciousness and especially the pot tradition. The wearing, of pots, though not to be taken too seriously, can be a source of fun; under the influence of a group spirit you can feel yourself become a part of a mad, marching, chanting crowd of freshmen, identified to one another by these emblems. Do not allow yourself to forget, however, that these are but manifestations of the lighter as- pects of the Miehigan tradition. The tradition of intellectual enlightenment and spiritual ma- turity-the tradition of learning on which Walter Lippmann is quoted elsewhere on this page-is the fundamental spirit to be sought. The Kremlin And The White House... T HE ATTEMPT of William Ran- dolph Hearst and some other re- actionary newspaper owners to make the voters helieve that the Rnosevelt administration has ends, and, obviously, a clear indication of the extent to which such prejudice and bigotry dom- inate American thought. Whether Mr. Roosevelt is a Communist, or is supported by Communists, does not concern us in the least. We are interested only in his an- alysis of the problems confronting America and the manner in which he proposes to solve them. If, in our opinion, his analysis is logical and his solutions effective, he can be a Buddhist, nihilist, surrealist, or neo-pagan, and we will support him. If the opposite is the case, we will repudiate his leadership and his philosophy, and look for new ones. Effective self-government demands that we analyze men and issues upon their merits. This has not been done. But it is also imperative that all of us be able and willing to under- take such an analysis. For the accomplishment of that end freedom of education in the school and in the political arena is an indispensable element. It is significant that the men who ob- struct and fight such fre.edom with the weapons of teachers' oaths, gag laws, deportations, crim- inal syndicalism laws and all the rest, are the ones who pretend the most concern for their safety-their safety from the alleged threat of Communism. That Hearst and his journalistic friends have employed distortion and falsehood in their as- sertion that the Roosevelt administration is Communistic is obvious to anyone acquainted with the theories of Marx and of Lenin, and with the program and pronouncements of the American Communist Party. To recite the vast number of fundiamental differences between the program with which Mr. Roosevelt is striv- ing to revive capitalism, and the program with which the Communists hope to establish a co- operative, proletarian society is far beyond our scope today. The statement that Roosevelt is being support- ed by Communists has received a more sympa- thetic hearing. It is plain that Communist op- position to the Republican Party and its candi- date is extremely vigorous. That the Communists support Roosevelt therefore does not follow, especially when no bona fide statement to that effect cn be produced. The alleged statement of Earl Browder's that "Communists can join . . . in . . . supporting Roosevelt" appears simply to be Hearst's ver- sion of Browder's statement, in his plea for a Farmer-Labor party, that "We Communists can enter such a united front with workers who support Roosevelt. Of course we do not commit ourselves to Roosevelt in any way by this," That a Farmer-Labor party has long been the Com- munist Party's avowed goal, that this party has been a persistent critic of President Roosevelt since his inauguration, and that it has put its own candidates in the field to oppose both Re- publican and Democrat is fairly convincing evi- dence of the shakiness of Hearst's second charge. As Others See It Must Labor Be Split? WITH the suspension of 10 CIO unions, the 'American Federation of Labor is now but one step removed from a complete break and open civil conflict, the New Republic says in an an- alysis of what is probably the most important situation in the history of the American labor movement. Continuing, the New Republic says: The next and final step to be taken-perhaps at the Tampa convention in November-is the expulsion of these unions, which comprise rough- ly 40 per cent of the federation's 3,000,000 mem- bership. The consequences of such drastic action are so appalling to contemplate, however, that the die- hard craft unionists who dominate the federa- tion's Executive Council may still be forced to change their minds. For while they unquestion- ably have the two-thirds vote necessary to revoke a charter - now that the suspended unions are barred from voting at the convention-it is equally evident that such a vote would not repre- sent a true expression of the federation's rank- and-file membership. This is most clearly shown in the simple fact that the suspension order has been vigorously protested by innumerable craft-union locals, by 16 out of 18 state federations that have held re- cent meetings and by many central labor unions, including those from the largest cities. These protests, coming from bodies that meet more frequently and permit a more democratic ex- pression of rank-and-file sentiment than is post sible in most of the international unions ,are ex- tremely significant. The state and local bodies are plainly not eager to have their strength, meager as it is, divided further and disrupted by a prolonged internecine war. Rule or ruin may seem an at- tractive policy to the reactionaries of the Execu- tive Council, but it has little appeal for those who must suffer its consequences on the firing line. They want unity. It now appears to be the intention of John L. Lewis and his colleagues on the CIO to boycotil the Tampa convention and to let their suspen. sion-even their expulsion-from the A.F. of L. go by default. This policy, it seems to us, is re- grettable. Every possible weapon should be used to prevent the die-hards of the Executive Council from splitting the labor movement, and the most obvious weapon is to use the courts in fighting the suspension order, which was prob- ably illegal. According to the federation's own constitution, the Executive Council has no power to suspend a union or revoke a charter except when ordered by a two-thirds vote of a national convention. Obviously, the council exceeded its powers in sus- nandinr the TCO unions Tt had no sueh man- placed in a position of which it might be said that they did not do their utmost to prevent a split. At a time when the Executive Council has no concern except its own selfish interests, theirs is the responsibility to preserve the unity of labor. -. Thew Tradition Of Learning WALTER LIPPMANN was at, his best in his recent article on the Harvard Tercentenary, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in an editorial. While we think the following estimate of Mr. Lippmann is a bit enthusiastic, we reprint the editorial because of the interest of its subject matter. Says the Post-Dispatch: By profession a journalist who has risen to eminence by reason of his enormous range of knowledge and a scholarship that makes his discussions distinctive, he is a native son of bookland and his home is in the Grove of Aca- deme. His passion for learning, fortified as it is with an inexhaustible capacity for acquisition, ordains him, it seems to us, into the priesthood of education. So he speaks of Harvard and her 300 years as one having authority, an authority illuminated with devotion. One historical fact is cited, so saturated with truth that it might well give us all pause in these days of distress, impatience, sinister intolerance and vast bewilderment. Harvard is today not only "older than the government under which it lives," but "it has outlasted all the governments which existed when it was founded." What is the secret of its strength? "The tradition of learning." And here is Walter Lippmann's con fession of faith in a paragraph of striking beauty and comforting prophecy: The universities, like the churches and all other fellowships devoted to the highest con- cerns of mankind, are the repositories of the abiding purposes and interest of men. They have a more ancient title than any govern- ment to define the human destiny; they draw upon the deepest allegiance of civilized men, and the conscience they inform will in the end judge-it will not be judged by-the policies of states. The things of the spirit-how imperishable they are! Three incomparable instruments of civ- ilization are the tablets of Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount and the American Bill of Rights. In full force and effect they would establish, we feel sure, a richer Utopia than has ever been conceived by economic visionaries. They would remove the blindfold from the eyes of the God- dess so that she might behold Justice in radiant bloom. It would be given her to look upon the flags of all the nations whipping the winds that blow around the battlements of the millenium. A dream? But is it not education's mission to ful- fill that dream? There were men at the founding of Harvard, in 1636, who might, Mr. Lippmann reminds us, have been Shakespeare in the flesh. The poet had been dead but 20 years. On the day he passed away, Oliver Cromwell entered the Uni- versity of Cambridge. "On that day," in the epi- gram of Shane Leslie, "Merrie England died and Puritan England was born." But the Elizabeths reign and vanish and the Cromwells come and go and Shakespeare is so vitally present with us that even the movies, emerging, perhaps, from their trying adolescence, re-open a Capulet tomb in which the genius of Shakespeare found the deathless romance of Romeo and Juliet. Those same founding fathers of Harvard, somewhat older but still aflame with intellectual zeal, might have crossed the Channel and been awed by th'e magnificence of the young Louis XIV, but they would have sat at the feet of Moliere, as consummate a master of comedy as was Shakespeare of tragedy. Meanwhile, the sunlight of democracy has streamed through the cold halls of aristocracy, and Versailles' crum- bling ruins have been retrieved by an American fortune, but the joy of Moliere dances merrily on forever. Have we wandered far from Harvard? Not at all. Harvard and its founding father, and Shake- speare and Moliere were all heirs of "the tradi- tion of learning." The Dark Ages, fortunately, never quite desolated the intellectual altars where, in dim monasteries, the lamps of knowl- edge were tended with vestal fidelity and the (Continued in Next Column) I I , - ' - heritage of culture was bequeathed to -- that spiritual uprising known as the Renaissance.I Harvard has won, and holds, a proud place among "the repositoriesa of the abiding purposes and interests of men"; a place where, as Mr. Lipp- mann says, the policies of states will ultimately be judged.1 Tryouts For Daily To Report Sept. 28 All students with at least second semester freshman standing who are interested in trying out for the va- cancies on the editorial staff and the business staff of The Daily should report Monday, Sept. 28 at the edi- torial and business offices of the Student Publications Building on Maynard Street. - Toasted Sandwiches LIGHT LUNCHES FOUNTAIN SERVICE BETSY ROSS, JOHNSTON'S, and GILBERT CANDIES We pack, wrap and mail. The Betsy Ross Shop 13-15 Nickels Arcade WE DELIVER DIAL 5931 i-I i In Van Boven Clothes the fullest measure of satisfaction is theknowledge that you are correctly dressed for the occasion. Even though you do not wish to buy today, drop in and get acquainted, Suits . $35.00 to $75.00 Topcoats $29.50 to $125 Shirts $2.25 to $5.00 Ties . ...$1.00 to $3.50 Slacks ..... $6.75 Hats $5.00 upward VAN BOVEN, I ANN ARBOR Nickels Arcade DEr TROIT CHURCH DIRECTORY TO THE NEW STUDENT: For your advantage in making an early contact with our local Churches we have taken this opportunity to list below the Churches of Ann Arbor and the names of their respective leaders. If you feel that you would be interested in making an early contact with one of these Churches we strongly advise you to get in touch with them immediately. You must remember while you are here at Michigan, as well as throughout your later life, that religion and spiritual leadership are essential to the fulfillment of life. Ann Arbor offers you these through the medium of her many Churches. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BETHLEHEM EVANGELICAL CHURCH ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1 East Huron Street between South Fourth Ave., near Packard Street. Cor. Catherine and Division Streets. State and Division Streets. Rev. Theodore R. Schmale, Pastor, Rev. Henry V. Lewis, Rector, 215.Packard Stree, Diali5026. 432 South Fourth Avenue, Dial 7840. 725 Oxford Road, Dial 3004. 215 Packard Street, Dial 5026.4BET HEL AFRICAN METHODIST Dr. Howard R. Chapman, Director Student CALVARY EVANGELICAL CHURCH EPISCOPAL CHURCH Work,Ed 503 East Huron Street, Diwl 7332. 1115 Broadway. 623 North Fourth Avenue. Rev. M. R. Jewell, Pastor, Rev. David H. Blake, Pastor, SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH 1123 Broadway, Dial 21796. 212 North Fifth Avenue, Dial 8561. Cor. North Fifth Ave. and BeakesSt. B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION FREE METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Charles W. Carpenter, PastorD7kndAE 420 West Huron Street. 216 Beakes Street, Dial 23737 1102 Oakland Ave. 40Ws uo tet 'ii9 iI iI ST. MARY'S STUDENT CHAPEL Cor. William and Thopson Street. Rev. Allen J. Babcock, Pastor, 515 North State Street, Dial 7020. CHURCH OF CHRIST DISCIPLES Cor. Tappan and Hill Streets. Rev. Frederick Cowin, Minister, Rabbi Bernard Heller, Director, 715 Forest Avenue, Dial 3779. ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod) Cor. Third and Libery Streets. Rev. Carl A. Brauer, Pastor, 1005 West Washington St., Dial 22341. WEST SIDE METHODIST CHURCH Cor. West Jefferson and Fourth Streets. , Rev. C. D. Beynon, 514 West Jefferson Street, Dial 5905. ! FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Meeting at Masonic Temple, 327 Fourth Avenue. Rev. W. P. Lemon, Minister,