Cloudy and unsettled today and tororrow, probably light snow today. I 00e, Sir iguu Elai1 Editorials Mass Production Of Babies.. VOL. XLVH No. 115 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937 U r PRICE FIVE CENTS Motor Parley Is Deadlocked Over Wording Pickets Control Factory Gates At Chrysler Plant As Offices Are Moved Murphy Says State Will Not Interfere DETROIT, March 11.-(P)-Union demands for revised wording side- tracked final settlement of General Motors strike differences tonight just as conferees were reported on the verge of signing an agreement. As stalemates persisted in three other automotive disputes leaving 75,000 Michigan wage-earners idle, representatives of General Motors and the United Automobile Workers of America delayed approval of a final pact at least until tomorrow Both denied the delay had serious significance. Chrysler Shifts Office While the delay held up the Gen- eral Motors negotiations the Chrysler Corporation shifted its company of- fices to a downtown building as Union pickets solidified their control of factory gates and even took over traffic direction outside the High- land Park plant, whose administra- tion building was the scene of pre- vious negotiations with the Union. Automobiles filled with shouting men and identified by fluttering blue and white U.A.W.A. flags drove through the nearby streets as a crowd gathered near the plant. Union or- ganizers shouted through amplifiers to hundreds who milled about outside the gates, "go home, office workers; there is no work today." At least two minor clashes were re- ported as motorists objected to di- rections of Union guards. Gates were blocked by trucks parked on the inside. Two uniformed police- men watched the situation. Dan Patch, Highland Park chief of po- lice, announced his officers would not interfere as long as the strikers were orderly and did not block traf- fic. Charge Violations C. E. Wilson, Genera Motors vice- president ,said "their are still several things to iron out." Wyndham Mortimer, U.A.W.A. vice-president, insisted that changes had been made by General Motors in a final draft of creative agree- ments previously reached, and that "original phraseology" must be re- stored. Union and corporation charged vi- olations of the truce that ended the nation-wide General Motors strikes a month ago today. "We don't like these 18 sit-down strikes we've had in 20 days," Wilson asserted. "We already have an agree- ment of Feb. 11, and if the Union doesn't live up to that one, will it live up to another?" New Institute On Electronics To Be Offered Conference And Lecture Program Will Be Held During Summer Session An Electronics Institute, consisting of a special lecture and conference program in eleptronics, will be held as a new feature of this year's Univer- sity Summer Session, Prof. William G. Dow, of the College of Engineering, director of the Institute, announced yesterday. The Institute is being sponsored by the electrical engineering department and by joint cooperation of the Gen- eral Electric Company, the Bell Tel- ephone laboratories, the Westing- house Company, and members of the technical staffs of these companies, who are sending special lecturers. Within the University, part of the program is being held by the physics and mathematics departments. The program of the Institute will consist of two successive lecture se- quences of four weeks each. These will deal with the two divisions of electronic study, High-Vacuum Elec- tronic Principles, from June 28 to July 24, and Gaseous-Conduction Electronic Principles, from July 26 to August 20. During each sequence there will be a parallel laboratory course in which the lecture material will be worked into illustrative prob- lems, and teaching methods will be discussed. Along with these series, courses 'in various branches of elec- trical engineering, physics, and math- ematics that are related to electronics Inside Of Employer-Applicant Interview Unfolded At Union 150 Attend Occupational Information Conference Session On Jobs The inside story of what goes on' behind closed doors during an em- ployer-applicant interview was un- folded last night to more than 150 listeners at the Occupational Infor- mation Conference in the Union. A salesman's position with oppor- tunity for promotion to executive responsibilities was first sought by' Richard N. Prey, '37BAd., o J. E. Bloomstrom, Detroit district manager for Proctor & Gamble do. Within a half-hour personal interview, entire- ly impromptu, Prey had secured a vir- tual promise of employment, contin- gent upon passage of a modified apti- tude test. "What sort of grades have you made in the University?" was one of the first questions advanced by Mr. Bloomstrom. To this query an answer of "average" was considered most desirable, he added in comment- ing on the interview. The straight 'A' scholar or 'Phi Bete" is not sought for selling, Mr. Bloomstrom explained, because it has been found that such an individual usually talks over the heads of pros- pective customers; he fails to speak their language. Life insurance was looked for in any prospective employe who had earned more than a living wage, and freedom from self-consciousness was sought. "Do you ever day-dream?" was another leading question put by the employer, as was "Do you have a capacity for enthusiasm?" In the other interview Robert B. Ayres, Mueller MeConkey Get LeagueOffices Karlson, Purdy, Swartoutt And Mackenzie Elected To Judiciary Council Margaret Ann Ayres, '38, Florence McConkey, '38, and Mary Jane Muel-1 ler, '38, were elected vice-presidents of the League representing the liter- ary, architectural, education colleges respectively, as a result of the all- campus vote yesterday. Janet Karlson, '38, and Helen Purdy, '38, were given the two senior positions on Judiciary Council. The two junior Council positions were awarded to Mary Alice MacKenzie, '39, and Sybil Swartout, '39. In the election, which was held under the direction of the Council, 345 votes w:e polled, representing an increase over the voting of last year, according to Maryanna Chock- ley, Council chairman. The new officers are to be inducted officially at the annual Installation Banquet, to be held Monday, March 22 in the League ballroom. Miss Ayres, affiliated with Gamma Phi Beta, is assistant chairman of the Junior Girls Play, a member of Wyvern and of the women's Varsity debating squad. She is also on the theatre-arts and house reception committee of the League and was an orientation adviser this fall. In her second year she was a member of the entertainment committee for Sophomore Cabaret. Miss McConkey was chairman of the decorations committee for Soph- omore Cabaret last year. She was decorations chairman for the As- sembly Ball held last week and in her freshman year was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman hon- orary society. Miss Mueller, a member of Pi Beta Phi, was recently appointed secretary of the Women's Athletic Association for next year. She is vice-president of the Physical Education Club and is a member of the dance club. Miss Karlson, a resident of Jordan Hall, is the new vice-president of As- (Continued on Page 5) Two Pacific Flights Planned Next Week OAKLAND, Calif., March 11.-(R) -Possibility of two simultaneous aerial dashes to the South Seas ap- peared in the making today, with Amelia Earhart passing her first blind flying test preparatory to her project- ed world flight, and Pan American Airways disclosing plans to fly a clipper plane to New Zealand. Miss Earhart, who has flown both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans alone, took her $80,000 "flying laboratory" through an hour of "instrument fly- ing" accompanied by Commerce De- partment inspector R. D. Bedinger. Ch n - n +remnon v fr trnnhiln French, superintendent of Berkeley schools, questioned Dorothy J. Bern- ard, '38Ed., who sought a teaching post. Experience in teaching practice classes and the cultural background of the applicant were stressed in this "interview."Whatrecent novel have you read?" was one of the inquiries advanced by Mr. French, and what importance the subject of theap- plicant's specialization should have in high school courses was another. "Highly satisfactory" was the aside comment of Mr. French in closing the interview. Successful work as a salesman re- quires certain peculiar qualities in addition to the "homely" attributes of honesty, industry, loyalty, health and courage, Mr. Bloomstrom asserted in a talk before the afternoon session of the Conference. These special qualities he enumer- ated as a "bubbling" personality, per- severance, discipline, enthusiasm, im- agination and initiative-or a "nose for business." In the second address of the meet- (Continued on Page 2) Aviation Needs Public Favor, Smith Declares s National Air Association Head Emphasizes Desire For Adequate Defense A strong plea for the organization and stimulation of favorable public opinion on aviation was made last night by Major Fred L. Smith, Presi- dent of the National Aeronautic As- sociation and Director of the Ohio State Board of Aeronautics, in his speech before the members of the Ann Arbor Aviation Society last night at the Union. Seconding Major Smith in his plea for organization and 'action was famed Director of The Michigan State Board of Aeronautics, Colonel Floyd Evans. Major Smith stated that although the general public is interested in aviation and its progress they are unorganized. Without organization, the efforts to push forward the pro- gress of private aviation through better facilities will be hopeless. Ma- jor Srhith also dwelt at some length on the dangers of an inadequate air defense, pointed out that the U. S., aviation, problems military, com- mercial, and private were in a "step- child" position in the affairs before Congress. Commenting of the recent em- broglio of the national Bureau of Air Commerce which resulted in the resignations of Director Eugene Vidal and assistant directors Rex Martin and Carroll Cone, Major Smith said that he wished to commend Secre- tary of Commerce, Daniel Roper on the appointment Dr. Fred Fagg as Director due to the fact that Fagg is man entirely free of political en- tanglements and should be able to run the department as it should be run. Major Smith as N.A.A. head is now devoting his entire time as num- ber one salesman of that organiza- tion which seeks to make public opinion a vital force in the advance- ment of aviation, open the eyes of Congress to the needs of an adequate air force, and obtain the establish- ment of a permanent committee for aviation affairs in both houses of Congress. Speaking with Major Smith and (Continued on Page 4) Another Student Is Suspended; 2 On Probation Two students were placed on pro- bation and one suspended for the re- mainder of the present semester by the subcommittee on discipline of the University Committee on Student Conduct, it was disclosed yesterday. The suspended student is Normar ' iZtreen, '39. Those on probation are Ralph R. Shelton, '39, and Solwyn Schwartz, '39. Zitreen of Freeport, N.Y., was suspended for the remaind- er of the semester "and until such further time as he gives assurance to the Dean of the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts and the Dean of Students that in the future 'his conduct will conform with University standards." Shelton, of Ferndale, Mich., and Schwartz, of Port Chester, N.Y., were i nl~ rinnn,rnha-iin-nfinr the enid Major 'Quake Is P-edieted By Dr. Hobbs Famous Geologist Asserts Slight Shock Is Cause For Complanency Says Lack is More Reason For Worry Ann Arbor, and the Great Lakes region in general, will probably have3 a disastrous earthquake at some timet in the future, Prof.-Emeritus Wil-I liam H. Hobbs of the geology depart-t ment declared yesterday.1 Professor Hobbs, a widely recog- nized authority on earthquakes, sev- eral years ago predicted almost to the hour the tremor of last year. It was understood that Professor Hobbs' indication was that the quake that may spell doom for Ann Arbor and vicinity will not be immediately, and yet, it will probably not be in the really distant future. Such earthquakest asthe one Tues- day morning and that a week ago tend to insure, he explained, against any severe quake in the immediate future, easing the strain within the earth's surface. Not A Sign For Alarm Discussing the causes of the recent earthquake here. Professor Hobbs said that a slight shock was a cause for complacency and not alarm. Such' shocks have occurred in this region' frequently in uniformly distributed periods. In fact, he said, there is greater cause for worry if there is a long period without one of these slight tremors for they relieve the condition of strain within the earth's surface. If the strain is not relieved from time to time there is a cumu- lative stress which, when finally re- lieved, has serious consequences, Pro- fessor Hobbs stated. One of these major shocks occurred in this region in February, 1663, Pro- fessor Hobbs said. but was felt only by the Indians and Jesuit mission- aries. Further evidence of this earth- quake is shown, Professor Hobbs said, by the physiographic changes within this area-changes which always characterize great disturbances in the earth's surface. Earth Losing Heat The most widely accepted theory as to the cause of earthquakes, Profes- sor Hobbs said, is that the earth is gradually losing its heat which causes it to contract producing wrinkles on the surface. Such a phenomenon can be more easily seen by a simple comparison, Professor Hobbs de- clared; that is, "the earth resembles an apple, stored until late in the win- ter, from which the juices have evap- orated causing a reduction in its vol- ume and a consequent wrinkling of the skin." In the Great Lakes region there is also further cause for these disturb- ances, he said. "The glacier that once covered all this area pressed the surface of the earth down, then as the glacier gra- dually melted it retreated and caused the earth to recover and tilt up like a trap-door," he said. Wisconsin U' d icks Dykstra For Presidency MADISON, Wis. March 11.-(P)- The Executive Committee of Univer- sity of Wisconsin Regents, the Asso- ciated Press learned authoritatively today, will offer the University presi- dency to Clarence A. Dykstra, Cin- cinnati City Manager. 3 Dean George Sellery has been act- ing president since Dr. Glenn Frank was ousted in January, climaxing a bitter fight within the Board of Regents over charges of administra- tive incompetence. *A member of the Executive Com- mittee who would not allow his name to be used said the group has selected Dykstra from a long list of pros-. pects, but that the deal had not been . closed. Dykstra, at Cincinnati, would not comment beyond saying no offer had been received from the Regents. The executive committeeman said his group would meet probably Sat- urday or Sunday at a city between' here and Cincinnati to discuss terms with the 54-year-old public official and former professor. When the committee's choice is i presented to the Board of Regents as a whole at a meeting March 18 1 and 19, the committee member said, it is "practically certain" it will be - annroenod Court Abuses' Senate's Fault, Jackson Says Tribunal Has Made Super' Government Of Itself Cummings Aide Says Attache Says Plan Is No New Method WASHINGTON, March I1.-(1)- Robert Jackson, young assistant At- torney General sat comfortably be- fore the Senate Judiciary Committee today and backed the Roosevelt Court Reorganization bill with a courteous but pointed suggestion that the Sen- ators and their colleagues are re- sponsible for "abuses" in the Supreme Court. Upon Congress, he argued, lies full responsibility for the proper function- ing of that tribunal; the court by a "constant extension" of its power has constituted itself a "super-govern- ment"; its activities have been en- couraged open defiance of the law; with Congress lies the burden of correcting that situation. Congress Responsible "Congress, by its inactivity, may be assuming responsibilities for the Su- preme Court's acts as great as any responsibility it may assume by ex- erting its power," he said. Correction, he said, could come by amendment of the Constitution. But citing past events, he reachedthe conclusion that "when immediate and effective action has been neces- sary, the method which the President now proposes has been used through- >ut our constitutional history." His premise of congressional re- sponsibility was an argument new to a controversy which has produced innumerable lines of reasoning. The committee followed his discourse with attention. Questioned By Senators But when he had concluded, op- position senators bore down upon him with a bombardment of questions which generally came back to one principal point: that unless, under the President's bill, additional Su- preme Court justices prove to be in general philosophic agreement with the chief executive, the plan will fail. "Doesn't the whole working of this plan depend on the judicial com- plexion of the men appointed?" asked Senator Connally (Dem., Tex.). "I would say that is very largely true." "Well, isn't it absolutely true!" "Yes, I think I may say, sir, that it is absolutely true." S.W.F., Kruger Agree On Plan For Bargaining Student Workers Granted Written Work Schedule And Minimum Wage The first agreement between the Student Workers Federation and an employer was reached at 9:30 p.m. yesterday when Kruger's Delicatessen and Restaurant signed a 0-point collectivesbargaining agreement with federation representatives. After aoneand one-half hour con- ference with employees, Tom Downs, '38, president of the Federation, T. Dean Crist, Grad., both representing the federation and Lew Kruger, owner of the restaurant, put their signa- tures on the following provisions: "1. A definite written schedule of working hours. "2. The right of employees to se- lect their own representatives with the management in regard to any changes in this agreement. "3. No dismissal of workers for activities or membership in any or- ganized group. "4. Minimum wage of thirty-five cents per hour in trade with a min- imum of two hours per day and a maximum of three hours per day. "5. Overtime pay at the rate of thirty-five cents per hour. "6. One week's notice for dismis- sal. ".7. In slack times, last man hired to be the first man to be laid off. On rehiring, last man laid off to be the first man rehired. "8. Before being fired, employee has the right to a hearing before em- Sployer and Grievance Committee of Gilmore Says Guil Not For Journalists American Newspaper Guild aims are not consistent with traditional reporting, W. S. Gilmore, editor-in- chief of the Detroit News, told mem- bers of the Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, men's and women's professional journalism fraternities, at a joint dinner meeting last night in the Union. "There are some features of the Guild that just won't work," he said. "You can't standardize brains and ability, and of course that is what all unions try to do." Mr. Gilmore said that regular working hours, one of the Guild's de- mands, are also inconsistent with present-day reporting. However, he made it clear that he was not mak- ing a general denunciation of the or- ganization. Big Ten Crown Wrestling Meet Begins Tonioht Indiana's Hopes Destroyed By Injuries; Semi-Finals Set For Tomorrow Wrestling representatives of nine Conference schools will swing into action at 7:30 tonight in the Yost Field House in the opening bouts of the annual Big Ten wrestling championships. Events took a decided turn Yester- day when Indiana, one of the pre- meet favorites, telegraphed to Mich- igan Coach Cliff Keen that they were sending only five entries to the meet. The Michigan Band will play in the Field House tonight during the Conference wrestling meet. The meet will be broadcast over Radio Station WJBK and the Michigan radio network, it was announced yesterday. Dodd Ordered To Give Reich US Objections To Nazi Slurs Rep. Dickstein Tells House 100 German Spies Here Plan U. S. Fascism Kuhn Of Ford Co. Called Local Head I n c a t, E F f, a v d i 5 s r, E r t t t e I t c E t Injuries incurred in their last dual meet with Michigan and in recent practices have virtually removed the Hoosiers from title consideration. They are the defending champions. The bouts scheduled} for tonight will carry the participants into the semi-finals which will take place to- morrow afternoon. Action will take place on two mats at all times. At present the meet looks like a three-cornered affair with Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota ranking as fa- vorites. The Gophers, with most of their strength segregated in the four top-weight divisions, are the dark horses of the meet. Illinois and Michigan are the heavily favored squads, and the two will be fighting it out in evvry division for highly prized points.' Illinois boasts of a powerful, well- balanced squad with capable entries in every division. Their only Big Ten defeat of the season was at the hands of an Indiana team wrestling at full strength. Michigan is today the only unde- feated team in the Conference. Start- ing the season wih four-seasoned vet- erans in Capt. Frank Bissell, Earl Thomas, Johnny Speicher, and Paul Cameron, Keen found plenty of cap- (Continued on Page 3) Es S. Brightman Will Give Loud, Lecture Series Boston University Man Is To Speak On Philosophy And Religion Prof. Edgar S. Brightman of the philosophy department of Boston University will deliver the four 1937 Martin Loud lectures upon the gen- eral theme "A Philosophy of Reli- gion" on March 22, 23, and 24, the trustees of the lectureship announced yesterday. The first two lectures will be given in the Natural Science Auditorium at 4:15 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, March 22, and 23, and will deal re- spectively with "Our Knowledge of the Future" and "The Bible and Church." The remaining two talks will be delivered at 8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday at the First Methodist Church. The first is entitled "Con- cerning God" while the second is called "Concerning Man." All the lectures will be free, Prof. Heber Curtis, chairman of the lec- tureship's trustees, said. Professor Brightman, who presides over the Atlantic division of the American Philosophical Association, -m . -_r-< f .- --v _ _ WASHINGTON, March 11.-(P)- The United States government gave notice today that it did not like re- cent attacks in the German press against American citizens and insti- tutions. Secretary Hull instructed William E. Dodd, American Ambassador to Berlin, to express to the German foreign office this government's amazement and concern over the violence of the denunciations. It was the second diplomatic inci- dent between the two countries with- in a week. Germany previously had protested against a speech in which Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York called Adolf Hitler a "brown- shirted fanatic," and Hull had apolo- gized formally for La Guardia's re- marks. Hear Dickstein Coincident with the American gov- ernment's action today, the House rules committee(heardNRepresenta- tive Dickstein (Dem., N.Y.) charge that there are 100 spies in this coun- try seeking to establish a fascist gov- ernment. He added he had proof that Fritz Kuhn, who he said was a chemist for the Ford Motor Company, was -the designated leader for the Hitler gov- ernment in the United States. He declared 200,000 Nazis were or- ganized in 14 states, including New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and were training men in uni- form. Officials said that the German press attacks to which Secretary Hull too exception had continued after he apologized for Mayor La Guardia's reference to Hitler. Some Berlin journals printed such bitter articles about La Guardia, Jewish women who composed his au- dience, and American municipal gov- ernments in general, that portions of them were described here as unprint- able in this country. Arouses Resetment "Der Angriff," said here to be the official organ of the German labor front, aroused particular resentment in official Washington quarters by its references to women who attended the meeting at which La Guardia spoke, Hull acted after he had received a complaint from Mrxs. Stephen S. Wise, chairman of the women's sec- tion of the American Jewish Con- gress, calling attention to an article published by "Der Angriff" on March 5. Officials said the "emphatic com- ment" which Hull instructed Am- bassador Dodd to make to the Ger- man government would not consti- tute a diplomatic "protest." They de- clined to express any opinion as to whether it would call for a reply. (In Berlin, Ambassador Dodd was reported to have been unable to make an appointment today with Foreign Minister von Neurath. It was pre- sumed he would be received tomor- row). DODD COLLECTS DATA BERLIN, March 11.-(P)-United States Ambassador William E. Dodd gatl ered tonight the most striking excerpts from recent anti-American attacks in the German press in the expectation of delivering a strong protect to the Reich's foreign office tomorrow. Acting on instructions from Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull. Dodd at- tempted to make representations to Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath today, but did not con- tact him. Lutheran Students Plan Anniversary The 20th anniversary of the Luth- eran Students Club will be observed by a banquet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Zion Lutheran Parish Hall, the Rev. Henry O. Yoder, pastor for studenth announced yesterday. Prof. Paul Kauper of the Law School will be the guest speaker at the dinner which will pay special tribute to the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest C. Stellhorn, Reverend Yoder de- clared. Reverend Stellhorn initiated ac- 3 f f > Y .'. ;......_ d e e if the Student Workers Federation. "9. Should either party desire to (Continued on Page 4) Social Security To Be Sunday Forum Subject Prof. William Haber of the eco-