THE MICHIGAN DAILY. s!17RE, Dt nar i i; 1927 THE. _ MICHGANAIL THE MICHIGAN DAILY I I -a- Edited and nanaged by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session 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. Member, Associated Collegiate Press; 1936-37 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, InC. College Publishers Representative 420MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N.Y. CHICAGOELEBOSTONRA SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES -PORTLAND -SEATTLC 9 Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR ........... ...ELSIE A.PIERCE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR ......MARSHALL D. SHULMAN George Andros Jewel Wuerfel Richard Hershey Ralph W. Hurd Robert Cummins NIGHT EDITORS: Joseph Mattes, William E. Shackleton, Irving Silverman, William Spaller, Tuure Tenander, Robert Weeks. SPORTS DEPARTMENT: George J. Andros, chairman: Fred DeLano, Fred Buesser, Raymond Goodman, Carl Gerstacker. WOMEN'S, DEPARTMENT: Jewel Wuerfel. chairman; Elizabeth M. Anderson, Elizabeth 8inglian, Helen Douglas, Barbara J. Lovell, Katherine Moore, Betty Strickroot. Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER ..................JOHN R. PARK ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGER . WIL.LIAM BARNDT WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGR....JEAN KEINATH BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: Ed Macal, Phil Buchen, Tracy Buckwalter, Marshall Sampson, Robert Lodge, Bill Newnan, Leonard Seigelna, Richard Knowe, Charles Coleman, W. Layne, Russ Cole, Henry Homes, Women's Business Assistants: Margaret Ferries. Jane St'einer, Nancy Cassidy, Stephanie Parfet, Marion Baxter, L. Adasko, G. Lehman, Betsy Crowford, Betty Davy, Helen P'urdy, Martha Hankey', Betsy Baxter, Jean Rheinfrank, Dodie Day, Florence Levy, Florence Michlinski, Evalyn Tripp. Departmental Managers J. Camer6n Hall, Accounts Manager; Richard Croushore, ,N.tiohal Advertising and Circulation Manager; Don J. Widher Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Local Advertising Manager; Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert aender, Publications and Class- ified Advertising Manager. NIGHT EDITOR: TUURE T] NANDER as there are men there will be wars, peace Council or no. ECONOMICS TEACHES US that low tariffs stifle production and ruin American industry to the advantage of Chinese coolies. As long as America is American, the Congress of the United States should bend every effort to build an impassable economic barrier to keep foreign laborers fromh reducing our standard of living. Who Wins Tonight. .. WO PICTURES come to our mind when we think of the Boxing Show tonight in the Yost Field House for the benefit of the Boys Fresh Air Camp. The first: five or six grimy faced little boys sitting on the curb of a dirty, crowded slum street in the hot summer sun. They play ball, an auto comes speeding down the street, jams on its brakes, squealing. The frightened little fellow has escaped. Life in the street goes on- the noise, the filth, the closeness of the atmo- sphere. The second: the same youngsters diving off a board into the cool water of Patterson Lake. Overhead is a clear blue sky, The air is keen and the green that spreads out over the land stands in sharp contrast to the cramped streets of the city. Taking part in the leadership and activity are college men, bringing health, good citizenship, and an even chance for happiness. Tonight you can assure the realization of the second scene by attending the Boxing Show in Yost Field House. The money is needed, the cause is admirable, the benefit program is worth while. Give it your support. I THE OFORUMJ 'Jim Crow',: By A Negro To the Editor: I agree with the author of "Negroes: By a Southerner" when he says: "There are always people who are trying to start trouble. The Negro question is usually a very good opening." Like him, I brand anyone who stirs up the hornet's nest of racial prejudice as a contemp- tible little "trouble maker." I fake sharp issue with him, however, when he identifies the trouble maker as one who is merely taking legal action to protect the rights which the law has already conferred upon him. Instead, it appears to me, that the individual, group, or corporation that would unlawfully deny any citizen such rights is the maker of trouble. I need not rehearse the immediate cause for the discussion, of which this letter and its prede- cessor are but a part. The action which the Negro student, William Bell, has taken is but indicative of the courage and intelligence which he is displaying in securing the rights of which Northwestern University would deprive him-a courage and intelligence which some of his op- ponents would do well to emulate. Incidentally, it is a courage and intelligence that men like W.B.O. dislike to see in a Negro; it makes them doubt their own vaunted claims of inherent su- periority. It is not my present purpose, however, to launch into an emotional appeal for the rights of the Negro. Being a Negro myself, I naturally have some very positive opinions on the subject -opinions which I am quite zealous to defend as this sarhe W.B.O. is his. Instead, I shall ex- amine in the light of reason each of the asser- tions which he makes in his brief to prove that the Daily Northwestern was "out of order" for declaring "that the fight for Negro rights is the fight of every person who believes in democ- racy and freedom." As I see them, such issues as he has been able to produce resolve themselves into the following statements: 1. That William Bell is a trouble maker, for he is legally seeking that which is law- fully his; 2.- That the Negro population of Chicago has become more and more a problem; 3. That the Negro in the South knows his place and is satisfied to stay in it; 4. That with "two or three exceptions the Negroes are more than satisfied to live by themselves and have their own places of musemnent." Any one who read W.B.O.'s article in the Sat- urday issue of The Daily will, I believe, admit that almost no evidence was offered in support of these four contentions. In as much, then, as the previous writer forgot to insert his evi- dence, I shall look briefly into his unsupported assertions to see to what extent they are true. In the first place, I take it that Mr. Bell is a citizen of the United States, and at least a temporary resident of Illinois. As such, he is en- titled to all the protection that the state and nation can afford, including "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." In the second place, there is no law on the Illinois statute books which denies to a Negro the right to swim off a beach operated by an institution of which he is a part, if he so chooses. When Northwestern University, or any other corporation, undertakes to abridge the rights of an individual as pre- scribed by the laws of the state, it, not the Negro, is the trouble maker. The second question, whether or not the Negro population of Chicago is become more and more a problem, is debatable. The answer hinges around what W.B.O. means by "a problem." If he means that the Chicago Negroes are becoming more numerous, more resentful .of encroach- ments upon their legal rights, and more con- scious of their political power to preserve these rights T m inclined tn aree with him most IBENEATH **** #~##*~ITALL "~By Bonth Wiliams==; THE B.M.O.C. BLUE BOOK is a reality, as rumored in this column earlier in the week and as a whole lot of people will find out when I it is put on sale Friday. I received a preview of the edition last night. It's .different folks, it's different. This 1937 effort brings to memory the work which that august scholar and campus politician, Peko Bursley, produced with the help of other notables in the class of '34, when the authors decided to take a little trip east for a few days while the Campus got over their bitterness. The new volume is an improvement over the old in that it is graced by the names of more than 150 juniors and seniors, male and female -which means that there will be 30 more pairs of willing hands than four years ago available to maul the perpetrators of the deed, when and if they are caught. The blurbs are short and expressive with little effort made to be anything but frankly critical. Most of the results are fair enough, though some are obviously overdone. 30-40 odd cuts, smack- ing strongly of the 'Ensian, have been used in an effort to liven up the layout, and the ad- vertising, although not comparable with the amount sold in 1934, is still enough to give IBusiness Manager John Park a severe attack of nausea. The fiends behind the deed confided to me that they have printed 1,000 copies. I think they're crazy. If Gil Tilles can sell 3,000 copies of his rag in a single day, a third of that number of these super sophisticated silly sheets should be snapped up by the gossip crazy campus in half an hour. DID YOU KNOW THAT: Sam, the old clothes man was finally swindled at his own game when Bill Gunderson sold him an eight-dollar radio for 20 shellalos . . . Fred Warner Neal will be the next preposterous person in the Gargoyle's centennial issue out April 22 ... Ten girls re- cently graduated from Minsky University with the degree of Master of the Strip Tease . . . Bob Weeks was thinking seriously of accepting Standard Oil's offer to send him to the Fiji Islands as representative for four years until Jenny Peterson put her foot down . . . Ned Em- ley led the "Scotty Stomp" at Western State Normal in Kazoo a week ago, thus setting a new high for Michigan engineers . . . the police were called to Burns Park last night to stop the singing and sudsing of an Ann Arbor cor- respondent on complaint of neighbors who said it was the tone of the thing that bothered them ..Immaculate Johnny Park is looking for a travelling companion to see Europe via the youth hostel'system. Can't you just see Parky in a hostel? BENEATH IT ALL: Russ Anderson, former fair-haired boy of the S.C.A. was appointed to the New York staff of INS yesterday, Russ Anderson reported by pressgram to The Daily today . . . If you are double-jointed, have a dual personality, can imitate a duck or just have plain talent, Mimes, honorary dramatic society can use you in their freak Michigras bootl0) Lou Goldberg reports . . . Don Siegel who is a featured attraction of tonight'sering card is one of the outstanding simon pure heavies in the state and with a few more bouts under his belt should get into the Tourney of Champions next year . . . nobody in the University will fight him ... King Henry VIII gets the plenty O.K. tag from this column ... often have I heard this statement from the throats of Southern solons and from the pages of the less enlightened newspapers! What is pa- thetic is that those who say it are trying hard to convince themselves that they believe it. Yes, it is true that the South' has erected bar- riers against its darker zone. It makes them pay first class passage to ride in railway "coaches" that are the size of pill boxes; it wrings taxes from their pockets to operate schools, libraries, and parks that they dare not enter; it lynches Negro degenerates who are accused of the "greatest crime" without even punishing white degenerates who are similarly guilty against darker women; its senators and governors, in some states, run for office or platforms, which, when boiled down, amount to little more than "Down with the Negro!" Yes, the Negro knows "his place" in the South, but he is not satisfied with it. He accepts it, as the 'Jew does in Nazi Germany, because it is immediately expedient for him to do so. He fights against the status quo when he is able to do so, but, usually, in the same way in which William Bell is proceeding-by due process of law. The last "point" which W.B.O. submits- that with "two or three exceptions" the Negroes are more than satisfied to live by, themselves and have their own places of amusement-is not very clear. Just what, I ask, are these "two or three exceptions"? Conceivably, the whole argument rests upon his interpretation of these "two or three exceptions." For instance, it is true that Negroes, like all racial groups, have a ten- dency to herd together. They enjoy the com- pany of their own kind. They most emphatically prefer to marry their own kind. On the other hand, however, they will fight to the bitter end any attempt to establish a public policy which would deny them the exercise of all functions which are guaranteed them by law. I trust that my position is clear. The Negro in the South is not satisfied; but, unlike W.B.O. and his kind, he is not planning to break the law to obtain his satisfaction. In the South, wharP. + hOP.n rP. nw xxiii brhP-r him a ' TH EATRE 11(11 riul s Rex By HAROLD WHITEHALL (Or the English Department) N UNDERTAKING the production of King Henry the Eighth, a chron- icle history long attributed to Shake- speare, but probably by Fletcher and Massinger, Professor Windt and -his associates could anticipate the benev- olent good wishes and grave mis- givings of all loving students of our earlier drama. It is no secret that the play makes singularly unimpres- sive reading; and in spite of its long, if interrupted, stage-history, per- formances have not always gained either critical or popular approval. After the famous production of 1664, by a cast that included such notabil- ities as Betterton, Harris, Smith, and Mrs. Betterton, Pepys was con- strained to describe the play as "so simple a thing made up of a great many patches, that besides the shows and procession in it, there is nothing in the world good or well done." At the other end of the years, Beerbohm Tree's costly Tercentenary produc- tion of 1916 called forth as much criticism and frank boredom as praise. It is' pleasant to record last evening's performance, representing Play Production's most ambitious ef- fort of this season, as a most welcome and stimulating success. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937 VOL. XLVII No. 132 Notices June Graduates in L.S. & A.: Architecture, Education, Forestry, and Music should fill out grade re- These grade report cards will insure port cards in 4 U.H. April 5-6-7. an early report from your instructors in June. June seniors failing. to fill in these cards will run the risk of having their grades reported too late for graduation. Combined curriculum students do not fill in these cards.I The University Bureau of Appoint- rnents and Occupational Information has received announcements of Unit- ed States Civil Service Examinations for junior engineer (naval architec- ture). Navy Department, salary, $2,- 000; for associate and assistant tech- nical analyst, (optional branches- labor legislation and administration and industrial employment prob- lems), Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Social Security Board, salaries, $2,600 to $3,200, and for curriculum specialist and textbook writer (mathematics), also textbook DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the iniversity. Copy received at the offie of the Assistant to the President untl 330; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. To a very large extent, this suc- writer and curriculum research work- cess seems due to emphasis on the er, office of Indian Affairs, Depart- more spectacular features of the play. ment of Interior, salaries, $2,600 to In this play of all plays the elements $3,800. For further information con- of colbr, form, light and shadow, cerning these examinations call at perspective of height rather than 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9 to 12 depth, movement, and grouping, must a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. achieve, with the words themselves, a complete synthesis of effect if the Rights and Privileges of Policy- audience is to enter fully into the holders of T.I.A.A. Of special interest stage illusion. If any one of these upon withdrawal from service. elements becomes unduly empha- 1. No change of employment status sized the illusion is likely to be com- affects the amount of premium for pletely lost. The present production a policy. Policies issued prior to seems to have been directed in such 1936 provided for a higher premium a manner that the basic condition if a policyholder entered a commer- is fully satisfied. Mr. Oren Parker's cial occupation, but the Association set is so completely in the spirit and has voted not to enforce this provi-' movement, so functional in relation sion so that, regardless of shift in to the whole, that its presence is eihployment a policyholder always more sensed than seen; the costume designs of Mr. Doll, luxuriously opu- receives the advantage of the low lent in the best traditions governing remium charged when the policy the various earlier productions of was issued. Henry VIII, fit so accurately into the Retirement Annuity Policyholders. varying moods and crescendos of the II. If a policyholder is transferring action that they take on a kind of to another institution, he should con- mimetic life of their own. So too sult the officials of the new employ- the music, the plastic groupings in er as to whether or not .it will share the more crowded scenes, the move- in continuing premium payments. ment, and the lighting. The total ef- III. Upon withdrawal from a con- fect somewhat resembles that ofia tributing institution, the policyhold- slowly unfolded tapestry in which er has the following choices with neither figures nor background have reference to his contract with this depth, but rather a flat, brilliant Association: clarity. A glittering technical effl- a) He may continue premiums in] ciency in both acting and decornis full either annually, semi-annually, what we have come to expect from quarterly or monthly. Play Production; in last evening's performance there was present-so (b) He may ask that the premium at least it seemed to this reviewer- be reduced. This privilege is avail- an unusual stirring of creative imag- able by vote of the Board of Trustees ination, called forth, perhaps, by the and is not a provision of the policy great technical difficulties that the contracts. A reduction cannot be planning of the undertaking must made retroactively so arrangements have presented. should be made immediately. (The In an ensemble piece such as this minimum premium acceptable is a it is difficult to isolate for praise regular payment of $5 monthly, or an either individuals or their 'parts. The equivalent sum paid quarterly, semi- lines-oftenpabstractly unShake- annually, or annually.) spearean, platitudinous, and flat; (c) He may make no further pay- sometimes rhetorically effective- ment of premiums, in which case the were presented with both spirit and contract automatically b e c o me s understanding. This was particular- "paid-up." (Under a paid-up con- ly true in the case of Mr. Crandal's tract, the annuity will become pay- Wolsey and Miss Pierce's Katherine, able as the original annuity was pay- where the almost proverbial purple able for -such reduced amount as the passages gave excellenthsupport to accumulated premiums will purchase. the actor, but even in other and lessi To resume payments later, on a paid- grateful parts there was little to cavil up contract, it is necessary to rein- over, state it by the payment of all pre- The performance was very well- miums in default with interest at 5 attended for opening night by an au- per cent per annum.) dience which, unfortunately, con- IV Leave of Absence. The provi- tained far too few students. The play presents the student body with sions described above are, of course, so unusual an opportunity to see one available in case of absence on leave, of the least acted plays of the Shake- ;either with or without pay, but no speare canon that it would be a pity special privileges are granted to such to miss it. absentees. E J Who's Looney Now? . . mitted in the new institution, pre- miums may be paid personally by monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments. (If premiums are paid monthly, no regular premium notices are sent and a receipt is sent only at the end of the policy year). HIerbert G. Watkins, Assistant Secretary. Academic Notices History 48: Midsemester, April 6, 10 a.m., Sections 1, 2 in Room D, Ha- ven; sections 3, 4. 5, 6 in Room C, Haven. G~oncerts Carillon Recital: Wilmot F. Pratt, University Carillonneur, will play an all request program on the Charles Baird Carillon in the Burton Mem- orial Tower, today at 4:15 p.m. Organ Recital: Helen Zbinden, or- ganist, a pupil of Palmer Christian, University organist, will give a re- cital on the Frieze Memorial Organ in Hill Auditorium, today at 4:45 p.m., to which the geneial public is invited. Events Today Zoology Seminar: Miss Theodora Nelson will report on "The Biology of the Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia L.," and Mr. Katsuzo Ku- ronuma on "A Study of the Hetero- somate Fishes of Japan" todayat 7:30 p.m. in Room 2116 N.S. Weekly Reading Hour: The pro- gram for this week will consist of a reading from Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion," by Professor Hollister. The meeting will be held in' Room 205 Mason Hall today at 4 p.m. All per- sons interested are cordially invited to attend. Iota Sigma Pi: There will be an open meeting this evening at 8 p.m. at the Michigan League. Dr. Jerome W. Conn will be the guest speaker. Varsity Glee Club Regular rehear- sal for all members tonight at 7:30 ,p.m. in the Glee Club Rooms of the Michigan Union. All men who are planning to make the spring trip must be present. Bring your words. Plans for the spring trip will be dis- cussed. Girl's Swimming Club: There will be a regular meeting at the Union pool tonight at 9 p.m. Will all mem- bers please attend. Sigma Delta Clii There will be an important meeting° at 12:15 p.m. to- day in the Union. New members will be discussed so it is imperative that everyone be present. Men's Intramural Riding Class will meet at the Engineering Arch at 7:50 p.m. today. Those unable to come, but who are interested in riding out- doors after Spring Vacation, will please leave their names with the In- tramural Department secretary or call Walter Schaefer, at 7858. Peace Council: There will be a meeting today at 7:30 .m. at 'the Micligan Union. The action of the Deans on the petition will be reported. King Henry The Eighth tonight and the rest of the week, presented by Play Production at the Mendel- ssohn Theatre. Reduced prices to- night and Saturday matinee. Box office now open. Phone 6300. Swing Low, Kick High: This is not an April fool's joke, but a last call for a number of Chorus parts for dancing men; also a few specialty acts, such as freaks and imperson- ators, are still open for men trying- out for Mimes, Men's Honorary Dra- matic Society, for their side-shw at the Michigras. Please come to the Union at 5 p.m. today, Room 318. Coming Events Phi Beta Kappa: The Annual Chapter in Michigan, will be held on Tuesday, April 6, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 2203 Angell Hall. At this meet- ing the business of the year will be transacted. It is. hoped that as many mrnebers as possible will be irn atten- dance. Esperanto: The Esperanto Class will meet in Room 1035 Angell Hall from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 2. The National Negro Health Week Committee of Ann Arbor will hold a meeting Tuesday, April 6, at tfie Ben- jamin House, 1102 E. Ann St., in preparation for the Negro Health Week program of April 4-11. Dr. Clare Gates, field secretary of the Joint Committee on Health Education of the state of Michigan, will speak on the duties of Negro college graduates to their community, in health prob- lemns. This discussion is especially intended for college students; all T HIS IS APRIL FOOL'S DAY. We point with pride and view with alarm. We view with alarm because we have just in time uncovered a plot in the composing room to exchange the front page ears (those boxes at the top of the page), which would make them read: WEATHER What Roosevelt Wants... and on the other side: EDITORIALS Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Now this subversive commentary on' our edi- torial policy suggested that there must be many on campus who disagree with us in most every- thing we say, and who grind their teeth each morning as they helplessly read that The Daily has thought it all over very carefully and has come to the conclusion that while peace is a good thing, still, as Walter Lippmann says, there are always two sides to every question. And so, in honor of those patient people, some of Whom we've.met, rather formally, in our Forumt col- umn, we are going to suggest a few first"para- graphs of editorials written fOr people with whom we disagree. Is this not the very essence of democratic liberalism? WE KNOW WHERE the blame rests' for this tidal wave of sit-clown strikes that has brought anarchy to Michigan! It belongs squarely on the shoulders of Governor Murphy. If he had thrown the agitators out in the first place, when they brought their jungle rule to Flint, Mrs. Osa Johnson wouldn't have had to be carried up sixteen floors because of a strike in a Detroit hotel. John L. Lewis, under the secret protection of the international bank- ers, as Henry Ford astutely perceived, is willing to destroy law and order in his desperate effort to become the next President of the United States, and unless we have more men like Sheriff Andres to preserve law and order, we will be engulfed in a chaos which will make feudalism look like Utopia! A T LAST Germany is beginning to realize that it has been the victim of a vindictive peace settlement. Humiliated and economically devastated, Germany has been unable to raise its head in the congress of na- tions-unable, that is, until Adolf Hitler returned the land; of the Rhine to a position of respect. United at last against foes outside and in, Germany stands 'ready to march forward in the parade of civilization toward a new and more glorious goal! a THE SCREEN The Man Who Could" Work Miracles AT THE MAJESTIC This picture is an excursion into the realm of fantasy done with the aid of colossal camera tricks. Butl the trick photography is an instru- ment for building up a very serious commentary on this whole wide world of ours. The story gives a remark- able portrayal of how little men act when faced with really big af- fairs. Mr. George Farthingway, just a very ordinary sort of a man, is suddenly endowed with the power to do anything he wants except to change human nature. This Milque- toast of man is overwhelmed at first with his miraculous faculties and goes about seeking advice from a variety of persons. His employer would have him use his powers for building a gigantic business mo- nopoly. An idealistic. clergyman would have him give to everyone complete prosperity. Others argue that society cannot exist without needs-what would happen to our credit system, our businesses? The men in power desire to kill the mir- I I institution, this procedure has been based on instructions from the pol- icyholder. If such a policyholder withdraws from the institution, he, of course, becomes responsible for the payment of future premiums. If he goes to another educational institu- tion, it is suggested that he make in- quiry as to whether or not the new employer will, on his authority, de- duct premiums and transmit them to the Association. Most institutions, particularly those remitting annuity premiums, are willing to make de- ductions from salary payments monthly for life insurance premiums. If the employer will do this, instruc- tions should be given by the policy- holder to the institution in writing. The Association will furnish blanks devised for this purpose. If salary deductions are not per- in our system come. Finally Farth- ingway asserts his individuality and tries to use his power to bring hap- piness for himself and all down- trodden men. The result comes as a surprise but is really a very na- tural ending. T h e Association recommends, wherever possible, that both the in- stitution and the staff member con- tinue payments in full on annuity contracts during leave of absence. Life Insurance Policyholders. V. If premiums have been deduct- ed from salary and remitted by the