The Weatfiet Ra in today; tomorrow mostly cloudy, possibly rain in south- east portion. i:l I r Litiga ~Iai1r Editorials President Conant On Liberty . . VOL. XLVH No. 138 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937 x t PRICE FIVE CENTS Peace Council Finally Makes 2-Point Truce ithAnderson Will Identify Local Rally With National Move In Only One Resolution Petition Circulation Will Be Permitted Overcoming what seemed last week to be an impasse the University Peace Council last night reached a two- point agreement with Prof. Henry C. Anderson, representative for Presi- dent Ruthven In the negotiations. The first point agreed to the pas- sage of a resolution on April 22 at the local peace rally identifying it with the nationwide anti-war strike. The second point provided for.the circulation of petitions based on the original set of resolutions which were rejected last week by the University on the grounds that they would be interpreted as the opinion of the University. Their content and form will be decided and publicized by a special committee of the Council consisting of Clarence Kresin, '38, Julian Fred- erick, '40, Marshall Shulman, '37, and Elman Service, '39. This committee was also empow- ered to operate during the Spring Va- cation and to get speakers for the demonstration. Faculty advice and cooperation at the meeting last night was offered by Prof. John "F. Shepard of the psy- chology department, Dr. Edward W. Blakeman, counselor in religious ed- ucation, in addition to that of Pro- fessor Anderson who was tendered an enthusiastic vote of gratitude be- fore the adjournment of the gather- ing. 0 Classes will be dismissed at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 22 for one hour, dur- ing which students will meet on the mall between the College of Archi- tecture and the University High School. A platform and public address sys- tem similar to those used last year on the same site will be erected by the University. The Peace Council announced that it would try to obtain the University Band for its program. Fire In Manila Leaves 10,000 Minus Homes MANILA, April 7.-('P)-Fire de- stroyed one and one-half square miles of flimsy residences in the Tondo section of Manila today, leaving up- wards of 10,000 persons homeless, one dead, 11 injured and property dam- age estimated at $1,000,000. A stiff breeze drove the flames at high speed through the densely pop- ulated area, which is in the northern section of Manila. Firemen were driven back for a time because water pressure was low and the lightly con- structed dwellings ignited quickly. Authorities estimated between 700 and I100 dwellings were destroyed The single fatality was a paralytic in a home for the aged. He died of fright as flames approached the home. Spanish Situation I (By The Associated Press) Great Britain dispatched a de-' stroyer to Mallorca seeking explana- tion of two Insurgent aerial attacks on the destroyer Gallant; other at- tacks on foreign shipping added to international tension. Insurgent troops smashed through Basque government lines in north Spain battling toward Durango and Bilbao; heavy Government losses were reported. The controlled Italian Press, charg- ing Franco-Soviet violations of neu- trality, again hinted at Italo-German withdrawal from the 27-nation non- intervention agreement. The Spanish Government's London embassy claimed proof 10,000 Italians have landed at Cadiz in the past two weeks to aid the Insurgents. Canieron Sees Business Bringing Improvementl Social improvements 'ave been brought about in the past, can be brought about now and will be WJR Interviews 36 Students As Part Of Youth Program Thirty-six students were inter- viewed yesterday in front of Angell Hal and on the steps of the General Library by student representatives of Radio Station WJR. The interviews were recorded to be broadcast over that station at a later date as part of its "Youth Speaks" program. KarTh students were questioned by Karl Nelson, '37, and Ellen Rothblatt, '39, on current problems, such as the President's Supreme Court proposal and recent social legislation. The interviews yesterday were the first of a series to be made in various colleges in the Middle West. Today Nelson and Miss Rothblatt will go to Michigan State College to interview students there. The gen- erl purpose of these talks with stu- dents is to get a general idea on young people's philosophies of cur- rent problems and then broadcast them over WJR, Nelson said. Several colleges within the broad- casting range of WJR will be visited for the series. Burned Bodies{ Found Where' Liner Crashed' Corpses Of Co-Pilot And Pilot Still Strapped To Seat In' Wreck McNARY, Ariz. April 7.-(/P)_ Weary searchers found only burned and broken bodies late today at the spot high in mountain wilds south- east of here where a luxurious sky- liner crashed Saturday with eight aboard. Bodies of Pilot Glen Moser and Co-pilot Joe Wolfolk, half-burned, were still strapped to their seats in the smashed and charred wreck. The other six bodies, all burned beyond recognition, were beneath the wreckage of the giant 21-passenger ship which had plunged headlong in-, to a mountainside in a snowstorm. Deep snow and precipitous trails forced the first party of searchers to1 return tonight without the bodies. The 21-passenger transport, which was being ferried across country from Burbank, Calif., to New York City, crashed into the mountain al- most head on. Half of the tail was found a quar- ter mile away. When the big ship hit the ground it broke into half a dozen parts and the cabin housing the passengers burned. The plane was so badly torn up that investigators discussed the possibility it had exploded when it hit the ground. Others expressed the opinion the terrific impact was sufficient to break it to pieces. Police Hold Three After Auto Accident Three Ann Arbor men were being held by local .police in county jail yesterday after an automobile acci- dent in which they were involved, and which injured three Negro young women Tuesday night. Ward M. Decker, 21 years old, the driver of the car, is being held on charges of reckless driving. One of his companions, LaVerne Morgan, 22 years old, is charged with larceny of two cases of beer and the other, Paul J.-Houghtalin, 25 years old, is being held on a drunk and disorderly charge. None of the three women, Myrtle Redman, 22 years old, Chestine Pul- len, 21 years old and Augusta Mor- gan, were seriously hurt, but Miss Redman and Miss Pullen required treatment at St. Joseph's Hospital. Lewis Names Ford As Next PointInDrive Reo Motor Car Company Ends Month's Deadlock In UAWA Agreement 'Company Will Not Recognize Union' DETROIT, April 7-(M)-The sign- ing of agreements by two more au- tomobile producing companies with the United Automobile Workers of America was followed tonight by Henry Ford's declaration that the Ford Motor Company would "never recognize" any union. The Reo Motor Car Company, whose Lansing truck plant has been held by sit-down strikers for a month, and the union signed an agreement today similar to that last night which ended the four-week-old strike in the Chrysler Corporation's Detroit plants. Reveals Strike Reo and Chrysler both recognized the UAWA as the collective bargain- ing agent for its members. "We'llnever recognize the United Automobile Workers' union or any other union," the founder of the vast Ford industrial empire asserted at his plantation in Ways, Ga. Richard T. Frankensteen, organi- zation director of the UAWA, told a mass meeting of unionists in Detroit tonight: "I want to say in answer that if Ford wants to build automo- biles he'll recognize the UAWA." He did not elaborate. Ford made his statement in re- vealing that a few men had struck Tuesday night in the company's St. Louis plant. It was the second strike in the company's plants in less than a week. The other was a sit-down which halted operations of the Kan- sas City assembly plant. Ford Yet Remains The Chrysler and Reo settlements left only one large automobile con- cern strike bound. Negotiations were opened by Gov. Frank Murphy at Lansing this evening to settle the dis-, pute which has kept 10,000 employes of the Hudson Motor Car Company at Detroit idle a month. The Hudson conference was brief and described as "preliminary." It will be resumed at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the state house. The Reo sit-downers set 5 p.m. tomorrow to evacuate the plant. A union leadersaid they wanted time to! leave the factory "in good order." DETROIT, April 7.-()-John L. Lewis, head of the Committee for Industrial Organization, asserted to- night that unionization of the Ford Motor Company's employes is the next objective of the United Automo- bile Workers of America. Lewis made his assertion in an ad- dress at a union rally in the Coli- seum at the Michigan State Fair- grounds, adding that the organiza- tion of the Ford workers would not be undertaken until "this problem is before us." "I have no doubt," Lewis said "That Mr. Ford will deal individually as long as his employes will permit him to pull that policy and no other. I have no doubt, however, that Mr. Ford will change his mind." Ruthven Will Address Chicago Alumni Group President Ruthven will be the prin- cipal speaker and guest of honor April 16 at the annual dinner meet- ing of the University of Michigan club of Chicago, it was announced yesterday. The banquet will be held at the LaSalle hotel in Chicago, and the Varsity Glee Club will sing for the alumni. 25 Students Picket Local Bowling Alley Firing Of Three Pin Boys Reason For Protest By Federation Workers Six Women Assist In Forming Line Ann Arbor's first case of active picketing of University students took place last night when 25 members of the Students Workers Federation formed a line in front of the Ann Arbor Recreation Bowling Alleys pro- testing the firing of three pin boys who had sought a collective bargain- ing agreement in order to obtain ninimum wage and seniority rights. The three pin boys who were fired had asked that they be given a min- imum wage of five cents per game. In busy times, said Rena Rubenstein, '38, chairman of the SWF research committee, four games can be played in an hour. The strikers also asked that those boys working eight hours per day should be guaranteed a minimum of 20 games or $1 per day. This is the second time this week the boys have asked that they be given the raise. Six women students also entered the picket line. Herbert Cassel, manager of the al- leys, fired the three boys because he termed them "ringleaders," accord- ing to Ralph Segalman, '37, an of- ficial of the federation. Cassel could not be reached for a statement. After the three were asked to leave,! the management, according to the picketers, hired "scabs" to take their places. The federation then formed their picket line. They moved slowly about in a circle shouting that the alleys employ "scab" labor. The women en- tered the lines to express their sym- pathy to the ousted employes, they stated. Loyal Hershey Plant Workers FightStrikers Farmers Join Labor Fight Against Sit-Downers To Save Milk Market HERSHEY, Pa., April 7.-(IP)-Sev- eral thousand angry farmers and "loyal" men and women workers of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation drove more than 1,000 sit-down strik- ers from the vine-covered factory to- day after a bloody battle. Twenty-five of the combatants were attended at a hospital; nearly as many more were taken to physi- cians or removed to their homes. Most of the victims had battered heads, bruised bodies and fractured Sit-Downs Condemned By Federal Senate; State Acet Calls Strikes Felonies Bill Forbidding Owners To Bargain With Stay-In' Strikers Also Enacted Legislation Awaits Approval Of House Governor's Present Labor Policy Makes Measures Useless, Martin Says LANSING, April 7.-(P)-Bills des-{ ignating sit-down strikes as felonies and forbidding the owner of a plant to bargain with sit-down strikers re- ceived Senate approval today, eachj by a vote of 17 to 12. The measures now go to the HouseJ for concurrence.] The Senate rebuffed attempts to delay action. Senator William Palm- er, whose city of Flint was known for' weeks as the nation's "strike capital"' during the General Motors sit-down, asserted from the floor that "it is time some branch of state govern- ment took a stand the people can understand. The bills may be harsh and severe, but we are not dealing' with any Sunday school picnic." Diggs Opposes Bill3 The Flint Democrat told the Sen- ate it should not "adopt an attitude of condoning the sit-down strike1 weapon," which he described as an "open door to racketeering." It was he who introduced the bill to make. sit-down strikes felonies. Senator Charles C. Diggs, Demo- crat, Detroit, opposed adoption of the Palmer Bill, arguing that "no law' you can pass can correct this situa- tion, any more than the injunction laws can correct them. This is a. thing that has to do with causes. We have the law of injunction and could not enforce it. We ought not to en- act more laws that can't be enforced." The Senate withheld the immedi- ate effect clause from the bills. If passed by the House and signed by Governor Murphy, they would be- come operative 90 days after adjourn- ment of the Legislature. The Palmer Bill would provide that any person engaged in a sit-down strike was guilty of a felony punish- able by a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $2,500. Introduced By Brake The measure forbidding owners of strike-affected plants to negotiate with sit-downers or their representa- tives was introduced by Sen. D. Hale Brake, Republican, Stanton. It al- so carried felony penalties for per- sons who "negotiate, adjust, settle or Spring Parley Allows Chance For Discussion Spring Parley-bull session par ex- cellence-will give opportunity for students to indulge in that much re- pressed desire of talking back to those dictators of the classroom, the professors. This aspect of the Parley, how- ever, is only an incidental one. It is not by any means the important feature, according to Ralph Danhof of the sociology department, chair- man of the Parley. Directed along informal lines, the activity of the Parley is designed to foster free ex- pression of ideas between teachers and students, something which, under the limiting requirements of thel classroom, would be impossible, he' said. The Parley, this year, will be held the week-end of May 7, 'at the Union. The direction of the debate- is set by seven specific topics under the general theme of "A Program for Our Times." The topics are: Our eco- nomic system-hands off, patchwork, or change?; our government-de- mocracy or dictatorship?; our educa- tion-success or failure?; our inter- national Relations-isolation or co- operation?; our religion-mysticism, ecclesiastics, or ethics?; our social life-freedom or restraint?; our art -appreciation or social front? After these main speakers have finished addressing the assembly, discussion will be thrown open to the students and other faculty members who may either agree with or attack the ideas presented-or initiate dis- cussion on any other subject. In the evening sessions on Friday and the two sessions Saturday after- noon and evening, seven section (Continued on Page R Reading Says Sit-Down Act Violates Law Since it appears to violate the con- stitutional provision protecting the rights of individuals to contract free- ly, the law passed by the State Sen- ate yesterday forbidding employers to bargain with sit-down strikers ap- pears unconstitutional, declared for- mer Judge Clark Reading of Ann Ar- bor. The fact that one of the contract- ing persons is violating a law has no bearing on the issue, the right to contract is inalienable even though one of the parties were already be- hind bars, continued Judge Reading. The other law designed to outlaw sit-down strikeshshould have impor- tant effects in that it makes the vio- lators liable for criminal action in having committed a felony rather than simply punishable for contempt of court, Judge Reading pointed out. Thus while men like John L. Lewis can defy the court's injunction with public sentiment running high, under the new law they would be liable after the excitement and mob tension had died down, to criminal prosecu- tion, stated Judge Reading. This would strengthen the court's position . immeasurably, he said. Reprobation Of Company Unions And Industrial EspionageAlso Made 75 To 3 Vote Ends Week Of Debate House Action Is Delayed Until Decision On Labor Investigation Reached WASHINGTON, April 7.-(P)-The Senate denounced sit-down strikes today but added a blunt condemna- tion of company utions and indus- trial espionage. Abruptly ending a week of fiery debate, the Senate adopted the "statement of policy" by a 75 to 3 vote and sent it to the House. Some leaders there indicated action o it would be delayed until after the chamber decides whether to investi- gate sit-down strikes, as demanded by Representative Dies (Dem., Tex.). The Dies demand is to be debated tomorrow. Lists Resolutions The Senate resolution, drafted by a group of administration chiefs, does not require either acceptance or re- jection by the President. The Senate: 1. Denounced sit-down strikes as "illegal and contrary to sound pub- lic policy." 2. Denounced the "so-called in- dustrial spy system" for breeding "fear, suspicion and animosity" and pending to cause strikes and indus- trial warfare. 3. Declared "it is likewise con- trary to sound public policy for any employer to deny the right of col- lective bargaining, to foster the com- pany union, or to engage in any oth- er unfair labor practice as defined in the National Labor Relations Act." Three Oppose Bill The only opposition votes were cast by Senators Borah (Rep., Ida.), Fra- zier, (Rep., N.D.) and Lundeen (F.L.,- Minn.). Borah had announced that he would not "single out labor" for con- demnation, so long as capital was left "free to pursue its illegal methods." Minority Leader McNary (Rep.,- Ore.) urged that the measure be made a joint resolution-which would require the President's signature or veto-rather than a concurrent reso- lution which would not call for presi- dential action. Senator Barkley (Dem., Ky.) im- mediately objected that "it isn't nec- essary for anyone but Congress to pass on an expression of policy by Congress." He was supported by Robinson, who carefully explained: "I do not mean to imply that the President would veto such a resolu- tion, and neither do I mean to say he would approve it." Vandenberg Challenge When Senator Bridges asked for a definition of a company union, Rob- inson characterized it as an organ- ization "promoted and financed by a company to control its workers and prevent them from exercising their right to real collective bargaining." He cited findings of the LaFol- lette civil liberties committee that many firms had hired detectives to "worm theirway" into unions and turn members' names over to the company. Asserting that unions had been disrupted and "many thousands of workers" discharged through such tactics, he said "nothing could be more unfair, or more calculated to create labor unrest." Senator Vandenberg challenged the resolution as "unclear," argu- ing that not all company unions were in themselves "contrary to sound public policy." U.S. May Intervene In Test Lawsuits WASHINGTON, April 7.-P)--The House passed today and sent to the Senate a bill giving the Attorney" General authority to intervene in niate witser,, atsofVn_ ' arms or legs. enter into any agreement relating to Women joined sides in the fighting any dispute or difference whatso- Movies Are Found Significant In Environment Of Children and added their screams and shrieks to the shouting of the embattled men folk. The farmers joined the non-strik- ers in demonstrations against the sit- down, because they supply the fac- tory with 800,000 pounds of milk daily. Their market was cut off by the strike. Catholic Youth Party Leaders Placed On Trial BERLIN, April 7.-(A3)-A Nazi chosen Peoples' Court today placed seven Germans, four of them Cath- olic Youth leaders, on trial for high treason charging them with subver- sive attempts to form a Communist- Catholic united front. Chaplain Joseph Rossaint of the Dusseldorf Youth group was the lead- ing figure among the seven defen- dants. Proceedings started behind locked doors. Official charges accused Rossaint of cooperating with the illegal Com- munist party from 1933 until Jan- uary 1934, and asserted other de- fendants, Chaplain Karl Kremer zu Remscheid, Chaplain Franz Steber, leader of the Catholic Young Men's Association, and Jacob Clemens, the Association's general secretary, toler- ated meetings of Catholic leaders with Communist functionaries. Charges filling 154 pages traced activities of the accused. Two defen- ever concerning employment" while their property is held by strikers. Homer Martin; president of the United Auto Workers of America, the union which has supported automo- bile strikes that tied up many of the nation's leading plants, referred to the bills as "locking the barn after the horse is gone," in view of the Governor's recent strike settlement policy of obtaining union pledges to refrain from strikes. "I wonder if they are trying to help Mr. Ford just in the chance of a sit-down in his factories," Martin said. He insisted the UAWA never called a sit-down strike in Michigan but merely gave its support to spontan- eous movements started by employes.1 New Law Imperative For Food And Drug Act; Nelson Declares By ROBERT WEEKS Research on the extent to which movies affect children and youths either in desirable or undesirable di- rections has indicated that the mo- tion picture is a significant factor in the environment of many chil- dren, according to Prof. Robert C. Angell of the sociology department and author of "Campus." Professor Angell referred to the book "Motion Pictures and Youth: A Summary" by W. W. Charters, pub- lished in 1933, in which tests were described reporting that children eight years old notice 60 ner cent of ness of sleep. It was found that after attending a movie the children' moved around as much as they did after staying up until midnight or as much as they did after having a cup of coffee before retiring. The book reported studies that had been made on children in regard to' the effect which movies had on pat- terns of sexual behavior. Before giv- ing these effects, Charters quotes C. C. Peters' book, "Motion Pictures and Standards of Morality," which states that 15 per cent of the movies studied in 1930 were "sex pictures." In this class Peters classed pictures whose major themes were living to- EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last in a series of articles dealing with the po- sition of the consumer. By TUURE TENANDER, The weaknesses in the present Fed- eral Food and Drug Act are so nu- merous and serious that the need for a new law is imperative, Dr. Er- win E. Nelson of the Medical School said yesterday. "One of the greatest weaknesses in the present law is the lack of con- trol over advertising," Dr. Nelson said. "This has afforded opportuni- ties for unfair advertising practices on the part of many concerns for "The present act has proven inef- fective as a means of controlling the sale of patent medicines with un- warranted claims because of the ne- cessity of proving intent to defraud," Dr. Nelson said. "The inclusion of the phrase that the claim must be proven 'false and fraudulent' in order to constitute a violation has provided a strong defense for those misrepre- senting their product," he said. "Frequently the man selling such a patent medicine has successfully de- fended himself by disclaiming profes- sional knowledge of the action of his product," he said.