The Weather Mostly cloudy; occasional showers. L .&zit Editorials A Martyr To Compromise ... VOL. XLVII No. 147 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1937 PRICE 5 CENTS River Valley Residents Flee As Ohio Rises To Flood Stzare President Roosevelt Calls Special Red Cross Group To SuperviseRelief 5 Deaths Counted In London, Ont. (By The Associated Press) Thousands fled their homes, rich and poor alike, as the bloated and muddy Ohio rolled downstream Tues- day night with the debris-laden bur- den of its tributaries. The year's second flood emergency led President Roosevelt to recall a special government Red Cross com- mittee to supervise relief work among the refugees. Across the border in Canada, the city of London, Ont., floundered under the worst flood in its history. Five deaths were counted and at least 6,000 persons were left home- less as the Thames River, 28 feet above normal, washed through the city's streets and spread over a large section of Southwestern Ontario. London was threatened with a short- age of drinking water and electric power. 9.9 Deaths In Flood In the United States, rain-swollen rivers of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia'began receding. At least nine deaths.were attributed to floods in the Middle .Atlantic area. The situation at a glance: Ohio River Valley-Water more than six feet above flood stage at Wheeling and still rising; 10,000 per- sons vacated their homes on residen- tial Wheeling Island; steel plants and coal mines shut down, throwing more than 21,500 into temporary idleness; business completely stalled at Wells- burg, W. Va.; most of New Cumber- land, W. Va., Empire, Ohio, and otper small communities inundated; Moundsville, W. Va., isolated by flooded highways; river expected to rise eight feet above flood stage at Martins Ferry, 0.; homes abandoned for miles along the river front; rail traffic rerouted around Martinsburg, W. Va.; two persons drowned. Potomac Subsiding Potomac River Valley-Water fall- ing at all points except Harpers Ferry, W. Va.; sandbags thrown up in Wash- ington to protect flower gardens and newly planted trees; water receded from the business district at Cumber- land, Md., leaving damage estimated at $100,000. Pennsylvania-Flood receded at Pittsburgh after creeping up to the fringe of the downtown "Golden Tri- angle." Virginia-Richmond and Freder- icksburg damaged by floods; two per-" sons dead, and five others feared drowned. New York-Chadokoin River over- flowed its banks at Jamestown, caus- ing many families to leave their homes. Charity Group Drive Passes $50,000 Mkar Announces New Members; Makes Financial Report At Annual Dinner Announcements of new committee chairmen and members for the com- ing year, the rendering of the annual report and the announcement that the drive for funds for 1937 has just passed the $50,000 mark were the outstanding features of the annual Community Fund dinner held last night in honor of the Community Fund's first president, Henry W. Douglas. Newly chosen chairman of the cam- paign committee, Osias Zwerdling made a short speech of acceptance. Nominations from the committee composed of Mrs. C. F. Remer and Mrs. C. A. Fisher put up Walter R. Drury for president, Franklin C. For- sythe for vice-president, and Herman F. Gross for treasurer. J. Wentworth Parker, who was chairman of the budget committee for 1936 was again chosen for that office, while Harold D. Golds was an- nounced as vice-chairman of the campaign committee. New members of the Board of Directors to replace the retiring members, George G. Al- der, Courtney Maulbetsch, Mrs. C. F. Remer, and J. Wentworth Parker, Mrs. William Henderson Dies In St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital V -- Helped To Collect Funds ) For League B$uilding, Mendelssohn Theatre Mrs. William D. .Henderson, '04, business manager of the Dramatic Season, and, who as executive secre- tary of the Alumnae Council of the I University was largely responsible for the building of the League, died at 11 p.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital of cerebral thrombosis. Stricken last Wednesday,. Mrs. Henderson remained in a state of un- consciousness until her death. She was 65 years oldfand is survived by her husband, Prof. William D. Hen- dersoA, retired head of the University Extension Division and her son, Rob- ert Henderson, director of the Dra- matic Season. Private funeral ser- ices will be held tomorrow afternoon. Began Alumnae Group In 1917 through the instigation of Mrs. Henderson as secretary of the Alumnae Council, coordination of all alumnae was begun. The group then numbered 12,000. The association now has registration of 20,000 alum- nae. Becoming executive secretary of the organization in 1926, Mrs. Hen- derson was instrumental in accumu- lating funds for the League building. She retained this position until 1931. The construction of the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre has also been at- tributed to her, for she interested Gordon Mendelssohn of Detroit in the project, who gave the theatre in memory of his mother. Since 1931 Mrs. Henderson held the chairmanship of the Leaguetbuilding fund until the debt was retired. For several years, beginning in 1926, Mrs. Henderson assisted her husband in the direction of the University Exten- sion Division. No Change In ,Plans The Civic Committee of the Ann Arbor Dramatic Season, together with Professor Henderson and Mr. Henderson, will continue with the coming Dramatic Season according to the plans inaugurated this spring by Mrs. Henderson, it was announced yesterday. Mr. Henderson will as- sume the position of both manager and director with Professor Hender- (Continued on Page 2) F.DIR. s Given Power To Cut Appropriations WASHINGTON, Aril 27.-(/P)-, Administration leaders announced tonight that the budget bureau had approved legislation giving President Roosevelt absolute power to trim all federal appropriations by as much as 15 per cent. Representative Cannon (Dem., Mo.), an influential member of the House Appropriations Committee, in- troduced the measure after a visit at the White House. It would impound 15 per cent of every appropriation made atrthe pres- ent session of Congress and empower the President to release such portions as he deemed necessary. The impounding proposal appeared after the House had received recom- mendations today for a $25,000,000 increase in the army's appropriation for next year, and had seen brakes jammed on a proposal to spend $300,- 000,000 annually for schools. Economy efforts came in for men- tion at the President's regular press conference this afternoon. Mr. Roosevelt reiterated that he be- lieves $30,000,000 is enough to ap- propriate now for flood.control, al- though demands for a far greater sum are before Congress. Independents Elect Barndt President William G. Barndt, '37, was elected president of the independent men's organization at a meeting held yester- day in the Union. Barndt, associate manager of the Daily, said yesterday, "The new or- ganization affords an opportunity for independent men to have backing and encouragement in extracurricular ac- ivities. Moreover, its program will materially aid in the adjustment to University living and in molding fin- er Michigan men." Irving Silverman, '38, was elected vice-president of the group, Phil Westbrook, '40, secretary and Mar- vin Reider, '39, treasurer, All four are automatically members of the executive committee. Other com-, mitteemen are Julius Rockwell, '40, Seymouir Spellman, '39, and Robert Prominent Alumna Dies IMRS. WILLIAM D. HENDERSON Reeves To Talk On Scholarship At Convocation President Ruthven Will Preside At 14th Meeting In Hill Auditorium Prof. Jesse S. Reeves of the political science department, selected recently ;o give the address at the 14th an- zual Honors Convocation Friday in dill Auditorium, will speak on "Scho- arship-An Accomplishment and a ?rofession," it was announced yester- day. Professor Reeves who retired re- ;ently as head of the department, is the first faculty member to be se- lected for this honor. Dr. Frank Ay- ielotte, president of Swarthmore Col- lege, gave the address last year. President Ruthven will preside at he Convocation which is held an- nually to honor students of outstand- ing scholastic achievement. Senior honors are awarded to stu- dents who have attained at least a B average and hold rank in the high- est 10 per cent of the senior classes in the various schools and colleges. Junior, sophomore and freshman honors are awarded to students who have attained an average equivalent io at least half A and half B. The winners of the honors will not be an- nounced until Friday. Winners of fellowships and scho- larships and other honor students in the Graduate School, and the recipi- ents of special scholarship awards will9 also be announced. Packard Holds Union Election As Test Taday DETROIT, April 27.-(U)-The United Automobile Workers of Amer-' ica was involved in six strikes in Michigan tonight, on the eve of a government-conducted election to de- ' termine whether the Union shall be the sole bargaining agency for Pack-, ard Motor Car Co. employes. The election will be the first held in the automobile industry Eby the National Labor Relations Board since the Wagner Act was upheld by the United States Supreme Court. Fourteen thousand eight hundred hourly employes are eligible to vote. Polls will be open at the plant from 8 a.m. Wednesday until 1 a.m. Thurs- day. The ballots will be sealed and counted at noon Thursday under the supervision of Frank H. Bowen, re- gional director of the Labor Rela- tions Board. Most important of the strikes in- volving the U.A.W.A. was that at the Parke, Davis & Co. pharmaceutical lant, where 250 sit-down strikers were evicted yesterday. Company officials said that 1,000 of the 2,100 employes were back at work today. A picket line of 200 marched in front of the plant. Bill Would Recognize Organization Of Unions . .T A T[+ "T" . A . ,..1 nn ! ,l A .,, Neafus Trial For Loitering To BeToday Dates For Trial Of Daily Reporter, Five Others To Be Fixed Today Flint UAWA Head Offers Assistance Ralph Neafus, '36F&C, arrested durinzg a strike at the Ann Arbor Recreation Centera605 E. Huron St., nearly three weeks ago, will go on trial for "loitering" at 2 p.m. today before Justice Jay H. Payne. Arthur C. Lehman, one of the at- torneys for Neafus and five of the other defendants, said last night that dates for trial of the other defen- dants would be set this afternoon. Michael Evanoff, '36L, UAWA attor- ney in Flint, will also represent six of the defendants. Trial Postponed Twice Neafus' trial, along with those of six others arrested during the course of the same strike, has been twice postponed, the second time after it had been discovered that he was held on charges of violating a non-existent statute requiring mayoralty permis- sion to address a gathering. Edward Magdol, '39, reporter for I The Daily who is charged with the use of profanity, will be represented' by George Burke, attorney for the University. Tom Downs, '39, president of the Student Workers' Federation, an- other of the defendants, is also charged with loitering, Lehman said. Joseph Bernstein, '39, and Rafael W. Haskell, '38E, are charged with creating a disturbance in public. Ar- nold H. Kambly, '38, and Paul Christ- man, 1059 Lincoln Ave., are charged with the use of profanity. Evanoff To Arrive Today Christman, Kambly, Naeius, Downs and Magdol were arrested at the scene of the strike. Bernstein and' Haskell were arrested during a later demonstration at the Police Station. Evanoff will arrive here this morn- ing. Ralph Segalman, '37, publicity di- rector for- the SWF, announced last night that support of the Flint UAW had been assured the federation. _ i Murphy To Give Case Club Tallk At Final Dinner' Cross, Gluck, Case Club Winners, Get Campbell Law Award Governor Murphy, '14L, will be the' guest speaker at the annual Case Club dinner which will be held at 6:30 p.m. today in the dining hall of the Law Club, CliffordhAshton, '37L, of the committee in charge of the ar- rangements said yesterday. The Henry M. Campbell Awards to the winners in the Case Club compe- tition will be presented at the ban- quet by Prof. John B. Waite of the Law School. Richard E. Cross and' Daniel J. Gluck, junior lawyers, were' the winners in the finals held last Friday and each will -receive a prize of $50. Milton A. Kramer and James' Mehaffey, also junior lawyers, were the runners up and will receive $25 each. More than 325 law students have participated in th Case Club trials and the trial last week, coupled with the annual banquet tonight, marks the end of five months activity. Dean Henry M. Bates of the Law School will act as toastmaster. The subject of Governor Murphy's talk has not been announced, Ashton said. Schoolmasters Will Convene On Week-End 51st Annual Conference To Be Held Thursday, Friday AndSaturday More Than 2,500 Expect To Attend t'Muddling And Fuddlin' Cause! Bursley, Wilson, Tilrnan, Lihie, Krieghoff, Poock Are Committee Heads Petitions Entered By 137 Sophomores i i. I ., Between 2,500 and 3,000 Michigan Educators will gather tomorrow, Fri- Ed wgard To SUe day and Saturday in Ann Arbor for i l the 51st annual meeting of the Mich- igan Schoolmasters Club. LONDON, April 27.-UP)-Edward The program willl beginPat-12:3r pTm. rogramwwillbgin.rat 12c:30'of Windsor filed a libel charge today p.m. tomorrow with. a general confer- agisthpulheanatorf ence in the Union on the subject of gainst the publisher and author of "Problems Involving Secondary "Coronation Commentary," which Schools and Institutions of Higher deals with his reign and abdication Education" under the chairmanship under stress of a constitutional crisis of Prof. Peter O. Okkelberg of the created by his desire to wed Wallis zoology department, chairman of the ts committee oh Relations with Insti- Warfield Simpson. tution of Higher Education of the IThe writ asked the court - to fix University. damages and to enjoin Publisher Thorpe To Speak William Heinemann and Author At 2:30 p.m. another general con- Geoffrey Dennis against further pub- ference will be held in the Union lication-although the book was headed by Prof. George E. Carrothers withdrawn in England yesterday and of the education school. The topic the publishing firm extended an apol- of the meeting will deal with tech- ogy. niques which give promise of useful- Solicitors Allen and Overy acted for ness in the promotion of better ar- the former King, who was represented ticulation between secondary school by usually informed sources as de- and institutions of higher learning. termined to protect Mrs. Simpson Among the speakers at this confer- from unchecked comment by British ence will be Prof. Clarence D. Thorpe writers. of the English department. The book is a critical treatise on At a general conference at 9 a.m. the abdication, speaks of Edward's Friday in the Lydia Mendelssohn lover's prodigality" and refers to his Theatre, Prof. Preston W. Slosson of reign as marked in part by "muddling, the history department will speak on fuddling and meddling." " s', It was thought that Edward de- i 1C~lua UJt 11C . 1e *J . Conferences Listed The Rev. Dr. Frederick B. Fisher of the Central M. E. Church of Detroit will be the guest speaker at a recep- tion and banquet to be held at 6 p.m. Friday in the Main Ballroom of the Union. He will talk on "What Is an American?" Conferences on art, biology, bus- iness schools, the classics, education, English, general science, geography, health and physical education, math- ematics, modern languages, music, ;hysics, chemistry, astronomy, li- braries, social sciences and speech will begin Friday and last through Sat- urday. They will be held in different buildings on the campus. Among the persons taking part in the meeting of the club are Dean James B. Edmonson of the education school, Prof. Stuart A. Courtis of the education school, Prof. Earl V. Moore of the School of Music, Prof. Russell P. Jameson of Oberlin College, Pres- ident Grover Dillman of the Mich- igan College of Mining and Tech- nology, Dean of Women Lydia I. Jones of Michigan State Normal College and Kenneth L. Heaton, director of .Cur-, riculum Research of the State De-, partment of Public Instruction. Danhof Outlines Spring Parley Debate Issues For the first time in its seven years of existence the Spring Parley will convene this year with the course of the three-day discussion completely tlined R alnhD Tahn fof tha cil_ Roberta I. Chissus Chosen Chairman Of NextYear J.G.P sired also to discourage circulation of the book in the United States al- though any suit here would have no bearing upon publication in another country. (United States publishers have continued plans for publication of the volume). 125 Students Or anise New Liberal Group Marshall Shulman Elected President; Affilates With American Student Union Progressive forces on the campus were consolidated last night when 125 students meeting in the Union launched a liberal organization and voted for affiliation with the Na- tional American Student Union. Proposing as their objectives peace, security, racial and social equality and .the preservation of civil liberties, the group elected as president Mar- shall D. Shulman, '37, associate ed- itor of The Daily. Richard Clark, '37, president of the Student Chris- tian Association, was chosen vice- president and Joseph Bernstein, '39, president of the Student Alliance, secretary-treasurer for the remainder of the semester. Next Meetini~g May 5 The next meeting will be Wednes- day, May 5. Definite steps will be taken then toward the realization of the group's objectives, according to the officers. The name and Univer- Jean Holland Is Selected Assistant Chairman; 11 Others AreAppointed Roberta I. Chissus, '39A, was ap- pointed general chairman of the 1938 Junior Girls Play, and Jean Hol- land, '39, was named assistant chair- man, Angelene Maliszewski, '38, head of Judiciary Council, announced last night. Chairmen of the various commit- tees for the production are Charlotte Poock, dance; Martha Tillman, fi- nance; Jean Lillie, costume; Harriet Pomeroy, publicity; Madeline Krieg- hoff, tickets; Rebecca Bursley, ush- ers; Marian Baxter, make-up; Eliza- beth White, properties; Grace Wilson, music; and Jane Holden, programs. All of the new officers are members of the present sophomore class. Annual Projecet The Junior Girls Play is an annual project sponsored by the junior wom- men, customarily given in the spring in conjunction with Senior Supper, which is held the opening night of the production. By tradition it is written by an amateur, either an alumna or an undergraduate, and the music is composed by members of the junior class. This year's play was "Feath- er In His Cap," the script of which was written by Dorothy Gies, '36, and it was directed by Sarah Pierce, Grad. Miss Chissus, a member of Gamma Phi Beta, was chairman of proper- ties for last year's FreshmarrProjec and head of tne decorations commit- tee for Sophomore Cabaret. She is social chairman of the sophomore class in the College of Architecture and a member of the League social and theatre-art committees, in which latter capacity she directs plays, and works on costumes and in the Lydia Mendelssohn box office. She also has participated in Play Production. Resident Of Mosher Jordan Miss Holland, a resident of Mosher Hall, is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman honorary society, and was music chairman of Fresh- man Project. Miss Holland was on the decorations and, program com- mittees of Sophomore Cabaret and took a part in the production, she has also been a member of the theatre arts committee of the League and the program committee of Assembly Ball this year. Approximately 137 petitions were entered for the_ offices. Judiciary Council, after interviewing all appli- cants, recommended one woman for, each position to the Undergraduate Council which took final action last night. Miss Poock, affiliated with Delta (Continued on Page 51 Basic Science Bill AprHoved By State House ! u iInea, ~aIpn .aLnU oI o rie soCI .i , Sity's recognition will also be dis- p~ eatetadcaimno h Vey~ Uc.IL '&*1S10 U LS1J.4 fl~'LlliL l I~ V fl... Parley's executive committee said yesterday. Although in previous years there have been several subtopics under the general theme of the Parley, Mr. Dan- hof pointed out that this is the first time that the committee has made an attempt to go further than that. Spring Parley his year convenes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 7-9 at the Union. F lln xir thetrnolrcf r_ 'o oLawIng t e proceedure of pre- vious years, the two meetings Friday L~ovalist Volunteer afternoon and night will be general sessions with the full faculty panel Talks Here Today of about 20 members present. On Saturday, seven separate meetings A Scottish medical student, David will be held simultaneously during MacKenzie, who has fought with the the afternoon and night to discuss International Brigade in defense of the seven different phases of the gen- Madrid throughout the past winter, eral question. A general session Sun- will speak in behalf of the Spanish day morning to correlate the Satur- government's cause at 4:30 p.m. to- day discussions will conclude the yin the s.Tnion ballroom. . Parley. MacKenzie, until a few months The general purpose of the Parley ago enrolled in Edinburgh Univer- this year will be to map "A Program sity, was active in the Scottish stu- For Our Times." The seven phases dent movement and was secretary of of this problem to be discussed simul- the Scottish Peace Congress before taneously Saturday and the issues in- cussed, they said. Acceptance of at least one of the group's objectives is the only require- ment for membership, officers said. A temporary committee to cooper- ate with the local chapter of the Friends of Spanish Democracy was set up with Adrian H. Jaffee, Grad., as chairman, Committee heads and the three of- ficers will form an executive com- mittee to coordinate activities. Peace Forum Considered Peace forums, organization of co- operative bookstores, eating and rooming establishments, encourage- ment of original literary and drama- tic work and cooperation with exist- ing liberal groups were considered at the meeting as projects for the com- mittees. The American Student Union, with chapters in colleges and high schools' throughout the country, requires of its members acceptance of only one of its points: peace security, racial equality or academic freedom. A charter will be granted to any group that has at least one person pledged to each of its objectives. Three Men Injured In Strike Combat LANSING, April 27.- (/P) -The House approved the so-called Basic Science bill-today, requiring identical minimum educational requirements for doctors, chiropractors and osteo- paths, and sent the controversial measure to the senate for concur- rence. The vote was 73 to 12. Full voiced debate marked the measure's passage, as the gallery packed with interested members of the three professions looked on silent- ly. An amendment attached at the re- quest of Rep. William G. Buckley, Democrat, Detroit, exempts students matriculating into medical, chiro- practic or osteopathic schools be- tween now and July 1, 1938. They would be immune from the measure's terms after they were graduated years later. The measure creates an examining board to be composed of Michigan college professors, associate profes- sors or assistant professors to exam- ine applicants as to their knowledge his departure for Spain. He is the sonI of a British admiral. Admission to the talk is free. The program is sponsored by the Ann Ar- bor branch of the Friends of Span- volved in each follow: 1. Our Economic System: Hands off, patchwork, or change? Does a sit-down stand up for labor?