The Weatfier Y Fair and somewhat wamer today; tomorrow showers. Sir iQ rn ~Iaitp juatI -1 Editorials :o, The P~our Literal. VOL. XLVII No. 158 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1937 PRICE 5 CENTS Investigation Of Zeppelin Crash Is Held Rosendahl Believes Cause Of Disaster Lay Within HindenburgItself" Technical Advisers SurveyWreckage LAKEHURST, N. J., May 10.--(P) -The Hindenburg's flaming dive tc destruction was described graphically to a commerce department investi- gating board today by two expert eye- witnesses, but neither was able to offer a conclusion as to the mys- terious cause of the dirigible dis- aster which claimed 35 lives. One of the witnesses, Commander Charles E. Rosendah, leading Amer- ican lighter-than-air authority, in- timated strongly, however, that in his opinion natural causes, such as static electricity or lightning, were not responsible and the secret of the disaster lay within the great ship. William F. Von Meister, executive vice-president of the American Zep- pelin Transport Company, agent here for the Germany operating firm, con- fined his testimony to what he ob- served when flames suddenly en- gulfed the ship with a safe landing seconds away. Rosendcahl Places Outbreak Roseridahl definitely placed the outbreak of the hydrogen fire on the upper aft surface of the 800-foot long silver envelope, "I observed a small burst of flame on the after part of the ship on the top," he said, describing his first warning of the disaster. "My feeling was at once that it spelled the doorw of the ship." "After hearing the two witnesses, the three-man investigating board and its staff of technical advisors I inspected the heavily-g iarded wreck- age of the Hindenburg, then carefully studied the motion pictures of the disaster, and adjourned until Wed- nesday" One theory of the many advanced for the cause of the fire was that the airship's trailer ropes carried a spark.fr mthgr dtohe-shiP Commander Rosendahl testified the ropes were dropped four min- utes before he observed the fire and that it was his opinion they grounded the static electricity accumulated by the ship on its voyage. 'Lightning Not Feared' "On this occasion it was humid and, without doubt, contact of the trailer ropes would discharge any static on the ship," he said. He also indicated a belief water ballast dropped by the ship during landing maneuvers could not have provided a conductor for a spark from ground to dirigible. "As a rule," he said, water ballast "dissolves and does not strike the ground in a solid stream." He declined later to state directly what he thought of theories that lightning or sparks from electrical machinery might have caused the fire. "Lightning, while not a comfortable thing, is not feared," he said. As for sparks, he pointed out electrical ma- chinery aboard the ship was "metic- ulously" insulated and protected. Dewey To Discuss Socialist Problems Prof. Ralph L. Dewey of the econ- omics department will discuss "Some Questions Socialist Economics Must Answer" before the new campus lib- eral group, tentatively named the Student Union, at 8 p.m. today in the Union. Professor Dewey came to the University this year from the De- partment of Commerce in Washing- ton. Previously he had been on the faculty of the Ohio State University. The executive committee headed by Marshall D. Shulman, '37, associate editor of The Daily and president of the organization, will submit a con- stitution for the approval of the group. At a meeting yesterday of the or- ganization's s e c u r i t y committee, whose chairman is Earle B. Luby, '38, plans for a cooperative bookstore were formulated. Luby, who will investi- gate cooperatives' problems this week-end in Chicago, submitted a plan calling for a nucleus of 100 stu- dents and a faculty advisory com- mittee to begin the cooperative. A membership fee will be collected Avery Will Provides $5,000 For Scholarship '14.,ua +1, nan . nlr c fnrsa nim- Demon Proton,'Zeppelin Crash Theory, Is Attacked By Fajans ExplanationHeld Unlikely two men are well acquainted with " each other) and admitted that his As Disaster Conditions explanation of the behavior of hydro- Exist In Every Flight gen under the stated conditions was absolutely correct, buthProfessor Fa- By ROBERT FITZHENRY jans doubted that the proton con- The "demon proton" theory of the centration would be sufficient to cause of the Hindenburg crash ad- cause an explosion. Even if it were vanced on the front page of the New sufficient, he said, there is no reason York Sunday Times, and considered why such explosions wouldn't be to be the latest explanation of the taking place constantly in lighter- disaster, was exploded yesterday by than-air ships. Prof. Kasimir Fajans of the chemis- Fajans Gives Statement try department in a talk before the Professor Fajans own statement, trydeprtmnt n atal beorethemade last night to The Daily, is as German department luncheon club. follows: The theory was announced by yis Prof. Otto Stern of the Carnegie In- Hydrogen in the normal state is a stitute of Technology, who was for- molecule consisting of two hydrogen merly closely associated with the atoms. The heat which is evolved Zeppelin works before his exile from when one gram of hydrogen com- Germany. It stated that the dis- bines with the oxygen of the air to sociation of the hydrogen molecule form water is about 30 kilogram (or into a proton and an electron by dif- large) calories. This process takes fusion through the was of the dir- place only when the amount of hy- igible caused a sufficient amount of drogen in the air is high enough, energy to be released to ignite any and when external causes-like an normal hydrogen gas present with- electric spark or a lighted cigarette- out a spark, are present to produce local heating Professor Fajans praised Profes- and start the reaction of the ex- sor Stern's professional ability (the plosive mixture of hydrogen and oxy- gen. Puts"But if hydrogen is dissociated M u1ssoi i nIi Puts into atoms and the atoms into their constituents-the positively charged g-O Lo don proton and the negatively charged B anUOn Lonon electron-then the heat of the reac- tion per gram hydrogen becomes New I Ita about 400 kilogram-calories, and this reaction takes place spontaneously without an external cause. When hydrogen molecules are passing Newspapermen O r d e r e d through metal or perhaps even fabric By Il Duce To Depart walls a small amount of the hydrogen is dissassociated into protons. From England Amount Of Protons Small "Now if this amount were greater ROME, May 10.- (W) -Premier the reaction of the protons with oxy- Benito Mussolini's campaign against gen would be sufficient to cause an the British press swept the London explosion of the hydrogen which an date-line from Italian newspapers to- airship has to release when it de- day. scends. But the amount of protons For the first time in generations is so small that it is very unlikely. not .a line of news from the British that this can be the real reason for capital appeared in this city's press; the disaster; otherwise such explo-; and all Italian newspapermen in sions would be occurring constantly, Great Britain were on the way home (Continues on Page 61 Downs, Slater London Mobs AI Wally Simpson.Resumes- Maiden Name, Warffield Face Charges In Court Today Civil Rights Group PledgesIts Support Head Of Student Workers Is Held For Loitering, Slater For Profanity Tom Downs, '39, president of the Student Workers' Federation, and Myron E. Slater, local bookstore own-{ er, will go on trial at 2 p.m. today in the court of Justice Jay H. Payne. Downs is charged with loitering in a public place in connection with' the picketing, April 9, of the Ann Ar-' bor Recreation Center, 605 E. Huron St., and Slater is charged with using indecent language at the same pick- eting. The following statement was re- ceived by Downs last night. "The Michigan Conference for the Protection of Civil Rights, in the name of nearly one-half million af- filiates, stands behind you in our common struggle for the protection of our constitutional guarantees of freedom of assembly and speech. Pledges Cooperation "We are prepared to cooperate in any way possible to see that the right1 of all workers, whether student or non-student, to organize in Ann Ar- bor and not infringed upon. "We are determined that the rights of labor will be protected in Ann Ar- bor courts." When first arrested, Downs was1 charged with speaking in public with- out a permit, but when it was found that there was no ordinance covering this, the charge against him was changed to loitering in a public place.s He will be represented at the trial by Arthur Lehman, a candidate for mayor in the recent election. : Slater is charged with using inde-1 cent language in a warrant sworn out1 under the disorderly conduct ordi-i nance of the city by Robert C. B.< Campbell, Grad., a former Hopwood prize winner. Frank B. DeVine will represent him, and he will be triedt before a jury. William Laird, city attorney, will represent the city in both of these1 cases. Appeal To Be Heard The appeal of Ralph Neafus, '36- F&C, who was found guilty of loit- ering at the same picketing by a jury of six men April 29 in the court of Justice Jay H. Payne will be brought up in the Circuit Court of Judge George W. Sample in the near future. Neafus was sentenced to pay a fine of $45.30 or go to jail for 15 days. He spent a night in jail and then was released after the appeal was granted. Prof. J. F. Shepard of the psychology department furnishedf $200 bond for him. Senators Averf Spanish Spies Are In Country In (.ardll a Is Involved In Operations, Senators Nye And BernardCharge Jam Avenues About Palace Strike Threatens To Stop Traffic On Wednesday; 25,000 Busmen Idle Coronation Banqueta LargestSince 1911 LONDON, May 10.-(P)--Huge crowds estimated at more than 1,000,- 000 people swept into the full tide of gay, dazzling pre-coronation celebra- tions tonight while King George VI played host at a brilliant state ban- quet in Buckinham Palace. Jamming streets and hotels, break- ing through police cordons and trudg- ing gaily where they could not ride- London's busmen are still on strike- the coronation visitors swarmed around the palace. 'We Want The King' They roared "we want the king" for hours while inside the monarch en- tertained at the greatest banquet since the 1911 coronation festivities of his father, the late George V. Hundreds of cars circled the pal- ace, some with roofs loaded with gay, singing passengers. The walkout of 25,000 busmen, tying up 5,000 buses and throwing London's traffic into an almost hope- less jam, gave every indication of con- tinuing through Wednesday, coron- ation day. But those who came-and are still coming by the thousands-from all parts of the world showed little con- cern, even though 12,000 street car employes appeared eager to join the busmen. Some busmen's groups called for strikes of other public serv- ice employes. Guests Are Entertained The King and Queen, visiting West- minster Abbey in a last-minute re- hearsal of the coronation ceremonies, later entertained 450 guests includ- ing many members of foreign royalty at the big Buckingham palace dinner.] Outside the famous palace in the glare of floodlights, surged a gigantic crowd that turned the mall with its 70-foot high white coronation masts into a hundred-foot wide ribbon of humanity, massed against the locked arms and prancing horses of hun- dreds of policemen. Basques Strip Army Officials Of Full Control BILBAO, Spain, May l0.-(P)-The Basque capital of Bilbao, its men fighting the insurgent ring in one row of trenches while its women helped dig another row back of the lines, today consigned its fate to a new de- fense council. Stripping its military high com- mand of full power, the autonomous Basque government putaPresident Jose Aguirre in charge of the council and named five high army officers as his aides. The insurgent air force struck at villages near Bilbao, apparently in an effort to cut off the city's water supply. Meanwhile Basque' battalions blocked the insurgents oa the Segona and Galdacano roads north and east of the city, and an Asturian brigade, fighting for the government, was re- ported to have regained lost ground on the sharp slopes of strategically important Mount Sollube. (One in- surgent communique said they took the town of Mugica in this region.) ical school, perimental Toxin." who will speak on "Ex- Studies. on Diphtheria MONTS, France, May 10.-(AP)- The Duke of Windsor's fiancee as- sumed her maiden name of Wallis Warfield, her spokesman, Herman L. Rogers of New York, announced to- night, following legal action in Lon- don. Her name-under which she will marry the former British monarch- is now "Mrs. Wallis Warfield," he said. He emphasized it was "Mrs.," not "'Miss."~ The "Mrs." was retained at her own request, her spokesman added, but he said he could not say why. Application for the change, drop- ping the name of Simpson, was made to a London court five days ago. The former Baltimore woman's solicitors advised her by telephone today the change had been legalized, Rogers said. The marriage date, he added, will not be announced before May 17. Edmunds Will Talk. On Toxin For Diphtheria Winner Of Henry Russel Award To Be Announced During Program The annual Henry Russel lecture will be given at 4:15 p.m. Thursday in the Natural Science Auditorium by Dr. Charles W. Edmunds, chair-I man of the department of materia medica and therapeutics of the med-I under orders of Il Duce. The only London date-line seen in Rome was carried by the semi-official Vatican City organ, Osservatore Ro- mano-the story was about prepara- tions for the coronatieri of King George VI Wednesday. Nor did members of the English colony receive their usual copies of the Times or other London newspa- pers, with the exception of three London papers exempt under Mus- solini's ban. The Italian Press carried some comment by German and Portuguese newspapers approving Mussolini's ac- tiom, giving rise in some quarters to the thought that Adolf Hitler was contemplating a similar move in the Reich. Independents Plan Membership Drive A general membership drive to en- list students in the recently formed men's independent organization will be held at 7:15 p.m. today in the Union, William G. Barndt, '37, its' president announced yesterday. "We'd like to see some new faces tonight so that we can make definite plans for next year," he said. "The only requirement for membership is that the student be an independent on campus," Barndt explained. John C. Thom, '38, recently chos- en president of the Union has al- ready pledged his support to the In- dependents. "Our main program for next year will be the organization of indepen- dent men into a strong group, and we shall cooperate with the Dorm Com- mittee in the attempt to unite them," Thom said Sunday. Cupid Is Blind 0 Survey Of St By HELEN DOUGLAS When it comes to dates the Michi- gan student looks at life as a gamble, according to a recent survey on blind dates conducted by The Daily. All of the 125 women and 68 out of 70 men questioned admitted that they have taken a chance on their part- ners for the evening. Perhaps because they are more game or for other reasons, the wom- en on campus have had a greater number of blind dates per person than the men, The average num- ber for the women is 10 a year while the men are content with three, al- though one member of a prominent Pilots Complete Trans-Atlantic Hop To London CROYDON AIRDROME, England, May 10.-(AP)-Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie, flying the Atlantic "just to break the monotony" of life, arrived tonight on the first half of their round-trip flight from New York to London. Their silver, twin-engined Electra, its radio apparatus damaged, first landed at North Weald airdrome, 15 miles north of London. Ten minutes later they were in the air again, and at 6:35 p.m. (12:35 p.m. EST) they came in at Croydon, 20 hours and 59 minutes after leaving New York. The immediate reward of their accomplishment was a series of kisses by two enthusiastic American girls who rushed through the big crowd, at the airdrome. Both insisted they were in fine con- dition, and expected to be back in New York Thursday, to deliver pic- tures of King George's coronation. Both were as casual and business- like as their mission. Carrying pho-' tographs of the Hindenburg disaster, they explained they would have been in sooner but for "very bad weather after leaving the Newfoundland coast." Award To Junior Teacher The recipient of the Henry Russel Award for 1936-37 will also be an- nounced at the lecture. This award is given annually to a member of the faculty who is of no higher rank than an assistant professor. Last year's winner of the Russel Award was Prof. Lawrence Preuss of the political sci- ence department. The awards are made possible by a grant from Henry Russell, '73, of De- troit, who left $10,000 to the Univer- sity when he died in 1920. The only' stipulation of the grant was that the money be used to raise the salaries of faculty members. Half To Senior Professor It was decided by the Regents that half of the award be given in the form of a lectureship to a senior, member of the faculty for outstand- ing achievement for that year. The Regents also decided to give the other half to a younger faculty member in the form of an award, for the most promising work of the year. The winners of the awards are chosen by the University Council of Research Clubs. Council Will Study Pension Revision WASHINGTON, May 10.-(P)-A Republican movement to revamp the Social Security Act culminated to- day in the appointment jointly by the Social Security Board and the Senate finance committee of an ad- visory council to study the idea of revising the old age pension system. A statement issued by Chairman Harrison, (Dem., Miss.) of the Senrate committee and Arthur J. Altmeyer, chairman of the board, said the council would begin within the next month a study of fundamental changes in the law, including pro- posals to extend its scope to workers not now covered. Representatives of workers, em- ployers, and the public were named to the council-. Closing Parley Meeting Hears Bitter Attacks On Radicalism 3-Day Session Featured By Vigorous Discussion Of Current Movements Haber Tells Labor, Teachers To Unite A heated attack upon radicals, crit- icising them for "regimented bigotry ... violent hatreds . . . logical incon- sistencies ...and obsessions of a mess- ianic mission . . ." followed by a de- fense on the ground that these atti- tudes characterize only certain radi- cals, but not radicalism brought to a close the 1937 Spring Parley Sunday, The attack and defense came at the end of three days of panel dis- cussion at which the question of lib- eralism constantly recurred and lib- erals were criticised for their inability to take action. Prof. Wesley H. Maur- er of the journalism department de- livered the blasts against radicalism "as a defense" before-the attacks of the radicals against liberalism, he said. He was answered by Mentor L. Williams of the English department, who summed up the radical position. 'Logical Inconsistencies' Speaking of the "logical inconsis- tencies" in the radical stand, Pro- fessor Maurer made the point that radicals laugh at the idea that war is inevitable yet affirm their eternal belief in the inevitability of revolu- tion. To this Mr. Williams replied that "the avoidability or inevitability of revolution is not the question at is- sue." He went on to say that "at this time, and at this time only, rev- olution is imminent," Preceeding Professor Maurer, Prof. Preston Slosson of the history de- partment tied up the liberal point of view, indicating that the confusion about liberalism lies in that two wide- ly different things are so named. One, he said, is the content of a certain economic and social theory, the oth- er is an attitude of mind, a method of approaching a problem. "University professors should join forces with organized labor" was the opinion expressed by Prof. William Haber of the economics department, in response to a question from the floor earlier in the session. Join Original Labor He qualified this however by say- ing that the step should be taken only if affiliation with labor could be ac- complished without sacrificing the impartial mind and free inquiry. He stressed that it would "give the university professor a very broad and real contact with a vital force." A large part of the discussion was devoted to socialism and the profit motive. After Prof. John F. Shepard of the psychology department denied that there was anything instinctive (Continued on Page 2) Commissioners Finish Inquiry In Police Case Police commissioners yesterday ended their investigation into the charges of alleged brutality by Pa- trolman Herman Suma in the arrest of Fred Chase, 53-year-old University custodian. A report will be submit- ted to Mayor Walter C. Sadler today. Meeting at the city hall, commis- sioners held a closed investigation from 8 to 11 p.m. with Chase, his wife, Mrs. Roy Gearhart, and Assistant The young lady who communlcate with The Daily last.Friday in regard to the arrest of Fred Chase is urgent- ly requested to call again and indicate where she can be reached. i WASHINGTON, May 10.-(A')- Senator Nye (Rep., N.D.) and Rep- TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT resentative Bernard (F.L., Minn.) WASHINGTON, May 10.-(I)- charged today that spies are oper- Michigan Democrats agreed in a ating in this country in the interest caucus today to support the Presi- of Spain's insurgent forces. dent's proposal for a $1,500,000 relief Bosaid Jan rg ncorer appropriation. Both said Juan Francisco de Car- denas, former Spanish ambassador to the United States, is involved. They in Dates Here, also named other former officials of1 _the Spanish embassy. T T 1VTA toTte concil. UAWA Used Coercion To Enlist Members, Auto Workers Charge udents Indicates answered in emphatic terms to the contrary. One poor resident of a larger dormitory replied, "He could have been, but he didn't see it that way." Another woman student said, "Yes, but he doesp't know it." But still another replied, "I'll say! We're being married in September." Asked approximately how often they accepted blind dates, the men answered with such remarks as, "Whenever I don't have anything bet- ter to do," and "rarely" or "seldom." One frank but unfortunate feminine undergraduate admitted that she had a blind date every time there was a, a dance at her house. Needless to say, she has never met her heart's Nye submitted to the Senate trans- lations of letters he said were written by members of a New York shipping firm to addresses in Spain, Mexico, France and Cuba. Many discussed shipments of arms and supplies to the Spanish Loyalists. The Senator told reporters he would ask the Senate to investigate "all subversive influences.,, Bernard urged the state depart- ment to revoke what he termed the "illegally honored passports" of Car- denas. The Supreme Court issue, mean- while, became a leading topic of radio discussion after a week-end lull. Wyvern Taps Ten Sonh mor' Omnen By JACK DAVIS Coercion and intimidation have been and remain common weapons in the UAWA's drive for members, work- ers in the Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants told a Daily reporter Saturday. Men who have joined the union as well as unaffiliated workers said that a campaign of petty annoyances had made them so uncomfortble that it was a question of joining the union or leaving the job. Independents Ignoredm }Complete ostracism, the men re- port, has been the most powerful club in bringing independents around. A worker in the manifold department at Chevrolet's number four plant said that, although working on the same assembly line, he was completely ig- could get them back.. In extreme cases, he said, work had been de- liberately spoiled. Since there is constant pressure to raise production, such acts, trivial in themselves, can be very effective, workers implied. The group pressure exerted is enormous, non-union men are forced together in one corner of the plant, without contact with the other men and are constantly on the defensive. Not belonging to the union is a constant irritation, and many join just to relieve that. As one of the Chevrolet workers phrased it, "a union membership is damn ,heap insurance." Mild forms of terrorism are com- mon in whipping the members into line, other men declared. Clothes are Dean Walter Rea testifying inx son. Statements f r o m Will Grier, '39, Lorenzo Plumpton, G. Burd, and Dr. Neil Gates were 1 sented. Chase's charges of. brutal tr ment were the first of three alle tions to be made in as many c against police. Substantiated by N nesses, he stated that Patrolman I man Suma unjustifiably manhanc him during the arrest which t place at 12:40 p.m. on May 1, at corner of State and N. Univer streets. per- liam M. pre- .., r : :1,.;.