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CHICAGO - BOSTON - SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES. - PORTLAND - SEATrLE Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR ....Ed.....JOSEPH S. MATTES 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, ay mond Goodman, Carl Gerstacker. WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT: Jewel Wuerfe chairman; Elizabeth M. Anderson, Elizabeth Bingham, Helen Douglas, Barbara J. Lovell, Katherine Moore, Betty Strickroot. Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER ..... ..........ERNEST A. JONES BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: Ed Macal, Phil Buchen, Tracy B~.ckwaltr,. Marshall Sampson, Robert Lodge, Bill Newnan, Leonard Selgelman, Richard Knowe, Charles Coleman, W. Layne, Russ Cole, Henry Homes, Women's Business Assistants: Margaret Ferries Jane Steiner, Nancy Cassidy, Stephanie Parfet, Marin Baxter, L. Adasko, G. Lehman, Betsy Crowford, Betty Davy, Helen Purdy, Martha Hankey, Betsy Baxter, Jean Rheinfrank, DoieDay, Florence Levy, Florence Mihlinski, Evayn Tripp.- Departmental Managers J. Cameron Hall, Accounts Manager; Richard Croushore, National Advertising and Circulation Manager; DonJ. Wller Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Loal dvertisng Manager; Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert Falender, Publications and Class- ified Advertising Manager. NIGHT EDITOR: EARL R. GILMAN Freedom For The Theatre . . C URRENT CONTROVERSY in New York City over the strip tease has again brought the section of the Catholic Church led by Cardinal Hayes into the forefront of anti- liberal expression. About two weeks ago the Commissioner of Licenses in New York, under somewhat ques- tionable legal authority, refused to renew the licenses of 14 burlesque houses, thus closing them. The result was that a bill, called the Dunnigan Bill, was slipped through the state legislature in the last hectic days before adjournment. This bill gives the license commissioner the power to close any show which he deems "immoral." Under the existing statute, the license commis- sioner must await a court conviction before clos- ing a theatre on morality charges. The Dunni- gan Bill would allow the commissioner, upon evi- dence which need merely be satisfactory to him- self, to close any stage show, legitimate or bur- lesque, until a court can decide that the play breaks no law. This bill provides for punishment before conviction; it provides for arbitrary rule over American drama by one irresponsible man, a political appointee. It is censorship, pure and simple. Yet this bill is receiving enthusiasticsupport from the Catholic Church in New York. The same Catholic Church that so effectively killed the child labor amendment in that state. The purpose of the bill cannot be objected to. Nor can we condemn the righteous indignation of the churches at the tremendous commercial drganizations that both developed and exploited perverted sex excitement. From year to year the burlesque had grown more and more daring. As Walter Lippmann has pointed out, "What had seemed shocking in 1936 had become common- place by 1937, and the shock had to be increased to bring in the crowd." But burlesque is not the issue. The issue is a free stage, a stage for which 1,500 men and women led by some of the finest actors and playwrights in America staged a mass meeting last Sunday. Besides this free stage as pro- pounded by Helen' Hayes, Maurice Evans, Alfred Lunt, Lynne Fontanne, Eugene O'Neill and Max- Well Anderson, the problems of the burlesque pales to insignificance. The noxious character of a bill that would permit a single political ap- pointee open to local party pressure, and the possibility of corruption to exercise a virtual dic- tatorship over the New York stage should be immediately evident. But it has escaped Card- inal Hayes. Near-sightedness long has been a character- istic of churchmen in the Archdiocese of New York. About three weeks ago we mentioned in this column some of their reactionary activities, including the gentle pastime of "red-baiting." We quoted from the speech of George F. Den- niston, executive director of the Catholic Youth Organization, Archdiocese of New York, who at- tacked the college peace demonstrations on April 22 and warned against the "red-colored serum" r f fl- I~in ni larl nrM1~,, Clarification To the Editor: Because of the omission of the original head- ing of my letter that appeared in the Forum May 19, and because of my faulty use of words in this same letter, I am afraid that the letter ap- peared very vague in its meaning. I am sorry this had to happen, but I wish that I may now make it clear that the criticism of that letter was aimed at Psychology 42 and that the compliment was paid to Economics 51 and 52. Sophomore. Education For Educators To the Editor: If popular sovereignty will not directly have been firmly rooted as a result of the sacrifice of the fellows fighting for Spain, then we here. dedicated to the ideal of indifference and trained in the path of strict impartiality toward both the evil and the good, should take pity on our- selves for having helped the dead to die in vain. But the fellows in Spain are not fighting fo popular sovereignty. Rather, they are fighting for Equity, which is still more precious. Who are we, who are content to glean the dribblets of love and freedom and democracy which over- flow the sumptuous tables of the rich and pow- erful lords of our sad culture-who are we to tacitly consent to see the lords of Spain step harder still upon the stark blind goddess? The intellectual, of course, is blind himself and can- not see less sweetness in the face of Lady Justice, if besides her silver-nickeled eyes, her heart is pierced with silver dollars. I do believe, Mr. Orr, you have badly misin- terpreted and read too much into Mr. Rosten's article. You imply, that, outside of democratic gov- ernment, a dictatorship by the one side or the other would amount to the same thing and be immaterial on the scale of justice. Of course, if also your Lady Justice has silver dollars in her heart and perhaps even silver bullets in her head, then your implication is quite honest. (though, of course, still wrong). Otherwise you should-and I am sure you do-know better. On logical grounds, I must also dissent from your idea that, because Mr. Rosten was telling us what we want to believe, we should consider his very telling us the worst possible reason for believing what he was telling us. Perhaps Mr. Rosten was telling us what we want to believe, but how did he find out? And if he did find out somehow, why, then, should we refuse to be- lieve what we already believe, or want to believe -refuse simply because another person is quot- ing our own beliefs? Personally, I am all in favor of the founding of a super university to which we students could send our educators to get educated. I do believe it is quite impossible in the first place for the student to possess an ethical responsibility. Contemporary education is anything but ethics. Ethics is extra-curricular. Intellectuals have little "will to believe," primarily because they disavow ethics; and hence we poor students are left in the cold with the "wish to find out." And it's a bitter cold, because curiosity seems to be native in the student animal. Personally, again, I am all for the Spaniards and feel every bit as strong on the tragedy as Mr. Rosten. As for the form my sacrifice shall take-that I myself shall determine-but I re- serve the right to Mr. Rosten to endeavor to shape that form. For surely we want each per- son's sacrifice in the best form. Let us not violate aesthetics. To transgress ethics is bad enough. -Louis Deutsch. Just A Reminder (Frm the New York Sun) MANY MEMBERS of Congress and many cit- izens may need to be reminded from time to time that governmental reorganization is one of the most important subjects on the congres- sional calendar. It is four months since the President sent a special message to Congress incorporating the principal recommendations of the Committee on Administrative Management. It is more than three months since the Senate 'and the House created a joint committee of 18 on governmental reorganization. The more dramatic message which the Pres- ident sent to Congress on Feb. 5, calling for reor- ganization of the Federal judiciary, accounts in considerable measure for the obscurement of the issue of reorganization of the maze of Federal bureaus. That is only a partial explanation, however. Perhaps the history of other attempts to reor- ganize the structure of the Federal Government and do away with superfluous agencies gives a better clew to what has happened to the latest attempt. In the past, these efforts have failed because they have run counter to the interests of intrenched bureaucrats and to the interests of many members of Congress, whereas the num- ber of citizens whose interest could be aroused in bureaucracy was generally small. The result has been in the past a victory for inertia, for things as they are, for letting well enough alone. In the present instance, there are a number of men in Congress, among whom it is not invidious to mention in particular Senator Byrd of Virginia, who are genuinely con- cerned over growth of the Federal maze and the cost to the taxpayer. The man who gets things done in Congress sometimes has to adopt the method of harping on a single subject in season and out of season until he wears down the indifference or absorp- tion of his fellow members. Single-minded zeal will need all its get-ahead qualities to make An Enclosed Copy To the Editor: Rev. Fr. Joseph A. Luther, Dean of Men, University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Dear Father Luther: If the enclosed clipping has the truth of your recent statement concerning the anarchy of Uni- versity of Michigan students, let me add my crit- icism of your being so unwise and so shortsighted as to make such a statement. I am a student at the University of Michigan, a graduate student, and I assure you that we congregate in restau- rants merely for the sake of eating and good fel- lowship, with no intentions of plotting to turn the country topsy-turvy. In fact, if we were to be approached by anyone with the proposal that we overturn the government (.and thank you, Father Luther, for thinking that we could) we would think that person a good deal silly-almost as silly as your fulmination against student din- ers at this University. We have no desire to overthrow the govern- ment-we find the mechanism of the Consti- tution admirably adapted to personal freedom and initiative, and personally I am glad that same Constitution gives me the liberty of free speech in criticizing your unfounded fretfulness as it gave you the liberty of voicing your sus- picions and hidden fears. The principle of free speech has been the means of heaping a good deal of nonsense upon our heads, but we are more than willing to take the silliness with the significant, in order that the principle may be preserved. The students of the University of Detroit are as mature and sensible as the students here at the University of Michigan, and I extend them my sympathies for being annoyed with the petty, pointless regulation which you have seen fit to place upon their gastronomical activities. -John Milton Caldwell. La Danse D La Mort To the Editor: Mr. Flynn's letter of the 15th was a beautiful bit of argumentation. He opened up his brief by stating that he was dead, and then went ahead and proved it. A- man who is alive needs culture and must be willing to fight for that culture, says Mr. Rosten. A man who is dead needs "immortality of the soul," says Mr. Flynn, to keep himself in exist- ence. That is the tenor of the first part of the opening paragraph of Mr. Flynn's letter; and you must, admit it is very logical. But then suddenly for some unknown reason maybe one of Satan's pranks) Mr. Flynn goes into the danse of the Macabre, with a little variation of a Stalin kasatska and a Spanish Loylist tango thrown in. After this number Mr. Flynn be- comes delirious (tune: Valse Triste) and mum- bles something about Moscow being in Madrid and that the officers-high councils-of the Spanish government-they ain't got religion- but I got religion-, fades off with DeFalla and Hegel dripping from his tongue- I say bury the dead-they stink! -Alive. Tax Boundary DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN iFrom the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to alln members of tbs Waiversity. Copy received at the onCL at the AaelAtaat to the Fr*614 " The country did not receive a de- uta 3:30; 11:00 a.m, a Saturday. vision in the several cases involving state and Federal social security leg- islation yesterday, but it did have TURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937 amination given by the German de- from the Supreme Court a significant VOL. XLVII No 166 partment. wuling with respect to the taxing of Notices There will be an examination on thain stores by the states. By a vote Wednesday, May 26, at 2 p.m. in of 4 to 3, the Supreme Judges upheld To Department Heads and Others Room 203 U. H. Louisiana's right to impose a grad- Concerned: All time slips must be in Students who n d to take the uated tax based on the number of cluded in the May payroll. examination are requested to regis- 3tores the chain had over the country. Edna G. Miller, ter their names at least one week The importance of this decision to Payroll Clerk. at the office of the German depart- :oth the states and chain store oper--- ment, 204 U.H., where information ators is clearly shotvn by a brief The Bureau of Appointments and and reading lists may be obtained. :eview of the facts of the case. Under Occupational Information has re -edn ss y__d the three-year-old Louisiana statute, ceived notification of the following :he Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea positions: Exhibition Co. was taxed $550 on each of its Three elementary interneships for 106 stores in the State. The rate per nuj'sery, kindergarten, and elemen- There will be an exhibition of store was determined not by the num- tary through eighth grade. Training paintings by the National Member- ber of stores in Louisiana, but on the under Merrill-Palmer system. Posi- ship of the American Artists' Con- approximately 15,000'° stores main- tions begin next fall; duration one gress sponsored by its Michigan tained by the chain in the entire year. Salary $400 per year plus Branch in Alumni Memorial Hall United States. As one of its competi- maintenance. For further informa- through May 21, afternoons from 2 ors, which operated 87 stores in the tion those interested should call at to 5 p.m. State - almost as many as the A & P the office of the Bureau of Appoint- - - was taxed only $30 per store be-(ments and Occupational Information 'ause of its fewer units all told, the 201 Mason Hall. 4 .nanagement of the national chain -- hallenged the law as a penalty both The Bureau of Appointment and -mproper and outside the reach of the Occupational Information has re- State. ceived notification of the following The question is a hard one, and the vacancies: ,lose division of the court reflects the Qualified Chinese students for difficulty of determining an answer. 1. Education. To experiment in Justice Roberts' majority opinion, the teaching of English in middleE .vhich was supported by Chief Justice schools, to prepare readers that will .Hughes and Justices Brandeis and give a cultural and linguistic train- Cardozo. declared it was "not a denial I ing required for the study of science; >A due process to adjust such license may be a science man not necessarily axes . . . to meet the local evil result- a specialist or trained in educationall ing from business practices and su- philosophy but competent to handle' perior economic power even though science phase of his work. those advantages and that power are 2. General Education. largely due to the fact that the tax- 3. Curriculum making. payer does business not only in Louis- American student for: iana but in other states." Justice 1. Commercial position in a Pres- Sutherland, speaking as well for Jus- byterian mission school in Alexan- tices McReynolds and Butler, found dria, Egypt. Candidates must be the tax levied "not upon Louisiana qualified to teach shorthand, type- property or business," and so uncon- writing, and bookkeeping. Salary $450 stitutional. The dissenters could not per year plus room, board, and trav- agree that it was within the province eling expenses. of the state "to thus indirectly pen- Students desiring to make appli- Uize a method of doing business in cation for these positions or wishing another state, which it may be the further information, please call at policy of the latter to permit, or, in- the office of the Bureau of Appoint- deed, encourage." ments, 201 Mason Hall. KingGoes Visiting (From the lerald Tribune) KINGS so rarely go visiting-officially-that when one does there is always speculation as to why he goes. This is particularly true in the case of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, the greatest "home body" among kings. Today he is in Hungary, with his Queen, his Foreign Min- ister and a large staff. The ostensible reason is to return the visit of state of the Regent of Hun- gary, His Serene Highness Admiral Horthy, who early in the winter went to Rone. The Italian visitors will be lodged in the Maria Theresa wing of the great royal palace overlooking the Danube, in Budapest. There they will be formally enter- tained, and for four days minor officials will talk and plan. It is no disrespect to the King to say that the conversations of his Foreign Minister will be more important than his own. These days the nomi- nal heads of states have little power. Their min- isters-or dictators-are responsible for the busi- ness of state. Signor Mussolini, of course, would count for more than either the King or the For- eign Minister. But in his absence Count Ciano will be the chief spokesman. So, also, the Hun- garian Foreign Minister, Mr. Koloman de Kanyd, will speak with greater authority than will the Regent. To Admiral and Mme. Horthy will re- main the social duties of the visit, while the lesser officials talk buisness. This buisness consists primarily in trying to tie even closer the already close relations be- tween Italy and Hungary. Ever since 1926 Rome has kept on friendly terms with Budapest. Italian spokesmen at the League of Nations and else- where have helped Hungarian officials abroad At first this was largely due to the desire of the Italians to use Hungary as a level against Yugo- slavia and against France. But now Hungary fits in a larger picture-a picture as yet only lightly sketched in, and subject to discard at a moment's whim. Germany is now Italy's greatest friend. This implies friendship for Austria and Hun- gary. Persistently Italy has favored revision of the peace treaties-the cardinal 'principle in Hungary's foreign policy. But Italy also wants to be friendly with Yugoslavia and Rumania- two nations that would lose heavily in the event of treaty revision. The friendship is, therefore, somewhat tenuous-useful, so far, to both par- As the Wagner Act decisions en- larged the meaning of the commerce clause, so does this decision push out the boundaries for the taxing of chain stores by the states. The first state chain store tax to be passed on by the Supreme Court was Indiana's, in 1931. This statute, which provided for fees of from $3 for one store to $25 for each store in excess of 20, was sus- tained, 5 to 4. The late Justice Holmes, then still on the bench, joined with Justice Roberts, who gave the majority opinion, and Chief Jus- tice Hughes and Justices Brandeis and Stone. Two years later, Florida's graduated tax was upheld in a deci- sion notable chiefly for Justice Bran- deis' now prophetic dissent from the court's rejection of a part of the law which imposed heavier taxes when the chain store operated in more than one county. Tie court now, in what is in effect a 5-to-4 decision (the positions of Justices Stone and Van Devanter, the non-participants, can be reasoned from their positions in the earlier cases), has said that the states may tax not only in terms of the number of stores operated within the state but on the basis of the number of stores in the country. The effect of this is to establish a power which will need to be used with great care and great discretion. ST H ESCRE EN We're On The Jury AT THE MAJESTIC Victor Moore and Helen Broderick, stars of "As Thousands Cheer" and a. dozen other Broadway . hits, haveI Student Loans: There will be a meeting of the Loan Committee in Room 2, University on Monday, May 24 at 2 p.m. At this time the com- mittee will consider requests for loans for the Summer Session and the school year 1937-38 as well as re- quests for immediate financial as- sistance. All blanks for this meet- ing must be turned in by Friday, May 21. J. A. Bursley, Chairman First Mortgage L o a n s: The University has a limited amount of funds to loan on modern well-located Ann Arbor property. Interest at current rates. Apply Investment Of- fice, Room 100, South Wing, Univer-! sity Hall. Notice: Attention of all concerned, and particularly of those having of- fices in Haven Hall, or the Western portion of the Natural Science Build- ing, to the fact thai parking of cars in the driveway between these two buildings is at all times inconvenient to other users of the drive and some times results in positive danger to other drivers and to pedestrians on the diagonal and other walks. You are respectfully asked not to park there, and if members of your family call for you, especially at noon when traffic both on wheels and on foot is heavy, it is especially urged that the car wait for you in the parking space adjacent to the north door of Uni- versity Hall. Waiting in the drive- way blocks traffic and involves con- fusion, inconvenience and danger just as much when a person is sitting in a car as when the car is parked empty. University Senate Committee on Parking. Carillon Recital: Wilmot F. Pratt, University Carillonneur, will give a recital on the Charles Baird Caril- lon in the Burton Memorial Tower, Thursday afternoon, May 20, at 4:15 p.m. Graduation Recital: Barbara Jean- ice Byrne, pianist, will give a grad- uation recital in the School of Music Auditorium Thursday, May 0, at 8:15 p.m., to which the general public is invited. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. D. Donald Hudson, Land Classification Section, Land Planning and Housing Division, Tennessee Valley Authority, will lec- ture on "A Geographer's Contribution to the T.V.A." in Natural Science Au- ditorium on Wednesday, May 19, at 4:15 p.m. The lecture will be il- lustrated. The public is cordially in- vited. William S. Sadler, M.D., Chief Psy- chiatrist and Director of the Chicago Institute of Research and Diagnosis, and author of "The Mind at Mis- chief," 1929; "The Physiology of Faith and Fear," 1912; and "Theory and Practice of Psychiatry," 1936, will lecture in Natural Science Au- ditorium under auspices of the Re- ligious Education Committee at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26, upon: "Religion and Mental Health." Chemistry Lecture: Dr. H. I. Schlesinger of the University of Chicago will lecture on "New De- velopments in the Chemistry of the Hydrides of Boron" at 4:15 p.m. on Monday, May 24 in Room 303 of the Chemistry Building. The lecture is under the auspices of the American Chemical Society, and is open to the public. Events Today A.S.M.E. Members: All members who signed up for the Detroit trip, whether riding in the bus or in pri- vate cars, should be at the Engineer- ing Arch at 12:20 p.m. Thursday, May 20. This is important! There is to be only one inspection trip, all members going to the Dodge Body Plant. Tickets for the dinner will be given out at the Hotel Statler after the in- spection trip. The Graduate Students' Council will meet under the auspices of the English Journal Club Thursday eve- ning at 8 p.m. in the League. All de- partments not yet represented are urged to send delegates. Engineering Council: There will be an important Engineering Council meeting tonight at 7:15 p.m., in Room 44, W. Eng. Bldg. All active and newly elected members are urged to be present. Scimitar, Men's Honorary Fencing fraternity, will hold its final dinner meeting today at 6:30 p.m. in the evening at the Michigan Union. Dinner tickets are to be obtained at the Union desk. All members are required to be present. Student Alliance: There will be a meeting of the Student Alliace, Spanish Democracy section, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday in the League. All ticket sellers of the Friends of Span- ish Democracy and all those willing to cooperate are asked to attend. The meeting will discuss projectsin con- nection with the defense of the Span- ish government. Room will be posted. Sigma Delta Chi: There will be an important meeting of all members and pledges at 12:15 p.m. today in the Union. Coming Events English Journal Club meets Friday, May 21, at 4 p.m. in the Union. Elec- tion of officers is the important item of business. The program, open to the public at 4:20 p.m., will be a col- loaium o n the subect. "Recent C n- transplanted some, but not all, of Nonceto Al t esnmen: rresnman their talent successfully to the screen dues will be collected Friday, May 21 in this court-room comedy adapted in Angell and University Halls. All from the stage show, "Ladies of The freshmen are urged to pay their 25 Jury." cents on this date. A murder trial finds the entire jury with the exception of Miss Broderick Choral Union Members: Members voting "guilty" on the first ballot, but E of the Choral Union are reminded to by a combination of wit and wile she return thei May Festival music manages to save the innocent victim, books at once; in any case not later 'qhile Moore plays vice-president than 12 o'clock, Friday, May 21, and Throttlebottom, a real estate agent,I to receive their refunds. After noon got quite as hilariously asdie might on Friday, no refunds will be made- 'lave with better lines and more adroit'. tooges. His questioning of the jury Academic Notices is almost the only spot where he gets an ample opportunity to display the Varsity Glee Club: All eligible comically hesitant uncertainty which members report in the Glee Club -as made him famous. Similarly, rooms tonight at 7:45 p.m. in full Miss Broderick finds fewer opportun- dress for our concert at the League. ities to exercise her individual skill Be sure to wear your ribbons and than might have been wished. make an extra effort to be on time. Section two of the double-header All members are to be present in is scarcely worth missing -any ap- thehGlee Club rooms at 9 p.m. to- pointments for. Herbert Marshall night for the awarding of keys, a struggled with more courage than lunch and a smoker. uccess to make something of Make Way for a Lady, while Anne Shirley Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- -oes her best with a decidedly un-j amination: This examination will cordial part, but doesn't manage to next be given on May 22 at 1 p.m. tend him much assistance. n the Auditorium of the University If you like coronations, there is a High School. npwirvpcl o-f nPthat wssheld rp