THE MICHIGAN DAILY MICHIGAN DAILY Imf'- _SOVSTAN Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited 0 it or not otherwise credited 'in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. a Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1937-38 RKPRvikNTS POR NATIONAL ADVRTISING avY NationalAdvertisugService, Inc. CAlege Publishers Reiresentative 420 MADIsON! AVE. NEW YORK. W.~ Y. CHICAGO -OsTOm . LOS ANGLES. SAN RANICISo Board of Editors Insult and ,challenge to the German Father- land.", The last interview with von Ossietzky was re- ported in the New York Times in February, 1937. The man who had led the struggle for human liberty in Germany, for the preservation of demo- cratic principles in a Europe doomed to dictator- ship, was fighting then to escape from passing into a land from whose borders not even a "hol- low voice" could be heard. In the Germany of today it is treason to ap- plaud a man who loved his country too much to stand by while it was passing into barbaric hands. In this part of the world which is still civilized, however there are men who will take off their hats in memory of one who fought for peace and truth. Until the day when a great people who once loved liberty and fought for it come to their senses, we here must hold in trust for them the memory of Carl von Ossietzky. Elliott Maraniss. Time Moves Back . And Forth In Jersey. . T HE EXTENT to which New Jersey legislators are obsessed with a mania, to protect business and industry and make their state a haven in which corporations will be able to guarantee stockholders a yearly flow of divi- dends was indicated in a news item printed Mon- day by the New York Times. It tells of a bill which already has passed the Assembly and which proposes to force observ- ance of legal holidays on the closest Monday. Thus, if Memorial Day were to fall on Wednes- day, paradeg would be held and school dismissed on the Monday before, and Wednesday would be an ordinary weekday. The bill, it is reported, is being sponsored by shore hotel owners, who could capitalize the extra day of an extended vacation, but will face strong opposition in the Senate from fraternal and patriotic groups. Luckily for New Jerseyites, whether the bill passes or no, they will be able to shoot off their firecrackers on July Fourth this year. It falls on a Monday. Joseph N. Freedman. -- Managing Editor' Editorial Director . City Editor. ..... Book Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor. , Associate Editor .. Women's Editor .. Sports Editor . . . . #Robert D. Mitchell Albert P. Mayio .Horace W. Gilmore . . . . Joseph Gies . Robert I. Fitzhenry . . Saul R. Kleiman . . . Robert Perlman . . Dorothea Staebler . Bud Benjamin Jfe emnsto Me Heywood Broun It is a pity that so many of us use labels loosely and enervate the force of words. I'm thinking particularly of "Fascist." It doesn't fit very readily into the American language, and it has been tossed about so much that the cover is scuffed and the seams all ripped. The sphere is out of shape and somebody may demand that it be thrown out of play. That ,.would be a pity because we w ~' need the word or its precise equivalent. We need it des- perately and we need it now. In my opinion the most formidable Fascist movement which has arisen in America is being nurtured in Madison, Wis., by Phil La Follette. Nor is this just phrase mongering. In form and substance it follows the blueprints which have been established by his- tory. Nor is it reasonable to suppose that the resemblances between the National Socialists and the National Progressives are merely coincidences and a matter of minor unconscious imitation. Many sincere progressives and liberals leap up and down in a rage when the charge is made that the Governor of Wisconsin has definitely bor- rowed much from the technique of Hitler. They point out that Phil has an excellent record as a man who has always been the foe of reac- tion in America. AFrGSe From Both Marx, Mammon But they forget that Fascism begins 'in soil well to the left of center. It goes directly to the middle-class group and tells them that they are threatened both by the greed of the conserva- tives and the fury of the radicals. And the leader promises to deliver them from both Marx and Mammon. He will play the part of St. George and slay the dragons of both labor and capital. It is his object to drive a wedge between the farmer and the industrial worker ,and so he uses two platters as cymbals and promises to serve up, as separate courses the head of Wall Street and also that of John L. Lewis. A great deal of successful propaganda has al- ready been planted to convince the argriculturists that the CIO is allied with the international1 bankers to keep them in subjection. It is char- acteristic of the Fascist approach to present only the shadowy sort of program, and to substitute a kind of mystical excitation built around some slogan or banner. The movement may even be infused with a distinctly religious tinge, and it will always be animated by an intensification of nationalism. The statement will be made that the Creator has set aside certain vast domains in which his chosen people are to find proper scope for their divinely designated destiny. Phil La Follette has done all this in his first speech. He modestly bounded the scope of American aspirations to include all lands lying between the top of Alaska and the tip of Cape Horn. After a four-hour interView with Gov- ernor La Follette, Max Lerner, of the Nation, wrote in that magazine: Business Department Business Manager Philip W. Buchen Credit Manager . . Leonard P. Siegelman Advertising Manager . . William L. Newnan Women's Business Manager . . Helen Jean Dean Women's Service Manager . . Marian A. Baxter NIGHT EDITOR: MORTON L. LINDER The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. It is important for society to avoid the neglect of adults, but positively dangerous for it to thwart the ambition of youth to reform the world. Only the schools which act on this belief are educational institu- tions in the best meaning of the term. -Alexander G. Ruthven.1 In Memoriam, Carl von Ossietzky... CARL VON OSSIETZKY died this month in a hospital near Berlin, bad- ly broken in body and spirit, unquestionably as a result of hardships and cruelties inflicted by zeal- ous Nazi imprisoners. Yet the tragic story of von Ossietzky is a terrifying one not only be- cause of the treatment he received since the Na- tional Socialists came into power, but chiefly be- cause he stood for ideals which were once ac- knowledged in civilized Europe-peace, freedom, justice-and died only because he preached them. A Prussian nobleman by birth, von Ossietzky, who had served in the World War and seen its horrors,became an outspoken opponent of war- fare as a means of settling international disputes. An ardent pacifist, he was the "martyr of the true German Kultur" to millions of intelligent persons in his own country and abroad. The war confirmed his pacifist beliefs, and, like so many others in the rest of Europe, he hoped that the new Weimar Republic, with its brilliant intel- lectual life, would mean a break from the old militarism. Together with Helmuth von Ger- lach and Kurt Tuchalsky, he fought a desperate struggle in the Berlin weekly Weltbuehne to make the young republic's life a peaceful and pros- perous one. In those post-\ar years his greatest task was consistently to point out the unreality and weakness of the republic's resistance to the spirit of militarism which was fighting all the time to regain its .power. His criticism was en- hanced by a deep understanding of human na- ture, and he became Germany's greatest inde- pendent journalist. In 1931 von Ossietzky was found guilty by the federal supreme court of Leipzig of the betrayal of military secrets and sentenced to a year and a half in prison. The trial, which was secret, was in connection with the publication in the Weltbuehne of an article attacking the German government's expenditures on aircrafts in vio- lation of the Treaty of Versailles. Shortly before the Nazis came in, von Ossietzky was given an opportunity to escape to the Czech frontier, but he refused, saying, "a man speaks with a hollow voice from across the border." He was among the first "enemies of the state" arrested in March, 1933, and was immediately interned in a con- centration camp. Von Ossietzky's whereabouts were completely enshrouded by mystery. Only the extreme pres- sure exerted by prominent international jour- nalists, including Romain Rolland, Nicholas Mur- ray Butler and Wickham Steed, forced the Hitler government to allow a group of journalists to visit him at a camp in Papenburg. They found him sick and beaten; he declined to talk or make any complaint. At this point the tragedy takes on an ironic note. In a pamphlet called "What Was His Crime?" fifteen distinguished English men and THE FORUM Radicals Sabotaging Spain To the Editor: On Monday four Spaniards spoke in Natural Science Auditorium, telling of their country's plight and begging for American aid. One of them, Ramon Sender, is probably one of the world's outstanding novelists. The other three were people of almost equal prominence. Yet 125 people were there.I When the great Professor Rhine of Duke Uni- versity spoke at the same spot a short time ago there was no room for the hundreds of goggling students. It is hardly to be expected that, the same people would return to hear a vastly more important message. But aside from the yokels, where were the hun- dreds of student liberals and radicals? Did they stay away on purpose? Are the radicals in Ann Arbor sabotaging the Spanish cause? (For obvious reasons I am using a pseudonym.) -Fred Brandeis. Freedom Of The Press To the Editor: Freedom of the Press: Does it exist? . . . After long debates the ultimate conclusions are that, first, this phrase is only the statement of an ideaV which has never been reached, and second, that apparently we approach this ideal in America more nearly than any other contemporary World power. At least this is what I have found to be the consensus at Michigan. Assuming that these conclusions are valid, then we ask how much bias is there actually in the news . . , and it seems that here we have an entirely different debate. From time to time I have been confronted with people on the campus who feel that, yes, there might be considerable selection of the news, Uut certainly no press association would knowingly print anything but fact. Now this contention is a very difficult one to prove or disprove. Only at a mpch later date than the original publication of a falsehood can you produce good evidence against such a proposition as in the case of the alleged World War atrocities. Then our oppon- ents say that this is war; it was a time of con- fusion, and undoubtedly the editors thought that they were printing facts. What kind of evidence would our opponents accept? Well, first it must be recent evidence, something that bears on our present problems. Next, we must fully establish our sources of in- formation. And perhaps last, the miscarriage of news must be factual. So I ask you to turn to last Sunday's Daily, front page, extreme left-hand column where there is printed an Associated Press dispatch. Quoting in part, "The Press, workers' groups, and others spoke in patriotic phrases endorsing the President's action, but the country's most pressing problem . . . one on which many observers believe the fate of the Cardenas administration rests ... remain unsolved." If this item had been an editorial and labeled as such, it would have been quite acceptable I believe. But isn't this statement concerning "the country's most pressing problem" entirely opinion? Reading this paragraph hurriedly one would think that certain specific experts had come to an agreement on the matter. Or do I make too much of this one item? Certainly this topic is very recent and significant; no secondary source of information is necessary other than your own judgment; and, finally, the item is not factual but is an opinion not properly accredited to anyone in particular. It seems to meet our previously mentioned requirements. But let us consider another approach. Mex- ITHEATRE~ By NORMAN KIELL Wanted: A Playwright This is the seventh year that the Group Theatre is functioning. It Theatre is functioning. To date, it has produced the works of Maxwell A Aiderson, John Howard Lawson, Clif-t ford Odets, Richard Ardrey and oth- u ers. In the future it hopes to count p not only on the dramas of these B men,.but also on an infusion of newi blood. Toward that end, the Group Theatre is sponsoring a play contest for young writers. The terms are as follows: The con- test ends Jan. 1, 1939 and is open to anyone not more than 25 years old. A The cash award is $500, but the Group F does not promise production. The judges will be Howard Clurman, di- 4 rector of the Group; Clifford Odets, o: its leading playwright; and Molly b Day Thatcher, its playreader.t There is no restriction as to sub- F ject matter or theme nor as to the fi style or manner of treatment. Since p form is largely affected by content, n equal consideration will be given to s tragedy, comedy, farce, verse, natural- ism and experimentalism. The flays will be judged on the basis of the t talent for theatre which they dis- ir play, their amenability to dramatic a: presentation their broad interest and N their general vitality. Announce- T ment of the prize-winning play will be made on Feb. 15, 1939. All entries should be addressed to the Play Con- test, 234 West 44th St., New York City. t * * * el Bureau Of New Plays li s Theresa Helburn, director of The a Bureau of New Plays, announces that next autumn the work of the past two years in aiding young play- gi wrights will be directed to giving c selected students of playwriting con- t tact with the actual theatre.- M Experiments in that direction were b made last spring and summer with a b few of the winners of awards and t honorabje mention who watched re- t hearsals, or, introduced by the Bu- in reau, were employed as stage man- re agers or extras. a As had been apparent from the 4 first to Professors Kenneth Rowe, d Walter Prichard Eaton and Frederick H. Koch of the Advisory Committee. and to Miss Helburn, work of this o kind is of the utmost importance to r young playwrights. For this reason. S the Bureau will direct its efforts to o building up a course of study in con- n junction with attendance at rehears- 2 als from start to finish of Broadway fu plays, and will include student con- r ferences with leaders in various de- partments of the theatre. * * * And More Contests C The Southwestern Indiana Civic A Association is offering a prize of $1,- w 000 for the best three (or more) act w play. written about the youth of C Abraham Lincoln in Indiana between f the years 1816-1830. The contest will a close on Jan. 1, 1939. The rules of 2 the contest may be obtained from d Ernest W. Owen, secretary, 242 East p 12th St., Indianapolis. M The one act peace playwriting con- test sponsored by the Religious Drama council of the Greater New York e Federation of Churches will close q July 1. Prizes will be awarded as fol- B lows: $200 cash, given by the Reli- t gious Drama council; $100 cash, given D by Samuel French; $50 cash awarded i also by the council and a bronze p medal from Mr. French. Address of t the contest manager, 71 West 23rd Street, New York. And From IrelandI From Dublin. Ireland, just to get a away from play contests for awhile, f comes word of the great annual dra- E ma festival of the Abbey Theatre. The t Festival lasts from Aug. 7th to the 20th and will consist of morning lec-, tures and debates followed each night a by a play, or plays, illustrating thea morning's - lecture.a About 19 plays will be performed, including the work of W. B. Yeats,e Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Lennoxv Robinson, Padriac Colum, Seah 0'1 casey, George Shiels and Dennisc Johnston. , Student Senate Backs Liberals, Encourages Daily Staff; To Take Broad Views (Continued from Page 1) ers and its Building Trade Union em- ployes over employment of non-union labor, the Senate passed a resolution asking representatives of both sides to air their differences before the next session of the group. The text of the resolution con- cerning the Daily reads in full: "Re- solved: That the following resolution be sent to the newly-appointed edi- tors of the Daily. As duly elected rep- resentatives of the student body, the Student Senate desires to encourage 4.Q nmi-nnninte d itors tn con- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Puilication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the Universtty. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3*30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1938 si VOL. XLVHL No. 164 vi at To All Members of-the Faculty and .dministrative Staff:if it seems cer-9 ain that any telephones will not be Ju sed during the summer months, vi lease notify the Business Office, Mr. ergman. A saving can be effected instruments are disconnected for a eriod of a minimum of three months. Herbert G. Watkins,M Assistant Secretary. w All Students, College of L,S.&A., d rchitecture, Schools of Education, G orestry and Music: File change of address card in Room p U.H. before June 1st. Blue prints f records and other information will e sent immediately after examina- ons to you at the address given in ebruary unless change of address is at led. Failure to receive your blue B rint because of faulty address will K ecessitate a charge of $1.00 for the M econd copy. fo Camp Davis. All students planning C in o take field courses in surveying or i i geology during the coming summer re asked to meet in Room 2054, atural Science Bldg., at 7 p.m. on hursday, May 19. A H. Bouchardsp G. M. Ehlers. W ________at All students who are competing in N e Hopwood contests and who haveN hanged their address since the pub- P cation of the Student Directory ould leave a record of their new 7: dress in the Hopwood Room. 7B Aeronautical and Mechanical En- w ineers: One of the large air transport C ompanies wishes to .select five men D train as pilots. Those selected °x ust be able to qualify physically and ear a relatively moderate financial urden for the first nine months. De- m ails of the opportunity may be ob- at ained at the Office of the Depart- ent of Aeronautical Engineering. A "Mu epresentative of the Company will be tu vailable for interviews, in Room B- 7 East Engineering Building, o Fri- ay and Saturday, May 20 and 21. g , n er Choral Union Members: Members e f the Choral Union are requested to m eturn their music scored to the gi chool of Music between the hours f 9:00 and 12:00 and 1:00 and 4:00, ot later than noon, Friday, May me 0, to receive other music book re- nds. After 12 o'clock Friday, no p efunds will be made. . Rochdale Cooperative House: Appli- o. ations for admission to the Rochdale ooperative House for the coming no ear, 1938-39, are now being accepted. " L new prerequisite to consideration, c hich requires each applicant to 'rite a 100-200 word essay on the ooperative Movement, is now in ef- w et. Application blanks are avail- er ble in Dean Olmstead's Office, Room e , University Hall, and at the Roch- p ale House, 640 Oxford Road. All ap- lications must be in, by Wednesday, lay 25. F w_ To All Faculty Members and Wom- s n Students who have received the i uestionnaire sent out by the Daily usiness Staff are urgently requested o return them immediately to the V aily. Your cooperation. in return- s ng these promptly will be greatly ap- h reciated inasmuch as it is essential C othe success of the survey. Academic Notices -h Abnormal Psychology 42 Clinic at 6 Ypshanti'Hospital will be held Friday fternoon, May 20. Busses will leave rom the Mall near Natural Science I Building at one o'clock., Come early a o obtain ticket.' Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- amination: All students expecting to do directed teaching next semester are required to pass a qualifying ex-e amination in the subject which theyI expect to teach. This examinatione will be held on Saturday, May 21, atr 1 p.m. Students will meet in the au-I ditorium of the University High School. The examination will con-f sume about four hours' time; prompt-t ness is therefore essential.1 Candidates for Teachers Ceritifi-I cale: All candidates for the Teach- er's ertificate (except graduate stu- dents who are candidates for ad-z vanced degrees) are required to passr a Comprehensive Examination in Education after they have completed, or practically completed, the required Education courses. The examination this spring will be held on Saturday, May 21, from 2 to 5 o'clock in the Auditorium of the University High School. Bluebooks will be necessary. Printed information regarding the examination can be secured in the School of Education office. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture. Drawings, photographs and maps of Soviet architecture and city construc- tion, also illustrations showing the historical development of Soviet ar- .hitecture from 1918 to the uresent. gned and executed by Arthur Ne- ll Kirk, is, shown in the pier cases t either side of the Library entrance, cond floor corridor. Open daily, :00 to 5:00, except Sunday, until une 1. The public is cordially in- ted. College of Architecture; Lecture and ichibit, of Modern Glass Products: fr. H. M. Alexander of the Libbey- wens-Ford Glass Company, Toledo. ill lecture on modern glass pro- ucts, accompanied by an exhibit of is material. Friday, May 20, 4:15; round Floor lecture room. The ublic is cordially invited. Events Today Research Club will meet tonight t 8 p.m., in Room 2528 EastMedical uilding. Program: Professor L. B. ellum will speak on "Studies -in exico on the Paleogeographic and ectonic Influence of Stable Plat- irms in Submarine Areas.", Professor . C. Fries will speak on "The Chang- g Grammar of Modern'English." The Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Pharmaceutical Conference: The nnual Pharmaceutical Conference )onsored by the College of Pharmacy ill be held at the Michigan Union t 2:30 p.m. today. Dr. R. L. Swain, President of the ational Association of Boards of harmacy, Dr. Arthur Curtis and rof. C. C. Glover will be the principal )eakers. At the evening meeting at 45 p.m. in Room 165 Chemistry uilding, Dr. Allan J. McLaughlin ill speak on "The Outlook for the ommunicable Disease." A cordial invitation to attend is tended to all interested. Seminar in Physical Chemistry will eet in Room 122, Chemistry Building 4:15 p.m. today. Mr. Charles urray will speak on "Crystal Struc- ire of Some Silicates." Graduate Luncheon, today, Michi- in League, Russian Tea Room, 12 oon. Cafeteria service. Prof. Rob- t B. Hall of the Geography Depart- ent will speak informally on "Re- ons of Conflict in the Far East." Omega Upsilon. A very important eeting Wednesday night at 7:30, orris Hall. All members please be resent. Forestry Club meeting, today, 7:30 in., Room 2054 N.S. Bldg. Professor ynoch will 'speak on "Wood Tech- ology As I See It." This is the st business meeting of the present hool year. University Girls' Glee Club: There ill be a meeting tonight in the Tow- r Notice ofI the room will be post- d. All members expecting to partici- ate in the concert must be present. The Interfraternity Sing: The ourth Annual Interfraternity Sing ill be held tonight at 7 p.m. on the teps of the Main Library. The public s cordially invited to attend. The Garden Section of the Faculty Vomen's Club will have a pot luck upper at 6 o'clock tonight, at the ome of Professor and Mrs. Floyd N. alhoon, 2536 West Liberty Road. Inter-Guild Worship Service will be eld at ithe League Chapel Wednes- lay morning at 7:30. Theatre Arts Committee of the League: There will be a meeting for ll who petitioned at 4:30 p.m. today n the Undergraduate office. Coming Events Institute of the Aeronautical Se- ences: There will be a meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sci- ences, Thursday, May 19th, at 7:30 pm. in Room 1042 East Engineering Building. Final plans and details of the Buf- falo trip and ,the Annual Banquet will be discussed. Everyone plan- flingf to take the Buffalo trip or to attend the Annual Banquet should be present at this meeting. A.S.M.E. Members. There will be a meeting of the Student Branch of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Thursday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m., at the Michigan Union. The purpose of this meeting is for the ,election of officers for the coming 'year, and it is urged that all mem- bers attend. Delta Sigma Rho: This society is giving its annual formal banquet May 20 at 6 p.m. in the Michigan Union. Those who have not been contacted who would like to come, please. call Grace Gray, Sec. 6923. The Graduate Outing Club will hold its annual week end party at Patter- son Lake Fresh Air Camp on May 21-22. There will be swimming, boat- ing, hiking, baseball, dancing and "Phil proposes to equip symbol through which the since he cannot write laws speeches . . . will get a sense mystical sense of unity." democracy with a common man-- or articles or make of participation, the "All this may sound dangerous to many," adds Mr. Lerner. "It sounds very dangerous to me., And Phil knows that he will be called a Fascist. But he is willing to venture it." * * * * ,Ied Many iter Poles As a matter of fact, Phil can hardly have any choice in the matter, since it is on record that he visited Germany in 1933 and wrote a series. of articles for the Hearst press in which he ex- pressed admiration for many of Hitler's policies. He was also much impressed by the achievements of Mustapha Kemal. In 1933 he made a public statement against the Jewish boycott of German goods. ' "The Jew," he feels," writes Max Lerner, "have - because of their economic success in a declin- ing cabitalism ... become easy marks for vindic- tiveness." Senator Norris was not invited to sit in on the conference where the party was born, nor did he attend the first meeting at which the flag with, the cross within the circle was unfurled. Phil purposes to lead. The business of his fol- lowers is to follow. Norman Thomas has indicate4 at least a cor- dial interest. Oswald Garrison Villard welcomes the leadership of Philip. Both gentlemen have the privilege of changing their minds. They owe it to themselves to look at the record and compare it point by point .with the opening phases of Hitler's rise to power. profits did too. The only profit that remained in Mexico was in the form of wages and what ex- port taxes existed.hAnd now, though Mexico may be able to market only a fraction of the amount previously exported, she will be able to actually, retain for her peoples 100 per cent of the profits. Logic, you say. Indeed, yes! But I hope that it is much better than putting down an opinion and dressing it up as a news item with the weight of "MEXICO, May 14.-(W)." -James M. Vicary, Thank You To the Editor: Thi s is tocongratilate You on your fine