The Weather Showers today; tomorrow fair, increasing cloudiness, warmer; possibly showers. 12 3k iguu fIait Editorials Cordell Hull' And Non-Intervention«. VOL. XLVIII. No. 174 ANN ARBOR,, MICMGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1938 PRICE IVE CENTS Trust LawViolation By Auto Concerns Is Charge By Jury General Motors, Chrysler, And Ford Indicted For sherman Act Conspiracy Government Trial Date Is Not Yet Set SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 27.-(P) -A federal grand jury returned in- .dictments here late today charging three large automobile companies with conspiracy to violate the Sher- man Anti-Trust Law. The indictments named General Motors Corporation, .Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation, their affiliated finance companies and 49 individuals. They charged the companies with conspiring to promote monopoly by coercing dealers to finance car sales through the companies' own finance firms, District Attorney James R. Fleming said. The indictments came after a five- day investigation, during which the jury heard witnesses from many mid- western states. Its work finished, the jury adjourned after making its re- port to Judge Thomas W. Slick in Federal Court. Charges against the three motor companies were elontained in three separate indictments. These alleged, the district attorney said, that the companies conspired toward "stifling and interfering with interstate com- merce for promotion of monopoly" and that their actior caused "ir- reparable damage" to small automo- bile finance companies. One indictment was against the General Motors Company, the Gen- eral Motors Sales Corporation, the General, Motors Acceptance Corpora- tion and 19 individuals, including Al- fred P. Sloan, Jr., and William S. Knudsen. Another named the Ford Motor Company,,the Universal Credit Cor- poration and its divisions, and Edsel Ford and 12 other individuals. A third was against the Chrysler Corporation, the Chr'ysler Sales Cor- poration, the Dodge Brothers Com pany, the DeSoto Motor Corporation, the Plymouth Motor Corporation and the Commercial Credit Company and its branches. This also named Wal- ter P. Chrysler and 17 other persons. Wording of the indictments was al- most identical, Fleming said. It was the government's second at- tempt to obtain indictments against the "big three" of the automobile in- dustry. A grand jury at Milwaukee considered similar evidence last win- ter, but was dismissed December 17 before it could make a report. Dismissal of this jury was ordered by Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger on grounds that government attorneys showed "impropriety" in discussing a proposed settlement with counsel for the automobile firms while the jury still was studying evidence. Rebels Attack Via Mountain Ranges HENDAYE, Frace, at the Spanish Frontier, May 27.-( P)-Spanish In- surgent armies attacked today through mountain ranges north of Valencia and northwest of Barcelona. Air raids which extended to Cer- bere, France, last night bore evidence they were campaigning to shatter rearguard and front-line resistance at the same time. Insurgent advices reported the oc- cupation of El Castellar, nearly 16 miles east of Teruel and 65 miles from the coast, in the drive toward the Teruel-Sagunto Highway. Sizemore Ineligible For Board Position Roy Sizemore, '39F&C, was de- clared ineligible yesterday for the position on the Board in Control of Student Publications to which he was elected Tuesday. His place on the Board will be taken by Charles Ja- cobson, '39E, who received the fourth highest total in the voting. George Quick, '38, and Robert Kahn, '39, the other members elect- ed will serve on the Board. In the election which brought forth 1,400 students to the polls, Quick polled1 '713 vouftea Size7more 524. andi Kahn Ne w Chinese Counter Attack Kills 1,000 Japs Lunghai Railroad Clash Becomes Major Battle; Tanks Lead Offensive SHANGHAI, May 28.-(Saturday) -(P)-Flame-spitting tanks led a Chinese counter-offensive that turned the scattered fighting along the Lunghai Railroad today into one of the major battles of the undeclared war. Both sides declared the fighting at Lanfeng, 28 miles east of Kaifeng, was as intensive and bloody as any in more than 10 months of warfare. Chinese reported several villages razed and more than 1,000 Japanese killed in fighting that spread along the railroad almost to Kweiteh, 59 miles east of Lanfeng. Japanese themselves said 20 Chi- nese divisions, including about 100,- 000 well-equipped soldiers, were mak- ing a stand at Lanfeng comparabl in scope to the defense of Suclow,. which fell just a week ago after a fierce month-long battle. An increasingly large number of modern tanks, some equipped with flame throwers, have bolstered the Chinese lines, Japanese reports said, indicating the defense troops' strength is by no means spent. Health authorities in Shanghai disclosed a choleral epidemic had broken out in Pootung, devastated industrial area across the Whangpoo River from the city's International Settlement. Morgan Hints At Court Action Former TVA Head Calls His Removal Illegal WASHINGTON, May 27.--)P)- Court action challenging President Roosevelt's power to oust Dr. Arthur E. Morgan from the chairmanship of TVA was advanced as a definite pos- sibility tonight by Dr. Morgan him- self. "I am certainly considering it," he said. Obviously tired, he prepared to re- turn to his Ohio home after the first two days of the Congressional inves- tigation of TVA, one spent on the stand levelling a series of accusations at his former colleagues of the TVA board and the other listening while they lodged charges against him. But before going, he formally, if inferentially, stated again his view that the President removed him from office illegally. He wrote a letter to Dr. Harcourt A. Morgan, addressing the letter as "vice chairman" of TVA. F.D.R. Fails To Sign New Tax Measure Calls Attention Of Nation To Tax Dodging Which May BeBrought Back Lets Act Become Law Automatically ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN EN ROUTE TO HYDE PARK, May 27.--P)-President Roosevelt let the new tax bill become a law without his signature tonight, adopting this unusual procedure as a means of calling "the definite attention of the American people" to what he con- sidered two vital defects. The measure, he said, may restore "certain forms of tax avoidance," be- cause it retains but a remnant of the old tax on profits which corporations hold in their treasuries instead of disbursing as dividends upon which stockholders must pay income tax. Principle Abandoned And, secondly, he asserted, it "ac- tually abandons" the principle of di- viding the cost of govermnent among those best able to pay. He said that under the capital gains section the tax rate is the same whether the in- crease in personal wealth be $5,000 or $500,000. Congress, he said, should "under- take a broader program of improv- ing the federal tax system" at its next session. But, meanwhile, he declared that the bill before him contained fea- tures which were of such value that he found it impossible to veto the measure. The President picked an unusual forum for his remarks on the comp- licated subject. They were made to- day in an address to the graduating class of the high school at the Fed- eral subsistence homesteads, Arthur- dale, W. Va. President's Difficulty Mr. Roosevelt said: "You will see the difficulty in which your President has been placed. "This tax bill continues features that ought to become law, but it con- tains several undesirable feat.ures, especially the ones I have just been talking about. "If I sign the bill . . . many people will think I approve the abandon- ment of an important principle of American taxation. If I veto the bill, it will prevent many of the desirable features of it from going into effect. "Therefore, for the first time since I have been President, I am going to take the third course which is open to me. Foresters To Hold Annual Field Day The Foresters Field Day, an old tradition in the forestry school, will be held on Memorial Day at Saginaw Forest under the auspices of the For- estry Club. The field day is open to all members of the forestry school. The program will consist of com- petition in surveying, timber cruising, target and range contests with rifle and canoe racing. Frank Becker, '39F&C, is chairman of activities. Transportation will be furnished by a fleet of trucks scheduled to leave at 12:42 p.m. from the Natural Sci- ence Building. Hague's Cops 'Save Life' of Rep.O'Connell JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 27.-(P)- Representative J e r r y O'Connell, (Dem., Mont.), bitter foe of Mayor Frank Hague, made a brief appear- ance at Pershing Field tonight but was whisked away by police beforehe could deliver a prepared speech as- sailing the state Democratic leader. Taken by automobile to a police station two blocks from the stadium, he was closeted for a few minutes with high police officials and then taken to the Journal SquarenStation of the Hudson and Manhattan Rail- road. "We're taking him home," said Public Safety Director Daniel Casey as he left the Central Avenue Sta- tion with O'Connell. "He wanted to go home. He's perfectly satisfied. He says the police treated him fine." At a press conference later in a Newark Hotel, however, O'Connell declared he was "handled very brutally" by the Jersey City police at Pershing Field. He and Mrs. O'Con- nell left on a 10:15 p.m. (EST) train for Washington. Casey, in a statement, denied O'Connell's charge that he was "jumped upon" or "handled very brutally" by Jersey City policemen. "That is not true, said Casey. "In fact, O'Connell thanked me for the service performed by Jersey City po- lice, who probably saved his life by rescuing him from the enraged crowd." Schools Need Home Backing, Elliot Declares Instructs Health Educators Parent Cooperation Must Parallel School's Work It is useless to attempt to teach anything in school and have it all un- taught in the home, said Eugene B. Elliot, Superintendent of Public In- struction of the State of Michigan, in addressing the 300 delegates to the School Health Education Institute which opened its two-day conference yesterday in the Union Ballroom. The Institute, which is sponsored by the division of Hygiene and Public Health and the Extension Service of the University in cooperation with the Michigan School Health Associa- tion, merged yesterday with the Adult Education Institute. Among the speakers on today's program are Prof. John W. Bean of the physiology de- partment, Dr. Warren E. Forsythe, director of the Health Service, Prof. Mabel Rugen of the physical educa- tion department and Prof. Kenneth Easlick of the School of Dentistry. Parents must have an intelligent appreciation of what is being done in schools, especially in work connected with health education, in order that the pupil's education be more than just a waste of time, Dr. Elliott con- tinued. Health Movement Beginning The Health movement had its be- ginnings during the World War when the United States drafting program revealed that a large proportion. of those drafted were physically unfit for service, Prof. John Sundwall, di- rector of the hygiene and public division and president of the Ameri- can Health Association, said in the opening address which followed the introductory remarks by Dr. Bernard Carey. Since that time, he continued, doc- tors, nurses, dentists, dieticians, physical therapists and others have all entered the school health service. More cooperation between the pa- rent, the teacher and the school physician with each physician direct- ing his own program and outsiders placing unlimited confidence in him was the plea of Dr. Henry Cook, presi- dent of the Michigan State Medical Society. Run School Health Program School health programs must be run by medical people who have health education foremost in their minds and there must be no disagree- ments between the school and the health authorities, Dr. Cook empha- sized. Prof. George A. Carrothers of the School of Education read Dean James B. Edmonson's paper on "Some De- batable Issues in Health Education." Modern college health programs stress the recreational aspects of health education and neglect hygiene and scientific knowledge, Professor Carrothers said. Government control i T CIOThreatens I Gyeneral rike InDetroitArea City-Wide Transportation Strike Averted In Akron By Withdrawing Police Writ Is Issued For Strikers' Release (By Associated Press) Detroit's CIO unionists yesterday threatened a 24-hour general strike of all CIO men in the Detroit area unless they received assurances against "polce brutality and their use as strikebreakers." In Akron, a threatened city-wide transportation strike was averted when extra police withdrew and a "normal" picket line was established at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant. After a strike riot in Detroit in which nearly 60 persons were injured, Tracy Doll, international board mem- ber of the CIO-affiliated United Au- tomobile Workers, voiced the "labor holiday" threat. Police To . Act Mayor Richard Reading asserted that police would continue to act "for the' preservation of law and order." Injuries suffered yesterday at the American Brass Co. plant where a CIO union struck to protest a wage cut several weeks ago left six police- men and four unionists still in hos- pitals, two in serious condition. Union leaders abandoned plans for another demonstration at the brass plant today but Doll said that "on next Wednesday we'll make yester- day's affair look like a warmup." Doll said 300 officers of CIO unions here voted to send a committee of ten to protest to the City Council next Tuesday against police activities in the brass strike. Issues Writ On a petition of a UAW attorney, Recorder's Judge John V. Brennan issued a writ of habeas corpus, re- turnable at 11:30 a.m. today, for re- lease of 28 persons the union claimed were held by police in .connection with Th'ursday's. riot. Police said only 16 union men were held. As prosecutors sought to learn the cause of the picket clash, Mayor Reading conferred with Police Com- missioner Heinrich A. Pickert, and then said, "I am convinced the ac- tion taken by the police was for the preservation of law and order, and they will continue to take such ac- tion." BanquetG Given Honoring Cone Professor Taught Here For Thirteen Years Lauding him for his great personal friendship for both students and fac- ulty alike, friends of Prof. George C. Cone of the landscape design depart- ment gathered last night at the Union to honor him as his last se- mester of teaching in the University draws to a close. Prof. George G. Ross of the land- scape design department acted as toastmaster of the dinner. Speakers included Dean Edward H. Kraus of the literary college, Prof. Harlow O. Whittemore of the landscape design department, Prof. Wells I. Bennett, dean of the architecture school, Prof. Norman H. Anning of the depart- ment of mathematics, George Allen, a graduate who is now working on the campus of Michigan State Col- lege, and George Hayward, Grad. Professor Cone first came to the University from a position with O. C. Simonds and Company, in 1916. His first work here was as a short course instructor. Since becoming a member of the faculty in 1925 he has been active in Ann Arbor and Mich- igan Garden Clubs, and has con- tinued a small private practice. He is a member of the American So- ciety of Landscape Architects, and the Michigan Horticultural Society. Murphy Is Warned Of Highway Needs LANSING, May 27.-()-Warned that a "road-building holiday" would be inevitable unless further state funds were forthcoming, Governor Murhy greased the skids today for I - Regents Approve Plan For $200,000 Medical Dormitory, Where There's Smoke There's A Fire, Maybe Plan Qccupancy By Fall Of 1939; $20,750 Gifts Presented To University Eight Faculty Men Receive Promotions For the second time in two days, Ann Arbor's trucks and Ann Arboa's firemen marched up thestreet and marched down again; and for the second consecutive time, no fire. Yesterday the alleged fire was in the Natural Science Building, and upon hearing of the impending major conflagration, the chief sent out two pumps, an aerial, a service wagon, and his own car. Alas, there were no fair maidens to rescue from the lofty heights of the third story, nor were there any Druid initiates who could be blamed for the dastardly affair. The cause of the alarm was merely a smoking belt on one of the building's smaller motors.- German Press Ceases Blasts Against Czechs Lull In War-like Talk Held Due To Hitler's Desire To Prevent Hostilities BERLIN, May 27.-P)-As if by order, the German press today ceased abruptly its blasts against Czecho- slovakia and Western democracies it accused of pro-Czechoslovak sympa- thies. The lull in the war-like talk was said in official quarters to be due to Reichsfuehre Adolf Hitler's firm determination to preserve peace in spite of "provocations" by the Czech- oslovaks. Among these "provocations" were the defense preparations of last week and alleged border violations by mil- itary airplanes. The only new incident reported to- day was in Kaplice (Kaplitz), north of Linz, where an Austrian German farmer allegedly was ill-treated by Czechoslovak soldiers because he could not produce his identity card. In connection with the sudden press quiet and the Reichsfuehrer's insistence upon preservation of peace it was stated here that "not only have no German troops been dis- patched to the German frontier but two whole regiments sent into Aus- tria at the time of Anschluss have been withdrawn to their original gar- rison at Augsburg." Augsburg is about 150 miles from the Czeehoslovak border. Cedillo Eludes Federal Pilots Rebel Leader Surrounded By Government Troops SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico, May 27.-(A)-Federal Government avia- tors today forced down an airplane carrying Rebel General Saturnino Cedillo and the Peasant Army leader fled with five followers. Troops virtually surrounded the site of the forced landing at Estan- zuela, about nine miles northwest of here. Cedillo and his followers jumped from the plane and fled into thick brush. Reports reached San Luis Potosi that the Rebel chieftain had been captured, but they were not con- firmed officially. In fleeing, Cedillo left behind five suitcases. Federal troops under Gen. Lucas Gonzalez set out immediately to trail the fugitives. Cedillo, rightist foe of President Lazaro Cardenas' Radical Mexico for Mexicans program, was said to have made a hurried takeoff when a Fed- eral force surprised him and a band of his followers in the rugged Huas- teca Hill country of San Luis Potosi state. Night Sacrament Attracts Eucharistic Worshippers Construction of a $200,000 self- liquidating Medical School dormitory to be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1939 will begin in the near future, it was announced yesterday after the Board of Regents approved the pro- posal at their regular monthly meet- ing, At the same time the Regents ac- cepted gifts totaling $20,50 and an- nounced eight promotions. The dormitory action, a step for- ward in the University's a.ttempt jto centralize student housing and im- prove the rooming situation, came as the result of a proposal presented by President Ruthven. Details on how the building is to be initially financed are not avail- able. It will be erected at one of two unrevealed sites, no final choice hav- ing been made. Forestry Trust Fund Largest of the donations received was $15,000 from the Charles L. Pack Forestry Trust Fund which will be used to supplement the Income of the Charles L. Pack Forestry Founda- tion. In the past there has been an annual gift of $3,000 and this year's larger offering is the final grant. Faculty promotions included that of Prof. Robert S. Ford from assistant professor of economics and director of the Bureau of Government to as- sociate professor and director of the Bureau of Government. Mentor L. Williams, instructor in English, was made an assistant pro- fessor of English. Dr. Jerome Kahn, instructor in in- ternal medieine, was made an as- sistant professor in internal medi- cine, effective July 1. Dr. Isidore Lampe, instructor in roentology, was- given his assistant professorship effective July 1. Riegel Made Professor Prof. John W. Riegel, associate professor in industrial relations and director of the Bureau of Industrial Relations, was made a full professor and director of the Bureau of In- dustrial Relations. Herbert Youtie, instructor in Greek, was made an assistant profes- sor. Prof. Cameron Itaight was promot- ed from an assistant professor of surgery to an associate professor of surgery. Dr. Ralph Sommer, assistant pro- fessor of operative dentistry and ra- diology, was made an associate pro- fessor. Sabbatical leave was granted Prof. Robert Rodkey of the School of Bus- iness Administration. Two new members were appointed to the Board in Control of Physical Education. Prof. Carl E. Badgley of the Medical School will replace Prof. John Alexander of the Medical (Continued on Page 6) Frosh 'Picnic , To, Draw 200 Ball Game And Ginger Ale Feature Outing Today The class of '41 goes picnicingto- day with more than 200 expected to be present at 2 p.m. on the Library steps in readiness for a mass march to the Island, Anita Carvalho, class president, announced yesterday. Equipment for volleyball, base- ball, tugs-of-war and half-a-dozen other games have been furnished by Prof. A. A. James of the intramural department. A feature of the after- noon will be a baseball encounter be- tween literary students and engineers. Free ginger ale will be provided for all who take part with other refresh- ments available for those who, wish to purchase them. Those attending the picnic, which ends at 5 p.m., prefer- ably should be without dates, it was announced. Chaperons for the af- ternoon will be Mr. Carl Reichen- bach, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Gaiss and nr.n d Mr qA 1Ff. T1T<- ',nrrnw I Mem - Pauline Lord's Presence Here Recalls "Modern'_Play Of '20's By STANLEY M. SWINTON Sceneryless, costumeless plays are a fad in New York now but Ann Ar- bor originated the idea a decade ago. In those days the Whitney was the ace showhouse locally. Stock companies and road shows dropped in to play the University City. The big ones did one night stands before moving on to Detroit or Chicago. Smaller companies stayed three days, sometimes even a week. Ask Pauline Lord, who opens Tues- iay at the Lydia Mendelssohn in "The Late Christopher Bean" and she'll, tell you the story, a tale of difficul- ties which were common to touring companies of the Jazz Decade. And James Mernan, who managed the Whitney during the boom days, veri- fies the yarn. At the time Miss Lord was doing a play whose title is now forgotten. After showing in Boston, the cast was Weren't they on the train? No! A frantic search ensued, but still there were no costumes. What to do? Only one thing-play the performance straight. And play it straight they did--leaving props and costumes to the audience's imagination. The re- action, if memories serve, was pleas- ant if not enthusiastic. Since that time Miss Lord has be- come a leading comedienne-but it was the experience gained in such tours, the years in repertory and stock, which made her rise to the top possible, she is convinced. For the same reason she says, the young actor will experience difficulty in try- ing to get into the "big-time." If mo- tion pictures (of which Miss Lord distinctly disapproves) do not seize him before his talent is mature, he will run into the omnipresent diffi- culty of getting roles. The theatre is a discouraging profession for even ftc n t n amh*,it ,.n,'.*lt- fA-b- it.