0, I The Weather Fair and warmer today; to- morrow unsettled. Jr 131k igtan 4444*61h®rr Editorials Social Legislation In The Right Directlon... VOL. XLVIII. No. 178 ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS ___ 1..--.. - -T Press To Fight Intermediate Report Before NationalBoard Manager Of Local Firm Calls Trial Examiner's Decision An Urgent One May Appeal Case To Higher Courts By ROBERT PERLMAN The Ann Arbor Press will petition within eight days to present oral ar- gument before the National 'Labor Relations. Board in Washington in answer to the "wholly one-sided and unjust Trial Examiner's ieport that was issued Thursday with which it is impossible for the company to com- ply," Arthur J. Wiltse, co-partner and manager of the local printing firm, said last night. "We might take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, if necessary," Wiltse stated, empha- sizing that if .the argument on the report does not produce satisfa~ctory results, the management will ask a federal circuit court of appeals to set aside the final order of the Board. Company Found Guilty The report issued by Trial Exam- iner Frank Bloom found the com- pany guilty of unfair labor practices and instructed the management to rehire with back pay six members of the International Typographical Union, who, it was held, were laid off for union activity; to bargain coIlec- tively in good faith with representa- tives of the ITU, which was certified as the exclusive bargaining agent of the composing room employes; and to disestablish an independent labor or- ganization in the plant. The Independent Association of Ann Arbor Press Employes, Inc., which was found to be a company- dominated labor organization by the Trial Examiner and which he or- dered dissolved, is not planning to take any action at present, according t, Carl J. Ekstrom, president of the Association. Report Comes Thursday The labor board also has the power to appeal to a federal circuit court for a cease and desist order, in case an employer, after argument on the intermediate report, refuses to com- ply either with the report or with a formal order that is then issued by the Board. If an employer does not comply with the court's order, he is in contempt of court. The 24-page intermediate report came Thursday after a three and one-half month strike conducted by Local No. 154 of the International Typographical Union. The unin filed charges against the company on November 24, March 16 and April 9. Prof. Ara-O lii Leaves Faculty Barker And Trow NaikTed To Rackham Board Dr. Mehmet Aga-Oglu, associate professor of Islamic art, has resigned, it was announced yesterday. He will teach this summer at Princeton Uni- versity, but later plans have not been revealed. Prof. Aga-Oglu has ,been editor of the Ars Islamica quarterly. He came here in 1932 and studied at the Universities of Moscow and Vienna. The University also announced that the title of Dr. James S. Snow had been changed from instructor to research associate in the Medical School. Prof. Funest F. Barker of the physics department, and Prof. Wil- liam C. Trow of the school of edu- cation, have been appointed to the executive board of the graduate school for four year terms. rr'heyt succeed Professors Clifford Woody and Neil M. Williams. NLRB Asks Court To Waive Ford Rule COVINGTON, Ky., June 2.-(A')-- The National Labor Relations Board asked the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today to set aside its order of May 9, denying the board the right to withdraw a decree against the Ford Motor Co. and asked that the case be returned to its jurisdic- Union Doesn't Love Golliwog--A ctress Moves To League Doris Dalton said, "Love me, love my dog, Golliwog." Stanley VWaltz, manager of the Union, where Miss Dalton had reser- vations for her stay in Ann Arbor, said, "Sorry, but I don't love your dog, Golliwog." (Union House Rule No. 3348: No dogs allowed in guests' rooms.) So Miss Dalton, who is appearing in "French Without Tears" next week at the Mendelssohn Theatre, tore up her reservation, took her trunks, her dog, Golliwog, and the ten foot leash attached therefrom, and stood in front of the Union, stranded on her first day in town, without room or bath. "I didn't care about myself," Miss Dalton explained yesterday, "but Golliwog, that's no way to treat Gol- liwog." Then Lucille Waltz (official title: Housing Commission of 1938 Dra- matic Season Actors) got on the wire. "Doris is stranded out in front of the Union without room or bath,', Miss Waltz pleaded to Helen Arthur, dra- matic season executive director. Miss Arthur said, "How big is the dog." "Five by seven," Miss Waltz said. "In feet." The room clerk at the League was questioned: "Do you allow French poodles-five by seven-in your rooms." The desk clerk said, "Send the dog over. We'll take care of her." So late yesterday Golliwog barged into the League accompanied by the ten foot leash and Miss Dalton, con- tent with a new room and bath. 25-Cent Wage Bottom Urged in Committee House-Senate Conferencet Group Hears Suggestion To Prevent Exemptions WASHINGTON, June 2.-()-A rock-bottom wage of 25 cents an hour was one of the major sugges- tions laid before a Senate-Houset conference committee struggling to reconcile differences on wage-hour legislation. No industry affected by the bill would be granted exemptions fromt that figure. The suggestion was put forward with the idea thlat the bill, as finally agreed upon, might provide for gen- eral standards higher than 25 cents,1 but might give a government agency power to exempt certain industries from these standards.. There was said to be strong senti- ment in the Committee to establish some bedrock figure below which ' such exemptions could not go. It wask suggested that, besides the 25 cent an hour minimum, the Committee agree upon 44hours a week as the1 absolute standard beyond which ex- emptions could not be granted: If such a compromise were reached, it would incorporate provisions of r both the House and Senate bills, com- mittee members pointed out. 1 The House measure calls for a 25-1 cent minimum wage, increasing to 40 cents in three years, and a 44-hourt week declining to 40 hours after twoc years. The Senate bill sets 40 centsf an hour and 40 hours a week ast standard, Japan Agrees To Terms Of U. S. Demand Will Restore All Property And Return Americans To ShanghaiWar Zon6 Japanese To Send Investigation Group WASHINGTON, June 2.- (P)- With a swiftness astonishing in mod- ern diplomacy, Japan gave in along most of the line today to United States demands for restitution of American property in China and re- turn of American businessmen and missionaries to their former posts. Japan began to act within a few hours after the receipt of the strong American note announced yesterday and delivered Tuesday. Her first step, announced in a tele- gram frorm American consul General Frank P. Lockhart of Shanghai, was to agree Tuesday to the return to Nanking of American missionaries formerly resident there. Lockhart said ten passes had been issued for this purpose. The second step was the restora- tion Wednesday of the two high schools of the American southern Baptist mission in the Chapei district of Shanghai. These were formally turned back to the mission by Japanese author- ities in the presence of the treasurer; and two other representatives of the mission, representatives of the Jap-l anese military and consular author- ities, and. a representative of the American consul general. The property lies within the zone where the Chinese and Japanese battled during the initial hostilities in1 and around Shanghai. It was first1 occupied by Chinese forces; they1 were driven out by the Japanese, who took it over. The third step, reported in a tele- gram from Ambssador Grew att Tokyo, was the announcement made today by the Japanese foreign office1 that Japan is sending an interde-r partmental committee to visit thec Japanese-controlled area in Centralc China. , The purpose is "not only to investi- gate the situation relating to the oc- cupancy of American property but also to formulate means of satisfac- tory adjustment of the situation." This '"according to the state depart- ment, refers particularly to the rep- resentations made by Ambassador Grew with regard to the $1,000,000 University of Shanghai, owned by the Northern and Southern Baptist Mis- sion Boards and now occupied by Japanese troops. The interdepartmental committee,] composed of representatives of the foreign office, the army and the navy, is. leaVing for Shanghai by air. University Receives Gift From Detroit Foundation Gifts totaling $12,400 have been1 received by the University from thet Earhart Foundation of Detroit, Dr. Frank E. Robbins, assistant to the President, announced yesterday. e The money will be used to support the bureau of industrial relationsa during the 1938-39 school year and for a program of creative art, par-c ticularly ceramics, in the college ofc architecture. Phi Delta Phi And Barristers Are Penalized Honor Society Suspended, Law Fraternity Is Placed On Semester's Probation Barristers Initiation Called Discreditable In the first such action in several years, the University yesterday or- dered Barristers, senior honorary law society, to suspend activities and placed Phi Delta Phi, law fraternity, on social probation. Both bans ex- pire at the beginning of the second semester next year. In announcingits decision, the Sub-committee on Discipline of the University Committee on Student Af- fairs declared that Barristers had been "found guilty of conduct hav- ing a tendency to bring discredit upon itself and the University in connec- tion with its initiation ceremonies." Prohibit Public Initiations Barristers were prohibited from holding public initiation ceremonies until 1940-41 and told that at that time University approval as to form and substance would be required. Phi Delta Phi, which is located at 502 E. Madison, was convicted of "having a tendency to bring discredit upon itself and the University in permitting the use of intoxicating liquor on its premises." Action was taken against Phi Delta Phi because .of occurrences when the fraternity allowed Barristers to fin- ish their spring initiation there, it was reported. To Inspect Financial Condition Barristers traditionally have their initiates speak from the General Li- brary steps. It is believed that of- fensive statements made there during their spring ceremonies motivated the suspension. Action came only a day after the Committee on Student Affairs had warned officers of honor societies and professional organizatidns that they must comply with University stan- dards of financial responsibility; con- duct. initiations and public meetings in an orderly manner and demon- strate their capacity to comply with standards of responsibility and or- derly conduct. Annual Parley On Deinquency To OpenToday Detroit Police Iispector To Talk On Mariluana; Rutyhve To Greet Group The second annual all-state Delin- quency Prevention Conference, spon- sored by the Michigan Delinquency Prevention Council, meets at 9 a.m. today at the Union. Between 200 and 400 newspapermen, teachers, service workers and medical men are expect- ed to be present. Features of tne program include an exhibit arranged by Inspector Ed- ward W. Kunath, head of the nar- cotics division of the Detroit Police department, portraying the effects of marihuana; a talk on "Why Confer on Delinquency?" by Lee A. White, director of public relations of the Detroit News; a talk on "Improving Juvenile Probation," by Charles Chute, executive director of the Na- tional Probation Association, New York; and a luncheon talk on "Eco- nomic Backgrounds -of Delinquency," by Dr. William Haber of the Univer- sity, formerly state WPA administra- tor. President Ruthven will extend his greetings to the group at the start of the program. Prof. Lowell J. Carr of the sociology department will pre- sent for discussion a new rating scale for comparing different communities from the standpoint of delinquency. Motion pictures of the work of the Alpena Boys' Club will be shown at 9 a.m. in Room A at the Union. Mr. White and President Ruthven will be the speakers at the first general meeting, held in the main ballroom at 10 a.m. Mr. Chute's talk will be (Continued on Page 6) Kostelanetz Weds Pons After Thirteen Proposals NORWALK. Conn., June 2.-(Spe- cial to The Daily)-After two years Jap Lawrence Of Manchuria' Nears Rescue SHANGHAI, June 3., Fiday,-()- Under cover of artillery fire, a Ja- panese relief column today began crossing the Yellow River at Chen- liukow Ford north of Lanfeng in an effort to rescue the beleaguered forces of Lieut.-Gen. Kenji Doihara, Japan's "Lawrence of Manchuria." Chinese, advancing from Langfeng, reported their encircling columns were driving Doihara toward the banks of the Yellow River. Doihara Bottled (A Peiping dispatch quoted a J- panese army spokesman as admitting that Doihara was bottled up, but say- ing his troops were attacking the sur- rounding Chinese determinedly. ("By no means can it be said that he is retreating," the spokesman as- serted. (He declared the approach of Ja- panese reinforcements from Kweiteh, east of Lenfang, was making the Chinese nervous and that they were beginning to withdraw to the west. Reach Liuho (One Japanese column, the spokes- man said, had reached Liuho, on the Lunghai railway, and a motorized unit was at Kunchuehchuang aftei brisk engagements with Chinese forces met en route. Both towns are about 40 miles east of Lanfeng). After 23 days and nights of battle, the exhausted armies in the Lan- feng sector carried on the fighting in a downpour of rain, still stalemated. Court Fines 13 Oil Companies Ira Conspiracy Companies Receive Fines For Fixing Margins Of Profits Of Wholesalers MADISON, Wis., June 2.-(P)- Thirteen major oil companies and eleven of their officials were fined a total of $360,000 and $25,000 costs by Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone today on charges of illegally fixing the margin of profit for Midwestern In- dependent, wholesale gasoline job- bers. Acceptmg the defendants' pleas of nolo contendere-by which they were willing to receive penalties with- out standing trial-the court im- posed fines of $15,000 on each com- pany and individual. The defendants are to split costs of $25,000. Refuse To Enter Pleas Nine other companies and eight in- dividuals refused to enter nolo con- tendere pleas and will go on trial here Sept. 2 . Indictment against 27 employes and officials of the companies which were fined were dismisssed by Judge Stone on government motion. The indictment charging illegal fixing of jobbers' profit margins was one of two returned by a Federal Grand Jury here. Stone Defers Sentencing Sixteen major companies and 30 officials were convicted last Jan. 22 on the first indictment, which charged conspiracy to raise and fix the price of midwestern gasoline in 1935 and 1936. Judge Stone, de- ferring sentencing, took under ad- visement motions to set aside the convictions. Today he stated he would rule on them next month. In connection with the price-fixing case, indictments pending aj;ainst Edward Karstedt and E. W. Sinclair of New York also were dismissed to- day on government motion.1 Senators Refuse To Restrict PWA Loans For Utilities Fire Engines Banned At Future Initiations Honor societies in the future must "conduct initiations and other public meetings in an orderly manner" and must demonstrate their capacity to comply with specific standards of or- derly conduct, the Committee of Stu- dent Affairs decided at a recent meeting. The societies will be further re- quired toccomply withstandards of financial responsibility as are other student groups, as the resolution pro- vides for a sub-committee of the Committee on Student Affairs to in- vestigate the financial conditions of all honor societies on campus. Alien Forces' Removal Seen ,Near In Spain Withdrawal Of 10,000 Soldiers From Rebels, Insurgents Is Proposed LONDON, June '2.-(P)-Withdraw- al of foreign fighters from the Span- ish civil war drew nearer toward reality tonight after nearly two years of bickering among Europe's major powers. If the plan works out, Great Brit- ain will throw her diplomatic power into an effort to bring about a truce in Spain. (In Paris, Jose Antonio Aguirre, former president of the Basque Re- public, admitted the possibility of mediation by outside powers in the Spanish war. He expected to have a statement on the matter "within five or six days"). Soviet Russia, at a meeting of the nine-nation nonintervention subc.om- mittee, agreed to the proposal for sending commissions to Spain for removing 10,000 volunteers from each side as a sign of good will. Remembering many previous dis- appointments in the efforts to obtain agreement on withdrawal, the Brit- ish Foreign Office warned against undue optimism over today's develop- ment But it admitted at the same time that the situation was "rosier" than any time since the "hands-off Spain" committee held its first meeting Sept, 9, 1936. While Russia agreed to the plan for sending commissions into Spain, her representative, Samuel Kagan, de- manded strict enforcement of sea control of the country and refused to agree to contribute the assessment against Russia for financing the with- drawal. The problems at issue between1 Russia and Britain--considered here not to be irreconcilable-are, to be discussed at a meeting of the nonin- tervention subcommittee called for June 10. CIO Cases Dismissed WASHINGTON, June 2.-(P)-The Labor Relations Board dismissed to- day a petition of the United Cigar; Workers Union (CIO) to be certified as collective bargaining representa-a tive for employes of the Tegge-Jack- man Co., and the General Cigar Cot, both in Detroit, Mich. Amendmnent To Relief Bill Killed After President's OppositionIs Reported Barkley Conveys Roosevelt's Wish WASHINGTON, June 2.-(P)-The Senate complied with President Roosevelt's wishes today by refusing to restrict federal financing of pub- licly-owned utilities. On a voice vote, the chamber re- jected a proposal by its Appropria- Lions Committee that the PWA be for- bidden to advance funds for building public plants which would compete with existing privately-owned sys- tems. Previously, the Chamber had voted. the PWA $965,000,000-$100,000,000 more than the Appropriations Com- mittee recommended. A portion of the appropriation can be used for utility construction. Barkley Conveys Message Word of the Administratdn's wishes was conveyed to the Senate by Majority Leader Barkley (Dem., Ky), who read a statement on power policy which had been authorized by Mr. Roosevelt. While announcing the President's opposition to the proposed restric- tion, Barkley tempered it with a statement that Mr. Roosevelt would not allot funds for utility construc- tion until municipalities had nade "reasonable" offers in "good faith" to buy existing private .plants. Barkley said, under questioning, that Mr. Rooseveltr. would judge whether offers were reasonable and whether they had been advanced in good .faith. Restriction An Amendment The proposed restriction was aec- ommended by the Appropriations Committee as an amendment to the Administration's Spending-Lending Bill. Prior to the vote which killed the proposal, the Senate rejected, 46 to 30, a compromise advanced by Sen- ator Maloney'(Dem., Conn.). The Maloney Amendment provided a system of compulsory arbitration under which' cities and utilities would agree on prices at which cities would buy existing privately-owned plants. Mine Exposion Kills Ten Men Gas Is Blamned For Second Recent Coal Disaster SCRANTON, Pa., June 2.-(A)-Ten men were killed and six injured to- day in an explosition of gas almost a mile down in the Volpe Coal Com- pany's mine. It was the second ma- jor mine disaster within two months in the Eastern Pennsylvania anthra- cite field. Rescue crews, wearing gas masks, worked down the slope in search of at least two other miners reported to have been in the mine at the time of the blast. Those who survived the blast said a rock fall preceeded the explosion, shutting off the ventilation, and that accumulated gases were ignited either by the miners' lamps or sparks from motors. Gov. George H. Earle sent his son, George H. Earle, IV,, to investi- gate the explosion. The blast was the second in Eastern Pennsylvania in a little more than a month. Eight were killed and ten injured April 27 by an explosion in the St. Slair Coal Company mine, near Pottsville, in the southern an- thracite field. Rebels, Loyalists Battle Without Gain HENDAYE, France, (At the Span- ish Frontier), June 2.-(P)---&ack Spanish Government and Insurgent troops fought steadily today along the Teruel-Mediterranean highway without scoring appreciable gains. Government dispatches said 1,200 Insurgents were killed from midnight to noon along the 10-mile battle front Famous Thespians Played At Old "Wiitney, Helen Arthur Recalls By, MALCOM LONGl Ethel Barrymore, Maude Adams, May Robson, Sothern and Marlowe,! Otis Skinner, Richard Mansfield,' Mrs. Fiske, all played at the old Whit- ney Theatre back in the days when both Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti were. one night stands for almost every road show traveling the middle west, Helen Arthur, executive director of the Dramatic Season recalled in an interview yesterday. As executive secretary of the Shu- bert's office, Miss Arthur was well acquainted with the booking routes. These shows played every night in medium size towns like Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Jackson with Detroit as the hub city, Miss Arthur said. They played to audiences of from 800 to 1,200 every week night, traveled light, used the trains, and required no heavy advertising before hand. The theatre found itself divided against itself. Then war made. traveling costs prohibitive and theatre owners be- gan to run plays when they could get them and movies the other nights. But the movies were so much more profitable that they started to show them alone. Stock companies have gone the same way, Miss Arthur explained. Where formerly there were 75 of them, not one winter company re- mains. They have had to give way to the movies which are prefered be- cause they are so much cheaper, and run continuously so that people are not restricted as to time of beginning. Only amateur groups, as here in Ann Arbor, have kept the interest in the theatres alive, she pointed out. University groups, student produc- tions, community playhouses and lit- tle theatres have arisen. They have been able to do the more literary New Microfilm Process Makes Graduate Theses Easily Available By MILTON ORSHEFSKY Through the increased use of mic- rophotography, graduates of Amer- ican universities are now finding .it possible to have their theses made available at a personal cost of only $15, according to Eugene B. Power, '30BAd., of University Microfilms. Microphotography is the reproduc- tion on a 35 mm, film of typed and written material. Under the plan a candidate for a doctor's degree sends his thesis to Ann Arbor together with a 400-word film form. The scholar who finds a reference in the card index and de- sires, after reading the summary, to study the complete manuscript, can ask the library to obtain the film from University Microfilms at 11/4 cents per typewritten page. The or- iginal negative will be kept in Ann Arbor, so that other libraries can obtain copies of the thesis. Since the prices of the reading machines neces- sary for these microfilms are priced at the cost of an ordinary typewriter, it is expected that all leading libraries will soon be eauipned with them.