THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, OCT. 31, 1937
a
UAW organizer and one of the labor candidates,
has pointed out, every citizen who works with his
mind or his hands is a worker, and by natural
interest allied with the working class, politically
and economically. In Detroit this fact is par-
ticularly demonstrable: on the city council at the
present time the real estate trust and the auto-
mobile manufacturers are the most important
groups represented. As a result, Detroit rents
are at a fantastic peak with a large pro-
portion of the population living in tenements
and other hardly habitable dwellings. Taxes
which might go to alleviate this pressing need for
housing are not levied because the corporations
which would have to support a large part of
them have no desire to do so, and their wishes
are respected by the men on the city council.
Similarly, overcrowded schools and inadequate
hospitals continue to afflict the city, and for
the same reason. A labor government, elected
by the workers of Detroit, would put an end to
an intolerable situation.
In Detroit, non-partisanship is the screen for
the very class government which the conserva-
tives pretend to see in a labor regime. Since the
great majority of the people do not fall into the
realtor and manufacturer group, one might ask
why it is that a united front of factory workers
and middle-class salaried employes has not long
since developed?
Two factors have inhibited such a develop-
ment: the absence of an articulate organ or
vehicle for popular solidarity and the natural
antipathy of middle-class members, especially
in an industrial city, to an alliance with the
working class, an antipathy finding its roots in
the dubious values attached to class superiority.
The CIO, with its active and vigorous organiza-
tion and policy, has supplied the first require-
ment, while the second factor can be eliminated
only by the constantly reiterated appeal to the
economic interest of the middle class. When
this group of the population awakens to its true
position, as it inevitably will, labor government
will be the result.
Board of Editors
14ANAGING EDITOR .............JOSEPH S. MATTES
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR............TUURE. TENANDER
CITY EDITOR ...................IRVING SILVERMAN
William Spaller Robert Weeks Irvin Lisagor
Helen Douglas
NIGHT EDITORS:Harold Garn, Joseph Gies, Earl R.
Gilman, Horace Gilmore, S. R. Kleiman, Edward Macg-
do, Albert May1, Robert Mitchell, Robert Perman
and Roy Sizemore.
SPORTS DEPARTMENT: Irvin Lisagor, chairman; Betsy
Anderson, Art Baldauf, Bud Benjamin, Stewart Fitch,
Roy Heath and Ben -Moorstein.
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT: Helen Douglas, chairman,
Betty Bonisteel, Ellen Cuthvert, Ruth Frank, Jane B.
Holden, Mary Alice MacKenzie, Phyllis Helen Miner,
Barbara Paterson, Jenny Petersen, Harriet Pomeroy,
Marian Smith, Dorothea Staebler and Virginia Voor-
bees.
Business Department
BUSINESS MANAGER ..............ERNEST A. JONES
CREDIT MANAGER.................DON WILSHER
ADQVERTI$ING MANAGER . . ..NORMAN B. ST INBERG
WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER.......BETTY DAVY
WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES
Departmental Managers
Ed Macal, Accounts Manager; Leonard P. Siegelman,
Local Advertisig Manager; Philip Buchen Contracts
Manager; William Newnan, Service Manager; Mar-
shall Sampson, Publications and Classified Advertis-
ing Manager; Richard H. Knowe, National Advertising
and 'Circulation Manager.
NIGHT EDITOR: ALBERT MAYIO
Andre et Francois,
A Happy Pair. .
R EPORTS FROM FRANCE indicate
that democracy has had a pretty
close call there. Apparently the Popular Front
government came into existence none too soon.
In testimony given under oath before a tribu-
nsl at Lyons, Andre Tardieu admitted that as
premier and minister in several cabinets, from
1926 to 1932 he paid government subsidies to
Colonel Francois de la Rocque for services ren-
dered by the latter's fascist organization, the
Croix de Feu. In explanation of his motives in
giving Colonel de la Rocque this money M. Tar-
diep said:
"At that time I had to deal with powerful
forces for disorder and I thought it was well
to oppose, them with forces for order. I had
to meet action by some 400,000 or 500,000 Com-
munists and I thought the Croix de Feu was an
interesting attempt to link the war generation
with the generations of the future."
The explanation is in keeping with the tradi-
tional dodge of distressed politicians-blame it on
the Reds and everything will be all right. But
this red-herring has a peculiar odor. When Tar-
dieu was in office lie was known as the servant
of the French steel and arms trust. Colonel
de la Rocque's fascist war veterans' organization
has received support and financial assistance
from the same sources. That Tardieu went out-
side of official channels and paid money to an
tnofficial organization with designs on French
democracy indicates objectives that were more
extensive and dangerous than keeping order at
Communist meetings.
Tardieu's further explanation that De la
Rocque's real job was to have the Croix de Feu
Act as an agent to prevent any demonstrations
against the existing government is equally anti-
democratic. It is the essence of democracy to
permit any minority group to publicly or pri-
vately express opinions which do not coincide
with those held by the party in power.
It is of course a legitimate function of any
government to prevent disorder, rioting and de-
struction to life and property. But if -Tardieu
Thad desired police protection the French police
could certainly have given it to him.
The same public indignation that would greet
news in America that a jittery government had
been morally and financially supporting the
KKK, the Black Legion or any of a score of
other vigilante organizations which have had in-
famous careers here, has been manifested in
France. The French people are to be com-
mended for the overwhelming support with
which they returned to office a government
which has by deed and pledge upheld demo-
cratic government.
ietroit=s Non-Partisan
4;-vernmental System .
DETROIT municipal government al-
ways has been and always should
be non-partisan and therefore the CIO ticket
......
THE FORUMI
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Racial Prejudice
To the Editor:
The last two days' ballots were distributed
and quite a bit of voting was done in reference
to Michigan's idea on peace and war. I would
like to know how anyone could contend for peace
with other nations abroad, when there is war at
home. War here on the campus of the University
of Michigan in the form of prejudice and dis-
crimination against the Negro students. Al-
though the University of Michigan is a state
school and there is a written law which says
that all who enter this place, shall have equal
advantages, there is still an unwritten one which
says one shall not. Every race or nation on this
campus is given, more of a chance than the
Negro, who is in his own native country.
It is worthless effort for a Negro to attempt
to become a member of Band or any Choral
group. It is just about impossible for Negroes,
who are majoring in Dramatics to get a part in
any of the play production presentations.
There are chapters of four national Greek
letter organizations on the campus for Negroes,
two sororities and two fraternities. You would
never know they were on, the campus, insofar
as the Daily is concerned. Nothing is ever
published concerning them. Yet many Negro
students subscribe to the paper. These and
many other hurting things go on here on this
campus.
I ask you do these things carry out the idea
of peace?
-An Observer.
IRADIO
By JAMES MUD GE
Bits: Harriet Hilliard is Mrs. Ozzie Nelson but
the H. H. is a professional name. She was
christened Peggy Lou Snyder-all in all, that
makes three names for the young man . . . Eddy
Duchin learns a tune by hearing it once but he
can't remember the lyrics. He has his hands
insured for $100,000. When he isn't playing
"butterfly"-piano the man listens to the radio
to catch other bands ... The Nitwits of the Net-
works, Burns and Allen, return to the air early
in November.. . Major Bowes pulled a corn lick
when he had venetian blinds installed in his
automobile . . . Kate Smith is co-manager of
the pro basketball team, the Original Celtics.
Tonight finds Jack Benny with his cast of
funsters taking NBC air at 7. Mary Living-
stone, Kenny Baker, Andy Devine and the music
of Phil Harris will sell the Jello . . . The Bakers
Broadcast with Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hil-
liard is another NBC feature at 7:30.
Air Lines: Jack Benny is on the big end of a
$12,500 pay check each week for his air wok.
Out of this he pays all the cast except Baker
and the music--these little items taken care
of by Mr. Sponsor . . . Casa Loma gets the
over-flow crowds from the Penn in New York.
Benny Goodman packs the walls at the Mad-
hatten Room and those not getting in there
go-along to hear Glen Gray-there was a day
when it was vice-versa . . . Charley McCarthy
and Ed Bergen get more publicity than any radio
attraction . . . too much is too much!
Hal Kemp has received many batons during
his years of leading a band. Some have been
lost, others broken, and the rest have gone to
his collection. He uses only one. It was his
first, a gift from Vincent Lopez when the Kemp
Ii feems t6 e
Heywood Broun
I want to speak in defense of the Roosevelts.
When a man is elected as President of the United
States all his relatives down to the last fifth
cousin once removed are wrapped around his
neck. The most remote nephew by marriage
becomes a first page item if he happens to park
on the wrong side of the
street. This is tough on the
President. It is also tough
on the relatives. Even in
private life no man should
e be held responsible for the
actions of his in-laws. Nor
should they suffer for what
he has done.
I speak out of a certain
amount of personal experi-
ence. Brouns, unfortunately, are not numerous,
but it so happened that in a recent labor diffi-
culty I was on one side and my brother wore
the rebel gray and served as a Confederate col-
onel. I said and did many things to which he
objected violently. And vice versa. At one
public meeting I was in the painful position of
introducing a speaker whose entire address con-
sisted of a bitter attack upon my brother. He is
my elder brother, my senior by many years,
which makes it even more difficult. For the
most part mutual friends assume that I am the
dean of the family because my brother has been
fortunate in keeping his figure through clean
living.
When the strike was on, and for an additional
six months, there was a rift in the family. My
brother and I did not speak, and I was reduced
to a mere nodding acquaintance with my mother,
who is to the right of me.
Every Man For Himself
Finally we had a family town meeting, an
the net result, in which all participants agreed,
was that every Broun should speak for himself
and not undertake in any circumstances to in-
volve the entire family on one side or another.
None of us is particularly in the public eye, and'
so I can understand how difficult the situation
of the Roosevelts must be with the limelight
beating down upon them through a twenty-four
hour day.
To make it even harder, the Roosevelts are
peculiarly prolific. Put anyone of them upon
an almost deserted island and at the end of ten
years you have a housing problem. And so I
say that each member of the tribe ought to be
judged for weal or woe upon his individual
performance without bringing in the name of
either F.D.R. or Teddy.
The Need Of A Job
The sons of Franklin Roosevelt and his rela-
tions by marriage are under the necessity of
making a living. Whether each one of them has
chosen the right boss ought to be a personal
matter. It should not be the President's con-
cern. If a son-in-law works for Hearst that is
good or bad as you choose to think, but it cer-
tainly is not a matter of national policy.
Ivhave great sympathy also for James Roose-
Ivelt, who has been active in politics and in bus-
iness. Some have said that he had no right
to be an insurance agent because he would appear
to be trading upon his father's name. But I ask
mildly, "What could he have done which would
have divorced his own career completely from
that of his father?" He could have been a mer-
chant, lawyer or candlestick maker, but in any
occupation he would both succeed and suffer as
"the young son of President Roosevelt's."
Just now he is acting as one member of the
White House secretariat. My newspaper friends
in Washington tell me that he is doing a swell
job as the contact man in press relations. And
so I say for James, Elliott or John, "Give the
boy a chance. He's on his own and doing the
best he cat."
Music Calendar
TODAY
Radio City Music Hall Symphony, Ernor Rapee
conductor, Jan Peerce and Sydney Foster solo-
ists. Beethoven's Leonora No. 3 Overture, Si-
belius' Pohjola's Daughter, Enesco's Roumanian
Rhapsody No. 1, numbers by Kaun, Chopin, Si-
belius. 12:30-1:30, NBC Blue.
Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York,
John Barbirolli conductor, Deems Taylor com-
mentator. Weber's Overture to Euryanthe, Saint-
Saens' Omphale's Spinning Wheel, Delius' Dance
Rhapsody, Brahms' First Symphony. 3-5, CBS.
University Symphony Orchestra, Thor John-
son conductor, Hardin van Duersin, baritone solo-
ist. 4:15, Hill Auditorium.
Ford Sunday Evening Hour, Eugene Ormandy
conductor, Bidu Sayao soprano solist. Glinka's
Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla, Brahms' Hun-
garian Dance No. 5, Grainger's Londonderry Air,
Rimsky-Korsakow's Spanish Caprice, songs 9-10,
CBS.
TOMORROW
Rochester Civic Orchestra, Guy Fraser Har-
rison conductor. Mazart's Symphony, in D
MUSIC
By WILLIAM J. LICHTENWANGER
University Symphony
THOR JOHNSON, CONDUCTOR
HARDIN VAN DUERSEN, SOLOIST
Overture to Oberon---von Weber.
Just as the great English oratorios
were written by Germans, Handel and
Mendlessohn, so was the only first
class English opera composed by a
German-Carl Maria von Weber. His
Oberon, called by its librettist,
Planche. "a melodrama with songs,"
was written for Covent Garden, Lon-
don, where it was first produced in
April, 1826. The performance was
conducted by the composer, who, al-
though dying of a consumption which
took him two months after Oberon's
premiere, had studiously undergone
153 lessons in English, so as to be
able to set Plance's words intelligent-
ly to music.
The Overture, whose dreamy Adagio
introduction, precedingathe main Al-
legro, opens with the call of Oberon's
magic horn, is, like Weber's other
operatic overtures, constructed main-
ly upon themes from the opera itself.
Aria "Eri Tu" from The Masked
Ball-Verdi. First entitled "Gustavus
III" and with a Swedish setting, Un
Ballo in Maschera was meant for the
Neapolitan stage. But a conspiracy
which occurs in the opera hadtoo
great a similarity to the 1858 conspir-
acy against the life of Napoleon III,
and the work was censored. After a
near-revolution in Naples, however,
the opera was produced in Rome,
Feb. 17, 1859, with altered title and
haracter-names and the scene
Thanged from Sweden to Boston,
Mass. That a masked ball in colonial
vIassachusetts was anachronistic,
seemingly made no difference.
ARIA SUNG
BY REINHART
The "Eri Tu" aria is sung in the
last act by Reinhart, the wronged hus-
3and, as he meditates upon his wife's
nfidelity and plots revenge against
her lover.
Symphony No. 7 in A major -
Beethoven. No symphony has ever
riven rise to more programmatic fic-
tion than this one, pregnant with feel-
ing and boundless vitality. Various
writers, possessed of grotesque and
unrestrained imaginations, have seen
in it a pastoral tale, a heroic saga,
a description of German joy over de-
liverance from the French yoke, a po-
itical revolution, a knightly festival,
an account of Moorish feudalism.
Wagner called it "the apotheosis of
the dance," and some of Beethoven's
perhaps jealous and uncomprehensive
contemporaries decried it as the out-
come of a fit of inebriety.I
Berloiz termed the first movement a
country dance. Another writer felt the
Finale to be eitherna battle of giants or
a drunken orgy. Schumann saw in
the Allegretto a peasant nuptial cere-
mony, and d'Ortigue hailed it as a
solemn procession thru an ancient
cathedral or the catacombs, but the
height of pompous definition is Duer-
enberg's likening it to "the love dream
of a sumptuous odalisque."
NO LABELS FOUND
IN SEVENTH SYMPHONY
Such picturesque but impertinent
figures may legitimately express the
effect which the music of the Seventh
produces upon the no doubt proud
possessors of such luxurious imagina-
tions, and they certainly prove the
futility of claiming for music any
capacity for the concrete expression
of extra-musical ideas, but as far as
representing any programmatic in-
tent upon the part of the composer
they are worthless.
In the Seventh, unlike in the Sixth,
Beethoven did not label the move-
ments otherwise than by the cus-
tomary Italian tempo indications, and
never in his writings or conversations
have any programmatic references to
the Symphony been found. The music
is profoundly expressive, but of emo-
tions and imaginary impulses which
are too subtle and complex for crys-
talization into verbal symbols.
Italian Volunteers
Italy's position on the volunteers in
Spain follows the oldest form of hu-
man logic. When the Neolithic man
was asked to return a borrowed spade,
he said in the first place he never
SUNDAY, OCT. 31, 1937
VOL. XLVIIL No. 31
Candidates for the Teacher's Cer-
tificate for February and June 1938
who have not made application for
this certificate at the office of the
Recorder of the School of Education,
1437 U.E.S., should do so immediately.
(This notice does not include School
of Music students).
Student Loans: There will be a
meeting of the Committee on Student
Loans in Room 2, University Hall on
Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. Those students who
have filed applications for new loans
within the past 10 days should make
appointments to see the committee at
that time.
Phi Beta Kappa: The Michigan
Chapter will be glad to receive the
addresses of members of their chap-
ters who have recently come to Ann
Arbor. Please send to the office of
the secretary, 3233 Angell Hal and
give the name of the College from
which you received election not that
of the chapter.
Orma F. Butler, Secretary.
Students from South Bend, Ind.:
A letter is being held in Room 1210
Angell Hall for a student who has
been engaged in the rubber stamp
business at South Bend, using the
Evatype method.
Bronson-Thomas Prize in German
Value $35)-Open to all undergrad-
uate students in German of distinctly
American training. Will be awarded
on the results of a three-hour essay
competition to be held under depart-
mental supervision about April 1,
1938 (exact date to be announced
two weeks in advance).
Contestants must satisfy the de-
partment that they have done the
necessary reading in German. The
essay may be written in English or
German. Each contestant will be free
to choose his own subject from a list
of at least 10 offered. The list will
cover five chapters in the develop-
ment of German literature from 1750
to 1900, each of which will be rep-
resented by at least two subjects. Stu-
dents who wish to compete should
register and obtain directions and a
reading list as soon as possible at the
office of the German department, 204
University Hall.
To The Members of the Faculty of
the College of Literature, Science and
the Arts:
The second regular meeting of the
faculty of the College of Literature,
Science and the Arts for the academic
session of 1937-38 will be held in
Room 1025 Angell Hall, Nov. 1, 1937,
at 4:10 p.m.
Edward H. Kraus.
Agenda:
1. Adoption of the minutes of the
meeting of Oct. 4, 1937, which have
been distributed by campus mail
(pages 363-376).
2. Reports.
a. Executive Committee, by Prof.
Arthur S. Aiton.
1. Consideration of recommended
change in wording relative to fresh-
man elections. See enclosure:
,b. University Council, by Prof. W. F.
Hunt.
c. Executive Board of the Graduate
School, by Prof. N. H. Williams.
d. Advisory Committee on Univer-
sity Affairs, by Prof. Preston Slosson.
e. Deans' Conference, by Dean E.
H. Kraus.
3. The Honors Degree Program in
Liberal Arts is a special order of busi-
ness for this meeting.
4. Report on Karpinski resolution.
Members of the faculty who have
not received the October minutes
through campus mail may secure
them at 1204 Angell Hall. Extra
copies of the Honors Degree Program
in Liberal Arts are also available
there.
Sophomore Class Elections: Sopho-
mores interested in class elections
are reminded that their list of can-
didates, with eligibility approved by
the Dean's office, must be in the
hands of Hugh Rader, 548 S. State,
on or before Monday, Nov. 1.
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all member of tAe
WAIversity. Copy received at the .ee at the Aimtat f t the PfsM
m 3 :: 11 IO am. asaturday.
dents: Nomination of class officers to-
night, Room 305, Union, 8:30 p.m.
Beta Kappa Rho: Sunday night
supper to be Nov. 7 instead of Oct. 31,
at the Russian Tea Room of the
League.
Graduate Outing Club:
Lane Hall 2:30 p.m. for trip
Newkirk.
Meet at
to Camp
Hillel Foundation: 3 p.m. Popular
symphonic recordings, 8 p.m. Forum,
Speaker: Professor Maurer "Notes on
Popular Opinion."
Lutheran Student Choir: 4 p.m. to-
day. Tryouts for new members.
Coming Events
German Table for Faculty Mem-
bers: The regular luncheon meeting
will be field Monday at 12:10 p.m.
in the Founders' Room of the Michi-
gan Union. All faculty members in-
terested in speaking German are cor-
dially invited.
Women's Research Club: Impor-
tantsmeeting, Monday, Nov. 1, in the
Museums Building.
Constitutional changes will be vot-
ed upon, and new members elected.
Mrs. Elinor M. Husselman will
speak on "A Problem in Divination."
Monday Evening Drama Section of
the Faculty Women's Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. at the Michigan Union,
Nov. 1.
Drama Meeting: Junior Group
A.A.U.W. 8 o'clock Monday, Nov. 1.
at the home of Hannah Lennon, 716
Granger Ave.
Meeting of Fraternity-Independent
Party: 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon at
Delta Upsilon Fraternity. All inde-
pendents and fraternity men are in-
vited to this important meeting con-
cerning class elections.
Sociedad Hispanica: There will be
a meeting of the Sociedad Hispanica
Tuesday evening, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. in
the Women's League. All old members
are urgently requested to be present as
there is to be a nomination of officers
and discussion of plans for the
coming year.
George R. Karpus, President.
Junior Research Club. The Novem-
ber meeting will be held Tuesday,
Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2083
Natural Science Building.
Program : "The Influence of Ship-
wrecks on Ship Design," by Prof. H.
C. Adams, Marine Engineering.
"Recent Contributions to the
Chemistry of Free Radicals," by Mil-
ton Kloetzel, Chemistry.
Election of members.
Faculty Women's Club: The Tues-
day afternoon play-reading section
will meet on Nov. 2 at 2:15 p.m. in the
Mary Henderson Room of the Michi-
gan League,
The Oxford Group: All members
of Oxford Groups or students of the
Buchman-Schumacher literature are
invited to Lane Hall, Wednesday, Nov.
3 at 7:30 p.m.
Quadrangle: Nov. 3, 8:15 p.m. "Con-
flicting Movements in Organized La-
bor," McFarlan, Haber, Diamond,
Riegel.
Members will please consider these
notices as invitations until the publi-
cations of the University and Student
directories.
Bowling: The bowling alleys at the
Women's Athletic Building will open
on Monday, Nov. 1. Hours: 4 to 6 in
the afternoons, except Saturday and
7 to 9 in the evenings. Saturday af-
ternoons 3 to 5 p.m.
Graduate Luncheon for Chemical
and Metallurgical Engineers: Tues-
day noon, Nov. 2, in Room 3201 E.
Engineering Bldg. Prof. Wm. H. Wor-
rell will give a talk to the group.
Hiawatha Club: Smoker at 8 o'clock
tomorrow evening in the Union. Prof.
Bennett Weaver will conduct a forum
on world peace.
Luncheon for Graduate Students on
Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 12 o'clock in
the Russian Tea Room of the Michi-
gan League, cafeteria service. Bring
tray across the hall. Dr. Clarence S.
Yoakum, vice-president of the Univer-
sity and Dean of the Graduate School,
will speak informally on "The Grad-
uate School at Michigan."
Forestry Assembly: There will be an
assembly of all students in the School
of Forestry and Conservation at 11
a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 2, in Room C,
Haven Hall, at which Mr. C. W. Boyce
Secretary of the American Paper and
Pulp Association wil speak. Pre-for-
esters and others interested are also
cordially invited to atteid.
borrowed any spade, in the second.
place he returned it a week ago Wed- Choral Union Tickets: A limited
nesday, and in the third place it was number of tickets are still available,
not much of a spade, anyhow. In and will be disposed of in order of ap-
the first place, there were no Italian plication at the offices of the School
volunteers in Spain of whom Mus- of Music on Maynard St.
solini had official cognizance. In the
second place, there are 40,000 Italian
volunteers whom Mussolini is will-
ing to discuss. In the third place if'
the Italian estimate of 40,000 volun-
teers is questioned by anybody it will
be impugning Italian honor, and the
whole thing is off.
-New York Times.
Concerts
Carillon Recital: Wilmot F. Pratt,
University Carillonneur, will give a re-
cital on the Charles Baird Carillon in
the Burton Memorial Tower, Sunday
evening, Oct. 31, from 7:30 to 8:30
o'clock.
Lectures
University Lecture: Dr. Albert T.
I
White Slavery
Investigation of organized vice Olmstead, Professor of Oriental His-
flourishing at the very doors of the tory at the University of Chicago,
University of Illinois reveals the fact will give an illustrated lecture on
that a Chicago syndicate is respon- "Ancient History Warmed Over" in
sible for conditions in the college Natural Science Auditorium on Nov.
towns of Champaign and Urbana. 5 at 4:15 p.m. The public is cordially