I Weather Increasing cloudiness and warmer today. L r e A6P AOF 411t tnan :4I1atii , Editorial Labor's Biggest Enemy . . ..,..: VOLXLIX. No. 122 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1939 PRICE FIVE Federal Men Open Parleys For Advising StudentBody G-Man And Farm Official To Lecture Tomorrow In Vocational Series Business Leaders To Probe 13 Fields The University's Guidance and Oc- cupational Information Conference, designed to acquaint students with vocational prospects in the post-com- mencement world, will open at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Lec- ture Hall. Ace "G"-man W. H. Drane Lester, and Farm Security division head Wendell L. Lund will be on hand to tell students of "Opportunities in the Government Service." The two young government career men will be the first of 19 civil, business, industrial and personnel leaders Who will come from all parts of the nation during the week to' probe thirteen leading vocations, selected b , student poll. Rise Meteoric Mr. Lester's meteoric rise to the position of administrative assistant to J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, particularly fits him to advise. college students Dn how to "get ahead," according to' the raduate Student Council, joint sponsor of the first session. Still in his early thirties, Mr. Lester is a Rhodes Scholar with a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from Oxford Uni- versity.. His record also boasts B.A., M.A., and L.L.B. degrees from the University of Mississippi, professor- ships of Latin and Law at Mississip- pi and Memphis and law practice in Memphis. Besides being a G-man, Mr. Lester is a major in the militarymintelligence division of the Officer's Reserve Corps where he instructs men in the divisiop's training school for agents and police officers. Lund's Activities Many Mr. Lund climaxed a wide variety of government service in five years of steady advancement with his ap- pointment to the directorship of the Community Service Section of the Farm Security and Resettlement Ad- ministration. He has been described by the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information as "typical of the young administrators who have in recent; years forged into responsible .posi- tions in our government." Born in Escanaba, Mr. Lund re- ceived a Bachelor's degree from Aug- ustana College in 1927. After receiv- ing his Master's from Columbia and completing his Doctorate at Prince- ton University in 1933, he embarked on his governmental career. Local Churches Offer Varied Services Today Rev. Marley's Discussion Of Martyred German ScientistAmong Talks The question of peace in the world, and the problems of students, will form the topic of discussion for many of Ann Arbor's churches today in sermons and group forums. The Rev. Harold P. Marley will speak concerning "Ossietsky-A Ger man Martyr" at 11 a.m. in the Uni- tarian church. Von Ossietsky, who died last year, won the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his services in pre- Hitler Germany. The guest minister at the First Presbyterian church will be the Rev. Willis L. Gelston, of Highland Park Presbyterian church who will deliver a sermon on, "Turning Defeat into Victory." The Westminster Guild will be divided into four discussion groups in the evening. Confirmation rites will be conduct- ed by the Rt. Rev. Frank W. Creigh- ton, bishop coadjutor of the diocese. of Michigan, at 11 a.m. at the St. Andrews Episcopal church. The second in a series of three talks and discussions on Christian living will be given at 7 p.m. at Har- Michigan's 'Century Of Service' Celebrated By Radio Broadcast Alumni Speak From Washington And New York City As University Goes On World-Wide Hook-Up Arts Academy' Names Guthe To Presidency I , '** Cuts Germ an Trac Michigan tradition, achievements and songs echoed around the world yesterday, as the University celebrat- ed "a century of service" with a 45- minute broadcast from the Union ballroom over the Columbia Broad- casting System and affiliated short- wave networks. The program, timed almost to the second by the combined efforts of Prof. Waldo Abbot of the speech de- partment,"and Albert Chance, special program director, for Columbia, 'be- gan with "The Victors" played by the 90-piece University Concert Band. The student announcer, Dcinn Chown, Grad., then introduced President Ruthven, whose short ad- dress marked the formal opening of the program. President Ruthven, sending greetings to the thousands of Michigan alumni listening to the broadcast, pledged continuation of the University's high academic stan- dards. The Varsity. Glee Club followed with two songs, "'Tis of Michigan We Sing" and "I Want To Go Back To Michigan," after which a dialogue was begun between characters rep- resenting a Michigan alumnus, Class of '98, and a Michigan student now, on campus. This conversation, which was designed to demonstrate the exL istence of University tradition and spirit, was interspersed throughout the program, and served to coordinate the broadcast. A fadeout introduced a skit por- traying the entrance of the first fe- male student into the University. This lady, Madelon Stockwell, '72, now living in Kalamazoo, was de- scribed as "a heroine to thousands of Michigan women." A Glee Club song, "When Night Falls, Dear," dedi- cated to Michigan women, ended this lskit. Then followed a rapid-fire listing of Michigan's distinguished alumni, with accounts of their accomplish- ments. The first inter-city shift then fol- lowed, and Washington entered the program, with Herman Schmidt, president of the local alumni group introducing both Arthur H. Vanden- berg, '01, United States Senator from Michigan, and Frank Murphy, '14L, attorney general of the United States, as "fine presidential candidates." Senator Vandenberg praised the University's stability and culture, and referred to it as "a pride to the State and to higher education." Attorney- general Murphy lauded alumni loyal- ty and spirit, and stated that "as a source of learning and culture, Michi- gan is a jewel without equal on this earth." He said that he spent some of the happiest days of his life on the Ann Arbor campus. Museums' Director Organization For Meetings In Ann Leads 1940 Arbor By Tariff Boost As Frane( Enln Seek Russian Mi _ - urrrr Stuident Senate Race To Open With Petitions Platforms Accepted Also; Election Will Be Held On Friday,_March 31 The race for the 16 vacant posts in the Student Senate will begin at 4 p.m. tomorrow when Election Direct- or Edward Magdol, '39, opens the doors of his Lane Hall office to pe- titioners for places on the ballot. The voting will be held Friday, March 31. Aspiring senators will have until Friday, March 24, during the hours of 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to register their candidacies, Magdol said. This third semi-annual election will be con- ducted according to the Hare system of proportional representation with the single transferable vote. Applications must include the fol- lowing material: signatures of five student backers, a short political designation 1for the ballot, a Univer- sity certificate of scholastic eligibility and a 50 cent filing fee. Would-be candidates have also been reminded that platforms will also be received at the Lane Hall Sen- ate office or at the Student Publica- tions Buiding for The Daily "Senate Battle Page" which will appear two days before the election. The dead- line on all platform copy has been set at 1 p.m. Monday, March 27 by Magdol and The Daily Battle Page Editor. An explanation of the voting and counting system of proportional rep- resentation systems to be used wiX also be included on the special page. The official ballot will be an- nounced in Saturday's Daily, Magdol' said, and he emphasized that the deadline would not be extended be- yond 6 p.m. Friday as it was in the fall. Michigan Wins Butler Relays For Sixth Time Bill Watson Annexes First Place In Both Broad Jump And Shot Events INDIANAPOLIS, March 18.-(ZP-- Team balance paid .dividends here tonight as the University of Michigan Wolverines rolled to their sixth straight Butler Indoor Relays track team title in a battle which saw three meet records surpassed, includ- ing one recognized world mark. An- other claimed world record also was equaled. " The Wolverines piled up 46 points, although they won only one of the relay races which count heaviest in point totals. Indcana was second with 24 points and Butler third with 22. A crowd of 10,000 saw the annual event. In a special mile-and-a-half race, which topped off the 15-event track show, Don Lash, the Indiana State Policeman, raced to a 30-yard vic- tory over Joe McCluskey of the New York Athletic Club after trailing un- til midway in the last lap. Lash's time of 6:47.7 was 10 seconds off the world's indoor record. To a couple of Wisconsin boys went the individual honors. Milt Padway (Continued on Page 6) Committee For Carnival To Hold Meeting Today There will be a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the Michigras at 3:30 p.m. today in the Michigan Union, it was announced yesterday by James Halligan, '40F&C. Important business will be discussed and it is essential for all members to be pres- ent. Business Session Ends 44thMeeting Carl E. Guthe, director of the University museums, and Charles W. Creaser of Wayne University were named president and vice-president for the 1940 meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Let- ters at the business session of the Academy which concluded its three- day meeting here yesterday. Mr. Guthe and Mr. Creaser will succeed" Prof. A. E. R. Boak of the history department and H. R. Hunt of Mich-z igan State College respectively. Officers who retained their posi- tions at the meeting are: secretary,f Prof. L. J. Young of the forestry de- partment; treasurer, E. C. Prophet of Michigan State College; editor, Prof. W. C. Steere of the botany depart- ment, and librarian, Dr. W. W. Bish- op, University librarian. At the concluding business ses- sion, three resolutions were adopted by the Academy: one favoring the passage of House Bill 139 in the State legislature which provides improve- ments in the methods of handling oil and gas resources, another opposing the passage of the Knox bill which would turn over to the state land board the Department of Conserva- tion's present jurisdiction over tax- delinquent lands in the northern part of the State and the third opposing the passage of the bill in the State legislature designed to increase the_ number of members on the Conserva- tion Commission from seven to nine. Language And Literature The "ivory tower" which formerlyr represented a withdrawal of the scholar to a contemplation of life1 around him, is now an "anti-socialc hiding place" sought by the intellec- tual aristocrat, Prof. Mentor L. Wil-t liams of the English department de-1 clared at the morning session of the Academy.t Scholars from Emerson to Wood-} row Wilson have inveighed against the educated man who did not recog-1 nize an obligation to preserve a de-1 mocracy which guarantees freedom to investigate and continue research. Professor Williams described the students of Emerson's day as "decent,t indolent and complacent." It wast this complacency and timidity whichY Emerson attacked in a speech beforec members of Phi Beta Kappa at Har-c vard. In 1894, said Professor Wil- liams, Theodore Parker stressed thef debt which scholars owe to democ- racy and their obligation to take part< (Continued On Page 2) Lawyer's Guild To Hold Parley Secretary Of Detroit Unit To Speak Tomorrow ° The local student branch of the National Lawyers Guild will hold its first meeting at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow in the faculty dining room ofethe Law Club. Earnest Goldman, secre- tary of the Detroit chapter, will speak on "What the Guild Means to the Law Student." The meeting is open to all laT and pre-law students. The Guild, according to the local organizing committee, was formed in 1937 by men in the profession who were "dissatisfied with the attitude of the American Bar Association to- ward current social and economic problems." The Guild's membership of 5,000 includes Solicitor - General Robert Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, Judge Ferdinand Pecora and Dean Lloyd Garrison of the Wisconsin Law School. Student chapters have been estab- fished recently at Harvard, Yale, Col- umbia and George Washington Uni- versities. Initiation Banquet Set For Thursday The Interfraternity Banquet, held each spring in honor of the men who have joined fraternities during the vear- will he heid this ne arat 6n Tm Reported Nazi Movement Against Rumania Speeds Democracies To Unite Bucharest Rejects Hitler's Ultimatum Bian(By Associated Press) Britain ad Franceturned toward Soviet Russia last night (Saturday) in a quick effort to block a reported move against Rumania by a Nazi Ger- many they no longer sought to ap- pease. The move, reported on high authority, followed a day in which the two Democracies denounced Ger- many's seizure of Czecho-Slovakia ina notes which Germany almost im-. PRAGUE, March 18.--(R)- Some German troops expressed amazement today at the icy greeting the Czechs gave them as they occupied Bohemia and Mo- ravia. They said they thought they were coming here to quell a. revolution and were surprised that they were not given a great welcome. The German soldiers-most of them 18 to 20 years old-have shown good discipline. The khaki of the Czech 'Army is still' seen on the streets with.the.German field grey. Ial adier Gains Dictator Staus From Deputtes PARIS, March 18-(A----The Cham- ber of ;Deputies tonight voted Pre- mier Daladier unprecedented dicta- torial powers until Nov. 30 as in- formed quarters disclosed a French- British move to enlist Soviet Russia's aid in a triple front against German economic tressure ow Rumania., The sweeping decree. powers Da- ladier demanded to enable France to move as fast as the dictatorships passed by a vote of 321 to 264 in the Chamber. Senate approval at tomor- row's session was considered a fore- gone conclusion. By the terms of the bill he could dissolve political parties, 'ban public meetings and newspapers, prolong Parliament's life or dissolve it, or vir-! tually put France in 0, state of mo!- bilization without obtaining Parlia- mentary approval. Through his ministers and through, statements to deputies of the finance committee, this much of his program seemed certain:: 1. Reinforcement of France's armed forces by calling the specialists to the colors for the army, navy and air forces. 2. Speeding up production in arms and other war industries by treasuryr loans and by increasing working hours. 3. Buying war stocks abroad to meet gaps in French production of supplies of war materials. 4. Increasing working hours be- yond the 40-hour a week limit im- posed by the People's Front govern- ment social laws in industries other than those producing war materials., In addition to these primary points, the Deputies reported that to satisfy his rightist majority, Daladier would prolong the life of the present Parlia- ment for two additional years until 1942 and institute a. plan of electoral reform advocated by the right. Driver Killed By Train At Unguarded Crossing One man was killed instantly when his car was struck by a train at 3:45 p.m. yesterday at an ungarded cross- ing of the Wabash Railroad near Milan. Rudolph Miklosi, 30 years old, of Milan, was the victim. He was alone in the car. According to a witness, Miklosi was driving very slowly at the time of the accident. His car was hit in the front on the left side and wreckage was scattered for 1,000 feet along the track. Miklosi's body Was evidently thrown into the drivers of the engine. Trade Barriers Displeasure Of At Germany's Imports Of R Expected T I: mediately rejected as lacking "every political, legal and moral basis." Almost as a team, the two Dteoc- racies lost no time in acting. Prime Minister Chamberlain rushed back from Birmingham anl presided over a momentous 21/2 hour cabinet session-the first Saturday session of the cabinet since last year's Septem- ber crisis. No official announcement followed the British Cabinet meeting, but it was stated authoritatively that the session dealt with a request from Rumania for a statement of Britain's position on the German-Rumania situation. Rumania was reported to have re-' ceived-and then rejected-a virtual- ultimatum from Germany to grant the Reich sole access to Rumania's rich oil, grain and other resources in exchange for German "protection" of Rumanian territory. King Carol was understood to have asked Paris and London for a replk within 48 hours on what support they could give him against the Nazi de- mands and Britain and France in turn to have asked Moscow if the Soviet Union would join them in buying from Rumania to block Hitler. The report met official denials in Press Association, British news agefi- both Berlin and Bucharest, but the cy with excellent Government sources, carried a report that the Rumanian minister to London had informed the (Contin-ued on Page 81 WASHINGTON, March 18.-(P- On the heels of the State Depart- ment's strongly-worded denunciation. of Germany's absorption of Czeco- Slovakia, the Treasury ordered an extra 25 per cent tariff today on many products that the Reich sends to this country. A Treasury spokesman who an- nounced the action said it was taken with the State Department's knowl- edge, but refused comment when asked if it was related to Germany's seizure of the Czech Republic. - "'The action," he said, "speaks for itself. There seemed little doubt, how- ever, that this economic blow to Ger- many could be interpreted in any SPRAGUE, March 18.-(P)-AV least 10,000 residents of Bohemia and Moravia n were ko rnw to- night to have been rder.ed r port for questioningbythe new German masters ° of brokey ec Czecho-Slovak. The orders did not mean, how- ever, that they would all We de* taned, but numerous arrests arer known to have been made. other light than as a forceful ex- pression of this country's extreme displeasure at what Sumner Welle, acting Secretary of State, called es teay the "wanton hlawlessness"oif the occupation oferchr-Slovakla. It recalled, too, that President Roosevelt said in his message to Con- gress last January, that there were means "short of .war, but stronger and more effective than mere words, of bringing home to" aggressor na- tions the aggregate sentiments of our own~ people." The Treasury ordered the extra tariffl by imposing what are known as "countervailing dutnes," effective April 23. (The Tariff Act Of 1930 provides that such dutiesshall be levied additioni to regular 'tiffs-o-cn any! foreign products subsidized, indman- facture or export, by te4governmet of theacoun'try $oforiin) The' Treasury acted; after Attorney General Murphy ruled that Germa' goods mported under barter ar- rangements should bre sibject to e'0x- tra duties..' Imports from Germany declinedin 1938 to $64;53,000, compared with $92,468,000 the, previous year.y Private trade exertsestimated that at least $30,000,000 of the 13 trade was carried on ,by t1barter. Unt-' ed States aexprts to ermany totaled $107,58&000'ii 93.Cotton anda other 'products whih' Grmany an- not resadily obtain" elsewhere have constituted" the bulk of Reich Im- ports' from this country. In Vew of Welles" expression yes- terday, diplomats here were convinced that this country would not recognize he Nazi absorption of Czecho-Slo- vakia. Awards To Staff Are Announced Publications , Scholars ips Won By_18 Students Eighteen members of the argoyle, Michiganensian and Daily'staffs have been awarded $50 scholarships for maintaining "B" scholastic averages for four consecutive semesters while working on one of~the student publi- cations, Prof. Williafn A. McLaugh- lin, chairman of the Board in ton- trol, announced yesterday. r Awards were made as follows: Daily business: Philip W. Buchen '41L. Daily editorial: Joseph N. Freed. Sman,.'39; June Harris, '40; Saul Klel. e nan, '39; Elliott Maraniss, '40; A. bert P. Mayio,'39; Robert D. Mitchell 39:- Robert Prmn '90 nA rsot 1 ! --- Reich's Economic Security Seen. Jeopardized By CZech Seizure Football Pool Operator Pieters Fined And Placed On Probation Football pool operator John R. Pieters, 39 years of age, of Kala- mazoo, former owner of the City Cigar Store at 106 E. Huron St., was fined $500 and placed on probation for five years by Circuit Judge George W. Sample after he had entered a plea of guilty to a charge of running a "gaming house." Pieters was arrested Nov. 22 by local police on a warrant issued by Prosecutor Albert J. Ra.pp on the complaint of Earl Holloway, '40BAd., of Flint, after the gambler failed to pay an estimated $3,700 in football pool winnings to University students and townspeople. In sentencing Pieters, Judge Sample reprimanded "public officials who periodically say that they are going to 'crack down' on gambling and then was Pieters' claim that the football pool was operated on his property without his knowledge. The probation provision of the sentence was included to insure ful- fillment of the community's duty to "protect not only our own youth from the prey of these gamblers, but also the many thousand strangers (Uni- versity students) in our midst," Judge Sample said. Indignant campus sources com- plained that Pieters "made more than $2,000 on the whole deal." The football pools, which gave suc- cesively increasing odds for selecting winners of football games each week, paid out consistently during the sea- son until the week of Saturday, Nov. 19, when bookmakers offered "ridicu- lously easy" games to bet on. Pieters anda reen Tickelt fonthal nnl (Editor's Note: This article was writ- ten with the cooperation of, two mem- bers of the political science depart- ment.) By NORMAN A. SCHORR When Germany stepped out of the sphere of mere economic domination in Czecho-Slovakia she did more than violate the Munich pact and oth- er similar pronouncements that she wanted "none of the Czechs." In reaching beyond the bounds of her oft-repeated desire for "self-deter- mination of the German-speaking peoples" she also jeopardized her al- ready-precarious economic position, as talknof sanctions to cope with the German imperialist threat is taken up around the world. The 25 per cent increase in tariff duties on certain German imports announced yesterday by the U. S. treasury department to go into effect April 23, is the first move by this nation in the direction of, economic penalties and is undoubtedly the weapon characterized by President Roosevelt in his message to Congress as "short of war and more effective lion," and the next victim of this octopus' tentacles is unpredictable- perhaps Switzerland, Belgium or Ru- mania. Power of this ambitious German. government cannot be underestimated despite world opposition to its poli- cies, By raiding the banks of Prague she amassed enough gold to erase her unfavorable trade balance for the past year and by taking over Czech mili- tary stores she gained more war equipment than England and France produced during the past year. It has unfinished business in Memel, Dan-' zig, Rumania and the Carpatho-Uk- raine (Ruthenia), rapidly approach- ing the dangerous point of imperial-, ist aggression when war will be in- evitable for it seems evident that she will not get the Ukraine without a fight. Until Chamberlain's speech in Bir- mingham Friday, the present British Government's policy in regard to Eastern Europe was clear: namely,' that economic domination in that area by Germany was to be expected, but territorial expansion would not he toleateid.