V PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Sumis r session, Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it Or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mal matter Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50.T . REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVRTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADIsoN AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOsTON * LOs ANGELES -SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938.39 Board of Editors Managing Editor . . . . Robert D. Mitchell Editorial Director . . . . . Albert P. Mayo City Editor . . . . Horace W.FGilmore Associate Editor . . . . Pyobert L. Pitzhenry Associate Editor S. R. Kelman Associate Editor . . . . Robert Perlman Associate Editor - . . . . . Earl oilman Associate Editor . . William Elvin Associate Editor . Joseph Freedman Book Editor . . . . . Joseph~ Gies Women's Editor . . DorotheaStaebler Sports Editor . . Bud Benjamin Business Department Business Manager . . . . Philip W. Buchen Credit Manager U .Lonard P. Siegelman Advertising Manager . Wiliam L. Newnan Women's Business Manager Helen Jean Dean Women's Service Manager . . Marian A. Baxter NIGHT EDITOR: STAN M. SWINTON The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writera only. Propaganda Analysis For Democracy . . PROPAGANDA in America has be- come a flourishing and important business, so important in fact that a new course has been introduced into New York high schools to train the student in the fundamentals of analyzing propaganda technique, in seeing "what makes it tick." The development of such a course has been made inevitable by the mass of propaganda to which the American is subjected every day. With pressure groups placing the individual under a barrage of "information" furthering thei'r own ends, it is important that te citizen should know how to distinguish the rational from the dema- gogic, the wheat from the chaff.. The authorities believe that the course is "not only timely but extremely important to the future welfare of this country." The course doesnot attempt to show the stu- dent what is.good or bad; that is, an antiquated propaganda device in itself. Its aim is to give the student the tools by which he can diagnose what he reads in the newspapers or hears on the radio. He is taught that there are seven chief ele- ments in propaganda technique: glittering gen- eralities, bandwagon trick, transfer device, testi- monial trick, plain folks, name calling and card stacking. Then he is subjected to propagandistic information and allowed to decide. for himself that which is acceptable to him. The student thus learns what to expect from propagandists and how to go about dissecting the information. But there is a more basic touch- stone with which he becomes acquainted: he is taught to search for motives at every step. If an Individual can see why a bit of information has been passed on to him, he has gone a long way toward evaluating its worth. In substituting tools and methods of critical thinking for irrationality, this course is a more effective weapon against "un-Americanism" than a dozen Dies committees. -Hervie Haufler The State Labor Billse.. N LINE with State administrative promises to alleviate labor difficul- ties in industries not reached by the National Labor Relations Act, three bills have been in- troduced in the State legislature. Two of these, one house and onesenate bill, are exactly the same, being duplicated to speed action on them. These two are exact copies of the National act and are also prototypes of acts already passed in five other states, which are called Little Wagner Acts because of their likeness to the Federal act. Another of the house bills, commonly known as the Fitzgerald labor bill, because it was drafted at the behest of the late governor, was passed by the house last Thursday. This bill proposes a five man board appointed by the governor rather than the three man board that the Wagner Act established, and although it specified in its original form that two of the board should represent labor, two should come from thee mnilovers and one from fhe nhlic Its provision for filing of intention to strike practically invalidates labor's sole weapon by voiding the tactical advantage of unexpected- ness. It also provides for mediation commis- sions appointed by the governor to try to end disputes should the regular board fail to do so before the 15 day period elapses. The bill also declares that only peaceful picketing shall be legal, but just what connotation shall be given the word peaceful is apparently left for the courts to decide. The very fact that the bill has no legal prece- dent leaves many of the provisions open to judicial interpretation and, unfortunately, it also contains much material which should lie in the realm of the rules and orders of the board itself. It does, of course, propose more stringent regulations, both on labor and on the employer. It invalidates sit-down strikes which have al- ready been pronounced illegal by the Supreme Court in the Fansteel case under the National Act. On the other hand, the Little Wagner bills'are models of an act that has already legally proven its worth. Court decisions have been rendered on its wording. Orders and decisions of the NLRB and also of the boards established by similar acts in Massachusetts, New York, Penn- sylvania. Utah and Wisconsin are available and would furnish much worthwhile information to a State board. The original Wagner act is more- over, the product of experienced bill drafters and government lawyers.. Should the senate pass on the Fitzgerald bill, the State would have a labor board with some power to be sure, but it would be a green board with no parallel experience to draw on as would be available under the Little Wagner bill. --William B. Elmer The Editor Gets Told TODAY n WASHW 1 N GTON --by David Lawrence- ... r' ..=, , Raps Senate's Action To the Editor: As a member of the Student Senate, I want to at this time most vigorously register my dissent- ing opinion of the ridiculous and unwarranted action of the Senate on Harry Kipke's candidacy for the Regency of the University. At its meeting last night the Senate passed a resolution which had not previously even been discussed at any of its meetings. I, myself, and others, had left the meeting, unfortunately, before this matter had been brought up; no mention had been given to the matter on the agenda and we had no reason to believe that such an important issue would be decided upon and rushed through in a single meeting. It is high time that the student body became aware that this organization is not, in actuality, an "All-Campus Representative Body," as it was originally intended. Many and most of the Senators elected last fall have since dropped out of the Senate for various reasons, one of the reasons being their disgust with such proceedings as occurred last night. Although the published report claims 22 members were present, there were only ten mem- bers present out of a total membership of thirty- two. Twelve were "represented by proxies" and one Senator held ten of these proxies! (One person responsible for eleven votes). This is a matter which appears to many to be ludicrous, however, it is also extremely serious in certain aspects. Today, practically every newspaper in the State carries an account of the fact that the "Student Senate, an All-Campus Representa- tive Body of the University of Michigan, demands that the voters of the State reject Kipke as a candidate for Regent." What basis or motive does this small minor- ity (ten students) have for attempting and doing this very undemocratic thing? Your guess is as good as mine. And incidentally, to make matters appear more grotesque, the same persons who introduced the resolution to the Senate also wrote the story for the Daily. Whether or not the campus opinion favors Harry Kipke is beside the point at this time, for only an All-Campus poll could decide that, which I don't think would be a bad procedure now in full justice to Mr. Kipke and his supporters. It is extremely unfortunate that all of this has occurred, however, the student body does have a chance to have a truly representative body after March 31, if they will elect represen- tatives to the Senate who are not after personal publicity and who will be willing to remain active and prevent such hasty and unwarranted at- tempts to control campus opinion by a few of the Senate's "influential members." -Bill Grier, '39 (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Daily reporter who covered the meeting is not a member of the Sen- ate and had nothing to do with introduction of the motion whatsoever and had never even at- tended a Senate meeting previously. Mr. Robert Perlman did not, as is insinuated, write the Daily report. His answer to Mr Kipke was made at the request of a local reporter and later inserted into the story by a staff member. A survey of campus opinion yesterday showed it to be in accord with the Senate's action. Out of 27 senators who could be reached by the Daily last night, 21 registered approval of the resolu- tion, two disapproved and four abstained.) 1 L THE times are out of joint and we know why. In a world of fevered fictioneers, dictators, Orson Welles and H. G., Minsky and Hollywood, nothing is left to the imagination. Cruel inconoclasts all, they treat our illusions and fancied heroes with the delicacy of a stevedore, and with pencils dripping with vitriol, bombs Fnd all sorts of cute devices-ready for instant bombardment-dare us to set up anything resembling a re- treat. Take the picture "Gunga Din." Kipling's poem, taken from the pic- ture of the same name, was the first ballad we ever menmorized; that noble, uncomplaining "regimental bhisti" was actually the finest man we knew, and we were so impressed that now, 14 years later, we can remember his story word for word. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30 P.M. 11:00 A.M. on Saturday. "I shan't forget the night that I dropped behind the fight, with a bullet where my beltplate should've been . . . 'E carried me away to where a dooli lay, a bul- let came and drilled the beggar clean. 'E put me safe inside and just before 'e died, 'I 'opes you likes your drink,' says Gunga Din...- S1 (Continued from Page 2) who have not yet handed in their applications should do so immediately and obtain final directions. Interviews for Positions: All stu- dents registered with the Bureau are reminded of the interviews to be held at the Michigan Union at 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening. Senior' students will be interviewed, and right and wrong types of interviews will be demonstrated, with helpful sugges- tions from the employers. Mr. R. G. Waldron, Director of Industrial Re- lations at Hudson Motor Company, will interviewra stenographer and an engineer. Mr. L. H. Lamb, Super- intendent of Schools at Flint, will interview a senior man and woman for teaching positions. These are two separate meetings; they will be- gin promptly and be out early. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. Summer Work: The University Bu- reau of Appointments and Occupa- tional Information has received the following requests for summer work- ers: Check requirements against your own qualifications carefully. Interested students who are 20 or over with camping experience may get complete information at 201 Ma- son Hall. Wisconsin Settlement Camp, life guard-first aid, $20 month and maintenance. Wisconsin Settlement Camp, wom- an program director, $50 month and maintenance. Wisconsin Settlement Camp, man program director, $50 month and maintenance. Wisconsin Settlement Camp, typist, $5 month and maintenance. Wisconsin Settlement Camp, men and women counselors $5 month and maintenance. his research work. The lecture is arranged by the Society of Sigma Xi and will be open to the public. University Lectures: Professor Ken- neth J. Conant, of Harvard Univer- sity, will give illustrated lectures on "The Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem" on Monday, April 3, and "The Mon- astery of Cluny" on Tuesday, April 4, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Lec- ture Hall under the auspices of the Institute of Fine Arts. Events Today Louis Untermeyer Schedule: 4 p.m. Coffee hour at Michigan Union (Room 308). 8.yp.m. Smoker for Engineering fac- ulty (North Lounge). Note. Students desiring personal conferences with Mr. Untermeyer, phone him at the Michigan Union Thursday 23 between 2 and 4 p.m. Conferences will be arranged for Fri- day, March 24. Geological Journal Club: The Club will meet in Room 2054 N.S. at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Program: Ogden Tweto, "Migmatites and Granitization" and Dr. George Stanley, "Kodachromes of the Sier- ras. WASHINGTON, March 22.-What's the mat- ter with business in America? Many answers to this question are being made, but it is surpris- ing how little legislators here know of the most cancerous growth that has become imbedded in the economic system-namely, the payroll taxes. Latest figures compiled show that business in 1929, when the national income was at an un- precedented height, namely $80,000,000,000, paid much less in taxes than today. Certainly, a tax load of nearly twice the size of 1929 can hardly be justified in depression years as making eco- nomic sense. The corporation income tax is based on capac- ity to pay. Hence it is natural that, in 1929, the business corporations of America should be found paying $1,235,733,256, whereas, in the last fiscal year, with the higher tax rates, the corporation income tax yielded $926,000,000. This might be a proper relationship between 1929 and 1939 if the corporation income tax was the only levy that had to be paid. For, in 1939, there was no payroll tax, whereas today American business pays an added $1,198,175,000, and this does not include any of the employee contributions. If the payroll tax paid by employers is added to the corporation income tax, it will be found that the total tax paid by American business amounted in the last year to $2,124,175,000, which is the biggest total direct tax ever paid by the corporations, and it amounts to nearly twice the total amount paid in 1929. How can American business, with a depression volume of sales, pay almost twice as much as it was taxed in 1929 and survive? This question is being answered with thousands of failures on the part of small corporations, which, in turn, increases the total unemployment rolls. Although the Federal Government collects these vast sums annually from payrolls, it ex- pends only about one-fourth for Social Security purposes. The same Social Security can be at- tained by meeting the expenses out of general taxation. In other words, by paying somewhere between $350,000,000 and $400,0000,000 a year out of general tax receipts, collected from those with a capacity to pay because they have earned a profit, thousands of little businesses could be freed from the crushing burden of the payroll taxes, which must be paid irrespective of wheth- er a business is in the red or the black. One of-the most vicious effects of the payroll tax is that, while in businesses manufacturing tangible articles, the tax can be passed on, there are innumerable service businesses operating on fixed income or commission bases which cannot increase their income to take care of taxes. Also, many small businesses operating with eight em- ployesdor less are exempt, and they hesitate to expand because they must then pay Social Security taxes. In other words, the payroll taxes operate as a preventive of employment. The tax load carried by American business today, in respect to those companies which can pass it on in whole or in part, merely means higher costs to some of those in the manufac- turing industries, for instance, who are already handicapped because they cannot compete with plants having better equipment. The large busi- nesses, therefore, possess an advantage over their smaller competitors. This is one of the forms of involuntary concentration of capital and busi- ness volume which the payroll tax induces. The payroll tax system started in 1936 with 1 per cent levied on payrolls, but it was not until 1937. when the tax was increased to 2 per cent, that business began to feel the effects of the strain. Again, in 1938, there was an increase of another 1 per cent, so that today the total tax on employers totals 4 per cent of their payroll figured in dollars. If this were a profit tax, it would be understandable, but there is absolutely no relationship between a total payroll and capacity to pay, because the higher the wages an employer pays to his workers. the more taxes Gunga Din's death was a moment of small concern to anyone but Kip- ling. And the picture of that heroic native, cold on an Indian plain, we retained through the years. Then came the dawn . . . Hollywood dragged in two ex-police reporters, Ben Hecht and Charles MArthur, and evidently told them to turn it on and not forget England's still imper- ialistic. So what was the result: a wan imnitation of Flagg and Quirt, equipped with a Scottish regiment (bagpipes and all); an Oriental Richard Talmadge (remember the roof-jumper of the silent days?); death for the Queen and her Empire; 10,000 troops, Kipling himself-and finally Gunga Din saving an entire regiment by blowing his trumpet from atop a gleaming gold domed temple and falling to a glorious death. The high note was struck at the end, when the Colonel made the dead Din a corporal and turned to the poet as if to say, "The requiem, Mr. Kip- .ling." Things like that makes us re- actionary. *, *, * SPOT TEST Huge teeth, skins, skulls invade my dreams, My brain with "nomenclature" teems. I've studied hard, but 'tis no use- Cryptotis, Cervidae or Sus? Perhaps it's Chlorophyceac. Good gracious no! That's botany. Here I believe a coin I'll toss For Zapus, Lepus, Mus or Bos? The skull cleft wide, incisors three- Vespertilionidae? Though time is up I'm still not sure, Cricetidae or Condylura? Next year I'll live a life of ease- I'll not depart from A B C's. -Judy Wold We don't either UNE Provines, a Chicago columnist, lists the modern contributions to German philosophy. Marshall Goer- iiig has offered the principle of simple ostentation. Minister Goebbels has produced the theory of suggestive truth. And Hitler himself has created the doctrine of voluntary compulsion. What about the Reich's self-deter- mination of minorities? *} *Y OUR agent No. 1 reports that the human mind sometimes displays an amazing resourcefulness in a time of great stress. She cites an incident that occurred in the League the other day. A young lady stopped on her way down the corridor and fished in her pocketbook for a cigarette. The item obtained, she then began to search for a match. For several minutes, she fingered through her purse, until fin- ally in desperation she dumped the contents out on the sofa nearby. Still no matches. She explored again her emptied purse, surveyed the objects strewn on the sofa, and then her brow was suddenly un-furrowed. She stepped to the elevator, pressed the button, and when a moment later the operator drew the doors apart, she solicited a match, and was promptly accommodated. * * * For the Redundancy department: Bennie Oosterbaan's "Thank you very much. And what's more, I appreei- ate it." gambler, Kirby, is wonderfully real- istic-the wheels even turn. The fin- al scene, a masquerade ball of course, is as gay and colorful a climax as you could possibly ask for. With a background of many- I --.-- Cercle Francais: There meeting tonight at 7:30 in R.L. Wisconsin Wisconsin nWiscnsin and crafts. Wisconsin matics. Wisconsin; lore. Wisconsin will be a Roomf 408 Settlement Camp, music. Settlement Camp, arts Settlement Camp, dra- Setlement Camp, nature Settlement Camp, danc- THEATRE By TUNE HARRIS 'Pig In A Poke' For the harassed headline reader who is accus- tomed to finding a bombshell with his daily cup of coffee, this year's Junior Girls' Play affords an insurpassable opportunity to get away from it all. In Richard McKelvey's drama of the old but impoverished Culpepper family following the old southern tradition of trying to marry off their eligible daughters, the most serious battle is a family quarrel, the only financial crisis, a gamb- ling debt and the nearest thing to shady diplo- macy, a case of mistaken identity. Snappy dance routines, singing choruses, color- ful costuming, unique sets in addition to the characterizations of the oldsouthern Culpepper 'family made the "Pig in a Poke" a musical comedy for which the junior girls can justifiably pat themselves on the back. , Betty Baldwin as Sarah the ugly duckling, who, in the accepted fairy tale manner, frees her family from their trials and marries the hand- some prince, gives a pleasantly pert performance while June Madison as the choleric father blus- ters through the play in true southern colonel style. Jane Jewitt portraying Alicia shows us a southern belle well versed in the art of man- catching while Barbara Bassett as Ned, the in- corrigible but well meaning son and Alberta Wood as the fluttery mother work together to impress us with the tempestuous family life of the CuP- peppers. Mary Jordan playing Warren Kirby is a hero that would make any feminine heart skip a beat or two. Outstanding in the song and dance routines are the three old maid porch sitters, Ann Vicary, Beth O'Roke and Ruth Driggs, and the Can-Can girls who stopped the show by a judicious use of limb throwing. The vocal solos of Carolyn Ray- Ray horn and 1n3rbara elling nfermtl fficir Pv-_ Wisconsin Settlement Camp, sports. Community Camp, Northern Mich. man-Waterfront Examiner's Badge, man-Sports, 4 weeks $20. Girl Scout Camp, woman (25 yrs. old) supervise older girls. Knowledge of boating, canoeingi swimming. Girl Scout Camp, woman-or man Riding Instructor (22-23 yrs. old). Girl Scout Camp. Foreign women students, 21 years old or over. Ohio Settlement Camp, counselor- ships on volunteer basis. Jewish girls camp (Southern Mich.) Horseback riding instructor, tennis, dramatics, swimming, riflery, ath- letics. Girl Scout Camp, woman gradu- ate student 21 or over with teach- ing experience, Red Cross Examin- ers, ability to instruct rowing, canoe- ing. College Camp, Wisconsin, men and women for kitchen, clerking, tent and cottage. At least 18. $10 month and maintenance. University Bureau of Appointments. and Occupational Information. Academic Notices Students, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: Courses dropped after Saturday, March 25, by students other than freshmen will be recorded E. Freshmen (students with less than 24 hours of credit) may drop courses without penalty through the eighth week. Exception may be made in extraordinary circumstances, such as severe or long continued illness. E. A. Walter, Asst. Dean. Freshmen in the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts may ob- tain their five week progress repogts in the Academic Counselors' Office, 108 Mason Hall, from 8 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. according to the following schedule, Surnames beginning M through Z, Thursday, March 23. Surnames beginningw F through L, Friday, March 24. Surnames beginning A through E, Saturday, March 25. 8-12. Red Cross Senior Life-Saving Class will not be held Thursday, March 23, but will meet the following Thursday. History 12: Lecture Group I. Mid- semester examination at 2 p.m., Monday, March 27. Mr. Weir's sec- tions will meet in Room C, Haven; all other sections in Natural Science Auditorium. Lectures Pharmacy Lecture: Dr. Frank B. Kirby, Director of Education of Ab- bott Laboratories, will address stu- dents of pharmacy and others in- terested, in Room 300, Chemistry and Pharmacy Building, today at 10 a.m., The Men's Physical Education Club will meet tonight at 9 p.m. in the Michigan Union. A delegate to the coming Physical Education Convention will be select- ed at this time. The Beta Chapter of Iota Alpha will hold its regularmonthly meeting on this evening, at 8 p.m. in the West Conference Room of the Horace Rackham Graduate School Building. The speaker for the evening is Dr. S. A. Courtis, of Detroit, whose topic is Responsibility of The Engineer for Cultural Progress." Faculty, College of Engineering: Members of the staff are cordially invited to attend the smoker for Mr. Louis Untermeyer in the North Lounge of the Michigan Union at 9 p.m. tonight. Scimitar meeting will be held to- night at 7:30 at the Union. Officers for the coming year are to be elected, and other impotant business is to be taken care of, so all members should be present. Men's Glee Club: Concert in De- troit this afternoon. Everyone who can possibly be there is needed ur- gently. Bus will leave the Union at one o'clock sharp. Dark suits and white shirts are mandatory. Assembly Representatives: There will be a regular meeting of all rep- resentatives from dormitories, league houses, and Ann Arbor Independents at 5 p.m. in the League. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of the meeting. The main business for the meeting is the election of the Execu- tive Officers which includes the Pres- ident, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Everyone must be present. The Current Jewish Problems Class will meet tonight at the Hillel Foun- dation at 8 p.m. Dr. Rabinowitz will speak on "The Problem of Zionism." Coming Events Forestry. Assembly: There will be an assembly of the School of For- estry and Conservation at 10 a.m.- Friday, March 24, in the amphithe- tre of the Rackham Building, at which Mr. Seth Gordon, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and former Secretary of the Izaac Walton League and Pres- ident of the American Game As- sociation, will speak. All students in the School of Forestry and Conser- vation are expected to attend and others interested cordially invited to do so. Eastern Engineering Trip: Impor- tant meeting for those going on the trip Sunday, March 26, at 5 p.m. in the Union. Room to be posted. Kansas University Alumni: An- nual meeting of former students and other Kansans at dinner at the Mich- igan Union Friday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. Talks by Professors H. E. Riggs and W. C. Hoad and recent motion pictures of K. U. Scenes. A Flying Meet will be conducted by The University Flying Club at the Ann Arbor Airport Sunday, March 26. University students with solo ratings or better are encouraged to participate. Others are invited to attend the meet. All elgibiles interested in partici- pating in the meet must sign their names on the notice next to the Aero