Weather snow and warrm Yl r e 41rtigran i3att Editorial An American Tragedy . jX. No. 97 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 1939 PRICE FIVE a ________________________________ I I I I I I I I mmmmmlw an Wagoner rges Control i Billboards t ,Road Meet ark In Safety Education Stressed By Anderson; kttacks Reckless Driving nith Elected Head f HighwayOfficials By NORMAN SCHORR egislaton to regulate roadside bill- rds, vending stands and "shacks" ag the roads as part of the pro- n to improve safety and preserve beauty Qf Michigan roadsides urged yesterday by 'State High- !Commissioner Murray D.Van goner at the 25th annual Michi- Highway Conference at the in. he three-day conference ends to- with a panel discussion on Farm Resort Service Roads and a talk he Use of Calcium Chloride for Treatment, by Genesee County ineer John H. Dennis. he conference yesterday, directed he College of Engineering in co- ration with the State Highway artment and the Michigan Asso- ion of Road Commissioners and ineers, saw the election of Frank Smith, Montmorency County En- 0er; as president of the road com- dioners group. Anderson Speaks ean Henry C. Anderson, speaking the annual banquet last night, ed the highway administrators engineers to cooperate in fur- rng a program of safety educa- . "Despite the great advances. Ie in highway construction, the t improvements in automobiles," n Anderson dclared, "we still certain people get behind driving els and murder people." He urged rersities especially to undertake k in safety education. he proposal by Mr. Van Wagoner ive the State Highway Commis- er and State Police Commissioner er to regulate \the location and gn of commercial roadside signs stands is not intended as a puni- measure, but rather as a weapon keep ,the highways attractive in >rd with "this modern era of ,way administration" and to ntain "Mchigap's position as the ing tourist state in the nation." illboards Should Be Restricted ammercial boards and signs along ic or tourists routes should be ricted to special zones adjacent Ities and towns, and along other iways boards and shacks should ermitted in zones selected on the s of highway safety and public th. hp boards would be regulated un- a nominal license plan, the Com- ioner explained, to help defray s of administering the act and to note roadside beautification. overnor Fitzgerald, who was duled to address the banquet, d that he was unable to attend wished the 1939 Highway Confer- great success. he use of transparent pipes which y illumination from a central ce and which may be used to t homes of the future was demon- ted at the banquet by Ernest L. i, research engineer of General ors. This new material made from on is "just one of dozens of new hetics wi4ch are finding more more commercial uses each day," s said. He displayed specimens nbreakable spectacles made from on, cloth woven from glass and nthetic wool made from skimmed )pportunities for the future are ter now than ever before," Foss (Continued on Page 2)' Lthven To Speak To Alumni Group resident Ruthven and Sen. Bur- K. Wheeler, '05L, of Montana, address a formal dinner meeting he University of Michigan Club few York tonight at the Waldorf- ria hotel. resident Ruthven, who left here at .m. yesterday, will talk on "The s of Publicity." Senator Wheeler be "guest speaker" of the eve- yman Bryson, '10, professor of cation at Teachers' College, Col- ia Upiversity, and chairman of Treasury Official Quits; Objects To Arms Deals House Of Representatives Reflects National Unity By 367 To 15 Decision To Expand Defenses j WASHINGTON4, Feb. 16 -(A)- WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-(W)-The Wayne C. Taylor resigned from a 25-to-1 vote in the House for ex- high Treasury post today because, it panding national defense marks an- was reliably reported, he felt the other significant move on the chess United States should not take sides board of internatiodal politics. in world rivalries between totalitar- It Avas recorded against a back- ian powers and other countries. ground of disputes and political The fact that the Treasury facili- maneuvering that have made this tated the recent French purchases of Congress, so far as other matters are American-made war planes was re- concerned, an unpredictable battle- ported to be one of the last straws ground of warring opinion on national which prompted Taylor to quit as policy making. Assisstant Secretary of the Treasury. The unity of opinion represented It was indicated he also objected in the 367 to 15 vote on the Defense to buying silver from China and Bill keft little doubt, however, that Loyalist Spain, and to the recent ex- the 'use was declaring the will of port-import bank loan of $25,000,000 the nation to make ready by air, land to China. and sea to defend the frontiers of Piecemeal details of the negotia- American democracy, wherever they tions surrounding the plane purchase lie and may be attacked. It sounded disclosed that the transaction was a note of American solidarity on actively promoted by President Roose- that point apt to ring louder in world velt-to the point of over-ruling ob- capitals than do the echos of Wash- jections expressed by the Army. ingtongdiscord over domestic policy The Senate Committee of Military making. Affairs heard Secretary of the Treas- Nor is that all the story. By coin- ury Morgenthau, Secretary of War cidence, that national defense vote Woodring and Rear Admiral Christian came on the same day that London J. Peoples describe their part in the announced a naval building program deal for a second time today. In ad- which, in effect, matches the known vance of the publication of a trans- capital ship construction of Ger-- cript of their testimony Saturday, many, Italy and Japan. What that committee members disclosed some may mean for this country, under portions of what certain witnesses its policy of a "navy-second-to-none," said. is yet to be seen. Smith Furthers Plan To Extend Old Age Grants Regents Consider Clerical And Building Employes In Proposed Benefits In an effort to determine the cost of extending University old age pro- visions for faculty members to in- clude clerical and building employees, Shirley W. Smith, vice-president and secretary of the University, yesterday requested all employes interested in participating in any such plan to notify the Business Office. Under the system in which faculty members participate, each individual pays five per cent of his or her an- nial compensation as premium upon an old-age annuity with additional, equal payment by the University for the same purpose. In all cases premi- um payments by the University as well as premium payments by the individual, plus interest, are the permanent possession of the individ- ual under the terms of the contract with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Assoc'iation. The Regents are considering ex- tending these old age benefits to clerical and building employes, Mr. Smith said,x since there is a growing feeling that old employes who have worked faithfully through the years ought to merle the same considera- tion from the University which they would get if they were employed by some commercial enterprise. The University, he declared, should not be found lacking in humane treat- ment of its employes. It is to be remembered, he empha- sized, that this announcement does not constitute a guarantee that the system will be adopted but is only intended as a method of ascertaining expenses should it be accepted Nazi Diplomat Asks Pope Be 'Guiding Light' Cardinals PrepareTo Pick New Pope; Italy Calls For DayOfMourning VATICAN CITY, Feb. 16 -(A')-~ Germany's Ambassador to the Holy See conveyed to 40 cardinals today the desire of the Diplomatic Corps for a Pope who would light the way of a changing world through "tem- pestuous and fearful anxiety." The envoy, Diego Von Berger. ad- dressed the cardinals as dean of the Corps when the diplomats accredit- ed to the Holy See called for formal presentation of condolences on the death of Pope Pius XI. "We are present at the develop- ment of a new world, which is to be erected on the ruins of the past," he said. "We hope the new world will be peaceful. "And the Papacy has an essential role. "On the Sacred College a most deli- cate responsibility rests in the elec- tion of a worthy successor to Pius XI as a pontiff toward whom humanity may turn its gaze as toward a search- light which shines through tempest- uous and fearful anxiety toward the common goal of peace and progress." Representatives of the Italian State, headed by King Vittorio Einan- uele and Premier Mussolini, will pay tribute to the memory of the late Pope at a funeral mass tomorrow as the nation observes a day of mourn- ing. As thousands descended into the Crypt of St. Peter's to pray at the tomb of the late Pope, preparations proceeded for the Conclave which will choose his successor. The Conclave is to start not later than March 1. Jap Embargo Hits French In Hankow SHANGHAI, Feb. 17-( P-Reports filtering through from Japanese-held Hankow, 585 miles up the Yangtze River, told today of a tense situation created by a Japanese embargo on food for the French defense force in the French concession. French consular agents were said to have failed to achieve settlement of the quarrel through representations to Japanese headquarters. Several "incidents" were reported. For some unexplained cause the French prohibited Japanese entrance into the concession several days ago and the Jaapnese at once laid down a blockade to shut off provisions for the French force. Persons entering the concession were searched by the Japanese. Some Chinese women believed to have carried food were said to have been mistreated by Japanese sentries. The Japanese captured Hankow last Oct. 26. Dr. Silverman Tells Audience Of, Glass Value Future civilization will depend far more on glass than the present world, prophesized Dr. Alexander Silverman, head of the chemistry department at the University of Pittsburgh, in a lecture yesterday, sponsored by the local section of the American Chemi- cal Society. All must realize the inestimable value of glass to the modern world, however, Dr. Silverman said. Lenses of glass are one of the bases of science, windows make our home ten- able and glass vessels and utensils have a thousand everyday uses. Re- cent achievements include cloth made of glass, building of glass-block, and shatter-proof glass. Nevertheless, these developments are certain to be extended, and Dr. Silverman predicts that we are only embarking on vast new achievements in glass. As an example of what might hap- pen, Dr. Silverman humorously pre- dicted the possible future uses of, pure quartz tubing With proper re- fractory treatment, quartz tubes can be made to convey light and heat* somewhat as a pipe conveys water. Et may someday be possible, Dr. Sil- verman said, to light every part of a house by glass conduits leading from one light, or, to allow the imagina- tion freer scope, giant quartz' tubes might carry the warthm of tropical climates to Northern cities in winter. ASU Opposes Pilot Traiing EnFtrance Fee Group Votes To Register Protest With President And Local Authorities Opposition to the $60 charge for entering the student pilot training program was voiced last night at the American Student Union meeting in the Union when a resolution was passed condemning the fee as an WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-(IP)- Representative Mahon (Dem.- Tex.) introduced today a bill to authorize appropriation of $10,- 000,000 for student pilot training in cooperation with schools. The bill provided that the Govern- ment furnish $5,000 life insurance policies to all student pilots. Conservation Policy Asked By Roosevelt President Scores Wasting Of Country's Resources In Note To Congress Stream Pollution Abatement Sought WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-(A)- President Roosevelt sent to Congress today reports from the national re- sources committee suggesting long- range programs for abatement of stream pollution and conservation of energy ersources-coal, oil, gas and water power. In rmssages accompanying the re- ports, Mr. Roosevelt made it clear that he thought it was high time that broad national policies in these fields were developed.7 Federal Gov't Must Aid "Our energy resources are not in- exhaustible, yet we are permitting waste in their use and production," he said. "In some instances,, to achieve apparent economies today, fu- ture generations will be forced. to' carry the burden of unnecessarily high costs and to substitute inferior fuels for particular purposes."' As to ending stream pollution, Mr. Roosevelt said "the time is' overdue for the Federal government to take vigorous leadership alongthese lines," although he noted that much already had been done through the public works and work-relief programs. ; The committee estimated that it would require expenditure of approxi- mately two billion dollars over a period of 10 to 20 years to end the more objectionable pollution and said the needed works were chiefly treat-i ment plants for municipal sewage and industrial waste. Resources Not Inexhaustible Commenting on this, the President said the "responsibility rests primarily with municipal government and pri- vate industry," but added that the Federal government "must lend fi- nancial support and technical stimu- lation." The 'report on energy resources recommended that an advisory plan- ning group be established. On this point, the, President said: "It is difficult in the long run to envisage a national coal policy, or a national petroleum policy, or a na- tional water-power policy without al- so in time a national policy directed toward all these energy producers- that is, a national energy resources policy." New, Daily Jobs Open To Tryouts Second semester freshman, sopho-. more and junior women are invited to try out at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow for a new department of the Daily which will be inaugurated this semester. The department will be known as the exchange staff of The Daily and will handle work comparable though on a much smaller scale, to that'done in the "morgue" departments of large metropolitan newspapers, com- piling reference files, indexing The Daily, and secretarial work /for the editorial department of The Daily. No previous experience is required. British Kng Is SpiritualGuide B~olitho Reveals Monarchy represents to the Eng- lish people the spirit behind their laws, declared Hector Bolitho, bio- grapher of Brtitain's royal family, last night in Hill Auditorium in the sixth lecture of the Oratorical Asso- ciation series. We can appoint people to make laws and to see that they are kept, but they are empty without the King to back them, Bolitho asserted. The crowds which stood before Bucking- ham Palace during the recent Euro- pean crisis emphasized, in the opin- ion of Bolitho, the King's role as the spiritual guide of the average English- man. Denying that he was a propagand- ist attempting to publicize the com- ing visit T of ,the royal, family, Mr.. Bolitho characterized George VI as "one of the younger rulers who sur- vive because of their simplicity of character, domestic happiness and moral courage." George is not well known in this country, he explained, since he was always overshadowed by the glamor and immense charm of his elder brother. The education of Edward VIII was an experience in which no person could remain calm, he said. He was in the limelight from the day he was born. While Prince of Wales, the Government used him mercilessly as an ambassador of good will, he main- tained. He blamed American and British newspapers for creating "misunder- standing between the two countries." Before his tour throughout the United States, Bolitho said, he had believed that divorce was a universal Ameri- can custom. Senlors Named To Committees Conrencement Groups Chosen By Stewart Members of the senior class com- mittees for Commencement were an- nounced yesterday by Harold Stewart, president of the senior class. The finance committee, headed by Coburn Cherney, includes Myron Wallace, Allen Michelson, Margaret Thorn- hill, Robert Olds, Vitina Scotti, and Daniel Savanuck. On the Swingout committee, of which Carl Viehe is chairman, are Hugh Copel, Marcella Mgrkland, Mary Bell, Claire Paulson, Mar- guerite Rabe, and Harriet Dean. Members of the executive commit- tee are Earl Fields chairman, Mar- jorie Tate, William Cain, Harold Zimmerman, Robert Sauer, and Marybeth Jones. On the invitations committee, headed by George Sargis, are Peter LaDuke, Marjorie High, Charlotte Poock, Robert Huey, D. Philip Clark, and Betty Jane Mans- field. Graduates Seek Regency DETROIT-(N)--Mason P. Rum- ney, vice president of the Detroit Steel Products Co., and J. L. Mech- em, Battle Creek attorney, were en- tered Thursday in the race for the two Republican nominations for University. Regents. ' Italy To Keel Men In Spaii Until Franco job Is Ende Foreign Office Deplore Democracies' Overtui To Burgos Governmei Rebels Expect Eas Loans After Wa ROME, Feb. 16.-(IP)-Italy's Blac shirts fighting with the Spanish I surgents will stay in Spain, Informi zione Diplomatica announced toda until Generalissimo Francisco Fra co "makes known that their task finished." The foreign office service also a serted that British and French mov for winning favor with the Insurgen failed to take into account the stror Italian ties on Franco as a resut Italy's aid in men and" war matr in the civil war, Diplomatic circles attributed tb statement in part to Italian Irritatic over French press statements th Spaniards soon would come to real| that "their best friends were U French. In that connection, some diploma believed Franco would not be long: telling Premier Mussolini that his so diers were no longer needed, once ti war is over, since their 'continu presence might be a cause of antagoi ism when. Spain is trying to estabi advantageous relations with the re of the world. "The noisy vociferatior. which rag in the breasts of the so-called d mocracies on the problem of reco nizing the government of Burgos (Ix surgents)," the statement said, " followed with absolute tranquillity responsible Roman circles." Both British and French had bee disturbed by the suggestion of Vi ginio Gayda, authoritative) Fasci editor, on Feb. ;that the Italia] would remain in Spain until Frani had won "comprlete ~tiictor as well as mlitary victtry. BURGOS, Spain, Feb. 16.-(W)- mad scramble was foreseen among I surgents today on the part of Euri pean powers and the United Stat to offer financial aid to post-wb Spain-which Insurgents say will i a Franco Spain. This speculation was coupled wi the prediction by informed sourc that General Francisco Franco wou not draw the line at any nation offe ing aid, be it Britain, France, Ge many or Italy. Franco, it was estimated, wou need a minimum of $10,000,000,000 long-term credit loan. Rebels Drive South i i .i 1 Downfall Of Barcelona Causes Uneasiness Throughout France C k C S T X 1 t 1 c c Generous Prizes Draw Wide Interest- In Hopwood Contest During the next two months stu- er semester of the current school year. dents with a literary turn of mind will The qualifications for graduate stu-, be increasing their creative efforts in dents differ slightly, but are essen- order to meet the deadline of the Hop- tially the same. wood Contest on April 19. In the Sophomores and juniors are only spring the more fortunate of these en- eligible to enter the minor division of trants will be awarded prizes totaling the contest, while seniors and gradu- nearly $10,000, judging by contests of ate students may enter, either the previous years. minor division or the major, in which At his death in 1928, Avery Hop- the awards have been as high as $2, wood, University graduate and well- 500. Manuscripts must be entered known dramatist, provided the im- i- one of these divisions, and under petus and backing for the contests by one of the classifications of dramatic leaving one-fifth of his large fortune writing, fiction, poetry, or the essay. to his alma mater with the stipu- There is an additional contest for the lation that the income from his be- benefit of freshmen, which was re- quest be given away each year "to cently concluded students . . . who perform the best The contests, which are known to creative work in the fields of dramatic be the largest of their tiype in the writing, fiction, poetry and the essay" United States, have stimulated stu- In the 11 years since Hopwood's death dent writing to such an extent that a hip hp nnap t h.pi.p,7wvvmra number of prizewinning novels have undemocratic measure that excludes students unable to meet the expense. The necessity of sending material aid to the Loyalists in Spain frdm the democratic nations of the world and the need for organizing the people in the democracies to fight fascism at home were stressed in a talk by Edward Magdol, '39, on the post-Barcelona world situation. Despite the fall of Barcelona be- cause of lack of supplies to defend it and because of a superabundance of German and Italian assistance to Franco, the people of Republican Spain and their leaders are prepared to fight on, Magdol said. The ASU chapter voted to send letters to local officials administer- ing the student air training and to the Civil Aeronautics Authority and President Roosevelt protesting the imposition of the $60 entrance charge. Hope That Franco Victory Would Lead To Peace With ItalySeen Blasted. (This is the third, in a series of articles written in cooperation with the political science faculty.) By ELLIOTT MARANISS The situation in France, after Barcelona, according to reports re- ceived here, can be generalized in these terms-: intense bitterness is felt by many, a strange embarrassment, by others, and anxiety, by all, There are two main factors making for this conflict of opinion and emo- tion. Critics of the present regime are bitter over the abandonment of the Spanish'Government, when, they say, it would have been so easy to help and when it should have been apparent that the fall of Barcelona would become a menace to the safety of France herself. On the other hand, the embarrass- clear the road for an understandingP with Italy, and it is significant that in the last two months he has con- centrated on smoothing out the dif- ferences between the two countries. In this regard, there is a wide- spread impression that M. Bonnet represents a policy different from M. Daladier's. In opposition to M. Bon- net's plan of securing Italian friend- ship by means of concessions, Dala- dier, no longer believing that Italy can be won over in this way, has uttered a categorical "No. Not an. inch of territory and not one of our rights." The most serious charge that has been made against M. Daladier in the Chamber is that, while determined to defend "every inch of the French' Empire," he has allowed the Spanish Government to be destroyed. The' great danger, it is said, is not so much the presence of Italian troops in Spain as the possible extension of the Rome-Berlin axis to Madrid and PERPIGNAN, France, (Near tl Spanish Frontier), Feb. 16.-( P)- Insurgent Generalissimo Francis( Franco was reported tonight to has assigned three of his best divisions- including two of Italians-directly the task of assaulting the ma; strongholds of government Spain. Insurgent dispatches said Franco fourth infantry division had bee sent to the Madrid front, and ti Blackshirt Littorio and "23 of Marcy divisions toward Valencia for a coa tal drive in an Insurgent campaiE to wipe out the Government's resi tance in the last one-fourth of Spa it holds, In all, seven of Franco's best am corps were reported moving towa: the Government's Madrid-Valenci Alicante triangle from conquer Catalonia. The Insurgents left on civil guards along the French-Spas ish frontier in the northeast. R ussll Known For Diversty Of Capabilitie Lord Bertrand Russell, wio a deliver two lectures here Saturd has turned his attention. to su diversified pursuits that it is alm( impossible to say in which Alies I greatest attraction. Yet it can be so that he is noted almost as much I the excellence of. his prose style for the contributions he has ma to the advancement of philosophic studies. After beginning his philosophic career at the turn of the cents