T-H E 11,11JO-It''It"I'k N - D* AJ LY THE MWHIGAN DAILY AP~fl4 19, 1939 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ..- ,c; : ; . N. , rI 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 Sumn cr 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 mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, 4.00; by nall, $4.50. REPREgENTED FOR NATiOkiAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publiibers Represeuative 420 MADi$ON AVE. N'EW YORK,'N. Y. CHICAGO *"BOSTON LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISco- Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938.39 Board off Managing Editor Editorial Director. City Editor . "Asgcia 6'Edtor Associate Editor Asociate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Book Editor, Women's Editor. Sports Editor - . Editors Robert D. Mitchell * rAlbert P. byo *Horace W. ,,0111ore S Robert I. Fitzhenry . R. Kleiman * Robert' Perifinan . . Earl Gilman . William Elvin . . Joseph Freedman * . .Joseph ties Dorothea Staei'fer . . Bud Benjamin Business Department business Manager . Philip W. uchen Credit Manager . . . . Leonard P. Siegelman Advertising Manager . * William L. Newnan Women's Business Manager . EAeen jean Dean Women's service Manager . Marian A. Bater NIGHT EDITOR: MORTON L. LINDER The editorials published in The Mticigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers Only. Alabamat J11stice . . R ECENTLY several lists recording the number of lynchings in the United States in 1938 were published. But in spite of their length, they were 94l incomplete; hot one, as far as we know, included the name of John Lewis Smith. Smith was a sixteen-year-old Negro in Bir- mingham, Alabama, who was accused of a sex crime against a seventeen-year-old white girl. There were good reasons for believing that he was innocent, for in his trial behind closed doors in Birmingham, the jury, without a single Negro on it, deliberated three hours, a record on cases of this kind, and finally came back with verdict of ten years in prison. If Smith had been guilty, they certainly would have immediately demand- ed his execution, it is reported that after repri- mand from the judge, th'e jury retired again and later delivered the final verdict of ninety-nine years. What happened then is not clear, but before sentencing the prisoner, the judge stepped from the room. He returned, sentenced the prisoner, and had him led out. In the corridor, the father of the victim stood waiting and although court officials still swear that the man had been searched three times, as if by prearrang~enent, the guards conducting the prisoner moved away to the sides and the father shot the defenseless boy and killed him. Although arrested for the crime, a grand jury immediately set him free. This is the justice which is the supposed bul- wark of Afnerican Democracy! --Jean Brodie The Editor Gets Told To The Left.. .. To the Editor: On April 4th the Daily carried an editorial by Jack Canavan apparently intended as a reply to a letter by Leila Robinson, 15rinted on March 30th. The editorial might be divided, roughly, into two sections, one economic and the other social and ethical. Although in passing it might be men- tioned that the former part did not really answer the letter, this writer wishes to consider the lat- ter part. Mr. Canavan admits a preference for the evils of monopoly capitalism to those suspected great- er evils (what they are he doesn't say) of a col- letive state. Is Mr. Canavan aware that mono- poly capitalism, in extremis, is Fascism, with the -mask off? Is he then aware that he prefers rampant militarism, pogroms, book-burning, the suppression of human dignity? He says that if those capitalists in control are "greedy and heartless" . . . how much more likely are the men who necessarily control the collectivist economy, ruled by the same human motives and unchecked by the still automatic if impaired controls of capitalism, to use their power to exploit and coerce?" Such an assertion proceeds either from ignorance of the political and social structure of a social collectivism (for in such a state the political power is democratic because economic power is vested in all the people) or from a wish to obscure the rea issues. Obviously it is easy to agree with Mr. Cana- van that human nature is imperfect and that too many of us dwell in intellectual and spiritual darkness. But one must not necessarily con- clude, therefore, that no changes should be wrought in society. Neither Mr. Canavan, nor the rest of us can afford to wait for such changes until men attain perfection of mind and soul. For the longer we wait, the harder it will be for these very values he cherishes to survive. The competitive nature of our capitalist world turns citizen against fellow-citizen in the struggle for existence; and in the larger theatre of the world, nation against nation, in armed struggle for hegemony of markets, that smaller and smaller groups may prosper while others serve then or perish. A premium is placed upon cupid- ity and deception. A significant and vital interpretation of relig- ious ethics compels one to realize that only if a socialist society emerges can we hope to practice those precepts best summed up in the Golden Rule. Let those who strive for the attainment of the brotherhood of man (for we do not seem Yo have it now) not disniiss criticism of an immoral social order as "fonenting suspicion and stir- ring up class strife." They would be better ad- vised to listen with intelligent open-mindedness to a critique of disintegration and an assertion of hope for the peculiarly human destiny of man. -R. S. Ddn~t Ask A Red To the Editor: For those bewildered souls who may be seeking an answer to the inoientous question posed in the Daily April 4-"To the Right or to the Left?"-may we offer the following conservative advice: Don't ask a Red. It is the orthodox eco- nomists themselves as well as leading industrial- ists of our time who have most ably exposed the fallacies -involved in the solution suggested by Mr: Canavan. Mr. Canavan agrees with most radicals when he asserts that modern large scale production has largely done away with free competition in industry. He disagrees with them when he re- jects social control as a solution and insists upon reviving competition through government regu- lation, a program which he says has never been tried. In suggesting a program which has never been tried Mr. Canavan puts himself definitelyunder obligations to indicate what the specific measures of such a program would be. Instead of meeting this obligation he departs at once from the issue, mumbling into his beard about "the abuses of officialdom unchained." But for the benefit of those interested in the real issues, may we not ask Mr. Canavan to1 come back and tell us more about his plan of "government-enforced competition"? Perhaps we may safely assume, since Mr. Canavan ad-I mits the need of breaking the hold of monopolies, that his program would include an attack upon monopoly price structure. In many cases then the government would intervene to lower prices. What then? Would industries not be forced to cut wages in order to maintain profits? Would government intervene again at this point to im- pose wage cuts upon organized labor? If, on the other hand, industry should attempt to cut costs by improving the efficiency of pro- duction, Would not this repeatedly involve the expenditure of new capital in ever-improving technical equipment until marginal firms should be forced to the wall? And would not competition between the surviving firms advance until tb condition of monopoly again obtained? Certain- ly Mr. Canavan does not believe that a state of competition can remain static. Or again, if gov- ernment should intervene by making extensive loans to marginal industries, what then? Most economists are agreed that these margi- nal or high-cosi enterprises represent a financial position which is not sound, which should be liquidated, and which eventually must be liqUPi- dated in the course of technological progress; and that government support of such enterprises only drains off part of our resources into nnnrn- WASHINGTON, April 18.-If ever there was an opportune moment for the forces of peace throughout the world to join together in a plea to the governments of Germany and Italy, it is in the next ten days which must elapse before Herr Hitler answers before the German Reichs- tag the proposal of President Roosevelt. Throughout the world the importance of the interval is recognized in many influential quar- ters and in many capitals, and it would not be surprising if in the interim the Pope at Ronme were prevailed upon to lend the great weight of his position to the efforts initiated by the Presi- dent of the United States. If the Pope, while not necessarily entering into the details of the President's proposal, were to endorse the spirit of Mr. Roosevelt's unddrtak- Ing and wish it well, such a move could not but have a profound influence in Italy and perhaps to some extent in Germany. The United States Government is maintaining an attitude of complete detachment from all endeavors which may be made in the direction mentioned, because the position taken here from the outset is that governments everywhere should express themselves or remain silent as they please without any suggestion or intimation from the American Government. For the last thing the Government here would wish to see is any artificial lining up of governments for or against the proposal. Delay Gratifying The fact that a formal reply has been delayed for ten days is in itself a gratifying event, be- cause it emphasizes the serious nature of the American intervention and the great potentiali- ties of moral force when spoken so plainly as in the President's message. Too many things are at stake for a blunt reply or an impulsive action to be taken, for, while the form of the message or the plainness of the language might have been disconcerting to the Berlin and Rome Govern- ments, the truth is Herr Hitler and Signor Mus- solini riight well think twice before rejecting the American proposal, which, they are asked to note, is related as much to economic readjust- ment as it is to the idea of a truce against ag- gression. So far as the cabled reports from Berlin and Rome are concerned, it is apparent the news- papers there have not grasped the meaning of the American offer. The Fascist and Nazi editors seem to think the proposal merely asks Germany and Italy whether they will assure the world against attack on the 31 countries listed. T President plainly said he would also ask Britain and France and the other countries to give similar assurances to Germany and Italy. It was not a trick question or one-sided query, but a bilateral proposal in every sense. Kellogg-Briand Pact Involved The American action is the culmination of events which have directly affected a treaty signed by the United States and all the principal nations of the world formally renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. This was known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact. Use of force in i'ecent months has seemed to make the Kel- logg-Briand treaties a dead letter. Since the United States Government-incidentally, under a Republican Administration-promulgated and negotiated these treaties, it is America's concern now whether these treaties can be relied upon any more as a basis of intercourse in the world. It is conceded here that the disturbances in Europe have grown out of economic maladjust- ments. Hence, any program that seeks peace must recognize that the United States, with its vast resources and supply of gold, can be of im- mense help in restoring economic stability. It is this angle of the President's proposal which may mean more to Germany and Italy than how to deal with the formal question he asks abbut aggression. For, if there is to be revision of the economic side, then the basic reason for reaching out to annex territory disappears. Economic Aid Important Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini have a re- markable opportunity to gain for their peoples something which, up to now, it has not been deemed possible would be offered by the United States, because, ever since the war, the cause of international cooperation in economic matters has been growing less and less popular in Ameri- ca. It will be recalled that, in 1933, President Roosevelt virtually terminated the World Eco- nomic Conference in London. Today, such a world conference would be attended by the United States and pushed by the President in every way possible, because events have changed since 1933 and the need for an international economy to help America's own employment situation is much better understood by the Administration. The Roosevelt proposal is far-reaching, be- cause the more the other governments study it, the more they will perceive that this is a genuine approach to a system of world economic coopera- tion based on moral rather than physical force. cannot be restored, because the conditions of pro- duction which once made such an era possible no longer obtain. This is a view which we share not only with radicals but also with orthodox economists, e.g., with such men as Friedrich A. von Hayek and Lionel Robbins of the London School of Economics. The general conclusions of these economists as to how capitalism functions may not be recoil- ciled with the legitimate needs of the nennl hut TODAY "i WASHi rNGTON -by David Lawrence- s - Willie's Little Brother A recent issue of the Chicago Tri- bune carried an editorial entitled "The American Insane Era," which2 bluntly accused members of the Ad- ministration of being "play boys . . making a game for their own delight out of the needs and resources of the country." Aside from the gratuitous assumptions and far-fetched conclu- sions of this particular editorial, the underlying theme, a defense of and justification for poor oppressed capi- talists, is important as an index of a dangerous tendency. We neither want to attack nor to defend the Tribune's postion on the merits of the capitalistic system, nor on the unworthiness of the present Administration. Steps toward a redis- tribution of wealth might not be the worst possible inclination for a gov- ernment. Neither are we completely satisfied that the New Deal has not done some good. But these are not the things we wish to contest. The point is that the editorial represents an aspect of what seems to have become a regular practice of the Chicago Tribune. Such statements as this one are typical of the practice: "Only a few of the railroads have anything for the stockholders. Many of them have nothing for their bondholders and are in receivership. All of them are bled by taxation." The obvious impli- cation is that railroads are bankrupt because of the imposition of exces- sively high taxes by the federal gov- ernment. In point of fact it is well known that most of the railroads were in the hands of receivers before the present administration took office. This dishonest use of facts to mis- lead the reading public is an insid- ious and thoroughly contemptible practice. Yet the Tribune invariably does it. Tribune writers almost -in- evitably confine their use of the facts and statistics involved in a story strictly to those which completely support their particular polint of view; never are adverse facts admit- ted to consideration. And sadly enough, most of the supposedly straight news reporting suffers from the same perversion, so that there is hardly a part of the paper free from the taint of falsity and misconstruc- tion. The policy is positively dangerous. For, though a free press may be a blessing,-that freedom, abused by the distortion of objective truth in favor of a particular class or group, becomes a curse. That the policy represents a tend- ency in American journalism is evi- dent to anyone who reads thought- fully in any variety of newspapers. That the policy cari and ultimately will result in positive harm to the paper itself should be equally evi- dent. The decline and fall of the Hearst empire was not solely the re- sult of its owner's extravagances. Just the kind of "yellow journalism" against which we have protested played a large part in that now well- known collapse. Therefore, it is not only in the in- terests of a more truthful and ethi- cal journalism that we decry such flagrant malpractice. It is to the in- terest of the newspapers themselves to look towards future circulation and advertising, and think twice about trying to fool all of the people all of the time. -Notre Dame Scholastic Martin Plans Vote On AFL Affiliation DETROIT, April 18.-(P)-Associ- ates of Homer Martin, president of an independent United Automobile Workers Union, began preparations today for the union membership poll on proposed affiliation with the American Federation of Labor. Martin, who received an AFL char- ter from President William Green in Washington yesterday, said there to- day he would ask his executive board and the membership to approve his acceptance next week. Seeking release of an estimated $100,000 in United Automobile Work- er's funds, counsel for Martin's union filed a motion in circuit court today asking the dissolving of a temporary injunction restraining the Martin or- ganization from using the money. the astonishing notion of "govern- ment-enforced competition, a positive program of laissez-faire." This has us stumped. Our dictionary defines laissez-faire as "non-interference" and we can't make out whether "en- forced non-interference" would be "interference" or whether it would be some other kind of animal. One word more. We believe that Mr. Canavan's social arguments are even more damaging to his cause than those suggested by his economic pre- mise. For example he says that the individual "who values his intellectual and spiritual freedom" will prefer the evils of monopoly capitalism to what he suspects are the greater evils of the collective stake. But does he show how or why intellectual and spiritual freedom, while concomit- ant with political democracy, would not be concomitant also with indus- trial democracy? As to his belief in "the fallen state of man," we need not take issue with it, but we refuse to swallow the notion that "no society WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1939 s VOL. XLIX. No. 140 Notices Retirement Incomes: A suggestion has been made that questions, con- cerning various phases of retire- Pment incomes as they affect members of the Faculties be submitted to the Business Office, with the understand- ing that the questions are to be an- swered in the University Record. This arrangement might serve to clear up any misunderstandings or problems on this subject. Will you please, therefore, send to me any such prob- lems and I will try to answer them or will refer them to the Carnegie Foun- dation for the Advancement of Teaching or The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association for solution. Herbert G. Watkins. M. Gomberg Scholarship and Paul F. Bagley Scholarship in Chemistry. These scholarships of $200 each are open to juniors and seniors majoring in chemistry. Preference will be giv- en to those needing financial assis- tance. Application blanks may be obtained in Room 212 Chemistry Building and must be filed not later than May 1. Unidentifiable mail is being held in Room 1, University Hall, for the fol- lowing addressees Dr. H. J. Akorma Mrs. A. Behage Ian Bell Frances Bomgardner Robert O. Brock Marietta Avis Brown William Caheche Vera Carter Ann J. Carver Jridine O. Crardall Julius J. Greenberg Sara Grof Miss P. Heller Winifred Leonard Prof. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr. 'Dr. Joseph W. Nadal Detty Oppenheim Prof. H. B. Phillipe Walter Rabbin A. P. Savides Mary Louise Sharkey Gerald Tien Leopoldo Toralballa G. H. Wannier Manuscripts to be entered in the Hopwood Contests must be in the English office, 3221 A.H., by 4:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, April 19. R. W. Cowden. Attention is called to the Southern Counselors' Training Institute June 13-27, conducted by the Director of' Camp Sequoyah, Ashville, North Carolina and others. Courses in per- sonal counseling and guidance, camp administration, folk dancing, equita- tion, arts and crafts, nature lore, etc. are given. Cost: board and room $25; Tuition: $15. Complete an- nouncement on file at the Univer- sity Bureau of Appointments and Oc- cupational Information, 201 Mason Hall: Office Hours: 9-12 and 2-4. ' The University Bureau of Appoint- inents and Occupational Information has received notice of the following Michigan Civil Service Examinations. Last date for filing application is giv- en in each case: County Welfare Agent B. Salary, range: $2.50-5.00 per day, April 19. (Open only to residents of Lenawee County). Highway Equipment Inspector I. Salary range: $150-190, April 19. Buyer III. Salary range: $250-310, April 21. Housekeeper and Cook B. Salary range: $105-125, April 22. Steam Electric Operating En- gineer I. Salary range: $150-190, April 22. Attendant Nurse Cl. Salary range: $9-1,Api~2 Plumber Helper B. Salary range: $105-125, April 22. Psychiatric Nurse Instructor I. Sal- ary range: $150-190, April 24. Medical Storekeeper I. Salary range: $150-190, April 26. Paper Buyer I. Salary range: $150- 190, April 26. Highway Engineer III. Salary range: $250-310, April 28. Janitress D. Salary range: $75-30, April 29. Pianist C. Salary range: $80-100, May 2. The Bureau has also received notice of the following United States Civil Service Examination. Last date for filing application: May 15. AlphabeticCard-Punch Operator. Salary: $1,260. Quaker Work Camps: Mr. Elmore Jackson, of the American Friends Service Committee, will be in Ann; Arbor today to interview students who wish to know more about the Quaker Work Camps. Appointments may be made at Lane Hall. Ushers: Juniors On Parade. Girls wishing to usher for "Juniors On Parade" at the Lydia Mendelssohn mlne n + a _-I, 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. 150, and 298. The instructional pro- duction of three one-act plays di- rected by Mr. Crandall will be at 8:30 Tuesday, April 25, in 4203 A.H. Kenneth Rowe. Ed. D101 at 8 a.m. and Ed. B120 at 3 p.m. Will not meet today. Francis D. Curtis Red Cross Water Safety Instructors Course: April 20, 25, 26, 27 and 28 at Intramural Pool, 7 to 9 p.m. given by William C. Lucey, Field Representa- tive of National Red Cross. Prospective Applicants for the Com- bined Curricula: The final date for the filing of applications for admis- sion to the various combined cur- ricula for September, 1939, is April 20. Application forms may be filled out in Room 1210 Angell Hall. Medi- cal students should please note that application for admission to the Medical School is not application for admission to the Combined Curricu- lum. A separate application should be made out for the consideration of the Committee on Combined Cur. riculIa. Concerts Graduation Recital. Marian Karch, harpist, Monroe, Mich., will give a re- cital in partial fulfillment of the re- quirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music, Thursday evening, April 20, at 8:15 o'clock, in the School of Mu- sic Auditorium. The public is invit- ed to attend. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture: The premiated drawings submitted in the national competition for the Wheaton College Art Center are be- ing shown in the third floor Exhibi- tion Room, College of Architecture. Open daily, 9 to 4, except Sundays, through April 19. The public is cor- dially invited. Exhibition of Drawings and Models by Jack Williams, architect and in- dustrial designer of Detroit, will be shown in the ground floor corridor cases through April 22. Open daily from 9 to 5 p.m. The public is in- vited. Lectures Martin Loud Lectures: Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Church, New York City, well-known author and prominent public speak- er, will deliver the Martin Loud Lec- tures at the First Methodist Church on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs- day evenings of this week at 7:30 p.m. The series is entitled "The American Way," and the individual letures are entitled: "Present Prob- lems" today and "New Horizons" on Thursday. No admission charge. Lecture: Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, Minister, Christ Church, New York City, will lecture on "Is There an American Way to Peace?" on Thurs- day, April 20, at 4:15 p.m. in the Michigan Union Ballroom under the auspices of the Student Religious As- sociation. University Lecture: Dr. Paul R. Cannon, Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago, will lec- ture on "Some Aspects of Respira- tory Infection" on Tuesday, April 25, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Audito- rium. The public is cordially invited to attend. Events Today Research Club will hold its annual Memorial Meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in the Amphitheatre of the Rack- ham Building, with the members of the Women's and Junior Research Clubs as guests. Prof. C. H. Langford and Otto La- porte will memorialize C. S. Pierce and J. Willard Gibbs. Phi Sigma: Meeting this evening at 8 p.m. in the Graduate Outing Club Room of the Rackham Bldg. There will be an election of officers. Dr. J. L. Carr Will speak on the Correction of De- linquencies in Children. All members are urged to be pres- ent. Refreshments. Chemical; and Metallurgical En- gineering Seminar. Mr. James H. Wiegand will be the speaker at the Seminar for graduate students in Chemical and Metallur- gical Engineering today at 4 o'clock in Room 3201 E. Eng. Bldg. His subject is "Design Calculations of Gas Absorption Towers." Astronomical Motion Pictures: A selection from the motion picture films taken at the McMath-Hulbert for students electing astronomical courses, at 4:15 p.m. today in the Observatory will be shown, primarily Natural Science Auditorium. The films will comprise sunrise and sunset phenomena on the moon, a total eclipse of the sun, and numer- .4 Germany's Van ited Air Force .. . * A NUMBER of magazine articles re- cently have told the American Publ4c that Germany's military air force far exceeds in efficiency and size that of the United States and of the other countries of the world. It is inter- esting in the face of the particular emphasis on the relative inferiority of this country's air force, to note an article which appeared recently in Ken Magazine. - Written by a staff writer, the article states that while the number of war craft actually existing in Germany quite possibly reaches a figure of about 10,000, not one of them is capable of flying longer than 15 hours. This figure is compared with a minimum requirement of 5,000 hours for engines of all American fighting ships. In the light of this, the Germans are very ap- parently not aiming at enduring in their air- craft. In fact, according to the Ken article, the sole purpose of the German airplane is to be able to carry a maximum bomb load to any one of the great European centers, drop it and re- turn, after which the plane is junked. Two facts were offered in proof of the general statement of this lack of endurance. One was the publicity flight from Berlin to New York and back of a giant German airship which was powered not with German motors, but with American-manufactured Pratt and Whitney en- gines. The second was that of Bruno Mussolini's flight to Rio de Janiero in an Italian ship closely resembling the German type described. The 1~ I