Weather Cloudiness today, continued cool; tomorrow warmer. Sirt igan 41aitt Editorial The Student Lacks At The Forties. . VOL. XLIX. No. 143 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1939 I P. PRICE FIVE CENTS Three Professors Keynote Parley's Survey Of Forties Speakers Offer Different Outlooks For Student During The Next Decade Student Discussion Panels Begin Today Three professors yesterday opened the University's annual three-day gabfest as they told some 500 students in the Union what they felt the "For- ties" held in store for the United States. Both Prof. John E. Tracy of the Law School and Prof. George C. S. Benson of the political science de- partment keynoted this Spring Parley on "The Student Looks at the For- ties" with an optimistic picture of what they hoped for, while Prof. John F. Shepard of the psychology department was pessimistic over what the next decade would be like. Six Panels Today The Parley will reconvene at 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. today in the Union with the six discussion panels on American Foreign Policy. Govern- ment and Economics,. Religion, the University Student, American Culture and Science and Civilization meeting simultaneously. The complete student panel, with the place of each session is as fol- lows: American Foreign Policy, Room 316, Martin Dworkis, '40,student chairman; Joseph- Gies, '39, Jack Sessions, '39, Sam Weisberg, '39, and Jay Shafrann, '40, student speakers. Government and Economics, Room 319-321, James Dusenberry, '39, stu- dent chairman; Clarence Kresin, '39, student speaker. Religion, Room 323-325, G. Dekle Taylor, '40, student chairman; Daniel Suits, '40, president of the Student Religious Association, student speak- er. University Student. Room 302,' Frank Rideout, student chairman; Ronald Freedman, '39, and William Centner, Grad., student speakers. Faculty Will Take Part American Culture, Room 304, Ber- nard Friedman, Grad., student chair- man; Elliott Maraniss, '40, Harvey Swados, '40, John Brinnin, '41, Irvin Lisagor, '39, Richard Bennet, '39, and Edward Jurist, student speakers. Science and Civilzation, Room 305, Earle Luby, '39, student chairman, J. Anderson Ashburn, student speak- er. In addition to the student members of the panel given above, a faculty panel will attend each discussion section to take part in the discussion and to present the view of the facul- ty member as he looks at the forties. The Parley will reconvene finally' (Continued on Page 2) Bridges Probed As Communist Presents Optimistic View -Daily Photo By Bogle GEORGE C. S. BENSON State Employe Tax Held Valid In Mock Trial. Rubsam And Adams, Law Students Awarded Case Club Prize A mock court consisting of two members of the Michigan Supreme Court and a State bar examiner handed down a 2-1 decision stating that the Federal government may tax the income of a state employe today in the annual Case Club finals in the Law School, part of the 15th annual Founder's Day. Justice Henry M. Butzel and Thom- as F. McAllister and State Bar Ex- aminer Edward A. MacDonald heard the case and after Justice BUtzel de- livered the decision of the Court, awarded an $80 prize to the winners, John Adams, '40L, Marshalltown, Ia., and John Rubsam, '40L, Jackson and $70 to the losers, Roy Steinheimer, '40L, Hutchinson, Kan., and Robert Solomon, '40L, Grand Rapids. These prizes come, from the Henry M. Campbell Award. The real case has already been passed upon by the United States Supreme Court. Before this decision was made, the Case Club finalists had- completed their briefs and it was deemed best to allow them to pro- ceed with their arguments, omitting a consideration of the high court's latest ruling. More than 300 alumni, judges, law- yers, faculty members and students gathered in the evening for the 15th annual Founder's Day Dinner in honor of Donor William W. Cook who made the present Law School and Lawyers' Club possible. Retiring Dean Henry M. Bates in- troduced Regent Crowley who pre- sented billets to the senior members of the Lawyers' Club and announced new Dean Blythe Stason. Regent Crowley also gave a testimonial to Dean Bates. Charles P. Megan, prominent Chi- Aago lawyer, was speaker of the eve- ning, talking on "The Lawyer in Pub- lic Life." He gave a testimonial to Prof. Edson Sunderland who helped give the state of Illinois its present Civil Practice Act which greatly sim- plifies pleading. Mr. Megan recount- ed the duty the lawyer owes to the public and told of the changes in law which now are aimed to expedite justice. Prof. Pick Will Talk To Fraternity Men The second in a series of music appreciation hours sponsored by the Interfraternity Council will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Psi Up- silon house, it was annodnced yester- day by Robert Canning, '39, secretary of the Council. The discussional topic of the hour will be "Nationalism in Music." Prof. flamis Pick of the music school will lead the discussion, illustrating his remarks with recordings. Professor Pick is noted as a violon- cello soloist, , performing with the 16th Honors Convocation To Be Friday University Of Minnesota's President Guy S. Ford' Will Be Chief Speaker 800 High-Ranking; Students To Attend' The sixteenth annual donors Con- vocation, honoring 800 students who have achieved high scholarship rat- ings during the current academic year, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Hill Auditorium with President Guy Stanton Ford of the University of Minnesota as principal speaker, it was announced yesterday by Dean of Students Joseph A. Bursley, chair- man of the committee of Honors Con- vocation. Dean Bursley will preside at the Convocation, to which President Ruthven will welcome the honor stu- dents and guests. Prof. Charles L. Jamison of the business administra- tion school, representing the honor societies, will introduce Dr. Ford. Classes To Be Dismissed Classes will be dismissed at 10:45 a.m. to allow students to atend the convocation with the exception of clinics where only those students re- ceiving honors will be excused. The Honors Convocation gives recognition to senior students who have attained at least a "B" aerage and hold rank in the highest ten per cent of the senior classes in the vari- ous schools and colleges of the Uni- versity; other undergraduates who have attained an average equivalent to at least ;half "A" and half "B"; graduate students selectedhfor dis- tinguished scholarly work done at the , University; and recipients of special; scholarship awards Schoolmasters To Attend Delegates to the Schoolmasters' Convention have been especially in- vited to attend the Convocation, ; which has come to be a regular part1 of the program of the Convention.; Dr. Ford was elected to the Presi- dency of Minnesota last October, suc- ceeding Lotus D. Coffman who died Sept. 22. Former Dean of the Minne- sota Graduate School, Dr. Ford came there from the University of Illinois in 1913. Dodge Employes Strike In Detroit DETROIT, April 21.-(JP)-Approx- imately 2,000 employes of the Dodge truck division of the Chrysler Cor- poration were forced into idleness to- day as the result of a dispute between the company and the CIO-affiliated United Automobile, Workers Uunion. Plant officials said the dispute, con- cerned the classification of a worker. R. J. Thomas, president of the CIO-UAW, said the men would re- turn to work Monday. Thomas also announced that the first meeting of the CIO-UAW execu- tive board since the Cleveland con- vention would open in Toledo Mon- day. The advisory council of the execu- tive board of the rival independent UAW, headed by Homer Martin, to- day was considering an invitation to re-affiliate with the American Fed- eration of Labor. High School 'Girls Aid Cancer Drive Forty high school girls will con- duct the first Cancer Tag Day drive today when they canvass the town, selling lapel clips in an effort to raise funds for the educational work of the Women's Field Array of the American Society for the Control of Cancer. The drive is sponsored by the Field Army, whose motto is "Fight Cancer With Knowledge." Eight sergeants, with four cor- porals on each committee, wil work under Mrs. W. S. Peck and her group selling tags today. Hope Tappe, Nancy Cress, Susan Peirsol, Sally Barnwell, Angela Dobson, Nancy Fur- stenberg, Julietta Blume and Nancy Griffin have been chosen committee heads. Working under their direction are Joyce Livermore, Suzanne Springer, Edith Jensen, Mary Lou Andrews, Joyce Hall, Betsy Shaw, Mary Lee Dooper, Sally Maurice, Jeanne Mau- rice, Shirley Mattern, Eleanor Wile, Lucy Purdom, Jo Carol Moore, Eu- nice .Mintz, Patty Hume and Rosalini Sawyer. Bonnie Bevan, Freddie Schoenfield, Betsy Alling, Joanne Peck, Julie Fur# stenberg, Sally Platt, Susan Alling, (Continued on Page 5) House Upholds Administration Money Powers Democratic Bloc Is Solid In Support Of Measure; Bill Is Sent To Senate WASHINGTON, April 21.-(/P)- The Administration won a victory to- day when the House approved a bill continuing the President's broad monetary powers for two years. Specifically, the measure would ex- tend from June 30, 1939, to June 30, 1941, the President's right to devalue the dollar an additional nine per cent, the treasury's $2,000,000,000 stabiliza- tion fund, and the. authority to buy newly mined domestic silver above world prices. The bill went to the Senate. From start to finish, the fight over the bill was one of party against party. Republicans were' aligned solidly against the measure. But the heavy Democratic majority, once more under the control of its leadership, supported the bill almost to a man. It beat down methodically every Republican attempt to amend the measure. The minority focused its chief op- position against the dollar devalua- tion provision and twice went down to defeat on amendments to strip it from the bill. It was the Republicans' contention that business is hesistant for fear the President might suddenly reduce the gold content of the dollar another pine per cent. Democrats took the stand that the mere existence of the devaluation power exerted a stabilizing effect on international trade and reduced the threat of currency depreciation wars. The Administration must have the power to adjust its currency, they said, in case foreign nations tamper with their money. The stabilization fund, employed to steady the exchange value of the dol- lar, encountered only one Republican amendment, which was quickly brushed aside, FranceI Precedent-Breaking Laws Throws $343,200,000 Into Huge War Machine Decrees Lengthen Work Week Hours PARIS, April 21. -()- France threw $343,200,00 into her war ma- chine today with precedent-shatter- ing decree laws which lengthened the work week to 45 hours and levied a new one per cent sales tax. The new laws created an "arma- ment tax" of one per cent on all cash transactions, limited profits from in- dustries working for national defense, reduced ordinary government ex- penditures and established new reg- ulations to increase production in private business. Finance Minister Paul Reynaud in a broadcast to the nation tonight termed the new laws a "test of force between the totalitarian regimes and' our government of liberty." The new revenues are expected to bring in $396,000,000, but $52,800,000 of the amount will pay the national wheat office's deficit. The government will tax profits from the armament industry, Rey- naud said, by a progressive scale ex- tending from 50 to 100 per cent of the profits over certain levels. These taxes will be in addition to regular income and production taxes. The new measures were designed to meet two pressing needs: 1. Additional revenue to pay the cost of mobilizing hundreds of thous- ands of French reservists now calledZ to the colors and the cost of pre- cautionary measures during the in- ternational tension, and 2. For new revenue to pay the ris- ing costs of armaments, including new equipment for the army, navyt and the air force. Reynaud. announced the 45-hour work week was being instituted to combat the efforts of a "country next" to ours" whose workmen have been placed on a 60-hour schedule. He pre- sumably meant Germany. The new work week compares with the 40-hour week which was applied generally in France when the Social-4 ist Leon Blum was premier. This1 work week already had been length- ened, however, in the national de-7 fense industries.1 Reynaud said frankly that with hundreds of thousands of reservists called to the colors during the re-, curring crises, those left behind must work harder to supply France with, the necessary war materials. Debaters Lose BdigTen Meet Rosa And Shuler Secure Varsity's Only Victory Michigan's hopes for retaining the Big Ten debating championship title for this year were shattered when two squads lost three out of four conference debates yesterday after- noon at Evanston, Ill. Four debates remain on the schedule for this morn- ing. In the first two rounds Michigan's negative team of Robert Rosa, '39, and Jack Shuler, '40, won their de- bate from Purdue and lost to Ohio State on the conference question, "Resolved, That the United States Should Cease To Use Government Funds (Including Credit) For the Stimulation of Business." Sidney Davidson, '40, and Louis Poplinger, 39, who made up the affirmative squad were defeated by Wisconsin and Northwestern. Chicago and Illinois will meet the affirmative team this morning and the negative team will debate Minne- sota and Iowa. William Muehl, '41, will undoubtedly take the place of Poplinger on the affirmative team. A panel discussion and forum on the topic "What Type of Education Will Best Prepare the Man of the 20th Century" was held last night. One man from each of the Big Ten schools took part in the panel. Rosa represented Michigan. Dickinson Studies Report Levies Arms Tax Britain Prepares To Talk ~4) May Ally Russia England Disregards Polish Objection; Russia Asks Lineup Against Japan Rumania May Yield To U.S.S.R. Plan JOSEF STALINI Senator Asks r Tax Collections In Talky Herer McCallum Tells Meetingt Michigan Needs No New Levies; Urges Reforms A plea to swell state revenues byt insuring collection of current taxes, not by imposing new levies, was voiced here last night by State Sen- t ator George P. McCallum, chairmanC of the Senate Tax Committee. Speaking before 200 members of the Michigan Real Estate Associa- tion and the School of Business Ad- ministration at a joint conference on "The Problems of the Old House,"t Senator McCallum defended the re-k vised Civil Service Bill passed by the Senate, urged centralization of tax1 administration, and outlined im- provements in taxation of intangibles, sale of tax delinquent property, andt collection of sales, liquor and inheri- tance taxes. "Michigan needs no more taxes," he declared. "What we do need is a more frugal, careful administration of those we have." Approximately four million dollars yearly could be added to Michigan's] revenues if sales tax collection ma- chinery were tightened, Senator Mc- Callum claimed. Although the presentc law providing for payment of sales tax on automobiles at time of pur- chase has solved the problem in this field, he said, the law must be extend- ed to other commodities sold on in- stallments. Creation of a central tax adminis- trative department combining all col- lection agencies with a competent commissioner appointed for ten years would improve general revenue col- lections by 25 million dollars, Senator McCallum declared. Collection of inheritance taxes be- fore costly litigation whittles estates, would also add from three to four million dollars annually to the trea- sury, he added. The Senator also visioned an additional million in reve- nue if a central liquor dispensary were created to replace state retail liquor stores. By eliminating "ordinary day la- borers" from civil service rolls, the civil service reorganization bill passed by the legislature should pare another $900,000 from the public payroll, he predicted. LaFollette Reports On Nazi Terrorism WASHINGTON, April 21.-(p)- Two first-hand observers, fresh from Germany, described 'to a Congres- sional committee today an atmos- phere of Nazi "terror" which they said prevailed there although abhor- red by a large majority of the Ger- man people. Former Governor Philip LaFol- lette of Wisconin and D. Robert Yar- nall, Philadelphia manufacturer, gave accounts of "nersecution of non- With Soviets O n Alliance; LONDON, April 21-(M)-Great Britain was reported reliably tonight to have accepted as "a basis for nego- tiations" a proposal by Soviet Russia for establishment of an Anglo- French-Russian military alliance. Despite Polish objections to such an alliance, it was believed Britain and France were prepared to resur- rect the Triple Entente of the World War and even to meet Russia's in- sistence that it be aligned against Japan as well as Germany and Italy. Seek To Enlist Turkey A high authority said Rumania had indicated to the two western European powers she would not stand n the way of the Soviet proposal. Poland, Rumania and Greece al- eady hold British-French guarantees of their independence and negotia- tions have been proceeding to enlist Turkey and Russia in the bloc. An authoritative source said the recommendation of a flat, reciprocal military alliance was made by Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff o Sir William Seeds, British Am- assador in Moscow.. Britain, though favoring a less binding agreement, instructed Slr William to accept the recommenda- tion as "a basis for negotiations." Await Hitler Speech No announcement was expected until after ChancellorHitler has ad- dressed the Reichstag next Friday. t was believed an" Anglo-rench agreement with Turkey probably would be announced at the same time. The problem now is to get Poland to agree to the Soviet proposal, it was said. Russia formerly ruled parts of both Poland and Rumania. It was felt generally, however, that Poland would have no objection to receiving supplies from Russia-but my Polish-Russian alliance was said to be out of the question. It was believed in London diplo- matic circles that Russia had offered an outright military alliance basis because she feared she might be caught by a joint German-Japanese invasion. Britain's original suggestions to Russia were secret, but have been re- ported as including a Soviet pledge of aid for Poland and Rumania with only the Red air fleet. Michigan ine DropsOpener Buckeyes Score 3-1 Win Behind 4-Hit Hurling By HERB LEV COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21.- (Special to The Daily)-A big right- handed pitcher named Johnny Dag- enhard and a diminutive second base- man named Gene Meyers combined to put a large dent in Michigan's baseball hopes, as they led Ohio State to a 3-1 victory over the Wol- verines in the Big Ten opener here today. Gagenhard, defeated three times in the past by Michigan despite the fact that he has ranked near the top of the Big Ten pitchers for the past two years, was in rare form today as he held the Wolverines to four hits, three of them of the scratch variety. Meyers found Michigan's Jack Barry a "cousin" as he connected for three singles and a long sacrifice fly in his four trips to the plate and drove in all the Buckeye runs. Failure to capitalize on several golden opportunities in the late in- nings, when Dagenhard began to have trouble with his control and his in- field support went haywire at the same time, was largely responsible for the Michigan defeat. All togeth- er, 10 Wolverines were left stranded on the base paths. Barry, who worked the first seven (Continued on Page 3) I -s -3-u 0 1-4 --0 ,--- Secretary Hearing Perkins Grants To CIO Leader WASHINGTON, April 21.-(P)--A new phase of the Harry Bridges de- portation case began today when Secretary of Labor Perkins prepared to give the West Coast CIO leader a hearing on charges that he is a Com- munist. Immigration officers in San Fran- cisco, Portland and Seattle, Miss Per- kins said, have been ordered to as- semble all affidavits and informa- tion in the case for a speedy hearing. She said the date of the hearing would depend on how quickly this data could be assembled. The deportation of the CIO leader, who came to the United States from Australia in 1920 and figured in the 1934 West Coast longshoremen's strike, would depend, Miss Perkins asserted, upon whether the govern- ment was able to prove that he was a member of the Communist Party when served with a deportation war- rant a year ago, and that the party advocated the overthrow of the gov- ernment by force and violence. Bridges denied membership in the party. Attorney General Murphy To Begin Fighting Trusts WASHINGTON. Anril 21.---_ Roosevelt Peace Bid And Foreign Scene Reviewed By Staff Writer By ELLIOT MARANISS Events on the international scene moved rapidly and dramatically in the two weeks since the beginning of Spring Vacation. Highlight was President Roosevelt's bold stroke for world peace by seeking assurances from Germany and Italy that their armies would not invade countries now independent for at least 10 years. The Roosevelt request. embodied in identical messages sent to Hitler and Mussolini last week, stated that if the two dictators were willing, he would call the nations of the world into conference to provide that all nations have access to the raw ma- terials and products they needed and to ease the "crushing burden of arma- ments." (According to an Associated Press dispatch reprinted in full in yesterday's Daily, Benito Mus- solini rejected the President's President declared that the possibili- ty of war was a matter of definite concern to the United States and the rest of the Western Hemisphere, and that the time was opportune to ap- peal for peace inasmuch as the ten- sion of the past few weeks had mom- entarily relaxed and "no troops are at this moment on the march." In most European circles it was felt, according to reports from the Associated Press, that the appeal at this time was a good strategic move, on the grounds that now was the time, if ever, to achieve peace. Most interesting of the reactions was that reported from Berlin by Otto D. Tolischus, of the New York Times. According to Mr. Tolischus, Ger- man official and unofficial opinion is unanimous inhviewing Roosevelt's message to Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini as "merely a propa- gandistic trick" designed to saddle the responsibility for a new war on Germany and Italy."