Weather Local showers and thunderstorms Y AlitPqJIo r ~Iai1r Editorial The Chicago Daily News And America's Press . VOL. XLIX. No. 146 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Six-Day Adult Institute pens Here Monday; 500 To Attend Education Group's Annual Meeting Is Sponsored By Extension Service Weaver To Present Jleeture On Keats The seventh annual Adult Educa- tion Institute will be held here from May 1 to 6 under the auspices of the Extension Service, Dr. Charles A. Fisher, director of the Service, an- nounced yesterday. More than 500 persons are expected to attend the six-day meeting. After an opening talk by Dr. Fish-+ er, Prof. Bennet Weaver of the Eng- lish department will conduct the first lecture, "The Poetry of John Keats," of the Literature Series at the 11 a.m. meeting. Angelt Talks On Nazis ; "What Can the Nazis Teach Us?"i the first lecture of the International Relations Series will be given by Prof. Robert C. Angell of the sociology de- partment at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m. Prof. Paul M. Cuncannon of the political science department, who is conduct-. ing the series on Contemporary American Figures, will survey the career of Cordell Hull. Philip Adler, foreign correspond- ent of the Detroit News, will discuss, "What Part Will Russia Play in the Event of a European War?" at the dinner meeting in the League. At the opening meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Mrs. Emma Fox, State par- liamentarian of the Michigan Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, will speak on "Parliamentary Law." Prof. Wes- ley H. Maurer of the journalism de- partment will initiate the Adult Edu- cation Series at 9 with a talk on "The Constitution and Adult Educa- tibn." Prof. MGeoch Speaks Prof. Glenn D. McGeoch of the Music School will speak on "The Art of Listening to Music," the first of the Music and Art Series, at 10, and Prof. John L. Biumm of the journal- ism department will continue the Literature Series with a talk on "Ibsen and Moder Drama" at 11 a.m. Students of Prof. Waldo M. Abbot .will present adramatic skit at the' luncheon me ting in the League. The International Relations Series will be resumed at 2 p.m. with a talk on "Colonial Aspirations of Present Day Italy," by Prof. Howard M. Ehr- man of the history department, and at 3 Prof. Cuncannon will discuss Thomas Dewey. The Phi Kappa Phi address, "The European Situation," will be given by Prof. Bernadotte E. Schmitt of the history faculty of The University of Chicago at 8 p.m. in the Rack- ham Building. (Continued on Page 2) D aladier Crubs French Pr e s s Battle Started To Crush ForeignPropaganda PARIS, April 25.--(/P)-Premier Daladier announced rigid press con- trol laws today as the beginning of a battle to crush foreign propaganda Inside France. Foreign alliances and sweeping in- creases in armed forces are not enough, he told his cabinet colleagues. The press laws were signed by Presi- dent Lebrun last Friday, but were published for the first time in the official journal today. The laws are designed to curb both pamphleteering and press activities of: foreign origin. Offenders are liable' to from six months to five years in' prison, heavy fines and even loss of3 civil rights. Foreign propaganda was not de- fined, but the decree declared "It1 can not be permitted for foreign agents in all liberty to retain in France itself the means of influenc- ing opinion by campaigns appropri- ate to their ends." Assistants Are Named For Annual French Play Jane Lord, '40, Marie McEl- roy, '39, and Eureka Cahill, '39, Michigras Claims No Hoax; Petition Filed For Restraint Answering prevalent accusations that their suit against the Golden Gate International Exposition for "unfair competition" is a hoax, the executive committee of the Michigras yesterday filed a petition to obtain an injunction against theSan Fran- cisco fair with the Washtenaw Coun- ty Clerk. The suit will be 'tried in the circuit court of Washtenaw County. 1 Rumors that the suit was drawn up as a "publicity stunt" have been circulated by emissaries in the pay of the coast rival of the Michigras, said Donald Belden, '39E, general chairman of the committee. "Faced with almost certain ruin," he said, "the exposition is forced to use un- derhand means to combat the fear- less efforts of the committee." The petition, which will appear be- fore Circuit Court Judge George W. Sample, will seek an injunction to restrain the San Francisco fair from operating on the two days on which the Michigras will be conducted, Fri- day and Saturday, May 5 and 6, and a week before and a week after these dates. The petition will also seek, Belden said, that the exposition be restrained from "misleading the general public into believing that it is in any way connected with the Michigras." This also is not a publicity stunt, said Belden. Music Festival Will Feature Band Contest More Than 5,200 Students To Take Part In Varied Events This Weekend More than 5,200 students from high schools throughout the state will come to Ann Arbor this weekend to take part in the second annual Michigan Music Festival. Highlight of the weekend includ- ing band, orchestra, ensemble and solo events, will be a colorful band maching contest 7:30 p.m. Satur- day at the Yost Field House. One thousand students will open the Festival Friday with 834 senior and junior high school solo and en- semble events that will take place throughout the day in five places: the Union, the School of Music, Ann Arbor High School, Morris Hall, and the Carillon Tower. Eighty-three senior and junior high school bands will take part in the Festival Saturday with 76 events that will run throughout the day at Hill Auditorium, the Masonic Temple, Ann Arbor High School, and Water- man Gymnasium. The local committee, headed by (Continued on Page 6) McCall To Discuss Weekly's Business W. Webb McCall, Publisher of the Isabella County Tines-News, will speak on the business side of a week- ly at 3 p.m. today in Room E, Haven Hall under the auspices of the jour- nalism department. This is the eighth in a series of lectures in journalism being con- ducted to enable students interested in the field to meet and talk with newspaper men. McCall is a mem- ber of the Michigan Press Club and is well known in the State. Britain Starts Conscription For Defense Levies Heavy New Taxes To Meet Gun - Swollen Budget; Enlists Youth Berlin Says Move Is Not A Surprise LONDON, April 25.--()-The Brit- ish government announced heavy new taxes today to meet its gun-swollen budget of £1,320,000,000 ($6,177,600,- 000) and was said to have decided upon compulsory military training to increase further its defense prepara- tions. Approximately half-nearly £630,- 000,000 ($2,948,400,000)-of the ex- penditures for the fiscal year which started April 1 are to be for the armed forces and civilian defense and even more may be needed, Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, told Parliament. Military conscription at first like- ly will be applied as physical training and elementary military instruction for a limited number of young men, but a Government bill is expected to authorize full conscription if war comes. Prime Minister Chamberlain went to Buckingham Palace to see King George VI after a two-hour meeting of the Cabinet. It was believed he placed before.the Sovereign his rea- sons for deciding to put the nation in arms. Chamberlain also was believed to have given the King an outline of the international situation and of the announcement of conscription which the Prime Minister is expected to make in Commons tomorrow or Thursday. Late tonight Commons agreed to all the new taxes proposed by Simon. Germany Claims She Can't Be Frightened BERLIN, April 25.--(P)-The Ger- man press tonight declared . that Britain's reported decision to ini- tiate military conscription would male "no impression" on Adolf Hit- ler's reply Friday to President Roose- velt's peace proposals. Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung said, "It would be silly to believe that the German Government could be sur- prised by it (conscription) or be dis- suaded from its course by warnings or threats. That much should have been grasped of the policy of Adolf Hitler even over there." The Hamburger Gremdenblatt, af- ter reviewing British labor opposition to conscription in England, said Chamberlain, however, must sup- ply the propaganda weapons." "That is the meaning of the so- called English threat of introducing conscription and of the entire diplo- matic play around the declaration of the Fuehrer." Doherty In Charge Coach Charles Hoyt will not ac- company his Michigan track team to Philadelpihia for the Penn Re- lays this weekend. Mr. Hoyt re- ceived word yesterday of the death of his father-in-law and decided to turn over direction of the Wol- verine weekend track fortunes to Ken Doherty. ASU Solicits More Support For Program Several Faculty Members' Endorse Human Rightst Roll In Student DriveE Mentor L. Williams To Explain Pointst Following the endorsement by President Ruthven of the seven- point program of the Human Rightsz Roll Call, the American Student Union yesterday began a drive tos secure faculty support for this dec- laration of democratic principles. This program providing for the elimination of illiteracy and thel establishment of equality of educa-t tional opportunity, the support of cultural activities accessible to the+ people, social insurance, public medi- cal care, slum clearance and housingI conservation, guarantee of civil lib-( erties and equal political and reli- gious rights to all American citizens regardless of race, creed, color and belief, is one of many similar pro-I grams presented by American Stu-I dent Union Campuses throughout theE country. Among the faculty members who( already have signed the roll call are( Chester Eisinger, Prof. A. L. Baderi and Allan Seager of the English de- partnient; Prof. M. B. Stout, Prof. Joseph Cannon, Prof. J. E. Emsviler,i Prof. W. A. Spindler, Prof. R. A. Smith, S. H. Gilbert, Prof. J. C. Pal- mer and Prof. F. W. Pawlowski of thei engineering college; Charles E. Koella of the French department; Prof. Louis Vander Velde and Prof. U. W. Crane of the history department and Prof. J. M. Albaladejo, and Prof. H. K. Kenyon of the Spanish department. The Human Rights Roll Call which is an attempt to unite as many mem- bers of the college community as possible toward a practical solution of the problems facing our democracy will be brought before the student body Friday. Prof. Mentor L. Wil- liams of the English department will explain the implications of the Roll Call before an open meeting of the ASU at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the North Lounge of the Union. Leiserson Gets Post On NLRB Will Help In Revision Of Wagner Act WASHINGTON, April 25.-(P)--In the midst of a congressional cam- paign to revise the National Labor Relations Act, President Roosevelt today named William M. Leiserson, economist and student of collective bargaining, for a five-year term on the Labor Relations Board. Leiserson, now chairman of the National Mediation Board under the Railway Labor Act, was picked to succeed Donald Wakefield Smith, whose recess reappointment last Aug- ust brought strong opposition from the American Federation of Labor. The Leiserson appointment drew praise from several Senate members and appearedrto be acceptable to organized labor.d The 56-year old economist who came to this country in 1890 from his native Esthonia, has spent 30 years in the field of labor relations, He declined to discuss today the job of administering the Wagner Act, but his past speeches gave some in- dication of his views. McLean Is Reelected Associated Press Head NEW YORK, April 25.-OP)-The reelection of Robert McLean of the Philadelphia Bulletin as President of the Associated Press was an- nounced today by the board of direc- tors. E. Lansing Ray of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat was elected fixst vice-president and Stuart H. Perry of the Adrian (Mich.) Telegram sec- ond vice-president. Secretary Kent Cooper, Assistant Secretary Lloyd Stratton and Treas- urer L. F. Curtis were reelected. 'Baby Dies Bill' Hit At Hearing By Waterman LANSING-In a public hearing be- fore more than 450 people, Prof. Leroy Waterman of the Oriental Languages Department and an execu- tive officer in the Civil Rights Feder- ation, condemned the proposed Bald- win Bill as "weak and vicious in its lack of definition" in its use of such catch phrases as "subversive, sedi- tious, and un-American." The Bill creates a five man com- mission for the investigation of all seditious and subversive activities re- ported to it by warrant. Senator Baldwin, speaking of the- bill, de- clared that if it existed, Michigan would have been able to curb the activities of the Black Legion. Speakers opposed to the bill con- sufred with Prof. Waterman in con- demning the bill's lack of definition. Charles Lockwood, candidate for University Regent in the recent elec- tion and speaker at last week's peace rally, disclaimed the 'bill as "entirely unnecessary." Adolph Germer, CIO representative, was bitter in his denunciation of the bill as a deliberate attempt to pre- vent unions from "putting more bread in the workingman's cup- board." He flayed the proposed com- mission as a body preventing the union's right to organize in that they would be forced to reveal their mem- bership rolls to the scrutiny of the employer. In speaking of Senator Baldwin's claim that the bill woud punish no one, Rev. O. Knox, one of the leaders in the Civil Rights Federation, asked if defamation of character by "char- acterless" individuals was not pun- ishment enough. Lee Bierce, American Legion repre- sentative from Grand Rapids, in his rebuttal for the passage of the bill, accused the Civil Rights Federation and all organizations opposed to it of being in league with the Commun- ist cause and engaged in "boring from within." The gallery, on hear- ing his charges, booed, until order xas called. Michigan Nine Tops Hillsdale In Tenth, 5 To'1 Dobson, Bond Allow Six Hits As Wolverines Win Fifth Victory Of Year By HERB LEV HILLSDALE, April 25.-(Special to The Daily) -Big Danny Smick, in the throes of the most drastic batting slump of his collegiate baseball career, couldn't have picked a more appropri- ate time to snap back into the hit column, than he did today at Hills- dale, for as a direct result, Michigan can boast of a 5-1 victory. It was the first half of the tenth inning with the score deadlocked at 1-1, little Hilsdale College having played the highly favored Wolver- ines on even terms for the regulation nine frames, when Smick applied his game-winning touch. Smick Laces Single Elmer Gedeon was on second by vitrue of. a scratch single and Fred Trosko's sacrifice when big Danny laced one of pitcher Glen Sanford's fast pitches between first and second for a clean single, easily scoring the fleet Gedeon. Danny's blow was only a signal for the dormant Wolverine batting at- tack to snap into action. After Bill Steppon had walked, Forest Eva- shevski and Charley Pink followed with hits, and before three men could be retired, Michigan had counted four times to make the score 5-1. Not Impressive Win The hurling duties for Michigan were evenly divided between Russ Dobson and Lyle Bond. Neither greatly nicreased his status on the Wolverine mound staff by his perfor-. mance, yet both showed encouraging signs for the future. Between them the Wolverine right handers allowed only six hits, but (Continued on Page 3) FDR Submits Plan For Reorganization To Aid Democracy State Briefs (By Associated Press) The Legislature received a demand from Wayne County officials and the emergency relief commission for an additional $1,000,000 to finance wel- fare work until the end of the fiscal year June 30. * * * An "anti-bossism" bill under which candidates for Secretary of State, Auditor General, Attorney General and State Treasurer would be nom- inated in primary elections instead of at political conventions received3 the approval of the House of Repre-' sentatives yesterday. A substitute for the labor relations bill sponsored by the late Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald, passed by the House as he lay dying in his home at Grand. Ledge, popped out of a Senate com- mittee today. The measure, which retains a sectign outlawing sitdown strikes but modifies provisions regu- lating procedure and the procedure for conciliation, will be formally re- ported to the floor tomorrow. ' Student Senate Favors Course Criticism Plant Early Plans For Campus Tolerance Forum Get' Unanimous Approval Breaking away from political af- filiations, the Student Senate last night unanimously approved near- completed plans for the erection of curriculum-criticism boxes, prelini- inary preparations for an all-campus tolerance forum, and endorsement of the Human Rights Roll Call, which was signed Monday by President Ruthven. The program of the Senate edu- cation committee to stimulate intelli- gent and constructive student evalu- ation of professors and courses at the University has been approved., Sen. John O'Hara, '39, reported. As soon as a revised list of questions for consideration by students receives of-, ficial sanction, the boxes will be set up at prominent points on campus. The Human Rights Roll Call, a seven-point program to further the objectives of democracy in the U.S. received complete support of all Sen- ators present. The Roll Call pledges itself to "meet human needs and guarantee human rights, by elimina- tion of illiteracy and slums, and en- courage equality of educational op- portunity, conservation of human (Continued on Page 6) Angell To Speak On Nazi Germany Germany of today, from economics to the church conflict, will be dis- cussed by Prof. Robert C. Angell of the sociology department at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Lane Hall at a meeting sponsored by the American League for Peace and Democracy. Professor Angell recently returned from a three-month tour of the Reich. Most of his time was spent at the famous Heidelberg University. Fleet Ordered To Pacific COLON, Panama, April 25.-(P)- Panama Canal authorities worked far into the night tonight preparing to hasten transit of a large part of the United States fleet back to the Pacific. It was ordered to return April 15. Proposal Seeks Creation Of Relief, Social Security And Lending Agencies Congress Appears Favorable To Plan WASHINGTON, April 25.(A)- Asserting that at a time of "ruthless" attacks on democracy it is necessary to keep democracy's tools up to date, President Roosevelt submitted to Con- gress today a plan for a major re- organization of powerful Federal agencies. The plan calls for the establish- ment of three new agencies, with present relief activities to be consoli- dated under one, lending activities under another and social security functions under the third. In addi- tion, the budget bureau and some other agencies are to be transferred to the White House. Mr. Roosevelt informed Congress that the aim of this "Reorganization Plan No. 1" was to "improve the ad- ministrative management of the Re- public" and to save some $15,000,000 Plans Other Changes At a press conference later in the day, he announced that two more plans would be forthcoming at this session of Congress-one dealing with inter-departmental transfers and mergers, and the other with changes within departments. The latter will combine all law enforcement agen- cies .of the Treasury. Unless both branches of Congress specifically disapprove, the plan will become effective 60 days hence. Un- der the Reorganization Act, no changes in the President's proposals can be made and Congress hai only the alternatives of approving, or ve- toing, the program as a whole. The immediate reaction on Capitol Hill was mostly approving. While a few House Republicans were openly critical, others of their party en- dorsed the plan. - Several members identified with both the New Deal and anti-New Deal factions of the House Democrats had good things to say of the program. In the Senate, there were reports that no major fight would be made against it, by either Democratic or Republican blocs. Senator McNary (Rep., Ore.) the Republican floor leader said the proposals would be carefully studied and "warmly em- braced" if they pointed to "economy and simplification" in government. Creates Three Agencies Mr. Roosevelt's plan contemplated the creation of these three new agen- cies: A "Federal Security Agency," into which would go the Social Security Board; the Civilian Conservation Corps, the U.S. Employment Service, the Office of Education, the Public Health Service, and the National Youth Administration. Some of the agencies affected are now indepen- dent, and the others are scattered through three departments. A "Federal Works Agency," under which would be consolidated the Works Progress Administration (un- der the new title of "Work Projects Administration") the Public Works Administration, the U.S. HDousing Authority; the Bureau of Public Roads, the Public Buildings Branch of the Treasury's Procurement Divi- sion, and the branch of Buildings Management of the National Park Service. Campus Groups Sponsor Annual Fresh Air Camp Tag Day May 4 The Annual Fresh Air Camp Tag1 Day raising funds to carry out this student supported project for under-i privileged children will be held Thursday, May 4, with all campus groups participating.1 The Fresh Air Camp was conceived and developed by University men, hasI been directed and sponsored by men from the University, and enthusias-; tically backed by Michigan students for eighteen years. Of the total bud-, get of $105,000, students have do-I nated more than $27,000.1 The camp is located at Patterson, Lake, near Pinckney, and is for the benefit of boys from Ann Arbor, Detroit, Hamtramck, Platt, Wyan- dotte and other cities in southeastern{ Michigan who would otherwise be unable- to attend summer camp. provide an opportunity to develop and strengthen boys' characters. Rei- mann, who had had direct contact with summer camps for five years, and who was vitally interested in the problems of adolescent youth, was chosen supervisor of the camp for the first year of its operation. Reimann raised $2,567, which was sufficient to operate the first camp for six weeks in the months of June, July and August. During the four ten-day periods, 130 boys, who hid been selected by welfare agencies and juvenile detention homes, were ad- mitted to camp. Although it lacked equipment, the first camp provided socially-handi- capped boys with a change from the meager, dirty and empty existence of slum life in the city to a 10-day 1 Dewey Given Newman Award For Services In War On .Crime Consolidates Bureaus A "Federal Loan Agency" to in- clude the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the RFC Mortgage As- sociation, the Electric Home and Farm Authority, The Disaster Loan Corporation, The Federal National Mortgage Association, The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, The Home Owners Loan Corporation, The Fed- eral Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, The Federal Housing Administration, and the Export-Im- port Bank of Washington. Lending agencies having to do with agricul ture-The Farm Credit Administra- tion, The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation and The Commodity Credit Corporation-would be made part of the Agriculture Department. To' the direct supervision of the President would go the Budget func- CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 25.-(A)- Thomas E. Dewey, racket ruining District Attorney of New York Coun- ty, was selected today to receive the Dewey, whose name has been men- tioned frequently in discussions of Republican presidential possibilities, will be given the gold medal struck in the memory of the late John Hen-