THE MlICHlGAN ,AI1LY ,,.SATJR DAY,.JIUn. I THE MI[CHIGAN DAILY Attack On Wagner Act Analyzed; Radio Priest Opposes Alterations DAiLY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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 Oniversity year and Sumn .r Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled .to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited.to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPR;SENTD$ FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Pablishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO *'BOSTON '.LOS ANGELEs - SAN FRANCIscO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938.39 Editorial Staff Managing Editor . . City Editor . . ., Editorial Director . *.. . Associate Editor . . Associate Editor. . . Associate Editor . . Associate Editor . . Associate Editor* Sports Editor. . .. Women's Editor . . Business Staff Business Manager . Credits Manager. . Women's Business, Manager . . Women's Advertising Manager. Publication Manager . . Carl Petersen Stan M. Swinton Elliott Maraniss . Jack Canavan Dennis Flanagan Morton Linder Norman Scharr Ethel Norberg Mel Fineberg . Ann Vicary Paul R. Park Hanson Taggart Zenovia Skoratko . Jane Mowers * Harriet Levy By ROBERT PERLMAN EACH DAY brings the Wagner Act into sharper focus as the point in New Deal legislation that lies at the center of the most fundamental prob- lem of our times. The National Labor Relations Act seems to epitomize two aspects of that problem. On the economic front, the Act symbolizes the attempt of workers to meet their employers on an equal plane by acting collectively (through unions) in the bargaining relationship. On the political side, the Act reflects labor's effort to legally enforce (through the government) a "right" that was an inevitable outgrowth of large scale private industry where control of the machine rests in the hands of a few owners. Long before the labor board found the Republic Steel Corporation guilty of violation, long before the Harlan County coal operators ran afoul of the new law, in fact ever since its passage in 1935, employers have attested to the basic im- portance of the Wagner Act by carrying on a bit- ter fight through the courts and through the newspapers. Both those avenues of attack have proved blind alleys and now the battle rages in Congress, where the attempt is being made to scuttle the Act by passing "amendments" that will be fatal to the real purpose of the law-the protection of the right to organize and bargain collectively. Certain leaders of the American Federation of Labor, terrified at the growth of industrial unionism, are presenting the sad spectacle of openly collaborating with anti-labor employer groups in the murder of the act-this despite the repeated expression by many local AFL bodies of the desire to preserve the Act as it stands. Meanwhile pressure groups and individuals throughout the nation are lining up on one side or the other, for there is no "objective" and "impartial" middle road here. Among those who have contributed to the dis- cussion is Reverend Father Sebastian Erbacher, President of Duns Scotus College, Detroit, who began a recent radio talk by citing this quota- tion from an address by the Most Reverend Archbishop Mooney of Detroit. " ...labor organization, sound and responsible organization on democratic principles, is not merely something which the Catholic Church accepts as an inevitable development of our in- dustrial society, it is something which she whole- heartedly approves, something for which she has a definite set of moral principles, something for which her Popes have been crying for generations like a voice of a prophet in the wilderness of 'laissez faire,' something which she earnestly commends to worker and management alike as a remedy for the evils of industrial life which press upon us and as a preventive for greater evils which threaten." Father Erbacher continued with an excerpt from an Encyclical by Pope Pius XI in which were condemned the actions of those tolers of governments who, "while readily recognizing and patronizing similar corporations among oth- er classes, with criminal injustice denied the in- nate right of forming associations to those who needed them most for self-protecton against oppression by the most powerful." Pointing out that "contrary to much editorial forecasting," the Commission sent by the Presi- dent to England to study industrial relations "has not suggested any changes in the present labor legislation" of this country, Father Er- bacher goes on to consider the proposed "amend- ments" to the Wagner Act. Quoting from Senator Wagner, Father Er- bacher answers the proposals to make the Act less "one-sided." In Senator Wagner's words these moves are "designed to destroy the equality of bargaining power that the labor act strives to make possible and to restore the gross inequal- ity that existed when the isolated worker stacked his pitiful weakness against the gigantic strength of consolidated capital." As for the proposal of Senators Burke and Walsh to submit labor board decisions to the review of the courts (even now Board rulings are subject to appeal in the federal courts), Father Erbacher points to the statement by Sen- ator Wagner that this procedure "would enable a party to shuffle every point in a case back and forth continually between district court and Labor Board, to the eternal delay of the workers seeking to vindicate their rights." Replying to the efforts of AFL officials to de- prive the NLRB of the power to invalidate con- tracts, Father Erbacher includes a statement that this would "permit an employer to enter into a contract with a labor organiztaion even though he utilized unfair labor practices pre- scribed by the Act, permit an employer to make a contract with a minority union and use this contract as an excuse not to bargain with any other union." Taking up finally the accusation that the Board is "unfair" and "prejudiced," Father Er- bacher points to the record of the NLRB in the courts, particularly the United States Supreme Court, where Board procedure has again and again been upheld as sound and equitable. Thus speaks a radio priest who understands the needs of the people-a priest who insists that we take no steps backward but move forward in our social thinking and legislation. The Wagner Act has aptly been called 'a barometer of democracy in the United States." Emasculation of the Act means stormy weather ahead for the American people. Its preservation means the strengthening of the democratic prin- ciple in this country-one of the last influential strongholds of that doctrine. NIGHT EDITOR: RICHARD HARMEL The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the Writers nly. The Problem Of Old Age Security ... A NY FUTURE that might have been anticipated for the Townsend Plan was virtually destroyed last Thursday when the House of Representatives decisively defeated the Pension Bill. The defeat meant more than the end of what appeared to be an illogical scheme for insuring the security of the aged in the United States: for thousands of elderly persons the defeat was the end of a beautiful dream of secure, sufficient old age. Whether or not the Townsend Plan was illogi- cal is not of the greatest importance; nor is the question of whether Dr. Townsend himself be- lieved his plan to be practical. There were un- doubtedly many who supported the plan because of personal selfishness, but the fact that three million dollars in dimes were paid to Townsend Clubs by so many of the nation's old people in hard times is surely an indication that many of our aged fear what is a very uncertain future. Old age is a bleak prospect for the great major- ity of the people. Years of little productivity are years of little income and years of meager exis- tence. And because it is not reasonable in a world in which a man has great trouble living from day to day to expect him to save enough for the later years of life, there must be some means of insuring old age security. Old age pensions, as they exist in most of the states, are unreasonably low, ranging from eight and ten dollars to twenty-five or thirty dollars per month. Relief roles include long lists of old folks who have no legal claim to old age assist- ance from the state. And there are many who, because of ownership of personal property for which they may have worked years, are denied any assistance at all. The Social Security plan has been a progres- sive step toward establishing a sort of security for old persons. But even that system will not be able to offer much to the individual unless he has enjoyed a life of great productivity, under which circumstances he will probably have little need for the few dollars offered him. The working man with an average yearly income of $1,500 can expect little more subsistence. The support given the Townsend Plan indi- cates a great need and demand for some form of collective security in old age. How such a security can be assured is a problem which is from ex- perience difficult to solve, but the need does exist. -Gerald Burns The Poetry Of John Holmes- (Continued from Page 2) complete its list of seniors for pre- sentation to the Regents prior to Commencement. The office also will greatly appreciate it if the other re- ports of students' grades are made within five days after the examina- tions are conducted. It is further recommended that grades of I and X be used more spar- ingly than in the past. At present about 8-10 per cent of prospective graduates and about 600 non-grad- uates generally receive grades of I and X. This relatively large number mkes it difficult for the Administra-. tive Board, the various counselors, and the Registrar's Office to evaluate the work of the students concerned. The Registrar's Office has asked me to express to the members of the Faculty its appreciation for the promptness with which grades have been reported in the past, and it is confident that this cooperation will continue during the current exam- ination period. Edward H. Kraus. Agenda 1. Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of May 1, 1939, which have been distributed by campus mail. 2. Discussion of reports submitted with this call to the meeting. a. Executive Committee, prepared by Professor Joseph R. Hayden. b. University Council, prepared by Professor George R. La Rue. c. Executive Board of the Gradu- ate School, prepared by Professor Floyd E. Bartell. d. Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, to be presented orally by Professor Arthur S. Aiton. e. Deans' Conference, prepared by Dean Edward H. Kraus. 3. New Business. a. Election of five members of the University Council and two members of the Administrative Board. Nom- inating Committee: Professors Rob- ert C. Angell, Chairman, and Neil H. Williams, and Associate Professor James E. Dunlap. . b. Recommendation on a Naval R.O.T.C.-Professor Joseph R. Hay- den. c. Recommendations of the Ad- ministrative Board and of the Con- centration Advisors-Professor Jo- seph R. Hayden. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of the following Civil Service examination to be given by the Municipal Civil Service Com- mission of Buffalo. Last date for fil- ing application will be June 20, 1939, at 12 noon. Assistant Examiner, Municipal Civil Servcie Commission. Salary: $2250. Buffalo residence not required. Complete announcement on file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. 201 Ma- son Hall. Seniors: Official Senior Class Commencement Booklets and Fold Announcements are now on sale at Burr, Patterson and Aud Co., 603 Church Street. Seniors. 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Academic Notices Final doctoral examination of Mr. Robert Lormer Smith will be held on Saturday, June 3 at 9 a.m. in Room 3202, East Engineering Building. Mr. Smith's field of specialization is l Chemical Engineering. The title of his thesis is "The Pressure, Volume, ITemperature, Time, and Product- Property Relations of Petroleum dur- ing Pyrolysis.'' Professor G. G. Brown, as chair- man of the committee, will conduct the examination. By direction of the Executive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum. Registration Material: Colleges of L.S.&A., and Architecture, Schools Architecture; Schools of Education, Forestry and Music: File change of address card in Room 4 U.H. before June 1. 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University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. Scholarship in Landscape Design. Notice is hereby given of the offer of a scholarship in Landscape De- sign, offered by the Bloomfield Hills Branch of the Women's Farm and Garden Association. This is open to a young woman who is a resident of Michigan and who has had at least two years of college work in any de- partment of the University or in any accredited college or junior college. It carries with it a stipend of $150 a year for three years, a total of $450. Any young woman who is interested in this scholarship offer should con- sult with me at Room 402 South Wing to obtain further information as to the requirements. H. O. Whittemore. Notice to Seniors and Graduate Students majoring in Sociology or Education. Opportunity for practical experience and six hours graduate credit at the University of Michigan Fresh Air Camp is opened to 40 quali- fied students, June 19 to Aug. 19. For further information and appli- cation forms, call at the office of the Summer Session or the Camp Office in Lane Hall. To. All Students Having Library Books : 1. Students having in their posses- sion books drawn from the Univer- sity are notified that such books are due Monday, June 5. 2. The names of all students who have not cleared their records at the Library by Tuesday, June 6, will be sent to the Recorder's Office, where their semester's credits will be held up until such time as said records are cleared, in compliance with the regu- lations of the Regents. Wm. W. Bishop, Librarian, ME. 14 Final Examination in Room 203-301 W. Engineering Annex on Monday, June 5, 8-12 a.m. Final Examination in Education FI, General Hygiene will be given on Friday, June 9, 2 to 5 p.n. in Room 23 Waterman Gym. Botany I, final examination Sat- urday, June 10, 9-12 a.m. Room As- signment: A-L, Room 25, Angell Hall. M-Z, Room 1025 Angell Hall. Zoology 32 (Heredity): I will be in my office Monday, June 5, 2-4 p.m., not on the date previously announced. A. F. Shull. History 48. Final examination Thursday, June 8, 2-5 p.m. Arm- strong-Frayer, 1035 A.H. Grannatale- Wunsch, C Haven Hall. English I: Final Examination Schedule, Tuesday, June 6, 2-5 p.m. Bader 6 A.H. Baum 103 R.L. Bertram 103 R.L. Cassidy 1020 A.H. Chang 201 U.H. Dean 205 M.H. Eisinger 205 M.H. Ford 1209 A.H. Green 229 A.H. Greenhut 35 A.H. Haines 302 M.H. Hart 18 A.H. Helm 16 A.H. Helmers 35 A.H. Knode W.Phys.Lect. Martin 203 U.H. McCormick 103 R.L. Ogden ?209 A.H. O'Neill W. Phys. Robertson V.Phys.Lect. Schroder W.Phys.Lect. Walker 2054 N.S. Weimer 202 W.Phys. Weisinger W.Phys.Lect. Wells 3231 A.H. Williams 1018 A.H. English 1: f Arthos 215 A.H. S Hathaway E H.H. and Occupational Mason Hall, Office 2-4. Information, 201 Hours : 9-12 and By JOHN CIARDI ADDRESS TO THE LIVING by John Holmes, N.Y. THE POET'S WORK by John Holmes, N.Y. Th publication in 1937 of Address to the Living, a first volume of poems by a poet already familiar to the magazine readers, drew immediate recog- nition to its author as an authentic and rich lyricist. With the appearance of his second volume-this one about poetry-we have an opportunity for pausing to survey the accomplish- ments and prospects of an already widely recog- nized poet. John Holmes has found a wide success in the better magazines-JPoetry, The Yale Review, The Atlantic, Harper's-and has' served for some years as the Poetry Critic for (Mr. Eliot's) Boston Evening Transcript. Last year he was awarded the Annual Golden Rose offered by the New England Poetry Association for the most dis- tinguished volume of poetry of 1937 by a New England Poet-an award that has been held by Robert Frost, Archibald MacLeish and---alas, Robert P. Tristam Coffin. In the foreword to his first ' volume, John Holmes defined for himself that experience which is poetry: Poetry is what sight would be to the'blind, speech to the dumb, walking to the crippled, and life to the condemned: but you and I see, speak, walk, live, and we have poetry. And his work has remained true to that. It is the poetry of joy for the best of reasons-that of being alive. It catches one in the title poem- Address to the Living: We are the living on this keel of earth, Who hail the convoy stars across the night, Or feed joy's bird, and stroke his folded wings, Then fling him flying toward the stream of light. We are the living; daylight in our eyes; Earth under heel; and in the mouth a word; Fire in the fingers; question in the mind; And round the throat a slowly tightening cord.' Math, 4, Sec. 3, 208 U.H., Craig ath. 7, Sec. 1, 301 U.H., Elder Math. 37, Sec. 1, 229 A.H., Wilder Math. 37, Sec. 2, 201 U.H., Anning Math 51, Sec. 3, 304 U.H., Nesbitt Math. 212, 407 M.H., Nyswander. Political Science 1. Final examina- tion Saturday, June 3, 2 p.m. Room 25 A.H. (all sections). Political Science 2. Final examina- tion, Saturday, June 3, 2 p.m.: Cuncannon's sections, 1025 A.H. Dorr's sections, 1035 A.H. Kallenbach's sections, C Haven Hall. French's sections, 205 Mason Hall. Perkins' sections, 1025 A.H. Pollock's section, C Haven Hall. Final Examination in Aeronautical Engineering: "Aero. 1, General Aeronautics, Mon- day, June 5, from 2-6, in Room 1042 East Engineering Building. Aero. 3, Theory and Design of Pro- pellers, Thursday, June 8, from 2-6, in Room 445 West Engineering Build- ing. Aero. 4, Sec. I. Airplane Structures, Wednesday, June 7, from 8-12, in Room 2300 East Engineering Build- ing. Aero. 6, Experimental Aerodynam- ics, Saturday, June 3, from 2-6, in Room 1042 East Engineering Build- ing. Aero. 27, Applied Aerodynamics, Tuesday, June 6, from 2-6, in Room 1042 East Engineering Building. Aero 2, Sec. 1, Theory of Aviation. Tuesday, June 6, from 2-6, in Room 2300 East Engineering Building. Aero. 2, Sec. II, Theory of Aviation, Tuesday, June 6, from 8-12, in Room 1213 East Engineering Building.' Summer Employment: John C. Winston Company are looking for young men and women who want summer employment. If interested, please leave name and address at University Bureau of Appointments And I am rich with life that I remember, Thinking of letters, hedges, lamps at night, Thinking of sun, of empty churches, autumn, Long hair let down, shining and softly light. Add to these a sure instinct for the right, the fresh and surprising word, and you lave a genu- ine poet. The words are given work to do and do it amazingly well: The dawn, enchanted and unchallenged hour, Widened to day. The air of morning stirred So fresh across my face that I was well, And glad to be outdoors awake. I heard Till noon the bells that quartered every hour. Working, I wasted hope and words and hate. Although my windows faced the timeless sky, A.calendar insisted on the date. I have had the pleasure of following John Holmes' work since his first volume-some of it in the magazines and much in manuscript-and the advance it shows is sure and positive. With no loss of his early vitality he has broadened and deepened. To the first quick lyricism he has added a surer, harder sense not only of his own world, but of every man's world. And he has been able to do it with no loss for the simple reas- on that he is a poet, and will die a poet, and realizes all things through, the poet's eye. It is this which lends validity and value to the Poet's Work, a book about poetry, for it is his life that he is writing in each of the five sections: The Poet's Worlds, The Poet's Knowledge, The Poet's Difficulties, The Poet's World, The Poet's' Nature. Or rather it is his own life plus the most memorable expression of the lives of great writers of all time, for each section consists of an essay by the author plus a compilation of quotations from widely varied sources-Menander to Robert Frost, and Christopher Morley to John Donne. It is no mere collection of excerpts however. Years of careful reading and marking of those memorable passages where an author breaks the vital surface of life upward have gone into it, and each section is bound together by an essay written in a distinct, quick prose, flavored by the ghost of hard New England idiom. The whole adds up to a book that will open up new ranges to the beginner and recapture for those who have once found it the meaning of poetry. Whether one reads it through or dips in at random, it is a book to own and keep and re-read, and another valu- able item on what one suspects will be a long and honorable shelf of books by this author. Our Fading Isolation Quietly, with little public attention, a dramatic event occurred recently. The Yankee Clipper, American designed, American built, American flown, completed the first regularly scheduled International Center: Any student interested in going to Germany as an exchange student for next year should call or communicate at once with the Counselor to Foreign Stu- dents at the International Center. J. Raleigh Nelson. Women Students, House Heads. At- tention of women students is called to the ruling that the semester is of- ficially over 24 hours after a stu- dent's last examination.. Unless spe- cial permission is obtained at the Of- fice of the Dean of Women, all un- dergraduate women students, except seniors, are required to leave in ac- cordance with the above ruling. Exhibitions Michigan Federal Art Projects in Rackhim Building Exhibit Rooms on mezzanine floor. Hours: 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. daily. Saturdays 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Coming Events Graduating Classes: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home on Wednesday, June 7, from 4 to 6 o'clock, to all students receiving de- grees in June. This includes gradu- ate as well as undergraduate stu- dents. The Michigan Christian Fellow- ship will hold its regular Sunday af- ternoon meeting at 4:15 in the Fire- place room of Lane Hall. Students who heard the lecture last Saturday night by Dr. Smith and would like to discuss the question of "The Bible-To Believe It-Or Not" are invited to attend. Notice is given to members and friends of an election of officersfor the fall season. Also, those who are planning to attend summer school are notified of the continuance of the group's meetings. Churches First Baptist Church, Sunday, June 4, 10:45 a.m. Dr. John Mason Wells will speak on the subject, "Sons of God." The Church School meets at 9:30 a.m. Roger Williams Guild, Sunday eve- ning, June 4. Mr. and Mrs. Chap- man will be at home from 5 to 7 p.m. in the evening to welcome students who may care to drop in. Refresh- ments will be served. First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw Avenue. 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship Serv- ice. "God and The Unexpected" is thge subject upon which Dr. W. P. Lemon will preach. Palmer Christian at thge organ and directing the choir. 7:30 p.m. Vesper Communion Serv- ice is the main auditorium. The Ses- sion will convene at 7 o'clock for the Reception of New Members. Disciples Guild (Church of Christ). 10:45 a.m., Morning worship serv- I -- Aside Ldines - Arrested for speeding, a Toledo man said he was hurrying to get to a safety meeting. He learned the lesson, anyhow. ** * Pennsylvania has put through an anti-fire- works law. A safe law-for the administration. Kids can't vote. Spurred by the Pulitzer prize play, movie studios are rushing pictures on the life of Lin- coln. Imagine the sight of three Lincolns eating lunch together at the Brown Derby. * * * Mexico, too, is going to have a world's fair in 2940. Still taking over United States oil. And again in The Green Door where breathless imagery leaps to such lines as: And violins invented for a music the Like sunlight on a line of swirling swords. There is no trickery here. It is the first rich lyricism of a young man who writes and feels: "I visit earth, a tall delighted stranger." It is this constant freshness of perception, this ability to find poetic delight in every contact, combined with a fully matured gift of language and music, 4-U 4 . ... ... 4-.. .... 4 .1 - L - - n - - -