Weather Warmer today, tomorrow gen. erally fair, cooler. L 3k igau ~Iaitr Pr( Vs. Stt Ele Editorial roperty .Man . . Gudent Senate' eotin .... I VOL. XLIX. No. 27 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 1938 PRICE, FIVE ( - I F.D.R. Labels Dies' Inquiry 'Election Tool' In Heated Talk House Committee Accused Of Attempt To Influence ImpendingElections President Defends Murphy's Position WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 - (P) - President Roosevelt came to the de- fense of Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan tonight against charges of "treason" levelled at the Governor by witnesses before the House Com- mittee on UnAmerican Activities. And in doing so, M. Roosevelt took occasion to give the Committee a severe dressing down, which included an accusation that it had let itself be "used in a flagrantly unfair at- tempt to influence an election," and had "made no effort to get at the truth." Merely Provides Forum "Most fair-minded Americans," said the President, "hope that the Com- mittee will abandon the practice of merely providing a forum to those who for political purposes or other- wise, seek headlines which they could not otherwise obtain." Mr. Roosevelt referred specifically to testimony of last Friday by Judge Paulfy. Gadola of a Michigan Circuit Court and John Barringer, former City Manager of Flint, that Murphy had prevented the execution of a writ for the ejection of automobile sit- down strikers and had failed to give the city needed assistance. Barringer called the Governor's actions "treas- onable.": On the contrary, the President said in a formal statement, Murphy by "painstaking and statesmanlike ef- forts," broughlt about a settlement of the strike without bloodshed or the use of force, which "elicited the com-7 mendation of all the important motor' mnanufacturers -involved;" . Y M.. ty Perkins Accused The cher 1xecutve's statement was issued at the close of a day which saw the committee receive testimony accusing Secretary Perkins of the Labor Department of "dereliction of duty" for not pursuing a more vigor- ous course in the deportation of Com- munist aliens; and a suggestion that impeachment proceedings were in or- der. The witnesses were Harper Knowles and Ray E. Nimmo, of the Radical Research Committee of the Amnerican' egion in California. They also told the Committee that Communists had organized agricultur- al and cannery workers of California for the purpose of tying up food1 supplies at a time of general strike; or revolution, and that Communists; were working in the schools andj among the professional groups in California. Annual Press Club Meeting To Open Here Dr. Crane Will Address Meeting; Round-Table, Forum To BeHighlights At the120th annual meetings of the University Press Club in the Rackham Building tomorrow afternoon, Dr. George W. Crane of Northwestern University will deliver an address on "A Psychoanalysis of Journalism." Tomorrow morning will be devoted to registering the guests from various parts of the state. The convention will officially be opened with an ad- dress from the president, J. S. 'Gray of the Monroe Evening News. The evening banquet will be ad- dressed by President Ruthven. Dr.i C. S. Yoakum, dean of the graduate, school, will act as toastmaster. Friday will be devoted to such high- lights on the program as the Euro- pean News Forum in which represen- tatives of the leading press associa- tions and broadcasting companies will participate, and the farm market; round table. Michigan Lawyer Honored In Bronze Acting Receives Polish At Daily RehearsalsI -Daily Photo by Botwinik If Elmer Rice came to Ann Arbor, he'd find these five students casting for his famous "Counselor-at-Law" which comes here the week of Nov. 6. From left to right they are: Stephen Filipiak, '39, Margery Soenksen, '39, Mary P. Jordan, '41, Myron Wallace, '39, and Ellen Rothblatt, '39. Counselor-at-Law' Takes Shape A mid Confusion Of Lab Theatre, t! Opening Show Is Nov. 6; Miss Pierce Reveals Need Of Modernized Facilities By MORTON CARL JAMPEL Amidst the general disarray of the Laboratory Theatre "Counselor-at-I Law," written by Pulitzer Prize-win- ner Elmer Rice, is beginning to take shape slowly for presentation by Play Production the week of Nov. 6 at the Lydia Menedlssohn Theatre. The amateur actors, under the direction of Prof. Valentine Windt of of the speech department are still going through the laborious process of casting andas soon as it is com- pleted the schedule will be speeded upto get the famous play into shape on time. Rehearsals will be held afternoon and evenings and on the week-ends the group will work doubly 'hard. Initial Coffee i H o ur Proves Huge Success: Dean Bates Of Law School Will Present An Address At Thursday's Meeting The first of this year's series of Union Coffee Hours was held at 4:30 p.m. yesterday in the small ballroom of the Union, and was pronouncedr a success by James Halligan, '40, Union social chairman. The Coffee Hours this year are to be held twice each week, on Tuesdays and Thursday, instead of every week- day, as was the custom last year, Halligan said. The Thursday afternoon programs will be in the form of vocational information lectures, to be delivered by heads of departments and deans of schools in the University, who will discuss salient features of their own particular fields of interest. Tomor- row's speaker will be Dean Henry M. Bates of the law school, according to Don Treadwell, '40, Union orientation chairman, who is in charge of the programs. The programs will include a discus- sion period following each lecture, Treadwell said. Iowa University Football Players Termed 'Polite' IOWA CITY, Oct. 25.-(A) - The threatened showdown between the University of Iowa football team and editors of The Daily Iowan, student newspaper, failed to jn'aterialize at the football practice tonight. It was learned that John Mooney, editor of the Iowan, and Jack Eich- erly, captain of the football team, had been called together for a con- ferenceeduring the afternoon by Karl Leib, chairman of the Board in Con- trol of Athletics at the University. Following the conference Eicherly requested the squad to 'lay off' Moon- ey and Dennis Sullivan, sports editor of the Iowan, and both men were un- molested at the practice. "They know what they are in for ahead of time," Miss Sally Pierce, of the speech department, said, "And' they take it good naturedly." "Counselor-at-Law" was chosen in accordance with Play Productio'n's policy Hof producing only the best plays. Ann Arbor citizens form a difficult audience, Miss Pierce said, and we have to select our plays care- fully, The obstacles facing the group are; a lot worse than outsiders imagine, Miss Pierce said. The chief obstacle is the "desperate" need of a new labor- atory theatre. The present building has been condemned as a firetrap but it is the only quarters for Play Pro- duction as well as stagecraft classes. When the hammering tumult of build-; ing sets subsides for a moment, the clattering of the ancient pipes in the; building starts and keeps the young dramatists in a state of confusion. Despite these trials and tribulations, Play Production points proudly to its record. "The play has always gone," said Miss Pierce in true theatrical fashion, "despite our many handi- caps." Immortalized on the screen by John Barrymore, and on the New York stage by Paul Muni, "Counselor-at- Law" received an ovation at the time of its' first appearance by every well- known critic. The group expects it to be a fine vehicle for their talents as well as an interesting play for theatre-goers. Fund Campaign Plans Completed More Than 300 Expected To Attend Dinner Final plans for the Ann Arbor Com- munity Fund dinner tomorrow at the Michigan League have been com- pleted, according to Evrett R. Hames, director of the fund. The committee in charge of the dinner are expecting more than 300 to attend. .The principal speaker of the eve- ning will be Howard A. Coffin, of1 Detroit, president of the White Star Refining Company. Mr. Coffin has been an active worker in the cam- paigns of the Detroit Community Fund for the past several years. William M. Laird, campaign director of the local community fund, will pre- side at the meeting, and Franklin C. Forsythe, president of the Ann Arbor Community Fund board of directors, will speak on behalf of the board. "Anyone may come to the dinner. explained Mr. Everett, "but it would help us if they would first make reservations by phoning the commun- ity fund office. The dinner will be from 6 to 8 p.m. and will not inter- fere in the plans of those who are attending the Choral Union concert the same evening." Progressives Elect New Officers Today The significance of the state elec- tions will be discussed by a faculty member, a student and a representa- tive of labor, and officers for the year will be elected at an open meeting of the Progressive Club to be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the Michigan League. Prof. Harold M. Dorr of the political Fire Menacing German Liner Under Control 591 Passengers On Board; Five Liners, Coast Guard Rush To Aid Deutchlaiid 350 Americans Are Reported On Board NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-(/P)-Fire sweeping below decks of the German liner "Deutschland" imperilled the lives of 1,000 persons tonight in a North Atlantic storm off Newfound- land before it was controlled. After a frightening two hours of fire-fighting, the captain radioed the Associated Press this laconic mes- sage: "Fire under control!" Other ships were racing through the dark gale-whipped waters 200 miles southeast of Cape Race to her assistance, answering calls frantical- ly seeking help in the ship's dire need. Aboard the big ship were 591 pas- sengers and about 400 crew members. Included among the passengers were 350 Americans. Five passenger liners swung swift- ly from their courses to go to the burning ships' aid. United States Coastguard cutters from as far dis- tant as Boston, 700 miles away, and New London, Conn., put out to sea. Heavy seas and rains buffeted both the beleaguered liner and the ships offering succor. Off Newfoundland-the Deutsch- land reported her position as 200 miles southeast of Cape Race-a south- easter was raging. High, choppy waves were batting the ship as she fought for her life in the night. Capt. Karl Steincke, the Deutsch- land's veteran master, sent out his first alarm at 6:22 p.m. (EST). There had been an explosion in a compartment of number two hold. Flames and smoke swept upward in a sudden blast. The ship's fire squads rushed into the battle. Above, the passengers were in the cocktail lounges, t dinner, dancing. The crew's first attack on the fire failed. The fRime° s adly spread, Captain Steincke ordered every avail- able sailor into the fight. Strike 'Ties. Up Dorm Project Wreckers Quit; Charging Non-Union Labor Hired Thirty-eight employees of the Capi- tol City Wrecking Co. engaged in razing houses on the site of the pro- posed Union dormitory addition went; on strike Monday in protest against violations by the company of PWA rules governing construction. Thomas Keating, representative of the Washtenaw County Building and Construction Trades Union, alleged last night that the company, a Lan- sing concern, had employed non- Union labor in violation of its con- tract with the Union. Keating said that PWA rules of construction pro- cide that a 40-hour work week be observel. He declared that last Satur- day the company employed non- Union labor when Union men refused to work more than the 40-hour re- quirement. Woollcott Says Dewey Makes 'Fine Attorney' By STAN S'WINTON Alexander Woollcott thinks Michi- gan graduate Tom Dewey is a fine district attorney. In fact he feels so deeply about the matter that he's going back'to New York next week to make his only radio address of the fall on the subject. But while he believes Dewey to be an excellent district attorney, Wooll- cott doesn't think he's at all the man for the governorship of New York state. And that's what he's going to tell his audience. Granting a brief interview before the inevitable autograph seekers and awe-struck onlookers managed to fight their way backstage, Woollcott evaded other questions ' to give his views about Dewey. When he was asked what half-dozen or so books, of the multitude he has perused, should prove most stimulat- ing to the college reader, the man who made informal story telling a lucrative profession wasn't quite sure. For a moment he considered the question, cigarette in one hand and glass of water in the other. Then he smiled, "The Woollcott Reader.", Adult Education lInstitute M e e t s Dr. McClusky Will Speak At Conference Opening In Rackham Building The ninth annual Parent Education Institute, sponsored by the University Extension Service in cooperation with the education school and the Michi- gan Congress of Parents and Teach- ers, will open Wednesday, Nov. 2, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Charles A. Fisher, director of the ex- tension service. Dr. Howard Y. McClusky of the edu- cation school will deliver the first speech of the institute, at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 2. He will speak on "The Signi- ficance of Youth-Adult Relations' for Parent Education." His talk will be preceded by a conference of lay readers in parent education, presided over by Mrs. H. '. Mallory, University Hospital social worker. Other speakers in the Institute, which lasts until Saturday, Nov. 5, include Mrs. J. K. Pettengill, president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers; Winifred Fisher, execu- tive director of the New York Adult, Education Council, Inc.; Prof. Jay B. Nash of New York University; and Miss Edith Bader, assistant superin- tendent .of the Ann Arbor public schools. Mimes Lay Plans For New Operetta 'I All members of Mimes, men's hon- orary dramatics society, are required to attend a special meeting for the discussion of final plans for the new operetta, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union. All men who 'submitted music or scripts should also be present. More than 50 complete scripts, sub- mitted to Max Hodge, '39, president of Mimes, have been incorporated in- to that of the new review, "Most Un- usual Weather." Its production in December will by the first sponsored by Mimes since 1935. Here Nov. 2-5 Razed By Flames, Hankow Defenses Fall As Japs Nea Band Features Alumni Medley Here Saturday "Michigan On Parade," a new march written by Carl M. King, presi- dent of the American Bandmasters Association, will be dedicated to Prof. William D. Revelli and the University of Michigan Band at the Illinois foot- ball game Saturday. Mr. King has composed a plethora of famous marches, a group of which will be played in his honor Saturday, he University homecoming. The band has planned a special program for the football crowd featuring in par- ticular a "Homecoming Medley" in honor of the many alumni who will be present in the stadium. Part of the performance which received such tre- mendous acclaim from the eastern newspapers on the band's recent trip to the Yale Bowl will be repeated for the benefit of the Michigan stud ts. Highlights on the program will be the "Star Medley," Mr. King's march,' "Pride of the Illini," to be played in tribute to Coach Zuppke of Illinois, and a new group of intricate forma- tions which are being kept secret until the half of the gridiron battle Satur- day. OpeningChoral Union Concert Is Tomorrow, Lawrence Tibbett Sings; Perforinance Marks His Third' Appearance Here Lawrence Tibbett, who has just completed a sixmonths' tour of Austrialia, will inaugurate the Choral, Union's 60th annual series pf con-t certs at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. In line with their 59-year-old policy of attempting to bring the best on the concert and operatic stage to Ann Arbor, the University Musical Society this year has produced an ap- pealing program, including six of the foremost solo artists in the world and four of the most renowned en-1 semble groups. .in presenting Mr. Tibbett as the opening performer in the series, the Society is insuring a noteworthy an- niversary celebration, for he has been hailed as "America's greatest musical product." During his tour of the Antipodes, the famous baritone sang a total of 55 concerts, establish- ing a new record for the number of concerts given by a first-rate perform-. er. Suicide Found Dead Of Fumes Mrs. Beulah Graham Had Been Missing 2 Days Missing since 4 p.m. Monday, Mrs. IBeulah Graham, 46, of 1537 Packard, Swsfound dead in her garage at 5:30 p.m. yesterday, apparently asphyxiat- ed by carbon monoxide fumes. Cor- oner Edwin C. Ganzhorn termed her death a suicide. Mrs. Graham, a nurse, ran a con- valescent home for invalids in town. She had been despondent over the death of a daughter several months ago. She was discovered by officers seated in her car with the ighition switch on and the garage doors closed. The motor was not running. Dr. George Hammond, of 1407 Morton, University football team physician and member of the Uni- versity hospital staff, shared the gar- age with Mrs. Graham. Her car was not in the garage when he drove home at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, he said. Thelma Whitman, a maid, saw a light on in front of the garage about 11:15 p.m. the same night. When the Hammond car was removed yes- terday at 4 p.m. by Mrs. Hammond 1she could smell gas. There is a parti- U.S. Gunboat Lands Squad Of Marines To Guard Property Of Americans British Gunboats Stationed Nearby BULLETIN SHANGHAI, Oct. 26-(Wed- nesday)-(P)-The Japanese van- guard today marched into burning Wuehang, one of the Tri-Cities, Japanese dispatches from the front said, and met sanguinary resistance from Chinese detach- ments who engaged in street fighting. The occupationof Wuhang be- gan after another advance guard from the north had entered the outskirts of Hasnkow, aross the rier. The main body of Japanee still was about 10 miles from Wuchang. HANKOW, Oct. 25--)-Ravaged by fire and explosions and virtually bereft of defenders, Hankow tonight was ,an easy objective for the Japanese armies massing at her gates. (This dispatch, delayed, was tele- graphed from Hankow at 8 p.m., (7 a.m., E.S.T.). It did not confirm earlier Japanese communiques issued at Hongkong and Shanghai which said a vanguard had entered the city Tuesday afternoon.) Landing parties of American, Brit- ish, French and Italian bluejackets and marines and international volun- teers were the only evidence of mili- tary activity on the city streets. Thirty sailors from the United States Yangtze Patrol Flagship tLuzon landed today to protect American lives and property. They worked closely with a patrol of 100 British sailors. The Luzon anchored near the INa- tional City Bank building' and the American Consulate 'General. The almost complete absence of sounds 6f battle outside the city and scores of earth-shaking explosions within indicated it was but a matter of days or hours until 'Hankow would be in Japanese hands. Apparently it would be only a mat- ter of hours if the not distant Jap- anese vanguards chose to press ahead of schedule. With a week to spare before the birthday anniversary of the late Jap anese Emperor Mei 1-wh*ich Japanese had announced in advance as the date for the entry into Hankow-the invad- ers apparently awaited convergeee of columns advancing on the city frorft three directions before closing in on their goal. Every hour of Japanese delay was decreasing the possibility of a big battle in Hankow's environs or of trapping any great number of organ- ized Chinese troops. Inner defenses of the former Pro- visional Capital either were aban- doned or destroyed in the Chinese retreat while earthworks along the Yangtze River had become only rest- ing places for civlian refugee, or wounded soldiers. Injured stragglers from the Central Army with which the Hankow Mili- tary Council had vowed to fight "to the last man" continued trudging into the city, asking the way to military hospitals which were evacuated days ago. Chances of a last-ditch battle for (Continued on Page 2) Senate Favors Discontinuance Of Class Heads Woollcott Calls Radio Research Medium Not To Be Scorned Addresses First Audience Of Current Oratorical Association Talk Series By MALCOLM LONG Illustrating his talk by a series of anecdotes, humorous, pathetic and dramatic, Alexander Woolcott spoke on "Folklore" last night in Hill Audi- torium to open the current Oratorical Association lecture series. Woollcott declared radio to be one of the best methods of research and such "should not be sniffed at even by this University." He told of trying to verify stories, facts, dates, and of finding books by just asking for them over the radio. He said, however, that of all the stories that he had been sent or told to him, only twice had he been able to definitely verify their 0 niia 101?n1P1 1' 'f ( find print in roundabout ways, they can ,cross the country in three days. These are "folklore," the kind of liter- ature that existed "long before the first syllable of recorded time." They' recur about every ten or fifteen years and then seem to die out. Some newspapers are edited in a stupor, in fact in a state not far from coma, Woollcott continued, telling a certain tale of a stranger, who, re- turning to his native land, seeks shelter with an old couple who murder him for his money. The old couple finds that the man was their son come back to look for them. This story comes over Reuter, the European United Press at least -once every month and gets printed at least ever'y three months. He told of seeing it in print in the New York Herald Tri- bune on the same day that he re- ceived a clipping from the North Only Officers To Remain Would Be Seniors; Rosa Elected New Speaker The Student Senate went on record last night in favor of abolishing class offices with the resolution: "We, the Student Senate of the University of Michigan, hereby resolve to support the current movement toward aboli- tion of class officers, excepting of- ficers of the senior class." Meeting for the first time with its 16 new senators, the Senate chose as its permanent speaker, acting speak- er, Robert V. Rosa, '39. President 1