TH E CHIGAN DAILY ___ DAILY 71 DWI-~ ,/-f )7: I I t -t n+ or w v =n..t. - ... ed and managed by students of the University of gan uncer the authority of the Board in Control of nt Publi-ations. lished every morning except Monday during the rsity year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the r republication of all news dispatches credited to not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All o f republication of all other matters herein also red. ered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as d class mail matter. scriptions during regular schoot year by carrier, by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTSfING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Pubisbers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. )'. CHICAGO ' .OSTON Los ANGELES -SAN, FRANCISCO nber, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 Board of Editors aging Editor . . . . Ro orial Director . . Editor . . . . . Ho ciate Editor . . . . Ro ciate Editor . . cate Editor . . >ciate Editor . . ciate Editor, ociate Editor J k Editor . nen's EditorD . . . rts Editor . . . bert D. Mitchell. Albert P. May1o race W. Gilmore bert 1. Fitzhenry S. R. Kleiman Robert Perlman . Earl Gilman William Elvin Joseph Freedman *Joseph Gies Dorothea Staebler Bud Benjamin Back From Spain EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was written by an American volunteer on his return to the United States after serving with the Spanish Government forces. We knew we weren't heroes; they are buried in Spain. We don't want to be heroes, but we won- der if people understand what we did and why we did it and if they are glad we did it. Boys who go to war get creit from a lot of people for being brave and from a lot of others for being damn fools who want some adventure. With us it wasn't a question of being either brave or damn fools, though some of us were either or both. We knew and still know that democracy has got to be saved. We knew and still know that the war in Spain is of first importance in saving democracy for the whole world. We hate war, but we value democracy and freedom for the world. We wonder if the American people under- stand these things. The people we met on the dock understand. They took the boys from outside New York home to dinner, out to parties, and lraised the money to set them up and send them home, so that one of them said to me afterward he didn't really have to go home now, because all the people at the party were just like his folks . . . How many of these people are there in America? All the Americans now in Spain are coming back and they're going to ask, "Do you understand what: we were fighting for? If you don't understand,. listed to me. You've got to know. You've got to understand the most important thing in the world. You people who think the Spanish are licked, listen to me! You people who think the Munich boys are able to do what they want to us, listen to me!" As far as we were concerned the war is still just as much our war as it was when we were in Spain. Pam going to write Jaime Mitjana a letter in a few days to tell him what is going on in America and ask him how things are going over there. I am going to tell him that the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade are raising money to bring the Americans back and will have to raise a lot more, and that this will be a good indication of how Americans feel about Spain. I know what he will say to that. He'll say, "Jeem, now you aren't here any more, I don't have anyone to bum cigarettes from. You were a good friend, even if you never rightly understood the automatic rifle, so send me some cigarettes. I will take care of the fighting, just send me a cigarette." I'll do that, and if Americans con- tribute enough money to the Friends to bring all the boys home this fall, I'll write him again. This time I'll say, "All the companeros are back and now we are going to work on lifting the embargo against the Spanish Republic. From the way the American people have acted about bringing the Lincoln veterans back it looks as if we could really get it done." Because if we do it I know I am going to get a letter from Jaime beginning: "As you read in the papers, we have the fascists on the run . . That will be the day we can say we have really done something for democracy. That will be a day. -James Benet in The New Republic Business Department iness Manager '. . . .Phi dit Manager ;, . . Leonard ertising Manager . Willi nen's Business Manager . . He en's Service Manager ' Ma ilip W. Buchen 'I P. Siegelman am L. Newnan [en Jean Dean Wan A. Baxter NIGHT EDITOR: MORTON L. LINDER The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. The People WIllDecide . HE INAUGURATION of a more effi- cient system of state and local wel- fare administration hangs upon the referendum that will be the fourth proposal on the ballot Tuesday. The fate of two bills is involved in this. Act No. 257 creates a State Department of Public Assistance, abolishes the various state depart- ments, boards and commissions now administer- ing public welfare and transfers their functions to the new department. The department will be under the control of a five-man commission, °.ppointed by the governor and approved by the Senate. Not over three may .be of the sane political party and their terms are staggered over a period of four years to prevent a co iplete change by any one governor. Act 258, which does not go into effect until Act 257 is approved, brings together the local public, welfare services under a county depart- ment of public welfare, headed by a board of local citizens. This would replace the present Superintendents of the Poor, the County Wel- fare Relief Commissions, the Old Age Assistance Board and staff, Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Commission and the mothers' pension adminis- tration of the Probate Court. Every pocketbook in this state is touched by this proposal for we spend more than fifty mil- lion dollars per year in giving assistance to more than 1,200,000 persons. The new law will, with- out doubt, reduce the present costs by eliminating needless office expense, duplication of records, employees, investigation and mileage costs. There is one case on record of a family attended by five welfare investigators, who call regularly. As to exact number, figures show that 469 local public assistance agencies will be replaced by' 84. This Act will eliminate the present political aspect of welfare supervision by -removing the Poor Commissioner who gives relief at his own discretion. It will stop the shunting of persons needing help from one agency to another. As to funds, the state and Federal govern- ments will continue to provide all of the funds for aid to the aged, dependent children, the blind and rural child welfare services. The State and county will divide the direct relief costs with the state guaranteeing at least 50%. Opposition' to this law has come mainly from the local superintendents of the Poor who stand to lose their jobs, the county Boards of Super- visors, whose control in selecting the poor com- missioners is taken away, and other organizations who stand to lose any control they now have in administration of funds. The only objections to the bill are that it too far centralizes control of the welfare problem, but this carries little weight when we realize that it is the county that is to have control of its own problems. It is also said that this is a Murphy bill. But this is not true since the commission suggesting the change was appointed by former Governor Fitzgerald and has the approval of both adminis- trations. The bill should be well supported at the polls. -Malcolm E. Long ROCKFORD, Ill.-(ACP)-The quaintness Jieimr lo Me' 1-eywood Broun All the critics seem to agree that one of the most exciting scenes of "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" is the portrayal of the debate with Douglas. And4 it is exciting, I believe, be- cause the audience has an opportunity to hear two good political speeches in the same evening. That is better than bogey today. Our na- tional scene is by no means bereft of excellent orators, but as a rule the customers suffer from bad matchmaking. It is rare, indeed, to find political adversaries joining the issues in spirited fashion from the same platform. Yet there is hope. The joint de- bate appears to be coming back in favor. I am under the impression that South Carolina re- quires such procedure in primaries. At any rate, that practice was followed in the campaign in which Cotton Ed Smith won himself renomina- tion. And I am told that the struggle did produce heat if not brilliance. Taft Vs. Bulkley In Ohio Taft and Bulkley have toured that State in company. The newspaper experts seem to think that young Mr. Taft leads on points in a bout which has not been featured by any knockdown punches. Here in New York Governor Lehman and District Attorney Dewey have not met in hand-to-hand conflict, but their speeches have dovetailed into each other in such a way as to suggest the character of debate. From an artistic point of view the result has been disap- pointing. Governor Lehman, in my opiniom is an excel- lent Governor, and an indifferent speaker. It would be sound strategy, I believe, for him to make just one speech and no more. It is his right to say, "I am no stranger to you. My record is known to every voter in this State. I stand by it. Let it speak for me." And this would be fair and accurate. Mr. Dewey, of course, is under legitimate com- pulsion to campaign constantly. Like the highly successful wrestler of an earlier generation he remains the masked marvel of politics. His public appearances have been many,aid dramatic, and yet no comprehensive picture of the man has as yet been presented. Certainly not by himself. If the name of Stephen Arnold Douglas were wholly unfamiliar to every person at any per- formance of "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" the audi- ence would go away from the theater having a greater familiarity with the political philosophy of that long-dead Vermonter than the average New York State voter possesses in regard to Thomas Dewey. What is Mr. Dewey for, and what is he against? I don't know. I wonder if he does. Wisecracks Are Tradition It does not seem to me that Mr. Lehman has made a legitimate point in accusing his oppo- nent of dealing in wisecracks. That's all right. It is a part of American tradition. Lincoln did it. Parenthetically, Mr. Dies may choose to com- plain that certain criticism of his committee has been unfair, but he has no right to bridle because ridicule and sarcasm have been employed. Both methods of attack are wholly legitimate weap- ons. My chief complaint about the political ad- dress of Thomas Dewey is not based on any objection to the use of wheezes..If he pulled any they fail to register with me. What I wish is that he would overcome the notion that he is playing Marc Antony in a road company pro- duction of "Julius Caesar." He is devoted to the recurrent and rolling phrase, "The Governor's advisers should have told him." If he had used that once more in his Albany speech I had de- termined to have my house wired against radio. Mr. Dewey undoubtedly has many excellent gifts, but as a political orator he is the biggest disappointment New York has heard since the days of William Sulzer. Mr. Dewey's advisers may have planned it that way. It is distinctly possible that they think it good strategy for him to cloak his stand on issues under mere sound and gesture effects. But if so, Thomas Dewey, the courageous public servant, should resent it. If he doesn't know that his backers are using him as a symbol to catch the vote of prejudice his advisers ought to tell him. "Vote for the American" is the slogan being used in his favor in the rural districts. The implications are pal- able. Mr. Dewey is being used as if he were the candidate of the long-defunct Know Nothing party which stemmed from the fires of intoler- ance. I have every faith that he is better than that. Let him speak out-. Editor Gets Toldo Symphony Blues To the Editor: I write to ask if every one who attempts to listen to the Saturday evening programs of the NBC Symphony Orchestra has experienced the same difficulty as I have. The past two broadcasts (one of which is going on at the present time) have, been far from ofarfrvaI -r,11R nnnp.vstatia No century in recent history, we are inclined to believe, got off to a better beginning than did the late lamentedt Nineteenth. Its successor, the twenti- eth, idled along for some fourteent years before showing any positive1 signs of individuality. The Eighteenthe grew out of the Seventeenth so gradu- ally that no date can be given moret significance than another as the be- ginning of the period. The seven-t teenth was several decades old be- fore Louis XIV, the English Com- monwealth, and the Thirty Years War came along to give it point, andt the Reformation Century was almost of age when Luthe began the reforms which gave it its name. With the very first year of the nineteenth century, however, came unmistakable indications as to the course human progress was to pursue during the succeeding hundred years or so-indications which may not have been recognized at the time, but whose significance is unescapable from the vantage point of a later century. Already, of course, there had been Kant, Goethe, Rousseau, and the two revolutions. In the year 1800, Washington, the Moses of his people, had just passed from the scene and Jefferson was inaugurating a new era in American and world history. On the continent, newly-elected First Consul Bonaparte was undertaking the first of the world-conquering campaigns that were to raise him to the heights and then crush him, fif- teen years later. In the quiet little university town of Jena such young spirits as Hegel, Schlegel, Fichte, and Schelling were preaching a new doc- trine now called romanticism. In Eng- land their teachings had a poetic counterpart in Wordsworth's Preface to the 1800 edition of his Lyrical Bal- lads. And in Vienna, in the realm of music wherein the course of men's thoughts is mirrored no less than In politics or philosophy, Beethoven com- pleted his First Symphony. 'Revolutionary' Third It is customary to speak of the com- poser's Third, the Eroica, as the "revo- lutionary" symphony, the cornerstone of nineteenth century music. But if the Eroica is a musical Messiah, the more humble First is its no less signi- ficant John the Baptist. Immediately preceding the First in order of com,- pletion was the Septet, Op. 20, which in Beethoven's day was his most popu- lar composition-a piece grandly writ- ten, the epitome of the aristocratic manner of Haydn and Mozart. It was as if the composer had culminated his long thirty years of creative appren- ticeship with the Septet as a sort of doctoral thesis, and then had turned his face to the future to, as he once said "break the rules once he had learned them." Not that he proceeded at once to an orgy of rule breaking. Beethoven's iconoclasm grew from the goadings of a unique and powerful genius to- ward unhampered expression-not from a sophomoric impatience with tradition or from the substitution of novelty for originality. Even once f embarked, in the First Symphony, up- on the period of his maturity, he pro- ceeded slowly and never completely lost contact with the past-even after such Herculean sallies as the Third, Fifth, and Seventh he could return ,to the placid groves of the "little Eighth." Thus, the First has not the Napoleonic grandeur and uncom- promising originality of the Third In the introductory Adagio, the mod- est Andante, the happy, unassuming rondo finale, and in the general mold of the work throughout, the manner, if not the voice, is that of Haydn. Breaks Cardinal Rule Yet the voice is aso there, and the insistency of its accents is too striking to be disregarded. With his very first symphonic chord Beethoven broke one of the early symphony's cardina rules-that a movement, especially a first movement, should always begin by firmly establishin'g its principal key. In the vigor and impact of the first theme, in the terseness and con- trasting nature of the second theme, in an increased sense of organic unity achieved through economical treat- ment of thematic material, In the in- sistent drum pedal of the Andante, in a primitive and thoroughly Beetho. -venish emphasis upon tonic and dom- inant throughout, are glances forward rather than backward. But most original of all and truly epoch making is the transformatior of the symphonic third movement from 18th century Minuet to moderr Scherzo. For the "Menuetto" of this Symphony is a minuet in name only; although Beethoven had already in- vented the form and with it the term "Scherzo" ("Joke") in his sonatas and chamber works, the conservative in Deutscher Verein: Meeting Tues-' day, Nov. 8 at '8 p.m. in the Michigan Union (Glee Club Room). There willP be singing and demonstration of Ger- man folk dances. Refreshments willf be served. Everybody interested is in- vited to attend. La Sociedad Hispanica presents a' Travel Movie of Mexico City and Sur-3 roundings by Mr. S. R. Levin, LL.B., Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m. at the Lecture Hall, Rackham Building. Members may get their tickets from Mr. Mercado, 302 R.L.I Graduate Luncheon Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 12 noon in the Russian Tea Room of the Michigan League.' Cafteria style. Professor Preston E.' James of the Geography Department will speak on "Fascism in Brazil." There will be a short discussion on the possibilities of holding future luncheons in the Rackham Building. Hillel Players: Tryouts for a one- act play Monday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Hillel Foundation. Everyone welcome except first-se- mester freshmen. Please bring eli- gibility slips. Madaline Betty Meyers, president. United Peace Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Lane Hall. All member organizations will please send delegates. Joseph Gies, Secretary. Mr. J. E. Rogers, Director of the National Physical Education Service of the National Recreation Associa- tion of New York'City, will speak be- fore the physical education student and faculty assembly on Monday, Nov. 7, at 9 o'clock in the Women's Athletic Building. By WILLIAM J. LICHTENWANGER EDITOR'S NOTE:, The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, directed by Artur Rodzinski, will give the second con- cert of the Choral Union series to- morrow night in Hill Auditorium. In- stead of formal program notes, how- ever, Mr. Lichtenwanger has devoted his column today to a discussion of Beethoven's FirsthSymphony which will be featured in the concert. k {# 1 Ukrania Next? The Ann Arbor Friends ( Quakers) will meet Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Michigan League. An important busi- ness meeting will follow the meeting for. worship. Disciples Guild, (Church of Christ) 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship, Rev. Frederick Cowin, Minister. 12 noon, Students' Bible Class, H. L. Pickerill, leader. 5:30 p.m., Social hour and tea. 6:30 p.m., Panel Discussion on "Per- sonality Detours." This is the third discussion of a series on "Building Personality." The worship hour sponsored for Reformed and Christian Reformed students and held in the Michigan League at 10:30 a.m. Sunday will be conducted thisweek by Prof. J. G. Van den Bosch of Calvin College, Grand Rapids. All students are welcome. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copyr received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30. 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. (Continued from Page 3) 17-19, is conducting a quiz on Beeth- oven's music. t hour of quietness and devotion. visit the meeting of this group. Faculty Women's Club: The Tues- day Afternoon Play-Reading Section C Events will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 2:15 p.m. in the Mary B. Henderson Room German Table for Faculty Mem- of the Michigan League. bers: The regular luncheon meeting will be held Monday at 12:10 p.m. in Professor Mentor L. Williams will the Founders' Room of the Michigan speak at the Hillel Foundation on Union. All faculty members interest- Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. on "Elmer ed in speaking German are cordially Rice." This meeting is sponsored by invited. There will be a brief informal the Hillel Book Groups All students talk by Professor Kasimir Fajans on are welcome. "Warum ist Glimmer (mica) spalt- bar?" C4U 1,64, LUU'L t i L 1; L T 3 Because of the speed with which German foreign policy has developed in recent months, Reichsfuhrer Hitler's attitude toward Ukrania has already become a subject of widespread attention. Many believe that the Ukraine is marked a "next" on the Third Reich's program for expansion. Some of the steps taken to absorb the Sudet- enland must, however, be ruled out. Between Germany and the Ukraine lies not only. Czecho- slovakian territory-which, under German econ- omic and political domination need not be an important barrier-but also Polish and Ruman- ian land. Possibly neither of these countries would feel able to prevent German economic penetration from passing through it toward Ukraina. But so long as the Ukraine remains a part of Russia, German influence there is likely to be restricted. There are alternative solutions: a "deal" be- tween Germany and Russia, or separation of the Ukraine from Russia. The first is a remote possi- bility; a Russo-German alliance has been a diplo- matic bogey in Franco-British calculations for many a year. But if the second alternative be- comes the only choice, the Third Reich's amazing methods of bloodless conquest will face a task more delicate than any yet undertaken by Herr Hitler. Separation of the Ukraine from Russia would require intensification of racial feeling among, the Ukrainians, who do not consider themselves strictly Russian. In the Soviet Union they enjoy a measure of self-government kautonomy) in theory. Presumably the sense of grievance against central authority which is nearly always present in some degree among partially self-governing states might be inflamed by propaganda to a point where the Ukrainians would demand inde- pendence. Berlin could then support such demands. The making of them effective would, however, be another matter. Russia would not lightly let go an area which supplies it with much of its wheat, about three-quarters of its present coal produc- tion, one-half its iron ore and steel, three- quarters of its sugar and almost all its man- ganese. And in addition to Russian resistance Berlin must face the displeasure of Poland and Rumania. They would not welcome on their borders a state which would attract to it their Ukrainian minorities. A touchy business, which would result in strains within the newly enlarged German diplo- matic orbit as well as new alarms without. The denouement may turn on the success of a method which already has added Austria and the Sude- tenland to German territory and brought prac- tically all central Europe under German influ- nr~n .1 if' mo os. o ,nn.it_ _- n m.9n_ Biological Chemistry Seminar-. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7-9 p.m., Room 319 West Medical Building. "Chemical Studies of Some Specialized Proteins" will be discussed. All interested are invited. "Psychological Journal Club will ,meet on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. in the East Conference Room of the Rackham School of Graduate Stu- dies. Topic: "Recent Studies of Emo- tion" reviewed by R. Kleemeier, N. Glaser, A. Stebbins, and F. J. Shaw. Comments by Professors C. H. Grif- fitts and W. C. Trow." Seminar in Physical Chemistry will meet in Room 122 Chemistry Build- ing at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Professor L. O. Brockway will speak on "Electron diffraction in gases, I." Graduate Chemistry Reception. An informal reception for all graduate students and faculty in pure and ap- plied chemistry will be held in the Horace H. Rackham Building on Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, from 8 to 10 p.m. Wives of faculty and stu- dents are cordially invited. Exhibits and novelties have been arranged. Re- freshments will be served. Women's Research Club will meet in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 14 instead of Nov. 7. Dr. Elzeda Clover and Miss Lois Jotter will speak on "Nevill's Colorado River Expedition of 1938." Association Book Group: Prof. Y.Z. t Chang of the English department will discuss Lin Yutang's "The Impor- tance of Living" at Lane Hall, Tues- day, 4 p.m. Association Fireside: Dr. Isaac Rab- inowitz of Hillel Foundation will speak on "Judaism in Transition" at Lane Hall, Wednesday, 8 p.'m. Political Science Round Table will meet in the Rackham Graduate School Conference Room No. 1, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 o'clock. The subject of discussion will be "Straw . Votes, Polls, Pre-election Surveys and Their Significance." All graduate . students in Political Science are ex- pected to be present. Beethoven Quiz: The Art Cinema League, in coinection with the show- ing of "The Life of Beethoven" Nov. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Sunday school and dis- ussion group Sunday, 9 a.m. Chapel, Womens League. First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw Avenue. 10:45 a.m., "Seeing The Invisible" is the subject of Dr. W. P. Lemon's sermon at the Morning Worship Service. 4:30 p.m., Class for students on the Bible led by Dr. Lemon. 5:30 p.m., The Westminster Guild, student group, supper and fellowship hour to be followed by the meeting at 6:45. Thediscussion groups on "What is Christianity?" will, be con- tinued. All Presbyterian students and their friends are invited. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church: Services of worship Sunday are: 8 a.m. Holy Communion; 9:30 a.m. Junior Church; 11 a.m. Kindergar- ten; 11 a.m. Holy Crommunion and sermon by the Rev. Henry Lewis. Episcopal Student Group: Professor Albert Hyma of the History Depart- ment of the University of Michigan will speak Sunday" night at 7 o'clock to the Episcopal Student Group in Harris Hall. His subject is "The Com- ing Victory of Orthodox Christian- ity.'" All Episcopal students and their friends are cordially invited. First Church of Christ, Scientist, 409 So. Division St. Sunday morning service at 10:30. Subject: "Adam and Fallen Man." Golden Text: John 3:31. Sunday School at 11:45. First Methodist Church. Morning worship at 10:40 o'clock. Dr. C. W. Brashares will preach on "We are the Blind." Stalker Hall: Student class at 9:45 a.m. Dr. E. W. Blakeman will be the leader. Wesleyan Guild meeting at 6 p.m. The subject is "Carl von Ossietsky- Pacifist." Fellowship hour and sup per following the meeting. First Baptist Church and Roger Williams Guild. 9 a.m. The Church School, Dr. Logan, superintendent. 9:45 a.m. University students will meet for study at the Guild House. Dr.. Chapman in charge. 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship. The special speak- er for the day will be the Rev. Ralph Taylor Andem, of Lansing, Executive Secretary of the Michigan Baptist Convention. His subject will be "The Message of the Church for Today." Rogers William Guild, 6:15 p.m. Baptist Student organization, will hold its meeting at the Guild House. Miss Doris Cuthbert and John Rasch- bacher will be the student speakers. The friendly hour with refreshments will follow. First Congregational Church, corner of State and William Streets. Minis- ter, Rev. Leonard A. Parr, D.D. Litt. D. 10:45 a.m. Service of worship. The subject of Dr. Parr's sermon will be "The Recent Scare: What Shall We Say To Mars?" 6 p.m. Student Fellowship and Young People's Group. Regular sup- per meeting, which will be followed by a talk on "Unemployment and Re- lief." Professor Beynon of the So- ciology Department will be the guest speaker. Unitarian Church, 11 a rn. Morning service "Capitulating to the People" -election address by H. P. Marley. 7:30 p.m. Liberal Students Union- him evidently hesitated to inject the at all had not Beethoven's later and term into the dignified realm of the more tremendous originality hushed symphony. But there is nothing tri- the heraldings of the First. As James vial or flippant about a Beethoven Heller, long annotator for the Cin- Scherzo, and the masquerding ex- cinnatti Orchestra, admirably ex- ample in the First is a worthy pro presses it: "The First Symphony has genitor of the illustrious line that about it the morning mists of sim-