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CHICAGO-SON LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 Board of Editors Managing Editor Editorial Director City Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Book Editor Women's Editor Sports Editor . Robert D. Mitchell. * Albert P. Mayio Horace W. Gilmore Robert I. Fitzhenry S. R. Kleiman Robert Perlman Earl Gilman * William Elvin Joseph Freedman . Joseph Gies Dorothea Staebler Bud Benjamin Business Department Business Manager , Philp W. Buchen Credit Manager .Leonard P. Siegelman Advertising Manager . . . William L. Newnan Women's Business Manager . Helen Jean Dean Women's Service Manager . . Marian A. Baxter NIGHT EDITOR: CARL PETERSEN The editorials published in The Michigan' Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NLRB On ThePan... NOTHE1&R PUBLIC FIGURE took Aadvantage Monday of the continuous open hunting season on the Wagner Act and. the National Labor Relations Board to compare the Board with "Wrong-Way Corrigan" in its handling of labor problems. The running fire of attack and defense that has centered around the principles of the Act and the procedure and administration of the Board is an excellent example of the democratic process in action. But too often vituperation has taken the place of constructive and intelligent debate on the real issues involved. The National Labor Relations Act, according to its preamble, was passed "to diminish the causes of labor disputes burdening or obstructing interstate and foreign commerce." The core of the Act, however, consists of a series of provisions guaranteeing to employes right to form and join labor organizations and to "bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing." The worker's rights to join a labor union and to bargain collectively are no longer matter for serious debate. These rights have long been recognized by the courts and were specifically expressed in the Railway Labor Act of 1926 and in Section 7A of the late National Industrial Recovery Act. But many critics, attacking the Wagner Act as an unconstitutional invasion of states' rights by the federal government, claim that the pre- amble is merely the usual "interstate" rational- ization for the regulation of activities that are neither commerce, nor interstate. The Supreme Court, however, in line with its recently adopted and more realistic view of legislation, has cut through legal red tape and decided that large 'scale and militant efforts to suppress the right to organize are within the sphere of Congressional activity. The principal case upon which the Court based its validation of the Act was the National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, decided April 12, 1937. The facts presented to the Court in this case strengthened the view that corporations controlling sources of raw materials, transportation facilities and manufacturing plants in many states must be subjected to fed- eral legislation on labor problems, if laws of this type are to be effective. Whatever the motives of the sponsors of the Act, it is interesting to note in the report issued by the NLRB for the first 32 months of its existence, that the Board handled 1,676 strike cases. 76 per cent of which were settled, and that 580 strikes were averted by the Board's action. These 580 cases involved 149,948 workers. Recent criticism, which will be considered in a future editorial, has been focused largely on the methods, procedures and actual rulings of the Board. But the basic principles underlying the Wagner Act must be firmly established in the public mind before technical questions of pro- cedure can be settled. Employers have said the act is one-sided. Naturally, it was designed to protect labor's right to organize. This isn't the first time the government has had to subject industry to regu- lation in order to protect a fundamental right of another segment of the nation. The Act to Regu- defeat the working newspapermen's right to organize in the American Newspaper Guild. Chief Justice Hughes, writing the majority opinion in the Jones & Laughlin case, stated with reference to a previous decision, "We said that they were organized out of the necessi- ties of the situation; that a single employee was helpless in dealing with an employer; that he was dependent ordinarily on his daily wage for the maintenance of himself and his family; that if the employer refused to pay him the wages that he thought fair, he was nevertheless un- able to leave the employ and resist arbitrary and unfair treatment; that union was essential to give laborers opportunity to deal on an equality with their employer." We must distinguish, then, in analyzing criti- cisms of the Wagner Act and the NLRB between arguments against collective bargaining and those aimed merely at the specific practices of the Board. For, as will be shown in a future editorial, while there is room for much disagree- ment on the latter, the right to join a union and bargain collectively through representatives of the employes' own choosing must be recognized as basic in our modern industrial society. --Robert Pernman Anti-Chamberlain Spirit Overestim4ted .. T IS OVER A WEEK now since the last by-election took place in Eng- land. British newspapers with their various an- alyses of the results have reached the United States. And from them, one gathers that the set-backs recorded against the Chamberlain cabinet may be of less significance than was generally supposed here. When Vernon Bartlett invaded the tradition- ally "safe" Conservative district of Bridgewater and came off with a 2,332 vote majority, Ameri- cans generally thought it a sign that the English electorate was opposed to the Munich Settlement. Supporting that argument was the fact that in the general election of 1935, Bridgewater gave the. Conervatives a whopping 10,469 majority. But many British commentators see the mat- ter in a different light. Granting that Bartlett fought the campaign squarely on the Munich issue, they point out that he is one of the most popular of British liberals. Through his newspaper articles and radio broadcasts he has developed a public appeal which might have brought his election no matter what the issues involved. They grant the significance of the fact that Bartlett's opponent polled almost as many votes this year as in 1935 while the journalist drew 6,000 persons who did not vote in the last election to his support. Also, they recognize that in the five by-elections since Munich, the govern- ment candidates have received only 124,000 votes against 131,714 for the opposition. But, many British commentators say, one must remember that the Conservatives still hold 410 seats in commons to 197 for the opposition. With good party organization the pro-Munich faction has little to worry about. Looking at the situation as a whole, there seems to be a fairly strong anti-Chamberlain current in England. But it will take more than a fairly strong current to over-come the overwhelming Conservative voting of the last few years. And Bartlett's success did not, as many American commentators supposed, presage a reversal in the British political scene. It wasmore in the nature of a personal victory. -Stan M. SWinton TradePfact The long-awaited Anglo-American treaty has been drafted to the satisfaction of all parties. It includes trade. agreements with Canada, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and the colonial empire. It is the crowning achievement of Secretary Hull's four-year struggle to unite the principal commercial nations of the world in an economic alliance. As such it is to be commended. For the United Kingdom is our best customer. Moreovei\ the United States and the British Empire handle more than two-fifths of the world's foreign trade. On the other hand, one of the purposes of the trade treaty' is to increase the political ties, through economic association, of the English- speaking peoples of the world. That, too, is a worthy objective. Nobody in the United States,1 for instance, would oppose a closer bond with Canada. Nor would anybody wish to see anything done to weaken our happy relations with our northern neighbor. Yet in the light of Munich one wonders wheth- er too close an economic association with British" bankers and merchants will return us grief or dividends. It is no secret that the British bankers and merchants rule England. It is no secret that they have heayy investments in those sections of the world which have been marked for conquest by the twentieth century plunderers. It is no secret that this group has truckled to the dictators to protect their commiitments abroad andthus, through sheer financial power, has been able to maintain the status quo at home in defiance of the rank and file Bi'iton. This financial oligarchy is epitomized in Neville Chamberlain, who was a typically aristocratic British business man long before he entered the service of His Majesty's government. And Cham- berlain's actions in the past year have been none too conducive to the welfare of democracies. Whether this influence will extend to the United States as a result of the trade pacts re- mains to be seen. If it does, the gains brought about by an increased foreign trade will have been bought at a high price indeed. -St. Louis Star-Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(ACP) -War scares and international crises have brought enrollments in military and naval training courses to new hiphs Heywood Broun Humor is hardly the long suit of Nazi propa- ganda. Indeed, it might add a touch of even greater horror to the present situation. But just the same it is surprising that no one in Ger- many has been able to stop the ponderousness of some of the official and semi-offi- cial handouts. For instance, consider the latest shaft aimed at this country by the Volkischer Beobachter which attacks the "American Girl Cult," and proceeds to say, "Many of these girls consid- er it their privileged right to entice men to lead them on in the most improbable way in order finally, laughingly to reject them." At this point it is necessary to say, "Tut, tut." Deplorable conduct of this sort is hardly re- stricted to the fair sex of the United States. In- deed it is an old Germanic custom celebrated in the mythology which is much in favor at the moment among the Nazis. I am aware that re- cently Heine's poem has been ruled out of order as non-Aryan, but the Lorelei Rock still towers some five hundred feet above the Rhine, and Heine did not make up the legend of the young lady who combed her distinctly Nordic tresses with a comb of equally golden lustre. Teutonic Siren If ever a miss lured on the men only to reject them with mocking laughter it was this same Teutonic siren. And well do I remember her. The first song I rendered in public was the Lorelei when I was 5, and sang German just as fluently as English. The scheme was that I could charm my Great Aunt Gretchen who was coming over from Hoboken for the family Christmas party and might remember me in her will. They taught me the chorus and two verses in the event of an encore. Aunt Gretchen was 87 years old, but retained her teeth and all her faculties. She didn't ask for the second verse, and so it was laid away in my memory book. And I am sure I am not mis- taken in the assertion that the alluring blonde on the big rock lured sailors to shipwreck and destruction. The place where my childish soprano used to break was right at the end where I had to point out that this, with her confounded sing- ing, was what the Lorelei had done. Again the Nazi editorial writer faces in our direction when he insists that the "American Girl Cult" includes a national worship of master- ful misses. "To a real man," writes the Nazi night club performer, "belongs a feminine wo- man, and to a masculine woman an effeminate man-and this truism gives one a lot to think about American men." How About Brunhilda.1 But for a second time the German journalist betrays an ignorance of the culture of his native' land. How about Brunhilda? According to the story supplied to me in my formative years, here, was a German heroine who could knock the block off any man in the house. It is true that Wotan put her to sle~ep, but he was compelled to use magic rather than a right hook to the jaw. Wagner orchestrated the dancing 'flames which ringed around her. It may have been a come-on rather than any species of revenge. A girl in such a situation might quite possibly have possessed more allure than one left to her own devices. Siegfried in all probability would have laughed at the soft and flabby blandishments of the fat and undraped singing siren. But when an approach or even an introduction seemed dangerous and difficult he was the man quite ready to face the perils. "Beyond those dancing fires," he thought "there must be something worth seeking." The flames did not deter him. He came through and brought Brunhilda out of her deep sleep and back to her senses. Many have theorized as to the symbolic meaning of the legend. It is just possible that it can be read as a hopeful sign that some day there will come a leader who will not be dissuaded by the fires of passion and Pmrejudice, and that he will stride through the flames and save Germania from the sorcery which has betrayed her. His Best Friends Father Coughlin offered a prayer last Sunday for the harassed Jews of Germany. Some of Father Coughlin's "best friends are Jews." But during the past two months, Father Coughlin's house organ, Social Justice, has been publishing the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" in1 installments. The Protocols purport to expose a Jewish plot, allegedly drawn up by members of the first World1 Zionist Congress in 1897. to destroy Christian civilization and dominate the earth. The Pro- tocols have repeatedly been proved a fraud dur- ing the 33 years which they have circulated throughout the western world, most recently in Switzerland four years ago, when members of the Swiss Jewish community won a suit in a Swiss court against two booksellers. Father Coughlin has ample reason to doubt the authenticity of his newest serial. A fellow priest, Reverend Michael Joseph Ahern, broad-l cast last week the often repeated findings in regtrd to the Protocol. The head of his church, Pope Pius XI, has denounced anti-Semitism as "inadmissible," on the basis that "we are all Semites spiritually." The Protocols are viciously anti-Semitic in ctif of - - - wa-.-rrrirll~ ccifirc s rnl 1. l 7 1 S I 1 l 1. The Houka's The Thing. . ADVEMTISING has certainly come a long way since the day when some enterprising merchant first hit upon the idea of having the town crier put in a plug for his shop as he strolled the streets ringing his bell and 'disseminating the news. Adver- tising has become possibly the out- standing single characteristic of American life. It permeates every activity of our daily existence. In fact so prevalent has advertising become that the average man pays very little heed to any of it. He has become cal- lous to any but the most insistent of the various devices calculated to con- dition and influence the prospective buyer in favor of one line of products over another. It is interesting to note then, that Lucky Strike cigarettes, the weed that twice as many yodeling auction- eers prefer, has reached what I be- lieve to be the ultimate in advertising guts and enterprise. They have now supplemented their bill boards, radio broadcasts, and other ingenious de- vices with a dining room heckler. This individual invades the dining rooms of fraternity houses, armed with a portable victrola on which he plays swing recordings,. each preced- ed by the strains of "Happy Days Are Here Again" and ended by a heart to heart talk between the vocal- ist and the announcer concerning why he or she uses Luckies. This dub- ious entertainment is larded by other sales talks from the operator of the phonograph. Then there is the bel- lowing of "Speed" Riggs, the auction- eer, which has to be listened to. In return for having completely broken up what otherwise might have been a very pleasant meal, the Lucky Strke man generously passes out three of his fags to each and every diner. Personally,. I have alwa-ys rather liked Luckies, swing music and "Speed" Riggs. Of the three, swing music is the only one about which my feelings have ever reached anything amounting to enthusiasm. I can think of several things I would rather listen to than Speed Riggs, among them the comparatively symphonic strains of a riveting machine. Luckies I can take or leave alone. From now on I am leaving them alone. I will take up smoking reefers before I will smoke' a Lucky. If worst comes to worst, I will smoke a houka which is a com- ination of a calabash pipe, a fish bowl and a vacuum sweeper. It is in great favor among Turks and Arabs. I will have a caddy carry my houka around campus so I can snatch a few puffs between classes. I imagine it will, cause quite a stir on Angell Hall steps. But I won't smoke a Lucky. My motto is: "Reach for a houka instead of a Lucky." Invading the privacy of a man's dining room, setting up a din of tobacco aution- vers, scratchily played music and half-baked sales talks may be The American Tobacco Company's idea of good advertising but .it is still, damn poor taste. Boy! Fetch myA hua. . I.- The University Bureau of Appoint ments has received notice of the fol lowing Michigan Civil Service Exanm inations. Last date for filing ap plications is given in each casm, Juvenile Vocational Rehabilitatio Supervisor. Salary: $250-310, Dec. 6 Game Research Ecologist. Salary $130-150, Dec. 6. , Game Research Mammalogist. Sal ary: $130-150, Dec. 6. Game Research Ornithologist. Sal sary: $130-150, Dec. 6. Fisheries Research Technician Salary: $130-150, Dec. 6. Machine Bookkeeping Supervisor Salary: $200-240, Dec. 5. Tabulating Clerk. Salary: $95-110 Dec. 2. The bureau has alsi received notic of the following Detroit Civil Servic Examinations: Last date for appli cations to be filed is given in each case. Residence rule is waived fo 1st and 3rd. Housing Manager (Male) Salary $4,200, Nov. 29. Associate Architectural Engineer Salary $4,200, Dec. 1. Engineer of Public Housing, Salary $5,750, Dec. 1. Complete announcements of the above examinations may be read in the University Bureau of Appoint. ments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments has received notice of the fol- lowing Michigan Civil Service ex- aminations. Last date for applica- tion to be filed is given in each case Child Welfare Psychologist. Salary range: $200-240, Dec. 10. Child Welfare Training Supervisor Salary range: $250-310, Dec. 10.. Child Care and Placement, con- sultant. Salary range: $200-240 Dec. 10. Vocational Agriculture Teacher, trainer. Salary range: $200-240, Dec 10. Vocational Agriculture Farm. Shop Teacher Trainer. Salary range: $250- 310, Dec. 10.: Complete announcements of these examinations may be read at the University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office Hours: 9-12 and 2-4. University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Infor-, mation. - 1- .- - n 3. : - I, , X, e e r y ,@ y@ t' - -' i i i i The FLYING TRAPEZE By Roy Heath- SATURDAY, NOV. 26, 1938 VOL. XLIX. No. 53 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. i { , Notices French Lecture: The first ,lecture on the Cercle Francais program"will take place Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 4:05 sharp, Room 103, Romance Lan- guage Building. Mr. Paul Leyssac of the Theatres Rpjane and de l'Oeuvre in Paris and of The Civic Repertory theatrein New York will give a Dra- matic Recital in French. Tickets for the 'Whole series of lec- tures can be procured from the Sec- retary of the Romance Language De- partment (Room 112, Romance Lan- guage Bldg.) or at the door at the time of the lecture. Lectures University Leture: , Henri eyrig, Director of the Department of An- tiquities in Syria, will give an il- lustrated lecture on "The Meeting of Greek and Iranian in the Civilization of Palmyra"rat 4:15 p.m. on Wednes- day, Nov., 30, in the Rackham Amphi- theatre under the auspices of the Mu- seum of Classical Archaeology. The public is cordially invited. Phi Sigma Lecture Series. The first in a series of lectures designed to point out the many unsolved prob- lems in the various branches of bi- ology, will be given Monday evening, Nov. 28, 1938, at 8:15 p.m. in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Mld- ing, by Dr. H. H. Bartlett. Dr. Bart! lett will speak on "Botany's Unfin- ished Business." This lecture series is sponsored by the Phi Sigma Society, The lecture will prove of interest to all, and of special interest to undergraduates who are contemplating advanced study in the Biological Sciences. The public is invited. houka. Sackcloth And Ashes Yesterday I was not only surprised, but delighted to have a member of the Gargoyle staff come crawling to me and beg me to heap coals of fire on her head for what she considered the most heinous of the many bumbling mistakes in the last issue of that low publication. Very well then, here goes ; Carolyn Ross is a fool, a moron, a Sec Terry, a mental midget, a miser- able ingrate, a cretin, a Peking wo- man, a Hitler, a spider, a candidate for state hospital, the small end of a small shaft, an exceedingly wretched wo- man, a fallen woman, a woman with- out honor, a woman of leaky tongue and bad manners, a toy of the fates, a Roosevelt, a Landon, a lotus eater, a reefer addict, a keeper of bad com- pany, whose reputation is irreparably ruined, whose head will never be held aloft again, if Slater's will not forgive her for crediting Ulrich's with the review books so kindly loaned Gar- goyle for their book page by Slater's Book Store, which is undoubtedly the finest store on campus, in town, in the world, in the universe; the kindest of book vendors, selling only the best in literature, printed on the best paper, whose ink is finer than port wine. Best prices for used text books. Bowling: Women student interest- ed in bowling instruction are asked to sign up at the Women's Athletic Building. Classes will meet from 3:15 to 4 p.m. on those days when sufficient registration is 'attained. Academic Noties Sophomores, College of L.S. and A.: Second semester elections must be approved during the periodfrom Nov. 28 to Jan. 28. Each sophomore ex- cept those expecting to qualify for concentration in February, 1939, will be sent a postcard giving specific in- formation concerning the proper pro- cedure. It is the responsibility of each individual to follow directions care- fully. Cooperation in making and keeping appointments will give each student adequate opportunity to dis- cuss his elections with his counselor and will prevent confusion and delay at the end of the semester. Sophomores who expect to qualify for concentration in February, 1939, should have theif elections approved by the adviser in their proposed de- partment or field of concentration. Arthur Van Duren, Chairman Academic Counselors. Pre-Medical Students: All qualify- ing students wishing to take the Medical Aptitude Test must purchase their tickets immediately. Students whose pre-medical requirements will be completed so that they can enter in the fall of 1939 a medical school where this examination is a require- inent for entrance must take the test -at this time since it is given but once a year. Students expecting to apply for admission to the University' of Michigan Medical School must take this test. More complete information may be obtained in Room 4, University Hall. Watch this column for further an- nouncements. Hygiene Exemption Test: All up- perclass women students who have not completed the hygiene lectures or their equivalent must satisfy this requirement either by taking the hy- giene examination test offered at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, in Natural Science Auditorium or by enrolling in one of the two lecture series to be given at 4 p.m. Monday starting Feb. 20 and at 3 p.m. Friday starting Feb. 24. All freshmen who wish to take the hygiene exemption test, if they have not already done so, may take -A' Events Toda International Center Tour: .The educational tour planned by the In- ternational Council for this week will be made t6 the Ann Arbor Sewage Treatment Plant. The tour will start from .the Center today (Saturday) at 1:30 sharp. Through the courtesy of the International Service Commit- tee of the Rotary Club, free transpor- tation will be provided. J. Raleigh Nelson. The Graduate Outing Club will meet at the Rackham Building today at 7:30 p.m. From there they Will go to the Intramural Building for swim- ming or any other sports the group desires. Later refreshments willebe served at the club room. JGP Central Committee will meet at 4 p.m. today in the Undergradate Offices of the League. Coming Events Biological Chemistry Seminar, Mon- day, Nov. 28, 1938, 7-9 p.m., Room 319 West Medical Building. "The Metabolism of Carbohydrates Other Than Glucose. I. Lactose and Galactose" will be discussed. All in- terested are invited. German Table for Faculty Mem- bers: The regular luncheon meeting will be held Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders', Room of the Michigan Union. All faculty members in- terested in speaking German are cor- dially invited. Professor Hereward T. Price will give a brief informal talk (with lantern slides) on "Die Backstein-Gotik Norddeutschlands." P.hysics, Colloquium: Professor F. A. Firestone will speak on "Supersonics," and Mr. R. H. Nichols will speak on "Auditory Fatigue, (with reference to measurement of subjective har- monies)" at the Physics Colloquium on Monday, Nov. 28, at 4:15 in Room 1041 E. Physics Bldg. La Sociedad Hispanica: There will be a meeting at the Michigan League on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7:30- p.m. Mr. Earl W. Thomas of the Depart- ment of Romance Languages will pre- t sent a short talk, "Viaje por Mejico." Games and -song will complete the program. Members will please bring their song books. All those interested are invited to attend. The Graduate Education Club will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 4x15 p.m., in the library of the University Elementary School. Professors S. A. Courtis and W. C. Olsen will present their respective viewpoints on the subject, "Remedial Instruction in the Light of Recent Growth Studies," af- ter which the meeting will be thrown open fai questions, contributions, and general discussion. Refreshments will be served promptly at 4 o'clock. All graduate students who are interested in this topic are invited to be present. Soph Cabaret: All eligibility cards for Soph Cabaret must be signed by Monday, Nov. 28, or you will not be Seligible for participation in the Cab- aret. Soph Cabaret Ticket Committee- There will be a meeting at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the League. Sonh Canrbar et Nod r. / M To FORUM____ r. Simon Was right the Editor: . C c With Mr. Simon, I was deeply grieved that there was no rally in Hill Auditorium. Was it absolutely neces- sary that the University adopt a non- partisan, straddle-the-fence attitude when the whole nation is incensed against persecution of minorities and acts of aggression throughout the world? What kind of bloodless regime is it' thatm will n mam ~-', -f