THE MICHIGAN DAILY

)AY, DEC. l., 1938

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of the W.P.A. is the restriction of activity to cer-
tain public works. And while new playgrounds,
schools, public buildings, airports, roads, and
sewers are much needed, the critics of W.P.A.
would prefer that the existing facilities remain
in their present shape until the return of pros-
perity. On the other hand, manufacturing, min-
ing, or farming by W.P.A. would be unthink-
able to its critics. The most bitter opponents of
work relief, those who demand that it accomplish
more for the national economy than it does
now, are most determined that W.P.A. projects
do not compete with private industry.
But the W.P.A. has been subjected to another
charge on the basis of which it has been ridiculed
from one end of the nation to the other: the
charge of lethargy and indifference on the part
of its workers. The cartoonist now has his stereo-
type of the W.P.A. worker-a man in overalls,
leaning on a shovel. There is much reason to
belive that these charges are in most cases ill-
founded. But where they do apply, it must be
remembered that much of the alleged indiffer-
ence of some of the W.P.A. workers is the broken
morale of men who have suffered through eight
long years of depression. The indifference of some
W.P.A. workers cannot be blamed on the W.P.A.
or upon the government. It is something more
fundamental.
So when Congress comes back into session and
the bombardment of the W.P.A. begins, it will be
important to remember that what will be heard
is, in effect, little more than the perennial at-
tempt of the "outs" to embarrass the "ins." The
G.O.P. in power could hardly do otherwise.
There is only one solution to the problem of
relief and the W.P.A.: the elusive thing called
prosperity.
-Laurie Mascott
Thle Editor
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or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial
importance and interest to the campus.)
The Coughlin Speech
To the Editor:
Father Charles E. Coughlin, of the Shrine of
the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan, went
on the air again Sunday to edify the people of
America on the cause of persecution.
There were essentially three contentions that
he promulgated and only to a degree do they
coincide with the Catholic Church.

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Robert D. Mitchell.
. . , Albert P. Maylo
Horace W. Gilmore
Robert I. Fitzhenry
S. R. Kleiman
. . Robert Perlman
Earl Gilman
* . William Elvin
Joseph Freedman
Joseph Gies
. Dorothea Staebler
, .Bud Benjamin
Department
. . Philip W. Buchen
Leonard P. Siegelman
William L. Newnan
Helen Jean Dean
Marian A. Baxter

NIGHT EDITOR: HARRY L SONNEBORN
The editorials published in The Michigan
Daily are written by members of the Daily
staff and represent the views of the writers
only.
After The Jews,
What?.. .
HAT WILL HAPPEN when Herr Hit-
ler has succeeded in clearing Ger -
many of the last Jew? J. S. Behrman in his recent
Broadway success, "Rain From Heaven" treats
this possibility in an interesting manner:
"With the textermination of the Jews, the mil-
lennium has been promised the people. And with
the efficiency of a well-organized machine this
annihilation is all but accomplished. They are
all dead-but one-the last Jew. He is about to
commit suicide when an excited deputation from
the All-Highest comes to see him. There has
been a meeting in the sanctum of the Minister
of Propaganda. This expert and clever man has
seen that the surviving Jew is the most valuable
man in the Reich. He points out to the Council
their dilemma. Let this man die and their policy
is bankrupt. They are left naked, without an
issue, without a program, without a scapegoat.
Thge Jews gone, and still no millennium. They
are. in a panic-till finally a committee is dis-
patched-and the last Jew is given a handsome
subsidy to propagate-"
If the present rate of exodus continues, Hitler
will soon be faced with this problem of finding
another scapegoat. Where will he turn then?
With the Jews out of the way, Hitler will
probably direct the mass-hatred of the German
people toward the Catholic clergy. Scattered at-
tacks on out-spoken Catholics have already been
reported, the most publicized of which was the
recent attack on Cardinal Innitzer. The Protest-
ant clergy will probably follow. There can be
no rival for Hitler: the German people can be
allowed to worship no god but one.
-Karl Kessler

1. Fascism is a defense mechanism against
Communism which in turn is caused by exploita-.
tion.
(a) Father Coughlin carefully steers away
from the word "capitalism" by the use of the
word "exploitation." Capitalism, an economic
system owned and controlled by a few capitalists
(Slichter, "Modern Economic Society," p.60) has
many inextricable ills. The increasing frequency
and magnitude of business cycles, widespread
unemployment, the increasing paradox of pov-
erty amidst plenty enforced by the concept of
scarcity, -a policy of economic contraception-
the irreconcilibility of social reform with busi-
ness confidence and investment, gross inequality
in opportunity and income, and is in short, a
business dictatorship. Communism and socialism
are programs to meet this situation. When they
assert themselves, fascism rises to oppose them.
Instead of embarking on a program of really
grappling with the attendant ills of capitalism,
Father Coughlin shouts, down other movements
in this direction. And if the followers of Coughlin
saiy that he is a proponent of social justice, why
does he not start in the simplest manner by hav-
ing his publication "Social Justice" printed in a
union -shop as suggested by "The Detroit Labor
News," an A.F. of L. newspaper.
2. The Jews are being persecuted in Germany
but many more Christians were persecuted by
the Russians.
(a) I fail to see why Father Coughlin stopped
with the persecutions accompanying the Rus-
sian Revolution. Why did he not point to the un-
told lives butchered and mangled in the greatest
war for commercial supremacy capitalism has
yet devised, a war sanctioned and fanned Eby an
overwhelming number of churches of God? Can
he quote the files of the United States Secret
Service to show that the Jews were responsible-
for this war, too?
3. Spain and Mexico are the battlefields of
Communism versus Christianity.
(a) The governments of Spain and Mexico were'
democratically-elected governments. (For evi-
dence consult the Foreign Policy Reports for
Spain and Fortune Magazine this month for
Mexico).
Xb) It is common knowledge that the church
in both of these countries instead of aiding the
people to better their lot actually perpetuated
a state of affairs that added to the misery and
stultification of two long suffering peoples.
(c) If Cedillo in Mexico and Franco in Spain
(with the gas house gang of Hitler, Mussolini
Inc.), are the standard bearers of the spirit of
Christ and the great values of religion, it will
be the unpleasant task of historians to depict
the end of institutionalized religion.
It is impossible to take all of Father Coughlin's
contentions and at least mitigate the intensity
of his invective in this limited space, but if h%
feels that he has thwarted persecution he is
sadly, sadly mistaken. Speeches like those of
Father Coughlin's inculcate an inferior sense,
a subtle self-conscious, pervading spirit in min-

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-Conferences such as
the Republican National Committee has just held
here bring out the distinctly political motif
which actuates national party organizations,
rather than any liberal and conservative cleav-
age.
True nough, the election of Kenneth Simpson
of New York, a liberal member of the party, to
the National Committee was a sign of the power-
ful influence which the young Republicans and
independents have in the national organization,
but anybody who looked over the whole group
could not but feel that men of the Simpson type
are still in the minority in the Republican Party.
In the interest of peace and harmony, the
meeting was not permitted to give voice to con-
troversial issues, but it is plain to see that the
Republican Party has not yet crystallized its new
era of existence to the point where any definite
complexion can be attributed to it-
Inside the party, the liberals are confident
that, by 1940, they will make Republicanism
more attractive to the independent voter than.
It has been. Conversely, the staunch conserva-
tives are convinced that any turn to New Deal-
ishnes's is unnecessary and that, if the Republi-
cans Will just sit tight and harass their opposi-
tion, joining with the independent Democrats to
make political mischief, the tide of votes will
come their way two years hence'just the same.
PoliticalProblems
It is on this fundamental point that opinions
as to the future of the Republican party will
differ. If the minority in Congress, reinforced
by a group of new Republicans, should decide on
a more aggressively partisan course than before,
there is always the risk that the independent
Democrats may be driven back into the arms
of a chastened and perhaps wiser New Deal
group of Democrats. For, while allies fight
alongside one another in times of common
cause, they do not alays stick together when
some of the dangers which have produced that
common cause are removed.
Among the Republicans at the National Com-
mittee meeting there was to be detected a bit of
cockiness about the recent Congressional elec-
tions which raises a number of interesting
queries. One is whether the old-line Republicans
realize the extent to which a lot of the newly
elected Republicans spoke during the recent cam-
paign favorably of the "objectives" of the Ne
Deal. Another is whether the placing in positions
of control in party councils of men identified
in the minds of independent voters with the
ultra-conservative side of the Republican Party
will not be proof conclusive to the independent
voters that, in 1940, if the Democratic convention
norinates a middle-of-the-road liberal, they
should cast their lot with him rather than con
servative Republicanism.
Strategy Brought Out
Every meeting of a National Party Committee
brings to the surface the kind of strategy which
dominates the thinking of the leaders. This
week's session tends to corroborate the strategy
of the group who have insisted that an opposition
party does not need a new set of principles or a
liberal platform or a mid-term convention or
anything else, but that it just needs to use the
well-known hammer of political combat and the
votes will come in just the same. But there are
rumblings which indicate that an organization
such as has been known as the Glenn Frank
Policy Committee, the one which is studying the
platformn for the 1940 campaign, will not permit
itself to be brushed aside by the politicians.
The argument most often offered to the Glenn
Frank Committee was that the 1938 elections had
to be won and that specific positions on contro
versial questions would jeopardize Republican
chances- Today, those elections are out of the
way and the country is asking what kind of
leadership the Republicans will offer if they ob-
tain possession of both the executive and legis-
lative branches of the Government. The leader-
ship of Thomas E. Dewey of New York is plainly
regarded as of the vote-getting type, but it re-
mains to be seen whether the conservative wing
of the Republican Party will blot out the Glenn
Frank Committee and the liberal platform spon-
sors and force the same old political strategy
of perfect ambiguities as the answer to a revised
New Deal program and a liberal nominee.
Our Lament

THE EDITORIAL WRITER
His Roget and his Bartlett's at his side, omni-,
science his trade, the morgue his guide, he freely
draws upon his book-lined shelf, the world his
oyster, but no clam himself. Stalin has gone too
far. Franco is through! Governor, take heed!
Mayor, here's what to do! "Morgan's stupidity!"
"The President's mistake." "We trust the British
people will awake-" He looks the powers in the
eye each day, fearless and brave, a thousand
miles away, judging alike the living and the
dead, unbending, unafraid, unswerving and-
unread.
W. K. HOLLAND, St. Louis, Mo.
-Chicago Daily News
PUNGENT POINTERS
"We should study history and sociology and
science and philosophy and economics, not that
out of such investigations we may be able to find
the immediate solution of pressing problems, but
rather that we may regain a reasonable per-
spective." New York University's Dean I. H. Berg
proposes a program to combat unrest and jittery-
ness in Americans.

IRECORDS
By ALBERT MAY10
Victor's recent release of Sibelius'
Fifth Symphony, played by Serge
Koussevitzky and the Boston Sym-
phony (Ten sides, $10) should have
special, interest to Ann Arborites in
view of the Choral Union Concert
here Dec. 7 at which the distinguished
conductor and his splendid orchestra
will play.
But for other reasons better than
this coincidental one, the new re-
cording warrants the greatest atten-
tion. It surpasses the other recordings
made of the Fifth because of technical
perfection of the recording, its inter-
pretation by Koussevitzky, and its
performance by one of the truly great
orchestras at its peak. To say that
the Koussevitzky interpretation is
better than the Kajanus recording
made with the London Symphony
Orchestra should give you some idea
as to the excellence of this new re-
lease.
For it was the late Robert Kajan-,l
us who first introduced Sibelius'
work and first appreciated the Fin-
nish composer's genius. Kajanus used
to discuss the scores of the Sym-
phonies with Sibelius himself, talking
over how this and that passage
hould be played, and it was partly
because of his intimate acquaintance
with the composer that his interpre-
tations were considered for a long
time the ultimate in excellence. Sib-
elius himself attested to his friend's
interpretations. "He has grasped the,
spirit of my symphony," Sibelius is
quoted as saying one day at a re-
hearsal of the unprecedented and en- 1
hgmatic Fourth symphony, whose
meaning the composer has never ex-
plained, but whose somberness indi-
cates a great conflict within him at
the time of its composition.
The Fifth is interesting, thus, be-
cause it marks an end of one period
in Sibelius work. It is written in the
tradition of his first three, sweep-
ing and radiant and seems to mark a
desire of the composer to return
once more, for the last time, to his
earlier type of work, before turning
to the more classical Sixth and Sev-
enth symphonies.
Pohjola's Daughter
The tone poem Pohjolas Daughter
is also included in the Koussevitzky
recording, making the edition that
much more worth having. Fawlessly
played and recorded, this symphonic
fantasia is based on the eighth and
ninth cantos of the epic poem, "Kale-
vala," and deals with the adventures
of an old man, Vainamoinen, Fin-
nish folk-hero, in his courtship of
the "Daughter of the North."
The Symphonic Suite, Rimsky-Kor-
sakow's Le Coq D'Or played by the,
London Symphony Orchestra con-
ducted by Eugene Goossens (5 sides,;
$5) is a finely recorded performance.
Rimsky-Korsakow's opera, f r o m
which this Suite was arranged, is
based on a satire of Pushkin on stupid,
aristocracy and abounds with all the
color and fantasia of Scherazade
Goossens is well fitted for the task of
conducting this work, for he was once1
a conductor of the Diaghilev Com-
pany which originally produced the
opera. The music matches with the
greatest effectiveness the weirdness
and dazzling color of a golden cock-
erel, the subject of the work and
eastern counterpart to the black rav-'
en, which sends a doddering old king
to his death,
Individual Recordings
Of the individual records released
by Victor for November we like von
Weber's Invitation to the Waltz best,
despite a needless-to-say excellent
Toscanini recording of the overture
to Mozart's The Magic Flute. The von
Weber piece is played by the Phila-
delphia Orchestra, directed by Stok-
owski (two sides, $2.00), and its rust-

ling trills and sweeps are truly .beau-
tiful;
Toscanini conducts the British
Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra
(two sides, $2.00) in the twelfth re-
cording made of the Overture to the
Magic Flute. It unquestionably excels
the other discs previously made from
the point of recording perfection
alone.
Marian Anderson's rendition of
Bach's Komnn Susser Tod (Come
Sweet Death) and Handel's Siciliana
(two sides, $1.50) is recorded well,
but we did not care for it. Somehow,
the colored singer's great voice seemed
a little ill-adapted to the restrictions
of both selections which were low-
pitched and somberly plain.
The poignancy of the scene in Tosca
where Cavardossi with less than an
hour to live, reviews his life and his
love for Tosca, and sings "E lucevan
le stelle" is heroically rendered by
Jussi Bjoerling, Swedish tenor. The
reverse side of the record has Puc-
cini's La Fanciulla del West ($1.00)
also well sung.
Edsel Ford Will Testify
At Monopoly Inqtiuiry
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-(/)-
Chairman O'Mahoney (Dem., Wyo.)
of the monopoly committee said to-
day that one of the early witnesses
in the investigation, starting tomor-
row, would be Edsel Ford, president
of the Ford Motor Co.

THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 1938
VOL. XLIX. No. 57
Notices
To The Members of the Faculty of
the College of Literature, Science,
fand the Arts:
The third regular meeting of the
faculty of the College of Literature,
Science and the Arts for the aca-
demic session of 1938-39 will be held
in Room 1025 Angell Hall, Dec. 5,
1938, at 4:10 p.m.
Agenda
1. Adoption of the minutes of the
meeting of Nov. 7, 1938, which have
been distributed by campus mail
(pages 473-476).
2. Discussion of reports submitted
with this call to the meeting:
a. Executive Committee, prepared
by Professor Joseph R. Hayden.
b. Executive Board of the Gradu-
ate School, prepared by Professor A.'
E. Boak.
c. Senate Committee on University
Affairs, prepared by Professor Ralph
A. Sawyer.

d. Deans Conference, prepared by form indicating the kind of informa-

Dean E. H. Kraus.
Married Students: Questionnaires
for the apartment survey are being
distributed to married students. If
you fail to receive form by Dec. 6, or
if you have questions concerning;
items, call 2-3061 between seven and
ten any evening. All forms should
be completed an4d. collected by Dec.
10.
The Medical Aptitude Test will be
Th L TRAPEZE
By Roy Heath

tion desired is posted on the Aeronau-
tical Engineering Bulletin Board
Academic Notices
Geology 11. Make-up field trips.
Please check lists on bulletin board
opposite 2051 NS.
Trip 3. Dexter. Friday, Dec. 2, 1
o clock.
Trip 5. Lima Center. Thursday,t
Dec. 1, 1 o'clock.
Trip 6. Whitmore Lake. Saturday,
Dec. 3, 8 o'clock.

given at the University of Michigan
on Friday, Dec. 2, in the Natural Sci-
ence Aud. from 3 until 5 o'clock. The
test is to be taken by students in-
tending to enter medical school in
the fall of 1939. A fee of one dollar
is charged for the test for which
there are still a few tickets available
at the Cashier's Office. Be on time.
Aeronautical Engineering Students:
Students obtaining either bachelors
or masters degrees in Aeronautical
Engineering in February, Jane, or
August, 1939, should fill out the De-
partment personnel records at the
earliest possible date. In the case of
those graduating in February, per-
sonnel records should be handed in by
Dec. 16. If a student is tmiable..to ob-
tain his photograph by this date he
should turn in his record and supply
the photograph later. Blanks der this
purpose may be obtained in the De-
partment office. It is essential that
personnel records on all students be
on file in the office, in order to sup-
ply the manufacturers with accurate
and complete information. A sample

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.
THURSAY, EC. 1 193

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Football Note
I am saying right now, with no res-a
ervatios whatsoever, that this has
been the toughest football season Id
ever put in. I am not even barring 1,
the year I went to the Rose Bowl and
that is saying a lot because that wast
a tough game. Mind you, I was right
in there battling every game but it
took a lot out of me. I don't think Ib
w'l go to the Bowl this year even
if I get a bid. Maybe I didn't train 
right. About all I did in preparation t
for the season was take in a couple of i
baseball games during the summer l
and warm up with a high school t
game in the early fall. High school
crowds are push-overs but I thought
the game I went to would dIo for an
opener. ,Next year I am going to do
some road work, practice carrying the
bottle under my coat to do away with c
some of those fumbles, and take bet- t
ter care of my feet. My feet always t.
give me trouble and my corns were
killing me by the Chiicago game this
season. 1l
There are some major changes that j s
will have to be made in my systemF
before I will be able to make a go of 2
next season. My broken field running
was bad this year and my plunging
at the entrance gates was of such
a lousy kind that several times oldk
women and freshmen starting though
the same jam would be -In their ,seatsF
five minutes before I was. And then
there was my cough. I had the poor-
est cough this year that I have used
since my senior year in high school.
That cough used to be my pride and
joy. I never had to carry my ownr
bottle. That cough would get me any-T
where from five to six drinks pert
game- After the State game it aver-l
aged exactly one jigger per quarter,
I abandoned it entirely for the Ohio
State tilt and ran in a heart attack.
I was agreeably surprised when itt
grashed through with a, warming
amount of stimulant and a blanket
to boot. I am going to develop a com-r
bination cough-heart attack alter-1
nating with a 6-2-2-1 case of the jit-
ters next season. No telling what willI
happen. I
Theatre Note
The Trapeze's nomination for the
zharacter who stole the show in "You
Can't Take It With You," currently
at the Michigan, is Eddie And rsomx
who also does Jack Benny's "Poches-
ter" where he likewise manages to be
unnier that the brighter stars. An-
Jerson, as the colored handy man in
the show, lays you in the aisle every
ime his shiny face crosses the screen.
He manages to make up in part for
the limp-lipped drooling of James
Stewart who mutters his way through
the otherwise funny show to no
apparent purpose.
* *
1)iscrinilnaioni
When Paramount News' All-Ameri-
can football selection ca-me out,
Michigan's brilliant guard, Ralph
Heikkinen, was one of the boys who
received the accolade of greatness
from the news-reel outfit. Neverthe-
1P CAU - A ,pic,,mTTikklirn, fa1c.

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Sophomore, Junior and Senior En-
gineers: Mid-semester reports for
rades below C are now on file and
open to inspection in the office of
the Assistant Dean, Room 259 West
Engineeidng Building.
A. H. Lovell, Assist. Dea,
Exhibitions
The Wilson Ornithological Club
and the Ann Arbor Art Association
present an exhibition of bird prints
drawings, and paintings on the gal-
eries of the Rackham building.
Monday (Nov. 28) to Satarday,
(Dec. 3), 2-5.
Ann Arbor Artists' Mart, sponsored
by the Ann Arbor Art Association.
Also an Exhibition of Prints from
he Chicago Artists Group. Alumni
Memorial Hall, North and South Gal-
eries; afternoons from 2 to 5, Dec. 1
hrough Dec. 15.
Lectures
Dean A., C. Furstenberg of. the
School of Medicine will discuss medi-
cine in a vocational talk at 4:30 p.m.
omorrow in the small ballroom of
the union.
Dr. Sverre Norborg, lecturer in Phi-
osophy at the University of Minne-
sota, will lecture on Kierkegaard's
Philosophy, 4:15 p.m., Friday, Dec.
2, Lane Hall.
Lecture: The fifth lecture in the
course on Marriage Relations will
be held at the Michigan League Ball-
r'om, Thursday evenii g, 7:30 p.m. by
R. G. Foster.
Events Today
The Observatory Journal Clubwill
meet at 4:15 p.m. Thursday after-
noon, Dec. 1, in the Observatory lee-
ture room. Dr. Dean B. Mc augh-
lin will review the paper, "The x-
citation of Absorption Lines in Outer
Atmospheric Shells of Stars," by
Struve and Wurn. Tea will be served
at 4 p.m.
Scandinavian Club o n Dec. 1,
Thursday evening at 8 p.m., Lane
Hall (upstairs): Mr. Benz will pre-
sent a Movie and give an illustrated
talk on "Recent Trip 9thrwough. Scan-
dinavian Countries"; Mr. Benz has
some unusual pictures and informa-
tion, which will be of great interest
to everyone.
A social program and refreshments
will follow.
All Scandinavian members and stu-
dents of Scandinavian descent are
invited.
Zoology Club: Dr. James T. Brad-
bury will speak on "Side-lights on
Experimental Endocrinology" on'
Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Amphitheatre of the Horace H. Rack-
ham Building.
Cercle Francais: There will be a
meeting on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:30
in Room 408, Romance Languages
Building, If you cannot come, please
call Adelita Oritz at 2-3791.
Men's Physical Education Club will
meet tonight in the Michigan Union
at 9 p.m. Business, movies, and re-
freshments will ,be included on the
program.


Pros Ant Cons
On The WPA.. .

ONE OF THE RESULTS, evident to alb'
of us, of the recent Republican gains
in Congress will be stronger criticism of many
of the New Deal policies and agencies. It is
quite probable that many of these attacks will
center on the most-cursed agency of the Roose-
velt regime, the W.P.A-
In their arguments against the W.P.A., how-_
ever, many critics ignore the fundamental
problem which the agency is designed to meet.
That problem is wide-spread national unem-
ployment, demanding immediate relief. It is only
humane to realize that these men, unemployed
through no fault of their own, and their de-
pendents cannot be left to starve. The necessary
relief problem, moreover, is so large that it can
only be treated by the national government. The
cost of this relief given to the unemployed is,
of course, staggering and may, as the W.P.A.
critics claim, be undermining our national budget.
Nevertheless, it is only logical to realize that
starvation of millions of our citizens. just for the
purpose of reducing the cost of government,
would undermine far more than our budget.
The government does, however, face a dilemma
in the administration of relief. Either relief is
given with no requirement for work, or aid is

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