THE IMICHIGA N IMliLY HIGAN DAILY . w" ^ , ,. % ,- I wr__ Edited and managed by students of .the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively. entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00: by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING DY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON * LOS ANGELES w SAN FRAHCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 The New Chicago Subway ... W ORK on the first section of Chicago's new subway is scheduled to start this week-end. Made possible by a PWA grant of $18,000,000 out of a total cost of $40,000,000, the entire project is to be completed by 1940 if pres- ent plans go through. The construction of the new subway not only will help Chicago officials solve some of the heavy traffic problems of the city, but also pro- vides an opportunity for aesthetic improvement of the city which it is hoped will not be over- looked. American cities have for the most part sprung up before attention could be given to park systems, wide streets, monuments, trees and landscaping, and other assets which make a city more attractive and more enjoyable to live in. In Chicago the noisy, unsightly elevated tracks along the leading streets of the Loop, and the crowded streetcar and automobile conditions in the center of the town have contrasted with the attractive park systems, other main boulevards and the lake shore drive for which the city is well known. In the razing and rebuilding of tlbe streets to provide for the subway much can be done to further the extension of these later civic improvements. It is also hoped that the subway itself will be planned with a view to aesthetic as well as utili- tarian needs. The subways of London, Paris, Berlin and other European cities set an example of comfort, attractiveness and cleanliness far above anything that our American subways of New York and"Boston have to boast. Tiled walls, well-lighted and ventilated stations, clean and comfortable cars all contrast with the gloomy and dirty aspect of the American subways as they have been built in the past. Chicago, starting on its new subway, can set a standard for other American cities in city-plan- ning. -Robert Mitchell Managing Editor, Editorial Director. City Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor BookC Editor Women's Editor Sports Editor- i~oar rd of Editors S. . Robert D. Mitchell Albert P. May1o Horace W. Gilmore Robert I. Ftzhenry S. R. Kielman Robert Perlman Earl Gilman . William Elvin . . . Joseph Freedman . .Joseph Gies Dorothea Staebler Bud Benjamin Business Department Business Manager. . . , . Philip 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: JACK CANAVAN' The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Design For Congressmen . . T HOUSANDS of students passed up an opportunity Wednesday night to see a Congressman in the flesh. The few who did hear John Bernard, defeated Farmer-Laborite, from Minnesota, had their favorite stereotypes' of a national legislator knocked into a cocked hat. No smooth-tongued, back-slapping politician arose to speak evasively on the "golden oppor- tunities that lie ahead of you young people." No law school graduate with 25 years of backing by his local newspapers and Chamber of Commerce chortled vaguely about the Constitution. But a man on our side of 40, with an accent strongly reminiscent of his birthplace in Corsica, talked concretely of the threat to American civil liberties that comes from the industrialists' $80,000,000 a year expenditure for labor spies and tear gas, of the crime the United States is committing against - Spanish democracy and world democracy by selling munitions indirectly to Franco and barring them from the Republican Government, of the college graduates who really don't have $5,000 a year jobs. Bernard hasn't forgotten his background: an immigrant working in the Minnesota iron mines when he was 17, 15 months' service in France during the World War, a few years as fireman with a chance to study on his own, then president o0 his miners' union local. And he doesn't want to forget. He went to Congress in 1936 eager to reflect the needs and wishes of his friends in overalls back home. His very first day on the floor of the House brought bitter disappointment to Bernard. He found that he was the only man in Congress who would publicly object to the imposition of the embargo on the sale of arms to the Government of Spain. "Progressives," who had been in Wash- ington long enough to know their way around, a dvised Bernard not to stick out his neck. A lead- ing Democrat tried to distract his attention dur- ing the roll call vote by asking what committees Bernard would like to work on. And when the Minnesota representative voted "nay," the Demo- crat walked away and never .gain approached him on the possibilities of serving on the Labor Committee. Not satisfied with his knowledge of the Span- ish situation, Bernard went to Spain with Jerry O'Connell of Montana and came back even more convinced of the crime that America was per- petrating against a sister democracy. He fought against cutting the appropriation for the National Labor Relations Board, a veiled attempt to kill the Wagner Act. He advocated peace between the AFL and the CIO. He refused to have a part in curtailing government expendi- tures for Americans in poverty. And for his pains to represent his people Bernard was branded a Communist by the clergy- men of his own church when he was running for re-election. Anti-Semitism, the red scare and the vague promises of the opposition contributed to the defeat of the Farmer-Labor Party, and Bernard was not returned from his district. Many politicians are in a state of suspended animation before elections and, win or lose, they return to their hibernation after the returns aie in. But democracy is an all-year-round affair The Editor Gets Told 'Muscle In Wonderland' To the Editor: I had hoped to entitle this, "Realism in Per- spectives, or Muscle in Wonder-land," but at any rate It is unfortunate, to my mind (U. of M. mind, No. 101,795; Lot 98; Trade Name, OLD GRAD; Size 71/) that so much publicity has been given Marian Phillips' advertisement, 'Why I Hate Men," in' the last literary supplement. Because obviously, though the young lady's heart may be full of hate, her soul must often have been full of rapture in research, following the ramifica- tions of her subject deep into the libido and else- where (see Chicago, Annapolis, etc. 293?-1938). Furthermore the publication mentioned con- tains other material worthy of student attention. I refer to that semi-proletarian screed, "The Westbound." I shall not attempt to express my praise for that story. It is a revelation, a slice of life with a piece of the core attached. It is, in other terms,, a composite heap of college fiction ingredients, Not for such a fiction school is the miseity, hoarding of character and incident that charac- terizes the febrile magazine type of story. You will not find here that weak reserve -that whispers of the prurient conception. All is open, revealed, vital. This, in short, is realism. Semi-Prolitarian Screed I was pulled into the story, into the swift march of events, when I followed the author along a street of taverns and-'may I quote?- "a big brutish man slouched out df an alley in front of me, bulged through his loosely swing- ing coat, and he slouched along lazily and power- fully with one arm swinging free and the other hanging against his thigh with the palm turned back toward me." There is, illustrated the peculiar charm of realism and the camera eye. They 'get' the read- er. Syntax in that passage would have discour- aged me with its obvious artificiality-but syn- tax is ignored. And had the brutish man's palm been turned the other way I should of course have mistaken him for my friend Tarzan in street clothes. Instead, as I soon learn, the fellow is Muscle. I am caught up in the story, you see. I go into a tavern and sit down with the big boy and look at the barflies and the two girls (the one in "sudden green" is on the make; I can see that with a glass eye) and it is some time before I realize that I have known Muscle somewhere on the road. (The road, the long road stretches before me now, and here the wet beer rings on the table, the girl in green dancing with lecherous guys, Muscle across from me, and the man who looks at Muscle-these are real.) Salute To Realism. That should be enough to make my point. This is strong meat, literature with the bark on. Read the story again. We are all comrades and we get full measure in this story. Two girls (count 'em) and a queer (finally beaten off) and a tough punk in the side-door pullman, and then three through the lonesome night together, toward what destiny? Ah, but four, when Muscle finds the corpse, the corpse that inspires philosophy. Corpse is to Muscle what skull is to Hamlet. That is by no means all. The fire in the car is yet to come. The leap in the dark. The freight train rolling its cargo of death and rising flame through the black night. The reader needn't con- sult Consumers' Research to know he has come Jfeem/lo Me eyWOO ri Heywood Broun Hugo Black, of Alabama, was appointed and confirmed for his place upon the Supreme Court before it was known that he had once been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. When this information became public it was justly said that here was a man who had done a deplorable thing because of political ;; p expediency. But in the rumpus a more important factor was ig- nored. Admitting the blot upon the record of the jurist, it was actually more pertinent to inquire, "Where do 'we go from here?" And it seems to me that, though there was reason to fear that Mr. Justice Black might carry with him into his new duties cer- tain parochial prejudices, the record has proved that such misgivings are without foundation. I have specifically in mind te Missouri case in which the High Bench supported the opinion of Mr. Chief Justice Hughes that the university must either admit the Negro applicant to law school or give him opportunity for equivalent training. From a logical and a legal point of view it is hard to see how the decision could be ques- tioned. But it is only fair to recognize the fact that the problem touched upon deep and emo- tional inhibitions in the makeup of any man from Alabama. In relation to such questions, as far as they affect the deep South, one gets out of the realm of law and logic and into the domain of psycho-analysis. Black Comes Through But Mr. Justice Black came through. His night- gown has been cast off and thrown into the cor- ner, and he decided as a just man wearing the silken robe of our highest court. It was welland bravely done for a man from Alabama. And the affirmation of Mr. Justice Black is heightened by the fact that it stood in contrast with two dissenting opinions where the same background of early training cannot be brought into the pic- ture. Something may be said for McReynolds, of Tennessee, on the ground of unconscious motiva-. tion, but it is hard to rig up any excuse what- soever for Pierce Butler, of Minnesota. Mr. Jus- tice Butler comes from a State where racial lines are drawn as lightly as in any part of the nation. He is of a faith which has only recently enunciat- ed, through one of its most distinguished Ameri- can prelates, a fervor for complete tolerance. Moreover, Mr. Justice Butler has been an ex- ponent of strict construction. I speak as a layman, but, judging from such portions of the opinions as were printed, there was no legalistic basis upon which the plea of the Negro student could possibly be denied. In- deed, both Butler and McReynolds seemed to waive technical arguments and ask that some consideration should be accorded to local condi- tions and peculiarly exceptional circumstances. Playing Fast And Loose And here it seems to me that both distinguished jurists are subject to sharp criticism, because on many cases involving liberal rights they have said in effect, "We might like to go along, but we cannot because we believe that the strict letter of the immortal document must be preserved no matter who suffers under such decisions." Indeed, I think it is not unfair to say that Justices McReynolds and Butler have indicated that they will consent to loose construction in order to preserve prejudice, but refuse to abate one semicolon or comma in the consideration of human rights. Merhel- Another Gateway? Memel is hardly another Czechoslovakia. But developments there are reminiscent of those which followed National Socialist organization both in Austria and in the Sudetenland: increas- ing German pressure within, tacit support for that pressure from without, and increased diffi- culty for the governing State-in this case Lithu- ania-in maintaining law and order in the poli- tically besieged territory. Yet the position of Memel has always been less settled than that of the Sudetenland seemed. Memel's population is preponderantly German. The territory was separated from East Prussia after the World War and placed under the Council of Allied Ambassadors, but was forcibly seized by Lithuanians in 1923. In 1924 Memel was recognized by League of Nations members as part of Lithuania. Indeed, a Polish seizure of Lithuanian terri- tory had earlier been accepted by the League. Thus in this part of the European counterpane the patchwork has not been considered so firmly fixed as elsewhere. For some years, indeed, it has seemed to be only basted down. Long after the Lithuanian seizure of Memel the inhabitants of that territory displayed unrest. The ascendancy of National Socialism in Ger- many has intensified the sense of grievance among the German people under Lithuanian rule, as it has among whatsoever German minori- ties may be used as spearheads for Reichsfuhrer Hitler's program of territorial expansion in Europe. The Sunday elections, which have re- corded further gains for Germans in autonomous rose and clasped his hands above him, stretching 'I really and truly feel good,' . . . " Surely there is strengthl and inspiration in that The FLYING: TRAPEZE By Roy Heath Flash Bulletin By ROY HEATH EREWHON, Dec. 15--(Special)- To the manifest astonishment of his acquaintances, co-workers and fellow men in general, Roy Heath issued blanket good wishes of the season to one and all here today. Heath spokesmen declined to com- ment on the terse bulletin handed' press representatives at precisely 3 p.m. The bulletin, which breaks a 21 year policy of malice aforethought and charity toward none, reads as follows: "Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year." The noted Publications Building hanger-on could not be reached at Hagen's basement, where he was said to be experimenting in applied hydro- dynamics and endeavoring to ascer- tain how much liquid a solid will con- tain before sinking. And little knots of people gathered to discuss the un- paralleled occurence were at a loss to explain the act. '" Persons allegedly close to the source advanced the theory that it was merely the opening gun in Heath's campaign to acquire Christmas pres- ents. Others surmised that he had been broken down by the spirit of love and friendship emanating in such profusion from several senior political candidates who he inadvert- ently ran into during Wednesday's election. On one point only, concerning the manifesto, did all expert opinion agree; namely, that the sentiment ex- pressed in the communique was only temporary and would pass off in due course. Opinion was split on whether the spirit of the idea extended to Heath's rival and bitterest enemy, an itinerant stable boy with a flea cir- cus, one Sec Terry. Since the press handout named no specific exceptions it was generally felt that Terry had been included. Interviewed at his quarters, where he was giving his charges a rub- down before the evening perform- ance, the sullen Terry refused to make any comment other than, "Same to 'im . . -" and some other words which reporters failed to catch. Terry was reported to have made a deplor- able noise with his lips and tongue later in the evening while thinking about the astounding piece of news. The verbatim report of the com- munique follows: "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.'' Appeasement The degree of enthusiasm with which the world should regard the agreement of France and Germany to rule war out of their future relation- ships appears to have been carefully indicated by the British Prime Min- ister, of whose plan. for peace in Europe this new understanding is a part. While the cables pulsed with new peace promises, Mr. Chamberlain was himself evidently concerned with the question how to be sure the promises would be kept. After a meeting with French leaders he stated: In particular we have discussed national defense as well as the general diplomatic problem, for that is an integral part of that peaceswhich we are determined to do all in our power to promote. This is a peace, Mr. Chamberlain de- clares, of which armament for de- fense is "an integral part." Of the Franco-German contribution to it he states that the British recognize it, with "great satisfaction," as another "effort" in the direction pointed by the similar agreement between Ger- Imany and Britain at Munich. These are expertly chosen words They should lead over-enthusiastic observers to a vantage point where perspective will enable them to 'see the Franco-German agreement in re- lation to the rest of the diplomatic landscape. In view of statements in "Mein Kampf," in view of hundreds of years of history, proof that France and Germany had relinquished war as a diplomatic factor in their rela- tionship would be almost as astonish- ing as would be the sudden fulfillment by all signatories of the Briand-Kel- ~logg Pact. But the proof is yet to come. An( Mr. Chamberlain who again show. himself less of an optimist than som( of his critics imagine him, has warner us that the Franco-German agree ment is an effort which in no wad alters the British and French attitud that efforts toward peace by appease ment and pact are still to be but tressed with armaments. -Christian Science Monitor Memel's Landtag, and the increasin Nazification of German leaders i: Memel, point to developments whic may cause many to remember th story of the Sudetenland and to not that German expansionism look No Speeches Speechless luncheons! What a balm and boon to ears bombarded by "We have with us today" and "That re- minds me." A dream? No. It did happen in New York the other day. Not only were the speakers speech- less, but the guests almost so when s Mayor La Guardia, presiding at a n luncheon to Colonel Fulgencio Ba- tista. Chief of the Constitutional e Army of Cuba, turned to the guest ofg honor and smilingly said, "This pro- S gram is going to be different, Colonel i Batista. You are not going to have a to listen to any speeches." The dis- t tinguished guest was as delighted as r the others. Such an occasion has revolutionary p possibilities. Will other organiza- tions follow suit? Of course, it is always a source of wonder how American audiences endure listening to countless speeches at luncheons,t dinners and other public occasions. h They not only stand it, but come backt for more. Besides accepting invita- tions to dinners and other speech-2 making occasions of all kinds of or-C ganizations, they form innumerable luncheon clubs of their own where s they hear more talks. Probably not everyone will yet speak up for speechless public occa- sions. Luncheons and dinners do servec as sounding boards for many signifi- cant messages, and rallying points and springboards for many im1portant I civic, educational and community en- terprises. Perhaps the proposal to I ;cmit speeches suggests essentially thec need of improving the content and quality Qf those given.1 Christian Science Monitor. Real Platform Let us keep our faith that in the end tolerance and reason are bound to win. If we do we can applaud thec victory achieved for these two quali- ties in the platform of resolutionsc just adopted by the Congress off American Industry. There was plentyI of angry argument in the resolutionsv committee for the expression of ans uncompromising stand against every-c thing associated with New Deal po-c icy. But the outcome is a temperedI document whi-ch, notwithstanding its vague generalities, recognizes the realities and looks forward instead of backward. Private enterprise and3 economic opportunity are indissolubly intertwined, it says, with religiousa and other individual liberties. How- ever, "America's main problem todayI is how to apply these timetested prin-t ciples and institutions to the condi- tions and requirements of present- day society." Further proof that the die-hard attitude is absent is contained in spe- cific recommendations. For instance, the resolutions urge that the "un-. necessary severity" of the security and exchange acts be "moderated1 without impairment of their essential regulatory functions." With respect to the Wagner act they make it plain that revision is necessary but assume the validity of the collective bargain- ing principle and pledge industry tof cooperation in whatever changes in the law are required to safeguard thist principle arid bring industrial peace. Management, they say, should "en-1 deavor to cushion the effects" of technological unemployment and "should study the annual wages of employes in relation to their hourly earnings." These samples should suffice to show that what the average Ameri- can industrialist hopes for is not a return to the "good old days" which precipitated the collapse of 1929 but a rational adjustment of the reforms instituted since then. To judge from the last set of resolutions adopted by the Congress of American Industry, he has come a long way in a year. And the fact is extremely reassuring. When business catches up with the opinion of the general public as to what is essential to preserve the American way of life under modern conditions we can expect an end of class government and crackpot ex- periments. Always provided, of course, that our politicians of the op- position can hump themselves suffi- iently to remain abreast of their would-be supporters. With reference to the "Program of American Pro- tress," just set forth by the employers of the country, may we remind Re- publicans that the reactionary mind is an obsolete item of equipment, to be written off the books at the earliest r possible moment?' .' New York Herald-Tribune. FRIDAY, DEC. 16, 1938 VOL. XLIX. No. 70 Disciplinary Action: The University ub-Committee on Discipline at the neeting on Dec. 13, found that Mr. Harry Calcutt, Mr. Bradley J. Palm- r and Mr. Samuel L. Perry were uilty of failure to observe Univer- ity regulations relating to the use of ntoxicants in men's living quarters Lnd other misconduct. In each of he three cases, the Committee di- ects that the student be placed on probation for the remainder of the urrent academic year. Grover C. Grismore, Chairman. To The, Householders: Many stu- dens will remain in Ann Arbor over ;he holidays and will need work to ielp maintain themselves during that time. If you need student help and will call Miss Elizabeth A. Smith, Ext. 12 1, Student Employment :Bureau, Dean of Students Office, she will be glad to send you a young man to as- sist in any kind of work. Please place your calls as early as possible. General Library: During the va- cation period the General Library will be open daily from 8 a.m. till 6 ).m. beginning Dec. 17, except on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. when it will be closed all day, and on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 (Saturdays), when it will close at noon. The Departmental Libraries will e open from 10 to 12 a.m. on Sat- urday, Dec. 17 and regularly each day from 10-12 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning with the week of Dec. 19. Pre-forestry and forestry students: Announcement is made of the annual contest for the Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation Prize in Forestry, the conditions for which may be secured from the Recorder of the School of Forestry and Conservation, 2048 which may be decided upon in con- sultation with members of the faculty of the School, must be filed in the offlce of the Recorder not later than December 17, 1938. A.I.Ch.E. The contest problems will be available in Dr. Katz's office, Room 3034, on Friday, Dec. 16. Will those desiring copies of the problem please sign the list on the bulletin board outside Room 3034. In case the prob- lems are delayed copies will be mailed to those signing. First Mortgage Loans: The Univer- sity has a limited amount of funds to loan ondmodern well-located Ann Arbor residential property. Interest at current rates. Apply Investment Office, Room 100, South Wing, University Hall. Exhibiti ns Exhibition, College of Architecture: A collection of etchings and litho- graphs by prominent American ar- tists, shown through the courtesy of Professor Walter J. Gores. Corridor cases, ground floor, Architecture Building. Open daily except Sunday through Jan. 2. The public is invit- ed. Exhibition of Japanese Prints: The exhibition of Japanese prints under the auspices of the International Center which opened the past week in the West Gallery, 4431 of the Rackham Building, will be open through the coming week, closing Friday afternoon, Dec. 16. The hours will be as during the past week, 9 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. daily except Sunday. The prints, which are the collection of Miss Toyoko Nagashima, a student in the Gradu- ate School, are representative bf the very greatest artists in the field of Japanese art. Coming Events Biological Chemistry Seminar, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1939, 7-9 p.m., Room 319 West Medical Building. "Vitamin C-Ascorbic Acid" will be discussed. All interested are in- vited. The Graduate Outing Club will have a Consolation Party in the club room in the Rackham Building Sat- urday night, Dec. 17, from 8 to 12 p.m., for all those members and friends who are still in Ann Arbor. There will be games and refreshments. Plaque Honors Iden 9 Recently placed in Forest Hills Roger Williams Guild announces Cemetery was a plaque to the mem- several meetings in January touch- cry of Thomas Medary Iden, the well- ing world issues. Jan. 8, Rev. C. W. loved "Father" Iden of 10,000 mem- Carpenter, pastor of Second Baptist bers of the Upper Room Bible Class, church, Ann Arbor, will speak on which flourished Jin Ann Arbor foi' problems of race. Jan. 15, Prof. morewhan15yarshdt.enmAnngrbwritCharles T. Goodsell, of the history de- more than 15 years. terminating with prmn fKlmzoCleewl his death in 1933. partment of Kalamazoo College will The plaque. erected at the behest deal with the issues of war and peace. of friends of Father Iden reads as Other speakers to be announced. follows: U nita ia~ C'htrl FnriY _ ***nitarian uur: *n : .o . Cvan- Noble exemplar of the way of dlelight Service. Rev. H. P. Marley Christ . . . Inspiring leader of the will speak on "Here Rest Your Cara- Upper Room Bible Class of Butler yan Spcal Chistmas music, poe- University (1889-1897) Kansas State ry and communion. Teachers College (1897-1914), and Note. No service on Christmas and the University of Michigan . . . Re- New Years. membered with admiration and affec- tiovn by 10.000l Unner Room Me- 1 t~sic r air A r Q%*x .,. * __ i ... ~ I