TIEMICl iGA nDALY- l MICHIGAN DAILY 6j ALL Things!.... -By MORTY Q- - I ;' 1' a-e_ , 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 yeat by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL AQVEI,,aING Y National Advertising Service, Int. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N.; Y., CHICAG * BOSTON * LOS ANGELES - SAN -FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Editorial Staff Cal Petersen Elliott Maraniss Stan1%M. Swnton Morton L: Linder Norman A Schorr Dennis Flanagan John N. Canavan Ann Vicary Mel Fifeberg .: R ,« .f Managing Editor, Editorial Director s City Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Women's Editor Sports Editor Business Staff Business Manager r. . n Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager- Women's Business Manager Woxhen's Advertising Manager Publications Manager. . *-Paul R~. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko .* Jane Mowers . Harriet S. Levy NIGHT EDITOR : ELIZABETH M. SHAW I The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. L. Japan - Power Or Starvation ... A SaMINISTER after minister rises and falls in Japan, as former sub- missive. members of the Japanese Diet and the Japanese press begin' to criticize, openly and caustically, the policies of the military govern- ment, it becomes increasingly evident that either a complete economic "crack-up" or at least a radical change in governmental policy is inevi- table, though perhaps not imminent, in the realm of the Mikado. For Japan, today, after more than three years of incessant warfare in China, faces the most dire economic plight in its history; and the mili- tary governments in their zeal to prosecute the. war do not seem able or even wiling to solve Japanest domestic problems. IN THE first place, fish, vegetables and rice, the very basis of Japanese diet, are, espe- cially under the demands of a devouring war economy, extremely scarce. These facts were well presented in a recent article on Japan by Time. The rice shortage not only seriously affects the food problem, but seriously curtails the produc- tion of the standard national drink, sake, (rice wine). The "confiscation" of rice in the con- quered provinces of North China, together with severe floods, have precipitated food riots in, "both Tientsin and Peking. And Time claims: "In Tokyo,; according to the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, so many Japanese were eat- ing the bean curd waste usually fed to cattle that cows were giving only one-fifth of their usual milk supply." Fuels and power are also scarce in war-time Japan. Because gasoline is almost non-existent in Japan, charcoal is being used as a substitute. But there is not enough charcoal, in spite of the efforts of Japanese school children to cut wood and carbonate it for charcoal. Coal, too, is ex- cessively rare, because, as Time points out, "of transport difficulties, lack of laborers, and the breakdown of the mining equipment industry. Because of the coal shortage and a great drought all through 1934, electric power was so acutely inadequate that in some places (notably indus- trial Osaka) a 30% cut in consumption was ordered. Osaka was under virtual blackout. Most light industries' were being rationed." The fact that war industries were being rationed indicates the intense seriousness of Japan's problem. THERE IS, moreover, an acute housing shortage all over the nation, for adequate housing in warring Japan has been placed far secondary to the needs of a war economy. Above alU, in the midst of this terrific shortage in food, fuel, power, and housing, the Japanese Diet, two weeks ago, passed the largest budget in Japan's history: $24,000,000, the great share of it to be devoted to the military. The nationalist newspaper, Kornumin, sum- marized Japan's situation in its recent editorial: "There is a limit to the people's patience and endurance of hardship. Present conditions are like a long-distance race without any fixed goal. Even champions become exhausted in such a race." And the Japanese government, seeing that the nation is rapidly facing exhaustion, must decide soon either to stop the war or to IN THIS space Sunday Carl Petersen forgot about the Danes long enough to write a fine account of his impressions of "Grapes of Wrath." It was on Saturday that he saw the picture, (which, incidentally, has Mr. Q's vote as one of the greatest of all time) and, on Sunday, Carl went to see "Gone With The Wind." Mr. Q. thought it would be a fine idea to have him do a follow-up column comparing the two pictures. And, before he went to Detroit, Pete thought it -was a good idea too. But when he came back and was asked about the comparison column, he made a wry face and said:" There can be no real comparison since G.W.T.W., while excel- lent entertainment, cannot approach G.O.W. in significance G.W.T.W. marks one of the better in a long line of Hollywood colossals, while G.O.W. signifies a new trend toward the use of motion pictures as a driving art force." Well, he didn't say it exactly that way since he doesn't speak English very well, but that's what he meant to say. (Confidentially, if Vivien Leigh would send Pete an autograph, he'd be willing to forget all about this driving art force stuff). Mr. Q. hasn't seen G.W.T.W. and probably won't until they lower the admission price down to where you don't have to mortgage something to go. But if that production is as faithful to Mitchell's story as "Grapes of Wrath" is to Steinbeck's original novel, then there can be no real comparison, for G.W.T.W. doesn't deserve to be on the same bookshelf with G.O.W. O NOTE a few random thoughts about the picture and the audience: .. the next person that tells you it was a good picture and all that, but "it was so mnorbid and sad," ask them what the hell they expected, a lawn tea party .. . when people are homeless and starving and trying to find themselves in a world gone crazy with greed and maliciousness, it is kind of hard to make it anything but sad ... how the picture ever got by the various California Chambers of Commerce, the many fruit growers associations, or Mr. Hearst and his powerful interests is still to be wondered at . . . and more credit than ever must be given to Twentieth-Century Fox.- . up to this time, the Warners were practically alone in their drive to make the' motion pictures a medium for artistic and social expression ("Confessions of a Nazi Spy," "Fugitive From a Chain Gang") .. . where are. the parents' brains who bring four and five year olds to a picture like this? ... some of the photographic effects were so expressive. and moving they seemed more liked paintings; the roadside and country scenes especially might very well have come from the brush of Thomas Hart Benton... *M * * THE American Weekly, that sickening news- paper magazine that accompanies some Sun- day papers, has built up a record for filth and sensationalism that won't be beaten for a long while. Every week they come up with the inside details on how some guy supported 17 wives at one time, and then killed all of them to run away with' his pretty nurse. Or else, some fake scientist writes a long account of how sex is, really not sex but simply a trick to keep the human race going. Or again, there will be some exclusive story telling the inside dope on why Hitler wears a mustache or why every United States President gets gray hair. All in all, this Hearst feature that boasts the largest circu- lation of any weekly magazine is a pretty slimy outfit. And, of course, when they can get their minds off sex and phony science, they try to sneak in a little baiting of some kind or other, whether it be Red-baiting, Democratic- baiting, or just plain filth-baiting. A °couple of weeks ago, they ran a feature entitled: "Why Nobody's Sorry Russia Quit the World's Fair," which is the vilest, most con temptible piece of malicious mongering that Mr. Q. has ever come across. Now. there may be people who are glad that the Russian Pavilion has moved out of Flushing Meadows, but Mr. Q. is sure that Grover Whalen, President of the Fair, isn't one of them because the impressive Russian Building was voted the greatest attrac- tion on the grounds (and Mr. Q. just dares anyone to call him a Communist simply because he said the Russians had a marvelous exhibit). Only $4,000 Ten thousand gold pesos from a Montevidean junk. dealer have been paid for the Graf Spee. Four .thousand dollars-the price of a high- priced car, a cheap house, a college education, an annual income of $200-such is its worth today. Does Germany need foreign exchange so desperately that she must, auction off the rem- nants of her defeat? The British, surely, would. have paid her a better price, for all that they may be a race of shopkeepers. Even so, the Graf Spee may yet come back to German soil, when it has been shipped about- the world's markets with other junk, and melted and molded and hammered into Allied aircraft, shells and tanks. More went up in the flames of the scuttling than merely an investment of undisclosed mil- lions in one bf the most complex mechanisms of the age. One would have thought that Ger- many might have left the wreckage where it rested as a monument, or at least have removed it herself and given it decent interment. But no, it is only junk, and nothing must be wasted. Well, anyhow, in the course of this enlighten- ing article on how the Russian workers at the Pavilion lived loose, free-loving lives amid gar- bage and dirt, the writer tells how they revaled the Russian strategy in the present Finnish War. And this was printed as the truth, as having come from the mouths of sincere Russian work- ers. Just listen: "Our strategy against Finland is perfect. We have many millions of men in Russia at least sixty to one against the Finns. Very well. We send five Russians to one Finn to to captured. This means five mouths to feed as against one. The Finns are, of course, bourgeoise humnanitarians-so called-and will feed the prisoners.. The fools! It means starvation to them. "We will, send. thousands over to be killed. When Spring comes these ca- davers will rot. And that means pestilence to the Finns. And so, by higher intelligence we trap the fools by starvation and pesti- lence. "But Russia will. continue to breed new Russians." *, * * NOW that Gulliver has lured June Harris away from this column, Mr. Q. has had to look for a new poet. And, in Freshman Hop- wood-winner Alvin L. Ureles, he thinks he has found a good one. Here is Al's latest contri- bution: The Love That Cannot Be You say my cheeks are pallid That I'm thin and losing weight, I pray, stay hear my story friend, While I elucidate: I'm in love with a beautiful lady, But this jewel can never be mine, There's a harrier set up between us, That's hateful and asinine. Her voice is clear as the meadowlark, Her hair as soft as fluff, Her figure's like an hour glass, Her face is fair enough. If you but knew the passion That shakes my fragile frame, When e'er I hear the mention of My love-life's rippling name. You ask me what's the matter Why our young love cannot thrive, So I'll tell you-She's the heroine In Mmes' "Four Out of Five." - Alvin L. Ureles By JOHN SCHWARZWALDER S A general rule the music critic does well to be on his guard against the virtuoso. Only too often does the possessor of an astounding technique use his facility to amaze his hearers, rather than to give expression to the real value of the music he performs. Often to, he disdains music of serious value for those compositions which best show off his skill. The list is long of violinists whose programs are filled with Paganini Variations, of pianists playing the worst of Liszt, of singers scoring triumphs with the most tasteless of Italian arias. So common is this practice among the great of the concert' stage that it was with genuine surprise ,that we discovered the program of Mr. Artur Ruben- stein, who concludes the Choral Union Series for this year with a concert tonight at Hill Auditorium. Mr. Rubinstein is one of the great virtuosi of our age. His piano technique, it may be stated without fear of exaggeration, is equal or super- ior to that of any contemporary artist. Under such circumstances one would be justified in expecting a program concocted of romantic froth and modern cacaphony, replete with all the tricks the trade has been able to devise since the demise of the harpsichord. Quite the con- trary is true. Mr. Rubinstein's program reads like a musician's dream. THE Busoni transcription of the famous Bach Toccata in C major opens the concert. This contains enough technical difficulty to satisfy the most exacting audience and its sonorities are lost without the ablest possible execution. This is followed by Cesar Franck's Prelude, Chorale and Fugue. Musically this should be the high point of the program. The use of thematic material, the involved polyphony, the serious intent of the composer, were never better exem- plified than in this work. The two impressionistic works that follow, the Prelude in A minor, and Ondine, both by Debussy, provide a welcome contrast and are of undoubted value to the program. Their delicacy and wealth of nuance constitute an appropriate foil to the turbulent Petrouchka of Stravinsky which follows. The Petrouchka, of which the Russian Dance, in Petrouchka's Room, and Russian Fair will be played, is usually heard in orchestral arrangement. We are informed that the score was written for and dedicated to Mr. Rubinstein, and that his playing approaches the orchestral. This point we pass on without further comment. THE PROGRAM concludes with a group of Chopin's better known works, including the brilliant Scherzo in C sharp major, a Berceuse, two unspecified mazurkas, and the noted Polonaise in A flat. It is to be noted that none Dr" e Pcrs RobertS. Al le AGO$ WASHINGTON - The Finnish Minister in Washington received a, letter the other day written by three i Negroes in a Southern jail. It began, 1 "Your Majesty," and voiced the will- ingness of the three to serve in the army of Finland, if they could get out of jail. To help the cause in the mean- time, they enclosed a quarter and ended with, "You can write to us in care of the sheriff, and we'll be here." Mail trucks bring letters like this by the sackful every day to the Fin- nish Legation. Some are addressed to "The Finnish Government inl Washington," and one read, "Fi- nish Government, Care of Uncle Sam, Washington." It contained -a dollar bill. The mail is so heavy that the legation staff has been increased to one of the largest diplomatic staffs in Washington. A year ago it con- sisted of three persons; now there are more than thirty. Expansion has required renting an additional building to serve as Chancery to the Legation. Sample of a recent day's contri- butions: Decorah Chamber of Comn- merce, Decorah, Iowa, $500; Moving Picture Operators Union, Ft. Worth, Texas, $10; resident of San Mateo; Calif., $0.25; Finland Defense Com- mittee, Doylestown, Pa., $1,000; Washington Paint Salesman's Club. $25. These contributions are distinct from the funds being raised by ex- President Hoover's Finnish Relief Fund, Inc., and GeneralnO'Ryan's Fighting Funds for Finland. Latest figures indicate these two organiza- tions have raised $2,000,000 and $500,000 respectively. The Hoover fund, as contrasted to the O'Ryan fund, is for the purchase of civilian supplies, but it has lately expressed willingness to transmit contributions for munitions. Generous, But- Everywhere members of the Fin- nish Legation go they encounter personal goodwill toward their coun- try. Minister Procope took his fountain pen to a shop for repairs. The charge was 25 cents. The shopkeeper de- clined to accept payment. "Use the money for the cause of Finland," he said. Colonel Per Zilliacus, military, attache, called in a physician when his children were taken ill. The doc- tor presented a bill, and said, "Don't send the check to me; send it to your government." Despite all these expressions of sympathy, U.S. aid has been less than Sweden's. Total U.S. assistance, including the $30,000,000 credit from the Export-Import Bank, is around $35,000,000. Sweden has given $95,- 000,000-25 in cash and 70 in mater- ials. Note-The Legation has received a tale from home of the, boyish valor of Finland's famed composer, Jean Sibelius, who, at the age of 73, rushes out of his home near Helsinki every time Russia bombers appear and tries to bring them down single-handed with his old hunting rifle. Never Again The biggest laugh during Senator Burt Wheeler's speech at the hila- ious National Press Club banquet, where nine presidential possibilities told why they should NOT be elected, was prompted by an unexpected sharp remark. "I haven't a chance," the Mon- tanan was saying, "because John L. Lewis is for me. Another reason is. that I was the running-mate of 'Old Bob' Lafollette in 1924-. Still another is that Norman Thomas, who is here with us tonight, sup- ported me. If he should do that again this year I'd be sunk sure." "Don't worry," dryly called out Thomas, 1936 Socialist candidate, "I won't. I only support liberals who stay hitched." Note-Scrappy SEC 'Commissioner Leon Henderson, a third-term boost- er, offered to bet Tom Dewey $5 to. $1 that the next President "is not in this hall," but the young New Yorker smilingly, declined the offer.. Henderson had no better luck with any of the other aspirants. Rated by the newsmen as the wit- tiest speakers of the evening were Democratic Bob Jackson and Repub- lican Bruce Barton, Census "Snooping" The one-man war which Senator Charles Tobey, New Hampshire Re- publican, is waging against "snoop- ing" in the census questionnaire is winning no hosannas from the busi- ness world. Inside fact is that the two queries Tobey is' griping about-concerning family income in 1939-were incor- DAILY OFFICIAL B-ULLETIN Notices To the Members of the University Council: A regular meeting of the University Council will be held Mon- day, March 11, at 4:15 p.m. in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Build- ing. Dean C. S. Yoakum has invited the members of the Council to attend a lecture by Mr. W.nS.Learned of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- vancement of Teaching, which will be given at 3 p.m. in the same room. The agenda of the meeting includes, communications from the Board of, Regents and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of a Civil Service examination to be given April 6 by the Civil Service Commission of the City of Los Angeles for Principal$City Planner. Entrance salary is $300'a month. Local residence requirement waived. Applications must be filed by 5:00 p.m. Friday, March. 15, 1940. Complete announcement on file at the University 'Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupatiopal Informa- tion, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Choral Union . Members in good standing will be issued pass tickets for the Rubinstein concert tonight between the hours of 9 and 12, and 1 and 4. The Rochdale and Congress Coop- erative houses are now jointly ac- cepting applications from those who desire to take advantage of their in- expensive boarding facilities. Phone 6957 for an interview. School of Education Seniors: Class dues must be paid this week, either at the desk in the lobby of the School of Education (first floor) or to men- bers of the Finance Committee. Academic Notices Make-up Final Examinations: Eco- nomies 51, 52, and 5& will be given on Friday, March 8, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 207 Ec. Bldg. Students planning to take any of these examinations must seek permission beforehand, Shorey Peterson English 127: Make-up for final ex- amination will be held Thursday afternoon, March 7, from 2 to 5 o'clock in Room 2225 A.H. Karl Litzenberg History 280: The pro-seminar will not meet today. Psychology 31 Makeup Examina- tion will be held Thursday, March 7, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in Room 3126 Na-. tural Science Bldg. Concerts Choral Union Concert: Artur Rub- instein pianist, will give the final program in the pre-Festival concert series, this evening, at 8:30 o'clock in Hill Auditorium. The public is requested to be seated on time as the concert will begin promptly. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. M. -S. Di- mand, Curator of Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, will lecture on "Excava- tions at Nishapur in East Persia)" (illustrated) under the auspices of the Institute of Fine Arts at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, in the Rackham Amphithcatre, The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: M. Henri Foc- illon, Professor of the History of Art at the College de France and Visiting Professor at Yale University, will lec- ture (in French) on the subject "Manet et la vie Moderne" under the auspices of the Department of Ro- mance Languages at 4:15 p.m. on Monday, March 11, in Room 102' Architecture Building. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Mr. Homer L. Shantz, Chief of the Division of Wild, Life Management in the Forest Serv- ice in Washington, D.C., will lecture on "Vegetation, What It Means" un- der the auspices of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Let- ters, at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, March 15, in the Natural Science Auditor- ium. The public is cordially invited. Francais program, announced for Wednesday, March 6, is postponed to Thursday, March 7, 4:15, Room 103, Romance Language Bldg. WEDNESDAY, VOL. L. League for Liberal Action leture series: Dr. Fedrico Bach, adviser to President Cardenas of Mexico will speak on "The problems of the new Mexico," Thursday, March 7, at 4:15 p.m. in the Natural Science Audi- torium. This is to replace the lecture by Dr. Maynard Krueger which was formerly announced. Please notice change of hour. Seminar in Physical Chemistry will meet in Room 122 Chemistry Build- ing at 4:15 p.m. today. Mr. Adolf F Vogt will speak on "Thermal diffu- sion method of isotopes separation." Botanical Seminar will meet today at 4:30 .m. Room- 1139 N.S. Bldg. Paper by ,. B. Mains-"Photoraph- ing Plants in Color." University Girls' Glee Club: Regu- lar rehearsal tonight at 7:15 in Game Room of League; attendance com- pulsory; please be prompt. Tryouts for French Play today from 3 t, 5 p.m., Room 408 Romance Language Building. Open to all stu- dents interested. 'Tryouts for German Play will be held in Room 300 S.W., today, Thurs- day, and Friday from 3-5 p.m. Open to all students interested. Pre-Medical S udedts Attention: All students interested in forming a Pre-Medical Society are invited to an Organization meeting, today, 510 p.m.y East Amphitheatre (Room 115), West Medical Building. All former Albion College students, with their husbands and wives, are invited to the Albion Alumni Get-to- gether Dinner at 6 o'clock tonight in the parlors of the Methodist Church. The Finance Committee of JGP will meet today in the League at 4:00 p.m.- Those unable to attend, please call Barbara Fisher at 2-2443. A meeting of the Jewish History class will be held tonight at the Hillel Foundation at 7:15. Episcopal Students-Harris Hail: There will be a celebration of the Holy Communion this morning at 7 a.m., follqwed by breakfast in Harris Hall. This will be finished in time for those who have 8 o'clock classes. At noon on Wednesdays there is a lun- cheon in Harris Hall for Episcopal students. A variety of foods are offered for those who wish to keep the Lenten Fast. During luncheon, selec- tions from the Bible are read aloud. Coming Events Zoology Seminar: M;. Everett T. Erickson will report on "The Differ- entiation of the Gonads and Acces- sory Ducts and Glands or their Prim- ordia under the Influence of the Sex Hormones of Normal Adults" and Miss Kathleet L. Hussey on "Devel- opment of the Excretory System in Digenetic Trematodes" on Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ampi- theatre of the Rackham Building. Electrical Enginrig Colloquim Discussion and demonstration of Vacuum tube trigger circuits and re- laxation oscillators by John K. Mills, '40E on Thursday afternoon, March 7, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 101, W. Engr. Bldg. All persons interested in Elec- tronics are invited. Far Eastern Art, F.A. 192. Special Seminar, F.E.A. Room, A.M.H., Thurs- day evening March 7, 7;00 to 9:30 p.m. Attendance Thursday morning only for those who cannot attend the evening seminar. Athena, Speech Society, will hold tryouts on Friday, March 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the League. Phi Tai' Alpha meeting 7:30 n.m., Thursday. Marci 7, Rackham Build- ing. Institute of the Aeronautical Sci- ences: The trip to the Stinson Air- craft factory and the Wayne County Airport will take place on Saturday morning, March 9. All members who wish to make this trip must sign the notice on the Aeronautical Engineer- ing Department Bulletin Board. The- group will leave from the East En- gineering Buildingat 8:00 a.m. La Socedad Hispanica meeting Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the League. A group of students from __I MARCH 6, 1940t No. 111 Jobin's lecture: "Les Hommes de bonne volonte, portrait moral de l France," fourth lecture on the Cercle Major Eliot Lecture: "The War And Us." presented by the Oratorical Association, Thursday at 8:15, Hill Auditorium. Lecture Course patrons please use Mazaryk tickets for ad-, mission. Second balcony seats avail- able at 50 cents.