::, >; F1 GE FUT3R tfl~ 1~I1ANDAILY -~ ~ '~,ff ~ ,.-, - ,... M ... _ a THE MICHIGAN DAILY THE EDITOR GETS TOLD.. . 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 ADVEN.SING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Member, ;Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Editorial Staff Carl Petersen. Elliott Maraniss . Stan M. Swinton Morton L. Linder . Norman A. Schorr . . . Dennis Flanagan . John N. Canavan. Ann Vicary. Mel Fineberg . . Business Staff Business Manager . Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Publications Manager . f Managing Editor Editorial Director . City Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor *Women's Editor . Sports Editor Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko . Jane Mowers *Harriet S. Levy Orgainization For Finnish Relief To The Editor: T HE FINNISH RELIEF DRIVE is now being carried on in a highly organized, and, I take it, very effective manner, in the girls dormitories and sororities. This is no hit or miss collection. Every girl is approached individually and m- thodically. First a meeting of the corridor chairmen is called by the housemother who gives a short talk, followed by the announcement that every girl is expected to add her 50 cents to the drive. She asks if there are any objections, and after a short silence she assumes the matter to be settled. After this, the responsibility for each corridor rests with the chairman Each chairman .then calls a meeting of her corridor. The affiliated girls are approached through their sororities, but the independents are more of a problem. Their names are listed by the chairmen who assumes personal respon- sibility for going to see each one after the meet- ing to collect the money. No girl has to give. If she likes she can explain to the chairmen why she does not wish to contribute to tb, fund. Aside from the matter of pressure in the dormitories and even greater pressure in the sororities, other methods are used to get the girls to chip in their 50 cent pieces. In the firt place, strong emphasis is placed on the fact that the money is not being used for munitions. Furthermore (and perhaps this hits closer to home) in return for each 50 cents the donor receives a ticket to a concert, a special benefit concert, to which the traditional Everyone is going. An additional inducement is offered in the fact that Herbert Hoover himself may be present. A slight rumble of protest has sounded through the dormitories. Some of it is a purely finan- cial reverberation. "If it were just a nickle or something I wouldn't mind. But 50 cents!" Some of the girls, however, object on prin- ciple to giving money for Finnish relief. They feel that this organized drive is a definite at- tempt to drag us out of our already too shaky neutrality. Nor can they quite see the point of sending to Finland money that is badly needed in America. Somehow these complaintshseem to be voiced in the same spirit in which people complain about the cold or about the amount of rain in Ann Arbor. No one, apparently, is seriously entertaining the idea of refusing to give to the fund. Many of the girls who feel most strongly about the whole matter are bowing to the in- evitable, An organized drive like this was never made while the Spanish republic was being defeated. China is still fighting an aggressor nation, yet there is no move on the part of dormitories and sororities to get up a collection for her aid. It takes Hoover's relief fund to rouse enough pres- sure so that even those who disapprove are almost forced into giving. I hope there will be more protest, protest backed by some idea of action, than I have so far heard. -- Barbara Woolcoti. By JOHN SCHWARZWALDER NIGHT EDITOR: WILLIAM NEWTON The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. An Understanding Of Religious Beliefs . KENNETH MORGAN, director of the Student Religious Association, op- ened the Association's new lecture series on "The Existence and Nature of Religion" with a discussion of "What Is Religion?" yesterday eve- ning. The series thus opened presents a source of valuable information and formulation of opinion to students here at the University. The question of what religious faith to fol- low, what doctrines to believe in, what creeds are right, is one which has been thrown at Man from the first day of his existence; and he is likely to seek an answer to it until the day when his species passes from the earth. The youth. of a nation-or, rather, of the world-is the group to which the question of religion should. be most important, for the youth of today will be the guilding and ruling group of tomorrow, What we believe in is bound, whether we so desire it or not, to influence what we do, the way we live. One of the basic ideas behind our democratic form of government is necessarily tolerance, and tolerance is a virtue to be learned through religion. It may well be said that the adherents of one faith are not tolerant toward the followers of another. Yet, it will be found, this intolerance is due more to ignorance than to disapproval. Students, no matter what they, believe in or do not believe in, Buddhists or Christians, ag- nostics or atheists, should be eager to learn all that is possible about religion as a whole and about specific religious faiths. Such knowledge will aid them in developing tolerance and in organizing their own thought-thought, in re- lation to every subject from politics to personal ethics. The lecture series begun by the SRA's talk offers an opportunity to acquire this knowl- edge. - William Newton. More Sportsminanship At Sport Meets .. . T HE INEVITABLE impulse on the part of a majority of those attend- ing basketball games to boo opponents and offi- cials has rankled those who retain some sem- blance of sportsmanship. The Code of Sports- manship for Students formulated by The Daily Northwestern, therefore, is of great interest. In the Jan. 5 edition of the paper, there ap- peared the following: "Tomorrow night Northwestern will play its first conference basketball game against Purdue in Patten gym. "In the past Northwestern fans have been subject to criticism by opposing players, friends of the visiting team, and officials who work the game.". In an effort to seek student cooperation for good sportsmanship in the stands, The Daily is printing here the following Northwestern code of Sportsmanship. 1. That opposing players deserve the same treatment as our own players. 2. That officials may make mistakes, but -that they certainly deserve fair and cour- teous treatment. 3. That heckling of opposing players about to attempt free throws simply must not occur. 4. That good sportsmanship is as neces- Army Recruits From The N.Y.A. To The Editor: Afriend of mine was in line the other day waiting to be stripped of his civil liberties and social security in order to be measured for a shell-hole, a cross and a poppy, when he noticed the following news item which appeared re- cently in the New York Post: WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.- .P)-The Na- tional Youth Administration said today it had asked State NYA directors to turn over to the United States Army recruiting ser- vice, upon request, a list of all male en- rollees between the ages of 18 and 25. Officials said the order followed a sugges- tion by the recruiting service that perhaps many young men now receiving from $14 to $21 a month from the NYA would find the army's base pay of $21 a month for a re- cruit, plus food and clothing, more attrac- tive. NYA agreed to provide these lists, offi- cials said, with the stipulation that there be no recruiting on the site of an NYA project or during working hours. The NYA will not officially encourage en- listment in the military service, authorities said. Now I've been sort of out of touch with the campus for a few months and I'm not sure what the boys in Ann Arbor are thinking these days. But it strikes me, as this country covers the S1914-1917 period in double quick time, that this offer ought to appeal to students on NYA. NYA workers should at least have this propo- sition called to their attention - and they shouldn't scoff at the base bay of $21 a month, plus food and clothing. That isn't the whole story. Look at the future in it! -Bob Perlman, '39. I'd R ather Be RIGHT! By SAMUEL GRAFTON IT IS A YELLOW CLIPPING, old and tired; it has been lying in an envelope in the office library for 16 years. It bears a dispatch from Berlin, Germany, dated July 13, 1924, and starts thus: "German fascism is 'on the skids.' The developments in Italy rising out of the murder of Deputy Matteotti have had marked effect on the fortunes of German fascism, while develop- ments in France . . . have taken a great deal of wind out of the sails of the Fascist movement . in this country .. . "The most striking evidence of this fact is the resignation of Hitler as leader of the Deutsch Voelkische, or, as it is sometimes called, the National-Socialist party. He has been succeeded temporarily by the Fascist Deputy - Straffer. Added to these factional squabbles there is a serious lack of funds confronting the Fascist movement . . " Another clipping, dated May 14, 1926, is head- ed: "German Fascists Found No Menace," and declares that Berlin police officials "who yes- terday discovered a mass of documentary evi- dence which revealed the existence of a plot to establish a German fascist dictatorship, are now inclined to consider the existence of the alleged plot greatly exaggerated." These old clippings are almost too interesting. Each is a frozen snap judgment; history written while it was happening, and now each is em- balmed in a brown-paper envelope, the withered corpse of a dead idea. For example: "BERLIN, Oct. 13, 1930-Fascism, garbed in brown shirts and tan riding breeches, marched defiantly into the Reichstag's plenary chamber this afternoon and somewhat awkwardly de- posited itself in the 107 seats reserved for its protagonists on the extreme right side of the house . . "The 107 deputies, led by Dr. Frick, their floor leader . . . made a theatrical entry which sent waves of laughter through the chamber. "Adolf Hitler remained in seclusion at a small downtown hotel, but maintained regular courier service between it and the Reichstag." One wonders whether the couriers told him how the other deputies had laughed. Another clipping, very choice, is dated Berlin, Oct. 19, 1930, and runs as follows: "'I regard the National Socialist (Fascist) Party as a flash in the pan which will soon be over,' declared Thomas Mann, the author, today.. "Questioned on the similarity, if any, between Italian and German fascism, the 1929 Nobel Prize winner answered. "'There is one great difference between them. Our Fascists display an appalling unworldiness'. " A collector's item among clippings is this, dat= ed Jan, 1, 1933, and also from Berlin. (The most interesting clippings are those dated Berlin), It declares: "The revolt in the (Nazi) party's ranks has left it in anything but a fighting condition. ... It is doubtful whether Herr Hitler will risk a clash at this stage . . . Remains to be seen whether Herr Hitler is strategically situated to. take up the cudgels. Informed political circles say that he is not and that General von Schleich- er is determined to cure him of any desire for a fresh fight. In this the Chancellor has the complete backing of President von Hindenburg." Von Hindenburg, who was to turn Germany over to Hitler in 29 days. I have before me a news story about some who think the current agitation about the Christian Front is exaggerated and absurd. It is on fresh, white newsprint. It will take this clipping at 1Aa.- 1n v-i,Z rj a s- 1 I -r H1~-1 1"ll e in if l 7 Drew Pedrson~ and ~I~ Robet S. Allen 4.0 WASHINGTON - According to most of the people of Louisiana there have been two Louisiana Purchases. One was in 1803 when the struggling young Government of the United States purchased the vast Louisiana territory from trance. The second was in 1936 when the Roosevelt Administration suddenly wired the U.S. district attorney in New Orleans to drop the income tax suits against Seymour Weiss and other Huey Long supporters. Shortly ,thereafter Seymour Weiss, previously ;bitter against Roosevelt, appeared at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as an enthusiastic Roosevelt rooter, and the entire Louisiana delegation voted for the President's nomination. Now in 1940 comes the report of a Third Louisiana Purchase. A good part of New Orleans is buzzing with rumor thatthe grand jury investi- gation of the Maestri-Long machine, which rules southern Louisiana, sud- denly has been dropped on orders from Washington. Furthermore, it is reported that in return for this the Maestri-Long machine will support Roosevelt for a third term. The run-off primary election in Louisiana takes place on Feb. 20, winding up the hot gubernatorial race between Huey's brother, Earl Long, and Sam Jones. Further in- dictments of the Maestri-Long ma- chine would of course tend to swing the election to Jones, which for the first time in years would free Louisi- ana from Hueyism. The Real Facts Rumors of a Third Louisiana Pur- chase have become so persistent re- cently that The Washington Merry- Go-Round has made a careful check of the facts, and is able to report the following : The first primary election in Lou- isiana this year took place on Jan. 16. The week before Jan. 16, a fed- eral grand jury was sitting in New Orleans considering indictments for selling hot oil. Among those whom the grand jury had under investiga- tion were William Helis, one of the biggest oil operators in Louisiana, and his partner, Robert Maestri, Mayor of New Orleans and backbone of the Long machine. On Friday, Jan. 12, while the grand jury was in session, John Rogge, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division, got a telephone call from Washington and stepped out of the jury room. He had been in New Orleans handling the Louisiana prosecution personally and had done a spectacular job., Rogge was absent from the jury room for nearly an hour. When he returned, he informed the grand jury that he had been talking to Wash- ington, and that it was Washington's wishes that no political figures be in- dicted until after elections., This provoked considerable resent- ment from the grand jury, one of whose leaders protested: "Aren't we the grand jury? It is for us to de- cide whom we shall indict, not Wash- ington." However, Rogge, although obvious- ly not pleased with his telephone in- structions from Washington(, per- suaded the grand jury to suspend its operations, so that it could resume after elections. Note-The Justice Department, when questioned about this, admit- ted the telephonic instructions were sent to Rogge but said it was made clear the grand jury could proceed on Wednesday, Jan, 17, one day after elections. Muestri's Partner Indicted However, Earl Long, the Maestri candidate, did not win on Jan. 16, and the grand jury was not called back on Jan. 17. In fact, it has not been called back at all. Presumably this was because of the second run- off election on Feb. 20 and pre- sumably also because any more in- dictments of "political figures" still would upset the Huey Long gang in Louisiana. Particularly significant is the fact, that on Jan, 12, the day Rogge got the phone call fronm Washinlgton, William Helis was Indicted. Pre- suambly Delis was not a "political figure." However, he is the partner of Macstri. Mayor Maestri, a "po- litical figure," was riot indicted. Since then Justice Department of- ficials have explained that through a technicality in the hot oil law the fact that it was not promulgated -Maestri is in a position where he did not violate a federal law, even though he made a fortune in hot oil. In Louisiana, however, it is point- ed out that a state law provides that no member of the Louisiana Conser- vation Commission can hold oil-leases or royalty rights; and that Maestr while chairman of the Conservation Commission held such leases. Fur- thermore, Justice Department offi- cink nlmit that nvone that violate WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1940 VOL. L. No. 94 Notices Cancellation of Student Tea: There will be no Student Tea this week as announced yesterday. The Michigan Society for Group Hospitalization has given notice of a revision and liberalization of its con- tracts as follows, which will shortly be embodied in a rider that will be sent to each contract holder for at- taching to his contract: "The revised certificate provides coverage for every type of case ad- missible to a hospital. This includes hospitalization not only for those cases ordinarily cared for in general hospitals, but also for hospital care of contagious diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis, and nervous and men- tal diseases. This means that every type of case admitted to a hospital, with the exception of maternity care, which is available after the subscrib- er has been enrolled for twelve con- secutive months, will be covered im- mediately. "The new certificate will not only provide this full coverage for a period of twenty-one days as heretofore but additional protection will be provided for a period of ninety days at a dis- count of 50 per cent from the regular hospital charges. The extension in, days applies to every enrolled sub- scriber, making it possible for each member of the family included'in the subscribers' contract to be hospital- ized for as long as 111 days each year." Shirley W. Smith Do not attach Campus parking tags for any preceding year to 1940 license plates. Parking lot police have in- structions to remove any last year's tags attached to this year's plates. Committee on Parking Marsh and Mandelbaum Scholar- ships for 1940-1941: Students in the Literary College may now file appli- cations for the above scholarships, on blanks to be obtained from the office of the Dean of the College, 1210 Angell Hall. All applications must be re- turned to the same office on or be- fore March 1. Awards will be an- nounced sometime in April. For the photograph required, either a snapshot or a duplicate of that at- tached to the student identification card may be used. The Marsh Scholarships have re- cently carried stipends of $50 or $75. The Mandelbaum Scholarships, of which three are awarded to men stu- dents in the Literary College, carry stipends of approximately $350. The scholarships here named are restrict- ed to those who are students of the Literary College only, and in award- ing them consideration is given to character, need of financial assist- ance, and scholarship, in the order named,. Owing to the limited amount of funds available, awards under these scholarships are normally granted only to students whose enrollment in the college, has exceeded one year. eviations from this are made only in very exceptional instances. Eligibility for Second Semester: Students applying for eligibility cer- tificates for the second semester are reminded that they must present first semester report cards at Room 2, Uni- versity Hall, in order to assure im- mediate receipt of their new cards. First semester eligibility certificates will be invalid after March 1. All Applications for Fellowships and Scholarships in the Graduate School of the University must be re- turned to the Graduate School Office by February 15 in order to be given consideration. Henry Russel Award: Nomination blanks have been sent by campus mail to department heads and other ad- ministrative officers. In the event that any of those failed to reaph their destination, additional blanks may be obtained from the Chairman of the Committee, R. L. Wilder, 3001 A.H. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; School of Music; and School of Education: Students who received I marks of "I" or "X" at the close of their last semester or summer ses- sion of attendance will receive a grade of "E" in the course unless this worlk is made up by March 12. Students wishing an extension of time beyonc this date in order to make up thi work should file a petition addressed to the appropriate official in their school with Room 4 U.H. where it will be transmitted. Choral Union TMembers in good standing will be issued pass tickets foi the Bartlett and Robertson concert Wednesday, February 14, between the hoursof 9 and 12, and 1 and 5. Summer Employment: All student who wish to register with the Bureat of Appointments for summer jobs arc notified that registration forms ma) .be obtained Tuesday through Fridal DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN February 15, at 4:15 p.m. in 205 Mason Hall. T. Luther Purdom,.-Director University Bureau of Appontments and Occupational Information Electrical Engineering Sophomores and Juniors: The Dayton Power and Light Company, Dayton, Ohio, has a limited number of summer positions f or selected undergraduates in E.E. Those interested call at Room 274 W. Engr. Bldg., and if interviews are desired later, notify Mrs. Shutko in the same office. Phi Sigma: No meeting this week. The Congress Cooperative House, 909 East University, is accepting ap- plications for board this semester. An appointment for an interview may be obtained by telephoning 2-2143, or coming to the house. Cooperative Boarders: Katharine Pickerill House, girls cooperative, 328 E. William St.. is open for applica-. tions for boarders for the second sem- ester. Phone 2-1454. Ushers of Theatre Arts Committee: Lists are posted on the bulletin board at the League for the puppet show this Friday and Saturday. Sign up before 4:30 on Thursday. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of ,the following Civil Service examinations. Last date for filing application is noted in each case; MICHIOAN: Motor Equipment Repairman1 B, salary range: $105-125, Feb. 23. Motor Equipment Repairman A, salary range $130-150, Feb. 23. Institution Stores Clerk C, salary range $80-100, Feb. 23. Stores Clerk C, salary range $80- 100, Feb. 23. Institution Stores Clerk B, salary range $105-125, Feb. 23. Stores Clerk B, salary range $105- 125, Feb. 23. Liquor Store Clerk Cl, salary range, $95-110, Feb. 23. Game Ornithologist It (open to men only), salary range $200-240, Feb. 28. UNITED STATES: Radio Inspector, salary $2,600, Mar. 4. Assistant Radio Inspector, salary $2,000, Mar. 4. Complete announcements o in file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Academic Not"ices Philosophy MWF at 10. Philosophy MWF at 10. Philosophy MWF at 2. Philosophy MWF at 9. 32 meets in 306 M.H. 34 meets in 205 M.H. 108 meets in 406 M.H. 114 meets in 401 M.H. ONE OF THE RAREST of artistic collabora- tions is the Piano Duo. For every success- ful team 'of this sort one can name at least a dozen soloists and almost that many larger groups.: This fact malkes the more interesting the appearance at Hill Auditorium tonight of Bartlett and Robertson, noted British duo pi- anists, in the ninth concert of this year's Choral Union Series. The reason for the scarcity of artists in this particular medium is the less understandable when the number of pianists now trying vainly to earn a living as soloists is recalled, and when one remembers that for the excellent duo pi- anists there is a constant and appreciative, if not too numerous public. Yet, when one men- tions Frey and Braggioti, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ncaier Bartlett and Robertson, and the now de- funct team of Maier and Pattison, the list is close to its end. Only a few others have at- tained any world-wide or even national celebrity. Of the many other attempted collaborations most have perished ignominously. This fact is due, we believe, not to any technical difficul- ties with the medium, since any two reason- ably good pianists can decide upon a rhythm and play the notes at a satisfactorily simultan- eous time, but upon the elusive but omni- present question of temperament. For this is no dictatorship like an orchestra director's, nor the absolute dominance of a soloist. This must be a partnership of the mood and the spirit as well as of rhythm and dynam- ics and such a partnership is extremely difficult to achieve. Bartlett acnd Robertson are pre- eminent in their field largely because they have been able to do just this. Their concert last year was the artistic high spot of the Choral Union Series and there is every reason to ex- pect as much from them tonight. For those who want to hear polyphony played with rare feeling and clarity we can whole-heartedly recommend their exquisite playing of Bach's To- night's program includes three movements from one of the sonatas, another prelude, and the famous Jesu, My Heart's Joy. For the romanticists Schumann and Chopin are included in arrangements by Mr. Robertson. Political -Science 52, MWF, 9, will meet in Room 205 Mason Hall begin- ning Wednesday, February 14. Political Science 52, TTS, 9,and TTS, 10, will meet in Room 2003 Angell Hall beginning Thursday, Feb- ruary 15. Political Science 92 will meet in Room 1035 Angell Hall. English 30 ID will meet Thursday, 2-4 p.m., 3217 A.H. English 232. Organization meeting will be held today, 4 p.m. 2213 A.H. Psychology 38, 138: Students who are entering the laboratory this sem- ester are requested to attend an in- troductory lecture at 5 p.m. today in Room 31P6 N.S. Bldg. Thursday laboratory section meets this week; all others have their first meeting next week. English 301E. There will be ai or- ganization meeting at 5 p.m. today in 3232 A.H. N. E. Nelson English 298. Students in Iy. sec- tion who have not already reserved a period for consultation should do so this week. I shall be in the Hop- wood Room every day from 9 to 12 a.m. R. W. Cowden English 298. Students in my section will meet in Room 3216 Angell Hall, today at 4:30 p.m. E. A. Walter Mathematics 193, Introduction to the Theory of Sets. Preliminary meeting to arrange hours, today at 5 o'clock, in 3201, A.H. Mathematics 58, Spherical Trigo- s nometry. Preliminary meeting to a arrange hours, today at 4 o'clock e in 3011 Angell Hall. Anyone unable y to attend, please leave schedule in y the Mathematics Office.