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Student Government, 1940 Spring Parley
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America On
A War Economy
N HIS message on the budget two
months ago, President Roosevelt
said, "As this budget is being prepared, we are
achieving the highest level of production and
consumption in our history. The extent to
which recovery has progressed and the degree
to which speculation and price increases have
on the whole been kept in check, have made it
possible for us to consider a substantial lessening
of government expenditures on activities not
innediately essential for national defense."
With these words, he justified 'he drastic
curtailment of funds for WPA, NYA and other
government-sponsored projects. From the re-
ports of earnings, already released, profits dur-
ing 1939 were greatly increased over 1938.
Among those firms showing more than 50 per-
cent increases are Inland Steel with a gain of
122.7 percent; DuPont with a 85.7 percent in'
crease; Westinghouse Electric gained 85.7 per-
cent; Endicott Johnson, 88 percent and Cater-
pillar Tractors, 85 percent.
An examination of the industries especially
affected by the increase of production in 1939
shows that they fall into two categories: those
directly affected by war orders from abroad
and those subject to a speculative boom, build-
ing up their inventories in the hopes of getting
in their stock ahead of a substantial rise in
price. Noted economists deplore the latter ac-
tion as being one of the main contributing fac-
tors to creating depressions. Aviation industries
and those in which production has been closely
related to aviation have especiany shown the
results of war orders. Orders received to date
in these plants guarantees their operation at full
capacity for the remainder of this year, at least.
Expansion is also occurring at a very rapid
rate. Douglas Aircraft, one of the large air-
plane manufacturing concerns, is now employ-
ing 12,000 workers and expects to reach a peak
bf 17,000 by June, 1940.
Before the outbreak of the Second World
War, the consumer buying of steel had moved
forward very slowly. With the declaration of
var, consumers rushed into the market and
contracted for steel six months ahead in order
to assure themselves of substantial stocks and
to avoid the payment of higher prices later.
War orders have not multiplied as rapidly as
expected and the index of productive activity
is already falling. The two factors that show
this spurt in production activities since last
September were directly related to the war in
Vurope.
Although there was a very sharp upturn in
production, there was an actual decline in new
corporate investment. The amount of capital
going into new investments reached an all-time
low, lower than any other years except 1933-34.
With no new investment flowing into industry
for expanding production to meet domestic de-
mands, business men were reluctant to expand
plant equipment in response to real or expected
war demands. Production increased more swiftly
in the fourth quarter of 1939 than it ever had
before. The rate of production outran the rate
of distribution. Inventories were overstocked
because there was no effective domestic demand
to balance the failure of war orders to mater-
ialize.
- From the facts presented it is clear that Pres-
By HEiRVIE HAUFLIIt
WHEN you begin to look, even casually, into
student government here, you will realize
that there are organizations which are not
merely the means by which the ambitious fill
out the space beside their 'Ensian picture. You
will find, instead, that there are organizations
which have a sincere purpose of serving the
student body, that there are officers who con-
scientiously try to make their positions more
than empty titles, that there are activities into
which are poured much time and effort.
The chief obstacle in the way of these groups
is the apathy ofthe student body. Against this
wall of disinterest the most determined and
sincere organizations beat their heads in vain.
Plans which could be of benefit to many students
arouse no response; the best-intentioned pro-
grams miscarry.
Student government and its obstacles will be
the subject of the Spring Parley. As a preview,
The Daily will offer this series of articles des-
cribing the purposes and functions of student-
government organizations.
The Men's Congress
WHEN a student joins a fraternity he becomes
W eligible for a number of services and privi-
leges ranging from fraternal unity to use of exam
files. Many of these advantages are beyond the
reach of the independent student. It is Con-
gress' aim to bridge this gap and to serve as the
voice of independent men.
The most impartial aspect of Congress' story
is its never-ending problem of reaching the in-
dependents it is intended to serve. Ever since
its formation in 1937, Congress has by first one
means and then another tried to weld the inde-
pendent majority on campus into a solid, com-
pact unit.
In its first year, when it was called the Mich-
igan Independents, its leaders accomplished
little but talk. They did leave a residue of four
officers, however, who drew up the basic form
of government for Congress during the school
year 19371938. This first organization consisted
of an executive council in charge of activities
and a district council, since discontinued, which
was to formn-the link between Congress and the
individual rooming houses.
AMONG the projects attempted during the
year were: a central exam file, a series of
tea dances, several introductory smokers, and
the first Congress J-Hop booth and breakfast.
The Nazis
'Save' Poland ...
REFUGEE Polish General Wladislas
Sikorski, speaking in Paris recently,
charged the German army with having executed
more than 60,000 Polish men and women in one
single area in the newly-won territories, accord-
ing to a news dispatch.
Although the Nazi government has officially
denied these massacres, reports from impartial
visitors have confirmed the violence of the
killings, if not the extent of them. The recent
Polish White Book, issued by the Polish Emigre
Government in Paris, further charges the Ger-
mans with having shot 136 school boys, 12 and
13 years old, at Bydgoszcz, and with having de-
ported 350 Polish hostages from Gdynia and
after having them dig their own graves, shot
them en masse.
GENERAL SIKORSKI said, "The world will
never forget the mass murder, execution and
tortures of Poles under Nazi rule." Such usually
reliable persons as the Papal representative in
Poland reported the same terrorism existent in
the Polish regions, although they modified the
numbers killed somewhat. Naturally, the offi-
cial German government has denied all of the
various charges springing from the Poles, yet
when reports keep reaching the United States,
from sources wide apart, as Paris, or the Vatican,
there must be some truth in them. Therefore,
even the German devastation of Belgium in the
last war does not begin to compare with the
Polish situation.
The only parallel in modern history, among
so-called civilized states, is in the Chinese-
Japanese war, where mass murders approached
the hundreds of thousands. But to hear the
special short wave programs destined for Amer-
ican ears, which originate in Berlin, the aver-
age citizen here would pooh-pooh the Polish
accusations, laying them to their natural indig-
nation and despair. In fact, respectable mem-
bers of the American press have been inclined
to treat the whole lot of Polish charges as so
much anti-Nazi propaganda.
GRANTED it is propaganda-it is a blanch on
the history of the modern civilized world
that an army or police force of such a well-
disciplined people as the Germans-could de-
liberately kill thousands of non-military men
and women. Not only is it a violation of inter-
national law, but it is an affront to any existing
sense of righteousness, popularly thought to be
a sixth sense of any race-German, Polish, or
American.
- Wllam Elmer
dependency on a war economy, we may event-
tually come to the point where our government
will underwrite the war through loans and,
bonds. There are those who would praise and
support any road that takes us even one step
nearer to prosperity, even though it is short-
lived and eventually brings even greater de-
pression in its wake. For those that want some
alternative, there is the plan of turning our in-
vestment and production toward our domestic
The Congress election that spring drew more
than 400 votes.
What was of more importance ultimately
was that Congress began to talk about student
welfare, to discuss ways and means of benefitting
independent men. The result was that during
the 1938-1939 school year Congress sponsored
these programs: a Congress Cooperative House
on East University; revision of the rooming-
house contract and lowering of the radio fee
from $4 to a maximum fee of $1.25; a tutorial
system by which independents could enlist the
aid of honor students in straightening out their
study problems; and scholarships for needy
independent men.
Indicative of the problem of student disin-
terest that such organizations as Congress face
is the failure of the "booster card" program
which Congress undertook last year. This was
intended to give independent men the same
opportunities of mass-purchasing discounts that
fraternities have. It shaved 30 per cent from
cleaning and pressing coats, 15 per cent from
shoe repairing and 10 per cent from clothing
costs. The plan received little support.
This year Congress has undertaken to pro-
vide fire and theft insurance at reasonable
rates, and has continued the student welfare
programs begun last year.
(This series will be continued in later issues of The
Daily)
Behind The
Kellogg Building
R ISING FROM the corner of 12th
Street and North University Avenue,
directly across from the League, is a building
shining with newness and possessing a quiet
dignity fitting the Kellogg Foundation Insti-
tute for Graduate and Postgraduate Dentistry.
This new acquisition of the University has
been under construction so long, students pass
it by with scarcely a nod, little realizing the
significance of the spirit responsible for its con-
struction.
In June, 1930, an idea was born to W. K.
Kellogg, an idea that incorporated a lofty ideal
. . . "the promotion of the health, education,
and well-being of children directly or indirectly
without regard to race, creed or geographic
boundary."
The means to this end for Kellogg was a
huge non-profit seeking corporation pursuing
at all times its ideal. Statistics show that in the
year ending August 31, 1938, more than $1,000,-
000 was spent to help Columbia University in-
vestigate rheumatic fever (the cause of more
disability among young children than any other
communicable disease), to help the American
Public Health Association study the prevention
of diphtheria, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis
and other communicable diseases.
BUT the heart and life blood of this organiza-
tion was not in national goals, worthy as
they might be. On the contrary, it looked with
especial fondness on its founder's dream-a
smooth working, efficient Michigan Community
Health Project.
This Community Health Project has made
fact a health and education program for many
counties in Michigan ... a program calling into
service county health departments (and it might
be interesting to note that the Washtenaw
Board of Supervisors quashed a recent proposal
for a county heal-th department), an additional
health program, education, camps for children
and general services.
But the Kellogg Foundation is not a domin-
eering overseer in the counties where it has ex-
tended its service. On the contrary, its leaders
reiterate that it welcomes control over health
programs-a control emanating from the peo-
ple of the county, not from the Foundation.
BUT what about the Kellogg Foundation and
this new Institute adding to the prestige of
an already renowned University?
In this, the Kellogg Foundation has pioneered
-has taken a step nowhere duplicated in the
world and made a building come to life devoted
to graduate and post graduate dental study
alone.
Yet, it might be said that such a step is a
departure from the ideal of W. K. Kellogg. Such
questioning is absurd because in this new build-
ing, dentists already practicing and cooperating
in the Foundation plan for affording dental
treatment to youngsters, will be able to return
and perfect new techniques enabling them to
give their patients the best service possible.
-- Richard Harmel
M USIC
3 P.M.-Robert Casadesus, French pianist,
is soloist with New York Philharmonic-Sym-
phony Orchestra, John Barbirolli conducting.
Deems Taylor is intermission commentator.
Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" .. Wagner
Piano Concerto in D major, the
"Coronation," K. 537............Mozart
Robert Casadesus
Symphony No. 4, in C minor, "Tragic". .Schubert
9 to 10 P.M.-John Charles Thomas, baritone,
is guest of Ford Sunday Evening Hour. Eugene
Ormandy conducts the Detroit Symphony Or-
chestra and 26-voice mixed chorus. W. J. Cam-
eron speaks.
Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
OF ALL
THINGS!..
By MretyQ.
ONE of the essentials of a good
society that is really lacking in
our present world setup is a sense of
cooperation. This lack can be seen
time and time again, between indi-
viduals, between communities, be-
tween classes, between nations. The
Germans and the French, however,
are making attempts to solve the
problem and are doing some fine
cooperating. But, you say, they are
at war, (well, if you didn't say it,
you should have) and how can war-
ring nations cooperate? Especially
when they are so opposed as the
Germans and the French?
Well, it turns out that some Ger-
mans aren't quite so opposed to
some French as it seems. And vice
vice. And, it also turns out that
some Germans and some French are
very much interested in cooperating.
So, in the region of the Saar Basin,
they have conceived this ingenious
method of helping each other out:
On the German side, there is the
Thomas Scories steel and iron plant;
extending from the plant, across the
border to the French side, is a long
conveyor belt that transports the
slag from the smelting process to
a French chemical factory. The slag
comes from the German plant, runs
over to the French factory and is
there used in various processes.
That's what Mr. Q. calls coopera-
tion!
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THIS COLUMN was never one to
spread any kind of malicious gos-
sip. In fact, never has it even stoop-
ed to innuendo or shady suggestion.
But a question has come up that
needs to be settled and Mr. Q. feels
it his duty to ask: WHAT HAPPEN-
ED TO THAT POLICEMAN WHO
WENT INTO MOSHER-JORDAN
FRIDAY NIGHT TO INVESTIGATE
THE FIRE?
THE other day, Henry McLemore,
who is probably the best sports-
writer in the country (if Mel Fine-
berg is reading this, what difference
does it make?) wrote a piece about
the trip he and Mrs. M. were making
from California to Florida. It had
nothing to do with the kind of sports
he usually writes about and yet was
run on the sports pages. All of which
merely points to the flexibility of
sports stories and is a round-about
(very round-about) way of leading
up to the following clipping from
Jack Cuddy's United Press story the
other day. He was discussing the
Jenkins-Larkin fight and mentioned
if Jenkins won, his manager, Hymie
Caplin, a character in his own right,
would press on his determination
to become a Texas cowboy. Cuddy
notes that such a development would
menace the welfare of the Lone Star
State. Referring to Caplin, Cuddy
wrote:
... meanwhile Manager Cap-
lin says: "I'm determined to be-
come a kosher cowboy. Jenkins
will belt out Larkin an' 'nen he'll
cop the title from Ambers. After
dat, Jenkins an' me go to Texas
to buy conjoining ranches wid-
out no fences between 'em. I
don't want no fences becuz I
can's ride a gee-gee w'en it
jumps a fenet."
Caplin got his early cowboy
training by riding the merry-go-
round horses at Coney Island.
Later, he studied horseflesh via
the racing sheets. He is an ex-
perienced cattle man, having
made an unsuccessful venture
with a delicatessen store which
specialized in corn beef.
One of the doubting reporters
said to Hymie, "So, you crave to
canter after the cattle?"
Hymie countered indignantly
with, "What's a cantor got to
do wid cattle? A cantor sings in
a synagog."
What sold Hymie on the life
of a Texas cowboy?
"Well, a couple months ago me
and Jenkins visit summna his
frien's at Arlin'ton, Texas, on a
big ranch." Caplin explained.
"You know wot we had fer
breakfes' ev'ry mornin'? Quail on
toas'. Dat's wot we had at da
ranch. Nobody eats so good as
cowboys."
Did Hymie actually ride a
horse down in Texas?
"Shoah 'nuff!" declared Hy- ,
mie, lapsing into his Texas ver-
nacular. "I jumps onto wunna
dose plugs, and he sees right
away he's got a sucker in da
saddle. So he takes me for a
ride. Fer four ' miles, he runs
like a kid wot has robbed a fruit
peddler. An' me hangin' on wid
both han's.
"When he stops, I slide off and
lead him back to da ranch. But
I'm gonna take a coupla ridin'
lessons at Central Park and loin
da right moves. Nen I'll pick
up wid dat Texas hoss right
where we left off. I'll accept his
challenge. I'll ride him inta da
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1940
VOL. L. No. 115
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. S. 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
College of Literature, Science, and
the Arts; School of Music; and School
of Education: Students who received
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
work is made up by March 12. Stu-
dents wishing an extension of time
beyond this date in order to make up
this work should file a petition ad-
dressed to the appropriate official
in their school with Room 4 UM.H
where it will be transmitted.
Pre-law students interested in ap-
plying for regional scholarships in
Columbia University Law School
should make application to the Direc-
tor of Admissions at Columbia Uni-
versity before March 15. When mak-.
ing application for one of the regional
scholarships awarded by Columbia
University Law School, the student
should send an official transcript of
his record at the University of Michi-
gan.
1940 Mechanical Engineers: Inter-
views with the Pennsylvania Rail-
road representatives will be held on
Tuesday, March 12. 'See bulletin
board for further information.
Senior Women: Come for caps and
gowns Monday, March 11, from 1
to 6 p.m. in the League Ballroom.
Rental for cap and gown, $4.50; re-
fund, $3. Rental for gown alone, $3;
refund, $2. Rental for cap and tas-
sel, $1.75; refund, $.75.
Varsity Glee Club: The following
men have been selected for, and are
expected to go on the Spring' Trip.
Whitney, Connor, Gibson, Lima-
tainen, Sorenson, George Brown, Ha-
beraecker, Landis, J. George, C.
Brown, Ossewaarde, Mattern, Fromm,
Luxan, Hines, Gell, Mason, Peterson,
Langford.
Rector, Berger, Penn, Heininger,
MacIntosh, Allen, Tobin, Secrist,
Scherdt, Kelly, Crowe, Tuttle, Re-
pola, Steere, Erke, Vandenberg, Pin-
ney, Barber.
In addition to these men the fol-
lowing will also be expected to at-
tend rehearsals for the rest of the
semester.
Holt, Strickland, Loessel, Muller,
Hardy, Stephenson, Lovell, Shale,
Fennimore.
Unusual Opportunity in Vick School
of Applied Merchandising: Dr. Wil-
liam Moseley Brown, Director of the
Vick School of Applied Merchandis-
ing, New York, will be on the campus
March 11 and 12 to interview appli-
cants for appointments to fellow-
ships in the school for the year 1940-
1941.
These fellowships provide an un-
usual opportunity to college seniors
who are expecting to go into business.
The number of appointees is limited
to twenty each year, who are select-
ed from several hundred college men
applying.
All seniors interested in obtaining
further information about the pro-
gram of the school are requested to
meet Dr. Brown at 2:30 p.m., March
11, in The University Bureau of
Appointments and Occupational In-
formation, 201 Mason Hall.
The luncheon and forum meetings
with Dr. Stephen S. Wise announced
for today are cancelled, due to the
illness of Dr. Wise.
Academic Notices
Psychology 42: Makeup for first
bluebook will be held Monday, March
11, at 4 p.m. in Room 1121 Natural
Science.
Economics 173: Hour bluebook in
1025 A.H., Tuesday, March 12, at 8.
R. P. Briggs
Concerts
Faculty Concert: Arthur Hackett,
baby's cries and out comes the nurse
with the bundle. Mr. D. just gapes,
and the nurse brings the little mon-
ster.
"Would you like to see it?" asks
the frightened nurse.
tenor, Hanns Pick, violoncellist, Ava
Comin Case, pianist, with Grace Wil-
son and William Schottstaedt, accom-
panists, will give a program in the
School of Music Faculty Concert
Series this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock,
in Hill Auditorium. The public is
invited without admission charge.
Lectures
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.
Mr. Louis Untermeyer schedule:
Tuesday, March 12. Lecture: "Pio-
neers and Liberators," 4:15 p m.
Rackham Amphitheatre..
Wednesday, March 13. Informal
discussion ("Pioneers and Libera-
tors"). 4:15 p.m. Men's Lounge, Rack-
ham Building.
University Lecture: "Poets of the
Machine Age." 8:15 p.m. Rackham
Lecture Hall.
Thursday, March 14. Lecture: "Old
and New England." 4:15 p.m. Rack-
ham Amphitheatre.
Friday, March 15. Informal dis-
cussion ("Old and New England").
4:15 p.m. East Conference Room,
Rackham Building.
Lecture on "Wood Poles": Dr. R.
H. Colley, Timber Products Engineer
with the Bell Telephone Laboratories,
will give an illustrated lecture on
"Wood Piles" in the Chemistry Audi-
torium at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday,
March 20. Students in the School of
Forestry and Conservation are expect-
ed to attend and classes will be dis-
missed for this purpose. Any others
interested are invited.
Special Lecture: Dr. Harold E.
Himwich of Union University Medi-
cal School, Department of Physiology,
on Shock Treatment in Schiz-
ophrenia, Monday, March 11, at 7:30
p.m. in the lecture room of The Neuro-
psychiatric Institute, University Hos-
pital. Those interested are cordially
invited.
Dr. Wilbur M. Smith of Chicago
will lecture on "Christ, Natural or
Supernatural" today at 4:00 p.m. in
the Grand Rapids Room of the
Michigan League.
Today's Events
Eastern Inspection Trip: Import-
ant meeting of all men interested in
the Spring Vacation Eastern Inspec-
tion Trip at 5 p.m. today in the Mich-
igan Union. _A deposit of $5.00 must
be made at that time to insure ac-
commodations for the trip.
International Center: Following
our regular supper this evening, Pro-
fessor Lawrence Preuss will speak at
7 o'clock in the Lounge on "Interna-
tional Maritime Law in the Present
War."
Graduate Outing Club will meet
today at 2:30 p.m. in the rear of the
Rackham Building. Tentative pro-
gram includes skating at the Coliseum
or a hike to the outskirts of Ann
Arbor. Supper at the club rooms.
All graduate students, faculty and
alumni invited.
The Michigan Wolverine will hold
its regular Social Hour tonight
6:00-10:30. Classical music from
6:00 to 7:00 and popular music from
7:00 to 10:30.
Hillel Foundation will give a record
concert at the Foundation tonight at
8:00. An all-Tchaikovsky program,
including the Romeo and Juliet over-
ture, the D minor Violin Concerto,
and the Fourth Symphony, will be
given. The public is invited.
Lutheran Student Club meeting
today at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:00
Loyal Gryting will give the fourth in
a series of presentations on "The
Faith for Our Day."
Coming Events
German Table for Faculty Mem-
bers will meet Monday at 12:10 p.m.
in the Founders' Room, Michigan
Union. All faculty members interest-
ed in speaking German are cordially