Weather 4bF A6F CIL ..i4,tr4tg...It atix Editorial CongessWal- VOL L. No. 120 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1940 I PRICE FIVE CENTS Varied Talks Open Annual Arts Academy Sessions Here Untermeyer Sees Culture Of Present-Day America As Approaching Maturity Convention Closes All Sections Today Bringing Ann Arbor descriptions of many striking achievements the past year in scientific and cultural fields, the Michigan Academy of Sci- ence, Arts and Letters opened yester- day for more than 200 delegates in its 45th Annual two-day session. Discussing the close correlation be- tween "Museums and Education" and the problems it presents, Dr. Carl E Guthe, director of Museums and president of the Academy, pointed out in his presidential address in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Build- ing that these problems are now in the process of solution. After outlining causes for the growth of museums in both Europe and the United States, Dr. Guthe emphasized that "ultimately if the museum is to be recognized as a stable social institution, its field of activity must be defined, its principles must be codified, and its methods must be systematized." Michigan Folklore Before voting to incorporate itself as a section into the Academy, the guest group on folklore heard Louis Untermeyer, nationally famous poet, describe the recent turn of poets, painters and composers to native themes as a marked "maturing of American culture." Claiming he was merely "an im- passioned and interested observer," Mr. Untermeyer concluded by prais- ing this recent trend because "nearly all great art has its roots in the ground. No artist can discover his soul until he discovers this soil," he said. Among other speakers in the sec- tion were Prof. Lewis G. VanderVelde, director of Michigan Historical col- lections, and Prof. Ivan H. Walton of the engineering school. Sociology "Behind the lines of destruction and fighting in China, there has tak- en place in the hinterland an unpar- alleled experiment of reconstruction, literally amounting to the building up of a new nation in a world of ruthless and needless destruction." Thus did Mr. Pinsang Hsia, joint manager of the Bank of China in New York, pic- ture the "rise of a new China," at a lunch held jointly with the econom- ics section. Domination rather than leadership explains the power of Father Cough- lin today, Miss Eleanor Paperno of Wayne University explained in the afternoon session. The distinction, she said, lies in the fact that results are the goal of domination (and Coughlin seeks results) while leader- ship aims for education and learning. Economics War, national defense and econom- ic planning furnished the economics section with its discussion subjects yesterday. Prof. Arthur Smithies of the economics department predicted a period of competing nationalisms after the present World War. Ex- plaining England's lack of maximum organizational efficiency today, Pro- fessor Smithies said it was due to the political and social considerations binding Englishmen. History, Political Science Showing that U.S. foreign policy is sliding away from strict isolation to a balance of power, and possibly col- lective security, because of the dis- approval of aggressor nations by the American people, Prof. Jesse S. Reeves, of the political science department, pointed out that America is still very strong for peace, a peace which when it comes should give the U.S. secur- (Continued on Page 6) Walter L. Wright, Turkish Educator, S peaks Tomorrow President Walter L. Wright of Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, will speak on "International Education in a Time of World Crisis," at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the International Cen- Michigan Natators Beat Wayne For Ninth Straight Dual Victory Powerful Tartars Make Meet Most Thrilling Of Season; Five Close Events Feature 54-30 Triumph By DON WIRTCHAFTER Michigan churned out a thrilling and thunderous denial of Wayne Uni- versity swimming supremacy last night by turning back the powerful Tartar invaders, 54-30, in a dual meet at the I-M pool. In their final home appearance of the year, the Wolverines again flashed the balance and power that carried them to the front in seven of the nine events. With Jimmy Welsh out of competition, Wayne grabbed its two firsts in the middle-distance races as Andy Clark, the National AAU medley king, proved too fast for the Michigan entries. Wayne was all that it was expected to be. With an amazing first-year record of five wins against one de- feat, Coach Leo Maas' band of sopho- more stars made Michigan's ninth straight dual triumph the most thrill- packed meet in the I-M pool this sea- son. Medley Relay Team Wins It started in ordinary Wolverine fashion with Matt Mann's medley relay trio romping home a length of the pool ahead of the Tartar team. Francis Heydt took care of the back- stroke duties in the event last night and handed Johnny Sharemet a nine yard lead with his :59.3 lap. From there on, the relay was just another Michigan power demonstration. Tom- my Williams swam the freestyle cen- tury and finished with a total Michi- gan timing of 2:58.3. Wayne evened the score in the next event, the furlong freestyle feature with Bill Prew and Clark facing Mich- igan's revitalized senior, Ed Hutch- ens. With a great start, it was Prew out in front at the gun with Hutchens second and Clark, the favorite, in the rear. Prew maintained a two yard lead over the Big Ten champion over the first 100 yards but Hutchens started to move and with 70 yards left pulled within a stroke of his speeding Tartar rival. Clark Wins 220 And while the howling capacity crowd watched the two leaders duel, Clark with a vicious final lap sprint came from out of nowhere to win the decision in 2:14.7. Hutchens finished second with Prew in third. The 50-yard freestyle sprint was an- other thriller as Charley Barker, the Conference champion, scored a touch decision over Guy Lumsden, the Tar- tar speedster in :23.3. Barker trailed Lumsden until they turned for the final 25 yards. Down the stretch they came shoulder to shoulder. Ten yards out there wasn't an inch be- tween the two, but Barker's desper- ate thrust at the wall gave him a first which the judges took ten minutes to decide. Three Divers Score Even in the diving the Tartars were ahead for awhile. Bobby Gardner led Michigan's Strother "T-Bone" Mar- tin by nine points at the conclusion of the compulsories, but Martin, Capt. Hal Benham and Jack Wolin, whose total didn't count, passed Gardner be- fore it was all over. After the dives, came the century and the fans were on their feet again. Gus Sharemet rushed into the lead with Prew second, Lumsden third and Barker fourth. But Barker wasn't through. The winner of the 50 came flying back, passed the two Wayne natators and just missed whipping his teammate to the finish line in :52.3. Brother John Sharemet also scored a win last night as he led all the way (Continued on Page 3) Deeds Refused To Ann Arbor By State Board City, Board Of Education Must Prove Public Use Of NewlyBought Land Following a hearing on the ques- tion yesterday in Lansing, the State Land Office Board refused to issue deeds to the City of Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Board of Education for land purchased at the recent State scavenger sale until both groups provide evidence that the property will be put to public use. The hearing was scheduled in re- sponse to a petition filed by 35 local taxpayers challenging the right of the city and school board to purchase 359 parcels of land at the sale and requesting the action be declared' void. Neither the city nor the school board was represented at the hear- ing, each resting its case on a letter sent the Land Board by City Attorney William M. Laird. The letter stated that the property was purchased for public use, but that the rejutsted evidence could not be submitted to the Board until it was known just which parcels had been purchased, and which had been redeemed by the original owners. Laird said that the information could be supplied following the meeting of the City Council Monday if the figures were on hand at that time. Thursday was the final day for redemption. * Clarence W. Lock, Land Office Board secretary, stated yesterday. that if the city did not prove to the Board's satisfaction that the pur- chases were made for public pur- poses, the bids would be cancelled and the parcels re-offered for sale, although probably not this year. The Board of Education has made known its intentions of following the course of the city council concerning the matter.1 Billion Dollar Airplane Deal Is Suspended Negotiations With French And English Missions Halted After Five Days Purchasers Await Better 'Atmosphere NEW YORK, March 15.-(M-- American manufacturers who have been dickering with French and Bri- tish purchasing missions for the sale of a billion dollars worth of war- planes suspended their talks today. It was understood that the nego- tiations, at least for late-model planes which the Allies have hoped to obtain, would not be resumed un- less next week's Congressional in- quiry into the sale of aircraft abroad is held in a "favorable atmosphere." Representatives of at least eight plane and engine makers, who re- mained uncommunicative, left the city after less than five days of con- versations. They made noarrange- ments to return Monday. Manufac- turers with local offices declined comment. The sudden suspension may also have been connected with the pos- sibility of a general European peace move in the wake of the termination of the Russo-Finnish war. In Washington, where both Senate and House sub-committees are sche- duled to launch inquiries into air- craft sales, the House Military Avia- tion sub-committee formally asked four War Department representa-4 tives to testify next Wednesday. They were Secretary of War Wood-4 ring, Asst.-Secretary Louis Johnson, Gen. George C. Marshall, the ArmyE chief of staff, and Maj.-Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the Air Corps.} They will be called upon to ex- plain the Administration's policy re-t garding the release of aircraft and other military equipment for sale abroad. Chairman Harter (Dem.-Ohio) said the committee was interested chiefly in determining whether for-1 eign nations were being given the1 benefit of American military inven- tions, particularly thosedeveloped with taxpayers' money. Restrictions On Imports Temporary, Says Britain WASHINGTON, March 15.-()- Great Britain told American busi- ness today that her restrictions on imports of American products were in no way intended to divert Bri- dish purchasing to other markets permanently. "he British Ambassador, Lord Lo- thian, issued a formal statment that} Britain's control of imports was a result of the war,- meaning that it would end after the war. (There has been considerable ap- prehension in this country that the control measures might permanently injure American producers. For ex- ample, Britain has virtually ceasedt buying American tobacco and is pur- chasing from Turkey instead. It is feared that British smokers will become habituated to Turkish and will go on buying it after the war.) Secretary of. State Hull expressedj satisfaction that discussions werek continuing with Allied experts tol safeguard American commercial in- terests.f Carol Refuses Cabinet Post To Iron Guard Balks At German Scheme To Guarantee Borders; Nazis Ask Raw Materials Pro-Nazi Influence In Rumania Sought BUCHAREST, March 15.-()- King Carol II was reported in offi- cial circles tonight to have balked at Nazi Germany's scheme to pledge Russia and Hungary to long guar- antees of Rumania's frontiers in re- turn for an unstemmed flow of Ru- manian raw materials. High quarters said the King was adamant in his refusal to grant one of Germany's conditions-that a member of the pro-Nazi Iron Guaf be included in the Rumanian cab- inet. Carol Fears 'Protector Carol was represented as fearing strongly that presence in his cabinet of an avowed protector of Nazi in- terests would be nothing more than the beginning of the end of Ruma- nia as, an independent state. Gernfany was reported to have emphasized that such a cabinet change was vital to the general plan of security Adolf Hitler has sug- gested. (Germany is deeply interested in keeping Rumania out of war over her World War won territory in or- der that Rumania may give Ger- many the oil, food and other things Germany needs to fight the Allies. Pro-Nazi influence within King Carol's cabinet, naturally, would make this economic help all the easier, and would help stiff-arm the Allied blockade efforts in the Bal- kans. Both Russia and Hungary once owned present Rumanian territory.) Iron Guardists Conform Today a delegation of Iron Guard- ists imprisoned in 1938 took advan- tage of royal clemency, pledged alle- giance to King Carol and joined the National Rebirth Party, only legal political party in Rumania. Further, Premier George Tatarescu is scheduled to tell the nation in a broadcast Sunday night that the Iron Guard question has "solved itself" and exists no more. 23 Trackmen Seek Seventh .Relays Crown Varsity Favorite At Butler; Canham Out To Regain Form AfterBig Tens By HERM EPSTEIN Ken Doherty will throw 23 of his Conference championship track team into the Butler Relays tonight, and out of the scramble will come, ac- cording to the dopesters, Michigan's seventh straight Relays crown. Heading the parade of Wolverines will be Don Canham, junior high- jumper, who will be trying to get back to his usual record-breaking heights, after having an off-night in Chicago and being stopped at 6 feet, 4 inches. Next in the individual events will be Stan Kelley, out to avenge his defeat by Wisconsin's Ed Smith, this time running both the high and low hurdles along with his improving junior teammate, Jeff Hall. In the dash will be Al Smith, third in the Conference Meet, and junior Bill Har- nist, whose sprinting improvement is one of the season's surprises. Michigan will be heavily favored to repeat in the only relay event they won last year, the four mile event. Capt. Ralph Schwarzkopf, Brad Heyl, Karl Wisner and Ed Bar- rett will try to break the record they set just last year. Also in the favorite's position will be the one-mile team of Bob Barnard, Jack Leutritz, Phil Balyeat, and War- ren Breidenbach. The chief opposi- (Continued on Page 3) Governor Of Georgia Arrested For Contempt MACON, Ga., March 15.-()- Gov. E. D. Rivers was arrested on a Federal civil contempt citation to- night in the Macon auditorium where he was attending a meeting of the Formal Approval To Peace Treaty Given B Finland 'Conscription' Will Be Topic Of Gray Talk q$30,000 Gift To University OK'd ByCourt University officials learned today that the Supreme Court of Michigan has settled a will contest which had tied up a $30,000 bequest to the Uni- versity. The high court yesterday affirmed a lower court decision which favored the University in a dispute over the estate of the late Miss Effie M. Grif- fith, alumnus of the University who died Dec. 22, 1937. Miss Griffith in her will designated that her entire estate be left to the University for the purpose of estab- lishing a loan fund for junior and senior girls. The fund was to be a memorial to her parents. The will was contested by several of her part-cousins living in Niles, Mich., who were Miss Griffith's clos- est heirs except for Mrs. J. B. Quick, a full cousin in Seattle, who refused to bring suit. Miss Griffith attended the Univer- sity during her freshman and soph- omore years, and lived in Ann Arbor most of her life. She was 84 years old at the time of her death. Frank B. DeVine, Ann Arbor attor- ney, represented the University in the case. 23 Students Receive Publication Award Twenty-three students on three student publications-The Daily, Gargoyle, and 'Ensian-received $50 scholarships yesterday from the Board in Control of Student Publi- cations for having maintained a 'B' average during four consecutive se-, mesters of participation in one of the publications. The following received awards: Robert Bogle, '41, Howard Goldman, '41, Milton Orshefsky, '41, Carl Peter- sen, '40, Hervie Haufler, '41, Stan Nationally Known Leader Of Cooperative Group Was War Objector Harold S. Gray, nationally known conscientious-objector during the World War, will speak on "Facing Conscription" at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union, under the auspices of Michigan's Fellowship of Reconcilia- tion, international organization of pacifists. Gray is also a nationally known leader of the cooperative movement and is founder and president of the local Saline Valley Farms, a coop- erative experiment. Gray received wide publicity for his refusal to be conscripted during the World War. Basing his conscien- tious objections on religious grounds, he denied the right of the govern- ment to conscript men for army ser- vice. As a result he was imprisoned, first in Leavenworth and later in Alcatraz, under a life sentence. This. was later reduced to 25 years at hard labor, but he was released a few months after the war, as were most of the conscientious objectors, by order of President Wilson. His lecture will cover his exper- iences during the last world war, the problems facing youth in war- time, and the status of conscription in the United States today. Botanist TaRks On Vegetation Homer L. Shantz Explains Classification Methods Homer L. Shantz, internationally famed botanist and zoologist, yester- day explained at Natural Science Au- ditorium the varied methods by which vegetation can be classified. Shantz discussed "Vegetation, What It Means," in an illustrated University lecture sponsored by the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. Man first classified vegetation by its physical appearance, Shantz ex- plained, showing that this distinc- tion was inadequate because many forms of vegetation have a similar appearance. Vegetation was classified, second- ly, by its composition, he said, point- ing out, however, that "This method necessitates a knowledge of the pe- culiarities of each individual plant." Revealing that the "succession" principle, or the stages through which vegetation passes in the same area, provides the third category, Shantz maintained that reliance up- on environment as a method of vege- tation distinction is inadequate. "The environmental method is so complex that it is almost impossible to use," he said. He stressed the importance of the (Continued on Page 2) Diet Accepts Provisions After Debate By 145.3; Troops Begin Exodus Russian, Japanese Clash IsReported HELSINKI, March 15.-( )-The Finnish Diet tonight put its formal seal on the Russo-Finnish peace treaty, approving its stringent terms by 145 votes to 3. "Our country, like the whole of Europe-indeed the whole of West- ern civilization-still is in the great- est danger," Prime Minister Risto Ryti told the Diet in a calm recital which preceded the vote. "No one ,an say what tomorrow will bring." "In the same way as we waged war alone; in the same way we con- 2luded peace alone. Only the future ,an show whether we acted rightly and wisely." The three negative votes were cast oy members of Finland's Swedish party. Nine other members, who are in the army, were not present to cast their votes. Vote Follows Deliberation Told by Ryti that "to make peace often calls for more courage than the resort to war," the Parliament delib- erated for 21/ hours, before voting. By the time this happened the ar- mies of Finland already had tramped four miles, pressing ahead of them 100,000 refugees, along a zig-zag, 226-mile front, leaving behind the rich industrial and farm areas which will, henceforth, lie under the Soviet hammer and sickle. The Supreme Soviet of the USSR is to meet on March 29 to approve the treaty and, perhaps, to set up a new Soviet Socialist Republic in the territories which Finland has ceded to Russia. Explaining why Finland agreed to peace at Russia's price, Ryti told the Diet that the little republic was fighting alone except for "merely a few reinforced battalions, mostly from Sweden." Allies And Too Late He said that the last-minute aid offered by Britain and France could not have reached Finland "earlier than the end of April and the trength of the troops then arriving would have been so small as to be insufficient, even, to make up for casualties our own army would have suffered in the meantime." "By accepting this help," he ex- plained further, "we would have been drawn into the World War, the duration of which is impossible to predict with certainty. As the combined military and ci- vilian exodus began, Foreign Minis- ,er Vaino Tanner, in a broadcast to he United States, appealed for con- tinued aid in the work of recon- Atruction which faces his nation. Casualties Reported In Russo-Jap Fight TOYOHARA, Karafuto Island, Ja- pan, March 16.--P--Soviet troops were reported to have sustained more Uhan a dozen casualties today in a -iash between Russian and Japanese border patrols near the Saghalien- Karafuto boundary. The Japanese said the Soviet pa- trol opened fire without warning when the two patrols met. (The Island of Karafuto (or Sag- halien) was occupied by Japanese torces during the Russo-Japanese war in August, 1905, and the acquisi- tion by Japan of that part of the island south of the fiftieth parallel was confirmed by the Treaty of Portsmouth, concluded between Ja- pan and Russia in October of the same year.) 'Hi-Falutin!' Goes On Despite Pillow Setback If Marion Conde has recovered from the effects of an ultra; real- istic pillow fight, the Junior Girls Play, "Hi-Falutin!" will end its four- day run at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Miss Conde was the victim of in- advertent laughter at Thursday Religion Should Help In Struggle Against Misery, Thomas Holds By ALVIN SARASOHN By reason of the fundamental be- liefs of Christianity, religion should help in the fight to end human ex- ploitation, Norman Thomas, veteran Socialist leader, said yesterday in his concluding campus address, given at Lane Hall under the auspices of the Student Religious Association. The Church does not have to play a role in politics, economics, discus- sion forums or parties, Thomas stressed. Rather, the Church has the burden of dealing with what under- lies human exploitation, wars and racial discrimination. Religion, he said, should help to furnish us with the power to fight for the end of human misery. The old argument that people re- ceive their rewards in Heaven and that, therefore, the misery of human life on earth is excusable is no longer feasible, Thomas argued, since we now have the resources, the power as declared that it has not been con- sistent at all with the golden rule or the Sermon on the Mount. He pointed to the "insensate hatred" Martin Luther bore toward the pea- sants during the Peasants War, and to the blessings that the Church has given throughout history to wars and all types of princes. As another example of the incon- stancy of religion with the beliefs of "The Prince of Peace," he pointed, to the condoning of lynching in the South, a region where the church- going population percentage is the country's highest. Thomas discounted the value of most of the "social gospel" preached in the country's churches. Sermons' of this type, he said, have been de- livered mostly in vague generalities and, consequently, carry little or no weight. Such sermons, he held, must deal with specific cases, otherwise "sentimentality is mistaken for vir-