PAGE POT* 1 flj y TC ANi5 x7 WETN1U fAY. MARC! 27, 1940 .I _______ _________ if _______________________________________________________________________________________________ THE MICHIGAN DAIY- 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 yea by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVER-SING BY National Advertising: Service, Inc. College Publishers Represeniaive 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON ' LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939.40" Carl Petersen elliott Maraniss Stan M. Swinton Morton L. Linder Dorman A. Schorr Dennis Flanagan John N. Canavan Ann Vicary . Mel Fineberg Editorial Staff . . . . Managing Editor . . . . Editorial Director . . . . . . City Editor . . . . . Associate Editor . . .Associate Editor . . . . . Associate Editor * * * .Associate Editor * . . . . Women's Editor . . . . . Sporte' Editor Business Staff Business Manager Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Women's Business Manager . Women's Advertising Manager . Publications Manager. I . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zetovia Skoratko Jane Mowers *Harriet S. Levy NIGHT EDITOR: ELIZABETH M. SHAW The editori'als published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Public faith In The Courts T IS a tradition of judicial pocedure that a judge shall be respected in his court. If there is disrespect, it is punishable by fine or imprisonment. In St. Louis this week a case is being decided that may go to the Supreme Court because an attempt has been made to use this device beyond the court room to protect a judge from censure by the press. A citation of contempt has been issued against the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and three employes at the request of Circuit Judge Thomas J. Rowe who alleges that his court was defamed and scandalized by material appearing in recent issues of the newspaper. The charge is based on two editorials (really masterpieces of satire) and a Fitzpatrick ,car- toon. The cartoon reprinted in Time represents the brillian cartoonist at his best. The Post- Dispatch first dug up evidence purporting to show that Big John Nick, head of the Motion Picture Operators Union, had taken $16,500 from exhibitors to call off demands by his union for higher wages. With State Representative Ed- ward (Putty Nose) Brady who was accused of acting as a go-between, Big John was indicted. Several weeks ago Judge Rowe handed down a decision dismissing charges against Putty Nose. In a previous trial Big John had also been ac- quitted. It is interesting to note that during Big John's trial, the defense attorneys in ar- guing for his innocence inferred that Putty Nose, not Big John, was responsible for the whole scandal. THE next morning after the Rowe action in the Brady case, Circuit Judge Ernest Oakly gave out a separate decision in a civil action, and held that Big John had received the money illegally, and ordered him to pay back the union $10,000. The Post-Dispatch then carried a stinging editorial contrasting law and order as it was treated by the two judges. They pointed out that the situation was very confusing and wholly inexplicable to the lay mind. Judge Rowe feels that the paper's attack has cost him the proper respect that a judge should have. Although the Post-Dispatch now denies that this was their purpose, we are inclined to agree with his honor. But the question of whe- ther Rowe's court was scandalized by the pro- ceedings themselves or by prejudiced descrip- tions of those proceedings will depend on the community's viewpoint of what should. have been the proper action of the court. The case has attracted much attention, how- ever, because of a larger, more basic principle involved, the relationship of the judiciary to public opinion. Cannot a medium of public opin- inion, the press, acting with traditional Amer- ican freedom, criticize a member of this branch of. government? The Post-Dispatch maintains that it can and labels the contempt proceedings a direct violation of the Missouri Constitution guaranteeing freedom of press and speech. Cer- tainly it is against all the principles of democ- racy to believe that any governmental institu- tion is so sacred that no rebuke from the people may ever be directed towards it. THE PAPER insists that it was well within its rights in performing a public service which aims to improve and strengthen public confi- dence and respect for the administration of jus- tice in the city of St. Louis. Thp fnith nfflp' jnnhfir.1in.n ,in r ini rain n iv Ten Rules For Reelection . . . T HE most interesting commentary in recent years on Washington poli- teal life in the raw appeared recently when Alabama's Representative Patrick listed his 10 "must" rules for Congressmen to follow in order to secure reelection. In this year of bustling activity on our na- tional political scene, it mght be well for a patronizing public to take note of the results of its own dictates, as embodied in a speech be- fore the House of Representatives by a Con- gressman of three years' standing. HERE are the rules: 1.Entertain with a smile constituents, their wives, their sons, sons' wives, etc. Go with them to the White House, show good reason why you are.unable personally to have them meet the President; take daughters to meet midshipmen at Annapolis.- 2. Explain what bill is up for debate; point for discussion; how it will be passed; how you will vote and why. 3. Attend to balcony and point out Speaker Bankhead, Leaders Rayburn and Martin, Ham Fish, Dewey Short, that man Martin Dies, and name each lady Member of Congress. 4. Respond to worthy causes; make after- dinner speeches, before-dinner speeches; learn to eat anything, anywhere, any night-work all day, dictate all night, and be as fresh as a rain-washed daisy for next day's duties. 5. Be a cultured gentleman, a teller of ribald stories, a profound philosopher, preserve a store of "Confusius say" gags; be a ladies' man, a man's man, a he-man, a diplomat, a Democrat With a Republican slant, a Republican with a Democratic viewpoint, an admirer of the Roose- velt way, a hater of the New Deal, a New Dealer, an old dealer, and a quick dealer. 6. Learn how to attend six to eight major functions, rushing home and back during each term on one round-trip travel pay. 7. Have the dope on hot spots in town, with choice telephone numbers for the gay boys from back home, and help to contact all local moral organizations and uplift societies in Washington. 8. Learn to be an expert guide. Keep car in tip-top shape. 9. Know names and dates related to all points of interest, and be able to supply information regarding public buildings and statuary about Washington. 10. Be an authority on history, travel, psy- chology, philosophy, education, economics, civics, finance, export trade, government printing, in- ternational relations, neckties and fishing tackle. REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK doesn't claim to live up to all these rules, "epecla'lly the hot spots, stories and so forth," but they never- theless represent the significant observations of a man with three years of experience as a representative in Washington. If that's what the voting public demands in its representatives, that's what it's going to get. National elections appear on the not-too- distant horizon. Will we elect representatives 'With qualifications in line with Representative Patrick's rules, or will we send to Washington men able and free to discuss and decide upon the many vital issues confronting us? - Howard Goldman Ye E DITOR. To the Editor: Doubtless you were amused, as I was, to see how precisely the Young Communists fulfilled my prediction that they would meet my letter by an evasion. I made four points: (1) the com- plete ignoring by Moscow of its own puppet government of the "Finnish people," an open confession of hypocrisy; (2) the panic fear of the Finnish peasants of coming under Com- munist rule; (3) the fact that Britain and France acted so slowly and reluctantly against Russia that, after fighting all winter long Fin- land collapsed before they sent aid, while our own "warmongers at Washington" did nothing; (4) the request of Finland for more aid to the. destitute, countering campus anti-relief propa- ganda that such aid was not needed. In their "reply" the Young Communists mentioned NONE of these points! Instead they filled their space with the theory that Finland, which for just twenty years had been at peace with Russia, was so great a military menace that reluctant Russia had to attack (precisely Hitler's excuse for seizing Bo- hemia), and in diatribes against the "capitalist warmongers in London, Paris and Washington" (who, presumably, stated this "imperialist war" by their famous attack on Poland!). Not a sin- gle word was said of any part warmongers in Berlin might have played; the new Berlin-Mos- cow axis forbids that! But why should the Berlin-Moscow axis run through Ann Arbor? Really, after that comic exhibition of "party line" tightrope walking can anyone take the Communists seriously? I for one cannot. Yours sincerely, Preston Slosson To the Editor: For the last couple of years earnest and well- meaning young men on the Michigan Daily staff have used an Alger-book lead to countless ctnripazn~ nw am 'Gnm Namm ctavrtAd t hp. nn- Of ALL Things... .... ByMorty=Q ... , rTHE Cass Theatre was host to a number ofI c'elebrities Monday night. Besides the usual run of first-nighters: those who want a whole week's time to tell their friends who wore what and how-there was a select little group of men who have come to be quite well-known to movie-goers. There was the gentleman who had escaped from a gang of some sort-oh, yes, the chain gang; and next to him were two doc- tors, one French, one English, one a scientist who experimented with cows and who has some- thing to do with pasteurized milk-that's it! Pasteur. And the other owed his very existence to a man named James Hilton, who once wrote a story called "We Are Not Alone;" the fourth of the group was also a Frenchman, a man who liked to think, a man who wanted to tell the world about the misery he had seen, and who wrote a lot of books and stories to make his point; his name was Emile Zola. Yes, these four were in the Cass Theater in Detroit Monday night. What were they doing there? They were acting, of course. What else does one do in a theatre? Oh, that-well, never mind. The play was Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," and these illustrious four took very im- portant parts. They were there by proxy, of course; that is, there was a gentleman on the stage by the name of Paul Muni, who is the exclusive representative of these people in this country, and who spoke adequately for them all. Don't misunderstand. Anderson's play is not one-of these cosmic jobs that involves and revolves around these four; no, the play is the story of a man who is living and knows not why; who does not want to die and knows not why; who is searching, within and without, for reasons, for clues, something to hang onto, something to clutch, saying "this is life, mean- ingful, worthwhile, livable." BUT, in the person of Paul Muni, these four were there. Every time Muni looked fright- ened or lost, there was the fugitive from a chain gang; when he sat down and thought things out clearly, conducting experiments in his head and weighing the facts, always with a frown and a snapping up of the head, there was Dr. Louis Pasteur; when he talked of life and death, philosophizing, wondering, search- ing, there was James Hilton's doctor; and when he stood up and spoke in a loud deter mined voice, at once convincing and convinced, there was Emile Zola. In a way, it is too bad that Muni did such a marvelous job in these pictures, for now it is hard to disassociate him with these characters that he has so perfectly portrayed. For example, whenever Muni gives any sort of a long speech, calling for dramatic gestures of face, hand and voice, it is difficult not to visualize Emile Zola standing in court pleading for the life of Dreyfuss. Again, don't misunderstand: this is not a criticism of Muni's acting in "Key Largo"; this actor by no means can be said to have stereotyped actions and ges- tures. If anything, it is an acclaim for a play that allows one actor to portray or even bring to mind such varied and different characters as these four. (This column is being written on Louis Untermeyer's typewriter in his room at the Union, Mr. U. has just finished reading his review of contemporary poetry and a review of his autobiography in the current Yale Review. He is now beaming all over the joint. In answer to Mr. Q.'s remark that it is terribly difficult to write an adequate re- view of a play that moves you emotionally as much as "Key Largo" does, Mr. U., who saw the opening night performance in New York, suggested that it would be better to wait until you had settled down, until you could mull over all the ideas presented and digest them properly. For, to sit down imme- diatel'y and write a complete review of a play such as this, treating the problem of the meaning of life, is not to do it or yourself justice. And this, of course, led Mr. U. into a discourse on plays and Broadway. He mentioned that the three plays this season that hit him hardest, the plays that stirred him most, were ones that had poor runs on Broadway, playing four, five or six weeks. These three were "Key Largo," "The World We Make," and "Morning's at Seven." These folded, while smutty tripe like "Dullarry Was a Lady," and comedies like "The Man Who Came to Dinner" are still turning them away.) T HE FACT that Mr. Untermeyer liked these- plays which were rejected by the public does not necessarily mean he is queer or unusual: it simply means that the majority of the public does not want to be handed any philosophy in a drama. If a character speaks four lines with- out a funny crack or without breaking into a dance, they become bored. If they get a play like "Key Largo" with an actor like Paul Muni that tries to express the tortures of a man's mind, that tries to talk of contemporary sub- jects like Spain and Hitler and Stalin, that tries to set ux some one thing as worth living and dying for, they receive it coldly. They don't wantto think: they want to be entertained. And so it was at the Cass Monday. The play was not a perfect play; there were slow parts and ragged edges. But it was a good play, per- haps great. The trouble is you have to think to understand it, and, for most people, this is just too much trouble. room to twenty students at two dollars per week. No other cooperative on campus has been able to come with gunshot of the living standard we have been able to maintain at this price. Thio is, fn ao7r efficia lnotice that the reitera- By JOHN SCHWARZWALDER Jhotels, night clubs, and other estab- While this column is still warm lishments which cannot exist without from the hammering it took on its music or with a picket line. last effort we should like to discuss Some union regulations are extra- another of the more important ordinaryato say the least.One edict blights on American music. This by the aforementioned salaried of- is the Musician's Union. AFL. It is i ficial resulted in virtual censorship with no small regret that we are ob- of a road show. Another denied a liged to state that in this case. (as distinguished composer the right to in the similar cases of various stage play a complmentary concert of his unions) unionism has been prosti- own compositions in a Chicago hotel tuted to a base seeking after per- fraprivate audience. petuation of privilegekfor a few, and Others, equally arbitrary, tell vis- the cause of music as a whole has iting musicians just what percentage suffered badly, of their guarantees they must turn We would not deny that many over to the local union; just what We wuld ot eny hat anyand where and how long they may locals escape this criticism, that the dplay. union has been in the past respon- sible for higher wages for many Union Diegtatorshi'is classes- of musicians, and that ex- ploitation would probably follow des- It is quite possible for a member truction of musicians' unions. All ewhois considered undesirable to be this is true, but it hardly follows that from his means of making a livin these same unions are not badly inw need of reforms which at present without a public hearing. In practice they apparently are not able or will- many locals are dictatorships regard- ing apprenctlyreoth alesorwi less of oft expressed pious sentiments ing to effect for themselves. and democratic constitutions. Presidential Salaries End result of a shortsighted policy The largest of midwestern locals of provincialism is the death of the is a case in point. Its head receives road for all but a comparatively few a salary roughly equivalent to that well known bands, maintenance of of thV... T -i .-f o T.h UniforA,.- i. . inefficienevy dis(coura~g i emnt of thoGP DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNION LEADER Vs. MUSIC sist that the musicians either clean their own house or let someone else clean if for them is a foregone con- clusion. How much longer can music as a profession allow itself to be domin- ated by artistic myopia? How much longer will the public submit to a mulcting that brings it inferior mu- sic and increased costs? For Democratization The immediate steps toward re- form should be democratization of unions, free interchange of musicians all over the country, lifting of stif- ling regulations, economy in union management, sponsorship of more and better public concerts and mu- sical services, formulation of a policy encouraging musicianship instead of perpetuating a bureaucracy, and a careful checking of all existing reg- ulations with the end of eliminating those which are not concerned with wages, hours and working conditions. Censorship is not yet either a musical * or union function. Above all, members of musicians' unions should use care in selecting leaders. Only when most of the present crop of officers is removed does reform stand a chance. For the moment the public is waiting to see what the musicians themselves can accomplish toward correcting condi- tions. If reform from within is not apparent, regulation will follow at the public's demand. If they are wise, musicians will not allow this to be- come necessary. oz Ue Prresiaenmt e U t eL tLedtates. Its officers are paid on a comparable scale. It retires deserving function- aries on pensions equal to those of many an'ambassador. This is paid for out of the sweat of the ordinary members who seldom attain such affluence, and by the proprietors of who would compose and produce mu- sical shows, and a tax which ulti- mately falls on the public for the upkeep of worthless and occasionally worse than worthless leaders. That the public will eventually tire of this situation, will some day in-a (Continued from Page 2) rules of the contests before the Spring Vacation. not in excess of $5,000, thus, within R. W. Cowden the limit of five per cent of the salary, doubling the amount of the Annuity Sons and Daughters of Rotarians: purchased. The Ann Arbor Club wishes to get 3. The purchase of an Annuity under the conditions mentioned in 1 (2) above is made a condition of em- ployment in the case of all members of the Faculties, except instructors, 1 whose term of Faculty service does iot antedate the University yeart 1919-1920. With instructors of lessc than three years' standing the pur-1 chase of an Annuity is optional. 4. Persons who have aecome mem-1 bers of the faculties since Nov. 17,t 1915 and previous to the year 1919-l 1920 have the option of purchasing annuities under the University's con- tributory plan.l 5. Any person in the employ of the University may at his own cost pur- chase annuities from dhe association or any of the class of faculty mem- bers mentioned above may purchase annuities at his own cost in addition to those mentioned above. The Uni- versity itself, however, will contribute to the expense of such purchase oft annuities only as indicated in sections 2, 3 and 4 above.t 6. Any person in the employ of the University, either as a faculty mem- ber or otherwise, unless debarred by his medical examination may, at his own expense, purchase life insurance from the Teachers Insurance and An- nuity Association at its rate. All life insurance premiums are borne by the, individual himself. The University makes no contribution toward life insurance and has nothing to do with the life insurance feature except that" it will if desired by the insured, de- duct premiums monthly and remit the same to the association. 7. The University accounting of- fices will as a matter of accommoda- tion to members of the faculties or employes of the University, who de- sire to pay either annuity premiums or insurance Dremiums monthly, de- duct such premiums from the'pay roll in monthly installments. In the case of the so-called "academic roll" months of July, August, September, and October will be deducted from the double payroll of June 30. While the accounting offices do not solicit this work, still it will be cheerfully assumed where desired. 8. The University has no ar- rangements with an insurance or- ganization except the Teachers In- surance and Annuity Association of America and contributions will not be made by the University nor can premium payments be deducted ex- cept in the case of annuity or insur- ance policies of this association. 9. The general administration of the annuity and insurance business has been placed in the hands of Sec- retary of the University by the Re- gents. Please communicate with the un- dersigned if you have not complied with the specific requirements as stated in (3) above, Herbert G. Watkins, Ass't Secy. Faculty, College of Engineering: There are available in the Dean's Office registration cards and pro- grams for the Michigan Engineering Society Meeting, to be held on March 28, 29, and 30, at Cranbrook. Atten- tion is called to the fact that the fee for registration is $1.00, while the fee in touch with all students at the l University who are sons or daughters t of Rotarians. It will appreciate it E greatly if such students, and particu- D larly those who are on the campus for h the first time this year will send their d own names, their fathers' names, their Ann Arbor addresses, and their home addresses promptly to Mr. George L E. Lewis, Secretary, Ann Arbor Ro- tary Club, C/o Detroit Edison Com- pany, Ann Arbor.- I Physical Educaion for Women: R Regitration for the outdoor season will be held in Barbour Gymnasium on Friday, March 29, from 8:30 to P 12:00 and 1:00 to 5:00, and on Satur-t day, March 30, from 8:30 to 12:00.4 All R.O.T.C. Advanced Course Stu-F dents, including Medical Advanced Course, desiring tickets for the Mili- tary Ball, to be held Apri 26, from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m., sign the list onI the bulletin board in R.O.T.C. Head-s quarters.a Ticket preference given to thoseo signing early. Dormitory Directors, Sorority Cha- perons and Househeads: Late per- mission to attend "Gone With The Wind" for the evening performances may be secured from the househeads. Students should return immediatelyc after the performance.r The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information1 has received notice of the following Michigan Civil Service examinations. Last date for filing application will be April .6: Cook Cl, salary range $95-1., Cook B, salary range $105-125. Cook A2, salary range, $15-135.4 Institution'Dental Hygienist B, sal-, ary range $105-125. Institution X-Ray Laboratory] Technician B, salary range $105-125. Institution Power and Maintenance Superinendent II, salary range $200- 240. Complete announcements on file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, 201 Maso Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Academic Notices History 50: Midsemester on Thurs- day, March 28, at 10 a.m. Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, Room C, H.H. Section 4 Thursday, 2), Room G, HH. Verner W. Crane Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Photographs of Finnish architecture, by Ernst L. Schaible, '37A, Booth Traveling Fellow in Arch- itecture in 1938. Architectural cor- ridor, ground floor cases, through April 5. Open daily 9 to 5, except Sunday. The public is invited. Exhibit: Rubbings from Han Tombs showing Legends and Life of the i Chinese in the 2nd Century A.D. South Gallery, Alumni Memorial Hall; 8:30-5:00 one week only, end- ham Building. The public is cordial- ly invited. University Lecture: Professor C. H. Behre, Jr., of the Department of Geo- logy at Northwestern University, will ecture on "The Role of Minerals in the War" under the auspices of the Department of Geology at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Rack- ham Auditorium. The public is cor- dially invited. Mr. Louis Untermeyer's Schedule: Wednesday, March 27, 4:15 p.m. Lecture 6: "New Rhythms in Music." lackham Amphitheatre. Thursday, March 28, 4:15 p.m. "In- formal discussion. (New Rhythms in Music). East Conference Room, Rackham Building. French Lecture: Professor M.' S. Pargment will give the seventh lec- ture on the Cercle Francais program, "Quelques opinions de la jeunesse Francaise sur l'Amerique et la France"' today at 4:15 p.m., Room 103, Romance Language Building. The eighth in the series of Naval Reserve Lectures being given for senior students in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering will be held on Thursday, March 28, at 4:00 p.m., in Room 336 West Engineering Build- ing. Lecturer: CommanderH. B. Wallin (cc), U.S.N, Subject: "New Construction." Rev. Owen Geer, the final speaker on the League for Industrial Democ- racy Lecture series sponsored by the University of Michigan Liberal Action Club, will speak on "The Rights and Responsibilities of Labor," Thurs- day, March 28, at 8:00 p.m. in the Natural Science Auditorium. Today's Events Chemical and Metallurgical Engin- eering Seminar: Mr. C. L. Raynor will speak at this Seminar for gradu- ate students today at 4 o'clock in Room 3201 E. Eng. Bldg. Subject: "Self-Diffusion of Copper." Seminar in Physical Chemistry will meet in Room 122, Chemistry Build- ing, at 4:15 p.m. today. Mr. Nathan- iel Nichols will speak on "Theory of the Polarograph." Sigma Xi: Mr. Edward C. Pardon, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, will give a brief talk on the "Heating Tunnels" at the Rackham Amphitheatre today at 7:45 p.m. Re- freshments will follow the talk. Mr. Pardon will then conduct an inspec- tion trip through the Power House and one of the representative tunnels. The Pre-Medical Society will meet tonight at 8:15 in the East Amphi- theatre of the West Medical Building. The program will include elections of officers, ratification of the consti- tution and the showing of medical movies. All pre-medics invited. Reserve Officers: Major J. W. O'- Daniel, Infantry Reserve, will speak on "Military Intelligence Factors in the Commander's Decision" at 7:30 tonight in Room 304 of the Michigan Union. All members of the Officers Reserve Corps may attend.