A tIL~ MICHIGAN DAILY 1:. A N - f , 6nc~cr a ng,.w __t'~r 'S.+: . .,. 3,=G,.aw ,art pI& ^M. .- 4_ ,",.. 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. Al1 rhts 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; 'y mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL- ADVB.Ri,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 Carl Petersen Elliott Maraniss Stan M. Swinton Morton L. Linder Norman A. Schor Dennis Flanagan John N. Canavan Ann Vicary . Mel Fineberg . Editorial Staff ." . . . . .f .4 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 Business Staff Business Manager .s. .Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Publications Manage . .. NIGHT EDITOR: HERVIE HAUFLER The editorials published in The Mchigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers Intellectual Freedom And Bertrand Russell. . . B URN THEM! Burn them all! The poetry of Byron (his morals are questionable), Ibsen's plays (his ideas caused him exile from his native country), the works of Shakespeare (he makes some wicked allu- sions), the literature of the pagans, the mathe- matics of Einstein (he is not of the faithful), the biological contributions of Darwin and Thomas Huxley (atheists and agnostics), the paintings of Rembrandt (immoral cad), the melodies of Stephen Foster and the poetry of Poe (the drunkards). Burn them all! "Can anyone who cares for the welfare of our country be willing to see such teachings disseminated with the countenance of our colleges and uni- versities?" Such is the logic and implication of the demands that Bertrand Russell be dismissed as professor of logic and mathematics at City College because he is "a recognized propagan- dist against both religion and morality." Remove those works of art from the libraries, galleries and collections of our universities. Don't discuss them in classes. Because the morals and religion of those artists do not coincide with ours, their contributions, whatever they are, should be expropriated from our educa- tional institutions. Because Russell's religious and moral standards are not those of the ma- jority, he, therefore, should not be permitted to teach logic and mathematics. That is the essence of his opponent's position. Not once has Russell's competence to teach philosophy and mathematics been challenged throughout the controversy. IN GENERAL terms the issue is this: Shall a man's right to teach in an institution of higher learning and particularly in a public institution, be determined solely by his com- petence, as established by the faculty and ad- ministration of the institution involved, 'or shall there be a further requirement of conform- ity with the religious and social views of the majority of the community? Upon the first alternative rests the whole concept of free-thought; ,it is the basis of aca- demic freedom. The first amendment to the Constitition of the United States guarantees everyone the right to worship or not to worship as he pleases, and it is with just alarm that we note the entrance of a religious test for appointment into the case of Mr. Russell. Mr. Russell is an alien and that alone is enough to reject him for the position of pro- fessor, it has been vociferated by his opponents. Perhaps they would have us destroy the books of Cicero, Schopenhauer, Aristotle, Keats, and all the other great thinkers of the world who were not citizens of the United States but whose works and ideas are being discussed and studied in our classrooms. FURTHERMORE only upon the basis df free thought can science, education, and art prosper. American youth must develop its own judgments through a knowledge of conflicting views. not by living in the shelter of ignorance and cloistered security. and it is the obligation of our universities and colleges, public or pri- vate, to present the differing views. The attack on Mr. Russell's appointment has been led by the Hearst press, the New York Sun and many Catholic, Jewish and Protestant No Intervention In Mexican Elections . . RECENT REPORTS from Mexico in- dicate that the coming July elec- tions there will be bitterly fought and the re- sults bitterly disputed. Some observers even go so far as to predict a rebellion by the fol- lowers of whatever candidate is defeated. Because, under Mexico's constitution, Pres- ident Lazaro .Cardenas cannot be re-elected, the election, on the surface, is a contest be- tween Gen. Manuel Avila Comacho, the Ad- ministration candidate, and Gen. Juan Andreu Almazan, the conservative candidate. A few months ago, an Administration v-ic- tory at the polls was considered a virtual cer- tainty, but recently as the Almazan forces have been consolidating themselves, a close, hot race is predicted. It has been suggested that the Cardenas government, if it felt that its defeat was inevitable, Aight seek some pre- text in which to call off "the elections or remain in office by force. On the other hand, it is quite possible that the followers of Almazan, vehemently opposed to Cardenas policies, might, if they should fail at the elections, "take to the hills" in armed rebellion. But Mexico's July elections are more than contests between that nation's two greatest political parties or between two personalities. For, in Mexico City, the main issue is whether or not the policies of the Cardenas government should be continued and intensified. HOSE POLICIES have been consistently left wing. They have been featured by attacks upon the Church, principally because the Church was considered a great land-owner, against the foreign investors in Mexico, expecially the Bri- tish and American oil companies, and against the conservative and army leaders in Mexico. They have featured, constructively, expropria- tion of oil, labor protection and education laws, government sponsorship of cooperatives as the means toward enabling the Mexican peasant to rise to a higher economic and political level, and government support of the CTM (Confed- eracion de Trabajadores de Mexico) Mexico's most powerful labor union. Though Cardenas' policies have been branded "Communist," that "Communism" is purely a Mexican version of rapid industrialization and has little relation to Marxian doctrine. For the Mexican is still highly individualist; and as Fortune once point- ed out in an article on Mexico: "If it is Com- niunism, then it is the Mexican's adaptive brand of Communism, slot through with the 'nacion- alismo' that is blazing in all Latin America." Above all, however, Mexico, under Cardenas, ds attempted to change its feudal economy into an industrial one and had met all the "growing pains" that usually accompany such a change. YET TODAY Cardenas is prepared for a shift to the right, willing that Mexico shall un- dergo a "breathing spell" in which the reforms instituted under his regime can be digested and fully accepted. His choice for a successor, General Camacho, is considered a middle of the roader, who, though friendly to Toledano, head of the CTM, is still not suspect by busi- ness. Cardenas' opponents, however, want more than a "breathing spell." Naturally, a great portion of the world is interested in the outcome of the Mexican elec- tions. Britain, because it owns 75% of Mexico's oil and needs that oil in the present war; Ger- many, because it would like to see Mexican oil denied to Britain; the U.S., because of its investments in Mexico and the fact that Mexico is "just south of the border"; the Latin Amer- icas, to test the true extent of the U.S. "good neighbor" policy. In all these nations, especially the U.S., inter- vention in Mexico is urged by prominent groups. Though the U.S. did not, as did Britain, break off diplomatic relations with Mexico after the recent oil expropriations, the American govern- ment did take advantage-of its silver-purchasing policy to cripple seriously Mexico's economy as a means of retribution. THAT ACTION, to a very great extent, hurt the efficacy and sincerity of the U.S. "good neighbor" policy in Latin America. And any attempt to interfere in the Mexican elections in July or afterwards would probably kill that "good neighbor" policy. The U.S., therefore, must guard against any attempt at direct or indirect intervention in Mexico. It is only by such a policy that we can guarantee our sincerity as the "good neigh- bor" and remove the blot of "dollar diplo- macy." It is only by such a policy that we can indicate our whole-hearted support of the demo- cratic principle of self-determination of peoples to choose their own government, no matter what we think of the policies of that government-a principle that has, especially in recent years, been consistently violated throughout the world. -- Laurence Mascott A LL AMERICANS claim the right to criticize stamps issued by their Government, and apparently most of them exercise it. Now the critics are at work on the new three-center to be issued on April 3. The following defects are charged: (1) The rider is seated on a saddle which did not come into use until fifty years after the last express pony dropped in its tracks; (2) His reins dangle loosely though his steed plunges ahead at breakneck speed; (3) The horse's nostrils appear to have been bored straight through his nose by a rifle bullet. - New York Times When Archibald MacLeish was appointed Librarian of Congress last September some librarians and laymen objected on the ground that the post should have gone to a man trained in the profession rather than to one, Ihowever distinguished, who was known chiefly as a poet. It is the more pleasant on that By YOUNG GULLIVER CAVILS THERE ARE good men in the world. In fact, there are good men in Ann Arbor. Today Gulliver wants to cite the boys at 514 Thompson for the Order of the Split Pea. You will remem- ber that Y. G.'s last column concerned his foot trouble and the mucky weather. The next day he trudged wearily up to the Publications Bldg.. where he found two mysterious envelopes waiting for him. In one was a short note. In the other was a pair of lovely silk socks; the socks were both amputated at the ankles, so that you could slip them on over your dirty sweat socks. The note read as follows: Dear Gulliver: Try wearing these, then you won't have to change your socks. Or try going bare- foot for a while. If you can't use them, please return them to 514 Thompson. We have the same problem, and could use them. 514 Thompson Please note that last sentence. "We have the same problem." Those brave lads were undergoing the same tortures, and yet they didn't hesitate to give, because they knew that Gulliver's need was greater than theirs. Of such stuff is true nobility made. Gulliver's great heart is full to overflowing. All he can manage* is a feeble "Thanks, fellers." * * * INCIDENTALLY, Gulliver actually burst out laughing when he read Morty Q.'s column in Sunday's Daily. If you choose to, you may look upon this as treason, or desertion to the enemy; but Y. G. is of the opinion that Dear Old Morty was writing away over his head when he knocked off that column. It's certainly the best thing he's ever done . . . All .this is by way of stimulating a little interest in Morty's col- umn, if it is at all possible. After all, somebody ought to be reading "Of All Things . . ." besides Morty (and his girl). So, in order to work up interest in "Of All Things . . ." beyond the usual yawn, Gulliver is offering a hand-painted water color of Morty Q. by Wilfred Goo, the noted Chinese painter of wild life, for the best guess as to what the Q. stands for in Morty Q. Keep it clean ... THEATRE By N. W. EDDY To account for the approximately fifty years of continuous popularity enjoyed by Zaragueta, a performance of which was given last evening in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre under the auspices of La Sociedad Hispanica, it can be said first that the play preaches no moral, nor does it presume to advise us to more righteous living. On the positive side, it vigorously taps the half-scale of comedy, from middle to low. Some of its puns would make even Gracie Allen shudder, and one at least of its slapstick devices would cause Harpo Marx's eyes to pop from professional respect and envy. It streamlines the old classical formula of mistaken identity by the convenient deafness of the protagonist so that he hears just what the playwrights in- tend he should. The plot centers about a young man heavily in debt, a situation which is bound to command the sympathy of the rank-and-file of any au- dience. As an extra fillip, there is present the female whose garrulousness is only equalled by her misdirected maternal ambitions. And period- ic guffaws from a section of the onlookers are assured by that sure-fire gag the refrain, in the form of the query, "When do we eat?", re- peated with variations by one character from the beginning to the concluding lines of the farce. Further, this comic broth is served un- seasoned by risque sauces, a fact irresistibly recommending it to all preceptors of the young. Since the latter fact does not appreciably diminish the richness of the play's comic ef- fects, it might be supposed that the lifting of the curtain would offer sure entree to an evening of fun, with all high hats parked in the vestry. Such, however, is not quite the case. The comedy requires the better part of the first act to really get on its feet, and it is greatly to the credit of the talents and energy of the director, Dr. Charles Staubach of the Romance Languages department, that this part of the evening moved briskly. The most spontaneous outbursts of mirth were aroused by the comic gifts of Donald Diamond in the part of a village doctor. Without a doubt this man turned in one of the best character performances ever witnessed in the Spanish club's shows. He was ably aided and abetted by Robert Vandenberg in the title part. This student, helped by assistance from the makeup staff headed by Hareld Barnes of the Romance Languages department, and seconded by some of the best smoke rings ever blown publicly from the Mendelssohn stage, collaborated with Dia- mond in the most uproarious moments of the evening. Antonietta Ferretti was excellent in the fem- inine lead, acting the role with the utmost of naturalness and piquancy. She was invaluable in steadying Robert Kennedy in his arduous labors as the male lead. The latter, with a min- imum of previous experience and study in the foreign language, merits a special accolade for GULLIVER'S MUSIC By JOHN SCHWARZWALDER ONIGHT at Hill Auditorium a symphony orchestra will play a concert of solid and interesting mu- sical fare. Nor should the program be neglected because it is being pre- sented by the University Symphony Orchestra rather than by a profes- sional group. To begin with the pro- gram is directed by Thor Johnson, from whom Ann Arbor audiences have come to expect a great deal in respect to the musical life of the city. Performances with which Mr. Johnson is associated almost invar- iably are clear, precise and ably in- terpreted. Also, the University Sym- phony has won an enviable reputa- tion in past years for the high san- dard of its performances and the program is so arranged as to give the best scope to its talents. The soloist of the evening is Mr. John Kollen of thie Music School, a pianist of note whose local appearances have been all too few. The program opens with the Brahms Academic Festspiel Overture. This work was written in 1877 when the University of Breslau conferred an honorary doctorate on the com- poser. Instead of the expected ser- ious reply Brahms took a number of the more riotous student drinking songs and made an overture of them. If a noted composer will only come to Ann Arbor and write an overture on themes from "I Wanta Go Back" and "When Night Falls Dear" we might have a greatly desired local parallel. Following this is the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat major, Op. 83. The three movements are marked allegro non troppo, andante and al- legretto graziozo, and will be played by Mr. Kollen and the orchestra. This concerto is an example of Brahms mature style and serious vein. It is marked by his usual sense of the pianistically effective which, being an able pianist himself, he seldom forgot. Butunlike other com- posers Brahms never allowed the practise of display for the sake of display to subordinate the musical values of his work. In this concerto we note the expected classic form coupled with late romantic tenden- cies in thematic development. The themes themselves are mostly derived from the folk music Brahms loved so well. Conflicting rhythms and unusual modulatory passages are among the composer's devices for sustaining interest in this composi- tion which is really the meat of the program. THE SECOND PART of the concert opens with the Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio on Spanish Themes, Op. 34, composed in 1887. The sections fare entitled Alborada, Variations, Gypsy Song, and Asturian Fandango, which give an idea of the material used. But without experience of the Russian composer's genius for or- chestration, his gift for musical ona- ( matopoeia, the clarity of his expres- sion and the constant novelty he is able to inject into simple musical statement no adequate idea of the effectiveness of this altogether charming composition can well be had. The concert closes with the Mother Goose (Ma mere l'Oye) Suite of the late Maurice Ravel. This was first composed as a piano duet in 1905 with one of the parts suitable for a child to play. In 1912 Ravel re- vised and orchestrated it for a ballet presentation which was a notable success. The sections include a Pa- vane, Laideronette, and several pro- gramatic pieces called Fairy Gardens, Beauty and the Beast, Conversations, etc. As usual Ravel's music is marked by intelligent orchestration, clarity of form and harmonic scheme, and an emphasis on line. This work, however, is remarkable for a pi- quancy of approach, a charm of manner, and the inclusion of far more color than the composer usu- ally employed. A Year Of Safety LAST WEDNESDAY at an early hour airlines of the U.S. com- pleted a year of operations, with one day of good measure because of Leap Year, without a fatality or serious injury to passenger or crew member. It is a performance calling for the warmest congratulations to all concerned; the lines and their flying and maintenance personnel, the Civil Aeronautics Authority and its Air Safety Board, and the Air Transport Association of America. The record is all the more impressive in view of the rapid growth of sche- dule flying. During this year the air lines carried more than 2,000,000 pas- sengers a distance of more than 88,- 000,000 plane-miles. If one person had done all the flying accomplished safely in the twelvemonth, he could have made the journey from New York to Los Angeles every day for 844 years. Behind this achievement lie the ability of air pilots, the untiring in- TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940 a VOL. L. No. 134s Notices Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students Wednesday afternoon, April 3, from 4 to 6 o'clock. Students, College of Engineering: The final day for DROPPING coursesI without record will be Saturday, April 1 6. A course may be dropped onlyt with the permission of the classifier,I after conference with the instructor. The final day for removal of IN-c COMPLETES will be Saturday, AprilI 6. A. H. Lovell, Secretary College of Architecture, School of Education, School of Forestry and Conservation, and School of Music:.. Midsemester reports indicating stu- dents enrolled in these units doing unsatisfactory work in any unit of the University are due in the office of the school, Saturday, April 6, at noon. Report blanks for this purpose I may be secured from the office of the1 school or from Room 4 U. Hall. 2 Robert L. Williams ji Assistant Registrar p Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Midsemester reports are due not later than Sat- urday, April 6. More cards if needed can be had at my office. n These reports should name those t students, freshman and upperclass, h whose standing at midsemester time is D or E, not merely those who re- ceive D or E in so-called midsemester , examinations. , Students electing our courses, but o registered in other schools or colleges of the University, should be reported b to the school or college in which they p are registered. E. A. Walter, Assistant Dean t All June Graduates in the College of Architecture, Schools of Educatipn, Forestry and Conservation, and Music S should fill in grade request cards at Room 4, U. Hall between April 1 and April 5. Those failing to file these cards will assume all responsibility for late grades which may prohibit i graduation. 6 Freshmen, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: Freshmen may t not drop courses without E grade a after Saturday, April 6. In adminis- s tering this rule, students with less than 24 hours of credit are consid- ered freshmen. Exceptions may be made in extraordinary circumstances," such as severe or long continued ill-e ness.i E. A. Walter < Assistant Dean School of Education Freshmen: t Courses dropped after Saturday,I April 6, will be recorded with the grade of E except under extraordin- ary circumstances. No course is con-r sidered officially dropped unless itc has been reported in the office of the Registrar, Room 4, University Hall. Seniors of the College of Engin- eering: Call at Room 429 West En- gineering Building before April 5 for your Drawing 1, 2, and 3 Plates. The Uiuversity Bureau of Appiint- ments and Occupational Informationf has received notice of the following Michigan Civil Service examinations. The last date for filing application is noted in each case:1 Industrial Hygiene Engineer I, sal- ary range $150-190, April 17. Industrial Hygiene Engineer IV, salary range $325-385, April 17. Industrial Hygiene Engineer III, salary range $250-310, April 17. (Michigan residence waived for this one.) Practical Nurse Cl, salary range: $95-110, April 13. Graduate Nurse A2, salary range $115-135, April 13. Psychiatric Graduate Nurse Al, salary $140-160, April 13. Prison Tailor Shop Foteman Al, salary range $140-160, April 19. Complete announcements on file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Swimming Class - Women Stu- dents: The intermediate swimming class will not meet tonight at 7:30. Members of the class wishing to make up work or take the test may come at 8:15 pri.m. Concerts Orchestra Concert: The University Symphony Orchestra, Thor Johnson, Conductor, with John Klolen, piano soloist, will give a concert in Hill Auditorium, tonight, at 8:15 o'clock, to which the public is invited with- out admission charge. The concert will begin on time, and the public is requested to be seated promptly. and Design: Photographs of Finnish architecture, by Ernst L. Schable, 37A, Booth Traveling Fellow in Arch- tecture In 1938. Archtectural cor- ridor, ground floor eases, t~iough April 5. Open daily 9 to 5, except Sunday. The public is invited. Lectures University Lecture: Professor C. H. Behre, Jr., of the Department of Geo- iogy at Northwestern University, will lecture on "The Role of Minerals in the War" under the auspices of the Department of Geology at 4:15 pm. on Thursday, April 4, In the Rack- ham Lecture Hall. The public is cor- dially invited. Mathematical Lecture: Professor 0. Zariski of Johns Hopkins Univer- ity will give a lecture on Wednesday, April 3, at 3 o'clock, in 011, 4AH. on he subject, "Local Uniform ization of Algebraic Varieties," Mr. S. L. A. Marshall, editorial writer for the Detroit News and Ml- tary Commentator for WWJ, will lecture in Room E, Haven Hall, at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 3. Sub- ect: "The Chance for European Union." The lecture is open to the public. Toda's Events Junior Research Club will meet to- ilght at 7:30 in the amphitheatre, hird floor, of the Horace H. Rack- ham School of Graduate Studies. Program: Glacial Studies in Great Lakes and Hudson Lakes Region" by *eorge M. Stanley, Asst. Prof. of Ge- dogy. "Motion Pictures of Living Em- bryos" by Theodore C. Cramer, De- partment of Anatomy. Engineering MechanIcs (Cllonium oday at 4:00 p.m. in room 314 West Engineering Annex. Professor J. A. Van den Broek will talk on "Columns Subject to Uniformly Distributed Transverse Loads." Refreshments preceding the meeting. Y Tau Beta P initiation in the Un- on today at 5:00 p.m., Banquet at :00 pm. Sigma Rho Tau will meet at 7:30 his evening in the Union. Conference with Detroit Institute of Technology peakers and finals in speech contests. Deutscher Verein: Dr. Werner F. Striedieck will present the lecture Aus dem Leben beruehmter Forsch- er des 19. Jahrhunderts," tonight n the League at 8:15. All students of German are invited. Phi Beta Kappa annual meeting tonight at 7:30 in the West Lecture Room of the Rackham Building. Christian Science Organization will meet tonight at 8:15 in the chapel of the Michigan League. The Conversational Hebrew Class will meet tonight at 7:00 at the Hillel Foundation. Attention, All Hillel Members: Vot- ing for members of the Hillel Coun- cil will be held today from 2 to 6 p.m. at Lane Hall and from 9 a~m. to 12 a.m., 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. at the Foundation. All members are urged to vote and must bring their membership and identification cards to the polls. The Jewish Ethics class, led by Dr. Hirsch Hootkins, Will meet tonight at 8:00 at the Hillel Foundation. Faculty Women's Club: Th Play Reading Section will meet today at 2:15 p.m. in the Mary B. Henderson Room of the Michigan League. Coming Events Biological Chemistry Seminar will be held Wednesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Room 319, West Medical Building. Subject: "Tissue Electro- lytes." All interested are invited. Mimes meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 in Room- 305 of the Union. The Graduate Education Club will meet on Wednesday, April 3, at 4:00 p.m. in the graduate library of ,the University Elementary School. Prof. R. W. Sellars of the Philosophy De- partment will speak on the "Philoso- phy of John Dewey." Discussion will follow of "Educational Implications of Dewey's Philosophy" by Prof. S.. A. Courtis. All graduate students in the School of Education are invited. Refreshments. Men's Physical Education Club will meet Wednesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Intramural Building, fol- lowed by a co-recreational mixer with the Women's Physical Education Club. DAI LY OFFICIAL BULLET IN