MICHIGAN DAILY SPRING PARLEY .,.>... " ;: 11' Edited and managed by students of the University of ichigan under the authority of the Board in Contro of budent Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the niversity year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press, The Associated Preys is exclusively entitled to the e for repulication of all news dispatches credited to or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All ghts of republication of all other matters herein also ,served. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as cond class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, .00; Ay mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERISiNO BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Represlative sio MADISON AvE. NEW YORK, N.Y. CHICAGO 'BOSTON * Los ANGELES * SAN FRANcISC' ember, 4ssociated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 rl Petersen ott Maraniss m M. Swinton rrton L. Linder man A. Schorr mnis Flanagan in N. Canavan n Vicary 1 Fineberg Editorial Staff Business Staff Kairaging Editor Editorial Director . City Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Women's Editor ISports, Editor siness Manager . t. Business Mgr., Credit Manager men's Business Manager . men's Advertising Manager . lications Manager . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia skoratko . Jane Mowers Harriet S. Levy NIGHT EDITOR: ALVIN SARASOHN The editorials published in The Micigan Daily arewritten by members of The Daily tstaff and represent the views of the writers Only. 'oil Taxes And Democracy .. . I'N EIGHT SOUTHERN STATES 10 percent of the people rule 90 per- cent through the poll tax. Because they are poor, approximately 10 mil- lion adult Americans, 98 percent of them born in the United States, cannot vote. These 10 millions of citizens without a vote live in states 0here the privilege of voting can be purchased through a tax which ranges in cost from $1 to $3. States in which this tax is in operation are: Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi and South Carolina. In some of these states there are cumulative penal- ties for the non-payment of these taxes which sometimes reach the grand total of $36. In 1937 the average yearly income for the Southern states was only $314. This munificent sum is hardly enough to provide food, clothing and shelter for an average family of four, without the additional expense of paying for what is the inherent right of a United States citizen. The Federal constitution makes them eligible to vote, but they cannot raise the necessary fee. The poll-tax has served its framers well. It has prevented poor whites and Negroes from having a voice in the government. A bill, in- troduced by Lee E. Geyer, which would provide for the abolition of the undemocratic poll-tax in elections for Federal offices, is one of the best and most effective measures to bring de- mocracy to these underprivileged states. THE GEYER BILL has been sent to the House Judiciary Committee for hearings. This commi6tee is- headed by Hatton W. Sumner, (Deml.-_T'exas). Mr. Sumner was reelected to Congress in 1938 from a Congressional District with a population of 325,691 of whom 10,889 or 3.3 percent voted him in office. This is cer- taInly as flagrant a violation of majority ruid or democracy that could possibly be committed. This was only a sample of what happened in the other poll states in which 1,158,360 adults elected '78 Congressmen, although 11,606,047 adults would have voted or at least could have if the poll-tax were abolished. Typical of the men who don't vote is Noah Adams, a Georgia farmer who says, "My great- great grandfather fought in the American Revo- lution. My family has been here since 1758, but I can't vote. The Declaration of Indepen- dence asserted that all men are created equal.' This is not true in Georgia where 4.5 percent of the potential voting population ruled the re- inaining 95.5 percent, prevented from voting because they are too poor to pay cumulative poll taxes of $1 a year." George Pickering, Ne- o of Tennessee, has this to say: "My grand- father was a slave before the war. He couldn't vote. The Civil War freed me, but I still can't vote." Oscar Goodwin, of Mississippi, whose father fought in the war, "to make the world safe for democracy" advocates "bringing democ- racy to America before this country enters an- other war to brmng democracy to Europe." tNON poll-tax states, 58.1. percent voted in 1938 Cong essional elections in contrast with the 9.9 percent in the poll-tax states. Not only are the eight states alone being deprived of one of the most precious of our civil liberties, the vote, but the entire country is being deprived of needed legislation. For example, the Wagner Housing Bill was defeated by 19 votes. Thirty- 'one of the' 78 poll-tax Congressmen voted By WILLIAM ELMER The eighth annual Parley, in 1938, was the real beginning of the modern Parley, entitled, "Our University, Milestone or Millstone?" The program included topics such as: education, housing, security, opinions, and leisure time. This shows the first change of any importance from abstract problems to real questions of pressing urgency, at least in the student's mind. That year, the housing question was foremost in many people's minds, and the Student Sen- ate which had been recently established, was engaged in a survey of conditions in the cam- pus rooming houses. Many of their results were introduced at the Parley, and were there- fore brought to the attention of the student body and faculty. This year, with students and democracy as the general theme, the Parley leaders have de- cided that resolutions will not be passed at the closing session but at the individual panels. What effect this may have remains to be seen. It would seem at first glance, that perhaps the resolutions will represent too much the opin- ions of those attending the particular panels, but on the other hand, they will represent the views of the students more interested in the topics to which the panels are devoted. The Student Senate, having been made the official organ for convening the Spring Par- leys, decided early this year, to devote the entire Parley to student government with the possi- bility that resolutions adopted would be pre- sented to the campus-at-large for referendum and that they might thereby set up a reorgan- ization. While this decision has not been voted down in the committees now at work, it has been decided that the Parley should be more broad. However, Assistant Dean Erich Walter of the literary school did make a proposal, which was accepted, that resolutions passed by the Parley should be presented to the student body for their approval or disapproval. The Parley is one opportunity on this campus for the mass of students to air their opinions, and as such is invaluable as an indicator, both to the administration and to student organiza- tions, of what the students think on various subjects. To gain- any sort of cross-section of the student body, of course, it is necessary for a large attendance. Students who were here last year realize this, but the freshmen or transfer students who are new here should be rmade to understand the tremendous importance of the Parley, and should try to attend at least one of the sessions. CAVILS By YOUNG GULLIVER GULLIVER has been kind of under the wea- ther all week. The early part of the week he spent feverishly typing, getting ready to enter the Hopwoods, like so many of you. Re- sult: by Wednesday he was in a state of ner- vous collapse; every night since then he has had horrible nightmares of being attacked by type- writers. Thursday morning he tottered to school for the first time, only to find that the professor had left town for the week . . . What can you do? This Hopwood Contest is really something. By means of it Gulliver has discovered that Ann Arbor has a universal genius. Now the funny part of this story is that the genius is the music critic of The Daily, Johh Schwarzwalder; last sefrester The Daily music critic was Richard Bennett, who was also a genius in his fashion. Bennett used to dash off letters to The Daily onj the tariff problem, the war in Europe, problems of esthetics, and so on, in between writing mu- sic, playing the piano, and doing music criti- cism. CHWARZWALDER, however, makes Bennett look like small potatoes. You will remember Schwarzwalder for his memorable performance last month in Mozart's I Seraglio; he is a very good bass baritone. He is also, by his own ad- mission, a superb actor. He also writes the music criticism for The Daily. In his spare time, as he shyly puts it, he has dashed off a book of poems, which he duly entered in the Hopwoods. But that's not all. He also dashed off a book of essays.fBut that's not all. He also dashed off a three hundred page novel. All of this had happened this past year, while the rest of us have been quietly going about doing our daily tasks. So Gulliver, trying to be funny, said to Mr. S., "Why didn't you write a play too? You must be slowing up." "Oh," said the genius modestly, "I wrote a play too in my spare time, but I didn't feel like typing it. Besides, why not give somebody else a chance in that division?" P.S. 'If you press him, Schwarzwalder is will- ing to admit that he is an ace handball player, a magnificent tennis player and a terrible loss to Michigan's football team. * * * GULLIVER hasn't told a joke on a professor in a long time. Today he is going to reverse the procedure and tell a joke on himself. Last, year he used to take a pourse. That's not very unusual. It was a good course. That is. But Y. G. had formed the regrettable habit of read- ing The Daily under the desk. One day he had his nose buried under the desk, for he was reading with delight one of his sparkling col- umns. From a great distance came the voice of the lecturer: Gulliver, when did such and i74e EDITOR To the Editor: Because when presenting counter-criticism in the usual one-sided discussions of the war in Europe I have often encountered many a 'cold eye', I should like to submit a stand on neutrality the way I feel it. Anyone who has known well two people who are fighting-mad at each other has experienced that conflict in which taking sides and express- ing a singleness of loyalty impossible-at least partial understanding of both sides is inevitable. Anyone who has lived in foreign lands must necessarily find it difficult to enlist himself passionately in any nationalist cause, because you knowthat one doesn't simply equal right and the other equal wrong, it's not as simple as that. A child's reasoning when you ask him which make of automobile is the finest in the world will be quite simple, he will reply with the name of the car that stands in his father's garage . . . the narrower the mind the easier becomes singleness of purpose or conviction in many things. The bigger part of my family lives in Scan- dinavia; my own sister with whom I grew up and with whom I've spent many summers cover- ing Sweden and 'living in' Sweden, now has made her home in the inspiring Swedish cap- ital, Stockholm. She and I have bicycled along the Ostersurid-Storlien-Trondhem road, we" have sailed in and out of Oslo's harbor a half- dozen times, and my entire family has spent many a summer and winter day on my mother's family land near the Norwegian border in Central Sweden and in my father's home terri- tory between there and Stockholm. Also, like many of my friends in the University, I have visited other European countries-my roommate was born in Switzerland . . . all this has the effect of making you love peoples because you come to understand them, it never makes you hate them. Then, with this spiritual love for Scandina- vian soil and this second loyalty and second home, how does my family feel about Ger- many's taking over in Denmark and Norway? At the same time that we deplore such a thing happening we recognize what part Eng- land has played in all this underneath: (1) She has herself done everything possible, to prevent neutral nations from trading and carrying on normal communications with HER enemy, and (2) She has been bending over backwards to move battle fronts to some of these neutral territories with the charming idea in mind of letting these other countries bear the battle- field scars . . . it's interesting here to note that at the last minute it was Norway who backed cut of the Scandinavian Defense Pact which would certainly been of far greater value to Norway than it would have been to an infinitely more strongly fortified Sweden-could it be that England, who herself was trying to dominate Norwegian policy and to Whose interest it certainly was to have a weak Norwegian nea- trality, gave some of her 'splendid advice' to Norway that prevented the Scandinavian De- fense agreement? England uses economic warfare and her fleet, Germany uses what she has, submarines and a superior air force . . . Military occupation, during the war, of Denmark and Norway is strategically very important to the Reich in wrecking Eng- land's blockade, and it appears that this occu- pation will be realized with the possible excep- tion of Narvik and other northern sectors. Incidentally, Swedish Bofors anti-aircraft guns will chop down an English plane just as quickly as they will draw a bead on a Messerschmitt that violates her border for whatever question- able purpose, and don't forget it-that's real neutrality. I'm not going to 'stand here' and tell you that I hope Germany wins the war nor am I con- doning post-Munich German foreign policy, my heritage like yours is much nearer the English culturally, but that doesn't mean I want a de- cisive victory there either; I merely refuse to enlist in the near-war psychosis that exists among a great number of my fellow Americans. Mr. Roosevelt is by theory an internationalist, but I can't feel that he has the World Mind; and, as long as he hasn't, we'd probably be safer with an isolationist statesman in the White House. However, I'm not an 'anti-Roosevelt' because I believe that one day U.S. History will pay a debt of gratitude to Franklin D. for many a fine beginning . . . but this wasn't meant to be pre-campaign propaganda. Let's develop a better and stricter philosophy of neutrality, and however our emotions run let's not work ourselves up to believing in this "God is on the allies' side" stuff. If the United States ever does enter World War Jr. (was not Versailles its daddy) I hope we have the honorable way out that Englishmen have in 'conscientious objection' . . . I for one will have a real case, and I will feel as honorable about my stand then as I do now . . "The Yanks Are Not Coming," anyway not this one! - Eric J. Lindahl pretty good. I used to get the whole paper read, anyway." Snorted the professor: "You think that's good? Why, when I was in college I was taking a course in economics that was so dull it almost killed me. I read two whole volumes of Clarissa Harlowe in that course, and I got an A in it too ..." * * * There's a lot going on around campus, so cihe DrewPews* RobertS.Aten WASHINGTON-A group of farm leaders went to the White House to urge Roosevelt to support the Jones Bill, which would cut interest rates on government farm loans. And while they got the President's sup- port, they also got an earful on an-, other subject-why the U.S. will not get involved in the European war. The discussion began when one of, the farmers asked Roosevelt whether propaganda and the loss of foreign markets would affect U.S. neutrality. This brought an emphatic negative from the President. "I don't think the American peo- ple will lose their heads to the ex- tent of being drawn into the Euro- pean conflict," he said in effect. "It is true that the emotions of people can be quickly aroused, but reason and logic always triumph in the end. That's why our democratic form of1 governmentrhas survived so long. "Take, for example, the arms em- bargo fight. There was a lot of talk from certain elements during that controversy, that if we lifted' the embargo it would drag us into the war. Well, all that talk has died down and you don't hear it any more. There was no truth in it and1 it evaporated. O"The same happened during the. debate over extending the reciprocal trade treaties. There was a lot of unfounded talk then, but it has all blown over unless political oppor- tunists inject thes, issue into this year's campaign." "What about the Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway?" asked an- other of the farm visitors. "Will that endanger our neutrality?" Again Roosevelt shook his head.3 "As long," he replied, "as we keep a level head, our feet on the ground1 and maintain a liberal government, we have nothing to worry about." Red Cross Delayed The war is all over in Finland, but that country still is having hard luck, this time as a result of the war in Norway. For the U.S. neutrality act now is holding up much needed Red Cross supplies to Finland. When the Nazis invaded Norway, two American vessels-the Mor- macstar and Mormactide-were on the high seas with Red Cross sup- plies for Finland. Then suddenly' Roosevelt extended the combat zone, and the two vessels had to turn back. The relief materials included hos- pital tents, warm clothing, layettes, surgical dressings, X-ray machines, and other hospital and medical sup-. plies, some of them the hand-made products of Red Cross volunteer units throughout the country. The material is desperately need-' ed by the Finnish people, but the Red Cross knows of no way to de- liver it. Poland has been in a similar pre- dicament, but now Red Cross ma- terial is getting through in large quantities-six months. after the first efforts were made. Delay was caused principally by Nazis, who em- phatically denied any need for out- side assistance. Finally the Red Cross received written guarantees that none of the material will be claimed by German authorities, and that no objection will be raised to aiding Jews as well as Gentiles. Political Chaff Bets are being offered in the Sen- ate cloakrooms that now that Sen- ator William King, veteran Utah anti-New Deal Democrat, has strong opposition, he will climb aboard the third term bandwagon. In his last campaign in 1934, King ran as an Administration supporter, but a few days after he was safely re-elected rejoined the anti camp.t Running against him this year is Delbert Draper. liberal Salt Lake City law- yer . . . Since his big vote as a Dewey delegate, Wisconsin Secre- tary of State Fred Zimmerman, for- mer governor, has started a quiet boom to shelve Governor Julius Heil and grab the GOP nomination. Na- tional Republican chiefs would like to ditch Heil because of his proclivity for making impolitic statements. Wisconsin GOP county chairmen plan a statewide survey to demon- strate his unpopularity . . . . Des- pite the many bitter barbs he hurled at Roosevelt, Senator Burt Wheeler has told intimates he would accept second place if Roosevelt runs again. . ... (Continued from Page ) be held in Room 319, West Medical Building today at 10:00 a.m. Sub- ject: "Sulfur Metabolism-Elemen- tary Sulfur, Ethereal Sulfates, Thio- cyanates and Sulfates." All interest-" ed are invited. Spring Parley: Every member of' the faculty and of the administration is cordially invited to join with the student body in a discussion of de- mocracy at th Tenth Annual Spring Parley. Panel sessions today at 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. 1. The World Scene: Chaos or Cosmos? Room 319, Union. 2. American Democracy: Now or Never. Room 323, Union. 3. The Campus Community: Amity or En- mity? Room 302, Union. 4. Uni- versity Training: Democratic or Autocratic? Room 305, Union. Closing Session Sunday, April 21, at 3:00 p.m. Michigan Union Ball- room. Outdoor Sports Club: Reorganiza- tion meeting for spring activities today at 2:30 p.m. in the Wo- men's Athletic Building. All Wo- men students are invited to par- ticipate. Spring plans include hik- ing, bicycling, canoeing, possibly overnight trips, and out-door cook- ing. Small fee for refreshments at the meeting on Saturday. Suomi Club meeting at 8:00 tonight at the International Center. The Congregational Student Fel-, lowship will have a 'canoe trip today.] Meet at Pilgrim Hall at 3:45. Small charge for the canoe trip and wienie roast. Call 2-1679 for reservations. Dr. Abram Sachar will be honored with a luncheon atthe Zeta Beta Tau; house today. He- will lead an open forum there at 2:00 p.m. to which the public is cordially invited.- Coming Events Engineering Colloquium: Professorj M. B. Stout will speak on "Rectifiers" in Room 153W. Eng. at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23. This meeting is sponsored by Eta Kappa Nu. Re- freshments. Physics Colloquium: Professor R. A. Beth of the Physics Department, Michigan State College, will speak on "Atomic Constant Discrepancy" Mon- day, April 22, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 1041 E. Physics Bldg. German Table for Faculty Mem- bers will meet Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders' Room, Michigan Union. All faculty members inter- ested in speaking German are cordi- ally invited. There will be a brief informal talk by Dr. A. Rosenthal on "Ueber die Geschichte der griechis- chen Mathematik." Junior Mathematical Society: An- nual election of officers at the meet- ing on Monday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3201 Angell Hall. An in- vitation to attend a state meeting of college undergraduate mathe- matics clubs will be discussed, and a discussion of "Cubic and Quartic Equations in Polar Coordinates" will be given by Mr. Daniel Levine and Mr. Wadey. Freshmen wishing to join the club are requested to attend this meeting or, if unable to attend, call Mr. Wadey at 9023. Seminar in Bacteriology in Room 1564 East Medical Building Monday, April 22, at 8:00 p.m. Subject: "Vir- uses and Immunity." All interested are invited. Engineering Students and others interksted are invited to attend the meeting of the Fourth Coal Utilization Institute on Monday, April 22, at the Michigan Union. R. Bichowshy will read a paper on "The Scientist's Morals." Graduate Outing Club will meet on Sunday, April 21, at 2:30 p.m. in the rear of the Rackham Building for an outdoor program, consisting of a lhike, softball and volleyball. Supper will be available outdoors, followed by social hour. around a camp fire. All graduate students and faculty invit- ed. The overnite trip planned for the weekend of April 27-28 has been changed to May 4-5. Reservations should be made by April 28 and a deposit paid to Abe Rosenzweig, as the trip is limited to 30. Sunday Saunter: The first W.AA. and Union-sponsored "Sunday Saun- ter" will be conducted by Dr. Wayne Whitaker of the University faculty. All students are invited to meet at the north door of the Michign Union at 10 a.m., Sunday, April 21. Tennis Tournaments: Women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles tennis tournaments start Monday, April 22. Those interested sign up on bulletin board atthe Wo- men's Athletic Building, or call Alice Braunlich-2-3225 by Saturday. Only one member of a mixed doubles team must be on campus. The Lutheran Student Club will meet Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Election of officers will be held and Professor Paul Kauper will review "The Nazar- ene." Dinner at 6:00. German Play: Lessing's "Minna von Barnhelm" will be presented Monday, April 29, at 8:15 p.m. in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. A forum, sponsored by the Hillel Foundation and Avukah, will be held at the League on Sunday, April 21, at 8:00 p.m. The guest' speaker will be Rabbi Jacob Weinstein, of the Temple K.A.M. of Chicago, who will discuss "Democracy and Cultural Pluralism." The public is invited. Passover meals will be served at Lane Hall from April 22 to April 29. Reservations for the first and second Seders as well as regular meals may be made by calling the Hillel Foun- dation immediately. Students in need of financial aid for these meals are instructed to call Dr. Isaac Rab- inowitz. The Monday Evening Drama Sec- tion of the Faculty Women's Club will meet in the Michigan Union on Monday, April 22, at 7:30. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church: Sunday: 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion (Corporate Communion for Junior Church teachers); 9:00 a.m. Break- fast for Junior Church teachers in Harris Hall; 11:00 a.=. Morning Prayer and Sermon by the Reverend Henry Lewis; 11:00 a.m. Junior Church; 11:00 a.m. Kindergar- ten, Harris Hall; 7:00 p.m. Stu- dent Meeting, Harris HalL Election of officers for coming year. Refresh- ments. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Churches First Presbyterian Church: 10:45 a.m. "Our Advocate Supreme" will be the subject of the sermon by Dr. W. P. Lemon. 5:00 p.m. Westminster Student Guild Music Appreciation. 5:30 p.m. Westminstej Student Guild meet for supper and election of officers. At 7:00 o'clock Mr. Ken- neth Morgan, Director of the Student Religious Association, will speak to the group on "What Is Worship." First Congregational Church: 10:45 a.m. Public Worship. tr. L. A. Parr will speak on "What About Your Epitaph?" 6:00 p.m. Student Fellowship sup- per. Professor Philip L. Schenk will give an illustrated talk on "English Cathedrals." Unitarian Church: 11 a.m. "Free- dom of a Race" review of the novel "Native Son." 7:30 p.m. Round Table Discussion: "The Negro Faces the Future." Mr. Edward Dalton, Institute of Public and Social Administration, Detroit; Miss Carol Rumsey, Graduate of Uni- versity of Michigan. First Church of Christ Scientist: Sunday morning service at 10:30 a.m. Subject: "Doctrine of Atonement." Sunday School at 11:45 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church will hold its worship services at 10:30 a.m. Rev. H. 0. Yoder will deliver the sermon. International Spring Festival at the Intramural Building, Priday, April 26, 7:30 to 12:00 p.m. The In- ternational Center is offering an eve- ning of co-recreational sport, sport demonstration, and tournament fin als with arn hour floor show of pictur- esque folk dancing at the Intramural Building. Free tickets starting April" 15 at the office of the International' Center, 603 E. Madison Street (South Wing, Michigan Union). International Center: The Sunday evening program at 7 o'clock will con- sist of a visit to the Angell Hall Ob- servatory under the direction of Prof. W. Carl Rufus who will conduct an "Observatory Night." In case of unfavorable weather, Prof. Rufus will give an illustrated talk at the Center entitled "The Life Story of a Star." The Monday evening movie at 7:15 is entitled "Transpacific,". a one-reel sound film in color, showing the de- velopment of Pan American Airways in Latin America and the construction of the Transpacific Route: Under The Dome One of the most inspiring sights in our democratic government is to see the President of the United States address a joint session of Con- gress. These gatherings include not only the President and members of the House and Senate, but also Cab- i t nrv n ? iI 1 7" ,rprnp ''nis i Jim Zion Lutheran Church will hold its worship services at 10:30 a.m. Rev. E. C. Stellhorn will speak on "An Alive Christian." First Methodist Church: Morning Worship Service at 10:40 a.m. Dr. Charles W. Brashares will preach on "Wo,'ld rohvi'lcwng Warin~ryMhdsm!"