THE MI CHiGAN DAILY SUNDAY, FER. EE MICHIGAN DAILY Youth Congress Dramatizes Issues Confrontig Young Americans C " '1 EAdted and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority ofthe 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 year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL AVENRSING 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 Editorial Staff Carl Petersen . . . . Managing Editor Elliott Maraniss . . . . Editorial Director Stan M. Swinton . . . . . City Editor Morton L. Linder . . . . . Associate Editor Norman A. Schorr . . . . . Associate Editor Dennis Flanagan . . . . . Associate Editor John N. Canavan . . . . . Associate Editor Aen vicary . . . . . . Women's Editor Mel Flneberg . Sports Editor Business Staff Business Manager . . . . . Paul R. Park Ast. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Ganson P. Taggart Women's Business Manager . Zenovia Skoratko Women's Advertising Manager . Jane Mowers Publications Manager . . . Harriet S. Levy NIGHT EDITOR: LAURENCE MASCOTT The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Strong Action Will Preserve Our Liberties .. WITHOUT COMMENT, Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet this week freed 16 persons of charges of recruiting Spanish Loyalists soldiers in Detroit, thus closing a case handled by two United States Attorneys-General. But in a larger sense, when these arrests are viewed against a whole background of civil liberties violations and the broader perspective of American democracy, the case is not closed and cannot be closed. The arrests in themselves were evident viola- tions of constitutional guarantees. Attorney- General Jackson admitted: "Even handed and impartial justice would not localize prosecu- tions of this character to Detroit nor confine them to only one side of the Spanish War, nor even to the Spanish War itself. "Since these acts were not prosecuted when they were new or current, it seems inappropri- ate to begin prosecutions for activities so long known to the government. Unless we. are to proceed with all the cases arising during the period, it would be manifestly unjust. to single out these Detroit indictments." The circumstances =surrounding the arrests were likewise flagrant violations of the Bill of Rights: the time and manner of the arrests; the denial of visitors or of adequate time for counsel for those arrested; the exorbitant bail that was levied. Yet the inference can be drawn that it was above all the active vigilance of the Michigan Civil Rights Federation and the vigilance of similar groups throughout the country with similar hopes for the real preservation of de- mocracy, that was mostly responsible for the sudden change in attitude of Attorney-General* Jackson and the sudden dismissal of the case. That inference is an optimistic one. It im- plies that if determined awareness of a threat to American civil liberties could succeed in forc- ing the dismissal of the Detroit cases that simi- lar vigilance could succeed in destroying other violations of civil rights in other cases. AND THESE OTHER CASES are many and rapidly increasing. Throughout the nation, varied state legislatures are considering drastic anti-alien bills and there are many such bills ever present in the country's capital. Vigilante activity seems unchecked in the state of Wash- ington, the migrant laborer is denied his rights in California, and in the South and even in the Northeast, the Negro is deprived of his rights under the 14th and 15th amendments. The Dies Committee rambles on with new appropriations and reliance upon ex parte cases and its "abso-: lute privilege" to slander groups and individuals without remembering the fundamental fact that "a man is considered innocent until proven guilty." Above all, the preservation of Civil Liberties must be realized against an ominous background in which the United States is one of the few major nations that is at peace while the rest of the world is involved in declared or unde- clared war. And it is in time of stress, where the thrashing out of the paramount considera- tions of national policy is imperative, that free- dom of press, speech and assembly- as well as the rights of those indicted assume their great- est importance. The Detroit cases are closed, but they indi- By ELLIOTT MARANISS YOUNG AMERICA came of age last weekend. The generation that grew up in the dark days of the depression of the last decade, a generation steeled by adversity and educated by bitter experience, officially attained maturity on the rain-swept front lawn of the White House where 5,000 of their delegates had come to lay down, for all America to see and hear, their hopes and desires and needs. They had come to the Nation's Capitol, from factory, farm, school and church, representing the 5,000,000 young people who are affiliated with the Ameri- can Youth Congress, to discuss their problems and to tell the President and the Congress what they were thinking. Deep in their hearts was the picture of "a land free of the misery of war and oppression, of a people brave in their con- quest of the social frontier." Deep in their minds was the picture of four million young Americans without work, with the doors of industry, and even the relief rolls closed to them; of a new war, which could bring nothing but "death and degradation to youth and profit and power to a few" reaching out for them. They were keenly aware of these problems facing them and the nation, and were intent upon actively advanc- ing the interests of the entire people. Their simple aims reflected the profoundest aspira- tions of all Americans: education, vocational training, employment at a living wage, preser- vation of the civil liberties proclaimed in the Bill of Rights, and the vigilant defense of peace. The writer of this article Was one of those thousands of young people who went to Wash- ington. The Americans he met there were typi- cal youngsters, who were wide-awake, who knew what problems were facing them, who knew what they wanted, and who knew how to get it There were young Negro girls from the deep South who told us a tale of unbelievable misery and poverty; the Tom Joads and Rosasharons of the Grapes of Wrath country who related the epic of the Okies; young men who help reap the corn on the Iowa plains; young auto work- ers, waiters, electricians, seamen and miners wh told us the story of youth's part in the growth of trade unionism; young students, expertly trained for some profession, with no hope for employ- ment; and there were the representatives of the four million of us who are without jobs: the kids who spent the last decade on box-cars and highways roaming the country looking for work, who have known the hunger and frustration that comes with enforced idleness. These young people were marching arm-in-arm to the future, organized, determined to solve their problems, and inspired with the courage that comes with youthfulness, with strength, and with a program that is based on the unshakeable foundations of truth, fact and real need. THE THREE DAYS of the Institute were spent. in general sessions discussing the problems of jobs for young people, civil liberties and keeping out of war. The Institute was a gath- ering of young people from all parts of the country to inform the nation of youth's needs and to discuss how young people can best use their citizenship privileges. The Institute, of course, was not a policy-making gathering: the fact, however, that it represented so many young people, and that it was discussing serious problems, served to attract nation-wide atten- tion to the meeting. Unfortunately, some of the speakers and most of the newspapers re fused to meet the delegates on the issues that were up for discussion. Despite every effort to discredit the Congress, to avoid straightforward debate on the problems on the agenda, to be- little our intelligence and intellectual powers, to confuse and split the convention, the delegates stood firm in their resolution to bring the real issues into the open, to discuss them freely and comprehensively, and to retain their unity, in- tegrity and independence. THERE IS NO AVOIDING these problems which Young America presented to the President and to Congress. If the President thinks we are capable of nothing but "unadul- terated twaddle" he has greatly misjudged the sentiments and capabilities of American youth. Like any other public figure he will be judged squarely on the basis of the issues, of his atti- tude toward the program we have formulated. The choice facing the delegates at Washington was not one between the personalities of Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, and John L. Lewis; it was simply one between a man and his party which has refused to consider our progressive pro- posals, and between the representative of 3,000,- 000 organized Americans who offered Americans youth an opportunity for joint action in solving these problems. So universal are these problems that their significance and effect have even penetrated through the thick walls of the campus ivory towers. Students on the University of Michigan campus realize, as keenly as does an unem- ployed mechanic, that the main problem con- fronting youth today is that of jobs. Govern- ment statistics estimate the number of unem- ployed workers between the ages of 16 and 25 at about four million. NYA State Administra- tors report that about two million of these un- employed young people come from families un- able to provide for their support. Nearly half a million more from low income groups are cer- tified to the NYA as in need of employment, but fund limitations have prevented the NYA from providing them with jobs. It is against these existing needs that the present 'NYA, CCC, and WPA programs proposed by the Pres- ident must be measured. Altogether federal assistance by these three agencies now reaches approximately 800,000 young people-less than 20 per cent of the total in need. Furthermore- supernatural powers to see the sharp war trends in Washington's policy these days. These are the hard facts that the young people of America have recalled to the attention of the country as threatening us with war: increase in arms at the expense of social services; a war budget; the evasion of American neutrality legislation through transfer of American-controlled ships to foreign flags; introduction and approval of bills for loans to belligerent powers; proposals to grant the President "emergency war powers" unprecedented in peace time; the threats to civil liberties in an atmosphere of war hysteria; the attempts to build prosperity through production of war materials rather than through a national economy that gives us full employment in so- cially useful production. ON THIS ROAD lies war for America. Ameri- can youth and the American Youth Congress have accepted the serious responsibility of of- fering vigorous leadership in the day-to-day effort to keep our peace. For the purpose of providing American youth honest knowledge of the factors involved in maintaining our peace, of the economic and political issues, of the role of our country in the entire world picture, and of the role of American youth in resisting the threat of entanglement in war, the AYC Peace Commission has declared its support of the fol- lowing policies: For A Strict Neutrality-no troops, no war loans to belligerent countries abroad; no mili- tarization of NYA or CCC; no M-Day prepara- tion. For Employment and Education for Youth- restoration of educational cuts, expansion of NYA, passage of the American Youth Act, and adequate health and housing provisions for the American people. For Our Civil Liberties-free speech, free as- sembly, free press; for the rights of minority groups-racial, political and religious; defense of labor's right to organize; against headline hy- steria in any form. For the Protection of Living Standards-no war profiteering, no war economy, no arms ex- pansion at the cost of adequate social and ec- onomic programs; wages to be kept equal to rising prices; defense measures for the house- wife and for youth. THIS IS THE PROGRAM for youth for a peaceful and prosperous America. These are the steps that must be taken if America is to stay out of war. They require practical day- to-day action in every locality in America. And they are no less urgent in Ann Arbor than they are in Washington. We too will feel the sharp edge of the budget axe; we too will be called upon to make every sacrifice to fight a war in which we have not the slightest interest; we too are faced with an imminent threat to our civil liberties. And, of equal importance, is the fact that we here in Ann Arbor are well aware of these problems and are active in attempting to solve them, as the quickness and efficacy of our protest against the violation of civil liber- ties in Detroit indicates. It is the responsibility of every campus organization, of every student on campus, to immediately come to grips with the problems that the American Youth Congress so dramatically brought to the country's at- tention. We must quickly make a serious at- tempt to soberly discuss our common problems at an open meeting, and try to arrive at a basis for common and effective action. For what is at stake is nothing less than the lives and liberties of all of us. MUSIC CBS Presentations Sunday, Feb. 18 2:30 to 3 p.m.-Reinald Werrenrath, popular American baritone, and Egon Petri, eminent concert pianist, are guest contestants on the weekly CBS musiquiz, "So You Think You Know Music." 3 p.m.-New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli, conducting. Deems Taylor is commentator. Polonaise, Arietta and Passacaglia ........... ...............................Handel-Harty Symphony in F major, No. 8 ........Beethoven Site, "Set of Three" ..............John Powell Bolero ..................................Ravel 9 to 10 p.m.-Ford Sunday Evening Hour. Overture to "Le Baruffe Chiozzote" (orchestra) ..................................Sinigaglia Largo: Ombra Mai Fu, from "Xerxes" ..Handel' Mr." Thomas and orchestra Caprice Espagnole (orchestra) ............. ..-.......................Moszkowski-Zador rtatchez on the Hill (orchestra) .:. John Powell Jean (Mr. Thomas and orchestra) ... Burleigh a) The Conscientious Deacon . . .Buzzi-Peccia b) A Little Song of Life (Mr. Thomas and piano) ...............................M alotte Scarf Dance (orchestra).. . . ...Chaminade Old Man River, from "Show Boat" . Jerome Kern (Mr. Thomas, chorus and orchestra) Overture to "Der Freischutz" (orchestra) .... .-.- .-.... .... . .........von W eber Star Spangled Banner......National Anthem (Mr. Thomas, chorus, audience and orchestra). Monday, Feb. 19 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. (First 15 minutes not WABC) Young People's Concert from New York's Town Hall, played by the New York Philhar- monic-Symphony Orchestra, Rudolph Ganz, conducing. The work of the wood-winds of the orchestra is explained and musical examples OF ALL THINGS!. By Morty-Q. CARL PETERSEN (with an "e" if you please) and Stan Swinton, managing and city editors of the Daily respectively, are a couple of queer characters. Pete is a long stretch of skin and bones who spends all his spare time reading Hamlet. He has a big map of Denmark in his dorm room (there's barely room for him and the map in that cute cubicle) and, when he has an occasional visi- tor, he ties him down and rants about the glory of the Danes. Swin- ton will rant about anything at any time. No one ever listens to him, so occasionally he shuts up. It is ru- mored that he saw the picture, "His Girl Friday," six times. He thinks the United States is a subsidiary of the United Press. Well, anyhow, Pete and Stan went' into Detroit the other evening to see the Benny Goldberg-Kayo Morgan episode. First they went up to the United Press office to see Steve some- body. No Steve. Then they went over to the Detroit Times to see Guy Whipple. No Guy. Then they looked up Clayt Hepler at the Times. No Clayt. They went to the Free Press to see Don Schram, the state editor. No Don. . After this highly successful afternoon, they went to the fight. No fight. (Both of the contestants were tossed out of the ring by the referee for stalling). So Stan, ever on the alert for a story, filed a long recount of the happenings to the Daily. They finally left Detroit and came back to A.A. at about 3 a.m. and rushed over to the Daily to see the story in the paper. No story. AS IF THIS WASN'T ENOUGH, the next day, Pete, along with "Scoop" Schleider and "Oberlin" Chandler, went up to Lansing for the Michigan Intercollegiate Press Association meeting. There, in the shadow of the silos, Pete was sup- posed to lead a roundtable on "Off- Campus Reporting." The three wan- dered about the campus for a while; Pete says that at least seven dif- ferent guys tried to milk Schleider, while another group chased Chandler all over the place finally attempting to put him in one of the nearby sties. Came 2 p.m. and they go over to start the discussion only to find it was held at 10 in the morning. Then, on the way to the bus, Schleider starts following some pretty girl, trips and breaks his glasses. She sat beside him on the bus, but he never knew it because he couldn't see that far. PROF. ANTON CARLSON, who gave the scientist's point of view in the "Existence and Nature of Re- ligion" series, sponsored by the Stu- dent Religious Association, was quite a disappointment to Mr. Q. Not only did he not present his viewpoint ade- quately but he refused to touch cer- tain important problems involved and, as a result, his argument (inso- far as it was an argument at all) was weak, besides being somewhat in- coherent. Speaking of a supernatural force Prof. Carlson vehemently declared that, as far as he was concerned, there was no God outside of the hu- man body. And, just as he said that, he unconsciously used the very common phrase, "God knows" to bring out one of his points. It was slightly incongruous, to say the least. - ** 'T SEEMS as if the Michigan pro- fessors are getting funny again, for a new batch of "professor cracks" has come to Mr. Q's attention. Every once in a while there seems to be a spurt in the faculty wit and some pretty good gags have resulted. Professor Preuss, of the political science department, met the first class in one of his courses this week and, after the usual preliminaries, said: "We shall begin the course with a study of contemporary Germany." Whereupon one gentleman in the back, obviously in the wrong room, got up and walked out. "Anti-Nazi,,, cracked Professor P. Professor Pollock of the political science department was about to be- gin a lecture recently when one of the numerous campus canines strolled in. Professor P. removed the animal and cracked, as he re-entered the room: "We have to draw the line somewhere." In Re Finland NO ONE can deny that feeding and clothing needy citizens of invad- ed Finland is an extremely worthy and important cause. But unfortu- nately just now the Finns are en- gaged in an international conflict, a war into which the United States might easily be drawn. It would be both provincial and selfish to say that Americans should contribute nothing to the victims of war on the other side of the Atlantic. And Stanford students give evidence that they harbor no such belief when (Continued from Page 2) terested in a career in government1 service and who are able to make a1 satisfactory adjustment under condi- tions similar to those found in the Indian Service are most desired. Candidates must hold a bachelor's1 degree from a recognized college, and have achieved a high scholastic aver- age; they must be citizens of the United States. L. S. Woodurne Deadline for Change of Elections, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: No course may be added after the end of the third week of the semester. This correct informa- tion conflicts with the statement (page 37, "Announcement, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts") which reads, " No student shall be admitted to a class after the end of the second week of a semester." The last day for adding course is Satur- day, March 2, the end of the third week. E. A. Walter Students and Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Grades for laboratory courses, in which extensions of time were auto- matically granted until the end of the first semester 1939-1940, should be reported as soon as possible, but not later than Saturday, February 24. Grades for courses in this category, not reported by February 24 will auto- matically be lapsed to E. The courses affected by this regulation are listed on page 38 of the Announcement of our College. E. A. Walter ment of degree or degrees held, no- tarized statement of all teaching ex- perience, money order of $2.50 to de- fray cost of examinations, teacher's application blank completely filled out, and notice of examination field. Furtber details may be secured at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Infor- mation, 201 Mason Hall Academic Notices Political Science 52. Make-up ex- amination for section 1 will be given on Wednesday, Feb. 21. at 1:30 p.m. Room 2037. Angell Hall. Political Science 203 will meet Mon- day, Feb. 19, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 2034 A.H. Make-up examinations in German: All students entitled to take them are requested to call at the office, 204 U.H., on or before February 29, for making necessary arrangements. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I : Eligibility for Second Semester: Students applying for eligibility cer- tificates for the second semester ares reminded that they must present first semester report cards at Room 2, Uni- versity Hall, in order to assure im- mediate receipt of their new cards.1 First semester eligibility certificates will be invalid after March 1. To All Faculty Members and Staff: Special Employment Time Reports must be in the Business Office on Wednesday, February 21, to be in- cluded in the roll for February 29. Edna Geiger Miller Payroll Clerk C.A.A. Flight Training: The new transportation schedules for the sec- ond semester are now posted on the, Aeronautical Engineering Bulletin Board. Biological Chemistry I11. Labora- tory refund slips may be obtained in Room 228, West Medical Building, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thurs- days from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. A written order must be presented if a student wishes to obtain a refund slip for another individual. Marsh and Mandelbaum Scholar- ships for 1940-1941: Students in the Literary College may now file appli- cations for the above scholarships, on blanks to be obtained from the office of the Dean of the College, 1210 Angell Hall. All applications must be re- turned to the same office on or be- fore March 1. Awards will be an- nounced sometime in April. For the photograph required, either a snapshot or a duplicate of that at- tached to the student identification card may be used. The Marsh Scholarships have re- cently carried stipends of $50 or $75. The Mandelbaum Scholarships, of which three are awarded to men stu- dents in the Literary College, carry stipends of approximately $350. The scholarships here named are restrict- ed to those who are students of the Literary College only, and in award- ing them consideration is given to character, need of financial assist- ance, and scholarship, in the order named. Owing to the limited amount of funds available, awards under these scholarships are normally granted only to students whose enrollment in the college, has exceeded one year. Deviations from this are made only in very exceptional instances. Aeronautical Engineering Seniors and Graduates: Students obtaining either bachelors' or masters' degrees in Aeronautical Engineering in June or August, 1940, should fill out the Department personnel records im- mediately. Blanks for this purpose may be obtained in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering Office, Room B-47 East Engineering Build- ing. Manufacturers are already ask- ing for information on this year's graduates, and it is essential that the personnel records be available at once so that they may be supplied with accurate and complete data. Delay in turning in these records may re- sult in incomplete information going o the manufacturers. Teaching Candidates: Examina- tions for applicants for teaching po- sitions in the Toledo Ohio Public German 211 Gothic will meet on Mondays from 7-9 p.m. in 303 S.W. N'orman L. Willey Psychology 39, beginning Monday, will meet in Room 1121 Natural Sci- ence Bldg. Psychology 108, beginning Monday, will meet in Room 212, Angell Hall. Music 41: Make-up examinations for those who received Incompletes first semester, will be held Friday, Feb. 23, at 1:00 p.m. Room 206, Bur- ton Memorial Tower. Leonard Gregory R4esearch Club will meet Wednes- day, Feb. 21, at 8:00 p.m. in the Am- phitheatre of the Rackham Building. Papers by Dr. C. C. Sturgis on "The Present Status of the Treatment of Pernicious Anemia," and Professor E. S. Brown on "The Restoration of Civil and Political Rights by Presidential Pardon." The Council will meet in the Assembly Hall at 7:40 p.m. Botanical Seminar will meet Wed- nesday, February 21, at 4:30, Room 1139, N.S. Bldg. Paper by A. H. Smith: "Agarics from the Olympic Mountains of Washington." Seminar in Bacteriology will meet in Room 1564 East Medical Building Monday, February 19, at 8:00 p.m. Subject: "The Pleuropneumonia Or- ganisms." Al interested are invited. Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet in Room 319, West Medical Building, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb- ruary 20. Subject: "Some B Com- plex Factors Other Than. Thiamin." All interested are invited. Physics Colloquium: Professor S. A. Goudsmit will speak on "Error and Probability" on Monday, Feb. 19, at 4:15 pm. in Room 1041 E. Physics Bldg. Mathematics 300, Orientation Sem- inar. Preliminary meeting, Monday, at 4 o'clock in 3014 A. H. Economics Club Meeting: Professor George R. Husband of Wayne Univer- sity will speak on the subject, "Con- sideration of Some Criticisms of Or- thodox Economics," in the Rackham Amphitheatre on Monday, February 19, at 7:45 p.m. Staff members and graduate students in Business Ad- ministration and Economics are cor- dially invited. A reading examination for all stu- dents interested in enrolling in a spe- cial service course in remedial read- ing, which is to be organized shortly, will be held at 2 o'clock today in the Natural Science Auditorium. The examination will begin precisely at the time announced and last approxi- mately two hours. First Aid Class for University Stu- dents starts Tuesday, Feb. 20, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Room 2014, -University High School. William F. Saulson, '40 Ed., Red Cross Lay Instructor, in charge. Red Cross Life Saving and Water Safety Class for men students starts Wednesday, Feb. 21, 7:00 to 9:30 p.m., Intramural Pool. Maurice S. Reizen, '40Spec., Red Cross Life Saving and Water Safety Instructor, in charge. Concerts Graduation Recital: Barbara M. Cahoon ,pianist; will give a recital in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the Bachelor of Music de- gree, in the School of Music Audi- torium on Maynard Street, Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 8:15 o'clock. The general public is invited. Exhibitions American Indian painting, south I