I Weather Partly cloudy today and tomorrow; cooler. Jr t xii Editorial Inexpensive Living Cooperative Style VOL.1,U No. 16 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1939 PRICE FIVE Talent Search For Tentative Mimes Opera BeginsToday Registration Of Students Wishing To Participate Continues Until Friday Campus Groups To Collect Blanks The drive to find talent for a pos- sible revival of the Union Opera be- gins today. Students who have had either tech- nical or dramatic experience in stag- ing a theatrical production and who wish to participate in the Opera are asked to fill out registration blanks today or tomorrow. Representatives of campus organi- zations will accept registration blanks from 9 a. until 4 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Union lobby, Angell Hall lobby the General Library, the Engineering Arch, the Music School and the College of Architecture. Port Brown, '41, representing the Union, Phil Westbrook, '40, representing Congress, and Stan M. Swinton of The Daily will be in charge. Tryout To State Experience These .interested will be asked to indicate any experience they have had in. any phase of theatrical work. Try-outs -for the cast of the Opera will state whether they have had any singing tralning, any acting experi- ence or a y dance training-either tap, rhythn or ballet, and what kind of part they want in the show. Lon4, ittees in which students may participate include: costumes, music, scenery, and properties, dance, make up, personnel and publicity. Regis- trants must be scholastically eligible to participate." From these registrants will be selected the cast and committee members, If the findings of the -sur- vey; make a rebirth of the Opera feasible. Founded in 1907, the Union Opera became one of the most popular campus institutions. During its hey-- day as many as 500 students tried out yearly for its choruses, orches- tras, ca'sts and committees. . Early Operas Local The first five Operas were local in scope. In 1913, however, the alumni invited the sixth Opera, "Contrarie Mary," to Chicago. By 1923 tlh Opera tok a yearly tour through the nation's largest cities and once set a record for gross receipts of an amateur production at the Metropol- tan Opera House in New York City. During the 23 years of its existence, the Oera had a gross income of more than $800,000, resulting in a net profit of nearly $150,000, and played before audiences totaling approximately 400,000 persons. This is the third attempt at reviv- al of the Opera since it was aband- oned in 1930. Revival efforts in 1934 and 1935 were not successful. Parran To Talk Here Tomorrow 50,000 Idle In Chrysler Plant Dispute UAW Announces Intention To Call General Strike; Five-DayNotice Needed Secretary Sends Perkins Mediators DETROIT, Oct. 11. --)- Moreo than 50,000 auto factory workers were idle tonight because of theV Chrysler Corporation production dis-r pute and complete paralysis of oper- ations in all its plants was threat-N ened. .With the likelihood that the tietpr will affect 60,000 workers by tomor-p row, the United Auto Workers (CIO) announced its intention to call a gen-I eial Chrysler strike. Five day noticet with the State Labor Mediation Boarde is required.I Operations Suspendede Plants which tad virtually sus-r pended operations tonight were Chrysler-Kercheval, Chrysler-Jeffer- son, Dodge, Plymouth, De Soto, and{ Dodge Truck, all in or near Detroit. By Thursday it was indicated that all Chrysler divisions, including the plant at Evansville, Ind., would be down except for miscellaneous work in a few departments.- The tieup so far has centered around the corporation's Dodge plant, a key unit in which the management charges the union instigated a slow- down and the union claims the as- sembly line was speeded up. One by one other plants dependent upon Dodge became unable to operate. One unit of the Briggs Manufac-. turing Co. also became involved anc 6,000 of its workmen were sent home,( although they are not parties to the dispute. Conference Held Richard T. I'xankensteen, regional director of the union, and Herman L. Weckler, vice-president of Chrysler in< charge of operations, spent several hours in conference and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins assigned Coi- missioners E. C. McDonald and D. T. Roadley to Detroit thelp ork out a solution. Both sides accused each other of camouflaging the real issue, declar-1 ing the question of a new contract to replace the one that expired Sept. 30 is the vital point. Frankensteen said he was preparedl to file at once the five day notice of intent to strike now required bya Michigan law. Russian Film Begins Today Art Cinema Group Offers 'Alexander Nevsky' "Alexander Nevsky," Soviet film portraying Russia's greatest medieval1 epic, begins a three-day engagement at 8:15 p.m. today at the Lydia Men- delsohn Theatre. Sponsored by the Art Cinema League, the film reproduces Russia's struggle with the invading Teutonic knights in the 13th century. Sergei Eisenstein, considered Russia's gret- est director, is in charge of the film, and Nikolai Cherkassov, star of "Bal- tic Deputy" and "Peter I" has the title role. The climax of the film is built around the "Battle on the Ice," in which Nevsky, the Prince of Nov- gorod, led the Russian troops to a vic- tory that has become a legend in Russian folk-lore. In reproducing the battle, Director Eisenstein used as many soldiers as were engaged in the original. Tickets are on sale at the League box office. All seats will be reserved. Early Peace Aim Of ASU Resolution A resolution that "the United States stand ready with other neu- tral nations, to use all its forces to bring to an early conclusion this present European war" was passed last night at a meeting of the Peace Commission of the American Stu- dent Union in Lane Hall. This reso- iution will be presented to the mem- bers for approval at the next general membership meeting. The commission also resolved to 'support the embargo against Japan and to give medical, economic and Ainlmati ni fn hin . tocl nn., Student Senate To Make Final Election Plans Final election plans and the date f election will be the main subject at the meeting of the Student Sen- ate at 7:30 p.m. today at the Union, Mtartin Dworkis, '40, acting president said yesterday. Norman A. Schorr was recently ap- pointed to the post of director of elec- tions, Dworkis said, but the details of election have not as yet been decided. At last week's meeting, a committee was appointed to formulate a policy of American neutrality for the Senate, Dworkis added, and it is expected that the group will adopt this policy to- night. A move to abolish voting by proxy was tabled at the last meeting and will be brought up again tonight, thus making attendance a necessity in order to exercise a vote. Senator Betty Shaw, '41, was ap- pointed a committee of one last week to investigate a program of home education initiated by Mrs. Samuel T. Dana, wife of the dean of the for- estry school, and her report will be presented at tonight's meeting. Gibb, Former County Clerk, Goes On Trial Township Officials Testify At First Day's Hearing In Circuit Court Here Charged with the embezzlement of $5,549.55 from county relief funds, Emmett M. Gibb, former county clerk, went on trial . yesterday in circuit court before Judge George W. Sample and a jury of 14 mem- bers. " Last May, Gib resigned from office', during removal proceedings conducted by a special tribunal. How- ever, he has refused to plead "guilty" to the enbezzlement charge. Testimony yesterday was confined by Prosecutor Albert J. Rapp and Defense Attorney. John Conliin to an examination of transactions be- tween various county townships and the relief office of which Gibb was head. Only five witnesses were called during the two sessions: Miss Lottie Wallace, city clerk of Saline; Frank Leeson, treasurer of Manchester township; Miss Jane Forshee, treas- urer of Ann Arbor; Fred C. Perry, Ann Arbor city clerk, and John Ber- sUder, treasurer of Bridgewater town- ship. All were asked to identify the re- lief checks sent to the county clerk's office from their townships. Leeson, who was treasurer of Manchester during Gibb's term of office, testi- fied that several of his checks were (Continued on Page 2) Postmasters Hear FDR WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-(IP)-- President Roosevelt told 4,000 post- masters gathered on the south lawn of the White House today that the postal service had been developed in- to an "efficient institution" under "the able direction of our Postmaster General," James A. Farley. Technological Forum Brings Experts Here University- Life Magazine Conference To Be Held Nov. 1, Anderson States Scientists To Hold Transporting Study - One of the outstanding technolog- 'ical conferences to be held in the 'United States during 1939 will meet in Ann Arbor beginning Nov. 1, it wask announced.Wednesday by Dean H. C. Anderson of the engineering col- lege. Sponsored jointly by the University and Life magazine, the conventiont has been named "The University of1 Michigan-Life Conference on New 'Technologies in Transportation." Scientists To Be Present Distinguished scientists, research men and technicians from the labora- tories of- the =great industrial cor- porations, governmental bureaus, re- search foundations and leading na- tional technical schools will attend the three-day forum. Speakers will include Charles F. Kettering, vice-president in charge of research, General Motors Research Corporation; C. R. Smith, president of American Airlines; Fred M. Zed- er, vice-chairman of the board, Chrysler Corporation; Dr. Riard M. Wick, research engineer, Beth- lehem Steel Co.; Otto S. Schairer, vice-president in charge of patents, Radio Corporation of America; and D. A. Wallace, president, Chrysler Sales Corporation. Study Is Planned Sponsors of the conference have described it as ."designed to examine new methods, new materials, and new directions in the transportation field." It will deal with specific 1939 achieve- ments in the respective fields of en- gineering, metallurgy, thermo-dyna- mics, structure,. tensile strength; speed and capacity in the fields of air transportation, automotive, high- way, rail and marine transportation.. Dean Anderson yesterday issued the following statement in announcing the conference: "The amazing tech- nological advances in Urited States transportation during the past dec- ade, linking the Pacific and Atlantic with overnight flights, bringing new speed and traffic to the new Ameri- can railway systems, opening a new aviation frontier in the stratosphere, carrying automotive internal com- bustion engines into higher and un- dreamed of areas of flexibility are unilaterally dependent on the be- hind-the-scenes work of America's laboratories. SAE Elects New Officers; D. Scroggin, Chairman The Society of Automotive Engi- neers held its organization meeting for the new semester last night. The officers elected were: Chairman, Dudley Scroggin, '40E; secretary- treasurer, Lew Briggs, '40E; program chairman, Robert Jackson, '40E; pub- licity, Afired Bobrowski, Grad; mem- bership, Edward Egle, Grad. The next meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19 is open to all who are interested.