__TIIFJ-MICRIGAN DAY-LY~. fAILY Liberalism During A War Crisis: The Blunder Of 1918 In Repetition OF ALL THINGS! +-- DAILY OFFICIAL BUL 1! . . vI if J 7U U1 ~ LW1~i40 ANNMOH anaged by stiudents of the University of the authority of the Board in Control of and Pu*blished every. morning except- Monday during the niversity year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to, the se for republication of all news dispatches credited to or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All ghts of republicationr f 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, 1.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVEkNSJNG BY " National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Represenative 420 MADISON AVE. NEwYORK, N. Y. CHICAGOs' BOSTON CLoS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO rember, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939.40 Editorial Staff Business Staff Managing Editor Editorial Director City Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor AsociateEditor Women's Editor Sports Editor 'nager . Paul R. Park ss Mgr., Credit Manager Ganson P. Tagart isiness anger . Zenovia Skoratko vertising Manager . Jane Mowers Manager Harriet S. Levy EDiTOR: HOWARD A. GOLDMAN The editorials pub ished in The Michigan Daily are written by t embers of The Daily taf an represent the views of the writers IRACING the movements, job' and earnings of more than 500 migra- families and individual workers roaming the ricultural regions of the Southwest and Pacific &st, research workers of the Works Progress ininistration have 'completed a report often ralleling current fictional accounts of harsh Gloitation. The research report, "Migratory Cotton Work- S.in Arizona," cites examples of exaggerated Vertising to attract workers, meager pay, un- kltary living conditions and social barriers ted against the migrants as typical conditions sting among refugees from the Dust Bowl. iegulations of unrestricted recruiting of sea- al labor is recommended to improve condi- ns of migratory workers in the Southwest. o simple solution has been discovered," the Dort warns, and "even granting that .some ictical means of attacking the problem at its krce can be found, progress in all probability b be slow and difficult.' The report, based on a field study conducted the. WPA Division of Research, traces for the bire year of 1937 the pursuits and earnings of hmigrant groups, ho wereatork inArizona rin January and February, 1938. The total nber of cotton pickers working there at the e ranged from about 30,000 during January 5,000 or less toward thb end of February. In- tigators visited about 30 cotton camps. in ee of the most important producing counties obtain their material. Interviews were held stly in the evenings and during Sundays when picking was being done. ['he migratory cotton pickers came to Ari- a, it was found, because of the prssure of rd times in their home communities. A ma- ity of the pickers reported that Arizona was sented to them in one way or another as being romised land which could solve for them the blems which they could not solve at home. e most important reason for their choice of zona as a destination was the advertising npaign conducted by the cotton growers. [he report points out that native labor was .ther adequate to the demand during the .ght of the picking season nor particularly er to work in the otton fields, and growers ociations began exierimenting as early as 1912 h mass importations of cheap labor, usually xican. At one time Puerto Ricans were ught in, but this required large expenditures recruiting and transportation. 5ince 1929 the Arizona cotton growers have ended largely on migratory-cotton pickers for western cotton states. By 1930 the reduced eage, th'e depression and the established flow western cotton states people throgh Arizonat de it unnecessary any longer to offer rebates free transportation.- [he recriting campaign has utilized not only nt ads, buit also display, advertising, hand- Is, newspaper publicity, ''a word-of-mouth apevine" and occasionally radio, the study ind. The campaign reaches into several states the east. Invariably, according to samiple vertisements reproduced in the text, the pick- were promised good pay, high yield per acre >d living conditions in the camps and a heal- , salubrious climate. Actually conditions were very much different, By ELLIOTT MARANI'ISS American liberalism, as it has developed here in the last century, is largely the painful story of igi hopes that ended in disappointment and disillusionment. Beginning with the idealistic experiment at Brook Farm, and continuing in one form or another until the present, American liberals have been travelling along a heaven- bound trail; and at every sharp turn, at every acute crisis, thousands of the faithful have fallen by the wayside, taking refuge either in despair, cynicism or booze. The most terrifying aspect of modern civiliza- tion is war; and, consequently the most painful choice for men of good will is that between war and peace. Liberals have always been the most ardent defenders of a peaceful world. Based upon a belief in rational, peaceful, scientific pro- gress, it is only in a peaceful milieu that the hopeful credo of humane rationalism can be effective. When the bombs are bursting, men are not likely to be diverted from the bloody business of destruction by impassioned appeals to reason. Yet it is a significant fact that it is precisely when faced with the terrible dilemma of choosing between war and peace that "the technique of liberal failure" has been most manifest. Grew Out Of Lassez-Fare The truth is that liberals (liberalism is here used as an attitude toward life that grew out of the nineteenth century doctrines of laissez-faire, freedom of trade and the competitive system) have never been able to grasp the fact that the experimental temperament can be a stimulating and pOderful one only when it is equipped with a scientific approach to historical and ideological factors; when it is supplemented not only with good will but With a knowledge of the economic and social revolution that is beating about our ears, and with the determination to will the means to the cherished end. The point is simply this: grounded as it- is in individualism, negative fears, in independent humane senti- ments, in an idealism that believes in the self- sufficiency of ideas, unaccompanied by action, to assure the triumph of reason, liberalism is not the stuff out of which a modern progressive moverment can be organized to meet the very realistic threat of reaction and war.' The plight of the liberals in the present war crisis is a case in point. One would think that the lesson of last war, when all the liberals and intellectuals clung to the Wilsonian star even when it led to war, and offered themselves for democracy as dished out by George Creel, would have taught them a few fundamental les- sons in regard to the nature of the state and of war. (Suggested reading for modern liberals, especially the editors of the New Republic: Ran- dolph Bourne, The War And The Intellectuals) Apparently, however, the liberals have learned nothing from experience-an interesting com- ment, incidentally, on their recent religious devo- tion to pragmatism, in which they have placed all their hopes for a radiant democracy. It should be manifest to all, especially to men. of intelligence, that the war today is a repetition of the old imperialist game; and that its continu- ation will kill any chance of maintaining the, ideas that the intellectuals share in common with the great majority of the people. Men who have presumably pondered very carefully the forces within our society that are working for the destruction of democracy have jumped upon the imperialistic bandwagon; they have, in their confusion, lost sight of the common enemy at home and abroad. Our "tough-minded" instru- mentalists are also very meekly acquiescing to the war psychology. (Note to John Dewey: have you re-read Bourne's Twilight of Idols recently?) Prey To Propaganda- At a time when it is more necessary than ever to think coolly, to probe deeply into motives and causes and effects, our liberal intellectuals of the universities, the pulpit, the press and the plat- form have fallen prey to the most shallow form of propaganda. They have nearly all moved into the orbit of the pragmatic acquiescence to war and reaction. Undoubtedly these men have been moved by what they consider the highest of ideals andi the best of motives: no criticism of their inten- tions is intended here. Harold Laski and Bruce Bliven and George Soule and the rest have time and again proven their integrity and honesty. But so also had Fred Howe and Walter Weyl to $1.50 cash a day, and from about $6 to $8 total income for the week. Only one worker in 33 of the 577 interviewed was found to have made as much as $16 a week, and less than one-half of one percent earned more than $21. Half of them averaged $7.95 a week or less, and almost one-fourth -averaged less than $6. Large families with four workers or more average $18.38 a week. The usual Arizona camp was described as a crowded filthy, makeshift collection of shelters, frequently lacking even elementary sanitary facilities. Some camps were described as good, but most consisted of tents over floorless wooden boxes. It is generally believed that the rate of illness and mortality among migratory cotton pickers is high, the report says, and their diet consists mostly of cheap, starchy foods with al.- most no meat or milk for the children. The migrants plan for further movement after the end of the Arizona cotton season reflect their bewilderment and hopelessness in a situa- tion where few had enough money to 'go* any- where. The standard reply to a question about plans was: "I don't know where we're go-ing, and even if I did know, I wouldn't have the money to get there." Most of the pickers, it was found, eventually drift into California, where they seek work in a labor market already glutted with migratory and William Bullitt and Herbert Croly and Lin- coln Steffens and the rest of the crew which followed Wilson to Versailles confident that & last peace and order were to be permanently established, only to return disappointed and de- feated men-except Steffens who quickly dis- carded his naive optimism in favor of a more realistic philosophy. Where Lies The Difference? In what, exactly, does the difference lie be- tween Mr. Dies and his witch-hunting outfit and the deportations delirium of A. Mitchell Palmer? Will the next Versailles result in a new genera- tion of embittered and cynical intellectuals with nothing to offer but the rationalizations of their own impotency or unwillingness to comprehend forces that are very real and easily comprehen- sible to less subtle but more vigorous and daring minds? What will happen, in the next war, to those cherished ideals that all liberals hold so dearly? Are civil liberties, tolerance, the dignity of the individual, the sanctity of human life, to be preserved and extended under the aegis of a war dictatorship? But, the liberals will tell you (as will the re- actionaries) that this war is different: this, they say is actually a war to save democracy, to save civilization, as we have known it, from perishing. This argument has been sufficiently exploded, we think, to warrant any further discussion here. It takes a pretty strong constitution to be able to stomach Chamberlain, Daladier or Hitler along with democracy, civilization, and freedom. And to a very large portion of the people of the world civilization, as we have known it, is nothing but a broad-grooved platitude -devoid of any meaning. Civilization means one thing for Chamberlain and another for a Hindu farmer. It is not synonymous with the English or Ger- man ruling classes. The fight for a democratic, humane civilization is not .a fight to preserve the forces of reaction, wl~ther in Germany, Britain or the United States. And if the liberal intellec- tuals who are still riding the tail of Adam Smith don't catch up on what's going on, they'll all be yipping from the dog-house that is quartering all the "old" pre-war intellectuals-or from a concentration camp, guarded not by a Nazi, but by a disciple of Coughlin and Dies. IDRAMA By JAMES GREEN Paul Vincent Carroll's second dramatic por- trayal of the battle between the spirit and the letter of the law, between tolerance and Intol- erance, the Drama Circle Award play "White Steed" is this week's attraction at the Cass Theatre in Detroit. To know that, however, is not enough. The really important informa- tion, as far as Ann Arbor is concerned, is that Whitford Kane is heading the cast in the role of Canon Matt Lavalle, a role that he played in Ann Arbor last May during the Spring Drama Season. During the past four years Mr. Kane's nnmer- ous performances here, in regular student pro- ductions as well as professional ones, have en- deared him to local audiences both as a person and as an actor. He has been a constant help to the members of Play Production and has aided many of them in getting a start on Broadway, When he is in New York his home is a gathering place for them. He has been instrumental in selling to many people in .important places in the world of the theatre the idea that some really important work is being done by the Play Production department of the University of Michigan. In the last analysis, however, it would be hard to determine whether he is more sold on Ann Arbor than Ann Arbor is sold on him. All this as a preface to some sort of a review of the play might be said to prejudice critical judgment. Such is the case. The play deals with the efforts of a young priest to force his own strict moral code upon the inhabitants of a small Irish village. The opposition to the reign of terror that enforce- ' ment of that code causes is led by the old priest Canon Matt Lavalle and a girl, Nora Fintry. In- terwoven into the story are constant reference to the -ssian myths and it is in terms of some sort of Irish "consciousness" contained in these myths that the plot is finally resolved. Carroll has made no very profound study of intolerance nor of morality but he has written a play that, after a slow first act overloaded with expository speeches, moves rapidly and simply to a well worked out conclusion. It is essentially a study in the triumph of home truths. Kane gives one of his best performances in a part that is replete with good dialogue. This is, incidentally the third time that he has played the part. His first performance was in the original New York cast. However, he only played the part for the first week of the run. He is him- self responsible for the story that he was re- placed because Carroll did not believe that he was getting sufficient laughs. Carroll should have been in the audience last night. . Tom Bate in the part of Father Shaughnessy, the crusading priest, was consistently good. Ger- trude Flynn in the role of Nora Fintry did not exploit to their fullest the particularly "Irish" potentialities of the part but as the protagonist- in-action she gave a strong performance. William Cragin as the defeated school master was more juvenile than spiritual but it must be admitted that a part which calls for the smashing of dishes to spite the universe is a hard one for any actor to play. The supporting cast was, on the whole, excellent and more important, was Irish. By 1Yorty.Q. it IT'S getting pretty id. It seems that Mr. Q.'s column isn't serious enough to suit some people. Which, of course, makes Mr. Q. very unhappy because he certainly is very muen concerned 'about these sour-pussed individuals who mope around and think if they get their mind off the plight of the world for even a half-minute, .well, there's just no telling what night happen. Now, as- it happens, Mr. Q is, as much cognizanit of the "rotten economic and social maladjustments that are sadly in need of attention as these guys that shoot their mnouths off at the drop of a dialectic. And he is just as anxious to substitute humanity and equality and security for the forces and creeds that seem to have the upper hand in the world today as these extremely humane people who can't seem- to decide just how to go about establishing a real humanity or justice. So when Mr. Q. devotes all these valuable inches that might be used to cry a little to such stuff as finding 'the Bremen in the Union pool, or typewriters that write of their own accord, or an Ann Arbor Peace Treaty or of football Saturdays and a few of the big names involved, he is accused of being inconsequential and advised to "get hep" and worry along with the rest. Well, Mr. Q. has, made no strained effort to write of this so- called small talk; it wasn't a case of snubbing the big issues of the day and crawling into a columnar shell. It was just that Mr. Q. thought a few of these thigs interesting to write about on the theory that it might also be well to think a little about reader-- interest. And Mr. Q. is perfectly satisfied to allow his column to "de- grade" to the point of futn-making and non-social issues-on the theory that the editorial page gives readers enough to really think about, and it would do no harm (that Young Gulli- ver couldn't remedy) if this space "horsed around" a bit and told of things, perhaps not of vital impor- tance to a revamping of our social structure, but nevertheless that pro- vided a few light moments to a very heavy world. Now, Mr. Q. isn't trying to be a Pagliacci or a brave soul who is big enough to laugh in the midst of ruins and shambles and all that, but he does think a lot of these people take themselves and their own atti- tudes much too seriously. And when they try to extend their own serious- ness into Mr. Q.'s column, he doesn't like it very much, because he is per- fectly satisfied-that what he is doing is just as valuable as if he would point out the many obvious social ills that are so much in need of correc- 'tion. * * * O from this little bit, which is by no means any sort of a justifica- tion for what follows, Mr. Q. swings into what follows. It all started last Thursday when *a freshman named Lee Grant, who hails from Joliet, Ill., (he, incidental- ly, was the chap who hit the jack- pots in the Union coke and telephone machines last week) called up the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and, with the aid of a feminine voice, faked a long-distance call The out-of-town end of the wire was supposed to be upper Michigan somewhere and Lee asked to speak to the head of the' house. When she came to the phon, he gave her a line that sounded something like this: "I am a member of the Ohio Wesleyan football team that plays - against Northern State Teachers in the Upper Peninsula Friday night, and we are coming down to see the Iowa game Satur- day. There are five boys besides myself on the varsity team who ar members of Pi Kappa Alpha led. note: this fraternity has no chapter at Ohio Wesleyan or Michigan). We also have four men on the second team. Now, it has been our custom to invite some chapter of the Thetas to our school every year for a huge dinner dance and we §hould like to talk it over with you when we get in town. Could you arrange for some dates Saturday?" So the Theta boss said she'd need a little time and could he call back. So, in about an hour and a half, he called again (with the long-distance operator) and was told that after much difficulty she had gotten ten women and they would be delighted. In the meantime, Lee, who is rapid- ly assuming Bunyanesque propor- tions on the campus because of his remarkable stunts, had rounded up nine other freshman huskies and they prepared to descend on the Washte-, nawterie after the game. So came five o'clock Saturday afternoon and the ten "Ohio Wesleyan, football players" advancedonthe gals, who saw visions of a lovely trip to Ohio3 for a big-time dinner-daiwce if they could only be nice enouah to Ifhcse hi (Continued from Page 2) The make-up examinations for Ger- man 1, 2 and 31 will be given on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 9 to 12 a.m. in Room 306 U.H. No student will be allowed to take this examination unless he presents a written permit from his instructor at the time of the examination, Botany I Make-up Final Exam for students who were absent from the examination in June will be given Mionday, October 23, at 7:00 P.M. in Room 2004 N.S. Geology 11 and Geology make-up examinations for the finals of sec- ond semester of last year will be given this afternoon in Room 2054 N.S. at 3 p.m. This is the only time .at which these examinations will be given. Exhibitions Exhibition by Ann Arbor artists, under the auspices of the Ann Arbor' Art Association. Alumni Memorial Hall, open until October 26 on Sun- day afternoon, 2-5 p.m., Oct. 15 and Oct. 22. An Exhibit of Southwest Indian Pottery and Painting will be shown in the Central Galleries, on the Mez- zanine floor, of the Rackham build- ing. The exhibit will be open daily until Oct. 21 Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Maximo M. Kalaw, member of the Philippine Na- tional Assembly, will lecture on "American-Philippine Relations and the Present Crisis" in the Natural Science Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 4:15 p.m. American Chemical Society. Dr. 0. E. F. Lundell, Chief of the Chemistry Division, U.S. Bureau of Standards, will lecture on "Chemical Analysis, its Services to Science and Industry, its Problems, and its Role in the Fu-, ture" at 4:15 P.M. on Thursday, Oct. 19, in Room 303, Chemistry Building. The lecture is open to the public. The Rev. Mr. Marley of the First Unitarian Church, will lecture on "I Believe" in the East Lecture Hall, Rackham Building tonight at 8 p.m. Today's Events International Center: Program of Recorded Music. The following all- Russian program of recorded music will be presented this evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Lounge of the Center. I. Polovetzki Dance No. 17 from Prince Igor .........Borodin II. Capriccio Espagnol......... ..........Rimsky-Korsaktw III. Symphony No. 4, in F Minor.,. ................Tschaikowsky Algebra Seminar: Today at 4 p .M. in Room 3201 A.H., Dr. Eilenberg will speak on "Topological Ideals," and Mr. Komm, will speak on "Ideals in a Quadratic Field." ' Chemical and Metallurgical En- gineering Seminar: Mr. Richard E. Chaddock will be the speaker at the Seminar for Graduate Students in Chemical and Metallurgical Engin- Gering today at 4 p.m. in Room 3201 E. Eng. Bldg. His subject is "Liquid- Vapor Equilibrium in Hydrocarbon- Water Systems."' A.S.M.E. There will be a meeting' tonight at 7:30, at the Union. Mr. Earl Kropscott, of the Cellulose and Plastics Division of the Dow Chemi- cal Co., will speak on "Important Modern Plastics," their uses, proper- ties, and manufacture. All engineers are invited to attend. The Student Chapter of the ASCE will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the- Natural Science Auditorium, instead of the Michigan Union as previously announced. Professor Wisler will speak, and sound pictures of the Boulder Dam will be shown. A busi- ness meeting will be held afterwards. Cercle Francais: There will be a meeting' for the old members this evening at 7:30 p.m. in Room 408 R.L. Dues will be payable. Research Club will meet this ,nvening at 8 p.m., in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Build- ing. Election of officers. Professor C. F. Remer will speak on "Interna- tional Research in a Year of Ten- sion." The Council will meet in the Assembly Hall at 7:15 p.m. Upper Peninsula Men: The Hiawa- tha Club cordially invites you to the first club activity of the year, the annual U.P. Men's Smoker. This will be. held at 8 p.m. this eve- ning in Room 319of the Union. A splendid program has been planned including movies of the Michigan State game and a lunch of cider and The first Monthly meeting of the Anatomy Research Club of the Cur- rent ,school year will be held today at 4:30 p.m. in Roin 2501 EaM MVedi- cal Building. Dr. J. H. Ferguson will present a paper entitled: "A Review of the Cur- rent Status of Blood Problem*s." Tea will be served in Room 3502 at 4 p.m. All interested ai*e ordially invited. All those hiteiested in trying out for sophomore track Managers' positions, come to a meeting at 5 p.m. today in the Coaches' Room at lost Field House. Sigia Eta, Chi will have a regular meeting this evening. All old members please be present for a business meeting at 7:30. Pledg- ing of new members will be at 8 p.m. Seminar ill Physical Chemistry will meet in Room 122, Chemistry Bldg., at 415 p.m. today. Prof. G. I. Uhlenbek will speak on "The Heavy Electron (Mesotron)." Chicago Club Meeting: At 7:30 p.m. this evening in Room 302 of the Union there will be another meet- ing of the Chicago Club. A short business meeting will be followed by an interesting tal. All men from the Chicago area are invited to at- tend and become members of this"or- ganization. There are no fees of any sort. Scabbard and Blade: Important meeting of F Company, Fourth Regi- ment at 7:30 tonight in the Union. All members are urged to come and help on the voting of new men. Uni- forms required. bormitery Board of Assenbly There will be a meeting today at the League. The room num- ber will be posted on the bulletin board. The Social Committee of te Ameri- can Student Union will hold a meet- ing in the Union at 4 p.m. this after- noon. Bring ideas for a dramatic production. The Theatre Arts Committee will have a meeting for contacting schbols and civic organizations, at 5 p.m., today in the League. A 11ible Discussion Gro p will meet this evening in the Michigan. League at 7 p.m. The group is, sponsored by the Lutheran Studetit AsOclation and is open to all students. Look on the Bulletin Board in the League for the room assignment. Hfllel Clsss: First mieetingsof the following classes will be held at the Foundation today Class in Yiddish at 4 p.r. Jewish History, led by Ir. Isaac Rabinowitz, at 715 p.m. All applicants for the Honors Course will meet with Dr. Isaac Ra- binowitz at 5 p.m. to schedule prvate conferences. Avukah, student Zionist, organiza- tion, will hold admeeting at 8:15 to- nigh t. All Hilel members are wel- come. Wives of Students and Interns are invited to a reception tea at the home of Mrs. A. G. Ruthven, 815 . Univer- sity, from four to six today, sponsored by Michigan Dames. The wife of any student or intern is welcome to come, whether she has been person- ally asked or not. Former Michigan Dames are requested to assist the newcomers in becoming acquainted. Notice of the first regular ieeting with outline of the year's atfivties will be announced before Oct. 25. -Unversity "Gils'Gxle" C'" :7A gu- lar rehearsal tonight at 7:15'in the League. Attendance is compulsory and all members are urged to be prompt. Coming Events Choral Union Ushers: Will the 'fol- lowing men please report at Hill Au- ditorium Thursday, Oct. 19, 'betteen 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. for the first bal- cony assignments. Jerome Arfa, Ted Balgooyen; Rob- ert P. Bell, Houston A. Brice, Donald M. Cohn, Archibald Cowan, Bruce Fennell, John L. Frost, Joseph M. Gornbeln, Louis Green, L. Green, Du- ane Kenaga, Stoddard Kinney, Ar- thur Klein, Laurence G. Kraus, J. Leonard Brandt, Frederick lechty; Thos. McKinley, John S. Myers, Gerald Nitzberg, Alfred Reitman, Kenneth W. Rhoads, Daniel J. .Rob- ertson, Melvin Schlemenson, Nelson V. Seeger, Richard J. Seitner, George F. Shepard, John S. Stamm, Elgar E. Stanton, Jr., George P. Stein, Rob- ert J. Stoll, Frank Strunk, Wimburn L. Wallace, Harry White, James C. Wills, Bernard M. Wolpert, tobert 'B. Yourd. Choral Union Ushers: Will the folnnnr marl n1F. ,P -- r u. L il