THE MICHIGA N DAILY THU1E5DAY MICHIGAN DAILY 1 . C_ .I1 ctIfItiMOARD.uOm a oVSTI O£ PJw4/T41MR wt - lited and managed by students of the University of ligan under the authority of the Board in Control of lent Publications. blished every morning except Monday during the rersity year and Summer Session.. Member of the Associated Press e Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the foi republication of all news dispatches credited to rt not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All ts of republicatioi of all other matters herein also ved. te a s aLhe Pot ffrice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as dbscrdiptios dring regular school 'ear by carrier, 'by m.ai,-4,5G. PREiSENTED FL)R NATIONAL ADVEk,,SING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAo - BOSTON - Los ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO tuber, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Editorial Staff Att Maraniss i M. Swinton ton L. Linder nan A. Schorr tis Flanagan a N. Canavan Vicary Fineberg q Managing Editor Editorial Director City Editor Associate Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Women's Editor * Sports Editor Business Staff SS Manager. usiness Mgr., Credit Manager s Business Manager s AdvertisingManager tions Manager I I . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko ane Mowers *Harriet S. Levy NIGHT EDITOR: HELEN CORMAN The editorials published in The Michigan )aily are written by members of The Daily taff and represent the views of the writers nly- r Hook Or Crook iey All Come Out. 0 R ECENT SCANDALS in many of our penal institutions have proved con- clusively to the American public that all ij not well with its prison system. Prison breaks, resulting in loss of life at Jack- son and Marquette, the mass escape of 13 danger- ous youths from the St. Charles (Ill.) School for Boys and the outbreak of typhoid fever among the inmates of an institution at Man- teno, Ill., are examples of recent outrages on the public safety, outrages which call for im- mediate and decisive steps for improving our prison system. First and most necessary step to be taken is the strengthening and tightening of our civil service systems, and their extension in the field of prison employees. Obviously, as their jobs do not involve formation of policy, employees must be taken as including wardens and men of similar rank. V Use of the Spoils System for employing prison help too often means that men physically unfit or professionally unqualified are appointed to posts of responsibility, merely because of party affiliation. A glaring example of the dire need for civil service in this field is the fact that, in a nearby penal institution, two guards were dis- covered who actually were "graduates" of that institution! Moreover, because of the strong political connections of these two men, it re- quired three months to get rid of them! No wonder the suggestion is advanced that "by hook or crook" be appended to the maxim, "they all come out!" A second step toward the betterment of -our prison system concerns procedure inside prisons, and relates to both guards and prisoners. Guards, even after passing civil service tests, do not always keep their original high standards. To avoid such occurrences, special schools are being set up, especially by the Federal Government, to train guards. Medical and psychiatric train- ing is also given. When a prisoner enters a Federal prison now, he undergoes a complete mental and physical examination. Then, during his entire prison career, accurate and up-to-date reports on these two phases of his condition are made. This represents a long stride in the rehabilitation pro- gram now widely advocated for prisons. Other steps in this direction can be taken. The third step in this program for prison reform must be taken in the courts. It is inP perative that judges, in consigning convicted wrongdoers to prisons, take into more strict consideration the type of criminal involved, and select the penal institution accordingly. More than 76 escapes from the St. Charles reforma- bory in the last year have proved that mere youthfulness in a prisoner does not entitle him o a place in a prison without bars. It is surely rue that first offenders, at least those of previ- usly unquestionable reputation, should not be' allowed to mingle with hardened criminals in 'stricter" prisons. However, with recent examples n mind, greater care must be exercised in com- nitting wrongdoers to penal institutions whose routines are all too tempting to warped minds bent on escape. -Howard A. Goldman, Amid the ferocious wars with Sparta, Athens achieved that splendor of mind from which items modern science, philosophy, choral dramna andi architetre. AAmid three 4cenuries f nf i Statue Smashing And Opportunity.. A STORY of a heart-broken sculp- turess shared the headlines with Europe's war yesterday. She was Mrs. Adelaide Johnson, widely known for her statues of Ameri- can feminist leaders, who was smashing some of her artistic creations to bits in order to save storage rent. She had been ordered out of her studio resi- dence, a few blocks from the nation's capitol in Washington. The building had been sold after she was unable to pay taxes and interest. So she set about chipping and breaking her statuary. A half dozen pieces were damaged before Rep. Sol Bloom of New York heard of her plight and arranged to delay eviction proceedings. Bloom said that he found her home too cold to live in, while $100,000 worth of sculpture was strewn about the various rooms. It is a tragic tale that has been repeated too often in our supposed land of opportunity. It is only unique because of the sympathetic pube licity which has been flashed toward Mrs. John- son by the nation's newspapers. Once again the world has been shown that our civilization is one that fails miserably in providing happiness for individuals who worship a value that is different from the glinten dollar sign. Americans would do well to use Mrs. Johnson's unhappy story as an indication that some of the world's serious problems lie in the untouched horizons beyond European battlefields. -Paul Chandler GULLIVER'S CAVILS 'By Young Gultiver IN RE: YOUNG GULLIVER'S CAVIL ON COM- MUNISM, SAT. NOV. 11. Gulliver's words can indicate one of two things: Either he is grossly ignorant of facts, or he is closely allied with the communist hypo- crites. Such statements as: "Why are the Communists being persecuted? . . . The plain fact is that the Communists are now an extreme- ly small, isolated group . . . they are no greater menace to American democracy than they were six months ago," are sufficient to substantiate to me either of the above alternatives. The fact that he admits the Communists were a threat, a menace six months ago is consoling. If he knew communism, and I know he does, he'd know why they are persecuted. If he knew fact, he'd know that they aren't an isolated group or a small group. The progress that the Communist Party has made in the United States is astounding when we realize that there are more communists in this country today than there were in Russia when the Communists seized control of the government. One must not be misled by the small membership or by the small number of votes cast for Communist candidates. Five years ago reliable statistics indicated that the total membership of the C.P. did not exceed 14,000. Four years ago statistics indicated that the, membership had grown to 24,000. That means an increase of 10,000 in a single year. Today there are close to 100,000 duly enrolled members in the American section and at least 300,000 active Communist workers outside the enrollment lists. Communism is growing more rapidly in U.S. than in any other country in the world including Russia. Pravda, a Moscow paper, says there has been a world-wide increase of Commies of about 100 per cent. From this we may calculate that the C.P. in the U.S. is in- creasing at a rate superior to that of the party as a whole, close to 300 per cent. Browder said recently that the U.S. was the country most ripe for the revolution; it's small wonder with the number of strikes we've witnessed. If Young Gulliver is ignorant of fact, he has .no place in the editorial columns of The Daily. If he's one of the hypocrites, I don't think The Daily is the place for him either, especially when we want to make The Daily worth reading. I'd rather see The Daily a paper of truth and knowl- edge. Our columnist seems too- "Young" to know; his statements are fabulous enough to make him "Gulliver;" his wisdom captious enough to make his column a "Cavil."' -John O'Hara, '42L THE mailman. brought in the above letter together with three bills and a notice from the Library that one of their tomes is three months' overdue. The O'Hara letter was by far the most iritating item. Mr. O'Hara's ad hominems are hardly worthy of a reply, and Gulliver is not going to take up a column to disprove the charge that he was seen emerging from the Parrot arm in arm with Joe Glotzky, who has been on pro for six years running and who is known as the Micht gan Master Mind for the reds. Gulliver is going to reiterate several of the points he made in the column which annoyed Mr. O'Hara. (1) Democracy means, among other things, freedom of speech and freedom of assemblage. Gulliver is cockeyed enough to believe that this freedom (according to the Constitution) extends to Communists, Nudists, Freethinkers, and Hamandeggers; further- more, once you deprive any minority of its constitutional rights, you are weakening the bases of democracy just that much. (2) There is a war in Europe. As long as the war goes on,, the danger exists that America will be drawn in. That danger can only be increased if anti- war groups in this country (Socialists, Com- munists, Pacifists, etc.) are suppressed. 41- ink will go to Mine. Bey's place at Summit, N.J., and extend an official welcome to the new heavyweight ambassa- dor of good will who has just come up from Chile. The Secretary of State has' been particularly concerned with fostering good will be.* tween the United States and- the lands to the south of us. Heywood Broun Nobody is likely to begrudge the hard-working Mr. Hull a few days of croquet in Georgia. But when he returns from his vacation I trust he And one of the things which are still scored against us in Latin America is the deal which Luis Angel Firpo received at the hands of Demp- sey and the referee. Arturo Godoy purposes to right the ancient wrong which was suffered by his confrere from the Argentine 16 years ago at the Polo Grounds. The affair constituted what is known to diplo mats as an incident. It is true that the Argen- tine government made no official protest, but the entire populace of South America yelled "Murder!" And so when Arturo fights Joe Louis for the heavyweight crown in February I think that Cordell should be in the corner of the Chilean to yell "Foul!" and protect the rights of Latin America if the need arises. The offenses committed against the Wild Bull of the Pampas were peculiarly dreadful, for Firpo was a Cabal- lero of the Great Courage and Courtesy. As a matter of fact, he did suffer, emotionally at least ,from the failure of the then current Secretary of State to permit him the immunity generally conferred upon ambassadors. At Ellis Island a large young lady was expunged from the expedition. She said she traveled in the capacity of secretary, but according to Bill Mc- Geehan, when a machine was placed before her she gave one frightened look and sought to oper- ate it with her feet, under the impression that it was some new type of sewing machine. Arturo Godoy is accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Ledda Godoy, which makes things simpler. The moment Firpo began to train the Ameri- can press picked on him and minimized his tal- ents. Although Luis never had any English, he learned to spot his own name in a sporting page, and then he would get somebody to give him a rough translation. "What does he say about me?" Firpo would ask. "I regret to inform you," said a substitute secretary on one occasion, "that this Senor Dick Little of Chicago refers to you as a piece of cheese." Firpo put Senor Little away in his memory book and weeks later, when he was sparring, a handler informed him, "He is here at the ring- side, this Senor Little," and he pointed out tlt culprit to the huge fighter. Firpo stopped boxing, and for a second there was a fear that he might cross the ropes to get at his critic. Instead he merely said in Spanish in the general direction of Dick Little, "You have called me a piece of cheese. Very well, I will have my revenge. I will not bow to you." But on the night of the big bout, when the fists began to fly, not even the officials were punctilious. Dempsey never went near a neutral corner on any knockdown. In fact, he crowded and lambasted Luis again as soon as the fallen gladiator had risen to one knee. Then in the last few seconds of the most amazing round ever fought Firpo slugged Dempsey out of the ring. It was partly push and partly punch, but it didn't do Dempsey any good. Jack hung like a stricken vessel across the middle rope for a fractional second, and then went down by the stern in the direction of the working press. He was aimed directly at Grantland Rice and Hype Igoe, and out of a sheer instinct of self-protection they rose to break his fall and push him off their typewriters and back into the ring. But Hype, who was partisan, did more than that. He had a pencil with a sharp point, and he dug it deep into Dempsey's anatomy to bring him back from the mists to fighting pitch. Such a thing must not happen again. Latin- American friendship is too vital. And so I truss that between rounds of croquet Cordell Hull will practice counting up to ten and saying, "Boys, break clean." Spiritually at least he must be the third man in the ring and the protector of the rights of Chile against the lefts of Louis. On Trial Humane people the world over find their sympathy flowing toward Germany at this moment. An almost unexplainable bombing has occurred, and scores of persons, either be- cause of their race or their liberal convictions, are under arrest as suspects. Popular sympathy flows to these unfortunates. The policy of subordinating justice to politi- cal expediency, or disregard for the individual whenever the so-called needs of the State con- flicted with the individual's right to the pursuit of happiness, to liberty, or even to life-this policy has become identical with National Social- ism. No suspects the authorities of the Third Reich can round up will be more on trial in the eyes of world opinion than National Socialist justice. The extreme threat made by Field Marshal Goering more than two years ago against any who might attempt an exploit like the Munich bombing resounds through the world's memory today. "Woe to him who plays with fire. Not only he, not only a number, but all who are he Drew Pedrscn Robet. Allen WASHINGTON - The Admirals may not like it, but the Navy is in for some rigorous overhauling at the next session of Congress. Already Congressman Vinson of Georgia, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, nas introduced a bill aimed to cut out t he rivalry be-. tween the Bureau o f Engineering and the Bureau of Construction and Repair. It was the bungling of these bureaus which re- sulted in the top- heavy construc- tion of the new ______________destroyers. Most people don't realize it, but the organization of the Navy today is a fearful structure based upon the Nav- al Bill of 1842. One feature of this organization is a serio-comic division of responsibility for construction and design, which may be hard on the taxpayer, but serves as a perfect alibi for the Admirals in case of de- fective ships. Real scandal in the Navy, how- ever, is not the defective destroyers, but the ossified intellects of cer- tain officers who are responsible for hamstringing any attempts at naval research. % During the 1938 session of Con- gress, theiHouse included in the. naval appropria- tion bill $15,000,-. 000 for experimentation and research, but when it got to the Senate the Admirals ruled it out. It is not often that any government department refuses a virtual gift of $15,000,000. But the Admirals were quite firm about it. "The Navy sees no reason why there should be any authority in- corporated in this bill for use of the money as provided in the House bill," they told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee. The only navy man who publicly opposed the Admirals on this was Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, former commandant of the naval air station at Lakehurst, N.J. Shortly after his testimony, Rosendahl was detailed to sea duty. A vigorous plea for more naval research also came from Leste' P. Barlow, developer of the high-pow- ered aerial bomb, who said: "Successful military technicians in civilian life have received such rotten treatment from naval bureau- crats in the past that they hesitate to offer their inventions for pariotic uses. The result is that naval mili- tary research is almost stultified." But at the next session of Con- gress legislation will be renewed pro- viding more naval research-whether the Admirals like it or not. Air Monopoly New Dealer's won't admit it, but while one branch of their administra- tion is tracking down monopolies in the Justice Department, another branch in the Civil Aeronautics Authority is fostering a monopoly of the most modern vehicle of trans- portation-transatlantic transporta- tion. tThe CAA hearings on a new trans- ' atlantic air route, requested by Amer- ican Export Airlines, has developed into a farce. CAA attorneys have bogged the question down with tech- nicalities and apparently tried to steer away from t he main issue, namely whether Pan American Air- ways shall be given a monopoly of all air routes outside the U.S.A. The CAA attorney, Sam Gates, even took the initiative in moving to set aside American Export's petition for an air route to Italy, on the ground that it had not received landing privileges there. Real fact is that no company can receive landing privileges in foreign. countries until the State Department chooses to request them, which makes the State Department and the Gov- ernment the absolute dictator of the monopoly.. Merry-Go-Round Seven federal judgeships-two on the Customs Court, two on Appeals benches and three in district courts -are on the President's desk wait- ing to be filled. No appointments will be made, however, until Con- gress reconvenes in January . . . Alsorpending in Congress is a bill to create five new judicial seats, which if passed before adjournment next June will enable Roosevelt to name the judges. . . .The Presi- dent's proclamation shifting Thanks- giving from Nov. 30 to the 23rd may THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1939 VOL. L. No. 46 Notices; Hospitalization Groups Announce-t ment. A series of meetings has beent arranged for the purpose of givingt publicity to the arrangements avail- able to members of the University staff through group hospital associa- tions. These meetings will be held on the dates stated below and will be addressed by Mr. John R. Man- nix, Executive Secretary of the Michi- gan Society for Group Hospitalization. The meetings will all be held at 4:15 p.m. at the Natural Science Auditori- um. In order that all interestecmay have an opportunity to hear the state- ments of Mr. Mannix and to ask ques- tions and to participate in the discus- sion the University staff has been tentatively divided into tgroups for these meetings as stated below. How- ever, any person who finds the date assigned to his group inconvenient will be welcome to attend with any3 one of the other groups. At each of these meetings, also, there will be present either Dean A. C. Furstenberg or Vice-President James D. Bruce, or both, to give informa- tion with respect to arrangements thus far not entirely complete for fur- rishing group medical service. Nov. 20: Faculty of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts. Nov. 21: Faculties of Engineering, Architecture, Medicine, and Dentis- try. Nov. 22: Faculties of Law, Gradu- ate School, Forestry and Conserva- tion, Education, Pharmacy, Music, and Business Administration. Nov. 24: Staffs of the Libraries, Museums, Hygiene and Public Health, Physical Education, Extension, Michi- gan Union and Michigan League. Nov. 27: General administration, all clerical employees (offices may close at 4:10 p.m. or as required), Build- ings and Grounds, Stores, and Dormi- tories. Nov. 29: Health Service, Universityl Hospital, and any others omitted from this schedule. Shirley W. Smith. Faculty, College of Engineering meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 4:15 p.m., in Room 348, West Engineering Building. The agenda will include: Routine Business; Progress Reports cn the Cooley Foundation, from the Committee on Coordination and Teaching, and on Enrollment. A. H. Lovell, Secy. Schools of Education Freshmen: Courses dropped after Wednesday, Nov. 22, will be recorded with the grade of E except under extraordi- nary circumstances. No course is considered officially dropped unless it has been reported in the office of the Registrar, Room 4, University Hall. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of the following United States Civil Service examina- tions. Last date for filing applica- tion will be Dec. 11.: Orthopedic Mechanic (Bracemak- PH r salarv :A2 $000_ Bay City, Benton Harbor, Birming- ham, Bronson, Caro, Chelsea, Cold- water, Cranbrook, Culver, Dearborn, Detroit (Cass, Central, Cooley, Coun- try Day, Denby, Eastern, Mackenzie, Miss Newman's, Northeastern, Nor- thern, Northwestern, Pershing, Red- ford, Southeastern, Southwestern, Western),. Detroit University School, DeVilbiss, Dowagiac, East Grand Rap- ids, Ecorse, Elyria, Fenton, Ferndale, Flat Rock, Flint, Greenville, Grosse Pointe, Hastings, Highland Park, Howe, Howell, Jackson, Kingswood, Kiskiminetas, Lansing, Lincoln Park, Manchester, Marshall, Mendon, Mi- lan, Monroe, Mt. Clemens, New Trier, Niles, Northville, Onsted, Owosso, Pe- quaming, Plymouth, Pontiac, Port Huron, River Rouge, Royal Oak, Sagi- naw, St. Joseph, Saugatuck, South Lyon, Standish, Three Rivers, Tren- ton, Walled Lake, Watervliet, Wayne, Wyandotte, Ypsilanti. Ira M. Smith, Registrar. Freshmen, College of Literature, Science, and The Arts: Freshmen may not drop courses without E grade after Saturday, November 18. In ad- ministering this rule, students with less than 24 hours of credit are con- sidered freshmen. Exceptions may be made in extraordinary circum- stances, such as severe or long con- tinued illness. E. A. Walter, Assistant Dean College of Architecture: Midsemes- ter reports indicating students en- rolled in this college doing unsatis- factory work in any unit of the Uni- versity are due in the office of the college, Saturday, Nov. 13. Report blanks for this purpose may be se- cured from the office of the college or from Room 4, U.H. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN C, b ay . ,vv . Teacher's Certificate Candidates for Orthopedic Mechanic (Shoemaker February, June and August 1940: Reg- and Leatherworker), salary: $2,000. istration with the Bureau of Appoin- Orthopedic Mechanic (Limbmak- dents and Occupational Information, er), salary: $2,000. which is required before a certificate Associate Textile Engineer, -Salary may be issued, is now taking place. $3,200. As..a late registration fee of $1 is Assistant Textile Engineer, salary: charged after Nov. 22, candidates for $2,600. 1940 are urged to consult the DOB Junior Engineer (all branches), notice of the Bureau and to enroll salary: $2,000. immediately. The Bureau has also received an announcement of an examination to The Automobile Regulation will be be given by the United States Mari- 11fted for the Thanksgiving holiday time Commission for Deck Cadet and period at 12 noon on Wednesday, Engineer Cadet in the Merchant Nov. 22, until 8 a.m. on Friday, Nov. Marine of the United States. Last 24. date for filing application will be Dec. 21. ROTC. Uniforms wlil be issued from Complete announcements on file Headquarters between the hours of at the University Bureau of Appoint- 8:30 and 4:30 today. ments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 Candidates for the Teacher's Cer- and 2-4. tificate: A tentative list of candidates University Bureau of Appointments in the School of Education, College and Occupational Information. of Literature, Science, and the Arts, College of Architecture, and Gradu- Registration: All candidates for po- ate School to be recommended for the sitions who desire to register with the Teacher's Certificate in February and University Bureau of Appointments June 1940 has' been posted on the and Occupational Information during bulletin board in Room 1431 U.E.S. this school year should obtain regis- Any student whose name does not tration blanks at the Bureau, 201 Ma- appear on this list should report this on Hall, on the following days: Wed- fact at once to the Recorder of the nesday, Thursday, Friday, Nov. 15-17, School of Education, 1437 U.E.S. and Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 20-21. Hours 9-12 and 2-4. (Attention is Student Loan Committee meeting called to the fact that Saturday is in Room 2, University Hall to be held omitted, as Saturday is regularly re- at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20. All appli- served for out of town people). Blanks cations to be considered for the meet- are to be returned within 7 days. ing must be filed in Room 2 before The Bureau has two divisions: Saturday, Nov. 18, and appointments °Teaching and general. The general made with the Committee. I livision registers people for positions lof all kinds other than teaching. Upperclassmen: Former students of } Both seniors and graduate students, the junior colleges at Bay City, Flint, I as well as staff members, are eligible Highland Park, Muskegon, and Port ito enroll. Only one registration is Huron are reminded of the confer- held during the school year and every- ences with their former deans in the one who will be available in February, Main Lecture Hall of the Horace H. June, August, or at. any other time Rackham School of Graduate Studies during the year, should enroll now. Thursday morning, Nov. 16. Any There is no fee for enrolling, but be- other students from these colleges ginning Nov. 22, by order of the Board who may not have been notified by of Regents, a late registration fee of mail are invited. $1 will be charged. Ira M. Smith, Registrar. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. Freshmen from the following high' schools are reminded of the confer- ences with their former principals in the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Thursday morning, Nov. 16: Albion, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Forestry Group To HoldMeeting A talk by Willard S. Bromley, assist- -a vnf r n f si~^t? v 1ttii a- a The men who left certificates of eligibility in the Union Student Of- fices in connection with class elec- tions or the Union staff may secure them by calling at the Union Stu- dent Office any day from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. AcademicNotices History 11, Lecture II: Midsemester, Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 10 a.m. Mr. Slosson's and Mr. Ewing's discussion sjwtionsmeet. in 231 A.H.: al others