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C HKICAGO BOsToN *LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO mber, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Editorial Stafff Petersen t Maraniss M. Swinton on L. Linder, an A. Schorr is Flanagan N. Canavan Vicary Fineberg ,: . . Managing Editor Editorial Director * A City Editor Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Associate, Editor . Associate Editor . Women's Editor Sports Editor Business Staff ess Manager Business Mgr., Credit Manager n's Business Manager n's Advertising Manager ations Manager . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko . HJane Mowers H arriet 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. State Economy And Social Welfare ... R ECENT press dispatches from such states as Massachusetts, Ohio and Michigan show the terrific difficulties en- countered by would-be budget-balancers. In Ohio, for example, the Associated Press carried the story: "Holiday gaity was missing tonght as a shortage of funds closed Toledo's public schools to 45,000 children and left more than'a thousand teachers without back pay they had expected for Thanksgiving." The School Board is planning to "take steps to eliminate edutational frills: kindergartens, physical ed- ucation, health work, art, music and supervisory activities." At the same time, another dispatch stated: "Cleveland, with 60,000 persons depen- dent upon direct relief, discontinued all but 'strictly emergency' rations and discharged a fourth of its administrative staff." Ohio's situation, to be sure, is complicated by its constitutional law limiting all realty taxes for community purposes to one per cent. As roledo's School Superintendent said "Demands for public services have been constantly growing but the tax system has not been revised to meet them." Fundamentally, however, Ohio's situation is ne in which attempts to balance the budget and iestrict taxes; in other wors economy, has been considered more essential to the state's welfare than the continuation of the school sys- em and relief for the indigent., r HE recent O'Hare murder in Chicago with its resulting ramifications in Massachusetts, ias not only shown the extent of American rime but has also revealed the way in which tates are forced to rely increasingly upon gam- ling for revenue. To much of mid-western America, the Bay tate is still the refuge of Puritans, blue laws and rigid codes of morality. The average mid- Westerner does not realize that Boston and Iassachusetts are just as "corrupt and content- d" as Lincoln Steffens years ago characterized hem; that gambling, vice and racketeering still lourish in Boston's West and East Ends and yen in aristocratic Brookline; that some of the argest "takes" in horse and dog racing history ave been recorded under the Bay State's pari- autuel laws. IASSACHUSETTS' political corruption, how- ever, though it is quite unique in that no ma- hine or "boss" dominates the state, has been aced with the peculiar factor of having a gov- 'nor who is determined to balance the budget. his attempt by Governor Saltonstall has called or increased taxes, especially the bitterly con- sted cigarette tax, and increased state per- entages in the "take" and "breakage" of the ace tracks. In other words, the state govern- lent is forced to condone some of the unethical actics of the tracks in order to get the most ossible revenue from them. Such a situatiort oes not create better or more honest state gov- nment. Not only however, does a budget balancing lministration attempt to increase state rev- aue, it also tries to decrease state expenses. In ie same way that increase in revenue in Mass- chusetts has meant increased leniency toward ie tracks, it has also meant the reduction of uportant social services. Though the Bay tate's situation is not so critical as that of Shrill Shrieks In The Night Ai NIGHT hangs low over the trenches. The barb-I ed wire, marking the front line looks like a long black spider-web. It is quiet. Only the dull boom of guns in the distance. Now one of the shells overshoots its mark and splatters dirt on the brown men huddled closely to the walls of the dug-out. The subdued murmur of nervous voices rolls along the trenches and the shell-holes. Now a weak light glimmers and quickly disappears. Another bomb bursts, lighting the entire sector, revealing the tops of the mudded helmets. The men are resting; nervously. A whistle sounds far down the line, echoing and re-echoing like fire running a powder fuse. A second's pause, the long row of helmets rises and the men cry out as they charge. From the rear comes the roar of the big guns moving into play; the ground is soon churned into a heaving sea of earth. Bombs, hand grenades, shrapnel fill the air with noise, dirt and death. And now a plane overhead zooms crazily from side to side like a tail-less kite caught in a high wind. It shatters into flames and spins to the ground. The crash can be heard above the oth- er din as plane and pilot crackle and burn. The machine guns spit and staccato steel all about the charging men; the screaming shrap- nel shrieks and explodes. Gaps appear in the long line of helmets as the wounded and dead fall. Bayonets gleam. The thinning line stum- bles on, vaguely aware of what is happening. There ahead is the enemy's trench. They charge viciously as bayonets are lowered and now... Suddenly a shrill cry rents the night air; "Cut", calls the director. A HEAVY silence envelopes the house like a thick fog. There isn't much noise about a lonely country farm-house at three o'clock in the morning. Only the moaning creak of a rusty hinge now and then as the wind rustles by. Now it begins to rain a hard driving rain; By RICHARD BENNETT There has been already circulated so much adverse criticism of the program of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra's con- cert for tmorrow evening that the problem of writing a preview is by no means an enviable one. Here is the program as it stands at this time: Mr. Barbirolli will open the concert with Berlioz's overture, "The Roman Carnival," this to be followed by Sir Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings, scored for quartet and orchestra. The first half of the program will close with the initial Ann Arbor performance of Weinberger's Variations and Fugue "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree." The second half will consist entirely of the Symphony in E minor, No. 4, of Johannes Brahms. The general objection is not so much to the actual program as to the fact that it was this specific program which the rarely-heard New York Philharmonic chose for its long-awaited Ann Arbor recital. For my part, I do not find the objection a tenable one. For it appears to rest on ignorance of the work of Jaromir Wein- berger and the exhaustive emotional and mental demands of the Brahms Fourth Symphony. It .is no more than fitting that a brief sketch be made public of the life and work of the cele- brated Czech composer, Weinberger, at this time. Mr. Weinberger is now forty-three years old. He was born and studied in Prague, later studying with the academic Reger in Ger- many. In the twenties he came to America as professor of composition at the Ithaca Conserv- atory in Ithaca, New York. Later still, he re- turned to Europe, conducting opera at Bratislava and teaching in Eger, Moscow, and Vienna. His works deal mostly with opera and pantomime. The opera for which Weinberger is most famous is, of course, Schwanda, the Bagpiper. This drama was first performed in Prague, then Breslau, and several times since then by the New York Metropolitan Opera Company. Though I have not heard Schwanda, I under- stand it is a work full of jocosity and charm, neither being nor pretending to be profound or of prophetic musical importance. A kind of Bartered Bride, shall we say, seen through the harmonic colorings and rhythms of early Proko- fiev. Weinberger has also written exclusively instrumental works of which the Variations and Fugue "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree" is the most recent. It is reported that the work is ideally suited for player, conductor and audi- ence. If this is the case, the composition should prove effective; for there is nothing so satisfy- ing as an unlabored fugue. But my point is, the work of Weinberger is almost unknown to Ann Arbor audiences and it is not a too dim circumstance that it is to be presented by one of our leading symphonies. doubtful if substantial savings have been on the whole realized. State governments, then, if they sincerely wish to balance budgets and balance them in the spirit of true economy must first analyze their tax systems. They must realize the "ability to pay" principle in their taxation, especially the inclusion of the state income tax when rev- enue is needed. This latter suggestion partic- ularly applies to Michigan. State governors too must define economy. rI Have Their Day . 0 . .. cold and wet. Thunder shatters the darkness. Intermittent lightning streaks point an illumin- ated and jagged finger at the little cottage, hud- dled in black. The steady rat-tat-tat of the pelt- ing rain on the windows seems to beat out; this is the night . .. this is the night . . . this is the night .. . The clock on the mantle in the dark living room tolls the hour; three lonely and hollow chimes reverberate and echo throughout the house to be swallowed hungrily by the shivering walls. Now again all is quiet; a suspicious quiet. The floor creaks. Suddenly, from behind the curtain, a large hairy hand stealthily feels its way into the room. The grasping, twitching fingers move toward the center of the room. A deep heavy breathing can be heard. Now quiet. The hand stops-lis- tening-now the shuffle of feet across the thick carpet again and the hand slowly advances to the other side., It stops before the door-quiet-listening. Only the rain and thunder and lightning and creaking. The door opens slowly; the hairy hand fin- gers it sway into the other room. Quiet. Dark- ness. Breathing. Now a streak of light bolts through the window. There in the room, the lightning-light is reflected from a long, thin knife poised in the air. It comes down with a whining thud. A shrill shriek cuts the night air: "Henry, is that you in the kitchen?" "Yes, my love," says the hairy hand. Unwashed Faces YOUTH throughout the nation was vindicated last week when a prominent dermatologist warned the country of dangers of washing one's face too much. Little boys and some girls have protested long and loud over the unwanted wash- ing and scrubbing proud mothers and fathers have forced on them. They warned their too- zealous parents of the dire calamities that might one day befall them if the unwanted cleansing were not de-emphasized. And now science backs them up. What is more, science finds now that old people are more susceptible to the ailments that can arise from too much washing than are oth- ers. Broad ramifications in the problem can be imagined when one realizes that, besides a mul- titude of tots, proponents of less washing can now claim for their movement a crowd of old people, fearful in the belief that they may one day wash too much and-poof! ANY day now, we may look for counter-soap advertisements in the columns of the news- papers of the country. Protest meetings will be order. Instead of hunger marches, there will be huge parades with all those marching bearing grinning, happy, begrimed visages. When one adds a band of boy scouts and camp-fire girls to the strength of an organization the size of the Townsendites, a movement, the size of which has never before been seen, can be vis- ualized. The picture is one to cause those who rule many a sleepless night. -Alvin Sarasohn ft eeinr toM H-eywood Broun The Connecticult house in which I live has stood only about a century but the foundations are older, and outside the door is a big maple, at least two' and a half times as ancient, which was planted by the first settler. So on these premises there must have been celebrations of the old-fashioned Thanksgiving. VV dQ Robert S.Allen WASHINGTON-Most stupendous cocktail party ever held in Washing- ton was staged by Paul McNutt, then the newly appointed High Commis- sioner to the Philippines, and would- be President of the United States. That cocktail party was the most daring piece of political showman- ship ever staged in Washington and now, two years later, long-headed political strategists still are debating the wisdom of it. Whether wise or not, all agree that the strategy of Paul McNutt today has changed. Furthermore, all agree that he-of-the-platinum-hair has made more progress toward the Democratic nomination than any other candidate in the stable. McNutt's strategy today is subtle, steady and successful. In the first place, he has been doing a good job as Federal Security Administrator. Second, he has visited with small groups of key political leaders in im- portant States. Finally, he has made a strong bid for the inner New Deal circle. This last move is especially signi- ficant. When first appointed Secur- ity Administrator, the Brain Trusters were openly hostile toward McNutt. Now they are thawing out. In fact, some of his speeches have all the earmarks of being inspired, if not actually written by potent New Deal advisers. Obviously they are written with the idea of laying low the previous reputation that McNutt was conservative and dictatorial. Note-A recent McNutt speech be- fore the Washington unit of the Na- tional Lawyers' Guild was a ringing defense of civil liberties. Wendell Willkie But while McNutt has been busy courting New Dealers, he hasn't ne- glected the other side of the political fence. One of his strong supporters is Wendell Willkie, head of Common- wealth and Southern, and the No. 1 foe of Rooseveltian power policies. Willkie was a classmate of McNutt at Indiana University, and they have been close friends for years. Neither, however, is advertising the fact that McNutt has Willkie's backing. When the two men were in Cleveland on the same day last week, newspapers playfully speculated that Willkie might run for President himself. Asked what he thought of General Johnson's nomination of Willkie for President, Willkie replied: "It's the best offer I've had yet." Privately, Willkie says, with a grin: "Yes, sir! I'm for McNutt, but I'm saying so for fear it might hurt him." Note-In school in Indiana, Mc- Nutt and Willkie were friendly en- emies. McNutt, the son of a prom- inent judge, was the nattily groomed leader of the fraternity faction; while Willkie, son of a Socialist law- yer, was a rumpled radical who led the "barbarians". Two Per Cent Club Another tip-off to McNutt's am- bitions is the sudden resignation of Frank McHale and Bowman Elder as treasurer and director of the Two Per Cent Club. This is the club or- ganized in 1933 during McNutt's first term as Governor, to supply Indiana Democrats with campaign funds. Each appointive office holder is required to contribute two per cent of his salary to the club. "Pressure of other duties" was the explanation given by McHale and Elder for stepping out, but real reason was to dissociate McNutt's presi- dential campaign from any connec- tion with the club. Retired Brain Trustersj Two of the biggest headliners of the early New Deal are back in- Washington again, and nobody pays any attention to them. One is the much harried ex-Administrator of Resettlement, Rex Tugwell; the other, Labor Department's former crack conciliator, Ed McGrady. In the late Resettlement days, when the lightning had struck about Tugwell's head, he withdrew from public contacts, became almost in- accessible. Today, he is so accessible 'thatanybody can find his name in the phone book in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Va. No longer is his telephone un- listed. Tugwell does not even have an individual line, but a two-party line which saves him 75 cents a month over the cost of a private line. Rex is Washington representative for New York City's Planning Board. Ed McGrady, whose name was daily news until two years ago, works ob- scurely in the Translux Building in Washington, where, he says, "I'm so unimportant that nobody pays any attention to me." Still with the Radio Corporation of America, which took him from Washington to New York, McGrady SJUNDAY, NOV. 26, 1939 VOL. L. No. 54 Notices G r o u p Hospitalization: Final' meeting for explanation of plans of Michigan Society for Group Hospita- lization will be held in the Natural Science Auditorium at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27. Meeting originally called for Wednesday, Nov. 29, has been cancelled. This hospitalization plan is open to every person regu- larly drawing salary or wages on the University payroll and all interest- ed, not already informed, should be present at the meeting of Monday, Nov. 27, 4:15 p.m., Natural Science Auditorium. Shirley W. Smith. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of the following Civil Service examinations. The last date for filing application is noted in each case: United States: Principal Editorial Clerk, salary: $2,300, Dec. 11. Editorial Clerk, salary: $1,800, Dec. 11. Instructor, Air Corps Technical School, salary: $3,800, Dec. 11. Associate Instructor, Air Corps Tech. School, salary: $3,200, Dec. 11. Assistant Instructor, Air Corps Tech. School, salary: $2,600,Dec. 11. Junior Instructor, Air Corps Tech. School, salary: $2,600, Dec. 11. Assistant Inspector of Ship Con- struction (U.S. Maritime Commis- sion), salary: $2,600, Dec. 11. Michigan: A ttendant Nurse B2, salary range: $90-l1, Dec. 2. Institution Cosmetic Therapist CI, salary range: $95-110, Dec. 2. Steam Fireman B, salary range: $105-125, Dec. 2. Steam Electric Operating Engineer I, salary range: $150-190, Dec. 2. Bridge Engineering Draftsman Al, salary range: $140-160, Dec. 1. Bridge Designing Engineer I, salary * range: $150-190, Dec. 1. Bride Designing Engineer II, sal- ary range: $200-240, Dec. 1. Architectural Engineering Drafts- man AI-salary range: $140-160, Dec. 2. Architectural Engineer II, salary range: $200240, Dec. 2. Detroit: (Must be residents of De- *troit). * Junior Stenographer, salary: $1,- 560, Nov. 25. 2 Junior Typist, salary: $1,500, Nov. 125. Complete announcements on file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, 202 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Choral Union Members, whose rec- ords are clear, will be issued pass tickets for the New York Philhar- monic-Symphony Orchestra concert Monday, Nov. 27, between the hours of 6 and 12, and 1 and 4, at the of- fice of the School of Music, Maynard Street. After 4 o'clock no tickets will be issued. ; Academic Notices E.E2. will not meet Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. Next assignment: Prob- lems 3, 7, 14 and 15 in Chapter 8. H. S. Bull Concerts Choral Union Concert: The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Or- chestra, John Barbirolli, Conductor, will give a concert in the Choral Union Series, Monday evening, Nov. 27, at 8:30 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. The concert will begin on time, and doors will be closed during numbers. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: The best 100 posters submitted in the 1939 National Pos- ter Contest on the subject "Travel," sponsored by Devoe & Reynolds Co., Inc., of Chicago. Third floor exhibi- tion room, Architectural Building. Open daily, except Sunday, 9 to 5, through Nov. 27. The public is cor- dially invited. - Lectures University Lecture: Dr. E. M. K. Geiling, Professor and Chairman of Department of Pharmacology of the University of Chicago, will lecture on "The Comparative Anatomy and Pharmacology o f t h e Pituitary Gland," under the auspices of the Department of Biological Chemistry, at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Frank A. Waugh, Professor Emeritus of Hor- ticulture and Landscape Gardening of Massachusetts State College, will lecture on "Humanity Out of Doors", under the auspices of the School of Forestry, at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 7, in the Rackham Am- phitheater. The public is cordially First Methodist Episcopal Church, will give the eighth lecture in the series on "I Believe", which is spon- sored by the Student Religious Asso- ciation. The lecture will be held in the Rackham Amphitheatre, Tues- day, November 28 at 8:00 p.m. Today's Events International Center: At seven o'clock tonight Prof. Preston James, Director of the Institute of Latin- American Studies, during the last Summer Session, will speak on Bra- zil. Michigan Union Opera: Schedule of tryouts for dancing, singing, and acting to be conducted in the desig- nated rooms of the Union: Sunday, 3-6 p.m., Room 318. Monday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Room 318. Tuesday, 1-3 p.m., Room 318. Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., Room 305. Thursday, 7-9 p.m., Room 304. All eligible men interested may try- out. The Lutheran Student Club will meet at Zion Parish Hall at 5:30 this afternoon. Dinner will be served at 6:00. Because of the gen- eral interest shown, the discussion about the Inter-Guild Conference will be continued. Coming Events German Table for Faculty Mem- bers: The regular luncheon meet- ing will be held Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders' Room of the Michigan Union. All faculty mem- bers interested in speaking German are cordially invited. There will be a brief informal talk by Professor Henry A. Sanders on, "Was macht ein Professor Emeritus?" Institute of the Aeronautical Sci- ences meeting on Wednesday, No- vember 29, at 7:30 p.m., in Room 1042 East Engineering Building. A paper on "Aviation Fuels" will be presented at this meeting by Profes- sor Edward T. Vincent. Arrange- ments will be made for the trip'tto Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, on De- cember 8. It is important that all members intending to, make this trip be present at this meeting. Physics Colloquium: Professor W. W. Sleator will speak on "Simple Types of Motion" Monday afternoon, Nov. 27, at 4:15 in Room 1041 E. Physics Building. Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet in Room 319 West Medical Building, at 7 P.M., Tuesday, Novem- ber 28. The subject to be discussed is "The Utilization of Isotopes in the Study of Protein Metabolism". All interested are invited to attend. Seminar in Continued Fractions on Tuesday, November 28, at 4 p.m. in 3201 A. H. Dr. Elder will speak on "Number Theoretical Applications of C. . Junior Mathematical Society meeting on Tuesday evening, No- vember 28, instead of Monday, as previously announced, at 7:30 in Room 3201 Angell Hall. Mr. Book- stien will discuss "Finite Groups." Tau Beta Pi: Regular meeting 'on Tuesday, Nov. 28, Michigan Union, at 6:30. Mr. Harland Dodge will speak on the Ann Arbor Sewage Dis- posal Plant. House Athletic Managers meeting on Monday, November 21, at 4:30 p.m. in the small lounge of the Wo- men's Athletic Building. Ticket Committee sections for Soph Cabaret will meet at the fol- lowing hours: Florence Gates' group, 3:00 Monday Peggy Meaghers group, 3:30 Monday Dorothy Couzens' group 4:00 Monday Deutscher Verein will meet Tues- day night, November 28, at 8 o'clock in the League. Mrs. Ruth L. Wendt will present the lecture, "Personliche Erlebnisse in China." Ticket Committee (Peggy Mayer's) for Sophomore Cabaret will meet Monday at 3:30 p.m. at the League. Publicity Committee for Sophomore Cabaret will meet at 4:30 p.m. Mon- day at the League. Theatre Arts Committee: All Usher Committee members interest- ed in ushering for the children's the- atre production, "Thanksgiving at Buckram's Corners", on the after- noons of December' 1 and 2, please sign on the list on the bulletin board in the undergraduate office of the League before Thursday noon. International Center: At seven o'clock Monday night, Dr. and Mrs. LaFevre will show the movie films in technicolor of a recent trip "Around South America". Fellowship of Reconciliation: Regu- lar meeting Monday, Nov. 27, 7 p.m at Lane Hall. Discussion of housing J / I have always been cur- ious to know just what kind of parties the Puritans threw. Unfortunately, the only witnesses of the go- ings-on of my predecessors are mute. Perhaps it is just as well. I wouldn't want to have the maples peach on me to those who wil come after. Such researches as I have made give little information as to whether the Pilgrim jinks were high or low. . A man down the road found some. old papers in his attic and boasts that he is maintaining a tradition, since an account book of the early 18th century shows that the current owner bought a quart of gin from the general store every other day. I have pointed out to him that this proves practically nothing, since the Mather or Wigglesworth in question may have been in the habit of setting up cocktails for the neigh- bors. After all, there's nothing like a Martini in the morning to keep the Indians out of your hair. Around here they were Pequots, but they have gone, leaving almost no trace of their cul- ture. In brisk weather such as this you have to dig deeply for worms, and occasionally I find an arrowhead. From such speciments as I have recovered the Pequots were a lazy lot and not skilled in handicraft. There's no cutting edge on the missiles which they made. and if they