Weather Mostly cloudy, local rains today and tomorrow. Y 51tF ~ati Editorial Television: An Economic Question Mark VOL. L. No. 57 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS 50,000 Chrysler Workers Resume Jobs By Monday Corporation Officials Hope To Recoup Sales Losses After 54-DayShutdown Contract Provides For Wage Increase DETROIT, Nov. 29. -(A')- More than 50,000 Chrysler Corporation employes who haven't had a pay-day for seven weeks eagerly waited to- night for a chance to resume work under a new contract announced to- day. Corporation officials, hoping to re- coup an estimated $100,000,000 sales loss caused by the 54-day shutdown which marked the automobile indus- try's longest labor dispute, rushed plans to get final assembly lines op- erating again. Spokesmen said all plants would be open by Monday. Three-Cent %Vage Increase The corporation instructed thous- ands of employes to resume work at several plants tomorrow morning for "regular shifts." These included the Dodge, Plymouth and De Soto plants. Additional thousands were called back for Friday, Saturday and Monday mornings. A general wage increase of three cents an hour for all hourly employes of the Corporation, and an addition- al increase of one cent for workers in all Chrysler plants outside Detroit, was included in the settlement. Officials of the CIO United Auto- mobile Workers estimated the in- creases would total between $5,600,- 000 and $6,000,000 a year. The Cor- poration said it was "about $5,000,- 000." Contract Covers 11 Plants Approval by rank and file member- ship of UAW-CIO locals remained to be given the. riew working con-+ tract which supplants one that ex-1 pired Sept. 30. Some of these local1 unions met tonight. The new contract covers eleven plants in which the UAW-CIO won exclusive bargining rights in a re- cent National Labor Relations Board election. Principal provisions are: Sit-down, stay-in and slow-down strikes are prohibited. No strike shall be called unless grievance pro- cedure has been exhausted and five days of negotiation have failed. Any strike terminates the contract. + Establishment of an appeal board, composed of two corporation execu- tives and two official representatives of the UAW-CIO, for "final dispo- sition" of grievances not adjusted through routine procedure. No Union Shop+ The management will set fair and equitable rates of production, with any grievances arising therefrom to be referred to the bargaining pro-1 cedure. Two original union demands-va- cations with pay, and the "union shop" under which all Chrysler work- ers would be required to join the UAW-CIO within thirty days-were not included in the contract. Nor was there any mention of the CIO foremen's union whose request for a bargaining conference with the) Dodge plant management led Chrys- ler officials to charge that the CIO was trying to "sit on both sides of the table in collective bargaining." Sink Will Talk At Union Today 'Music As A Profession' Is Discussion Theme Dr. Charles A. Sink, head of the School of Music, will speak today on "Music as a Profession" at the Union- sponsored Vocational Guidance meet- ing. The talk, presented in conjunc- tion wih the Coffee Hour, will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the small ballroom of the Union. Under the direction of Robert Ul- rich, '41, member of the Union ex- ecutive staff, the series of talks and discussions will- be continued through- out the entire winter. The idea be- hind the guidance work is novel, Ul- To Talk On Cancer Jury Claims Kuhn Guilty In Court Trial Bundsfuehrer Is Convicted Of Larceny And Forgery; To Get Sentence Dec. 5 Maximum Penalty Could Be 30 Years NEW YORK; Nov. 29.-(P)--Fritz Kuhn was convicted tonight of grand larceny and forgery in the alleged theft of money from his German- American Bund. The maximum penalty for the portly Bundsfuehrer could be 30 years in prison. Sentence will be imposed Dec. 5. There was litle excitement in the courtroom. Spectators had been barred from trial sessions for some time and were not admitted tonight. The jury entered the courtroom at 10 p.m. and four minutes later re- turned its verdict. As the foreman announced the de- cision, Kuhn, in the prisoner's dock, stood erect and blinked his eyes. Then he sank back againt a court railing, but said nothing. - Excusing the jury, general sessions Judge James G. Wallace said: "The court feels that the verdict you have rendered is on the evidence and is not based on anything else. The jury deliberated so earnestly, heard the evidence so attentively and has sat so long on this case that it is en- titled to the thanks of the court." In a monotone, Kuhn read his "pedigree" to the clerk. He said he was 43 years old, married, born in Germany and a naturalized citizen. He gave his occupation as "Presi- dent, the German-American Bund," and said he had three dependents, was a moderate drinker and had had no previous convictions. His wife, who attended few ses- sions of the trial, was not present at the end. Out of the nearly-deserted court- room, Kuhn was led by an officer across the Bridge of Sighs into the musty, oderous Tombs, where he must remain until his day of sentencing.I DR. W. W. BAUERI * *? * Cancer Lecture Will Be Given Dr. Bauer Health Director To Discuss Causes, Cure Of Disease Tomorrow At Rackham Cancer-man killer extraordinary -will be discussed by Dr, William W. Bauer, director of the Bureau of Health and Instruction of the Ameri- can Medical Association, at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building. Dr. Baur's address "Is Cancer Cur- able" is being sponsored by the Ann Arbor district of the Women's Field Army for the Control of Cancer as a part of its campaign to make the layman better informed on the causes, diagnosis and cure of the disease. Organized in 1937, the Women's Field Army adopted as its standard the slogan "Cure Cancer by Knowl- edge." Its campaign and member- ship drive netted more than $1,200 in this district alone and earned the praise of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and U. S. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, Jr., who in separate talks to the nation urged the support of the organization and praised it unstint- ingly. Dr. Cyrus C. Sturgis, director of the Simpson Memorial Institute and chairman of the Department of In- ternal Medicine, will introduce Dr, Bauer. Dr. Bauer has been in public health since 1922 when he studied conta- gious diseases for the Milwaukee health department. In 1923, he be- (Continued on Page 2) British Take U.S. Vessels To War Zone Neutrals Say Examination In Port Exposes Craft To BombingBy Enemy State Department Has Not Acted Yet By ROBERT BUNNELLE LONDON, Nov. 29. -()- United States merchant ships, banned from the Eurcaucan war zone by the Ameri- can neutrality law, still are being brought into British ports-in the war zone-for examination. This disclosure today by the Min- istry of Economic Warfare was fol- lowed quickly by the declaration in neutral circles that vessels thus con- centrated for examination by the British Contraband Control were ex- posed to bombing by enemy craft. Thirteen American merchantmen were among 134 neutral ships whose cases were considered by the con- traband committee ,in the week end- ing Nov. 25. There were 85 ships, including two American which had been held more than a week, still at threenUnited Kingdom Contra- band Control points yesterday. American Ships Restricted (The neutrality law, which be- came operative Nov. 4, prohibits American ships from entering ports situated in the combat area around most of Northern Europe and the British Isles, British authorities in Washington have contended, how- ever, that international law gives Britain a clear right to order neu- tral vessels into British ports for examination. (State Department authorities said they had not been advised officially of British action in taking the Ameri- can vessels into the forbidden areas and that therefore international problems which might be involved were not under consideration at present.) Government Tightens Hold The government tightened its hold on parliamentary procedure, mean- while, when the House of Commons approved by a vote of 213 to 115 a proposal by Prime Minister Cham- berlain to restrict the introduction of bills to government measures. A similar rule was in force during the World War. In air warfare, the British report- Cd their combat planes brought down a lone German raider off the North- cast Coast of England. Coastal residents watched the b; 'tle off the Northumberland Coast. A lifeboat failed to find any trace of thte raider, identified as a German K inkel plane, which the Air Min- vry said "dived vertically into cl -ds toward the sea." Pi uitary Gland Topic Of Talky Helsinki People Shocked Russia Severs Diplomatic Relations Action Comes As Finns Planned To Withdraw Troops In Peace Attempt Russian Security Is Safe, Note Says By LYNN HEINZERLING HELSINKI, Nov. 30. -()- Pro- foundly disturbed by Moscow's action rupturing diplomatic relations but still determined to stand fast, Finns uneasily awaited developments to- day, fearing the beginning of hos- tilities at any time. But up to 12:45 a.m. (5:45 p.m., EST), officials said, there had been no troop movements across the bor- ders so far as they could learn. It was all the more shocking to the Finns because the Moscow actioi came before they could deliver a note to the Kremlin offering to with- draw Finnish defense forces from the frontier as a gesture towards settling their quarrel. The offer was made by Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko in his reply to Russia's denunciation of the 1932 Finnish-Soviet Nonaggression Treaty. "My government is ready to settle with the Soviet government the ques- tion of the removal of Finnish de- fense forces on the Karelian Isth- mus with the exception of frontier customs guard forces, to such a dis-. tance from Leningrad that it could) not even be alleged that they threat- en its security," Erkko's note said. Finland's refusal previously to withdraw her border forces led to Russia's denunciation of the non- aggression pact Tuesday.1 Funds NeededR By Red Cross4 Drive Can Be Successful If Students Contribute University students have the power to make the Red Cross drive a suc- cess if they will contribute member- ships today, Dr. Anthony J. J. Rourke, of the Washtenaw County Chapter chairman of the Roll Call Committee and assistant director of University Hospital, declared yesterday in a plea for more student cooperation in the drive ending today. The Red Cross is in dire need of funds this year due to theincreased hopelessness of the situation in Eu- rope and the enormous task fac- ing it in bringing relief to Americans and the indigent. The county drive bogged down considerably, Dr. Rourke lamented, Proceeds are $768.88 behind those of last year. The drive has nowhere to turn except to the students who surely have the ability, Dr. Rourke claimed, to contribute more than the $20 they gave in the campus drive a few weeks ago. The Red Cross needs the money badly, Dr. Rourke repeat- ed, and will accept any kind of con- tribution no matter how small. Debaters To Meet Illini Molotoff Denies Intention Of Taking Finns' Land; Troops Massed On Line Army, Navy Forces Prepared For Action COACH ARTHUR SECORD * * * ' Debate Team To Encounter Illinois Today Discussion On Ownership Of Railroads To Follow Big Ten Meet In Union Michigan varsity debaters will open their home season at 8 p.m. tonight when they meet a University of Illi- nois squad on government ownership of the railroads in a non-decision contest in the North Lounge of the Union. Karl E. Olson, '40, and R. Erwin Bowers, Jr., '41, will present the affirmative argument in the semes- ter's third Big Ten contest on the question, "Resolved: That the Feder- al Government Should Own and Op- erate the Railroads." Arthur Secord of the speech department is coach of men debaters. An open forum discussion will be held after the debate for which no decision will be awarded. The home varsity debates are sponsored by the Union Executive Council under the direction of Charles Kerner, /'41E, and no admission charge is made. The public is invited to attend. Both debaters in tonight's contest have had much experience in public speaking. They were teammates on the Grand Rapids Junior College squad that won the state junior col- lege championship wo years ago. (Continued on Page 2) By WITT HANCOCK MOSCOW, Nov. 30.--(P)--Soviet Russia has broken off diplomatic re- lations with Finland but left the world in doubt as to her further in- tentions. Severance of diplomatic relations between nations often is a fore- runner of war but Soviet Russia de- clared she had no intention of an- nexing Finnish territory or of com- promising Finland's independence. With a million Russian 'troops massed on the Finnish border fac- ing Finnish forces that at best can muster 400,000 men, Russian Premier Foreign Minister Vyacheslaff Molo- toff declared in a midnight broad- cast that Russia was taking "imme- diate steps" to keep her security. Speech Calls For Action His midnight broadcast, delivered with a background of stirring mar- tial music and Russian army march- ing songs, called on Russia's mil- lions of troops and her navy to be prepared for any action. The navy already has been en- gaging in exercises in the Gulf of Finland, in close proximity to Fin- nish Islands which Russia has asked for naval bases. The official note severing relations MOLOTOFF ENDS RELATIONS Premier Vyacheslaff Molotoff telephoned the Finnish Minister yesterday and handed him the note breaking off relations. At that time no reply had been received by the Russians from Fin- land, reported in Helsinki to have forwarded a note In answer to Russia's denunciation of the 1932 nonaggression treaty yesterday. With Finland; Senate Officers To Flan Policies Heads of the recently formed Stu- dent Senate committees will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union with the Senate's officers to formulate definite policies for the remaindccr c' the year, Paul Robertson, '40E, presi- dent said yesterday. Robertson is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; other chair- men and their committees are as follows: Orientation, Jack Grady, '41; Bookstore, James Kehoe, '41E; Peace, Robert Reed, '42; Education, Harold Osterweil, '41; Financial and Activi- ties, Martin Dworkis, '40; Housing, Roger Kelley, '42: Rights and Wel- fare, Cas Sojka; and Student Labor,. William Webb, '40. . In addition to the above chairman, the rest of the members of the Senate are invited, Robertson said, although the next regular meeting of the Sen- ate will not be until next Thursday.- Michiganenslan Deadline Is Pictures Saturday 9 i , Protection Of Civil Liberties Is I portant,_Speakers Assert By ALVIN SARASOHN Protection of our civil liberties, is1 now more important than ever, since it is our first-line defense in keeping this country out of war, two speakers1 told an audience of more than 300 persons at a meeting on Civil Liber- ties, held yesterday in the Union Ballroom under the auspices of the1 local chapter of the American Stu-1 dent Union. .After Elliott Maraniss, '40, edi- torial director of The Daily, had out-1 lined the program of theASU, A.J. TParini, editor of the Civil Rights1 News, organ of the Michigan Civil Rights Federation, pointed out the' necessity of organized action to pre-' serve our liberties, guaranteed in the' Bill of Rights. We can stay out of war as long as "war mongers" are unable to abro- gate our rights, he warned, for, once they are gone, we have little way of preserving the peace which most Americans desire. Trn4(e~nLf' irpnl, vdene fl tfhe rde- gers" want to take away the right of' labor to strike by using "war crisis" as a weapon, he said. Thus, he as- serted, we must use all our power to keep all rights alive, or, when the re- sulting war does come, we will lose all our rights. Mort Furay, chairman of the De- troit branch of Labor's Non-Partisan League, described the status of civil liberties in this country during the World War and at the present. As a part of his main thesis that war brings the abrogation of our constitu- tional rights and that, consequently, we should do our utmost to keep out of war, Furay enumerated several cases of the last war's abolition of civil liberties. He pointed to the conviction as slackers of members of the Mennonite faith who were "conscientious objec- tors" to war service, to the unpopu- larity then of Jack Dempsey and to the Mooney and Billings cases, among others, and stated that such action is the result of war "frenzy," "News Egene Geiling To Give University Lecture Dr. Eugene M. K. Geiling, chair- man of the pharmacology department of the University of Chicago, will speak on "The Comparative Anatomy and Pharmacology of the Pituitary Gland" at 4:15 p.m. today in the Lec- ture Hall of the Rackham Building. Dr. Geiling is considered oneof the most versatile men ever to ap- pear in a University Lecture. He has had training in animal nutrition, biological chemistry, soils, physiol- ogy and pharmacology. He has studied and worked at the University of South Africa, University of Illi- nois, University of Capetown, Yale, Johns Hopkins and Chicago. Dr. Geiling will speak on "'In- sulin" at 8 p.m. today in Room 1528 of the East Medical Bulid- ing. This lecture is for first- year medical students and is open to the public. He has made important contribu- tions in the field of medical research. His discoveries in the field of the pituitary gland have been significant. In his studies of the pituitary he has traversed the oceans from the equa- tor to the Arctic Circle seeking lower mammals such as whales and por- poises. In 1926 in conjunction with Dr. John J. Abel at Johns Hopkins, he isolated crystalline insulin-an ac- I i! Seniors were reminded that the deadline on Michiganensian pictures is this Saturday by Richard T. Wa- terman, business manager of the yearbook. Unless coupons are pur- chased by 5 p.m. Saturday, he said, special arrangements must be made.. Coupons may be purchased at the three official photographers, the Student Publications Building, or for; convenience, in front of the library, the rest of this week. - Students Take Interest In Plan To Modernize Campus Facilities By LEONARD SCHLEIDER hedges. This work could be directed Michigan students today indicated by the landscape design department. 2. Construction of the new School an active interest in future physical of Music on Washington and Ingalls expansion of the University by sub- streets behind Hill Auditorium. mission of a 15-point program of 3. Conversion of the old Health campus improvements. Service into low-cost men's dormi- The program, assembled from tories. statements by various students over a 4. Demolition of the ROTC head- term of years, was compiled for the quarters and landscaping of its site approval of members of the faculty as an engineering school campus. of the College of Architecture and This would give the engineering build- Design and officials of the Univer- in a unified, quadrangular appear- sity's Building and Grounds depart- ance. ment. The opinion of Prof. Lewis M. 5. Remodeling into ROTC head- Gram, director of University plant quarters of the private dwelling at extension, will also be sought. the southwest corner of East Univer- Although it provides for some long- sity and South University Avenues range changes, many of the program's near the education school. 6. Demolition of the gasoline sta- proposals could, according to' its or- tion and stores at the corner of Jef- i~naors.be ccomplished within a x.._~_ -1-+,.~- -~ , .. was handed by Molotoff to Baron Aarno Yrjo-Koskinen, the Finnish minister, at 10:30 p.m. yesterday. (The news was received with con- sternation in Helsinki, the Finnish capital. Other Scandinavian coun- tries regarded the Russian action as extremely ominous and feared there was no further possibility of a peace- ful settlement of the Finnish-Rus- sian dispute.) In his broadcast announcing sev- erance of relations, Molotoff de- clared that long, "patient negotia- tions" with Finland had resulted only in an "irreconcilable attitude" on the part of Finland whose leaders acted "in the interests of imperial- istic warmongers." "The only aim of our nation is to safeguard the security of the Soviet Union and in particular Leningrad with its population of 3,500,000," Molotoff declared. Solution Not Conditional "In view of the present interna- tional situation we could not make a solution of this vital and urgent question conditional upon the bad faith of the present Finnish leaders. "This matter must be solved by the Soviet Union in friendly coopera- tion with the Finnish people." "We can no longer tolerate the present situation for which the Fin- nish government bears full respon- sibilty. Our government has de- cided it no longer can maintain nor- mal relations with Finland," Molo- toff declared. Recent border incidents which he called "abominable" were cited by Molotoff as justification. Russian sources alleged Finnish cannonading caused "heavy casual- ties" among her soldiers Sunday, and that Finnish infantry detachments were driven back by machinegun fire Tuesday.