THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, DEC. 5, 1939 Bureau Of Industrial Relations Has Varied Uses, Riedel States Organ Concert. Will Be Given A.li-American Ballet To Play MUSIC -: Schiller Starred Nation' Agency Maintains Library, Sponsors Conf erence, Sponsors Publications The Bureau of Industrial Relations acts as an impartial evaluating and disseminating agency for all kinds of information dealing with employ- er-employee relations, Professor John W. Riegel, Director of the Bureau, said yesterday. Founded in 1935, the Bureau has furnished special reports in response to more than 400 reqpests from com- panies and labor organizations in the United States, he continued. In- quiries last week he said included letters from firms as far apart as California and Eastern Canada, and one from a labor organization in In- diana. Reference File The Bureau maintains a large ref- erence file of information which has been solicited from employers, labor organizations, and government agen- cies Professor Riegel commented. Some of the material has been gath- ered in the field in the course of spe- cial research projects, he explained, these files being drawn upon in ans- wering specific questions. The in- formation desired istnearly always too recent in origin to be contained in book form, and, therefore, Pro- fessor Riegel pointed out, the ref- erence collection of the Bureau con- sists mainly of documents, pamph- lets, and memoranda. These, he said, are classified and indexed under some 250 specific reference titles. This unusual collection is available for use by advanced students in the field of industrial relations, he com- mented. Publish Address . An average of two publications per year are issued, said Professor Riegel. One is usually composed of addresses presented at conferences sponored by the Bureau, he explained, while the other is generally concerned with specific problems in the field. The publications of the Bureau cover such subjects as "Salary Deter- mination," "Elements of Labor Pol- icy," "The Selection and Develop- ment of Foremen," and "Collective Bargaining and Cooperation," Pro- fessor Riegel continued. The sub- ject-matter of specific communica- tions sent out by the Bureau, he said, ranges over the various phases of in- dustrial relations from "arbitration" to "workman's compensation." A conference on industrial rela- tions policy is sponsored by the Bu- reau each year, Professor Riegel commented. He pointed out that the members of the conferences discuss aims in view of current develop- D 1BI y RIUHARD BENNETT ments, consider recent legislation Callahan will Present H ere M onda yWe could not but observe at last ander ty efeactson betwvieenw cmeho Program Tomorrow_ _ evening's Choral Union recital that executives and their employees have As American as the hotdog, the had Mr.#Bjoerling been standing on been improved. The last of the Twilight Organ Se- American Ballet Caravan, designed ! a silken cushion the unreality of the1 In addition to this conference on ries before the Christmas holiday will around native themes and scenes program would have been complete. policy, the Bureau sponso s a numi. ;be given by Allan Callahan, of De- and including only native dancers, This is not to deny the loveliness of ber of small conferences in the na- roit, a graduate of the University will appear for one performance Mr. Bjoerling's tone nor his extra- ture of seminars to which business 'School of Music, on the Frieze Mem- nTheay at the Lydia Mendelssohn ordinary range. The depth of voicef executives come for the discussion of orial Organ in Hill Auditorium, 4:15'The Company was founded by Lin-he displayed i the Flicken kom of a selected phase of personnel man- Sibelius was particularly satisfying. agement. Since the Bureau was Cs- p.m. tomorrow. The general public coln Kirstein three years ago as a Nor could we fail to note the assur- tablished, over 900 executives have with the exception of small children, revolt against what he called "Rus- ance with which he performed the participated in these several confer- is invited to attend without admis- sian tearoomish interpretations of whole Swedish group. Here he was ences on the University Campus. sion charge. American scenes by foreign ballet not vocalizing. He seemed to have The Bureau thus serves its ends" Mr. Callahan has prepared the fol- troupes. tgrasped the relation of the word to in four ways Professor Riegel con- (A major) by Walther; Chorale Pre- In keeping wi o t his American mo- the music. Perhaps the credit be- clfudrdwysProfesngsorRee n-ude. tif, the themes of the individual bal- longs to Sibelius and Sjogren, but at cluded, by providing a reference l hlde by Kellner. lets are built around such elements least Mr. Bjoerling did not impressl brary for advanced students in the Chorale Prelude by Brahms;of Americana as a., large U.S. city, us (who know not Swedish) as dis- field, by giving information to busi- Prelude, Fugue and Variation . by the legend of Pocohontas, filling sta- turbing the relation. ness firms and labor organizations in Franck; Pastel and Chorale (Op. 92, tions and truck drivers and the West However, a charming voice and a response to their requests, by spon- No. 3) by Karg-Elert; Pierce (Op. 37, during the reign of Billy the Kid. capable range are hardly sufficientf soring conferences and by issuing No. 3) by Jongen; Apparition de L'- There is, however, a classic train- to compensate for a generally insipid publications on various aspects of Eglise Eternelle by Messiaen, and ing that all ballet artists must under- selection of 19th century songs, a go, and this is reflected in one of the wooden stage appearance, almost three ballets to be presented here. complete musical immaturity, and an Music for this tradition type of bal- accompanist born with a mission, viz., Englishm an's Letter Reveals let, "Air and Variations," is from to counterbalance in the accompani- Bach and the choreography is by ment the lack of vigor in the voice. Typical British View Of W ar William Dollar, of the Metropolitan A program of 19th century operatic Opera Ballet. arias and minor lieder simply cannot The two essentially American bal- hold its own any longer-not in a The first few days of the European a gun had been fired. Since then lets to be presented are "Charade, world that has heard the songs of war as it seemed to an Englishman we have had two other warnings, one or the Debutante," which is centered Stravinsky and Honegger. If only are vividly pictured in a letter from from 2:45-3:15 a.m. and another around the debut of a girl coming Mr. Bjoerling had broken out into a aredon. vivdlyp trdin ittefrom 6:45-9 a.m. a.m. Nobody knows out in society in an American town bit of Swedish Swing, much would London. The letter, dated in the what it's all about. Nobody knows in 1910, and "City Portrait," about l4ave been saved! early days of the war, gives the view what's happening, life in a metropolis. The program opened with Beethov- point of the typical Briton on the war. "I tried to join the army the other Tickets for the performance will en's Adelaide, during which the solo- The letter says in part: day. I spent all day like a vacuum- go on sale Thursday at the League ist was not hea-rd at all due to Mr. "On the fatal 3 September, Sonia cleaner salesman, but they don't want boxoffice. Mail orders are being Ebert's amazing manipulations with and I left the house on our Sunday a soul at the moment. Not even a accepted now. the dynamics of the master's ac- morning excursion to meet her father private. So in desperation I put companiment. The pianist per- in a pub at Hampstead. We stopped my name down as an ambulance Clements bformed the piano sco're in the "grand to listen to a radio from an open driver. That was six days ago, so manner" (we understood from ad- window in the sunny street and heard I don't know yet whether they'll 'Ne we Fr a u nc e' vertisements that that was Mr. Bjoer- old man Chamberlain pronouncing have me. ling's peculiar attribute) while the the inevitable words that we are now London is a strange place just Has Long History "soloist" sought to observe some ves- in a state of war. We boarded our now. By day we are guarded by tige of classical style in his own part. bus, and after twenty minutes the literally hundreds of captive bal- But it soon became apparent that sirens started to wail. (Do you re- loons which have their moorings in Entitled "A Shorte and briefe nar- Mr. Bjoerling was going to sing the member the Martians in Wells' "War the strangest corners. They are sil- ration of the two Navigations and Dis- whole program in one manner. It of the Worlds" with their ululations? ver and rather stupidly phallic. By coveries to the Northwest parts called was most unfortunate because it gave Our dear sirens are just what he night the balloons are still there, but p'gE FRAUNE of to his performance the one character- had in mind.) The driver was a bit we are also muffled in the blackest pages is one of the most interesting istic no audience can abide-monot- perplexed. He stopped, thought, re- darkness. The business of groping piecents lion ony. started and stopped again. By this about is giving many people "black=L Chements La nFrom the opening number the same time the blue sky was torn with out eyes" which are caused through This book was owned by King unhappy disjunction between soloist the upsadaisy-downsaday howlings, peering about with relaxed eye- George III of England and then pre- and accompanist followed through and the little creatures with two legs muscles. It is more serious than George IV under very dubious cir- rost of the program. To top it all, and souls decided to take shelter. We that, however, for the road casualties cumstances in 1826. It is believedr were more self-conscious than at night are up by about 300 per cent. h cabin 826 Itisfaelid g" wherever possible. In the 19th -I - T 1a1 1-ahis ,cabinet bought his father's li- m hrvrpsil.I h 9h u. irozzAnyt Wurkwwn DAILY OFFICIL BULLT-N -i (Continued from Page 4) Parkes, Pinney, Reizen, Luxan, Strick- land, Davis, Loessel, Mason, Gell, Gibson, Whitney, Fromm, George, C. Brown, G. Brown, Sorensen, Liima- tainen, Landis, Haberaecker. The following men will leave at 4:30 with ' Jack Secrist from the Union: Tuttle, Hines, Penn, Berger. Sigma Eta Chi meeting at 5 p.m. on (Wednesday, Dec. 6, with Mrs. Smith, 1008 Oakland Ave. Review lesson for he National Exam. 1940 Mechanical Engineers and Graduates: Mr. F. L. Pierce of the American Machine and Foundry Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., will outline the op- I portunities with this company at 7 o'clock, Wednesday evening, Dec. 6, in Room 348 West Engineering, after f which appointments will be given for ( interviews on the following day. The AAUW Drama Group will meet Wednesday evening, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. F. W. Ouradnik, 1718 Baldwin. Hobby House : Working hours : Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, 9-12. Anyone interested call Jane Brich- Michigan Dames Bridge group meets at the League, Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. Women's Swimming Club meets Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Union Pool. International Center: Any students interested in sharing the expense of an auto trip to Montreal for the Christmas holidays, leaving Ann Ar- or, Dec. 14 and returning Dec. 30, should call for particulars at the office of the International Center. All girls eligible and interested in ushering for Play Production's "One Third of A Nation" given.in the Lydia MVendelssohn Theatre, Dec. 6, 7, 8 and 9, sign up on the lists in the Under- graduate Offices of the League. i L . .Z .i a J f 1 BOX CANDY for Christmas SPECIALS on Whitman, Gilbert, Goblein Miller !Drug. Store 727 N. University alarmed. We had been called to join in the business of a war whey, the war was twenty minutes old, and our role as rabbits was strange. Our blood-pressures rose, and our pulses quickened with the nervous- ness of young artistes at a first night. Sonia and I trooped rather coyly into an apartment house marked "Air Raid Shelter," and waited for! the worst. Then Noel Coward came in. Ahah! I thought. Then the[ whole thing is a dream, and I was' surprised to find that I wasn't dressed as Queen Elizabeth or Robert E. Lee's groom, It was Noel Coward, though, and after a short time every- one got bored, came up and waited for the all clear. It came and not The other evening Sonia and I were in a friend's car when we contacted a stationary car (without lights) at about 25-30 miles an hour. We were cut and bruised, so the war has al- ready claimed a few drops of my blood. I am really sorry that I can't give you any serious news. For us it is quite difficult to realize that there is a war on anywhere. For you it must be almost impossible. I earnestly hope that the dirty busi- ness may be mopped up before any- one in the United States thinks of joining in. I also hope that we shan't get to the stage when we have to ask a farmer to leave his home in Ohio to come and die in Germany." 131 VW N111VU u riv ubaa auv .. ... . f brary and donated it to the British Museum to save it from the Czar of Russia, who had offered to buy it. The shelf mark of the King's Libraryl may still be seen {in the front of the book. Easlick And Jay Will Go To New York Convention Dr. Kenneth A. Easlick and Dr. Phillip Jay, of the dental school, will attend the 15th annual meeting of the Greater New York Dental Society in New York city this week. More than 10,000 dentists are ex- pected to attend the five-day con- ference. century operatic arias this was some- aria from Meyerbeer's L'Africana, what pardonable, particularly in the where the words have as much rela- tion to the music as nothing at all. But for the most part it was inexcus- able. vi ilinu uepaumnr, by Al Mayio, Grad., on i* itiment . in the last war sicU tua nts by The Daily files and tter from Wilbur David- the Interfraternity Coun-l ng the attitude of soror- ternity members toward Recital Toda nd an answer by Robert L, president of the ASU, uded in the first issue of Drawing upon musical literature enge," Miss Harris stated. new to the campus, 21 students from he highlights of the first the School of Music will present a Harris said, is an article, woodwind recital at 8:15 p.m. today tle Children," by Elliott in the School of Music Auditorium. 0, and Harry Stutz, Grad, The recital by pupils of William analyze the political, H. Stubbins, instructor of band in- economic causes for the struments will include six pieces )spitalization funds for that were written for the Paris Con- ildren in Michigan. servatory of Music; and will feature of books, including "The the Bach Violin Concerto No. 1, ition" by Granville Hicks, transcribed for clarinet and played Mountain," by Thomas by Arthur Hills, '42. "In Dubious Battle" by Participating in the program will 'eck will be awarded to the be the University Clarinet Quartet sells the highest number made up of William Rhoads, '41; Xiss Harris said. Philip Busche, '41; Richard Worth- ---i-- ngton, '42, and George Roach, '40Ed. T:lhe Quartet will play David Bery- )uting Club nets "Clarinet Rhapsody." Other School of Music students feet Saturday taking part will be: Lee Chrisman, '40, flute; Arthur of the Graduate Outing Hills, '42, John Gajet, oboe; Gene )ld their last meeting be- Sherry, '42, .and Edward Ostroski, n at 7:30 p.m. Saturday '42, bassoon, who make up the Uni- b rooms in the Rack- versity Woodwind Quintet. ag, Abraham Rosenzweig, Louis Davis, '43, Edwin Kruth, '42, ident, announced yester- Leonard Ruby, '42, Frederick Eggert, '42, Justin Gray, '42, Robert Brown, varied program will be '42Spec, and Thomas Snyder, '42, its members, Rosenzweig will play clarinet solos. will go. to the Intramural Accompanying on the piano will or swimming or other te Janet May Davis, Spec., Frederick aup will skate at the Coli- Eggert, '42, James Merrill, '42, Mary those who wish may stay McCall Stubbins, Helen Byrne, '40 rooms to play games. and Gordon Imhoff. YPSI LANTI NORMAL CHOIR R Singing Unaccompanied 250 Voices LREJIRDUK A\LEXANDERl, GiC~fc CHRISTMAS MU SIC Nativity Music from Many Lands Old Music - Young Voices PEASE AUDITORIUM, Ypsilanti No Reserved Seats Thursday, Dec. 7. 8 1l.m. Sharp Admission 25c buying something no other cigarette can give Christmas for Michigan Engineers... The official Senior Class Ring i III I SEEM V - ius, " ,-,