Weather Cloudy and colder. I Sit igrn :4Iai ti I Editorial De Seth of A Newspaperman .. _ I VOL. L, No. 71 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1940 PRIC FIVE CENTS Inaugural Session Will Open Winter Parley I Groups Plan To Discuss Social And Economic ProblemsOf World Ruthven Message SupportsMeeting A younger brother to the Spring Parley will be christened tomorrow when the inaugural meeting of the Winter Parley is held at 3:15 p.m. in the Union's North Lounge. The sessions will continue through- out the weekend with group discus- sions at 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and will end with a general meeting at 3:15 pm. Sunday. Student chairmen will lead discus- sion groups on the character and or- igns of the' European war, religion and civil rights, economics, United States' preparedness and militariza- tion, neutrality, press and propagan- da, relations with South America and American politics, according to Rob- ert Reed, '41, general chairman. President Ruthrve yesterday voiced his _approval of the Winter Parley and sent the following message to the committee: "To discuss ways of promoting peace at this time might be considered as inopportune as for an individual to consider the pur- chase of insurance for his house when it is afire. More appropriately, however, it may be taken as evidence of 'the undying hope, and even faith, that the human race will some day move out of the state of barbarism. Need Not Be Discouraged "It does nothrequire a profound knowledge of history to understand that there is no short cut to civiiza- tion, but if our progress toward a so- cial order worthy of the dignity of man has been lamentably slow, we need not and indeed dare not be dis- couraged. 'There is hope, then, in our.3e fusal to abandon hope that some- time tolerance, honesty, and justice Ill previlover the enemies of peace, whi, as Petrarch tells us, are 'avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride' For this reason, I con- sider this parley to be of importance. Although it may accomplish little in the way of direct results, it will aid in' stimulating the determinaton to achieve a better world order, which is our priceless heritage." Keynoting speeces will be given in Friday's general session by Prof. Arthur Smithies, of the economics department, J. Anderson Ashburn. '40E, editor of the Technic, Robert Rosa, Grad., president of the Ameri- can Student Union and Tom Downs '40L. Saturday, each student will select the group he wishes to join and will continue in that group for the en- tire duration of the Parley, Clarence Kresin, Grad., general secretary, said. This plan has been adopted to in- crease the number of participants and to reduce the number of listen- ers or floaters, he explained. Ques- tions may be either written or ver- bal. Faculty Members Named Members of tne faculty-student committee will meet at a luncheon today at the Union to complete all details for the Parley. Faculty mem- bers on the committee are Prof. Low- ell J. Carr, Prof. Richard Fuller and Prof. Richard Meyers, of the so- ciology department, Prof. Charles M. Davis, and Prof. Robert B. Hall of the geography department, Prof. Harold Dorr, political science de- partment, Prof. Howard Ehrmann, Prof. Preston W. Slosson and Prof. Lewis Vander Velde, of the history department, Lt.-Col Basil D. Ed- wards, military science department. Other faculty members participat- ing are Prof. Harlan McFarlan, en- gineering department, Prof. Wesley H. Maurer, journalism department, Prof. I. L. Sharfman, Prof. E. B. Wat- kins, Prof. Arthur Smithies and James Dusenberry, economics department, Prof. John Shepard, psychology de- partment, Prof. Mentor L. Williams and Prof. Norman Nelson, English department. Kenneth W. Morgan, di- rector of the Student Religious As- sociation, Father James C. Berry, St. Mary's Chapel and Arthur W. Stace, editor of the Ann Arbor News, will also take part. Finnish Relief Drive 'omorrow New Fountain To Be Erected As Memorial Engineers today were planning the construction of a brilliantly lighted memorial fountain which will be erected this year on the University campus as a tribute to the late Prof. Thomas M. Cooley, a member of the law school faculty until his death in 1898. Alumnus Charles A. Baird will fi- nance the building of the memorial as a gift to Professor Cooley, his for- mer teacher. Announcement of the gift was made by the University Board of Regents at their regular meeting Dec. 16. Carl Milles, distinguished archi- tect, will design the fountain, which will be placed on the mall between the League and the Burton Memorial Tower. A seven-foot-high figure will stand in a pool 10 by 25 feet in size. Work- men have already begun construc- tion. Professor Cooley was a member of the University faculty from 1859 to 1898 and was recognized as an out- standing authority on American con- stiutional law. He served as State Supreme Court Justice from 1864- 1885, and was the first chairman o the Interstate Commerce Commission, serving from 1887 to 1891. He was dean of the law school from 1871 to 1883, and is said to be largely responsible for the creation of a law ;chool separate from the rest of the University. He was chairman of the political science department rfom 1885 to 1898. Charles Baird, the donor, in 1935 ?resented the University with the 53- bel carillon in the Burtoi -Tower. 3e was the University's first athletic director. Baird graduated with a ;achelor of Laws degree in 1895. Burglars Ransack Five Fraternities Ann Arbor police today were in- estigating robberies which took place Wednesday when burglars ransacked :ive fraternity houses, escaping with mnore than $300 in fuids. Sigma Phi Epsilon reported the largest loss, claiming that between '221 and $224 had been stolen. Phi Jamma Delta lost $59.25, Alpha Chi Sigma lost $30, Delta Sigma Pi found it least $4.50 missing, and Pi Lambda 'hi lost $65 in cash, a ring valued at $55 and a set of shirt studs valued it $5. DeValera Hits U.*S. DUBLIN, Jan. 4.-(P)-Prime Min- ister DeValera's special powers bill to combat the outlawed Irish Re- publican Army neared passage early today after government spokesmen had pictured the IRA as a highly or- ganized outlaw band "with a war chest full of United States dollars." Quiz Experts To Aid Co-Op For Women Alumnae Sponsor Special Show Of 'Information Please' Here Jan. 20 Questions To Stump Experts Are Needed Those three cerebral gentlemen- Clifton Fadiman, John Kieran and Franklin P. Adams-who form the nucleus of "Information Please," weekly radio quiz program, will make their first "off-the-air" appearance in the program's history Jan. 20 in Hill Auditorium. Sponsored by the University of Michigan Alumnae as part of its cam- paign to establish a women's cooper- ative residence here, the program, in which two or three faculty members will also appear, will run in its famil- iar question-answer vein for more than an hour. Questions to "stump the experts" will be sought throughout the State, Mrs. Lucile B. Conger, executive sec- retary of the Alumnae Council, said yesterday. Those that succeed will be awarded prizes. All who submit questions that are selected will be presented with a copy of "100 Years of Athletics," a review in words and pictures of University athletics from 1837 to 1937. Mrs. Conger explained yesterday that questions for use on the pro- gram, together with the correct an- swers, and requests for tickets should be addressed to "Informtaion Please" League Building. Prices will be 50, 75 cents and $1. The Cooperative dormitory, Hen- derson Hall, is a memorial to the late Mary Barton Henderson, founder of the League and long a leader in Michigan Alumnae affairs. She also established, and for a decade direct- ed, the Ann Arbor Dramatic" Season. 18 Believed Killed In Famin Hoel MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3.-UP)-A cigarette tossed down a garbage chute was blamed today for fire that claim- ed at least 18 lives at the Marlborough Apartment Hotel in the worst dis- aster in this city's history. Only 12 victims had been identi- fied as firemen prodded about in the wreckage of the three-story, 45-year- old building, seeking the bodies of possible additional victims. Red Cross workers said there were 114 persons in the buldigi when the fire broke out. Of these, 18 were known dead, 24 were registered at hospitals,53 had registered with the Red Cross as either uninjured or slightly injured, and 19 were un- accounted for. Langford, One Of Local Rotary Founders, Dies Murphy Court Appointment Seen Definite FRANK MURPHY WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-(P)-De- spite his recent statement that he thought others were better qualified red-haired Frank Murphy is defin- itely slated to be appointed to the Supreme Court, it was learned author- itatively today. Solicitor General Robert H. Jack- son is to be elevated to Attorney Gen- eral, succeeding Murphy. Both men conferred yesterday with President Roosevelt, who is expected to send Murphy's nomination to the Senate tomorrow for confirmation. Jack- son's nomination probably would await Murphy's cnfirmation. Murphy would fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench caused by Butler and would become the fifth the death Nov. 16 of Justice Pierce of the court's nine justices to be named by President Roosevelt. The others are Justices Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas and Stanley Reed, who preceded Jackson as Solicitor General. Murphy, alumnus of the University, who has been High Commissioner to the Philippines and Governor of Michigan, succeeded Homer Cum- mings as Attorney General last Jan- uary. -It was at 'a reeent press con- ference that he expressed the view that others were better qualified for the Supreme Court than he. He said he thought he ought not be appointed and, in response to a question, that he thought attorneys general should keep out of politics and that he had given no thought to a possible vice presidential nomination. Hockey Team To Open Fight For State Title varsity Seeks Initial Win Of Season In Renewal Of Old Rivalry Tonight Finns Picking Off Defeated Soviet Troops Russia Reported Massing Veterans For Knockout Blow Against Finland Nazi Press Avers Pro-Moscow Stand By THOMAS F. HAWKINS WITH THE FINNISH FORCES near Lake Kianta, Jan. 3.-()-Swift and silent Finnish ski troops struck in the border snows today to pick off, one by one, the handful of survivors of Russia's defeated army in this. frozen north country while their comrades in the south stood their ground against massed Soviet thrusts. Victors in the greatest single battle; of the war, the hardy Finnish lum- berjacks had easy pickings finishing off the 2,000 wandering, half-starved remnants of the 17,000-man Red Russian division which tried to sever, Finland's wasp-like waistline and failed. Matching these efficient opera- tions, the Finnish high command an- nounced that a heavy Soviet infantry attack on the Karelian Isthmus had been repulsed "with heavy losses." This Soviet thrust in the south appeared to bear out reports in Fin- land that the Red Army, chafing un-1 der repeated setbacks, was massing seven divisions-about 105,000 men-, for an attempted knockout blow against the Finnish Mannerheim Line. (Reliable information in Moscow said that the Russians were speeding, seasoned Siberian fighters to posi- tions opposite the Finnish defenses). Coupled with the land attack were Russian air raids on Turku and Han- ko in southwestern Finland. It was announced officially there were no casualties in Turku and only a few in Hanko. In addition to the Isthmus de- fense, which occurred in the Tapale river zone, the Finns reported wide- spread successes in fighting on the eastern front. Germany May Give Russia Positive Support BERLIN, Jan. 3.-(P)-Nazi Ger- many's public was told for the first time tonight of the possibility of a general conflict over Finland. An editorial commentary from the Soviet Russian military organ, Kras- naja Swesta, was generally reprinted by the controlled press, with approv- ing German comment added to it. This accused Britain and France of trying to widen the scope of their war with Germany and said the wes- tern allies, with this idea in mind, had encouraged Finland to resist Russia. The press did not say Germany might find herself on Russia's side in the north but, judging by past prac- tices of German propaganda, today's comment was intended as spade-work for a subsequent and more positive attitude of support for the Reds. It is known that British and French aid to Finland is being scrutinized carefully and informed sources have left no doubt in the minds of foreign inquirers that Germany will not stand idly by in the event Britain and France should send troops to fight the Russians. Prof. Handman Dies At Home Christmas Day Prof. Max Handman, member of the economics department since 1931, died of coronary thrombosis Dec. 25 at his home here following two years of illness. He was 54 years old. Burial was Dec. 27. A recognized authority on econom- ic phases of Latin-American prob- lems, Professor Handman had been honored often for his work on special research committees. He was a spe- cial investigator for the Library of Congress, a member of the Committee on Public Information and of the staff of the U.S. Inquiry on Terms of Peace in 1918. Since coming here from the Univer- sity of Minnesota, where he was a visiting professor in sociology, Pro- fessor Handman has also been active in instruction and research here. He served on various council commit- tees of the Social Science Research Council, 1931-1934; as a special inves- tigator of the Wickersham National Commitee on Law Observance and Enforcement, and as a member of the Committee of Latin-American Studies. In ceremonies in Rumania at which King Carol presided, the rare honor of Knight of the Decorated Order of Cultural Merit was bestowed up- on him by the Rumanian government. Despite these activities, however, Professor Handman found' time to pursue book-collecting as a hobby, and amassed a library of 13,000 vol- umes, many of them rare editions of books on general philosophy, lit- erature and economic history. Dr. G oldman To Direct Band Noted Conductor To Attend Annual Band Clinic, Highlighting a two-day Band Clin- ic to be held here Jan. 13-14, Dr. Edwin Franko Goldman, conductor of the Goldman Band of New York City, will appear as guest conductor of the University Concert Band in the annual midwinter concert to be given at 4:15 p.m., Jan. 14, in Hill Auditorium, Prof. William Revelli, conductor of the University Band, announced yesterday. The concert will be free to the gen- eral public. Dr. Goldman will also deliver a lec- ture Saturday evening on "The Band's Music." The Band Clinic, sponsored by the Michigan School and Band and Or- chestra Association in cooperation with the University School of Music, is expected to draw more than 300 band and orchestra leaders from Michigan and surrounding states, Professor Revelli estimated. Predicts Reduction In All Items Except Armament; Urges Tax Increase New Deal Policies Will Be Continued WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-(A')--A stronger national defense financed by new taxes, a continuation of New Deal policies, and a national unity reinforced by "calmness, tolerance and cooperative wisdom," were urged upon Congress today by President Roosevelt, in a message personally delivered to the newly convened ses- sion. These things, backed by an exten- sion of the administration's author- ity to reduce tariffs by agreement with other countries, should be suf- ficient, he said, to protect the na- tion against any tendency toward dictatorship at home and "world- wide forces of disintegration" as well. For the rest, Mr. Roosevelt pledged anew his determination to keep the United States out of the war abroad, and let it be known, to the ironical cheers of the Republican member- ship, that the budget to be submitted tomorrow would include a reduction in all important items except that of national defense. President Is Cheered House and Senate and crowded galleries heard the President's earn- estly delivered message with evident interest and intentness. There was a great cheer as he entered the packed House of Representatives chamber, and another as he finished. There were cheers, too, for Vice- President Garner, but the mightiest ovation of all came when, the speech ended. Mr. Roosevelt turned and clasped hands with Garner. The President was smiling broadly and Garner's blue eyes twinkled. It was an audience sensitive to the slightest political implications which the speech might contain, such as a passagehin ,which the President defended the New Deal program against charges of "defeatism"- charges which had been uttered for one by Thomas E. Dewey, prominent candidate for the Republican presi- dential nomination. To Bulwark Defense And there were cheers and laugh- ter from the Democrats when Mr. Roosevelt calledmfor a "realistic" bul- warking of the national defense and said that the increase should not be as small as some "claiming superior private information would demand." The thrust was generally believed to be directed at Senator Borah (Rep., Ida.), who was reported to have told a White House conference last sum- mer that his private advices indicat- ed there would be no war in Europe. He has since said he was opposed to any unreasonable increases in the national defense. But the thing for which the au- dience listened most eagerly, some indication of the President's third term plans, was not there. Try as they might, eager political observers could find nothing which would throw any light on America's fore- most riddle. The address itself was generally considered a personal application on the part of the President of his own plea for national unity. By com- parison with his previous annual mes- sages to Congress, it was mild. It sounded no battle-calls against his foes in either the Democratic or Re- publican parties. Barkley Praises With ironic emphasis, some of the latter expressed gratification that he had asked for an abandonment of "doctrines which set group against group." They charged that such had been the attitude and practice of the administration in previous years. Senator Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.), a presidential candidate, said the President had adopted "a sufficiently temperate and conciliatory 'tone to prove an awareness that a national election is approaching." On the other hand, Senator Bark- ley (Dem., Ky.), the Democratic lead- er, was emphatic in his praise of the speech, calling it "sound" and "ex- F.D.R.'s Message To Congress Asks Stronger Defense 1 of S. ci si at o Spi Q Ann Arbor Contin News While St Ann Arbor lost a lot of pep when sl 11,000 University students took to the A roads last Dec. 16 for Christmas holi- m days, but there was still enough life in the old village to keep the local ji newspapers busy during the vacation. in University Board of Regents held f a regular meeting and announced in that a brilliant new lighted fountain b would be erected on the mall between ti the League and the Burton Memorial eE Tower as the result of a gift from alumnus Charles Baird. t Two esteemed citizens, Dr. Theron S S. Langford and Prof. Max Hand- A man died while students were away. w New Year's Eve was welcomed with m a night of hilarity, while city police F allowed the sale of beer past the regu- cc lar closing hour of midnight. C New Year's Day claimed the first e' Washtenaw traffic victim of 1940. ti Here is the summary of news up to until the opening of classes in the University students today learned By LARRY ALLEN f the death on Dec. 20 of Dr. Thoren Michigan will make its initial bid . Langford, Ann Arbor medical spe- for the mythical hockey champion- alist, who succumbed in the Univer- ship of the state at 8 p.m. today at ty hospital after a sudden heart the Coliseum when it meets Michigan ttack. Tech's Huskies in the first of a four- Dr. Langford, one of the founders game home-and-home series between f the Ann Arbor Rotary Club and the two schools. The second game resident of the local Boy Scout will be played here Saturday night. ouncil, was 67 years old. The series will be the renewal of' an old rivalry between the two teams m that ranks next to the Gopher-Wol- ues To M ake verine ice feud in importance on Michigan's schedule. 1ua T T . Coach Lowrey's team will be mak- udents Vacation eho tah r (l ing its fifth start of the season still in quest of a first victory, while the Pell of Santa Claus arrives in Ann Huskies from the Upper Peninsula rb of antaomClaus arrivesin CA- will be launching their schedule. rbor as homeowners begin Christ- Despite their poor record thus far nas decorations.dthis season, the Wolverines have Dec. 18.-Automobile accidents in- made good showings in their last few ure four persons . . . and hitch-hik- gane and Ch Lowreis fi- ig proves to be a serious business games, and Coach Lowrey is confi- or two University men who were dent that his team has begun to hit ijured in Galt, Ont., in an automo- .First Line Clicks 4 ile collision. City merchants report irst Line of Gil S hat Christmas shopping is the heavi- His firt ine of i amuelsn, sat Cinstmas yshoppn iPaul Goldsmith, and Bert Stodden st in several ,years. hsbgnt lc n olne Dec. 19.---Prof. Shirley Allen of has begun to click and no longer he forestry school is honored by the lacks the scorn puh which oiety of American Foresters .. so notably absent when the season lderman Max Krutch lists reasons Loe's A good reserve ine is s ill hy he thinks the University owes Lwrey' greatest worry, and he will hy h t hinksfor cth Uni ersity owescontinue to juggle Jim Lovett, Bill xoney to pay for a city sewer . . . CiedPalGsnndBlCl~ 'orest H. Akers, new member of the Canfield, Paul Gorson, and Bill Col- ~oret H.ardnof MhiganfState lins around until he finds an effec- ontrollig board of Michigan State tive combination among them. ollege, announces that he is inter- The defense duties will fall to the sted in seeing that the schocol con (Continued on Page 7) nue to be entirely free from in-(Cniudopae) luences other than those which teach York rue Americanism." Piece, , Dec. 20-Students in city schools ('=- No New Proposals Offered By President, Brown Observes By HOWARD A. GOLDMAN President Roosevelt's annual mes- sage to Congress yesterday bears a remarkable similarity to his mes- sage of last year, especially in re- gard to broad policies. No really new proposals were made, even in specific recommendations. Prof. Everett S. Brown of the po- litical science department made these comments yesterday shortly after; hearing the yearly address broad- cast direct from the floor of the House of Representatives. He de- clared that the President was mere- ly being consistent in supporting policies previously enunciated. Keynote of the message, Profes- sor Brown observed, appears to be a plea for tolerance, harmony and na- tional unity in dealing with both for- eign and domestic affairs. This same ,plea, he pointed out, can be observed in last year's address. tisan groups operating to undermine American practices. He added that for two years the President had been, warning that a breakdown in reli- gion, morale and general satisfac- tion among the American people would lead to a breakdown in Ameri- can democracy. Strongest single point in the mes- sage, Professor Brown observed, is the President's strong reaffirmation of his support for the Trade Agree-' ments Act. This act (giving the President discretionary power in ne- gotiating tariff agreements) term- inates in June, he explained, and President Roosevelt was trying to convince Congressional opposition of the necessity of extending these powers. A great many subjects destined to receive much attention this session were entirely left out of the message, Professor Brown commented. No