tN N CIO Program Offers A Basis For Building A Vital Democracy :{ I GULLIVER'S CAVILS 'By Young (Gulliver DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETI . Kd and managed by students of the University of an under the authority of the Board in Control of t Publications. ished every morning except Monday during the sity year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press A.sociated Press is exclusively entitled to the republication of all news dispatches credited to not otherwise creditedI n this newspaper. All of republication of all other matters herein also t Office at Ann Arbor; Michigan, as" natter. ing regular school year by carrier, REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVER-SING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 429 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON * LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO iber, Associated Collegiate Press,.1939-40 Editorial Staff4 raniss winton Linder . Schorr anagan "anavan ry erg . t Managing Editor Editorial Director . . City Editor Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor *Associate Editor . Women's Editor . Sports Editor . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko . Jane Mowers * Harriet S. Levy Business Staff" [anager . .ess Mgr., Credit Manager' usiness Manager dvertising Manager is Manager NIIHT EDiTOR: ELIZABETH M. SHAW The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers ~only, merican Or 'inish Relief.? .. A S POPULAR SYMPATHY for the cause of Finland'rises in the United tates, stimulated by the press and by national- id local relief activities, the President has pro- osed governmental action calculated to lend naterial relief" to Finland. The crowded seven weeks since hostilities gan between Russia and Finland have wit-. ssed what seems almost impossible to believe -a nation of three and a half million people iti a total mobilization of 300,000 withstanding nation of 180,000,000 people with a total mo- lization of several millions. The American ess was quick to play up "brave little Finland" st as it was quick to play up "brave little elgium" 25 years ago. American public opin- n was quick to respond. Herbert Hoover has nnounced "that his -relief committee has al- ady. sent $40,00 'to Finand and is expecting double and treble that amount. Bills have enintroduced in Congress to send American fles to Finland and to lend her money up to 0,000,000. Before we detail our reasons for opposing these: onetary moves to aid Finland, we want it early understood that our opposition to them >es not arise out of sympathy for Russia. We > not pretend to regard her invasion of Fin- nd as anything but flagrant, unprovoked ag- 'ession. We cannot, despite our recognition the accomplishments of Russia's internal pol- y and a conviction that the Soviet's earlier reign policy has been just, regard Russia's xmpaign in Finland as on a higher plane' than erVIany's in Poland. We will not enter at this time into the in- rnational implications of the proposed action. re merely quote the objection Senator George ,ioed to' the President's pronouncement Tues- iy: " If we lift the restrictions in the Neutrality t on credits to foreign nations, it is easy to 4 we have destroyed the very heart of the eutrality Act. If you break down the restric- ons in the case of Finland, the hour ap- roaches when the pressure will be doubled nid redoubled to break down the restrictions the case of Great Britain." However, our )jection to the proposed action by the gov- nment is couched in terms of its domestic im- ications. In the face of higher budget outlays for U.S. fepse, of cuts in all categories of relief ap- opriations, of the unhappy plight of more than 000,000 American unemployed, the projected nding of millions of American dollars to Fin- ,nd seems to us to be an anomaly of gigantic roportions. The budget message of the President recom- ended cuts in virtually all major spending cate- ories except national defense. This figure was t at $1,800,000,000, an increase of $300,000,000 ver last year's figure. Work relief programs 'ere cut $500,000,000, agricultural programs 100,000,000 and public works programs $300,- )0,000. It is proposed to lend an unspecified amount f money to Finland to be used to buy non- dilitary supplies. In our own country, three mes the total population of Finland is living a straightened circumstances because, of un- mployment, loss of relief or bad crops. Yet he American public is digging into its pockets o send money to Finland, and a government rhich could not see its way clear to taking ade.- nate care- of its needy eitizens has already By ROBERT SPECKHARD LNE YEAR AGO President Roosevelt declared at the opening of Congress: "Our nation's program of social and economic reform is . . a part of defense as basic as armaments them- selves." Democracy-its defense and tension-still re- mains the vital problem in a new decade. Michi- gan's crippled children, Toledo's empty schools, Cleveland's starving reliefers, the nation's nine millions of unemployed, plus 30 millions more living today-ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed:- all testify to the sustaining validity of the Presi- dent's declaration today, for democracy cannot long survive in such an adverse environment. The stark realities of our domestic problem have not changed, but a glance at the proposed budget seems to indicate the President has. . Social expenditures still remain, but President Roosevelt is no longer their champion. One million WPA workers have been dropped from, the roles during the last year, and work relief expenditures for 1941 have been decreased one- half billion. While social security has been slight- ly increased, the agriculture and public. works programs have been cut by $700,000,000.. The Wagner Health Act has been shelved. Expendi- tures for armaments have been upped $300,000,- 000 to the grand total of $1,800,000,000. Evading the immensity of the domestic problem with the "hope that a continued expansion of business would diminish relief requirements substantial- ly," the President has added his impetus toward a war economy. Outstanding for its determined opposition to the existing trend toward war and a war ec- onomy has been the progressive labor move- ment. Unequivocally facing the realities of our domestic social and economic needs, the. Congress for Industrial Organizationoffers a comprehensive and integrated program of legis- lative action to meet them. America's No. 1 problem today is the finding of employment for its nine millions of unem- ployed. To this end the CIO asks that the Presi- dent immediately convene a conference of the responsible leaders from government, industry, labor and agriculture, who should be comman- deered by the government to work at this prob- lem until some concrete plans have been formu- lated to solve America's problem No. 1. Pending such a solution, there must be established a works program that will employ at least three million people at wages consistent with Ameri- can standards of living. To provide employ- ment for the 4,000,000 unemployed youths be- tween 15 and 25 there must be a special works program established, and the National Youth Administration appropriation must be substan- tially increased. Recognizing that powerful financial and in- dustrial anti-labor leaders have not slackened in their attempts to repeal or emasculate the By LEONARD SCHLEIDER Marching Through Georgia ALTHOUGH Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's publicity department may disagree, David O. Selz- nick's Gone With The Wind is not the greatest motion picture of all time. It cannot be. For Gone With The Wind in book form was not history's greatest novel. If Sidney Howard's adaptation had not been so razor-close, The Wind might have been meas- urably better. Mr. Howard, a -master play technician, would have included what Margaret Mitchell left out. But, either because Mr. Selz- nick feared audience wrath or refused to give Mr. Howard's abilities full play, some of the characters are as shallow and a few of the scenes are as overdrawn as they were in the book. One thing is certain-the South, the British Empire and avid movie fans can rest at ease- Miss Vivien Leigh does not play Scarlett O'Hara; Scarlett O'Hara is Vivien Leigh. It may be her fresh personality, which prevents any accusa- tions of "typing." It can be her French-Irish ancestry, for Scarlett, too, was French-Irish. But most likely it is a job of casting of which Holly- wood can forever be proud. In face, voice and manner Miss Leigh is the embodiment of every- thing we thought Scarlett to be. Gone With The Wind's much-publicized running-time, three and one-half hours, does not make it monotonous. Like a three-ring circus, there is always something to watch. If one tires of the story of Scarlett's marriages and Rhett Butler's cavaliering, you can always look at the backgrounds or admire the techni- color. You'll soon understand why The Wind cost about three million dollars to make after seeing its detailed reproductions of the Old South. The improved technicolor process can Sbe praised by saying-it's so natural we hardly noticed it, Clark Gable, 'unanimously named for the Rhett Butler role, plays it to the last round. Leslie Howard, despite his English accent, is convincing as Ashley Wilkes, and Olivia De Haviland emerges as a scene-thief of the first class with her remarkable performance as Me- lanie. There are few battle scenes. Director Victor Fleming relies on montage shots to depict the War Between The States, except for one un- forgettable panorama-thousands of wounded Confederate soldiers lying in the Atlanta rail- road yards. But for this, it is all Scarlett O'Hara. There have been better movies, but there has never been a. more comprehensive one. Gone' With The Wind ic a milestone in tha ninpma'c provisions of the -Wagner Act, the CIO urges that* for the protection of labor the following amendments to the act be passed: 1-an amend- ment to provide criminal penalties for violations of the Wagner Act; 2-an amendment to prevent the government from' awarding any government contracts to an employer found to have violated the act; 3--an amendment to prevent the labor board from carving" up any industrial units' established by industrial unions. Because the fair labor standards act (wage- hour law) is threatened with amendments in- tended to destroy the legislation, the CIO calls upon^Congress not to pass any amendments to this legislation at this time, but that larger ap- propriations for' administration expenses be, made in order to achieve real enforcement of the law. Based upon the fundamental principle that any sound social security system must both pro- vide protection for the American people against the inevitable hazards of modern industrial life and increase the national consumer-income by defraying the tcosts of social security services out of- excess wealth and income of the country, the CIO offers its program for social security dealing with'old age, unemployment compensa- tion, and health.: It is imperative that the social security pro- gram relating to old age and unemployment compensation be expanded, simplified and lib- eralized to include large groups now outside the present legislation and to provide a pension payment of $60 per month at the age of 60 plus an additional allowance of $30 to aged wives. Federal standards should be established so as to insure uniform, liberal unemployment laws throughout the country. The CIO demands that the large reserves built up by these laws be used now to increase benefits and give the bene- fits to more people, in order to increase purchas- ing power and provide effective security to the American people. The CIO national health program has as its objectives the immediate construction of hos- pitals and clinics throughout the country; the expansion of the public health service to take care of social diseases; a system of medical care for the American people that will include medi- cal care for all income groups, free to low in- come groups; and the establishment of stan- dards for the control and prevention of indus- trial diseases. The government should expand the construc- tion of houses from the present low level of 450,000 per year to. not less than 1,000,000 a year to alleviate the existing housing shortage and to provide extensive employment in this field. In 1938 the percentage of the tax burden based primarily on consumption was 51.3 per cent. The CIO demands that there be no increase of taxes on low-income groups, but rather decreases. To the end that taxation should have as a func- tion the readjustment of the flow of national income to provide increased purchasing power 'NOT THAT IT makes too much difference, but it's been plaguing Gulliver for several years now. You've probably wondered about it too, but no doubt you've been either too lazy or too bashful to ask. The question is this: Why do the librarians click that little clicker every time they look up a book in their catalogue? Per- sons sending in reasonable answers will be awarded three medium sized snowballs in moderately good condi- tion; librarians, or reasonable fac- similes thereof, are not eligible. * * * .* TIDBIT NUMBER 2 is the story (not too funny, but Thursday is ' bad day anyway) about the famous Professor Copeland of Harvard. It appears that there was a gent in one of his classes who was by way of being a big shot on campus and a fa- vorite of the ladies; he was also a perpetual absentee. One day he had the temerity (nerve) to walk into :lass in the middle of a lecture. The good professor stopped, then ;aid, "Will you please leave, sir?" The lad, decidedly red about the ears, hung his head (sheepishly) and made for the door. "Just a moment," came the clarion call. "What is your name?" "Monday," said our man, practic- ally a nervous wreck by this time. "Ah," sighed Copey, "sic transit gloria Monday . . WE INTERRTUPT ourselves at this point to hand a stern warning, on the hilt of our sword, to 'all those 3rofessors who intend to use Gulliver ,tories to pep up otherwise dull lec- ures. IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT YOU GOT WRITTEN °ERMISSION IN WRITING FROM 3ULLIVER. Failure to observe this regulation will result in etc. * S * * gELL,THEY'RE AT IT again.' Those Terrible Powers who have )een pestering Flash Gordon, Super- 'nan and X9 have returned their at-t ention to Gulliver. It happened like ;his. Somebody brought up the sub-{ ect of final exams, which reminded -ulliver that he (Gulliver) had them1 oo. Parenthetically, exams are like 1thlete's foot, aren't they? That is, 'o say, you get rid of them every once n a while, but they always come 7ack.E Anyway, Gulliver decided to look' ip the schedule and see on what1 lays his exams (and his head) would. 'all. It was a very pleasant way of, 'assing thetime (like picking your ourses for next semester) until Gul-I iver found out that all his exams 'ome the first three days, WHICH 'SN'T FUNNY AT ALL. So if Gul- iver degenerates steadily for the next veek, and if you find him babbling. nstead of cavilling, you'll know the' 'eason why-his but to do or die. JOW MANY of you read the Book Page of The Daily? No kidding Now how many of you ever read he reviews of one Elbi Gileni? You ion't say so . . . How many of you hought, like Gulliver, that he was an1 krabian? Is that right . . . Now1 'iow many of vou ever spelled Elbi< 3ileni backwards?r * **4 * Maybe next time we'll get serious. (Continued from Page 2) seles qualified and seek recommen- dation by this University should ap- ply to Dr. Frank E. Robbins, Assistant to the President, 1021 Angell Hall. Notice to Men Students: For the information of men students living in approved rooming houses, the first semester shall end on Thurs- day, February 8, and the second semester shall begin on the same day. Students living in approved room- ing houses, who intend to move to different quarters for the second semester, must give notice in writing to the Dean of Students before 4:30 on Thursday, January 18, 1940. They should also notify their householders before this date. Permission to move will be given only to students com- plying with this requirement. Notice to Students Planning to Do Directed Teaching: Students expect- ing to do directed teaching the second semester are requested to secure assignments in Room 2442 University Xlementary School on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 18 and 1, according to the following schedule'. Today at 8:00 a.m., Social Studies. Today at 1:30 p.m., Social Studies. Friday, Jan. 19, at 8:00 a.m. French and German; 9:00 a.m. Latin and mathematics; 10:00 a.m. Science; 11:00 a.m. Commercial, fine arts, speech. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of the announce- ment by Radcliffe College of two $600 fellowships for Graduate Train- ing in Personnel Administration for the year 1940-41. Any graduate wo- men or senior women interested may secure further information at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall, office hours: 9-12 and 2-4.'- Doctoral Examination of Mr. Hale Cowling will be held at 3:00 p.m. to- day in 309 Chemistry Building. Mr. Cowling's department of specializa- tion is Chemistry. The title of his thesis is "The Effect of Manganese on the Dispersion of Cellulose as Viscose." Professor F. E. Bartell, as chairman of the committee, will conduct the1 examination. By direction of the Executive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. Doctoral Examination of Willis Allan Fisher will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19 in 309 Chemistry Bldg. Mr. Fisher's department of specialization is Chemistry. The title of his thesis is "Hydroxytriarylcarb- nols Containing P-Biphenyl Groups" Professor L. C. Anderson as chair- man of the committee will conduct the examination. By direction of the Executive. Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. diately after the lecture, in Room 3004 NS. Aero. 27, Aplied Aerodynamics, will not meet today. Exhibitions Exhibits of \the University's Arch- eological Research in the Philippines, Great Lakes Region, Ceramic Types of the Eastern United States. and of Ceramic Technology and Ethnobo- tany are being shown in the Mezza- nine floor Exhibit rooms of, the Rackham Building. Also exhibited are antiquities from the University excavations at Seleucia-on-Tigris and from Karanis. Open daily from 2:30 to 5:30 and from 7:30 to 9:30, ex- cept. Sunday. Exhibition, paintings by John Pap- pas and a collection of German prints from the Detroit Art Institute, Alum- .ni Memorial Hall, 2 to 5 pm. Exhibition, College of. Architecture ,and DeIsign:. A series of. 14 fine In- 'teriors rendered in. color represent- ing work of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art is being shown in the first floor exhibition cases, January 13 to January 27. Open daily, except Sunday, 9 to 5. -he public is invited., Lectures University 'Lecture; Cptam R. A. (Bob) Bartlett, Peary's great lieuten- ant and one of the most famous of arctic explorers, will lecture with colored moving pictures on "The Arc- tic in Color," under the auspices of the Department of Geology, at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, in the Auditorium of the Rackham Build- ,ng. The public is cordially invited. American Chemical Society Lec- ture: Professor H C. Urey of Colum- bia University will speak on "The Dif- ferences in Physical Properties of Isotopic Compounds and Their Use in the Separation of Isotopes", at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22,in Room 303, Chemistry Building. The meet.- ing is open to the public. Today's Events Engineering Mechanics Colloquim today at 4:00 p.m. in 314 Engineering Annex. Refreshments will precede the talk by Mr. A. G. Standhagen on "A New Method for Treating the Buckling of Slender Columns." Psychological Journal Club will meet tonight at 7:30 in the East Conference Room of the Rack- ham Building. "A Review of Re- cent Research on the Analyses of the Effects of Practice on Standard Tests' will be discussed by H. Long, A. Muller, and E. B. Greene. U.S. Naval Reserve: Lieutenant Forrest A. Roby, of the United States Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Grosse Ile, Michigan, will talk: to students interested in flight training, tonight at 7:30 in Room 1042 East Engineering Building. Coming Events Future Teachers Of America will hold a short business meeting today at .3:45 p.m. in Room 2435 UES. At 4:10 Prof. Howard McClusky will speak on the subject "The New Re- sponsibilities ofrEducation," to which all interested are invited. Phi Tau Alpha will meet in Lane Hall tonight at 7:30. JGP Dance Committee: Group II whl meet at 4:30 today in the League. Groups are posted on bil- letin board in the Undergraduate Office. No unexcused absences are permitted; only two excused absences are allowed, and all excuses must be presented to Virginia Osgood before the meeting; telephone 7117. Meeting for the organization of a Hobby Club for all students interest- ed in model planes will be held in the Student Offices of the Union tonight at 7:30. Women's Fencing Club will meet this evening at 7:30 in the fencing room at Barbour Gymnasium. Modern Dance Club will meet this evening at 7:30 in Barbour Gymna- sium. Michigan Dames: Homemaking group meets tonight at eight o'clock' in the home of Mrs. Henry G. 7oel- ker, 920 Dewey. The Interior Decoration Group of the Faculty Women's Club will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Michigan League. Mr. George G. Brigham, Jr., will lecture on "Trends in Modern Housing." for the great mass of the people, a far proportion of total. tax revenue must be by tapping the large concentrations of and savings through higher taxes. The program of the CIO presents the tion that the first line in the defense of racy are the welfare and security of the greater derived income convic- democ- people; for out of the failure to provide those comple- ments of democracy, totalitarianism is born. Based upon common security and well-being, democracy shall reach its fullest and richest de- velopment through the individual attainments of those it serves. The labor movement, and in particular the CIO, has proven by its leadership in the struggle for the security and welfare of the mass of the people that it is the most powerful force for democracy in American life. The legislative program of the CIO is an integrated outline of action for the achievement of the mass security' and welfare, upon which all can unite in the common endeavor to create in America a living, pulsating democracy. Blue Ribbon Juries And Tom Dewey In keeping with the Governor's recommenda- tion, a bill has been introduced in the Legisla- ture to abolish the institution of the "blue- ribbon" jury. Thus opens for this year's sessiri a fight which has become perennial, more par- ticularly since District Attorney Dewey began using such juries in his successful rackets prose- cutions. In 1938 the Judicial Council of State called for their abolition, with the charge that they were "convicting juries." Last year it re- newed its plea with the charge that they were "distinctly un--American and not consonant with a trial by one's peers." The latter sums up the Governor's objections Let us understand that the special panel, from which "blue-ribbon" juries are selected, dates in New York from 1896 and is a device or- iginally designed to assist the trial of murder in counties of a million habitants or more. Thus it has been a fixture only in this city and one or two other populous centers, and for that reason it suffers from a lack of more than academic' interest in the rest of the state. To overcome this indifference it needs against its critics the support of all those of us familiar with its prac- tical value as a means of making the jury sys- tem a feasible instrument of justice in a vast heterogeneous modern community. Not only in murder cases but in others of a sensational or complicated nature does it seem sensible that the jurors chosen should have had previous experience in a criminal court and be able to dismiss preconceptions of the case formed from nutmc rant Trp cemw a anhn nrpmii 'ihe Drew Pearsont end - Robert S.Allent AGO$ WASHINGTON-While her broth- er "Buzzie" visited the Navy Yard and other manly spots, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ("Sistie") Dall did her capital sightseeing in places that appeal to the feminine heart. Most important was the Bureau of Home economics, where her lively and in- elligent interest made a hit. Twelve-year-old Sistie was par- ticularly intrigued by the Bureau's' dietetic experiments, and was all ears and eyes as Director Louise Stanley, showed her several cages of white rates. Dr. Stanley explained that Uhe rats were used in experiments on balanced diets; in fact, that the menus which the Bureau recom- mends to housewives are based on the results of these rat tests. "How fascinating," exclaimed Sis- tie. "You know,I'm very much in- terested in dietetics. I wonder if'' I might take two of these rats home with me to Seattle to make some ex- periments." This was a poser for Dr. Stanley. Government property can't be given away, also the experiments had reached an important stage and the rats couldn't be spared. But the of- ficials were touched by the little girl's enthusiasm and hated to disappoint her. , i QI, . Tr - on a - lv a Doctoral Examination of Mr. Fred-' eric Oliver Crandall will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 20, in the West Council Room, Rackham Build-' ing. Mr. Crandall's department of' specialization is Speech and Gen- eral Linguistics. The title of his thesis is "Three Studies in Propaganda in the American Theatre." Dr. Louis M. Eich, as chairman of the committee, will conduct the ex- amination. By direction of' the Ex- ecutive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting Imembers of the faculty and advanced doctoral candi- dates to attendth examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. Any independent men who have failed to make reservations in the Congress booth for J-Hop may do so between now and Saturday morning by phoning Larry Gluck (2-2143). All those who are planning to at- tend the Congress breakfast follow- ing the J-Hop and have not as yet registered should call Fordyce Hart- man (3029) before next Monday. Academic Notices' Psychology 103, Practice in Imidi- vidual Testing: Applications for ad- mission to this course for the second semester should be made before the close of the first semester. Botany 36 (Systematic Botany): Lectures in this course will be given on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 o'clock in Room 2042 NS instead of as now scheduled in the announce- ment of the College f Literature, Science, and the Arts. The labora- tory and field work will follow imme- Aero. Eng. 25, Advanced Airplane Performance: On Friday, Jan. 19, at 11:00 a.m., Mr. Ralph H. Upson will present a discussion of the relation between airnIane nerformance and "I'll ask mother to get me some rats when T r.timnn nmp T Irknw about