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Levy HERVIE HAUFLER lished in The Michigan members of The Daily he views of the writers The editorials publ ily are written by ff and represent t, Embargo.-- I To Demo cracy NCESSANT DAILY headlines tell the sitry of World War II - Raider British Ve si-Gei-man Sub 'Suik-Rus- nters Finanrd'-Fi s Defeat Russidn Bat- i-Three Dead In Helsinki. Charges of ag- .on fly thick and fa'st as the European gov- ents try to tiinuiate war sympathy from respective populaces. s a sordid spectacle, devoid of any morals. ;ope, created and defined by force of arms 18, is now experiencing an attempt of the ted to change the imposed settlement gh the same medium of armed force. And the successfulaggressors of the last World are charging ther recalitrant losers with gressing upon the sandtity of the 'moral One does not justify the part that the ted powers played in the last'war when one ions the -meaning of -morality that is in- i by the victors of the last war in defense e settlement they forcefully imposed 22 .ago. As applied to the settlements aris- rom the last World War, the word aggres- with its moral implications has lost anyP ate meaning and cainot be the basis of ,ction in its behalf. ispicuously absent, however, from the front' i has been news of the war in China. Un- aoular and not newsworthy, the ravages in a today far overshadow the :'EurOpean con- in unrelentless destru'cton a d accuinula-f nisery. Her 450,000,000. people have been jnocent victims of two-and-a-half years of nost intensive -and ruinous attacks any na- has yet ;suffered. Fertile country-side, ed cities, hospitals, 'schools, 'universities, actores have'been ruthlessly laid waste by n's armies. Three Dead in Helsinki reads eadline. Countless thousands 'have perished vaged China! Herbert Hoover hasn't got a relief :conm- e for China, President ~Roosevelt is 'not sing loans for China, the press isn't con- ig a sympathy campaign for China, and Arbor ministers are not carrying on a pulpit for relief to China. d China is not a creation of the last World but product of the culture of many genera- of Chinese people who were 'bravely and creating the !bases for the .evolution of a vital, Chinese democracy when Japan hed her unprovoked military camapaign of and destruction upon her in 1937. Schools, ng, universities, hospitals,and other public 4 were being constructed, much of which subsequently destroyed. The task of re- ructing China was going forward inten- ien Japan unprovokedy attacked China, ransgressed those principles of human and nal conduct which civilization has formu- . She transgressed the moral code ofrman- a code of ultimate values which may ingly and legitimately be invoked only tose who have themselves observed -it. China invoked that code. Japan may meaningly validly be denouced =as an 'aggressor,.and opriate action is obligatory if'the denuncia- is to be effective. tion on the part of the United States need nclude 'the giving of loans to China. Much- effective would be the negative action of g a trade embargo upon Japan, for ' the ed States supplies 55percent of the wartma-x Is that Japan needs for 'her -destructive support of the bycott of Jaaanese goods which 're =ci "to buy American arms. The war in the Far East 'represents the 'de- ,A strutctive aggression of imperialist Japan upon they-promising -embryo of -a vital' "Chinese de mocracy. It becomes inicumbent upon those who believe in 'democracy to support those measures whic\ will be the most effectivein preserving and fostering its growth, wherever it may flourish. Congress is consideringembargo legislation this sessio. Manifest your belief in democracy and in 'the 450,000,000 people a struggling China by urging your senator and congressmen to support a trade embargo against Japan. - Robert Speckard. University Needs Study Facilities HE FINAL EXAMINATION period_ comes to North Haven, Mass., as inevitably as it does to .every college town, but perhaps more successfully. A student desiring to prepare for her exams there says goodbye lei- surely to the social whirl because, when she finally does gather up her books and retire, it is common knowledge that she will be able to study. Smith College is utilizing the basements of various buildings as study- halls, each divided into numerous small rooms, windowless, though ventilated, 'soundproof and bare except for a desk, a chair and a bright lanip in each. When a 'Smith girl retires to review or 'cram,' there are no disturbing elements. And in the end she has nto excuse .for failure, or, for that matter, much opportunity to fail. The 'typical 'Michigan student, however, pores over-his books in some league or fraternity house, or dormitory, with, ,at best, under quiet house rules, merely the buzz of 'voices or a radio pene- trating the walls of 'his room from both sides, and with only occasional telephone calls or bursts of noise-just enough and at the right intervals to break his train of thought regularly. The privilege of using the libraries and cam- pus study halls is a worthless one when absolute, concentration is necessary for memory, work. Students "enter and leave, chairs sidle about audibly, pages crackle, someone coughs, and the slightest tdisturbance becomes an irirtating distraction,. The only isolated 'places for study are 'ibrary stalls reserved for graduate students, 4ad even they must show extraordinary cause for permission to use them. It is 'ironical that an -institution dedicated to education has not provided a single opportunity, for those of its undergraduates who wish to study under satisfactory concentration condi- tions; that is, alone, in silence, and for a suf- ficiently long period of time. There are no figures available as to the efficacy of study in living quarters or reading halls, but it is logical to assume that a better concentration atmos- phere might well be correlated with a rise in the scholastic level. The University of Michigan, at any rate, can lose nothing by joining with the progressive col- leges-min this country that are ptoviding more adequate study facilities. Extra space could be utilized here for individual, soundproof studies. . . ace. THE EDITOR GETS TOLD . . . Dear Sir: I have tried for days to restrain my too fre- quent pen, but the long series of attacks, editorial and by letter, against any aid, even charitable, to the distressed peoples of the Old World, has passed the limit of my endurance. One letter actually tells the students to take the "bold; courageous step"-I held my breath, expecting at the'least an' invitation to war or revolution- of what? Refusing to read the war news! How -bold land courageous the ostrich must be! "Morty-Q" sneers at Hoover's Finnish relief committee on the ground that "Mr. Herbert Hoover never drew a humanitarian breath in 'is life." I will let the millions of Belgians whose life he saved during 1914-18 and the millions of Austrians, Poles and others whom he saved during 1919-20 by organizing relief answer that question! Several editorials have said that it was wicked to feed starving Finns so long as there was one hungry American. One editorial actually urged that our economic in- terests should induce us to go on selling the ma- terials which enable Japan to conquer China. Whether discussing Poles, Finns, Chinese or any other attacked or oppressed people the tone is -always "Too bad, but we mustn't let our sympa- -thies go to the point of actually paying .out cash!" The baseness of this attitude really disturbs me. If such is the true voice of Young America, the hope of international union and peace in the coming generation is nil, and there will be na- tionalist wars till a nobler generation is born. I trust it is but the voice of a minority, dispro- portionately represented in your columns. As to ,the argument of "feed America first," well I have noticed one thing in many years contact with the churches, that the man in. the pew who grumbles most against "wasting money on 'foreign missions" is not the heaviest con- tributor to home missions or to the pastor's salary. After all, Finns, Poles, -Jews, Chinese, etc. are literally starving to death and in some cases (China especially) by the millions; how many a year actually die of starvation in the United States? With all our distresses we are still the wealthiest nation on earth. If we cdn- 'tribute nothing, where shall the starving -look for aid? Does the Michigan Daily endorse the further baseness of many metropolitan papers which attack the admission of refugees to this country on the ground that we have unemployment? I GULLIVER'S1 CAVILS Cold, isn't it? IS IT ALL RIGHT with you if Gulliver ex- presses his extreme displeasure with Gulli- ver's Travels, the full-length cartoon which played at the Majestic this week? What annoyed him most was the extreme vulgarity of the "treatment" of Jonathan Swift's masterpiece. The bad taste which our moviemakers display is equalled perhaps only by that of certain sec- tions of our metropolitan press. Mr. Dave Fleischer, who produced Gulliver's Travels, has moved his studios to Florida, so that we can no longer use "Hollywood" as a synonym for crudity, vulgarity, or what have you; but we can still (as this Fleischer film demonstrates) equate movie producers with vul- garians and debasers of the literary -coin. The Gulliver's' Travels cartoon is the worst sort of counterfeit because it fails even in its most ele- mentary function, which is to reproduce at a grammar school level (with Disney-ish imagina- tive frills) the simple story of the great satire. Even if we admit 'that the cartoon could not even have hinted at Swift's biting satire (and this your Gulliver will not for a moment admit), that is no justification for turning the story into a cheap musical comedy and making of Gullivet a drooling giant who can find nothing better to say 'than "my, my." 'Nor is it a justification for titillating our 14=year olds with the exciting notion 'that there were jitterbugs in the 17th century top. Nor is it a justification for building the 'story around a conflict between two songs (or is it smash song hits?). UT ANYBODY who saw the Russian prdduc- tion of Gulliver's Travels (done with a real boy and several thousand puppets) a few years ago knows that the 'job could be done in such a 'fashion as to delight children and provoke (not disgust) grownups; granted that the satire was Soviet propaganda, it was at least satire. Gulliver's suggestion is fairly simple. You know the signs that they hang in front of bur- lesque -houses-CHILDREN UNDER 18 POSI- TIVELY NOT ADMITTED. Why not change. the sign just a little and hang it in front of every theatre which is showing Gulliver's Travels and pictures of its ilk-CHILDREN OVER 14 POSI- TIVELY 'NOT ADMITTED . * * e * THE BEST STORY of the week: The Board in Control of Publications was tendering the annual dinner to the junior and senior editors of The Daily. Sports Editor Mel Fineberg found himself seated next to Dean Joseph Bursley, who didn't recoghize him. The Dean stuck out his hdnd and said, "My name is Bursley, what's yours?" "Mel Fineberg," answered our hero. "What's your job?" asked Mr. Bursley. "I'm Sports Editor, what's yours?" By YOUNG GULLIVER ONd RobertS.Afen SASHINGTON - The holiday -which Sistie and Buzzie Dall re- cently finished spending in the White House was full of excitement, but for Buzzie, at least, the most eventful day of all came just before he was about to depart for Seattle. Waylaying the President on thed way to his office, Buzzie said: "Grandpa, how's chances of having lunch with you? You promised you'd let me do that sometime, and I'm go- ing home today." "Okay, Buzzie," replied his doting grandfather, "it's a date. I'll see you at lunch-and be sure to wash your hands." But when the President got to his desk, General Watson, White House appointment secretary, reminded him that he had a luncheon conference scheduled with Myron Taylor, new envoy to the Vatican, plus Secretary Hull and Under Secretary Welles. "I guess that lets Buzzie out. Too bad; he'll be disappointed," remarked the President, and asked Watson to explain the situation to the boy. Buzzie was heart-broken. "But why can't I come anyway?" he pleaded." "I won't say a word and I won't give away any secrets. Honest, cross myy heart." "There Isn't enough room on the President's desk for five trays," ad libbed General Watson, "Qh, that's easy," exclaimed Buzzie. "I'll put mine on the floor and eat there. Just as we do on a picnic." The President was- so amused when he heard this that he rescinded his order, and Buzzie squeezed in be- tween his grandfather and Sumner Welles. Silently he ate his lunch at the big offiial table while the four grownups discussed high matters of state, presumably the prospects of peace in Europe and the steps which Ambassador Taylor would take to encourage them. War Pessiism The confidential war reports re-, ceived by government agencies have not been too optimistic of late re- garding the Allied positions. This pessimism has nothing to do with the sudden mobilization of the Dutch and Belgians, -which had be-4 hind it only thefact that the canals 'which constitute the best defense against Germany were frozen, and the lowland countries suddenly real- ized how easy it would be for the Nazis to cross. Chief reason for pessimism Is the very mediocresuccess of the British blockade, plus rumblings of new con- versations between Russia and Ger- many. How far these new conversations. have gone is impossible to say. But they revolve around the Russian failure in Finland and' the fact that . the Russian transportation system has broken down. This gives the Ger- mans an excellent excuse to become the technical doctors of the Soviet. In fact, Foreign Minister von Rib- bentrop, who has been under a lot of German army criticism for negotiat- ing the Russian pact in the first place, now sees this as a golden op- portunity to redeem himself. He has proposed to Stalin that Germany take over Russia's 'transportation and in- dustry, but only if she has a com- pletely free hand, and if it will be a long term job. Two Dictators Whether Stalin accepts is anyone's guess. But if he does. Russia and Germany together will constitute the most powerful region in the world, ruled by two dictators, stretching from the Rhine to the Pacific. This potential alliance, plus the bogging down of the British naval blockade, is behind the change of Allied tactics and the Chamberlain threat that war may soon become much grimmer. There is even some talk in Allied war councils of a spring attempt to break through the Sieg- fried Line. This also is behind the huge new buying orders for airplanes placed in' this country. The whole strategy of the Allies now is to cut-the war short, if possible with smashing victories,- rather than continue the starvation. tactics which were originally planned. The starvation strategy broke down withathe partialfailure of the blockade and the deals Germany made to buy goods in the Balkans. It will break down completely if and. when Stalin lets Germany take over' his railroads and industry. Merry-Go-Round With black tie and dinner jacket, the President uses a long, thin, dull- black metal cigarette case decorated with a gold-etched rural scene, and with his initials engraved in a sun in the upper right-hand corner . The Capital has had local magazines dealing with its socialites and po0- litical big-wigs, but now 'tens of thousands of government employes are to have a monthly devoted to them. Called "The Government Em- ployees' Digest" and edited by young Paul Toneman, the magazine will (Continued from Page 2)j ness Office is now accepting, and will continue to accept, further ap- plications for group hospitalization through and including Feb. 5, 1940. If ten or more applications are re-' ceived between now and Feb. 5, such applications will be effective as of, that date, with a premium deduc- tion from the payroll of February" 29. Information and applicationf cards concerning the plan may bei obtained at the Business Office. I Studernt Loan Committee meet- ing in Room 2, University Hall, at, 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24. Allt applications to be considered for the meeting must be filed in Room 2 before Monday noon, Jan. 22 and appointments made with the com- mittee.Y All Students, Registration for second semester: Each student should plan' to register for himself during the appointed hours. Registration by proxy will not be accepted. Robert L. Williams Assistant Registrar DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETI ASU Program Editor's Note: Through an unavoidable com- plication in the setting up of yesterday's edi- torial page the last two paragraphs of the edi- torial features story analyzing the peacevresolu- tions of the American Stuident Union were not set up. The last section is reprinted here, in order toavoid the misconceptions that might arise from reading an incomplete article. THERE WAS ONE POINT however, on which the delegates had no unanimous opinion to offer: the question of the.Soviet move into Fin-v land. Some delegates thought that the evidence indicating that England was planning an Anti- Soviet war was conclusive, and that the Russian government was therefore justified in taking the'initiative to prevent -a repetition of the wars of -Intervention of 1919-1921. Other delegates felt, on the other hand, that Finland was the victim of unprovoked aggression and that the American Student Union should condemn Rus- sia as an aggressor and adopt the attitude to- ward Finland which it endorsed for the victims of fascist aggression. Both these points of view were expounded at great length. As the dis- cussion proceeded it became clear that neither -extreme could possibly lay the basis for the unity of the American Student Union in its at- tempt to organize the peace movement on the American campuses. The resolution which the delegates adopted was in every sense a compromise. It in no way attempts to justify the Soviet war in Finland; but neither does it overlook the danger to Ameri- can peace involved in playing up the Finnish question in the same way that Belgium was ex- ploited'in:1914. It points out the greatest dan- ger to American peace today-the possibility of our being urged into economically aiding the cause of the Allies, whether that move takes the form of direct aid to England or more planes and more'millions to Finland. None of the delegates to the convention at Madison imagined that the peace resolution which they passed is the statement which thost who agree with Soviet governmental policy de- sire; neither is it the blanket condemnation which some delegates originally sought. It rep-a resents - a compromise. But it also represents a significant achievement: for it is a program around which the Amnerican Student Union can 'effectively dperate. It is a program which is aimed at skeeping the United States out of all existing wars, broad enough .to accommodate all groups and individuals who want to work for a peaceful and progressive America. - E.M. which divides our nation from the rest of the 'world than at the line which givides one state from another. The Daily, which once seemed to take for its motto the noble old words "My Coun- requested to be seated on time'as the doors will be closed during numbers. 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 p.m. Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: 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. The public is invited. Registration Material, Colleges -of L.S.&A., Education, and Music: Stu- dents should call for second semester registration material at Room 4 Uni- versity Hall as soon as possible. Please see your advisor and secure all nec- essary signatures. Robt. L. Williams, Assistant Registrar. Registration Material, College of 'Architecture: Students should callI for second semester material at Room' 4, University Hall, at once. The College of Architecture will post an announcement in the near future giving the time of conferences with your classifier. Please wait for this notice before seeing your classifier. Robt. L. Williams, Assistant Registrar. i Doctoral, Examination of Miss Margaret E. Whitney will be heldi at 8:30 a.m. today, in 3089 Natural Science Building. Miss Whitney's department of special- ization is Zoology. The title 'of her thesis is "The Hermaphrodite Gland and Germ Cells of 'Vallonial puchella,' Mull." Dr. Peter Okkelberg, as chairman of the committee, will conduct the examination. Biy 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. 1 C. S. Yoakum° Doctoral Examination of Mr. Fred-. eric Oliver Crandall will be held at 2:00 p.m today in the West Council Room, Rackham Build- ing. Mr. Crandall's department of1 specialization is Speech and Gen-] eral Linguistics. The title of his thesis0 is "Three Studies in Propaganda in the American Theatre."] Dr. Louis M. Eich, as chairman of the committee, will conduct the ex- ami Atior. By direction of the Ex- ecutive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candi- dates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others 'who 'might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Choral Union Ushers: Please re- port at Hill Auditorium before 7:30 tonight for "Information Please." - Attention of School of Music up- perefassmen: The course B232, Modern Harmony, Miss Cuyler, will be given on MWF at 8, Room 406 Tower, rather than at the hours an- nounced in the supplementary bullet- in. School of Music Students will please consult the following advisors be- fore making out their elections for the second semester. Procure regis- tration blanks from Room 4; Uni- versity Hall, before calling on your advisor. Schedule of hours from Jan. 22 to Feb. 3: Music Education (general super- vision) Mr. Matterh, BMT, by ap- pointment; see schedule on door. MusicnEducation (instrumental supervision)M Mr. Revelli, Morris Hall, 'daily 2-. Musicology and Music Literature, Mr. McGeoch, BMT, TuTh., 10-12. All other students: Miss Cuyler, SM, Mon., Jan. 22, 2-4; Tues. Jan. 23, 2-4. Mrs. Case, SM, TuTh., 2-4. Mr. Filkins, BMT, M Tu W Th F, Jan. 29-30-31 and Feb. 1-2, 10-12. All applied music teachers will be glad to make suggestions if asked. Academic Notices Conflicts in final examinations in the Engineering College must be re- ported before 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 23. See bulletin board at Room 3209, East Engineering Building, for in- structions. Lectures University Lecture: Captain 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, the Auditorium of the Rackham uild- ing. The public is cordially invited. Ad erican 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 Information Please: To avoid con- gestion, patrons who have had tickets laid away for this evening's perfohn- ance, are reciested to call for them as early as possible. Despite the ex- cellent sale of seats, good locations at 50 and 75 cents are still available. Box office at Hill Auditorium open today from 10 a.m. until 8:15 pin. Vamsty Glee Club: All thbse *ho signed, meet at the rear door of Hill Auditorium at 8:00 tonight to sing for the "Information Pleiase" "pro- gram. Door list will be checked and roll taken at that time. Graduate Students 'and othr 'Uni- versity students are inited to listen to a radio broadcast of "Orpheus and Eurydice" given by the Metropolitan Opera Company this afternoon at 2:00 in the Men's Lounge of the ltack- ham Building. Coming Events German Table for Faculty em bers: The "regular luncheon m11ting" will be held Monday at 12: 0 "pj . in the Founders' Room of the Mic. igan Union. All faculty members iter- ested in speaking German are corial- ly invited. There will be a brief ,'for- mal talk by Professor Herewartd T. Price on, "Shakespeare nicht von Shakespeare." Iota Alpha, Beta Chapter, will hold an initiation banquet on Tuesday eve- ning, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Michigan Union. Speaker: Lt. Col. Basil Edwards. Reservations should be in by Tuesday noon. The International Center bringis its series of Sunday evening programs to a close tomorrow night'With a cocert by the Little Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Thor Jhn- son, in the Ballroom of the'Miciigan Union at 7 o'clock. All foreign"stu- dents of the University are invited to attend and to bring their faculty or student friends, Canadian neighbors, and fellow citizens from Puerto Rico and 'Hawaii. La Sociedad Hispanica: Group pic- ture for the Ensian will be aken Sunday at Dey's Studio, 332 S. State, 3:30 p.m. All members urged to be there. The Art Cinema Leigue 'pe*ents Paul Muni in "I Am A Fugitive'rom A Chain Gang," as the final program of the current series. Matinee and evening performances at 3:15 and 8:15 respectively on Sunday, Jan. 21. Special membership for 'this final performance may be obtained prior to the showing. Graduate Outing Club will meet Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2:30 p.m. in '1lear of Rackham Building for outdoor program. If weather permits, there will be tobogganing, skating and "id- ing. Supper in club rooms if desired. All graduate students and faculty 'in- vited. ....