eAG e U- ,.';,, -* - --- - -.<-', ,.- -'- .~ '- r. -~ -- -. .-- -. I TffY$lA ; JAN 25 1940 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ..-.camr- am2@--c - m.- 4| Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications.4 Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively . entitled to the. use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in- this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAl. AOVEKRISING S/ National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CIycAo - BOSTON ' LOs ANOlLES - SAN FRANcISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Carl Petersen Elliott Maraniss Stan M. Swinton Morton L. Linder Norman A. Schorr Dennis Flanagan John N. Canavan Ann Vicary M6l Fineberg Editorial Staff Business -Staf f Managing Editor Editorial Director . . City Editor SAssociate Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor *Associate Editor *Women's Editor . Sports Editor P1_ . Park Ganson P Taggart Zenovia Skoratko . Jane Mowers IOarriet S. Levy Business Manager . Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Publications Manager . of. the "un-American activities of this commit- tee being carried on for another year. That the threat of the Dies Committee to American education is well-recognized is in- dicated by the activities of the American Com- mittee for Democracy and Intelectual Freedom, an organization made of prominent educators, writers and public figures. Declaring that the Committee has consistently resorted to undemocratic procedures through the use of witnesses without inquiring into their record and credibility and the publication of hearsay testimony, offered without supporting evidence and without opportunity for rebuttal on the part of those attacked, a petition signed by 12 college presidents, six deans and hundreds of prominent educators, and distributed by the Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Free- dom, urged last week that the request of the Committee to Investigate un-American Activi- ties for an extension of its life and a further appropriation be denied. Dies has won the first round of the battle. But there are friends of democracy and .lovers of freedom who will not cease their fight to outlaw it as undemocratic; who will not sit idly by and watch Representative Dies push truth aside as an un-American alien. - Carl Petersen. Chinese Students Need Help .-, I TIS THE MOST heroic work in the field of education that mankind has yet witnessed." This is the praise that Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, director of the International Center, gives to the efforts and determination of Chinese students to continue their education in a country; where nearly all the schools and universities are devastated. Before the war began in the summer of 1937 there were in China 45,000 students in 82 col- leges training to serve the, needs of 450;000,000 Chinese people. These students were studying to become the leaders in the immense task of bringing to China's millions a standard of living and education complimentary to building a true Christian democracy. Besides the devastation of factories, country- sides, cities and hospitals the war has destroyed or closed 93 per cent of China's schools and col- leges. Eight colleges are now left on pre-war campuses in China. But undaunted, Chinese students are deter- mined to continue their preparation and to give reality to the statement of their national leader, Chiang Kai Shek; "Students can best serve their country by completing their education." Although the physical plants of China's uni- versities. are destroyed, these educational in- stitutions are still living entities, maintained in ^aves, dugouts, hostels; and barracks that the students have constructed throughout China. But these brave students need food, shelter olothing, and medical care if they are to con- tinue their noble work. More hostels and bar- racks are needed to house the now transient 5niversities of China. ARISING TO THE EMERGENCY, the Far Eas- tern Student Service Fund has pledged its support to the building of Chinese democracy by raising money for those prime requisites of the Chinese students today-food, clothing, shel- ter, and medical care. The Service Fund is or- ganized and supported by student, church, peace, 9,nd progressive groups throughout America. ?t is not attempting to create antagonism to- ward Japan, for two per cent of the money it re- ^eives goes for the future reconciliation between Chinese and Japanese students. Today it needs money for the great task of helping Chinese stu- ents to receive training for the rehabilitation of their devastated country. NOW THINK THIS OVER-five cents means a coke OR one week's shelter for a Chinese student-15 cents means a chocolate milkshake OR meals for one week-one dollar means cig- arettes and movies for you and the girl friend OR medical care for six students for one year- the address of the Service Fund is 347 Madison Avenue, New York City. - Robert Speckhard. NIGHT EDITOR: HELEN CORMAN The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Is Truth Un-American? ... THE THREAT that the Dies Commit- tee represents to intellectual free- dom. in America is one which cannot be ignored, especially following the action of the House of Representatives in assuring its continuation for one more year. Today, in this age of conflict, freedom is more than ever essential to the intellectual life. The example of Europe has shown that education is the first victim of suppression, and as stu- dents and believes in democracy we feel we must speak out against the Dies Committee and against those 345 Congressmen who supported it. The Dies Committee constitutes, it is true, a najgr menace to organized labor, to progressive movements throughout the country-in short, it theatens all civil liberties. It is more than slightly reminiscent of the witch-hunts of At- torney-General Palmer during the World War period. But as students in a university com- munity we are primarily interested in the Dies Committee as a threat to our academic freedom. The resolution introduced into the House by Representative Dies assigned to his committee the task of "conducting an investigation of the extent character and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States; the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of govern- ment as guaranteed by our Constitution." With the vague, undefined aim of investigat- ing un-American activities, and admitting as evidence "surmise, conjecture, unfounded opin- ion, unsupported conclusions and unwarranted deductions, without any attempt at verification or confirmation," the Dies Committee has at- tacked freedom of teaching and investigation in leading colleges and universities throughout the country, hitting recognized scholars and professional associations of educators. When academic freedom in this country means that our uuniversities and educators must mould their views to conform to those held by a Con- gressional committee or be crucified by vicious, unfounded publicity and threatened with legis- lative interference, an analogy is drawn alto- gether too sharply between the status of educa- tion in this country and under the totalitarian, regimes of Europe. FURTHER, THE DIES COMMITTEE has at- tacked freedom of association and debate among students. The free mind of the youth of America is a guarantee of the continued healthy functioning of our democracy, but this freedom is endangered critically when the Dies Comnit- tee promulgates such testimony as the follow- ing of George Edward Sullivan, Washington, D.C., lawyer : "It is well known, of, cturse., that during the formative or adolescent period there is an in- clination on the part of youth, anxious to escape curbs essential to their welfare, to accept from teachers in whom they have confidence false teaching directly opposed to unchanging and un- changeable fundamental principles governing human conduct which past generations have found to be essential to the welfare and well- being of everyone. 11rafr~ c rbi to did much, nrenaratorv GULLIVER'S CAVILS By YOUNG GULLIVER GULLIVER WELL REMEMBERS the day when he trudged through rainy streets to listen to Al Smith lecture, in his own peculiar way, on the benefits the Democratic Party could bring to America. And the day when he dutifully trudged to the Ball Park to hear Alf Landon of Kansas explain what he was going to do for the populace. And the day when he dutifully trudged to the Stadium to hear Earl Browder of Kansas explain why Communism Was 20th Century Americanism. And all those nights spent hang- ing around street corners listening to the ora- tors explain why the Proletarian Party, or the Technocrats, or the Townsendites, or the So- cialists, or the Vegetarians had the answer to a nation's prayer. Gulliver has never been one to refuse the loan of his ear to an orator. Accordingly, Gulliver trudged over to the Union last Tueday to have lunch with a group which calls iself New America and to hear Mr. Tom Wright, the National Director of New America explain what his organization has to offer. Mr. Wright (who used to be a college professor) is a very fat and jovial little man; but his appearance is deceiving. Far from being the easy-going type, he-is a regular little dynamo. Gulliver got together with him after lunch and spent the afternoon talking over everything from Russia to radio-there's no question about it,, this Wright man knows his stuff. In case you're interested in New America, here's the angle: A group of nine men got together in 193 and decided that, since the American people didn't seem to be getting any place, maybe they (the nine) ought to sit down and do some research and figure out some pragmatic answers. Pre- umably included among the original group were Tom Wright and Richard Storrs Childs, the two top men in the organization right now. Mr. Childs you may recognize as the publisher of Modern Age Books. ANYWAY, THEY KEPT their organization pretty quiet, primarily because they thought that as yet they didn't have anything much to offer people. They weren't interested in form- ing a political party, or in wrangling with other left wing groups. But people in various sections of the country became interested, and pretty soon they were putting out a bi-monthly bulle- tin called New America-Explaining Events. This bulletin consisted mainly of analyses of world and domestic events. By July of last year they decided that they knew fairly well what kind of a program they could present to the people. They feel that they have an indigenous answer to an indigenous problem, the problem of monopoly capitalism. Their entire analysis of the war menace and the future of this country hinges upon their attitude to this problem. They want government ownership of all large- scale enterprise, and they want to do it demo- cratically. They look upon the present war as analogous to the first world war-a struggle es- sentially for world domination, and therefore oppose American aid to England, France or Fin- land; but they feel that America will be dragged into the war, not through the machinations of the British and American imperialists, but be- cause the masses in this country will sooner or later come to look upon war as a way out. America will be dragged in only. if our domestic problems of unemployment, insecurity and ac- tual starvation are not solved. These problems can only be solved through breaking the strangle- hold of monopoly capitalism, reopening the free market, and thus releasing the productive forces which are potentially capable of taking care of everybody. The New Americans want to turn the trick without calling upon any group to as- sume a political dictatorship and without allow- ing bureaucratic management to develop. THE EDITOR GETS TOLD .* To The Editor: We are enclosing a copy of a telegram sent to the U.S. Attorney General: Mr. Robert H. Jackson, Attorney General, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, We deem it dangerous for the Government to use technicalities which would admittedly be otherwise waived in order to accomplish politi- cal ends. We recognize that such practices against a minority group represent a precedent which threatens the rights and freedom of oth- er groups and indeed of the whole of the Ameri- can people. We oppose any actions which in effect if not in statement curtail civil liberties. This principle is especially significafit because free speech and free discussion are more than ever precious in a country facing the threat of war. In view of these facts we feel compelled, . wholly apart from the merits or demerits of Mr. Earl Browder's political views, to protest against and oppose Browder's prosecution and convic- tion by the Government on charges of passport violations. (Signed) Robert V. Rosa, President Mary J. Cummins, Secretary For the Executive Committee, University of Michigan Chapter, American Student Union. Drew Person RobertS.Allen WASHINGTON-Beginning tomor- row, a big question mark hangs over Japanese-American relations. For tomorrow ends the commercial treaty between Japan and the United States, leaving this country free to embargo the entry of Japanese pro- ducts into the U.S.A. Since the U.S. buys about 30 per cent of all Japan's products, includ- ing 90 per cent of her silk, this coun- try is in a position to deal Japan a terrific economic blow. However, the secret strategy of the State Department is to keep Japan guessing. They want to continue to drape the question-mark over Japan- ese-American relations. The last thing they want is the Pittman bill, which would embargo Japanese products. The.Senatr from Nevada is all ready to push this legis- lation through Congress and prob- ably has the ability to do so The State Department fears this will only bring a crisis in the Far East and win the United States nothing. If, on the other hand, the fear of such an embargo is kept dangling over Japan's head; our Far Eastern experts figure they may eventually squeeze the Japanese military, and help the more moderate Uivilian and naval factions in Japan to form a government which will bring peace -in China. 9etroit Clean-Up The next big city clean-up to be tarted by the Justice Department vill be in Detroit. It will get under way shortly after the Christian Front trials are finished in New York. Behind-the-scenes fact is that 'rank Murphy, while Attorney Gen- ?ral, hesitated about turning the 'rime spotlight on his old city be- ;ause such a move might be inter- reted as a backslap at some of the 'ity bosses who helped defeat him "or Governor of Michigan. However, when a Detroit woman giled herself and her child in the ,Jetroit underworld, Murphy finally lecided to move in. He had the G- nen in Detroit several months before ie steppedi out of the Justice D- >artment, and Bob Jackson, his suc- essor, is carrying on the clean-up ,reliminaries. '7apifal Chaff Wedding bells are expected to ring oon for Colonal "Pink" Harrington, vVPA Administrator, and a brunette vidow, Mrs. Frances Pearsons Rust . Frank Hook, the scrappy Michi- -an Congressman who pointed to lartin Dies' affiliation with a fel- ow-traveler of the Christian Front, s a World War veteran and member >f the American Legion. He is also U former Michigan municipal judge Most interesting Birthday Ball to >e held on Jan. 30 will be the "Birth- lay Bawl" given by one-year-old slice Birney Robert, daughter of Chip 4obert, Secretary of the Democratic iational Committee. She was born n the same day as the President .. . star feature of the President's Birth- 'ay Ball will be a song by Walter O'Keefe on the third term. It is alled "I Just Can't Smile for Four Years More." t's Different Here A UTHORITIES KEEP warning American farsers against pro- jucing too much food, They have to keep raising the bin boards higher and higher in that ever normal gran- ary. There are surpluses of all good hings -lmeat and potatoes and ireadstuffs and vegetables and fruits. Be careful, now, and don't get too nuch of these good things! And the factories are turning out millions of new cars, although we al- ready have the big bulk of all the au- tomobiles in the world. And people, ;he common people, are buying them and using them and having no trouble to get all the gasoline they want. And so all along the line luxuries are being produced and new' inven- tions are introducing more luxuries for eager home markets. Radios in millions of homes a-nd no hush-hush 'ron any authority about listening to them.- Wouldn't it be a good plan for the g illions of American home folks who have their boys safe at home and are looking forward to bigger and better opportunities for them, to contrast these conditions with those in the warring countries overseas? Over there food is distributed by card. The card tells how many lumps of sugar may be had; how many ounces of meat; how much flour There is not much need for private automobiles over there; the govern- mnents have grabbed up the gasoline to run the tanks and army trucks The boys are sent out to fight. N( DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) equivalent Hygiene 101, should also enroll for these lectures, at the time of regular classification at Water- man Gymnasium. Any women who did not complete the lecture series in a previous year are urged to attend the lectures so that they may pass the final examinaton, thereby com- pleting the requirement. Students should enroll for one of the two following sections. Each section will meet at the same hour and day each week for seven weeks. Section No. 1, Monday, 4:15-5:15, February 19, Natural Science Aud. Section No. 2, Tuesday, 4:15-5:15, February 20, Natural Science Aud. These lectures are a graduation re- quirement. Margaret Bell, M.D. Medical Adviser to Women Teaching Departments wishing to recommend February graduates from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the School of Edu- cation for Departmental 'Honors shouldsend such names to the Regis- trar's Office, Room 4, U. Hall, before February 9, 1940. The Fifth Lecture of the Navy De- partment Series, being given for the. senior students in Naval Architec- ture and Marine Engineering, will be held this afternoon in Room 336 West' Engineering Building at 4 o'clock. Lecturer: Lt. Commander Leslie A. Kniskern. Subject: . "Naval Archi- tecture in the Navy." Choral Union Members in good, standing will be issued pass tickets for the Virovai concert tonight be- tween the hours of 9 and 12 and 1 and 5. At the same time, copies of. Vardell's "Inimitable Lovers" will be issued; and those who have not al- ready picked up their "Samson and Delilah" copies, may do so. Mechanical Engineers: All students using lockers in Rooms 325, 381 and 335 West Engineering Buildihg, must vacate them before January 31. Actuarial Students with applica-{ tions to be signed should - see Dr. Greville as soon as possible. Summer Employment: All students who wish to register with the Bureau, of Appointments for summer jobs are notified that registration forms may be obtained at the Bureau, 201 Mason9 Hall, office hours 9-12, 2-4. Several calls have already been received and we will recommend candidates as soon as possible. The University Bureau of Appoint-, ments and Occupational Informa- tion. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information ha sreceived an announcement from the California Institute of Technol- ogy of a number of Teaching Fellow- ships and Graduate Assistantships in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, and Aeronaultics, for the year 1940-41. Application should be made before February 15. Complete announcement on file at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall, Office Hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Open Badminton on Monday and Friday evenings in Barbour Gymna- sium will be discontinued during the examination period beginning Mon- day, Jan. 29. The bowling alleys at the Women's Athletic Building are closed for re- pairs until further notice. Academic Notices Room Assignment for Final Ex- amination in German 1, 2, 31, and 32. Saturday, February 3, 1940, 9-12 a.m. German 1 1025 A.H., Philippson, Diamond, Gaiss, Eaton, Graf. 25 A.H., Braun, Broadbent, Ed- wards. 231 A.H., Striedieck, Norbury, Pott. German 2 B H.. All sections. German 31 35 A.H., Reichart, Van Duren, Pptt. B H.H., Gaiss. C H.H., Schachtsiek, Philippson, Diamond. 1035 A.H., Graf, Ryder. 301 UH., Wahr. German 32 D H. All sections. Tabulating Machine Practice Busi- ness Administration No. 3 All stun dents in the 2, 3 and 4 o'clock sections of this course will meet at 4:00 to- day on the Mezzanine Floor of the East Wing of the Rackham Building. Room Assignments for -FinalExam- inations in Mathematics. (L.S. & A.) The regular classrooms will be used except for the following classes: Math. 1, Sec. 2, 301 South Wing, Elder. Math. 1, Sec. 6, 2231 Angell Hall, Myers. Math 1, Sec. 7, 2231 Angell Hall a Rehnec~pbnirLopi Math. 7, Sec. 4, 201 Univ. Hall, Craig. Math. 51, Sec. 1, 3011 Angell Hall, Greville. Math. 51, Sec. 2, 3011 Angell Hall Greville. Math. 111, 208 Univ. Hall, Nesbitt. Math. 195, 405 South Wing, Wil- der. I Math, 213, 3201 Angell Hall, Rain- ich. Room Assignments for the English I Final Examination, Tues., Jan. 30, 2-5 p.m. Arthos, 35 A.H.; Baum, 35 A.H.; Bertram, 1035 A.H.; Boys, W. Lect. Phys.; Calver, 1035 A.H.; Eisinger, W. Lect. Phys.; Engel, W. Lect. Phys.; Giovannini, 2029 A.H.; Green, 2203 A.H.; Greenhut, 2235 A.H.; Halliday, 4003 A.H.; Hanna, 4203 A.H.; Hart, 203 U.H.; Hathaway, 229 A.H.; Helm, 18 A.H.; Helmers, 205 M.H. Martin, 205 M.H.; McCormick, 208 U.H.; O'Neill, 103 R.L.; Peake, 103 R.L.; Peterson, 25 A.H.; Rettger, 305 S.W.; Robertson, 2054 N.S.; Schroed- er, 2003 N.S.; Stocking, 202 W. Phys.; Taylor, 102 Ec.; Walker, 202 Ec. Wei- mer, 103 R.L.; Weisinger, 302 .H.; Wells, 25 A.H.; Woodbridge, 25 A.H. Graduate Students: Ph.D. Exam- inations in Chemistry. Preliminary and qualifying examinations will be held in Room 151, Chemistry Build- ing, at one o'clock p.m., as follows Analytical Chemistry, February 16. Organic Chemistry, February 20. Physical Chemistry, February 23. Those planning to take any of these examinations are requested to consult Professor Bartell not later than January 26. History 49: Final examination, Wednesday, January 31, 2-5 p.m.: Sections 1, 2, in 2003 A.H.; sections 3, 4, 5, in Room C, Haven Hall. Mathematics 58, Spherical Trigo- nometry will be offered aecond sem- ester, once a week, one hour credit. T. N. E. Greville. Education D99, non-credit course dealing with practical problems of extracurricular matters: Students in- terested in this course for the second semester are reminded that it mush be regularly entered on the election card. It is scheduled for Saturday mornings, 10 to 12 o'clock, U.H.S. Aud. Further information regarding it may be secured from the School of Education office. French 212. Old French. Hours of meeting for the second semester have been tentatively fixed for Tuesday and Thursday at 2, with the third hour to be arranged. It will be ap- preciated if prospective students will inform me personally off their in- tention to enroll in the course not later than January 31. C. A. Knudson C.A.A. Ground School: Classes will not meet until the week of Feb. 12. Concert Choral Union Concert: Robert Viro- vai, violinist, will give the eighth con- cert in the Choral r Union Series this evening at 8:30 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. Student Recital: John Schwarz- walder, baritone, accompanied by Paul Jones, pianist, will give a recital in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the degree of Bachelor of Music, Friday evening, January 26, at 8:30 o'clock, in the School qf Music Auditorium on Maynard Street. Open to the public. Exhibitions 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. #, 4 MUSIC Ny JOHN SCHWA ZWAWDER Editor's Note-With this column, The Daily in- troduces its new music critic, John Schwarzwalder. Mr. Bennett has left Ann Arbor to enter the New School for Social Research in New York City. A PROGRAM WHICH should make an appeal to all sorts and conditions of music lovers will be presented tonight by Robert Virovai, young Serbian violinist, at Hill Auditorium, as the eighth concert in this season's Choral Union Series. Only the absence of any noted contem- porary work prevents the program from being1 a working outline of the history of music written for the violin. And, considering the quality of a great deal of contemporary violin music, per- haps this omission will find favor, rather than otherwise with Mr. Viovai's Ann Arbor auditors. The program opens with the florid La Folia, of Corelli, a show piece of about the same general period when Stradivarius was-making his famous !nstruments. This is followed by the "Prelude" from Bach's "Sixth Sonata for Violin alone." Many great virtuosi have been content to rest the greater portion of their fame on their facility with, and interpretation of these works. Mr. Virovai's approach to the difficult prelude will be observed with keen interest. The first half of the program closes with the much heard and greatly beloved "Concerto in E Minor" of Mendellssohn. This work, possibly the meatiest on the program, has found favor for years with. Today's Events The Observatory Journal Club will meet at 4:15 today in the Observatory lecture room. Dr. Robley C. Williams Will speak on "Internal Comparison of Standard Lamps." Tea at 4:00 Flight training: There will be an explanation of the Link Trainer Ex- perimental Program at a meeting to- night at 7:00 in Room 1042 East En- gineering Building. Everyone includ- ing alternates invited. Skiing Movies From Sun Valley will be shown tonight at 7:30 at the Rackham Amphitheatre under the sponsorship of the Graduate Outing Club. Mr. Edwards of Sun Valley will be the lecturer. Women's Fencing Club: There will be no meeting this week. I