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College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK N. Y. cHICAGO * Boson *'Los ANGELES - SAN FRAECtIScO "Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939=40 Editorial Staff Carl Petersen Elliott Maraniss Stan M. Swinton Morton L. Linder Norman A. Schorr Dennis Flanagan John N. Canavan Ann Vicary Mel Fineberg . Managing Editor Editorial Director City Editor Associate Editor :Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate .Editor Women's Editor Sports Editor Business Staff Business Manager . Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Publications Manager'. . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko Jane Mowers . Harriet S. Levy NIGHT EDITOR: LEONARD SCHLEIDER The editorials published in The Michigan jDaily are written by members of The Daily titaff and represent the views of the writers only. Reciprocity Treaties Vs. Lack Of Foresightw.. 0 T HE REPUBLICANS, and apparently some of the Democrats, do not like the Reciprocal Trade Agreements which consti- tute our foreign trade policy today. After Presi- dent Roosevelt had given his Congressional mes- sage, in which he asked continuance of the Act, Senator McNary, Republican leader from Ore- gon, commented that the President's "Patriotic utterances were commendable, his foreign trade policy fanciful." The statement made it obvious that he and his cohorts would fight renewal of the Act from the first crack of the gun. Last week the House Ways and'Means Com- mittee began to conduct hearings on the recip- rocal policy, preliminary to drafting its report to the floor of the legislature. Called upon to explain the administration's views was Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who has made the recipro- cal pacts his chief interest.. Secretary Hull has had to defend his agreements so often in recent months that his arguments have become famili- ar. The trade agreements,, he told the commit- tee, should be regarded as an American contri- bution to world order and well-being. He aver- red that both national industry and agriculture had benefited under the program and cited fig- ures to show how farm income had been re- gaining lost ground after its setback under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. He denied that American concessions for reciprocity had caused serious damage to domestic interests.. To give point to the Secretary's views, the Argentine Ministry announced, even as the committee was conducting its hearings on the reciprocal policy, that negotiations for a re- ciprocal trade agreement between the United States and Argentina had failed-because the "aggravated protection" demanded by the U.S. negotiators made bargaining nipossible. Argentina's announcement occasioned no great surprise. Of all the south American nations, Argentina is least well equipped to trade with the United States, since both countries wish to export the same staples. In spite of this, Argen- tina needs many products from America, includ- ing rice, potatoes, tobacco, cotton textiles, luth- ber, paper, oil, iron, chemicals and machinery. The problem was to find products which the States could buy from Argentina. One of these was canned beef, the State De- partment thought. And thought wrongly. A powerful clique of Western Congressmen and lobbyists protested vehemently against what it called "a ruinous incursion on an American in- dustry." It made little difference that American packers actually can very little beef-most of this sort of meat is used in frankfurters, ham- burgers and other sandwich meats. Despite this, the American cattlemen beefed, and the project had to be abandoned. The canned beef incident probably played only a small part in the actual breakdown of nego- tiations with Argentina. But it illustrated the reasons in the nutshell. If we had been willing to sacrifice our domestic canned-beef market, relatively a small item, we could have found an outlet for some of our surplus. That is, we as a nation could have sooner or later benefited"from the sacrifice. The trouble is that the packer immediately feels the change, while those who stand to gain when the trade cycle actually begins to function may not realize The Pot Keeps Boiling ... To The Editor: AS PROFESSOR DUMOND, I too, believe there are some things worth fighting for. His letter in Tuesday's Daily is one which has made some think of committing mayhem or suicide. In the first place, the Professor says that he believes in civil liberties but at the same time would suppress certain groups. Where, Profes- sor, will you draw the line? Civil liberties exist in Germany as long as you do not say anything contrary to the regime. Secondly, where has the Professor been for the past 20 years? He is a student of history, and yet, he. must have failed to read the docu- ments which conclusively show the causes of the last war wre not "ruthless German imperial- ism," as the American people were led to believe. Thirdly, is there any reason to believe that because Democracy fails in Europe it should fail in the United States? I, for one, know that I canot fight for a "Democracy" that is (1) 2,000 miles away, and (2) has millions of People under its yoke. If you feel this is worth fighting for, to show your sincerity, you can lead the way by enlisting. -P.l., '4. To The Editor: MR. O'MALLEY'S LETTER epresses an atti- tude which I find is rather common amongst Michigan students. His statement is not isolationism: it is cynicism. Mr. O'Malley seems to agree with Professor Slosson and DIi- mond as to the morals involved in this European war-nay, if he were prodded a bit he might even admit that the United States could con- ceivably be interested in its eventual outcome. But to Mr. O'Malley, and to a good many Mich- igan students, the values involved in the war and the desirability of our having a word to say in regard to the character of the settlement and its effect on us do not seem to be valid reasons for participating in the war. It could almost be charged that Mr. O'Malley presumes that we can naively enter at the end and dictate the peace without having participated in the con-j flict. (Indeed, as a point in strategy, the de- feated party probably would do wel Ito invite such participation!) One of the major student objections to United States participation seems to be that we would have to join hands with (those villains) Cham- berlain and Daladier, and that by reason of their participation we would not be able to write a treaty permanently eradicating and curing in one fell swoop all of the ills of the world. Such an attitude arises from disillusionment over the outcome of Versailles (which was the most scien- tific attempt yet to cure Europe's ills and for whose failure we are in large part responsible) and from a fundamental lack of understanding of the character of progress in human develop- ment and of the nature and the limitations of man-made treaties. It would seem to me that the greatest single thing we learn from all the social sciences is that progress is painfully slow and bought at what seems to be an almost disproportionate price; that the small costly contributions of hu- man beings do in the end result add up to pro- gress, and are therefore worthwhile. In the light of the trend of history, why should we let our impatience at the slowness of the rate of de- velopment influence the making of a grave and far reaching decision?-a decision which we cer- tainly ought to make in the interests of our pos- terity as well as ourselves. Why should we re- fuse to make our contribution, small and costly as it is, simply because we are in a hurry and because we are peeved at the fact that neither we nor our children will be present to gather its fruits? I am unable to understand why people ex- pect treaties to last eternally. Everyone admits that most laws eventually grow obsolete because they cease to fit the existing situation; they are then either interpreted by the courts or cast out altogether. tI seems to me that treaties are just as rigid as laws and people should not feel that the great majority (or all) statesmen have proved themselves villains because they found they had to interpret treaties or cast them out altogether. Such action has, it is true, been taken time and time again by opportunist and unprincipled statesmen: but people should also admit the converse and recognize the fact that it is impossible to write a treaty that will last forever. Every treaty has to be based on what went before it; and every treaty, simply because it is a treaty, will eventually have to be inter- preted by one or all of its signatories. The student attitude of which I have been speaking is cynical, it seems to me, because it is based on disillusionment with the character of the treaty which will be written. It does not see that it could not, all by itself and with the consent and agreement of the world, write a treaty which would last eternally and would plunge us all headlong overnight into the mil- lenium. It feels that it cannot do this because there are dirty, unprincipled imperialists such as Chamberlain and Daladier still alive. I per- sonally do not believe either that they are ditry or imperialists-that is a communist blind. What these students do not see is that it is humanly impossible for anyone to write such a treaty be- cause a treaty fits a given situation-and there is nothing more permanent than change. We must readjust our attitude and become more accustomed to a narrower horizon. It is nice to be very utopian, and that lends itself to slogan exploitation and fancy writing, but it, does not lead to a realistic peace which will last for a time and add its bit to the pile which we are gradually accumulating. To withdraw from the whole question because we can't bring about utopia immediately is not my idea of an attitude which a college student, in the light of his sup- posed education and training, shouldb e able to live with satisfactorily. With reference to the broader phases of the Slosson-Dumond-Daily feud, might I suggest that the January issue of Harpers Magazine contains an excellent article (War and the Veri- ties, Ellsworth Barnard) which is an answer to the isolationists. It seems to me that it is an admirable statement oft he case; in fact, it is so admirable that the editors of the magazine felt constrained to call attention to its quality. - Roland G. Usher, Jr., Grad. Axe Grinding? ** to the Editor: THE LETTER by Professor Dumond in your column is of a type that even as late as five years ago we dared to hope we should never see wiritten again by a rational being. It is a letter to move a reader to sadness rather than ex- asperation for it proves the truth of a statement made in a recent article in Harper's: "Once a war hysteria has been spread by official propa- ganda, intolerance for spoken or written criticism is likely to be greater among the people them- selves than in the government." Evidently he is one of those people, but he is a little ahead even of those, for he is doubting the sanity of the pacifists already, when the war hysteria has hardly got under way. The letter was evidently written under the stress of feeling, else there is no accounting for the inconsistency displayed in lashing out at those who dare to interpret the motives of an- other, while baldly interpreting the motives of those who oppose sending help to Finland, or those who choose to read The Daily Worker. We hold no brief for The Daily Worker, nor for Communism nor Nazism, but .we question the ideals of justice and humanity which spurred Professor Dumond into print. If these words are burning symbols to him, as he says, "every- where," why have we not seen his words in print about underprivileged humanity in America, or better still in Michigan? The tone of the letter would seek to convince a reader that here is a man who faces realities. Yet Professor Dumond should know his history well enough to know that it is the sentimen- talists who mouth and believe words like hu- manity, decency, criminals, courage and others of that ilk. These things are relative, and many of our feelings about them are reflexes, cuming- ly played upon by the war mongers. He states, and the sorrow of the reader threatens to be- come almost anger, that he is a World War veter- in and he knows that we achieved what we set out to do (in the World War) and did it without losing our souls or our precious liberties. Yet Gerald P. Nye, to quote a representative opinion, once said that our heritage from the last war was the depression, from which we have not yet emerged. Perhaps Professor Du- mond has not lost his soul in the depression, nor his liberties, but thereare thousands of Americans Who have. Then; in a burst of fine passion, he winds up his letter thus: there are worse things than lay- ing down one's life for one's brother or the happiness of one's children. In the first place few children would be made happier by the lay- ing down of their parents' lives, except in very trying circumstances, and in the second place, laying down life for a brother may seem an ex- cellent thing to the living. It is certain that we cannot ask the dead who did that very thing, in Flanders, in Poland and elsewhere how it felt to die for suffering Belgium, for humanity for democracy, for any other reflex- arousing word in the language. But the living ought to be able to hear the answer sent up by millions of stilled voices, or else we really may begin to worry about the humanity on whih Professor Dumond lays som uch stress. Tina Sikkema. To The Editor ON TUESDAY EVENING Prof. Mentor L. Wil- liams spoke on the subject of current war- propaganda in this country, and used the publi- cation of the Institute of Propaganda Analysis as his text in poining out the nature and extent of such acivity. The chief objection to this type of literature was, of course, axe-grinding by the groups concerned in its production. Dean Edmonson of the School of Education introduced the speaker and acted as chairman in the questioning that followed the address. In doing so, he took advantage of hisposition deftly to canel out the burden of Professor Williams' paper, by implying that the Institute of Propa- ganda Analysis was itself grinding an axe. When asked if he intended this, he ran out of the question by personalizing the issue as a case of his having been euchered out of the chairman- ship of a meeting by Mr. Miller, executive secre- tary of the Institute, and mentioned taking ac- tion calculated to impede indirectly the work of the Institute by interfering with the Carnegie grant under which it operates. Dean Edmonson did not undertake to prove any axe-grinding on the part of the Institute, and is apparently operating on the basis of per- sonal resentment. against Miller. However, the chairman of Tuesday's lecture knifed-the speak- er and his thesis without protest from the au- I' d Rather Be RIGHT! - Ay Samuel Grafton Hell hath no fury like that of an ignorant. Congressman staring at a professor. Your average windjam- ming Representative gets more sneer into his pronunciation of the word "professor" than into his articulation of any other English tri-syllable. Even Roo-se-velt sounds like a coo by comparison. * ** This applies to the economy bloc, for some reason, more than to any other Congressional group. The bloc just hates books, those who write them and those who use them. Its curious rage of last summer against the Federal Theatre and writers' pro- jects should not be forgotten. The dea of men and women reading books, writing books and acting plays drove the House Appropriations subcom- mittee crazy.; * * * The same .group, in the name of economy, has now erased the appro- priations for three Federal agencies. It happens that all three are research agencies, staffed by experts who read and write books. It is odd and interesting that the most conservative group in the House seems most disdainful of exact knowl- edge. What can the boys be afraid of? * * * Perhaps they have a suspicion that the world is becoming complicated and that the good old days when all its problems could be solved by a man with a string necktie, a certificate of election and a good, strong voice are oassing. One really must know a few things these days. The effect 'f lung-power on hard facts is tem- porary and minor. I can name sev- ral Congressmen who sound off with- 1ut trepidation on any subject from farm relief to trade treaties who must live in terror that some little professor (who couldn't win an elec- tion in twenty years) will sneak into a library some day and write a book to show them up. * * * The total projected saving, $2,000,- 000, equals 0.00024 per cent of the $8,400,000,000 budget. Yet it is hailed as an economy move. Economy moves seem first to run against those men with glasses and brief cases, who are forever reading books and bothering people. By JOHN SCHWARZWALDER ROBERT VIROVAI, young Hun- garian violinist, added another to his series of personal triumphs with his first Ann Arbor concert at Hill Auditorium last night. A large au- dience enthusiastic paid, tribute to the astonishing technical and musi- cal gifts he displayed. From his pro- grams beginning to its close with en- cores ranging in period from early Italia nto modern Russian, he evi- denced a complete mastery of style, period, and his instrument. Seldom indeed has an artist of his years shown quite as much in both prep- aration and inspiration. Notable on the program was his mastery of polyphonic style in the Bach Prelude, and the finale of the Mendelssohn Concerto which he played with all imaginable fire and clarity. But by no means second to these was the warmth and fullness of tone he displayed, especially' in the andante of the concerto, the lyric Romance of Beethoven, and De- bussy's Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, which he played as his second en- core. His audience was most eager to witness a display of the pyrotecnics for which his playing is noted, and the young artist did not slight that desire. His crisp spicatti, pizzacatti, and harmonics (double and trilled) were beyond comment. His speed, sureness of intonation, and general facility taxed the abilities of his cap- able accompanist, Wolfgang Rebner, to the utmost at times. These tech- nical tricks were carried off with greatest effect in the Caprice of Wien- iawski, Le Zephyr, of Hubay, and the finale of the Mendelssohn. Most astonishing to his audience, however, was Mr. Virovai's execution of the Pagahini variations on the I Palpiti theme of Rossini. The speed, clarity, and ease 0of his production were never more pronounced than here, and his rendition of the final variations will long be remembered here as proof that with technic as an indispensable aid to interpretation, virtuoso music has definite musical value. Such criticisms as are found must necessarily be minor in character. A few may regret Mr. Virovai's tempi in the Bach and the andante of the concerto. A very few may feel he did not sufficiently integrate the first (Continued from Page 2) Senior typist (open to men only) salary, $1,440, Feb. 12. Junior typist (open to men only) salary, $1,260. (These for appoint- ment in Washington, D.C. only). Electrical mechanic (floor scrub- bing and polishing machines), salary, $1,860, Feb. 19. X-Ray Crystallographer, salary $2,600, Feb. 26. Michigan: Petroleum geologist II, salary range $200-240, Jan. 27. Landscape architect II, salary range, $200-240, Feb. 10. Attendant Nurse C2, salary range, $75-100, Feb. 10. Attendant nurse B, salary range, $105-125, Feb. 10. Complete announcements on file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. 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 Mason 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. Eligibility for second semester: Students applying for eligibility cer- tificates for the second semester are reminded that they must present first semester report cards at Room 2, University Hall, in order to assure immediate receipt of their new cards. First semester eligibility certificates wll be invald after March 1. C.A.A. Ground School: Classes will not meet until the week of Feb. 12. Women Students attendng the J- Hop: Closing hour for the night of February 9, 1940, will be 3:30 a.m. for those students attending the J-Hop, who do not attend an ap- proved organized breakfast: for those attending breakfasts approved by the Dean of Students, the closing hour will be 4:30 a.m. Open Badminton on Monday and Friday eveninsg in Barbour Gymna- sium will be discontinued during the examination period beginning Mon- day, Jan. 29. 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.H. All sections. German- 31 35 A.H., Reichart, Van Duren, Pott. B H.H., Gaiss. C H.H., Schachtsiek, Philippson, Diamond. 1035 A.H., Graf, Ryder. 301 U.H., Wahr. German 32 D H.H. All sections. Room Assignments for Final Exam- inations in Mathematics. (L.S. & A.) The regular classrooms will be used except for the following classes: Math. 1, Sec. 2, 301 South Wing, Velde (118 Haven Hall) will have the following office hours to sign pro- grams: Thursday, January 25,I11-12 a.m. and 1:30-2 p.m. He will keep the following hours in Room 164 Rackham Building: Friday, January 26, 9-12 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 8 and Friday, February 9, 9-12 a.m. and 1:30-5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, 9-12 a.m. Please note that from Friday, January 26, consultations will be held in Room 164 Rackham Building. Students concentrating in History: Professor Wheeler, 316 Haven, will have the following office hours to sign prograns: Thursday, Jan. 25, Friday Jan. 26, from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, January 27, from 10-11 a.m.- From January 29 to February 2, inclusive, 1-2 p.m. From February 5 to Febru- ary 9, inclusive, 9-10 a.m. and 2-3 p.m. On February 10, from 9-10 p.m. Appointments may be made in advance by signing the appointment sheets posted outside the door of Room 316 Haven. No appointnints by telephone. 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. History 11, Lecture Section H: Final examination Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2-5. Mr. Spoelhof's and Mr. Rupke's sections will meet in Alum- ni Memorial Hall; all others in Na- tural Science Auditorium, Mathematics 58, Spherical Trigo- nometry will be offered second sem- ester, once a week,, one hour credit. T. N. E. Greville. Concerts 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 tonight at 8:30 o'clock, in the School of Music Auditorium on May- nard 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. Lectures University Lecture: Walter Gropus, Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, will lecture on "Contemporary Architecture and the Training of the Architect" (illustfat- ed), under the auspices of the Colege of Architecture and Design, at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, February 2, in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited. Today's Events Sigma Xi meeting tonight in the Rackham- Lecture Hall at 8:00. Ti'av- eling Air Show, "From Magic Carpet to Rocket Ships" to be presented by the staff of The Franklin Insttitute. Open meeting. Presbyterian Bible Class tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 led by Dr. W. P. Lemon. 8:30 to 12:00, Open House, with entertainment and refreh- ments. Stalker Hall: Student Bible Class at the Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. led by Dr. C. W. Brashares. Conservative services will be 'con- ducted at the Hillel Foundation by Dr. Isaac Rabinowitz at 7:30 p.m. tonight and every succeeding Filay until the beginning of the second semester. Coming Events International Center will be open as usual throughout the examination period. Wednesday, February 7, a trip is planned to the Ford Factory at Dearborn. On Friday February 9 at 7:30 p.m. a special movie pro- gram will be given to celebrate the closing of the examination perid. Fellowship of Reconciliation: Regu- lar meeting Monday, January 29, at 7:00 p.m. in Lane Hall. Discussion: "War and the Verities." Graduate Students and other Uni- versity students are invited to listen in the Men's Lounge of the Rackham Building to a radio broadcast of Wag- ner's "Lohengrin" given by the Metro- politan Opera Company Saturday afternoon at 2:00. Graduate Outing Club will meet Sunday, Jan. 27, at 2:30 p.m. in the rear of the Rackhan Building. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Elder. Math. 1, Sec. 6, Myers. Math 1, Sec. 7, Schneckenburger. 2231 Angell Hall, 2231 Angell Hall, Math2 Nesbitt. Math. Raiford. Math.; Leisenrin Math.; Elder. Math.; Nesbitt. Math. Raiford. Math. Craig, Math.. Greville. Math. Greville. Math.] Math. 2, 2, 3, g. 3, Sec. 1, 405 South Wing, Sec. 3, 3011 Angell Hall, Sec. 1, 229 Angell Hall, Sec. 2, 305 South Wing, 3, Sec. 5, 403 South Wing, 3, Sec. 6, 203 Univ. Hall, 7, Sec. 4, 201 Univ. Hall, 51, Sec. 1, 3011 Angell Hall, 51, Sec. 2, 3011 Angell Hall, 111, 208 Univ. Hall, Nesbitt. 195, 405 South Wing, Wil- der. Math. 213, 3201 Angell Hall, Rain- ich. Political Science 1: Final examina- tion, Thursday, February 1, 2-5 p.m. Sections will meet in the following rooms: Calderwood, sec. 7, 1935 AH. Cuncannon, sees. 3, 4, West Physics Lecture. Dorr, secs. 1, 2, 1025 AH. French, secs. 9, 10, 14, 15, 25 AH. Hayden, sec. 7, 1025 AH.