?AC; °&tY tUE ICHGA iiIf __ _ THE MICHIGAN DAILY ' s -- u ov a -_--, ..,.. Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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 newpaper. 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.the regular school year by carrier $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. CollegePublishers Representative 420 MADIO CAVE. NEtW YORK. N.Y. (.ICAO BOSTON + LOS ARGULES " SAN FRANCISCO F!ember, Associated' Collegiate Press, 1940-41 Editorial Staff Hervie Haufler Alvin Sarasohn Paul M. Chandler Karl Kessler Milton Orshefsky Howard A. Goldman Laurence Mascott Donald Wirtchafter Esther Osser Helen Corman . . . . Managing Editor . . . . Editorial Director . . . . City Editor . . . . Associate Editor Associate Editor . . . Associate Editor * . . . Associate Editor . . . . Sports Editor . . . .Women's Editor . . . . Exchange Editor Business Staff Business Manager . . Assistant Business Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Irving Guttman Robert Gilmour Helen Bohnsack Jane Krause NIGHT EDITOR: JEAN SHAPERO The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Japan's Bluff Should Be Called .. . APAN looked West for inspiration, and found it in the methods of Hit- ler's expansion program. Following the Nazi lead, Japan has been playing the game of bluff and has been doing well at it. But that is not all. Following the Hitler pattern, she has bluffed only the nations not able to defend themselves from her threatened attack. The advance of Japan down the coast of China towards the Malay States, and incident- ally Singapore and the Dutch East Indies, not to mention the Philippine Islands, has been pri- marily at the expense of a floundering China, and a German-dominated France. It is true that Japan is having a terrific struggle to main- tain her position in China's interior, but her superior arms have enabled her to exercise a rigid control of the coastal regions of China. WHEN THE DISPUTE between Thailand and France arose recently, Japan stepped in as mediator-uninvited-and settled the problem to her own best advantage. The affair was settled Japan's way, for France has no real army or navy, and Thailand is not on any sort of equal arms basis with Japan. Outside of the war with China, Japan has not had to fight for its expansion campaign pro- gram. The show of weapons has been enough. Up to this point the Nazi method of baring the teeth and growling ominously has proved suc- cessful. But how long can the blustering be kept up without actual war with either Great Britain or the United States? Despite the passage of the lend-lease bill. Washington is more concerned over a clash with Japan than war with the dictators. Hitler is through talking; he is now fighting to pre- serve the gains that he made by that method. Mussolini is still bluffing, and receiving the short end, because he too is carrying on a war, br an excuse for one. Japan, however is still at "peace" with the world, excluding China. BRITAIN and the United States cannot allow Japan to go on bluffing indefinitely. The risk is too great. If the democracies have learned anything at all from Hitler's rise, it is that the sooner the game is called, the better the chance that you will catch the enemy unpre- pared to actually back up its loud noises. The great problem facing the United States now is how to call Japan's bluff. Certainly this country is not in any mood for a war with Japan, nor is it in any immediate danger of war with her. But the longer the United States persists in doing nothing concrete about calling Japan's bluff, the more difficult it will become to stop their advance. Successful noise-making leads to the belief of invulnerability. A clearcut Far- Eastern policy now will have a far better oppor- tunity to gag the Oriental bluffer than waiting for Japan to back up her bluff with actual force. - Eugene Mandeberg Spoils System And Prison Reform *..** UCCESSFUL OPERATION of demo- cratic government can best be mea- butcher knives. Those whose memories are not too short will recall that a few months ago this same reform school was the scene of the death. of an inmate allegedly caused by the brutal beating he received at the hands of two of the guards who now are awaiting trial. Also within the last two years the school has been the scene of repeated scandals including a mass escape of 13 inmates and a total of 76 such "get aways" in that year. These escaped prisoners had terrorized the country-side until the scandal finally forced the state authorities to put a wall around the school. But today the school is still making the headlines and remind- ing society as a whole that a democratic govern- ment will not run of its own accord but must have the interest and support of every citizen. THE REAL REASON for this scandal in Illinois lies deeper, The Spoils System is respon- sible for inferior equipment, guards, manage- ment and treatment of the inmates. This is a situation that calls for the mosthighly trained functionaries who can render scientific handling of the inmates. The duty of the reform school' is to provide these unfortunate misfits with a new attitude toward life and society-an atti- tude that can be cultivated only with the best possible environment. To put purely political appointees in charge of this delicate task is unthinkable. Strict civil service examinations should be the means of selecting adequately suited administrators. Sci- entific segregation and handling of inmates should be instituted. Unfortunately the example in Illinois is not the only one. Many prison reforms are being carried out in model prisons throughout the nation, but in order for them to become the rule rather than the exception, every individual in' a community must assume his rightful respon- sibility and take an active part in local self government. -Edmund J. Grossberg 1he Dardanelles, A Strategic Sore ,Spot... M OST PEOPLE expect a break in the relationship between Soviet Russia and Germany as a result of the recent occupa- tion of Bulgaria by German forces, which threat- ened the Dardanelles Straits, always a sensitive point in Russian politics. Those who anticipate such a break are either wishful thinkers or are thinking of the situation in Europe before the .war. It is true that when Hitler was building his war machine he had two possible ways in which he might use it against Russia, either to expandhto the East and occupy the fertile plains of the Ukraine, or against Western Europe, taking over their empires and dominating European politics. Had he chosen, or had it been possible for him to choose to drive against Russia, he might have followed a policy of pacification with France and England. That way is closed now, possibly forever, and by the logic of events, he has to follow the consequences of the course he has chosen. 'WHEN German and Soviet politicians met just before the war started and made their pact, they announced that they had settled all mat- ters between their two nations and defined the zones of interest of each. Since that time both Russia and Germany have been proceeding con- sistently to fulfill their respective parts of the plan. It is not conceivable that when this policy was outlined the question of the Dardanelles was omitted. By occupying Bulgaria, Germany has realized mlany objectives. It has paralyzed all of Britain's old allies and all possible allies in the Balkans and the Near East. It has endangered the posi- tion of Great Britain in the Mediterranean, and has obtained security against the possibility of a British attack through Greece. The way for possible acquisition of Musol Oil has likewise been opened. None of these objectives can be lost by delivering the Dardanelles to Russia as long as the relationship between them is on a friendly basis. NOw it might be asked why Russia protested against the occupation of Bulgaria. This objection may have been made in order that Russia might save her face with the communist parties in the Balkans and the rest of the world. Such diplomatic protest has no further value when it is not supported by force. It is the same type that the British made against Italy's occu- pati6n of Ethiopia after they had tacitly con- doned the policy of Italian expansion in the hope of winning Italy to their side. -Rosemary Ryan LETTERS TO THE ED:ITOR11 To the Editor: Those who support all-out aid to Britain are continually referring to the advantages of de- mocracy we have. But they refuse to admit or fail to realize that what is keeping our democ- racy alive is the very resistance to a war dicta- torship program which supporters of the war are beginning to accept. The all-out groups point out that the German people cannot dem- onstrate openly for peace nor resist governmental policies except through underground struggle. That is true, but what sense is there in urging us to put ourselves in the same boat. For each step toward greater involvement in the war has resulted in fiercer attacks on democracy at home. What a contradiction! We are told to go deeper into the war in order to defend what we lose by doing so. Soneror laiter an individal m~,ariri n 1The ad Robert SAlleis WASHINGTON-The fight over whether na- tional defense plants shall be placed in the East or West provokes some bitter swearing behind the closed doors where Army experts work over defense blue-prints. For the Army's pin-studded maps show that more than 50 per cent of de- fense production is concentrated in an area along the 'Atlantic Coast reaching only from Boston to Newport News, Va. Army officers say that to defend this vital region against Nazi bombers and foreign attack would require a concentration of military force larger than our present army. THE SWIVEL-CHAIR BRASS HATS are try- ing to wriggle away from the mounting criticism by claiming that for the sake of speed' they placed the orders where industry was al- ready located. But what they don't reveal is that even on this basis the East Coast got far more than its share., In 1939, before the emergency, East Coast states were responsible for 48.7 per cent of the total of new manufacturing in the United States. When it came to defense orders, in the last half of 1940, these states received 61.9 per cent of all contracts awarded. In contrast, the North Central states, which added 37 per cent to manufacturing facilities in 1939, received only 38.4 per cent of defense con- tracts awarded in the last half of 1940. This excludes aircraft and shipbuilding, which the Army and Navy say must be built at existing seaboard plants. New Order SINCE JANUARY, however, there has been a slow but steady change in favor of the Mid- west. Army brasshats apparently have begun to realize what they had been doing. Atlantic seaboard states still lead, but have dropped to 58.1 per cent of the total defense orders. Middle Atlantic states fell off 1.1 per cent to 28.4 per cent; those in the South Atlan- tic section dropped 1.3 per'cent to 13.5 per cent; and New England sagged 1.4 per cent to 16.2 per cent. The most dramatic shift to the Midwest has been in aircraft production. At the end of the first defense expansion period last fall, 70 per cent of aviation output was on the Atlantic and pacific coasts. But when plants now under con- struction are finished, 55 per cent will be inland. Note:-Thanks to the foresight of hard-work- ing Col. Francis H. Miles, chief of the Army ammunition division, at least one phase of de- fense production is being located in the "safe" zone. He is scattering ten new powder and load- ing plants in the hinterlands: two in Indiana, two in Ohio and one each in Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, Missouri. Iowa and Tennessee. Left Winger THE PRESIDENT loves to tell stories on him- self, and here is his latest, related to guests at a dinner party. He was working late in his study. Nearby on a couch was Harry Hopkins, who was so quiet Roosevelt thought he was asleep. v Suddenly Hopkins cocked open an eye and remarked casually, "You know, boss, Churchill is a lot further to the left than you are." Capitol lomb Scare c(APITOL POLICE have been warned to si- lence, but there was a bomb scare in the Hbuse Office Building recently. Representative Rudolph G. Tenerowicz of Michigan, whose Polish constituents are raising cain about his unexpected vote against the lend- lease bill, was the "victim." Tenerowicz received a package marked "From the CIO," and postmarked from his home town of Hamtramck. As his secretary cut the twine, a loud ticking was heard. Hysterically she called Capitol policemen, who gingerly immersed the ominous parcel in a bucket of water. CAUTIOUSLY removing the brown paper wrapping, the policemen discovered that the "bomb" was only the inside of a cheap clock. It had been skillfully bound so that a cog wheel in the spring was released the moment the twine was cut, starting the ticking. Police jammed the hands of the clock, on the chance a "timed" dynamite cap was concealed under its face, and it was turned over to the FBI. But the guards figured it was a crude joke to scare Tenerowicz. not the gift of rulers. Destroying democracy means to destroy the resistance of the people, to remove the checks which they have upon their rulers. It is absurd to say that we must attack the rights which the people have "won through hard struggle in order to protect Democracy. A recent example from English history will make the point clear. The British Broadcasting Co. attempted to ban 17 nationally known actors, musicians, and composers who signed the mani- festo of the Peoples Convention. After much resistance on the part of the English people, the attempt was abandoned. G. B. Shaw, the veteran charger, made the fullowing comment: "Daily we throw in the teeth of Germany and Italy the reproach that they have abol- ished the rights of public meeting and free speech. Yet this is the moment selected by B.B.C. to give the world an exhibition of British Nazism gone mad. Europe will hear FIRE & WRTCR, by mascott BIG BUSINESS and the Army- the accepted formula for concen- trated reaction. We discussed BB in our last column, its unwillingness to make a concession even in time of crisis, its very undemocracy making it lose all perspective of "enlightened self-interest" so that it cannot make any sacrifices for democracy even when democracy needs those sacri- fices most. Easily cited as examples of these failures of Big Business are the alum- inum monopoly which pegs the price and the production of a metal that is so necessary to the airplane indus- try and the airplane plants that seem to avoid mass-production as if it were the bubonic plague since these airplane manufacturers suspect that there isn't so much profit in mass- produced bomb and pursuit planes. Our American Army ain't so peachy either. We refer to the various "brass- hat" exposes of the Washington Mer- ry-Go-Round and the excellent arti- cle in the March issue of 'Harper's, entitled "For A Modernized Army" and written by Major M. Wheeler- Nicholson. Major Wheeler-Nicholson sounds like General DeGaulle advis- ing the French General Staff before the debacle. And we're afraid that the American army modernist will re- ceive the same deaf ear from the American Army brass-hats. A GOOD INKLING of the excel- lence of the leadership of the American Army is offered by the fol- lowing list of Army rejections: the Gatling gun, rejected in 1862; the Maxim Gun, rejected in the 1900's; the Lewis gun rejected in 1916; the Wright Airplane, etc. Major Wheel- er-Nicholson also criticizes the Army for its failure in speed and quality of mobilization (the complete break- down of housing facilities for draft- ees); the poor army morale; poor training of officers ("too much time spent in outworn ritualistic pacings and posturings"-in short, a hell of a lot of unnecessary drill when the time could be more profitably used in acquiring the special skills of modern warfare); poor selection of officers (since advancement is by seniority rather than merit). Major Wheeler-Nicholson's con- clusion is worth reprinting: "Our present Army system is unfit for mod- ern war. There is urgent need for modernization (and democratiization, he includes this too in the article) ... better some brusqueness of speech than that our sons should be use- lessly slaughtered under unskilled leaders." GREATEST ADVANTAGE in see- ing a Big League Hockey Game in Detroit is it's aid in enabling an outsider to appreciate the Detroiter's character. We made our research last Sunday in the game between the Red Wings and the Boston Bruins (one of the greatest teams in the history of big-time hockey, incidentally). The following clues to a Detroit- er's character were then given: 1. Johnny Orlando is the most pop- ular hockey player in Detroit. Johnny Orlando, is also the dirtiest hockey player in the major leagues. 2. A Detroiter's idea of fun is to arrive at a hockey game loaded down with telephone books and Sunday papers and then proceed with great abandon to tear said paper in shreds and to throw these shreds, well-seas- oned occasionally with an intact tele- phone directory, upon the ice every time the Red Wings are given an ad- verse decision of the opposition team makes a good play. The game is then held up for twenty minutes while the attendants clear the paper off the ice and the Detroit fans go into orgasmic glee. Oriental 'Peace', The protocol signed recently in To- kyo, ending hostilities in Indo-China, is described by the Japanese in glow- ing terms as the 'stable cornerstone of the peace fabric in Greater East Asia.' It may be many other things, but it is not a cornerstone. The pre- diction can be made with confidence that the last word has not been said in Indo-China. If Britain wins this war, and French power is revived, the French people will have some- thing to say about the terms now dic- tated by Japan at their expense. II Britain loses the war, and Germany inherits British power, it will be Hit- ler and not Japan who will dictate the final settlement in 'Greater Easi Asia.' For Hitler's one and only creed is all power to himself, and Japar will find that he can stab an ally in the back at any time it suits his purpose to do so as readily as he can break his promise to a neutral. - The New York Times At Last!. . ROCHESTER, N.Y.-(ACP) -Sev Pn v--r o eo grs.e rxitceand WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1941 VOL. LI. No. 119 Publication in the Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices To All Faculty Members and Others Interested: 1. Old Age Annuities. Since 1918 it has been a condition of employment1 as a Faculty member of the University of Michigan, except for instructors of less than three years' standing for whom the provision is optional, that such Faculty member shall purchase an old-age annuity from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association. The object of this annuty is provision for the teacher after he shall have passed the retirement age. The an-j nuity premium payment required from each Faculty member is 5 per cent of any annual salary not exceed-c ing $5,000, or thus a maximum prem- ium of $250. Faculty members may devote as much more of their salaries to annuity premiums as they desire. The University matches the annuity premium up to an annual sum not in excess of $250, thus within the 5 per cent limit doubling the amount of theI annuity purchased. 2. Any person in the employ of the University may at his own cost pur- chase annuities from the Association in any amounts. The University it- self, however, will contribute to the expense of such purchase of annuities only as stated in (1) above.l 3. Life Insurance. Any person in the employ of the University, either as a Faculty member or otherwise, un- less debarred by his medical examina- tion, may, at his own option and ex-, pense, purchase life insurance from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association at its published rates. All life insurance premiums are borne byt the individual himself. The Univer- sity makes no contribution toward life insurance and has nothing to do with the life insurance feature except thatt it will if desired by the insured, de- duct premiums monthly and remit the same to the Association. 4. Monthly Premium Payments. The University accounting offices will as a matter of accommodation to faculty members or employees of the Univer- sity, who desire to pay either annuity premiums or insurance premiums monthly, deduct such premiums from the payroll in monthly installments.k In the case of the so-called "academ- ic roll" premiums for the months of July, August, September and Octo- ber will be deducted from the double payroll of June 30. While the ac- counting offices do not solicit this work, still it will be cheerfully as- sumed where desired. 5. The University has no arrange- ments with any life insurance or an- nuity organization except the Teach- ers Insurance and Annuity Associa- tion of America and contributions will not be made by the University nor can premium payments be deducted ex- cept in the case of annuity or insur- ance policies of this Association. 6. The general administration of the annuity and insurance business has been placed in the hands of the Sec- retary of the University by the Re- gents. Please communicate with the un- dersigned if you have not arranged for any and all annuities required under your appointment. Herbert G. Watkins All applicants for commission in the Medical or Dental Corps U.S. Naval Reserve will be examined phys- ically by a Board of Naval Medical Examiners at Naval R.O.T.C. Head- quarters, North Hall today and Thursday. Candidates will call tele- phone No. 396 or 397 for appoint- ment as early as practicable.- Faculty of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The five-week freshman reports will be due March DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 22 in the Office of the Academic Counselors, 108 Mason Hall. Arthur Van Durn Chairman, Academic Counselors Vocational Guidance Talk on Edu- cation: All students who expect to enter the School of Education, and all others interested in the profes- sion, should meet Dean J. B. Edmon- son of the School of Education in the Auditorium of University High School on Thursday, March 20, at 4:15 p.m. Dean Edmonson will speak on the preparation and qualifications necessary for admission to the School of Education and various aspects of the profession. Vocational Guidance Talk on Law: All students who expect to enter the School of Law, and all others inter- ested in the profession, should meet Dean E. B. Stason of the Law School in the Small Ballroom of the Michi- gan Union on Thursday, March 20, at 4:15 p.m. Dean Stason will speak on the qualifications and preparation necessary forvadmission to the Law School and various aspects of the profession. Mentor Reports: Reports on stand- ings of all Engineering freshmen will be expected from faculty members during the sixth and again during the eleventh weeks of the semester. These two reports will be due about March 28 ad May 2. Report blanks will be furnished by campus mail. Please refer routine questions to Sophie Buda, Office of the Dean, (Extension 575), who Will handle the reports; otherwise, call A. D. Moore, Head Mentor, Extension 2136. Orientation Advisers: All men stu- tents interested in serving as ori- ntation advisers next fall, reportto oom 304 of'the Union any time be- tween 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. on March 19-21. Chairmen of Activities: Your at- tention is called to the fact that first semester eligibility cards may not be .sed after March 1. Any one who has not presented to you an eligibil- ity certificate for the second semester should be excluded from activities until such a certificate has been pre- sented. The chairmen of the following ac- tivities have not yet filed Eligibil- ity Lists for the second semester with the Dean of Students. These lists should be submitted on forms pro- vided by the Office of the Dean of Students 13Y MARCH 20, Arch. Council Assembly Capitalist Ball Congress Crease Dance Debate Engineering Council French Play Frosh Project German Play Girls Glee Club Hillel Foundation Interfraternity Council Jr. Girls Play Men's Council Michigan, League Michigan Union Military Ball Odonto Ball Pan-Hellenic Perspectives Senior Ball Senate Student Religious Ass'n Technic W.A.A. Nurse and Dietitian: There is an opening in a summer camp for next summer for a combination nurse and dietitian. If qualified and interested, please get in touch with the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of two fellowships of $600 each being offered by Rad- cliffe College for the year 1941-42 to women desiring to prepare themselves (Continued on Page 6) RADIO SPOTLIGHT WJR WWJ CKLW WXYZ 750 KC - CBS 920 KC - NBC Red 1030 KC - Mutual 1240 KC-NBC-Blue Wednesday Evening 6:00 News Ty Tyson Rollin' Bud Shaver 6:15 Hedda Hopper Newscast; Tune Home The Factfinder 6:30 Inside of Sports Bill Elliott Conga Day In Review 6:45 Melody Marvels Lowell Thomas Time Baseball Extra 7:00 Amos 'n Andy Fred Waring Happy Joe Easy Aces 7:15 Lanny Ross Royal Review val Clare Mr. Keen-Tracer 7:30 Mr. Meek Cavalcade Carson Robison The Lone 7:45 Mr. Meek Of America Serenade; News Ranger 8:00 Ed. G. 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