THE MICHIGAN DAILY THU RSDYMAY 2 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 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 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 the regular school year by carrier $4.00, by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED POR NATIONAL ADVERT1ING B National 4dvertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK: N. Y. CHICAO - BOSTON * LOS ANGES- * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1940-41 Editorial Staff Emile Gele. .. Robert Speckhard Albert P. Blaustein . David Lachenbruch . Bernard Dober Alvin Danri Hal Wilson Arthur Hill Janet Hiatt Grace Miller Bu Daniel H. Huyett James B. Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright . . . Managing Editor . . . Editorial Director City Editor . . . Associate Editor * . . Associate Editor * . . Associate Editor . . . Sports Editor . . Assistant Sports Editor Ass .a. Women's Editor * Assistant Women's Editor usiness Stafff . . . Business Manager . Assistant Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager . Women's Business Manager NIGHT EDITOR: WILLIAM A. MacLEOD The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Mr. Roosevelt's Latest Speech ... M R. ROOSEVELT is a smart politician. No fact was more clearly demon- strated than that in his Tgesday evening address before the fireside. The President knows well that the country is behind him in the endeavor to arm the nation for defense. There is but a small minority in this country who are not ready to defend the nation from the attacks of its foes. On this point there is national unity, and the President realizes that fact and its implications. It is around this theme of defense that his symphony for war revolved. All through the speech he played on that theme to arouse all the elements of American society-the house- wife, the laborer, the farmer and business. With the skill of a Ravel he composed his "Bolero" in prose. By constant repetition in an infinite number of variations, the word "defense" was deeply impressed into the minds of his lis- teners. But ,as the speech went on, one detected that the President was no longer giving varia- tions on a theme, but was, indeed, varying the theme to fit his purposes. For at the end of the speech, defense not only meant repulse of at- tacks on the North and South American conti- nents, but also meant that "all additional meas- ures" to deliver goods to Britain "will be taken." This means nothing less than warfare-for any responsible person who says that "all additional steps will be taken" must accept the conse- quences of such a policy, which are nothing less than war., * * * T HE OBJECTION RAISED HERE is not whether the United States should participate in a world crusade to save the democracies, notably England. Rather the objection here is Mr. Roosevelt's expansion of the word "defense" to include such a project. The only reason Mr. Roosevelt can give for including "all additional measures" for England in his defense policy is that keeping England alive gives us time to pre- pare for defense. Yet, clearly, in the very act of giving "all additional measures" for England we are entering the war-an activity for which Mr. Roosevelt says we are not prepared. Let's be frank. Aid to England--open warfare to insure that war materials reach England-is not an integral part of the defense, program. Most experts don't believe it is, and neither does the American public. While they are nearly 100 percent for defense only 20 percent are ready now to go to war to keep England going. Arousing the public's emotion by stressing de- fense, and then demanding, in the name of de- fense, "all additional measures" for Britain, is too much like trying to slip a "mickey finn" to the American people. WHY NOT call a spade a spade. There is a difference between this nation's defense and aid to Britain which would now include wr- fare. Eighty percent of the American people have made that distinction and it does not speak well for democratic leadership to be-cloud that distinction. If the President wants aid to Brit- ain why doesn't he continue to ask for it as such, and not resort to playing on the word "defense" to get it? Any democrats who may be willing to fight a war to save England, and thereby democratic ideals, must shy away from such an endeavor when it is proposed under the pseudonym of Torpedo-Plane Bases Are Key To Defense ... A S THE MIGHTY Nazi dreadnaught Bismarck settled on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean Monday night Ameri- cans-isolationists and interventionists alike- had added reason to rejoice that only months ago President Roosevelt had "traded" retired American destroyers for a ring of Atlantic bases. For it was the manner in which the Bismarck was sunk which makes the story of our island defense posts a new one. It was a battle which proved the efficacy of a new fighting unit - the torpedo plane. These low-flying planes zoonk into the direct line of the boat's fire - sometimes at a level so low as to evade anti-aircraft fire -- and drop a submarine- type motorized torpedo into the water abreast of the target. Quicker than the submarine, cheap- er than the destroyer, these torpedo planes may prove to be a vital power against any foreign invasion attempts. Crews of torpedo-planes on our island bases - from Trinidad to Newfoundland - should prove to be a formidable obstacle to an invader, they may be as effective as the two ocean navy we are waiting for. Will Sapp Naval Battles Approach America's Shores... T HE FINAL SINKING of the Bismark closes what first appeared to be a frightening chapter in the history of the British Navy. But the Bismarck went down to join the Hood after a brief three days victory, and the Nazi fleet cannot afford many more sacrifices. When the Hood blew up off Greenland, its loss was felt both in America and England. London had experienced its first truly naval de- feat of the war, and America found out that war is too impatient to await the decision of a demo- cratic body. There is an American naval base in Greenland, and the presence of a powerful Ger- man squadron in those waters was not accidental. To the isolationist, this battle must come as a stunning blow. He cannot afford to run away from a struggle that is more than willing to meet him without introduction. When eighty thousand tons of first-class battleships can be destroyed in a fight opening near a strategic American base, there is no doubt as to the proxim- ity of World War I. THE INTERVENTIONIST, too, can draw no salutary conclusions from this latest incident in the Battle of the Atlantic. Germany stands ready with the best of her fleet stationed in the areas most likely to be used by American con- Ivoys. It may take more than a few salvoes of 15-inch gun fire, but the interventionist should be ready to junk any ideas on getting aid to Britain unscathed. As for the groups who have pointed to the British fleet as America's first line of sea de- fense, the Hood disaster is an ugly incident. The Hood was a first class unit of the Royal Navy, fast and well-armed. Lightly armored, she was outmatched by the newer Bismarck, but she went to the bottom as one of the most powerful ships owned by Britain. The old British doctrine of sacrificing armor and trusting seamanship, forcibly disproven at Jutland, has once again shown itself fallacious. The United States Navy is America's first line of sea defense, and should not be crippled in placing too much faith in a British fleet. Thus two naval commanders, unschooled in the ways of legislatures and public opinion, have shown America what has been hidden by poli- ticians of both parties. The war is really here. Your policies of all-aid-short-of-war have either failed in their literal sense or have been employed without any intention of falling short of war. ANY GROUPS professing halfway opinions in this present situation should be thoroughly jolted by the sinking of these two warships. The isolationists can no longer passively ignore the struggle, and those who believe in convoying aid-to-Britain should realize that such a move means a new participant in the next battle off Greenland. - Dan Behrman LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support Peace Council.. To The Editor: MICHIGAN STUDENTS are descending from their ivory tower. Five hundred and sixty students signed the No AEF, No Convoys giant postcard which was seen on campus last week. This postcard is now on its way to Washington. The primary intent of the Campus Peace Coun- cil is to make possible and effective the expression of anti-war sentiment by the students of the U. of M. The postcard is only one of the forms such expression can take. Now, if ever, activity for peace is absolutely necessary. Plans are being made to conscript boys between 18 and 21. The term of draft service may be lengthened. A scheme is afoot to conscript girls for labor service at $21 a month. All this poinps to a second AEF made "necessary" by convoys. THE American Student Defense League is con- ducting a frantic campaign to steamroller the American student into support of war. Their claims of wide student support are entirely myth- ical. On May 21st at a midwest conference of the International Student Service, Mr. Joseph Lash (head of the ISS and leader in the ASDL) was greeted with an unexpected setback when 20 of the 45 delegates signed a petition condemning convoys. And this with Lash desperately opposing any discussion which did not take for granted the position that America was inevitably bound to a program insuring British victory! The inter- ventionists do not speak for the student body4 as a statement which tirteen of the delegates signed clearly indicates: "We students who were invited to a supposedly impartial conference where all points of view were to be represented . . . have found the con--, ference not to be impartial, rather we have found the ISS leaders, lecturers and discussion advisory experts to be interested primarily in working for the involvement of this country to a greater ex- tent in the present war." The fight for peace must include in its scope a consistent opposition to all steps to war and to such self-appointed "student" organizations as the ASDL. Dramatic, representative student action for peace is a must in these days. The Campus Peace Council was set up to make possi- ble just such student participation.. Let's not become cynical about democratic procedures. We can play an important part in preventing another AEF., Write the President and your Congressman. Siu;port the Campus Peace Council. - Campus Peace Council Stay Out Of The War.. .. To The Editor: DON'T WANT ANYONE, and particularly ,someone who has not taken out his final citizenship papers, to call me a fifth columnist or a Nazi-propagandist. I was born a citizen of the United States, my parents and grandparents were citizens and my mother's people trod this soil for many generations. So I rather think of myself as a re-incarnation of those embattled farmers of Bunker Hill. Added to that I have never lived in Europe and have no personal wrongs to avenge nor either do I have any relatives living in any foreign country. So I assure you I have looked at the whole issue with a perfectly free mind and it is with an absence of bitterness and without wishing to dwell on "the mistakes of others at too great length when I suggest that it is be- ginning to look toi me as if the European states- men made a mistake when they refused to give the German people a corridor through the corri- dor. I realize we have a national debt that is going to take some tall explaining unless it can be passed off as c'est la guerre. Also that our econ- omic life as it is now constructed cannot long endure without some such stimulus. And even if you don't want to discuss war in terms of legs and arms and lives, but in terms of na- tional debt and foreign trade, don't you think that the worst depression we have ever had will follow a war? Are we going to admit that we are just too mean to figure out any economic solu- tion that doesn't call for a periodical killing off of a certain per cent of our population? And what sort of a solution could be found with the best part of the population killed, dismembered, cynical or insane, no ,longer being able to see any reason in a world which has subjected them them to such treatment? W HEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I learned in geography that we had a great percentage of the world's minerals right here in the United States, and in the case of quite a few raw materials, more than the whole rest of the world. When Germany has made practically everything out of coal, I don't know why we shouldn't be able to find an ersatz for the few things we don't possess in abundance. Later I heard the fact propounded that in our geographical position we had the best chance of any nation on earth to stay out of the Old World's quar- rels. But now, Germany is an aggressor who will certainly come and get us if we don't "defend" ourselves. (According to Lady Astor when she viewed the expanse of Great Britain on the map "It can't be might, it must be right.") With our vaunted power of production, let's make a battleship for every half mile of the American coast line - but if we are still afraid that the Germans are going to cross several thousand miles of ocean and invade us, if we think they are so much smarter than we are, such superior beings, let's invite them in to help us with our governmental problems. - L.H. No Air Reprisals,_British Say As Others R etaliatory damage to German civilians would only be imi- See It tating "psychological and military errors" of Nazi leaders. An editorial from the British publication "The New Statesman and the Nation." A NEW MENACE threatens England-the menace of sentimental hysteria. When London or Coventry or Portsmouth is heavily and indis- criminately bombed, there are always people who, in natural but ignorant anger, demand that British bombers should at once inflict similar injuries on the inhabitants of Berlin or Munich or Rome. This cry is taken up by the less scrupulous kind of journalist and the less responsible type of politician, It is not the view held by the statesman, nor by the experts, by the General Staff or by most of the men who are asked to do the bombing. The RAF would agree that bombing civilians could not end the war anyway. Look at the matter dispassionately. We cannot afford to be sentimental, and this demand to kill the maximum number of German civilians as a reprisal is nothing but sentimentalism. The facts speak for themselves. We have a far smaller bombing force than the Germans, and as our airdromes are three times as far from German towns as the Germans are from London or Sheffield or Bristol, our air force would need to be much larger than the German to be able to carry out a reprisal policy effectively. SECOND, this idea that the German morale would suddenly crack if Berlin suffered as London has suffered is just as much nonsense. If the civilian popu- lation of German towns are less brave than the in- habitants of British towns-which may or may not be the case-it would make not the slightest difference to the war. They have to "take it," even if it is true that they show less dignity and fortitude in the process. Third, British bombing of Germany has so far fol- lowed a very carefully considered and intelligent plan. We have concentrated, very efficiently, on bombing military objectives in Germany. Instead of wasting planes and bombs and pilots as the Germans did last autumn, on a futile effort to bomb civilians into sub- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN mission (and thereby strengthening their will to re- sist), British bombers have deliberately destroyed as many factories and harbors and railway communica- tions and power stations as they could. If they had not followed that policy, the German submarine bases would have been left undisturbed; the barges gathered at French and Dutch ports for the invasion of England last summer and autumn would have remained unsunk and Hitler's invasion plans would now be far advanced instead of being, as we believe, completely disarranged, and Hitler would view the outcome of the war with an assurance that we are sure he can no longer feel. * * * VERY TIME British bombers miss the oil stores, the power plants, the docks and bridges and fac- tories they are intended to hit, the German High Com- mand rejoices, just as our defense organizers sigh with relief when German bombs destroy houses and are diverted from vital and often irreplaceable mili- tary objectives. There is no reason why, when fight- ing the Nazis, we should imitate either their psycho- logical or military errors, So far the British Government has courageously refused to give in to this stupid clamor. As we grow toward parity in the air with Germany-we are very far from equality now-every intelligent person should think coolly and carefully about the best way of end- ing this threat to the best interests of civilization. As we grow in strength so it is essential that we should make clearer for What we are fighting. Our survival should promise the world freedom from slavery and a care for values that matter; we should be in a position, as the months go on and we remain unconquered, to give every human being on the Conti- nent who has not become a victim of Nazi propaganda an assurance that we are sanely anxious to end the madness of competitive destruction. Such a program needs intelligence. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1941 VOL. LI. No. 172A Publication in the Daily OfficialF Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. J O Notices To the Members of the Faculty of e the College of Literature, Science, t and the Arts: The eighth regular f meeting of the Faculty of the Col-c lege of Literature, Science, and the Arts for the academic session of 1940-41 will be held in Room 1025 Angell Hall, June 2, at 4:15 p.m. n AGENDA: 1. Consideration of the minutes of the meeting of May 5, 1941, whichg were distributed by campus mail. o 2. Retirement of Professor E. C.D Case and Librarian W. W. Bishop. 3. Consideration of the reports sub-c mitted with the call to the meeting: a. Executive Committee, prepared r by Professor R. C. Angell.r b. University Council, prepared bya Professor R. W. Sellars. c. Executive Board of the Gradu-t ate School, prepared by Professora C. S. Schoepfle.c d. Deans Conference, prepared by Dean E. H. Kraus. Since the last meeting of the Facul- ty the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has not met. Hence no report can be submitted withnthe call for the Faculty meet- ing, The Committee will meet, how- ever, on Tuesday, May 27, and a verbal report on that meeting will be made by Professor C. F. Remer. t 4. Elections (Nominating Commit-1 tee: Professors H. J. Heneman, W. W. Sleator, and W. R. Humphreys, Chairman.) a. Four members of the University Council, to serve for three years. b. Two members of the Administra- tive Board, to serve for three years. 5. Evaluation of Faculty Services. The report of the Executive Commit- tee has been distributed by campus mail. 6. Graduate Record Examination_ Assistant Dean L. S. Woodburne. 7. Faculty Scholarship Fund. 8. Centennial Celebration. 9. New business. 10. Announcements. Library Hours on Memorial Day: On Friday, May 30, the Service De- partments of the General Library will be open the usual hours, 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Study Halls outside of the building and the Departmental Libraries will be closed, with the ex- ception of Angell Hall Study Hall and the Economics Library, which will be open from 8:00 to 12:00 a.m. and 1:OG to 5:30 p.m. Wm. W. Bishop, Librarian The Automobile Regulation will NOT be lifted for Memorial Day, Friday, May 30. Office of the Dean of Students Registration Material: Colleges of L.S.&A., and Architecture, Schools of Education, Forestry, and Music: Summer Session registration ma- All students of Colleges of L.S.&A., Architecture; Schools of Education, Forestry, and Music: File change of address card in Room 4 U.H. before June 3. Blue prints of records and )ther information will be sent imme- diately after examinatoins to you at he address given in February unless hange of address is filed. Failure o receive your blue print because of faulty address will necessitate a charge of $1.00 for the second copy. R. L. Williams, Assistant Registrar The official closing hour for wo- men tonight is 1:30. Positions for Undergraduate En- gineers: Lt. Schroder of the Bureau of Ordnance of the Army will be in my office this morning to interview students who have completed two or more years in any of the engineering courses and do not expect to return to college next year. Appointees will receive permanent appointments. Ap- plications for summer positions only are not desired. This information was received over the long-distance telephone, and I am not too clear as to the conditions of employment. I suggest that stu- dents who are interested report in Room 3201 East Engineering Build- ing at 9:15, 10:15 or 11:15 to hear Lt. - Schroder explain the situation. Alfred H. White All students who expect to become candidates for a Teacher's Certificate in February, June, or August 1942 should call at the office of the School of Education for an application blank for admission to candidacy for the teacher's certificate, which is to be returned by Monday, June 2. For Men Who Want Wings: The Air Corps now has a flying cadet Recruiting Officer on your campus. Come in and see Lt. Van Zant in R.O.T.C. Office on enlistment prob lem. Hours 8:30 to 4:30 daily. The University Bureeau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received a call for an optician benchman for part time work in Anr Arbor. Will the student who advised a local optical company that he had experience in this work, please get in touch with the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. The University Bureau of Appoint ments and Occupational Informatio has received notice of the following Civil Service Examinations. Las date for filing application is noted i each case: MICHIGAN CIVIL SERVICE Unemployment Compensation Pay roll Auditor I, salary $150, June 11 1941. Unemployment Compensation Pay roll Auditor II, salary $200, June 11 1941. Liquor Warehouseman B5, salar $105, June 11, 1941. Liquor Warehouseman A, salar $130, June 11, 1941. Conservation Executive VI, salar $525, June 11, 1941. Conservation Education Executiv Land Conservation Executive V, $400, June 11, 1941. Park Executive IV, $325, June 11, 1941. Park Executive V, $400, June 11, 1941. Wildlife Conservation Executive V, $400, 1941. General Clerk C, salary $80, June 18, 1941. General Clerk B, $105, June 18, 1941 General Clerk #, $130, June 18, ew Robeit S. Alle 1941. Account Clerk B, $105, June 18, 1941. Typist Clerk C, $80, June 18, 1941. Typist Clerk B, $105, June 18, 1941. Typist Clerk A, $130, June 18, 1941. Account Clerk A, salary $130, June 18, 1941. Stenographer Clerk C, $80, June 18, 1941. Stenographer Clerk B, $105, June 18, 1941. Stenographer Clerk A, $130, June Medical Stenographer B, $105, June 18, 1941. Complete announcements on file at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Academic Notices Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet Saturday, May 31, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 319 West Medical Building. Subject: "Biographical Studies of American Biochemists." All interest- ed are invited. German Department. Room As- signments for final examinations in German 1, 2, 31, 32. June 7, 1941, 2-5 p.m.: German 1: All sections 25 A.H. German 2: Gaiss, Edwards, Van Duren, Willey, Sinnema, Pott, Strie- dieck-West Lecture Physics. Ebelke, Philippson, 231 Angell Hall. Diamond, 35 Angell Hall. German 31: All sections, D.H.H. German 32: Pott, West Lecture Physics; Nordmeyer, 203 U.H.; Wahr, 301 U.H.; Diamond, 35 A.H.; Eaton, 306 U.H.; Van Duren, 205 M.H.; Rei- chart, 201 U.H.; Graf, 305 S.W. Doctoral Examination for Miss Josephine Davis Banta, Comparative 1 Literature; Thesis: "Salmon Macrin Z (1490-1557) and His Circle as Re- f vealed in His Works," today at 2:00 p~m., in 2009 Angell Hall. Chairman, J. E. Dunlap. Doctoral Examination for Charles 0. Harris, Engineering Mechanics; a Thesis: "A Study of the Dynamic Properties of Rubber," today at 3:00 p.m., in 411A West Engineering Bldg. Acting Chairman, E. L. Eriksen. Doctoral Examination for Richard Joseph Preston, Jr., Forestry and Con- - servation; Thesis: "The Growth and , Development of the Root Systems of Juvenile Lodgepole Pine, (Pinus con- - torta var latifolia Engelm.) ," today at 9:00 a.m., in 2045 Natural Science Bldg. Chairman, S. T. -Dana. 'y Doctoral Examination for Oliver Frederic Senn, Chemistry; Thesis: y "The Reaction of Phenyl Lithium with Diaryl-and Triaryl-Chlorome- y thanes," today at 2:30 p.m., in 309 Chemistry Bldg. Chairman, C. S. e A PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has just had a pri- vate poll taken of Midwestern sentiment on the question of intervention in the war. Not satisfied with the confused and conflicting re- ports lie was getting, FDR sent a personal repre- sentative to seven states to see what the people really thought, and he has just returned from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Nevada, Colorado, and Utah, where he listened to farm- ers, editors, business men and gas station oper- ators. The White House aide has brought back a report which says in effect that Midwest iso- lationism is largely a myth. On the question of convoys, he found hard-headed farmers saying they wanted to see American farm products de- livered safely to the other side, not sunk to the bottom. Roadside sentiment seemed to be, "What are we waiting for? This thing has got to be settled.