AIL u kA T" RFDIA esses THE MICHIGAN DAILY THE REPLY CHURLISH By TOUCHSTONE 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. REPRESENI "E: FOk NATIONAL ADVERTIJiNG B-, National Advertising Service, Lc1 College Publishers Representative 420 MADIsoN AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON * LOS ANGELES *"SAN FRANCISco Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1940-41 Editorial Stafff 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 * . Exchapige 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: CHESTER BRADLEYv The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. ew America And The War F4OUR MONTHS after the publication of Harold J. Laski's great manifesto to the English people and government, "Where Do We Go From Here?", Britain still stands. It was Mr. Laski's thesis in his book that if Britain was to survive the war, the British government must capture the dynamic of the English masses for such a tremendous effort by initiating a basic social reconstruction of English society. So convincingly written is Laski's message that today many American liberals are ready to be- lieve that every passing day of British resistance means that democratic socialism in England is nearer accomplishment. Speaking before an Ann Arbor luncheon audience last week-end, national director Thomas Wright of the liberal- socialist political movement, New America, went so far as to declare that he was ready to ask that America participate militarily to aid the British cause without even a declaration of war aims by the Churchill government. Many American liberals like Wright have swallowed Laski's thesis, that survival of Britain depends upon a social revolution there, without digesting it. Of course Wright and others may have come to their conclu- sions independently of Laski, but the remark is still very pertinent, that, when Laski speaks of Britain's survival, he means sur- vival of democratic institutions there. He admits, though he does not think it probable, that Britain mhay win militarily without any basic social reconstruction, and will lose denicracy through internal fascism after- wards as one of the aftermaths of the war. We must bear in mind, then, what the foremost exponent of the "survival through social reconstruction" theory means by sur- vival. For Mr. Laski is quite frank in admit- ting that the dominant privileged classes of Englaid, the original appeasers who aided And abetted Hitler's rise, are still trying to beat Hitler with a minimum sacrifice of their. own interests. Teyporary concessions and promises, and the stark imminence of Nazi conquest may be able to maintaioy that devotion of the English masses to the united war effort to give England a military victory. Certainly such an interpretation of the so- called "facts" of social reconstruction in Png- land seems more valid in the light of all previous experience. The situation maybe is unique as Mr. Wright and others claim it to be, but it is not so unique that the old-fashioned methods of trickery, deception and concessions in a pinch can be neatly ruled out, The British emmissaries of privilege still dom- inate the British cabinet and the parliament by decided majorities. England's great labor leader, Ernest Bevin, is placed in the position as secre- tary in charge of production, a position where he can most effectively help the British cause by appealing to the English masses for their all-. important labor, while to what ends their toil is to serve is in the hands of men like Lord Halifax, a representative of British privilege who was active in aiding Hitler's ascent. It is argued that high corporate levies, exten- sion of some old-age pensions and unemploy- ment insurance and the fact that most political The source: Michigan Daily Activities Supple- ment, Tuesday, February 25, 1941, page ten. The headline: GARG, HUMOR MAGAZINE, HAS VARIED STAFF Members Are From All Schools, Classes; See Funny Side Of Campus1 News item: "The Michigan Gargoyle attempts to interpret the humorous side of life on the Mich- igan campus. To do this it is necessary to draw staff members from every branch and class of the University." News item (2): "It is a Gargoyle tradition that anyone who has a real sense of humor may become a staff member despite a lack of specific abilities." One Act Play: Scene, the office of The Gar- goyle," a campus humor magazine. Thirty-seven editors, drawn from all walks of life, sit quietly tittering behind a long table. Cartoons, jokes, cigarette butts, empty whiskey bottles, and other props. Enter young boy, wearing freshman pot, smoking pipe with class numerals. Boy: PaxdQn me , but is this the - All: Oh ha ha hd ha ha ha ha ha ha. Boy: Ah, indeed, I see it oh heh heh heh hee hee hee I see it is indeed the place I am seek- ing. All: Who was that lady we seen you with last night? Boy: (Brightly) That was no lady, that was oh haw haw haw haw haw, I mean that was my ha ha ha ha (he dies into prolonged giggle.) Editor: (the one fifteenth from the left, no not that one, the one with the glasses, yes that's him) Young sir, ha ha ha, tell me, what do you know that's funny about the Engine school? Ha ha ha ha hee hee. Boy: The Engine school? The uh huh huh ha ha Engine School? Why the Engine school is ha, ha ha, heh heh haw haw haw haw haw, why months ago when they voted down a consid- eration of Indian independence demands. If British privilege is unwilling to even con- sider an abrogation of sovereignty over an- other people, can they be expected to allow the sacrifice of national sovereignty that woud be necessary for a peaceful European order? Yes, British reaction still rides the saddle of power in England. The right to criticize in war-time doesn't mean that England is becoming more demo- cratic. The coalition government dominated by the representatives of British privilege still rules the roost, holding the support of the patient English people by the very immi- nence of the danger and a show of repre- sentation in the cabiet. All the condition-{ ing and culture of British privilege rules that, in an even more dominant position after the war, they will look to their interests first with even more tragic post-war results for the world than followed the first world conflict. Yes, Mr. Wright this war is unique in that in-{ extricably tied up with the imperial struggle is a fundamental revolutionary force of nihilism whose influence America feels today and cannot escape tomorrow. There are differences between England and Nazi Germany that make the Eng- lish support worthy of our material support. We are already in the war to that extent. But can you, Kr. Wright, or any others, honestly ask American youth to shed their blood for what those who dominate England are fighting for? Merely saying that we are in the war already does not blur the fact that there is a vast differ- ence between what material and military partici- pation in the war will mean for America. Mili-\ tary participation will reach to the very fiber of American youth, involve their entire ideals and hopes and lives. If the American people suffer once more the disillusionment that followed the last war "for democracy" they will be psycho-. logically and morally incapable of organizing themselves democratically and peacefully do- mestically or internationally. How ask people to live democratically, when democracy means nothing but dis- illusionment? And to say that, after helping defeat Hitler, America will enforce democrat- ic morals in the world is to speak the shib- boleth of the American super-patriot and typical politician. The world will not be made a moral world by a country that does not first practice them itself. It is to that task that America must first devote herself, to make democracy work here in America. Material aid to Britain, yes, but America must have peace if she is to realize her pos- sibilities. As Robert Maynard Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago has brilliantly put it: "Some day if we stay out of war we may perhaps understand and practice freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. We may even be able to comprehend and support justice, democracy, the moral order and the suprem- acy of human rights. Today we have but begun to grasp the meaning of the words ... If we go to war we shall think no more of justice, the moral order and the supremacy of human rights. We shall have hope no longer". That is our first task, to become a real democ- racy so that when we fight fascism, it will be democracy that fights. If we fight today, even if we help England beat Hitler by sending our soldiers across, we will lose, lose the only thing that is worth fighting for, the democratic heri- tage that can be ours. This is the "new Ameri- it's just aw haw haw uh uh uh (swallows, get's breath) aw cut it out, you're killing me. Another editor: Have you any specific abili- ties? ha ha ha ha. (Young lady makes marks on piece of paper. smiling.) Still another editor: Are we uh tee hee hee haw haw HAW, to understand that you wish to HAW HAW HAW try out for this here, mag? And Still Another Editor: Have you, hoo hoo ho eh eh, had any experience in statistics? (He falls off his chair in a fit of laughter.) And Yet Another: Have you oh gosh it's kill- ing me, hahahaha, have you heard the latest HAW HAW HAW HAW? Boy: I, ha ha he he he heh heh, I'll take the job oof oof oof har! All: (boy taking place with them behind table, thus making thirty-eight editors, if you include( the one who fell under the table) Ha ha ha ha heh heh heh heh hee hee hee HA HA HA HA HOO HOO HOO HEH HEH HEH HEH HAR HAR HAR HAW HAW HAW HAWHAW. (Curtain) And while we're on the subject, because I can't afford to send it to her, here is my own dear open telegram to Shirley R. Wallace, who was revealed to her own sweet, loving Touch- stone and to the rest of the public, last Thurs- day as the mysterious Stardust, and who lies in sick bed, in Passaic no kidding, New Jersey. mourning a lost appendix. SR WALLACE GENERAL HOSPITAL, BED PAN ALLEY PASSAIC. NEW JERSEY RAT, YOUR DUPLICITY UNEQUALED IN MY EX- PERIENCE SINCE MY LAST DATE WITH LU- CREZIA BORGIA STOP AS AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY'S I SHOULD HAVE BEEN LET IN ON THE SECRET STOP SO YOU ARE STARDUST ARE YOU QUESTION MARK WELL COMMA LET ME TELL YOU SOME- THING BABY SEMI COLON WHATEVER YOU KNOW ABOUT MEN YOU LEARNED FROM ME STOP OF ALL THE DOUBLE HYPHEN DEALING DIRTY DEALS I EVER DREW YOU ARE NUMBER ONE ON MY HIT PARADE STOP BESIDES YOUR PICTURE FLATTERED YOU STOP MY FAITH IN WOMANKIND IS SHATTERED AS A RESULT OF YOU I CAN CALL THEM NOTHING BUT FIBS STOP WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY TELL ME ABOUT THESE THINGS QUESTION MARK I STILL LOVE YOU COMMA STARDUST BUT AS FOR YOU COMMA WALLACE COMMA JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU GET BACK HERE STOP YOU OWE ME ONE DINNER AT THE UNION STOP BLACK OR WHITE TIE QUESTION MARK I LOVE YOU DEAR STOP SO LONG UNTIL SOON TOUCHSTONE I9 ART The Ann Arbor Art Association has as its current exhibition, in Alumni Memorial Hall, a display of small-folio Currier and Ives prints, and a collection of lithographs by the Japanese painter, Yasuo Kuniyoshi. The show, while distinctly of a minor sort, is pleasant and stim- ulating to the eye. If the Kuniyoshi prints come off with honors aesthetically, the Currier and Ives lithographs certainly have the his- toric and social significance. It is a matter of considerable importance, one may insist, to estimate justly and accurately the importance of the Currier and Ives prints. One must not fall over backwards into over- praising them, but one may safely say that they rank high in the history of American art. Cer- tainly, they mark a genuinely native contribu- tion, even,if they be on the primitive side. This primitive character is displayed in the altogether charming Mt. Vernon.. Such thing as Bolted or Martin van Buren seem like pleasant country cousins of Constatin Guys' equestian prints. The Kuniyoshi prints give a cross-section of the work of this distinguished painter. Here may be seen his own personal invention applied to the medium of the lithograph. How one re- acts to these prints will depend on whether or not one likes Kuniyoshi's peculiar idiom. This is an ultra-smart and stylish sort of art. That is possesses true style is another thing. If one will accept the Kuniyoshi manner, several of the pieces are rewarding. Among these are De- serted Brickyard and Dress Form, both in soft, grey tones. Squash and Pears and Grapes stand out among the still-lifes. Perhaps the most ap- pealing of the prints is the witty Milking Cow. It has in it all the satire for which the artist strives in vain in his many figure pieces. -John Maxon The Eagle Has Strong Wings A #mock battle in British skies has dispelled one of the most insidious reports of the war with respect to aviation. No longer can the rumor persist that the American combat planes are an inferior product. For when an American ship, in test combat, recently "brought down" one of the famous British Hurricanes, it proved more than an ac- curate military assessment of the kind of craft coming from American production lines. To a nation, itself facing potential emergency, the test must be as reassuring as it is to the British who are staking so much on American "tools". The test combat wfs carried out under con- * .;"^..-wy . ..-ni -,.noQ 4-. .p a n an n i-s n r, a a - ~GO$ WASHINGTON - In the public mind America's National Defense Problem No. 1 is production of air- planes. Actually, however, it isn't. War Department chiefs haven't been advertising it, but their great- est worry is gunpowder. You can't fight a war without powder. And upj until recently the annual powder pro-' duction of all U.S. factories was only 12,000,000 pounds, which would last us a few short weeks in wartime. In comparison, the United States produced 500,000,000 pounds of pow-' der at the end of the last war, and had partially built factories which would have produced another 500,- 000,000 pounds a few months after the Armistice.; BUT in 1919-20 these factories were torn down or converted, by com- panies worried lest the Government get into munitions manufacture and compete with their private business. Twenty years have passed. Today, with the country facing the most ur- gent rearmament race in history, private companies still are worried over government operation - espe- cially of nitrate plants. It happens that nitrate is the key to gunpowder production. Manufac- ture of powder is a simple and speedy process. But it is made from explo- sive nitrate, and nitrate production is far more difficult. Source Of Nitrates HERE are two kinds of nitrates, natural and synthetic. Major source of the natural is Chile. But it has two big drawbacks: (1) the desperate shipping shortage; (2) the product's inferiority to synthetic nitrate for, powder purposes, although good; enough for fertilizer. Use of syn-; thetic nitrate for explosives is far; more efficient, less expensive and militarily more desirable. In the United States there are only two big producers of synthetic explo- sive nitrate - Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, at its giant Hope- well, Va., plant; and duPont. When Defense Commission chiefs decided to build new powder plants, they also had to provide an adequate; supply of nitrate. And right there they earl lead-on into a maze of private opposition to their methods- tacitly supported by certain Army officers. Today, one year later, the tangle is not wholly resolved. The untold; (Continued from Page 2) examination will be held Tuesday, ,%,arch 4, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1018 Angell Hall. Concerts Choral Union Concert: The Uni- versity Musical Society will present Nathan Milstein, violinist, Arthur Balsam, accompanist, ,in the tenth Choral Union concert Tuesday eve- ning, March 4, at 8:30 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. Mr. Milstein will appear instead of Georges Enesco, who has been detained in Rumania on account of the war. Piano Concert: Maud Okkelberd, Pianist, will present a recital as part of the Faculty Concert Series at 4:15 p.m., Sunday, March 2. in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The general public is invited to attend. Exhibitions An exhibition of Currier and Ives prints and of work by Yasuo Kuni- yoshi is open afternoons from 2 to 5 in Alumni Memorial Hall, through March 7. .Lectures University Lecturer The Honorable Edwin Lowe Neville, recently Ameri- can Minister to Thailand, will give the following lectures under the au- spices of the Political Science De- partment at 4:15 p.m. on the days named. March 5: "Far Eastern Reactions to Western Penetration." Rackham Amphitheatre.a Attention is called to the changes' made in the schedule for Mr. Neville's lectures as originally announced. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Colonel W. H. Draper, of the Selective Service Head- quarters, U.S.A., will lecture on the subject, "The Selective Service Act and the College Student" under the auspices of the University Commit- tee on Defense Issues on Thursday, March 6, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rack- ham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Dr. C. N. H. Long, Sterling Professor of Physiolo- gical Chemistry, Yale University, will give the following lectures under the auspices of the Department of Bio- logical Chemistry: March 7: "Endocrines and the Con- trol of Carbohydrate Metabolism." 4:15 p.m., Rackham Lecture Hall. March 8: "Chemistry and Physi- ology of the Adrenal Cortex." 11:00 a.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ers of the club will meet in front f the East Engineering Building at :15 p.m. to arrange for transporta- ion to the airport. Members plan- ting to use the plane Sunday morn- ag will be limited to one-half hour. To reservations will be allowed on he plane Sunday afternoon. International Center: Sunday, arch 2, Prof. Preston Slosson will peak at 7:30 at the Center on the "egular Sunday Evening Program, ollowing the usual supper hour. Prof. losson will discuss "Some Aspects if the Present World Situation." The Gamma Delta Student Club of t. Paul Lutheran church, will have ,n outdoor steak roast on Sunday, larch 2. The group will meet at :30 p.m. at the church. All Lu- heran students are invited. The Bethlehem Student Guild will lave supper at the Church Sunday vening at 6:00. Afterwards there vill be a Home Talent Musicale. Lutheran Student Association: The cappella choir will meet for re- Learsal in the Zion Lutheran Parish [all Sunday at 4:00 p.m. There will be a regular meeting of he association Sunday evening in he Zion Parish Hall, beginning at :30. Supper will be served, and fterward Prof. P. E. Bursley will peak to the group. All interested ,re invited, Churches Zion Lutheran Church will hold egular services Sunday morning at 0:30. Rev. E. C. Stellhorn will deliver e sermon on "The Priceless Value f the Kingdom of God." First Baptist Church: 10:30 a.m. A nified service of worship and study. ermon: "A Higher Law." 10:30 a.m. A special program of !orship, study, and activity, for Kin- rgarten and Primary children in ieir respective rooms. 6:30 p.m. The High School Young leople's Fellowship will meet in the hiurch. Robert Streeter and George !orcker will lead the discussion on Personality." 7:00 p.m. The Roger Williams will feet in the Guild House for a social our. 8:00 p.m. Guild and Church will nite in a Choral Communion Serv- e in the church sanctuary. Unitarian Church:11:00 a.m. [orning Service: "In Time of War repare for Peace," Charles Weller, :ichigan Alumnus, and Head of orld Fellowship Movement. 3:15 p.m. Rockwell Kent will speak n the "Spanish Aftermath" as a enefit for a Spanish Refugee Ship. mall admission fee. Reception will follow. Spanish Ex- ibit will be on display. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church: unday, 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion; :30 a.m. High School Class, Harris fall; 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion nd Sermon by the Rev. Henry Lewis; 1:00 a.m. Junior Church;11:00 a.m. :indergarten, Harris Hall; 7:00 p.m. haplain's Hour, Chapel, Harris Hall; :30 p.m. College Work Program, Har- is Hall. Speaker: Paul B. Cares of Jlegheny College. Topic: "New Wine n Old Bottles" or ("The Reformation -a Revolution, Part II); 7:30 p.m. horal Evensong in the church with nusic by the Men and Boys Choir; :15 p.m..Lecture on "The Episcopal 7hurch" by Rev. Henry Lewis (in the hurch). First Presbyterian Church: For the First Sunday in Lent, Dr. W. P. emon will speak on "Life Simpli- ed" at the morning worship serv- ice at 10:45 o'clock. At the Westminster Guild on Sun- lay evening, Palmer Christian will give a program of music in the church auditorium at 7 o'clock. A cost supper precedes the meeting at 6 o'clock. The Sunday Evening Club will meet at 8 o'clock in the Lewis-Vance Par- lors. Disciples Guild (Christian Church) 10:00 a.m. Students' Bible Class, H. L. Pickerill, leader. 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship, Rev. Fred Cowin, Minister. 6:30 p.m. Disciples Guild Sunday evening hour. Mr. Francis Ailen will speak to a joint meeting of the Guild and the Dunbar Center young people's group on the topic "The Effect of Interracial Groups in Con- munity Life." First Church of Christ, Scientist: Sunday morning services at 10:30. Subject: "Christ Jesus." Sunday School at 11:45 a.m. First Congregational Church: 10:00 a.m. This marks the first of a sym- posium to be held throughout Lent on the topic, "Religion and Life." Prof. Avard Fairbanks will talk on "Re- ligion As Viewed by the Artist." 10:45 a.m. Services of Public Wor- ship. Dr, L. A. Parr will preach on. the first of his Lenten series of "Vi- tal Questions," "Why Are We Here?" story of the stalling of this vital de-! The public is cordially invited. fense program is one of the most ex- traordinary in the entire defensei picture. First Nitrate Hitch FIRST HITCH was objection to the Government's plan of importing Chilean nitrate, thus permitting Allied Chemical's Hopewell plant to stop making fertilizer and devote its entire capacity to explosive; nitrates, if necessary. The chemical industry fell on this plan like a ton of brick. Backed by certain Army officials, it hotly denied that the nation faced a nitrate short- age. Hopewell's full facilities, it was argued would not be needed for pow- der purposes. The Defense Commission then turned to developing new plant facil- ities. Here good fortune seemedWto smile. TVA still had its World War nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, was eager to use it for defense produc- tion. But during long Senate debates in the Coolidge an'd Hoover administra- tions, which opposed government production of nitrates, the machinery had lain idle, and now needed mod- ernization. Still that would take less time than erecting a new plant, and their were also the advantages of strategic location plus excellent pow- er and transportation facilities. University Lecture: Dr. Edgar Allen, Professor of Anatomy at Yale University School of Medicine, will lecture on the subject, "The Ovaries and Their Hormones," under the auspices of the Department of Ana- tomy of the Medical School at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, March 14, in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The lecture is open to the public and members of the Michigan Academy of Science are especially invited. Biological Chemistry Lecture: Dr. J. L. Irvin of Wayne University will lecture on "Bile and Bile Acids" in the East Lecture Room of the Rack- ham Building at 11:00 a.m. today. All interested are invited. Events Today y1 I International Center: Today at 3:00 p.m. the Political Round Table will discuss "The Future of Freedom and World Peace." Robert T. Nieset will lead the discussion. "Trelawney of the Wells," Arthur "Wing Pinero's famous comedy of theatre life in the last century, will be performed again tonight in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre by Play Production of the Department of Speech. Reservations may be made by phoning 6300. Second Nitrate Hitch WHEN the Defense Commission Coming Events moved to use this government- I owned plant, it again ran into power- Junior Research Club will meet on ful opposition from big business, par- Tuesday, March 4, in the Amphithe- ticularly from the duPonts, tacitly atre of the Horace H. Rackham encouraged by the Army. However, School of Graduate Studies at 7:30 weeks later, the Defense Commission p.m. finally had its way and the plan was Program: "Current Interests in Ar- approved. Defeated, the duPonts did thritis Research" by R. H. Freyberg,I the sporting thing and offered to sell Internal Medicine. TVA latest types of oxidizers, thus "Cushions and Comfort" by W. E. expediting renovation of the Muscle Lay, Mechanical Engineering Depart- Shoals plant. ment. TVA and Defense Commission- heads were delighted. But their The Honorable Edwin L. Neville pleasure - and duPont's willingness will talk with students interested in -was short-lived. When it came to the foreign service as a career on installing the machinery, duPont de- Monday and Tuesday, March 3 and manded a guarantee that it would be 4, at 3:00 p.m. in room 1035 Angell used only to produce explosive nitrate Hall. and never fertilizer, in which duPont is heavily interested. The Pre-Medical Society will meet i a 1 i i 1 T HIS was rejected flatly by TVA, which pointed out that even if it wanted to, it couldn't accept such a Wednesday, March 5, at 8:00 p.m. at the Michigan Union. Committees will report on the extra activities planned for this semester, and the