PAGE FOUR THE MICIjaAN IIXT .v WE"DNEgDAY, OCTOER 30,1940 y 11 L.I Y11 1. lI 11 1 1./' Ll 11 . / Ill 1J 1 -__.... _ 1 a w THE MICHIGAN DAILY J-Hop Elections Lack Representation I Edited and managed by students of the University 0o 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 Assolated 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. Subcriptions during the regular school year by carrier $4.40: by mail, $450. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON . Los ANGELES * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Editorial Staff LAST YEAR, approximately at this same time, a number of students were elected to posts on both the J-Hop and Soph Prom committees. In no case did any can- didate receive more than 39 votes and in one instance a contestant was elected with 11. There were three reasons for this undesirable condition. (1) The voting was conducted for only a short period of time in the afternoon; (2) the voting was done in certain rooms of campus buildings rather than in open and more accessible spots; (3) the system of proportional representation was not used. TODAY another election for dance committees will be held and from all indications the same thing that happened in 1939 will happen again. And, unfortunately, this system enables any student who can get together 20 or 30 friends to get into office-clearly not as a representa- tive of a cross-section of the opinion of his class. A tip could well be taken by the sponsors of this election from the Student Senate. In that election balloting goes on from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. all over the campus and students cannot help but see a place to cast their vote. In addition the publicity accompanying the Senate race constantly reminds them to vote. Hervie Haufler . . Alvin Sarasohn . Paul M. Chandler Karl Kessler Milton Orshefsky . . Howard A. Goldman . . Laurence Mascott . . Donald Wirtchatter . Esther Osser . Helen Corman. Business S Business Manager . Assistant Businiess Manager . Women's Business Manager Womenn's Advertising Manager Managing Editor . Editorial Director . . City Editor, . Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Sports Editor . Women's Edior *Exchange Editor N ADDITION, if the dance committee elections were worked under the Hare system of pro- portional representation more votes would be needed to choose a candidate and a better idea of campus opinion would be received. It's too late now to do anything about today's race but we sincerely hope in the future that something will be done about a system which enables one to get into office by merely "drag- ging 15 or 20 friends to the polls." - Alfred P. Blaustein staff Aigler Promises Non-Partisan Talk.. Irving Guttman Robert Gilmour Helen Bohnsack . Jane Krause . . NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT SPECKHARD The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only: Welcome, Senator Brown .. U NITED STATES SENATOR PREN- TISS BROWN, who 'comes to Ann Arbor this afternoon to discuss issues of the cur- rent Presidential campaign before the Michigan Forum, is a great American and Democrat. That he has agreed to come here and speak at the Union today is to the credit of the Forum. And students and townspeople should feel especially fortunate this year, for Senator Brown's address will round out the presentation locally of the arguments of all three leading Presidential can- didites, delivered in the Socialist and Republi- ,can cases by the candidates themselves, and now in behalf of the New Deal Democrats by Michigan's second senator in point of years of service. Students this year are able to examine the issues more closely, to hear them first-hand from the men who formulate them. That is why the doubts in the minds of many were lessened by the timely speeches here of Wendell Willkie and Norman Thomas who should be able to explain their positions better than others more remote from the real campaign. But, the Pres- ident himself has so far declared himself too busy directing the defense program to find time to venture far from Washington. It is therefore fortunate that we have one as close to the Ad- ministration as Senator Brown to. present the New Deal's reasons for perpetuating itself. Senator Brown's position has usually been close to that of the President, but he opposed the Court-packing scheme. He again deviated from the position of the Nevy Deal when he voted against. conscription in the Senate recently, and thus gained the admiration of many stu- dents who also opposed it. His support of the New Deal's social and economic measures has also gained him wide acclaim. THE DAILY is proud to welcome democratic, Democrat Senator Prentiss Brown to Ann Arbor. -Alvin Sarasohn T HE CURRENT POLITICAL CAM- PAIGN has so many highly complex aspects that poor John Q. Public and his young cousins, Joe and Josephine College, are having a rather difficult time even recognizing the elec- tion issues. Striving to clear up any befogged issues and to explain away any obscurities in the stands of the Democratic and Republican parties, the University of Michigan Republican Club is spon- soring a non-partisan discussion of "The Issues of the Campaign" by Prof. Ralph W. Aigler at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union. Professor Aigler's talk 'is to be based upon in- formation he gained serving as interlocutor for the series of quiz programs recently held in the country courthouse. He hasadequate basis for a completely objective, non-partisan, presenta- tion of the issues. Perhaps the discussion will not be completely objective, but, at any rate, we are promised a totally non-partisan talk. If it materializes as promised, it will be an excellent opportunity for the new voter to obtain a broad view of what the campaign is all about, as seen through the summarizing eyes of an experienced man. Such an iopportunity should not be neglected nor overlooked. And the Club deserves recogni- tion for trying to give us such a chance to learn about the campaign issues. - William H. Newton LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Praise For Slosson To the Editor: Y CONGRATULATIONS to Prof. Preston W. Slosson for fighting what appears to be a losing battle for the cause of peace. The fact that the peace after World War I failed to be permanent is no reason for shying away from any future peace we may have the opportunity to make. Rather we should examine why the last one failed in order that the next one may succeed. America does not want war, and yet she has had no small part in bringing on the present conflict that threatens to engulf her. She helped stamp out the fire in Europe in 1918, yet when it came to building and keeping up a fireproof structure to prevent future outbreaks, America let "party politics'-preferring Senator Lodge's way to President Wilson's-keep her out of the most promising attempt in history to end war as a means of settling quarrels, the League of Nations. Few individuals would be foolish enough to pay a very dear price for an article in a store and then leave it lying on the counter. Yet as a nation we paid out countless millions in human lives and property in the first World War and then left the peace we bought so dearly lying on the counter in Europe. AND AS IF it weren't enough o a handicap to permanent peace to have one of the strongest nations in the world refuse to partici- pate in the League, America refused to cooperate with it either. When the first sparks of World War II started to glow in Ethiopia, the League of Nations tried to stamp them out by applying sanctions and embargoes against Italy. But the United States enhanced her profits by selling oil and other war essentials to Italy at that time. If this World War II proves anything it proves that a lasting world peace cannot exist without world participation and cooperation. So I say with Professor Slosson: "Suppose for a change that we make a peace this time-and stick with it." - Another American Inhabitant tinent. The recent Axis treaty mentions neither of these alternatives. &WfITCR by mGscott Editor's Note: Tom Goodkind, a junior on the Garg staff, is writing this column today. His pres- ence on the Garg perhaps explains his following disillusionment. On his appreciation of "Foreign Correspondent," however, we vehemently disagree. TE SAW a picture the other day, a new and different activity for Ann Arbor, that brought to mind, only too sharply, a dream that we have cherished for years. Ever since "Fror< Page," we have gallantly clung to this ideal, and every time we see a movie about newspapermen, we feel a touch of nostalgia and regret. The pic- ture in question is Alfred Hitchcock's extremely well-done "Foreign Correspondent" that is both exciting and timely. In case you haven't had the good luck to see it, its title tells the story The chief character is a very handsome guy (Joel McCrea in real life) who lands the foreign correspondent's job because of a quirk in his editor's nature. He hasn't much of a nose for news, but he falls into a scoop situation that would make the heart of Henry Luce or Ray Ingersoll skip three beats. He is surrounded with spies, lunatic diplomats, beautiful women, and the romantic settings of London and Amster- dam. As I said, he is dumb, but he's lucky and glamorous. The Movie Type W E HAVE always wanted to be such a charac- ter, the kind of a guy that never buys his own cigarettes or beer, yet has such charm, fi- nesse and technique that people are honored to let him sponge off them. We want to be able to fall into remarkable situations that spell S-C-O-O-P with the ease and dexterity that these celluloid maestros do. We want to be able to handle the most ticklish circumstances with the required amount of grace and finesse. But most of all, we want to possess the irresistible joie de vivre that our hero has. As a matter of fact, we'd like to meet such a reporter some time. Most of them are of the type that you spot in a crowd as clerks or cashiers or petty business men. They all lack that essential--glamour; es- pecially the one foreign correspondent we know. He is a rather seedy looking individual who wears glasses and is prematurely bald. He wears dark blue or light gray suits and plants his fedora squarely on top of his head. His apartment, at least his apartment in Paris, was in a nice quiet pension at least three blocks from the nearest bistro. Though he seems drab his 'lifehas been quite exciting, at least during the past year and a half, for, during this time, he covered Norway, Finland and Berlin by radio for NBC. Yet, he's really just a guy with an average sense of humor and an average capacity for beer. Glamorous Reporters AS FOR domestic material, the typical political, criminal, or sports reporter isn't even a lug. Most people think that if a person's a reporter, he either has to be glamourous in the sense that he wears Harris Tweeds, or else he has to be down and out living on chili con carne and black coffee. Think of the most average person you know, that person that is the incarnation of the neutral in American life. That's your reporter. The only difference is that he's a hard drinker. But what the hell, when a fellow has to work fifty-five hours a week at twenty-five bucks per, which is tops for most reporting jobs, he doesn't have much time or money in which or with which he can make merry and be well-dressed, so he resorts to Bourbon and ginger ale for his relaxation. They know a lot of people that we would like to know, but human nature is the same all around. The only difference is that John L. Lewis is head of the CIO, and you aren't. He's human, too. Reporters' Salary THE FUNNY THING IS, that, even with the American Newspaper Guild, reporters' sal- aries are remarkably low for the service they give. We know a case of the only reporter on the United Press staff that was in Spain during a large part of the Civil War. He and his wife had to make their living on thirty-five bucks a week. And that didn't mean an unlimited ex- pense account. That's why we felt that nostalgia at "Foreign Correspondent." Here was a supposedly typical lug reporter who had the good luck to become a foreign ace. He flashed across the scene in the latest Brooks Broth'ers' models. His luck in landing and handling a scoop was marvelous. We hope that some day we'll be able to do the same things. We hope that people will flock around us bearing tributes of cigarettes or beer. We hope that fate will present us with a series of stories that will knock the public's eye out while we become national heroes in getting them. Yes, we have all kinds of hopes, but our chances, as well as yours, of gaining success along this route are nil. The City Editor's SCRATCH NPAD At least you don't have to go to prison now to get a number. The government takes care of it without even your asking. **s There's no significance, probably, to the fact that the first draft number in 1940 was 158 and in 1917 it was 258-just one hundred more. One Detroit reporter has objected to Tom Harmon as an all-American because his Drw Pe ~~RobetSAIeii EXPERTS who have been following the tin prdblem, hoping for U.S. independence in this vital commod- ity, groaned when Jesse Jones made public the terms of the new agree- ment to obtain tin ore from Bolivia Instead of making a clean-cut agree- ment to obtain ore, Jones permitted, a clause to be introduced which would surrender the ore to Britain, and leave the United States' almost as dependent on British smelting as before. After weeks of discussion, the: Metals Reserve Company (subsidiary of RFC) agreed with four Bolivian producers and the Bolivian Govern- ment to obtain tin ore sufficient to smelt 18,000 tons of fine tin a year. This is only about one-third of U.S. requirements, but it was a good be- ginning, and as much as U.S. smel- teries, still to be built, could handle, Loophole Disclosed BUT WHEN the agreement was an- nounced, a loophole wis dis- closed. By it Jesse Jones agreed to let the British take about one-third of the tin away from us. They are! promised "as much as 6,000 tons" and an unnamed quantity besides. Inside story of this proviso shows the long arm of diplomacy. By clip- per plane from Britain came Ernest V. Pierce of the giant Williams, Har- vey smeltery in Liverpool. This is a part of the British-Patino tin monop- oly and long has been the chief source of U.S. tin. Pierce went to the British Embassy, talked with Lord Lothian, and Lothian promptly went to the State Department. There he pointed out that the British must continue to have their supply of dollars to pay for munitions purchased here on "cash and carry" terms. Sales of tin to U.S. are a source of such dollar exchange, sec- ond only to sales of Scotch whiskey.j Britain Pays Casht T HE BRITISH AMBASSADOR was persuasive, and officials agreed that, as long as Britain must pay cash, she must beallowed to make money by sales to the United States. This, however, cuts the ground from under far-sighted plans to establish tin smelters in the United States., The Government is negotiating with various metal companies for construction of a smelting plant, but all certainty of supply of ore van- ishes if the British, when they want it, can divert our ore from Bolivia, smelt it in Liverpool and then sell it back to us. It has been in order to save the dangerous transatlantic ocean haul that the United States needed to1 bring her own tin ore direct from Bolivia. Note-Two tin experts formerly close to the British tin monopoly are advisers on the National Defense Commission. Army Camp Shows IF CERTAIN leading advertisingj agencies can sell the idea to Army brass hats, the boys in camp this winter will see star radio shows-- with glamorous movie queens, famous comics, popular crooners and top' bands-put on the air. However, there is considerable dif- ference of opinion among Army chiefs on this novel plan. They are agreed that the shows would be a big hit and a morale builder, but some of them question the commer- cial features of the program. If one class of sponsors, such as cigarettes or automobiles, are al- lowed to stage broadcasts in army camps, they contend that others, such as patent medicines, might de- mand similar privileges and couldn't fairly be refused. They also argue that no commercial performances should be permitted in government posts. Proponents of the plan retort that this would no more imply government endorsement of the product than if soldiers in uniform attended the same shows in radio stations. Also, that it didn't matter who the spon- sor was so long as the show was clean and star entertainment. Note--Civilian press aides in the War Department are strong for the proposal, but their military associates are not. On The Battlefront RE+PS: GOP generalissimos credit much of the Willkie ground-swell of the last several weeks to a campaign which has been little publicized. They call it "extra-organization": quiet activity carried on by thou- sands of volunteers, many of them women. It consists of house-to-house can- vassing, telephone calls, chain letters and local radio broadcasts. For exam- ple: In Ohio four entirely separate radio campaigns, each financed lo- callyFare under way for Willkie. In California 100 stations have been WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1940 VOL. LL No. 27. Publication in the Daily official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University, Notices Student Organization: All student organizations desiring official recog- nition for the College Year 1940-41 should file a list of officers with the Dean of Students in Room 2, Univer- sity Hall on or before November 1. This information should be made out on forms to be obtained at the Office of the Dean of Students and should include the name, address and class of each officer. Early in November a list of all organizations which have been given offical recognition will be published in the Michigan Daily. Women students wishing to attend the Minnesota-Michigan football game on November 9 are required to register in the Office of the Dean of Women. A letter of permission from parents must be in this office not later than Wednesday, November 6. If the student does not go by train, spe- cial permission for another mode of travel must be included in the par- ent's letter. Graduate women are in- vit ed to register in this office. Error in Student Directory: The telephone number of the Phi Delta Theta House, 1437 Washtenaw Ave., is 2-4551 and not 2-4451 as printed in the Directory. The University Bureau of Appoint- inents and Occupational Information has received notice of the following United States Civil Service Examina- tions. The last date for filing appli- cation is November 25, 1940. Senior Specialist in Higher Educa- tion, salary $4,600. Superintendent of Clothing Fac- tory, class A, salary $3,800; class B, salary $3,200; class C, salary $2,600. Foreman Tailor, class A, salary $2,300; class B, salary $2,000; class C, salary $1,860. Complete announcement on file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours 9-12 and 2-4. The Congress Co-operative House has one vacancy for room and board for this semester, and several vacan- cies for board alone. Any student in- terested phone 2-2143 or stop at the house, 816 Tappan. Applications for board are being ac- cepted at the Robert Owen Coopera- tive House, 922 S. State St. Glider Club: Those who failed to attend the membership meeting may apply for membership at the Aeronau- tical Engineering Dept., Room 47, East Engineering Building. The club is open to all students enrolled in the University. Club operations started Sunday. Academic Notices Seminar in Physical Chemistry will meet in Room 410 Chemistry Build- ing at 4:15 p.m.ktoday. Mr. Amos Newton will speak on "High Energy Particles in Chemistry." Chemical and Metallurgical Engin- eering Seminar: Mr. Eugene Tsao will be the speaker at the Seminar today at 4:00 ,p.m. in Room 3201 East En- gineering Building. Subject: "Equi- liprium Conditions in the Ternary Systems of Cadmium-Copper-Silver.' Political Science 1 Lecture, Thurs- day, October 31. All sections with the lecture at one o'clock will meet in Room 1025 Angell Hall'. Economics 54: The make-up exam- ination for removing incdmpletes in Ec. 54 will be given Thursday, Novem- ber 7, at 3:00 in Room 207 Ec. Classes in Speech (Lip) Reading: in- struction in speech reading for stu- dents who are hard of hearing will be provided at the Speech Clinic, 1007 East Huron Street, at 9:00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday( Thursday, Fri- day; 10:00 Tuesday and Thursday and 11:00 Thursday. Classes are under the direction of Professor Bessie Whitak- er. Students who wish to avail them- selves of this service may call the secretary of the Speech Clinic, tele- phone University 4121, extension 589, Classes in Speech Correction: Rem- edial training for a limited number of students having speech defects is available at the Speech Clinic, 1007 East Huron Street. Students desiring to avail themselves of this service may do so by calling the secretary, University 4121, extension 589, for an appointment. Treatment is provided for foreign accent and all types of speech disorders. Concerts Student Recital: Miss Mabel Pop- pleton, of Columbus, Ohio, will pre- sent a recital at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium, as partial fulfill- ment of the requirements for the degree, Bachelor of Music, with Or- gan as her field of concentration. This is open to the public. Lectures Lecture: Mr. Lee Pattison, lecturer in music, will hold a conference for Graduate students, juniors, and seni- ors of the School of Music 10:00- 12:00 a.m. today in the Assembly Hall of the Rackham Building. Subject: "Problems of Piano Pedaggy." At 4:15 p.m. today, in the same room, he will hold a second conference open to the entire student body of the School of Music, at which time he will discuss the topic, "Symphonies and Symphonic Music." Dr. Robert Ellsworth Brown of Wu- hu and Chengtu will speak on Medi- cal Relief in China in the Rackham Amphitheatre Thursday, October 31, at 8:00 p.m. This lecture is spon- sored by the Henry Martin Loud Foundation and the publi is cordially invited. "Nature of Man" lecture by Rabbi Abba Silver, o the Temple, Cleve- land in the Rackham Lecture Hall tonight at 8:15. Events Today International Center: The program of recorded music at the Interna- tional Center tonight, 7:30-9:00 is as follows: Hayden's Symphony No. 99; Smetana's "The Moldav"; and Beethoven's Quartet in F. Interpretive comment will be made on the program by Mr. Ivor Schilan- sky. Graduate Luncheon: The second of "Know Your University" luncheons will be held in the Russian Tea Room of the League today at 12 noon. Grad- uate students and faculty are cordial- ly invited. Classical Record program today 4:15-5:45 p.m. in the Men's Lounge of the Rackham School. All inter- ested are invited. Registration meeting of all people interested in permanent positions to- day at 4:15 p.m. in the Natural ci- ence Auditorium. The Bureau of Ap- pointments and Occupational Infor- mation wishes that all seniors and graduate people desiring jobs be pres- ent at this meeting. The detailed procedure of registration will be dis- cussed at the meeting. Seminar in Social Minorities meets today at 4:15 in Lane Hall. Seminar in Theology meets at 4:15 p.m. today in Lane Hall. Alpha Phi Omega meeting tonight at 8:00 in the Union. Prof. Ralph W. Aigler of the Law School will analyze the issues of the presidential election in a talk "The Issues of the Campaign" tonight at 7:30 in the Union. The Forum sponsored y the Amer- (Continued on Page 6) DAI LY OFF IC IAL BULLETIN Russia Sits Atop The Political Fence .. . WHEN THE Rome-Berlin-Tokyo pact was signed recently, Germany an- nounced the intention of sending emissaries to Russia immediately for negotiations. At the time, this move was interpreted to meanthe addition of one more power to the Axis. But as yet, no mention has been made of initiating Stalin into the -exclusive order of Future Czars of the World: Could this exclusion mean that Russia is an intended victim, or that a secret agreement would be more amicable to Italy and Japan? Sandwiched between the two most active Axis members, Russia is in a crucial position both as an ally or as an enemy. Already the Soyiet has made several agreements with Germany and has shared in the partition of Poland. But the tensity created between the two nations by the occupation of Rumania has not been lessened by a reiteration of Russo-German cooperation. THE SOVIET has always shared a mutual; hostility with Italy and has repeatedly op- posed Italian expansion in the Balkans. 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