PAGE STS; THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940 Candidates For Student Senate Election Present Plat forms Tomorrow is the Student Senate election. The Daily hopes that every- one will express his opinions by cast- ing their ballot for the candidate they feel most qualified to represent that opinion. In order to help you pick your candidate the Daily presents a battle page of the platforms of the various candidates. It hopes that you will read all the platforms carefully and thoughtfully and cast your vote tomorrow. The Michigan Party We are united in our desire to in- crease the students interest in the responsibilities of their government on the campus of Michigan and to their government of the United States. We know that in the past men who felt their responsibilities have worked, fought, and died for this country in order to make it the best one in which to live. We appreciate their efforts and their spirit. We realize that they gave something to their country. We know that they de- manded nothing. They knew that the way to get something out of their country was to put something into it. That, many men in the past have done. We are proud of that fact. We are proud to be Americans. But merely being proud to be Amer- icans will do no good. We would like to emulate the spirit of those who have given us our country. To us the question is, NOT what is Amer- ica going to do for the youth of today, BUT what is the youth of today going to do for America. We stand ready to give, and not beg, ask, or demand; whether it be civil liberties or campus functions. Because we feel that the country and this University will progress only in the American way, and by the American way we mean the way of the majority in which everybody has his say, we feel that a TRUE repre- sentative Student Senate is essen- tial. It is our purpose, then, to aid the Senate in attaining its proper posi- tion as the coordinating body of student government in our Universi- ty, that students may, now, actively begin to feel their responsibilities. To emphasize the. point that we are a campus organization we would like to make a stand for loyalty to the University of Michigan. By Un- iversity'we mean -the students and faculty alike. By loyalty we mean either actively supporting or construc- tively criticising the University. Finally, we as candidates in this student election have chosen to run under the Michigan Party label just as the party has chosen us, because fundamentally we believe alike. We are for the party as a whole, its policies, and its year around program. We consider ourselves members of it. But we wish it to be made clear that, when and if elected, we are going to act in the Senate as indi- viduals and with no binding ties at- tached to us. It is the Party's pur- pose in this election only to help candidates get into ofice who can best represent the campus in a rep- resentative organibation. Arnold Moore Larry Hulbert Larry Lingren John Wendt Bill Irwin Jack Gordon Dick Archer Ray H. Zulauf Ruth Basye Ed Tann Bill Todd Ed Giombolini Young Comnmunist League I believe that Earl Browder who today is being prosecuted for his oppo- sition to involvement of the American people in war and whose party is be- ing driven off the ballot in 24 states, follows in the tradition of Eugene V. Debs. My father, whose family have been farmers for several genera- tions in Saginaw Valley, named me after Eugene Debs. Gene Debs was imprisoned because he opposed Amer- ican entrance into the last imperialis- tic war. Nonetheless, Debs received close to a million votes. And history shows us that it was Debs and not Wilson who was right. Through Earl Browder, of Kansas, and James Ford of Alabama, his running mate, we have the opportunity to express un- equivocally our will for peace, direct our struggle for a better life, and I. Oppose U. S. Involvement in the Imperialist War - 1. No partnership with British imperialism. 2. Full aid to China and coopera- tion with the Soviet Union to end war in the Far East. 3. Support to the peoples of South America against ALL imper- ialist domination. II. Defend and extend Student Democracy. - 1. Oppose militarization of schools and colleges. 2. End Jim Crowism on the cam- pus. U niversity Progressive are the essence of our American American Student Union democracy and deplore the attempt to abridge them in the name of na- Despite attempts by the University Council Campus 1. Believing that youth is capable of taking part in the determination of the conditions affecting its des- tiny and is cognizant of its stakel in the present crisis, we contend that student government should be increased in power and scope. 2. We are in favor of ever increas- ing and broadening the educational opportunities for ali. 3. We favor increased federal aid to college and high school students in need, more specifically an exten- sion of the NYA and American Youth Act. 4. We favor equal rights and oppor- tunities for Negroes and oppose any social minority groups. 5. We advocate the unqualified de- fense of academic freedom, which we interpret to mean complete person- al liberty for students and faculty members to ally themselves with any political or social groups they desire. 6. We believe that the Civil Aero- nautics Authority should be kept civ- il. 7. We believe in strengthening and aiding the growth of the student co- operative movement on campus, so that the basic needs of all students may be met. We urge a closer cooper- ation among the cooperative organ- izations, independent groups and fra- ternities and sororities. 8. We favor lower cost dormitories. National 1. We recognize the need for de- fense and the simultaneous need for strengthening and protecting of leg- islation aimed at meeting the elemen- tal desires of the great mass of the American people for peace, security and jobs. 4. We favor the extension of the tional defense contracts t'o firms in- dicted or convicted of anti-labor prac- tices by the National Labor Relations Board as subverting labor's funde- mental right ofcollective bargaining. 3. We support and recommend the extension of the Wages and Hours Act as putting " a floor under wages, and a ceiling over hours." 4. We favor equal rights and oppor- provisions of the social Security Act to domestic and agricultural workers. 5. We favor the enactment of the Wagner Health Act, providing federal aid for states which embark upon low cost medical and hospitalization programs. 6. We favor a continuation of the slum-clearance and low-cost hous- ing program, with special consider- ation to workers in the defense in- dustries. 8. We believe that civil liberties tional defense and national unity. International 1. We opose the sending of any American expeditionary force to for- eign soil. 2. We support a complete and un- equivocal embargo on Japan. 3. We are favor of relief to the nations under German domination if it can be positively shown that such aid will not fall into the hands of the Germans. 4. In order to avert infractions of the Monroe Doctrine and possible conflict, we believe the foreign pol- icy of the United States should be to aid the democratic forces in South American countries. Roger Kelley W1iam H. Rockwell Robert Warner Julie Chockley Doris Atin Hendricks Dorothy Sankin Vierman Epstein 1 karry Alcorn William Roseiberg Irving Sli kin Inter-Guild Party I pledge myself to support those fWho believe that the solution to cam- pus and world problems is to be found in greater respect for the in- dividual. I consequently, stand op- posed to all suppression whether or- ginating in the acts of government or of private power in those fields of race, religion, education, econo- mics or politics where discrimination will inju're his fullest development. The Inter-Guild Party believes that to respect personality, physical and spiritual, is a norm which can be applied to all conditions. International: While aware of our common humanity with suffering peoples everywhere, the best inter- ests of all will be served by keeping the United States out of all armed conflicts. Domestic: Continuation of the ec- onomic and social reforms of the recent years with emphasis on mak- ing available greater opportunities for all youth to advance in every field of life. Campus: Extension of cooperative movement: Better Housing facilities for negro students. Freedom of ex- pression for faculty and students. Fostering of better understanding be- tween races and nationalities through such activities as exchange students and use of our International Center. -- William H. Clark. Administration to strike fear and apathy into he progressive movement on the campus, the American Stu- dent Union is and will continue to be the energizing force in the fight for democracy. On the campus: On the Campus the ASU will forge Ioi ward to meet the need for academic freedom for stu- dents and faculty. Despite the fact cnly a few of the 13 expelled students were ASU members, we will press for an open hearing so that the right to think, speak, and act freely shall not disappear from the campus. We will press for the extension of the NYA so that out of 1600 applicants more than 800 will find aid. We will activate a closer relation between cur- riculum and the economic problems of the world. . On the National scene: The $15,000- 000,000 appropriations for the war program and the slogan of national defense must not mean a sharp re- trenchment in progressive social and labor legislation. The American Stu- dent Union will continue to focus campus attention upon those moves which are endangering the farmer, labor, youth, and thehnegro. We call upon the public for sharp denounce- ment of, and legislation against the giving of warcontracts to firms con- victed of anti-labor practices under the Wagner Act, the abolishingof the research staff of the NLRB, the delimiting of the Wage-Hour Act by administrative decisions, the puny efforts of the government with re- gard to housing for defense workers, the maudlin attempts at solving the problem of the migratory worker. With either Roosevelt or Willkie the pressure of war forces that each are implementing will mean absolute cessation of any social program. Both mean business; both mean war. The ASU will support local candidates that will legislate a program of social security, low cost housing, anti-poll tax, the repeal of conscription, fed- eral aid to education, and the Wagner Health Bill. The ASU will support the drive for a third party. Foreign Policy: A war for imper- ialism cannot be a war for democracy. Therefore, the fight to keep America out of war is the fight for democracy. A democratic foreign policy for the U. S. includes: Complete embargo on IndependentTwo enate Election Directors Fellow citizens of the University of Michigan, . Tell Method Of Hare System In order to protect and transmit the cultural heritage upon which this ----- great commonwealth was founded. The Hare System of the Single ballot. This process of rejecting the and to preserve and improve this Transferable Vote, or proportional lowest rating candidate and trans- great democracy we cherish, we must representation, which will be used in ferring his votes is continued until begin now to make pragmatic our tomorrow's election, is explained in cultural and democraic ideals. Therefore, as a candidate for a chair in the Student Senate in the University, I make only one pledge upon which the preservation is con- tingent - to act as a humble servant of the students in the expression of their wills and desires and to do my best to objectively aid in harmonizing the conflicts that may arise. I plead for your votes. T. Langston Jones, Grad. Dormitory I refused an invitation to join a party a few days ago, because I didn't want to compromise on any of my fundamental beliefs to become a Student Senator. I do not consider it to be to the best interests of the student body to have a Student Sen- ator representing a particular group, because that easily might bring about enmities and the defeat of good and constructive legislation. I should like to compare us with the fingers on the hand. As long as we are each separate fingers, we are helpless, but only when we become one big hand, then and only then will we succeed in accomplishing re- sults. My platform is: 1. I pledge myself to represent the Student Body of the University. 2. I pledge myself to work for bet- ter feeling between all campus groups. 3. I pledge myself to work for more student interests in school projects. 4. I pledge myself to advocate the distributing to the student body re- ports pertaining to the Senate's pro- gress. 5. I pledge myself not to lose con- tact with the elective body. I pledge myself to always be open to advice and criticism. - William Ellman, '43. Japan, no entangling alliances with either belligerent, aid to the peoples of Latin-America to gain democracy and peace, the consideration of lives before profit. the following outline issued yesterday 16 Student Senators have been elect- by William Elmer, '41, and Robert ed or until there remain only enough Speckhard, '42, directors of Student candidates to fill the 16 posts. Senate elections. The ballots will be brought in the I All ballots will be thoroughly mixed and then sorted in packages according to the first choice ex- pressed on each. The total number of valid ballots shall be divided by! the figure 16 to give the quota neces- sary for election. If any candidate shall have received a number of first choice votes equal to or exceeding the quota, such candidate shall be declared elected, and his surplus, if any, shall be distributed to the sec- ond choice candidates by use of the following formula: number trans- ferred equals surplus times can- didates second choice. After the distribution of the sur- plus votes of all candidates receiving first choice votes equal to or exceed- ing the quota, provided there are still vacancies to be filled, the can- didate receiving the lowest number of first choice votes is declared de- feated and his ballots are transferred to the packages of the candidate who is marked as second choice on his Engineering Party Not personally, but as a matter of, policy, I am strenuously opposed to one of my opponents who is using the party name of "Win With Willkie." I would be just as strenuously op- posed if it had ben "Win With Roose- velt," or any other of our candidates in the national election. I firmly believe that the Senate has a definite place on the campus, but that place is not one which would allow it to mix in national or in- ternational affairs in any way - ev- en in protest. The campus needs a student governing body, one which will strive to uphold the ideals andl sentiments of the students, and one which will help to make this cam- pus a better place for the students. The senate should and must place emphasis on being a connecting link between the University and the stu- dent body. -Robert G. W. Brown ballot boxes to the Union. The re- sponsibility for bringing in the box shall rest with the clerk who has charge of the polling place at the time voting ceases. The ballots being distributed into packages on the basis of the first choice, shall be numbered to give the check on the total number of ballots credited to any one candidate. If additional ballots are added to any candidate's package, these, too, shall be numbered consecutively. Cases of dispute shall be settled by the elections directors. Vote count- ing is to be open to public and re- sults will be posted on a bulletin board as soon as they are received. Counting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Union. Non-Partisan At poetry and politics I vowed I'd take a shot, The former, so my friends all say, takes what I haven't got. I quite agree that on this point what they proclaimed is true, But here's another tip they gave that leaves the test to you. They said that when I was of age, And looked in Life's great book, I'd find that God had kept for me, A legislative nook. Now gang I hate to wait so long To prove that statement true. If you'll make me your Senator, Here's what I'll do for you: At every opportunity I'll stand and fight with zest To keep our dear old U. of M. "The leader of the best .. -Fred Hirschman, '42. SAMPLE BALLOT University Of Michigan Student Senate And Presidential Straw Vote Election Nov. 1, 1940 INSTRUCTIONS Put the number 1 in the square in front of the name who is your FIRST CHOICE for President of the United States. Put the number 2 before your second choice; Place the number 3 before your third choice and so on as many choices as you wish. Your ballot will be most significant if all possible choices are indicated. . Mark Your Choices With Numbers Only. Do Not UseI X-Marks Or Your Ballot Will Not Be Counted. [7 WILLIKIE-McNARY [- ROOSEVELT-WALLACE [~ THOMAS-KRUEGER [- BROWDER-FORD [~ BABSON-MOORMAN Republican Demociratic Socialist Communist Prohibitionist This Is a Preferential Vote - Every Choice Counts INSTRUCTIONS Same as above-mark your choices, 1, 2, 3 and so on, as many choic as you wish. Your ballot will be most significant if all possible choices are indicated. (There are 33 candidates). I N CASH FOR EACH OF THE 20 BEST t=LETTERS FROM STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN W4QA ORE WRYS Fe" THESE ARE THE SIMPLE RULES: O Your letter must not You may submit as be more than 50 words 0 many letters as you in length. wish but only one cash Your letter may b e award will be made to any written about EITHER one individual. DREWRYS ALE or DREWRYS Address your letters REWRY DEER or BOTH. 0 to Drewrys Limited, Your Name and Uni- U.S.A., South Bend, Indiana. versity address must All letters must be re- be PRINTED plainly at the *0 ceived by midnight top of the letter. December first. It's going to be fun writing a letter about DREWRYS - and you may be one of the 20 students from your University who will win one of the $5 cash prizes. So sit down-and write your letter telling "Why I like DREWRYS best"! We could tell you a dozen-and-one reasons why DREWRYS ALE and DREWRYS BEER are BIG favorites with University students everywhere - but we'd rather have you discover the reasons for yourself. Your first taste of either one of 1 them - or both of them - will make DREWRYS ALE and DREWRYS BEER your favorites, and you'll be able to write a mighty enthusiastic letter "Why I like DREWRYS best." So try them tonight! DREWRYS ALE and DREWRYS BEER cost the same as ordinary ales and beers! DREWRYS LIMITED, U. S. A., SOUTH BEND, IND. Mark Your Choices With Numbers Only. Do Not Use X-Marks Or Your Ballot Will Not Be Counted. -] [-7 [7 [~~7 [7) [i E7 [_~7 [--7 [7] [-7l [7 [7-1 ~~ ~0 0, 07 D7 [7 n D KELLY, Roger VOLZ, Arthur G. BASYE, Ruth HENDRICKS, Doris Ann BUCHANAN, John ELLMANN, Bill KOLLIN, Arthur HIRSCHMAN, Fred ZULAUF, Raymond H. MOORE, Arnold GIOMBOLINI, Edwin TODD, William WENDT, John ARCHER, Richard TANN, Edward HULBERT, Larry CLARK, William BROWN, Robert G. W. LINDGREN, Lawrence JONES, T. 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