eather Cloudy; light nw -dip Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication 44aiki Editorial Hie- And 'Infamug i e s VOL. L. No.371 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1941 Z-23 'PRICE FIVE CENTS President Pledges Total Aid To Britain Anzacs Ready For Dash Over Desert Of Eastern Libya British Vanguard Troops Near Tobruk, 70 Miles From Captured Bardia Russian-Turkish Pact Still Likely (By The Associated Press) CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 6-The possi- bility that British desert troops might sweep past the Italian seaport base at Tobruk and plunge on more than 250 miles across the Libyan sands to attack Bengasi arose tonight even as the advnce guard of British mot- orized units threatened Tobruk's outer defenses. Tobruk, 70 miles across the desert from Bardia, which the British cap- tured yesterday, is the next natural objective. But it was not quite cer- tain when the British would open a drive on Tobruk or whether they would pass it up for the time being for bigger game-the Cirenaican capital across the desert. At any rate, the Royal Air Force pounded Tobruk in heavy raids sim- ilar to those loosed upon Bardia in the 48 hours preceding the final land attacl 'which culminated in its capture yesterday. - Tons of bombs were dropped on military objectives at the seaport base. At least pne motorized spearhead was reported 20 miles from Tobruk, already blockaded by the British. Australian troops carefully mopped, up the Bardia region preparatory to further operations while British tanks moved westward, waiting for' orders. Thus Marshal Rodolpho Graziani, commander of the Italians in North Africa, has lost, British reports said, one-third of his army in captured, killed, or wounded men, and his most important eastern base-Bardia- has fallen. Russian, Turkish Resistance Still Likely (By The Associated Press) SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 6-Diplo- matic sources regarded joint Rus- sian-Turkish resistance to any Ger- man push through Bulgaria as still likely tonight despite German re- ports the U.S.S.R. has agreed to let the Nazis enter and take over Bul- garian territory. The arrival here of a high official of the Soviet Commissariat of For- eign Affairs, these sources said, sug- gested the reports - emanating from official German quarters - might only be wishful thinking. Diplomatic reports also indicated the Turks have concentrated sev- eral hundred thousand crack troops in Thrace, close to the Bulgarian frontier. Reports given currency by official German quarters in Belgrade said Russia had acquiesced to a German * move in Bulgaria on consideration that Germany not oppose Soviet pol- icy either in 'Finland or Moldavia, the Rumanian area which adjoins Bessarabia, former Rumanian soil already annexed by Russia. Society Honors SpeechLeader Prof. Trueblood Elected Honorary President Professor-emeritus Thomas Clarke Trueblood of the speech department was selected as the first honorary president of the National Association of Teachers of Speech at its 25th an- nual convention in Washington, D.C., last week. The office was created to recog- Vibbert Lauds Henri Bergson, Noted Thinker' Speaking enthusiastically of the work of Henri Bergson, who died at the age of 81, his good friend and former student, Prof. Charles B. Vibbert of the philosophy depart- ment, declared, "He will stand forth as one of the most important figures in the anti-rationalist movement of which American pragmatism is a part."j Much of the insight that he has given on philosophic questions is the most profound light that we have ever had. There are few men who are strict followers of Bergson, but his influence on philosophic leaders is striking, he stated. Prof. Vibbert described the French philosopher as a very little man who was also very precise and elegant. "There was even distinction and ele- gance in his speech. In respect to character he was extraordinarily gen- erous with his time and quite genial to all who met him." He was known in every corner of the world. He obtained every honor that France could give to an intel- lectual. He belonged to such distin- guished bodies as the College de France, the* Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, and the French Academy. He also belonged to many foreign and international academies. One of the greatest honors he ever received was when he was chosen to head the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation set up by the League of Nations. He was given the Nobel Prize in 1928. Glee 'Club Will Meet Today To Plan Trip The Varsity Men's Glee Club will meet at 4 p.m. today in the Union to make final plans for their first con- cert of the new year to be given next week in Jackson. Prof. David Mattern, of the School of Music, will conduct a rehearsal of chorus music for the program which will include "The Ballad For Americans." Jack Osserwaarde, Grad, will accompany the group. Another rehearsal will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Construction Was Keynote During 1940 By CHESTER BRADLEY Chief feature of 1940 at the Uni- versity was completion of four units of its vast construction program. Officially opened during the year were the $500,000 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Institute of Graduate and Post-graduate "Dentistry, the $250,000 health service, the East Quadrangle unit of men's residence halls and the 70-foot tower telescope for solar ,studies at Lake Angelus, near Pontiac. In Detroit construction of the $3,250,000 Horace H. Rackham Edu- cational Memorial was begun. Part of the building will be used for the ex- tension classes given by the Univer- sity. Addresses 2,700 at Exercises. Addressing a record graduating class of 2,700, President Alexander G. Ruthven asserted that tie University would "deal firmly, without fear or favor, with subversive or so-called 'fifth column' activities." He also de- clared that "the University of Mich- igan is an institution of the people, and its staff must continue to insist that Americans who prefer to live under other forms of government are in spirit unfriendly aliens who have no right to the benefits provided by our schools." Later 13 students were requested not to return to the Uni- versity. More than 600 persons heard the open "hearing" for the 13 students, held Nov. 9 at Island Park. Featured speakers at the trial sponsored by thel Michigan Committee for Academic Freedom were Prof. Jerome Davis of the New School for Social Research and Maurice Sugar, prominent labor1 attorney. From Dec. 5 to 11 the managing; editor and the editorial director of The Daily were suspended by the Board in Control of Student Publica-! tions for "violating standards of taste, good judgment and The Daily' Code of Ethics" in publishing a letter written by the chairman of the Amer- iacn Student Union, Harold Norris, "impugning the motives of the mem- bers of the Board of Regents in rais- ing University fees." ASU on Probation, The local chapter of the American1 Student Union was placed on proba- tion for "an indefinite period" by the University Dec. 6 for violating Uni- versity regulations. Most newsworthy campus person- ality in 1940 was Gridder Tom Har- mon, who was rated by most of the nation's leading sports writers as the Man of the Year in college football. Faculty appointments during the year included Ivan C. Crawford as dean of the College of Engineering, (Continued .on Page 2) Of War Materials Engaged To Forest Evashevski Is Termed Crucial MISS RUTH BROWN Driving Increase' 'One-Man Gang' To Wed Sen. Brown s Daughter! By PAUL CHANDLER it locked up until leaving for St. Ig- The romance between Michigan's nace to spend the holidays with her ex-football captain 'and a Senator's parents. daughter that began in a small On Dec. 23 Sen. and Mrs. Brown northern town more than two years announced the betrothal, and said ago has blossomed into a real en- the wedding would take place either gagement. Forest Evashevski wz just another candidate for the Wolverine football squad when he was employed on the state ferries at St. Ignace in 1938. There he met Ruth Brown, daughter of Senator Prentiss M. Brown, who was an Albion college girl home for the summer holidays. Evy's fellow worke s noticed that the burly Michigan athlete soon lost his "love to ride the ferries," and was more interested in getting off work in time to fill his dates. The folks in St. Ignace also re- alized before the summer's end that Ruth enjoyed the company of Evy, and more than once they were seen together on their way to the movie theatre across from the gas station. The friendship continued, and a couple of weeks before Christmas vacation they traveled to Detroit to purchase the diamond ring. Ruth re- ceived it before Evy left for San Francisco, to participate in the East- West charity game, but secretly kept Campus To Witness First Big-Time WinterCarnivalWhenSnow Comes If and when a real snow comes this year, Michigan will have a Win- ter Carnival. Tobogganning, skiing,Q fancy skating, snow-carving and skating relays will feature the first' opportunity of the campus to enjoy a big-time festival in the ice and snow: The Carnival, sponsored by the Michigan Uiion; will replace and en-. large on the Ice Carnivals of former years which were devoted exclusively to skating exhibitions. Eleven hand- some cups and trophies valued at " over $260 will be presented to the winners of the various events, Mur- ray Markland, '43, and Jim Edmunds, '43, program chairmen, announced. Just when the outdoor events will be held depends on the unpredic- table disposition of old Frigid Face,> himself, for there must be plenty of snow in the Arboretum before the> skiing and tobogganing contests can be conducted. The first Saturday af- ternoon that the snow condition is satisfactory will be the date, so the Union staff has urged that all or-> ganizations interested in submitting entries be as prompt as possible. Any fraternity, sorority, coopera- during spring vacation or in June. k Jewish Group To Inaugurate Ref u gee Drive Campaign To Raise Fund For Interned Students Will Be Held Jan. 8-21t A local drive for the relief of refu- gee students will be launched by the Ann Arbor Jewish Committee tomor- row. From Jan. 8-21 every Jewish stu- dent, townsperson and faculty mem- ber will be contacted in an effort to raise funds to enable the Committee to continue the work that it under- took two years ago. At that time $2500 was subscribed which has made it possible to bring, 20 refugee students to the campus, and aid them in obtaining jobs after completing their formal education. The funds have been used mainly to pay the tuition and incidental ex- penses of the refugees, while their room and board have been provided by fraternities and sororities. At the present five refugee stu- dents are being cared for locally, but there is a pressing need for funds to bring foreign students who are in-' terned in Canadian refugee camps to 'the University. Prof. Jacob Sacks of the pharm- acology department is the general chairman of the drive, and he will be assisted by Osias Zwerdling, localj business, man, who will head the townspeople division, and Martin Dworkis, Grad., who is in charge of the student division. Solicitors will meet to receive last instructioins and discuss techniques at the Hillel Foundation at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Members of the executive board of the Committee are Kasimir Fajans of the chemistry department; Prof. William Haber of the economics de- partment; Prof. I. L. Sharfman of the economics department; Prof. Sacks; Rabbi Jehudah M. Cohen, di- recor of the Hillel Foundation; Zwerdling; Elaine Fisher, '42; Je- rome W. Mecklenburger, '41E; Irv- ing Zeiger, '41; and Dworkis. _____ . -, .__ - OSU Cagers Defeat Varsity Quintet, 4949 By NORM MILLER A game but outclassed Wolverine basketball team put up a stiff bat- tle with Ohio State for fully threet quarters before succumbing to theF Buckeyes' height advantage and su-t perior shooting ability to drop itso Conference opener last night at Yost Field House by the score of 49-39. a Playing without the services ofa lanky Bob Fitzgerald, who was strick-d en with diptheria on the team's va-a cation trip, Coach Bennie Ooster-c baan's scrappy hoopmen found it an insurmountable task to cope withs their classier and rougher rivals. c Three-Man BreakI With three six-footers in their line-c up, the Bucks could gamble, leaving only two men back to retrieve the Wolverines' shots at the basket whilea the other three remained well downs the floor to break for the hoop theb moment their team got hold of thei ball. The result often found Captain Herb Brogan or George Ruehle aloneb in the backcourt trying vainly to1 break up a three-man Buckeye surget toward the basket.p McLain, Fisher Head Scoring n The Buckeyes peppered the hoopu with shots all night long. Paced byr center Jack McLain and forward Dick Fisher, who put on a senational shooting exhibition, the visitors tooks 72 pops at the basket and connecteda with 17. McLain and Fisher scoredc 27 points between them. To add to Michigan's woes, the Ohio State cagers proved deadly shotst from the foul line, as they made goodn on 15 out of 16 free throws while the Varsity hooped 11 out of 19. n Big Jim Mandler's five baskets wasF (Continued on Page 3)v Morg an Denies Lehr's Charge A ga inst Student SRA Director DiscreditsF Claim That Szymanskix Has Paranoiac Traits f Charges that 'Thaddeus A. Sy Sz-manski, '41E, the student who. re- fused to fill out his draft question-1 naire on pacifist grounds was suffer- ing from paranoiac tendencies were vigorously denied yesterday by hise close friend, Kenneth Mrgan, direc- tor of the Student Religious Associ-I ation. IWhen Szymanski was arraigned last Friday for a second time before U.S. Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd, District Attorney John C. Lehr toldI the commissioner that a psychiatric report showed Szymanski to be suf- fering from paranoiac tendencies, but that the ailment had not ad-1 vanced to the point which wuldt warrant his commitment to an insti- tution.t Morgan asserted: "Mr. Szymanski's friends can give no credence to the publicized impli- cation that he had psychopathic tendencies; on the contrary, we havel been impressed by his calm courage as he faces a prison sentence for his convictions. Under the Nazis, conscientious objectors have fre- quently been declared insane; it is1 a warning commentary on our own1 trend when our government allows a1 man to be discredited by implying that he is deranged when he follows his conscience in opposition to a de- 'Democratic Way' Subject To World-Wide Attack, FDR Tells Galleries 77th Congress DividesOpinion WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. -(P)- Gravely and earnestly, President Roosevelt informed Cogress today that "a swift and driving increase in our armament production" was the immediate need'of a critical period and appealed for widespread person- al sacrifices in a national effort to defeat the Axis powers lest they win abroad and then attack the Ameri- cas. "Let us say to the democracies," he said, "we Americans are vitally con- cerned in your defense of freedom. We are putting forth our energies, our resources and our organizing powers to give you strength to regain and maintain a free world. We shall send you, in ever-increasing num- bers, ships, planes, tanks, guns. This is our purpose and our pledge." Most Emphatic Passage A slow-paced delivery accompanied by an ever rising tone, almost reach- ing the proportions of a shout, made this the most emphatically spoken passage of the address-his annual message to Congress, delivered as usual in person and received with repeated, enthusiastic ovations. After the speech was over, however, it became apparent Congress was sharply divided on it. For example, while Senator Barkley (Dem.-Ky.) called it "magnificent" and Senator Austin (Rep.-Vt.) likewise praised it, Senator Ellender (Dem.-La.) said he thought the President covered too much territory in trying to "give the whole world the kind of life we lead in this country" and Rep. Tinkham (Rep.-Mass.) exclaimed that the President had "declared war on the whole world." President Asks Higher Taxes The President said he would ask "greatly increased new appropria- tions" for defense, and for lending arms to England, called for higher taxes to defray the bill in part, warned against listening to those who "preach the 'isms' of appease- ment," and as a means of strength- ening the moral fiber of the Ameri- can people in the face of "foreign peril," itade four recommendations for domestic action. Old-age pensions and unemploy- ment insurance should be spread to cover a greater proportion of the population, he said, opportunities for adequate medical care should be in- creased, a better means of providing employment for those deserving or needing it should be devised, and no person should be allowed to grow wealth out of the defense program. Eulogies, Biting Criticism, Feature Solons' Remarks WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-(P)-The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate today commended President Roosevelt's message to Congress, urging increased defense production and expanded aid to Bri- tain, but some legislators were criti- cal. Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the Democratic leader, termed the speech "magnificent," adding that it "ex- pressed the overwhelming determ- ination of the American people." Senator Austin of Vermont, acting Republican leader, said he thought the speech would "do much to crys- talize the harmony and unity nec- essary to greater efforts to aid Bri- tain." Other comments: Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich)-It