PAGE 1to THE MICHIG A N IDAILY FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1941 . . . ..... . .. ------ ------ English Faculty Is Represented At Convention Six Members Take Part In Boston, New York, Providence Meetings Six professors in the English de- partment attended conventions in Boston, New York and Providence during the Christmas holidays. Among those who were away were: Prof. Kenneth T. Rowe, who at- tended the convention of the Ameri- can Educational Theatre Association, Dec. 30-Jan. 2 in Washington, D.C. Prof. Charles C. Fries attended the Linguistic Society Meeting in Prov- idence, RI. Dec. 26-30 and also the Convention of the Modern Language" Association in Boston, Mass. Prof. Mentor L. Williams attended the convention of the American His- torical Association in New York City Dec. 26-30, and led the discussion on, the paper "The Impact of the Doc- trine of Evolution on America." Prof. Williams spoke on the paper from the point of view of "Belles Lettres." Prof. Hereward T. Price attended the convention of the Modern Lang- uage Association in Boston Dec. 26- 30 and was chairman of the Shake- speare section. Prof. Louis I. Bred- vold also attended this convention as. well as the meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English in Boston Dec. 26-30. Prof. Warner G. Rice also attended the convention of the National Coun- cil of Teachers of English and is chairman of the College Section. Professor Rice was also in the Shake- speare section. Council Will Meet Today There will be a meeting of Con- gress' Rooming House Council at 4:30 p.m. today in Room 306 of the Union, Arthur Kollin, Rooming House Counce president announced. All house presidents and representatives are requested to attend. Y' Prof. Waite Denounces Banning Of Ex-Convicts From Service; Declares War Department Ruling 'Anachronistic'; Calls For Modification By ROBERT SPECKHIARD Terming the War Department! order banning ex-convicts from Army enlistment or conscription as "one of the most anachronistic expressions of social philosophy that has been foisted upon this country in a long time," John Barker Waite, professor of criminal law at the University Law School, yesterday expressed his hope that the Department will modify its ruling. Army Has Power Professor Waite maintained that it is within the discretion of the War Department to take such action, be- cause, in his opinion, the Selective Service Act has repealed that section of the statute of 1877 which specifi- cally prohibited the muster into the military service of any person who has been convicted of a felony. "Even if the present interpretation of the War Department does not in any way stand as an inducement to crime-which many persons conver- sant with the psyichology of youth believe it does-it is .nevertheless an absolute rejection of the philosophy which has so long been universally accepted, that persons who have been punished and who have, in the*words of the newspaper, 'paid their debt to society,' must therefore be accep- ted as members of society," Waite declared.j Fit Associates- "It needs no elaboration in point- ing," he continued, "that if a man who has been convicted and pun- ished is not a fit associate for the men who are called to service under the draft, he is equally not a fit associate for the men who are work- ing in the Ford plant, or in any other factory. If he is not a fit as- sociate for; ordinary workmen, he is made an outlaw," Waite said, point- ing out that thereafter he has no chance of earning a living and must necessarily revert to crime. Every criminologist, every psychol- iji t E t i ogist, every person appreciative of the phases of crime prevention is critical of such a philosophy, Waite maintained. "In my twenty-odd years of teaching criminal law, I have nev- er felt obliged until this year, to point out any advantages of crini- nality to my students," he said. Thoughtfulness For Students "What thoughtfulness by the War Department for my innocent stu- dents. Cooties, rats, battle mutilation, suffering and death as a sacrifice to his country; but contact with ex- criminals-thank God and the kind-I ly War Department, not that." "A bit of thievery or fraud may be financially profitable, if one is not caught, and therefore, absolute im- munity from military hardships and danger," Waite declared. The professor's indignation was aroused by letters from Clarence Dykstra, Selective Service Chief, and Henry Stimson, secretary of war, cit- ing the 1877 law as the reason for not accepting ex-convicts in the Army. 1877 Law Not Valid Waite claimed that the statute of 1877 no longer is the law. "Section 16 of the Selective Service Act," he said, " provides except as provided in this act, all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby suspended to the ex- tent of such conflict for the period in which this act be enforced. 'The only 'otherwise provided' that I can find in the Act," Waite observed, "is Section Five (D), ex- empting ministers of religion and stu- dents in divinity schools." Ann ArborI Proposed Budget Calls For Record Expenditures A .. ..... ............... ........ ... ........... .':::::.:::~:::EACH SYMBOL ONE BILLION DOLLARS*:.,..:.... . .NATIONAL DEFENSE OTHER EXPENSES COSTS 4 LW4494 1941 F 22m22222,1 942 $ $ .TOTAL REVENUES NET DEFICIT 19412 i ', , In his annual budget message to Congress, President Roosevelt proposed a $17,485,004) budget, a record for peacetime, and warned that he would ask still further funds to throw America's industrial machine into the war against the Axis powers. This Associated Press chart illustrates in symbols the state of the budget. The newly proposed budget is for the period, June 1, 1941, to May 31, 1942, and is compared with budgets of the two previous years. oted Russian Piano Virtuoso To Give Recital Horowitz To Play Varied Selections In Choral Uio" nmCnert Sri's Vladimir Horowitz, distinguished piano virtuoso who has not been heard in Ann Arbor for eight years, will appear in recital in the Choral Union Concert series 8:30 p.m, Wed- nesday in Hill Auditorium. Horowitz, Russian-born, returned from a tour of Europe last winter, and is now on tour through the w United States with a comnplete. sell- I Law Review Issue To Feature Wage And Hour Law Analysis The third issue of the curent vol- make an independent determination ume of the Michigan Law Review of both law and facts when the ques- appears today featuring such topics tion of confiscation is brought into t*h f i n llP Here Is Today's News In Summary In line with recommendations made by the Ann Arbor Social Wel- fare Committee of the city's welfare program the Family Welfare has been merged with the Children's Ser- vice Bureau and will be known ten- tatively as the Family and Children's Service Agency. Prof. Lewis M. Gram of the En- gineering School, president of the Ann Arbor Trust Co., has been chosen chairman of the board of directors, while Prof. Laylin K. James of the law school was elected a new mem- ber of the board of directors to fill a vacancy. On the local political front Fred L. Arnet, owner and operator of a cemetery memorial company filed nominating petitions for the third ward alderman on the Republican ticket. Herbert Crippen, city assessor, has filed for re-election and Glenn L. Alt has filed a petition for the Re- publican nomination for president of the council. Robert Eberhart, the thirteen- year-old youth who shot and killed his employer, Ben Perrien, 73, a Stan- ton farmer, has been transferred from the Ionia county detention quarters to the Michigan Child's Guidance Institute at Ann Arbor for examination by psychiatrists of the Institute and of the Neuropsychiatric Institute. Plymouth Alumni To Honor Ruthven 'President and Mrs. Alexander Ruthven will be guests of the Plym- outh Club of the University Alumni Association at a dinner to be given in their honor Tuesday, Jan. 14. Accompanying them will be Mr. T. Hawley 'Tapping, General Exec- utive Secretary of the Alumni Asso- ciation. Atinoon on the same day the Ann Arbor Club will have its first month- ly luncheon in the Union. Prof. Lawrence Preuss of the political science department will address ther ,meeting. as conflict of laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act, collection of small debts and administrative law andI bankruptcy.1 Among the leading articles is a work entitled "Substance and Pro- cedure in the Conflict of Laws," by Edgar H. Ailes, a member of the De- troit bar, dealing in large with the complex problems courts are con- tinually facing when dealing with foreign causes of action. George W. Crockett, Jr., associate attorney of the U. S. Department of Labor, has contributed an article on "Jurisdic- tion of Embloyee Suits Under the Fair Labor Standards Act," discuss- ing the conflicting claims to juris- diction made under the Act by the federal and state courts.j Woodbridge Contributes Thesis I Frederick Woodbridge, assistant professor of law, of the University of Cincinnati, formerly visiting profes- sor of law at the University of Mich- igan, has contributed a thesis, "In- stallment Payment of Judgments", dealing with the problems of collect- ing judgments from wage earners, the various modes of collection and recent statutes, such as the Michigan statute, providing for installmentI payment. Fred T. Hanson, judge of Red Wil- low County Couit in Nebraska and author of many articles in legal per- iodicals, furnishes a review of Pro- fessor Garrard Glenn's recent work, "Fraudulent Conveyances and Pre- ferences" which was published last year.% Problem Of Confiscation In the section of the Review de-# voted to student contributions will appear one comment dealing with the difficult problem of the scope of ju- dicial review of administrative agen- cy orders with special reference to the problem of whether courts must Last Center Forum In Series Planned The last in the series of more than 20 roundtables on international problems conducted by foreign stu- dents representing almost every na- tionality will be held at 3 p.m. to- morrow at the International Center. Reports of the entire series will presented by Ivor Schialansky, Grad., Paul Lemyuin, Max Dresden, Grad., and Fahkri Maluf, Grad., at 5:30 p.m. following the regular Sunday night supper at the Center. More than 60 students have parti- cipated in the series discussing the concepts of democracy, political mythism, economic systems compat- ible with democracy, and the doc- trine of historic causality. The group concluded, in general, that democracy must maintain a suitable economic system and social justice and must foster civil respon- sibility instead of a spirit of fatalism. A comment on the Apex Hosiery Case and its effect on the applica- tion of the Sherman Act to the ac- tivities of labor unions, another one on the power of states to condemn land for low-costing housing and then transfer it to the United States, one on the collection of assets of bankrupt estates with special at- tention to the pilfering bankrupt, to- gether with the usual retinue of notes on recent decision will fill out the issue. Ford Reveals Govern mental Expenditures Governmental expenditures, state, local and federal, passed the one- half billion mark in Michigan for the first time in 1939 with expenditures amounting to 541 milion dollars, according to a survey on "Financing Government in Michigan" by Dr. Robert S. Ford, director of the Bureau of Government. It is significant, Dr. Ford says, that in financing this new level of spending in the State, participation by the three levels of government- federal, state and local-is about equal; each meet approximately one- third of the cost. From a financial standpoint, he continues, the state government and that of the city of Detroit rank among the ten largest governmental units in the United States. Michigan's fiscal system, which was affected greatly by the depres- sion, saw three distinct changes dur- ing the 1930's, the report shows. This period was marked by a considerable shift in the distribution of govern- mental costs from the tax levy on property to other sources, an in- crease in state assistance to local units, and an increased federal par- ticipation in financing governmental activities in Michigan. With the decline in property tax revenues since 1930, state payments, or state aid, to local units have prac- tically tripled; they rose from 33 million dollars in 1930 to 99 million dollars in 1939. This decline in property tax revenues, Dr. Ford says, has been offset in part by increased federal aid; the adoption of the sales tax; state liquor taxes, licenses and gross profits from operation rof state liquor stores; and the yield of various state licenses, fees and miscellane- ous revenues. Federal expenditures by such agencies as the PWA, WPA, and CCC in Michigan during 1939 totalled 167 million dollars. _ Lne picture out for every performance already re- Itdep ende ntsported. Tickets for his appearance here may still be obtained at the To Construct offices of the University Musical Society, which sponsors all Choral ' aH n Boot h Union concerts, in the Burton Tower, A few seats may also be available after 7 p.m. the night of the recital A J-Hop booth for all independ- at the Hill Auditorium box office. ent students-the largest booth at The pianist will play the following the affair-will be constructed to especially picked program: Beetho- cover an entire end of the Intramural ven's Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, Building dance floor, under the spon- No. 3; Schumann's Arabesque, Op. 18; sorship of Congress, Dick Coe, '42, Chopin's Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. social chairman of Congress, In- 35; six short etudes by Jelobinsky- dependent Men's Association, re- Nocturne, Valse, Remniscence, Danse, Recitatif, and Toccata; Liszt's Sonet- vealed yesterday. to del Petrarca, No. 104; Au bord d'- Receipts for admission to this une source, Feux follets; and his own booth will be available at the Union Variations on a Theme from "Car- for 75 cents next week when J-Hop men." tickets go on formal sale. The Con- gress booths of the past. Coe ex- EIducation Meet I plained, have proved exceedingly popular and there have often beenTH ere too many last-minute reservations. "This year, however," he continued, "we hope that due to the enlarged space we will have ample facilities to take care of all independent men represented at the dance." Third Annual Conference on In- structional and Curriculum Problems sponsored by the School of Educa- F. L. Schumi anI tion will convene here Jan. 18. S f r > M i F FS L S k) i t 7 1 > a i r r } Will Talk Here Is Outstanding Authority; To Lecture Jan. 19 Prof. Frederick L. Schuman of Williams College, one of the nation's outstanding interpreters of current world affairs, wil present a lecture on "Can America Escape War?" at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, in the lec- ture hall of thMe Rackham Building. The talk is expected to deal with the effect of the present conflict up- on the policies and attitudes of the United States and the best means which Americans can use to keep this country out of war. Woodrow Wilson Professor of Gov- ernment at Williams College, Dr. Schumann is well known throughout America and Europe both as a writer and a lecturer. He was an eye-wit- ness of the Nazi revolution and has in recent years traveled widely in Central Europe, the Balkans and the Soviet Union. Most recent of Professor Schu- man's books are "Europe on the Eve," which predicted many of the hap- penings in the world today, and "The Nazi Dictatorship," considered a leading work on the Third Reich. At uresent he is working on a study of the immediate diplomatic origins of the second World War. ff15C P .. .. -i Teachers and school administra- tors will gather to study curriculum problems and issues in the fields of finance, guidance, educational psy- chology and physical education. Three series of roundtables will be held throughout the morning under the leadership of the faculty of the School of Education. Prof. Hayward Keniston of the romance languages department will speak on "Some Basic Assumptions of Current Education Theory" at the luncheon to be held at the League at 1 p.m. Dean J. B. Edmonson of the education school will preside. Seventeen roundtables will be based on classes held regularly on Saturday morning. Students in ed- ucation will be invited to participate in the various sessions of the confer- ence. Reservations for the conference luncheon may be made at the school of Education offices by school board members, officers of parent teachers associations, teachers and adminis- trative officials. DAILY at 2-4-7-9 P.M. Now Playing! Joyous Judy's back ...'in the hit show that sang and danced Broadway's troubles away! 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