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CHICAGO - BOSTON * LOS ANGELtS * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1940-41 Editorial Staff Hervie Haufler Alvin arasohn 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 . . . Exchange 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: S. R. WALLACE The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. The NLRB's New Chairman . . THERE has been much talk about this new chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, Harry A. Millis. Some call him the "grand national champion of labor arbitra- tors;" others say he is a "born peacemaker." When the Smith Committee recently denounced the NLRB, Millis was the only member they rec- ommended for continuation of his job. Defense preparation will increase the NLRB's importance in spite of its past and present repu- tation; 'and the leader of the Board will be a vital factor to industrial cooperation. Millis' labor philosophy and professional background are the only clues to the future actions which will db much to determine the efficiency of America's defense program. Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, Millis in 1934 was elected president of the American Economics Association; not because he was a leading scholar, but because he had achieved such success in the field of labor arbitration. For 21 years arbitra- tion has been his specialty. t F RIENDS say his philosophy is to keep both sides in a dispute working together until an agreement is reached; and to protect the interests which neither side may have in mind, that is generally the public. And they say he is primari- ly interested in disputants making their own decisions. The credit side of his record shows that he has never hired out as an expert witness to any union or employer, a legitimate practice; and he has been knownto cut a proposed salary (as perma- vent arbitrator for U.A.W. and General Motors) in half because he thought he was not worth it. His only other experience in public office was on the first NLRB under the NRA. Decisions of this Board did much to color the Wagner Act, which Millis approves as it is. This presentation of virtues is only one side, of course. So far his enemies, if he has any, have not had the occasion to chalk up balancing figures. His ability under pressure will be one of the interesting revelations of an interesting near future. Rapid war production always offers temptations to the factions of industry. Certain .abor groups are inclined to take advantage of the crisis to obtain long-sought privileges. Cer- tain manufacturers welcome war fear as an, opportunity for personal profit, in spite of non- profit laws. And the public tends to become impatient with such attitudes and condemns the efforts of labor and industry in general. T HE NLRB will have a vital part in minimizing extremes in labor and industry, and can there- by limit the possibilities of indiscriminate public reaction against both groups. A man of Millis' repute is sorely needed; should he live up to his past record, the United States will avoid much imminent grief. f-Emile Gel From Other Campuses The editors of The Minnesota Daily think "one of the most vital links in the defense of America is the health of the American people. There can be no total defense against aggres- Corrections From Dean Lloyd To the Editor: Like several members of the editorial staff of the Michigan Daily, I too "managed to look in on the work of the professional theatre in New York." I was much interested in reading the re- views in Sunday's Daily, but I feel obliged to suggest that E. M. consult the program of "Old Acquaintance." Dwight Deere Wiman to whom great praise for "peppery, fast-moving dialogue" is accorded did not write the play. He produced it. The play was written by the English play- wright, John Van Drutan, author of "Young Woodley", "There's Always Juliet", and other plays. If E. M. will substitute John Van Druten for Dwight Deere Wiman in his review, I can heartily agree with him. I must take exception also to Mr. Milton Or- shefsky's opinion that Miss Hayes in her reading of Viola's lines "definitely falls short as a Shakes- pearean verse-reader". I do not see how the lines could have been more beautifully read. I should hesitate to register only my opinion on this point since I am not a Shakespearean scholar, but I happened to see Mr. O. J. Campbell, formerly professor of English at the University of Michi- gan. As a teacher and student of Shakespeare, Mr. Campbell spoke with especial appreciation of Miss Hayes' reading of the part, saying that she had not failed in any instance to project both the meaning and the beauty of the lines. I find myself wondering what Mr. Milton Or- shefsky would suggest that Miss Hayes do to im- prove her reading of her part. One might well wonder why Stewart Chaney decided to design a costume which made a little clown of Miss Hayes, but that was a minor point in what is after all a notable performance of Shakespeare's charming comedy, and her extraordinary reading of the part, in my opinion, surmounted the handicap of her costume. Again let me express my genuine interest in what your reviewers had to say.I -Alice C. Lloyd P.S. Jose Ferrer spells his name FERRER. (Editor's Note: We wish to thank Dean Lloyd for her interest in pointing out two errors in fact, and claiming one in interpretation. It is true that Dean Lloyd's accuracy and spelling on the former items were better than ours. But Mr. Orshefsky pleads guilty, at most, only to a possible hazy reference in his review of "Twelfth Night." His statement that Miss Hayes "definite- ly falls short as a Shakespearean verse-reader" was not to mean, in any absolute terms, that she fell down completely. Following as it did the brief encomium for Mr. Evans, it was simply to convey that her delivery of Viola's lines was neither so skillful nor so imaginative as his de- livery of Malvolio's. In that sense, she fell short, and was "less fortunate" than he.) A Wheeler Supporter To the Editor: "Yes, just an engineer, and a thick-skulled one at that," will undoubtedly be the remark of Messrs. Ogden and Slosson. Last year we were plagued with the editorials of the A.S.U. and, this year it is this wild chatter driving us into war. I have watched with millions of other Americans the tide that is bearing us nearer to the maelstrom of hatred and bloodshed. Arms embargo, neutrality, Western Hemisphere iso- lation, Monroe Doctrine, all have crumbled to a large extent under the surge of propaganda. I am fully in favor of the present armament program primarily as a defense measure. I also favor the draft not only as a means of building a standing army, but I think that the army discipline will do me good. But when measures have been advocated such as those of the President in his address to Congress and in his last fireside chat, it is time for the people to get out of the fog of propaganda and start think- ing for themselves. When asked by reporters what his plans were during his Caribbean cruise, the President stated that it was' youth and old age that he was thinking about. It certainly sounds like he thought a lot about these since he got back. (Perhaps too much.) The views expressed by Professor Slosson are notnew, inasmuch as he has advocated aid for Britain ever since the outbreak of the war. As a modern professor in a progressive university, it seems that Professor Slosson's views have been very biased. Quoting Professor Slosson in the letter to The Daily of January 11, 1941, "As one of those who have 'grown timorous with the years,' etc," I would like to say that I will be growing timorous with this advancing year, be- ing one of the eligible males should this country send an expeditionary force over to Europe. As for Mr. Ogden, if he cannot present a better argument than to brand Mr. Huston and Mr. Muehl as Nazis, he should crawl back in his shell and remain silent. If we live through this conflict, we will prob- ably ferret out the truth with regard to the ele- ments behind this war as to how many millions of war profits the various corporations have made. I wholeheartedly support the views ex- pressed by the honorable Senator Burton K. Wheeler in his radio talk of December 31, 1940. Mr. Muehl and Mr. Huston have also expressed my sentiments to a great extent. - L. J. Mikulich Exam Opinions In objecting to the last "grinding weeks of classes" before semester examinations, the edi- tors of The Daily Northwestern suggest as a remedy a week devoted entirely to reading in Pacifist's View To the Editors: On reading over the various letters in this column and listening to the discussions at the Winter Parley, I find general agreement that we are in for bgd times. The arguments for how bad the future could be are clear and strong; the arguments for how good it might be are weak and unimpressive. To echo Messrs. Muehl and Huston, why fight or work our heads off for a more or less certain doom? Is there any practical ideal that is worth working for and dying for at the present time? If so, it must be an ideal of peace and brother- hood, and it must offer realistic means for progress toward it. The hopes offered for a better life arising from successful militarism are mostly wishful thinking. The means of war defeat the ends of peace. What means can we use? How is a better society gen- erated? Our hope lies in devoloping social patterns of thought and action that produce cooperation, mutual respect, and good will, and an active de- sire on the part of people in general to serve one another. We need general attitudes that will give our intelligence and good will a chance to work. This sounds unreal. The reason is first that such social currents grow slowly, whereas our doom seems to be almost upon us. But if we try to avoid the doom by methods that hasten it, social currents will not grow at all. In the second place, so many people have talked about such ideals without really trying to live by them that it does not seem possible to do so. It is possible. Most of our democratic tradi- tions of freedom have started with individuals and small groups that had visions, lived by them, and died for them. The pacifist movement is one attempt at the present time to find a con- sistent, active, and practical idealism. The true pacifist seeks to solve social problems-of sup- pression of liberty,' of economic injustice, of rac- ial and social prejudice, of war--by means that are consistent with the pattern of society he seeks to establish. He knows that men are at least sub-consciously deeply influenced by a con- sistent, active ideology and that ideals based on the best nature of man and the universe in the long run will be stronger than the self-defeating ideology of Fascism. He may have to suffer or die because of this way of life, but his willingness to die if need be makes living worthwhile. Those whose hope is for personal security may find little comfort in the future, but those whose hope is to be of service in building a better world need not be disappointed. - William T. Scott THE REPLY CHURLISH By TOUCHSTONE TOT A GREAT NUMBER of years appeared in lieu of the once self- to be amazed at the maturity and ago, there sprang into the Amen- sufficient photographs. The person perspicacity of American Youtth (age can scene, graced by a beautiful who originated the Life Coestoa 14-18) it's maybejust a little too Party department must have looked and nauseating set of action shots like abrttlenf mhldmnaloked much. That current issue is a dandy of a brain operation, a super speci to a parched desert rat, but even a all thrugths, evho as it des ust men of the old fashioned Sunday lowing that a clubwoman or debu- what lengths ever, to four extra pic- rotogravure section, called Life Mag- tante photographed is a friend for- tures of Lana Turner, Life will po for azine. The idea was good, so good ever, things were quiet. A magazine limbpicturesbetswin the splendid that for awhile it looked as though came out every week, and some good and the editorial depatdents in the Life might go struggling down under educational features were dragged arte ioa waerooet aiplne the waves of cheese-cake imitators, out from the files, but all in all- article on a sater-cooled airplae Cthe Haves Nic s-c ad es imioth.toisemotor which assert, subtly at e ery Clic Hc, Nic, Sic and so fth. LifeF AME THE WAR. Came the elec- opportunity that there is a strong in conception had set the ante for ,AM advertising rates a little too low, just tion. Came Americanism. case also for the air cooled type of Innocent words. They meant a lot motor {The full page advertisement low enough so it took the combined to Life. Life decided that we weren't of the air cooled motor manufactur- tprofits of Henry Luce's other sophis- prepared. Life decided there was a er appears a little farther back in the ticated ventures, Time and Fortune .Lf eie hr a to keep the infant in swaddling lot of good in both candidates (Rep. issue), but really, Mr. Luce, have you clothes. But as time marched on and and Dem). Life decided Americanism forgotten so soon your high school should he practised, meaning "no days? Is it necessary to foist such turpl esiedpbliatimoswertephn- more isms," and labor is led by Harry sticky, trumped-up surprise at thle tes l hera fropubHcations were pose Bridges and John L. Lewis, until fact that high schools have student es le r as wa Hollywood ior pe John L. Lewis saw the light. Things councils, hall patrols, school papers, sexier pages of True Stories, Life were picking up. and earnest young people with glasses sexk agewlasf eSrits, LtaredThere were a lot of good pictures and/or saddle shoes running around sook a new lease on itself, started of airplanes, and cannon, and tanks, in a dither of civic virtue, on a trust- soaking the Brewer's Aatonbe accompanied by appropriate texts, ing public? Of course, it's all for the plenty for its ads on the peace to be varying in interest according to cause of God Bless America ASCAP), found in beer in war-torn times such whether they were written by a cap- but believe me, Mr. Luce, either as those. and before they knew it, tam in the reserves, a major general, you are letting some pretty phoney tetrdwheomrginphrase-clipping retired. or a newspaper man. There stuff seep into the pages of your ediorsof he agzin wee ejoyngwere shots of communities which in- pride and joy, or you wvent to a dif- (1) a practical monopoly of the pic- tended to vote for Willkie, and shots ferent kind of high school than I did. tre magazine racket, (2) buymngof communities which intended to Maybe that's it. Maybe you went to a themselves sables and new Leicas, vote for Roosevelt, and some just prep school where they drilled or and most important (3) being a na- plain shots of communities, like St. wore Eton collars instead of attending influence.Louis which had smoke, but doesn't meetings of the Birds and Bees Club, Circulation hit the oxygen level, now and has been cleared of the meeting every Thursday afternoon propellors were adjusted for stratos- smirch on its name in the latest issue, at three-thirty in Miss Platz' room, phere conditions, but, and I am sure There were artist's interpretations of I say nothing about the gawking, in- it was not only the readers who no- the sinking of liners by torpedo, and sulting charity visits to public insti- ticed this, stories got fewer and worse. once a good story on the firing of a tutions for I haven't forgotten a few More and more trick camera work German liner, a real story. There such that I went on myself, back in was used-golf balls began to know were increasing shots of ruins. There the good old days, but if you want to how they looked when they were hit, were little graphs of What the Amer- see a first class example of what the drops of water preened themselves ican Public Thought, mostly about guy who wrote the article didn't on their beauty as revealed by a the election, though sometimes show- want to show, take a look at the shot stroboscopic camera-and at- the be- ing that We Were Not Prepared. of Roosevelt High School kids stand- hest of advertisers who felt that with ing in the full flush of coke-drink- so little reading matter, pages on BUT WHEN, in the course of events, ing, shag-dancing YOUTH, looking which appeared vital messages con- Life turns its merciless camera in at a couple of boes clinging to the cerning dandruff or halitosis were on the American High School, and bars of the jail house cell. This is the not getting the attention they deser- emerges radiantly, wrapped in the way we settle AMERICA'S social ved, more and more written words folds of Old Glory, and makes as if issues. So long until soon. DA ILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) 1 University Lecture: Dr. Hornell Hart, Professor of Sociology at Duke ing fields, as outlined in the School University, will lecture on the sub- of Education announcement, page 28 ject, "Happiness Measurements and and following. their Sociological Applications" un- der the auspices of the Department MLZ C jaw> The City Editor's ,509atch PAd l i' DR. FORSYTHE, boss of the health service, is convinced that this "come back to college for a rest" is no joke. The good doc attributes the current siege of colds among students to the fact they returned to school last week after a hard, tiring holiday vacation, and thus were in no shape to do battle with the big, strong germs. That Alfred Connable who annouced his can- didacy for the Board of Regents is the same Al- fred Connable who was a candidate in 1938. He's been an active alumnus since graduation in 1935. THE ROBBERY of Pi Lambda Phi the other night was regrettable, but it could happen in any one of a dozen houses on the campus where carelessness reigns supreme. On behalf of the entire campus, we want to extend deepest sympathy to Forest Evashevski. [Our Yesterdays FROM DAILY FILES 50 Years Ago Jan. 14, 1891 - A new era has dawned for the festive student. Those pleasant walks he has been wont to take to "Ypsi," are now to give place to pleasure rides on the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railroad. You can now go all the way to Ypsilanti for the small sum of ten cents, since a toy engine, with equipment to match, has been made ready to take up the weary pedestrian at numerous hours of the day, and place him quick- ly and safely in the city of his desires. 25 Years Ago Jan. 14, 1916 - "When Roumania enters the war, the war's close is imminent," declared Ray- mond G. Swing, Berlin war correspondent of the Chicago Daily News in a talk before students of journalism yesterday. He stated that Roumania will never enter the war unless assured of the outcome.- Patriotic Songs Seniors who wish to be eligible toI contract to teach the modern foreign languages in the Secondary Schools of New York State are notified that the required examination in French, Spanish, German, and Italian will be given here on February 14. Those who wish to take this examination should notify Pofessor Pargment (100 R.L.) not later than January 25. Doctoral Examination for Mr. John Russell Vatnsdal, Mathematics; The- sis: Minimal Variance and Its Rela- tion to Efficient 'Moment Tests, today at 3:15 p.m. in the West Council Room, Rackham Build- ing. Chairman, P. S. Dwyer. By action of the Executive Board the chairman may invite )nembers of the faculties and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examination and he may grant permission to those who for sufficient reason might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Concerts Choral Union Concert: Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist, will provide the Seventh program in the Choral Union Concert series, Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. The audience is respectfully requested to be seated on time. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: The work of Bruce Rog- ers,-books, including the Lectern Bible, pamphlets, studies, bookplates, labels, water color sketches,-is being shown in the ground floor cases, Architecture Building. Open daily, 9 to 5, except Sunday, through Jan- uary 16. The public is invited. Exhibition, Rackham Building: Photographs of Outstanding Ex- amples of Iranian (Persian) Archi- tecture, made by Myron Bement Smith and loaned by the Libraryof Congress will be on Exhibit in the West Gallery until Saturday, Janu- ary 25. from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Lectures University Lecture: Professor Oskar Halecki, late of the University of Cracow, Poland, will lecture on the subject "The Problem of an Inter- national Order in European History" under the auspices of the Department of History today at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Professor James Holly Hanford of the Department of of Sociology at 4:15 p.m. on Monday,I Jan. 20, in the Natural Science Audi-C torium. The public is cordially in-s vited. University Lecture: Myron Bementt Smith, Consultant in Islamic Archi-I tecture and Art at the Library of Con-t gress in Washington, D.C., will lectureL on "Iran: The Country and Its Archi- tecture" under the auspices of the Re- search Seminary in Islamic Art, In- stitute of Fine Arts, at 4:15 p.m. on, Tuesday, January 21, in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre. The public is7 cordially invited. To students enrolled in the Series on Naval Subjects: The fourth lec- ture of the series, subject, "The Navy; Ship," will be delivered by Captain; B. B. Wygant, U.S.N. Commandant Reserve Midshipman's School, Chi- cago, in room 348 West Engineering at 4:00 p.m. today. Professor Ralph W. Hammett, of the College of Architecture, will give a lecture on the Pre-conquest Art and Architecture of Mexico on Wednes- day, Jan. 15, at 4:15 p.m. in the Architectural Lecture Hall. Lecture will be illustrated with colored slides. Events Today Botanical Journal Club will meet tonight at 7:30 in Room N.S. 1139. Gepots by: James McCranie, "The Genus Septobasidium;" Jose Santos, "Papers on hormones in Archiea am- bisexualis;" Jean Farrell, "The com- munal nature of the fruiting pro- cess in the Acrasiae;" Verle Ren- nick, "Trwo Diseases of Gleditsia." Mathematics Club will meet to- night at 8:00 p.m. in the West Con- ference Room, Rackham Building. Dr. Martin will speak on "Two-to- One Transformations of Two-Dimen- sional Manifolds and Linear Graphs." Juniors Mathematics Club will meet tonight at 8:00 p.m. in 16 Angell Hall. Mr. Wadey will give an illus- trated talk on "Solid Geometric Fig- ures in Three Dimensions." Varsity Glee Club: The following will go to Jackson today. The bus will leave the Union promptly at 4:15 p.m. Bring formal clothes and ribbons. Allen, Bassett, Scherdt, Parthum, Holland, Weller, Edwards, Pinney, Crowe, Repola, Powers, Martin, Erke, Steere, Klopsic, Conti, Fairbanks, Muller, Wierengo, Davis, Berger, Swenson, Hines, Whitney, Hipwood, Ed Gibson, Shale, Landis, Sommer- feld, Nuechterlein, George, Brown, Liimatainen, Mattern, Ossewaarde. U. of M. Flying Club will meet at the Union tonight at 8:30. Election of Vice-president and Secretary. The Michigan Party will meet to- night at 8:00 in the Michigan Union. The room number will be posted on the bulletin board. Alpha Nu: meeting of q.ll members in Alpha Nu room, Angell Hall, at 7:30 tonight. All members are obliged to attend. Portuguese Classes, International Center: There will be an organiza- tional meeting of the classes in Portu- (Continued on Page 6)' RADIO SPOTLIGHT WJR WWJ CKLW WXYZ 750 KC - CBS 920 KC - NBC Red 1030 KC - Mutual 1240 KC-NBC Blue Tuesday Evening 6:00 News Music; Oddities Rollin' Bud Shaver 6:15 Musical 'Newscast; Tunes Home Rhumba Band 6:30 Inside of Sports Frazier Hunt CongaTime Day In Review 6:45 The World Today Loweii Thomas Recital Series Texas Rangers 7:00 Amos 'n Andy Fred Waring Val Clare Easy Aces 7:15 Lanny Ross . inner Music To be Announced Mr. Keen-Tracer 7:30 Haenschen Orch. Sherlock Vignettes of Melody Ned Jordan 7:45 Haenschen Orch. 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