Weather Cloudy, Snow Flurries VOL.I. No. 92 Dr. Vaughan Given Health Prof essorship By Uniersty Will Cooperate.On lan To Reorganize Hygiene Division In New School Opening Next September To Help Supervise ProposedBuilding Dr. Henry F. Vaughan, commissioner of health in Detroit, has accepted the postition of professor of public health in the division of hygiene and public health in the University, it was an- nounced yesterday. Dr. Vaughan, who will assume his position at te opening of the new semester next month, will cooperate with Dr. John Sundwall, director of hygiene and public health, and with other staff members in the reorgan- ization of the curriculum of the pres- ent division for use in the new School of Public Health, which will probab- ly open in Sept., 1941. They will also supervise the planning of the build- ing to.be constructed for the recent- ly created school. Son of the late Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, dean of the Medical School from 1891 to 1921, Dr. Vaughan re- ceived his Bachelor of Science degree in 1912, his Master of Science degree in 1913 and was awarded the first doctoral degree in public health ever -given by the University in 1916. Becoming a member of the faculty of Wayne University in 1915 as lec- turer in public health, Dr. Vaughan was appointed city health commis- sioner in Detroit three years later, a post which he has held continuous- ly since that time. Since 1912 he has served as special lecturer in public health administra- tion here at the University, and has held a similar post at Vanderbilt Un- iversity for the last four years. As a member of the Sanitary Corps dur- ing the First World War, Dr. Vaughan was head of the sanitary departments at Camp Upton and Camp Wheeler. A member of the board of trustees of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Dr. Vaughan has participated actively in various national programs for the improvement of public health. Gerard Urges War On Nazis House Committee Backs British Aid Measure WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-(0)-AT 17-to-8 majority of the House For- eign Affairs Committee urged the, House tonight to pass the Lease-Lendj Bill, asserting in a formal report that its prompt enactment was "of high- est importance to the vital interests of our country-and even of our civ- ilization.". ' The report was issued at the close of a day which saw the committeet approve the bill, saw Representativef Martin (Mass), the Republican lead- er, announce his opposition, unless the powers proposed to be grantedt to the President are "substantially modified," and saw the Senate For- eign Affairs Committee receive oon- fidential information from Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of War. The Senate group, in addition, heard James W. Gerard, former Am- bassador to Germany, say he favoredt an immediate declaration of warj against the Hitler government, and advocate passage of the bill as a weapon for "lightning defense"' against "lightning war." He said the Nazis would seize Mex- ico if Britain fell. Congress Asks Aid t In HopBooth Plan= Students who will be using the Congress Independent Men's Associa-r tion booth at the J-Hop were asked yestercday to submit their names and Jr Fife Cigan Fifty Years Of Continuouis Puiciatin 4:Iatil Eitorial Broadcasting Station, For The University . ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS 'YT ' e*n-7E T Vox Pop Solves Marriage Problems, Awards Pig, Hollywood Phone Call Hitler Claims American Help Won't Aid England; Ford Loses U.S. Contract v -Daily Photo by Will Sapp WALLY FOREST PARKS NATHAN BUTTERWORTH EVASHEVSKI JOHNSON TUFTS . ** * By A. P. BLAUSTEIN "Vox Pop," famed radio quiz show, may have solved two of Forest'Eva- shevski's marriage problems last night when its directors, Parks John- son and Wally Butterworth, awarded Michigan's 1940 football captain a large wedding cake and two round- trip tickets for a Niagara Falls honeymoon. Chan Pinney, '41E, pulled down the prize (a make-up kit) for guess- ing the best answer to the program's general question, "How many dimes are there in a mile?" Although last year's Union Opera star's 100,000 was closest to tOheactual figure of 89,792, Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the his- tory department drew the biggest laugh with his estimate of 225,474 dimes-and one nickel. Winner of a free telephone call to glamorous movie starlet Rita Hay- Naval Officer PO Psts Opened To E ineers Probationary commission Offered; Examinations RequiredOf Applicantsj Juniors, seniors and graduates in the College of Engineering are being offered an opportunity to receive pro- bationary commissions in the U. S. Naval Reserve next semester and to perform active duty during the pres- ent national emergency after gradua- tion. A special meeting for all interested -ngineers will be' held at 4 p.m. to- day in Room 348 of West Engineer- ing Building at which Capt. Lyal A. Davidson. chairman of the local NROTC unit, will discuss the general purpcses cf the program being offered and answer any questions which might be raised. Those desiring to obtain these com- missions are required to fill out ap- plications, which are available at the offices of the Department of Naval Science in North Hall, and pass both a physical and a personal examina- tion which will be given some time early in March. Seniors and graduates whose ap- plications are approved will be com-' missioned Ensign, Volunteer (spec- ial service) in the Reserve in June, and will be ordered to active duty. Pay and allowances, it was an- nounced, are $183.00 a month. Probationary appointments until graduation will be given to juniors whose applications are approved. In June of 1942 they will be given their regular commissions and ordered to active duty. Welles Questions Value Of A Negotiated Peace NEW YORK, Jan. 30-(P)-Ques- tioning whether a negotiated peace now would "be worth the paper on which it was written," Sumner Welles, Undersecretary of State, declared to- night an Axis victory in Europe would lead to economic and political attacks on South America u. -A- .1- 4. 4r 4,1,...- 1..,:,1 <. worth was Pete Haller, '42, "for his attempts to explain the size of a hair's breath." Haller disappointed one member of the audience by not asking her to Ann Arbor for the Ruthven Invtes State Officials To Visit Here House, Senate Committees To Discuss University Needs In Union Meeting President Alexander G. Ruthven yesterday extended an invitation to the members of two houses and sen- ate committees of the state legisla- ture to visit the campus Thursday. The legislators are expected to dis- cuss the needs of the University with President Ruthven at a meeting scheduled for 11 a.m. in the Union. Following a luncheon, the group will inspect the campus during the after- noon. Chairman of the senate committee is Clarence A. Reid, Detroit, whose other membership includes Chester M. Howell, Saginaw; Leo J. Wilkow- ski. Detroit; Earl L Burhans Paw J-Hop but satisfied the rest by shout- ing out "I may not be Tom Harmon but I'd still like to know if I'd have a chance for a screen test if I came out to Hollywood." For knowing that Henry A. Wal- lace's middle name was Agard, Wil- liam Biggers, '41E, was presented with a 50-pound pig and was later given a can of flea powder to make the animal "acceptable." Jane Con- nell, '41, came through to win a pen set and several "invaluables" such as an old fraternity house bureau and a 1910 washing machine. Professor Slosson lent the greatest dignity to the broadcast with the pedagogical accuracy of his answers, and then, with the greatest lack of dignity, auctioned off his undesir- able prizes--a pair of red-striped shorts, an ancient bicycle and a stand used to climb on trains with. Barry County Education Men, To Meet Here Officials Will Assemble For Three-Day Study Of Elementary School War Department Rejects Bid For Trucks; Labor Clauses Cited As Reason Ford Denies Plan To Cede Factories WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-W)-In an action believed to set a precedent, the War Department today rejected a bid from the Ford Motor Company for a contract involving 11,781 half ton trucks because, it said, he "ex- cepted as to the labor clauses." 0 The Ford Motor Company submit- ted the lowest bid among 155 firms which sought the contract, but the award was made to the Fargo Motor Corporation of Detroit. The bid of the Fargo Corporation was $10,298,128. The Ford Company's figure was not disclosed tonight. Last month it was announced ev- ery invitation for bids for the pro- curement of military supplies must contain a clause saying a statement of labor policy adopted by the De- fense Commission and approved by President Roosevelt shall be the guide in awarding of contracts. This statement of policy had assert- ed all work done under defense con- tracts should be in compliance with Federal statutes (such as the Wag- ner Act, the Walsh-Healey Act set- ting labor standards for government contractors and the Wage-Hour Act.) A regulation issued Dec. 17, 1940, said "all work executed under any such contract will be carried out in compliance with the provisions of the statement of labor policy relative to over-time pay and in dompliance with federal statutory provisions affect- ing labor wherever such provisions are applicable, as well as with state and local statutes affecting labor relations, hours of work, wages, work- men's compensation, safety and sani- tation." It was not disclosed just what part of the "labor clauses" of Ford were considered objectionable. The Ford Company has been engaged in a bat- tle in the courts with the National Labor Relations Board, which has accusedit of violating the Wagner Act. Government Won't Get Ford Plants DETROIT, Jan. 30-(0P)-Henry Ford said today "there is absolutely nothing to" a story that he told a government official he would turn his huge plants over to the government at $1 a year rather than permit labor unions to have a closed shop. Harry Bennett, personnel director of the Ford Motor Company, said Ford made his denial in a telephone conversationi from his winter home in Georgia. Rep. Clare Hoffman (Rep-Mich), who said that his informant was ai Michigan man whose name he de- clined to disclose, entered in the Con- gressional Record yesterday the re- port that Ford made such a state- ment. Greek Premier ,~ , ar w v v w . .a. aa u a , .wv -. More than 35 school officers from Paw; and M. Harold Saur, Kent City. M Heading the house delegation will rural and village schools in Barry be Frederick J. Gartner, Wyandotte. County will assemble here Sunday to Other members are Earl C. Gallagher, spend three days in observation and Detroit; Edson V. Root, sr., Paw Paw; study of elementary education, Prof. Henry J. P. Graebner, Saginaw; Bert W. C. Olson, principal of the Univer- J. Storey, Belding; and Haskell L.s Nichols, Jackson. sity Elementary School announced. Other members of the state legis- The Monday morning session will lature invited to attend the meeting be devoted to a discussion of various are State Senator George P. McCal- instructional and health programs lum, Ann Arbor, and State Repre- with members of the School of Edu- sentative Joseph L. Warner, Ypsi- cation and staff of the Elementary lanti. School. In his annual report to the Boar'd of The group is here under scholar- Regents released this week, President ships made available through the Ruthven enumerated the legislative W. K. Kellogg Foundation and local needs of the University as an admin- school boards. Represented in the istration building, an addition to the group are students of education and chemistry building, appropriations for public health. The program of study repairs and alterations of the Uni- was arranged by W. J. Duddles of versity plant and for purchase of land Delton with the assistance of Pro- and removal of the mill tax limit. fessor Olson. King George II of Gr~eece, short- ly after the death of Premier John Metaxas, announced his ecision to name Alexandros Korizis (above), 55 year-old governor of the Nation- al Bank, as Metaxas successor. U. S. Birthd ays Are Happier, FDR Declares WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-(P)- President Roosevelt suggested to his countrymen tonight that American birthdays were happier this year than they would have been otherwise "be- cause all of us are still living under a free peoples' philisophy." He spoke from the White House by radio to thank people from coast to coast who were observing his own 59th birthday by attending parties, balls and other activities to raise money to combat infantile paralysis. To all who labored "in this great cause," he voiced his gratitude "from the bottom of my heart." Cuts Seven Cakes But Mr. Roosevelt said it was not a completely happy birthday for him because "these are not completely happy days for any of us in the world." Mr. Roosevelt, besides making the radio talks, cut one of his seven birth- day cakes at the 18th annual reunion of the "cuff and links boys" at the White House, while thousands from coast to coast made merry that hand- icapped children might Pe happier. In the family dining room at the White House there was a swapping of old campaign tales-tales that date back to 1920 when Mr. Roosevelt ran unsuccessfully for vice-president, for among the guests were five of the eight men who went through it with him. "Cuff Links Boys" Present These men were the original "cuff links boys"-so named because at the end of that campaign the candi- date gave each a pair of cuff links- and since 1923 they have held a re- union on Mr. Roosevelt's birth anni- versary. During phe evening Mrs. Roosevelt toured the capital's five birthday balls, but was back at the White House to hear the President's broad- cast. Celebrities here to enliven dances and two theatrical shows included Clifton Fadiman, the quick-tongue of "Information Please"; Alice Mar- ble, tennis star; Tommy Harmon, Michigan's football hero; Wallace Beery, Deanna Durbin, Glen Ford, Lana Turner, Maureen O'Hara, Helen Vinson, Jean Hersholt and a host of others from stage and screen. Hillel Players Plan To Hold Tryouts Tryouts for the Hillel Foundation's annual play, this year John Howard Lawson's "Success Story," will be German Leader Threatens Attack On All Vessels Within 'Torpedo Range' Denies All Designs On North America BERLIN, Jan. 30.-(P)-Adolf Hit- ler declared today American help would be of no avail to Britain and that every ship "with or without con- voy" approaching England within the range of German torpedoes would be attacked. As to British hopes of help from America, he went on: "I can only say this: we have from the beginning put every possibility into our calculations. That the Ger- man people have no quarrel with the American people is clear to everybody who doesn't want consciously to twist the facts and claim its opposite. "Never yet has Germany sponsored interests on the American continent except that it helped to fight for the liberty of this continent. "If the states of- this continent, however, now attempt possibly to in- terfere with the European conflict, then the war aims will change even faster. Then all Europe will rise in its own defense. "Let there be no deception about one fact: whoever believes he can help England must at all events know one thing: "Every ship, whether important or not, that comes within range of our torpedo tubes will be torpedoed. We are engaged in a war which we didn't desire. On the contrary, one cannot stretch his hand out to the other fel- low more often than we did.' When, however, others are looking for a fight and aim at extirpating the Ger- man nation, then they are in for a terrific surprise." He promised his nation victory and the "new order" for Europe within the year. The great Sportspalast was filled with about 18,000 Nazi party men and government officials to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Hitler's ac- cession to power. Greeks Report Victories Against Italians (By The Associated Press) ATHS, Jan. 30-Greekswarriors, on the offensive again after beating off a week of fierce Italian counter- attacks, were reported tonight to have wrested new positions from the Fascistsin the rugged Albanian mountains north of Klisura. Military advices said the Greeks, pausing only long enoiig h to pledge themselves to a fight unto death at brief frontline memorial services for their dead leader General John Me- taxas, lashed out with such fury that the Italians were forced to abandon their own counter-thrusts and with- draw hastily to new positions. For a solid week Italian General Ugo Cavallero's forces were said to have stabbed at the Greek lines in an effort to feel out weak positions and not only failed, but disclosed weak points in their own defenses. In this time the Greeks said Italian casualties' numbered 20 for every one of their own. In a spirited air battle the Greeks announced their airmen downed two Italian planes. Anti-aircraft batteries were credited with destroying two more. Derna Falls To British After Bitter Fight (By The Associated Press) CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 30-The third major Italian bastion to fall in Lib- ya-Derna, 175 miles west of the Egyptian frontier-was occupied to- day by British Imperial troops after four days of the bitterest resistance offered by the Fascists in the whole of the African campaign. The town had been defended by fewer than 10,000 Italians, British sources disclosed, but they fought with a violence encountered nowhere else in General Sir Archibald P. Wavell's long continued thrust to the west. While the conquering British con- solidated their position in Derna, Poll Reveals Students Favor Passage Of Lease-Lend' Bill By 2-1 Margin By WILLIAM BAKER Students at the University favor by a margin of more than two to one the passage of the lease-lend bill, a recent poll reveals. Thirty students were questioned by a Daily reporter in the poll. The questions asked were: "Do you favor the passage of Bill No. 1776 (lease- lend bill) ? If you are in favor of it, do you think that any amendments should be made?" Of the thirty, twenty-two answered that they were for the proposal, al- though twenty of these stipulated that amendments be made before final approval of the bill. Eight were against the bill. Ten of those approving the bill, two favored the bill, but felt that both a definite time limit should be set, and that the sending of American convoys into belligerent zones should be prohibited. Eight of those questioned stated that they were definitely against the bill, no matter what amendments might be made. Most common reason- ing among this group was "that the bill is the quickest way to draw us into war, and this war is none of our business.' A few of the answers received are given here: James Wolf, '43: "I am definitely in favor of the proposal, although I think that a definite time limit should be placed on the powers extended to that the only way we can avoid actual war and the ultimate sending of American soldiers to Europe is to aid England now in every way we can without an actual declaration of war. For this reason I favor the passing of the lease-lend bill." Arthur Y. Hillman, Jr., '43E: "We will probably get into the war any- way, so why not pass the lease-lend bill and help England now as much as we can?" John Middleton, '43: "I am for the bill. I think it is either a case of aid- ing Great Britain now, or an out and out war with the Axis powers some time in the future. I prefer the form- er. One of the most interesting an- swers against the bill was given by