Weather Cloudy and Warmer ri S y Jr 1r Cigan Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication ti3ai1gj Editorial Adjustmest Of Labor Disputes . VOL. LI. No. 93 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Varsity Trackmen Nazis Raid By Daylight; U.S. Officer Is Injured Ford Offers To Turn Out To Compete oday In Mli rose Games Maj or Robert Williams May Lose Sight Of Eye As Result Of Flying Bomb Fragment Defense Orders At Cost; Hemisphere Bank Urged Eastern Fans Will Witness Famed Indoor Track Event At Madison Square Garden; Canham Will Captain Skeleton Wolverine Crew By HAL WILSON A skeleton crew of Wolverine trackmen will stage its own miniature "drang nach Osten" tonight at Madison Square Garden when it competes in New York's famed Millrose Games before 18,000 indoor track fans. Depleted by final exams, Coach Ken Doherty's varsity cinder squad will be represented by Capt. Don Canham who will attempt to flash before Eastern fans the smooth leaping form that -carried him to a tie for the National Collegiate high jump crown last summer, and a four-man two- mile relay team comprising Dave Matthews, Johnny Kautz, Bill Ackerman and Jack Leutritz. In addition Charlie Decker, Michigan's ace pole-vaulter in the 1940 campaign, and Ramblin' Ralph Schwarzkopf, brilliant distance man and captain of last year's Western Conference championship squad, are entered in the Games unattached. Making his New York debut in Gotham's first important track carnival of the indoor season, Canham will match leaps with an impressive field of high jumpers, including Arthur Byrnes of Manhattan College who won the (By The Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 31-German raid- ers, flying singly but in impressive total numbers, inflicted numerous casualties in London today, including Major Robert Williams, United States air observer, who was seriously in- jured. Three hospitals and a number of other buildings were hit. Major Williams, the second United States army officer-observer to be- come a casualty in the present war, was taken to a hospital and fears were expressed he might lose the sight of one eye. He was injured by a fragment from a 100-pound bomb. A native of Albany, Tex, the 39- year-old major was the first Ameri- can military casualty in this war since Capt. Robert H. Losey, assis- tant U. S. military attache at Stock- holm, was killed in a German bomb- ing raid at Dombas, Norway, April 21, 1940. The Luftwaffe switched from its former night tactics, using clouds in- stead of darkness to hide its move- ments, strewing high explosive and fire bombs over many London areas, apparently without aiming at speci- fic targets. Other such raids were made on the East Midlands, southern and southwest England. There were many more attackers in the air today than on the two previous days of before-dark assault. title at Boston's Prout Games last week with a 6 foot 1%/2 inch effort. Former Big Ten champions Dave Albritton and Mel Walker, both ex- Ohio State stars, reside in the Met- ropolitan district and may possibly compete in their specialty also. Canham Holds Record Lanky Canham's best indoor mark is 6 feet 6 3/8 inches, established in Yost Field House last winter, but the Maize and Blue leader will be performing on a strange, board track tonight, thus his showing is highly unpredictable. The two-mile relay event will find Michigan's quartet pitted against a strong field of four other teams: Fordham, North Carolina, Seton Hall and Manhattan. By virtue of its 7:56.3 triumph in the Prout Games, the Fordham four- some rates as favorite tonight, but each of the other teams boasts a strong aggregation. Inexperience on a board track may count heavily against Doherty's quartet. Instead of the customary eight laps to the mile, the Garden track consists of 11 laps with heavily banked turns. Thus the straight- away is much shorter than the Wol- verines have experienced and they will have to change their running' style to conform. Relay Team To Run Three of Michigan's quartet have had previous varsity experience, while Dave Matthews will receive his initial baptism under competitive' conditions. Matthews will lead off the relay, followed by Kautz, long- striding Ackerman, and anchored by senior Jack Leutritz. In the pole vault Decker, who will be eligible for varsity competition next semester, faces some of the na- tion's best talent. Earle Meadows, who did his intercollegiate vaulting at Southern California, has topped (Continued on Page 3) Lansing Solons To Come Here Ruthven Asks Legislators To Inspect Campus President Alexander G. Ruthven has invited the house and senate committees on University affairs of the state legislature to visit the cam- pus Tuesday. Chairman of the senate committee is Clarence A. Reid, Detroit, and the head of the house committee is Fred- erick J. Gartner, Wyandotte. At a meeting scheduled for 11 a.m. in the Union, the legislators and President Ruthven will discuss the needs of the University. Following a luncheon, the group will inspect the campus during the afternoon. Among the needs of the University as outlined in President Ruthven's annual report to the Board of Re- gents this week are listed an admin- istrative building, an addition to the chemistry building, appropria- tions for repairs and alternations of the University plant and for pur- chase of land. Governor Requests Quick Action On Appointments He'll Lead Wolverines DON CANHAM P T New Extensio Plans Are Laid Service Announces A List Of Courses Offered The University Extension Service announces the opening of its courses for the second semester 1940-41. The following courses will be offer- ered in Ann Arbor; Contemporary Literature and Drama; Fine Arts 127. American Painting, two hours credit, fee $12 for undergraduate students and $16 for graduates; French 51A. Beginning French, two hours credit, fee $12; Drawing and Painting, six- teen weeks, fee $10; Speech 31. Practical Public Speaking, two hours credit, fee $12; Hygiene 109, Principles of Public Health Nursing, two hours credit, fee $12; Music B42. Masterpieces in Musical Literature, two hours credit, fee $12; Sculpture, a ten week noncredit course, fee $15; and noncredit courses in Badminton, Squash, Swimming and Tennis cov- ering sixteen meetings, fee $6. Also offered is an eight week course in body conditioning, fee $3. Further information about any of these courses may be obtained from the University Extension Service, 107 Haven Hall, Co-ops Urge Students To Enter Applications All male students interested in rooming or boarding in campus co- operatives next semester were urged by Harold Osterweil, '41, chairman of the Intercooperative Council per- sonnel committee, to phone him at 7350. 'T'h University of Michigan co-1 Many Entries For Hopwood AreReceived 83 Freshman 'Hopefuls' Turn In Manuscripts To Break Old Record A total of 83 manuscripts, the lar- gest number ever submitted, have been received this year for consider- ation for the various Freshman Hop- wood Awards, Prof. R. W. Cowden revealed yesterday. The closing date for entries in the contest was yesterday. The 83 manu- scripts were submitted by 73 con- testants, as compared to 70 manu- scripts submitted by 61 contestants last year. In the prose fiction division 24 manuscripts were entered as com- pared with 15 for last year., In the essay there were 38 entries as com- pared with 39 for last year. And in the poetry division there were 21 as compared with 16 for last year. The results of the contest will be announced sometime early in the second semester, Professor Cowden said. The Freshman Awards are a divis- ion of the general Hopwood contests which are financed from the funds left by the late Avery Hopwood in his will. In the Spring the minor and major divisions for the Hopwood contest will be opened. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-)- Joe Louis revealed tonight there's a very good possibility he may do his fighting for Uncle Sam's army in the near future. His draft number, he disclosed, is 378, "Which ain't very high, is it?" "I got my questionnaire and will send it back in as soon as I get it filled out," he explained. They followed one another at short distances to form wave attacks sim- ilar to the method favored here be- fore at night. At times today burst of machine- gun fire were heard from low-flying planes apparently trying to shoot downsLondon's barrage balloons. Of the three London hospitals dam- aged, one received a direct hit. The government acknowledged damage to other buildings and a small number of fires, but said the number of dead and wounded was "not large." Other bombs fell in a London square - further identification was not permitted - and in surrounding streets, wrecking two shops and heav- ily damaging several other. De Gaulle Calls French Forces Tro Combat Axis British Armies Push On Toward Bengasi Making Way For General Attack (By The Associated Press) The "Free French" commander, General Charles De Gaulle, called to- day upon the unbeaten French Arm- ies under General Maxime Wygand in North and West Africa to throw off their "shameful" inertia and help "complete the conquest of Italian Libya." "Don't you see it is up to you?" he asked, in a Franch language broadcast over the British Broad- casting Company's facilities. It was an appeal for the Weygand Forces, sizeable, well-armed but im- mobilized by their loyalty to Vichy and their recognition of the French- German armistice, to strike at Libya from Tunisia oant west, just-as the British and "Free French" units are piercing that colony from the east. (There have been Axis indications the Germans and Italians might send warships and troops to Bizerte, Tuni- sia, if the Weygand armies made any such move as that urged by De Gaulle.) "The game is not finished," De Gaulle declared. "The great battle of the Mediterranean will suddenly increase in scope like a powder dump when set on fire." If the battle is lost, he went on, "French independence will vanish (Continued on Page 6) Mfason P. Rumnney Will lBe Candidate In Regent Election Mason P. Rumney, '08E, mayor of Grosse Pointe and a past president of the University Alumni Association, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination as a regent. Rumney is now vice-president of the DetroitSteel Products Co. He played end on the Wolverine football team in 1906 and 1907 and was also on the track squad for one year. He was president of the Alum- ni association from 1923 to 1926, and has been a director of the organization since 1923. Mr. Rumney has been a strong supporter of the University dormi- tory housing program for students and was active in efforts which led to the construction of the Mosher- Jordani dormitory for women. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. -(P)- Eight Republican members of theI House Foreign Affairs Committee jointly announced their opposition to the Lease-Lend bill's grant of presi- dential power today, but said they would "willingly support a straight- forward bill, which would grant Bri- tain $2,000,000,000 worth" of Ameri- can credit. "This would eliminate the step of giving the President absolute power over every concern in this country manufacturing war materials," they said. "This would. not permit him to be the director of the war in England; a position which is fraught with great danger to the American people. If we assume the direction of the war, we underwrite the success of the war. The ultimate result must be the American people will pay the full costs of the war and that means we will be obligated to put our material resources and our men into the strug- gle. "Granting credits which England needs will fully meet the situation of today and it will lessen materially the likelihood of our going into the war. Our naval and military experts agree that our nation is in no danger of attack; that with our vast re- sources and geographical position, our situation is not comparable to that of nations of Continental Eur- ope. "This power requested is too much to give any man at a time when the country is at peace. As Secretary Cor- dell Hull once said: 'This is too much power for a bad man to have or for a good man to want.'" The minority report was signed by Representatives Eaton (NJ), Rogers (Mass), Fish (NY), Chiperfield (Ill), Vorys (Ohio), Mundt (SD), Jonkman (Mich), and Dolton (Ohio). Two committee members who did not sign the minority report have indicated they .are also opposed to the administration measure. They are representatives Tinkham (Rep-Mass) and Shanley (Dem-Conn). Record Exam For Seniors Will Be Given LSA, Education Students Are Required To Take Test Here On Feb. 26 Book Exchange To Employ 25 League, Union Will Start Service Next Week Twenty-five students will man the two locations of the Student Book Exchange when it opens on Thurs- day, February 6, in the lobbies of the Michigan Union and Michigan League, directors of the exchange announced yesterday. The clerks will be paid a regular hourly wage and they have been trained to offer price advice when desired. The wages will be paid out of the ten percent charge the Ex- change levies on all checks mailed to those who have left books to be sold. No charge will be made for books not sold, the directors stated. The Exchange operates as a clear- ing-house for all those students who wish to buy or sell books. It is sponsored by the Union and League on a non-profit basis. Acomplete list of books required for any course in any school will be available for those purchasing books at the Exchange. Beginning Feb- ruary 11, the Exchange will also be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Over 5,000 books were handled by the Exchange last year and the con- venience of two locations this year is expected to increase that figure. A graduate record examination 1 will be required of all seniors enroll- d ed in the Schools of Education andF Literature, Science and the Arts who expect to graduate in June or Au- gust, 1941, Assistant Dean Lloyd S. t Woodburne announced yesterday. r The examination will be of a gen- eral nature covering all the work taken by the student during his at- tendance at the University. Although the test grade will have no bearing on whether or not the student may graduate, the examination must be taken by all except those who re- ceive special exemption from the Dean's office, Dr. Woodburne said. Forms will be passed out during registration periods in Waterman Gymnasium, and the general exam- ination will be given Wed., Feb. 26, - 7-11 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Ad-1 vanced examinations in the subjects for which may be indicated by the student on the form will be given inE various fields the following evening at the same time and in the same place. Any student who intends to enter the University School of Graduate Studies must have taken this exam- ination, Dr. Woodburne said.< Introduced on the University cam- pus for the first time this year, the graduate record examination has been and now is financed by the' Carnegie Corporation of New York' (Continued on Page 7) Louis Scores Kayo In Fifth Body Punch Stops Burman In 13th Title Defense NEW YORK, Jan. 31-(AP)-Joe Louis wheeled out a new kind of bomb from his arsenal tonight and with it knocked out Clarence the Red Bur- man to successfully pass the "un- lucky 13" in his record-breaking run as world heavyweight champion. For the first time in his three-year reign as king of the fistic world, he knocked out a rival with a punch to the body-a smashing right hand that polished off a game, gallant, troublesome challenger for keeps in two minutes and 49 seconds of the fifth round. So unexpected was it, that the crowd in Madison Square Garden let out an audible gasp as the Brown Bomber revealed this new way of ar- riving at the old result. Up to tonight he had flattened ten of the 12 batt- lers who had challenged the reign he began when he finished old Jim Brad- dock in Chicago in 1937. Each time, head punches were the "crushers." Tonight, coming up against the "13 jinx"-which was anything but that -he turned the trick with a punch Republican Committee Bloc Unites AgainstLease-Lend Bill tuto Magnate Will Accept Contracts When Labor Provision Is Removed Rillman Requested Insertion Of Clause WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. -(P)- Ienry Ford, denied a $10,000,000 War Departmerit contract because of his exceptions to labor clauses, offered to- lay to build defense materials "at ;ost if other manufacturers will do she same." The elderly automobile manufac- urer telephoned this statement from As winter home in Georgia to com- any headquarters in Detroit, while n Washington a War Department spokesman said withholding the con- tract from Ford did not necessarily nean that a provision requiring com- pliance with all labor laws would e included in all future Army con- tracts. Robert P. Patterson, Undersecre- ary of War, told a congressional ommittee that the Department was onsidering including such a require- nent in all future contracts, but that he matter was "still in the making." He said, too, the Department was not ready to recommend "coercive" egislation to curb labor disputes on defense projects. The labor clause was put into the Ford contract, Patterson testified un- der questioning, at the request of Sidney Hillman, associate director of the Office of Production Manage- ment. Harry Bennett, personnel director f the Ford company, said Ford made (Continued on Page 7) FDR Favors Pan-A merica BankSystem. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31-(AP)-As a further step in strengthening western hemisphere economy, the Adminis- tration is preparing to ask Congress soon, it was learned today, to hasten establishing of an Inter-American Bank. Eight other American republics have signified their intention of par- ticipating in the project, which may become the chief intergovernmental medium for stabilizing the economy and currency of Latin-American na- tions. Organizing of the bank awaits Sen- ate ratifying of the convention, and congressional authorizing of this gov- ernment's financial subcription in the institution, which is to have a mini- mum capital of $100,000,000. Governmental officials conferred this week on final details of the plan preparatory to requesting speedy ac- tion by Congress. The Inter-American Bank plan grew out of the Panama Conference of American foreign ministers in 1939. It calls for a minimum United States contribution of $5,000,000 to the bank's capital and equal or small- er amounts from the other partici- pating countries. Those which have indicated their intention of partici- pating are Brazil, Mexico, Domini- can Republic, Colombia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. Under the proposed charter, on which officials have been working, the bank would have broad powers in helping to stabilize currencies, pro- moting industrial developing in the Americas, and otherwise strengthen- ing the economic system of the var- ious countries. FDR Scores Wheeler On Former Statement WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. -() - President Roosevelt said today he had been informed that Senator Wheeler (Dem-Mont), a leading op- ponent of this foreign policy and an advocate of a negotiated peace in Europe, had expressed the opinion in 1934 or 1935 that Nazi domination of Europe was inevitable. What, the President asked, after Boston Fears Economic Depression After War, Sees Need For Agency To Prepare For Crash By CHARLES THATCHER Declaring that the "false prosper- ity" of the present rearmament pro- gram must inevitably lead to a severe economic depression whensthepro- gram stops, Prof. 0. W. Boston of the metal processing department ad- vocated, in an interview yesterday, the immediate establishment of a governmental commission to antici- pate and prepare for this depression. "Otherwise," Professor Boston pre- dicted, "there will be a great deal of unemployment for the long period it will take a war-geared industry to readjust itself to normal, peace-time pression as an example of what can be expected, Professor Boston pre- dicted that unless some definite ac- tion is taken before the depression is upon us, itsdmagnitude will eclipse by far any depressions of the past, including the great crash of 1929. An increasing number of govern- ment orders means an increased need for space all over the country, Pro- fessor Boston noted, with the result that many peace-time industries are being converted and many new plants being built to meet the demand. All plants, new and old alike, are em- ploying more men, and the nation to study the problem and make pre- parations for its solving would not be a cure-all by any means. It is even doubtful that they could take any physical action at all. However, a careful study of conditions now and their probable results could do much to relieve the intensity of the depres- sion which is bound to follow, Profes- sor Boston observed. Great Britain has already set up a commission of this kind to start laying plans for post-war living. Because of the abnormally high hiring rate of the present "prosper- I