Weather Increasing cloudiness, warmer; rain late today. Jr Sit igau 4).at4 Editorial, Defense Setup Needs iCentralization trnt r r sT- II I VOL. L. No. 11 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1941 t-323 irni,, un,.. /* Yl IUL FIVE UEN Nazis Claim Moscow Armies Encircle( t. 2s President CallsFor Revision Of NeutralityAct v f Asks Armin Of American Merchantmen Germans Are Denounced As Madmen, Modern Pirates By Roosevelt Undeclared Naval War, Taft Asserts WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-(IP)-De- nouncing the Nazis as "madme" and "modern pirates," President Roose- velt today asked Congress to wipe out "crippling provisions" of the United States Neutrality Act. First of all, he asked repeal of that statute's ban on armed mer- chant ships, "as a matter of immedi- ate necessity and extreme urgency." To this, he added a request that Congress give its "earnest and ea-ly attention" to a second amendment, rescilading the provisions which for- bid 'American vessels to enter bellig- erent ports and specified combat areas. "It is time," the President said, "for this country to stop playing into Hitler's hands and to unshackle our own." Best Of State Papers' Mr. Roosevelt's recommendations went to the Capitol in a. directly and forcefully-worded special message, which as a literary product alone, some were saying, would rank with the best of'his state papers. It- piled =rgument upbn argument in an apparent endeavor to antici- pate all the objections that will be voiced by the opponents of his for- eign policy and reached one of its several climaxes in a statement that: "Hitler has offered a challenge which we as Americans cannot and will not tolerate.1 "We will not let Hitler prescribe the waters of the world on which our ships may travel. The American flag is not going to be driven from the seas either b his submarines, his airplanes or his threats. "We cannot permit the affirmative defense of our rights to be annulled and diluted by sections of the Neu- traility Act which have no realism in the unscrupulous ambition of mad- men. Course Determined "We Americans have determined our course. "We intend to maintain the secur- ity and integrity and the honor of our country., "We intend to maintain this policy of protecting the freedom of the seas against domination by any for- eign power which has become crazed with a desire to control the world. We shall do so with all our strength and all our heart and all our mind." Congressional reaction to the mes- sane closely followed the already well- defined line of cleavage between the supporters and the opponents of his foreign policy. "Eloquent Exposition" . Typical of tlae comment was this from Chairman Connally (Dem.- Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: A splendid and eloquent ex- position of what American foreign policy should be." And this, from Senator Taft (Rep.- Ohio): "A policy of carrying on an un- declared naval war on the Atlantic." The receipt of the message fouId the House debating a $5,985,000,000 appropriation for the Lend-Lease pro- gram of helping Great Britain, with Rep. Woodrum (Dem.-Va.) asserting "We are going to see to it, if we can -and I think we can-that planes and tanks get on the battle line to be fused against Hitler." 'Goofy' Drivers May Really Be Unbalanced L Famed Actor To Inaugurate Series Today MAURICE EVANS * * * "Maurice Evans' performance of 'Hamlet' is. the finest in the latter day theatre. A remarkably beautiful performance." , All those attending Evans' presen- tation of "Shakespeare in the News" at 8:15 p.m. today: in Hill Auditorium will not only experience one role of the actor honored with this praise from George Jean Nathan, but also the most famous speeches of many roles in his great repertoire. Evans' appearance here will be the initial offering of the 1941-42 Ora- torical Association Series: He will be introduced by Dr. Louis Eich of the speech department and, head of the Association lecture committee. The season ticket sale closes today. Single tickets will be on sale at $1.00, 75c and 50c (plus 10 per cent federal tax) in the Hill Auditorium box office from 10 a.m. until 8:15 p.m. Never before at the pinnacle of his career has the most outstanding actor of his day been available for lecture- recitals. The critical acclaim which he has gained in these recitals in- dicates that his appearance here will be an outstanding event of the sea- son. Anne O'Hare McCormick, Pulitzer Prize winner, will present the second of the Association's lectures on Nov. 13, followed on Nov. 24 by the famed radio stars, the Quiz Kids. On Dec. 2, Sinclair Lewis will debate Lewis Browne on the question, "Can It Happen Here?" Music school. 'FacultyElects Singers-today Thirty Michigan co-eds will sing in the preliminary auditions for the School of Music-Hour of Charm con- test at 7 p.m. today at Morris Hall in the first step of the "$1,000 talent search that may take a Michigan girl to radio fame and fortune. The music school's voice faculty, headed by Prof. Arthur Hackett, will choose ten girls to sing in the elim- ination contest at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre Wednesday. Three of the ten will have recordings of their voices made and the Hour of Charm's all-girl orchestra will choose Michigan's winner to sing on the coast-to-coast broadcast November 16. If Michigan's entrant wins the final singing against girls from nine other Universities, she will receive $1,000 and the University will be awarded a $4,000 scholarship for needy musical sudents. Two members of the all-girl band, Vivien and Evelyn, will arrive here Wednesday morning for a whirlwind tour of the campus before they help judge the competition at Lydia Men- delssohn. Lunch at the Tri-Delt house and a dinner party at the Beta Theta 'Pi fraternity are on the schedule. - Panamanian Head Ousted; AidesJailed President Arnulfo Arias Goes Into Cuban Exile; Cabinet Meeting Called 'No Gun' Manifesto To Be Considered (By The Associated Press) PANAMA, Panama, Oct. 9.-The Nazi-minded President Arnulfo Arias who ordered "no. guns" on U. S. ships flying the flag of Panama was sum- marily ousted while in Cuban exile today and replaced by a government immediately pledged to "decided sup- port for democratic principles." An urgent cabinet meeting was called for tomorrow with the "no- guns" order reported to be on its agenda for reconsideration. Arias fled by plane to Colombia' Tuesday, soon after the "no-guns" order of last Monday complicated the neutrality law repeal debate in Wash- ington,,and proceeded from there to Havana, where he was located today. The second Vice President of Pan- ama, the first eligible successor to Arias who could be reached immedi- ately was sworn in as President. Three hours later the cabinet he formed called in Ricardo Adolfo De La Guardia, Justice Minister and physician of pronounced pro-demo- cratic leanings, and handed him the Presidency. Officially, the new government is- sued a manifesto pledging ""decided support for democratic principles now menaced throughout the world andaffecting in a'very marked man- ner the Republic of Panama because she is situated at the epicenter of continental defense.' Unofficially, it was reported a cab- inet meeting tomorrow would reopen the ship-arming question. The jails closed on several of Arias' supporters, including his so-called strong man, the Panama City mayor. In the face of stringent precautionary measures the country seemed orderly. Board Headed By Densmore Margaret Mutnik Named To Replace Guetzkow Prof. G. E. Densmore, chairman of the speech department, was ap- pointed chairman of the Board in Control of Student Publications by President Ruthven Tuesday. Opening its formal activities for the school year, the Board held its first meeting Tuesday. Faculty mem- bers present were Professor Dens- more, Prof. Edson R. Sunderland of- the Law School, secretary of the' Board; Dean Joseph A. Bursley; Prof. Merwin H. Waterman of the School of Business Administration; Prof. Carl E. Burklund of the engineering English department and Prof. Ho- bart R. Coffey of the Law School. Student members in attendance were Karl Kessler, Grad., and Char- les Heinen, Grad.' Margaret Campbell Mutnik, '42, was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Harold Guetzkow, Grad. Mrs. Mutnik took fourth place in the Board election last year and was automatically awarded the position.- Prof. Aiton Will Return Prof. Arthur S. Aiton, who has been lecturing on Spanish-American history at the Pniversity of Costa Rica since the middle of August, will leave Costa Rica on Oct. 15 to re- assume the duties connected with his professorship in the history depart- ment here, the department announced yesterday. Scene Of Fierce Nazi Onslaughts VIPURII , LENINGRAD OOD GORKI ;-"Moscow, INSK 4 BRYANSK .GOMEL:::: -KURSK VORONEZH KIEV KHARKOV NADNIEPERO- P TROVSK f MARIU :::.:DESS sx T EREKOP 4 ...^E l ARMAVIR LINA JOYOR SSISK --------- EVASTOPO E Russian Civilians Join Red Defen In Last-Ditch Stand Against Gera WedgesAdvancing Towards Cap r1 1 H itler Calls Vietor Needed Condit ior For Ultimate Peae a- Soviet communique admitted that heavy Nazi offensives had not been checked as German armies advanced on Vyazma' and Orel in a bitterly contested drive toward Moscow. Savage fighting was also re- ported in thef ai, south. Jack Jones Describes Position Of British Labor In Wartime By DAN BEHRMAN Declaring that British labor be- lieved the present conflict to be has near to a holy war as anything in which Britain has ever engaged," Jack Jones spoke here yesterday un- der the sponsorship of the Committee To Defend America. The coal-mining Welsh author opened his address with a short his- to y of the British labor movement in which he stressed the stability of the island's trade unionism. "No man of loose character or a criminal rec- ord can hold a position in the British labor movement," Jones pointed out. In illustrating the spirit of British wartime workers, Jones cited the miners in his own South Wales. These men, aware of an imminent winter coal shortage throughout Brit- ain, voted to work an extra shift each week, and that on Sunday night. Transport workers also are driving all-night "lorries' through blitz raids. Jones quoted one of his fellow mines leaders in another instance, a dis- pute over an attendance bonus. "While British miners will not yield one incli in their ideals and the coal- owners' associations feel the same way," the man had declared, "if hos- Mortimer J. Adler - To Give First Talk In S.R.A. Series "Thomas Aquinas and the Modern World" will be the subject of a lec- ture, the first in the annual series sponsored by the Student Religious Association, given by Mortimer J. Ad- ler, prominent educator and author, at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Rackham Lecture Hall. Adler is the world-wide famed au- thor of "How to Read a Book" and "What Man Has Made of Man." He has had a varied career as one of the nation's leading educators. At the early age of 15 Adler was already writing editorial copy for the New York Sun. He has taught Eng- lish and experimental psychology at Columbia University. While at Col- umbia, Adler also was ark instructor tilities are not ended then neither interest will exist." British labor's morale has also been kept high, according to Jones, by the large number of labor men in top government positions. Deputy Prime Minister Clement Atlee came' from the political labor party, First Lord of the Admiralty A. B. Alexan- der was a co-operative movement man, and Ernest Bevin worked as a( carter. Directly answering the question of how British labor views the war, Jones flatly declared, "Intelligently!" The working men's leaders protested the British government's isolationism in 1935, he said, especially when "a prime minister waited like a Western Union boy." He also remarked that Chamberlain should be remembered by those who say that Britain sought a war. Welsh Coal Miner Becomes Novelist With a slight Welsh burr in his speech and "blue marks on his face where the, coal cut," Jack Jones speaks with the clarity of an author and the forcefulness of a coal miner. Questioned on the traditional sup- ercility of visiting British authors, Jones emphatically declaredthat the average British "critical" writer in America does not represent the view- point of the British people. "This fallacy should be exploded," he said, (Continued on Page 7) Civilian Raid Alarm Plan Is Successful NEW YORK, Oct. 9. -(AP)- The Army simulated war conditions on the northeastern seaboard today to see how fast enemy bombers could be spotted and reported, and Brig. Gen. Dawson Olmstead nodded ap- provingly over the results., It was the start of a seven-day air raid warning network exercise in 10 states and the District of Columbia employing the services of 40,000 vol- unteer observers. In rough form, the system used re- sembled that set up in England to (By The Associated Press) MOSCOW, Oct. 9.Russif civil- ians joined the outnumbered Red armies of the center tonight in a su- preme and desperate effort to break the blunt German wedges still ad- vancing on Moscow with ever-in- creasing strength. In deep forests and broad plains more than 100 miles west of the cap- ital and 200-odd miles to the south these mighty Nazi offensives were met with new Soviet lines. After retreating from Orel, an im- portant railway junction south of Moscow, Marshal Semeon Timoshen- ko's forces occupied fresh posit ns north of the town and stubbornly sought there to breast the unending onslaughts of German tank columns. Russians Contest Advance About Vyazma to the west of Mos- cow the Russians were bitterly con- testing the second Nazi advance. The Soviet command's communique late tonight indicated no change of consequence anywhere, merely re- porting heavy continued fight in all the vital areas. The situation behind the Red army lines remained calm and orderly, so far as could be learned, and life in Mosow went on as usual. Bulthe pYosltiOn was clearly g'aV although not disastrous. To the almost limitless Russian millions the Soviet press appealed: "Realize the gravity of the situa- tion, the greatness of the danger and abandon all complacency. Strain every effort to repulse the new at- tacks of the impudent enemy. Situation Is Grave "Every Red Army man must realize the gravity of the present moment." That moment was grave indeed, for the mid-day communique of the Soviet command acknowledged the German offensives-the greatest of all the war-had not been checked. Although the invaders were declared falling' by the thousands, their lines grew only longer, for fresh German division after division was being hurled into every hard-pressed Rus- sian point. The fighting proceeded with an epic savagery about Vyazma, and near Orel, where the Russians made perhaps their greatest stand in at- tempting to block the Nazis' north- ward push. Bryansk, to the west, was admittedly outflanked. Violent Action In South There was wild and violent action, too, in the far south along the upper shores of the Sea of Azov about Mel- itopol, where a southern German of- fensive synchronized with the thrusts at the center was trying to beat its way eastward toward Rostov at the mouth of the River Don And at the gateway to the Soviet Caucasus. Russian Musical Comedy Featured By Cinema League Modern women of every land have established themselves in professions long monopolized by men, but women composers are still regarded as un- usual. This fact is responsible for much of the humor1 in the new Soviet musical comedy, "Volga-Volg~" which will be shown at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre under the auspices of the Art Cinema League. Tickets will be on sale in the ticket office of the League today through Sunday. The program will also include the latest newsreel of the fighting on the Eastern Front and an English docu- mentary film of an RAF raid on German-held islands. The traditional picture of com- posers as serious-minded men with (By The Associated Press) BERLIN, Oct. 9.-The German High Command declared tonight the last fully effective Russian armies remaining on the whole of the East- ern Front were now fatally encircled in two areas along the center before Moscow, and Adolf Hitler's military spokesman formally proclaimed the setting of the Soviet star. The great victory which Hitler In a special order of the day had called "the most essential condition ,fo' peace" had now been attained, these authorities asserted. While there -still was much blo.dy fighting to come, they added, "the' military decision has fallen." Three Red armies officially de- clared as without any leadership were reported facing destruction in the region of Bryansk-about 220 miles below Moscow-along with other units entrapped .bout Vyazma, some 12x miles west of the capital. 60 To 70 Divisions Claimed Returning direct from the Easterh Front to announce what various Nazi sources caffed the 'beginning of the end for the Soviet forces, Dr. Otto Dietrich Hitler's personal press chief, estinmted Russian' divisions encircled at the center at 60- to 70. A Rusian division at full strength numbers about 20,000 men, and n the basis of this figure it was stated the total number of Red troops put out of action might be as high as 1,400,000. But only after final opera- tions could a definite figure be given, it was added, and in this connection one commentator remarked that soni Rissian divisions of late had been found to aggregate only some hun- dreds, and not thousands, of men. Hitler's order to the troops, which. had been issued at the beginning of the great offensive Oct. 2, was given to the German people for the first time today while the radio resounded with reports of successes for German arms. Last Bttle Begun "Today," he had said, "begins the last great decisive battle of this year. It will hit this enemy destructively and with it the instigator of the en- tire war, England herself. "For if we crush this opponent we also remove the last English ally on the continent. "Thus we will free the German Reich and all Europe from a menace greater than any since the time of the Huns and later of the Mongol tribes." Authorized persons described the Soviet disaster tonight as one of such magnitude that there was no longer an effective Russian military leader- ship. Asked whether there were still uni- fied Soviet commands, these inform- ants responded: "There are no commands of any kind." On the assumption widely held in German quarters that the collapse of all European Russian armies was im-, minent, an authoritative person ack- nowledged that no one could say whether the Soviet Union would be able to set up new forces during the coming winte?. No Dangerous Army "However," he added, "no Russian army could be dangerous to the Ger- man forces for more than two weeks. A small German force consisting of tanks, motorized units and, not the least, the German air force, could attack and destroy it in short order." He acknowledged there were wide expanses of Soviet territory yet to be occupied, but insisted the areas vital to the Soviet war machine al- ready were in German hands. Conceding Stalin might withdraw and set up a new front, he asserted this would have value only for' prop- CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-'(P)-A num- ber of the so-called "goofy drivers" encountered on streets and highways