THE MICHIGAN DAILY IrvWAX NOVUiE The Miehigan Daily Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. k Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by carrier $4.00, by mail $5.00. 1t REPR99ENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING By National Advertising Service, Inc. w College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AvE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON + Los ANGELES * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1941-42 Editorial Staff Emile 0e16 . Alvin Dann . David Lachenbruc Jay McCormick Hal Wilson . Arthur Hill. Janet Hiatt , Grace Miller . Virginia Mitchell Daniel H. Huyett James B., Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright NIGHT ED The editoria Daily are writ staff and repr only. . . . Managing Editor . . . . Editorial Director . . . . . City Editor . . . . Associate Editor * . ., . Sports Editor . . Assistant Sports Editor . . . . Women's Editor . . Assistant Women's Editor . .. . . Exchange Editor Business Staff ' Business . . Associate Business Women's Advertising . . Women's Business Manager Manager Manager Manager ITOR: ROBERT MANTHO als published in The Michigan ten by members of The Daily esent the views of the writers Mothers Of America' Turn Undemocratic . . U NDEMOCRATIC, undignified, and disgusting are the only words that aptly describe the actions ofa small group of Women who pelted the British ambassador, Lord Halifax, with tomatoes and eggs during his re- cent visit to Detroit. Moreover, this group of women have the gall to style themselves as "the Mothers of America." I am sure that the real mothers of this country are shocked by the actions of the demonstrators and by the audacity of this group claiming to represent them. Such actions certainly would not be condoned by the isolationist leaders of this country and it is surprising and alarming to find mothers engaged in such demonstrations. Perhaps their cause of isolationism is just, but this type of protest is not only futile but very wrong. The ambassador is the, guest of the American people and such treatment as he re- ceived is wholly discreditable to the nation. i It seems strange for "sons" to be protesting about , the conduct of "mothers" but I believe- that most of us are ashamed of their actions. This is not the first time this group of women has been heard of in an unfavorable light and it is becoming a public eyesore. - John Erlewine Give Reuther Plan Fair ' T'rial . RIORITY UNEMPLOYMENT has P become a very real fear for some 2;000,000 workers. Plants throughout the nation are closing down because of the lack of materials which have been placed on defense priority lists %nd their workers face the prospect of a workless winter. Speaking of the outlook in the automo- bile industry alone, George Addes, secretary- treasurer of the CIO's United Automobile Work- ers, remarked, "At least 160,000 will be on the streets wondering why, with so much talk of labor shortages, they have been denied a work- ing part in the drive to out-produce Hitler." No, the tremendous defense effort of the United' States is not employing its laborers as it might. Perhaps the best suggestion thus far advanced is that non-defense plants be quickly re-tooled for defense production. This project, requiring immense quantities of tools and dies, is proceed- ing too slowly to ward off the wave of unemploy- ment that is coming this winter. Quicker action in the tool and die field is sorely needed to bring the re-tooling at least to schedule. ITWOULD BE LOGICAL to assume that the capacity of the plants producing tools and dies are being fully utilized, but this is not so. Instead, according to a CIO conference on pri- ority unemployment, only 35 percent of the ca- pacity is being used at present. Sixty-five percent of the vitally important tool and die industry is Idle. The United Automobile Workers' Research Department estimated that of a total possible 252,320 machine hours only 9,760 per week are being utilized. How can these idle machines be utilized to make tools which will bring to life our priority- short plants? Almost a year ago Walter Reu- ther, a high official of the UAW, devised a plan by which , these idle machines could be made useful to defense production during the time Drew Pearson and Robet.Aien " S. DIPLOMATS are not shouting it from the housetops, but there have been two impor- tant occasions when the British put a very re- straining hand on American foreign policy, and checked major moves in the South Atlantic and the Pacific. One move was last May when it became con- clusively apparent that the Vichy government was the tool of Hitler and when many U.S. strategists favored the taking of Martinique and the Azores, and perhaps even a landing force at Dakar in French West Africa. But the Churchill government protested that this would take U.S. ships away from transport- ing supplies to the Battle of Britain; would focus American attention upon another part of the world. So Roosevelt kept out of the South At- lantic. The second move was about' two weeks ago when Mr. Churchill telephoned the President to advise against any showdownwith the Japanese in the Pacific. His advice came shortly after the new pro-Nazi cabinet took office in Tokyo. Churchill urged that the battle in Europe was the main show and the United States should not get absorbed with side-shows. Regarding this Churchill advice, there con- tinues to be a wide rift inside the Roosevelt ad- ministration. And incidentally, there is not com- plete unity on this point inside the British gov- ernment. Australian sentiment leans toward a cleaning up of the Pacific situation, after which all parts of the British Empire, plus perhaps the United States, could concentrate on Europe. Rift In Roosevelt Administration INSIDE the Roosevelt administration, the men who urge a go-slow policy toward Japan are Admiral Stark, chief of Naval Operations, and the State Department. On the other side are many of the other admirals, including Admiral Ernest King, commander of the Atlantic Fleet, who says he can get along in the Atlantic merely with his present consignment of destroyers and light cruisers, which are all that are needed for convoying. The first big point of the "strong policy" admirals is that every day of delay weakens the Russians, and the Russians are the big potential allies of the United Sta'tes against Japan. With Russian bombing planes operating from Vladi- vostok against the paper and bamboo louses of Tokyo and Yokohama, the Japanese would be up against it. The second big point urged by these admirals is one which not many people realize: When the United States went into the last war, Japan was on our side. There was no need to worry about the Pacific. But this time, the minute the U.S.A.- becomes embroiled in Europe, it has to guard its back door against a traditional and very potent rival. Therefore, argues the Pacific school within the Navy, let's face our enemies one by one rather than have two jumping on us later and from opposite directions. There is nothing the Navy dreads more than the idea of attack in two oceans at once-attacks aimed at Alaska on one side and Brazil on the other. That is why some of the admirals so resent the phone calls from Winston Ohurchill. U.S. Destroyers THE SUBMARINE SITUATION which faced the Reuben James and now threatens all U.S. des'troyers in the North Atlantic, is far different from that of the last war. Today, German submarines operate in gangs or wolfpacks of three to five, lurking in the path of a convoy, and without putting their periscopes out of the water. They do not even run their engines. Thus the approaching de- stroyer cannot pick up the subs with its sound detector, but the subs, on the other hand, can hear the engines of the approaching convoy. Then when the convoy is within range, the subs release their torpedoes, sometimes blind. Gffreek Stydenits Send Message Of Thanks Dear Fellow Students: Accept our profound gratitude for the ma- terial aid which you are giving us and for your genuine sympathy in the cause for which we are fighting. We shall never forget that you have come to our assistance when we needed you most. Ours is the happy lot to be fighting for the nation where democracy emerged. We are glad for the privilege to make the supreme sacrifice for our Christian faith and national freedom. Our religious and democratic' heritage will be defended to the last student. For us, as it was for our ancestors, there is but one choice-liberty or death. We do not know how much more destruction these scientific barbarians will bring on our land and on the rest of Europe before they are whipped, but we are certain that their doom is near. After they are defeated, victors and van- quished must work together for lasting peace and world brotherhood. We wish it were possible to convey in person our deep appreciation for your kindness and be assured that we shall remain indebted to you forever. - The Students of The University of Athens (For fear of reprisals, The. Ameri- The Reply Churlish by TOUCHSTONE SOMEONE HAS SAID ah life, ah love, ah birds in the springtime, ah theatre people; with an exclamation point. It is with this significant quotation that I wish to start off today's col- umn, because indeed I am going to write about theatre people. I only know the ones who work around here. over in that barn by the Union, and at the Mendelssohn, but I am quite sure that they stand for theatre people the world over, because I too read the articles about sum- mer stock in Life, and have also read what the authorities such as Booth Tarkington, Sinclair Lewis, and George S. Kaufman have to say. Footlights! Indeed the very word sends a thrill through the most prosaic of our spinal columns, does it not? There is a great lure, a fascination, a fatal attraction about the theatre. And to this subtle call, there answer many. For the sake of the record I am writing this column before seeing Night 1 of Jim Dandy, so my re- marks must not, oh they very much must not, be linked with any person or place in real life. Devoted to their art, carrying with them some-1 thing of the Grail they seek, the theatre peopleJ are beautiful and entertaining persons to drink coffee or any other beverage with. At no point does a conversation become sluggish, for when words become lacklustre, the theatre people are always ready with anemotion or a scene from their latest. They are champions all of the cause of the Harvard-B'way accent, and a hard-work- ing bunch withal. BUT in their gayer moments they do not relax. They practice their art at all times. They have a certain kind of sense of gag, but very seldom of humor. They are always more inter- ested in the reaction to their delivery than in the nature of that which is delivered. They will laugh at one another's jokes, in hopes that you never can tell who might turn out to be a cast- ing director, but the laughter is stagy, and the people behind it are earnest indeed, and don't think things are very funny, except when George dropped a whole side in Act one three years ago at Southampton. Now I do not intend this as a general criticism of a rather nice, dreamy set of people, no indeed. I want to feel free to sit down with them any time and quietly listen to them, and be seen in their company, and smell their greasepaint, and lose myself in the soft cadences of their voices. On the other hand, becase they never pay ay attention to what I have to say, unless it is about Al Lunt or his wife, I take this opportunity to sketch vaguely what I have noted about, them during a long and profitable association, and without making , a moral judgment-you won't find one of those at the end of this so if that's what you're looking for, better drop out right now-to gently twit my friends with what they have made of themselves. Theirs-Play. Production now-is the old old story of the apprentice wearing his master's britches. In short, without having learned all, and I do mean all, about the stage, they have picked up the ham. They pine for a booth in Walgreen's on Broadway, they dream of a two- twenty audience-but for the present, anything that'll listen. So long until soon. DRAMA N Jim Dandy Ann Arbor has received some- thing which is real and exciting. At the same time, it offered further proof of the shal- lowness pf the Ann Arbor playgoing public. The audience laughed where no laughs were in- tended. A line of overstuffed biddies comment- ed through the entire performance on the dan- cer's figure. Antics like this are enough to dis- courage anyone, even a simple drama critic. And so, instead of panning a play, I find my- self panning an unappreciative audience. When Saroyan wrote that this latest effort of his is a "symphony of words," he was not indulg- ing in understatement. I was fortunate enough to read the script before seeing the play. This undoubtedly aided in my evaluation of the pro- duction. But the beauty of passages such as tlis must have struck everyone: "Stay and after a while, we'll go and look at flowers somewhere. When the snow comes we will look at that too. When there is rain, we will breathe it. We'll stand around together. Listen to bells. Look into store windows. Watch grass grow in little cor- ners, near rock and cement, in sidewalks, in roofs, in all the desperate places where grass is not wanted." It is rhapsodic and musical. It is thought-pro- voking. It is excellent. SAROYAN is again setting forth his philosophy of life. There are shades of Whitman in his writing. Basically, it is pantheistic. A glorious unity is all-pervading, and the 'individual stands forth as the shining example of this intrinsic goodness. Saroyan must be played from the heart. It presented a real challenge to a group of novices, and they are to be commended high- ly on their success. I am not going to list the cast and discuss their performances. There was no actual cast. They were all characters. They caught the spirit of the play and in doing so, lost their identities in the characters they lived. T HE PRODUCTION itself offered many tech- nical difficulties. The lighting was very good. It heightened the effectiveness of the play by capturing moods and transmitting them across the .footlights. The set was enough to capture anyone's interest and retain it. As every hit of bluirb for this play has pro- "Calm yourself, Pop-you oughta know the sponsors won't let Captain Blaze get killed." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN . - ; 1 s r': - t r - r+ Y s, ( , " F J = 'y : .,.: 1 . _ '. t .e } i GRIN AND BEAR IT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1941 1 VOL. LII. No. 34 Publication in the Daily Officialt Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University.t Noticest To Members of The University Council: There will be a meeting of the University Council on Monday, November 10, at 4:15 p.m. in-Roomt 1009 A.H. Agenda:- Minutes of the meeting of October 13.. k 'Communication from the Univer- sity Senate relative to the functionr and size of the University Council.. Report of the 'Counselor to Foreignt Students.t Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary Members of the Faculty are invited to attend the 12th annual Parent Education Institute which will be in session at the Rackham Building today and Friday, November 6 and 7. Call at the registration desk in per- son for admission badge., Students in the University will be admitted to the lectures in the Lec- ture Hall, provided there is room after delegates are seated. C. A. Fisher, Director Extension Service Freshmen in the College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts may ob- tain their five-week progress reports in the Academic Counselor's Office, Room 108 Mason Hall, from 8:00 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. ac- cording to the following schedule: I through O, today. A through H, Friday, November 7.1 Choral Union Members: Pass tick- ets for the Cleveland Orchestra con- cert to be given Sunday afternoon, November 9, will be issued to members of the Choral Union whose records of attendance are clear, and who call in person, Friday, from 10 to 12 and 1 to 4, at the offices of the Univer- sity Musical Society in Burton Me- morial Tower. After 4 o'clock no tickets will be issued. Charles A. Sink, President Students, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: Courses dropped after Saturday, November 8, by stu- dents other than freshmen will be re- corded with the grade of E. Freshmen (students -with less than 24 hours of credit) may drop courses without penalty through thee eighth week. Exceptions to these regulations may be made only because of extraordin- the Columbia-Michigan football game are required to register in the Office of the Dean of Women. A letter of permission from parents must be inE this office not later than Wednes- day, November 12. If the studentI does not go by train, special permis-f sion for another mode of travel must. he included in the parent's letter. Graduate women are invited to regis- ter in this office. Concerts Carillon Programs: The bell cham- ber of the Burton Memorial Tower will be open to viistors interested int observing the playing of the carillonz from 12 noon to 12:15 p.m. daily1 through Friday of this week, at which time Professor Percival Price, Uni- versity Carilloineur, will present an# informal program. .r LecturesI University Lecture: Sr. Amado Alonso, Director of the Instituto Filo- logico, Buenos Aires, °will lecture in Spanish on the subject, "La novela Don Segundo Sombra y su significa- cion en la literatura gauchesca de la3 Argentina," under the auspices of the Department of Romance Languages,' on Monday, November 10, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: John Garstang, Professor of Theory and Practice of Archaeology, University of Liverpool, will lecture on the subject, "Hittite Civilization" (illustrated) under the auspices of \the Department of His- tory in the Rackham Amphitheater on Wednesday, Novembtr 19, at 3:15 p.m. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Professor Chal- fant Robinson, Curator of Mediaeval Manuscripts at Princeton University, will lecture on the subject, "Mediae- val Manuscripts," (illustrated), un- der the auspices of the Department of History in the Auditorium of the Kellogg Foundation Institute on Thursday, November 27, at 4:15 p.m. The public is cordially invited. Lecture: Professor Ernest A. Hoot- on, Anthropologist, Harvard, will'lec- ture on "The Pathology of Nations," at 11:00 a.m. today in Rackham Lec- ture Hall. This is open to faculty and students. Events Today By Lichty Oons at 430. The seminar is spon- ored by the Student Religious Asso- iation and is open to any interested tudents. Inter-Guild Luncheon: The Inter- uild Luncheon, open to Inter-Guild ouncil members and members of ny student Protestant Guild, will be eld at Lane Hall this noon. The incheon will be followed by a busi- Less meeting of the Council for the lection of a new president. Ann Arbor Independents will meet ointly with Beta Kappa Rho at the eague tonight at 8:00 in connection vith Independent Fortnight. Fresh- aen women especially welcome. Ushering Committee Theatre Arts: 'lease sign up for ushering for the 'inema Art League Movies, "Grand- na's Bqy" and "Sherlock Junior" to- lay, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. ['here are TWO perfomances, one Lt 6:30 and one at 8:30 p.m. We eed ten ushers for each performance. Cabaret Committee of the Soph abaret will meet in the League at :00 p.m. today. Room number will )e posted on bulletin board, Graduate Outing Club is sponsor- ng the first of a series of weekly ocial hours for graduate students tonight, 7:00-9:00, in the club room f the Rackham School. Bridge, chess, and a variety of other games vill be available, and there will be 'ecorded music. Graduate students re welcome to come at any time and ise any of the facilities. Assembly Banquet Ticket Com- nittee will meet today at 5:00 p.m. n the League. Money and extra ickets will be turned in at this time. Bridge Tournament: The fourth in he series of Duplicate Bridge tourn- ments will be held in Rooms A, B nd C on the third floor of the eague tonight, 7:15-11:00. Students, aculty, and townspeople are invited. "Jim Dandy': The Department of peech presents Play Production in Jim Dandy," by William Saroyan, onight, Friday and Saturday at 8:30. Season tickets continue on sale this week. Michigan Outing Club will meet ;oday at 4:30 p.m. in the Union. The 'oom number will be posted on the ulletin board. Anyone interested n outdoor sports-hostel trips, hikes, ,upper cook-outs, etc., is urged to at- ;end. Plans will be made for some tctivity this weekend. If unable to ttend call Dan Saulson (9818) or Aibby Mahlman (2-4471) before Sat- rday. Meeting of Interior Decorating See- ion, Faculty Women's Club, in the Michigan League today at 3:00 p.m. lecturer: Mr. Albert de Salle, De- :roit. Subject: "Pictures as Decora- ion." Guest Day. Golf Tournament - Women Stu- dents: All scores for the Women's Fall lxolf Tournament must be turned in to Office 15, Barbour Gymnasium by 5:00 p.m. today. Archery Club - Women Students: Archery Club meets today at 4:15 p.m., rain or shine, for a novelty shoot. Meeting place posted on bul- letin board in the lobby of the Wo- men's Athletic Building. First Presbyterian Church supper tonight at 6:00 p.m., in 'the social hall of the church. There will be an address by Dr. Lemon. Coming Events German Table for Faculty Members will meet Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders' Room Michigan Union. Members of all departments are cor- dially invited. There will be a brief talk on "Neues aus Franzoesisch Nord-Afrika" by Dr. Rudolf Nobel. ROTC Parade: Seniors and Sopho- mores will fall in for parade on Fri- day, November 7, at 4:45 rather than 5: 10. There iwiilf be a registration meet- ing of all people interested in per- manent positions Monday, November 10, at 4:15 p.m. in the Natural Sci- ence Auditorium. The Bureau of Ap- pointments and Occupational Infor- mation wishes' that all seniors and graduate people desiring jobs in Feb- ruary, June, or August, be present at this meeting. The detailed pro- cedure of registration will be dis- cussed at the meeting. Both graduating students and staff members are eligible for the services of the Bureau, and may register in the Teaching Division or in the Gen- eral Division, which includes regis- tration for all positions other than teaching. Suomi (Finnish) Club will meet Saturday, Nov. 8, at 8:30 p.m. at the International Center. Everyone in- terested is invited. Physical Education-Women Stu- ! dents: Individual Sports Tests will be given this week in the following activ- ities: Tennis, Archery, Golf, Friday, ary circumstances, such as serious or A.S.C.E. will meet tonight at 7:30 long-continued illness. in the Union. Prof. Wisler will E. A. Walter speak on "Flood Control." New mem- _---- bers welcome. Bronson -Thomas Prize in Ger-- man, Value $32.00. Open to all under-. AI.Ch,.E. meeting today in Room graduate students in German of dis- 1042 East Engineering Building. Dr. tinctly American training. Will be E. H. Potthoff of the Socony-Vacuum awarded on the results of a three- Oil Co. will speak on "Aviation Gaso- hour essay competition to be held line and National Defense." Every- under departmental supervision in one is welcome. the latter half of March, 1942 (exact- date to be announced two weeks in Zoological movies will be shown in advance). Contestants must satisfy the Natural Science Auditorium to the Department that they have done day at 4:10 p.m. Open to all inter- their reading in German. The essay tsted. may be written in English or German. Each contestant will be free to choose i I FI his own subject from a list of 30 1La- joc iedad ispanica: he first offered. Students who wish to com roup of new members of La Sociedad peedmustue akngawhoursewin m- Hispanica will be initiated tonight. pete must be taking a course in Ger- All other new and old members are man (32 or above) at the time of the invited to be present. The meeting competition. They should register will start promptly at eight o'clock. and obtain further details as soon See Bulletin for room number. as possible at the office of the Ger-SeBultnfromnmb. man Department, 204 University Hall. Polonia Society will meet tonight . P t Women students wishing to attendI at 7:30 in the recreation room of the International Center. A talk about I