___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ -.-RE~MIC I AN AILY II Alvin Dann David Lachenbruch Jay McCorn'iclt Hal Wilson" Arthur 'Hill Janet Hatt Grace Miller . Virginia Mitchell I Daniel H. Huyett James B. Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright . Managing Editor . Editorial Director * . .City Editor . . Associate Editor . . Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor * . Women's Editor Assistant Women's Editor . . Exchange Editor Business Stafff . . . Business Manager . Associate Business Manager .Women's Advertising Manager . Women's Business Manager NIGHT EDITOR: DAN BEHRMAN " The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. When A Wolf Shears The Sheep . . WyALTER D.,FULLER, president ofthe National Association of Manufac- * turers believes "it would be futile to resist tyr- anny abroad and tolerate it at home." By tyr- anny abroad President Fuller means Hitlerism. By tyranny at home, he means labor unions pro- tected by "the National Labor Relations Act, the Norris LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act and even the anti-trust laws." The N.A.M. has always been one of the first groups in the nation to stymie labor unions, and the current epidemic of defense strikes has given it an opportunity to issue a seven-point program for the consumption of its 8,000 mem- bers and any interested members of Congress. President Fuller, author of the program, does not propose electrocution for striking workers in industry. His plan is more similar to slow starvation. The first of N.A.M.'s seven basic principle declares that "there must be no government compromise with a challenge by a private agency to the sovereignty of the government." The most recent example of this 'justly-criticized practice can be found in the conduct of Ameri- can oil companies in Mexico. But the associa- tion is probably referring to government nego- tiations with labor unions. Secondly, and most laden with implications, is.. President Fuller's opinion of the right to strike. Without "reasonable regulation in the public interest," declares the Association, "the right to strike will destroy the equally valid right to work." Shades of near-beer and the lockout! The arbitrary control of an employer over labor's right to work is not too dated to be worthy of revival by the N.A.M. "Reasonable regulation in the public interest" will be bene- ficial to both labor and capital, as long as that regulation is by the public interest's representa- tives. 8,000 members of the N.A.M. cannot be so classified. The third point of this plan deals with the closed shop and its "forcing upon employes who do not wish to join." This closed shop can- not be obtained, the association says, by "black- mailing of either government or management." The closed shop can be employed as an instrI- ment of coercion and lobbying, and N.A.M. is acquainted with its use in these fields. When 'manufacturer's associations, a group iunquali- fied by its very component bodies, cease to dic- tate labor policy, then the closed shop will be- come a vestigial organ of labor. Until then, its existence is unfortunately necessary. The fourth proposal, condemning jurisdic- tional strikes within labor, is one that should be adopted immediately. If it is, labor will be able to present a far stronger front against any pri- vate organization that attempts to regulate its r activities. The fifth and sixth points of Presi- dent Fuller's plan deal with government seizure of plant property and the use of martial law as "a means of controlling unions which strike against the public interest." The association feels that 'civil law would be more adequate. Civil lav, when employed during past industrial disputes, has always been effective-as long as the dispute was of a minor nature and involved intelligent rational men on both sides. But with unions faced by the spectre of soar- ing prices and opportunist labor-baiters, the federal government's power to preserve the peace DRAMA 'Life With Father. . For those who haven't heard already: There isn't much plot except that Clarence gets the girl and his suit, and Father gets baptized some- time after the final curtain. The time, 1890, the action hectic, the play, very, very funny. It's much tougher to write a nice review, and I didn't expect to have to, but Life With Father at the Michigan last night rates something more than the usual nosegay allowed road shows for the Annie Oakleys. As a matteiof fact, having seen this play done during the phenomenal straw hat business it enjoyed in Detroit this um- mer, I'll go on record right now, and you may quote me, to the effect that Percy Waram, who plays Father Day in this production, completely blacks out what I had considered quite a good playing of the role by Louis Calhern. Waram, who looks enough like Teddy Roosevelt with red hair to make you think of Lenin's tomb, runs through the business connected with being father to the zany Days with a beautiful finesse and pace which nevr lets down. There are plenty of funny scenes in which other members of the cast show up well, but-and not in a nasty, scene- stealing way-Waram always gets his audience, piling laughs on where you'd swear there couldn't be any more. Literally, and I counted the laughs on this one, all he has to do is to put on his hat and the house roars. Margalo Gilmore, who plays opposite Waram, as Vinnie Day, got too close to the footlights just after the curtain went up on Act I, and for a minute I didnt think I was going to like her, but she sure came back strong. Her best scenes are played with Waram, and when they start batting those lines back and forth, there is no question of what the score is-they simply go very well together, and I give her second billing only because it seems natural in view of the scheme of things in the Day family. The Day kids, four of them in various sizes, don't go quite as well as their elders. It's nice to pat kids on the head, but a little embarrassing to wait for them to run through their lines in order that the action can get along. Let's say the quality of work done by the four boys-de- spite "ahs" ahd "oh isn't he's" from the women in the audience when Harlan enters-runs pretty well down hill according to the ages of the boys. None of them are amateurs-that much is evi- dent--but a couple of them shout their lines with a bit more deliberation than I considered necessary, and sometimes I was quite worried about their hands. However no scepe in which the boys are alone onstage lasts long enough, or really deserves to be called bad-it's just that I was glad when Father or Vinnie walked into the room. Fine set, good supporting cast right down the line, except that Ann Lincoln ought to stand up straight. Go 'n see tonight. -Jay McCormick LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: MR. ROBINSON'S letter in Sunday's Daily, stating that the closed shop - especially with reference to the coal strike - is a princi- ple incompatible with current conceptions of American constitutional liberties, contained some dicta that ought not go unquestioned. The most important of these opinions was that "Every man should have the right to work where he wants to, at what he wants to, and on his own terms." This statement is almost exactly like that used by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and by the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers. Economic Power and Political Pressure (Temporary National Economic Committee monograph 26), chapter 6, pages 81- 107 (1941). But the argument is a falacious one. THE MOST POWERFUL DETERRENTS con- fronting labor in its attempts tQ exercise this have been, first, the managers and the corpor- ations themselves, and, second, the great nation- al management federations with their incessent propagandizing, their subtle control of news columns and their not so subtle control of ad- vertising columns. The-conduct of management is outlined in Mr. Deiches' letter, printed beside Mr. Robinson's; the conduct of the national associations is objectively and comprehensively outlined in the monograph mentioned. Unions were organized for the purpose of combating management's invasion of labor's rights. They have been legally recognized by both the federal and the state governments. Management answers this recognition by saying that labor must now equip itself with "responsi- ble leaders," that as a social institution now generally accepted it must carry along with that recognition the obligations attached to a social organism. THE MOST EFFECTIVE INSTITUTION yet devised, either by labor or by management, to enforce this requisite responsibility on the part of union members is the closed shop or the union shop\ (the latter is involved in the coal strike ; not the former).' That there are questions of "power" involved most of us must readily admit; that labor's primary objective in seeking the union shop or the closed shop is a selfish effort to "deny work- ers their rights of, individualism" and selfishly to garb union leaders with power to "hold the 'whip-hand' over big business," - this some of us will just as readily and even more categorical- ly deny. -Robert Copp, '42- Drew Pedrsos RobertSAllen Go$ WASHINGTON-If John L. Lewis has any il- lusions on what is in store for him on Capitol Hill, he should have been present when the House Labor Committee met behind closed doors to consider legislation to put an end to stoppages in defense industries. Composed of congressmen with strong labor leanings, this committee long has been the miner fuehrer's private rooting section. But there were few signs of such devotion the other day. Member after member condemned Lewis in scathing terms. "Defying the government," "play- ing into Hitler's hands", and "undoing labor's gains" were some of the bitter remarks. One of the most significant things about the explosion was that it was led by one of labor's staunchest supporters in Congress - able, lib- eral Representative Bob Ramspeck of Georgia. He voiced. his vigorous views after Chairman Mary Norton had explained her bill to revamp the National Defense Mediation Board into an agency with statutory powers. Mrs. Norton contended that her measure would prevent future strikes in defense industries with- out sacrificing any of the rights won by labor under the New Deal. "IN MY OPINION," said Ramspeck, "your bill doesn't answer the purpose at all. It im- proves the personnel of the Board and gives it some additional authority. But it won't prevent strikes any more than the present machinery does. "Our problem is to deal with labor leaders who put their own interests ahead of the defense program. I have always been a loyal friend and supporter of labor, but the time has come when Congress must do something to stop a man like Lewis. This committee has got to decide whether America is to be run by the government or by. John L. Lewis. Ramspeck vigorously advocated that the bill should include a provision requiring a secret ballot of all union members before a strike can be ordered. "That's the democratic method," he held.r The only dissenting voice in the anti-Lewis chorus was Representative Augustine B. Kelley of Pennsylvania, a close friend of Lewis. Kelley denied that Lewis was a "dictator" and con- tended that his union was a democratic organ- ization. "I question whether the secret ballot would. be a good thing," he said. "It might cause more strikes. District mine leaders might lose control of their members and we would have a lot of wildcat strikes." "I thought you said the United Miners was a democratic organization?" broke in Ramspeck. Kelley dropped the argunent. Shirt Legged Golf IN ADDITION to being the home state of iso- lationist Senator Burt Wheeler, Montana is well known to President Roosevelt for another reason. It was the scene of a most unusual game of golf, which he played at Billings while cam paigning as the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate in 1920. The President recalled the experience, during a conference with Senator James E. Murray, who supports Administration defense policies as militantly as Wheeler opposes them. Roosevelt was telling Murray about the great quantity of mail he has received from Montanans who dif- fer with Wheeler's stand. "A lot of it comes from Billings, Jim," the President said. "That makes me happy because Billings has a very special place in my memory. I stopped off there during the 1920 campaign and some of the local folks took me on for a game of golf. "And what a game! We played on a course that had no equal for hazards in the country. All the tees were situated on a rim rock, or embankment, and my score showed it. But I noticed that one of my foursome was doing right well, and asked him about it. This is what he told me. "'This is the most unusual golf course in the country. You have to have one short leg and one ;ong leg to play on it. I got 'em.' " In Their Hair SECRETARY HENRY MORGENTHAU is a hardworking, conscientious and well-inten- tioned public servant. But right now he is very much in the hair of Administration leaders. They hold a list of grievances against him that makes them sputter when they think of them and him. His Administration colleagues fervent- ly wish he would pipe down and stop sounding off so disconcertingly. One grievance held against Morgenthau is in regard to the plan to broaden the social security program to include a number of groups not now covered, such as domestic help, seamen and farm labor, and to increase old-age- pensions. The President favors this; the Social Security Board; which drafted the plan, is chaffing to get action started on Capitol Hill. But for three weeks a special message to Con- gress for this purpose has been gathering dust on Roosevelt's desk because Morgenthau stuck his oar into the matter. I When announced, the plan was fanfared as a further move to extend the benefits of the social security system. The pigeon-holed message makes a big point about this. Increased social security taxes were soft-pedalled; the big em- phasis was on benefits. But Morgenthau, without consulting either DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued fram Page 2) continue pledging men who have not registered properly with the Inter- fraternity Council. and reminded that a further violation of the rules will be considered a much more seri- ous offense. Zeta Psi was reprimandedl for al- lowing a second semester freshman to live in the house. The pledge was denied permission to be initiated and forced to leave the fraternity im- mediately. Robert Porter, Secretary Hitch Hikers: About a month ago a student left a pair of shoes in a car in which he rode from Detroit to Ann Arbor. The Dean of Stu- dents' Office has information re- garding the person holding them for the students. Academic Notices Biological Chemistry Seminar will be held in Room 319, West Medical Building tonight at 7:30. "Nutri- tional Factors in Tissue Oxidations" will be discussed. All interested are invited. Seminar in Physical Chemistry Avill meet on Wednesday, November 26, in Room 410 Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m. Prof. Donald L. Katz will speak on "Solid -hydrates' of hydrocarbons." Geology 11-Make-up field trips: Make-up Field Trips will be held at 3:00 p.m. on the following days: To- day, Saline: Wednesday, Nov. 26,1 Dexter; Thursday, Nov. 27, Ann Arbor; Friday, Nov. 28, Lima; Mon- day, Dec. 1, Whitmore Lake; Tues- day, Dec. 2, Rocks. All studentsj wishing to take these make-up trips must see Miss Wheeler in the Geology office and sign up for them. Economics 221: Professor Haber will meet the seminar on Wednesday, November 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m., instead of on Monday, November 24. Pre-Medical Students: A special1 Medical Aptitude Test sponsored by the Association of American Medi- cal Colleges will be given on this campus on Friday,'December 5. This examination is a normal requirement for admission to practically all medi- cal schools. Any student who is planning to enter a Medical School in the fall of 1942 and who has not yet taken this examination must take it at this time, as the results of the, regular Medical Aptitude Test given; next spring will not be available for selecting the 1942 classes. However, any student who is planning to enter a Medical School at a later date than the fall of 1942, is asked to take the regular examination in the spring., It is not necessary that all pre-medi- cal requirements be completed at the time of the examination if they will be completed in time for en- trance Ito a Medical School in the fall of 1942. Further information may be ob- tained in Room 4, University Hall- November 25 thru December 3. A fee is charged each applicant which must be paid during this period at the Cashier's Office. Doctoral Examination for Mr. Ed- ward Clayton Crafts, Forestry and. Conservation; thesis: "A Plan for In- surance Against Drought on the Range Lands of Arizona and New Mexico," Wednesday, November 26, 2045 Natural Science Building, 2:00 p.m. Chairman, W. F. Ramsdell. By action of the Executive Board the chairman. may invite members of the faculties and advanced doctor- al candidates to attend the examina- tion and he may grant permission to those who for sufficient reason might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum, Dean Concerts Choral Union Concert: The Chi- cago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock, Conductor, will be heard Sun- day afternoon, November 30, at 3:00 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. Dr. Stock has arranged a program of composi- tions by Bach, Strauss, Tschaikow- sky, Elgar, and Rimsky-Korsakoff. A limited number of tickets are still available at the offices of the Unive,rsity Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower. Charles A. Sink, President Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design : Student work of the member schools of the Association of Collegiate Schools is being shown in the third floor exhibition room, Architecture Building. Open daily 9 to 5, except Sunday, through today. The public is invited. Lectures University Lecture: , Lieutenant Paul A. Smith, Chief of the Aero- nautical Chart Section, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, will lecture on the subject, "Lands Beneath the Sea," (illustrated) under the auspices of the Department of Civil Engineer- ing on Thursday, November 27, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphi- of History in the Auditorium of the Kellogg Foundation Institute on t+ Thursday, November 27, at 4:15n p.m. The public is cordially invited. American Chemical Society Lec- ture: K. K. Darrow of the Bell Tele- L phone Laboratories, New York City. will speak on "Physical and Chemical Forces" at 4:15 p.m., Wednesday,9 Nov. 26, in Room 303, ChelistryI Building. The fourth lecture in the series onI Chinese Literature will be given by Gerald Tien this afternoon at 4:15 in the Rackham Amphitheater. Theb subject is to be "The Chinese Dra- ma," not "The Chinese Novel" as previously announced. These lec- tures are sponsored by the Inter-E national Center and the Chinese Student Club. Lecture: Morris Raphael Cohen, Professor of Philosophy at the Uni-t versity of Chicago, will lecture as the first of a series of three speakers on the subject, "The Failure of Skep- ticism"sat the Rackham LectureHall on Wednesday evening, November 26, It at 8:15. The series is being spon- sored jointly by The Hillel Founda- tion, the Newman Club, and the In-u ter-Guild Council. The public isI cordially invited. Events Today-r Varsity Men's GleeClub will as-r semble at 7:00 tonight in the Gleen Club room to sing at. the footballs banquet. A rehearsal lasting tillA 8:30 will be held following this con-t cert, and Glee Club men in Choral Union are asked to report after Choral Union rehearsal. Sigma Rho Tau will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Union. Professor D. E. Hobart of the Mechanism and Engineering Drawing Department will be the guest speaker for the eve-F ning and will talk on the subjectc "Tool and Die Design." All members are invited.I The Freshman Glee Club will meet1 today at 4:15 p.m. in room 315 Michin gan Union and begin practisingf Christmas carols. All freshmen men are urged to come and join in the singing, especially tenors.C All Pre-Forestry Students are asked to meet from 7:00 to 8:00 tonight inI Room 325, Michigan Union. Pro- fessor D. M. Matthews will answerC questions on the opportunities for foresters in industry, and one of thef pre-forestry students who attendedt the U.S. Forest Service Training Camp in Montana last summer will give a short account of the programt there. The meeting will 'close on time. All freshmen and sophomores interested in forestry are welcome.t Irernational Ceter: The program for this week at the International Center, in addition to the regular language classes, includes the fol- lowing : Today, 4:15 p.m., Lecture by Ger- ald Tien on ",Chinese Drama" in the Rackham Amphitheater. Wednesday, Nov. 26, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., Program of Recorded Music: Smetana's "The Moldan," Mendels- sohn's Concerto in E Minor, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Aquinas Seminar: The group study- ing the writings of St. Thomas Aqui- nas will meet at Lane Hall this after- noon at 4:30. Athena Society: There will be a meeting for the active members of Athena this evening at 7:30 in the League. Pledging and initiation will be at 8:15. Members are urged to be present. Theta Sigma Phi will hold a Rush- Panflellenic Ball, Patrons Commit- tee meeting today at 3 :30p.m. in the Michigan League. The regular !Tuesday Evening con- rert of recorded music in the Men's Lounge of the Rackham Building at 8:00 will consist of the following pro- gram: Brahms, Concerto No. 2; Mo- Art, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; and Pgokofieff, Classical Symphony. JGP Mass Meeting today in the League. All girls interested in work- ing on the project in any way are urged to attend. Script ,winner will be announced. Pat Toohey veteran Communist leader, will talk on "America Needs Earl Browder" tonight at 8:00 in the Michigan Union. Sponsored by Karl Mvarx Society., Congregational Student Fellowship tea today, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Come and get acquainted. Christian Science Organization will meet tonight at 8:15 in the chapel of the Michigan League. The Bibliophiles section of the Fac- ulty Women's Club will meet at the League today at 2:30 p.m. The Faculty Women's Club will have an evening of One-Act Drama at the Lydia'Mendelssohn Theatre to- night at 8:30, with the husbands of members as guests. An informal sub- scription dinner will be served in the Michigan League at 6:45 ,m. before the program. Michigan Dames' General Meeting: "Initiation of New Members" in the Rackham School at 8:00 p.m. tonight. ComingEvents The Research Club will meetl in the Rackham Amphitheatre on Wednes- day, November 26, at 8:00 p.m. The papers to be read are: "Ethnological Field Studies among the Pueblo In- dians" (illustrated) by Professor Les- lie A. White, and "The Structure of the Earth's Crust in the Central Rockies," by Professor A. J. Eardley. Anatomy Research Club will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 2501 East Medical Bldg. Dr. Alexander Barry will present a aper entitled, "The Effect of Exan- ination on the Heart of the Embry- onic Chick." Tea will be served in Room 3502 from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. Everyone in- terested is cordially invited. Junior Mathematical Society will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in 3201 Angell Hall. Professor Anning will speak. Election of officers. All in- terested are cordially invited. The English Journal Club will meet Wednesday, November 26, at 7:45 p.m. in the East Confe encRoom of the Rackham Building. Mr. David Stocking and Mr. J. U. Tilford will discuss recent co-operative research in English and American literatdre. Graduate students in English and other interested persons are cordially invited. The German Round Table will meet Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 9:00 p.m. in Room 23 of the International Cen- ter. Mustafa Akinci will speak on "Meinse Reise von Ionstantinopel nach New York." At the Phi Delta Kappa Coffee Hour, 4:15 p.m. Thursday, East Con- ference Room, Rackham Building, Professor W. C. Trow and Percy Dan- forth will discuss "Aesthetic Learn- ing." There will also be a brief mem- bership meeting. The League Council will meet Wed- nesday, November 26, at 7:15 p.m. in { - ' , ,