___ THE MICHI1GAN DAILY T JEDAY, DECEMR 18 94 Editorial Staff mile Gem6 . . . Managing Editor ivin Dann. . . . . Editorial Director avId Lachenbruch . . City Editor Jay McCormick, Ral Wilson Arthur Hill Janet Hiatte Grace Miller Virginia Mitchell Daniel H. Huyett James B. Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright .! . -Associate * . Sports Assistant Sports . . Women's Assistant Women's . . Excliange Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Business Staff Business Manager . . Associate Business Manager . . Women's Advertising Manager . Women's Business Manager NIGHT EDITOR: GLORIA NISHON The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers bnly. 1. . 1 ' 'Good Neighbor' Policy Brin s Reward . TI fE UNITED STATES' "good neigh- bor" policy is bearing fruit. Since the Roosevelt administration has been in office, a continuous program to thoroughly unite the Americas in peace and war has been carried out. Now that the United States is in danger, the wisdom of this cannot be denied even by the staunchest tariff protectionist of the West who fought trade concessions to our southern neigh- bors with everything he had. "Any attempt on the part of a non-American State against the integrity or inviolability of an. American State shall be consideredas an act of aggression against the States which sign this dec- laration." So reads the final agreement signed by 21 nations at the meeting of American Foreign Ministers in Havana in 1940. Statements on the part of the nations of the Americas either declar- ing ,war on the Axis or emphasizing hemisphere solidarity carry out this agreement almost to the letter.. ALREADY AT WAR with the Axis are Panama, Cuba, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Mexico has broken off diplomatic re- lations with all the Axis while Colombia has sev- ered relations with Japan. Solidarity declarations have come from Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador and Paraguay. The response of the large ABC nations in South America has also been gratifying. Brazil has frozen all Axis funds and will allow United States warships and planes the use of her ports an4 airfields. Even traditionally-skeptical Argen- tina has come to our assistance in a roundabout way. An Argentine declaration decreed that the United Staten was non-belligerent, thus allowing American use of port facilities. Chile has under- taken naval protection of the Straits of Magellan. The culmination of the united stand taken by the Americas will be a meeting of foreign minis- 'ters in Rio de Janeiro, sometime in January. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, at the request of Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia ansd Uruguay, has proposed the meeting to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union. That the suggestion will be accepted is a foregone conclusion. This conference will undoubtedly formulate a joint hemisphere defense plan. S O IT MUST BE with great pride that President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull look upon the results of their unceasing efforts. Their program of reciprocal trade treaties was condemned right and left by their countrymen--those same coun- trymen who are now so glad to have the backing of the other American republics. Indeed fortun- ate, it is, that their former narrow-minded view- points did not prevail. The United States wel- comes the aid offered it by its sister republics. The "good neighbor" policy has been a success. -George W. Sallade Allied War Effort' Must Be Intensified . . T HE UNITED STATES has been drawn into the second world war. This, with the announcement by the German High Command that it has abandoned plans for the capture of Moscow this winter, and the re- -t * Canada Lee *Travel In Hawaii By TOM THUMB SOME STUDENTS no doubt saw Orson Welles' production of "Native Son" in Detroit, but those students from Chicago who missed it here will be interested to know that it is now playing at the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago. It is especially important that Chicagoans either read Richard Wiight's book or attend the play, as it will put them wise to some particularly vital problems in their own community. But this column will not be taken up with the book or with Orson Welles or with Wright, or, for that matter, even with most of the cast. I would like to say a few jumbled words about Canada Lee, who portrays Bigger Thomas in the drama. THIS CANADA LEE is by no means unknown. To quote from the "Who's Who" column in the playbill: "Canada Lee has managed to telescope a num- ber of strangely assorted careers into his life to date. As a violinist he got as far as an Aeolian Hall concert before giving up the virtuoso's lot. As a jockey he raced at Belmont, Aqueduct and Jamaica tracks; as a prizefighter he won deci- sions over Vince Dundee, Lou Brouillard and Tommy Freeman. He has toured with his own band and has appeared (on the radio) as the voice of John Kirby. Moreover, he is the proud proprietor of the Chicken Coop, the Twenty-one Club of Harlem" When you first see Canada Lee, big, strong and blak, you realize that he is the perfect Bigger Thomas. The hate, the defiance in his eyes, are torn from the pages of Wright's book. The murder scene in Mary Dalton's bedroom retained all of the tension, all of the fingernail- chewing excitement that the book's climax pro- duced. And Lee seemed to live the part. In the tense moments of the play, the perspiration stood out on his forehead. He shouted, laughed and cried with the sincerity of someone with a personal appeal to the audience. Of course, this was probably because he's a wonderful actor. Bt you can't help thinking, while watching the play-"This is Bigger Thom- as." Well, I can't explain it. Just let me say that I think everybody here ought to read the book and see the play, and that Canada Lee is superb. A LETTER came in yesterday from the Hawaii Tourist Bureau. I thought you might be interested in what they have to say (The paren- theses are mine): "What's New?" has an appropriate Hawaiian counterpart. "Heaha ka mea hou?", literally, "What the thing new?" All this is mierely a cordial introduction to a few notes about Hawaii, and we can assure you that it is far from "Notling new" here (You mean that, Bub?). Actually there is lots of news (do tell?), to wit: 1. We're carrying on a strong promotional campaign. (Yes, we see it on the front pages every day). 2. We can lend you some grand color movies. (No, thanks, the newsreels will do.) 3. Tourists keep coming to Hawaii in numbers. (Also in uniforms.)' 4. There is still plenty of room in our hotels. (We can imagine.) 5. Travel between the islands is heavy. (Yes, so we hear.) 6. Air services to Hawaii, and between the Islands have been greatly increased. (So they tell me.) the European allies. This is not the time for the English to relax in their war effort in the hope that the Germans will become peoccupied in the Ukraine and that Russia will carry on from here. The British have a great responsibility at this time-a responsibility for seeing that every op- portunity for turning the tide of war is not left neglected. There is a great deal to be done before any confidence in eventual victory can be thor- oughly justified. THE PROSPECTS OF INVASION of the conti- nent must be left to the military. The prob- lems of convoying, methods of attack and other technical details are beyond the scope of common discussion. But there are many details that are being neglected, the treatment of which appear to be deliberate efforts at circumnavigation of impor- tant issues under the guise of more important business. The House of Commons has recently been the scene of many hectic debates in which government inaction on various fronts has been the dominating subject. The failure of more tangible aid to Russia has been foremost in the minds of those who fear a renewed German thrust into southeastern Russia as well as the failure to put English col- ohial forces, stationed on the Mediterranean, at the disposal of the U.S.S.R. Also under fire are the failures of England to train and arm thousands of Indian soldiers because of their fear to put power into hands which might backfire at the end of the war and to equip a Jewish-Pales- tinian army which is begging for the chance to fight against totalitarianism. THESE are but a few of the indictments which have recently been made and have gone un- answered. Perhaps tke reasons for this apparent neglect are justified. Perhaps the British Gov- ernment is unable to meet these issues because of the press of its finagcial, political, or military Te Drew Pecrsos dad - Robert S.AIe '60- I/ASHINGTON-Behind the scenes, Roosevelt already has taken steps for a wartime censor with sweeping powers to dictate what war news shall be published or not published in the news- papers. Already he has appointed a committee of Vice President Wallace, Postmaster General Walker and Attorney General Biddle to recom- mend a censor and draw up legislation giving authority to censor the press. Actually, the censor won't be called by that name. His official title will be Director of Public Information. But his function will be to super- vise all reports of military operations and other information deemed of military significance. At present, official reports on military events are issued in the form of communiques by the War and Navy departments and by the com- manding officers of units and areas. The White House also gives out frequent announcements, and the various defense agencies do likewise. There is no one central supervisory and dis- tributing agency, as the British have in their Ministry of Information. As originally proposed, the Office of the Coordinator of Information, headed by able Colonel William Donovan, was to do this job. But the Army and Navy, jealous of their bureaucratic powers, objected so vehe- mently that the plan was dropped, and Donovan was given the task of waging the short-wave counter-propaganda war against the Axis. In this work his organization has been extremely effective. The =three-man cabinet committee asked by the President to select a censor have under con- siderahon the following: Harold Ickes, hard- boiled Secretary of the Interior; Colonel Dono- van; Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress and director of the recently created Ofice of Figures and Facts; and Ulric Bell, star corre- spondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Senate Resolution SFIRST THING the President did when he re- tired to Speaker Rayburn's office, following his historic message asking Congress to declare war on Japan, was to ask for a drink of water. A pitcher of ice water had been placed on the stand of the House "well" from which he delivered the message, but in the gripping ex- citement of the occasion the President over- looked it. Second thing the President did was to relieve the tension with a wisecrack at the expense of the Senate committee which escorted him to and from the House chamber. The group con- sisted of Democratic Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky, Republican Leader Charles McNary of Oregon, and spry, 83-year-old Carter Glass of Virginia. Having escorted the President out of the House chamber, they fidgeted to return to the Senate to take up the war resolution. Finally, Barkley explained: "Mr. President, we're sorry, but we'll have to go. Our colleagues are waiting in the Senate and we would like to join ther." "You can't fool me," grinn'ed the President. "I know the reason you fellows are so anxious to get away. You want to get ack to the Senate so you can beat the House in passing the war resolution., The trio admitted this was "the reason and rushed off. Note: The act declaring war on Japan will go down in history as Senate Joint Resolution 116, since the Senate did act first. The House passed an identical resolution H. J. R. 254, but before the lengthy House roll-call was finished, a Senate clerk appeared with the adopted S. J. R. 116. Under parliamentary rules, this was substituted for the House bill and passed by unanimous consent. Japanese Knew In Advance IF the two Japanese Ambassadors negotiating with Secretary Hull did not know their armed' forces were going to attack, apparently they, themselves, were about the only Japanese around the Embassy who remained in the dark. *Ryuichi Ando, listed officially as an attach' of the Japanese Embassy, actually was a student at SwarthmoreCollege, living at the home of a peaceful Quaker family where he was very charming, polite and made a lot of friends. However, on Sunday, November 30, just one week before the fatal attack on Hawaii, Ando returned to college from a trip to Washington and hastily packed his bags. Making polite farewells, he explained that he was leaving for Brazil-and vanished. \ It was seven days later that the Japanese Am- bassadors delivered their final note to Secre- . tary Hull-about thirty minutes after the attack on Honolulu began. Good Neighbor Censorship ONE of the first South American newspaper- men to file a message after the Hawaiian debacle was Fernando Ortiz Echague,, Wash- ington correspondent of La Naclon of Buenos Aires. La Nacion is not only one of the most in- fluential papers in South America, but one of the biggest boosters of friendship with the United States. Senor Echague's message, therefore, was a very friendly one. Several hours passed, and the telegraph office finally told him his news dispatch had been held \up by the naval censor-because it was written DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1941 VOL. LI. No. 67 Pubication in the Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices General Assembly: A general as sembly or students in all schools an colleges will be held at 3:30 p.m. to- day in Hill Auditorium. The posi- tion and duties of University stu- dents in time of war will be discussed With the consent of the Deans o: the various units classes at the ; and 4 o'clock hours will be dismisse in order that all students may at- tend. To All Students and Faculty Mem. bers: The University calendar pro- vides that the Christmas vacatio shall begin Friday evening, Decem- ber 19, and continue until the morn ing of Monday, January 5. All class es are, to be held in accordance wit the calendar including all such a may be scheduled for Friday. To the Members of the University Senate: At the December meeting o: the University Council authoriza tion was given to the School of Pub lic Hleath to elect one representa tive to the University Council. Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary Home Loans: The University In vestment office, 100 South Wing, wil be glad to consult with anyone con sidering building or buying a hom or refinancing existing mortgages an is eligible to make FH.A. loans. Detroit Armenian Women's Clul Scholarship: The Detroit, Armenia Women's Club offers a scholarshi for $100 for the year 1942-43 fo which young men and women o Armenian parentage, living in th Detroit metropolitan district wh demonstrate scholastic ability an possess good character and who havy had at least one year of college work are eligible. Further information ma: be obtained from me. Dr. Frank E. Robbins, 1021 Angell Hall Public Health Assembly: All stu dents in the School of Public Healt are expected to be present at the as sembly period to be held on Wednes day, December 17, at 4:00 p.m. in th Auditorium of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation for Graduate and Post graduate Dentistry. Dr. Haven Em erson, Professor Emeritus of Publi Health Practice, Columbia Univer. sity, and Lecturer in Public Healt Practice at the University of Michi gan, will speak on "Defense Health. Visitors are welcome. The Automobile Regulation will b lifted for the Christmas Vacatior Period from 12:00 o'clock noon or Friday, December 19, until 8:00 a.m on Monday,.January 5, 1942. Office of the Dean of Student Choral Union Members: All mem- bers of the Choral Union are re- quested to return their "Messiah' copies to the offices of the Universit Musical Society in Burton Memoria Tower, at once, and to pick up ir exchange their copies of "King Dav- id" and the Beethoven Ninth Sym. phony, which will be sung at th( May Festival. Rehearsals will be resumed afte vacation on Tuesday evening, Janu- ary 6. Charles A. Sink, President To All Students Having Library Books: Students having in their pos- session books drawn from the Univer- sity Library are notified that suc l books are due Thursday, Decembei 18, before the impending vacation. An extra fine will be charged on all books taken out- of town without permission. Warner G. Rice Director of the University Library Applications in Support of Re- search Projects: To give the Re- search Comimttees and the Execu- tive Board adequate time for study of all proposals, it is requested that faculty members having projects needing support during 1942-1943 'file their proposals in the Office of the Graduate School by Friday, Jan- uary 9, 1942. Those wishing to re- new previous requests whether now receiving support or not should so indicate. Application forms will be mailed or can be obtained at Secre- tary's Office, Room 1508 Rackham Building, Telephone 331. C. S. Yoakum Seniors: College of L.S. and A., School of Education, School of Mus- ic, School of Public Health: Tenta- tive lists of seniors including tenta- tive candidates for the Certificate in Public Health Nursing have been posted on the bulletin board in Room 4, U. Hall. If your name does not appear, or, if incfudedthere, it is not correctly spelled, please notify the counter clerk. Women students wishing employ- ment during the holidays are asked i to register at the Office of the Dean of Women. There are many oppor- tunities for employment in private homes. Byr) F. Bacher, Assistant Dean of Women The Bureau of Appointments has received notification of the following examination from the New York Civil Service Commission. I Playground director, Grade 1, (male). Salary, up to but not includ- ing $2,100 per annum. Usual start- ing salary is $1,260 per annum. 'Further information may be ob- tained from the notice, which is filed in the Bureau .of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, office hours 9-12, 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information A cademic Notices The Botanical Seminar will \meet Wednesday, December 17, at 4:30 p m. in room 1139 Natural Science f building. Dr. John T. Baldwin will f give a paper entitled, "Cytogeogra- phic Apalyses of Certain Plants." All I interested are invited. Biological Chemistry Seminar will J be held in Room 319, West Mk dical Building tonight at 7:30. "Selenium -Biological Occurence, Distribution and Excretion" will be discussed. All interested are invited. Graduate Students in Speech are urged to attend the December meet- ing of the Graduate Study Club at 4:00 p.m. on/ Wednesday in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. The discussion will deal with, graduate study in the field of speech correction. Political Science 301 will not meet this afternoon. E. S. Brown German 159 will meet Wednesday, 4:00-6:00 p.m., in 407 Library. Nordmeyer Doctoral Examination for Robert Vincent Rosa, Economics; thesis: "The Monetary Powers of Some Fed- eral Agencies outside the federal Re- serve System," Wednesday, Deeem- ber 17, East Council Room, Rackham Building, 1:30 p.m. Chairman, L. L. Watkins. , By action of the Executive Board the chairman may invite membersI 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 Exhibitions Exhibition,. College of Architecture' and Design: Collection of pottery, the work of Mary Chase Stratton of the Pewabic Pottery, given to the University by Dr. Walter R. Parker, is being shown in the ground floor cases of the Architecture Building. Open daily, 9:00-5:00 p.m., through Dec. 19. The public is invited. Events Today Pharmacy Journal Club will meet tonight Mat 7:30 in Room 300 Chem- istry Building. All pharmacy stu- lents please plan to attend. Botanical Journal Club will meet tonight at 7:30 in Room 1139 N.S. Reports by: Frances E. Wayne, "The Apocygaceous Flora of the Yucatan Peninsula;" Beth Woolsey, "Studies on the blossoming season;" Alma Hunt, "Edible. Wild Plants;" Robert Lowry, "The development of the per- istome of Aulacomnium heterosti- chum." Sigma Rho Tau will meet tonight in the Union at 7:30. This meeting will feature the first round of the inter-circle debate tournament. Sub- ject: "The Commercial and Military Possibilities of the Dirigible Today." All members are urged to attend as this will be the last meeting until after Christmas vacation. Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary medical society, will hold its fall ini- tiation today in the, Michigan. Un- ion at 5:45 p.m. Dr. Harry Gold- blatt, Professor of , Experimental Pathology of Western Reserve Uni- versity, will be made an honorary member and will deliver the address at 8:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Rackham Building. His sub- j ect is "Experimental Observations on the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hypertension." The lecture is open to the public. Religious .Education .Workshop: The subject for discussion at the reg- ular Tuesday evening meeting to- night, 7:00-9:00, at 9 University Hall, will be: "Correlation of University and Community Programs in Relig- ion." -Kenneth W. Morgan. American Institute of , Electrical Engineers at a meeting tonight at 8:00 in the Michigan Union will have as its speaker George Chute of the Detroit office of the General Electric Co. He vrill speak on "Motor Ap- plications in Industry." Refresh- ments. The Girls' Intercooperative Per- sonnel Committee is holding an in- terview tonight at 7:30 at the Muriel Lester House at 909 E. University. All those interested in applying for [the cooperatives will please attend. The Tuesday evening concert of recorded music at the Rackham Building tonight will be as follows: Brahms, Variations on a Theme of Hayden and Beethoven's Ninth Sym- phony. JGP Central Committee meeting today in the League at 4:30 p.m. Every member must be present. Christian Science Organization will meet tonight at 8:15 in the chapel of the Michigan League. Michigan Dames Swimming Group meeting for today has been canceled. . J 1 t Y , 1 P f. * , ,y R fF4 ~ a r pj "w_ : i 1 '", I : ' 1 ' iii a . a l It f GRIN AND BEAR IT "I don't care if it was your first corsage, Alicia!-It's been here for a week now and I'd like to use the ice box for food again!" By Lichty Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Original Christmas cards by students in Decorative Design 5 and Drawing 21 are shown in the ground floor corridor cases, Archi- tecture Building. Open daily 9 to 5, except Sunday through December 19. The public is invited. Lectures University Lecture: Professor G. E. Moore, Cambridge University, Eng- land, will lecture on the subject, "Certainty," under the auspices of the Department of Philosophy, on Thursday, December 18, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheater. The public is cordially invited. Faculty Alumni ,Dance: Second in series to be held tonight ,9:00-12:00, at the Michigan Union. Coin g vents The Romance Language Journal Club will meet on Wednesday, De- cember 17, at 4:15 p.m. in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. The following papers will be heard: Professor A. J. Jobin : "Recent Trends in Canadian Nationalistic Literature." Professor Julio del Toro: "The Treatment of Foreigners in the Ar- gentine Novel." All graduate students in the de- nartment are cordially invited.