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By TOM THUMB was just reading a front-page editorial that man, the Italian, the Jap. You would have to appeared in a Kansas City paper the day the fight, not for yourself, not for the people, but for U.S. declared war on Japan. It follows, in part: the Fuehrer or the Emperor or for the Duce. "The little yellow man is really yellow. I'll grant that most of these people believe in "About 10 years ago on another unday after- what they are figshting for, but it is because of noon an admiral of the United States Navy no racial weakness that they elieve; they have representing the UnitediStateseravy been propagandized and coerced until they be- Unitedstte sovereign government of the lieve in their form of fascism. Under the cir- United States of America reachied into the dark v cumstances_ you and T would dd the same thing. drawer of medievalism and pulled the intellec- utnwhyot ate I Japs if t will hp tually and physically dwarfed Nipponese out But why not hate the Japs if it will help us into the light of civilization and education. The wr " The answer is simple. Firstly, it won't help "The cycle seems to have come about again win the war. Secondly, if you believe, or say you and that same navy representing the same soy- believe, that one race is inferior to another, you ereign government seems duty bound to put are admitting to Hitler that he is right. If them back into the drawer and into the dark. enough people believe in that way, we won't "The act of Japan yesterday will destroy, we need any Hitler at all-fascism will take care hope forever, the prevalent illusion that they of itself in the United States. were possessed of any brains at all. "Of the wars in which the United States as ONCE YOU EMPLOY the philosophy of Henry . .Norman, 'The Kansas City editor, yor engaged, never did one begin with a deeper NraheKnsCiydto, you are hatred for an enemy than we have for his admitting that the United States is fighting for oned .fo nothing. You ,are saying that one fascism (the U.S.) is fighting another fascisin (Germany). -And so on and on into the night. The war is no longer a fight to wipe fascism from Probably everyone who has any intelligence the face of the earth, but an imperialistic strug- realizes that that editorial is completely untrue gle between two fascist nations. in its theories and that it is merely an attempt This philosophy, "the little yellow man is to stir up some of that good.old hysteria. really yellow." . . . "intellectually and physically Because if that editorial is true we may as dwarfed" . . . is the real, true Nazi philosophy. well give up democracy right now and surren- Hitler was no doubt tickled to read it. der to Hitler. This theory, carried to its logical conclusion, says: "The Negroes are biologically inferior and WE have a war to fight, and by God, we're should be destroyed." It crawls along your coat going to win. Nobody has any doubt of that, collar and whispers in your ear: "What race is But we're liable to neglect one thing. And so inferior that ithas to be wiped out before it that is that we must fight this war coldly, im- destroys our country? The Jews!" And there personally and unemotionally. you are. Unfortunately, we have to kill other human beings-people who are every bit as good as we QUR WAR gives the amateur and professional are. And we should accept this killing as un- fascists in this country their opportunity. avoidable. But under no circumstances should The greatest chance of the United States' turn- we develop a hatred for the Japanese race or ing fascist comes not from the possibility of los- any other race. ing the war but from deviating from our demo- Hatred for what they are fighting for-yes! cratic philosophy during the war. They are fighting for the destruction of all The Japanese are an easy race for the ignor- brotherhood of man, for the destruction of equal ant to hate. Their complexions are different opportunity. Hatred for their leaders, their sys- from ours, their eyes slant. But the Chinese tem-yes! Hatred for Hirohito, Hitler, Musso- answer a similar description. Should we hate lini, by all means! But why should we hate the them too? Japs themselves? We've got to be careful. Our democracy is in more danger, both from abroad and within, TRUE, we must kill them. We must beat Japan. than it ever has been in all our history. But can't we kill without hating? We k11 Let's fight this war honestly and we will win. them, not because they have yellow skin or be- But let's fight it calmly, coldly. Let our killing cause they live in Asia, but because they are be done in order to sap the strength of fascism's tokens, puppets, chessmen of the evil we are forces, not as a symbol of our hatred for another combating, and they must be sacrificed. They race. Just remember that we are fighting for are martyrs dying for the cause of democracy democracy and that democracy's main standard every bit as much as our boys are. is equality. Picture yourself in the position of the Ger- Let's leave the race hatred to Hitler. Letters To The EditO~r Emile -Gel6 . Alvin Dann . David Lachenbruch Jay MCormick Hal Wilson Arthur Hill Janet Hiatt,: Grace Miller . Virginia Mitchell . . . Managing Editor S. . Editorial Director .. . . City Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Women's Editor . Assistant Women's Editor . . .Exchange Editor I. Business Staff Daniel H. Huyett James 8. Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright . . . . . Business Manager Associate Business Manager .Women's Advertising Manager * Women's Business Manager NIGHT EDITOR: GEORGE W. SALLADE The editorials published in The N Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers 1only.i Race Discrinination And War Hysteria. T IS A SAD COMMENTARY, on our time that in a period when complete national unity is urgently needed, loyal American citizens should be subject to discrimination through the fact of racial origin. But when hoodlums in Detroit beat up Orientals, when Chinese students in this country are obliged to wear identification buttons for protection, it is evident that a disease is spreading through the hysterical minds of self-assuming patriots which can only impair dhr war effort. We hold no brief for the Japanese nationals in the country; as a potential fifth column they should be placed under the close surveillance of the FBI. But for American citizens of Japanese origin to be the object of hatred and suspicion will eventually lead to simifar discrimination against German-Americans and Italian-Ameri- cans and will divide us racially, as France was divided politically in her tragic struggle of 1940. It is for the government, not ourselves, to de- termine the loyalty of our fellow citizens. ON OUR OWN CAMPUS there are 18 Japan- ese-Americans, who will find it highly embar- rassing when the University Chinese students begin wearing tokens to distinguish themselves as non-Japanese. They should ha no causeto fear violence nor scorn. For if, in the grim years that lie ahead, we are conscious of the liberty we are fighting to maintain, we shall abide no intolerance of race, class or creed; we shall not cause this country to become a "house divided against itself." -Clayton Dickey DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941 VOL. LII. No. 69 Publication in the Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices To All Students and Faculty Mem- bers: The University calendar pro,- vides that the Christmas vacationl 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 with the calendar including all such as may be scheduled for Friday. The Automobile Regulation will be lifted for the Christmas Vacation Period from 12:00 o'clock noon on Friday, December 19, until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 5, 1942. Office of the Dean of Students Choral Union Members: All mem- bers of the Choral Union are re- quested to return their "Messiah" copies to the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower, at once, and to pick up in exchange their copies of."King Dav- id" and the Beethoven Ninth Sym- phony, which will be sung at the May Festival. Rehearsals will be resumed after 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 such books are due today before the im- pending 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 Committees and the Execu- tive Board adequate time for study of all proposals, it is requested that faculty members .haying 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 Library Hours: During the Christ- mas vacation period the General Li- brary will be open daily front 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from December 19 to January 4, except on Sundays, Christmas, and 'New Year's, when it will be closed all day, and on De- cember 24 and 31, when it will close at noon. The Graduate Reading Rooms will close at 6:00 p.m. Friday, December 19, and observe the usual holida3 schedule thereafter: mornings 9:00- 12:00 and afternoons 1:00-5:00 Monday through Friday, and morn- ings 9:00-12:00 on iSaturdays and on the days preceding the two legal holidays. The Departmental libraries will be open mornings only from 10:00 to. 12:00 on all Saturdays in the vaca- tion period beginning with Decem- ber 20; and regularly mornings from 10:00 to 12:00 and afternoons from 2:00 to 4:00, Monday through Fri- day, beginning with the week of De- cember 22nd. They will be closed on the afternoons of December 24 and 31. Warner G. Rice, Director 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 included there, it is not correctly spelled, please notify the counter clerk, Messiah ;Recordings. Orders for recordings of the "Messiah" chorus- es which were made at the perform- ance last Sunday, may be placed with the Radio and Record Shop, 715 -N. University Avenue. Recordings will be available within a short time. Women students wishing employ- ment during the holidays are asked to register at the Office of the Dean of Women. There are many oppor- tunities for employment in private homes. Byrl F. Bacher, Assistant Dean of Women seems unfortunately to fall sometimes upon those loyal Japanese Americans, even though we sincerely sympathize with their position. However, as a responsible officer of the Chinese student organiza- tion, I am truly alarmed if Mr. M's reaction to the plan is in any man- ner a more general one on this campus and would therefore invite comment to us on the part of both N GRIN AND BEAR IT ByLichty How Democracy Fights Dictatorship . .®. C AN A DEMOCRACY fight an effec- tive, efficient war? This is a ques- tion as old as the democratic ideal itself but the events of the last week give it added import- ance, and the'~events of the next several years may decide it once and for all. The first week of our war with Japan has ade- quately demonstrated that a democracy certain- ly cannot throw itself into a war with the daz- zling stroke of power which a dictator can com- mand. A dictatorship is always prepared for war - it is a war government. A democracy, on the other hand, must adjust itself to a war situation. Laws must be passed, taxes proclaimed, and powers dealt to those in command.'A democracy is built upon the will of the people and the voice of the people must necessarily command the acts of its government. That voice has found no swift, sure smethod for making itself heard. Even when a state of emergency has been pro- claimed and the President given almost dicta- torial powers the government must explain its moves to the people and wait for their approval. DICTATORSHIP is built for war. It can strike with lightning speed and its maneu- vers are agile and certain. The entire system, however, depends upon continuous victory in bat- tle. If a major loss is not carefully camouflaged the whole structure of government will collapse.w A dictator governs his people by fear and if a.R i Fat Ot, AllIas Rs "Why can't I take off my coat and shoes and smoke my pipe?-WVhy can't she run out to the curb when he honks, like other girls do?" 'China' Pins And The University To the Editor: THE FIRST CASE of war hysteria on the part of an organized group in this country oc- curred last week, when, according to Sunday's Daily, the Chinese students at this and other universities decided to wear buttons informing everyone of their national origin. Though the declared purpose of their use of this device is "to distinguish themselves as Chinese," its ob- vious effect will be to distinguish themselves from students of Japanese extraction, who, ac- cording to Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, are Hawaiian or American born and therefore American citi- zens. Besides stigmatizing and humiliating those students of Japanese descent, this attempt by the Chinese students to distinguish themselves from a portion of the Americanl citizenry may lead to serious consequences. If others should be likewise afflicted with such racial emotion- alism, we may see students of English or Russian descent wearing similar badges "to distinguish themselves as such" (i.e. to distinguish them- selves as not being of German or Italian descent), and we may even come across an "unoccupied Frenchman." WHILE such extreme consequences may not result from this action on the part of the Chinese students, though the possibility remains, there can be little doubt that it will arouse in- tolerance towards American citizens of Japanese descent and will tend to increase race-canscious- ness, the easiest way to introduce fascist ideas into America. Let us urge the Chinese students attending this University, the largest such group at any American institution of higher education, to re- consider their action, for we must guard against such hysteria if we are to preserve in America that cause which we seek to defend throughout the world. - Leonard M. Mendelson war effort or to restrain insurrection within his own borders. A dictator's first stroke is his strongest - short wars give him a distinct advantage. The "blitz" technique is certainly a very important key to Hitler's immense show of power. A democ- racy, although it starts slowly, gathers momen- tum with each succeeding day of battle. Victor- ies need not be fabricated to "'handle" the peo- ple. In fact, losses may actually serve to arouse new and further effort. And A Chinese Re'ply .. . To the Editor: LET ME HASTEN to reply to Mr. Mendelson Let me say first tlWt it is with a sense of shtck, though also a deep sense of sympathy, that I am informed of his letter. Let me reiterate more clearly (if possible) my position and try to eliminate the gross misunderstanding indi- cated in his letter, in myn-crank horror that this misunderstanding may be embraced by others. Even though it was couched in such appalling terms, the letter, I am sure, was motivated by the highest of intentions of tolerance, and fair play, the things for which we as democratic peoples fight in common. I am assured that when Mr. Mendelson wrote the letter, he had not seen the buttons. It is well here, then, to point out to him that they consist of a small flag design and the rather innocuous word "China" on them. They were issued by the Chinese Consulate in answer to a demand for their uwg by Amer- icans and Chinese alike after repeated em-" barassments had been suffered by Chinese all over the nation. They were thus issued out of sheer necessity. As for the situation on this campus, let us at once bare the truth, frankly and completely. Firstly, University officials were fully aware of the issuance of the buttons. Further, there has never been, nor is now, any cause for strained re- lations #etween the Japanese-Americans on this campus and the Chinese. Until Mr. M.'s letter, this, I think, had been taken for granted by the general public. To suggest for a moment that they, by virtue only of the fact that they do not wear the buttons, should immediately be the ob- jects of ill-feeling seems ridiculous. It would seem just as absurd to surmise that any Chinese Whq didn't for any reason wear the buttons were also so'treated. This is a university, an order of intellectuals, not an order of the Ku Klux Klan. And as a matter of fact, the buttons should more fully answer their purpose outside the university walls when the Chinese students travel at any time anywhere else in the U. S- In bis sentimentality, (which-I frankly share) Mr. Mendelson also forgets the other side of the issue. It should already be almost incredible to him that for many years of suffering from Japa- nese banditry, murder and outrage to their very blood relations, the Chinese in this country have seldom uttered a word of bitterness. Our own national leader. Chiang Kai-Shek, was the first to ask his people to distinguish between the mass of the Japanese people and themilitarists. Here in America, the Chines residents have sometimes received the most tragic news. In the face of it, to *uet him to bssr f~i f-riA o-f beiirng n~k The Bureau of Appointments has received notice of the following ex- aminations: United States Civil Service Medical Guard Attendant, $1,620, until further notice. Medical Technical Assistant, $2,- 000, until further notice. Junior Occupational Analyst, $2,- 000, January 15, 1942. Principal Personnel Assistant, $3,- 800, January 15, 1942. Personnel Assistant, $3,200, Janu- ary 15, 1942. Junior Personnel Assistant, $2,600, January 15, 1942. Principal Personnel Clerk, open to Seniors, $2,300, January 15, 1942. ' Assoc. Public Health Nursing Con- sultant, $3,200, until further notice. Asst. Public Health Nursing Con- sultant, $2,600, until further notice. Junior- Astronomer, $2,000, until further notice. Chief Inspector, Defense Produc- tion, Protective Service, $5,600, until further notice. Principal Inspector-ditto, $4,600, until further notice. 6 Senior Inspector, ditto, $3,800, un- til further notice. Inspector, ditto, $3,200, until fur- ther notice. Assist. Inspector, ditto, $2,900, un- til further notice. Junior Inspector, ditto, $2,600, un- til further notice. Techhical Asst. (Engineering) $1,- 800, until further notice. Head Engineer, $6,500, until fur- ther notice. Principal Engineer, $5,600, until further notice, Senior Engineer, $4,600, until fur- ther notice. Engineer, $3,800, until further no- tice. Associate Engineer, $3,200, until further notice. Assistant Engineer, $2,600, until further notice. Junior Engineer, $2,000, until fur- ther notice. Chief Engineering Draftsman, $2,- 600, until further notice. Principal Engineering Draftsman, $2,300, until futher notice. Senior Engineering Draftsman, $2,000, until further notice. Engineering Draftsman, $1,800, un- til further notice. Assistant Engineering Draftsman, $1,620, until further notice. Junior Engineering Draftsman, $1,440, until further notice. the above list includes the closiig date for applications. Further in- formation may be obtained from the notices which are on file in the office of the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, office hours 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information - , Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Marjorie Williams, Astronomy; thesis: "An Investigation of the Cepheid Vari- able Stars in the ;Scutum Cloud," today, Observatory, 3:00 p.m. Chair- man, H. D. Curtis. By action of the Executive Board the chairman may invite members of. tye faculties and advanced doctoral 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 Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- amination: Students expecting to elect Educ. D100 (directed teaching) next semester are required to pass a qualifying examination in the sub- ject which they expect to teact. This examination will be held on Satur- day, January 10, at 100vp.m. Stu- dents will meet in the auditorium of Choral Union Series, January 19, 8:30. at Roth String Quartet in the Second Annual Chamber of Music Festival, Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, January 23 and 24, in the Lecture Hall, Rackham Build- ing. Alec Templeton, pianist, in a spe- cial concert, Thursday, February 26, at 8:30, Hill Auditorium. Tickets may be procured at the offices of , the University Musical Soeiety in Burton Memorial Tower. Charles A. Sink, President 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, i ;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. Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Original Chri tmas cards by students in Decorativ Design 5 and Dr'awing 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, to- day at 4:15 pm. in the Rackham Amphitheater. 'Ph, public is cordi- ally invited. Events Today La Sociedad Hispanica will not have a regular meeting today. Con- versation and regular meetings will however, continue after the Christ- mas holidays. Lutheran Student 4 seciation: CarQiling Party will be held tonight. A capella choir members will meet at the Zion Lutheran Parish Hall at 6:50 p.m. They will leave from the Hall to carol the ladies in the Bach Home. All other students are to ;meet at the Parish Hall at 7:30 p.m. After carolling, the group will be ;served refreshments by Mrs. Paul Kauper and Mrs. Henry O. Yoder at the Yoder home. Bridge Tournament: The eighth in -the regular series of duplicate bridge tournaments will be held in the Concorse of the League tonight, 7:15-11:00. Prizes are offered. Stu- dents, faculty, and townspeople are invited. Hobby Lobby: There will be no meeting of Hobby Lobby tQday. The next meeting will be held on Thurs- day, January 8. Corning Events International Center: The Inter- national Center will be open during the Christmas holidays as follows: "Week days, 9:00-12:00 a.m.; 2:00- 5:00 p.m.; . 7:00-10:00 p.m. Sundays and Holidays, 2:00-10:00 p.m.; on New Year's Eve until 12 midnight. A series of record programs of folk music will be given from 7:30- 8:30 p.m. in the Lounge of the Cen- ter: Monday, Dec. 22, Chinese; Tuesday, Dec. 23, Roumanian; Wednesday, Dec. 24, Latin American; Friday, Dec. 26, Arabian; Monday, Dec. 29, Hawaiian and Tahitian; Tuesday, Dec. 30, Slavic; Wednesday, Dec. 31, Spanish. Anyone interested will be welcome to attend this. Tea will be served on Tuesday, Dec.