I Weather Fair and Warmer. I C, r 5k iguu dbb--m9MMIMWWft 4 v i3attg Editorial Engineering Students Should Be Deferred .. VOL. LIL No. 80 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1942 Z-323 PI'M xIFIVz CENTS; Parley Will Open 'America At War' Discussion Today Donald Nelson Takes Production Reins Second Tanker Attacked Off Long Island Seacoast; Army Will Double Forces Annual Winter Meeting To Stress, Emergency Issue In Panel Series New Action Voted By Student Senate The Student Senate Winter Parley, first all-campus war forum, will open its two-day session at 2:15 p.m. to- day in the Union north lounge when Prof. Harold M. Dorr of the political science department takes the rostrum as keynoter. Professor Dorr's talk will inaugu- rate a four-panel discussion series of the vital issues included in the par- ley's theme, "America At War." Pan- el sessions are scheduled for 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union. "The subjects to be discussed in this parley directly affect every stu- dent in the University," committee co-chairman Jake Fahrner, '43, de- clared yesterday. "The parley ses- sions will be open to anyone who feels he has something at stake in both wartime and post-war Am'erica" Questions From Audience Immediately following Professor Dorr's address, the inaugural session will be given over to questions from the audience. This open-forum dis- cussion method will be used until Prof. Bennett Weaver of the English department summarizes the parley's work at 9 p.m. tomorrow. The 1942 Parley, in addition to its total-war subject, will also be the first Student Senate discussion forum with limited speeches. Members of both panel and audience will be given three minutes to speak-no more. This was brought on by criticisms of past panels for their monologue results. With William Muehl, '44L, as pre- siding chairman, today's discussion will be led by Hale Champion, '44, William Clark, '42, and Rosebud Scott, '42. Four Aspects Covered Four major aspects of World War II.will be covered in tomorrow's ses- sion by panel members representing every shade of campus opinion. The first group, "Arms For America," will discuss the economic import of the U S. war program on labor, con- sumer, and business. It will be chaired by Norm Call, '42. The second panel under Roger Kel- ley, '42, will be a student discussion of student position throughout the country. "War and Education" will take up this problem from its im- mediate and long-term aspects. "Crisis in Morals," topic of the third panel, includes the religious, ethical and social results of all-out war. Don O'Connor, '42, will preside. Don Stevenson, '42, will head the fourth panel on "Our Armed Forces." This discussion group will examine America's actual fighting of the war up-to-date. New Action Voted By Student Senate As part of its resolution to join unconditionally in the nation's de- fense effort, the Student Senate will cooperate with the University to safe- guard property and materials used in war research. Adopted by unanimous vote at yes- terday's Senate meeting, this reso- lution was part of a three-fold pro- gram laid down by newly-elected President Bob Krause, '43BAd. Also included in the series of ex- ecutive suggestions were the develop- ment of student expression of opin- ion through the use of open meet- ings and suggestion boxes placed on campus and the securing by the Sen- ate of its long-awaited right to ini- tiate legislation to the Committee on Student Affairs. Krause next named the heads of the various Senate committees, selecting Margaret Campbell, '42, as chairman of the Defense Committee. This group will handle civilian and military defense work. The Student Service Committee is to be headed by Hoe Seltzer, '42, chairman, and Winston H. Cox, '42, as assistant chairman, while the Scholarship Committee will be un- der the chairmanship of Ray Davis. John Zimmerman, '43, was select- ed to handle the Senate Parley Com- mittee, and Harold Klein, '44, will be chairman of next semester's Elections Committee. Choral Union Will Present Noted Pianist The man who thinks the United States is the greatest country of music lovers, Robert Casadesus, will present the seventh Choral Union concert at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Hill Auditorium. Blond, blue-eyed Casadesus has devoted his lifetime to music. His career is the piano, his hobby com- posing and his only other musical weakness, the kettledrums, which as a-boy he played in an orchestra. Casadesus practices on an average of at least three hours a day. The rest of his working time is spent in study and compositiorl. During the summer he usually teaches and for many years he has been the head of the piano department of the Foun- tainebleau School of Music. Monday the French pianist will play Gavotte, Le Rappel des Oiseaux, Les Cyclopes, Les Sauvages, Les Niais de Sologne by Rameau; Carnival, Op. 9, by Schumann; Ballade, Op. 23, Berceuse, Op. 57, Tarantelle, Op. 43, by Chopin; and Le Retour des Mule- tiers, La Soiree dans Grenade, Al- borada del Gracioso by Ravel. Demand Met For Training In Languages University Will Prepare - Students For Liason Intelligence Branches (Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of artices describing Uni- versity defense courses as approved .y the newly created War Board.) By DAN BEHRMAN In order to prevent the united nti- Axis effort of 26 nations from turning into a tower of Babel, the University of Michigan will join other American educational institutions in empha- sizing modern language work in its emergency curriculum. Many governmental services, both military and civilian, will require pro- ficiency in one or more foreign lan- guages, a University War Board statement points out. Complete com- mand of another nation's language nmy mean assignment to military or naval intelligence. In outlining its second semester program of emergency language courses, the War Board stresses the need for extensive training in all but the least commonly taught languages. An elementary knowledge of Japa- nese, Russian, Arabic, or Portugese, however, might be of some value to the government. Obviously useful in World War II, an intensive course in Japanese will be given by Mr. Joseph Vamagiwa. This course, Oriental Languages 148, will cover the speaking, reading and (Continued on Page 6) Lit School Executive Committee To Plan Finals Schedule Today * * * m punishment Demanded, For Production Errors WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.--(A)-A committee report charging that gov- ernmental inefficiency and private selfishness have seriously retarded America's war production gave im- mediate rise in the Senate today tb demands that those responsible bpe punished. The report, in which the Senate defense investigating committee call- ed for drastic reorganization of the Office of Production Management and elimination of "bureaucratic red tape," was submitted to the Senate by chairman Truman (Dem.-*Io.) to cover the committee's investigative work during 1941. Vandenberg Wants Action Senators Vandenberg (Rep.-Mich.) and Norris (Ind.-Neb.) were among the first to interrupt Truman as he summarized the finding to ask whe- ther criminal or other punitive action could not be taken against those guilty of the "gross inefficiency" which the committee said it found. "I miss," Vandenberg observed, "the final personification and iden- tification of somebody who ought to be demoted or put in jail." He asked what happened when in- dividual responsibility for improper administration of the defense pro- gram was determined. "He usually gets a promotion," Tru- man told him wryly. Other committee members said the government's auditing services were being counted upon to establish spe- cific responsibility for any wrongful acts, and Senator Brewster (Rep.- Me.) added that when the committee had reason to believe criminal actions were involved, the facts were pre- sented to the Department of Justice. Gross Inefficiency "The committee," the report de- clared, "has found numerous in- stances of gross inefficiency and still more instances where the private in- terests of those concerned have hin- dered and delayed the defense pro- gram. A considerable quantity of supplies and material which we should have today have not been pro- duced and the war effort has been seriously handicapped as a result." Among the committee's major find- ingS were these: That "after two years of frantic effort, we have too few planes to al- low adequate flying time to our own pilots,"- while much production was of "mediocre" models, largely because of failure to standardize production of a limited number of types and failure to bring into the production picture the facilities of small plants. $1-A-Year Men Hit That men receiving private salaries from big business concerns have worked for OPM for $1 a year or for no compensation and have actually been "lobbyists" for private business interests. The committee asked an end to employment of $1-a-year men. That there was failure to. expand production of many vitally needed war materials, such as copper, lead, zinc, and aluminum. That the armaments program was handicapped by unnecessary strikes, though of late there had been less of this obstruction. That the automobile industry was permitted to build new plant facili- ties for defense manufacture, using goviernment funds, instead of con- verting existing facilities to defense production, thus leaving the industry free to continue automobile produc- tion at the highest level since 1929. The committee's recommendations for reorganization of the OPM, of which the report said, "Its mistakes of commission have been legion; and its mistakes of omission have been even greater," were prepared before President Roosevelt announced a re- vision of the defense set-up, with Donald Nelson at its head. With the examination period shortened by one week in a war-time record-shattering move to cram three semesters into the school year, the Literary College Executive Commit-,., tee will hold its regular meeting to- day and expects to draft an official final examinations schedule which will be followed by the Literary Col-; lege and the College of Engineering. The official schedule of final ex- aminations will be printed in to- morrow's Daily. Assistant Dean of the Literary Col- lege Lloyd S. Woodburne informed The Daily late yesterday that the de- cision of the executive committed will provide .a common examination schedule for both schools. "There is a probability," Dean Woodburne stated, "that various other schools in the University will pattern their examination schedules after that of the Literary College."~ He said that he had been asked by the Deans of other schools concern- ing the program of examinations pro- posed by the Literary College. In general, he indicated, our schedule will call for three two-hour exams each day at 8-10 a.m., 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. Plans for shortening this semester's; examination schedule by a week are String Quartet To Give Two Concerts Here. Roth Group Will Present Chamber Music Series For University Festival The 20th century counterpart of Ole King Cole's "fiddlers three," only there are four of them, the Roth String Quartet, will appear in the. Second Annual Chamber Music Festi- val which will be held on Friday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Rackham Auditorium. The quartet will present concerts Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. Heading the Roth String Quartet is Feri Roth, violinist. The other members are Rachmael Weinstock second violin- ist, Julius Shaier, violist, and Oliver Edel, 'cellist. Roth, a native Hungarian, has been a professional musician since the age of 14 when he first played in the Budapest Opera orchestra. His greatest interest, however, has been in string quartets. He organized one early in his career that gained fame all over Budapest. A later effort firmly established Roth's fame in chamber music cir- cles. In 1928 he came to America where his work has been accepted as unapproached in his field. His quar- tet leadership is gifted with magne- tism and enthusiasm that brings ex- traordinary results from his asso- ciates. being whipped into shape in accord- ance with a general program by the University to take up the slack be- tween semesters in the regular two- semester program followed formerly. Under the present plan, the sec-; ond semester will begin on Feb. 9 in- stead of Feb. 16. Spring vacation will also be cut out in a move to save ten days. Students will take their final ex- aminations for the second semesterl during the week of May 20-27 in- stead of June 6-16. Commencement1 is scheduled for May 30. War Economy To Be Taught Next Semester j.. Department Of Economics Will Give New Course; Smithies To Instruct Aiming to help students under- stand war economics-the most im- portant branch for years to come- Prof. Arthur Smithies of the econom- ics department will teach a special course dealing with the problem next semester. Known as Economics 198, the course, open to students who have taken Economics 151, or to those who gain permission of the instruc- tor, will study problems involved in devoting a large portion of the na- tional income to waging war. It will also take up the relation of wartime economic policies to post-war eco- nomic reconstruction. Economics 198 will be taught at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Other divisions of the course will include: (1) the procurement of re- sources for the conduct of the war; (2) the operation of the non-war sector of the economy; (3) state- ment of the problem in terms of the theoretical analysis; (4) policies de- signed to solve the problem; (5) pol- icies involving direct control such as priorities and price control, and (6) borrowing and taxation and their relation to the question of inflation. On the post-war economic prob- lem, these points will be considered: (1) the transition from a war to a non-war economy; (2) policies which may be adopted during or immedi- ately after the war to avoid or miti- gate the depression that would nor- mally accompany the transition; (3) longer-run policies of national sta- bility, and (4) international econom- ic organization. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-(RP)- Wartime daylight saving time leg- islation which may cause the en- tire nation to advance clocks one hour to conserve- electrical ener- gy for essential production was approved finally by Congress to- day amid quips that it would serve no useful purpose. Enemy Warcraft, Preying On Coastwise Shipping, Blasts Unidentified Boat Speedy Jap Liner Sunk B Torpedo NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-(IP)--Strik- ing for the second time within 32 hours, enemy warcraft attacked an unidentified tanker off the south- shore Long Island town of Hampton Bays today only 75 miles from New York, it was announced by Coast Guard officials at Quogue, Long Is- land. At the New York headquarters of the Third Naval District, the com- mandant, Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, declined comment on the reported attack. He said he had ordered his staff not to release in- formation concerning ship sinkings in the future and added that all such information. must come from Wash- ington: In Washington, the Navy Depart- ment said it had not received any in- formation concerning an attack or a torpedoing since announcement last night that the Panamanian tanker Norness was torpedoed three times by a submarine 60 miles southeast WAR AT A GLANCE (By The Associated Press) British consolidate line In soutl ern Malaya for decisive battle for Singapore; Australian troops pre- viously held in reserve are now in action; most of Malaya is lost to defenders; communication is out between Batavia and northeast- ern fighting area of Celebes. Russians recapture Selizharovo, 175 miles northwest of Moscow, in farthest ppsh yet made against Nazis in capital theater; Red troops are reported breaking Nazi fort ring arouid harkov in Uk- raine; Soviet forces land on Sea of Azov west of Taganrog. Wolverine Puckmen Swamped liBy Speedy Illinois Skaters, 10-0 By STAN CLAMAGE Starting off in high gear and gain- ing added momentum with each suc- ceeding period, the fighting Indians from Illinois descended on the Michi- gan Coliseum last night and handed the Wolverine hockey team one of its worst setbacks in many a season, thumping them to the resounding tune of 10-0. It was strictly a no-contest affair with the Illini only proving that they are still the class in collegiate hockey circles. All that the Wolverines got out of the trouncing was a real fight and a two-inch laceration which Roy Bradley received over his eye. De Paul Leads Scoring Picking out any particular Illinois man for some especially fine work would be a difficult job. They were all good-from the starting sextet right down to the last reserve on the 12-man squad. If it is the man who from Minnesota, these two brothers put on a fine show of defensive and offensive hockey. Together their of- fensive power was terrific. Mario turned in two scores and two assists, while Aldo marked up one counter and four assists. Illinois Starts Fast The Illini lost no time in the first period in starting to scalp the Wol- verines. At :38 De Paul cracked in his first goal before the completely sur- prised Wolverines could get their bearings. He followed five minutes later with another score, going in all alone and faking Hank Loud out of the play. Accurate passing, coupled with greater speed, brought the In- dians their third score of the period when Aldo Palazzari got his only goal of the evening. Before the period ended De Paul got two more goals and Bob Miller Thursday Set For Gargoyle Appearance To all connoisseurs of the standard college man's wall decoration, Gar- goyle sends greetings-and its con- tribution to the hundreds of such walls upon this campus, namely, the Garga Girl. Promising the supreme in human architecture, plus that certain spark that has endeared her predecessors to modern youth, the Garga Girl will remain under cover (of the maga- zine until hundreds of pairs of scis- sors will have made possible her dis- play au mur. And the great day is Thursday. However, even when she has been removed, there will remain an im- posing list of features in this new January Gargoyle. Prominent among these, and following a more serious vein, is this month's edition of Your Michigan, the story of the campus in pictures. This section of the magazine will be devoted to the School of Medi- cine, especially busy now in view of the increased demands made upon its members. For this feature, Gar- goyle has secured a sequence of pho- of Montauk Point, Long Island, at 1:20 a.m. (EST) yesterday. The time of the new attack re- ported by the Coast Guard was un- officially placed at 9:30 a.m. (EST) today at a position 19 miles offshore and approximately 50 miles west of the spot where the Norness fell vic- tim to a brazen raider that surfaced and casually torpedoed its target. 3,600,000 Man Army To Be Mobilized In 1942 WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. - (A) -- Plans for mobilizing a powerful army of 3,600,000-just as a starter- promised victories to come today while on the actual fighting fronts a great Japanese liner and two Jap bombing planes were smashed by American fighting men. Before the year is out, Secretary of War Stimson told reporters, the army's present strength in ground and air forces is to be doubled, twice the present number of air combat and armored units will be in the service, and 32 new divisions, many of them motorized, are to be created. The year 1943 wil see an additional increase. Meanwhile word was received that an American submarine in Far East- ern waters had sunk a 17,000 ton Japanese liner of the fast Yawata class, a vessel capable of conversion into an aircraft carrier. From the Philippines, at the same time, came word that nine Jap bomb- ers attacked Corregidor, the island fortress at the mouth of Manila Bay, only to have two of their number shot down, and others damaged by anti-aircraft fire. Ground troops on Batan Peninsula were doggedly and successfully holding out against Jap- anese efforts to infiltrate their de- fense lines. The projected 3,600,000-man army, plus 200,000 or more officers, would give this nation a fighting force sub- stantially stronger than that of Japan, but still far smaller than that of Nazi Germany. Kaufman-Hart Comedy Continues Performance George S. Kaufman and Moss v-5, V-7 Units May Be Closed To Further Enlistments Soon v I By WILL SAPP Able-bodied University of Michi- gan men who plan to enlist in the Navy's V- or V-7 reserve units some- time "soon" had better make up their minds right away or they might well be left ashore. Capt. R.E. Cassidy, newly-appoint- ed commandant of the University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, said yesterday that both re- serve units, offering junior and sen- ior students deferment until comple- tion of their college work, might stop accepting applications "anytime now." V-5, flight training, and V-7, mid- shipman reserve, have been created to train men still in school. A man enrolled in either of the two units feel it safe to say that the quota is rapidly being filled. Last week alone we interviewed more than 250 stu- dents here." The two reserve units are open to upper classmen in every college and university in the nation. Although acceptance for either V-5 or V-7 is made in Detroit at the Navy recruiting station, a student may secure an unofficial physical exam- ination at the Health Service if his request is made through the local NROTC. Col. Francis M. Ganoe, head of the University ROTC unit yesterday advised freshmen and sophomores to enlist in the ROTC. Top ranking freshmen and sophomores will be giv- en written notice certifying that they