THE MICHIGAN f AILY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942 .r.rv reraya.aa Yia a Y{i iiYi i , -. [P tx [Z Mlt ttILJ i mmwI I1 MUSIC I - ;'E --ip Editedand managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier $4.00, by mail $5.00. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTIaIMNG BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADIsoN AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO . BOSTON * Los ANGELES * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1941.42 Editorial Staff Emile Ge16 . Alvin Dann . David Lachenbruch Jay McCormick Hal Wilson . . Arthur Hill Janet Hiatt Grace Miller Virginia Mitchell . . . . Managing Editor . . . . Editorial Director City Editor . . . . Associate Editor * . . . Sports Editor . . Assistant Sports Editor . . . . Women's Editor . . Assistant Women's Editor . . . . Exchange Editor Daniel H: Huyett James B. Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright Business Staff s s .f Business Manager . . Associate Business Manager . . Women's Advertising Manager . . Women's Business Manager NIGHT EDITOR: WILLIAM A. MacLEOD The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Why Did John L. Lewis Propose Peace For Labor? N OW that William Green and Philip Murray, the two union heads, have agreed to accept President Roosevelt's labor peace proposal for the duration of the war, John L. Lewis' previous plan to merge the C.I.O. and the A.F. of L. becomes merely an academic ques- tion. Under the new program, a joint com- mittee of three representatives from each or- ganization will be established to keep peace in the labor ranks "for the duration." There will be no merger, only an agreement to wave the White flag and keep war production zooming. Still, John L. Lewis' surprising proposal for peace between the unions last week worries us. A merger of the C.I.O. and A.F. of L. would be advantageous in many respects, although we do not feel it can come about so simply. It has the solid approval of the people, who are tired of the six-year feud'beteween the two labor organ- izations. A recent Gallup poll indicates that 71 percent of the rank-and-file of the two unions and 87 percent of the union leaders are willing to shake hands and call the whole thing off. Lewis' proposal for labor peace would have ousted William Green, A.F. of L. head, guaran- teeing him his $20,000 yearly salary for life. It would have elevated George Meany, secre- tary-treasurer of the federation, to the presi- dency of the merged organization. It would have plucked Philip Murray from his perch at the top of the C.I.O. and made him the new secretary-treasurer. Finally, Lewis'claimed only the modest post of vice-president for his efforts. Everything dove-tailed nicely. BUT there are a few questions which trouble us about Mr. Lewis' confident proposal to cease hostilities once and for all. What was the nature of those "unofficial conferences" between the United Mine Workers president and Daniel J. Tobin, president of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, which led to the adoption of Lewis' generous offer by the A.F. of L. executive committee in closed meet- ing? More important, why was Mr. Murray not consulted about the matter? 'here are other questions arising out of these which worry us even more. After the papers carried the story of the agreement reached by the A.F. of L. executive committee and the C.1O. founder on the officers to lead the merged organization, why did Mr. Green formally deny that negotiations had been made? Finally, a coldly-polite Murray called a meeting of the ClOA. executive committee to consider Lewis' questionable move-and Lewis flatly refused to attend. We want to know why. Murray cer- tainly played fair after he had been snubbed so completely. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S investigation of the controversy between Murray and Lewis led him to back Murray against the amazing past-president of the C.I.O. Murray declared that the merger of the two unions might not be so good for war production. His reason was that the new move would be a struggle for posi- tions by union officials. Underlying his reason, however, was his suspicion that John L. Lewis might not be sincere. We are forced to agree. We hate to admit that Lewis is not to be trusted. We regret that he is seeking to regain ROtH STRING QUARTET Quartet in D major, Op. 11, Tschaikowsky; Rispet- ti e Strambotti, Maipiero; Quartet in G minor, Op. 33 No. 5, Boecherini; Quartet in D major (K.499), Mozart; Four Preludes and Fugues, Roy Harris; Quartet in F major, Op. 135, Beethoven. The final two concerts of the Second Annual Chamber Music Festival yesterday afternoon and evening proved to be no anticlimax in the series, for the Roth String Quartet played with all the precision of technique and virtuosity which marked their first performance. The afternoon Program opened with the Tschaikowsky D major quartet, and for those in the audience who have been at all disturbed by the prating and derogations of the self-appoint- ed musical intelligentsia in regard to the great- ness and musical worth of that master, the per- formance should have done much to allay their apprehension. Though Tschaikowsky, in his great orchestral works, is generall considered to be temperamentally and stylistically of the European Romantic school, and not a true Rus- sian, he did, along with Borodin, establish the real Russian style of chamber music. His first string quartet, the D major, written in 1871, shows clearly the spirit of Russia, from the wild and Cossack-like second subject of the last movement to the beautifully flowing Song theme of the Andante Cantabile, which the composer head from a carpenter, a native of the Kaluga government. Boccherini's relation to chamber music is iden- tical with that of Haydn to the symphony. Util- izing the beginnings and advances of his pre- decessors he became the first great perfecter of modern chamber music. He was adept at vary- ing his thematic material within the smallest parts of the form, and his plurality of motifs and independent part leading, unified by his flowing Italian, produced a plasticity which was far ahead of his time, more romantic than classic. Little wonder that Beethoven adopted Boccherini's methods and even many of his idio- syncracies. The performance of the G minor quartet was probably the most thoroughly en- joyable part of the afternoon program. Undoubtedly the high point of the evening concert was the Beethoven quartet Op. 135. This represents Beethoven in his most mature period, when he had come to regard the string quartet as the most perfect instrumental medium; this was the period in which he expressed in music the divine reflections and mediation of his mighty soul and his faith and belief in God. Un- fortunately this quartet does not attain the sub- limity of its four immediate predecessors Opera 127, 130, 132, 132, except in the magnificent and profound Lento. However, its sincerity and warmth was excellently caught and expressed by the Roth Quartet. The innovation of the evening was the play- ing of Roy Harris' Four Preludes and Fugues. These are always a cause of furore among cham- ber music adherents, because of their peculiar modern idiosyncracies and style. To those of you who may not know what to decide in regard to their musical worth, and who may look to this column for some small measure of guidance, I would say: Do you want to hear them again? If you do, then they are good music for you. Per- sonally I believe that while they are master- pieces of contrapuntal writing they lack depth and are pratcically void of meaning, and so fail to have much musical value. -Kenneth W. Rhoads Domlinic.Says CAN any sane man believe that suffering, pain, cruelty and maladjustment are for naught? Job concluded that since man was intelligent, God had a purpose in permitting suffering. James Thompson had the courage to state his appraisal of a God who could plan or would per- mit pain, could He stop it,- "That not for all Thy power furled and un- furled, For all the temples to Thy glory built, Would I assume the ignominious guilt Of having made such men in such a world!" During our present world conflict, almost daily some such idea will cross every sensitive, trained mind. But, suppose the case turns out to be as Job finally understood it, when he said to the Lord: "I know that Thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee" (Job 42:2). The man guided by an ethi- cal theism, the religious person whose structure of the universe has justice as its law and love at its center as a motivating force, sees the world as intrinsically good. He accepts the do- ings of society as the experimental life of free persons within that structure. Because this freedom includes possible evil choice and conse- quent evil reactions multiplied, and because this freedom includes the possible choice of good which in turn yields good much multi- plied, the religious man can have faith in the outcome. FEW OTHER philosophies of life bring any meaning out of the world of sin, or offer us a starting place in a time of world war. "Faith," said the writer to the Hebrews, "is the substance- of things hoped for,. the evidence of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). However, we do not refer to credulity when we refer to faith, nor to an hypothesis, nor to believing what we feel cer- tain cannot be true, nor to casting the case on God, nor to hiding one's head in the sand, nor to something opposed to knowledge. Faith, as the Jew or the Christian understands the term, is the wisdom and grace of God made a basis for action. * Greed and Landlords By TOM THUMB :: TO CONTINUE with the material discussed Friday-to wlt: the scarcity and high rent of apartments in Ann Arbor: I am writing from my tent in Felch Park (rent-$35 a month-plus utilities) after look- ing for an apartment for two weeks and finding absolutely nothing but ancient cobweb-traps (rent-$45 plus utilities). At last I've hit on a scheme, though. There's a furniture store downtown with a beautiful sample bedroom in the window. To the pro- prietdr I hereby make this offer: I will live in that store window for all of this semester, pro- viding that I get my rent free. Just think of the advertising possibilities. What crowds that would attract. After sleeping on an Army cot for two weeks, that would be heaven. SERIOUSLY, THOUGH-and I believe it's time to get serious-something must be done about this situation, on behalf of the students and the people who work in Ann Arbor. Most landlords justify increasing a rent from X25 a month to $40 with the excuse that utilities cost so much more now. Gas and electricity rates haven't been increased one bit, nor are they used more than before. In fact, with the advent of Daylight Saving Time and blackouts, electricity will be used less and less. With most landlords, it seems to be a case of charging what the traffic will bear. Prices have gone up, that's true, but does it cost any more to keep up an apartment that you've owned for years? Wages have not gone up to meet the rise in prices. Therefore, people who work for the University and downtown, in addition to meeting increased food prices, are paying from five to ten dollars more each month in the form of rent. This is, in a way, defense profiteering. There is an emergency, and by gawd, the landlords and "ladies" are going to soak the consumers as much as they possibly can. It has been said that the world revolves on an axis of greed. The Ann Arbor landlords seem to prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt. ihe Drew Pect5ss RobertS.Alle WASHINGTON-The numerous charges of fifth-column activity in Hawaii do not im- press one man in Congress. He is short, gray-haired Samuel W. King, Re- publican delegate from Hawaii. Ordinarily, King has little to say, but he waxes very voluble when the "loyalty" of his Jap-American constituents is questioned. King has been telling House colleagues that "all this commotion" about a fifth column in Hawaii is the bunk. However, his most inter- esting statment was made the other day behind closed doors to the House Military' Committee. King admitted that there had been a "very extensive and active" Axis espionage system in Hawaii, but as for a fifth column-"No, no, gentlemen, there is none." "American citizens of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii are patriotic," King insisted. "Even the older, retired Japanese aliens are all right. Why, they think it's a real compliment for their citi- zen-children to be drafted in United States armed forces." KING REVEALED that after the Pearl Harbor attack the FBI and Military Intelligence rounded up 400 spies and subversive agents and put them in concentration camps. Three hun- dred were Jap aliens and Jap-American citizens, and the rest Germans and Italians. A number of the Japs were priests of the Shinto (national- ist) cult and wealthy aliens close to the Jap consulate. Asked if the Army and Navy were accepting voluntary enlistments of young Jap-American citizens, King said no, but that many of the youths had been drafted. "They make excellent soldiers," he declared. "In fact all people of Jap blood born in Hawaii, and therefore citizens, are patriotic. The sus- picion that they are real, or potential, fifth- columnists is absurd." Committee members listened to King in polite silence. Afterwards, some of them privately in- dicated they considered his views "too optimis- tic." Several jokingly intimated that they thought King's views might be influenced by the fact that he'had a large number of Japanese- American constituents, a dig that King haught- ily ignored. Note-One thing King did not tell the com- mittee was that the Hawaiian Territorial (Home) Guard of 2,000 men included a large number of American-born Japs under draft age who are armed, while the white civilian population has been disarmed by establishment of martial law. in 1516; Bacon's "New Atlantis" in 1627; Cam- panella's "Civitas Soli" in 1623, Morelly, Babeuf, Saint-Simon, Cabet, Owen, as well as the less, visionary writers upon society redeemed, were trying with commendable devotion, as Plato with his "Republic," Marx with his "Das Kapi- tal," and Veblen with his theory of industrial dv t3~ ;v 2AAAae . ?A4 S Y ix S-7 f Rg.US, Pt ftA t Rs "My idea was to keep broadcasting our predictions and till the the enemy found out better, they'd sure be in plenty of trouble." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942 VOL. LI. No. 88 Publication in the Daly Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices New Registration Dates: Students will register for the second semester on February 5, 6, and 7 under the same alphabetical schedule as was previously announced for February 12, 13, and 14. Shirley W. Smith Income-Tax Consultation: The lo- cal office of the Internal Revenue Department, 608 Ann Arbor Trust Building, will be open for consulta- tion on questions relating to the income tax from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., January 26 to February 18. From February 18 to March 16 the local office will furnish consultation service at the Main Street offices of the Ann Arbor Commercial and Savings Bank and the State Savings Bank, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily. Telephone inquiries cannot be answered from the banks. This in- formation has been furnished by the local office of the Internal Revenue Department for the benefit of mem- bers of the faculties and staff who may desire advice in connection with the preparation of their federal in- come-tax reports. Shirley W. Smith Faculty, School of Education: The January meeting of the faculty will be held on Monday, January 26, in the University Elementary School Library. Tea will be served at 3:45 and the meeting will convene at 4:15 p.m. To the Members' of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Sciende, and the Arts: The fourth regular meeting of the Faculty of the Col- lege of Literature, Science, and the Arts for the academic session of 1941-42 will be held in Room 1025 Angell Hall, January 26, at 4:10 p.m. The reports of the various com- mittees have been prepared in ad- vance and are included with the call to the meeting. They should be re- 'tained in your files as part of the minutes of the January meeting. Edward H. Kraus AGENDA: 1. Consideration of the minutes of the meeting of December 1st, 1941 (pages 778-780), which were dis- tributed by campus mail. 2. Retirements of (a) Professor Bradley M. Davis. (b) Professor Jesse S. Reeves. 3. Introduction of new members of the R.O.T.C. units. 4. Consideration of reports sub- mitted with the call to the meeting: (a) Executive Committee, prepared by Professor J. E. Dunlap. (1) Proposal for partial credit. (2) Examination schedule. (b) University Council, prepared by Associate Professor C. C. Craig. (c) Executive Board of the Gradu- ate School, prepared by Professor C. S. Schoepfle. (d) Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, prepared by Professor A. S. Aiton. (e) Deans' Conference, prepared by Dean E. H. Kraus. 5. Consideration of the summer and fall programs of study. 6. Problem of the Instructor. 7. The University Library and for- eign publications, Director W. G. Rice. 8. New Business. 9. Announcements. Doctoral Students expecting de- -.......1X .. Q n ~ n o Ln nn ~ theses as early as possible so that examinations can be set in time for the names of graduating students to appear in the Commencement pro- gram,. C. S. Yoakum, Dean Teaching Departments Wishing to Recommend tentative February grad- uates from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the School of Education for Departmental Hon- ors should send such names to the Registrar's Office, Room 4, U. Hall before February 4, 1942. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar Students and Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The attention of students and facul- ty is called to the following regula- tion of the College: It should be noted that a report of X (Absent from Examination) does not guarantee a make-up examina- tion. An instructor must, in fairness to those who take the final examina- tion at the time announced for it, give make-up examinations only to students who have a legitimate reas- on for absence. E. A. Walter Faculty, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: It is requested by the Administrative Board that all in- structors who make reports of In- complete or Absent from Examination on grade-report-sheets give also in- formation showing the character of the part of the work which has been completed. This may be done by the use of the symbols, I(A), X(D), etc. E. A. Walter Automobile Regulation: Students may obtain permission to drive over the registration period and the week- end of the J-Hop through the follow- ing procedure: Apply in advance at Room 2, University Hall, for a parent signature card which is to be sent home for the written approval of parents. Upon presentation of this card properly signed and filled out bearing the make, type and license number of the car to be used (desig- nate whether car license plate is for 1941 or 1942), a permit will then be granted for the period beginning Thursday, February 5, at 8:00 a.m. and ending on Monday, February 9, at 8:00 a.m. Cars may not be brought into Ann Arbor before February 5 at 8:00 a.m. and must be taken out before 8:00 a.m. on February 9. Students who have regular driving permits are automatically extended this privilege. Office of the Dean of Students All Students, Registration for Sec- ond Semester. Each student should plan to register for himself during the appointed hours. Registration by proxy will not be accepted. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar School of Education, Graduate School, School of Public Health: Those students expecting certificates in Public Health Nursing in Febru- ary should file such applications in Room 4 U.H. The Registrar's Office can assume no responsibility for con- ferring certificates if applications are filed after this date. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar Registration Material: School of Music, School of Education, School of Public Health, College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts: Students should call for second semester reg- istration materials at Room 4, Uni- versity Hall, as soon as possible. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty classifier. Please wait for this notice before seeing your classifier. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar The Hopwoo Contest for Fresh- men: All manuscripts to be entered in the Hopwood Contest for Fresh- men should be left in the Hopwood Room, 3227 Angell Hall, by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, instead of January 30 as stated in the printed regulations. R. W. Cowden, Director of the Hopwood Awards Students, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: Students whose records carry reports of I or X either from the first semester. 1941-42, or (if they have not been in residence since that time) from any former ses- sion, will receive grades of E unless the work is completed by March 9. Petitions for extensions of time, with the written approval of the in- structors concerned, should be ad- dressed to the Administrative Board of the College. and presented to Room 4, University Hall, before March 9. E. A. Walter The Student Senate has set up a bureau to make the addresses of draftees and enlistees available to the campus in order to encourage the sending of letters and gifts to Michigan men in the armed forces. Any student who has friends in the army or who is entering the army should leave names and addresses at the Union or the League in care of the Senate. Dark Glasses Return: We would appreciate the return of any dark glasses which have been borrowed from the Health Service. The pur- chase of dark glasses is becoming increasingly difficult and our supply is low, so these borrowed glasses are needed. Warren E. Forsythe, M.D., Director Summer Camp Work: The Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information has received many calls for camp counselors and administra- tors, and urges all students and faculty members interested to call at the office, 201 Mason Hall. There are opportunities for coun- selors for three camps in Maine- one boys' camp, one girls', and one adult camp. Seniors or graduate students, alumni or members of the faculty, are preferred. Couples, with or without a family, will be consid- ered, if both have a contribution to make to camp life. Interviews will be held in Ann Arbor the early part of February; application blanks may be obtained at the Bureau. An organization having twelve camps in the east has openings for twenty five men to serve as coun- selors of various activities. Inter- views can be arranged in Ann Arbor. Further information may be ob- tained 'at the Bureau of Appoint- ments, 201 Mason Hall, hours 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information Academic Notices Physics Colloquium on Monday, January 26, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 1041 Randall Laboratory. Dr. Earle K. Plyler will speak on "Infra-Red Absorption Spectra." Bilogical Chemistry Seminar will meet on Monday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m., Room 319 West Medical Build- ing. 'The Formation and Nature of Plastein," will be discussed. All in- terested are invited. Room Assignments, German 1, 2, 31, 32: Thursday, January 29, 8-10 a.m. German 1: Diamond, Ebelke, B, Haven Hall Gaiss, Winkelman, C, Haven Hall Willey, Pott, 105 Angell Hall Graf, Van Duren, 35 Angell Hall Ryder, 201 U.H. German 2: All Sections, 2225 Angell Hall German 31: Van Duren, Pott, Diamond, Gaiss, 205 Mason Hall Nordmeyer, 203 U.H. Wahr, 301 U.H. Ebelke, B, Haven Hall Eaton, D, Haven Hall German 32: All Sections, D, Haven Hall English 1, Final Examination, Jan- uary 30, 10:30 a.m.-12:30: Arthos, 6 A.H. Bacon, 2203 A.H. Baum, 25 A.H. Bertram, 25 A.H. Boys, N.S. Aud. Calver, N.S. Aud. Copple, N.S. Aud. Engel, 25 A.H. Everett, 231 A.H. Faust, 231 A.H. Fletcher, 1035 A.H. Fogle, 205 M.H. Garvin, 2029 A.H. Green, 205 M.H. Greenhut, 1025 A.H. Haugh, 1025 A.H. Helm, 1025 A.H. Hockett, 1035 A.H. Martin, N.S. Aud. McClennen, 35 A.H. O'Neill, 4203 A.H. Peake, 35 A.H. Schroeder, 101 Ec. Taylor, 101 Ec. Thein, 2231 A.H. Tilford, 403 A.H. Walker, W. Phys. Lect. .