WFeather Warmer Y it QttIU it . i- woom - I I - 0011 ile "elle- Editorial Industrial Power Restricts Democracy ,, I .._..... _ .e ..._ A I r Wnnr.' i IM r~Y I VOL. LIL. No. 117 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1942 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS I1 _ -- I Varsity Tankmen Sessions Open Today For Michigan Academy Favored A s Meet Sub Sinks Four Japanese Ships In Western Pacific; Soviet Starts New Drive Opens Here Today ~. -_______-- __________~~-____________ Big Ten Wrestlers To Vie For Crown At Chicago ; MichiganIs Dark Horse; Illini Sextet Stops HockeySquad, 6-2 By BUD HENDEL The natatorialeyes of the Midwest will be focused on Ann Arbor today as favored Michigan opens a two- day stand in defense of its Western Conference Swimming Champion- ship in the Sports Building Pool, At 2:30 p.m. today the preliminary heats of the 50-yard freestyle and the qualifying diving trials will be con- ducted in the spacious Wolverine natatorium. Tonight, beginning at 8 p.m., qualifying tests in every other event and the semi-finals of the 50 will hold the center of the stage. Only Ohio State, of all the Big Ten teams, is conceded a chance to end the Maize and Blue reign, and Tickets for the Conference swimming finals tomorrow night are priced at $1.10 for reserved seats, 75 cents general admission aind 40 cents to students with identificatios cards. Admission is free this afternoon, while all seatsc well for 30 cents tonight. Hutcherson Will Head Technic Staff, Seventeew Discussion Groups To Cover Almost Al Pursuits In Literary, Scientific Fields By HOMER SWANDER istration discuss "Management, La- More than 300 papers covering bor and Technological Change." nearly every field of scientific and literary achievement will be read Continuing the program in the here today and tomorrow at the 47th same room, Prof. Emil Leffler oj annual meeting of the Michigan Albion College is scheduled to speak Academy of Science, Arts and Let- on "Wartime Consumer Problems" at ters. Subjects to be discussed by the 400 1:0am visiting educators range from post- The ever-troublesome problem of war reconstruction to Thomas Wolfe wartime control of agricultural prob- and his critics. The meeting is to lems will be investigated at 2 p.m. by be divided according to subject mat- Prof. 0. Ulrey of Michigan State Col- ter into 17 discussion sections, the lege. Immediately following this talk majority of which will convene at Prof. Bernard F. Landuyt of the Uni- 9 a.m. and last throughout the day. versity of Detroit will consider the Sections which will probably prove important question of financing the most interesting to a war-minded war. public are those on economics and Looking beyond the present job of history and political science. winning the war, Prof. Arthur Smith- The first of these, meeting in Room ies of the economics department will 101 of the Economics Building at 9 discuss the problem of winning the a.m. today will hear Prof. John Rei- peace. His talk will be given at: a gel of the School of Business Admin- luncheon meeting at 12:15 in the Anderson Room of the Union. Other sections whfch will hold two- State Christilanday parleys in their respective sub- jects include anthropology, botany, fine arts, folklore, forestry, geo- Student Groups graphy, geology and minerology and landscape architecture. T o eet Here The listcontinues with sections in language and literature, mathemat- ics, philosophy, sanitary and medi- Conference Emphasizes cal science, sociology and zoology. Youth's Role In Sharing General addresses will be delivered before the entire Academy by Dr. Of World War Suffering Turn to Page 2, Col. 1 _i 1 ( t .) I * * * New blood surged through the veins of The Michigan Technic, engineer- ing college publication, last night as out-going senior ' staff members passed their responsibilities down to a junior s)aff headed by William 'Hutch' Hutcherson, '43E, new edi- even that is a chance so slight that no bets are being taken or asked by the Buckeye supporters. Coach Mati Mann's Michigan crew is expected tc hurl enough power and balance at the challengers to sweep at least seven of the nine first places as they paddle merrily along the road lead- ing to their fourth consecutive Con- ference crown. For up to date the Wolverine ag- gregation has posted faster times. than any of its opponents in every event but one,'excluding the diving Turn to Page 3, Col. 4 Big Ten Wrestlers To Vie For Crown At Chicago By HOE SELTZER The payoff begins today. The Big Ten Wrestling Meet opens at 4 p.m. in Chicago, with Illinois, Purdue, Iowa and Michigan the choices in descending order to cop team honors. Wolverine chances in the title scramble should be a very moot point because the Varsity was practically untested in Big Ten meets against feeble Ohio State and Indiana out- fits. But going into to~e tourney un- der this rather dark horse guise Cliff Keen's men have a neat chance of bringing home the Conference bacon tomorrow night. It takes about 22 points to win. The system of scoring is complex enough to require an extra column to explain it. But based on the points each man may bring in, here are our chances of starring in the big show. Jim Galles ought to retain the 175 pound crown he won last year. Jim is his team's captain and this is his last Conference match, which fac- tors are enough to give any man the incentive to come through. That should be five points right there. Nobody exactly knows what's what in the 145 pound section. But we know that Johnny Johnson has been doing great things since he started performing a month ago and it is not at all improbable that Johnny can give the cause three or even five units, Illinois' Ted Seabrooke is the apple Turn to Page 3, Col. 5 Mini Sextet Stops Hockey Squad, 6-2 (Special to The Daily) CHAMPAIGN, March 12.-If any- one had any idea that Illinois was to be dethroned as Big Ten hockey champion, it wasn't Vic Heyliger's sextet, for tonight the Illini turned back a desperate Michigan squad for the third straight time this season, 6-2, and therefore assured itself of at least a tie for the Conference title. Pacing the Black and Orange. were Captain Joe Lotzer and hard-check- ing Amo Bessone, each getting a pair of tallies apiece. Lotzer was a third- line player when the two teams met last, but in the between-semester shakeup he was relegated to first- line duty. And the switch produced a new scoring punch, aiding the Illini in trouncing the helpless Wolverines. tor-in-chief. Simultaneous appointments made C. Freeman Alexander, '43E, business manager for the coming year, while Demott D. Riley, '43E, will assume the duties of associate editor. As outgoing staff members, editor- in-chief, Burr J. French, '42E; man- aging editor, John S. Burnham, '42E, and busness manager, Bob Imboden, '42E, were presented with engraved gold keys by Prof, F. N. Menefee of the engineering mechanics depart- ment, chairman of the faculty advis- ory committee to The Technic. Further staff announcements, made at a banquet meeting of The Tech- nic staff were: Paul S. Kennedy, '44E, articles editor; Peter Krailo, '44E, features editor; Richard Spath, '44E, publication editor; George Sloane, '44E, illustrations editor; Ed- win F. Lau, '44E, advertising man- ager, and George Snow, '44E, circu- lation manager. Because of the unsettled conditions occasioned by the war, assistants were also appointed for most of those departments. Named to these posts were Kenneth Moehl, '43E, features; Karl Brenkert, '44E, publication; Joseph Silversmith, '44E, illustra- tions; Robert Reisdorf, '44E, circula- tion, and Frank Murphy, '44E, ac- countant. In recognition of the service ren- Turn to Page 6, Col. 2 Andree Rayon To Talk Today Psychologist Will Discuss War-Zone Children A plea for the security of Europe's war-zone children will be delivered by Dr. Andree Royon, Belgian child psychologist and representative of the Geneva Save the Children Inter- national Union, at 4:15 p.m. today, in the Rackham Auditorium. Dr. Royon. who "defended" her de- gree at the Sarbonne, saw the tra- gedy of the children of France in the fateful summer of 1940; saw, too, jL- venile privation in England. With this eye-witness picture of conditions as an incentive, Dr. Royon came to this country to work with the American Save the Children Fed- eration, cooperating with a sister branch in England. She has been re- sponsible for obtaining hundreds of "god-parents" for young British ref- ugees. Dr. Royon will be the supper guest this evening of the Stockwell Hall girls, who have just "adopted" three war orphans through the SCF. 'The Fleet's In' Chosen To Open State Theatre More than 200 students and fac- ulty members from different colleges in the state will attend the Michigan Student Christian Conference which will open at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Building, The theme of this conference will be "Constructive Action in a World at War," and will emphasize what a Christian student can do to share the sufferings of the conflict. It is spon- sored by the student Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association and church groups of Michigan. Highlight in the meeting will be a wdiscussion by Roland -Elliott;, na- tional student secretary of the Y.M.C.A., at 10:30 a.m. on the topic, "The Task of the Student Christian Movement in Wartime," and a talk at 2 p.m. by Dr. T. T. Brumbaugh, executive secretary of the Detroit Council of Churches, on the subject, "What the Christian Student Faces in the Orient." Dr. Brumbaugh's talk will be of especial interest as he was the last Christian missionary to leave Japan, having been in charge of stu- dent work in Tokyo under the aus- pices of the Wesley Foundation. After the general registration of delegates the conference will separate into groups at 9 a.m. to discussthe them. A luncheon will be held at 1 p.m. at the Michigan Wolverine and more discussion groups will follow in the afternoon. Fraternity Volumes Aid Victory Book Campaign Major and hitherto untapped source of soldier reading matter, campus fraternity libraries will be, given an opportunity to aid the Vic- tory Book Campaign, it was an-, nounced yesterday. The Phi Gamma Delta house has already jumped the gun with its of- fer of 76 books, mostly of the adven- ture-fiction species. These books will be collected Wednesday by an Alpha Phi Omega pick-up truck covering every fraternity. According to Phi Gam president Norm Call, '42, "nearly every house has a large number of these books that are no longer used by most of the members." "As far as the Phi Gam house is concerned," Call declared, "we're certain the servicemen's gain will be far greater than our loss." Craig Warns Of Huge Jap Industrial Rise American Laxity Bitterly Condemned By Lecturer; Fears Post-War Nippon By MORTON MINTZ Danger that Japan will mushroom into the world's '"reatest industrial power" within 10 years after initial consolidation of the Philippines' im- mense resources was warned by Capt. John D. Craig last night in Hill Auditorium. Bitterly condemning America's dis- astrous laxity in harnessing the gi- gantic waterfalls, the huge deposits of tin, chromite, manganese and iron of Mindanao Island, he ex- pressed his fear that these riches will be given no rest by the Japanese. Captain Craig declared our way of life will be shaken to its foundations by a victorious Japan. Heralding General MacArthur as America's "chief defender," he urged sending all possible aid against the day when the Japanese, unifying natural riches and cheap labor, will be able to "pro- duce a Buick car for $100, a Ford for $50." Stimulating the enemy will be fac- tors of almost fantastic advantage. He cited, for example, the "incred- ible" earth of Mindanao which bears top-soil 40 feet deep and which never needs replanting. With documented color film as evi- dence, he showed how the Japanese have goose-stepped their school chil- dren and inculcated them with rever- ence for their Emperor while still in American schools. Airmen Attention WASHINGTON, March 12.- (P)-An increase of more than 100 per cent in pilot training by the Civilian Aeronautics Authority was ordered today as part of the program to expand the Army Air Forces to 2,000,000 men. By agreement with the War De- partment, tose CAA will undertake to give elementary pilot training to 45,000 students annually. Million And Half Reported In Southern Attacks f From Sea To Kharkov Japaiese Appear To Be Reorganizing --BULLETIN- RIO DE JANEIRO, March 12.- (P)-Furious throngs of Brazilians assaulted big German department stores and other Axis enterprises on Rio's main avenues today. LONDON, March 12. ----W)- The Soviet southern armies were report- ed attacking a million and a half strong tonight on the Southern Front from the sea of Azov northward to Kharkov in the Ukraine and other great Russian offensives were break- ing the German lines at vital points all the way up to Lake Ilmen on the front below Leningrad. In the south, Marshal Semeon Timoshenko was declared to have cast more than 90 armored and in- fantry divisions into the great strug- gle, his immediate objectives being Kharkov, Stalino and Taganrog and his apparent ultimate aim to throw the invader back across the Dnieper River, tearing from him every lodge- ment from which he might attempt to mount a fair-weather drive to- ward the Caucasus oil fields. Advices from the front said the Russians had broken strongly-held German lines at several places and seized two large junction points in two days of deadly fighting that forced the Nazis to call vainly on reserves. The exact locations werenot iden- tified. Simultaneously, heavy Soviet tank forces were smashing ahead in the Orel sector 250 miles north of Khar- kov. The German High Command ad- mitted over the Berlin radio that the Russians had broken through the line northeast of Orel and that the mass attack had put the Germans entirely on the defensive. On the Central Front, Red Army dispatches said heavy offensive blows had endangered the German posi- tions in a vast area north of the key city of Smolensk, costing the Nazis tremendously in lives, muni- tions and food. Nipponese Forces Pause' To Consolidate Position (By The Associated Press) CANBERRA, Australia, March 12. -The Japanese, having sufferedi heavy losses among their initial in- vasion fleets in the waters of New Guinea above the Australian main- land, appeared today to be taking breath for new efforts to consolidate and extend their positions on that island. Allied air power, which was de- clared here to have dislocated the enemy's time table in two days of a strong, running counter-offensive; meantime was being marshalled for, heavier attacks, particularly in de- fense of Port Moresby, the southern-j most major New Guinea harbor lyg ing only 300 miles above Cape York{ in Australia proper.1 There was no further word of new enemy convoys previously reported1 heading for Port Moresby. A recapitulation indicated todayt that at least 13 enemy transportsl had been knocked out off New Guinea and nearby New Britain. Elliott To Give SRA Lecture Tomorrow One of the nation's noted student relief workers, Rolland Elliott, direc- tor of student work for the Young Men's Christian Association, will speak on "Students in War Areas" at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Rack- ham Lecture Hall. Delivering the fourth lecture in the series given under the auspices of the Student Religious Association on religion in the war and its role in the peace after the war, Elliott is in Ann Arbor to aid in the World Stu- dent Service Fund drive. That serv- ice group is trying to secure funds to help war prisoners in Europe and Asia and refugee students in the United States. Elliott, in addition to his work for the World Student Service Fund and in the YMCA, is secretary of the Na- tional Council of the Student Chris- tian Associations. He was one of the early organizers of the Christian Stu- dent Movement. He recently went to Europe at the request of the people working for student relief in the German-occu- pied countries. Elliott traveled through Portugal, Spain and Swit- zerland. He reports that the food scarcity is having a serious effect on the health of the continental peoples, At the present time' he is on a coast to coast tour that will take him to a large number of American colleges and universities. 'The Thirteen' To Play Sunday' Daring Raid Deep In Jap Territory Raises Toll Taken By U.S. To 149 Axis Subs Destroy Four More Ships --BULLETIN--- WASHINGTON, March 12. --() -Selective Service officials esti- mated today that it will be a little more than two months after next Tuesday's draft lottery before they draw on this new manpower pool for Army selectees, WASHINGTON, March 12.--()- An American submarine venturing deep into Japanese territory was re- ported officially today to have sunk three enemy freighters and a passen-. ger-cargo ship, raising to 149 the to- tal of vessels of all types damaged or destroyed by United States forces in the Western Pacific. This latest blow at Nippon's ability to keep her far-flung forces supplied was matched, however, by a simul- taneous announcement that two Jap- anese four-engined seaplanes had been intercepted by American fight- ers west of Midway Island Tuesday and one was shot down. The only reported costs of these actions to United States forces wp the damaging of one fighter plane, and the wounding of its pilot, who managed, however, to return safely to the base on Midway. Today's was the first word of en- emy activity in the vicinity of Md- way, 1,300 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor, since Jan. 29, when a Navy communique said two Japanese sub- marines had been driven off by ar- tillery fire which damaged one of the raiders. The impression in naval circW here, however, is that the whole vast area of the Pacific lying west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of the area where Japan is now dominant has become something of a "no man's land," where enemy air and sea pa- trols and American planes and ships. are constantly on the rove, feeling: out each other's strength and seek- ing the advantage of surprise for sudden thrusts against the islands which dot that part of the ocean. Axis Subs Destroy Four More Ships WASHINGTON. March 12.-(- Sinking of four additional vessels in or near the Caribbean area was dis- closed today and survivors of one told of seeing a craft which they believed was a supply ship for Axis submar- ines. The lost ships were the American steamship Oregon, two vessels identi- fied only as a medium sized British tanker and a small Swedish freighter, and a fourth described merely as a "vessel." Two men were known to be dead as a result of the attacks, and per- haps 11 missing. The craft identified only as "a ves- sel" was torpedoed last Friday off the Bahamas. British authorities at Nas- sau announced that 38 survivors reached that port Saturday, to be met at the docks by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The Duke is governor of the colony. Art Cinema To Pres Story Of Red Army ent Women S Judiciary Council Governs General Con duct Of MHichigan Coeds (Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles on student govern- ment as now constituted at the Uii - versity of Michigan.) By DAN BEHRMAN There is not one University un- dergraduate woman student-wheth- er grind, glamor girl or "activities major"-who can complete a resi- dence here without coming under the the heads of every woman's project and council, and it also chooses the membership of Women's Judiciary Committee. In writing house rules for women, the judiciary committee sets up reg- ulations on telephone use, quiet hours, special late permission, and deadlines for every night in the week. These rules must be approved by the raine Judson, '43, and Betty New man, '43. Under its appointment system, there are always three seniors and two juniors on the committee. Out-going seniors choose one of the juniors as succeeding chairman, and the next council is made up of the remaining senior, a new senior, and two more juniors. The committee is therefore self- (Q c a t c t1 l F ti b Two new Lachine guns of a foreign make, plenty of ammunition and a slow trickle of water, all well-covered with sand, set the scene for "The Thirteen," thrilling film of Red Army men on a dangerous desert mission, which will be shown at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre by the Art Cinema League. Tickets for the movie, which will be shown with short subjects, "What a Little Sneeze Will Do," and "Rodeo Goes to Town," are on sale at the League desk and Wahr's bookstore. Acclaimed by critics the country over, "The Thirteen" tells the story of 10 Red Army men, their former commander, his wife and an old ge- ologist who start out on horseback across the desert in Russia. Before their intended "easy-going" trip is over, death and destruction at the hands of desert bandits befalls their company. Before final rescue, only one Russian remains alive, keeping the charging bandits at bay with his machine gun. Soldiers With 110 I.Q.'s Offered Officer Training FORT CUSTER, March 12.-(IP)-- Fourteen officers were named today to the Fort Custer officer examining board by Lieut.-Col. George T. Groups Are Sent Student 'bomber Scholarshi p' Pl an One hundred twenty campus or- ganizations will be able to act today on possible contributions to Bomber Scholarships. Final copies of the plan were mailed last night to fraternities, sor- orities, cooperatives, dormitories and other University groups able to join this "social mobilization" for a bomb-, er now and future schdlarships to re- turning student war veterans. According to Art Rude, '42, chair- man of the Student Bomber Schol- arship Committee, "these copies of the plan have been mailed out in answer to many requests for infor- mation about Bomber. Scholarships and how contributions may be facili-