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Colonel Ganoe s Article Arouses,
Reply From Student Lounge-Lizard
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Dear Col. Ganoe:
T HOUGH I CONFESS that I found The Daily
article quite vague as to your logic, what you
said and the way you said it revives in me a
faintly nostalgic feeling for the days when my
father, a World War I major, perhaps more
calmly than you, impressed upon his command
the necessity for, physical fitness in the military
life. Just, he said, as it is necessary for a man
to spend long, tedious hours in the study of
mathematics before he may properly consider
himself to be a mathematician, so is it also
necessary to spend long, exhausting hours at
physical exercise before a man can develop a
powerful body. What my father as an Army
major did not mention, and what apparently
you chose'not to observe, was that, in a demo-
cratic. society, the individual may decide for
himself into what channels his finite measure
of time, energy and capabilities may be directed.
Now your answer, I suppose, is that these are
not normal times and that this is not, strictly
speaking, a democratic society, which is impossi-
ble anyway. Very well and very true, we will all
admit; but many of us object to your using that
assumption to make such incomprehensibly irra-
tional statements +s, "No culture has ever saved
a civilization; it takes big biceps and a low brow
to turn the trick." If you believe that really,
Colonel Ganoe, and if the Army heads believe
that is true, I can better understaid the Allied
defeats in the past [fev months-except where.
as in Africa, the enemy was met on better than
equal grounds. The fact is. and I should suppose
that you as a colonel in the United States Army
would recognize it, that the well-muscled,
sparsely-brained soldier is of much less value
-than his opposite in modern warfare. This ap-
plies certainly as one goes higher in the ranks:
-urely it was more than imiscle with which Alex-
ander beat the Persians a ssus, with which
Napoleon brought his armies through lhis early
Italian campaigns, with which the British sub-
dued the Indians, with which the numerically
inferior Axis troops better than defended their
positions in Africa. As to your own example,
that of the Goths' invasion of the disintegrating
Roman Empire, you do not mention that the
Goths, after having been repeatedly repulsed
for centuries, were victorious with the weapons
and military strategy they had taken from their
enemies.
S TO your separation of "culture" and "civil-
ization" I confess that I suspect you have
not more than the vaguest idea of what you are
saying. Culture you apparently have chosen to
use in the same derogatory sense that the honest.
plain citizen uses when he refers to the artificial
tea parties and croquet games of our idle rich.
Surely you realize that the word is far more
inclusive than that and that it stands for an
abstraction inseparable from the one suggested
by "civilization." I can hardly believe that a
colonel in the United States Army, speaking to
intelligent, educated University students, would
resort to the tactics of a demoniac propagandist
-even in these times.
Please realize, Colonel Ganoe, that your whole
outlook is through Army eyes and that perhaps
you are unthinking of the implications of your
demands. In the present world situation I agree
with you that a better physical specimen of man-
hood is greatly desirable and that perhaps we
shall have to resort to compulsory training to
develop that specimen. Please realize, however,
that this "compulsory" training is an emergency
provision, distinctly no more in keeping with the
life plan of the ordinary university student than ,
is his entrance into the now necessary Army. If
an individual chooses to spend his leisure time
in reading rather than in some physical activity
I should say that is his business and no one
else's; and I should consider him wiser for being
quiet about it than anyone who should call out
to, say, the members of a truckers' union that
they are largely stupid, uneducated, dull, gross
fools. If you are not able to see what I mean
here, Colonel Ganoe, let me say bluntly that, true
o not, your slanderous comments, couched in
the most vicious, infantile terms, have not been
solicited by any of the student body here. If you
feel that in this present emergency an increased
emphasis on physical education is imperative, I
suggest that you say 'ust that and no more.
Even in wartime it is, to say the least, in bad
taste for an Army officer to inject personal ob-
servations into what should be a notice to an
intelligent, educated democratic people.
NOW if it is necessary, as I believe it is, for
University students to engage in an intensi-
fied program of physical activity I suppose you
and your associates are the proper leaders. We
shall be glad to follow you in this respect, for
no one of us feels that he is better qualified in
such matters than you. Give us two hours, five
days a week of lifting dumbbells, climbing ropes,
wrestling and standing in strained positions, and
in view of the emergency we will take it. But
when "civilization" has returned to the world
again we shall return to our own mode of life,
precisely to that mode of life which engendered
and made possible the preservation of a society
far more desirable, I think, than that in which
the brawny Goths flourished.
- Gerald E. Burns
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.ulic Is Victim
Of Misinformatio ..
A N amazing state of public misinfor-
mation about labor's activities in
the war effort is the reason for the renewed vigor
by congressional labor baiters.
The President, who pointed out the existence
of "public misinformation," might well have in-
cluded congressional blindness and reaction. The
Smith-Vinson Bill, the newest bludgeon to' be
tried against labor and the 40-hour week, is
based on misinformation and directed toward
destruction of labor's gains.
R ALLYING to the support of the bill are each
and every reactionary congressman who has
shrieked curses of labor in the Capitol halls.
Representative Cox of Georgia tells the world,
"This governmental boondoggling, coddling of
extremists and particularly the racketeers in
the ranks, must come to an end." He continues
that the 40-hour week must be abolished and
that Congress "must force outlawing of strikes
against the government," which in non-political
translation means any strike.
But Representative Cox is peculiarly inaccur-
ate in his ideas as are the authors of the Smith-
Vinson Bill. Their assurance that labor is re-
tarding defense critically is nothing more than
a hallucination.
N the week of February 24 there were seven
significant defense strikes involving the gi-
gantic total of 4,400 workers, according to Office
of Emergency Management figures. In percent-
age figures this amounts to one-hundredth of
one percent of non-agricultural workers.
There are more industrial disputes than
strikes before the War Labor Board. The Board
as such, handling only important cases, had
seven cases pending that week.
A comparison between the strikes in the
months of November and December, 1941, is
just as enlightening: tine lost in December
through all strikes was .08% of total time worked
while in November 300% more time was lost,
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Strikes today are very small in number and
relatively unimportant. They have decreased
both in number and importance since the out-
break of war and will remain that way.
ABOR LEADERS have pledged themselves to
industrial peace and cooperation and their
promises have been broken in only minor in-
stances. Local unions have led the demand for
the seven-day week, for increased production.
A factor in the strikes has been noted by
Senator Harry Truman of Missouri in his report
of the committee investigating defense. Senator
Truman told the Senate on Jan. 15, 1942, that
"the committee believes that many of the strikes
for wage increases were inspired by noting the
tremendous profits being reported by companies
having defense contracts."
Then labor is innocent of the implied charges
of treason that have been filling the congres-
sional air in the last few months. Only to a
minor extent has it held up war production.
Why do we need repressive measures against
unions that discover that General Motors is
using essential materials for the production of
radiator grilles? Why do we need to suppress
unions that discover huge amounts of idle ma-
chinerv at Bethlehem Steel Corporation?
Washlnton Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
WASHINGTON-Some very heroic stories
have appeared in the newspapers recently telling
how sailors have lived for days on rafts after
their ships were sunk by Nazi submarines.
What these stories do not tell, however, is the
growing unrest among seamen because of the
tremendous loss of life from these sinkings. Not
only are skilled seamen likely to become scarce
along the Atlantic coast, but their leaders are
warning that something must be done to rem-
edy the tragic situation.
The exact number of men lost with each ship
is published by the Navy daily. And all you have
to do is take a paper and pencil to figure the
total losses. They are terrific. From some ships
only one or two survivors have been picked up.
This is in contrast to rescues from British ships
of about 42 percent.
Reasons For Shikings
There are two reasons for this:
1. U. S. vessels have been chiefly tankers,
which spread oil on the water. This catches
fire and burns the men, or else the oil clings
to them, weighing them down.
2. The Navy has not been doing a good job
of patrolling the Atlantic coast.
The latter conclusion is now regarded in
Washington as inescapable. Not only are we
losing more ships than we are building, but some
steamer captains complain that in a single day
they have sighted only one patrol plane.
Biggest complaint, however, is that the Navy
will not permit U. S. fishing vessels off the
Atlantic coasts to carry radio sending sets. U. S.
fishermen have volunteered to help patrol the
coasts, watch for submarines, also pick up sur-
vivors. However, without radio transmitters they
cannot report submarines if they shiould see one.
British fishermen, equipped with radios, have
been the eyes of the British Navy in the North
Sea. But not American lishermen.
Meanwhile we lose an av(rage of more than
one ship a day.
irst Of Series
(The Washington Merry-Go-Round will pub-
lish several articles on tIhe War Production Board
and its achievements. This is the first -- Ed.)
Privately, War Production Board insiders were
delighted with the explosion caused by the resig-
nation of plain-talking Robert Guthrie. It forced
into the open a sour undercover situation on
which Donald Nelson has been pussyfooting for
weeks.
This is the retention of dollar-a-year men in
key posts despite the fact they have displayed
neither the capacity nor the all-out attitude
demanded by the stupendous war effort.
This was one of the two underlying causes for
OPM's dismal failure. TI1 other was Knudsen's
lack of a tough production policy.
yet to plug up the other fatal weakness. He has
hard policies but soft lieutenants, and this is
not the sort of combination to win the war on
the all-important industrial front.
That was what all the shooting was about
behind Guthrie's dramatic walk-out. He is no
leftwinger nor New Dealer. He is a very suc-
cessful, hard-headed Kentucky business man
who believes simply that the way to win the war
is to give everything to that effort.
For months he tried to pursue such a course
by compelling profit-first minded consumer
goods industries to convert their desperately
needed facilities to war production. Guthrie
was opposed, hampered and overruled by dollar-
a-year men who apparently were more interested
in protecting the profits of their corporations
than winning the war.
He battled to curtail the production of radios,
electrical appliances, and the use of wool. In
every case he was thwarted by business-as-usual
WPB moguls.
Three WPft Busts
Within WPB, three Nelson lieutenants have
long been under fire by all-outers on charges
of inadequacy. They are--
Philip Reed, chairman of the board of Gen-
eral Electric. who is head of the Division of
Industry operations.
William It. Harrison, vice president of A. T.
& T., chief of the Division of Production.
Lessing Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck director
and former America Firster who, directs the
division handling the scrap collection pro-
grams.
Nelson's choice of Reed for the Industry Oper-
ations Division caused much eye-brow raising
throughout the war agencies.
Reed's record in three OPM jobs had been so
sour that it was taken for granted Nelson would
send him packing. Instead, Reed was promoted,
and in his new job, has done no better than he
did before. He has repeatedly clashed withsub-
ordinates seeking to speed up conversion to war
production and privately there is very strong
feeling against him among the all-outers.
Harrison, Nelson recently had to slap down
publicly when he put out a statement that the
huge ship-building program could not be met
because of the scarcity of materials. Nelson re-
torted that the program could and would be
met and no more has been heard from Harrison.
He is also charged by the all-outers with
pussyfooting on conversion and not compelling
greater use of machinery and equipment.
Rosenwald has an enormous staff. They are
so numerous they fall over one another. But
while thousands of tons of scrap are to be found
on every hand all over the country, steel mills
are closing down for lack of the metal; and the
output of tanks, guns and ships is seriously
DAILY OFFICIALr
BULLETIN e
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1942
VOL. LII. No. 123
Publication in the Daily Official
Bulletin is constructive notee to all
members of the University.
Noticesf
Persons on the University payrollI
may hereafter, until further notice,a
purchase defense savings bonds
through deductions from salary pay-
ments. These deductions must be inu
amounts of $3.75 or multiples there-
of. The University will on request a
make such deductions and hold themb
until they amount to $18.75 or the
multiple thereof named by the pur
chaser. When such accumulation is
reached, the University will purchase
the proper defense bond (Series E,
ten-year appreciation bond) which
will be delivered to the purchaserI
either directly or through one of theF
local banks. The installment arrange-r
ment herein described makes it pos-
sible for anyone to carry out with the
least possible effort on his or herI
part the patriotic purpose of sup-
porting the Government dring the
war by the purchase of defenseP
bonds. Blanks authorizing the pay-
roll deductions may be had at the1
Cashier's Office, South Wing of1
University Hall, the Cashier's Officer
on floor one- at the University Hos-
pital, or at the office of the Super-1
intendent of Buildings and Grounds.
"THE GIRL FROM LENINGRAD"
currently at the Lydia Mendel
ssohn Thea tre, sponsored by the Art
Cinema League, is the best wvar pie-
ttlre this reviewer has ever seen.
It was filmed in Russia at the time
when we were on the wirong side,
during the Finnish campaign. when
the Women's Clubs here were cam-
pagnngfo the "po little" fasits.
Ithey had1 seen this picture te
might have changed their minds.
The production is more effective
the pictures of the white-clad Soviet
snow troops are unequalled by any
news pictures, motion or still, exhib-
ited during the present war.
The story of RUssia's heroic Red
Cross nurses who have as important
a job at the front as the male fight-
ers. Zoya Fyodorova, who assumes
the "leading role" is excellent and
more convincing than all the Amer-
ican actresses that ever were gm'aced
by a false eyelash.
Every woman or man who sees
this picture should be ashamed for
thinking that it is a sacrifice to
use one lump of sugar instead of
two. For "The Girl From Lenin-
grad" shows how and why the
famed Russian morale should be an
inspiration to us.
It is the ideal war picture, and
strangely unlike our cohlosal Holly-
wood bombardments, No attempt is
made to glorify war itself. It is tra-
gic. But there is a determination-a
righteousness, a belief in a cause-
which drives these men-and women
-on. The Russians apparently need
no slogans or catch phrases. No one
shouts "Remember Omsk! ' as they
charge on to meet the foe.
T HE STORY is simple, but impres-
sive. The film as a whole is a
good antidote to such unhumorous
insults as "Ninotchka." It proves
conclusively that (1) Russian women
are beautiful (2 Rssians ave a
payroll herein provided for may be"
cancelled at any time at the discre-
tion of the signer thereof, in whichb
case any accumulations not suffi-b
cient for the purchase of a bond willI
be returned,
Shirley W. SmitthC
Gardens: Arrangements have beenC
completed for the use of several acresa
of land at the Botanical Gardens
for any University employees, or
faculty members, who may be desir-
ous of planting gardens this summer.
It is planned to have the land plowed
and fitted ready for use at the properP
time. .
If interested, kindly contact the
undersigned by telephone or mail ford
your garden space. As the available
be accepted in the order received.
O. E. Roszel,
Storehouse Departmentb
Phone: 4121-Ext. 337 d
Faculty of the Department off
Physical Education and Athletics:E
A meeting of the Faculty of the De-
partment of Physical Education andI
Athletics will be held this evening ath
7:30 in the Women's Athletic Build-C
ing, Palmer Field.5
It. 0. Crisler, Chairman
Faculty, School of Education: The
March meeting of the faculty will be
held on Monday, March 23, in the
University Elementary School Libra-f
ry. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m.
and the meeting will convene at 4:15t
p.m.
Home Loans: The University In-1
vestment office, 100 South Wing, will
be glad to consult with anyone con-
sidering building or buying a homee
or refinancing existing mortgages,r
and is eligible to make F.H.A. loans.t
All students registered with the
General Employment Bureau, in the
Dean of Students Office, are request-
ed to bring their records up to date1!!!
by adding their second semester
schedules, and also any changes of
address. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
J. A. Bursley,
Dean of Students
Freshmen in the College of Litera-
ture, faience, and the Arts may ob-
tain their five-week progress reports,
in the Academic Counselors' Office,
Room 108 Mason Hall, from 8 to 12
a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. according;
to the following schedule:
Surnames beginning A through O,
Friday, March 20.
Arthur Van Duren, Chairman,.
Academic Counselors
Graduate Study: A scholarship in
Religion at Chicago Theological Sem-
inary is available for a superior sen-
ior. Consult the Counselor in Re-
ligious Education, Room 9 University
Hall.
Fellowship in Religion: The Mar-
garet Kraus Ramsdell Fellowship en-
ables one Michigan student to pursue
graduate study in Religion. Secure
application blanks at Rackham
School of Graduate Study.
Academic Notices
Students, College of Literature, Sci-
ence, and the Arts: Courses dropped
after Saturday, March 21, by sopho-
mores, juniors, and seniors will be re-
corded with the grade of E. Excep-
tions to this regulation may be made
only in extraordinary circumstances,
such as severe or long-continued ill-
ness.
E. A. Walter
Department of Music Education:
All transfer students (graduate and
undergraduate) must validate music
education, vocal or instrumental me-
thods, and practice teaching by tak-
ing the comprehensive examination.
I
Bronson-Thomas Prize Competition
vill be held on Monday, March 23,
:00-5:00 p.m. in Room 203 U.
Concerts
Carillon Programs: The bell cham-
>er of the Burton Memorial Tower
will be open to visitors interested in
bserving the playing of the carillon
rom 12 noon to 12:15 p.m. today at
which time Professor Percival Price,
University Carillonneur, will present
n informal program.
Exhibitions
Exhibition: An Introduction to
Architecture. An elaborate educa-
tional exhibition produced by the
Ann Arbor Art Association in collab-
>ration with the College of Architec-
bure and Design. This exhibition is
intended to give the layman a better
understanding of the meaning of
architecture, to demonstrate the
modern techniques of museum dis-
play of visual materials as instru-
ments of education, and for its ap-
peal to those interested in art. It is
in the Rackham Galleries, and will
continue through April 1. Open
laily, 2-5 and 7-10, except Sundays,
The public is cordially invited.
Lectures
University Lectures: Lectures by
Dr. Carl F. Cori and Dr. Gerty T. Cori
of the Department of Pharmacol-
ogy, Washington University Medical
School, will be given as follows:
"The Role of Enzymes in Carbo-
hydrate Metabolism," by Dr. Carl F.
Cori, on Friday, March 27, at 4:15
p.m.
"The Isolation and Properties of
Some Enzymes Concerned with Car-
bohydrate Metabolism," by Dr. Gerty
. Coi, on Friday, March 27, at 8:15
p.m.
"The Enzymatic Conversion of
Glucose to Glycogen," by Dr. Carl F.
Cori, on Saturday, March 28, at 11:00
a.m.
All the above lectures will be given
in the Rackham Amphitheater and
will be .illustrated. This series is un-
der the auspices of Biological Chem-
istry and the Medical School, The
public is cordially invited.
Dr. Margaret Mead will give a lec-
ture on "Marriage in War Time" to-
day at 4:15 p..m. in the Rackham
Lecture Hall. Students having tick-
ets to the Marriage Relations Series
will be admitted until five minutes
before lecture time, after which the
doors will be open to the public.
Lecture: The Reverend Mr. Brad-
ford Abernethy will lecture on "The'
Bases of a Just and Durable Peace,"
in the Rackham Amphitheatre to-
night at 8:15. Mr. Abernethy is the
head of a commission of the Federal
Council of Churches in charge of re-
search on post-war problems.
Events Today
French Round Table, International
Center, will meet tonight at 8:00 in
Room 23. Dr. George Kiss will lead
the discussion. His topic will be
"The Far North." Anyone able to
carry on a conversation in French
is welcome to attend.
Orientation Advisors: All men stu-
dents interested in serving as ori-
entation advisers next fall report to
room 304 of the Union between 3:00
and 5:00 p.m. today.
Ushering Committee for Theatre
Arts: Sign up for the Art Cinema
League film, "The Girl From Lenin-
grad." This is being shown today
and Saturday, with a special matinee
Saturday afternoon. The lists are
posted in the League Undergraduate
office.
Hillel Foundation: "India and
China in Crisis" will be the topic for
the first Hillel Town Hall discus-
sion this evening at 8:15. Speakers
will be Mrs. Francesca Thivi and
Paul Lim-Yuen. Fireside discussion
and a social will follow. Preceding
the meeting there will be conserva-
tive religious services at 7:45 p.m.
Everyone is invited. Hillel Founda-
tion is located at the corner of Oak-
land and E. University.
The Disciples Guild will have open
house at the Guild House, following
the lecture at the Rackham Amphi-
theatre, tonight from 9:30 to 12:00
o'clock.
Westminster Student Guild
Class will continue the study of
to Know the Bible," tonight,
8:30.
Bible
"How
7:30-
Westminster Student Guild will en-
tertain th Methodist Wesleyan Guild
at a "Black-Out" party, tonight,
8:30-12:00. All Presbyterian and
Methodist students are cordially in-
vited.
Episcopal Students: Tea will be
served for Episcopal students and
their friends at Harris Hall this
afternoon, 4:00-5:30.
Coming Events
Public Health Students: A party for
the students in the School of Public
Health will be held on Saturday eve-
ning, March 21, at 8:30 in the As-
sembly Hall, third floor, of the Rack-
ham Building. There will be games
and dancing, and all students are
urged to be present.
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