Weather In Like A Lion! ItP ii Editorial Business Profiteers Hamper Democracy , VOL. LII. No. 133 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1942 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Standard Oil's Rubber Deals Aid America, ClaimsFarish Company Denies Charge Of Withholding Patents From U.S. Industries In Pact With Germans President Of Firm Hits Arnold Claims WASHINGTON, March 31.--()-- The president of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) asserted to- day that his company's agreements with I. G. Farben-Industrie, the Ger- man dye trust, prior to United States' entry into the war greatly aided de- velopment of synthetic rubber in the United States rather than hindering it as contended by the Department of Justice. The company's contention was submitted to the Senate defense in- vestigating committee by W. S. Far- ish in reply to testimony by Assis- tant Attorney General Thurman Ar- nold, head of the anti-trust division. 'Patents Aided U.S.' "I wish to assert with conviction," Parish told the committee, "that whether the several contracts :made with the I.G. did or did not fall within the borders set by the patent statutesi or the Sherman Act, they did inure greatly to the advance of American industry and more than any other one thing have made possible our present war activities in aviation gasoline, tuluol and explosives and in synthetic rubber itself." Arnold testified that through cartel agreements with I.G. Farben-Indus- trie Standard made available to the Nazis improved processes for produc- tion of synthetic rubber, at the same time withholding these processes from United States industry and thereby frustrating development of synthetic rubberin this country. 'No Foundation . .. Parish, who had read only a por- tion of his prepared statement when the committee recessed until tomor- row, declared that there was "not a shadow of foundation" for saying that Standard had delayed or stifled the development of synthetic rubber in this country. On the contrary, he pictured the company as being a leader in at- tempting to develop synthetic rubber in the United States and as having pressed repeatedly for government support which it was unable to obtain on any large scale until after Pearl Harbor. "Any charges that the Standard Oil Company or any of its officers Turn to Page 6, Col. 1 Play Production Offers Daly Melodrama Today Annual Winter Drama Season To Close This Week As Director Windt Gives 'Under The Gaslight' Gandhi Asks Rejection By India Of Post-War Dominion Ranking; 40-Hour Week Upheld By Senate Play Production of the Depart- ment of Speech will close its annual winter drama season this week with the presentation of Augustin Daly's old-fashioned melodrama "Under the Gaslight" at 8:30 p.m. today through Saturday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The play, which is under the direc- tion of Valentine B. Windt, director of Play Production, features many of the time-worn but always laugh- able scenes on the railroad tracks and in the cold river. Helen Rhodes, '42, as the helpless Laura is the heroine who gets the watery dunking by the villians; while William Altman, '42, plays the brave hero who attempts to rescue her at the risk of his own neck. The plot concerns the misfortunes of Laura Cortland, raised by whom she thought were her cousins, who in reality had been adopted by them when they caught her at the age of six trying to pick their pockets. Al- though she has been introduced to society, Old Judas-a gin-soaked old hag, played by Blanche Holpar, '44 -and blackmailer Byke, played by Merle Webb, '42, turn up at the cru- cial moment and claim her as their child. The ensuing excitement takes place after Laura runs away and hides herself in the New York slums, where she is threatened with kid- napping and murder. The play is performed seriously, Board To Open Aviation Cadet ExamsToday Educational Requirements To Be Lowered, Says Air CorpsSpokesman The decision to waive previous edu- cational requirements will open Air with a consciousness of the cliches and over-melodramatic passages, al- though it is superior to the other melodramas of the Civil War period. Augustin Daly demonstrated in his work his facility with dialogue and flair for legitimate comedy. Featured in the production is a= locomotive of the Civil War era, con-' structed by the Play Production stagecraft students under the super- vision and with the aid of Robert Mellencamp, art director. Emma Hirsch, costumiere, is in charge of the wardrobes. Tickets for the presentation are on sale at the box office from 10 a.m. until curtain time for the remain- der of the week. Season ticket hold- ers must exchange their coupons for tickets tomorrow at the latest. Defense Work To Be Subject Of Conference! Wartime State, Federal Jobs Will Be Stressed By Vocational Groups Opportunities for men and women in state and federal government work and in defense industry will be the topic of a vocational guidance con- ference held today and tomorrow in the Rackham Lecture Hall. With the slogan "There's a job in government or industry for you, vital jobs for the red, white and blue," the conference, under the auspices of the Bureau of Appointments and Occu- pational Information, will stress the fields of state and federal govern- ment work and defense industry be- cause of their importance to the na- tional war program. At the present time civil service comissions repre- senting states, the federal govern- ment and municipalities are hiring college men and women for certain types of work. Amendments Authorizing RuthvenSP Strike Repression, Long WorkingWeek Rejected Will Bring N U.S. Announces Jap By HOMER SWANDER4 Casual ties in Pa Cifie Taking no time out for nostalgic reminiscences on the eve of his 60th birthday, President Ruthven yester- WASHINGTON, March 31.--P)- day was concerned only with the The Senate rejected on a voice vote present crisis and the "new social today amendments to pending legis- order it will bring to the United lation which would have suspended States." the forty-hour week, outlawed the The President-looking tired, wor- closed shop and made it unlawful to ried and over-worked-declared that use threats of violence to keep work- we can never go back to pre-war ers from their jobs, times, that the old patterns of so- The amendments were offered by ciety have been destroyed and must Senator W. Lee O'Daniel, Texas be replaced by new ones. Democrat, to a pending bill designed University Must Help to help small business concerns get "And it is the duty of the Univer- a greaterl sought unsuccessfully to sity to help the young people of force a roll call vote on his proposals. America determine the kind of pat- Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia tern they want and then give them Democrat, told theSenate during de- the desire to go out and get it. In bate that its Labor Committee had past wars the only thing that has "suppressed important labor legis- mattered has been the turning out lation" as he demanded considera- of so many soldiers and sailors, but tion of numerous proposals, includ- the total war of today has changed ing the antistrike bill of Senator all that." Tom Connally, Texas Democrat and "Today it is not only the duty of O'Daniel's proposed repeal of the the University to turn out fighting forty-hour week law, and the Senate men-although this is certainly im- Democratic leader, Alben W. Barkley, portant-but we must also concern told reporters that he was opposed ourselves with building for the post- to enactment of any restrictive labor war world." measures. As a partial means to such an end, "I firmly believe it is the duty of President Ruthven said he would like Congress to meet these issues square- to see a reexamination of all the Uni- ly and to take the best action that versity's activities, with the object of may be dictated by the sole and sin- making it into an institution that will gle purpose of winning this war," exert a dynamic leadership in build- Byrd said, adding that such congres- ing a decent society after the war. sional action "is the only way to stop Sincerity Is Obvious the constant bickerings and jealous- Obviously talking about something ies that exist between capital and which he felt deeply and sincerely, labor." the President told this reporter, "I Byrd said that he arose to dispute do not know if this is what you the statement yesterday by Barkley wanted me to say in a 'birthday in- that consideration -f labor 'legisla- terview.' If not, you may throw it all tion at this time would "disturb our out the window. But it is just what national unity." I have been worrying about for months. And I only hope that I stay ost-War World Vew Social Order PRESIDENT RUTUVEN ... 60 years old today Matmen Elect Bill Courtright' & I TeamCaptain Varsity Grappler Replaces Jim Galles As Squad Head For Next Year By HOE SELTZER Bill Courtright was elected wrest- ling captain last night. Corky, who succeeds Jim Galles to the honor post, registered his most outstanding mat accomplishment in two years of stellar Varsity compe- tition when he took third place in his 165-pound division in the National Collegiate wrestling tournament last Saturday night. Upon the cornerstone of twice be- ing a Michigan high school state champion and winner of 46 bouts as against one lone defeat in pre-var- sity competition, Bill immediately be- gan forming a similarly impressive record when he first became eligible for the big time a year ago, the rec- ord which ultimately determined his decisive selection as the wrestling team's new leader last night. In his one semester of dual meet competi- tion in 1941, against teams which made Michigan's the most heavily loaded schedule in the Middle West, he split even with two wins and two losses. Then in the Big Ten meet, af- ter falling sick and having to sacri- fice himself in his regular playoff match, Corky went on to sweep through the consolation bouts and thus place third in the final rankings. and two weeks later, in the National Collegiates. he was paired with Okla- Corps enlistment to many students Representatives of the Detroit Civil otherwise ineligible when the Sixth Service Commission are going to be Corps Area Traveling Aviation Cadet present to answer questions and ex- Examining Board starts receiving ap- plain opportunities for employment plications at 9:30 a'm. today in the in the municipal service. The general Health Service Building. public is invited to all the meetings Formerly required to have at least which will be held in the Rackham two years of college work, students Lecture Hall. Questions may be asked will now be accepted upon success- from the floor. fully passing an examination, Lieut. Dr. L. J. O'Rourke, of the United George R. Comte, public relations Civil Service Commission, will open officer, revealed. the conference at 4 p.m. today with a Especially welcome will be those discussion of the openings for men students who intend to enlist in the and women in the federal civil serv- Air Corps at the end of the semester, ice. John Haien, of the Chrysler Cor- he said, as they may be examined at poration, and Thomas P. Garrity, as- the present time, get deferment un- sistant director of vocational training til the end of the semester, and hence for war workers in Detroit, will ad- avoid the inevitable rush at the end dress the conference on the jobs in of the semester. defense industries at 7:30 p:m. today. The examination will be given at The program at 4 p.m. tomorrow 9:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. will emphasize the state government today, tomorrow and Friday. Appli- field with Thomas J. Wilson, person- cants who pass the test will be given nel director of Michigan State Civil their physical examinations immedi- Service Commission, explaining the ately, so they may know definitely opportunities for men and Edward whether they are to be accepted or H. Litchfield, chief of the research not. and training division of the same Candidates for ground officer posi- commission, speaking on the corre- tions will not be required to take sponding situation for women. the exam, Lieutenant Comte point- ed out, but will be required to haveW had two years of college work, pre-R eu th er, f era applicants are requested to bring , their academic grade transcripts with them.A! U.S. Announces Jap Losses In Pacific UNITED STATES HEADQUAR- TERS in Australia, March 31.-(P) -Planes of the American Army bomber command operating from bases in the Philippines and the Netherlands Indies sank or seri- ously damaged 46 Japanese trans- ports and 16 warships and de- stroyed more than 50 Japanese planes up to March 1, it was an- nounced today. American losses in personnel and equipment were amazingly low, Colonel Eubank said. He did not give figures, but said. "these planes can carry an awfullot of lead and still come back to their bases." Only two planes were lost through pilot errors, such as bad take-offs or landings-a record which airmen hailed as remark- able in view of the makeshift fields from which the gigantic bombers so often operated. young long enough to see the thing through to its finish." He declared that if the world is not rebuilt by people who sit down seriously and think things out, the job will be done by "crackpots and Sigma Delta Chi Initiates Eleven New Members Sigma Delta Chi, national profes- sional journalistic fraternity, an- nounces the initiation of eleven men to membership yesterday. The newly initiated include Emile Gele, '42, Alvin Dann, '42, Hoe Selt- zer, '42, and juniors Dan Behrman, Homer Swander, Morton Mintz, George Sallade, Eugene Mandeberg, Bob Mantho, Bob Stahl and Bud Hendel. Following the initiation a banquet was held in the Union. Officers for the coming year are Morton Mintz, president; George Sallade, secretary; and Bob Mantho, treasurer. self-seeking politicians just as it was after the last war." During World War I, he continued, everyone was engrossed in the one task of winning the war and gave al- most no thought to the peace. When it came, therefore, we were entirely unprepared for it and the tragic re- sult was the Versailles Treaty. "If we are not to have another Versailles," Ruthven emphasized, "we must plan now for the peace which is to come. Otherwise, much of the reason for winning the war will dis- appear. And it is the University's place to take a lead in the required planning." SLA Meeting To Hear Talk By Williams, Discussing the economic and socisl problems which will confront youtbr at the end of the present conflict. Prof. Mentor L. Williams of the Eng- lish department will depict the ideal post-war America, at a meeting spon- sored by the Student League of America at 8 p.m. today in Room 323 of the Union. Perfectly fitted to discuss this topic, Professor Williams has always been known for the interest and sym- pathy which he has shown for stu- Itwas erroneously stated in yes- terday's Daily that the lecture would appear Thursday. Allied Position In Burma Becomes More Seious; Russians Gain At Sea Australia Bombed Again By Japanese LONDON, Wednesday, April 1.-(]P) -A Daily Herald dispatch from New Dglhi said today Mohandas K. Gandhi had advised the All-India Congress party to reject the British plan of Dominion status, but that the executive body had not yet decided upon the terms of its reply to Sir Stafford Cripps. Gandhi was quoted as telling the Congress working committee yester- day that "the British plan for India was unworthy of Britain and it would be unworthy for India to accept it." "He regarded the proposal to give India dominion status after the war as bad because it encouraged the minorities to become stubborn," the Daily Herald correspondent wrote, Burma Position Grave, Meanwhile, the general Allied posi- tion in Burma was increasingly grave last night despite some apparent slight improvement on the Chinese held left. From both the India-Burma fronts,, that of battle and that of diplomacy, the news was bad. In Central Burma the British forces holding the Allied right on the approaches to the central Burmese oil fields were desperately at the coun- ter-attack against new and menacing Japanese incursions which had cut off the forward British mobile units with road-blocks formed at the town of Shwedaung only 10 miles below the British anchor at Prome At the left theaoutni4bered hl- nese, who had long been under the most savage enemy assault about Toungoo, had effected a rendezvous with reinforcements which had beat- en down from north and east. A Chinese communique asserted that up to Sunday 5,000 Japanese dead had been counted around Toun- goo. In India an aura of gloom arose over the political conference tables. Aside from the somber complex hat was India and Burma, the en- emy was making no progress in the Pacific war. Bombard Manila Bay The War Department reported in a morning communique that the American harbor defenses in Manila Bay had been under intermittent bombardment by enemy bombers and batteries but had thus far suffered little damage. American guns returning the fire smashed an enemy launch. Aground, on Bataan Peninsula, only sharp patrol action was re- ported. Enemy bombers, the De- partment added, attacked a plainly marked American base hospital on Bataan, causing a number of casual- ties-a hospital they had in the past uniformly avoided. On the Australian front, new Allied bombing attacks on Japanese beach- heads on New Guinea and Timor Is- lands were reported. At Lae, in New Guinea, Japanese hangars were set aflame; at Keoang on Timor as many as six enemy planes were be- lieved destroyed on the ground. Darwin, on the northern Australian mainland, was again bombed by the enemy. Russians, British Win In the West the slowly emerging story of a major weekend sea engage- ment in northern waters on the Allied supply line to Russia indicated that British and Russian fleet units fight- ing together for the first time had won a considerable victory in this first phase of what is expected to be a long and violent struggle. The British Admiralty stated that all Getman attacks on the Allied con- voy-which was carrying American- made war materials and was assault- ed for three days-"were beaten off by Russian and British forces," and added that one German destroyer was sunk, another damaged and three Nazi submarines knocked out. Ships Damaged Against this the British acknow- ledged that the 8,000-ton British ison Press Conference, t t Final Drive To Sell Last 300 'Ensians Will EndSaturday With more than 2,100 sales already chalked up, the Michiganensian is holding its last campus sale, starting last Monday through Saturday. Only 300 more copies are available, so students are urged to watch for salesmen on the diagonal, or to call at the 'Ensian office this week. The yearbook will still be sold for $4.50 until the end of this week. 'Ensian enditors, working to beat a May 1 deadline, announce several changes and improvements in a year- book that -is modern from cover to cover. The outside itself is embossed for the first time in two colors in- stead of the usual one. The satire section, a take-off on Life magazine, will be pictorial, show- ing less well-known characters in ad- dition to the BMOC's. The campus life section will be enlarged to con- tain many candid, informal shots, [/ 16 PU s4r By HALE CHAMPION and BOB PREISKEL (Special to The Daily)t DETROIT, March 31.-In an at-c mosphere resembling that of a war guilt trial, C. E. Wilson, President of General Motors, and Walter Reuther, author of the much-controverted Reuther Plan and high-rankingt UAW-CIO official, today hurled ar-t gument after argument at each othert before one of the most unusual press conferences in history. In a debate kept well in hand by famed Town Hall Moderator George V. Denny, Jr., the two traded verbal punches in an all day discussion of the Reuther Plan, the motives behindt it, its history, and its still remain- ing potentialities. Crux of the discussion was Reu-f ther's claim that efficient industry- wide organization could be accom- plished only through an over-all planning board. Wilson replied, how-f ever, that examples of wasteful du-t plication were only isolated instancesc and that such an enormous pool would be unwieldy. 'Role Of Auto Industry dent and youth problems in general. His work with student cooperatives and labor education, especially qual- ify him to describe post-war prob- lems. Well liked by the students, Professor Williams was chosen most popular faculty member in a campus- wide poll.. In his lecture, which is the second of a series designed to present the problems of war and peace, Professor Williams emphasizes that the picture of post-war America which he will present is not likely to become a real- ity. It is the America which he would like to see, and not that which he expects to emerge from the conflict. concerning possible conversion of au- tomobile machinery to aircraft pro- duction, spoke first, lashing out at the Reuther Plan as a political, pub- licity-seeking plan without merit or good intentions. The younger, red-thatched Reu- ther, also accompanied by a brain trust, replied in kind, emphasizing that his plan not only was valid at Swinging Doors Prove Man Trap For Citizen An unidentified gentleman was trapped by a flowing overcoat as he attempted to leave the new State Theatre after witnessing the show from the balcony and it took a sturdy policeman to get him free. After holding open the exit door for his wife, this local Sir Galahad tried to slip outside on the same push of the door. The tail of his over- coat didn't quite make it, and the man was hooked. After fruitless tug- the time offered, but still could be useful in improving the automotive industry's victory effort. At the same time Reuther emphat- ically declared that the motives of General Motors were far more open to criticism than, those of the union, referring directly to the spirit in American industry which he claimed was responsible for the Standard Oil rubber scandal. Wilson Denies Charges Meanwhile, Wilson who seemed to grow weary as the day went on, de-1 nied the charges, and demonstratedF by elaborate wall charts how his en- gineers had found Reuther's sugges- tions impracticable. He added that General Motors felt no responsibilityt for defense activity for which the1 government had not even indicatedi its desire.t The immediate and challengingc reply of the labor representative was1 that 'management should have takeni the initiative, informing the govern- ment of what it could do instead ofz stalling and sabotaging plans which Prexy Wants His Fun- But Robbins Says No! It is the "tragedy of his life" that President Ruthven has never been able to play an April Fool's joke on the student body. As his birthday comes on the first day of April, he laughingly claims he has "always wanted to celebrate it by issuing a fake announcement that there will be no classes on that day." But his assistant-Dr. Frank Robbins-has always blocked the idea. The President has been the butt of nearly every joke imaginable on pre- vious April Fool's days-"everything