THE MICHIGAN DAILY 7111EUDTt Slosson Tells Why's' Of War In FIrst Of Five Board Talks Prof. Wethey To Give Talk P IF N AWs By WILL SAPP America is at war, Prof. Preston W. Slosson said last night, because we chose to face the robber armed rath- er than to disarm before facing him. Presenting the first in a series of five War Board lectures on issues arising from the war, Slosson as- serted: "We gave Japan no shadow of grievance, and perhaps we should reproach ourselves because we didn't. "We gave Germany many griev- ances, but whether we had or not the result would have been the same. Hitler wages war by his own inter- ests, not by our actions." The University historian told his audience that he expects Russia and Japan to be at war by summer's end. Bitterly attacking the theory that America was safe from attack be- cause the Germans couldn't even cross 23 miles of English Channel water, Slosson said, "Water is not a barrier-rather it is a means of communications. It is a highway on which only the fleet can be a barrier. Standard Oil Says Nazi-Held Patents Did Not Hurt U.S. (Continued from Page 1) bas been in the .slightest respect dis- loyal to the United States is unwar- ranted and untrue," the company's president declared, "I repell all such insinuations with all the vigor at my command. I do o with indignation and resentment." Farish flatly denied these charges which he said stood out in Arnold's testimony and in newspaper reports: "That as late as 1939 Standard was engaged in an effort to establish relations with Japan contrary to the h terests of the United States and ithout the knowledge of our gov- 6rnment. "That after the fall of France, Standard assisted German interests to establish hydrogenation plants in occupied France. "That Standard made shipments to Italian and German air lines in Brazil contrary to the wishes of the State Department." Players Select Officers! Electing officers for the coming year, the Hillel Players selected Hal Cooper, '44, preident, Syril Greene, '43, secretary and Bruce Kirchen- baum, '43, business manager at a meeting yesterday. Shoes f YOU711 love tolive In G r Y%. " Long-lasting smart looks and comfort, tailored by that master of quality-WALK-ovER. The VERDE. Country Cream fabric'. gingersnap trim. Elasticized. $7-95 BURTON'S WALK - OVER 115 SOUTH MAIN Long range .pursuit ships and bomb- ers have reduced the great oceans to irrigation ditches." The "why's" of this war, he said, are on open display. "Contrary to events of 1917," Slosson said, "Amer- ican intervention in this war was almost an expected thing. It was like wading into the ocean and when we were in the water waist-deep Japan gave us the final ducking." "Our neutrality was neutral in form, but unneutral in purpose. In these days war is a matter of degree." The immediate beginnings of the war, Slosson explained, took root in the early '30's wen Japan's "Man- churian Incident" and the Nazis' suc- cession to power breached security and shattered tens of treaties. "When the Nazis took over in 1933," he said, "peace was doomed. War in Europe was inevitable once Hitler was in power. There was no chance of preserving peace." Lamenting the great powers' leth- argy, Slosson said that boycotts or even war against the aggressors Ger- many and Japan would probably have prevented the present war. "The fact that the United States was not in the League of Nations and the "triviality" of the Manchurian invasion and German rearming in- stilled an isolationist spirit in Amer- icans which reached its height in 1937 with the formulation of the Neutrality Act-a method in 1937 to keep us out of war in 1917." Wilson Calls Reuther's Plan Impracticable (Continued from Page 1) the unknown from the Retail Re- view, the auditorium was filled with reporters. One Detroit paper had five men present while the others and the big news services also had more than one covering the prece- dent-shattering discussion. The day's more serious business was occasionally relieved by the by- play between Reuther and Wilson who had a very evident mutual self- respect. Stone also contributed some of the lighter moments with his very pointed and frankly biased question- ing of the General Motors head. The byplay didn't last long, how- ever, as the debaters were miles apart in opinion and the various argu- ments again waxed hot. Denouncing the assertion that an industry could be most efficiently organized for war production within its own corporate limits, Reuther charged that repeated cases of dup- lication and waste in the industry could be eliminated by an over-all planning board. Tool Shops Mismanaged With the Ford plant desperately seeking die-makers, Reuther pointed cut that a Fisher shop-believed to be the biggest tool and die shop in the world-was barely operating. At the present time, he continued, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler are producing the same model tank for the Army, but each is putting an entirely different power system in the onq model. All this, in spite of the British plea for absolute standard- ization, and the Ford offer and abil- ity to furnish the same type motors for all *ie tanks that the three com- panies can produce. Overall planning by a government, management, labor board, Reuther concluded would prevent such mis- takes. Sore Points Discussed Many labor - management sore points were discussed very heatedly, especially such purely General Mo- tors problems as seniority. On the broader purposes, however, they were entirely agreed, both stating that im- mediate necessity called for utmost cooperation between management and labor. One of Reuther's suggestions-that all unused machines be available for Lend-Lease as well as for domestic war production-drew partial con- sent from Wilson. Art Aithoriy WilI 'Golden Age' Of Spain Speaking on his "specialty," Prof. Harold E. Wethey, chairman of the fine arts department, will discuss "Spanish Art in the Golden Age," for La Sociedad Hispanica at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Room D, Alumni Memorial Hall. Discussing the art of the seven- teenth century in Spain, "golden age," Professor Wethey will refer to the work of painters El Greco, Vel- azquez and Ribera and sculptors Montanes and Pedro de Mena. El Greco in particular, Professor Wethey will point out, displayed the extreme religious violence and emotion of the period in his painting. The sculptor, Pedro de Mena, illus- trated the realism of the seventeenth century Jesuits in his art. Professor Wethey will discuss Pedro de Mena as an example of a "specifically Spanish" sculptor. Professor Wethey has published a book and several articles on Span- ish art. Paleontolo gist Will Lecture HereToday Ralph Chaney, Professor of Paleon- tology and Curator at the University of California, will speak at 4:15 p.m. today in the Natural Science Auditor- ium on the subject "Forests on a Changing Earth." Sponsored by the Department of Botany, Professor Chaney's lecture will discuss some effects of earth change on the tertiary forests around the Pacific Ocean. A research associate of the Car- negie Institute of Washington, Pro- fessor Chaney is also a member of the Geological Society of America, the Geological Society of China, and the Paleontalogists Society of Amer- ica. Professor Chaney spent several years studying flora off the west coast and the Great Basin, and later extended his research to China. The lecturer was in Shanghai when it was occupied by the Japanese several years ago. In 1925, Professor Chaney was a member of a Ray Chapman Andrews expedition, and this fact combined with his experiences in China should disprove the idea the Paleontologists lead dull lives. His main contribution in the field of Botany has been the study of the tertiary history of forests along the Pacific Coast. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 4) Art League movie, "The Lady Van- ishes," being given Sunday, April 5. Sign-up sheets are posted in the Undergraduate office of the League. Holders of Season Tickets for Play Production of the Department of Speech are reminded that stubs for "Under the Gaslight" must be ex- changed by Thursday. The best seats will be available for the Wednesday and Thursday performances. Holders of student tickets are re- minded that these entitle them to good seats downstairs on Wednesday or Thursday nights, or balcony seats on Friday or Saturday. Seminar on A Just and Durable Peace: Professor Smithies will speak on economic ispects of post-war re- construction at Lane Hall on Thurs- day at 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church: Com- munion service and Reception of new members will be held at the Maundy Thursday Communion at 8:00 p.m. Episcopal Students: There will be a celebration of the Holy Commun- ion at 7:30 Thursday morning in Bishop Williams Chapel, Harris Hall. Breakfast will be served after the service. Send Mom FLOWERS or a Corsage FOR EASTER T H E Y' R E M O V I N C ' R O U N D T H E M O U N T A I N-Uncle Sam's mountain troops, a breed of hardy, specialized soldiers, shoulder skils for drill at their winter training camp on snowy Mount Rainier, state of Washington. The men not only learn to travel, on skiis, while carrying a 50-pound pack, but they also discover how to eat, sleep, and cook beneath the snow in caverns of' their own carving. Only 30 per cent of the personnel ever set foot on skils before. Motorized toboggans are also used for transport. A P 0 E T-But don't be fooled by that! Johnny Bullitt (above), Harvard student who likes poetry is no sonnet in the fight ring. He'll compete in national A.A.U. lightweight boxing finals in Boston soon. C R E E C E - B 0 U N D M E R C Y S H I P-Huge Red Crosses help identify the 1,633-ton motor- ship Sicilia, shown before her departure from New York, bound 'for Piraeus, with a cargo of food- stuffs and medical supplies. They're for suffering Greeks, and the ship was chartered by the Greek War Relief Association. Both the Allied and Axis nations have guaranteed safe conduct. __ -- _ ,. _ _ . JAPS BOMB CAVITE - Barges are burning in the Cavite navy yards, darkening the sky with their clouds of black smoke after a Japanese bombing raid of Dec. 12. (Associated Press photo from U. S. Army Signal Corps.) - 311.1 . ~6#. .*~' . <: <.