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CHICAGO BOSTON * LOs ANGELES - SAN FNANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1941-42 Editorial Staff SINGING IN QUARTET has died away in Ann Arbor of late, and although I have heard rumors of a society called Psurfs, composed of lawyers for the most part, I have not heard of them singing anywhere since some time last year, and I wish they would. Yet even such a' professional group does not quite fill the need for barbershop singing, for those of us who do not possess the qualifications as to voice and corpus juris for membership in the Psurfs, still want to try now and then for three part harmony on I Had a Dream Dear or Swing Low. And there is also the matter of time. This is not really one of the hampering forces, for when Cap was over at the coffee shop, and Duke Blake was around, we found the time for quartet sing- ing, but the way things are around here now, whenever you say "Let's sing something," the tenor, it is always the tenor, because he is the sine qua non (Please note the Latin with which I am besprinkling my work these days. Cf stock character of the pedant in Roman comedy. I got through Caesar's Gallic wars seven years ago.) replies, "Sorry, I haven't got time right now." Tenors are a despicable race anyhow. You have to baby them, and admire a little when they hit a high note, and also very few people can sing anything remotely resembling tenor, though there are baritones and guys who think they are bassos galore. Never quite time enough for anything around here. Only time enough to hurry somewhere. And the delicious relaxation, the camaraderie of the barbershop quartet lapses into something you can only recall, pignantly. Mais ou soid les neiges-? IT IS NOW just about time to register the yearly complaint to the Hopwood Committee. Year after year people ask that the Committee reconsider some of its rules, and year after year, the whole thing rolls along without paying any attention. This year. with about three months notice, the deadline was moved up two weeks earlier. However. in view of the fact that the judges have to be allowed time to read the manu- scripts, that shift, hard though it may be on the writers, can be written off the gripe list. After all, the writers only serve a function by their own choice. and part of that function is to ob- serve the deadline, and if they don't like it. they have full rights of refusal. But, and this is not a thing concerned 'with T C' T T ED IT 'R national defense or a shortened school year, how about that scholastic ruling which doesn't allow anyone who receives a grade lower than C either in the previous semester, or during the semester of the contest? For every other activity on cam- pus, certainly some of them a hell of a lot less important to their participants than the Hop- wood Contest is to the writers, the requirement is only a C average. So much depends on that ruling. No one can afford to slide through any sort of course as the other students will do. The Committee will say that appeals are heard on such cases-until March 1. After than you're on your own, and you must somehow try to adjust your schedule so you can finish your manuscript two weeks earlier than you had planned, but at the same time study every course elected, and not flunk a test anywhere. Rather difficult business, writing at the University. Rather an overemphasis on the grind, which is not always the wisest policy when dealing with such a thing as writing, even of the brand you get from col- lege kids. WRITING, as will some day be recognized here, is just as much a grind all by itself as study- ing any other major subject. Maybe more. But here, it is strictly an extra-curricular activity, and if you think you're man enough, go, ahead. And again I say, luckily again not involved my- self, that maybe sometime, if the Committee isn't too busy, if they can just put it on some future agenda, won't they please think about this eligibility business from the point of view of those who are supposed to be encouraged in writing, the students, remember? So long until soon. Drew PeaWrPO Emile Alvin David Gel . Dann Lachenbruci' . . Managing Editor . Editorial Director City Editor Jay McCormick Gerald E. Burns Hal Wilson . Janet Hooker . Grace Miller . Virginia Mitchell Daniel H. Huyett James B. Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright . Associate . Associate Sports Women's . Assistant Women's . . .Exchange Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Business Staff . . . . 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. Reuther Answers Attack On Ren-ther Plan... SPEARHEADING its attack upon the Reuther plan by the statement that that program is "the closest thing to a sovietiza- tion of American industry yet suggested by a responsible labor leader," a Detroit paper has attempted to discredit the Reuther plan and its proponents by parroting management claims that the plan was never submitted to industry. that it was a "business-as-usual" plan. These claims were answered by Walter Reu- ther in his debates with GM's C. E. Wilson. In reply to the first charge that the plan was never submitted to industry, Reuther showed conclu- sively that he had tried to confer with auto management on the plan, but finally had to dis- cuss it on 'the radio with a representative from a New England silk mill because of manage- ment's refusal to consider his program. When the plan was first proposed, government and management were inseparable, and Knud- sen and his Washington associates, who were all former men of industry and in close contact with management, turned the plan down, giving as one of their reasons fear that industrialists would not cooperate in effecting the program. N DENYING that his plan was a "business as usual" one, Reuther pointed to the proposed over-all planning board, the idea of pooling all resources as features definitely not pertaining to normal business methods. Charging that man- agement had been the guilty party in refusing to make an all-out effort, he offered as evidence his statement of March, 1941, to the effect that a shortage of steel was imminent and that auto production must be curtailed.Compare this with Wilson's statement of September, 1941, express- ing the belief that there was no reason to cut production, management's decision to produce a new model for 1942, Ind the use of valuable ma- terials in producing grills at the Turnstedt plant long after Pearl Harbor. But the still live part of the Reuther program is the proposal that a board of representatives from labor, management and government, allo- cate and plan for the whole auto industry. It is in attacking this proposal as a "sovietization" that the Detroit paper did its most harm. ENYING political intentions in fostering the program, Reuther showed that labor was to be represented only in the top planning board, that there was to be no parallel structure of labor and management reaching down into the fac- tories, and that administrative control will re- main where it always has, in the hands of expert industrialists. The need for such a board should be almost obvious. Planning war production within cor- porate limits has resulted in duplication and waste. While Ford clamored for tool makers for his Willow Run plant, Fisher 23, one of the larg- est tool and die shops in the world, was hardly operating, expert technicians were painting benches while their companies awaited orders enabling there to start making tools, three cor- nn! innz r m.4riync, thffitrnt tnnk (rflritsin To the Editor: AJISS RICHARDS' EDITORIAL in Thursday's Daily represents the attitude of many who do not have full knowledge of the facts of the Browder case. Although the New York Times stated that Browder "was convicted of obtaining a passport in an illegal way," the brief filed by the Federal Government read: "He was not convicted of 'making a false statement,.'.... Instead, petitioner as convicted of using (bold- face theirs) a passport secured by reason of a false statement." During the 20's, Browder traveled abroad on a plassport obtained under an assumed name for reasons of Personal safety. This is a not uncommon piraet ice for business men, movie actresses. etc. 'Therefore, in apply- ing for a new passport in 1934, he answered the question: "My last passport was obtained from . . . . . and is herewit i returned for cancella- tion" by the word "none" (meaning thatl he had no previous passport under his own name.) The State Department testified at the trial that they had had full knowledge of Browder's use of a pseudonym, but did not consider the matter important. By the time the case came up as political ammunition, the Statute of Limitations made it impossible to prosecute on any charge con- nected with the passport obtained during the 20's. They were thus reduced to legal hair- splitting, making the charge that of "using a passport secured by reason of a false statement" , --i.e., of writing the word "none." We don't deny that Browder was guilty of this technical- ity; but we do feel that a $2,000 fine and a year in jail is more than a just penalty. For a tech- nical violation he received a sentence commensu- rate with a criminal offense. The Government's brief states: "But a citri/et's use for identifica- tion at home or abroad of a passport secured through a false statement does not fall within this category (common-law crimes). It was not a common-law crime; it does not injure the one to whom it is exhibited; and it tows not directly injure the Government." Browdei's career has been one of continued service in the cause of democracy and progress- he has fought for Negro rights, for trade-union rights, for civil liberties, and from the first, against Fascism at home and abroad. The "prison record" to which Miss Richards so bla- tantly alludes was the same kind of political persecution suffered by Eugene V. Debs. Browder's value to our anti-Fascist struggle is attested by the activities of both his friends and enemies. The new publication, "Cross and Fag edite y Gerald L. K. Smith, and having the pledged support of such- appasea's as Cough- lin, Wheeler, Nye, 41nd other isolationist' con- gressmen, devotes part of Volume 1, No. 1, to an article entitled: "Free Browder? Of Course Not!" But the appeasers and Fascist-sympathizers are not the only ones who have been active. The Free Browder Congress in New York lastweek- Rober S Aen WASHINGTON-We have a lot to worry about in various parts of the world-India, Aus- tralia, the Near East. But, closer to home, the arrival of a distinguished foreign diplomat this week emphasized the fact that we have a. lot to be thankful for among our neighbors. The visitor was the Mexican Minister of For- eign Affairs, Ezeuiel Padilla. six feet, erect, bronzed and handsome, a man for whom the crowds in Rio de Janeiro last winter cheered themselves hoarse. In Washington, stoic Anglo-Saxon crowds did not go wild. There was no cheering when Padilla oassed down Pennsylvania Avenue. But to Latin-American diplomats and the State Depart- ment it was a remarkable occasion. For this is the first time in anyone's memory that a Mexi- can Foreign Minister has visited Washington. In 1927, Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State under Coolidge, sent a telegram to Mexico warn- ing that it was "on trial" before the world. And in the last war, Mexico listened sympathetically to German plots against the United States. No 5th Colmnit I 1UT under Foreign Minister Padilla and his friendly government it is different. Facing a battery of newsmen after his arrival, Padilla was asked:' "How many Japanese do you have?" "About five thousand," said Padilla. Then he smiled. "If you want the precise ciphers-4,860." Padilla knew precisely, for he has rounded up every one of the Axis residents of Mexico, and confined their leaders to the rugged old fortress of San Carlos de Perote, scene of bloody battles between the Mexicans and the French in the days of Emperor Maximilian. "We are keenly aware of the danger," says Padilla. "I believe the peril of fifth column . activity is the greatest problem for Mexico to- day. And the same thing is true for other Latin-American countries, such as Brazil, which has 300,000 Japanese; and Argentina and Chile, which have large settlements of Germans." Longtime U.S. Friend P ADILLA has been a friend of the United States ever since the youthful days of his exile. le grew up among the poor campesinos in the State of Guerrero, and became an active revolutionary. With the changing tides of Mexi- can politics, he was forced to leave the country, came to New York City, enrolled as a student in Columbia University. Padilla has been half Yankee ever since. He has a good command of English, a fondness for American cigarettes, rises early, goes to the office early, has no siesta after lunch, loves, golf and billiards. In spite of this friendliness, it would be false to say that all problems have vanished in the sunshine over the Rio Grande There remains the face that Mexico's Minister of Interio, Miguel Alenan, is dangerously pro-German, and the still more troublesome fact that the Presi- dent's brother, Maximino Avila Camacho, con- tinues to do business with the black-listed Swed- ish industrialist, Axel Wenner-Gren. But these troubles a'e small compared wi what Mexico was in the dark days when Witzk.e, Jahnke, Dilger, Hermann, Hinsch, and that mot- ley crew of German spies and saboteurs crossed DAI[LY OFFICIAL BULLETIN SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1942 VOL. LIT. No. 136 Publication in the Daily Official Bulletin Is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices Faculty Tea: It has become neces- sary to cancel the President's Tea formerly announced for Sunday, April 5. University Cars: Those who wish to requisition automobiles for University trips are requested to notify us 48 hours in advance.C E. C. Pardon, Auto Director All University building wardens and other University employees who have volunteered for the University civilian defense organization are urged to at- tend the course of Civilian Protec- tion lectures which begins in Hill Auditorium, Monday, April 6, at 8:00 p.m., with an address on "The Nature and Purpose of Civilian Defense" by Major W. A. Brewer, of the National Office of Civilian Defense in Wash- ington. Edward C. Pardon, Co-Chairman University Committee on Plant and Personnel Protection. The Student War Board has been established to coordinate all student activities directed toward the fur- therance of the war effort; and in pursuance of this aim, it set up the following regulations: 1) All organizations are required to submit to this board, in room 1009 Angell Hall, a report of current ac- tivities in relation to war efforts, by April 9, 1942. 2) Henceforth, all organizations who are planning such proects should have the permission of this committee before taking action. German Table for Faculty Mem- iers will meet Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders' Room Michigan Union. Members of all departments are cordially invited. There will be a brief talk on "Der Bauch der japan- ischen Sprache," by Mr. Otto Laporte. Meeting of the Faculty of the De- partment of Physical Education and Athletics at the Michigan Union, Tuesday Noon, April 7. School of Music Students: Courses dropped after'the end of the eighth week of the semester, that is, after today, will be recox'ded with the grade of E except under extraordin- ary circumstances. Tom 11. Kinkead Freshmen, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Freshmen may not drop courses without E grade after today. In administering this rule, students with less than 24 hours of credit are considered freshmen. Exceptions may be made in extra- ordinary circumstances, such as severe or long-continued illness. E. A. Walter School of Education Freshmen: Courses dropped after today will be recorded with the grade of E except under extraordinarydcircumstances. No cour'se is considered dropped u- less it has been reported in the office of the Registrar, Room 4, University Hall. On Army Day, Monday, April 6, all members Naval R.O.T.C. will wear their uniformq. R. E. Cassidy, Captain, U.S. Navy Professor Naval Science and Tactics To Students Whose Fathers are Rotarians: Each year the Ann Arbor Rotary Club gives a luncheon to the students whose fathers are members of Rotary International. The 1942 meeting will be held at the Michi- gan Union on Wednesay, April 29, at twelve noon. To make certain that allsons and daughters of Ro- tarians receive invitations, we ask that every such student now enrolled in the University leave his or her name, and Ann Arbor address, with Miss Velma Louckes, Room 4, Uni- versity Hall, as soon as possible. Ann Arbor Rotary Club, Samuel T. Dana, President The University Bureau of Appoint- ments has received notice that the' 7th District Office (Chicago) of the United States Civil Service Commis- sion is seeking a considerable num- ber of men and women who have the following qualifications: either a Bachelor of Science degree (any specialty), or a Bachelor of Arts -de- gree in Political Science, Economics, Business Administration, Public Ad- ministration, Accounting, or Social Service; or a combination of two or more. These persons selected will go to the Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois for a training period. The positions these selections are for are supervis- ors or administrative assistants in ordnance or arsenal establishments in the midwest area. Further information may be ob- tained from the office of the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lihty % ,. will meet as usual Monday, April 13. K. T. Rowe Concerts Carillon Programs: Percival Price, University Carillonneur, will present a program of Easter music on Sun- day, April 5, between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. This will be followed Easter Evening with a memorial recital for Jef Denyn, outstanding carillonneur, who, until his death last fall, was director of the Mechlin Carillon School in Belgium. This second re- cital of the current spring season will be given from 7:15 to 8:00 p.m. Programs covering the spring carillon recitals are available at the Union and League Desks, lobby of Burton Memorial Tower and the office of the School of Music. Student Recital: Ivor Gothie, '42SM, a pupil of Joseph Brinkman, will give a recital in partial fulfill- ment of the degree of Bachelor of Music at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, April 6. in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Mr. Gothic has arranged a program of compositions for the piano by Res- pighi, Handel, Mozart and Liszt. The public is cordially invited. Student Recital: Vladimir Luka- shuk, violinist, will give a recital at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. In Tschaikowsky's Concerto .in D major Mr. Lukashuk will be accom- panied by the University Symphony Orchestra, of which he is Concert- master. The recital, in partial ful- fillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Music, is open to the public. Exhibitions Gamma Delta hold its regular Sunday at St. Church. The time to 5:00 p.m. Student Club will fellowship supper Paul's Lutheran has been advanced Exhibition: An Introduction to Architecture. An elaborate educa- tional exhibition produced by the{ Ann Arbor Art Association in collab- oration with the College of Architec- ture 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. The exhibit is in the Rackham Galleries, and will continue through today. Open daily, 2-5 and 7-10, except Sun- days. The public is cordially invited. Exhibition, College of Architec- ture and Design: Color schemes and arrangements by the Interior Design classes. Weaving by primitive Mexi- can Indian tribes, from the collection f Mr. and .Mrs. Richard Lippold. Ground floor cases, Architecture Building. Open daily 9 to 5, except Sunday, until today. The public is, invited. Latin American Exhibit: Univer- sity Elementary School Library -- Room 1502. An exhibit of recent books, handicraft, and pamphlets is on display through today. This is a traveling exhibit loaned by Library Service Division, U.S. Office of Edu- cation. Hours, 8:00-12:00 a.m., 1:30- 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lec-ures University Lectures on War Prob' lems: Professor John B. Dawson, of the Law School, will lecture on the subject, "The War and Civil Lib- erties," under the auspices of the University War Board in Rackham Lecture Hall at 8:00 p.m. on Tues- day, April 7. The public is cordially invited. Lecture: "Techniques of Securing a Position," a public lecture by Mrs. Jessie Cribbs of the Bureau of Occu- pations, sponsored by Pi Lambda mer House, 1511 Washtenaw.. All girls interested in living in coopera- tives are cordially invited. Coming Events All R.OT.C. Cadets, both Basic and Advanced Corps, will wear uniforms on Army Day, Monday, April 6. Ushering Committee Theater Arts: Sign up for ushering for the Art Cinema League film, "The Lady Van- ishes," being given Sunday, April 5, in the Mendelssohn Theater. Sign up lists are posted in the Undergradu- ate office of the League. There are two shows. Badminton-Men and Women Stu- dents: The regular hours for open badminton in Barbour Gymnasium have been discontinued. Students wishing to play will be able to use the courts beginning April 7 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 until fur- ther notice. C'hurches Memorial Christian Church (Dis- ciples): 10:45 a.m., Worship serv- ices, Rev. Frederick Cowin, Minister. 6:30 p.m., Disciples Guild Sunday Evening Hour. Mrs. H. R. Dunshee will present scenes from "Family Portrait." A social hour and tea will follow the program. First Congregational Church: 10:45 a.m. Easter services of public wor- ship. Dr. Parr will preach the third sermon in his series, "Christian af- firmations," entitled, "I Believe.-In the Life Everlasting." 4:30 p.m. Special Knights Temp- lar Easter service, led by Dr. Parr. Subject of his sermon will be "Pil- grims to the Dawn." St. Andrew's Episcopal Church: Easter Sunday: 7:00 a.m. Holy Com- munion (Choral); 9:00 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) and Sermon by the Rev. Frederick W. Leech; 11:00 a.m. Festival Service; Sermon by the Rev. Henry Lewis, and Holy Com- munion; 4:00 p.m. Easter Pageant, "The Riseri Lord" presented by the Junior Church. Presentation of Mite Box Offering. First Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation: Morning Worship at 8:30 and 10:40. Dr. Brashares will preach at both services on "Easter." Wesleyan Guild meeting-refresh- ments at 6:00 p.m. At 6:45 p.m. members of the Community Drama group will present "The Terrible Meek." Unitarian Church: Easter service, 11:00 a.m. Sermon by Rev. H. P. Marley on "The Tomb of the Un known Soldier Revisited." No stu- dent meeting at 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church: Morn- ing Worship Services, 9:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. "Life After Life," sub- ject of sermon by Dr. W. P. Lemon. Sunday Evening Club: Supper meeting in the Russel Parlor at 6:00 p.m. Phone reservations 2-4833. This is for graduate and professional peo- ple. Westminster Student Guild: Easter Play, "The Great Choice," enacted by Guild students. Cordial invita- tion is extended to all. Social Hall at 7:15 p.m. First Church of Christ, Scientist: Sunday morning service at 10:30.