__ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ TuE MLGHG.AN. DAILY r. ir rig t t i1 Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier $4.00, by mail $5.00. REPRESgNTER FOR NATIONAL ADVERTIJING OY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADIsON AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON * LOS ARGUES * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1941.42 Editorial Staff Emile 0e14 Alvin Dann David Lachenbrucni Jay McCormick Gerald E. Burns . hlal Wilson 4Janet Hooker Grace Miller Virginia Mitchell Daniel Ri. Hluyett, James B. Collins Louise Carpenter Evelyn Wright Managing Editor .Editorial Director .. . . City Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor . Sports Editor Women's Editor Assisant Women's Editor Exchange Editor Business Staff * . . Business Manager Associate Business Manager . Women's Advertising Manager . Women's Business Manager NIGHT EDITOR: GLORIA NISHON The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. 'Old Guard' Republicans Still Isolatioists . . IT LOOKS AS IF Wendell Willkie is going to have a difficult time saving the world from the Old Guard of his adopted party. These gentlemen flatly refuse to have any- thing to do with Willkie's proposal to the Re- publican National Committee-now meeting in Chicago-that it renounce finally and irrevo- cably the party's traditional isolationist position. The proposal, in the form of a resolution, would pledge Republicans to a policy of full participa- tion in world affairs after the war is ended. But a majority of the Committee members seem to be in opposition to any such policy. It taes more than two world wars to change some men's minds; it takes more than years of death and destruction to make some men love peace well enough to risk their political life for it; it takes more than tyranny in nation after nation to shake some men into the realization that democracy must be defended contipually if it is to last. And for some reasn most of these men are in the Republican Party. THERE ARE, however, a few Republicans who see that this war is not being fought so that we may return to the status quo which is largely responsible for the condition of the world today. One of these men is Sinclair Weeks, national treasurer, who recently declared: "Isolationism, of course, is dead, but here is a vital opportunity for the Republican Party not only to declare that isolationism is dead for today but that it is dead for all time and to put ourselves on record four-square for future full participation in world affairs to the end that insofar as is humanly possible the United States and like-minded peoples will see to it that this thing shall not happen again."' IT IS statements like these and it is men like Weeks and Willkie that may yet make the Republican Party a force for peace and democ- racy in the world. It is evident that they are attempting to uncover every person who still has a tinge of isolation about him, expose him to the public, and have him repudiated at the fall elections. For the future peace and freedom of the world, we hope they are successful. We hope the people of the United States have at last realized that this nation cannot live in isolation now or ever. And we hope that the voters show how they feel about it by electing only men--be they Republi- can or Democrat--who declare themselves un- equivocally for a new order aimed at maintaining peace and democracy after this war is over. -homer Swander Unr'eleniting o B<>iubing Of Japan Advocated . . S UNDAYS EDITORIAL on the Tokyo S bombing states that "there can be small military ad antage resulting from the day- light raid." Perhaps not from this single raid, but this war depends not only on air power, but unrelenting bombing both night and day to over- come the thorcughness and military ability of a nation that we carelessly underrate. We must defeat a people that has more school- ing than ours in most of the states, more elec- The Reply Churlish by TOUCHSTONE do not like to upset anyone's business apple cart. However, now that the senior sucker list has been made available to the general pub- lic, I feel that a word to the parents of graduat- ing seniors might not be amiss. I should advise that those of the seniors who feel as I do about this subject should clip this column and mail it home for future reference. Saturday my mother received the following letter in the mail. The letterhead reads "Mark Van Aken, 423 Lloyd House, University of Michi- gan, Ann Arbor, Mich." I do not know Mr. Van Aken, but from the personal and friendly tone of the letter, I gather thatl he knows me well enough to call me by my first name. In accord- ance with my time-honored custom of not print- ing my own name in this column, I shall leave blank spaces for the proper names in the letter. That seems to have been Mr. Van Aken's idea anyhow. Dear Mrs. The Senior Class List shows that (my first name here) is due to graduate this spring. As representative of the Student Plaque Bureau, I wish to acquaint you with the plaque avail- able to the Class of 1942. As you may see it is the bronze seal of Michigan University ... . and has the student's name and year of grad- uation individually engraved on the bronze name-plate. Because of the present emergeny, some of the Seniors will be forced to postpone gradua- tion. The most appropriate gift to Seniors, whether they are able to graduate or whether they are serving their country, is undoubtedly the school plaque. As you wish to receive the plaque in time for graduation, please sign and mail the enclosed card. The cost of the plaque C.O.D. is $5.25 and the engraving charge is seventy-five cents. Yours truly, M. Van Aken OW undoubtedly Mr. Van Aken thought he had a real idea here. And probably if it were left alone, Mr. Van Aken might make some money out of his good idea. But I do not think I shall leave it alone. I request that Mr. Van Aken read the next few sentences very very care- fully. In the first place, Mr. Van Aken, I do not know you. Not at all. The Wording of your letter might lead my parents to believe that somehow you were a person who knew me well enough to call me by my first name. You and I know different, Mr. Van Aken. In the second place, you have-quite legally of course-taken to yourself the official sounding title of Student Plaque Bureau, which you know very well sounds as if these plaques of yours were sort of smiled on by the University. Almost a requirement for graduation, so to speak. In the third place, your appeal to the parents of those seniors who will be in the army instead of the diploma line constitutes a piece of that amazing heartless bad taste which is to be encountered only in the born business man. And finally, Mr. Van Aken, your shotgun technique in the last paragraph, where you so calmly assume that the parents of seniors will want to buy one of these plaques from the Student Plaque Bureau, is a great big old mistake. You should have learned in your sales technique course that Diamond Jim Brady is dead, and that you do not hand people a pen, frown, and accept the contract when they have signed, victims of your terrific personality. NOW for the benefit of my parents, and of those other parents who received such form letters, let me say this. A bronze plaque with the University seal may be purchased at any book store in Ann Arbor. Bookends, stationery, pennants, and in fact almost any conceivable souvenir may also be purchased with the seal at any time during the four years we are here. And few of us purchase these things. I do not wish to buy a plaque. I do not wish to receive a plaque from my parents because they, not knowing the setup here, not understanding the sharp, finan- cial minds to be found among the student body, think they ought to get me one. There will probably be other letters of this sort, perhaps a bit less crude than Mr. Van Aken's, but aimed in the same direction, that proud feeling of the parents when their son or daughter is about to graduate from the University. Little friendly letters, with tha~t nice tone so much employed in American advertising, that appeal to the better sort of genuine emotions, a nasty, two-bit sort of appeal, often mistaken for the 'real thing by people like parents, who believe in their own kids, and are willing to believe in all kids. So I say, clip this column, mail it to your parents, and tell them thanks, folks, but just having you put me through school is enough of a present. Don't bother with emotional ghouls like Mr. Van Aken. AND to the authorities who are keepers of the graduation list, *;ust an innocent quer as to how Mr. Van Aken obtained his sucker list. Business as usual, of course, but if you please, not quite so as usual. Thank you very m1ch. So long until soon. going into China, Malaya, the Netherlands' In- dies, and is attempting to crack Australia. Luck- ily, we are fighting on a 12,000 mile front instead of a 3,000 mile one from Alaska or the Aleutian Islands. But Japan has her motives - she must protect those little islands from bombing-it is about time we took advantage of it. THE UNITED STATES must bomb Japan's ar - senals, shipyards, storehiouses, factories and plants from bases in the Aleutians and Alaska. It must strike at the indutsrial nucleus instead of attempting to recover the lost ground of the Pacific mile by mile. Drew PedsoR Robert S.Ae 7Q ASHINGTON-Several days ago Rear Ad- miral Randall Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, vigdrously urged the House Naval - Affairs Committee to approve a bill to create a Women's Auxiliary Reserve in order to release much-needed men for combat duty. The Navy, the Admiral gravely warned, is facing a serious shortage of seagoing officers and sailors to man its rapidly expanding fleets. Jacob's testimony was extraordinary in the light of what other Navy brasshats are doing in the problem of seagoing personnel. It may sound unbelievable but it is an abso- lute fact that these brasshats today are pre- paring to place on the retired list'on June 30 hundreds of experienced regular Navy and Ma- rine Corps officers with from 10 to 25 years of; active service. On that day the Navy careers of these officers are slated to come to an end. Because of the great war need, actually they won't be let out. What will happen is this: They will be placed on the retired list and simultaneously recalled to active duty. But as far as chances for promotion or a Navy future is concerned, they are all wash- ed up. When the war is over they will revert to retired status and be dropped. This is nothing new. It has been' going on for years. Selection Boards, made up of brasshats, have "passed over" thousands of officers often because of some personal pique against them or their wives or because, as happened several years ago in the case of a group of world-famous pilots, they were not Annapolis graduates. These officers entered the Navy's fledgling air branch during the World War. They became the backbone of this service, pioneering many devel- opments and setting many world records. But because they did not have the Annapolis label when they became eligible for promotion to the rank of Commander, a Selection Board "passed over" every one of them and earmarked ther for retirement: Outraged by this gross unfairness, Congress passed a special bill to save these officers. But the brasshats were more powerful than Congress. They went to the President and gt him to veto the bill. Today, these officers are still serving their country in dangerous posts - as "discards" who, if they survive the war, will be retired as a "re- ward" for their service. Sons Of Rich Men WTHILE axing officers of faithful service who are fighting for their country on the high seas, the brasshats are quietly dishing out com- missions and soft berths to scores of draft elig- ibles who have the good fortune to be the sons of rich and influential fathers. The other day the Navy Department issued a press release giving the names of 461 men com- missioned as "aviation administrative" officers. Between the ages of 27 and 42, they will hol down desk jobs at induction centers, services schools, etc. A large percentage of this list of newly-made officers are rich young men of the Social Reg- ister. These are a few of them: Colby M. Chester III. son of the chairman of General Foods Corp.; August Belmont, scion of the famous socialite family; Clifford V. Brokaw, son of a prominent New York broker; Sherman Chickering, son of a leading San Francisco cor- poration lawyer; Michael Cudahy, of the famous packing fpmily; Herbert Fleishhacker, Jr., son of a San Francisco banker: Channing Frothing- ham, of a prominent Boston family; Arthur A. Dunn, son of a wealthy St. Louis (Mo.) realtor; Robert Patterson, Jr., and William P. Patterson, of the National Cash Register family; John S. Pillsbury, Jr., son of the Minneapolis flour fam- ily; Ogden Phipps of the Long Island Phippses. Washington is overrun with these young, wealthy socialites who have wangled Navy com- missions and are fighting the war on the exciting fronts of the Capital's embattled cocktail lounges, salons and exclusive clubs. For some reason the Social Registerites seem to prefer the Navy. Maybe it's because Navy commissions are more easily obtained by the "right people" than Army commissions. Meanwhile, local draft boards are peppering Washington authorities with complaints about Navy requests for the deferment of certain reg- istrants facing induction on the ground that they are in line for a Navy commission. NOTE: Latest member of an influential fam- ily to be given a commission by the Navy is Hiram Johnson III, grandson of the bitter iso- 1;i tionist. California Senator. R1,Uo'-Ja)tilI est'War7 ' (fCi1atI ONE of the principal subjects discussed by Harry Hopkins and Gen. Marshall in London was Russian involvement in the war in the Pa- cific. Allied chiefs are convinced that the ques- tion no longer is whether Russia and Japan will fight, but when. The answer to this question is of greatest moment to both sides. Russian participation in the Pacific would mean many vital strategic ad- vantages to the United States. The spectacular U. S. bombing raid from Australia to Manila, could be duplicated on Tokio if U. S. planes could use Vladivostok as a landing base. We are spending millions of dollars on mech- anized ground equipment, forgetting that the DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) Will each graduate, therefore, be certain that the Diploma Clerk has his correct mailing address to insure delivery by mail. The U. S. Mail Service will, of course, return all diplomas which cannot be delivered. Because of adverse conditions abroad, foreign students should leave ad- dresses in the United States, if pos- sible, to which diplomas may be mailed. It is preferred that ALL diplomas be personally called for. Herbert G. Watkins, Assistant Secrtary Effective April 20 the following rates will apply to the use of Uni- versity-owned cars and trucks: Sedans, $0.07 per mile; Station wagons, $0.10 per mile; Minimum charge $2.00. Trucks, 2 ton and under, with driver, $1.75 per hour. Trucks, 2 11 ton and over, with driv- er, $2.25 per hour. Minimum charge, $3.00. These charges will be made to the appropriate departmental budgets by the usual routine. E. C. Pardon, Superintendent Buildings and Grounds To All Members of the Faculty and Administrative Staff: If it seems cer- tain that any telephones will not be used during the summer months, please notify the Business Office, Mr. Peterson. A saving can be effected if instruments are disconnected for a period of a minimum of three months. Herbert G. Watkins Faculty, College of Engineering: There will be a meeting of the Fac- ulty of this College today at 4:15 p.m., in Room 348, West Engineering Building. One purpose of the meet- ing will be to discuss a revision of the Chemical and Metallurgical En- gineering curriculum. A. H. Lovell, 'Secretary College of Engineering: Seniors who expect to graduate in May, 1942, should fill out the blank for diploma application, in the Secretary's Office, Room 263 West Engineering Building, not later than April 28. A. H. Lovell, Secretary Detroit Armenian Women's Club Scholarship: The Detroit Armenian Women's Club offers a scholarship for $100 for the year 1942-43 for which young men and women of Armenian parentage,; living in the Detroit metropolitan district who demonstrate scholastic ability and possess good character and who have had at least one year of college work, are eligible. Further information may be obtained from me.{ Dr. Frank E. Robbins, 1021 Angell Hall Seniors: The University sends out interesting and instructive informa- tion several times each year to all of the alumni. In order that you may receive these, please keep your cor-- ret address at all times on file in the Alumni Catalog Office. If you are entering the U.S. Army or Navy Service, please advise the Catalog Office of such fact, giving a permanent address for the duration. Your co-operation in this will be greatly appreciated. Lunette Hadley, Director Senior Life Saving for Women: Certificates from the first semester and badges and pins from the second semester may be obtained in Office 15, Barbour Gymnasium from 9:00 to 12:00 daily this week. Residence Halls for Men and Wo- men Applications for Staff Positions: Upperclass, graduate, and profession- al students who wish to apply for Staff Assistantships and other stu- dent personnel positions in the Resi- dence Halls may obtain application blanks in the Office of the Director of Residence Halls, 205 South Wing. Unmarried members of the faculty holding the rank of Teaching Fellow or above are invited to apply for Resident Adviserships in the Quad- rangles House Masteiships). Posi- tions of all grades will be open foi the Fall and Spring Terms; and it is probable that there will be a limited number of student and faculty staff vacancies for the Summer Term. Karl Litzenberg Notice to Property Owners: If you have e purch mased improved pr(- rty on a land contract and owe a bal- anice il the proximity of G0 per ccell of the valute of the propert ,Y, thi Investment Office, 10 South Wing of University Hall would be glad t discuss the possibilities of refinan cing your conitract through 'the niedi- um of a mortgage. There are advan tages to be had in this manner o refinamIcing. Teaching Departments Wishing to Recommend tentative May graduate from the College of Literature, Sci ence and the Arts and the School o Education for Departmental Honor should send such names to( the Regis trar's Office, Room 4, U. ;hall befor May 15, 1942. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar. "If this outfit don't scare the boss into giving me a raise, nothing will!" GRIN AND BEAR IT Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall; office hours 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information Academic Notices The Botanical Seminar will meet Wednesday, April 22, at 4:30 p.m. in room 1139 Natural Science building. Mr. S. G. Wildman will give papers entitled "The Release of Auxin from Isolated Leaf Proteins of Spinach by Enzymes" and "The Instability of Tryptophane under Conditions of Mild Alkalinity." All interested are invited. Pre-medical Students: Attention is again called to the Medical Aptitude Test of the Association of American Colleges which will be given here on Friday, April 24. This test is a nor- mal requirement for admission to practically all medical schools, and is given but once a year. Students who expect to enter a medical school in the school year of 1943-1944 should take the examination at this time. Requirements for admission to a medical school do not need to be completed at the time of the test. However, it is doubtful that anyone with less than sophomore standing will be prepared at this time for the examinatoin. Further information may be ob- tained in Room 4 University Hall, and tickets should be purchased im- mediately at the Cashier's Office. Doctoral Examination for Harry Franklin Williams, Romance Lan- guages (French); thesis: "A Critical Study of Floriant et Florete." To- day, 110 Romance Language Build- ing, 4:00 p.m. Chairman E. B. Ham. By action of the Executive Board the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doctor- al candidates to attend the examina- tion and he may grant permission to those who for sufficient reason might I wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum May Festival Tickets: A limited number of tickets for each of the six May Festival concerts are still avail- able. When the supply for any con- cert is exhausted, a limited number of standing room tickets will be placed on sale at the office of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower. Charles A. Sink, PresidentI Student Recital: Joan Bondurant, soprano, has chosen songs by Han- del, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert, Debussy and Massenet, as well as ra gr"oup in English, for her recital at 4:15 p.m. today in Lydia Mendels- sohn Theater. Given in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the * degree of Bachelor of Music, the re- cital is open to the public. Student Recital: Mary Romig, violinist, will give a recital in Rack- ham Assembly Hall at 8:30 tonight A student of Wassily Besekirsky and a member of the University Sym- yphony Orchestra, Miss Romig ha Sarranged a program to include works - of handel, Mozart and Faure. The recital is given in partial fulfillment g of the requirements of the degree 0 o Master of Music and is open to the public. The regular Tuesday evening pro. f gram of recorded music in the Men's Lounge of the Rackham Building a' 8:00 p.m. will be as follows: o Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D 's Major ("Clock"). Debussy: Suite Bergamasque (fo: f piano). s Bach: Brandenburg Concertos. e The annual spring concert of th University of iMicigan Men's Gle Club, David Mattern, Conductor, wi] be given Thursday, April 23, at 8:3 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. The publi Exhibition, College of Architecture 'and Design: An exhibition of ink- and-brush life drawings by Milton Horn of New York City, a resident sculptor under a Carnegie Founda- tion Grant at Olviet College, is being shown in the ground floor cases of the Architecture Building. Open daily 9 to 5, except Sunday, through April 28. The public is invited. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. M. S. Di- mand, Curator of Near Eastern Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, will lecture on the subject, "Coptic Art of the Muham- madan Period" (illustrated), under the auspices Qf the Museum of Art and Archaeology at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is cordial- ly invited. Events Today Freshmen majoring in chemistry or chemical engineering: The Fresh- man Chemistry Club will meet tonight at 8:00 in 303 Chem. Bldg. Dr. C. B. Slawson will speak on "Diamonds." Varsity Glee Club: Special rehear- sal tonight at 8:00 in the Glee Club room. Freshman Discussion Group: "What Is the Basis 'for Deciding What is Right and What is Wrong?" will be discussed at Lane Hall tonight at 7:30. Alpha Nu meeting tonight at 7:30, fourth floor Angell Hall. Keys pre- sented to new members. Plans for initiation of new members discussed. All members are asked to attend and to call all members by phone whom they believe will miss this bulletin. Sigma Rho Tau will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Union. Speech con- tests will be continued, featuring this week the hall of fame group final round and the preliminaries in the project speech category. All mem- bers are requested to attend. ByLichty i The Patrons Committee Spot Hop will meet today p.m. in the League. Please pen. for the at 4:30 bring a The Bibliophiles Section of the Women's Faculty club will meet at 2:30 p.m. today at the home of Mrs. Frank Finch, 1619 S, University Ave. Episcopal Students: Tea will be served for Episcopal students and their friends at Harris Hall this after- noon, 4:00 to 5:30. Christian Science Orgarlization will meet tonight at 8:15 in the chapel of the Michigan League. o Coming Events Athena Literary Society: Election of officers on Thursday, April 23, at 8:15 p.m. Attendance compulsory. Alpha Nu, Zeta Phi Eta, Delta Sig- tua Rho and Sigma Rho Tau arein- vited by Athena to hear Professor Mentor Williams talk on Russia on Thursday, April 23, at 9:00 p.m., in the Kalamazoo Room of the League. Theta Sigma Phi will hold initia- tion services on Wednesday, April 22, at 5:00 p.m. at the League. All mem- bers must attend. Graduate Students in Speech: The April meeting of the Graduate Study Club will be held at 4:00 p.m. Wed- nesday, April 22, in the East Confer- ence Room of the Rackham Building. The German Roundtable, Interna- tional Center, which meets at 9:00 pm. on Wednesday in Room 23 of the Center. will be led by Thor Reykdal. I