TIE MICHIGAN DAILY ga'"n Batty The WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN 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. REPRESENTED POR NATIONAL ADVERTIMN BY National Advertising Service, Inc. ; College Publishers Representative 420 MADIsON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON * LOS ANGELIS * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1941-42 E ditorial Staff Homer Swander Morton Mintz Will Sapp Charles Thatcher Gleorge W. Sailade Bernard Hendel Myron Dann . Barbara deFries Edward J. Perlber Fred M. Ginsberg Mary Lou Curran Jane Lindberg * . . Managing Editor Editorial Director City Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor * . . . Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Women's Editor Business Staff g.s9. . Business Manager . . Associate Business Manager . . Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager NIGHT EDITOR: LEON GORDENKER The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. British Demand That Churchill Act T HERE IS a growing feeling in that tight little isle called Britain that No. 10 Downing St. needs a new occupant, Wednesday's by-elections in which both Church- ill supporters went down to defeat are an indi- cation that the British are not only dissatisfied with the present cabinet, but are actually ready to do something about it. Less and less is the cry heard that Church- ill's inspirational force is necessary to the war effort, and more and more are heard the names of Bevin and Cripps. Their politi- cal potentialities are not yet fully realized, but unless the British Lion is on the offen- sive by fall, a desperate people will have to take the chance. There are two principal complaints concern- ing the Churchill government, and both of them are so well substantiated as to leave little doubt concerning their validity. NUMBER ONE CHARGE is that excess profits are being made far too frequently and in far too great amounts by manufacturers not alone of munitions, but of luxury goods. Such enormous profits are being made that Britishers gasped in amazement at FDR's recommendation that our maximum income be cut as low as $25,000 for the duration. A labor government was on its way in when war broke out, and the sentiment which was bringing labor to the fore will not long stand idly by when such profits are being made. The second, and if possible, more important charge concerns the directing of Britain's war effort. Lord Beaverbrook last week voiced the hopeful feelings of millions of British and colo- nial peoples when he asked for a second front. The English are getting terribly impatient as they suffer setback after setback, and RAF raids are not enough to satisfy their desire for a conclusive victory in some war theatre. Bea- verbrook, a man who should be in a position to know, has told them a second front is both pos- sible and plausible. Nothing else will suit them. Churchill, one of the Empire's greatest cohe- sive powers during the last two years, is no longer functioning as well in that capacity. He seems to have acquired a defense-complex, one that permits none of the daring gambles of 1916. Unfortunately, Britain's present situation calls for some first-class chance-taking, and Church- ill is evidently not the man. Unless the Allies' third best bet, John Bull, wins a race this summer there'll be a new jockey up in the fall.-- Hale Champion WASHINGTON-Inside intelligence informa- tion is that Japanese propaganda agents are now marshalling their forces for a concerted attack against the United States in Latin Amer- ica, with Argentina, Brazil and Chile as focal points. Japan will resort to a number of typical Axis methods to sway neutral countries away from collaboration with the United States, including the Axis-worn tactics of making overtures and giving assurances that she has no imperialistic aims toward these countries. On the other hand, the Japanese will emphasize that the United States has been greedy in her international trade relations and has imperialistic designs on Cen- tral and South America. In launching this propaganda attack Japan has instructed her agents to do everything pos- sible to solicit the good-will of Spanish and Portuiguese representatives in Latin American countries. In addition to propaganda agents and diplo- matic representatives, Japan has recruited agents in commercial firms throughout both Europe and the American countries to propa- gandize persons of Latin culture and Catholic faith. In this connection, plans have been made to go even so far as to try to exploit His High- ness, The Pope. Already $50,000 has been forwarded to Japa- nese representatives in Chile to be used in at- tempting to bribe government officials. One of the most audacious phases of the Japanese plan is the one that calls for an at- tempt to induce a revolution in the United States by cooperation with factional groups within the country, and creating dissension among the people by sniping at the Roosevelt Administra- tion. Republican Harmony . Except for a brief, isolationist flare-up against Wendell Willkie's resolution pledging full sup- port to Roosevelt's war policies, the Chicago meeting of the Republican National Committee was completely harmonious. This was due chiefly to skillful GOP Chairman Joe Martin, who not only engineered adoption of thte Willkie proposal, but placated a Willkie- hating bloc of Midwestern committeemen who were itching for a showdown brawl. Also, Mar- tin put his foot down firmly on any talk about 1944 presidential candidates, which was another friction-maker. However, there was one minor slip-up which had Martin in hot water for a few moments. According to custom, the chairman-to-be of various committees offer the resolutions for creation of the committees. John E. Jackson, national committeeman from Louisiana, wad slated to head up the committee on proxies, but Martin forgot to notify him, When it came time to appoint this committee, Martin declared: "The chair recognizes the gen- tleman from Lodisiana, Mr. Jackson." Jackson, a prominent New Orleans attorney, rose and stammered: "But I don't wish to be recognized, Mr. Chair- man. I have nothing to say." During the roar which followed, quick-thinking Martin recovered with this clever piece of par- liamentarism: "The gentleman from Louisiana moves that a committee on proxies be appointed , . . . I hear no objections . .. It is so ordered," Unfortunately it looks as if the little business man now has no better chance for government loans than during the days before Jesse Jones was stripped of sole control over little business financing, Under the President's executive order de- throning Jones, the Army and Navy were given authority to grant loans to subcontractors for war work. That is, they were empowered to ex- tend loans, in the form of advance payments, up to 100 percent of the needs of the little business man. But neither the Army or Navy is using this authority. Both are resorting to the same banker practices for which Jones was condemned. Instead of using their authority to cut red- tape and make direct loans, this is what has happened: The Army and Navy have laid down rules that compel little business men to seek the credit they need from commercial banks. For this money they will pay from 1/2 to 3 percent interest--on loans guaranteed up to 90 percent by the government, The Reply Chur ish' by TOUCHSTONE AS the days grow longer and hotter, and sen- iors do less and less work, there comes a feeling that certain last words are called for, and I think that from now until I am through on this job, I shall tell you my life story. I envy you the experience you are going to have dur- ing these palmy days, reading about me. In order that we shall not have to cast too far backwards in time, I shall begin this interesting story at the time when I entered college, and stop it where it logically must stop anyhow, ie, when I end the final column. If anything inter- esting comes up during the days ahead, I'll write about it, but at a risk of offending the intense Slosson, and bringing down his fervent, vital wrath upon my head, I can say that I don'I. expect to digress. SEVERAL YEARS AGO I was a freshman. Certain of my friends, who are rife, are given . to setting the date of my entry into the Univer- sity rather earlier than it was. Suffice it to say that on the best Moscow precedent, I adopted a five-year plan of education, considering the usual four-year period not quite adequate to the full cultivation of my mind. AS A FRESHMAN I was rather lonesome. I suppose all freshmen are, unless they are girls and pretty. I lived in a rooming house which had not seemed quite so far from campus when I drove down to it in a car early in the summer before I entered upon my vivid career here. I wrote informal essays for a special Eng- lish class, and came prematurely to regard my- self as a talented and sensitive creature, approx- imating a cross between Alexander Woollcott (I can still spell his name correctly) and Christo- pher Morley. I was not a dormitory freshman, but somehow I became involved in a very minor way in class politics. A fraternity pledge brother of mine,who never did become sufficiently eligi- ble to take the office, was elected president of the freshman class, and I coasted into whatever class politics were, on his coat tails. But even so, I did not know many people. SPENT much of my time in my room, reading books, which is a habit time has taken care of. At first I studied timidly, and failed to make Phi Eta Sigma. Later on, as I wrote more and more, and became more and more sensitive, and more like Alex and Chris as I called them, my studies suffered. Finally in the second semester I was dropped with E from a botany course for overcutting and various other sins such as not knowing how the fibrovascular bundles worked, or" where the cortex went. I was never a good science student, and microscopes worked for me in the same way James Thurber says they worked for him. I have never been fond of that botany teacher, for purely personal reasons, but I have given up the idea which I carried for a long time, of socking him on the snoot when I graduate. He may rest easy now, if his conscience will allow it'. It was the first course I had flunked in school, and I took it rather hard, and after all these years I still do. AT THE END OF THE YEAR I was still lone- A some, but not so much, because I had started to work on the Daily and was becoming known as a writer of informal essays. I had been in Black Friday, seen the football riots of '37, and though much of my confidence was gone, and I was afraid of the University, I had my fraternity pin to wear, and next year was another year. Continued in the next issue. So long until soon. [DAILY OFFICIAL] BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) School of Education Convocation: The seventh annual Convocation of undergraduate and graduate students who are candidates for the Teacher's Certificate during the academic year will be held in the Lydia Mendels- sohn Theater on Tuesday, May 5, at 4:15 p.m. This Convocation is spon- sored by the School of Education; and members of other faculties, stu- dents, and the general public are cordially invited. Vice-President Yoa- kum will preside at the Convocation and Dr. DeWitt S. Morgan, Super- intendent of Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana, will give the address. Forestry Students: Special arrange- ments have been made to issue sugar rationing coupons to students in the School of Forestry and Conservation in Room 2046 between the hours of 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4. S. T. Dana, Dean College of Engineering: Students who expect to attend the Summer Term, June 15 to September 26, should notify the Secretary's Office, Room 263, West Engineering Build- ing, as soon as possible. A. I. Lovell, Secretary Freshmen and Sophomores, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Students who will have freshman ort sophomore standing at the end of thei present semester and who plan to re-d turn either for the summer term ori the fall term should have their elec- tions approved for the next semester that they expect to be in residence,$ as soon as possible. There will be little or no time to sign up returningn students during the registration peri-2 ods preceding either of these semes- ters, so it is strongly urged that this p be taken care of now. You may make an appointment with yourn counselor by telephoning Extension 613 or by calling at the Office of then Academic Counselors, 108 Mason Hall.a Arthur Van Duren, Chairman,f Academic Counselors. National Youth Administration: Students who will register for the Summei'Term and will carry at least eleven credit hours may continue working on N.Y.A. until June 20. Those desiring to do so, please noti-3 fy Mr. Harold S. Anderson at thea N.Y.A. office in the Storehouset Building, Telephone Univ. Ext. 709. ROTC: The Provisional Rifle Con-n pany will meet at ROTC Headquart-t ers today 1:30 p.m. Problem onp Rifle Platoon in an outpost.f The University Bureau of Appoint- . ments and OccupationalInformation has received notification of the fol-F lowing Civil Service announcements.i The closing date is given in eacht case.a United States Civil Service Tabulating Machine Operators, F $1,260 to $1,440, until further notice. Printer, Monotype Keyboard Oper- t ator, $1.26 hr., June 9, 1942.c Bindery Operative (hand and ma-t chine), $.66 hr., June 9, 1942. i Under Mimeograph Operator, $1,-t 260, until furthei notice. r r Michigan State Civil Service Dockman B, $115 a month, May 8, 1942.1 Dockmaster A, $135 a month, May I 8, 1942. I Further information may be ob- tained from the announcement which is on file in the office of the Univer- sity Bureau of Appointments and Oc-t cupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information It The University Bureau of Appoint- ments has received notice of the fact that the Y.M.C.A. of Chicago is in- terested in recruiting twelve univer- sity and college graduates for thej Junior Secretaries' Training Plan., The openings that are available are described in detail in the announce- ment in the University Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Of- fice hours, 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information The Ulniversity Bureau of Appoint-t ments has received notice of the fact that the Yale University School of{ Nursing has decided to enter a group of students for the preelinical course in nursing on Jne 23. This group of students will be in addition to those who will enter the regular course on September 16. Further information may be had in the Uni- versity Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason flail. Office hours, 9-12 and1 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information The Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information has re- ceived the following information from the H. J. Heinz Company. "A representative of the H. J. Heinz Company will interview stu- dents who desire summer vacation jobs, in room 304 Michigan Union on Wednesday, May 6. These summer positions are in con- nection with our seasonal work of 1..Y j K >w y! ,, . A P i R GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty f rte- _ . s (~ 1Ji , Vhiuago TimesIc R'-g It. S. Pat. Oft..AllReRePs. the fOiN ted Pen tion has received notice of the follow- ing Civil Service Examinations, Lastu date for filing application is noted' in each case:A Michigan State Civil Service Paiole Board Member VI, salary, i $525 per month, May 20, 1942. e Adult Probations Corrections Ad-I ministrator VI, $525 per month, MayV 20, 1942.t Procedures Analyst I,salary, $155 i per month, May 20, 1942.b Procedures Analyst II, $250 per b month, May 20, 1942. Steeple Jack I, salary, $155 per month, May 20, 1942. Complete announcements on file I at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall. Of- rice hours: 9-12 and 2-4.t Bureau of Appointments and V Occupational Information i n Academic Notices Biological Chemistry Seminar willH be held today at 10:00 a.m. in Room L 319 West Medical Building. "Aceto- S acetic Acid" will be discussed. All in- terested are invited. The Bacteriological Seminar will meet in Room 1564 East Medical p Building, on Monday, May 4, at 8:00A p.m. The subject will be "The Search & for Laboratory Animals." All inter-e ested are cordially invited.t i Doctoral Examination for Olaf Preysz Bergelin, Chemical Engineer- ing; thesis: "Liquid-Liquid Extrac- tion across a Known Interfacial Area." Today, 2028 East Engineer- ing, 10:00 a.m. Chairman, G. G.p Brown.- By action of the Executive Board, the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doc- toral candidates to attend the exam- ination and he may grant permissiont to those who for sufficient reasonp might wish to be present.3 C. S. Yoakum Doctoral Examination for Samuelc Kaplan, Mathematics; thesis: "Ho-t mologies in Metric Separable Spaces."t Today, West Council, Rackham 9:30t a.m. Chairman, R. L. Wilder. V By action of the Executive Board, the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doctor-1 al candiates to attend the examina-s tion and he may grant permission to those who for sufficient reason might1 wish to be present.t C. S. Yoakum f Doctoral Examination for Wini- fred Sharlene White, Zoology; the- sis: "The Environmental Conditions1 Affecting the Genetic Mechanism ofl Wing Production in the Chrysanthe- mum Aphid." Today, 3089 Natural Science, 8:30 a.m. Chairman, A. F.t Shull. By action of the Executive Board, the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doc- toral candidates to attend the ex- amination and he may grant permis- sion to those who for sufficient rea- son might wish to be present,. C. S. Yoa.kum Concerts The May Festival schedule of pro- grams is as follows: The Philadelphia Orchestra will1 participate in all concerts. Wed. 8:30. Marian Anderson, Con- tralto; Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. Thurs. 8:30. First part: "King Dav- id" (Honegger) with Judith Hell- wig, soprano; Enid Szantho, Contral- to; Felix Knight, Tenor; Rabbi Bar- nett R. Brickner, narrator; and the University Choral Union. Second part: Emanuel Feuermann, Violon- cellist; Thor Johnson, Conductor. Fri. 2:30. First part: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" (Fletcher) - Youth Chorus; Juva Higbee, Con- ductor. Second part: Carroll Glenn, violinist; Saul Caston, Conductor. Concerts will begin on time. Doors will be closed during the numbers. Traffic regulations by direction of the Ann Arbor Police Department. Tickets will be on sale at the of- fices of the University Musical Soci- ety in Burton Memorial Tower until Tuesday, 5:00 o'clock. Beginning Wednesday morning, all remaining tickets will be on sale at the box office n Hill Auditorium. A limited num- ber of standing room tickets will be on sale as occasion may require. Charles A. Sink, Pr'esident American compositions for caril- on will be heard from 7:15-8:00, Sunday evening, May 3, at which time Professor Percival Price, Uni- versity Carillonneur, will present the tenth in the current spring carillon recital series. Printed programs of the entire eries are available in the lobby of Burton Tower, at the Union and League desks and in the office of the School of Music. c.. Exhibitions The Ann Arbor Art Association presents its Nineteenth Ann Abor Artists Exhibition May 1 through May 13, 2-5 afternoons and 7-10 evenings, daily, except Sundays, in the galleries of the Rackham Build- ng. Thirteenth Annual Exhibition of Sculpture in the Concourse of the Michigan League Building. Open- ing Monday evening, May 4, at 8:30 p.m. Those interested in the Arts cordially invited. Events Today German Club will have a picnic today from 3:45 to 6:30 p.m. Meet in front of the Rackham Building at 3:45 p.m. In case of rain there will be no picnic. It is imperative that those wishing to go sign up on one of the German Department bulletin boards by Friday noon. Everyone in- terested, although not a regular mem- ber, is invited. Election of officers will be held. Square Dance for all graduate and professional students and faculty, sponsored by Graduate Outing Club and Council tonight at 9:00 in the Rackham Assembly Hall. Dating op- tional. Instruction provided. Re-, freshments. Crop and Saddle Horse Show: Members of Crop and Saddle will leave Barbour Gymnasium prompt- ly at 1:35 p.m. today. Other riders and spectators will leave the En- gineering Arch at the same time. Bus transportation is to be furnished for a small fee. Spectators cant be ac- commodated. In case of rain, the show will be held otn the indoor ring. W.A.A. Board must. be present at 12:30 p.m. today at the W.A.B. to act as hostesses. For further informa- tion call Bette Sachs, 2-5570. Coming Events Varsity Glee Club: Theke will be a special meeting for election of offi- cers on Tuesday, May 5, at 9:00 p.m. Music deposits will be refunded at this meeting, and members are re- minded to bring their music folders and receipts. Alpha Nu, honorary speech frater- nity, will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, May 5, in its chambers on the fourth floor of Angell Hall. This meeting will include induction cere- monies of the newly elected members. Michigan Outing Club will not go on a hostel trip this week-end as was originally planned. Churches VAL> 1 F you live in a rooming house don't let your landlady lord over you about high-priced contracts for the summer semester--if you're going to be here. * * * If she starts talking to you about "some bomber plant people" who have offered her $8 a week for your $5 room, kindly remind her that an OPA ruling of a day or so ago has cut rents down to the April 1, 1941, level. * * * Landladies will be on an honor system to maintain the prescribed rent rates until July 1 when Federal inspectors will make a spot check- up. Henderson says that "chiselers" who don't pare down to the new ceiling are subject to a $5,000 fine or a year in prison, or both. * * * This may even mean a cut in your rent, but watch out for that "utilities" gag. - The City Editor Inseci Powder, Not Dyllailile EVERY NOW AND THEN, when the asininity of Representative Clare Hoffman of Michi- gan falls to a new low, we are tempted to let loose with both barrels. But by the time we get the powder horn out and test the flint to deter- mine whether it is sparking, we think of the remark made by the venerable Carter Glass years ago. "Why waste dynanite, when inse(t pow- der will do just as well." Mr. Hoffman, who has achieved an almost unequaled mastery of the art of compressing the smallest possible amount of thought into the largest possible number of words, is more of a nuisance than a danger. Teddy Roosevelt was wont to speak frequently