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British Shake-Up
Should. Be Extended .
P UBLIC CRITICISM - traditionally
Britain's unique weapon for keep-
ing its cabinets in line with popular will-has
finally become articulate -again after the long
period of silence which had been observed in
the interest of united support of Churchill's
war cabinet.
in order to satisfy this new barrage of criti-
cism, Prime Minister Churchill yesterday re-
shuffled his cabinet, supplanting Lord Beaver-
brook by Oliver Lyttelton as production head,
making Sir Stafford Cripps the most power-
ful new figure in the government by appointing
him lord privy seal and House of Commons
leader, and dropping Sir Kingsley Wood and
Arthur Greenwood.
The very fact that Churchill was forced to
effect the cabinet "shake-up" in order to .meet
growing disapproval on the part of domestic
and dominion critics is an encouraging sign.
For the old truism that unchecked and uncriti-
cized power produces over-confidence and poorer
performance, has been illustrated by Churchill's
speeches and appointments this year, both of
which were not as good as those of last year.
And the specific changes which the Prime
Minister made, insofar as they went, were en-
couraging to those who are anxious that this
war for democracy be fought by nations whose
leaders are of definite democratic conviction.
The most encouraging appointment is that of
Cripps, who, despite the present lack of knowl-
edge as to his leadership abilities, clearly pos-
sesses the necessary intellectual qualifications
and the determination both to prosecute the war
vigorously and to strive for democracy as the
ultimate goal of the struggle.
Lyttelton, one of Churchill's "bright young
men," has shown by his performance as Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade that he possesses
the training and ability demanded of the min-
ister in charge of production.
T IS REGRETTABLE, however, that Churchill
did not make even more far-reaching
changes than he did. His cabinet still contains
men who detract from its effectiveness and
from the faith which the public can be expected
to have in it. Sir John Anderson, Lord President
of the Council, is at diehard with a long record of
failure in almost everything he has attempted.
Captain David Margesson, Secretary of State,
for War, is disliked by Left Tories as well as by
Liberals and Laborites. He was the Tory Party
Whip throughout the Baldwin-Chamberlain
period, and his duty was to see that the Tories
voted for Chamberlain and to discipline them
if they protested. In that capacity he incurred
the hatred which is keenly felt even today.
UNLESS Prime Minister Churchill gets rid of
men like Anderson and Margesson he will
find that the barrage of criticism which he
thought to have been warded off by yesterday's
move was only the precursor of more violent
attacks to come. If his cabinet is to survive, it
must contain the best elements of the various
political groups in England; it cannot afford to
contain weak men or men of questionable repu-
tation.
-TIvine' Jaffe
The Reply Churlish
by TOUCHSTONE
THERE ARE TIMES, my dear reading public,
when I regard you as a great hungry beast
sitting patiently waiting to be fed a certain
number of inches of 17-pica newsprint three
mornings a week. Myself I see at such times as
a provider who must not only do the marketing,
but cook the food and serve it too. In short, I
am not just now what you might call "busting"
with an idea. Nothing much is happening except
the graduate record exams Monday night, and
The Forgotten Village, which I stayed away
from to write a column, and Paul Robeson in
Emperor Jones coming Sunday night. I can say
nothing about any of these except that I don't
like having to take the grad record exams, but
long ago ceased to protest violations of my time
when they were of a statistical and University-
instigated nature.
I am tired of the town. I am tired of its over
serious and its under-serious people. Nothing
seems'new here. I have been here too long per-
haps, but thinking back over the "dim, twilight
years" it doesn't seem as if anything new ever
did happen except in my freshman year. The
have been moments of triumph, but they seem
in retrospect to have been always the same tri-
umph in a different sports coat. There have
been profs-endless profs, and endless hours in
class, taking notes, wondering if there were
something big and subtle about the courses, or
if it were just as obvious and dragged out as it
appeared to be-finding out at the end of the
semester that it was obvious and dragged out,
getting a grade, getting an eligibility card, get-
ting tireder and tireder, finally realizing that
if it weren't so close to graduation I would prob-
ably drop out.
THE over-serious people being indignant about
things, asking questions in class when they
know the answers, arguing with any prof who
tries to present a view that differs from the
views they brought with them, organizing com-
mittees, going to meetings, walking fast with
briefcases swinging on their arms, peering at
the world with a frown, tuning their voices to
suit the pi'ecision'they seek and find too soon in
life. And the under-serious people, the kids
from the dorms who march in step back from
the beer halls, singing and shouting and breath-
ing hard because when they walk together they
all walk faster than they would alone, playing
juke boxes, buying cokes, talking about women
or about men, waiting for checks from home,
groaning about homework and going to the owl
shows to forget it, going to the Health Service
just before exams, playing a noisier and more
jovial part than they are when they are alone,
nervously trying to conceal their deviations from
the norm by the way they dress, the way they
talk, the way they laugh and laugh. I am very
tired of'them all. I am so tired of them that I
can neither laugh at them or attack them or
weep over them. They bore me stiff-that's all.
The bromide says you shouldn't get bored, but
somebody has alre'ady answered that one. I do
my work and read and go to a show now and'
then and wish I could have more fun, but when
I try it bores me because of the way you have
to go about it. I have spent too much of my
time here being a good guy-ask anybody who
knows me, but not too well-and finally as I
sum things up, I find that about all I like to do
is sit around and talk, or work or read or go to
a show now and then. But I always wish hell
would break loose, or somebody commit an axe
murder or something so I could go out and look
at it.
I'M NOT REASONABLE about it; I am too
bored to be reasonable. I just want to look
at it, and in the full enjoyment of my boredom
say so what. I am tired of the buildings of the
town, I am tired of the streets and the coffee
joints and the polkas and the girls and the snow
and the Daily and Angell Hall. I am very tired
of writing a column, of being a newspaper man,
of being a short story writer, of talking to writers
and newspaper men. I need a shot in the arm,
but I would not walk ten steps right now to get
one, because I am tired. I need a drink, but I
long ago got tired of drinking. Such a dull,
gray world it is, when you haven't anything to
write about. Such a humorous apathetic frame
of mind I am in now. So long until soon.
Anglo-U. S. Cooperation
Needed For Victory ...
WITH the airing of the mistakes of the
American and British military
strategists and the realization that there may be
more of which we are not informed, there arises
a parallel danger that may turn out to be even
more disastrous to the Allied cause than losing
battles in the Far East and Lybia. For with the
avalanche of criticism here being directed
against Britain it will become extremely difficult
for many people to maintain any faith what-
soever in the English.
The just accusations now being directed
against our own war methods are not com-
parable in effect, though they are in scope. The
American government has taken a lot of criti-
cism, and will undoubtedly take a lot more, but
we have the feeling that it will do us good.
Whatever we may think of Pearl Harbor or the
burning of the Normandie we still believe that
we have learned something by those "incidents"
and that they will not be allowed to happen
again.
WITH our "British cousins" however, it is an-
other story. Too many people feel now that
we can no longer trust them. They bungled,
the defense of Singapore, and in spite of Church-
ill's statement that the escape of the Scharn-
horst and the Gneisenau will really help the
British, they have not turned out to be the kind
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DAILY OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1942
VOL. L1I. No. 101
Publication in the Daily Official
Bulletin is constructive notice to all
mrnem~-r, of the University.
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GRIN AND BEAR IT
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Robet SfAies
WASHINGTON-Ever since the escape of the
German battleships Gneisenau and Scharn-
horst, with the cruiser Prince Eugen, the U.S.
and British high commands have been studying
the strength of the Allied fleet in the Atlantic.
Battleships are like kings in a game of check-
ers. They can move backwards or forwards
with more impunity than lesser vessels; and they
can "take" smaller warships. Therefore, a com-
pact, powerful body of battleships, making sur-
prise raids on an enemy can prove disastrous
in the extreme - especially when the antagonist
has long supply lines spread out over 3,000 miles
of the North Atlantic, guarded only by destroyers
and cruisers.
Surveying the new Nazi naval strength, Allied
commanders are preparing for the worst. For
this is what they figure the Nazis have:
The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, 26,000
tons each.
The new battleship Tirpitz, 40,000 tons.
The Friedrich der Grosse and Hindenburg,
45,000 tons each, under construction for
some time and probably 95 per cent com-
pleted
Two airplane carriers, the Deutschland
and Graf Zeppelin, of 19,500 tons carrying
250 planes each.
Eight cruisers of the Prince Eugen class.
TO MATCH THIS, the United States must
have a battle fleet of equal strength capable
of getting to various parts of the Atlantic in a
hurry. The size of our fleet in the Atlantic is a
military secret, but it was no secret before the
war and is therefore known to the enemy that
many of our battleships were built as far back
as 1911 and 1912, making them thirty years old.
And a, battleship only twenty years old is con-
sidered out of date.
That was one reason why President Roosevelt
issued his grim warning that the entire East
Coast of the United States, and even Detroit,
might be vulnerable to attack.
All this is why U.S. strategists are convinced
that the British-American fleets must concen-
trate their operations in the Atlantic even at
the expense of the Mediterranean; wly the
British may even have to withdraw their fleet
from the Mediterranean.
The Pacific is a different problem. But in
the Atlantic U.S. admirals fear disastrous con-
sequences if the Allied fleets continue to be
divided between the Mediterranean and the
North Atlantic.
This question is going to be one of the most
vital debates facing Allied commanders - es-
pecially with the French fleet getting restless
in the Mediterranean.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Proposals
MRS. ROOSEVELT has made some proposals
to the Army and Navy that more recogni-
tion be given Negroes in the armed services. She
has proposed a colored flying squadron and
colored tank units, contending that if proper
recognition is given to the Negro he will prove ,
just as valiant a defender of his country as any
other citizen.
Mrs. Roosevelt has also taken up the cudgels
on behalf of Negro claims that they should be
eligible to commissions in the Navy.
Behind-the-scenes, this has created quite a
furor, because the Navy has not been open to
commissioned colored officers in the past. And
so far the Navy has answered a flat-footed "no."
The Army, however, has not closed the door
to colored officers. Colored commissioned offi-
cers served in the last war, and until he retired
recently, there was one colored brigadier general
in the Army. So far, however, the Army has nor
welcomed Mrs. Roosevelt's proposals of colored
air squadrons and tank units.
President Vargas' Dream
MADAME VARGAS, wife of the President of
Brazil, remarked about her daughter the
other day: "I don't know what to do about Al-
zira. All she talks about is the United States."
This remark illustrates not only the tremen-
dous wave of Brizilian sentiment for the United
States but also one of the chief reasons for
President Vargas' pro-American policy. All his
children, plus his wife, have visited here. One
boy spent four years at Johns Hopkins; Al-
zira has made four trips to the United States;
his second son is now here studying medicine.
Vargas himself has never been to this coun-
try, though it is his ambition to come. However,
a few days after the Rio de Janeiro Conference
he sent his Minister of Finance and his closest
friend to Washington as a step toward fulfilling
a long-cherished dream.
That dream is to develop the vast Amazon
valley and make it the heart of Brazil, just as
the Mississippi Valley has become the heart of
the United States.
American or English war methods. Right
now is the time for such criticism, while we
can still remedy the situation. Neither our
strategy nor that of the British has proved
effective against the Japanese. But any and
a all criticism must be apart-completely
apart-from allied cooperation.
WE may not like British imperialism any more
than we care foreCommunism, we may think
that the British have behaved like bigger fools
than ourselves, but the fact remains that we
Notices
Monday, February 23,
holiday for the University
ington's Birthday which
Sunday, Feb. 22.
will be a
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BY !iclhiy
In view of the emergency, from
and after the date of this publication
all automobiles and trucks owned by
the University (excepting Hospital
ambulanc), by whatever depart-
ment previously operated, are to be
regarded as pooled and under the
entire control and direction of Mr
E. C. Pardon, Superintendent of
Buildings and Grounds. Mr. Pardon
will allocate the use of these cars
and trucks to such University pur-
poses as are appropriate during the
war emergency and will supervise
such use to any desirable extent. The
pooling of this University equipment
is for the period of the emergency
or until further orders from the un-
dersigned or the President and Re-
gents.
Shirley W. Smith,
Vice-President and Secretary
Library Hours on Washington's
Birthday: On Monday, February 23,
the Service Departments of the Gen-e
eral Library will be open the usualT
hours, 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The
Study Halls outside of the building
and the Departmental Libraries will
be closed.
W. G. Rice, Director d
Faculty, College of Literature, Sci-I
ence, and the Arts: Attendance report
cards are being distributed through
the departmental offices. Instruc--r
tors are requested to report absencest
of sophomores, juniors, and seniorsI
to 1220 Angell Hall, on the buff cardsi
which are now being distributedI
to departmental secretaries. Greenr
cards are being provided for report-N
ing freshmen absences. All fresh-r
men attendance reports should bet
made on the green cards and sentr
directly to the office of the Academicc
Counselors, 108 Mason Hall.i
Please note especially the regula-r
tions concerning three-week absences,
and the time limits for droppingt
courses. The rules relating to ab-r
sences are printed on the attendances
cards. They may also be found onI
page 52 of the current Announce-
ment of our College.2
E. A. Walter
Assistant Dean
The United States Coast Guard
desires college graduates for com-r
missions in the Coast Guard Reserve.I
Applicants must have the followingc
requirements:i
(a) Be unmarried and not less thanP
20 years of age nor more than 30t
years of age as of date of appoint-
ment.
(b) Be a native born citizen of theo
United States or, if naturalized, mustt
have been a naturalized citizen for(
at least 10 years and residing con-I
tinuously in the United States for
that length of time immediately pre-
ceding application.
(c) Meet physical requirements forc
commission in the Coast Guard Re-
serve.
(d) Possess at least a Bachelor's
degree from an accredited Universityr
or College, and submit credits neces-I
sary to substantiate degree held, in-r
cluding at least two one-semesteri
courses in mathematics of college
grade.
(e)Be of good repute in their com-
munity.
(f) Agree not to marry prior toI
completion of training period.
(g) Enlist as an apprentice sea-
man in the Coast Guard ReserveI
for preliminary training for appoint-I
ment as cadet.1
Forms for applications and gen-
eral instructions may be obtained at
the office of Naval Science and Tac-
tics, North Hall.
May and August Graduates in
Aeronautical, Civil, Electrical and
Mecanical Engineering: Mr. Martin
D. Collins, Representative of the Boe-
ing Aircraft Company (Seattle,]
Wash. and Wichita, Kansas) will in-
terview May and August graduates
in the above mentioned branches of
engineering for employment, today,
in Room 3205 East Engineering Build-
ing. Interested students will please
sign the interview schedule posted
on the Bulletin Board near Room
B-47 East Engineering Building.
The University Bureau of Appoint-
ments has received notice of the fol-
lowing United States Civil Service
Examinations.
Assistant Inspector of Hulls, $3,200,
until further notice.
Assistant Inspector of Boilers, $3,-
200, until further notice.
Physician, $4,000, until further'
notice.
Safety Instructor (Bureau of
Mines First-Aid or Mine-Rescue cer-
tificate necessary, $1,800, March 30,
1942.
Further information may be ob-
tained frofn the announcement
which is on filehat the Bureau of
Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, office
"Confidentially, how do you manage to look so dissipated on
twenty-one bucks r month?"
ent of Schools, Toledo, Ohio, by I
March 1.V
Bureau o Appointments andI
Occupatonal Information. L
-
Identification cards for new stu-4
dents who enrolled the second sem- t
ester may be obtained by calling atv
Room 2, University Hall.
Seniors in Engineering and Busi- r
ness Administration: A representa- v
tive of Bethlehem Steel Company,"
Bethlehem, Pa., will interview Sen- t
iors of the several Departments of I
Engineering and the School of Busi-7
ness Administration on Tuesday and i
Wednesday, February 24 and 25, for
prospective positions in steel produc-
tion, mechanical and electrical plan-
ning, coke and by-products, fabri-
cated steel construction, shipbuild-t
ing, research, development, manage-c
ment.r
Descriptive booklets and applica- c
tion forms are available in each de- t
partment office. Interview time c
schedules are posted on Mechanicalt
Engineering bulletin board.7
Interviews will be held in Room'
218 West Engineering Bldg.
Academic Notices
Biological Chemistry Seminar will
meet on Tuesday, February 24, att
7:30 p.m., in Room 319, West Medi-1
cal Building. "The Essential Amino 9
Acids-Utilization of Amino Acide
Mixtures" will be discussed. All in- t
terested are invited.4
All music history, music literature,
and musicology students are required1
to attend the recital of Yves Tinayre t
on Monday, February 23, in the Lydiai
Mendelssohn Theatre at 8:30 p.m.
Glen D. McGeoch
M.E. 36: Assignments for Wednes-l
day, February 25, Barnes, Chapter 4.<
Biological Chemistry 111: Refund
slips may be obtained at the Stock-
room on Tuesday, Wednesday, andi
Friday, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Each student
must call in person to receive his}
refund slip.
Concerts
Alec Templeton, Pianist, will be
heard in a special concert Thurs-
day, February 26, at 8:30 in Hill,
Auditorium. Before intermission the
program will consist of numbers by,
Handel, Bach, Chopin, Franck, and,
Debussy. After intermission five
numbers composed by the performer
will be included. The program will.
be supplemented by humorous and
satirical contributions, for which the
public address system will be utilized.
Reserved seat tickets may be pur-
chased at the offices of the Univer-
sity Musical Society in Burton Me-
morial Tower, at the following prices:
main floor 95c, first balcony 75c and
the top balcony 55c (including tax .
Charles A. Sink, President
Exhibitions
Exhibition, College of Architec-
ture and Design: The work of Pyn-
son Printers, consisting of books, pan-
els, labels, posters. Ground floor
corridor cases. Open daily 9 to 5,'
except Sunday, through March 2.
The public is invited.
Ann Arbor Art Association: An ex-
hibition of regional art and craft as
represented by the work of Jean Paul
Slusser and Charles Culver, painters,
and of Mary Chase Stratton and
Grover Cole, potters. The Rackham
Galleries. Open daily 2-4 and 7-9
except Sunday through March 4. The
public is cordially invited to see this
important exhibition. No admission
charge.
Lectures
University Lecture: Yves Tinayre,
noted authority on vocal art, will be
President of the American Geologists,
will lecture on the subject, "Petroleum
Reserves and Discovery" illustrated),
under the auspices of the Department
of Geology on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at
4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphl-
theater. The public is cordially in-
vited.
University Lecture: Professor Lau-
rence H. Snyder of Ohio State Uni-
versity will lecture on the subject,
'Heredity and Modern Life," (illus-
trated) under the auspices of the
Laboratory of Vertebrate Genetics, on
Tuesday, February 24, at 8:00 p.m.
"n the Rackham Amphitheatre. The
public is cordially invited.
University Lecture: Dr. Carl G.
Hartman. Professor of Physiology at
the University of Illinois, will lecture
n the subject, "Two Decades of Pri-
mate Studies and Their Influence
n Gynecological Thought and Prac-
tice" (illustrated), under the auspices
of the Department of Anatomy and
the Medical School, at 4:15 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 3, in the Rackham
Lecture Hall. The Public is cordially
nvited.
Events Today
The Angell Hall Observatory wih
be open to the public from 8:00 to
10:00 (Eastern War Time) tonight.
The moon and the planets Jupiter
and Saturn will be shown through
the telescopes. Children must be
accompanied by adults.
The Suomi (Finnish) Club will
have a meeting tonight at 8:00 in
the International Center. Everyone
interested is urged to attend.
The Opera will be broadcast from
the Men's Lounge of the Rackham
Building today at 2:00 p.m. All stu-
dents and faculty are welcome.
Study Group on Peace Proposals.
A new discussion group at the Inter-
national Center will be organized at
2:30 p.m. today to study the peace
proposals that are currently being
made by men in high position. The
first proposals to be studied will be
assigned at this time for subsequent
meetings and will probably be by
Eduard Benes, Otto of Hapsburg,
Henry Wallace, and a study of the
Atlantic Charter, the Alliance of the
Twenty Six Nations and similar gov-
ernmental declarations. All inter-
ested are invited.
Saturday Luncheon Group meets
today at Lane Hall at 12:15 p.m.
Outdoor Sports: Flexible Flyer
sleds are available for coasting and
may be obtained at the Women's
Athletic Building.
Coining Events
The Romance Language Journal
Club will meet on Tuesday, February
24, at 4:15 p.m., in the East Confer-
ence Room, Rackham Bldg. Pro-
gram: Mr. Henry Bershas will speak
on "La gran conquista de Ultramar
and its Problems," and Dr. A. Her-
man will speak on "Some Examples
of Method Misapplied." Graduate
students and others interested are
invited.
The Ch.E. will hold a meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 24. at 7:30 p.m. in
room 1042 East Engineering Build-
ing. H. F. Roderick, Director of Re-
search at the Michigan, Alkali Co.,
will speak on "Heavy Chemical Pro-
duction." Everyone is invited. Re-
freshments.
Varsity Glee Club: All glee club
men are reminded that rehearsal
will begin at 3 o'clock Sunday after-
noon. Usual informal dress for the
Hill. Auditorium appearance.
International Center Program: The