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CICAGO * BOSTON . .Os ANGELES * SAN FNANCiSCO Editorial Staff PROWLER ON THE HOME FRONT A LOST SUMMER: education Accelerationi Homer Swander Morton Mintz . Will Sapp George W. Sallad . Charles Thatcher . Bernard Hendel Barbara deFries Myron Dann . . . . . Managing Editor . . . Editorial Directo' .- . City Editor . ;Associate Editor S . . . AsAsociate Editor . . . Sports ditdr Women's Editor . . Associate Sports Editor Business Staff Edward J. Perlberg Fred M. Ginsberg Mary Lou Curran Jane Lindberg . James Daniels . . . . Business Manager . Associate Business Manager . Women's Business Manager . Women's Advertising Manager . Publications Sales Analyst Telephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: MARION FORD Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by nembers of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. CARRIER WASP: Americans Can Take News Of Sea Battles clam-tight Navy Department de- cided that at last the American pub- lie could know of the tragic loss of the carrier Wasp. A month after it was torpedoed to the bottom of the sea we learned about it. This was a very different tale from those glorious stories of the fanious carrier's exploits in the Mediterranean. Those were the stories i gat the American people1 had read about. But somehow those thrilling tales fail to inspire elation in American hearts uow. Far from elation, most Americans read of the fate of the Wasp with a bitter taste in their mouths. Most of that bitter taste was due to the news of the loss. But in a very large measure, it was because we were hearing about that loss a month after it happened. WE KNOW NOW that we cannot fly trust the news releases of the Navy and War departments. It has been the same story after every battle in which our forces have fought. The battle stories released showed every indication that a major American victory was being won. We went about with smiles on our faces because we knew that our navy was knocking hell out of the Japs, and incurring only minor losses in doing it. But inevitably, a week, two weeks. or now even a month later, that fine taste ofsthe cream of suc- cess turned sour when the Navy at last disclosed just what those losses were. THIS is not the way to arouse a fighting spirit in a nation. Let us follow the example of Great Britain, who with the threat of immediate invasion im- pending, admitted to her people just how bad her situation was. The English people, told blakly how bad things were, really began to fight. Our leaders must take a lesson from the Brit- ish. They must realize that the Americans do not want to be fed newspaper victories. They want the facts. - John Erlewine HE FIGHTS: WASH INGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON: Army-Navy cooperation is reported to be improving in the Solomon Islands and Secretary of War Stiimson has expressed his complete satisfaction. However, here is an illustration of how scantily the Navy hitherto has kept the Army informed about its important losses: Shortly before the Navy announced that it had lost three heavy U.S. cruisers and one Aus- tralian cruiser on the second day of battle in the Solomon Islands, Hanson Baldwin, crack naval correspondent of the New York Times, re- turned from the Solomons and was asked by a joint strategy board of the Army and Navy to give a newspaperman's observations on the Solo- mons. Near the start of his remarks, Baldwin stated that of course everyone knew the Navy had lost three big cruisers on the second day of battle. Whereupon one of the naval officers present hastily interrupted to say that he was the only one there supposed to know that. The Army officers present knew nothing about the loss. Mrs. Roosevelt & Queen Elizabeth Now that Mrs. Roosevelt is in England being entertained by Queen Elizabeth, one story of how the Queen was entertained in the White House can be told. Mrs. Roosevelt herself relates the story. She says that ordinarily she doesn't pay too much attention to White House rooms, since the very efficient White House staff keeps them spick-and-span. However, before the arrival of the King and Queen, she thought it would be' a good idea to inspect their suite. She found everything perfect-except for the bookcase. It was filled with books pertaining to the American Revolution. Hastily the Revolutionary War books were replaced. 1 -A-Year Men Here is the latest story told about $1-a-Year men in Washington. A chicken farmer was given a ferocious watch- dog by a neighbor. But after that, chickens were stolen every night. Finally the mystery was solved. The chickens were being stolen by the man who had g'iven the dog to the chicken-owner. (copyright, 1942. United Features Syndicate) I'd Rather BeRight_ By SAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK- The danger in the current de- bate over English-American relations is that we will get a fixed picture of England into our heads. We will begin to say: "England is . . ." Any state- ment which begins with those words is almost sure to be wrong. England is a few back-benchers in the House of Commons who cheer at the news of the ma-. chine-gunning of Indians fighting for freedom. England is Sir William :Henry Beveridge, who has been commissioned by Parliament to draw up a post-war plan, and is said to be preparing one which calls for a minimum, irreducible in- come-for each family after the war. England is Lord Amery, who refuses to make the first move on the question of Indian indepen- dence. England is the London "Economist" which two years ago began to talk about an "economic bill of rights" for the common man, based on the interesting theory that the right to free speech means little without the right to supper first. What Is She? - England is Winston Churchill, who does not know what time it is, who does not sense popular aspirations for freedom, who does not mobilize world opinion that could be mobilized for our cause. England is Winston Churchill, again ("Winston Churchill Again" might be the title for a history of the last generation) who, on the day Russia entered the war, mobilized the opinion of a con- fused west in favor of prompt alliance with the Soviets, keeping his hands firmly on the steering wheel at a moment when it rock convulsively. England is the island country, which draws the seas firmly about herself, like an apron, and disdains to think in terms of the whole, wide world. England is leading the offensive in Egypt, far- ther from home than are Americans in the Solo- mons, as measured by time required to reach the front. Take Your Choice Eng*nd is a country run by a small group of Old School Ties who know exactly where they want to go, who have calculated risks and bene- fits and have plotted out a course which takes them in the end to precisely the place they want to reach, a post-war replica of the place they left. England is a country many of whose leaders have demonstrated sincere anguish of doubt about what is coming; a country whose first church dignitaries have stated a radical program of economic reform; a country which has debated the shape of the future more openly and frankly and continuously and thoroughly than has Amer- ica since the war began. England has held on to every privilege she could hold on to. England has sold olt the for- eign investments on which she depended for food imports. England has not rationed the rich, in their smart cafes. England has provided low-cost restaurants for workers. The Unfinished Story Almost every one of the above statements con- tains at least the germ of an untruth, and of a truth, too. I don't know what England is. I don't know what America is, either. I think we are both in a process of becoming. It is unjust for anyone, in either country, to look upon the other as a finished product. It is like taking a vacation ---- --. ~ i--- .Editor's Note: The following is a reprint of an editorial which appeared last week in The Harvard Crimson.) The failure of last summer's ex- periment in accelerated education calls for reexamination of the alter- native system, a symmetrical three term year. Military necessity may shelve the question, but meanwhile, Harvard's future may depend upon an evaluation of the two-term Sum- mer School. Education last summer was closer to the high school than the college level. For the first time in Harvard history Freshmen found little need for academic adjustment, emerging higher on the rank list than upper- cZieer Danish Courage To The Editor: Denmark's continued resistance to the psychological campaign of subjugation by the Nazis, so graphi- cally described in a Sunday editor- ial by Henry Petersen, brings to mind a story once told about the courage and perseverance of one of its natives. Whether the story is factually correct, we do not know, but we tell it to show how typically Danish it is. After the Nazi occupation of this little Scandinavian country there were many instances of friction and bad feeling between Hitler's stooges and loyal Danes. Orders to Nazi officers and soldiers were to respect Danish women and refrain from disorderly conduct. and drunken- ness. One morning King Christian, Danish monarch who is at present in serious condition as the result of a fall from a horse, was taking his usual ride through the streets of Copenhagen astride his favorite mount. On passing the capital building he noticed the Nazi swas- tika floating from the highest flag pole and became angry. He had asked that no Nazi flag should hang from this building and his request had been approved by the occupa- tion authorities. Without hesitation King Christ- ian dashed to the office of the gen- eral in charge of the occupying forces and asked politely but firml-y that the flag be removed as pre- viously agreed. The general paid little attention, merely saying that he would look into it. Christian be- came angry and replied, "If that. flag isn't down in 30 minutes, I will send a Danish soldier to take it down." The general, in an effort to uphold his dignity, answered, "I'll have him shot." Christian came right back with this simple reply, "I will be that Danish soldier." And, according to the story, the flag came down without further inci- dent. Perhaps it is just a story, but it does typify the Danish courage which is defeating Nazi Ideology in Denmark. -Eric Zalenski rr ... Cold Shoulder We are still having recurrent chills at the thought of the reception those N-G's up at Ann Arbor gave us. We felt just about as welcome as a draft notice, we did. First of all, are those lovely people who couldn't bother to help us with directions-and the in- sulting souls who made the game so miserable for us. We might add that we are also plenty sore about that dapper band of theirs. It played and played-but nary a Northwestern song. And now, kiddies, for the moral of this little story. Homecoming will bring hoards of visitors to the cam- pus. A little courteous attention from the students will help immensely to make their visits pleasant ones. -Daily Northwestern Northwestern ,U. Slavery In Franc Slavery comes to France with the new order just promulgated. All men between eighteen and fifty and all single women between twenty-one and thirty-five must work at any job offered them, regardless of wages, working conditions or anything else. The purpose is of course to provide more workers for Hitler's war factor- ies. Some of the newly enslaved will work in France, but many thousands will be sent to Germany itself, to labor alongside French war prisoners and Polish, Russian and other civil- ians and captured soldiers. France's humiliation is at last complete. Inevitably, the question will again be asked why the United States con- tinues to appease Vichy, which is so openly and complete a member of the Axis. The stock reply is that iwe do so to prevent the French fleet from being used against us. But who can possibly believe that if Hitler needs the fleet, and thinks he can get it, receognition or non-recognition by the United States will make the slightest difference? Meantime, our moral support for Laval makes a tre- classmen. Telescoping courses into six weeks resulted in shortened reading lists and laboratory and lecture schedules. Intensive study at the two course rate left students with neither time nor material for the integration necessary to the success of Harvard education. Sci- ence students, particularly, found it impossible to digest the full quota of factual material usualhr ?resent- ed, while those with long lab as- signments were overwhelmed by the attempt to jam sixteen weeks' work into the five-and-one-half allotted. Short exam periods im- mediately following final lectures cut out all review and forced stu- dents to resort to "coffee-and- benzadrine" cramming. The impos- sibility of tutorial in the Summer Session removed the last vestige of Harvard's traditionally thorough training. Even if Summer School were ex- panded to two seven-week semes- ters as the Student Council sug- gested, thorough coverage and inte- gration would be out of the ques- tion. Symmetrical terms eliminate most of these disadvantages with little dislocation of the normal aca- demic year. Three fifteen-week terms require only slight changes in the ordinary Fall and Spring- Semesters. The net result would be the possibility of Summer study at the four or five course rate. Full lecture and lab schedules could be retained, and tutorial integration distributed throughout the aca- demic year. Acceleration without education is as pointless in war as in peace. If Harvard is to continue all year round study, last summer's exper- imental compromise should be abandoned in favor of a system which carries the methods of Har- vard instruction into the summer. Pr posedTax Bill To Have Bad Results If, as now seems likely, Congress passes a tax bill that adds only $8,000,000,000 or $9,000,000,000 to the revenues expected under the existing law, it will have registered its great- est failure in its contribution to auc- cessful prosecution of the war. Its appropriations have been for the most part without stint, and in other matters it has eventually though re- luctantly come round to an approxi- mation of necessary policies. But tax revenues of this size, espe- cially when unaccompanied by a real program of compulsory saving, will force the Treasury to a large de- pendence on bank loans, will fail to close the inflationary gap and will invite rising prices. We shall be tax- ing ourselves far less proportionately than either Britain or Canada, aad by a system that distributes the bur- den less equitably. The victory tax. which the Senate favors, is a convincing argument against those who have contended that the necessary amount can be found only by adding a general sales tax to income, profits and excise levies. This is a five-per cent tax on all gross income above $12 a week, yet its inclusion fails to yield a total nearly large enough. Extending such a levy to those still farther below the subsistence leviel would not remedy matters, since there are many fewer in this bracket 'han before the war, and their aggre- gate income is far less. If we are to get the money, we must increase rates where the money is-that is, in war profits and the incomes of the middle and upper brackets. ,Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology and University of Minnesota are said to be the leading schools in number of physicists engaged in war work. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 1942. VOL. LII No. 21 All notices for the Daily Official Bul- letin are to be sent to the Office of the President in typewritten form by 3:30 p.m. of the day preceding its publica- tion, except on Saturday wben the no- tices should be submitted by 11:30 a.m. Notices Choral Union Members: Members of the Choral Union in good standing (without absences from rehearsals) may call for pass tickets for the. Gladys Swarthout concert Thursday, October 29, the day of the concert, between the hours of 10 and 12, and 1 and 4. After 4 o'clock no tickets will be given out. Charles A. Sink, President The Eastman Kodak Company rep- resentative will be staying over at the Bureau of Appointments on Thursday, October 29. Mr. Lauterbach will interview the following: Mechanical engineers, industrial engineers, chemical engineers, chem- ists, and physicists. Also, both men and women 'majoring in business .ad- ministration, accounting, statistics, -mathematics, and women for any in- dustrial employment. Call Ext. 37F1 for appointments. Interviews will -be sscheduled at fif- teen-ninute intervals. -Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall Marriage Relations Series: The -first lecture in this series twill be -given in the Rackham Lecture Hall=' -at 8:00. Identification cards are nec- essary for -admission. Academic Notices Seminar in-PhysicalChemistry will meet in Room 410 Chemistry Build- ing today at 4:15 p.m. Professor Law- rence O. Brockway will speak on; "High Voltage Electrons from the' Betatron." All interested are in-vited. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Schools -of Education, Fores try, -Music, and Public Health: >Stu- dents who received marks of I or X at -the close of their last semester or summer session of attendance will receive a, grade of ;E in the course or courses unless this work is made up by November 5. Students wishing an; extension of time beyond this date in order to make up this work should file a petition addressed to the appro- -priate official in their school with Room 4 U. H. -where it will be trans- mitted. Robert-LU illiams,- Assistant Registrar German Make-up Examinations will be held Saturday,-October 31, 10, to 12 a.m. Students -who missed Ger- man 1, 2, or 31 exams for the Spring or Summer terms must obtain writ- ten permission of the instructor be-. fore October 29, and sign in-the of- fice of the German Department, 204 University Hall. Hill Auditorium. A limited number of tickets are still available. Charles A. Sink, President Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Prize-winning and other drawings by professional architects in the competition for the new cam- pus plan and for a Student Activities Building for Wayne University. Shown through November 3, third floor exhibition room, Architecture Building, daily 9 to 5 except Sunday. The public is invited. Events Tod American Society of Mechanial Engineers: Mr. E. J. Abbott ,of the Physicist Engineering Research Co., will give an illustrated talk and dem- onstration on "The Profilometer in the War," at the Michigan Union to- night at 7:30. Bring membership blanks to the meeting. Music Hour, International Center: Tonight at 7:30 the following pro- gram will be played: Hayden: Quintet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5. Roth String Quinitet. Mozart: Serenade "Eine :Xleine Nachtmusik." Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major. Jascha Heifetz. Everyone interested is invited. The Social Service Seminar will meet tonight at 7:15 at Lane Hall. The topic of study for, the year will be chosen and announcements will be made of openings for volunteer workers in Ann Arbor agencies. Phi Tau Alpha will meet tonight at 7:30 in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Michigan Dames: Annual tea will be given by Mrs. Alexander G. Ruth- yen at her home, 815 S. University, today, 4:00-6:00 p.m. Crop and Saddle will have a ride today for old and new members. Transportation at Barbour Gymnasi- um at 5:00. Imperative all attend. Call Sybil Graham so horses can be ordered. Dance Club will meet tonight at 7:30 in the -Barbour Dance Studio. Coming Events Varsity Glee Club: Rehearsal will begin at 7:15 p.m. instead of 7:30 Thursday, October 29. Members should be on time. Eligibility cards are expectedfrom all members not previously checked off. --La Sociedad Hispanica will have an officers' meeting Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in room 302 R. L. La Sociedad Hispanica will post- pone this week's meeting until next Thursday. Michigan Outing Club will have a supper hike on -Sunday, November 1, starting from Hill Auditorium at 5;-00 p.m. Those who wish to -attend Brown's Work Should Bring Him Reelection O N THE FIRST Tuesday in November Michigan voters face an important choice. They will be called upon to select their repre- ,entative in the United States Senate. Before them are two alternatives: the present incum- bent, Prentiss M. Brown; and Judge Homer Fer- guson; Detroit's famed one-man grand jury. The election will climax one of the most bitterly fought senatorial contests of recent years. Unfor-. tunately, personalities and minor controversies have frequently entered into that contest. But, if the people of Michigan maintain clear vision and look through the maze of charges and counter-charges, the chief points of issue will crystallize. In making their decision, the brilliant record of a great democrat and tested -political leader, Senator Brown, should be weighed against the untested political ability of a judge who neviertheless, it must be acknOwledged, has estab- lished himself with perhaps no less brilliance in his own field of public service. T IS REALLY SURPRISING that there could be any doubt. In one short term in office Sena- i-mnr Rrnn h 1-,o ,. icen a .nnci+'4nn-, n.nrn-nnn and can be credited with preventing the turning of an anti-inflationary bill into an inflationary one. Brown's record on earlier foreign and'domestic measures is equally noteworthy. It is true that some of his votes on foreign policy measures were not all 'that could be asked in the light of subse- quent events but he could hardly be termed an isolationist. He voted for the first Administration neutrality bill in 1939, the lease lend bill and the revision of the neutrality act. He voted against a bill to prevent. transfer of Axis ships to Great Britain. The two principle mars on his foreign policy stand were votes against conscription and its 18 months extension. DESCRIBED by himself as not a New Dealer but a "middle-of -the-roader," Brown opposed. both the President's Supreme Court packing plan and his reorganization bill. He favored the TVA, beginning government surtaxes on incomes of $3,000 rather than at $4,000, and terminating the issue of tax-exempt bonds.' Vac 7tfn irr o na fcltrtr f ir I I