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LIERRY' GO*
ROUNDn
PEARSON
WASHINGTON-Naval officers
who have returned from the Pacific
summarize the Japs' naval tactics as
similar to those Hitler used on the
land when he first went into the Low
Countries. It's a combination of air
and surface sneak attacks.
Furthermore, the Japs have de-
veloped small air bases all over the
Pacific, so that almost every little
island is a stationary airplane car-
rier.
Meanwhile, the American Navy has
been operating on the old-fashioned
rules of warfare, the equivalent of
the French tactics when they still
put their faith in the Maginot Line.
Naval officers back from the Solo-
mons point out that if we could once
get the Japs out in the old-fashioned
line of battle, with all our battle-
ships, cruisers, carriers and destroy-
ers operating as a unit, the enemy
would be licked. However, the Japs
don't fight in this antiquated Battle
of Jutland style. The last thing they
want is to face our fleet in full
formation. Their tactics are to iso-
late small groups of American ves-
sels, pop them off before help can
come, thus gradually whittle down
the U.S. fleet.
First Solomons Defeat
For instance, when the Japs dodged
into the Solomons on the night of
Aug. 9 they had only two cruisers
and four destroyers. This was such
an insignificant force compared with
the American armada which lay
guarding our transports that the U.S.
commander never dreamed they
would have the nerve to attack.
Yet they did, and sank about three
times their weight. They did it by
perfectly timed, perfectly executed
strategy. Their airplane flares lit up
Tulagi Harbor at exactly the right
minute. Their ships closed in on
ours and opened firing at exactly the
right minute. It was their clockwork
precision, plus nerve, plus our stu-
pidity, which caused our defeat.
In contrast, American senior off.i-
cers are accustomed to operating with
big fleets and according to long es-
tablished rules of warfare. Peacetime
naval maneuvers were largely a mat-
ter of routine. Evereyone knew pretty
well what the "enemy" fleet was go-
ing to do; and if the "enemy" com-
mander made an unexpected move,
frequently he was criticized among
his fellow officers.
Merry-Go-Round
The President, always an optimist,{
will make one more attempt to bring
the AFL and CIO together by invit-
ing Bill Green and Phil Murray to the
White House. Labor leaders say pri-
vately, however, that there will be no
agreement. Both sides will patch up a
jurisdictional truce and agree to re-
frain from membership raids for the
duration, but that is all.
(Copyright, 1942, United Features Synd.)
Scrapping Mad . .
To the Editor:
W EDNESDAY in The Daily ap-
peared a letter deploring the very
evident waste and carelessness con-
nected with the recent scrap drive.
Mr. "I.Q." pleaded for "a little judg-
ment before the enthusiasm of the
scrap collectors runs completely
amok." He advocated turning a cop-
per kettle over to a museum, utiliz-
ing discarded beds, and perhaps let-
ting some deserving music student
use the old piano now gracing the
junk heap.
Personally, and I think I speak
for the majority, I would rather
see a copper kettle on the way to
the munitions factory than gracing
the shelves of some museum. And
then, fro'm what I have seen of the
discarded beds contributed to the
drive, I think the floor would be
far more comfortable. As for the
piano, if someone had been using
it, perhaps there might be some
cause for complaint. But I can
hardly see why, when it was not
in use, probably entirely forgotten,
it should suddenly be hailed as a
crime to destroy it. Why didn't
someone use it? Why didn't some-
one donate it to a music student?
Why, when it starts on its way to
Berlin, should it suddenly be called
wasteful to scrap such an instru-
ment?
After Mr. I. Q. criticized scrapping
such articles, he went on to say that
"in the last extremity, such articles
and many more should be sacrificed."
ALL WEEK-END I rode with boys
collectig scrap as far away as
twenty miles from Ann Arbor. Farms
were canvassed within a 20-mile ra-
dius of Ann Arbor. Mr. I. Q. talks
of collecting 150 pounds of scrap. I
wonder if he has looked at the piles
of old metal covering the lawns of
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, of
Theta Delta Chi fraternity. These
two fraternities, together with Thet
Xi, collected well over 40 tons o
scrap. And that means 80,000 pound
of metal! Mr. I. Q. suggests that w
would do better to sell the scrap, an
then use the money to purchase mor
scrap. Instead of selling the scra
we donate it to the school, the mone
from the scrap going to the Bomber
Scholarship Fund.
We can get the scrap, and we can
get it FREE! We have manpower,
and the will to go out and collect
anything that moves. I have seen
two-ton trucks lifted bodily onto
salvaging trucks. I have seen whole
automobiles added to the scrap
pile. I have seen fellows working
late into the night collecting scrap
from factories surrounding. Ann
Arbor. I have seen a score of boys
smashing tin cans in dumps be-
hind the University Hospital.
To climax his article, Mr. I. Q. de
clares that a more "Intelligent pro
cedure" would be to buy second-han
cars and in turn use the cars fo
collecting more scrap, rather tha
junking the cars. I defy Mr. IQ.t'
drive these cars. I defy anyone t
drive these cars. Nothing on th
face of this earth would make thos
automobiles run again. They weren
second-hand cars. They were junk!
And then, Mr. I. Q. states that
before the fall term got underway
Ann Arbor had its own scrap drive.
This is quite true, but it is amaz-
ing what was missed by the stu-
dents and townspeople! Whole
automobiles lay in vacant lots,
waiting to be scrapped. Huge piles
of old tin cans lay in fields, dumps,
waiting to be smashed into flat
sheets, ready for the blast furn-
aces. I wonder where Mr. I. Q.was
when that drive was going on. He
certainly must have taken a lot
for granted. There still remains
plenty of scrap in Ann Arbor, scrap
waiting for the chance at Hitler.
Allen A. Raymond, Jr.
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TRAGIC LOSS:
Senator Norris' Defeat
Shows Violated Trust
HEY beat a courageous old man to his knees in
Tuesday's election, beat him, stepped on him
-and broke him.
And even in heart-breaking defeat Senator
Norris proved himself a magnificent man, a
quality often-times hidden when politicians be-
come veteran statesmen. Stunned by the defeat,
Senator Norris still refused to turn away from
his long policy of facing an issue clearly and
honestly. There was no bitterness as he was pre-
paring to leave Washington. There were only
tears in his eyes and a sadness in his voice.
"Righteousness has been crucified," was all he
had to say, "and the people I love have con-
demned the things I held most sacred."
It was as simple as that with the straight-
thinking Senator. "Righteousness has been
crucified." Nothing the people of Nebraska can
do will change the truth of this statement.
Read into it what you like and it will still be
tragically clear that the peoile of Nebraska
have violated the trust of a man who has de-
voted his whole life to championing their
cause-the cause of democracy as he thought
it should be.
WHAT does it take to convince the people of
Nebraska that they have made a tragic mis-
take? Does it do any good to point at Norris' rec-
ord of 40 years of service and tell them that no
man could have done more to correct the evils
of government in our country? That no man has
loked at every piece of legislation with the long-
range vision necessary to carry democracy for-
ward, to make democracy progressively decent,
than Senator Norris? Does it do any good to tell
them that Norris is one of the too-few politicians
who places honesty above party politics?
But all this was said before the election and
now the election is over. The people of Nebras-
ka will never be able to un-vote their answer.
"I have done my best to repudiate wrong and
evil in government affairs," Norris told reporters
as he was sadly preparing to go back home for
the first time in almost a life-span.."But I have
to admit I have utterly failed."
N0, YOU HAVE NOT failed, Senator Norris. Be-
cause your record stands. Your philosophy
of government has not been wrong. What you
have done in the Senate is there in the books.
You said, "Righteousness has been cruci-
fied." These are prophetic words. Whatever
path our nation takes in the future will be
judged by your words. You have left the Sen-
ate. But in your place you have left a terrible
indictment. We shall remember-after the war
-and we shall regret. - Robert Mantho
A MANDATE:
Republicans' Victories
Repudiate War Errors
YESTERDAY'S Pointed Pen column lambasting
the voting public seems to some of us acutely
off key and out of tune with the times.
We incline toward the more realistic Detroit
Free Press comment on the election: "Michigan
has spoken and there is no longer time nor occa-
sion for recriminations."
Many of us will agree that all the best men
were not re-elected, but assailing the voter as
"party-minded" seems to us a specious com-
I'd Rather
Be Right_
- By SAMUEL GRAFTON
NEW YORK- For four years, most Congres-
sional leaders of the Democratic Party have been
working overtime to make their party indis-
tinguishable from the Republican. The results
showed up on Tuesday. When there is little to
choose, Americans will take their conservatism
from the GOP.
The great mass of committee chairmen in both
Houses have been nuzzling the Republicans, and
working closely with the Republicans, and, in
effect, endorsing Republican policy for the last
two sessions.
So it is a little wrong to say that in a number
of Congressional and other elections the people
have turned away from the Democratic Party.
Actually they have followed it, toward the Re-
publican Party. \
Pretty, but Impractical
The Democrats in the bi-partisan anti-Roose-
velt bloc have taken the most complicated politi-
cal position ever seen or heard of in this country.
It is the desire of the Byrds and Tydingses to
follow the policy of the other party and yet have
the people vote against the other party in elec-
tions. The leading Congressional Democrats want
to go Republican, but have the country stay Dem-
ocratis. That is cuteas a bug's ear, but it just
can't work.
It could be said that some of the Southern
Democrats, of the anti-Roosevelt, or Cox & Smith
variety, have played a rather mean trick on their
Northern and other Democratic colleagues.
Theirs seats are safe. Protected partly by poor
election laws, they can afford to go ideologically
Republican. They will stay in office, whether the
Democratic Party loses its glamour or not. The
Northern, mid-West and Western Democrats en-
joy no such privileges. They still need something
to sell. When the party becomes an anti-Roose-
velt Party, and its glamour goes, and the great
days of the New Deal end, these other Democrats
pay the price.
They'll Buy the Old Goods at the Old Stand
It is not that the people consciously decide:
There's not much difference between the parties
any more, and so we might as well vote Republi-
can. It is, rather, that the people lose interest in
the election. They either don't vote (almost
20,000,000 fewer voted in this election than last)
or else they do vote, but don't talk about it
eagerly with friends, in barroom or living room.
Boredom is a way of voting, too. Sometimes the
people render a verdict merely by sitting on their
hands, and yawning. Indifference to lame and
pedestrian appeals is also part of democratic pro-
cess.
I think this election dashes any hope among
Democrats that they can catch a conservative
swing by the tail, by astutely going conservative
ahead of it.
That merely damps whatever fire there may be
in an election. The maximum conservative Demo-
cratic strength that can be elected has probably
already been elected. If conservatism grows, it
will grow with the other party, as voters who
once left the Republican Party precisely because
the Democrats were different either come back
home or stay home.
Black and White Becomes Gray and Gray
I'd Rather
Be President
By TORQUEMADA
I AM SO SORE at being misunderstood I could
tear down Angell Hall. When I try to be
funny three-quarters of my readers laugh. When
I try to be sincere, three-quarters weep with
me. In the meantime the vociferous minority
is organizing lynch campaigns, and the tar boils
high.
I write a column about pipe courses, in which
I explain carefully that every course I list is a
valid contribution to scholarship in one form or
another. And the next day I walk down campus,
and people come up to me and tell me how
interesting these courses are, and I should never
say they are worthless, and that they have to
have them for people specializing in the field.
Which is what I said.
OR PROFESSOR HUSSEY of the Geology de-
partment pulls a very beautiful gag on me,
which gag I think is very funny. So I write a
column about Prof. Hussey's funniness, how good
it is, and point up Hussey as being a good guy
- because I think people with real senses of
humor are good guys. And people come up to me
and say, "You shouldn't have written that about
Doc Hussey; he's really a good guy; besides he's
an eminent geologist." Which is what I said.
Now I can't understand how any one compara-
tively coherent person can be so completely mis-
understood. I guess nobody loves me. In the
event that this is because nobody reads my col-
umn carefully, I would advise a careful reading:
it will well repay the effort. In the event that
I am unintelligible, please tear off the tops of
three Republicans, and mail me a letter telling
me so. In the meantime I'd rather be president.
(This column is not to be construed as an
attack upon the university.)
IDLE IRON:
Majestic Theatre Is
Big Cache Of Scrap
THAT STORY in yesterday's Daily about the
tons of metal fixtures which now serve only
phantom audiences in the old Majestic Theatre
was written because we think those tons should
be added to the rapidly growing war scrap piles
already donated and collectedby patriotic Ann
Arbor citizens.
The building, which has been condemned as
a hazard by the State Fire Marshal, has been
idle since its door closed last March. The But-
terfield circuit, which holds the lease, has been
refused permission by city authorities to re-
model it because it does not conform to Ann
Arbor building codes.
ATTORNEY FRANK DEVINE, who represents
the owners in Ann Arbor, said yesterday that
he had no information about plans for future
use or disposition of the theatre. We urge that a
decision as to its fate be made immediately by
the owners, the Butterfield circuit, and city au-
thorities. If the house is no longer to serve as a
theatre, there is no reason why its tons of poten-
tial scrap should not be donated to the war effort
as an effective patriotic gesture on the part of its
owners. n-Dick Collins
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will interview seniors graduating in
January and May, 1943, on Wedneq-
day, November 11, in Room 3205 East
Engineering Building. Interested men
will please sign the interview schedule
posted on the Aeronautical Engineer-
ing Bulletin Board. Application forms
may be obtained in Room B-47 East
Engineering Building.
Seniors in Aeronautical, Mechanical
and Industrial and Electrical Engi-
neering: A representative of The
Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Company,
located at Omaha, Nebraska, will in-
terview seniors graduating in January
and May, 1943, on Thursday and Fri-
day, November 12 and 13, in Room
3205 East Engineering Building. In-
terested men will please sign the in-
terview schedule posted on the Aero-
nautical Engineering Bulletin Board
near Room B-47 East Engineering
Building.
Approved Organizations: The fol-
lowing organizations have been re-
approved for the Fall and Spring
Terms of tipe year 1942-43. All other
groups which have not submitted the
names o their officers to the Office
of the Dean of Students will be ccn-
sidered unapproved: Abe Lincoln Co-
operative House, Alpha Kappa Delta,
Am. Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Assembly, Athena, Avukah, Cercle
Francais, Christian Science Organi-
zation, Delta Omega, Disciples Guild,
Engineering Council, Episcopal Stu-
dent Guild, Gamma Delta, Graduate
Student Council, Hillel Foundation'
Inter-Guild Federation, Inftr-Racial
Association, Iota Alpha, Karl Marx
Society, La Sociedad Hispanica, Lu-
theran Student Association, Men's
Glee Club, Michigan Union, Phi Delta
Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Eta Sigma,
Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon,
Phi Sigma, Phi Tau Alpha, Philip-
pine-Michigan Club, Pi Lambda The-
ta, Pi Tau Pi Sigma, Polonia Society,
Post-War Council, Rochdale Coopera-
tive House, Scabbard and Blade, Scalp
and Blade, Senior Society, Sigma
Alpha Iota, Sigma Eta Chi, Sigma
Rho Tau, Sigma Xi, Slavic Club, Soc.
of Am. Military Engineers, Soc. of
Women Engineers, Student War
Board, Theta Sigma Phi, Triangles,
Zeta Phi Eta.
Lectures
University Lecture: Dr. L. T. Hal-
lett, Eastman Kodak Company, will
speak on the subject, "Industrial Ap-
plications of Micro-analysis" (illus-
trated with slides and colored mov-
ies), under the auspices of the De-
partment of Chemistry on Wednes-
day, Nov. 11, at 4:15 p.m. in Room
151, Chemistry Building. The public
is invited.
Marriage Relations Lecture: The
enlisted and attending the Univer
sity. Program will start as soon as
vacancy in quota is filled. Furthe
details may be had in room B-47 E
Engineering, or call 4121, Ext. 2113.
School of Education Students, oth
er than freshmen: Courses droppe
after Saturday, November 7, will b
recorded with the grade of E excep
under extraordinary circumstances!
No course is considered officially
dropped unless it has been relorte'
in the office of the Registrar, Room
4, University Hall.
Concerts
Faculty Concert: Gilbert Ross, vio
linist, and Mabel Ross Rhead, pianist,
members of the faculty of the School
of Music, will present the first of a
series of three recitals at 8:90 Monday
evening, November 9, in Lydia Men
delssohn Theatre. Other programs in
the group will be given on the eve
nings of November 16 and 23. Th
public is cordially invited.
Exhibitions
Exhibition, College of Architecture
and Design: Two sequences of colored
multiple wood block prints by Harry
Bartoia, Cranbrook Academy of art;
glass cases, ground floor corridor
Architecture Building. Open daily, 9
to 5 except Sunday through Nov. 14
The pub';e is invited.
Events Today
All League House Presidents wil
meet today at 5:00 p. m. in the
League. Attendance required.
Mortar Board will meet today a
5:00 p. m. in the Council Room of th'
League.
Women's Glee Club rehearsal wij
be held in Morris Hall at 4:00. p. m
today. Attendance compulsory.
Presbyterian Student Guild: Ope
house tonight at 9 o'clock.
Episcopal Students: Tea will b
served for Episcopal students an
their friends this afternoon by th
Canterbury Club, 4:00 to 5:30, i
Harris Hall.
Presbyterian, Students : There w'~
be an informal tea for Presbyteria
women students, 3:30-5:30 p.m. toda
in the church parlors.
Coming Events
International Center: Because
the concert by the Cleveland Syn
phony Orchestra on Sunday evening
the usual Sunday program will b
omitted. The "Snack Hour" at 6.:3
p. m. and the sing at 7:30 p. m. wi
be held 'as usual, and the Center wi
FROM Clifford Prevost's election
story in -yesterday's Detroit Free
Press:
"We approached an old-line Demo-
crat today to ask what the people
were so mad about. Picking up two
newspapers, he read headlines-
'Henderson's
ire aroused by
traffic,' 'Wick-
ard demands
control over
all food.'
"'Those head-
lines tell the
story,' was the }
reply. 'Who in
hell ever elect-
ed Henderson to anything? Who ever
elected Wickard as the Food Czar?
Don't you realize that the people of
this country don't give a damn about
czars or the edicts of two-by-four
economists ,theorists and, well, just
jobholders who figured out the fu-
ture of the country. That's What
the home folks said yesterday. They
want to get back to an orderly form
of government, and they will.'"
About that editorial on the Pen in
a nearby column:
"Many of us will agree that all the
best men were not re-elected . ."
That's true, Paul, that's true.
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