PAGE FOUR TRL MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 1942 Fifty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the. authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. -Published- e'very morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except. Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of the Associated Press The Asociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to. it or 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 carrier $4.25, by mail $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1942-43 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Pgblise sRepresentative 420 MADiSON AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CUCAGO soinon - LOS ANGELES * SAN FRANCISCO Edit..4 Q#44ff STALINGRAD - 46th DAY. Homer Swander Morton Mintz. . Will Sapp George W. Sallad6 . Ch1arles Thatcher . - Bernard Hendel Barbara deFries Myron Dann * . Managing Editor . . . Editorial Director .* . . . City Editor . . . . Associate Editor Associate Editor . .Sports Editor 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: ROBERT MANTHO Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the; writers only. :"_ SOC. STUDIES 93: Lin, Yutang Is Invited To Drop In Sometime W HEN WE reprinted part of Lin Yu- tang's "War About The Peace" in yesterday's Daily, we had our tongue in cheek as far as the University of Michigan is concerned. Mr. Yutang, an outstanding Chinese scholar, in essence accused modern western scholarship (college professors) of a disgraceful showing in their thought about the post-war world- ". . .the deep-seated cynicism, the stupid belief in domin- ation by force, the total absence of appreciation of a moral point- of view, and above all, the haughty threat of force... with which they are going to police the world for the world's own good°v " Mr. Yutang, because we believe your analy- sis to be fundamentally correct, we're just that much prouder of the University of Michi- gan. Wethink that if you could come over to Room sC'in haven Hall at 2 o'clock Tuesday and Thursday you would understand why. You would like the professors who are teaching Social Studies 93. We're certain you would be im- pressed with their humanity which you miss in others. And as far as theset-up is concerned- using 14 of the best men the University has in a unfied effort to evolve a concept of the better worlA to come-we know your enthusiasm would match that of the students, whether they are taking the course for credit or whether they just drop in for a swell lecture any time they have a chance. -Morton Mintz DEAD SERIOUS: Local Housing Situation May Incite Intervention ANN ARBOR AND WASHTENAW COUNTY are slowly beginning to recognize the fact that there exists within this county a deadly serious housing problem. It has been occurring to more people lately that to nod wisely in agree- ment with stories of trouble and to thoroughly discuss and damn the local, county and national governments, the health authorities, the migra- tory workers, and the Democrats has not in any way eased the' shortage of adequate housing facilities. for war workers and their families. And with some sharp prodding by Mr. George Christman of the Chamber of Commerce and other men who have seen the situation as it dctu ially exists, some of these same people have finally been driven to action. A few houses are being remodeled to ad- mit more families. A few apartment build- ings are being converted to hold more fam- ilies. And a few yards have been cleared of junk to admit war workers' trailers. But most of the people are still sitting on their property titles and wondering Just what in heaven's name they can do. They have already been told by the men not primarily interested in the politics of the thing, or the personal comfort of the local citizenry, that'either they will get into action or the gov- ernment will take over and tell them who is go- ing to share their firesides. They have already been told that definite expansive action must be taken. They have been informed that since the war workers must live someplace, it is up to them to provide the places for them to live. TTT Tf c A T, d'RTlm~nie t>4_llY litAXE to t'n By TORQUEMADA VE1;RSINCE I have been on campus I have been working on publications of one sort or another; there has always been one pressing problem presented. It gets bigger and bigger all the time, mostly because in many cases a mis- take in judgment may mean finis to a promising young career. You can never decide about criticizing people and hurting their feelings. It always comes up. Working over here you have a bunch of more or less mature kids with very firm principles-and then somebody comes along and does something that is entirely inconsistent with those principles. Ready at hand is The Daily with its editorial columns, or the Gargoyle, or Ensian so you blast. You hurt somebody's feelings, and the University gets sore, or the person involved gets sore, and develops a complex. Last year in collaboration I did a little piece for the Gargoyle in which a University employee was mentioned by implication. I received a terrific dressing down, and the gist of the whole attitude of the dressers was, "You've got to be a gentle- man." But that doesn't mean anything at all. It's a very, very narrow idea to say you may not write anything that hurts anyone's feelings because that is ungentlemanly. IN REALITY it is entirely necessary to hurt peo- ple's feelings at times. If someone acts in a manner which I regard as stupid it is very un- gentlemanly no doubt to criticize them, but it also is very necessary. It is necessary to hurt Congressman Hoffman's feelings if he acts like a two-year-old, or worse, like a Congressman. Someone has to do it. Someone has to be around to criticize. Winston Churchill must be pained when his following wails over a Tobruk fiasco. But what if nobody wails? That's not so good. AND THAT GOES back to what we try to do on The Daily (speaking remember as an indi- vidual whose views are his own and not The Dai- ly's). Somebody writes an etiquette book as a guide to our better and more fruitful living. He puts hours on end into the attempt. And it turns up with the excellence of literary craftsmanship comparable to the McGuffy Reader, and repre- sents a social philosophy that screams for a "Mene, Mene". About that time you cease to wor- ry about whether John Hunter, the individual, is injured by a column. Or the R.O.T.C. starts a barracks. Somebody here thinks that such a barracks is a lead-soldier game, and says so. And 40 men who have given up their freedom of action are very resentful, as are the ROTC faculty members. But somebody has to say it. THAT'S WHY I think that maybe the Univers- ity should look a little more tolerantly upon our efforts for a better world, and, incidentally, a better University. Maybe we ought to be called, "The University's Loyal Opposition". As a strange matter of fact we are loyal, just as we are loyal to a great America while decrying its poll tax. But if nobody wants us to exercise our critical faculty, then we ought to be shut up altogether. been called for, since it has been recognized by authoritative sources outside the-county that war workers must live in homes and have schools L I'd Rather Be Right -- By SAMUEL GRAFTON '. I have been asked, by a friend, whether I am completely objective on the question of India. The answer is, no. If we were completely ob- jective on the question of independence, we would soon lose our way in this war. Put it down that I am hopelessly biased in favor of freedom and terribly prejudiced in its behalf. Then, I was asked, what about my mail? Would I say, frankly, how it shapes up on India? I would. I will. Two months ago, about 90 per cent of my mail, from all over the country, was against Indian independence. Today it runs about half-and-half. These questions are good for the soul. Let me invent a few more, and put them sternly to my- self, and see what the answers are. Grafton, you dog, what do you really want the English to do? Be honest! Do you want them to walk out of India tomorrow, and let the Japanese take it while Hindus and Moslems claw at each other? No. I suggest merely that the British abolish the India Office, as good psychiatry, if nothing else, to wipe out the memories connected with it. I suggest that they put Indian affairs under the Secretary of State for the Dominions. I suggest that they then offer India a place on a joint British-American-Chinese-Indian general staff. I suggest that they invite all parties in India to come together, in a conference, and write a proposal for Indian freedom. Thus let India's leaders- stew, put the onus on them, force them to come to some agreement among themselves; if irreconcilable Indian disunity really exists, we shall know it, and our allies, the English, will be in the clear. If it does not exist, we shall then know that, too. But Grafton, old sweet, don't you know that Gandhi and Nehru are pro-Japanese? I know nothing of the kind. I know that their last statements, before they were silenced, called for armed resistance to the invader. I refer you to the New York Times of Aug. 9. But look here, Grafton, shouldn't India's lead- ers make the first move?. How can a man make the first move when he is in prison? Right, old sock, but aren't you stirring up trouble for an ally, England, when you raise the question of Indian freedom at a time like this? No more so than the London Times, which has raised the question this week. It asks that England take the initiative. So do all the mod- erate leaders in India. So does the so-called loyal press in India. -All ask for some British proposal, anything; to show that England is not merely sitting tight, as it sat tight while Malaya lay down and died, and while Burmese went over to the enemy. The question must be raised at "a time like this" because this is the time in which the Japanese threat to India is maturing, and we want Indians to fight. But, Grafton, don't you know that a former isolationist, Senator Reynolds, is making capital of the India question, and enjoys bringing it up in the Senate? Let him. One must stick to the main line, and not worry about what happens in the ideological suburbs. There is always funny business going on on the periphery of events. It has nothing to do with the issue. 4ERRY G0a By DREW WASHINGTON - Secretary Ic- kes has been hammering at Donald Nelson over delays in the construc- tion of manganese plants in a behind-the-scenes row not unlike that which occurred over Jesse Jones' long delayed synthetic rub- ber plants. As early as July, 1941, and again in January, Ickes proposed to the War Production Board the con- struction of five and then twelve manganese plants in the Far West, to produce one of the most vital requirements for airplane con- struction. Before the war, man- ganese production had been ham- pered by a patent monopoly agree- ment with Germany, for which the Aluminum Company has now been indicted. However, the WPB has done al- most nothing. Only one plant rec- ommended by Ickes has been started, and the other day Ickes wrote Nelson a stiff letter offering to have his Bureau of Mines do the work for WPB. Ickes also charged in his letter that the WPB had delayed because its $1-a-year advisers worked for both the Government and big com- panies which did not want man- ganese plants competing with them in the Far West after the war is over. Furthermore, Ickes named names. He pointed out that Union Carbide and Carbon, Anaconda, E. J. Lavino Co., U.S. Steel and Beth- lehem Steel, representing the ma- jority of the manganese industry of the United States, all had their representatives on the WPB com- mittee which dilly-dallied for months in passing on manganese plants in the West. Post-War Competition Specifically, Ickes mentioned A. B. Kinzel of Union Carbide and Carbon who is a WPB $1-man and who has been strongly opposed to manufacturing electrolytic man- ganese. "It is not helpful to our win- ning the war," Ickes wrote Donald Nelson, "to have representatives of the people who might be in- jured in their post-war profits, sit- ting as judges on the merits of possible competitors. I am inform- ed that Mr. Kinzel, who shares his employment between Union Car- bide and the War Production Board on a split-week basis, was called upon to act as consultant on the subject despite the gener- ally held belief that Union Car- bide is the most determined op- ponent of electrolytic manganese in the country." Secretary Ickes also reminded Nelson that more than a year had gone by since five of the twelve manganese proposals were first placed before the WPB. He also remarked that these delays were "not accidental" and demanded action "regardless of the post-war worries of the companies which are now so powerful in the man- ganese and related metals field." Note: Apparently Secretary Ic- kes forgot to mention it, but James H. Critchett, another adviser of Union Carbide, also serves on two metallurgical committees of WPB. Not A Singing War When Secretary of War Stimson attended the Washington opening of "This Is The Army," he told author Irving Berlin that he re- membered him at Camp Upton, N.Y., where Stimson was a colonel of field artillery and Berlin was the buck private who staged "Yip, Yip, Yaphank." Stimson liked both the 1918 and 1942 shows immense- ly. Berlin, who has written more popular music hits than anyone in. America, tells his army friends that this is not a singing war. "In the last war," he says, "we had a great push in France that people knew about. But now the fighting is scattered and they can't get so excited. "But even in the last war, says Berlin, "there was only one really great song. That was George Co- han's 'Over There.' That was a song which only George Cohan could write, and at the time he never realized that he had produc- ed a masterpiece. "A lot of the other songs in the last war were love songs. Take 'Tipperary,' for instance. Senti- ment is natural in war time - men going away, women left behind. But real war songs are born only with deep national emotion, and we haven't struck it yet." Rubber Czar Jeffers Rubber Czar Jeffers has jumped into his new job with a vigor and enthusiasm which has made red- tane calloused Washington sit up FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 1942 VOL. LII No. 5 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 when the no- tices should be submitted by 11:30 a.m. Notices To the Members of the University Council: The October 12 meeting of the University Council has been can- celled. Forestry Assembly: Mr. Stanley Wilson, Associate Regional Forester, United States Forest Service, Mil- waukee, Wisconsin, will show a col- ored motion picture with sound on "The Development of Forestry in- the United States" in Room 2054, Natural Science Building, at 10:00 a.m. today. Students of the School of Forestry and Conservation are expected to at- tend, and any others interested are cordially invited. For underheated or overheated rooms, call the Buildings and Grounds Department, Extension 317. Do not in any case open the windows. Help in the war effort by conserving fuel. E. C. Pardon All students registered with the Student Employment Bureau are re- quested to bring their records up to date by adding their Fall Term schedules, and also any changes of address. THIS IS IMPORTANT., Student Employment Bureau, Room 2, University Hall Registration for jobs will be held Monday, October 12, in Room 205 Mason Hall at 4:10 p. m. by the Uni- versity Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. This reg- istration comes earlier this year than usual because the demand from em- ployers for personnel is greater, and we are asked to furnish candidates now. Only one registration will be held, and everyone who wants em- ployment at the end of the February, June, or August term is urged to ap- ply now. This enrollment applies to teachers and to all interested in business and other professional positions, and is open to seniors, graduate students and staff members interested in full- time work. There is no charge for registration. It should be noted that everyone who is a candidate for a Teacher's Certificate is required by the School of Education to be regis- tered in the Bureau before the certifi- cate can be granted. University Bureau of Appointments & Occupational Information Library Service for the Fall Term: The schedules printed below show some changes from those which have been in force in recent years. Mem- bers of the staff and the student body are asked to -note the hourso4 the libraries in which they are par- ticularly interested. Angell Hall Study Hall: 7:45 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:30; 7:00- 10:00.-Monday through Thursday. 7:45 a.m.-12:00; 100-5:30.- Fri- day. 7:45 a.m.-12:00.-Saturday. Architecture Library: 8:30 a.m.-12:00; 1:30-5:00; 7:00- 10:00.-Monday through Thursday. 8:30 a.m.-12:00; 1:30-5:00.-Friday. 8:30 a.m.-12:00.-Saturday. Business Administration Library: 8:00 a.m.-10:00.Monday through Saturday., 2:00 p.m.-6:00; 7:00-10:00.-Sun- day. Chemistry Library: 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00; 7:00- 10:00.-Monday through Thursday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00.-Friday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00.-Saturday. East Engineering Library: 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00; 7:00- 10:00.-Monday through Thursday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00-Friday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00.-Sat- urday. Economics Library: 7:45 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:30; 7:00- 10:00.-Monday through Thursday. 7:45 a.m.-12:00; 1:00.5:30-Friday. 7:45' a.m.12:00.-Saturday. Education Library : 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00.--Mon- day through Friday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00.-Saturday. Graduate Reading Rooms: 9:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:30-5:30.-Mon- day through. Friday.r 9:00 ajn.-12:00.-Saturday. Library Extension Service: 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:30.-Mon- day through Friday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00.-Saturday. Map Room: 2:00 p.m.-4:30.-Monday through Friday. 10:00 a.m.-12:00.-Saturday, Museums Library: 1:30 p.m.-4:30.-Monday through Friday. 9:00, a.m.-12:00.-Saturday. Music Library: 9:30 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:30.-Mon- day through Friday. AI DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.-Friday and Saturday. Science Library: 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00; 7:00- 10:00.-Monday through Thursday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:00-Friday. 8:00 a.m.-12:00.-Saturday. Study Hall: 7:.45 a.m.-12:00; 1:00-5:30; 7:00- 10:00. Monday through Saturday. Sunday Library Service: On all Sundays from October to Jne, ex- cept during holiday periods, the Main Reading Room and the Periodical Room of the General Library are kept open from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Books from other parts of the building which are needed for Sun- day use will be made available in the Main Reading Room if request is made on Saturday of an assistant in the reading room where the books are usually shelved. Warner G. Rice, Director First Aid Instructors: Will all au- thorized First Aid Instructors who have qualified in some other state or county please communicate with the Red Cross Headquarters in North Hall, telephone 2-5546. Applications for the Hillel Hostess Scholarship will be accepted at the Foundation through Friday noon. Blanks may be obtained at the Foun- dation and further information may be had by calling 3779. Notice Concerning Telephone Serv- ice in the Residence Halls: The switchboards in the following buildings close at 10:30 p.m.: Stockwell Hall; Mosher-Jordan Halls; Betsy Barbour House; Helen Newberry Residence; East Quadran- gle; West Quadrangle; Victor C. Vaughan House. Karl Litzenberg Academic Notices School of Education Students-- Changes of Elections: All changes of elections of students enrolled in the School must be reported at the Registrar's Office, Room 4, Univer- sity Hall. After October 10 such changes may be made only after payment of a fee of one dollar. Membership in a class does not cease or begin until all changes have been thus officially registered. Ar- rangements made with the instruc- tors only are not official changes. February 1943 Seniors, School of Education, must file with the Re- corder of the School of Education, 1437 U.E.S., no later than October 24, a statement of approval for ma- jor and minors signed by the adviser. Blanks for the purpose may be se- cured in the School ofEducation of- fice or in Room 4 U.H. New Graduate Students: All stu- dents registering this semester for the first time in the Graduate School should report at the Lecture Hall in the Rackham Building for the four- part Graduate Record Examination on Tuesday, October 13, at 7:00 p.n.. and also on Wednesday, October 14, at 7:00 p.m. Credit will be withheld from students failing to take all parts of the examination unless an excuse has been issued by the Dean's office. Be on time. No student can be ad- mitted after the examination has begun. Pencil, not ink, is to be used in writing the examination. Graduate Students: Preliminary examinations in German and French for the doctorate will be held today at 4:00 p.m. in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building. Dictionaries may be used. Frederick W. Peterson Mathematics 20, Air Navigation, taught by Professor Carver, will meet in three sections. One section is MTuThF at 1:00 p.m., the second section is MTuThF at 2:00 p.m., and the third section will meet evenings at 7 o'clock. All sections meet in 3003 A.H. German 211 (Gothic) will meet for first lecture and arrangement of hours in 303 South Wing, today, 7:00- 9:00 p.m. N. L. Willey Algebra Seminar will meet today at 4:15 p.m. in 3201 A.H. C. 3. Nesbitt German 157 (Advanced Composi- tion and Conversation) will meet during the'Fall Term on Wednes- days, 8:00-9:00 a.m. and 1:00-2:00 p.m. in room 303 U.H. W. A. Reichart Business Ad. 123 (Tabulating Ma- chine Practice) will meet today at 3:00 p -m. in Room 106 Rackham Bldg. Geology 11: There will be a field trip Saturday morning, Oct. 10, at 8:00 a.m. This supersedes the an- nouncement at the Wednesday lec-