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Los ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO Editorial Staff .. -- l -.- .-- ..- .: l. .L: AA. 1 lT7U.A. ... . 1.5 A. , is.. IN. J. t-,Y I X .5. .L 5 "--und' now der Fuehrer offers you TEARS" - - ----------- s- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN John Erlewine . Irving Jaffe Bud Brimmer . Marion Ford Charlotte Conover Eric Zalenski. Betty Harvey . . . . Managing Editor . . . . Editorial Director . . . . A CityEditor Associate Editor «. . . Sports Editor . * . . Wopen's Editor WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1943 VOL. LIII No. 86 All notices for the Daiy 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 Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students this afternoon, Feb. 10, from 4 to 6 o'clock. University Senate: At the request of certain members there will be a meeting on Monday, February 15, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphi- theatre. Application Forms for Fellowships and Scholarships in the Graduate School of the University for the year 1943-1944 may be obtained from the Office of the Graduate School now. All blanks must be returned to that office by Feb. 15 in order to receive consideration. C. S. Yoakum' Seniors who wish to be eligible to contract to teach the modern foreign languages in the registered Secondary; Schools of New York State are noti- fied that the required examination in French, Spanish, German, and Ital- ian will be given here on Feb. 19. Those who wish to take this examina- tion should 'notify Professor Parg- ment (100 R.L.) not later than Feb. 12. No other opportunity to qualify will be offered until Aug. 1943, when Summer School attendance is a pre- requisite for admission to the exami-; nation. Applications in Support of Re- search Projects To give Research Committees and the Executive Board adequate time to study all proposals, Edward 3.Perlberg Fred M. Ginsberg Mary Lou Curran Jane Lindberg . Business Staff, . Business Manager * fsoeiate Business Manager . . Women's Business Manager * *Women's Advertising Manager it is requested that faculty members having projects needing support dur- ing 1942-1943 file their proposals in the Office of the Graduate School by Friday, Feb. 19. Those wishing to renew previous requests whether now receiving support or not should so indicate. Application forms will be mailed or can be obtained at Secre- tary's Office, Room 1006, Rackham Building, Telephone 372. -C. S. Yoakum Seniors in Mechanical, Aeronauti- cal, Civil, Engineering Mechanics, and Allied Engineering: Mr. T. W. Prior, of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Goodyear Aircraft, will interview seniors Thursday, Feb. 10, and Friday morning, Feb. 11, in Room 218 West Engineering Bldg. Interview schedule is posted on the Bulletin Board at Room 221 W. En- gineering Bldg. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments has received notice of the fol- lowing civil service examinations: UNITED STATES: Persons Quali- fied to -Intercept Radio Messages- until needs have been met-$2,600- $2,000 a yr. plus overtime; STATE OF MICHIGAN: Highway Survey Engineer I-Feb. 10, 1943- $155-$195 per month; Forest Fire Warden & Towerman B-Feb. 10, 1943-$115-$125 per month; Police Radio Operator A-Feb. 10, 1943- $135-$155 per month; Alphabetic Key Punch Operator B-Feb. 24, 1943- $125-$145 per month; Numeric Key Punch Operator B-Feb. 24, 1943- $125-$145 per month; Key Punch Op- erator A2-Feb. 24, 1943-$135-$160 per month; Boys Supervisor B & Housemother Cl-Feb. 24, 1943-$230 -$260 per month; Stores Clerk C- Feb. 24, 1941'. $110-$125 per month; Stores Clerk. A-Feb. 24, 1943-$135- $155 per month. Further information may be had from the notices which are on file in the office of the Bureau of Appoint- ments, 201 Mason Hall, office hours 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information Seniors graduating in May and reg- istered with the teaching division of. the Bureau of Appointments are asked to come in to fill out a location blank for the spring term. The office, 201 Mason Hall, is open between 9 and 12 and 2 and 4. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information; Telephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: PAUL HARSHA Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. cert in the Choral Union Series, Tu4 day. Feb. 16, at 8:30 in Hill Auditf ium. His program will consist of nui bers by Mozart, Bach, Vieuxtem Prokofieff, Shostakovich, Glaoun and Tschaikowsky. A limited num of tickets are still available at t offices of the University Musical So ety in Burton Memorial Tower. Alec Templeton, Pianist, will heard in a special concert Thursd evening, Feb. 25, in Hill Auditoriu Tickets (tax included): $1.10, 90c a 60c, and may be purchased at t offices of the University Musical E ciety in Burton Memorial Tower. Charles A. Sink, Preside Events Today ROTC Drill: All ROTC cadets e rolled in Wednesday drill will rept to the I.M. Building in uniform wi gym shoes at 4:00 p.m. today. A vanced Corps cadets should be pi pared to give instruction in Man of Arms. Reference: FM 22-5, p 36-56. The Thursday Drill secti will report on the rifle range in o Headquarters. Varsity Men's Debate: There a be a squad meeting to organize I the second semester at 8 o'clock U evening in Room 4203 Angell Hall, Plywood for War: Mr. Thomas Perry, of the Resinous Products a Chemical Company, Philadelphia, i present a talk and demonstrat on this subject today at 2:30 p in Room 2039 Natural Science Buil ing. Mr. Perry is one of the leadi: plywood engineers in the Unit States. Forestry students who wi to attend this lecture will be excus from classes for that hour. All othea interested are cordially invited. Polonia Society Meeting: Reorgar zation for second semester. Meet Recreation Room in the Internation Center, today at 8 p.m. Agend Meeting Nite, Election Date, 1st Cl Function, Refreshments and game Students of Polish descent invited. Program of Recorded Musi: Tj first in this semester's series Wednesday evening programs of r corded music at the Internation Center will be held today at 7: p.m. The program for the evening I Robert Schumann, Concerto in A 1 nor, played by Mtra Hess; Brahn Concerto i D Major for violin a orchestra, with Jascha Heifetz a the Boston Symphony conducted I Koussevitsky. Sorority Committee of JGP at 4: today in the Michigan League. Botanical Journal Club: Toda 4:00 p.m., Room 1139 N.S. Repor by Marjie Gieful, "Human Path gens"; Jean Hendrix, "Genetic Studies in the Rusts"; Harriet Smit "Relation of Polyploidy to the E: pression of Physiological Character Chairmen: E. B. Mains, L. E. We mneyer. Kindly note change of time. R freshments will be served at 4:00 p. The meeting will begin promptly 4:15 p.m. A PROSPECTUS: New Editors Reaffirm Free Editorial Policy WE, THE NEW EDITORS, are entering our positions at a particularly difficult time in the life of The Daily. The tremendous disruption of University life caused by war presents serious problems in the managing of a college newspaper not encoun- tered in peacetime. Not only is the actual run- ning of the paper rendered more difficult, but additional functions are imposed upon the edi- tors by way of having to serve a military as well as a collegiate community. In adapting themselves to the swiftly shifting conditions imposed by the war, the editors of a university publication are apt ti lose sight of the liberal principles for which they fought in less confused times. With the gearing of a col- lege paper to a war community, it is all too easy to forget that one very important function of such a paper is to serve as a forum for the in- telligent discussion of issues which are funda- mental to the democratic way of life. We wish to affirm here that, although we will do everything we can to make The Daily an effective agent in furthering the war effort, we will also encourage the fullest airing of basic political and social issues in our editorial columns. We believe that the uninhibited dis- eussion of such issues is as important to win- ning the war gas is a military victory, and we shall act on that belief. WHILE WE individually will take definite stands on important problems that arise, we will keep our editorial columns open to the presentation of all opinions, so long as they are expressed fairly and logically.. As we assume our new positions, we are plac- ing our faith in the statement of the Board in Control that our editorial decisions will not be interfered with, and we trust that the "busi- ness relationship" which we have been told is to exist between the Board and theditors will not invalidate their assurances that we will not be censored in any way. It is our hope that the Board in Control and the new editors will be able to cooperate in order to put out the best Daily possible. -John Erlewine, Managing Editor Irving Jaffe, Editorial Director Bud Brimmer, City Editor Marion Ford, Associate Editor Charlotte Conover, Associate Editor MORALE: Soldiers Deserve More Hospitable Treatment IT'S an accepted fact that the matter of morale is important, and it's just as important to the soldiers who are stationed on the University of Michigan campus as to those at Camp Custer or any other camp. That's why it is significant that a soldier remarked the other day, "This is the first time that I've felt at home since I've been in Ann Arbor." Someone is falling down on the job-a vital job. Maybe it's the fault of the townspeople, ° maybe the USO, maybe the University, and maybe the students. Probably all four are miss- ing the mark. The important thing is that the situation be remedied, as it easily can be. The important thing is that every man in uniform should be made to "feel at home" in Ann Arbor. By SAMUEL GRAFTON Captain Eddie Rickenbacker ought to give us some facts. We all admire his heroism, but his passionate criticism of the level of American production now needs supporting data. The feel- ing. he has left with millions of listeners and readers is that he has looked over the American industrial scene and that he is rather disgusted with it. What, precisely, disgusts him? To pro- claim such an attitude, and to fail to document it, is to hurl a bitter arrow into the air, to fall to earth one knows not where. Captain Rickenback- er's arrows are making many wounds. Even a hero cannot travel far without data in what is essentially a factual argument. TRUE OR FALSE? We have it from Mr. Donald Nelson that the United States is already outproducing the entire Axis Mr. Nelson says that by the end of the year we shall be outproducing the entire world in munitions. These findings were confirmed last fall in the learned and sober "Military Affairs;" organ of the American Military Institute, in an article by Edward S. Mason of the United States Office of Strategic Services. You will observe that these are authoritative statements. Is it Captain Rickenbacker's opinion that these statements are wrong? I suggest that if these statements are wrong, Captain Rickenbacker should disprove them, but if they are correct, he should include them in his speeches to and about (and against) the - American labor movement. Or, at least, there should be some sign, some overtone, in his declarations to indicate that he knows of them. In which case, his statements to American la- bor would have to read: "You men outproduced the Axis by last fall; you will shortly outproduce the world; but I am still completely against your absenteeism, your occasional strikes, and your concern with overtime pay, etc." That would be at least a start toward factual discussion, and in an atmosphere of factual dis- cussion, America can live; points can. be made, and answered; if they cannot be answered, hab- its can be changed; evils can be remedied. IF THEY KNEW THE FACTS I suggest that, instead of making a factual case, Captain Rickenbacker has merely floated an atti- tude. He has, first, postulated a feeling of intense bitterness in our soldiers against the civilian population. ("If our soldiers knew all the facts," he says, "they would be madder than they are." Well, do they know the facts? Do they know that we are outproducing the Axis? If they do not know this, shouldn't they know it, for the sake of morale, and could they learn it from Captain Rickenbacker's statements?) Then, drawing the line between soldier and civilian still more sharply, Captain .Rickenbacker has suggested, at one time, that if the soldiers were brought back and put in the factories, our production would increase 30 to 40 per cent, and, on another occasion, he has suggested that it would be doubled. In offering these suggestions, Captain Rickenbacker has actually set up a the- ory: "The only obstacle that stands between us and a 30-to-100 per cent increase in production is lax labor effort." I should like evidence from our transport people and our raw material ex- perts on that point. I should like the president of U.S. Steel to tell ma "Ya m - ar e :al s :-- - -snl la .fn- anl of facts, and facts alone, handled reverently and humbly, will be able to save us. That is why I say it is time for Captain Rick- enbacker to make his argument factual. This throwing-about of 30 per cents and 100 per cents; all of it mingled with harsh frontal at- tacks on the reform legislation of the last ten years (legislation endorsed at elections by-ma- jorities of the boys now fighting) ; this seems to me to set up, not a contest of facts, but a contest of attitudes; and to harden attitudes, so that they become less susceptible to facts. I think we can cure absenteeism by drawing a line between workers who are absentees and workers who are not. What does one cure by drawing a line between workers and soldiers? SDREW PEARSON'S MER RY-GO-ROUND WASHINGTON--Vice Admiral Fred Horne, assistant chief of Naval Operations, has been holding some quiet blackboard talks with the House and Senate Naval Affairs Committees, and these talks have been a real step toward Congressional-Executive cooperation. Horne, by his frankness and willingness to admit Navy mistakes, made a better impression than any other Navy man appearing before Congress. Horne was high in his praise of our naval offi- cers and men; but frankly admitted that the Navy was caught off guard in the Savo Island battle of August 9, just after the Marines landed at Guadalcanal. He said there was no excuse for this defeat; that a board of inquiry was now investigating; and there probably would be heavy penalties for the guilty. Horne said that apparently the captains of the cruisers sunk had not ordered their men to battle stations. He also revealed that an Australian admiral that night was in command of the "screening force" of cruisers and de- stroyers supposed to be protecting the main task force. Horne admitted that the Australian officer and Admiral Kelly Turner, chief of the Allied task force, knew a Jap scouting fleet was in the vicinity, but didn't figure it would risk an attack. The commanders calculated that the earliest possible time the Japs could reach Savo Island was after daybreak next morning. Therefore the Australian admiral left his flag- ship, the Canberra, and spent the night on Admiral Turner's flagship 25 miles from the scene of battle. No orders were given meanwhile to Australian and American officers under Tur- ner and the Auqtralian, and they were caught completely off base when the Japs struck at about 1:50 a.m. Japs Cornered in Aleutians On the more optimistic side, Admiral Horne reported the United States had sunk a great many Jap cruisers, and that despite the defeat at Savo Island, we had been definitely superior in operational strategy. Dies Committee Must the country have two more years of the Dies committee and its smears and publicity stunts? That question is now before the House of Representatives since its Rules Committee has voted to extend the Dies group's life for that period and also to increase its membership from seven to eight so that it would consist of five Democrats and three, instead of two, Republicans. The question is to be answered on the Dies committee's own record. It was created by the House in May, 1938. This means that it is now four and a half years old and thus has had a much longer life than the average special committee in Congress. In; these four and a half years, it has received appropriations totaling $495,- 000. This is :not just a large sum for a special committee. It is the largest: amount any special committee has ever, received. Hasthe Dies committee been worth it? Grant that it has done some good work; the fact remains that in the over-all its operations have been irre-. sponsible, headline-seeking and de- signed to damage the reputations of many loyal, patriotic citizens. Its chief result has been to confuse those who, did not see through the basic plan of keeping the name of an other- wise unimportant Texas Congressman in the news dispatches and lecture schedules. This is total war, and total war calls for streamlining. The Dies committee should be cut out of the way and out of the budget. There are 10,000 bet- ter ways in which to spend the money. it costs. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch tralia at the request of the Austra- lians, though the Army wanted to keep him in command at Bataan. Horne also made no attempt to minimize the 'seriousness of the sub- marine menace. Tennessee Mountaineer Secretary Hull, who bitterly resents criticism of his cooperation with North African Vichyites, has held some bare-knuckled press conferences recently. In one of them he was par- ticularly resentful of Isidor F. Stone, correspondent of Marshall Field's newspaper PM. One of Hull's aides had tipped him off that Stone's original name was "Feinstein", and that he had adopted Stone as his pen name. (He is listed in Who's Who as I. F. Stone, with "Isidor Feinstein" in parentheses). So when Stone asked Hull a question regarding North: Africa, the Secretary of State fired back:, "What is your name?" "Stone." "I thought it was.. You have some other name, too, have you not?" "That is my name, Mr. Secretary." Then continued a heated discus- sion on North Africa, after which Stone said:."Would you care for a statement on my name?" "I am not interested in your name." "I think you stepped out of bounds, Mr. Seretary." Copies of regulations governing the appointment of teachers in the Tole- do, Ohio, school system have been re- ceived. Those who are interested may obtain further information at 201 Mason Hall, between 9 and 12 and 2 and 4. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information Bowling: The bowling alleys. at the Women's Athletic Building are open at the following hours: Daily, except Saturday-3:30 to 6:00 p.m.; Satur- day afternoon-1:00 to 6:00 p.m.; Ev- ery evening-7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Academic 'Notices University Choir (Ensemble 50): Male voices are needed for the spring term. Membership is open to students in any school or college of the Uni- versity whether electing the course for credit or not. Rehearsals Monday, through Friday at 11 o'clock in Lane Hall. Sacred and secular a cappella literature comprises the material for study. Contact Hardin Van Deursen, the director, Room 223, School of Music Building. Preliminary examinations in French and German for the doctorate will be held on Friday, Feb. 12, at 4 o'clock, in the Amphitheatre of Rack- ham Building. Dictionaries may be used. ROTC Section of Speech 31 will meet in Room 4208 Angell Hall at 1 o'clock today. It will continue to meet in Room 4203 at 2 o'clock on Monday and Friday. Seminar in Physical Chemistry will meet today in Room 410 Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m. Professor J. C. Halford will speak on "Isomerism and the Assignment of Structural Formu- las." All interested are invited. Chem.-Met. 10: First meeting 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Section 4. All sections bring laboratory manual, "Fuels and their Analysis,"' by R. E. Townsend to ,first class. Assignment pages 11 through 14. Room 4219 E. E. Lectures University Lecture: Professor Meyer Shapiro, of the Department of Fine Arts, Columbia University, will lec- ture on the subject, "The Content of Modern Art" (illustrated) at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, February 11, in the Rackham Amphitheatre, under . the ny..~in2 ofih Tnn-+Maa . f of 'Wi Women's Glee Club: Important hearsal tonight at 7:30 in the K2 mazoo Room of the League. All members please attend. Anyone terested intrying-out is invited do so at 7:00. Freshman girls, pecially, are urged to try out, also men interested in singing with Glee Club on University Night. Club picture will be taken on ] day afternoon at 4:00. Wear wJ blouses and dark skirts. Attenda required. Far Eastern Art Room: Infor: open house for Far Eastern Art s dents, architectural students, others interested. 8:00 p.m. shari the south door of Alumni Memo Hall. (No other door will be op League Dance Class Commi Meeting in the League at 5:10 i today. There are positions open all those interested in working c ing the semester. If you cannot tend, call Audrey Johnson at 2-4. Crop and Saddle will ride as us today. Important meeting afterwc Michigan Dames music group hold their meeting at the home Mrs. H. J. Lange, 1127 E. Ann Str this evening at 8 p.m. Miss Julia I Wilson will be the speaker of evening. Coming Events The School of Music Melody Mi for Faculty, music students and students taking music courses: En' tainment and refreshment. Thurso Feb. 11, at 7:45. Grand Rapids Rc of the Michigan League. I